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Bibles, Theology & Thought. [KJV, 1611] The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha, fourteen-volume set, Boston: R.H. Hinkley Company, 1900, plates, original publisher's cloth boards, printed paper spine labels, top-edges gilt, others uncut, 8vo, [Binding] The Holy Bible, London: George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, for The Trinitarian Bible Society, n.d. [c.1850], map frontispiece, black-ruled double-column, loosely-inserted family genealogy, contemporary brown morocco over bevelled boards, blocked in blind, all edges gilt, Trinitarian Bible Society Derby Depot ticket, 8vo, Old Testament: Hebrew and English, Berlin: Printed for The British and Foreign Bible Society, 1903, double-column, contemporary black morocco, all edges gilt, 8vo, [Apocrypha] The Apocryphal New Testament, second edition thus, London: William Hone, 1821, original publisher's boards, advert prelims, uncut, 8vo, Dick's Christian Philosopher, two volumes, Glasgow: William Collins, n.d. [c. 1850], original cloth, uncut, 8vo, three works by Bertrand Russell, including his History of Western Philosophy, dj, hb, 8vo, 1833 Baptist Repository, quarter-calf, split and rubbed, 8vo, 1837 Protestant Journal, cloth, 8vo, Luther, Scotland in Early Christian Times, 1881, cloth, 8vo, etc., mixed bindings and sizes, (30)

Binding. [Latin Vulgate Bible] Biblia Sacra [...], Tornaci Nerviorum [Tournai]: typis Societatis Sancti Joannis Evangelistae, Descleïe, Lefebvre et Socioru, 1881, red-ruled double-column, medieval style title-page, lacking map frontispiece, yet apparently never bound-in, finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in contemporary black morocco gilt over boards, signed dentelle, the panelled covers rolled and tooled in gilt and blind, the corners enclosing oak leaves and acorns, the six-compartment spine with raised bands conforming, lettered in the second and dated in the sixth compartments, the spine with a few very small rubbed portions, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and dentelles, marbled endpapers, 8vo (26 x 18cm) Sold as a binding and as such not liable to reutrn.

Sweden. Pufendorf (Samuel von), The Compleat (sic) History of Sweden, from its Origin to this Time [...], two parts in one, first English edition, London: Printed by J. Brudenell, for Joseph Wild at the Elephant at Charing-Cross, 1702, black-ruled title-page, contemporary speckled calf, covers with blind-ruled double-fillet, chipped, rubbed and split, but holding OK-good, red-speckled edges, fore-edge with tacked-on contemporaneous lettered MS library label: History of Sweden, 8vo  Provenance: 1) John Fleming, 6th Earl of Wigtown (1673-1744), Jacobean armorial bookplate to recto pastedown. 2) Carberry Tower, Library, X:2, the East Lothian country house of the Barons Elphinstone, their library label to recto pastedown.

Bible. The Holy Bible, [issued and bound with] The Book of Common Prayer, [&] The Whole Book of Psalms, three parts in one, first Oxford edition, first printing (i.e. Bible colophon dated 1673), Oxford: At the Theater, 1675, Bible and BCP with additional engraved title-pages, BCP letterpress title defective and the Bible's tatty, double-column, uneven text block with some movement, some staining, otherwise unexamined, contemporary and later manuscript genealogical notices of the Burt family, contemporary calf over boards, panelled and tooled in blind, some worn losses, spine missing strip, red-stained edges, 4to in 8s, [Herbert 719]

Prince (John), Danmonii orientales illustres: or, The Worthies of Devon [...], first edition, Exeter: Printed by Sam. Farley, for Awnsham and John Churchill, at the Black Swan in Paternoster-Row, London; and Charles Yeo and Philip Bishop in Exon, 1701, black-ruled title-page, erroneous pagination, lacking signatures 7B² only, in-text illustrations of coats of arms, occasional marginal glosses and heraldic corrections in a contemporary hand, the odd ink stain and stable marginal tear, original recto and verso blanks annotated in a slightly later 18th c hand, later Regency russia boards, armorial covers rolled in blind and enclosed within a double-line gilt fillet, rebacked, later gilt-lettered morocco piece, contemporary gilt edges and green endpapers, the former with Regency binder's ticket, folio (38.5 x 25.5cm) Provenance: 1) Ar: Chichester, recto blank and title-page with contemporary ink MS ownership inscription, the glosses and corrections almost certainly by the same hand. 2) Sir Richard Borough, 1st Baronet (1756-1837), of Ham Common, Surrey, and later Coolock Park, Co. Dublin; his armorial supralibros to each cover.

Gérard/Girard Audran (1640-1703) after Raphael, Frescoes of the Loggia di Psyche at Agostino Chigi's Villa Farnesina, a set of fourteen, numbered 1-14 within the lettered plates, s.l. [Rome or Paris], n.d. [1662-90?], copperplate etchings, uncut/untrimmed as issued, some with Chalcographie du Louvre, Musées Imperiaux blind-stamps, 30.5 x 44cm, (14) Condition evidenced by online images.

A 19th c lady's commonplace book, Agnes Robina McGeorge, n.d. [c. 1830], approx. [200]ff of manuscript extracts from belles-lettres, sermons and contemporary periodicals, mostly prose, but with some verse, contemporary sheep over board, blind-ruled, split, disbound and now chipped, 8vo, & a map, Betts's Tour through Europe. London: John Betts, n.d. [c. 1840], hand-coloured engraving over 24 sheets, laid on linen, 63 x 69cm, original publisher's cloth boards, from which now disbound, 8vo, (2)

Photographically Extra-Illustrated. Guthrie (Thomas, DD), The Gospel in Ezekiel, tipped-in albumen portrait of the author and inscribed by him in autograph, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1856, finely bound by H. Bowie of Edinburgh, blind-stamped, in full brown morocco gilt over boards, slightly rubbed, all edges gilt, 8vo  Provenance: 1) Miss Bannatyne with C. Welsh's kindest regards [...], January 20th 1857, recto blank with manuscript presentation inscription. 2) James Fitz Gerlad Bannatyne (1835-1915), of Haldon House, near Exeter, Devon, and Fanningtown Castle, County Limerick, Ireland; armorial bookplate with MS library shelf numbering to recto pastedown.

The Enlightenment. Hall (William Henry), The New Royal Encyclopædia; or, Complete Modern Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences [...], three-volume set, first edition?, London: Printed for C. Cooke (the sole proprietor), et al., n.d. [1788/89], double-column, engraved plates, further in-text illustrations, uniform reverse calf, blind-panelled covers, rubbed, some further wear and minor chips, but holding, gilt-lettered morocco pieces, marbled endpapers, folio (40 x 25cm), (3)

Commines (Philippe de) & [Sauvage (Denis), editor], Les mémoires de Messire Philippe de Commines [...], Avec la vie de messire Angelo Catho, archevêque de Vienne: Auqel ce present livre est dedié. Paris: Chez Claude Micard, au clos Bruneau, à l'enseigne de la Chaire, Rouen: De l'Imprimerie de George l'Oyselet, 1576, woodcut title-page, foliated initials, signatures collating: a³, 2a⁶, b-z⁸ A-Z ⁸, Aa-Ss⁸, including the verso blank, [B8] chipped fore-margin just touching marginal notation, [O8] with a similar if smaller chip, ditto Dd but smaller at centre lower-margin, Ff1 thinned corner margin, later early 19th c English russia, blind-panelled boards now detached, worn spine, red-stained edges, probably contemporary, marbled endpapers contemporary to rebind, 16mo  Provenance: 1) probably Richard Windwood (1609-1688), of Quainton, Buckinghamshire, MP for Windsor during the Long Parliament (1641-1648); indistinct ink manuscript ownership inscription on title-page, dated 1655. 2) possibly Henry Drury (1778-1841), classical scholar, Harrow master, bibliophile and Roxburghe Club member; ffep with dated presentation inscription: To Gell;/from/HD/1813. 

A mid-19th c lady's commonplace book, Sarah Smith (née Jackson), dated 1845-1872, [12]ff only of manuscript on colour paper, typically prose and verse passages from belles-lettres, a few leaves with letterpress poetry by Charles Crocker, finely bound in contemporary roan, blocked in gilt and blind, rubbed, all edges gilt, 8vo, a 19th c album of topographical watercolours, dated 1861, 10 en plair views, including Wellington Suspension Bridge, Aberdeenshire, Peveril Point, Swanage, contemporary quarter-roan over cloth, disbound, oblong foolscap, a Victorian album of aristocrat's writing paper crests and monograms, n.d., [19]ff only illustrated with watercolour vignettes incorporating the 'scraps', mostly from titled ladies, contemporary morocco, chipped, disbound, oblong 8vo, an early 20th c friendship album, Mabel Dorothy Nock, Christmas 1912, typically inscribed, 9 mixed media illustrations of varying ability, some of which are caricatures, contemporary limp cloth, movement, oblong 8vo, another, similar, various dates and inscriptions, original cloth, oblong 8vo, (5)

Bible. Alford (Henry, Late Dean of Canterbury, editor), The Greek Testament, four-volume set, mixed editions, London, Oxford, and Cambridge: Rivingtons, Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, and Co., 1874-71, half-titles, contemporary publisher's purple pebble grain morocco by Rivingtons, Waterloo Place, signed recto dentelles, the bevelled boards outlined with a blind triple-fillet, gilt-lettered spines, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers, 8vo, (4) Slightly sunned spines and some rubbing, the bindings with further wear, but structurally sound.

A 19th Century mahogany chest of two short and three long drawers, with carved fretwork panel, on bracket feet, 101cm wide x 54cm deep x 104cm highextensive restorations, the top later and of a different colour. several sections of blind fret carving to frieze missing. locks later replaced. in two sections. large wood restoration to left side. Overall scuffs and scratches commensurate with age and use. bracket feet later added

A sedan chair, possibly built by Duvernoy, son of Avignon, circa 1762-5, with full gilded sculptures to the original exterior woodwork, colour paintings of the seasons to the panels, lined in original deep blue velvet with a single remaining silk roller blind, the interior has blue comb cartisane fringes with taffeta, glass pull strings together with brass window position stops, seat cushion and valance, the floor has the original leather covering, the front door glass has been replaced but the side glasses are original, 84cm wide x 99cm deep, 173cm high, together with two long black cloaks and two tricorn hatsThe leather roof later replaced. the nailed leather rim of the top worn and with small losses. carved frame gillding dull and rubbed in parts. Hinged and carrying mounts in iron tarnished and a little rusty. the painted leather panels with chipping to paint around the edges where nailed in place.painted landscape to lower cartouches dry and faded and scuffed. Signs of old woodworn to base. right outside panel partially detached to lower section. left leather panel loose and detaching to back. Glass panels and front frame replaced. velvet interior worn. Locking plate missing to door. All over wear and scuffs commensurate with age and use.

Kipling, Rudyard. "Rudyard Kipling's Verse - Inclusive Edition 1885-1918", Hodder and Stoughton 1920, three vols, red cloth deckle edges, red dust wrappers, Dickens, Charles, "Dickens's Works" Chapman and Hall, ills 'Phiz', half leather, gilt titles, 8 vols., in poor condition, Wells, H.G. "Joan and Peter & The Country of the Blind" Odhams Press, red cloth, and other various volumes (2 boxes)

Medical Interest - Masse, J.N.  "Petit Atlas Complet d' Anatomie Descriptive du Corps Humain", Paris 1852, 4th Edition, col. plates, blind stamped cloth, shelf wear, "The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher, containing His Complete Masterpiece and the Family Physician; His Experienced Midwife, His Book of Problems and His remarks on Physiognomy" colour and other engravings throughout, red boards with black rules and titles, small 8vo.  Kahn, Dr Fritz " Manniskan...." Stockholm Albert Bonniers Forlag, 4 vols, half mottled leather, with marbled boards, gilt titles an decorations, and Brande, W.T. assisted by Cauvin, Joseph. " A Dictionary of Science Literature and Art..." Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans  1842, inked inscription on ffep dated 1860, full leather, marbled edges and one other( 8)

Conan-Doyle, Arthur.  "The Lost World..." Henry Frowde Hodder and Stoughton [1912] large paper copy, second state, all plates as listed present, pictorial endpapers, recased with original cloth, blind stamped titles. 

NORTH WALES ANGLESEY OAK & MAHOGANY DRESSER, circa 1860, three shelf rack, wide backboards, three opening pine lined frieze drawers, three central lower blind drawers, flanking twin cupboard doors, inset mahogany panels, turned walnut knobs, shaped corner bracket feet, panel sided, 214 (h) x 172 (w) x 47cms (max d)Provenance: private collection Conwy

VICTORIAN MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE, twin flap, single end drawer, turned ebonised wooden knobs, opposing blind drawer, no knobs, turned supports, brown pot castors, 74 (h) x 119 (l) x 60cms (w) closed, 112cms (w) fully openProvenance: private collection Gwynedd

Vest pocket watch for the blind or partially sighted, base case, case size is 53 mm (fixer upper)

JOHN SWANNELL (BRITISH 1946) 'NUDE IN A BOAT', a signed limited edition photographic print, 2/50 with certificate and blind stamp lower left, mounted, framed and glazed, approximate size 72cm x 89cm including margins, frame size 110cm x 124cm, Condition Report: small chip to bottom right corner of the frame (artist resale rights apply)

Abstract Graphic Coloured Lithograph of Zodiac sign Pisces signed in Pencil 58 of 250 with blind stamp 53 x 38cm

Framed Watercolour depicting a Venetian Scene signed in Pencil with blind stamp

Abstract Graphic Coloured Lithograph of Zodiac sign Aries signed in Pencil 60 of 250 with blind stamp 53 x 38cm

Yester Years, three iconic photographs, showing At The Lido Limited Edition 19/21, Milk Delivery at Camp Limited Edition 4/21 and Running Near The Docks Limited Edition 13/21, taken from the original negatives, each with Poppertfoto blind stamp, overmounted in white, framed and glazed, 604 x 540 overall (3)

Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss 1741 - 1804) After Blind mans Buff, early 19th century coloured stipple engraving, possibly by P.W. Tomkins, in a circular gilt painted frame. (D26cm) together with another similar stipple engraving (D31cm).

William Russel Flint (Scottish 1880-1969): 'Venetian Festival', 'Pink Dress', 'Mauve Dress' and 'Riverside Washing, Laverdac', four prints, one signed in pencil and blind stamped max 50cm x 65cm (4)

London Transport Interest: a mounted London bus blind, Barnet Church, c.1975, 89x14cm

Transport interest: part of a bus blind, 'Barnet Arkley Hotel', c.1974, 91cmW

An Art Nouveau three tiered cake stand. On brass supports and serpent feet, height 59cm together with an oak box with blind fretwork decoration. (2)

A George III mahogany bow front hanging corner cupboard. Fitted three shelves, height 105.5cm, width 71.5cm, depth 51cm, together with another bow front corner cupboard, with a blind fret frieze (2).

Five large 19th century black and white engravings including "Blind-Man's Buff, Blind Fiddler, Rent Day, The Reading of a Will" etc., framed and glazed

Ricraft (Josiah) A Survey of Englands Champions, and Truths faithfull Patriots, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, folded at edges and becoming loose, 21 engraved portraits, title trimmed at foot obscuring publication date, ?lacking additional title, trimmed occasionally affecting printed side-notes, A4 & A5 with marginal paper defects and neat repairs, occasional faint spotting, off-setting, previous owner's ink and pencil notes to early blanks, manuscript list tipped to frontispiece verso, later crushed morocco, g.e., richly decorated in gilt and blind, small 8vo, by R. Austin, and are to be sold by J.H., [1647, but 1649]. *** Provenance: Bookplates of John Townley; Thomas Brooke F.S.A. and Fairfax of Cameron.  This copy collates as the second edition, but appears to have had a copy of the first edition title-page trimmed and inserted at a later date. 

France.- de Serres (John) An Historical Collection, on the Most Memorable Accidents, and Tragicall Massacres of France ..., first edition in English, publisher's woodcut device to title, engraved initials and headpieces, ?lacking initial blank, early ink signature to blank, corrections inserted by hand, scattered spotting and staining, R2 with small paper defect to fore-edge, 2Y3 with small hole to bottom edge, tiny worming to fore-edges (R2-T4 & 2T1-3D3), large armorial bookplate of Sir William Stirling Maxwell, nineteenth century calf with Maxwell's motto and monogramme in blind to covers, fractional rubbing to corners and spine extremities, folio, by Thomas Creede, 1598.

Strada (Famiano) De Bello Belgico. The History of the Low-Countrey Warres, first English edition, translated by Sir Robert Stapylton, engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Marshall with repaired tear, 13 engraved portrait plates, small burn-hole in B1 slightly affecting woodcut headpiece on recto and text on verso, small hole in Ii3 with slight loss of text, occasional soiling and light staining, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, rubbed, [Wing S5777], folio, Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1650. 

R[oss] (A[lexander]) Arcana Microcosmi: or, The hid Secrets of Man's Body discovered...with A Refutation of Doctor Brown's Vulgar Errors, the Lord Bacon's Natural History, and Doctor Harvy's Book De Generatione..., second edition, title printed in red and black, with imprint date altered to "1658" in ink, some light browning, some minor worming to lower margin, mainly towards end, contemporary blind-ruled calf, rebacked, morocco spine label, fore-edge rubbed, [Gibson 561; Wing R1947], 8vo, Tho. Newcomb, and are to bee [sic] sold by John Clark, 1652. *** Originally published in 1651, this enlarged second edition includes for the first time an Appendix containing attacks on Browne, Bacon and Harvey, the first published criticism of Harvey's work.Provenance: Samuel Hibberdene (ink ownership inscription to title). 

Plat (Sir Hugh) The Jewel House of Art and Nature, [second edition], title within typographic border and woodcut of ear of barley to verso, woodcut illustrations, bookplate on pastedown, occasional light marginal toning or finger-soiling marks, tear to X2 margin slightly affecting text, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, corners rubbed,  [Wing P2390; Duveen 476; Bitting p.373; Cagle 935; Simon BG 1186; Kress 889; Goldsmiths' 1294], Printed by Bernard Alsop, 1653; Diuerse new sorts of soyle not yet brought into any publique vse, first edition, collation: A-G4, H2, woodcut title, bookplate on front free endpaper, occasional finger-soiling marks, some damp-staining, 17th century blind-stamped calf, rebacked preserving original spine strip, joints and corners rubbed, [STC 19989, Fussell I p.15], Peter Short, 1594, 4to (2)*** First mentioned is the second edition (first published in 1594) of this compendium of useful household information including instructions on storing fruit and flowers, 'how to carry gold in a most secret manner', brewing, 'how to speak by signs onely', stealing bees, preventing drunkenness, 'keeping oysters good ten or twelve days', distilling, alchemy, a portable pump, oilskin clothing, sign language, bridge building, fishing, reviving colours of old pictures and much more. The second vol. is the first edition of the second part of the first work, published separately in 1594.

Tacitus (Publius Cornelius) The Annales, 2 parts in 1, woodcut initials and decorations, engraved illustration to T2r shaved at fore-edge, some sidenotes trimmed with loss, paper flaw to S3 with slight loss of text, lacking initial and final blank, occasional soiling and spotting, later blind-stamped tree calf, rebacked, [STC 23645], folio, Printed...by Arnold Hatfield for John Norton, 1605.

Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar, title printed in red & black, 11 double-page engraved maps mounted on stubs and 5 engraved plates and plans by Hollar & others, numerous engraved illustrations including many full-page, errata leaf at end but lacking final blank, occasional light browning or spotting, K2 &3 margins reinforced with paper repair, tear on plate margin to Cc4 affecting sidenote, contemporary calf, blind-stamp ruling, rebacked preserving original spine strip, recornered, cornes bumped but an attractive copy overall, [Wing D2479], folio, Thomas Warren, 1656.

Grew (Nehemiah) The Comparative Anatomy of Trunks, Together with an Account of their Vegetation grounded thereupon, first edition, with a4 errata f., 19 folding engraved plates (numbered 8-27), one printed in white on black, without initial imprimatur f. (as usual), first plate with short tear repaired not affecting image, fig.16 neat repair along fold to verso, plate printed on black little frayed at upper corner, some marginal text browning and foxing, modern calf, spine lettered in gilt, joints and extremities rubbed, [Wing G1947; Henrey 164], 8vo, J.M. for Walter Kettilby, 1675. *** Grew, and his contemporary Malpighi in Italy, were the founders of the science of plant anatomy.Provenance: Eliz. Blois (ink name on title, crossed through); B.D. (early ink name with indecipherable surname on title verso); The Horticultural Society of New York "Bequest of Kenneth K. Mackenzie, October 1934" (bookplate; blind-stamp to F4).

Agrippa (Henricus Cornelius) The Vanity of Arts and Sciences, lacks engraved portrait frontispiece, paper flaw in O3 with slight loss of text, some light foxing, modern blind-stamped sheep, spine faded, [Wing A790], 8vo, Printed by J. C. for Samuel Speed, 1676.

Lyly (John) Euphues and his England, woodcut device on title, title trimmed at foot with loss of date, Printed for William Leake, [1609]; Euphues. The Anatomy of Wit, woodcut device on title, Printed for William Leake, 1613, together 2 works in 1, both largely printed in black letter, final leaf of second work laid down, later blind-stamped morocco, g.e., joints slightly rubbed, [STC 17079 and 17063], 4to *** "Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit is arguably the first English novel although it has a very thin plotline". (UCLA Clark Memorial Library). First published in 1578, this and its sequel Euphues and His England (1580) "aimed at providing lively court entertainment, at the same time supplying instructive lessons about friendship and love." These are probably the 14th and 15th editions respectively, the last to be separately published, although probably intended to be bound together. Provenance: Charles Butler of Warren Wood, Hatfield (bookplate). 

Otway (Thomas) The Orphan: or, The Unhappy-Marriage: A Tragedy, first edition, a few small early annotations, including to final f. crossed through, D1 very small hole with loss to catchword, G1 short tear into text without loss, the odd minor marginal chip or short tear, repaired to A4 & E1, lightly foxed and browned throughout, some soiling, modern brown morocco, blind-stamped and with gilt ruled border, spine titled in gilt, upper cover with small stain to lower corner, very slightly rubbed, [Wing O552], 4to, for R. Bentley, and M. Magnes, 1680. Provenance: "Darcy Burnell his Booke" (18th century ink inscription to head of B1).

[Fletcher (John)] Valentinian: A Tragedy, edited by the Earl of Rochester, Epilogue leaf at end, a few leaves trimmed affecting headlines, modern blind-stamped calf, [Wing F1354], 4to, Printed for Timothy Goodwin, 1685. *** Fletcher (1579-1625) composed Valentinian without the help of his collaborator Beaumont. It was produced before March 1618/19 though not published until 1647. This version, reworked by the Earl of Rochester, was probably presented in 1683. The three prologues are by Aphra Behn. 

Coryate (Thomas) Coryats Crudities, first edition, additional engraved title, woodcut plate of badge of Prince of Wales, 5 engraved plates (some folding), 2 engraved illustrations, woodcut decorations and initials, lacks second (of 2) errata leaves at end, engraved title laid down with portion missing at edges, printed title with repaired tear, last few leaves with corners renewed with ruled border supplied in pen and ink, errata leaf repaired at inner margin, signature b misbound, some worming repaired affecting text, some minor repairs to plates, a few repaired rust-holes with slight loss of text, later blind-stamped aubergine morocco, g.e., [STC 5808; Pforzheimer 218], 4to, Printed by W[illiam] S[tansby], 1611. *** The Boies Penrose copy of this major travel guide. Coryate (?1577-1617) studied at Oxford without taking a degree and ended up at the court of James I, where he gained considerable popularity as a wit and buffoon. He used money inherited from his father to travel, setting off in 1608 and visiting some 45 cities in 7 countries in 5 months on foot, by cart, boat and horse. It is reckoned he covered almost 2,000 miles, over half of which was accomplished in one pair of shoes, mended only once and, on his return, hung up in the church at Odcombe in Somerset (his place of birth) , where they remained for over a century. Despite his achievements, he found it difficult to get the account of his journeys published and so appealed to all he knew to write commendatory verses about himself and the book. Among the more than 60 contributors of mock-heroic verse were Ben Jonson (acrostic on b4) , John Donne, Inigo Jones, George Chapman and Michael Drayton. Provenance: Boies Penrose II (bookplate)

Kent.- Lambarde (William) A Perambulation of Kent, first edition, black letter, woodcut initials, title within attractive woodcut border, full-page engraved map (laid down), occasional ink notes in a contemporary hand, very occasional spotting or soiling, final two ff. a little creased and with minor loss to corners, still a good, clean copy overall, 19th century blind-stamped morocco, lower spine label lacking, a little rubbed, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., [STC 15175], small 4to, for Ralphe Nevvberie, dwelling in Fleetestreete a little about the Conduit, 1576. Provenance: James P. R. Lyell; Richard John Bell Glanville (bookplates); The Rothamsted Collection (ink-stamp with acquisition date not noted, sold these rooms, 10th July, 2018, lot 122). 

Milton (John) Letters of State, first edition in English, translated by Edward Phillips, occasional marginal browning, contemporary calf, rubbed, upper joint repaired, spine ends chipped, blind-stamp "Hill" to upper cover, later spine label, [Wing M2126; Pforzheimer 713], 12mo, 1694.*** Phillips was Milton's nephew and the present work includes his account of his uncle's life, a list of his works and four previously unpublished sonnets by Milton.

Levant.- Sandys (George) A Relation of a Journey begun An: Dom: 1610 ... Containing a description of the Turkish Empire, of Ægypt, of the Holy Land, of the Remote parts of Italy and Islands, first edition, engraved title, double-page engraved map, folding engraved panorama, engraved illustrations, scattered faint spotting, Z4 with marginal note in an early hand, R1 with marginal tear and neat old repair, 2A4 with rust-hole affecting odd letter, 2B6 with marginal tear, lacking 2D6 (?final blank), bookplates, contemporary calf, rebacked, lozenge in blind to centre boards, lacking ties, upper cover with 2 additional holes for ties (now lacking), a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [cf. Atabey 1087 (seventh edition) & Blackmer 1484 (second edition)], folio, W. Barrett, 1615.

Swetnam (Joseph) The Araignment of Lewde, idle, froward, and unconstant women, reprint, Printed by Edw. Allde for Thomas Archer, 1615 [but J. Smeeton, 1807]; bound with Sowernam (Ester) Ester hath hang'd Haman: or An Answere to a lewd Pamphlet..., reprint, Printed for Nicholas Bourne, 1617 [but J. Smeeton, 1807], together 2 works in 1, occasional foxing, later blind-stamped calf, upper joint cracked and spine a little rubbed, 4to. *** Reprints of two extremely scarce Elizabethan tracts. "Likewise if a man abuse a Maide & get her with child, no matter is made of it, but as a trick of youth; but it is made so hainous an offence ion the maide, that she is disparaged and uterly undone by it. So in all offences those which men commit, are made light and as nothing, slighted over; but those which women doe commit, those are made grievous and shamefull..." Provenance: Bertram Lloyd (bookplate); Pull Court Library (shelf sticker). 

Plutarch. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romains, translated by Sir Thomas North, 2 parts in 1, titles with woodcut printer's device, woodcut medallion portraits within cartouches, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, bookplate of Bradby Hall, endpapers a little marginally toned, some near contemporary and later annotations in ink and pencil, occasional paper flaws, contemporary calf, blind-stamped with coat-of-arms, gilt, portion of early manuscript on vellum used as binder's waste, recornered and rebacked preserving original spine strip, joints and corners rubbed, [STC 20070], Printed by George Miller, and are to be sold by Robert Allott, folio, 1631.

Bolton (Robert) A Three-Fold Treatise, 3 parts in 1, first edition, general title and title to each part within typographical border (slightly trimmed to parts 2 & 3), ink inscriptions to general title and engraved armorial bookplate to verso (obscuring larger bookplate), a2 & m5 small chip to foot affecting ruled border, p7 small rust-hole within text, some light browning, occasional light soiling and marginal water-staining, part 3 with some tiny marginal worming, 19th century blind-stamped calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, rubbed, [STC 3255], 4to, E. Purslow, for Rapha Harford, 1634. Provenance: Lauderdale Theology (ink inscription to general title); "This Book belonged to the late Revd. Dr. Davedson..." (19th century ink note to front endpaper); Rev. J Mitchell Harvey (bookplate to pastedown and front free endpaper).

Waller (Edmund) Poems, &c. Written by Mr. Ed. Waller...Printed by a Copy of his own hand-writing, second "first authorised" edition, some sympathetic marginal repairs and restoration to first c.12ff. and last few ff., bound rather tight with some text almost disappearing into gutter, lightly browned, contemporary ink note to rear free endpaper (affected by small hole), handsomely bound in crushed brown morocco by Rivière & Son, each cover with central blind-stamped lozenge, spine a little sunned, front and rear free endpaper preserved (soiled), g.e., [Wing W513], small 8vo, I. N[orton]. for Hu. Mosley, 1645. *** Waller's first and most important collection, published while he was in exile. The first unauthorised edition was published by Thomas Walkley in the same year (Wing W495). This edition, purporting to be "Printed by a Copy of his [Waller's] own hand-writing", is commonly known as the "first authorised edition", although likely not. It provides the best text until the edition of 1664. Provenance: "Walter Scott 5 June 1652" (ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper); Walter Hirst (bookplate).

[Lawrence (Henry)] Of our Communion and Warre with Angels, first edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, first Sig. starting to work loose at foot, A2 fore-margin strengthened to verso, occasional minor worming to gutter, mainly to first few leaves, final 10ff. very small worming within text, lengthy later ink note to rear free endpaper, contemporary blind-ruled calf, a few small repairs, quite worn, upper cover detached, [Wing L666], 4to, [?Amsterdam], for Giles Calvert, 1646. *** One of two issues published in 1646 with different title-pages, the other without printer (Wing L665). Potentially printed in Amsterdam, where Lawrence sought political refuge.Provenance: John Cary (ownership name to title); anonymous "In Labore Quies" bookplate. 

Five early/mid 20th century wristwatch to include a Cyma watch for the blind

Seven pocket watches to include two RNIB watches for the blind, Virus watch and others

Y&nbspA ROSEWOOD,PARCEL GILT AND RED LACQUER SIDE CABINET CIRCA 1820 AND LATER Applied with a Chinese red lacquer and parcel gilt super structure and further conforming elements to the blind frieze drawers and cupboard doors 128cm high, 92cm wide, 39cm deep Provenance: Miles Thomas Stapleton, 8th Lord Beaumont (1805 - 1854) for Carlton Towers, Yorkshire . Thence by descent and sold by the Duke of Norfolk, Sotheby's 15th November 1994 lot 17 Literature: 'Catalogue of All the Furniture and Effects in Carlton Hall Selby', 1854, p.111, listed in the 'First floor East side of the Wing. The first Breakfast Room'. Carlton Hall was built in the early 17th century, and substantially enlarged by Henry Stapleton, 9th Baron Beaumont in 1873-75 who engaged Edward Welby Pugin to carry out the extensive works to create Carlton Towers, the great Gothic fantasy which stands today. The side cabinet is early 19th century with later carved Chinese additions, which depict Chinese mythological emblems and figures, including a five-clawed Imperial dragon and the figure of Shou-Lao, with his peach, emblematic of longevity. Condition Report: Splits to the back panelling of the door. The front of the door has one vertical splitCondition Report Disclaimer

Riviere Bindings. Burke (Edmund) by John Morley, Containing One Hundred Illustrations, London: Macmillan & Co, Limited, 1902, cancelled title page, frontispiece and plates list, extra-illustrated with 19th-century portraits, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front pastedown, entire work (including the 8vo text and all the additional illustrations) window-mounted to larger sheets, top edge gilt, early 20th-century red morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt embossed coat of arms to front boards of John Doyle Fry (1840-1907), elaborate gilt decorated spine, elaborate gilt turn-ins, super royal octavo (26.5 x 18.5 mm), together with:Jennings (Louis J.). Field Paths and Green Lanes..., Country Walks, Chiefly In Surrey And Sussex, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1877, extra-illustrated with 60 views, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary green half morocco by Riviere, elaborate gilt decorated spine, spine evenly faded to brown, 6mo, plus La Bruyere (Jean De). The "Characters"..., Rendered Into English by Henri Van Laun, London: John C. Nimmo, 1885, 24 etchings, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary crimson morocco by Riviere & Son, elaborate gilt decorated spine, gilt floral motifs and borders to boards, elaborate gilt turn-ins, 8vo, plus Drury (Henricus, editor). Arundines Cami Sive Musarum Cantabigiensium Lusus Canori, 1st edition, Cantabrigiae: Veneunt Apud J. Et. J. J. Deighton, 1841, red-ruled outer borders throughout, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown all edges gilt, grazing to front pastedown from removal of old bookplate, 20th-century crimson morocco by Riviere, elaborate gilt decorated spine, elaborate gilt turn-ins, 8voDonson (Austin). Eighteenth Century Vignettes, 6 volumes, London: Chatto & Windus, 1894, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, extra-illustrated with numerous portraits and views, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, errata tipped-in to volume 2 list of illustrations, top edge gilt, early 20th-century blue morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt motifs and lettering to spine, elaborate gilt turn-ins, 8voLamb (Charles). A Memoir, London: Edward Moxon & Co, 1866, frontispiece, 38 additional illustrations, slight spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, grazing to front pastedown from removal of old bookplate, all edges gilt, contemporary tan calf by Riviere & Son, elaborate gilt decorated spine with crimson morocco title label, elaborate gilt turn-ins, 8vo, Stanhope (Philip Dormer). The Letters... Edited by Lord Mahon, 5 volumes, London and Philidelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1892, engraved frontispiece, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, tan calf by Riviere & Son, gilt spines with red and green morocco title labels, gilt turn-ins, 8voand 7 others similar including Maxwell (W. H). History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798..., 1st edition, London: Baily, Brothers, Cornhill, 1845, Hebrew Tales. New Edition, Translated by Hyman Hurwitz, Edinburgh: Stirling, Kenny, & Co, 1863, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front pastedown, Bashkirtseff (Marie). The Journal... Translated, With An Introduction By Mathilde Blind, 2 volumes, London: Castell & Company, 1890, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, The Letters of Queen Victoria..., between the years 1837 and 1861..., 3 volumes, London: John Murray, 1907, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to front pastedown of each volume, all bound in brown or blue morocco gilt by Riviere, mostly large 8vo QTY: (16)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate) except first work: John Doyle Fry, 1840-1907 (armorial stamp) and Alexander Stone (bookplate).

Fore-edge painting. The History and Antiquities of the Abbey and Borough of Evesham..., by William Tindal. Evesham: John Agg, 1794, engraved folding frontispiece and 6 plates (including 1 folding) with 2 additional engravings opposite p. 220, engraving of East window of St Lawrence's church misbound to p. 237, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey and engraved bookplate in blue ink for T. Beale. MA to front pastedown, engraved armorial bookplate of Oswald Greenwaye Knapp to front free endpaper, all edges gilt with contemporary amateur watercolour fore-edge painting showing a view of Evesham, contemporary red crushed morocco, spine gilt with black morocco label, gilt turn-ins, corners bumped, spine slightly cracked and rubbed, 4to, together with:Seyer (Samuel). Memoirs Historical and Topographical of Bristol and its Neighbourhood, 2 volumes, Bristol Printed for the Author by John Mathew Gutch, 1821-23, frontispieces, 33 engraved plates and maps, numerous illustrations to letterpress, contemporary calf, spine lettered in gilt, blind stamped ruling to spine and boards, slight rubbing, 4to, and Thomas (William). Survey of the Cathedral-Church of Worcester: with an Account of the Bishops thereof..., London: printed for the Author..., and John Clarke, 1737, engraved folding frontispiece, title in red and black, 1 folding plan, 25 engravings and numerous engravings to letterpress, armorial bookplate of Blackmore Park, Worcestershire to front pastedown, armorial bookplate of John Vincent Hornyold, Blackmore Park and Hanley Castle to verso of front free endpaper, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked with corners refurbished, recent calf title label lettered in gilt, 4toQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate), T. Beale. MA (bookplate).Oswald Greenwaye Knapp (bookplate) for Tindal (William).Blackmore Park, Worcestershire (bookplate), John Vincent Hornyold, Blackmore Park and Hanley Castle (bookplate) for Thomas (William).Upcott 1342-44 for Thomas (William).Lowndes III 2249 for Seyer (Samuel).The Catholic Hornyold's of the Blackmore Park Estate are an ancient English family with significant historical connections to Worcestershire, England.

Gale (Roger, editor). Registrum Honoris de Richmond Exhibens Terrarum & Villarum quae quondam suerunt Edwini Comitis infra Richmundshire Descriptionem..., London: R. Gosling, 1722, title in red and black with engraved illustration, folding engraved map, 14 engraved plates (including 6 double-page, 5 of which are pedigrees), double-page letterpress pedigree, light browning and occasional spotting, contemporary speckled blind panelled calf, neatly rebacked preserving morocco title label, folio, (Boyne p.173; Upcott pp.1417-1419), together with:Dallaway (James). Inquiries into the Origin and Progress of the Science of Heraldry in England. With Explanatory Observations on Armorial Ensigns, Gloucester: Printed by R. Raikes for T. Cadell, 1793, engraved title with uncoloured aquatint illustration (some loss to fore-margin), dedication with engraved armorial, etched vignette illustration, 27 engraved plates (including 8 hand-coloured), few engraved vignettes, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary red half morocco, rubbed, 4to,Warner (Richard). An History of the Abbey of Glaston; and of the Town of Glastonbury, Bath: Printed by Richard Cruttwell, 1876, 20 engraved plates (including 1 hand-coloured), repaired closed tears to dedication and subscriber's list, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, all edge gilt, contemporary plum coloured morocco, decorative gilt roll border to boards, neatly rebacked with elaborate gilt decorated spine, 4to (one of 250 copies printed)QTY: (3)

Fore-edge paintings. Some Account of the Lives and Writings of Lope Felix de Vega Carpio and Guillen de Castro, by Henry Richard, Lord Holland, 2 volumes, London: Longman, Hurst, Orme and Brown [et al], 1817, half-titles, engraved frontispiece to each volume and plate of facsimile letter, some light offsetting and minor spotting, front blank to each inscribed 'From the Author', red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt with fore-edge to each, fore-edge to volume 1 depicting a view of the White House, Washington DC with boats in the foreground (possibly from an engraving by Radclyffe after Bartlett), fore-edge to volume 2 depicting an Italianate harbour scene, contemporary straight-grain red morocco by B. Fargher (binder's blind stamp to verso of front free endpaper), elaborate gilt and blind decoration to covers, joints and spine ends rubbed, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).