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Fore-edge paintings. Elegant Extracts from the most eminent British Poets..., volumes 2-6 (of 6) London: John Sharpe, circa 1820, 2 vignette half-titles to each volume, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown to each volume, grazing to front pastedowns from removal of old bookplate, all edges gilt, each volume with contemporary fore-edge painting of pastoral scenes with significance to writers such as Shakespeare and Dryden as well as Strawberry Hill etc to every volume, contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco, gilt lettering and elaborate decoration to spine, gilt and blind stamped borders to boards, gilt turn-ins, head-caps rubbed, edges bumped, 8vo QTY: (5)

* Bacon (Francis). Letters of Sr. Francis Bacon... , written during the Reign of King James the First... , the whole being Illustrated by an Historical Introduction and some Observations, and dispos'd according to the Series of Time, [edited by Robert Stephens], 1st edition, London: Benjamin Tooke, 1702, title within double-ruled border, errata/advert leaf at rear, lacks dedication leaf [A2], title a little spotted and preceding flyleaf near detached, armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Seabright and red morocco gilt bookplate of W.A. Foyle, contemporary speckled calf, gilt-decorated spine with raised bands and title label, rubbed and slight edge wear, 4to, together with:Waller (Edmond), Poems, &c. Written upon several occasions, and to several persons: The Seventh Edition with several additions, never before printed, London: printed by T.W. for the Assignes of H.H... J. Tonson and T. Bennet, 1705, engraved portrait frontispiece, some light browning, marbled endpapers with bookplate of H. Buxton Forman (with his pencil initials and date 29 April 1895 to flyleaf), leather monogram book label of Charles C. Kalfleisch and engraved bookplate of Robert S. Pirie, all edges gilt, old black morocco gilt with gilt-ruled panelled borders enclosing central rectangles with corner-pieces and gilt-decorated spine with raised bands, rubbed, 8vo, plus Collier (Jeremy), A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage: Together with the Sense of Antiquity upon this Argument, 3rd edition, London: printed for S. Keble... R. Sare & H. Hindmarsh, 1698, some spotting and browning, title a little ink stained, contemporary calf, some edge wear, modern antique-style calf reback, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:1) Gibson 245; Pforzheimer 34. Lacks the dedication leaf, as often: it was cancelled due to the death of William III before the publication of the work. 2) The binding of this work appears to be a remboitage, in which a text other than that originally present has been inserted: the headbands are fresh, the book is not quite proportionate to the corners, and the gilt lettering is superimposed upon some earlier blind impressions. This sophistication may well be the work of the accomplice of T.J. Wise. 3) Wing C5265.

[Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke]. Athenian Letters or the Epistolary Correspondence of an Agent of the King of Persia..., 2 volumes, London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1810, additional half-title and engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, uncoloured engraved folding map of Greece with short closed tear along one fold, 12 engraved plates, slight spotting throughout, bookplate of Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke to upper pastedown, contemporary diced calf, elaborate gilt decorated spine with contrasting morocco labels, gilt decorated borders with palmette and fleuron roll and Greek key blind roll to the boards, gilt tulip roll turn-ins, minor wear to extremities and a few minor marks, 4to QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Charles Philip Yorke (1799-1873) 4th Earl of Hardwicke, Wimpole Hall (bookplate).

Walton (Izaac). The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert, and Dr. Robert Sanderson, 2 volumes, new edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1805, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to both volumes, Extra Illustrated containing a total of 33 engraved plates (mostly portraits), burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt, late 19th-century turquoise green straight-grain morocco, gilt decorated spines, boards with gilt and blind borders, 8vo, together with:Walton (Izaac). The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert, and Dr. Robert Sanderson. To which is now first added, love and Truth. With Notes, and the Life of the Author, by Thomas Zouch, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, York: Payne and Foss, J. Mawman, and Wilson and Sons, York, 1817, 7 engraved portrait plates including frontispieces and one folding plate, some offsetting and occasional spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, early 20th-century marbled calf, elaborate gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, upper joints slightly cracked, joints rubbed, lightly faded to covers, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Barbour (John). The Bruce, or, The History of Robert I, King of Scotland, 3 volumes, London: H. Hughs, 1790, title page vignettes, silk pastedowns, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, gauffered edges, 19th-century green straight-grain morocco, 6 elaborate gilt compartments to spine, gilt borders to boards, elaborate gilt turn-ins, joints slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Lyndsay (David). The Poetical Works..., Notes and Glossary by David Laing, 3 volumes, Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1879, facsimile letters and woodcut illustrations, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front pastedown, top edges gilt, 20th-century blue half morocco by Ramage (binders mark blind stamped to verso of front free endpaper), elaborately gilt-decorated spine, 8vo, plusInnes (Cosmo). Sketches of Early Scotch History and Social Progress, Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1861, Scotland in the Middle Ages, Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1860, contains three maps by Bartholomew, Lectures on Scotch Legal Antiquities, Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1872, modern uniform panelled calf by Hopkins of Glasgow, gilt detailing to bards, elaborate gilt spines with double morocco title labels, gilt turn-ins 8vo, plusMacleod (Norman). Memoir of Norman Macleod, 2 volumes, London: Daldy, Isbister & Co, 1876, frontispieces, in-text illustrations and facsimiles, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to all volumes, late 19th-century polished tan calf by Maclehose, Glasgow, elaborately gilt spines, double morocco title labels, 8vo, plusSkene (William F). Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1886, title printed in red and black, minor marginalia, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, modern red half morocco by Henderson & Bisset (binders mark blind stamped to verso of front free endpaper), gilt motifs and lettering to spines, minor marks to boards, 8vo, and The Historians of Scotland. 10 volumes, Edinburgh: William Patterson, 1879, title printed in red and black, facsimiles, bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to all volumes, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco by Grieve, Edinburgh (binders mark blind stamped to verso of front free endpaper), gilt motifs and lettering to spine, bands slightly rubbed, 8vo QTY: (24)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate) for Barbour (John) and Skene (William F);Alexander Stone (bookplate) for Lyndsay (David);Andrew Carnegie (bookplate) Macleod (Norman) and The Historians of Scotland;Lyndsay (David) edition limited to 485 copies.Andrew Carnegie was a prominent American industrialist and major philanthropist. In 1901, Carnegie sold his steel company to J.P. Morgan for $480 million, making him one of the wealthiest individuals of his time. He devoted his fortune to funding educational institutions, libraries, scientific research, and international peace efforts.

Scoones (William Baptiste, editor). Four Centuries of English Letters..., 3 volumes, signed by the editor, New York: Harper & Brothers,1880, volume 1 signed by the editor to top of title, portrait frontispiece to each volume, extra-illustrated with contemporary plates including 217 portraits, 77 views, 6 folding plates and two manuscript letters, lacking titles to volumes 2 and 3 supplied in manuscript facsimile, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpapers to each volume, top edge gilt, contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt and faded, 8vo, together with:Rawnsley (Hardwicke Drummond). Literary Associations of the English Lakes, 2 volumes, Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1901, 32 plates (including 11 folding) and extra-illustrated with the addition of 160 contemporary plates of views and portraits from early sources, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpapers to each volume, bookplate of Hugh Walpole, Brackenburn to front pastedown, top edge gilt, blue half morocco, spines elaborately decorated with ornamental panels, spines slightly faded, edges slightly bumped, 8vo, plusLockhart (John Gibson). Life of Robert Burns, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Constable and Co, 1828, portrait frontispiece, extra-illustrated with contemporary plates including 23 portraits and 27 views, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpaper, all edges gilt, 20th-century maroon morocco by Root & Son, spine and boards gilt decorated with ornamental panels enclosing central and corner thistle motifs, gilt turn-ins, 8vo, andStorer (J.) & Greg (I.). The Antiquarian Itinerary, Comprising Specimens of Architecture, Monastic, Castellated, and Domestic: With other Vestiges of Antiquity in Great Britain..., 7 volumes, London: W. M. Clarke, J. Murray, S. Bagster, et al.,1815-18, engraved frontispiece to each volume plus 321 engraved views and numerous woodcut text illustrations, some offsetting, bookplate of Herbert Henry Raphael to front pastedown of each volume, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform maroon morocco, gilt spines, blind stamped and gilt tooled boards, gilt spines, gilt turn-ins, head caps scuffed, small 8vo QTY: (13)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate) for Rawnsley (Rev. Hardwicke Drummond), Scoones (W Baptiste, editor) and Lockhart (J. G.).Hugh Walpole, Brackenburn (bookplate) for Rawnsley (Rev. Hardwicke Drummond).Herbert Henry Raphael (bookplate) for Storer (J.) & Greg (I.). Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (1884-1941) was an English novelist known for his short stories, plays and literary series, including the "Herries Chronicles" which explored the lives of the Herries family in the Lake District across multiple generations. Major Sir Herbert Henry Raphael (1859-1924) was a British politician and barrister who served as a Member of Parliament for Derbyshire. Raphael focused on social reforms, particularly in education and housing, and was involved in charitable work, especially within Jewish causes.

Hunt (Robert). Popular Romances of the West of England; or, The Drolls, Traditions, and Superstitions of Old Cornwall, 2 volumes, London: John Camden Hotten, 1865, Extra-illustrated with 2 double-page engraved maps (hand-coloured in outline), 5 engraved portrait plates and over 100 engraved plates of views (including some India proofs, and some window mounted), light damp-stain to gutter of initial leaves of volume 1, occasional spotting and light toning, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey mostly to upper pastedowns (offsetting to free endpapers), top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century brown crushed half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, 8vo, together with:Coleridge (Hartley). Biographia Borealis: or Lives of Distinguished Northerns, London: Whitaker, Treacher, and Co. and F. E. Bingley, Leeds, 1833, Extra-illustrated containing hand-coloured engraved portrait frontispiece, 20 plates (including 2 hand-coloured, some window mounted), red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey mostly to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, 20th-century brown crushed morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt and blind panel decoration to spine compartments and boards, 8vo, plus Tomkins (Herbert W.). Highways and Byways in Hertfordshire, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902, Extra-illustrated with 72 additional engraved plates (some window mounted), monochrome illustrations, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey mostly to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, 20th-century marbled crimson calf by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spine lightly faded, worn at head, 8voQTY: (4)

Duncombe (John, publisher). The Miniature Library Series of Dramatic Tales and Romances, Brigand Tales, Pantomimes and Dramatic Tales Founded on Shakespeare’s Plays, 24 volumes, London: J. Duncombe, circa 1846, title page with vignettes to the majority of volumes, 134 engravings (115 coloured and 19 uncoloured), additional engraved portrait frontispiece of William Shakespeare to volume 11 (bound as 22), erratic pagination to each volume, publishers advertisements bound at rear of a few volumes, some minor tears and trimming to a few plates, one plate to volume 23 (bound as 15) torn to fold with two-thirds of image lacking, together with:The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Bradford, London: J. Duncombe, circa 1846, uncoloured folding frontispiece, title page, 11 uncoloured single page engraved plates, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown to each volume except volume 7 (bound as volume 2) where pasted to the rear pastedown, 19th-century uniform calf, gilt spines, blind embossing to boards, erroneous numbers to spine, 16mo (approximately 105 mm x 65 mm)QTY: (25)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).A set of beautifully illustrated volumes from ‘The Miniature Library’ series published by the notorious bookseller and printer John Duncombe the Younger. Rarely seen in such large and uniform quantity and quality, each volume contains several short dramatic stories with many accompanied by a charming coloured engraving as originally issued at the time of printing. Sold as seen, not subject to return.

[LA FEUILLADE, François Aubusson de]. Journal de l'expedition de Monsieur de la Feuillade, pour le secours de Candie. Par un volontaire. Lyon: Chez Jean Thioly, 1669, [8], 198, [2] pp., woodcut printer's device to title-page, several woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, lacking the engraved folding plan of the fortifications of Candia, (20 x 28.5 cm), marbled endpapers, gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, later crushed dark green full morocco (by Ramage), with gilt figure of a Cretan girl to upper cover and Turkish sultan to lower cover, with binder's blindstamped monogram to foot of each (a handwritten note in ink to verso of front endpaper by the binder, states 'Here is a lady, armed only with her beauty, subduing the armed Turk. C. E. Stewart. London May 1919'), spine lightly rubbed and a little dulled, 12mo, together with Arnaud (Francois-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'). Sargines. Nouvelle par M. D'Arnaud, Paris: [Didot?], 1781, [2], 130pp., Top edge gilt, late 19th or early 20th-century, gilt-decorated, straight-grained, plum full Morocco with gilt motifs to upper and lower cover of a Knight at Arms and an undressed lady to upper and lower cover, each with binders, blind stamped, monogram of CE Stewart to foot of each, with manuscript inscription to front blank by the binder in ink “I have decorated this copy of Sergines, 1781 with the Knight at Arms returning to his dear Ladye. CE Stewart. Nice. 18. December 1924”, a little rubbed and scuffed to extremities, 12moQTY: (2)NOTE:La Feuillade: Blackmer 859; Goldsmith, BMC STC French E-575; WorldCat (3 copies); not in Atabey or Barbier.Rare first edition of a journal of an expedition to Candia (Crete), commanded by François d'Aubusson, duc de la Feuillade (1625-1691), to assist the Venetians during the long siege of Candia (1645-1669) by the Ottoman Turks. De la Feuillade had already fought the Ottoman forces at the Battle of St. Gothard in 1664 and volunteered to help. With assistance from Pope Clement IX he equipped 500 men at his own expense. The work gives an account of the Cretan war and also contains some valuable information on the Greek Orthodox Church.

Francis of Assisi (Saint). Fioretti, Venice: per Andrea di Boneti de Pavia, 22 November 1484, 62 (of 64) unnumbered leaves, a1-h8, with a1 (recto blank, verso with full-page woodcut of the Crucifixion) and a8 supplied in later facsimile on matching pale cream laid paper, lacking leaves h2 and h3 towards end, colophon to final leaf 'A honore de Dio & de la gloriosa verzene maria e de miser sancto francesco e impressa questa devota opera in Venetia per Andrea di Boneti de Pavia. del Mcccclxxxiiii, a di. xxii. de novembrio', with printer's woodcut device, a2 with old partly erased oval library inkstamp to lower outer corner (not legible), and with later paper repairs to upper blank margin and lower outer blank corner, occasional minor marginal marks, burgundy gilt-decorated burgundy label of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, 20th century antique-style blind- and gilt-decorated light brown full calf, small 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Pellechet 4812 (who records only the copy in the Bibliothèque Nationale, lacking a2); no copy in the British Museum or in America; Reichling, IV, 1214; L. Manzoni, I Fioretti di Sancto Franciescho (Rome: E. Loescher, 1902), p.125.Only one copy at auction (Sotheby's, 1954), when it was bought by Foyle (the present copy).The Fioretti, or Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi is the title given to a classic collection of popular legends about the life of St. Francis of Assisi and his early companions, being a translation into Italian of the latin text Actus B. Francisci et Sociorum Ejus (the earliest extant manuscript version of which is dated 1390). The Italian text, one of the most delightful literary works of the Middle Ages, is thought to be by the Tuscan friar Ugolino Brunforte.

Fore-edge paintings. Elegant Extracts... Instructive, Moral and Entertaining Passages from the most eminent Prose Writers, 6 volumes, London: John Sharpe, circa 1820, 2 vignette half-titles to each volume, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown to each volume, grazing to front pastedowns from removal of old bookplate, all edges gilt, fore-edge painting of pastoral scenes including Eton College, Oxford etc, small area of discolouration slightly affecting the image to fore-edge to volume 1, contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco, gilt lettering and elaborate decoration to spine, gilt and blind stamped borders to boards, gilt turn-ins, head-caps rubbed, edges bumped, 8vo QTY: (6)

Fore-edge Painting. Original Topographical & Antiquarian Delineations of Great Britain; comprising views of Curious & Interesting Subjects in England, Scotland, & Wales, London: Published for the Proprietors, June 1817, 94 engraved plates by J. Grieg, some toning and spotting to margins, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, all edges gilt with fore-edge painting of Lincoln Cathedral, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt decorated spine, double-rule gilt and blind roll border to boards, 8vo, together with:Parkyns (George Isham). Monastic and Baronial Remains, with other interesting Fragments of Antiquity, in England, Wales, and Scotland, 2 volumes, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816, half-title to volume 1, 100 uncoloured aquatint plates (offset to text), some spotting to margins, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated straight-grain maroon morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, and with another copy of the same work in contemporary gilt decorated straight-grain red morocco, extremities rubbed, 8vo,[Cromwell, Thomas]. Excursions in the County of Essex: comprising a brief Historical and Topographical Delineation of every Town and Village; together with Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry..., 2 volumes, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown [et al.], 1819, folding engraved map and plan, additional engraved titles and 96 plates, light scattered spotting, verso of front free endpaper inscribed 'To W. A. Foyle Esq. from the Society of an Antiquarian Booksellers Assistant's Society in memory of a very pleasant visit to Beeleigh Abbey July 8 1956, A. Savill president', burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated straight-grain red morocco, extremities rubbed, 8voQTY: (7)

Farmer (John). The History of the Ancient Town, and once famous Abbey, of Waltham, in the County of Essex, from the Foundation to the Present Time..., London: Printed for the Author, 1735, folding engraved frontispiece, five engraved plates (4 folding, repaired closed tear to large folding plate), red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated red morocco, rebacked, corners and some board edges refurbished, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with:Wright (Thomas). The History and Topography of the County of Essex comprising its Ancient and Modern History..., 2 volumes, London: Geo. Virtue, 1831-35, engraved vignette titles, 89 engraved plates after W.H.Bartlett (of 100), folding engraved county map, toning and spotting, armorial bookplate of Richard Edwin Thomas of Beeleigh Abbey, Maldon to upper pastedowns, contemporary diced calf, gilt and blind decorated spines, extremities rubbed and few marks, 4to,Cromwell (Thomas). History and Description of the Ancient Town and Borough of Colchester, in Essex, 2 volumes in one, London & Colchester: Published for the Proprietors, P. Youngman and John Greig, by Robert Jennings and Swinborne and Walter, 1825, engraved vignette to titles on India paper, 25 engraved plates (including frontispieces), double-page engraved plan and single-page map, three facsimile manuscripts (one folding), some toning and spotting, all edges gilt, modern half calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, 8vo,[Gough, Richard]. The History and Antiquities of Pleshy, in the County of Essex, London: Printed by J. Nichols and Son for T. Payne and J. White, 1803, half-title, engraved vignette to title, 14 engraved plates, occasional offsetting and spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, contemporary gilt panelled diced calf, joints rubbed, 4toGriffin (Richard, 3rd Baron Braybrooke). The History of Audley End. To which are appended notices of the Town and Parish of Saffron Walden, London: Samuel Bentley, 1836, half-title, additional engraved title, 18 engraved plates, portraits and plans (including two double-page plans), some spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, with adhesive residue from previous bookplate, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, and other topography including several Essex related, plus Habershon (Matthew). The Ancient Half-Timbered Houses of England, London: J. Weale, 1836QTY: (18)

Fore-edge paintings. Elegant Epistles from the most Eminent Writers..., 6 volumes, London: John Sharpe, circa 1820, 2 vignette half-titles to each volume, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, grazing to front pastedowns from removal of old bookplate, all edges gilt, fore-edge painting of pastoral scenes with significance to writers such as Dr Johnson, Alexander Pope, John Locke etc to every volume, contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco, gilt lettering and elaborate decoration to spine, gilt and blind stamped borders to boards, gilt turn-ins, head-caps rubbed, edges bumped, 8vo QTY: (6 )NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).The scenes depicted on the fore-edges are; Home of William Cobbett, Farnham, Surrey (volume 1), Home of Gilbert White, Selbourne (volume 2), Birthplace of Alexander Pope, Binford (?) London (volume 3), Birthplace of John Bunyan, Elstow, Bedfordshire (volume 4), Home of Dr Samuel Johnson, Lichfield (volume 5), Birthplace of John Locke, Wrington, Somerset (volume 6). 

Sidney (Philip). The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, 13th edition, London: Printed for George Calvert, at the Golden-Ball in Little-Britain, 1674, engraved portrait frontispiece, numerous errors in pagination, 'A sixth book to the Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia' by Richard Bellings, has separate dated title page, without 3K2 (final blank), browning and spotting, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Bertrum Savile Ogle dated 1896, all edges gilt, 20th-century blind panelled and decorated light brown pigskin, folio (29 x 18.9 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Bertram Cavile Ogle (1846-1930) of Hill House, Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire, J. P. (bookplate).Wing S3770.

Brookes (Richard). The General Gazetteer; or, compendious Geographical Dictionary, containing a description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces..., in the Known World, 16th edition, London: F. C. and J. Rivington, G. Wilkie, W. Lowndes, et al., 1815, 8 folding maps including folding double hemisphere world frontispiece, some offsetting to frontispiece, faint ink stamp name to title, old calf boards, skilfully re-backed preserving backstrip and label, gilt ruled, corners bumped, 8vo, together with: Holcroft (Thomas). Travels from Hamburg through Westphalia, Holland, and The Netherlands, to Paris..., 2 volumes, London: Richard Phillips, 1804, 12 folding engraved views, tears and crude repairs to folds and margins, some plates creased, some trimmed with spotting, contemporary large ink ownership inscription written vertically to inner margin of titles, 'Ex Lib: Bibl: Scrivar: Sig: Reg:', 20th-century shelfmark labels to front pastedown, contemporary calf boards, blind embossed stamps of The Society of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet to upper and lower boards to both volumes, spines bound in 20th-century sheep, spines gilt with maroon morocco labels, corners bumped, wear to extremities, 4to, plusGranville (Augustus Bozzi). The Spas of Germany..., 2 volumes, London: Henry Colburn, 1837, 11 views, 6 engraved maps (including 2 folding), contemporary half-calf, gilt spines, double morocco labels, corners bumped, extremities rubbed, 8vo, plusSherer (Joseph Moyle). Notes and Reflections during a Ramble in Germany..., 1st edition, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826, contemporary half calf, blind and gilt-stamped spine, morocco label, 8vo, plusEdmondston (Arthur). A View of the Ancient and Present State of the Zetland Islands...., 2 volumes bound as 1, Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Co, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London, 1809, frontispiece map, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, modern cloth binding, gilt spine and morocco label, 8vo, andForsyth (Joseph). Remarks on Antiquities, Arts, and Letters during an Excursion in Italy in the years 1802 and 1803..., 2nd Edition, London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1816, previous owner contemporary manuscript inscription to fly leaf, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt borders to boards, gilt decorated spines with morocco title label, gilt turn-ins, slight sunning, boards slightly rubbed, 8vo QTY: (8)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate) for Edmondston (Arthur).

Skelton (Joseph). Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire, from Original Drawings by F. Mackenzie, Oxford: J. Skelton, 1823, engraved title, 50 engraved plates (including frontispiece), text with engraved maps, plans and vignette illustrations, tissue guards, subscriber's list present, all edge gilt, contemporary gilt and blind decorated black straight-grain morocco, rubbed to joints and extremities, large 4to, together with:Lower (Mark Anthony). The Worthies of Sussex, Lewes: Printed for Subscribers only, by Geo. P. Bacon, Sussex Advertiser and Steam Printing Offices, 1865, extra-illustrated containing a total of 32 engraved, etched and lithograph plates (many mounted), one hand-coloured engraved plan, wood engraved vignette illustrations, occasional spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, light fading to spine and head of upper board, 4to,Bentham (James). The History and Antiquities of the Conventual and Cathedral Church of Ely..., Cambridge: University Press, 1771, folding engraved frontispiece, 45 plates (including 5 folding, final three plates printed on one folding sheet), two folding plans, contemporary diced calf, modern reback with gilt decorated spine, original morocco title label preserved, 4to,Suckling (Alfred). Memorials of the Antiquities and Architecture, Family History and Heraldry of the County of Essex, London: John Weale, 1845, 34 lithograph plates including frontispiece (some tinted and coloured), hand-coloured woodcut armorial to title and numerous uncoloured woodcut illustrations, occasional spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco, folio,Dodsworth (William). An Historical Account of the Episcopal See, and Cathedral Church, of Sarum, or Salisbury..., Salisbury: Printed by Brodie and Dowding, for the Author, 1814, additional engraved title, 19 engraved plates (18 of which are proof impressions) and one plan (misbound upside-down), occasional spotting, few plates damp-stained to margins, edges untrimmed, modern half calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, folio,Smith (William). The Particular Description of England. 1588. With views of some of the Chief Towns and Armorial Bearings of Nobles and Bishops, by William Smith, Rouge Dragon. Edited, from the original MS. in the British Library, London: Printed for Subscribers only, 1879, 30 colour lithograph plates and plans (including 3 folding maps), Extra-Illustrated containing 49 18th/early 19th-century engraved plates (including full-page, some plates mounted two to a leaf and few pasted to verso of original plates), bookplate of William Brackenburn to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, modern brown morocco by Bayntun Riviere of Bath, gilt decorated spine, gilt roll border and turn-ins to boards, 4to, (one of 250 copies printed for subscribers only), plus Stone (E. Herbert). The Stones of Stonehenge, London: Robert Scott, 1924, monochrome frontispiece, plates and plans including some folding, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, modern red half morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, 4toQTY: (7)

A Chinese white metal and jade mounted box of oval shape with a detachable lid the side with blind fretwork decoration with figures. No obvious damage. Diameter 6cm

A William VI rosewood mirror with open shelfs and scroll supports with blind fretwork top. Length 198cm

Large 20th Century oil on canvas, ' Blind Man's Buff ', signed, 87 x 168cm, gilt framed

Amos Toys King Kun Figure & King Ken Blind Boxes x4 Good to Good Plus with Fair to Good packaging

Lego Minifigure Blind bags x100 includes Super Mario series 4 71402, UniKitty series 1 41775, Minifigure series 22 71032. Unopened packaging. EX SHOP STOCK

Lego Minifigure Blind bags x100 includes UniKitty series 1 41775 and Minifigures series 22 71032 with Lego Minifigure frame. Unopened packaging. EX SHOP STOCK

Blind Lemon Jefferson LPs, six albums comprising Penitentiary Blues (10" EX/EX), The Immortal Blind Lemon Jefferson (EX/EX), Blind Lemon Jefferson Vol 1 (VG+/VG+), Blind Lemon Jefferson Vol 2 (EX/EX+), Blind Lemon Jefferson Vol 3 (EX/VG+) and King of the Country Blues (Double EX/EX/EX)

Blind Willie McTell LPs, eight albums comprising 1927-1933 The Early Years, King of the Georgia Blues Singers, 1927-1935, Last Session, Trying to Get Home (Sleeve VG), Love Changin Blues (Sleeve VG), 1940 (UK - Vinyl VG+) and 1940 (USA) - mainly all Excellent to EX+ except where stated

▴ Charles Johnson Payne, called 'Snaffles' (1884-1967) 'John Jorrocks Esq M.F.H', 1923 photolithograph with hand colouring with printed remarque, signed 'Snaffles' in pencil l.r., with blind stamp 38.5 x 42cm'I Would Bring Such Fishes Back' print in colours, with printed remarque, signed 'Snaffles' and inscribed with title in pencil l.r. 51 x 54.5cmThe Grand National, 'The Canal Turn' print in colours with printed remarque signed 'Snaffles' in pencil l.r., inscribed 'A memory/The Old Sergeant and Geoffrey Bennett' l.l., with blind stamp 48 x 73.5cm (3) Condition Report'John Jorrocks Esq M.F.H' Overall: 41 x 44.5cm Time staining and foxing. There are some thunderbugs trapped behind the glazing. Not viewed out of glazed frame.'I Would Bring Such Fishes Back' Overall: 53 x 57cm Time staining with spots and speckles of surface dust and dirt trapped behind the glazing. Not viewed out of glazed frame.The Grand National, 'The Canal Turn' Overall: 52 x 77cm Discolouration and time staining to the paper. The colours are faded, please see images. Not viewed out of glazed frame.

A pair of William IV mahogany hall chairs c.1830s, the pelta backs each centred with a blind shield, raised on turned and lotus capped forelegs,43cm wide40cm deep83.5cm highCondition ReportEvidence of sypthetic restoration to both, with additonal blocks added or re-glued to undersides and one seat split and subsequently glued.One back leg with old chip out of it.Frames solid and sturdyBoth with knocks, scuffs, shrinkage splits and imperfections commensursate with age and use

A Leica IIIc Red Blind 35mm Rangefinder Camera 1941, serial no. 378090, chrome, red shutter curtain, shutter working but slow speeds all stick, RF patch good contrast with rest of view, overall view through RF window is slightly darker than expected, regular viewfinder VG, together with Leitz Summitar f/2 5cm lens, serial no. 702291, optics G, some light internal haze present & some extremely light cleaning marks to front element,

An Underwood Instanto Half Plate Tailboard Camera circa 1890, double extension, maroon square-cornered bellows, body G, maker's and camera name plates present, with a C.P.Goerz Doppel-Anastigmat f/6.8 180mm lens in a Thornton-Pickard roller blind shutter, together with three double dark slifr plate holders

A Thornton Pickard Imperial Triple Extension Quarter Plate Camera mahogany and brass field camera, circa 1910-20, with a Dallmeyer Stigmatic Series II f/6 5½in.brass lens, three double dark slide plate holders and roller blind shutter, cord missing, tear in bellows, body and lens F

After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - 'Portrait of Sylvette', limited edition (21/500) giclee print on 350gsm conservation grade Arches Aquarelle paper using archival quality inks, published in 2004 and authorised for sale by the Picasso Estate, official limited edition estate blind stamp lower right, together with Certificate of Endorsement, sheet size: 41.7 x 52 cm

S LABELS - LP COLLECTION (STARLINE/ SOS/ STOMP OFF). A lovely collection of around 247 LPs. All released on S lettered labels, including Starline, SOS & Stomp Off. Artists/ titles include Karin Krogg - I Remember You. Terry Waldo & The Gotham City Band, Tiny Grimes - One Is Never Too Old To Swing, Salih Baysal - Myth, John Fahey - The Transfiguration Of Blind Joe Faith, Johnny Gill's California Sunshine Boys - Some Sweet Day, Steve Ross - Live At The Algonquin, The Untouchables - Wild Child, Tommy Chase - Groove Merchant, Wreckers Eric - The Whole Wide World. Thousand Yard Stare, Dexter Gordon, Ike & Tina Turner, The Healing, John Stevens, Howard Riley, Fatback Band, Joe Simon, Norman Simmons Quartet, Jon Eardley, Cecil Payne. The collection can include duplicates and some LPs from box sets that don't contain the outer box. Ref box: GSS024488 - GSS025448, GSS027102 - GSS025485 & GSS026429 - GSS026524. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+, odd one may drop to VG. Please note that all sleeves will contain archival stickers from the BBC. These stickers can be 'on top' of the plastic with some 'underneath' (i.e. on the sleeve itself). Some sleeves have been 'laminated' either by way of 'punching' the plastic wallet to two parts of the sleeve or by fully wrapping the plastic to the sleeve. Generally G to VG.

A collection of 19th century engravings / prints including one after Godfrey Kneller, The Lord Euston, Panoramic view of Abergavenny, publ. 1811 and a pair after Thomas Rowlandson including a pair of satyrical coloured engravings including 'The Result of Purchasing a Blind Horse'

SEVEN GEORGE BAXTER / BAXTER STYLE PRINTS, to include Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Lord Nelson, Blind Mans Buff, a New Hall Vault print Lot 430, and two other prints (box)

A SMALL QUANTITY OF DECORATIVE PAINTINGS AND PRINTS ETC, comprising a John Straw watercolour depicting wild flowers, approximate size 20cm x 16cm, an indistinctly signed portrait of a male figure wearing Alpine clothing, dated 1949, oil on canvas, approximate size 49cm x 39cm, Emily Estelle Rice watercolour of St Ives circa 1959, three Astrid Knight pen, watercolours and mixed media landscapes, two Caroline Tate mixed media studies, Alison signed etching numbered 1/1, a signed Alice Barnwell etching 'The Wolds' with Rembrandt Guild blind stamp - loose in the mount, two Brenda Dawkin floral watercolours, W.A. Tait floral watercolour and a Philip Solden study of a tree

Original antique poster for The Russian General Oil Corporation / Societe Generale Naphthifere Russe featuring share certificates with share warrant of 25 shares of 1£ sterling each. Horizontal. Fair condition, folds, creasing, tears, some paper stickers, large paper loss cut out, paper skimming, staining, ink stamps, blind embossed stamps, signed by hand, double sided. Country of issue: France, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 39x51 (unfolded) 39x26 (folded), year of printing: 1912.

A joined oak and blind carved three panelled hinge top coffer, width 104cm

Coloured Parianware figure of a masked gentleman playing Blind Mans Bluff, 15" tall

E.A.S Douglas, Royal Procession, and engraving, pencil signed blind back stamp to the border, published by Arthur Ackermann. 50 x 72cm

After Charles Johnson Payne ''Snaffles'' (1884-1967)''Great Banks There Was Below In The Fields''Signed in pencil, with the Snaffles blind bit stamp, a colour reproduction, 47.5cm by 67.5cm

After Charles Johnson Payne ''Snaffles'' (1884-1967)''Once Upon A Time''Signed in pencil, with the Snaffles blind bit stamp, a colour reproduction, 49cm by 61.5cm

After Charles Johnson Payne ''Snaffles'' (1884-1967)''Andsome is - wot andsome does''Signed in pencil, with the Snaffles blind bit stamp, a colour reproduction, together with a further signed colour reproduction by the same hand "The Stone-Faceder", 47.5cm by 43cm and 49cm by 32cm respectively (2)

After Charles Johnson Payne ''Snaffles'' (1884-1967)''The Gunner''With the Snaffles blind bit stamp, a colour reproduction, 43.5cm by 33cm

A George III Style Mahogany Chest on Stand, carved with blind fretwork, the locks stamped "Squire and Sons Ltd, Wolverhampton", 94cm by 50cm by 156cm

Fleming (Ian) Diamonds are Forever, first edition, original boards with upper cover decorated in blind with silver diamond to centre, spine lettered in silver, fine, very faint spotting to fore-edge occasionally straying onto margin, dust-jacket, some nicks to extremities, light rubbing along joints and spine ends, light surface marks to lower panel, otherwise an excellent and crisp copy, 8vo, 1956.

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Silmarillion, one of 1000 copies, "collector's edition", numbered plate laid down on front free endpapers as issued, light foxing to edges occasionally straying onto margins, original red morocco with JRRT monogram blind-stamped in gilt on upper cover, spine faded, a few soiling patches, slip-case, [Hammond & Anderson A15h.], 8vo, 1977 [but 1982].

Horses.- Eisenberg d' (Barone) Description du Manege Moderne dans sa perfection, first edition, engraved additional title and 59 plates by Picart after Eisenberg, list of subscribers, occasional light browning but a very good copy generally, light vertical crease to title and a few early leaves, bookplate of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell to front pastedown, 19th century half morocco with Sitrling-Maxwell monogramme in blind to upper cover, extremities rubbed, title and author in blind to lower edge, [Cohen-De Ricci 345], oblong folio, n.p., 1727.*** A clean copy of this description of horsemanship by King George II's stablemaster. 

Horses.- Solleysel (Jacques de) The Compleat Horseman: Discovering the surest Marks Beauty, Goodness, faults and Imperfections of Horses, 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved frontispiece portrait, additional title and 6 folding plates, I1 with tear to foot running into text, occasional light browning, 18th century armorial bookplate of The Right Honble. Basil Fielding Earl of Denbigh to title verso, lage bookplate of Sir WIlliam Stirling-Maxwell to front pastedown, 19th century polished calf, with Stirling-Maxwell arms and monogramme in blind to covers, covers detached, spine chipped and worn, [Wing S4457], folio, for M. Gillyflower [and others], 1696.*** A reissue, with cancel title page, of The Parfait Mareschal, or Compleat Farrier printed in Edinburgh the same year.

Dugdale (Sir William) The History of St. Paul's Cathedral, first edition, title in red and black, engraved portrait and 44 etched plates and illustrations by Wenceslaus Hollar and others, most full- or double-page, one large and folding (torn and repaired), some light soiling, small hole to Ee1 within plate-mark but not affecting image or text, contemporary ink inscription of Sir Peter Leicester de Tabley "...pretium 14s 6d" to front free endpaper, engraved bookplate of Sir William Jerningham Bart. of Cossey, contemporary russia with triple gilt fillet and roll-tool border in blind, rebacked with gilt spine, rubbed and slightly stained, corners and edges a little worn, [Millard, British 17; Wing D2482], folio, by Tho. Warren, 1658.*** A fine large copy with the plates printed with good impressions."The most detailed study of a single building produced in seventeenth-century England, and the best evidence for how St. Paul's Cathedral looked before the 1666 Fire of London." (Millard).

Astronomy.- Leadbetter (Charles) A Treatise of Eclipses of the Sun and Moon, second edition, initial advertisement leaf, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, the Macclesfield copy with bookplate and small library blind-stamps as usual, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, 8vo, Printed for John Wilcox, 1731. 

Astronomy.- Monnier (Pierre Charles le) La Theorie des Cometes, first edition, half-title, 4 folding engraved plates, folding table, contemporary calf, gilt, 8vo, Paris, 1743.*** Scarce work based on, indeed much a direct translation of Halley's Cometographia of 1726. Page 65 includes the announcement of his prediction of the return of his eponymous comet "de sorte que je puis avec assez de certitude annoncer son retour pour l'an 1758."Provenance: The Earls of Macclesfield (South Library bookplate and small blind-stamps to first few leaves, as usual).

Astronomy.- Sacrobosco (Iohannes) Libellus de Sphæra, with the preface by Philip Melanchthon (1531), woodcut device to title, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, with final two blanks, title working loose at foot, [VD16 J 728], Wittenberg, Johann Krafft, 1550, bound with Beyer (Hartmann) Quaestiones novae in libellum de sphaera Joannis de sacro busto, woodcut printer's device to title and final leaf verso, d1 closed tear affecting text but no loss, [VD16 B 2492], Frankfurt, Peter Braubach, 1549, together 2 in 1, manuscript ink ownership inscriptions, a few other markings and single marginal note, a little worming to peripheral leaves, affecting text but no major loss, browning, some minor marginal soiling, contemporary vellum over boards stamped in blind, worming to boards (pastedowns) and extremities, toned; and a defective copy of Ptolomaeus' 'Omnia Quae Extant Opera', lacking star maps by Johannes Honter and signature T supplied with leaves from another edition, v.s. (2) 

Astronomy & Navigation.- Metius (Adriaan) De genuino usu utriusque globi tractatus [& Mensura Geographica et usus globi terrestris, artisque Navigandi Institutio], 2 parts in 1 vol., first Latin editions, titles with woodcut printer's device, woodcut illustrations, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, marginal ownership inscriptions removed and repaired on first title, some spotting or staining (including water-staining to lower inner corners), mostly lightly browned, contemporary Dutch morocco, gilt, spine in compartments, each with central rosette, covers with floral centre- and corner-pieces and blind-ruled and floral borders, spine repaired and with later ink author name, rubbed and marked, gilt gauffered edges, [Houzeau & Lancaster 2820], 4to, Franeker, Uldricus Balck, 1624.  *** On the use of celestial globes in navigation. Metius was professor of astronomy and mathematics at Franeker from 1600 until his death in 1635. 'Like his townsman Blaeu, Adriaen worked under Tycho Brahe at his observatory on the island of Hven' (DSB IX, p.336). One of his lectures in 1629 was attended by Descartes.  

Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, second edition, second issue with "fifth thousand" on title, half-title, folding lithograph diagram, 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated January 1860 at end, light spotting to peripheral pages, ink ownership name partially removed from title leaving ink remnants and very small hole, original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked preserving original spine strip, endpapers renewed, lightly rubbed and stained, [Freeman 376], 8vo, 1860.

Stirling (James) Methodus differentialis, sive tractatus de summatione et interpolatione serierum infinitarum, chip to head, later wrappers, J. Whitson and B. White, 1764 § S[tirling] (J[ames]) Poems, Newcastle, Printed for the author, 1829 bound with  Stirling (James) The Benighted Wanderer, [one of 50 copies], ink signed presentation inscription from the author laid onto blank leaf at front, blank leaf and title foxed at head, bookplate of Sir William Stirling to front pastedown, morocco gilt by J. Leighton, gilt arms and monogramme of Stirling-Maxwell to covers, g.e., light toning to covers and spine, 1829 § Stirling-Maxwell (Sir William) An Essay towards a Collection of Books relating to the Arts of Design, being a Catalogue of those at Keir, a few items with prices added in pencil, bookplate of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell to front pastedown, later half morocco, arms of Stirling-Maxwell in blind to upper cover, light rubbing to extremities, 1860; and 8 others, largely by or owned by the Stirling-Maxwell family, v.s. (11)

Perottus (Nicolaus) Cornucopiæ, sive linguæ latinæ commentarii, [edited by Aldus Manutius], first Aldine edition, collation: [aa-ee6] a-z A-H10 I12, 352 ff., the last blank, 59 lines, Roman letter and a little Greek, initial on a1 in red and blue, the others in red, some underlining in red or black, contemporary and later ink marginalia in several hands, occasionally in red, marginal repairs, mostly at beginning and end, H1 neat short split just within text at inner margin, without loss, f4 and k8 piece from lower blank corner, final blank repaired, mostly marginal water-staining, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, leaves from ?14th century hymnal used as pastedowns, fragments of 15th century rubricated manuscript used in binding, ornately blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, including various flowers and dragons in triangular borders and large and small rosettes in circular borders, spine in compartments, metal clasps, repaired with some loss to pigskin, mostly on lower cover, stained, rubbed, folio (318 x 214mm.; binding 334 x 230mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius, July, 1499. *** A great Aldine rarity at auction. The first Aldine and best edition of this monumental work on the language and literature of classical Rome. It is written in the form of a commentary on the epigrams of Martial. The first edition was edited by the author's nephew Pyrrho Perotti and Lodovico Odaxio, from whom there are two letters at the beginning of our edition.  Provenance: Father Labe, S.J., 1698. Literature: Ahmanson-Murphy 32; BMC V, 561; Goff P-296; H 12706*; Bod-inc P-107; BSB-Ink P-221; GW M31090; Renouard 19:2; ISTC ip00296000.     

Bookbinding.- Quaritch (Bernard) A Catalogue of Fifteen Hundred Books remarkable for the beauty or the age of their Bindings, 103 plates, many heightened in gold or silver, handsome red crushed morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, arms of Stirling-Maxwell in blind to covers, spine slightly darkened, upper joint rubbed with some splitting to joint ends, corners rubbed, g.e., 4to, Bernard Quaritch, 1889.

English provenance.- Annotated.- Trithemius (Johannes) Catalogus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum sive illustrium virorum, collation: A B4 a-z aa-zz4, woodcut historiated initials, occasional contemporary ink marginalia in an English hand in English or Latin (including rear endpaper), including motto 'Fare-fac' and reference to Erasmus to title, [Cologne], [Peter Quentel], 1531 bound with Basilius Magnus (Saint, Archbishop of Caesarea) Opus argutu(m) ac pium De spiritu sancto, ad Amphilochium, translated by Desiderius Erasmus, collation: A6 a-p4 q6, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut historiated initials, final errata f., extensive contemporary neat Greek marginalia, Basel, [Hieronymus Froben & Nikolaus Episcopius], 1532, together 2 works in 1 vol., marginal water- or -damp-staining (the former heavier to last few ff. of second work), occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary English ornately blind-stamped panelled calf over wooden boards (Oldham, Blind-stamped Bindings, nos. 648 & 896, F.I. binder in London between 1538-1551), rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments with later red leather label, lacking 1 metal clasp, the other breaking off, lower cover with very small piece missing from leather at head and a few small nail holes, little staining, rubbed and marked, 4to (204 x 156mm.; binding 214 x 174mm.) *** I: Enlarged edition of this bio-bibliography of Christian writers, which first appeared in Basel in 1494.Trithemius (1462-1516) was a German Benedictine, abbot of Sponheim, lexicographer, chronicler and occultist. He had Cornelius Agrippa and Paracelsus were among his students. Our English annotator has concentrated on English authors, including Bede, William of Ockham and Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury. II: First Latin edition of this treatise on the Holy Spirit.  Literature: I: Adams T966; VD 16 T1999. II: Adams B356; VD 16 B723.   

Canon Law.- Bonifacius VIII (Pope) Sextus decretalium liber...in Lugdunensi coniclio editus [& others], 4 parts in 1, collation: a-k8, aa-dd8 ee4, A-E8 F4, AA BB8 CC4, double column, printed in red and black, first two parts title within identical woodcut historiated border, full-page woodcut table to final verso of first work, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, early ink underlining, 19th century blue ink seminary stamp to first title, k7 sliver torn from outer margin, some mostly marginal water-staining, occasional spotting or staining (including the odd instance of ink), lightly browned, lacking free endpapers, contemporary blind-ruled and gilt French calf, spine in compartments and with 19th century ink ms. title label, lacking ties, spine ends and corners worn, couple of losses to leather on upper cover, rubbed and scuffed, but solid, 8vo (154 x 102mm.), Paris, Jean Kerbriant & Jean Petit, 1531.  *** Rare edition of four important texts of canon law, including the Decretals of Boniface VIII; one of the greatest jurists of his age. Provenance: Capuchins of Valence (early ink inscription to head of title); 'In valesta vera virtus' and 'Joannes' (later ink motto to title and name to final f.).  Literature: Adams B2440.

Spirituality.- Desiderius [Spill de la Vida Religiosa] Emanuel Leabhar ina bhfuil modh Agus Fhagala Fhoirbhtheachda na Beathadh Riaghaltha, first edition in Irish, woodcut vignette on title, another on verso of following leaf, some soiling and water-staining, 18th century half calf, slight worming to spine, 8vo, Louvain, Press of the Irish Franciscans, 1616.*** First edition in Irish of this important work on Spirituality which went through numerous editions in other languages after the first edition appeared in Catalan (Barcelona, 1515).The translator of this edition, Conry (or Conroy) was an Irish Franciscan and Archbishop of Tuam (1560/1-1629), who was born in Galway and died in Madrid. An ardent Irish patriot, he was involved in Tyrone's rebellion and in other Irish movements, and founded the Irish Franciscan College at Louvain, largely with monies provided by Isabella, the daughter of Philip II of Spain.Provenance: The Earls of Macclesfield (South Library bookplate and small blind-stamp to first few leaves as usual).