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THE ROLLING STONES - LP COLLECTION. Great set of 9 x original title LPs with 2 x LP box sets. Albums include Beggars Banquet (mono unboxed LK 4955 4A/2A - clean Ex record/Ex a little shelfwear, a very neat copy), Let It Bleed (boxed mono RE LK 5025, complete with poster, mono inner and hype sticker), No. 2 (LK 4661 orig blind man text, 2 unboxed mono copies, the 1st is 2A/1A the other 2A/2A), S/T (unboxed mono 'Mona' credit on record, 2A/3A), Sticky Fingers, Love You Live, The Great Years (box set), Between The Buttons (orig stereo FFSS unboxed SKL 4852), Big HIts... and Singles Collection The London Years (box set). Condition is generally VG to Ex.

THE CANTERBURY SCENE - LPs. Exceptional collection featuring the main players of the Canterbury scene with these 14 x LPs. Titles are Kevin Ayers (x3) - Shooting At The Moon (UK original unboxed Harvest SHSP 4005 - currently grading as Ex with a few quite light storage marks, would easily clean to a top Ex+ grading!/Ex clean sleeve, a little discolouration on the reverse), Whatevershebringswesing (UK orig SHVL 800 - VG+/Ex) and Bananamour (UK orig SHVL 807 'Gramophone Co.' - Ex/Ex), Gong (x4) - Flying Teapot (UK original black/white twin dragon V2002 - top Ex+/Ex), You (coloured twin dragon label V 2019 - Ex/Ex w/insert), Angels Egg (V 2007 black/white twin dragon label - Ex+/VG+) and Camembert Electrique (VC 502 UK orig - Ex+/VG+), Soft Machine - Third (CBS UK original S 64080 - solid VG+ records, would clean to a higher grading/Ex light ringwear) and Caravan (x6) - If I Could Do It All Over Again... (UK circa 1972 pressing with ? 1970 at the right side of labels, SKL-R 5052 - Ex some light storage marks that will clean/Ex+ top condition sleeve), In The Land Of Grey And Pink (UK red/white SDL R1 - VG+ some poly bag residue/Ex+), For Girls Who Grow... (SDL-R 12), With The New Symphonia (SML-R1110, BLind Dog... (AL 4088) and Cunning Stunts (BTM 5000). Condition elsewhere is generally Ex to Ex+ and a note: though some of the records have storage marks these have proved easy to clean away, so gradings will more than likely be even better than they already are should the winning bidder decide to clean them further... Outstanding selection.

PRIMAL SCREAM - LPs/12". You're in a for a beautiful future with this pack of 4 x LPs, 7 x 12" and 1 x 10". Titles include Screamadelica (CRELP 076 original - Ex+ lovely records/Ex minor edgewear), S/T (CRELP 054 - Ex+/Ex+), Give Out But Don't Give Up (CRELP 146 -Ex+/Ex), Martin Duffy - Assorted Promenades (deleted 2014 LP OGEN050LP, Mint and sealed), Burning Wheel, Kowalski, Star, Jailbird, Loaded, Higher Than The Sun, Dixie-Narco EP and (I'm Gonna) Cry Myself Blind. Condition is typically top Ex to Ex+.

FOLK/FOLK-ROCK - LPs. More cracking original title albums with 28 x LPs included. Artists/titles include Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief (1st UK pressing, Island ILPS 9115, pink label white 'i' - Ex+ wonderful condition record with only a couple of very faint and wispy markings/Ex top condition sleeve too with only a little edgewear and a couple of very small scuffs), Sandy Denny - The North Star Grassman And The Ravens (ILPS 9165 original UK pink rim Island - Ex extremely clean with a couple of very light scuffs/Ex+ immaculate sleeve), John Fahey - The Transfigurations Of Blind Joe Death (TRA 173 - Ex+/Ex lovely copy), Duncan Browne - S/T (SRKA 6754 - very nice Ex/Ex copy), Tam O'Shanter/John Mason, Jock Tamson's Bairns, Bob Dylan inc. Desire and Blood On The Tracks, Ralph McTell, Al Stewart, Stefan Grossman - Guitar Instrumentals, Traffic, Cat Stevens (x4), Joni Mitchell - Blue (orig UK textured sleeve - top Ex+/Ex copy), Donovan and James Taylor. Condition is typically Ex to Ex+.

HYDE PARK 1969 BLIND FAITH. An original poster for Blind Faith's 1969 Hyde Park appearance. Measures 20 x 30" and in VF condition. Printed by 'Screendream Print Redhill 61104'. From the archive of acclaimed poster designer David Arnott.

INDIE/ALTERNATIVE - 90s/2000s - COLOURED VINYL 7"/10" RELEASES. Smashing collection of 53 x 7" and 10", all limited edition coloured/picture disc releases. Artists/titles include Fantastic Something - Songs In A Small Room (SIESTA 89 with inserts), Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (bright red), Pantera - 5 Minutes Alone (with all 5 badges), Feeder - Seven Days In The Sun, Cocteau Twins - Frosty The Snowman (highly limited red, jukebox), Radiohead - Creep (green vinyl, jukebox), NO FX, Acetone - Come On (green, HUT 47), Blind Melon - No Rain (yellow), Alice In Chains, Scott Weiland - Barbarella (pink), Mudhoney, Muse - Time Is Running Out, Stereophonics - Dakota (red translucent), Death In Vegas w/Paul Weller - So You Say You Lost Your Baby, Maximo Park, The White Stripes, The Fratellis, Our Lady Peace, Jeff The Brotherhood, Idaho, The Cribs, Snow Patrol and Supergrass. Condition is mostly top Ex+! Superb titles.

After David Wilie RA "Blind-Man`s Buff", black and white engraving by Abraham Rainbach, oak frame 63cm x 49cm

BEATLES/STONES/60S LPs. Great pack of 10 x indispensable LPs. Titles are The Rolling Stones (x4) - Satanic Majesties (UK mono original blue labels TXL 103 1P/P1 - VG+ a few scuff marks/VG+ in clean order, the lenticular sleeve is a little 'bent', complete with original red inner), Out Of Our Heads (mono unboxed LK 4733 8B/9A - solid VG+ copy), After-Math (mono unboxed LK 4786 4B/3A - glossy VG+/Ex) and No. 2 (mono unboxed LK 4661 'blind man' 2A/2A - glossy VG+/VG+ light staining on the reverse) , The Beatles - Yesterday And Today (mono Canadian T 2553 - VG+/Ex) and Oldies (mono PMC 7016 1G/1G original - superb Ex+/Ex copy), Yoko Ono - Approximately Infinite Universe (SAP 101/102 - Ex+/Ex), Billy J Kramer With The Dakotas - Listen... (PMC 1209 - Ex/VG+) and The Troggs (x2) - From Nowhere (TL 5355 - Ex+/VG+) and Cellophane (POLS 003 - Ex/Ex).

HARDCORE/PUNK/PROGRESSIVE METAL - LPs. Scorching collection of 15 x high quality LPs largely from the 2000s and 2010s. Artists/titles are Sodom - Official Bootleg (limited edition coloured vinyl, sealed) and S/T (2017 red vinyl), Blind Guardian - Beyond The Red Mirror (2015 LP, sealed), Ayreon - The Source (stock black vinyl from 2017), Choking Victim - No Gods/No Managers, Terror - Lowest Of The Low, Pro-Pain - Foul Taste Of Freedom, Length Of Time - How Good The World Could Be Again, Comeback Kid - Turn It Around (pic disc), Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill, Kreator - Hordes Of Chaos (red), Machine Head - Catharsis (2018, sealed), Sabaton - Carolus Rex (black), Angra - Aqua (2010 orange vinyl, sealed) and Mammoth Grinder - Cosmic Crypt (2018 LP, black). Condition is primarily Ex+ or 'as new'.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TAPE REELS AND MANAGEMENT CORRESPONDENCE. A collection of items relating to Bruce Springsteen to include: a tape reel sent in 1973 from Bruce Springsteen's US management/publisher Laurel Canyon to Polygram's publishing arm 'Intersong' containing a recording of 'The Fever', one similar reel marked with 'Intersong' labels containing five tracks 'Seaside Bar Song, Zero and Blind Terry, Thundercrack, Santa Anna, Bishop Danced. Also approx 15 sheets of mostly hand signed correspondence circa 1973 - 1975 between representatives of the two aforementioned companies, some of which details the contents and issuing of the reels seen here.

Luther, Martin Der Vierde Teil/ Der bucher des Ehrmirdigen herrn Doct. Mart. Luth. Wittemberg: Peter ?Seik, 1568. Folio, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, metal clasps (lacking one); title in red and black with woodcut vignette of the Crucifixion, inhabited intials; Ff. [8], 607 [238 misnumbered 138, 241 as 24]. Blackletter. Text in German.

[Darwin, Charles] Fitzroy, Robert, and King, Philip Barker Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, Describing their Examination of the Southern Shores of the South America, and the Beagle's Circumnavigation of the Globe. Vols I+II with Appendix to II. Henry Colburn, 1839. 8vo (3 vols). Full blue calf, sometime rebacked preserving original spines, boards ruled in gilt with blind roll-tooled border, red speckled edges; I: 11 plates; II: 30 plates; Appendix: 1 folding map, 6 plates; lacking all loosely inserted maps. First edition. Whilst lacking the more famous Darwin contribution, the two journals of the voyages prepared by Fitzroy (and the appendix of more in-depth study) remain an important text in the history of science. With the suicide of Stokes (whose journal is a major element of the first volume) and the retirement of Captain King, Fitzroy found himself the guardian of the vast array of documentation the voyages had produced - far more than would fit in a single volume. In the end, an agreement was reached with Darwin. Fitzroy would present the material for which he was responsible, whilst Darwin provided a third volume made up of his account of the voyage. Fitzroy's work may be overshadowed in the popular imagination by his more controversial partner, but his contributions were on less important - his surveys of South American waters were so accurate they are still the foundation for many charts of the area. Fitzroy was deservedly awarded the gold medal of the Royal Geographic Society on his return and his two volumes are a major source on the route traversed by the expedition. Fitzroy would undergo a seeming religious conversion by the time of his account of the voyage, repudiating his doubts in the literal truth of Creation, being particularly dismayed by Origin. His scientific work continued though, ultimately leading him to the creation of the Meteorological Office, in which role he invented the weather forecast in an effort to reduce loss of life at sea. Whilst Fitzroy is mostly remembered today as Darwin's Captain, he is much more than this. A principled man who devoted himself to duty - to the point of leaving only his debts for his family - he was a scientific officer who recognised the importance of Darwin's work, even if he later disagreed with the ultimate direction such work would lead. His work is still a hugely important source of scientific, maritime, ethnographical and historical information and remains a landmark in science.

Turner, J.M.W. Picturesque Views on The Southern Coast of England from Drawings Made Principally By J. M. W. Turner, R. A. John and Arthur Arch, London. 1826. Folio (2 vols). Full leather, boards with gilt roll-tooled borders enclosing central blind panel, spines lettered directly in gilt, marbled endpapers, marbled edges; 80 plates and vignettes. First Edition..  Binding rubbed and bumped, joints on I cracking, II sometime rebacked, some foxing, spotting etc throughout, offsetting from plates, some pages toned, a very good copy

Seebohm, Henry The Geographical Distribution of the Charadriidae or the Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, and their Allies. Henry Sotheran, [1887-8]. 4to, org. green pebble-cloth, upper board and spine lettered in gilt, upper board with black fillet borders, lower with same in blind; 21 hand-coloured plates, monochrome illus to text. First edition, first issue (with Slender-Billed Dotterel frontis).Binding worn, with wear to joints and rubbing and loss to head and foot of spine, internally occasionally dusty, very slight occasional foxing to plates but still bright colours, small tape repair of marginal tear to verso of 'Somali Courser', a very good copy.

Williams, John CalthropPractical Observations on Nervous and Sympathetic Palpitation of the Heart. Longman, Rees, Orme, Browne, and Co., 1836. 8vo, brown cloth decorated in blind with venous pattern; 1 plate of a stethoscope, with bound in errata slip. First ed.Williams was a doctor and surgeon who appears to have been an early adopter and advocate of the stethoscope in heart examinations. He describes being taught how to use one by Dr Duncan of Edinburgh in 1818, only a few years after the tool's invention. He states that he has "never permitted the disadvantage to myself of neglecting its employment". This book was originally a course of lectures given at the short-lived Nottingham medical school and was intended to clarify and improve understanding of the causes and nature of heart disease. The 1852 second edition is more commonly found and the first edition appears rare..  Extremities rubbed and bumped with a little loss, pages a little cockled, variable foxing, spotting etc. throughout, most noticeable to plate.

Walton, Izaak and Cotton, Charles The Complete Angler. Rivington, Caslon & Withy, 1766 (Part 2: 1760). 8vo, half green calf over marbled boards by Mudie, spine with blind panel in four and morocco lettering pieces in two, marbled endpapers; pp. lvi, xxii, 303, [1], xlviii, iv, iv, 128, [8]; 2 eng. frontis, 14 eng. plates. 2nd Hawkins edition.Binding with a little shelfwear, variable internal toning, foxing, offsetting etc. but a very good copy.

Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible; containing the Old Testament and the New ... With most profitable annotations upon all the hard places, and other things of great importance..., (Amsterdam?), 1683], general title lacking, New Testament title present, six engraved maps and plans by Nicolaes Visscher (plan of Jerusalem torn to left side & lower right corner with loss, and map of Canaan torn to left & right sides with loss), some maps and plans repaired & strengthened to folds etc. and with manuscript to verso, Apocrypha present, dedication leaf torn to fore-edge and repaired (18th century manuscript entries to verso), first leaf of Genesis detached, torn & frayed to edges, bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, London: Company of Stationers, 1679, final leaf torn and with manuscript to verso, dampstaining, browning, dust-soiling, and some marks throughout volume, margins frayed, lacking free endpapers, pastedowns with 18th & 19th century manuscript entries including 'this book was given by Captain William Orton unto William Cooke ye brother of James Cooke & was given by William Cooke unto Robert Cooke the son of his brother James the day before his death which being ye 4th day of July in ye year of our Lord 1736' and 'Abraham Cooke the son of Robt. and Ann Cooke was born ye thirteenth day of March in the year of our Lord 1740 about 35 minutes after 3 a clock in the morning' and 'Ridgway Forster 1792', contemporary blind panelled calf over wooden boards, blind embossed arabesque device to centre of each board, pierced & shaped brass corner pieces and clasp attachments (without clasps), rebacked, folio (leaf size 37.5 x 23.5cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESHerbert 782; Darlow & Moule 616. King James Version, with Geneva notes, etc. Place and printer's name not given. Probably by, or for, Swart in Amsterdam.

[Godwin, Francis] . A Catalogue of the Bishops of England, since the first planting of Christian religion in this Island, together with the brief history of their lives and memorable actions, so neere as can be gathered out of antiquity, 1st edition, George Bishop, 1601, black letter, early annotations and underscoring throughout, lacks final two leaves (Chester, 3pp + 1 page blank), old damp staining to early leaves, closely trimmed at head occasional shaving running head, old pagination, title page dust soiled and first few leaves frayed at corners and foremargin, old partial manuscript index to front endpapers and armorial bookplate pastedown, contemporary quarter calf, worn, 4to, together with [Cary, Henry, Viscount Falkland] , The History of the Life, Reign and Death of Edward II, King of England and Lord of Ireland, with the rise and fall of his great favourites, Gaveston and the Spencers, printed by J. C. for Charles Harper, at the Flower-de-luce, in Fleet-street; Samuel Crouch, at the Princes Arms in Popes Head-Alley in Cornhil; and Thomas Fox, at The Angel in Westminster-hall, 1680, title printed in red and black, some browning, lacks portrait frontispiece, bookplate of William Perceval, contemporary calf, somewhere, upper cover detached, folio, plus Bacon (Francis & Godwin, Frances) , The History of the Reigns of Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, and Queen Mary, two parts in one, printed by W. G for R. Scot et al, 1676, engraved portrait frontispiece of Francis Bacon, some spotting and browning, ownership signature of William Perceval to title (brown) verso and initials and shelf mark to recto, contemporary blind-panelled calf with gilt thistle motif and shelf number at foot of spine, somewhere, covers detached, folio, plus three other antiquarian history folios including two odd volumes (Qty: 6)NOTES1 (STC11937); 2) Wing F313; 3) Gibson 121; Wing B300.

Gonzaga di Gazzuolo (Lucrezia). Lettere della molto illustre sig. ... Lucretia Gonzaga da Gazuolo con gran diligentia raccolte, e à gloria del sesso feminile nuovamente in luce poste, 1st edition, Venice: Gualtieri Scoto, 1552, woodcut title-device, a few marks, ownership inscriptions to title-page, English annotations in a 19th-century hand to endpapers, 17th-century vellum, blind mandorla lozenges to sides, slightly marked, 8vo (15.1 x 9.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) 'Moira Hastings, her book' (eighteenth-century ownership inscription), possibly a name adopted by Elizabeth Rawdon (née Hastings, 1731-1808) following her marriage in 1752 to John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira (1720-1794). 2) Lady Charlotte Rawdon (c.1769-1834), daughter of John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira (1720-1794) and Elizabeth Rawdon (inscription, 'Given to my dear Daughter & beloved Friend Lady Charlotte Rawdon') 3) Sophia Frederica Christina Hastings (1805-1859), marchioness of Bute and daughter of Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira and 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754-1826) (bookplate). 4) Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Adams G863; STC Italian p. 309. Adams and STC Italian accept the attribution of these letters to Italian noblewoman Lucretia Gonzaga (1522-1576) but elsewhere the author is identified as her secretary Ortensio Landi.

Mudzaert ( Dionysius ). De Kerckelycke Historie van de Gheboorte onses Heeren Iesu Christi tot het Tegenwoordich Jaer M.DC.XX. ... Alles getrocken uyt de Kerckelycke Jaer-boecken Caes. Baronii end andere treffelycke Schryvers, 1st edition, Antwerp: Hieronymus Verdussen, 1622, 2 parts in 1 volume, signatures a4 pi2 A-Z4 2A-3P6 3Q4, A-3Q6 b-f4 , a1=half-title, a2=engraved allegorical title-page after Peter Paul Rubens by Jan Collaert, depicting a personification of the Catholic Church seated on a pedestal, with a figure representing Religious History to the left below, and two prisoners in chains at the foot illustrating Error and Heresy, text mainly in in black letter, double column, browning, part 1 with small spill-burn in I3 affecting a letter either side, mild paper-disruption in 2U5 affecting a couple of letters, part 2 with closed tear in 2I5, a couple of small worm-hole in gutter and text, briefly expanding in quires 2D-2H mainly affecting side-notes, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary blind-tooled calf over thick reverse-bevelled wooden boards, brass catches (lacking clasps), worn, folio (34.5 x 21 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and curator of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (bookplate). Jaffé wrote three substantial books on Rubens: Rubens (1967); Rubens and Italy (1977); and Rubens: catalogo completo (1989). Judson & Van de Velde, Book Illustrations and Title-Pages (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard XXI), 49. No copies traced in UK libraries. The work is a compendium in Dutch of Baronio's Annales Ecclesiastici , a book Rubens had himself acquired in 1620 (see Bertram, Rubens as a Designer of Title-Pages, p. 223). A second edition of Mudzaert's version appeared in 1624.

Hippocrates. [Opera] Hippocratis Coi medicorum omnium longe principis, octoginta volumnia, quibus maxima ex parte, annorum circiter duo millia Latina caruit lingua, Graeci vero, Arabes, et prisci nostri medici, Rome: Francesco Minizio Calvo, 1525, title-page with architectonic border, roman type, side-notes in italic, [superscript 2]pi1 in gothic, first quire (pi1-4) including title-page misbound after register leaf F4 and the architectonic title just shaved at head, lacking privilege leaf 3P7 and final blank 3P8, 3P7 replaced in good-quality facsimile on old paper, variable generally light spotting, soiling and damp-staining to margins, moderate browning to initial quires [superscript 2]pi-F and a few later leaves, first-bound quire [superscript]2pi more extensively damp-stained, first-bound leaf [superscript 2]pi1 marked and finger-soiled, a few ink- or oil-stains elsewhere in the text, notably in quire D and leaves [superscript 2]R3, and [superscript 2]2I2, short slits to lower margins of [superscript 2]D4, [superscript 2]U5, [superscript 2]2S1, and [superscript 2]2Y6 not affecting text, frequent contemporary marginalia and manuscript manicules in brown ink in at least 2 hands, crude decorative initials supplied around a few guide-letters in a contemporary hand, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over thick reverse-bevelled wooden boards, brass clasps and catches, rubbed, housed in a custom leather solander box in imitation of an early binding, folio (28 x 20.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) 'Caesaris Odoni' (contemporary ownership inscription to [superscript 2]pi1); 2) John Rathbone Oliver (1872-1943), American psychiatrist and medical historian (bookplate); 3) Michael Sharpe (bookplate). 'Caesaris Odoni' is likely to be Cesare Odoni (or Odone, d. 1571), botanist and professor of medicine at Bologna, and author of commentaries on Theophrastus (1561) and Aristotle (1563). Adams H567; Heirs of Hippocrates 10; Norman 1076; Osler 149; PMM 55; Waller 4495; Wellcome 3177. First complete edition in Latin of the Hippocratic corpus, printed a year before the Greek editio princeps (1526). 'Although various fragments of Hippocrates' works had been published earlier in Greek and Arabic versions, these eighty works, translated for the first time from the Greek texts into Latin by Marco Fabio Calvo (d. 1527), form the first so-called "complete" Hippocrates ... These eighty texts, the most familiar of which is the Aphorisms, were probably written by a number of authors, but all are in the Hippocratic tradition. This historically important book ... must be regarded as the definitive Hippocrates' (Heirs of Hippocrates).

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New, London: Charles Bill & Thomas Newcomb, 1693, engraved general title (fraying and few tears), letterpress New Testament title with imprint dated 1691, red ruled borders throughout, margins cropped affecting some text, early 19th century gilt decorated straight grain morocco wallet style binding with silver white metal clasp, extremities slightly rubbed, 12mo (leaf size 12 x 6cm), together with The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of the Original Tongues..., with Marginal notes shewing Scripture to be the best Interpreter of Scripture, [Amsterdam?], Printed Anno 1682, engraved general title, New Testament title with ownership signature D. Hildyard, red ruled borders throughout, leaf 2G1 detatched and frayed to edges, some fraying to first & last few leaves, contemporary blind panelled and decorated morocco, joints split and a little wear, 12mo, with The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly translated out of the Original Tongues..., Oxford: Printed at the Theater and are to be sold by Thomas Guy, at the Oxford Arms in Lombard Street near Popes Head-Alley, London, 1689, letterpress general and New Testament titles, late 17th century manuscript genealogical entries to verso of general title including 'John Woods son of Hamlet Woods of Risley and Elisabeth his wife was born the 25th day of February Anno Domini 1678/9' and 'Henry Woods son of ... was born the 26th day of October Anno Domini 1680' etc., 3U3 & 3U4 torn with loss, few other leaves slightly torn, bound with an incomplete Book of Psalms at rear, occasional dust-soiling, toning and few marks, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated morocco, slightly rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 3)NOTESHerbert 827; Darlow & Moule 653. Distinct edition with Psalms lxxiv, 15, driedst. Herbert 778; Darlow & Moule 612. Herbert 812; Darlow & Moule 642, a variant copy which substitutes the name of T. Guy for P. Parker and Apocrypha inserted.

Wesley (John). Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament, 1st edition, 1755, engraved portrait frontispiece with burn hole to inner blank margin, some leaves at rear of volume frayed and torn, dust-soiling, marks and some marginal dampstaining throughout, manuscript family entries to front endpaper and verso of frontispiece, contemporary calf, old reback, boards detached, worn, 4to, together with Blome (Richard) , The History of the Holy Bible, London: M. Cooper, circa 1700(?), numerous engraved plates, 19th century calf, crude reback, worn, folio, and Fox (John) , The Book of Martyrs, London: John Hart & John Lewis, 1732, engraved title, frontispiece and plates, some dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary half calf, joints split, worn, folio, and Howe (Laurence) , A Compleat History of the Holy Bible, 3 volumes, 5th edition, 1729, engraved frontispieces and plates, titles in red & black (first title lined to verso), some dust-soiling, spotting and marks, early 19th century blind and gilt decorated calf, slight wear to extremities, 8vo, and Wesley (John) , The New Testament with an Analysis of the several Books and Chapters, 1790, some dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary marbled calf, upper board detached, 12mo, plus other 18th and 19th century theology and few miscellaneous antiquarian volumes and 20th century theology reference etc. (Qty: 3 shelves)

Keill (John). Introductio ad veram physicam: seu lectiones physicae habitae in Schola Naturalis Philosophiae Academiae Oxoniensis an. Dom. 1700. Quibus accedunt theorematum Hugenianorum de vi centrifuga et motu circulari demonstrationes, 4th edition, Henry Clements, 1719, woodcut title device and text diagrams, a3 verso and a4 recto transposed in printing, corrected cancels bound in after a7, a5 verso and a6 recto also transposed, but all leaves and text present, marginal browning to endpapers, title-page and final leaf, small marginal stain to R2 and adjacent leaves, contemporary speckled tan calf, spine gilt with seed-head and shell tools, red morocco label, blind panels to sides, joints superficially cracked but firm, 8vo (19.5 x 11.8 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Sir Thomas Clarke (1703/4-1764), English judge (ownership inscription 'T. Clark, Trin Coll Cantab.' to front free endpaper). 2) Library of the Earls of Macclesfield, Part Five, 14 April 2005, lot 1125 (bookplate; blind-stamp to title-page). Clarke was persistently rumoured to have been an illegitimate son of his patron Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (1666-1732), and bequeathed most of his estate to the third earl (1723-1795). Houzeau & Lancaster 9241. These lectures constituted 'the first course on Newtonian natural philosophy, and the first reputedly based on "experimental demonstrations", at either of the English universities' (ODNB).

Bible [English]. [The Holy Byble, conteining the Olde Testament and the Newe, authorised and appointed to be read in churches, Imprinted at London: by Christopher Barker, 1585], double-column black letter text with decorative initials, few diagrams and map illustration, Apocrypha present, lacking general title and 4 other preliminary leaves (the 13 preliminary leaves present are detached and torn with loss), all detached before F1, Revelation incomplete with leaves Z3 & Z4 detached & torn with loss and lacking last two leaves Z5 & Z6, title to the Psalter or Psalmes and New Testament both with woodcut borders and torn across lower quarter with major loss, few other leaves torn and some with loss, early annotations, scribbles and ink marks throughout volume, some soiling and few stains etc., fraying mostly to leaves at front and rear, manuscript ownership entries for members of the Woodcock family to pastedowns, late 17th century diced blind panelled calf, boards near detached and with few worm holes, spine worn at head & foot with loss, board edges worn & showing, folio (leaf size 40 x 27.2cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESHerbert 188; Darlow & Moule 144; STC 2143. The only edition after 1572 containing the Psalter of the Bishops' version (see Herbert no. 135).

Missal [Use of Rome] . Missale ad sacrosancte Romane ecclesie usum, Paris: Oudin Petit and Yolande Bonhomme, 1551, 264 leaves only (of 276), collation [maltese cross]8 a-n8 o-q6 (-q2-5) r-s4 (-r1-s4) t2 A-F8 [superscript 2]A- L8, i.e. Temporale folios 117-120 and 122-9 absent (a putative folio 130 would be signed s5 so is not accommodated by the register), printed in red and black, Gothic types, double column, woodcut architectonic border to title-page, half-page vignette within historiated border to a1 recto, 31 quarter-page biblical vignettes in the text, historiated and floriated woodcut initials, typographic Lombardic initials and capitals, music score, all vignettes and most woodcut initials with modern hand-colouring, leaves q6 and t1 loose, moderate worming towards front and rear, a few other marks, occasional contemporary marginalia, contemporary inscription 'Collegii Traiectensis 1575 ...' to front free endpaper, modern book-label (Clive Leslie George) to front pastedown, contemporary blind-tooled calf over heavy reverse-bevelled wooden boards, metal cornerpieces and central bosses, spine split between quires q and t, worn, worming to boards, upper outer cornerpieces on front board perished, folio (33.5 x 22.7 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESPettegree & Walsby 68333. Yolande Bonhomme (c.1497-1557), noted female printer and bookseller, succeeded her husband Thielmann Kerver in 1522 and in her colophons often names herself only as his widow: here she names herself in her own right.

Du Chesne (Andre). Historiae Normannorum scriptores antiqui, res ab illis per Galliam, Angliam, Apuliam, Capuae Principatum, Siciliam, & Orientem gestas explicantes, ab Anno Christi DCCCXXXVIII. ad annum MCCXX. Insertae sunt Monasteriorum Fundationes variae, series Episcoporum ac Abbatum: genealogiae Regum, Ducum, Comitum, & Nobilium... ex MSS. codd. omnia fere nunc primum edidit, Paris [Robert Fouet, Nicolas Buon, & Sebastien Cramoisy], 1619, [12], 1092 (of 1104), [20], also without index at end, title printed in red and black with engraved printer's device, colophon leaf before main text, front pastedown from an incunable printed text in red and black, contemporary blindstamped full vellum, rubbed and some discolouration, some wear to corners, with a little loss to lower outer corner of front board, folio, together with Jansen (Cornelis). Commentariorum in suam Concordiam, ac totam Historiam Evangelicam partes IIII, Lyon, Charles Pesnot, 1582, title with large printer's woodcut device, text in double column, woodcut initials, contemporary blind-decorated full calf, later reback, clasps lacking, some wear, thick folio, plus Philo Judaea. Opera, ex accuratissima Sigismundi Gelenii, & aliorum interpretatione, partim ab Adriano Turnebo... partim a Davide Hoeschelio, Paris, 1640, title printed in red and black with large engraved publisher's device, parallel text in Greek and Latin in two columns, minor marks to first and last few leaves, contemporary full calf, worn with covers detached, upper cover gilt lettered 'Mr Hulme's Exhibition M Elton Braz. Coll. 1801', and Malder (Johann), De Virtutibus Theologicis et Justitia et Religione Commentaria Ad Secundam Secundae D. Thomae, Antwerp, Officina Plantiniana, Apud Balthasarem et Joannem Moretos Fratres, 1616, elaborate engraved title, text in double column, some light overall browning, colophon to verso of final leaf of text, and printer's woodcut device to last leaf, contemporary blind-decorated full calf, worn with upper cover detached and rear cover near-detached, folio (Qty: 4)NOTESGross 578. An important collection of early Norman histories, including some of the most important medieval texts here published for the first time, including Ordericus Vitalis Dudo of St. Quentin, and William of Jumieges. The editor Andre Du Chesne (1584-1640) is 'one of the fathers of French history, together with Gregory of Tours'. Several of the texts included here were printed from manuscripts owned by the important English antiquary Sir Robert Cotton, including William of Poitiers' biography of William the Conqueror, the Encomium Emmae Reginae, an 11th-century life of Queen Emma, aunt of William the Conqueror (whose marriages to Ethelred and Canute paved the way for the Norman claim to the English throne and the invason of 1066), as well as William of Jumieges' Gesta.

Bosio (Giacomo). Crux triumphans et gloriosa, libri sex, Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana, 1617, half-title, engraved allegorical title-page after Peter Paul Rubens by Cornelis Galle the Elder, one engraved plate, approximately 75 woodcut illustrations to text, text-leaves with some browning, small interlinear burn-hole to leaf X5, final blank (3Q6) discarded, bookplate of Michael Jaffé, contemporary inscription 'Collegii Societatis Jesu Ruremunde 1619, MB' to margin of engraved title-page and effaced from half-title, contemporary blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, rebacked and relined, worn, retaining one metal cornerpiece, folio in 6s (35.3 x 22 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Jesuit college at Roermond, Netherlands (inscriptions dated 1619). 2) Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and curator of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (bookplate). Jaffé wrote three substantial books on Rubens: Rubens (1967); Rubens and Italy (1977); and Rubens: catalogo completo (1989). Graesse I 500; Judson & Van de Velde, Book Illustrations and Titlepages (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard) , 37. First edition in Latin of this iconographic treatise on the symbolism of the cross, originally printed in Italian in 1610 as La trionfante e gloriosa croce , without the engraved title by Rubens. Giacomo Bosio (1544-1627) was a knight of the Order of Saint John of Malta (Knights Hospitallers) and agent of the order at the papal court in Rome. He was involved in the murder of a fellow knight in Rome in 1581 but retained his position of influence, and later Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt, in securing papal approval in 1608 for a knighthood for Caravaggio, himself a fugitive from Rome following the murder of Ranuccio Tommasoni.

* Payne (Charles Johnson, 'Snaffles'). 1915 - 16. "That far, far-away Echo", circa 1916, colour lithograph, black and white remarque of a horse in a stable, snaffle bit blind stamp, signed by artist in pencil to lower right, image size 255 x 360 mm, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)

Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Decamerone. Nuovamente corretto et con diligentia stampato, Florence: heirs of Filippo di Giunta, 1527, [8], 284 leaves, signatures 2A8 (2A8 blank), 2A8 a-z8 &8 [con]8 [rum]8 A-H8 I12, woodcut Giuntine device to title-page and verso of final leaf, italic types, spaces with printed guide letters, title-page somewhat damp-stained, tipped to initial blank and slightly marked from erasure of 2 old ownership inscriptions, small spot to following leaf 2A2, small damp-stain to lower margins of f3 and s1-2, closed tear in I4 touching a few letters both sides to no effect on legibility, faint tide-mark to final 50 or so leaves, first appearing at head of gutter in quire F, gradually becoming stronger and extending into upper outer corners of text, endpapers sometime renewed, inner hinges tightened. Contemporary Italian binding of dark brown goatskin over pasteboard, sewn on 3 cords, spine with 3 thick raised bands alternating with 4 narrow false bands, compartments with simple floral centrepieces within thick-and-thin blind rules, interlacing rectilinear strapwork design in gilt and blind to covers incorporating central lozenges lettered 'Di Michele da Prato', edges gilt gauffered with ropework pattern, traces of 4 pairs of ties, spine-bands and joints rubbed, headcap torn but largely intact, board-edges slightly rubbed, corners worn, 4to in 8s (21 x 13.6 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESBrunet I 998-999; Gamba (1828) 156 (‘Rarissimo’); Renouard, ‘Notice sur la famille des Junte’, supplement to Annales de l’imprimerie des Alde, (1834), 93; STC Italian p. 110; not in Adams; see further Kirkham et al., eds., Boccaccio: A Critical Guide to the Complete Works, pp. 42-8. The famous 1527 Giunta edition of the Decameron, known as the Ventisettana, with all the points listed by Brunet distinguishing it from the Venetian facsimile edition of 1729 (Adams B2147). ‘There are few books which have acquired such great esteem and value’ (Renouard). Printed in the year in which Florence threw off Medici rule during the War of the League of Cognac, the Ventisettana was the work of several Florentine humanists, who collated Delfino’s edition printed at Venice in 1516 against manuscripts including the important Mannelli copy made in 1382. It superseded all previous editions and quickly acquired immense prestige, serving as the direct model for all subsequent versions until the 1761 Lucca edition, which was based solely on the Mannelli MS but reproduced much of the textual apparatus of the 1527 edition. Provenance: In a superb contemporary Italian binding in the Grolieresque style developed by the Pflug and Ebeleben binder of Bologna, but perhaps exhibiting greater similarity to the work of the Sienese craftsman active c.1520-40 who is identified in Anthony Hobson’s essay ‘A Central Italian Bookseller and Bookbinder’ (Gutenburg-Jahrbuch 2010, pp. 215-20). Hobson emphasises the Pflug and Ebeleben binder’s predilection for curvilinear fillets as opposed to the rectilinear style of the Siena binder. The panelling seen in the present copy is more elaborate than the forms which Hobson describes, but the other features which he identifies as typical of the Sienese binder’s work are much in evidence: ‘With few exceptions all lines cross each other at right angles. The bindings are of goatskin, usually black, but sometimes red or dark olive-brown, over stiff pasteboards. The edges of five of the more elaborately decorated volumes are gilt and gauffered … Nearly all the volumes were fitted with four pairs of ties. They are sewn on three wide bands. The compartments between the bands are decorated with double blind lines in a variety of patterns … The more elaborately decorated covered were given four false bands alternating with the real ones’ (op. cit., p. 215). The Michele da Prato named on the covers is conceivably Michele Modesti da Prato (b.1510), son of Jacopo Modesti (1463-1530), ‘who had been one of the officials [most] closely involved with the Medici as Chancellor of the Riformagioni from 1515 to 1527, when he was dismissed with the overthrow of the regime’ (H. A. L. Knox, Opposition to Government in Early Sixteenth-Century Florence 1494 -1530, unpublished PhD thesis, Edinburgh, 1998, p. 148). Michele himself was imprisoned in 1528 for criticising the rulers of the short-lived republic, which ended with the restoration of Medici control in 1530. His sister, Dorotea, married into the Giunta family (Treccani, online). An exceptional copy of one of the emblematic books of the Italian Renaissance.

Bible [English]. [The Bible: that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and New Testament / translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages..., Imprinted at London: by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1595], general title lacking, New Testament title with printer's woodcut device of an open book within oval frame & motto 'Dat esse manus: superesse Minerva' and supported by figures of Minerva and Mercury bound-in at front of volume before incomplete Book of Common Prayer, few woodcut illustrations to text, leaves K1-K8 with vertical closed tear at head, leaf 3K6 torn with loss, few other tears (mostly minor) and short worm trail to few leaves at end of New Testament, tables at rear lacking last two leaves, bound with an incomplete Whole Booke of Psalmes, Collected into English meetre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: Printed by John Windet for the Assignes of Richard Day, 1594, browning and dust-soiling throughout, dampstaining mostly at front and rear of volume, front free blank endpaper with 19th century ownership stamp of T.C. Faulconer, endpapers renewed, early 19th century diced calf, rebacked, rubbed, board edges worn and showing, 4to (leaf size 20.3 x 14.4cm), together with The Bible, Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers Languages..., Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1594, general and New Testament titles within decorative woodcut borders (NT title imprint incorrectly dated 1495 with correction in manuscript), double-column black letter text, Apocrypha lacking final leaf (all after II. Maccabees, xv:16), sewing partially broken and some leaves detached and frayed, bound with at rear Two right profitable and fruitfull Concordances, or large and ample Tables Alphabetical..., Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, [1594?], and bound with an incomplete Book of Psalms, soiled and some marks throughout volume, contemporary blind panelled sheep, spine torn and split with loss, joints split, board corners worn and showing, rubbed and scuffed, 4to (leaf size 21.2 x 16cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESHerbert 226; Darlow & Moule 174; STC 2166. Geneva version with Tomson's New Testament. Herbert 219; Darlow & Moule 168; STC 2161. Genesis 1:3, 'The God Sayde...'.

* Payne (Charles Johnson, 'Snaffles'). Tally-Ho Back, circa 1920, lithograph, heightened with watercolour, black and white remarque to lower right, blind stamp of crossed snaffle bits, signed in pencil by artist to lower right, overall size 385 x 535 mm, framed and glazed (glass cracked) (Qty: 1)

More (Thomas). Epigrammata clarissimi dissertissimique viri Thomae Mori Britanni ad emendatum exemplar ipsius autoris excusa, [edited by Beatus Rhenanus], Basel: Johann Froben, December 1520, 116pp., woodcut historiated title border by Hans Holbein the Younger, Roman and Greek types, historiated initials, printer's device at end, old and mostly light but occasionally heavy damp-staining, neat Elizabethan signature and motto inscription of Thomas Butt[e]s below device at end, 'Soyez sage et simple : id est : Be wyse and playne', armorial bookplate (browned) of George Becher Blomfield, now lifted and loose to reveal a second armorial bookplate of Arthur Dalrymple, bookplate browning offset to later blank front free endpapers, all edges stained red, 18th-century calf with original English early 16th century upper and lower panels inlaid, each with roll-tooled twin-head medallions and ornamental decorations [Oldham Trip. 13 & HM. 19 respectively], upper cover with blind-stamp monogram 'TB', heavily rubbed, leather loss to lowest spine compartment, 4to (209 x 154mm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Thomas Butts (ownership signature, holograph family motto and binding monogram stamp); 2) Arthur Dalrymple (bookplate); 3) George Becher Blomfield (bookplate). 1) Thomas Butts was the son of Sir William Butts the Elder (c. 1486-1545), physician to Henry VIII and the subject of Hans Holbein the Younger's well-known portrait (1543), held at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. Sir William had three children: Sir William Butts of Thornage (c. 1506-1583), Edmund Butts of Barrow and the middle brother, Thomas Butts of Great Riburgh, Norfolk. Thomas is notable for being one of Richard Hakluyt's primary sources for his account of the English merchant and navigator Richard Hore's early voyage in 1536 to the coast of what is now Newfoundland, where his passengers allegedly engaged in cannibalism in order to survive. Hakluyt interviewed Butts some fifty years after the voyage, by which time he was very elderly and the only survivor. Hakluyt, citing Thomas Butts, says there were two ships, the Trinity , 140 tons, Capt. Hore, on which Butts sailed, and the Minion (for the William ?). With the king’s goodwill they carried 30 gentlemen on 'a voyage of discoverie upon the Northwest parts of America'. Hore took his ships to Cape Breton and then coasted southern and eastern Newfoundland to Penguin (Funk) Island, where they killed great auk and bear. At the conclusion of the voyage we learn that: 'They arrived at St. Ives in Cornewall about the ende of October. From thence they departed unto a certain Castle belonging to Sir John Luttrell, where M. Thomas Butts and M. Rastall and other Gentlemen of the voyage were very friendly entertained; after that they came to the Earle of Bathe at Bathe, and thence to Bristoll, so to London. M. Butts was so changed in the voyage with hunger and miserie that Sir William his father and my Lady his mother knew him not to be their sonne, until they found a secret marke which was a wart upon one of his knees, as hee told me Richard Hakluyt of Oxford himselfe, to whom I rode 200 miles only to learn the whole truth of this voyage from his own mouth, as being the only man now alive that was in this discoverie', (Hakluyt’s Principal Navigations , Glasgow, 1904, vol. 8, p. 7). 2) Arthur Dalrymple, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and collector of Norfolk portraits, clerk of the peace for Norwich from 1856, and secretary of the Norwich Waterworks Company. 3) George Becher Blomfield (1801-1885) was a canon of Chester Cathedral, a position he held until his death in 1885. From 1834 until 1874 he was rector of Stevenage in Hertfordshire. During his lifetime, Blomfield published a number of sermons and was also a collector of early printed books and fine bindings, concentrating mainly on bibles, prayer or service books and some theological works. After the death of his widow, Elizabeth, in 1897, Mollington Hall and its library reverted to members of the Feilden family. Blomfield’s collection was sold at auction by Sotheby’s in 1906 on the instructions of Guy Feilden. The binding incorporates different heads-in-medallion panels on the upper and lower covers. Oldham identified three known examples of HM. 19, always used with TRIP. 13, located at U.L.C. Rel. C. 52. 1 (1525), Shrewsbury A. IX. 31 (1534) and York VI. P. 22 (1543). 'The panels HM. 18 and 19 have all the features that have been mentioned as indicating English work, and therefore all five panels, TRIP. 12 and 13, HM. 17, 18 and 19, seem certain to have been engraved in England and by the same die-cutter, quite probably at Oxford', (J.B. Oldham, Bind Panels of English Binders , (CUP, 1958), p. 49). Oldham also notes that the heads-in-medallion panels he describes rarely show any originality, 'except for TRIP. 12 and 13, which have two pairs of heads with a supper party scene between them', (ibid., p. 26). Adams M-1753; Gibson 57; VD-16 M-6296. First separate and definitive edition of More's Epigrams, establishing the authorial text and augmented with eleven new poems. It follows two editions printed by Froben in 1518 for whose errors he apologised to More, promising to reprint it more carefully. More himself revised the text, omitted two poems (one on political grounds) and added eleven new ones, including four personal poems.

Bede (Venerable). Opera quotquot reperiri potuerunt omnia: hac ultima impressione ornatius in lucem Edita, 8 volumes bound in 4, Cologne, Joannis Wilhelmi Friessem, 1688, half-title to first volume, additional engraved title to first volume only, by P. Ijselb, text in double-column, some scattered spotting, contemporary blind-decorated uniform full vellum over wooden boards, clasps defective, some soiling and wear with upper cover to 1st, 2nd and 4th volumes detached or near-detached, tall thick folio (Qty: 4)

* Payne (Charles Johnson 'Snaffles'). Happy are they who Hunt for their own Pleasure and not to Astonish Others, Richard Wyman & Co. Ltd., circa 1926, colour photolithograph, coloured remarque to lower right, blind stamp of the Fine Art Trade Guild, signed in pencil by artist to lower left, overall size 480 x 750 mm, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues..., Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1619, general title within decorative woodcut border (faint manuscript inscription to fore-edge margin, and date written below imprint date), double-column black letter text, Apocrypha present, without New Testament title, colophon with imprint for Robert Barker and dated 1620, bound with an incomplete genealogies by John Speed between list of 'Bookes of the Olde and New Testament' and first Book of Genesis (without double-page map to genealogies), numerous early manuscript inscriptions including prayers dated 1663 and ownership inscriptions 'Richard Eames is the Honour of his Book 1727', bound with an incomplete Concordance dated 1619, and Whole Booke of Psalmes, London: Company of Stationers, 1619, browning, dampstaining, dust-soiling and marks throughout, occasional worming mostly to margins, first and last leaves frayed and some tears, 19th century blind panelled brown morocco, large brass clasp, some wear to joints (with few worm holes), covers rubbed, scuffed & marked, 4to (leaf size 21.1 x 16.3cm), together with a defective early 17th century (1615?) black letter quarto Bible (Qty: 2)NOTESHerbert 374; Darlow & Moule 289; STC 2258. Text ends on 3S8a. The signature Hhh is omitted in this series. With 3G6b heading S. Matthew for S. Mark and corrected in manuscript in this copy.

Eck (Johann). Quinta Pars Operum Johannis Eckii contra Lutherum et alios Declamatoria, 3 volumes in one, Augsburg, Alexander Vueyssenhorn, 1533, two titles in red and black within woodcut border to first and third parts, text in double column, 60 woodcut illustrations, title at front with early ink initials below the date of HN, dated 1567, and additional ownership inscription to blank margin at foot 'Loci Capuccinorum Bambergae 1638', contemporary or near contemporary brown ink marginal annotations throughout, stain to verso and recto of s3 and s4 in second part, E4 in third part with short closed tear to top margin without loss, bookplate of Reverend Joseph W. Reeks to front pastedown, and bookplate of St. John's Seminary, Wonersh to front endpaper, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, some wear to edges and overall discolouration, remains of brass clasps to boards, later manuscript paper tile label to spine 'Joannus Eckii Hom. de Temp. et de Sanct. MDXXXIII', thick folio (Qty: 1)NOTESAdams E23. Only the first, second and fifth volumes of Eck's works were published from a projected five-volume edition. This volume contains all the author's sermons, being thus complete in itself.

Leonardus de Utino . Sermones aurei de sanctis, Venice: Franz Renner of Heilbronn with Nicolaus of Frankfurt, 1473, 313 leaves (of 314: lacking blank), 42 lines, double column, gothic types, hand-painted initials in red and blue, rubricated paragraph marks, later manuscript foliation starting on folio 2, folio 1 (index leaf) re-guarded and repaired, contemporary annotations recto, marginal worming to initial and final 30 or so folios, small worm-tracks in text of initial and final 10 folios, occasional spotting and other marks, stronger to initial few folios, intermittent damp-staining (mainly restricted to margins), effaced ink-stamp to margin of folio 156, initials in final 10 folios and a few others smudged, 19th-century blind-tooled calf, rubbed, 4to (22 x 15 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESGoff L-152; GW M17908; Hain 16129; ISTC il00143000. The edition printed by Ulrich Zel at Cologne the same year is often cited as the first edition, but the priority is in fact unresolved. Leonardus de Utino (c.1400-1470) was an influential Dominican preacher and theologian who became provincial of Lombardy. This edition of his 'Golden Sermons' is noted for containing two Marian poems printed in the Italian vernacular, 'Trenta foglie ha la rosa' (folio 204b) and 'Ave di cieli imperatrice santa' (207a).

Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, conteining the Olde Testament and the Newe: of that Translation authorised to be read in Churches. Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, 1584], titles to Psalter or Psalmes and New Testament present both with decorative woodcut borders, woodcut map to text , few decorative woodcut initials, head & tailpieces etc., double-column black letter text, Apocrypha present, without general title and lacking 7 other preliminary leaves at front and 19 leaves also lacking at rear (lacking 4A8 onwards at rear), also lacking D1-D8 (leaves numbered 25-32), lacking Q2 & 3A1 (leaves numbered 122 & 269), occasional early manuscript notes and marks, hole to 3I2 with text loss, numerous leaves in New Testament torn with loss & some with crude repairs, some marginal fraying and tears throughout, dust-soiled and marked, later endpapers, contemporary blind embossed calf over wooden boards, central brass boss to each board and one corner-piece present only, old reback, with few later repairs, lacking clasps, some wear, folio (leaf size 30 x 19.3cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESHerbert 185; Darlow & Moule 141; STC 2141. The Bishops’ version, the translation overseen by Matthew Parker.

Howell (James). Dendrologia [graece]. Dodona's Grove, or, the Vocall Forrest, 1st edition, by T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley, 1640, engraved frontispiece, vignette to title-page, and 2 plates, all after Matthaeus Merian the Younger, short closed tear in title-page affecting frame only, variable damp-staining, more extensive in plates and quires B and C and slightly affecting title-page vignette, otherwise marginal, lacking rear free endpaper, contemporary blind-ruled calf, worn in plates, joints partially cracked but firm, folio (29.3 x 19.2 cm), together with: Fuller (Thomas, & others), Abel Redevivus: or, The Dead yet Speaking. The Lives and Death of the Moderne Divines, 1st edition, 1st issue, by Thomas Brudenell for John Stafford, 1651, engraved additional title-page dated 1651, letterpress title-page in red and black, engraved portrait plate (Lancelot Andrewes), numerous engraved portraits throughout the text, toning, a few marks and damp-stains, 2S3 and 4S2 restored (including text in the former), 2 engraved portraits of Thomas Fuller laid-in (one contemporary, mounted on card, the other possibly a later copy on old paper), contemporary blind-ruled sheep, wear to extremities, 4to (18.8 x 13.4 cm), Grotius (Hugo), The Truth of Christian in Latin ... Now translated into Englsih ... by Symon Patrick, 3rd edition ('corrected'), for Luke Meredith, 1689, engraved frontispiece, later ownership ink-stamp to initial blank, contemporary sheep, 8vo (17.5 x 10.7 cm), Burnet (Gilbert), The Life and Death of Sir Matthew Hale, sometime Lord Chief Justice of his Majesties Court of Kings Bench, 2nd edition, for William Shrowsbery, 1682, engraved frontispiece, bookplate of Lord Lilford, contemporary panelled calf, rear board detached, 8vo (17.3 x 10.8 cm), and 1 other (Qty: 5)NOTESPforzheimer 512, STC 13872, Grolier Wither to Prior 407 (Howell); ESTC R177335, R13942, R215370 and Wing F2400, G2130, B5828 (Fuller, Grotius, Burnet). First issue of Fuller's work, with the engraved title-page dated 1651. ESTC calls for one plate only, which is accounted for by the plate of Lancelot Andrewes: no portrait of Fuller appears to be called for. According to ESTC the engraved title should read 'A bel Redevivus or The dead yet speaking By T. Fuller and other eminent divines', but other examples we have seen leave the authors unnamed. In both Grotius's and Burnet's works the frontispiece accounts for signature A1.

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments..., Oxford: Printed by John Baskett, 1723, decorative woodcut initials, G7 with short tear and associated small loss to fore-margin, variable spotting throughout, close-trimmed at head (affecting some headlines), front flyleaf verso and two preliminary blanks with early ink genealogical entries for the Fry family, contemporary blind-panelled reversed calf, upper board near detached, worn, 4to, together with The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments; and also the Apocrypha..., Birmingham: Printed by Pearson and Rollason, 1788, engraved frontispiece dust-soiled and laid down (on paper manuscript waste), numerous engraved plates (offsetting with a few tears, one laid down, one detached, one with old repair to verso), New Testament title verso with early ink genealogical entries for the Starkey family, front free endpaper and blank detached, lacking rear free endpaper, both hinges cracked, contemporary blind-tooled calf, joints cracked, worn, old leather repairs to rear joint and corners, 4to, plus The Book of Common Prayer , London: Printed by John Baskett, 1739, decorative woodcut initials, head and tail pieces, spotting and toning, all edges gilt, contemporary black goatskin gilt, covers with decorative borders composed of various gilt tools, spine gilt tooled on raised bands and in panels, rubbed with some wear to extremities, 4to, with 10 others (some defective), including: The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments..., Oxford: Printed for Mark Baskett, 1762; The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments..., Cambridge: Printed by Joseph Bentham, 1762 (Qty: 14)

Desaguliers (John Theophilus). A System of Experimental Philosophy, Prov'd by Mechanicks. Wherein the Principles and Laws of Physicks, Mechanicks, Hydrostaticks, and Opticks, are Demonstrated and Explained at Large, by a Great Number of Curious Experiments: with a full Description of the Air-Pump, and the several Experiments thereon: as also of the Different Species of Barometers, Thermometers, and Hydrometers; as shewn in the Publick Lectures in a Course of Mechanical and Experimental Philosophy, to which is added, Sir Isaac Newton's Colours: the Description of the Condensing Engine, with its Apparatus: and Roley's Horary; a Machine Representing the Motion of the Moon about the Earth; Venus and Mercury about the Sun, According to the Copernican System, printed for B. Creake and J. Sackfield, 1719, [14], 201, [5]pp., 10 partly-folding engraved plates, a few diagrams to text, publisher's advert leaf before title with advert for Boerhaave's Method of Studying Physick to verso, 3 pp. adverts at rear, title rehinged and lacking conjugate leaves A2-4 (Preface, 4pp; Errata, 2pp.), contemporary ink ownership signature of 'Geo. Martin, 1734' to title and later signatures of C.D. Nevinson (to front endpapers) and W. Strachey (half-title recto), engraved armorial bookplate of John Stokes MA, MD, early ink errata corrections, some occasional light browning, soiling and old marginal damp staining, contemporary blind-panelled calf, rubbed, joints split, some wear to extremities, old neat repair to lower outer corner of upper board, upper cover detached, 4to (19.5 x 16.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Dr George Martine or Martin (1702-1741) of St Andrews, author of Essays and Observations on the Construction and Graduation of Thermometers, and on the Heating and Cooling of Bodies (later published in volume one in 1780) and an advocate of the mercury thermometer. He also published An Examination of the Newtonian Argument for the Emptiness of Space, and of the Resistance of Subtile Fluid (1740). 2) Charles Dalston Nevinson, MD (1773-1846). ESTC T135774 (with signature 'b' under the gap after 'PAUL'); Wellcome II, p. 451. This is an unauthorised edition, edited by Paul Dawson, and without 'All Carefully Examined and Corrected by Mr Desaguliers' on the title-page. When Desaguliers became aware of the book he approached the booksellers but found that two-thirds of the imprint had already been sold. They promised to insert into all remaining copies a preface that Desaguliers would write, together with a substantial errata. This copy appears to have all the errata corrected in the text. Primarily of interest as a textbook on Newtonian physics, the first issue appeared with the title A System of Experimental Philosophy .

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues..., Oxford: Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the University, 1727, engraved frontispiece, general title in red & black with engraved illustration, letterpress New Testament title present and facing frontispiece, four double-page engraved maps and one double-page engraved plan of Jerusalem, Apocrypha present, occasional marginal fraying, front blank inscribed 'Mercy Hingsberg, London, March 7th 1732/3', and 'Given to Richard How of Aspley by Herman Hingsberg 20th April 1764', contemporary blind panelled diced calf, joints split, worn at head & foot of spine and to board edges (corners showing), folio (leaf size 45.5 x 28.7cm), together with other 18th century Bibles (some defective), including The Christian's Family Bible..., with Comments and Annotations... by W. Rider, 3 volumes, 1765, The Holy Bible... London: Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd, 1701, The Holy Bible..., Carmarthen: Printed by John Ross, 1789, The Holy Bible, Oxford: Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the University, 1739, The Holy Bible, Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, Printers to the University, 1770, The Christian's New and Complete British Family Bible... A Complete Universal Library of Divine Knowledge... by Paul Wright, London: Alex Hogg, circa 1800(?), The Christian's New and Compleat Family Bible..., a Compleat Body of Christian Divinity... by the Rev. Thomas Bankes, London: J. Cooke, circa 1780s(?) etc. (Qty: 12)NOTESMercy Hingsberg née How of Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire (1686-1763), first married Thomas Fage (died 1713) and had a son, also called Thomas (1708-1732). Her second marriage was to Herman Hingsberg (1690-1766) and they had a son Peter who died in 1727 in Buckinghamshire. Mercy had a nephew Richard How (1727-1801) and it is possible he is the Richard How of Aspley referred to in the inscription.

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesties speciall commandement, London: Printed by Robert Barker, and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1634, general and New Testament titles present, both within decorative woodcut borders (NT title with imprint dated 1636), Apocrypha present, double-column black letter text, colophon dated 1634, some close trimming to margins with consequent cropping to marginal notes, with genealogies by John Speed and double-page woodcut map, genealogies title and few other leaves with tissue repairs, toning and dust-soiling throughout, occasional spotting, 20th century blind panelled and decorated dark brown morocco, 4to (leaf size 21.8 x 16.2cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESHerbert 490; Darlow & Moule 379; STC 2313b. Provenance: From the collection of Captain Sir Charles Robert Bignold (1892-1970), a member of the prosperous Bignold family of Norwich. His ancestor Thomas had established the Norwich Union Insurance Company in 1797. Charles Robert Bignold was a distinguished collector of fine books and the auction sale of his collection was conducted by Sotheby’s in 1971. This bible contains Bignold family genealogies in manuscript to additional leaves bound-in at the rear of the volume.

Chrysostom (St. John). Operum divi Joannis Chrysostom, Archiepiscopi Contantinopolitani, volumes 3, 4 & 5 only, Basle, Froben, 1558, title to each volume with printer's woodcut device, woodcut initials, text in double column, wide margins, occasional minor spotting (contents generally in clean condition), contemporary blind-decorated vellum over wooden boards, with clasps in working order, 18th century vellum reback to each volume, rubbed and some marks and discolouration, large folio (Qty: 3)

Bible [English]. The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament, Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages..., Imprinted at London [i.e. Amsterdam]: by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599 [i.e. circa 1599-1640], general title present with woodcut border (imprint dated 1599), letterpress general title with woodcut illustration, New Testament title within decorative woodcut border, few woodcut illustrations and decorative initials, double-column roman type, bound with Apocrypha lacking one leaf of 1 Esdras, blank after Old Testament, colophon at end of Tables dated 1599, occasional marginal fraying & tears (mostly to few leaves in Apocrypha), bound with an incomplete Common Prayer at front and Genealogies by John Speed with double-page woodcut map (marked and dust-soiled), also bound with a Book of Psalms at rear, general toning and some marginal browning, dust and finger-soiling, occasional damp-stains, few marks and spots etc. throughout volume, early/mid 19th century dark green straight grain morocco, blind panelled decoration to boards and spine, upper board detached, extremities worn, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESHerbert 251; Darlow & Moule 190; STC 2176. Geneva version; with Thomson's NT, but with Junius' Revelation. With Esther i:1 '...seven and / twenty provinces'. Headline Ee3b corrected to ' Proverbes'. Many of the previous errors are corrected. This example also omitting line in Eccles. iv.9 as the previous 3 issues of the same version, Two are better [than one: for they have better] wages for their labour . These Bibles were printed probably in Amsterdam and Dort and adopted by Barker, for the use of English Puritans in the Low Countries. There are many editions bearing this date, which while agreeing closely are yet distinct. No doubt a certain number of copies were originally issued in a mixed state. The nominal date, 1599, is probably untrue in almost every case.

Chevreul (Michel Eugène). Exposé d'un Moyen de Définir et de Nommer les Couleurs..., Atlas only, Paris, 1861, 14 engraved plates of chromatic scales and circles by René Digeon printed in colours including one folding, library blind-stamp to title and to lower margin of final plate, some slight dust-soiling, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, rubbed and slight edge and corner wear, small loss at head and foot of spine, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESWithout the text volume. This important work applied the principle of the juxtaposition of pure colours and had a considerable influence on the Impressionists and Pointillists.

Dibdin (Thomas Frognall ). A Bibliographical Antiquarian Tour in France and Germany, 3 volumes, London: Printed for the Author, by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakspeare Press, 1821, numerous engraved plates and illustrations (some on india paper), occasional offsetting and light offsetting, armorial bookplate of Henry Coker Adams, all edges gilt, contemporary plum maroon straight grain morocco, gilt ruled border to boards, gilt & blind decorated spines (spines slightly faded), large 8vo (Qty: 3)

'S. J.' An Historical Account of the Memorable Actions of the most Glorious Monarch William III. King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Prince of Orange, etc. ... printed and are to be sold by H. Rhodes, 1689, engraved portrait frontispiece (signature A1 in the register), closed transverse tear through leaf C2, contemporary mottled sheep ruled in blind, rubbed, loss to head of spine, 12mo (13.9 x 8.5 cm), together with London (William), The Civil Wars of France during the Bloody Reign of Charls the Ninth [sic], 1st edition, printed by H. H. for W. London, 1655, lacking leaf A3 (no leaf A1 called for), retaining the folding engraved plate depicting methods of murder (with 2 closed tear extending into image, partial repair verso), contemporary sheep, held by bottom cords only, worn, 12mo (14.2 x 8.2 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESESTC R31671 (six copies) & R209434 (nine copies); Wing J32B & L2851. The first work was originally issued earlier the same year with the title An historical account of the memorable actions of the most illustrious William Henry, Prince of Orange ; that iteration is of comparable scarcity, with four copies on ESTC.

Tanner (Adam). Universa Theologia Scholastica, Speculativa, Practica, ad methodum S. Thomae , quatuor tomis comprehensa; Opus novum, & nunc Primum editum, 4 volumes, Ingolstadt, Impensis Joannis Bayr... Typis Guilielmi Ederi, 1626- 27, half-title to each volume, with contemporary ownership inscription to each 'Monasterii Elchingensis' at head, fine engraved title to each volume by Wolfgang Kilian after M. Kager, main text in double column, woodcut initials, some light browning, contemporary blind decorated vellum over wooden boards, with brass clasps, in working order, rubbed and some moderate soiling, thick folio, together with Barbosa (Agostino), Collectanea Doctorum, tam veterum quam recentiorum, in jos pontificium universum, volumes 5 & 6, Lyon, Anisson & Posuel, 1716, Collectanea Doctorum, qui in suis operibus Concilii Tridentini loca referentes..., Lyon, 1721, bound with Tractatus Varii, Lyon, 1718, Juris Ecclesiatici Universi libri tres, 2 volumes in one, Lyon, 1718, Collectanea in Codicem Justiniumi, 2 volumes bound in one, Lyon, 1720, Summa Appostolicarum Decisionum, & Votorum Decisivorum, Tomus secundus, Lyon, 1722 & 1723, & Pastoralis Solicitudinis, sive De Officio et Potestate Episcopi, Lyon, 1724, many titles printed in red and black with large woodcut device by Papillon, half-titles, text in double column, woodcut initals, contemporary uniform blind-decorated full vellum over wooden boards, with clasps (several partially defective), some soiling and minor wear, thick folio (the latter work not complete and sold with all faults) (Qty: 10)

Lionel Edwards (1878-1966). The Atherstone, hunting print, signed, gift dedicated in ink, Fine Art Trade Guilt blind stamp, printed and published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 39.5cm x 50cm.

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19th Century oak single door blind panelled hanging corner cupboard. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT)

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Early 20th Century mahogany gramophone case with blind panelled doors on cabriole legs. (no gramophone, case only)(B.P. 24% incl. VAT)

Mid 20th Century oak glazed cabinet with blind central door. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT)

Mid 20th Century oak old charm style two door blind panelled cupboard on stretcher supports. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT)

Modern natural pine two door blind panelled cupboard on a platform base. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT)