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Stow (John) A Survay of London. Conteyning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne estate, and description of that City..., second edition, black letter, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, 2P3r list of errata, lacking final blank, a few ff. trimmed at head, occasionally just touching headline, occasional marginal water-staining, some spotting or light foxing, 19th century blind-stamped calf, stamped and ruled in black, a little worn at corners and spine ends, [STC 23343], 8vo, by John Windet, 1603.Provenance: Godfrey Wentworth (bookplate).

Bible, English.- The Holy Bible, 2 parts in 1, black letter, woodcut titles, double-page map at end of Genealogies, bound with Book of Common Prayer, woodcut title, printed in red and black, 1626, Genealogies (undated) and The Whole Booke of Psalmes, 1628, later marbled endpapers crudely repaired with tape and with manuscript leaf regarding provenance taped in, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards with brass centre- and corner-pieces, lacking clasps, rebacked preserving original spine, spine ends worn, [Herbert 411], 4to, Bonham, Norton and John Bill, 1628.⁂ Rare to find a quarto King James Bible with both the Genealogies and the map. The accompanying texts bound with the Bible are also complete. A good, clean copy.

Bible, English.- The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament, and the new: newly translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, 2 parts in 1, ruled throughout in red, first title within engraved architectural border, some close trimming at head or foot, affecting part of the odd headline of signature, occasional spotting, [Herbert 707; Wing B2283], printed by the assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1671 [1672] bound with a 1672 Book of Psalms, contemporary blind-tooled panelled morocco, metal corner-pieces and remains of clasps, spine in compartments, spine rubbed and scuffed; and 2 others, 18th century Psalms and Common Prayer, 12mo & 8vo (3)⁂ A rare little Bible, with ESTC recording only two copies (BL and British and Foreign Bible Society).

Lovelace (Ada).- [Byron (Augusta Ada, married name Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, mathematician and computer pioneer, 1815-52)].- Quételet (Adolphe) Du Système Social et des Lois qui les Régissent, presentation copy from the author to Ada Lovelace inscribed on yellow upper wrapper cut down and mounted on fly-leaf, ALs from the author to Lord Lovelace, ?errata slip removed after title, slight foxing, 2 blind stamps on fly-leaf and title and bookplate on front pastedown of the Lovelace family, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, gilt spine, 8vo, Paris, 1848; and 9 other vol., all from the library of Ada Lovelace, 7 vol. with blind-stamps of East Horsley Tower on titles and front endpapers, 4 vol. with gilt initials AAL at tail of spines, 8vo (10).⁂ Books from the library of Ada Lovelace. Comprises: Lubbe (Samuel Ferdinand) Traité de Calcul Différentiel et de Calcul Integral, Paris, 1852; Boucharlat (Jean Louis) Élémens de Calcul Différentiel et de Calcul Intégral, fifth edition, Paris, 1858; Deleuze (Joseph-Philippe-François) Instruction Pratique sur le Magnétisme Animal, 1825; Lamarck (J.B.P.A.) Philosophie Zoologique, 2 vol., new edition, 1850; Longet (F.A.) Anatomie et Physiologie du Système Nerveux de l'Homme et des Des Animaux Vertébrés, 2 vol., pencil inscription "Lovelace" on fly-leaf, Paris, 1842; Flourens (Marie-Jean-Pierre Flourens) Recherches Expérimentales... du Système Nerveux..., Paris, 1842; Matteucci (Carlo) Traité des Phénomènes Électro-Physiologiques des Animaux, Paris, 1844.

[Scott (Sarah)] The History of Cornelia, first Dublin edition, woodcut device to title, advertisement f. at front, short marginal tear to final f., contemporary mottled calf, rubbed and scuffed, [cf. Summers p.356 (first edition)], large 12mo, Dublin, for John Smith on the Blind-Quay, 1750.⁂ Rare, only 2 copies listed on ESTC (BL and National Library of Ireland). "Mrs Scott was an industrious if dull writer. In her own day she was described as an 'excellent historian, of great acquirements, extraordinary memory and strong sense'" - DNB.

Braddon (Mary Elizabeth) Lady Audley's Secret, vol.1 first edition, vol.2 & 3 fourth edition, half-titles, occasional light finger-soiling, the odd spot, vol.3 with one gathering becoming loose, 4pp. advertisements at end of vol.2 & 3, bookplate of Thomas Lalor, Gregg to pastedowns, original blind-stamped cloth, spines gilt, spines darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, covers rubbed and a little marked, [Sadleir 302; Wolff 660c], 8vo, Tinsley Bros., 1862.⁂ Rare partial first edition of one of the great sensation novels. The majority of early sets are mixed editions with first editions of any of the volumes especially rare. Wolff had no edition earlier than the fifth, and Sadleir had the first edition of vol.3 only, listing the fourth edition as 'Not located'. Braddon's tale of bigamy, murder and duplicity was an enormous success, allowing the author financial independence for the remainder of her life and launching William Tinsley as a major publisher.

Eliot (George) Felix Holt the Radical, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, without advertisements, ink ownership inscription of Lady Emma Caroline Wood to vol.2 half-title and vol.3 title, remains of ink stamp to vol.1 title, very occasional light scattered spotting or foxing, original cloth, covers stamped in blind, spines lettered in gilt without publisher's imprint at foot of spine, very light rubbing to tips of spines and corners but a remarkably sharp and fine set overall, [Sadleir 814; Woolf 2058], 1866; and a 4 vol. 1873 set of Middlemarch in cloth in similar condition, 8vo (7)⁂ A lovely set with an interesting provenance: Lady Emma Caroline Wood (1802-1879) was the mother of the Victorian novelists Lady Emma Barrett-Lennard and Anna C. Steele and also Kitty O'Shea, famous for her affair with Charles Stewart Parnell, leading to his political downfall.

Fleming (Ian) Goldfinger, first edition, original boards stamped in gilt and blind, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head, light surface soiling to lower panel, an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1959.

Russia.- Lyall (Robert) The Character of the Russians, and a Detailed History of Moscow, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 22 plates of which 12 hand-coloured aquatints, 4 folding, 1 large folding map, tear, repaired, occasional spotting and off-setting, ex-library, blind-stamps to plate margins, later cloth, small paper labels to spine, rubbed, bumping to spine extremities, [Abbey Travel 227], 4to, 1823.⁂ An important work, which includes a fine folding panoramic view of the Kremlin from the river Moskva, a catalogue of local plants, and essay on Russian architecture and an account of Napoleon's burning of Moscow in 1814.

COLOURED PRINT BLIND MANS BUFF AFTER G MORLAND

Literature - Anon, [Coombe (William)], The Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of the Picturesque: A Poem, third edition, with New Plates, R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, London 1813, hand-coloured caricatures by by and after Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), 20th century quarter-calf and marbled boards, 8vo; Hervey (Revd James), Meditations and Contemplations, two-volume set, Printed for T. Heptinstall, London 1796, engraved frontispiece and title-page vignettes, contemporary mottled calf covers and red morocco spines, 8vo, (2); Gray (Thomas), Poems, A New Addition, J. Dodsley, London 1768, contemporary speckled calf, the spine gilt with foliate bosses and raised bands, lettered piece to the second compartment, 12mo; Foulis Press, Milton (John), Paradise Lost, A Poem, two-volumes bound as one, Printed and Sold by R. & A. Foulis, Glasgow 1771, contemporary calf, 18mo; Irish Imprint, Anon, [Johnstone (Charles)], Chrysal: or, The Adventures of a Guinea [...], first edition, two volumes, Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine, Dublin 1760, contemporary calf, 16mo, (2); Letters of Baron Biefield [...], Containing Anecdotes of the Prussian Court for the laft (sic) Twenty Years [...], two-volume set, Printed for J. Robson, London 1768, contemporary calf spines and marbled boards, 16mo, (2); Scottish Imprint, Thomson (James), The Seasons, Printed for Alexander Donaldson, Edinburgh 1774, contemporary speckled calf, 12mo; Seward (John), The Spirit of Anecdote and Wit, four-volume set, Walker and Co., London 1823, engraved frontispieces, contemporary red morocco gilt and blind tooled, all edges gilt, 18mo, (4); others, various sizes and bindings

Local Interest - Pinxton, The Reverend D'Ewes Coke (1747 - 1811), Wake (William, D.D.), The Principles of the Christian Religion Explained [...], Printed for J.G. & F. Rivington, London 1832, contemporary calf boards (perished spine), upper-cover blind blocked within a laureate garland: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, printed book label to pastedown: Pinxton, Whit-Sunday, 1837 [...] This Book was given under the Will of the late Rev. D'Ewes Coke, Rector of Pinxton, [Derbyshire], 12mo The Reverend Coke, a scion of an illustrious Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire family, entered the Church of England after Cambridge and married Hannah (née Heywood) of Brimington Hall, near Chesterfield. The couple, along with their cousin Daniel Coke of Trusley, were painted by Joseph Wright of Derby in 1782 in one of the artist's most well-known conversation pieces. Their third son John Coke was instrumental in the founding of the Pinxton China Factory with William Billingsley. The Reverend Coke died in 1811 and in his will established an educational charity at Pinxton, leaving five pounds a year from the profits of his collieries to buy books for poor children who generally attended an unendowed school of which this is lot is an example of.

Miscellaneous - Local Provenance, the Ilam Hall Copy, Gibbon (Edward), The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, with Notes by Dean Milman and M. Guizot [...], eight-volume set, John Murray, London 1855, engraved portrait fronitspiece of the author to volume I, volumes II to VIII frontispieces of fold-out maps, contemporary Rugby School prize binding of calf gilt, school arms to upper cover, the lower cover inscribed: Robert William Hanbury Honoris Causa [1845-1903, Conservative politician], marbled edges and endpapers, Plain Armorial bookplates to each pastedown: Ilam Hall, 8vo, (8); The Works of Lord Byron: with a Life and Illustrative Notes by William Anderson, two-volume set, A. Fullarton & Co., Edinburgh [n.d., c. 1850], full-page stipple engravings, contemporary calf, blind panelled and gilt ruled covers, the spines gilt enclosing portrait busts of the poet, marbled endpapers, 4to, (2); Motley (John Lothrop), The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History, three-volume set, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, London 1862, contemporary calf, gilt ruled covers, marbled edges and endpapers, 12mo, (3), [13]

Miscellaneous Philology and Linguistics - Tooke (John Horne), The Diversions of Purley, A New Edition, Revised and Corrected by Richard Taylor, F.S.A., F.L.S., with Numerous Editions from the Copy Prepared by the Author for Republication: to which is Annexed His Letter to John Dunning, Esq., two-volume set, Printed by Richard Taylor [...] for Thomas Tegg, London 1829, engraved frontispiece of Mercury to volume I by William Sharp (1749 - 1824), contemporary brown calf, blind panelled covers, gilt spines, lettered in the second and third compartments, marbled edges and endpapers, contemporaneous bookseller's ticket, 8vo, (2); Taylor (Jeffreys), Old English Sayings, Newly Expounded, in Prose and Verse, Published by Wightman and Cramp, London 1827, engraved frontispiece, contemporary publisher's boards, contemporary lady's ink MS ownership inscription, 12mo; Dr R. Grey's Memoria Technica, or Method of Artificial Memory [...], A New Edition, Corrected, Printed for J. Vincent [...], Oxford 1844, 20th century grey cloth, 12mo; Quarles (Francis), Emblems, Divine and Moral, Printed by C & C Whittingham [...], Chiswick 1825, wood engravings throughout, relaid publisher's boards on 20th century buckram, 18mo; Rees' Improved Diary and Almanack for 1856 [...], paper covers as issued, 18mo; Pitman (Isaac), A Manual of Phonography, or Writing by Sound [...], Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, London 1894, marbled boards and red calf spine, 16mo, [7]

Music - Stevenson (Sir John) & Bishop (Sir Henry), Moore's Irish Melodies, with Symphonies and Accompaniments, M.H. Gill and Son, Dublin, 1898, pp: 261, contemporary pictorial red morocco gilt, blind to recto, all edges gilt, later gilt lettered spine and endpapers, 8vo

The Book of Common Prayer, And Adminiftration (sic) of the Sacraments [...], With the Psalter or Psalms of David [...], Printed by John Baskett, Printer the the Kings (sic) moft (sic) Excellent Majefty (sic) [...], London 1717, some Black Letter and woodcut initials, in-keeping recent panelled brown calf binding, gilt lettered and dated spine, small 4to; Book of Common Prayer [...] [&] Psalms [....], Printed by William Pearfon (sic), London 1727, BoC lacking title-page and prelims, some full-page biblical engravings, contemporary panelled calf (faults), contemporary and later 18th & early 19th century ink MS ownership inscriptions to recto pastedown, verso plate of King David at pages with a contemporary ink MS ownership inscription and original verse by Seth Gilbert and dated 1728, 8vo; Baskerville Imprint, The Book of Common Prayer [...], Printed by John Baskerville, Printer to the Univerfity (sic) [...], Cambridge 1760, the text printed within an egg-and-star black-ruled border, contemporary black morocco gilt binding (disbound, faults), top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, Plain Armorial bookplate to recto pastedown: Michael Morrah, Worthing, [West Sussex], 8vo; The Book of Common Prayer, Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, Oxford 1769, recent tan pebble half-calf and marbled boards, 8vo; another, Printed at the Clarendon Press, By W. Jackfon (sic), and W. Dawfon (sic) [...], Oxford 1793, later Regency full calf gilt and blind tooled, morocco title-label, marbled endpapers, 16mo, [5]

Theology - Jones (William Henry, Canon of Sarum), Fasti Ecclesiæ Sarisberiensis; or, A Calendar of the Bishops, Deans, Archdeacons, and Members of the Cathedral Body at Salisbury from the Earliest Times to the Present, Brown and Co., Salisbury 1879, contemporary half-calf and red buckram, gilt lettered spine, Plain Armorial to pastedown: Frederick Bennett, M.A., Canon of Salisbury, Vicar of Shrewton Cum Maddington, Wilts[hire], further ownership inscription to front free endpapers, 4to; Arnold (Thomas), Sermons, third edition, three-volume set, Printed for J.G. & F. Rivington, London 1832, contemporary speckled calf, blind triple-fillett to boards, gilt lettered spines, 8vo, (3); Remains of the Late Reverend Richard Hurrell Froude, M.A., Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, four-volume set, mixed publishers, 1838 - 1839, contemporary half calf gilt and marbled boards, loosely inserted ephemera and notes to volume I, 8vo, (4); Monthly Packet: 1887, two-volume set, contemporary half-calf and pebble buckram, 8vo, (2); Caird (Edward), A Critical Account of the Philosophy of Kant, with an Historical Introduction, James Maclehose, Glasgow 1877, contemporary quarter-calf and buckram, New University Club copy - their gilt arms to upper cover, 8vo; Wesley, Methodism; various bindings and sizes; etc

Early 19th century Gainsborough style mahogany armchair, plain back and slightly splayed arms raised on swept uprights, carved with bell flowers, the front supports also carved with blind fretwork and joined by a plain H-stretcher

Binding - Botany - Edwards (Sydenham), The Botanical Register: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants, Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment, Volumes I to V, Printed for James Ridgway, Piccadilly, London 1815 - 1819, each illustrated with full-page and some fold-out hand-coloured engravings of specimens, occasional monochrome line engraved vignettes accompanying text, full contemporary green morocco gilt, the covers with a blind quadruple-fillet within a gilt double-fillet and paterae spandrels, the whole enclosed in a further blind quadruple-fillet, the spines gilt lettered and tooled with three swags of graduating scrolling leafy foliage in further fillet frames, gilt foliate corners and dentelles, all edges gilt, contemporary canary yellow endpapers, dated Plain Armorial bookplates to each recto pastedown: Charles Thoroton, 1852, tall 8vo, [5] Condition Report: All seem complete as far as can tell

Bindings - Literature - Bunyan (John), The Pilgrim's Progress: In Two Parts, with Original Notes by the Rev. Thomas Scott, tenth edition, Henry G. Bohn, London 1854, full-page steel engravings, full contemporary Gothic Revival red calf binding, by Wright, stamped, covers blind, spine gilt lettered, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt and gauffered, 8vo; Macaulay (Thomas Babington), Lays of Ancient Rome, with Illustrations, Original and from the Antique, Drawn on Wood by George Scarf, Jun., Longman [...], London 1855, contemporary panelled green morocco gilt, by Hayday, stamped, gilt lettered and banded spine (rubbed, faults), all edges gilt, 8vo; The Burlington Library, Lamb (Charles), The Essays of Elia, With Twenty Four: Illustrations in Colour by Sybil Tawse, Chapman & Hall Ltd, London [n.d., c. 1910], full-page colour plates, quarter-vellum gilt and cloth as issued, pictorial endpapers, 8vo; Stevenson (Robert Louis), Memories and Portraits, Fine Paper Edition, Chatto & Windus, London 1904, quarter-vellum gilt and blue cloth, marbled endpapers, 16mo; other part-vellum bindings, various; further volumes of verse and prose, almost all leather bindings, some prize bindings, various; etc

Bradley (Richard), New Improvements of Planting and Gardening, Both Philofophical (sic) and Practical, In Three Parts [...], To which is added [...], Herefordshire-Orcahrds [...], Illuftrated (sic) with Copper Plates, The Sixth edition, with an Appendix [...], Printed for J. and J. Knapton [...], 1731, pp: [xvi], 608, index [24], illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and 13 engraved plates by Elisha Kirkall (1682 - 1742): 4 full-page (including frontispiece) and 10 fold-out, some woodcut diagrams illustrating text, further elaborate Baroque woodcut vignettes, initials, head and tail pieces, contemporary panelled calf blind, raised spine bands, erased ink MS ownership inscription dated April 1st 1731 to verso of frontispiece, removed bookplate from recto pastedown, the index added to and corrected in contemporary ink MS, 8vo

Cookery - Jarrin (W.A.), The Italian Confectioner; or, Complete Economy of Desserts, According to the Most Modern and Approved Practice, New Edition, Revised and Enlarged, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, London 1861, pp: engraved portrait frontispiece, [iii], iv - xxxiv, 35 - 298, fold-out engraved plate, 1- 19, [3], 20th century green cloth, gilt ruled spine enclosing lettered red leather label, 16mo; Provincial Imprint, [Rundell (Maria Eliza)], A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and Adapted to the Use of Private Families by a Lady, with the Addition of Many New Recipes, Milner and Sowerby, Halifax 1854, pp: engraved Still Life frontispiece by William Home Lizars (1788 - 1859), [iv], 10 full-page wooducts of meat, poultry and fish, [ii], 350, contemporary black cloth gilt and blind, 12mo; Beeton (Mrs Isabella), The Book of Household Management [...], Entirely New Edition, Revised and Corrected, with New Coloured Engravings, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, London [1869], further line engraved diagrams throughout text, contemporary quarter-calf and cloth (disbound), contemporary ink MS ownership inscription to front endpaper, large 12mo; The Lady's Companion [...], volume II only, sixth edition, Printed for J. Hodges, London 1753, contemporary panelled calf (disbound), 12mo, [4]

An Art Deco marble mantel clock garniture, the square dial enclosing an eight-day movement, with blind fretwork panels and spelter birds either side, 50cm wide 27cm high vases 21cm high (3)

Rowland Langmaid (1897-1956) - 'The Embankment', signed, blind stamp seal, inscribed label verso, 30 x 23 cm, framed

A 19th century high Victorian rosewood mirror back pier cabinet chiffonier. Raised on a plinth base with twin doors having inset armorial shaped fielded mirror glass panels. Twin drawers having blind fronts above. Finished with a mirror back upright gallery back with carved detailed borders. Measures 158cm x 129cm x 44cm

A 19th century mahogany library writing table desk being raised on barley twist legs terminating in pad feet united by a stunning crinoline stretcher. The frieze with twin blind front drawers having flared top above. Measures 73cm x 173cm x 73cm.

A 19th century Victorian Apprentice piece mahogany Scottish chest of drawers. Raised on a plinth base with bun feet having a bank of 3 drawers with knob handles. Above a blind fronted further drawer. Finished with shaped columns with flared top above. Measures 45cms x 40cms x 28cms

marked with blind mark on bottom, 14 x 5 cm.

A mahogany hall bench. With blind fret carved cresting rail, pair of quarter veneered back panels and raised on scroll supports, 112cm wide. 

A Chinese Chippendale mahogany silver table. With blind fret carved frieze and raised on open fret carved square supports joined to an undertier with undulating stretchers, 80cm x 55cm, 72cm high.Condition report intended as a guide only.One scrolling stretcher re glued. One leg with a piece re glued. No detracting marks.

ORIGINAL GLASGOW CORPORATION LINEN TRAM DESTINATION BLIND - ANNIESLAND circa 1940s from the older Standard cars, frame size 27cm x 97cm

Continental School, 20th century, mountain landscape with cottages, lithograph, no 70/275, gallery blind stamp to corner, 56 x 74cm

A collection of twelve vinyl LP's relating to Bob Dylan, to include: 'Blind Boy Grunt', 'Knocked Out Loaded', 'Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead', 'Planet Waves', 'Under The Red Sky' and other related Dylan albums.

After Sir William Russell Flint - a limited edition print entitled Madame Du Barry playing Blind Man's Buff No. 165 of 850, mounted and framed under glass, image size approx 37 cm x 23 cm. Estimate £20 - £40

Sturgeon, Goldhill, Shaftsbury, graphite signed print, blind back stamp 48 x 68cm. Two others busy village bridge scenes. (3)

A Quantity of Railwayana, knifes, forks, spoons by various operators, plus other tableware, of note. A tureen cover of the LCD railway (London, Chatham and Dover), founded 1859, ceased to exit 1922. plus two early BR compartment lamps, a GWR "window blind" 1849/1949 "Centenary" ashtray - 1879/1979 "Travellers Fare" centenary coin, etc, condition fair to good.

LEO XIII: (1810-1903) Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1878-1903. A good and attractive D.S., `Card Epis Perusinus´, 15 x 10.5 oblong folio, one page, Perugia, 26th May 1866, in Latin. The partially printed document being a certificate, bearing a large heading “Cardinalis Joachimus Pecci”, given to Anselmus Anselmi. Signed by Leo XIII in his capacity as Archbishop of Perugia. Folded to the centre. With a blind embossed seal to the front left lower corner and two watermarks, one showing a bird. Showing to the verso a contemporary annotation alongside a Curia Citta di Castello ink stamp. Very small overall age wear, otherwise VG £200-300

EINSTEIN ALBERT: (1879-1955) German-born Theoretical Physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1921. A good T.L.S., `A. Einstein´, one page, 4to, Princeton, 10th June 1939, on his printed stationery bearing the blind embossed heading "A. Einstein. 112.Mercer Street. Princeton, New Jersey. U.S.A", to Miss A. E. Botthof. Einstein is involved and helps war refugees, stating in part `The power of resistance which has enabled the Jewish people to survive for thousands of years has been based to a large extent on traditions of mutual helpfulness. In these years of affliction our readiness to help one another is being put to an especially severe test. May we stand this test as well as did our fathers before us.´, further saying `It must be a source of deep gratification to you to be making so important a contribution toward rescuing our persecuted fellow-Jews from their calamitous peril and leading them towards a better future.´ Accompanied by the original 9.5 x 4 post-stamped stationery envelope. Folded. VG £3000-4000

VOLTAIRE: (1694-1778) French Enlightenment Writer and Philosopher. Voltaire is a pseudonym, his name being François-Marie Arouet. Voltaire is known for his attacks on Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion and expression, and separation of church and state. Rare L.S., `Voltaire´, two pages, 4to, Chateau de Ferney, Geneva, 18th July 1763, to Monsieur Dehaye Minime, in French. Voltaire states in part `Forgive, Monsieur, an old man ill and almost blind, if I haven´t thank you earlier for your flattering prose and your lovely verses. If I was healthy and young…´ further saying `..It seems to me that the water of Hippocrene matches better with you than the Neapolitan oil which is not curing Louis Eleven..´ With blank address leaf. Overall age wear and light foxing. Professionally repaired to the folds. G £2000-3000

SAINTE-BEUVE CHARLES AUGUSTIN: (1804-1869) French literary Critic. Proust´s masterwork A la Recherche du temps perdu develops the ideas contained in his well-known set of essays Contre Sainte-Beuve ("Against Sainte-Beuve"). A very interesting A.L.S., Ste-Beuve, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., Saturday, to a woman [Jeanne Destourbet], in French. Sainte Beuve starts his letter stating `My dear and kind friend, I was feeling bad yesterday, and to my great regret had to leave suddenly although didn´t want to. Pasha Halil Bey had invited me for dinner next Saturday together with you..´ further sending intimate compliments to his correspondent `Yesterday your beauty was enhanced and superb. I can see that you have more than one kind of beauty, it´s as per your wish, depending on the day, on your whims, I like both. I even like the third, when you wear your robe de chamber, your hair half-combed..´ A letter of good association. With integral blank leaf. Together with A.L.S., Ste-Beuve, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., Friday, to a Monsieur de Lavergne, in French. Sainte Beuve politely rejects his correspondent´s dinner invitation, stating in part `I am just returning from my library, (today was my day) so tired and exhausted that I cannot accept the pleasure of having dinner with you. I will think about it with sadness on my bed where I will spend the rest of the evening…´ With a blind embossed seal from Bath to the upper left corner. Bearing to the verso the correspondent´s name and address in Sainte-Beuve´s hand. Very small folding, otherwise VG £100-150 Jeanne Tourbey (1837- ?) Also known as Jeanne Destourbet was a very famous courtesan of her time. Prince Jerome Napoleon offered her a large house in Paris where she used to receive a long list of lovers including Alexandre Dumas, Téophile Gautier, Gustave Flaubert, Sainte-Beuve, and Pasha Halil Serif who spent several millions in presents and looking after her. Pasha Halil Serif (1831-1879) Also known as Halil Bey, Ottoman diplomat and art collector. Appointed commissioner to the International Exhibition in Paris in 1855, and later Ottoman Ambassador to Athens and Saint Petersburg where he began collecting art. Téophile Gautier described Pasha´s collection as "The first ever to be formed by a child of Islam". Pasha Halil serif was introduced to Gustave Courbet by Sainte-Beuve, and commissioned Le Sommeil ("The Sleepers") and L´origine du monde from him. His collection included several Delacroix masterpieces.

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Pere (1802-1870) French Writer whose historical novels of high adventure include The Three Musketeers (1844). A.L.S., Alex. Dumas, one page, square 8vo, n.p., 4th May, n.y., to Porcher, in French. Dumas sends a request to his correspondent `..to ask you for my friend Fournier the seats..´ With blind embossed monogram showing the printed word “Angouleme” to the upper left corner. With blank integral leaf. Minor age wear with a crease to the upper right corner. About VG £100-150Jean Baptiste Porcher (1792-1864) French Theatrical Agent who used to purchase copyrights and ticket passes for his authors, later reselling them at the entrance doors of theatres.

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père. (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A.L.S., Alex. Dumas, one page, 8vo, Paris, n.d., to M. Alexandre Bixio, in French. Dumas is protecting someone in exile and states in part `Are you in Paris, if yes read this letter, it is about an outcast who I rescued from Belle Isle and who I help since a while in Bordeaux. Because you are going to Madrid… you must act promptly and give me the letter, I will make it reach this unfortunate man with a hundred francs..´ With a blind embossed seal to the upper left corner and blind autograph address leaf. Repaired to the verso to the fold. G £200-300

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A lengthy A.L.S., A. Dumas, seven pages, 8vo, n.p. Puys, close to Dieppe, n.d. [1868], to Emile Deschanel, in French. Dumas thanks his correspondent for his fair critics which prove he has fully read and understood his thoughts and states in part `In my mind of son of a romantic are still hanging remnants of a former language. I get rid of it as much as I can, but may be due to a filial respect I cannot do so abruptly. And then there is a meeting shock between too old words and too young words, of a form which disappear and a form which starts.´ One of the double 8vo pages bears a blind embossed monogramme to the heading with the initials “N.D”, the other bears the initials “A.D”. VG £150-200

GORKY MAXIM: (1868-1936) Russian Writer and political socialist Activist. An excellent and rare signed unusual large size 10.5 x 8 sepia photograph by Gorky, matte-finish, the studio image depicting the author seated before his desk in a half length pose. Signed in bold dark ink to the lower left corner, in Cyrillic. To the bottom right corner bearing the photographer´s blind-stamp “Cav. D. Macari, Via Roma 317, Napoli”. Signed in 1926 during his second exile in Sorrento. The photograph is affixed to his original cardboard mount to an overall of 15 x 12. Extremely small overall minor age wear, otherwise VG £3000-4000

HITLER ADOLF: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1934-45. A good signed 6.5 x 4 clipped piece by Hitler, beneath the typed text “Fuhrer headquarters, 1st of April 1944”, in German. Signed in bold black ink by Hitler alongside a large blind embossed seal of the Nazi eagle, swastika and oak leaves. Matted in black beneath a 5 x 6.5 photograph showing Hitler in a head and shoulders pose, to an overall size of 8 x 12. VG £600-900

PEREIRA FORJAZ MIQUEL: (1769-1827) Portuguese General, 9th Count of Feira. A good A.L.S., `Forjaz´ two pages, 4to, Portugal, 18th March 1811, to British Ambassador, Charles Stuart, in French. Pereira refers to Lord Wellington and states in part `I have not received yet my dear Sir the dispatch from Lord Wellington,..´ further saying `..It is natural that the lack of food affected on such occasion. You know what I think about that, but Lord Wellington is very fair wanting to make us responsible… But no goodwill.. It will be easy to prove..´ Bearing an embossed blind seal to the upper left corner. Two very small holes due to ink stains. Small overall age wear and crease to the upper right corner. G £80-100

DUPUYTREN GUILLAUME : (1777-1835) Baron Dupuytren. French military Surgeon. Best known for his description of the Dupuytren´s contracture which is named after him. A brilliant Teacher and a gifted Surgeon who leaded important contributions to medicine and surgery. L.S., `Dupuytren´, one page, 4to, Paris, 4th December 1812, to Louis Joseph Aamon, in French. Dupuytren issues a certificate for `..surgery student under my supervision during the 1811 scholarship..´ With a blind embossed seal to the left border. Small overall,minor age wear. G £150-200

JUAN CARLOS I: (1938- ) King of Spain 1975-2014. D.S., J.Carlos Borbon R, one page, folio, Madrid, 6th March 2001, to President Hugo Banzer Suarez, in Spanish. On a partially printed document bearing at the heading a golden embossed Royal coat of arms, King Juan Carlos I informs President Banzer about the recent appointment of Victor Luis Fagilde Gonzalez as new Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Spain to the Republic of Bolivia. Signed by Juan Carlos I in bold blue ink. Countersigned by Josep Piqué. With a large blind embossed seal alongside the King´s signature. Two file holes to the left border not affecting the text or signature. An attractive document. EX £200-300 Hugo Banzer Suarez (1926-2002) Bolivian military General and President of Bolivia 1971-78 as a Dictator, and 1997-2001 as constitutional President. Josep Piqué Camps (1955- ) Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister 1996-2004.

NAPOLEON III: (1808-1873) Emperor of the French 1852-70, the nephew and heir of Napoleon I. First President of France 1848-52, therefore holding the distinction of being the first titular president and the last monarch of France. L.S., Napoleon, one page, 8vo, Palace of Fontainebleau, 23rd August 1868, to madame Masuyer, in French. The letter bears at the heading Napoleon´s blind embossed monogram. Napoleon III thanks his correspondent for her kind words and noble sentiments, and further states ´I like finding your sentiments in your writings, they remind me a past full of loyalty..´ The written text is in the hand of Napoleon´s secretary Conti. With blank integral leaf. VG £250-350Valerie Masuyer (1797-1878) Last reader to Hortense de Beauharnais (1783-1837) Queen consort of Holland. Etienne Conti (1812-1872).

GEORGE VI: (1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936-52. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court of St. James, 30th August 1948. The partially printed document approves the appointment of Mr. G. T. MacEwan to be the Consul General in London for the Republic of San Marino. Countersigned at the foot by Ernest Bevin. With blind embossed seal. The manuscript text and signatures are just a touch faded, although perfectly legible. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG £100-150

STANISLAW II: (1732-1798) Stanislaw August Poniatowski. Last King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania 1764-95. Lover of Catherine the Great, he was a great patron of the arts, but still remains a controversial figure in Polish history. An excellent L.S., `Stanislaus Augustus Rex´, beneath a holograph in his hand `Bonus Frater et Cognatus´, one page, folio, Warsaw, 20th September 1788, to King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, at the time of the present letter King of Naples and Sicily, in Latin. Stanislaw II refers to the letter received from King Ferdinand and congratulates him for the new born Prince Carlo Gennaro. Prince Carlo would die of Smallpox only few months later. With blank address leaf, bearing a very large and attractive blind embossed royal paper seal, stating “Stanislaus Augustus D.G.Rex Poloniae M.Dux Lith. Rus. Prus. Mas…”. Folded, with very small overall age wear, otherwise VG £600-900 Ferdinand I (1751-1825) King of the Two Sicilies 1816-25, after his restoration following victory in the Napoleonic Wars. Before that he had been, since 1759 Ferdinand III of the Kingdom of Sicily and Ferdinand IV of Naples.

SLAVERY ABOLITION: Carlos Manuel Cespedes del Castillo (1819-1874) Cuban Revolutionary. Known as the “Father of the Motherland”, Cespedes is considered a Cuban hero who freed slaves and leaded the declaration of Cuban Independence in 1868. An excellent and very attractive multiple signed printed large document, one page, 14 x 16.5, Bayamo, 27th December 1868, in Spanish. The document being a decree is entitled “Slavery Conditioned Abolition - Carlos Manuel de Cespedes - Captain-General of the Liberator Army of Cuba and Leader of the Provisional Government”, and bears a very attractive and large vignette to the heading. The decree contains nine articles, and starts stating `The Cuban Revolution, proclaiming the independence of the Homeland and with it all freedoms, cannot accept the inconsistency of restricting it to only one part of the country´s population. A free Cuba is incompatible with a proslavery Cuba..´ further saying in its first article `All slaves are declared free..´. Boldly signed by Cespedes at the base of the document. With few additional countersignatures to the borders. Bearing a large black paper seal of the Liberator Cuban Army to the front and in excellent condition, and a blind embossed seal to the bottom right corner. Small overall age wear, with edges very slightly trimmed and a small fold repair to the verso, otherwise G £250-350

CESPEDES DEL CASTILLO CARLOS MANUEL: (1819-1874) Cuban Revolutionary. Known as the “Father of the Motherland”, Cespedes is considered a Cuban hero who freed slaves and leaded the declaration of Cuban Independence in 1868. An excellent A.L.S., `C.m.de Cespedes´, one page, 8vo, Bayamo, 27th December 1868, in Spanish. The document bears a very attractive revolutionary vignette to the heading and the printed title beneath “Liberator Army of Cuba and its Provisional Government”. Cespedes states `On this date, and in my capacity as representative of the Provisional Government, I have granted freedom to the negro named Nemesio, 16 years old…´ The document bears to the front a large blind embossed seal and to the lower left corner an ink stamp of the “free town council of Bayamo”. Overall age wear, with trimmed edges and multiple former tears repaired to the verso. F £100-150

NICHOLAS I OF RUSSIA: (1796-1855) Emperor of Russia 1825-55. A good A.L.S., `Nicolas´, three pages, 8vo, Tsarkoye Selo, 24th July 1831, to Countess Orlov, in French. The Emperor sends a warm and kind letter to Countess Orlov, referring to her husband and friend of him, stating in part `Please allow me Madame to apologize for being the cause of the quite often separations you and your husband suffer… Nevertheless, if it helps in any way to comfort you, I would say that all these difficult tasks entrusted to your husband make him prove his tireless zeal and his talents…on this precise occasion he is rending a service to me and to the Homeland, and he is doing so Madame in an admirable way. However we will still have to wait few more days before everything will be concluded. Please forgive me if I am always a permanent problem for you two...´ The emperor adds an interesting post-scriptum announcing `..I have just had the pleasure to watch my wife giving luckily birth to a son Nicolas.´ The document bears a blind embossed seal to the upper left corner. One small tear not affecting the signature, otherwise VG £800-1200Alexei Feodorovich Orlov (1787-1862) Russian Diplomat and Count. One of the most trusted agents of Nicholas I as Ambassador and plenipotentiary at the Adrianople and Paris Peace treaties. He would later be appointed by the Emperor head of the infamous Third Section, the Russian secret police.Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831-1891) Grand Duke of Russia, third son of Nicholas I. Field Marshal and Head Commander of the Russian Army.

HELM, ORMSKIRK. A GEORGE III FLAMED MAHOGANY EIGHT DAY LONGCASE CLOCK with a 13” brass arched dial having a silvered chapter ring, rococo cast brass spandrels, surrounding a chequered engraved and matted centre, concentric calendar and a rolling painted moon dial to the arch. Fronting an eight-day weight driven movement with hourly rack strike on a bell and anchor escapement. The typical high-quality Liverpool case with blind fret, swan-neck pediment, reeded columns, long trunk door and panelled base 228cm high

A mixed group of metalware including brass and copper chamber stick, copper half pint measure, brass blowtorch, four miniature miner's safety lamps, blind stamp press, etc.

LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY RBA RA (1887-1976); a signed limited edition print, 'Level Crossing at Burton-on-Trent', signed in pencil lower right and bearing blind stamp indicating number 442, 41 x 57cm, framed and glazed. (D)Additional InformationAppears to be in good order.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk

LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY RBA RA (1887-1976); limited edition signed print, 'Man Lying on a Wall', signed lower right and numbered 356/500, 40 x 50cm, framed and glazed. (D)Additional InformationNot bearing Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, appears slightly faded. We are unable to remove from frame and therefore cannot say with certainty whether they are stuck down or not. No foxing or staining, a mark runs horizontally at top of image, please see additional images.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk

LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY RBA RA (1887-1976); limited edition signed print, 'The Reference Library', signed in pencil lower right with Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp and letters to number indicating 761, 27 x 37cm, framed. (D)Additional InformationThis lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.ukWe are unable to remove from frame and therefore cannot say with certainty whether they are stuck down or not. In good condition, not glazed.

Edmond François Aman-Jean (1858-1936), Sous Les Fleurs, lithograph, originally published in L'Estampe moderne, no. I, 1897, with a blind stamp lower right, 36 x 28 cm