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Zonca (Vittorio ). Novo Teatro di Machine et Edificii per Uarie et Sicure Operationi. Co le loro Figure Tagliate in Rame e la Dichiaratione e Dimostratione di Ciascuna. Opera Necesaria ad Architetti, et a quelli, ch di tale Studio si Ditettano, Franco Bertelli, Padova, 1656, eng. title, forty-two full-page eng. illusts., blind embossed library stamps throughout, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, small library classification number to spine, slight wear at head of spine and top edge of boards, folio (1)

Machiavel (Nicholas).. The History of Florence, Containing an Account of the Heroic Enterprizes, Publick and Private Transactions; with the Civil Dissentions, Changes and Alterations in that Government, 1720, contemp. blind-panelled calf, upper cover det., folio, together with The Lives of those Eminent Antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Herne, and Anthony a Wood, 2 vols., Oxford, 1772, several eng. plts., some folding, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. red morocco, some wear to spines, 8vo, plus Report of the Trial of Thomas Bent Hodgson, Esq., and others, Charged with a Conspiracy, at the Court of Kings Bench, Guildhall, London ..., taken in Short-hand, by William Brodie Gurney, 1831, contemp. half calf gilt, upper joint split, 8vo, and other misc. leather-bound antiquarian, etc., ex Prinknash Abbey (3 shelves)

A TEA CADDY of oblong form, the flat lid chased with foliate scrolling, on oak body with loop side handles, blind cartouche and ball feet, 8" wide

A PURPLE LEATHER TRAVELLING CASE of oblong form opening to reveal silver brush set and panelled glass jars, each with blind cartouche on an engine turned ground, London 1929, maker C. Bros, 11" wide

A DUTCH MINIATURE BOX of rounded oblong form with fluted domed lid, embossed with roundels, and applied with blind shield cartouche, 1 1/2" high

A VICTORIAN FOLDING FRUIT KNIFE with mother of pearl handle and blind shield cartouche, 6 1/2" extended, Sheffield 1895, and a similar smaller knife, 1898 (2)

A GEORGE IV SNUFF BOX by Nathaniel Mills of oblong form with blind cartouche on reeded ground, 2 1/2" wide, Birmingham 1827

SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT, Three Groups Viviers, reproduction in colours, signed in pencil with blind stamp, 17 3/4" x 23 1/4", framed

A TORTOISESHELL AND BRASS PURSE of rounded oblong hinged form, the lid with inlaid gold blind cartouche within a silver beaded surround, similar banding to rim, the interior with turquoise silk lining, 19th century French, 3 1/4" wide

A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY STANDING GLAZED CORNER CUPBOARD with canted angles and blind fret banding, moulded cornice with scrolled pierced fret surmount, two astragal glazed doors enclosing shelving, similar arrangement to base, shaped apron, cabriole legs and pad feet, 29" wide, 75 1/4" high

A MAHOGANY CHEST of two short over three long drawers cockbeaded drawers with brass swan neck handles, moulded edged top over blind fret frieze, similar canted corners, moulded base and ogee bracket feet, 19th century, 37" wide, 38 1/4" high

A MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS, the dentil moulded cornice over two panelled doors enclosing slides, blind fret frieze and pilasters, the base with two short over three long cockbeaded drawers with oval brass drop handles, on turned feet, 19th century, 52 1/4" wide, 85" high

Beveridge (Henry). A Comprehensive History of India, Civil, Military and Social, from the First Landing of the English, to the Suppression of the Sepoy Revolt; Including an Outline of the Early History of Hindoostan, 3 vols., 1860-62, steel-eng. frontis. and addn. vign. title to each, several col. maps and plans, num. wood-engs. to text, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt in bright cond., thick 4to, together with Atkinson (George Francklin), Curry & Rice, On Forty Plates: Or, The Ingredients of Social Life at Our Station in India, 5th ed., 1911, forty col. illusts., some minor scattered spotting, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. and blind-stamped cloth designed by M. Digby Wyatt, a trifle rubbed on spine, folio, plus Keene (H.G.), History of India from the Earliest Times to the End of the Nineteenth Century, 2 vols., new edition, 1906, several maps, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo (6)

Fergusson (W.N.). Adventure Sport and Travel on the Tibetan Steppes, Constable, 1911, photogravure port. frontis. (with blind embossed library label), two folding maps at rear (one with blind embossed library stamp), numerous plts. and illusts. from photos., red ink stamp to half-title, title and front free endpaper, near contemp. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Thomas (F.W.), Publications of the Philological Society. XIV Nam. An Ancient Language of Sino-Tibetan Borderland..., pub. Oxford University Press, 1948, b & w plts. and folding map, orig. boards, upper board detached, worn, 8vo (2)

Koldewey (Robert). The Excavations at Babylon, trans. Agnes S. Johns, 1914, small circular presentation blind-stamp to title, seven col. plts., num. b & w illusts. from photos, folding map, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, together with Wilkin (Anthony), On the Nile with A Camera, 1st ed., 1896, photogravure frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos, errata slip loosely inserted, t.e.g., orig. dec. cloth, rubbed, plus Martineau (John), The Life and Correspondence of the Right Hon. Sir Bartle Frere, Bart., G.C.B., F.R.S., etc., 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1895, half-titles, port. frontis. to each, b & w illusts., two folding maps, orig. cloth gilt, faded and rubbed on spines, 8vo, and others of African and Egyptian interest. All ex-Prinknash Abbey. (approx. 40)

International Exhibition 1862. The Illustrated Catalogue of the Industrial Department. British Division, Vol. 2 only, Printed for Her Majestys Commissioners, [1862], col. printed frontis., four chromo. plts., profusely illust. with wood-engs., some damp-staining in the text, orig. maroon cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, spine and corners rubbed, hinges weak, large 8vo, together with The Art Journal, 1867, eng. plts. and illusts., a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. morocco, worn and upper cover det., 4to, (includes Essays on Photography including one by Claudet Antoine), plus other photograph interest including The Glasgow Art Club Book, 1885 and The Art Review, vol. 1, 1890, both orig. cloth, some wear, all 4to. First item Class XIV comprises a 17-page section entitled Photographic Apparatus and Photography. (4)

Ladbrooke (Robert, 1770-1842). Views of the Churches in Norfolk, Illustrative of Blomefields History of that County, from Original Drawings by R. Ladbrooke, 2 vols., printed and published by J.B. Ladbrooke, Norwich, Feb., 1823, calligraphic litho. title to each, 240 uncol. litho. views of churches in Norfolk, including Aylsham Church where Humphrey Repton is buried (vol. 1, plt. 101), a.e.g., contemp. olive-green gilt and blind-panelled straight-grained morocco, a little rubbed and corners bumped, oblong 4to. Ladbrooke, Robert (1768-1842), landscape painter, was born at Norwich but little is known of his early life. He was apprentice to an artist and printer named White when he met and befriended John Crome, his contemporary. Along with Crome, Ladbrooke took a leading part in the establishment of the Norwich Society of Artists in 1803 and in 1809 Ladbrooke was nominated for the President of the Society. Between 1821 and 1822 he devoted himself to a collection of 700 lithographs of Norfolk churches with the assistance of his son, John Burley Ladbrooke. This project was published only posthumously in five volumes in 1843. Few of Ladbrookes paintings appear to have survived ... (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography). (2)

Phillips (Robert). A Dissertation Concerning the Present State of the High Roads of England, Especially of those near to London. Wherein is Proposd a New Method of Repairing and Maintaining them. Read before the Royal Society the Twenty-Seventh Day of January and the Third Day of February, 1736-7, pub. 1737, eight eng. plts. (inc. 1 folding), 20th c. boards, 8vo, together with Simms (Frederic Walter), Rules for Making and Repairing Roads, as Laid Down by the Late Thomas Telford, Esq., Civil Engineer..., c.1837, folding eng. plt. (spotted & with blind embossed library stamp), blind embossed stamp & coloured pencil numbers to title, 32pp. pubs. catalogue at rear, sewing weak and few pages loose, old marbled boards, later amateur cloth spine, 8vo (2)

Watts (William). The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, in a Collection of the most Interesting & Picturesque Views, Engraved by W. Watts, from Drawings by the most Eminent Artists, pub. John & Josiah Boydell, [1779-86], eighty-four uncol. copper plt. engs., each with corresponding leaf of text, alphabetical index at rear, some minor scattered spotting, a.e.g., contemp. blind-stamped and gilt dec. olive-green straight-grained morocco, a little rubbed and corners bumped, oblong 4to (1)

Greirson (James). Saint Andrews as it was, and as it is; Being the Third Edition of Dr. Griersons Delineations, containing much Curious and Valuable Information Never Before Printed, pub. Joseph Cook, St. Andrews, 1849, twelve eng. plts. (one loose), a.e.g., orig. blind stamped cloth, gilt dec. spine, small 8vo, together with Votiva Tabella. A Memorial Volume of St. Andrews University in Connection with its Quincentenary Festival, 1411-1911, pub. 1911, half-title, col. frontis. of armorials, b & w illusts. from photos., orig. gilt dec. off-white cloth, 4to, plus Loveday (John), Diary of a Tour in 1732 Through Parts of England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, made by John Loveday of Caversham, and now for the first time printed from a manuscript in the possession of his Great Grandson, John Edward Taylor Loveday, privately printed for the Roxburghe Club, Edinburgh, 1890, t.e.g., orig. qtr. morocco gilt, rubbed and somewhat scratched (75 copies printed), 4to, and others The first volume includes a brief history of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club, a list of medal holders and details of a gold medal presented to the Society of Golfers by William IV. (10)

Lyon (Rev. C.J.). History of St. Andrews, Episcopal, Monastic, Academic, and Civil; Comprising the Principal Part of the Ecclesiastical History of Scotland, from the Earliest Age to the Present Time, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1843, eng. frontis. to each, two folding plans, contemp. blind-panelled cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly frayed at head and foot of spines, 8vo. Volume 2 includes a list of the Captains and prize holders of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club. (2)

Jardine (William). Naturalists Library series, 25 vols., 1833-39, num. hand-col. eng. plts. (all correct as list), some minor scattered spotting, a.e.g., contemp. blind-stamped olive-green morocco, gilt dec. spines, some a trifle rubbed, small 8vo. Comprises Hummingbirds, 2 vols.; Seals; Monkeys, Lions, Tigers, etc.; Game Birds; Perches; British Butterflies; Beetles; Deer, Antelopes, etc.; Pigeons; Sheep, Goats, etc.; Parrots; Peacocks, Pheasants, etc.; Elephant, Rhinoceros, etc.; Moths; Birds of Western Africa, 2 vols.; Foreign Butterflies; British Mammals; Flycatchers; Birds of Great Britain & Ireland, 2 vols.; Whales, Grampuses, etc.; Dogs, vol. 1 only. (25)

Jones (Thomas Rymer). The Aquarian Naturalist. A Manual for the Sea-Side, 1st ed., pub. John van Voorst, 1858, eight col. litho. plts., a little spotted and browned at edges, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and minor wear to extrems., together with Wilkinson (S.J.), The British Tortrices, 1st ed., pub. John van Voorst, 1859, three uncol. eng. plts., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, minor wear to head of spine, and White (Rev. Gilbert), The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton, edited Thomas Bell, 2 vols., pub. John van Voorst, 1877, eng. frontis. to each, b & w illusts. to text, facsimile ms., etc., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed and minor wear to extrems., with others by the same publisher, all 8vo (32)

After Hal Hurst - 'The Bridge of Sighs' and 'A Corner of Venice', a pair of early 20th Century colour etchings, each signed and with publisher's blind stamps.

A Dutch walnut longcase clock by J. N. Boyon, Amsterdam, the broken arched top with blind gilt highlighted fretwork decoration, the twelve inch arched top dial painted with putti and muses, moonphase, month/date and day apertures, secondary dial, single train movement, quarter striking, trunk door with brass aperture and line inlay, the whole resting on ball and claw feet, 235 cm high. Illustrated.

A 19th Century and satinwood inlaid corner display cabinet/cupboard, the astragal door over blind cupboard, raised on bracket feet, 70 cm wide.

A 19th Century oak longcase clock, the hood with blind fretwork decoration, the 11.5 inch square dial with subsidiary seconds dial and day of month dial, the two train movement inscribed 'Thomas Wentworth, Sarum', 194 cm high.

A George III oak hanging corner cupboard, the plain moulded cornice over blind diamond fret work decoration, over a pair of arch top panel doors, enclosing three shaped shelves, 120 cm wide.

NASH, Paul (illustrator). – Mikhail Yurievitch LERMONTOB. A Song about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevitch his Young Body-guard and the Valiant Merchant Kalashnikov… translated by John Cournos. [London:] The Aquila Press, 1929. Limited edition of 750 copies on hand-made paper, this number 98, 8vo (265 x 163mm.) Printed in red and black, 4 decorations, all designed by Nash. Original red morocco, the upper cover with black and white morocco onlays and tooled in blind to a design by Nash (somewhat soiled, spine rubbed), contained within a cloth box.

ARCHITECTURE. – The Builder’s Magazine: or Monthly Companion for Architects, Carpenters, Masons, Bricklayers, &c… by a Society of Architects. London: 1774. 4to (258 x 208mm.) 181 engraved plates only (of 185) (including 9 double-page and 2 coloured). (Some soiling, browning and damp-staining.) Contemporary calf tooled in blind (slightly scuffed and soiled).

ROBLEY, Augusta J. A selection of Madeira Flowers, drawn and coloured from Nature. London: Reeve Brothers, 1845. Folio (465 x 320mm.) 8 hand-coloured lithographic plates by and after Robley, printed by Reeve Brothers. (Occasional light soiling, marginal tears to 1 text leaf, title spotted.) Original green cloth, the upper cover blocked in gilt and blind, the lower cover in blind only, cream glazed endpapers, g.e. (disbound, spine faded and torn with slight loss, covers with old damp-staining).

JOY KIRTON-SMITH. A pair of photo-lithographic prints, "Red Ribbons I" and "Red Ribbons II", signed and titled in pencil, limited edition numbers 513 and 478/600, framed, blind stamp, framed.(2).

STANLEY ANDERSON. Etching, "The Rectory Chichester", titled label verso, signed and dated to plate 1919, signed in pencil, fine art trade guild blind stamp, 30cm x 41cm, framed.

STURGEON. Colour print, St Michaels Mount, signed in pencil and number 230/850, blind stamp, image 25cm x 35cm, framed.

A circa 1700 joined oak panel seat single chair with blind carved back, spiral turned supports, blind carved scroll frieze and raised on spiral turned forelegs united by stretchers (with some later repairs and additions)

A circa 1700 joined oak settle, having a blind carved three panel back with later lozenge marquetry inlay, square cut scroll arms, the boxseat with hinged lid, above a two panel front with further blind carving and lozenge inlay, the whole raised on reduced stile end supports (with some later alterations), width 107cm

A late 19th century Gothic oak inspired buffet, the whole with all-over blind carving, pierced pediment, the upper section with a four panel back above a single cupboard door with canted panelled sides and further carving, above a single drawer, the whole with platform undertier on plinth, height 193cm, width 97cm

A late Victorian rosewood open bookcase, the back with broken architectural pediment with centre acanthus leaf carved urn finial, the top with ebony banding above two frieze drawers with blind carving, all above three open shelves flanked by fluted pilasters and raised on a slightly inverted breakfront plinth on bun feet, width 120cm

A late Victorian amboyna and ebony combination games work table, the fold-over top with swivel action opening to reveal marquetry playing surfaces, above a blind frieze drawer and pull-out well, the whole raised on double turned and fluted end supports on scroll trestle bases with castors, width 63cm

A Victorian rosewood chiffonier having a raised two tier super structure, with shell and C scroll mouldings, the base fitted single long blind frieze drawer above twin recessed arch panelled doors, all raised on a plinth, width 122cm

An early 18th century joined oak box seat chair, having a blind carved back, the box seat with panelled front and side drawer, and raised on stile supports

A circa 1900 rosewood and marquetry inlaid sofa table in the Louis XV style, the shaped top with a brass bound edge, four quarter veneer with floral marquetry centre and border, matching drop leaves with serpentine sides, the frieze with blind drawer with further scroll marquetry inlays, and all raised on square tapering French cabriole supports with gilt brass chutes and sabots, width 73cm (leaves down)

A George III mahogany gentleman's dressing chest, circa 1800, the lift up lid opening to reveal a pull up mirror, compartments, lidded box, and pen and ink compartments, over a pull-out writing slope, double third blind drawer, front cellarette with double compartment bottle drawer to one side, below being a commode with receptacle and painted tin toilet bowl, all with cast brass lion's mask and ring handles and with brass carrying handles to either side, all raised on tapered square section legs with brass cup castors, width 71cm,

Victorian mahogany wardrobe, the partially fitted interior having three sliding trays, two short and three long drawers with recessed brass handles enclosed by arch shaped mirror panel door flanked by pair of arch shaped blind panel doors, 190cm wide

19th Century oak corner cupboard fitted three box drawers and enclosed by pair of blind panel doors on bracket feet, 80cm wide-see illustration

George III mahogany tray top bedside cupboard enclosed by blind panel door on four tapered square supports, 37cm wide-see illustration

Edwardian inlaid and crossbanded mahogany wardrobe, the centre section with open recess, two short and three long drawers with brass handles and with cupboard enclosed by pair of blind panel doors flanked by pair of arch shaped bevelled mirror panel doors, 200cm wide

a mahogany Chippendale design table, circa 1790, with blind fret carved decoration to the frieze and canted top and fret carved brackets, 31 x 24 inches note: this would originally have been a gallery top table, the gallery has been reduced to a plain rectangular bead

A late 18th Century Chippendale period mahogany tea caddy with blind fret carved border and brass handles to the hinged cover, on ogee bracket feet, 27cm (10.25") wide

Ornsby; "Diocesan Histories - York" c.1890, gilt title to front cover and spine, gilt and blind decorations to front cover, blind decorations to spine, Bell; "The Story of York Minster" c.1931, Rhoades & Noble; "The York Pageant Music" 1909. (3).

"Picturesque Europe" c.1870, 10 volumes, profusely illustrated, a.e.g., gilt title and decorations to front covers, gilt pictorial to front covers, blind decorations to rear covers. (w.a.f.) (10).

A late 19th/early 20th Century mahogany small Side Cabinet with a blind fretwork moulded pediment crusted with urn finials, glazed front and open shelf flanked on either side by two further shelves, a fall front enclosing a shelved interior by Tarn and Co, New Kent Road, 39 ?" wide

Stephen Williams fl 1970's- "Blind Date"; oil on canvas, signed and bears inscription dated 19th July 1991 on the reverse, 120x90cm., (unframed) (may be subject to Droit de Suite)

After John Constable, "The Cornfield" and "Barges passing a lock on the Stour", engravings, publ. 1881 by G.P. McQueen, Printsellers Association blind stamp, 70 x 53.5cm (2)

Pilar Castaneda, Mexican b.1941- "Busqueda"; etching printed in colours, signed, titled, numbered 31/50 and dated 79 in pencil, 43.5x60cm: After Sir William Russell Flint RA 1880-1969- "La Voultre-sur-Rhone", publ 1969 by Frost & Reed Limited; reproduction printed in colours, signed in pencil, bears Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, 48.4x63.3cm: together with a colour lithograph of an abstract landscape subject by an unknown hand, signed and numbered 32/120 in pencil, bears Christie's Contemporary Art blind stamp, 63x91cm., (3) (may be subject to Droit de Suite)

After Sir William Nicholson 1872-1949- "University", published Nov 1905 at the Stafford Gallery, 34 Old Bond St W; colour reproduction print, signed and numbered 14 in brown pen, bears publisher's blind stamp, 27x35.2cm: together with one other print after the same hand, signed and numbered 125 in brown pen, 33.5x25cm: Sir Muirhead Bone NEA 1876-1953- "A Naval Panorama"; lithograph in colours, signed in pencil, 39.3x52.2cm., (sheet size): together with five other similar prints by the same hand titled: "Hospital Ship on the Seine", "Mounting a Great Gun", "A Line of Destroyers", "Off Havre- Taking the Pilot Aboard on Hospital Ship" and "On Board a Battleship- A Gun Turret"", all signed in pencil, 39.3x52.2cm., ea., (sheet size): Sir Frank Short RA RE RI 1857-1945- "Sussex Downs"; mezzotint, signed in pencil, 14x25.3cm: together with one other mezzotint by the same hand, signed in pencil, 12.3x32.5cm., (a lot), (unframed)

AFTER SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT 'Argument on ballet', reproduction in colours, pencil signed by the artist in the margin and with FATG blind stamp, 15 1/2" x 22", Fine Art Society label verso.

AFTER SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT - 'Strange interior Languedoc', reproduction in colours, pencil signed in the margin and with FATG blind stamp, 16 1/2" x 22", Fine Art Society label verso.

AFTER SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT - 'Provencal Caprice', reproduction in colours, pencil signed in the margin and with FATG blind stamp, 17" x 22", Fine Art Society label verso.

AFTER SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT, looking out to sea, reproduction in colours, pencil signed by the artist and with FATG blind stamp, 8 1/2" x 13".