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Francis Bacon: The Fortnum Diary for 1966. Brown leather pocket diary with presentation inscription 'To Francis for Christmas and a marvellous New Year - Paul'. This diary has two days per page and seems to indicate that Bacon could have planned his work flow and/or kept a record of completed works. There are approximately thirty entries in Bacon's hand including:- 4th February: "Portrait of George staring at blind cord.": 2nd March: "George No. 2.": 2nd April: "Henrietta No. 2.": 17th April: "Isabel No. 2.": 23rd May: "Michael Leris," with an address in Paris: 21st October: "Start three heads of Isabel." : 29th October: "Second head.": 4th November: "Third head finished.": 2nd, 3rd and 14th December: References to paintings of George [Dyer]. 15th December: "Commence two figures on bed": 29th December: "Finish two figures on bed.": 30th December: "Commence small portrait self, George and Isabel." [Isabel Rawsthorne] .Provenance: The Robertson Collection

A Burmese Hardwood Occasional Table, the circular top with blind fretwork scrolling decoration, and supported on a naturalistic floral base, 62 cm diameter

A PAIR OF LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY GILT METAL SMALL CAMPAGNA URNS, of typical form, on pedestal bases with blind fret engraved foliate panels, 12" high (see illustration)

darwin (C.) The Origin of Species, 1861 3rd ed, orig. green blind stamped cl, gt. titles and dec. on spine (covers little soiled, patchy fading, corners, edges bumped, rubbed) single leaf of adverts at end, fldg. plan (inner hinges pulled, weak, fldg. plan loose, page 143 loose, damaged at edges, bottom edges of index pages little torn, creased, ink inscrip. on hf. title)

taylor (H.R.) The old Surrey Foxhounds, 1906 4to, pict. red cl. gt; with Pickford (Rev. J.) A Week In The Yorkshire Dales, 1882, 2nd ed, blind-stamped green cl. gt. (rubbed) (2)

copland (S.) Agriculture Ancient and Modern, 1866 2 vols, full blind stamped cf. (rubbed, some internal staining) plts. (2)

west (T.) A Guide to the Lakes, 1796 6th ed, re-bound in qtr. cf. mbld. bds, new eps, fldg. map, 1 plt. (no f.piece); Tattersall (G.) The Lakes of England, pref. dated 1836, re-bound in qtr. cf, mbld. bds, new eps, facs. title page, fldg. hand cold. maps,plts. (bottom edges stained); with Otley (J.) Guide to the Lakes, 1844, 7th ed, orig. blind stamped cl. (label removed from ft. bd, lib? covers faded, wrinkled) fldg. hand cold. map glued to ft. paste-down, illus. (w.a.f.) (3)

A fine commode George III, circa 1780 mahogany, with a fitted drawer and blind fret canted angles h.82cm., w.103cm., d.55cm. W

An oak cased eight-day longcase clock, Thomas Kefford, Royston, circa 1750 The five-pillar rack and bell striking movement with 12 inch square brass dial with calendar aperture and subsidiary seconds dial to the foliate engraved matted centre within an applied Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur de lys half hour markers, Arabic five minutes and signed Thomas Kefford, ROYSTON to lower edge, the angles with bird and urn pattern spandrels, the case with domed caddy above blind fret frieze and integral pilasters to hood, rectangular trunk door and on reduced plinth base with bracket feet, 207cm high. Thomas Kefford is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Royston during the early 18th century.

A Scottish oak eight-day longcase clock, D. Morison, Aughtermughty, late 18th century The four-pillar rack and bell striking movement with 12 inch single-sheet Roman numeral brass break-arch dial with star centred subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture to the scroll engraved centre and with Arabic five minutes, the angles with further foliate scroll engraved decoration beneath signature D. Morison AUGHTERMUGHTY within leafy scrolls to arch, the case with moulded cornice and geometric blind fret infill above integral reeded pilasters to hood, break-arch trunk door, on plinth base with moulded skirt, 201cm high excluding later feet.

A mahogany crossbanded oak eight-day longcase clock, Brandreth Middlewich, circa 1780 The four-pillar rack-striking movement with 11 inch square brass dial with oval nameplate Brandreth Middlewich incorporating calendar aperture to the matted and lozenge hatched centre within an applied Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes and foliate scroll cast spandrel applied angles, the case with moulded cornice and blind fret frieze above turned hood pilasters and rectangular trunk door, on raised panel fronted plinth base, 202cm high. Obadiah Brandreth is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working 1766-95.

A carved oak eight-day longcase clock, Part 18th century The nineteenth century four-pillar rack and bell striking movement with earlier 10 inch square brass dial bearing signature Charles King, Winston to the foliate scroll engraved centre within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring and foliate scroll cast spandrels, the case with moulded caddy, blind fret frieze and turned pilasters to hood above rectangular trunk door and panel fronted plinth base, now carved with foliate designs throughout, 207cm high.

A pine thirty-hour longcase clock David Nicholas, Hartrey, early 18th century The posted countwheel bell-striking movement with turned posts and 10.75 inch square brass dial with false ringed winding holes and calendar aperture to the matted centre within an applied Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur de lys half hour markers and twin cherub and crown pattern spandrels to angles, with a pine case with blind fret fronted upstand, moulded cornice and conforming frieze above integral pilasters to hood, rectangular trunk door with lenticle, on plain plinth base, movement part dismantled, case distressed, 198cm high. David Nicholas is recorded in Moore, A.J. The Clockmakers of Somerset 1650-1900 as working in West Harptree 1717-32.

A mahogany thirty-hour longcase clock George Gould, South Molton, circa 1790 The four-pillar outside countwheel two-handed movement with 11 inch square brass dial, the centre with engraved view of two gentlemen in 18th century dress standing before two ranges of buildings with horizon beyond, within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes and signed Geo. Gould South Molton to lower edge, with female mask and scroll pattern spandrels applied to angles, the case with cavetto cornice and blind fret frieze above integral turned pilasters to hood and long rectangular trunk door, on plinth base with moulded skirt, 196cm high. George Gould is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in South Molton 1784-95.

After Fernand Leger 1881-1955- ''L'Encrier'', published Dix Reproductions 1933, Editions J.Boucher, Editions J.Becker, 3, Cherche-Midi, Paris VI and 520, Madison Av. New York; pochoire printed in colours, with pencil squaring, bears blind stamp for J B, 40x52cm., (unframed)

After Francisco Bores 1898-1972- Nude; published by Guilde De La Gravure, lithograph, with blind stamp, bears signature in pencil, numbered 34/200, 56x38cm

A mahogany display cabinet, of small proportions, the raised back with acanthus carving above blind fret work frieze over astragal glazed door upon acanthus carved hairy paw supports, 122x61cm.

A pair of mahogany bergere armchairs, the curved caned backs and seats above blind fret work apron upon cabriole front supports, together with a mahogany open armchair, (3).

A mahogany display cabinet, the pierced cornice above glazed door enclosing glass shelves, over blind fret work apron upon channelled square section supports, 193x72cm, together with an oak display cabinet. (2)

An 18th century oak longcase clock by Daniel Dalton Church Lawford, the hood with blind fret frieze over three quarter columns and 10" brass dial with silvered chapter ring, the thirty hour movement with outside count wheel strike, the trunk with lip moulded door and on plinth base, one weight and pendulum, 188cm high.

An oak bureau bookcase, the cornice above blind fret work frieze and glazed doors with square sectional spars upon a fall front over two drawers and barley twist supports united by a serpentine stretcher, 209x94cm.

Accessories: green, grey and cream painted tinplate girder bridge in three sections, overall 820mm long, green and yellow platform with one end ramp 625mm, 0 gauge electric track and points by various makers including Hornby, Lionel, Ives and K-Lines, fir trees, a blind beggar, a memorial stone and a wooden castle, 420mm high, varied condition

Estienne, or Stephanus (Robert). Lexicographorum Principis Thesaurus Linguae Latinae ..., 4 vols., Basle, 1740-43, title printed in red and black to vol. 1, a little minor spotting and soiling and few early leaves to each vol. creased, ex libris Ronald Knox, Prinknash Abbey, contemp. blind-stamped vellum with yapp edges, rubbed and soiled, split at head of upper joint to vol. 3, folio. (1)

Graduale Romanum. Graduale usui cedens superiori, Ilbenstadio [Ilbenstadt, Germany, 1725-26], a magnificent manuscript Roman Gradual for choir in a fine hand, title and 371 leaves in red and black with six staves to a full page, title with decorative border, decorative head-piece and large initial to first page, text in Latin throughout, each stave drawn with a five-pen instrument and with additional red and yellow lines, folios 235-238 (at end of Proprium de Tempore and before start of Proprium Sanctorum) numbered but blank, last thirty-one leaves unnumbered, chronogram to title and colophon indicating dates, twelve thumb markers with manuscript, a little soiling and minor foremarginal staining throughout, third leaf from end with crude marginal repair to closed tear not affecting manuscript, colophon reading Anno quo Jacobus Andreae Brandt Successor consecratus est hocce opus offerebat F*G*H with tail-piece decorations, ex libris Prinknash Abbey, orig. blind-stamped vellum with floral designs over wood boards with stamped brass clasps and five (of eight) corner bosses, rubbed and soiled, torn without loss at head of spine, folio (49 x 34 cm). (1)

Jerome (St.). Omnes quae extant D. Hieronymi Stridonensis lucubrationes, [edited by Desiderius Erasmus], vols. 1-3 (of 9) only, 3 vols. in one, Basileae, [in officina Frobeniana], 1536-37, Froben's woodcut device on each title-page, and at the end of vols. 1 and 3, historiated woodcut initials, without AA-CC6 in vol. 1, containing Jerome's life, small hole at the centre of the first title-page, which is restored at the head, the leaves immediately following similarly restored, some other leaves damaged in the top margin, some staining, some passages censored, either scored through or marked with a single line and then pasted over with printed or ms. waste, sometimes still in place, otherwise with residual adhesion marks and damage, contemp. blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, the leather extensively restored on each cover, rebacked, earlier backstrip retained, formerly with catches and clasps, folio. A part of Adams J117. Adams entry underlines the fact that the work is often found incomplete. (1)

John (Saint, of Damascus). Sancti Patris Nostri Joannis Damasceni, monachi, et presbyteri Hierosolymitani, Opera omnia qae exstant.., ed. Michel Lequien, 2 vols., Paris, 1712, Greek and Latin parallel text, title vigns., head-pieces and some woodcut initials, some pepper wormholes largely confined to rear of vol. 1 and mostly affecting foremargins only, lacks half-title and port. to vol. 1, two small red ink lib. stamps of Bibilotheca Monasterii Altovadensis to each title, ex libris Prinknash Abbey, contemp. elaborately blind-stamped vellum over oak boards with clasps (two of four in working order), together with Cotelerius (Johannes Baptista), SS. Patrum qui temporibus apostolicis floruerunt; Barnabae, Clementis, Herm¾, Ignatii, Polycarpi; opera edita et inedita..., ed. Jean Le Clerc, 2 vols., new ed., Amsterdam, 1724, half-title to vol. 1, titles printed in red and black, Greek and Latin parallel text, ex libris Rev. H. Campbell, contemp. blind-stamped vellum, soiled and sl. cracked on joints, all folio. (4)

King (William). An Essay on the Origin of Evil, Translated from the Latin, with large Notes; tending to explain and vindicate some of the Author's Principles Against the Objections of Bayle, Leibnitz..., and others, To which is prefixd A Dissertation Concerning the Fundamental Principle and immediate Criterion of Virtue..., With some Account of the Passions and Affections, [translated Edmund Law], 1st ed., 1731, errata leaf at rear, book-plt. of James Frampton [1769-1855, high sheriff of Dorset], contemp. blind-stamped calf, joints weak and sl. wear to extremities, 4to. (1)

Lucas (Franciscus). Concordantiae Bibliorum Sacrorum Vulgatae editionis..., Antwerp: Ex officina Plantinana, 1617, half-title, eng. printer's device to red and black title, (old ownership inscription at foot), text in four columns, colophon leaf with large woodcut printer's device to verso, some old damp-staining to foremargins of early leaves, light browning, ex libris Ronald Knox, Prinknash Abbey, contemp. blind-stamped panelled calf, some wear to joints and extremities, lacks clasps, folio. (1)

Paris (Matthew). Historia Major, Juxta Exemplar Londinense 1571, verbatim recusa...Huic primum Editioni accesserunt, duorum Offarum Merciorum Regum, & viginti trium Abbatum S. Albani Vitae... ed. William Wats, 2 parts in 1, Richard Hodgkinson, sumptibus Cornelii Bee & laurentii Sadler, in Vico vulgariter dicto Little licence leaf, half-title with eng. port. to verso, title printed in red and black, contents in clean condition, contemp. full calf, with blind double-rule border, and plain spine with raised bands, rubbed and some marks, upper cover detached, thick folio. STC 19210. Ownership inscription to half-title Math Hale sed nunce ex Libris Mat: H: j. 1686 nov: 26. Presumably from the collection of Sir Matthew Hale (1609-1676) who became Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in 1671, and is regarded as the greatest common lawyer since Coke. (1)

Petrus Lombardus. Sententiarum libri IIII ... Doctorum aliquot virorum opera pristino nitori suo nunc primum vere restituti. Quarta editio, Lovanii, ex officina Bartholomaei Gravii, 1566, old inscriptions on the title-page, some soiling and staining in the text, a little ink underscoring, contemp. blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, rubbed, spine defective, formerly with catches and clasps, small 4to. Adams P911. (1)

Plutarch. [Ploutarchou Chaironeos ta Sozomena Panta]. Plutarchi Chaeronensis quae Extant Omnia, cum Latina Interpretatione Hermanii Cruserij: Gulielmi Xylandri, et Doctorum Virorum Notis, et Libellis Variantium Lectionum ex mss. Codd. Diligenter Collectarum, et Indicibus Accuratis, 2 vols., Apud Andreae Wecheli heredes, Claudium Marnium, & Joannem Aubrium, Frankfurt, 1599, printers woodcut device to vol. 1 title and final leaves, contemp. blind embossed pig skin with roll-work decoration, slightly marked, folio. Adams P1608. (2)

Raynaud (Theophile). Opera Omnia ..., 20 vols. bound in 10, Lyons, 1665, (vol. 20 at Cracow, 1669), eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, titles printed in red and black with eng. vigns., occn. worming, severely affecting vols. 17-20, some titles with ownership signature of August Vindel, ex libris Exeter College, Oxford, and Prinknash Abbey, contemp. blind-stamped vellum over wood board (boards to vols. 19-20 removed and endpapers crudely repaired), rubbed and soiled and covers to last three vols. with numerous wormholes, last vol. snagged at head of spine, all folio. (10)

Steuchus (Augustinus). De Perenni Philosophia libri X, Basileae per Nicolaum Bryling, et Sebastianum Francken, 1542, printer's woodcut device on the title-page, with another version on the verso of the last leaf Zz4, woodcut initials, inscription scored through on the title-page, some soiling and browning in the text, bound in near-contemp. blind-stamped calf, sides with a roll-tool border incorporating ports. of the saints, rubbed at corners, spine chipped at the head and foot, joints broken, 8vo. Adams S1843. Ex-libris Prinknash Abbey. (1)

Surius (Laurentius). [Vitae sanctorum ex probatis authoribus & MSS. codicibus primo quidem per R.P. Fr. Laurentium Surium Carthusianum editae nunc vero multis Sanctorum vitis auctae...], 12 vols. in four, Cologne, 16[17-]18, three separately paginated months per volume with separate titles and woodcut devices, lacks general title and port. frontis., heavy browning throughout, some occ. wormholes, largely confined to side-notes and outer margins of last two volumes, old ink ownership inscriptions to some titles, ex libris Prinknash Abbey, cotnemp. blind-stamped vellum over boards with brass edges and broken clasps, rubbed and soiled, folio. Based on Sanctorum priscorum patrum vitaeÓ by Aloysius Lipomanus. (4)

Bible [Hebrew]. Pentateuchum Mandato & Liberalitate Illustrissimi Principis ac Domini, Domini Augusti Electoris Saxoniae &c. excusum, typis Zachariae Cratonis, Vitebergae, 1586, dec. woodcut border to general title and two other titles within volume, some slight damp staining and peppered worm holes, contemp. pigskin over wooden boards, blind embossed portrait to centre of both boards, blind roll work decoration to boards, lacks clasps, 4to. (1)

Book of Common Prayer. Engraven and Printed by the Permission of Mr. John Baskett Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty..., Sold by John Sturt..., 1717, eng. throughout, numerous engs. to text, lacks volvelle, ruled in red throughout, a.e.g., contemp. blind dec. black morocco, joints & extrems. a little rubbed, 8vo. (1)

Byron (Lord George Gordon Noel). The Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron, 7 vols., John Murray, 1818, contemp. gilt dec. calf, blind stamped arabesque to each board, small 8vo, together with English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers; A Satire, 4th ed., 1811, eng. port. frontis. with offsetting to title, slight worming to inner margins, orig. printed boards, spine & extrems. worn, 8vo, with Moore (Thomas), Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: with Notices of his Life, 2 vols., 1830, occ. spotting, modern cloth, 4to. (10)

Marino (Giovanni Battista). LAdone, Poema del Cavalier Marino con gli argomenti del Conte Fortuniano Sanvitale et lallegorie di Don Lorenzo Scoto, Venice, Sarzina, [1623], eng. title, 577 pp. of text, ends on Oo3, 18th c. blind-panelled calf, rubbed and some wear to corners, modern reback, 4to, together with La Sampogna del Cavalier Marino, divisa in Idillii Favolosi, et & Pastorali, Venice, Giacomo Sarzina, 1626, eng. title, later calf, rubbed and upper joint cracked, 12mo, plus Pagnino (Guglielmo), Rime, Venice, per il Ciotti, 1619, lacks *1 before title (blank?), eng. title, with small pinhole towards lower margin, modern plain boards, small 8vo, and three other Italian literature interest, including Prose et Rime di Messere Giovanni della Casa, ed. Annibale Antonini, Paris, 1727, Il Pastor Fido Tragicomedia di Gio. Battista Guarini, Rome, 1797 & Il Petrarca, Venice, Giorgio Angelieri, 1585, all 8vo/12mo. (6)

Plinius (Secundus, Gaius Caecilius). Epistolarum Libri X. Notis Integris Is. Casauboni, Jani Gruteri, H. Stephani, Augusti Buchneri, Casp. Barthii, Joh. Fred. Gronovii, selectissimisque Joh. Mari¾ Catan¾i... illustrati & accurat recensiti, a Johanne Veenhusio, Leiden, 1669, addn. eng. title-page, early 18th c. speckled calf, rubbed, and gilt dec. spine worn, with cracked joints, and loss to ends, covers with gilt double fillet and blind pelmet roll border, 8vo, together with Melmoth (William), The Letters of Pliny the Consul: with Occasional Remarks, 2nd ed., 2 vols., 1747, title-pages printed in black and red, hinges split, contemp. calf gilt, rubbed, and some wear to extrems., 8vo, plus Livius (Titus, of Patavinus), Historiarum ab Urbe Condita Libri qui Supersunt XXXV, recensuit J.N. Lallemand, 7 vols., Paris, 1775, eng. port. frontis. to first vol., a.e.g., contemp. marbled calf gilt, rubbed, with wear to extrems., and labels chipped or lacking, 12mo, plus three others. (13)

Austen (Jane). The Novels, Winchester Edition, 10 vols., John Grant, Edinburgh, 1905, half-titles, port. frontis. to first vol., marbled endpapers, a.e.g., recent blue calf by Bayntun-Riviere, Bath, spines with gilt dec. raised bands, gilt lettered red morocco label in second and fourth compartments, date lettered direct at foot, blind scrolling foliate roll on turn-ins, 8vo. (10)

Wilde (Oscar). The Picture of Dorian Gray, privately printed, 1890 [pirated ed. pub. 1904], half-title, title printed in red & black, foxed throughout, untrimmed, 20th c. blue morocco, spine faded, upper cover with blind-tooled circular motif of three vases, with gilt dot dec., 8vo. Mason 606. (1)

Bohun (William). Privilegia Londini: or, the Laws, Customs, and Priviledges of the City of London..., 3rd ed., 1723, slight loss to title (lined to verso) and slight loss to last leaf, some dust soiling and few pages loose, later endpapers, contemp. blind panelled calf, old reback, rubbed to extrems., 8vo, together with Dyde (W.), The History and Antiquities of Tewkesbury, 2nd ed., 1798, eng. frontis., eng. map and two eng. plts., contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spine lacking title label, lower joint split and spine torn, slightly rubbed, 8vo, with Pennant (Thomas), Some Account of London, 3rd ed., 1791, eng. title, folding eng. map, seven eng. plts. (of 14), contemp. half calf, upper joint split, 8vo, plus two other topographical volumes. From the library of Prinknash Abbey, Gloucestershire. (5)

Brewer (James Norris). Delineations of Gloucestershire; Being Views of the Principal Seats of Nobility & Gentry..., [all published, 1824], eng. title and forty-seven eng. plts. on india paper (of 48), blind embossed library stamp to every plt. and page, t.e.g., later green half sheep, rubbed and scuffed to extrems., 4to. Lower margin of pages printed vol. 1. The work appears to have been published as one volume only. (1)

Neale (John Preston and Le Keux, John). Views of the Most Interesting Collegiate and Parochial Churches in Great Britain, including Screens, Fonts, Monuments etc., 2 vols., 1824-25, ninety-six eng. proof plts. on India paper, a.e.g., contemp. calf with blind decoration, joints weak, large 4to. (2)

Westall (William, and Moule, Thomas). Great Britain Illustrated ..., Charles Tilt, 1830, addn. eng. vign. title, 118 eng. views on 59 leaves, occ. minor spotting, contemp. calf, blind dec. to spine & boards, 4to. (1)

Westall (William and Owen, Samuel). Picturesque Tour of the River Thames, R. Ackermann, 1828, folding eng. map, col. aquatint vign. on the title-page, twenty-four col. aqua. plts. after Westall and Owen, col. aqua. vign. at the end, near-contemp. publisher's red cloth, spine gilt, sides blocked in blind, rubbed at extrems., rebacked, orig. backstrip laid down, 4to. Abbey, Scenery, 435. Tipped in at the front is Westall's invoice to Ackermann for seven Thames DrawingsÓ, executed in May 1828, each being charged at five or six guineas. (1)

Batty (Captain Robert). Welsh Scenery, from Drawings by Captain Batty, John Murray, 1823, thirty-five hand-col. eng. plts., each faced by a page of descriptive text, some of the plts. with clean tears neatly repaired, or with minute stab-holes, at the extreme fore-edge, some text and plts. rather spotted, near-contemp. full green morocco by Dickenson Binder & Seller CambridgeÓ, gilt border to sides enclosing a single gilt fillet panel with decorative corner-pieces, fully gilt spine, now a little rubbed, a.e.g., 8vo. The binder's name is stamped in blind along the gilt border on the upper cover. (1)

Fosbroke (Thomas Dudley). Raglan Tour. A Picturesque and Topographical Account of Raglan Castle, with Cursory Sketches of Abergavenny and Crickhowell, Monmouth, T. Farror, 1831, litho. view of Raglan Castle pasted to a blank as a frontispiece (the plt. spotted, and the leaf chipped), title-page and some text dusty, in an attractive contemp. full dark blue calf binding, decorative border in gilt and blind to sides, enclosing a blind-stamped central lozenge, spine gilt, with an extended red leather label, slightly rubbed at joints and corners, small 8vo. The author's Introduction sets out Gilpin's Rules of the Picturesque, Applicable to this Tour.Ó A presentation copy from the author, inscribed J.H. Fosbrooke Esq. with kind regards from T.D.F.Ó, and with the author's signature pasted onto the same leaf. (1)

Howitt (William and Mary). The Wye: its Ruined Abbeys and Castles ... The Photographic Illustrations by Bedford and Sedgfield, A.W. Bennett, 1863, five mounted orig. photos. in the text, and one on the upper cover, narrow strip excised from the head of the title-page, orig. blue cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, a trifle rubbed, a.e.g., together with Taylor (John), Tintern Abbey and its Founders, 1869, twenty-four orig. photos., each mounted within a red-ruled frame, slight foxing in the text, contemp. green roan, spine gilt, rubbed, sides almost det., a.e.g., and Howitt (William and Mary), Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain. The Photographic Illustrations by Bedford, Sedgfield, Wilson, Fenton, and others, A.W. Bennett, 1862, twenty-seven mounted orig. photos. in the text, and a circular photo. on the upper and lower covers, some foxing, stitching weak, some leaves frayed at the fore-edge, orig. blue cloth, blocked in gilt, rubbed at extrems., and An Album, containing 135 mounted photos., late 19th c., mostly albumen prints, many titled in the negative, various sizes, but mostly good large images, showing buildings, antiquities, and views, twenty-two of them of Wye scenery (Ross, Goodrich, Symonds Yat, Monmouth, Tintern, Chepstow, etc.), the others showing views of Chester, Shrewsbury, Ludlow, Hereford, Gloucestershire, and Somerset, in a late 19th c. half morocco album, cloth sides, unletted, folio, the other three vols. 8vo. (4)

Kershaw & Son, (publisher). Views of Oxford, Kershaw & Son, London, [c. 1860], twenty-four eng. vign. views of Oxford, 2 to a page, some light foxing, no text save captions, orig. red cloth, blocked in blind, lettered in gilt on the upper cover, 8vo. Cordeaux and Merry (University), 344. (1)

Ouless (P.J.). Jersey Illustrated, [1864], eng. title-page with vign., and thirty-six engraved vign. views, numbered 2-38, each with a page of descriptive text, orig. green cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, a trifle rubbed, a.e.g., oblong 8vo. Copies are recorded having anything from zero to three maps, as well as the vignette title and thirty-six plates. (1)

France. Paris et ses Environs, n.d., c. 1850, fifteen fine hand-col. litho. views, some heightened with gum arabic, with four similar views loosely inserted, orig. cloth, upper cover lettered and blocked in gilt, a little soiled and some minor wear to extrems., inner joints cracked, oblong folio, together with Paris and its Environs. An Illustrated Handbook, edited Thomas Forester, pub. Bohn, 1859, num. steel engs., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little worn on spine, thick 8vo, plus Galignani's Illustrated Paris Guide for 1884, num. steel eng. views, commercial ads. both front and rear, lacks folding map from rear pocket, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some minor wear to extrems., small 8vo. (3)

Fitzgibbon (Edward). A Handbook of Angling: teaching Fly-fishing, Trolling, Bottom-fishing, and Salmon-fishing... , 2nd ed., improved and extended, 1848, b & w wood eng. illusts. to text, 32 pp. pubs. cat. at rear, orig. blind-stamped green cloth, rubbed and some stains to edges, faded to spine and edges, fraying to extrems., one or two snags to head of spine, upper inner hinge partly cracked, small 8vo, together with Theakston (Michael), British Angling Flies, revised and annotated by Francis M. Walbran, Ripon & London, [1883], eight b & w litho. plts. of flies, wood-eng. plts. and illusts., adverts at rear and to endpapers, one or two gathers slightly loosened, orig. dark-green cloth gilt, minor fraying to extrems., 8vo, plus Cholmondeley-Pennell (H.), Fishing, Salmon and Trout, 5th ed. revised, 1889, b & w illusts., a little dampstained to lower margins throughout, orig. brown dec. cloth gilt, rubbed and some staining to edges, 8vo. (3)

Alcuin. B. Flacci Albini, sive Alchuuini Abbatis... Opera quae hactenus reperiri potuerunt, ed. Andreae Quercetani, Paris, Ex Officina Nivelliana. Sumptibus Sebastiani Cramoisy, 1617, eng. port. frontis., title printed in red and black, large printer's woodcut device, woodcut initials, head-pieces, etc., light waterstain to extreme top margins of final few leaves, not affecting text, contemp. blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, clasps missing, some minor marks and slight soiling, thick folio. Ex-libris the Discalced Carmelite Convent of Munich, with neat handwritten inscription to title, and coat of arms to centre of upper cover, printed in black. Additionally inscribed in an early hand to verso of front blank Duplum Bibiothecae regiae Monacensis. Later bookplate of John Basil Lowder Tolhurst to front pastedown. St. Alcuin (735-804) a theological scholar and teacher, was born near York, attended the Cathedral school there and later became its headmaster. He wrote various treatises on arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, rhetoric, as well as poetry. He also created the Carolingian miniscule hand, a standard script which is still in use as our modern lower case cursive. (1)

Bede (The Venerable). Homiliae Venerabilis Bedae ... hyemales, quadragesimales, de tempore item & sanctis, nu[n]c denuo summa diligentia restitutae, Coloniae Ioannes Gymnicus excudebat, 1541, final blank leaf present, three woodcut initials, slight soiling, contemp. blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, the sides with roll-tooled floral borders with a figured central panel, now soiled and rather indistinct, rubbed at corners, lacking one (of two) metal clasps, small 8vo. Ex libris Geo. R. Woodward and the Ronald Knox library, Prinknash Abbey. Not in Adams. (1)

Bede (The Venerable). Historiae Ecclesiasticae Gentis Anglorum libri quinque, una cum reliquis ejus Operibus Historicis in unum Volumen Collectis, ed. Johannis Smith, Cambridge, typis Academicis, 1722, half-title, eng. frontis. by M. van der Gucht of the altar of Bede and St. Cuthbert below the east window of Durham cathedral, two full-page eng. plts. by van der Gucht (Tomb of St. Cuthbert, facing p. 264, & Tomb of the Venerable Bede, facing p. 805), large folding eng. map of Britannia Saxonica facing p. 654 (closed tear, repaired), eng. illust. to text on p. 721, text printed in Latin and Anglo-Saxon, some minor foxing and light soiling to first and last few leaves (generally in clean cond.), 18th-c. blind-panelled full calf, some marks, later reback, rubbed and somewhat scuffed, folio. Ex-libris Francis Palgrave, with his signature to head of title, and autograph note to verso of frontis. The plates of this work afford singular proofs of the slow progress which the arts had made in England - see in particular the plate of Bede's tomb. p. 805 F.P.. The best edition, with learned notes and dissertations (Lowndes 144). (1)

Bible [Latin]. Elucidissima in Diui Pauli Epistolas..., ed. Denis the Carthusian, Paris: [Joannes Parvus], 1531, ink stamp to title, lower part of title cut away below date with loss of imprint, a few old ink notes to title and elsewhere, peppered with worming affecting lettering throughout, some running worm tracing affecting early leaves and inner margins, contemp. blind-stamped calf, 18th-c. reback, worn, 8vo. (1)

Bible. Latin. Biblia (titled on al recto), [Nuremberg. Caspar Hochfeder, not after 1493], 401 (of 402) leaves, lacking final blank, two columns, fifty-six lines and head-line, gothic letter, capital F on a2 recto supplied in gold and colours, other capitals in red and blue, initial strokes in red, B8 incorrectly signed B2, ms. quiring in black, cut away in places, the first leaf soiled, ink scored, and frayed with some loss, many headlines cut into to varying degrees by the binder, early ink marginalia and underscoring in different hands, mostly shaved at the fore-edge, text soiled, with some staining, particularly at the beginning and end, clean tear in P5 repaired, with trivial loss, top corner of Q1 torn away, mid-16th c. blind stamped pigskn over wooden boards, with a roll-tooled border of the saints, and the initials WPR, soiled, worn at the corners and foot of the spine, formerly with catches and clasps, folio (in 8's and 6's). Hain 3048. Goff B595. BMC II 475. GKW 4272. The first book printed by Hochfeder was the Works of St. Anselm, dated 27 March 1491; in 1498 or 1499 he went to Metz, and continued printing there and later at Cracow in the 16th Century. Ex libris Ronald Knox library, Prinknash Abbey, with bookplates on the front free endpaper. (1)

Calmet (Augustinus). Dictionarium historicum, criticum, chronologicum, geographicum, et literale Sacrae Scripturae, cum figuris antiquitates Judaicas repraesentantibus..., 2 vols., Augsburg: Martin Veith, 1738, half-titles and vign. titles, twenty-nine eng. plts. incl. four folding maps and one plan, correct as listed, some spotting, browning at front of vol. 1, ex libris Ronald Knox, Prinknash Abbey, contemp. blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards with remains of clasps, rubbed and soiled, folio. (2)

Dio Cassius. Historiae Romanae quae supersunt, 2 vols., Hamburg, 1750-52, half-titles, titles in red and black, Greek and Latin parallel text, some spotting and soiling, ex libris Prinknash Abbey, contemp. blind-stamped vellum, sl. rubbed and soiled, folio. (2)