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GEMINI AND GRABHORN PRESSESGRAVES (IDA) Epithalamion. A Poem, NUMBER 25 OF 50 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM, AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, from an overall edition of 330 copies, wood-engraved plates by Blair Hughes-Stanton, original half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (stamped in gilt on lower dentelle), t.e.g., slipcase, Colchester, Gemini Press, 1934; idem, one of the 280 copies printed on Basingwerk Parchment, publisher's morocco-backed boards, slipcase, Colchester, Gemini Press, 1934--MANDEVILLE (JOHN) The Voiage and Travaile... Which Treateth of the Way to Hierusalem, and the Marvayles of Inde, with Other Ilands and Countryes, NUMBER 94 OF 150 COPIES, 32 woodcuts in the text, 34 large hand-illuminated initials in red, blue, and gold by Valenti Angelo, paragraph marks in red or blue, publisher's Philippine mahogany boards backed with brown niger morocco by William Wheeler, raised bands, spine with titling in blind, rubbed at joints, slipcase, Printed at San Francisco by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn, for Random House, 1928, folio (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CARTARI (VINCENZO)Imagines deorum qui ab antiquis colebantur, woodcut printer's device, woodcut portrait of the author, 88 woodcut illustrations, spotting, age-toning and damp-staining, upper margin shaved, modern quarter cloth, light wear [USTC 141828; Adams 785], 4to, Lyon, Barthélémy Honorat, 1581--SUCQUET (ANTONIUS) Via vitae aeternae. Iconibus illustrata per Boëtium a Bolswert, 2 vol., engraved titles, 25 (of 32) plates, damp-staining, first free endpaper of vol. 1 loose, early ownership inscriptions on titles, near contemporary blind-stamped calf with gilt depiction of the Crucifixion and Virgin and Child, clasps, worn [USTC 1003822; Landwehr (LC) 762], 8vo, Antwerp, H. Aertssens, 1625--BORNITZ (JACOB) Emblemata ethico politica, 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved title, half-titles, 98 (of 100) engravings, lacking 3 leaves (M4-N2), light toning, upper margin of title shaved, modern quarter vellum, minor wear [Landwehr (German) 141], 4to, Mainz, Bourgeat, 1669; and 2 others (6)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[PAU (JERONI) or HIERONYMUS PAULUS]Provi[n]ciale omnium ecclesiarum cathedraliu[m] universi orbis, large woodcut device on title, pagination rubricated in alternate red and blue, title re-margined at gutter margin and old stamp partially erased from lower corner, contemporary blind-stamped calf by Jan Ryckhaert of Gent [cf. Goldschmidt 145], sides decorated in a diaper pattern with alternating tools of a pilgrim and a stylised floral arrangement, 4 fleur-de-lys tools at upper and lower border, small bee tool repeated 4 times on each vertical border, old vellum endpapers, annotations in 2 sixteenth century hands, mostly to opening 10 leaves and final leaf and blank, rebacked with corners neatly repaired, small 4to (195 x 130mm.), Paris, Jean Petit, 7 May 1518Footnotes:An early edition of list of dioceses and archdioceses of the Church based on records kept by the Papal administration, compiled by the Catalan Hieronymus Paulus.Provenance: Sixteenth century marginalia and notes in two hands, including a comment on the organisation of the Church in Sardinia, and a full-page listing of exchange rates of 32 European countries; Library of the Brigittine monastery, Cologne, seventeenth century inscription on title; Christie's South Kensington, 29 November 2006, lot 214.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[LYNDWOOD (WILLIAM)]Provinciale seu constitutiones Anglie [edited by J. Badius], 212 leaves, 73 lines and headline, gothic letter, printed in red and black, double-column, manuscript note pasted to upper pastedown, manuscript notations in an early hand on title and occasionally throughout, manuscript notes in a later hand to final blank (laid down), fore-margin of one leaf (Fol. 56) neatly torn away with loss of a few letters and side-notes, opening 7 leaves loose, occasional light mostly marginal damp-stains, small tear to margin of ⟨⁊⟩6 repaired with tape not affecting text, later calf over wooden boards, retaining sixteenth century blind-stamped side panels, worn, rebacked, lacks bosses and clasps [ESTC S103845; Beale T403], folio (360 x 260mm.), [Paris, Andre Brocard, 28 May 1501]Footnotes:The Canon law of the ecclesiastical province of Canterbury, as collected and abridged in 1433 by William Lyndewood (1375-1446), with his explanatory gloss, and here edited by Josse Badius. 'Though no English bookseller is mentioned in the imprint ... [this item is] clearly intended for sale in England' (ESTC).Although the collection was first printed in Oxford, between 1470 and 1480, this is the first complete edition of the work, including text, gloss, and supplement, published in Paris in 1501.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, AUTHORISED VERSION - BINDING[The Holy Bible], lacks general title, NT title dated 1695 [ESTC R25254; Herbert 840], [Oxford, University Printer, 1695]; The Whole Book of Psalms, [ESTC R213770], J. Mackock, 1690, 2 works bound in 1 vol., ruled in red throughout, contemporary blind and gilt-stamped calf, g.e., sides with decorative silver-gilt corner-pieces, central oval decoration, clasps, hasps and straps, neatly rebacked preserving the original spine, 12moThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

LE CLERC (SÉBASTIEN)Vorzeichnungen, 50 engraved illustrations of human faces and forms on 25 leaves, modern purple calf with diagonal pattern decorations in blind, with modern folding case, oblong 8vo (200 x 275mm.), Augsburg, Academischen Kunsthandlung, n.d.; Figures de la Passion de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ, engraved title page and 34 (of 35) engraved plates by Jean Pacot, lacking plate 3 with a blank bound in its place, minor toning, contemporary gilt-ruled calf, rebacked [Cohen-de Ricci 396; Sander 688], oblong 8vo (205 x 141mm.), Paris, G Audran, [c.1720]; Quelqu[es] [f]igures[,] chevaux[,] paysages presen[tés] A Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne par [...] le Clerc, 35 engraved plates (of 60), including engraved title page, damp-staining to upper margins of several plates, a few stubs of removed plates visible in gutters, light soiling to title, modern gilt, solander box [Cohen-de Ricci 612], oblong 12mo (135 x 200mm.), Paris, G. Audran, [c.1700]; Vita et miracula sanctissimi patris Benedicti, FIRST EDITION, engraved title and 32 plates by Bernardino Passeri after Le Clerc, no letterpress text, large repaired tear through most of plate 10, marginal tear with old repair to plate 20, chips and tears to corners of plates 13, 28 and 32, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, with old repairs, hinges cracked, numerous ink inscriptions on endpapers [Brunet IV 418; Cicognara 2138; Mortimer 362], 4to (340 x 245mm.), [c.1700]; Metamorphoses d'Ovide en rondeaux, additional engraved title, engraved royal arms on title-page, numerous engraved illustrations in text, early ownership inscription on lower margin of engraved title, browning, occasional spotting and minor soiling, modern calf gilt, in marbled paper slipcase [Goldsmith 237], 4to (287 x 210mm.), Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1676; and 11 others by Le Clerc, Du Fresnoy, Fleury and Callot (16)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DARWIN (CHARLES)The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, 43 illustrations, with errata, advertisement leaves (dated 'April 1867' in volume 1, 'February 1868' in volume 2), light toning and foxing (mostly to front free endpapers), publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, spine gilt, hinges starting, extremities and corners bumped [Freeman 877], 8vo, John Murray, 1868Footnotes:Provenance: Robert Stirling Newall (1812-1889), Scottish engineer, astronomer, and manufacturer of wire ropes, bookplate. Darwin by his own account 'made an enormous saving of labour by using for the last half year Newall's patent wire rope' when raising water from his well ('The subject of deep wells', Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, no.30, 25 July 1857, p.518); John Eriksson, bookplate; private Swedish collection.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

HOMERIliada kai Odusseia [Iliada and Odyssey, edited by Thomas Grenville, and others], 4 vol., ONE OF 25 LARGE PAPER SETS, PRESENTED BY THE EDITOR TO THE MARQUIS OF STAFFORD, presentation note window-mounted before half-title in volume 1, text printed in Double Pica Greek type throughout, half-titles, engraved frontispiece by Lowry after C.H. Tatham, 2 engraved busts of Homer by L. Schiavonetti after Tendi, without the 2 engraved portraits of Grenville found in some copies (Lowndes for instance calling for 3 plates), some spotting to and off-setting from the plates, contemporary full red straight-grained morocco decorated in blind and gilt, the sides with armorial of George Granville Levenson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, 2nd Marquis of Stafford, decorative dentelles, g.e., joints and spine neatly repaired [Brunet III, 275, 'c'est une livre magnifique'; Dibdin, Greek and Latin Classics, II, pp.61-62.; Lowndes III, 1097, 'A superb edition'], large 4to (300 x 235mm.), Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1800 [preface dated March 27, 1801]Footnotes:ONE OF 25 LARGE PAPER COPIES OF THE 'GRENVILLE HOMER' PRESENTED BY THE EDITOR TO THE MARQUIS OF STAFFORD, BOUND IN RED MOROCCO WITH THE STAFFORD ARMS ON SIDES.Provenance: George Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquis of Stafford (1758-1933), gifted from the editor and his brothers (who, according to Dibdin, bore the cost of the publication) with a note 'Lord Buckingham, Lord Grenville, and Mr. Grenville present their compliments to the Marquis of Stafford, and request his acceptance of a copy of the Large Paper Homer. 20 April 1807' bound in.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Laborde, M.Leon de 'Journey Through Arabia Petraea to Mount Sinai and The Excavated City of Petra, the Edom of the Prophecies', 2nd edition, John Murray London 1838 with sixty five plates, in text engravings, folding map, 12pp of publishers ads at end, original blind stamped blue cloth 8vo (220 x 140mm) plus Andrew, William P 'Memoir of the Euphrates Valley Route to India', Allen London 1857, author's inscription, no maps, 8vo. blind stamp green cloth. Both in much used condition, stains, bumps etc bindings loose (2)

A 19th century Chippendale style mahogany occasional table with a galleried top, blind fret carved decoration, 31cm square x 63cm highAt present, there is no condition report prepared for this lot, this in no way indicates a good condition, please contact the saleroom for a full condition report

Wellsted, Lieutenant J.R. Royal Navy 'Travels in Arabia', 2 vols. Oman and Nakab El Hajar and Sinai; 'Survey of the Gulf of Akabah; Coasts of Arabia and Nubia', John Murray London, first edition, London 1838, with 5 maps (3 folding) and 7 plates, original blind stamped olive green cloth by Remnant and Edmonds, 8vo. (220 x 140mm), yellow end papers, Much used throughout, stains, bumps etc, binding loose (2)

Darwin, Charles Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries visited by H. M. S. Beagle under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. from 1832 to 1836. London: Henry Colburn, 1839. 8vo, [5] viii-xiv 629 pp., original vertical-ribbed purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt, covers decoratively stamped in blind, half-title, 2 engraved folding maps ('The Southern Portion of South America' and 'Keeling Islands'), wood-engraved illustrations in text, publisher's 16 pp. catalogue dated August 1839 bound in at rear, additional slip tipped to final page of catalogue advertising further titles by Darwin. Cloth unevenly sunned, nicks to spine ends, very small tear to middle compartment and small ink-mark to foot, a few bumps to extremities, front inner hinge cracked, spotting to early leaves, first map slightly offset, second map spotted and with closed handling tear extending into frame only. Housed in a custom green quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery [Freeman 11 binding variant b]Note: Note: First edition, first separate issue and the second overall, of Darwin's first published book. It originally appeared as the third volume of The Narrative of the Voyages of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle early the same year; the present issue uses the same sheets but has a cancel title-page and the volume-title (pp. [v-vi]) is discarded. Copies are also found in blue cloth; occasionally the two maps are loose in an end-pocket rather than inserted into the text.Provenance: 'Thomas Mainwaring Bulkeley Owen, the gift of his father, Nov 15th 1839' (inscription to front free endpaper); Christie's, Valuable Books and Manuscripts, 14th November 2007, lot 90.

Bible; English; Authorised The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testament [Amsterdam?: no printer], 1672. Folio in sixes (37.2 x 22cm), 19th-century 'divinity' calf over heavy bevelled boards, spine and covers blind-tooled overall with geometric panelling and floral devices, marbled endpapers, all edges dyed red, [26] 710 248 pp., engraved additional title-page, binding scuffed, engraved title-page soiled and laid down, text with variable light soiling (old finger-marks, ink-splashes and oil-stains), OT with small holes in A2 and S6, NT n4 with repaired closed tear [Darlow & Moule 556; ESTC R30791, tracing 10 copies world-wide; Wing B2285]Note: Note: This rare edition combines the text of the Authorised version with the notes of the Geneva version.

Golf Collection of rare biographies, manuals and club histories Tulloch, W. W. The Life of Tom Morris, with Glimpses of St Andrews and its Golfing Celebrities. London: T. Werner Laurie, c.1908. First edition, 8vo, original pictorial cloth, 25 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece (listed as 27, with 2 plates each containing 2 images), spine rolled, binding slightly rubbed, contemporary ownership inscription to initial blank, occasional spotting to text-block;Idem. The Life of Tom Morris. London: Ellesborough Press, 1982. Facsimile edition, one of 100 copies signed by J. H. Neill, captain, Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, 1981-2, 8vo, original green morocco, all edges gilt, slipcase, spine sunned, section of discolouration to upper inner corner of front board;Forgan, Robert. The Golfer's Manual, including History and Rules of the Game, with Hints to Beginners. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. (Limited), c.1907. Presumed seventh edition, 8vo, original green cloth, 8 halftone photographic plates (including a portrait of 'Old Tom Morris' as frontispiece), 4 pp. advertisements to rear, with the 'Rules of Golf' section dated 1904, and notice of James Anderson's record round on St Andrew's Links in 1906 to verso of contents page;Dow, James Gordon. The Crail Golfing Society 1786-1936. Being the History of an Eighteenth-Century Golf Club in the East Neuk of Fife. Edinburgh: published at the office of Golf Monthly, 1936. First edition, one of 250 copies only, 8vo, original two-tone cloth, 7 halftone photographic plates, pale mottling to covers, blind stamp (Broadleys, Crail, Fife) to title-page;[Knight, William Angus, editor]. On the Links. Being Golfing Stories by Various Hands. With Shakespeare on Golf. By a Novice. Also, Two Rhymes on Golf by Andrew Lang. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1889. First edition, 8vo, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, 8 pp. advertisements, custom case;Flint, Violet. A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil on the Links of St Andrews. St Andrews: W. C. Henderson & Co, 1897. Third edition, 4to, later cloth, 8 plates, text spotted;and 12 others, including: J. B. Salmond, The Story of the R. & A., 1956 (first edition, 8vo, original cloth, torn dust jacket, inscribed by the author on the title-page, signed by various R & A members on the front free endpaper including Ferguson Morton, Baron Morton of Henryton, Charles MacAndrew, Baron Macandrew, and similar); The Book of St Andrews Links, Ellesborough Press, 1984 (facsimile edition, one of 200 copies signed by golfer J. Stewart Lawson, 8vo, original green morocco, spine sunned, slipcase); Robert Forgan, The Golfer's Manual, c.1980 (facsimile edition of the 1897 edition, 8vo, original cloth); Andra Kirkaldy, Fifty Years of Golf: My Memories, 1921 (first edition, 8vo, original cloth); Andrew Lang & others, A Batch of Golfing Papers, c.1892 (original cloth, ex library); Violet Flint, A Golfing Idyll, 1978 (facsimile edition, of 150 copies); 2 others editions of Lang's work; and similar

Moorcroft, William and George Trebeck Travels in the Himalayan Provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab in Ladakh and Kashmir; in Peshawar, Kabul, Kunduz, and Bokhara. Prepared for the Press, from Original Journals and Correspondence, by Horace Hayman Wilson. London: John Murray, 1841. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo (20.3 x 12.5cm), near-contemporary black half sheep, lithographic frontispieces, folding map, 12 pp. advertisements, contemporary ownership inscription to title-pages, volume 1 lacking leaf a8 (preface pp. xv/xvi), marginal repair to foot of p. liii, folding map with splits and repairs;Little, Archibald. Across Yunnan: a Journey of Surprises including an Account of the Remarkable French Railway Line now completed to Yunnan-fu. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., 1910. First edition in book form, 8vo, original red cloth, 12 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece, folding map, ex-Manchester Public Free Libraries with call number gilt to spine, plate to front pastedown, ink-stamp to verso of title-page, and blind stamps to plates and text;Seebohm, Henry. The Birds of the Japanese Empire. London: R. H. Porter, 1890. Large 8vo, original brown cloth, map frontispiece, wood-engraved illustrations in text, Bolton Libraries ink-stamps and withdrawal stamps to initial blank, title-page and final page of text

India - North-Western Province Set of Agra imprints, 19th century 1) Report on Indigenous Education and Vernacular Schools, in Agra, Aligarh, Bareli, Etawah, Farrukhabad, Mainpuri, Mathura, Shahjahanpur, for 1850-51. By Henry Steward Reid, Visitor General of Schools, N. W. P. Agra: Secundra Orphan Press, 1852-3-4. First editions, 3 works in one volume, 8vo, contemporary yellow cloth, [4] 220, [2] 122, [2] 176 pp, blind stamp of the Schlagintweit library to title-page;2) Report on Ajmeer and Mairwara, illustrating the Settlement of the Land Revenue and the Revenue Administration of those Districts, up to ... 1853. By Lieut.-Colonel C. G. Dixon, Commissioner, Ajmeer and Mairwara. Agra: Secundra Orphan Press, 1853. First edition, 4to, later cloth, [2] 199 pp., uniform moderate browning, colour pencil markings to title-page, closed tear in Q4, worming to endpapers now affecting text-block;3) Translation of a Proceeding regarding the Settlement of a Village, according to the System pursued in the North Western Provinces of the Presidency of Bengal. Compiled and published under the Orders of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant Governor, N. W. P. Agra: Secundra Orphan Press, 1847. First edition, 8vo, contemporary half leather (worn), [2] iii 244 pp., 3 hand-coloured lithographic plans, 4 lithographic genealogical tables, 4 letterpress tables, all folding, shelfmark label of Pandut Sundar Lal, High Court, Allahabad to front pastedown, governmental ink-stamp to title-page and final page, a few old repairs to plates, one genealogical table with 10cm closed tear, moderate browning, a few small worm-tracks towards rear, rear inner hinge partly cracked;4) Selections from the Records of Government, North Western Provinces [volume 1]. Agra: Secundra Orphan Press, 1855. Second edition, 8vo, later cloth, vii 1-76 107-222 [1] pp., hand-coloured double-page lithographic plate ('Half elevation, half section and plan of Burdashtkhaneh in the Cawnpoor District'), 3 further lithographic plates (collation not established), cloth mottled, title-page browned and tipped in, variable damp-staining to pp. 107-130;5) The New Code of Civil Procedure. Act No. 10 of 1877. Agra: Elahi Press, c.1877. 8vo, recent red cloth, text in Urdu, lithographed throughout, in 8 parts (separately paginated), browned throughout, contents leaf and title-page chipped, final leaf tape-repaired in gutter, part 2 possibly lacking section-title (but collation not established as no other copy traced)Note: Note: Among the invaluable information provided by Henry Steward Reid's educational reports are lists of the textbooks printed each year by the government of the North-West Province, including details of their authors, content and print runs. Library Hub cites three locations only: LSE (1852-3), Oxford (1852), and SOAS (year not stated). Library cataloguing notes a map for Dixon's work, but none is present in the copy held by the University of Oxford and we have not been able to inspect another copy; it is possible that the map is from C. G. Dixon's Sketch of Mairwara (1850), with which the British Library (India Office Records) copy is bound, and that the description for this particular copy has been generally applied. One institutional copy traced for the Translation of a Proceeding regarding the Settlement of a Village, at the British Library, catalogued as having nine plates (it is unclear whether these include the folding tables).

Ferdowsi (940-1019/25 CE) Shahnameh, Iran or Central Asia, 1503 CE 17th Jumada al-Thani 909 AH.Persian manuscript on burnished and sized paper, approx. 462 leaves, 31 x 21cm, main text in black ink, nasta'liq script, 25 lines to the page, in 4 columns, each column separately ruled in gilt, all enclosed by single outer frame in blue, headings in red, blue or gold ink, ta'liq script, catchwords throughout, f. [1] verso with polychromatic floral roundel incorporating title ('Kitab-i Shahnameh') in white thuluth, 2 similar headpieces to f. [1] recto and f. [7] recto (with text in eastern Kufic and thuluth respectively), 32 miniatures in gouache heightened with gold (possibly Indian, 19th century, in a 16th-century Persian style), all approx. 16 x 9cm.Binding: later shagreen, rebacked, covers decorated in blind red leather doublures.Condition: f. [1] repaired, with small hole in roundel and later Persian ownership inscriptions (one dated 1257, i.e 1841/2 CE), extensive marginal repairs from f. 400 to end, occasionally affecting text, these final 60 or leaves also browned, closed tear in penultimate leaf, final leaf laid down, one leaf extensive repaired tear through miniature, occasional repairs elsewhere (chiefly marginal extensions), customary finger-soiling to margins, a few old stains, attempted erasure of faces in several miniatures, one miniature with small section detached but present, ff. [17-18], [40-41] and [147-8] catchwords not continuous, a few other catchwords cropped, missing or concealed by repairNote: Note: An imposing manuscript copy of the Persian national epic, of a notably early and auspicious date, completed two years after the foundation of the Safavid dynasty by Shah Isma'il I in 1501, which re-established Persia as an independent political entity for the first time since the Arab conquest. Shah Isma'il sought to model his rule on the representation of Persian kingship found in the Shahnameh, and had the work recited to his troops before battle during the ensuing war against the ruling Aq Qoyunlu tribal confederacy.'Isma'il's vision of the state was neither purely messianic nor juristic; it was primarily based on the Persian model of kingship ... In the tradition of the Timurid rulers of Iran and the Turkmen dynasties before him, he was an avid connoisseur of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh and other Persian poetic narratives, which helped him portray himself as the heir to the Persian tradition of kingship. He patronized the production of great, illustrated copies of these works ... Fascinated by Persian national legends, Isma'il named three of his four sons after legendary heroes of the Shahnameh ... And Isma'il had good incentive to envision himself as a Shahnameh: perhaps a Kaykhosrow, the prototype of the great Persian king who vanquished the Turanic king Afrasiyab' (Amanat, Iran: A Modern History, 2017, p. 61).

Architecture Folios Art and Literature Gillespie, James. Details of Scottish Domestic Architecture, A Series of Selected Examples From the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, of Stonework, Woodwork, Furniture, Plasterwork, & Metalwork. One hundred and twenty-four plates of measured drawings, and six plates of collotype reproductions of photographs. Edinburgh: The Edinburgh Architectural Association, 1922. Folio, beige cloth boards with gilt lettering. Provenance: Herbert Louis Honeyman FRIBA (1885-1956);Washington Browne, George. Pugin Studentship Drawings being a selection from Sketches, Measured Drawings, and Details of Domestic and Ecclesiastical Buildings in England and Scotland... Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1878. Copy no. 33 of 200, folio, original red buckram cloth slightly faded with gilt lettering to spine and gilt embossed insignia on front board, 75 black and white plates, owner inscriptions to free endpaper. Provenance: Andrew Kerr Tasker FRIBA, President of the Northern Architectural Association (early 20th century);Small, John William. Scottish Woodwork of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Measured and Drawn for the Stone. Stirling: Eneas Mackay, 1878. Copy no. 221 of 500, folio, 100 black and white plates, original yellow cloth cockled, red lettering, boards bumped, pencil inscription to free endpaper;Latham, Charles. In English Homes. The Internal Character, Furniture and Adornments of Some of the Most Notable Houses of England Historically Depicted from Photographs. London: Country Life, 1904 and 1907. 2 volumes, folio, black and white photographic illustrations throughout, blue cloth binding with elaborate gilt decoration and lettering, g.e.[Adam, Robert and James] The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam. Complete Edition. London: John Tiranti & Co., Architectural Publishers, 1931. Folio, grey paper boards with cloth to spine, black stamped lettering, dustjacket nibbled at edges and dust-stained;Dickens, Charles and George Cruikshank [illustrator]. The Adventures of Oliver Twist or The Parish Boy's Progress. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd, 1895. One of 500 copies, 4to, original illustrative printed boards, brown quarter morocco, gilt lettering to spine, 26 colour plates with tissue guards, edges and corners bumped;Dickens, Charles, Cattermole, George [illustrator] and Hablot Browne [illustrator]. Master Humphrey's Clock. 3 volumes. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840. First edition in book form, 8vo, contemporary black half morocco with marbled boards, gilt lettering, black and white illustrated text, boards worn with some loss to spines;Hogarth, William, Hanny, James [introductory essay], Trusler, Rev. J. and E.F. Roberts [descriptive letterpress]. The Works of William Hogarth in a Series of One Hundred and Fifty Superb Engravings on Steel, from the Original Pictures. 2 volumes. London: The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, n.d. [c.1880]. 4to, original maroon half morocco boards, raised bands, blind stamps and gilt lettering to spine, g.e.

Erasmus, Desiderius In Evangelium Lucae paraphrasis Basel: Froben, 1540. 8vo (15 x 10.5cm), 17th or 18th-century speckled sheep ruled in blind, edges sprinkled red, printer's woodcut device to title-page and verso of final leaf, binding rubbed in places, short crack to foot of front joint, early ink inscription to head of title, a few early ink underlinings and marginalia [Adams E761]Note: Note: Erasmus's paraphrase of the Gospel of Luke was first printed in 1523, also by Froben. The dedication is to Henry VIII.Provenance: From the library of the earls of Macclesfield at Shirburn Castle, with bookplate to front pastedown and blind stamp to title-page and following leaf as usual.

A 19thC mahogany cased mantel clock, the silvered metal 17cm wide Roman numeric dial with etched scroll spandrels, in a pedimented case, on bracket feet, blind fret sides, movement striking on one gong on the hour and half hours, numbered 865656 and marked Lenzkirch, 31cm high.

A large collection of Folio society books including Kim by Rudyard Kipling, The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins, The Bodysnatcher and other stories by Robert Louis Stevenson and many more. Shipping category D.

FERNS (2)Flintoft's Collection of the British Ferns in the English Lake District [titled on upper cover], 37 mounted fern specimens, each with ink captions giving Latin and English names and locations (one slightly damaged), a little soiling and offsetting, original blue blind-stamped cloth gilt, slightly worntogether with a 19th century album containing 27 small watercolour landscapes, a few with figures or buildings, boats on lakes etc. mounted on card leaves, a few with mounted seaweed specimens in margins, contemporary half roan, lacks spine, covers and first leaf detached, folio (2)

PROVASI: A LARGE MOTHER OF PEARL, SATINWOOD AND MAHOGANY SQUARE COFFEE TABLEWith glazed central recess and blind fret carved base, 150cm wide; 57cm high

A GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY SERPENTINE FOUR DRAWER CHESTWith brushing slide and blind fret corners 84cm wide; 51cm deep; 83cm high

Oak side cabinet, two doors with blind fretwork, over six drawers, width 84cm, depth 28cm, height 110cm.

Records : Box of albums - good mix in good jazz inc Blind Snooks Eaglin, R. Stones, Rock Folk etc - 70+ albums

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A George III eight day oak longcase clock, [Thomas] Bradley Ilkiston[sic], the silvered dial with date sector and engraved foliage, the hood with swan neck pediment and burr walnut frieze, brass mounted, fluted pillars, the ogee arched door to the trunk crossbanded in mahogany flanked by quarter fluted pilasters beneath blind fret frieze on cut cornered, fluted base, pendulum and weights, 211cm h Good condition

A German cast silver figural standing seal in the form of a maiden teasing Cupid, early 20th c, 65mm h, indistinct maker’s and control marks and 930 and a miniature silver bird ornament, by Brian Leslie Fuller, maker’s mark and Glis-Glis trademark, London 1996, 3ozs 3dwts (2) Both in good condition (seal blind – unengraved matrix)

DAVID SHEPHERD limited edition artist's proof print (184/850) - donkeys, signed and numbered in pencil with blind stamp, 26 x 41 and DAVID SHEPHERD artist's proof prints, a pair - 'Plough Team' and 'Captain and Sergeant', signed in pencil with blind stamp, 27 x 42cms

Royal Masonic Institution for Girls Stewards Jewels (3) 1945 dated WWII economy plastic, these were made to help the War effort by giving the precious metal and replacing it with this Bakelite material, produced by the Royal Association for the Blind. Unusual and in very good condition

A Thornton Pickard Imperial Triple Extension Half Plate Mahogany Field Camera 1910-26, with an unmarked f/7.7 brass lens in a roller-blind shutter lacking cord, body G, bellows appear OK, carrying strap partly detached, lens F-G, with three DDS backs and set of wooden tripod legs

(Amst., De Hooge Brug, 1923). 20 lithogr. plates. Monogrammed, titled and dated in the plated. Tipped-in loose paper sheets as issued in blind cardboard portfolio. 1 of 5 copies of Simili-Japon. Title and colophon by Wichman in pencil on inner front cover. Portfolio worn. Plates overall in good condition.

New York, Doubleday Page, (1926). 1st ed. 62 p. Ill. Blind hcl. w. dec. boards. Ex libris Bunny Kelk. Sl. worn, upper inner hinge loosening, marginal foxing. Exceedingly rare modernist children's book. Its experimental des., layout and typography is comparable to El Lissitzky's and Schwitters' des.

Eene Arabische vertelling. (Transl. by E.J. Potgieter). Amst., Van Heteren, 1837. 1st and only ed. Orig. boards. Front cover and first quire loose, spine almost gone, marginal waterst. first few quires. 1st Dutch transl. of the 1782 psychedelic Gothic classic by extravagant eccentric Beckford, whose sexual preference for young men was well-known. (2) Lord Byron. De Gjouwer. Fragment eener Turksche vertelling. Naar het Engelsch door J.J.L. ten Kate. Dordrecht, Houtryve & Bredius, 1840. 1st ed. Blind hcl w. orig. boards. Engr. title-p. after H. ten Kate. Good copy. Transl. of Byron's epic poem The Giaour (1813), which is illustrious for its homosexual subtext regarding the protagonist's love for the gay Ottoman officer Hassan. (3) Lord Byron. Het beleg van Corinthe. Uit het Engelsch door J. van Lennep. Amst., Meijer Warnars, 1831. 1st ed. Orig. boards. Engr. title page. All (very) rare. (total 3)

Naar het Spaansch vertaald door P.J. Hora Adema. Amst., S. Warendorf jr., (1890). 1st and only ed., 2 vols. Blind hcl. w. marbled boards. Translation of El cuarto poder (1888), a satirical novel about petty bourgeoisie provincial life, which has been compared to Claríns classic novel La Regenta (1885). Modern Spanish literature was virtually unknown in Holland in this period. Rare, only 1 copy in NCC (Amsterdam). (total 2)

Eene historisch-romantische episode uit den Italiaanschen bevrijdingsoorlog. Naar het Italiaansch door J. P. CHs Wibmer. Arnhem, Van Egmond, 1871. 1st and only ed. Blind hcl. w. orig. lithogr. paper cover. Dam. to front cover, edges sl. worn, other sm. defects. Translation of Cantoni, il volontario. Romanzo storico (1870). Rare, like most Dutch 19th cent. transl. of Italian literature.

Cod. Bibl. Pal. Vindob. 2706 zielentuintje photomechanische Reproductie der Keiz (...). Utrecht, A. Oosthoek, 1907. 2 vols. (4),1048 p. (continuous pagination). Fasc., no. 46 of 150, title-p. vignette, num. (col.) ills. Rich blind embossed light brown calfskin binding w. ribbed spine. Sm. folio. Lacking Dutch commentary vol. Bindings sl. worn, occas. foxing, minimal browning. Early, masterful reproduction of the late medieval prayer book (16th cent.) that was kept in the court library in Vienna and contains magnificently col. woodcut miniatures by Hans Springinklee and Erhard Schön. (total 2)

18th cent. 13 x 13 cm. Ceramic with blue and white tin glaze. Depictions of a.o. Elijah's chariot, Jacob and Esau and Jesus restoring a blind man's sight. Corner oxbow motif. Some sl. dam. (total 9)

18th cent. 13 x 13 cm. Ceramic with blue and white tin glaze. Depictions of a.o. Jesus on the cross, Jesus' resurrection, Joseph and Mary's flight to Egypt, Jesus restoring a blind man's sight, Adam and Eve being expelled from the Garden of Eden, Moses on Mt. Sinai and Jesus' baptism. Corner oxbow motif. Some sl. dam. (total 9)

Amsterdam, Van Klaveren, ca. 1880. Original covers pasted on later cardboard wrappers. Rare translation of French study on prostitution, brothels, white slavery, lesbianism, pederasts and sadism. (2) l. Martineau. De clandestiene prostitutie. Sociaal-hygienische studie. U. h. Fransch. Amsterdam, Van Klaveren, ca. 1885. Loose in quires, lacks spine. (3) C.H. Stratz. The Female Beauty. With 180 illustrations. Amsterdam, August Koster, ca. 1890. Loosening from hinges. (4) Maria Monk. De zwarte non. Geïllustreerde uitgave. Amsterdam, August Koster, ca. 1900. Blind cardboard w. orig. front cover pasted on. Overall in fair condition. (total 4)

ut tabulam in huius calce annexa[m] intue[n]ti pate[n]tissim[u]m erit. Printed by Johannes Clein. Lyon. 1518 [for Anton Koberger, Nuernberg]. Sm. 8vo, 19th cent. red mor., gilt edges w. blind stamped round lining, gilt title on spine, line border w. sm. ornamental corners, marbled endpapers w. typogr. line borders. Text in red and black. Illustrated title in woodcut [Virgin Mary w. Child], kalendarium, prayers, the life of Brigitte and index; all in woodcut illustrated borders (some of these w. year 1515), (38) p., 209 folio leaves (=418 p.), (2),(1) p. 82 woodcuts in the text and on the full page, Colophon on last text page. Repaired. Cropped pages. Lacks p. c.II. 3 text lines crossed out on f. 88. A few brown spots. Name on 1st endpaper, notes in ink and pencil on last endpapers.

Biblia, dat is de gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de Canonijcke Boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments (...). Dordrecht, Hendrick, Jacob and Pieter Keur; Amst., Marcus Doornick and Pieter Rotterdam, 1702. Engr. title-p., 1 (of 2) letterpress title-p. w. woodcut printer's device, half title for New Testament, double-p. engr. world map, 1 plan of Jerusalem (loose), 51 engr. plates w. 6 ills. each, the latter by Lamberecht Causé and Nicolaas Gommerse. Contemp. blind-tooled calf over wooden boards w. brass corner pieces, clasps and catches. Large folio. Ex libris upper pastedown, former packaging labels lower flyleaf. Covers and binding worn, occas. waterst., edges worn, lacking 5 double-p. maps. The standard Bible of the Dutch Reformed Church from 1637 onwards. The Bibles printed by Keur were renowned for their accuracy of the text and their fine printing. Added: a 1762 Dutch Bible (worn copy), bound w.: Het Boek der Psalmen, Nevens de gezangen Bij de Hervormde Kerk van Nederland in gebruik (...). Leyden, Samuel and Johannes Luchtmans, 1774. Psalms w. musical notation. Edges worn. (total 2)

Nymegen, Blindenbibliotheek, (ca. 1980s). Atlas for the blind w. 12 p. of raised outlines of the var. Dutch provinces and braille lettering in a (dam.) ring binder w. cardboard covers. Unique work.

An antique stripped pine chest fitted blind frieze drawer and three drawers under

AFTER SNAFFLES [CHARLIE JOHNSON PAYNE] (British 1884-1967), Yi-hai! Indian Cavalry (B.E.F.), colour print with vignettes, and blind stamp 45.5 x 37cm, F & G.

AFTER SNAFFLES [CHARLIE JOHNSON PAYNE] (British 1884-1967), "Bon Voyage", colour print with vignette and blind stamp, 40 x3", colour print with vignette and blind stamp, 40 x31cm. F & G.

AFTER SNAFFLES [CHARLIE JOHNSON PAYNE] (British 1884-1967), "Le 75", colour print with vignette and blind stamp, 40 x31cm.

AFTER SNAFFLES [CHARLIE JOHNSON PAYNE] (British 1884-1967), "Good Hunting Old Sportsman" The Gunner, colour print with vignette, blind stamp, 43 x 33.5cm, F & G.

A QUANTITY OF PAINTINGS AND PRINTS ETC, to include five Jason Partner watercolour landscapes, signed and dated for late 1970's, a Francis Russell Flint (1915-1977) limited edition print 'The Aqueduct', 419/500 with blind stamp to lower margin, together with watercolour landscapes by C. Turnock, Joyce Shaw and D. Brindley and assorted prints ETC

A GEORGIAN WALNUT CHEST OF TWO SHORT OVER THREE LONG GRADUATED DRAWERS, the canted front corners with blind fretwork detail, later turned handles on ogee bracket feet, width 93cm x depth 52cm x height 77cm (condition report:- missing pieces to bracket feet in three places, staining from handles back plates can be seen, losses to two handles and borders around drawers)

Distinguished Persons in Russian Society. Translated from the German by F.E. Bunnett. Published by Smith, Elder and Co, London 1873. 307 pages, plus index. 1st edition 1873. Ver good copy. Publisher's blue boards, decorated in blind, titled in gilt. From single vendor Book and Magazine collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

A Victorian ebonised brass and red tortoiseshell boulle centre table, of shaped oval form, with blind frieze drawer, the whole raised on French cabriole supports with gilt metal figural mounts (some lifting to brasswork and losses/repairs to red tortoiseshell), w.130cm, d.80cm, h.76cm

A Victorian figured walnut combination games and needlework table, of serpentine outline, the fold-over top opening to reveal satinwood and rosewood chess, cribbage and backgammon boards, all above a blind frieze drawer and well, w.54cm, d.42cm, h.75cm

An antique joined oak Wainscot chair, having a blind carved top-rail over two panels, one with flower head carving, planked seat, raised on turned and square cut forelegs, seat w.48cm, d.38cm, h.43cmSturdy with only a very small amount of movement.In generally good condition.

A late Regency rosewood pedestal sofa table, having twin blind frieze drawers and raised on a quatraform platform on square cut outswept supports with brass paw caps and casters, w.97cm (leaves down), d.66.5cm, h.73cm

A George III mahogany chest-on-chest, having a dentil moulded and blind carved frieze, the upper section two short over three long graduated drawers within fluted canted corners, the whole with later pierced brass batwing escutcheons, w.103cm, d.56cm, h.....

A late 19th century French walnut crossbanded and inlaid gueridon table, having a pierced brass three-quarter gallery, lattice work top and matching frieze with blind drawer, w.62cm, d.38cm, h.74cm

A mid-17th century oak plank coffer, the top on steel loop hinges and having a simple moulded edge, the front panel with twin lozenge blind carving, w.100cm, d.34cm, h.46cmLeft hand end panel wax filled and with traces of old worm.Stands well.Evidence of old strap hinge on left hand side loop hinge looks original but moved to the left 3cm.Otherwise good and strong with minor signs of age wear.

Assorted prints, including Nelson's First Farewell, The Blind Boy advertising print, fishing maps, etc.