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Framed pictures and prints: to include religious and botanical studies various sizes BSR

Medical Interest. Culpeper, Nicholas. English Physician and Complete Herbal with a Display of their Medicinal and Occult Properties, London: Printed for the Author, no date, circa 1790s, rebound in full panelled calf with raised bands and gilt title, marbled endpapers, botanical/anatomical plates, lacking frontispiece, dedication page to Thomas Dunckerly, Provincial Grand Master of the Masons in Dorset, from E. Sibly

The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, Practical and Scientific, G. Nicholson, c.1900, set of eight volumes, together with a quantity of other botanical publications

Collection of gardening/botanical/horticultural books, to include: The Lady's Country Companion, Mrs. Loudon, London: Longman, 1845, publisher's green cloth; Old Garden Roses, Edward A. Bunyard, London: Country Life, 1936; Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens, E. T. Cook, London: Country Life, 1902; Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, W. J. Bean, sixth edition in three volumes, London: John Murray, 1936; A Handbook of Crocus and Colchicum for Gardeners, E. A. Bowles, London: Martin Hopkinson, 1924; The Rock Garden, Reginald Farrer, London: T. C. & E. C. Jack [no date]; Alpine Flowers for Gardens, W. Robinson, London: John Murray, 1903; Colour Planning of the Garden, London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1929; My Garden Book, Scottish Seed House, Perth, 1939; Century Book of Gardening, in two volumes, London: Country Life [no date]; Gardens for Small Country Houses, London: Country Life, 1924

Prints: A set of 6 Botanical Prints by G.D. Ehret Delin, in attractive black and gilt frames. (6)

A very attractive hand painted early English porcelain Botanical Dessert Service, consisting of two comports and eight plates, each with a different central flower and rose pompadour borders. (10)

A miscellaneous lot of framed and glazed prints and watercolours to include five botanical prints

An 18th century hand-coloured botanical print and five other botanical prints, in strip frames

Spy print of horse racing, etching of two ducks, two botanical studies and a map of Middlesex by Moule

[Travel Journals] Victorian handwritten diaries of a voyage aboard the S.S. Warrior, S.S. Bladworth and the S.S. Good Hope in the years 1872/3 journeying to Calcutta and Capetown, journals kept by a doctor/passenger comprising 3 notebooks in which is detailed places visited, weather conditions, collecting of botanical specimens, sketching, playing games, other vessels encountered (including S.S. Oriental, The Windsor Castle, Bismarck, S.S. Danube etc) stowaways, a tom cat falling overboard, attending to the injuries of several "firemen" on board with fingers and toes which were crushed or sliced off, severe head injury, death of a passenger and baby, a knife fight, visit to bazaar, vendors selling fruit, cigars, little dogs "something between a Maltese and a French poodle". Comprising over 300 pages with descriptions of the other passengers & temperatures recorded.

A BOX OF ASSORTED PRINTS TO INCLUDE ONITHOLOGIAL, BOTANICAL AND FIGURATIVE EXAMPLES

DORSET INTEREST; A 19TH CENTURY PRINT OF THE REMAINS OF ABBOTSBURY ABBEY and similar pictures, with a pair of 19th century botanical prints

A COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY TEAWARES decorated in Royal blue and gilt, with botanical specimens

A set of four Chinese botanical paintings on rice paper: each flowering shrub with a butterfly or insect, each 15 x 21, together with odd unmounted examples.

An unsigned watercolour study of a garden scene; together with two botanical studies

A watercolour still life study; together with botanical prints; an Edwardian fashion print etc.

Herbert Austin: (Austin Motor Co) Moseley Lodge Ladies Evening, Wednesday December 11th 1935, Botanical Gardens, Birmingham dinner banquet menu signed by Guest Herbert Austin (signed H Austin in pencil to front cover)

After Professor Anton Seder (German, 1850-1916): 'Die Pflanze', two coloured chromolithographs of Art Nouveau botanical designs from 'The Plant in Art and Trade', published in 1890 by Gerlach and Schenk, Vienna, titled 'Laurus' and 'Ranunculus' 54 by 37cm. (2)Prof. Seder was Director of School of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg

Set of five framed and mounted botanical prints (44cm x 59cm including frames)

Large Portmeirion Botanical Garden comport (diameter 32cm, 14cm high)

1840-77 mixed mint and used collection arranged in an album and on loose album leaves including used 1840 2d., 1858-79 Penny Reds with most plates, 1870 _d. selection, later surface-printed to 5s., mint 1951 Festivals to £1, better phosphors with 1962 NPY, 1963 FFH, Lifeboat, Red Coss, 1964 Botanical, Geographical, later decimal high values; also Channel Islands and Isle of Man; mostly fair to fine. (hundreds)

Assortment in carton including quantity of 1970s-80s decimal postage (some without gum), a volume of Channel Islands and Lundy locals, several 1930s-50s Philatelic Congress sheetlets in folders, a few 1960s phosphors incl 1963 FFH and 1964 Botanical in blocks of 4, a volume of perfins and some other odds (Few Thousands)

First Day Covers: Collection from 1937 to Christmas 2005, some issues to 1963 on plain covers and/or handwritten addresses, better covers to 1966 include (illustrated with typewritten/label address unless noted) 1960 GLO, 1961 POSB, 1961 Parliamentary Conference, 1962 NPY, 1963 FFH, Red Cross, COMPAC, 1964 Botanical Congress, 1965 BOB with Biggin Hill cds, later issues appear quite comprehensive and almost all illustrated with typewritten addresses including definitives, commems and later min sheets, also a quantity of used 'bundleware' from 1960s-90s neatly arranged in small boxes, ideal for the packet maker! (Few Thousands)

First Day Covers: Accumulation in small carton from KGVI to 1980s with a number of better items (illustrated unless noted )including 1948 RSW (plain, address obliterated), 1946 Victory with 'Don't Waste Bread' slogan, 1948 Olympics with Wembley 'rings' slogan, 1949 UPU (2), another on plain cover with Windsor Castle cds (toned), 1957 Parliamentary Conference (2, one with handwritten address), 1959 phosphor graphite on cacheted cover, 1958 Games with Barry slogan, 1961 Parliamentary Conference with conference slogan, 1964 Geographical Congress phos with Southampton show slogan, 1963 Lifeboat with Edinburgh slogan, 1964 Botanical Congress with Edinburgh congress special h/s (handwritten address), 1966 England Winners (2, one apparently signed Bobby Moore, the other Alf Ramsey, however neither guaranteed), 1969 Ships with Lloyds of London h/s, 1974 Churchill (card) with Woodford Green h/s, 1974 Warriors with BFPO Royal Tournament h/s, also some non-fdcs including 1951 Festival sets to £1 (2) and 1929 PUC set to 2_d on 1930 flown cover to Brussels, odd fault but mostly fine (50+)

Albums. A group of five early 19th century and Victorian manuscript and scrap albums, including: an album filled with manuscript writings in prose and verse, in various neat hands, including the work of poet Bernard Barton, Washington Irving, Charles Lamb, John Milton, William Cowper, and others, some dated 1820s/30s, with a few mounted original drawings and engravings, paper watermarked 'J Budgen 1823', stitching partially broken, and some leaves detached, original calf, spine crudely strengthened with fabric tape, 4to; a late 19th/early 20th century album of cuttings, photographs, original drawings and watercolours, printed souvenirs, etc., relating to the Hawkshaw family, including drawings and photographs of places in Norway, Baden, Baltic Sea, Cologne, Folkestone, Herefordshire, Ewelme, Kildare, Chester, disbound (but rear board extant), folio, plus another from the Hawkshaw family, filled with newspaper cuttings; and an album of engravings, including armorial and large format topographical and botanical engravings, with some newspapers laid in at rear, including The Malta Observer, 1859, and The Kelso Mail, 1860, original half vellum, worn, folio Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (5)

*East India Company. Autograph letter signed from Sir Evan Nepean as governor of Bombay to Sir Joseph Banks as president of the Royal Society, Malabar Point, 18 April 1814, single sheet of laid paper, written on both sides, faintly creased where folded, 22.8 x 18.6 cm, together with Nepean's autograph transcript of a letter from the inspector of forests concerning Malabar teak, single sheet of wove paper, written on one side only, creased where folded, 22.5 x 18.6 cm Nepean informs Banks of the recent arrival in India of a consignment of vines from Persia, which had been delayed at Bushire, and of the impending arrival in London of 'another valuable consignment ... the Bussorah Clover'. He also discusses the practicalities of sending Malabar teak seeds back to England via the Cape, and encloses his autograph transcript of a letter from 'the inspector of our forests' concerning the various species of Malabar teak. 'Bussorah' is the archaic spelling of Basra, modern-day Iraq. Nepean's appointment as governor of Bombay in 1812 allowed him to develop his botanical interests. He corresponded regularly with Banks and himself became a fellow of the Royal Society on his return to England in 1820. Provenance: Francis Edwards, July 1966 (typescript purchase note laid in). (2)

*Ceylon. A good group of eight views of Ceylon, circa 1860s, albumen prints, all but one with English pencil inscriptions to versos, scenes include the harbour at Colombo with masted ships, a coastal view of Pettah, Colombo, Colombo Fort, Matala Town, Nuwara Eliya Plains and a group of palms in the Royal Botanical Gardens, 21.5 x 28.5cm and similar sizes (8)

*Magic lantern slides. A large collection of magic lantern slides, late 19th and early 20th century, subjects include views in UK, Turkey, botanical slides, etc., contained in four wooden slide boxes and a small card slide box (a carton)

Goes Willem. Rei agrariae auctores legesque variae. Quaedam nunc primum, caetera emendatiora prodeunt cura Wilelmi Goesii, cuius accedunt indices, antiquitates agrariae & notae: una cum Nicolai Rigaltii notis & observationibus, nec non glossario eiusdem. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1674. Due parti in un volume in-4° piccolo (mm 192x150). [20], 360, [60]; 328 pagine. Antiporta calcografica in paginazione. Numerose illustrazioni calcografiche e silografiche nel testo, alcune a piena pagina. 3 tavole incise su rame (2 ripiegate). Iniziali decorate, testatine e finalini silografici. Alcuni fascicoli uniformemente bruniti; sporadiche fioriture. Legatura coeva in pergamena su piatti in cartone. Dorso liscio, con titolo impresso in nero nel XIX secolo. Tagli spruzzati in rosso, taglio di testo scurito. Contropiatti e sguardie rinnovati. Applicata al contropiatto anteriore tavola incisa di soggetto botanico.Prima edizione di questa importante collezione di scritti di autori antichi sulla scienza agraria e l'economia rurale, riccamente illustrata. L'edizione fu curata dal giurista e filologo olandese Willem Goes (1611-1686), in collaborazione con Nicolas Rigault (1577-1654), che corredò i testi selezionati di accurate note, nonché di un utile glossario dei termini. Kress 1398.Two parts in one volume, small 4° (192x150 mm). [20, including engraved frontispiece], 360, [60]; 328 pages. Numerous engraved and woodcut illustrations in the text, some are full-page. 3 engraved plates (2 are folding). A few quires uniformly browned, foxing in places. Contemporary vellum over pasteboards. Smooth spine, with 19th-century stamped title. Edges speckled red, head-edge darkened. Pastedowns and flyleaves renewed. An engraved botanical plate tipped in on the front pastedown. First edition of this remarkable ald lavishly illustrated collection of classical writings on agriculture and rural economy. The publication was edited by the Ditch lawyer and philologist Willem Goes (1611-1686) in partnership with Nicolas Rigault (1577-1654), who supplemented the texts with accurate notes and a very useful lexicon of terms used. Kress 1398.

18th Century Continental School. A Botanical Study, Watercolour, Indistinctly Signed and numbered 'No 102' in Pencil, Unframed, 13.5" x 9.25".

Lavinia Buswell (1932-2017) British. "Amaryllis Reticulata", Watercolour, Signed, Inscribed and Dated 1983 in Pencil, Unframed, 20" x 15.75", and another, with a collection of miscellaneous Prints of Botanical Studies by different hands, (Q).

Dorothy Fitchew (19th-20th Century) British. A Flower Study, Watercolour, Signed, Unframed, 10.25" x 8.75", together with a Collection of Botanical Studies by the same hand, (Q).

AN UNUSUAL EARLY 19TH C TWIN BLADED FOLDING KNIFE WITH BONE SCALES, INSCRIBED LADY MILTONS BOTANICAL KNIFE, 7.3CM L, ONE BLADE STAMPED G [CROWN] R AND HARRISON, THE OTHER BLADE DAMAGED

A collection of pictures and prints to include watercolour botanical study, signed Margaret Tarot, July collection 1973, oil on board, still life with flowers, initialled GH lower-right, oil on board 'The Sunday Meet', huntsmen in pinks with hounds outside The Swan pub, signed Richard Simm lower-left, Richard Simm label verso and a selection of prints to include one after William Russell Flint (15).

A collection of early-to-mid 20th century maritime ephemera relating to cruise ships to include a collection of 1930s Ward Line ephemera including an Art Deco Ward Line Orient and Morrow Castle plan of passenger accommodations, a 1930s 'Mexico via Ward Line' pamphlet, a Ward Line 'The American's Glorious Trail in Cuba' 1929 booklet, 1934 lunch menu from the Oriente and a dinner menu from the following day, a photograph of the SS Oxford, a c1920s-30s Shaw Savill and Albion Line 'Visit to the Dutch West Indies Curacao', a collection of 1950s British India menus decorated with botanical studies, five 1939 HT Lancashire luncheon menus, an Art Deco menu from Bernstein's Fish Grotto in San Francisco, one of the steamer stops and a 1924 SS Jan Pieterszoon Coen passenger list.

Botanical Album. An album of botanical watercolours after William Curtis, circa 1800, 34 watercolours, on rectos only, each of a flowering plant, annotated beneath in contemporary manuscript (and some with pencil annotations to upper margin), paper watermarked J Whatman 1794, some toning and marks, several leaves with minor creasing and tears (with slight loss) to lower blank gutter, preliminary blank inscribed in early manuscript 'Elvi Tennant from her Mother Gertrude Tennant', endpapers sometime renewed, original half calf, soiled and edges a little worn, rebacked, 4to London society hostess Mrs. Gertrude Barbara Rich Tennant (1819-1918), was a life-long friend of Gustave Flaubert and patron of a wide circle artists and writers. She was widowed in her early fifties, and it was after her husband's death that she established a salon where she held court amongst the likes of William Gladstone, Benjamin Disraeli, Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Thomas Huxley, Anthony Trollope, Lord Alfred Tennyson, John Ruskin, George du Maurier, John Everett Millais, Henry James, and Robert Browning. One of her daughters, Dorothy, married the explorer Henry Morton Stanley, and another daughter, Eveleen, to whom this album is inscribed, married the spiritualist and classical scholar Frederic William Henry Myers. (1)

Natural History. Two folio albums of natural history prints, botanical plates, and some watercolours, mostly late 18th century and early 19th century, containing approximately 250 prints and engravings (85 hand-coloured), including 12 early 19th century original watercolours of animals and flowers, 4 hand-coloured engraved plates from The Works of John Fothergill, 1784, 4 hand-coloured engraved plates of birds from Saverio Manetti, Ornithologia Methodice Digesta (1767-76), 4 hand-coloured engraved plates from the rare publication Speculum Linnaeanum, by George Shaw, 1788 (being the first part of two published, with plates including the Barbary Ape, the Maimon, the Grey Baboon and the White Eye-lid Monkey), a set of 12 small engravings titled A Book of Lions after Picart (an English reissue of the plates first published by Picart in 1729), a large etched plate of the Rana Piscatrix, the Toad-fish or Fishing Frogg (from Walter Charleton, Onomasticon Zoicon, 1668), etc., all mounted to album leaves (watermarked Curteis & Sons, C Taylor and other later 18th century watermarks), marbled boards with recent calf rebacks, folio (38 x 24 cm, 15 x 9.5 ins) The four plates from George Shaw's Speculum Linnaeanum, which are accompanied by the printed title, preliminary leaves and descriptive leaf for each plate, appears to be the first of the two parts published by Shaw, with the illustrations by James Sowerby, which is all that was published. The two parts contain a total of 8 plates of Apes, Monkeys and two of Bats. See Nissen ZBI 3836 and BM (Natural History) IV, page 1911. (2)

*Esenbeck (Theodor Friedrich Ludwig Nees von). A collection of 90 hand-coloured engraved plates of plants and flowers from Plantae officinales oder Sammlung officineller Pflanzen, Dsseldorf, [1821-1828], 90 hand-coloured engravings only, on Whatman watermarked paper after A. Henry, of which 24 are conjoined along one edge, each with botanical name printed lower right, occasional minor marks and soiling, one or two sheets with a closed tear, folio (sheet size generally 49 x 30 cm, 19.25 x 11.75 ins or similar) Nissen BBI 1442. Pritzel 6662. The complete work contains 436 engravings and a further supplement (1829-33) of 120 plates. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. (90)

Thornton (Robert John). Collection of botanical prints, 1799-1810, 24 copper-engraved or aquatint plates after Henderson and others, including Anatomy of the Blue Passion Flower, Anatomy of the Agave or American Aloe, Anatomy of the Pontic Rhododendron, and others, most with later hand-colouring, a few spotted in margins, some frayed in fore margins from disbinding, large folio, plate size 45 x 32 cm, sheet size 57 x 41 cm, together with: Roberts (David), 17 tinted lithographs from the quarto edition of The Holy Land, 2 with modern hand-colour, and 7 tinted lithographs from the folio edition, 6 with modern hand-colour; Hogarth (William), Collection of prints from Hogarth Restored, 1796-1802, 35 engraved plates by Thomas Cook after Hogarth, 38 x 43.5 cm, a few in modern hand-colour; a large quantity of miscellaneous engravings including numerous engravings G. Freman from Royaumont's History of the Old Testament, 1st edition in English, 1690, some in modern hand-colour; approximately 40 modern watercolours, charcoal drawings and oil paintings including several nudes; and approximately 15 modern colour prints (7 folders)

Hunt (David R.). Orchids from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, The Curwen Press, 1981, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded, 8vo, together with Falkus (Hugh), The Sea Trout, 1987, limited edition of 1000 copies, signed by the author, black and white wood engravings, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly faded, 4to, and Temple (Nigel), Farnham, Buildings & People, The Herald Press, Surrey, 1963, limited edition 420/500, black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly toned and marked, 8vo, plus other modern natural history and UK topography reference and related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to From the library of Alan & Joan Tucker. (3 shelves)

Pratt (Anne). The Flowering Plants of Great Britain, 3 volumes, circa 1855, numerous colour plates and black and white illustrations, period inscriptions to front endpapers, some minor spotting, uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, boards and spines lightly rubbed, minor loss to volume 1 hinges, 8vo, together with Hulme (F. Edward & Hibberd, Shirley), Familiar Garden Flowers, 5 volumes, circa 1900, numerous colour plates and black and white illustrations, some minor toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco, boards and spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Maund (B.), The Botanic Garden..., part 7 only, 1831, numerous hand coloured illustrations, some minor toning and offsetting, boards and spine detached, contemporary gilt decorated blue half calf, boards and spine rubbed with loss to head, 4to, plus other 19th and 20th century botanical and natural history reference and related including The Garden, 10 volumes, 1879-88, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

Piso (Willem). De Indiae utriusque re naturali libri quatuordecim, 2nd edition, Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1658, 3 parts in 1 volume, engraved pictorial title page, profuse botanical and zoological woodcuts in the text, pale intermittent tide-mark extending from fore edges (strong only in final 2 leaves), occasional light fraying and damp-staining to lower outer corners, stitching strained between part 1 quires O and P, worm-track in upper margins of part 2, bookplate of Francois Moutier (poet and physician, 1881-1961) and 19th-century French inscription to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, manusript spine-title, toned, a few marks, folio (36 x 22 cm) Borba de Moraes I pp. 153-4; DSB X pp. 621-2; Nissen IVB 589; Nissen BBI 1533; Sabin 63029; Willems 1236. Second edition, greatly revised and expanded, of the most important scientific work completed in Brazil during the 17th century, which established the author, Piso, 'as one of the pioneers of tropical medicine' (DSB). The second part contains two works by Georg Markgraf, Tractatus topographicus et meteorologicus Brasiliae, and Commentarius de Brasiliensium et Chilensium indole et lingua, and the third part contains Historiae naturalis et medicae Indiae Orientalis libri sex, a treatise on the East Indies by Jacob de Bondt, and a further work by Piso himself on the Mantissa aromatica, neither of which appeared in the first edition published in 1648 as Historia naturalis Brasiliae. (1)

Leather suitcase containing selection of Edwardian and later postcards including topographical and botanical etc Note: These postcards were owned and used by a painter at the Royal Worcester porcelain factory for inspiration and design, thence by descent to the present vendor.

A Stoneware bottle, G. Sykes, Botanical Brewer, Sunderland

Two boxes of blue and white china to include: set of six 19th Century botanical beauties plates, Japanese porcelain dish, Royal Worcester chinoiserie plates, 19th Century coffee cups and saucers etc. (2)(B.P. 24% incl. VAT)

BIBLIOGRAPHY, A LARGE QUANTITY INCLUDINGHENREY, B. British Botanical & Horticultural Literature before 1900. Oxford, 1975, 3 vol., 4to, slipcase; Schwerdt, C.F. Hunting, Hawking, Shooting [Bibliography]. [n.d.], 4 vol. in 2, 8vo, reprint facsimile; Schnapper, E.B. The British Union Catalogue of early Music. 1957, 2 vol., 4to; Bain, I. The Watercolours and Drawings of Thomas Bewick. 1989, 2 vol., 4to; Hindley, C. History of the Catnach Press. reprint edition, 8vo, dust-wrapper; Sotheby's Bibliotheque Marcel Jeanson: Chasse. 1887, 4to; Pollard, A.W. Fine Books. 1973, dustwrapper; Sotheby's Library of Harrison D. Horblit. Early Science, Navigation & Travel. 1974, part 2; Freeman, R.B. Darwin, Bibliographical Handlist. 1977, 8vo; Maggs Bros. Early Medicine, Science, Witchcraft & Magic. 1954, wrappers; Christie's The Collection of Miniature Books of Arthur A. Houghton. 1979, wrappers; Christie's The Helmut N. Friedlander Library. 2001, 2 vol., 4to, dustwrappers; Sotheby's J.R. Abbey Manuscripts, parts 8, 10 & 11; Hornby Manuscripts, 1974-75, parts 1 & 2; J.R. Abbey Library. 1965-70, Parts 1-6; and a quantity of bibliographical worksProvenance: From the collection of Larry Hutchison

BIBLIOGRAPHY, A LARGE QUANTITY, INCLUDINGLOWNDES, W.T. THE BIBLIOGRAPHER'S MANUAL OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. 1858, 4 volumes, quarter blue morocco; McDonald E.D. A Bibliography of Norman Douglas. Philadelphia, 1927, 8vo; Carter & Pollard An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets. 1934, dustwrapper; Ramsden, C. London Bookbinders 1780-1840. 1956, dust-jacket; Harrison, J. The Library of John Locke. 1965, dust-jacket; Doumani, G.A. Antarctic Bibliography. 1965-68. 3 volumes, 4to, Speaight, R. The Life of Eric Gill. 1966, dustwrapper; [Botanical Books], Plesch Repertoire Bibliographie de la Bibliotheque Arpad Plesch. Brussels, 1973. 4to, cloth, slipcase; Upcott, W. A Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works relating to English Topography. [c.1980], 3 volumes; Besterman, T. Early Printed Books to the End of the Sixteenth Century. 1969; Gilcher, E. A Bibliography of George Moore. 1970; Osborne, E. The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books 1476-1910. 1975, 2 volumes; Painter, G.W. William Caxton. 1976, original wrappers; Lee, B.N. Early Printed Book Labels. 1976; Penzer, N.M. An Annotated Bibliography of Sir Richard Francis Burton. Mansfield, [c.1980]; Freeman, R.B. British Natural History Books 1495-1900., 1980; Wolff, R.L. Nineteenth-Century Fiction. A Bibliographical Catalogue. 1981, 2 volumes; Mendelssohn, S. Mendelssohn's South African Bibliography. [c.1990]; Ball, D. Victorian Publishers' Bindings. 1985, dust-jacket; Ker, N.R. Books, Collectors and Libraries. 1985, dust-jacket; Mason, S. Bibliography of Oscar Wilde. [c.1990]; and a quantity of similar material; Sadleir, M. 19th Century Fiction, a Bibliographical Record. [c.1990], 2 volumes, 4to, facsimile edition; Kress The Kress Library of Business and Economics. [c.1990], 2 volumes, 4to, facsimile edition; Nissen, C. Die Botanische BuchIllustration. [c.1990], 4to; Colas, R. Bibliographie Generale du Costume. [c.1990], 8vo, facsimile edition; O'Brien, P. T.E. Lawrence, A Bibliography. New Castle, 2000, 4to, dustwrapper; and a quantity of similar materialProvenance: From the collection of Larry Hutchison

Attributed to Frederic Peter Layard (1818-?) - Ten watercolours - Botanical studies - Including "Gladiolus Palustris", "Smooth Hawk's-Beard", each 13ins x 5.25ins, framed and glazed Note: All have a photocopied description of place where studies were taken and dates from 1877 to 1890

An early 19th Century Spode porcelain part dessert service, enamelled in colours with named botanical specimens, comprising - twelve square plates with indented corners, 8.25ins x 8.25ins, two-handled dish on foot, 14ins x 9ins x 5.25ins high, small circular sauce tureen and lid, with butterfly handles, 5.75ins diameter x 5.75ins high, and oval dish, 7.25ins x 7.25ins (all with factory marks - the oval dish with early impressed cross within circle)

Three 19th Century botanical studies, framed and glazed

Two sets of framed later coloured botanical studies of flowers and bulbs, largest 22 cm x 69 cm, all framed and glazed (2)

A quantity of decorative botanical prints to inc 19th century examples

Botanical Lithograph cutting from a book. Depicting tulip flowers, framed and glazed

TORY BURCH SHOULDER BAG, with tortoiseshell chain strap, detail and closure, gold tone hardware, accordion style, with botanical pattern and mirror inside, fabric lining and tan leather interior, 22cm x 16cm H.

China.- Abel (Clarke) Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China..., first edition, 18 engraved plates by T.Fielding and others, all but 2 aquatint, one folding, 8 hand-coloured, and 4 folding engraved maps, wood-engraved illustrations, errata slip bound in, foxing, some offsetting to and from plates, staining to a few leaves and a couple of plates (mostly marginal), folding botanical plate stained and frayed at fore-edge with slight loss, chromolithographed bookplate of Canford Manor, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt with morocco label, rubbed, [Hill 2; cf. Abbey, Travel 537 & Tooley 1, both second edition], 4to, 1818.⁂ The author was naturalist to Lord Amherst's embassy to China but the work also covers Java, Hong Kong, Manila and Saint Helena which were visited on the voyage, and includes botanical, zoological and geological plates.

Middle East.- Russell (Alexander) The Natural History of Aleppo, and parts adjacent, first edition, 17 folding engraved plates including unnumbered plate of sheep, mostly natural history including 8 botanical after Ehret, plates a little browned and offset, some foxing, particularly towards end, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, corners worn, joints split, spine label chipped, [Nissen BBI 3534; cf.Blackmer 1458], 4to, for A.Millar, 1856 [but 1756].⁂ Russell was physician to the English factory in Aleppo

Botany.- Linnaeus (Carl) Species plantarum, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, second issue with the three cancelled leaves E6, F5 & R2 in vol.1, errata leaf at end, contemporary ink inscription to title of vol.1 and ink stain to title and following leaf with small hole to title (repaired), old ink bookseller's stamp at foot, some foxing as usual, damp-staining to last few leaves of Index causing fraying and slight loss to errata leaf, modern calf with border ruled and stamped in blind, spine gilt, [Hunt 548], 8vo, Stockholm, L. Salvius, 1753.⁂ The classification of plants and the foundation of modern taxonomy. This was "the first work to account for all the kinds of plants then known for the world, to classify them according to a simple system ... and to provide for each kind a name of two words. This addition of a binomial system of nomenclature ... to the polynomial system has caused this work to be designated as the starting point for the modern nomenclature of ferns and flowering plants. Because of this, Species plantarum has become the most important single work in the world's botanical literature." Hunt

Sowerby (James) English Botany, 36 vol. plus Index and 5 vol. Supplement, 2,995 hand-coloured engraved plates (of 2,998, lacking final 3 plates and accompanying text leaves), a few folding, occasional spotting or foxing, some vol. with light water-staining, mostly to lower (occasionally upper) margins, but occasionally heavier and affecting plates though often affected plates with just some cockling, original wrappers to supplementary vol. bound in at end of Supp. vol.5, uniform later brown half calf, t.e.g., others uncut, [Nissen BBI 2225; Henrey 1366-68], 8vo, 1790-1865.⁂ An almost complete set of this important botanical periodical. The missing 3 plates and the accompanying text leaves were issued in part 83 in June 1866, but Henrey says "Few copies of No.83 appear to exist. This number contains the description of plate 2995 (the plate having been published in No. 82) the descriptions and plates 2996-8, and the descriptions only of plate 2999." Our copy has all plates up to 2,995 and the wrappers for the first 82 supplements.

A FRENCH PORCELAIN BOTANICAL DESSERT SERVICE, with blue and gilt borders, thirteen plates and three comports.

FOUR COLOUR BOTANICAL PRINTS IN BESPOKE FRAMES TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER AFTER A DIFFERENT HAND. (5)