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The Graphic. vols. 41 - 44 & 61, Jan. 1890 - Dec. 1891 and Jan - June 1891, together 5 vols., numerous b & w engs. throughout, sewing broken and contents loose, lacking some plts., hinges and joints weak or broken, orig. pubs. gilt dec. cloth, worn and marked, some boards detached, spines partially lacking, folio, together with, The Illustrated London News, vols. 24 & 97, Jan - Dec 1854 and Jul - Dec 1900, numerous b & w engs, throughout, mixed bindings, rubbed at extrems., folio. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (7)

*Beecham. An album containing sixteen mounted vintage gelatin silver prints of Beecham’s Works at St. Helen’s, Lancashire, c. 1930, mostly featuring women factory workers, on the production line, 19 x 24 cm, uncaptioned, contemp. cloth, sl. rubbed, oblong folio (1)

Broadside sale notices. A collection of eleven sale notice broadsides for properties & land mostly in Oxfordshire & Northamptonshire, 19th c., including “Valuable Leasehold Estates, Tithe-Free, of the late John Yates, Esq. at Brackley, Northamptonshire, to be Sold by Auction, by R. Russel, at the Red Lion Inn, Brackley, On Wednesday, the 28th day of September, 1836”; Freeholds at Hook Norton, To be Sold by Auction, Mr. Mr. W. Cother, At the Sun Inn, in Hook Norton, on Monday, the 28th of April, 1856”; “Souldern, Oxon. Valuable Freehold Meadowland to be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Jonas Paxton, Son, & Castle, at the White Lion Hotel, Banbury, on Tuesday, May 25th, 1880”, dimensions approx. 57 x 43cm and smaller, together with The Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Several Valuable & Improvable Freehold & Tithe Free Estates, Situate in the Parish of Little Compton, in the County of Gloucester, Comprising a Spacious Mansion House, and Containing in the Whole 625 Acres..., On Monday, the 30th Day of September next, [1816], 8pp., disbound folio, plus two other sale particulars etc. (approx. 15)

*Education. A miscellaenous collection of approx. twenty-four items, 17th/19th c., including a contemporary copy of a speech to the Lord Mayor of London on the Opening of Sir John Moore’s Writing School in Christ’s Hospital, London, 1695, one page, folio, together with a receipt by William Benson, Schoolmaster at Southwell Grammar School, Notts, for salary, 1699, letters from Edward Craven Hawtrey, Provost of Eton, 1849, (copy), William Farrer, Headmaster of Marlborough, 1875, Herbert Armitage James, Headmaster of Rugby, n.d., letters from scholars on educational subjects, deeds relating to school partnerships, bequests, etc., bills from private schools for tuition, etc., including one for Lord Beauclerk, 1837, with the charge for ‘broken windows’, invoices from Eton tradesmen for expenses of Mr. Herbert Minor (1852), etc. (approx. 24)

*Rudolf II of Austria (King & Holy Roman Emperor, 1552-1612). Signed order, 1603, possibly ordering Philipp Otto [?] to raise 1400 cavalry, 10 pp. with final docketed leaf, written in difficult German gothic script with marginal pen embellishments, signed at end with sl. torn paper seal beneath, docket leaf repaired and crudely rehinged at inner margin, some soiling, folio (1)

Scrap Album. A good Victorian album, c.1860, containing numerous engravings, drawings and watercolours, including topographical engravings, trade cards, mezzotints, engraved portraits, topographical lithographs, fashion, genre, cartoons, embroidary and a sampler (signed and dated 1800), topographical and genre drawings and watercolours, including a large wood engraving with orig. hand colouring of ‘The Great Eastern’, removed and mounted on card to protect and present, some spotting throughout, contemp. sheep, lacking spine, boards detached, worn and frayed, folio (1)

Scrap albums. A collection of seven 19th century scrap albums, containing chromo. scraps, illusts., and greetings cards (incl. embossed Valentines), cut-out engs. and collages, with accompanying ms. poems, silhouettes, historical engs. and cut-out ports., and a few orig. drawings, various bindings and condition, 4to/folio (7)

*Suffragettes. An album containing corner mounted postcards, photos, etc., a total of approx. fourteen postcards, including some real photo, approx. twenty photos, mostly later prints, but including some vintage, a postcard signed by Cynthia Asquith, an autograph letter signed from Margaret Wyndham, plus a small quantity of cuttings, magazine illustrations, postcards and photos loosely inserted, contemp. embossed cloth, rubbed, oblong folio (1)

Anderson (James). Royal Genealogies: or, the Genealogical Tables of Emperors, Kings and Princes, from Adam to these Times, 2nd ed., 1736, full tree calf, covers detached, folio, together with Betham (Rev. William), Genealogical Tables of the Sovereigns of the World, from the Earliest to the Present World, 1795, contemp. half calf with marbled boards, spine and corners crudely repaired, folio, and one other related (3)

Aristotle. Politiques, or Discourses of government. Translated out of Greeke into French, with Expositions taken out of the best Authours, specially out of Aristotle himselfe, and out of Plato, conferred together where occasion of matter treated of by them both doth offer itselfe: The obseruations and reasons whereof are illustrated and confirmed by inumerable Examples ... concerning the beginning, proceeding, and excellencie of Civile Government. By Loys Le Roy, called Regius. Translated out of French into English [by John Dickenson], 1st English ed., printed by Adam Islip, 1598, title with printer’s woodcut device, previous owners signature excised to extreme upper outer corner, pale brown waterstain to upper portion throughout, blank leaf before title (possibly the initial blank or otherwise the endpaper), final blank present, sl. soiling to first and last leaf, contemp. vellum, soiled and some wear, with remains of ties, folio. STC 760. Tforzheimer 10. The first edition in English of Aristotle’s Politics, translated by the scholar and diplomat John Dickenson (c. 1570-1635/6), who served in several important diplomatic positions in the low countries in the early 1600s, and was appointed ordinary clerk to the Privy Council in 1622. (1)

Augustine (Saint Aurelius, Bishop of Hippo). Opera, post Lovaniensium theologorum recensionem castigatus denuo ad manuscriptos codices Gallicanos, Vaticanos, Anglicanos, Belgicos, &c. nec non ad editiones antiquiores & castigatiores. Opera et studio Monachorum Ordinis S. Benedicti e Congregatione S. Mauri, 11 vols. bound in 15, Paris, Francois Muguet, 1679, eng. head-pieces and initials, full-page port. by G. Audram after J.B. de Champaigne at front of final vol., early owner’s eng. bookplate to front pastedown of each vol., and handwritten presentation inscription pasted to endpaper of final vol., by G. Dawson, presenting this set of volumes to the living of Woodleigh, dated February 20, 1841, contemp. uniform full mottled calf gilt, rubbed and some wear to joints and extremities, folio, together with Pole (Matthew), Synopsis Criticorum aliorumque S. Scripturae interpretum, 4 vols. bound in 5, 1669-76, 19th-century full calf, worn with several covers det., folio, plus Walker (John), An Attempt Towards Recovering an Account of the Numbers and Sufferings of the Clergy of the Church of England, Heads of Colleges, Fellows, Scholars, &c., who were sequester’d, harrass’d, &c., in the late times of the Grand Rebellion, 1714, contemp. sheep, worn with joints cracked, folio (21)

Bacon (Francis). Opera Omnia, Quatuor Voluminibus Comprehensa: Hactenus Edita, ad Autographorum maxime fidem, emendantur; Nonnulla etiam, ex MSS Codicibus deprompta, nunc primum prodeunt, 4 vols., 1730, vign. half-title to vol. 1, eng. frontis. to each, occ. staining to leaves, contemp. blindstamped calf, rebacked, rubbed, folio (4)

Bible [Latin]. Biblia Sacrosancta Testamenti Veteris & Noui, é sacra Hebraeorum lingua Graecorumq[ue] fontibus, consultis simul orthodoxis interpretibus, religiosissime translata in sermonem Latinum..., Tiguri: [Excudebat Christoph. Froschouerus], 1544, general title trimmed with loss and relaid, ink signatures and marginalia to general title and with printer’s woodcut device inked over and later eng. illust. applied, titles to Apocrypha and New Testament present (both dated 1544), ink annotation & adhesive mark to Apocrypha title, ink notes to verso of both titles with show-through, New Testament title torn/excised and repaired with later eng. illust. overlaid, few dec. woodcut initials (some hand-col.), ink underscoring and marginalia throughout (with some show-through), lower margin of leaf S1 repaired, majority of leaf Z7 excised and repaired, lacks blank leaf Z8 (possibly used to repaired preceeding leaf), heavy ink stain to leaves Ii1 & Ii2, leaf O9 trimmed and relaid, lacks blank leaf Oo10, running titles and some foredge marginal notes close-trimmed, slight dust-soiling and few other marks, ink notes to endpapers & blanks at front and rear, hand-col. eng. armorial of C. Emericus Teleki to upper pastedown, a.e.g., 19th c. gilt dec. morocco, slightly rubbed, contained in purpose-made slipcase, 8vo. Adams B1034. Refer to Darlow & Moule 6126 and Copinger 308. The first 8vo edition of the Zurich Latin Bible (omitting some of the editorial matter in the Folio and 4to editions of 1543-1544). With separate title-page to Apocrypha, reading: “Ecclesiastici libri, qui semper pro sacris libris ab Ecclesia habiti sunt ...”; and separate title-page to New Testament, reading “Nouum Testamentum omne ...”.Printer’s name in imprint is from title-pages of Apocrypha and New Testament. (1)

Bible [English]. The Evangelical Family Bible, Containing the Sacred Texts of the Old and New Testaments..., together with Suitable Observations and Reflections..., by the Rev. Joseph Knight, 2 vols., 1815-21, eng. frontis. and addn. eng. titles, numerous eng. plts., some dampstaining, contemp. calf gilt, red morocco title labels to spines, joints cracked and some wear, folio (2)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, [Amsterdam], 1715, general and New Testament titles present, six double-page eng. maps by J. Moxon (inc. World map), fifty-five eng. illusts. on twenty-two plts., Apocrypha present, few maps close-trimmed to image at fore-edge and one map with repaired closed-tear, leaves 2K6 & 2L1 torn to lower outer corners of margins, occ. minor spotting and few marks, some slight offsetting, bound with The Book of Common Prayer, pub. London, 1728 and The Whole Book of Psalms pub. 1715, inner hinges strengthened with fabric tape, contemp. diced calf over wooden boards, blind arabesque to centre of each board, brass corner pieces and one clasp present, old reback preserving orig. spine, some slight wear, folio. Armorial bookplate of Paulet St. John. Herbert 936. (1)

Bie (Jacques de). La France Metallique, contenant les Actions celebres tant publiques que privees des Rois et Reynes. Remarquées en leurs medailles d’Or Argent et Bronze. Tirées des plus curieux cabinetz, 3 parts in one, Paris, Jean Camusat, 1636, eng. title with port. of Ludovico XIII to verso, 131 eng. plts. of coinage, separate titles to second and third parts printed in red and black, third part with additional eng. title, and numerous eng. plts., bookplate of William Arthur, 6th Duke of Portland to front pastedown, contemp. mottled calf, gilt dec. spine, rubbed and some wear with upper joint partly cracked, ties defective, folio (1)

Bindings. Idylls of the King (Vivien, Elaine, Enid & Guinevere), by Alfred Tennyson, 4 parts in two vols., pub. E. Moxon, 1867-69, thirty-seven eng. plts. by Gustave Dore, occ. spotting, a.e.g., fine near-contemp. matching half morocco gilt, bound by Tout & Sons, first vol. with slight scuffing to rear cover, some rubbing to extrems., folio, together with Wolff (Albert), Cent Chefs-d’Oeuvre des Collections Parisiennes, Paris, [1884], num. eng. plts., engs. to text throughout, damage to silk endpaper at front, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, near-contemp, gilt dec. morocco, bound by Bickers & Son, some rubbing to extrems., folio (3)

Boys (John). Workes, imprinted for William Aspley, 1629[-1630], additional eng. title by J. Payne, rubbed and some soiling, a little chipped to extrems., with small repair to lower outer corner, 12 pp. prelims., inc. two titles, 988 pp. of text, and 10 pp. index at rear, occ. marginal marks and minor soiling, one or two small tears or repairs to fore-edges, generally not affecting text, contemp. calf, worn with covers det., folio. STC 3453. (1)

Briganti (Tommaso). Pratica Criminale delle Corti Regie, e Baronali del Regno di Napoli...all’ Illustrissimo Signor D. Filippo Corvo, Naples, 1755, woodcut device to title, double-column text, contemp. vellum, rubbed and marked, folio, together with Mastriani (Raffaele), Dizionario delle Comuni del Regno Delle due Sicilie, 2 parts in 1 vol., Naples, 1825, some water stains, contemp. paper-covered boards, spine strengthened with tape, 4to, plus other Italian law, mostly 18th or early 19th century and vellum bound, folio/8vo (24)

Cassia (Simon de). De Religione Christiana: summa et vigilanti industria nuper diligenti admodum castigatione pluribus a mendis purgatu[n] ..., Basel, Ex aedibus Adae Petri de Langendorff, 1517, black letter text, title printed in red and black text in double column, with elaborate woodcut border by Urs Graf, with his monogram, (with central horizontal repaired tear), final leaf with large woodcut device for Leonardo and Luca Alantsee (some with one or two short closed tears to inner margin, and some minor marks and marginal staining), later marbled boards, rubbed and det. from text, thick folio. Adams C857. (1)

Cats (Jacob). Alle de Wercken, soo Oude als Nieuwe, van den Heer Jacob Cats..., 2 vols. in one, Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1700, title with eng. vignette, nine eng. plts. (inc. 4 portraits and 3 double-page), numerous eng. illusts. to text, last two leaves repaired to fore-edge margins, lacks final leaf (blank?), later endpapers, contemp. vellum, old calf reback, upper board detached and some wear, folio (1)

Clarke (Samuel). A General Martyrologie, Containing a Collection of all the Greatest Persecutions which have Befallen the Church of Christ, from the Creation, to our Present Times..., 2 vols. in one, 3rd ed., corrected & enlarged, 1677, eng. port. frontis. and numerous eng. plts., title printed in red & black, slight dust-soiling and few minor marks, 19th c. panelled calf, rebacked preserving orig. spine, lacks title label to spine, board corners slightly worn, folio, together with Cave (William), Antiquitates Apostolicae: Or, the History of the Lives, Acts and Martyrdoms of the Holy Apostles of our Saviour..., vols. 1 & 3 only, 3rd ed., 1677-83, eng. frontis. to each, vol. 1 frontis. torn with slight loss and lined to verso and frontis. to vol. 2 repaired to lower outer corner, contemp. calf, rebacked and board corners repaired, extrems. rubbed, folio (3)

[Doyle, Arthur Conan]. Harper’s Weekly January 7-June 4 & July 1-December 30, 2 vols., New York, 1893, containing the following Sherlock Holmes stories: ‘The Adventure of the Cardboard Box’ (Jan 14), ‘The Adventure of the Yellow Face’ (Feb 11), ‘The Adventure of Silver Blaze’ (Feb 25), ‘Stockbroker’s Clerk’ (Mar 11), ‘Gloria Scott’ (Apr 15), ‘The Musgrave Ritual’ (May 13), ‘The Reigate Puzzle’ (Jun 17), ‘Adventure of the Crooked Man’ (Jul 8), ‘The Resident Patient’ (Aug 12), ‘The Greek Interpreter’ (Sep 16), ‘The Naval Treaty’ Parts 1 & 2 (Oct 14 & 21), contemporary half calf, rubbed, folio (2)

Dugdale (William). A Perfect Copy of all Summons of the Nobility to the Great Councils and Parliaments of this Realm, from the XLIX. of King Henry the IIId, Until these Present Times, 1685, contemp. inscription to front blank, occ. inkstamp, bookplate to front pastedown, contemp. calf with ‘Birmingham Law Society’ in gilt to upper cover and gilt emblem to lower cover, rebacked, rubbed and scuffed, folio (1)

Guicciardini (Francesco). The Historie of Guicciardin, Containing the Warres of Italie ..., reduced into English by Geffray Fenton, 3rd ed., diligently revised, with restitution of a digression towards the end of the 4th booke, which had bene formerly effaced out of the Italian and Latine copies in all the late editions, imprinted by Richard Field, 1618, A1 (blank) present, title with printer’s woodcut device, contemp. mottled full calf gilt, a little rubbed and minor wear to extrems., folio. With manuscript shelf-mark of the Earl of Shaftesbury to front pastedown. (1)

Herodotus (of Halicarnassus). Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiae lib. IX. & de vita Homeri libellus. Illi ex interpretatione Laur. Vallae adscripta, hic ex interpret..., Ex Ctesia excerptae historiae. Icones quarunda memorabiliu structuraru. Apologia Henr. Stephani pro Herodoto..., [Geneve]: Henricus Stephanus, 1566, printers woodcut device to title, two folding woodcut plts. with letterpress (one with short closed tear), title with small hole and early ink annotations & marks, early ink annotations and underscoring throughout, some minor worming to margins throughout volume, occ. minor dampstaining, fraying and consequent slight loss to lower margins at front of volume, later endpapers incorporating early vellum manuscript strips, contemp. calf, old reback with some loss of leather to spine, lower joint cracked and upper board detached, worn, folio. Adams 403. (1)

Jonson (Ben). The Workes of Benjamin Jonson, [2nd ed.], London: printed by Richard Bishop, and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke, 1640, containing the first volume of Plays, Evigrammes, & Masques, and the third volume, parts III, II & IV, eng. port. frontis. (torn & trimmed to image with loss, relaid to front free endpaper), eng. title trimmed to image with slight loss and lined to verso, slight worming to lower margins of initial leaves, lacking prelims. to several parts, early 18th c. half calf, upper board detached and lower joint cracked, spine worn and lacks title label, boards worn, folio. STC14753. Sold with all faults, not subject to return to difficulties of collation. (1)

Leger (Jean). Histoire generale des eglises evangeliques des valles de Piemont, ou Vaudoises ..., 2 parts in one vol., Leiden, 1669, addn. eng. title, eng. port. after title, double page eng. map, eng. double page plate with eleven vign. scenes bound at start of part 2 (two closed tears) after part title and prelims., occ. woodcuts to text, text generally clean throughout, some damp fraying to fore-margins, the worst before map at front with fraying touching plate impression of addn. eng. title, and port., the volume somewhat shaken in remains of contemp. mottled calf, with spine largely defective, folio (1)

Palliot (Pierre). La Vraye et Parfaite Science des Armoiries, ou l’indice armorial de feu maistre Louvan Geliot, advocat au Parlement de Bourgongne ..., 3rd ed., Dijon/Paris, 1664, half-title, additional eng. title by Gabriel le Brun, two double-page eng. plts., several full-page and numerous engraved illusts. to text of coats-of-arms, eng. head- and tail-pieces, initials, etc., index at end with final leaf of errata, one or two minor marks to margins (generally a clean copy), marbled edges and endpapers, 19th c. brown half morocco, with gilt title label to spine, head of spine sl. chipped, joints rubbed with upper joint partly split at head and foot, folio. Guigard 32. A cornerstone of heraldic literature, Palliot’s highly illustrated dictionary is based on Geliot’s Indice Armorial of 1635, but with substantial enlargement and new material. (1)

Paris (Matthew). Historia Major, Juxta Exemplar Londinense 1571, verbatim recusa ..., 2 parts in one, 1640, half-title with eng. port. to verso, title printed in red and black, a few minor marks, and some staining to extreme fore-edges of last few leaves at rear of vol., contemp. sprinkled calf with raised bands to spine, rubbed and some wear, portion to head of spine missing, thick folio. STC19210. With manuscript shelf mark of the library of the Earls of Shaftesbury to front endpaper. (1)

Pelletier (Ambroise). Nobiliaire, ou Armorial General de la Lorraine et du Parrois, en forme de Dictionnaire, vol. 1 [all pub.], Nancy, 1758, half-title, title printed in red and black, approx. 1700 wood eng. illusts. of coats-of-arms to outer margins throughout, all with later hand-colouring by Jacques Francois Joseph de Faulx (born 1741), occ. early ink annotations, with ink annotations by De Faulx to front endpaper and half-title, including a somewhat crude painted armorial of the De Faulx coat-of-arms, and stating this volume was purchased in Metz, and that it was ‘mis en couleur par M. De Faulx procureur du Roi et terminé le 12 Mars 1826’, contemp. mottled calf, gilt-dec. spine, rubbed and some wear to edges, joints cracked, thick folio. Guigard 2681. A fine copy with attractive early colouring, of the first edition of Pelletier’s major work on heraldry, including the rare supplement and errata. Pelletier’s projected second volume remained in manuscript form, and was only published in facsimile in 1974. (1)

Perceval (Richard). A Dictionary in Spanish and English: First Published into Tongue by Ric. Percivale Gent. Now enlarged, printed by J. Haviland for G. Latham, 1623, woodcut device to titles, fore-edge of first two leaves frayed and repaired, inner margin of title also repaired, some light dampstaining, modern calf, folio. STC 19621b. (1)

Picart (Bernard). Scenes de la Vie Juive Dessines d’apres Nature, Paris, 1884, eng. vign. title and sixteen plates in heliogravure from the 18th c. originals, title printed in red and black and a little toned, contents loose as issued in orig. cloth portfolio, decorated in gilt, red and black, spine sl. frayed, tall folio (1)

Pietrasanta (Silvestro). Tesserae Gentilitiae, 1st ed., Rome, Francisco Corbelletti, 1638, eng. title by F. Greuter after F. Romanelli, full-page eng. portrait of the dedicatee Taddeo Barberini by Natalis, numerous illusts. to text of coats of arms, occ. woodcut initials, some minor marks to margins at front and rear, contemp. calf, rubbed and some wear, joints cracked, folio. Guigard 1595. A scarce and important work on heladry, containing the first appearance of a uniform system of ‘hachures’ to signify the different enamels and metals in the symbols. Ex-libris Count Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie, Swedish statesmen, with ink inscription to front endpaper, dated 1659. (1)

Spanish Dictionary [Castilian]. Diccionario de la Lengua Castellana Compuesto por la Real Academia Espanola, Madrid, 2nd ed., 1783, half-title present, some light spotting, contemp. half sheep, rubbed and marked, folio, together with Ribadeneyra (Pedro de), Flos Sanctorum de las Vidas de Los Santos, 3 vols., Barcelona, 1790, some light water-staining to final section of vol. 1, contemp. marbled calf, gilt dec. spines and red leather labels, folio, and Reglamento de la Foundacion, y Establecimiento del Monte de Piedad, Madrid, 1773, woodcut armorial frontis., contemp. vellum, 12mo (5)

Spenser (Edmund). The Works of that Famous English Poet, Mr Edmond Spenser..., Whereunto is added, an Account of his Life; with other new Additions never before in Print, 1st ed., printed by Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwin, 1679, eng. frontis., title printed in red & black, publisher’s advert leaf at rear, trimmed ink marginalia to verso of leaf A1 (with slight show-through), pale ink mark to leaf L1, contemp. calf gilt, faint armorial applied to upper board, some wear, rubbed and scuffed, folio. Wing S4965. (1)

Stow (John). The Annales, or Generall Chronicle of England, Begun First by Maister John Stow, and After him Continued and Augmented with Matters, Forreyne, and Domestique, Anncient and Moderne, unto the Ende of this Present Yeere 1614, by Edmond Howes, 1615, title within elaborate woodcut border (close-trimmed at top margin, sellotape mark, tape strengthening to verso), woodcut headpieces and initials, text in black letter and double column, one or two marginal repairs and some light spots, 18th c. calf, spine a little chipped and rubbed, folio. STC 23338. (1)

Suetonius Tranquillus (Gaius). Ex Recognitione des Erasmi Roterodami, C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Dion Cassius Nicaeus, Aelius Spartianus, Julius Capitolinus..., Basel: Froben, 1518, 70pp. prelims. & 436pp. of main text only, lacks alpha 2-4 (in 1st gathering) and second half of work from signature P onwards, title within decorative woodcut border (two lines of title crossed-through in ink & ownership signature to lower margin, edges frayed and title leaf lined to verso), large woodcut decorative initials, early ink marginalia and some underscoring (some marginalia to fore-edge trimmed), second leaf excised to upper outer corner and repaired, closed-tear to lower margin of leaf d4, few minor worm holes, some dampstaining mostly to margins, 18th c. sheep, joints slightly cracked mostly at head, folio. Adams S2023. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Whitelock (Sir Bulstrode). Memorials of the English Affairs, from the Suppos’d Expedition of Brute to this Island, to the End of the Reign of King James the First, 1709, a little dampstaining to fore-margin of first few leaves, else a clean copy, contemp. panelled calf, some wear and fraying, folio, together with Bacon (Francis), Resuscitatio or, bringing into Publick Light Several Pieces of the Works..., 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved frontis (marginal paper repair), engraved portrait by Hollar, final two leaves of index with paper repairs, modern half calf, folio, and Mayerne Turquet (Louis de), The Generall Historie of Spaine, 1612, lacking title, some marginal staining and creasing, 18th century panelled calf, folio, and Browne (Thomas), Pseudodoxia Epidemica: or, Enquiries into very many Received Tenents, and commonly presumed Truths, 3rd ed., 1658, contemp. sheep, scuffed and marked, folio, plus two others including a volumeof the works of Thomas Willis published in Lyon (1681) and a copy of Thomas Fuller’s ‘The History of the Worthies of England’ without the engraved portrait (6)

Riviere (Lazare). [The practice of physick, in 17 several books, wherein is plainly set forth, the nature, cause, differences, and several sorts of signs, together with the cure of all diseases in the body, by Nicholas Culpeper... ], 2 parts in 1, [1678], some soiling, marginal damp staining and occ. fraying, text is continuous despite gaps in pagination and conforming to Ann Arbor microfilm collation except this copy lacking port. frontis. and main title, the title to part two excised and inserted at front (titled ‘Four books of that learned and renowned, Lazarus Riverius... ‘) with following four leaves somewhat soiled and frayed and partly cut down at lower margin, lacking also final leaf of prelims. (a6), old boards, covers det. and spine damaged, worn, folio. Wing R1564. (1)

Rosicrucianism. Geheime Figuren der Rosenkreuzer, aus dem 16ten und 17teit Jahrhundert, parts 1 & 2 (of 3), Altona, 1785-88, both parts complete with text leaves and a total of twenty-five hand-col. leaves (versos blank), unpaginated, a little dust soiling and minor marginal fraying not affecting plts. or text, each part loosely contained in orig. wrappers with printed title to upper cover, both sl. soiled and frayed and second wrapper split along spine, large slim folio. All three parts of the original printing are very rare and almost never found together. F. Leigh Gardner, Biblioteca Rosicruciana 257: ‘This valuable work was published anonymously... It consists chiefly of very finely coloured plates symbolical of the Rosicrucian teachings and doctrines, besides which there are a couple of tracts.’ (2)

*Thompson (Arthur). The Anatomy of the Human Eye as illustrated by enlarged stereoscopic photographs, OUP, 1912, b & w illusts., orig. printed wrappers contained with orig. printed note and the sixty-seven stereocards in orig. cloth book box with printed paper label to spine, sl. soiled and frayed, small folio (1)

Ward (John). The Lives of the Professors of Gresham College, to which is prefixed the Life of the Founder, Sir Thomas Gresham, with an Appendix ..., 1st ed., 1740, eng. port. frontis., four eng. plts., subscribers list, title sl. browned, occ. spotting, some pencil annotations and marks, contemp. calf, rebacked and corners restored, folio (1)

Baur Collection. Chinese Ceramics, by John Ayers, vols. 1 & 2 only, 1968-69, colour and b & w plates, vol. 1 first few leaves loose, previous owners signature, original cloth, d.j.s, 4to, limited editions of 1000, together with The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, by Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, 2 vols., New York, 1993, colour illustrations, original cloth, slipcase, folio, plus Snuff Bottles of China, by Hugh Moss, pub. Bibelot, 1971, colour plates, original cloth, d.j., 4to, with others including David Roberts R.A. The Holy Land, 1982, and Mildred Archer’s Early Views of India. The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786-1794, 1980 (26)

Bellori (Giovanni Pietro). Veteres Arcus Augustorum Triumphis Insignes Ex Reliquiis quae Romae adhuc Supersunt cum Imaginibus Triumphalibus Restituti Antiquis Nummis Notisquae..., Rome, 1690, eng. port. frontis. bound-in after title and forty-six etched & eng. plts. (inc. 24 double-page), slight fraying to front free endpapers, contemp. vellum with blind embossed arabesque to centre of both boards, upper joint cracked at foot, some slight dust-soiling, small blue ink stain to upper board, folio (1)

Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, 6 vols. (complete), facsimile ed., New York, Pierpoint Morgan Library, 1935, b&w illusts. to text, all orig. wrappers with printed label to upper cover of each, in book box, wear to extrems. folio (1)

[Boutovsky, Victor de]. Musee d’Art et d’Industrie de Moscou, Histoire de l’Ornement Russe du Xe au XVIe Siecle dàpre`s les Manuscrits, vol. 1 only (of 2), Paris: Vve. A. Morel & cie., 1870, 100 chromo plts., some damp soiling to inner margins, contents detached, occ. scattered spotting, adhesive tape to inner margin of half-title, contemp. qtr. morocco, worn, adhesive tape to spine and boards, folio. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)

British Museum. Catalogue of Books Printed in the XVth Century now in the British Museum, parts 1-8 only (of 10), 1908-49, numerous b & w plts. of facsimile text, orig. cloth-backed printed boards, slightly dust-soiled, folio (8)

Derriere le Miroir, nos. 205, 242, 243, 251 & 253, Paris, 1973-82, three col. lithos. (one double-page) by Steinberg, two b&w lithos. (one double-page) by Ubac & one triple-page col. litho. by Tapies, col. and b&w illusts. throughout, loose in orig. pict. wrappers, slight rubbing to extrems., folio. Other artists include Chillida and Gerrard Titus-Carmel. (5)

Elizabeth (Princess, Dowager Landgravine of Hesse, daughter of George III). A Series of Etchings, Representing the Power and Progress of Genius, 1st ed., printed for Edward Harding, by S. Gosnell, 1806, twenty-five b&w etched plts., including frontis., some scattered spotting and foxing throughout, ownership inscription of John Frederick Pinney, Somerton Earleigh to front pastedown, contemp. calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed and some wear to joints and corners, large folio. Presentation copy, inscribed to foot of title (probably in the hand of the author) ‘His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent’. (1)

Ferrero (Giovanni Francesco). Raccolta delle Migliori Composizioni di Raffaello, Pussino, Domenichino e di altri celebri Pittori..., Rome, c.1820s, eng. title, 150 eng. plts., occ. minor spotting, upper inner hinge cracked, contemp. gilt dec. vellum, red morocco title label to spine, dust-soiled, oblong folio (1)

Gill (Andre, really Louis Alexander Gosset de Guines). L’Eclipse, 2 vols., nos. 1-166, 26 Jan 1868-31 Dec 1871, hand-coloured full page portrait caricature to each four page broadsheets, contemporary morocco-backed boards, some edge wear, folio, together with one vol. of Le Monde Illustre, 1871 and L’Illustration Journal Universel, 1871. L’Eclipse ran from 1868-1876, replacing the weekly paper La Lune which was banned in 1868. Gosset de Guines adopted the pseudonym Andre Gill in tribute to his hero James Gillray, and drew many of his contemporaries including Charles Dickens, Richard Wagner, Emile Zola, Victor Hugo, Otto von Bismarck and Giuseppe Garibaldi. (4)

Hobson (R.L.). Worcester Porcelain, A Description of the Ware from the Wall Period to the Present Day..., pub. Bernard Quaritch, 1910, seventeen chromo plts. (inc. frontis.), ninety-two collotype plts., free endpapers creased, orig. gilt dec. cloth, with remnants of d.j., folio, together with Williamson (Dr. George C.), The Imperial Russian Dinner Service, A Story of a Famous Work by Josiah Wedgwood, pub. George Bell & Sons, 1909, chromo frontis. and collotype plts., t.e.g., orig. qtr. Japanese vellum, oval relief portrait panel to upper board, spine stained at foot and frayed at head, slightly rubbed and marked, folio, (limited edition of 300 copies), with Falkner (Frank), The Wood Family of Burslem, A Brief Biography of those of its Members who were Sculptors Modellers and Potters, pub. Chapman & Hall, 1912, col. frontis., b & w plts. and single-page map, folding pedigree at rear, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, large 4to, (limited edition of 450 copies), with Godon (Julien), Painted Tapestry and its Application to Interior decoration, Practical Lesson in Tapestry Painting with Liquid Colour, Translated by B. Bucknall, 1879, six plts. (some col. printed), orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, plus six others, mostly porcelain & pottery related (10)

Lace. Three albums containing mounted lace samples, early 20th c., two albums with approx. 100pp. each, the third with approx. 50pp., all with blue leaves, with gilt decoration to gutter and fore-margins, all with between one and fourteen lace samples to a page, some wide and some narrow, incl. black, white, cream, gold and silver, and coloured samples, many with contemp. ms. number label, some marginal pencil annotations in French, orig. cloth, rubbed and some wear, folio, together with two other early 20th c. books of lace samples, each with ten thick green card leaves, the two books together containing approx. fifty mounted lace samples, with ms. captions in French in white ink, some samples missing, and some detached, leaves loose in orig. cloth (lacking braid tie), soiled, titled ‘Dentelles’ on upper covers, oblong folio (5)

Marcilhac (Felix). René Lalique 1860-1945, maître-verrier, analyse de l’oeuvre et catalogue raisonné, nouvelle édition complétée et mise à jour, Paris, 1994, col. and b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth in d.j., contained in card slipcase, thick folio, VG (1)

Mornand (Pierre). Vingt-Deux Artistes du Livre, pub. Paris, 1948, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. pict. card wrappers, rubbed, 4to, Limited ed. 31/1800, together with Nolan (Sidney), Paradise Garden, 1971, col. plts. throughout, glassine guards to each, inscription to title, orig. cloth gilt (dampstained) in d.j. and glassine wrapper, folio, plus Auty (Giles & Stourton, Patrick Corbally), John Llewelyn Jones. Australia’s Forgotten Painter, [1998], col. illusts. throughout, orig. col. pict. boards in d.j., slightly rubbed, large 4to, plus Verne (Jules), Cinq Semaines en Ballon, Voyage de Decouvertes en Afrique, pub. Paris, 1869, bound with Voyage au Centre de La Terre, 1867, b&w illusts. to text, orig. cloth, gilt dec spine, wear to extrems., 4to, plus seven other Australian Aboriginal art various, all orig. cloth in d.j.s and thirteen French illustrated works, mostly paper bound (24)

Palladio (Andrea). I Quattro Libri dell Architettura di Andrea Palladio. Ne’quali, dopo un breve trattato de cinque ordini, et di quelli avertimenti, che sono piu necessarii nel fabricare; si Tratta Delle Case Private, delle Vie, de i ponti, delle Piazze, de i xisti, et de’tempii, 4 parts in one, Venice: Bartolomeo general title and part titles within dec. woodcut borders (lacks title to part 3), numerous woodcut illusts. and diagrams throughout, woodcut dec. initials, bound without gatherings 4H & 4I in part 4 (eight leaves), slight dampstaining to lower margins of initial leaves, contemp. limp vellum, spine and lower edge of upper board worn with some loss of vellum, lacks ties, folio. Adams P101. (1)

Pallot (Bill G. B.). The Art of the Chair in Eighteenth-Century France, pub. Paris, 1989, col. illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., contained in slipcase, folio, VG, together with Kjellberg (Pierre), Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle..., pub. Paris, 2002, col. and b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j., VG, plus Wei (Han & Deydier, Christian), Ancient Chinese Gold, pub. Paris, 2001, col. and b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j., contained in slipcase, folio, VG, plus seven other art reference various (10)

Prisse d’Avennes (Achille Constant Theodore Emile). La Decoration Arabe, Paris, 1885, 98 mostly chromolithographed plates (complete), numbered 1-110, some double-page and heightned in gold and silver, scattered light spotting, original cloth, joints and edges rubbed, folio (1)

Trade catalogue. “Ornastele” Embossed Metal Ceilings, Dadoes, Friezes, Cornices & Mouldings. Manufacturers: The Grovesend Steel Ceiling Co... Works: Gorseinon and Pontardulais, printed at the Classic Colour Press, Reading, c.1900, full-page b & w illusts. of decorative ceilings and a few interiors, edges lightly foxed, orig. embossed grey wrappers, yapp-edged (sl. frayed at extreme edges), folio (1)