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*Napoleon I (Emperor, 1769-1821). Document initialled ‘N', Garde Imperiale, Paris, 2nd March 1811, a resignation demand of Second Lieutenant Lugnac of the 4th Regiment of Tisailleurs, in the holograph of Duroc and signed by him as Duc de Frioul, countersigned by Napoleon in left margin, a few other annotations and one secretarial stamp, one page, folio (1)

*Nelson (Rev. Edmund, 1722-1802). Autograph note, n.d., ‘Mr & Mrs Nelson's Compts to Mr Mrs & Miss Harwick & Mr Gooding - shall be glad of their company to Breakfast to Morrow at whatever Hour is agreable to them - Burnham Thorpe, Sunday', approx. 8 x 10 cm, folded with addressee's (Mrs Harwick) to back, together with ‘extract of a letter from Admiral Nelson to his father dated off Sardinia, May 23rd 1798', written in an unidentified large, clear and slightly right-sloping hand, probably early 19th c., one page, folio, together with a brief ALS from Edward Sabine (1788-1883), suggesting a meeting day with an unknown correspondent, one page, 8vo, plus a free-front (1822) signed ‘St. Vincent' (Admiral John Jervis, 1735-1823), pasted to an album leaf with cut signatures of ‘Exmouth' (possibly Admiral Edward Pellew, 1757-1833), and ‘W. Parry' (possibly William Parry, 1790-1855). Provenance: Archdeacon George Glover. Rev. Edmund Nelson was the father of the great Lord Nelson. (6)

*Royal Archive. An album of fifty autograph letters signed from Royalty and Court Officials, etc., 1796-1902, including Princess Charlotte to Lady Belgrave (1796), part of a letter from Lady Grosvenor to Lady Wilton concerning the visit of George III in 1808, Princess Augusta to Lady Grosvenor on the death of Princess Charlotte, 1817, eleven autograph letters signed from the Duchess of Kent ‘Victoria' [mother of Queen Victoria] to Lady Grosvenor, Lady Grosvenor to Hon. Mrs Harbord, concerning the visit of the Duke of Sussex, 1829, King William IV to Lord Robert Grosvenor (third person, one page letter signed by the King ‘William R'), Lord Lansdowne to Grosvenor and his reply, Hayter to Grosvenor, Lord Gray to Grosvenor, thirteen autograph letters from Prince Albert either signed or initialled and sent to Lord Grosvenor, 1840-61, generally one or two pages, plus letters from Prince George (three), Princess Helena (three), Princess Mary Adelaide (three), Princess May, Crown Princess Stephanie and Princess Victoria Patricia, and C. Phipps, the majority of these later letters after the death of Prince Albert in 1861 are to Lord or Lady Ebury, plus the Commission appointing Robert Grosvenor, as Comptroller of the Household on 23rd November 1830, signed at head by the King ‘William R', one page, folio, two envelopes with the initial of Prince Albert, a Queen Victoria funeral card (1901), and two incomplete letters with some account of Queen Victoria's visit to Moor Park in 1846, written in an unidentified hand, the majority of items sellotaped along the inner margin to album guards and in most cases affecting handwriting at left margins, bound in early 20th-century green morocco gilt by C. Fox with the Grosvenor family motto ‘Noblitatis Virtus Non Stemma Character' embossed to upper cover, sl. rubbed, 4to. Robert Grosvenor, First Baron Ebury (1801-93) was a British Whig Politician. When the Whigs came to power in November 1830 under Lord Grey, Grosvenor was appointed Comptroller of the Household. In 1846 he was made Treasurer of the Household and in 1847 he was elected to Parliament for Middlesex, a seat he held until 1857. In September 1857 he was raised to the Peerage as Baron Ebury. He married Charlotte, daughter of Henry Wellesley, First Baron Cowley, in 1831. From the family of the great great grandson of Robert Grosvenor. (1)

*Sixtus V (Pope, 1521-90). Document, Rome, 9th February 1587, Papal Bull written in latin on parchment, concerning Thomas Canano, Clerk [in Holy Orders], a pension or stipend of 600 gold ducats per annum, and payment of 1,000 gold ducats (possibly) to the Bishop of Adria, for the restoration and repair of the principal Basilica of ‘Ablorum de Urbe', also referring to tythes and expeditions against the Turks and other infidels, lead bulla stamped ‘Sixtus Papa V' attached by red and yellow silk cords, one page, folio. Pope Sixtus V was renowned for the establishment and restoration of church buildings. (1)

Acts of Parliament. Anno Regni Georgii II., pub. Henry Hills, 1730, numerous acts including ‘An Act for importing Salt from Europe into the Colony of New York in America' and ‘An Act for granting Liberty to carry Rice from his Majesty's Province of Carolina in America, directly to any Part of Europe Southward of Cape Finisterre, in Ships built in and belonging to Great Britain, and navigated according to Law', contemp. panelled calf, minor fraying to extrems., folio (1)

Augustine (Saint Aurelius, Bishop of Hippo). Tomus Primus [-decimus] Omnium Operum d. Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis Episcopi, ad fidem Vetustorum Exemplarium summa Vigilantia Repurgatoru[m] ˆ mendis innumeris..., Cui Accesserunt Libri, Epistolae, Sermones, & Fragmenta Aliquot, Hactenus Nunquam Impressa..., 10 vols. in seven, Apud Carolam Guillard vidua Claudii Cheuallonii, & Guilielmum Desboys, Paris, 1555, woodcut printers device to titles, woodcut and criblŽ initials, vols. 1-9 bound in 18th c. calf, some boards loose or detached, binding worn, vol. 10 bound in modern qtr. calf, folio. Adams A2163. (7)

Bacon (Francis). Sylva Sylvarum: Or a Naturall Historie ..., Published after the Authors death, by William Rawley. The Second Edition, Printed by J.H. for William Lee, 1628, addn. eng. title-page dated 1629, lacks the port. of the author, some soiling and marginal staining, recent half calf, red leather label, marbled board sides, small folio. STC 1170. Gibson 172. (1)

Bible [English]. The Complete Family Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments; with Notes Critical, Practical, and Explanatory, by the Reverend Mr. Ostervald, of Neufchatel in Swisserland, corrected and revised by several clergymen, 2 vols., Southampton, Printed and Sold by T. Skelton, n.d., c.1790, numerous full-page eng. plts., a few minor marks and title and first few leaves to first vol. with waterstain to lower margins, modern antique-style half calf gilt, large folio, together with Bible [Dutch]. Biblia, Dat is de gantsche H. Schrifture ..., Amsterdam & Haarlem, Netherlands Bible Company, c. 1832-1837, black letter text, eng. general title, first and last few leaves a little frayed and marked to edges with some minor stains, Book of Psalms, dated 1837 bound in at rear, Catechism incomplete at end (text ends on C5), contemp. calf over wooden boards, with remains of brass clasps, somewhat worn and wooden upper cover cracked, large thick 4to (3)

Bible [Greek & Latin]. Vetus Testamentum Graecum cum Variis Lectionibus. Edidit Robertus Holmes, 4 vols. (lacks vol. 5 Apocrypha), Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1798-1827, few minor marks, slight staining to page edges at rear of vol. 4, contemp. half calf, rebacked, paper library labels to spines, folio, together with Bible [English], The Self Interpreting Bible with an Evangelical Commentary by the Late Revd. John Brown..., 1834, eng. frontis. and title, eng. port. with genealogical entries written to verso, New Testament title present, numerous eng. plts. & maps, modern brown half morocco, folio, with Poole (Matthew), Annotations Upon the Holy Bible..., vol. 1 only, eng. port. frontis., contemp. calf, rebacked, library labels to spine, folio (6)

Bible [Hebrew]. Bibliorum Quadrilinguium Tomus Primus, in quo Textus Hebraicus Continetur nova et S. Linguae Studiosis Perutili... Hamburg, 1596, addn. eng. title with woodcut armorial to verso, Hebrew woodcut title, both titles trimmed and with some wear, paper repairs to both titles and marginal paper repairs throughout, some damp staining, modern half morocco, folio (1)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues..., imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1617, Old Testament lacks all before B2 (Genesis xvi. 3), Apocrypha and New Testament title with dec. woodcut border present, printed in black letter text, lacks all after 5X6 (Ephesians v. 3), some pages torn with slight loss, few old paper repairs, page edges frayed and some light damp staining, contemp. reversed calf, brass bosses and corner pieces to boards, one clasp lacking, old reback repair, spine torn and worn, folio. Herbert 353. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Bible [English]. The Bible, That is, the Holy Scriptures Conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament..., imprinted at London by Christopher Barkar, 1576, general title present with woodcut illust. (trimmed and torn with loss to margins, laid-down), New Testament title present with early ink notes written to verso (with show-through), woodcut illusts. including double-page map & plt., some ink underscoring and marginallia, some damp staining to lower margins, few closed tears to margins, bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes..., imprinted at London by John Day, 1576, dec. woodcut title (trimmed to fore-edge), some dust soiling at rear of volume, a.e.g., early 19th c. calf, modern morocco reback with gilt dec. spine, folio. Herbert 144, STC 2118. (1)

Bindings. Odds and Ends in Prose and Verse by Pater, privately printed, Chiswick Press, 1908, port. frontis. title printed in red & black, a.e.g., silk endpapers with gilt dec. dentelles, contemp. morocco, elaborate gilt panelled decoration, slight damp mark to lower board, tall 8vo, together with Sketches by Samuel Prout in France, Belgium... and Switzerland, edited by Charles Holme, The Studio, 1915, b & w plts., contemp. half morocco gilt by Fazakerley, Manchester, small folio, together with three other similar titles bound by Fazakerley, with Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures, 1866, col. frontis., illusts. to text, a.e.g., early 20th c. red calf by Zaehnsdorf, gilt dec. spine, 4to, plus seven other bindings (14)

Comber (Thomas). A Companion to the Temple: or, a Help to Devotion in teh use of the Common Prayer..., the whole being carefully corrected, and now put into one volume, 1684, contemp. calf, old reback, joints cracked and some wear, folio, together with A Companion to the Temple..., 3rd ed., corrected, 1688, contemp. calf, old reback, joints cracked and some wear, folio, with Smalridge (George), Sixty Sermons Preach'd on Several Occasions, 2nd ed., 1727, contemp. calf, old reback, upper board detached, rubbed & worn, folio, with Gill (John), An Exposition of the Books of the Prophets of the Old Testament, 2 vols., 1757, contemp. calf, joints cracked and some wear, folio, plus one other related (6)

Cressy (Hugh Paulin Serenus). The Church-History of Brittany from the Beginning of Christianity to the Norman Conquest...., [Rouen], 1668, title printed in red & black with ink inscription to upper margin, woodcut head & tailpieces, slight worm holes to some margins, modern qtr. morocco, folio (1)

Cyril of Alexandria (Saint). S.P.N. Cyrilli Alexandriae Archiepiscopi Opera in VI Tomos Tributa. Cura & Studio Joannis Auberti..., 6 vols., Paris, 1638, woodcut illust. of a ship to each title, initial pages to vol. 5 creased and last few pages detached, contemp. calf, modern reback to vol. 1, old rebacks to remaining vols., vols. 2-6 with some boards loose & detached, worn, adhesive tape & adhesive library labels to spines, folio, together with Schmid (Erasmus), Novi Testamenti... Graeci... Tameion, aliis Concordantiae... Singulari Studio denuo Reuisum, Atque ab Innumeris Mendis Repurgatum. Accedit nova Praefatio Ernesti Salmonis Cypriani, Leipzig, 1717, eng. illust. to title, some spotting & browning, contemp. calf, joints worn and leather lifting, gilt dec. spine, lacking labels, folio (7)

D'Ewes (Sir Simonds). The Journals of all the Parliaments during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, both of the House of Lords and House of Commons ..., Revised and Published by Paul Bowes, Printed for John Starkey, 1682, eng. frontispiece showing Elizabeth sitting in full parliament, three pages of Starkey's ads. at the end, some slight soiling, contemp. panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked, with a fully gilt spine, joints cracked again, folio. Wing D.1250. (1)

Est (Willem Hesselszoon van). In Omnes Beati Pauli et Aliorum Apostolorum Epistolas Commentaria..., Paris, 1640, half-title, title printed in red & black with eng. armorial illust., modern brown half morocco, folio, together with Optatus (Saint, Bishop of Mileve), Sancti Optati Milevitani Episcopi Opera..., 2 parts in one, Paris, 1679, half-title, title printed in red & black, modern brown half morocco, folio, with Atto (Bishop of Vercelli), Attonis sanctae Vercellarum Ecclesiae Episcopi Opera. Ad Autographi Vercellensis fidem nunc Primum Exacta..., 2 vols. in one, Vercelli, 1768, eng. frontis. to vol. 1, eng. port. and three eng. facsimile plts. of manuscripts, modern brown half morocco, folio, plus Bruno (Saint, Bishop of Segni), Sancti Brunonis Astensis Episcopi Signiensium et Abbatis Montis Casini Opera in duos tomos Distributa aucta et Adnotationibus Illustrata..., 2 vols., Rome, 1789-91, modern cloth, folio (5)

Gurney (Joseph). The Trial of John Donellan, Esq. for the Wilful Murder of Sir Theodosius Edward Allesley Boughton, Bart. at the Assize at Warwick, on Friday, March 30th, 1781..., pub. 1781, 58pp., disbound folio, together with The Rev. Mr. Talbot's Narrative of the Whole of his Proceedings Relative to Jonathan Britain, printed and sold by S. Farley, Bristol, [1772], 94pp., 20th c. red qtr. sheep, 8vo, with The Speech of the Late Lord Russel, to the Sheriffs: Together with the Paper deliver'd by him to them, at the Place of Execution, on July 21 1683, 4pp., close-trimmed with loss to upper lines of text, disbound folio (3)

Heylyn (Peter). Ecclesia Restaurata. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England..., 3rd ed., 1674, early ownership inscription at head of title, few minor marks and light dust soiling, modern brown half morocco, folio, together with Burnet (Gilbert), The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 2 vols., 2nd ed., corrected, 1681, eng. frontis. to each, thirteen eng. port. plts. some damp soiling and fraying to margins of initial pages, half-title of vol. 2 torn and with large paper repairs, vol. 2 bound with A Collection of Records and Original Papers; with other Instruments Reffered to in the Second Part of the Second Part of the History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 1683, modern brown half morocco, folio (3)

Homer. The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets. Never Before in any Languag Truely Translated, with a Comment Uppon Some of his Chiefe Places; Donne According to the Greeke by Geo: Chapman, printed for Nathaniell Butter, 1st ed., c.1612, lacking first (blank) leaf, unsigned dedicatory leaf to Sir Edward Philips present, but final text leaf containing dedicatory sonnets to Viscounts Cranborne and Rochester mostly torn away, eng. title-page soiled, and first gathering with rodent(?) damage to lower margin, resulting in sl. loss of text to first three leaves, intermittent worming to lower right hand corner, occn. clipping text, water-stained throughout, mostly to upper outer corners, endpapers soiled, lacking rear free endpaper, near contemp. sheep, heavily rubbed, and extrems. worn, sm. folio in 6's. Pforzheimer 169. Although not much remains of the final leaf of dedicatory sonnets to Viscounts Cranborne and Rochester, the preceding leaf containing the dedicatory sonnet to Sir Edward Philips is, most unusually, present. Pforzheimer notes that the unsigned sheet containing these three sonnets is ‘a great rarity, only about six copies having it can be traced'. (1)

Hugo (de Sancto Charo, Cardinal). Hugonis de Sancto Charo... Tomus Primus (-Octavus)..., Edito Ultima Prae CAeteris Recognita..., 8 vols. in four, Venice, 1703, titles printed in red & black with woodcut dec. illust. to each, (volumes misbound, vol. 1 & 8, 2 & 6, 3 & 7 and 4 & 5), contemp. vellum with yapp fore-edges, folio in 8s, (Hugh of St-Cher, d.1263, A Dominican cardinal is regarded as the first author of a verbal "Concordance" to Holy Writ, a work which became the model for all following publications of the kind), together with Stock (Christianus), Linguae Sanctae Aditum Aperiens, Vocum Radices Juxta Ordinem Alphabethicum Exhibens..., Jena , 1730, eng. port. frontis., title close-trimmed at foot with loss of printed date, occ. spotting, contemp. vellum, adhesive library label to spine, thick 8vo, together with Linguae Sanctae Novi Testamenti Aditum Aperiens Vocum Significationes..., Jena, 1725, eng. port. frontis., some spotting and damp staining, contemp. vellum, sdhesive library labels to spine, thick 8vo, plus Bona (Giovanni), Epistolae Selectae Aliaeque Eruditorum sui Temporis Virorum ad Eumdem Scriptae, una cum Nonnullis Ipsius Analectis..., Tomus Unicus, Augustae Taurinorum [Torino], 1755, half-title, title printed in red & black with woodcut illust., contemp. vellum, folio (7)

Lediard (Thomas). The Naval History of England, in all its Branches; from the Norman Conquest ..., to the Conclusion of 1734, 1st ed., 2 vols., Printed for John Wilcox ... and Olive Payne, 1735, eng. frontispiece (cut close at the foot), trivial worming in the lower margins of the last six leaves of vol. 1, recent half calf, red leather labels, marbled board sides, folio (2)

Limborch (Philippus van). Historia Inquisitionis. cui Subjungitur Liber Sententiarum Inquisitionis Tholosanae..., 2 parts in one, pub. Amsterdam, 1692, title printed red & black and with eng. illust., eight eng. plts. (inc. five folding), one eng. illust., contemp. calf, elaborate gilt dec. spine, slightly rubbed, folio (1)

Passeri (Giovanni Battista). In Thomae Dempsteri libros De Etruria Regali Paralipomena ... De Re Nummaria Etruscorum, De Nominibus Etruscorum, et Notae in Tabulas Eugubinas, Lucca, 1767, eight full-page eng. plts., folding tables, etc., contemp. calf-backed vellum, soiled and somewhat worn, with upper cover det., folio (1)

[Pearson John, Lord Bishop of Chester]. Critici Sacri: sive Doctissimorum Virorum in SS. Biblia Annotationes et Tractatus. Opus Summa cura Recognitum et in Novem Tomos Divisum..., vols. 1-7 & 9-10, Jacobus Flesher, 1660 19th c. half calf, rubbed and some wear to extrems., folio (9)

Petau (Denis). Dionysii Petavii Aurelianensis e Societate Jesu, Opus de Theologicis Dogmatibus, new ed., 6 vols. in three, Antwerp, 1700, eng. port. frontis., eng. illust. to titles, contemp. half calf gilt, library labels to spines, slight wear to extrems., folio, together with Irenaeus (Saint, Bishop of Lyon),S. Irenaei Episcopi Lugdunensis Contra omnes Haereses libri Quinque..., Omnia Notis Variorum, & suis Illustravit Joannes Ernestus Grabe..., Oxford, 1702, eng. illust. to title, some browning and light dust soiling, contemp. calf, old reback, boards detached, worn, folio, with Josephus (Flavius), Opera, quae reperiri potuerunt omnia, 2 vols., Oxford, 1720, contemp. calf, worn, loss of leather to spine of vol. 2, adhesive library labels to spines, folio, plus a large paper copy of the same work (8)

Robinson (Robert). Ecclesiastical Researches, 1st ed., Cambridge, 1792 , the advert./errata leaf present at the end, some damp-staining, contemp. half calf, worn, upper cover detached, together with Neal (Daniel), The History of the Puritans or Protestant Non-Conformists, Second Edition Corrected, 2 vols., 1754, title-pages restored in the margins, contemp. calf, worn, joints cracked, and Sammes (Aylett), Britannia Antiqua Illustrata: or, the Antiquities of Ancient Britain, Derived from the Phoenicians. The First Volume [all publ.], 1st ed., Printed by Tho. Roycroft, for the Author, 1676, double-page engraved map of Europe, engravings in the letterpress, damp-stained, title-page repaired on the verso, contemp. calf, corners worn, recently rebacked, and others, 4to and folio (9)

Sansovino (Francesco). L'Historia di Casa Orsina, 2 vols. in one, Venice, Bernardino & Filippo Stagnini, 1565, title with large engraved vign. to each vol., eleven full-page copper engraved portraits within historiated frames, and six similar border-decorated plates without portraits, colophon to final leaf of text, with woodcut device to verso, repaired to fore-margin, preceeding two or three leaves with small paper restrengthening to upper outer corner, without loss, later full vellum, some light soiling, folio. Adams S355 & 347. The title of the second work is Degli huomini illustri della Casa Orsina. (1)

Shakespeare (William). The National Shakespeare. A Fac-simile of the Text of the First Folio of 1623, lllustrated by Sir J. Noel Paton. 3 vols., William Mackenzie, Ediburgh & London, [1888-1889], frontis. to each, twenty-one plts., some pages browned, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. gilt dec. dark green morocco, rubbed, folio (3)

State Tracts: being a Collection of Several Treatises Relating to the Government. Privately Printed in the Reign of K. Charles II, London, Printed ..., 1689, contemp. ownership inscription of George Smyth on the title-page, a few head-lines just touched by the binder, bound with State Tracts: being a Farther Collection of Several Choice Treatises ... from the Year 1660 to 1689. Now Published in a Body, to show the Necessity, and clear the Legality of the Late Revolution, and our Present Happy Settlement ..., Printed, and are to be Sold by Richard Baldwin, 1692, contemp. ownership inscription of Edward Smyth on the title-page, and The Rights and Priviledges of the City of London Proved ... with a large Preface, showing, How Fatal the late Proceedings in Westminster-Hall in Dissolving Corporations were ..., Printed and are to be sold by Richard Baldwin, 1689, and The Rights and Priviledges of the City of London, Proved ... Also the Coronation Oaths of several of the Kings of England, London, Printed for J. Johnson, 1682, together four works in one volume, occn. light marginal staining, later panelled calf, a little rubbed, joints cracked, folio. Wing S.5329, S.5331, R.1515, and R.1513 respectively. (1)

Theodoret (Bishop of Cyrrhus). [Theodoritou Episkopou Kyrou kai Euagriou Scholastikou ekklesiastike historia. Eklogai apo ton historion Philostorgiou kai Theodorou]. Theodoriti Episcopi Cyri et Evagrii Scholastici Historia Ecclesiastica..., Moguntiae (Mainz), 1679, some spotting and browning, contemp. calf, worn, folio, together with Bail (Louis), Summa Conciliorum Omnium, Ordinata, Aucta, Illustrata ex Merlini, Joverii, Baronii, Binii, Coriolani, Sirmundi, Aliorumque Collectionibus, ac Manuscriptis Aliquot..., 2 vols., Paris, 1675, contemp. calf, joints and spines worn, folio, with Vitringa (Campegius), Commentarius in Librum Prophetarum Jesaiae..., 2 vols., Leovardiae, 1724, folding eng. map, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines, joints cracked & worn, lacking title labels, folio, plus one other (6)

Wilson (Arthur). The History of Great Britain, being the Life and Reign of King James the First, Printed for Richard Lownds, 1653, eng. port. of James I, with three other eng. ports. inserted as extra illusts., small hole in T4, title-page and first few leaves slightly soiled, recent half calf, marbled board sides, small folio. Wing W.2888. (1)

Illustrated Medical News, 29 Sept. 1888 - 1 February 1890 in 5 vols. [all published], 53 chromo. medical plates, numerous wood engravings and b & w photo. illusts. to text, contemp. navy half morocco, rubbed and sl. frayed with one cover detached, folio (5)

Kraus (H. P.). In Retrospect, A Catalogue of 100 Outstanding Manuscripts Sold in the Last Four Decades by H. P. Kraus, New York, 1978, b&w port. frontis. and b&w plts., orig. blue cloth gilt in d.j., 4to, VG, together with Homage to a Bookman, Essays on Manuscripts, Books and Printing, Written for Hans P. Kraus on his 60th Birthday, Berlin, 1967, numerous b&w plts., orig. cloth gilt, 4to, VG, plus Monumenta Codicum Manu Scriptorum, An Exhibition Catalogue of Manuscripts of the 6th to the 17th Centuries, New York, Kraus, 1974, numerous tipped-in colour plates, b&w plts., etc., orig. blue cloth gilt, folio, VG, and Cimelia, A Catalogue of Important Illuminated and Textual Manuscripts published in Commemoration of the Sale of the Ludwig Collection, New York, Kraus, 1983, numerous tipped-in colour and some b&w plts., orig. green cloth gilt in d.j., folio, VG, plus sixty-four further printed catalogues by H. P. Kraus, c. 1970s-90s, all bound in orig. printed wrappers (except three in hardback), slim folio, The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science and Medicine, 3 vols., 1998, & Deutscher Buchdruck im Jahrhundert Gutenbergs, Leipzig, 1940 (approx. 70)

Pollard (A.W., and Redgrave, G.R.). A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475-1640, 3 vols., 2nd ed., revised & enlarged, pub. The Bibliographical Society, 1986-91, all orig. uniform blue cloth gilt in d.j.s, folio, together with Wing (Donald), Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641-1700, 3 vols., 1945-51, orig. cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed, 4to (6)

Blake (William). Illustrations to the Divine Comedy of Dante, printed privately for The National Art-Collections Fund, 1922, one col. plt. and 102 uncol. plts., printed by Emery Walker, loosely cont. in orig. cloth-backed portfolio with ties, dust-soiled, spine lettered in ms., folio. Printed in an edition of 250 sets. (1)

*Engineering Drawings. A large folio album of original engineering and architectural drawings by W. Mulholland, R. I. E. College, 1891-94, containing fifty mostly folding pen, ink and some with watercolour wash drawings of engineering subjects, including machine details, spur gearing, machine cock, bridge construction, Chain Survey at Cooper's Hill, Trigonometrical Survey at Cooper's Hill, Railway Project, a 20-hp Turbine, and some architectural studies, including Queen Post Roof, sash window, surburban villa residence, etc., each signed and dated, all bound in contemp. half morocco, heavily rubbed and a little wear, large folio (1)

Gruner (Lewis). Fresco Decorations and Stuccoes of Churches and Palaces in Italy During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, 1844, dec. title, forty-five eng. plts. of fifty? (some with orig. hand-colouring), some slight dust soiling, printed warppers frayed and slightly torn to edges, disbound folio (1)

Jones (Owen). The Grammar of Ornament, Bernard Quaritch, 1868, additional chromo. title and 111 full-page chromo. plates, a.e.g., library cloth with the usual markings to endpapers and spine, folio. The contents in good condition and free from library markings except for a stamp on the verso of the title page. (1)

Petrova (Evgeniya, Douglas, Charlotte, Vakar, Irina, and others). Malevich, Artist and Theoretician, 1990, eight copies, num. col. illusts., orig. cloth in slightly torn d.j.s, folio, and others on 20th-century Russian art, including a few duplicates, mostly G/VG (approx. 55)

Schwarz (Dieter). Gerhard Richter. Drawings, 1964-1999. Catalogue Raisonne, with an Essay by Birgit Pelzer, Dusseldorf, 1999, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., together with Ullrich (Ferdinand & Schwalm, Hans-Jurgen), Julio Gonzalez. Plastik und Zeichnung - Sculpture and Drawings, pub. Bielefeld, 2001, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., and Pablo Picasso. The Time with Francoise Gilot, edited Markus Muller, pub. Bielefeld, 2002, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. boards in d.j., 4to/folio, and other modern art, incl. catalogues and softback pubs., all VG (approx. 135)

Studio Special Numbers. Modern Woodcuts and Lithographs By British and French Artists, with Commentary by Malcolm C. Salaman, 1919, Wood Engravings of the 1930's, Reviewed by Clare Leighton, 1936, The Art of the Book, edited by Charles Holme, 1914, numerous col. and b & w illusts., first vol. in orig. pubs. cloth, together with three other Studio Special Numbers (The Art of the Book, 1951, Beauty's Awakening, 1899, and Modern Book-plates & their Designers, 1898-9), folio (6)

Studio Special Numbers.. Design in the Theatre, 1927, Designing for the Stage, by Doris Zinkeisen, 1948, Lettering of To-Day, edited by C.G. Holme, 1941, Colour Photography and other Recent Developments of the Art of the Camera, 1908, Modern Etching and Engraving, European and American, 1902, Modern Etchings, Mezzotints and Dry-Points, 1912-13, numerous col. and b & w illusts., together with twenty-two similar, folio (28)

Wickes (Charles). Illustrations of the Spires and Towers of the Mediaeval Churches of England; Preceded by some Observations on the Architecture of the Middle Ages, and its Spire-Growth, 3 vols. in one, pub. Thompson & Co., 1858-59, num. tinted and uncol. litho. plts., some scattered spotting, mostly confined to tissue guards, a.e.g., orig. qtr. morocco gilt, a little worn at head and foot of spine, tall folio (1)

Crane (Walter, illust.). Shakespeare's Comedy of the Merry Wives of Windsor, engraved and printed by Duncan C. Dallas, 1894, eight b&w eng. plts. on India paper mounted on thick card (complete), contemp. gift inscription to front free endpaper, occasional light spotting, hinges partially cracked, orig. gilt dec. cloth, rubbed and sl. marked, corners sl. worn, folio, together with Line and Form, Bell, 1900, illusts., owner name, hinges partially cracked, orig. gilt dec. cloth, rubbed, spine a little sunned, 8vo. First item limited edition 71/600 copies, signed by Walter Crane and Duncan C. Dallas. (2)

Flint (Sir William Russell). Breakfast in Perigord, printed for the Author by Charles Skilton, 1968, numerous illusts. and decs., dec. endpapers, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. blue full morocco, patterned slipcase (sl. rubbed), folio. Limited edition 18/25 copies bound in full morocco, signed and numbered by W. Russell Flint. (1)

Flint (Sir William Russell). In Pursuit, An Autobiography, Medici Society Ltd., 1969, numerous col. and b & w illusts., a.e.g., orig. navy blue full morocco gilt, spine rubbed, slipcase and orig. pubs. box, folio, (limited edition 41/150 copies in full leather, signed by Francis Russell Flint), together with The Scholar Gipsy & Thyrsis, by Matthew Arnold, 1910, ten tipped-in col. plts., tissue-guard to each, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. bevel-edged cloth gilt, lower margin of upper cover faded, in partially faded d.j., 4to, plus Famous Water-Colour Painters, II. - W. Russell Flint, A.R.A., Introduction by G.S. Sandilands, The Studio, 1928, eight mounted col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, text and endpapers foxed, orig. boards, printed paper label to upper cover, spine faded and sl. rubbed at head, 4to, plus Peasant Art in Italy, edited by Charles Holme, The Studio, 1913, two col. plts. by Flint, and numerous other col. and b & w plts., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, 4to, plus fifteen other Flint items (19)

Golden Cockerel Press. Napoleon's Memoirs, ed. and trans. Somerset de Chair, 2 vols., 1945, port. frontis. to each, map endpapers, t.e.g., orig. cloth with gilt design by John Buckland Wright, folio. Limited edition 249/500. (2)

Ricci (Franco Maria, pub.). Tarots, the Visconti Pack in Bergamo and New York, Critical Examination by Sergio Samek Ludovici, Text by Italo Calvino,1975/Arcimboldo, text by Roland Barthes, with an Essay by Achille Bonito Oliva, 1980, both with numerous mounted col. plts., patterned endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, with col. illusts. mounted to upper covers, contained in orig. cloth solander boxes, folio, (limited edition, 1534/3000 and 366/3000 copies respectively, both signed by the publisher), together with Heath (William, illust.), The Beauties of Washington Irving, 1st ed., 1825, six hand-col. etchings, occn. light foxing and browning, orig. floral figured cloth, spine label chipped, upper joint split, and cover becoming detached, 12mo in 6's, plus Cruikshank (George, illust.), The Good Genius that Turned Everything into Gold or The Queen Bee and the Magic Dress, A Christmas Fairy Tale by the Brothers Mayhew, 1st ed., 1847, four etched plts., letterpress engs., occn. light foxing, endpapers renewed, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, rebacked, sm. 8vo, plus Gilbert (W.S.), "Gretchen." A Play, in Four Acts, 1st ed., 1879, red edges, bookplate of Eric S. Quayle, orig. bevel-edged cloth, sl. rubbed and marked in places, 8vo, plus others similar (11)

Ricketts (Charles, illust.). Saint Joan, A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue, by Bernard Shaw, 1924, twelve tipped-in col. plts. and four tipped-in b & w plts. (some creasing to corners), t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. Holland-backed printed boards, paper label to spine, d.j., sl. faded and soiled, spine with tape repairs to ends, and sl. loss at foot, folio, (one of 750 copies), together with May (Phil), The Phil May Folio of Caricature Drawinmgs and Sketches in Line Block, Half-Tone and Photogravure, with a Biography, [1904], port. frontis., and b & w illusts. throughout, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. vellum gilt, folio, plus Hole (William, illust.), Quasi Cursores, Portraits of the High Officers and Professors of the University of Edinburgh at its Tercentenary Festival, Edinburgh, 1884, forty-eight etched plts., title-page printed in black and red, top edges red, remainder untrimmed, contemp. bevel-edged vellum, lightly dust-soiled, gilt lettered red morocco spine labels, upper cover with central pictorial panel stamped in red, surrounded by crowns and the initials ‘E.V.', large 4to, (limited to 100 folio copies, this unnumbered ‘Presentation Copy. Not for Sale'), together with other folio illust. books, incl. DorŽ, John Leech, Emile Bayard, Frank Dicksee (2 cartons)

Wain (Louis, and others, illust.). The Big ABC Book, pub. Blackie & Son, c.1910, col. illusts. throughout, some creasing and soiling, and a number of leaves with closed (repaired) tears to gutter and lower margins, final leaf with small hole in blank gutter margin, stitching partially broken, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and dust-soiled, corners showing, folio, together with de Brunhoff (Jean), Babar at Home, 1st English ed., 1938, col. illusts. throughout, contemp. ms. inscription to head of title-page (and small paper-clip rust-stain), some closed tears to blank lower margins, hinges split, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed, corners showing, slim folio, plus Barbar and Father Christmas, 1st English ed., 1940, title-page with small paper-clip rust-stain to upper blank margin, lacking rear free endpaper, upper hinge split, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed, and corners showing, spine faded and sl. frayed at foot, slim folio (3)

Wood (Lawson). Lawson Wood's Fun Fair, with Text by the Artist, 1st ed., [1931], twelve tipped-in col. plts., come creasing to corners, one plt. with short tear in lower margin of mount, letterpress vigns. (a couple with juvenile colouring), stitching sl. strained, orig. cloth-backed boards, upper cover with mounted col. illust., sl. rubbed and dusty, spine ends a little frayed, 4to, together with The Old Nursery Rhymes, 1st ed., [1933], twenty-four col. plts., numerous letterpress illusts., orig. dec. cloth, dust-soiled, 4to, plus Prehistoric Proverbs, c.1907, twelve tipped-in col. plts., front free endpaper and prelim. blank becoming loose, orig. cloth-backed boards with illust. mounted to upper cover, rubbed and dusty, slim folio, plus seventeen other Lawson Wood items, incl. five Gran'pops annuals, a boxed game (Billedlotteri), and a boxed puzzle depicting monkeys (complete) (20)

Blavignac (J. D.). Histoire de L'Architecture Sacree du Quatrieme au Dixieme Siecle dans les Anciens Eveches de Geneve, Lausanne et Sion, 2 vols., (Text and Atlas), Leipsig, 1853, uncol. eng. plts., mostly double-page, contemp. half calf gilt, a little worn at extrems., 8vo & 4to, together with Davie (W. Galsworthy and Dawber, E. Guy), Old Cottages, Farm-Houses and other Stone Buildings in the Cotswold District, 1st ed., Batsford, 1905, num. b & w illusts. from photos., pubs. ads. at rear, t.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, rubbed on spine, 8vo, plus The Glasgow Herald Victory Atlas of the World, Prepared under the Direction of Alexander Gross, n.d., c. 1919/20, 284 double-page col. map sheets, orig. green cloth, lettered in gilt, rubbed and some minor wear to extrems., tall folio, with other misc. books (a carton)

Bull (George). Opera Omnia Latine Conscripta: Quibus duo Praecipui Catholicae Fidei Articuli de S. Trinitate & Justificatione..., 1721, eng. port. frontis., contemp. calf, joints and spine worn, folio, together with Strutt (Joseph), A Biographical Dictionary; Containing an Historical Account of all the Engravers, from the Earliest Period of the Art of Engraving to the Present Time..., 2 vols. in three, 1785, eng. frontispieces, eng. plts., vol. 1 with some worming to lower margins of initial leaves, contemp. calf, joints cracked and some wear, adhesive tape at foot of spines, 4to, plus other 17th-19th c. antiquarian, mostly theology related, includes odd vols. (3 cartons)

Caldecott (Randolph). ‘Graphic' Pictures, 1883, More ‘Graphic' Pictures, 1887, Gleanings from the ‘Graphic', 1889, num. col. and b & w illusts., all orig. linen-backed pict. boards, rubbed and some marks, oblong folio, with twelve others by/about Caldecott, plus Tuer (Andrew W.), Pages and Pictures from Forgotten Children's Books, Leadenhall Press, 1898-9, and Stories from Old-Fashioned Children's Books, Leadenhall Press, 1899-1900, num. b & w illusts., publishers ads. at rear, orig. gilt dec. cloth, a little frayed at head and foot of spine, 8vo, and other children's bibliographies and reference books on toys and games, etc. (2 cartons)

Edwards (Lionel). Galloping Shoes, Verses by Will H. Ogilvie, 1st ed., pub. Constable, 1922, eight tipped-in col. plts., some creasing to corners, one plt. near detached at gutter, free endpapers browned, orig. green cloth gilt, 4to, together with Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds, [so-titled to cover], 1895, b & w photos. throughout, hinges splitting, orig. cloth gilt, spine faded and frayed to extrems., folio, plus Robinson (Charles, illust.), The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgeson Burnett, 1911, eight col. plts., contemp. ms. inscription to half-title, pictorial endpapers, upper hinge split, orig. cloth gilt, extrems. sl. rubbed, one corner bumped, 8vo, plus others misc. (2 cartons)

Larkin (David). Peanuts. A Golden Celebration. The Art and the Story of the World's Best-Loved Comic Strip, by Schulz, pub. Harper Collins, 1999, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with The Work of E.H. Shepard, edited Rawle Knox, reprinted, 1990, port. frontis., col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in slightly torn d.j., 4to, plus Duff (David), Punch on Children. A Panorama 1845-1865, pub. 1975, num. b & w illusts., orig. cloth in slightly frayed d.j., folio, and others related (2 cartons)

Miscellanea. The Philanthropic Gazette; a Weekly Journal, Adapted for Families, Schools, Reading Societies, etc., vol. 4, nos. 1-54, Jan-December, 1820, contemp. half calf, worn, folio, together with a quantity of George III Acts of Parliament (disbound) and a misc. collection of 19th/early 20th-century pamphlets, booklets, offprints, etc. (4 cartons)

Pennant (Thomas). Some Account of London, 2nd ed., 1791, eng. plts. but lacks folding map, modern calf gilt, 4to, together with Knight (Charles), London, 6 vols., 1841-44, wood-engs., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little worn on spines, small folio, with others of London interest (2 cartons)