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Gadbury (John, 1627-1704). Original astrology manuscript, late 17th c., begins folio 20 ‘The Lattitude of a place and the declination of the sun being given to finde the Meridian altitude of the sun above the horizon any day in the yeare, with an example' and continuing in a similar way with headings on how to find the sun's declination any hour of the day or night, finding the rising and setting and southing of the moon and other planets, the making of a horizontal dial, a table showing the sun's entrance and continuance in every of the 12 signs ... 1697, a table for converting hours and minutes of time into degrees and minutes of the equator, a directory showing how to erect a figure of the heavens by an ephemerides and table of houses, or the colours of the signs and planets, a necessary table showing the masculine and feminine degrees of every sign, a table showing what part of man's body is governed by every planet in any of the 12 signs, plus use of these tables, diagrams showing how to make an erect direct east dial and a south erect declining dial, etc., a total of 146 pages on 77 folios in Gadbury's holograph, including nine diagrams and various tables, with astrological symbols, two leaves torn with loss of lower half, including one diagram, a further leaves at end with notes and accounts on sundry matters in more than one hand and dating from 18th and 19th century, some blank pages and areas within the Gadbury manuscript with these sundry later notes and accounts, a little soiling and tissue repair to gutter margin of first two leaves, early 19th century roan backed boards with the name John Gadbury written to upper cover and pastedown in an unidentified hand, some edge wear, 180 x 140 mm. The folios are numbered throughout, the folios present being 20-25, 27-23, 36-59, 61-101, 103-107, [3 leaves], 123-25, 128, 130, 133-35, 137, 139-140. The Gadbury manuscript runs up to folio 100 inclusive and would appear to be the end of the text, the word finis appearing on folio 98 before some final meridian altitude tables. The later hand or hands appear to be largely by one Isaac Stephenson and seem to largely date from the late 18th century. John Gadbury, astrologer, was born in Wheatley, Oxfordshire. In 1655 he published ‘Speculum Astrologicum', the first of his annual almanacs and ephemerides. This was replaced after two issues by ‘An Astrological Prediction', he published various supplementary special issue almanacs in 1697, the most likely date this appears to have been written, he published another volume of ‘Ephemeris' and ‘Astrologonaytis or, the Astrological Seaman'. Provenance: From a private library in Derbyshire in his family home the manuscript has been for many generations. With thanks to William Hodge of the Bodleian Library who supplied photocopies of Gadbury's holograph photocopied from items in their collections. (1)

*Gloucestershire - Cirencester. An autograph letter signed from Thomas Adams, April 1606, to Francis Woodward at Baynards Castle [London home of the Earls of Pembroke], concerning Cirencester and the seven Hundreds, and a potential problem should Lord Henry Berkeley buy the Hundreds, then currently owned by Henry Danvers, and the consequent effect that this might have on a trial, then changing to informal use and stating that ‘Arthur Crewe and myself sent six Lamprey pies, five of them to be delivered to my Lord, and the other for yourself', lightly dampstained along right margin, one page, folio, with integral address panel and wax seal. Provenance: Archdeacon George Glover. It would seem that Thomas Adams and Francis Woodward were both agents for the Earl of Pembroke and that Adams, being the country agent, was reporting to the London agent. The problem seems to have been that Adams thought that a legal case between Berkeley and Pembroke might be affected if Berkeley were to purchase Cirencester and then possibly the votes of the inhabitants of the seven Hundreds. (1)

*Hughes (Ted, Poet Laureate, 1930-98). Autograph letter signed ‘Ted', Court Green, North Tawton, Devon, 23rd October 1992, to Ernest and Liz [Martin], ‘I don't know why I never see you. My life's a kind of rubbish dump - everything piled up except what ought to be. I'll get over there soon, though. Bring you a belated birthday present. 80's not bad, weighing up 62, 80's not at all bad. What do you think about this country? I can hear your cackle, from here', old tea-stain to lower blank area of paper, one page, folio, together with an autograph letter signed from Hughes's wife Carol, 6th April 1993, also to Ernest and Liz, telling that they have had a mixed year, and that her sister has been staying with them following cancer diagnosis and treatment, continuing to say that Ted is flourishing and working well, though he has a little scarring on the iris caused by a bad attack of shingles three winters ago, giving news about other family members including Frieda, Nicholas and Olwyn, 4 pp., 4to (2)

*Inge (William Ralph, 1860-1954, Dean). An archive of ephemera relating to "the gloomy Dean" and his family, including his father, William Inge (Provost of Worcester College, Oxford), and his son, Charles, including four family photo albums (1902-1908) a total over 200 window-mounted photos of family, friends, home, etc., some captions, plus a small box file containing packages of negatives and small snapshots of foreign travels, mostly signed by C. H. Inge to versos, a 19th c. photo album with views in Greece, etc., large folio, plus photos and ephemera relating to Charles Inge and a 1930s expedition to the Middle East with Olga Tufnell, and their discoveries at Lachish plus other Inge related ephemera and a biography by Adam Fox (a carton)

*James II (King of England, 1633-1701). Document signed, Whitehall, 5th January, 1685/6, manuscript Letters Patent on paper, creating Adam Loftus Baron of Rathfarnham in Our County of Dublin and Viscount Lisburne', signed ‘James R' at head and by Lord Sunderland, [Robert Spencer, Second Earl of Sunderland, 1641-1702] at foot, one page with integral address panel addressed to Henry [Hyde, Second] Earl of Clarendon, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, folio. Provenance: Archdeacon George Glover. (1)

*Joubert (Barthelemy Catherine, 1769-99). Four autograph documents signed, [1st March 1797, 5th March 1798, 30th November 1798 & 16th December 1798], the first to General Beliard concerning the need to use animals for the subsistence of the brigade, the second to the Minister of War, the third an order of the day to the Court General in Milan, and the last to the General of the First Division in Turin, all on printed Armee d'Italie letterhead, and all signed ‘Joubert', each one page (the third two pages), 4to/folio, together with one further document signed by General Championnet on Naples army letterhead, [7th February 1799], one page with integral address panel, folio. Joubert first came to the attention of Napoleon during the campaign of 1796 and was thereafter repeatedly selected for command of important detachments. He died in the disastrous battle of Novi. (5)

*Maria Theresa (1717-80, Empress of Austria). Document signed ‘Maria Theresa', Vienna, 11th July 1777, in Latin, being a mandate, concerning a legal case against Andreas Bencza of Bohemia, endorsed with a paper wafer seal, decorative heading with Maria Theresia in large capitals at head, counter signatures at foot, a little browned along folds, lower blank margin of address panel cut-away without loss, folio (1)

A 19th Century Sketch Book and Folio of unframed Prints and Drawings by various hands, watercolours, oils and pencil including Lighthouse near Geneva – Turner – House in Breton – O'Neil – Colman Charcoal and Pencil Sketches, Oils of Venice and Milan circa late 19th Century and others.

First Folio, The complete works of Shakespeare and sundry volumes various

Floris Verster, folio of Japanese reproduction prints and German work folios (4)

Folio Society: Thomas Hardy and others, all with slipcases

Folio Society, quantity, in slipcases

Oak carved foliate decorated folio stand

GEORGE CHRISTOPHER DAVIES – THE SCENERY OF BROADS AND RIVERS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK, (1883, 1st series, 14 (of 25) annan photogravure plates), one lacking small printed caption, loose as issued, in original folio

THREE 20TH CENTURY COLOURED PRINTS, ‘Hyacinths’; ‘The Oblique-leafed Begonia’ and ‘The China Limodoron’, (believed to come from Robert Thornton’s The Temple of Flora, 1951 folio edition), 18” x 13 ½”, (3)

CECILIA LUCY BRIDEWELL, (1811-75), TWELVE ETCHINGS, NORWICH1847, TWELVE ETCHED PLATES ON TEN LEAVES AS ISSUED, TWO ADDITIONAL ETCHINGS LAID DOWN AND A FEW OTHERS LOOSELY INSERTED, FOLIO CONTEMPORARY HALF CRIMSON MOROCCO BINDING, (WORN)

A FOLIO OF ETCHINGS YOSHIJURO URUSHIBARA (1888-1953) MOONLIT PINES Woodcut engraving, signed in pencil, 35cm x 24cm, G. HAYES, Tantallon Castle, 36cm x 42.5cm, E.M. SYNGE, Chateau, 37.5cm x 20cm, ALBANY E. HOWARD, The Arno, 13cm x 18cm with defects, FRANCIS DODD, "Waterloo Bridge", Etching, signed in pencil and dated 1911, unframed, ERNEST STEPHEN LUMSDEN "Calton Hill", signed in pencil, 19.5cm x 23cm, EUGENE BEJOT "La Port Henry IV", signed in pencil, unframed, 15cm x 20cm and H. THORLEY "Stirling Castle from the Raploch", signed in pencil, unframed, 25cm x 30cm 18.5cm x 29cm (8)

A small quantity of desk accessories, late 19th century, comprising a gilt tooled leather folio blotter, 50 x 36cm; another, smaller; a third with needlework covering; a gilt tooled leather stationery tray with cover; and a Milanese bone inset wood desk blotter

Samuel Smiles, "Life of a Scotch Naturalist", one Volume, Third Edition, published Murray 1877, "Elizabeth and Her German Garden", published Macmillan 1904, three other Books and a Folio of prints, (6).

Art and Architecture - Gray, Basil. Iran, Persian miniatures. New York, [1956], folio, 34 plates, original boards, some staining, dustwrapper, heavily rubbed, torn, interior clean; Cerwinske, Laura Russian Imperial Style. London, 1990 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, a good copy; Plumb, J.H. & Wheldon, H. Royal Heritage. London, 1977 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, a good copy; Oliver, Cordelia Joan Eardley. Edinburgh, 1988 4to, original decorative paper covers, a good copy; Smith, W. Gordon W.G. Gillies. Edinburgh, 1991 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, a fine copy and 26 others on art and architecture (32)

Gavard, Charles. Galeries historiques de Versailles. Paris, 1838-[46], folio, a large quantity of engraved plates, disbound, all very heavily stained and foxed, several torn [corresponding text leaves and cloth boards also included - please request to view] Sold not subject to return (qty)

Paisley Textiles, original watercolours. An album of 338 original watercolour and gouache designs on paper for Paisley textiles, probably a manufacturer's design portfolio, bound into a folio album, probably French, with lettering largely lost from spine [Pro]priete Ma[ison] Stamm [or Slamm], c.1870-80 Note: A very fine collection of original Paisley designs, the work of a shawl designer, shawl designer company, or shawl manufacturer. Shawls of Paisley design were in fashion for nearly 100 years, from around 1780 until the 1870’s. During this time millions were woven, embroidered and printed in Kashmir, Persia, India, Russia, USA and Europe, in France at Paris and Lyon, Austria in Vienna, in England at Norwich and in Scotland at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Paisley itself. It was the woven Kashmir shawls which first caught women's imagination and European manufacturers were quick to emulate them by weaving or printing. Paisley produced shawls the most economically and for the longest period, the name becoming synonymous with the place of manufacture. One of the biggest problems within the shawl industry, and their designs, is that of provenance, because the different weaving and printing centres were busy copying and pirating each other's designs It is likely that these designs may have originated in Alsace

Ewing, Thomas. New General Atlas containing Distinct Maps of all the Principal States and Kingdoms throughout the World. Edinburgh, [c. 1830's], 4to, 27 hand coloured maps, contemporary quarter morocco, worn, title page torn [losses], foxing throughout, maps of Europe, England and Austria torn [no loss], various ink annotations to maps of Scotland and England; Arrowsmith, A An Atlas of Ancient Geography. London, 1844 8vo, 26 maps, hand coloured in outline, contemporary half calf, paper label, worn, upper board loose, map X torn [lacking part of left margin and right hand half of map], title page torn, ink stain to outer edge, some foxing; Johnston, A.K. [Atlas of Modern Geography. London, c. 1870's, folio], 24 double page maps, hand coloured in outline, disbound, foxing, staining to edges. Sold not subject to return (3)

Johnston, A.K Handy Royal atlas of Modern Geography. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1868 folio, 45 maps, hand coloured in outline, contemporary half red morocco gilt, worn at edges, inner hinges strengthened, some light foxing; Hughes, William (ed) Philip's Library Atlas of Ancient and Modern geography. London, [no date], 4to, coloured maps, original blue cloth gilt , worn,. torn, title loose, some foxing (2)

Rocque, John. A New and Accurate Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. London, [1746], folio [54cm by 40cm], title printed in red and black, in English, French and Latin, engraving on title, 16 double-page plates, all mounted on guards, title strengthened in inner margin, contemporary half calf, upper board loose, ex-library copy with maps unobtrusively blind-stamped Note: REf and note.

Gastronomy, Wine and Alcohol. Behrens, J.G Disputatio de fermentatione, Helmstadt, 1672 4to, wrappers, bookplate of Andre Simon, slightly spotted; Dissertatio inauguralis juridica de legibus conviviorum. Jena, [1716], 4to, marbled boards; Fischer, J.F. Dissertation juridica de convivis non Invitatis, Leipzig, [n.d.], 4to, wrappers; Precis pour Jean-Baptiste Hannen. contre les Jures & Communaute des Maitres Brasseurs de Paris, drop-head title, stitched as issued, 4to, 1767; Sentence de Police que defend aux Maistres Rotisseurs de renvoyer aux marchands forains aucunes marchandises, folded as issued, 4to, 1729; Lefebvre-Chabert. Memoirs traitant de la guerison complete de toutes les parties de la vigne, Paris, 1854 4to, original wrappers (torn); Arret du Conseil d'Etat du Rois, qui ordonne que tous les Proces-Verbaux de Saisie qui ont ete fait, de Bieres, Cidres, Poire, Eaux-de-vie, [Paris], 1770 4to, folded as issued; Republique Francaise] Les speculateurs conjure pour ruines le peuple de Paris, lies au Pilori, Paris, 1871 broadside, folded; Tableau des Courtiers-Gourmets-Liqueurs de Vins et Eaux de Vie, Paris, 1851 folio broadside, folded, slightly spotted; American Viticulture. Prix-courant des Cepages Americains resistant au phylloxera de MM. Bush & Fils & Meissner, viticulteurs et pepinieristes a Bushberg, pres Saint-Louis (Missouri), 1876 folded sheet; and several other pieces of related ephemera (quantity)

[Walpole, Sir Robert]. A Letter from a Member of Parliament to his Friends in the Country, concerning the Duties on Wine and Tobacco, 1733 8vo, red morocco-backed cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; Some General Considerations concerning the Alteration and Improvement of Publick Revenues, 1733 8vo, half-title, marbled boards, red morocco label lettered in gilt on upper cover; Food and Wine. Report from the committee on laws relating to the Manufacture, Sale and Assize of Bread, 1815 folio, contemporary limp leather; Reports relating to the entertainment of Her Majesty the Queen in the Guildhall of the City of London, 1838 folio, engraved illustrations, cloth-backed boards; 7 extracted Acts of Parliament relating to excise Duties on Coffee, 1808-14 4to, disbound; Act of Parliament for the better adjusting and more easy Recovery of the Wages of certain Servants, 4to, wrappers, 1747; and an extract 'De vino libellus' from Adrian Turnebi's Opera , folio, marbled boards (13)

19th Century Binding. An album of blank leaves mounted on guards. [Edinburgh, no date], folio, full calf gilt extra, brown label on backstrip entitled "Works of John Constable R.A.", marble endpapers, a.e.g., some rubbing to hinges, bookplate Provenance: Bookplate of T.B. Johnston

Dryden, John. Absalom and Achitophel, a poem. London: printed for J.T., 1681. First edition, folio, pp. 32 part one only, later half morocco gilt, rubbed, foxing, waterstaining to inner hinges, repairs to edges of several pages, contemporary ink notes in margins and on title, bookplate Note: Wing D-2212.

Shakespeare, William. Works of The Edinburgh Folio. London: Grant Richards, 1901 4to, 40 volumes, limited to 1000 copies, original boards, some rebacked, others with faded backs, some volumes hand-number in ink, interiors clean, uncut (40)

Naval Academy--Thomas Corbett (1687-1751), Secretary to the Admiralty. A.L.S. to the Hon. Richard Hughes, detailing the "instructions relating to the academy, that the master shall settle a plan for a regular & orderly course in the several studies the scholars are to apply themselves to, and lay before the Lord of the Admiralty. Sir Charles Wager. I am commanded by him to write to you his desire that you will let me Haselden know it will be proper he should turn his thoughts to the framing such a plan which is to be well weighted & considered as being the Foundation on which the success of the Institution chiefly depends.", one page folio, Admiralty Office, 26 Oct. 1733; with a second letter suggesting amendments "plan is well done as far as it goes, & wants only the mathematical parts of teaching added to it", Admiralty Office, 1 Nov. 1733; A.L.S. from Thomas Corbett to Capt. Windham regarding a ship under his command (torn with loss and of text and partly laid down); with an A.L.S. from C. Corbett to Sir George Chalmers discussing the first volume of the latter's Caledonia, 1 Oct. 1808 (4)

Handel, George [The most celebrated songs in the Oratorio call'd Athalia. London: Walsh no. 545 c. 1735] pp. 29 , lacking title, [bound with] A second collection of the most favourite songs in the opera called Pastor Fido. London: Walsh mo. 513 [c. 1734], pp. 9 26 [bound with] Hasse, J.A. The favourite songs in the opera called Artaxerxes. London: Walsh, [c. 1734] pp. 19 [bound with] Hayden, G. Three Cantatas composed, engraved title, pp. 14 London: Walsh no 292 [c. 1735?], folio, contemporary half calf, red label, worn, interior clean; Shield, William Rosina a musical entertainment as performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden adapted for one or two guitars. London: for W. Napier, [no date], oblong 8vo, pp. 29 original paper wrappers, discoloured, and another. [3] Note:Smith p. 97 no 2; p. 48 no 2 The New Theatre at Covent Garden was opened on 7 December 1732 and offered Handel two opera nights a week. The 1734-35 season, saw a revival of Il pastor fido in a new version and the first London performance of Athalia. Araxerxes, a pasticcio using some of Hasse's settings, was put on by the Nobility Opera at the King's Theatre on 29 October 1734 with the greatest castrato of the age Farinelli

Miscellaneous - Milton, John. Paradise lost and Paradise regain'd. Birmingham: printed by John Baskerville, 1760 2 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red and black labels, hinges split, worn at edges, interiors clean, owner's ink inscription on titles; Lawrence, Richard The complete farrier and British sportsman. London, 1816 4to, frontispiece, 12 plates, contemporary quarter black morocco gilt, red label, rubbed, cloth torn and peeling from board, foxing, offsetting, owner's ink inscription on front endpaper; Flaxman, John The iliad of Homer. 39 engraved plates [with] The odyssey of Homer. 34 engraved plates [with] Compositions from the tragedies of Aeschylus. 31 engraved plates, all London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1805 oblong folio, half black calf, red label, rubbed at hinges, cracking, corners worn, browning along lower and right edge, foxing throughout; Johnson, Samuel The lives of the English poets and a criticism on their works. Dublin: for Whitestone, etal, 1781 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary tree calf gilt, worn, boards loose, hinges split, rear endpapers of volume II torn, some foxing to upper edges of volume III; Ibid The lives of the most eminent English poets. London: for J. Buckland, 1793 8vo, 4 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf gilt, worn, boards loose, browning to edges, offsetting to title of volume I; Ibid Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces. London: for T. Davis, 1774. Second edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary tree calf gilt, red and black labels, dutch marble endpapers, rubbed, hinges weakening, occassional foxing and 2 others (15)

Curtis, William Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as grow wild in the Environs of London. London: by the Author and B. White, [1775-] 1777-1798 first edition, first issue title, 2 volumes, folio, engraved title vignette to volume 1 435 hand-coloured engraved plates on 432 leaves, after Sydenham Edwards, James Sowerby and William Kilburn, contemporary speckled calf, titles laid down and torn with slight loss to imprints and affecting the first letter of title of volume II, volume II with inner lower corner of dedication leaf, subscriber's list and preface repaired, the last two with slight loss to text, volume I without the individual indices to fasicles I-III and volume II without the general index to fasicles IV-VI, plates numbered 32 and 96 in volume 1 shaved with slight loss, occasional light marginal spotting Note: One of the greatest British botanical books, the first edition of the first colour-plate national flora of England. Curtis, with the support of Lord Bute, published the first part in 1775. After ten years work on Flora Londinensis his threatening bankruptcy compelled Curtis to commence publication of The Botanical Magazine, the immediate success of which allowed him to continue the publication of the Flora Londinensis, the former, as Curtis put it, providing 'the pudding', the latter the critical acclaim of his fellow botanists. The Flora also contains James Sowerby's first book illustrations, Sowerby's son recording how "Curtis engaged Mr Sowerby to join him in his botanizing excursions around London and to draw the plants while he described them, so they often worked sociably together in the open fields" The present copy has been bound with the plants ordered alphabetically but with volume 1 following the listing given in the general index (to fascicles I-III), whilst the second volume follows the listing in the three individual fascicles (IV-VI). This copy also contains both the "General Observations. on the best Grasses" and the "Catalogue of certain plants, growing wild in the Environs of Settle." Dunthorne 87; Great Flower Books (1990) p.88; Henrey III, 595

Daniell, Thomas and William. A Picturesque Voyage to India, by the Way of China. London: Longman, Hurst [&c.], 1810 first edition, oblong folio, 10 original parts, 50 hand-coloured aquatint plates after T. and W. Daniell on thick card, each plate with one accompagnying leaf of text, uncut, loose as issued in ten original printed wrappers, within contemporary half calf folders, green morocco lettering piece on upper covers, contemporary inscription on folder, ties, several wrappers split at fold or with short tear, bindings worn, ties frayed Note: A fine set in the original wrappers. Abbey Travel 516; Tooley 173; Colas 797.

Flacius, Mathias. Clavis scripturae S. seu de sermone sacrarum literarum. Basle: Sebastianum Henricpetri, 1609 folio, 2 volumes in one, woodcut device on titles and at end, contemporary panelled calf roll-tooled with device incorporating dolphin and floral design, head and tail of spine and joints neatly repaired, gilt stamp on covers of The Society of Writers to the Signet, red morocco lettering piece

Hooker, Sir W.J Perthshire Illustrated. A Series of Select Views of the Picturesque and Romantic Scenery and Principal Mansions of Perthshire. London: A. Fullerton, 1843 first edition, large paper copy, folio, additional engraved title, 63 engraved plates on india paper, contemporary green half morocco, some spotting to plate margins and title, rubbed, cloth sides slightly marked and creased

Keith, Robert. The History of the Affairs of Church and State in Scotland. Edinburgh: T. & W. Ruddimans, 1734 folio, volume 1 (all published), engraved frontispiece map, contemporary calf, worn, lower cover detached; [Anonymous] A New and Full, Critical, Biographical and Geographical History of Scotland. London: for the author, 1749 folio, engraved plates, contemporary half russia, once repaired, covers detached; Major, John. Historia majoris Britanniae tam Angliae quam Scotiae. Edinburgh, R. Fribarnium, 1740 4to, contemporary calf, armorial bookplate of James, 5th Duke of Hamilton, very light wear at head of spine; Collier, Jeremy. The Great Historical, Geographical, Genealogical and Poetical Dictionary. London, 1701-27 3 volumes, folio, contemporary half calf, occasional browning or spotting, rubbed, one joint repaired, hinges of volume 2 weak, title page of volume 2 dust-soiled (6)

King James the First--Arthur Wilson The Life and Reign of King James the First. enlarged and extra-illustrated by the insertion of several hundreds of portraits, maps, views, autograph letters and historical documents. Collected and arranged by A.M. Broadley, one volume extended to 5 folio, specially printed titles dated 1902 green morocco gilt, double gilt fillet on sides enclosing James I's cipher, spines gilt, spines slightly faded Note: Despite the removal of the most significant historical items, this remains a monumental compilation. Autograph letters and documents bound in include a contemporary copy of King James I's letters to the King of Bohemia and communications to parliament 1623-24 57pp; four pages of hand-coloured seventeenth-century arms, clipped signature of Charles Blount, Earl of Devonshire, Grooms of His Majesty's bedchamber 3pp. bill of expenses 1623-24 issues in the Termes of Michas 1623-24 petition signed by Lord Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex 1623; letter signed by Amedee, Duke of Savoy, when Prince of Piedmont 1619 document signed by William Duke of Savoy, 1632 document signed by Lord Buckhurst, Earl of Nottingham, Lord Lunsdon and Robert Cecil 1599 document signed by Arabella Countess of Nottingham, 1647 and autograph signature and 6 lines by Edward Zouche, 12th baron le Zouch on petition dated 16 Feb. 1619 amongst others. It also includes uncoloured maps of Scotland (split at fold without loss) England and Great Britain (repaired on verso without loss) by John Speed, hand-coloured Blaeu map of Guiana, uncoloured Braun and Hogenberg views of Rotterdam and Bergen, coloured Braun and Hogenberg view of La Rochelle, and an uncoloured A New Map of East India, sold by Tho. Bassett and Richard Chiswell. Also bound in and inlaid to size are several rare works: Aulicus Coquinariae, or a Vindication in Answer to a Pamphlet entituled The Court and Character of King James, 1650 Sir John Skynner'sRapta Tatio. The Mirrour of His Majesties present Gouvernment, tending to the Union of his whole Island of Brittonie Martiall. London, 1604 John Thornborough's A Discourse plainly proving the evident utilitie and urgent necessitie of the desired happie Union. London, 1604 and Carolus Redex, Oxford: J. Lichfield and J. Short, 1623

Kircher, Athanasius. Turris Babel, sive archontologia. Amsterdam: ex officina Janssonio-Waesbergiana, 1679 folio (384 x 234mm.), first edition, engraved additional title after Gerard Lairesse, 12 engraved plates, 4 double-page, 5 folding, numerous illustrations, 14 engraved, 6 of these full-page, plan of Ninevah with 30mm. tear to fold, two small tears to following plate, occasional browning, eighteenth century calf, spine gilt, later leather lettering-piece, some scuffing to extremities, head of spine chipped Note: First edition of a finely illustrated work, an important philological work, valuable for its study of the origin and priority of Indo-European languages. Caillet 5795

Lambert, Aylmer Bourke. A Description of the genus Pinus. London: William Stevens for James Bohn, 1842 2 volumes (text volume 8vo, plate volume folio), titles in red and black, 93 hand-coloured engraved plates, 7 plates of views of trees in landscapes, 86 plates of botanical details, after Ferdinand Bauer, J. Sowerby, J.T. Hart and others, engraved by Warner, Mackenzie, J. Sowerby, E.S. Weddell, Quiroz and others, uniform dark blue half morocco, spines gilt, occasional light spotting, 16 plates shaved into plate area with no loss to titles, imprint or image, binding scuffed and rubbed Note: A fine copy of Lambert's masterpiece including spectacular plates after Franz Bauer. Only a few copies of Bohn's issue appear to have been published, no copy being listed as having sold at auction in the past twenty-five years.The first edition was begun in 1803 and completed in 1824 with a total of 58 plates. It then appeared in various formats with varying numbers of plates until the Bohn issue of 1842. According to Henrey the largest number of plates found is 103 in the 3 volume folio edition published by George White between 1837 and 1842 (although Nissen gives a plate total of 117 for the same edition). The present example has one more plate than the Lindley Library copy described by Henrey. Henrey III, 925

Macpherson, James. I Canti d'Ossian Pensieri di un Anonimo. Disegnati ed incisi a contorno. Venice: Giuseppe Battagia, Tipografia d'Alvisopoli, 1817 oblong folio, engraved calligraphic title, 48 engraved plates, errata leaf, contemporary red half morocco gilt, marbled sides Note: A bizarre series of plates by Canova's pupil Luigi Zandomeneghi to illustrate Macpherson's Ossian. Despite the controversy surrounding Macpherson's false claim that Fingal's author was a third century Gaelic poet, these Celtic Romances were much admired in Europe as the Northern equivalent of the works of Homer. Cicognara's attribution (1106) to Zandomeneghi is followed by UCBA but neither gives an imprint or date

Millais, John Guille. Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches. London: H. Sotheran, 1892 first edition, folio, portrait frontispiece, 15 coloured plates, 18 autotype plates, illustrations in text, publisher's red half morocco lettered in gilt, t.e.g., very minor spotting to a few leaves

Millais, John Guille. British Deer and their Horns. London: H. Sotheran, 1897 folio, coloured frontispiece, 10 plates, numerous illustrations in the text, publisher's pictorial buckram, armorial bookplate, contents loose, head of spine slightly frayed, upper cover very lightly spotted

Millais, John Guille. The Natural History of British Game Birds. [1909], folio (41 x 32cm.) author's copy of first proofs, signed, 17 coloured plates (most chromolithographs on thick paper), tissue guards, 17 uncoloured plates (7 signed by the author), three with caption added in pencil, four with pencil notes, initialled, to printers, text mounted on guards throughout, several pages of text with proof corrections by the author, several leaves of text stamped "Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh, revise" with date in pencil, red half morocco by Sotherans, spine gilt in compartments, a few pages of text lightly spotted, bound without the title, first text leaf being A1 [p.1] Note: Inscribed and signed by the author on front endpaper "Author's copy of first proofs, bound by Sotherans Sept. 1911 J.G. Millais, Comptons Brown, Horsham" with a pencil note "Given by JGM to be sold at the Red Cross sale at Christie's. Bt. by J.W.R.".

Parliament of Scotland The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. [No imprint], 1844-1814-1823 volumes 1-11 (of 12), folio, uniform contemporary half calf except for volume 3 in later half calf, worn, bookplate of Baron Hume 1829 and Edinburgh library stamp in volume 3 Note: This comprehensive collection of acts is complete for the years 1124-1707

Sibbald, Sir Robert. Scotia Illustrata sive Prodromus Historiae Naturalis. Edinburgh: J. Kniblo, J. Solingensis & J. Colmarii, 1684 4 parts in one volume, folio, frontispiece with coat-of-arms and 22 engraved plates, errata leaf, contemporary mottled calf, raised bands, red morocco lettering piece, Kimbolton Castle copy with book-label, early inscription of F. St. John, neatly rebacked and neatly repaired at corners Note: A fine copy. Sibbald was the leading Scottish physician, antiquary and naturalist of his time. Each part has its own title, the third part including a short chapter on the Edinburgh physic garden, the first botanical garden in Scotland which owed its inception to Sibbald and Andrew Balfour. Sibbald was also instrumental in founding the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and in 1682 was appointed physician to Charles II. Wing S3727.

Thoyras, Rapin de and Nicholas Tindal The History of England. London: J. & P. Knapton, 1743-47 volumes 1 and 2 third edition, 4 volumes in 5 folio, 160 engraved plates and plans, 24 folding maps, 9 folding tables, titles printed in red and black, contemporary calf, spines gilt, red morocco lettering and volume pieces, repairs to some joints and heads of spines, several joints cracked, foot of three spines rubbed

Beningfield, Gordon. Butterflies. London: Carter Nash Cameron, 1978 folio, number 3 of 250 copies, signed by the illustrator, with original watercolour by Beningfield to title, full brown morocco gilt, slipcase, a fine copy

Beningfield, Gordon. Butterflies. London: Carter Nash Cameron, 1978 folio, number 153 of 250 copies, signed by the illustrator, 20 tipped in colour plates, original half morocco gilt, slipcase, a fine copy

Beningfield, Gordon. Butterflies. London: Carter Nash Cameron, 1978 folio, number 130 of 250 copies, signed by the illustrator, 20 tipped in plates, original half morocco gilt, slipcase, a fine copy

Frohawk, F.W Natural History of British Butterflies. London: Hutchinson & Co, 1914. First edition, folio, 2 volumes, 60 full page colour plates, original cloth gilt, upper board of volume 2 stained, interiors clean (2)

Harrison, J.C The Birds of Prey of the British Islands. Kingston Deverill: Fine Bird Books, 1980 folio, number 104 of 275 copies, signed by the artist, 20 colour plates, original half morocco gilt, slipcase, a fine copy

Thorburn, A British Birds. London: Longmans, 1915-1918 folio, 5 volumes [inc. supplement in paper covers], number 66 of 105 copies, 82 mounted colour plates, original red cloth gilt, some fading to backstrips, foxing to edges and endpapers, occasional spotting elsewhere (5)

Thorburn, A Birds of Prey. London: W.F. Embleton, 1919. First edition, folio, one of 150 copies, 12 mounted plates all signed by the artist, loosely inserted pencil sketch by the artist of a Golden Eagle [27cm by 20cm, initialed in left corner], text leaves and plates all mounted on guards, modern morocco gilt, marble endpapers, a fine copy of a rare work

Thorburn, A British Mammals. London: Longmans, 1920 folio, 2 volumes, number 101 of 155 copies, 50 colour plates, original red cloth gilt, heavily faded at backstrip and edges, foxing to endpapers (2)

Thorburn. A Game Birds and Wildfowl of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Longmans, 1923 folio, number 65 of 155 copies, 30 colour plates, original red cloth gilt, heavily faded at backstrips and edges, corners bumped, some foxing to endpapers and half title

Thorburn, A Birds of Prey. Lamarsh: Major Iain Grahame, 1985 folio, number 16 of 150 copies, facsimile of original 1919 publication, 12 colour plates, half green morocco gilt by Muir & Game, slipcase [with] an accompanying portfolio of four prints taken from the 1985 facsimile of Birds of Prey [Kestrel, Sparrow-Hawk, Peregrine and Gyr-falcon], number 30 of 250 copies, in original paper portfolio, a fine set (2)

Bacon,Sir Francis. Sylva Sylvarum or a Natural History in Ten Centuries. London: for William Lee, 1658. Seventh edition, folio, frontispiece, engraved title, pp. [16] 218 [22], woodcut ornament [bound with] New Atlantis, pp. 36 [with] History Natural and Experimental of Life and Death. London, 1658 pp. [8] 64 contemporary calf, worn, upper board loose, lacking label, interior clean; Rapin de Thoyras, Paul The History of England. translated into English with additional notes by N. Tindal. London: for James, John and Paul Knapton, 1732-33. Second edition, folio, 2 volumes, 4 folding maps, 8 folding tables, contemporary calf gilt, worn, boards loose, hinges split, some folding tables browned, title page of volume 1 creased in upper outer corner, majority of interior very clean (3) Note: Gibson 177b, Wing B328

Flavell, John. The works. Edinburgh: heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, 1701. Folio, 2 volumes in 1 engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved emblematic plate, folding plate of a "Spiritual Compass", modern half sprinkled calf, marbled boards, small marginal tear to portrait frontispiece, frontispiece laid down, fraying to margin of titlepage, titlepage also laid down.