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Sepp (George & Jan Christiaen). Garrulus, ex Collectione plurimum reverendi Domini Adriani Buurt, V. P. Ministri Amstelaedamensis, n.d., c. 1770,. hand coloured copper engraving, plate size approx. 430 x 280 mm (17 x 11 ins), framed and glazed (1) #50-80-239. * Watercolour Album. An album containing approx. 80 well executed watercolour views, dated 1905 07,. including views in Scotland, South of France including Cap Martin, Swanage, Lymington, Poole, Porchester, Cherbourg, Rouen, etc., all images unsigned, sizes mostly 325 x 240 mm or 150 x 255 mm, some blank spaces, contemp. half morocco, worn with covers detached, oblong folio Provenance: The sketchbook of Sir Henry (b.1844) and Lady Emma (b.1853) Crichton of Netley Castle, Netley Abbey, Hampshire. Inherited by Mrs Louisa Charlotte Fanshawe, daughter of Sir Henry by his first wife, and passed to their son, Capt. Peter Fanshawe (d.1994) among whose effects it was discovered. See illustration inside rear cover of this catalogue. (1)

Australasian Sketcher, bound volume containing nos. 87, 88, 96 100, 102 115, 118 130, 133 139, 1879 1881,. profusely illustrated with wood engravings including views, news events, Ned Kelly interest including a full page portrait, etc., a few tears, contemp. buckram gilt, some fraying to extrems., folio (1)

Fashion. Art Gout Beauté, three orig. issues, September 1920, Christmas 1922, & November 1923,. tipped in hand stencilled colour plates to each, ads. etc., colour patterned endpapers, orig. printed wrappers, with mounted colour illusts. to upper cover of each, a little rubbed and some marks, slim folio, together with a collection of loose plates from Gazette du Bon Ton, including approx. sixty hand stencilled full page colour plates of fashions, c. 1920-21 and a quantity of illustrated leaves from various issues, c. 1921 24, contained in contemp. patterned chemise and slipcase, rubbed and marked, small 4to, plus Eva, two bound volumes of orig. issues of the Portuguese fashion journal, containing forty three orig. issues for 1933 and twenty eight orig. issues from April 1936 to February 1938, numerous col. and b&w illusts. of fashions, ads. etc., art deco style colour covers to each issue (a few covers missing), all bound in contemp. half blue cloth gilt, rubbed and marked to edges, folio (8)

Vanity Fair Album, volume 31, 1899,. fifty two chromo. caricatures including folding plate 'The Trial of Captain Dreyfus at Rennes', a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. green cloth, sl. rubbing to extrems., folio (1)

Vanity Fair Album, volume 33, 1901,. fifty two chromo. caricatures including folding plate 'Kirby Gate', a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. green cloth, sl. marked and extrems. a little rubbed, folio (1)

Vanity Fair Album, volume 35, 1903,. fifty three chromo. caricatures, incl. Mr. Samuel Mure Fergusson, Mr. Horace Harold Hilton, Mr. Lionel Charles Hamilton Palairet, George Hirst, Mr. Pelham F. Warner, "Danny" Maher, John Evelyn Watts, 21pp. ads. at rear, gutter percha beginning to perish, and first few leaves near detached, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. green cloth, lightly damp marked in places, folio (1)

* Henrietta Maria (Queen of Charles I & Her Son, Charles II, Prince). Document signed, Paris, 20th February 1647,. being a six page marriage contract between Charles de Lux and Henrietta Marie Coignet, signed at end 'Henrietta Marie R.', 'Charles P.', 'Charles de Lux', 'Henrietta Marie Coignet', and twenty five others, including members of the families of the bride and groom and members of the court, names including Marguerite Courtin, Elisabeth Garnier, Catherine Garnier, Louise Garnier, Ayloffe, Thomas Fermyn, Francois Demonbodiar, and others, a little minor spotting and soiling, first sheet of two partially split along vertical fold, folio Queen Henrietta Marie had escaped to France in 1644 fearing that she might be taken hostage in the Civil War then ensuing. Her son, Charles, Prince of Wales, left England in February 1646 and joined his mother at St. Germain in June. Curiously the bride and groom of this marriage at which the Queen and Prince were guests shared their first names. (1)

* Montagu (Edward, First Earl of Sandwich, 1625 72). Letter in French signed on board the Naseby, 28th June 1659,. in which Montagu attempts to mediate a peaceful resolution between Sweden and Denmark, signed E. Montagu, 2 pp., integral blank, vertical fold of blank leaf sl. perished at head and foot, folio Montagu had been to the Baltic on board the Naseby earlier in the year on Richard Cromwell's instructions with the aim of mediating in the ongoing conflict between Sweden and Denmark, following the Treaty of Roskild the previous year. He returned to the Baltic following orders of the newly restored Rump Parliament but suspicions about his Royalist leanings and was distrusted by both sides. Later the same year he ceased to command at sea. (1)

Churchill (Rt. Hon. Winston S., M.P. ). 'Winston', pub. Vanity Fair, September 27, 1900, orig. chromo. caricature by Spy, with part of associated leaf of text, folio Churchill was first caricatured by Spy when he was twenty seven, on the brink of a meteoric political career. The artist has portrayed him elegantly dressed, with arms akimbo and has captured the young politicians expression of engaging arrogance and liveliness. The text states: 'He can write and fight ... For himself, he has hankered after Politics since he was a small boy, and it is probable that his every effort, military or literary, has been made with political bent ... He is something of a sportsman: who prides himself on being practical rather than a dandy; he is ambitious; he means to get on, and he loves his country ...' (1)

Dublin Gazette. Collection of eleven separate issues for 1795 , containing the printing of over fifty various printed proclaimations, including the transportation to America, Quarantine of ships from New York, Norfolk, Virginia and Baltimore (owing to the plague), rewards for the capture of highwaymen, murderers, etc., bounties for seamen with listing of various bounties offered, armed attacks in Dublin and rewards for the capture of criminals, etc., folio (11)

* Engraved Plans. Group of five multiple sheet vellum indentures detailing the sale of manors and estates, each having a large vellum sheet hand engraved colour wash map, 19th and early 20th c ., relating to Bagstone Manor and Elmbridge Court in Gloucestershire, Manor of Syderstrand in Norfolk, Framlingham in Suffolk, Winford in Somerset, together with four large folio hardback bound indentures, each containing plans of estates in Bishops Wearmouth, Southwick, High Hendon (9)

* Execution Warrant. A manuscript execution warrant for Francis Henry De Lamotte, 23rd July 1781,. addressed to Thomas Sainsbury and William Crichton, Sheriff of the County of Middlesex, in the holograph of James Adair (Recorder) with his black wax seal and signature at foot, a little soiling, one page, folio Francois Henri de la Motte was an ex French Army officer executed in London for High Treason on 27th July 1781, as indicated in this document. He had been arrested in January 1781 on suspicion of being a spy and held for six months in the Tower of London. At an Old Bailey Trial on 23rd July he was found guilty of running an operation which sent secret Naval Intelligence to France, concerning British Fleet dispositions at Portsmouth and other British Ports. Though sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered he was spared to some extent and after one hour hanging he was taken down, his heart cut out and burned. A crowd of more than 80,000 people witnessed de la Motte's execution at Tyborn. (1)

* Greetings cards. A late 19th century album containing approx. 100 chromo. greetings cards by Hildesheimer & Faulkner,. the cards artistically displayed on thirty nine thick card leaves (one side only), with dried flower and foliage arrangements, orig. dark green cloth, rubbed and minor wear to extrems., bearing printed label inside front cover 'Hildesheimer & Faulkner's Album Competition, Class A. Album No. 53N.', 4to, together with another similar album containing a large miscellaneous collection of greetings cards and chromo. scraps, c. 1890s 1907, pasted to both sides of thirty thick card leaves, orig. dark green card covers, worn on spine, thick folio See illustration inside rear cover of this catalogue. (2)

* Hampshire. Large folio manuscript volume, 116 pp, commencing the 12th September 1840 , listing the rent charge in lieu of the tythes payable in the Parish of Odiham, Hampshire, detailing the names of the various land owners, who occupies the lands, names and description of lands and premises, state of cultivation, quantities in statute measure and amount payable (1)

Birkin (Lieut. Col. R.L.). History of the 3rd Regiment Imperial Yeomanry, 28 1 00 to 6 8 02, 1st ed., Nottingham, 1905,. folding map showing the pursuit of De Wet, three other maps and battle plans, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. black and red cloth with central gilt badge to upper cover, upper hinge partly split and some wear to extrems., oblong folio (1)

Hind (Henry Youle). North West Territory. Reports on Progress; together with a Preliminary and General Report on the Assiniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition, made under instructions from the Provincial Secretary, Canada, pub. Toronto, 1859, three eng. plts., four folding maps and plans (one torn and creased), incl. three hand col., four large folding survey maps loosely inserted, vigns. to text, half title present, near contemp. half sheep, with later cloth to boards and spine ends, orig. paper label relaid to upper cover, recent leather label to spine, folio Sabin 31937. (1)

India. Selections from the Records of the Madras Government. Dutch Records No.13, the Dutch in Malibar, being a translation of Selections nos. 1 and 2 with Introduction and Notes by A. Galletti, Rev. A.J. Van Der Burg and Rev. P. Groot, pub. Madras, Government Press, 1911,. charts and illusts., some folding, final index leaf creased, contemp. half cloth, rubbed, small folio (1)

Le Comte (Pierre). Afbeeldingen van Schepen en Vaartuigen in Verschillende Bewegingen, Amsterdam, 1831, half title, fifty fine hand col. litho plts. of ships & rigging etc., blind stamp to lower margin of each plt., occ. scattered spotting mostly to margins, contemp. printed boards, modern reback and repairs to board edges, oblong folio See illustration inside rear cover of this catalogue. (1)

Marmocchi (Francesco Constantio). Atlante di Geografia Universiale, Milan, Francesco Pagnoni & Trieste, Alessandro Levi, n.d., c. 1840s,. sixty one eng. maps, incl. several charts and tables, mostly full page and hand col. in outline, each with accompanying leaf of printed text, contemp. calf backed boards, rubbed and marked and some wear, large oblong folio (1)

Ponce (Nicolas). Vues des Principaux Ports et Rades du Royaume de France et de ses Colonies, Dessinées par Ozanne, et Gravées par Gouaz, Avec un Texte Descriptif, Géographique et Statistique, par N. Ponce, Paris, 1819,. eighty hand col. eng. plts. and one eng. map, few neat repairs to margins, some light damp staining to few leaves, modern diced calf gilt, folio A collection of French engraved views, including colonial possessions such as Antibes, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Granada, St. Dominica etc. See illustration on front cover of this catalogue. (1)

Prichard (James Cowles). The Natural History of Man..., 4th ed., edited and enlarged by Edwin Norris, 2 vols., 1855, forty two eng. plts. only (of 62), mostly hand col. aquas. of natives, extra illustrated with four addn. hand col. litho. plts., vol. 2 with stitching broken, with a one plt. and a text leaf detached, nine leaves to vol. 2 with insect damage (incl. one plt.), orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, worn and damp marked, with faded spines frayed (that to vol. 2 with loss), 8vo, together with Six Ethnographical Maps, Illustrative of "The Natural History of Man," and "Researches into the Physical History of Mankind", [so titled on cover], 2nd ed., [1861], six hand col. double page maps, 2 leaves of text tipped in at front, endpapers browned, hinges split, orig. cloth backed marbled boards, rubbed and sl. worn, printed label to upper cover, folio, plus a disbound copy of "The Natural History of Man", 3rd ed., 1848 (4)

Jesuits. Institutum Societatis Jesu, Auctoritate Congregationis Generalis XVIII. Meliorem in ordinem digestum, auctum, et recusum, 2 vols., Prague, Typis Universitatis Carolo Ferdinandeae in Collegio Societatis Jesu, 1757,. title printed in red and black with woodcut vign., eng. headpiece at front of each vol., num. small woodcut initials, contemp. blindstamped full vellum, with clasps (in working order), thick folio (1)

Lipsius (Justus). Opera Omnia, postremum ad ipso aucta et recensita: nunc primun copioso rerum indice illustrata, 4 vols., Antwerp, (Ex Officina Plantiniana), 1637,. addn. eng. title to first vol., num. eng. illusts. to text, incl. one or two full page, some marginal staining to prelims. of each vol., occn. light browning, contemp. full vellum, second vol. dampstained to covers, some wear to head and foot of joints and extrems., folio (4)

Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de). The Essayes written in French by Michael Lord of Montaigne, Knight of the Order of S. Michael, Gentleman of the French Kings Chamber, trans. John Florio, [2nd ed. of Florio's translation], printed by Melch. Bradwood for Edward Blount and William Barret, 1613,. 3 parts in one vol., with title page to each part, b & w woodcut head and tail pieces, initials etc., eng. port. of John Florio by William Hole, one or two minor marks to margins (generally in clean condition with good margins), contemp. reversed full calf, with blind double rule border, hinges partly cracked at head and foot, with portion to head of spine missing, folio STC 18042. Ex libris William Richards, inscribed in ink to front blank 'Gulielmus Richards Gun: et Can.', with inscription below 'Esto te memores brevis aevi'. Possibly the Anglican clergyman and author William Richards (1643 1705), who studied at Trinity College, Oxford, and wrote The English Orator (1680). With additional inscriptions in ink in an early 17th century hand to front blank (with name crossed out), and a list of Montaigne's favourite authors, and long quotation from Heliodorus, to rear pastedown. (1)

Pfintzing (Melchior). Der Aller Durchleuchtigste Ritter, oder die Rittermässige... Gross Thaten... dess Aller Grossmächtigsten Heldens Maximiliani I..., 2 parts in one, pub. M. Schultes, Ulm, 1679, eng. frontis. (closed tear to lower left portion of image), title printed in red & black, numerous woodcut illusts., dec. initials and head & tailpieces, minor worming to upper outer margin corners of last few pages, contemp. calf, elaborate gilt dec. spine, slightly rubbed to extrems., rear board with wear to upper outer corner, folio (1)

Riccioli (Giovanni Battista). Geographiae et Hydrographiae Reformatae libri Duodecim Quorum Argumentum Sequens Pagina Explicabit..., Bologna, 1661,. wood eng. illusts. & diags. to text, contemp. vellum, slight wear to spine, folio (1)

Secker (Thomas, Lord Bishop of Oxford). A Sermon Preached in the Parish Church of Christ Church, London; on Thursday May th 5th, 1743, being the Time of the Yearly Meeting of the Children Educated in the Charity Schools, in and about the Cities of London and Westminster...to which is annexed an Account of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2 parts in 1 volume, printed by M.Downing, 1743,. separate title page to each part, contemp. Dutch gilt wrappers, a little fraying to extrems., 4to, together with [Maynwaring, Arthur], A Vindication of the Present M y [Ministry], from the Clamours rais'd against them upon occasion of the New Preliminaries, 1711, 24 pp., stitched as issued, minor marks, unbound, 8vo, and Balzac (Jean Louis Guez), The French Favorites: or, the Seventh Discourse of Balzac's Politicks. Publish'd by the Reverend Dr. Kennet, Dean of Peterborough, 1709, 15 pp., unbound, 8vo, plus Spanheim (Friedrich), Laudatio Funebris Serenissomae ac Potentissimae Mariae II. Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, et Hiberniae Reginae, Sanctissimae Memoriae, Leiden: Elzevir, 1695, (4) + 93 + (3) pp., woodcut printers device to title, contemp. black upper wrapper (lower wrapper missing), folio (4)

Taylor (Jeremy, and Cave, William), Antiquitates Christianæ: or, The History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: as also The Lives, Acts and Martyrdoms of His Apostles, in Two Parts, 1st ed., printed by R. Norton, for R. Royston, 1675,. two parts in one vol., eng. port. frontis. (with owner's inscription in ink), addn. eng. title by W. Faithorne, printed title to each part, eng. illusts. to text, second part with double page eng. plt. of the Cedar Tree, some marks and minor marginal soiling and fraying to frontis. and eng. title at front of vol., old calf backed boards, worn with upper cover det., folio, together with Calvin (Jean), [Sermons of Maister John Calvin, upon the Booke of Job, trans. Arthur Golding], imprinted at London by Thomas Dawson, for George Byshop and Thomas Woodcocke, 1580, lacks title (A1), woodcut initials, occn. early marginal annotation in ink, some marginal fraying and soiling at front and rear of vol. and to central portion of text, early ink annotations and inscriptions to endpapers, contemp. full calf, worn with spine defective, folio (2)

Handel (George Frederic). Six Concertos, In Score, For the Organ or Harpsichord, with accompanyments for Two Violins, Two Hautboys, Viola & Violoncello, & A Second Set of Six Concertos, In Score, For the Organ or Harpsichord, with accompanyments for Two Violins, Two Hautboys, Viola & Violoncello, [Arnold's edition plates numbered 121 128], c. 1793,. eng. frontis. of the Apotheosis of Handel, by Heath after Rebecca, eng. title to each part, 2 pp. list of subscribers at end, a little foxing to frontis. and first title, contemp. half calf, rubbed and some minor wear, lacks title label to spine, together with Israel in Egypt, A Sacred Oratorio In Score Composed in the Year 1738, [Arnold's edition, plates numbered 92 98], c. 1790, without frontis. of the Roubiliac statue, some marks and marginal soiling, contents page to verso of final leaf, 2 pp. list of subscribers at end, title at front strengthened to inner margin with tape, modern quarter dark brown morocco, both folio, both ex libris Birmingham Festival Library, with one or two ink stamps to prelims., plus Haydn (Joseph), The Creation, An Oratorio... adapted for Voices and Piano Forte by Muzio Clementi, printed by Clementi Banger, Hyde, Collard, and Davis, n.d., c. 1801 06, eng. title, 200 pp. of engraved music (numbered 2 201), modern half black morocco, rubbed and some marks, folio, plus a copy of Arnold's edition of Handel's Messiah, somewhat soiled with some occn. marks in pencil or ink and archivally repaired to title and several other leaves to inner and lower margins, and archivally repaired to lower outer corners throughout, modern quarter brown calf, folio, plus Boyce (William), The Chaplet. A Musical Entertainment. As it is Perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, printed for I. Walsh [c. 1755], eng. title and forty six pp. of eng. music, with privilege leaf printed in a different type, bound with A Cantata and Six Songs set to Musick by a Gentleman of Oxford, printed by John Johnson ... and by Wm. Cross in Oxford, n.d., [c. 1745 49], eng. title, four pp. list of subscribers, and sixteen pp. of eng. music (numbered 2 17), some soiling and marks to first title, with contemp. gift inscription, dated 1767, from Mr. Buckeridge Ball Acworth, to Miss Mary Merest, modern morocco backed maroon cloth boards, slim folio Handel Descriptive Catalogue, p. 228 & 109 for the first two volumes. Haydn's Creation was first published in 1800. (4)

Maitland (J. A. Fuller and Squire, W. Barclay). The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, edited from the original manuscript, 2 vols., reprinted Dover Publications, 1963,. contemp. qtr. green morocco, 4to, together with Purcell (Henry), Orpheus Britannicus, 2 vols., 1721, reprint ed., Gregg Press, 1965, orig. blue cloth gilt, 4to, plus Victoria (Thomae Ludovici), Opera Omnia, vols. 1, 3, 5, & 7 only, 1902 11, reprint ed., Gregg Press, 1965, orig. blue cloth gilt, 4to, and other folio music scores, including Verdi's Falstaff, pub. G. Ricordi, 1893, Wagner's Der Rosenkavalier, Piano Edition, 1910 (previously owned by Albert Coates), Gregg Press reprint volumes of Handel's works, 7 vols., Dover reprints of Beethoven and Mozart's Complete String Quartets, etc., plus a large quantity of sheet music and concert programmes, some annotated from the collection of the organist Willis Grant, former professor of music at the University of Bristol (7 cartons)

Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus). Le Nozze di Figaro, Dramma Giocoso in Quattro Atti, 4 vols. bound in two, Paris, Chez Frey, Successeur de MM. Cherubini, Mehul, Kreutzer, Rode, et Boieldieu, [1812?],. eng. title to each part, with printed pubs. signature to lower margin of each, eng. music throughout by Dessaux, plates numbered 566 (titles numbered 366), contemp. green morocco backed boards gilt, rubbed and scuffed, folio Ex libris Edouard Jousè de Bernardy, Vicomte de Valernes (1762 1842), composer, councillor at the Parliament of Aix en Provence, member of the Philharmonic Academy of Bologna, etc., with his ink signature to foot of each title, and extensive three page ink inscription to front endpaper and front blank of each volume. According to the handwritten note, the Vicomte's "Bibliotheque musicale contient la belle et precieuse collection des opéras du célébre Mozart, et superbes et grandes partitions pour le théatre, belles editions, et reliures très soignées, ainsi que la collection de la musique dramatique et instrumentale de cet illustre auteur, entre autres la collection complete de Six Simphonies, quatuors, trios, et autres ...". (2)

Musica Britannia. A National Collection of Music, vol. I XXVII & XXIX, 1962 70,. uniformly bound in contemp. quarter brown morocco, a few minor marks to extrems., several later vols. with damp marking to covers, folio (28)

Basoli (Antonio). Raccolta di Prospettive Serie, Rustiche, e di Paesaggio, Bologna, 1810, title with eng. vign. (a little creased and marked), 102 copper eng. plts. after Basoli, a few minor marks, final eng. plt. and endpapers creased, contemp. calf backed marbled boards, rubbed and minor wear, large oblong folio Berlin Catalogue 4165. (1)

Bellori (Giovanni Pietro). Picturae Antiquae Cryptarum Romanarum, et Sepulcri Nasonum Delineatae, & Expressae ad Archetypa a Petro Sancti Bartholi et Francisco ejus Filio, Descriptae Vero, & Illustratae a Johanne Petro Bellorio et Michaele Angelo Causseo Opus Latine Redditum, Proditque Absolutius & Exactius cum Appendice Nunquam Edita, Rome, 1791,. eng. illust. to title, fifty seven eng. plts. (many with two images per plt., inc. 6 double page & 1 folding), slight damp staining to initial leaves, contemp. half sheep with vellum corners, spine worn and extrems. rubbed, folio (1)

Collinot (E. & Beaumont A. de). Encyclopedie des Arts Decoratifs de l'Orient, Recueil de Dessims pour l'Art et l'Industrie, three (of six) parts only, Paris, pub. Canson, 1883,. half title, title printed in red and black, single text leaf and single contents leaf to each part, 120 chromo. plts. on 119 leaves in all, a few plts. printed in monochrome, unobtrusive circular inkstamps to verso of each plt., contemp. half maroon morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed, upper joint sl. split at head, outer corners showing, elephant folio Each part limited to 500 copies. The three parts present are : Ornements de la Chine, Ornements du Japon & Ornements Vénitiens, Hindous, Russes, etc. The three sections not present are Ornements de la Perse, Ornements Arabe and Ornements Tourcs. (1)

Cutler (Thomas W.). A Grammar of Japanese Ornament and Design, pub. B. T. Batsford, 1880,. additional chromo. title printed in red and gold, sixty five mostly monochrome litho. plts., some in chromo., and a few heightened with gold, t.e.g., orig. dec. cloth gilt with bevelled edges, a little rubbed and some surface marks (generally in good condition), folio (1)

Edwards (Ralph). The Dictionary of English Furniture, 3 vols., revised and enlarged, pub. Antique Collectors Club, 1983,. some colour and numerous b&w illusts., orig. uniform maroon cloth gilt, 4to, limited ed. 922/1000, together with Symonds (R. W.), English Furniture from Charles II to George II, pub. The Connoisseur, 1929, colour frontis., b&w plts., t.e.g., orig. dark blue cloth, a little rubbed and some surface marks, large 4to, limited ed. 177/1000, plus Hepplewhite (A.), The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Guide; or, Repository of Designs, 3rd ed., improved, 1794, reprinted B. T. Batsford, 1897, numerous b&w plts., contents partly loose, some scattered foxing, orig. dark brown cloth gilt, folio, and Boutemy (André), Meubles Francais Anonymes du XVIIIe Siecle, Brussels, 1973, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., a little rubbed and marked, 4to, plus other furniture reference, various, including an ex library copy of The Dictionary of English Furniture, 3 vols., Country Life, 1954, the 1957 reprint of Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director, V & A Museum, Catalogue of English Furniture & Woodwork, 4 vols., 1923 31, Georgian Furniture, pub. H.M.S.O., 1969, Art Journal for 1867, 8 x Tiranti publications on furniture, etc. (approx. 50)

Flint (Sir William Russell). Drawings, 1st ed., 1950, numerous b & w and tinted litho plts. & illusts., orig. cloth, folio Inscribed by Flint to two of his models: 'Mollie & Veysie's copy, with my most affectionate wishes, Russell. July 12.1960'. (1)

Flint (Sir William Russell). The Lisping Goddess, printed at the Stanbrook Abbey Press, Worcester, 1968, two col. plts., b & w illusts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. blue morocco gilt, spine sl. faded, with slipcase, rubbed to edges, folio Limited edition 142/275, signed by the artist. (1)

Garnier (Edouard). La Porcelaine Tendre de Sevres, Paris, n.d., c. 1890,. fifty chromo. plts., many heightened with gold, titled tissue guards, loosely contained in orig. cloth portfolio, lacks ties, folio See illustration inside rear cover of this catalogue. (1)

Hall (Basil). The Great Polyglot Bibles, Including a Leaf from the Complutensian of Acalá, 1514 17, pub. The Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1966, unsewn folded leaves, orig. leaf from the first polyglot Bible tipped in, numerous letterpress illusts., the whole contained in printed wrappers, within purple silk solander box, a few markings, printed paper labels to spine and upper cover, folio Limited to 400 copies. (1)

Heseltine (Arthur, 1855 1930). Etchings by Arthur Heseltine, 1886 1893, fifty etched illusts. on forty six leaves, occ. minor spotting, contemp. half calf gilt, calf title label to upper board, rubbed to extrems., oblong folio, together with six 1935 Sotheby's auction catalogues relating to the Heseltine Collection (6)

Meyrick (Samuel Rush). A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1824, half title and addn. eng. vign. title to each (with ink lib. stamp to rectos and versos respectively), eighty eng. plts., mostly hand col., some heightened with gold, hand col. initials, endpapers sometime renewed, t.e.g., remainder rough trimmed, contemp. red half morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed, lib. labels to spine ends, vol. 3 with spine torn (without loss) and lower cover detached, folio See illustration inside rear cover of this catalogue. (3)

Passeri (Giovanni Battista). [Serie di Trecento Tavole in rame rappresentanti pitture di vasi degli antichi Etrusci tratta dalla Biblioteca Vaticana e da altri musei d'Italia, 2nd ed., Rome, 1787],. 105 copper eng. plts. only, of antique vases, including some double page, without letterpress, many with old ink inscription to upper or lower margin (occn. within the image), some soiling and waterstains throughout, mainly to lower margins, some leaves loose, early 19th c. boards, worn with backstrip def. and covers det., folio This second edition of the Picturae Etruscorum in Vasculis (first published 1767 75) was published without text in three volumes, containing 301 plates in total, as a source book for painters. See Blackmer 1266. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)

Paston (George). Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century, 1st ed., 1905,. colour frontis., b&w plts., some foxing throughout, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. red cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, folio, together with Miller (A. E. Haswell & Dawnay, N. P.), Military Drawings and Paintings in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, 2 vols., Phaidon, 1970, colour and b&w plts., orig. cloth in d.j.s, 4to, plus Wark (Robert R.), Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson in the Huntington Collection, 1975 & Early British Drawings in the Huntington Collection 1600-1750, pub. 1969, b&w illusts. to each vol., both orig. cloth in d.j.s, both orig. cloth in d.j.s, small 4to, and others on British drawings and related, including A. P. Oppé, Sandby Drawings at Windsor Castle, 1947, Heintzelman, The Watercolor Drawings of Thomas Rowlandson, New York, 1947 (plus 1971 reprint of the same work), etc. (21)

Rackham (Bernard). The Ancient Glass of Canterbury Cathedral, 1949,. numerous col. and b&w plts., t.e.g., orig. blue cloth gilt, with slipcase, large 4to, VG, together with Drake (Maurice), A History of English Glass Painting, with some remarks upon the Swiss glass miniatures of the 16th and 17th centuries, 1912, col. and b&w plts., orig. boards, somewhat soiled and heavily rubbed, folio, plus Schneider (Jenny), Glasgemälde, Katalog der Sammlung des Schweizerischen Landesmuseums Zürich, 2 vols., 1971, some colour and numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j.s, with card slipcase, 4to, and Woodforde (Christopher), The Norwich School of Glass Painting in the 15th century, Oxford University Press, 1950, b&w plts., orig. cloth in frayed and torn d.j., 8vo, plus others on stained glass, including David Evans, A Bibliography of Stained Glass, 1982 (2 copies), F. E. Hutchinson, Medieval Glass at All Souls College, 1949, Jaroslav R. Vavra, Das Glas und Die Jahrtausende, 1954, etc. (16)

Van der Burg (A.R. & P.). School of Painting for the Imitation of Woods and Marbles, 5th ed., London & Philadelphia, 1908,. thirty six litho. plts. incl. twenty four col. litho. plts. of wood and marble effects, orig. two tone cloth gilt, rubbed and a little soiled (new endpapers), tall folio (1)

Vitruvius (Marcus Pillio). Dell'Architettura di Marco Vitruvio Pollione libri dieci pubblicati da Carlo Amati, Professore Architetto, 2 vols., Milan, Giacomo Pirola, 1829 30,. num. eng. plts., some light scattered foxing, contemp. half calf gilt, with red morocco label to spine of each vol., a little rubbed and scuffed to extrems., folio (2)

* Topolski (Feliks, 1907 89). Original artwork for the rear pastedown of the Folio Society edition 'War and Peace' (published 1971), pen and ink, each drawing on a separate piece of paper pasted to a sheet of card, each signed or initialed in pencil, the whole sheet approx. 495 x 310 mm, together with a 1978 Folio Society copy of War and Peace with the illustrations printed inside (2)

Folio Society publications, approx. 100 vols., c.1960s 90s,. all orig. cloth, mostly in orig. slipcases, G/VG (approx. 100)

Folio Society publications, 48 vols., c. 1970s 90s,. many in slipcases (48)

Preston (Chloe). The Peek a Boos' Holiday, pub. Henry Frowde, [1913], eighteen col. plts., several detached and frayed at edges, intermittent foxing, orig. cloth backed pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled, upper joint split and frayed at foot, oblong folio together with The Peek a Boos in Winter, pub. Henry Frowde, [1911], seventeen col. plts. only (of 18), one detached, some finger soiling, orig. cloth backed pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled, corners showing, oblong folio (2)

Wain (Louis). Pa Cats, Ma Cats and Their Kittens, Raphael Tuck, c.1902, eleven chromo. plts. incl. one double page, illusts. to text, many leaves frayed or torn with loss, some leaves may be missing, some plts. damaged incl. the double page plt., entire contents loose in orig. pict. boards, worn, spine and edges chipped and soiled, folio Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

F.A. Premier League. The F.A. Premier League Chairman's Report, for the Season 1995/96,. colour illusts., orig. printed wrappers with glassine d.j., slim folio, with an original colour printed ticket for the Play Off Match between Manchester United and Newcastle United, Thursday 16th May, 1996, mounted to upper wrapper, together with two commemorative lager cans for the Carling Premiership Inaugural Season 1993/94 (empty), six printed advertising strips for the Carling Premiership and a related poster (10)

Andriveau Goujon (J.). Atlas Classique et Universel de Geographie Ancienne et Moderne, Paris, [maps dated 1845], 32 hand coloured double page maps (complete as list) but three additional maps bound in at rear including two double page World maps showing European empires and the Environs of Paris, minor spotting and occ. marginal fraying, orig. morocco backed marbles boards with paper label to upper cover, spine worn with covers detached (but extant), folio, together with Sohr (Carl & Berghaus, Hermann), Sohr Berghaus Hand Atlas uber alle Theile der Erde, Glogau: Carl Flemming, 1872, 100 litho. maps hand coloured in outline, all complete as list, orig. buckram gilt, spine worn, folio (2)

Bacon (G.W., editor). Commercial and Library Atlas of the British Isles, 1895, 103 double page colour printed maps, orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed to extrems., 4to, together with other similar atlases by Bartholomew, Johnston, etc., some incomplete, mostly folio (7)

Darton (William). Union Atlas, containing New and Improved Maps of all the Empires, Kingdoms, & States in the Known World, c.1811 [maps dated 1808 11], engraved title, 33 engraved maps only (of 38), all maps with original hand colouring, most maps finger soiled, many with marks and marginal paper repairs, one map with ink writing to margin, contemp. boards, worn with covers detached (but extant), folio an unusually early edition. More common is the later edition with the maps dated 1811 12. (1)

Dufour (H.). Grand Atlas Universel Physique, Historique et Politique de Geographie Ancienne et Moderne, Paris, c.1860, 40 double page hand coloured engraved maps, complete as list, map of France with closed tear, United States lightly foxed, title and contents list marked with a few tears and some marginal loss, orig. red buckram gilt, worn with damp damage, folio (1)

Las Cases (Emmanuel, Marquis de ). Atlas Historique, Chronologique Géographique et Généalogique par M.A. Le Sage, avec corrections et additions, Florence, Chez Molini, Landi, et Ce., 1806,. thirty six dull page plts., incl. eighteen hand col. eng. maps with text to margins, and eighteen geographical and historical tables, with hand colouring, contemp. half calf, rubbed and somewhat worn, large folio, together with Tardieu (Ambroise), Atlas de Géographie Ancienne, pour servir a l'intelligence des oeuvres de Rollin, grafé d'après les cartes originales de D'Anville, Paris, Chez, Chez Ledoux et Tenré, 1818, twenty seven double page b & w eng. maps (complete), some light foxing and marks to margins, minor dampstain to lower outer corners towards rear of vol., later qtr. calf, rubbed and scuffed, large 4to (2)

Levasseur (Victor). Atlas National Illustre des 86 Departements et des Possessions de la France, Paris, 1856, engraved title, 100 engraved maps including 92 double page engraved maps of French departements, 6 continents, a twin hemisphere map of the World and a folding map of France (with tears), most maps with decorative borders, all hand coloured in outline, contemp. morocco backed boards, somewhat worn with upper cover and first few leaves near detached, folio (1)