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Ris-Paquot (Oscar Edmond) La Céramique Musicale et Instrumentale, Paris, A. Lévy, 1889, chromo. title, and introductory printed text, and forty-eight chromo. plts. of old French faience, all loosely contained in orig. cloth backed pictorial boards, ties defective, some soiling and light toning, minor wear to extrems., spine recased, with orig. spine laid down, folio (1)

Simonides (Constantine) Fac-Similes of Certain Portions of the Gospel of St. Matthew, and of the Epistles of Ss. James and Jude, written on papyrus in the first century, and preserved in the Egyptian Museum of Joseph Mayer, Esq., Liverpool, 1st ed., Trubner, 1861, eng. frontis., plts., title printed in red and black, occasional browning, contemp. boards with recent reback, folio Presentation copy from the author to the Anthropological Society of London, inscribed in green ink on the title and colophon. Constantine Simonides (1820-67) was one of the most controversial figures of his time in museum and scholarly circles. Already a convicted forger, Simonides issued this manuscript facsimile of papyri texts which he claimed to have discovered in a private collection. It was denounced immediately as a forgery because of his controversial past; however, it has never been definitely proven to be one of Simonides's forgeries. (1)

Turnbull (George) A Treatise on Ancient Painting, containing Observations on the Rise, Progress, and Decline of that Art amongst the Greeks and Romans ... to which are added some remarks on the peculier genius, character, and talents of Raphael, Michael Angelo, Nicholas Poussin, and other celebrated modern Masters, printed for the author, 1740, title printed in red and black (with horizontal tear towards lower margin, without loss), fifty b&w eng. plts. by J. Mynde, after Camillo Paderni, four b&w outline engravings, some minor soiling to title, untrimmed, contemp. marbled boards, somewhat worn, large folio (1)

Waring (J.B.) Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, from Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, 1858, chromo. title and numerous chromo. plts. by F. Bedford, some pages detached where gutta-percha perished, silk endpapers, a.e.g., orig. pubs. calf with elaborate gilt strapwork decoration, minor wear to extrems., thick folio The cover design for this work was prepared by Messrs. Leighton & Hodge, and is a near facsimile of a design by Gascon. Bookplate of William Court Gully, Speaker of the House of Commons. (1)

Chums, sixteen vols., a partly broken run, 1923-31, & 1934-41, col. plts. to each, numerous b&w illusts., title to first vol. with some marginal repair, all orig. dec. red cloth gilt, a little rubbed and a few spines lightly faded (generally in good condition), folio (16)

Exeter College of Art & Design. Poems: Ted Hughes. Linocuts: Gavin Robbins, 1968, four copies, orig. boards, lettered in black, a few minor damp marks to edges, oblong folio, together with Goodwin (Steve), Frozen Light, pub. Bartholomew Books, Exeter College of Art, 1978, twenty-one mounted b & w photos., orig. black cloth, lettered and blocked in silver, spine slightly soiled, oblong folio, (limited edition 23/50, signed by Goodwin), plus Stanley (Gordon), City of Contrasts. A Collection of Drawings, Prints and Photographs of some of the Less Well Known Corners of Exeter, pub. Bartholomew Books, 1979, two copies, thirty-eight b & w illusts., orig. black cloth with large mounted photographic image to each cover, slim folio, with seven other similar Exeter College of Art publications (14)

Folio Society. The Queen Mary Atlas, pub. 2005, col. facsimile maps, orig. maroon calf, gilt dec. spine and conjoined armorial of England & Spain to upper board, (binding designed by David Eccles), large folio, together with Commentary volume by Peter Barber, orig. buckram, small folio, contained together in purpose made book box Limited ed. of 1000 copies. (1)

Folio Society, 65 vols., c.1940s-90s, all orig. cloth, many in slipcases, inc. boxed sets (65)

Art Journal, 1863, num. steel-eng. plts. and other illusts., occn. foxing, contemp. half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, with sl. wear to spine ends, folio, together with Walsingham (Lord, and Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph), Shooting, 2 vols. (Field & Covert/Moor & Marsh), 3rd ed., 1889, b & w plts. and illusts., occn. foxing, recent gilt dec. half morocco, 8vo, plus Bates (William), George Cruikshank: the Artist, the Humorist, and the Man, with some account of his brother Robert... 2nd ed., revised and augmented..., 1879, numerous plts. and illusts., incl. thirteen plts. on india paper, hinges split, orig. boards gilt, rubbed, rebacked, with part of orig. spine relaid, 4to, plus others incl. art ref. and one or two antiq., incl. 'The New London Magazine' for 1793 (carton)

Aucassin et Nicolette. Chantefable du Douzieme Siecle, traduite par A. Bida, pub. Paris, Hachette, 1878, t.e.g., light spotting, orig. half vellum gilt, spine rubbed and darkened, 8vo, together with Larsson (Carl), Andras Barn, Stockholm, c.1913, col. plts., dec. endpapers, orig. pict. cloth, folio, plus Williams (Edith E.), The Chantries of William Canynges in St Mary Redcliffe Bristol, 1950, plts., orig. cloth in torn and stained d.j., 4to, and Macaulay (James), The Gothic Revival 1745-1845, Blackie, 1975, illusts., orig. cloth in rubbed d.j., 4to, plus a qty. of others miscellaneous books and periodicals etc. (a carton)

Surrey. Estate agents auction catalogue for the High Trees Estates, Redhill, Surrey, 2nd ed., 1892, photo. frontis., three large hand coloured folding plans, some light spotting, orig. cloth-backed printed wrappers, folio Contains descriptions for 25 lots of the estate. Includes late 18th century engraved view of Reigate Priory loosely inserted. (1)

Wood (Anthony) Historia et Antiquitates Universitatis Oxoniensis, 2 parts in one, 1st ed., Oxford, 1674, addn. eng. title, eng. head & tailpieces, damp soiling, fraying & staining to upper margins throughout volume, a.e.g., 20th c. calf, slight wear to upper joint, folio (1)

Aldin (Cecil, illust.) Handley Cross or Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt by R.S. Surtees, 2 vols., [1912], twenty-four tipped-in col. plts., b & w illusts. to text, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and somewhat darkened on spines, 4to, (limited edition 83/250, signed in pencil by Cecil Aldin), together with The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, 2 vols., c. 1910, twenty-four col. plts., b & w illusts. to text, a few minor marks, orig. dec. cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, small folio (4)

Bacon (Francis, Viscount Verulam) Sylva Sylvarum: or, A Natural History, in Ten Centuries, Whereunto is newly added, The History Naturall and Experimentall of Life and Death, or of the Prolongation of Life, published after the authors death, by William Rawley... whereunto is added Articles of Enquiry Touching Metals and Minerals, 8th ed., 1664, port. frontis. and addn. eng. title (a trifle dust-soiled), printed title-page and subsequent four leaves water-stained, contemp. calf, rubbed and some wear to extrems., with joints partly cracked, folio, together with Herbarium, Collection of dried ferns, mosses, and lichens, early 19th c., forty-four leaves with dried specimens mounted to rectos, each with ms. title, orig. half sheep, rubbed, with silk ties (one detached) and gilt lettered leather label to upper cover, folio, plus Taplin (William), The Gentleman's Stable Directory; or, Modern System of Farriery..., 7th ed., considerably enlarged, and carefully corrected, 1789, port. frontis. foxed, contemp. tree calf, rubbed and soiled, some splitting to joints, gilt dec. spine, 8vo, plus a copy of Francis's 'Fish-Culture, 1863 First item Wing B331. (4)

Gould (John) Monographie der Ramphastiden oder Tukanartigen Voegel, Nurnberg, [1841-47], thirty-six fine hand-col. litho. plts. by John Gould and Friedrich Sturm, each with accompanying leaf of text, plus two uncol. litho. plts. by G. Scharf and A. Koppel, facsimile prospectus leaf bound in at front, some scattered spotting amd light toning, recent leather, lettered in gilt, folio Zimmer, Catalogue of the Edward A. Ayer Ornithological Library p. 256. Originally issued in four parts, there is no title page called for since the work was never completed. The principal part of the general text is based on Gould's Monograph of the Ramphastidae, 1833-35, but a considerable portion of the matter is re-written or revised and there are additional species described for the first time. Some of the plates are re-drawn or reduced from Gould, some are altered or designed afresh and the illustrations of the new species are entirely new. (1)

Houghton (Rev. W.) British Fresh-Water Fishes, 2 vols., Mackenzie, [1879], 41 fine chromo. plts. (vol. 1 with one detached), wood engs. to text, occasional light spotting, ms. name to half-titles, hinges split, vol. 1 with front free endpaper creased, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, spines darkened, and sl. frayed at ends, folio See illustration inside rear cover of this catalogue. (2)

Leuba (F.) Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses avec Les Quelles ils pourraient etre Confondus, pub. Nuchatel, Paris & Geneve, 1890, fifty-two col. litho. plts. and two uncol. plts., orig. half cloth with printed boards, worn on spine, folio See illustration inside rear cover of this catalogue. (1)

Linden (Jean & Lucien, and Rodigas, Emile) L'Illustration Horticole Revue Mensuelle des Plantes les plus Remarquables, 48 orig. parts, 1887-92, 100 fine chromos. and twenty-one b & w plts., orig. printed wrappers, slim folio See illustration inside front cover of this catalogue. (48)

Miller (Philip) The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden. As also, the Physick Garden, Wilderness, Conservatory, and Vineyard, According to the Practice of the Most Experienc'd Gardeners of the Present Age..., 1731, eng. frontis. and four eng. plts., fore-margin stained to first quarter of vol. and final few gatherings, just touching image to two plts., hinges split, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, extrems. worn and joints split, soiled, with dirt residue to lower cover, folio (1)

Parkinson (John) Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris faithfully reprinted from the edition of 1629, pub. Methuen & Co., 1904, b & w illusts., some full-page, prelims. and final leaves water-stained, endpapers renewed, untrimmed, orig. linen-backed boards, with printed label to spine, covers stained, upper cover faded, folio (1)

*Cameron (John Jackson) A pair of albums of humorous illustrations, cartoons, some topographical views, illustrated letters with vignettes in pen & ink and wash, c. 1922-1921-32, containing approx. 180 orig. watercolours and drawings, and illustrated letters, mostly of a humorous nature, including party scenes, golfing subjects (approx. 20 in total), topographical views of Gibraltar, Algier, Cadiz, Boo Saada, Mount Etna and Taormina, motoring scenes and outdoor activities, mostly inscribed and dated, some signed, approx. 235 x 325 mm and smaller, all contained in two modern half brown morocco albums, gilt spines with green morocco label to each, folio These two attractive albums comprise letters and correspondence sent by John Jackson Cameron to his sisters Lucy Oppenheimer (volume 1) and Nora Robbins (volume 2) The illustrations feature the four family members in many of the scenes depicted. See illustration inside rear cover of this catalogue. (2)

*Switzerland & France. A Victorian album of watercolour sketches in Switzerland and France, by C. C., 1862-63, containing approx. seventy-five orig. watercolour sketches, including views of Montreux, Nanteuil, Lausanne, The Pont Napoleon over the River Garonne, Wildbad, Culmbach Neuberg, Windeck, Auvergnier, Morges, Ouchy, St. Gervais, Varennes, Mont Blanc, Aiguilles, Mont Blanc from St. Gervais, Sallenche, Bonneville, Narbonne, Pic de Bigorre, Jurancon, Chateau Grammont, The Garonne near St. Sauveur, La Bassere and Lourdes, mostly inscribed and dated, and with caption in ink to lower margin, some a little frayed or with marginal tears, mostly approx. 175 x 265 mm, or similar, all mounted in contemp. half green morocco album, worn with rear cover missing and some wear, oblong folio (1)

Costume. A collection of forty-five original costume designs for theatrical and musical productions, c. 1930s, orig. watercolour and gouache over pencil, some heightened with gold, silver or white, mostly approx. 56 x 24 cm., contained in modern plastic album, folio (1)

Fashion. A collection of approx. 170 hand-coloured fashion engravings, c. 1860s & 1870s, mounted in an album, mostly two, three or four to a page (approx. 25 x 15 cm. or slightly smaller), contemp. red half morocco gilt, some minor wear to extrems., cloth lifting on upper cover, tall folio (1)

Fashion. Les Elegances Parisiennes. Publication Officielle des Industries Francaises de la Mode, 3 orig. monthly issues, February, March and June, 1917, thirty hand-col. litho. fashion plts., including six double-page (some printed back-to-back), plus several full-page b & w fashion illusts. and twenty-two small pochoir plts. tipped-in to text, orig. printed wrappers, frayed and torn, slim folio See illustration inside rear cover of this catalogue. (3)

The Graphic. An illustrated weekly newspaper, vols. 10 (July-December 1874), 16 (July-December 1877), 20 (July-December 1879), & 25 (January-June 1882), numerous b&w wood eng. illusts., including some full-page, some double-page, several supplementary colour plts., including folding col. plt. entitled 'Hide and Seek', by Briton Riviere, Christmas 1879, The March to Ulundi, August 1879, folding panorama of The Capture of Cetewayo, October 1879, two views of The Siege of Plevna, August 1877 and December 1877, panoramic view entitled 'With the Russians, The Great Passage of the Danube from Simnitza, July 1877, etc., contents apparently complete, mixed half leather bindings, some wear, with some loss to spines, folio (4)

The Graphic. An illustrated weekly newspaper, sixty half-yearly vols. (except 1898 bound in 4 vols.), a broken run, vols. 23, 25-31, 39, 41-43, 47-82, & 90-97, January-June 1881, January 1882-December 1885, January-June 1889, July-December 1890, January 1892-December 1910 & July 1914-June 1918, numerous wood eng. plts. and illusts. incl. some folding, contents apparently complete, mixed contemp. cloth and leather bindings, rubbed and marked, some minor wear, folio (60)

The Graphic, vols. 43 & 44, 1891, numerous wood engraved illusts. and few col. plts., (vol. 1 lacks plt.), contemp. half morocco gilt, vol. 2 with cracked joints, folio (2)

The Illustrated London News. Vol. 9 (July-December 1846), 15 (July-December 1849), 27 (July-December 1855), 37-38 (July 1860-June 1861), & 45 (July-December 1864), numerous b&w wood eng. illusts., including full page, folding panorama of London (February 1861, in good condition), folding plate of the Arrival of Her Majesty in the Place du Carrousel, Tuileries (July 1855), Review of the Imperial Guard at Champ de Mars, Paris (September 1855), contents apparently complete, mixed bindings (mainly half leather), rubbed and some wear, first two vols. with backstrips def., vol. 27 (July-December 1855) with cover det. and spine worn, all folio (6)

The Illustrated London News. 10 vols., including one bound volume of Christmas Numbers, July 1870-April 1871, January-December 1887, January-December 1899, July-December 1900 & July-December 1901, together with a duplicate volume for July-December 1899, numerous b&w wood eng. plts. and illusts., incl. some double-page and folding, mixed bindings (inc. 5 vols. in orig. pubs. cloth), occn. wear (mostly in good condition), contents apparently complete, folio (10)

Vanity Fair Album. volume 17, 1885, 53 chromo. caricatures including folding plate 'Newmarket', a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. green cloth, sl. rubbed to extrems., folio (1)

Vanity Fair Album, volume 16, 1884, 52 chromo. caricatures, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. green cloth, folio (1)

Vanity Fair Album, volume 15, 1883, 52 chromo. caricatures, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. green cloth, sl. rubbed to extrems., folio (1)

Vanity Fair Album, volume 14, 1882, 56 chromo. caricatures, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. green cloth, rubbed to extrems., folio (1)

Vanity fair cartoons. A collection of approx. 50 cartoons by Spy, Ape, etc., including statesmen, clergymen, etc., some with associated text leaf, folio (approx. 50)

[Canals]. A printed pamphlet refuting a series of accusations made at the Birmingham Canal Company regarding the position of the Birmingham Canal in the Bilstone area and other accusations of mismanagement, published Birmingham, October, 1771, 4 pp., beginning 'To the Public...Seeing some Observations relative to the Powers of the Birmingham Canal Company in several of the Public Papers, and also dispersed in detached Publications thro' the Country, wherein the Author appears to have been misinformed in serveral important Particulars...I beg Leave to communicate some Remarks thereon, which may be of Use to set the Matter in a true Light...', followed by a series of accusations each followed by the response of the company, folio (1)

Crime and Prisons. Bound collection of fifteen separate Parliamentary reports and returns for 1826 , including treatment and condidtions at Milbank Prison, reports from each of the sixty-five counties and cities, detailing the numbers of prisoners in each gaol, punishments inflicted on prisoners, diets, methods of hard labour given to men and women, etc., reports of ships and vessels employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation, the names of all those convicted for horse and sheep stealing, with sentence given to each person (including transportation for life), etc., modern lib. buckram, rubbed and soiled, folio (1)

Crime. Bound collection of twenty-five separate Parliamentary reports and returns for 1833 , including numbers of prisoners who would have received the death penalty prior to 1833, from each county also listing their crimes, numbers executed in 1832 for burglary and larceny, convictions for smuggling, gaol deliveries to Newgate, listing the names of each of the prisoners and offences, Middlesex indictments, offences in Ireland, listing the various offences committed in each county, numbers of prisoners committed for trial for each year 1826 to 1832, listing their crime and those committed or executed, etc., modern lib. buckram, rubbed and soiled, folio (1)

Essex and Suffolk - Petition to Parliament. To the Right-Honourable the Parliament of England, Scotland and Ireland, the Humble Petition of the Real Lenders, upon the Publick Faith, the Clothiers, and all others in the Counties of Essex, and Suffolk, in the behalf of themselves, and all others the like, that are unpaid. [London, 1657], small woodcut initial, sl. browned along centrefold and right margin and sl. split at cetrefold margins without loss, single sheet broadside, folio Wing T1706E. (1)

*Kent - Inventory. An Inventorie of all and singular the goods and chattles of Steven Willard, late of Chalke in the Countie of Kent, Yeoman, deceased, taken and apprized 9th December 1645, by Robert Doe and Edward Lofte apprizers, a long vellum inventory taking in the hall, parlour, milk-house, well-house, brew-house, chamber over the hall, servant's chamber, cellars, maid chamber, the next chamber thereunto, the best chamber, etc., with prices in the right hand column, totalling 540 pounds 17 shillings and 8 pence, a total of three joined vellum skins, sl. yellowed and faded, together with a paper copy of the Estates between Bligh & Hornsby, 12th October 1719, an eight-page manuscript document listing lands in and around Cobham [Hall?], with suggested values in the right hand column, some spotting and soiling, folio (2)

*Norfolk. Manuscript volume recording the General and Special Manorial Courts held between 19th March 1868 ato the 25th September 1948 , for the Manors of Broomholme, Hanworth, Overstrand, Suffield, etc., 515pp, orig. qtr. leather ledger, rubbed, folio (1)

*Salt. Letter of Charles V, King of France, [1364-80], to the Keeper of the Royal Salt Store at Vernon, Paris, 30th November 1376, concerning the sale of untaxed (contraband) salt, counter-signature 'Par le Roy / Bonsolas', some damage sl. affecting lettering of ten lines, with a detailed description in English, together with another French document concerning salt sent by the Viconte of Montivilliers, dated 12th November 1397, concerning unpaid tax on eight septiers of salt, with a full English translation, plus a 17th-century latin transcript of most of the section of Domesday Book for Cheshire dealing with the 'salt wiches' &c., 19th June 1604, two folios with later attachment of a backing sheet, plus a detailed description plus five printed edicts in French (1645) and two Acts of Parliament, also concerning salt (1697 & 1764), all disbound, slim 4to/folio (10)

*Surrey - Oxted. Greystone Lime Company Limited. An archive of ephemera, c. 1880s-1950s, incl. directors' minute books, registers of shares, share certificates, etc., contained in sixteen folio ledgers, together with a large quantity of loose share certificates and other paper correspondence (2 cartons)

*Victorian autograph album. An album of over fifty leaves of tipped-in letters, cut signatures, and carte-de-visite albumen prints, c. 1860s and later, incl. autographs of Queen Victoria, Mary Duchess of Gloucester, George IV, Wolseley, J.B. Balfour, Duleep Singh, Harriet Martineau, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Edwin Landseer (brief ALS), the Duke of Wellington, Jenny Goldschmidt, Robert Browning, Martin Tupper, Margaret Gatty, Ellen Terry, George Staunton (ALS), Baroness Orczy (signed card), William IV, Marie Corelli (ALS), Charles Beresford (ALS), Michael Faraday (signed Royal Institution admittance ticket for 20th June 1862), S. Stepniak, William Gladstone, William Wilberforce, Cardinal John H. Newman, Robert Peel (ALS), Agnes Strickland, Matthew Arnold, D.G. Rossetti, Alexis de Tocqueville and many others, the majority tipped-in onto album leaves with blank versos, contemp. red half morocco gilt, worn, folio (1)

Army. An Act for an Assessment for Four Moneths... , for the Maintenance of the Forces raised by Authority of Parliament, for the Service of England & Ireland... , 1650, together with An Act for Raising of One Hundred and Twenty Pounds per Mensem for Four Moneths... , for Maintenance of the Forces in England, Ireland & Scotland, 1650, plus An Act for continuing the Assessment... , 1651, plus An Act for the further continuing of the Assessment, 1651, plus An Act providing for Maimed Soldiers and Widows of Scotland and Ireland, 1651, plus An Act for Raising of Ninety Thousand Pounds a Moneth for six Moneths... , for Maintenance of the Forces... , 1651, all with woodcut vign. to titles, some spotting and marginal browning, all disbound, slim folio (5)

Commonwealth Constitution. The Government of the Common-Wealth of England, Scotland, & Ireland, and the Dominions Thereto Belonging; as it was publickly declared at Westminster the 16. day of December 1653. in the presence of the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal of England, the Lord Maior and aldermen of the City of London, divers of the judges of the land, the officers of state and army, and many other persons of quality, at which time and place His Highness, Oliver Lord Protector of the said Commonwealth, took a solemn oath for observing the same. Published by His Highness the Lord Protector's special commandment, Printed, by William du-Gard, and Henry Hills, printers to His Highness the Lord Protector, 1653 [1654], title-page (plain double-rule border) and head-piece vignettes showing arms of the Commonwealth, title and pp. 21-46, small loss to lower blank margin of final leaf, disbound without covers and leaves separated, slim folio The instrument of Government in 42 clauses, appointing 'Oliver Cromwell, Captain-General of the forces of England, Scotland and Ireland, shall be, and is hereby declared to be, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the dominions thereto belonging, for his life'. Thomason Collection II, 49. Extracted from 'A Collection of all the proclamations, declarations, articles and ordinances, passed by His Highness the lord protector and his council...', London, 1654. (1)

Ireland. An Ordinance Declaring that the Proceedings in Case of Murther in Ireland, shall bee as Formally, 1653, together with An Ordinance for Distribution of the Elections in Ireland, plus An Ordinance for the further Encouragement of the Adventurers for Lands in Ireland, and of the Souldiers and other Planters there, plus An Ordinance for Indempnity to the English Protestants of the Province of Munster in Ireland, plus An Ordinance Appointing a Committee of the Adventurers for Lands in Ireland, for Determining Differences among the said Adventurers, plus An Ordinance for Admitting Protestants in Ireland to Compound, all 1654, all but one with woodcut vign. to titles, the fifth with drop-head title, a little soiling, disbound, slim folio (6)

Lands. An Act of Parliament for the Removing of Obstructions in the Sale of the Honors, Manors & Lands of the late King, Queen and Prince, 1649, together with An Act for Sale of the Manors of Rectories and Gleab Lands, late belonging to Archbishops, Bishops, Deans, Deans and Chapters, 1650, plus An additional Act for more speedy effecting of the Sale of the Manors of Rectories and Gleab Lands ..., 1650, plus An Act for the Sale of several lands and estates forfeited to the common-wealth for treason, 1651, plus An additional Act for Sale of the goods belonging to the late King, Queen and Prince, 1651, plus an Act for the Deafforestation, Sale and Improvement of the Forests ..., 1653, all with woodcut vign. to titles, some browning and dust soiling, the first five disbound, the last item sl. larger with uncut edges and stab stitched spine, slim folio (6)

Maritime. An Act for Preventing Injuries and Wrongs Done to Merchants at Sea, in their persons, ships, or goods ... 1650, together with An Act for Making Ships and Merchandizes taken, or to be taken from the King of Portugal or any of his subjects, to be prize, 1650, plus An Act for securing such moneys that shall be advanced and lent for the use of the Navy & Army, together with interest for the same ..., 1650, first two items with woodcut vign. to titles, the third item with woodcut vign. to head-piece, drop-title and decorative woodcut initial, first two items a little spotted, the last heavily browned, all disbound, slim folio (3)

Ordinances. A collection of forty-two Ordinances, ordered by the Lord Protector and his Counsel, pub. 1653-54 [all 1654], all with woodcut vigns. to title or woodcut vign. and drop-title, some occn. spotting or soiling, disbound, folio These Ordinances cover taxes and other financial issues, poor prisoners, high treason, preaching, hackney coachmen, law, etc. All probably extracted from 'A Collection of all the Proclamations, Declarations, Articles and Ordinances, Passed by His Highness the Lord Protector, and His Counsel, and by their Special Command published, beginning December 16, 1653 and ending September 2, 1654', printed by H. Hills, 1654. (42)

Religion. An Act for the Better Propagation and Preaching of the Gospel in Wales, and redress of some Grievances, 1649, together with An Act for Removing all Papists, and all Officers and Soldiers of Fortune, and Divers other Delinquents from London and Westminster, and Confining them within Five Miles of their Dwellings, and for Encouragement of such as discover Priests and Jesuits, their Receivers and Abettors, 1649, plus An additional Act for providing Maintenance for Ministers, and other Pious Uses, 1650, plus An Act against several Atheistical, Blasphemous and Execrable Opinions, Derogatory to the Honor of God, and Destructive to Human Society, 1650, plus An Act for relief of Religious and Peaceable People from the Rigor of former Acts of Parliament in Matters of Religion, 1650, all with woodcut vigns. to titles, some spotting, marginal browning and light dampstaining, old ownership inscription to foremargin of title of final Act, all disbound, slim folio (5)

Religion. An Act for the Better Advancement of the Gospel and Learning in Ireland, 1650, ornamental woodcut, drop-title, together with An additional Act for the Better Observation of the Lords-Day... , 1650, plus four others concerning days of Public Thanksgiving or Fasting, all with ornamental woodcut vign. to titles, plus two related, some spotting and browning and occ. light dampstains, all disbound, slim folio (8)

Sins. An Act for Suppressing the Detestible Sins of Incest, Adultery and Fornication, 1651, some light browning and dampstaining at upper margin, disbound, slim folio (1)

Sins. An Act for Suppressing the Detestable Sins of Incest, Adultery, and Fornication, 1650, upper half lightly dampstained, together with An Act for the Better Preventing and Suppressing of Prophane Swearing & Cursing, 1650, plus An Act Enabling the Lords Commissioners for Custody of the Great-Seal, to Issue Commissions or Delegates in cases of Pretended Marriages, 1650, plus An Act Touching Marriages and the Registering thereof, and also Touching Births and Burials, 1653, all but third item with woodcut vign. to titles, third item with woodcut head-piece and drop-title, all somewhat spotted and dust soiled, first and fourth item uncut and nicked at edges, fourth item defective, all disbound without covers and some leaves det., slim folio (4)

Sport. An Ordinance Prohibiting Cock-Matches, 1654, together with An Ordinance against Challenges, Duells, and all Provocations there unto, 1654, plus An Ordinance Prohibiting Horse-races for Six Moneths, 1654, first two with woodcut vign. to title and third item with woodcut ornament and drop-title, a little dust soiled, disbound, slim folio (3)

Bindings. Various, mostly 19th c., including thirteen uniformly bound volumes of works by Lord Lytton, two Victorian folio family bibles bound in black leather, some part-sets, etc., mostly bound in half morocco, mainly 8vo (approx. 60)

Homer. Homer His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby, printed by Thomas Roycroft, 1660, eng. port. and eng. frontis. (port. detached & frayed to edges, both trimmed & laid-down), title printed in red & black, fifty eng. plts., dec. initials and headpieces, one plt. repaired to margins, dampstaining to inner margins of initial leaves, long closed tear to p.187/188, some slight dust soiling, few holes to fore-edge margins of some leaves at rear of volume, contemp. calf, red morocco title label, upper board detached, extrems. worn, folio Wing H2548. (1)

Hyde (Laurence, Earl of Rochester) The True Patriot Vindicated, or, a Justification of his Excellency, the Earl of Rochester, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, from several False and Scandalous Reports. The First Part, 1701, 2 pp., fraying and browning to margins, together with two printed prospectuses for books entitled 'Proposals for Re-printing a Book entitul'd De Antiquitate Britannicae Ecclesiae et Privilegiis Ecclesiae Cantuar...', c.1720s, and 'Proposals for Printing by Subscription, the History of the Reformation and other ecclesiastical Transactions in and about the Low-Countries...are fairly and fully represented by the Learned Gerard Brandt', May 7th, 1719, both 4 pp., unbound, folio, and other items including an vellum indenture signed by Henry Cromwell dated 1634, a printed list of accounts on one leaf entitled 'An Account of the Loans on the Second Four Shillings Aid, the Produce of the Tax, and the Service to which both were applied; from 27 January, 1692/3 to Michaelmas following', and several sheets of uncut pages from The Tatler (8)

Jonson (Ben) Masques at Court, printed by Richard Bishop, 1640, title and text numbered 113-228 (K2-T6, plus final blank), minor marks to final leaf, later marble wrappers, slim folio (1)

Luther (Martin) Colloquia Mensalia, or Familiar Discourses of Dr. Martin Luther at his Table ... to which is prefixed the Life and Character of Dr. Martin Luther, by John Gottlieb Burckhardt, 2nd ed., Heptinstal, 1791, eng. port. frontis., recent half leather, folio (1)