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Verner (Captain Willoughby). Sketches in the Soudan, 1st ed., pub. R.H. Porter, 1885, addn. uncol. litho. title, list of subscribers, num. tinted litho. plts. by Keulemans after Verner, untrimmed, contents clean and fresh, orig. linen - backed boards, rubbed and soiled, oblong folio (1)

Annan (T & R, publishers). University of Glasgow, Old and New, ed. William Stewart, Glasgow, 1891, photogravure ports. and views, some minor spotting, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, spine worn and torn along joints, folio. Limited edition, 135/350. (1)

Crystal Palace. The Crystal Palace at Sydenham, Photographed by Philip Henry Delamotte, printed Negretti & Zambra, pub. Crystal Palace Art - Union, n.d., c. late 1850s/early 1860s, a portfolio of forty - seven albumen prints of the exterior and interior of the completed Crystal Palace, showing facades, courts with statuary, ferns, etc., a few photos with figures, some light fading but generally with clear detail, print sizes 24 x 19 cm or slightly smaller, all mounted with uniform general printed caption to each and faint pencil numbering to corners, all present as per modern detailed typed list of contents (mounted on board), the collection loosely contained in modern qtr. morocco portfolio book box with remains of orig. leather spine relaid (titled: Delamotte. Crystal Palace at Sydenham), folio (50 x 38 cm). Full contents list available on request. (1)

Misc. photograph albums, late 19th/early 20th c., two albums with British views of Worcester, Barmouth, Colwn Bay, Hastings, etc., incl. some Frith's Serires and James Valentine, all mounted, hinges broken, orig. cloth, rubbed, oblong folio, plus a worn cartes - de - visite album compiled by Thomas Weeding, with approx. fifty window - mounted albumen print cards of family and famous people (3)

New Zealand. An album of mounted albumen prints, c. 1880s/1890s, incl. forty - four images of New Zealand, many by Burton Bros., Dunedin, plus three by James Valentine, plus images of the Middle East (6), Ceylon (2 x Skeen & Co.), Montreal (10, incl. one William Notman and several by Parks), plus twenty miscellaneous incl. South America, etc., image sizes approx. 10" x 8" (25 x 20 cm) and smaller, contemp. half moroco, lacks spine, oblong folio (1)

Valentine (James, and others). Three miscellaneous photograph albums, late 19th century, inc. British and European views by James Valentine, George Washington Wilson, and others, all pasted in, various sizes, contemp. half morocco, some wear, folio /4to (3)

Cartier - Bresson (Henri). Cartier - Bressons France, Text by Francois Nourissier, 1st U.S. ed., 1970, b & w and some col. illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in slightly torn d.j., 4to, together with Gernsheim (Helmut & Alison), The History of Photography ..., 1st ed., OUP, 1955, b & w illusts. from photos., and illusts. to text, orig. cloth, rubbed and faded on spine, small folio, plus Beny (Roloff, photographer), Pleasure of Ruins, by Rose Macaulay, 1st ed.,1964, b & w and tipped - in col. illusts. from photos., orig. pict. boards, a little rubbed, folio, plus other photography interest (55)

O'Reilly (Patrick). Les Photographes a Tahiti et leurs Oeuvres, 1842 - 1962, 1st ed., Paris, 1969, sixty - three tipped - in b&w and sepia illusts. from photos, light waterstain at upper margin throughout, orig. stiff wrappers in remains of glassine d.j., oblong folio. Limited edition, 217/500. (1)

Penn (Irving). Moments Preserved, Eight Essays in Photographs and Words, 1st ed., New York, 1960, col. and b & w plts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j. and slipcase, d.j. sl. nicked and soiled on spine, slipcase soiled and split along one fold, folio (1)

Blight (J.T.). Ancient Crosses and Other Antiquities, in the West of Cornwall, 1856, num. wood engs., a.e.g., orig. blind - stamped cloth gilt, skilfully rebacked, preserving orig. spine, small 4to, together with Streatfeild (Rev. Thomas), Excerpta Cantiana; being the Prospectus of a History of Kent, preparing for Publication, n.d., c. 1836, 24pp., title inscribed 'Sir John Dodson, from an old friend', folding genealogical table, wood engs. to text, three eng. plts. at rear, some minor scattered spotting, orig. half morocco, rubbed and somewhat scuffed, slim folio, plus Belloc (Hilaire), The Highway and its Vehicles, pub. The Studio, 1926, num. col. and b & w illusts., some tipped - in, orig. cloth in frayed d.j., 4to, (limited edition 407/1000), with other misc. topography (2 shelves)

Dent (R. K. & Hill, Joseph). Historic Staffordshire, twelve orig. parts (complete), n.d., c. 1880s, b&w illusts. after photos. etc., all orig. printed wrappers, 1st issue and one or two others a little chipped with minor loss to edges, slim folio, together with Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, pub., Wild Flowers, n.d., c. 1870, approx. seventy - five individual sheets, each with col. illust. to upper portion, loose in orig. cloth backed printed wrappers, large 4to, plus The Spear, A Critical Probe of Passing Events, Literary and Artistic, vol. I, nos. 2 - 15, January 31, 1900 - May 2, 1900, num. b&w plts. and illusts., ads., etc., some minor foxing to endpapers, contemp. qtr. maroon morocco, rubbed and some wear to joints at head and foot of spine, folio (contains much material on the Boer War), and an incomplete set of forty - six orig. parts of With the Flag to Pretoria (60)

Jewitt (Llewellynn & others). Mountain, River, Lake, and Landscape Scenery of Great Britain, vols. 1 - 3 only (of 4 - ), n.d., pub. D. Banks, Leeds, c. 1870s, forty - five fine chromos., mounted on thick card leaves, with letter press and titled tissue guards, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, minor wear to head and foot of spines, folio, together with Croal (Thomas A.), Scottish Loch Scenery, 1882, twenty - four fine chromos. after drawings by A.F. Lydon, (incl. vign. title), a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo (4)

Mylne (Rev. Robert Scott). The Master Masons to the Crown of Scotland and their Works, Edinburgh, 1893, col. coat - of - arms frontis., facsimile plts., b & w illusts., folding table, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, slightly rubbed on spine, folio (1)

Pigot (James, & Co., publisher). Pigot & Co.'s British Atlas, of the Counties of England..., [c.1844], lacking title and map of England & Wales, includes 39 hand coloured engraved county maps, London plan torn and defective, a few county maps with light dust - soiling and one or two closed tears, Bedfordshire with some ink marks, contemp. limp boards, spine later strengthened with coarse cloth, wear to corners, oblong folio (1)

Alken (Henry). Symptoms of Being Amused, vol.1 [all pub.], 1822, hand - col. eng. title, 40 hand - col. aquas, some scattered staining, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed and sunned, oblong folio, together with Edwards (Lionel), Huntsmen Past and Present, 1929, col. and b&w plts., orig. cloth, stained on lower cover, 4to (2)

Banks (Joseph, and Solander, Daniel). Illustrations of Australian Plants, Collected in 1770 during Captain Cook's Voyage round the World in H.M.S. Endeavour, 3 vols., pub. British Museum, 1905, numerous b&w plts., many with library stamps, three folding maps, recent calf - backed boards, folio (3)

Cassin (John). United States Exploration Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the Command of Charles Wilkes, Atlas volume only, Philadelphia, 1858, fifty fine hand coloured engraved plts. only (of fifty - three), lacking plates 4, 15 & 20, some light foxing throughout, contemp. half morocco, rubbed and scuffed with upper joint cracking, folio. (1)

Hunt (P. Francis and Grierson, Mary A.). Orchidaceae, Bourton Press, 1973, forty fine col. plts. after drawings by Mary A. Grierson, a.e.g., orig. full vellum gilt with slipcase, thick folio Limited edition 175/600, signed by both Hunt and Grierson. (1)

Hunting & Horseracing. British Sports & Sportsmen. Hunting, Royal Edition, ed. Sporting Life & Sportsman, n.d., c.1935, num. photogravures and b & w plts., Kings Speech sheet dated 1935 loosely inserted, a.e.g., orig. morocco gilt, limited edition 105/250, folio, together with Welcome (John and Collens, Rupert), Snaffles on Racing and Point - to - Pointing, Lambourne Press, 1988, col. and b&w illusts., orig. cloth in VG d.j., oblong 4to, plus Edwards (Lionel, illust.), Royal Newmarket by R.C. Lyle, 1st ed., 1945, b & w illusts., orig. cloth, d.j. fraying to spine and extrems., and two others illustrated by Edwards, 4to (5)

Salomonsen (Finn). Gronlands Fugle, The Birds of Greenland, pub. Copenhagen, 1950 - 51, numerous full - page col. illusts. by Gitz - Johansen, t.e.g., orig. dec. vellum boards with morocco title label to spine, folio (1)

Topsell (Edward). The Historie of Foure - Footed Beastes. Describing the True and Lively Figure of Every Beast, with a Discourse of Their Severall Names, Conditions, Kindes, Vertues (both Naturall and Medicinall) Countries of their Breed, their Love and Hate to Mankinde..., 1st ed., printed by William Jaggard, 1607, [xlii], 758, [12], (A1 & Yyy8 appear to be later blanks), numerous woodcut illustrations throughout, woodcut plt. of the 'Vulgar Bugill' (Buffalo) facing p.57 not present as usual, leaves B4 - C2 (p.7 - 16) trimmed to lower margin (possibly taken from another copy), illust. of Camelopard on p.101 is trimmed to fore - edge with loss of image, small hole to leaf B1 (p.1/2) affecting image, few paper restorations particullarly to final leaves, few minor marks, t.e.g., early 20th c. half sheep, folio (1)

Willmott (Ellen). The Genus Rosa, 25 parts bound in 2 vols., pub. John Murray, 1914, 132 chromo. plts. (complete), 84 uncol. plts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. printed wrappers bound in at rear of each volume, contemp. dark green qtr. morocco gilt, (binding attachment to text block of vol. 1 weak), spine of vol. 2 slightly faded, folio. Half - title of volume 1 inscribed by the author, "this gathering of the Roses of many lands grown in an English garden is offered by Ellen Willmott, Aug 10th 1926". . (2)

Hume (David). The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688, pub. R. Bowyer, 1806, a collection of approx. 190 copper eng. plts. only, without text, after various artists, including Ramsay, Tresham, Opie, Hamilton, West, De Loutherbourg Rigaud, Fuseli, Stothard, Smirke, Landseer, and others, plates dated 1790s - 1800s, untrimmed, sheet size approx. 49 x 34.5 cm, loose and disbound, folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (approx. 190)

Portraits. 18th/19th century, a good collection, incl. mezzotints, some folio size, mostly aristocracy and clergy (approx. 300)

Vanity Fair cartoons, including approx. 25 statesmen, most with corresponding text leaf, folio, together with other political engravings and illusts., incl. Cruickshank, Gillray, Rowlandson, etc. (approx. 150)

The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, vol. 4, July to Dec. 1871, num wood - engs., incl. some full - page, contemp. half calf, worn and broken, folio, together withThe Daily Graphic,vol. 1, Jan. 31 - April 24, 1890, & vol. 7, July 1 - September 30, 1891,numerous wood engs., orig. cloth/contemp. half morocco, both worn and partly broken, folio (3)

Illustrated London News, 16 vols., a broken run, vols. 1 - 8, 12 - 15, 23, 28, 48 & 52, 1842 - 68, numerous wood engs., some folding incl. 1842 London Panorama, various orig. cloth and contemp. bindings, worn, all folio (16)

Illustrated London News. 4 vols., vols. 5, 27, 55 & 109, pub. Jul to Dec 1844, 1855, 1869 and 1896, incl. numerous b&w wood engs., some pages lacking and torn, various bindings, worn and covers detached, folio, together with a defective volume containing issues of the Graphic Sep 1879 to Apr 1885 sold with all faults, not subject to return. (5)

The Star, nos. 10564 - 10876, January 2, 1821 - December 31, 1821, first few leaves a little soiled and creased, contemp. half calf, worn, upper covers det., thick folio. The issue for Wednesday July 4 contains the official announcement of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte on 5th May, 'The illness which terminated the eventful life of this extraordinary man lasted in the whole six weeks. It was, as we stated yesterday, a cancer of the stomach. He was worn nearly to a skeleton, and his countenance scarcely retained any trace of his former features ...' (1)

Autograph album. An early 19th - century album of autographs and clipped signatures, including Earl Lansdowne, Alfred East (artist), Robert Peel, Earl of Shelburn (Bowood), A. W. Kinglake, Sir Emerson Tennant, etc., approx. 100 signatures in all, all mounted in old half leather album, rubbed and some wear, folio together with Autographs and Clipped Signatures, 19th and 20th c., including Nikolaus Pevsner (4), eight Archbishops of Canterbury, David Low, Edward VII, Barbara Streisand, etc., (2)

Acts of Parliament. Two bound volumes, 2 George II, 1728 - 29, and 23 George II, 1749 - 50, indexes at rear, occasional spotting, contemp. calf, worn with calf peeling from boards, folio First vol. includes An Act for laying a Duty upon compound Waters and Spirits [the first Gin Act] ... and An Act for establishing an Agreement with Seven of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, for the Surrender of their Title and Interest in that Province to His Majesty. Second vol. includes An Act to encourage the Importation of Pig and Bar Iron from His Majesty's Colonies in America. (2)

Alcohol. A collection of public Acts of Parliament relating to the production, taxation, licensing, and consumption of beers, wines, and spirits, from the late 17th/early 18th Century to the end of the reign of George II in the late 1750s, with parliamentary session title - pages, all disbound, folio. Includes "An Act for laying a Duty upon Compound Waters or Spirits ...," 2 George II, 1728, known as the First Gin Act, which was the first attempt to combat the gin fever that was sweeping the country, and the drunkenness and crime provoked by it. Also includes the later Gin Act of 20 George II, 1746, and the final Gin Act of 24 George II, 1750, that prohibited distillers from selling to retailers unable to show a licence, and finally led to a drop in consumption of "Madam Genova". Also with "An Act to Prohibit the Excessive Distilling of Spirits and Low Wines from Corn ... and to prevent Frauds in Distillers", 10 William III, 1698. For more information on the quantity of items in this lot, please contact the auctioneers. ( - )

Bank of England. A small collection of public Acts of Parliaments relating to the establishment and operation of the Bank of England, from 1707 to the mid - 18th Century, with parliamentary session title - pages, all disbound, folio. Includes "An Act for Regulating the Qualifications of the Elections of the Governor, Deputy - Governor, Directors and Voters of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England", 6 Anne, 1707; and "An Act for Englarging the Capital Stock of the Bank of England", 7 Anne, 1708. ( - )

Barbados. A copy letter - book, August 1811 to March 1813, including letters to Thomas Daniel & Co. concerning outtstanding bills from Richard Cobham, Charles Mackenzie, Barton Higginson and Thomas Pierrepont, many to John, William or Nathan Everesley, several concerning Mr Dykes's distress at want of money for the theatre in Barbados and requesting money be sent to London, one telling of the trial of Captain Porter of the Tiger, one to Nicholas Murrell concerning the financila distress of his nephew on arrival in Barbados form America, several concerning the purchase of a chaise, the transportation fo furniture , etc., abourd the Mercy, in total 41pp written in more than one hand, blanks at rear, paper watermarked 1808, orig. stitched plain wrappers, some soiling and wear, slim folio (1)

Cadogan (William, first earl of, 1675 - 1726). Signed document, 24th September 1722, appointing John Croome as labourer for His Majesty's Ordnance, countersigned L. Smett, circular tear around paper seal at head of document, folio, [upon the death of the Duke of Marlborough in June 1722, Cadogan had succeeded to the post of master - general of the ordnance], together with Temple (Henry John, third viscount Palmerston, 1784 - 1865, prime minister), autograph note signed, 4th May 1844, to W.M. Dinsdale thanking him for his communication, 1 page, 8vo, plus a third person letter from Lord Aylmer, requesting that M. Meurice of the Hotel Meurice, Paris, will receive his nephew and 'provide him with a sleeping room', with integral address panel, signed Lord Aylmer, 22nd Decembr 1825, 1 page, 4to (3)

Constitution. A collection of public Acts of Parliament relating to the constitution of England, and later Great Britain, from 1688 to the end of the reign of George II in the late 1750s, with parliamentary session title - pages, all disbound, folio Includes several hugely important Acts that established the positions of Crown and Parliament, safeguarded the succession of the crown, and the authority of the Protestant religion, following the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Prominent is "An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and Settling the Succession of the Crown", I William and Mary, 1688, known as the Bill of Rights, which, next to Magna Carta, is considered the greatest landmark in the constitutional history of England. Also includes the Act of Toleration, I William and Mary, 1688; the Act of Settlement, 12 & 13 William III, 1700; the Act of Succession, 6 Anne, 1707; and the Septennial Act, I George I, 1715. ( - )

Corfe Mullen, Dorset. Rental of the Estate of St. Coventry Esquire ..., Farms & Lands at Rack Rent, Cottages, Gardens and Allotments, Lords Rents and Miscellaneous Receipts, 1859 - 63, 137 folios, neatly written in brown ink in a clear copper plt. hand, orig. reversed calf with red morocco label to upper cover, rubbed, folio (1)

Crime and the Law. A collection of public Acts of Parliament relating to crime and the law, from the late 17th century to the end of the reign of George II in the late 1750s, with parliamentary session title - pages, all disbound, folio Includes the Riot Act, I George I, 1714; "An Act for the more effectual Preventing and Punishing Robberies that shall be Committed in Houses", 12 Anne , 1712; and "An Act for the better Apprehending, Prosecuting and Punishing of Felons ...", 10 & 11 William III, 1698. ( - )

London. A collection of public Acts relating to London, from the late 17th century to the end of the reign of George II in the late 1750s, with parliamentary session title - pages, all disbound, folio Includes "An Act for making Billingsgate a Free Market for Sale of Fish", 10 & 11 William III, 1698; "An Act for making the Surgeons of London and the Barbers of London Two Separate and Distinct Corporations", 18 George II, 1744; and acts relating to the purchase of Cotton House and Library from 12 & 13 William III, 1700, and 6 Anne, 1706. ( - )

Scotland. A collection of public Acts of Parliament relating to Scotland, including the Union, and Jacobite rebellions, from the early 18th century to the end of the reign of George II in the late 1750s, with parliamentary session title - pages, all disbound, folio. Includes several Acts relating to the Union of England and Scotland, including the Act of Union itself from 6 Anne, 1706. Also includes Acts concerning the Jacobite rebellion of 1715, and the Disarming Act of 1724. ( - )

Scrap Album. A large album of mounted engravings and photographs, 18th & 19th c., including octavo steel - eng. portraitsand hand - col. fashion plts., plus hunting and humorous scenes after Cruikshank, Alken, etc., larger etchings and engravings after George Morland, plus engraved portraits by Houbraken, mezzotint portraits of Simon Earl Harcourt, Sidney, Earl of Godolphin, Samuel Whitbread, plus albumen prints of European views and works of art, some removed, in all fifty leaves, a.e.g., 19th - c. half morocco, rubbed, atlas 4to, together with an album of ten uncol. litho. Studies by George Morland, pub. John P. Thompson, 1800, some soling, marginal tear and repairs, old half morocco, some wear, oblong atlas folio (2)

South Sea Company. A small collection of public Acts of Parliament relating to the South Sea Company and the Bubble, from 1710 to the 1720s, with parliamentary session title - pages, all disbound, folio Includes "An Act for making good Deficiencies, and satisfying the Publick Debts, And for Erecting a Corporation to Carry on a Trade to the South Seas ...", the first Act relating to the South Sea Company, leading to the creation of the Company in 1711 (Sperling 8). Also includes Acts listed as Sperling 27 and 47, from 1711 and 1714, and several important Acts relating to the Bubble from 7 George I, 1720 - 21. ( - )

Surrey. 'A desirable Freehold Residential Property, four miles from Dorking and a quarter - of - a - mile from Holmwood Station...Descriptive Particulars of sale of the Desirable and Attractive Freehold Property known as "Oakdene," in the Holmwood, that remarkably beautifull locality in the neighbourhood of Dorking & the Surrey Hills. The Residence is of handsome elevation and very comfortable. There is an Entrance Lodge, plentiful Stabling, Coachman's Residence, enclosed Yard and convenient Outbuildings...also the "Vigo Farm," with Modern Buildings...a pretty and complete little Estate in a Ring Fence of about 154 Acres which will be offered by auction, by Messrs. E. & H. Lumley...at the Mart, Tokenhouse Yard, London on Tuesday, the 14th day of June, 1881, at Two O'clock Precisely', original auctioneers' catalogue, incl. a tinted litho. view of the house, a large hand coloured folding plan of the grounds, eleven pages of text describing the property in great detail including room descriptions, land use and value, etc., contained in orig. printed wrappers (torn with a little loss), folio, together with an old paper deed dated 16th January 1850 concerning the sale of land by William John Evelyn (a descendant of John Evelyn) from the Wotton House estate to the London & Greenwich Railway Company, comprising six folio leaves (2)

Trade. A collection of public Acts of Parliament relating to trade, from the early 18th century to the end of the reign of George II in the late 1750s, with parliamentary session title - pages, all disbound, folio Includes the important Copyright Act of 8 Anne, 1709; and others relating to the importation of various commodities, prize goods, trade with Greenland, Spain and Russia; and "An Act for the better Securing the Trade of this Kingdom by Cruisers and Convoys", 6 Anne, 1707. ( - )

Audsley (W. & G.). The Sermont on the Mount, Illuminated by W. and G. Audsley, Illustrated by Charles Rolt, [Day & Son, 1861], frontis. and twenty - six pages chromolithographed in cols. and gold by W.R. Tymms, each page mounted on thick card, within a double - line red rule, three leaves from another unrelated work inexplicably pasted - in, some scattered spotting and old waterstaining, a.e.g., orig. brown cloth with col. and chromolithographed cut - out paper onlays, blocked in gilt, lower cover in blind, rubbed, folio, together with Mowbray (A.R., pub.), The Anglican Missal, Oxford, 1869, gilt and hand - col. plts. and initials etc., a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. parchment boards, rubbed, 4to (2)

Berti (Pietro). Pel Solenne Ingresso di sua Eccellenza Mss. Pietro Mocenigo Procuratore di S. Marco, [Venice, 1780], eng. title, eng. throughout with fine eng. borders by Viero, bound with Poesie pel Solenne Ingresso di Sua Eccellenza il Cavaliere Pietro Mocenigo Alla Dignita di Procuratore di S. Marco, Venice, 1780, eng. title, eng. throughout with fine eng. borders by Viero, orig. card wrappers, sewn on spine, as issued, folio (1)

Bude (Guillaume). Commentarii linguae Graecae, Gulielmo Budaeo, consiliario Regio, supplicumque libelloru in Regia magistro, auctore, Paris, Robert Estienne, 1548, bound with Anotationes Priores & Posteriores Gulielmi Budaei Parisiensis ... ac libellorum supplicum in Regia Magistri, im Pandectas, Paris, Michaelis Vascosani, 1555, title with printer's woodcut device, some scattered worming to front and rear of vol. not affecting legibility, bookplate of Sir Thomas Seabright to front pastedown, later full speckled calf, joints cracked, some wear to corners, thick folio (1)

Foxe (John). The Book of Martyrs, pub. H. Trapp, 1776, eng. frontis. torn with loss, eng. plts. of Christian martyrdom, contemp. full calf, some wear, esp. to spine, folio (1)

Guillim (John). A Display of Heraldrie: Manifesting a More Easie Access to the Knowledge therof than hath Hitherto been Published by any, through the Benefit of Method..., Printed by Richard Badger for Ralph Mab, 2nd ed., 1632, numerous woodcut illusts. of armorial bearings, names of armorials written in ink to margins, title page with signature of Henry Jenner, Berkeley, Feb. 25th 1810, few minor marks and leaves Pp4 & Qq1 detached, contemp. calf gilt, slight wear to joints, small folio (1)

Hotman (Francois, 1524 - 90). Francisci Hotomani Commentariorum in Orationes M.T. Ciceronis Volmen Primum, Robertus Stephanus, [Geneva], 1554, large woodcut illust. to title page (with 18th c. armorial bookplate pasted to lower margin), occ. slight spotting and few minor marks, upper inner joint broken revealing early manuscript endpaper & spine strengthening support, contemp. limp vellum, folio (1)

Illuminated manuscript. Idylls of the King, by Tennyson, n.d., c.1870's, orig. illuminated manuscript possibly by Alberto Sangorski (fourth leaf apparently containing his initials), consisting of title and eight thick card leaves, each carefully illuminated in gold and colours, incorporating figures and animals, floral decoration etc., title v. sl. chipped to extreme fore - margin, a.e.g., orig. blind - panelled maroon calf, with old bookseller's ticket of H.& C. Treacher, Brighton, to upper outer corner of front pastedown, a little rubbed at extremities, slim folio . (1)

Milton (John). The Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton. Containing, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regain'd, Sampson Agnoises, and his Poems on Several Occasions. Together with Explanatory Notes on each Book of the Paradise Lost, and a Table Never Before Printed, 1695, port. frontis., trimmed and relaid, eng. plts., divisional titles, some minor spotting and light browning, contemp. blind - panelled calf, rebacked, folio (1)

Nalson (John). An Impartial Collection of the Great Affairs of State, from the Beginning of the Scotch Rebellion in the Year MDCXXXIX to the Murther of King Charles I Wherein the first Occasions, and the whole Series of the late Troubles in England, Scotland, Ireland, are faithfully Represented..., 2 vols., 1682, eng. frontis. to each (frontis. to vol. 2 with repair to verso), one eng. port.,contemp. calf, boards worn, amateur reback to vol. 1 and upper board of vol. 2 detached, folio, together with Saumaise, Claude, Defensio Regia, pro Carolo I. ad Serenissimum Magnae Britanniae Regem Carolum II. Filium natu Majorem, Heredem & Successorem Legitimum , 1649, near contemp. vellum with yapp fore edges, 12mo, with Willoughby (Elizabeth, Baroness Willoughby of Parham), So much of the Diary of Lady Willoughby as Relates to her Domestic History, & to the Eventful Period of the Reign of Charles the First, pub. Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1845, gauffered gilt edges, contemp. gilt dec. morocco, joints & extrems. slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus eleven others including an early 18th c. manuscript book of sermons, dated 1703/4, inscribed Alexander Bruce Balliol college (15)

Ovid. Ovid's Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. Translated by the Most Eminent Hands, printed for Jacob Tonson, 1717, addn. eng. title, eng. port. (torn) and fifteen eng. plts., some damp soiling, spotting, yellowing and marginal fraying, 19th c. half calf, worn, folio (1)

Polybius. Polybii Lycortae..., Historiarum libri qui Supersunt. Isaacus Casaubonus ex Antiquis Libris Emendauit, Latine Vertit, & Commentariis Illustrauit..., Typis Wechelianis apud Claudium Marnium & Haeredes Johannis Aubrii, 2 parts in 1, [Frankfurt], 1609, title printed in red & black, with woodcut printers device to title, parallel text in Greek and Latin, contemp. blind panelled vellum, with central blind arabesque to each board, loss of vellum to lower panel and upper joint split, folio (1)

Reyd (Everhard van). Belgarum, Aliarumque Gentium, Annales, Dionysio Vossio Interprete, Leidon, Joannis Maire, 1633, title printed in red and black with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials, etc., contemp. vellum, with yapp fore - edges, rubbed and marked and worn with spine deficient, folio (1)

Weis (Johann Martin). Representation des Fetes donnees par la Ville de Strasbourg pour la Convalescence du Roi; a l'arrivee et pendant le sejour de Sa Majeste en cette Ville, 2 parts in one, Paris, [1744], eng. title, eng. port., eleven fine double - page eng. plts., 20pp. eng. text, contemp. red morocco gilt by Padeloup (with his ticket to lower margin of title), central Louis XIV arms and broad leafy border incorporating royal cypher and arms pieces in corners, now sadly scratched out and defaced, green silk endpapers, some wear to head and foot of spine, atlas folio (1)

Yorke (James, blacksmith). The Union of Hanovr. Containing the Arms, Matches and Issues of the Kings, Dukes, Marquesses and Earles of England from the Conquest, Untill this Present Yeere, 1640. With the Arms of the English Viscounts and Barons now being: and of the Gentry of Lincolnshire. Whereunto is Annexed, a Briefe of all the Battels which have been Fought and Maintained by the English since the Conquest, till the Yeer 1602..., printed by Edward Griffin for William Leake, 1640, numerous hand - col. woodcut armorials throughout, lacks eng. title, one leaf of verses, leaves I6, V2, L1, M1 & , O2 and gathering 2F, some pages repaired mainly to margins, a.e.g., late 19th c. morocco gilt, small folio. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Augustine (Saint Aurelius, Bp. of Hippo). [Of the Citie of God..., Englished by I.H [John Healy], 1st English ed., 1610], lacks first three leaves incl. blank and title, and last five leaves (index and final blank), text complete (pp. [1] - 921), some wooduct initials, some soiling, title (of 2nd English edition, 1620) plus one prelim. and four leaves table at rear supplied from another edition, contemp. calf, some wear, modern reback, folio (1)

Bacon (Francis, Viscount Verulam). The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England. To which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author, by Mr. Mallet, 3 vols., 1753, eng. frontis. to each, contemp. sprinkled calf, worn on spines and darkened at edges, folio (3)