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Poem-of-the-Month Club.- Collection of 48 broadsides signed by the authors, including W.H. Auden, Natural Linguistics; Philip Larkin, The Explosion; Stephen Spender, Art Student; Seamus Heaney, Land; John Betjeman, A Wembley Lad and The Crem (with the two-word autograph correction); Robert Graves, Advice From a Mother; C. Day Lewis, Going My Way?; John Lehmann, Photograph; and other authors (Glyn Hughes, Alan Ross, Norman MacCaig, Thom Gunn etc.), the odd marginal spot, loose as issued, with some related printed inserts (these with embossed library stamps), housed in original half sheep portfolios with ties, rubbed and soiled, folio, 1970-1977. *** Comprising 48 broadside poems published by The Poem of the Month Club between 1970-1977, all from the First and Second Folios, but with a poem by Hugo Williams from the Third Folio in place of Stevie Smith from the first Folio. 

Spain.- Mayerne (Louis Turquet de) The Generall Historie of Spaine... translated into English, and continued unto these times by Edward Grimeston, first edition in English, with initial blank, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials and headpieces, title with tiny hole (no text loss), some staining to first few ff. (heaviest to A3), 3A2, 5I1 & 5D5 small mark or hole causing loss to few letters, 2F1 tear within text but no loss, occasional very small worming to lower margin of first half, water-staining, quite frequent but usually marginal, some toning, without free endpapers, later calf, covers with central gilt-tooled lozenge, spine gilt with raised bands and morocco label, portion of old manuscript used as binder's waste, small paper labels to spine ends, rubbed and worn in places, upper joint split at foot, [STC 17747], folio, A. Islip and G. Eld, 1612.  *** Grimeston continued Mayerne's work to cover the period of 1583-1612, including the defeat of the Armada and Drake's raids on Cadiz and Lisbon.Provenance: "Ex dono Johannis Bingley Armiger" (contemporary inscription to head of initial blank); Earls of Macclesfield (small embossed stamp to first few leaves). 

Russia.- Alexander (William) Costume of the Russian Empire, first edition, additional engraved title and 72 plates, all hand-coloured stipple-engravings, titles and text in English and French, plate XIV misbound before plate XIX, faint offsetting, contemporary crimson straight-grain morocco, decorated in blind and gilt, spine richly gilt, g.e., rubbing to joints and extremities, a few small marks to upper cover, folio, Edward Harding, 1803.

Spenser (Edmund) The Faerie Queene, Disposed into XII. Bookes, large woodcut device to title, Q5 divisional title and colophon, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, woodcut cartouches to head of each canto, lacking final blank, title heavily restored with extensive but mainly marginal losses expertly repaired (touches of pen facsimile), G2, V2 & 2C4 small rust-hole affecting couple letters (G2 just into cartouche to verso), H4 portion of abrasion/repairs with loss to some words, I1 paper-flaw to fore-edge affecting few letters, 2F6 small hole with loss to few words, a few other minor marginal defects, some light browning, some spotting and soiling, occasional light marginal damp-staining, final 2ff. little frayed at fore-edge and lightly creased, contemporary calf, covers with central gilt-tooled lozenge, spine gilt and with raised bands, binder's waste endpapers, some wear to corners, rubbed, [Pforzheimer 971; STC 23083], folio, H.L. for Mathew Lownes, 1609. *** The first folio edition of Spenser's epic poem, also the first to include the two cantos of Mutabilitie. 

London.- Dugdale (Sir William) The History of St. Pauls Cathedral in London, first edition, title printed in red and black, lacking portrait frontispiece but with 44 etched plates and illustrations by Wenceslaus Hollar and others, most plates double-page or folding and mounted on stubs, all but one illustration full-page, final blank present, a few plates trimmed just within image at fore-edge, damp-staining, often very light and marginal, occasional minor soiling, front free endpaper soiled and with vertical tear, contemporary mottled calf, morocco spine label, rather rubbed, upper joint split at head and foot, [Wing D2482; Pforzheimer 341], folio, Tho. Warren, 1658. *** Provenance: George Simon, Earl of Harcourt (bookplate).

Herbal.- Turner (William) [A New Herball], lacks A1 (title), A2, C2-5, D1 & D2, title and A2 supplied in facsimile, Steven Mierdman, 1551, bound with The seconde parte of Vuilliam Turners herball..., title with woodcut printers device, lacks A4 (blank), E1, L5, R1, 2C1, 2D2, 2F4 (blank) and all after 2G2 (i.e. entire second part "booke of the Baeth"), without the errata slip sometimes pasted in, 2C1 & 2D2 supplied in facsimile, woodcut to O4v partially hand-coloured, Cologne, Arnold Birckman, 1562, together 2 parts in 1, first editions, black letter, numerous woodcut illustrations, woodcut initials, many large and decorative, several ff. strengthened at gutter, some neat marginal restoration and various repairs (more extensive to first few ff.), occasionally affecting some text or woodcut, a few times causing loss to few letters (see part 1 P7 & P8; part 2 Y3v & Y4v), occasional marginal ink notes in early and later hands, including some pagination corrected or supplied to part 2, light browning, some soiling and light staining, occasional damp-mottling, modern calf, spine lightly sunned, [STC 24365 & 24366; Henrey 366 & 367; Hunt 65], folio. *** The first two parts of Turner's great work; a third part was published in Cologne in 1568. "The first essay on scientific botany in England...Turner was the first Englishman to waken his countrymen's minds to a little of what was new in the botanical world" (Hunt).Provenance: Neatham Mill Library (embossed circular stamp to rear free endpaper). 

India, Nepal, Kashmir & Afghanistan.- Oldfield (Henry Ambrose, 1822-1871), Rajman Singh Chitrakar (1797-1865) & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, compiled by Lt. Gen. Sir James Hill-Johnes VC (1833-1919), including approximately 88 portrait and group photographs measuring from approx. 185 x 140 mm to 135 x 105 mm and smaller, 48 larger group, camp and landscape photographs approx. 175 x 235 mm, 24 large group and landscape photographs approx. 245 x 300mm, 12 large watercolours and drawings approx. 285 x 370 mm, and one smaller drawing approx. 115 x 190 mm, mounted on 66 leaves, contemporary black straight-grained half roan, sympathetically rebacked, label to upper cover with manuscript annotations, oblong folio, [circa 1850s to 1880s]Provenance:Lieutenant General Sir James Hills-Johnes VC (1833-1919); then by descent.*** An important and extensive mid-19th century album documenting Hill-Johnes' time in India, Nepal, Kashmir & Afghanistan.[Photographs]: include portraits of various officers, many with names captioned in ink; a group portrait of ‘G[overnor] G[eneral]'s Camp’, and below it a group shot of Col. Yule, Major Jones, Mr. Walters, Captain Stanley, Captain Baring, Captain Roberts V.C., Captain Hills V.C. and Sir E. Campbell Bart', the latter attributed to Jean Baptiste Oscar Mallitte; a portrait of Lady Canning taken c.1861 by Josiah Rowe (British, c. 1809-1874); some Indian landscapes, such as the bridge over Hindon River, Ghaziabad; stock photographs by Samuel Bourne of Government House, Calcutta; photographs by Clarence Comyn Taylor (1830-1879) of Maharaj Dhiraj Surendra Bikram Sah, King of Nepal (ruled 1846-1881); photographs of the family of Henry Ambrose Oldfield, doctor at the British Residency in Kathmandu, Nepal (1850-1863); portraits of Maharajah Jang Bahadur CB, Prime Minister & Commander-in-chief, Nepal; Raj Guru, the chief Hindu priest of Nepal and a brother of Jang Bahadur; and photographs from Kandahar, Afghanistan, amongst others.[Artworks]: Four large watercolours by Henry Ambrose Oldfield, including ‘A Gateway of Palace, Kathmandhoo,’ The Palace at Kathmandu', ‘Interior of principal temple, Pashputty Nepal [sic, Pashupatinath]’ and 'Swayambhunath Temple'; a group of 8 pencil landscape sketches in the style of Oldfield, but one is captioned "(Rajman)", a likely attribution to the local artist from Patan, one of the first painters from Nepal to incorporate Western art practices, Rajman Singh Chitrakar (1797-1865); a "Company School" watercolour of a bison, also possibly by Rajman.

Laser die-cut work.- Eliasson (Olafur) Your House, one of 225 copies, signed by the artist, 908 pp. illustrated by Olafur Eliasson using computer-aided laser die-cuts, original cloth, oblong folio (292 x 450 x 115 mm.), New York, Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art, 2006.*** Conceived by Olafur Eliasson as part of the Contemporary Editions series at the Museum of Modern Art, this book is one of the more exciting new achievements in book making in the 21st century. The subject is Eliasson’s house in Denmark rendered in a vertical cross section through an elaborate laser die-cut process of each page. The format of the book allows Eliasson the space to fully realise his idea on a scale of 85:1, so that each leaf corresponds to 2.2 centimeters of the actual house.Eliasson summarises the experience of viewing this book thus, “Reading a book is both a physical and a mental activity. It is like walking through a house, following the layout of the rooms with your body and mind: the movement from one room to another, or from one part of the book to another, constitutes an experiential narrative that is physical and conscious at the same time."Born of Icelandic extraction in Copenhagen, in 1967, Olafur Eliasson lives and works in Copenhagen and Berlin. His work has been exhibited in many international venues, including Tate Modern, London (2003), and the Menil Collection, Houston (2004). The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art organised a major retrospective of his work in 2007, which travelled to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, in 2008.

Catholic Church. Pontificale secundum ritum sacrosancte Romane ecclesie, collation: [Maltese cross]4 a-x8 y6 z8, A-H8 I10, printed in red and black, titles within woodcut historiated borders, including portraits of saints, woodcut vignettes, historiated initials and musical notation, final f. blank, occasional early ink marginalia and underlining, some mostly marginal water-staining (mostly at end), occasional spotting, lightly browned, later half calf over marbled boards, spine in compartments and with leather label, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, folio (347 x 231mm.), Lyon, [Hector Penet], [15 September,] 1542. *** A wide-margined copy of this handsomely printed Latin Liturgy.Provenance: ‘Joannes Dillon’ (early ink signature to front free endpaper); Fort Augustus Abbey Library, sold Christie’s, 16th February, 2001, lot 69 (bookplate to front pastedown).Literature: Adams L1239.

Booke of Receipts, manuscript in several hands, together 113pp. excluding blanks (39pp. 17 century, 32pp. 18 century & 15pp. a mix of 18 & 19 centuries; reverse entries 27pp. 17 century), reverse entries, 23pp. from both ends, first and last f. soiled and with brown marks, first 12ff. slightly wormed in inner margins, some ff. with other slight tears and marks, old Sotheby's catalogue description loosely inserted, loose, in the remains of a vellum indenture repurposed as the cover of this recipe book, soiled, creased and defective with loss, housed in an 18 century leather wallet, Post horn watermark, folio, 1670 [18 & 19 centuries].*** Cookery recipes including: "To prserve Pippins red"; "To make marmalade of Oranges"; "To make marmalade of wardens [pears] a most Cordiall marmalett"; "To make the Italian Biskett"; "To make marmaled of Cherreys Mr. John Gard; "To make a sacke Possett"; "How to coller Beefe"; ""Duck sause"; "To make Westphalia Bacon";  "To make Pancakes"; "To make Duke of Norfolks Punch"; "To make Syrup of Elder"; "Dutch Biskets"; "To make Cyder"; "A Brown Bread Pudding" etc.Medical recipes including: "Dr. Burges's drink against ye Plague, Purples, spotted ffever, Measles, Surfeits or ye like sudden sicknesses"; "The D. of Newcastle's Diet drink"; To make Almond cheese"; "A medicine to cure the green sicknesse"; "Sr Tho: Millingtons Diet drink for sweetening ye blood"; "For the Biting of a Mad Dog"; "Lady Parsons's Yellow Salve"; "ffor ye stone in the Bladder"; "A water for all manner of sore Leggs from the Knee downewards"; "Almond milke"; "A Unguent after a hard Travell" etc.

Locke (John) An Essay concerning Humane Understanding, fourth edition, engraved portrait, 18th century ownership inscription to front free endpaper, very occasional correction or annotation in a contemporary hand, c2-3 little dust-soiled at fore-edge, 3C1 & 3C4 lower margin foreshortened, 2Z1 small paper-flaw hole affecting few words, occasional spotting, minor worm trace to blank lower corner towards end, final few ff. little creased, contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked, small repairs to lower cover fore-edge, wear to corners, covers rubbed, [Wing L2742], folio, for Awnsham and John Churchil...and Samuel Manship, 1700. *** First published in 1690. In this edition, the last published in his lifetime, Locke makes important alterations in his use of the terms "determinate" & "determined" ideas, also adding two new chapters.

Nelson (Horatio, Viscount Nelson, naval officer, 1758-1805) Document signed "Nelson" for the provision of British ships in the Bay of Naples, with his left hand, 1p. with conjugate blank, red wax seal, folds, slightly browned, watermarked 1796, folio, 26th May 1799; and another, a single strand of Nelson's hair, preserved in a modern box, together with letter of authenticity, v.s., v.d. (2).*** First mentioned: "By Horatio Lord Nelson... Whereas I have thought proper to employ in the service to His Britannic Majesty the Brigantine nominated Santa Maria di Porto Salvo whereof Francisco Ruopolo of Ischia is master navigator with Sixteen Men to carry provisions to the British Ships in the Bay of Naples... ."    

Speed (John) The Historie of Great Britaine under the conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans..., third edition, engraved portrait, woodcut illustrations, head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial blank, portrait with a few very short tears and laid down with small inscription in purple pencil, title with short tear within text but no loss, the occasional later ink note or annotation, including to title verso, A4-5 margins repaired with some loss to printed side-notes, 4L4 lower corner repaired affecting ruled border, I2-3, 2M3 & 2S3 with small rust-hole affecting couple letters, a few other minor marginal defects or repairs, some spotting and light browning, occasional light damp-staining, light creasing to final few ff., later calf, rebacked preserving original richly gilt backstrip, recornered, new morocco spine label, lightly rubbed, [STC 23049], folio, John Dawson, for George Humble, 1632. *** Provenance: R.F. Huntley Decr. 15. 1847 (ownership inscription to head of title); Edwin Maynard (pencil ownership name to front free endpaper). 

Elizabeth I (Queen of England & Ireland, 1533-1603) & Charles I (King of England, Scotland & Ireland, 1600-49).- [Volume of speeches and tracts including Elizabeth I's Speech at Tilbury against the Spanish Armada in 1588 and the politics of the Short and Long Parliaments in the year 1640], manuscripts in a variety of hands (many in 1 hand), together 48 speeches and tracts in c. 695pp., a few blank ff., some vertical folds, 1 blank f. partly torn away,  some ff. slightly creased, slightly browned throughout, ink ownership signature of "Robr. Harington" on front free endpaper, original calf, double blind stamped borders, edges a little rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked in modern calf, gilt panelled spine, front free endpaper pot watermark, other ff. a variety of watermarks including post horn and bunch of grapes, sm. folio (291 x 180mm.), 1640, 1647 & 1648.*** Two of the defining moments in British history.Speeches and tracts including:(1). [Elizabeth I] Queene Elizabeth hir Speech. Before hir Army at Tilbury when they looked every hower for ye Landing of ye duke of Parma whereupon she tooke occasion to deliver this Excellent Speech ye Earle of Essex Sr John Norris And  Sr ffrancis Drake wayting on hir Stirrup."I am come amongst you at this time... fully resolved in ye middest and heat of ye Battell to live and dye amongst you all, to lay downe for my God and my Countrymyne Honor and my blood even in ye dust and although I have ye body of a weeke and feeble woman yet have I ye heart and ye Courage of a King, and that of a King of England too... ," 1p., n.d., [c. 1640].A manuscript version of one of the greatest war speeches against foreign invasion in the English language. The speech has some variation and omissions from the fullest known text which was published for the first time in 1654. It is unclear whether Drake was present as intimated here, at Tilbury, on 9 August, as on 7 August he was at Gravelines, ordering the sending in of fire ships to attack the Armada in harbour. (2). [Henrietta Maria (Queen, consort of Charles I, 1609-69)] A Message from the Queen's Ma:tie to the House of Commons by Mr Comptroller...", 1p., [Rushworth iv 169], 6th February 1640.Henrietta Maria's message to the House of Commons on a variety of matters, including that she was willing to persuade the king to recall parliament, her acknowledgement that her approach to the pope to gain support for the king's northern wars was "distastfull to ye Kingdome...", and promising that she would not flaunt her Catholicism.(3). [Lenthall (William, lawyer and speaker of the House of Commons, 1591-1662)] Mr Lentall speaker of the Commons house his speech in the upper house of Parliament 5th November 1640, 14pp., [Rushworth iv 17], 1640.Lenthall's speech to the king in the House of Lords in which he accepts the Speakership of the House of Commons, with the king's affirmation.(4). [Charles I]. To ye Speaker of ye House of Peeres [e]xtempore to be Communicated to the Lords & Comons in p[ar]liam[en]t assembled at Westm[inste]r... Charles R, 1p., Holdenby, 6th March 1646 [1647].A letter from the king imprisoned at Holdenby Hall, Northamptonshire, to parliament asking for "some of my Chaplins whom I esteme & reverend". The request fell on deaf ears, "for the whole of his time at Newcastle and Holdenby (May 1646–June 1647) he was refused his own choice of chaplains and offered only rigid presbyterians, whose services he spurned. He attended no act of worship and denied himself the sacrament of holy communion throughout that time." - Oxford DNB.(5). [Charles I]. his maiesties resons against ye pretended jurisdiction of ye high court of Justice wch hee intend to deliver in writieng on monday Januarie ye 22th 1648 faythfully transcribed oute of ye originall coppie under ye Kings owne hand, 3pp., [Rushworth vii 403], 1648.Charles I's protestation against the legality of the court set to try him, "for houe can ainie freeborn subiect of England call life or any thing hee possesseth his owne, if power wth out righte daylie make newe, & abrogate ye olde fundamentalle lawe of ye land... ."(6). Pym (John, politician, 1584-1643) Mr Pyms speech in ye painted Chamber at ye Conference betwixt both the houses of pliamt ffebr. xxvith 1640, 28pp., [Rushworth iv, 199-202], 1640.Pym's speech in support of the charges against William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, covering both secular and religious matters, and which ultimately led to his imprisonment in 1641 and execution in 1645. *** The majority of these tracts are concerned with the febrile politics of 1640, the year of the Short and Long Parliaments, called by Charles I in the wake of his catastrophic war with the Scots, and their subsequent invasion of the north of England. The king had gone to war in Scotland without enough money and now faced the dilemma of calling on parliament, in abeyance since 1629, to make him a financial grant. The Short Parliament sat for only three weeks between April and May 1640, parliament being more interested in the redressing of its grievances with the perceived arbitrary powers of the crown. The Long Parliament, so called because it lasted intermittently from 1640 to 1660, proved to be equally intractable and eventually led to the king raising his standard at Nottingham in 1642, and to the start of the Civil War. The Scots and English wars were distinct, but both were inextricably entwined. The king had gone to war in Scotland in an attempt to impose changes in religious practice which brought about the Covenant and the expulsion of the bishops. The Civil War in England was about the governance of the realm, either through the authority of king or parliament. Both wars were ultimately about the sovereignty of the crown. These political tracts, many with folds, would have circulated in manuscript among the population, before being bound up later in the century.Provenance: Typed note of Roger Warner Antiques, Burford, "Purchased from sale of Library at Moccas Court, Herefordshire, property of Sir Geoffrey Cornewall, Bt. J.P., 1946"; Roger Warner (1913-2008), antiques dealer and collector. 

America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot. Part I. Describing the Sea Coast [...] of England... [bound together with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 'Part 1' with title and 23 engraved charts, double-page and four folding, 'The Fourth Book' with title and 21 engraved charts, including 7 folding, 10 double-page and four single-page, four additional charts within the text, and both 'parts' with numerous woodcut coastal profiles and small anchorage charts illustrated within the text, two contemporary manuscript leaves with ink annotations from previous owner/navigator carefully slipped into the atlas, some maps trimmed, old folds and handling creases, surface dirt and signs of use throughout, slightly rough edges with minor losses to extremities, early boards with only remnants of 17th century panelled calf remaining, early paper repair to edges and back, very worn, presented in modern drop-back box, folio, 1721 *** "The first significant collection of charts exclusively of the American coasts to be published in England" (Cumming). A scarce, notably early, example of "The Fourth Book".Maps in ‘The Fourth Book’ include: 1. Edmund Halley, A New and Correct Chart Shewing the Variations of the Compass in the Western and Southern Oceans, 17002. E. Wright, A New Generall Chart for the West Indies, [c. 1720]3. Mount & Page, A Generall Chart of the Western Ocean, [c. 1720]4. Mount & Page, A Chart of the Sea Coast of New Found Land, New Scotland, New England, New York, New Jersey, with Virginia, and Maryland, [c. 1720]5. Captain Cyprian Southicke, The Harbour of Casco Bay and Islands Adjacent, 17206. Henry Southwood, The Coast of New-Found-Land from Cape-Raze to Cape St. Francis, [c. 1720]7. John Gaudy, A Chart Shewing part of the Sea Coast of New-Foundland From ye Bay of Bulls to little Plecentia, 17158. Harbour Grace [single-page]9. Bay Bulls. Part of Newfound- [single-page]10. Cattalina Harbor [single-page]  11. Port Bonavista [single-page]12. Island of St Peter’s [in-text]13. Sam Thornton, A Large Draught of New England, New York, and Long Island, [c. 1720]14. A New Plan of the Harbour of Boston in New England… surveyed by order of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Navy, [1711]15. John Thornton and Will Fisher, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsilvania, East and West New Jarsey, [c. 1720]16. John Thornton and Will Fisher, A New Mapp of Carolina, [c. 1720]17. Barbados [in-text]18. A Large Draft of the Island Antegua, [c. 1720]19. Samuel Thornton, A Chart of the Caribe Ilands, [c. 1720]20. A Chart of the Island of Hispaniola, [c. 1720]21. The Island of Jamaica, [c. 1720]22. Samuel Thornton, A New Chart of the Bahama Islands and the Windward Passage, [c. 1720]23. [Bermuda], [in-text] 24. A Draught of the Coast of Guiana, from the River Oronoque, to the River Amazones, [c. 1720]25. Samuel Thornton, A New and Correct Large Draught of the Tradeing Part of the West Indies, [c. 1720]

Newhouse estate.- Account books, 1792-98; 2 household account books 1790-1806; Whiteparish Poor Book 1801-1806, manuscripts, numerous pp., original vellum, soiled and marked, sm. 4to & ledger folio, 1792-1806; and c. 75 folio 19th century bank books for members of the Matcham family, Stewards Accounts etc., v.s., 1790 – 19th century (c. 75). *** Newhouse was built in 1619 by William Stockman and sold by him in 1620 to Sir Edward Gorges, later Baron Gorges. In 1633, he sold the estate to Giles Eyre (bap. 1608, d. 1685) of Brickworth House, Whiteparish and in turn his descendants sold it to a cousin, Sir Samuel Eyre (bap. 1638 d. 1698), a distinguished lawyer and judge. In 1817, Lord Nelson’s nephew, George Matcham (1789-1877) married Harriet Eyre and the estate has stayed in their descendents ownership until the 21st century.

Trissino (Gian Giorgio).- Alighieri (Dante) Dante. De la Volgare Eloquenzia, translated by Gian Giorgio Trissino, collation: a-b8 c6 d4, title with tiny chip lower edge, bound with Trissino (Gian Giorgio) Dialogo del Trissino intitulato il Castellano, nel quale si tratta de la lingua italiana, collation: A-B8 C4, and Epistola del Trissino de le lettere nuovamente aggiunte ne la lingua italiana, collation: A4 aa-bb4 cc6; La Poetica di M. Giovan Giorgio Trissino, collation: a-r4 s2, together 4 works in 2 vol., woodcut printer's device to titles of first three and to r4 verso in fourth, blank spaces for capitals with printed guide letters, a few leaves uniformly browned, some others heavily spotted, occasional scattered spots or ink stains elsewhere, uniformly bound in eighteenth century half calf, spines gilt with small morocco and paper labels, extremities worn, small folio (278 x 166 mm.), Vicenza, Tolomeo Gianicolo, 1529.*** Provenance: Benedetto Varchi (1503-1565; the celebrated Florentine humanist) [ink ownership inscription to first title]. Both volumes from the library of Gian Giacomo Trivulzio (1774-1831) [his initials ‘G.G.T.’ in ink to pastedowns].Literature: I: Adams D121; Edit16 CNCE 1160. II: Adams T950; Edit16 CNCE 25805; Mortimer Italian, 507. III: Adams T951; Edit16 CNCE 25807. IV: Adams T955; Edit 16 CNCE 25808.

More (Sir Thomas, Saint) The Workes, first edition in English of the complete works, largely printed in black letter, title within fine woodcut border incorporating Royal arms at head, woodcut initials, without leaf chi1 often inserted between 2C5 and 2C6, lacking blank leaf [par]10 and final blank, title little browned and soiled with a few wormholes (no loss to text or border), single wormhole within text of first c.18 leaves, 2[par]2 lower corner repaired with loss to letter of catchword, a few ff. with tears neatly repaired (fg5, 2i3, 2k7 & I7 affecting text or with loss to few letters), B4, X8 & 2R3 with tiny [rust-]hole within text, a few small marginal chips, occasional passage-marking and a few annotations in an early hand, some light browning, the occasional stain or light soiling, final few Sig. damp-stained at head, still overall a very good copy, modern antique style calf, spine in compartments, one lettered in gilt, a few minor scuff marks, [STC 18076; Pforzheimer 743], folio (277 x 185mm.), John Cawood, John Waly, and Richarde Tottell, 1557. *** The important first English edition of the complete works of "the man for all seasons", edited by his nephew William Rastell, arranged in chronological order and with marginal notes and a dedication to Queen Mary. It is also a source-book for Shakespeare's Richard III. "Given the conditions that More faced in the Tower of London during his last year it is all the more remarkable that he continued his writings. Towards the end, when paper and pen had been taken from him, he still managed to write letters in charcoal to the family. His Treatise on the Passion and the Latin version, Exposito passionis, give a vivid account of Christ's last hours before his death on the Cross, and his Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation is sometimes regarded as his finest work in English" (Keith Watson, Sir Thomas More). Provenance: Thomas Kery (contemporary ownership inscriptions to title and verso of final f.).

China.- Chinese Export School (probably late 18th century) An Album of 10 Original Artworks Depicting Scenes of the Domestic Lives of Women, watercolour on silk, some edged with blue, individually tipped onto leaves with watercolour wash, each approx. 295 x 225 mm, one or two very light spots to images, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, small surface tear to upper cover, folio, [late 18th century].*** A collection of remarkably bright and vibrant artworks depicting women engaged in an array of dynamic domestic activities, including children's games, needlework, hobby-horsing and musical performances, all framed within beautiful interior spaces.

Blake (William) Illustrations of the Book of Job...Being all the Water-Colour Designs, Pencil Drawings and Engravings Reproduced in Facsimile, with an Introduction by Laurence Binyon and Geoffrey Keynes, 6 parts, collotype plates, some colour, original cloth-backed wrappers, printed labels to upper covers, uncut, the first part with glacine wrapper (creased and slightly frayed at edges), together in original cloth drop-front box, rubbed, spine faded and upper joint worn & split, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, 1935; Vala or The Four Zoas, edited by G.F.Bentley, full-page illustrations, original buckram, dust-jacket, rubbed and frayed at edges, portion of spine panel detached, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1963, [Bentley 374 & 212], folio (2)*** The first is an excellent set of reproductions of Blake's work, including the watercolour versions for Thomas Butts, John Linnell and the New Zealand set, the drawings for the smaller set, and the proof issue of the first printing. The second item, Vala, is the only facsimile produced of this huge manuscript.

Ariosto (Lodovico) Roland Furieux, first edition in French, collation: *6 a-z6 A-R6 S4, lacking blank leaf *6, title (?supplied) within elaborate woodcut border, woodcut historiated initials, crushed brown morocco by Chambolle-Duru with Baron Seillier's arms ("Bibliotheque de Mello") on covers, light rubbing to extremities, g.e., a very good, clean copy, folio (295 x 187mm.), Lyon, Sulpice Sabon, for Jehan Thell, 1544.*** The first French translation of Orlando Furioso, likely the work of at least three translators: Jean des Gouttes, Charles Fontaine and Denis Sauvage. Scarce in commerce. 

Bible, English. The Text of the New Testament, third Fulke edition, title within fine woodcut architectural border, lacking initial blank, title with light stain/abrasion mark to verso (?where bookplate removed), E1 small paper-flaw affecting a few words, for John Bill, 1617 bound with Fulke (William) A Defense of the Sincere and True Translation of the Holy Scriptures into the English Tongue, [by Eliot's Court Press] for John Bill, 1617, together 2 works in 1 vol., woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, light mostly marginal browning, some foxing, damp-staining, mainly to second work and increasing in severity towards end, later blind-tooled calf, rebacked, some staining to spine, rubbed and worn in places, [Herbert 360; STC 2918 & 11431], folio.  *** Third edition of Fulke's New Testament, including his Defense, which was "indirectly responsible for the marked influence which Rheims exerted on the Bible of 1611" (Herbert). This the variant with imprint for John Bill rather than Thomas Adams (Herbert 359). 

China.- The Shop Signs of Peking, one of 100 unnumbered copies, preface by H.K. Fung, 101 fine hand-coloured illustrations on 18 leaves, text in English and Chinese, loosely inserted article on 'Shanghai Pawnshops' from the Peking Chronicle 12th January 1933, and another titled 'The First parliament of Bombay Bay in High Debate' reprinted from Walker's Hibernian Magazine, Dublin 1786, in an edition of 100 copies, 1987, original cloth-backed patterned paper boards with silk corners and paper label on upper cover, fastened with cord in oriental style, extremities a little rubbed, a few small patches of discolouration to upper cover, oblong folio, Beijing, Chinese Painting Association of Peking, 1931. *** These finely coloured illustrations depict the diverse range of signs used in Beijing to represent different types of shops, including pawn shops, apothecaries, bakers, goldsmiths and public baths, among others. Fung notes that, 'eventually', with increasing levels of literacy, 'they will become nothing but relics of the ancient Chinese Customs'.

Chaucer (Geoffrey) [The workes of Geffray Chaucer newly printed, with dyvers workes whiche were never in print before], [edited by William Thynne], double column, black letter, B1r with woodcut of the Knight before castle, E6v with woodcut of the Squire, woodcut decorative initials, 'The Romau[n]t of the Rose' with separate divisional title within woodcut architectural border, lacking all 8 preliminary leaves before f.1 (B1) and final blank, title and 8 preliminary leaves supplied from the 1561 John Stowe edition (lacking A1 divisional title to 'The Caunterburie Tales'), title trimmed and laid down with tiny loss, some chips and repairs to prelims with text loss, trimmed at head, shaving headlines to prelims, just touching a few other headlines but no loss, Sig. B-U and final 3ff. very small worming within text (generally one or two holes), B1 upper corner trimmed affecting pagination, F3 with 2 small burn-holes affecting few letters, S5 paper-flaw/tear repaired with very small loss, a few other short tears or marginal defects but no text loss, final 5ff. (3Q1-5) probably supplied from another copy (light damp-stain to foot from Sig. 3L onwards stopping abruptly at 3Q1), guarded and with fore-edge trimmed, 3Q2 causing loss to some words, very occasional underlining and a few instances of early marginalia, browned at points, some foxing, the odd light stain, still a good copy generally, 18th century dark blue morocco, richly gilt, spine faded, rubbed and scuffed, g.e., [STC 5073; Pforzheimer 174], folio (292 x 190mm.), by [Nicholas Hill for] Rycharde Kele, [?1550]. *** One of four variants of the undated fourth collected edition, which was published simultaneously by four London booksellers (William Bonham. Richard Kele. Thomas Petit and Robert Toye), with each variant bearing a different colophon. It is the last edition of Thynne's highly regarded version of The Workes. Thynne held a number of offices at the Court of Henry VIII, including chief clerk of the kitchen, who was in charge of all royal banquets. The preliminary leaves are supplied from second issue of the 1561 John Stowe edition, without illustrations. Provenance: Wm. Herbert (ownership name to front free endpaper; engraved armorial bookplate); James McBryde of St. Helens (bookplate).

Golden Cockerel Press.- Keats (John) Endymion, number 22 of 100 specially-bound copies signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 500, 58 wood-engraved illustrations by John Buckland Wright, some full-page, repaired tear to p.9 affecting illustration, some occasional light foxing, original pictorial vellum by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, green cloth slip-case, [Cockalorum 175], small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1947. *** "In his 58 illustrations Buckland Wright is both as classical and as romantic as the poet could have desired. His vision, it seems to me, approaches that of Keats as closely as is possible for any artist working in our generation". (Christopher Sandford, Cockalorum).

Edgeworth (Maria, novelist and educationist, 1768-1849) One page of a leaf of the autograph manuscript of her novel Garry Owen, or, The Snow-Woman, autograph manuscript with corrections, [1832]; Autograph Letter signed to "Mrs Hall", 3pp. with address panel, 4to, Edgworthstown [County Longford, Ireland], 2nd February 1830, "I am really sorry that it is not in my power to contribute any thing to your next years pretty book," folds, last page tipped-in on card, folio & 4to (2).

Marine life.- Rumpf (Georg Eberhard) Thesaurus imaginum piscium testaceorum, engraved portrait of the author and elaborate additional title, title in red and black with engraved vignette, 3 engraved head-pieces and one tail-piece, 60 engraved plates, some very small scattered ink stains to portrait, mostly marginal, additional title with very short closed tear to lower margin, plate 60 with small stain just within platemark, some light browning, plates with occasional light marginal spotting or minor soiling, but overall good, some foxing to text, modern calf-backed boards, spine label little chipped, extremities lightly rubbed, [Nissen ZBI 3520], folio, Leiden, Peter van der Aa, 1711. *** A first edition in Latin of Rumpf's landmark work on marine life in the Moluccan Archipelago of Indonesia, first published in Dutch in 1705. The plates include shells, sea urchins, crabs and lobsters etc.

Aquinas (Thomas) Tractatulus solemnis de arte et vero modo predicandi, collation: [a10], 9ff. only (of 10, lacking f.3), 36 lines, Gothic letter, woodcut initials, that on f2v cut out and repaired with loss to text on both sides, some foxing and marginal water-staining, later vellum, folio (272 x 196mm.), Strassburg, Heinrich Knoblochtzer, [1479; not after 1482].*** Rare at auction, with seemingly no appearances."Erroneously attributed to Aquinas. Compiled from works by Jacobus de Fusignano and that attributed to Henricus de Hassia." (BL). Provenance: Johann Heinrich Joseph Niesert (ink inscription to front free endpaper, “Bibliotheca J. Niesert parochi in Velen 1818” and further notes in his hand beneath). Niesert (1766-1841) was a Catholic priest, and a collector of manuscripts and seals. He was born in Münster, and served in a parish in Velen, North Rhine-Westphalia; his collection was sold in 1843, and books and manuscripts in his collection can now be found in the British Library, the Bodleian Library, and in the Universitätsbibliothek in Münster.Literature: Goff T264; Hain 1356*; GW 46082; BSB-Ink T-302; ISTC it00264000. 

Catholic Church. Missale Basiliense, collation: [*6] a–f10 g12 [16] h–k10 A–F10 G H8, 189 ff. (of 190, lacking [*1] (first f. of Calendar), [11] blank,  31 lines, printed in red and black, Gothic type, initials in red or blue (some with marginal flourish), initial-strokes in red, early (often extensive) ink marginalia in black and red, including a full-page to verso of blank f., some mostly marginal damp-staining, causing the need for repairs to some ff. (generally without loss of text, save for h7, where just touching the final letter of some lines, and head of final gathering (H), where some letters neatly supplied in ink), C1 lower corner torn, affecting ink marginalia, [13&4] chip to outer margin, h1 small piece torn from upper blank corner, the odd short marginal tear, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, later blind-stamped panelled calf over wooden boards, spine in compartments and with manuscript paper title label at head, covers with small floral centre- and corner-pieces and foliage decoration, remains of metal clasps, upper joint starting, but holding firm, corners worn, some staining, little worming, rubbed and marked, folio (308 x 210mm.), [Basel], [Michael Wenssler, and/or Bernhard Richel, and/or Peter Kollicker with Johann Meister (Koch)], [c.1482-1483]. *** Rare, this being the only copy we can trace at auction. ISTC records 12 copies (and a fragment), of which five are imperfect. On the ascription to Wenssler and the date see Allan Stevenson, The problem of the Missale Speciale (London, 1967).Provenance: ‘Ch. ?Himais, 21 März 1951’ (ink inscription to outer margin of first f. of Calendar).Literature: Goff M-649; GW 24267; BSB-Ink M-420; Weale-Bohatta 156; ISTC im00649000.

Detmold (Maurice & Edward J.) Sixteen Illustrations of Subjects from Kipling's "Jungle Book", 14 mounted colour plates only (of 16, lacking 'Kaa the Python' & 'Elephant-Dance'), tipped into card aperture mounts with captioned guards attached, title with embossed "presentation copy" stamp and pencil number,  some margins of plates discoloured from old tissue guards, title, contents leaf and captioned guards spotted and slightly frayed at edges, loose as issued in original pictorial cloth gilt portfolio, rubbed and lightly stained, rebacked and with flaps of portfolio renewed, new ties, folio, 1903.

Schedel (Hartmann) [Four leaves from the Liber Chronicarum, or Nuremberg Chronicle], namely fol. XXIIII, XL, CXXII, CCLXXVII, woodcut portraits and views, all but the second f. with later hand-colouring, fol. XL lower inner corner torn and repaired (affecting woodcuts) and with marginal water-staining and a couple of small chips, other ff. ?washed, all ff. lightly browned, modern grey ornately blind-stamped calf, folio (c.437 x 295mm.), [Nuremberg], [Anton Koberger], [1493].*** Views include Babylon. Literature: cf. BMC II, 437; Goff S-307; Bod-inc. S-108; BSB-Ink. S-195; & ISTC is00307000. 

Mining.- Zacatecas.- Espejo (Pedro, mining engineer) A la Disputacion de Mineria, manuscript report in Spanish on the San Francisco de la Chica mine and its boundaries, 2pp., map of mine location, stamps affixed, a few short tears, some chipping, lightly browned, Zacatecas, 16 April, 1888 § Grinberg (José, American citizen) Claim for a mine in the Potosí hills of Ojocaliente, manuscript in Spanish, 9pp., stamps affixed, contemporary wrappers with manuscript titles, chipped, Zacatecas, April, 1875; and 4 others, similar, folio (6) *** A good collection of documents relating to the Zacatecas region of Mexico, well known for its rich deposits of silver, and other minerals. 

Rosicrucianism.- [Rules of the Confraternity of the Cross] Regola Della Venerabile e Santa Compagnia Della Croce, manuscript in Italian, title and 19pp., in italic script, pen and ink illustration on title, central folds, some slight foxing, bookplate of John Nicholls Browne on front pastedown, original gilt decorated calf, gilt coat of arms on both covers, rubbed, folio (270 x 200mm.), 1570. 

Bible, English. [The bible in Englishe], 5 parts in one, [Great Bible version], double column, black letter, woodcuts in the text, decorative initials, lacks c.54 of 600ff. (all 8 preliminary leaves including title; part 1 A1-2, A7-8, B1, B5, B8, H7, I1 & K8; part 2 M3, M6, M8, N1, N3-6, O2-7, P1, P8, Q1-2, Q7-8, R1 & R8; NT [fleuron]A1 (title), [fleuron]C1-2 (a sliver remaining), [fleuron]I8, all after [fleuron]O8 (final 10ff.)), interleaved where leaves lacking, several ff. defective with serious text loss (see part 1 A3-6, G5 & I2; part 2 M3-4; part 4 3L1; NT [fleuron]I7), sometimes supplied in later ink manuscript, other portions of text loss and repairs, some woodcuts unfortunately cut away but many remaining, extensive marginal repairs to part 1 & NT towards end, a few instances of underlining, browned, some spotting and staining, modern morocco, preserved in custom drop-back box by Temple Bookbinders, [Herbert 117; STC 2096], folio (331 x 215mm.), [Richarde Harrison], [1562]; sold not subject to return.  *** The first folio edition published after Elizabeth I's accession. Harrison was fined for printing without licence. Provenance: Thomas Osborne of Codrington his Booke Anno Dom 1694 (ownership inscription to foot of T1 & several other ff.); "A Gift Received through Rev. Professor J.H. Thayer. 2 May 1868" (pencil inscription to front free endpaper). 

Brockman (Stuart, binder).- Morgan (Derek Llwyd, editor) Kyffin: A Celebration, one of 50 copies for the Designer Bookbinders, from a total edition of 360 copies, foreword by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, 20 linocuts in blue and black and linocut endpapers by Kyffin Williams, bound by Stuart Brockman (with his label) in 2007 in thick boards covered in translucent vellum over a watercolour painting and tooled with chimney smoke in palladium punctuated with gilt diamond-shaped tooling, remarkable deep blue and silver patterned endpapers, original linocut endpapers bound in, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, housed in perspex box for viewing within Brockman’s original black velvet-lined clamshell black cloth box with black morocco, gilt lettered spine label, small folio (binding 266 x 176mm.), Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog, 2007.*** An astonishing binding paying tribute to Kyffin Williams’s art with a bold image of a Welsh village in the mountains stretching across both boards and the spine in splendid colours. British Fellow of the Designer Bookbinders, Stuart Brockman has brought the technique of translucent vellum over painted boards, first developed by Chivers of Bath, into the 21st century with great skill and artistry.

Luther (Martin) Omnium operum, 4 vol., collation: I: *6 ()6 A-Z Aa-Zz Aaa-Zzz Aaaa-Zzzz Yyyy6 II: *6 A-Z a-z AA-ZZ aa-zz AAA-GGG6 HHH8 III: *4 A-Z Aa-Zz Aaa-Zzz Aaaa-Yyyy6 Xxxx8 IV: *4 A-Z Aa-Zz Aaa-Zzz Aaaa-Zzzz Aaaaa-Zzzzz Aaaaaa-Xxxxxx6 Yyyyyy8, titles within woodcut historiated borders with Christ on the cross and John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony and Luther kneeling, vol.2-4 with full-page woodcut of the dedicatees Johann Frederick II, Johann Wilhelm and Johann Frederick III, vol.1 final f. with colophon recto otherwise blank, vol. 2-4 last f. blank, vol. 3 and 4 errata f. at end, vol.1 Y5 small hole in text, with loss of a few letters, but no loss of sense, all vol. some spotting or staining, mostly light browned, contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, ornately variously blind-stamped with central panel of Jael killing Sisera (vol.1), rolls of palms, biblical figures and scenes, personifications of virtues, medallion portraits of Roman emperors, and floral decoration, vol.3 metal claps, other vol. remains of metal clasps, some marking and soiling, rubbed,  folio (c.301 x 191mm.), Jena, Donat Richtzenhan & Thomas Rebart (vol. 1&3) and Christian Rödinger & Heirs (vol. 2&4), 1564 [colophon 1579]-1557-1567-1558. *** A very good set of the works of this key figure in the Protestant Reformation, perhaps best remembered for his 'Ninety-five Theses', which discussed the practice of indulgences. Provenance: Johann Theodor Eckhart ‘Volkholfheimensis p.’ (ink inscription to vol.I); Johann Georg Sigward (1554-1618), Evangelic theologian and professor in Tubingen, who penned several treatises elucidating Lutheran articles of faith, including predestination (armorial bookplate dated 1607 and his engraved portrait by Lukas Kilian in vol.3); Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Pierre de Senones (18th century ink inscriptions to vol. 1, 3, & 4). Literature: I: Adams L1738; VD 16 ZV 20512 II: VD16 L 3424 III: Adams L 1747; VD 16 L 3435 IV: VD 16 L 3427. 

Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), according to the Authorized Version of King James I, number 333 of 500 copies, wood-engraved illustrations and initials by Eric Gill, some full-page, bookplate of Victor D. Alberts, original half white pigskin, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine slightly rubbed and yellowed, buckram boards spotted as often, original board slip-case (rubbed, some splits to joints), [Chanticleer 78], folio, Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1931.*** Gill's typographical masterpiece. "Conceived in the fruitful mind of Robert Gibbings, this is the Golden Cockerel book usually compared with the Doves Bible and the Kelmscott Chaucer. A flower among the best products of English romantic genius, it is also surely, thanks to its illustrator, Eric Gill, the book among all books in which Roman type has been best mated with any kind of illustration." (Christopher Sandford in Chanticleer)

FULVIO BIANCONI for Venini, designed circa 1951 a heavy weighted glass candle holder, with internal flower decoration in yellow surmounted by a fluted cylindrical yellow candle stand, Model 2886 from the “catalogo rosso”, three lineacid stamped “venini Murano ITALIA”, height 13.3cmReference: See Anna Venini Catalogue Raisonne VENINI 1921 – 1986 Model 2886 Illustrated in theCatalogo Rosso folio 38, Page 272Good condition, no chips, cracks or restoration

Alken (Henry) Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man, letterpress sheet with verses and 7 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings by Alken, some light marginal finger-soiling, original printed wrappers, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, light creasing, preserved in custom folding cloth chemise, lettered in gilt on upper cover, [Abbey Life 256; Bobins 611; Tooley 47], oblong folio, E. & C.McLean, 1824. *** A very good, well-margined copy of Alken's 19th Century adaptation of Jacques' famous speech in As You Like It.

Europe.- Billmark (C. J.) [Pittoresk Resetur från Stockholm till Neapel], 99 tinted lithographs only (of 100), without letterpress title, scattered spotting, one or two chips to fore-edges, later cloth retaining original cloth panels and red calf backstrip, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Bobins V, 1642; not in Abbey], oblong folio, [1852]. *** Provenance: Dante Cremonini's copy with his bookplate. 

Alken (Henry) Illustrations to Popular Songs, first edition, second issue, additional pictorial title and 42 plates, all hand-coloured soft-ground etchings, the plates with multiple images, borders with water-colour wash, with letterpress title and 'Address' leaf, extra-illustrated with 3 original drawings that were used to prepare the soft-ground printing plates, each of which is imprinted verso with melted ground transfer from the prepared plate, with ink or pencil captions and signs of red chalk under-drawing on the original drawings (slightly cropped, some small repairs to tears or chips at edges, lightly browned from previous mounting), light spotting to pictorial title, some soiling and light staining to plates, mostly marginal, endpapers creased, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester's copy with his bookplate, contemporary half red straight-grain morocco with gilt-stamped label to upper cover, rubbed, spine with small nick at head and chip at foot, [Siltzer p. 71; Tooley 37, 1822 first issue], oblong folio, Thomas M'Lean, 1823 [plates water-marked 1821-23]. *** The three additional preparatory drawings are tipped to blank leaves facing the relevant plate. 

Schindler (C. F.) Militär-Album des Königlich Preussischen Heeres nach der neuesten Organisation, Uniformirung und Bewaffnung aller Truppentheile, 50 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Schindler after Menzel, Burger, Lueders and others, a few repaired tears, 1 or 2 running into image, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little frayed, [Bobins 357; Colas 2186], folio, Berlin, Carl Gluck, 1862. *** A rare and handsome series depicting the Prussian Army in the years prior to the Austro- and Franco-Prussian wars.

Atkinson (A.) A Set of Four. Poet, Miser, Virtuoso, Hypochondriac, 4 hand-coloured softground etchings with aquatint by Edward Orme after Atkinson, some light marginal toning and very light creasing, but a good set generally, original printed wrappers, spine repaired, upper wrapper with title within decorative border, lower wrapper torn with loss, upper wrapper extremities frayed, light creasing, preserved in custom folding chemise and drop-back box, [Abbey, Life 257; Bobins 832], folio, G.S. Tregear, 1824 [watermarked 1823]. *** Rare and charming series "From the imprint it is evident that these plates appeared first in 1819, but whether in the same form or whether they were part of a larger book is not clear" - Abbey.

Alken (Henry) The High Mettled Racer, set of 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates with series title, captions and imprint below, modern brown crushed half morocco, gilt, [Bobins 751; not in Tooley or Schwerdt], oblong folio, J. Fuller, 1821. 

Marta (Luigi) Costumi della data da S. Maesta il di 20 Feb. 1854. Nella Reggia di Napoli, first edition, tinted lithograph pictorial title incorporating numerous coats-of-arms, lithograph dedication leaf (heavily foxed and browned), 31 hand-coloured lithograph plates, one leaf of letterpress (also foxed), some other mostly marginal foxing and soiling, one plate with repaired tear, contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, rubbed and scuffed, [Colas 1994; Lipperheide 2781; Bobins 589], oblong folio, Paris, 1854. *** A scarce work on Neapolitan costumes dedicated to the Infante di Spagna D. Sebastiano Gabriele.  

Gillray (James) & Brownlow North. [Hunting], 4 hand-coloured etchings, paper watermarked 1808, one plate trimmed at fore-edge, stitched into grey paper wrappers, housed in modern grey paper folder, printed label to upper cover, [Bobins V, 1632; Grego, Gillray, p.272; BM Satires 9588-91; Schwerdt III p.70], oblong folio, 1800. *** ‘This series of four sporting prints was etched by Gillray from the designs of an amateur whose name is indicated hieroglyphically at the corner’ (Schwerdt). 

Stuart (John Sobieski Stolberg and Charles Edward) The Costume of the Clans, engraved title and 34 engraved and lithographed plates, hand-coloured and heightened with gum arabic, plate-guards, 1 plate foxed but very clean generally, red crushed half morocco by J. Wright, g.e., [Bobins 724; Colas 2804; not in Abbey or Tooley], folio, Edinburgh, John Menzies, 1845. 

[Harraden (Richard Bankes)] Costume of the various orders in the University of Cambridge, half-title, frontispiece with vignette, and 22pp. of introductory text all in manuscript, 17 watercolour plates accompanied by leaf of descriptive manuscript, some plates lightly creased, contemporary dark navy morocco, gilt, extremities rubbed, [Abbey, Scenery 78; Bobins 654; Tooley 246 cites (printed copy)], small folio, [Cambridge], [R. Harraden], [c.1803-05] *** Manuscript copy of Harraden's watercolours and text for the rare 1805 publication Costumes of University of Cambridge. Originally released in four parts, Costumes was reissued again in 1822.

Landseer (Edwin) and others. The Sportsman's Annual. First Series. Dogs, title with hand-coloured vignette on india paper and 12 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates by Thomas Fairland after Landseer, A. Cooper and Charles Hancock, heightened with gum arabic, title spotted, some marginal foxing, 19th century half calf extremities scuffed, spine faded, [Bobins 782; not in Abbey or Schwerdt], folio, A.H. Baily & Co., 1836. *** Rare series of dog portraits. We can trace no other coloured copy at auction.

[Lasinio (Carlo)] [Matrimony],10 hand-coloured engraved plates, the last soiled and laid down, occasional staining and foxing to others, German translations of captions on paper tipped-in to verso, later marbled boards, gilt, rubbed, [Bobins 586], oblong folio, Florence, 1790. *** Rare suite of plates depicting rather grotesque figures through the stages of matrimony of Marisa.

Mansion (André Léon Larue) [Costume of the Royal Navy and Marines], 16 hand-coloured lithographs, heightened with gum arabic, without title (as usual), plates interleaved with blanks, occasional light spotting, occasional marginal finger-soiling, one or two marginal pencil marks, contemporary half-calf, rebacked and recornered, a little rubbed, [Bobins V, 1584. Colas 1966 ("suite très rare complete," calling for plates numbered 1-16). Not in Abbey or Tooley], folio, [c.1831-33]. *** Rare. Only one copy on World Cat, at Brown University. 

Seymour (Robert) The School Master Abroad, lithograph pictorial title and 9 plates, all hand-coloured, 2 with repaired tears, 2 text leaves also with repaired tears, occasional foxing and soiling, original pictorial printed wrappers, early cloth reback, covers chipped and with some repairs, preserved in modern cloth folder, worn, [Bobins 897], oblong folio, Thomas McLean, 1834. *** Rare at auction, particularly so coloured and in the original wrappers. The first plate depicts the protagonist travelling through a town square on a three-wheeled vehicle, a form of motorised tricycle. Provenance: William Hartmann Woodin (bookplate). 

Jones (Capt. George) Waterloo, etched title and 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Turner after Jones, title foxed and a little browned, some light marginal toning to plates, original cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, light rubbing to extremities, [Bobins 1281; not in Abbey or Tooley], oblong folio, C. Turner, 1816. *** A series of views illustrating the pivotal locations of the battle. Due to the present publication as well as his marked resemblance to Wellington, Jones became known as "Waterloo Jones".

[Egerton (Michael)] "Peter Pasquin". A Day's Journal of a Sponge, first edition, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates, first 2 with marginal repairs, original printed upper wrapper bound in (but heavily darkened and with corner torn away and repaired), endpapers foxed, later red half morocco, gilt, with gilt-lettered red morocco label to upper cover, upper joint a little rubbed, [Abbey, Life 289; Bobins 854], oblong folio, Published for the Propietor, by Rowney & Forster, 1824. 

Hoechle (Johann Nepomuk) Sechs Momente aus dem Leben eines ungarischen Husaren, six finely hand-coloured lithographed plates by Joseph Kriehuber after Hoechle, heightened with gum arabic, neatly mounted on captioned card, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, some light surface soiling and creasing, small ink stain to upper cover, preserved in custom card and cloth chemise with morocco label to upper cover, [Bobins 1580; not in Colas or Lipperheide], oblong folio, Vienna, Mansfield, 1850. *** A rare and handsome series depicting moments in the life of a Hungarian Hussar. The Hussars were among the Hungarian army's most celebrated regiments and had impressed their Austrian opponents through their numerous acts of bravery during the 1848 Hungarian Revolution.

Richardson (John) and J. H. Nixon. The Eglinton Tournament, hand-coloured lithographed pictorial title, dedication and 21 plates, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary green half morocco, gilt, spine gilt, a little rubbed, light spotting to upper cover, g.e., [Abbey, Life 388; Bobins 1634], folio, Colnaghi & Puckle, 1843. *** Part of the Gothic revival and rise of Romanticism during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the Eglinton Tournament was a re-enactment of a medieval joust. It was held in Scotland in August 1839, and was funded and organised by Archibald, Earl of Eglinton. Provenance: David Hunter Campbell (inscription); Frederick Perkins, Chipstead Place; Fattorini (bookplates)

Alken (Henry) Series of Very Spirited Etchings of Gigs and Their Drivers, 6 hand-coloured etched plates by Alken, with captions by no imprint, some light marginal soiling and toning, first plate spotted, original red wrappers with printed label to upper cover (covers neatly backed), neatly rebacked in red cloth, preserved in folding chemise and custom morocco-backed slip-case, [Bobins 1380; Siltzer p. 61.], oblong small folio, [1830]. *** A rare, fine set that attempts to capture the mannerisms of the horses and drivers.  Provenance: Marshall Field's, Chicago (pencil inscription dated 10/1/30); Maxine and Joel Spitz (bookplate and ink stamp, sold their sale, Christie's, 27th May, 2015, lot 85).

Alken (Henry) Sporting Anecdotes, 21 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings with aquatint, some light marginal soiling, but a clean, well-margined set generally, contemporary half calf, some cracking to upper joint, morocco label to upper cover lettered in gilt, light fading to foot of upper cover, [Bobins 1386; Siltzer p.62], oblong folio, R. Ackermann, [c.1840]. *** A scarce series of satirical prints. Siltzer notes that Ackermann published this work with 18 plates, and that sets with 21 plates, as here, may be later.

[Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., 9 lithographed titles and 882 fine hand-coloured plates (only of 917), 9 printed contents leaves, all neatly window-mounted, plates with full inked boards, most with printed captions below, a few early plate with neat pencil annotations identifying subjects, some plates with publisher's or artist's blind-stamp to lower margin, occasional patches of foxing or scattered spotting but plates generally clean and bright, the odd plate with short, neat tear at margin, 1 or 2 mounts with creasing or repaired tears, bookplates to front pastedown, uniform 19th century red half morocco, gilt, spines richly gilt in compartments, gilt stamp to upper covers, joints repaired, some rubbing, g.e., [Bobins 1332], folio & 8vo, Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. *** The rare hand-coloured issue of one of the most important collections of caricatures of the 19th century. Despite his popularity, Doyle maintained his anonymity for much of his career, his gently witty style embodied much of the Victorian attitude to its ruling class and society at large.  Provenance: New Club, Edinburgh (bookplate and gilt stamps).  

Lange (Edouard) and Wilhelm Frenzel. Das Hoffest zu Ferrara, in den Saelen des Koeniglichen Schlosses zu Berlin, first edition, 42 hand-coloured lithograph plates, heightened with gum arabic, some trimmed a little short, some foxed, contemporary half roan, rubbed, upper cover worn and stained at top, [Colas 1758; Lipperheide 2545; Bobins 585], folio, Berlin, C.G. Luederitz, 1846. *** Rare, no copy traced at auction. "The plates herein represent fancy-dress costumes for this 1843 recreation of a celebration at the Court of Ferrara, bedecked in Renaissance splendour." (Bobins).