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The Works of William Hogarth, a folio of various book plates, 19thC portraits, various other book plates, engravings, etc. (1 Folio)

Various reproduction Russian posters, other ephemera, Andy Warhol Portraits of the 70s book, folio folder, etc. (a quantity)

A large collection of Folio society books and folios in two boxes and two bags

NORTH WEST FRONTIER, SIEGE OF MALAKAND AND 14TH SIKH REGIMENT, ETC.- PHOTOGRAPHYAlbum, compiled by a British soldier of the 14th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry (Ferozepore Sikhs), including images of the Malakand Campaign of 1897, Changa La Gali near Ladakh, Kasauli and Multan, Delhi, Agra, Calcutta and Bombay, etc., approximately 112 albumen (mostly) and gelatin silver prints, mounted recto and verso on 34 sheets, including larger (c.225 x 290mm.), 22 half-page (c.200 x 265mm.), and 44 smaller (mostly 4 or 5 to a page), some captioned in ink on mount, some captioned in the negative, variable toning, contemporary half morocco, neatly rebacked and repaired retaining original gilt spine, g.e., oblong folio (300 x 410mm.), c.1892-1900Footnotes:Good album compiled by a British soldier ('R.M.B.') who was evidently attached to the 14th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry (Ferozepore Sikhs), and based in the North West Frontier, and active during the Malakand Rising of 1897 (subject of Winston Churchill's The Story of the Malakand Field Force). Images include Malakand (19, inc. 2 groups of Pashtun Jirgas, British encampment, 'Buddhist Rd., Malakand. Scene of Maj. Taylor's death 26th July 1897', 'Officers 45th Sikhs and men after the relief of Chakdara Aug. 1897', etc.); Chang La Gali and the British Indian School of Musketry (8); Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh (6); Multan (5), Mussorie and Quetta; 14th Sikhs (3 groups taken in advance of leaving for the China Expedition [i.e. Boxer Rebellion] in 1900, including 'British and Native Officers 14th Sikhs China Expedition' and a parade of all the regiment in uniform 'leaving for China'); Delhi (18); Agra (11); Calcutta/Kolkata (12, including unusual 'Burning Ghat, Calcutta 2737.E' and 'Hindoo Sacrifice. Kali Ghat, Calcutta 1713.C'), Bombay/Mumbai (3), trades and local inhabitants (10) and miscellaneous others including a mounted trooper of the 15th Bengal Lancers ('Cureton's Multanis'), and portraits of the album's compiler with two of his horses of which one 'died at sea en route for China 1900' and the others 'died at Multan 1899'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MADHYA PRADESH, RAJASTAN, HIMALAYAS AND HILL STATIONSAlbum of 59 photographic views of India by Herzog & Higgins (5), H. Hands (5), Townshend (2), John Blees, and others, mostly albumen prints (with 8 gelatin silver), larger format (c.210 x 280mm.), mounted one per page (recto and verso) on album sheets, 4 smaller on one page, contemporary diced morocco gilt, g.e., worn, upper joint weakened, oblong folio (250 x 305mm.), 1880s/90sFootnotes:Includes views of Mt. Abu and Dilwara temples (13, 4 smaller), Udaipur (6), Bombay/Mumbai (5), Elephant Caves, Dalhousie (4), Saugor (6, including 4-part panorama by H.Hands), Khajiar and Chamba Town (3), Dalhousie (4), Jubbulpore (9), Kampetre (3), and Mhow (2), and 8 British military, wedding or cricket groups, including teams of 'Bombay v Poona 1884' and 'Parsees & Kamptre teams, 1892' Lancers Rgt. parading at Mhow, 1887.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

TEMMINCK (COENRAAD JACOB, EDITOR) AND P.W. KORTHALSVerhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overseesche bezittingen ... Botanie, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 250 COPIES, lithographed title, 70 lithographed plates by A. S. Mulder after J. Gaykema, P. W. Korthals and others, 64 of them hand-coloured, occasional spotting (heavier on black and white images, and text), text toned, contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, rebacked in maroon calf lettered in gilt, a few scuff marks to sides [Nissen BBI 1092; Pritzel 4829; Great Flower Books, p.63; cf. Landwehr pp. 39-41], folio (430 x 300mm.), Leiden, J. Luchtmans and C.C. Van der Hoek, 1839-1842Footnotes:The complete botanical section, with text by P.W. Korthals, of Temminck's fine survey of the natural history of Indonesia, based on the findings of a scientific expedition to the region undertaken by the National Sciences Commission in 1826.Provenance: Horticultural Society of New York, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ATKINSON (JOHN AUGUSTUS) AND JAMES WALKERA Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians, 3 vol. in 1, FIRST EDITION, text in English and French, one stipple-engraved frontispiece in volume 1, half-title and title page for each volume, 100 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings with some aquatinting, text and plates watermarked 'J. Ruse 1802' and 'J. Whatman 1804', light toning on first few leaves, occasional light offsetting, some spotting in volume 2 (plates 54-56), contemporary full red morocco gilt by L. Staggemeier & Welcher (binder's label inside upper cover), g.e., slight wear [Abbey Travel 223; Tooley 72], folio (407 x 303mm.), W. Bulmer, for the Proprietors, 1803-1804Footnotes:Atkinson's plates, here in fine condition, 'show the spontaneity and spirit possible when the artist is his own engraver... the colouring is skilfully done, in soft washes' (Abbey). Many of the views depict leisure activities and include the racecourse, swings, boxing, wrestling, dancing, the fairground and public festivals.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MUSCAT AND PERSIAN GULFSelections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department... Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residencey and Maskat Political Agency for 1900-1901, FIRST EDITION, half-title, institutional stamps (blind and printed) on title and final leaf, publisher's blue printed boards, rebacked in tape, printed library label on upper cover, folio (335 x 210mm.), Calcutta, Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1901Footnotes:Scarce official reports on trade and political relations in the Persian Gulf and Muscat, including a detailed introduction by the resident British Consul and Political Agent, commenting on the Sultan, his tours, customs and taxes, slave trade, an outbreak of plague, and the 'Pearl Dispute'... 'in which the Sultan was interested, connected with the discovery and sale of a pearl of extraordinary value...'. Provenance: The London Library, with cancel stamps.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SPILSBURY (FRANCIS B.)Picturesque Scenery in the Holy Land and Syria, Delineated During the Campaigns of 1799 and 1800, FIRST EDITION, mezzotint portrait frontispiece of Sydney Smith, 19 hand-coloured aquatint plates, light spotting to frontispiece, early brown calf gilt, red morocco spine label (short tears), g.e. [Atabey 1168; Blackmer 1585; Abbey Travel 381; Colas 2788], folio (468 x 325mm.), Edward Orme, 1803Footnotes:EARL OF DERBY'S COPY. Spilsbury was the surgeon aboard H.M.S. Le Tigre during the campaign against the French in Egypt and Syria between 1799 and 1800, and presents in this work 'sketches of almost every remarkable scene of object visible from Le Tigre' (Preface).Provenance: Earl of Derby, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MAYER (LUIGI)Views in the Ottoman Empire, Chiefly in Caramania, a Part of Asia Hitherto Unexplored With Some Curious Selections From the Islands of Rhodes and Cyprus, and the Celebrated Cities of Corinth, Carthage, and Tripoli From the Original Drawings in the Possession of Sir R. Ainslie, text in English and French (including additional title), 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates, light marginal damp-staining to some text leaves toward the end, tissue-guards spotted, fine contemporary blue morocco gilt, g.e. [Abbey Travel 369; Atabey 788; Blackmer 1098; Brunet III 1557], folio (470 x 340mm.), R. Bowyer, 1803This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MAYER (LUIGI)Vues en Egypte, d'après les dessins originaux en la possession de Sir Robert Ainslie, pris durant son ambassade à Constantinople, in French, 48 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 1802; Views in the Ottoman Empire, Chiefly in Caramania, a Part of Asia Hitherto Unexplored With Some Curious Selections From the Islands of Rhodes and Cyprus, and the Celebrated Cities of Corinth, Carthage, and Tripoli, text in English and French (including additional title), 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 1803; Views in Palestine, From the Original Drawings of Luigi Mayer, title and text in English and French, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates,, 1804, 3 works bound in 1 vol., light offsetting, contemporary red morocco gilt, gilt dentelles, g.e., minor rubbing [Abbey Travel 369; Atabey 788; Brunet III 1557; Blackmer 1098], folio (470 x 340mm.), R. BowyerFootnotes:Provenance: Miss Rigden, St. Laurence, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ROBERTS (DAVID)The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia From Drawings Made on the Spot by David Roberts, With Historical Descriptions by the Revd George Croly [and William Brockendon], 6 vol. bound in 4, FIRST EDITION, 4 lithographed pictorial titles (of 6, without those those for volume 2 in each section), lithographed portrait of the author by C. Baugniet on India paper, 121 tinted lithographed plates and 120 half-page tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe after Roberts, 2 engraved maps, tissue-guards, spotting throughout but especially to first and last leaves of each volume, some damp-staining, browning to first and last flyleaves, publisher's red half morocco gilt, g.e., scuffed and worn [Abbey Travel 385 and 272; Blackmer 1432; Tooley 401-402], large folio (613 x 430mm.), F.G. Moon, 1842-1849Footnotes:First edition of 'one of the most important and elaborate ventures of nineteenth-century publishing, and the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph... there is pleasure to be had from many of the individual plates, where Haghe's skilful and delicate lithography, and his faithful interpretation of Robert's draughtsmanship and dramatic sense, combine in what are undoubtedly remarkable examples of tinted lithographic work' (Abbey). Roberts had toured Eqypt, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Palestine, Lebanon and Balbec during 1838 and 1839, making detailed drawings of the most significant sites, from which he worked up the final pictures for his master work.Provenance: Inscribed on first flyleaf of each volume 'To Dear Mrs Roberts, for Katie Morrison. In fondest remembrance of happy days and the dear one who is gone before. From [??] R. May 1895'. Katherine Morrison, daughter of the 'Mrs Roberts' in question, was the wife of Dr Arthur Andrew Morrison CMG (1858-1934), and it is thought the books were sent to Katherine's mother as a wedding gift for them. The 'one who is gone before' is presumably a reference to David Roberts, and the set has remained in the family until now.Dr Arthur Morrison sat for 40 years on the International Maritime Sanitary and Quarantine Board of Egypt. During the First World War he abandoned his private medical practice to devote his time to treating casualties from Gallipoli. He was awarded the CMG in 1925, and there is still a street named after him in Alexandria, where he lived most of his life.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CARTER (JOHN MONEY)Select Views of the Rock and Fortress of Gibraltar, Dedicated to the Army and Navy, 2 vol. (text and atlas), FIRST EDITION, 14 lithographed plates (including pictorial title), ALL HAND-COLOURED AND MOUNTED ON CARD, printed title captions on verso, lithographed title incorporating map to text volume, spotting, text in original plain cloth-backed wrappers, plates loose as issued in contemporary blue half morocco portfolio, flaps detached [Abbey Travel 126], folio (atlas 560 x 460mm.), Baily Brothers, [1846]Footnotes:SCARCE HAND-COLOURED COPY, Abbey noting that these were originally sold for £5.5s., whilst uncoloured sets sold for £3.3s.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

POCOCK (WILLIAM INNES)Five Views of the Island of St. Helena, from Drawings Taken on the Spot: to Which is Added a Concise Account of the Island, FIRST EDITION, 5 hand-coloured aquatint views (one double-page) by T. Sutherland after Pocock, list of subscribers (listing 57 names), stiched in publisher's printed wrappers (soiled with some loss to gutter margins, detached) [Abbey 310; Tooley 381], oblong folio (310 x 450mm.), S. and J. Fuller, 1815Footnotes:VERY RARE, Rare Book Hub listing only one complete copy sold in the past forty years. A Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, William Innes Pocock (1783–1836) was the son of the renowned marine artist Nicholas Pocock. He executed his drawings of St. Helena in 1810, when the ship he was serving aboard stopped of to refit en route for China. They were published in 1815, following the exile of Napoleon to the island.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BELLASIS (GEORGE HUTCHINS)Views of Saint Helena, FIRST EDITION, letterpress dedication to the Duke of Wellington, 3pp. list of subscribers, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Robert Havell after Bellasis (one watermarked 'J. Whatman 1811'), tissue guards, contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, worn with small losses to spine [Abbey Travel 309; Tooley 87], folio (335 x 470mm.), John Tyler, 1815Footnotes:Bellasis' fine aquatint views of Saint Helena issued shortly after Napoleon' s arrival on the island, thus making it 'at this time an object of interest to the whole world' (Dedication).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BERRY (WILLIAM)North America Divided into its Principall Parts Where are Distinguished the Severall States Which Belong to the English, Spanish and French, large hand-coloured engraved map on 2 sheets (joined), large cartouche decorated with Native Americans, exotic parrots and creatures, old folds, upper margin trimmed within platemark and frayed with short tears touching rule border, sides margins slightl frayed with a few small tears [Burden II 532], folio (565 x 880mm.), William Berry, 1680 [c.1681]Footnotes:LARGE SEPARATELY PRINTED 'VERY RARE MAP OF NORTH AMERICA' (BURDEN), UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE NEWLY CREATED PENNSYLVANIA. 'Pennsilvania' is named within the map but with no boundary lines, and not mentioned amongst the regions that appear in the caption title at the upper border, indicating that the map was issued very shortly after the granting of William Penn's land charter in March, 1681. Burden suggests that this map may have been engraved by Hermann Moll, making it among the earliest examples of his work.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

FRANKLIN EXPEDITIONArctic Expeditions. Return to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 15 March 1849..., 28pp., some fraying to edges, modern wrappers, folio, House of Commons, 30 March 1849Footnotes:Scarce Parliamentary Arctic 'Blue Book', reporting on the progress of, and sending instructions to both Captain James Clarke Ross' expedition on the HMS Enterprise, and that of Captain Kellett on the HMS Herald through the Bering Strait, in search of the doomed expedition led by John Franklin.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MOORE (JOSEPH)Eighteen Views Taken at & Near Rangoon; [MARRYAT (FREDERICK) AND SAMUEL THORNTON. Six Coloured Prints, Illustrative of the Combined Operations of the British Forces in the Birman Empire, 1824 & 1825], 2 works bound in 1 vol., engraved pictorial dedication leaf incorporating the title to first work, engraved pictorial list of subscribers, and 3pp. lithographed list of 'Subscriptions in India', together 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates by H. Pyall, G.Hunt, T. Fielding and others after Joseph Moore, Samuel Thornton, and Frederick Marryat, contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, gilt morocco lettering label on upper cover, worn, upper joint split [Abbey Travel 404 ('rare work'); Tooley 334], oblong folio (355 x 485mm.), Thomas Clay, [1825-26]; with the 2 rare accompanying volumes of 'Notes', one with folding lithographed map, publisher's printed wrappers, one cover detached, small 4to, T.Clay, [1825-6] (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

LUARD (JOHN)'Views in India', ALBUM OF 46 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS OR PENCIL VIEWS, tipped-onto 27 blue paper album sheets (mostly 2 per page, 9 one per page, recto only, typical size approx. 165 x 259mm.), captioned (and some dated between 1823 and 1826) by Luard in ink beneath image, the majority in pen, sepia watercolour and wash, 9 pencil, one double-page of Simla in ink, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, lithographed pictorial title to 'Views of India by... Luard' pasted to upper cover, worn, covers detached, folio (440 x 350mm.), [c.1823-1826]Footnotes:AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF JOHN LUARD'S ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND PENCIL ILLUSTRATIONS, which were used as the basis of the lithographs to his scarce Views in India, Saint Helena, and Car Nicobar Drawn from Nature and on Stone published by Dickinson c.1832-38. The book included sixty views, whilst this album contains 48 views (42 India subjects; 2 of St. Helena; 3 of Nicobar; 4 of ships/onboard experiences). India views include Delhi (5), Agra (2), Lucknow (2), Meerut, Bharatpur, and Mussoorie, with various street and tradesmen scenes, animal groups (goats, elephant, large dog), and several of battle scenes, including the Siege of Bharatpur (2, one of which includes the artist himself riding into the fray).John Luard (1790-1875) served as a captain in the 16th Light Dragoons from 1825 to 1832, after which he transferred to the 30th Foot.Provenance: John Luard; by descent to his grandson Geoffrey D. Luard, with loosely inserted autograph letter (dated 17 August 1923) signed by Geoffrey to the booksellers Francis Edwards, noting 'This is confirm that all the drawings in the portfolio purchased by you today... are by my grandfather, the late Lt. Colonel John Luard, and that the descriptions are in his handwriting. They are the originals of the Views of India...'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BLAGDON (FRANCIS WILLIAM)A Brief History of Ancient and Modern India, for the Earliest Periods of Antiquity to the Termination of the Late Mahratta War, additional stipple-engraved frontispiece 'taken from the pediment of the portico to the East-India-House' by James Godby after E. Orme, letter-press title, hand-coloured stipple-engraved group portrait of 'The Native Judges and Officers of the Court of the Recorder, Bombay', 1805; 24 Views in Hindostan Drawn by William Orme from the Original Paintings by Mr. Daniell, engraved title, 24 hand-coloured aquatint views by J.C. Stadler, H. Merke, J. B. Harraden and others after F. S. Ward, T. and W. Daniell and others, 1805-- HUNTER (JAMES) Picturesque Scenery from the Kingdom of Mysore from Forty Drawings taken on the spot by James Hunter, Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery; Serving in a Detachment from that Corps under Marquis Cornwallis in the War with Tippoo Sultan, letter-press title, hand-coloured stipple-engraved portrait of Tippoo Sultan, 40 hand-coloured aquatint views by H. Merke, J. C. Stadler, J. B. Harraden and others after Hunter, 1805 [watermarks 1801-1802], 3 works bound in 1 vol., light off-setting, some spotting to first leaves and to some internal margins, contemporary red morocco gilt, gilt dentelles, g.e., minor abrasions and spotting to sides [Abbey Travel 425], large oblong folio (433 x 526mm.), W. Bulmer and Co. for E. OrmeThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CARPENTER (PERCY)Hog Hunting in Lower Bengal, FIRST EDITION, tinted lithographed title with large hand-coloured vignette and dedication to the The Calcutta Tent Club, 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates, all mounted on printed card as issued, occasional light spotting, 2 or 3 short marginal tears repaired to margin to 2 leaves of text and one plate, publisher's cloth, rebacked in morocco [Czech, Asian, p.44; Schwerdt I, p.97], folio (515 x 365mm.), Day and Son, 1861Footnotes:RARE. 'One of the few books on pig-sticking and very difficult to find in good condition' (Schwerdt). The drawings were taken from sketches made during a meet held by the Calcutta Tent Club in March 1860 on the Sowerra Burrea Plains, near Tumluk, 50 miles south east of Calcutta. The hunt lasted three days during which time thirty-seven hogs were killed'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

COLEBROOK (ROBERT HYDE)Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan, from Drawings taken on the Spot, FIRST EDITION, 12 uncoloured aquatint plates with accompanying leaf of descriptive text, list of subscribers, dedication leaf, text leaves watermarked 'J. Whatman' and 'J. Taylor', light spotting and soiling, red morocco gilt, slight wear [Abbey Travel 419 (with coloured plates, and date 1794); Tooley 149], oblong folio (600 x 490mm.), for the Author, 1793Footnotes:RARE FIRST ISSUE, DATED TO 1793, UNRECORDED IN ABBEY AND ESTC. The plates in this copy are all dated several months earlier than those in Abbey's copy - ranging from February to July 1793, as opposed to August 1793 to January 1794. The order of the plates also differs.Provenance: Henry Barrett-Lennard; Walter Combermere Lee Floyd, bookplates.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

COLEBROOK ((ROBERT HYDE)[Twelve] Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan, from Drawings taken on the Spot, FIRST EDITION, 6 uncoloured aquatint plates only (of 12), the word 'Twelve' excised from title-page, lacks list of subscribers, extensive ink explanatory annotations on the verso of two of the plates, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, worn [Abbey Travel 419 (with coloured plates, and date 1794); Tooley 149], oblong folio (515 x 350mm.), for the Author, 1793Footnotes:Plates present in this copy; 'The Lake of Mooty Tallow near Seringapatam', 'South View of Sewandroog', 'Prospect of the Country near Mooty Tallow', 'S.W. View of Ootra-Durgum', 'West View of Ramgherry', and 'N.W. View of Seringapatam'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ILUSTRACION FILIPINAIlustracion Filipina. Periodico quincemal, issues 1-20 bound in 1 vol., edited by Ramirez Giraudier, pictorial lithographed general title, 20 tinted lithographed plates by Giraudier after C.W. Andrews and others, original blind- and gilt-stamped green morocco sides and spine pasted onto modern cloth, g.e. [Palau VII 118306], small folio (315 x 220mm.), Manila, Ramirez y Girauder, 1 March-15 December 1859Footnotes:A complete run of 20 issues to the first year of Ilustracion Filipina, a short-lived but important periodical printed in Manila, which included some of the earliest examples of Philippine lithography. These, mostly lithographed after Charles William Andrews (died 1865), include fine portraits of costumed types (11) and views (9, including the volcano at Albay and the Botocan waterfalls).Provenance: M.B. Jones, pencil gift inscription dated 1933 on front free endpaper.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

D'OYLY (CHARLES)Views of Calcutta and its Environs, FIRST EDITION, lithographed pictorial title, 27 views on 25 tinted lithographed plates (one folding) by W. Robert and Lowes Dickinson after D'Oyly, ALL HAND-COLOURED, some heightened with gum arabic, paper guards, some spotting, front free endpaper torn, publisher's red half morocco over cloth, the upper cover gilt-blocked with illustration and title, worn with some loss to lower part of spine [Abbey Travel 497; Tooley 187], large folio (695 x 500mm.), Dickinson, 1848Footnotes:RARE ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION, WITH ALL THE PLATES HAND-COLOURED.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[DURHAM] (WILLIAM THOMAS)]A Subaltern's Life in Madras, being the Adventures of Ensign Blobbs 'of Ours', FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed in ink 'From the author, Wm.T. Durham, 76th Regt.' to a Miss Dudley (name in pencil) on the front free endpaper, pictorial lithographed title-page and 20 lithographed plates, publisher's limp green cloth, gilt lettered with title on upper cover, soiled, small loss to lower spine, upper hinge splitting, oblong folio (295 x 480mm.), Madras, G. Winchester, [1865]Footnotes:A scarce work, presumably privately published for the author by the Madras printer-lithographer G. Winchester. The author was evidently attached to the 76th Regiment of Foot, originally raised by the East India Company in 1787, and once again posted to India in 1863, two years prior to the publication of A Subaltern's Life, which in a series of 'humorous' sketches follows the typical escapades a young ensign engaging with Colonial life and local street life.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[FOTHERINGHAM (J.F.)Sporting Sketches and Scenes in India], FIRST EDITION, 7 hand-coloured lithographed plates by and after Fotheringham, lacks title-page, variable spotting [Schwerdt I:182], oblong folio (345 x 500mm.), [C. Moody, 1851]Footnotes:Scarce. According to Schwerdt Sporting Sketches and Scenes in India is 'one of the few books dealing with the 'chase of the wild boar in the east''. The plates, executed in a vibrant amateur style, follow the hunt, from 'Interior of a Subaltern's Tent During a Shikar Party', to 'The Boar Breaking Cover', to 'The Death'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

FORREST (CHARLES RAMUS)A Picturesque Tour Along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna in India, FIRST EDITION, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates, one uncoloured aquatint map, coloured aquatint vignette on title-page, vignette on p.191, occasional off-setting, publisher's green cloth gilt, g.e., hinges starting, spine ends frayed, light stains on upper cover, later slipcase [Abbey Travel 441; Tooley 227], folio (400 x 302mm.), R. Ackerman, 1824This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

FRASER (JAMES BAILLIE)[Views of Calcutta and its Environs, from Drawings... from Sketches Made on the Spot], FIRST EDITION, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Robert Havell Jun. after J.B. Fraser, ALL PRINTED ON THICK PAPER, good margins, as issued without title and text, contemporary straight-grained maroon morocco gilt by Herington (with binder's label inside upper cover), gilt lettered 'Views of Calcutta' on the upper cover, g.e., some scuffing and rubbing with small loss to lower spine end [Abbey 494], folio (565 x 410mm.), [Rodwell & Martin, and Smith, Elder, Rodwell and Martin, 1824-1826]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

HODGES (WILLIAM)Select Views in India, drawn on the Spot, in the Years 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783, and Executed in Aqua Tinta, FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE, single issue edition with title and text in English and French, 48 HAND-COLOURED AQUATINT PLATES, one hand-coloured engraved folding map, corners of title and a few leaves neatly repaired at corners, occasional damp-staining and light foxing, modern quarter morocco [Abbey Travel 416; Tooley 264], folio (590 x 430mm.), for the Author, [1785-88]Footnotes:HAND-COLOURED COPY OF ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT SERIES OF AQUATINT VIEWS OF INDIA, which includes the first printed depiction of the Taj Mahal (shown in the background of plate 15 'A View of the Fort of Agra').William Hodges (1744-1797) made his name as a draughtsman whilst accompanying Captain Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific. In 1779, under the patronage of Warren Hastings, he travelled to India and remained there for six years, making visits to Calcutta, Cawnpoor, Lucknow, Allahabad, Agra, and Fatehpur Sikri. On his return he was made a Royal Academician and published the present work in parts between 1785 and 1788 'making a substantial contribution to the British perception of India's past... Alexander Humboldt [recording] that the sight of Hodges' Indian views was one of the inducements which led to travel' (ODNB).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

HODGES (WILLIAM)Select Views in India, drawn on the Spot, in the Years 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783, and Executed in Aqua Tinta, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, single-volume issue with title-page, dedication and text in French and English, one engraved map and 48 aquatint plates printed in bistre, by and after Hodges, small tears neatly repaired to 2 text leaves, lacking three leaves of text (2 from 'Views of Gwalior'; one from 'View of Firozeabad'), occasional very light spotting, modern quarter morocco [Abbey Travel 416; Tooley 264], folio, for the Author, [1785-88]Footnotes:THE FIRST SUBSTANTIAL SERIES OF VIEWS OF INDIA, including the first depiction of the Taj Mahal, shown in the background of plate 15, 'A View of the Fort of Agra'. Abbey suggests that this is the first issue, with the plates uncoloured and fewer leaves of text.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BLUME (KARL LUDWIG)Flora Javae, 14 parts; Rumphia, vol. 3 & 4, bound in 2 vol., 3 half-titles, tinted lithographed frontispiece to Flora Javae, 2 lithographed views, 112 lithographed botanical plates (of which 98 coloured, several folding including 6 of orchids), some foxing to text, occasional mostly light spotting to some plates, a few gatherings to end of the second volume working loose, contemporary half red morocco over boards, spine tooled in gilt and lettered ('Blume. Flora Javae. 1 & 2/3 & 4), worn at extremities, a few scuff-marks [cf. Nissen 174 and 178], folio (445 x 270mm.), Brussels, J. Frank, 1828, and Leiden, for the Author, 1847-8, sold not subject to returnFootnotes:Handsomely illustrated sections of the two most important works on the Flora of Java by Karl Blume (1796-1862) who, having travelled widely throughout the country, was appointed director of the Bogor Gardens in Java, and subsequently the Rijksherbarium in Leiden.Provenance: Philippe de Vilmorin, bookplate; Robert de Belder.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

TAYLER (WILLIAM)Sketches Illustrating the Manners & Customs of the Indians & Anglo Indians Drawn on Stone from the Original Drawings from Life, FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, title, dedication leaf to Lady William Bentinck, 6 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J. Bouvier after Tayler, each with letterpress description, some toning to plates (3 with minor loss to lower fore-corner), heavy spotting and foxing to text leaves, some light spotting to plate margins, contents loose in publisher's morocco-backed cloth, gilt lettered on upper cover, loss to most of spine [Abbey Travel 465; Colas 2858], folio (540 x 375mm.), Thomas McLean, 1842Footnotes:RARE suite of plates, captioned: The Young Civilian's Toilet; The Young Lady's Toilet; The Breakfast; The Women Grinding at the Mill; The Sunyasees; The Village Barber.William Tayler (1808–1892), educated at Charterhouse, arrived in Bengal in 1829, where he served in various capacities for the East India Company. 'A keen amateur dramatist and skilful caricaturist, but while his witty portraits of Anglo-Indian notables won him some influential friends in Calcutta, the light-hearted nature of his artistic pursuits earned for him a reputation as a somewhat flighty, unserious officer' (ODNB).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

WHITE (GEORGE FRANCIS)Views in India, Chiefly Among the Himalaya Mountains, Taken During Tours in the Direction of Mussooree, Simla, the Sources of the Jumna and Ganges... in 1829-31-32, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, additional engraved pictorial title (detached), 30 engraved plates, all on India-proof paper, half-title in volume 2, some spotting or foxing (heaviest to pictorial title, also with damp-stain in upper part), tissue guards, publisher's morocco-backed gilt-stamped cloth, t.e.g., worn, one cover detached, loss to part of one spine, folio (380 x 280mm.), Fisher, 1836-7--ATKINSON (GEORGE F.) Curry & Rice... or the Ingredients of Social Life at 'Our' Station in India, fifth edition, colour plates, publisher's decorative orange cloth, g.e., 4to, W. Thacker, 1911 (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

WOOD (WILLIAM)A Series of Twenty-eight Panoramic Views of Calcutta, Extending from Chandpaul Ghaut to the End of Chowringhee Road, together with the Hospital, the Two Bridges, and the Fort, FIRST EDITION, 28 lithographed plates, numbers 20 to 27 printed on India proof paper, plate 16 unnumbered and upper margin shaved (as usual), occasional light spotting, later quarter red morocco gilt and tooled [Abbey 495], folio (520 x 350mm.), William Wood, 1833This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A folio of newspaper cuttings dating from the 17th and 18th century from The Times and The Penny Post.

Folio Society: EF Benson 6 vol. set, Pepys 3 vol. set and 32 other Folio Society volumes (41)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

'Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles in the British Museum', Volumes II to XI only, folio, orig. boards, London 1815-1861. Many engraved plates, ex-lib. copies, W.A.F. (10)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

Lysons (S) 'Mosaic Pavements discovered at Horkstow', elephant folio, orig. boards, London 1801. Engraved title and 7 plates - all hand coloured (1)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

'Works of Sir Edwin Landseer', folio, London, c1890, engraved plates, with 3 other volumes of engravings (4)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

Polwhele (R) 'History of Devonshire', ex-lib, folio, 3 vols. bound as one, London, 1797, lacking all plates & maps. With a quantity other UK topographical works, many defective (quantity)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

Petrarch 'Trostspiegel' pub. Frankfurt 1572, bound with Petrarch 'De Rebus Memorandis' pub. Frankfurt 1566. Folio, bound cont. pigskin over wooden boards, binding lacks one clasp (1)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Foxing present throughout, some pages creased, cover very worn, spotting throughout

Pyne (WH) 'Costume of Great Britain', folio, London, 1808. Later qtr. morocco binding. Hand coloured title page and plates, complete (1)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

Goltzius (H) 'Los Vivos Retratos de Todos', folio, Antwerp, 1560. Numerous coloured text illustrations (1)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

Burton (R) 'The Anatomy of Melancholy', 6th edn, folio, London, 1652. Recent full morocco binding (1)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

Bayardi (OA) 'Catalogo degli Antichi Monumenti… di Ercolano', 1 vol. ( all published ), 1755, with 'Le Pitture Anticae d'Ercolano', 5 vols. ( Vols. IV to VIII ), pub. 1765-1792. All 6 vols. elephant folio, well bound in later red morocco. Numerous engravings throughout, pages and plates very clean. A full set of Bayardi's 'Ercolano' ( Herculaneum ), a remarkable survey of the Roman city, constitutes the 'Catalogo' volume plus 8 volumes of 'Pitture' ie 9 vols. - therefore this set is incomplete, lacking 3 vols (6)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

Bartoli (PS) 'Columna Cochlis' pub. Rome, c1704, with 'Colonna Traiana', pub. Rome c1680. 2 volumes, oblong folio, in matching later half calf bindings. Two collections of superb engravings (2)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

Smith (HE) 'Reliquiae Isurianae - The Remains of the Roman Isuriam'. Folio, London, 1852. Later half morocco binding (1)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

Speed (John) 'The Historie of Great Britaine', 3rd edn., folio, London 1632. Modern library cloth rebind N.B. Lacks the frontispiece and the table at the rear is defective with some loss (1)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

Rossi (G) & Falda (G) [ Le Fontane della Ville di Frascati ], oblong folio, Rome, c1687, lacking the title page. Dedication leaf and 40 engraved plates. Rebound in plain paper wraps, W.A.F. (1)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

Sadeler (Marco) 'Vestigi delle Antichita di Roma', oblong folio, Prague, 1606. Worn qtr. Vellum binding. 48 plates ( of 50? ), W.A.F. (1)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

Jones (Owen) 'The Grammar of Ornament', Small folio edition, Day & Son, London, 1856. Rebound in modern library cloth. With another folio volume (2)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

Anon. 'By Rail, A Picture Book about Trains', Oblong folio, no date - c1900, pub. Nelson, London. Original printed paper covered boards, a little worn. A scarce, large format children's book with impressive colour printed illustrations (1)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

Two boxes of various books to include Folio Society examples

° ° Books Miscellany - cloth and leather bound; older and newer; including: Blome's The History of the Holy Bible. num engraved plates, old leather, folio. 1752; Elizabeth Goldring - Nicholas Hilliard: The life of an artist. num. colour illus., d/wrapper, 4 to. Yale Univ. Pres, 2019; 29 books in all

° ° Barrow, Isaac - The Works of the Learned Isaac Barrow..... 3 vols (various editions) contem. calf (distressed), folio. 1732

BOOKS, fifteen FOLIO SOCIETY publications comprising three volumes of The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy, two editions of Betjeman's Britain, The Greek Myths I & II by Robert Graves, The Arabian Nights with illustrations by Detmold, The Plums of P.G. Wodehouse, The Best of the Raconteurs, selected by Sheridan Morley and Tim Heald, Our Village by Mary Russell Mitford, Mapping the World by Peter Whitfield, DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Letters and Papers from Prison, The Times Atlas of the World - Comprehensive Condition and The First Folio of Shakespeare - The Norton Facsimile (Condition report: generally good, sd)

BOOKS, six boxes containing approximately 140 miscellaneous titles in hardback and paperback format, subjects include geography, maps, royalty, history, music, biography, contemporary fiction and classic novels which includes ten Folio Society publications and a small selection of Foreign Language titles

FOLIO SOCIETY BOX SET DOOMSDAY BOOK TOGETHER WITH WORLD OF WILDLIFE VOLUMES BY ORBIS

A collection of vintage books. To include 'So Many' A folio dedicated to all who served with RAF bomber command 1939-45, The History of the Royal Artillery 1919-1939, Boys Own Annual XIII, Charles Kingsley Village Sermons.