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L'Album de la Guerre, 1914-1919, Paris 1926, in 2 vols, folio, tooled calf; and Le Tableau D'Honneur de la Guerre, a single bound volume being supplements to L'Illustration, January 1915 onwards. (3)

A folio containing a selection of watercolours. Including a country landscape, seascape with boat, and others

Two boxes containing a collection of Folio Society and other books

Quantity of various Folio Society volumes

The Society of Wood Engravers folio, ' The Great Storm of October 1987 ', containing five signed engravings by Claire Dalby, Monica Poole, Peter Reddick, Peter Smith and George Tute, each etching a signed Limited Edition

Folio containing a collection of approximately twenty unframed oil paintings, watercolour and mixed media drawings

Folio containing a large quantity of unframed aviation related prints and various similar rolledMultiple artists, some signed (photographed), most are faded or untidy so this could be why they are not framed. Many are also unsigned

Guillim (John) A Display of Heraldry, sixth edition 1724, folio, lacking frontispiece 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

A small folio of marine engravings and prints

Michael Cadman (1920-2012), ‘France’;a folio of assorted watercolours and drawings, largest 54 x74cm.

Michael Cadman (1920-2012), folio of assorted watercolours, Nature and topographical studies, some signed and inscribed, largest 37 cm X 54 cm

Michael Cadman (1920-2012), folio of assorted watercolours, landscape, figure, animal and bird studies, some signed and inscribed, largest 38.5 cm X 28 cm

A folio of 17th and 18th century engraved maps, mainly European subjects, cartographers to include: Nicholas Visscher, Frederick de Wit and Petrus Schenk, approximately nineteen in total; a few further loose maps and two engravings, all but one unframed Prov. The Estate of the late Patrick Dockar-Drysdale

A boxed Folio Society edition The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, with wood engravings by Eric Gill, in very good condition

A boxed Folio Society edition of The Holkham Bible 1481/1750, The Authentic Gospel of Jesus Geza Vermes, History of the English Church and people and Crusader Castles TE Lawrence, all in very good condition

A Folio Society Doomsday 3 piece set, boxed, 173/1000, in very good condition

Approximately 160 Folio Society volumes, in slip cases

After Albert Ernst Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1824-1887): A Figure of Rembrandt, sitting on a rocky outcrop, a folio inscribed Rembrandt under his right arm, a palette and brushes at his feet, on a circular base, signed CARRIER27cm highSome typical surface wear, scratching and losses to patination.

A box of architecture books, including Palladio, Venetian Villas, "Complete Works of Robert and James Adam", John Soane, "The Rothschilds at Waddesdon Manor", "The Cilivisation of the Renaissance in Italy", Folio Society, etc

Two boxes of mixed books including "Odes of Horace", "Folio Society edition in quarter leather, "Jane Austen' Letters", " The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy", etc

A box of cricket related books, including Percy Standing 'Cricket of To-day' , Caxton Publishing Co, circa 1900, 'Subscription Illustrated Edition', volume 1 only, colour and black and white illustrations throughout, folio, original pictorial cloth gilt, good quantity of statistics books 'First Class Cricket Matches 1897' and onwards, 'Wisden Book of Obituaries' etc etc.

J.J. Foster: 'Concerning the True Portraiture of Mary Queen of Scots', London, Dickinsons, 1904, limited edition deluxe (113-175), numbered, numerous full page plates (two plates loose a/f), ex Repton School Library, large folio, quarter calf gilt (worn); Arthur Charles Fox-Davies: 'The Art of Heraldry An Encyclopaedia of Armory', L, Jack, 1904, 153 plates (of which many coloured), ex Repton School Library, folio, original cloth (very worn), rebacked retaining original backstrip; plus 'Old England A Pictorial Museum', Charles Knight, 1845, colour plates and engraved ills. throughout, old half calf gilt (3)

Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institutiones oratoriae, commentary by Laurentius Valla, Pomponius Laetus, & Johannes Sulpitius Verulanus, collation: a8 b6 c-e8 f-h6 i8 II10 k6 l8 m6 n-q8 r6 s8 t u6 x-z8 &6 A8 B-I6 K10, 246 ff. (of 248, lacking a1&2), final f. blank, 58 lines of commentary, Roman type, capital spaces, some with guide-letters, early ink marginalia in red and black, a few ff. with initial-strokes in red, a7 loose, mostly small wormholes within text, more pronounced towards end, small worm traces to inner gutters, final blank frayed and creased, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-ruled calf-backed wooden boards, lacking backstrip, majority of lower board and metal clasps, upper board detached and with large split, wormholes, worn, small folio (310 x 214mm.), Venice, Peregrinus de Pasqualibus, Bononiensis, 18 August, 1494.⁂ Scarce edition at auction of Quintilian's comprehensive treatise on classical rhetoric. Literature: BMC V, 393; Goff Q-30; HC 13654; GW M36823; Bod-inc Q-017; BSB-Ink Q-17; ISTC iq00030000.

Fleming (Ian).- GIlbert (Jon) Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, number 20 of 250 specially-bound copies signed by the author, illustrations, some colour, tipped-in errata slip, original parchment-backed boards, gilt, t.e.g., slip-case, folio, 2012.

Prince. 21 Nights, [one of 950 copies] signed by Prince in gilt on title with iPod, Earbuds, Charger, and iPod case, photographic illustrations, original purple roan with metal Prince "Love Symbol" in metal to upper cover, light rubbing to spine tips, housed together in drop-back box, oblong folio, Opus, 2009.⁂ This elaborate production was published to coincide with Prince's tour of the same name. The iPod came pre-loaded with a 40-minute film made by Prince.

Martin (John) [The Paradise Lost of Milton], calligraphic manuscript title in pen and black ink that reads 'Mezzotint Collection/ Engraved/ by/ John Martin/ London/ 1829', with set of 24 mezzotints with touches of drypoint and fully worked up by a contemporary expert hand with watercolour and gouache, plates with tissue guards and additional blanks, a composite set of early impressions, 11 plates lettered with caption "Proof", without any text leaves, each sheet approx. 340 x 250 mm (13 3/8 x 9 3/4 in), trimmed within the platemarks, some marginal foxing or surface dirt and toning, image areas largely unaffected, bound in full navy-blue levant morocco decoratively tooled in gilt, raised spine bands, morocco doublures elaborately ruled & tooled in gilt, moiré silk free endpapers, all edges gilt, some light fading to fore edge, joints lightly worn, front hinge strengthened, folio, Septimus Prowett, [c. 1824-27].Literature: cf. Campbell & Wees, 1992, nos. 26-49.⁂ Sumptuous, probably unique, copy with exceptionally fine contemporary hand-coloured mezzotints. When first released, the original mezzotints were greeted with outstanding critical acclaim - the critic for The Literary Gazette proclaimed: "we know no artist, whose genius so perfectly fitted him being the illustrator of the mighty Milton; and in what we have seen of his conceptions he has more than realised the highest of our hopes. There is a wildness, a grandeur, and a mystery about his designs which are indescribably fine:- the painter is also a poet. ... we look upon these engravings to belong to the foremost order of true genius: beyond this there is no praise." [The Literary Gazette, April 2nd 1825].

Pyne (William Henry) Microcosm: or, A Picturesque Delineation of the Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures, &c. of Great Britain, 2 vol. in 1, additional aquatint title to vol.1 and 120 plates printed in sepia, plus a duplicate of Rope Makers in vol.2, extra-illustrated by the insertion of 11 laid-in original preparatory sketches in ink & wash or pencil for the plates, some foxing and browning, first drawing with crease to surrounding mount, one text leaf with old tear repaired, and one plate with marginal repair, contemporary calf, rubbed and leather dried and cracked, rebacked and recornered, [Abbey, Life 177], oblong folio, 1808.⁂ A very appealing copy of this impressive work, the original preparatory drawings showing Pyne's excellent skills as a draughtsman. The plates depict a multitude of economic and recreational activities, from hunting, cricket, racing and archery to colliers, fishermen, charcoal burners and smugglers at work.Provenance: Sir Manson M. Beeton (bookplate); J.W. (unidentified bookplate); Sotheby's sale 10 March 1948 (pencil note to endpaper) [bought by Batsford for £15]

Seguy (E.A.) Insectes, first edition, 20 superb pochoir coloured phototype plates, loose as issued with 4pp. letterpress in original cloth-backed pictorial board portfolio with ties, folio, Paris, Editions Duchartre et Van Buggenhoudt, [1928].⁂ Seguy (1889-1985), working in Paris in the early 1920s, spanned the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods, producing a series of magnificent portfolios of images based on the natural world. In his book on the period Ray says: 'In comparison with their variety and brilliance, much Art Deco illustration seems pallid and constrained." (Ray, The Art Deco Book in France). The first 16 plates depict large format insects with 5 examples crowded onto each plate; the final 4 plates show decorative patterns incorporating insect motifs and designs.

NO RESERVE Circle Press.- Fisher (Roy) & Ronald King. The Left-handed Punch, number 2 of 80 copies signed by the author and artist/printer (the printer's signature on one of the prints, this copy also signed and inscribed to Denis Collins by Ron King, printed in red, blue and black with silk-screen illustrations, 13 colour plates with captions in pencil including 10 cut-out puppets with movable parts, with photocopies of letter from Fisher to King concerning the concept of the book and King's response loosely inserted, bound in crimson goatskin over raised vertical strips, by Nancy Southworth and Clare Van Vliet, upper cover with rectangular window revealing title on wrapper below, "long stitch" binding with visible sewing to spine in black thread, uncut, original wrappers bound in, pencil note to rear endpaper "This is one of ?three bindings designed and executed by Nancy Southworth and Clare Van Vliet February 1988" with Denis Collins's ink stamp to verso, with prospectus in black cloth drop-back box with crimson label to spine titled in blind, folio (c.385 x 290mm.), Guildford, Circle Press, 1986.⁂ A typically innovative and intriguing production from the Circle Press, the fifth collaboration between Roy Fisher and Ron King. The prospectus states that 15 copies were issued in the special binding but this is the only copy we have been able to trace.

NO RESERVE δ Conway (Stephen, binder).- Myers (Colin) The Book Decorations of Thomas Lowinsky, with a Memoir by Katherine Thirkell and an Annotated Checklist by Oliver Clark, one of 5 specially-bound copies by Stephen Conway signed and dated by the binder, from an edition limited to 250, samples and illustrations, one hand-coloured, many tipped in, bound in black goatskin-backed boards covered with hand-painted paper and edged in green cloth at fore-edge, upper cover with large recessed shaped panel covered in black paper onlaid with a mosaic of examples of Lowinsky's hand-writing, paste-paper endpapers, uncut, with prospectus and binding specification in felt-lined black cloth drop-back box, spine with author's name and "TL" in gilt, small folio (c.335 x 240mm.), Oldham, Incline Press, 2001.⁂ Stephen Conway (b.1958) won the Designer Bookbinders Silver medal in 1998, was elected Fellow of Designer Bookbinders in 2000, and in 2013 served as President. His bindings are housed in private collections and institutions worldwide, including The British Library and The National Library of Scotland.This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

NO RESERVE δ Esslemont (David, binder).- Gentleman (David) The Wood Engravings..., Introduction by Fiona MacCarthy, number IV of X specially-bound copies with additional material and signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 350, illustrations, bound in alum-tawed goatskin painted with an abstract design in red, yellow, pink, blue, pale blue and black acrylics through stencils across boards and spine, each cover with irregular line of small gilt dots, by David Esslemont, with folder of 5 loose signed wood-engravings, 2 book covers and a sheet of stamps all by Gentleman, together in original black cloth drop-back box, oblong folio, Montgomery, David Esslemont, 2000.This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Kaldewey Press.- Kaldewey (Gunnar A.) California Time, one of 45 copies specially bound and signed by the author/artist from an edition of 67, illustrations in colour by Kaldewey, occasional very light off-setting, original plexiglass by Christian Zwang of Hamburg, housed in orange cloth drop-back box, folio (c.515 x 382mm.), Poestenkill, NY, Kaldewey Press, 1987.

⁂ Please note, the description of this lot has changed ⁂Kaldewey Press.- Neruda (Pablo) Viente Poemas de Amor y Una Canción Desesperada, one of 50 copies on rag paper and specially bound from an edition of 70, illustrated by Kim Keever, signed by the artist, initial page with small tear at lower edge, original blue and green textured leather by Christian Zwang of Hamburg, with mounted paper label to upper cover, housed in original card chemise and slip case, a few very light instances of wear, folio (c.447 x 505mm.), Poestenkill, NY, Kaldewey Press, 1989.

Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Tulli De officis amicitia & senectute. Paradoxa eiusdem, collation: [1-4], A-N8 O4 P-Z8 AA-GG8 HH II6, Roman type, title with woodcut of John the Baptist signed 'B.M.', 5 ff. marking new book or text with repeated woodcut composite historiated border with mermen bearing blank shield at foot, numerous woodcut vignettes in text, woodcut decorative initials, final f. blank, sig. I misbound after K, some marginal worming, mostly in sigs. E-H, occasionally just touching the odd letter of a printed side-note or of text, those ff. with historiated border trimmed at outer margin to just within border, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, antique style calf, spine in compartments and with red leather label, modern board slip-case, little worn, but holding firm, small folio (285 x 190mm.), [Venice], [Joannes Tacuinus, de Tridino], [20th February, 1506]. ⁂ A rare copy at auction of this handsomely illustrated edition. Indeed, this copy seemingly the last to be offered (1980). Literature: Essling 9; Sander 1966; EDIT 16 CNCE 12166.

NO RESERVE Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., number 28 of 200 sets, 46 wood-engraved type specimens printed from the original blocks and loose as issued with prospectus in envelope in original cloth drop-back box, text with illustrations in original cloth, uncut, slip-case, folio, I.M. Imprimit & St. Bride Library, 1992-93.⁂ Pouchée's type foundry at Lincoln's Inn Fields ran from only 1818-1830 when he was forced out of business by his competitors. During that time he produced some of the most richly ornamented letters ever created. Only 23 alphabets survive and are now held by St. Bride's, where they were identified and catalogued by James Mosley in 1966. This work is a faithful reproduction of these beautiful alphabets.

NO RESERVE Plough Press.- Wakeman (Geoffrey) A Leaf History of British Printing from 1610 to 1774, number 81 of 110 copies, 10 samples of leaves loosely inserted or tipped into wrappers, one also with 2 examples of Fell type, loose as issued with introduction and prospectus in original cloth drop-back box, Kidlington, 1986; The Production of Nineteenth Century Colour Illustration, number 79 of 100 copies, tipped-in original specimens from 19th century works, many colour-printed, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, transparent dust-jacket, Loughborough, 1976, folio, Plough Press (2)⁂ The first demonstrates the most important characteristics of printing over nearly two hundred years in England and Scotland, from Foxe's Book of Martyrs to Foulis via John Fell and Baskerville, also woodcuts, engravings and paper.

NO RESERVE Ravilious (Eric).- Greenwood (Jeremy) Ravilious: Engravings, number 2 of 55 specially-bound copies (51 for sale) with additional photograph of Ravilious and 3 wood-engravings printed from the original blocks, from an edition limited to 800, illustrations, many colour, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, additional prints loose as issued in original card portfolio, together with prospectus and Addenda & Corrigenda 1 & 2 in original cloth drop-back box, Woodbridge, Wood Lea Press, 2008 § Ullmann (Anne, editor) Ravilious at War: The complete work of Eric Ravilious, September 1939 - September 1942, one of 750 copies, prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth, slip-case, Upper Denby, Fleece Press, 2002, small folio & oblong 4to (2)

Shanty Bay Press.- Circus: Five Poems on the Circus, number 56 of 60 copies signed by the artist and printer, pochoir illustrated title, 6 full-page plates, colophon and initials, 5 two-colour woodcut illustrations, all by Walter Bachinski, original half cloth over red & blue boards, uncut, cloth slip-case, large folio, Ontario, Shanty Bay Press, 2002.⁂ Featuring stunning pochoir plates.

NO RESERVE Shanty Bay Press.- [Homer.] Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, translated by Susan C.Shelmerdine, number 2 of 110 copies signed by the artist and printer, two-colour woodcut title, 2 plates & colophon and 3 pochoir plates and initials by Walter Bachinski, with prospectus and 4 proof woodcuts loosely inserted, original half-cloth over pictorial boards, uncut, cloth slip-case, folio, Ontario, Shanty Bay Press, 2003.

NO RESERVE Shanty Bay Press.- Virgilius Maro (Publius) Georgics, translated by Robert Wells, number 4 of 67 copies signed by the artist and printer, 8 woodcut plates on Japanese paper and pochoir title, 5 plates, initials and colophon by Walter Bachinski, prospectus and illustrated excerpt loosely inserted, original half cloth over boards with woodcut to upper cover, uncut, cloth slip-case, folio, Ontario, Shanty Bay Press, 2007.⁂ Handsome example of the great classical work with delightful woodcuts and pochoirs.

NO RESERVE Shanty Bay Press.- Circus: The Artist as Saltimbanque, number 8 of 60 copies signed by the artist and printer, 4 full-page pochoir plates and 8 multi-coloured linocuts including title and colophon, all by Walter Bachinski, prospectus with 2 colour linocuts loosely inserted, original cloth-backed pictorial red & black boards, uncut, cloth slip-case, folio, Ontario, Shanty Bay Press, 2011.⁂ Striking pochoir plates.

NO RESERVE Whittington Press.- McKitterick (David) Wallpapers by Edward Bawden printed at the Curwen Press, number 2 of 40 special copies with an additional folder of specimens and signed by the author & artist, with sheets or parts of sheets of seven original wallpapers and whole sheets of the Riviera and Facade papers, from an edition limited to 120, printed in yellow and black, tipped-in folding plate, illustrations, original samples tipped in at end, most folding, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards (Bawden's Bird's Nest paper), uncut, with original cloth-backed board folder for whole sheets of Riviera and Facade, together in slip-case, folio, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1989.

Economics of Foreign Trade.- Cope (Sir Walter, master of the court of wards, 1553?-1614) Enchiridion. Certaine breife Remonstrances offered unto his Matie... Touching Divers Inconveniences growne into the publique weale By meanes of The Netherlandes and our owne Company of Merchant Venturers..., manuscript in one hand in two different styles (title and subtitles in in a fine cursive and text in Secretary hand), title and 17pp., title loose, slightly browned, disbound, [no work by Walter Cope in ESTC], , folio, 1613.⁂ ?An unknown work by a prominent official in the governments of Elizabeth I and James I. The manuscript poses a number of economic problems with suggested ways of reforming and dealing with them. It includes the over valuation of money, best way of making money from foreign trade, sales of cloth and wool etc.Walter Cope became a gentleman usher to William Cecil, Lord Burghley and later served his son, Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury. Cope made large sums of money as master of the court of wards and was involved in a wide series of financial speculations, not all of them successful. He was also an investor in a number of overseas trading companies, including the Virginia and East India companies, and was much concerned with making the highest of financial returns from his investments.Saleroom notice: This may not be unknown, there may be a copy at the Bodleian amongst the North Family Paper

Furniture.- Hope (Thomas) Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, first edition, half-title, additional engraved title and 60 plates, foxed, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt, rebacked, worn, modern cloth drop-back box, folio, 1807.⁂ One of the most important English furniture design books of the early nineteenth century.

Poster Art.- Maindron (Ernest) Les Affiches Illustrées (1886-1895), out of series copy from an edition of 1025, this "Exemplaire Offert à Mr Frionnet", 1896; Les Affiches Illustrées, one of 525 copies, 1886 § Bauwens (Maurice) and others. Les Affiches Etrangères Illustrées, one of 1050 copies, 1897, numerous chromolithographed plates after Cheret, Toulouse-Lautrec, Choubrac, Mucha & others, illustrations in colour and black & white, original wrappers and spines bound in, bookseller's label to pastedowns, margins slightly toned, occasional light foxing, mostly marginal, uniformly bound in contemporary half grey morocco by Franz, spines slightly sunned with red morocco labels, rubbed with some light spotting and staining, a few scratches to covers, t.e.g., folio, Paris (3)⁂ A seminal reference work in the field of poster art.

Jacobean duelling.- Sackville (Edward, fourth Earl of Dorset, politician, 1590-1652) A challenge receaved by Mr Edward Sackvile... from the L. Bruce a Scottish Baron who fought together in Zealand... where the sayd L Bruce was slaine, manuscript in Secretary hand, 1½pp. with conjugate blank, folds, small stain on first f., disbound, Pot watermark, folio, [c. 1614].⁂ An account of the challenge to a duel between Edward Sackville and his former friend, Edward Bruce, Lord Kinloss, On 24 Aug. 1613 they fought a duel at Bergen-op-Zoom, possibly over Sackville's seduction of Bruce's sister. The duel displeased James I and although he was officially pardoned, he was threatened by members of Bruce's family and was obliged to travel in France and the Netherlands, not returning to England until 1615.

America, Colony of Virginia.- Certaine directions for the sending of Men, Comodities, & Cattle to Virginia, manuscript in Secretary hand, 10pp., a few small stains in margins, edges chipped, disbound, folio, [? c. 1609].⁂ Advice to prospective "passengers" and colonists to Virginia. The manuscript details previous experiences, such as when to arrive ("beginninge of July"), types of farmers, ("should be lustie"), what to do on their first arrival ("let them take good care of lying on the ground"), and what sort of amounts of commodities for trading ("be 1200 l"), provisions and allowances of food "bisket bread").Subheadings comprise: (1). Trading: "ffor Comodities that are fittest to be carried to Virginia, and these most ysefull and vendible..."; (2). Provisions. "A note of the quantitie of such provisions as are to be laden aboard any Ship that goes for Virginia to carry the proporcon of 500 Passingers. The time they must lay their victuall in for must be 3 moneths or 90 daies". (3). The allowances that is daily made... this rate to a Messe, foure Men being accounted a Messe... ." Of the advice in this manuscript for colonising Virginia, the 1609 expedition seems to be the most apposite. The writer has drawn on previous expeditions and is aware of the qualities prospective colonists will need, what sort of vendible stock to take for trade (rugs, blankets, wine etc.), and food ("Oates"), in particular cattle ("They are of great prize in Virginia").The colonisation of Virginia by the Virginia Company is a history of repeated setbacks and failure. Most colonists were unsuited to farming, and other factors such as adverse weather conditions and poor relations with the First Nations people resulted in extremely high mortality rates. The colonies main hope of survival were the supply ships and this manuscript probably relates to the Third Supply which led to shipwreck of the Sea Venture at Bermuda with the loss of essential supplies for the colony. This led to the "Starving Time" in the winter of 1609-1610, the abandonment of the settlement at Jamestown and its re-establishment by a Fourth Supply mission in 1610.

Peace with America.- In the House of Commons on Wednesday 27th February, 1782, The Right Honourable General Conway moved a Resolution..., single sheet broadside, printed in red and black, contempoprary ink inscription to verso, a few short tears, minor soiling at edges, folds, [ESTC T108084], folio (524 x 396mm.), Printed for J. Stockdale, 1782.⁂ Very rare. No copies traced at auction. ESTC lists copies at BL, John Carter Brown and New York State libraries only. The 'ayes' "For Peace with America" are listed in red and include Charles James Fox, Edmund Burke and William Wilberforce; the 'noes' in black lost the vote by 19 thus precipitating the fall of Lord North's government, leading to Rockingham's short-lived second term as Prime Minister (he died in early July 1782) and then his successor Lord Shelburne, who finally succeeded in securing peace with America in April 1783. The debate of 27th February can therefore be seen as one of the major catalysts for advancing the terms with which America fully and finally achieved independence.

[Bacon (Francis, Viscount St Alban, Lord Chancellor, politician, and philosopher, 1561-1626)] A Letter of Advise written to Sr Edw. Coke Lo: Chiefe Justice..., manuscript in Secretary hand, 6½pp., first f. loose and with small tear in margin, slightly browned, disbound, Grapes watermark, folio, [?c. 1616].⁂ "And so there is a tyme to speake & a time to be silent. - Bacon.In 1616 a "case arose which pitted common-law rights against episcopal privilege. James supplemented the income of John Overall, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, with the profits of an additional rectory, granted in commendam, only to see a landowner challenge his action. James wrote to the judges that the case concerned his power to govern the church, and asked that they stay proceedings until he decided whether further consultation between judges and churchmen was required. His position was strengthened by a writ which Bacon produced, non procedendo rege inconsulto, allowing the king to intervene in cases close to royal interests, which the attorney-general had tested in other cases. The judges countered unanimously, in a reply drafted probably by Coke, that the king's letter was 'contrary to law' and that 'our oath in express words is that in case any letter comes to use contrary to law that we do nothing by such letters... . Responding forcefully, James summoned the judges before the privy council, tore up their letter, and demanded of each judge whether he would obey any future royal order. All the judges save Coke backed down." - Oxford DNB.Another contemporary manuscript copy of this work is located at the Morgan Library in New York, in which the authorship of this tract is no longer considered to be by Bacon. This tract was published in Bacon's, The remaines of... Francis Lord Verulam Viscount of St. Albanes... Being essayes and severall letters to severall great personages, and other pieces... not heretofore published, [Wing B318; Gibson, 218], 1648.

Muscovy Company.- To the Kings... Matie. An humble and true declaration of... the Govnor & Company of Merchants trading unto Muscovia, of the manifest wrongs & abuses done by the Hollanders & Zealanders... in Greenland this yeare 1618, manuscript, 5½pp., 1618 [with] East India Company. To the Kings... Matie. An humble declaracon of... the Govnor & Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies, Of the manifest & unsupportable wrongs & abuses lately done by the Hollanders unto yor... Subts in the East indies, manuscript, 7½pp., [?cf. STC 7450a.5], [c. 1628], manuscripts in 2 hands in Secretary hands, slightly creased, edges slightly chipped, disbound, folio.⁂ First mentioned, a dispute with the Dutch over exclusive fishing rights off the coast of Greenland and the second, a dispute with the Dutch over trading with the Banda Islands (producers of nutmeg and mace).

Egypt.- Description de l'Egypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, 38 vol. (24 text vol. in 26 and 12 plate vol.), second edition, 1 plate vol. with hand-coloured frontispiece, another with engraved title and portrait of Louis XVIII, 967 engraved plates, many folding or double page, a few folding with small tears at central folds, some foxing to plate margins but generally outside plate mark, contemporary quarter morocco, some wear to spines including small tears and chips at ends, [c.f. for first edition; Atabey 343; Blackmer 476; Hilmy I, pp 239-245] 8vo and elephant folio (670 x 540mm.), Paris, C.L.F. Panckoucke, 1821-30.⁂ The rare "Panckoucke" edition, complete with all plates. This monumental work was the fruit of the scholarly enterprise envisioned by Napoleon during his invasion into Egypt in the late 1790s. Over 160 scholars and scientists, known as the "savants", accompanied the French army - including figures like Monge, Berthollet, Fourier, Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, Redoute, and Savigny - their aim being to produce the first ever scientific survey of Egyptian antiquities, culture, language, natural history, geography, ethnography etc. Defeated by the British and forced to relinquish the expedition's physical bounty, famously including the Rosetta stone, the French nonetheless negotiated to retain their scholarly notes. More than a decade later of careful collaboration, these notes emerged as this landmark collection. Not only arguably one of the most beautiful plate books of the nineteenth century, Le Description de l'Egypte established a new academic discipline, becoming the foundational work of Egyptology, and similarly sparked the vibrant wave of Egyptomania across Europe. The first edition appeared beginning in 1809, and this second edition, produced by the Charles Louis Fleury Panckoucke, was begun nearly before the first was completed, reproducing the plates of the first in full, without the hand colouring. This copy includes the hand-coloured frontispiece often missing.The plate volumes comprise: (i) Antiquities, 5 vol. [hand-coloured frontispiece, 3 additional engraved plates ("Medailles trouvees en Syrie," "Tableau synoptique des constellations" Plate A, "Produits de la machine a graver"), 16 numbered engraved plates of the Rosetta Stone (on 8 sheets), 419 numbered engraved plates, plate 103 of Etat Moderne (misbound)]; (ii) Etat Moderne, 2 vol. [1 additional engraved plate ("Canevas trigonometrique du Kaire/d'Alexandrie"), 169 numbered engraved plates (see above, plate 103 bound in Antiquities V)]; (iii) Histoire Naturelle, 3 vol. [244 engraved numbered or lettered plates]; (iv) Atlas Geographique (spine title) [52 engraved maps and plates]; (v) Grande Atlas [engraved title, featuring portrait of Louis XVIII, 63 oversized plates].

Ralegh [Raleigh] (Sir Walter, courtier, explorer, and author, 1554-1618) An Apologie written by Sr Walt. Raleigh touching his voyage to Guyana, imediatlie upon his landing at Plymouth Ano Dom. 1618, manuscript (title in a fine cursive and text in Secretary hand), 5pp., some words crossed out, disbound, Pot watermark, folio, [?1618].⁂ "I have spent my poore estate, lost my sonne, and my health, and endured as many sorts of miseries, as ever man did... ." - Ralegh.A near contemporary copy of Ralegh's justification of his landing on Spanish territory in the New World, against the explicit instructions of his commission. This manuscript corresponds to the section of the printed work of 1650, with the subheading: A Letter of Sir Walter Rawleigh to my Lord Carew touching Guiana, starting at: "Because I know not whether I shall live to come before the Lords...", and ending: "it yet may please to adde more affliction to the remainder of a wretched life."An account of Ralegh's second expedition to Guiana in search of El Dorado, the mythical city of gold that he convinced himself lay beyond the town of San Tomé in the interior of the continent. The expedition was bedevilled from the start, the ships being detained by weather off the coast of Ireland for two months. While at sea, Ralegh became unwell with fever and when the fleet arrived off the coast of Guiana he nominated Lawrence Keymis, his second in command to take five ships and sail into the delta of the Orinoco. With Ralegh's nephew, George Ralegh in command of the land forces, they made a pre-planned attack on the Spanish town of San Tomé, knowingly violating the king's commission. In the assault, Ralegh's son, Walter, was killed. Keymis entrusted the expedition into the interior to George Ralegh who travelled 300 miles in launches up the Orinoco river and found nothing but jungle. Keymis on his return was met with accusations of incompetence by Ralegh, and committed suicide. Faced with mutiny and desertion, Ralegh returned to Plymouth and was escorted to London by his cousin Sir Lewis Stucley. "At Salisbury, Ralegh wrote an Apology for the Voyage to Guiana, insisting that Guiana was English territory, and that the actions against Spanish authorities there were entirely justified. James arrived in the city on his summer progress, apparently rejected the Apology, and ordered Ralegh on to London." (Oxford DNB). Old and sick, Ralegh was brought before commissioners of the privy council and after some legal wrangling, was condemned to death, not for his actions in Guiana, but a fulfilment of the sentence of his original treason trial in 1603. Ralegh was executed in Old Palace Yard on the morning of 29 October 1618. His head was placed in a red leather bag and carried away by Lady Ralegh, and his body was buried in St Margaret's Church, Westminster.

Edward Alleyn & Dulwich College.- Alleyn (Edward, actor, theatre entrepreneur, and founder of Dulwich College, 1566-1626) Mr Allen's Proiect of his Hospitall at Dulluge: A Briefe Relation of my intent, manuscript in Secretary hand, 6pp. & conjugate blank, first f. ink stain in lower margin slightly affecting a few letters, stained and browned throughout, disbound, folio, [? c. 1619].⁂ Alleyn's founding of Dulwich College. Subheadings comprise: (1). The Annuall Charge to be performed by the Mr is as followeth (2). A note of direction from the Warden of Winchester College to Mr Allen.

Paracelsus (Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance, c. 1493-1541) The flowres of Paracelsus, manuscript in a fine cursive, 11pp. excluding 2 blank ff. at end, first f. soiled, [c. 1620] § Paracelsus his Paramira..., manuscript in Secretary hand, 2pp. excluding conjugate blank, slightly creased, [c. 1630], ruled in red, central folds, edges chipped, watermark of the arms of Burgundy and Austria with the insignia of the Golden Fleece, disbound, folio (2).⁂ Translations into English of some writings by Paracelsus. The best known English translator was John Hester (d. 1592), distiller; he "translated two of Paracelsus's works as The Key of Philosophie (1580) and 114 Experiments (1583?)." (Oxford DNB). Both manuscripts date from the early 17th century but are in two different hands. The first is a digest of metalline medicines and the second, treatments derived from herbs.

London.- Maitland (William) The History of London, 2 vol., first edition, list of subscribers, extra-illustrated by the insertion of numerous portraits, views, plans and other pieces 18th-20th century (many window-mounted), including 3 hand-coloured vues d'optique and a large folding engraved ticket to the Lord Mayor's dinner at Guildhall in 1825 printed in blue, some foxing, later blind-stamped calf, joints worn, 2 covers detached, folio, Printed by Samuel Richardson, 1739.

Norfolk.- Blomefield (Francis) An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, 5 vol., first edition, original subscriber's copy, numerous engraved plates and maps, that of Norwich in vol.2 on two sheets and coloured by hand, extra-illustrated by the insertion of various manuscript sheets with lists of names relating to individual hundreds, some engravings and printed ephemera, a few plates lacking, vol.2 lacks dedication leaf, some tears and defects to plates and some leaves of text including title to vol.3, lists of subscribers, contemporary calf joints and extremities worn and with some old repairs, Fersfield, Norwich & Lynn, 1739-75; and Winter's Selection of Illustrations of Norfolk and Norwich Antiquities, 1885-6, folio (6)⁂ A good set of this important county history with provenance back to one of the original subscribers - Sir William Jerningham, Bart. of Cossey, enhanced with additional material relating to the county.

Suffolk.- Gage (John) The History and Antiquities of Suffolk. Thingoe Hundred, first edition, large paper copy, engraved map with outline hand-colouring, engraved plates and illustrations, occasional light offsetting, errata slip tipped in, later calf, gilt arms to upper cover, spine and upper cover a little sunned, 1838 § Suckling (Rev. Alfred) The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, 2 vol., first edition, plates including tinted lithographs and some hand-coloured, some foxing, later calf, gilt arms to upper covers, uniform with first mentioned but without the morocco spine labels, a little rubbed and scratched, Printed for the Author, 1846-48; and 2 others, Suffolk, folio (5)

Botany.- Grew (Nehemiah) The Anatomy of Plants, first collected edition, initial imprimatur leaf signed by Christopher Wren, 83 engraved plates, 5 folding, woodcut initials and head-pieces, small paper flaw hole to outer margin of Kk2 and another to Qq1 touching one letter, one or two plates with light staining but generally an excellent clean copy, David Bellamy's copy with his signed bookplate, modern panelled sprinkled calf with borders in blind, blind-stamped spine in compartments with morocco label, some slight fading and a few minor scuffs to lower cover, lower corners bumped, [Wing G1945; Henrey 162; Hunt 362; Nissen BBI 758], folio (c.310 x 195mm.), by W. Rawlins, for the Author, 1682.⁂ The birth of the microscopic anatomy of plants. Grew, and his contemporary Malpighi in Italy, were the founders of the science of plant anatomy. Grew was the first to observe the sexual nature of plants and ascribe the male functions to the stamens. David Bellamy (1933-2019), botanist, ecologist, conservationist, and television presenter.

Botany.- Hill (John) The Construction of Timber, from its Early Growth; Explained by the Microscope, first octavo edition, 46 engraved plates (numbered 1-43, with an additional unlisted plate 33 and additional partly hand-coloured duplicates of plates 13 & 14), one folding, very occasional light browning, David Bellamy's copy with his bookplate, original marbled boards, manuscript paper label, rubbed, joints worn, tear to foot of spine, [Henrey 802; Nissen BBI 877], for the Author, 1770.⁂ Containing important contributions to our knowledge of the microscopic structure of plants. "The most important work to be published on the subject during the eighteenth century". (Henrey). First issued the same year in folio format this is the second issue. David Bellamy (1933-2019), botanist, ecologist, conservationist, and television presenter.

More (Sir Thomas [St Thomas More], Lord Chancellor, humanist, and martyr, 1478-1535).- Roper (William, lawyer and biographer, 1495x8-1578) The life and death of Sir Tho More knight sometime Lo: Chancellor of England... 1535, manuscript in Secretary hand, 58pp. & conjugate blank, drophead title, first f. two tears in margins, soiled, last 4pp. large stain, numerous other small stains, original stitching, disbound, watermark Bunch two pillars with grapes, folio, [cf. BL Harley 6253], [England], [c. 1630].⁂ Thomas More on the Act of Supremacy. "... this Indictment is grounded upon an Act of p[ar]liam[en]t directly repugnant to the Lawe of god."An early 17th century copy of the life of St Thomas More, written by his son-in-law, William Roper for Nicholas Harpsfield's biography, The life and death of Sr Thomas Moore, knight. The biography was written during Queen Mary I's reign and dedicated to William Roper, but it was not published until 1932."... Roper's life of More. This is an attractive personal memoir, marked by candour, modesty, and strong loyalty. It is based explicitly on personal recollection, which, however, sometimes needs correction. Roper's portrait of More as a model lord chancellor has been modified in detail by later scholarship, and there is a serious anachronism in his last paragraph (fully discussed by R. W. Chambers in Harpsfield, 353-5). But the book remains an English classic, the earliest personal biography in the language. It has also left its mark on all subsequent writing on More." - Oxford DNB.Nicholas Harpsfield (1519-75), religious controversialist and historian.