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Stirling-Maxwell, Sir William (publisher) - Coecke van Aelst, Pieter The Turks in MDXXXIII a series of drawings made in that year at Constantinople by Peter Coeck of Aelst … with an introduction by Sir William Stirling Maxwell. London & Edinburgh: privately printed, 1873. Large oblong folio, printed in red and black, with engraved title-page, headings and tailpieces, illustrations in the text and 12 separate plates (including title-page and colophon to Coecke’s work), original green cloth, edges slightly rubbed and covers slightly marked, one of a hundred copiesNote: Atabey 261; Blackmer 379. The facsimile made from the British Library copy of the original work, Moeures et fachons de faire des Turcz, published at Antwerp in 1533, with the sheets on a piece of cloth with the original prints measuring 15 feet wide. Stirling-Maxwell suggests that the original was either intended to be kept as a roll or possibly a wall hanging. To achieve publication in book form he made various adjustments to the size of the reproductions. The paper was chosen to resemble the colour and texture of the original. Provenance: The late Lord David Douglas Hamilton. Christie’s The property of Archibald Stirling of Keir, 1995 lot 712

Stirling-Maxwell, Sir William (publisher) - Vesalius, Andreas Tabulae anatomicae sex Six Anatomical Tables of Andrew Vesalius. London: privately printed for Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 1874. Large folio (66 x 52 cm), [12] ff., engraved presentation page printed in red, title-page printed in red and black, 1 engraved portrait plate, 6 anatomical plates, original maroon quarter morocco, marbled sides, light wear to extremitiesNote: One of Stirling-Maxwell's 'pioneering books of facsimile prints using the new photolithographic methods' (ODNB), of which 28 copies were printed, in addition to one copy on vellum and one on parchment. A set of six oversized broadsides, the Tabulae anatomicae sex, originally printed at Venice in 1538, were designed to be mounted on the wall for reference during dissections and, as a result, only two complete copies of the original printings of the six oversized anatomical plates survived. One set is in the Bibliotheca nazionale Marciana of Venice. Another, which became the basis for this edition, was purchased in 1857 by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, and is now in the Hunterian Library in Glasgow. There is a third set in the Biblioteca statale di Cremona (USTC 764591). Library Hub traces only four copies of the 1874 edition in UK institutions (Glasgow, Oxford, Royal Academy, and Royal Society of Medicine.) Provenance: 1) Christie’s, The Property of Archibald Stirling of Keir, 22-24 May 1995, lot 712. 2)The Late Lord David Douglas-Hamilton (1952-2020).

Stirling-Maxwell, Sir William (publisher) - Vesalius, Andreas Tabulae anatomicae sex Six anatomical tables. London: privately printed for Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 1874. Large folio, engraved presentation page printed in red, title-page printed in red and black, 1 engraved portrait plate, 6 anatomical plates, original quarter maroon morocco, marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, extremities rubbed, one of thirty copiesNote: One of Stirling-Maxwell's 'pioneering books of facsimile prints using the new photolithographic methods' (ODNB), of which 28 copies were printed, in addition to one copy on vellum and one on parchment. A set of six oversized broadsides, the Tabulae anatomicae sex, originally printed at Venice in 1538, were designed to be mounted on the wall for reference during dissections and, as a result, only two complete copies of the original printings of the six oversized anatomical plates survived. One set is in the Bibliotheca nazionale Marciana of Venice. Another, which became the basis for this edition, was purchased in 1857 by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, and is now in the Hunterian Library in Glasgow. There is a third set in the Biblioteca statale di Cremona (USTC 764591). Library Hub traces only four copies of the 1874 edition in UK institutions (Glasgow, Oxford, Royal Academy, and Royal Society of Medicine.) Provenance: 1) Christie’s, The Property of Archibald Stirling of Keir, 22-24 May 1995, lot 712. 2)The Late Lord David Douglas-Hamilton (1952-2020).Note: One of Stirling-Maxwell's 'pioneering books of facsimile prints using the new photolithographic methods' (ODNB), of which 28 copies were printed, in addition to one copy on vellum and one on parchment. A set of six oversized broadsides, the Tabulae anatomicae sex, originally printed at Venice in 1538, were designed to be mounted on the wall for reference during dissections and, as a result, only two complete copies of the original printings of the six oversized anatomical plates survived. One set is in the Ibliotheca nazionale Marciana of Venice. Another, which became the basis for this edition, was purchased in 1857 by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, and is now in the Hunterian Library in Glasgow. There is a third set in the Biblioteca statale di Cremona (USTC 764591). Library Hub traces only four copies of the 1874 edition in UK institutions (Glasgow, Oxford, Royal Academy, and Royal Society of Medicine.) Provenance: 1) Christie’s, The Property of Archibald Stirling of Keir, 22-24 May 1995, lot 712. 2)The Late Lord David Douglas-Hamilton (1952-2020).

Antiquarian books, 18th and 19th century Large collection of works, including Scottish interest comprising: Army List. A List of the Officers of the Army and Marines. [London]: War-Office, 1791. Thirty-ninth edition, 8vo (21 x 12.7cm), contemporary tree calf, bookplate of Sir George Russell Clerk (1801-1889), British civil servant in India, rubbed [ESTC T170302: 3 copies in UK libraries]; Robinson, Mary. Poems. London: J. Bell, 1791. First edition, 8vo (18.5 x 11.3cm), contemporary marbled calf, engraved portrait frontispiece, errata leaf, contemporary gift inscription ('To Miss Everett, by Mrs Lettsom as a token of friendship & esteem', bookplates ('Chute Lodge, 1816' and John Adam, motto 'crux mihi grata quies'), front board near-detached [ESTC T99736]; Scruton, James. The Practical Counting House; or, Calculation and Accountantship Illustrated. Glasgow: James Duncan, 1777. First edition, 8vo (20.6 x 12.5cm), contemporary marbled sheep, covers detached [ESTC T196938: 5 UK copies]; [Topham, Edward]. Letters from Edinburgh; written in the Years 1774 and 1774: containing some Observations on ... the Scotch Nation during a Six Months Residence in Edinburgh. London: J. Dodsley, 1776. First edition, 8vo (20.2 x 12.6cm), contemporary sheep, front joint partly cracked, front free endpaper absent, worming to foot of title and dedication, occasional soiling [ESTC T137107]; [Robertson, Joseph]. The Traveller's Guide through Scotland and it's [sic] Islands. Edinburgh: for J. Thomson Junr & Co., 1806. Third edition, 12mo (17.6 x 9.9cm), contemporary tree calf by Forsyth of Elgin, engraved title-page, 2 folding maps (coloured in outline; closed handling tears), 16 further maps; and 27 others (these not collated), including: Jonathan Swift, The Works, Dublin: George Faulkner, 1741-6 (7 volumes of 8?, 8vo, contemporary half calf, rubbed, together with a uniformly-bound copy of Miscellanies, The Last Volume, London: B. Motte, 1727); Robert Douglas, The Peerage of Scotland, 1764 (first edition, folio, contemporary half calf, label renewed, 10 engraved heraldic plates, moderate browning and damp-staining, old paper-reinforcement to inner hinges); idem, The Baronage of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1798 (first edition, 1 volume bound in 2, folio, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked to style, contemporary annotations to endpapers and margins; William Hawkins, A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown. London, 1739 (third edition, 2 volumes in 1, folio contemporary calf, joints cracked, wear, contemporary trade card of the New Printing-Office, Norwich, 1723 to front pastedown); Thomas Wood, A New Institute of the Imperial or Civil Law, London, 1730 (fourth edition, folio, contemporary calf, joints cracked, loss to leather; idem, An Institute of the Laws of England, 1734 (fifth edition, folio, contemporary panelled calf, worn, engraved portrait frontispiece); William Maver, Johnson's English Dictionary, Glasgow, 1809 (2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, worn); Earl of Selkirk, Observations on the Present State of the Highlands of Scotland, 1805 (first edition, uncut in original boards, joints cracked, title-leaf and conjugate tipped in, 'Castle Grant, 1805' inscribed on title); Robert Southey, Roderick, 1815 (second edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, contemporary purple half calf); Warton et al., Essays on Gothic Architecture, 1808 (third edition, 8vo, contemporary tan calf gilt, worn); Robert Burns, The Life and Works, Edinburgh, 1815 (4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, worn); and similar, mainly in contemporary leather bindings (46)Provenance: The Library of Keith Schellenberg (1929-2019), British businessman, Winter Olympian and laird of Eigg.

Edinburgh 2 volumes comprising: Maitland, William. The History of Edinburgh from its Foundation to the Present Time. Edinburgh: Hamilton, Balfour & Neil. 1753. First edition, folio, large folding plan and 20 engraved plates, contemporary full dark brown calf, backstrip in panels, red label, leather strip torn from front cover, head and tail of spine worn; Shepherd, T.H. Modern Athens, displayed in a Series of Views of Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century. London: Jones & Co., 1829, 4to, engraved title and 100 engraved plates, mounted on india paper, bound with: Jones & Co. [Views of the Seats] London, Jones. 1829, 80 engraved views on 40 plates (of 296 views on 148 plates), tissue guards lacks title; contemporary green calf, spine gilt in panels, red label, gilt tooled, all edges gilt, top board with small tear, very slightly rubbed (2)

Edinburgh Town Council 10 printed 18th century works comprising: Act and Ordinance of the Magistrates of Edinburgh, for Regulating the Street Cadies. Edinburgh, twenty sixth day of July 1739, folio, 1 page [not on ESTC]; By the Right Honourable, the Lord Provost and Magistrates of the City of Edinburgh. The Assize of Bread made of Wheat, to be observed... Edinburgh, July 24th 1730, 2 copies printed recto only on a folded sheet [not found on ESTC]; Edinburgh Town Council Act of Council regulating the Time for emptying and laying down Ashes, foul Water and other Nastiness. Edinburgh, July 12th 1749. 4to, one page [ESTC T19161, 3 copies UK]; Edinburgh, 13th July, 1742 The which Day the Managers of the Charity Work-house being regularly conveen'd, a State of the Funds and Progress of the Building... 1 leaf, folio; Edinburgh Town Council Act of Council for keeping clean the Streets of the City of Edinburgh, and Suburbs thereof, at Edinburgh, the Fourteenth Day of August, 1745, folio, 1 page, couple of tiny holes at folds; Chalmer, Andrew Part of the Sequel of the Historical Account of the City of Edinburgh's Duty on Ale. Edinburgh, 1753. 4to, 20pp, sewn as issued, [ESTC T230061 - Bodleian only], dust-soiled, last leaf torn with loss of a few letters; Chalmer, Andrew Protest taken judicially by Andrew Chalmer.. at the second Diet of his Trial... for framing and publishing an Historical Account of the City's Duty on Ale. [Edinburgh, 1752], 4to, 4pp, [ESTC T63119]; [Edinburgh Elections] A Nominal Encomium on the Election of Magistrates at Michael mass 1764. 8vo, 4pp., slightly dust-soiled, [ESTC T176524 - NLS & Bodleian], slightly dust-soiled; Walker, John, Baillie of Edinburgh Replies by Mess. Walker and Stuart, and others adhering to their Protest. Edinburgh, Dec. 29th 1762, 4to, 12pp, slightly dust-soiled; Chalmers, George To the Honourable the Annual General Convention of the Royal Boroughs of Scotland, the Petition and Representation of the Merchants and Traders in Edinburgh. July 1768. [Edinburgh, 1768], folio, 4pp, short tear at fold [ESTC T205107 - Bodleian only], two small splits at fold (10)Provenance: Seemingly from the personal collection of Robert Mein; see other items relating to him and Edinburgh Council in this sale.

Edinburgh Town Council and other rare Edinburgh items comprising: Scotland. Commissioners for Regulating the Judicatories Articles, for Regulating of the Judicatories, &c., set down by the Commissioners, thereunto authorized by His Majesty, under the Great Seal. Edinburgh: E. Tyler, 1670. Folio, 19pp., sewn, [ESTC R222486 - 10 copies UK, 7 N. America]; Edinburgh, Gild Court Constitutions and By-Laws of the Gild Court of Edinburgh, that are ratified in Parliament, Ja VI Par.13, Act. 180. [Edinburgh, 1732], folio, 4pp., [ESTC T220470 - Aberdeen University Library only]; [Scotland, Charles II] Act Rescinding two Acts, past in the last Session of Parliament, the one for excepting of persons from publick Trust. Edinburgh, 9th Sept. 1663. Edinburgh: E. Tyler, 1663. Folio, 3pp. (one folded sheet), [ESTC R472825 - California State Library only]; Scotland. Court of Session Acts of Sederunt of the Lords of the Session, past since February 1681. Edinburgh: Heir of Andrew Anderson, 1691, folio, 24, [iv] pp., sewn as issued, some dust-soiling, [ESTC R34035 - 7 copies UK, 5 N. America]; Edinburgh Town Council Edinburgh, first May, One thousand six hundred and seventy four years. The Which day, the Lord Provost, Baillies, Council and Deacons of Crafts being conveened in Council... [relating to Prevention of Fires], [Edinburgh, 1674], folio, 3pp., folio, [ESTC R218200 - 4 copies in UK]; General Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland To the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury. Additional Memorial of the General Convention of the Royal Boroughs of Scotland, relating to Culm. [Edinburgh, 1777], folio, 15pp., sewn as issued, [ESTC N41307 - National Archives copy only]; General Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland Memorial, to the General Convention of the Royal Boroughs, from the Merchants, Brewers, Bakers and other Traders in Edinburgh and Leith. Edinburgh, Dec. 27th 1780. Folio, 7pp., slightly stained, final leaf with small holes at folds affecting a few letters, sewn as issued, [ESTC T118501 - British Library only]; [Ferguson, John] Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition and Complaint of John Ferguson, one of the Captains of the Town-Guard of Edinburgh. July 18th 1740. Folio, 3pp., one sheet folded, somewhat stained and a few holes from folds to p.3, [Not on ESTC]; [Jackson, Gideon] Unto the Right Honourable, the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of Gideon Jackson late Writer to the Signet, now on the Roll of Pensioners. [Edinburgh, July 19th 1749], folio 2pp, with the printed name at end of George Brown scored through and 'Gideon Jackson' supplied in ink, torn at fold but complete, some dust-soiling, [not on ESTC] (9)Provenance: Seemingly from the personal collection of Robert Mein; see other items relating to him and Edinburgh Council in this sale.

European travel and others 8 volumes including: Billmark, Carl Johann. [Pittoresk Resetur fran Stockholm till Neapel. Paris, 1852]. Folio, 12 (of 100) lithographed plates after Billmark, 19th century green quarter morocco, lettered in gilt, 2 plates slightly frayed in margin, 1 slightly dampstained, rubbed; Hughes, John. Views of the South of France, chiefly on the Rhone, engraved by W.B. Cooke, George Cooke and J.C. Allen, from drawings by P. Dewint. London: H. Leggatt, 1830. Folio, large paper copy, 24 engraved plates on india paper, contemporary green quarter morocco, cloth sides, some spotting, corners rubbed; Lear, Edward. Views in the Seven Ionian Islands. Oldham, 1979. Folio, facsimile edition, 1/1000 copies, original green cloth; Cox, David. A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours. London: S. & J. Fuller, 1814. First edition, Oblong folio (480 x 310mm) 47 of 56 plates (24 soft ground etchings, 16 uncoloured aquatints, 7 (of 16) coloured aquatints), contemporary maroon half-morocco, maroon gilt label on top board, rubbed, [Abbey Life 115]; Trollope, T.A. Italy from the Alps to the Arno. London, 1892. Large 4to, plates, illustrations, original red cloth gilt, t.e.g.; Virtue & Co., publishers. Switzerland and the Bavarian Highlands. London, [c.1880], large thick 4to, plates, illustrations, modern half calf, spine gilt, stamps of the Cripplegate Institute; Koebel, W.H. The Romance of the River Plate. London, 1914. 2 volumes, 4to, original cloth (8)

Iraq Archive relating to surveying work conducted by A. L. Holt for the Cairo-Baghdad air route, 1. [Report on two Cairo-Baghdad air route reconnaissance missions], 1921. Typescript with manuscript annotations, 34 pp. (rectos and versos), describing 'The expedition to Ma' Dak Han' (oasis near Ramadi) and the 'First Ford expedition' ('The ostensible purpose was a political mission to Nuri ibn Shalan of the Rowallah tribe', p. 11), incidents include an encounter with Arab chieftain 'Faad ul Duchaim' ('He seemed to think that he ... should receive the same consideration and subsidy as his cousin Fahad Beg ibn Hadhal whose son had taken an active part against the Turks during the war', p. 30), 2 leaves of related manuscript notes attached; 2. '2nd Ford Reconnaissance on the Baghdad-Cairo Air Route, June 6th-16th', c.1921. Manuscript, 79 ff., begins 'Purposes of the Expedition. 1. To establish by ground and air No 4 landing ground at 200 miles from Ramadi, 2. To meet the Cairo reconnaissance party at L.G. 4 and pilot them to Baghdad', describes numerous encounters with locals, e.g. 'Met a crowd of Arabs on the move. These proved to be the people of Jiza ibn Bahr. Consulted Jiza ibn Bahr himself about a guide and he produced one Zumaitan ibn Matar who proved himself excellently acquainted with the country' (f. 23), 'Met a raiding party of Arabs about 100 strong under Mutlaq ibn Thamir going to raid the Beni Sabbar people' (f. 32), 'Arrived Al Mat. Found camped there one Sheikh Mishrif al Awagi (Suwailmat) with about fifty tents but no camels. The camels had been sent away to better grazing while he remained there to retain the right to the water' (f. 35), and the airlifting of wounded sheikh Murthi al Rifadi ('an excellent piece of propaganda', f. 61); 3. 'Short Diary of Instructions & Action Taken in Connection with the Aerial Route to be Constructed between Amman and Ramadi. From 13.3.21 to [30.6.21]', 7 September 1921. Typescript, 16 ff., marked 'confidential' on title; 4. 'Report on Desert Journey to Establish L[anding] G[round] 4', from the Assistant Divisional Adviser, Ramadi, to Major Holt, 22 June 1921. Carbon typescript, 4 ff., typescript covering note attached; 5. 'Names of Places'. Carbon typescript, 3 ff., containing names and description of topographical landmarks apparently in Iraq, e.g. 'Telel Ash Shaur - Two conspicuous hills. Name said to be derived from a big meeting of all the important desert Shaikhs held some time ago', manuscript corrections in pencil; 6. Holt, A. L. Baghdad-Amman Air Route. Report on Proposed Trans-Desert Highway for Mechanical Transport. Baghdad: printed by the superintendent, Railway Press, 1922. 3 copies, folio, each in original wrappers, 9 pp., 'Confidential. Report No. 1' printed on front covers. Together with similar items relating to Holt's work on other projects: 7. 'Iraq Railways. Proposed Baghdad Haifa Railway. Notes on Estimates Drawn up from Reconnaisance [sic] Surveys with Map of Proposed Route. District Engineer, Construction and Surveys, Baghdad' [cover-title], 24th April 1930. Carbon typescript, 8 [1] ff., folding cyanotype map printed on linen (33 x 120cm, manuscript captions in red, white and blue inks, discolouration around one fold), loose in captioned folder addressed to 'District Engineer, Construction and Surveys, Baghdad'; 8. 'Hit - Baiji - Kirkuk. Railway Reconnaisance [sic]', June 1931. Carbon typescript, 21 [2] ff., 2 folding cyanotype maps, secured with grommets, wrappers and one map detached, together with various typescript mileage tables in folder with similar title to preceding item addressed to 'A. L. Holt, District Engineer, Construction and Surveys, Baghdad'; 9. 'Bahra Agreement' [concerning the Iraq-Nejd border, parties comprising Sultan 'Abd al-'Aziz of Nejd and Sir Gilbert Clayton], c.1925. 3 ff., typescript, with 6 ff. related memoranda attached; 10. Folding lithographic map of proposed oil pipelines from Naft Khaneh, Iraq, to Tripoli and Haifa (34.5 x 63.5cm, coloured, untitled); 11. 'Port d'Alexandrette. Projet', folding lithographic map of Iskenderun, modern Turkey (65 x 75cm, coloured); 12. Typescript letter to the superintending engineer, Turkish Petroleum Co. Ltd, 1928, attaching manuscript petition in Arabic from overseer 'Hamadan' and response in English from surveyor Balbhadra Singh; all typescripts and manuscripts on rectos only of foolscap sheets unless otherwise stated, most secured with old paperclips or pins with consequent rust-marks (except items 2, 3 and 7: in loose sheets) (1 folder)Note: An engrossing collection of original documents shedding light on British efforts to establish control over the post-Ottoman Middle East in the aftermath of the Great War and the 1920 Iraqi Revolt. Plans for an air route between Cairo and Baghdad were originally drawn up in 1919 by Winston Churchill as secretary of state for air, in collaboration with Hugh Trenchard, marshal of the Royal Air Force. At the Cairo conference in March 1921, Churchill, now secretary of state for the colonies, reiterated the need for an imperial air network. ‘Preparations for the selection and marking of landing grounds across the Syrian Desert between Amman and Ramadi (on the Euphrates) had been made in March 1921, and in May, after aerial reconnaissance had ascertained the nature of the country, a Ford car convoy, supplied by air, was sent out to begin work. The progress made by June had firmly established the Cairo to Baghdad route for military purposes, and the regular air mail service, begun in August, was opened to the public by October … The chief strategic function of the air route was to move reinforcements between various theatres and hence to avoid expensive duplication. From the outset Trenchard imagined a single imperial air force, distributed like the navy in a number of fleets according to an overall plan, and linked by reliable air communications’ (Omissi, Air Power and Colonial Control: The Royal Air Force, 1919-1939, pp. 135-6). Major A. L. Holt (1896-1971) was a decorated former Royal Engineers officer who during the 1920s was employed by Iraq Railways and the Turkish Petroleum Company, and pioneered mechanised exploration in the region. In 1922 he was joined on an expedition to Wadi Sirhan by Harry St John Bridger Philby. His published works include ‘Some Journeys in the Syrian Desert’ (JRCAS, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1923), and ‘The Future of the North Arabian Desert’ (RGJ, Vol. 62, No. 4, October 1923). Nuri ibn Sha'lan, powerful chieftain of the Ruwallah tribe (see item 1), was the last major Arab leader to join the Arab Revolt. He was courted assiduously by T. E. Lawrence and the British military establishment, but his people's dependence on the markets of Damascus made him reluctant to declare firmly for either the Ottomans or the British, and after an encounter as late as June 1917 Lawrence concluded that practical support from the Ruwallah remained unlikely. In March 1918 Faisal instructed Nuri to open hostilities against the Ottomans and sent him payment of £25,000. Nuri's relations with the Ottomans disintegrated soon after. He declared war by August, and the next month led his forces in the Anglo-Arab advance on Damascus. (See Tauber, The Arab Movements in World War I, pp. 148-9.) Provenance: Apparently sometime in the personal collection of A. L. Holt (the lot including a large-format envelope addressed 'Major A. L. Holt, M.B.E, M.C., Iraq Railways, Baghdad, Iraq' and other indications of his ownership).

Gall & Inglis (publishers) The Edinburgh Imperial Atlas Ancient and Modern, revised and corrected to the Present Time, from the Best Authorities. Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, c.1860. Folio (52.5 x 33.8cm), contemporary half morocco, wood-engraved title-page, letterpress title-page, 47 wood-engraved or lithographic maps, all hand-coloured, nearly all double-page, variable light offsetting from colouring, small tear in 'Asiatic Islands and New Holland', 19th-century ownership inscriptions to initial blankNote: The maps include Arabia, Persia, 'Hindostan', China and Japan, Canada and British North America, Islands of the Pacific Ocean, United States, and Australian Colonies and New Zealand.

Monro, Donald Description of the Western Isles of Scotland, called Hybrides... to which is added: I. An Account of Hirta and Rona; by Sir George McKenzie ... never before published. II. A Description of Saint Kilda, by Mr Alexander Buchan ... III. A Voyage to Saint Kilda in 1697, by M. Martin. Edinburgh: William Auld, 1774. First edition, 8vo (16.5 x 10cm), c.1900 red half morocco, soiling, a few marginal tears, L6 repaired [ESTC T90619: no copies outside the UK], together with 17 others, Scottish interest (these not fully collated), including: John Rushworth, Historical Collections ... Beginning the Sixteenth Year of King James Anno 1618, London, 1659 (first edition, folio, contemporary calf, 2 engraved portraits, engraved folding map in good condition, binding rubbed, front joint repaired); David Stewart, Sketches of the Character, Manners, and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1825 (third edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary polished calf, a bright copy); Gilbert Hutcheson, Treatise on the Offices of Justice of Peace [etc.], Edinburgh, 1809 (second edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt, spines rubbed); William John Napier, A Treatise on Practical Store-Farming, as Applicable to the Mountainous Region of Etterick Forest, Edinburgh, 1822 (first edition, 8vo, contemporary blue calf gilt, Napier bookplate); John Loudon McAdam, Remarks on the Present System of Road Making, London, 1820 (third edition, 8vo, uncut in original boards); Johnstone, An Account ... of Draining Land, Edinburgh, 1797 (first edition, 4to, contemporary calf, covers detached); David Brewster, Plates Illustrative of Ferguson's Astronomy, Edinburgh, 1811 (first edition, 4to, contemporary boards); and similar (22)

Olearius, Adam [The Voyages and Travels of the Ambassadors sent by Frederick Duke of Holstein] [To the great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia ... Whereto are added the Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo ... from Persia, into the East-Indies] .[London: for Thomas Dring, and John Starkey, 1662]. First edition in English, folio (27.6 x 17.5cm), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, recornered and relined, browning, frontispiece and title-page absent, 3 engraved portraits ('Michael Federowitz Great Duke of Moscovie', with small marginal tear, old pencil marks; 'Shach Sefi King of Persia'; 'The Lively Portraict of the Great Mogol'), 7 engraved folding maps, of which 2 ('The Course of the Great River Wolga' and 'A New Map of Persia') both substantially torn away, 'A New Map of Liefland' closely trimmed, 'A New Map of Muscovy' with worming to top margin not affecting image, verso with various naive early sketches (two human faces, a partridge and a cat) and old repair to closed tear, 'A Map of ye Province of Kilan' slightly friable along top and bottom edges, closely trimmed along top, 'A Map of the East Indies' with old repair to verso of central fold, closely trimmed and slightly nicked and rumpled along fore edge, early naive sketches verso, 'An Exact of Mapp of China' rumpled, small holes to intersections of folds, small hole in frame along inner edge, text-leaves with a few spill-burns and closed tears [ESTC R21580; Wing O269]

Paris Paris moderne Grand album représentant les vues et les monuments les plus curieux de Paris et les sites les plus remarquables des environs. Paris, Martinet, c.1860. Oblong folio, original red cloth, tinted lithographic title-page, 24 tinted lithographic plates all with additional hand-colouring, erratically numbered (from 1 to 69), all but one by Charles Rivière, contemporary ownership inscription dated 1864 to front pastedown, wear to binding, a few tissue-guards torn, one plate ('Salle à manger du grand hôtel) with tissue-guard adhesion [cf. Bobins, The Exotic and the Beautiful, 949], together with a 19th-century scrap album, c.1856-7, containing original watercolours and pencil sketches (e.g. 'chien couchant', 'Hornsey church, Middlesex', 'A mill near Vauxhall Bridge, June 16th 1833', 'Highgate church from Hampstead Heath, 1833'), loose and mounted, transcribed poems, and prints (2)Note: Rare. Library Hub traces two copies, one at Cambridge with 25 plates (probably including the lithographic title-page and therefore matching the present copy), and one at Oxford, with 59 plates and presumably representing another issue; the Bobins copy had 30 plates. The erratic numbering of the plates suggests that Martinet published various issues comprising different selections from the full stock of Riviere's plates.

Pinelli, Bartolomeo Costumi diversi in no. 25 tavole Rome: Luigi Fabri, 1822. First edition, oblong folio (45 x 59.8cm), contemporary maroon half morocco gilt, etched title-page, 26 etched plates (presumably extra-illustrated with one plate from another work by Pinelli, not identified), light spotting; Idem. Nuova raccolta di cinquanta costumi pittoreschi. Rome: Giovanni Scudellari, 1817. First edition, oblong 4to (16.2 x 21.2cm), contemporary maroon half morocco gilt, etched title-page, 49 etched plates (of 50: lacking plate 38), contemporary ownership inscription 'David Dundas' (by family repute the British army officer Sir David Dundas, 1735-1820), occasional spotting (2)

Scotland Collection of pamphlets and proclamations, 17th-18th century including: [Monipennie, John]. Certayne Matters concerning the Realme of Scotland. London: for John Flasket, 1603. Second edition, 4to (18.1 x 13.2cm), 20th-century boards, spine defective, light browning, occasional staining, headlines often shaved, repairs to title-page (A1) and B1-2 obscuring a few letters, title page with contemporary annotations and a pen trial, final leaf N1/A2 with closed tear in gutter [ESTC S112838]; Hamilton, James, 1st Duke of Hamilton. [Incipit:] Whereas some have given out that by the Act of Councell [...]. Edinburgh: Robert Young, printer to the Kings most excellent Majestie, 1638. 4to (18.5 x 13.2cm), modern boards, typographic headpieces, woodcut initials, retaining final blank (C4), book-label of noted bibliographer F. S. Ferguson (1878-1967), slight toning [ESTC S103719]; Charles I. [Incipit:] Charles, by the grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith. To our lovits [blank] messengers, our sheriffs [...], greeting. Edinburgh: Robert Young, 1638. 4to (17.8 x 13cm), modern boards, woodcut headpiece (royal arms) and initial, F. S. Ferguson book-label [ESTC S116895]; Ward, Richard. The Analysis, and Application of the Sacred and Solemne League Covenant. London: J. Dollam, 1643. First edition, 4to (19.5 x 15.3cm), disbound, slightly dust-soiled, tide-mark to foot, edges nicked [ESTC R5685]; [Covenanters]. A True and Impartial Account of the Examinations and Confessions of the several Execrable Conspirators against the King and his Government in Scotland. London: Andrew Forrester, 1691. First edition, folio (28.7 x 18.7cm), disbound, final 2 leaves near detached and with closed tears [ESTC R21336]; [Medicine]. [Drop-head title:] Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session the Petition of John Monro Chirurgeon Apothecary in Edinburgh humbly sheweth that where in the competition betwixt your petition, as executor to the deceast Lieutenant Nisbet, and Janet Nisbet, executrix ... debated last week before the Lord Justice Clerk, 7 February 1701. Folio, 3 [1] pp., disbound, deckle edges, stitched together with an apparent continuation of the petition and 'Answers for Janet Nisebet and Peter Bell Merchant in Slagow her Husband ... to the Petition of John Monro against them], 2 and [2] pp., one with closed tear, [Defoe, Daniel]. Observations on the Fifth Article of the Treaty of Union, humbly offered to the Consideration of the Parliament, relating to Foreign Ships, [Edinburgh: no printer, 1706]. 4to (19.3 x 15.2cm), 20th-century quarter skiver, 4 pp., browned, bookplate of Robert A. S. Macfie (1868-1935), authority on the Roma [ESTC T55499: 10 UK copies, of which 7 in the National Library of Scotland]; Idem. A Short View of the Present State of the Protestant Religion in Britain, Edinburgh: [no printer], 1707. 8vo (18.4 x 11.4cm), 20th-century quarter skiver, a few page-numbers shaved, Macfie ownership inscription [ESTC T55491: 7 UK copies]; Almanac. Perth's True Almanack; or a New Prognostication for the Year of our Lord 1719 ... Calculated exactly (according to Art) for the Meridian of the Town of Perth ... by Mr. Patrick Stobie, Edinburgh: John Moncur, 1719. 8vo (14.8 x 9.4cm), A-B8, [32 pp.], eclipse woodcut on A4 r., detailed contemporary annotations to rear blanks, stitched in contemporary marbled wrappers (split along spine but remaining attached), final 2 leaves closely trimmed at head; and 12 others similar (these not collated), including 5 Acts of Parliament, 18th century (e.g. To prevent the infamous Practice of Stock-jobbing, 1734; For Settling and Establishing a Court of Exchequre in the North Part of Great Britain called Scotland, 1708; For rebuilding the Tron Church of the City of Glasgow [...], 1793, etc.; all disbound) (21)Note: Item 1 (Monipennie) was first published c.1594. Item 2 concerns the continuance of episcopal government in Scotland and was later published with other works as An Explanation of the Meaning of the Oath and the Covenant. No editions of The Petition of John Monro Chirurgeon Apothecary in Edinburgh or Perth's True Almanack traced in ESTC. The two Defoe pamphlets are notably rare in commerce.

Scotland Two sammelbands of laws and acts Charles the First and Charles the Second: 1) The Acts made in the First Parliament of our Most High and Dread Soveraign, Charles the First. Edinburgh: re-printed by Andrew Anderson, 1674. D1 repaired [ESTC R215677: 7 copies world-wide]; 2) Laws and Acts past in the Second Session of the First Parliament of ... Charles the Second. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1662. [ESTC R38219]; 3) Third Session of the First Parliament, of ... Charles the Second. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1663. [ESTC R183990; includes 'Act discharging the mixing of tin with lead'; 'Act concerning beggars and vagabonds', etc.]; 4) Act Rescinding Two Acts, past in the Last Session of Parliament: the one for Excepting of Persons from Publick Trust; and the Other for Voting the same by Billets. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1663. Black letter [ESTC R226210: one copy only: Huntington]; 5) Act of the Convention of Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland ... for a Free and Voluntar [sic] Offer of a Taxation. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1665. [ESTC R214400: 8 copies]; 6) Act of the Convention of Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland ... for New and Voluntary Offer to His Majesty, of Seventy Two Thousand Pounds. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1667. Holes in final leaf [ESTC R230198: 7 copies); 7) The Laws and Acts of the Second Parliament, of ... Charles the Second. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1670. Worming in gutter [ESTC R217067; includes 'Act for annexation of Orknay and Zetland to the Crown']; 8) Articles, for Regulating of the Judicatories, etc. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1670. [ESTC R222486: 17 copies]; 9) Laws and Acts past in the Second Session of the Second Parliament, of ... Charles the Second. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1670. Repair to pp. 15/16 [ESTC R38220]; 10) Laws and Acts past in the Third Session of the Second Parliament, of ... Charles the Second. Edinburgh: His Majesties Printers, 1672. [ESTC R217583: 10 copies; includes 'Act discharging the importation of Irish victual'; 'Act for the Retouring of Taxt-Marriages'; 'Act for establishing Correction-houses for Idle Beggars and Vagabonds', etc.]; 11) Laws and Acts past in the Fourth and Last Session of the Second Parliament of ... Charles the Second. Edinburgh: His Majestie's Printers, 1674. [ESTC R215686: 9 copies; includes acts on brandy, apparel, tobacco]; woodcut title-vignettes, headpieces and initials throughout (many historiated), folio, contemporary calf, rebacked; William and Mary: 1. The Acts and Orders of the Meeting of the Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland, holden and begun at Edinburgh the 14 Day of March 1689. Edinburgh: heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, 1690, without T2 (blank?) [ESTC R183956: 13 copies]; 2) The Laws and Acts made in the Fourth Session of the First Parliament of our most High and Dread Soveraigns William and Mary. Edinburgh: heir of Andrew Anderson, 1693. With advertisement leaf (pi1), [ESTC R33755: 16 copies)]; 3) The Laws and Acts made in the Fifth Session of the First Parliament. Edinburgh, 1659 [i.e. 1695]. With [8] pp. at end (not [5] as in ESTC) [ESTC R38891: 8 copies]; 4) The Laws and Acts made in the Sixth Session of the First Parliament. Edinburgh, 1696. [ESTC R483071: 2 copies]; 5) The Laws and Acts made in the Seventh Session of the First Parliament. Edinburgh, 1698 [ESTC R30548]; 6) Eight [sic] and Ninth Sessions of the First Parliament of ... William. Edinburgh, 1701. Final leaf loose [ESTC T78530: 12 copies]; woodcut title-vignettes, headpieces and initials throughout (many historiated), folio, front cover absent, rear cover detached (2)Provenance: The Late Lord David Douglas-Hamilton (1952-2020).

Scotland Collection of antiquarian and topographical books, mainly Scotland-related, 17th-19th including: Napier, John, of Merchiston. A Plaine Discoverie of the Whole Revelation of St John. Edinburgh: Andro Wilson, 1645. Fifth edition ('corrected and amended'), 4to (18.1 x 13.8cm), 19th-century half calf, rebacked, browning and damp-staining, errata leaf discarded [ESTC R209880]; Grose, Francis The Antiquities of Scotland. London: Hooper & Wigstead, 1797. Folio, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine laid down (front joint partly cracked), engraved title-page with vignette, 185 engraved plates (of 191), without text and map, marginal spotting; Hogg, James. The Jacobite relics of Scotland: being the Songs, Airs and Legends, of the Adherents to the House of Stuart. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1819-21. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo (21 x 13cm), contemporary green calf gilt; [Erskine, John]. The Principles of the Law of Scotland. Edinburgh: John Balfour, 1764. 8vo (19.7 x 12.5cm), contemporary calf, [ESTC T84162: 10 copies world-wide]; Colvil, Samuel. The Whigs Supplication, or, the Scotch-Hudibras. A Mock-Poem. Glasgow: Robert Urie, 1751. First edition under this title, 8vo (15 x 9.5cm), contemporary sheep, spotting, front inner hinge tender [ESTC T140222]; Dreghorn, John Maclaurin, Lord. Arguments and Decisions, in Remarkable Cases, before the High Court of Justiciary, and other Supreme Courts, in Scotland. Edinburgh: for J. Bell, 1774. First edition, 4to (25.7 x 20cm), front joint cracked [ESTC T94367]; Mackenzie, Sir George. The Laws and Customs of Scotland, in Matters Criminal. Edinburgh: heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, 1699. Folio, 20th-century half calf, title-page crudely repaired [ESTC R19368]; Hamilton, James George Hamilton, Duke of. Memorial ... against the Person pretending to be Archibald Stewart, alias Douglas. [Edinburgh?]: [no publisher], 1767. 9 parts in 1 volume, 4to, 19th-century half morocco, front cover detached [ESTC T118950]; Britton, John. Graphical and Literary Illustrations of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire. With heraldic and genealogical notices of the Beckford family. London: printed for the author, 1823. First edition, apparently one of 30 large-paper copies with 'proofs and etchings' (there were also 270 standard large-paper copies and 500 small-paper copies), 4to, original boards (printed label to front, with contemporary annotation 'Proofs and etchings'), half-title, 14 engraved plates numbered 1-10 (all marked 'proof', plates 3-6 each present in two states; plates 9-10 hand-coloured aquatints); tissue-guards, bookplate ('Anna Maria Powell, Sarum ... 1824', a Richard Powell M. D. recorded in the list of subscribers for a large-paper copy), front board detached, marginal spotting; Rabelais, François. The Works … done out of French, by Sir Thomas Urchard [sic], Knight, Mr. Motteux, and others. London: James Woodward, 1708. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, portrait frontispiece to the first volume [ESTC T52476]; and 4 others: John Slezer, Theatrum Scotiae, Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1874, first edition, one of 250 copies, large folio, 69 facsimile plates (including one double-page prospect of Edinburgh), the additional plate to the list of 68 being the plans of Thirlestane Castle, coloured coat of arms on the title-page, numerous other coloured coats of arms separately printed and mounted as headpieces, lacking spine and front board, rear board detached; Francisque-Michel, A Critical Inquiry into the Scottish Language, 1882, one of 500 copies, spine worn; John Anderson, Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton, 1825, front inner hinge gone; Archaeological scotica, Volume IV, Part First, 1831), the lot sold as seen (17)Provenance: The Late Lord David Douglas-Hamilton (1952-2020).

Sibbald, Sir Robert The History, Ancient and Modern, of the Sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross Edinburgh: James Watson, 1710. First edition, folio (28.7 x 17.2cm), contemporary sprinkled calf, decorative frames to covers in blind, engraved folding plate, 18th-century bookplate of George Craufurd (motto 'Quod tibi hoc alteri') to title-page verso, contemporary marginalia to p. 144, binding rubbed, traces of bookplate to front pastedown, front free endpaper with section torn away, small marginal worm-track from quire Z (text never affected), remains a very good copy, unrestored [ESTC T130125]; 'Anacreon'. [Anacreontea]. Done into English out of the Original Greek. Oxford: by L. Lichfield for Anthony Stephens, 1683. First edition in English, 8vo (15.8 x 9.8cm), 19th-century half calf, damp-staining, spill-burn to L3, bound with an edition of Allan Ramsay, The Gentle Shepherd (1820) at rear [ESTC R7394; Pforzheimer 224; Wing A3046]; Du Moulin, Lewis. A Short and True Account of the Several Advances the Church of England hath made towards Rome. London: printed in the year, 1680. First edition, 4to (19.7 x 14.5cm), contemporary half calf, title-page browned and dust-soiled, worm-track in gutter occasionally affecting text [ESTC R35667; Wing D2553]; Maurice, Henry. A Vindication of the Primitive Church and Diocesan Episcopacy. London: for Moses Pitt, 1682. First edition, 8vo (18.7 x 10.8cm), contemporary calf, rubbed [ESTC R21664; Wing M1371] (4)

Kitchin, Thomas A General Atlas describing the whole Universe, being a Complete Collection of the Most Approved Maps Extant, corrected with the greatest care and augmented from the last edition of d'Anville and Robert... engraved on sixty-two plates, comprising thirty-seven maps. London: Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1795. Folio, (538 x 367mm), 37 engraved map sheets, some double-page, some folding, most hand-coloured in outline, a few with areas hand-coloured, modern red half morocco, raised bands, lettered in gilt on spine, a few repairs, generally to versos, mostly comprising strengthening along folds, occasional very minor loss, small stains to title, some very light soiling

Laborde, Alexandre Louis Joseph Voyage Pittoresque et Historique de l'Espagne [Catalonia] Paris. 1806. Volume 1 of Atlas only, tall folio (460 x 590mm), engraved title-page, frontispiece, 4 engraved plans & 64 engraved plates, original pink paper-covered boards with large paper label to upper board, rebacked red cloth, untrimmed, title and frontispiece both with heavy waterstain, slightly spotted, small dampstain to a few margins, boards somewhat soiled

[The Hague & Views of Holland] 3 volumes in 2 comprising: Swart, P. de. Description de la Chambre et Lit de Parade sur lequel le corps de son Altesse Royale Anne, Princesse Royale de la Grande-Bretagne... a été éxposé pendant plusiurs jours en Février 1759. The Hague: Pierre Gosse, 1759. Folio, titles and text in French and Flemish, 4 engraved plates; bound with La Fargue, P.C. Convoi-Funebre de son Altesse Royale Anne, Princesse Royale de la Grande Bretagne. The Hague: Pierre Gosse, 1761, folio, titles and text in French and Flemish, 16 plates of the funeral procession engraved by Simon Fokke, original boards, a few small stains, rebacked, edges worn, presentation copy inscribed by John Gielgud to Jeanette Cochran, Phoenix Theatre, 1943: Rademaker, Abraham. Versameling van Hondert Vyftig Nederlantse Outheeden en Gesigten. II. Deel. Amsterdam: Isaak Tirion. n.d. (? 1770), 4to, volume 2 only, engraved title and 146 copper-engraved views on 73 pages (lacks 229-232), 19th century half calf, title somewhat spotted, final leaves with marginal dampstain, rubbed, upper cover detached (2)Note: Princess Anne was the second child and eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain, wife of William IV, Prince of Orange, and on his death, Regent of the Netherlands on behalf of her son William V.

Vertot, René-Aubert The History of the Knights of Malta London: for G. Strahan [and others], 1728. First edition in English, 2 volumes, folio (34.1 x 22cm), modern leatherette, [8] 487 [1] 180, [2] 80 79-220 143 [1] 196 [24] 3 [1] pp., 71 engraved portrait plates, 5 maps and plans (all but one folding), title-pages dust-soiled, occasional marginal finger-soiling, a few other marks, plates 11 and 47 and unnumbered plate facing volume 2 p. 108 browned, plate 48 stained, map of Malta and Gozo in volume 2 with partial split along one fold, volume 1 leaves 3D1 and 5K1 with repaired closed tears extending into text, short repaired tears to lower margins of a few other leaves (e.g. 3E1, 3L1, 4H1-2, 5S2, 5Z1), marginal loss and attempted repaired to 5Z2, volume 2 2O2 with loss to lower margin, 2M2, 3H1 and *T1 each with closed tear extending into text, 3K2 extensively repaired [ESTC T53873; cf. Cobham-Jeffery p. 62] (2)Note: First published in French in 1726.

Folio Society Group of deluxe limited editions, natural history comprising: Illustrations of Birds Drawn for John Gould by Edward Lear. Collected and Introduced by David Attenborough, 2012. One of 780 copies signed by David Attenborough, large folio, original black goatskin gilt, colour plates, duplicate of the Eagle Owl plate laid in, original solander box; Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise ... by R. Bowdler Sharpe ... The Plate, with a Foreword by David Attenborough, 2011. One of 1,000 copies, large folio, original green quarter goatskin, large pictorial block in orange and gilt to front board, pale mottling to rear board, original solander box (faintly marked); The Temple of Flora [by Robert Thornton], 2008. One of 600 copies, large folio, original green quarter goatskin, in original solander box with Commentary volume (4to) inset, duplicate plate (Tulips) laid in; The Herefordshire Pomona, 2014. One of 980 copies, 2 volumes, 4to, original green quarter goatskin (plate volume) and original green cloth (text), 4 duplicate plates laid in, original solander box (4)Note: The limitation leaf in The Temple of Flora cites 1,980 copies printed, but a letter from the Folio Society accompanying the lot reads: 'Of the original printing of 1,980, only 600 will be published as bound books; the remainder will be issued as sets of floral plates later this year, and will not bear a limitation number'.

[Hill, John] Eden: or, a Compleat Body of Gardening ... Compiled and digested from the Papers of the Late Celebrated Mr. [Thomas] Hale. London: for T. Osborne [and others], 1757. First edition, folio (40.5 x 26cm), contemporary panelled calf, 60 engraved plates, covers detached, spine split between signatures 4D and 4E, toning, frontispiece chipped, creased and detached, title-page and preface leaf spotted and detached, occasional spotting elsewhere, plates slightly offset, contents leaf (a1) bound at rear, early manuscript notes (list of contents) laid in, sold as a collection of plates [ESTC T32413; Henrey 776; Nissen BBI 880]

Houghton, William British Fresh-Water Fishes London: William Mackenzie, 1879. First edition, 2 volumes, folio, original red pictorial cloth gilt, 40 chromoxylographic plates (of 41); Grandville, J. J. Les metamorphoses du jour. Nouvelle édition. Paris: Garniere frères, 1869. Large 8vo, contemporary red quarter morocco, all edges gilt, 71 hand-coloured engraved plates including additional title-page, all showing anthropomorphic animals, tissue-guards, occasional light spotting; Idem. Les fleurs animées. Nouvelle édition. Paris: Garnier frères, c.1870. 2 volumes, large 8vo, contemporary red quarter morocco, green vellum tips, 54 hand-coloured engraved plates including additional title-pages (all but 2 hand-coloured), variable spotting; [Darton & Co., publishers]. [The Child's Own Book of Animals], c.1847. Oblong folio, original cloth, recased, title-page discarded, 12 hand-coloured lithographic plates each with leaf of descriptive text, binding sunned and marked, plates slightly toned and spotted, a few text-leaves nicked or frayed; Jardine, Sir William. British Salmonidae. London: Decimus, 1979. Facsimile edition, one of 500 copies, large folio, original quarter morocco, colour plates, slipcase; and 2 others on angling (9)

Mattioli, Pietro Andrea [Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun] Commentarii in sex libros Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1565. Folio (363 x 245mm), [86] leaves, 1459, [1] p., [6] leaves; full-page woodcut portrait of Mattioli, numerous page-width woodcut illustrations of plants, flowers and animals, woodcut printer's device on title-pages and final verso, woodcut initials, contemporary vellum with manuscript title to spine, bookplate reading 'GOM' to paste-down endpaper, early ownership signature of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun to title-page, a few very neat annotations to index in an early hand, ties lacking, covers a little soiled A tall fine copy of the monumental edition of the most important medico-botanical encyclopaedia of the sixteenth centuryNote: "First enlarged edition... the 1565 edition is the first augmented by Mattioli's fuller notes and has always been the most valued for its completeness" (Hunt). Although Mattioli wrote on a range of subjects, and published translations of non-medical works, he is most celebrated for his work on botany and medicine, and of these works his best known are his translations of, and commentaries on, Dioscorides' De medica material. Mattioli's first Italian translation from the Greek was published in Venice in 1544, and its 'original purpose was relatively modest: it was to provide doctors and apothecaries with a practical treatise in Italian with a commentary that would enable them to identify the medicinal plants mentioned by Dioscorides' (DSB IX, p.179). Further, expanded editions followed in 1548, 1550 and 1552, and the success of these editions, led Mattioli to translate the work into Latin in 1554. This translation was "enriched by synonyms in various languages, provided with a special commentary, and accompanied by numerous illustrations valuable for the identification of Dioscorides simples [which] rendered the work accessible to scholars throughout Europe. From then Mattioli's name was linked with that of Dioscorides" (DSB IX, p.179). In addition to identifying the plants originally described by Dioscorides, Mattioli added descriptions of some plants not in Dioscorides and not of any known medical use, thus marking a transition from the study of plants as a field of medicine to a study of interest in its own right. In addition, the woodcuts in Mattioli's work were of an extremely high standard, allowing recognition of the plant even when the text was obscure. A noteworthy inclusion is an early variety of tomato, the first documented example of the vegetable being grown and eaten in Europe. This wealth of additional material transformed Dioscorides' work from an antiquarian text into a contemporary physician's vade mecum, enhanced by Mattioli's own observations and many of his own drawings, which remained in print virtually continuously until the 18th century. The 1565 edition, described by Brunet as 'la plus estimée', is considered the best for both its illustrations (first used here in a Latin edition), and text. The fine woodcut illustrations extend across the full width of the page: those of plants are by Giorgio Liberale and Wolfgang Meyerpeck (originally cut for Mattioli's New Kretterbuch (Prague: 1563), with the exception of 'Eruca sylvestris') and 'those of the Animals are new' BM(NH). Reference: Hunt 94. Provenance: Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun. The library of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653-1716) was the largest private collection of books in Scotland at the turn of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It is significant both in itself and because of the life of its owner. Of a legal and landed family - the estate of Saltoun lay not far from Edinburgh in the fertile country of East Lothian - Andrew Fletcher is famous in his own country as a consistent and eloquent opponent of the Union with England in 1707, a stance for which he became known as "the Patriot". But he was also a political thinker of intelligence and originality, author of a series of tracts on militias and standing armies, on the economic and social condition of Scotland, on the issues facing the Scottish parliament before the Union, and, more generally, on the political prospects of Europe and its smaller states in particular in the face of the ambitions of Louis XIV. Informing both his political and his literary activity was a lifetime of travel, much of it in the Netherlands (and some of it in enforced political exile), but extending to France, Spain and Germany, and possibly further afield still (Fletcher spoke and wrote Italian). It was almost certainly on these travels that Fletcher acquired the greater part of his library. [Willems, P.J.M. Bibliotheca Fletcheriana, or the Extraordinary Library of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, Reconstructed and Systematically Arranged. Wassennar, 1999]

Millais, John G. British Diving Ducks London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1913. First edition, one of 450 copies only, 2 volumes, 4to, original cloth, 74 colour, photogravure or collotype plates after Archibald Thorburn and others, spines faded, volume 1 headcap frayed, a few marks to sides, spotting to a few plates and adjacent text-leaves [Mullens & Swann p. 406; Nissen IVB 633; Zimmer p. 436]; Rickman, Philip. A Selection of Bird Paintings and Sketches. [Holt]: Curpotten Limited, 1979. First edition, one of 500 copies signed by the artist, folio, original crushed green half morocco gilt, all edges gilt, 32 colour plates and photographic portrait (all mounted), slipcase; Boot, Jeremy (illustrator). Nocturnal Birds of Australia. [By] Richard Schodde, Ian J. Mason. Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1980. First edition, one of 750 copies signed by the authors and artist, folio, original leatherette, with a limited edition print by Jeremy Boot (one of 500, signed by Boot) laid in (4)

Milne-Edwards, Henri Recherches Zoologiques pour servir a l'histoire de la Faune de l'Amérique Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1870. 2 volumes (text and plates), folio, third part (reptiles) only, 72 engraved plates, modern red cloth gilt library binding, bookplates of Manchester Central Library, a little dust-soiling, a few library blind-stamps throughout (2)

A COLLECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS ETC. TO INCLUDE A P.G. WOODHOUSE FOUR BOOK SET

{Medizin: Paré, Ambroise. Wundt Artzney, oder Artzney Spiegell} des Hocherfahrnen und weitberühmbten Herrn Ambrosii Paret, Kön. Mayt. in Franckreich, und der Statt Paryß allerfürtrefflichsten Wundt Artzts, in welcher, beneben klarer und gnugsamer Anleytung zur Wund-Artzney, auch eygentlicher unnd vollkommener Anatomischer Beschreibung aller Glieder, Bein, Mäußlin und Adern deß Menschlichen Leibs, außführlich und mit gewisser Warheit auß eygener Erfahrung gelehrt wirdt. Wie man alle unnatürliche Geschwulst, Wunden, Geschwär, Krebs, Fisteln und Verrenckungen, so wol der Arm als der Bein, auch alle andere Gebrechen, Fehl und Schwachheiten, als das Podagra, Frantzosen, Urschlichten, Röte der Kinder, und andere unzehlich mehr beständiglich heylen und curieren soll ... (Aus dem Lateinischen übersetzt von Peter Uffenbach). Gedruckt zu Franckfurt am Mayn, bey Zacharia Palthenio, in Verlegung Peter Fischers' S. Erben, MDCI (1601). 8 Bll./1239 S./8 Bll. Mit gefalteter Tabelle und zahlreichen Textholzschnitten. Titelseite mit handschriftlichem Eintrag: "Ex libris Alexandri Joan Balth. Ballaban" (ruthenisches Adelsgeschlecht in Polen-Litauen im 16. und 17. Jh.). Reich geprägter Pergamenteinband der Zeit auf Holzdeckeln; vorne achtfeldiges Wappen mit bekröntem Doppeladler; hinten zehnfeldiges, dreifach behelmtes Wappen. Acht Buchecken aus Messing. Folio, 35 x 22 cm. - Posthum erschienenes Hauptwerk des Leibarztes mehrerer französischer Könige und Wegbereiters der modernen Chirurgie und Begründers der Gesichtsprothetik. Die Holzschnitte (Instrumente, anatomische Abbildungen, Missbildungen, zoologische Darstellungen) sind aus der lateinischen Ausgabe der 1594 in Frankfurt erschienenen "Opera" entnommen

BENTHAM JEREMY: (1748-1832) English philosopher, jurist and social reformer, regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism. Autograph address panel signed ('Jeremy Bentham'), addressed in bold black ink in his hand to Archibald Procter Esq (?) at the London Coffee House, Ludgate Hill. Signed to the lower left corner and with a postal cancellation dated 25th April 1831. Neatly trimmed and lightly tipped at the upper edge to a folio page removed from an album and with an antique engraving of Bentham affixed above the envelope panel. Some light age wear, otherwise VG, 2

BENTHAM JEREMY: (1748-1832) English philosopher, jurist and social reformer, regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. (annotated 28th December 1820 in another hand). Bentham has penned a series of notes over some twenty lines, with various corrections, on the subject of legislation and interpretations of the law, referring to arbitrary powers, the morals of every man, judges, lawyers and non-lawyers, abuse of words and the essence of law. Neatly laid down to a folio page removed from an album annotated in an unidentified hand to the upper and lower edges. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG

MILNE CHRISTOPHER: (1920-1996) English author and bookseller, son of A.A. Milne. As a child Christopher Milne was the basis of the character Christopher Robin in his father's Winnie-the-Pooh stories. T.L.S., Christopher Milne, one page, 8vo, Dartmouth, South Devon, 4th January 1957, to Eric Williams, on the printed stationery of The Harbour Bookshop. Milne informs his correspondent that he has been offered a number of books from a list which Williams had provided, continuing to give details of the titles (most related to the Danube, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary), condition and price and asking 'Could you, please, let me know as soon as possible if you would like me to get any of them'. With a few pencil annotations in another hand. Together with a second T.L.S., Christopher Milne, one page, 8vo, Dartmouth, South Devon, 6th February 1957, to Eric [Williams], on the printed stationery of The Harbour Bookshop. Milne informs Williams that he has had some answers to their advertisement and is able to offer a number of books, continuing to list the titles (most relating to Russia and Eastern Europe), condition and price and concluding 'Some seem expensive - though the books may be worth it: I don't know. But where several booksellers have offered the same book I have chosen the cheapest'. Also including a folio two-page carbon typed copy of the list of books Williams initially supplied to Milne and several other typed lists of books, two on the printed stationery of The Harbour Bookshop. Some light overall age wear and some creasing and paperclip stains to the lists. G to about VG, 7 Eric Williams (1911-1983) English writer and former RAF pilot and prisoner-of-war during World War II whose most famous novel was The Wooden Horse (1949), made into a movie of the same name the following year. The titles that Williams asked Milne to acquire were most likely used for research whilst writing Dragoman Pass, which was published in 1959.

`Einstein ranks with Newton and Faraday as one of the greatest scientists who have ever lived´.PAULING LINUS: (1901-1994) American Chemist & Biochemist, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, 1954 and Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1962. An unusual and very interesting autograph manuscript signed Linus Pauling, one page, folio, n.p., 17th December 1953, to Henri Corbiere. Pauling responds beneath his correspondent´s three questions relating to Albert Einstein, stating `In my opinion Albert Einstein is the greatest scientist in the world. - My work has been influenced only indirectly by Einstein´s contributions; but the major part of it, dealing with the application of quantum mechanics to chemical problems, is of course based upon Einstein´s early discoveries´ And in response to his correspondent´s third question “What kind of a place does he occupy in the history of world science?”, Pauling answers `Einstein ranks with Newton and Faraday as one of the greatest scientists who have ever lived´. The present text was written by Pauling the year before being awarded with the Nobel Prize, and during Einstein´s life time. Very small overall minor age wear, otherwise VG

EGAS MONIZ ANTONIO: (1874-1955) Portuguese Neurologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1949, the first Portuguese to receive the Nobel award. Egas Moniz is regarded as one of the founders of modern psychosurgery, developing the cerebral angiography and the lobotomy procedure. An excellent and unusual autograph document, signed `Egas Moniz´, one page, folio, n.p., 13th February 1950, to Henri Corbiere, in French. Egas Moniz responds to his correspondent´s questionnaire about his debuts, his initial incomes, his major works, and which one he considers the most important one, and answering beneath each of his correspondent´s questions, states in part referring to his major works `The two discoveries. First one, the cerebral angiography (Oslo Award), and later the prefrontal leucotomy (Nobel Prize) Further, and responding to the one of his works he considers the most important, Egas Moniz says `Both of them; but the cerebral angiography gave me much more work to do´. The present document was written by Egas Moniz only few months after having been awarded with the Nobel Prize. Small overall minor age toning and creasing to the right edge corners, otherwise G

BEST CHARLES: (1899-1978) Canadian medical Scientist. Best known for his co-discovery of insulin. An interesting autograph text, one page, folio, n.p., 12th October 1945, to Henri Corbiere. Best responds to his correspondent´s questionnaire entitled “World Enquiry” beneath the three questions at the head of the page, '1. Were your scientific debuts easy or difficult? 2. Did means of living (another profession or a private income) enable you to make yourself known in science? or did you live solely through your work of laboratory? 3. What work (or what discovery) made yourself more famous? Which do you consider as your masterpiece?', and states `1) Hard work was required. 2) Solely through my work in the laboratory. 3) The discovery of Insulin. 4) The original publication on Insulin´ Bearing to the bottom right corner an ink stamp of “Banting and Best - Department of Medical Research - University of Toronto”. Very small upper corner creases, otherwise G to VG

FOURIER JOSEPH: (1768-1830) French Mathematician and Physicist. Best known for initiating the investigation of the Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations. The Fourier transform and Fourier´s law of conduction are named after him. He is credited with the discovery of the greenhouse effect. Rare L.S., Fourier, one page, folio, Cairo, 21st December 1799, in French. The letter being a report of state of expenses issued by the Commission of Information related to the modern state of Egypt. Signed by Fourier in his capacity as President of the Commission.The document details a small list of expenses with their individual cost, stating `Achat de neuf cartables… achat de deux registres…. Achat de diverses drogues pour faire de l´encre… faire relier un livre Arabe…´ (“Purchase of nine binders… purchase of two registers…. Purchase of various drugs to make ink… to bind an Arabic book..”) Also signed, twice, by Baudeuf, a French important representative of an important company of commerce at Cairo, in his capacity as Secretaire of the Commission. Overall age wear, mostly to edges, with very slightly trimmed edges. G

On Alfred Adler – ‘These experiences form the basis of my judgement of his medical prowess’FREUD SIGMUND: (1856-1939) Austrian neurologist, the founder of psychoanalysis. A significant manuscript D.S., Prof Dr Sigm Freud, one page, folio, Vienna, September 1905, in German. Headed Zeugnis, the document is Freud's letter of testimony for Alfred Adler, and states, in full, 'In accordance with the request of colleague Dr. Alfred Adler to define more precisely the nature of our relationship, I add the following information to the certificate, which I presented to him this summer. I met Dr. Adler when he was a self-employed general practitioner. Surprised by his unusual insight into the nervous condition, I introduced him to the circle of my students who met weekly to discuss news aspects of our science. For three or four years at these gatherings, he had the opportunity to learn in detail about my work and my philosophy regarding the treatment of nervous conditions, as well as current controversies. In addition, during this period I often collaborated with him on the treatment of patients with nervous disorders and assigned him cases. These experiences form the basis of my judgement of his medical prowess, which I have enshrined in the reference letter mentioned above'. A document of good content and excellent association. Some very light, minor foxing, and a few small creases to the edges, about VG Alfred Adler (1870-1937) Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology.  Early in his career Adler wrote an article in defence of Freud after having read one of Freud's best known works, The Interpretation of Dreams. In 1902, as a result of his article, Adler received an invitation from Freud to join an informal discussion group, known as the Wednesday Society, who met regularly on Wednesday evenings at Freud's home and was the beginning of the psychoanalytic movement, expanding over time to include many more members. Adler remained a member of the Wednesday Society until 1911, when he and a group of his supporters formally disengaged from Freud's circle, the first of the great dissenters from orthodox psychoanalysis (preceding Carl Jung's split in 1914). The association between Adler and Freud lasted a total of nine years, and, having grown to dislike one another, they never saw each other again after the separation.

BRISSOT JACQUES PIERRE: (1754-1793) Also known as ''De Warville'', French leading figure of the Girondins. Founder of the abolitionist Society of the Friends of the Blacks. An excellent D.S., `J.P. Brissot´, two pages, folio, Paris, 24th September 1792, in French. The document bears the printed heading ''Decree of the National Convention - First year of the French Republic'', and states in part `.. the commissars appointed to the Pyrenean departments, in order to grant the defence and order are authorized to suspend General Staff Officers, or any other officer whether civil or military if they judge the replacement necessary… and to order the arrest of the persons they will consider suspicious..´ Also signed at the base by Gaston Camus alongside Brissot´s signature, and bearing a National Convention paper seal affixed. With blank integral leaf. Very small overall minor age wear, otherwise about VG    De Warville has its origin in the English version ''d´Ouarville''. The Hamlet of Leves.  The present decree was issued only few weeks after the September Massacres, from 2nd to 6th September, where a number of killings occurred in Paris and other cities. More than one thousand prisoners were killed within 20 hours.   Armand-Gaston Camus (1740-1804) French Revolutionist. Camus obtained the abolition of titles of nobility in 1791. Member of the National Convention, he wrote in January 1793 that he voted ''Death without appeal''. Camus was captured and kept in captivity by the Austrians for 39 months, and was later exchanged for Marie Therese of France in November 1795. Camus remained republican and refused to take part in the Napoleonic regime. Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve (1756- 18?) French Writer and Politician. Mayor of Paris 1791-92. On 4th August 1792, only a month before the present letter was signed, Petion demanded the deposition of the King.

SAINT-ANDRÉ JEAN BON: (1749-1813) French Politician during the French Revolution. President of the National Convention in 1793 during the Reign of Terror. A good and very attractive D.S., `Jean Bon St. André´, two pages, folio, Brest, 29th April 1794, in French. The partially printed document bears a very attractive French revolutionary large vignette to the headin, with the printed text ''Vivre Libre ou Mourir - Droits de l´Homme'', (''Live Free or Die - Human´s Rights''), and the printed heading ''Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité au Nom du Peuple Francais''. Saint-André as representative of the people, approves a decree containing four articles referring to the manufacture of a ship at Le Havre, to the caulkers, working conditions, etc.. Signed in bold black ink at the conclusion by Saint-André, with two countersignatures below. Some light overall age wear, mostly to edges, otherwise G

LEFEBVRE FRANÇOIS: (1755-1820) Marshal of France, Duc de Dantzig and Prince d´Essling. A.L.S., `Lefebvre´ at the base of a manuscript letter, one page, folio, Head Quarters at Guelders, Low Countries, 26th November 1794, in French. Lefebvre, in his capacity as General of Division, at the base of the state of services of Captain Louis-Joseph Grandeau, states in part `C´est avec plaisir que je saisis cette occasion pour rendre justice…. Au citoyen Grandaut, cet officier a donné dans toutes les batailles des preuves de valeur; notament aux Batailles de Fleurus, où je l´ai chargé de plusieures missions importantes..´ (“It is with pleasure that I take this opportunity to make justice…. to citizen Grandaut, this officer has given proofs of valour in all battles; notably at the Battles of Fleurus, where I entrusted him with several important missions..”) G to VG

GOUVION SAINT-CYR LAURENT DE: (1764-1830) Marshal of France, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr. L.S., Le Maréchal `Gouvion St Cyr´, one page, folio, Paris, 29th August 1815, on the Ministry of War printed stationery, to Monsieur le Chevalier de Plantade, Marshal at Abbeville, Somme, in French. Gouvion Saint-Cyr, in his capacity as Minister Secretary of State, states in part `Général, j´ai mis sous les yeux du Roi l´offre que vous avez faite d´abandonner au profit de l´état, une somme de mille francs à retenir…de votre pension de 4000 francs, et l´intention dans laquelle vous êtes de renouveler cette offer chaque année…´ (“General, I have placed before the King´s eyes the offer you made to donate for the benefit of the state, a sum of one thousand francs to be withheld...from your pension of 4,000 francs, and the intention with which you are to renew this offer every year…”) Gouvion Saint-Cyr refers to King Louis XVIII, only a month and a half after his second restoration and after Napoleon´s surrender. With blank integral leaf. Overall creasing, otherwise G

DAVOUT LOUIS NICOLAS: (1770-1823) Marshal of France, Duc d´Auerstaedt and Prince of Eckmuhl. Known as the Iron Marshal, Davout was the only Napoleonic Marshal not to have been defeated in battle by 1815. L.S., `Prince d´Eckmuhl´, one page, folio, Paris, 28th March 1821, to Count Andreossi, in French. Davout annotates his response to the left border of a letter signed and sent by Jean Ysaye Delamotte to Count Andreossi, General Director of the Military Sustenance in Paris, requesting a post under his service in Paris. Delamotte reports his list of faithful services, and Davout supports the request reporting the good services given in his corps under his military command and expects that fair justice will be given by Count Andreossi. To the bottom left corner General Cesar de Laville also recommends Lamotte and explains his good work during his service at his Head-Quarters. The document bears beneath Davout´s signature an attractive red wax seal in fine condition. G to VG

MURAT JOACHIM: (1767-1815) Marshal of France, brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte. King of Naples 1808-15. D.S., `J. Napoleon´, with flourish, one page, folio, Naples, 21st December 1810, in Italian. The partially printed document bears the printed heading “Gioacchino Napoleone - Re delle Due Sicilie” and is a decree comprising three articles, the first relating to the municipality of Cautano, near Naples, stating `La rendita del Comune di Cautano pel 1810 e fissata a …. E l´esito ad altrettanta somma da spendersi giusta..´ (“The income of the Municipality of Cautano for 1810 is set at…. and the outcome is just as much the sum to be spent..”) To the second, also relating to the taxes to be applied, states `…nel medesimo comune il dazio sei a tornolo sulla molitura del grano, grani 3 sul granone, grano 1 sull´olio, cavalli, 6 per ogni caraffi di vino, ed altrettanto per ogni rotolo di salame´ (“…in the same municipality the duty is six for the milling of the grain, 3 grains on the granone, 1 grain on the oil, horses, 6 for each carafe of wine, and the same for each roll of salami”) Paper with Pieter de Vries watermark. With blank integral leaf. VG

TALLEYRAND-PÉRIGORD CHARLES MAURICE DE: (1754-1838) French Diplomat and Statesman. Prime Minister of France July-September 1815. A very interesting N.S., Ch Mau Talleyrand, at the base of a L.S., Whitworth, one page, large folio, Paris, 12th May 1803, on a partially printed document issued by the British Embassy in Paris, to J. Charles Clermont, in French. The attractive document, bearing two large printed coats of arms, is a passport authorizing Charles Clermont to return to England together with his servant, and states `Charles Lord Whitworth, Counselor of Her British Majesty and British Ambassador to France, asks and requests in the name of Her Majesty to all Officers and authorities, civil and military ones, Princes and friend States and allies of Her Majesty, not only to let Charles Clermont cross any territory, with his servant and luggage, but also to give him any help he may require on his way back to England. We promise reciprocity on similar situations…´ Beneath the British Ambassador´s signature, and annotated in another hand `The Foreign Affairs Minister certify that the above signature of H.E. Lord Whitworth is authentic, Paris, 16th May 1803´, signed by Talleyrand in his capacity as Foreign Affairs Minister. Also signed by a Diplomatic service officer, and bearing a contemporary ink stamp of the French Foreign Affairs Ministry. Small overall, minor age wear, foxing stains, edges very slightly damaged with a pin hole and a tear to the right edge, to the fold, not affecting the text or signature. G   Charles Whitworth (1752-1825) British Ambassador to France. Whitworth demanded his passports on 12th May 1803, the same day the present passport was issued, and left Paris. Whitworth reached London on 20th May. Two days after Talleyrand signed the present document, on 18th May 1803, Britain declared war against France. On 22nd May Napoleon ordered the arrest of all British residents in France.   On 13th March 1803 took place the famous scene between Napoleon I and the British Ambassador at the Tuileries. Before a full court Napoleon exclaimed loudly to Whitworth "Misfortune to those who do not respect treaties. They will be accountable to the whole of Europe".Whitworth will later state "He was too agitated to prolong the conversation; I therefore made no answer, and he retired to his apartment repeating the last phrase. Two hundred people heard this conversation, and I am persuaded that there was not a single person who did not feel the extreme impropriety of his conduct and the total want of dignity as well as of decency on the occasion´.

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14,1815. A very fine L.S., Np, as an apostille approving a report, signed to the left border of a letter signed by BERTRAND HENRI GATIEN (1773-1844) French General. Count Bertrand and Grand Marshal of the Palace. Bertrand was aide-de-camp to Napoleon I and the closest officer to Emperor who had full confidence in him. He served during the expedition to Egypt and the Battles of Austerlitz, Wagram, Leipzig and Waterloo and accompanied Napoleon I to Elba in 1814 and to St. Helena in 1815. Bertrand was condemned to death in 1816 but did not return to France until Napoleon´s death when King Louis XVIII granted his amnesty. In 1840 Bertrand went to St. Helena to bring Napoleon´s remains to France. L.S `Bertrand´ one page, folio, Portoferraio, Elbe Island, 15th September 1814, in French. Napoleon approves a request sent by General Bertrand referring to a Court sentence `Vincent Berti, from Marciana, has been condemned by the Tribunal to a sentence of five years in prison and to be exhibited for one hour at the public square for having injured..´ Bertrand further explains the difficulty of putting in practice such Tribunal sentence, saying `Such public exhibition must be taken in charge by a public executor of the Ministry, and although we have tried and looked for someone, it has been impossible to find a person who could take in charge such task´ Bertrand explains that the five years in prison cannot be counted until the public exhibition has taken place, and suggests that the obligation of the exhibition would be withdrawn and send him to jail, and Napoleon approves the request. Paper with very attractive watermark of a laureated bust of the Emperor. Very small creases to the edges. G to VG

MUSSOLINI BENITO: (1883-1945) Italian Fascist Dictator of World War II. D.S., Mussolini, one page, folio, Rome, 27th May 1929. The partially printed document, in Italian (untranslated) refers to Renato di Rodolfo. Signed by Mussolini at the foot and countersigned by King Victor Emmanuel III (1869-1947, King of Italy 1900-46). With a series of small file holes to the left edge and some extremely minor age wear, VG

MUSSOLINI BENITO: (1883-1945) Italian Fascist Dictator of World War II. D.S., `Mussolini´, one page, folio, Rome, 21st January 1934, in Italian. The partially printed document is a disciplinary order signed by Mussolini in his capacity as Minister of war, bearing the printed heading “Ministro della Guerra”, according to which Mussolini replenish in full his military grade and rights to infantry Captain Silvio di Giuseppe Galante, having been first `…condannato (col beneficio della condizionale) a 5 mesi di detenziones per bancarotta semplice´ (“…sentenced (with the benefit of parole) to 5 months' imprisonment for simple bankruptcy”) further explaining his new situation `Poiché dagli atti giudiziari e dale informazioni dei Carabinieri Reali, risulta che il Galante, incorse nel dissesto fallimentare che provocó la condanna, senza sua copla…´ (“Since from the judicial documents and from the information of the Carabinieri, it appears that Galante incurred in the bankruptcy crisis that caused the sentence, without being his fault..”) The document bears a watermark. With extremely small pinholes to the upper border, otherwise G to VG

MUSSOLINI BENITO: (1883-1945) Italian Fascist Dictator of World War II. D.S., `Mussolini´, one page, folio, Rome, 20th July 1939, in Italian. The partially printed document is a disciplinary order signed by Mussolini in his capacity as Minister of war, bearing the printed heading “Ministro della Guerra”, according to which Mussolini retracts the Italian nationality to a former sub-Lieutenant and veterinary Francesco Rutar, saying in part `Il Sottotenente Veterinario in congedo, Urutar Francesco, di origine e sentimenti Slavi, e espatriato in Jugoslavia per cercarvi una occupazione e cola ha chiesto ed ottenuto la cittadinanza Jugoslava….avrei determinato di nadottare nei suoi riguardi il provvedimento della Perdita del grado per Perdita della cittadinanza Italiana..´ (“The retired Veterinary Lieutenant, Urutar Francesco, of Slavic origin and sentiments, and expatriate in Yugoslavia to look for a job, having applied for and obtained the Yugoslavian citizenship ... I have determined to adopt the loss of the military Grade due to loss of Italian citizenship..”) The document bears a watermark. With extremely small pinholes to the left border as a result of its detachment, otherwise G to VG

HIMMLER HEINRICH: (1900-1945) Nazi German Politician, Reichsfuhrer of the Schutzstaffel (SS) 1929-45. D.S., H. Himmler, one page, folio, Berlin, 14th April 1940, in German. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript and issued in the name of the Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor, appoints Werner Blisse to be a Security Police Lieutenant with the expectation that he will be true to his oath and 'will faithfully discharge his official duties and will justify the trust placed in him'. Signed by Himmler at the foot alongside a blind embossed seal featuring the Nazi eagle and swastika. With blank integral leaf. Two file holes to three sides of the document, none of which affect the text or signature. About VG

KEITEL WILHELM: (1882-1946) German Field Marshal who held office as chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), the high command of Nazi Germany's armed forces, from 1938-45. D.S., Keitel, one page, folio, Berlin, 3rd March 1938, in German. The partially printed document, completed in a neat calligraphic hand, is issued in the name of the Reich and appoints Dr. Otto Delp to be a senior field pharmacist with the expectation that he will be true to his oath and 'will faithfully discharge his official duties and will justify the trust placed in him'. Signed by Keitel at the foot and also bearing a facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler alongside a blind embossed circular seal featuring the Nazi eagle and swastika. With blank integral leaf. Two file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signatures. VG

PHILIP II: (1527-1598) King of Spain 1556-98. During his marriage to Queen Mary I of England, he was King of England and Ireland 1554-58. Rare L.S., `Yo El Rey´, as King, one page, folio, Madrid, 2nd of April 1565, to Juan Clavero, in old Castilian-Spanish. The document being an authorization of absence certificate, by which the King grants the salaries due to Juan Clavero, Chaplain of the Royal court, who has not been paid because of his absence because of his studies, stating `…deis y libreis al dicho Juan Clavero, nuestro Capellán, los albaranes de la dicha su quitación conforme al estilo de vuestro oficio, del tiempo que os constare, que dentro de los dichos tres años habrá estudiado en alguna Universidad aprobada, no obstante que no haya residido personalmente en nuestra corte, ni servido actualmente en nuestra Real Capilla…´ (“…give and release to the said Juan Clavero, our Chaplain, the delivery notes of the said salaries according to the way it is done by your office, for the time that you have checked, that within the said three years he will have studied at a recognized University, notwithstanding that he has not been personally residing at our court, nor currently served in our Royal Chapel..”) Countersigned at the base by the King´s secretary Saganta. Accompanied by a full transcription of the letter. Small overall minor age wear, mostly to edges, and a very small hole to the centre fold, otherwise G

PHILIP III: (1578-1621) King of Spain 1598-1621. D.S., Yo el Rey, as King, a bold and large good youth signature example, one page, folio, Royal Palace of Valencia, 1st of February 1602, to Juan Alfonso Pimentel y de Herrera, Count of Benavente, Captain General of the Kingdom of Valencia, in Spanish and Valencian dialect. The King refers to a Royal Supreme Criminal Court decision regarding two sentenced prisonners accused of murder who were not given to the authorities as ordered, and requests the execution of the court decision. The document bears to the lower part of the document several countersignatures and to the verso a paper seal affixed. Folded, with several large tears to the folds and holes, affecting the text but none affecting the signature. Overall age wear. F

PHILIP IV: (1605-1665) King of Spain 1621-65 and King Philip III of Portugal 1621-40. A fine L.S., `Yo el Rey´, one page, folio, Madrid, 12th March 1632, addressed to the Duke of Feria, in Spanish. To the heading the document states “Don Felipe, by the Grace of god, King of Castile, of Leon, Aragon, the Two Sicilies, Portugal, Navarre and the Indias, and Duke of Milan”. The King orders the Duke of Feria, member of the council of State, to pay Fadrique Enriquez, and states in part `…que yo mandé dar orden para que se le pagasen en ese estado cuatrocientos veintiséis mil setecientos veinticuatro maravedíes que se le debian de los cien escudos de sueldo que goza en las Guardas de Castilla..´ (“…that I ordered to pay in that state four hundred and twenty-six thousand seven hundred and twenty-four maravedis that were owed to him from the one hundred escudos of salary that he has granted of salaries in the Guards of Castile…”) With a Royal paper seal in very fine condition affixed to the bottom left corner. With blank integral leaf. Very small overall minor age wear and extremely small tear not affecting the signature, otherwise G

ALFONSO XII OF SPAIN: (1857-1885) King of Spain 1874-85. A fine A.L.S., `Yo el Rey´, one page, oblong folio, Palace of Madrid, 30th January 1880, to Cardinal Teodolfo Mertel, in Spanish. The King thanks his correspondent for his new year greetings and reciprocates with his best wishes. With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope addressed to “Most reverend in Christ, Father Cardinal Teodolfo Mertel, very dear and very beloved friend of us”, bearing a black wax seal to the verso. Folded. G 

ELIZABETH OF AUSTRIA: (1554-1592) Queen of France 1570-74 as the wife of King Charles IX. A member of the House of Habsburg, Elizabeth was the daughter of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria of Spain. A good L.S., Ysabel, two pages, folio, Vienna, 11th August 1590, in German. Elizabeth makes a gift of money to a poor woman, named as Cordula Garinin, who has submitted a petition to her and whose parents had been for many years in the service of the royal house of Austria. Also bearing an unidentified countersignature ('Grossonack'?) and with a good blind embossed papered seal affixed. Autographs of Elizabeth of Austria are rare in any form as a result of her death at the age of 37 from pleurisy. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG  In early 1580, Elisabeth bought some lands near Stallburg and founded the Convent of Poor Clares Mary, Queen of Angels, also known as the Queen's Monastery. Elisabeth henceforth devoted her life to following the example of her convent's holy patron in the exercise of piety, relief of the poor, and health care. Even impoverished daughters of the nobility found her support.

CHARLES III: (1543-1608) 'The Great', Duke of Lorraine 1545-1608. L.S., Charles, one page, folio, Nancy, 7th February 1600, to the Prevot of the Chapter of the Archepiscopal church of Trier, in French. The letter, comprising seven lines of text, requests the Prevot's attendance at a meeting on the 13th or 14th March for a discussion on a topic to be introduced at that time. With address panel and contemporary docket to the verso. Some light age wear and a few minor stains, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG

ANNE MARIE LOUISE D'ORLEANS: (1627-1693) Duchess of Montpensier, known as La Grande Mademoiselle. One of the greatest heiresses in history, the Duchess died unmarried and childless. D.S., Anne Marie Louise Orleans, one page (vellum), large oblong folio, Chateau de Saint-Fargeau, 28th April 1657, in French. The elegantly penned document is addressed to the Treasurer of the Household and is a warrant relating to the appointment of Paul Piercot as a valet de chambre to the Duchess following the departure of Joseph Neron. With a red wax seal affixed and encased in a paper wrapper. A few minor holes, repaired to the verso, only very slightly affecting two words of text and a small part of the signature. About VG 

LOUIS XVI: (1754-1793) King of France and Navarre 1774-1791, King of the French 1791-92. The only King of France to have been executed. A good L.S., `Louis´, a large and good example of his signature, one page, folio, Paris, 28th February 1792, to Jean Baptiste Tourteau, in French. The King orders his correspondent, the Treasurer General, to pay Sieur Marchais Huissier the amount of three thousand pounds as an extraordinary reward. Countersigned at the base. Paper with J. Kool watermark. Six months after the present letter was signed by King Louis XVI, he was suspended and arrested. Overall age wear, mostly to edges with few small tears to the right edge. G

MARIE LOUISE I: (1791-1847) Austrian archduchess who reigned as Duchess of Parma 1814-47. The second wife of Napoleon I and as such Empress of the French and Queen of Italy 1810-14. D.S., Maria Luigia, two pages, small folio, Parma, 8th January 1842, in Italian. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, grants the citizenship of Parma to Ercole Malagoli of Modena, a Doctor of Medicine, and states, in part, 'Having seen the petition brought to Us by Doctor of Physics Ercole, son of the late Captain Giovanni Andrea Malagoli of Modena…..to obtain the Citizenship of these States, on the report and proposal of Our President of the Interior, We have decreed and do decree….The Citizenship of Our Duchies is granted to Doctor of Medicine Ercole Antonio Felice Malagoli, born in Modena in the Parish of San Vincenzio on the 28th October 1817 to Captain Giovanni Andrea….' Signed by the Duchess at the conclusion and countersigned by Pazzoni, President of the Interior. Some light age wear and minor creasing to the left edge, otherwise about VG