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10 Zeitschriften ''Die Böttcherstrasse''. 1928 - 1930. Hrsg. v. Ludwig Roselius unter Mitwirkung von Professor Bernhard Hoetger und Georg Eltzschig, Angelsachsen Verlag Bremen, Folio, Orig. Karton mit farbigen Deckelillustrationen von Bernhard Hoetger, reich illustriert mit mont. Beilagen und Faksimiles. 1. Jahrgang (1928) Hefte 1-6 (davon Heft 5 2x), Heft 8 und 12 sowie 2. Jahrgang (1930) Heft 2, in Heft 8 (1. Jg. Dezember 1928) eingelegte Visitenkarte von Ludwig Roselius mit Widmung, Alters- u. Gebrauchsspuren.

Japanese School (20th century): Kimono, folio ten lithographs of kimonos dated 1938, 50cm x 37cm

The Old Navy I (1779-1815) Prints and Watercolours Reproduced form the collection of Franklin Delano Roosevelt at Hyde Park including after Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese act.1850-1870): 'American Sail-Steam Ship Off Yokohama', folio comprising 16 plates 36cm x 28cm

A vintage oak artist's folio stand, a/f, with a collection of paintings

Folio Books, Anthony Hope The Prisoner of Zenda, The Complete Angler, Walton etc, in a suitcase.

Folio Society, The Brontes, Wonders of The World, A is For Ox, Tarker The Otter, Alan Bennett, other books:- One Box.

Surtees [R.S.]: A Collection of Seven Folio Society Works by the Author, to include 'Jorrocks Jaunts and Jollities', 'Ask Mamma', 'Mr Facey Romfords Hounds', 'Plain or Ringlets', 'Handley Cross, 'Hillingdon Hall, 'Hawbrook Grange', all with dustwrappers and Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, 1949-1956. (8)

Seven Folio Society Books by Anthony Trollope; The Two Heroines of Plumplington and Other Stories, Framley Parsonage, The Warden, The Small House at Allington, The Last Chronicle of Barset, Barchester Towers and Doctor Thorne, in slipcases. (7)

Roses by Pierre, Joseph Redoute, folio paperback by the Ariel Press 1954 (with glassine cover and original card slipcase/box)

Matthäus Merian 1593 Basel - 1650 Schwalbach"Topographia Hassiae et regionum vicinarum"Ffm. 1646. Folio. Mit zahlreichen Kupferstichtafeln (Titelblatt, 3 Kupferstichkarten und 59 Ansichtentafeln). Ex libris "Karoli H. Eberth a. d. 1859". Pgt. und HLwd. Stockfleckig. Min. besch. Rest.

George Cuitt - Wanderings and Pencillings amongst Ruins of the Olden Time, pub. Nattali and Bond, second edition 1855 with seventy three etchings, folio

James Clark 1762 - Hand written mathematics exercise book, folio, black ink with inscription by James Clark and a Victorian London and County Bank hand written account book for Rev. E.Shepherd 1849-1857

Matthew Poole - Synopsis Criticorum aliorumque s. Scripturae Interpretum Volume IV in two parts 1676, full calf, large folio (2)

Newton (C.T.).- House of Commons. [Parliamentary] Papers respecting the Excavations at Budrum, 9 lithographed maps, plates and plans, some printed in colours, 4 folding, title and first few leaves frayed and reinforced at fore-edge, large map torn and repaired, 1858 bound with Further Paper respecting the Excavations at Budrum, 1858; Further Papers respecting the Excavations at Budrum and Cnidus, 4 maps, plates and plans, 3 folding and printed in colours, 4 sheets of inscriptions printed on both sides, final leaf soiled on verso and with hole (no loss to text), 1859, together 3 works in 2 vol., modern half burgundy morocco, spines gilt in compartments, [Atabey 866 &867]; and another on the restoration of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, folio & 4to⁂ Newton began his career in the antiquities department of the British Museum, was vice-consul in the Levant from 1852-59, and from 1855-58 headed the British government expedition to Asia Minor which was mostly concerned with excavating the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (now Bodrum), one of the seven ancient wonders of the world.

Williamson (Capt. Thomas) Oriental Field Sports...Wild Sports of the East, 2 vol., first 4to edition, 40 hand-coloured etched plates by J.Clark after Williamson and Samuel Howitt, some with aquatint, without the 2 additional engraved pictorial titles, occcasional light foxing but plates generally clean and bright, bookplate of Christopher Barber Collinson of Beltoft, handsome near contemporary green straight-grain morocco, with elaborate border in gilt & blind and central gilt arms of the Earl of Coventry, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., a little rubbed, vol.1 with a few scuffs or gouges to covers, [cf.Abbey Travel 427, note], 4to, Edward Orme, 1807.⁂ A reissue, reduced in size from the large folio edition published in parts from 1805-07.

Africa.- Ethiopia.- Haile Selassie I (Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975).- Coronation of Haile Silassie I, photograph album, 33 photographs of the coronation festivities, some related ephemera and newspaper cuttings on c. 60pp., 1f. central tear, cuttings taped down, ink ownership inscription "E. O. Springfield, The Palace, Khartoum, Sudan" to front pastedown, original printed boards, slightly rubbed and soiled, folio, [1930].⁂ An excellent album of photographs, stamps, letters and other ephemera covering the coronation of Haile Selassie I.The album was compiled by an E. O. Springfield and includes his 11-page typed account of the ceremony. Of particular note amongst the ephemera is Springfield's seat ticket for the coronation, and a manuscript letter in Amharic from the British Minster to the Empire of Ethiopia, Sir Sidney Barton, requesting safe passage for Springfield, translated as, 'Let the bearer (Mr. E.O. Springfield) pass, he is carrying food to the Emperor'. Included is a group photograph of the British delegation featuring a twenty year old Wilfred Thesiger, attended the ceremony as honorary attaché to the duke of Gloucester. Whilst British Consul-General and Minister Plenipotentiary to Addis Ababa, his father, Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger, had sheltered the Emperor's young son in 1916; the elder Thesiger died in 1920, so it was a touching tribute to the Thesiger family for the late Consul-General's son was invited to the coronation ceremony.A complete list of the ephemera is available upon request.

Africa.- Ghana.- The Gold Coast Nation, 75 issues, bound with 1 copy of "The Lagos Standard", 15 August 1917, ink stamps "Cape Coast" on front pages, some tears mostly starting along folds, central folds, slightly foxed and browned, new endpapers, modern cloth, gilt spine, folio, June 1917 - December 1919.⁂ Founded by the Gold Coast Aborigines Rights Protection Society, an African anti-colonialist organization formed in 1897 in the Gold Coast, now Ghana.

India.- Griffin (Sir Lepel) Famous Monuments of Central India, first edition, 89 autotype plates, some captioned plate guards with small tear, hole or some marginal repairs, ex-library copy with various ink stamps to title verso, library morocco-backed cloth, rubbed, corners a little worn, oblong folio, [1886].⁂ "The present volume has been issued with the sole desire of placing, by the autotype process, on permanent record in public and private libraries, accurate representations of the more important architectural monuments of Central India, before time, neglect, or barbarous and greedy hands shall have destroyed the buildings which have so special an artistic value in relation to the ancient arts of building and sculpture in the east, and which possess a further interest as illustrating the history of the most highly cultured among the elder members of the Aryan family" (Preface). All the plates are after photographs by Lala Deen Dayal, including views of Sanchi Tope (27), Gwalior (20), Khajuraho (21).

India.- Woman artist.- Goodfellow (H.B.) Album comprising 55 drawings and watercolours compiled from a tour of India, manuscript note to title page that reads 'Paintings done in India/ by Terry's Great Grand-/Mother - about 1855-1865/ Mrs. H.B. Goodfellows', with 54 drawings and watercolours, all but two neatly tipped onto album leaves, a few decorated with dried floral moss border, many with details, dates and locations inscribed in pencil and pen and ink on leaves or versos, some initialled 'H.J.G.', each album leaf approx. 550 x 370 mm (21 3/4 x 14 1/2 in), the drawings and watercolours vary in size between 165 x 250 mm (6 1/2 x 9 3/4 in) and 370 x 535 mm (14 1/2 x 21 in), scattered surface dirt, spotting and browning, a few nicks and handling creases, contemporary blue half calf, blue cloth boards, some loss to the head of spine, extremities rubbed, large folio, [circa 1853-1865]⁂ Impressive collection of numerous large landscapes and studies by an amateur artist who spent over a decade residing in India during the middle of the 19th century. Locations include Bijapur [or Vijayapura], Jeypore, Elephanta, Poorundhur, Surat, Sydney Point and the mountains nearby at Panchgani, Maharashtra. One of the images is inscribed 'Our house'.

Botany.- Curtis (William) Flora Londinensis; or, Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as grow wild in the Environs of London, 2 vol., first edition, vol. 1 title with engraved vignette, 432 hand-coloured plates, dedication with small hole expertly repaired, list of subscribers, indexes with neat pencil insertions, scattered faint spotting, vol. 1 with occasional faint marginal water-staining, faint off-setting, new endpapers, strengthened hinges, contemporary speckled calf, recased with expert repairs to joints, a little restoration to corners, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Henrey 595], folio, printed for and sold by the author, 1777.

Botany.- Redouté (Pierre-Joseph).- [Candolle (Augustin Pyramus de)] [Plantarum succulentarum historia, ou Histoire naturelle des plantes grasses], 2 vol., large paper copy, without titles, 169 stipple-engraved plates, printed in colours and finished by hand, tissue-guards, corresponding text, scattered spotting, faint marginal water-staining to vol. 2, index in manuscript pasted to final pastedown in both vol., contemporary half-morocco, rebacked retaining original backstrip, gilt, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Nissen BB 321], folio, [Paris], [1799-1805].⁂ This is the first work where Redouté was named on the title page, and also the first work utilising his then new technique of printing in colour from stipple engraved copper plates. This technique had been taught to him by Francesco Bartolozzi, whilst Redouté was in England. Stafleu described this work as "one of the nightmares of botanical bibliography." It was begun in 1799 and issued in fascicules, and also being abandoned and restarted twice, with several parts never published in folio format. As a result of this complicated history, complete copies are incredibly scarce, as well as most copies having varying plate counts.

Mining & Metallurgy.- Agricola (Georgius) De re metallica libri XII, second edition in Latin, title with large printer's woodcut device, repeated on colophon leaf at end, with blank alpha 6, woodcut pictorial initials, 2 woodcut plates (one folding) and numerous woodcut illustrations in text by Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch after Blasius Weffring, many full-page, title with seventeenth-century ink inscription and slightly soiled, very occasional soiling or browning, front free endpaper defective (repaired), engraved Johnstone bookplate, a very good, clean copy with sharp impressions of the woodcuts, contemporary sheep, red morocco label, rubbed and stained with a few worn patches repaired, spine ends and corners repaired, small gouge to fore-edge of a few leaves, [Adams A350; Wellcome I.68; cf.PMM 79, first edition], folio, Basle, Hier.Frobenius & Nic.Episcopius, 1561. ⁂ Containing magnificent woodcuts showing mining, prospecting, glass-manufacture, mechanical engineering etc.. Originally published in 1556, the work influenced natural historians and geologists down to Werner in the eighteenth century."The first systematic treatise on mining and metallurgy and one of the first technological books of modern times." PMM

Optics.- Rubens (Peter Paul).- Aguilon (François d') Opticorum libri sex Philosophis iuxta ac Mathematicis utiles, first edition, half-title, fine engraved title and 6 head-pieces by Theodor Galle after Peter Paul Rubens, numerous woodcut diagrams and illustrations in text, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, final f. with large woodcut printer's device recto otherwise blank, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned throughout, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked in a modern light brown morocco in compartments, gilt and with a black morocco label, corners repaired, covers rubbed and scuffed, [Norman 25; NLM/Krivatsy 92; Martin Kemp, The Science of Art, 1990, pp. 101-104], folio, Antwerp, widow and sons of J. Moretus in the house of Plantin, 1613.⁂ As well as providing a compendium of classical and modern works on optics, he describes his original theory of binocular vision (later disproved) and for the first time his invention of the horopter. This is one of only seven books known to have been illustrated by Rubens, a friend of the publisher Balthasar Moretus. D'Aguilon's colour theory and his prescriptions for the mixing of colours are known to have been used in Rubens's paintings.

Burton (Robert) The Anatomy of Melancholy... by Democritus Junior, first folio edition, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials and head-pieces, 3L4 lower margin restored, touching catchword, sig. 4D (final 4ff.) with repairs and restoration to foot with some repaired tears running into text, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners repaired, [Wellcome I, 1161; STC 4160], folio, John Lichfield and James Shory, for Henry Cripps, 1624.⁂ The second overall edition of "one of the most popular books of the seventeenth century. All the learning of the age as well as its humour - and its pedantry - are there... it exercised a considerable influence on the thought of the time." - PMM.

Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works, largely printed in black letter, double column, engraved portrait frontispiece, c1 (mis-signed d1) with large woodcut arms on recto, 7-line cancel slip pasted over bottom right-hand stanza on p. 42, very occasional light foxing or browning, but attractive and clean generally, contemporary panelled calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, corners neatly repaired, [Wing C3736; Pforzheimer 179], folio, 1687.⁂ "This is the last black-letter edition and is, except for the then recently discovered conclusions of the Cook's and Squire's Tales, verso [4S2], a reprint of the 1602 edition .. without any additions" (Pforzheimer).

Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vol., second edition, titles printed in red and black, titles laid down with marginal repairs, vol. 1 a2, H1, F1, M2, T1, 2N1, 4D2 and 6U1 and vol. 2 23U2 with repaired tears running into text without significant loss but occasionally affecting a few letters, several other repaired marginal chips or tears, vol.1 last few gatherings a little soiled and with marginal damp staining, occasional foxing or light browning, a few ff. creased, late 19th century half morocco, rebacked, retaining original backstrip, corners bumped, some light wear to extremities, folio, for J. and P. Knapton, 1755-56.

Bible, English. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, first Baskerville edition, list of subscribers, title spotted, occasional damp-staining (mostly marginal) and some spotting, ink inscription to endpaper "Walter Lothian, Hope Park, Born the 14th of March", contemporary green morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, covers with gilt roll borders, rubbed and a little scuffed, g.e., [Gaskell 26; Herbert 1146], folio, Cambridge, John Baskerville, 1763.⁂ One of c.1,250 copies. This edition "has always been regarded as Baskerville's magnum opus, and is his most magnificent as well as his most characteristic specimen" - T.B. Reed, A History of the Old English Letter Foundries, p. 279.

Bacon (Sir Francis) Sylva Sylvarum: or, a natural history, in ten centuries whereunto is newly added the history naturall and experimentall of life and death, 4 parts in 1 vol., eighth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional pictorial title, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, with blank C2, G1&6 misbound after F3, part 4 A2 ("To the Reader") misbound after A4 (Preface), some scattered spotting, occasional light damp-staining, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments, [Gibson 178; Wing B330], folio, by J.F. and S.G. for William Lee, 1664.

Birds.- Thorburn (Archibald) Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland, first edition, 30 colour plates, tissue-guards, modern crushed red half morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments with red and brown morocco labels, t.e.g., folio, 1923.

Mansion (Colard) An Original Leaf from the Ovid Moralisé Bruges 1484, with an Introduction by Wytze & Lotte Hellinga, one of only 40 copies, plate, stitched in original wrappers, with accompanying original leaf tipped into aperture mount, a couple of small marginal stains, together in original cloth portfolio, small nick to spine, [Goff O-184; Polain 2955], folio, Amsterdam, 1963.⁂ The original leaf is printed in double column with two 2-line initials in red and rubrication to two other initials. Provenance: H.P. Kraus Stock and Reference Library (bookplate)

Plato Platonis Opera, translated by Marsilius Ficinus, collation: [*]⁶ a-z⁸ &⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ A-Y⁸ Z⁶, title in red, woodcut diagrams, initial spaces with guide-letters, later ink marginalia and underlining, lacking final blank, very small worm trace to d1-k7, affecting the odd letter, occasional faint water-staining, scattered light spotting and browning, contemporary blind-stamped calf-backed wooden boards, spine in compartments, remains of clasps, some worming to boards, folio (320 x 220 mm), Venice, Filippo Pinzi, 1517.⁂ Third edition of Ficino's Latin translation.Literature: Adams P1442; Schweiger I, 248; EDIT 16 CNCE 34948.

Seneca (Lucius Annaeus) Opera quæ exstant omnia, autograph inscription to Louis XIII signed by the Jesuit writer Louis Cellot on front free endpaper, engraved title, engraved illustrations, engraved initials and tail-pieces, lacking half-title, engraved frontispiece and preliminary leaves chi 1-2, title-*6 detached and loosely inserted, H1 with small hole to margin, 3P1-2D6 with worming to bottom margin not affecting text, 4A1-2D6 with worming affecting odd letter, scattered faint spotting, light browning, bookplate of Charles Lydell, contemporary brown morocco, g.e., gilt arms of Louis XIII to centre of both boards, surrounded by crowned 'L' and Fleurs de Lys, spine richly gilt, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, joints splitting, housed in modern slip-case, folio, Antwerp, Ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1632.⁂ A handsome heavy gilt binding for King Louis XIII (1601-43), with fleur de lys and his arms in the centre of each board. Also with an autograph inscription dated 7th June, 1635 and signed by Louis Callot, as Ludovicus Cellotius, and with the seal of the Holy College.

William IV (King of England).- Bottari (Giovanni Gaetano) Del Museo Capitolino tomo I contenente immagini d'uomini illustri [- tomo secondo contenente i busti imperiali], 2 vol. only (of 4), first edition, engraved titles and 186 engraved plates, illustrations, scattered faint spotting, faint marginal water-staining at end both vols, bookplates, without marbled free endpapers, previous owner's ink shelfmark to plain free endpapers, contemporary morocco, rebacked retaining original backstrip, bumping to corners and spine extremities, folio, richly gilt, Rome, 1741-48.⁂ Provenance: Armorial bookplate of William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester to rear pastedowns. Armorial bookplate of King William IV when Duke of Clarence, to front pastedowns. Tracing its origins to 1471, the Museo Capitolino was opened to the public in 1734 by Pope Clement XII, and is considered to be the first public museum in the world.

La Fontaine (Jean de) Fables Choisies, 6 vol., engraved throughout by Fessard, comprising 6 titles, frontispiece, 240 plates (one for each of the 238 fables plus one for each of the epilogues), 3 hors-texte, 243 vignettes and 226 culs-de-lampe after Bardin, Bidault, Caresme, Desrais, Houel, Kobell etc., some light foxing and soiling, later green half morocco over cloth, gilt, spines very slightly faded, covers slightly soiled, [Cohen 551; Ray French, 61; Rahir 822], 8vo, Paris, Chez Des Lauriers, 1765-75.⁂ A handsome set of this sumptuous, entirely engraved edition which, along with the Oudry folio edition, must be the best illustrated 18th century edition of La Fontaine's fables.

Illuminated Manuscript Facsimile.- The Book of Kells. MS 58 Trinity College Dublin, 2 vol. (including commentary), one of 1480 copies, manuscript facsimile, original white kidskin, very lightly toned, housed in a black drop-back box with silver-plated metalwork and Irish knotwork designs tooled in gilt, commentary in original kidskin-backed buckram, spine a little rubbed and toned, folio, Luzern, 1990.⁂ The first full colour facsimile of the Book of Kells, an illuminated Gospel book produced in the British Isles in the ninth century. Pages are trimmed according to their original format, to replicate the look and feel of the manuscript.

Italian plays.- Rocchetti (Antonio D., dramatist) David Rizio, Tragedia, autograph manuscript in Italian, title and 87pp. only, 2pp. (pp. 83-86 removed after censorship), central folds, a few ff. small stains at head, slightly browned, ink stamps of the "Censura dir Firenxe" on each page, bookplate of Cardinal Nina of Recanati on title, contemporary polished calf, upper joint splitting, [Senigallia], dated at end 14th April 1847; and another, earlier Italian play, ?Ferd. Porri, Leandro, folio (2).⁂ Rochetti, a friend of Pope Pius IX, unable to obtain permission to print this drama on Mary Queen of Scots in the form he had written it, withdrew it from publication in consequence of this interference by the Florentine Censor. Provenance: After the playwright's death the manuscript was purchased by Cardinal Nina of Recanati. Every page of the manuscript bears a large stamp with the arms of Tuscany, surrounded by the legend "Censura di Firenze"; From the Library of Barbara Reynolds (1914-2015), Italian scholar, lexicographer, and translator.

Mineral waters at Barèges.- Meighan (Sir Christopher, English gentleman who was a member of the French semi-lay Roman Catholic Congregation called the Order of the Holy Ghost, fl. 1764) Autograph Letter signed to Andrew Coltée Ducarel, 3pp. & address panel, folio, Paris, 8th April 1763, a long letter announcing his intention of visiting the Pyrenees and the waters at Barèges, "I, strongly feel the Impulse of this Passion of traveling... the Party of traversing the Pyrenees, from Perpignan, to Bayonne, in examining the Plants peculiar to such a mountainous Region, the mineral Fountains as those named, les Eaux bonnes, those of Cauterez, and many other, which, besides the famous Springs of Bareges, abound there; in searching the various Minerals and Fossils, in observing the Difference of the Climes in high and low Situations, and Health of the Inhabitants", and other news including antiquarian and medals, "I sometimes meet Abbé Barthelemi, who has nothing new, he becomes too much a Courtier... An acquaintance I have made with Monsieur Duhodent, particularly rich in Medals", books for sale in France, "Monsieur Pellerin... will not his late Volumes des Villes grecques, interest you as well as his Recueil des Rois, peu connus?... I have procured you Chevilland's Nobiliare de Normandie... only to be purchased in Paris", and his application to join the Royal Society, "If I have the honour and good Fate of being admited into your illustrious R[oyal] Society, Mr. Morehead or Counsellor Duane, will immediately, pay the twenty five pounds", 1 small hole and tear where opened, 3 small tears in margins, creased; and another ALs from Meighan to Ducarel concerning the printing of the "Labbé Fontaine's Translation of Horaces Odes", sm. 4to, 1792, both folds, browned (2).⁂ The original of a letter published by John Nichols, Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century, vol. IV, 1822. Meighan published A treatise of the nature and powers of Bareges's baths and waters, 1742, and a new enlarged edition in 1764. Meighan was elected to the Royal Society in 1764, one of his proposers was Ducarel.Andrew Coltée Ducarel (1713-85), librarian and antiquary.

Naval.- Peninsular War.- Orders and Letters Received, manuscript fair copies, 88pp., first f. loose, folds, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary vellum, circular ms. label to covers, soiled, folio, 1808-10.⁂ A fascinating insight into operations of the period, mostly relating to HMS Impetueux under the command of Captain John Lawford. Includes provisions, use of rockets, and reports on victories. Signatories include Lord Gambier (mostly), and Captain Robert Stopford.

British diplomat to Florence in the year of Napoleon's return from exile.- Fane (John, eleventh Earl of Westmorland, as Lord Burghersh, diplomatist and composer, founder of the Royal Academy of Music, 1784-1859).- Correspondence to which Letters, &c., by & to Lord Burghersh have Relation... 1815 to... 1816, manuscript fair copies of diplomatic letters, most in English, a few in French, c. 260pp., later title and 3½pp. list of Contents, dockets on verso of letters, folds, slightly browned, mid nineteenth century half morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, gilt spine, folio, 29th March 1815 - 28th September 1816.⁂ "Naples Bay September 28th 1815 Sir, I have the honor to inform you of my arrival in the Bay of Naples in consequence of the trust vested in me by the Prince Regent... for the distribution to the British and Sicilian troops... of the produce of the property captured in Genoa and its dependencies. The nature of this commission renders it almost impossible for me to settle the various matters connected with it, excepting upon the spot and in communication with the parties concerned,. Having also had occasion to know the disappointment that these troops have experienced in former cases of prize money, I am particularly that my brave companions in arms should not only receive the just reward of their services, but that they should be convinced that they have been treated with justice and impartiality. It seems imputed to me by the marquis [Circello] that in conjunction with Murat's army, I may conspire to the danger of the state, and His Majesty in consequence forbids my entrance into the kingdom. I am willing to believe that a supposition so monstrous can only have arisen in misconception... ." - William A'Court, first Baron Heytesbury (1779-1860), diplomatist.Copies of letters sent to Lord Burghersh in his capacity as British Minister in Florence in the aftermath of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. The correspondents include: Lord William Bentinck, Lord Bathurst, William A'Court, William, first Baron Heytesbury, Lord Castlereagh, Lord Stewart, Lord Clancarty etc.

Caxton.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) Canterbury Tales, single leaf from the first edition, 29 lines, lettre batarde, window-mounted, small folio (227 x 154mm.), Westminster, William Caxton, 1476.⁂ From "The Tale of Melibee" in which three men break into Melibee's house while he is away, beat his wife Prudence and attack his daughter, leaving her for dead. On his return Melibee and Prudence discuss what action to take. On this leaf we have Prudence's advocation of the attributes of womankind: "What is better than Jasper. Wisedom. And What is better than Wisedom, Woman, and What is better than good Woman, no thing..."In Caxton's batarde type, which he had utilised at his press in Bruges, 1473-75, modelled on the book-hands used there in high-class vernacular manuscripts for the Burgundian court.A fine example from arguably the greatest book produced by England's first printer.

Caxton.- Cicero (Marcus Tullius) [Of Old Age, Of Friendship], single leaf (a3), lettre batarde and gothic type, 29 lines, several words underlined in red, a couple of ink scores through text on recto, soiled and lightly foxed, water-stain at head, repairs to margins and remains of mounting paper, mounted, small folio (266 x 190mm.), Westminster, William Caxton, 12 August 1481.⁂ A leaf from the earliest printing of any of the Latin classics in English. Cicero's Of Old Age was translated into English probably by Stephen Scrope (circa 1399--1472) from the 1405 French version of Laurent de Premierfait, at the behest of Sir John Fastolf, who was a patron of the Paston family, and Scrope's stepfather. Caxton printed his Cicero in the second, slightly refined version of the same batarde type whose first version he had used for Chaucer's Boethius and the Dicts, and for the Latin names here he used the gothic type that first saw proper service in the Boethius two years before.The last substantially complete copy at auction (108 of 120 leaves, bound with a few leaves of Caxton's The Knight of the Tower, 1484) sold last year for £320,000

Caxton.- Higden (Ranulphus) [Polychronicon], single leaf (CCClv) from the first edition, lettre batarde, 40 lines and headline, rubricated, one 2-line initial and several side-notes (mostly dates) in red, some early ink annotations (rather faded and some trimmed), good margins, lower corner repaired, lightly browned, loose in mount, small folio (275 x 205mm.), Westminster, William Caxton, 1482; and another leaf with large burn-hole and un-rubricated, from the same work, plus a leaf from the editio princeps of Homer's Odyssey, Florence 1488 (3)

Wynkyn de Worde.- Voragine (Jacobus de) Legenda aurea, [translated by William Caxton], first leaf only with 3-line title in black letter and almost full-page woodcut, depicting the Saints in Glory, Saint Edmund (King of East Anglia) in the centre holding his emblem, an arrow, and beside him an Emperor Saint (presumably Charlemagne who was beatified in 1165), verso with first page of Caxton's preface, 47 lines and headline, double column, one 6-line initial 'T', slightly foxed/soiled at edges, single tiny worm trace just into woodcut but not affecting text on verso, one tiny hole in middle of woodcut/text, mounted, [Copinger 6475; Goff J151], folio (278 x 193mm.), Westminster, Wynkyn de Worde, 8 January 1498.⁂ The most important leaf from Wynkyn de Worde's edition of the Golden Legend, with the first page of his master's prologue.

Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Workes, edited by William Thynne, 2 parts in 1, double column, black letter, title to part 2 within woodcut architectural border, woodcuts of the Knight and a squire, woodcut criblé initials, contemporary ink marginalia, lacking all before A4 (including first title), A6-8, 3P1, 3Q1,5&6, some of these provided in attractive contemporary manuscript, 2S1-4 repairs where text excised or in case of the 2S4 torn away, some text supplied in same hand as above, 2R6 upper corner repaired with loss of text, a few tears, last few ff. loose, some water-staining / staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned throughout, contemporary blind-ruled panelled calf, worn, with loss, lower cover detached, [cf. STC 5074; Pforzheimer 175; Grolier 41], small folio, [c.1550]; sold not subject to return. ⁂ One of four variants of the undated fourth collected edition, which was published simultaneously by four London booksellers (William Bonham, Richard Kele, Thomas Petit and Robert Toye). It is the last edition of Thynne's highly regarded version of The Workes. Thynne held a number of offices at the Court of Henry VIII, including chief clerk of the kitchen, who was in charge of all royal banquets.

Chapman (George, translator).- Homer. Homer prince of poets: translated according to the Greeke, in twelue bookes of his Iliads, engraved architectural title by William Hole, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, Cc4 blank, lacking leaf of dedicatory verses to Lady Wroth and the Countess of Montgomery ('rarely present' (Pforzheimer)) and final blank, dedication leaf to Queen Anne misbound after A2, title page repaired seemingly using central title and imprint from another copy, I1-3 heavily stained, but perfectly legible, T1 short tear at foot, not affecting text, V2 repair to lower blank corner, X2 small piece from upper corner, not affecting text, some water-staining and spotting, 18th century red panelled morocco, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments (with some loss here and there), corners worn, stained, rubbed and marked, [Pforzheimer 168; Grolier/Langland to Wither 26; STC 13633], small folio, Printed [by Humphrey Lownes] for Samuel Macham, [?1609]. ⁂ Rare at auction, with only four copies recorded since 1923 (the last two being the Pirie copy (2015) and the Henry Yates Thompson copy (2016)). First edition of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 12th books. Provenance: Grenville family (engraved armorial bookplate with motto 'repetens exempla suorum').

Heraldry.- [Milles (Thomas)] The Catalogue of Honor, first edition, engraved architectural title by Renold Elstracke, woodcut head-pieces and initials, 9 engraved illustrations, 2 full-page, numerous woodcut coats-of-arms throughout, lacking blanks A1 & 2V8, title lightly soiled, trimmed and tipped into blank leaf (?A1), with 3S4 intact and 3 column errata at end, 5X3 defective at upper outer corner up to border (repaired), one or two spots but a remarkably clean copy, later engraved bookplate of Chas. E.H.Chadwyck Healey, handsome later red morocco ruled and tooled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments with six raised bands, g.e., gilt floral turn-ins, a few spots to lower cover, very slightly rubbed at edges, small nick to fore-edge of upper cover, folio, [STC 17926], folio, William Jaggard, 1610.⁂ A very fine copy and complete with 3S4 intact, which has frequently been mutilated to excise reference of Charles Blount's illegitimate children.

Bible, English.- The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly translated out of the Originall Tonges;..., Second Folio edition, the 'Great She Bible', black letter, text in double columns, 59 lines, printed within a ruled border with enclosed inner and outer margins for side-notes, roman type for chapter summaries, roman and italic for side-notes, general and New Testament title within ornate woodcut border (McKerrow & Ferguson 231), calendar in red and black, woodcut historiated and decorated initials, headbands and tail-pieces, Speed's Genealogies inserted before Genesis, lacking engraved More-Speed 1611 double-page map of Canaan, lacking 4 ff. of text (2E1, 4A6, 4B1, Z2), general title silked and laid down on paper, A2-3 silked along edges, A4 paper reinforcement to lower edge, B1 paper reinforcement to gutter, 2R1 small marginal manuscript ink annotation, NT 3 ff. lower corner fore-edge defective affecting border no text loss (B1, B3, D5), 3 ff. lower corner fore-edge defective with loss of text (F2, F5, Z3-4), 3 ff. defective with major text loss (C6, P6, Z1), X6, Y1-6, Z3-4, 2A1-6 silked or with paper reinforcement to lower or fore-edge, Z5-6 silked on both sides, Z5 and 2A4 defective with portion supplied in manuscript facsimile, 2A1-2 and 2A5-6 supplied entirely in manuscript facsimile in 18th century hand (2A6 manuscript hand too large; last line Rev 22:12 (of 22:21, lacks final 9 verses)), a few other leaves with very small chips or tears to blank margins, damp-staining, some creasing, endpapers renewed, hinges reinforced with cloth, 18th century mottled calf, stamped in blind, rebacked, upper cover with calf repair to fore-edge, tooled brass corner-pieces and centre-pieces (chipped), lower cover with brass clasp fixtures, [Herbert 319; STC 2224], folio, Robert Barker, 1613-11.⁂ A substantially complete copy of one of the early King James folio Bibles. Second folio edition, also known as the 'Great She Bible', it has Ruth 13:15 as, "she went into the citie". In this copy, the misprint in Matthew 26:36, where the name of "Judas" appears rather than "Jesus", - "then cometh Judas with them unto a place called Gethsemane..." - remains uncorrected (often found with a corrected over-slip laid down over the error).

[Shakespeare (William)] Twelfe Night, Or what you will, from the Second Folio, 21pp., numbered 255-275 (265 misnumbered 273), double column, woodcut head-piece and decorative initial, scattered faint spotting and staining, mostly marginal but affecting odd word, trimmed, affecting signatures and odd catch-word, modern black morocco, spine titled in gilt, overall a crisp tight copy, folio (295 x 205mm.), [Printed by Thomas Coates], [1632].⁂ One of Shakespeare's most famous comedies - hailed as "the climax of Shakespeare's early achievement in comedy" - Twelfe Night is Shakespeare's most gender-fluid play, its plot dependent on cross-dressing and the erotic possibilities between same-sex pairs. The play opens with one of Shakespeare's most famous lines: "If music be the food of love, play on!"

[Shakespeare (William)] The Comedie of Errors, from the Second Folio, numbered 85-100, double-column, woodcut head-piece and decorative initial, tiny rust-hole to first leaf, affecting two letters, light marginal spotting to last 2 ff., small stain to p.91 not affecting text, trimmed, occasionally affecting headline and page numbers, modern red morocco, spine titled in gilt, overall a crisp tight copy, folio (295 x 205mm.), [Printed by Thomas Cotes], [1632].⁂ Shakespeare at his most comic: an elaborate farce based in the misperception of identity, and driven by puns, buffoonery and improbable situations. Involving two sets of identical twin with multiple identity confusions, the Comedy of Errors is perhaps the most complicated plotline of any of Shakespeare's plays.

Bible, English.- The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues;..., black letter, text in double column, 59 lines, printed within ruled border with enclosed inner and outer margins for side-notes, roman type for chapter summaries, roman and italic for side-notes, general and New Testament titles within ornate woodcut border, calendar in red and black, woodcut initials, headbands and tail-pieces, without John Speed's double-page engraved map and genealogies, lacking final leaf of printed text (7D6), text supplied over two leaves of manuscript facsimile in a later hand, general title loose, trimmed and chipped (some loss to woodcut border), laid down to paper with some glue staining, 3 ff. defective lower corner fore-edge with some loss of text (A4, B1 and 7D5) but many ff. with small amounts of chipping or small tears (predominantly to blank margins), creasing to margins and corners, especially towards rear, damp-staining, spine entirely defective, contents loose, remains of stitching, near contemporary blind-stamped reverse calf, covers detached, lower cover large portions torn away and peeling revealing board, upper cover rubbed, [Herbert 487; STC 2312], Robert Barker...by the Assigns of John Bill, 1634; sold not subject to return. ⁂ Fourth distinct folio edition of the King James' Bible.

Music.- Purcell (Henry) Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all the Choicest Songs for One Two and Three Voices, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, wood-engraved music, with 'A Table of Songs' leaf with advertisement to verso after a2, a2 with small marginal defect and tear at lower edge (some loss of text), B2 and C1 with marginal tears and paper repairs, 3Q2 large tear with old stitching repair, occasional trimming to head (affecting page numbers), light browning, [Wing P4218], J. Heptinstall for Henry Playford, 1698 bound with Orpheus Britannicus... The Second Book, which renders the First Compleat, second edition, woodcut initials, wood engraved music, Y1 marginal tear at lower edge with paper repair, 2G2 marginal tear at upper edge, by William Pearson for S. H., 1711, together 2 works in 1, all tears affecting text but with no loss, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, with original backstrip laid down but calf repairs to head and foot, morocco labels to spine, light wearing to spine, upper corners bumped, folio.

Music.- Purcell (Henry) Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all the Choicest Songs for One Two and Three Voices, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, wood-engraved music, lacking 'A Table of Songs' leaf with advertisement to verso after a2, some trimming at head and foot, affecting page numbers at head, loss of some signatures and sometimes affecting musical score at foot, occasional light spotting, endpapers renewed, but retaining original front endpaper to which later ink manuscript annotations, nineteenth century half-calf, with mounted morocco label to upper cover, worn, [Wing P4218], folio, J. Heptinstall for Henry Playford, 1698

Music.- Babell (William) Suits of the most Celebrated Lessons Collected and Fitted to the Harpsicord or Spinnet..., first edition, engraved title, engraved 'Table of the Lessons', 76 engraved plates of music (numbered 2-77), manuscript ink annotation to front endpaper verso, title with light uniform browning and offsetting, plate 65 with small marginal tear to lower edge (just touching but not affecting music), some light browning and spotting, endpapers renewed, modern half calf, upper joint splitting at head and foot, rubbed, folio, Walsh and Hare, [1717].⁂ Rare. RISM (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales) lists no copy at the BL, nor is it listed on ESTC. Meanwhile, RBH lists only 4 copies at auction in the last 40 years. This collection, which includes some of Babell's own material, also contains some of the earliest known published arrangements and harpsicord transcriptions of arias by G. F. Handel, for example from his operas Rinaldo (1711) and Teseo (1713). Although Babell (1960-1723) was trained predominantly by his bassoonist father, it is thought to be possible that Handel also contributed to his musical training.

Music.- Handel (George Frideric) Solos for a German Flute a Hoboy or a Violin... Being all Choice pieces Compos'd by Mr Handel, 7 parts in 1, 7 engraved titles, with 'A Table of Songs contain'd in the 7 collections' after first title, 167 plates of engraved music, 5 titles with slip altering imprint pasted down, nineteenth century ink stamp to multiple pages (including to first and sixth title; mainly to blank versos or to blank staves), title 5 with small marginal defect (not affecting text), part 6 plate 22 with small marginal defect touching music and small hole to plates 22-24 touching music (no loss), light marginal browning, with a few pages uniformly browned, endpapers renewed, modern half calf, for I. Walsh, [c.1733]; and a late eighteenth century edition of Handel's The Triumph of Time and Truth, folio (2)

Music.- Handel (George Frederick) Messiah an Oratorio in Score, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title, letterpress list of subscribers, engraved index plate, 223 engraved plates of music (including appendix), ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, first 4 leaves and endpaper loose, text-block broken in several places, with sections loose and some individual pages coming loose, contemporary calf-backed boards, covers detached, lacking spine, worn, H[arman] Wright, [c.1789]; and another later adaptation of the same for the pianoforte, folio (2)

Music.- Handel (George Frederick) Te Deum et Jubilate, for voices and instruments perform'd before the sons of the clergy at the Cathedral-Church of St. Paul, first edition, second issue (with number 212 on title), engraved throughout, water-stained, some marginal soiling to title, lightly browned, 19th century half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, [Smith 157:2], small folio, John Walsh, [1732].⁂ Written to celebrate the peace of Utrecht.

Music.- Wood (Thomas, composer, of Parsonage Hall, Bures St Mary, Essex, 1892-1950) Suffolk Punch, autograph manuscript score signed, 120pp., a few autograph manuscript notes in ink and pencil, original cloth, gilt spine, folio, 3rd April 1930.⁂ The concert overture Suffolk Punch appeared in 1930.

Faria y Sousa (Manuel de) Asia Portuguesa, 3 vol., mixed edition, vol.1 second edition, vol.2 & 3 first editions, vol.2 & 3 with engraved architectural titles, vol.1 with engraved coat-of-arms to dedication and small woodcut portrait to end of preliminaries (engraved in vol.2 & 3), woodcut initials, 19 folding views/plans of fortresses (engraved in vol.1, woodcut in vol.2 & 3), numerous woodcut portraits of navigators and governors, over 40 full-page, vol.1 with final blank leaf but lacking in vol.2, contemporary ink signature to verso of vol.1 title, some browning, short tear and loss of lower outer corner to S2 of vol.1, engraved titles and a few head-lines shaved, plan of Mozambique torn at inner edge, light worming and water-staining to vol.3 (mostly marginal), modern embossed library stamp of Antonio de Almeida Correa to title of vol.1 and one or two other leaves with label to front pastedowns, uniform contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, rubbed, folio, Lisbon, vol.1 Bernardo da Costa Carvalho; vol.2 & 3 Antonio Craesbeeck, 1703-1674-75.⁂ Important account of the Portuguese empire in Asia. The views are of Santa Elena, Cochim, Quiloa, Cananor, Sofala, Goa, Malaca, Ormuz, Bacaim, Chaul & Dio in vol.1; Mocanbique, Daman, Manar, Mangalor, Onor & Barcalor in vol.2; Mascate & Macao in vol.3.

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, illustrations by Jim Kay, "Diagon Alley, North Side" insert loosely inserted, [2015]; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, illustrations by Jim Kay, "Diagon Alley, North Side" insert loosely inserted, [2016]; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, illustrations by Jim Kay, "The Werewolf" insert loosely inserted, [2017]; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, illustrations by Jim Kay, "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" insert loosely inserted, [2019]; The Tales of Beedle the Bard, illustrations by Chris Riddell, "Headmaster Albus Dumbledore" loosely inserted, [2018], first deluxe illustrated editions, all signed by the respective illustrator, original cloth, illustrated in gilt, g.e., gilt-decorated slip-cases, publisher's original printed cardboard boxes, folio (5)

Hockney (David) My Window, one of 2000 copies, signed by the artist, this one of the first 1000 but lacking the original print, colour plates, original cloth with mounted pictorial upper cover, matching cloth drop-back box, in the original packaging, large folio, Taschen, 2019.