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Brooke (Ralph) A Catalogue and Succession of the Kings, Princes, Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, and Viscounts of this Realme of England, since the Norman Conquest, first edition, title within elaborated woodcut border, woodcut initials, head-pieces and numerous coats of arms, some occasional light marginal dampstaining and minor soiling, bound with the remains of a 16th century legal document mentioning 'James Brearley, a Citizen and Fishmonger of London', some splitting to joints, some wear to spine ends and corners, [STC 3832], folio, by William Jaggard, and sold at in house in Barbican, 1619.

George III (King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and King of Hanover, 1738-1820) Approval of request for 12 officers to be placed on the staff of the Army serving in Ireland, D.s. twice "George R", 1p. with conjugate blank, manuscript, repairs to folds, slightly browned, folio, 1st January 1805.⁂ Officers include: Lieutenant General Sir Eyre Coote K.B., Sir Charles Asgill, Earl of Cork etc.

Royal Navy.- 2 Ward Room Officers and Gun Room Officers account books, 2 vol., manuscript accounts relating to numerous ships and docks, c. 1450pp., including: HMS Victory, HMS Trafalgar, HMY Victoria and Albert, HMY Osborne, Royal Naval College Dartmouth, HM Dock Yard, some dampstaining at beginning and end of each vol., endpapers defective, original calf with elaborate stitching, defective, folio, [c. 1830s - 70s].

Museum Gregorianum. Musei Etrusci..., 2 vol., half-titles, engraved titles, dedication and 214 plates, those in vol.1 bound out of order, contemporary vellum elaborately gilt, rebacked with gilt calf spines preserving old red and green roan labels, a little rubbed and soiled, folio, Rome, 1842.⁂ Handsome production on the Etruscan antiquities in the collection of Pope Gregory XVI, in the Vatican Museum. The second volume is devoted to vases.

Grafton (Richard) [A Chronicle at Large], 2 vol. in 1, second edition, printed in black letter, second title within woodcut border, woodcut illustrations and initials, vol.1 lacks all before A3 (ie 8 ff.) and B6, vol.2 lacks sig.c (ie 6 ff. from table at end), cropped with loss to many headlines, many leaves frayed to a greater or lesser degree but often with some loss of text, burn-hole to 4E3-6 with some loss of text, some water-staining and soiling, early ink annotations to verso of final leaf, modern calf, [STC 12147], folio, [for Richard Tottle and Humffrey Toye], 1569.⁂ The substantial part of this important history. In this copy 5T6r has catchword "of" and 6A3v catchword "But", treating the Duke of Norfolk's attainder before Henry VIII's death as supposed, rather than fact, according to ESTC.

Theatre Royal, Covent Garden.- A collection of c.1,300 playbills, 4 vol., most folding, creasing, a few chips and tears, ink numbering and very occasional notes in a contemporary hand, contemporary cloth-backed boards with autograph labels to upper covers and spines, worn, a few covers detached or becoming so, folio, 1839-43; sold not subject to return.⁂ A remarkable collection of playbills for the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, a seemingly complete run from 30th September 1839 to 28th April 1843, comprising the best part of four theatrical seasons. The collection encompasses over 700 nights with a wide-range of productions comprising all of those under the management of Madame Vestris and Charles James Mathews featuring a number of significant theatrical milestones. Several Shakespeare plays feature including the first performance of Love's Labour's Lost since 1605 and the first largely uncut performance of Midsummer Night's Dream since the Restoration (Madame Vestris appeared in both and her performance as Oberon in the latter began a long tradition of female Oberons on the stage).The actor-manager James Kemble was the proprietor of the theatre during this period and through the first half of 1840 he gave a number of special performances that included his final appearance on stage (as Hamlet). Other plays of interest include a Christmas pantomime adapted from Castle of Otranto as well as premieres of plays by Sheridan Knowles, Douglas Jerrold and Dion Boucicault.

India.- Madras Army.- Scot (Sir Robert, KCB, Major-General, Madras Army, of Haddington, fl. 1793-1833) Letter Book and correspondence relating to his estate, manuscript, 277pp., reverse entries, 1f. with small tear, slightly browned, original reverse calf, rubbed, manuscript label on upper cover "Estate of Sir Robert Scot", joints split, folio, 1823-51.⁂ Copies of Scot's correspondence at Fort St George, India and elsewhere relating to the payment of expenses incurred in his duties. Also some manuscript correspondence for his estate after his death.

18th century Murder.- The Full Tryal, Examination, and Conviction of Mr. James Tailor a Tanner. At Kingstoun Assizes... For vindication by seditious Words, the horrid Murther of King Charles the First, the Calves Head Clubb, and other Scandalous and Dangerous Expressions against the Queen..., single sheet, 2pp., folds, small tear in left margin, foxed and browned, [ESTC lists 1 copy only located in US], sm. folio, [London], [1703].⁂ This edition without imprint.

Xenophon. Las Obras, translated by Diego Gracian, first edition in Spanish, collation: +8 A-Z a-e8, double column, title in red and black with large woodcut coat-of-arms, woodcut initials, printer's device on verso of final leaf, title with margins renewed, foxing and browning, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, ties renewed, spine repaired, folio (293 x 198mm.), Salamanca, Juan de Junta, 1552.⁂ A very good copy of the first edition of the Greek historian's works in Spanish. Xenophon was one of the earliest known writers on hunting, so this is certainly one of if not the earliest works on hunting printed in Spanish.Provenance: Damaso G. Arrese (bookplate); John de Zulueta (bookplate)Literature: Palau 376843; Schwerdt II, 303c.

Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de) The Essayes or morall, politike and millitarie discourses, translated by John Florio, 3 parts in 1, first edition in English, with commendatory verses by Samuel Daniel and errata f. (¶1&2), errata slip to B1r correcting 'towns' to 'vyle', 2Q4 blank, 17th century ink marginalia and underlining, lacking final 2 errata ff., ¶1 misbound after A6, repairs, mostly marginal, but title with some loss of text verso at head and affecting side-note on A2&3, par1 small chip at head with loss of part of 1 letter, trimmed closely at head, affecting the occasional headline, water-stained, more severely (including some damp-staining) to sigs 3H-3K, with loss of a few letters on most of these ff., repaired, some of these same ff. with worm trace at foot, occasional spotting, lightly browned throughout, contemporary panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, covers rubbed, small folio, [Pforzheimer 378; STC 18041; cf. PMM 95 (first edition in French)], By Val. Sims for Edward Blount dwelling in Paules churchyard, 1603.⁂ An important association copy of the first edition in English of Les Essais, which is considered one of the classics of Elizabethan translation. Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth (1656-1725), Anglo-Irish politician, Ambassador to Denmark and writer, who is considered to have been a pioneer in the field of political science with his An Account of Denmark, as it was in the Year 1692, 1694. Martyn P. Thompson in his 'A Note on "Reason" and "History" in Late Seventeenth Century Political Thought' postulates that when Molesworth writes in his preface that 'Want of Liberty is a Disease in any Society or Body Politick, like want of Health in a particular Person; and as the best way to understand the nature of any Distemper aright, is to consider it in several Patients, since the same Disease may proceed from different causes, so the disorders in Society are best perceived by observing the Nature and Effects of them in our several Neighbours' he offers 'a prescription for a sort of comparative politics which has an interestingly modern sound' (Political Theory Vol. 4, No. 4. (1976), p.495). ('Robt. Molesworth, 1684', inscription to title and ?his marginalia).

Vermigli (Pietro Martire) The Common Places of the most famous and renowmed Divine Doctor Peter Martyr, 6 parts in 1, first edition in English, translated by Anthonie Marten, double column, largely printed in black letter, general title within woodcut architectural border, title to part 5 within woodcut lacework border, woodcut initials and ornaments, lacking a1 (blank except for signature) and blank leaves OOo2 and 2Oo6, title soiled and stained and repaired to verso, first few leaves quite heavily stained, other marginal and less obtrusive staining, last few leaves repaired with some loss of text, some worming within text block near end, 19th century blind-stamped calf, rubbed, spine label chipped, [STC 24669], folio, at the costs and charges of Henrie Denham, Thomas Chard, William Broome, and Andrew Maunsell, 1583.⁂ Vermigli (1499-1562) was an important figure in the Protestant Reformation who wrote numerous treatises and biblical commentaries. Part 2, chapter one deals with the issue of original sin.

Wecker (Johann Jacob) Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art & Nature, being the Summe and Substance of Naturall Philosophy, Methodically Digested, first edition in English, fine etched additional title by Richard Gaywood with 7 portraits including including Alexis of Piedmont, Albertus Magnus, William Harvey, Francis Bacon and Raymond Lull, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, initials and diagrams, 3pp. bookseller's catalogue at end, lightly browned, a few rust spots, Macclesfield Library copy with small embossed stamp to title and South Library label to front pastedown, contemporary sheep ruled in blind, rubbed, scuffs to lower cover, some splits to joints, [Duveen p.613; Ferguson II 534; Krivatsky 12628; Wing W1236], folio, for Simon Miller, 1660.⁂ A good copy of this encyclopaedia of arts and sciences, first published in Latin in 1582. Wecker was born, studied and worked in Basel, firstly as professor of logic and Latin, before graduating as a physician. His wife Anna (a daughter of Isaac Keller) published a cookery book in 1600. The work includes sections on fire, cosmetics, wines, poultry, trees, herbs, fruits, metals, gardens, glass, fountains, the occult, painting and sports.

Anne (Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1665-1714) Warrant signed to pay John Duke of Argyll two thousand seven hundred sixty five pounds six shillings and eight pence "for the Use of Our Forces", D.s. "Anne R" and countersigned "Walpole" as Secretary of War, manuscript, 1p., folds, slightly foxed and browned, folio, 17th March 1709.⁂ Robert Walpole, first Earl of Orford (1676-1745), prime minister.

Law.- Norwich lawyer's copy.- Fitzherbert (Sir Anthony) 1577. La graunde abridgement, collecte par le iudge tresreuerend mo[n]sieur Anthony Fitzherbert, 2 parts in 1, black letter, titles within ornate woodcut architectural borders, woodcut historiated initials, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, first title with short split within central title (without loss), faded ink stamp and small repair to upper margin and little creased, part 2 fol.7 misbound after title, some spotting / light foxing, occasional light staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped calf, covers with arabesque centre-pieces, sympathetically rebacked, edges little worn, rubbed, [STC 10957], small folio, Richard Tottel, 1577.⁂ An important work of its time (first published between 1514 and 1517), it was 'an enormous enterprise for its day, a massive digest of 13,845 cases from the year-books arranged under alphabetical headings' (ODNB).Provenance: Myles Branthwaite (1557-1612), successful Norwich lawyer, who lived at Hethel Hall, and acquired five other manors in the area.

Donaueschingen copy.- Herodotus. Herodoti Libri Novem, edited by Joachim Camerarius, collation: α6 β4 a-z, Aa-Cc6, initial spaces with guide-letters, woodcut historiated initials and printer's device to otherwise blank final f., Basel, Heirs of Johann Hervagius, [1541] bound with Thucydides. Thucydides cum scholiis, edited by Joachim Camerarius, collation: α*6 β*6 α6 b-z A-D6 E8 F10, woodcut decorative initials, t6 blank, colophon f., lacking final f. (with woodcut printer's device, otherwise blank), Basel, Heirs of Johann Hervagius, 1540, together 2 works in 1 vol., titles in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, titles with large section of lower blank corner repaired, spotting and mostly light staining, lightly browned, lacking front pastedown, contemporary ornately blind-stamped panelled pigskin over wooden boards, metal clasps, spine in compartments and with later ink title, short split to pigskin of lower cover, a few small ink stains, lightly soiled, folio (312 x 200mm., binding 326 x 220mm.)⁂ The Donaueschingen copy of the first Herwagen editions of these Greek historians; the Herodotus being the second Greek edition overall and the Thucydides the third. With regards to the binding the second borders and centre panels with blind rolls of half figures (prophets on upper cover, virtues on the lower) are signed 'A F'. According to Haebler (I, 110), three potential candidates for rolls thus signed are the two Leipzig binders Andreas Ficker (1542-92) and Andreas Francke (c. 1530), and Andreas Franckow, of Wittenberg (c.1534). Provenance: F.F. Hofbibliothek Donaueschingen (small blue ink stamp to verso of first title, slight show through). Literature: Adams H395; Adams T664.

Spanish.- Ludolphus de Saxonia. La segunda parte del vita christi cartuxano, part 2 only (of 4), collation: aa-GG8, gothic letter, double column, fine woodcut historiated title in red and black, numerous woodcut pictorial initials, title, first and last few leaves holed with some loss of text, partially caused by rusting from metal bosses on binding, some staining, a few tears and repairs (including one to title margin), but mostly marginal, a few side-notes shaved, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, metal bosses to centre and corners of covers, metal clasps, head and foot of spine repaired, corners worn, folio (280 x 205mm.), Seville, Jacob Cromberger, 1530.⁂ Rare at auction with only a couple of appearances of other individual parts of this four-volume handsomely printed work.Literature: Palau 131077

Beggars.- Scotland.- A Proclamation Anent the Beggers, printed broadside, woodcut Royal coat of arms at head, 3 small holes along folds, browned, manuscript inscription on verso, folio, Edinburgh, Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, 1692.

Bonaparte (Charles Lucien) American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of Birds Inhabiting The United States, 4 vol., first edition, 27 hand-coloured engraved plates, most with tissue guards, some off-setting, heavy spotting, foxing and damp-staining to vol. 2-4, including to titles and some plates, contemporary straight grain half morocco, spines toned, joints and extremities worn, [Nissen IVB 116; Wood 247; Zimmer 64], folio, Philadelphia (PA), Carey & Lea, 1825-33.

Mining & Metallurgy.- Calvör (Henning) Acta historico-chronicologico-mechanica circa metallurgiam in Hercynia Superiori. Oder Historisch-chronologische Nachricht und theoretische und practische Beschreibung des Maschinenwesens, 2 vol. in 1, engraved illustration and 48 plates, 7 folding, one with overlays, 1763; Historische Nachricht von der Unter- und gesamten Ober-Harzischen Bergwerke..., errata leaf at end, 1765, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, woodcut head-pieces and initials, title of first work with contemporary ink signature and slightly soiled, old ink stamp "G.D." to verso of titles, very lightly browned with one or two small stains but generally very clean, contemporary half sheep, rubbed, joints split, spine worn at head, folio, Braunschweig ⁂ The first is an important work on mining technology, intended as a supplement to Schlüter's Gründliche Unterricht von Hüttenwerken published in Braunschweig in 1738 (see lot 292), and bound, as often, with Calvör's invaluable historical companion volume on the history of mining in Germany, specifically the Harz mountains in northern Germany. Mining had taken place in the Harz mountains since the middle of the 10th century and they were the source of a number of metals and minerals including silver, lead, gold, copper, iron, sulphur, alum, and arsenic.

Vanity Fair.- Vanity Fair Album (The) and Vanity Fair, together 45 vol., numerous chromolithograph caricature plates by 'Ape', 'Spy' etc., the last 5 years bound in larger format albums without titles or preliminaries, some gutta percha beginning to perish with some leaves loose, original green cloth, gilt, generally fine or near fine condition, folio, 1869-1908; sold as a periodical not subject to return⁂ A complete run from the very first volume up to 1908 of this well-known magazine endowed with numerous caricatures of the 'great and the good' - including sovereigns, statesmen, judges, sporting figures and other 'men of the day' (plus a few women). Among those depicted are Charles Darwin (1871), Wilkie Collins (1872), Anthony Trollope (1873), W. G. Grace (1877), Fred Archer (1881) and Oscar Wilde (1884) as well as a few large folding plates depicting Tattersall's (1887) and 'The Winning Post' (1888).

Alexander, Trallianus. De singularum corporis patrium, ab hominis coronide ad imum usque calcaneum, vitiis, aegritudinibus, & iniuriis, libri ad unguem fauti v, edited by Alban Thorer, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut historiated initials, c6 blank, 2 errata ff. at end, lacking final f. (with woodcut printer's device, otherwise blank), title with ink stamp, lightly foxed and with small chip at foot, stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, new endpapers, later vellum, 19th century morocco labels to spine (1 chipped), soiled, [Wellcome I, 206; Durling 147; VD 16 ZV 394; cf. Adams A701 (records fewer preliminary ff.)], folio, Basel , Henricus Petri, March, 1533.⁂ Rare in commerce. Alexander of Tralles was one of the most eminent physicians of the Byzantine Empire. This edition edited by Thorer (c.1489-1550), Swiss physician and Rector of Basel University. Provenance: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (ink stamp to title and a2).

Murder.- Awful Murder. An account of that bloody and cruel murder which was committed... on the body of the Rev. J. Joshua Waterhouse, in his own house, near Huntingdon when the unfortunate gentleman's head was severed from his body by a hatchet, Glasgow, John Muir, printer, 1827 § Melancholy Accident. An account of that melancholy accident... near Dumbarton... when a small sloop which was coming up the river... struck by the Fingal steam-boat; and sunk, Glasgow, John Muir, printer, 1827, printed broadsides, browned, edges a little chipped, sm. folio, 1827 (2).

Rackham (Arthur).- Barrie (J.M.) The Peter Pan Portfolio, one of 500 copies from a limitation of 600 signed by publisher and printer, 12 mounted colour plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, one or two mounts professionally strengthened at hinge, but generally clean and fine interanlly, original half-vellum over sage green cloth, gilt, original silk ties, slight mottling to upper cover, housed in original publisher's box, missing one bottom panel flap, a little chipping and short tears to other flaps, some old tape repairs, rubbed, elephant folio, [1912].⁂ Scarce complete and with the original ties. This precedes the American edition by two years, and comprised of 100 copies bound in full vellum and 500 copies bound in half-vellum. This and the American edition contain the largest Rackham plates every printed, all of which were picked by the artist and are his personal favourites.

Roxburghe Club.- Pollard (Graham) and Albert Ehrman. The Distribution of Books by Catalogue from the Invention of Printing to A.D. 1800, one of 150 copies, illustrations, without loosely inserted corrigenda leaf, original red morocco-backed cloth, small folio, Cambridge, Printed for Presentation to Members of the Roxburghe Club, 1965.⁂ This book "remains unsurpassed, particularly for the period to 1700, its scope including catalogues from printers, booksellers and auctioneers, fair catalogues from Frankfurt and Leipzig, prospectuses, publishers' and others' catalogues in books, inventories of private, trade and institutional collections, and printed catalogues of private and institutional libraries. Few books that have dealt with the history of catalogues have been more influential." (McKitterick, Book Catalogues: their varieties and uses in the Book Encompassed. Studies in Twentieth Century Bibliography (1992)).

Declaration of the Independent State of Israel.- Iton Rishmi, Official Gazette of Israel, no. 1, bifolium, text in Hebrew, light creasing, faint toning, folio, Tel Aviv, 1948.⁂ The first printing of the Israeli Declaration of Independence. The declaration names all of the 37 members of the Provision Government, headed by David Ben-Gurion. It also contains the annulment of the infamous 1937 White Paper restricting Jewish immigration to Palestine.

Venice.- Fougasses (Thomas de) The Generall Historie of the Magnificent State of Venice, from the First Foundation thereof untill this Present. Collected out of all Authors, both Ancient and Moderne, that have written of that Subject, translated by W.Shute, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition in English, title with woodcut plan of Venice, 90 woodcut portraits of the Venetian Doges within decorative borders, woodcut initials, head and tail-pieces, lacking initial, final and 3C4 blank ff., title laid down with margins restored without loss text or images, first 8ff. of text with restoration to margins, affecting text in a few plates, fraying to corners of several other early ff., H1, M5, 2M3, 2R4 and 3B2 with small holes or rust-holes with loss to 1 or 2 letters of text, Q6 with tear at foot running into text, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, corners repaired, new endpapers, [STC 11207], folio, by G. Eld, and W. Stansby, 1612.

Phillipps (Sir Thomas, Bart., collector of books and manuscripts, 1792-1872) Miscellanea from Middle Hill Press [&] Index to Vol. I of Middle Hill Ms, titles from spine labels, 2 vol., proof sheets, several hundred pp., some printed on blue paper, most pp. loose or working loose, bound in original orange Middle Hill boards, some soiling first vol. spine defective, folio, 1824-48.⁂ Phillipps haphazard attempts to produce a catalogue of his vast collection of manuscripts and books "printed, usually coarsely and in small quantities, by a succession of his own printers on a private press at Broadway Tower." (Oxford DNB). Includes manuscripts from the Meerman Sale (1824), and various printed books.List available on request.

Law.- Regis pie memorie Edwardi tertii a quadragesimo ad quinquagesimum, largely printed in black letter, text in legal French, woodcut historiated title, woodcut decorative initials, final f. blank, heavily annotated in a contemporary hand throughout, lower corner of sig.C1-E1 repaired, slightly affecting a few side-notes, small repaired hole in C3 with slight loss of text, occasional marginal staining, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, corners repaired, lacking ties, [STC 9583], folio, by Richard Tottel, 1565.⁂ Second edition of the year books 40 to 50, heavily annotated by an early legal hand. Provenance: Thomas ?Worswick (ink inscription at head of title); Eustachius Strickland (ink inscription dated York 1822 on front pastedown); York Law Library (small ink stamp to title margin, colophon and front endpaper).

Binding.- Bible, English. The Apocrypha, extract from a Bible, text only, no title, bound in tan morocco, by Hatchards, upper cover with Art Nouveau design of poppies around small central oval cut-out containing inset cameo of head of Christ, five large poppy heads onlaid in red & black morocco with leafy stalks in green and tooled with small gilt leaves against background of small diamonds, title in gilt running round border at head, spine similarly onlaid with single climbing red poppy against small gilt diamonds, doublures with tan morocco border tooled in gilt with leaves & diamonds, g.e., signed at foot of front turn-in, a little spotting, mostly to lower cover, preserved in cloth drop-back box, small folio (c.270 x 175mm.), n.p., [c.1900].

World.- Heylyn (Peter) Cosmographie in foure Books Contayning the Chorographie & Historie of the whole World, and all the Principall Kingdomes, Provinces, Seas, and Isles, Thereof, first edition, engraved additional title and 4 double-page maps by Henry Seile (slightly shaved as usual), letterpress Table of the Climates, woodcut initials head- and tail-pieces, engraved title a little discoloured and with a few small chips or tears to margins, last f. creased, chipped and holed, occasional light finger-soiling to margins, modern cloth, spine label, [Sabin 31655; Wing H1689], folio, for Henry Seile, and are to be sold at his shop over against Saint Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet, 1652.

Eusebius (Pamphilius, of Caesarea) The Auncient Ecclesiasticall Histories of the First Six Hundred Yeares after Christ, 5 parts in 1, translated by Meredith Hanmer, partially printed in black letter, titles with woodcut device, complete with 3 blank leaves R4, Yy4 and Ddd6, some water-staining and soiling, occasionally quite heavy, last leaf reinforced at inner margin with tape, genealogical annotations relating to the Carpenter family on rear endpaper, several ink inscriptions to title and endpapers, later calf, rebacked, corners worn, covers rubbed, [STC 10573], folio, by Thomas Vautrollier, 1585.

Law.- [Rastell (William, editor)] 1595 Registrum omnium breuium, tam originalium, quàm iudicialium, correctum & emendatum ad vetus exemplar manuscriptum, 2 parts in 1, text in Latin, title within ornate woodcut decorative border, woodcut initials, including 2 large with portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, a few instances of early ink marginalia, upper margin of title with obliterated ink signature and a few chips, [par.]2 upper inner corner repaired, just touching a very small part of decorative initial, marginal water-staining, spotted, some browning, antique style mottled calf, spine in compartments and with gilt title, [STC 20838], small folio, Jane Yetsweirt, 1595.⁂ Printed by one of England's first woman law printers. Sometimes attributed to Ralph de Hengham.

Law.- 1596. Anni decem priores, Regis Edwardi Tertii, black letter, title within ornate woodcut decorative border, woodcut decorative initials, lacking penultimate sig. 3X, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped calf, covers with arabesque centre-pieces, later red morocco label to spine in compartments, worn, but holding firm, [STC 9552], small folio, Jane Yetsweirt, 1596.⁂ Rare at auction.

Law.- Regis pie memorie Edwardi tertii a quadragesimo ad quinquagesimum, black letter, text in legal French, woodcut historiated title, woodcut decorative initials, contemporary ink ms. index to front free endpapers and marginalia throughout, occasional light staining (including a little ink), lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped calf, covers with arabesque centre-pieces, spine ends and corners worn, joints splitting, but holding firm, a few ink spots, rubbed, [STC 9584], small folio, Richard Tottel, 1576.⁂ Year books 40 to 50.

δ McEwan (Tom, binder).- Shakespeare (William) Timon of Athens, edited by Herbert Farjeon, limited edition designed by Bruce Rogers, wood-engraved plates by George Buday, bound in goatskin painted in blue & black, by Tom McEwan, with small onlaid patches of pared green goatskin and gold leaf and thin jagged lines in gilt, small panel of beige goatskin with image of soldiers inlaid across spine and part of covers, similar goatskin doublures and paper flyleaves with images taken from the wood-engravings, edges painted in gold, blue & black and scored, preserved in suede-lined black cloth drop-back box, paper label to spine, folio (c.315 x 215mm.), New York, Limited Editions Club, 1940.⁂ Commissioned from the binder in 2012. Having studied sculpture at Glasgow School of Art and worked as a diesinker and toolmaker, Tom McEwan trained in bookbinding at Glasgow College of Building and Printing. He has won several prizes in the Society of Bookbinders and Designer Bookbinders competitions and was elected a Fellow of Designer Bookbinders in 2014. His work is held in both public and private collections in the UK, Europe and America. δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

The Hoe copy.- De Rossi (Giovanni Gherardo) Pitture di Antonio Allegri detto Il Correggio esistenti in Parma nel Monistero di San Paolo, 3 parts in 1, text in Italian, French and Spanish, 35 stipple-engraved plates, all but one in sepia, by Francesco Rosaspina after Francisco Vieira, some light foxing, later red half morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., extremities rubbed, upper joint cracked at foot, [Brooks 774], folio, Parma, Bodoni, 1800.⁂ One of Bodoni's most sophisticated and distinguished works, dedicated to the recently married Louis of Bourbon-Parma and the Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain. The work describes and the plates depict the frescoes by Renaissance painter Correggio in the Monastery of San Paolo, Parma. Although the Duke of Parma approved the project in 1790, the artists were not allowed into the Camera di San Paolo until 1795 where they spent one full day recording the frescoes before their drawings were supposed to be sent to Rome for engraving by Raffaello Sanzio Morghen. Much to the dissatisfaction of Bodoni's patron, Morghen could not undertake the project so Bodoni selected his friend Rosaspina, one of the artists allowed into the Camera in 1795. The resultant work is an exceptional one and this copy comes from the distinguished collection of Robert Hoe, with his bookplate and that of his son Arthur.

Waugh (Evelyn).- Crease (Francis) Thirty-Four Decorative Designs, with a Preface by Evelyn St.J. Waugh, one of 60 copies¸ this copy unnumbered, decorated title and 33 designs on 32 pp., original boards with red design to upper cover, spine ends and corners a little bumped, a fine copy otherwise, folio, 1927.⁂ A scarce publication, the product in part of a series of private lessons in calligraphy and sketching given by Crease whilst Waugh was at Lancing.

PLUMIER CHARLES.  L`Art De Tourner Ou De Faire En Perfection Toutes Sortes D`Ouvrages. Eng. title, title vignette, head-pieces, decs & 79 good eng. plates. Text in French & Latin. Folio. Old mottled calf. Paris, 1749. A  later ed. of the first book dedicated exclusively to the lathe.

POSTCARDS.  Maroon cloth oblong folio album cont. approx. 230 old postcards, Lake District & Cumbria topographical views.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.  Fitzgerald Edward (Trans).  Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Ltd. ed. 203/300. Line eng. plates by John Buckland-Wright. Folio. Buff cloth covered brds. gilt, cream leather backed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. 1938.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.  Fitzgerald Edward (Trans).  Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Ltd. ed. 200, this copy un-numbered. Title vignette & plates after drawings by J. Yunge Bateman. Folio. Maroon morocco gilt. 1958.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.  Jonson Ben.  A Croppe of Kisses. Ltd. ed. 57/250. Title in colours, dec. initials. Folio. Qtr. red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. 1937.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. Barclay John.  Euphormio's Satyricon. Ltd. ed. 109/260. Red bordered wood eng. plates & other decs. by Derrick Harris. Folio. Red cloth backed brds. 1st ed. in English, 1954.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.  Bannet Ivor.  The Amazons. Ltd. ed. 307/500. Wood eng. plates by Clifford Webb & maps by Mina Greenhill. Folio. Brown half morocco with dec. brds. by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. 1948.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.  Rutter Owen (Ed).  The Voyage of the Bounty's Launch As Related in William Bligh's Despatch to the Admiralty & the Journal of John Fryer. Ltd. ed. 203/300. Wood eng. frontis, plate & illus. by Robert Gibbings. Folio. Two tone cream & red/brown sailcloth (representing sails). 1934; with the original prospectus for the work.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.  Rutter Owen (Ed).  The Journal of James Morrison, Boatswain's Mate of the Bounty, Describing the Mutiny & Subsequent Misfortunes of the Mutineers together with An Account of the Island of Tahiti. Ltd. ed. 12/325. Wood eng. title & illus. by Robert Gibbings. Folio. Two tone cream & blue sailcloth (representing the expanse of the ocean from the crows`nest). 1935.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.  Sparrman Anders.  A Voyage Round the World with Captain James Cook in HMS Resolution. Ltd. ed. 283/350. Wood eng. frontis, plate & illus. by Peter Barker-Mill. Fldg. map. Folio. Olive green cloth gilt with spine label. 1st English ed., 1944; with an original prospectus for the work.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.  Flinders Matthew.  Narrative of His Voyage in the Schooner Francis, 1798. Ltd ed. 398/750. Pale green paper with wood eng. frontis & illus. in dark green by John Buckland-Wright. Folio. Green cloth gilt. 1946.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.  Lucas F. L. (Trans).  The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite. Ltd. ed. 638/750. Wood engs. by Mark Severin. Folio. Parchment backed blue cloth with gilt design. 1948.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.  Jones Gwyn & Thomas (Trans).  Mabinogion. Ltd. ed. 280/550. Wood eng. illus. & decs. by Dorothea Braby. Folio. Half red morocco in parallel with gilt design to central brd. by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. 1948.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.  Besterman Theodore (Ed). The Travels & Sufferings of Father Jean De Brebeuf Among the Hurons of Canada. Ltd. ed. 216/300. Eng. frontis & title by Eric Gill. Maps as endpapers. Folio. Qtr. red cloth, black brds. 1938.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.  De Lacombe Jean.  A Compendium of the East Being An Account of Voyages to the Grand Indies. Ltd. ed. 97/300. Plates after old engs. Maps as endpapers. Folio. Qtr. dark cloth, dec. brds. 1937.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.  Rawson Geoffrey (Ed). Nelson's Letters from the Leeward Islands. Ltd. ed. 190/300. Wood engs. by Geoffrey Wales. Folio. Red, white & blue cloth with gilt design. 1953.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.  De Chair Somerset (Ed). Julius Caesar's Commentaries. Ltd. ed.105/320. Wood engs. by Clifford Webb. Maps as endpapers. Folio. Qtr. brown cloth, dark blue cloth covered brds. with gilt design. 1951.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.  De Chair Somerset (Trans).  The First Crusade, The Deeds of the Franks & Other Jerusalemites. Ltd. ed. 335/500. Wood engs. by Clifford Webb. Folio. Half vellum in parallel, gilt design to the orange brd. 1945. This the first English edition, originally published, Jerusalem 1101.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.  De Chair Somerset (Ed). Napoleon's Memoirs. 2 vols. Ltd. ed.459/500. Eng. frontis & decs. by John Buckland-Wright. Maps as endpapers. Folio. Green cloth gilt. 1945.

NASH JOHN.  The Wood-Engravings ... Compiled by Jeremy Greenwood. Ltd. ed. 811. Tipped in port. frontis & many illus. Folio. Qtr. cloth in pict. brds. & slip case. Wood Lea Press, 1987.

WHITE GILBERT.  The Natural History of Selborne. Ltd. ed. 420/1500, signed by John Nash, the illustrator. Col. wood eng. plates & illus. Quarto. Qtr. leather, dec. brds. in slip case. Limited Editions Club, 1972; also The Folio Society ed. of The Natural History of Selborne, in slip case.  (2).

REDI FRANCESCO.  Sonetti. Eng. frontis after Gabbiani, rubricated title with eng. vignette, eng. port. frontis & head & tail pieces. Text to one side of each leaf only & each leaf red ruled. Folio. Old vellum covered brds., internal browning & mkg., one leaf repaired. Firenze, 1702.

MILLER ALLAN.  Allan's Australian Cricket Annual. A run from Vol. 1 to Vol. 14 of this annual publication. Folio. Pictorial card wrappers. 1987/88-2001.  (14).