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A COLLECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS BY THOMAS HARDY (5) Under the Greenwood Tree, A Rural Painting of the Dutch School, Thomas Hardy, The Folio Society 1993 The Return of the Native, Thomas Hardy, The Folio Society 1993 The Life and Death of The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Story of a Man of Character, Thomas Hardy, The Folio Society 1993 The Trumpet - Major, John Loveday, A Soldier in the War with Buonaparte and Robert His Brother, Thomas Hardy, The Folio Society 1993 Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy, The Folio Society 1992 Condition: No obvious condition issues

David Shepherd (1931-2017), Paintings of Africa and India, signed limited edition 305/506, colour plates and illustrations, oblong folio with half brown Nigerian goatskin, pub. for Tryon Gallery 1978, in original slip case.

Herman Moll, Atlas of Scotland 1725 - limited edition facsimile pub. Heritage Press (Scotland), 1980, black and white plates and fold-out map, oblong folio, ed. 28/500, in original slip case.

David Shepherd (1931-2017), Paintings of Africa and India, signed limited edition 304/506, colour plates and illustrations, oblong folio with half brown Nigerian goatskin, pub. for Tryon Gallery 1978, in original slip case.

SHEPHERD (DAVID), THE DAVID SHEPHERD ARCHIVE COLLECTION, paintings specially selected by the Artist and published to celebrate his 80th birthday in April 2011, Sark: Gateway Publishing, 2011, 109 colour reproductions of paintings by David Shepherd, accompanying DVD, white cotton gloves and publisher letter loose as issued, top edge gilt, original green morocco-backed vellum, contained in grey solander box, oblong folio.

11 brand new black Nintendo 3DS official console zip folio carry case

RARE SCOTTISH INTEREST!Folio of Etchings. Seven Events in the Life of Robert Bruce, ca. 1850. Illustrated in Outline by H.C. Selous and etched by J. Horsburgh. Complete and rare but with condition issues, edges are worn and there is staining to someApprox 1 pieces

RARE SCOTTISH INTEREST! Folio of Etchings 1851. Six Engravings for the members of The Royal Association For Promotion Of The Fine Arts In Scotland. Complete and rare but with condition issues, edges are worn and there is staining to someApprox 1 pieces

RARE SCOTTISH INTEREST! Folio of Etchings 1849. Eleven Engravings presented to the Members of The Royal Association For The Promotion Of The Fine Arts in Scotland. Complete and rare but with condition issues, edges are worn and there is staining to someApprox 1 pieces

An assortment to include a bowler hat, 'shell pigeon' and a /duck decoy, three large fans, a 19th century mother of pearl inlaid papier-mâché folio cover and a small necessaire (probably 19th century) modelled as a book 'Belisarius' 

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam The first version of Edward Fitzgerald 1955 Boxed Hardback Book published by The Folio Society some ageing good condition.

The Outsider by Albert Camus Hardback Book with Slipcase 2011 published by The Folio Society good condition.

Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer Night's Dream Hardback Book with Slipcase 2001 published by The Folio Society good condition.

Mistress Marsham's Repose by T H White 1989 Hardback Book with Slipcase published by The Folio Society some ageing to Slipcase good condition.

Dylan Thomas Selected Poems edited by Walford Davies and Ralph Maud 2014 Hardback Book with Slipcase published by The Folio Society good condition.

Jeeves and Wooster 3 Volumes with Slipcase by P G Wodehouse Hardback Books published by The Folio Society These Books are Mint and still in unopened Cellophane Wrapper.

A Shropshire Lad by A E Houseman 2014 Hardback Book with Slipcase published by The Folio Society good condition.

Songs of Innocence and of Experience introduction by Richard Holmes 1992 Hardback Book with Slipcase published by The Folio Society slight ageing good condition.

The Young King and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde Hardback Book published by The Folio Society date unknown some ageing good condition.

The shadow of Vesuvius Pompeii AD 79 by Raleigh Trevelyan 1976 Hardback Book published by The Folio Society good condition.

A SELECTION OF VINTAGE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS, together with a series of Folio Society box bound books

A folio of loose drawings and watercolours, containing numerous sketched portraits, landscapes and buildings, some signed with initials but most unsigned on paper and card. Approximately 6 watercolours and 10 sketches, various sizes, largest 19 x 15ins.

Art Bag artist folio containing Daler-Rowney cartridge paper, two mixing palettes, and other artist related materials (2 boxes)

Gill, Eric, The Engravings of Eric Gill, 1983, Special issue limited edition No.52/85, prefaces by Douglas Cleverdon and the printer Christopher Skelton, illustrated with over 1000 reproductions of engravings by Eric Gill, Christopher Skelton, Wellingborough, in two volumes, pigskin backed with maroon cloth boards in slip case with a folio of loose images and associated paperwork

A folio of approx. 40 original Ordnance Survey maps dating from the late 1880's mainly Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire

A 19th Century folio and stand, the leather folio decorated with elaborate metalwork

Extracts From The Records of The Cutlers' Company, pub. The Cutlers Company, Sheffield, 1972, folio, gilt stamped green cloth.

A quantity of over 20 prints and etchings, including maps, countryside scenes and portraits, in folio case

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Buch "Lithographe" Band I, mit zwölf Original-Lithographien, davon zehn Farblithographien (je 1 auf dem Original-Umschlag und 1 auf dem Titelblatt), sowie 191 Farbabb. Deutsche Ausgabe. Vorwort von Marc Chagall. Verlag André Sauret, Monte Carlo 1960. Folio. Min. Altersspuren. Ca. 32,7x 25,3 cm. Wvz.: Cramer 43.

Selected bird and flower paintings from the Palace Museum, second edition 1981, large folio containing numerous plates of Chinese paintings, boxed

J S Prout, 'Antiquities of York', published by W Hargrove, twenty one litho plates including frontis and title page, all edges gilt, signature of William James Boddy and dated 1858, slim folio

Rev. John Brown- Self interpreting bible published 1814, second edition in full tree calf with panelled spine, large folio

VIRGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 BC). The Works ... Translated into English verse; by Mr Dryden, London, 1697, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION of this translation.VIRGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 BC).  The Works ... Containing his Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. Translated into English Verse; by Mr. Dryden. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1697. Folio (334 x 215mm). Engraved frontispiece by M. Vander Gucht, title printed in red and black, 97 engraved plates after F. Cleyn, most by W. Hollar and P. Lambert, only (of 101, 2 plates torn and repaired with slight loss, another plate severely torn but without loss, a few plates with shorter tears, some cropping including to upper ruled border of title, variable spotting and staining throughout, occasionally quite heavy). Contemporary panelled calf (rebacked some time ago, corners bumped and rubbed, some scuffing, inner hinges weak, later endpapers). Provenance: Gower Earl Gower (armorial bookplate); later bookplate dated 1897; from the Collection of the late Dr Elkan Lewis (1931-2020). FIRST EDITION of this translation. Ashley II, p.95; Brunet  IV, 665: "Cette traduction estimée ..." (erroneously stating the first edition of this translation was printed in 1698); Macdonald 33a; Wing V616.

ALDINUS, Tobias (1570-1662) and Pietro CASTELLI (c. 1575-1656). Exactissima descriptio rariorum quarundam plantarum, que continentur Rome in horto Farnesiano, Rome, 1625, engraved plates, modern calf. FIRST EDITION.ALDINUS, Tobias (1570-1662) and Pietro CASTELLI (c. 1575-1656).  Exactissima descriptio rariorum quarundam plantarum, que continentur Rome in horto Farnesiano. Rome: Typis Iacobi Mascardi, 1625. Folio (340 x 230mm). Fine engraved architectural title with seated figures of Theophrastus and Dioscorides surmounted by the coat-of-arms of the Farnese family in a baroque cartouche, foliate initials and typographical ornaments, text within ruled borders throughout, 22 fine full-page engraved botanical illustrations (lacks all before title [i.e. blanks], marginal repair to title and third leaf and a few leaves at the end, including index, H1 torn and repaired without loss, a few leaves with holes affecting ruled borders, a few leaves very lightly browned, some light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Modern half calf and marbled boards, new endpapers (spine lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION of this rare catalogue and description of the plants in the garden of Cardinal Farnese on the Palatine Hill in Rome. Both Hunt and Nissen assign the work solely to Aldini; others, however, including the Greek scholar and keeper of the Vatican library Leone Allacci, attribute it to Pietro Castelli, whose name appears in a laudatory poem at the beginning as "Castello-Petrus" and also, in acrostic form in the same poem, spelling out "Petrus Castellus Romanus". Not in Brunet; Graesse I, 65; Hunt 208; Nissen BBI 13; Pritzel 1590; Seguier p. 34.

JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). Bartholomew Fayre, London, 1631, with old upper wrapper.JONSON, Ben (1572-1637).  Bartholomew Fayre: A Comedie, Acted in the Yeare, 1614. By Elizabeths [sic] Servants. And then dedicated to King James, of most Blessed Memorie. London: Printed by I. B. for Robert Allot, 1631. Folio bound in 4s (280 x 185mm). Woodcut headpieces and initials, the text of the play itself paginated 1-88 (D3 with long tear without loss, some spotting and staining). Old upper wrapper. The play is preceded by a general title, "The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. Containing these Playes, Viz. 1. Bartholomew Fayre. 2. The Staple of Newes. 3. The Divell is an Asse. [woodcut device] London, for Richard Meighen, 1640", but only "Bartholomew Fayre" is here included.

[JONSON, Ben (1572-1637)], and others. Christmas, His Masque, [and other Masques], London, [?1631], stitched.[JONSON, Ben (1572-1637)], and others.  Christmas, His Masque, as it was Presented at Court, 1616 [and other masques]. [London, c. 1631]. Folio in 4s (283 x 195mm). Stitched. The text of this collection of masques is paginated from [1]-159 (first, or title, leaf browned, some spotting and staining). The Masques included are Christmas (pp.[1]-7), A Masque Presented in the House of the Right Honorable lord Haye. By Divers of Noble Quality, his Friends. For the Entertainment of Monsieur Le Baron de Tour, extraordinaire Ambassadour for the French King  ... 1617 (pp.[9]-15), The Vision of Delight Presented at Court in Christmas, 1617 (pp.16-21), Pleasure Reconciled to Vertue (pp.22-29), For Honour of Wales (pp.30-38), Newes from the New World Discover'd in the Moone (p.39-46), A Masque of the Metamorphos'd Gypsies. As it was Thrice Presented to King James. First, at Burleigh on the Hill. Next, at Belvoyr [sic]. And Lastly, at Windsor. August, 1621 (pp.47-80), The Masque of Augures with Severall Antimasques Presented on Twelfe-Night, 1622 (pp.81-91), Time Vindicated to Himselfe, and to His Honors (pp.92-104), Neptunes [sic] Triumph for the Returne of Albion (p.105-117), Pans [sic] Anniversarie; or, The Shepherds Holy-Day. The Scene Arcadia ... The Inventors Inigo Jones. Ben Johnson [sic] (pp.118-124), The Masque of Owles at Kenilworth. Presented by the Ghost of Captaine Coxe mounted in his Hoby-horse (pp.125-128), The Fortunate Isles, and their Union (pp.129-143), Loves Triumph through Callipolis (pp.144-150) and Chloridia Rites to Chloris and her Nymphs (pp.151-159).

JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). Horace, His Art of Poetrie, London, 1640, stitched. With other works bound in by the same author.JONSON, Ben (1572-1637).  Horace, His Art of Poetrie. Made English. [London: no publisher], 1640. Folio in 4s (282 x 190mm). The text is paginated [1]-292 but apparently lacking pp. 134-160 [see below] (title browned and stained, with a few chips). Stitched. The collection includes Horace, of the Art of Poetrie (pp. [1]-29), The English Grammar. Made by Ben Johnson [sic]. For the benefit of all Strangers, out of his observation of the English Language now spoken, and in use (pp. [33]-84), Timber: or, Discoveries; made Upon Men and matter: as they have flow'd out of his daily Readings; or had their refluxe to his peculiar Notion of the Times (pp. 85-132), Under-Woods. Consisting of Divers Poems (pp. [161-283, i.e., apparently lacking pp. 134-160] and Mortimer. His Fall. A Tragedie (pp. [287-292]). The final play, Mortimer, ends with the printer's melancholy statement, "Hee dy'd, and left it unfinished."

JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). The Divell is an Asse, London, 1631, stitched.JONSON, Ben (1572-1637).  The Divell is an Asse: A Comedie Acted in the Yeare, 1616. By His Maiesties [sic] Servants. London: Printed for I. B. for Robert Allott, 1631. Folio in 4s (282 x 190mm). Woodcut device on title, woodcut headpieces and initials, pagination running from pp. [91]-170 (title browned and stained, some lighter mainly marginal staining and spotting to text). Stitched.

JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). The Magnetick Lady: or, Humors Reconcild, London, 1640, stitched. Bound with 2 other works by the same author.JONSON, Ben (1572-1637).  The Magnetick Lady: or, Humors Reconcild [sic]. A Comedy composed by Ben: Johnson [sic]. London: [no publisher], "M.CD.XL" [but 1640]. Title, paginated [1]-64 (title lightly browned) [bound with the same author's:]  A Tale of a Tub. A Comedy. London: [no publisher], 1640, title, paginated [65]-[114] [and the same author's:]  The Sad Shepherd: or, A Tale of Robin-Hood. London: [no publisher], 1641, title, paginated [115]-[156]. Three works in one volume [i.e. pagination continuous throughout], folio in 4s (282 x 192mm). (Some mainly marginal spotting and staining.) Stitched.

GESNER [or GESSNER], Conrad (1516-65). Vogelbuch, Zürich, 1557, 219 fine woodcut illustrations of birds, in an EXCEPTIONALLY FINE contemporary pigskin binding. FIRST GERMAN EDITION.GESNER [or GESSNER], Conrad (1516-65).  Vogelbuch. Darin die art, natur und eigenschafft aller vöglen. Zürich: Christoffel Froschouer, 1557. Folio (384 x 245mm). Woodcut illustration on title, initials, 219 fine woodcut illustrations of birds, most attributed to Lukas Schan or Schram of Strasbourg (a few small holes to title not affecting letters or illustration, 3 leaves torn without loss not affecting illustrations, marginal stain starting at LXXXVI and expanding towards the end, but not affecting text or illustration, a few other mainly marginal stains and spots). EXCEPTIONALLY FINELY BOUND IN ELABORATE CONTEMPORARY BLIND-STAMPED PANELLED PIGSKIN, with small figures of the Apostles, and old, probably original, engraved clasps, the upper cover with the initials "VGGJEFZA" and the date "1561" stamped in black, the spine with 5 raised bands (some light staining and rubbing). Provenance: later pencil inscription on the front pastedown explaining the initials on the front cover: "V(on) G(ottes) G(naden) J(oachim) E(rnst) F([illegible word]) Z(u) A(nhalt)";  later illegible pencil signature on front free endpaper; Edwin Schindler 1950 (marginal stamp on title). THE FIRST GERMAN EDITION of the second volume (on birds) of Gesner's monumental work of natural history, often regarded as "the starting-point of modern zoology" (Anker). "Conrad Gesner was one of the great polymaths of the Renaissance ... His 'History of Animals' is an encyclopedia of contemporary knowledge, intended to replace not only medieval compilations but even Aristotle's work of the same title ... The work consists of five large volumes [of which the present volume is the second] ... The first four volumes deal with quadrupeds, birds and fishes; the posthumous fifth volume with snakes and, in an appendix, scorpions ... Although the Historia animalium does not yet show any recognition of a connexion between different forms of living nature and fails to conform to our modern ideas of biological research, it was a great step forward and remained the most authoritative zoological book between Aristotle and the publication of Ray's classification of fauna in 1693" (PMM). Anker p.10-11: "The volume dealing with birds ... was [first] published in 1555. It gives descriptions and pictures of a large number of birds (altogether 217 figures) material for which was drawn from many different sources ... But this volume also contains original observations made by the author or by his contemporary and fellow zoologists, from whom he procured information ... Gesner's encyclopedic work acquired such prestige and importance during the following period that it is often regarded as the starting-point of modern zoology. Its great reputation and wide circulation were largely due to the fact that it was decorated with so many pictures in the form of woodcuts that it marked a new departure in the field of zoological illustration"; Brunet II, 391-392 (citing the full work "Historia animalium" of 5 vols., but not mentioning this edition of the ornithological volume, or erroneously dating it to 1554): "Pendant près de deux siècles ce grand ouvrage a été le livre le meilleur et le plus complet que l'on eût sur la zoologie générale, et sous plus d'un rapport il mérite encore une place distinguée dans la bibliothèque du naturaliste curieux de suivre l'histoire des progès de la science"; Nissen IVB 350; PMM 77 (citing the full work "Historia animalium" of 5 vols.); Wood p.356.

MARTYN [or MARTIN], William (1562-1617). The Historie and Lives of the Kings of England, London, 1638, contemporary calf.MARTYN [or MARTIN], William (1562-1617).  The Historie and Lives of the Kings of England, from William the Conquerour to the end of the reigne of King Henry the VIII ... Whereunto is now added the Historie of King Ed. VI, of Queen Mary, and Q. Elizabeth. London: "Printed by R. Young, for himselfe and others," 1638 [with, at the end, as usual in this edition: The Successions of the Dukes and Earles. London: Printed for Robert Young, 1638]. Small folio (258 x 175mm). Elaborate engraved architectural title, 20 engraved portraits after Renold Elstracke, headpieces and initials (engraved title torn with loss at edges and laid down, one portrait torn without loss, a few leaves torn or frayed with minor loss, some light spotting and staining, lacks all after Hhhh of The Succession). Contemporary calf gilt (heavily rubbed). Provenance: John Elliott [followed by illegible place name] (old signature at head of dedication). The third, much expanded, edition of a work that was first printed in 1615. Brunet III, 312: "Ce livre est peu de chose en lui-même, mais les portraits grav. par Elstracke, dont il orné, lui donnent quelque prix ... L' édit. de 1638, continuée jusqu'à la mort de la reine Elizabeth, ne renferme que des épreuves usées ..."; STC 17527 (1615 edition). Sold not subject to return.

APIAN, Peter (1495-1552). Astronomicum Caesareum, Leipzig, 1967, modern pigskin. Facsimile edition.APIAN, Peter (1495-1552).  Astronomicum Caesareum. [Leipzig: 1967]. Folio (450 x 300mm). Coloured plates, 20 with volvelles, initials, some coloured and heightened with gold, tables. Attractively bound in modern tan pigskin lettered in gilt, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt edges. NUMBER 441 OF 750 COPIES. A facsimile of the 1540 edition of Apian's celebrated treatise on Ptolemaic astronomy, with working volvelles. Without Diedrich Wattenburg's accompanying volume of explanatory text. 

ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - Victor ADAM (1801-[?]66). Alphabets et Chiffres Récréatifs, Paris, [c. 1834], 9 lithographed plates, original pictorial wrappers. With 4 other illustrated books. (5)ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - Victor ADAM (1801-[?]66).  Alphabet et Chiffres Récréatifs. Paris: Chez Aumont [and] Tessari et Cie., [c. 1834]. Oblong 4to (278 x 370mm). 9 lithographed plates, each illustrating 4 letters (waterstained, some spotting and staining, one plate torn without loss, some fraying). Disbound in original printed pictorial wrappers (small stain on upper wrapper, some fraying). With 4 other illustrated books, namely Gustave Goetschy's Les Jeunes Peintres Militaires (Paris, 1878, folio, plates, some staining, original cloth, rather worn), Für artige Kinder ([?Berlin, c. 1890], 12mo, chromolithographed plates, original paper coloured pictorial  boards), André Simon's Les Pauvres de France en Angleterre (London, [c. 1920], illustrations by Frank Brangwyn and others, original buckram, stained, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author) and Humbert Wolfe's ABC of the Theatre (London, The Cresset Press, [1934], full-page illustrations by Edward Burra, original black and silver paper boards). The lot sold not subject to return. (5)

"THE PHONEY-WAR", DUNKIRK, THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ - "The Leader Foolscap Folio Diary for 1940". Manuscript diary on c. 50 leaves kept by Thomas A. Johnson."THE PHONEY WAR", DUNKIRK, THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ - "The Leader Foolscap Folio Diary for 1940" [title printed on upper wrapper]. Folio (320 x 210mm). Manuscript diary on c. 50 leaves ruled in red and blue, with extensive daily entries kept from 1st January to 16th September 1940, after which, following the enlistment of the diarist, they become sparser or non-existent. Provenance: Thomas A. Johnson (contemporary signature, in the same hand as the diary, on the upper wrapper - see note). A FASCINATING, MOVING AND OCCASIONALLY UNSETTLING DAY-BY-DAY ACCOUNT OF LIFE IN WARTIME PROVINCIAL ENGLAND in which world events are thrown into poignant relief by mundane descriptions of domestic life, including a great deal of gardening, listening to concerts and plays on The Home Service and numerous visits to "the Pictures" ("Askey film awful"). The opening of the diary is remarkable for its apparent lack of interest in the war - a testament to its initial "phoney" status - which it does not allude to until the 13th March when the entry abruptly states, "Finns agreed to Russia's terms." From there on, the international situation plays an increasingly prominent and anguished part in the entries as it starts to intrude upon the everyday life and emotions of the writer and his family: on 18th March, for instance, "Hitler met Mussolini"; on 8th April, "British lay mines in Norwegian waters"; on 9th April (in a much larger hand than the rest of the entry), "Germany invaded Denmark and Norway. War started in earnest"; on 13th April, "Navy sank 7 Destroyers at Narvik. 1000 men lost. Dora here. Rolled back lawns. Tidied old greenhouse"; on 22nd April, "Planes droning all night"; on 6th May, "3 Destroyers gone west"; on 16th May, "War waging fiercely. The greatest Battle ever known"; on 19th May, "Put sweet peas out. Mowed back lawns. Churchill spoke 1st time as Prime Minister"; on 21st May, "Germans advancing rapidly towards English Channel. French traitors fail to blow up bridge"; on 29th May, "B. E. F. withdrawing to coast due to Belgian surrender"; on 13th June, "Terrible war news. Afraid France is done for"; on 14th June, "Germans enter Paris. Fine day, to Hooton. Home 5. Did gardening"; on 17th June, "France stops fighting. Terrible news. Britain left alone to fight";  on 21st June, "Hitler meets French in forest to discuss peace terms. Felt very miserable"; on 28th June, "Nazis been over Speke. Dropped bombs. Washed hair"; on 29th June: "Hitler to march through London on Aug. 15th"; on 19th July, "Hitler plans to invade to-night!!!"; on 22nd July, "3rd air raid warning 1-45 - 2am. All got up and went to shelter. I had to get out for fear of suffocating. Ma had brandy"; on 27th July, "Poles starving. 2000 dying each day. [?]Em gathering Dora's apples"; on 13th September, "Felt hellishly miserable. Cannot stand many more goodbyes! Germans ready for invasion. Troops massed"; on 16th September (having enlisted), "Diary must end from to-day onwards. Complete change of life for me from 16th until after the war. Went on [?]9.30 train. Raining. Felt very miserable. Drills etc. Had kit and coat stolen. Did not sleep well." On the verso of the final leaf, under the heading "Air Blitz Kreig[sic] Aug 11/40", is listed a tally of aircraft losses on either side from 11th August to 20th August, 1940, in which German losses are a great deal higher than British ones. The keeper of these diaries is almost certainly the composer, arranger and music teacher Thomas Arnold Johnson (1908-89) who would have been about 32 at the time of writing. The attribution can be made with some confidence since many of the entries mention place names in the locale of Neston, the Wirral, where he lived his whole life, and also describe composing, arranging and teaching music, and list, on an almost daily basis, every major piece of music he listened to, in the evenings, on the Home Service. It is not known in which capacity or rank he served in the war but we do know that, happily, he survived it and went on to a long and successful career in music.

MISCELLANY - Observations sur la Physique, sur l' Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts, Paris, 1786, vol. XXVIII [only], engraved plates, contemporary calf. With 15 other books. (16)MISCELLANY - Observations sur la Physique, sur l' Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal de Physique, Janvier-Juin, 1786. Volume XXVIII [only], 4to (253 x  195mm). Woodcut device on title, headpiece, 12 engraved plates, tables (a few holes in one plate not affecting image, some mainly marginal spotting and staining). Contemporary half calf and speckled boards (rubbed, corners worn). With 15 other miscellaneous books including Euclid's Elementorum sex priores libri recogniti opera Christiani Melder (Leiden and Amsterdam, 1673, 12mo, engraved title, contemporary vellum), Histoire de l' Academie Royale des Sciences. Année MDCCIII [only] (Paris, 1705, folding engraved plates, tables, contemporary calf, heavily rubbed), Lucretius's De rerum natura. Libri VI (Padua, 1721, contemporary vellum), Memoire pour M. le Prince Hereditaire de Hesse, Defendeur, contre sa Maj. Le Roi de Pologne, Electeur de Saxe, Demandeur, avec la Reponse a la Replique de sa Majesté le Roi de Pologne (Strasbourg, 1750, folio, 62-pages, old parchment-backed boards), Académie Universelle des Jeux, contenant les Regles de tous les Jeux, avec des Instructions Faciles pour apprendre à les bien jouer, augmentée du Jeu de Whisk (Paris, 1765, first part (only, of 2), folding table, contemporary calf), Etienne Bézout's Cours de Mathématiques, à l' Usage du Corps Royal de l' Artillerie (Paris, 1770, 2 parts in one vol. ([?]only), 6 folding engraved plates at the end, tables, contemporary marbled paper boards), François du Rondeau's Mémoire sur la Question: Quelles sont les Plantes les plus utiles des Pays-Bas, et quel est leur usage dans la Medecine et dans les Arts? (Brussels, 1772, 18-pages, wrappers), Erneuerte Schulordnung für die leteinischen Stadtschulen (Dresden, 1773, contemporary calf), Josef von Quarin's Animadversiones practicæ in diversos morbos (Vienna, 1786, contemporary half calf, rather worn) and Maximilian Stoll's Rationis medendi, in nosocomio practico Vindobonensi (Paris, 1787, 3 parts in one vol. ([?]only), contemporary calf). Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. Please note that only a part of this lot is illustrated. The lot sold not subject to return. (16)

DINGLER, Johann Gottfried (1778-1855, editor), and others. Polytechnisches Journal, Stuttgart [and Berlin], 1820-1908, vols. 1 - 323 bound in 302 vols. and 2 index vols. (lacking vols. 69, 261 and 270), folding plates, various bindings. (304)DINGLER, Johann Gottfried (1778-1855, editor), Emil Maximilian DINGLER (1806-74, editor), and others.  Polytechnisches Journal. Stuttgart and Berlin: In der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung [with variants to the imprint and editors later in the run], 1820-1908. Volumes 1 - 323 bound in 302 volumes (lacking vols. 69, 261 and 270) and with 2 index volumes; vols. 1 - 280: 8vo (218 x 130mm) and vols. 281 - 323: folio (310 x 220mm). Folding engraved and lithographed plates at the end of the octavo vols., a few hand-coloured, some printed on pale blue paper; half tone and wood-engraved illustrations in the folio vols. (some spotting and staining, a few plates loose or detached). Vols. 1 - 74 in contemporary [?or publisher's] near-uniform blue paper boards with manuscript spine labels, yellow edges; vols. 75 - 323 in contemporary [?or publisher's] near-uniform marbled paper boards with orange gilt lettering pieces (variously worn, but generally in a remarkable state of preservation). Provenance: unidentified blue institutional stamps on titles; from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. A VERY SUBSTANTIAL RUN OF THIS CELEBRATED GERMAN SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL, the oldest German technical journal not affiliated to a trade association, and one of the most important technical journals of the 19th-century. Johann Gottfried Dingler, the German chemist and industrialist, founded and edited the journal from its inception until 1840, when it was taken over by his son Emil. After 111 years of continuous publication, the Journal ceased publication in 1931 in the wake of the world economic crisis. An old typed catalogue index card for the set indicates that the three missing volumes in the sequence (i.e. vols. 69, 261 and 270) have been missing for some time, although the same index card records the presence of 3 further folio vols. at the end of the run (1909-11) which are not here present. The first of the 2 index volumes, dated 1843, covers vols. 1 - 78; the second, dated 1853, covers vols. 79 - 118. Kirchner 3940; Poggendorff I, 573. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. (304)

FIGUIER, Louis (1819-94). Les Merveilles de l' Industrie, Paris, [1873-77], 4 vols., contemporary morocco-backed boards. With 3 other works in 6 vols. (10)FIGUIER, Louis (1819-94).  Les Merveilles de l' Industrie ou Description des Principales Industries Modernes. Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie., [1873-77]. 4 volumes, folio (285 x 190mm). Half titles, wood-engraved plates and illustrations (some spotting and staining). Attractively bound in contemporary dark burgundy morocco-backed boards, spines gilt (boards rubbed at edges). With 3 other works in 6 vols. including the same author's Les Merveilles de la Science (Paris, [c. 1867], 4 vols. [without the 2 later supplementary vols.], uniformly bound). Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. (10)

Agnes Martin (American, 1912-2004)Paintings and Drawings 1974-1990 The complete set of ten lithographs printed in colours, 1991, on transparency wove, with text in Dutch, English, French and German, from the edition of 2,500, printed by Lecturis, Eindhoven, co-published by Nemela & Lenzen GmbH, Mönchengladback and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, on the occasion of the artist's 1991 retrospective, the sheets loose as issued, within the original grey card portfolio with accompanying exhibition catalogue, overall 310 x 310 x 19mm (12 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 3/4in)(Folio)(10)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Charles II (1630-1685, King of Scotland, England and Ireland), document, signed, Whitehall, 20th Feb 1669, to the Master of the Wardrobe, Edward Montagu Earl of Sandwich, an order of cloth for the Northern armies, document on vellum, with the seal, folio, 1p Condition Report: Expected age toning and soiling, spots, folds, some minor splits to the edges, otherwise fine Condition Report Disclaimer

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852, soldier and Tory statesman), 9th Dec 1823, a military commission for John Lefevre to become a Lieutenant in North Hants Corps, partially printed document on vellum, signed with a seal, with folds, folio 1p., Condition Report: Some age wear and spotting, signature clear, seal cracked but clear Condition Report Disclaimer

Queen Anne (1665-1714, Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland), document, signed ("Anne R"), Kensington Palace, 4th Mar 1704, a royal warrant ("Maundy Warrant no 21") to Ralph Duke of Montagu, ordering cloth to make robes for Maundy Service, document on vellum with a seal, countersigned by William Von Huls, folio, 1 p ["(...) One hundred and twenty six yards of russet cloth to make gowns for forty two poor men in our Maundy , forty two pairs of single sealed shoes and forty two pair of stocking for them. Item two, hundred and thirty six ells of Holland cloth as well to make shirts for the said poor men and also to be employed in that service. Twenty six pairs of gearing and trusting sheets of two breaths and a half of holland cloth and two ells three quarters long every sheet(...)"] Condition Report: Expected folds, age toning and soiling. Condition Report Disclaimer

George I (1660-1727, King of Great Britain and Ireland), document, signed, Court at St. James, 17 February 1715, to the Master of the Wardrobe, John, Duke of Montagu, an order of clothes, warrant on paper, with a seal, folio, 1p. ["Our will and pleasure is that you provide and deliver to out trusty and welbeloved Sir David Nairne, Knight, Secretary to our most ancient and most noble Order of the Thistle, and to Thomas Brand Esq, our usher of the said Order, for their liveries, and to each of them, a mantle of green sattin lined with white taffeta, on the left shoulder of each an escutcheon (...) charged with a St. Andrew's cross of silver embroidery with strings and tassels of gold and green, the mantles to be of the same form and fashion as Garter and Black Rods, and to contain the like quantity of materials(...)] Condition Report: Age wear and toning, folds, pencil annotation, fraying to the edges but overall fine Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ [Sir Winston Churchill] Ceremonial to be Observed at the Funeral of the Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, 30 January 1965, super 8vo, 11 pp; The Order of Service for the Funeral... at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in the City of London, small 8vo, 20 pp, stapled in matching original printed wrappers with wide purple blocked border, together with Arrangements for the Attendance of the Queen and The Duke Edinburgh, folio, 4pp stapled in original wrappers, and a seating plan for the Royal Family, folio, 2pp stapled in corner (4 items) Condition Report: Slight bend to the Ceremonial, otherwise fine Condition Report Disclaimer

George II (1683-1760, King of Great Britain and Ireland), royal warrant, signed, ordering robes to initiate Frederick Landgrave of Hesse-Casselto the Order of the Garter, folio, date missing Condition Report: Large portions missing Condition Report Disclaimer

Folio of comic artwork to include; Brian Walker: 'Johnny Fartpants' (VIZ) and 'The Three Blairs', Bob Nixon: 'Frankie Stein', Stage School', Bob Bennett, Creepy Comix (Reg Parlett), The Black Bob ( Jack Prout) etc

JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN: THE LORD OF THE RINGS - THE HOBBIT - THE SILMARILLION, London, Folio Society, 2002, 3 vols, 1 vol, 1 vol original decorative cloth gilt, slip-cases, vgc

JANE AUSTEN: WORKS, intro Richard Church, ill Joan Hassall, London, Folio Society, 1975, 7 vols, original cloth backed decorative boards, slip-case (7)

THE BIBLE THAT IS..., London, Christopher Barker, 1576, Geneva version 1st folio edition of this version printed in England, general title and next 3 pages supplied in facsimile, New Testament title also supplied in facsimile, bound in at end THE WHOLE BOOKE OF PSALMES..., London, John Day, 1576, lacks final leaf, small fo, old calf rebacked, Herbert 144

FOLIO SOCIETY, 21 assorted vols including 16 slip-cased

FOLIO SOCIETY: 19 assorted vols including 18 slip-cased