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A collection of twenty-seven Folio Society books, the majority in individual slipcases, to include 'The Princes in the Tower', 'Alexander the Great' and 'Journal of the Plague Year'

A folio of Benjamin Clark drawings and prints

THE FOLIO SOCIETY, nineteen book titles comprising, W.B. Yeats Collected Poems, Betjeman's Britain, a five book set of The Story Of the Middle Ages, Retreat From Moscow - Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne, Brief Lives by John Aubrey, Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, four titles by Anthony Trollope, The Last Chronicle Of Barset, The Small House at Allington, Framley Parsonage and Doctor Thorne, The Fire Of Liberty (no slipcase) Fathers And Sons by Ivan Turgenev, Laxdaela Saga, The Trial of John Bunyan & The Persecution of the Puritans, and Animal Farm by George Orwell, all titles in slipcases unless stated, condition of slipcases generally fair with some scuffing, book conditions generally good

A folio of pictures some jazz

A SET OF 15 BURMESE KAMMAVACA MANUSCRIPTS WITH COVERS Burma, 19th/20th century, fifteen monastic ordination folio palm leaves, gilt red lacquered ground, thick black lacquered 'magyi-zi' text, the two covers in teak, gilt ground ground, four red painted prostrating figures, foliate decorated sides, holes on left hand side for tying together 64.5 x 15cm covers Condition: Condition Report Some occasional chips to leaves. This is an auction of preowned and antique items. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and you should expect general wear and tear commensurate with age and use. We strongly advise you to examine items before you bid. Condition reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are our general assessment of damage and restoration. Whilst care is taken in their drafting, they are for guidance only. We will not be held responsible for oversights concerning damage or restoration.

Property from the Estate of the Late Frank Pottinger: The Napier University Portfolio; a folio containing eight limited edition prints by 20th century Scottish artists originally sold on behalf of Napier University, Edinburgh to benefit Higher Education, comprising: Barbara Rae C.B.E., R.A., R.S.A. (Scottish, b. 1943), Fast Castle, etching, signed in pencil, ed. 17/60; Peter Howson O.B.E. (Scottish, b. 1958), Angus, lithograph, signed in pencil, dated (20)01, ed. 17/60; John Byrne R.S.A. (Scottish, b. 1950), J'Accuse, lithograph, signed and titled in pencil, ed. 17/60; Stuart Duffin (Scottish, b. 1959), Street of Prophets, etching, signed and dated (20)01 in pencil, ed. 17/60; Frank Pottinger R.S.A. (Scottish, 1932-2022), Untitled, etching, signed and dated (20)01 in pencil, ed. 17/60; Ian McKenzie Smith C.B.E., P.P.R.S.A., P.P.R.S.W., L.L.D. R.G.I. (Scottish, b. 1935), Untitled, screenprint, monogrammed in pencil, ed. 17/60; John Houston O.B.E., R.S.A., R.S.W., R.G.I., S.S.A. (Scottish, 1930 - 2008), Bass Rock, Evening Storm, lithograph, signed and titled in pencil, ed. 17/60; and Fiona Waston (b. 1952), Natural Progression, etching, signed and titled in pencil, ed. 17/60, each sheet 44cm by 56cm, printed on heavy wove paper by Glasgow Print Studio. (8) Note: the portfolio originally contained ten prints - the two missing artists from this example are William Baillie and Elizabeth Blackadder.

'Six Masters of the Poster of the Eighteen-Nineties' Sunday Times Publishing - A Folio of prints inc Toulouse - Lautrec etc Limited Edition number 1241/2000

Hogarth ( William) Les Satyres. Oeuvre moral et Comique. Folio. Published London, by Robert Sayer 1768. Half calf, C J Peacock library label Seventy five engravings in all, vast majority in fine order, some neat repairs, five with noticeable tears

David and Charles Reprints, Camden's Britannia 1695. A facsimile edition of the 1695 edition of the 1695 edition published by Edmund Gibson. Folio, published 1971. Together with Elmes ( James) Metropolitan Improvements, or London in the Nineteenth Century, published 1827 and Westall ( William) , Great Britain Illustrated, 1830

A large leather folio of various pictures and prints

A Compendious Treatise of Anatomy by J Tinney, a folio containing eight copper plate engravings

Folio Society - collection of assorted folio society books covering fiction, history and myths, to include two 3-volume sets and 20 single books, all with individual slip-cases (26 total books)

Folio Society - J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings 3 volume set in slip-case and The Hobbit single book with slip-case

Collection of vintage books to include Burke's Landed Gentry Vols 1 and 2 1898, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, Armorial Families, 4 volume of Ogilvie's Imperial Dictionary Of The English Language, Folio Society books to include The Prisoner Of Zenda, 3 Men In A Boat The Tragedy Of Macbeth, The Wit Of Oscar Wilde and As You Like it. Also included Picturesque Australia, various artist guides, Common Prayer and Communion book, A Sketch Of The Life And Writings Of Fenelon by The Archbishop Of Cambray (printed 1810) etc. (2 boxes)

Mabef beech folding folio stand, another similar and a painted music stand, (3)

FOUR TIBETAN SUTRA PAGES WITH POLYCHROME ILLUMINATIONS, 13TH-14TH CENTURY 十三至十四世紀四頁西藏彩繪佛經Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價Tibet. Opaque watercolor, silver, and black lacquer on parchment. Each folio inscribed in fine Tibetan calligraphy, two of the folios further painted with images of Buddha Shakyamuni in the upper corners.Provenance: Danish trade. Acquired from a private estate.Condition: Excellent and absolutely original condition with extensive wear, small tears and losses to edges, creasing, and soiling.Dimensions: Folio size 20 x 61 cm (the largest), Size incl. frame 52 x 71.5 cm (each) Each set of two folios is framed behind glass. (2)Literature comparison: Compare two related sutra pages in the Rubin Museum of Art, object numbers C2006.66.669 and C2003.38.1. A similar treatment of the rainbow arches can also be seen on three related manuscript pages in the Rubin Museum of Art, illustrated on Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 700114.Auction result comparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Bonhams New York, 27 September 2020, lot 511Price: USD 6,075 or approx. EUR 6,400 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: An illuminated sutra page, Tibet, 13th centuryExpert remark: Compare the related manner of painting of the Buddhas with similar rainbow arches. Note the related size (17.5 x 61 cm). Note that this result is for a single sutra page only. 十三至十四世紀四頁西藏彩繪佛經西藏，羊皮紙，不透明水彩、銀漆和黑漆。 每對開頁均刻有精美的藏文書法，其中兩對開頁的上角還繪有釋迦牟尼佛像。 來源：丹麥古玩交易，來自私人收藏。 品相：狀況極佳，絕對原始，有嚴重磨損、小撕裂、邊緣缺失、摺痕和污垢。 尺寸：頁面20 x 61 厘米 (最大), 含框 52 x 71.5 厘米 (每件) 每套兩個對開頁均裝在玻璃後面 (2) 文獻比較： 比較兩件相近的彩繪佛經，收藏於Rubin藝術博物館，館藏編號C2006.66.669和C2003.38.1。三件相似的手稿頁上也可以看到對彩虹拱門的類似處理，收藏於Rubin藝術博物館，見Himalayan Art Resources，館藏編號700114。 拍賣結果比較： 形制：相近 拍賣：紐約邦翰斯，2020年9月27日，lot 511 價格：USD 6,075（相當於今日EUR 6,400） 描述：西藏十三世紀彩繪經頁 專家評論：比較相近的繪畫風格，有相似的拱門設計。請注意相近的尺寸(17.5 x 61 厘米)。請注意此為僅一頁。

Music.- [Wade (Joseph, composer, 1800/01-45)] [Urganda], manuscript 3 act opera, 60pp., last 2pp. small tears along folds, central folds, slightly browned, stitching working loose, unbound, loosely inserted in boards, folio, n.d. [?c. 1830]; and 4 others, including 3 letters from Christopher Collins, the Duke of Wellington’s valet, concerning the duke’s waistcoats, 1843, and a typescript by Una L. Silberrad, Two Tales of Ashmore, n.d. [c. 1920], v.s., v.d. (5).*** Provenance: Manuscript purchased by Richard Robert Madden (author and colonial administrator, 1798-1886), at the auction of Thomas Moore, which had been in the possession of his publisher, William Power. Joseph Wade was the friend and school fellow R.R. Madden.

Medieval Sermon.- 2 leaves from a sermon on Isaiah, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, double column, in brown and red ink, one 3-line initial in blue and red ink, two and three small wormholes, some slight surface wear, creased, extensively browned, margins trimmed, folio, [France], [c. 1380].

Nonesuch Press.- Dante Alighieri La Divina Commedia, translated by H.F. Cary, one of 1475 copies, printed in Monotype Blado, text in Italian and English, double-page plates from drawings by Sandro Botticelli, original vellum, stained orange, gilt, t.e.g., spine sunned, head of spine very slightly creased, otherwise an excellent copy, folio, Nonesuch Press, 1928.

Return of Peace (The). A Poem, half-title with a few spots, modern calf-backed marbled boards, for the Author, [1802] § Hardy (Philip Dixon) Wellington: A Poem, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece (damp-stained), one leaf with repaired tear to fore-edge without loss, light damp-staining to head of first and last few ff., toned, some light foxing and soiling, modern half morocco, uncut and unopened, for the Author, by Henry Kent Causton, 1814, first editions; and others, 19th century, including Edward Jones' "The Bardic Museum" with hand-coloured etched frontispiece by Rowlandson, 4to & folio (10)  *** The first mentioned with WorldCat recording only two institutional copies. The final few leaves contain "Lines, addressed to Providence, By a Shipwreck'd Stranger; As Published in the Bahama Gazette" which were "written, by the same Author, on the occasion of his deliverance from shipwreck, upon his homeward passage from Jamaica, by the Brig Adventure...".

Blank paper.- Album of c.75 sheets of blank paper, 391 x 153 (sheet size), 'Pro Patria' watermarks, numbered in ink top corners recto, damp-stained at head, a few very small wormholes, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary vellum, tall narrow folio, [late 18th century]. 

Hanway (Jonas) Proposal for County Naval Free-Schools, to be built on Waste Lands, giving such effectual Instructions to Poor Boys, as may nurse them for the Sea Service, first edition, engraved title, 8 engraved plates (7 folding), one with short splits to foldlines and one trimmed to platemark, folding engraved table, 48pp. engraved music, scattered faint spotting, faint spotting, off-setting, ex-Inner Temple Library with label and occasional ink-stamps, contemporary half-calf, rebacked and recornered, a little rubbed, folio, [1783].

Graduale Romanum, half-title, woodcut printer's device to title, printed in red and black throughout, woodcut initials, ink library stamp to front endpaper, first few leaves working loose, upper hinge broken but stitching holding, contemporary calf, ornately stamped in blind, spine head torn, some wear, remains of brass clasps, folio, Antwerp, Hieronymus & Joan. Bapt. Verdussen, 1662.

Tudor legal.- ?Curlys (Richard, ?attorney) Autograph Letter signed, 1p. with conjugate blank, no place, no date, [c. 1540], in a Tudor secretary hand, on legal matters, and referring to “my lord of ?ainhoe [?Aynho]… the attorney for you & the plaintiff”, folds, slightly stained in margin, Hand & Flower watermark, sm. folio (290 x 207mm.).

[Livius (Titus)] [Roemische Historien...], title in red and black, woodcut illustrations and decorative initials throughout, title defective, with upper third and portion at bottom lost (paper repairs), lacking C3 & C4, ?lacking final blank, worming, some holes affecting text with loss of letters, browning and staining, upper hinge and gutter very weak with portions coming loose, contemporary German blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, toned and stained, torn in places, [not in Adams; VD16 L 2114], folio, Strasbourg, Josias Rihel & Samuel Emmel, 1562.

Heraldry.- Bara (Jerome de) Le Blason des armoiries, second edition, numerous woodcut illustrations of arms, several with ?later hand-colouring towards the rear, small later watercolour of arms to rear endpaper, papal arms with hand-colouring laid down to rear pastedown, bookplates to front, title and following two ff. with paper repair to top fore-edge corner, final leaf laid down to sheet, occasional faint spots or soiling, nineteenth century half-calf, spine gilt, folio, Lyon, Bartholemew Vincent, 1581.*** This classic masterpiece about the art and science of heraldry, includes historical and fictional characters, such as Father John, Alexander the Great, Knights of the Round Table, figures from Greek and Roman mythology, European kings and aristocracy. First edition printed Lyon 1579. 

Racy advice to young gentleman.- [Pope (Alexander)] Sober Advice from Horace to the Young Gentlemen about Town, first edition (p.5, end of line 3 reads 'amiss'), parallel Latin and English texts with duplicate pagination, title with woodcut ornament with bust of a lady at head, woodcut head-pieces and historiated initials, closely trimmed at head, occasionally just touching pagination, some spotting, disbound, [Foxon P968; Griffith 347; Rothschild 1621], folio, Printed for T. Boreman, 1734.  *** Pope's anonymous sexually explicitly and personally allusive poem, for which Boreman paid the large sum of 60 guineas for the copyright. Includes a savage caricature of  Lady Mary Wortley Montagu as Fufidia, the woman who 'thirsts and hungers only at one end'.

Pain (William) The Builder's Companion and Workman's General Assistant, second edition, 88 engraved plates numbered 5-92 as issued, 5 folding, offsetting and spotting to plates, small patch of marginal staining to multiple leaves, some marking to margins most notable on title and endpapers, a few very small tears to fore-edge, creasing to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, re-backed and re-cornered, rubbed, folio, 1765. 

Medicine.- Culpeper (Nicholas) A Sure Guide; or, The Best and Nearest Way to Physick and Chyrurgery, 21 engraved plates only (of 24), lacking preliminary ff. A1, C1 & C2, light browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, covers detached, rubbed, extremities worn, by Peter Cole, 1657; and 9 others, similar, defective, including several Culpeper works, folio (10)

Judaica .- Josephus (Flavius) Le Grant Almageste, contenant les Annales et Antiquitez Iudaicques depuis la creation du Monde, title within ornate figurative woodcut border, 6 whole-page woodcut illustrations, woodcut initials, large woodcut printer's device to final leaf, small ink manuscript inscription to title head and bibliographical note in later hand to front endpaper, first 56ff. with defects and paper repairs at lower fore-edge corner, these leaves comprising the title with small loss to border and portion of imprint, ã2-4, ã6, A3 & A6 all with text affected but most with letters supplied in manuscript facsimile, and B1-J4 the repairs affecting blank margins only, otherwise some damp-staining, eighteenth panelled century calf, gilt, repair to lower cover, a little soiled and scuffed, folio, Paris, Denis Janot, 1533.*** Rare: USTC lists only one copy, and we can trace no copy at auction in last decade. Not in Adams, or Mortimer French. Woodcuts likely from incunabula illustrations. 

Jersey provenance.- Bible, French. La Sainte Bible, printer's device on title, text in double column, ruled in red throughout, numerous woodcut illustrations, including the Old Testament series after Hans Holbein, 14ff. of manuscript translation in at Mm6, title browned with paper repairs to edges and slip laid-down to verso, A2&3 mounted on stubs with a few innermost letters lost, Pp1-6 thin paper repairs to edges, Qq1-5 paper repairs with loss of side-notes and some other letters, Qq6 defective with lower half supplied in paper (?no text lost), otherwise occasional very minor spots of stains, nineteenth century morocco over boards, with brass centre-piece and corner-pieces, extremities slightly rubbed, most of brass clasps remaining, g.e., [not in Mortimer French], folio, Lyon, Balthazar Arnoullet, 1550.*** An illustrated edition of the Geneva version of the Bible in French, with Holbein's series of Old Testament illustrations. Notable also for its inclusion of III Maccabees, advertised on the title verso; in this copy a manuscript English translation of the French by one time owner, Mary Le Couteur, has been bound-in. Provenance: the Bailhache or Balhake family [dated eighteenth century ownership inscriptions to title].  Later, the Le Couteur family of Jersey [various and scattered ink ownership inscriptions, including one with small hand-drawn coat of arms]; bought by Mary Le Couteur in 1826 (autograph ink note), and passed to her son, John Le Couteur FRS, Aide de Camp to Queen Victoria. 

Anatomy.- Collins (Samuel) A Systeme of Anatomy, treating of the Body of Man, Beasts, Birds, Fish, Insects, and Plants, 2 vol., first edition, titles in red and black, engraved plates, light damp-staining, lacking engraved frontispiece and portrait, some gatherings detached or working loose, lacking the Epistle Dedicatory, some light damp-staining, some fraying or tearing, non-uniform calf, very worn some covers detached, Thomas Newcomb, 1685 § Browne (John) Myographia Nova: or A Graphical Description of All the Muscles in Humane Body, title and frontispiece supplied in facsimile, engraved plates, lacking plate 14 and 3 early muscle plates, 1 plate and 2ff. supplied in facsimile, some marking and staining, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, some wear to corners, Tho. Milbourn, 1698; and 5 others, defective works by Collins and Browne, folio; sold not subject to return (8)

Bible, French.- Le Premier volume de la Bible en françoys, vol. 1 only (of 2), title in red and black within figurative woodcut border, woodcut illustrations and initials, ?lacking final blank, eighteenth century calf, upper cover detached, lower nearly so, backstrip defective, worn, [Brunet II, 183; c.f. Mortimer French 64], folio, [?Lyon], [?Pierre Bailly], [?1531].   

Ovidius Naso (Publius) Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide, translated by Pierre Du-Ryer, second edition, title in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved illustrations throughout, lacking half-title, title a little soiled, with a couple of closed tears and paper verso repairs, and small hole to top blank margin, A1 closed tear from foot and H4, H5 & P3 closed tears repaired, eighteenth century mottled calf, re-backed, corners a little worn, folio, Brussels, François Floppens, 1677.*** Provenance: James Hope [bookplate]. 

[Gratianus]. [Decretum], 380 ff. (lacking all before fol.'II', and all after fol.'?DI.III'), 80 lines, blackletter, initials in blue and red throughout, most 2-line but many larger 5- and 9-lines, some of these with contrasting flourishing, large twentieth-century book-label laid-down to front pastedown, occasional instances of light spotting and larger stains, but generally quite clean, several leaves loose, later calf, spine defective, worn, [c.f. BMC V 235; c.f. Bod-Inc G183], folio, [?Venice], [?Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen],  [?c.1480] [sold not subject to return].  

Anatomy.- Crooke (Helkiah) Mikrokosmographia [graece]. A Description of the Body of Man. Together with the controversies thereto belonging, 2 parts in 1 vol., second edition, engraved additional title laid down with significant loss margins, woodcut illustrations, damp-staining causing fraying to numerous ff. with loss to text, pp. 1-60 misbound after p.214, later calf, rubbed, extremities worn, Thomas and Richard Cotes, 1631; and 7 others, similar, defective, including several editions of Mikrokosmographia, folio; sold not subject to return (8)

Medieval leaves.- Single leaf Quaestiones, 2 3-line initials in red and blue penwork, several 1-line initials, 56 lines, in light brown ink, several wormholes with some loss of text, one corner at head cut away, 336 x 200mm., [14th century]; Single leaf from Alphabetical Encyclopaedia (Tonsura, Tornamentum, Tractus etc.), 2 3-line initials in red and blue penwork, several one and 2-line initials, 66 lines, in dark brown ink, one side partially soiled, one side faded to illegibility, margins trimmed, 340 x 215mm., [14th century], manuscripts in Latin, on vellum, double column, both leaves with one side faded to illegibility, extensively browned, folio, v.s., v.d. (2).

Medicine.- Wirsung (Christoph) The General Practice of Physicke, translated by Jacob Morsan, second edition in English, title trimmed, detached and laid down, lacking A2, A3, 3H2, 3H7, 3H8, 311, and 3L8, some dampstaining, a few leaves defective, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked, [Wellcome I, 6759], Georg. Bishop, 1605; and 14 others, similar, defective, folio; sold not subject to return (15)

Lewis (Lady Theresa) Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852, 3 vol., engraved frontispieces, blind-stamps and bookplates, ink ownership inscription to half-titles, very occasional spotting, contemporary green half calf, gilt, t.e.g., slightly worn at creases, extremities slightly rubbed, fading to spines, 1865; and c.60 others, including biographies, Folio Society sets and some handsomely bound classics, v.s. (c.65)

Oxfordshire.- P[lot] (R[obert]) The Natural History of Oxford-shire, being an Essay toward the Natural History of England, first edition, initial imprimatur f., engraved title vignette,16 engraved plates, double-page folding map (laid down with some loss), engraved head-piece and initial to dedication, errata f., lacking final blank, armorial bookplate of Edmund Leopold Lockyer, a few plates with margins little trimmed, A1 inner-margin reinforced, a few minor marginal nicks or tears, the odd spot or light soiling, some light damp-staining to head towards end, contemporary calf, covers with central gilt arms, spine gilt in compartments, upper compartment renewed, small loss to spine ends, corners worn, rather rubbed, joints split at head and foot but holding, later endpapers, [Wing P2586], folio, Oxford, at the Theater..., 1677. *** Variant with the price at foot of title.  

Pare (Ambroise) The Workes...Translated out of Latine and compared with the French by Th. Johnson, first English edition, engraved title browned, trimmed and laid down with some loss to image, detached, woodcut illustrations, lacking unnumbered prelims and a few other text ff., staining and browning, creasing and a few tears, later half calf, upper cover detached, worn, Th. Cotes and R. Young, 1634; and 7 other defective editions of the same, folio; sold not subject to return (8)

[Choisnet (Pierre)] [Le Rozier ou Epithome Hystorial de France], second edition, woodcut illustrations throughout, woodcut initials, a couple of marginal early ink manuscript notes, lacking title (a1; but supplied in manuscript facsimile), lacking another leaf from first gathering (?a8), lacking all after b1 at end (therefore b2-4, but a further 2ff. of text supplied in manuscript facsimile), all leaves in first gathering and R3-4 with paper repairs to edges with loss of some text, side notes and illustrations, Ll2-4 frayed at edge loss of side notes, otherwise some trimming affecting headlines and side notes and a few stains, eighteenth century calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, extremities worn, [Adams F881; Brunet IV, 1441; Mortimer French 466; Renouard ICP III, 452], folio, [Gilles Couteau for François Regnault], [Paris], [1528].  

Suffolk, Barnham.- Rents due unto my Master Sir Henry Palmer Baronet, manuscript, 1p., small tear at head, creased, folio, 29th September 1664; and 6 others, including another Barnham document, a vellum document issued in the name of Louis XIII of France; a German ?legal manuscript, 1650’s-60’s, and two printed pieces of ephemera (1. Coronation of their Majesties King George III and Queen Charlotte; 2. Thomas Humphries, Watch and Clock Maker of Barnard Castle), v.s., v.d. (7).

Charles I and the Treaty of Newport.- Warwick (Sir Philip, politician and historian, 1609-83).- Draft letter with corrections and deletions to Sir Philip Warwick, “A Copie of a Letter to Sr Philip Warwick assisting at the Treatie at the Isle of Wight”, 3pp., folio, 17th October 1648, containing extended remarks on the treaty negotiations, “Wee are Wondring to what End the King soe earnestly conjured all men to draw on a Treatie by their utmost Strengths and Interests; being thereby made confident that He would not disappoint our hopes; but would make it a certaine and happy inducement to a succeeding Peace”, second page small piece of corner torn away not affecting text, folds, slightly browned.  *** Apparently unpublished.

William III.- Chevalier (Nicolas) Histoire de Guillaume III, first edition, 2 engraved frontispieces (1 by de Romeyn de Hooghe and 1 by Adriaen Schoonebeeck), 12 full-page engraved illustrations by Romeyn de Hooghe, title in red and black, with engraved device, engraved head-pieces, initials and illustrations by Adriaen Schoonebeeck, intermittent uniform browning, a few scattered spots, contemporary calf, gilt, lightly scuffed, folio, Amsterdam, 1692.*** Plates include royal entries, architecture and coins.

Law.- Justinianus I. Commentarius in Quatuor Libros Institionum Iuris Civilis, edited by François Hotman, second edition, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut head-pieces and historiated initials, final f. blank, some mostly marginal water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, upper cover with black initials 'I C K H', lacking ties, stained, [Adams H1063 & J643], folio, Lyon, Antoine Gryphe for Thibaud Payen, 1567. *** A wide-margined copy of this handsomely printed second corrected edition of Hotman's important commentary on the Corpus juris civilis. 

Architecture.- Vignola (Giacomo Barozzi da) Regola delli Cinque Ordini d'Architettura, engraved throughout with architectural title and 36 numbered plates including privilege and dedication, plate 24 with marginal tear just touching border, n.p., n.d.; Alcune Opere d'Architettura, edited by Francesco Villamena, engraved architectural title and 11 unnumbered engraved plates, including 2 of the Gesù Church in Rome, the final two perhaps from a different copy, (some copies have title & 12 or 17 plates), Rome, 1617, together 2 works in 1, some marginal staining, eighteenth century half calf, upper joint broken but just holding at head, lower starting to crack, folio.

Mussolini (Benito, fascist dictator, 1883-1945) & Victor Emmanuel III (King of Italy, 1869-1947) Commission of Lieutenant Colonel Romanelli of Artillery to be director of the artillery directorate of Messina, D.s. “Mussolini” & “Victor Emanuel”, printed with manuscript insertions, ink stamp in lower corner, folio, Rome, 28th January 1926; and another, a postcard portrait of Mussolini, v.s., v.d. (2).

Children's.- Grandmama Easy's Account of the New Buildings of London, hand-coloured wood-engraved illustrations, one or two tears at edges, original pictorial wrappers, soiled, Dean & Co., [c.1850] § T. (T.S.) Riquet with the Tuft. A Fairy Tale in Verse, plates and illustrations by C.L.K., original cloth, Ipswich, Cowell's Anastatic Press, [c.1860] § U[niacke)] (M[ary]) The Dolls' Pic-Nic, first edition, 6 hand-coloured plates, original cloth, Darton & Co., [1860], all rubbed; and 8 others, children's, and an envelope of hand-coloured zoological wood-engraved plates by Whymper for the S.P.C.K., 4to & folio (12)

Rendell (Ruth, novelist and short story writer, 1930-2015), “Barbara Vine.” The Blood Doctor, original draft typescript with extensive manuscript corrections, together with a covering letter gifting the draft and a typescript of the finished version of the novel, numerous pp., unbound, folio, [c. 2002]. 

Anatomy.- [Geminus (Thomas)] [Compendiosa totius anatomie delineatio aere exarata], black letter, 53 unnumbered leaves only, 18 engraved plates only, A2&3 with significant loss affecting text, damp-staining, marginal tears, chipping and repairs, loose in later calf, rebacked, [?1559]; and 2 others defective 16th century editions of the same, with 37 & 30 plates respectively, folio; sold not subject to return (3)

Lucian of Samosata. Luciani opera. Icones Philostrati. Eiusdem Heroica. Eiusdem vitae Sophistarum. Icones Iunioris Philostrati. Descriptiones Callistrati, woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso, a few early ink notes to margins in Greek, lacking αα3-6, but with δδ4-5 supplied from another copy (leaf slightly shorter), modern morocco with Aldine device in gilt to covers, portions of older back-strip retained, [Edit16 63229 & 37673; Renouard 39/3 & 95/4], folio, Venice, Aldus and Andrea Torresano, 1503-22.*** A mixed edition of the Aldine Lucian. Final colophon dated 1522, but colophon on εε2 with 1503; the text was reissued in 1522 with a preface by Giovanni Francesco Torresano, which is not here present (the 1503 edition has no preface), and a new colophon on the final leaf. The printed pagination in this copy is unusually located at the centre of the upper margin, rather than at the outer corner.The missing leaves contained “De morte Peregrini” which was on the Index of Prohibited Books, and removed by an early reader. The same was the case for the "Philopatria", on δδ4-5, though these were subsequently supplied from another copy.Provenance: Jesuits of Venice [ink inscription to title]. 

Bible, English.- Bible (The): that is, the Holy Scriptures contained in the Olde and Newe Testament, woodcut device to title, woodcut illustrations, double-column, folding plate and map both heavily defective, trimmed occasionally touching headlines, previous owner's ink inscription to title & title verso, ink manuscript arrows throughout, one or two short marginal tears, 2L3 with small loss to fore-edge, 2M4 with loss to lower corner just touching text, 3A2, 3G5 & 3G6 with tears into text, 5M1 with tear into text and old repair, 5X3-5X5 with tears and loss affecting text (old repairs), lacking 5X6 (?blank),  [Herbert 148], Christopher Barker, 1577, bound after, The Booke of Common Prayer, title in red and black within woodcut border, double-column, occasional manuscript ink notes, Robert Barker, 1603, scattered staining, near contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, upper cover detached, small loss to spine extremities, rubbed and worn, folio.

Orsini (Fulvio) Imagines et elogia virorum illustrium et eruditor, first edition, engraved title within ornate architectural border, ink ownership inscription to foot, whole-page engraved illustrations, woodcut illustrations, lacking 2ff. in middle (F2-3) and final f. (O4) with colophon on verso, some off-setting, spotting and other stains, contemporary vellum, upper joint cracked, a few small stains, [Adams U72; EDIT 16 CNCE 37885; Mortimer Italian 329], folio, [Venice and] Rome, Pietro Deuchino for Antoine Lafréry, 1570.*** First edition of a major early collection of ancient Greek and Roman portraits, busts, inscriptions and coins, edited by Fulvio Orsini (1529-1600), librarian to the Farnese family.

Steel Foundry.- Shaw & Co. (W., Wellington Cast Steel Foundry, Middlesbrough) [Photographs of Munitions Production], 5 gelatine prints mounted on thick card, 7 prints c.250 x 290mm., with printed captions on card and photographer's name in blind, mounts lightly soiled or worn, loose together with 2 duplicates and 3 other similar prints in modern cloth portfolio with ties, oblong folio, Middlesbrough, M.Wright, [?1914-18]. *** Shaw and Company at the Wellington Cast Steel Foundry were engaged in supplying various kinds of castings used in connection with war vessels. They also supplied aeroplane bombs, stern frames and propeller brackets for the Admiralty. These unusual photographs include a series of four photographs of aerial bombs in various stages of manufacture. William Shaw’s Wellington Foundry was started in 1881 and was one of a number of enterprises that utilized the phosphoric ores in Cleveland area. 

'Secret history' of Justinian.- Procopius Caesariensis. Anekdota [graece]. Arcana historia, qui est liber nonus Historiarum, 2 parts in 1,  first edition, text in Greek & Latin, title printed in red and black and with large engraved printer's device, engraved illustrations in text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, later ink note concerning the work to front free endpaper, occasional spotting, lightly browned, later calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, all but one of which with hexagram with central initials 'MI', covers with gilt double filet border, upper joint split, but holding firm, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Hoffmann III, 298; Schweiger I, 277], folio, Lyon, Andrea Brugiotti, 1623. *** Handsomely printed secret history of the reign of the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian, with scandalous anecdotes about his wife Theodora and the Byzantine court.

Silius Italicus. Punica, edited by Petrus Justinus Philelphus, collation: [*]2 a–h I k–p10 q8 r6 (a1 is unsigned, a2 is signed a1, a3 a2, etc.), 162ff. (of 166, lacking [*]1&2 (Pliny to Caninius Rufus & Martial Epigrammaton), a1 (blank) & r6 (blank)), 38 lines, Roman type, 6-line initials in blue and red, the first with marginal flourish in red, 'a1'[a2] with small closed tear and slightly toned, 17th century calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, gilt, a few scuffs, [BMC VI 717; Goff S505; GW M42090; Bod-Inc S-199; ISTC 00505000], a wide-margined copy, folio (268 x 188 mm.), Milan, Antonius Zarotus, for Johannes de Legnano, 1481.*** Rare copy at auction of the third edition of this epic poem about the Second Punic War, after two earlier Roman versions from 1471. Provenance: from the family library of "H. Walter, Coll: Regal: Cant:" dated 1754 [ink inscription to front endpaper]. 

*EDMUND BLAMPIED (1886-1966) A folio of unframed lithographs'Two dogs and a cat eating (or the Bronx cheer); '3 dogs after a man with a wooden leg'; 'Heil Hitler'; 'Off to a fancy dress ball'; 'That blasted maid's put my jacket on wrong again'; 'When I am crosseyed do I look stationary to you?; 'For charity'; and two examples of 'Cyclist and his dog going uphill' (9)

Military Strategy - a folio of diagrams relating to siege warfare, comprising first system of Vauban and the modern system, B57 Knight, 1853, each approximately 43.5cm x 73cm (6)

WALTON, Isaac (and COTTON, Charles), 'The Complete Angler etc.'. 'The sixth ed.'. Rivington, 1797. Full contemporary calf. Generally at least 'Good'. Decently bound. Comes with a 1950s Folio Soc. copy of Surtees/Jorrocks (plates John Leech). And four vols. of Churchill.