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A selection of books by the Folio Society, most in their slipcase, primarily literature, titles including: The Old Wives’ Tale, by Arnold Bennett; Travels with My Aunt, by Graham Greene; Cranford, by Mrs Gaskell; Crime Stories from The Strand; and others. (12)

A selection of books by the Folio Society, each in their slipcase, primarily relating to modern history, titles including: The Lifted Veil: Women’s 19th Century Stories; The Seven Years War; The Gentleman’s Daughter, by Amanda Vickery; London Characters and Crooks, by Henry Mayhew; and others. (10)

A selection of books by the Folio Society, each in their slipcase, primarily relating to religion, comprising: The Dead Sea Scrolls; The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas a Kempis; Montaillou, by Emmanuel Leroy Ladurie; Life of Herod, by Josephius; and The Authentic Gospel of Jesus, by Gaza Vermes. (5)

The Folio Society A History of England series, by various authors, 12 vols, each in their slipcase.

A selection of books by the Folio Society, each in their slipcase, primarily relating to history, titles including: The Truce, by Primo Levi; Nicholas & Alexandra; A Journal of the Plague Year, by Daniel Defoe; Undertones of War, by Edmund Blunden; and others. (13)

A selection of books by the Folio Society, each in their slipcase, primarily literature, titles including: a Thomas Hardy 6 vol boxset; Goodbye To All That, by Robert Graves; H. G. Wells Classics of Science Fiction, 3 vol boxset, in plastic wrap; Green Mantle, by John Buchan; and others. (6)

A selection of books by the Folio Society, most in their slipcase, primarily relating to early modern history, comprising: The Spanish Armada; The Elizabethan Underworld; The Thirty Years War; Wren’s London; The Great Fire of London; and The English Civil War, by C. V. Wedgwood, 3 vols boxset. (6)

A selection of books by the Folio Society, each in their slipcase, primarily by or relating to Charles Dickens, titles including: Bleak House; David Copperfield; A Tale of Two Cities; Dickens’ London; and others. (9)

A selection of books by the Folio Society, each in their slipcase, primarily literature, titles including: The Plague, by Albert Camus; The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Lord Jim, by Joseph Conrad; To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee; Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh; and others. (12)

A selection of books by the Folio Society, each in their slipcase, of general interest, titles including: Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson; The Moon’s A Balloon, by David Niven; In Search of England, by H. V. Morton; A Short History of Time, by Holford-Stevens; An Innkeeper’s Diary; and others. (12)

A selection of books by the Folio Society, each in their slipcase, primarily literature, titles including: Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson; A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens; Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain; Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe; The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco; The Lost World, by Arthur Conan Doyle; and others. (12)

The Folio Society Chronicles of the Dark Ages, 3 vols boxset, still in plastic wrap; together with three other books by The Folio Society, each in their slipcase, relating to medieval history, comprising: The Celts, by Nora Chadwick; The Vikings, by Gwyn Jones; and The Normans, by David C. Douglas. (4)

The Folio Society The World Crisis, by Winston S. Churchill, 5 vol boxset, in plastic wrap; together with a selection of books by the Folio Society, each in their slipcase, primarily relating to war, comprising: The Boer War; In Flanders Fields, by Leon Wolf; Ordeal by Fire; The Somme; and My Early Life, by Winston S. Churchill. (6)

A selection of books by the Folio Society, most in their slipcase, primarily relating to medieval history, titles including: The Spanish Inquisition; The Great Plague; The Princes in the Tower; The Book of Margery Kempe; The Hundred Years War; and others. (10)

A selection of books by the Folio Society, each in their slipcase, of general interest, comprising: The Arabian Nights; The Oregon Trail, by Francis Parkman; The Pax Britannica trilogy boxset, by Jan (James) Morris; The Nude, by Kenneth Clark; The Lives of George and Robert Stephenson; and The Moon’s a Balloon, by David Niven. (6)

A selection of books by the Folio Society, each in their slipcase, primarily relating to travel and exploration, titles including: Captain Cook’s Voyages, 1768-1779; The Quest for the Northwest Passage; The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, by T. E. Lawrence; Shackleton’s Boat Journey; and others. (8)

PORTRAITS OF MEN & WOMEN BY THE MARCHIONESS OF GRANBY - ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & COMPANY 1900, volume/folio (51 present of 51), portrait prints with titled 'Tissue Guards' after original drawings by Violet Manners Marchioness of Granby, 37.5 x 27cms (approx. measurements), prints including Queen Victoria, Lady Windsor, Rudyard Kipling, Lady Randolph Spencer Churchill and other Lords, Ladies and StatesmenProvenance: private collection Conwy 

Plinius Secundus (Gaius) The Historie of the World: commonly called, The Natural Historie..., translated by Philemon Holland, 2 vol. in 1, second edition, Adam Islip, 1634, full calf, folio

A George IV goncalo alves folio cabinet attributed to GillowsCirca 1830The sliding top section comprised of two opposing hinged adjustable ratcheted leather inset surfaces and the uppermost top incorporating two laterally opposing hinged adjustable ratcheted surfaces, above a pair of pleated silk and brass grill inset panelled doors enclosing five adjustable mahogany shelves, with a pair of opposing panels and panelled sides, on a plinth base, with concealed castors, with one detachable book rest, the other missing, the hinges numbered: '3072', approximately: 87cm wide x 65cm deep x 82cm high, (34in wide x 25 1/2in deep x 32in high)Footnotes:ProvenanceProperty of a UK collector.The offered lot was purchased Bonhams, New Bond Street, 21 January 2009, The Gentleman's Library Sale, lot 607.A comparable goncalo alves folio cabinet, one attributed to Gillows, sold Christie's, London, 3 July 1996, Works of Art from the Bute Collection, lot 40. The model for this type of folio cabinet, with its distinctive opposing twin hinged adjustable ratcheted surfaces and detachable book rests, relates to a design which appears in an entry dated 1836 in the Gillow Estimate Sketch Books, MSS., No. 51906, City of Westminster Archives Centre. An example of another similar folio cabinet of this type, one which is stamped 'Gillow', was supplied for the Library at Mere Hall, Cheshire, as part of a furnishing project commissioned by Peter Langford-Brooke (d.1840). This was listed as a 'mahogany folio stand and cabinet with rising top' in the 1840 inventory, subsequently sold Christie's, Mere Hall, Cheshire, 23 May 1994, lot 196.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A late 19th century German patinated bronze figure of Beethoventhe seated figure with his chin leaning on a staff, rolled up sheet of music in his left hand, a large folio of music at his feet, the reverse signed FÜLLER FECIT, the whole raised on shallow square plinth, 47.5cm high overallThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A folio of various prints including Terrance James Bond; David Green; John Western etc

A run of Folio Society books

THE FOLIO SOCIETY, twelve titles comprising Austen; Jane, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Pride And Prejudice, Persuasion, Sense And Sensibility and Shorter Works Johnson; Samuel & Boswell; James, A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Wells; H.G. Short Stories, Carruthers Sellar; Walter, & Yeatman; Robert Julian, 1066 And All That, Stevenson; R.L. Travels with a Donkey, & Ishaq; Ibn, The Life Of Muhammad, all titles in slipcases

A Large collection of fly fishing related books including a ltd edition folio 'Brook and river trouting' by Edmonds and Lee and the 'fly fishers Entomology' by Alfred Ronalds

John Milton, Paradise Lost a poem, 1688, (+2),343 p.p. (+8), (+66), (+6), (+57, First illustrated and first folio edition bound without list of subscribers and with watermarks, includes "Paradise Regained" and "Samson Agronistes". Publisher Miles Flesher for Richard Bentley. Some pages have been rewritten in manuscript. Illustrations not present. Wing M-2148; Grolier Wither to Prior 607; (Hodnett Five Centuries of Book Illustration 1988, p. 63); Shawcross 345 Approximate Dimensions:h. 12.25, w. 8.25"Condition:Missing all illustrations with pages 1-2, 23-26 completely rewritten in manuscript and inserted, title page and verse have been cut down and mounted on 1700's paper with the title page having provenance of previous owner and dated 1743. Some

20th Century Wedding Dresses, comprising a circa 1930s woven crepe long sleeved dress with short train, bias cut and buttons to the reverse, a Norman Young woven cream silk dress with piped and gathered bodice, long sleeves and short train,a cream silk satin long sleeve dress with high neck and 'plaited' detail to the bodice, skirt and train, button fastening to the reverse, together with two unframed photographs of the bride by Lenare Portraiture London in a leather and gilt tooled folio, a later cream satin example with beading to the neckline, button fastening to the reverse with long sleeves,a white long sleeved dress self woven with flower heads and short train, and three later examples,(8)1930s crepe dress - 36" bust.Norman Young dress - 34" bust

Bernard R. Townsend, Sandal Castle signed etching, 18 x 24cm, signed prints, including Terry Gorman, M. Coward, Tom Morton, and other artwork in folio.

Assorted Books, including: Hunter (Rev. Henry), The History of London, and its Environs..., London: Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1811, two volumes, plates, worn half calf, boards detached; Macquoid (Percy), A History of English Furniture, Lawrence & Bullen, 1938, four folio volumes, plates, top edge gilt, original cloth; The Foxhound Kennel Stud Book, 22 volumes, 1920-1948; Surtees (Robert), The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 3 volumes (Hartlepool, Gateshead, Sunderland and District sections); and one other. (two boxes)

 United States Chronicle #299, Sept 17, 1789, Issued on the same day the Constitutional Convention signed the final draft of new constitution and offers the rare first complete printing of the proposed amendments from the House of Representatives. 4 pages, folio, 3-column format, complete issue. This issue also discusses the Order of the Cincinnati.Approximate Dimensions:h. 16.25", w. 10"Condition:Previously bound with some material from such still adhered with some nibbling on the bound edge leaving the edge uneven. Some foxing and usual even toning overall.

Bound set of Harper's Weekly Newsmagazine #366-406. From January 2nd through October 8, 1864. Many stories and illustrations about the Civil War. Bound in green cloth boards with a paper spine. Folio size. Approximate Dimensions:h. 16.25", w. 11.5", d. 2"Condition:Page 16 is missing part of the bottom of the page. Page 45 has a tear but is complete. Some wear to the boards including a tear on the cloth. Foxing, staining, and tearing on pages.

Volume 1 of The Quadrupeds of North America by John James Audubon, and The Rev. John Bachman. Published 1851, V.G. Audubon. The prospectus for this edition described it as "a miniature copy of the large edition, with figures and descriptions of the Quadrupeds of the United States (including Texas, California, and Oregon), part of Mexico, the British and Russian Possessions and Arctic regions of our continent." The plates comprise reduced copies of the plates seen in the large folio. All plates are present. Quarter bound in tan leather with marbled boards. Spine features ornate decoration with gilt titling on a field of black and red. Large 8vo. Approximate Dimensions:h. 10.5", w. 7.25", d. 1.75"Condition:Book has wear, scuffing, and rubbing to boards. Some foxing to plates in spots.

The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio of Audubon's Birds of America by Roger Tory Peterson and Virginia Marie Peterson. Special Edition signed by the authors on a specially added page. Published 1981 by Abbeville. Fully bound in tan leather with a gilt decoration of birds on the front cover. Raised bands and gilt titling on the spine. Signed by authors and numbered 1656 of 2500 copies. Baby Elephant Folio. Approximate Dimensions:h. 15", w. 12", d. 3"Condition:Very good condition with only slight corner crush on one area. Some light scuffing to leather. Plates and pages look very good.

A Synopsis of The Birds of North America by John James Audubon. Printed 1839, Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh. Longman, Rees, Brown, Green, and Longman, London. First edition. The companion volume to Audubon's massive four-volume "Birds of North America" (1827-1838), it serves as an index to that collection. There are 491 individual entries, each containing the formal Latin name as well as the English translation of the name of each bird that appeared in the set, the number of the corresponding plate, a paragraph of description detail, and information as to where each species is commonly found in North America. In 1826, Audubon went to Europe to find a publisher with not only the interest but the capability to issue his folio hand-colored collection. He was particularly well received in Edinburgh and, after the King subscribed to his books, in London as well. It was not until his return to the United States that he issued a smaller (octavo, 7 volume) set of his "Birds" (1873). 359 pp. 8vo.Approximate Dimensions:h. 8.5", w. 5.25", d. 1"Condition:Leather boards have scuffing and wear. Top board has separated. Marbled boards have wear to edges, inside pages are quite fresh with a hint of toning. Edges are marbled red. Pencil mark on title page. Bookplate label inside front cover for

Cosmographie in Four Bookes. Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, And all the Principall Kingdomes, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof. By Peter Heylyn. Published 1652 by Henry Seile, London. 5 parts in 4 books bound in one. First edition. Thick folio, contemporary black binding with gilt decoration and titling on the spine. 5 parts in 4 books plus Appendix and Index. Lacks all four maps. Contains early discussions of American settlements and colonies, plus sections on California and "The Unknown Parts of the World, Especially of Terra Australis Incognita." Folio. Approximate Dimensions:h. 14", w. 9.5", d. 2.75"Condition:Scuffing to leather boards. Label on spine has started to peel. Maps have been removed from the book.

YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968) - Dark Hall Mansion Archive: Set of Five Hand-Numbered Limited Edition Regular Folio Prints by Tom Whalen, 2012Bidding for this lot will end on Thursday 8th February. The auction will begin at 2:00PM GMT and lots are sold sequentially via live auctioneer; tune in to the live streaming broadcast on auction day to follow the pace. An assortment of five officially licensed prints featuring The Beatles. They were initially released as part of an official Yellow Submarine art print folio in 2012 through Dark Hall Mansion, who worked with Live Nation Merchandise and Apple Corps Ltd. Designed by Tom Whalen, each print captures the colourful magic of the Fab Four's adventure in the classic animation Yellow Submarine and classic 1960s Pop Art style. The Regular edition prints were released as part of an edition of 797. A fun addition to any collector of Beatles memorabilia. Provenance: This lot originates from the Dark Hall Mansion archive. Beginning in 2011, Dark Hall Mansion had established itself as one of the leading names in offering creative and in-demand alternative movie posters. Over the years, they released an array of poster designs created by leading and established artists who produced imaginative interpretations of cinema, music and more. Most importantly, their releases were officially licensed by the film, television, and music brands they worked with, making their posters part of the official collecting legacies of these classic titles.(Each Print): 18" x 24" (46 x 61 cm)Additional Information: Please note that this is not a matching set and all prints are #X/797.Condition: Near MintArtist: Tom Whalen£200 - 400VAT Status: ΩClick here for our Poster Auction Grading Guide

A 19th century folio chest, with rising lid, width 31ins, height 45ins

CLARKE (Sir G.) Atlas to Illustrate Kinglake's Invasion of the Crimea, folio, 1899, plates, stained cloth; Times' Survey Atlas of the World, 1922, large folio; HENRY (Rev. M) Family Devotional Bible, late 19th century, calf (3)

Beckmann, MaxLeipzig, 1884 - New York, 1950Blattgröße: 40 x 25,5 cm"Die Hölle - Großes Spektakel in 10 Bildern", 1919. Folge von 10 Fotolithografien auf Japan Bütten. Verkleinerte Fassung der Folio-Ausgabe.Vgl. Hofmaier, 139 - 149.Privatsammlung, Rheinland-Pfalz.

A Midsommer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. Taken from a Second Folio of Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies. The Second Impresion. Published 1632, London. A Midsommer Night's Dream taken from a Second Folio, pages 145-162, with some pagination errors in the print. Showing the complete play. Correct watermarks for a Second Folio play. Pages have been bound in modern blue boards with vellum at the spine. Gilt titling on the front board. Folio. 9pp. A special thanks to Dr. Eric Rasmussen of the University of Nevada, Reno for his assistance in cataloging this book. Folio. Approximate Dimensions:Folio size: h. 13", w. 9", d. .5"Condition:Wear and scuffing to boards. Some staining on boards. Some foxing, light staining to pages. Light creasing.

De rebus Gothorum, Persarum ac Vandalorum libri VII, una cum aliis mediorum temporum historicis, quorum catalogum sequens indicabit pagina by Procopius of Caesarea. Published 1531 by Johannes Herwagen, Basileae. First edition of the famous Chronicle of the Vandal and Ostrogothic Wars by one of the last great ancient historians Procopius of Caesarea. With woodcut printer's mark on title and at the end. Bound in a full calf Renaissance binding of leather on wood with decorations of birds, animals, and flowers on the front and back. Raised bands on the spine and gilt titling on a field of red. Gilt decoration on the spine. Folio. Approximate Dimensions:h. 13", w. 8.5", d. 2.5"Condition:Wear to boards with some leather loss and exposed wood. Dampstaining on upper right corner of book from title page throughout the book. Light marginalia. Previous bookplate from Lord Lilford.

Facta et Dicta Memorabilia by Valerius Maximus. Printed 1487 in Venice. Bound in 17th century leather and wood having brown leather covered  boards with raised bands on the spine and gilt titling on a field of red. Large book features red and blue highlighted letters in early text. Folio. 247 leaves plus 1 free paper, printer Giovanni and Gregerio De Gregori. Approximate Dimensions:h. 2.5", w. 8.5", d. 2.25"Condition:The boards have wear, chipping, scuffing, and loss on the front and back. Hinges are cracking and some pages are slightly loose with wormholes evident, particularly in the back of the book. Some pages being torn and have missing corners

Gazette Nationale ou Le Moniteur Universel. January to June 1790. Very important descriptions of the French Revolution from a contemporary daily newspaper in France. Contemporary calf backed boards with binder's ticket of the Ve. Guyol Imprimeur et Relieur de la Marine, Quai de la Tournelle No. 114. Paris. Bookplate on front interior board from John Carey at Castle Carey. Folio size. Approximate Dimensions:h. 18", w. 12.75", d. 2"Condition:Wear and rubbing to boards. Hinges have cracked. Some light wear and foxing to paper.

The Norton Facsimile of The First Folio of William Shakespeare. Prepared by Charlton Hinman. Published 1968 by W.W. Norton and Company. Folio is half bound in red leather with red boards. Gilt titling and decoration on the spine. Book comes in a slipcase. 923pp. Folio. Approximate Dimensions:h. 14.75", w. 10", d. 3.25"Condition:Scuffing to leather and boards. Slipcase has moderate wear from shelving. Pages look clean.

Habes in hoc libro prudens lector utriusque instrumenti novam translationem aeditam à reverendo sacrae theologiae doctore, sancte pagnino lucensi. 1528. Lyon, Antonius Du Ry for Francesco Turchi, Domenico Berticinio and Jacopo Giunta. First edition of the first Latin Bible of modern times, and the first Bible in which the text is divided into numbered verses; translated circa 1493-1520 by Sancuts Pagninus of Lucca Rumball-Petre. Antonius du Ry printer. Renaissance hand-tooled leather binding, impressed on front cover is M. Leonhardus Badhorn. 1535. Bound on spine with a contemporary brown leather overlay, spine contains 5 ridges of with the title falls in compartment #3, title in #4 and the date,1527, in the 5th. Adams B1008; Darlow & Moule 6108. Approximate Dimensions:h.10.25" w. 7", d. 3".Condition:The clasps have been removed with the covers having some toning and some wear commensurate to its age and damp staining noticed in lower corner of folio leaves 2-25 and 70-81. Usual toning of paper throughout out. The leaf edges have toning

Two connected leaves taken from Aristotle Opera, Vol 4 Theophrasti De Historia Plantarum. Printed 1497 by Aldus Manutius, Venice. Leaves are printed in Greek with woodcuts at the top of one leaf. Small folio. It is splendid books of this kind which have given Aldus his lasting fame as the greatest of all scholar printers. He founded the Academy of Humanist Scholars, both Greek and Italian, at Venice in 1490. They worked for several years, before printing any book at all, preparing accurate texts from manuscripts which had been discovered lying dormant in the monasteries or been brought by refugee scholars from Constantinople. After a few minor books came the great Aristotle of 1495-1498, surely one of the supreme moments in the history of publishing. Hain 1657. B.M. Cat. V. 556. G.K.W. 2334, Pellechet 1175. Approximate Dimensions:Each leaf: h. 11.75", w. 7.75"Condition:Pages look mostly clear. Rough edges from a book removal.

Orationes Doctissimo Evmvirorvm lvcvbrationes, accurate in unum uolumen collectae locisque non paucis ad ueritatem emendatae. by Cicero. Printed 1552 by Aldus, Venice. Early edition. Bound in tan leather with gilt titling on the spine. Folio size. Approximate Dimensions:h. 13.25", w. 9.25", d. 2.25"Condition:Book has been re-bound. Some light wear and scuffing to leather with light gouging on the back and some scratches in the leather. Pages have some chipping, yellowing, and staining in spots.

The Laws and Acts of Parliament Made by King James The First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Queen Mary, King James the Sixth, King Charles the First, King Charles the Second Who now presently Reigns, Kings and Queen of Scotland, Collected and Extracted, from the Publick Records of the said Kingdom, by Sir Thomas Murray of Glendook, Knight, and Baronet, Clerk to His Majestie's Council, Register, and Rols, by his Majestie's special warrant. Published 1681 by David Lindsay, Edinburgh. Book is folio sized and quarter bound with light leather on the spine and marbled boards. Spine has gilt titling on a field of black. Approximate Dimensions:h. 14.5", w. 10.25", d. 2.25"Condition:Book has been re-bound. Scuffing and wear to boards, particularly at the edges. Pages have some discoloration and foxing. Foxing also evident on leather at spine.

Liber Scriptorum - The Second Book of the Authors Club. Published 1921 by The Authors Club. Edition limited to 251 copies, this copy is #49. Signed by over 120 authors. Table of Contents reads like a Who's Who of the early 20th-century New York publishing and antiquarian world, with contributions by Charles Dexter Allen, Irving Bacheller, Henry A. Beers, Richard Rogers Bowker, George Washington Cable, Robert W. Chambers, Frank Crane, Walter Phelps Dodge, George Wharton Edwards, John Erskine, Arthur Guiterman, Henry Holt, Ernest Ingersoll, Tudor Jenks, Charles de Kay, George Frederick Kunz, John Uri Lloyd, George Barr McCutcheon, Brander Matthews, Edward Page Mitchell, William Henry Pickering, Ralph Pulitzer, George Haven Putnam, Don C. Seitz, Preston William Slosson, Albert Payson Terhune, Carl Van Doren, Henry Van Dyke, and many more -- a total of 129, each entry (many of which are published here for the first time) hand-signed by its author excepting (according to a note on p. xx) nine in facsimile due to death or blindness. Full brown pebbled morocco with title in gilt. Top edge of book in gilt. Brown end papers. Errata slip bound in at rear. 584pp. Folio. Approximate Dimensions:h. 13.5", w. 9", d. 2.5"Condition:Light wear on boards. Page edges have light staining in places. Pages look clean.

Bartoli Commentaria in primam [-secundam] Codicis partem cum . additionibus D. Alexandri et Petri Pauli Parisii [Andreae Pomatis, Andreae Barbatiae, Alex. Losaei].illustrata, accurateque castigata by Bartolus of Sassoferrato. Printed 1559 in the Netherlands. Lovely Renaissance hand tooled vellum binding, including a date of 1559 and initialed L.P. and L.D. Raised bands on the spine. Small folio. Approximate Dimensions:h. 16.75", w. 11.5", d. 2.5"Condition:Wear on vellum binding with a hole present on the front board. Wear at the spine as well. Pages have some chipping, tearing, and loss.

A pair of woodcuts from The Nuremberg Chronicle, the first secular published book. It tells the history of the earth through seven "ages." The first one shows the recto LXVI, this piece shows a fictitious view of the visionary temple of Ezekiel. It includes the first figure of the temple edifice, a second similar figure, and two figures showing the ornamentation of the gate. The verso LXVI shows the ground view of the posterior gate, elevation of the east gate and appendages, and elevation of the north edifice. The second page is from Folio LI and show images of the city of Treviso, near Venice. Both pages are double sided as they were removed from a book. These pieces most likely came from two separate books as there is some slight size difference in the two sheets. There are two editions of the book, the first in Latin and the second in German. Although many towns and cities in Europe and the Near East are illustrated in the book, 49 of them were printed with only 14 different woodblocks. Hartmann Schedel; Anton Koberger published in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493. Approximate Dimensions:h. 16.5", w. 12.25" - one page, h. 17", w. 11.25" - second pageCondition:Pages have a light crease across bottom third and some toning overall. Some mounting tape present on one sheet from a previous framing. Pages are chipping at edges.

Barriviera, Lino Bianchi 1906-1985 'Vedute di Napoli' 1957, five engravings signed in pencil (265 x 380mm) with text in folio. Three further 20th Century Italian publications in folios and nine 20th century portrait photographs by K Photostudio Tokyo, in folder

Post-incunable (Book of Hours): Heures a l'usaige de Romme. Paris, Anthoine Chappiel pour Gilles Hardouyn, 22 August 1504 [includes almanac for 1497-1520]. Octavo, 79 leaves of 32 lines. Printed on vellum.COLLATION: [A]8 B-K8 but lacking 1 folio in quire C. Red ruling added by hand. Text in Latin and French.DECORATION: 12 large woodcut illustrations, coloured by hand. Also includes smaller hand-coloured woodcut illustrations. One- and two-line decorative initials and decorative line fillers added by hand (gold on red or blue).BINDING: Bound in later purple velvet with metal centrepieces and cornerpieces (180 x 110 mm). With (unrelated?) pale pink box.PROVENANCE: Manuscript annotations to sigs. [A]1r and K8v. Owner’s signature(?) to sigs. B2r and K8v. Armorial bookplate. A catalogue description tipped in at front, and a further description loosely enclosed. Pencil notes to endpapers. With Messrs Christie 28/6/1972.CONDITION: Minor wear to velvet, minor staining to vellum. Occasional small early(?) repairs to vellum, with a few words supplied by hand.BIBLIOGRAPHY: USTC 6689; Lacombe, Livres d’Heures (1907), pp. 87-8, no. 143 bis; Pettegree et al, French Books (2007) no. 29496.Provenance: John. P. Love Collection

Post-incunable (Book of Hours): Heures a l’usaige de Romme. Paris, Gilles Hardouyn [c.1516; almanac covers 1516-1527]. Octavo, 103 leaves of 26 lines. Printed on vellum. Red ruling added by hand.COLLATION: A-N8 but lacking 1 folio in quire H (which probably had an illustration). Text in Latin and French.DECORATION: Hand-coloured woodcut printer’s device (fol. 1r). 14 full-page hand-coloured woodcut illustrations. Also includes smaller hand-coloured woodcut illustrations. Four pages with decorative borders added by hand. One- and two-line decorative initials and decorative line fillers added by hand (gold on red or blue).BINDING: Bound in later red velvet (180 x 115 mm). All edges gilt and gauffered.PROVENANCE: Armorial bookplate (partially removed). Ink and pencil notes. With Messrs Christie 28/6/1972.CONDITION: Binding rebacked, boards loosening, clasps and cornerpieces missing, wear to velvet. Minor stains to vellum.BIBLIOGRAPHY: USTC 34076; Lacombe, Livres d’Heures (1907), p. 164, no. 284; Pettegree et al, French Books (2007), no. 29633.Provenance: John. P. Love Collection

Durer, Albrecht; Meyer, Bruno, Ed. 'Vier Holzschnittfolgen - Phototypisch Nachgebildet in der Grosse der Originale'. A folio of 86 reproductions on 58 pps after the original woodcuts - as listed in introduction (variable size 380 x 280mm - 130 x 100mm) n/d forward dated Berlin 1886, Haberland Leipzig. With red and black printed title page, in folder. Prints generally fair condition, all loose, covers etc stained (605 x 460mm overall)

Illuminated medieval manuscript. Hours of the Virgin (Cistercian Use?). France, fifteenth century.241 vellum leaves (approx. 180 x 130 mms). Ruled in red and lilac, writing area approx. 100 x 65 mms, written in Gothic textura, generally with 17 lines to the page. Text in Latin and French.COLLATION: The manuscript is misbound. It appears to be missing 9 folios, around 5 of which would have had miniatures. We provisionally suggest: 1-2(6) 3-4(8) 5(8-1) [quire 5 within quire 4, as described below] 6-7(8) 8(8-1) 9(8-2) 10-12(8) 13(8-1) 14(8) 15(8-2) 16-29(8) 30(8-1) 31(8) 32(6-1). Quires 1 and 2 bound in wrong order. Single paper leaf bound (with the intention of offering protection?) before the Annunciation miniature in quire 4 (N.B. the above formula describes the vellum leaves only). Quire 5 lacks one leaf (had a miniature for the Hours of the Holy Spirit?); the surviving cognate leaf is bound between the central bifolium in quire 4. The remaining three bifolia of quire 5 are bound later in quire 4 (between fols. 28 and 35). Quire 5 seems to belong between quires 19 and 20. Quire 8 lacking one folio after fol. 56 (had a miniature for Terce). Quire 13 lacking one folio after fol. 92 (had a miniature for Vespers). Quire 9 lacking one folio before 59 (had a miniature for Sext) and one folio between 61-62 (had a miniature for Matins). Quire 13 lacking one folio after fol. 92. Quire 15 lacking two folios (catchword corrected; matches the current opening of quire 16). Quire 30 lacking one folio after fol. 225 (probably had a decorative border). Final folio of quire 32 wanting but probably blank. Catchwords mostly present; sometimes trimmed. Very occasional (incorrect) foliation in pencil.CONTENTS: The following should be considered a provisional list. It reflects the misbound order. Fols. 1r-12v: a calendar [July-Dec misbound before Jan-Jun]. Fols. 13r-16v: Gospel Lessons. Fols. 17r-19v: Obsecro Te. Fol. 20rv: Ruled but blank. Fols. 21r-24r: Ora devota ad mariam virginem [= Lay fait par Achilles Caulier a l'onneur de la Vierge Marie in Arsenal, 3521, f. 259v-261r; see Arthur Piaget, ‘La Belle dame sans merci et ses imitations [IV]’, Romania 31 (1902), 318-21)]. Fol. 24v: French verse, incipit ‘O charboncle reluisant’ [continues at fol. 26r]. Fol. 25rv: Hours of the Holy Spirit [Quire 5, which contains this text, lacks one folio and has also been split up and misbound as described in the collation above. The singleton here at fol. 25 covers Prime and None]. Fols. 26r-27v: remainder of ‘O charboncle reluisant’, followed by two hymns. Fol. 28rv: Unidentified. Fols. 29r-31v: Hours of the Cross [misbound here]. Fols. 32r-32v: Hours of the Holy Spirit [misbound here]. Fols. 33r-34v: ruled but blank. Fols. 35r-61v: Unidentified [lacking two folios]. Fols. 62r-103v: Hours of the Virgin - Matins [lacking opening folio] (fols. 62r-67v); Lauds (fols. 68r-76v); Prime (fols. 77r-81r); Terce (fols. 81r-85r); Sext (fols. 85v-89r); None (fols. 89r-92v); Vespers [lacking opening folio] (fols. 93r-97v); Compline (fols. 98r-103v). Fols. 104r-141r: Unidentified [lacking two folios]. Fol. 141v: ruled but blank. Fols. 142r-151v: Penitential Psalms. Fols. 151v-157r: Litany. Fol. 157v: Ruled but blank. Fols. 158r-191r: Office of the Dead. Fol. 191v: ruled but blank. Fols. 192r-239v: Prayers, mostly in Latin but some in French [one leaf wanting]. Fols. 240r-241v: ruled but blank.DECORATION: 8 miniatures in gold arched frames, with borders filled with acanthus, flowers, insects, animals, and sometimes drolleries (one with the upper body of a nun reading). The miniatures depict the Crucifixion (fol. 29r), the Annunciation (fol. 35r), the Presentation in the Temple (fol. 60r), the Visitation (fol. 68r), the Nativity (fol. 77r), the Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 101r), King David in Prayer (fol. 142r), and a Funeral Service (fol. 158r). 10 additional pages with 3- or 4-sided borders. Two historiated initials: a 6-line initial depicting the Virgin of Mercy, with a nun in prayer immediately adjacent in the border (fol. 21r); a 4-line initial depicting the arma Christi (fol. 29r). Further decorative initials of 1 to 5 lines in height in gold, red, and blue. Rubrics in red and (occasionally) blue. Some chrysography in calendar. Decorative line fillers.BINDING: Later binding of green patterned silk(?) over pasteboard, all edges painted with floral pattern in red, green, and blue. With a blind-stamped brown leather case (painted internally purple, green, and blue).USE: The typewritten notes loosely enclosed in the book (by former owner J. P. Love?) offer Use of Nantes as a suggestion (with a question mark). This inference is probably based on Madan tests as the Hours of the Virgin has Prime antiphon ‘Quando Natus’, Prime capitulum ‘Ab initio et ante’, None antiphon ‘Ecce maria genuit’, and None capitulum ‘Et radicavi’. However, we note the newer CHD tests, where this combination seems to point towards Cistercian Use. The Calendar has contents that might also suggest Cistercian use, including Anianus (13 June and 17 November) and Remigius (1 October) (cf. online catalogue description for Walters Art Museum MS W.44). We note also that Psalm 118 is divided across Prime-None in the Hours of the Virgin, which is associated with monastic uses according to CHD.PROVENANCE: Intended for a female reader? We note ‘intercedere pro me peccatrice’ (with the feminine form) in the Sancta Dei Genitrix (fol. 199v). Perhaps the intended reader is the nun praying beside the historiated initial on fol. 21r. Some parts of the text crossed out by an early(?) hand (text still legible). Border decoration for the Annunciation includes two coats of arms held by angels: ‘sable, nine roundels argent, on a canton azure, a lion or, and azure, a saltire or, a label of tree points gules’ (quoted after the aforementioned typewritten notes).CONDITION: Some fraying to textile covering material, quires loosening. Some foxing and staining, small tear to inner margin of folio with Annunciation miniature (not intersecting the miniature itself), minor worming in blank upper margin of about 6 folios (not affecting text).BIBLIOGRAPHY: ‘New Tests for Localization of the Hore Beate Marie Virginis’, CHD Institute for Studies of Illuminated Manuscripts in Denmark, https://manuscripts.org.uk/chd.dk/use/hv_chdtest.html (last accessed by us 10/1/2024).Provenance: John. P. Love Collection CONDITION: Some fraying to textile covering material, quires loosening. Some foxing and staining, small tear to inner margin of folio with Annunciation miniature (not intersecting the miniature itself), minor worming in blank upper margin of about 6 folios (not affecting text).

Antiquarian Folio volumes:- Camden (William) 'Britannia'. 2nd Ed. 1722. 2 vols. plus Stow (John). Survey of London and Westminster. Innys et al 1754. 2 vols. plus Cary (John). 'New and Correct English Atlas'. London 1809. 1 vol. plus Heylyn (Peter). 'Cosmography'. 1 vol. with engraved frontispiece. Brewster et al, London 1703 plus Boswell (Henry). Picturesque Views of The Antiquities of England and Wales. Engraved plates. Hogg, London. 1 vol. plus Harris (John) 'Voyages and Travels'. 2 vols. Woodward et al, London 1744. All leather bound. Sold as text only. maps etc lacking (9) Heylyn - Tatty, worn cover. Internally pages appear in tact and in fair condition. Small rip and tear to back. Browning to pages.Harris Vol I - note to opening in pencil, 'lacking the maps and some of the plates'.Harris Vol II - appears sound although cover a little tatty.Some foxing within all. Few hand written inscriptions and paper dents.Please see condition report photos.

Knolles, Richard The Generall Historie of the Turkes London: Adam Islip, 1610. Second edition, folio, engraved portraits in text, engraved title frayed, soiled and laid down, with some loss, lacks A2, some dampstaining, a few tears, occasional light staining, lacks final leaf, last leaf present frayed, O1 torn with slight loss of text, later calf, extremities worn; sold not subject to return

[Composite atlas of Europe] Amsterdam: Nicolaes Visscher, c.1700. Large folio, contemporary half calf, marbled sides, 27 engraved maps (all by Nicolaes Visscher except 11 and 12, by Joannes Blaeu), each a single broadsheet folded once and mounted on guard, opening to 52.5 x 61cm (except maps 2, 3, 14 and 21, on larger sheets and consequently with extra folds), contemporary hand-colouring throughout, contemporary manuscript titles on versos, most maps with allegorical title cartouches, many also with decorative dedications and mileage charts, maps 16, 20 and 22 embellished with naval scenes, 6, 17, 24 and 26 with printed gazetteers on versos, contemporary manuscript list of contents to front. Contents comprise:1) Gallia, vulgo la France;2) Nouvelle carte géographique de la partie méridionale de France;3) Gallia, seu Franciae tabula;4) Carte particulire [sic] du terroir et des environs des [sic] Paris;5) Comitatus Burgundiae;6) Generalis Lotharingiae Ducatus tabula;7) Totius Alsatiae novissima tabula;8) Landgraviatus Alsatia inferior novissima tabula;9) Superioris Alsatiae;10) Totius Italiae tabula;11) Ducatus Chablasius et Lacus Lemanus cum regionibus adjacentibus;12) Tabula generalis Sabaudiae;13) Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudicae status;14) De Stoel des Oorlogs in Italien;15) Regnum Siciliae;16) Insularum Melitae vulgo Maltae et Gozae novissimae delineatio;17) Exactissima Helvetiae Rhaetiae, Valesiae ... tabula;18) La Castille;19) Cataloniae principatus;20) Portugalliae et Algarbiae regna;21) Regnorum Portugalliae et Algarbiae tabula novissima;22) Peloponnesus hodie Morea;23) Exactissima totius archipelagi nec non Graeciae tabula;23) Cretae seu Candiae insula et regnum;24) Exactissima tabula qua tam Danubii fluvii pars inferior ... quam regiones adjacentes;25) Exactissima tabula qua tam Danubii fluvii pars media ... quam regiones adjacentes;26) Exactissima tabula qua tam Danubii fluvii pars superior ... quam regiones adjacentes;27) Regnum Hungariae FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS

Ancient Egypt Museum of Cairo and The Egypt Exploration Fund Cairo Museum. [Group of works from the Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire]. Cairo: Imprimerie de L'Institut Francais D'Archéologie Orientale [except first title, Berlin: Reichsdruckerei], 1902-1939. 7 works, folio, contemporary half morocco (Maspero & Gauthier's work in quarter morocco, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, numerous black and white plates from photographs, Manchester Libraries labels and stamps, titles comprise:Lange, H.O. and H. Schäfer. Grab- Und Denksteine des Mittleren Reichs, Part IV [German]. 1902;Daressy, M.G. Textes de Dessins Magiques [French], 1903; Lacau, Pierre. Sarcophages Anterieurs au Nouvel Empire [French], 1904;Quibell, M.J.E. Tomb of Yuaa and Thuiu [English], 1908; Daressy, M. Georges. Cercueils des Cachette Royales [French], 1909;Smith F.R.S., Grafton Elliott. The Royal Mummies [English], 1912;Maspero, Gaston and Henri Gauthier. Sarcophages des Sarcophages des Époques Persane et Ptolémaïque [French], 1939;Egypt Exploration Fund. London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1894-1907. 5 works, folio, contemporary quarter morocco, black and white plates featuring contemporary photographs, Manchester Libraries labels and stamps, boards blind stamped, titles comprise:Naville, Edouard [introductory memoir]. The Temple of Deir el Bahari: Its Plan, Its Founders, And Its First Explorers. 1894;Randall-MacIver, M.A. and A.C. Mace. El Amrah and Abydos, 1899-1901, 1902;Flinders Petrie, W.M. Abydos, Part I, 1902, 1902;Flinders Petrie, W.M. Roman Ehnasya (Herakleopolis Magna), 1904, 1905;Naville, Edouard. The XIth Dynasty Temple at Deir El-Bahari, Part I, 1907The lot sold as seen, not subject to return.(12)

Old Closes and Streets Glasgow: T. & R. Annan & Sons, 1900. Folio, one of 100 copies specially printed for the Corporation of Glasgow July 1900, 50 photographic plates, original blue cloth gilt, hinges slightly split, some minor internal soiling