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Militaria - Muirhead Bone "The Western Front"  Published by the Authority of the War Office 1927, 2 vols, numerous ills and plates, sepia and others , folio, " List of Etonians who fought in the Great War 1914 -1919" Privately Printed for Eton College, Riccardi Press 1922, woodcut on preface, blue cardboards, with buckram backstrip, " Handbook for the Ordnance Q.F. 3. 7in Howitzer Mark 1......." Landservice 1939, " Handbook of Western Italian East Africa ( vol II) ( communications)", Wood Lieut. J. E. R. MC " Detour the Story of Oflag IVC " Falcon Press 1946, frontis portrait, plates col and otherwise, ink inscription on ffep dated 1946, boards with gilt titles but have suffered, Rosse, Captain the Earl of and Hill, E R " The Story of the Guards Armoured Division" Geoffrey Bles 1956, red cloth, Smyth, B " The Lancashire Fusiliers ' annual for 1892" The Manchester Examiner 1893, " With the Tanks of the Polish First Armoured Division" 1946, limp covers, " The Story of the 79th Armoured Division..Oct 1942 -45" pictorial boards and related vols ( 2 boxes)Condition ReportPlease see attached images

Butler A.S. G. " The Domestic Architecture of Edwin Lutyens" The Antique Collectors Club, numerous ills, blue cloth, d-j, elephant folio, and " The English Chair- its History and Evolution" M. Harris & Sons 1937, marbled boards, quarter leather backstrip and leather pastedown on front board with title

Travel -  Howley James P " The Beothucks or Red Indians, the Aboriginal Inhabitants of New Foundland" Cambridge University Press 1915, ex libris, stamps on title page, library stamps throughout , ills and plates, half title and frontis facsimile, library cloth, folio, Gouldsbury, Cullen and Sheane, Hubert " The Great Plateau of Northern Rhodesia ...." (1911) ex libris, library stamps to reverse of all plates, Cromer, Earl of " Modern Egypt" Macmillan and Co 1908, frontis portrait, 2 vols, green clot, Thesiger, Wilfred, " The Marsh Arabs"  Longmans 1964, green cloth, stained ills, d-j. Stark, Freya " Alexander's Path " John Murray 1958 , ills, turquoise cloth, silver titles, d-j, not price clipped and other vols of interest

Folio society to include Hilaire Belloc, Greek myths, Dillon Thomas, Folio 21 Bibliography and Folio 50 Bibliography and other volumes  Deighton, Len"Mamista", No.472/500 copies, signed and numbered by the author on tp, Century 1991, Harrods Limited Editions within its slip caseBlunt, Reginald"Paradise Row ...", Macmillan & Co 1906(?), no.63 of a special limited edition of 110 copies, marbled boards, quarter vellum, backstrip and corners with gilt titles (14 to include double volumes)

Arup, Ove Nyquist "Doodles and Doggerel", privately printed by The Ove Arup Partnership in a limited edition, no number given, pictorial ep, pictorial boards, glassine cover with titleJones, Peter (ed) "Ove Arup Master Builder of the 20th Century", Yale University Press 2006, 2 copies, black cloth with djs"Ove Arup & Partners 1946 to 1986", Academy Editions, St Martins Press 1986, numerous illustrations throughout, folio, blue cloth, djs, 2 copies "Ove Arup 1895 to 1988", published by The Institution of Civil Engineers, limp coversBlake, Peter "Marcel Breuer Architect and Designer" (7) 

A Victorian inlaid burr-walnut three-tier side cabinet, the open centre with turned supports above a central glazed cabinet, a folio stand either side, 48” wide x 42¼” high x 14½” deep.

Two boxes of vintage books. To include The Folio Society 'Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon, Winston S Churchill A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Vol lV, The Martian by George Du Maurier and Cassells Natural History two volumes etc. Condition fair. To include volumes of Dickens and Bronte.

Annelise Firth (b.1961) folio of etchings, to include various hand studies, two copies of Oyster Fields and three dry point studies- Incense of the Rose, all signed and dated 2012. (13)

Annelise Firth (b.1961) folio of monoprints and etchings- various cat studies, all signed and dated 2012. (19)

Annelise Firth (b.1961) folio of floral watercolours to include vibrant and abstract still life studies (13)

Annelise Firth (b.1961) folio of monoprints and etchings- Hardraw Force, signed and dated 2012. (17)

Peter Collins (1923-2001) folio of over 40 erotic drawings in pencil and coloured crayon, together with a framed sketch

Annelise Firth (b.1961) folio of watercolours and etchings- figures, flowers and abstract studies, all signed and dated. (14)

Annelise Firth (b.1961) folio of floral watercolours to include vibrant and abstract still life studies (14)

DOOMSDAY BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALECTO HISTORICAL EDITIONS LONDON 1987 WITH VOLS FOR INTRODUCTION AND TRANSLATION AND FOLIO AND MAP

FOLIO CABINET, 70cm W x 38cm D x 78cm H, 19th century English, circa 1880 burr walnut and kingwood crossbanded with six hinged drawers, (numbered bone centre knobs).

John Spotswood, The History of the Church of Scotland, pub. Royston, London 1655, folio, engraved frontspiece, one calf board lacking, the other detached.

Roz Jennings (British Contemporary): Fashion Illustrations, folio of thirty pen and ink sketches signed 30cm x 21cm (30) (unframed) Notes: Jennings was an illustrator for Laura Ashley in the 1970s

Roz Jennings (British Contemporary): Fashion Illustrations, folio of thirty pen and ink sketches signed 30cm x 21cm (30) (unframed) Notes: Jennings was an illustrator for Laura Ashley in the 1970s

Roz Jennings (British Contemporary): Fashion Illustrations, folio of thirty pen and ink sketches signed 30cm x 21cm (30) (unframed) Notes: Jennings was an illustrator for Laura Ashley in the 1970s

DE BOCK, Thomas. Jacob Maris. The De La More Press, Alexander Moring Limited, Folio, limited to 100 copies on hand made paper. 181pp. With 90 photogravures of the artist’s work throughout the text. In original publisher’s cloth with gilt and blind stamped decoration.Condition report: Covers soiled and stained. Wear to edges.Backstrip detached, held in place with Sellotape.Internally clean.

Approx. 30 Folio Society books including history, novels, science, etc. IMPORTANT: Online viewing and bidding only. Collection by appointment via our website or arrange with Mailboxes Etc couriers ONLY. Restrictions apply to ensure social distancing.

Folio Society - ten volumes including Dickens' London, The Wooden World, The Green Fairy Book etc

After Carl Larsson, a folio of prints of family life.

* Yorkshire. Hull and Neighbourhood, Sketches 1882-1883, 47 watercolours by the same hand, comprising 37 large watercolours slot-mounted 1 to a page and 10 smaller watercolours slot-mounted 2 to a page, on rectos only, with a few blank leaves at rear, depicting buildings, landscapes, and seascapes, mainly of Kingston upon Hull and East Yorkshire (and some of Lincolnshire), most captioned in contemporary brown ink to album leaf (one dated 1882), e.g. 'Back of Charterhouse, Masters Garden', 'The George & Dragon, High Street', 'Back of the Grammar School', 'Old houses South End, Said to be the oldest brick work in England', 'Old house in Dagger Lane, From a sketch taken in 1873', 'Hornsea from Flambro terrace', 'Saint Austin's Stone, Drewton Dale', 'Tombs of the Hiltons In Swine Church', 'Crane on the Docks', some later pencilled annotations, approximately 17 x 25cm and 12 x 15cm, some spotting, mostly to album leaves, endpapers renewed, original maroon half morocco, rebacked, corners showing, lettered in gilt on upper cover 'Hull and Neighbourhood' and on lower cover 'Sketches 1882. 1883.', oblong folio (31 x 42cm)Qty: (1)NOTESA recent manuscript note loosely inserted states that the name 'Alderson' was visible on the inside rear cover before the book was recased, possibly relating to the prominent family of physicians who lived and worked in Hull (John Alderson, 1759-1829, and his son Sir James Alderson, 1794-1882).

* Turner (Joseph Mallord William, 1775-1851). Twenty illustrations to Turner's Annual Tour for 1834, proofs before letters, 1835, 15 engraved plates by J.C. Armytage, W. Miller and others after J.M.W. Turner on India paper, most with pencil captions and 15 engraved plates on India paper by W. Miller. W. Floyd and others after Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, most with pencil caption and dated 1834, plate size 14 x 21.5 cm, sheet size 30 x 43.5 cm, some spotting, loosely contained in original cloth-backed portfolio with printed label to upper cover, manuscript inscription to upper cover dated 1835, lacking ties, some wear to spine, a little rubbed with stains, folioQty: (1)NOTESAlthough the title states 'Twenty Illustrations for Turner's Annual Tour' it is unclear if all twenty plates were all after Turner; there is a total of 15 plates after Turner and 15 plates after Stanfield present here.

Leighton (Clare Veronica Hope, 1898-1989). The Farmer’s Year, A Calendar of English Husbandry, First Edition published by Collins, London, 1933, the full text with wood engraved illustrations, 1932-1933, including twelve hors-texte full page illustrations, three landscape tailpieces and twelve illuminated letters, en texte, on wove paper, the full sheets as published, in very good condition, bound within original green cloth gilt, (edges slightly rubbed), dust jacket, spine repaired with a couple of small reinforcements to verso, oblong folio, overall size 286 x 286 mmQty: (1)NOTESPrint Collector’s Quarterly Vol. 22, No. 2, April 1935, Martin Hardie, The Wood Engravings of Clare Leighton, nos. 204-212, 216-217, 218, 220, 222-235: a further landscape vignette appears to be unrecorded. The Farmer's Year was the first book Clare Leighton exclusively wrote, engraved, and designed.

ARR * Burra (Edward, 1905-1976). Drag Queen, 1972, etching on pale cream wove paper, from the edition of 75 impressions, as printed by the Print Workshop, and published as a folio of 3 etchings by Alexander Postan in 1972, signed and numbered 58/75 in pencil, plate size 298 x 251 mm (11.75 x 9.9 ins), sheet size 482 x 470 mm (19 x 18 ins), framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Gloucestershire. Purchased from Lefevre Gallery, London, May 1, 1980, according to handwritten note to reverse. One of a series of 3 etchings made by Burra at the suggestion of Alexander Postan in 1971, based on a Drag Club in Hastings.

Various Artists. A Selection of Etchings by the Etching Club, London: Joseph Cundall & Thomas Bosworth, 1865, 12 original etchings by John E. Millais, Thomas Creswick, Frederick Tayler, Samuel Palmer, Richard Ansdell, W. Holman Hunt, Richard Redgrave, John C. Horsley, George B. O'Neill, C. W. Cope, James C. Hook and Seymour Haden, all printed on chine appliqué, with thick wove backing paper, some light scattered spots (mostly light), pale waterstain to outer margin of plates 1-5, 9 & 12, heavier spotting to title and contents leaf, yellow chalk-glazed endpapers, with bookplate of Cyril Flower to front pastedown, and neat presentation inscription to front endpaper 'Cyril Flower from R.C.J.', original publisher's maroon morocco-backed cloth gilt, rubbed and scuffed with some marks, and a little wear to extremities, folio (sheet size 45 x 32 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESContents: Happy Spring-time, by John E. Millais (Goldman 33), A Roughish Road by a Loch side, by Thomas Creswick, A Day's Hunting in the Fens, by Frederick Tayler, The Herdsman [or The Weary Ploughman], by Samuel Palmer (Lister 8, viii/viii), The Park, by Richard Ansdell, The Day in the Country, by W. Holman Hunt (Bronkhurst Appendix B21), Summer Woods, by Richard Redgrave, The Dunenna's Return, by John C. Horsley, The Portrait, by George B. O'Neill, The Spring Flood, by C.W. Cope, Gathering Eggs from the Cliff, by James C. Hook, and A Study in Kensington Gardens, by Seymour Haden (Schneiderman 31, iii/iii).

ARR Piper (John, 1903-1992). Brighton Aquatints, twelve original aquatints of modern Brighton with short descriptions by the artist and an introduction by Lord Alfred Douglas, London: Duckworth, 1939, 12 uncoloured aquatints by John Piper, each with tissue-guard, text printed on pale blue paper, signed in ink by the artist to front endpaper, original cloth-backed patterned boards, with printed title label to upper cover, lightly rubbed, oblong folio (sheet size 25.3 x 39 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESLevinson 12-23.

ARR * Frohlich (Fritz, 1910-2001). Shakespeare: Macbeth, circa 1940-45, single sheet list of contents in manuscript, and 10 pen, black ink and charcoal drawings depicting scenes from Shakespeare's Macbeth, by Frohlich, each signed with the artist's initial 'fr.', and numbered in pencil to lower left corner '2b/1' to '2b/10', and each with handwritten title caption in pencil, 20 x 17 cm (8 x 6.7 ins) mount aperture or similar, sheet size 31.5 x 22.5 cm (12.4 x 9 ins), each with card mount, loosely contained in card portfolio, with handwritten title to upper cover 'Shakespeare: Macbeth 10 illustrationen', with pen and black ink vignette of a blasted tree above, some minor marks to card covers, folioQty: (1)NOTESAn unpublished series of Expressionist designs by the Austrian painter and graphic artist Fritz Frohlich (1910-2001), a member of the Innviertel artists' guild (Innviertler Kunstlergilde).

A GOTHIC REVIVAL FOLIO STAND THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO VIOLLET-LE-DUC. A 19th century oak folio stand the ends decorated with an armorial of fleur de lys halved with hanging sheaves, with a velvet covered folio with pierced metal strap mounts. Believed to be from the Chateau at Amboise in the Loire, a commission with which Viollet Le Duc was closely associated. The stand 72.5cm high, 68cm wide.

British topography, decorative arts & handicrafts. The library of John Heaton Cope ARPS (1926-2020), comprising 40 boxes of Yorkshire Dales, Lake District (Cumberland and Westmorland) and Warwickshire reference, decorative arts and handicrafts reference (including furniture, pewter, domestic metalwork treen, candlesticks, etc., specific titles including Charles Latham, In Englsih Homes, London: Country Life, 1904, 2 volumes, folio, original pictorial cloth gilt), general literature, a collection of some 30 Batsford titles in good dust jackets, and assorted other material including Mrs Beeton's Book of Household management, new Edition, 1912, and similar (qty: 40 boxes) The lot sold as seen and without reserve. John Heaton Cope ARPS (1926-2020) was a professional photographer with Birmingham City Council for 44 years, latterly working as the chief photographer at Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery. He lectured on the Midlands circuit of photographic societies for over 30 years and was an active member of the Leica Portfolio Club. He specialised in landscape, architectural and portrait photography. John was a keen collector of antique oak furniture, pewter, copper and brass, rustic lighting, horse brasses, treen, engravings, commemorative china and books, with a particular focus on local history. On retiring to Ravenstonedale near Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria in 1993, John continued to add to his collections and published a short history of the shops in the village.

Paul Klee (1879-1940) collection of 6 x modernist prints from the 3rd revised version folio 'The prints of Paul Klee' published by Moma. All mounted but unframed, approx overall sizes 16 x 12 inches. Cellophane wrapped.

HARDY, THOMAS., DESPERATE REMEDIES, 'A Novel', published 1993, London, by The Folio Society, and a collection of further Thomas Hardy Folio Society works (a lot)Provenance: The Derek Mills Library, A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset BooksDerek C Mills (7th November 1930 – 13th October 2019). Born in Poole in 1930, Derek’s interest in Thomas Hardy was evident in his later schoolwork, and formed a significant part of his higher education at Westminster College. His final dissertation was based on Hardy’s life and works, and contributed to Derek attaining the qualifications that saw him follow his father into the teaching profession.  In 1963 Derek was appointed as an English teacher at the newly built Secondary Modern School in Cranborne, Dorset. He and his family settled in Cranborne, and it remained his home for the rest of his life. In 1971 he took the position of librarian at Queen Elizabeth School in Wimborne, Dorset. Derek served as Publications Manager for The Hardy Society for a number of years in the 1980’s. He provided Hardy enthusiasts throughout the world with publications, information and advice. Upon retirement from teaching he entered local politics, serving as Parish Councillor, District Councillor, and as Chairman of East Dorset District Council in the 1990’s. Derek’s other passion was for the county of Dorset. He was a life member of The Society of Dorset Men, a member of the Dorset Natural History & Archaeological Society, and a founding member of the Cranborne History Society. He collected a large library of books on all aspects of Dorset. His family are delighted and grateful that Dukes Auctioneers are providing the opportunity for others to own and enjoy their father’s cherished books.

Books - Quantity of Folio Society volumes to include Sir Arthur Conan Doyle / Sherlock Holmes, John Buchan etc

* Lace. A large sample book, 1899, approximately 80 thick blue paper leaves, rectos and versos filled with numerous mounted samples of lace of various colours and sizes, as well as some embroidered organza, nets for veils, and embroidered silks, etc., approximately 80% machine-made, the remainder handmade and scattered throughout the album, including Irish lace, tape lace, Point de Gaze, Milanese-style, Brussels-style, lace with armorial or musical trophy motifs, Branscombe lace, and Bedfordshire lace, some discolouration to pages (especially to edges), and occasional gaps, leaf size 48 x 21cm, original half sheep, soiled and worn, with losses to spine, thick folioQty: (1)

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) and others.A Collection of Etchings... [201 works included]Bound album with 5 etchings by Rembrandt, re-worked and printed circa 1810-1820, 14 after Rembrandt, and others by or after Martin Schongauer, Claude Lorrain, Cornelis Bega, Hollar, Runciman, Castiglione, Della Bella and others, various sizes, most trimmed to or just within the platemark, presented in contemporary straight-grain morocco, spine gilt and lettered 'Original Etchings', some losses to spine, rubbed and very worn, folio, published by J. Kay, [circa 1820] ⁂ Etchings by Rembrandt include later impressions from the original plates of the following: 'Portrait of Jan Antonides van der Linden'; 'Old man with beard, fur cap and velvet cloak'; 'Christ Crucified Between Two Thieves: An Oval Plate'; 'The Agony in the Garden'; 'Joseph's Coat Brought to Jacob'.

An Edward VII silver handled and ivory folio page turner, decorated with scrolling leaves, London, 1904, 37cm long

AN AUSTRIAN GILT BRONZE, SILVERED COPPER AND ENAMEL, MOUNTED OAK PRESENTATION BOX BY AUGUST KLEIN WITH PROVENANCE TO THE HOUSE OF BISMARCK, CIRCA 1895Of rectangular form with foliate handles and scrolling feet, the later leather inset top centred by a medallion of Friederich Ludwig Jahn within an enamel band inscribed Uns Deutschen kann nur durch Deutsche geholfen werden - Freiderich Ludwig Jahn with the Prince Otto von Bismarck coat of arms above a dated enamel cartouche 1815-1895, all within oak leaf borders, the lid opening to reveal a red velvet and silk lined interior containing a folio and various dedications21cm high, 55cm wide, 39cm deepProvenance: The present lot is by repute from the collection Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck and was presumably kept at his Berlin residence, the Reichskanzlei or palace. Thence by descent. Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg, known as Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) was a conservative Prussian statesman and was the first Chancellor of the German Empire between 1871 and 1890 after German unification which he is today considered largely responsible. At the time of unification, Bismarck styled himself as Imperial Chancellor of the unified German states as well retaining control of Prussia although Austria was excluded. Bismarck's diplomancy and powerful rule at home gained him the nickname 'The Iron Chancellor'. The House of Bismarck was a noble German family which rose to prominence in the 19th century largely through the achievements of Otto von Bismarck. He was granted the ducal title Duke of Lauenburg for his lifetime, a hereditary comital title in 1865 and the hereditary title of Prince of Bismarck in 1871. Several of his descendants, notably his son Herbert, Prince of Bismarck, were also politicians. The portrait image of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778-1852) applied to the casket is presumably to affirm German nationalistic pride. Jahn was considered the 'father of gymnastics' founding the turnverein (gymnastics club) movement in Germany. He was also a fervent patriot, believing that physical education was the cornerstone of national health and strength which was crucial in strengthening character and German national identity. Jahn penned a vigorous defence of cultural nationalism in his work 'Das Deutsches Volkstum (German Nationality) in 1810 and it was this publication which rose to prominence after the German Unification and hence why his image is portrayed on the casket with an inscription which translates 'Germans can only be helped by Germans'Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and use,Overall clean, there is some discolouration to the wood near the mounts to one side of the topThe gilt metal overall bright and freshThe enamel appears in good order overallThe lined interior with signs of age and wear, probably from the removal and replacing of the folio over time, the supporting arm securing the lid open at time of report and the catch securing Please refer to additional images for visual reference to conditionCondition Report Disclaimer

Lawrence Schiller - a signed and dated photographic print of Marilyn Monroe, from a complimentary promotional booklet promoting The Master Platinum Prints of the 'American Icons' series produced in conjunction with Asprey's in an edition of nine plus artist's proofs. The present folio includes explanation and information pages, a montage of pages illustrating the images in the set, and a page print of one of those images, this page being signed by the photographer Lawrence Schiller and dated 1-15-09

Millais (John Guille). Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches; Illustrating the Habits, Modes of Capture, Stages of Plumage, and the Hybrids and Varieties which occur amongst them, 1st edition, London: Henry Sotheran, 1892, half-titles, frontispiece, 16 colour lithographic plates, corners with occasional fold marks, sporadic spotting, hinges cracked in places, original half morocco gilt, joins very slightly rubbed, rear board with faint marking, corners bumped, folioQty: (1)

Mount (William & Page Thomas). [The English Pilot, Part II, The Northern Sea], circa 1760, lacking title and preliminaries, containing 16 (only) uncoloured engraved sea charts, including two folding and one horizon profile of Orfordness and Burnham, slight dust soiling, a few charts with fraying to the margins, but not affecting the printed surface, most charts detached, contemporary morocco, lacking spine, boards detached, heavily worn and frayed, folioQty: (1)NOTESThe charts cover the Eastern coast of England, The North Sea, Friesland, Denmark & Zeeland, Sweden, Norway, Bergen, Jutland and Finland. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Drake (Edward Cavendish). A New Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels... , 1st edition, London: J. Cooke, 1768, 54 engraved plates and 8 maps, world map torn with loss to western hemisphere section, damp staining to preliminary leaves, sketching to front endpaper, spotting throughout, plates offset, 19th-century half calf, spine extremities rubbed, boards rubbed, corners bumped, folioQty: (1)

Van Keulen (Johannes). Nieuwe Wassende Graade Paskaart over de Geeheele Oost-Zee Nieuwelijcks Opgestelt door Nicolaas de Vries, Amsterdam,[1680 or later], uncoloured engraved sea chart of the Baltic and the Gulf of Finland, inset map of Lake Ladoga, large allegorical cartouche, very slight staining, 525 x 605 mm, bound in the remnants of a Van Keulen sea atlas containing another three sea charts and a double-page horizon profile, lacking title, prelims and endpapers, disbound, retaining a near-contemporary gilt morocco rear board, but heavily worn and scarred, upright folioQty: (1)NOTESThe other three charts are all of Scandanavia and the North Sea by G. & J. Van Keulen and comprise of:- A New Enereasing Compass Map of part of a part of the east coast of England Extending from Eckles to Flamborough Head..., with the title repeated in Dutch, Paaskaart voor been Gedeelte van de Oost Zee beginnende van Valsterbon tot Schenkkenes als mede van Straal..., [and] Paskaart voor een Gedeele van de Oost Zee Beginnende van Sernevisse tot aan Parnout...,

Golden Cockerel Press. A Voyage Round the World with Captain James Cook in H.M.S. Resolution, by Andrew Sparrman, introduction and notes by Owen Rutter, Golden Cockerel Press, 1944, wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill, folding facsimile map, one or two light spots, top edge gilt, original green buckram gilt, slight fading to extremities, folioQty: (1)NOTESLimited edition 191/350.

German armorial manuscript volume. Containing 480 hand-painted continental shields & crests, early 16th century, comprising five double-page sheets (opening to 425 x 600 mm) on thick wove paper, 96 shields to each double-page sheet or opening, each armorial finely drawn in pen & ink with original watercolour in red, blue, yellow and green, and captioned in brown ink in a secretary hand (with some unusual spellings of names which suggest an early composition for example Meittenharsre mod. metzenhaussen, Mobingartt mod. Bomgart and Scharenstein mod. Horenstein), the style of drawing is continental and the absence of an Italic influence suggests an early date, few discreet old repairs, each sheet laid onto good quality 17th century(?) laid paper (and so, thought worthy of preservation even at this date), some light dust-soiling, few minor marks (including old damp stain to one sheet), edges neatly strengthened with archival tissue, guards and endpapers renewed, upper pastedown with small portion of earlier pastedown retained with 'Anon 478' written in ink and pencil, modern full tan calf professionally bound by Julian Thomas (volume conserved & rebound in 2010, and original invoice for binding and conservation work included), single gilt-line to border to boards, spine with raised bands and double gilt-line decoration, slim folio 440 x 335 mmQty: (1)NOTESThe armorials include many canting arms and early Grand Masters of the Teutonic Knights, some very early examples not recorded in Siebmacher's Wappenbuch. The most prevalent coats appear to be for bearers in Bavaria, Suabia, Franconia and Rhineland (Bavaria was a Duchy, later a kingdom, which split at various times rather than being a separate entity). The Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order are early, e.g. Berfurtteyer (mod. Karl Beffart v. Trier); Dussanre (mod. Heinrich Dusner); Ludolf Konig et al. There is very little 'vert' (green) in the shields, a colour that was not much used in early heraldry. The watermarks (pomme de pin, double-headed eagle and bear) compare to examples included in Briquet & Piccard dating from between the 1480s to 1540s.

* Gordon (Charles George, 1833-1885). British Major-General, also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum. An important Autograph Letter Signed, 'C.E. Gordon', as Chief Royal Engineer, Royal Engineers Office, Port Louis, [Mauritius], 2 July 1881, to the Major General Commanding, about 'Subjects connected with the Barrack accommodation of the troops under your command ...', he gives a detailed report, illustrated with two pen and ink diagrams, of the state of affairs of the Hospital of Port Louis, Mauritius (Gordon was Commanding Officer of the Royal Engineers in Mauritius at this time), describing the use of the different buildings and the problems, 'The place swarms with mosquitos ...', 'The detrimental effects of having the Immigration depot, the sugar store and the mixed heterogeneous patients of the Civil Hospital in such close proximity to the Military Hospital can be easily appreciated ...' 'Under the circumstances the consideration is, when a new Hospital could be made ... a division of the present Hospital accommodation should be made ...' and continues with suggestions for new buildings and estimates of the costs involved '17000£ would be the cost of giving up the Old Hospital, which might fetch 12000£ ...' 'It now becomes a question whether it would be better to spend this 15000£, and hold the troops at Port Louis, or to sell the Infantry Barracks at Port Louis ... leaving only sufficient accommodation for the two Imperial Guards .. to my mind the retention of the Citadel and Fort George answer for the defence of the Port, and town of Port Louis ...', having given the alternatives and his opinions he ends with a postscript that he recommends the 'supplying of the troops in these countries with Mosquito nets ...', 7 pages, folio, together with an autograph memorandum signed with initials on 'The Value Naval and Military of the Island of Mauritius to the Imperial Govt', no place, 3 July 1881, illustrated with two full-page manuscript maps, the first showing the Landing Places of Mauritius and the second showing Port Louis and the Neighbourhood, 10 pages, folio, plus 2 contemporary copies of memorandums from Gordon, the first 'On the Means of Protecting British Commerce in Indian Ocean', illustrated with two maps, each i side, 10 pages, folio, no place, 27 July 1881, and the second 'Memorandum on Colonial Defence' 'Modern warfare has completely changed the strategical advantages of positions ... Gibraltar and the Skager Rock are now the Constantinoples ...', with 2 maps, 7 pages, folioQty: (4)NOTESProvenance: John Lawson (1932-2019), bookseller; acquired from Francis Edwards, Catalogue 1043, 1983, item 312. Gordon left for Mauritius as Commanding Royal Engineer in April 1881 and remained there until March 1882, when he was promoted to major-general.

Chalon (Alfred Edward). 6 lithographs after Chalon by R.J. Lane, London: J Dickinson, 1831, 6 lithographs of Marie Taglioni, spotting, tissue guards to each, marbled endpapers and text block, half morocco gilt with ornate design to spine, title label in gilt to front board, spine rubbed to extremities, corners bumped, boards rubbed, folio (365 x 270 mm)Qty: (1)

Circignani (Niccolò). Ecclesiae militantis triumphi sive, Deo amabilium martyrum gloriosa pro Christi fide certamina, 2nd edition, Rome: Bartolomeo Grassi, 1585, engraved title with two women on pedestals supporting a crown and 27 engraved plates only (of 31, lacking plates 3, 10, 28 & 29), each with sparse early hand-colouring, some dust and finger soiling mostly to margins, 19th century blind panelled and decorated calf, spine and extremities rubbed, slim folio (29.7 x 20 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESBL/STC Italian Books p.185 (1st edition); Brunet I, 1697; Cicognara 2008; Harvard/Mortimer-Italian 126. The first edition of this work was published in 1583. The volume contains several scenes of martyrdom combined on each plate. As the title-page states, the engravings were by Giovanni Battista Cavalieri after Circignano’s frescoes in the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome.

Dante Alighieri. Dante con l'espositione di Christoforo Landino, et di Alessandro Vellvtello, sopra la sua comedia dell' Inferno, del Purgatorio, & del Paradiso : con tauole, argomenti, & allegorie, & riformato, riueduto, & ridotto alla sua uera lettura, per Francesco Sansovino fiorentino, Venice: Appresso Giouambattista, Marchio? Sessa, & fratelli, 1564, title with woodcut portrait & early signature (leaf slightly torn & lined to verso, dust-soiled), woodcut initials and illustrations, verso of final leaf with printer's woodcut device above colophon, occasional spotting mostly to margins, slight damp staining mostly towards rear of volume, 18th century calf, gilt decorated spine without title label, joints split, worn to head & foot of spine, joints and extremities, folio (31.7 x 21.4 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESAdams D103. This volume is the first Sansovino edition, and the first to include the commentaries of Landino and Vellutello together. The numerous woodcut illustrations are from the 1544 edition of Marcolini.

* Petrus Lombardus. Three manuscript leaves, probably from Quatuor Libri Sententiarum, Books I & III, England, later 13th century, written in brown ink in a gothic script on both sides of 3 vellum sheets, double-column, alternating red and blue decorative initials, some marginal glosses, folio (33 x 21.5 cm), together with a small manuscript bible leaf, 13th century, latin text in brown ink on vellum, double-column, one blue initial and 3 red and blue roman numerals, 2 pages, small 8vo (16 x 11.5 cm)Qty: (4)

Illuminated manuscript. An illuminated missal on vellum, probably Spanish, 16th century, comprising 113 numbered leaves of musical notation with 5-line red-ruled staves with words of masses, etc., beginning with Beata Dei genitrix, most leaves with one or more decorative capitals, mostly blue or red and many capitals interlacing in sepia ink with occasional yellow highlights, folio 76 blank, folios 99-113 written more crudely with fewer capitals and in another hand, some spotting, soiling and occasional yellowing of vellum, contemporary blind-stamped calf with multiple fillets and fleur-de-lys ornaments, central circular figure or monogram to both covers rubbed away, one (of 2) brass clasps present, small 8vo (140 x 95 mm)Qty: (1)

Inghirami (Curzio). Ethruscarum Antiquitatum Fragmenta, 1st edition, Florence: Giovanni Battista Landini, 1637, 4 folding engravings, many in text engravings, some engravings and pages strengthened with archival tape at gutter, marginal spotting, hinges cracked, contemporary gift inscription to front endpaper, later quarter vellum, title label chipped with loss, folioQty: (1)

Litta (Pompeo). Famiglie Celebri di Italia, 4 volumes, Milan: presso Paolo Emilio Giusti, 1819-c.1844?, numerous genealogical tables representing 43 families, each family with hand-coloured coat of arms, many heightened with gold or silver, numerous line engraved plates, many with partial hand-colouring, numerous engraved (with aquatint) portraits, scenes and views, most richly hand-coloured, several additional hand-coloured armorials, five maps: 3 with contemporary hand-colouring (one double-page), and one hand-coloured in outline (double-page), the families complete except for: Cesi di Roma (lacks all plates), Ferrero di Bella (4 leaves of plates only, of 6), Dal Verme di Firenze (lacking map), volume I title spotted, a few short closed edge tears, infrequent (mainly light) spotting, fore-edges spotted, uniform late 19th century quarter sprinkled calf, worn, most joints cracked, the spines numbered 1 to 4 and lettered A-C, E-G, M-P, R-V, volume I spine covering detached (loosely inserted), original printed blue wrapper for fascicolo LVIII dispensa 99 loosely inserted, folio, together with: Five further families in individual fascicles, numerous genealogical tables, each family with hand-coloured coat of arms, some heightened with gold, Attendolo Sforza di Cotignola with hand-coloured map, but without all uncoloured plates, Colonna Di Roma, D'Este, Medici di Firenze & Visconti di Milano all without plates, Visconti gia Aicardi di Milano complete (tables only, as issued), each loosely contained in contemporary plain blue wrappers, worn with some soiling or spotting, Medici lacking rear cover, Visconti covers separated at spine, folioQty: (9)NOTESThe families contained in the bound volumes comprise: Volume 1: Acquaviva di Napoli, Altemps di Roma, Aldobrandini di Firenze, Appiani di Pisa, Archinto di Milano, Bentivoglio di Bologna, Buonarroti di Firenze, Bonelli di Roma, Boncompagni di Bologna, Borromeo di S. Miniato, Carraresi di Padova, Casali di Cortona, Castiglioni di Milano, Cavalcabo di Cremona, Cesi di Roma, Corraro di Venezia Volume 2: Erizzo di Venezia, Ferrero di Biella, Foscari di Venezia, Ghilini d'Alessandria, Giovio di Como, Giustiniani di Venezia, Gonzaga di Mantova, Gozzadini di Bologna, Guicciardini di Firenze Volume 3: Marescotti di Bologna, Martelli di Firenze, Massimo di Roma, Mauruzi di Tolentino, Marchesi Del Monte S.a Maria Nell'Umbria detti Bourbon del Monte, Pallavicino, Pio di Carpi Volume 4: Rangoni di Modena, Roverella di Ferrara, Sanvitale di Parma, Simonetta di Calabria, Strozzi di Firenze, Tiepolo di Venezia, Torelli di Ferrara, Trivulzio di Milano, Varano di Camerino, Dal Verme di Verona, Vettori di Firenze The complete work, originally issued in 184 parts, covered 150 families. Pompeo Litta began the work in 1819 and had published 113 families before he died in 1852, after which it was completed by others. Litta only included Italian families that were especially notable or famous. The genealogical tables or Tavolas include brief biographies of the most prominent members of each family, and the drawings of family monuments and tombs are recognised as an important art historical record as many had already been destroyed even at the time of publication.

Raleigh (Walter). The Historie of the World. In five bookes..., [London: Printed for H. Lownes, G. Lathum, and R. Young, 1628], 'The Minde of the Front' leaf present (with early manuscript markings to both sides), additional engraved title dated 1614, engraved portrait to general title, eight engraved maps & battle plans (complete, comprising 5 double-page maps, one folding map & 2 double-page battle plans), few woodcut initials and genealogies to text, "The first part of the Historie of the World .. The third booke" begins with new pagination (register is continuous), imprint from colophon, final leaf of contents at rear of volume torn to lower outer blank corner and repaired, occasional repaired worm holes & trails to lower blank margins of few leaves, scattered spots and few light brown ring marks, lower outer corners of some leaves lightly damp stained, verso of general title with armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Littleton Bt. Treasurer of Her Majestie's Navy dated 1702, marbled endpapers with bookplate to front pastedown with baron's coronet and initials RN, near-contemporary panelled speckled calf, elaborate gilt decorated spine, professionally repaired at head & foot of spine and to lower joint, upper joint slightly cracked, board corners discretely repaired, folioQty: (1)NOTESSTC 20640; ESTC S116303. A handsome volume.

Ruggieri, Ferdinando. Studio d'Architettura Civile sopra gli ornamenti di porte e finestre... tratte da alcune fabbriche insigni di Firenze, 2 volumes (of 3) only, Florence, 1722-24, engraved additional titles, engraved titles, 160 engraved plates, occasional light spotting and soiling, contemporary half calf, covers detached, some wear to spines and edges, sheet size 47.5 x 36.5 cm (18.75 x 14.25 ins), folioQty: (2)NOTESCicognara 639. Ruggieri's survey of the architecture of Florence, the full work comprising 237 plates.

Scarpa (Antonio & Knox, Robert). Engravings of the Cardiac Nerves, the Nerves of the Ninth Pair, the Glosso-Pharyngeal, and the Pharyngeal Branch of the Pneumo-Gastric; copied from the "Tabulae Neurologicae", 2nd edition, Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Stewart, 1829, 30 engraved plates, some hand-coloured, original dark green cloth skilfully repaired, spotting to boards, hinges cracked, corners bumped, stamp to title page, 4to, together with Fischer (Johann Martin), Darstellung des Knochenbaues von dem menschlichen Korper mit der Angabe der Verhaltnisse desselben, Wien: Andreas Gassler, 1806, contemporary calf, 10 engraved plates, pencil sketches on verso of plates, extremities of boards rubbed, leaves spotted and stained throughout, small stamp to front endpaper, folio, and 2 othersQty: (4)

Shakespeare (William). Mr William Shakespeare his Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, set out by himself in quarto, or by the players his fellows in folio, and now faithfully republish'd from those editions in ten volumes octavo; with an introduction: whereunto will be added, in some other volumes, notes, critical and explanatory, and a body of various readings entire, 10 volumes, London: Printed by Dryden Leach, for J. and R. Tonson, [1768], half-titles discarded, title-page of first volume with 'Feb 1768' written in blue ink in a 20th century hand at foot, margins browned to first and last few leaves to each volume (offset from binding leather turn-ins), occasional light spotting, front pastedowns with 19th century ownership bookplates of Sarah Rooke, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spines with later leather labels, upper board of volume 1 detached, volume 10 rebacked preserving original spine, few joints cracked, some wear, 8voQty: (10)

Bartolozzi (Francesco). Eighty-Two [-Seventy-Three] Prints Engraved by F. Bartolozzi, &c from the original collection of Drawings of Michael Angelo [et al] in the Collection of His Majesty, 2 volumes, London: John & Josiah Boydell, circa 1800, first volume containing 82 engraved or etched plates (including 1 folding) and second volume containing 72 engraved or etched plates (of 73, without Leonardo portrait) on 69 sheets, by Bartolozzi, Zocchi, Vitalba, and others, printed in sepia, closed tears to last two leaves of plates in second volume, margins frayed, some spotting, browning, few occasional damp stains, sewing broken and contents loosely contained within contemporary half sheep boards, lacking spines, worn, large folio (57.5 x 38 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESFine engravings by Francesco Bartolozzi, and others, after paintings and drawings by Guercino, Carracci, Michelangelo, da Cortona, Parmigiano, and other Old Masters in the Royal Collection. Sold as a collection of plates.