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France.- de Serres (John) An Historical Collection, on the Most Memorable Accidents, and Tragicall Massacres of France ..., first edition in English, publisher's woodcut device to title, engraved initials and headpieces, ?lacking initial blank, early ink signature to blank, corrections inserted by hand, scattered spotting and staining, R2 with small paper defect to fore-edge, 2Y3 with small hole to bottom edge, tiny worming to fore-edges (R2-T4 & 2T1-3D3), large armorial bookplate of Sir William Stirling Maxwell, nineteenth century calf with Maxwell's motto and monogramme in blind to covers, fractional rubbing to corners and spine extremities, folio, by Thomas Creede, 1598.

Strada (Famiano) De Bello Belgico. The History of the Low-Countrey Warres, first English edition, translated by Sir Robert Stapylton, engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Marshall with repaired tear, 13 engraved portrait plates, small burn-hole in B1 slightly affecting woodcut headpiece on recto and text on verso, small hole in Ii3 with slight loss of text, occasional soiling and light staining, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, rubbed, [Wing S5777], folio, Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1650. 

Turkey.- Knolles (Richard) The Generall Historie of the Turkes, first edition, engraved architectural title by Laurence Johnson, engraved portrait illustrations, lacking A1 (blank) but with final errata f., title with early ownership inscription and some neat repairs to edges, the odd marginal chip or tear repaired, a few times into text without loss, the occasional very small rust-hole within text, 3N4 repaired tear affecting a few words, 3P1 small hole within text, some light browning, some water and other staining, generally light, final few ff. lightly creased and soiled, 5H7 fore-margin reinforced, errata with marginal repairs, modern calf, spine gilt and with six raised bands, covers with central gilt lozenge, [STC 15051; Blackmer 919], folio, Adam Islip, 1603. *** "Knolles spent twelve years on the completion of his great history...Knolles' work was greatly praised by Dr. Johnson and its influence was acknowledged by Byron" (Blackmer). We can trace only two copies of the first edition at auction, the last in 2004. 

Procopius of Caesarea. The History of the Warres of the Emperour Justinian in Eight Books, translated by Henry Holcroft, first edition in English, additional engraved architectural title, letterpress title in red and black, woodcut initials and headpieces, without final advertisement, 2N2 with paper flaw affecting 2 or 3 letters text, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, upper cover detached, some wear to corners, surface wear to covers, [Wing P3640], folio, Humphrey Moseley, 1653. *** Provenance: Sir Lister Holt of Aston (armorial bookplate).

Tacitus (Publius Cornelius) The Annales, 2 parts in 1, woodcut initials and decorations, engraved illustration to T2r shaved at fore-edge, some sidenotes trimmed with loss, paper flaw to S3 with slight loss of text, lacking initial and final blank, occasional soiling and spotting, later blind-stamped tree calf, rebacked, [STC 23645], folio, Printed...by Arnold Hatfield for John Norton, 1605.

Cavendish (Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle) The Worlds Olio, first edition, woodcut head-pieces and initials, lacking portrait frontispiece, title laid down to sheet, S2 closed marginal tear just affecting text, Cc4 small tear at foot to blank margin, Ff5 with a small hole (not affecting text) and ink notes and doodles in early hand to verso, ?lacking final blank, a few minor stains, eighteenth century calf, rebacked, covers variously abraided, [Wing N873], small folio, for J. Martin and J. Allestrye, 1655. *** This early work by Cavendish is extremely rare in any condition.Provenance: Joseph ?Leners [to title, and slip to pastedown].

Law.- Sheppard (William) An Epitome of all the Common & Statute Laws of this Nation now in force. Wherein more then fifteen hundred of the hardest words or terms of law are explained, first edition, woodcut initials, occasional worming to lower margins, 6G2&3 misbound, small rust-hole to 6P4 with loss to 1 or 2 letters of text, ink ownership inscriptions on title, ink inscriptions to front free endpaper in an early hand, contemporary calf, some splitting to foot of upper joint, some worming to spine ends, extremities a little rubbed but a good copy overall, [Wing S3184], folio, W. Lee, D. Pakeman [& c.], 1656.

Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar, title printed in red & black, 11 double-page engraved maps mounted on stubs and 5 engraved plates and plans by Hollar & others, numerous engraved illustrations including many full-page, errata leaf at end but lacking final blank, occasional light browning or spotting, K2 &3 margins reinforced with paper repair, tear on plate margin to Cc4 affecting sidenote, contemporary calf, blind-stamp ruling, rebacked preserving original spine strip, recornered, cornes bumped but an attractive copy overall, [Wing D2479], folio, Thomas Warren, 1656.

Evelyn copy.- Boccalini (Traiano) I Ragguagli di Parnasso: or, Advertisements from Parnassus, first edition in English, translated by Henry Earl of Monmouth, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2ff. publisher's catalogue bound at end ("Books Printer for, and sold by Gabriel Bedel, & Thomas Collins. 1656"), U4 repaired tear to foot affecting text, some browning and spotting, the odd small rust-spot, contemporary calf, rebacked, [Wing B3380], folio, for Humphrey Moseley...and Thomas Heath, 1656. Provenance: Evelyn family copy (engraved armorial bookplate of Sir. Fred. Evelyn, Bt. and 20th century 'JE' monogram bookplate).

Bacon (Sir Francis) Resuscitatio, or Bringing into the Publick Light severall Pices of the Works ..., engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved initials and headpieces, first divisional title detached and loosely inserted, damp-staining and tender edges at beginning and end, C1 with small loss to bottom corner, I2-O4 with worming at gutter, not affecting text, pastedowns present but not attached to boards, near contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, folio, by Sarah Griffin, for William Lee, 1657.

Vere (Sir Francis) The Commentaries...Being Diverse pieces of Service, wherein he had command..., first edition, edited by William Dillingham, half-title with verses on verso, 3 engraved portraits, 4 double-page maps & plans and 3 double-page plates by Richard Gaywood, Robert Vaughan and others, the odd marginal note in an early hand, one portrait with loss to fore-margin repaired, another with small ink stain, one map with portion of loss to upper margin, a few short marginal tears, occasional minor spotting or soiling, some light damp-staining and cockling towards end, still good overall, contemporary sprinkled sheep, sympathetically rebacked, rubbed, [Wing V240], folio, Cambridge, John Field, 1657. *** An important source for the Anglo-Dutch war against Spain, published posthumously. Provenance: Henry Norwood (c.1614 – 1689), supporter of the Royalist cause. "This Booke was lent...by Charles Earle of Derby...H. Smith" (inscription to front endpaper, some indecipherable); "Collonell Henry Norwood was his right name; during his imprisonment he called himself Smith" (inscription beneath in another hand); Indecipherable signature to title dated Lambeth 1689; "Edward Bedford his Booke"; "John Williams his Booke anno 1918" (ownership inscriptions to front endpaper).

Leybourn (William) The Compleat Surveyor, containing the whole Art of Surveying of Land, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, previous owner's marginal ink note to title, woodcut diagrams, engraved initials and headpieces, worming at gutter not affecting text, marginal manuscript notes (F2, 2G4 (verso) & 2M4), manuscript diagram to final blank, L3 with small hole in text, 2F4 with loss to corner not affecting text, scattered spotting and staining, ex-Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors with their bookplate, modern endpapers, near contemporary sheep, rebacked, rubbed and worn, rubbing to corners and extremities, folio, by R. and W. Leybourn, for G. Sawbridge, 1657.

London.- Dugdale (Sir William) The History of St. Pauls Cathedral in London, first edition, title in red and black, engraved portrait and 44 etched plates and illustrations by Wenceslaus Hollar and others, most plates double-page or folding, all but one illustration full-page, B1-2 repaired tears to foot causing loss to a few letters, a few plates and illustrations trimmed (once or twice within image), one with small rust-hole within image, another with short repaired tear to head without loss, 2 folding plates torn and laid down with tiny loss, some light browning, some light spotting and soiling, contemporary mottled calf, expertly rebacked and recornered by Bayntun, covers with gilt-tooled border with thistle device to each corner, spine richly gilt and with red morocco label, covers little rubbed, a handsome copy, [Wing D2482], folio, Tho. Warren, 1658. 

Gadbury (John) Genethlialogia [graece], or The Doctrine of Nativities, containing the whole Art of Directions ... Whereby, any man ... may be enabled to discover the most Remarkable and Occult Accidents of his Life ..., 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece (remargined), title in red and black, mounted on stub, corrections inserted by hand, woodcut diagrams, occasional marginal pencil notes, trimmed with tiny worming occasionally affecting headline and page numbers, lacking 4E4 (?final blank), later half-vellum, slightly rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, folio, Ja: Cottrel, for Giles Calvert, 1658.

Howell (James) Lexicon Tretaglotton, an English-French-Italian, Spanish Dictionary..., first edition, second issue, half-title, engraved frontispiece by William Faithorne, separate titles to each part, mostly dated 1659, half-title, frontispiece and final few leaves with margins neatly repaired, some worming to lower margins, [Wing H3088], 19th century maroon half morocco, edges a little bumped and rubbed, folio, J.G. for Samuel Thomson, 1660.

Netherlands.- [Le Petit (Jean Francois)] A Generall Historie of the Netherlands, first edition in English, translated by Edward Grimeston, title within ornate engraved border, previous owner's ink signature to head, 57 engraved illustrations, engraved initials and headpieces, title with chipped and tender edges, lacking A1 (?initial blank) and ¶¶4 (?final blank), A3 with marginal tear and tender edges, 2E4 with loss to bottom corner, 2F3, 3B6 & 3C4 with marginal tears, 2Z6 with small hole affecting image, 3B3 with large tear into text, ¶¶1 with large tear into text and old repair, scattered spotting and staining, tender edges toward end, cracked upper hinge, later calf, rubbed and worn, folio, by A. Islip for G. Eld, 1608.

Elton (Richard) The Compleat Body of the Art of Military, engraved frontispiece, trimmed to platemark with slight chipping to fore-edge, title in red and black, 8 engraved plates (6 folding), illustrations, small hole at title foot affecting odd letter, scattered spotting and browning, small worming to front endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, some restoration to corners, a little rubbed, folio, for W. L. and are to be sold by Henry Brome ..., and Thomas Basset, 1668

Distiller of London (The). Compiled and set forth... for the sole use of the Company of Distillers of London, title within typographic border, imprimatur f. following title with woodcut coat-of-arms of the Company, woodcut and typographic initials and ornaments, light browning to title, scattered foxing, endpapers renewed, 19th century ink gift inscription to front pastedown, contemporary sheep, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, rubbed, [Gabler G18490 (note); Simon Vinaria p.151;Wing D1692], folio, Printed by Robert Paskefor the Company of Distillers, 1668. *** Rare, last copy at auction in 1969.

Riolan (Jean) A Sure Guide; or, The Best and Nearest Way to Physick and Chyrurgery, third English edition, translated by Nicholas Culpeper, 24 engraved plates, each with printed explanatory leaf of text, one plate bound as frontispiece, the rest at end, some marginal browning to text and water-staining to upper margin of plates and explanatory leaves, contemporary sheep, rubbed and scuffed, lower cover worn, upper hinge repaired, [Wing R1526], folio, Printed by John Streater, And are to be sold by George Sawbridge, 1671. 

Kersey (John) The Elements of that Mathematical Art Commonly Called Algebra, Expounded in Four Books, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece (chipped at fore-edge and with contemporary ink inscription to foot), titles printed in red and black, diagrams in text, the occasional ink annotation, more frequent marginal pencil notes (mainly to vol. 1), a few small holes within text, generally very small but affecting a few words to S1, I2 & final f. short tear into text without loss, some chipping to fore-margins, soiling and staining (mainly near start), foxing to final few ff., later half calf, spine gilt, wear to spine ends, rubbed, [Wing K352], folio, William Godbid, for Thomas Passinger [& Benjamin Hurlock], 1673-74.  Provenance: Knapton (ink name to title). 

Finland.- Lapland.- Schefferus (Joannes) The History of Lapland, first English edition, engraved additional title, engraved map, letterpress title with woodcut vignette, woodcut illustrations, occasional light foxing, bookplate and ink inscription to front free endpaper, modern antique-style calf, light fading to spine, [Wing S851], folio, Oxford, At the Theater, 1674. *** First published in Latin the previous year, includes much on the geography, natural history, culture and language of the region.  Provenance: Sir Joshua Rowe (armorial bookplate with 19th century inscription: "The gift of Thomas Fitzgerald".

Netherlands.- [Le Petit (Jean Francois)] A Generall Historie of the Netherlands, edited and translated by Edward Grimestone, first English edition, engraved architectural title (a little creased with repair to lower corner), 57 engraved illustrations, woodcut initials and headpieces, lacking 4 preliminary leaves (comprising deadications to the Earl of Salisbury and to the reader), 3C1 with tear running into text, 5F3 with internal tear affecting some text, occasional loss or tearing to blank margins, occasional creasing but a clean example generally, contemporay calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, [STC 12375], folio, Adam Islip, 1609.

Webster (John) The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft, first edition, initial imprimatur and blank leaf at end present, repaired hole in title not affecting text, some soiling and occasional staining, Pp3 with hole slightly affecting text, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, rubbed, [Wing W1230; Thorndike VIII, p.575], folio, Printed by J.M., 1677. *** A very good copy of this criticism of traditional views of witchcraft, which started a polemical war with Henry More and Joseph Glanvill, who were convinced of the genuine existence of witches. Provenance: T.B. Grierson (bookplate); unidentified Theological Library (early ink inscription to title but name cut out) 

Birds.- Willughby (Francis) The Ornithology..., first edition in English, title in red and black, 80 engraved plates, 2 letterpress tables, plates with names of birds supplied in pencil to lower margin, some light foxing and marginal damp-staining, one or two plates with small marginal chip or tear, plates 15 & 16 lightly browned, plate 16 also with slightly smeared stain, plate 20 repaired tear into image without loss, second half with small worming to foot, generally one or two wormholes but more pronounced traces to c.60pp. of text, occasionally within text or platemark, contemporary calf, skilfully rebacked with original backstrip laid down, covers with gilt-tooled borders, flat spine gilt in compartments with floral and foliate motifs divided by dark green morocco onlays, little rubbed, a handsome copy, [Zimmer pp.677-678; Wing W2880], folio, A.C. for John Martyn, 1678. *** A greatly expanded version of Willughby's 1676 Latin text by John Ray, which includes essays on falconry and songbirds as well as additional plates.Provenance: Snelston Hall; Robert Mowbray; Cedric and Violet Walter (bookplates).

Spenser (Edmund) The Works of that Famous English Poet, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, tiny worming to top corners (2C3-2C4 & 2D3-2D4), 3N1 with small rust-hole at head, small loss to one or two corners, faint staining towards end, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, bumping to corners, [Pforzheimer 980], folio, by Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwin, 1679. *** Including Theodore Bathurst's translation of The Shepheardes Calendar.

Shakespeare (William).- Beaumont (Francis) & John Fletcher. Fifty Comedies and Tragedies, second collected edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, A4 verso with page numbers inserted by hand, tiny worming to fore-edge, 3C1 with short marginal tear, 3O3 with small hole (not affecting text), 3N1 with tear into text, scattered spotting, lacking 4A4 (blank), later panelled calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to extremities, [Pforzheimer 54], folio, J. Macock for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, Richard Marriot, 1679. *** Including the first folio publication of The Two Noble Kinsmen, attributed to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. The play was first published in quarto format in 1634 but not included in any of the of the folio editions of Shakespeare's works or in the first folio of Beaumont and Fletcher's works (1647) . This second edition includes eighteen additional plays which did not appear in the first folio edition.

Grotius (Hugo) His Three Books Treating of the Rights of War & Peace, third edition in English, translated by William Evats, additional engraved title, title printed in red and black, light browning, the odd spot or minor soiling, faint damp-stain to lower corner at beginning and end, front free endpaper loose, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked in lighter modern calf, blue morocco label to spine, old covers heavily rubbed, [Wing G2126; Goldsmith's 2491], folio, M.W. for Thomas Basset & Ralph Smith, 1682. *** A seminal work of international law. The Latin original was first published in 1625. Provenance: W. Priestley, Lightcliffe; Halifax Literary & Philosophical Society "Bequeathed by William Priestley" 1860; Burns Halcyon Lake Almanor (bookplates to front pastedown and endpaper).

Botany.- Grew (Nehemiah) The Anatomy of Plants, first collected edition, initial imprimatur leaf signed by Christopher Wren, 83 engraved plates, 5 of which double-page, woodcut initials and head-pieces, early ink name to title, divisional titles at N2 & 2D1 with small holes affecting a few letters (the latter only to verso), one or two double-page plates slightly frayed at edges, plate 55 small portion of loss not affecting image, the odd small rust-spot, some faint foxing or soiling to a few plates, but overall very good, contemporary calf, rebacked and with plum morocco label, spine spotted, old covers quite worn, [Wing G1945; Henrey 162; Hunt 362; Nissen BBI 758], folio, by W. Rawlins, for the Author, 1682. *** The birth of the microscopic anatomy of plants. Grew, and his contemporary Malpighi in Italy, were the founders of the science of plant anatomy. Grew was the first to observe the sexual nature of plants and ascribe the male functions to the stamens.

[Montreux (Nicholas de)] Honours Academie. Or The Famous Pastorall, of the faire Shepheardesse, Iulietta...Done into English, by R.T., title with woodcut device, title, first 2 leaves and final f. (with colophon to verso) supplied from another copy, lacking 2 initial blanks but with blank f. L4, Sig. 3A bound out of order, a couple marginal ink notes, including one early to colophon, title and final f. little chipped at inner edge, G3, 2G6 & 2Q5 torn and repaired (repair obscuring a few words to G3), 2A5 portion removed from fore-margin, 2E2-4 loss to upper corner affecting headline, some damp-staining, some light browning and soiling, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, [STC 18053], folio, Tomas Creede, 1710 [but 1610].  *** The scarce first edition of Robert Tofte's translation.Provenance: Charles Crofton (ink ownership name to title). 

Turner (Sir James) Pallas Armata. Military Essayes of the Ancient Grecian, Roman, and Modem Art of War, first edition, portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, without advertisement f. at end, ink ownership name to title, frontispiece and title with some chipping to edges, 2A3 very small rust-hole within text, water-staining, occasional other soiling, final 2 leaves defective with small holes and tears causing loss of text, final f. with large paper repair to verso, contemporary calf, lacking backstrip, very worn, upper cover almost detached along with frontispiece and title, [Wing T3292], folio, M.W. for Richard Chiswell, 1683.  

L'Estrange (Sir Roger) The Observator in Dialogue, 3 vol. bound as 2., one or two small marginal holes, scattered faint spotting and staining, tiny worming to bottom margin, bookplate of Littlecote House, later panelled calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, small loss to spine extremities, folio, by J. Benet, for William Abington, 1684-87. *** The Observator was a newspaper written in the form of a dialogue by Roger L'Estrange, and published from April 13, 1681 to March 9, 1687. 

Augustine (Saint) Of the Citie of God: with the Learned Comments of Jo. Lod. Vives, first English edition, translated by John Healey, title with woodcut device, woodcut decorations and initials, lacking initial and final blank, some ink marginalia, sig.Gg3 and 4 misbound, occasional worming, mostly marginal but sometimes encroaching on text block, occasional soiling, modern calf, gilt, in antique style, [Pforzheimer 19; STC 916], folio, Printed by George Eld, 1610. *** First English edition of a translation of De civitate Dei, with the commentary of the great Spanish humanist scholar Juan Luis Vives. Aside from a second printing of this translation in 1620 this was the only English version published until the late 19th century. 

[D'Urfey (Thomas)] The Malecontent; a Satyr: Being the Sequel of the Progress of Honesty, or a View of Court and City, first edition, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, spine faded, [Wing D2748], folio, Printed for Joseph Hindmarsh, 1684. 

Arwaker (Edmund) The Vision: A Pindarick Ode: Occasion'd by the Death Of Our Late Gracious Sovereign King Charles II, title ruled in black, 1685, bound with The Second Part of the Vision, single small worm-hole throughout, affecting one or two letters, 1685, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, spotting, soiling to peripheral ff., modern morocco-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, corners rubbed, [Wing A3913 & A3913], folio, J. Playford, for Henry Playford.

Britain.- Speed (John) The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of ye Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans, first edition, engraved title, previous owner's ink signature to head, woodcut illustrations, engraved initials, head- and tail-pieces, one or two marginal ink fingerposts, scattered spotting and staining, occasional faint off-setting, cracked hinges, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, arms of the Signet Society in gilt to boards, rubbed and worn, folio, John Sudbury & Georg. Humble, 1611.

Doheny copy.- Homer. The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets, translated by George Chapman, engraved title by William Hole, lacking *1 (blank f.) and 2G8 (final blank f.), without the 2 unsigned leaves of dedicatory sonnets to Viscounts Cranborne and Rochester bound after 2G7 (found only in a small number of copies), engraved title with fore-margin neatly renewed, tiny rust-holes within text to E6 & R4, a few other small marginal rust-holes, some very light browning, light foxing to final few ff., but overall an excellent copy, lengthy later ink note to front free endpaper, later brown morocco, spine titled in gilt but lightly sunned, lightly rubbed, heavier to joints and corners, [STC 13634; Pforzheimer 169], folio, Printed [by Richard Field] for Nathaniell Butter, [c.1612]. *** The first complete Chapman Iliad. Provenance: Joseph Haslewood; John Camp Williams; Estelle Doheny (book-labels).

Mexio (Pedro), Francesco Sansovino & others. The Treasurie of Auncient and Moderne Times, [translated by Thomas Milles], first edition, with initial blank f., double column, title with woodcut printer's device, early ownership inscription to front free endpaper, first few ff. little creased, N2 & 3C2 small paper-flaw hole affecting couple letters, one or two tiny rust-holes within text, slightly larger to 4L7 affecting a few letters, 2P6 short tear into text without loss, the odd spot but overall very good, contemporary calf, spine in compartments, covers with central gilt-tooled lozenge, spine ends chipped, quite heavily rubbed, [STC 17956], folio, W. Jaggard, 1613. *** A second part was published in 1619. Provenance: Shadwell Court Library (bookplate). 

Virgil. The Works ... containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Ænis, translated by Dryden, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, 102 engraved plates (one with small marginal loss, one slightly creased), list of subscribers, *4 with small marginal paper defect, ƚƚ2 lacking bottom corner (not affecting text), 3L4 with small marginal loss to fore-edge, occasional faint spotting and finger-soiling, bookplate of William Trumbull, cracked joints, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, rubbed, bumping to extremities, folio, for Jacob Tonson, 1697.

Milton (John) A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works, 3 vol., half-title, engraved portrait to verso, title in red and black, vol. 1 half-title and title uniformly browned, 3B4 small closed tear to lower margin, vol. 2 small paper repair to title, scattered browning and minor staining, contemporary calf, rebacked, spines gilt with morocco labels, repairs to corners, scratches to covers, [Wing M2087], folio, Amsterdam [i.e. London], 1698.*** Provenance: Sir Frederick Hervey Bathurst, Baronet [bookplate].

[Ward (Edward)] The Dancing-School. With the Adventures of the Easter Holy-Days, first edition, advertisement on title verso, the odd short marginal tear, foxing and soiling, final f. with neatly repaired tear within text (no loss), modern marbled boards, [Wing W731], folio, J. How, 1700. *** Scarce in commerce, we cannot trace a copy at auction since 1960.

Turkey.- Rycaut (Paul) The History of the Turks. beginning with the year 1679, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 6 portrait plates, D3 with neat hole cut into margin, 2S3 with short tear at head, L2 to end with worming to upper margin, touching headline and odd letters of 'Contents', scattered faint spotting and staining, later panelled calf, rebacked, rubbed, bumping to corners, [Atabey 1077], folio, for Robert Clavell ..., and Abel Roper, 1700. *** This is complete in itself, but also "forms the third volume of the first collected edition of Rycaut's histories and his edition of Knolles' history of the Turks." (Atabey).

Levant.- Sandys (George) A Relation of a Journey begun An: Dom: 1610 ... Containing a description of the Turkish Empire, of Ægypt, of the Holy Land, of the Remote parts of Italy and Islands, first edition, engraved title, double-page engraved map, folding engraved panorama, engraved illustrations, scattered faint spotting, Z4 with marginal note in an early hand, R1 with marginal tear and neat old repair, 2A4 with rust-hole affecting odd letter, 2B6 with marginal tear, lacking 2D6 (?final blank), bookplates, contemporary calf, rebacked, lozenge in blind to centre boards, lacking ties, upper cover with 2 additional holes for ties (now lacking), a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [cf. Atabey 1087 (seventh edition) & Blackmer 1484 (second edition)], folio, W. Barrett, 1615.

Godwin (Francis, Bishop) Annales of England. Containing the Reignes of Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixt, Queene Mary, first English edition, translated by Morgan Godwin, 3 elaborate woodcut titles and 3 engraved portraits, woodcut decorations and initials, marginal tear to one preliminary leaf, small ink stain to Kk4 and adjacent leaves, lacking initial and final blank, later reversed calf, rebacked, [STC 11947], folio, Printed by A. Islip and W. Stansby, 1630.

Taylor (John) All The Workes, first collected edition, additional engraved title within ornate architectural border (some fraying to fore-edge just touching image), woodcut & typographical head-, tail-pieces and initials, woodcut illustrations, C1 duplicated, C2 lacking but provided from another copy loosely inserted thus text complete, Kkk3 & Kkk4 both duplicated, with Kkk3s mis-bound after Kkk4s, H6, Ff3 & Nn2 with closed marginal tears affecting text, Oo2 small hole loss of letters, a few other small marginal defects but no text loss, seventeenth century calf, repairs to spine ends, lower joint foot chipped, small folio, [Pforzheimer 1006; STC 23725], by J.[ohn] B.[eale] for James Boler, 1630. *** Taylor wrote and published his works without the support of patrons and so dedicated his works "To the most high, most mighty, and most ancient producer, seducer and abuser of mankind, the world."

Stow (John) Annales, or A Generall Chronicle of England. Begun by Iohn Stow: Continued and Augmented...By Edmund Howes, woodcut title, black letter, double column, with final blank f. (little frayed), title with short tear to fore-edge repaired, a few small chips or tears and neat repairs, A5, H3 & 2A2 causing small loss to printed side-note, P1 & 3D4 small hole silked affecting a few words, 4S4 lower corner torn away with small loss of text, browned to varying degrees, some light soiling but overall good, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, some spotting to spine, covers rubbed, [STC 23340], folio, Richard Meighen, 1631 [but 1632]. 

Weever (John) Ancient Funerall Monuments within the United Monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the Islands adjacent, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, both with expert repairs to corners, woodcut illustrations (some full-page), engraved initials and headpieces, early blank with manuscript notes remargined and recornered, scattered faint spotting, one or two ff. with small loss to corners or edges with expert restoration, 2G5 with tiny rust-hole to fore-edge, 2V6 with tear to top edge and neat repair, 2X2 with short tear to top corner, later panelled calf rebacked, g.e., a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Lowndes II, 2876], folio, Thomas Harper, 1631. *** Complete with the final index, which is often lacking. 

Plutarch. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romains, translated by Sir Thomas North, 2 parts in 1, titles with woodcut printer's device, woodcut medallion portraits within cartouches, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, bookplate of Bradby Hall, endpapers a little marginally toned, some near contemporary and later annotations in ink and pencil, occasional paper flaws, contemporary calf, blind-stamped with coat-of-arms, gilt, portion of early manuscript on vellum used as binder's waste, recornered and rebacked preserving original spine strip, joints and corners rubbed, [STC 20070], Printed by George Miller, and are to be sold by Robert Allott, folio, 1631.

Polybius. The History of Polybius the Megalopolitan, translated by Edward Grimeston, woodcut title, folding plan, lacking initial and final blanks, title with ink ownership name "Talbot" to head, occasional contemporary ink underlining or passage-marking, Z2 tear into text without loss, 2B3 small hole affecting a few letters, worming to fore-margin throughout, generally very small to lower corner but increasing towards end, light browning, the odd spot or light soiling but generally clean, final few ff. little creased, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, new endpapers, [STC 20098], folio, Nicholas Okes for Simon Waterson, 1633. *** One of three imprint variants dated 1633 or 1634.

Pare (Ambroise) The Workes of that famous Chirurgion Ambrose Parey, first edition in English, translated by Thomas Johnson, engraved title (browned and laid down, with small loss to fore-margin), woodcut illustrations throughout, title verso & first f. with small tape-residue to corners, single wormhole to fore-edge near start (within a few woodcuts or printed side-notes), occasional very small marginal worming elsewhere, faint damp-staining to first few Sig., 2D2 small rust-hole within text, a few ff. with restoration to margins or tears into text or woodcut neatly repaired, occasional light browning or soiling, but overall a very good and crisp copy, attractive 20th century antique style half calf, with earlier gilt backstrip laid down, corners bumped, little rubbed, [STC 19189], folio, Th: Cotes and R. Young, 1634. *** This copy with the preliminary "To the Reader" leaf, often lacking. Provenance: Le Roy Crummer (bookplate); Howard Updegraff (leather book-label); Brian Davies (embossed stamp to front free endpaper); Los Angeles County Medical Association (ink-stamp to lower margin of title & K6).

[Balcanquhall (Walter)] A Large Declaration concerning the Late Tumults in Scotland, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional marginal notes in an early hand, occasional faint marginal staining, near contemporary calf, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, folio, by Robert Young, 1639. ***  Purportedly by Charles I, but in fact written for him by Scottish clergyman Walter Balcanquhall, Dean of Rochester and later of Durham.

Ɵ&nbspSaxton (Christopher) An Atlas of England and Wales, maps, contemporary black half morocco, joints slightly rubbed, 1936; and another, modern reprint of Blaeu's Atlas of GB, folio (2)  

Exotic luggage, comprising a crocodile skin suitcase, monogrammed "M.R." and measuring approx. 52cm x 32cm x 15cm, patchwork snakeskin folio etc. (3) Condition Report:Available upon request

Breviary. An impressive large folio manuscript Breviary, Italian, mid 17th-century, comprising 187 leaves in total (173 on vellum and final 14 leaves on paper), large scale Latin text written in black script, Psalm One with large illuminated initial 'B' with cherub and flowers, numerous other capital initials in red or blue ink, with few other black initial letters with additional decoration also in black ink, 51 pages with Gregorian Chants; Psalter, folios I to CXVI, Propers thereafter, later index of Psalms and Propers to final leaf, with an additional Salve Regina in chant form written in a different hand before index, partial Breviary after Psalms including some but not all Proper of the Season (includes segments of Christmastide, Lent, Ascentiontide, Whitsuntide, Corpus Christi), some but not all Proper of the Saints and Common of the Saints (including St Peter, Conversion of St Paul, All Saints, Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Common of One Martyr, Common of Confessors, Common of the Dedication of a Church), occasional near-contemporary and later corrections to text, sewing to initial gathering a little weak and few leaves sprung, dust-soiling and few marks mostly to margins, light wear to some leaves and few repairs, contemporary sheep over wooden boards with brass bosses, decorations and corner-pieces, lacking leather straps to board edges, rebacked preserving original spine, rubbed and some wear, large folio (60 x 41 cm)Sold not subject to return.QTY: (1)

Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches..., London: Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty; and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1751, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, few woodcut head and tailpieces, red-ruled borders throughout, occasional light toning and scattered spotting, verso of front free endpaper with 19th-century inscription 'This book which belonged originally to the Princess of Wales, and was used by the Members of the Royal Family in the Chapel of St. James', was bought of Mr. Bohn at Canterbury in June 1874, by Robert Jenkins, M. A. Rector and Vicar of Lyminge and Honorary Canon of Canturbury - June, 1874, and given by him to Helen Constable Jenkins Easter-Monday (March 29th) 1880', book label of Church of St. Mary and St. Eadburg, Lyminge, with manuscript annotation at head and foot of label 'Robert Charles Jenkins Rector and Vicar of the ... and Hon. Canon of Canterbury', front free blank bearing the ownership signature of Lilian G. Henshaw, February 16th 1926, and tipped-in card inscribed 'This Bible belongs to Lilian Henshaw, sale of H. Rigden 1928', all edges gilt, contemporary dark brown/black morocco, gilt decorated spine and roll border to boards, spine compartments with gilt monogram of George II (1683-1760), with his royal armorial bearings to centre of each board, 'St. James's Chapel 1752' in gilt to upper board, upper joint lightly rubbed, folioQTY: (1)

Spanish Illuminated Manuscript Certificate of Nobility. A Spanish Carta Executoria de Hidalguia for Capitan Christoval Monte Bernardo of Seville, dated 7th August 1618, manuscript on vellum, 112 leaves, with two full-page illuminations in gold and colours, the first being an elaborate decorative coat of arms bearing the motto Por la Gracia de Dios, and a second full-page illumination in gold colours depicting the Annunciation, with a scene of Christian soldiers on horseback defeating the infidel, with decorative outer border and four oval portraits of Saints to outer corners (Saint Christopher, Saint Francis, Saint Anna, and Saint Blaise), ten large illuminated initials in gold and colours (one with portrait of a gentleman), the main text written in brown ink, 34 lines to each page, entirely red-ruled throughout, red silk tissue-guard to each of the full-page illuminations at front of volume, gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, original red velvet over wooden boards, and old printed auction catalogue description pasted above, thick folio (31 x 21 cm), contained in early 20th-century red calf-backed drop-over book boxQTY: (1)NOTE:A handsome illuminated manuscript certificate of nobility issued at the Royal Chancellery at Granada on behalf of the Monte Bernardo family of Seville, on behalf of 'Gonzalo Monte Bernardo e y Christoval Monte Bernardo e el Capitan Martin Monte Bernardo hermanos vecinos de la... cuidad de Sevilla e y Andres...'.

Holbein (Hans, the Younger). Portraits of Illustrious Personages of the Court of Henry VIII. Engraved in Imitation of the Original Drawings of Hans Holbein, in the Collection of His Majesty. With biographical and historical memoirs by Edmund Lodge, London: William Bulmer & Co., Shakespeare Printing-Office for John Chamberlaine, 1828, 84 hand-coloured stipple-engraved portraits on pink and white paper, occasional light spotting, all edges gilt, later crimson half morocco, spine with green label and richly gilt in compartments, slightly rubbed, folio, together with Lawrence (H. W. & B. L. Dighton). French Line Engravings of the Late XVIII Century, London: Lawrence and Jellicoe Ltd., 1910, 82 engraved plates, some light offsetting to opposing leaves, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, contemporary blue full morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, edges slightly rubbed, 4to, plus Dilke (Lady). French Engravers and Draughtsmen of the XVIIIth Century, London: George Bell and Sons, 1902, monochrome and sepia plates, slight marginal toning and light spotting to endpapers, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, all edges gilt, lavish blue morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, small folio, together with two others leatherbound: William Hogarth, by Austin Dobson, 1902, and Sir Joshua Reynolds, by Sir Walter Armstrong, 1900 QTY: (5)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).

[Pepys, Samuel]. Braybrooke (Richard Griffin, Baron). The History of Audley End. To which are appended Notices of the Town and Parish of Saffron Walden in the County of Essex, 1st edition, London: Samuel Bentley, 1836, engraved frontispiece, portrait of Braybrooke, 2 maps, and 16 plates, with other illustrations, extra-illustrated with an additional 45 portraits and engravings, some early, some coloured and many folding, plus two manuscript documents, the first signed by both Charles II and Samuel Pepys, the second an autograph letter signed by Samuel Pepys, window-mounted opposite pages 87 & 104, autograph presentation note from the author to Reverend Joseph Hunter FSA, 24 April 1847, tipped on to front flyleaf, with a later note at foot indicating it was then purchased at the sale of Hunter’s books in December 1861, additionally signed above the note (?John Doller, 1861), burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, 20th-century red polished calf by Bayntun Rivière, large paper copy, 4to (310 x 245 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Rev. Joseph Hunter, 1783-1861, (presentation note from the author); ?John Doller (inscription); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).The two Pepys letters included are:Pepys (Samuel, 1633-1703), English diarist and naval administrator. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘S. Pepys’, Derby House, 18 February 1673/4, to Mr Brereton, concerning the Navy’s ships and the numbers of men, borne and mustered, taking issue with his weekly accounts, ‘… I have hitherto observed such an irregularity in one of your weekly accounts as I never met withal from any other hand…’, with a postscript to add new observations about the numbers of men borne and mustered on board the St David and the Dunkirk, giving details of the discrepancies, 2 pages, folioWilliam Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton FRS (1631-1680) was an English mathematician and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and became Baron Brereton in the Irish peerage in 1664. He was chairman of the Committee of Accounts, better known as the Brooke House Committee, in 1667-1670. In that capacity he clashed repeatedly with Samuel Pepys, whose description of Brereton in his Second Diary, or Brooke House Journal, although no doubt biased, is the best portrait we have of the man.Charles II (1630-1685), King of Great Britain & Ireland, 1660-1685 and Pepys (Samuel, 1633-1703), English diarist and naval administrator. Document Signed, ‘Charles R’ and ‘S. Pepys’, Whitehall, 10 January 1673/4, a manuscript warrant in a secretarial hand, addressed to the Principal Officers and Commissioners of the Navy, appointing George Bowen, late boatswain of the ship Anne, to be boatswain of the ship Rupert, repairs to blank left margin, 1 page, folioSamuel Pepys visited the 17th-century country house Audley End and described it his diary entry for 8 October 1667: ‘At last, rose, and up, and broke our fast, and then took coach, and away, and at Newport did call on Mr. Lowther, and he and his friend, and the master of the house, their friend, where they were, a gentleman, did presently get a-horseback and overtook us, and went with us to Audley-End, and did go along with us all over the house and garden: and mighty merry we were. The house indeed do appear very fine, but not so fine as it hath heretofore to me; particularly the ceilings are not so good as I always took them to be, being nothing so well wrought as my Lord Chancellor’s are; and though the figure of the house without be very extraordinary good, yet the stayre-case is exceeding poor; and a great many pictures, and not one good one in the house but one of Harry the Eighth, done by Holben; and not one good suit of hangings in all the house, but all most ancient things, such as I would not give the hanging-up of in my house; and the other furniture, beds and other things, accordingly.’

Gale (Roger, editor). Registrum Honoris de Richmond Exhibens Terrarum & Villarum quae quondam suerunt Edwini Comitis infra Richmundshire Descriptionem..., London: R. Gosling, 1722, title in red and black with engraved illustration, folding engraved map, 14 engraved plates (including 6 double-page, 5 of which are pedigrees), double-page letterpress pedigree, light browning and occasional spotting, contemporary speckled blind panelled calf, neatly rebacked preserving morocco title label, folio, (Boyne p.173; Upcott pp.1417-1419), together with:Dallaway (James). Inquiries into the Origin and Progress of the Science of Heraldry in England. With Explanatory Observations on Armorial Ensigns, Gloucester: Printed by R. Raikes for T. Cadell, 1793, engraved title with uncoloured aquatint illustration (some loss to fore-margin), dedication with engraved armorial, etched vignette illustration, 27 engraved plates (including 8 hand-coloured), few engraved vignettes, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary red half morocco, rubbed, 4to,Warner (Richard). An History of the Abbey of Glaston; and of the Town of Glastonbury, Bath: Printed by Richard Cruttwell, 1876, 20 engraved plates (including 1 hand-coloured), repaired closed tears to dedication and subscriber's list, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, all edge gilt, contemporary plum coloured morocco, decorative gilt roll border to boards, neatly rebacked with elaborate gilt decorated spine, 4to (one of 250 copies printed)QTY: (3)

Wren (Christopher). Parentalia, or Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens, viz. of Matthew, Bishop of Ely, Christopher, Dean of Windsor, etc. but chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren... compiled by his son Christopher Wren, late Surveyor-General of the Royal Buildings, President of the Royal Society, &c. &c. in which is contained, besides his works, a great number of original papers and records; on religion, politicks, anatomy, mathematicks, architecture, antiquities; and most branches of polite literature; Compiled, by his son Christopher; now published by his grandson, Stephen Wren, Esq; with the care of Joseph Ames, F.R.S...., 1st edition, London: Printed for T. Osborn, and R. Dodsley, 1750, mezzotint portrait frontispiece of Christopher Wren by John Faber (trimmed to plate mark and relined on contemporary laid paper), title page printed in red and black, dedication with large armorial crest, list of subscribers, 14 engraved plates (including 3 portraits) and 7 folding engraved plans (including a map of London and its environs) with two additional tipped-in engravings by Samuel Ward: Magnetica Magnalia (frontispiece to The Wonders of the Load-Stone, or, the load-stone newly reduc’t into a divine and morall use, London: 1640) at page 227, and The Monument, The figure of y Columne Erected for ye Perpetual Memory of ye most famous City of London that was almost wast by fire in ye Prodigious year 1666 at page 322, plus an annotated contemporary pen and brown ink drawing of Roman urns at page 267, the other additional plates include prospects and interiors of St Pauls, a view of St Peter's Cathedral Westminster (trimmed and laid on contemporary paper),some closed tears to folds, occasional light spotting to plates, appendix, index and bookbinder instructions bound at rear, rough-trimmed edges, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, modern sprinkled half calf over marbled boards, lower outer corners showing, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Harris, British Architectural Books 949; Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection II, 97; ESTC T145737.The rare first edition of one of the earliest biographies of the celebrated English architect Sir Christopher Wren, compiled by his son and grandson. This copy extra-illustrated with 11 additional engravings and an annotated original drawing illustrating two Roman urns discovered when the foundations of St. Pauls were being laid.

Ellis (Henry). The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, and Liberty of Norton Folgate, in the Suburbs of London, London: J. Nichols, 1798, extra-illustrated and expanded into three volumes, including autograph items of Lord Burleigh, John Wilkes, David Garrick, Horace Walpole and the author Henry Ellis (2) including one about the book’s scarcity, autograph signatures of Robert Vyner, Robert Aske, Thomas Bloodworth and John Hobby together on a slip of paper, plus approximately 330 engravings, comprising portraits, views, and antiquities, etc., plus 2 original drawings, printed items and extracts including a scare David Garrick playbill, etc., some occasional spotting or browning, red morocco bookplates of W. A. Foyle, top edges gilt, late 19th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, some edge and corner wear, 4to (280 x 210 mm)QTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: John Bullock (author’s autograph letter signed to Mr Bullock, Guildford, 29 September 1859: ‘… You quite astonish me to find a copy of the History of Shoreditch (illustrated too) at Guildford. There were but two hundred and fifty copies printed: and I believe the largest portion of them were lost in Mr [John] Nichols’s Fire [February 1808]; W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).The autograph items include:Cecil (William, 1520-1598), 1st Baron Burghley, English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State (1550-1553 and 1558-1572) and Lord High Treasurer from 1572. Document Signed, ‘W. Burghley’, 8 May 1594, being a warrant, in a clerk’s hand but signed by William [Cecil], Lord Burghley, instructing his former secretary Vincent Skinner, now Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer, to issue £100 to Sir Roger Williams for his ambassadorial mission to Henri IV of France, as the queen’s warrant has not yet been signed, dated 8 May 1594; annotated by Skinner with instructions to Mr Taylor, one of the tellers, to pay the amount, and that that this warrant would be replaced with a further order, whereupon this warrant is to be cancelled, dated 13 May 1594, a little spotting, old bookseller’s brief printed catalogue entry pasted to lower left blank margin, one page, folio [tipped in opposite p. 23]For William Cecil (1520-1597), Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer, see ODNB.Sir Roger Williams (1539/40-1595), soldier and author, was a flamboyant Welshman who fought on the continent from 1557, between 1574 and 1577 in the Spanish army of Flanders (where he may have served as an intelligence agent on behalf of Sir Francis Walsingham). Williams spent the Armada year, 1588, in England. He helped to prepare the English militia to do battle with the Spanish (whose military methods he knew so well) and was second in command, to Essex, of the cavalry of the army gathered at Tilbury. Elizabeth had always tolerated rather than liked Williams, but in 1594 he was finally granted a life pension of £300 a year. In that year and in 1595 he was sent as special ambassador to Henri IV. These appointments reflect his special expertise in French affairs and friendship with the French king, but also perhaps a growing acceptance of him by Elizabeth—and probably most of all the influence at court of his patron, Essex. Williams died of fever on 12 December 1595 after a four-day illness, with Essex at his side. His extensive ODNB entry endorses the speculation that he might have served as the model for Fluellen, the fiery yet witty, consummate Welsh professional soldier in Shakespeare’s Henry V.Vincent Skinner (c. 1540-1616) entered Trinity College in Cambridge in 1557 and Lincoln’s Inn in 1565, occupied administrative positions in Lincolnshire between 1575 and 1583. He may already have been in Burghley’s service in 1571, when he was elected MP for Truro, the first of his eight parliamentary seats. A puritan, he was serving as Burghley’s secretary by at least 1578. Skinner left Burghley’s personal service in 1593, when he became auditor of the receipt, by that time the principal office in the lower Exchequer. His career after this date was an unhappy one, and he died intestate at a debtor’s prison on 28 February 1616 (History of Parliament).Burghley’s inability to obtain proper authorisation for this payment can be explained by the queen’s itinerary: on 7 May 1594 Elizabeth arrived at Lambeth Palace, where she remained until departing for Wimbledon, the house of Burghley’s son Sir Thomas Cecil, on 11 May. (Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington: The Elizabethan court day by day – 1594.Wilkes (John, 1725-1797), English radical journalist and politician, magistrate, essayist and soldier, Lord Mayor of London 1774-75. Document Signed, ‘John Wilkes’, 12 July 1775, concerning blood money in settlement of £40 for the assault and robbery by Charles Whittle of William Watlington in the Parish of St Leonard’s Shoreditch, 6 May 1774, on vellum, countersigned by Sergeant Glynn (recorder), some soiling, one page, docketed, 230 x 310 mm [window-mounted as a double-page between pages 4 & 5]Garrick (David, 1717-1779), English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘D.G.’, no place, no date, c. 1770s, to the actors [at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane], in full: ’Gentlemen, I have long seen and felt the great evil you complained of – it came with double weight upon me this season but as I resolv’d to quit the direction of your theatre I gave up all thoughts of finding out a remedy for it. - As I most sincerely wish you well, if you can point out to me any justifiable method of serving you, I will do that for you, which I have hitherto delay’d to do for the proprietors’, several deletions and corrections, endorsed in Garrick’s hand, ‘My letter to your performers’, 1 page, 4to [opposite page 141]Walpole (Horatio, 1717-1797), 4th Earl of Orford, better known as Horace Walpole, English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and Whig politician. Unsigned autograph manuscript note, no date, ‘I cannot call on your Ladyship this evening, nor go to the Duchess of Montrose, as I have just now been sent for to the Pavilions; but I shall be very glad of the honour of seeing your Ladyship tomorrow morning.’ [window-mounted beneath an engraved portrait opposite p. 11]The two drawings are: ‘View taken in the fields between Shoreditch and Hackney’ by O. N., no date, late 18th century, monochrome watercolour en grisaille, titled and initialled to lower margin, 205 x 300 mm [opposite p. 100]; ‘Balme House, Finsbury Fields’, by C. H. M., no date, early 19th century, pen and ink and sepia watercolour wash, titled and initialled to lower margin, 150 x 180 mm, [opposite p. 124].Portraits include: The Author (a private plate lithographed by H. Corbould), 9 plates of Jane Shore (including one by Bartolozzi), Charles I, and St. Agnes (mezzotints by J. Smith); Garrick as Romeo, etched by T. Paurland, 1851 (only 20 copies executed); The Rev. Arthur Biford (Jeremy Collier's coadjutor in his work on the Immorality of the English Stage); Richard Gough, FSA (private plate); Foster Powell, the Pedestrian, etc.Engravings include: Both Views of Lunardi's Balloon Ascent from the Artillery Ground (with his Autograph); Original print of the performance of Topham, the Strong Man, 1757; and several others.