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Hooker (Richard) Of the Lawes of Ecclesiasticall Politie, first edition, 2 separate works bound together, each with woodcut device and decoration on title, first work with lower corner of N6 renewed with slight loss to catchword, lacking final blank leaf, second work margin of C6 defective with slight loss to sidenotes, ottherwise a crisp clean copy, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, [STC 13712 and 13712.5; Pforzheimer 498 and 499], folio, by John Windet, [1593]-97.

Shakespeare (William) The Tragedie of Macbeth, single leaf extracted from the first folio, pp.147/148, lightly foxed, repair to lower margin (not affecting text or ruled border), repair to lower corner slightly affecting text, folio (304 x 194mm.), [1623].⁂ An excellent leaf from the original printing of Macbeth, one of Shakespeare's greatest and most popular plays. Though written c. 1606-07, Macbeth was only first published in the First Folio (no prior quartos exist). This leaf includes one of the bard's most famous yet oft-misquoted lines "Out damned spot: out I say." as Lady Macbeth tries to assuage her guilt for the murder of Duncan.

Shakespeare.- Drayton (Michael) The Battaile of Agincourt, first edition, lacks engraved portrait, final blank leaf present, slight worming to upper margin, occasionally affecting text, some light foxing, 18th century sheep, gilt, worn and scuffed, joints split, [STC 7190; Pforzheimer 301; Grolier, Langland to Wither 85], small folio, for William Lee, 1627.⁂ The elegy to Henry Reynolds includes mention of Shakespeare, Marlow, Chapman and Jonson.

Biondi (Giovanni Francesco) Eromena, or, Love and Revenge, first English edition, translated by James Hayward, lacking initial blank leaf, final leaf soiled and laid down, most leaves wrinkled, some soiling, modern panelled calf, [STC 3075], folio, by Richard Badger, for Robert Allot, 1632.

Polybius. The History of Polybius the Megalopolitan, translated by Edward Grimeston, woodcut title, folding plan, initial and final blank leaves present, Z3 torn at inner margin, Z4 with small hole, both slightly affecting text, occasional light foxing, some marginal worming at beginning and end, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [STC 20099a], folio, by N. Okes for Cornelius Bee, 1634.⁂ One of three imprint variants dated 1633 or 1634 according to ESTC.

John Evelyn's copy.- Taylor (Jeremy) Symbolon Ethiko-polemikon; or a Collection of Polemical and Moral Discourses, first edition, John Evelyn's copy, presented by the author, title ruled in red and with engraved vignette, final advertisement leaf present, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, a couple of small burn-holes, modern half calf, [Wing T398], folio, Printed for R. Royston, 1657.⁂ Inscription in John Evelyn's hand at head of title reads "Catalogo Evelyni Inscriptus. Meliora Retinete. Ex dono Reverendi ad modum Divi D.D.J.T. Authoris: 1657". Provenance: The Evelyn Library, Christie's, 12th & 13th July, 1978, lot 1456.

Witchcraft.- Webster (John) The displaying of supposed witchcraft. Wherein is affirmed that there are many sorts of deceivers and impostors, and divers persons under a passive delusion of melancholy and fancy. But that there is a corporeal league made betwixt the Devil and the witch, or that he sucks on the witches body, has carnal copulation, or that witches are turned into cats, dogs, raise tempests, or the like, is utterly denied and disproved, first edition, initial imprimatur f., woodcut head- and tail-pieces, imprimatur trimmed at head and with small hole in a blank area, imprimatur, title, dedication f. and sig. 2Y at end detached, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, covers detached, worn, [Wing W1230; Thorndike VIII p.575], small folio, Printed by J.M. and are to be sold by the booksellers in London, 1677.⁂ A 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: John Noble, Bury St. Edmunds, 1689 (Latin inscription to verso of imprimatur f.).

Raleigh (Sir Walter) The History of the World, 2 vol. in 1, engraved portrait frontispiece, 8 folding engraved maps, titles in red and black, minor marginal staining, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original gilt spine, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio, for G. Conyers [& c.], 1736.

Caesar (Caius Julius) The Commentaries, translated by William Duncan, engraved portrait frontispiece, 6 double-page engraved maps and 78 plates, of which 55 are double-page and/or folding, ex-library copy with embossed stamp to plates and some text ff., occasional spotting or soiling, modern mottled calf, gilt, folio, for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper...and R. Dodsley, 1753.⁂ A handsome copy of this superb edition enhanced by wonderful plates.

Bible, English. The Old Testament [Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers only], vol. I only of 6, text high-lighted with hand-colouring by Alfred Woods, title, divisional title and dedication foxed, title and divisional title margins repaired, dedication water-stained in inner margin at head, slightly browned, ink signature and photograph of Alfred Woods laid down on front free endpaper, key to hand-colouring loosely insert, new endpapers, modern cloth, label on upper cover, folio, for Thomas Macklin, 1800.⁂ An astonishing achievement of modern illumination and devotion, worthy of exhibition. Woods, a committed Christian has consistently coloured the text according to a colour scheme which illuminates the structure of the biblical text. The Macklin Bible was the largest sized English Bible ever printed, and the present book is excellent for display and educational purposes. Alfred Woods (1836-1912), of Lowestoft; chairman of Woods, Sadd, Moore & Co., seed and barley merchants; Mayor of Beccles 1891-93.

Sotheby (Samuel Leigh) Specimen of...Principia Typographica, an extensively illustrated work...on the block-books...issued in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, signed presentation volume from the author to his sister, titles in red and black, list of purchasers and prices paid (includes Sir Thomas Phillipps, Beriah Botfield, Samuel Christy[-Miller] and Bernard Quaritch), printed letter from Sotheby tipped-in presenting a new title-page and the list of purchasers, 24 plates, some spotting or foxing, not printed for sale, 1858 bound with Sotheby (Samuel Leigh) Paper-marks in the early Block-Books of the Netherlands and Germany...to which are added illustrations of the types and marks in the productions of the press of Caxton, one of 'some extra copies of this portion of the third volume of my work having been printed by mistake', this copy presented by the author to his sister, 27 plates, illustrations, not printed for sale, 1858 and Sotheby (Samuel Leigh) Summary of contents of The Principia Typographica, one of 'some extra copies of this portion of the third volume of my work having been printed by mistake', this copy presented by the author to his sister, illustrations, not printed for sale, 1858 and Sotheby (Samuel Leigh) Memoranda relating to Block-Books preserved in the Bibliothèque Impériale, Paris, signed presentation copy from the author to his sister, this numbered 71, illustrations, occasional foxing, original printed upper wrapper bound in, Printed for the Author by T. Richards, not for sale, 1859, contemporary dark green half morocco, gilt, upper cover detached, corners little worn, rubbed, folio⁂ An excellent presentation volume from this book auctioneer and historian of printing. The presentation inscription reads 'This enlarged specimen of The Principia Typographica and Memoranda of the Block Bks...are with much affection presented to my much beloved sister Mary, S. Leigh Sotheby, The Woodlands, Norwood, July 14. 1859'.

Early Railways.- [Beginning of the World's Railways (The): Pictorial Engravings], an album of over 200 prints etc. relating to railways on c.100 sheets including 3 original watercolours, engravings, a few with aquatint, lithographs, some tinted or chromolithographed, woodcuts, wood-engravings, a music sheet and 2 French games, some hand-coloured, one or two double-page, most trimmed close to plate-mark and mounted or tipped into blank leaves, occasional spotting or soiling, mostly marginal, modern half dark maroon morocco, t.e.g., large folio, v.d.⁂ Including:1. Locomotive Engine & Train...Birmingham & Liverpool Rail Road, hand-coloured aquatint after Bourne, c.200 x 600mm., 18252. View of the Railway from Hetton Colliery, hand-coloured lithograph after Bouvier, c.440 x 740mm., n.d.3. View of a Train of Carriages drawn by a Locomotive Steam Engine..., hand-coloured lithograph after Vignoles, c.220 x 550mm., n.d.4. Viaduct over the Sankey Canal and Valley, lithograph by Wm.Smoult, c.500 x 730mm., n.d.5. View of the Manchester & Liverpool Railway taken at Newton, hand-coloured aquatint by R.Havell after Calvert, c.300 x 380mm., [c.1825]6. Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, a pair of double views, hand-coloured aquatints by S.G.Hughes after I.Shaw, c.250 x 660mm., tears to lower edge slightly extending into images, Ackermann, 18337. View of Newark, N.J., tinted lithograph by E.Whitefield after F.Michelin with 4 smaller views below, c.500 x 940mm., some tears, New York, 18478. Osborne's Map of the Grand Junction Railway, engraving by D.Smith, c.330 x 600mm., Birmingham, n.d.9. Fore's Contrasts, 6 hand-coloured aquatints on 3 sheets by J.Harris after Alken, c.410 x 600mm., 185210. Eröffnung der Münchner-Augsburger Eisenbahn, hand-coloured lithograph, c.250 x 380, n.d.11. Stummer (Josef) Bildliche Darstellung der Geschichte der ausschl: privil: Kaiser Ferdinand's Nordbahn..., title in black & gold surrounded by 8 chromolithographed views, letterpress list of plates in German, French & English, 9 plates of graphs, all but one chromolithographed and heightened with gold incorporating trains at the top, Vienna, 1855.12. Steeple Chasse Autour et a Travers le Monde, hand-coloured lithographed pictorial title heightened with gum arabic, hand-coloured double-page lithographed game incorporating map of the world and rules in French & English at centre and vignettes in corners, Paris, Jannin, n.d.

Early Railways.- [Beginning of the World's Railways (The): Original Letters, Manuscripts, Railway Notices etc.], an album of manuscript and printed ephemera relating to the birth of railways in Great Britain and elsewhere, 150 items, mounted or tipped into 139 blank leaves, one or two into thick card leaves, modern half dark maroon morocco, t.e.g., slightly rubbed at edges, folio, v.d.⁂ Comprising:1. Von Gerstner (Anton) A.L.s. in German from St Petersburg, July 1836, where Gerstner was building the St.Petersburg to Tsarskoe Seloe Railway, addressed to Joseph Hamel in Moscow, 4pp. including blank and address, with handsome hand-coloured train letterhead 2. Vellum share certificate for Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway, 1821.3. Vellum indenture for the Mold Railway, 1847, substantial 4 leaf document with folding section for subscribers4. Watt (James) A.L.s. to John Rennie [the Elder], June 28 1791, discussing installation of various engines, with filing summary of contents by Rennie, 4 pp. including blank page and address sheet, creased, hole to blank/address leaf5. Stephenson (George) A.L.s to Edw. Pease, of Darlington, Aug 2 1821, making a fairly detailed statement of terms and conditions for making the survey for the Stockton and Darlington line, 3pp. & address. 6. Stephenson (George) A.L.s., January 30 1837, to an unnamed recipient trying to arrange a meeting, and referring to the South Union Railway, 1p., slightly cropped7. Stephenson (George) A.L.s. to Thos Harrison of South Shields, Oct 19 1844, discussing the planned route of the Newcastle & Berwick Railway, "I certainly can see no grounds for altering the Line at Warkworth, nor can I imagine the Duke will give any opposition", 4pp. including blank & address8. Stephenson (Robert) A.L.s. 3 pp to John Dixon of Darlington, engineer, Jan 21 1824, referring to George, 3pp., small hole with loss to one word9. Stephenson (Robert) A.L.s. to John Rastrick, Edinburgh, 27 Jany 1836 with Rastrick's reply on third page, 4pp. including address10.Stephenson (Robert) A.L.s., 20 Aug 1839, to one R. Young giving a recommendation of a Mr. Smith, for whom they did not have an opening at the time of his application to them, but had passed on to Mr. Brunel where he had worked since then, 4pp. including address, small hole with loss to one word11. Stephenson (Robert) A.N.s. dated 1852, "admit the Bearer to the Gallery of the House of Commons"12. Rennie (John) A.L.s. Jan 4 1812, to an unnamed recipient "I do now advise you to keep out of all vexatious ... opposition to Publick works ...", 1p.13. Huskisson (William) A.L.s., Earlham, 15 Sept 1810, discussing letting his house in Stafford Street, 1p.14. Smeaton (John) A.L.s., 20 May 1788, to Mr. [?William] Jessop about a project (an aqueduct, probably the Kelvin Aqueduct) Jessop is to assist him on, and mentioning that Eastman is to work on the same project, 1p.15. Rastrick (John) A.L.s., pencil, to his son John, about various projects including the Gloucester and Avon Railway; with an unidentified but interesting document, which might be Rastrick again; a copy letter to Rastrick from Henry Booth, 22 Sept 1829, inviting him to the formal inspection of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway; a letter to his wife "My dear Sally" from Newcastle with detailed instructions for John and others including "pushing on with the locomotive engines for America"; letter from Geo Williams of Manchester, Bolton, Bury, Chorley and Preston Intended Rail Road, sending him samples of the borings made; A.L.s. to his son John, 10 June 1831, stuck in London in Parliament - "this business is of such a complicated nature that there is no end to it." and giving detailed instructions for various other projects, including the need to finalise accounts for the Kenyon and Leigh Railway; A.L.s. to his son John, 30 July 1831, nagging him to work and "not be idling your time away" and sending love to "Sarah and Mary and all the children - if they want any money write me by return." With c.75 further documents, letters to and by Rastrick and his company, including a letter from him of 1832 from Dublin reporting on Mr. Vignoles' Atmospheric railway, a summons to give evidence in a parliamentary discussion of the Grand Junction Railway, correspondence with John Guest of Dowlais, a letter from Vignoles in Dublin, quite a bit on the Edinburgh and Glasgow, London & Birmingham (including an endearing job application from a locomotive driver "I flatter myself perfectly competent to undertake the management of a Locomotive Engine I perfectly understand the working of it both in theory and practice", a little row over confidentiality of plans for the "Wishaw and Coltness Railway", many documents around the London and Brighton Railway including a pair of attractive manuscript demonstrations of the "Manner of Working the Engines" between London, Horley & Brighton, a strongly worded complaint "scandalous negligence" from the Gravesend and Rochester about an uncompleted contract that has led to a "very lamentable accident" at Higham. A good little archive of the Railway Boom, 1829 to 1838.16. Società per le Strade Ferrate Romane, 6 multi-page documents, 1862-65, concerning its foundation, and the role of the Police in ensuring order in the stations.17. Printed ephemera. A grand collection of printed ephemera, including an uncut sheet of tickets for Liverpool to Warrington, 1832; attractive engraved invitation to the Opening of the London & Greenwich Railway, 1836; a pass for the Dublin & Kingstown Railway; prospectus for the Limerick & Waterford; printed sections for the Liverpool & Birmingham [later the Grand Junction] designed by George Stephenson, 1824; fine broadside Notice for the Edinburgh and Glasgow parliamentary bill, 1836; similar large broadside advocating a Railway between Shoreham and Worthing, 1840; handsome broadside advertising services on the Taff Vale Railway, 1841; handsome large notice of a landslide on the London Brighton line, November 1841; proofs of timetables for the opening of the London Brighton line and other very early timetables; rare "Report Relative to a Grand [sic] Western Railway" by Henry Habberly Price, of 1834; prospectus for the "London and Paris Railway" (to use packets from Shoreham), with 2 maps.

NO RESERVE Binding.- Print album of blank paper, handsomely bound morocco, elaborately stamped in gilt, spine gilt in compartments with raised bands, endpapers with gilt-stamped borders, green silk ties, some lacking, rubbed and slightly worn, scuffs, some adhesive marks and dirt to covers, folio (710 x 530 mm), 19th century

Brangwyn (Frank) Belgium, one of 160 copies signed by the artist, printed in red and black, plates and illustrations, original vellum, yapp edges, blue silk ties, t.e.g., others uncut, fine copy, 1916 § Shaw-Sparrow (Walter) Frank Brangwyn and his work, one of 160 copies, plates, including 2 signed original etchings, original wrappers bound in, contemporary red half morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, extremities slightly rubbed, [1910]; and 2 others by or about Brangwyn, 4to and folio (4)

Cranach Press.- Shakespeare (William) Die Tragische Geschichte von Hamlet Prinzen von Daenemark, edited by Gerhart Hauptmann, number 217 of 230 copies on Maillol hand-made paper, from an edition limited to 255, type designed by Edward Johnston after the Mainz Psalter of 1457, title cut by Eric Gill, printed in red, black and occasionally blue, wood-engraved illustrations designed and cut by Edward Gordon Craig, bound in dark red morocco (?possibly later) with single gilt fillet, spine titled and ruled in gilt in compartments and five raised bands, t.e.g., others uncut, board slip-case (slightly rubbed and split at edges), [Artist and the Book 66; Ray England p 177], folio, Weimar, Cranach Press, 1929.⁂ One of the outstanding pieces of book art of the 20th century, a masterpiece of printing and design.

Golden Cockerel Press.- Shakespeare (William) Twelfth Night or, What You Will, number 230 of 275 copies, wood-engraved title-vignette, borders, illustrations and decorations by Eric Ravilious printed in brown or grey, original half morocco over pictorial cloth, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, boards a little rubbed and soiled, spine slightly faded with small repair to lower cover, [Chanticleer 82], small folio, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1932.⁂ "Eric Ravilious is discovered to be a clever decorator". Chanticleer.

Stanbrook Abbey Press.- Flint (Sir William Russell) The Lisping Goddess: A Figurehead Fantasy, one of 275 copies, signed by the author/ artist on title verso, this one of 35 not for sale, lettered 'D', colour and plain plates, prospectus with ink correction loosely inserted, original morocco-backed pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., other uncut, slip-case, folio, Stanbrook Abbey Press, [1968].

Whittington Press.- Butcher (David) The Whittington Press: A Bibliography 1982-93, with an introduction and notes by John Randle, number xi of 28 deluxe specially-bound copies with a set of tipped-in specimen pages and an additional portfolio of ephemera, from an edition limited to 380, specimens, plates and illustrations, some folding, a few printed with colours, original dark green morocco with willow frond in light green and blue morocco inlaid across boards and spine, by the Fine Bindery after Miriam Macgregor, natural reversed calf doublures, t.e.g., uncut, ephemera loose in original half cloth folder, together in original cloth drop-back box, morocco label on spine (slightly faded and with small stain), folio, Risbury, Whittington Press, 1996.

Fréart de Chambray (Roland) A Parallel of the Ancient Architecture with the Modern, 2 vol. in 1, translated by John Evelyn, first title in red and black with woodcut vignette, numerous full-page engraved illustrations, 2 smaller illustrations, engraved and woodcut head- and tail-pieces, pp.65/66 with small hole affecting bottom of engraved surface, some marginal soiling, generally a crisp copy in contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, red morocco spine label, folio, by T.W. for J. Walthoe [& others], 1733.

Pierpont Morgan.- Smith (Sir Cecil H.) Bronzes: Antique Greek, Roman, etc. [Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan], 66 heliogravure plates with captioned guards, mounted illustrations, contemporary dark brown half morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, t.e.g., folio, Paris, Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1913.

Old master prints.- Chatto (William) Gems of Wood Engraving, extra illustrated with over 200 prints, including a small group of old master prints by Albrecht Dürer [further details below], Nicoló Boldrini after Titian, Hans Burgkmair the Elder, and a group of five chiaroscuro woodcuts by John Baptist Jackson and John Skippe, with the remaining extra illustrations mainly being book illustrations, titles, and border decorations from 16th to 19th century, most neatly mounted at edges onto album leaves, some loose, occasional splitting, tears, spotting and surface dirt throughout, contemporary red morocco, gilt, g.e., spine gilt with five raised bands, spine split and coming loose, upper cover coming loose, bound by A.W. Bain, very rubbed and worn, folio, 1849⁂ Extra-illustrated works of note include: Albrecht Dürer's The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, woodcut, a Meder c impression with small watermark of three mounds and cross within a shield [datable to circa 1560-1580], with restoration, c. 1498; Dürer's The Holy Family in Egypt, from: The Life of the Virgin, woodcut, a Meder f impression, after the Latin text edition with watermark of an eagle [datable to circa 1590-1600], with losses and restoration, c. 1502; a very compromised impression of 'The Assumption of the Virgin'; Nicoló Boldrini's Venus Seated embracing Cupid, circa 1566, and a compromised impression of St Jerome in the Wilderness, circa 1525-1530, both after Titian; two woodcuts by Hans Burgkmair the Elder, from the Triumph of Maximilian, probably 18th century impressions; John Baptist Jackson's Christ on the Mount of Olives, after Franceso Bassano, 1743, Antique Bust of a man, 1754, and Apollo Belvedere; John Skippe's Standing man, after Andrea del Sarto, and Seated man in a cloak, after Bandinelli, 1782; and Simon Watts' Venus Lamenting over Adonis, after Cambiaso, 1763.

Vue d'optiques.- Wilkinson (Robert, map and printseller, fl. 1758-1825) and others. Album of 91 original hand-coloured views of European cities and gardens, including over 25 views of London, including Vauxhall Gardens, Richmond, Twickenham, and Chiswick; two views of Windsor Castle; one of Oxford; eight views of the Earl of Temple Gardens, Buckinghamshire; one view of Stonehenge; two views of the harbour of Dublin; eight Scottish views by John Slezer; and views of Venice, Florence, Athens, Naples, Paris, including the gardens Versailles and Fontainebleau, one of Honduras, and many others, etchings and engravings, all with contemporary hand-colouring in watercolour and gouache, on various wove and laid papers, some bearing Whatman watermarks with date '1794', each sheet approx. 300 x 470 mm (11 3/4 x 18 1/2 in), numerous nicks and tears throughout, some into images, many marginal losses, surface dirt and browning throughout, lacking boards, spine remains but very worn with heavy losses, with gilt number '106' and title '[C]olour'd/ [V]ie[ws], many leaves almost loose, folio, [probably circa 1780-1800]⁂ A comprehensive collection of views, all with contemporary hand-colouring. Full list available upon request.

Hill (David Octavius) Views of the Opening of the Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway, also, An Account of that and other Railways in Lanarkshire. Drawn up by George Buchanan, Esq., Civil Engineer, first edition, engraving of locomotive on verso of title, 4 superb lithographed plates by Hill, lithographed map at end, Lanarkshire Railways section with 7 lithographed illustrations on india paper mounted in text, erratum slip tipped in at p.9, plates very slightly creased and frayed at edges, text and map with very light foxing, short insect track to lower margin of plates repaired, later half red morocco, spine gilt, original grey printed wrappers bound in, boards slightly rubbed and stained, rubbed at edges, [Abbey, Life 403, coloured copy], large oblong folio, Edinburgh, Alexander Hill, 1832.⁂ Scarce work rarely found complete and with the original wrappers, with superb lithographed plates by the Scottish landscape painter and early photographer. It depicts an early railway mainly for the transport of coal, at first using horse power but quickly adapting to steam using an early Stephenson Planet type engine. On the opening day "the one engine, the St Rollox, conveyed the directors and a number of ladies and gentlemen, to the amount in all of nearly 200; the other, the George Stephenson, drew a train of thirty-two waggons loaded with coal...". (p.8) "The book was issued plain and coloured, and can be claimed as one of the rarest and most attractive of railway items". (Abbey)

House of Commons. Proceedings...on the Liverpool and Manchester Railroad Bill. Sessions 1825, 11 hand-coloured lithograph plans only (of 12, lacking a map of Manchester), most folding, folding engraved view of Black Brook House (a villa endangered by the railway), 2 folding warehouse plans, errata slip, modern half dark maroon morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, spine a little faded, folio, 1825.⁂ The Liverpool & Manchester railway was the first intended for passenger as well as goods traffic. The establishment forces of peers and vested turnpike interests combined to defeat this bill, and in so doing George Stephenson was to some extent damaged by the severe grilling he received under cross examination. Issues of access, denied to him by dissenting landowners, led to the submission of inaccurate surveys; these and other matters led to the bill's downfall. The Company reassigned the survey to George Rennie and his brother, and the bill, with a few changes mollifying the noble landlords, achieved Royal Assent in 1826. The company then took no time, to Rennie's chagrin, in reappointing Stephenson as the engineer to build the line.

House of Commons. A collection of Railway Acts and Reports, comprising: An Act for Making a Railway from London to Southampton, 1834; London to Brighton, 1836; Birmingham to Gloucester, 1836; London to Brighton, 1837; Bolton-le-Moors to Preston, 1837; London and Brighton (Stephenson's Line), 1837; Manchester to Grand Junction, 1837; Bolton and Preston, 1838; Manchester to Birmingham and Derby, 1837; Regulating Railways, 1840; Brighton, Lewes and Hastings, 1844; London & Brighton to Lewes and Hastings, 1844; Brighton, Lewes and Hastings. 1845; Trent Valley, Midlands and Grand Junction, 1846; Extension London and South West, 1847; London and South Western Amendment, Extension, Deviation, 1847-48, together 16 vol., some spotting, uniformly bound in modern half dark maroon morocco, t.e.g., spines slightly faded especially the second; with a further 9 volumes of acts & reports, folio (25)⁂ The additional acts and reports are as follows:1. 1835 Bristol to London. 1836 Alter GWR Line. 1837 Alter the GWR Line. 1837 Extend the GWR Line. 1839 GWR Raise more money, contemporary half calf, rubbed.2. 1839. First Report on Railways, modern blue cloth.3. 1839. Second Report, modern blue cloth.4. 1840 Report, modern blue cloth.5. 1841 Report, modern blue cloth.6. 1841. London Edinburgh Glasgow. Plans and sections, 59 folding illustrations, many coloured, contemporary half calf, a little worn.7. 1846. Report of the Gauge Commissioners, contemporary calf, joints rubbed and a little worn.8. 1877 Employers Liability, contemporary half green morocco.9. 1878. Continuous Brakes, contemporary half green morocco.

Linde (C.) Brasil Estrada de Ferro de D.Pedro II: Vistas dos pontos mais importantes..., first edition, lithographed title in Spanish, English, French and German with 5 vignettes, 29 lithographed plates by C.Linde including 15 fine tinted views, with chromolithographed decorative upper wrapper and list of plates, both trimmed and mounted on or tipped into blank leaf, modern half dark maroon morocco, t.e.g., slight rubbing to upper cover, large oblong folio, Rio de Janeiro, Imperial Instituto Artistico, 1865.⁂ A superb copy of this railway rarity which has not appeared at auction since 1975.

London and Brighton Railway. Monthly Account of Work on the London & Brighton Railway, volume of printed tabulated forms completed in neat manuscript, 366ff., a few manuscript items bound in at end, slight worming to upper outer corner of first few leaves, bound in modern half dark maroon morocco, g.e., spine faded, folio, 1839-41.⁂ Divided into 5 contracts numbering 7, (Worth), 9 (Balcombe), 10 (Ouse Viaduct), 11 (Cuckfield) and 12 (Vale bridge). The monthly expenditure is carefully recorded. The sums for the time are large, for example well over £50,000 is spent on the Worth contract alone between January 1839 and May 1841.

Bourne (John C.) Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, with An Historical and Descriptive Account by John Britton, first edition, tinted lithographed pictorial title and 34 fine tinted lithographed views and architectural details on 29 sheets, 2 engraved maps on one sheet, paper guards, modern half dark maroon morocco, g.e., spine faded, [Abbey, Life 398; Ottley 6465], folio, Ackermann & Tilt, 1839. ⁂ An excellent copy of one of the great illustrated railway books, showing the construction methods of the railway.

Maw (William H.) & James Dredge. A Record of the Vienna Universal Exhibition of 1873, Atlas only, first edition, colour lithographed plan, 258 plates, contemporary half dark green morocco, a little rubbed, corners bumped, folio, 1874.

Philp (R.Kemp) London Chatham & Dover Railway Panoramic Guide; South Eastern...; London Brighton and South Coast...; London and South Western...; Midland..., together 5 works in 1 vol., each with folding map, illustrations, contemporary cloth, a little rubbed, with all printed yellow wrappers and advertisements bound in, folio, [1874-76].⁂ These guides, which are in excellent condition, follow the usual form with sights to be seen along the way, but the author maintains a jocund tone eg. " the public gardens wherein presumably Cupid is the principal archer...".

Photographs.- An extraordinary collection of c.500 photographs of steam engines, many large format images as produced by many manufacturers throughout the second half of the nineteenth century and first half of the twentieth, depicting mostly nineteenth century engines, many albumen prints, most c.300 c.220 x 370mm. (or larger) or c.200 c.220 x 32mm. (or slightly smaller), loose in 4 old cloth portfolios with ties, arranged by railway line rather than manufacturer (LMS, LNER, Southern), rubbed, folio, [c.1859-1950].⁂ The original collector appears to have been a senior officer of Beyer and Peacock, and many of the images bear their design studio stamp on the reverse, sometimes dated many years after the photograph was taken, but nevertheless these are vintage prints clearly held in stock by the firm. The noted Manchester photographer James Mudd was the house photographer, many of the enclosed are from his studio. The collection has many quirky and interesting engines and some of the Beyer-Garratt type, and many that were sent overseas to all corners of the globe, especially to Australia.

Bourne (John C.) The History and Description of the Great Western Railway, including its Geology..., second issue, additional pictorial lithographed title, lithographed dedication leaf and list of plates with vignette, 47 fine lithographed views and architectural details on 33 sheets, most tinted, paper guards, 2 hand-coloured maps and a hand-coloured geological cross-section at end, with lithographed vignettes of Paddington Station at end of Preface and Bathampton church at end of Appendix A, both on india paper and mounted, some foxing, modern half dark maroon morocco, t.e.g., fading to spine and head of upper cover, [Abbey, Life 399; Ottley 5930], folio, Bogue, 1846. ⁂ Second printing of the first edition of 1843. Although the work is commonly known as Bourne's the informative text was actually written by George Thomas Clark, an engineer and respected geologist, who worked with Brunel on two sections of the line and was responsible for the Basildon and Moulsford bridges. Probably the grandest work from the early days of railways, containing many iconic images familiar because of their use in later works.

Prou (Victor, engineer, ?1831-84) A Sa Majesté l'Empereur. Mémoire sur la suppression des Aiguilleurs des Chemins de Fer, manuscript, 34pp., written in black ink on squared paper, 4 large hand-coloured printed plates, one with short tear at inner edge and small repair to outer lower corner, old ink stamp to head of title, old German typescript catalogue description tipped in at beginning, bound in red morocco with gilt arms of Napoleon III to upper cover, g.e., slightly rubbed and marked, preserved in modern half dark maroon morocco slip-case with pull-off top, spine a little faded, small folio, Paris, 1st August 1859.⁂ A beautifully-written invention of a points system that could be operated by the driver of a train using an hydraulic system, with detailed printed plates. Prou's idea had been patented in London by Benjamin Browne earlier in 1859, but was, as far as we can tell, never introduced. Prou was a fervent advocate of the improved safety of his system, and this appeal to Napoleon III, whose enthusiasm for French railway was to be a lasting legacy of his regime, was well aimed but ultimately unsuccessful. French by birth Prou was at some point a railway engineer in Catalonia.

Provis (William Alexander) An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Suspension Bridge Constructed over the Menai Strait...from Designs by and under the Direction of Thomas Telford, 2 vol. including Atlas, first edition, signed and inscribed "Presented to the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Thomas Telford Esq. FR.SS.L & Ed." at head of title of text and to front free endpaper of Atlas, text with engraved folding plate of facsimile signatures (spotted), Atlas with 15 engraved plates and plans (4 double-page and folding) and 3 fine aquatint views, some foxing, mostly marginal, contemporary half russia, worn, joints split, spines defective, covers of Atlas detached, folio & large folio, 1828.⁂ The Menai Bridge was built by Thomas Telford in 1826, connecting mainland Wales with the isle of Anglesey.

Railway Tickets.- Special Patterns, collection of over 200 "Edmondson" ticket pattern designs, all in reproduced form incorporating typographical instructions as to type sizes, layout, amendments etc., title in manuscript, with 3 black & white photographs of ticket office at 110 Victoria St. loosely inserted, contemporary green cloth boards fastened with nuts and bolts, one bolt lacking, rubbed, oblong folio, ?Crewe, 1968-72.⁂ These special ticket patterns are for all sorts of oddities: Ship issue, Parking for three-wheeled vehicles, privilege, animal privilege, One animal or article, Onward by bus to Heathrow, Admit one child to Blenheim Palace, Exchange and Excess tickets, The Executive, Forces duty, Forces Leave with endless permutations and routings.

Rennie (George).- House of Commons. Minutes of Evidence taken before the Lords Committees..."An Act for making and maintaining a Railway or Tramroad from the Town of Liverpool to the Town of Manchester, with certain Branches therefrom, all in the County of Lancaster", George Rennie's copy with his inscription at head of title, another later pencil inscription, occasional spotting, bookplate of J.J.Haut, modern half calf, roan label, folio, 1826.⁂ This Bill achieved Royal Assent on the 5th May 1826, thanks in part to replanning of the route by the freshly appointed engineers, the brothers George and John Rennie and their surveyor Charles Vignoles. An earlier attempt with George Stephenson as the surveyor was thrown out because of inaccuracies. George's testimony here amounts to some 30 pages of the Minutes. As is well known the Liverpool Manchester Railway was the first intercity railway service in the world. George Rennie was a principal in the undertaking, making the provenance of this copy especially significant.

Simms (Frederick W.) Public Works of Great Britain, Division I only (of 4), first edition, engraved vignette title, aquatint illustration in text, wood-engraved vignettes and 72 plates (numbered 1-82), some folding or double-page, occasional spotting, George Turnbull's copy with gilt-stamped morocco "Telford Premium" prize label to front pastedown, later half maroon morocco, small circular gilt vignette from original cloth binding mounted on upper cover, g.e., a little rubbed, slight fading to spine and head of upper cover, [Abbey, Life 410], folio, 1838.⁂ Monumental work on civil engineering and one of the most important 19th century illustrated books on the subject. Division I is concerned with railways and takes up half the work, the later ones being on canals, bridges and docks; roads; the Port of London.George Turnbull (1809-89) was the "First Railway Engineer of India". A Scot, he had a long career throughout the U.K. working as Telford's clerk, then for Cubitt and others and later in his own capacity. He left for India in 1850 and built the railway from Calcutta to Benares and Allahabad. His achievements in India led to the offer of a knighthood, which he modestly declined.

Simms (Frederick W.) Public Works of Great Britain, 4 parts in 1, second edition, 2 aquatint frontispieces, engraved vignette title, aquatint illustration in text, wood-engraved vignettes and engraved plates and plans (all amounting to 153 "plates" as mentioned on title), a few plates folding or double-page and numbered twice, a few with aquatint, some light foxing, plate 78 soiled and damaged at fold with slight loss, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, [Abbey, Life 410], folio, 1846.

Simon (E.) & Th.Müller. Panorama des Vosges et du Chemin de Fer de Strasbourg a Bale, 14 double-page lithographed plates by Th.Müller after E.Simon fils mounted on stubs, each c.200 x 810mm., modern half dark maroon morocco, titled in gilt on upper cover, g.e., spine faded, oblong folio, Strasbourg, [c.1845]⁂ This work celebrated the opening of the entire route of the railway, parts of which had already become operational. The very attractive plates always show the train in the mid- or background, as follows: Strasbourg, Barr, Barr to Dambach, Dambach to Giesen, Kientzheim to Ribeauville, Ribeauville, Colmar, Eguisheim, Rouffach, Guebwiller, Bollwiller, Mulhouse, Bale.

Smeaton (John) A Narrative of the Building and Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with Stone, first edition, engraved title-vignette by Birrell after Dixon and 23 engraved plates and charts by Faden, Roberts, Record and Rooker, one folding, title with marginal soiling, light staining to plate 17 and spotting to one or two at end, a few pencil marginalia, bookplate of Institution of Naval Architects, later half calf over original marbled boards, uncut, rubbed, joints and spine ends worn, spine torn at head, folio, for the Author, by G.Nicol, 1791.⁂ Smeaton's own account of his great lighthouse, completed in 1759. His tower was the third on the treacherous Eddystone reef, 14 miles off the the Plymouth coast. The two earlier timber structures, by Winstanley and Rudyard, had both been destroyed. Building with masonry, Smeaton devised an ingenious method of dovetailing and interlocking the blocks of stone to ensure maximum strength, and his example was followed for later rock towers. The work contains a detailed, season-by-season account of the construction, revealing the appalling difficulties encountered on the site. It includes descriptions of the stonework, of experiments to ascertain the best composition of hydraulic cements, of machinery and lifting tackle, and accounts of Winstanley and Rudyard's structures. In the appendix, Smeaton describes the construction of the Spurn Point lighthouse on the Humber bank, which was built to his design between 1771 and 1776.

Tait (A.F.) & Edwin Butterworth. Views on the Manchester & Leeds Railway, first edition, additional tinted lithographed vignette title and 19 fine tinted lithographed plates by A.F.Tait, tissue guards, a very clean copy, modern half dark maroon morocco, t.e.g., spine very slightly faded, [Abbey, Life 411], folio, London and Manchester, 1845.⁂ A lovely copy of a work often found in poor shape. The legal framework completed in 1836, the first section of the railway, from Manchester to Littleborough, was completed in 1839, and the line in toto by 1841. George Stephenson was the overseeing engineer. After company mergers etc. in 1847 the Manchester & Leeds became the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.

Telford (Thomas) Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer, edited by John Rickman, 2 vol. including Atlas, first edition, text lacking half-title, with engraved plate (lightly foxed), Atlas with engraved portrait and 82 maps & plates numbered 1-83 (no plate 28 as called for), several folding and/or double-page, some with routes supplied in red, some foxing, particularly to portrait and title, contemporary half russia, Atlas with gilt-stamped label to upper cover, spines ruled in gilt, a little rubbed and faded, Atlas with upper joint split, 4to & folio, 1838.⁂ Account of the great engineer's life and work written by himself, describing canals, roads, aqueducts and bridges including the great suspension bridges over the Menai Strait and at Conway.

Walker (George) The Costume of Yorkshire..., first edition, titles and text in English and French, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 40 plates by R. and D.Havell after George Walker, occasional spotting, slightly trimmed, modern calf, gilt, spine gilt with red roan label, a few minor scratches, nick to head of spine, [Abbey Life 432; Colas 3044; Tooley 498], folio, 1814 [plates watermarked 1811 & 1815].⁂ Several of the images from this book have become icons as depictions of the working classes before the start of the industrial age, but the best known image is of the fledgling steam locomotive designed by John Blenkinsop hauling coal at the Middleton colliery. By 1815 Blenkinsop had built four engines of this type for the colliery. It was a rack engine, its drive wheel engaging a toothed rail for added traction; it could haul 90 tons of coal.

Railway interest, Bourne, John C. The History and Description of the Great Western Railway..., limited edition 182/500, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1981 (facsimile reprint of Bogue, London, 1846 edition), green gilt boards, plans, maps, full-page illustrations, folio.

A good Windsor and Newton's Artists material mahogany cabinet, circa 1900, with sloping glazed top enclosing sections and fitted below with a folio compartment enclosing two slide-out shelves and with twelve graduated drawers below with brass recessed handles, height 116cm, width 104cm, depth 76cm.Condition report: Extra images on David Lay website.

An album, containing mainly 18th and early 19th century portrait engravings of European Royalty, aristocracy and worthies, dated in ink 1836, with index, 52.5cm X 38cm, and three similar leather-bound albums, there being hundreds of portraits in total, together with three other folio volumes (7).

Religion.- Müller von Mündelheim (Nebridius) Antiquarium Monasticum : In quo Ex Sanctis Patrum Conciliis Et Probatissimis Scriptoribus traduntur enucleate pleraque ad initium, progressum [et] observationes Status Religiosi pertinentia, fine engraved pictorial title, errata f. at end, inscription scored through at head of title, some spotting or light foxing, finger-marking, contemporary blind-stamped calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, metal clasps and corner-pieces, joints splitting, but holding firm, head of spine worn, rubbed, [VD 17 12:114049Z], Vienna, Matthäus Cosmerovius, 1650; and 8 others, Religion, including 6 vol. of Ecclesiastica Historia, Basel, 1559-1569 (not collated), all but 1 vol. of which in contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, folio (9) sold not subject to return.

Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) The History of the most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: and his Trusty Squire Sancho Panza, translated by J[ohn] P[hillips], first illustrated edition in English, engraved frontispiece, 8 plates or full-page illustrations (each with two illustrations), lacking the 3pp. verse and errata at end, frontispiece laid down and with some marginal loss touching image, title with perforated blindstamp and ink inscription to verso, some closed tearing and occasional chipping to margins, Q4, 2S3 and 3O1 with tears running into text, 4D1 and 4H3 with small hole or rust-hole to text, soiling and light staining, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, joints cracked at head, corners worn, rubbed, [Wing C1774A], folio, by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by John Newton, at the three Pigeons over against the Inner-Temple Gate in Fleet-street, 1687.Provenance: Phillis Cull her Book (ink inscription dated 1805); W. C. (perforated blindstamp); M. H. Bloxam (bookplate).

Numismatics.- [Snelling (Thomas)] A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of England, 17 engraved plates of coins, 1762 bound with A View of the Gold Coin and Coinage of England, 7 engraved plates of coins, 1763 and A View of the Copper Coin and Coinage of England, 6 engraved plates of coins, 1766 and Noble (Mark) Two Dissertations, Upon the Mint and Coins, of the Episcopal-Palatines of Durham, B2 with repaired tear, Birmingham, 1780, together 4 works in 1 vol., engraved and woodcut illustrations, over 25 manuscript and numerous printed and engraved insertions, either loose or tipped in, including Charles Pye's prospectus for his Provincial Copper Coins [2 copies only on ESTC] loosely inserted, Rogers Ruding's prospectus An Historical Account of he Coinage of Great Britain tipped in, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary half calf, covers detached, extremities worn, folio.⁂ A fascinating copy with numerous additions made by Rowland Rouse (see also lot XXX). These include draft letters, notes of sale results, tables of coins in circulation and other interesting additions. Provenance: Rowland Rouse (bookplate); M. H. Bloxam (ink inscription).

Livius (Titus) Historiae Romanae principis decades tres cum Dimidia, title with woodcut printer's device (with partial hand-colouring), woodcut decorative initials, final f. trimmed to text and laid down, title lightly foxed, some staining and spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Adams L1337], Paris, Oudin Petit, 1521; and 4 others, 16th & 17th century Latin classics, folio (5)

Lorrain (Claude).- Liber veritatis or a collection of prints after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain, 3 vol., 2 mezzotint portraits and one stipple-engraved portrait, 300 etched and mezzotint plates by Richard Earlom, printed in bistre, some foxing, largely restricted to title and plate margins, ink gift inscription to vol.1 & 2, 20th century library morocco-backed cloth, [cf. Abbey, Life 200 (first edition)], folio, Messrs. Boydell and Co [vol.1 & 2], Hurst, Robinson and Co. [vol. 3], 1819.⁂ "A landmark in the history of the reproduction of master drawings" - Abbey.Provenance: Ann Everard, the gift of her uncle D. Everard (inscription).

Platina (Bartholomaeus Sacchi) In hoc volumine hec continentur. Platyne De vitis maxi. ponti. historia periocunda, diligenter recognita et nunc tantum integre impressa, collation: a-x8 A-F8 G10, title with woodcut vignette at head depicting the author presenting his work to an enthroned Pope surrounded by his Cardinals, woodcut decorative initials, early ink marginalia and notes and inscriptions to rear endpapers, water-stained, mostly marginal (darker in tone at end), washed, small wormholes within text, mostly at end, 19th century blind-stamped calf, spine in compartments and with leather label, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, head of spine worn, folio (302 x 200mm.), [Venice], [Filippo Pinzi], [7 November, 1511].⁂ Literature: Adams P1414; EDIT16 CNCE 34928.

NO RESERVE Margraviate of Baden ancestral line.- Album of 30 portraits from Herman I of Baden (c. 1040-1074) to Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1679-1738), lithographs, neatly trimmed and mounted on album leaves, each approx. 300 x 190 mm (11 7/8 x 7 1/2 in), scattered spotting, surface dirt and glue stains, some browning, marbled boards, crude repair to spine, worn, folio, 19th century; together with a scrap album containing over 290 engravings, lithographs and other prints, a miscellaneous Victorian-era collection, various sizes, contemporary boards, re-backed, worn, folio, 19th century (2)

Armour.- Meyrick (Sir Samuel Rush) A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour..., 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, additional engraved vignette titles, 76 aquatint plates only (of 80, lacking plates 12, 13, 14 & 42), 70 finely hand-coloured, many heightened with gold, tissue guards, fine hand-coloured initials to chapters heightened with gold or silver (silver tarnished), titles foxed, some other light spotting or soiling, mostly marginal, plate 35 becoming loose, B1 to vol.2 with small tears to outer margin, contemporary half calf, rubbed, some wear to boards, folio, 1824 § (Meyrick (Sir Samuel Rush) and Joseph Skelton. Engraved Illustrations of Antient Arms and Armour, from the Collection at Goodrich Court, Herefordshire, 2 vol., engraved frontispieces, additional vignette titles, portrait and 150 plates, tissue guards, some foxing, bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary half russia, worn, spines defective, most covers detached, 1830, folio (5)

Shakespeare (William) Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, second edition, 'To the Reader' leaf, title, 7 preliminary leaves, A1 and A3 (pp.1/2 and 5/6 of The Tempest) and final leaf ddd4 (last leaf of Cymbeline) supplied in facsimile from the first folio edition, 2ff. (n3 and n4) from Henry VI part 1 and 2 supplied from a smaller copy, p4 with lower margin trimmed, a few other neatly repaired tears, a couple of small holes, a few leaves in Anthony and Cleopatra with minor worming but no loss of text, some light foxing and age-toning but generally crisp and clean, letters from bookseller A.R. Smith and inscriptions from M.H. Bloxham at beginning, later full dark brown morocco, gilt, g.e., corners and joints slightly rubbed, [STC 22274; Pforzheimer 906], folio, [by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, 1632].⁂ Despite the dozen missing leaves, a handsome and large copy of the second folio, measuring 334 x 216mm.

Plautus (Titus Maccius) Comoediae XX, collation: aa10 A-Z8 a-c8 d10 AA10 BB-LL8, aa10v, full-page woodcut of a theatrical performance, numerous woodcut illustrations in text within borders of varying designs, woodcut decorative initials, woodcut printer's device beneath colophon, lacking title and final blank, 4ff. 18th century ms. at start supplying preliminaries to the incorrect edition (that of Venice, 1499), written by a William Browne, 1707, alumnus of Cambridge University, a few marginal repairs, some staining and spotting, some water-staining, mostly marginal and mostly at end, modern calf-backed cloth, gilt spine in compartments and preserving an earlier red morocco label 'Plautus 1499', folio (305 x 195mm.), Venice, Lazzaro Soardi, 14 August, 1511.⁂ Literature: Adams P1481; Mortimer, Italian, 387; Sander 5748; EDIT 16 CNCE 31936.

Judaica.- Josephus (Flavius) Opera quaedam rvffino presbytero interprete, edited by Rufinus Aquileiensis, contributions by Desiderius Erasmus, collation: A-E6, a-z, A-Z, Aa-Bb6, Cc8 Dd-Zz, Aaa-Ddd6, Eee-Fff8, title and verso of final f. with woodcut printer's device, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, marginal water-staining, mostly at foot, wormholes within text, more pronounced at ends, occasional spotting and staining, 17th century panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, preserving original red morocco label, corners repaired, rubbed, folio (320 x 204mm.), Basel, Johann Froben, September, 1524.⁂ Rare edition at auction. Literature: Adams 356; VD 16 J 956.

Baker (Sir Richard) A Chronicle of the Kings of England, sixth edition, engraved frontispiece portrait of Charles II (laid down), engraved additional title, the odd rust-hole, light foxing and browning, library morocco-backed cloth, [Wing B507], for George Sawbridge and Thomas Williams, 1674 § [Frankland (Thomas)] The Annals of King James and King Charles the First, lacking initial errata f., laid engraved portrait of Jamies I laid down facing title, title trimmed and laid down, a1 corner repaired, 3G4 torn and repaired, the odd rust-hole, light foxing and browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired, [Wing F2078], by Tho. Braddyll, for Robert Clavel, at the Peacock in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1681; and 13 others chronicles and histories, folio & 4to (15)

Bible, English. The Bible: That is, The Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages, 3 parts in 1 vol general and New Testament titles present, both within decorative woodcut borders, both laid down, lacking initial blank f., ¶3&4 with lower corners restored with some loss to text, D4&8 with woodcut illustrations cut out, small slash to 2S7 with loss to a few letters of text, burn or rust holes to 2X3 and 3B8 with loss to a few letters of text, portion torn away from 2*4 with loss to some text, 3H7 slashed without loss, some chipping and fraying to first few ff. of New Testament, with loss to some text, closely shaved, occasionally affecting printed side-notes, occasional dampstaining or soiling, bookplates, contemporary panellend calf, rebacked and recornered, [Herbert 303; STC 2210], Robert Barker, 1610 [-1611]; and a defective ?1611 Bible and a 1637 Book of Common Prayer lacking 3ff., 4to & folio (3)Provenance: John Dunkin; Henry Dunkin (bookplates).