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° ° Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) - The Microcosm of London, 3 vols, 1st edition, folio, calf gilt, rebacked, with wood-engraved titles and engraved dedication leaves, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin (text watermarked 1806-07), printed for R. Ackermann by T. Bensley, London, [1808-10], in slip case.

° ° Ackermann (Rudolph, Publisher) - A History of the University of Cambridge, It’s Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings, 2 vols, 1st edition, folio, half brown morocco gilt, with marbled boards, half-titles, list of subscribers, engraved portrait of the Duke of Gloucester, 95 hand-coloured aquatints or stipple engravings by Stadler, Havel, Agar, Bluck, Hill and Reeve after Pugin, Westall, Mackenzie, Uwins and Pyne, including 16 of Founders. Bookplate of Robert Lionel Foster, printed for R. Ackermann by L. Harrison and J.C. Lee, London, 1815

° ° Dallal, Henry - Desert Pageantry: The Royal Cavalry of Oman, signed, folio, black pictorial boards gilt, in d/j, with original box, 2012Note: Gold medal winner for the most outstanding design of the year, at the Independent Publisher Book Awards, in New York, from a selection of over 5000 books

° ° Folio Society - A Miscellany collection, boxed or slipcased including, six works by Anthony Trollope, Brief Lives by John Aubrey and Englands Constable (21)

° ° Barker, Nicolas (editor). Two East Anglian Picture Books: a facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian MS. Ashmole 1504. 135pp. of coloured facsimiles, 16 photo plates, 2 diagrammatic plates, a map and a d-page genealogical table; publisher's green quarter morocco and cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, gilt top, folio. The Roxburghe Club, 1988

A VINTAGE OAK ADJUSTABLE FOLIO STAND OF EASEL FORM RISING ON BRASS RODS LABELLED CLIFFORD MILBURN AND CO LONDON

SALVADOR DALI, TALES FROM THE 1001 NIGHTS, FIFTY ILLUSTRATIONS, 325/750, FOLIO SOCIETY, 2016

The Heroes of Telemark, The Rank Organisation (1965) Original screenplay, Publicity documents and related ephemera includes, Original screenplay bound within red card covers with metal brads, 140 pages on white sheets, first page reads The Heroes of Telemark Screenplay by Ivan Moffat, dedicated to the nine Norwegians whose bravery against overwhelming power prevented Nazi Germany from getting the atomic bomb, Director: Anthony Mann, Benton Film Productions, London, with a few cast names written in ink to lower page; a related Press book, published by Sackville Publishing; a Production Cast List, from John Willis, seven-pages on blue sheets, dated 1964-1965; a Location/Studio Unit List for Norway, Burton Film Productions Limited, dated December 21, 1964; a red cloth bound folder containing a quantity of typescript interviews with Richard Harris, Kirk Douglas, Norwegian WWII resistance member, Knut Lier Hansen, Thor Viten, Alf Larsen, Captain Erleng Sorenson, Lieutenant Colonel Knut Haukelid, and Art Director, Tony Masters, dated March 19, 1965; a printed seating arrangement for The Heroes of Telemark International Convention held at Pinewood Studios September 2, 1965; All About the Heroes of Telemark told by John Willis, Saul Cooper and Laurie Buley, The Rank Organisation, Pinewood Studios, September 2, 1965, 319 pages bound within pictorial soft covers, folio. (6) Provenance: The Collection of John Willis, Publicity Director for Disney, Columbia, United Artists, The Rank Organisation, and 20th Century Fox from 1960-1972. Willis worked on Casino Royale (1967) and several other films in the James Bond series, as well as films such as The Battle of Britain, Heroes of Telemark, Living Free, and In Search of Castaways.

POPLASKI (Peter). The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book, Deluxe Slipcased hardcover book with Signed print - the book with mostly colour full-length comic stories from Shack to Chateau, dust-jacket unclipped, red cloth, within a black leatherette slipcase gilt lettered to spine, the first comprehensive retrospective of the artists career, folio, published Kitchen Sink Press, 1997; together with, a Limited edition silkscreen print loosely inserted, numbered 389/1000 and Signed in pencil by American cartoonist, Robert Crumb, 25.5 x 32 cm. (2) Condition Report: overall good conditions, with strong signatures.

Graphic Novels and Illustrated Books: a group of fourteen first editions, three of which are Signed includes, SCARFE (Gerald). Scarfeland: The Lost World, Signed by the artist on half-title, dust-jacket unclipped, Hamish Hamilton, 1989; DARROW (Geoff). Comics and Stories, pictorial boards, French text, with a loosely inserted colour illustration, Signed by Darrow in black ink on lower margin, 25 x 36cm., Aedena, 1986, EISNER (Will). Reader, Limited edition, numbered 348 of 1500 copies Signed by the author on an illustrated bookplate, dust-jacket unclipped, Kitchen Sink Press, 1991; Signal from Space; and All About PGell: The Spirit Casebook, volume II; both pictorial boards, Kitchen Sink Press, 1983-1998; The Christmas Spirit, soft pictorial covers, Kitchen Sink Press, 1994; KURTZMAN (Harvey). Strange Adventures, dust-jacket unclipped, Byron Press, 1990; FRAZETTA (Frank). The Frank Frazetta Pillow Book, Kitchen Sink Press, 1994; with others by Richard Corben, Gary Larson, James Herbert and relating to Jack Kirby, including, The Art of Jack Kirby, Blue Rose Press, 1992; The Collected Jack Kirby Collector, Twomorrows, 1997; and Jack Kirbys Heroes and Villains, Pure Imagination, 199, folio, 4to. (14) Condition Report: some foxing to top edges, otherwise overall good conditions with strong signatures.

The Daily Telegraph Victory Atlas of The World, folio, together with The Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer and a Bacon's Atlas of London and Suburbs (3)

A small library of books including Badminton library volumes, novels, cookery, a folio of engravings by Samuel Howitt, ten volumes of Peoples of All Nations and other titles

A folio of several dozen autographs, including U Boat Commander Erich Topp, British Army Officer General Sir Drury Curzon Drury- Lowe , Stanely Owen, 1st Viscount Buckmaster, Apoolo program manager George Low, Colonel Edward Dalby, Lillie Langtry, Louis Bleriot, Odette Hallowes, Herbert Lom, Flora Robson, Victor Mature, Ingrid Bergman. Also stars of stage and screen including Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Margaret Lockwood, Stanely Holloway, Noel Coward, Elizabeth Sellars, Robert Heston, Dustin Hoffman and others. Some on letters, some on card. Worthy of a closer inspection

Theatre, Frissard (P. F.), Théâtre de Dieppe, Paris: Chez Carilian Goeury, 1827, 20 plates (heavy spotting), leather backed marbled boards, folio.

Miscellaneous Books, including: Lawrence (T. E.), Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Jonathan Cape, 1935, first edition published for general circulation; Andres (Glenn M., John M. Hunisak and A. Richard Turner), The Art of Florence, Artabras, 1994, 2 volumes in slipcase; Churchill (Winston S.), The Second World War, Cassell & Co., 1948-54, 6 volumes; a quantity of books published by Heron Books; Vintage Modern Classics; Bibliothèque de la Pléiade editions; Paterson's Practical Statutes; 44 Folio Society volumes, including The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, 2009; others on art, literature, etc. (qty: 16 boxes)

Gill (Eric). The Four Gospels, London: Folio Society, 2007, monochrome illustrations, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated full black morocco in black cloth drop box, includes Essays, by John Dreyfus & Robert Gibbings, folio, limited edition numbered 453 of 2,750.

Master of Antwerp (1485-1491) - Adam and Eve in Paradise / Description: God shows Adam and Eve Paradise. Paradise with the four rivers. God introduces Adam and Eve and points to the Tree of Good and Evil. This old colored incunabula woodcut was used in the first edition of Ludolphus de Saxonia, "Dat Boeck vanden leven ons lief heeren Ihesu Christi". and in some other editions, all still from the 15th century. The first edition was published in 1487 in Antwerp. The attribution to the Fist Antwerp Woodcutter is confirmed by Sir William Martin Conway in his work 'The Woodcutters of the Netherlands in the Fifteenth Century', page 229 (Folio cut from the First Antwerp Woodcutter: 3. God's commands to Adam and Eve). The fresh impression still with complete intact borderlines makes it very likely our woodcut belongs to the first edition of 1487 or the second from 1488. / Dimensions: 17,80 x 14,60 cm / Condition: Excellent impression with unbroken woodcut lines, tipped with corners on a laid paper collection sheet. Very nice period hand coloring. Gothic Dutch letterpress on the backside in two columns. / Literature: Sir William Martin Conway (1884) The Woodcutters of the Netherlands in the Fifteenth Century: In Three Parts ...page 229 ---- "The guilder compass" (1951). Botke, K. --- Prof. Henri Defoer, history of the woodcuts from the Ludolphus editions. ( Jaarboek voor Nederlandse boekgeschiedenis 24/2017) / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: 1487 320

Master of Antwerp (1485-1491) - Jesus' sermon at sea / Description: Jesus' sermon at sea, Peter and Andrew with the full net. This old colored incunabula woodcut corresponds to the first edition of Ludolphus de Saxonia, "Dat Boeck vanden leven ons lief heeren Ihesu Christi". This first edition was published in 1487 in Antwerp. The woodcut here on auction is similar to RDK IX, 345, Abb. 23. Antwerpen 1487.: Seepredigt Jesu, Petrus und Andreas mit dem vollen Netz.23. Holzschnitt-Ill. (18,3 × 12,8 cm) aus Ludolf von Sachsen a. a. O. (Sp. 339) Bl. K 4v. Antw. (Gerardus Leen) 1487. In fact it is more fresh and with complete intact borderlines so probably an eve earlier impression than the one in RDX Labor. It precedes a variant by the Master of Delft. Due to chronology and style it can be attributed to The Master of Antwerp (Act. 1485-1491). This is confirmed by Sir William Martin Conway in his work 'The Woodcutters of the Netherlands in the Fifteenth Century', page 229 (Folio cut from the First Antwerp Woodcutter: 4.Christ teaching from a boat). This woodcut was only used in 16th century's editions. / Dimensions: 18,30 x 12,80 cm / Condition: Excellent impression with unbroken woodcut lines, tipped with corners on a laid paper collection sheet. Very nice period hand coloring. Gothic Dutch letterpress on the backside in two columns. / Literature: Sir William Martin Conway (1884) The Woodcutters of the Netherlands in the Fifteenth Century: In Three Parts ...page 229 (Conway 10.6:4) ---- "The guilder compass" (1951). Botke, K. --- Prof. Henri Defoer, history of the woodcuts from the Ludolphus editions. ( Jaarboek voor Nederlandse boekgeschiedenis 24/2017) / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: 1487 280

Master of Antwerp (1485-1491) - The disiples preaching to all nations / Description: Three scenes Where: in each case two Apostles are preaching the Gospel to a group of people. This old colored incunabula woodcut was used in the first edition of Ludolphus de Saxonia, "Dat Boeck vanden leven ons lief heeren Ihesu Christi". and in some other editions, all still from the 15th century. The first edition was published in 1487 in Antwerp. The attribution to the First Antwerp Woodcutter is confirmed by Sir William Martin Conway in his work 'The Woodcutters of the Netherlands in the Fifteenth Century', page 229 (Folio cut from the First Antwerp Woodcutter: 15. The disiples preaching to all nations). The fresh impression still with complete intact borderlines makes it very likely our woodcut belongs to the first edition of 1487 or the second from 1488. There is a rude copy known attributed to the Master of Delft in the Rijksmuseum (Inv. RP-P-OB-2110) but the one here on auction is earlier and far more sophisticated. / Dimensions: 18,50 x 13,00 cm / Condition: Excellent impression with unbroken woodcut lines, tipped with corners on a laid paper collection sheet. Very nice period hand coloring. Gothic Dutch letterpress on the backside in two columns. / Literature: Sir William Martin Conway 1884, The Woodcutters of the Netherlands in the Fifteenth Century: In Three Parts ...page 229 (Conway 10.6:15)---- "The guilder compass" (1951). Botke, K. --- Prof. Henri Defoer, history of the woodcuts from the Ludolphus editions. ( Jaarboek voor Nederlandse boekgeschiedenis 24/2017) / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: 1487 280

Box of books, Folio Society The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan and The Vicar of Wakefield etc

Pulp Fiction (1994) Five Original Production Call Sheets as used on shoot days 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41 (of 51) dated November 8-12, 1993, interior scenes included, Marcellus house, Vincents Malibu, and Lances house, exterior scenes included street scenes and Jack Rabbit Slims, with detailed call times for the crew, supporting actors and main cast including John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Rosanna Arquette, Bronaugh Gallagher, Eric Stoltz and Ken Lesco, plus specific shooting requirements such as, stand-ins for John Travolta and Mr. Stoltz, video playback operator, 30 extras, 10 motorcycles, rig for speedometer, chest piece for Mia, additional mag for camera crew and syringe kit, five folio white sheets, with printed film-title and Production offices Culver City, California address, each 35.5 x 22cm, (5) Condition Report: some creasing and light marks to top left hand corners of each sheet from use on the production, overall good conditions with clear text.

FOLIO SOCIETY: twelve vols., mainly historical in good condition but without slipcases.

ENGLISH LITERATURE (MISCELLANY): largely 20th C. to include a couple of Folio Soc., RLS, a few Denis Wheatley 1sts with wrappers etc.

A folio containing a quantity of 1970's detached Ozalid glamour calendar pages

The Book Of The Dead (facsimile of the papyrus Ani in the British Museum), printed by Order of the Trustees, sold at the British Museum 1890, folio, half leather-bound, book size 53cm x 39cm, together with the translation by E Wallis Budge, published 1895, half leather-bound, 33cm x 27cm (2)Book Of The Dead has been re-bound professionally and in excellent condition with light rubbing at the very edges, all pages present and in good bright condition, translation cover is split along the spine but still attached, dry at the edges with slight dents, pages very slightly discoloured but complete

1833 Lieutenant Col. Colby, A folio slip containing two folding maps of West and East Wales, showing South Gloucestershire

Simpson (William) The Seat of War in the East, First & Second Series, 2 vol. in 1, lithographed vignette titles, lithographed dedication and 79 tinted lithographed plates, all with tissue guards, several with printed key to plate, first title a little soiled and damp-stained, some plates with light marginal soiling or water-staining but images clean, a few with plate number shaved, plate 22 of First Series and plate 1 of Second previously removed for framing but remounted on stubs (captions a little browned, key to first cut out from tissue), contemporary half red morocco, spine gilt, rubbed and stained, spine ends and corners repaired, large [Abbey, Travel 237], folio, Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., 1855-56.

Campbell (Colen), Woolfe (John) and James Gandon. Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect..., 5 vol., later editions, engraved titles, engraved dedications in all but vol.2 , all titles and text in English & French, 491 engraved plates and plans on 390 sheets (complete, double-page plate of Umberslade sometimes found at end of vol.3 not called for), 101 double-page (one also folding in at edges), some foxing but many plates clean, a good wide-margined copy in handsome uniform contemporary polished calf, double gilt fillet and decorative roll-tool border in blind, a little rubbed, one or two small stains, corners slightly worn, rebacked in calf with gilt urns in compartments and tan labels, joints a little rubbed, [Harris 103 & 946; Millard, British 10 & cf.94, first edition; cf. Berlin Kat. 2329 & Fowler 76, vol.1-4 only, first editions], [vol.1-3 1751; vol.4 & 5 1819] with Richardson (George) The New Vitruvius Britannicus, 2 vol., vol.1 second edition, vol.2 first edition, titles and text in English & French, 142 fine aquatint plates and plans on 115 sheets, 27 double-page, list of contents from vol.2 bound in vol.1, washed with occasional restoration to margins, some traces of old damp-staining to margins, contemporary half red morocco, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked preserving old gilt spines, corners repaired (one renewed), [Abbey Life 60; Millard British 70, both first editions of 1802-08], T.Bensley for the Author, 1810-08, folio (7)⁂ Campbell's monumental work promoting the virtues of neo-Palladianism and featuring many of the great houses of England. Rare to find all 7 volumes together, the later Richardson volumes are particularly scarce.

Chambers (Sir William) A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture...with...An Examination of Grecian Architecture by Joseph Gwilt, engraved portrait and 65 plates, some foxing, contemporary half calf, g.e., scuffed, rebacked preserving old spine, 1825 § Clarke (T.H.) The Domestic Architecture of the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth and James the First..., wood-engraved title-vignette and tail-piece, 20 lithographed plates on india paper and mounted, some spotting, original cloth, paper label to upper cover, a little stained, corners bumped, rebacked in calf, 1833 § Richardson (Charles J.) Observations on the Architecture of England during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James I, large folding lithographed frontispiece (torn and repaired), chromolithographed additional pictorial title heightened with gold, lithographed plates, foxed, marginal water-staining towards end, contemporary half calf, gilt-stamped roan label to upper cover, 1837, all rubbed; and 2 others, architecture, including a folio 4pp. catalogue of books published by J.Taylor's Architectural Library dated Jan.2. 1802, v.s. (6)

Cheshire.- Buckler (John & John Chessell) Views of Eaton Hall in Cheshire, the Seat of the Right Honourable Earl Grosvenor, first edition, lithographed plan and 18 plates by W.Westall and J.C.Harding after the Bucklers and printed by C.Hullmandel, all proofs on india paper and mounted, some foxing to plates, mostly marginal but affecting some images, original boards, uncut, rubbed and slightly marked, rebacked in crimson straight-grain morocco, some knocks to spine, [Not in Abbey], large folio, 1826.⁂ The principal source of information on the magnificent mansion rebuilt "in the florid Gothic order" for Earl Grosvenor by William Porden between 1804 and 1812, and before alterations by William Burn in 1846-51 and its substantial remodelling by Alfred Waterhouse in 1870.

Cornforth (John) Early Georgian Interiors, New Haven & London, 2004 § Thornton (Peter) Authentic Decor: The Domestic Interior 1620-1920, New York, 1994 § Beard (Geoffrey) Craftsmen and Interior Decoration in England 1660-1820, Edinburgh, 1981 § Turner (Laurence) Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britain, original buckram, a little rubbed and faded, small nicks to edge of upper cover, Country Life, 1927, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth, the first two with dust-jackets, the third with slip-case; and 9 others on interiors, 4to & folio (13)

Cornwall.- Condy (Nicholas) & Rev. Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell. Cothele on the banks of the Tamar, the ancient Seat of the Rt.Hon.ble the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, hand-coloured lithographed pictorial title, lithographed dedication and plan, 16 hand-coloured tinted lithographed plates by Day & Haghe after Condy, a few leaves with small tears at edges repaired, light offsetting to verso of plates, Henry Fox Talbot's copy with presentation inscription "from his affectionate sister Caroline /Mount Edgcumbe 1st January 1847" to front free endpaper, endpapers foxed, original blue cloth with Mount Edgcumbe arms in gilt to upper cover, rather rubbed and faded, handsomely rebacked and cornered in blue straight-grain morocco, spine ruled in gilt, [Abbey, Scenery 414], folio, [c.1840].⁂ Excellent association copy of this work on Cothele, a medieval house with Tudor additions in Cornwall, which has changed little over the last five centuries.William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77), inventor and pioneer of photography. Through his mother's second marriage to Admiral Charles Feilding he had two half-sisters, Caroline Augusta (1808-81) and Henrietta Horatia (1810-51). Caroline married Lord Valletort, later 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, on 6th December 1831.

NO RESERVE Binding.- Chrysostomus (Johannes, Saint) In omnes D. Pavli epistolas commentarii, woodcut printer's device and seventeenth century manuscript ownership inscription in ink to title, bookplate, lacking OO5, second Z gathering mis-bound, scattered worm holes within text throughout, ornately blind-stamped panelled calf over wooden boards, covers with eternal knot centre-pieces, borders composed of medallion profile portraits ?of peoples of different nations, gilt acorns (some dulling), and rosettes, amongst other decoration, gilt title to head of inner panel of upper cover, spine in compartments, remains of metal clasps, remnants of paper label to spine, some light wear in places, [VD 16 J 433], folio, Basel, Johann Herwagen, 1536.⁂ A previous owner's note suggests that the binding is by the 'Mauresken Meister of Basel', about whom we have found very little information.

Early religion.- Cyrillus, Alexandrinus. Opera, edited by Jean Aubert, 6 vol. in 7 (vol.5 in 2 parts), first collected edition, titles printed in red and black and with engraved or woodcut galleon device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, staining and foxing, mostly lightly browned, modern morocco-backed buckram, spines in compartments and with red and green leather labels and small gilt arms of Lincoln's Inn Library at foot, [Hoffmann I, p.530], folio, Paris, King's Printer, 1638.⁂ A rare set at auction of the first collected edition of the works of Cyril of Alexandria (c.376 - 444), who was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444. This Doctor of the Church was a central figure in the Christological controversies of the late 4th and 5th centuries, and in the Council of Ephesus in 431.

Early religion.- Optatus, Milevitanus (Saint) De schismate donatistarum libri septem: ad manuscriptos codices et veteres editiones collati, et innumeris in locis emendati, half-title, title printed in red and black and with engraved printer's device, engraved folding map of North Africa (loose), engraved or woodcut head-pieces and initials, library ink stamp to lower margin of title, occasional spotting or light staining, later calf-backed mottled boards, spine in compartments and with red leather label, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, Paris, André Pralard, 1700; and Tertullian, Venice, 1744 & Fulgentius of Ruspe, Venice, 1742, folio (3)⁂ Optatus was Bishop of Milevis in Numidia in the fourth century, and is remembered for his writings against Donatism.

Early religion.- Montfaucon (Bernard de, editor).- Chrysostomus (Johannes, Saint) Opera omnia, edited by Bernard de Montfaucon, 13 vol., parallel text in Greek and Latin, titles printed in red and black, woodcut or engraved head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking frontispiece and portrait, [Ebert 4193 "Bis jetzt die beste Ausgabe, obleich etwas fluchtig besorgt."], contemporary calf, gilt spines in compartments and with morocco labels, worn in places, but solid, folio, Paris, Louis Guérin [& others], 1718-1738.⁂ Robert Isaac Wilberforce's set of this important edition, edited by the great scholar Bernard de Montfaucon (1655-1741) and assistants from the learned Congregation of St. Maur. Montfaucon founded the discipline of palaeography and is regarded as one of the founders of the modern discipline of archaeology. Chrysostom (c. 347 - 407) was an important Early Church Father, who served as archbishop of Constantinople. He was know for his public speaking and denunciation of the abuse of authority.Provenance: Robert Isaac Wilberforce (1802-1857), second son of abolitionist William Wilberforce and clergyman, who was active in the Oxford Movement (engraved armorial bookplates); Monastery of St. Michael, ?Sirachia, 1731 (ink inscription to titles), Diocese of Oxford (19th / early 20th century bookplates).

Early religion.- Mark Pattison's copy.- Cassianus (Johannes) Opera omnia, edited by Allart gazet, title printed in red and black and with wood-engraved printers device, lacking double-page table, ornately blind-stamped contemporary armorial pigskin over wooden boards, lacking metal clasps, head of spine and corners little worn, soiled, rubbed, folio, Leipzig, Wettstein & Smith, 1733.⁂ Cassian (c.360-c.435) was a monk and theologian, who is credited with bringing Christian monasticism to the medieval West. His achievements and writings influenced Benedict of Nursia, who incorporated many of the principles into his own monastic rule. Our copy with an attractive provenance. Provenance: Mark Pattison (1813-1884), English priest, scholar, and Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford (small blind-stamp to foot of title).

Early religion.- Blind scholar.- Didymus, Alexandrinus. De Trinitate libri tres. Nunc primum ex Passioneiano codice Græce editi, editio princeps, parallel Greek and Latin text, title with engraved wolf printer's device, engraved facsimile 'Specimen Codicis' and tail-pieces, later pencil marginalia, some spotting or mostly light foxing, later vellum, rebacked preserving original backstrip with red morocco label and later ink date, some staining, folio, Bologna, Lelio dalla Volpe, 1769.⁂ Rare editio princeps of this work opposing Arianism by the theologian and teacher Didymus of Alexandria (c.313-398), who was blind from the age of four.

Terentius Afer (Publius) Comoediae Omnes., woodcut device to title, engraved initials and illustrations, early ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers and title verso, occasional worming, touching odd letter, m1 & r7 with loss to bottom corner, faint damp-staining to bottom edge, ex-Wigan library with discreet blind-stamp to title and final ff., contemporary calf, rebacked and re-cornered, a little rubbed, folio, Venice, Giovanni Maria Bonelli, 1563.

Cicero (Marcus Tullius), edited by Paulus Manutius, In M. Tulli Ciceronis De rhetorica volumen primum, woodcut portrait vignette to title, [Edit16 CNCE64638; Renouard 232:2], bound with [Opera] Rhetorica II, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut illustration to following leaf, [Adams C1660; EDIT 16 CNCE 12460], together 2 parts in 1, Venice, apud Aldum, 1583, also with another preceding, together 3 parts in 1, woodcut head-pieces and initials, scattered leaves browned, contemporary vellum, stamped in blind with coat of arms, lower cover toned, some wear to joints, folio

British India.- 2 Autograph Letters signed from the agent to the Governor-General to the agents of the Governors-General at Benares and Calcutta, together 4pp. & 1 envelope, red wax seals, folio & 4to, Karnal & n.p., 4th October 1834, informing them that Goojur Singh and officers of Maharajah Ranjeet Singh of Lahore are to be visiting the Supreme Government at Calcutta with presents for His Majesty [King William IV], tears along folds, browned (2).⁂ Ranjit Singh was ruler and founder of the Sikh Empire between 1799 and 1839.

NO RESERVE Gunpowder.- An Act for making salt-petre· Wednesday the 9th of February, 1652, text black letter, title with woodcut arms, woodcut decorative initial, title with marginal holes and little frayed, water-stained, lightly browned, Printed by John Field, printer to the Parliament of England, 1652 bound with 6 18th century Acts relating to gunpowder, occasional spotting or staining, modern calf-backed buckram, spine gilt, covers stained, rubbed, folio

NO RESERVE [Girard (Guillaume)] The History of the Life of the Duke of Espernon: the Great Favourite of France, first English edition, translated by Charles Cotton, title in red and black, 2 engraved portraits, engraved initials and head-pieces, short marginal tear to foot A1 & A2, tiny marginal hole to T3, occasional marginal spotting and staining, near contemporary calf, upper joint beginning to crack but holding firm, a little rubbed, folio, by E. Cotes, and A. Clark, for Henry Brome, 1670.

[Dryden (John)] & [Nahum Tate]. The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel, first edition, occasional marginal notes, spotting, modern boards, fractional bumping to spine extremities, [Pforzheimer 311], folio, for Jacob Tonson, 1682.⁂ Mr. Wise and Mr. Dobell disagreed on which states are first, second or third, with Wise suggesting this copy is the second state and Dobell suggesting that it's the first. The verso of K1 in this copy contains 10 lines, and line 9 of K1 recto reads 'on the Myrtle Grove.'

NO RESERVE Gardens.- Hill (John) Eden: or, A Compleat Body of Gardening, engraved frontispiece and 60 engraved plates, some marginal worming, with paper repairs, including frontispiece and title, which are also working loose, some staining and foxing to peripheral leaves, contemporary calf, heavily worn, upper cover detached, folio, for T. Osbourne, et al., 1757.

Essex.- Majendie (Lewis) An Account of Hedingham Castle, first edition, half-title, 5 engraved plates by Basire, light foxing, engraved bookplate of A.R.M., modern half red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-stamped morocco label to upper cover, spine gilt, folio, John Nichols, printer to the Society of Antiquaries, 1796.⁂ Scarce work on probably the best preserved Norman keep in England, built by the De Vere family in c.1140. We have been unable to trace a copy at auction.

Milton (John).- Martin (John) Four Imperial folio "proof" plates from 'Paradise Lost', mezzotints, on laid paper, each platemark approx. 255 x 345 mm (10 x 13 1/2 in), sheets each approx. 380 x 560 mm (15 x 22 in), some spotting and toning, mainly marginal, nicks and tears to extremities, unframed, published in parts by Septimus Prowett, [circa 1824-1827] (4)

Gloucestershire.- Willyams (Rev. Cooper) The History of Sudeley Castle, in Gloucestershire, first edition, etched aquatint frontispiece by Willyams printed in sepia (light water-stain to upper inner margin), tissue guard, modern half red morocco over marbled boards, gilt, gilt-stamped morocco label to upper cover, uncut, [Millard, British 90], J.Robson, 1791 § Marklove (H.) Views of Berkeley Castle, first edition, lithographed frontispiece and 9 plates by Marklove, list of subscribers, plates browned and rather water-stained, one or two tears and repairs, frontispiece laid down, modern half blue morocco over marbled boards, gilt-stamped morocco label to upper cover, spine gilt, [Abbey, Scenery 409, coloured copy], printed by William Partridge of Nailsworth, 1840, folio (2)⁂ The first was written mainly to support the complicated claim of the author's genealogist friend Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges to the barony of Chandos of Sudeley. The plate depicts the castle in ruins before its partial restoration in 1837 by Sir George Gilbert Scott for the Dents.The second item is rare with only 2 copies recorded by Library Hub (BL & Oxford); WorldCat adds 3 in North America. The Abbey copy contains 11 plates but notes that the final plate is not by Marklove and is on thicker paper therefore probably an addition. Other copies all state 10 plates.

Flint (Sir William Russell) The Lisping Goddess, one of 275 copies signed by the artist, plates and illustrations, scattered faint spotting, original morocco-backed boards, slip-case, a little rubbed, Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1968; Breakfast in Périgord, one of 525 copies signed by the artist, frontispiece, illustrations, many full-page, original morocco-backed boards, slip-case, a little rubbed, 1968; In Pursuit, one of 1050 copies signed by Francis Russell Flint, illustrations, many full-page, original morocco-backed boards, slip-case, a little rubbed, 1969; folio (3).

Montfaucon (Bernard de) Antiquity Explained, and Represented in Sculptures, 3 vol. only (of 6) comprising vol. 1, vol. 5 and the supplement for vols. 3-5 only, translated by David Humphreys, titles in red and black, supplement lacking title, 223 engraved plates only, of which 54 double-page, vol. 1 with neat tissue repair to lower corner of 3U2 (final ff.), vol. 5 and supplement lacking final blanks, supplement with 6I2 misbound, scattered spotting and staining, bookplate to vol. 1, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, Greek key border in blind, rubbed, folio, by J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1721-22; sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.

Hampshire.- Hewetson (J.) Architectural and Picturesque Views of Noble Mansions in Hampshire, bound from the original 5 parts, no title but with original upper wrapper to Part 4 bound in as title, 25 lithographed plates after Hewetson including 15 proofs on india paper and mounted, printed by Hullmandel and others, each with leaf of descriptive text, some very light spotting, mostly marginal, bookplate of William Gascoigne Roy, nineteenth century half morocco, rubbed, [Abbey, Scenery 400, all proofs and hand-coloured but later?], folio, James Carpenter & Son, [late 1820s, water-marked 1824].⁂ Rare work including fine views of The Grange (William Wilkins & C.R.Cockerell), Broadlands (Capability Brown and Henry Holland), Stratton Park (George Dance), Chawton House (home of Jane Austen's brother Edward Austen Knight) and the Duke of Wellington's seat Stratfield Saye.Library Hubs lists only 4 copies (BL 2 parts only; Oxford; University of Southampton 3 parts only; V & A]. We have been able to trace only one copy at auction (Bloomsbury Auctions 2010).

NO RESERVE Finch-Davies (Claude Gibney) & A. C. Kemp. The Bird Paintings of C. G. Finch-Davies, illustrations, original cloth with pictorial onlay, slip-case, 1984 § Maclean (Gordon Lindsay) & Gail Darroll. Ducks of Sub-Saharan Africa, first edition, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly creased, 1986, folio (2)

Herbal.- Hill (John) The British Herbal: An History of Plants and Trees, Natives of Britain, Cultivated for Use, or Raised for Beauty, engraved frontispiece by Roberts after Samuel Wale, engraved title-vignette and coat-of-arms of Duke of Northumberland at head of dedication, 74 engraved plates only of 75 (lacks plate 24) after Darly & Edwards and others, printed in double-column, title a little creased and with small tears to edges, some slight staining in some lower margins, 2B1-2I2 small wormtrack, slightly browned, new endpapers, modern half morocco, [Henrey 799; Hunt 557; Nissen BBI 881], folio, T. Osborne and J.Shipton..., 1756.

Rocketry & pyrotechnics.- Simienowicz (Casimir) The Great art of artillery, translated by George Shelvocke, first edition in English, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece and 22 plates, all but one folding, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, title soiled, Yy2 large hole in text with loss, with some resulting loss of text to Xx2v opposite, short tear(s) to frontispiece and the odd other plate, without loss, lower margins water-stained, spotting or staining (including ink), lightly browned, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine in compartments, boards soiled, rubbed and scuffed, folio, Printed for J. Tonson, 1729.⁂ Scarce first English edition of this Polish-Lithuanian general's treatise on rocketry and pyrotechnics, first published in Latin in 1650. It remained the standard work for at least two centuries. The translator Shelvocke was a naval officer and privateer. Provenance: 'John Parker his book, October 23 1790'; 'R.Gibbins, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, Artillery thou noble Art!' (ink inscriptions to front free endpaper).

NO RESERVE Africa.- [Roberts (John H.)] The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, hand-coloured frontispiece, additional hand-coloured title, 19 lithographs, one colour map, scattered spotting and staining, occasional neat tissue repairs to fore-edges, ex-Nottingham Library with usual label and shelf-mark to title verso, lacking front free endpaper, hinges strengthened, later half-morocco, a little rubbed, folio, Nottingham, J. R. Haslam, [1874-77].⁂ Scarce with a Nottingham imprint.

Japan.- Audsley (George A.) The Ornamental Arts of Japan, sections 1 & 2, 5 & 6 only (of 9), bound as 2 vol., half-titles, frontispieces, 56 plates of which 31 chromolithographs, illustrations, occasional marginal finger-soiling, ex-Nottingham library with usual ink-stamps, abrasion marks to front free endpapers where labels removed, modern cloth, folio, 1882-84.

Channel Islands.- Toplis (William A.) and John Oxenham The Book of Sark, one of 500 copies signed by the artist and author, 21 tipped-in colour plates by Toplis, captioned tissue-guards, first plate loose, some plates creased in lower left corner, some guards creased, one small marginal tear and one very minor portion of loss to lower corner with neither affecting respective plates, marginal browning, spotting, original vellum, gilt, rubbed and soiled, scratch marks to both covers, lacks ties, T.E.G., folio, 1908.

NO RESERVE Hampshire.- Winchester.- [Hall (Peter)] Picturesque Memorials of Winchester, 18 engraved plates on India paper, plate guards, some staining in lower margins not affecting plates or text, some spotting and offsetting, bookplate of James Comerford on front pastedown, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, folio, Winchester, 1830.

Hearne (Thomas) & William Byrne. Antiquities of Great-Britain, illustrated in Views of Monasteries, Castles, and Churches, now existing, 2 vol., first editions, mixed set, vol.1 with list of subscribers and additional engraved pictorial title, text in English & French, 83 engraved plates by Hearne & Byrne after Hearne, vol.1 with tissue guards and some light marginal foxing, contemporary diced russia with flower & ribbon border in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, a little rubbed, vol.2 lightly water-stained affecting some plates, contemporary panelled olive green straight-grain morocco with gilt borders and central vignette of ecclesiastical ruin, g.e., rubbed and scuffed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, lower corners repaired, oblong folio, James Phillips for T.Hearne & W.Byrne; T.Cadell, 1786-1807.

Lutyens (Sir Edwin).- Butler (A.S.G.) & others. The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens, 3 vol., one of 1500 reprints, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, vol.1 price-clipped, spines very slightly faded, Woodbridge, 1984 § Hussey (Christopher) The Life of Sir Edwin Lutyens, first edition, plates and illustrations, original buckram, rebacked, 1950, folio & 4to (4)⁂ Together forming The Lutyens Memorial. The first is an excellent reprint of the original edition of 1950, covering all aspects of Lutyens's work. It took six years to produce.