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DRYDEN JOHN & Several Other Eminent Hands. (Trans).  The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis translated into English Verse. Folio. Calf, rebacked, reps. & browning to title & some marginal stng. noted mainly to early leaves. Jacob Tonson, 1693.

BURNET GILBERT.  The History of the Reformation of the Church of England. Vols. 1 (The First Part) & Vol. 2 (The Second Part, 2nd ed.). Vol. 1 with eng. title (reps.) & 7 eng. port. plates (only?). Rubricated titles (some reps.). Folio. Calf, rebacked, internal browning & stng., particularly to vol. 2. Ex lib., 1679 & 1683.

ARIEL PRESS.  The Birds of Daniel Giraud Elliot. Ltd. ed. 1,000. Good col. plates. Folio. Orig. green cloth in slip case. 1979; also another copy of the same, without slip case.  (3).

(WHITELOCKE SIR B.).  Memorials of the English Affairs or An Historical Account of what passed from the Beginning of the Reign of King Charles the First to King Charles the Second. Folio. Rebound calf, internal foxing & some wear. 1st ed., 1682.

ARIEL PRESS.  The Birds of Edward Lear. Good col. plates. Folio. Orig. buff cloth in torn d.w. 1975.

(COLLIER JOHN).  Tim Bobbin, Human Passions Delineated. Eng. port. frontis (defective), title & plates (extensive browning & various repairs, etc., sold as seen). Folio. Rebound half calf. 1775.

CAMDEN WILLIAM.  Britannia ... with Additions & Improvements by Edmund Gibson. 2 vols. Eng. port. frontis, plates & text illus. but no maps. Folio. Calf, rebacked. 1772.

BOYER A.  The History of Queen Anne. Eng. port. frontis, 2 fldg. battle plans (one in facsimile) & 3 eng. plates of medals. Folio. Calf, rebacked. 1735.

RAPIN DE THOYRAS.  The History of England ... translated ... by N. Tindal. Complete in 2 vols. Eng. frontis, fldg. & other maps, tables, plates, etc. Folio. Rebound calf, some internal browning, repairs, etc. but an impressive set. 1732 & 1733; also an odd vol. 4, part 2, of The Continued History of England by Rapin De Thoyras, 1747.  (3).

TEMPLE SIR WILLIAM.  The Works. 2 vols. Eng. port. frontis (chipped). Folio. Rebound calf. 1720.

BURNET BISHOP.  History of His Own Time. 2 vols. Folio. Calf, rebacked, lib. stamps to reverse of titles, title to vol. 2 browned. 1724 & 1734.

PLEDGER MAURICE (Illus).  Game Birds. 2 vols. Good col. plates & other illus. Folio. Orig. red cloth with gilt motif in d.w. & slip case. 1981.

(SPRAT THOMAS).  A True Account & Declaration of the Horrid Conspiracy Against the Late King ... & the Government. Folio. 2nd ed., 1685; rebound in calf with Copies of the Informations & Original Papers Relating to the Proof of the Horrid Conspiracy, fldg. plate in facsimile (with the remnants of the original plate relaid & slipped in), 1685.

BEDLOE WILLIAM.  A Narrative & Impartial Discovery of the Horrid Popish Plot. Eng. port. frontis. 27pp. Folio. Rebound calf backed brds., some leaves close cropped at upper margin. 1679.

BIONDI SIR FRANCIS.  An History of the Civill Warres of England Between the Two Houses of Lancaster & Yorke .. Englished by the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Monmouth. Printed title only to vol. 1 (no eng. title). Folio. Calf, rebacked. 1641.

AMUCHASTEGUI AXEL.  Some Birds & Mammals of Africa. Ltd. ed. 11/505. Col. plates. Folio. Qtr. blue morocco by Zaehnsdorf, marbled brds., in slip case. Tryon Gallery, 1979.

FOLIO SOCIETY.  17 various vols. in slip cases.

AMUCHASTEGUI AXEL.  Some Birds & Mammals of Africa. Ltd. ed. 246/505. Col. plates. Folio. Qtr. blue morocco by Zaehnsdorf, marbled brds. Tryon Gallery, 1979; also separate descriptive text pamphlet.  (2).

WEEKLY DISPATCH (Pubs).  The Dispatch Atlas. 2 vols., vol. 1 (British) & vol. 2 (Foreign). Fine single & double page country & regional maps, panoramas & street plans of London, other street plans, military & battle sites & railways, complete as called for, some hand col. overall or in outline. Folio. Rubbed half green morocco. 1863.

BURN ROBERT SCOTT.  Modern Building & Architecture. Poor cond. but many eng. plans & elevations, text illus., etc. Folio. Defective bdgs. Fullerton & Co., n.d.; also 1 other vol. (2).

WILLUGHBY FRANCIS.  The Ornithology. Plates & facsimile text. Folio. Orig. green cloth with gilt motif in slip case. Paul Minet, 1972 reprint of the 1678 ed.

Photographs.  Tall Victorian album with some decorative pages containing portrait photographs, poor bdgs.; also an 1881 diary adapted as a scrap & cuttings book & an unused folio account book.  (3).

1871 HARDBACK FOLIO PORTRAIT OF SIR WALTER SCOTT AND FIVE ENGRAVINGS IN ILLUSTRATION OF THE PIRATE FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTION OF THE FINE ARTS IN SCOTLAND

Rare WW2 signed prints The RAF Jubilee Limited Edition. This portfolio of prints was produced in 1979 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. It consists of four high quality prints taken from paintings by artist Eric Kennington, which he painted in 1940 of famous WWII airmen. Each one measures 14" x 10" and they are personally autographed by the airmen in question: Douglas Bader, James Ginger Lacey, John Cunningham and Rod Learoyd VC. They come supplied in a gold printed presentation folio, complete with RAF ribbon, and Certificate of authenticity signed by AM Sir Denis Crowley-Milling on behalf of the RAF Benevolent Fund. This particular set is numbered 225 of the 950. The prints, the certificate and the folder are all in pristine condition!. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.

John the evangelist holding up his letter on a scroll, in an initial on a leaf from a large and fine Bible, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment[Northern France (Paris), c. 1280-90] Large leaf, with historiated initial 'S' (opening "Senior gaio karissimo ...", opening III John from the Canonical Epistles), in soft pink heightened with white penwork, enclosing a full-length portrait of John in a blue cloak, on orange-red tessellated ground within the initial and blue with white foliage overlaid outside it, enclosed within thin gold frame and with text border in blue and red-brown with animal mask, gold baubles and angular gold grounds, descending the entire length of the page and filling the space above and below the text column, one slightly smaller initial in blue containing sprays of coloured foliage, within similar frame and text borders, this enclosing a bearded animal-masked drollery, single red initial on reverse with contrasting penwork and text border of red and blue foliate shapes with scrolling penwork, running titles and versal initials in red and blue capitals, rubrics wanting but guide-text present in pale brown hairline script, double column of 41 lines, marginalia in red and blue triangle, modern pencil folio no. '455', a little inkburn causing small holes in places, slight thumbing at lower outer corner, else excellent condition, 300 by 210mm.From an incomplete manuscript sold at Sotheby's, 5 December 1989, lot 79.The art here is representative of the zenith of Parisian commercial Bible production in the thirteenth century. It was decorated by the Sainte-Chapelle group (see R. Branner, Manuscript Painting in Paris during the Reign of Saint Louis, 1977, pp. 236-39), named for a Gospel lectionary made c. 1260-70 and used in the Sainte-Chapelle (now at the BnF., ms. lat. 17,326), perhaps by a sub-group known as the 'Henry VIII' group, who were active c. 1280-90.  

St. Peter holding the keys to Heaven, in an initial on a leaf from a large and fine Bible, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment[Northern France (Paris), c. 1280-90] Four large leaves (two bifolia), the second leaf with historiated initial 'S' (opening "Symon petrus servuis ...", 2 Peter, the following leaves with parts of Revelation), in pink heightened with white penwork, enclosing a full-length portrait of Peter, on a red-brown tessellated ground, the whole initial on blue grounds with white foliage overlaid and enclosed within a thin gold frame, text border in pink and blue with gold bezants, with a dragon-like drollery creature biting the initial and sprays of foliage into the upper and lower margins, initials in red and blue with contrasting penwork (the larger of these with text borders of red and blue foliate shapes with scrolling penwork), running tiles and versal initials in alternate red and blue, red rubrics, double column of 41 lines, modern pencil folio nos. '452' & '453' and '457' & '458', slight cockling and stains to edges, else excellent condition, each leaf 300 by 210mm.From the same parent manuscript as the previous and following lots. 

King David in the waters calling on God to save him, in an initial on a leaf from a large and fine Bible, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment[Northern France (Paris), c. 1280-90] Large leaf, with historiated initial 'S' (opening "Saluum me fac ...", Psalm 12), in blue heightened with white penwork, enclosing a half-length portrait of David in its lower compartment, naked apart from his golden crown, as God appears holding a globe in the upper compartment, these on blue grounds with tessellated patterns picked out in black and red, all on red-brown grounds with delicate white foliage overlaid, enclosed within thin gold frame and with text border in blue and red-brown with gold baubles and angular gold grounds, descending the entire length of the page and splitting in lower border into two foliate extensions, two text borders on left-hand sides of columns on reverse formed of red and blue foliate shapes with scrolling penwork, initials in red and blue with contrasting penwork, red rubrics, double column of 41 lines, early modern '68' in margin next to initial, modern pencil folio no. in corner (erased and faint, but probably '229'), some flaking from ink in places, slight stain to head, else excellent condition, 300 by 210mm.From the same parent manuscript as the previous two lots.  

Christ entering Jerusalem to cheering crowds, large historiated initial on a leaf from a noted Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment[Low Countries or adjacent France, second half of thirteenth century (probably c. 1260)]Single leaf, with a large initial (100 by 55mm.) in blue with white brushwork picking out geometric patterns and circles, with Christ on a donkey approaching from the left, as crowds waving palm fronds greet him on the right, all on burnished gold grounds, the initial on burgundy-brown grounds with white penwork, with coloured foliage on chunky coloured grounds extending into margins, large initials in red or blue encased within scrolling penwork in contrasting colours, small initials in red or blue, red rubrics (some with capitals with jagged edges), main text in single column of 26 lines of a large and professional early gothic bookhand, written below top line, music in smaller version of same with Messine (Metz) neumes arranged around stave lines, contemporary folio no. 'cxl', slight chipping to paint in places, some stains to edges, else good condition, 320 by 225mm.The figures here, with their red spotted cheeks and undulating beards, are notably close to those from a copy of Gratian, Decretum, produced in Hainault, c. 1280-90 (now Walters Art Gallery, W.133: reproduced in L.M.C. Randall, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery, 1997, no. 218). 

An angel embracing a supplicant, historiated initial on a leaf from a Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment[Low Countries or adjacent France, , second half of thirteenth century (probably c. 1260)] Single leaf, with an initial (45 by 42mm.) in dark pink with white brushwork picking out circles, with the angel embracing a smaller figure in a blue robe, on burnished gold ground, the whole initial on bright blue grounds, initial terminating in green leaves, eleven large initials in red or blue encased within scrolling penwork in contrasting colours, one small initial in red, red rubrics, main text in single column of 26 lines of a large and professional early gothic bookhand, written below top line, music in smaller version of same with neumes arranged around stave lines, contemporary folio no. 'cclxxxi' and contemporary quire no. 'XXVI' at foot of reverse, some contemporary corrections and medieval marginalia, slight chipping to paint in places, some stains in places, else good condition, 320 by 220mm.From the same parent manuscript as the previous lot.  

Large decorated initial on a leaf from an antiphoner, in Latin, manuscript on parchment[Italy (probably Bologna, perhaps Arezzo, second half of the thirteenth century]Single leaf, with a large and tall initial 'V' (145 by 130mm.; opening "Vidi dominum sendentem ...", a responsory for the first Sunday in November), in pale brown acanthus leaves with baubles and red and green knots mounted in its right-hand vertical stroke, terminating in swirling foliage, enclosing intricate interlaced grey-vine foliage with green fruit and orange and yellow leaves, all on dark pink and blue grounds and within a green and light brown frame, followed by a single line of calligraphic ornamental capitals touched in yellow (two with detailed human faces picked out in penwork), simple red initial with blue penwork, red rubrics, 6 lines of text with music on a 4-line red stave (rastrum: 34mm.), seventeenth-century folio no. '63' on recto, small spots, else excellent condition, 574 by 384mm.Another leaf of this elegant and early antiphoner was offered by Maggs, European Bulletin 16 (1990), no. 26. The elongated shape of the initial and its thin swirling foliage is close to that on a leaf in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (their MS. 96.32.4: reproduced in Choirs of Angels, 2008, p. 31, and ascribed there to Arezzo).  

Leaf from an early Gradual with a decorated initial, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [Italy (Bologna, or perhaps Tuscany), early fourteenth century] Single large leaf, with an initial 'E' (in error, opening "[C]lamaverunt ad te domine ...", an Introit for the Feast of SS. Philippus and Jacobus, 1 May) in fawn heightened with hairline white strokes, enclosing coloured acanthus leaves in blue, green, fawn and magma-like red, all on blue grounds and with white penwork tendrils, with 7 lines of text with music on a 4-line red stave (rastrum: 22mm.), capitals and significant letters touched in red, red rubrics, two simple red or blue initials with contrasting penwork, original folio no. "CCXVII" in midpoint of outer margin of verso, seventeenth-century folio no. "216" in same place on recto, small stains in places, tape marks and pinholes in blank corners from hanging, else fine condition, 442 by 305mm. From an early Gradual with finely and delicately painted initials.  

Leaf from an early Gradual with a decorated initial, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [Italy (Bologna, or perhaps Tuscany), early fourteenth century] Single large leaf, with an initial 'G' (opening "Gloria laus et honor ...", a hymn sung on Palm Sunday), in blue heightened with hairline white strokes, enclosing coloured acanthus leaves in blue, green and magma-like red, all on pale fawn grounds and with white penwork tendrils, with 7 lines of text with music on a 4-line red stave (rastrum: 22mm.), capitals and significant letters touched in red, red rubrics, 9 simple red or blue initials with contrasting penwork, original folio no. "CXII" in midpoint of outer margin of verso, seventeenth-century folio no. "112" in same place on recto, small stains in places, tape marks and pinholes in blank corners from hanging, else fine condition, 442 by 308mm. From the same parent manuscript as the previous lot.

Leaf from a collection of Homilies on St. Peter and the Ascension by SS. Augustine and Jerome, in Latin, leaf from a monumentally large lectern manuscript on parchment[northern Italy (perhaps the Veneto), c. 1200] Single leaf, with single column of 49 lines in a notably rounded and squat gothic bookhand which appears Italian on first inspection, capitals touched with red penstrokes, red rubrics, initials in split red bars or with geometric designs left within their bodies in blank parchment with foliate penwork additions in dark green, small marginalia underlined in looping red penwork, later medieval folio no. "xliii" in upper outer corner, reused on a binding and with folds, small scuffs and one large circular stain from an overflowing container of some dark liquid being placed on the centre of the leaf, overall fair and presentable condition, a few modern pencil notes (some in French), 530 by 330mm.; in cloth-covered card binding Provenance: 1. Kraus list 189 (1958), no. 211.2. Sotheby's 21 June 1994, lot 4 (part).3. Schøyen Collection, London and Oslo, their MS 1854, acquired at Sotheby's. Text and script:The script and decoration here present a number of puzzling questions on first inspection. The initials, with their cascading bunches of penwork surround, find close parallels in examples from the Low Countries and adjacent northern France, while the script has strong influences from rounded and squat Italian hands, while remaining distinct from them. Thus, in 1994 it was catalogued as Italian, with the tentative suggestion that instead it might be from neighbouring southern France or northern Spain instead.In fact, such features are found in Gothic manuscripts from Venice and the Veneto (cf. the Statuti e leggi di venezia, of c. 1250, sold in Semenzato, 25 April 2003, lot 28, and a Romance collection including the Chanson de Roland of late thirteenth-century Venetian origin, now in the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, fr. V.7), perhaps locating this leaf to that region. Manuscript leaves from the Veneto of this great age are extremely rare to the market. 

Ɵ Josias censing the altar in Jerusalem for the Passover,in a historiated initial on a leaf from the Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Bible, with Nehemiah and beginning of Ezra II, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment[France (probably Paris), second half of thirteenth century] Single leaf, with double column of 56 lines in tiny gothic bookhand (littera textualis or 'pearl script'), headings in red, capitals touched in yellow wash, running titles and chapter numbers in alternated red or blue capitals, three 2-line initials in red or blue will full length penwork in both colours, one large historiated initial 'E' (opening "Et fecit Iosias pascha ...", 3 Esdras 1), with Josias censing the altar in Jerusalem for the Passover, in style of 'Vie de Saint Denis' workshop, this fol. 166 of original codex, some marginal notes, overall excellent condition, 210 by 150mm; in cloth-covered binding Provenance: 1. From a Bible once in the medieval library of the Carthusian Abbey of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, founded in 1356 by Pope Innocent VI who gave the abbey 57 manuscripts. The parent manuscript of this leaf was at least a century old when acquired by the abbey, but its distinctive punctus flexus punctuation suggests that it came to them from another Carthusian house (see N.R. Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, 1969, I, p. xii, n. 2).2. Transferred in 1812 to the Hôtel de Ville in Villeneuve, and sold by the municipality in 1853 to the Montpellier bookseller Félix Seguín, his cat. for 1854, no. 3.3. Subsequently broken up in London c. 1961 probably by Louis Bondy, and dispersed through the Folio Society and Maggs (see Maggs, Bulletin 2, 1962, no. 13, for the leaves with the ownership inscription of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon; for other leaves see M.M. Manion, V.F. Vines and C. de Hamel, Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts in New Zealand Collections, 1989, no. 68, pp. 89-90).4. Alan G. Thomas (1911-1992), London bookseller: with his price code. 5. Quaritch cat. 1147, Bookhands of the Middle Ages V, 1991, no. 19.6. Schøyen Collection, London and Oslo, their MS 654; acquired in June 1990. Decoration:The historiated initial here is in the style of the 'Vie de Saint-Denis' atelier, on which see R. Branner, Manuscript Painting in Paris during the Reign of Saint Louis, 1977, pp. 87-93. 

Ɵ Two leaves from a monumental Lectern Bible, with Leviticus 25:40-26:26 and Deuteronomy 12:31-14:19, in Latin, from a vast decorated manuscript on parchment[southern Flanders (perhaps Tournai), c. 1275] Two leaves (text not continuous), with double column of 33 lines in a large, formal gothic book script of highest grade (littera gothica textualis formata), initials in red and blue with penwork flourishes the entire height of the text and margins, slight cockling and discolouration at edges and corners, slight flaking from ink of a few letters on one page, else in good and bright condition, 510 by 37mm.; in cloth-covered binding Provenance: 1. From volume one of a grand four volume Bible, probably from the medieval library of St. Martin's, Tournai, with volumes II and III probably Brussels, Bibliothèque royale, MS II.2523, and volume IV may be Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, MS Ludwig I.9. The presence of punctus flexus punctuation might be taken to indicate production for Cistercian use, and the parent volume of these leaves was owned by one "Frater Stephanus Blanchet" in the sixteenth century (see the leaf with his ex libris in Quaritch cat. 1036, Bookhands of the Middle Ages, 1984, no. 75). The Brussels volumes once belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps, who bought them in the 1820s among the residue of the library of St. Martin's, Tournai, noting that before he could obtain it, volume I had been sold and "destroyed by a Bookseller at Brussels". 2. Erik von Scherling (1907-1956) of Leiden (see lot 6); who owned a part of the broken volume I (from Leviticus 3 to Judges 24) in 1954 (offered Rotulus VII, no. 2474, illustrated as frontispiece there).3. Broken by the Folio Society between 1963 and 1965 and widely dispersed, with leaves appearing in their cats. 13 (1963), no.130, 16 (1963), no. 128, 23 (1964), no. 26, 27 (1965), nos. 125a+b, 33 (1965), no. 111; as well as Sotheby's, 25 April 1983, lot 84. A single leaf is also New Zealand, Dunedin Public Library, Reed Collection, frag. 11 (M.M. Manion, V.F. Vines and C. de Hamel, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in New Zealand Collections, no. 74, and our catalogue for 4 December 2018, lot 16 for updates to provenance), and others have since appeared in our rooms, 4 December 2018, lot 16.4a. The first leaf here passed to the palaeographer, E.A. Lowe, where it hung framed in his study at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, from there it passed to Bernard Rosenthal (1920-2017), of San Francisco, California, his I/22, acquired in 1972; and from there to Quaritch cat. 1088, Bookhands of the Middle Ages III, 1988, no. 71, from whence it was acquired for the Schøyen Collection as MS 82.4b. The second leaf re-emerged in Swann Galleries, New York, Auction 1525, 22 March 1990, lot 123, and was also acquired for the Schøyen Collection and reunited with MS 82. Script:A fine example of the grand decorative script of the thirteenth century primarily used for de luxe Biblical and liturgical codices, showing the angularity and lateral compression of letter forms common to the Gothic, but with a wide range of decorative flourishes included for decorative effect.  

Ɵ Vitae sanctorum, including parts of the lives of SS. George, Agapius, Secundinus, Marianus, Iacobus and their associates in Numidia, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Germany, Rhineland (perhaps Cologne), c.1300] Single large leaf, with double column of 48 lines of a gothic bookhand (littera textualis formata), a heading in red, capitals touched in red, very large historiated initial, the letter in pale blue and pink terminating in a tonsured head, enclosing a galloping knight in armour with the arms of Saint George (argent a cross gules), on a cusped ground with gold bezants at the extremities, contemporary folio no. 'clxi', somewhat rubbed in places, recovered from use as a wrapper with horizontal central wear, 433mm. by 321mm.; in cloth-covered card binding Provenance: Schøyen Collection, London and Oslo, their MS 696, acquired from Sam Fogg, London, in November 1990. Decoration:The style of painting is that of Cologne in the opening years of the fourteenth century; cf., for example, E. Galley, 'Eine Kölner Buchmalereiwerkstatt aus der ersten Hälfte des 14 Jahrhunderts', Düsseldorfer Jahrbuch, 46, 1954, pp.121-36, and N. Morgan and S. Panayotova, Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges, I, i, 2009, pp.162-3, no.79. 

Ɵ Statutes of the Confraternity of the Archangel Michael, Valencia, in Spanish, leaf from a decorated calligraphic manuscript on parchment[Spain (Valencia), c. 1400] Single leaf, with single column of up to 24 lines in a good calligraphic lettre bâtarde bookhand, quite rounded and squat with many hairline decorative penstrokes added to letters, rubrics in same in red, elaborate ornamental penwork cadels to ascenders and descenders of letters in uppermost and lowermost lines, three small initials in red or red and blue encased within elaborate penwork densely filling the space with foliate designs, and with whiplike penwork tendril extensions, one very large initial 'P' (opening "Paunerament ordenaren que ..."), in variegated red and blue surrounded by penwork as before, this penwork enclosing two human faces, and that at foot enclosing a hare chased by a red-tongued dog, catchword at foot of verso surrounded by scrollwork showing this was the last leaf of a quire, eighteenth- or nineteenth-century folio no. '8' at outer head of recto, small smudges and spots, else in excellent condition, 243 by 185mm.; in cloth-covered card binding Provenance: 1. Confraternity of the Archangel Michael, Valencia, and doubtless produced there for one of its members.2. Bruce Ferrini, Akron, Ohio, March 1991, another leaf from this parent manuscript with miniatures of the Crucifixion and symbols of the evangelists appearing as his cat. 1 (1987), no. 3 (now in a private US collection).3. Schøyen Collection, London and Oslo, their MS 1283, acquired from Ferrini. Script:The script here is an excellent example of the florid and calligraphic rotunda employed in late medieval Spain for vernacular texts. 

Ɵ Leaf from a large Bohemian Bible, with Zechariah 1:1-4:3 with end of the prologue of St. Jerome, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment[Bohemia (probably Prague), c. 1430] Single leaf, with double column of 45 lines in a good late gothic bookhand (textualis formata, in spiky forms peculiar to Bohemia), red rubrics, red running titles in angular script, 2-line initials in red or blue, one large initial 'I' (opening "In mense octavo ...", Zacharias 1) in dark blue with scalloping white penwork, enclosed within burnished gold panel, the gold pounced and highlighted with yellow paintstrokes and set within a pale green frame, coloured acanthus leaf sprouts (with notably angular leaves) emerging from initial into inner upright border, enclosing gold fruit and a large bezant at head and foot, the foliage enclosing but not obscuring a small textual correction in the upper border, a catchword at foot of verso showing this was once the last leaf of a quire, a tiny near-contemporary '22' in central gutter, slight cockling visible on reverse, outer edges of leaves perhaps once folded from last framing, small spots, else excellent condition, 370 by 270mm.; in cloth-covered card binding Provenance: 1. Sotheby's 12 December 1966, lot 153, bought as a single leaf by Folio Fine Art, then their cat. 44 (1967), no. 229.3. Sotheby's 8 July 1974, lot 7.4. Kenneth W. Rendell Gallery, cat. 146 (1979), no. 137.5. Sotheby's 18 June 1991, lot 29.6. Schøyen Collection, London and Oslo, their MS 1362, acquired in Sotheby's. Script:The arched and angular semi-cursive script along with the highly stylised prickly leaves and pounced gold are all hallmarks of Bohemian book production in the fifteenth century. Compare the contemporary Martinice Bible (Prague, Knihovna Akademie, 1 TB 3; reproduced by B. Drake Boehm and J. Fajt, Prague, the Crown of Bohemia, 2006, no. 135), a manuscript associated with newly emergent Hussitism, and of equally large dimensions. Like that one the parent manuscript of this leaf was probably produced for a wealthy scholarly patron. 

A mixed lot to include a door porter fashioned from a bell, 19th century walnut inlaid box, weighing scales and a silver plated triple tray and a leather writing folio

Scrap albums, sketch books and ephemera from the Victorian period to include a folio, possibly by Harriet Kinloch

A Rowallan brown leather travel bag, a similar rucksack, an Estero brown leather folio and a leather rug

Stanford’s "London Atlas of Universal Geography Folio Edition" x 2, half bound, “The Survey Atlas of England & Wales", one vol, 1903 edition, and "Oxford Advanced Atlas", one volCondition:The smaller Atlasses are in quite poor condition with rips to the spine, some foxing tears to pages.The larger Atlasses are in fair condition with a few tears and rips to the front covers commemsurate with age, most pages inside appear to be in good condition.

A folio of 1950s gouaches of various urban and nature pictures, unframed 14 pieces total

[Folio Society] Samuel Beckett Waiting For Godot, Stevenson Travels with a Donkey illustrated by Ardizzone, A History of The Indians of The United States in pictorial cloth, Akenfield by Ronald Blythe illustrated boards, Natural History of Selborne, South from Granada by Brenan, In Flanders Fields by Leon Wolff, The Diary of a Country Parson, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio with Aquatints by Buckland-Wright in 2 volumes and others (15)  

[Folio Society] Mapping The World by Peter Whitfield A History of Exploration 2000 in gilt cloth, The History of Western Science by John Gibbin 2006, The Eagle of The Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff 2007, Anthony Trollope's The Warden, Sagittarius Rising by Cecil Lewis, Memoirs of a Seafaring Life the Narrative of William Spavens and three other Folio Society, all in slipcases (9) 

[Folio Society] The History of The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, edited with introduction by Betty Radice published Folio Society 1998 in 8 volumes bound in white cloth with colour labels & gilt titles, housed in 2 slipcases  

[Folio Society] Empires of Early Latin America: The Incas, The Maya and The Aztecs, a 3 volume set bound in gilt decorated cloth in slipcase and Empires of The Ancient Near East: The Babylonians, The Hittites, The Egyptians and The Persians, a 4 volume set bound in gilt decorated cloth in slipcase (7)   

Kenneth Grahame The Wind In The Willows Illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk, published Folio Society 2005 first edition with colour illustrations many full-page and black & white drawings, bound in gilt and black decorated cloth with an inlaid illustration, in slipcase and a copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, published Folio Society, in gilt illustrated cloth binding and slipcase (2)  

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis illustrated by Pauline Baynes and published in 7 volumes by the Folio Society, bound in gilt decorated cloth and housed in original slipcase  

The Etchings of D.Y. Cameron by Arthur M. Hind, published Halton & Truscott Smith 1924 first edition, limited to 200 copies on hand-made paper, with full-page plates, bound in leather backed cloth with gilt lettering and cover device (folio)  

Dante Gabriel Rossetti An Illustrated Memorial of His Art & Life by H.C. Marillier, published George Bell 1899 first edition with 100 plates & text illustrations bound in gilt cloth designed by Laurence Housman with autograph letter from Author (folio)   

Sporting Sketches (Horses) by G. Finch Mason published W.P. Spalding and W. Kent (c1880) oblong folio illustrated throughout in cloth backed pictorial boards, Cross Country With Hounds by F.A. Stewart, published Collins 1936 with 12 plates in colour and sketches in original cloth boards, with (Game Board) The Steeple Chase a folding board comprising an oval numbered circuit with colour pictorial design (c1880) with gilt vignette (3)  

[Maps] The Harmsworth Universal Atlas and Gazetteer with 500 Maps and Diagrams in Colour, with commercial statistics and gazetteer index of 105,000 names, published The Amalgamated Press (c.1910) folio bound in recent half leather with raised bands, gilt decorated panel devices and lettering on spine

A General System of Horsemanship In All It’s Branches by William Cavendish Duke of Newcastle, taken from a copy first published in 1743 which had been kindly loaned by His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester, published Nottingham Court Press 1980 limited to 500 numbered copies sold in aid of The Save The Children Fund signed by the Duke of Beaufort illustrated folio bound in full leather with raised bands and gilt lettered title label  

Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium In Turri Londinensi printed by command of His Majesty King George III &c &c &c in pursuance of an address of The House of Commons of Great Britain, 1802 first edition, folio rebound in cloth backed boards with gilt label 

The Birds of Edward Lear A Selection of the 12 finest bird plates of the Artist, Edited and introduced by Adrian Thorpe, published The Ariel Press 1975 limited edition (copy 176) comprising 12 full-page colour plates with page of descriptive text, bound in cloth boards with leather label, in original colour illustrated dust-wrapper & slipcase (worn) Folio   

[Lear] Views In The Seven Ionian Islands by Edward Lear, A Facsimile of the Original Edition published in 1863 by The Artist, published Hugh Broadbent 1979 limited to 1000 copies with title & 20 full-page tinted lithographs, bound in gilt lettered cloth and slipcase (worn) Folio   

The Natural History of Animals - Class Mammalia - Animals which Suckle Their Young; in Words and Pictures by Carl Vogt and Friedrich Specht, Translated by George G. Chisholm published Blackie (1887) in 2 folio volumes with 40 full-page plates and other illustrations, bound in half morocco with raised bands and gilt titles (2)  

The Compleat Gard'ner; or Directions for Cultivating and Right Ordering of Fruit-Gardens and Kitchen-Gardens with Divers Reflections on Several Parts of Husbandry by the Famous Monsieur (Jean) De La Quintinye, to which is added His Treatise of Orange-Trees, with the Raising of Melons, omitted in the French Editions, Made English by John Evelyn, Illustrated with Copper Plates, printed for Metthew Gillyflower 1693 first edition (Folio), title printed in red & black and with 11 engraved plates (lacking front portrait), leather bound with title label 

The First Folio of Shakespeare, based on folios in the Folger Shakespeare Library Collection prepared by Charlton Hinman, second edition with a new introduction by Peter W.M. Blayney, published according to the True Original Copies in facsimile by W.W. Norton 1996, bound in leather backed illustrated cloth, raised bands and gilt titles & devices, housed in gilt lettered slipcase