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Ornament.- Elliot (A.) A Study of Ornament, a composite [?] architectural student's album with over 20 pp. of manuscript text on the history of ornament, the text illustrated with numerous small original vignette diagrams tipped in, followed with over 100 further original illustrations pasted onto album leaves thereafter, including five folding diagrams of the architectural orders, pen and inks, pencil, some fully finished in watercolour, pencil inscription to front free endpaper 'a study of Ornament by/ A. Elliot', one sheet with watermark date '1869', various sizes, the folding diagrams each approx. 450 x 310 mm (17 3/4 x 12 1/4 in), and smaller, some loosely inserted in album, handling creases, finger-soiling and surface dirt throughout, Ex Libris blind stamp of 'Derek Gair Gibson', contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rebacked, worn, folio, [circa 1870].

Ptolomaeus (Claudius) Cosmographia, first edition, collation: aa10, bb8-1, a10, b-g8, h10, A-F8, G10. 142 of [143] leaves, lacking fol. aa1 blank. text in single column, 39 lines, type: 102R, finely hand-painted initials alternately in red or blue, that on aa8 verso with extension, seven-line blank space on aa1 recto, rubricated in red and blue, capital letters touched with yellow, 4 woodcut diagrams, two small wormholes to blank outer margin of first leaf repaired, without any loss, occasional light foxing, front and rear flyleaves both reinforced at an early date with a fragment from a manuscript, pencilled bibliographical notes on rear pastedown, contemporary wooden boards, one (of two) original oyster clasps preserved, spine covered in calf, with three raised bands, a few wormholes to covers, loss to top corner of upper cover, head and foot of joints slightly worn, preserved in suede-lined black morocco drop-back box by Boichot, folio (304 x 205mm.), Vicenza, Hermann Liechtenstein, 13 September 1475.⁂ An exceptional, and unsophisticated copy, with wide margins of the first edition of the most celebrated geographical treatise of classical antiquity. An edition of the greatest rarity, and a monumental achievement of geographical knowledge and a cornerstone of the European tradition. The Latin Ptolemy of 1475 was issued from the printing house established in Vicenza by the German printer Hermann Liechtenstein, also known by his surname 'Leuilapis'. A native of Cologne, he began his career as a printer in Vicenza, publishing the undated Historiae by Orosius in 1475, as well as the first edition of Ptolemy, completed on 13 September. Ptolemy's Geographia is one of the first books ever printed in Vicenza, where printing was first introduced in the spring of 1474 by Leonardus Achates de Basilea. The present work, divided into eight books, was produced by Ptolemy in the second century AD and describes the known inhabited world (or oikoumene), divided into three continents: Europe, Libye (or Africa), and Asia. Book i provides details for drawing a world map with two different projections (one with linear and the other with curved meridians), while Books ii-vii list the longitude and latitude of some 8,000 locations, Book vii concludes with instructions for a perspectival representation of a globe. In Book viii Ptolemy breaks down the world map into twenty-six smaller areas and provides useful descriptions for cartographers. The work was brought to Italy from Constantinople around 1400, and its translation into Latin was made by Jacopo Angeli (or Angelo da Scarperia) in Florence between 1406 and 1409. He was a pupil of Manuel Chrysoloras (ca. 1350-1415), the exiled Byzanthine scholar who had possibly begun the translation himself, on the basis of a hitherto unidentified Greek manuscript. Angelo's translation is mainly based on a composite text deriving from two different manuscripts. This volume was edited by Angelus Vadius and Barnabas Picardus and contains only the text of Ptolemy's Geographia. No maps were issued in this first edition of 1475, which were probably not present in the manuscript which served as copy-text, and the only illustrations included are the three diagrams in chapter xxiv of Book i (fols. bb5v, bb6v, and bb7v), showing the 'modus designandi in tabula plana', and that on fol. F3, depicting the Polus antarcticus. The first illustrated edition of Ptolemy appeared in Bologna in 1477, under the title of Cosmographia and supplemented with copperplates drawn and engraved by the famous illuminator Taddeo Crivelli. The Latin edition of this landmark geographical text enjoyed wide and enduring popularity. The editio princeps in Greek appeared in Basel only in 1533, and the circulation of the Latin text throughout Europe in the fifteenth century greatly influenced (both directly and indirectly) the shaping of the modern world. As Angeli writes at the end of his dedication: "Now, I repeat now, let us listen to Ptolemy himself speaking in Latin". Literature: HC 13536*; GW M36388; BMC vii, 1035; IGI 8180; Goff P-108; Flodr Ptolomaeus, 1; Sander 5973.Provenance: French bookseller's typed description to front pastedown.

Lucian of Samosata. Dialogoi, editio princeps, collation: Α-Β8, α-ω8, αα-ηη8, 262 (of 264 leaves, lacking the first and last blanks), Greek text in single column, 41-44 lines, type: 5:IIIGk, blank spaces for capitals, with no guide letters, opening page framed in a fine and lavishly illuminated full-border, with small flowers, acanthus leaves, fruits, birds, and gold-rayed discs, at the top two cornucopias, lower panel containing a large cartouche including a blue lion coat-of-arms, flanked by the gold initials 'io' and perhaps 'm' (smudged), right panel exquisitely painted, depicting a scholar, presumably Lucianus himself, with long curly hair, sitting and reading a book, same leaf with ten-line gold initial 'A' with interlaced branches on black ground, and a portion of a portico supported by a cherub, a very good copy with wide margins, water-staining to front endpapers thus affecting lower panel of illumination on first leaf, a few early ink stains, foxing and browning in places, light water-stain to lower blank margins of final quires, a few minor stains to gutter of two final leaves, early inked foliation and marginalia in Greek and Latin in the same hand, front pastedown with early inked shelfmark 'A. 58.', and an erased, illegible annotation, 17th-century limp vellum, spine with five raised bands underlined by gilt fillets, compartments decorated with floral tool, title in gilt on red lettering-piece, small tear to vellum on upper cover fore-edge and another on lower joint, tailband loose, folio (330 x 235mm.), Florence, Lorenzo de Alopa, 1496.⁂ A magnificent example of a Florentine incunable embellished with a high-quality illumination: the rare editio princeps of Lucianus' Dialogues edited by Ianos Laskaris - a masterpiece of early Greek typography. This is one of the three dated editions published by Lorenzo de Alopa, the first Florentine printer to produce books in Greek, the others being the Anthologia Graeca of 1494 and the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius, which appeared in 1496. The text of Lucianus was set in the third Greek type cut for Alopa, a lower-case with accents and breathings, used also for the commentary surrounding Apollonius' Argonautica. The opening leaf of this sumptuous copy bears artwork executed by an artist of considerable skill. The decorative pattern of the border, the particular palette of colours and tones, the illusionistic three-dimensional composition, the hair- and beard-style of the figure reading a book in the right-hand panel - almost certainly a depiction of Lucian himself - have many similarities to illuminations attributed to the miniaturist known as 'Petrus V', possibly originating from Lombardy. This artist was also active in Padua and Venice in the 1470s in the production of illuminated incunables, creating masterful illustrations for a distinguished clientele, as demonstrated by the magnificent copy of the Breviarium Romanum printed in 1478 by Nicolaus Jenson (Glasgow University Library, B.f.1.18). From Veneto he moved to Rome, where he worked in the 1480s and 1490s, receiving several commissions from prestigious patrons to illuminate printed books. A refined work for a refined patron: the smudged coat-of-arms included in the border is similar to that of the famous and wealthy Sforza family, while the capital letters painted in gold may be read as 'io' and 'm', suggesting the possible identity of the first owner of the present copy: Giovanni Maria Sforza (d. ca. 1520), the son of Francesco, Duke of Milan. As a Protonotary Apostolic he was a member of the Roman curia, and in 1498 was appointed Archbishop of Genoa. The Elmer Belt Library of the University of California at Los Angeles preserves a single leaf from Book ii of the Nicolaus Jenson edition of Pliny the Elder's Historia naturalis of 1476, whose border and first initial were possibly illuminated for Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469-1494). In this leaf the inscription, only partially legible, 'opvs petri v m' supports "the Lombard origins of this intriguing artist. The letters of Petrus' surname suggest Vimercate, the name of a town midway between Milan and Bergamo, earlier the patria of another illuminator, Guinifortus de Vicomercato" (The Painted Page, p. 178).Literature: HC (+Add) 10258*; GW M18976; BMC vi, 667; IGI 5834; Goff L-320; Rhodes Firenze, 416; Flodr Lucianus, 1; Hoffmann iii, pp. 29-30; Legrand i, 19; Staikos, Charta, pp. 277-278; J. J. G. Alexander (ed.), The Painted Page. Italian Renaissance Book Illumination, London-New York 1995, pp. 178-180 (catalogue entries nos. 86-88 by L. Armstrong); M. Conway, The Early Career of Lorenzo Alopa, La Bibliofilia, 102 (2000), pp. 1-10; L. Armstrong, Opus Petri: Renaissance Book Illuminations from Venice and Rome, Eadem, Studies of Renaissance Miniaturists in Venice, London 2003, 1, pp. 339-405.

Gentlemanly conduct.- Castiglione (Baldassare) Il Libro del Cortegiano, first edition, collation: *4, a-o8, p6, Roman type, large Aldine woodcut device on title, and on verso of final leaf, blank spaces for capitals, with printed guide letters, lightly washed, short tear to lower blank margin of fol. l7 skilfully restored, without any loss, first leaf uniformly browned, small stain to blank lower outer corner of fol. *4, early 20th-century honey morocco over pasteboards, by Katharine Adams, ruled and lettered in gilt, blue pastedowns and endpapers with old 17th century front endpaper preserved (with some ink annotations), inner gilt dentelles, g.e., small folio (288 x 183 mm.), Venice, Aldo Manuzio's heirs and Andrea Torresano, 1528.⁂ First edition of the Cortegiano, the earliest and most famous work on courtesy. In his treatise, the Mantuan poet and diplomat Castiglione depicts the perfect Renaissance gentleman who displays refinement, good manners, and military prowess, together with an appreciation of literature and music. The work takes the form of a conversation held in 1506 at the palace of Urbino, where the author, who served there at court, is surrounded by such figures as Guidobaldo de Montefeltro, Elisabetta Gonzaga, Pietro Bembo, and Giuliano de' Medici. The treatise enjoyed wide and lasting popularity, and was translated into several languages, including an English translation in 1561 by Thomas Hoby. Its influence was felt in the works of writers such as Shakespeare, Rabelais, Cervantes, Molière, Sidney, and Burton. "The Courtier' depicts the ideal aristocrat, and it has remained the perfect definition of a gentleman ever since. It is an epitome of the highest moral and social ideas of the Italian Renaissance [...] This Renaissance ideal of the free development of individual faculties and its rules of civilized behaviour formed a new conception of personal rights and obligations in Europe" (PMM). Provenance: the British art historian Kenneth Clark, later Lord Clark of Saltwood (1903-1983; ex-libris on the front pastedown; his sale Sotheby's, 3 July 1984); Kenneth Rapoport (ex-libris on the front pastedown). Literature: Adams C-924; STC Italian 156; Renouard Alde, 105.3; Ahmanson-Murphy 252; Cataldi-Palau 115; PMM 59.

Budé (Guillaume) Commentarii linguae Graecae, first edition, collation: α4 β6 γ8 δ6 ε6 a-z A-Z Aa-Nn8 Oo6 Pp8 (lacking final blank), Greek and Roman type, title in red and black and woodcut vignette within woodcut border, tiny marginal worm hole to title and first few leaves, title repaired, in, small loss to fore-edge margin (K1), occasional faint marginal spotting and staining, early ownership inscription to title, one or two marginal notes and occasional underlining, modern calf, [Adams B3093; PMM 60], folio (315 x 206mm.), [Paris], Josse Badius, Sept. 1529. ⁂ Budé was appointed royal librarian by King Francis I of France, building a library which formed the nucleus of the Bibliothèque Nationale. He was also instrumental in the foundation of the Collège de France, which after 1530 became a centre of higher studies in France, and reawakened interest in classical languages and literature.

Binding.- Bible, French.- La Sainte Bible, 2 vol. / 2 parts in 1, collation: A6 a-z6 aa-ss6 tt8 A-Z6 Aa-Oo6 *8 a-t6 v4, double column, general title with woodcut printer's device, numerous woodcuts by Bernard Salomon, woodcut decorative initials, large woodcut criblé initials at start of OT and NT partially coloured in gilt and red, ruled throughout in red, lacking 4 preliminary ff., repairs to a1&2, some marginal water-staining, occasional spotting or staining, contemporary panelled calf over boards, covers with inset dark calf panels peppered with small gilt ?stars forming a lozenge shape, framed by lighter coloured calf richly decorated with three types of gilt arabesque tool, lacking claps, backstrip detached (remains of which loosely inserted), upper joint splitting at head, corners and edges worn, chipped, rubbed, folio (387 x 241mm.; binding 400 x 254mm.) Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1557. ⁂ A handsomely produced Bible in an unusual binding. Literature: Cartier 360; Chambers 233; Gültlingen 370.

Oxford Antiquary.- Wood (Anthony [Anthony à Wood], antiquary, 1632-95) De priorat Walingford com: Berks, ordinis Benedicti, manuscript copy of an extract from Wood's notes on Wallingford Priory, and with 2 of Wood's autograph notes in the margins ("another of this is as I rememb[er] in ye greatest (?) bundell of Wallingford writings"), 4pp., pen and ink sketch of a seal, first f. small tear with loss of corner affecting a few letters, also a cut across a few lines of text but with no loss, folds, some slight creasing, browned, unbound, folio, marginal note at head dated 1668.⁂ Anthony Wood's researches for William Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum.An interesting manuscript illustrating the process by which Dugdale put together the Monasticon Anglicanum, volume by volume. Wood was a great admirer of the work, and these pages are part of his freely and spontaneously offered contributions for a third volume of the Monasticon (new edition, vol. III, London, 1821, p. 280, no. iii, Ex ipso autogr., penes Anth. Wood Oxon). From the marginal notes, he names the sources - and he was himself the owner of most of these texts (now in the Bodleian Library), all for Holy Trinity Priory, Wallingford. One, however, is from the archives of Corpus Christi College, Oxford - and he has noted in the margin of the fourth side in his own hand: "Inter euidentias Coll. C.C. Oxon. in pix. 7. Clearly Wood sent the bifolium to Dugdale, who selected and printed what he considered to be the most interesting items from the manuscript.

Royal Society.- Hauksbee (Francis, Clerk to the Royal Society, instrument maker and lecturer on science, 1688-1763) Letter signed to William Mace, 2pp. with conjugate blank and address panel, folio, From the House of the Royal Society in Crane Court, 8th January 1757, informing Mace that he has been ordered to write to all Members who are in arrears with their contributions and reminds him that failure to pay the quarterly sum of thirteen shillings renders the defaulter liable to "Ejection out of the Society". He asks Mace to pay £30.1s, the total unpaid contributions since he was admitted to the Society 12 years earlier, small tear in margin slightly affecting one word, folds, browned.⁂ William Mace (d. 1767), English Gresham Professor of Law, and Fellow of the Royal Society.

Harrington (James) The Common-Wealth of Oceana, first edition, lacking frontispiece, corrections inserted by hand, occasional crayon underlining and marginal annotations, small hole (E1), short marginal tears not affecting text (P3, Q3), marginal worming not affecting text, spotting, bookplate, near contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, [Wing H809], folio, J. Streater, for Livewell Chapman, 1656.⁂ Harrington's masterpiece on political theory.

Blackmore (Richard) Prince Arthur: An Heroick Poem, first edition, John Evelyn's ink inscription "Catalogo Evelini Inscriptus Meliora Reinete", later bookplate, contemporary calf, slight bumping to corners and extremities, for Awnsham and John Churchil, 1695; King Arthur: A Heroick Poem, first edition, bookplates, first two leaves (blanks) detached, contemporary calf, rubbed, for Awnsham and John Churchil ... and Jacob Tonson, 1697; shelfmarks E5:1 and E5:2 to front free endpapers in Evelyn's hand, [Wing B3080; B3077], folio (2)

Heidegger (John James).- Ball (The). Stated in a Dialogue betwixt a Prude and a Coquet, last Masquerade Night, the 12th of Mary, first edition, one or two faint spots, disbound, [Foxon B 20], folio, 1724.⁂ Scarce, with only 6 copies on ESTC.An amusing verse dialogue between two women preparing to attend one of the popular masquerade balls staged by the Swiss impressario John James Heidegger.

Scrap albums.- Anonymous (active 1820s and later) Two volumes with over 500 prints and over 30 original drawings, including many inset alongside manuscript verse and poetry, the majority of the prints are engravings after paintings, some views and landscapes, the original work is by various hands, some monogrammed and dated in the 1820s, several of birds and insects, one view of Rome, various sizes, all neatly presented on album leaves, a few leaves loose, one or two pictures missing, contemporary green morocco, gilt and blind tooled, corners rubbed and slightly worn, unidentified bookplate to front pastedown of each, folio, 19th century (2)

Ashendene Press.- Spenser (Edmund) Spenser's Minor Poems, one of 200 copies on paper, printed in Subiaco type in red, blue and black, double column, initials designed by Graily Hewitt, original calf-backed vellum, spine with seven raised bands, uncut, joints rubbed with short splits at head, [Hornby 35], folio, Ashendene Press, 1925.⁂ The last of the Ashendene folios printed in the Subiaco type, published as a companion to Spenser's Faerie Queen of two years earlier.

Dalí (Salvador).- Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von) Faust, number 278 of 190 copies on Arches blanc, from an edition limited to 293 and signed by the artist, 21 drypoints by Salvador Dalí, some full-page with Dalí's embossed signature to lower margin, loose as issued in burgundy cloth, gilt, uncut, cloth drop-back box with illustration by Dalí in gilt on lid, slight wear to corners, folio, Geneva, Grafik Europa Anstalt, 1969.

Erni (Hans).- Homer. Odyssée, translated by Victor Bérard, 3 vol., number 126 of 170 copies on Rives pur chiffon, from an edition limited to 186, signed by the artist and publisher, colour lithograph illustrations and initials by Hans Erni, some full-page, loose as issued in original patterned-paper wrappers, uncut, original vellum-backed patterned-paper boards, board slip-cases (a little rubbed), folio, Lausanne, André Gonin, 1957-58.

Golden Cockerel Press.- Gibbings (Robert) Fourteen Wood Engravings from Drawings made on Orient Line Cruises, signed presentation inscription from the artist "To John and Peggy from Bob. Oct 1932", wood-engraved illustration on title, vignette on introduction leaf, and 14 plates, original cloth-backed boards, paper label to upper cover, light rubbing to extremities, a few small patched of staining to upper cover, folio, Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, [c.1933]

Greenwood (Jeremy) Ravilious: Engravings, one of 800 copies but with the additional photograph of Ravilious from the special edition loosely inserted, illustrations, some colour, original cloth, slip-case, Woodbridge, Wood Lea Press, 2008 § Bown (M.) & Hal Bishop. Cyril or the Small Woodcuts of Rigby Graham, number 27 of 60 copies signed by the artist, woodcut plates and illustrations by Graham, some colour, a few tipped in with 2 numbered and signed in pencil, original patterned cloth, uncut, slip-case, Banholt, Bonnefant Press, 1999, folio & 4to (2)

London.- Nicholson (William) London Types, twelve woodcuts only (of 13), all with hand-colouring and signed in ink by the artist, each approx. 260 x 230 mm (10 1/4 x 9 in), all but two with full margins, some spotting, browning and surface dirt throughout, handling creases to some, presented in original cloth portfolio with illustration to upper cover, rubbed and worn, lacking ties, folio, [1898].Saleroom notice: Please note: this item is without the text booklet, and three plates are trimmed, not two as described.

NO RESERVE South Seas.- Shipley (Lt. Conway) Sketches in the Pacific. The South Sea Islands, tinted lithographed vignette title (foxed), lithographed dedication and description of plates to verso (soiled and stained), lithographed sheet of facsimiles printed on both sides, with one tinted lithographed plate only (of 25) 'Houtoua Valley, Tahiti' (creased at corner, 2 small holes to margins), text a little browned, a few spots or stains, first leaf with holes to upper margin and another frayed at lower, original cloth, gilt, rubbed and stained, rebacked in cloth, [Abbey, Travel 601; Ferguson 15656a; Hill 1564], folio, 1851; sold not subject to return⁂ A scarce work, sadly missing most of its plates but with the complete text, including 9pp. description of Pitcairn Island and its inhabitants, namely the mutineers from the Bounty and their descendants.

Old School Press.- Davidson (Peter) & Hugh Buchanan. Winter Light: Watercolours, number 41 of 100 copies signed by the author and artist, colour plates by Hugh Buchanan, original sea-green calf with palladium rule to upper cover and ties, 2010 § Palladio's Homes, number 29 of 170 copies signed by the artist and printer, colour illustrations by Carlo Rapp, original cloth-backed hand-made paper boards, cloth folder, 2009, folio, Hinton Charterhouse, Old School Press (2)

Rogers (Bruce).- Bible, English.- Holy Bible (The) containing the Old and New Testaments, 2 vol., number 90 of 200 copies on Batchelor's handmade paper, designed by Bruce Rogers and printed in modified Centaur type under his supervision, printed in double column, with the limitation leaf following title (often missing), handsomely bound in modern crimson morocco, by Bookends Bindery, covers with triple gilt fillet border, vol.1 (Old Testament) with opening line of Genesis "In the Beginning God Created the Heaven and the Earth" in a circle in gilt on upper cover, vol.2 (New Testament) with the last line of Revelations "The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen", spines titled and ruled in gilt in compartments with five raised bands, crimson watered silk doublures and endpapers, t.e.g., others uncut, small spot to upper cover of vol.1, preserved with prospectus in wrapper and booklet 'An Account of the Making of the Oxford Lectern Bible' in cloth drop-back boxes, gilt-lettered red morocco labels to spines, each with short split to head or foot of joint, [Herbert 2249], folio, Oxford, printed at the University Press [by John Johnson], 1935.⁂ The magnificent Lectern Bible, Bruce Rogers's masterpiece, described by Joseph Blumenthal as "the most important printed book of the twentieth century". Art of the Printed Book, pp. 50-1.Stanley Morison and Kenneth Day noted, "..every book designed by Rogers was an individual accomplishment. The monument to his life work is the superb large folio Bible he designed and supervised at the University Press, Oxford. It will long remain as the finest of all presentations of the King James Version." The Typographic Book, p.56.

Rogers (Bruce).- Bible, English.- Holy Bible (The) containing the Old and New Testaments, one volume edition [one of 1000 copies], designed by Bruce Rogers and printed in modified Centaur type under his supervision, printed in double column, contemporary black morocco, by Rivière & Son, upper cover with eagle in blind atop a sphere surmounted by a large cross in gilt, triple fillet border in blind, spine titled in gilt and with four raised bands, g.e., very slight rubbing to edges, [Herbert 2249], folio, Oxford, printed at the University Press [by John Johnson], 1935.⁂ Several copies of the Bible appear to have been bound in this manner.

Sayenko (Dmitry).- Marshak (Samuel) The Circus, one of only 7 copies on handmade paper and signed by the artist, colour woodcuts by Dmitry Sayenko, tissue guards, original calf-backed patterned-paper boards, uncut, paper label to upper cover, slight scuffing to spine, slip-case, folio, St. Petersburg, Nikodim, 2006.⁂ WorldCat lists 6 copies, with only one copy in the UK (V & A) so this is possibly the only copy in private hands. However, Sayenko issued the book again in 2012 in an edition of 12 copies and the same 6 locations are given for that, which suggests that the listings of the two editions may have been combined.

South Seas.- Tyerman (Rev. Daniel) & George Bennet. Journal of Voyages and Travels...in the South Sea Islands, China, India, &c., edited by James Montgomery, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispieces and 12 plates, tissue guards, lacking advertisement leaf at end of vol.1, plates a little browned, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spines, one label defective, [Ferguson 1487; Hill 1731], 1831 § Ellis (William) Polynesian Researches, during a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands, 2 vol., second edition, 2 engraved maps, one folding, 8 engraved plates, tissue guards, wood-engraved illustrations, light marginal foxing to plates, modern half calf, spines gilt, uncut, [Hill 549], 1830 § Erskine (John Elphinstone) Journal of a Cruise among the Islands of the Western Pacific, first edition, 4 chromolithographed and 3 wood-engraved plates, folding engraved map at end (torn), illustrations, lacking errata slip and publisher's catalogue at end, frontispiece lightly water-stained, contemporary calf, gilt, "Chatham House Academy Ramsgate" in gilt on upper cover, spine gilt, new label, upper joint split, [Abbey, Travel 602; Hill 568], 1853 § Houses of Parliament. Report of the Proceedings of H.M.Ship "Rosario", during her cruise among the South Sea Islands..., 17pp., title soiled, modern boards, 1872, 8vo & folio (6)⁂ Hill calls the second "One of the earliest instances of ethnological research by a missionary, and...one of the most important and enlightened missionary accounts of the South Seas".

Symbolism.- Mysticism.- Carter (Frederick) The Dragon of the Alchemists. A portfolio of drawings by Frederick Carter, engraved on wood by W.M. Quick, one of 25 copies, 40 wood-engravings, proof impressions on Japanese paper, each signed by Carter and inscribed in pencil, loose, many sheets with even toning, occasional spotting and handling creases, presented in original wrappers, title and contents printed on upper cover, nicks and tears, worn with rough edges, folio, John Gawsworth, 1936.

Atlases.- Bell & Co. (Allan, publishers) A New General Atlas of the World; comprising all the Improvements, Railroads, &c. recently introduced into...Europe, and the United States of America, with engraved title for Ackermann's 'New General Atlas' dated 1838 bound at beginning, 40 hand-coloured double-page engraved maps mounted on stubs, a few with marginal foxing, with additional hand-coloured double-page map of Buckinghamshire after the Reform Bill published by Duncan bound in at end (foxed and soiled, some tears and repairs), modern half calf, original printed label mounted on upper cover (rubbed), spine gilt, folio, London, Allan Bell & Co., Edinburgh and New York, 1837.

Voyages.- Fleurieu (Charles Pierre Claret de) Voyage autour du Monde pendant les années 1790, 1791, et 1792, par Étienne Marchand, 4 vol., first edition, vol.1 with folding letterpress table of vocabulary, vol.4 with engraved plate and 15 folding maps, all with delicate hand-colouring, the maps in outline, ex-library copy with perforated stamp to titles, a few other leaves and maps, ink stamp to plate, occasional spotting but generally crisp and clean, original paste-paper boards, uncut, rubbed, green library labels to upper covers and accession numbers to foot of spines, [Hill 215; Sabin 24751], 4to & folio, Paris, An VI-VIII [1798-1800].⁂ Marchand was the second Frenchman to circumnavigate the globe, after Bougainville, and his voyage was the first French commercial expedition to the Pacific Northwest."A most important work for the history of geographical discovery in the North-West" (Hill).

Atlases.- Black's General Atlas, 61 engraved maps on 55 sheets (numbered 1-60), by Sidney Hall, Hughes & others, most hand-coloured in outline, some double-page, very occasional light foxing or offsetting, tissue guards, with folding lithographed map of Illinois, Missouri & Texas Railway and another of Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Minnesota Railway loosely inserted, contemporary half diced russia, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed and faded, folio (440 x 320mm.), Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1844.

Essex.- Chapman (John) and Peter André. A Map of the County of Essex from an Actual Survey, engraved throughout, 26 double-page engraved sheets mounted on stubs, including pictorial title, list of subscribers and key map, all with full contemporary hand-colouring, some light browning and offsetting, occasional spotting, key map with crease to centre fold, with John Chapman's engraved decorative trade label to front pastedown, also bookplate of William Charles de Meuron, Earl Fitzwilliam, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, spine with grey morocco label and ruled in gilt, [Rodger 120], folio (550 x 380mm.), John Chapman, 1777.⁂ This fine large-scale map shows the county in close detail, including the names of all country houses and cottages, as well as the owner's name in many cases. There are also small inset plans of Colchester and Harwich Harbour, while the title depicts a fulling mill with two workers washing and beating cloth in the river.William Charles de Meuron Wentworth-Fizwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam (1872-1943), politician and army officer, one of the richest men in England once he had inherited the earldom on the death of his grandfather. He was born in a remote part of Canada, where his parents were reputedly travelling for his father's health, which later caused controversy over his inheritance to the title. It was suggested that he was a changeling, a baby brought into the family in an attempt to rid it of epilepsy and to claim the title for that side of the family

Atlases.- Johnston (Alexander Keith) The National Atlas of Historical, Commercial, and Political Geography, engraved title, 46 double-page engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, mounted on stubs, occasional light spotting or marginal soiling, contemporary half calf, g.e., rubbed, folio (545 x360mm.), Edinburgh & London, 1849.⁂ Includes five maps of Australasia with one separate and detailed map of Van Diemen's Land. One of the American maps shows Texas as an independent country.

Husbandry.- Hale (Thomas) A Compleat Body of Husbandry, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 12 plates, one folding, with 2 supplementary leaves bound in after preliminaries, one on the Improvement of Fences with engraved vignette, later ink inscriptions to front free endpaper, light water-staining to frontispiece and one or two other leaves, a few other small stains but generally a good clean copy, modern half calf, red morocco label, [Fussell I, pp.37-38; Goldsmiths' 9099; Kress 5528; Hunt 556; Perkins 737], folio, for T.Osborne and J.Shipton..., 1756.⁂ Attributed to John Hill.

Military.- Puysegur (Jacques François Chastenet de) Art de la Guerre, par Principes et par Règles, 2 parts in 1, engraved portrait by Daulle after Tourniere, title-vignette and head- & tail-pieces by Cochin, part I with 32 engraved plates, mostly battle-plans, one folding, the rest double-page, part II with engraved decorative title and 13 maps & plans on 9 sheets, 2 double-page, the rest folding including large map of Paris, mounted on stubs, title a little soiled, some light offsetting to plates but text clean, Lord Amherst's copy with his ink signature to front pastedown, with Act of Parliament relating to Amherst loosely inserted, modern calf ruled and stamped in blind, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label, very lightly mottled by damp, [Cohen-de Ricci 830], folio, Paris, Charles-Antoine, 1748.⁂ Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, KB (1717-97), army officer and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces during the American Revolutionary War. The loosely-inserted Act is "for settling and securing a certain Annuity on William Lord Amherst, and the Representatives of the late Jeffery Lord Amherst, in Consideration of the eminent Services performed by him during his Command in America, 12th August 1803."

Africa.- Dugmore (A. Radclyffe) Etchings of East African Animals, 32 proof and limited edition etchings, some in duplicate, most on India paper, mounted on thick paper album leaves, numbered in pencil and signed in black by Dugmore, some with pencil captions, cotemporary half-morocco, gilt, very slight rubbing to spine extremities, oblong folio, [c.1910].⁂ A fine collection of proof and limited edition etchings of African elephants, lions, rhinos, buffalos, antelopes, zebras and Grant's gazelles. These etchings appear to date from c.1910, the year that Dugmore published his 'Camera Adventures in the African Wilds.'

Atlases.- Teesdale (Henry, publisher) General Atlas of the World, title and 47 hand-coloured maps, all double-page, India with 2 sheets conjoined and linen-backed, library stamps throughout, occasional spotting, marginal nicks and surface dirt, half morocco, worn, rubbed and scuffed, upper cover loose from spine, Leicester City Libraries bookplate to front free endpaper, folio, 1854.

Atlases.- Kiepert (Dr. H.), C.Graf, A.Graf & Dr. C.Bruhns .Hand-Atlas der Erde und des Himmels, 42nd edition, 70 double-page maps mounted on stubs, most engraved, some lithographed, all but a few with partial hand-colouring, some with splits to central fold reinforced, occasional light foxing or offsetting, flyer for 'Sonntags-Zeitung fur Deutschlands Frauen' printed on orange paper loosely inserted, modern half calf, spine gilt preserving old roan label, a little rubbed, part of old spine loosely inserted, (585 x 365mm.), Weimar, [1856-62] § Johnston (Alexander Keith) The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, first edition, 48 double-page maps hand-coloured in outline, with watercourses printed in blue and some inset city plans, mounted on stubs, interleaved with indices for each map, advertisements tipped in at rear, very occasional foxing (mostly at beginning and end) but generally very clean, bookplate of William Phelps, damp-staining to endpapers, contemporary half russia, gilt, g.e., rubbed, upper cover a little spotted and faded, corners worn, rebacked in calf with gilt compartments and green roan label, (495 x 330mm.), Edinburgh and London, 1861, folio (2)

Italy.- Ongania (Ferdinando, publisher) Streets and Canals in Venice, first edition in English, title in red and black with wood-engraved vignette, additional title after watercolour by Alberto Prosdocimi, other vignettes and illustration, 100 fine photogravure plates, some foxing, a few short marginal tears, loose as issued in original cloth-backed printed boards portfolio, ties, spine faded, a little soiled, folio, Venice & London, 1893.

Russia.- [Orlowski (Aleksandr)] Russian Cries, in Correct Portraiture from Drawings taken on the spot by G. Orlowski now in the possession of the Right Hon. Lord Kinnaird, first edition, engraved hand-coloured title and 8 hand-coloured plates, small stain to margin of 'Water Carrier', watermarked J. Whatman 1824, original printed paper wrappers, small hole to upper cover, staining, chipping to corners, small loss and chipping to spine covering, folio, 1809 [c.1824].⁂ The British Library attributes the illustrations to Aleksandr Orlowski

Atlases.- Sharpe (John) Sharpe's Corresponding Atlas, 54 engraved maps by J.W.Lowry, all hand-coloured in outline, 2 double-page (6/7 & 19/20), 2 world maps slightly shaved at fore-edge affecting imprint, occasional light foxing, contemporary half morocco, gilt, g.e., slightly rubbed, folio (460 x 350mm.), [?1849].⁂ Including 12 maps of America.

England.- Turner (Joseph Mallord William) Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England, 2 vol., first edition, 48 engraved plates and 32 vignette illustrations engraved by W. B. and George Cooke and others after Turner, tissue-guards, occasional faint marginal spotting, modern half morocco, folio, 1826.⁂ One of the finest illustrated books of its time, the views are of coastal scenes from Cornwall to the Thames.

Atlases.- Smith (Charles) Smith's New General Atlas, engraved calligraphic title, 45 hand-coloured engraved maps, 2 double-page of Germany (numbered 19/20 & 21/22), occasional spotting, light marginal soiling, water-staining to upper margin of Greece, modern half calf, folio (400 x 320mm.), C.Smith, 1808 [water-marked 1801].⁂ Fine atlas showing much of the western part of North America under the control of Russia or Spain, and central Africa and Australia or "New Holland" completely blank.

Briefcase, folio, and covers,Hermes, 1970's,To include a black hardsided briefcase with gold tone hardware, c.1976, a Rouge H leather attaché case, four shiny black crocodile covers, a Rouge H crocodile card holder, and two Rouge H Box leather calculator covers (9),Condition Grade D/B Briefcase 42cm wide, 31cm deep, 8cm high, attaché case 38cm wide, 28cm high, covers various sizes, Includes one modern dust bagThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

20TH CENTURY CHINESE BOUND FOLIO OF COLOUR PRINTS, depicting birds, flowers and butterflies, 25cm high, 18cm wide

After Francisco Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828)'Le Prisonnier' (The Little Prisoner) Etching on laid paper9.5 x 7cmPublished by Gazette des Beaux-Arts, ParisEx. Folio Fine Art, London (label verso)

Signed Limited Edition of 250 Figgis (Darrell) The Paintings of William Blake, sm. folio L. (Ernest Benn) 1925, Signed and Limited Edition No. 19 (250) Copies, cold. frontis, & 100 cold. & b. & w. plts., uncut vellum backed decorative boards, gilt lettered spine. (1)

Irish Furniture: Johnston Antiques - Three Important Fully Illustrated Catalogues of Irish Furniture, 3 vols. folio Dublin 1998, 2000, & 2007, cloth & illustrated boards; Kenyon (Gerald A.) The Irish Furniture at Malahide Castle, 8vo D. 1994. First Edn., profusely illustrated & illus. boards; also The Furniture History Society - Austen (Brian)ed. Irish Furniture, introd. by Desmond Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin, folio 1999. Illus., & pict. wrappers. All v. good & Scarce. Very useful Reference. (5)

The Lindisfarne Gospels [Illustrated Volumes] Evangeliorum Quattuor, Codex Lindisfarenis, 2 vols., Ottent Lausanne (Urs Graf) 1956 - 59, sm. folio, No. 562 (680) copies, Facsimile Editon, 34 tipped in colour plts., and various other monochrom plts., Vol. 1 in full blind decorated vellum, & volume 2 hf. vellum, oatmeal cloth boards, paper wrappers, and original card boxes as issued. (2) * A fine facsimile copy of one of the most significant books from Anglo-Saxon England.

Bookbindings: Maggs Bros. - Bookbinding in the British Isles, 2 vols. sm. folio L. 1996. Sole Edn., profusely illustrated, includes some in colour, many examples of Irish binding, orig. pictorial wrappers. V. good. (2)

Larmour (Paul) The Arts and Craft Movement in Ireland, 4to L. 1992. First Edn., profusely illustrated; Adams (Steven) The Arts and Crafts Movement, folio L. 1992. First Edn., illus. both orig. cloth, & pict. d.w.'s. V. good. (2)

Cuala Press: Broadsides, A collection of Old and New Songs 1935 and 1937, sm folio, 2 vols. , Shannon (I.U.P.) 1971, reprint, illus., cloth, backed boards. Clean Sets. (2)

Illustrated Volumes: Yeats (Jack B.) illus. A Lament for Art O'Leary : translated by Frank O'Connor :, sm. folio, Shannon (I.U.P.) 1971, Limited Edn., illus., cloth backed boards.; Yeats (Jack B.) A little Book of Drawings, 8vo, D. (Cuala Press) 1971, illus., blue cloth, décor. ptd. Label. (2)

R.I.A.: Atkinson (Rob.) ed. The Book of Ballymote, A collection of Pieces (Prose and Verse) in the Irish Language. Lg. thick Atlas folio D. 1887. First Edn., hf. title, [502] facsimile pages, orig. cloth backed boards, ptd. label. V. good. (1)

R.I.A: Atkinson (Rob.) The Book of Leinster, sometimes called The Book of Glendalough. Lg. thick atlas folio D. 1880. First Edn., hf. title, frontis, errata slip, 4to facsimile pages, and 'Corrigenda' leaf, orig. quarter mor. red cloth sides. V. good. (1)

Famous Irish Trial: Annesley - The Trial in Ejectment (at Large)between Campbell, Craig, Lessee of James Annesley Esq. & others, Plaintiff; and the Rt. Hon. Richard Earl of Anglesay, Defendant. Before the Barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Ireland .. 1743. Folio L. 1744. First Edn. [IV}] 59pp recent hf. crushed green mor raised band. V. good copy. (1)

Travel: Shaw (Thomas) Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant, folio, Oxford (The Theatre) 1738, First Edn., hf. title, engd. vignette t.p., dedit,, XVI, fold. map, frontis and 31 engd. plates, maps and plans on 28 sheets (several folding), 1 page of music, engd. vignette and text illus.; bound together with Shaw (Th.) A Supplement to a Book Entitled Travels, or Observations with Additional Remarks and Dissertations .., folio, Oxford (The Theatre) 1746, First Edn., XVI, 112pps, 2 folding engd. plates/maps, some professional repairs, later leather back boards. Good Copy [Blackmer 1533]. (1)

One of 50 Copies Only Printing Interest: Butcher (David) comp. The Stanbrook Abbey Press 1956-1990, folio, Herefordshire (The Whittington Press) 1992, Limited Edn.., No. 16 (50) Special Copies, illus. and sample printing throughout, vellum backed marble bds., together with a sample portfolio, in matching slipcase. Nice clean Copy. (1)

Illustrated Volumes: Walsh (Wendy) & Nelson (Charles) An Irish Florilegium (1+2), Wild and Garden Plants of Ireland, 2 vols., folio, L. 1983-87, illus., cloth and decorated dust jacket. Clean Set. (2)

Waddington (Victor) Twelve Irish Artists, folio, D. (Sign of The Three Candles) 1940, 12 cold. plts., cloth backed boards. (1)

Incunabula - A Landmark in Irish Printed Literature Duns Scotus Joannes: O'Fihely, Maurice Abp. Questiones subtilissme Scoti in metaphysicam Aristotelis Folio Venice (Octavianus Scoti) 20th November 1497. First Edition 131 leaves (includ. the rare title page, very fine wd-cut initials thro-out, some cont. annots, and some cont. under-linings in red in parts, later full vellum. An extraordinarly fine copy of this rarity. Sweeney 1603 ( 1) The above volume is a landmark in Irish Bibliography. It is in fact, the First Edition of the First Book by the First Irish Author to write for a Printing Press rather than the Scriptorium.

Coloured Plates: Megaw (Elektra) illus., Meikle (D.) text, Wild Flowers of Cyprus, folio, L. (Phillimore and Co. Ltd.) 1973, full page illus., full green leather, gilt lettered spine. Good copy. (1)

Illustrated Volume: Kinsella (Th.) trans., Le Brocquy (Louis) illus., The Táin - Táin Bó Cúailnge, folio, D. (Dolmen Press) 1969, Limited Edition, illustrated by Le Brocquy, black cloth, silver design on front cover, silver text on spine, d.j. and matching slip case. Good copy. (1)