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A folio of watercolours depicting mainly floral studies.

A folio containing a large quantity of modern artwork to include various posters and three modern airbrush framed car paintings.

A folio containing mainly 18th century mezzotints and engravings, many double folio size.

A folio containing illustrations from children's books.

LOUIS HELLMAN - Archi-têtes - three calendars dated 1991, 1992 and 1993 depicting caricatures of architects using elements of their own buildings and style; together with four RIBA architectural calendars dated 1995 through to 1998; and - Benjamin Read's Splendid Views 1829-1839 - a folio containing six topographical prints showing winter and summer fashions taken from hand coloured aquatints (8).

Ɵ Euclid, Kitab Tahrir Usul li'Uqlidis (Elementorum Geometricorum), in Arabic recension by Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, first printed edition, by the Medici Oriental Press (Typographia Medicea) [Rome, 1594] single volume, textually complete (paginated 1-400), title printed in Arabic and Latin, ornamental woodcut head- and tail-pieces, many woodcut geometrical diagrams and tables printed throughout, text framed within double-ruled border, first and final leaves with very skilfully repaired borders (neither affecting text) and a small repair to tiny hole on p. 397, some very faint scattered spotting to a few leaves, else exceptionally clean and near-fine condition, folio, 310 by 230 mm.; nineteenth-century grained russet morocco, covers with small diamond-shapes to centre in gilt, also ruled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, a little scuffed, some soiling to bottom edge of lower board, else bright and attractive, paper labels pasted to spine with manuscript title and date of text inscribed in Arabic A fine copy of one of the "very earliest books printed in Arabic by means of moveable type" (Jones, p. 89), comprising perhaps the most important mathematical treatise in the Arabic language Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (d. 1274) was a celebrated Persian astronomer and polymath, best known for identifying geometry as an independent mathematical discipline, as well as for his translation of the definitive Arabic edition of Euclid's Elements. He was a prolific author and compiled a number of authoritative texts over a range of disciplines during his lifetime, however his legacy is firmly founded in this recension of Euclid's Elements - a text of such influence by the sixteenth century that it was among the very first works produced by the Medici Oriental Press. The output of the Medici Oriental Press, and its lavishly produced editions, each printed at substantial expense and under the patronage of Cardinal Ferdinando dei Medici, has been extensively studied by Robert Jones ('The Medici Oriental Press (Rome 1584-1614) And The Impact Of Its Arabic Publications On Northern Europe', in The 'Arabick' Interest of the Natural Philosophers in Seventeenth-Century England (1993).The work is one of only 7 texts printed by the press, printed after the Gospels (1590/1), two medieval Arabic tracts on grammar (1592), another on geography, and Ibn Sina's, Qanun fi al-Tibb (1593). It is thus, one of the earliest printed works in the Arabic language. The text was produced in three variants: that here with 400 pages, and others with an extra chapter covering a further 54 pages, often including an English title and a firman by Sultan Murad III.

Portrait of Amir Sher Ali Khan of Kabul, Emir of Afghanistan, miniature painting on paper [probably Eastern Afghan regions, c. 1860] single folio, ink and gouache on paper depicting Amir Sher Ali Khan standing with a sword in hand, infront of a broad window overlooking a garden, image heightened in gilt, image rather darkened and mottled, some closed tears to outer edges (some of these with early repairs), trimmed to edges with some loss to lower edge, ruled in red and blue, 238 by 185 mm.; reverse blank Amir Sher Ali Khan of Kabul (1825-1879) was the third son of Dost Mohammad Khan and took over the succession to become Emir of Afghanistan in 1863.

Persian calligraphic panel, probably signed Seyed Ali Jamini, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on paper [Qajar Persia, late nineteenth century]single folio, with two quatrains (8 lines) of black nasta'liq, text set against richly gilt background decorated in fine floral spiralling vines, appearing within multiple floral borders, all intricately painted, some very faint surface soiling, upper right-hand corner of leaf with closed tear and slightly faded along old fold (neither affecting text), overall in very presentable condition, total 310 by 225 mm.

Indian botanical painting, study of a flower featuring a butterfly, illuminated miniature painted on card [India (probably Rajasthan), early twentieth century]single folio, ink and gouache on card, depicting a floral plant with a butterfly in flight, framed within a gilt floral design on a navy ribbon around the image, total 198 by 143 mm.; together with another Indian miniature depicting a repeated floral design

Fine painting of a domestic Falcon, Indian miniature painting on card, Mughal influences [India, early twentieth century] single folio, ink and gouache on paper, depicting a finely painted golden-coloured falcon, loosely tied to an elegant and decorated stand in an open outdoor area, framed within multiple gilt decorated borders adorned with different floral motifs, borders painted with geometric octagonal shapes, each displaying an array of birds including from the heron and pigeon families, all heightened in gilt, c. 385 by 280 mm.; in modern frame, under glass

Bilolium from a fine Mamluk Qur'an, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on buff paper [Mamluk Egypt or possibly Syria, thirteenth century] single bifolium, containing consecutive text from Surah al-Fajr 89:24 to the Surah al-Shams 91:6, single column, 6 lines of black naskh, two large gilt surah headings in kufic (close to Eastern kufic) script, 6 marginal decorations marking the important divisions throughout the text, each of these either teardrop or circular in shape, gilt and decorated with red and blue flourishes, verses marked with floral roundels throughout, leaves with margins trimmed, causing slight loss to marginal illumination, a little surface soiling, else clean condition, 194 by 295 mm. (each folio, c. 195 by 145 mm.) There are many stylistic similarities between the illumination of the present manuscript and Qur'ans illuminated by master illuminator Abu Bakr, also known as "Sandal". The famous Baybars al-Jashnagir Qur'an (British Library MS 59874) carries the Sandal attribution as well as a Qur'an illuminated by him in the Chester Beatty Library (see David James, Qur'ans of the Mamluks, London, 1988, cat. no.3).

Ɵ Two Qur'anic Juz', copied for Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Sheikh Qabilah Beni Yas, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper ["in the town of Al-Dhafra" probably from the north-western regions of the Arabian peninsula, dated Safar 1170 AH (1757 AD)]  single folio, containing two Juz' from the Qur'an, containing continuous text from Surah Yusuf (12: 53) to An-Nahl (16:128), complete, single column, 7 lines of black informal naskh, key words in red, vocalisation and diacritics in red and black, opening two sections of text within borders formed of overlapping circles forming geometric patterns, coloured in green, orange and yellow, verses marked by small yellow circles outlined in black and decorated with red dots, text-block framed within a double-ruling of red, some scattered foxing and staining, overall clean and presentable condition internally, 245 by 170 mm.; modern red morocco, with central blind-stamped medallion to covers, framed by geometric ruling, also in blind to covers, a little darkened in places The colophon of this two-Juz' volume explains that the text was copied for Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Sheikh Qabilah Beni Yas. This is a remarkably early reference to the Beni Yas tribal confederation, whose descendants from the leading six families currently form the United Arab Emirates. The Sheikh mentioned here is likely a member of the Al-Nahyan branch of the Beni Yas, who were residents of the al-Dhafra region before moving to Abu Dhabi in the eighteenth century. Sheikh Dhiyab bin Isa Al Nahyan was the first ruler of the Liwa Oasis (Abu Dhabi Emarate) from 1761, and was known to have a Bahraini born cousin called Hazza of the Al Bu Falah family, this perhaps being the Sheik to which the present volume is dedicated. The informal calligraphy and use of bold decorations in this manuscript have influences from Eastern African and neighbouring Arabian regions. The circular devices are very reminiscent of sub-Saharan Qur'an illumination and the vivid colours likely an Indian influence as well as a North African one, with trade routes between South India, Eastern Arabia (Oman and Yemen) and North-Eastern Africa (Ethiopia and Sudan) well established by the eighteenth century. The lack of illumination, and use of yellow, is also common for this area, as gold manuscript illumination was not usual practice for the region.   

Leila and Majnun fainting at the sight of each other, scene from Nizami's Khamsa, leaf from an illuminated manuscript in Farsi, on paper [Safavid Persia, second half of the sixteenth century] single folio, miniature depicting Leila and Majnun surrounded by animals including a lion, leopard, deer and rabbits, villagers seen watching them from a distance with bedouin tents in the background, ink and gouache heightened in gilt, text in four columns of fine black nasta'liq, reverse with 21 lines, leaf ruled in gilt, some light surface scratching with slight loss of pigment, 315 by 195 mm.; in modern card mount  

19th Century French School. "Nouvelle Gare de Marchandise, Reuilly, XII e", Study of a Train Station, Mixed Media, Extensively Inscribed, and Inscribed on a label on the reverse, 4.5" x 11.75", and a companion piece, a Pair (2). Provenance: Folio Fine Art Limited, London.

A GREY AND PALE GREEN PAINTED WOOD FOLDING FOLIO STAND. THE TOP RAILS ADORNED BY GREEN AND MAUVE SILK TASSELS. W 56cms.

A Qur'an leaf in gold and black muhaqqaq script Persia, probably Shiraz, mid-16th CenturyArabic manuscript on cream-coloured paper, 12 lines to the page written in elegant muhaqqaq script in alternating black and gold with diacritics and vowel points in red and black, on alternating pale blue, buff, brown and buff grounds, roundels decorated with coloured dots marking the verse-endings, interlinear rules in blue, inner margins ruled in colours and gold, illuminated marginal devices, in mount leaf 360 x 255 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Shakerine Collection.TextSura XI, Hud (The Prophet Hud), part of verse 14–part of verse 29.This leaf comes from a dispersed manuscript of the Qur'an which epitomises the high quality of work being done in cities like Shiraz at this date. The use of muhaqqaq (favoured because of its flowing form) and of alternating black and gold, are typical, but the green and brown sprinkling is much less so.Another folio from the same Qur'an is in the Khalili Collection of Islamic Art (see David James, After Timur: Qur'ans of the 15th and 16th Centuries, Oxford 1992, pp. 170-171, no. 42). Other leaves from the manuscript have appeared in these rooms, Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 10th April 2008, lot 19; 7th October 2010, lot 10; and at Sotheby's, 23rd November 1976, lots 317-319; 3rd May 1977, lots 96-100; 18th July 1978, lots 177-79; 9th October 1978, lots 3-4; 24th April 1979, lots 229-235; 23rd April 1997, lot 44; 15th October 1998, lot 29; 3rd May 2001, lot 13; 19th October 2016, lot 168.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

2 BOOKS BOTH FROM THE FOLIO SOCIETY INCLUDES LIFE BY RICHARD FORTEY AND ENGLISH JOURNEY BY J B PRIESTLEY

3 HARDBACK BOOKS FROM THE FOLIO SOCIETY INCLUDES KENNETH CLARKS CIVILISATION, PETER WHITFIELD MAPPING THE WORLD AND CHRISTOPHER HIBBERT CITIES AND CIVILISATIONS ALL WITH ORIGINAL PROTECTIVE SLEEVES IN EXCELLENT CONDITION 12INCH HEIGHT

BOXED FOLIO SOCIETY PARKER PEN TOGETHER WITH FOLIO SOCIETY THE NUDE BY KENNETH CLARK

3 BOOKS ALL FROM THE FOLIO SOCIETY INCLUDING SAGITTARIUS RISING THE DOUBLE CROSS SYSTEM AND ENIGMA

2 BOOKS FROM THE FOLIO SOCIETY INCLUDING BOOK OF THE 100 GREATEST PORTRAITS AND LEONARDO DA VINCI

2 BOOKS BOTH FROM THE FOLIO SOCIETY INCLUDES THE TWELVE CAESARS AND TRAVELS OF A VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPHER

2 BOOKS BOTH FROM THE FOLIO SOCIETY INCLUDES GOODBYE TO ALL THAT BY ROBERT GRAVES AND MEMOIRS OF A SEAFARING LIFE WILLIAM SPAVENS

3 BOOKS ALL FROM THE FOLIO SOCIETY INCLUDES MICHELANGELO THE BOOK OF THE 100 GREATEST PAINTINGS AND THE BOOK OF THE 100 GREATEST PHOTOGRAPHS

A FOLIO SOCIETY BOOK NAMED THE FOLIO BOOK OF DAYS BY ROGER HUDSON 2002

The Manston Spitfire, TB752, Designed by Foreland Arts, Ramsgate and Printed by Lanes, Broadstairs, no date, 20pp. with two full-page colour illustrations, signed on front free endpaper verso by all four fighter pilots, and described in accompanying booklet, dark blue leather gilt, oblong folio, together with accompanying certificate of authenticity from the Spitfire Memorial Fund, numbered 29/100, plus accompanying stapled booklet 'A Profile Of Four Legendary Fighter Pilots: Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader, Air Commodore Alan C. Deere, Air Vice-Marshal James E. Johnson, Wing Commander Robert R. Stanford-Tuck', 8pp incl. wrappers, oblong folio (3)

AFTER H.SINGLETON. AN ANTIQUE FOLIO PRINT ENTITLED THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BASTILLE JULY 14 1789. 48.5 x 62cms.

AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FOLIO COLOUR PRINT ENTITLED 'TROTTING CRACKS ON THE BRIGHTON ROAD', PUBLISHED BY HASKELL AND ALLEN, BOSTON 51.5 x 66cms.

AN ANTIQUE CURRIER AND IVES FOLIO COLOUR PRINT ENTITLED 'VIEW OF HARPERS FERRY VIRGINIA' 44 x 56cms.

AN ANTIQUE FOLIO PRINT. THE DEATH OF MAJOR PIERSON AFTER J.S. COPLEY 68 x 90cms.

AN ANTIQUE LARGE FOLIO COLOUR PRINT OF CRYSTAL PALACE, AN INTERIOR VIEW. 72 x 99cms.

A HAND COLOURED FOLIO PRINT, ETON FROM THE THAMES. 72.5 x 88.5cms.

AFTER THOMAS STOTHARD. PILGRIMAGE TO CANTERBURY, ANTIQUE FOLIO PRINT. 36.5 x 99cms. TOGETHER WITH A COLLECTION OF 18th.C.AND LATER FIGURAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL PRINTS, SIZES VARY, ALL FRAMED.

*Invader (French, contemporary) STICKERS Signed sticker sheet 29.5 x 23cm; included in the DELUX editioned book 'MORE STUCK UP CRAP' - STICKERS VOLUME 2 (VERSION 2), signed limited edition book, 238/400, together with other signed sticker sheets by Shepard Fairey, Swoon, Ron English, Skullphone, Tara McPherson, Kristen Liu Won, Stephen Powers and DB. This edition also features a sticker folio full of 125 usable stickers in either peel-out sheets or individual die cuts, all within clamshell box overall 38 x 31cm *Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.

A folio of Southampton maps, from Elizabethan times, folio, in a red slip case, published by Southampton Corporation 1964.

AFTER N. M. CONDY AND T. S. ROBINS. A HAND COLOURED FOLIO PRINT OF FOUR SAILBOATS. 42 x 53cms. TOGETHER WITH AN ANTIQUE COLOUR PRINT AFTER E. W. BOOKER, THE BOMBARDMENT OF SEBASTOPOL (2).

AFTER CAPT. JOHN HAMMOND. AN ANTIQUE HAND COLOURED LARGE FOLIO MAP, NORTH OR GERMAN SEA 1791. 75 x 88cms

JEREMY CLARKSON, ON FERRARI, 2000, FOLIO WITH GREEN SILK COVERED SLEEVE.

A FOLIO OF ASSORTED PENCIL SKETCHES AND WATERCOLOURS. to include female nude studies, seascape etc. (qty)

Gillray (James) The Caricatures of Gillray; with Historical and Political Illustrations..., bound from the parts with slip to subscribers regarding letterpress descriptions tipped in at p.36, title with ornamental border, 74 etchings with bright contemporary hand-colouring on 71 sheets only (of 86 on 82), some with aquatint, 4 folding and mounted on stubs, title foxed and a little smaller, some light foxing and soiling to plates, mostly marginal, one plate frayed at lower edge and reinforced not affecting image, folding plates with a few tears repaired (mostly to folds or edges), contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving old spine, rather worn, oblong small folio, [London], John Miller...Rodwell & Martin [and] William Blackwood, Edinburgh, [c.1824].

Late-Georgian satirical prints.- [Fores (Samuel William, publisher and printseller, 1761-1838) and others]. Collector's folio album containing over 165 caricatures from 1790s to circa 1810, disbound, including a good quantity of Napoleonic satire and Anglo-French relations, and others satirising Anglo-European political issues and characters from 1790-1810, including original caricatures by Isaac Cruikshank (over 70), George Cruikshank (6), Charles Williams (over 35), George Woodward (7), William Heath, one James Gillray, 'The Dutch Divisions' [BM Satires 7171], an uncoloured copy of Thomas Rowlandson's 'An Ordinance Dream... ' [BM 6920], and many others, etchings and engravings, over 95 with hand-colouring, 67 uncoloured, all neatly trimmed within platemarks to borderlines or image and tipped onto uniform album leaves in pink and light brown, each leaf approx. 530 x 370 mm. (20 7/8 x 14 1/2 in), leaves disbound and loose without spine and lower cover, [?] upper cover remains, numerous nicks and tears to album leaves throughout, some affecting the prints, occasional small losses and handling creases to extremities, surface dirt and handling creases throughout, folio, over 140 published by S.W. Fores, [circa 1790-1810 or slightly later].⁂ A large collection of caricatures, the majority published by Fores, many with his imprint 'Folios of Caricatures lent out for the evening'.

Cookery & other recipes.- [Collection of recipes], manuscript, c. 110pp., and 6pp. index at front, numerous other manuscript recipes loosely inserted, ff. loose and working loose, some water-staining affecting legibility, some edges with tears, slightly browned, remains of original boards without coverings, defective, folio, [late 18th century & dated 1840].⁂ Recipes include: "Rice Dumplins"; "a Bread Pudding with fruit"; "Mince Pyes"; "Curde Puffs"; "Metheglin"; "Raison Wine"; "Hedghog"; "Macroons"; "Whitstone Cakes"; "Jug'd Hare"; "Lemon Custards without Milk"; "To Stew Tench"; "Mrs Davies Green Pea Soup"; "Shrewsbury Cakes"; "Cherry Brandy"; "Maggots in Sheep"; "Green Oil"; "etc.

Andalus de Nigro. Opus astrolabii, first and only edition, collation: [1-210], 19 of [20] leaves, lacking final blank leaf, text in single column, 40 lines, type: 1:101G, first page decorated with a five-line vinestem initial 'S', illuminated in red and blue on a silver background with extension in half the margin, 69 three-line initials alternately in red or blue, rubricated throughout, fol. [2]/8v one initial lost and a few words of text retouched in ink, portion of right side of final leaf missing and skilfully laid on an ancient leaf, on right side of text block words of 21 lines neatly supplied in brown ink, water-stain to lower right corner, heavier in last quire, not affecting the text apart from final two leaves, some other water-stains or spots, old repairs to penultimate leaf, 18th-century speckled boards, possibly recased, a tall copy, small folio (281 x 218 mm.), Ferrara, Johann Picardus, de Hamell, 1475.⁂ One of the earliest printed astronomical texts, and one of the rarest scientific incunables issued in Ferrara. Only ten copies of this edition are recorded in institutional libraries (four in Italy and two in the United States). The famous astronomer and traveller from Genoa, Andalo de Nigro, succeeded Cecco d'Ascoli to the chair in Florence and, in about 1330, became Giovanni Boccaccio's teacher. Geoffrey Chaucer (who, some seventy years later, wrote the first work in English on a scientific instrument - the Treatise on the Astrolabe - and was inspired by Boccaccio for his Canterbury Tales) may have known Andalo's Opus astrolabii through either the Genealogiae Deorum, which first appeared in 1472 or the De casibus virorum illustrium, printed in 1474-1475. In the latter, Boccaccio calls Andalo a 'venerable' man, and compliments him on his vast knowledge of the stars, gained 'by direct vision' during his travels around the world. In 1314 Andalo had been appointed ambassador to the Emperor of Trebisonda (Trabzon), and Giovanni Battista Ramusio, in his preface to the Viaggi di Messer Marco Polo (which opens the second volume of his Navigationi et viaggi of 1559), identified Andalo, not the Pisan Rustichello, as the prisoner to whom Marco Polo had dictated his memoirs. The Opus astrolabii was edited by the physician and astrologer Pietro Bono Avogario (d. 1506) who was active, as the colophon states, 'in foelici gymnasio ferrariensi', and it was printed by the Frenchman Jean Picard de Hamell who "is not known to have issued at Ferrara any book besides the Nigro" (BMC vi, 608). Literature: HR 967; BMC vi, 608; IGI 456; Goff A-573; Lalande 12; Sarton iii, 647; Stillwell, Awakening, 808; Thorndike iv 465; A. M. Cesari, "Theorica planetarum di Andalò Di Negro. Questioni di astronomia. Indagine delle fonti astronomiche nelle opere del Boccaccio. Edizione critica", Physis, 27 (1985), pp. 181-235; D. Blume, "Andalo di Negro und Giovanni Boccaccio: Astrologue und Mythos am Hof des Robert von Anjou", T. Michalsky (ed.), Medien der Macht. Kunst der Anjous in Italien, Berlin 2001, pp. 319-335.

Incunabula.- Haebler (Konrad) West-European Incunabula. 60 Original Leaves from the presses of the Netherlands, France, Iberia and Great Britain, translated from the German by André Barbey, one of 100 copies, single f. printed title, text volume, library stamp to verso of title, printed wrappers, lightly dusted, 60 window-mounted incunable leaves, each with mounted printed caption label, some ff. rubricated, some spotting or staining to original ff., original cloth drop-back box, frayed, folio, Munich, Weiss & Co., 1928.

Palude (Petrus de) Sermones Thesauri novi de sanctis, collation: a-b6 c-q8.6 r-t6 v8 x-z6 A-O8.6 P-Q6, double column, 264 ff., 53 lines and headline, c1 with an initial R in blues on a gold ground within a red frame and with large floral decoration in green, red and blue with 5 bezants to lower margin, initials in red, b6 and Q6 blank, later ink marginalia, a1 red ink numbers to verso, c1 small hole to upper corner, partially removing an ink stamp, some staining and spotting, 16th century panelled blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, spine in compartments, remains of metal clasps, head of spine and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, folio (278 x 188m.), Strasbourg, Martin Flach, 1488.⁂ The French Dominican Petrus de Palude was appointed titular patriarch of Jerusalem in 1329. In the same year he travelled to Egypt to negotiate the deliverance of the Holy Land. The sultan was immovable. Literature: BMC I 149; BSB-Ink S-332; Goff P513; GW M41806.

Napoleon.- Vernet (Carle) Tableaux historiques des campagnes d'Italie, depuis l'an IV jusqu'à la bataille de Marengo, suivis du Précis des opérations de l'Armée d'Orient, des détails sur les cérémonies du Sacre, des bulletins officiels de la Grande Armée et de l'Armée d'Italie dans tout le cours de la dernière guerre d'Allemagne, jusqu'à la paix de Presbourg, half-title, fine engraved portrait of Napoleon on horseback by Simon after Vernet, 24 plates by Duplessi-Bertaux and others after Vernet only, double-page map, hand-coloured in outline, by Louvet after Dieu, divisional title to 'Cérémonies du Sacre' with stipple-engraved portraits of Napoleon and Josephine, engraved head- and tail-pieces, lacking text pp. 15-16 (1 f.) and 133-136 (2 ff.), c.5 plates with a small stain, occasional spotting and light browning, light green half ?morocco over dark green contemporary marbled boards by Bell Golding, Cambridge, gilt spine in compartments and with original red morocco label, folio, Paris, Auber, 1806. ⁂ A handsomely produced piece of Napoleonic propaganda, recording his achievements in Italy, Egypt and Germany, along with details of his coronation in 1804.

Maritime.- Naval tactics.- Mathematics.- Hoste (Paul) L'Art des armees navales, ou Traite des Evolutions navales, qui contient des regles utiles aux officiers generaux et particuliers d'une armee navale, second edition, title with woodcut floral ornament, engraved arms to head of dedication, 134 plates depicting naval manoeuvres and formations off the coast and out at sea, detailed vignettes and historiated initials, lacking half-title, Bruyset Brothers, 1727 bound with, as often Hoste (Paul) Théorie de la Construction des Vaisseaux, qui contient plusieurs traitez de Mathématique, first edition, engraved large title vignette, 11 folding plates, detailed vignettes and historiated initials, Lyon, Anison & Posuel, 1697, together 2 works in 1 vol., lightly browned throughout, occasional spotting or staining, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with burgundy morocco label, upper joint neatly repaired, rubbed at extremities, [Polak 4512 (note)], small folio⁂ Important works on maritime and naval matters by this French Jesuit mathematician. The first work takes historical naval battles as a basis for the study, including Lepanto (1571).

NO RESERVE Herbarium.- I. (E.) Album containing dried and pressed specimens of British plants, 222 specimens on 44 pages, all with ink manuscript captions and details, Initials "EI" and date on front pastedown, 3pp. manuscript index at end, creased, slightly browned, original marbled boards, extensively rubbed, folio, 1748.

Ireland.- Account book, manuscript, 28pp. excluding blanks, reverse entries, a few ff. with remains of newspaper cuttings, browned, original vellum, rubbed and worn, folio, 1756-79.⁂ An account book for a large country house in Ireland identified from the manuscript as originating in the Corkbeg and Lisquinlan area in County Cork. Accounts include paying Horace Boate and later, David Bourke to teach music to his daughters, and for large quantities of cider, beer, poultry, beef etc..

18th century Navigation.- Navigation, manuscript, 174pp., partially ruled in red, 2 folding pen and ink maps hand-coloured in outline, numerous pen and ink diagrams, slightly browned, new endpapers, modern cloth, some edges slightly chipped, folio, dated in text and map at end 1791.⁂ A manual for teaching navigation. Headings include: "A Journal of a Voyage... In the Henry of Whitby... A.B. Commander... Kept by J. Breckon... November 17th 1791"; "Mercator's Sailing. The Construction & Use of the Meridional Parts"; "To work an Observation, or to find the Latitude of a Place by the Tables of the Sun, or Stars..."; "To find the Time of High Water"; "Construction of Mercator's Chart"; "Parallel Sailing" etc. Maps comprise: "A Mercator's Chart... Drawn by Joseph Wilson 1791"; "A Plane Chart" [showing the UK and Europe and its seas].

Darwin (Charles, naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection, 1809-82).- Rowlett (George, Royal Navy, purser on board The Beagle Voyage of 1831-36, 1797-1836).- [Last will and testament], engraved plate with manuscript insertions and signed "George Rowlett", engraved illustration of 2 ships at head, blind paper seal, folds, edges creased, folio, 30th November 1819.⁂ Rowlett's will signed and sealed as a 22 year old going to sea, with instructions to leave his worldly possessions to Mrs Lucy Sherrard, and that his body should be committed "to the Earth or Sea". Rowlett was ship's purser on The Beagle and at 38 was the oldest officer on board. He died on 27 June 1834 at 2pm, "he had for some time been sinking under a complication of diseases" (Darwin), and his body was buried at sea, some 40 miles off the north of the Island of Chiloé.

NO RESERVE Sunqua (Chinese painter during the Qing dynasty, active 1830-70) Album of Chinese export watercolours of butterflies, beetles and other insects, 6 pages of watercolours on pith paper, silk borders, laid down, Sunqua label on fly-leaf, a few small holes and some slight creasing, 19th century floral silk-covered boards, slightly rubbed and faded, edges worn, remains of ties, folio, [c. 1860].

Tichborne Claimant.- [Orton (Arthur, perjuror, sentenced to prison, claimed to be Sir Roger Tichborne, of Tichborne Park, Alresford, Hampshire, 1834-98)] Archive of letters and printed works relating to the "Tichborne Claimant", including: (1). 9 Autograph Letters signed "R.C.D. Tichborne" to his legal counsel Edward Kenealy, together 34pp., 8vo, 16th April - 19th November 1873, relating to his trial for perjury, "The small slip of paper I gave you this evening was thrown into my Carriage last evening with some printed letters. Mrs Skipworth was with me at the time, but I did not open the parcel until late last night - there were several printed letters with it. I saw Gibbes of Wagga Wagga [where Orton had worked as a butcher calling himself Tomas Castro] as I left the Court but of course I did not speak to him. I am much pleased with the able manner you handled those two witnesses today, you certainly did all you could, considering that such people use every subterfuge to gain their mean ends - they do not even hesitate to belie a dead Benefactress", and an endorsement of his strategy at court, "I leave my case entirely in your hands for you to conduct to the best of your ability. I have every confidence in your judgement and I trust you will not alter your plans"; (2). Tichborne Estate. Mortgage Debenture 1871, issued by Arthur Orton to raise money for his claim, printed form signed R.C.D. Tichborne, mounted, folio, 1871; and 7 other pieces of printed matter and a folder of printed ephemera (7 pieces) on the Tichborne Claimant, including: (3). The Englishman, weekly newspaper edited by Edward Kenealy, 2 vol., nos. 1-27 & nos. 28-52, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1874-75; (4). Lord Nugent. Ye Dole of Tichborne, second edition, illustrations by V.H. Darwin, browned, ink ownership inscription at head of title, hinges breaking, original cloth, gilt, 1871, v.s., v.d. (c. 23).⁂ Edward Kenealy (1819-80), barrister and writer; famous for his intemperate language as leading counsel for the Tichborne Claimant. In the course of his defence he employed groundless accusations against both the Catholic Church and the witnesses and after the trial was largely ostracised by the legal profession.

Jewel (John, Bishop of Salisbury) A replie vnto M. Hardinges ansvveare: by perusinge whereof the discrete, and diligent reader may easily see, the weake, and vnstable groundes of the Romaine religion, whiche of late hath beene accompted Catholique, first edition, Sir Thomas Heneage's copy, mostly black letter, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, final f. blank, Ee1 small section of upper corner torn away, just touching a printed side-note, occasional staining, mostly marginal, occasional spotting, 17th century calf, covers with double gilt filet borders, spine in compartments with double gilt filet borders and a red morocco label, joints splitting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [STC 14606], small folio, in Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Blacke Oliphante, by Henry VVykes, 1565.⁂ Provenance: Sir Thomas Heneage (1532-1595), courtier of Elizabeth I, who held the post of Vice-Chamberlain of the Household and in 1590 became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. It is said that Elizabeth flirted with him, making her favourite Robert Dudley jealous. (ink signature to head of title (trimmed with loss)); Bernard Quaritch (collated complete pencil note at end).

France.- [La Popelinière (Lancelot-Voisin, sieur de)] The historie of France: the foure first bookes, title within ornate metalcut border with royal arms at head and a beehive at foot, wide woodcut head-pieces, large historiated or decorative initials and a printer's device to final printed f., lacking final blank, title trimmed, a little chipped and with ink stamps, short repaired tear to lower corner of final f., water-stained, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [STC 11276], rare at auction, small folio, Printed by John Winder, 1595.

Plutarch. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes, Compared together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer, Plutarke of Chaeronea, translated by Thomas North from the French of Jean Amiot, title with large metalcut printer's device, woodcut medallion portraits of the subjects within cartouches of different designs, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial blank, title torn with some loss to lower corner and laid down, *2 repaired at foot, final f. creased, water-stained at foot, occasional staining or spotting elsewhere, the majority of a contemporary panelled calf gilt binding laid down on modern calf, arabesque centre-pieces within two sets of filet borders, one set with foliage corner-pieces, spine in compartments foliage decorations, some loss of leather, rubbed, [STC 20067; cf. Pforzheimer 801], folio, Richard Field for Bonham Norton, 1595. ⁂ Scarce second North edition of Plutarch's Parallel Lives, which 'forms the major source for the plots of Shakespeare's classical plays as well as suggestions for numerous passages in the non-Roman ones. . .some hints of A Midsummer Night's Dream are clearly derived from the Life of Theseus' (Pforzheimer).

[Moffett (Peter)] A commentarie vpon the whole booke of the Prouerbs of Salomon. The second time perused, much enlarged, and newly published for the ædification of the Church of God, A1 blank except for signature mark 'A', title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, woodcut circular ornament beneath colophon, 2I8 and final f. blank, contemporary ink marginalia and underlining at start, A1 with loss to upper corner and a repaired tear, V1 lower corner torn, just touching a printed side-note, occasional spotting, contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, soiled, [STC 18246], 8vo, Printed by R[obert]. R[obinson]. for Robert Dexter, 1596.⁂ Provenance: William Herbert, ?3rd Earl of Pembroke, 1580-1630, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, founder of Pembroke College, Oxford, and dedicatee of Shakespeare's First Folio (ink signature to upper corner of title).Saleroom notice: The ownership inscription is that of William Herbert bibliographer (1718-1795), not the Earl of Pembroke. 

Canada & Germany.- Gardiner (General Sir Henry Lynedoch, KCVO, CB, general in the Royal Artillery, served on the Royal Commission for the Defence of Canada in 1861, son of General Sir Robert Gardiner, equerry to Queen Victoria 1872-96, 1820-97) 62 Autograph Letters to his parents and brother, all but three signed, c. 550pp., folio, 4to & 8vo, Montreal, Gotha, Rotterdam, Amerbach and elsewhere, 1838 - 41 & n.d., extensive correspondence with his family, including: Canada: "The feeling among the [French] Canadians is worse than ever, I hear & it is well known that they drill in the mountains frequently. Ld Durham's return makes the ministers more than ever unpopular with the royalists. It was only the other night that they burnt Lords Melbourne, Glenly & Brougham in effigy after having dragged them through the streets in donkey carts, but as they at the same time burnt Hume & one or two of the rebel chiefs, an attack was expected from the Canadian rebels..."; Europe: [Germany] "We started... for Reinhartsbrunn - Hence into the Thuringer Wald... . We arrived at Fusterherzen... without fatigue, as I had varied my amusement from giving my arm to the young ladies to carrying Master Carl on my back: having seen them in safety at the village, I began to be rather alarmed at the non arrival of the other good people, and accordingly put myself in a regimental double, and trotted back alone four miles to Spiessherz on whose summit stands a hut, which had been agreed on as a rendevous; - having climbed the mountain and entered the hut, I found that the party had been there & had left it half an hour before... on my arrival... found the whole party there... . The ass of a guide, whom Ewald had hired had led them a wrong way...", some letters marked "Copy" in pencil, folds, browned; and a small quantity others including an ALs from Robert Gardiner to his son, v.s., v.d. (qty).

Shakespeare (William) The Merchant of Venice, from the Second Folio, 22pp., numbered 163-184, double column, woodcut head-piece and decorative initial, first 3 ff. closely trimmed at head, just touching border, some staining, lightly browned, modern green morocco-backed cloth, gilt, folio (304 x 208mm.), [Printed for Thomas Cotes], 1632.⁂ With Portia's great plea to Shylock on "the quality of mercy".

Shakespeare (William) The Life of King Henry the Fift, from the Second Folio, 28 pp., numbered 69-96, double column, woodcut head-piece and decorative initial, the verso of the final f. has the opening of The First Part of King Henry the Sixt, some staining, lightly browned, modern red boards, printed label to upper cover, folio (317 x 205mm.), [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632.⁂ Includes one of Shakespeare's most famous and oft-repeated lines (Act 2, scene 1) "Once more unto the Breach, Deare friends, once more; Or close the Wall up with our English dead" and the King's final rallying "Cry, God for Harry, England, and S. George."