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* Beresford (William Carr, Viscount Beresford, 1768-1854). Autograph letter signed to Sir Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay (1779-1845), envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Lisbon, Juromenha, 5 April 1811, on proposed administrative reforms and other matters (see note), 2 bifolia and one single sheet, written on all sides (10 in total), folio (32.5 x 20.4 cm), together with 1 other autograph letter signed from Beresford to Stuart, Cintra, 17 October 1812, on Stuart's knighthood, a legal matter ('Mr Keating should be proceeded against according to the laws he has violated'), and the uncertain future of the Portuguese army, single bifolium written on all 4 sides, small worm-track affecting one word, 4to (24.6 x 20 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESGeneral Beresford writes from the bridgehead at Juromenha a few days after his arguably mismanaged victory at Campo Mayor (25 March) and a month before Albuera (16 May), another victory, though one from which his reputation as a field commander and his career never truly recovered. Beresford advocates sweeping administrative reforms, endorsing Wellington's view that 'untill the suppression and abolition of the junta de Viveres [i.e. Commissariat Board] every attempt at remedying the evils we complain of will be ... unavailing'. He complains in detail of 'the total disinclination of the civil magistrate to do his duty' in enforcing embargos and punishing deserters, suggests plans to reform army accounts, and alerts Stuart to the effect of inept remuneration policy on the morale of Portuguese troops, in evidence during 'the pursuit of Massena'. Sir Charles Stuart undertook intelligence gathering with the provincial juntas in French-occupied Spain (1808-10) and afterwards 'made himself indispensable to Wellington' as minister at Lisbon (1810-14) and member of the Portuguese regency council. He later helped negotiate the treaty by which Brazil became independent from Portugal.

* Berkeley (Sir George Cranfield, 1753-1818). Four letters to Sir Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay (1779-1845), envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Lisbon, 1811-12, comprising: 1. Autograph letter signed as commander-in-chief on the coast of Portugal, [no place], 7 April 1811, on subversive activity at the Portuguese court in exile at Rio de Janeiro ('I have just recieved letters from Rio Janeiro in which I find that Sousa has stated to his brother, who has suggested it with too much success to the Prince [the future King João VI], that the interference of the English relative to the deportees is a direct infringement of his royal prerogative ...', unaddressed but evidently to Charles Stuart, marked 'private', single sheet written on both sides, 4to (23.8 x 18.3 cm), 2. Letter signed as as commander-in-chief on the coast of Portugal, Lisbon, 9 April 1811, returning 'a copy of a letter you had received from [Portuguese general and secretary for war] D[om] M[iguel] Forjaz together with the various orders transmitted to General Trant at Porto, relative to the Danish Vessels at that place ...', addressed at foot 'His Excellency the Right Hble Charles Stuart', single sheet written on one side, remnant of seal verso, folio (32 x 19.6 cm), 3. Autograph letter signed as commander-in-chief on the coast of Portugal, [no place], 27 April 1811, requesting a reference for an unknown visitor to HMS Barfleur and seeking a meeting ( 'I have received some very particular intelligence, which I want to communicate to you in private ...'), addressed verso to 'His Excelcy Rt Honble C Stuart' with wax seal extant (showing through recto), single sheet written on one side, small chip at one corner, 4to (19.7 x 16 cm), 4. Autograph letter signed, Wood End, Chichester, 23 August 1812, apparently Berkeley's first letter to Stuart following his retirement and return to Britain, discussing the victory at Salamanca, the possibility of honours for Berkeley and Stuart, audiences with Lord Castlereagh, and social matters, addressed to 'His Exclcy Rt Hoble C Stuart', marked 'private' at head, single bifolium, written on all 4 sides, toned, browned along edges of first leaf recto, 4to (23.9 x 20.2 cm) (Qty: 4)NOTESBerkeley was appointed commander-in-chief on the coast of Portugal in December 1808; in July 1810 he was promoted admiral and named lord high admiral of Portugal by its prince regent. His actions in support of Cradock and then Wellington were instrumental in the allied defeat of the French in the Peninsular War. Sir Charles Stuart undertook intelligence gathering with the provincial juntas in French-occupied Spain (1808-10) and afterwards 'made himself indispensable to Wellington' as minister at Lisbon (1810-14) and member of the Portuguese regency council. He later helped negotiate the treaty by which Brazil became independent from Portugal.

* Croft (Sir John 'Jack', 1st Baronet, 1778-1862). Autograph letter to Sir Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay (1779-1845), envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Lisbon, Sabugal, 6 March, 1812, 2 pp., '... the militiamen and persons non military of the Districts of Sabugal y Touro entitled to participate in the distribution of cattle have this day received their proportion of the number allocated to the Commarca of Castello Branco. There is not any civil hospital in this town or Touro. The inhabitants of these districts have not yet received their proportion of the seed corn designed for the Commarca of Castello Branco. Their proportion of the money for orphan children is not yet arrived. I return to Guarda tomorrow', the first letter with some light marginal toning and small chips and tears, folds, together with a 3 pp. letter from Frederick Croft to a Mr Hamilton, 15 October 1813, regarding an account for wine sent to Sir Charles Stuart, and a bill for three hogsheads (£90), folio (Qty: 3)NOTESJohn 'Jack' Croft, a member of the House of Croft port-wine merchants, initially embarked upon a scientific career, first assisting Humphry Davy and then botanist Joseph Banks in 1803, and was later admitted to the Royal Society. He met Sir Charles Stuart (1779-1845), British envoy to Portugal, in 1810 during the Peninsular War and was recruited to gather intelligence on French troop movements along the north coast of Spain, from Corunna to the French border. He travelled incognito and set up a network of agents who submitted reports which were then couriered back to Stuart, sorted and passed on to the Duke of Wellington. In 1811 Croft was appointed joint leader of the Distribution Fund, set up by the British Government to provide relief to villagers in the war-torn areas of Portugal. For this he was awarded the Order of the Tower and Sword in 1814 by the Portuguese regent and made a baronet four years later.

* First Anglo-Dutch War. Manuscript précis in Spanish and Italian of the Treaty of Westminster (agreed between Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the English Commonwealth, and the States General of the United Netherlands, signed in April 1654), titled 'Capitolazioni della Pace fra L'Inghilterra, e L'Olanda', & 'Le Propositni.di Pace, che fa La Republica d'Orlanda alla Repca. d'Inghilterra', circa 1654, two folded sheets of folio contemporary laid paper, each bearing the same continental watermark, the first written in brown ink in Spanish and headed 'Nuevas', written to one side only, docketed to verso, the second sheet written in Italian in brown ink to two sides of the folded sheet, and docketed to reverse of the second sheet, each additionally numbered to upper right corner 81 and 83 in brown ink in a contemporary hand, sheet size 305 x 205 mm (12 x 8 ins), together with: Strode (Sir John, 1624-1679, Commissioner during both the Civil War and Restoration, who became Commissioner for pressing seamen in 1665). Autograph letter signed, dated 25 September 1669, a ddressed to 'the Right Honorable his Majies Commissioners of His Name', offering a ship to carry victuals to Lisbon: 'Gent, Mr. Wrem tells me that you have asked for a shipp for Lisbone, which makes me recommend unto you Mr Jacobs & his Ship the Marie a new Shipp of a good force and a shipp I am concerned in, he shall serve you as cheepe as any and you will buy it extremely oblidge him who is, yr most humble servant, John Strode', handwritten in brown ink to a single folded sheet of laid paper with similar watermark to the documents described above, creased where previously folded, and with red seal to verso, the upper leaf with later restrengthening to verso of fore edge, sheet size 300 x 207 mm (11.8 x 8.2 ins) (Qty: 3)NOTESThese two summaries in Spanish and Italian of the main points of the peace treaty which ended the First Anglo-Dutch War were likely to have been distributed to a member of the delegations involved in the negotiations. These two documents are likely to have been drawn up by an Italian diplomat or translator, possibly attached to one of the delegations involved in the negotiations. The Spanish version includes the stipulation that Dutch ships are required to lower their flags to the English when in English waters, in recognition of the Navigation Act of 1651. The Italian text refers to the payment of one million scudi by the Dutch to cover the cost of the war, and to trade routes with both the West and East Indies, the text ending 'Questo e quello che mi raccordo di piu d'Importanza.'.

* France under Napoleon. Manuscript report in French on the current state of France, entitled 'Considerations sur l'Etat present de la France, ce 1er Juin 1803', contemporary manuscript in French on 12 large folio pages, handwritten in brown ink on a total of three folded sheets of laid paper, each watermarked with Strasburg lily and posthorn D & C BLAUW, and countermark BA, sheet size when folded 38 x 24 cm (15 x 9.5 ins) (Qty: 1)NOTESA major document written at the height of the threat of the invasion of Great Britain by Napoleon's Armée d'Angleterre, or Armée des cotes de l'Ocean, which numbered as many as 200,000 men gathered along the French coast at Boulogne. Napoleon's invasion armay was financed by the sale of France's North American lands to the United States in 1803, called the Louisiana Purchase. So sure were the French of victory that a triumphal column was erected at Boulogne in anticipation of the successful invasion. Britain had resumed war with France in May of 1803, thereby breaking with the Treaty of Amiens signed on 25th March 1802, following repeated infringements of the peace treaty by Napoleon. England, and London in particular, had been a haven ever since the French Revolution of 1789 for emigré French royalists and noblemen, who assisted the British with several attempts to overthrow Napoleon during the mid to late 1790s and early 1800s. During this period, a complex spy network was organised on the continent by Sir Francis Drake, British Ambassador to Bavaria, and the British Government received much useful information in this way. Although the present manuscript document is unsigned, it is written in an elegant educated French italic hand. At this time (June 1803), the British were providing assistance to French royalists in England in the organisation of an assassination plot on Napoleon masterminded by General Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761-1804) and General Georges Cadoudal (1771-1804), known as the Pichegru Conspiracy. The plot was uncovered by French secret police in early 1804, and they were both arrested on February 28th and March 9th 1804 respectively. Pichegru was found strangled in his cell on April 5th 1804, and Cadoudal was executed on June 28th. This extensive report provides detailed information on the state of the current government under Napoleon as Premier Consul, the structure of French society, the army, and French public opinion on the current war with England. The text is divided into chapters (Gouvernement, Peuple, L'Armée, Religion, Moeurs, L'Education, Agriculture, Finances, plus a final section entitled Opinion publique sur la guerre actuelle avec l'Angleterre). The first and third chapters (Gouvernement and L'Armée) are the longest in length. Chapter 1 provides character assessments of various ministers: Cambaceres ('peu d'aptitude aux affaires'), Le Brun ('grand travailleur, est sans credit. Le 1er Consul a eu soin de l'isoler'), Talleyrand ('le 1er Consul a besoin de lui, mais foncierement il ne l'aime ni l'estime a cause de sa grande immoralté'), Regnier ('une honnette homme... il jouit de l'estime de la majeure partie de la nation'), and Francois de Barbé-Marbois, the Finance Minister, ('jouit de peu de constance et de peu de credit, attendu que jusqu'a present ces travaux n'ont presenté aucune resultat avantageux'). The text then goes into great detail describing the despotic character of Napoleon: 'Le Gouvernement, reduit residant exclusivement dans la Personne de Bonaparte; il devient necessaire de s'etendre un peu sur le caractere et sur les moyens de ce chef de la Republique. Il y auroit une partialité puerile a lui refuser des talens. L'experience et l'usage des affaires lui ont donné de la penetration et un coup d'oeil juste. The writer states 'Il est d'un caractere decidé et absolu, dans toutes les choses qu'il juge pouvoir forcei par son autorité, ou par la peur, mais ce caractere l'abandonne des qu'il croit la sureté de sa personne, ou celle de ses interets, compromises', and provides examples of apparent conflict in Napoleon's interactions with other revolutionary leaders ('les chefs des Jacobins'), such as Jourdan and Angerau, and goes on to say that it could be argued that Bonaparte is detested by all parties. 'La France desire en générale un autre ordre de choses, mais l'impression du regime sanguinaire des premieres années de la Revolution est encore trop recente a sa memorie pour que le peuple ose faire la moindre tentative: Il est dans cet etat de la peur et d'apathie qui produit toujours une revolution aussi longue et aussi sanglante que l'a été celle de la France. Le 1er Consul n'ignore point cette indisposition generale des esprits contre lui, et ce sentiment lui fait prendre des mesures, des precautions pour la sureté de sa personne, qui tiennent a la pusillanimité, et dont le motif n'echappe a personne'. The final section of this report on the state of public opinion regarding the war with England, points out that the French newspapers had been forced by order of the Government to announce that the people supported the current war, and that Napoleon had found it necessary, in order to calm and reassure the people, to post a broadside in every commune in the land, in which he declared that the other continental powers would not take any part in this new war that he was going to have with England, whereas common opinion believed that Russia was working to form a coalition against France. The text ends 'Il est de l'interet le plus puissant pour le 1er Consul qu'il n'eprouve point de revers. S'il en avoit, ce peuple que ne l'aime point et qui ne tolere patiemment l'ordre actuel de choses, que pour l'amour de la tranquilité individuelles, perdrait patience et on verrait la France livrée a des nouvelles secousses'. The author of this important secret report must have been a royalist opponent of Napoleon, and if not written by Pichegru or Cadoudal themselves, could be by a prominent fellow emigré such as the Comte d'Antraigues, then residing in Saxony, a diplomat, spy, and political agitator against Napoleon.

* Military & Naval Autographs. An assorted collection of approximately 120 autograph letters and signatures, 18th & 19th century, including Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Onslow (1741-1817), Letter Signed, on board HMS Cambridge, 6 July 1796, to Captain Durham of HMS Anson, directing him to make a survey of the ship’s clothes, 1 page, folio; William Roy (1726-1790), Major-General Royal Engineers, 2 autograph letters signed, 1778, to Simon Frazer, the first directing to reduce the supply of the two Camps of Cocksheath and Warley Common from two weeks’ supply to one and that the surplus be sold immediately at auction, the second concerning rations of wood and coal, both 1 page, some soiling and marginal fraying, folio, plus the draft of a reply to Roy; and a large group of assorted mostly military and naval letters and signatures, including autograph letters (some in the third person) from Brigadier General R. Stewart to Sir John Moore, 1808, Sir William Johnston, 1802, Lieutenant T. Hinton x 4, 1806-07, Major General Sir John Lambert x 2, 1816 & 1817, Sir Daniel Lysons, 1896, Angus MacDonald, 1815, Major A. Moncrieff, 1871, General Melville, 1797, Major Thomas Metcalfe, 1806, Sir Charles Middleton, 1803, and cut signatures including FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, Charles Beresford, Major F.M. Alison, Marquis of Anglesey, Admiral Keith (cover), John Lawrence x 3, Edward Lugard, Stephen Rumbold, Lord Lynedoch, Charles Napier x 4, Lord Raglan, etc., plus some related engraved portraits, etc. (Qty: approx. 120)

* [Peninsular War]. Three autograph letters signed from Jonathan Jeffery, British official at Lisbon, 1812-13, i.e. , 1. Two letters to Sir Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay (1779-1845), envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Lisbon, 17 October 1812 & 28 March 1813, the first enclosing 'the papers which you requested me to get translated ...' (not present), the second concerning the implementation of a tariff on British goods imposed by Lord Castlereagh, foreign secretary ('I ... will endeavour to comply with your Lordship's instructions, by submitting these Papers to a Committee of British Merchants to be formed according to the terms of the 15th Article of the Treaty'), 2. Letter to 'Hamilton Hamilton Esqr', 26 October 1812, 'Being wholly ignorant of the proceedings against Jones, having only recommended the Judge Conservator's attention to the case at the request of Major General Peacock, I must beg to refer the consideration of making application in his behalf to His Excellency [i.e. Sir Charles Stuart]', each letter a single sheet, 1, 2, 1 p., browned, first letter (17 October 1812) with a few nicks, folio (32.5 x 20.6 cm) (Qty: 3)NOTESSir Charles Stuart undertook intelligence gathering with the provincial juntas in French-occupied Spain (1808-10) and afterwards 'made himself indispensable to Wellington' as minister at Lisbon (1810-14) and member of the Portuguese regency council. He later helped negotiate the treaty by which Brazil became independent from Portugal. Jonathan Jeffery appears to have been one of his officials. Hamilton Hamilton was later minister plenipotentiary at Buenos Aires and subsequently Rio de Janeiro; the 'proceedings against Jones' mentioned in his letter may be the court martial of Lieutenant John Jones held at Lisbon on 29 March 1813 (see James, A Collection of the Charges, Opinions, and Sentences of General Courts Martial , 1820, pp. 509-11).

Royal Navy. Four broadsides, 1711-18, comprising: 1. To the Honourable House of Commons in Parliament assembled, the case of the widows, orphans, and aged mothers of sons, who ... were unfortunately lost in His Majesty’s ship the Sorlings, on the 17th of December, 1717, [London, 1718?], single sheet, caption title and docket title, stab sewing holes to gutter margin, folio, 2. The case of a great number of seamen, belonging to His Majesty’s Royal Navy, and of the wives and poor families of many of them, who are still in His Majesty’s service. And also, of the poor Widows of many that have been kill'd, or dy'd in the Service, during the late War..., [London: 1718], single sheet, caption title and docket title, stab sewing holes to gutter margin, folio, and other broadsides & tracts including: 3. The Office-Keepers Answer to a Scandalous Reflection on them by the Societies of the Mines-Royal, &c., [London, 1715?], single sheet, caption title and docket title, sewing holes to gutter margin, dampstained, folio, 4. A Bill for the Relief of the Creditors and Proprietors of the Company of the Mine Adventurers, by Establishing a Method for settling the Differences between the Company and their Creditors, and for Uniting them, in order to an effectual Working of the Mines of the said Company, [London, 1711], caption and docket title, light toning and spotting, disbound folio, together with: Steele (Richard) , The Importance of Dunkirk Considered; in a letter from Sir Richard Steele, Knt. to the Worshipful Mr. John Snow, bailiff of Stockbridge, [London?, 1716?], [2]pp., caption title, horizontal fold at foot and excised to gutter margin, folio, and one other defective broadside, (Reasons humbly offer'd to the Honourable House of Commons, for passing a clause to encourage the seamen, 1705, single sheet, cropped at head with loss of title and some text) (Qty: 6)NOTESESTC T17373 (one copy only: British Library), T17374 (one copy: British Library), T17271 (two copies), T84779 (five copies), T143135 (three copies); Hanson 2456, 2405, 2836, 1285, N/A. HMS Sorlings, a fifth-rate naval vessel of 42 cannons, was wrecked on the Dutch coast of East Friesland on the 17th December 1717. The second work relates to the distress of naval servicemen and their families and widows caused by arrears of pay in the wake of the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1712), between Britain and France.

* Trant (Nicholas, 1769-1839). Autograph letter signed as brigadier general to Sir Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay (1779-1842) as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Lisbon, 'Cimo[?] Villas, 1 1/2 leagues from Almeida', 4 April 1811, single bifolium written on 3 sides, 4to (25.3 x 20 cm), together with 2 other autograph letters signed from Trant, both to 'My D. Sir', probably Sir Charles Stuart, Porto, 15 March & 30 August 1812, the first enclosing an English newspaper ('on a presumption that none of so recent a date has reached Lisbon and submitting to your opinion to send it to Lord Wellington'), single sheet written on one side, toned, folio (32 x 20.3 cm), the second enclosing unidentified papers, with postscript 'Genl Leith & Col. Arbuthnot are arrived here - they sail for Lisbon on Sunday', single bifolium written on one side, slightly browned, ink splashes, 4to (25.2 x 20.2 cm) (Qty: 3)NOTESTrant writes to Wellington's right-hand man Sir Charles Stuart a week before the the ill-fated blockade of Almeida (11 April-10 May 1811), reporting his (Trant's) manoeuvres, probable French tactics ('I am persuaded however that Genl Brenier is instructed to evacuated Almeida when the mines ... will be in readiness for explosion'), and the disposition and movements of French troops; the combined Anglo-Portuguese force would fail to prevent a French escape, to Wellington's fury. Trant was made governor of Porto after the recapture of the city in 1809, and Wellington later interceded twice to help him retain his dual position in British and Portuguese service, on the grounds that 'there was no officer the loss of whose services in Portugal would be more felt' (ODNB). Sir Charles Stuart undertook intelligence gathering with the provincial juntas in French-occupied Spain (1808-10) and afterwards 'made himself indispensable to Wellington' as minister at Lisbon (1810-14) and member of the Portuguese regency council. He later helped negotiate the treaty by which Brazil became independent from Portugal.

Naval & Military Despatches relating to Operations in the War, 10 Parts bound in 2 volumes, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914-1919, several folding maps, contemporary black cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Downes (Captain W.D.). With the Nigerians in German East Africa, 1st edition, Methuen & Co., 1919, monochrome illustrations, folding map at rear, original red cloth gilt, lightly faded, plus Chasseaud (Peter). Artillery's Astrologers, A History of British Survey & Mapping on the Western Front 1914-1918, Lewes Mapbooks, 1999, original blue cloth gilt in dust wrapper, folio, VG, and others on the history of the First World War, including From the Australian Front, Cassell & Company, 1917 & Australian War Photographs, a pictorial record from November 1917 to the end of the war, edited by Captain Geo. H. Wilkins, A.I.F. Publications Section, 1919, Hubert P. Van Tuyll van Serooskerken, The Netherlands and World War I (History of Warfare, Volume 7), Espionage, Diplomacy and Survival, Leiden, Brill, 2001, several monochrome plates and illustrations, original printed boards, British Politics and the Great War, Coalition and Conflict 1915-1918, by John Turner, Yale University Press, 1992, etc., all 20th century publications, mostly original cloth, some in dust wrappers, mostly 8vo (Qty: 120)

Hazard (John). Army & Navy Calendar for the Financial Year 1884-85; Being a Compendium of General Information Relating to the Army, Navy, Militia, and Volunteers... , 4th edition, 1884, folding plans, etc., commercial advert endpapers, original printed limp cloth, rubbed and soiled, together with: An Alphabetical Guide to Certain War Office and other Military Records Preserved in the Public Record Office, HMSO, 1931, original printed wrappers, worn, folio Manual of Indian Military Law, 1911, Calcutta, 1930, contemporary half cloth, rubbed and slightly soiled, 8vo, The King's Regulations for the Army and the Royal Army Reserve, HMSO, 1940, original printed wrappers, slightly faded and soiled, 8vo, plus other military interest, including Army Acts, 1882/1919, Army Lists for 1965, 1983 & 1993, Army Annuals 1909 & 1910, etc. (Qty: approx. 40)

Royal Engineers. The Royal Engineers Journal, volumes 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 34, 1893/1904, together with New series, volumes 1-18, 20-28, 30-37, 39-45, 47 & 50, 1905/1936, plus Supplement to volumes 1-30 bound in twos, the first six volumes in various bindings, all somewhat worn and several covers detached, folio, main series volumes 1-36 plus Supplements contemporary half calf, rubbed and some general wear, volumes 37/50 in various bindings, rubbed, all large 8vo, Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers, 26 volumes from various series, 1861/1904 plus Index for 1837 to 1872, various bindings, mostly worn, several covers detached and two spines deficient, 8vo (Qty: approx. 90)

Blackmore (John & Carmichael, J.W.). Views on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, Newcastle, Carlisle & London, 1839, large paper copy, 23 engraved plates after J.W. Carmichael, all proofs before letters printed on mounted india paper, lacks additional engraved vignette title, original printed blue wrappers from parts edition (1836-38) bound in, spotting throughout, largely affecting plate mounts, some marginal fraying and old tape repairs (mostly to wrappers), modern half morocco and marbled boards, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESOttley 7096. The Newcastle and Carlisle was the first railway across England.

Clark (Daniel Kinnear). Railway Machinery: Treatise on the Mechanical Engineering of Railways: Embracing the Principles and Construction of Rolling and Fixed Plant… Volume 2 (Plate Volume) only, Blackie & Son, 1855, title and List of Plates, 70 engraved plates, all but the last ten double-page, Plate 8 split and separated in two, some occasional light browning and finger-soiling, old damp stain to some foremargins, largely at front and rear, modern half morocco and marbled boards, folio, [Ottley 2760], together with: Dempsey (G. Drysdale). Atlas of the Engravings to Pictorially Explain the Locomotive Engine in all its Phases, 1st edition, John Weale, 1859, 14 engraved plates, mostly double-page or folding, some spotting throughout, contents shaken, original limp cloth with printed paper label to upper cover, frayed on spine and at extremities, 4to (Qty: 2)

Demoulin (Maurice). Traité Pratique de la Machine Locomotive, 4 volumes, Paris: Librairie Polytechnique, 1898, numerous illustrations including many from photographs, original burgundy cloth lettered in silver, slightly rubbed, small folio (Qty: 4)

Fairey Campania Seaplane. Built by Barclay Curle & Co. Ltd, Jordanvale Yard, Whiteinch, Glasgow, 1918, an official company album with 20 mounted gelatin silver print photographs including name plate mounted as ‘title-page’ (7 x 11 cm), the remaining photographs showing the construction of the aircraft and test flights, each 16 x 21 cm, all pasted to rectos of stiff card leaves with neat ink captions in block capitals beneath, name card of Leonard R. Mackay tipped in at front with complimentary presentation inscription, original cloth, upper cover decorated in gilt and blind relief, rubbed, oblong folio (22 x 38 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESThe Fairey Campania was a British ship-borne, patrol and reconnaissance aircraft that was the first ever designed specifically for carrier operations. On 1 August 1918, during the North Russia Campaign in support of the British intervention in the Russian Civil War, Campanias from Nairana participated in what was probably the first fully combined air, sea, and land military operation in history, joining Allied ground forces and ships in driving Bolsheviks out of their fortifications on Modyugski Island, then scouting ahead of the Allied force as it proceeded up the channel to Arkhangelsk.

* Railways. London & North Western Railway. Diagrams of Private Sidings. Rugby to London and Branches, 1909, title and 2 index leaves (soiled and frayed, manuscript annotations), approximately 130 lithographic plans, mostly with some additional colour, some folding, occasional pencil annotations, some plans detached, together with London and North Western and Great Western Joint Railways. Diagrams of Private Sidings. Birkenhead, Wrexham and Minera, and Vale of Towy Lines, January 1917, title and index leaf (heavily annotated), plus approximately 40 partly coloured plans, many frayed and detached, both contemporary half roan with gilt-titled upper covers, worn, second volume lacks spine, all covers near detached, oblong folio, plus a similar volume with 9 junction diagrams for the London and North Western and Great Western Junction Railways, c.1903, plus a volume containing 17 linen-backed gradient sheets for the Midland Railway, c.1902, an Official Railway Map of Lancashire & District (Railway Clearing House), a Locomotives Act, 1861, and other mostly post-1945 railway ephemera (Qty: a carton)

Railways. Tredgold on the Steam Engine. Locomotive and Stationary Engines: the Principles and Practice of their Construction, Exemplified in Numerous Examples, James S. Virtue, c.1850, 61 plates including some folding, spotting and some finger soiling, marginal repairs to title, modern cloth with remains of original leather spine relaid, folio, together with: [Tredgold, Thomas], The Principles and Practice and Explanation of the Machinery of Locomotive Engines in Operation on the Several Lines of Railway. Completing Division A. and forming the first volume of the new edition of Tredgold on the steam engine., John Weale, 1850, 40 mostly folding plates, some spotting, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, 4to, plus Whishaw (Francis), The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland, 1st edition, Simpkin, Marshall, 1840, large folding map and 16 mostly double-page or folding plates (many chipped and with occasional tears and repairs with some loss), folding tables, original cloth, crudely rebacked and recornered, 4to (Qty: 3)NOTESSold with all faults not subject to return.

Poynter (E. J.) . Endymion, by John Keats, E. Moxon, 1873, 6 black & white engraved plates plus frontispiece, some light spotting & toning throughout , original publisher's gilt decorated red half morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed, folio, together with: Friend (Donald). Birds from the Magic Mountain, Bali, 1977, signed by the author to the limitation page, monochrome illustrations, some minor spotting, original illustrated cloth, folio, limited edition 363/400, and Macquoid (Percy). A History of English Furniture, The Age of Mahogany, ... Satinwood, ...Oak, ... Walnut, 4 volumes, Medici Society, 1925, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, some light spotting, top edges gilt, uniform red cloth, spines slightly faded, folio, plus other 19th & 20th century large format art reference & related, some foreign language, some leather bindings, G/VG, folio/4to (Qty: 4 cartons)

Eustace (John Chetwode) . A Tour Through Italy, exhibiting a view of its scenery, its antiquities, and its monuments;..., 2 volumes, printed for J. Mawman, 1813, modern endpapers, some light spotting & toning, uniform modern half calf, minor rubbing & marks, large 4to, together with: Ashmole (Elias) , The Institution, Laws & Ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter;..., printed for Thomas Dring, 1793, 9 black & white engraved plates, lacking portrait, period inscriptions to front endpaper & head of the title page, bookplate to verso of the title page, some light toning throughout, wear to head & foot of some plates, contemporary full mottled calf, lacking spine, boards slightly rubbed, folio, and Rycaut (Paul) , The Lives of the Popes, from the time of our Saviour Jesus Christ, to the Reign of Sixtus IV, originally written in Latin by Baptista Platina, 1685, black & white engraved portrait frontispiece, modern endpapers, some minor spotting, light marks & toning, modern calf spine retaining contemporary full calf boards with some minor loss, large 8vo, plus other 17th, 18th & 19th century reference & literature, including Italy, A Poem, by Samuel Rogers, 1838 (large paper copy) bound in contemporary full dark green morocco, Rev. William Shepherd, The Life of Poggio Bracciolini, 1st edition, Liverpool, 1802, rebound in modern quarter brown morocco, Rev. J.E. Jackson, Wulfhall and The Seymours. With an appendix of original documents discovered at Longleat, Devizes, 1875, author's presentation copy to the Honorable Percy Feilding, dated September 3rd 1875, bound in contemporary maroon half morocco, mostly leather bindings, many gilt decorated, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (Qty: 3 shelves)NOTESApproximately 65 volumes

Anderson (R.) . Examples of the Municipal Commercial and Street Architecture of France and Italy from the 12th to the 15th Century, circa 1875, 103 black & white plates, some light toning & spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed, folio, together with: Petit (J. L.), Architectural Studies in France, 1854, numerous black & white illustrations, contemporary bookplate pasted down to modern endpapers, loose original endpapers, some light spotting & toning, all edges gilt, rebound retaining original gilt decorated plum morocco spine & boards, rubbed with minor loss, large 8vo, and Ross (Janet) , Florentine Villas, 1901, 24 monochrome photogravures, 51 black & white illustrations, some light spotting & toning, top edge gilt, publishers original brown cloth, folio, limited edition of 300 copies, plus other 19th century & modern Renaissance, Italian & French architecture reference, including Dictionnaire Raisonné Architecture Française du XI au XVI siècle, 10 volumes, by Viollet -le-Duc, 1873, uniform gilt decorated red quarter morocco, 8vo, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 3 shelves)

Pogany (Willy, illustrator) . The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in seven parts, by Samuel Taylor Colleridge, circa 1910, 20 tipped in colour plate, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light spotting & minor offsetting, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, together with: Rackham (Arthur, illustrator) , Undine, by De La Motte Fouqué, 1920, 11 tipped-in colour plates, bookplate & stamp to front endpapers, The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith, 1929, David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 12 colour plates, Peer Gynt, a dramatic poem, by Henrik Ibsen, 1936, 12 colour plates, all with black & white illustrations to the text, some minor spotting & toning, all in publishers original gilt decorated cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, and other illustrated & juvenile literature, including W. E. Johns, Edward J. Detmold, T. E. Lawrence, Edmund Dulac, W. Heath Robinson, Hugh Lofting, Arthur Ransome, Folio Society, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some amateur bindings, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves & a carton)

Beaver (Philip) . African Memoranda: relative to an attempt to establish a British settlement on the island of Bulama, on the western coast of Africa, in the year 1792,...,1st edition, printed for C. and R. Baldwin, 1805, large folding map, linen backed, with contemporary outline colour, two engraved plates, ex libris bookplate to front pastedown, hinges repaired, some spotting throughout, later calf spine retaining contemporary diced calf boards, slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, together with: Philips (J.) , A General History of Inland Navigation, foreign and domestic:..., printed for I. and J. Taylor, 1792, large colour folding map of England & Wales frontispiece, 4 black & white plates to the rear, later endpapers with loss to head of the front endpaper, some light marginal toning throughout, later gilt decorated quarter morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Dobson (William) , Kunopaedia. A Practical Essay on Breaking or Training the English Spaniel or Pointer..., printed for C. Whittingham, 1814, black & white engraved frontispiece, some light spotting & offsetting, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine rubbed with minor loss, hinges cracked, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th century antiquarian interest, including Thomas Len, Historical Statement of the Improvements made in the duty performed by the steam engines in Cornwall, 1839, Sieur Aubery, Memoires pour l'Histoire du Cardinal Duc de Richelieu, 2 volumes, Paris, Antoine Bertier, 1660 (some water staining to lower margins throughout, bound in contemporary mottled full calf gilt decorated spines, large folio), etc., mostly leather bindings, some original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/ folio (Qty: 3 shelves)

Finn (David) . Henry Moore, sculpture and environment, 1st edition, 1977, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original black cloth in price clipped dust jacket, large 4to, together with: Onions (Oliver) , The Works of Henry Ospovat, The Saint Catherine Press, 1911, 3 tipped in colour plates, numerous monochrome illustrations, ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated full vellum, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, and Ayers (John & Oliver Impey, J. V. G. Mallet) , Porcelain for Palaces, the fashion for Japan in Europe, 1650-1750, Oriental Ceramic Society, 1990, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, large 8vo, plus other art & architecture reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 3 shelves)

Gwynn (Stephen) . Homage, a book of sculptures by K. Scott (Lady Kennet), Geoffrey Bles , 1938, signed 'Kathleen Kennet' to the limitation page, period inscription to the front endpaper, some minor spotting & toning, publishers original gilt decorated blue quarter morocco, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 4to, limited edition 17/100, together with: Sheppard (F. H. W. et al) , Survey of London, Northern Kensington [volume 37], 1973, Southern Kensington: Kensington Square to Earl's Court [volume 42], 1986, Woolwich [volume 48], 2012, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, all in original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly faded, some minor tears to head & foot of spines, large 4to, and other art, architecture & London reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)

Rhodes (Dennis E. [editor]) .Essays in Honour of Victor Scholderer, Karl Pressler, Mainz, 1970, numerous black & white illustrations, some minor spotting to endpapers, publishers original boards, lightly marked, 8vo, together with: Davaco [publisher] , Essays in Northern European Art presented to Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann..., Netherlands, 1983, numerous monochrome illustrations, original blue cloth, large 8vo, and Sandler (Lucy Freeman [editor]) , Essays in Memory of Karl Lehmann, New York University, U.S.A., 1964, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth, spine & boards slightly faded, 4to, plus other art reference & related, including A Collection of Engraved Portraits; catalogued and exhibited by James Anderson Rose,...3 volumes, 1874, Cipriano Piccolpasso, Arte del Vasaio, The Three Books of the Potters Art, translated by Bernard Rackham and Albert van de Put, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1934 (in dust wrapper, folio), British Museum, Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits, 4 volumes, 1908-14, etc., mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 5 shelves)

Bolman (Elizabeth S.) . Monastic Visions, wall paintings in the Monastery of St. Anthony at the Red Sea, 1st edition, Yale University Press, 2002, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with: Massé (H. J. L. J.) , Pewter Plate, a historical & descriptive handbook, 1904, numerous monochrome illustrations, minor marginal toning & spotting, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Howard (F. E. & F. H. Crossley) , English Church Woodwork, a study in craftsmanship during the medieval period A.D. 1250-1550. 1917, numerous black & white illustrations, bookplate to front endpapers, some minor spotting, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards lightly rubbed to foot, 8vo, plus other art, objet d'art & antique reference, including English Church Monuments A.D. 1150-1550..., by Fred H. Crossley, 1921, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 5 shelves)

Hearne (Thomas). Guilielmi Neubrigensis Historia sive Chronica Rerum Anglicarum, libris quinque. E Codice MS. pervetusto, in Bibliotheca praenobilis Domini Thomae Sebright, Baronetti, Oxford, Theatro Sheldoniano, 1719, list of subscribers to pages cxxiii-cxxxiv, contemporary calf, rubbed and a little wear, with joints cracked, large 8vo, together with: Scottish Law. Proof, in the conjoined processes, George-James Duke of Hamilton, Lord Douglas Hamilton, and their Tutors, and Sir Huw Dalrymple of Northberwick, Baronet, Pursuers, against the person pretending to be Archibald Stewart, alias Douglas, only son now on life of the marriage between Colonel John Stewart... and Lady Jane Douglas..., printed in obedience to two interlocutors of the Lords of Session, of date December 19, 1765, and February 5, 1766, 1054 pages of main text, plus appendices, contemporary half calf, worn with covers detached, thick 4to, plus: A' Costa (Girolamo) , Istoria dell' Origine e del Progresso delle Rendite Ecclesiastiche..., 2 volumes bound in 1, Venice, 1768, engraved frontispiece to first volume, ink stamp to foot of first volume title page, contemporary full vellum,spine label a little rubbed, 8vo, and other miscellaneous antiquarian, including St. John Chrysostom, Opera, Volume 1 only, Basel, Officina Hervagiana, 1539, title with woodcut vignette, some early ink marginalia, printer's woodcut device to verso of final leaf, portion of the general index to the full work bound in at front (first leaf soiled), disbound without covers, folio, Sir George Staunton, An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, volume 1 only, 2nd edition, corrected, 1798, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, worn with covers detached, 4to, mostly 18th and 19th century works, some odd volumes and part-sets, mainly leather bound, 8vo, 4to, & folio (Qty: 6 shelves)

Constantin (Robert). Lexicon Graecolatinum Rob. Constantini. Secunda hac editione, partim ipsius authoris, partim Francisci Porti & aliorum additionibus plurimum auctum, [Geneva], Heirs of Eustace Vignon & Johann Stoer, 1592, title printed in red and black, with printer's woodcut device, text printed in double-column, very slight water stain to extreme margins to final leaves (generally a clean copy), 18th century full diced calf gilt, joints cracked with upper cover detached, leather split (but mainly without loss) at head and foot of spine, thick folio, together with: Raleigh (Sir Walter). The History of the World, in Five Books..., Whereunto is added in this edition, The Life and Tryal of the Author, printed for Tho. Basset, Ric. Chiswell, Benj. Tooke, etc., 1687, additional engraved title, with printed leaf The Mind of the Front trimmed and mounted to facing leaf, printed title in red and black, first leaf of preface with upper portion missing, 6 double-page engraved plates, including 4 maps (includes Arabia & India, The Middle East, Holy Land, and Sicily), some marks and minor defects, near-contemporary calf, worn, folio (with all faults), plus three further editions of the same work (1652, 1665 and 1677), each defective, but with some plates and maps remaining, worn in contemporary bindings, folio, plus other various antiquarian, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, including La Vie de Gaspard de Coligny, Seigneur de Chastillon sur Loin, Gouverneur pour le Roi de l'Isle de France & de Picardie, Colonel General de l'Infanterie Francoise, & Amiral de France, Cologne, 1686, Ovid's Metamorphoses. In Fifteen Books. A New Translation, by Several Hands, adorn'd with cuts, 2 volumes, printed for A. Bettesworth and W. Taylor, E. Curll, and J. Browne, 1717 (first volume lacking upper cover), Jeremy Collier, Essays upon Several Moral Subjects, 6th edition, corrected, 1709, Tournefort, A Voyage into The Levant, volume 1 (of 3) only, 1741 (with numerous engraved maps and plates), Colonel Atwell Lake, Kars and Our Captivity in Russia, 1st edition, 1856 (bound in contemporary calf), John M'Gregor, British America, volume II only, 2nd edition, 1833 (with several folding maps of Quebec), R.C. Dallas, The History of the Maroons, from their origin to the establishment of their chief tribe at Sierra Leone: including the Expedition to Cuba, volume II only, 1803, Clericus & Mangetus, Bibliotheca Anatomica, volume II only, Geneva, 1699, etc., all leather-bound, mostly 8vo, but including 11 folios (Qty: 6 shelves)NOTESSold as seen, not subject to return.

Morison (Stanley) . John Fell, The University Press and the 'Fell' Types..., 1st edition, Oxford University Press, 1967, 22 plates including colour frontispiece, publishers original blue cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly toned & rubbed with small tears to head & foot of spine, folio, together with: Symonds (John Addington). The Letters of John Addington Symonds, edited by Herbert M. Schueller and Robert L. Peters, 3 volumes, Detroit, 1967-69, monochrome plates, original uniform green cloth gilt in dust wrappers, thick 8vo, plus: The Cambridge History of the British Empire, edited by J. Holland Rose, A.P. Newton and E.A. Benians, 2 volumes, Cambridge University Press, 1929/40 respectively, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt in dust wrappers, rubbed and spine somewhat dulled, thick 8vo, and other history and related, mostly academic publications, including Emma Cownie , Religious Patronage In Anglo-Norman England 1066-1135, 1998, Lesley Smith & Benedicta Ward, Intellectual Life in the Middle Ages, 1992, S.A. Skilliter, William Harborne and the Trade with Turkey 1578-1582, 1977, Bertram D. Wolfe, Diego Rivera, His Life and Times, New York, 1939, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, 1936 (rebound), etc., mostly original cloth in dust wrappers, all 8vo (except first title folio) (Qty: 6 shelves)

Aldin (Cecil [illustrator]) . Handley Cross or Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt, 2 volumes, by R. S. Surtees, circa 1911, signed by the illustrator to the limitation page, 23 tipped in colour plates plus black & white illustrations, water damage to volume 2, top edges gilt, minor marginal toning, publishers uniform original gilt decorated cloth, volume 2 boards & spine water damaged, volume 1 boards & spine marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, limited edition 123/250, together with: Barton (Frank Townend) , Pheasants In Covert and Aviary, 1912, 4 colour plates & 37 black & white illustrations, some light spotting & toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Peek (Hedley & F. G. Aflalo) , The Encyclopedia of Sport, 2 volumes, 1897, numerous monochrome plates & illustrations, some light toning, top edges gilt, volume 1 boards & spine detached, uniform original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spines slightly marked & rubbed, large 8vo, plus other late 19th century & 20th century sporting, hunting and natural history interest, including Badminton Library, Fur Feather and Fin Series, The Lonsdale Library, Lionel Edwards, My Hunting Sketch Book, 1928, My Scottish Sketch Book, 1929, etc., some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 5 shelves)

Guyet (Charles) . Heortologia, sive De festis propriis locorum & ecclesiarum, opus novum et intentatum hactenus in quo, Urbino, 1728, black & white engraved title vignette, bookplates to from pastedown, period inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting & marginal toning, contemporary full vellum, boards & spine toned & rubbed, front hinges cracked to head & foot, folio, together with: Hermant (Godefroy) , La vie de S. Ambroise archevesque de Milan,..., Paris, 1679, black & white engraved title vignette, book plate to front pastedown, period inscriptions to endpapers, some light spotting & toning throughout, slight water damage to foot of front endpaper to pp.200, later calf spine retaining contemporary full calf boards, rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, and da Barberino (Andrea) , Li Rea li di Francia ne' qua li si contiene la generazione degl'Imperatori Re Duchi Principi Baroni e Pala di ni di Francia con l'imprese gran di e battag li e da loro fatte cominciando da Costantino Imperatore sino ad Orlando conte d'Anglante, new impression, Venice, circa 1742, black & white engraved title page & vignette to A2, bookplates to front endpapers, small worm hole to head of the front endpaper and title page, manuscript catch-title to top & bottom edge, contemporary full vellum, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other 17th - 19th Latin theological literature & related, some odd volumes, mostly leather bindings, overall condition is good/very good, 8vo/folio (Qty: 3 shelves)NOTESApproximately 60 volumes

Shropshire. A mixed collection of sixty maps, mostly 18th & 19th century, engraved and lithographic county maps, road maps, hunting maps and town plans, with examples by Bowen, Blome, Morden (smaller edition), Moll, Ellis, Kitchin, Rocque, Meijer, Seller/Grose, Cary, Carington Bowles, Lodge, Cole & Roper, Capper, Cooke, Wallis, Neele, Langley, Laurie & Whittle, Senex, Pigot, Pass, Walker, Dawson,leigh Archer, Moule, Fullarton, Hall, Heywood, Orr, Emslie, Hughes, Cruchley, Burne and Andrews & Dury, occasional duplicates, various sizes and condition but small format, contained in a modern lever-arch folio (Qty: 60)

Berghaus (Dr. Heinrich). Physikalischer Atlas oder Sammlung von Karten, 8 parts in 2 volumes, Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1845-8, 90 maps and tables (complete as list), all but one hand-coloured, most double-page, one folding, variable toning and spotting, mainly to margins and letterpress, original blind-embossed cloth, titles blocked in gilt, rubbed with some wear to extremities, a few marks or stains, spines faded, folio (Qty: 2)NOTESThe numbered maps and tables total 90, however the covers each state '90 Karten' which is often (erroneously) taken to imply a total of 180 maps and tables: the indexes to each volume together list a total of 90 (as here). Note that some copies appear to be extra-illustrated, with a total of up to 94 maps and tables recorded. This atlas was originally issued in parts between 1838 and 1848. The maps and tables in this copy are mostly first state, but four in part one state 'zweite auflage' (second edition) and are dated 1849.

East India Company. A Brief State of the East India Trade, as it relates to the other Branches of the British Commerce: In Order to judge, whether, as it is now carry’d on, that Trade be advantageous to the general Interest of the Nation, or not., [London, 1715?], [2]pp., caption & docket title, horizontal fold at foot and excised to inner blank margin at foot, toned and light dampstaining, disbound folio, together with: ibid., Reasons Against the Bill for the better Securing the Lawful Trade of His Majesty’s Subjects to and from the East-Indies, and for the more effectual preventing all His Majesty’s Subjects Trading thither under Foreign Commissions, [London, 1719?], [2]pp., caption & docket title, light dampstains to margins, disbound folio, How, Gould and Gott , Extracts of letters from Livorno, dated the 13th of March, 1715-16, from Mess. How Gould and Gott, Factors there to a Merchant in London, relating to Turkey Raw Silk, [London, 1716?], [2]pp., caption & docket title, light browning to margins, disbound folio (Qty: 3)NOTESESTC T12366 (three copies in UK libraries), T17389 (two copies in the UK), T63564 (three copies in the UK); Hanson 1158, 2520, 2693.

Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie , In Four Books. Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the World, and all the principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof, 2nd edition, London: Henry Seile, 1657, engraved additional title (signed 'F.Scotson 1807' to verso), 4 double-page engraved maps (Europe, Asia, Africa, and Americas, map of Americas dated 1666 loosely inserted from another edition), letterpress general title & A2 with early 19th century signatures (some crossed through), with 6 sectional titles (including Appendix), maps shaved to margins and some frayed, Europe map with closed tear to central fold, America map with long closed tear, index tables at rear with few closed tears and lacking final 4 leaves, some light dust-soiling and few marks (including occasional ink markings), contemporary calf, old reback, worn, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESWing H1690. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

James (Abraham). The Military Costume of India in an Exemplification of the Manual & Platoon Exercises for the use of the Native Troops and the British Army in General, London: T. Goddard, Military Library, 1814, hand-coloured engraved title, 35 hand-coloured engraved plates (dated 1813), upper corner of title repaired, a few early plates with some light damp stains, occasional light spotting and soiling, top edge gilt, later maroon half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, folio (34.5 x 23.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESLipperheide 2265, Tooley 280 (both for the 1813 issue). The author was a captain in the 67th Regiment in India, and his other work, Analytical View of the Manual and Platoon Exercises , was published in 1811.

Levant Company. Five broadsides, 1718-19, comprising: 1. The case of several members of the Levant Company, complaining of the restraint of their trade, [London, 1719], 3,[1]pp., caption title, docket title to verso of final leaf, stab holes to gutter margin where previously sewn, disbound folio, together with: 2. Remarks on the Case published by the Levant Company, [London, 1718?], [2]pp., single-sheet with caption and docket title, stitch holes to gutter margin, disbound folio, 3. An Account of the Number of Woollen Cloths of all sorts, Exported by the Levant-Company from England to Turky, in Forty-six Years, from Christmass, 1671, to Christmass, 1717, [London, 1718?], [2]pp., single-sheet with caption and docket title, folded and lower left blank margin excised, stitch holes to gutter margin, disbound folio, 4. The Case of the Levant-Company, [London, 1719], [2]pp., single-sheet with caption and docket title, folded and lower left blank margin excised, stitch holes to gutter margin, disbound folio, 5. Observations on the late Management of the Levant-Company, with Extracts of Letters from Constantinople and Smirna, [London, 1719?], [2]pp., single-sheet with caption and docket title, folded and lower left blank margin excised, stitch holes to gutter margin, disbound folio (Qty: 5)NOTESESTC T17372 (three copies), T17375 (five copies), T17380 (two copies), T17361 (four copies), T12367 (four copies); Hanson 2513, 2515, 2512, 2514, 2698. The Levant Company was an English chartered company formed in 1592. Queen Elizabeth I was anxious to maintain trade and political alliances with the Ottoman Empire, and she approved the Levant Company's initial charter in 1581 when the Venice Company (1583) and the Turkey Company (1581) merged, on the expiration of their charters. The initial seven-year charter was granted to Edward Osborne, Richard Staper, Thomas Smith and William Garret with the purpose of regulating English trade with the Ottoman Empire and the Levant. The company remained in continuous existence until being superseded in 1825.

Merian (Maria Sibylla ) . The Surinam Album, 2006, Folio Society, 91 colour facsimile watercolour plates, publishers original green quarter morocco in book-box, folio, limited edition 312/1000, as new, includes commentary volume, together with: Curnow (Heather) , The Life & Art of William Strutt 1825-1915, 1980, New Zealand, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original blue quarter morocco in book-box, book-box slightly marked & faded, oblong 4to, limited edition 12/500 (Qty: 2)

* Minto (Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of, 1751-1814). Manuscript memorandum to Sir John Malcolm (1769-1833) concerning his mission to Tehran, Fort William, Calcutta, 12 August 1808, a 'true copy', written in 2 secretarial hands, 61 pp., mainly in bifolia, unbound, folio (30 x 18.8 cm), together with: Bosanquet (Jacob, 1755-1828), Letter signed as chairman of the East India Company to 'My Lord', probably Richard Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842) as governor-general of Bengal, East India House, London, 24 June 1803, on 'that Corsican adventurer' Napoleon, the progress of Linois's expedition to the Indian Ocean, the supply of bullion to India and China, the expense of the Second Anglo-Maratha War, and the proposed abandonment of Bencoolen (Sumatra) as an unnecessary expense, 2 bifolia, 7 pp., 4to (22.8 x 18.7 cm), with accompanying manuscript memorandum of bullion not yet transported (mentioned in the letter, single bifolium, 1 p., 4to, 22.8 x 18.5 cm), Wellesley (Richard, Marquess Wellesley, 1760-1842), Autograph letter to 'My dear Sir', Camelford House, Oxford Street, London, 10 May 1806, addressing a candidate for his successor as governor-general of Bengal, discussing the politics of succession and the 'violent attacks [which] have been made upon me [Wellesley] in Parliament, & in the India House', 2 bifolia, 5 pp., Wellesley's signature excised, clipped signature 'Mornington' mounted to conjugate blank of second bifolium, 4to (23.2 x 18.1 cm), ibid., Free front signed 'Wellesley', 19 July 1839, addressed to Mr W. Botham, Windmill Inn, Salt Hill, Buckinghamshire, a few marks, nicks and old repairs, 7.5 x 12.5 cm (Qty: 4)NOTESProvenance (Minto): Francis Edwards, 1966. Minto was governor-general of Bengal from 1807 to 1813. His memorandum is a magisterial critique of Malcolm's conduct during his abortive mission to Fath Ali Shah Qajar, which was intended to mitigate the Franco-Russian threat created by the treaty of Tilsit. Minto was dismayed by Malcolm's insistence on the expulsion of the French mission, remarking, ‘I cannot help regretting that you should have judged it advisable to adopt the principle of intimidation’. There is another copy in the India Office Records (BL, IOC, Fac. Rec. Persia 25) and extracts have been quoted in secondary literature, but it does not seem to have been published in full. Bosanquet (second item) was chairman of the East India Company three times: in 1798, 1803 and 1811 (see The India List and India Office List for 1905 , p. 110).

Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia. After Lithographs by Louis Haghe from Drawings made on the Spot. With Historical Descriptions by George Croly [-William Brockedon], 6 volumes in 3, London: Day & Son, 1855-6, 248 lithographic plates (including portrait frontispiece and 6 vignette titles) and 2 engraved maps (numbered 125 and 212), tissue-guards throughout, 2 of the plates (213 and 240, i.e. 'Interview with Mehemet Ali in his Palace, Alexandria' and 'The Simoon in the Desert') printed in colours, the rest single- or double-tinted, variable spotting, marbled endpapers, contemporary purple morocco, spines richly gilt in compartment, hop-leaf roll to sides gilt, coat of arms incorporating Jerusalem cross and crusader motto 'Deus vult' to front covers, some light rubbing to extremities, housed in a custom blue cloth slipcase, 4to (29 x 19.5 cm) (Qty: 3)NOTESProvenance: Peter William Monckton Copeman (1932-2018), English dermatologist (bookplates). Abbey Travel 388 (volumes 1-4 only); Blackmer 1432 refers. First quarto edition, and the second overall, of Roberts's masterpiece of travel and lithography. The work was first published in 1842-9, in folio format; the format of the present edition is occasionally described as imperial octavo. Volumes five and six (for which Abbey does not provide a collation) each have a list of illustrations on a single leaf and 22 and 19 leaves of descriptive text respectively.

Staunton (George). [An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, atlas volume only], 1st edition, [London: W. Bulmer for G. Nicol, 1797], 44 engraved plates, maps and plans, including a folding general map, several of the maps and plans double-page, folding general map toned, contents otherwise washed with faint residual spotting to a few margins, 20th-century blue roan gilt to style, decoration including a metope and pentaglyph roll to sides, large folio (57 x 41.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESCordier Sinica 2381-3; Western Travellers in China 545 (text volumes only). A good copy with strong impressions of the plates. Aside from the detailed maps and plans, the plates mainly comprise vivid genre scenes and views after William Alexander.

FOLIO SOCIETY; a mixed group including 'The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy' by Jacob Burckhardt, 'The Art of Love' by Ovid, 'The Nude' by Kenneth Clark, 'Hours in a Library' volumes one to three by Leslie Stephen etc.  Additional InformationPostage would be a large box.

FOLIO SOCIETY; a mixed group including 'Castle Richmond' and 'The Claverings' by Anthony Trollope, 'The Spice Route' by John Keay, 'An Embassy to China' by Lord McCartney, 'The Fatal Shore' by Robert Hughes etc.

A collection of three Atlases to include: Andrees Hand-Atlas. A German world atlas published by Verlag von Velhagen and Klasing, Bielefeld 1893. Folio.140 maps.The New Cabinet Atlas of the Actual Geography of the World, published by Johnston, Edinburgh 1867. 33 maps.Petit Atlas de Géographie Ancien et Modern, published by Hachette, Paris 1883. 40 double-page maps.

Manuscript facsimile.- The Book of Felicity, edited by M. Moleiro, facsimile reprint, coloured and gilt manuscript facsimile leaves, certificate of authenticity tipped into front free endpaper, ornately gilt morocco folding case binding, blindstamped, housed in tray-case (very light scuff marks), else fine, folio, 2007.⁂ An exact reproduction of the original 16th century manuscript held in the Bibliotheque Nationale De France. The Book of Felicity, commissioned by Sultan Murad III for his favourite daughter, features descriptions of the twelve signs of the zodiac accompanied by splendid miniatures; a series of paintings showing how human circumstances are influenced by the planets; astrological and astronomical tables; and an enigmatic treatise on fortune telling.

Victorian Agriculture.- Selby (John, of Lilford, Northamptonshire) [Report addressed to the Hon & Rev R.B. Stopford "for the drainage of strong or clay soils], manuscript, 20pp., a few small pen and ink diagrams, folds, browned, unbound, folio, Lilford, 1815.⁂ Richard Bruce Stopford (1774-1844), son of the Earl of Courtown; married a sister of Lord Lilford; vicar of Nuneaton; Canon of WSindsor; chaplain to Queen Victoria.

NO RESERVE Chaulnes (Michel Ferdinand d'Albert) Nouvelle méthode pour diviser les instruments de mathématique et d'astronomie, first edition, 15 engraved plates, plates crudely stitched, contemporary marbled boards, light wear to spine ends, a little rubbed, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Tomash & Williams C75,] folio, [Paris, L. F. Delatours], 1768.⁂ "In this work Chaulnes describes two dividing engines of his invention: one for dividing circles and the other for dividing linear scales. First published in the Description des Arts et Metiers, Volume 13, it appears here separately in a large format... The use of the Chaulnes machine eliminated the need for a highly skilled craftsman when creating precision scales. Chaulnes used microscopes of his own design (also described here) to read the divisions on his scales. He also incorporated a screw drive mechanism to move his engraving tool, and this was the first publication to present to that technique." - Erwin & Tomash.

Suppression of the slave trade & Iceland.- Malcolm (George John, Rear-Admiral, 1830-84) [Journal of suppression of the slave trade and a voyage to Iceland], autograph manuscript, in English and German, 141pp. excluding blanks, reverse entries, original roan-backed boards, rubbed, corners bumped, tear at head of spine, folio, 11th April 1879 - 8th November 1881.⁂ Suppression of the slave trade. "To the Governor of Sawakin [port in north eastern Sudan on the Red Sea] the slaves which were landed from the Sambook Alone are to be made free & disposed of according to the terms the convention of the 4th August 1877... . I wish you to give the slaves free papers... ." After Malcolm retired from active service in 1873, he entered the Turkish services as Pasha and was employed at Constantinople as Director General of the Abolition of the Slave Trade and Judge of the Slave Courts.Iceland. "Start on 21 July for Thingwalla - Lunch at Seljadal 50 feet high palajerite cliffs. Then the 12 miles over the horrid tuffa lava of Mossfiels - plover & curlew - a splendid view of the lake near Skalabreeka."

Ovid. Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, mythologiz'd, and represented in figures. An essay to the translation of Virgil's Æneis, translated by George Sandys, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 14 (of 15) plates, 18th century ms. copy of Pope's Sandys's Ghost: or a proper new ballad on the new Ovid's Metamorphosis to front free endpaper, writing exercises and scribbles to endpapers and occasionally on text ff., tear to printed title without loss of text, little fraying to preliminaries, some staining and spotting, contemporary calf, worn, [STC 18966], folio, Oxford, by Iohn Lichfield [and William Stansby], 1632. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Provenance: 18th century ink signatures of Thomas and Matthew Slack, including inscription to title 'Tho. Slack, the gift of Mr. Robinson, Whitehaven, 1750'.

NO RESERVE Stonehenge.- Webb (John) A vindication of Stone-Heng restored: in which the orders and rules of architecture observed by the ancient Romans, are discussed. Together with the customs and manners of several nations of the world in matters of building of greatest antiquity, first edition, title in red and black, engraved illustrations, lacking initial imprimatur f. and errata, some water-staining to lower margins, occasional spotting, disbound, [Wing 1203], small folio, printed by R. Davenport for Tho. Bassett, 1665. sold not subject to return. ⁂ A refutation of Walter Charleton's Chorea gigantum (London, 1663), in which he claims that Stonehenge was built by Druids and not by the Romans as maintained by Inigo Jones in his Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britain Restored (London, 1655).

NO RESERVE Economics.- Herr (Gottfried) Vermehrtes Arithmetisches Hand-Buch, Gothic letter, title printed in red and black within a decorative woodcut border, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, tables printed in red and black, lacking engraved additional title, ink stamp to title verso, occasional worming, contemporary blindstamped panelled calf with a hatched design to inner panel, ties defective, worming to covers, spine ends chipped, [Tomash & Williams H123; VD17 14:634793S], folio, Breslau, Gottfried Gründer For The Author, 1653.⁂ First edition of this rare merchants' manual, including compound interest tables.Provenance: Breslau Centralbibliothek (cancelled ink library stamp).

NO RESERVE Gray (Thomas) Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, half-title, engraved title vignette, 6 plates, vignettes and historiated initials, occasional spotting or finger-marking, contemporary calf, rather worn, but holding firm, [Hazen 42], J. Dodsley, 1766; and another, Ghosts, defective, folio & 8vo (2)

Fox (Charles James, politician, 1749-1806) Order of Procession of the Funeral of... Charles James Fox, from the Stable Yard, St. James's, to Westminster Abbey, printed pamphlet, 2pp. with conjugate blank, folds, slightly creased and browned, folio, 1806.⁂ Rare. Seemingly unrecorded.

NO RESERVE Military.- Hubault (Gustave) Atlas pour servir a l'Histoire Militaire de la France..., Emmanuel Grouchy's copy with his signature on upper cover, 12 engraved maps, some double-page, half-title, original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed, ink signatures and inscriptions on upper cover, folio, Paris, n.d., [?1859] § Hutchinson (Col. H. D.) The Campaign in Tirah 1897-1898, portrait frontispiece detached, plates, occasional light spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, extremities creased and bumped, 1898 § Nicolas (Paul Harris) Historical Record of the Royal Marine Forces, 2 vol., vignette title, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, some spotting, original boards, uncut, spine faded, extremities bumped and creased, 1845; and 79 others, military history, v.s. (83)

NO RESERVE Eton (Peter, BBC radio and television producer, 1918-1980) Collection of 45 drawings and cartoons, including portraits and many cartoons relating to the BBC, with others published in Ariel, Sound Wave Illustrated and others similar, pen and inks, pencil, some with watercolour wash, on various papers and artists' board, many signed and dated with annotations by the artist, various sizes, unframed, [circa 1933-1955]; together with 9 magazines featuring illustrations by Eton, and 9 related photographs, all unframed, presented in modern cloth drop-back box, folio, [circa 1933-1955]

Manuscript facsimile.- Francois I. Der Rosenroman für Francois I, facsimile reprint, number 47 of 50 specially-bound copies in velvet with decorative gold-plated bosses, coloured and gilt facsimile manuscript leaves, Austria; and an accompanying commentary volume, together housed in slip-case (a little marked), 1993, folio

Egyptology.- Leemans (Dr. Conradus) Monumens Égyptiens du Musée D'Antiquités des Pays-Bas à Leide, 2 parts in 1 vol., plate vols., 93 lithographed plates, 3 folding, some hand-coloured, 15 chromolithographed plates, 8 tables, tissue-guards, occasional faint spotting, occasional faint, marginal water-staining, modern half-morocco preserving contemporary gilt backstrip, folio, 1839-45.

Birds.- Delacour (Jean) The Waterfowl of the World, 4 vol., first edition, frontispieces and colour plates by Peter Scott, illustrations, bookplates, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, slight chipping to corners and extremities, some small tears, small loss to spine extremities (vol. 1), 1954-64 § Meinertzhagen (Colonel R.) Birds of Arabia, first edition, colour plates, illustrations, large folding map in pocket at end, occasional very faint spotting, bookplate, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, Edinburgh & London, 1954; and a 1966 edition of 'The Original Water-Colour Paintings of John James Audubon for the Birds of America', 8vo & folio (6)

Birds.- Harrison (J. C.) The Game Birds of the British Isles, number 42 of 475 copies, 25 colour plates, tissue-guards, bookplate, original half-morocco, gilt, g.e., slipcase, folio, Shedfield, Ashford Press Publishing, 1989.