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Fox, G, Book of Martyrs... 1811 folio, full calf, re-cased

An early 20th century lacquered and gilt decorated folio blotter; together with a burgandy leather clad envelope box; and another gilt tooled green leather folio blotter (3)

Camden's Britannia 1695 Folio, 2 vols, old reverse calf boundCondition report: No maps present.

A box containing a quantity of Folio Society books, to include eight volumes, Shakespeare set etc

Three Birth Atlas large folio books, published for The Maternity Center Association, New York with life size images of fertilisation, growth and stages of labour

A large Victorian Folio scrap book, filled with a comprehensive collection of Newspaper pictorial cuttings and engravings, illustrating events, commemorations and people of the day, circa 1880, with over five hundred and fifty images, together with twelve late 19th century volumes of Le Journal, Supplement Illustre, dated 1891-1892. (13)

Eight Folio Society books including Grims Fairy Tales, The Arabian Night

Lucy Elizabeth Brock 1927-2018 (Reigate & Redhill School of Arts and Royal College of Art), ten nude life studies mostly in pastel and mainly female, all contained in a folio holder

Folio of original Oriental manuscript & two unframed modernist prints

AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, SNOWY HERON OR WHITE EGRET, FOLIO COLOUR PRINT. 67.5 x 58.5cms.

A COLLECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY, OXFORD LIBRARY AND OTHER BOOKS.

A LARGE FOLIO COLOUR PRINT OF A BOEING 737 COCKPIT TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER PICTURE OF A JAGUAR MOTORCAR. (2)

AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, LOUISIANA HERON, FOLIO COLOUR PRINT. 58.5 x 68.5cms.

BRITTEN, F.J. OLD ENGLISH CLOCKS (The Witherfield Collection) Lawrence and Jellicoe Limited, London 1907, Limited edition number 143, folio inscribed by the collector in ink, and Latham, Charles In English Homes, Country Life 1904 folio (2),

Elizabethan England, Maps, Chart, Frescoes, Documents, an early 20th Century folio of photogravure plates by E M Tenison

Folio Society Thomas Hardy novels in three sets and three individual books

Five various Folio Society books, a Strand Magazine book, "Butterflies and Moths" by W.E. Kirby and other books

NO RESERVE Gernsheim (Helmut) The Origins of Photography, New York, 1982 § Snodin (M.) & Cynthia Roman. Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill, New Haven & London, 2009 § Ostergard (Derek E., editor) William Beckford, 1760-1844: An Eye for the Magnificent, New Haven & London, 2002 § William Shakespeare: The First Folio, 1623. The Dr Williams's Library Copy, sale catalogue, Sotheby's, 2006 § Mankowitz (Wolf) The Portland Vase and the Wedgwood Copies, 1952 § Jackson-Stops (Gervase, editor) The Treasure Houses of Britain: Five Hundred Years of Private Patronage and Art Collecting, original wrappers, New Haven & London, 1985, illustrations, many colour, all but the last original cloth or boards, the first four with dust-jackets; and c.20 others, miscellaneous, 4to & 8vo (c.25)

Australia.- Mining.- Annual Report of the Department of Mines, New South Wales, for 1881, 1882, 1884, 1891-1893,1909 and 1911, maps, plates and illustrations, all but 3 original printed wrappers or boards, the remainder lacking wrappers, ink stamps, some chipping and marking, folio, Sydney, 1881-1911.

Portugal.- Lisbon.- Copy of inventory of the estate and chapel pertaining to Ignez Telles in the Convent of Our Lady of Graça in Lisbon, inherited by Christão de Faria, concerning rental payments on properties including houses, olive groves and vineyards, setting out details of each property, manuscript in Portugese, 9pp., wrappers with docket, folio, 1757.

Astronomy.- Firmicus Maternus (Julius) [Astronomicon libri VIII], woodcut diagrams in text, historiated initials and a printer's device to final verso, ink stamps to outer margin of first f., lacking sig. α at start, which includes title, some spotting or mostly light foxing, occasional small areas of marginal worming, some staining, 20th century half calf, spine in compartments with blind-stamped decoration, rubbed, [Houzeau & Lancaster 761; Adams F507; VD 16 F 1120; Caillet 3959], folio, Basel, [Joannes Herwagen], [April, 1551]. sold not subject to return.

Sigonio (Carlo) Fasti consulares ac triumphi acti a Romulo rege usque ad ti. Caesarem, 2 parts in 1, titles with woodcut printer's device, occasional ink marginalia in a fine humanistic hand, occasional mostly light foxing, 18th century vellum, spine gilt and with red and black morocco labels, [Ahmanson-Murphy 525; Renouard 172:18; Adams M473; EDIT 16 CNCE 28012], small folio, Venice, Paulus Manutius, 1556.⁂ First combined edition of Sigonio's 'encyclopedic contribution to Roman studies' (McCuaig Carlo Sigonio, Princeton, 1989).

NO RESERVE Maritime.- Blumberg (General Sir H. E.) Britain's Sea Soldiers: a Record of the Royal Marines during the War 1914-1919, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates and plans, 7 folding maps in pocket at end, previous owner's ink signature, contemporary cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Devonport, [1927] § Pâris (Amiral François Edmond) Souvenirs de Marine: Collection de Plans ou Desins de Navires et de Bateaux Anciens our Modernes ..., 3 vol., limited edition, illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, dust-jackets, rubbed, slight chipping to corners and extremities, Grenoble, 1975 § Parkin (Ray) H. M. Bark Endeavour, 2 vol., illustrations, 15 large folding plans loose as issued, original cloth, housed in original slipcase, a little rubbed, Melbourne, The Miegunyah Press, 1999; and 9 others, maritime, 4to & folio (14)

Textiles.- Lace Sample Book, c.2000 lace samples mounted on both sides of 60 leaves, various sizes and colours including white (the majority), pink, blue, cream and black, each with file number and occasional further pencil notes, some additional rubbings and tracings pasted in, original upper board, rubbed, later cloth lower board, backstrip secured by two screws, large folio, [Germany], [first quarter 20th century].

Plinius Secundus (Gaius) The Historie of the World. Commonly called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus, translated by Philemon Holland, 2 vol. in 1, first edition in English, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and historiated and decorative initials, errata f., occasional contemporary ink marginalia, vol.1 lacking initial blank, pi1-6 (including title), a1 and H1, vol.2 lacking 2G2-5 and 2Z3&4, title to vol.2 bound in place of title to vol.1, [par.] 1&2 torn with loss, [par.]3&4 with small hole to each with loss, stained, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [STC 20029; Pforzheimer 496], folio, Adam Islip, 1601. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Shakespeare used Holland's translation of Pliny as a sourcebook.

Field Sports.- [Chateau de Bonnetable], 3 photograph albums comprising c.750 photographs, mainly original, showing the 4th Duke of Doudeauville and his hobbies in various parts of Europe, captioned in manuscript, some faded, occasional abrasions, one or two loosely inserted, occasional spotting, morocco backed boards, rubbed, ob.4to & folio, [c.1881-1901].⁂ Including images of; hunting, horses, polo, horse racing, fishing, shooting, golf, bicycles, early automobiles and picnics. As well as the Chateau de Bonnetable, these were taken in; Oloron-Sainte Marie, Cannes, Cherbourg, Deauville, Bois de Boulogne, Pau, Serrant, Rome, Morocco, Balmacaan (Scotland), Morocco, Isle of Wight and Stowe House. The 4th Duke of Doudeauville was President of the Jockey-Club de Paris, from 1884 until his death in 1908.

Textiles.- Textile Sample Book, c.4000 samples of passementerie trimmings and braids mounted on both sides of 48 leaves, many incorporating jet beads, gold and silver thread and cord, glass and steel beads etc., various sizes and colours (many black), the samples interspersed with detailed ink drawings, each with file number and occasional further notes including prices and customers' names, a few missing but generally in good condition, original cloth, rubbed, large folio, [Germany], [first quarter 20th century].

Botany.- Fern specimens.- Craig (Eric) New Zealand Ferns, c.100 specimens on 30 ff., each with letterpress or manuscript label, ink stamp "New Zealand Ferns mounted by Eric Craig, Princes St., Auckland" to first and final leaf, a few specimens becoming loose and one or two lacking, spotting, original cloth, lacking spine and lower board, upper board detached, rubbed and worn, folio, Auckland, [c.1880].⁂ A professionally-produced fern album from the emporium of one of New Zealand's best known fern collectors and retailers. Eric Craig was a dealer in tribal artefacts, curios and natural history specimens.

NO RESERVE Architecture.- Catalogue of the Avery Architectural Library, frontispiece, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, corners worn, t.e.g., others uncut, New York, 1895 § The Freemason's Magazine for the years 1796,1841,1847, 1855, ex-library copies, minor staining, all but the first bound in near contemporary publisher's blue cloth, the first in original boards, folio & 8vo (5)

NO RESERVE Incline Press.- Cinamon (Gerald) Emil Rudolf Weiss: The Typography of an Artist, limited edition of 250, portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original vellum backed boards, slipcase, Oldham, Incline Press, 2010 § George (Carole) Layers of Concord, un-numbered copy from an edition of 170, frontispiece, illustrations, double-page map, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, Oldham, Incline Press, 2014, folio (2).

Portugal.- Pedro II (King of Portugal, 1648-1706).- Lawsuit of Antonia Junqueira against Luis Sanches de Baena concerning monies owed, manuscript in Portugese, 38pp., folds, browned, disbound, folio, judgement on 22nd October 1684.

NO RESERVE Hamilton (Anthony, Count) Histoire de Fleur-d'Épine, one of 50 hors commerce copies signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 400, calligraphic text, colour illustrations by Marie Howet, original pictorial wrappers, glacine wrapper, slightly frayed at edges, oblong folio, Brussels, 1983.

A Folio Of Victorian Bookplate Engravings Etc

A folio containing loose antique and later engravings, fine art prints, etc.

MACKENZIE, Frederick, The Architectural Antiquities of the Collegiate Chapel of St Stephen, Westminster, John Weale, London 1844 with numerous plates. large Fo. (770 x 640mm). green cloth, binding loose. Royal b/p. plus MOSSE, Rev. S.T. Illustrations of Ashbourne Church, Derbyshire 1842, numerous plates by Day & Haghe. lge Fo. loose in folio with stains (2)

MANUSCRIPT CATALOGUES:- (a) 'A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library deposited in the British Museum' 1802. Folio (455 x 285mm). vellum and marbled boards. Elton & Eric Gerald Stanley b/p. (b) The Caedmon manuscript of Anglo Saxon Biblical Poetry Junius XI in the Bodleian Library with intro by Sir Israel Gollancz. OUP. 1927. Ltd Ed. 188/250. gilt decorated blue cloth. Fo. (420 x 310mm) Vernon Watney Cornbury stamp and Eric Gerald Stanley b/p (c) Durham Cathedral Manuscripts. 55 Facsimiles chosen by R.A.B. Mynors. OUP. 1939 with loose sheets. Fo. (455 x 340mm). brown cloth. Eric Gerald Stanley b/p (d) The Exeter Book of Old English Poetry, Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd. London 1933. Ltd. Ed. 203/250 Fo. (400 x 290mm) brown cloth. Eric Gerald Stanley b/p (4)

A LATE 18TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT ON PERSPECTIVE, 4to. (232 x 190mm) vellum bound 'notebook' containing a treatise on perspective consisting of 20pp. of text, written in brown ink, with 15 hand drawn illustrations, demonstrating perspective (one double-page and a few with colouring), together with 8 lesser examples, mostly full page. The paper is watermarked 1796; tipped in is a 9pp. folio closely typed copy of the text, probably 1930's. There is no internal indications as to who created this 'work' but it was acquired alongside a copy of BREUIL, Jean, La Perspective Pratique, Premier Partie. (included here), 2nd Ed. 4to. (260 x 190mm) 342pp. with many full page illustrations, requires rebacking. Paris, Jean de Puis, 1663. On the front fly-leaf is the signature of 'Louisa Augusta Grevile, Paris 23rd Aug 1754' and on the inside of the front board the signature of Angelo Collen Hayter, artist (1864-1939) and with the heraldic coloured bookplate of William Churchill. Louisa Grevile was born in 1743 and was the daughter of the first Earl of Warwick and in 1770 married William Churchill. Louisa, from an early age, produced fine drawings and etchings of works by, for example, Caracci and Salvator Rosa; she was awarded prizes three times by the Royal Society of Arts and her work is represented in major public collections (2 +)

DE LA MORE PRESS (London), The Percy Folio of Old English Ballards and Romances, Ltd 21/320. on untrimmed handmade paper. 4 vols. 1905. 4to. grey cloth boards plus Bannatyne Club, Horn & Rimenhild, Paris 1845. 4to. brown cloth plus 4 further bound copies of early poetry. Eric Gerald Stanley b/ps (7)

J BASIRE AFTER C STOTHARD, The Bayeux Tapestry in 17 large format coloured engravings with scale. published by the Society of Antiquaries, London c.1820. oblong folio (540 x 760mm). embossed green cloth with gilt title. Eric Gerald Stanley b/p

Antiquarian Books - Bell (Major James, East York Militia), A View of Universal History, Literature, and the Several Schools of Painting; Synchronistically and Ethnographically Presented in Twenty-Five Illuminated Chronological Tables [...], fifth edition, London: Printed by T.C. Hansard for the Author [...], 1842, two-page hand-coloured charts, contemporary quarter-calf gilt over green cloth boards, upper-cover gilt lettered (worn, loose), royal folio; Children's Book - The Fables of Æsop and Others, Translated into Human Nature, Designed and Drawn on the Wood by Charles H. Bennett [...], Engraved by Swain, London: W Kent & Co, [n.d. 1857], illustrated with cartoon caricatures, contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, endpapers en suite, 4to, (disbound); The National Gallery of Pictures by the Great Masters, Presented by Individuals or Purchased by Grant of Parliament, London: Published by Jones & Co., [n.d. c. 1835], one engraved title-page only, full-page plates, contemporary calf over cloth (worn, losses), 4to; The People's Gallery of Engravings, London: Fisher, Son & Co., 1844, illustrated with full-page stipple engravings, contemporary purple cloth, yellow endpapers, 4to, [4]

An early 19th century black cloth and gilt scrap book, illustrated throughout with late 18th century to 20th century engravings and prints, various genres and subjects, including caricatures and portraits, monochrome and coloured, marbled endpapers, small folio

An early 19th century quarter green-stained calf over marbled boards scrap book, illustrated throughout with late 18th century to 20th century engravings and prints, various subjects and genres, including some Grand Tour intaglios, portraits and caricatures, monochrome and coloured, marbled endpapers, small folio

Books - Music - Summers (Andy), I'll Be Watching You: Inside the Police 1980-83, limited edition 1349/1500: tipped-in autograph leaf signed by Summers as issued, Köln: Taschen, 2007, h/b, d/j, lettered black cloth solander presentation case en suite, small folio

Antiquarian Books - Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil [...], With Illustrations on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists, Edited by William Cullen Bryant, volumes I & II only, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872-1874, contemporary half-morocco gilt over purple cloth boards, upper-covers gilt-lettered over an artist's easel, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 4to, (2); Hübner (Alexander Freiherrn von), Ein Spaziergang Um Die Welt, Leipzig: Heinrich Schmidt & Carl Günther, 1882, illustrated with b/w wood engravings, including named-view American scenes, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 20th century black leather over black cloth boards, folio, [3]

A large Victorian quarter-morocco over cloth scrapbook, compiled by Ormerod Heyworth Heap, the stiff card leaves typically applied with colourful scraps, cartoons, prints and engravings, owner's name gilt-blocked to upper-cover, spine with raised bands gilt outlined, top-edge gilt, silk moiré endpapers, medium folio

V.S. Pritchett signed typed draft for an article for the Folio Society. Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett CH CBE was a British writer and literary critic. Pritchett was known particularly for his short stories, collated in a number of volumes. His non-fiction works include the memoirs A Cab at the Door and Midnight Oil, and many collections of essays on literary biography and criticism. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

* Witchcraft. An untitled manuscript receipt of how to be 'not afraid of that wicked woman for that gives her power over you', circa 1730, 2 pp., written in a legible hand, small burnhole, old folds, small 4to, together with: Government Pension Payments. Autograph letter written by Jonathan West to Charles Compton, Paymaster, authorising and listing the names of 35 persons (26 women), who are to receive the amount listed as a pension for the quarter commencing 10 October 1754, Treasury Chambers, 11 October 1754, 2 pp., written in a neat secretarial hand, signed by West, with integral address leaf, some soiling and fraying, folio, plus Walpole (Horatio, 1678-1757). Manuscript order from His Majesty to pay Horatio Walpole the sum of £125 being his half-year salary as Auditor General of Plantation Revenues, 4 October, 1754, bifolium, written in a secretarial hand, signed by Walpole, some insect damage, soiling and wear, old folds, 4to (Qty: 3)NOTESThe first manuscript is a somewhat bizzare receipt for presumably warding off the attentions of a witch, including taking 'a stone bottle of about a quart into which put your oune water in the morning fasting & allso your finger & two nails & a lock of your hair cut ofe of ye crown of your head... allso as many ould crocked & rusty pins or crocked nails & bent bits of old iron... if you pleas put in some of ye water of your husband & beshor to spit into ye bottle last of all then corke doune fast which being done at night after your husband has come in... git allso sum St. Johns Wort & lay or hang it about your hous & bed & carry of it aboute with you allways & besure to have a good corage & be not afraid of that wicked woman for that gives her power over you'; the second manuscript lists 35 names to be paid a total of £1665, each name with the amount and a tick indicating payment has been paid (except poor old George Tilson, no tick); the third item is a payment order to Horatio Walpole, younger brother of Robert Walpole and Auditor and Surveyor General of all His Majesty's Revenues (America).

Franco Maria Ricci [publisher] . Oltremare, Codice Casanatense 1889 con il Libro dell'Oriente di Duarte Barbosa, 1984, Milan, 142 colour facsimiles, publishers original gilt decorated cloth in book box, box slightly rubbed & marked, folio, limited edition 2472/5000, together with Chihara (Daigoro) , Hindu-Buddhist Architecture in Southeast Asia, 1st edition, 1996, New York, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, and Jinshi (Fan) , The Caves of Dunhuang, 2010, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, plus other Oriental & Islamic art reference & related, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, 8vo/folio (Qty: 41)

Bone (Muirhead & Gertrude). Old Spain, 2 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., 1936, 120 full-page illustrations in various media, including 3 double-page and many in colour, pencil ownership name and address of S.R. Courtauld to flyleaves of both volumes, top edges gilt, remainder uncut, original full brown pigskin gilt, a little rubbed and soiled, large folio (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance: Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld MC FRS (1883-1967), English philanthropist and youngest brother of Samuel Courtauld, founder of the Courtauld Institute of Art. Limited edition, 82/265 copies, signed by Muirhead and Gertrude Bone. Without the additional portfolio of two original drypoint etchings, each signed by Muirhead Bone.

Vale Press. Empedocles on Etna, a Dramatic Poem, by Matthew Arnold, printed at the Ballentyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts, 1896, Scene I with decorative border by Charles Ricketts, printed in red, some spotting to untrimmed edges, free endpapers toned, original boards, printed paper labels to front cover and spine, spine somewhat toned and spotted, original glassine dust jacket, torn with losses, 8vo, (limited edition of 210 copies), together with De Cupidinis et Psyches Amoribus Fabula Anilis [by Lucius Apuleius], printed at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts, 1901, five woodcut illustrations by Charles Ricketts, first leaf of text with decorative initial and border, endpapers toned, untrimmed, original linen-backed boards with paper label to front cover, corners rubbed, spine lightly toned, slim folio, (limited edition of 310 copies), plus The Poems & Sonnets of Henry Constable, printed at the Ballentyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts, 1897, woodcut border and numerous decorative initials by Charles Ricketts, some spotting to untrimmed edges, endpapers toned, original boards, sides with red patterned paper designed by Ricketts, spine paper toned and spotted, printed paper spine label a trifle rubbed and chipped, with single folio publisher's prospectus loosely inserted (partly toned), 8vo, (limited edition of 210 copies), with 3 other Vale Press titles: In Memoriam, by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1900; The Kingis Quair, by King James I of Scotland, 1903; The Amber Witch, by Mary Schweidler, 1903, and a Ballentyne Press title: Unto This Last, by John Ruskin, published by George Allen, 1902, all limited editions (Qty: 7)NOTESVale Press: Tomkinson, pp.164-171. Empedocles: scarce with the dust jacket.

Sallustius Crispus (Gaius). [Opere] Salustio con alcune altre belle cose: volgareggiato per Agostino Ortica della Porta, 1st edition in Italian, Venice: Bernardino di Vitali, 23 April 1518, signatures A-S8 T12 (T12=blank), Roman types, woodcut initials, faint stain to upper margin of quire A, resultant paper disruption to leaves A1-2 neatly tissue-repaired, a few other marks, edges dyed green (dye occasionally encroaching on margins), contemporary manuscript catch-title gilt to bottom edge, contemporary goatskin panelled in gilt, rebacked, slightly rubbed and marked, wear to extremities, 8vo (21.1 x 14.8 cm), together with: Boccaccio (Giovanni), Il Decameron, de nuovo ristampato, e riscontrato in Firenze con testi antichi, ed alla sua vera lezione redotto dal cavalier Lionardo Salviati, seconda editione, Florence: Giunti, 1582, printer's woodcut device to title-page, 2o6 and final leaf, historiated woodcut initials, moderate spotting, browning and dampstaining, worming to endpapers and title-page, hand-colouring to printer's devices and initials, quire 2d misbound, bookplates of Patricia Milne Henderson and Nigel David Kahn, later vellum, front inner hinge broken, worming to boards, 4to (20.8 x 14.2 cm), Panvinio (Onofrio), Cronologia ecclesiastica ... tradotta nuovamente dalla lingua Latina nell'Italiana ... aggiuntovi in quest' ultima impressione un nuovo supplemento dall' anno 1701. insino al presente 1730, Venice: Girolamo Savioni, 1730, contemporary vellum, 4to (23 x 17 cm), [Plutarch], [Summi et philosophi et historici parallela ... Accesserunt ... Aemilii Probi liber de vita excellentium imperatorum], [Frankfurt: Sigmund Feyerabendt, 1580], large woodcut vignettes throughout, incomplete, lacking at least 3 preliminary leaves including title-page, and folios 1-6 and 354, folios 355-73 misbound at front, spotted and browned, 19th-century half vellum, worn, folio (36 x 22.4 cm) (Qty: 4)NOTESProvenance (Sallustius): Friedrich Gundolf (1880-1931), German poet (ownership inscription, 'Friedrich Gundolf, Florenz 1924' to front free endpaper). Adams S172 (Sallustius, variant imprint, 'per Zorzi di Rusconi', with collation, A-T8 V4), B2158 (Boccaccio).

Taisnier (Jean). Opus mathematicum octo libros complectens, innumeris propemodum figuris idealibus manuum et physiognomiae, aliisque adornatum, quorum sex priores libri absolutissimae cheiromantiae theoricam, praxim, doctrinam, artem, & experientiam verissimam continent. Septimus physiognomiae dispositionem, hominumque omnium qualitates & complexiones. Octavus periaxiomata de faciebus signorum, & quid sol in unaquaque domo existens, natis polliceatur. Remedia quoq; omnium aegritudinum complectitur. Et naturalem astrologiam atq; effectus lunae quoad diversas aegritudines. Item isagogen astrologiae judiciariae, et totius divinatricis artis encomia. Ombibus Matheseos, Cheiromantiae, Philosophiae, & Medicinae studios utiles ac necessarii, 1st edition, Cologne: Joannem Birckmannum & Wererum Richwinum, 1562, woodcut device to title and with ownership inscription to upper blank margin 'Abraham Linezar Anno Domini 1564' and early annotation, woodcut portrait and ink library stamp to verso, numerous woodcut decorative initials and illustrations, woodcut portrait to verso of final leaf of index, blank leaf 2K4 present at rear with early annotation, blind stamp to A1, early annotations, underscoring and marginalia, some dampstaining throughout, occasional marginal fraying (mostly at front & rear), old margin repair to G3, 2O3 & blank 2K4, leaves Y2 & Y3 loose, sprung & frayed to margins, lower outer corner of 2P1 excised, some worm trails and worm holes to fore-edge blank margins, occasional browning, spotting and few ink marks, old limp vellum (possibly from another volume?), faint blind stamp to upper cover, without ties, folio in 4s (30 x 20 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESAdams T69; Graesse, Bibl. magica 100; Poggendorf II, 1066. First edition of Taisnier's work on palmistry and astrology.

[Napoleonic Wars]. 'State of New Iron Ordnance Proved at Woolwich for His Majesty's Service on the 26th and 27th June 1801 [-17th & 18th Aug[ust] 1803]', manuscript in brown ink on paper, [170] pp., comprising tables throughout, feint-ruled in red, versos with headings 'Marks and Numbers', 'Weight', 'Excess of Metal', Extreme Curvature in Bore', and 'Gauge of Instrument', cannon type and poundage and name of gunsmith recorded in left-hand margins, rectos with headings 'Remarks' and 'Condemnable by Instrument - Searching - Water Proof', contemporary vellum, royal arms gilt to front cover, vellum perished on spine but covers held by cords, covers soiled, wear to extremities, front cover bowed and with date crudely pencilled by hand, vellum lifting at corners, folio (48.2 x 35.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESThe majority of guns proved are carronades of various poundages, most cast by the Carron Company (of Falkirk), but many by Wiggin and Graham or other foundries. Other types of ordance include 'brass howitzers cast at the R[oyal] Foundry'.

Campbell (Colen). Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect, Containing the Plans, Elevations, and Sections of the Regular Buildings, both Publick and Private, in Great Britain..., volumes 1-3, London, 2nd issue 1717-1725, 220 engraved plates only (including 49 double-page & folding, engraved title-pages to volumes 1 & 2 in English & French, & engraved dedication to volume 1), all contents of volume 2 detached from binding and 20 plates from volume presented in window mounts, volume 3 with letterpress title in red & black and imprint dated 1725, letterpress dedication also to volume 3, some dampstaining and light dust-soiling, volume 3 also with light worming to inner blank margins of initial leaves, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines lacking title labels, joints split and board attachment weak, lower board of volume 1 detached, bindings worn and some leather loss to boards, folio (50.3 x 36.4 cm) (Qty: 23)NOTESVolume 1 (with 2nd issue 1717 imprint title) contains 86 engraved plates (numbered 1-100, includes engraved title, dedication & 14 double-page plates), few double-page plates with closed tear to central fold (particularly Blenheim Palace facades plates 57/58 & 59/60), double-page plates elevation of Stainborough torn towards central fold with image loss, some marginal dampstains to title & dedication, occasional spotting and light dust-soiling. Volume 2 (with 2nd issue 1717 imprint title) contains 63 engraved plates only (numbered 1-3, 20-25, 27-37, 39-53, 55-91, 93-100, includes engraved title, & 13 double-page plates, lacking plate numbers 4-19, 26, 38 & 54), 20 plates removed and window mounted (being single-page plates numbered 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, 40, 42, 44, 45, 47, 49, 53, 55, 60, 86, 87, 88, 90, 93 & 94), plate 81/82 with small tear and slight loss to central fold and plate 83/84 with closed tear to central fold. Volume 3 contains letterpress title & dedication listed as numbers 1 & 2, and with 71 engraved plates (numbered 3-100, including 22 double-page each numbered as two & one quadruple folding plate numbered as four), occasional dust-soiling, some dampstaining mostly to lower margins, double-page plate of Horse Heath Hall (nos. 91/92) with repaired tear to central fold, last two plates slightly creased. Fowler 76; Harris 98 & 99.

Raleigh (Sir Walter). The History of the World, in Five Books ... Whereunto is added in this Edition, the LIfe and Tryal of the Author, London: for Robert White [and others], 1677, [46] 54 [i.e. 48] 376 393-660 577-708 737-885 [47] pp., engraved portrait frontispiece, additional allegorical title, letterpress title in red and black, 8 double-page maps, 'Mind of the Frontispiece' leaf discarded, one map (Sicily) browned, 18th-century half calf, rubbed, front board detached (with portrait remaining attached, torn in margin), rear joint cracked, folio (36.4 x 23 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC R33510; Wing R167.

Kirchubel (Robert) . Atlas of the Eastern Front 1941-45, 1st edition, 2016, numerous colour maps, original cloth in slipcase, large 4to, together with Winfield (Rif) , British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714,..., 1st edition, 2009, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, and Friedman (Norman) , British Destroyers from the earliest days to the Second World War, 1st edition, 2009, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other modern military & naval reference, including publications by Osprey, Seaforth, Pen & Sword, Sutton, Helion, Schiffer Military History, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)

Cats (Jacob & Farlie, Robert) . Moral Emblems, with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs of all ages and nations, 3rd edition, 1865, numerous black & white illustrations by John Leighton, pencil annotations to front endpaper, some light toning, split front gutter, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco bound by Riviere, boards & spine rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with Doddridge (Philip) , A Course of Lectures on the principal subjects in Pneumatology, Ethics, and Divinity:..., 1763, some light spotting & toning, gutters reinforced with white tape, later calf spine retaining contemporary spine label & full calf boards,lightly rubbed, 4to, and Johnstone (John) , An Account of the Most Approved Mode of Draining Land;..., 1800, Dublin, 15 black & white folding plates, bookplate to front pastedown, some spotting & toning throughout, contemporary half calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th century reference & literature, including British Moths and their Transformations, by H. N. Humphreys & J. O. Westwood, 1857, volume 2 only, many leather bindings, some gilt decorated, some original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)NOTESApproximately 135 volumes

Folio Society . The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1996, Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, 4th printing, 1997, The Hobbit, 1997, The Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, 1997, The Silmarillion, 1997, by J. R. R. Tolkien, Moby Dick, or The Whale, by Herman Melville, 2nd impression, 1998, together with 60 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, VG, 8vo (Qty: 68)

Milton (John). A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, 2 volumes, London: A. Millar , 1738, large-paper copy, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, titles printed in red and black, both with contemporary signature 'Will. Hamilton' to upper blank margins, occasional light dust-soiling, contemporary calf, old rebacked spines torn with loss, worn, folio, together with: Clarke (Samuel) , A Mirrour or Looking-Glasse both for Saints, and Sinners ... Whereunto are added a Geographical description of all the Countries in the World [...the second volume], 2 volumes, 3rd edition of volume 1, London: for Tho. Newberry [volume 2: Robert Clavel & others], 1657-71, engraved portrait frontispiece (detached), additional engraved titles (short tear to top margin of first title), volume 2 additional engraved title torn at head with loss (detached with letterpress title), dust-soiling and toiling to both volumes, uniform c.1800 half calf, boards detached and very worn, folio, Cave (William) , Apostolici: or, the History of the Lives, Acts, Death, and Martyrdoms of those who were contemporary with, or immediately succeeded the Apostles..., London: Printed by A.C. for Richard Chiswell, 1677, engraved frontispiece (trimmed and mounted), additional engraved title (repaired closed tear), letterpress title in red & black, some leaves stained in fore margins, bound with: ibid. , Ecclesiastici: or, the History of the Lives, Acts, Death & Writings, of the most Eminent Fathers of the Church, that Flourisht in the Fourth Century, 2 parts in 1, London: Printed by J.R. for Richard Chiswel, 1683, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, bound with: ibid. , Antiquities Apostolicae: or, the History of the Lives, Arts and Martyrdoms of the Holy Apostles of our Saviour and the Two Evangelists, SS. Mark and Luke, 3rd edition, London: Printed by R. Norton for R. Royston, 1677, title in red & black with repaired closed tear, engraved illustrations, some leaves torn, dust-soiling and marks, uniform c.1800 half calf, joints split and few boards detached, spines worn with loss, worn, folio, Folkes (Martin) , A Table of English Silver Coins from the Norman Conquest to the Present Time, London: Society of Antiquaries, 1745, signature to upper blank margin of title, occasional dust-soiling, edges untrimmed, cloth hinge repairs, contemporary quarter sheep, worn with some insect damage, paper sidings torn with loss, slim 4to, Dixon (Charles) , The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of the British Islands, 2nd edition, Sheffield: Pawson & Brailsford, 1900, numerous chromolithograph plates, original pictorial cloth, light toning and mottling, 4to (Qty: a carton)NOTESSold not subject to return.

Chagall (Marc). A Limited Edition in Facsimile. Gouaches, Introduction and Selection by Georg Schmidt, foreword by Sir John Rothenstein, London: Oldbourne Press, 1961, 10 colour collotype plates (each with integral mount), original cloth-backed boards, a few marks, tips slightly bumped and worn, large folio (50 x 37 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESNumber 196 of 200 copies only.