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Josephus (Flavius). Antiquitatum Iudaicarum libri XX, adiecta in fine appendicis loco Vita Iosephi per ipsum conscripta, à Sigismundo Gelenio nouiter iam conuersi. De bello Iudaico libri VII, ex collatione Graecorum codicum per Sig. Gelenium castigati. Contra Apionem libri II, pro corruptissimis antea iam ex Graeco itidem non solum emendati, sed etiam suppleti, opera eiusdem Gelenij. De imperio rationis, siue De Machabaeis liber unus, à Des. Erasmo Roterodamo recognitus. Cum indice accuratissimo, Basel: [Per Hier. Frobenium et Nic. Episcopium], 1548, printer's woodcut device to title & verso of final leaf, numerous decorative woodcut initials, contemporary calf over wooden boards, with roll-work decoration in blind, brass edge strips to board corners, white paint marks to fore-edge of upper board, spine leather torn and very worn, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESAdams J364.

Kristeller (Paul) . Andrea Mantegna, English edition,1901, 26 monochrome plates plus 162 black & white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, large 8vo, together with Hill (G. F. & Pollard, Graham) , Renaissance Medals from the Samuel H. Kress collection at the National Gallery of Art, 1967, numerous black & white illustrations, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head, large 8vo, and Jourdain (M.) , Regency Furniture 1795 - 1820, 1st edition, 1934, Country Life, numerous monochrome illustrations, some minor toning, publishers original cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 4to, plus other art & antique reference & related, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)

Bookbinding & Bibliography Reference. A collection of books relating to bookbinding technique & history, restoration & conservation, printing & illustration history, and book collecting reference etc., 20th century publications, including: A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique, by Bernard C. Middleton, 1st edition, New York & London: Hafner Publishing Co., 1963, colour frontispiece, monochrome illustrations, author's signature to front free endpaper, original cloth in toned dust-jacket, 8vo; The Bookbindings of T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, by Marianne Tidcombe, 1st edition, London: British Library, 1984, colour frontispiece, monochrome plates and illustrations, original cloth, 4to, contained in original slipcase; Catalogue of the Edward Clark Library, with typographical notes by Harry Carter, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Privately Printed for Napier College of Commerce & Technology, Lothian Regional Council, 1976, monochrome and colour plates, original cloth, 8vo, contained together in original corrugated card slipcase packaging; A History of Book Illustration, The Illuminated Manuscript and the Printed Book, by David Bland, 2nd edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1969, tipped-in colour frontispiece, colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, original cloth in dust-jacket, 4to; Victorian Publishers' Book-Bindings in Paper, by Ruari McLean, 1st edition, London: Gordon Fraser, 1983, colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth-backed pictorial boards in dust-jacket, slim folio, plus others similar, including few pamphlets (Qty: 68)

Maffei (Giovanni Pietro). Historiarum Indicarum libri XVI. Selectarum item, ex India Epistolarum, eodem interprete, libri IV. Accessit Ignatii Loiolae vita. Omnia ab Auctore recognita, & nunc primum in Germania excusa, Cologne: In Officina Birckmannica, sumptibus Arnoldi Mylii, 1589, title with printer's woodcut device, early inscription to upper blank margin and square paper patch to lower blank margin obscuring ink stamp, folding uncoloured engraved world map 'Indiarum Orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio, Pet. Maffei Historiae Harum Verissimae, Dedicata' (platemark 260 x 485 mm), with small rust spot, a few decorative woodcut initials, initial two leaves loosening, occasional light toning and minor dampstains, 20th-century bookplate of Dr. E. Vandenbergh to front pastedown (possibly later paper), without front free endpaper, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine (torn and with some loss at foot), slight wear to lower joint, lacking ties, folio (30 x 18.7 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESAdams M92; Cordier Sinica 782; Sabin 43770 (note); Shirley The Mapping of the World , 166; cf. Borba de Moraes p. 9 (first edition, Florence, 1588). First edition printed in Germany. Maffei's history of the East and West Indies provides much important information on India, China, Japan and Brazil. 'Later issues are recorded from Venice, Bergamo and Antwerp but only those from Cologne in 1589 and 1593 contain a world map' (Shirley).

Whittington Press. The Wood-engravings of John O'Connor, with a Commentary by Jeannie O'Connor, Whittington Press, 1989, colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth-backed decorative boards, slipcase, folio, limited edition 120/350, together with: Whittington Press . 45 Wood-engravers, by Simon Lawrence, Whittington Press, 1982, monochrome illustrations, top edge green, original buckram-backed boards, slipcase, 4to, limited edition 304/350, with four others by the Whittington Press including Roland Gant's Steps to the River, 1994 (limited signed edition 42/200), and S.T.E. Lawrence. Boxwood blockmaker, 1980 (limited signed edition 11/250) (Qty: 6)

London: Civil Defence Planning. A group of 23 survey reports for public shelters in Westminster, London, by Rendel, Palmer & Tritton, Consulting Engineers, May 1953 to April 1954, each survey comprising a duplicated typescript of approximately 10 pages with a site plan and large folding plan of the lower ground floor or basement showing existing usage and shelter proposals, many with typed caption 'Confidential' and some with 'Original' labels tipped in, original stapled card covers with typed detail and serial numbers (61/208) to upper covers, minor soiling and fading, staples slightly rusted, slim folio (Qty: 23)NOTESAn intriguing group of detailed surveys relating to many famous premises in London's West End from the Cold War era and the ongoing fear of nuclear war. The information provided includes suggested improvements and their costs, the approximate capacities (numbers of seats) and bunks construction details, collapse factors, etc. Based on the serial numbers there must have been many other reports in the series. This group includes premises on Haymarket, Essex Street, Hill Street, Jermyn Street, South Audley Street, Berkeley Street, Golden Square, Leicester Square, Knightsbridge, Grosvenor Square, Oxford Street and Dering Street. Specified premises include the Army & Navy Stores (Howick Place), Eagle House, Ambron House, Universal House, Canton House, Bush House, Warner House, Poland House, Haraby House and New Bond Street House.

Italy & Switzerland. An album of drawings from a tour of Italy and Switzerland by John Edward Harington, 1849-50, mostly pencil drawings of views and occasional architectural details, plus some watercolours and sepia pen and ink drawings with wash, all on individual sheets of paper of various sizes and mounted singly or as multiples to album leaf rectos, many with places and dates inscribed in the lower margin or sometimes on album mounts, a total of approximately 150 drawings, places noted include St Gothards Pass, Lake Como, Spoleto, Paestum, Spezzia, Ronco, etc., contemporary half morocco with gilt-titled leather label to upper cover, 'J.E.H. Sketches 1849-1850', heavily rubbed, oblong folio (35 x 47 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESSir John Edward Harrington, succeeded as the 10th Baronet Harrington, of Ridlington, County Rutland, circa January 1835. He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University, gained the rank of lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards, and held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Middlesex. See also lots 219, 220 & 230.

Turner (Joseph Mallord William). Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England..., engraved by W.B. Cooke, George Cooke, and other eminent engravers, 2 volumes bound as one, London: John and Arthur Arch et al., 1826, 48 engraved plates and 32 vignettes, some spotting throughout, autograph letter signed from William Alexander (Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum) dated 25 October 1814, to the publishers J. & A. Arch congratulating Arch and the other proprietors of the Southern Coast on the engraving by W. Cooke from Turner's beautiful drawing of Lyme Regis..., 2 pages with integral address leaf and third page with notes of a reply, 4to, tipped onto front free endpaper with specimens of W.B. Cooke and George Cooke's autographs on two separate sheets tipped onto following flyleaf recto, with an accompanying holograph note in respect of the inserted items by the original owner Dawson Turner, dated 1826, also noting that this is a large paper subscribers' copy, armorial bookplate of Josiah Vavasseur to front pastedown and armorial bookplate of S.L. Courtauld to endpaper facing, all edges gilt, contemporary blindstamped and gilt decorated dark green morocco with crest and monogram of Dawson Turner to upper and lower covers, rubbed at extremities, covers detached, folio (36 x 26 cm), Large paper copy (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Dawson Turner FRS (1775-1858), English banker, botanist and antiquary; Josiah Vavasseur CB (1834-1908), English industrialist who founded Vavasseur & Co. (also known as London Ordnance Works); Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld MC FRS (1883-1967), English philanthropist and youngest brother of Samuel Courtauld, founder of the Courtauld Institute of Art.

Wood Lea Press. The Wood-Engravings of John Nash, compiled by Jeremy Greenwood, Wood Lea Press, Liverpool, 1987, tipped-in portrait frontispiece, illustrations, loose prospectus, original cloth-backed decorative boards, slipcase, folio, limited edition of 750, together with: Wood Lea Press. The Graphic Work of Edward Wadsworth, by Jeremy Greenwood, Wood Lea Press, 2002, colour illustrations,original decorative boards, slipcase, 4to, limited edition of 450, with four others including Frank Martin's Newhaven Dieppe, Previous Parrot Press, 1996 (limited edition 206/216 and William Morris: The Story of Cupid and Psyche, 2 volumes, Clover Hill Editions, 1974 (Qty: 6)

Luther (Martin). Doct. Mart. Lutheri Schrifftenn Bu?cher und Predigten. Deren in den Wittenbergischen noch Jhenischen Tomis nicht zu finden, vnd doch von dem thewren Mann Gottes zum theil im Druck außgangen, vnd sonst geschrieben vnd geprediget worden sind, volume 1 only (of 2), 2nd edition, Leipzig: Jacobum Gaubisch, [1603], title in red & black with woodcut depicting Phillip Erst and Martin Luther, adoring at either side of the Cross of the Crucified Jesus, numerous woodcut illustrations and decorative initials, lacking final leaf, some heavy browning and spotting, contemporary pigskin, blind rollwork & embossed decoration incorporating blind embossed portrait of Charles V Holy Roman Emperor (with blind armorials, Latin text and date 1588) to centre of each board, manuscript title to spine, few marks and some wear to extremities, lacking ties, folio (Qty: 1)

Swinburne (Algernon Charles) . Atalanta In Calydon. A Tragedy, 1923, Riccardi Press, period inscription to front endpaper, some minor toning, publishers original cloth, 8vo, limited edition 799/1025, together with Croft (P. J.) , Autograph Poetry in the English Language, facsimiles of original manuscripts from the fourteenth to the twentieth century, 2 volumes, 1973, numerous monochrome facsimile pages, uniform original cloth in dust jackets & slipcase, spines lightly faded, slight loss to foot of volume 1 spine, folio, and Barnes (William) , Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect, 1883, some light spotting & toning, original green cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th century & modern poetry & poet reference, including Dylan Thomas, T. S. Eliot, Thomas Hardy, & publications by Harvard, Routledge, Oxford, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)

* West Indies Trade. Manuscript report by Andrew Symmer, King's agent for the Turks Islands, circa 1767, 2 pp., old fold, paperclip residue mark, one or two closed tears, a little light soiling, 4to, together with: Trade Treaty with the Duchy of Savoy. Manuscript titled 'A Project or Draught of Articles of Commerce with his R.H. esse of Savoy', for Sir William Morice (1628-1690, Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1660-1668) circa 1661, 8 pp., a few corrections in another hand, old folds and small closed tears, light dust soiling, folio (Qty: 2)NOTESFirst manuscript is written by the newly appointed King's agent for the Turks Islands on the dislocation of trade caused by the British government closing West Indies ports to French and Spanish ships. He argues this policy is damaging British colonies who rely on the trade of supplying these vessels and fears that this trade will go to the Dutch colonies as a result. He suggests allowing some ports to trade with ships only of a certain tonnage and sets out the costs and requirements of constructing a fort in the colony; the second manuscript is addressed 'For the Right Honble Sir William Morice Knt & Bart His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State', and sets out 16 articles as the basis of negotiation of a trade treaty with His Royal Highness of the Duchy of Savoy. The document appears to have been hastily written, with ammendments in a different hand would indicate that this was the final draft for use of the negotiators. The Duchy of Savoy was an important Palatinate covering what is today part of South East France and North West Italy, including Turin and the port of Nice.

Atkyns (Sir Robert). The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire , 2nd edition, 1768, 8 engraved armorial plates, double-page county map, plan and prospect of Gloucester and a view of Gloucester Cathedral, 61 (complete) double page birds-eye prospects of country seats by J. Kip, additional engraved plate of the chapel at Sudeley Castle dated 1782, tipped in to page 369, slight spotting and toning throughout, later marbled endpapers with slight staining, near contemporary half calf gilt rubbed and worn, upper board and front endpaper detached, worn and frayed, folio (Qty: 1)

Symonds (Mary & Preece, Louisa). Needlework Through the Ages, a short survey of its development in decorative art..., 1st edition, 1928, colour and plain plates from photographs, a little spotting, top edge gilt, original quarter vellum gilt, a little rubbed and soiled, together with Barrington (Mrs Russell), The Life, Letters and Works of Frederic Leighton, 2 volumes, 1st edition, George Allen, 1906, portrait frontispieces and numerous plates, partly uncut, original quarter vellum gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, small split at head of spine to volume 1, 4to (limited edition, 9/60 copies), all 4to, plus Jones (E. Alfred). The Gold and Silver of Windsor Castle, 1st edition, Letchworth: Arden Press, 1911, numerous plain plates from photographs, bookplate of S.L. Courtauld, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original buckram gilt, heavily rubbed and marked, spine partly faded, folio (limited edition, 110/285 copies), plus other antiques reference, etc. (Qty: 10)

Medical Manuscripts. Manuscript prescription books, kept by A. Mander, Pharmaceutical Chemist, the Bellevue Pharmacy, Malvern, 2 volumes, Malvern,1861-4, 1st volume ('K') kept between 24th August 1861-13th February 1863, 2nd volume ('L') kept between 13th February 1863-18th May 1864, each with tabbed alphabetical section at front, listing patient names and cross-referencing to prescription numbers, followed by approximately 540 pages of prescriptions, all in ink manuscript, written in several neat hands, a few manuscript recipes written on paper and tipped-in, or written on endpapers, original vellum, rubbed and soiled with marks, each with gilt lettered red morocco labels to front cover and spine (some wear), volume K rear joint cracked, volume L both joints cracked, folio (Qty: 2)NOTESA record of prescriptions with details of person to whom described and date prepared. Additional recipes include for furniture polish, and also medicines for weak eyes, inflamed throat, and gonorrhea.

Bowyer (Robert). The Triumphs of Europe in the Campaigns of the Years 1812, 1813, 1814: commemorated by a series of twelve views of Moscow, The Kremlin, Leipsic, Dresden, Berlin, Frankfort on the Maine, Amsterdam, The Hague, Hamburgh, London: T. Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1814, printed title, 11 aquatints with contemporary hand colouring (including the double-page plate of Moscow), slight marginal staining and finger soiling, textblock detached and broken with some leaves loose, contemporary boards with printed title label to upper cover, lacking spine, boards detached, rubbed and worn at extremities, slim folio (Qty: 1)NOTESAbbey Life 352.

* Malcolm (Sir John, 1769-1833). [Manuscript report signed on the siege of Asirgarh], [1819], secretarial manuscript, 28 leaves, signed by Malcolm 'John Malcolm' on folio 27 recto, folios 10 and 28 blank, watermarks dated 1816 and 1817, partial foliation, frequent catch-words, sometime stitched, now disbound, creased from folding, a few leaves remaining in bifolia, but most now separated along central fold, folio 6 partially split along one fold, some short splits and closed tears elsewhere, pencil annotation to folio 18 verso ('1819 Madras, Papers respecting late Campaign & List of the Native Powers, To be enquired if they have re[ceive]d from [?]Br.Genl Sir J. Malcolm'), foolscap (32.4 x 20 cm), together with: ibid., 'Memorandum of the proceedings of Brigadier General Sir John Malcolm from the 16th of January to the 20th of June 1818 including those connected with the submission of the Peishaw Badjerow', 1818, secretarial manuscript, 11 numbered bifolia (i.e. 22 leaves), watermarked 1815, sometime stitched, now disbound, creased from folding, bifolia 10 and 11 separated, a few other short splits and tears, manuscript docket to final folio verso ('Bengal, R. 24th August 1818, Memoir of the Proceedings [...]'), foolscap (32.4 x 20 cm), Munro (John, 1778-1858), [Group of copy letters and documents relating to Munro's court martial], [Madras, 1809], secretarial manuscript on paper, 40 leaves (of which a few blank), containing copies of 13 letters and documents in various hands, watermarked 1806, contemporary boards, rebacked, foolscap (32 x 20 cm) (Qty: 3)NOTESProvenance (first item): Acquired from Michael Hicks Beach, London, between 1990 and 1995 (with manuscript catalogue note on headed paper). The fall of Asirgarh fortress in 1819 after the Third Anglo-Maratha War marked the end of organised military resistance to Company rule in central India. Malcolm's report on the siege was printed in The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register (1820), volume 9, pp., 59-66, but this manuscript copy contains at least two passages apparently omitted from the published version: folio 20 recto line 5 ('During last night a Mewattee who') to folio 21 recto line 5 from bottom ('Doveton's operations'); and folio 22 line 3 from bottom ('The Killadar ...') to the end of folio 22 verso. The second item ('Memorandum') was printed as appendix V in Malcolm's Political History of India (1826). Munro was quartermaster-general of the Madras army when he was controversially arrested (but never charged) at the request of officers offended by the wording of his report advocating the retention of the so-called 'Tent Contract' (see Tuck, ed., The East India Company, 1784-1834 , p. 170).

Davey (George, publisher). Views in the Vicinity of Bristol & Chepstow, [Bristol, George Davey], circa 1840, 17 lithograph plates (of 18?) after T. Rowbotham, J.S. Prout, J. Willis etc., no title page or text (as published), some light spotting and browning, one plate detached, original cloth, upper cover titled in gilt, a little rubbed to extremities, some fading, oblong folio (Qty: 1)NOTESThe plates comprise: The Clifton Suspension Bridge; Clifton, Gloucestershire; The Avon from Cook's Folly Wood; View of the Rocks from Clifton Down; Westbury Church, Gloucestershire; Blaise Hamlet [comprising individual vignette views of the nine cottages in the hamlet]; Blaise Castle; Portishead Point, Church and Mouth of the Avon; Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire; Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, West Front; Interior of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, West Window; Interior of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, East Window; Ragland Castle, Monmouthshire; Cheddar Cliffs, Entrance to the Ravine; Cheddar Cliffs, Looking towards the Entrance; Cheddar Cliffs, The Wind Rocks; and The Cave at Cheddar.

Rufus (Quintus Curtius) . Historia Alexandri Magni. Coum notis selectiss,..., 1664, Amsterdam, Ex Officina Elzeviriana, black & white engraved title-page, 2 folding plates, period inscriptions to end papers, marks & toning throughout, worm hole from pp.569 - rear endpaper, cracked gutters, contemporary embossed full calf, boards & spine rubbed with loss to head & foot, 8vo, together with Grüling (Philipp) , Medici Aulici In Stolberga Cheruscorum, Observationum et Curationum Medicinalium Dogmatico-Hermeticarum,..., 1668, Leipzig, spotting & offsetting throughout, front pastedowns partially detached from boards, contemporary vellum, boards slight marked, minor loss to spine, 4to, and Booth (Charles) , Labour And Life Of The People, 2 volumes, 1889, 4 monochrome maps, some minor spotting & toning, uniform gilt decorated half morocco bound by Mudie, boards & spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 17th-19th century history reference & literature, some odd volumes, mostly leather & vellum bindings, some cloth, overall condition is generally fair-very good, 8vo/folio (Qty: 3 shelves)

Sandys (George). Sandys Travailes: containing a History of the Original and Present State of the Turkish Empire ... the Mahometan Religion and Cermonies ... Constantinople ... Greece ... Egypt ... The Holy Land ... Italy ... and the Islands adjoyning; as Cyprus, Crete, Malta ... and other Places of Note, 6th edition, London: John Sweeting, 1658, engraved additional title-page, folding view of Istanbul, numerous engravings in the letterpress (including views, plans, costume, and antiquities), moderately browned, occasional staining, a few leaves slightly brittle and frayed along edges, repaired closed tears in gutter of engraved and letterpress titles and to inner fold of map, contemporary ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper (of which a large portion torn away), rear free endpaper excised, contemporary blind-ruled calf, front board detached, folio in 6s (29 x 19 cm), together with: Rycaut (Paul), The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire, 5th edition ('corrected and enlarged by the author'), London: by T. N. for Joanna Brome, 1682, 12 engraved plates, 17 full-page engravings in text, all depicting Ottoman costume, browning, leaves B6-8 chipped in lower margins, engraved bookplate of the earls of Harcourt, contemporary calf, covers detached, 8vo (18 x 11.5 cm), [Bancks, John], The History of the Life and Reign of the Czar Peter the Great, Emperor of all Russia, and Father of his Country, 1st edition, London: J. Hodges, 1740, engraved portrait frontispiece, toning, bookplate of John Hunter (d.1821) of The Hermitage, Hexham, contemporary calf, worn, 8vo (16.6 x 9.6 cm), Baronio (Cesare), Discours de l'origine des Russiens, et de leur miraculeuse conversion: et de quelques actes memorables de leurs rois ... traduict en françois du latin par Marc Lescarbot, 1st edition, Paris: Claude Morel, 1599, part 2 only (without part 1: 'Discours véritable de la réunion des Eglises d'Alexandrie & de Russie à la saincte Eglise catholique'), pp. [2] 59-101 [1], headlines trimmed, 18th-century marbled boards, small 8vo (15 x 9.5 cm), and 1 other (Wilkinson, Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, 1837-41, 4 volumes only, of 6) (Qty: 8)NOTESProvenance (Sandys): Sir Bindon Blood (1842-1940), British army officer (bookplate; pencilled ownership inscription dated 1920 to title-page). ESTC R1082 (Sandys), R33568 (Rycaut: four copies in UK libraries), T88910 (Banks: four copies in UK libraries); Wing S678 (Sandys), R2403 (Rycaut); cf. Blackmer 1484 for Sandys, 1621 edition ('at that time the most elaborately illustrated English book on the Levant'). Four copies of Baronio's work traced in libraries world-wide on OCLC.

Herbert (Thomas). Some Years Travels into Divers Parts of Africa and Asia the Great, describing more particularly the Empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in Oriental India, with the Isles adjacent, 3rd edition, London: J. Best for Andrew Crook, 1665, additional engraved title, folding engraved plate of Persepolis (torn with loss), engraved illustrations in text, lacks leaves 2G1 & 3K1, a few leaves close-trimmed, occasional light soiling and small stains,small marginal wormtrack to first few leaves, occasional early marginalia modern panelled calf gilt, two tiny wormtracks to lower cover, folio, together with: Chardin (John). The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies... To which is added, the Coronation of this present King of Persia, Solyman the Third, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, 1686, additional engraved title (laid down), folding engraved map, 16 engraved plates, mostly folding, lacking engraved portrait, a few plates with tears and small mainly marginal losses, some water staining and soiling throughout, letterpress title and early leaves with some marginal insect damage, bookplate and shelf number, contemporary mottled calf gilt, small splits to joints, rubbed with some edge wear, folio (Qty: 2)NOTESWing H1534 & C2043.

Viner (Charles). A General Abridgment of Law and Equity, alphabetically digested under Proper Titles with Notes and References to the whole, 17 volumes [of 23], 1st editions, Aldershot: printed for the author, 1742-53, contemporary calf, worn, folio, together with: Godolphin (John), Repertorium Canonicum: or, an Abridgment of the Ecclesiastical Laws of the Real, consistent with the Temporal, 3rd edition, London: for Christopher Wilkinson, 1687, imprimatur leaf, contemporary panelled calf, worn, 4to, Seller (John), Practical Navigation; or an Introduction to the whole Art, London: R. and W. Mount and T. Page, 1718, additional engraved title-page (torn with loss), 5 plates (only: lacking at least plate 4), leaf B1 torn with loss, other defects and soiling, contemporary sheep, 4to, and others, English law, calf bindings, wear (Qty: 3 shelves)NOTESSold with all faults, not subject to return.

Moschetti (Alessandro). Principali Monumenti di Roma. Raccolta delle Principali vedute di Roma Antica & Moderna, Rome: Luigi Frezza, 1846, engraved title, 53 engraved plates (sheet size 29 x 39 cm), light marginal water stain, occasional minor spotting, contemporary red half morocco, a little rubbed, oblong folio (Qty: 1)

Fox (John) . The New and Complete Books of Martyrs, or, an Universal History of Martyrdom:..., 2 volumes, circa 1784, printed for Alex Hogg, black & white engraved plates, some light marks & toning throughout, rebound retaining contemporary spine & half calf boards, rubbed with l oil as to head & foot, folio, together with Buckley (S [publisher]) , The Whole Proceeding upon the arraignment, tryal, conviction and attainder of Christopher Layer, Esq; for high treason..., 1722, bookplate to front pastedown, modern ink mark to foot of the title page, very minor worming throughout, some light marginal toning, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, ex-library copy with associated marks, large 8vo, and Missal (Use of Beauvais) , Missale Bellovacense,...D. D. Stephani-Renati Portier de Gesvres,..., 1756, Paris, some minor spotting & marginal toning, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, folio, plus other ecclesiastical & miscellaneous reference, including The Naval Annual, 30 volumes, a broken run, 1890 - 1964, some leather bindings, some original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (Qty: 5 shelves )

Bayle (Peter). The Dictionary Historical and Critical of Mr. Peter Bayle, Carefully collated with the several editions of the original; in which many passages are restored, and the whole greatly augmented ... To which is prefixed, the Life of the Author ... by Mr Des Maizeaux, Fellow of the Royal Society, 5 volumes, 2nd edition, London: for J. J. and P. Knapton et al, 1734-38, portrait frontispiece to 1st volume, half-titles, titles printed in red & black, each volume with spotting to margins and at front & rear, volume 1 with 1st & last leaves somewhat edge-frayed, volumes 2-5 each with 2 gutters crudely repaired with cloth, each front pastedown with 3 armorial or decorative bookplates, 20th century calf, large central panel of original leather retained on each board, spines minimally rubbed, folio (Qty: 5)NOTESProvenance: 1) Sutton Sharpe, Lincoln's Inn, 1797-1843; 2) M.C. Sharpe & L. Sharpe "to Stephen L. Courtauld 1924", probably Mary Catherine Sharpe (1842-1935) and Loetitia Sharpe (1849-1930); 3) S. L. Courtauld: Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld (1883-1967) was the youngest son of Sydney Courtauld and Sarah Lucy Sharpe, and nephew to both Mary Catherine and Loetitia Sharpe.

* Wilkes (John, 1725-1797). Manuscript poem, circa 1770, written to one side in a neat hand on laid paper with integral blank leaf, headed 'The following Acrostic is recommended to be placed under the bust of J-n W-s, Esq; & lately finished by Mr. Dolby' followed by two four line verses, torn along folds, 4to, together with: Rix (William) . Manuscript letter ' The Othe of the Lord Maior', delivered to the Lord Mayor by Mr Wm. Rix, town clerk, Dec. 10. 1774, 2 pp., written in a neat clerical hand, horizontally split in half, some light toning, folio (Qty: 2)NOTESFirst letter an apparently unpublished poem written in support of John Wilkes as a champion of liberty; the second manuscript, prepared for William Rix, Town Clerk for London would have been given to Wilkes to read the Oath of Office when he was elected Mayor of London in October 1774.

Hughes-Stanton (Blair, illustrator). Epithalamion. A Poem by Ida Graves, with Associate Wood-Engraving, 1st edition, Higham: Gemini Press, 1934, 56 pp., signatures [ a]3 b-g4 h1, 24 full-page wood-engravings (a1 recto=title, a1 verso= duplicate of the engraving for stanza 8, a2 recto=duplicate text of stanza 8, a2 verso='Intimation: by Blair Hughes-Stanton', a3=duplicate title, verso blank), spotting, later green morocco, folio (34 x 19.7 cm), number 198 of 280 copies on Basingwerk Parchment, together with: Dodgson (Campbell), Contemporary English Woodcuts, 1st edition, London: Duckworth & Company, 1922, 27 woodcuts, printed on thick paper, original quarter cloth, dust jacket (worn), 4to, number 331 of 550 copies only, Thomas (R. S.), The Mountains, illustrated with ten drawings by John Piper, engraved on the wood by Reynolds Stone, New York: Chilmark Press, 1968, original quarter cloth, slipcase, folio, number 103 of 240 copies, Nonesuch Press, Homer. The Iliad, Pope, 1st edition thus, London: Nonesuch Press, 1931, bookplates of Michael Jaffé and Oreste Sinanide, gift inscription to initial blank, original orange morocco, marked, wear to rear board, large 8vo, and approximately 30 others, private press, wood-engraved books, and related reference (Qty: approx. 40)

[Castro, Casimiro]. [Album del Ferrocarril Mexicano, colleción de vistas, 1st edition, Mexico City: Victor Debray, 1877 or 1878], 2 parts in 1 volume, pp. 15-40 43-56, [2] 1-18 (i.e. lacking main title-page, pp. 1-14 and 41/2), first part with English and Spanish text in double column, second part in French (with separate title-page), chromolithographic additional title-page, 23 chromolithographic plates (of 24: lacking plate 23), double-page chromolithographic map, map with short closed tear near central fold and old marginal repair verso, marginal damp-staining to plates, just encroaching on upper outer corners of images towards rear, plates 1-4 slightly spotted, plate 24 slightly softened along edges, plates 14 and 20 strengthened along bottom edge verso (repairing closed tears), gilt edges, original cloth (front board dated 1878), spine defective, front board loose, cloth worn away and lifting at extremities, oblong folio (Qty: 1)NOTESThe vibrant chromolithographs depict bridges, stations and views along the railway, as well as views of Veracruz, Huamantla, Cordoba and Orizaba. The double-page map is titled 'Plano orografico de la zona recorrida por el ferro-carril Mexicano de Veracruz a Mexico formada por Antonio Garcia Cubas'.

Pickford (Ian [editor]) . Jacksons Silver & Gold Marks of England, Scotland & Ireland, revised edition, 1991, Antique Collectors' Club, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, large 8vo, together with Warhol (Andy) , Andy Warhol's Exposures, 1st edition ,1979, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, and other modern antique, photography & art reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)

Cassini (Giocondo) . Piante E Vedute Prospettiche Di Venezia (1479-1855), facsimile edition, 1982, Venice, numerous black & white folding maps, plans & illustrations, publishers original cloth in dust jacket & slipcase, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, together wilth Rodocanachi (E.) , Les Monuments de Rome apres la chute de l'empire, 1914, Paris, numerous black & white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some spotting throughout, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, and Danzi (Massimo) , La Biblioteca del Cardinal Pietro Bembo, 2005, Geneva, 28 black & white facsimile illustrations, original red cloth, 8vo, plus other late 19th & 20th century Italy & scholarly Italian & French language reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves & a carton)

Aesop. Aesop's Fables with his Life: in English, French & Latin, The English by Tho. Philipott, the French and Latin by Rob. Codrington, Illustrated... by Francis Barlow, 1st edition, London: printed by William Godbid for Francis Barlow, 1666, additional engraved title, 108 engraved illustrations, lacking engraved frontispiece and pp. 1-4 at front, additional and letterpress titles laid down, a few tears and repairs, burnholes and ink splashes, some light toning and soiling, a few wormholes and tracks at gutter towards end, bookplate to letterpress title verso, later calf gilt, upper cover detached, lower joint cracked, a little rubbed with some edge wear, folio, together with: Guillim (John). A Display of Heraldrie, 3rd edition, corrected and much enlarged by the author himselfe in his life time, London: Thomas Cotes for Jacob Blome, 1638, woodcut coats of arms, 2G3-4 margins repaired, occasional light spotting and soiling, small marginal wormtrack to last few leaves, previous owner name John Pimlott to title, perforated stamp of Allan Wyon, chief engraver of Her Majesty's Seals to title margin, his bookplate, later sprinkled calf gilt, upper corners repaired, folio (Qty: 2)NOTESFirst work: ESTC R477463; Wing A696. Second work: STC 12503.

Browne (Sir Thomas). A Letter to a Friend, upon Occasion of the Death of his Intimate Friend, 1st edition, London: for Charles Brome, 1690, 12 pp., slight toning, stitched in later marbled wrappers, housed in a custom orange cloth chemise, folio (30.6 x 18.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Robert S. Pirie (1934-2015), his sale, Sotheby's New York, 2-4 December 2015, lot 118 (bookplate). 2) Estate of John Lawson (1932-2019). With Pirie's pencilled note to the inside front cover of the chemise: 'The Dr. Eli Mosckowitz copy but not included in Sotheby's sales in 1964. It was apparently overlooked by the and turned up with the dregs of his library in a New York sale, RSP'. ESTC R19833; Keynes 135; Wing B5158.

Turner (Joseph Mallord William). Picturesque Views in England and Wales from Drawings by J.M.W. Turner..., with descriptive and historic illustrations by H.E. Lloyd, 2 volumes, London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1838, 96 engraved plates, text leaves toned and some scattered spotting throughout, armorial bookplate of S. L. Courtauld to both volumes, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated green morocco, heavily rubbed, spines darkened, 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.

Antiquarian . A large collection of mostly 19th century literature & reference, some French language, mostly leather bindings, some gilt decorated, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)

Crystal Palace. Programme of the Opening of the Crystal Palace, on Saturday the 10th of June, 1854, 4pp. printed on blue paper, list of Police Regulations to printed to last leaf, some spotting and closed tears to central folds, folio., together with: Invitation card , Crystal Palace, The Directors Request the Honour of the Attendance of Professor Owen at the Ceremony of the Opening of the Palace by Her Majesty, on Saturday the 10th June, printed invitation card, some very minor marks, approx. 12.5 x 18.5 cm, tipped into Great Exhibition , The Illustrated Exhibitor, A Tribute to the World's Industrial Jubilee; comprising Sketches, by Pen and Pencil, of the Principal Objects in the Great Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, 1851, London: John Cassell, [1851], folding wood engraved frontispiece and numerous wood engraved illustrations and folding plates, occasional spotting and light dust-soiling, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine, repaired at head & foot of spine, 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESThe invitation card to Professor Owen is very likely to refer to the pioneering palaeontologist Professor Richard Owen (1804-1892) who designed and supervised the construction of the Crystal Palace Dinosaur models of Extinct Animals. The models were the first prehistoric animals ever built and came only around thirty years after dinosaurs were discovered. Professor Owen also produced an illustrated ‘Handbook to the Extinct Animals and Geological Illustrations Described’ for the Crystal Palace Company.

Broadsides. [Anne, Queen]. Her Majesties gracious declaration at her first sitting in the Privy Council at St. James's, the eighth of March, 1701 [ i.e . 1702], single-sheet broadside with woodcut royal arms at head and large woodcut initial, some edge fraying, folio, together with: [George III], By the King, A Proclamation, Declaring His Majesty's Pleasure for continuing Officers, not already removed or discharged, in Great Britain, Ireland, and the Isles of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark, London: Printed by Mark Baskett, and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1762, single-sheet broadside with woodcut royal arms at head and large woodcut initial, formerly folded and trimmed to left margin, folio, sheet size 52 x 40 cm (20.5 x 15.75 in), The Farmer's Song. A new Song Sung at Sadler's Wells, [London?, 1780], slim broadside song of 6 verses with chorus, woodcut farm scene at head & crown at foot, mounted on card, sheet size 35 x 10.5 cm (13.75 x 4 in), and 5 other broadsides including The Goodhurst Garland, in three parts, [London?, circa 1750], and Proposals for Opening a Scotch Eating House, or, North Country Ordinary, and Scotch Chocolate House, in the Neighbourhood of St. James, by R. Bassam, [London, 1799?] (Qty: 8)NOTESQueen Anne's first Gracious Speech and Declaration on coming to the throne made at her first sitting with the Privy Council and on the same day, 8th March 1702, that she was declared Queen after the death of William III. In it she states that she will preserve the religion, laws, and liberties of the country and will preserve the Protestant succession. She concludes with comment on the preparations for war with France.

Knight (Charles) . London, 6 volumes (bound in 6), 1841-44, numerous black & white illustrations, some toning & light marks, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spines rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, together with Hedgemann (Werner & Peets, Elbert) , The American Vitruvius: An Architects Handbook of Civic Art, 1922, New York, numerous black & white illustrations, ex-library copy with associated bookplate & stamps, some minor toning & marks, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, folio, and Alpern (Andrew) , The New York Apartment Houses of Rosario Candela and James Carpenter, 1st edition, 2001, New York, numerous black & white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plus other 19th century & modern London & American architecture reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves & a carton)

Juvenile Literature . A collection of late 19th & early 20th century juvenile & illustrated fiction & literature, including Andrew Lang, Edmund Dulac, Lewis Carroll, Charles Robinson, Charles Folkard, Hugh Lofting, Mabel Lucie Attwell, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)

Sarakhsi (Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-, c.1009-1090 CE). Tarjumat Sharh al-siyar al-kabir [Ottoman Turkish title], 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition in Ottoman Turkish, Istanbul: [Dar al-Tiba'ah al-'Amiriyah], 1241 AH [1825/6 CE], typographic floral headpiece to each volume, occasional marginal damp-staining, a few leaves browned, pastedowns renewed, original marbled sheep with envelope flap, gilt panels to covers incorporating tughra of Mahmud II, rubbed, spine slightly worn, folio (33 x 23 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESBaysal, Müteferrika'dan Birinci Mesrutiyete kadar Osmanli Türklerin Bastiklari Kitaplar, 1729-1875 , p. 76. Originally written in Arabic, the work is a commentary on the Siyar al-kabir, a treatise on jihad by early Muslim jurist Muhammad al-Shaybani (749/50-805 CE). This Turkish translation by Mehmed Münîb Ayintâbî was commissioned by Sultan Mahmud II for distribution among Ottoman army officers (see TDV Islam Ansiklopedisi , volume 37, p. 328).

Lewin (Louis) . Phantastica , narcotic and stimulating drugs, 1st edition, 1931, minor spotting & marginal toning, original plum cloth, spine faded & lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with Barrie (J.M.) , Peter And Wendy, 5th edition, 1911, monochrome illustrations by F.D. Bedford, some light spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, and Fox (John) , The Ecclesiastical History: Containing the Acts and Monuments of Martyrs:..., volumes 2 & 3 only, 1684, 2 black & white engraved frontispieces, volume 2 pp 1 torn, some toning and wear, uniform contemporary fill calf, boards & spines rubbed with some loss, folio, plus other miscellaneous literature & reference, mostly original cloth, fair/good, 8vo/folio (Qty: 2 cartons)

* Harington Family Accounts Books. An archive of Harington family manuscript accounts books and related, circa 1792-1863, including a household inventory for 1797, a group of five mid-19th century numbered volumes relating to a trust fund, various accounts books, largely from the period 1790s to 1820, the two earliest folio ledgers covering the period 1792-7, the indexes listing various names and estates, plus lottery tickets, India insurance, furniture, sheep charges, servants’ wages, etc., a total of 33 volumes, various bindings and sizes, the collection contained in an old solicitor’s tin trunk (Qty: a tin trunk)NOTESSee also lots 219, 222 & 230.

Stearn (William T.). The Australian Flower Paintings of Ferdinand Bauer. Introduction by Wilfrid Blunt, 1st edition, London: Basilisk Press, 1976, mounted colour plates, original quarter leather, cloth slipcase, elephant folio, slipcase slightly marked, number 255 of 515 copies (of which 500 for sale), together with: Hunt (P. Francis), Orchidaceae. Plates drawn by Mary A. Grierson, 1st edition, Bourton: Bourton Press, 1973, colour plates, gilt edges, original vellum by Zaehsdorf, red cloth slipcase, large folio, light wear to slipcase, number 448 of 600 for sale copies signed by author and illustrator (in addition to 20 lettered copies), Jones (Paul), Flora Magnifica. Selected and painted by the artist. Text by Wilfrid Blunt. Foreword by Professor E. G. Waterhouse, 1st edition, London: Tryon Gallery, 1976, colour plates, original half vellum, slipcase, large folio, number 235 of 500 copies signed by the artist (in addition to 6 lettered copies) (Qty: 3)

Dobell (Bertram [editor]) . The Poetical Works of Thomas Traherne, B.D. 1636?-1674..., 1903, published by The Editor, black & white manuscript facsimile frontispiece, very minor spotting to endpapers & marginal toning, original white cloth in slipcase, 8vo, together with Holden (Edith) , The Country Diary Of An Edwardian Lady, 1977, signed by Rowena Stott to the limitation page, 187 colour facsimile pages, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated brown half morocco in slipcase, limited edition 23/50, 4to, and Craig (Edward Girdon) , Ellen Terry and her secret self, 1931, colour frontispiece, 7 black & white illustrations, minor spotting to endpapers, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot, includes a blue paper complement slip inscribed 'Yours Truly Ellen Terry', 8vo, plus other modern poetry, fiction & illustrated literature, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 3 shelves)

Parkinson (John). Paradisi in sole Paradisus Terrestris..., second impression much corrected and enlarged, London: printed by R.N., and are to be sold by Richard Thrale, 1656 , [10],612,[6]pp., letterpress title-page lacking (also without portrait frontispiece), with additional woodcut pictorial title present (repaired to edges and with redrawn double line border at fore-edge), numerous woodcut illustrations, one preliminary leaf misbound, without final five leaves of index, first & last few leaves repaired & strengthened to margins, marginal fraying and slight worm trails to fore-margins of few leaves, some browning, dampstaining and spotting, endpapers renewed with modern bookplate of Christopher Rowe, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, red morocco title label to spine, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESHenry 285; Nissen BBI 1489; Wing P495.

Anderson (George William, editor). A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World, undertaken and performed by Royal Authority. Containing an Authentic, Entertaining, Full, and Complete History of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages, 1st edition, London: Alex. Hogg, [1784-6], iv 5-655 [v] pp., 157 engraved plates including portrait frontispiece, folding general chart and the 'Death of Cook' plate, small section of loss to corner of frontispiece not touching image, preface leaf (pp. iii/iv) torn in gutter, a few plates loosening, consequently slightly proud and therefore frayed along fore edges, closed tear in signature 7O1 repaired in margin, contemporary half calf, covers detached (with frontispiece, pp. i-iv and folding chart remaining attached to front cover), paper largely worn away on sides, corners consolidated with clear plastic tape, folio (38.5 x 25 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESBeddie 18 (cf. 17 & 19); Hill (1974) p. 5. 'An important compilation of English voyages richly illustrated with 157 engraved maps and plates. Anderson sometimes gives the original accounts, others are edited or abridged versions, and frequently additional materials, from other sources, are added to give scope and depth ot the narratives' (Hill). The plates include new engravings from the famous portraits and views by William Hodges and other artists which illustrate Cook's three voyages. The other voyages collected are those of Byron, Anson, Carteret, Wallis, Mulgrave, and Drake.

Daniell (Thomas & William). Hindoo Excavations in the Mountain of Ellora, near Aurangabad in the Decan, in Twenty-Four Views, from the Drawings of James Wales, under the Direction of Thomas Daniell [i.e. Oriental Scenery, volume 6 only], 2nd edition, London: printed for Thomas and William Daniell, 1816, letterpress title-page, 24 aquatint plates including additional title, 7 engraved plans, 20 text-leaves, letterpress title toned, nicked and marked, other text-leaves toned, aquatint title and first 2 plates spotted and dust-soiled in margins, light marginal spotting elsewhere, marginal damp-staining to final 8 aquatints and all plans occasionally touching images, endpapers spotted and toned, contemporary drab paper boards, rebacked, wear to extremities, adhesive consolidation attempted to fore edge of front board, oblong folio (27 x 37 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESAbbey Travel 432.

Watkins-Pitchford (D.J. "B.B") . Wild Lone, the story of a Pytchley Fox, 1st edition, 1938, black & white illustrations, all edges gilt, gilt decorated green full morocco bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, original dust jacket bound to the rear, 8vo, together with Sabben-Clare (James) , Fables from Aesop, 1976, Winchester College Printing Society, 6 monochrome woodcuts by Richard Atkinson-Willes, limitation page signed by the author & illustrator, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated blue full morocco, spine & head if boards slightly toned, 8vo, limited edition 148/400, and "Maori" , Sport And Work on the Nepaul Frontier..., 1st edition, 1878, 7 black & white plates, book plate to front pastedown, small repaired tears to frontispiece & title page, some spotting & toning, cracked gutters, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 20th century sporting, mountaineering & related reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 2 Cartons)

Newton (Helmut). Helmut Newton's Sumo, 1st edition, Taschen, 1999, illustrated throughout from Newton's photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, elephant folio (70 x 50 cm, and weighing approximately 30 kilograms), included with the volume is the original Philippe Starck designed collapsible metal display stand, contained together with volume in original polystyrene packaging and printed cardboard box (Qty: 1)NOTESSigned limited edition, 1661/10,000 copies.

* Vellum Deeds. An assorted group of 10 vellum deeds, mostly 17th & 18th century, mostly land deeds in Latin or English, a few with calligraphic letters and initials, generally soiled and partly faded with some loss of legibility and a few tears, various sizes, together with 10 folio manuscript plainsong sheets, circa 18th century, plus other miscellaneous ephemera including two 16th-century printed leaves, various prints and a Victorian oil painting on board of a gentleman reading (Qty: a folder)

Browne (Sir Thomas). Pseudodoxia Epidemica : or, Enquiries into very many received Tenents , and commonly presumed Truths, 2nd edition, corrected and much enlarged by the author, London: A. Miller for Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, 1650, upper corners of title torn with slight loss and repaired, marginalia to Q3, some browning and scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, board edges worn and showing, folio, together with: Alemán (Mateo) , The Rogue: or, The Life of Guzman de Alfarache. Written in Spanish by Matheo Aleman, servant to his Catholike Majestie, and borne in Sevill, 3rd edition, London: Printed by R. B. for Robert Allot, 1634, central portion of title excised (repaired) and some tears to margins repaired, lacking leaves L2 & L5, closed tear to final leaf, title and final leaf soiled and marked, occasional dampstains mostly to lower margins, 20th century half calf, small folio (Qty: 2)

Bakst (Leon). Inedited Works of Bakst. Essays on Bakst by Louis R, Denis Roche, V. Svietlov and A. Tessier, New York: Brentano, 1927, 30 plates by Bakst, comprising 20 coloured by hand on pochoir and many highlighted in silver, plus 13 additional small colour illustrations tipped in, original cloth-backed boards with pictorial design to upper cover, a little light toning and corners bumped, original dust jacket soiled, chipped and torn, with some loss, including all of spine, now laid down onto new thick paper, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESLimited edition, 213 [of 600 copies].

Croston (James) . A History of the Ancient Hall of Samlesbury in Lancashire..., limited edition of 200 copies, 1871, 11 black & white engraved plates and 3 folding pedigrees, bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting throughout, publishers original gilt decorated green full morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed, folio, [includes a loose brown & white chalk portrait of a gentleman, signed Robert Rose], together with Waugh (Evelyn) , Scoop, a novel about journalists, 1st edition,1933, some minor spotting, original cloth, spine lightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, and Lee (Laurie) , Cider with Rosie, 1st edition, 1959, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly rubbed with minor tears to head & foot, 8vo, plus other modern literature & miscellaneous reference, including Iris Murdoch, Graham Greene, Ernest Hemingway, Aldous Huxley, Niclous Pevsner, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 3 cartons)

Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and the Islands adjacent..., Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries by Richard Gough, 3 volumes, printed for John Nichols and others, 1789, portrait frontispiece, title page to each volume, 94 uncoloured engraved plates (including 8 double page) and 57 engraved maps by John Cary (including fifty-two double page and folding), some off setting and slight toning to maps throughout, bookplate of S. L. Courtauld and two other partial bookplates, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, near contemporary straight-grained red morocco with gilt decorated Greek key rollwork to borders and gilt dentelles, gilt decorated spine, slight rubbed and worn to extremities, folio (Qty: 3)NOTESProvenance: Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld MC FRS (1883-1967), English philanthropist and youngest brother of Samuel Courtauld, founder of the Courtauld Institute of Art.

Andrews (James). Flora's Gems: or The Treasures of the Parterre. Twelve Bouquets Drawn and Collected from Nature, Charles Tilt, circa 1830, half-title, 11 lithographic bouquets plus an additional half-title within a wreath, all with contemporary hand colouring, slight dust soiling and occasional spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary crushed morocco with gilt decorated spine and sidings, rebacked, some wear to extremities, folio (Qty: 1)

Lanes (Selma G.) . The Art of Maurice Sendak, 1993, New York, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed with minor tear to head of the front cover, oblong 4to, together with Howgate (Sarah et al) , Lucian Freud Portraits, 2012, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, minor tear to head of spine, large 4to, and Guild (Tricia) , A Certain Style, 2010, numerous colour illustrations, publishers original half cloth, folio, plus Crookshank (Anne et al) , Ireland's Painters 1600-1940, 2002, Yale University, period inscription to head of the title page, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, and other modern art reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 5 shelves )

Folio Society. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 3rd printing, 1998, Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, 5th printing, 1998, The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, illustrated by Edmund Dulac, 1998, The Fables of Aesop, illustrated by Edward J. Detmold, 1998, The Folio Poets: W.B. Yeats, 2007, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 2006, William Wordsworth, 2002, John Keats, 2001, together with 83 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all original cloth, 15 volumes without slipcases, 8vo (Qty: 91)

Paré ( Ambroise ). De chirurgie, ende opera van alle de wercken, Amsterdam: Cornelis van Breugel, for Hendrick Laurentsz, 1636, title in red & black and with printer's woodcut device (additional strip of letterpress text adhered), title soiled, frayed & torn to edges and lined to verso, woodcut illustrations of anatomical subjects, surgical instruments and procedures, monsters and freaks of nature, etc., some dampstaining, marks & dust-soiling, few leaves torn with loss, sewing partly broken, first and last few leaves frayed & torn to blank margins and some detached, contemporary calf over wooden boards with blind rollwork decoration (upper board split in two vertically and with some loss of leather), both boards detached and lacking spine (lacking lower two raised bands and middle raised band torn), worn, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESSold with all faults, not subject to return.

Rehberg (Frederick). Drawings faithfully copied from nature at Naples and with permission dedicated to the Right Honourable Sir William Hamilton. His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples, Rome: Niccola de Antonj, [1794], engraved title with vignette and 12 engraved plates by Thomas Piroli, sheet size 39 x 27.5 cm (15.25 x 10.75 ins), occasional light spotting, previous owner inscription at head of title, 1829?, small bookplate of Edward Cheney (1803-1884, art collector and watercolour artist), near contemporary half cloth over marbled boards, spine faded, folio, together with Drawings faithfully copied from nature at Naples... by Frederick Rehberg, MDCCXCIV [but a re-issue circa 1850], engraved frontispiece, title and 24 plates in two suites, frontispiece and front endpaper detached, some spotting, front hinge tender, bookplate of John Harrison, original blindstamped cloth, upper cover titled 'Lady Hamilton's Attitudes' in gilt, lacking spine, light edge wear, 4to (Qty: 2)

Folio Society . The Body Snatcher and Other Stories, by Robert Louis Stevenson, 2007, Don't Look Now and Other Stories, by Daphne du Maurier, 2007, The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, illustrated by Edmund Dulac, 1998, some mino r spotting, The Fables of Aesop, illustrated by Edward J. Detmold, 1998, Four Mysteries, 4 volumes, by Wilkie Collins, 1992, together with 50 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all fiction, all original cloth in slipcases, VG, 8vo (Qty: 58)

Chinese Export School. Album of pith paintings, Yut Shing, Canton, 19th century, 12 miniatures in watercolour and bodycolour on pith paper (33.5 x 21.5 cm), some heightened with metallic pigments, each mounted to a separate sheet of laid paper and with mounted border of blue silk ribbon, offsetting, a few marks in plain backgrounds, ribbon lifting or creased in places (absent along bottom edge of second miniature), face of the third miniature slightly smudged, chip to background of ninth miniature not touching image, possible customs stamp '150 Yutshing' in red ink to front pastedown, contemporary Chinese binding of patterned red silk over limp paper boards, green silk ties, wear to bottom edges of covers, delamination at lower outer corner of rear cover, folio (36.5 x 24.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESMost of the miniatures depict swordsmen (and one swordswoman) in various poses; there is also a dual-axe wielder, a juggler, an archer, and two unarmed figures. All are pictured in elaborate costume rendered in fine detail, and four of the figures are in dragon robes.