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Crescentiis (Petrus de) Von dem nutz der ding die in Aeckeren gebuwe werdt, collation: a-z6 A-E6 F8 (complete with final blank), printed in gothic letter, title in red and black, full-page woodcut on verso of a6 depicting the Creation, the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Garden of Eden etc, very many woodcut illustrations, all woodcuts coloured by a contemporary hand, woodcut initials, first gathering with some worming and fraying to margins repaired (no loss of text), lower corner of b1 torn away and restored with loss to several words of text on both sides, a couple of other tears just into text, some foxing and soiling, early ink annotations in red on title, Strassburg, Johann Schott for Johann Knobloch & Paul Goetz, 1518; bound with Columella and Palladius. Das Aeckerwerck, translated by Michael Herr, collation: A-Z6 a-b6 c4 d-n6 o8 (complete with blank leaf A6), printed in gothic letter, woodcut device on verso of final leaf, a few woodcut illustrations and diagrams, woodcut gothic initials, tear through half of B4, some foxing and marginal staining, Strassburg, Wendelin I. Rihel, 1538, together 2 works in 1, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, soiled and slightly stained, clasps intact, corners worn, folio (293 x 200mm.)⁂ The first work is the fourth edition of Crescentiis in German and is illustrated with over 250 woodcuts (some repeats), about half of which are of plants and the remainder depict a variety of agricultural activities, including an excellent series on viticulture and wine-making. The edition appears occasionally at auction but this is the only copy we can trace in which all the woodcuts are fully coloured. The second work is rare and comprises the first German edition of two of the works of the Scriptores Rei Rusticae.Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1928.Literature: 1st work: IA 146.745; Lindner 11.0405.04; Nissen BBI 425; Simon BG 407; Simon BB II 170; VD16 P1835; 2nd work: VD 16 C 4621; Ritter 561; Muller 397.31.

Herbal.- Parkinson (John) Theatrum Botanicum, The Theater of Plantes, first edition, engraved title frayed and laid down, over 2700 woodcut illustrations, lacking 4 preliminary leaves (including initial blank), errata leaf at end laid down, 3D1 from a smaller copy, a couple of burn-holes and paper flaws causing slight loss of text, last few leaves of index frayed with some loss, slight worming to lower margin towards end, late 18th century russia, gilt, rebacked, extremities worn, [STC 19302; Henrey 286; Hunt 235; Nissen BBI 1490], folio, Printed by Tho. Cotes, 1640.⁂ Monumental English herbal listing some 3800 plants.Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1928.

Herbal.- Theophrastus. De Historia plantarum libri decem, first edition edited by Joannes Bodaeus à Stapel, double column. text in Latin and Greek, fine engraved pictorial title, numerous woodcut botanical illustrations, small part of upper margin of title repaired, 4Y1 section of margin torn away, affecting a few letters, sig. 5H misbound, small wormholes to upper margins, occasional spotting, [Hunt 240], 20th century half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather labels, corners worn, rubbed, folio, Amsterdam, apud Henricum Laurentium, 1644. ⁂ 'It is interesting not only because of the brilliance of the editing, but, curiously enough, to the American botanist as well, for involving in the discussion certain species from Virginia, other parts of the New World, and Asia. The illustrations of these plants have been largely overlooked in botanical history, because of their incidental presence in a work which might not be expected to contain anything of the sort. Some were merely borrowed from l'Escluse or de Lobel, but others seem original in this work' (H.H. Bartlett, Fifty-five Rare Books, quoted by Hunt ).

Herbal.- Dodoens (Rembert) Cruydt-Boeck, half-title, engraved title incorporating portraits of Dodoens and Clusius, over 1400 woodcut illustrations, final leaf present (blank except for printer's woodcut device), wide margins, occasional marginal water-staining, later blind-stamped morocco over wooden boards, corners worn, foot of spine repaired, [Nissen BBI 518; Pritzel 2345], folio (409 x 260mm.), Antwerp, Balthasar Moretus, 1644.⁂ An unusually large copy of the last and best Plantin edition of this monumental herbal.

Fens Drainage.- Act (An) for the Draining of the Great Level of the Fens..., [2], 561-577, [1] p., by John Field for Edward Husband, 1649 bound with Ordinance (An) for the Preservation of the Works of the Great Level of the Fenns, [2], 349-354, by William du-Gard and Henry Hills, 1654, together in 1 vol., woodcut device on titles, browned, light marginal water-staining, modern cloth, folio⁂ Two scarce early acts concerning the draining of the Fens. ESTC lists 5 UK locations of the first and 6 of the second.

Dalechamps (Jacques) Histoire Generale des Plantes, 2 vol., half-title to vol.1 only, titles in red and black with engraved vignette, numerous woodcut illustrations, ink annotations throughout, foxed and browned, contemporary calf, spines gilt, rubbed, extremities worn, [Nissen BBI 447], folio, Lyon, Philip. Borde, Laur. Arnaud, & Cl. Rigaud, 1653.⁂ Monumental work compiled by this pupil of Rondelet and originally published in Latin in 1586-87.Provenance: Georges Roffavier (bookplate in each vol.)

Surveying.- Leybourn (William) The Compleat Surveyor: Containing the whole Art of Surveying of Land, by the Plain Table, Theodolite, Circumferentor, and Peractor, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black within typographic border, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, foxing and soiling, one small burn-hole in text, I1 with circular piece cut from margin, affecting ruled border but not text, contemporary calf, worn, [Wing L1907], folio, Printed by R. and W. Leybourn, for E. Brewster and G. Sawbridge, 1653.⁂ Quite scarce at auction, the work was first issued under the pseudonym of Oliver Wallinby and under the title Planometria, or the Whole Art of Surveying Land, in 1650 (see lot 271). In 1666 Leybourn was one of six surveyors given the task of measuring the damage caused by the Great Fire of London.Provenance: Anthony Methwin (several ink inscriptions to endpapers, one at end dated 1669).

Barclay (Alexander) The Shepheards Kalender Newly Augmented and Corrected, first edition, largely printed in black letter, 7 leaves printed in red and black, large woodcut title-vignette and full-page woodcut to verso, numerous woodcut illustrations, diagrams and decorations, 3 leaves (N2, N5 and Q5) supplied from a smaller copy, some browning and staining, slight worming and fraying to first few leaves, with slight loss of text, title also with repairs to edges just affecting woodcut on verso, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, upper cover scored, rebacked, [Wing B713], folio, Printed by Robert Ibbitson, And are to bee sold by Francis Grove neer the Sarazens-head on Snow-Hill, without Newgate, 1656.⁂ Profusely illustrated with curious cuts, this work seldom appears on the market. The last copy was in 1998, but that comprised only 56 of the 100 leaves. Prior to that, one copy every decade from the 1930s-60s.

West Indies.- Ligon (Richard) A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbados, first edition, folding engraved map, 9 engraved plates (3 folding) and one folding letterpress table, tear to 3 plates, otherwise a crisp, clean copy in contemporary sheep, rubbed and abraded, head of spine worn, [Wing L2075; Hunt 270; Sabin 41057], folio, Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1657.⁂ An early account of Barbados with the first separate map of the island. It also includes much on cocoa, cucumbers and pomegranates, as well as illustrations of bananas and pineapples.

Surveying.- Atwell (George) The Faithfull Surveyour, second edition, woodcut diagrams, marginal browning at beginning and end, contemporary sheep, rubbed, [Wing A4164], Cambridge, Printed for William Nealand, 1662 § Leybourn (William) The Compleat Surveyor, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece with short tear, title in red and black, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, stub of final blank leaf present, occasional soiling, contemporary sheep, spine worn at head and foot, scuffed, [Wing L1908], Printed by R. and W. Leybourn, for G. Sawbridge, 1657 § Norden (John) The Surveiors Dialogue, third edition, partially printed in black letter, some woodcut diagrams, last leaf with margin and corner cut away but not affecting text, endpapers and verso of final leaf with heavy contemporary ink annotations and calculations, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, [STC 18641], Printed by Thomas Snodham, 1618, 4to and folio (3)⁂ Three important 17th century titles on surveying, all in contemporary bindings.

Drainage.- Dugdale (Sir William) The History of Imbanking and Drayning of Divers Fenns and Marshes, both in Foreign Parts and in this Kingdom, first edition, title in red and black, 11 double-page engraved maps, dampstaining to lower corner, heavier towards end, contemporary calf, rebacked, [Wing D2481], folio, Alice Warren, 1662.⁂ The scarcest of Dugdale's works, many of the copies were allegedly destroyed in the Great Fire of London.

Evelyn (John) Sylva, Or A Discourse Of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber, 3 parts in 1, first edition, initial licence leaf, title in red and black with engraved vignette of the arms of the Royal Society, errata leaf bound near beginning after prefatory matter, with the "Animadversion" and "Sir Paul Neiles second paper" leaves, part 3 printed in red and black, one woodcut illustration, without cancel leaf H1 as usual and without printed instruction to the binder, a crisp copy in near contemporary mottled calf, gilt, corners rubbed, joints cracking, [Wing E3516; Henrey 132; Keynes 40; Hunt 296], folio, Printed by Jo. Martyn, and Ja. Allestry, Printers to the Royal Society, 1664.⁂ "Evelyn's most celebrated horticultural work...Sylva contains a wealth of interesting information and practical instruction in the growth and management of trees. Most kind of tree found in the British Isles are systematically described" (Keynes).

Gardens.- Rea (John) Flora: seu, de florum cultura. Or, A Complete Florilege, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title by D.Loggan with facing letterpress 'Mind of the Front' explanatory leaf, title in red and black, 16 engraved plans of formal gardens on 8 plates, 2 folding, contemporary ink inscription to title "Ri: Sneyde pr. 7s. 6d.", engraved title torn and repaired, small ink stains to title and facing leaf, occasional other soiling but generally clean, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, splits to joints, spine worn at head, [Henrey 325; Hunt 301; Wing R421], small folio, J[ohn] G[rismond] for Richard Marriott, 1665.⁂ "The most important English treatise on gardening to be published during the second half of the seventeenth century." Henrey p. 195. The work is enthusiastically referred to in the diaries of John Evelyn.

W[orlidge] (J[ohn]) Systema Agriculturae, being the Mystery of Husbandry Discovered and layd Open, first edition, initial 'The Explanation of the Frontispiece' f., engraved additional pictorial title, woodcut illustrations, 2pp. advertisements at end, O4 torn without loss, occasional browning, bookplate contemporary calf, rebacked, [Fussell pp.68-69; Goldsmiths 1898; Kress 1251; Wing W3598; cf. Perkins 1947 (2nd edition)], folio, Printed by T.Johnson for Samuel Speed, near the Inner Temple Gate in Fleet-Street, 1669. ⁂ One of the earliest works to consider the crop of turnips. Includes a dictionary of rustic words and terms.Provenance: Sir Thomas Woollaston White, 1st Baronet of Tuxford and Wallingwells, 1767-1817 (bookplate).

Evelyn (John) Sylva, or A discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesties dominions, second edition, initial imprimatur f., engraved arms to title and illustrations, final errata f., title little trimmed at head or ?or from another copy, some spotting, a few stains, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, lower cover detached, spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Henrey 133], folio, printed by Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, 1670.⁂ Includes sections on cider and vegetables and salads.

Schwerdt copy.- Crescentiis (Petrus de) Le livre des prouffitz champestres et ruraulx, collation: A-V6 x-z6 &4, title in red and black and within handsome woodcut historiated border, verso of title with woodcut of the printer presenting the book to King François I, large and small woodcuts within text (some repeats), woodcut criblé initials, final verso with large woodcut printer's device, a few spots, marks or light stains, but generally crisp and clean internally, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf, lacking ties, head of spine neatly repaired, foot of spine with small piece missing, corners worn, rubbed, folio (268 x 184; binding 275 x 191mm.), Paris, [Philippe le Noir], [15 February, 1529]. ⁂ Rare and handsomely printed edition, with an impeccable provenance and in a contemporary binding.Provenance: Schwerdt (bookplate).Rothamsted acquisition date 1939.Literature: Thiébaud 223-224

Bifolium from a monumental Romanesque copy of Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [France, c. 1180] Bifolium, each leaf with double column of 40 lines in an elegant rounded early gothic bookhand, with a few biting curves and written above topline, most capitals in high and ornamental penstrokes and set in margin, three within body of text and touched in red, rubrics in red in margin, running titles at head of page: “Lib. Vicesimus / Septimus” (and thus all readings from book 27 of the work), contemporary or near-contemporary folio no. “XXXVII” at head of recto of second leaf, catchword at foot of verso of last leaf with four finely drawn wheat-stalks emerging from it (see below), a few tiny interlinear corrections by contemporary hand, prickmarks from ruling in inner and outer margins, small losses to lowermost edges of leaves through natural problems with parchment, smalls scuffs, else excellent condition, each leaf 390 by 278mm. From a large and imposing codex, with an enchanting flourish in the penwork wheat-stalks which adorn the catchword at the foot of the verso, and echo the subject of the text here (“De frumento”).

Gregory the Great, Homiliae in Ezechielem, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [probably Germany, mid-twelfth century] Single leaf, with single column of 38 lines in a fine and angular bookhand, written above topline and without biting curves, numerous abbreviations, capitals touched in dark red, prickings for ruling visible in outer margin, contemporary folio no. “lxxii” at head of recto and quire signature “viiii” in main hand at foot of verso, one drypoint gloss in margin on each side, small natural flaw to parchment in upper margin, small areas of discolouration, else excellent condition and on heavy Romanesque parchment, 334 by 240mm. This handsome and near-flawless leaf has been separate from its parent codex since at least the nineteenth century, when a hand of that date added an inscription in purple ink identifying it as “Commentar. in sacr. script.” (apparently following the drypoint gloss on recto).

Leaves from a German Bible translation, with short openings of readings in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper [Germany, fifteenth century] 12 leaves, each with single column of 43 lines in a professional German vernacular hand, capitals stroked in red, red rubrics, large simple red initials, many leaves marked at their head with original folio nos. in contemporary hand (27, 28-34, 64, 66-69) showing that much of text continuous, spots, stains and areas with scuffs and offset, overall in fair and legible condition, 270 by 210mm. The Middle Ages in Germany had a long tradition of translation of the Bible into the vernacular, which boomed in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. These leaves come from a vernacular lectionary, with readings from the Gospels and the Biblical Epistles, with occasional reference to Ezekiel and related parts of the Old Testament organised according to the liturgical year.

ƟFragment from the earliest known Malmesbury cartulary, with parts of charters claiming the Anglo-Saxon saint, Aldhelm, as their recipient, in Latin, manuscript on parchment in situ in the binding of a printed book [England (doubtless Malmesbury), middle third of twelfth century] A small cutting, with remains of 16 lines in a good Romanesque English bookhand, with a single biting curve, all from the righthand side of a column, 2 lines of red rubric, one letter added interlineally to a word, an apparent folio no. ‘293’ in sixteenth-century hand at what would have been the head of the front of the original leaf, the whole darkened and discoloured in places with small amounts of paper adhering from reuse in binding of a printed book, but overall in good and legible condition, 153 by 40mm.; mounted upside down at the front of a sixteenth-century English binding on a copy of Cicero, Rhethoricorum ad C. Herennium & De Inventione (Lyon: Seb. Gryphium, 1556), between the endleaves and the front board, another similar sized but apparently blank piece of parchment (probably from border of same parent manuscript) between last endleaves and back board, the later binding covered with dark leather over pasteboards, the thongs and leather attaching the front board to the book block perished and detaching, endleaves of printed book woolly and water damaged, else in fair condition An important witness to the organisation and use of charters by Malmesbury Abbey in the Anglo-Norman period, and perhaps produced for or used by the Anglo-Norman historian William of Malmesbury Provenance:1. Doubtless written at Malmesbury Abbey (founded c. 676) in the southern Cotswolds in Wiltshire, in the twelfth century, and most probably reused locally as binding material after 15 December 1539 when the house was suppressed by order of Henry VIII. The abbey and all its goods, including the library, was sold to one of the royal commissioners responsible for its suppression, William Stumpe (who immediately reverted to his family business of cloth manufacture, and filled the abbey buildings with weaving looms), and thereafter dispersed.2. Numerous ex libri identify sixteenth-century English owners of the book, including “Henry Hall” (on frontispiece and last endleaf multiple times in red and black, the latter with “est meus herus”), “George Watsomn” (twice on first endleaf), “Oswoold Metcalfe” (first endleaf, with George Watson), “John Grudamore” (frontispiece).3. Ampleforth Abbey, their full-page oval inkstamp in purple; recently deaccessioned.Text:This small fragment is part of a cartulary, or very similar document, for the medieval abbey of Malmesbury, and contains a series of charters which purport to be Anglo-Saxon in date, one of which claims to be connected with St. Aldhelm, the founder of the community and a cousin of King Ine of Wessex (in fact, all apart from one twelfth-century forgeries). There is a distinct connection between the parent codex of this small cutting and the work of the celebrated Anglo-Norman historian, William of Malmesbury (c. 1095-c.1143) on the early history of the house, and it may have been produced under his auspices or by an associate as part of the preparatory material for that work.The writings of William of Malmesbury strongly suggest that a cartulary, or at the least a highly organised archive, did exist at Malmesbury in the early twelfth century. His account of the life of St. Aldhelm (c. 639-709; that work later becoming the fifth book of William’s Gesta Pontificum Anglorum), uses charters as the base of its narrative, frequently citing entire texts without their boundary clauses (as here). Surviving cartularies and related material for Malmesbury can be found in Oxford, Bodleian Library, Wood empt. 5, fols. 9-60 (mid-thirteenth century), PRO, E 164/24 (late thirteenth century) and British Library, Lansdowne 417 (c. 1400; this a copy of PRO, E 164/24 with some rearrangement), as well as fragmentary thirteenth-century materials in British Library Add. MSS. 38009 and 15667. However, each of these is different in content, format and organisation from each other, and bears no close relation to our fragment.It is noteworthy that one of the charters quoted here (that of a probably spurious charter purporting to be issued by Cenfrith, nobleman of Mercia to Aldhelm in 680: numbered S.1166 in academic literature following the listing by P. Sawyer, Anglo-Saxon Charters, 1968) is recorded nowhere outside of William of Malmesbury’s writings. It is a forgery manifestly based on charters of the reign of the tenth-century king, Athelstan, and modern scholarship has seen it as an invention of either William or one of his immediate predecessors at Malmesbury, and later set aside by the abbey’s archivists. All of the charters here occur in William’s life of Aldhelm, and it is tempting to speculate that the present fragment comes from a document produced under William’s direction in the early stages of his work, by an associate of his. The hand is distinct from those identified as William’s own and his main associates where they can be identified in the manuscript tradition of his works (see N.R. Ker, ‘The handwriting of William of Malmesbury’, English Historical Review lix, 1944, and R.M. Thomson, ‘The scriptorium of William of Malmesbury’, in Medieval Scribes, Manuscripts and Libraries, essays presented to N.R. Ker, 1978), but the parent codex of this cutting contained documents used by him and was probably in Malmesbury at the same time as him, and thus is unlikely to fallen far outside his circle of influence.The texts cited here are: recto (i) the closing lines of a probably spurious charter, purporting to be a land grant from King Æthelwulf of Wessex to Malmesbury, of estates in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, made at Wilton on 22 April, 854 (S. 305): edited in S.E. Kelly, Charters of Malmesbury Abbey, 2004, no. 19; (ii) three lines of red rubric mentioning “Adelstanus” and thus preceding one of the charters of that king for the abbey (either S. 434, 435 or 436); verso (iii) the purported charter of Cenfrith to Aldhelm in 680 (S. 1166), with parts of “ad ima Cociti … felicitatis illectus” (and stopping just short of Cenfrith’s subscription, but followed by remnants of three further lines: the main charter edited by Kelly, no. 2). Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 24% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT). 

Single leaf from a compendium of Canon Law, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [England, late fourteenth century] Single leaf, with double column of 38 lines in a professional bookhand with numerous cadels and decorative penstrokes (written space 180 by 133mm.), quotations underlined in red, capitals touched in red, paragraph marks in red or blue, running title in main hand within red penstrokes at head of page, original folio nos. “CXX” in upper corners of recto and verso, small stains, split in lower outer margin, tape at head of reverse from last framing, else excellent condition on clean and fresh parchment, 261 by 189mm. From a de luxe copy of a legal commentary, copied in the fourteenth century in a distinctively English secretarial hand, and on fine and white parchment. Additional note: Since going to press it has been drawn to our attention that this leaf is in fact from the same parent codex as two leaves sold in our rooms, 8 July 2015, lot 22, and contains a comprehensive theological manual, the Pupilli Oculi of John of Bury (d. after 1398).

Folio Society : Ulysses, 2004 limited edition 178/1750, in blue leather covers with gild design by Jeff Clements, cased.

Twentieth Century School : Teaching in Practice for Infant Schools - Projects and Pictures, a folio containing fifty two lithographic prints, each 36 cm x 34 cm (eight missing from the full set of sixty).

A 19th Century Tunbridgeware folio holder: the front board with central scene of The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, enclosed by a Berlin style floral border, interior bears paper label James Fawn & Son, Queens Road Bristol, 23 x 27cm.

Folio of assorted Limited Edition nature prints by Dick Twinney & John Laver (approx. 20)

Folio of assorted Limited Edition nature prints by Dick Twinney & John Laver (approx. 21)

Gustave Dore & Blanchard Jerrold, London, A Pilgrimage, London 1872, Grant & Co., gilt-tooled burgundy boards (some wear), engraved plates with tissue guards, folio

Alan Powers (1955) Lithographsfolio of eight lithographsSeaside Lithographs; Eight Views of the South Coast published by The Spectator 1986,signed and numbered 1/3009 x 11.5in.

20th Century School,various artists,a folio of first edition and other prints,many with gallery mounts,together with a framed and glazed print entitled 'Excuses'

A FOLIO OF THIRTEEN UNFRAMED TOPOGRAPHICAL AND LANDSCAPE DRAWINGS Comprising works by or attributed to David Cox (see illus.), The Rev. John Eagles (see illus.), Frank Lewis Emmanuel, Alexander Monro, Francis Nicholson, John Samuel Hayward, John Steeple, Hugh William `Grecian` Wiliams and other hands; subjects include Ruins of Barnard Castle, Brig o'Turk, Guildford, Penzance, Poligny and elsewhere; mainly ink, wash or pencil, various sizes, 23.5 x 32.5cm and smaller (13) ++ Mixed; some creased/worn; many with some handling marks

A FOLIO OF TWENTY THREE FIGURE SUBJECTS, WATERCOLOURS AND DRAWINGS Comprising works by or attributed to Philip Browne of Shrewsbury, Sir Augustus Wall Callcott (see illus.), John James Chalon (see illus.), David Cox, Ernest Crofts, John D Crome, William Derby, Dighton family member, William Evans of Bristol, Sir Robert Frankland, Dudley Holland, William Henry Hunt, Samuel Medley, John Henry Mole, Lady Oakley of Bath, Thomas Pennethorne, Henry Singleton, Thomas Stothard and others; a few watercolours, mainly ink or pencil, some sepia wash, various sizes, 31.5 x 44cm and smaller (23 mounts, some with scraps) ++ Mixed condition; generally a little grubby and/or worn

A FOLIO OF FIVE FIGURE SUBJECTS, DRAWINGS Comprising works by or attributed to William Dalziel Fyffe (see illus.), *** Hutschenreuther, Henri Marchat (see illus.),Willy Pogany and Charles Robinson; four signed, crayon, ink, wash or pencil, various sizes, 28 x 32.5cm. and smaller (5) ++ Mixed; generally satisfactory-good

A FOLIO OF FIVE `OLD MASTER` DRAWINGS Comprising works in various styles, including a portrait on vellum in the style of Cornelis Visscher, Christ and a Money Lender, and two studies of cherubs, charcoal, graphite, ink and wash, various sizes, 28 x 27.5cm and smaller (5) ++ Some creasing; generally satisfactory

•DR DAVID BETHEL, CBE, RWA (1923-2006) A FOLIO OF TWELVE LINOCUTS subjects to include Peasant and Sunflower; St. Michael; In the Zoo, Clifton (2); The Octopus Tree; Vineyard; St. John and Salome; Behold the Ark; St. Francis and the Birds; Refugee; Krishna; The Furnace, Moira; each signed and inscribed with title, dated 1952 to 1991, some numbered from editions of 10 to 100 The largest 50.5 x 32.5cm; the smallest 12.5 x 17.5cm. (12) ++ Some with a little fading; some handling creases

•DR DAVID BETHEL, CBE, RWA (1923-2006) A FOLIO OF TWENTY LARGER FORMAT LINOCUTS, LITHOGRAPHS AND SCREENPRINTS subjects to include Rutland Landscape; Topiary; Charioteer; Cock and Weathercock; The Long Man of Wilmington; Printers Garden (2); Ingarsby Hall; Coberley, Glos (2); Morris Dancers; The Cerne Abbas Giant (see illus.); The Grand Union; Hallaton; White Gate; Dhow Yard, Bahrain (see illus.); Crick Wharf; and St Mary's, Colston Bassett; each signed and inscribed with title each dated 1958 to 2000, most numbered from editions of 14 to 37 The largest average 42.5 x 65cm.; the smallest 35.5 x 43cm. (20) ++ A few handling creases in the (full) margins; images generally good

•JEAN ALEXANDER (1911-1994) A FOLIO OF SCOTTISH WATERCOLOURS to include subjects in or near Leith, Dunbar, Aberdeen, Stirling, Aviemore and elsewhere, most signed and/or inscribed verso, all 1961 or 1976, watercolour 38 x 55.5cm and smaller (12) * Jean Alexander was the youngest of the five children of Robert and Effie Alexander, born in Shenfield in Essex in 1911. Her mother had been a pupil of Hercules Brabazon Brabazon and the influence is clear in much of Jean's work. She studied at Chelmsford Art School from 1928-1931 and at the Slade from 1931-1935 where she met her father's friends Philip Wilson Steer and Sir George Clausen. She and Clausen occasionally worked together in the 1930's. Jean became a High School art teacher in Chelmsford until her retirement in 1970. After four years in New Zealand, she returned to live in Norfolk until her death in 1994. She showed at the NEAC, the SWA and four works at The Royal Academy (1938-1940) ++ Generally good

•JEAN ALEXANDER (1911-1994) A FOLIO OF FRENCH AND SWISS WATERCOLOURS to include subjects in or near Vouzeron, Quiberon, Nevin, Fecamp, Cherbourg, Dieppe, Etretat, Veules les Roses, Port Haliguen, Lucerne and elsewhere, most signed and/or inscribed verso, 1952-1982, watercolours, some with pastel 28.5 x 39cm and smaller (28) ++ Generally good; some with handling marks and or wear/creases

•JEAN ALEXANDER (1911-1994) A FOLIO OF DUTCH AND OTHER WATERCOLOURS to include subjects in or near Hoorn, Alkmaar, Scheveningen, Mounikendam etc, and some other views in Quiberon, Bursledon etc. most signed and/or inscribed verso, 1949-1956, watercolour, some with pastel and/or crayon 28 x 37cm and smaller (15) ++ Generally good; some with handling creases and/or wear

•JEAN ALEXANDER (1911-1994) A FOLIO OF CONTINENTAL WATERCOLOURS to include subjects in or near Stockholm, Venice and Lans, Austria, most signed and/or inscribed verso, 1953-1984 (the Stockholm views all 1955), watercolours, some with pastel, charcoal etc 28 x 38m and smaller (24) ++ Generally good; some with handling marks and or wear/creases; some water spots

•JEAN ALEXANDER (1911-1994) A LARGE FOLIO OF BRITISH WATERCOLOURS to include subjects in or near Malmesbury, Broad Oak, Brede, Udimore, Tresco and Scilly Isles, Georgeham, Cotswolds, Portscatho, Amport, Tewkesbury, Southwold, Walberswick, Diss, Yetminster, Falmouth, St Mawes and elsewhere, most signed and/or inscribed verso, mainly 1970-1986 (a few as early as 1944), watercolours, some with pastel 34.5 x 40.5cm and smaller (66) ++ Generally good; some with handling marks and or wear/creases

•JEAN ALEXANDER (1911-1994) A FOLIO OF ENGLISH WATERCOLOURS to include subjects in or near Maidstone, Weymouth, Udimore, Broad Oak, Monxton, South Downs, Southwold, Tilbury/Gravesend, Canterbury and elsewhere, also a few figure subjects, most signed and/or inscribed verso, mainly 1956-1979 (one pencil life drawing from 1928), watercolours, some with pastel 37.5 x 55cm approx (22) ++ Generally good; some with handling marks and or wear/creases; some with pale water stains

•JEAN ALEXANDER (1911-1994) A FOLIO OF AUSTRALIAN WATERCOLOURS to include subjects in or near Sydney Harbour, most signed and/or inscribed verso, all July 1973, watercolours, some with pastel 41 x 56cm and smaller (8) ++ Generally good; some with handling marks and/or slight creases/tears at edges

•JEAN ALEXANDER (1911-1994) A FOLIO OF IRISH WATERCOLOURS to include subjects in or near Milltown, Dingle, Slea Head and elsewhere in South West Ireland, most signed and/or inscribed verso, all 1966, watercolours, some with pastel 38 x 55cm approx (10) ++ Generally good condition

VICTORIAN MAHOGANY FOLIO STAND, the two sections with lattice dividers, on bun feet, height 53cm, width 74cm, depth 31cm

 MICHAEL GEORGE: (1963-2016) English Singer & Songwriter. A rare, unusual D.S., GEORGE MICHAEL, one page, large folio, n.p., n.d. (1985). The photocopy page being the readers' poll questionnaire from Number One magazine. Completed in red ink Michael has answered a series of 26 questions, including 'Greatest Group… Wham, Ghastliest Group… Wham, Best Single… Freeway of Love, Worst Single… Shout - easily!, Best Album… Ice on Fire - Elton John, Best Pop TV Show… T.O.T.P. (Best of Bad Bunch), Best Radio Show… Steve Wright, Favourite Film… Back to the Future, Most Stylish Pop Star… Me, Dodgiest Dresser… Andy, Romance of the Year… Andrew Ridgeley & Andrew Ridgeley, Event of the Year… Live Aid, of course, I Would Make My Personal Award of the Year to… St. Bob, or anyone who'll pay for it' etc. Three horizontal folds, and minor tears and creases to the left edge, otherwise about VG Number One, a British magazine dealing with pop music. It ran for nine years, mostly during the 1980s and was aimed at a mainly teenage market. Provenance: The present questionnaire is contained within a card folder, upon which is written, in part,'I purchased it via Unbound - a book publisher - on 29th February 2016. Paul Simper was writing a book which would later be titled 'Popstars in my Pantry - A memoir of pop mags and clubbing in the 1980's'. It was a crowd funding project and Paul offered some special items to purchase including a Sade signed postcard etc. I was lucky enough to buy the George Michael item.'  

 GIBBON EDWARD: (1737-1794) English Historian, Writer & Politician whose most important work was The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88). A fine, large D.S., Edward Gibbon, one page (vellum), large oblong folio, n.p., 17th June 1773. The attractive manuscript document is an Indenture made between Gibbon (‘only son and heir of Edward Gibbon the Elder late of Buriton….’) and Sir Stanier Porten of Saint James’s, Westminster and Joseph Newton of Aldermanbury, London, for the lease of the manor at Mapledurham in Buriton, ‘in the County of Southampton’ (Hampshire) for one year ‘in consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of Great Britain’. The indenture makes references to the manor house’s surrounding meadows, pastures, glebe land, woods, gardens and orchards as well as outbuildings including barns and stables and also names several tenants including Ralph Burknall. Signed by Gibbon at the foot of the document either side of a red wax seal. Rare. A clean and attractive document, folded as standard. VG   In around 1719 the Manor at Mapledurham in Buriton was purchased by Edward Gibbon, grandfather of the historian, following the death of Ralph Burknall (or Bucknel). Gibbon had acquired a fortune of £60,000 and was made a director of the South Sea Company in 1716 and was involved in the general ruin which fell upon the company in 1720. However, he soon amassed a second fortune and purchased large estates in Buckinghamshire and Hampshire. Gibbon died in 1736 and the Manor passed to his son Edward Gibbon (‘The Elder’, as referred to in the present document), the father of the historian. Gibbon’s wife died whilst their son was still at an early age and Gibbon the Elder ‘soon withdrew from the gay and busy scenes of the world, and his prudent retreat from London and Putney to his farm at Buriton in Hampshire was ennobled by the pious motive of conjugal affliction’ He lived there for the remainder of his life, dying in 1770. The Manor then passed to his son, Edward Gibbon the historian who, in had previously observed in his autobiography 'My father's residence in Hampshire, where I have passed many light and some heavy hours, was at Buriton near Petersfield…. An old mansion in a state of decay had been converted into the fashion and convenience of a modern house, of which I occupied the most agreeable apartment; and if strangers had nothing to see, the inhabitants had little to desire. The spot was not happily chosen-at the end of the village and the bottom of the hill; but the aspect of the adjacent grounds was various and cheerful: the Downs commanded the prospect of the sea, and the long hanging woods in sight of the house could not perhaps have been improved by art or expense. My father kept in his own hands the whole of his estate, and even rented some additional land, and whatsoever might be the balance of profit and loss the farm supplied him with amusement and plenty’. In April 1789 Gibbon sold the property and estate to Lord Stawell (1757-1820).    Sir Stanier Porten (1709-1789) was Gibbon’s uncle. His youngest sister, Judith, had married Edward Gibbon on 3rd June 1736. Porten made a career for himself as a Government official and Diplomat, serving as a Consul in Naples and Madrid.  In July 1766 he was appointed Secretary to the extraordinary embassy of Lord Rochford to the Court of France and in November 1768 as under-secretary to Lord Rochford whilst Secretary of State for the Northern department, and in December 1770 the Southern department, remaining with Rochford until 1782. Porten was knighted in June 1772, appointed Keeper of the State Papers at Whitehall in 1774, and from 1782 until November 1786 was a Commissioner of the Customs. He died at Kensington Palace in 1789. 

DIOR CHRISTIAN: (1905-1957) French Fashion Designer. A signed folio printed programme for a presentation of Christian Dior's Paris Winter Collection in the presence of H.R.H. Princess Margaret at Blenheim Palace, 3rd November 1954. Signed ('Xian Dior') in blue ink with his name alone to a clear area of the front cover. With a heavy crease to the right edge, light overall creasing, minor staining and age wear. Together with a second unsigned folio printed programme for the same event. With a heavy crease to the upper right edge, light overall creasing and a stain to the back cover. FR, 2

 FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of holograph statements signed by various authors, politicians, scholars, diplomats etc., each one page, folio, late 1920s - early 1930s, including Beverly Nichols (in full, 'I believe that permanent peace is possible - but only by an educational revolution - a revolution in which the word “patriotism” will be degraded from its false and high estate, and in which the word “pacifism” will be exalted to an equality “Christianity”. This revolution should begin in the nursery and continue through the schools, and every father who does not wish his son to die an unnatural death should do his utmost to further it', 8th March 1933), Arthur Pugh (in full, 'Strife, whether in the domestic sphere of nations, or in international relations is destructive of human welfare. World Peace is essential to civilisation'), Margaret Kennedy (in full, 'To any mother the cause of World Peace must be supreme: she has risked her life in vain if the children that she bears are doomed to the horrors of modern warfare', 31st October 1932), Gilbert Murray (in full, 'Peace is not an end in itself. Peace is only an opportunity for all the higher activities of life, which war partly thwarts, partly distorts and poisons' March 1930), Oliver Lodge (in part, 'If humanity would agree to dispense with continually improving instruments of destruction, what energies and material means would be liberated for beneficial activity! We are so used to the present extravagant precautions against the fear of attack, that we fail to realise the wealth of our opportunity…', 4th June 1929) etc. Some very light, minor age wear, VG, 10                                  The statements were prepared for publication in the Pax Mundi book; an anthology of sentiments on peace published in Switzerland by the World League for Peace. Between 1925 and 1932 many notable persons from around the world were asked to comment on the prospects of world peace and the volume included contributions from Marie Curie, Guglielmo Marconi, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore and many others. 

ASTRONAUTS: A signed printed folio poster for the 15th Space Congress “Meet The Astronauts”, 1978, with an image of the Space Shuttle lifting off on the recto and to the verso biographical information for members of the 'Meet the Astronauts panel', comprised of Lee Scherer, Deke Slayton, John Young, Fred Haise and Vance Brand. Signed by Deke Slayton (one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts) and Fred Haise (Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo XIII), individually, in bold black and blue inks with their names alone to clear areas of the page, Fred Haise signing his name across his printed biography. A few folds and some light overall creasing, otherwise G

ASTRONAUTS: A signed printed folio poster for the 15th Space Congress “Meet The Astronauts”, 1978, with an image of the Space Shuttle lifting off on the recto and to the verso biographical information for members of the 'Meet the Astronauts panel', comprised of Lee Scherer, Deke Slayton, John Young, Fred Haise and Vance Brand. Signed by Deke Slayton (one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts), John Young (ninth person to walk on the Moon as Commander of the Apollo XVI) and Fred Haise (Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo XIII), individually, in bold black or blue inks with their names alone to clear areas of the page, Fred Haise signing his name across his printed biography. A few folds and some light overall creasing, otherwise G

 [NELSON HORATIO]: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. A facsimile A.L.S., Horatio Nelson, one page, folio, n.p. (London), n.d. (4th October 1797), to King George III. The facsimile is a copy of Nelson's memorial read before the King in Council on the 4th October 1797 and printed by Vernor & Hood, London, 1805. The memorial stating, in full, 'To the King's most excellent Majesty the Memorial of Sir Horatio Nelson K. B. and a Rear Admiral in your Majesty's Fleet, humbly sheweth, that during the present war your memorialist has been in four actions with the fleets of the enemy viz on the 13th and 14th of March 1795, on the 13th of July 1795, on the 14th of February 1797, in three actions with frigates, in six engagements against batteries, in ten actions in boats employed in cutting out of harbours, in destroying vessels and in taking three towns. Your memorialist has also served on shore with the army four months, and commanded the batteries at the sieges of Bastia and Calvi, that during the war, he has assisted at the capture of seven sail of the line, six frigates, four corvettes, and eleven privateers of different sizes, and taken and destroyed near fifty merchant vessels, and your memorialist has actually been engaged against the enemy upwards of one hundred and twenty times in which services your memorialist has lost his right eye and right arm, and been severely wounded and bruised in his body, all of which services and wounds your memorialist most humbly submits to your Majesty's most gracious consideration. Horatio Nelson.' Neatly laid down and slightly irregularly trimmed. A few small tears and light stains to the edges, only very slightly affecting the text, G   Nelson's ambitious attempt to assault Santa Cruz de Tenerife on 22nd July 1797 ended in defeat and an amputated arm for the Rear-Admiral. Upon his return to England, contrary to his expectations, Nelson was greeted with congratulations, civic honours, and a pension of £1,000 per year. The rules of the service required that, previous to the issuing of this grant, a memorial, distinctly stating his services, should be presented to His Majesty. 

 GEORGE II: (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-60. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, vellum, oblong folio, Court at Kensington's, 5th October 1757. The partially printed document is a military commission, appointing William Price to be an Ensign in the 25th Regiment of Foot commanded by Major General William Home. Countersigned at the foot by Robert Darcy (1718-1778) 4th Earl of Holderness. British Diplomat and Politician, Secretary of State. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some light overall age wear and one small hold at the centre of a fold. The King's signature is somewhat light, although legible. G  William Home (1681-1761) 8th Earl of Home. British Governor of Gibraltar 1757-1761.  

 GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., signed twice, George R, two pages, large folio, n.p., n.d. (c.1777). Two documents, one to the recto being the 'Regulation of subsistence to be paid to every officer and soldier, on the foregoing establishment',  the schedule providing the per diem (day) payments for various ranks of the Horse Guards and Grenadier Guards, including 'Captain and Colonel, and in lieu of his servants - £1-7-0' and 'Kettle Drummer - £0-4-0', and to the verso a list of the per diem and yearly expenses for selected garrisons throughout the United Kingdom, including, 'Cinque Ports - £4-12-10½... Edinburgh Castle - £6-7-7¼... Plymouth and St. Nicholas Island - £4-11-3¾... Stirling Castle - £6-5-1¼... Windsor £3-14-9½' the total yearly amount calculated at £28,696-11-0, to which is added 'Fire and candle for these Garrisons - £3522-5-0' and 'brought from the other side' the total for both officers, soldiers and garrisons being calculated at £660,8000-15-9½ per annum. The accounts are further signed at the foot by Lord North(1732-1792) British Prime Minister 1770-82, Francis Seymour-Conway (1718-1794) British Courtier and Politician, and Henry Temple (1739-1802) British politician. A document of interesting content. Neatly trimmed to the left edge of the verso, very slightly affecting George's signature and parts of the text. A minor tear to the upper left corner, signs of former mounting to the verso and age toning. G 

 GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R, a good and bold example, as King, at the head, one page, vellum, oblong folio, Court at St. James, 14th December 1790. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Thomas Hardyman to be Captain of `an independent Company of Foot raised for Our Service'. Countersigned at the foot by William Grenville. With a blind embossed paper seal affixed. One small ink blot close to Grenville's signature, otherwise clean example. G  Thomas Hardyman (1736-1814)  William Grenville (1759-1834) 1st Baron Grenville. British Statesman. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1806-07 

 GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. D.S., George P.R., as Prince Regent, at the head, five pages, folio, Carlton House, London, 26th October 1811. The neatly penned manuscript document being a Warrant authorising that, 'You forthwith cause the Great Seal of Great Britain to be affixed to an instrument bearing date with these presents… containing a commission constituting and appointing our trusty and well beloved Anthony St. John Baker Esquire, to be Secretary of His Majesty's Legation to His Majesty's Good Friends the United States of America…' Further incorporating a copy, in Latin, of the commission document itself. Countersigned to the centre by Richard Colley (1760-1842), 1st Marquess Wellesley, British Politician, Governor-General of India 1798-1805. With a blind embossed seal at the head. Neatly bound with brown ribbon. VG   

 GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1820-30. D.S., George P R, as Prince Regent, at the head, one page, oblong Folio, Court at Carlton House 16th February 1813. The partially printed document, on vellum, is a military commission appointing Jonathan Brown to be a Major in the 75th (Highland) Regiment of Foot command by Sir Robert Abercromby. Countersigned by Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844, Home Secretary and British Prime Minister 1801-04). With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some overall age ware and light blue staining to a few areas at the extreme edges of the document. FR    

 HISTORICAL: D.S. by four Principal Commissioners of Prizes, one page, folio, Court of Whitehall, 22nd September 1668, to Lord Ashley, Treasurer of Prizes. The manuscript document states, in part, 'Whereas by the Certificate of Thomas Lloyd Esq. that… Of indecent and promiscuous charges disbursed on shipping and goods brought as prize into the Port of Hull and the district thereof from the 25th day of March 1667 to the eighth day of August 1668. Exhibited by Thomas Johnson Esq. Deputy to the Rt. Hon. The Lord Ashley (his Majst. Treas of Prizes) in the said port, there appears to have been laid out as aforesaid the sume of one thousand six hundred sixty seaven pounds seaven shillings five pence… being vouched according to the instructions… authorise the Rt Hon, the Lord Ashley to allow and give credit in attempt to the said Thomas Johnson Esq. for the said sum of one thousand six hundred sixty seaven pounds seaven shillings five pence…' Signed at the conclusion by Arthur Annesley (1614-1686) 1st Earl of Anglesey, Anglo-Irish Statesman, Lord Privy Seal 1673-82, Henry Bennet (1618-1685) 1st Earl of Arlington, English Statesman, John Maitland (1616-1682) 2nd Earl of Lauderdale, Scottish Politician, and leader within the Cabal Ministry, and John Berkeley (1602-1678) 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English Politician and Diplomat. Some very small tears to the right edge, not affecting the text, minor discolouration at the folds and age wear, otherwise G Anthony Ashley Cooper (1621-1683) 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. English Politician during the Interregnum and during the reign of King Charles II. A founder of the Whig party, also remembered as the patron of John Locke. 

 BRITISH POLITICS: Selection of holograph statements signed by various politicians, diplomats, ambassadors etc., each one page, folio, late 1920s - early 1930s, including Austen Chamberlain (Nobel Peace Prize winner 1925, in full, 'The preservation of peace is the supreme purpose of the League as it is the policy of the British Government', 7th September 1927), Erik Colban (in part, 'The most effective political tool for establishing World Peace on a solid, durable and equitable foundation is, in my opinion, the League of Nations…' 22nd December 1927), Cecil Hurst (in full, 'The first requisite for the ultimate assurance of Peace is Patience. The risk of war will endure until the idea of war has disappeared from men's minds - and for that time and patience are needed'), Eric Drummond (Secretary General of the League of Nations 1920-33, in full, 'It is essential to work as well as to hope for peace', 8th October 1927), Lord Crewe (in full, 'The true recompense of labour is only to live in peace'), Lord Cushendum (in full, 'War is no longer a gallant adventure but a national dishonour'), Oliver Baldwin (in full, 'Peace can only be assured by inculcating into the minds of Youth that War is Murder: & the more dastardly a Murder if camouflaged by the waving of flags and the beating of drums' 26th May 1931), Lord d'Abernon (in full, 'In Europe peace is no longer an ideal: it is a necessity. The abyss is too near for escapades') etc. Some very light, minor age wear, VG, 10                              The statements were prepared for publication in the Pax Mundi book; an anthology of sentiments on peace published in Switzerland by the World League for Peace. Between 1925 and 1932 many notable persons from around the world were asked to comment on the prospects of world peace and the volume included contributions from Marie Curie, Guglielmo Marconi, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore and many others.     

 MACKLIN MARIA: (1733-1781) English Actress, Singer and Dancer, daughter of Charles Macklin (1690-1797) Irish Actor and Dramatist, famous for his performances of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. Both Macklins are associated with the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. A good A.L.S., 'yr. most affect. & Dutiful but uneasy Daughter M: Macklin', three pages, small folio, London, 6th May 1772, to her father, Charles Macklin in Dublin. Macklin announces 'I flatter'd myself Dr. Sr. that I was very like you while I was mustering my Troops & I asure you I was not a little proud of it' and continues 'However the Farce went off very well. At the Beginning there were some people in the House who were very pury & had a mind to hiss. They came to see the Farce murder'd & to damn it. But they were fairly disappointed , for it was so decent they were oblig'd to applaud. All the capital strokes as usual were notic'd'. The actress further adds 'Fox was much superior to Shuter all thro the song he sung with great Humour & was encord in it. Lewis play'd very well, & upon the whole we came off with Honour' although admits 'but I trembled at first till by Degrees the audience brighten'd up. Happy was I when it was over: tho I kept up my spirits amazingly, & indeed neither the…..House nor all the Plagues I had were half so affecting to me as the thoughts of you being ill'. Macklin continues to provide her father with other theatrical news, observing 'In all this Trouble there was not a manager to be seen. Coleman is at Bath & has been for near two months. Leake, Harris and Dagge about Town but seldom at the Theatre, the whole conduct of it left to Younger. Coleman writes to him that he has neither leisure nor inclination to treat with the Performers, that if they want him the Prompter must write to him. He refus'd Lewis the new scenes in Mother Shipton tho' many others have had them' and also stating 'Lewis ask'd me for Love a la Mode saying you shou'd  have your own Price for it. I hope you will think I did right to refuse it as I thought it wou'd hurt it more than it had already been', further remarking 'I told him the Property was not mine & that as there was not Time to have your answer I cou'd not venture to let him have it, least you shou'd not approve of it'. Macklin concludes her letter by informing her father about various rents that have been paid by his tenants and in a lengthy postscript also writes 'pray let me know if there are any Books of any kind that you want that I can send you. Compts. from many People who enquire after you & wish you better….'With autograph address panel to the verso addressed to Charles Macklin in Dublin and with minor remnants of a red wax seal (two areas of paper loss and some large tears where originally broken) and a small docket in the hand of Charles Macklin. Rare. A few minor, neat splits at the edges of some folds, a few light stains and minor age wear, otherwise about VG   It is possible that the present letter was one of a small series previously sold by Sotheby's on 16th December 1824, their catalogue description for lot 231 in the sale reading 'Macklin (Maria), six original letters to her Father, written on thirty-three pages, forming a Diary of all the Theatrical Events during Charles Macklin's absence in Dublin. They are dated at various periods from 1772. These letters will be found highly interesting, for they detail very minutely the merits and success of the various Actors of the Day and are of themselves a complete History of that period'. 

250 years of map making in the county of Sussex 1575-1825, introduction by R A Skelton and edited by Harry Margory, in blue folio with cardboard outer