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Antiquarian. A large collection of mostly 19th century miscellaneous history, reference and related, some foreign language, mostly leather bindings, some original cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Croft (P.J.). Autograph Poetry in the English Language, facsimiles of original manuscripts from the fourteenth to the twentieth century, 2 volumes, 1973, limited edition 1088/1500, numerous black and white facsimiles, uniform original cloth in price clipped dust jackets, in slipcase, spines rubbed and torn, large 4to, together with Jones (Herry Festing), Samuel Butler, author of Erewhon (1835-1902), 2 volumes, 2nd impression, 1920, 23 black and white illustrations, bookplates to front pastedowns, some minor toning, uniform original gilt decorated red cloth, spines slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Barrett (C.R.B.), Somersetshire: Highways, Byways and Waterways, Centenary Edition, Frome, 1993, black and white illustrations, original green cloth in slipcase, 8vo, plus other modern fiction and literary reference and related, including publications by Folio Society, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (5 shelves)

Military. A collection of modern military and naval reference and related, including publications by Arms & Armour Press, Grub Street, Ian Allan, A. & C. Black, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Plantin (Christopher, printer) Concordantiae Bibliorum utriusque Testamenti, Veteris et Novi ... Antwerp: Plantin, 1585, woodcut title vignette, final colophon leaf, title page trimmed at foot, contemporary vellum, soiled, spine defective, 4to, together with Virgil, L'Opere ... commentate in linguae volgarae Tosca da Giovanni Fabrini da Fighine, Carlo Malatesta da Rimene, e Filippo Venuti da Cortona, nuovamente stampate, e diligentemente corrette, Venice: Sessa, 1615, woodcut title device, vignettes to text, variable spotting, browning and damp-staining, first and last quires slightly frayed, endpapers renewed, contemporary vellum soiled, slightly worn, folio, plus Chemnitz (Martin), Examinis Concilii Tridentini, Geneva: Etienne Gamonet & Pierre de la Rovière, 1614 4 parts in 1 volume, each with separate title page with woodcut device, occasional spotting and soiling, presentation plate and inscription to front pastedown and free endpaper, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, a few minor marks, folio, and 10 other Latin works, 17th to 19th centuries, various bindings, all folio (2 shelves)

Hill (Rowland & George Birbeck). The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the HIstory of Penny Postage, 2 volumes, 1880, black and white portraits, ex library copy with associated marks, some minor spotting, uniform original green cloth, boards and spines lightly marked, 8vo, together with Earée (R.B.), Album Weeds; Or, How to Detect Forged Stamps, 2 volumes, circa 1905, bookplates to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, 8vo, and Lazzaro (Claudia), The Italian Renaissance Garden..., 1990, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plus Folio Society, Bestiary..., 1992, colour illustrations, original cloth spine to boards in slipcase, 8vo, and other stamp, natural history and gardening reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (5 shelves + a carton)

Morison (Stanley). Selected Essays on the History of Letter-forms in Manuscript and Print, 2 volumes, 1st edition, C.U.P., 1981, black and white facsimiles, original red cloth in dust jackets, in slipcase, large 8vo, together with Weinburg (Bernard), A History of Literary Criticism in the Italian Renaissance, 2 volumes, 1st edition, University of Chicago Press, 1961, uniform original brown cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly spotted, 8vo, and Boccaccio (Giovanni), Decameron, edizione diplomatico-interpretativa, The John Hopkins University Press, 1974, original cloth in slipcase, 8vo, plus other modern scholarly reference, some in Italian, all original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Person (David) Varieties, or a Surveigh of Rare and Excellent Matters, Necessary and Delectable for All Sorts of Persons, wherein the Principall Heads of Diverse Sciences are illustrated, Rare Secrets of Naturall Things unfoulded, etc., 1st edition, printed by Richard Badger, for Thomas Alchorn, 1635, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, repairs to iinitial leaf (blank but for signature within woodcut border),G1 and K3, contents tanned, occasional moderate staining, contemporary and later ownership- and other inscriptions, bookplate of clergyman Abel John Ram (d. 1920), contemporary sprinkled sheep, rebacked and recornered, 4to, together with Perkins (William), A Discourse of the Damned Art of Witchcraft, 2nd edition, [Cambridge:] Cantrel Legge, 1610, marginal repairs to slightly soiled title page and [par.]2, leaf P8 repaired with text intact, occasional damp-staining, 18th-century half calf, spine worn and repaired, small 8vo, plus Albin (Eleazar), A Natural History of English Insects, 1st edition, printed for the author, 1720, 88 hand-coloured engraved plates (of 100: lacking plates 8, 9, 11, 16, 49, 59, 60, 65, 66, 69, 80, and 84, and accompanying letterpress), light offsetting, occasional spotting and browning to text-block, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 4to, and Bossuet (Jacques-Bénigne), Discours sur l'histoire universelle ... pour l'éducation de Monseigneur le Dauphin, Paris: Didot l'aîné, 1736 mild spotting and browning, 18th-century red morocco gilt by Nicolas-Denis Derome (1731-1790, his ticket to initial blank), scuffed and marked, gilt edges, blue silk doublures and endpapers, large 4to (30 x 22 cm), and approximately 40 others, 17th-19th century, English and French literature and general antiquarian, various formats, including Knolles (Richard), The Generall Historie of the Turkes, 3rd edition, Adam Islip, 1621, engraved text portraits, lacking dedication leaf, repairs to first gathering (including engraved title) and final leaf (to loss of text), contemporary panelled calf, minor wear, and Leybourn (William), Dialing: Plain, Concave, Convex, Projective, Reflective, Refractive, 1st edition thus, Awnsham Churchill, 1682, engraved frontispiece, 23 plates (many folding), occasional soiling, one or two repairs, lacking final blank, early 19th-century quarter calf, worn, folio STC 19781 (Person), 19698 (Perkins), 15053 (Knolles); Wing L1912 (Leybourn). (5 shelves)

Catleen (Ellen). Peking Studies, 1st edition, Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1934, full-page colour plan, monochrome photographs and sketches throughout, contemporary gift inscription to front pastedown, original cloth, front board with printed vignette, mounted photograph and cloth title-onlay, cloth mottled, small stain to front board, corners slightly bumped, folio (1)

Vega (Garcilasso de la). The Royal Commentaries of Peru, in Two Parts. The First Part. Treating of the Original of their Incas or Kings... The Second Part. Describing the manner by which that new World was conquered by the Spaniards... rendered into English by Sir Paul Rycaut, 1st edition in English, 1688, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 10 engraved plates, some light spotting and soiling, small burnhole to pages 327 and 455, bookplates front and rear, contemporary calf, rebacked, red label to spine, folio Sabin 98760; Wing G216. (1)

Daniell (Thomas & William). Oriental Scenery, One Hundred and Fifty Views of the Architecture, Antiquities and Landscape Scenery of Hindoostan, 6 parts in 3 volumes, published by the authors, 1816 [but Henry G. Bohn, 1841], 6 aquatint title pages, additional letterpress title, 40 pages of letterpress description, 144 aquatint plates, bound without the 8 plans (as usual for this issue), interleaved throughout, spotting, generally light and concentrated in margins and on versos, occasionally heavier, mainly towards front and rear of volumes, volume 1 aquatint title page loose, volume 3 title partially loose, gift inscription 'Presented to Miss Helena Geraldine Therry, with the best wishes of her friend J. W. Lees, Sydney, 5th November 1869' to initial blanks, gilt edges, contemporary green half morocco by Hammond, gilt spines, rubbed overall, partial loss to spine labels, folio (36.5 x 27 cm) Abbey Travel 432 (note). (3)

Blome (Richard). Britannia: or a Geographical Description of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland with the Isles and Territories thereto belonging..., Illustrated with a map of each county of England besides several general ones. The like never before published, printed Tho. Roycroft for the Undertaker, Richard Blome, 1673, title page printed in red & black, dedication to Charles II, preface and five pages of tables and twenty-four pages displaying 808 heraldic shields, folding engraved map of the British Isles, forty-four double page engraved county maps, a plan of London and five folding maps of North Wales, South Wales, Scotland, Ireland and British Islands (complete as list), title page and dedication detached, upper hinge cracked, near contemporary calf gilt with later morocco gilt label to spine, worn and rubbed, folio William Nicholson, the Bishop of Carlise condemned Blome's Britannia 'as a most entire theft out of Camden and Speed'. Most cartographers borrowed from the works of earlier atlases this makes Nicholson's condemnation somewhat harsh and certainly overlooks the fact that Blome's maps have a charming naivety which has never been replicated. The six folding maps in this atlas are often trimmed and damaged. The examples contained in this example are in surprisinly good condition. Chubb XCIX, Skelton 90. (1)

Camden (William). Britannia: or a chorographical description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the adjacent islands..., 2 volmes, 2nd edition, revised, digested and published with large additions by Edmund Gibson, printed by Mary Matthews and sold by William Taylor, 1722, title pages to each volume printed in red & black, portrait frontispiece, dedication and preface, nine plates of coins, additional half title, page 106 with short marginal closed tear, fifty-one uncoloured engraved folding maps by Robert Morden, map of Hampshire with two small holes, map of Cheshire and Herefordshire with repaired holes, occasional spotting, book plate of John Angerstein, near contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, worn and rubbed, folio Chubb CXV. (2)

Cary (John). Cary's new English Atlas; being a complete set of County maps from actual surveys corresponding in size with his general atlas..., published J. Cary, 1809, double page title, torn with slight loss, thirty-five (only) engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, some offsetting, some marginal tears , index bound at rear, a few maps loose, disbound, lacking boards but partially retaining spine, folio Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)

Hall (S.C.). The Baronial halls and picturesque Edifices of England. From drawings amde by J. D. Harding, G. Cattermole, S. Prout, W. Müller, J. Holland and other eminent artists, 3 volumes, puiblished Chapman & Hall, 1848 - 1847, title and contents list to each volume, seventy-two lithographs and numerous wood engravings to text, some rodent damage to last few pages of volume 3, marbled endpapers, bookplates of Avancez and Victor Hilton, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn and rubbed, 4to, together with Finden (Edward), The Beauties of Moore: A series of portraits of his principal characters..., published Chapman and Hall, 1846, additional decorative title, twenty-eight uncoloured engraved female portraits, the index calls for twenty-four but several of the listed titles are not present and additional engravings appear to have been added, occasional spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco gilt, upper board detached, spine partially lacking, worn and rubbed, folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (4)

Diodorus Siculus The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian, in Fifteen Books. The First Five, contain the Antiquities of Egypt, Asia, Africa, Greece, the Islands, and Europe, the Last Ten, an Historical Account of the Affairs of the Persians, Grecians, Macedonians, and other Parts of the world ... made English, by G. Booth, 1st edition, 1710, 3 maps of which 2 folding ('Antient Sicele according to the Description of Philip Cluevius'; 'The Map of Antient Greece expressing especially the places mentioned in Thucydides by Tho. Hobbes'; 'Asia, veteribus cognitae tabula'), bookplate neatly removed from front pastedown, main title browned, marked and chipped, variable spotting and browning, Sicily map spotted, short closed tear to inner margin of Greece map, 'The Last Ten Books' divisional title misbound after 4X2, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, sides slightly worn, folio in fours, together with a copy of the 'second edition', 1721, title page printed in red and black, engraved bookplate, small tide-mark to bottom edge of Sicily map, map of Greece substantially torn away, Asia map clean, contemporary calf, rubbed, extremities worn, joints cracked and held by cords, folio in fours Wing D1512; the accompanying 'second edition', published in 1721, is really 'a reissue of the 1700 edition with a cancel title page' (ESTC). Booth's translation was the first complete edition in English of the Bibliotheke, which is an important source for the Middle East in antiquity. (2)

Herdman (William Gawin, 1805-1882). Pictorial Relics of Ancient Liverpool. Accompanied with descriptions of the antique buildings etc., subscriber's copy, published by the author, 1856, additional lithographic pictorial title, forty-eight (complete as list) tinted lithographic plates, including three folding panoramic views, each with tissue guard, some spotting throughout, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed and worn, folio, together with Enfield (William), An Essay towards the History of Leverpool, drawn up from papers left by the late Mr. George Perry..., published Warrington, 1773, title page, ten engraved plates, and engraved folding chart of the harbour and a plan of the environs, text block disbound, contents shaken and loose, contemporary half calf, boards detached, lacking spine, heavily rubbed and worn, slim upright 4to The first described item. Abbey Scenery. 202. (2)

Hoare (Richard Colt). The Ancient History of South Wiltshire, The Ancient History of North Wiltshire, 3 volumes bound in two, matched set, 1812-21, additional engraved title to each, portrait frontispiece to second volume (North Wilts), numerous engraved plates including some double-page or folding, all correct as list, some damp-staining at rear of second volume, first volume with all edges gilt, and bound in contemporary gilt panelled and decorated calf by L. Staggemeier (binder's label to front pastedown), neatly rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, second volume bound in contemporary half calf gilt, boards detached, folio For the first volume of this set, see Upcott 1286-8. A wide margined set. (2)

Lewis (Samuel). A Topographical Dictionary of England..., with historical and statistical descriptions; illustrated by maps of the different counties and islands..., four volumes plus 'The Atlas' volume, published S. Lewis and Co., 1831, titles and additional half titles to each volume, folding maps of England and Wales and of London detached and with several closed tears, forty-one uncoloured engraved maps including thirteen folding, some maps detached with frayed margins and occasional closed marginal tears, text blocks detached, some staining and spotting throughout, publisher's cloth with contrasting black morocco gilt labels to spines, three labels lacking, worn, faded and stained, folio (5)

Leycester (Sir Peter). Historical Antiquities, in Two Books. The First Treating in General of Great-Brettain and Ireland. The Second Containing Particular Remarks Concerning Cheshire......., Whereunto is annexed a Transcript of Doomsday-Book, so far as it concerneth Cheshire, taken out of the Original Record, published W. L. for Robert Clavell, 1673, title page printed in red & black, dedication to Charles II, folding uncoloured engraved map of Cheshire by John Speed (Roger Rea published), several heraldic crests to text throughout, later endpapers, bookplate of Gloddaeth Library, near contemporary speckled calf, upper board detached, rubbed and worn, folio Wing L1943. The book contains a loosely inserted early 17th century manuscript document, possibly a section of a will. (1)

Ogilby (John). Britannia: or, The Kingdom of England and Domininion of Wales Actually Survey'd with a Geographical and Historical Description of the Principal Roads; Explain'd by One Hundred Maps on Copper-Plates..., 2nd edition, published Abel Swall & Robert Morden, 1698, title page and forty-eight pages of explanatory text, ninety-nine of 100, (lacking plate 25), uncoloured engraved double page strip road maps, a few trimmed with slight loss, some spotting and staining throughout, a few marginal closed tears, later endpapers, modern reverse calf with gilt title to spine, folio Chubb CIIa. (1)

Willis (Robert). The Architectural History of the University of Cambridge, and of the Colleges of Cambridge and Eton edited with large additions, and brought up to the present time by John Wilis Clark, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1886, numerous illustrations as plates and to the text, most on india paper, mounted, the fourth volume comprising 29 plans, nearly all folding and in colour, light spotting, stronger to endpapers and edges, one plate in volume 2 loose, bookplates of zoologist Brunsdon Yapp (1909-1990), original vellum-backed boards, spotted, minor wear to extremities, 4to, together with Desgodets (Antoine), [Volume of plates from Les Edefices anciens de Rome, first published 1682], 59 engraved plates by Marshall after Desgodets, moderate soiling, one plate stained, modern blue full morocco, large folio (46.5 x 31.5 cm), together with Scott (David, illustrator), The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Alexander Hill, & London: Ackermann, 1827, 25 etched plates, spotting, water-staining, recent blue full morocco, large folio Willis's work is number 116 of 120 large-paper copies. (6)

*Dried Specimens. British Marine Algæ; 150 Species, 1847, approximately 60 leaves, each with one or more specimens neatly mounted on rectos, occasional manuscript place name (e.g. Torpoint, Dartmouth, Mt. Edgcombe, Bovisand) and date, each specimen with printed identification in Latin mounted below, some dust-soiling and marks, and small losses to some specimens, one leaf detached and edge-frayed (with adhesive tape at gutter), front free endpaper with mounted manuscript title label, original half morocco, worn, with loss to spine ends, covers detached, and adhesive tape on rear cover, folio (1)

Miller (Philip). The Gardener's and Botanist's Dictionary ... corrected and newly arranged ... by Thomas Martyn, 4 parts in 2 volumes, printed for F. C. and J. Rivington [and others], 1807, 18 engraved plates (of 20), occasional spotting, marginal browning to plates, contemporary half diced russia, volumes 2 and 4 rebacked, rubbed and worn, folio Henrey 1114. (4)

Tull (Jethro). The Horse-Hoing Husbandry, 2nd edition, A. Miller, 1743, initial licence leaf, 7 engraved plates (6 folding), occasional mild spotting and soiling to text-block, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, folio Goldsmiths'-Kress 7065; PMM 188 refers. This is the first illustrated edition. (1)

Vane-Wright (R.I. & Hughes, H.W.D.). The Seymer Legacy, Henry Seymer and Henry Seymer Jnr. of Dorset, and their entomological paintings, with a catalogue of Butterflies and Plants (1755-1783), 1st edition, Forrest Text, [date], colour and monochrome illustrations, original dark green full morocco gilt, with onlaid colour illustration to upper cover, with dust wrapper and matching slipcase, oblong 4to, together with Merian (Maria Sibylla), Schmetterlinge Käfer und andere Insekten, Leningrader Studienbuch, 2 volumes, Leipzig, 1976, numerous colour plates, original publisher's calf-backed marbled boards, folio, limited edition 1451/1750, plus other modern entomology, including John L. Heller, Index of the Books and Authors cited in the zoological works of Linnaeus, Ray Society, 2007, George Thomson, Insectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum, privately printed, 2000, limited edition 13/500 with typed letter from the author loosely inserted, M.J. Bascombe, G. Johnston & F.S. Spascombe, The Butterflies of Hong Kong, Academic Press, 1999, Michael Parsons, The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea, Academic Press, 1999, Bernard D'Abrara, Sphingidae Mundi, Hawk Moths of the World, published E.W. Classey, 1986, Jozef Razowski, Tortricidae of Europe, 2 volumes, Bratislava, 2002, etc., many in dust wrappers, 4to, VG Ex libris Paul Sokoloff (1948-2012), with his bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. (20)

Grimeston (Edward). A Generall Historie of the Netherlands: with the Genealogie and Memorable Acts of the Earls of Holland, Zeeland, and West-Friseland, 1st edition, A. Islip and G. Eld, 1608, engraved architectonic title and 57 portraits to the text by Christoffel van Sichem, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, bound without the index (signatures [par.]6 and 2[par.]4), shallow intermittent tide-marks in margins, initial blank partially torn in gutter, small spill-burn to leaf R6 affecting side-note, small marginal worm-hole from quire 5V to end, text never affected, a few other trivial marks, contemporary ownership inscription of one John Spark to front pastedown, large engraved armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet (1677-1746) to title verso, contemporary calf, small devices gilt to spine compartments, arabesque centrepieces and monogram 'I S' gilt to covers, slightly rubbed and marked, joints splitting at ends, ties gone, folio STC 12374. (1)

Blackie (W. G., editor). The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World, 1883, 10 ethnographic colour plates, 67 colour maps (most double-page), numerous wood-engravings to the text, gilt edges, original green half morocco, rubbed, folio (1)

Heylyn (Peter). Cosmography in Four Books, containing the Geography and History of the World: and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and the Isles thereof. With an Accurate and an Approved Index ... now annexed to this Last Impression, revised and corrected by the Author himself immediately before his Death, 1682, imprimatur leaf, additional engraved title page, typographic title page printed in red and black, 4 engraved folding maps, including 3 by Philip Chetwind dated 1666, and 'Americae Nova descriptio, impensis Annae Seile 1663', front free endpaper coming loose, short repaired tear to lower margin of engraved title, small holes to letterpress of signatures N1 and 3B3, 2E2 & 2E3 and 5Y1 & 5Y4 transposed, Europe and America maps both closely trimmed along lower margin, just shaving part of the image (tip of Tierra del Fuego) in the latter, Asia and Africa maps bound upside-down, contemporary mottled calf, floral devices gilt to spine, rubbed overall, joints splitting at head and foot, corners worn, folio Wing H1696; this edition not in Sabin. (1)

India - Tonk State Farashkhana Department Illustrated manuscript catalogue of tent designs, 3 volumes, circa 1880, approximately 155 tent designs in ink, watercolour and body colour, nearly all rectos and versos on 48 wove-paper leaves, some 50 designs full-page, the remainder 2 or 3 to a page (some depicting different aspects of the same tent), all with Persian manuscript specifications in red and black ink, nasta'liq script, illustrations and text within polychromatic frames, manuscript contents leaf to volume 1, tissue guards (many creased and torn), a few leaves apparently excised, some mild soiling (largely marginal), a few closed tears affecting frames, water-staining and concomitant abrasions or tears to endpapers, volume 1 front free endpaper and one illustrated leaf loose, contemporary red half morocco by Thacker of Bombay, titles gilt to front boards in Persian and English (the English portion slightly mistranscribed, and reading 'Farashkhama'), worn and marked, volume 1 rebacked with original spine laid down, volume 2 binding shaken and spine defective, folio (56 x 38 cm) Under the Mughals the farashkhana was 'a branch of the imperial textile workshops specializing in furnishings and carpets' (Kumar, Costumes and Textiles of Royal India, p. 43). During Crown rule they manufactured 'elaborate tents, rugs, furniture and other supplies for the camps which were an ordinary part of the life of the maharajas and their households when traveling' (Rudolph and others, eds, Reversing the Gaze: Amar Singh's Diary, A Colonial Subject's Narrative Of Imperial India, p. 581). (3)

Knolles (Richard). [The Generall Historie of the Turkes, from the First Beginning of tha Nation to the Rising of the Othoman Familie ... untill this Present Yeare 1603], 1st edition, Adam Islip, 1603, 28 engraved portraits and 1 battle scene to the letterpress, all by Laurence Johnson, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces, lacking the initial blank, engraved title, signature 3D6 and final errata leaf, divisional title page of 'The Lives of the Othoman Kings and Emperors' (signature M5) with woodcut wreath bound as main title, general old staining and finger-soiling, a few marginal chips or closed tears (costing a few letters in H3), repaired closed tears to title page and A3 fore margins, 2Z2 frayed along fore edge, 4A6 with long closed tear in gutter, 5H7 (index leaf) corner restored with loss of a few words, damp-staining in quire 2M and from 4Y to end, 2Y3-4 tranposed, contemporary calf, rebacked in the 19th century, covers scuffed and scraped, restoration to extremities, folio Blackmer 919; Cox I p. 204; ESTC S112893; STC 15051. 'The greatest of English works of the Renaissance period dealing with Turkey' (Chew, cited after Blackmer). 'Knolles's was the first major work on the subject to appear in English, and was quickly recognized as a masterpiece of narrative synthesis' (ODNB). This copy with numerous contemporary inscriptions in black or brown ink, including verse inscription in margin of page 236 relating to Tamerlane (his portrait adjacent) and similar inscription in the same hand to 5H7 verso; caricature of Musa Celebi adjacent to his portrait on page 245; draft oath or similar to page 918, dated 1652 and signed Jonathan Harrison; and various further ownership inscriptions. (1)

Bradford (William). Sketches of the Country, Character, and Costume, in Portugal and Spain, made during the Campaign, and on the route of the British Army in 1808 and 1809, printed for John Booth, [1813?], two parts in one, 55 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some offsetting from plates to text only, frontispiece a little chipped at fore edge, all edges gilt, contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt, rebacked, lightly rubbed and scuffed, folio Abbey Travel 137. A reissue of the original edition of 1809-10 (Abbey Travel 135), with French translations added. (1)

The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly newspaper..., a broken run, 8 volumes, January - June 1887, July - December 1887 (2 copies), January - June 1888, January - June, 1889, July to December 1889, January - June 1890 [and] July - December 1890, numerous uncoloured engraved illustrations and chromolithographs, several double page, and including panoramas of Manchester, London from the West End (damaged), Glasgow, Dublin and Athens, some handling tears, publisher's half calf gilt, hinges and joints weak and cracked, one volume lacking spine, worn and frayed, folio (8)

Devon & Ceylon. A family photograph album compiled 1920s/1930s, containing approximately 500 snapshots of Sir Hugh Charles Clifford (Governor of Ceylon) and his family, some showing scenes of life in Ceylon and South India, and many showing life in large country houses, mostly in Devon, mounted as multiples on thick paper leaves and mostly with ink captions to mounts, inner hinges weak, contemporary cloth, a little frayed, oblong folio (1)

Friary, Holroyd and Healy's Breweries Limited. Muniment Record and Schedule of Documents of Title to Properties included in the First Mortgage Debenture Trust, 1895, manuscript ledger, collates title page, XII, 232 pp. (pp. 222-32 blank), pp. I-XI with printed edge-index, completed in black ink in a neat clerical hand, frequent annotations in pencil, manuscript rules in red ink supplementing printed rules, some mild soiling to early leaves, original half reversed calf binding, leather largely perished, gilt-lettered morocco label to front board, folio (41.5 x 32 cm) Guildford brewers Friary, Holroyd and Healy's came into being with the acquisition of Healy's in 1890, with the new name registered in 1895. The firm ran pubs across Surrey and merged with Meux's Brewery in 1956 to form Friary Meux, who ceased trading in 1969. This ledger book records the titles to 182 properties. (1)

*Illuminated manuscripts. 5 antiphonary leaves, circa 1500, manuscript in red and black ink on vellum, puzzle initials in blue or red bodycolour with intricate penwork surrounds and infill, later polychromatic vignettes and elaborate floral borders in watercolour and bodycolour, toning, some soiling and creasing, large folio (approximately 55 x 35 cm) (5)

*Illuminated manuscript. 5 antiphonary leaves, circa 1500, manuscript in red and black ink on vellum, puzzle initials in blue or red bodycolour with intricate penwork surrounds and infill, later polychromatic vignettes and elaborate floral borders in watercolour and bodycolour, toning, mild soiling and creasing, small hole in border of one leaf, contemporary stitched repair to another, large folio (approximately 55 x 35 cm) (5)

Linschoten (Jan Huygen van). Navigatio ac itinerarium in orientalem sive Lusitanorum Indiam ... [volume 2:] Descriptio totius Guineae tractus, Congi, Angolae, et Monomotapae, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, The Hague, 1599, 2 engraved vignette titles, portrait of the author to verso of preface leaf, 1 plate bearing the engraved arms of the landgrave of Hesse, 31 double-page plates (of 35: lacking Urbs Goa, Insula S. Helenae, Insula Ascenscionis, and Urbs Angra), lacking the 7 maps, 3 Italian gift or institutional ownership inscriptions to first title, and a small area of repair not affecting vignette, frequent near-contemporary inked marginalia in Italian throughout (a note on volume 2 page 45 dated 1640), contents washed, occasional residual toning, small repaired hole to volume 2 signature Aa6 obscuring a few letters either side, otherwise a few trivial marks, edges untrimmed, contemporary vellum, sometime recased and relined with spine repaired at head and foot, yapp edges, covers slightly soiled, ties gone, folio Adams L735, Borba de Moraes I p. 488, Sabin 41366. First published in Dutch in 1596 as Itinerarium. (1)

*Postcards. An album containing approximately 350 corner-mounted postcards, including approximately 140 mostly real photo postcards of the actress Gladys Cooper, plus sweetheart postcards and related, topographical views including some real photos, etc., some postally used, contemporary boards, some wear, spine deficient, narrow folio (1)

The Royal Hampshire Regiment. A photograph album compiled by Captain Robert St Clair Thomson while serving with the 1/5th Hampshire Regiment in India, 1914-15, photographs mounted singly and as multiples on 28 leaves, plus some loose, subjects include military groups, camp scenes, sporting and social events and parades, plus street scenes and views in Benares, some captioned on mounts, images 29 x 22cm and smaller, contemporary half morocco, some soiling and wear, oblong folio (1)

Second Boer War - Postal History. Illuminated manuscript testimonial on vellum, presented to Somerset Richard French by the staff of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, Cape Colony, on his appointment as KCMG, 19 August 1901, 4 leaves of calligraphic text in black ink, Gothic script, elaborately decorated with polychromatic initials, floral borders, and a miniature view of Cape Town, 36 leaves of employee signatures in double column, decorated with similar initials, floral borders, and pictorial vignettes including views, all leaves rectos only, tissue guards throughout (some spotted), moiré silk endpapers, original vellum binding, intricate openwork nickel panel mounted to front board (gilt faded), enclosing inset octofoil panel painted with the arms of the Order (very slightly smudged), rear board panelled in gilt, folio (35 x 28.5 cm) French (1848-1929) was appointed Secretary and Accountant General of the Post Office, Cape Colony, in 1880, and became Postmaster General in 1892. He was appointed KCMG for his management of the colony's postal and telegraph network during the Second Boer War. (1)

*Victoria (Queen of Great Britain & Ireland, 1819-1901). A group of four signed warrants, 'Victoria RI', 25 May 1882, 1 February 1884 (x2) & 4 July 1893, all for Francis Walter de Winton, the first for the Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, the second and third as Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, the fourth for a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, the first three in manuscript and the fourth pre-printed and completed in manuscript, each with wafer seal and embossed coloured crest, the first three with linen spine tie, slim folio, plus three related documents and envelope (dust-soiled) (8)

Arne (Thomas Augustine). The Agreeable Musical Choice, an Entire New Collection of English Songs, with the Duet in Harlequin Sorceror..., [1753], engraved title and privilege, 21 pages of engraved music, numbered 2-22, title with minor loss to upper corner and 'Numb. V' mostly erased, bound with Vocal Melody book IV. A Favourite Collection of English Songs sung at the Publick Gardens..., [1752], engraved title and privilege, 19 pages of engraved music, numbered 22-40, the lower half of pages 23/24 excised, bound with Vocal Melody book III. A Favourite Collection of Songs and Dialogues sung at Marybon-Gardens..., [1751], engraved title and privilege, 20 pages of engraved music, numbered 2-21, bound with Vocal Melody book II. An Entire New Collection of English Songs and a Cantata, [1750], combined with Vocal Melody [book I], [1749], engraved title and privilege for book II only (lacking both to book I), 40 pages of engraved music, numbered 1-42 (lacking pages 9/10), one leaf with some splitting along fore-edge plate line, bound with Arne (Michael), The Flow'ret. A New Collection of English Songs sung at the Publick Gardens. Compos'd by Master Arne, [1750], engraved title, 10 pages of engraved music, numbered 2-11, one leaf splitting along gutter plate line, bound with two further collections of similar songs by unidentified composer(s), no titles present, comprising 28 pages of engraved music, numbered 1-14, 2-15, all collections printed for I. Walsh, minor marks and soiling throughout, mainly to upper corners, upper edges a trifle frayed in places, front endpapers with early ink ownership name, plus later ink inscription 'Julian Ottoline Morrell, Garsington Manor Oxford..., from Bob & Kyrle May 18 1927', near contemporary quarter roan, rubbed and worn, spine ends with some loss, mainly at tail, front cover partly detached, folio, together with Music Manuscript, 95 pages, circa 1849, mostly unnumbered, transcriptions of mainly piano and vocal pieces by composers including Meyerbeer, Schubert, Bishop, Donizetti, and others, frequent light strike-through from ink, front free endpaper with ink ownership inscription 'Augusta Mary Browne... 1849', gutta percha perished, and contents loose in contemporary quarter roan, rubbed and extremities worn, 4to, plus one other volume of printed music Smith & Humphries 91-95 (Thomas Arne) & 62 (Michael Arne). (3)NB: The third named item is "Hymn Tunes by 'C'" which is inscribed by the author to Lady Bolsover (born Augusta Mary Browne), mother of Lady Ottoline Morrell.  Provenance: From the Library of Lady Ottoline and Philip Morrell.

Athanasius (Saint). Opera quae reperiuntur omnia, editio nova, Cologne, Weidmann, 1686, half-title to first volume, etched full-length portrait of Athanasius by J.C. Bocklin before title, both titles printed in red and black, with printer's engraved vignette to each by Bocklin, double-column text in Greek and Latin, some browning throughout, contemporary full vellum, rubbed and some marks, second volume torn to foot of spine without loss, folio, together with Lucian. The Works of Lucian, from the Greek by Thomas Francklin, 2 volumes, printed for T. Cadell, 1780, engraved vignette to each title, engraved bookplate of William Downes (1752-1826) to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary sprinkled full calf, gilt decorated spines, rubbed and some marks, with joints partly cracked, 4to, plus Caesar (Julius), C. Julius Caesar's Commentaries of His Wars in Gaul, and Civil War with Pompey..., adorn'd with sculptures from the design of the famous Palladio, translated by Martin Bladen, 1705, folding engraved maps and plans, etc., wormtrack to lower blank margins at centre of volume (not affecting text), 20th century cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, and others related, mostly 18th and 19th century classical literature, including The Commentaries of Caesar, translated by William Duncan, 2 volumes, 1755, bound in contemporary calf, 8vo, another edition of Caesar's works with commentaries, edited by Oudendorp, 2 volumes, 1737, 4to, Odes of Anacreon, translated into English verse, with notes by Thomas Moore, printed for John Stockdale, 1800, Lucratius De Rerum Natura, in Aedibus Ricardi Taylor et socii, 1813, etc., all leather bound, 8vo/4to (28)

Benedict XIV (Pope). De servorum Dei beatificatione et beatorum canonizatione, editio secudna locupletior, Padua: Manfrè, 1743, engraved portrait after Pierre Subleyras, title pages printed in red and black with engraved vignettes after Francesco Zucchi, engraved headpiece and initial to each volume also after Zucchi, woodcut initials throughout, occasional mild soiling to upper margins, pale intermittent damp-staining to lower outer corners in volume 4, edges sprinkled blue, contemporary vellum, slightly marked, folio, together with Scalaboni (Lorenzo), Marianum decus, sive epithetorum, laudum, et encomiorum, quibus Sancti Patres, ecclesiaeque Catholice Doctores Deiparam Virginem Mariam honestarunt, enarratio, et explicatio, 1st edition, Ravenna, 1640, half title (with faint ink-stamp), woodcut title vignette, spotting and browning, edges dyed blue, contemporary vellum, slightly marked, folio, plus Elzevier (Isaac, printer), Acta synodi nationalis ... Dd. ordinum generalium foederati Belgii provinciarum Dordrechti habitae anno 1618 et 1619, 1st edition, Leiden: Isaac Elzevier, 1620, 2 parts in 1 volume (bound without part 3, 'Iucidica theologorum provincialium'), ink-stamp and contemporary ownership inscription to title page, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, soiled, ties gone, folio, and Cerda (Jose de la), Maria effigies, revelatioque Trinitatis, et attributorum Dei ... nunc secundum in Galliis prodit, Lyon: Laurent Anisson, 1662, half title, title page printed in red and black with large woodcut vignette, spotting and browning, damp-stain to first gathering, contemporary vellum, slightly marked, front joint partially split, folio Bibliotheca Augustinia p. 808 for Scalabonio's text, which appears to be very rare, with no copies otherwise traced in libraries; Willems 167 for the Acta synodi nationalis, which relates to the Synod of Dort. (7)

Bible [English]. The New Evangelical Family Bible; or a Complete Paraphrase, Exposition, and Commentary on the Holy Scriptures ... by the Reverend T. Priestley, 1st edition thus, printed and published under the immediate inspection of the author, sold wholesale and retail by Alex. Hogg, [1791], 3 parts in 1 volume, engraved frontispiece, 100 plates (91 called for in the Directions to the Binder, including a mezzotint portrait of Priestley, not present), list of subscribers, spotting to a few plates, marginal worming to 2 plates in the Apocrypha, 19th-century inscriptions and remnants of wax seals to pastedowns, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, joints cracked but holding, folio, and 2 others Scarce illustrated edition, not in Herbert. The preface is dated 1791; a 'new edition, revised' appeared in 1793 (or 1793-4). The plates are after Chalmers, Metz, Stothard, Old Masters including Rembrandt and Angelico, and others. (3)

Broadside. [Invitation to Islington Parish Feast]. St. Mary Islington, Sir You are desir'd to meet many others, Natives of the Place on Tuesday, ye 11th Day of April 1738 at Mrs Eliz. Grimstead's ye Angel & Crown, in ye upper Street, about ye Hour of One: Then & there with Full Dishes, Good Wines & Good Humour..., [London], 1738, broadside engraved by Toms, with illustration depicting a view of the church and graveyard of St Mary's Islington, within decorative engraved border, light soiling and few marks, leaf size 30 x 22cm, together with Hood (Thomas & others), The Comic Gazette, or, Journal of Amusement, Fun and Pastime, Illustrated with Ten Comic Engravings by Cruickshank, &c., No. 1, London, circa 1830, 10 woodcut illustrations , folded as issued, split along fold, folio, with Howard (William), The Bacchanalians. Set to Musick and Sung by Mr. Wm. Howard at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden the Words by Mr Boyce, [London, circa 1760?], single leaf of engraved music with verse, leaf size 35 x 22.5cm, plus other 18th & 19th century broadsides, notices, single leaves of engraved sheet music etc. (approx. 25)

Camden (William). The History of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princess Elizabeth, late Queen of England..., Fourth Edition, printed by M. Flesher, for R. Bentley, 1688, engraved frontispiece by R. White, title printed in red and black, some light spotting, contemporary mottled full calf, gilt decorated spine, joints partly cracked with minor wear to head and foot of spine, folio (attractive copy), together with Rushworth (John), Historical Collections, of Private Passages of State, Weighty Matters in Law, Remarkable Proceedings in Five Parliaments..., 2 volumes, 1682/1686, occasional minor marks, and small circular ink stamps of the Royal Historical Society, contemporary full calf, rubbed and some wear, later rebacks, joints cracked and upper cover to second volume detached, folio, together with another edition of the same work in 8 volumes, published in 1721, all contemporary calf, with similar rebacks, joints cracked, folio, plus Burnet (Gilbert), The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 3 volumes, 1681-1751, half-title and additional engraved title to first and second volumes, contemporary calf, with old rebacks, folio, plus other similar folio history: Edward Coke, The First Part of the Institute's of the Laws of England, 7th edition, carefully corrected, 1670, Henry Hammond, Works, 4 volumes, mixed editions, 1681-84, a worn and slightly defective copy of Dryden's Works of Virgil, 1697, with numerous engraved plates by Lombart and Hollar, and History of the Government of France, under the administration of the great Armand Du Plessis, Cardinall and Duke of Richlieu, 1657, all (except the final title) bound in leather, folio (21)

Charles II. His Majesties Declaration to all his Loving Subjects, March 15th 1671/2, London: Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1671/2, 8 pages, some toning, disbound small folio, together with His Majesties Declaration to all his Loving Subjects, touching the Causes & Reasons that moved him to Disolve the two last Parliaments, 1681, 11 pages, disbound slim folio, with Parliament, Several Examinations taken before one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State: Together with Two Letters referred to in some of the said Examinations. Laid before the House of Commons by his Majesty's Command, 1723, seven pages, some dust-soiling, edges untrimmed, stitched as issued, folio, with The State of the Representation of England and Wales, Delivered to the Society, the Friends of the People, assiociated for the Purpose of obtaining a Parliamentary Reform, on Saturday the 9th of February 1793, London: Printed by order of the Society, for D. Stuart, [1793], 38 pages, some dust-soiling and marginal dampstaining, edges untrimmed, modern boards, slim 4to, plus other late 17th-19th century Acts of Parliament, & speeches etc. (a small carton)

Clarendon (Edward Hyde, Earl of). A Collection of Several Tracts of the Right Honourable Edward, Earl of Clarendon ... published from his Lordship's Original Manuscripts, 1st edition, T. Woodward and J. Peele, 1727, small mark to gutter of title page, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, rubbed, wear to extremities, folio, together with Burnet (Gilbert), The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 3 volumes [including Supplement], 2nd edition, corrected, 1681-1715, title pages printed in red and black, half-titles to volumes 1 and 2, volume 1 with additional engraved title and 7 portraits, volume 2 with engraved frontispiece and 10 portraits, volume 3 (Supplement) with 5 portraits, all by Robert White or George Vertue after Holbein and others, light spotting and soiling, occasional browning in volume 3, contemporary calf, rebacked in the 19th century, rubbed and scuffed, restoration to extremities, folio, plus Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1724-34, damp-staining to lower outer corners towards rear of volume 1, manuscript note to volume 2 title verso as issued, bookplates of Sir Samuel Hoare (1880-1959), Conservative politician, contemporary pale calf, sometime rebacked to style, rubbed and scuffed, extremities worn, volume 1 front board and spine detached from text-block, but remaining attached to rear board, folio, and Hanway (Jonas), Virtue in Humble Life, 2 volumes in 1, 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged, printed for Dodsley, 1777, lacking frontispieces, intermittent marginal worming, final leaf damp-stained, contemporary panelled calf, joints partially cracked but firm, 4to, and 1 other Wing B5798-9 for Burnet's History of the Reformation, volumes 1 and 2. Clarendon's work is a variant with 'Edward' in the title. (8)

Manuscript Atlas. An early 19th century manuscript atlas of the world, consisting of 27 leaves of carefully handwritten text in brown ink on laid paper (rectos only), and 31 pen & brown ink manuscript maps on laid paper, hand coloured in outline, covering the various countries of Europe, Asia, Turkey in Asia, Persia, India, China, Africa and America, many leaves watermarked with a crown and shield and post horn, with letters GR below, and several other leaves watermarked T FRENCH, minor offsetting, sheet size 23 x 36.5 cm (9 x 14.5 ins), early 19th century half calf, with gilt red morocco label to upper cover titled 'Geography F. Emeris', rubbed and some wear, with upper cover detached, oblong folio (1)

Cooper (Thomas). [Thesaurus linguae Romanae & Britannicae, 1st edition, for Henry Wykes, 1565,] original title page replaced with 'faked' leaf from STC 5689, corresponding facsimile substituted for final text leaf ([superscript 2]R5), lacking 5 leaves of the initial gathering (*6) and the final blank ([superscript 2]R6), text otherwise collates A-6S6 [superscript 2]A-[superscript 2]R5 (6S6 not blank verso as in ESTC), first text leaf (*?) torn without loss of text, marginal spill-burn to quire A, final quire frayed, [superscript]2R4 torn with loss, and tipped in, some other stains and marks, inner hinges strengthened, ownership inscription of F. Leveson Gower to title page, 18th-century panelled calf, rubbed and scuffed, loss to spine ends, joints cracked but firm, corners restored, folio, together with Nizzoli (Mario), Thesaurus Ciceronianus, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1595, publisher's woodcut device to title page and colophon leaf, binder's blank loose, marginal damp-staining to first and last few leaves, very occasional minor worming to margins, bookplate of English clergyman and University of Cambridge vice-chancellor Edward Henry Perowne (1826-1906), front free endpaper with his gift-inscription, a further inscription relating to clothing ('jerkyns' etc.) in a 17th-century English hand, and an 18th-century ownership inscription, contemporary English speckled calf, rubbed, wear to spine-ends and to corners of boards with loss, front joint partially cracked, folio, plus Castell (Edmund), Lexicon Heptaglotton, Hebraicum, Chaldaicum, Syriacum, Samaritanum, Aethiopicum, Arabicum, conjunctim; et Persium, separatim, 1st edition, Thomas Roycroft, 1669, 2 volumes in 1, title page printed in red and black, bound without portrait and volume 2 title, light browning, title page frayed and laid down, a few marks, modern cloth, large folio, and Theocritus, [Opera] quae supersunt ... edidit Thomas Warton, 2 volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1770, mild spotting, gilt edges, contemporary red-brown calf, gilt arms of John Frederick Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor (1790-1860) to front boards, spines darkened and dried, a few scuffs and marks to sides, 4to, and 3 others, various formats STC 5686 for Cooper; Wing 1225 for Castell; Nizzoli not in Adams. The 'faked' title page in this copy of Cooper was apparently printed in London after 1705, dated 1584, and issued with the mixed sheets of the second and third editions (STC 5687 and 5688); STC makes no mention of this leaf's being issued with sheets of the first edition, nor of a corresponding facsimile of the final leaf, present here. (8)

d'Ewes (Sir Simonds). The Journals of all the Parliaments during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, both of the House of Lords and House of Commons, revised and published by Paul Bowes, 1st edition, John Starkey, 1682, engraved frontispiece of Elizabeth in parliament, trimmed and mounted with no loss of image or text, marginal soiling, occasional fraying along fore-edge, tissue-repaired in first gathering, 18th-century bookplate of Sir William Strickland, contemporary calf, rebacked and restored, folio, together with Fuller (Thomas), The Church-History of Britain; from the Birth of Jesus Christ, until the Year M. DC. XLVIII, 1st edition, printed for John Williams, 1655, 5 engraved plates (2 folding, including large plan of Cambridge), title page and divisional titles with woodcut devices, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces throughout, mild marginal worming, bookplates of Christopher Henry Oldham Scaife (academic and poet, 1900-1988) and one J. Comyns, 18th-century marbled boards, diced russia backstrip, vellum tips, joints and spine superficially cracked but firm, headcap chipped, folio, plus Chesne (André du), Histoire générale d'Angleterre, d'Escosse, et d'Irlande, 1st edition, Paris, 1614, title page in modern facsimile, spotting and browning, bookplate of the Marquis de Bertier-Pinsaguel, contemporary French sheep, rebacked and restored, laurel wreath in blind to sides, scuffed, folio, plus Burnet (Gilbert), Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1724-34, manuscript annotation to volume 2 title verso as issued, contemporary near-uniform calf, rebacked, richly gilt spines, gilt frames to sides, joints partially cracked but firm, rubbed, extremities worn, folio, and 2 similar works Wing D1250 for d'Ewes and F2416 for Fuller. (7)

Donizetti (Gaetano). Anna Bolena Tragedia Lirica di F. Romani posta in Musica dal Maestro Donizetti e dal medesimo Dedicata alli Signori Giuditta Pasta e G.B. Rubini. No. 27, de la Collection, Paris: Pacini, circa 1830s, engraved vocal and piano score, engraved title, lithographic frontispiece portrait of Luigi Lablache as Henry VIII, intermittent spotting, contemporary quarter morocco, rubbed in places, folio, together with Saint-Saens (Camille), Henry VIII Opera en 4 Actes Poeme de Leonce Detroyat & Armand Silvestre... Partition Chant et Piano par Leon Delahaye, Paris: A. Durand & Fils., circa 1895, decorative title printed in green, gold and black, original cast list printed in red and black, printed music, front hinge partly split, 20th century quarter sheep, rubbed and scuffed, spine with 4cm ink blot, original decorative wrappers bound-in, large 8vo, plus Donizetti (Gaetano), La Fille du Regiment, Opera Comique en 2 actes... [cover-title], Paris: Schonenberger, [1850], vocal and piano score, some spotting and stains (mainly to margins), dust-soiled printed wrappers with some repairs and stains, bound with La Favorite Opera en 4 Actes..., Partition Piano et Chant arrangee par Richard Wagner [cover-title], 4th edition, Paris: A. Grus, circa 1858, vocal and piano score, generally spotted (mainly to margins), printed front wrapper dust-soiled, rear cover discarded, contemporary quarter morocco, rubbed and stained, large 8vo, and two volumes of mixed sheet music, mainly for piano, both folio (5)

Mariana (Juan de). The General History of Spain, from the first peopling of it by Tubal, till the Death of King Ferdinand ... translated from the Spanish by John Stevens, 1st edition in English, printed for Richard Sare, 1699, spotting and browning, small worm-track in lower margin, engraved armorial bookplate of John Pinney (possibly the Bristol merchant and slave owner, 1740-1818, or a relation), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, sides scuffed, folio Sabin 44553. 'Book XXVI. relates to the discoveries and conquests of the Spaniards in the West Indies, etc.' (1)

Gambado (Geoffrey). An Academy for Grown Horsemen; containing the Completest Instructions for Walking, Trotting, Cantering, Galloping, Stumbling, and Tumbling..., 3rd edition, 1808, stipple engraved sepia frontispiece and 12 plates, bound with Annals of Horsemanship: containing accounts of Accidental Experiments, and Experimental Accidents, both Successful and Unsuccessful: Communicated by Various Correspondents..., together with most instructive remarks thereon, and answers thereto, by that accomplished genius. And now First Published, by the Editor of the Academy for Grown Horsemen, 1808, stipple engraved sepia frontispiece (torn to fore-edge blank margin) and 16 plates, closed tears to few text leaves and plate margins, some spotting, edges untrimmed, original publisher's boards, remnants of original letterpress title label to upper board, lower board loose and upper boatrd detached, lacking spine, worn, folio (1)

Godefroy (Jacques). Codex Theodosianus cum perpetuis commentariis ... opus posthumum ... recognitum et ordinatum ad usum Codicis Iustianei, opera et studio Antonii Marvilii, 6 volumes in 3, 1st edition, Lyon: Jean-Antoine Huguetan and Marc-Antoine Ravaud, 1665, title pages printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, woodcut headpieces and initials, half title to volume 1, occasional spotting, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, manuscript spine titles, spines darkened, mild soiling to boards, corners bumped, folio, together with Holstenius (Lucas), Notae et castigationes in Stephanum Byzantium de urbibus, 1st edition, 2nd issue, Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, 1692, title page printed in red and black, large engraved folding plate, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, figurative vignettes gilt over existing blind devices on boards, yapp edges, ties perished, folio, plus Suicer (Johann Kaspar), Thesaurus ecclesiasticus, e patribus Graecus, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, corrected and enlarged, Utrecht: Gysbert à Paddenburg [and 3 others], 1746, title pages printed in red and black, half title and engraved frontispiece to volume 1, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, slightly soiled, folio First edition of Godefroy's 'masterly commentary' (Bellomo, The Common Legal Past of Europe, p. 208). (6)

Goodwin (Thomas). The History of the Reign of Henry the Fifth, King of England, etc., in Nine Books, 1st edition, printed by J[ohn] D[arby], 1704, engraved frontispiece portrait, light spotting to margins and appendix, 19th-century ownership inscription to title, 19th-century marbled boards, red morocco backstrip renewed, vellum tips, together with Bacon (Francis), The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, 2nd edition, printed by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, 1622, architectonic woodcut title, lacking portrait and initial blank, faint spotting and soiling, small chip to bottom edge of D1, long closed tear in Y3 (text intact), contemporary calf, spine repaired and label renewed, rubbed and scuffed overall, joints partially cracked but firm, plus Sylva Sylvarum: or A Naturall Historie in Ten Centuries, published after the Authors Death by William Rawley, 3rd edition, printed by J[ohn] H[aviland], 1631, lacking engraved title and portrait, woodcut headpieces and initials throughout, light browning, a few stains, front free endpaper coming loose, bookplates of Sir George Strickland, 5th Baronet (1729-1808) and his son Henry Eustatius (1777-1865), ownership inscription 'William Pratt A. M 1670' to title and related inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, slightly rubbed, head of spine chipped, and Bacon (Francis, & Francis Godwin), The History of the Reigns of Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, and Queen Mary, 1st edition thus, printed by W[illiam] G[odbid], 1676, lacking portrait, some light soiling, final leaf tipped in, ownership inscription of English judge Sir Robert Chambers to initial blank (1737-1803, inscription reads 'Robt. Chambers Linc. Coll. Oxon 1756'), the leaf repaired, modern calf, all folio STC 1160 and 1171 for Bacon's Historie (1622) and Sylva Sylvarum; Wing B300 for Bacon and Godwin. (4)

Griffith [alias Alford] (Michael). Fides regia Britannica, sive Annales ecclesiae Britannicae, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Louvain: Hovius, 1663, half titles, title pages printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, additional engraved title to volume 1, intermittent spotting, browning and damp-staining, half titles soiled, deaccession stamps to title versos, bookplates of Charles Vere Dashwood (1745-1821) to volumes 2 and 3, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked but holding, extremities worn, folio, together with Wood (Anthony), Historia et Antiquitates Universitatis Oxoniensis, 1st edition, Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1674, engraved additional title, headpieces and initials, folding plan, worm-track to first few leaves, two repaired closed tears to engraved title, title page slightly soiled, plan frayed, old repairs verso, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, sides worn, corners restored, folio, plus Gale (Thomas, editor), Historiae Anglicanae scriptores quinque, ex vetustis codicibus MSS. nunc primum in lucem editi, bound uniformly with Historiae Britannicae, Saxonicae, Anglo-Danicae, Scriptores XV., ex vetustis codd. MSS. editi, 2 volumes, 1st editions, Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1687-91, engraved title vignettes, half title to Historiae Britannicae, front pastedowns with armorial bookplates of Charles Montague, 1st Duke of Manchester, dated 1704, and Kimbolton Castle shelfmark labels, contemporary mottled calf, joints cracked but holding, extremities slightly worn, folio, and Grätz (Hardwin von; known as Ortwin), Fasciculus rerum expetendarum et fugiendarum ... studio Edwardi Brown, 2 volumes, 1st edition thus, Richard Chiswell, 1690, half title, ecclesiastical bequest plate to front pastedowns, contemporary speckled tan calf, rubbed, extremities worn, volume 1 front board detached, volume 2 front joint cracked, folio Wing W3385 (Wood) G154 (Gale), G1583 (Ortwin). Gale's two books were issued as the second and third volumes of William Fullman's Rerum Anglicarum Scriptorum Veterum, but are together considered a discrete work: the half title of Historiae Britannicae reads 'Historiae Britannicae et Anglicanae Scriptores XX, duobus voluminibus comprehensi'. (9)

Handel (George Frederic). The Overture and Songs in the Messiah for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte composed by Mr. Handel, printed by Lewis Houston & Hyde..., No. 45, Holborn Where may be had all Handels favorite Songs singly, circa 1790s, passe-partout title, 'the Messiah' and price in contemporary manuscript, 39 pages engraved music, incorporating 20 pieces from the Messiah, each with imprint of J. Bland, bound with The Overture and Songs in Judas Maccabeus..., printed for F. Linley..., No. 45 Holborn, circa 1798, 48 pages engraved music, incorporating 23 pieces from Judas Maccabeus, most with imprint of F. Linley, bound with The Overture and Songs in Sampson..., printed by J. Bland, circa 1790s, passe-partout title, 'Sampson' and price in manuscript, 59 pages engraved music, incorporating 28 pieces from Sampson, plus two engraved pages of music catalogue, bound with nine other pieces by Handel, including Handel's Water Piece, Handel's Grand Hailstone Chorus, Overture in Esther, etc., all pages continuously numbered in manuscript, occasional minor spotting and some light toning, pages 166-167 each with horizontal closed tear repaired on blank reverse, page 173 with infill repair to fore-margin, just clipping stave, front hinge strengthened, contemporary half calf, rubbed and worn, spine and corners sometime crudely strengthened with cloth, folio, together with Sheet Music, A collection of late 18th-early 19th century engraved sheet music, numerous pieces by composers including Haydn, Burns, Handel, Dibdin, plus collections of Country Dances, spotting and toning in places, a few tears and repairs (two leaves with loss to blank margin), front hinge strengthened, contemporary quarter morocco, vellum corners (one missing, one strengthened), soiled and worn, rear cover near detached, folio, plus another similar volume, with music by Braham, Mazzinghi, Handel, Mozart, Cipolla etc., bookplate and ownership inscription of William Garnett, Esq. Bleasdale and Quernmore Park, Co. Lancaster, 19th century quarter morocco, rubbed, all edges with morocco border, both joints cracked and loose, spine lacking, folio (3)

Haren (Willem van). Verzameling van Gedichten, van, voor en tegen, [Utrecht, 1742], 2], 364pp, bound without plates (number varies), title-page torn with some text loss, plain paper repair to verso, some light old dampstaining, mostly confined to upper margins, old quarter vellum over boards with vellum tips, rubbed and soiled, folio, together with Harrison (Edward), An Address Delivered to the Lincolnshire Benevolent Medical Society at Their Anniversary Meeting in 1809: Containing an Account of the Proceedings Lately Adopted to Improve Medical Science, and an Exposition of the Intended Act for Regulating Medical Education and Practice, to which is added an Appendix, 1810, appendix separately paginated, advert leaf at rear, some spotting, three ink library stamps to title-page and following leaf, untrimmed, modern half sheep, slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Pückler-Muskau (Hermann von), Vorletzter Weltgang von Semilasso. Traum und Wachen. Aus den Papieren des Verstorbenen. Erster Theil. In Europa, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Stuttgart, 1835, half-titles, some spotting to volumes 1 & 2, heavy spotting and browning to volume 3, ownership name to titles and small library tickets and ink marks to pastedowns, contemporary half roan over marbled boards with leather labels to spines, rubbed and some corner wear, 8vo, plus Fichte (Johann Gottlieb), Die Anweisung zum seeligen Leben, oder auch die Religionslehre, 1st edition, Berlin, 1806, ink library stamp at end, disbound, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous mostly antiquarian including German literature, philosophy, science, etc. (3 shelves)