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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)

Hooker (Richard). The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr Richard Hooker, in Eight Books of Ecclesiastical Polity, Compleated out of his own Manuscripts..., 1670, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title, letterpress title in red & black, armorial bookplate of Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, joints split, extremities worn, folio, together with Draconites (Johannes), Commentariorum Evangelicorum de Jesu Christo filio Dei libri duo..., 2 parts in one, Basel: Robert Winter, 1545, title in red and black, within decorative woodcut border (cropped to fore- and lower-edge), lacking final leaf of text and final leaf of index (Z1 & Z8), some worm trails mostly to margins, dampstaining, dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary calf, worm holes to covers, leather torn with loss at head & foot of spine, covers loose, worn, small folio, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian including a defective copy of The Botanic Garden; a Poem, in Two Parts, [by Erasmus Darwin], 1791 (5)

Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 volumes, 4th edition, revised by the author, 1773, title pages printed in red and black, woodcut tailpieces, occasional spotting, volume 1 front free endpaper loose, contemporary tree calf, worn, joints split but firm, volume 1 spine labels chipped, folio (42.5 x 25 cm) (2)

Jonson (Ben). The Works, which were formerly printed in Two Volumes, are now reprinted in One, to which is added a Comedy called the New Inn, with Additions never before published, printed for Thomas Hodgkin, 1692, engraved frontispiece portrait, slightly creased with mild disruption to image, small spill-burns to a few leaves, generally affecting one letter if any, leaves 2Z2-3 and 3C1-2 spotted and browned (as usual: see Pforzheimer), occasional mild spotting elsewhere, a few marginal chips or tears, bookplate of the Earl of Minto, contemporary and slightly later inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with original compartments laid down, covers pitted and slightly scuffed, corners worn, folio in 4s Pforzheimer 561; Wing J1006. First complete collected edition, and the final folio edition. (1)

Josephus (Flavius). The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish Historian. Translated from the Original Greek, according to Havercamp's accurate Edition. Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antquities, with the Appendix, or Life of Josephus, written by himself: Seven Books of the Jewish War: and Two Books against Apion..., together with Proper Notes, Observations, Contents, Parallel Texts of Scripture, five compleat Indexes, and the true Chronology of the several Histories adjusted in the Margin..., with an Account of the Jewish Coins, Weights, and Measures. By William Whiston, M.A. some time Professor of the Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge, London: Printed by W. Bowyer for the Author, 1737, half-title, folding engraved map of Palestine and folding engraved plan of the Temples at Jerusalem, few decorative initials, head- & tail-pieces, occasional minor spotting, endpapers renewed, retaining ownership labels of David Barclay and Hudson Gurney, contemporary calf, morocco label to upper board, neatly rebacked and with morocco title label to spine, corners repaired, folio Large Paper Copy of this important English edition of the works of the first century Jewish historian. (1)

Lucian of Samosata. Part of Lucian Made English from the Originall. In the Yeare 1638. By Jasper Mayne then Master of Arts, and one of the Students of Christ Church, [Part 1 of 2], 2nd issue, Oxford: R. Davis, 1664, engraved portrait frontispiece, some browning and old dampstaining throughout, several old marginal repairs to first and last leaves, touching headpiece and a few letters of final leaf (Table), several doodles and old ink ownership signatures to frontispiece recto, title-page and rear endpaper (Elizabeth Mallory, 1694; Thos. Hartropp, Ralph Willis, Elizabeth Willis), contemporary calf, old reback, rubbed, folio Wing L3435. Without part 2, 'Those Other Dialogues of Lucian as They Were Formerly Translated by Mr. Francis Hicks', which may have been issued separately (Wing L3425). (1)

Marshall (Benjamin). Chronological Tables, in which are contain'd not only all the chief things of Sacred History from the Creation of the World till Christ's Time, but also all other the most remarkeable things of those times that are recorded in any of the Antient Writers now extant, 4 parts in one, Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, 1712-1713, double page tables, with two hand painted large armorial shields at front and rear (one painted on silk, torn & frayed to edges), occasional spotting, Rochester Cathedral bookplate, ink stamps and inscription, endpapers dampstained, contemporary marbled boards with vellum edges, lacking spine, worn, slim folio, together with Folkes (Martin), English Coinage, Silver and Gold, Faithfully copied from the Originals, London Society of Antiquaries, circa 1870, numerous engraved plates, scattered spotting, original cloth, crude leather reback, 4to, with Holmes (Richard R.), Naval & Military Trophies & Personal Relics of British Heroes..., 1896, title in red & black, numerous chromolithograph plates after William Gibb, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated dark blue cloth, a little rubbed, large folio, plus two others (5)

Newcourt (Richard). Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London..., 2 volumes, 1708, engraved portrait frontispiece, four plates (including 3 folding) and one folding map, some toning and occasional spotting, contemporary calf, old reback, contrasting morocco labels, joints cracked and upper board of volume 1 loose, folio, together with Sewel (William), The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People called Quakers, Intermixed with several Remarkable Occurrences..., now revis'd and publish'd, with some amendments, 1722, ownership inscription at head of title, light worming to lower blank margins at front of volume, dampstaining to first & last few leaves, contemporary calf, worn, folio, plus other 17th & 18th century theology related, including a defective 1609 edition of John Jewel's Works, all folio (7)

Qur'an [Arabic & Latin] Refutatio Alcorani ... ab auctore Ludovico Marraccio, 1st edition, Padua: ex Typographia Seminarii, 1698, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, Arabic types, frequent contemporary marginalia, mainly correcting the Arabic text, light spotting to final few leaves, a few trivial marks, modern half calf, folio Marracci's seminal edition of the Qur'an was also issued with his introductory text Prodromus ad refutationem Alcorani (first published in 1691), with the added title page 'Alcorani textus universus'. (1)

Rabanus Maurus Opera, collecta primum industria Iacobi Pamelii ... nunc vero in lucem emissa cura Antonii de Henin, 1st edition, Cologne: Anton Hierat, 1626-7, 6 volumes in 3, large woodcut device to each volume title, half title and additional engraved title to volume 1, spotting and browning, contemporary ownership inscriptions to head of title pages, minor worming to front and rear of volumes 3/4, 19th-century ecclesiastical bequest plates to front pastedowns, contemporary calf over heavy reverse-bevelled wooden boards, later spine labels, covers elaborately blind-tooled with concentric floral and fillet rolls, metal cornerpieces, rubbed and worn overall, joints cracked but firm, volume 5/6 front board wood split (held by the leather), folio (3)

Rushworth (John). The Tryal of Thomas Earl of Strafford, upon an Impeachment of High Treason, 1st edition, 1680, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacking final blank, mild spotting and soiling, contemporary ownership inscriptions to frontispiece verso and title page, modern calf, together with Strafford (Thomas Wentworth, Earl of), Letters and Dispatches, with an Essay towards his Life by Sir George Radcliffe, 2 volumes, 1st edition, printed for the editor by William Bowyer, 1739, engraved folding frontispiece and one similar plate, both by Vertue after Van Dyck, damp-staining to bottom edges of frontispiece, title and first two gatherings, modern half calf, plus Orrery (Roger Boyle, Earl of), A Collection of the State Letters ... together with ... the Life of the Earl of Orrery, by Thomas Morrice, 1st edition, 1742, occasional spotting and damp-staining, Ingestre Hall bookplate, contemporary sprinkled calf, richly gilt spine, joints partially cracked, some stripping and wear, and Temple (William), The Works, 2 volumes, 1st edition, for J. Round, J. Tonson [and others], 1731, engraved portrait frontispiece by Vertue after Lely, bookplate of Edward Greathed (1812-1881), British Army officer, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, rubbed and scuffed, restoration to extremities, all folio Wing R2333 for Rushworth. (6)

Seyler (George Daniel). Leben und Thaten Friedrich Wilhelms des Grossen, Churfurstens zu Brandenburg ... Aus den bewahrtesten Geschicht-Schreibern in beliebte Kurtze verfasset, durch glaubwurdige Urkunden bestatiget, und mit Medaillen und Muntzen erlautert, Frankfurt & Leipzig: George Marcus Knoch, [1730], title in red & black with manuscript date to imprint, some engraved illustrations of medal & coins, toning, 19th century half vellum, some wear to board edges, folio, together with Spanheim (Ezechiel), Dissertatio de Praestantia et usu Numismatum Antiquorum, 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, Amsterdam: Daniel Elsevir, 1671, title printed in black and red with printer's woodcut device (with armorial bookplate of Sir John Anstrusther to verso), numerous engraved illustrations, loosely inserted cropped engraved portrait, contemporary calf, lacking upper board, lower joint cracked, 4to, together with Foy-Vaillant (Jean), Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum Praestantiora a Julio Caesare ad Postumum et Tyrannos..., volume 1 only (of 2), Paris, 1694, engraved frontispiece and illustrations to text, title in red & black, upper hinge split, contemporary vellum, dust-soiled and few marks, 4to, with Neumann (Francisco), Populorum et Regum numi veteres inediti, volume 1 only (of 2), Vienna: Rudolph Graeffer, 1779, engraved vignette to title, seven engraved plates, some light toning and spotting, upper hinge split, 19th century marbled boards, crude reback, 4to, plus two others (6)

Sigonio (Carlo). Historiarum de regno Italiae libri quindecim, 1st edition, Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1574, large woodcut title vignette, headpieces and initial figures, variable foxing and browning, small wormtrack to lower outer corners from title to quire D, wormtrack in gutter from 2Q to 3B occasionally touching text, final leaf repaired, bookplate to front pastedown, 20th-century gift inscription to front free endpaper, 18th-century vellum, slightly marked, minor loss to foot of spine, folio in fours, together with Alberti (Leandro), Descrittione di tutta l'Italia ed isole pertinenti ad essa ... aggiuntovi di novo, à suoi luochi, tutto quello, chè successo fino l'anno 1577 e tutto ricoretto, 4th edition in Italian, revised, Venice: Giovanni Maria Leni, 1577, 2 title pages each with woodcut vignette, headpieces and initial figures, occasional soiling, first gathering repaired in gutter, title slightly frayed and repaired along fore edge verso, intermittent minor worming to lower margin affecting text in last few leaves, 20th-century vellum to style, 8vo, plus Giucciardini (Francesco), La Historia d'Italia, risconstrata con tutti gli altri historici, e auttori, che dell'istette cose habbiano scritto, per Tomaso Porcacchi, 2 volumes in 1, Venice: Nicolo Polo and Francesco Rampazetto, 1610, woodcut title vignettes and initials, a few small worm-tracks to margins, contemporary vellum, slightly rubbed and marked, square 8vo Adams S1120 & A475 for Sigonio and Alberti; BM STC Italian 1465-1600 p. 627 for Sigonio. (3)

Story (Thomas). A Journal of the Life of Thomas Story: containing an Account of his Remarkable Convincement of, and embracing the Principles of Truth, as held by the People called Quakers, 1st edition, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1767, trustees' advertisement leaf, occasional mild staining, inner hinges strengthened, contemporary full calf, gilt spine, later label, morocco presentation label ('The gift of Thomas Story') to front board, rubbed and scuffed, spine-ends worn, together with Heylyn (Peter), Cyprianus Anglicus: or, the History of the Life and Death, of the Most Reverend and Renowned Prelate william, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, 2nd edition, 1671, title page printed in red and black (laid down with partial loss of imprint), endpapers renewed, bookplate of Sir Robert Phillimore (1810-1885), judge, reimposed to front pastedown, contemporary calf, restored, plus Taylor (Jeremy), [Greek title] A Course of Sermons for all the Sundays in the Year, 5th edition, enlarged, 1678, title printed in red and black, lacking portrait, bookplate of Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885), English bishop and nephew of the poet, contemporary calf, rebacked and restored, and 9 others, mainly 17th and 18th-century English theology, folio ESTC T139493, Howes S-1048 and Sabin 92324 for Story's work, of which this is the issue 'on large and thick paper printed at the expense of the author's estate' (Sabin). Provenance (Story): ownership inscriptions of Joseph Goad to the front pastedown and free endpaper; a Joseph Goad (1675-1760) is recorded as 'the first Quaker schoolmaster at Swarthmoor', where George Fox founded the Quaker movement (Penney, ed., The Household Account Book of Sarah Fell of Swarthmoor Hall, p. 535, n. 30). (12)

Tertullian Opera, 2nd edition, Basel: [Froben], 1528, publisher's device to title and final leaf, historiated initials, title page slightly soiled, and with slightly later ownership inscription, slightly later inked annotations to title verso and a terminal blank, pale marginal damp-staining to initial gatherings and a few others, two marginal holes to leaf R3, staining from quire 2M to end, bookplate, contemporary vellum, soiled, joints superficially split but firm, folio in 6s, together with Basil of Caesarea, Opera omnia ... ita collata per Wolgangum Musculum, 1st edition thus, Basel: Johannes Herwagen, 1540, 2 volumes in 1, woodcut title devices and initials, spotting and staining, a few small worm-tracks, largely marginal, lacking signature d2, 19th-century half calf, front board detached, folio in 6s Adams T406 and B336. (2)

Trials. The Arraignment, Tryal and Condemnation of Sir William Parkins, Knt. for the most horrid and barbarous conspiracy to assassinate his most sacred majesty King William..., 1696, bound with The Arraignment, Tryal and Condemnation of Sir John Friend, Knight, for high treason, 1696, bound with The Arraignments, Tryals and Condemnations of Charles Cranburne, and Robert Lowick, for the horrid and execrable conspiracy to assassinate his sacred majesty King William..., 1696, together three works bound in one, some light spotting and minor marks, contemporary mottled calf, modern reback, a little wear to edges, folio, together with Meriton (George), Nomenclatura Clericalis: or, the Young Clerk's Vocabulary, in English & Latine, printed for Richard Lambert, 1685, contemporary ownership signature to front endpaper 'liber Johne Biddell', contemporary plain calf, one or two small worm tracks to spine, minor wear to corners, small 8vo, plus Crompton (George), Practice Common-placed: Or, The Rules and Cases of Practice in the Courts of King's Bench and Commonplease, 2 volumes, 1780, contemporary ownership signature of Francis Paynter to title of each volume, dated 1781, contemporary full calf, some marks to covers, 8vo, and other legal works, including Thomas Dogherty, The Crown Circuit Assistant: being a collection of precedents... in criminal and penal proceedings, 1787, The Biographical History of Sir William Blackstone, 1782, William Nelson, Lex Testamentaria, 2nd edition, 1724, The Modern Conveyancer, Or, Conveyancing Improv'd, 3 volumes, 3rd edition, 1725, etc., all bound in leather, mostly 8vo (16)

Catleen, Ellen,'Peking Studies',Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, 1934, first edition, first impression; with dust jacket. Folio, Black and white photogravures throughout, some with additional colour printing, sketches by F H Schiff.

Agostino Valentine "I Freschi Delle Loggie Vaticane Inventati Da Raffaele Sanzio" published in Rome 1855, with forty one engraved plates, large folio.

H W Longfellow "Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie", limited edition, No. 634/1000 with illustrations by Frank Dicksee, large folio, published Cassell Petter Galpin & Co in decorative leaf pattern boards with gilt inscription.

J R R Tolkien; "The Hobbit" Deluxe Edition, published 1976, Folio Society, and a number of other Folio Society books.

A collection of books, to include Folio Society books, set of Aldous Huxley, Dostoevski a study of History etc.

A folio of 17th, 18th & 19th Century prints

Picturesque Antiquities of Ipswich, in and about ancient Ipswich, folio version; another small size, Memorials of Ipswich; and Suckling's History of Suffolk, 2 volumes, (6)

FIVE BYZANTINE STYLE ICONS, together with a small book 'Book of Hours', eleven Folio Society books, Icons book etc

EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY FOLIO SIZE SCRAP ALBUM containing probably a CHILD'S COLLECTION OF EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY AND LATER SCRAPS, POSTCARDS AND GREETING CARD FRONTS ETC... including Royal Family magazine images, 1931 and 1936, GOOD SELECTION OF ANIMAL AND FARM YARD SCRAPS AND ONE SCRAP BY B. TAYLOR LADIES IN A 1930's OPEN TOURER SPORTS number plate B.T. 1039, IN TOTAL 46 PAGES (23 leaves), TOGETHER WITH A SELECTION OF APPROX 22 LOOSE GREETINGS CARDS, some with embossed celluloid detail and ONE POST BOX SHAPED ENCLOSING photographic images of Aberystwyth, A COMIC NATIONAL SERIES COLOUR CARD 'THE LAST CAR FROM THE EDINBURGH EXHIBITION' 1908 Edinburgh post mark and FIVE ACTRESSES CARDS

Constance B Nash (British 1921-2015)/A folio of black and white drawings, including figure sketches, landscapes etc, various sizes Condition Report: ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk

Constance B Nash (British 1921-2015)/Nude Couple in an Arcadian Landscape/black and white chalk on paper, 59cm x 80cm/and a folio of chalk nude studies Condition Report: ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk

Box of books including: A New Genealogical, Historical and Chronological Atlas, J. Barfield, 1807. Hand-coloured throughout. Folio, half leather; Hume, D: The History of England, in 8 volumes. 1825, full calf; covers worn; The War in Pictures, in 6 volumes; The history of the war with Russia, 6 volumes/divisions. With plates and maps; The History of the Indian Mutiny. 7 volumes/divisions. With plates and maps; Etc. Sold A/F. (Qty)

1- The Graphic: Graphic, London, volume 18, July to December, 1878. Folio, fully illustrated. Covers worn; couple of pages missing; A/F; 2- The Illustrated London News (4 volumes bound in 3): Jan-Dec 1859 + Christmas number (volumes 34 & 35) with double-page colour lithographs. The two volumes bound in one half leather volume; Covers worn and detached; lacking spine; May-Sept 1898 & Aug-Dec 1899. Cloth, covers worn; Jan-June 1900 (Transvaal War, continued from 1899). Cloth, covers worn. Plus 3 loose issues. (4)

Merian, M.S. ; Harvey, J.M.V: The Surinam Album. The Folio Society, 2006, first edition thus. Numbered Limited edition: 116 of 1000 copies. Facsimile edition with introductory booklet and an envelope of 3 plates; Bound in half goatskin over pictorial boards, in a custom made clamshell box. 91 watercolour facsimiles.

Sethi Calvisi (Kallwitz, Seth (1556-1615)): Opus chronologicum Ubi Tempus Astronomicum per motus & Eclipses Luminarium Coelestium,… Frankfurt, Anthonius Hummius, 1650. Folio, title in red and black and with vignette; PP: (viii), 1030 (i.e. 1032), +(xcviii)Index, (i)Errata, (i)blank. Cont. full leather with gilt emblem to upper cover; Covers detached, worn, lacking most of the spine, and with cuts and loss; few worm holes and light damp stain to margin of few pages; a couple of pages browned.

THELLUSSON V WOODFORD: The Will case which is thought to have influence Jarndyce v Jarndyce in Dickens’s BLEAK HOUSE. Folio, 20 parts, from 4 to 16 pages each; mostly with the dockets present; in all C160pp of the House of Lords case; 1811-1825. Bound in one volume, with leather backed boards; Front cover detached.

JAPAN: 1- Cutler, T W: A Grammar of Japanese Ornament and Design. Batsford, 1880, first edition; Folio; (Extra title/wrapper bound-in), 58 plates and woodcuts (all present), one with edges frayed and tears; original pictorial cloth, t.e.g.; rubbed. 2- Bing, S: Artistic Japan: Illustrations and Essays. Three volumes: Sampson Low, 1888, 1889, And 1890. Some pages have been cut out, The whole lot is sold WITH ALL FAULTS. (4)

Twenty one Folio society books (21)

Five Folio Society books and one other

Parkinson, John - Paradisi in sole paradisus terrestris…, 1st edition, folio, later quarter calf, joints cracked, lacking portrait and pages 11-14, torn repair to lower right page 181, repair to plate opposite page 480, bottom right of page 535 missing, London 1629

Moss, Hugh - Snuff Bottles of China, 1 of 500, inscribed and signed, folio, with original glassine outer wrapper (a.f.), with slip case, London 1971

Gibson, Charles Dana - A Widow and her Friends, oblong folio, cloth backed, pictorial boards (discoloured), New York 1901

Hutchins, John - The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, 1st edition, 2 vols, folio, old calf, ex library, boards detached, spines split and cracked, London 1774

The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais, NY, Frederick Stokes, 1899, 2 vols, l/e no. 139/250 and various other books on the leading Pre-Raphaelite artists, including Leighton, Rosetti, Burne-Jones, Alma Tadema (including a numbered folio edition of his selected works, Virtue & Co, 1895), Watts, Waterhouse, and Holman Hunt, The Dictionary of Victorian Artists, exhibition catalogues, etc. 25 hardback and paperback vols, together with a framed print after Rosetti of King Arthur

A Folio of 3 Hiroshige Prints from The fifty three stages of Tokaido

Folio of Botanical prints "The Auricula" by Jose Escofet

Folio containing numerous unframed items to include watercolour pastel, etching engravings and prin

An early 20th century walnut and black painted folding folio stand, 86cm wide. M6

A folio and contents, principally containing monochrome prints and engravings, to include portrait and topographical examples, and copies of Old Masters, all unframed, mostly 19th century

A folio and contents of assorted principally 20th century prints, watercolours, drawings etc

Three artist folios and contents, containing assorted amateur watercolours, pastels, one folio being single edition of reproduction Italian prints

An artists folio and contents, principally of amateur watercolours, drawings, pastels etc (a lot)

The Architectural Antiquities of Suffolk series of etchings, in medium folio