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* Albums & Sketchbooks. A selection of 20 brand new albums and sketchbooks by the Bindery Shop, Ludlow, comprising four photograph albums, one in white morocco with the word 'wedding' in gilt to upper cover, one in green morocco with the word 'photographs' in gilt to upper cover, oblong folio, and two other albums in distressed calf, oblong 4to, together with three address books in distressed calf, 8vo, blank volume bound in limp vellum, oblong 8vo, and a selection of sketchbooks etc. in distressed calf or morocco bindings, various sizesQTY: (a carton)NOTE:Provenance: Shop stock from The Bindery Shop, Ludlow.

Bookbinding & Bibliography Reference - Neale (Albert M.). The Neale M. Albert Collection of Miniature Designer Bindings. A catalogue of an exhibition held at the John Rylands Library, 4 June-18 October 2008, Photographs by Tom Grill, Manchester: John Rylands University Library, 2008, colour illustrations, original red cloth with pictorial panel to upper cover, in original red cloth covered slipcase, oblong 4to, together with:Duncan (Alastair). Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding. The French Masterpieces, 1880-1940, London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, colour and monochrome illustrations, original red cloth in dust and glassine jackets, 4to,Middleton (Bernard). The Restoration of Leather Bindings, 3rd edition, revised & expanded, London: British Library, Oak Knoll Press, 1998, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust and glassine jackets, folio, Middleton (Bernard). A Bookbinder's Miscellany, Oxford: Alan Isaac Rare Books, 2015, 3 copies in original blue cloth, and unopened cellophane wrapping, 8vo,Fahey (Herbert & Peter). Finishing in Hand Bookbinding, reprint in facsimile of the 1951 edition with a new introduction by Alan Isaac and foreword by Maureen Duke, Oxford: Alan Isaac Rare Books, 2014, 3 copies in original plum cloth, and unopened cellophane wrapping, 8vo, plus other bookbinding, book history and bibliography relatedQTY: (2 cartons)

Dalton (Michael). Officium Vicecomitum. The Office and Authority of Sheriffs: Gathered out of the Statutes, and Books of the Common Laws of this Kingdom, London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard Atkins, and Edward Atkins, 1700, contemporary calf, upper board detached, lower joint split, worn, folio, together with:Echard (Laurence). The History of England, volumes 2 & 3 only, London: Jacob Tonson, 1718, engraved frontispiece to each, armorial bookplate of Henry Fiennes Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle (1720-1794) to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, gilt armorial of Henry Fiennes Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle to centre of each board, joints split and some wear, folio, together with Cambridge. Clare College, Cambridge, 1326-1926, University Hall, 1326-46, Clare Hall, 1346-1856, 2 volumes, Cambridge: University Press, 1928, original cloth-backed boards, folio and with a defective set of Robinson (G., publisher). The Beauties of Nature and Art Displayed, in a Tour throughout the World, 13 volumes, 2nd edition, greatly improved, London: G. Robinson, 1774, and incomplete and worn set of Newbery (J., publisher). The World displayed; or, a curious collection of Voyages and Travels..., a broken run comprising 15 volumes only, mixed editions, London: J. Newbery, 1767-68QTY: (a carton)

Bible [English]. The Bible that is, the Holy Scriptures contained in the Old and New Testament. translated according to the Hewbrew and Greek, and conferrred with the best translations in divers languages..., Amsterdam: Printed by Thomas Stafford, 1640, According to the Copy printed at Edinburgh by Andro Hart, in the yeare 1610, woodcut to general and New Testament titles (general title torn and repaired to edges and New Testament title and following leaf cropped to blank margins), 2 full-page engravings (both torn to edges and repaired), all before G6 detached, first leaf of Genesis with lower half torn away and lacking, numerous repairs mostly to leaves at front of volume and some leaves lined with archival tissue, bound with at rear Book of Psalms, The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and others..., London: Printed by R. Badger for the Company of Stationers, 1632, printer's woodcut device to title, last few leaves detached and final leaf cropped to margins, text-block mostly resewn, some light dust-soiling, occasional damp stains and few marks, contemporary calf, boards detached and lacking spine, folio (33.6 x 22 cm), (Herbert 545; Darlow & Moule 424; STC 2344), together with:Wood (John). An Essay towards a Description of Bath, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged, London: Printed by James Bettenham, [1749], 20 engraved plates and plans only (of 22, includes 12 folding), bookplate of John Hill to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, volume 2 rebacked and volume 1 partly restored (with reback leather pared ready to apply), board edges worn, 8vo, Shackleton (Ernest H.). The Heart of the Antarctic..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Heinemann, 1909, monochrome plates and illustrations, folding plans and panoramas in rear pockets, original cloth, volume 1 rebacked in blue morocco with raised bands, volume 2 partly restored with raised bands (without reback leather), covers marked and some wear, large 8vo, plus other miscellaneous books including antiquarianQTY: (a carton)NOTE:Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

Harrison (John). Maps of the English Counties with the Sub Divisions of Hundreds, Wapontakes, Lathes, Wards, Divisions &c. to which are added two folio pages of Letter-press to face each map..., London: printed by and for John Harrison, 1791, title page creased and dust-soiled with crude near contemporary ownership signature, and, several tears repaired with tissue, eight pages of index tables, 38 (complete) engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, each map with a page of descriptive text, waterstained throughout, later endpapers, hinges strengthened, contemporary marbled boards, re-backed with a 20th-century morocco spine with a contrasting morocco gilt label, bumped and worn, oblong folio, QTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb, CCXCI.

Reade (Charles). Peg Woffington, London: George Allen, 1899, monochrome illustrations by Hugh Thomson, some minor marginal toning, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine very lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Moore (George), The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis & Chloe, London: William Heinemann, 1924, signed by the author to the limitation page, some light spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers marked & rubbed to head & foot with some small tears & loss, 8vo, limited edition 376/1280, plusChaucer (Geoffrey), Troilus & Criseyde, London: Folio Society, 1990, colour illustrations by Peter Brookes, original quarter morocco in slipcase, 8vo, and 40 further Folio Society publications, plus other modern fiction & poetry, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)

Furley (Robert). A History of the Weald of Kent, with an outline of the early history of the county, 2 volumes (in 3), 1st edition, Ashford: Henry Igglesden, 1871, presentation copy inscribed to the front endpaper of volume 1 by the author, monochrome folding maps, some minor spotting & toning throughout, original uniform gilt decorated green cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Greenwood (John F.), Twenty-Four Woodcuts of Cambridge, London: Bodley Head, 1926, 24 monochrome woodcuts, some minor spotting, original yellow cloth spine to boards with paper labels, very lightly rubbed, 8vo, un-numbered limited edition of 850 copies, plusElton (Charles I.), The Tenures of Kent, 1st edition, London: James Parker and Co., 1867, pencil annotations to the publisher page, later pen inscriptions to the dedication page, some marginal pencil annotations, some light spotting & toning, original brown cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, and other 19th & 20th century British topography & history reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)

Bindings. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, edited by W. J. Craig, London: Oxford University Press, reprinted 1957 on India paper, some minor spotting, all edges gilt, full red morocco bound by Hatchards, spine lightly faded, front hinge cracked to the foot, 8voThe Poetical Works of John Dryden, London: George Routledge and Co., 1853, later inscription to the front endpaper, some light toning & spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary ornately gilt decorated green full morocco, spine lightly faded & rubbed, 8voAntiquarian and Topographical Cabinet..., 10 volumes, London: published by W. Clarke, numerous engraved illustrations, some loose leaves, some light toning & spotting, contemporary uniform gilt decorated half morocco, boards & spines rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, together with further 19th & 20th century literature & reference, all leather bindings, some odd volumes, some foreign language, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)NOTE:60 volumes

Marsh (Ngaio). A Man Lay Dead, reprinted, London: Geoffrey Bles, 1941, original cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed to head & foot with slight loss, 8voThe Nursing-Home Murder, 1st edition, 1935, original cloth, spine faded & rubbed, 8voDeath in Ecstasy, 1st edition, 1936, period inscription to the front endpaper, original cloth, spine slightly faded, 8voVintage Murder, reprinted, 1941, period inscription to the front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, lightly rubbed with a small tear to the head of the front cover, 8voDeath in a White Tie, 1st edition, 1938, original cloth, spine slightly rubbed & faded, 8voOverture to Death, 1st edition, London: The Crime Club, 1939, original cloth, spine & boards slightly faded, 8vo, all with some toning & light spotting, plus further works by Ngaio Marsh, all in original cloth, some in dust jackets, 8vo, together with other modern fiction, including works by Daphne du Maurier, Nevil Shute, Jon Godden, Elizabeth Goudge, Howard Spring, Robert Neil, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)

Mackenzie (Eneas). An Historical, Topographical and Descriptive View of the County of Northumberland, and of those parts of the county of Durham situated north of the river Tyne..., 2 volumes, 2nd edition, carefully corrected and greatly enlarged, Newcastle: Mackenzie and Dent, 1825, 17 engraved plates including frontispieces, folding engraved county map, light toning and minor scattered spotting, bookplate of Ravensworth Castle to upper pastedowns, contemporary half morocco gilt, 4to, together with:Mackenzie (Eneas). A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Town and County of Newcastle upon Tyne, including the Borough of Gateshead, 2 volumes in one, Newcastle upon Tyne: Mackenzie and Dent, 1827, 16 engraved plates including frontispieces, some toning, spotting, dust-soiling and marks, contemporary reversed calf, morocco title label to spine, upper joint cracked and some wear to extremities, 4to,Lysons (Daniel). The Environs of London..., 2 volumes in four, 2nd edition, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811, 2 additional engraved titles, plates, maps and plans (few folding), with An Historical Account of those Parishes in the county of Middlesex, which are not described in the Environs of London, London: T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1800, engraved title, plates, plans and maps (few folding), contemporary uniform maroon morocco-backed cloth, extremities rubbed, large 4to, Lysons (Samuel). A Collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804, engraved title, 110 engraved and etched plates including some hand-coloured, some damp stains and occasional spotting mostly to margins, closed tear to front free endpaper, contemporary maroon morocco-backed cloth, folio,Bird (Charles). Picturesque Old Bristol. A Series of Fifty-Two Etchings ... with Letterpress by John Taylor, 2 volumes, Bristol: Frost and Reed, 1885, 53 etched sepia plates (including frontispiece), tissue-guards, volume 2 with half-title, index leaf and publisher's notice, offsetting to tissue-guards, occasional spotting, contemporary half morocco gilt, joints & extremities rubbed and slightly worn, large 4to, Wells (Samuel). The History of the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level; with the Constitution and Laws of the Bedford Level Corporation, 2 volumes, London: Published for the Author, by R. Pheney, 1830, some scattered spotting, original cloth-backed boards, some wear, 8vo, plus one otherQTY: (14)

Bromberg (Ruth). Walter Sickert Prints, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with:Panofsky (Erwin), Albrecht Dürer, volume 2 only, 3rd edition, London: Oxford University Press, 1948, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light toning & spotting, original brown cloth, large 8vo, plus other art reference, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, many paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves )

Justamond (J.). A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies, 5 volumes, 2nd edition, London: printed for T. Cadell, 1776, 3 folding maps [of 4, lacks map in volume 3], engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some light marginal toning & spotting, modern calf spines retaining contemporary mottled full calf boards, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Burnet (Gilbert), The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 3 volumes [volumes 1 & 2 plus the supplement volume], 2nd edition, London: printed by T. H. For Richard Chiswell, 168-1715, engraved title pages to volumes 1 & 2, engraved portrait plates, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some toning & light wear, gutters cracked, contemporary uniform full calf with red morocco spine labels, boards & spine lightly rubbed, folio, plus other mostly 18th & 19th-century history & politics reference, mostly contemporary leather bindings, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves )NOTE:32 volumes from the library of the late Professor Malcom Deas, Oxford University

Nansen (Fridtjof). "Farthest North"..., 2 volumes, London: George Newnes, 1898, colour plates & monochrome illustrations, folding map to the rear of volume 1 torn & repaired, volume 1 front gutter reinforced with white tape, period inscription to the front endpapers of volume 2, some light spotting & toning, original uniform gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Coillard (François), On the Threshold of Central Africa, a record of twenty years' pioneering among the Barotsi of the Upper Zambesi, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1897, 44 monochrome illustrations, some marginal spotting & toning, original gilt decorated brown cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusHyatt (Stanley Portal), The Northward Trek, London: Andrew Melrose, 1909, 14 monochrome illustrations & 3 maps, front gutter cracked, some light spotting & toning, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th-century travel reference & related, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)

Antiquarian. A large collection of 18th & 19th century theology, philosophy, & history reference, mostly contemporary leather bindings, many odd volumes, some defective volumes, some foreign language, overall condition is generally fair, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)

Grey (C. G., editor). All The World's Aircraft, founded by Fred T. Jane,..., 18 volumes, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1924-41, numerous monochrome illustrations & advertisements, some light toning & wear, all on original blue cloth, some boards & spines slightly faded & rubbed with some minor loss, folio, together with:Turner (Hatton), Astra Castra, Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere, London: Chapman and Hall, 1865, monochrome illustrations, front gutter partially cracked, some light spotting & toning throughout, contemporary half morocco, boards & spine lightly rubbed, folioWade (W. L.), The Flying Book, the aviation world Who's Who industrial directory and vade-mecum, 1917 Edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1917, numerous monochrome illustrations & advertisements, front & rear gutters cracked, some light toning, original boards with illustrated colour label to the front board, 8vo, and other World War I & II aviation reference & related, including Aeronautics, 5 volumes, 1914-18, contemporary blue cloth, 4to, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)

Russell (Judith, editor). The Wood-Engravings of Gertrude Hermes, 1st edition, Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1993, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers very lightly marked, folio, together with:Sidey (Tessa), The Prints of Michael Rothenstein, 1st edition, Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1993, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plusWolff (Paul), My First Ten Years with the Leica, 1st edition, New York: B. Westermann Co., 1930, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers toned & worn some some small tears & loss to head & foot, large 4to, andKhan-Magomedov (Selim Omarovich), Alexandr Vesnin and Russian Constructivism, 1st edition, London: Lund Humphries, 1986, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other art, crafts, print, & photography reference, including some exhibition catalogues, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves & a carton)

Garstang (David). Giacomo Sepotta E I Serpottiani, stuccatori a Palermo 1656-1790, 1st edition: Palermo: Flaccovio Editore, 2006, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with:Allen (Denise & Peta Motture), Andrea Riccio, Renaissance master of bronze, 1st edition, London: Philip Wilson Publishers, 2008, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plusClark (Nicholas), Melozzo da Forlì, pictor papalis, 1st edition London: Sotheby's, 1990, colour & monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and other modern pre-20th century art reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, some 'as new' in original plastic wrap, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves )

Art & Photography. A collection of modern art & photography reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)

History. A large collection of history & miscellaneous literature, including The Friend, by Alan Bray, 1st edition, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, The Making of Revolutionary Paris, by David Garrioch, 1st edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, & publications by the universities of Oxford, Yale, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)

Morant (Philip). The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: T. Osborne, J. Whiston, S. Baker, L. Davies, C. Reymers and B. White, 1768, folding engraved map frontispiece to first volume, 23 engraved plates (including 6 folding, of which 2 linen backed), 11 folding maps and plans (one map linen backed), plus 5 additional plates (each trimmed and mounted), dedication leaf to second volume lined to verso, occasional light toning and spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, modern brown half calf, spines slightly faded, folio, together with:Wright (Thomas). The History and Topography of the County of Essex, 2 volumes, London: George Virtue, 1836, additional engraved titles on India paper, engraved map, and 99 plates, some browning, damp staining and spotting mostly to text leaves, top edge gilt, contemporary green half morocco gilt decorated spines, large 4to, plus Barrett (Charles Raymond Booth). Essex: Highways, Byways and Waterways, 2nd series, London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1893, engraved frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original cloth, toned, joints and head and foot of spine frayed and worn, 4to (limited edition 65/125 on fine paper)QTY: (5)

Mayhew (Henry). London Labour and the London Poor:..., 4 volumes, London: Charles Griffin and Company, circa 1890, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light toning & spotting, original uniform gilt decorated plum cloth, spines faded, boards & spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Harper (Charles G.), The Exeter Road, the story of the West of England Highway, London: Chapman & Hall, 1899, 34 monochrome plates plus vignettes, some spotting & toning throughout, top edge gilt, contemporary black half morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plusBruce (J. Collingwood), A Hand-Book to Newcastle-on-Tyne, London: Longman, Green, et al..., 1863, 2 folding maps, monochrome illustrations plus advertisements to the rear, original gilt decorated cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed with a small tear to the head of the spine, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th century British topography & London reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves )

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare, London: William Heinemann, 1909, colour tipped-in plates, damp damage from pp.96 through to the rear endpaper with some loss including to the plates, marginal toning throughout, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth spine to boards, damp damage to the boards & spine with some fading & loss, 8vo, together with:Folio Society, The Blue Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang, 2003, The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 15th printing, 2009, Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, 17th printing, 2009, Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer Night's Dream, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, 2001, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, illustrated by Edmund Dulac, 11th printing, 2009, with 2 further Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, 8vo, plusThe Grolier Club, publisher, An Exhibition from the Jon. A. Lindseth Collection of C. L. Dodgson and Lewis Carroll, 1st edition, New York, 1998, monochrome illustrations, original red cloth spibe to grey boards, large 8vo, includes invitations and compliments slip, and other illustrated literature & related reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to QTY: (3 shelves )

Daly (César). Bibliothèque, de L'Architecture, 2 volumes, Paris: Librairie Générale de L'Architecture et des Travaux Publics, 1877, numerous colour plates, some light marginal toning throughout, contemporary gilt decorated red quarter morocco, boards spine rubbed, loss to volume 2 spine, folio, together with other architecture & interior decor reference, including publications by Yale, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves )

de Brunhoff (Jean). The Story of Babar the little elephant, 2nd English edition, London: Methuen, 1934, colour illustrations, some minor toning, original illustrated boards to blue cloth spine, boards slightly rubbed with some minor loss, folio, together with:MacDonald (Greville), The Magic Crook or the Stolen Baby, 1st edition, London: The Vineyard Press, 1911, monochrome illustrations by Arthur Hughes, inscription by the author to the front endpaper, some light marginal toning, original decorated green cloth, some water damage to the spine & boards, spine slightly faded & rubbed 8vo, plusJames (Montague Rhodes), More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1911, period inscription to the front endpaper, front & rear gutters partially cracked, some light marginal toning, original decorated grey cloth, spine slightly rubbed, front hinge partially cracked, boards lightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other juvenile & illustrated literature, including Rupert annuals & posters, mostly original cloth/boards, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves & a carton)

Amuchastegui (Axel). Some Birds and Mammals of South America, London: Tryon Gallery, 1966, colour plates, top edge gilt, original blue quarter morocco, vellum tipped board corners, glassine dust jacket, slipcase, large folio (limited edition number 145/305 copies, signed by the artist), with signed prospectus loosely inserted, together with:Mee (Margaret). Flowers of the Brazilian Forests, London: Tryon Gallery, 1968, colour plates, top edge gilt, original dark green quarter morocco, vellum tipped board corners, glassine dust jacket, slipcase, large folio (limited edition number 124/506 copies),Amuchastegui (Axel). Studies of Birds and Mammals of South America, London: Tryon Gallery, 1967, colour plates, top edge gilt, original blue quarter morocco, vellum tipped board corners, glassine dust jacket, slipcase, small folio, with loosely inserted prospectus,Mannering (Eve, editor). Mr. Gould's Tropical Birds, London: Ariel Press, 1955, colour plates, contemporary dark green vellum, slim folio,Mannering (Eve, editor). The best of Redouté's Roses, London: Ariel Press, 1959, colour plates, original pictorial limp covers in glassine dust jacket, slim folioQTY: (5)

Audubon (John James). The Original Water-Colour Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America, introduction by Marshall B. Davidson, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1966, colour and monochrome plates, original cloth gilt, with slipcase (some wear and reinforcements), large 4to, together withCooper (William T. and Joseph M. Forshaw). The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds, Sydney: Collins, 1977, full-page colour illustrations throughout, original yellow and beige cloth, pictorial dust jacket, folio, in slipcase with Buller (Turbott). Birds of New Zealand, London: MacDonald, 1967, colour illustrations throughout, original black Morocco-backed cloth gilt, pictorial dust jacket, folio, contained in original slipcase, with 16 other large format, 20th-century, ornithological works, including Hancock & Elliott's Herons of the World and James Alder's Birds and Flowers of the Castle of Mey and BalmoralQTY: (19)

Murchison (Roderick Impey). Siluria. The History of the Oldest known Rocks containing Organic Remains, with a Brief Sketch of the Distribution of Gold over the Earth, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1854, hand-coloured folding engraved map and folding uncoloured lithograph map, 37 lithograph plates (three folding), wood engraved illustrations, some scattered spotting, front free endpaper creased, original cloth gilt, spine worn with loss and brown with adhesive residue, 8vo, together with three other editions of the same work, comprising 3rd edition, 1859, in original cloth, worn, 4th edition, 1867, 20th-century cloth and 5th edition, 2 volumes (text & plates), 1872, original cloth, all 8vo, together with:Hunter (Joseph). Hallamshire. The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York, new and enlarged edition by the Rev. Alfred Gatty, London: Virtue and Company, 1875, engraved frontispiece and 12 engraved plates, occasional light spotting, bookplate of William Clarke Vincent to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary half morocco, joints cracked, rubbed, folioQTY: (6)

Thorburn (Archibald). British Birds, 4 volumes, Large Paper copy, London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1915-18, 80 mounted colour plates, each with tissue-guard, armorial bookplate of Madelaine Jay to front pastedowns, a few light spots, top edge gilt, original red publisher's cloth gilt, marked, folio, 97 of 105 copies, together with the British Birds, Supplementary Part, London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1915-18, 2 mounted colour plates, original green paper wrappers, small paper label to upper cover stating '97 of 105 copies', folioQTY: (5)NOTE:Anker 508; Nissen IVB 938.

Cary (G. & J.). Cary's Improved Map of England and Wales with a considerable portion of Scotland, planned upon a scale of two statute miles to one inch, Drawn from the most Authentic Surveys and Parliamentary Documents, 1832, calligraphic double-page title, index map, 65 (complete as keymap) engraved double-page map sheets, all with contemporary outline colouring, some offsetting and slight spotting throughout, contemporary half morocco, re-backed but retaining original spine, bumped, frayed and worn, folio, binding size 575 x 390 mmQTY: (1)

Doppelmayr, Johann GabrielHistorische Nachricht von den Nürnbergischen Mathematicis und Künstlern ... In Zweyen Theilen an das Liecht gestellet, Nürnberg, Monath, 1730, 314 S. + Register, mit gestochener Titelvignette und 15 (komplett) tls. mehrfach gefalteten Kupfertafeln, u. a. der Behaim-Globus mit der Weltkarte in zwei Hemisphären sowie Medaillen und Brunnen, umgehend gesprenkelter Schnitt, Halbpergamenteinband, Folio. Stärkere Altersspuren, part. besch./stockfleckig, Buchrücken tls. fehlend, sehr vereinzelt Bleistifteintragungen. Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (1677-1750) zählt zu den bedeutenden Astronomen und Mathematikern. Wichtiges Werk über zahlr. bedeutende Nürnberger Naturwissenschaftler, Künstler, Erfinder und Techniker.

Hildebrandt, Hans (Schriftleitung)Zeppelin-Denkmal für das deutsche Volk, Stuttgart, Germania, o. J., (um 1925), 385 S. mit zahlr. tls. farb. Abb., Kopfgoldschnitt, goldgeprägter Originalhalblederband, Folio. Altersspuren.

Die neue ReichskanzleiArchitekt Albert Speer, München, Franz Eher, o. J., 2. Auflage / 11.-30. Tausend, 131 S. mit zahlr. tls. farb. Abb. und Grundrissen (1x mehrfach gefaltet), Originaleinband, Folio. Starke Altersspuren, besch./fleckig.

Ariosto, LudovicoRasender Roland, Breslau, Schottlaender, o. J., illustr. von Gustav Doré, umgehender Goldschnitt, goldgeprägter Originaleinband, Folio. Starke Altersspuren, part. besch.. Nicht kollationiert.

Der Schwarzwald in Wort und Bildbadische: Ludwig Neumann, württembergische, Franz Dölker, Stuttgart, Weise, 1899, 3. Auflage, 205 S. mit zahl. Textillustr. und Vollbildern, umgehender Goldschnitt, geprägter Originaleinband, Folio. Altersspuren, part. besch., stärker fleckig.

Parcel of various Folio Society volumes All in used condition, unchecked

Parcel of various Folio Society volumes All in used condition, unchecked

BAROQUE SURREALISM - ITALIAN THEATRE DESIGNSVolume of designs drawn by a set designer in the early eighteenth century, seemingly in Venice or Northern Italy, containing an assemblage of fanciful cityscapes and other scenes, generally executed in pen-and-ink, some finished with bodycolour or coloured wash, some forty drawings in all, generally in good fresh condition, bound randomly (some upside-down) evidently at a later date, size of the larger drawings (the majority) c.300 x 200mm., eighteenth-century white vellum boards, folio, [?Venice, eighteenth century] For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SENEX (JOHN)[Untitled Atlas], 34 engraved folding maps (21 on 2 sheets joined), all but Whiston's 'Scheme of the Solar System... Founded on Sr. Isaac Newton's Wonderful Discoveries' with contemporary hand-colouring (2 tears neatly repaired and some off-setting to Africa, one fold of 2 maps strengthened, 4 or 5 with light browning at central fold, a few small marginal creases or small tears, all numbered in ink on verso upper right, a contemporary 'Catalogue of the Maps as they are placed in this book' pasted inside upper cover, and letterpress advertisement for works by Senex (including further index to this volume) 'to be sold by his Widow Mary Senex' tipped-in on a stub, contemporary panelled calf, refurbished and re-backed to match, later red gilt morocco spine label [Shirley BL T.SEN-1f], tall narrow folio (686 x 265mm.), [Mary Senex, c.1748]Footnotes:Published shortly after the death of John Senex in 1740 by his widow Mary, a handsome atlas of his two-sheet maps including World, North and South America, Asia, and Africa.Provenance: Ralph Adderley, of Coton Hall, Staffs.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ALBUM - ROYALTYCollection of some 120 autograph letters, from George III, Queen Charlotte, the Prince of Wales, various members of the Royal Family and others, to Hon. George Villiers and his wife Maria Theresa, with Villiers' drafts and retained copies, many marked 'Private', 'Confidential' or 'Secret', loosely inserted into an album, including: George III: Autograph letter signed ('George R'), to George Villiers, approving of improvements to Cranbourne Lodge ('...probably Mr Wyatt's Composition might be reused then with advantage...'), one page, 4to, Queen's Palace, 4 June 1804; with two draft letters from Villiers to Mr Pitt, the first referring to an incident involving the King '...at the stables yesterday before the grooms indecent & obscene beyond description...', September 1804; another complaining of the King's doctor, Dr Simons who '...throws HM into a state of derangement & irritation that is very alarming...' and suggesting that if Dr Simons were removed, a reconciliation between the King and the Prince might take place, mentioning his '...near twenty years confidential experience of HM...'; copy letter from Queen Charlotte to the Prime Minister Mr Addington, fearing the sight of Dr Willis will distress her husband ('...the King's agitation was so visible at the seeing of Dr Heberden Whom he likes...'), 15 February 1804; copy of the official Deed of Approval for the Regency (beginning '...In the present dreadfull and alarming illness with which it has pleased Almighty Providence to afflict the King...') with copy signatures of Queen Charlotte and nine of her children, one page, 4to, Queen's House, 15 February 1804 Confidential correspondence between Colonel John McMahon and George Villiers 1806-7 ('Quite Secret, Entre Nous'), regarding the report of the Special Commissioners into the scandal concerning Princess Caroline, accused of having an illegitimate son in 1804 ('The Princess... to be forbidden Carlton House & all intercourse with the P.[rince]... Captain Manby shall be no more Employed in HM's Navy...') (8); with autograph letter from George, Prince of Wales ('Your most affectionate friend George P'), confirming he has asked '...my friend Mr Mahon to write most confidentially & at large upon the present position of affairs...', 3 pages, 4to, Carlton House, 30 July 1806George, Prince of Wales: Autograph letter signed ('Your most affectionate brother George P'), to his sister Princess Amelia ('my beloved Amelia'), a long and affectionate letter, assuring her of his love during her 'sad sufferings', mentioning a 'tete a tete' with the King during which the King assured him of 'the greatest possible feeling and love for you', 5 pages, 4to, Carlton House, 28 October 1809; with copy of his letter to his mother asking for a reconciliation with his father ('...Were this allowed me, I should fly to throw myself at the King's feet... I have long grieved that misinterpretations have estrang'd His Majestie's mind from me...', speaking of the '...incalculable importance to His Majesty & the Country of the whole Royal Family's appearing united in a moment so awful as the present...'; and a copy of the Queen's joyful answer ('...I shall not be behind hand to seize that moment for wch I have so long anxiously pray'd. & I trust will be the means of again uniting our too long separated family...'), 4 pages on a bifolium, 8vo, [n.p., n.d.]; with Accounts of the 'Prince of Wales's Establishment on the 5th January 1793', 3 pages on a bifolium, folioQueen Charlotte: Seven affectionate letters from Queen Charlotte ('your affectionate mother and friend') to her daughter Princess Amelia during her final illness, telling her to trust her doctors and sending news of the outside world ('...we learn that Bony is very ill & that His Physicians & Surjeans [sic] are sent for from Paris...') and parties (including a long description of a visit to Ham House '...quite a little Earthly Paradise...'), but regrets there is '...not even a little Scandall which sometime enlivens a letter...', 24 pages, 8vo and 4to, September and October 1809; autograph letter to George Villiers, refuting rumours that she and her daughters had asked the Prince of Wales for help at a time when the King is quite well, assuring him that she has always done her duty even '...at the most unhappy moments...', asking him to pass this information onto Mr Pitt, and to burn this letter, 3 pages, 4to, [n.p., n.d. but 1804 according to accompanying note]; and another to Theresa Villiers, 1806Princess Amelia: Copy letter from Princess Amelia to Dr Halford, physician to the Prince of Wales, admonishing him for his treatment and his indiscretion ('...I have asked nothing of you except secrecy...'), 9 September, and Halford's conciliatory reply, with another; autograph letter from a young Princess Charlotte, daughter of the Prince Regent to her aunt, Princess Amelia, one dated 19 February 1808 ('...things are going on so badly at Black Heath; that it is become so irksome to me... Such things are said & done that it is quite shocking... I never am so happy as when I am at the Queen's House...'); autograph letter signed ('very sincere friend and humble servant George P') to Theresa Villiers, written two days after the death of Princess Amelia, referring to the sorrow of his sister's great love Charles Fitzroy, praising her husband [George Villiers] for his '...delicate, most upright and most honourable conduct...', giving the picture of her 'sweet child' to Fitzroy, on mourning paper, address wrapper with black wax seal, 3 pages, 4to,, Windsor, 4 November 1810; with draft notes by the Prince Regent who, with the Duke of Cambridge, is taking over from FitzRoy in the task of disposing of Princess Amelia's effects, making some suggestions including 'The Topazes... to Miss Villiers who is mentioned by The Princess A. as her adopted child...', 5 pages, 4to, [n.d. but probably 1810]; Villiers' retained copies of letters from the Duke of Grafton to George Prince of Wales plotting to remove Fitzroy from the post of equerry so that it should appear to be the wish of the King ('...expressed in moments when it has pleased God to allow Him the exercise of his Reason and Judgement...'); and the Prince's reply thanking him for his help in this 'painful affair', concluding 'I do now receive Lt. Gen. FitzRoy's Resignation...', June 1813 George II: Autograph letter from William Gibson, sending a copy of a letter from George II to Frederick, Prince of Wales after the birth of his daughter Princess Augusta in 1737, furious that his son had concealed news of his wife's pregnancy and had '...precipitately hurried the Princess from Hampton Court in a condition not to be named...', and ordering him to remove his family from St James's Palace, 3 pages on a bifolium, folio, Well's Coffee House, 24 September 1737Group of correspondence to Theresa Villiers from Princesses Mary, Sophie, Amelia and the Princes Adolphus Frederick and Edward with collection of fragments from Amelia; with additional letters from William IV (2); Prince Albert; Queen Victoria; the King of Hanover; Adelaide d'Orleans (to Mary Berry), 1836-7; and much else, c.110 leaves, half maroon roan gilt, decorative spine gilt stamped 'Autographs' and 'Royal Letters', worn, brass clasp and key held by a red ribbon, 4to (235 x 280mm.), [late eighteenth-century/early nineteenth-century]For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CAVENDISH (WILLIAM, Duke of Newcastle)A General System of Horsemanship in All it's Branches, 2 vol. bound in 1, first edition in English, half-title, additional double-page engraved title in French (imprint Antwerp, Jacques van Meurs, 1658), 42 double-page engraved equestrian plates (plate 31 loose, perhaps inserted, small surface smudge on plate 11), 20 engraved anatomical, equipment and veterinary plates in part 2 (12 printed in bistre, 2 double-page), engraved vignettes and historiated initials, woodcut diagrams in the text, preface leaf (pages 3-4) misbound in vol. 2, some light browning, additional ink numeral on a few plates in second volume, nineteenth century calf, rubbed, some scuffs and ink stains to lower cover [Nissen ZBI 849; Podeschi 49], folio (460 x 280mm.), J. Brindley, 1743Footnotes:First edition in English of the Duke of Newcastle's important treatise on horsemanship. The second volume comprises 'The Perfect Knowledge of Horses', the first appearance in English of Gaspard de Saunier's Parfaite connoissance des chevaux.Provenance: D. Mahon, 1 Jan. 1826, ownership inscription on the half-title.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

TURING (ALAN)Programmers' Handbook for Manchester Electronic Computer Mark II [i.e. Mark I], FIRST EDITION, COMPLIMENTARY COPY, stamped 'with the compliments' [followed by] 'of A.M. Turing' [the latter in ink, not in Turing's hand], printed recto only throughout: [2 (title)], 97, [23], gelatin silver photograph of the 'Monitor Tube' mounted as issued beside text ('Information represented by monitor display'), blue ink corrections (corresponding to the errata notices in this lot) on 30 pages, 2 pencil inscriptions in a different hand, publisher's cloth-backed printed wrappers, compliment stamp/inscription on upper cover, several old scratch marks to upper cover (one touching letters), small folio (330 x 205mm.), [1951]; together with 9 mimeographed items relating to the Handbook and the Manchester University Computer Laboratory Conference at which the computer was first demonstrated, each stapled at upper left corner, comprising:'Programmers' Handbook for Manchester Electronic Computer. Errata.' 2pp., with ink corrections, 13 March 1951; Errata, 3pp., 28 March 1951; Errata, 2pp., 9 July 1951.'Manchester Electronic Computer Mark II'. Rough Tapes, 3pp., [6 July 1951].'Manchester University Computing Machine Laboratory. Programme Sheet I... Name of Routine, Input. Purpose. To Read from Tape', 3pp., a few small ink corrections, 1 July 1951.; 'Manchester University Computing.... Name of Routine. English. Purpose. To Print Any Fixed Material with Page Printing', 2pp., 1 July 1951; 'Manchester University Computing.... Name of Routine. Roughwrite. Purpose. To Write from Rough Tapes, 1pp., 1 July 1951; 'Manchester University Computing.... Name of Routine. Reciproot. Purpose. To Calculate Square Roots and Recriprocal Square Roots', 3pp., 9 July 1951.Mimeographed letter from Alan Turing, on 'Computing Machine Laboratory, University of Manchester' headed paper, addressed 'Dear Sir' stating they are willing to 'send copies of our library sub-routines to holders of handbooks', with attached slip to return to the secretary if they want to receive them, and also enclosing [three, attached] samples of 'our blank programme sheets and check sheets' stating where and at what price ('£5-6-6 per 1000 for programme sheets, and £4-15-0 per 1000 for check sheets', 5pp., [1951] (10)Footnotes:FIRST EDITION OF 'THE WORLD'S FIRST COMPUTER PROGRAMMING MANUAL' (Jack Copeland/Jason Long, British Library Sound and Vision Blog, 2016), written by Alan Turing, who had been made Director of the Computing Machine Laboratory at Manchester University in 1949, 'presumably mostly in the half year gap between the dismantling of the Manchester Mark 1 and the delivery of the Ferranti Mark 1 in February 1951' (University of Manchester, Mark I Documents, online, 2005). Though headed as 'Handbook... Mark II', this work actually relates to the 'Mark I'. Written 'mainly for the benefit of those who will actually do programming for the Mark II machine', Turing notes in this introduction that 'Electronic computers are intended to carry out any definite rule of thumb process which could have been done by a human operator working in a disciplined but unintelligent manner. The electronic computer should however obtain its results very much more quickly...'.From 6-15 July 1951 Manchester University hosted an international conference, attended by some 170 delegates, celebrating the installation of the Ferranti Mark 1, at which time the Handbook was probably distributed.Provenance: Donald Bayley (1921-2020), electronic engineer and collaborator of Alan Turing on Delilah, a functioning portable speech-encryption system, during the Second World War; thence by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

HUNTER (WILLIAM)Anatomia uteri humani gravidi tabulis illustrata. The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus Exhibited in Figures, FIRST EDITION, 34 engraved plates, title laid down with repairs touching one letter, title and dedication soiled, spotting, marginal damp-staining throughout (just touching image on three plates), 8 additional engraved plates bound in, modern half calf gilt, rubbed, corners bumped [Choulant-Frank, pp.296-297; Garrison-Morton 6157; Gaskell 53; Heirs of Hippocrates 942; Norman 1125; Waller 5004], large folio (620 x 460mm.), Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1774Footnotes:FIRST EDITION OF 'ONE OF THE FINEST ANATOMICAL ATLASES EVER TO BE PRODUCED' (Garrison-Morton), containing life-sized figures 'which not only are anatomically accurate but are themselves works of art. Hunter spent more than twenty-five years preparing this atlas, employed artists to prepare the engravings at enormous expense to himself, and entrusted the printing of the work to John Baskerville, the greatest English printer of the 18th century. This monumental work is, indeed, one of the great publications of world medical literature as well as a classic of book production' (Heirs of Hippocrates). Several of the additional plates are taken from James Hogben's Anatomical tables illustrative of his Treatise on midwifery intituled Obstetric studies, 1811.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SAINT-NON (JEAN CLAUDE RICHARD DE)Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile, 5 parts in 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-titles, large engraved vignette on titles, engraved pictorial dedication leaf, 301 (of 305) engraved plates by Claude-Augustin Duflos, Le Roy, Prévost, Saint-Non and others after Fragonard, Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houel, Hubert Robert and Saint-Non, numerous large engraved head- and tail-pieces (24 of Roman vases printed in colours), one full-page illustration of Vesuvius, tissue guards, contemporary polished calf, gilt tooled spines with red and green gilt morocco lettering labels [Blackmer 1473; Brunet V, 55; Cicognara 2708; Cohen-de Ricci 928-930; Millard French 148; Ray French 34], folio (505 x 330mm.), Paris, 1781Footnotes:Provenance: Henry Goulburn (1784-1856), bookplate. Entering the Houses of Parliament in 1808, by 1810 he was an under-secretary at the Home Office, and in 1812 under-secretary for war and colonies, and Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1828; by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

HUGHES (TED)Moortown Elegies, ONE OF 6 SPECIALLY BOUND AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPIES, this for Frieda Hughes (as stated in red print on the colophon, additionally signed by Frieda), from an overall edition of 175, copies, one full-page illustration by Leonard Baskin, original full crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, illustration of a bull blocked in gilt on upper cover, t.e.g., slipcase [Sagar/Tabor 57a], folio (335 x 235mm.), Rampant Lion Press, for The Rainbow Press, 1978This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

WALKER (GEORGE)The Costume of Yorkshire, FIRST EDITION, text in English and French, 41 hand-coloured aquatint plates by R. & D. Havell after G. Walker, contemporary red straight-grain morocco gilt, covers with wide roll-tool gilt border, with inner blind-stamped border and corner-pieces, g.e. [Abbey Life 432; Colas 3044; Tooley 498], folio (365 x 255mm.), Longman, Hurst, Rees [etc.], 1814Footnotes:Attractive red morocco-bound first edition of Walker's Costumes. Walker's fine plates depicting Yorkshire types include 'The Collier', showing a man working at Middleton Colliery in south Leeds, with Murray and Blenkinsop's newly invented steam engine in the background, 'the first English plates to show a steam engine' (Tooley). Other subjects include a horse dealer, cranberry girl, whalebone scrapers, woman spinning, stonebreakers, the alum works, leech finders, jockeys at York races, Sheffield cutler, Wensley Dale knitters, Moor guide, and several of local militias.Provenance: William Orme Foster (1814-1899), Apley Park bookplate. Foster, an iron master and Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire from 1857-1868, purchased the Apley Park estate near Bridgnorth in 1868; by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

QU'RAN, in Arabic and LatinAlcorani Textus Universus; Refutatio Alcorani [edited and translated by Ludovico Marraccio], 2 vol., text in Arabic and Latin, woodcut ornaments and end-pieces, occasional spotting (heaviest to the first title), shelf label in red ink on titles, contemporary calf, worn, one cover detached [Brunet III, 1307, 'Edition très recherchée et dont les exempl. sont peu common'], folio (355 x 230mm.), Padua, Ex typographia Seminarii, 1698Footnotes:The third printing of the Qu'ran ['Koran'] in Arabic, edited by the Italian Orientalist Ludovido Marracci, with a parallel Latin translation helping to spread the text throughout the West. Includes extensive additional texts, including a lengthy biography of Muhummad, and Marracci's anti-Islamic commentaries and 'Refutations' on each verse from his Catholic anti-Islamic position.Provenance: Thomas Llewelyn (1720-1783, Welsh Baptist), armorial 'Gift' bookplate; Bristol Education Society label. For note on Llewelyn's library see B. Hines, The library of Thomas Llewelyn, Aberystwyth Bibliographical Group, website, 2020.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BANKES (THOMAS)A New, Royal, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography, Antient and Modern; All the Late Important Discoveries, Made by the English, and Other Celebrated Navigators of Various Nations, in the Different Hemispheres, engraved frontispiece, 90 engraved plates (mostly comprising scenes), 22 engraved maps (12 folding, small loss to corner of twin-hemisphere World) as called for, letterpress list of subscribers and plates at end, one plate loose, contemporary tree calf, red and green gilt morocco lettering labels on spine, joints split (but secure) [ESTC N42026], folio (385 x 240mm.), C. Cooke, [c.1790]Footnotes:An unusually clean copy of Bankes' handsomely illustrated compendium of mostly eighteenth-century voyages, updated to include an expedition to Botany Bay 'with a particular description of Port Jackson, where the convicts are now settled' undertaken in 1787-1788, alongside those of Captain Cook's three voyages to the Pacific, and explorations in China, Japan, the Middle East, East Indies, Africa, etc.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

HAMILTON (SIR WILLIAM)Three autograph letters signed ('Wm. Hamilton') to Perkin Magra, HM Consul General at Tunis; the first long detailed letter drawing his attention to the Venetian news which '...Lord Nelson is so good as to forward to you...', speaking at length on the 'Barbary Cruizers' and repeating General Acton's response to his own letter regarding the '...misery of His Sicilian Majesty's subjects in captivity at Tunis...' and attempts to prevent sailors abandoning their vessels at the '...suspicion of a Turk...', referring to Lord Nelson ('...who continues to live with us...') and his letter to him, feeling the Sicilian Royal Family is no longer in immediate danger and may soon return to Naples ('...Ld Nelson will have such a Maritime force as will be able to distress the new Neapolitan Republic greatly...'), expressing a wish to return to England ('...as my health suffers and I am at my time of life driven from a comfortable house...'), speaking of his 'great misfortune' ('...eight cases of the best of my vases cast away in the Colossus and I fear lost irrecoverably – they contained the cream of my collection & you know how extraordinary & complete that collection was. I have here on board a Transport my best pictures & some other cases of vases but the French have got the furniture of my houses...'), integral address panel, remains of red wax seal; another expressing his wish to leave for home but for the fact that '...Lord Nelson on whom the whole safety of their Sicilian Majesties and these Kingdoms depend... is ignorant both of the French & Italian languages & of the customs of these countries...', giving news of military activities, hoping Magra can recover a vessel taken by the Tunisians, sending Lady Hamilton's assurance of the safety of his family left in Sicily; the next asking him to show Nelson's letter personally to the Bey, giving further news of the fleet ('...it is a very critical moment to us in the Mediterranean...'), celebrations for the King's birthday ('...we have a table of 100 covers...'), on putting duty over 'private affairs', reassuring him his daughters and friends are well; an undated letter ('Thursday 2 o'clock') to an unknown recipient (possibly Magra) enclosing a despatch from Lord Keith; note in third person introducing Professor Aldini from Bologna (whose work on 'galvanism' influenced Mary Shelley when writing Frankenstein) to Dr Letsom, 16 pages, light dust-staining and creases, filing holes, seal tear to first letter, three folio (320 x 200mm.), the rest smaller, Palermo, 17 March to 4 June 1799, Piccadilly, 2 December 1802 (5)Footnotes:'ON WHOM THE WHOLE SAFETY OF THEIR SICILIAN MAJESTIES AND THESE KINGDOMS DEPEND': SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON ON NELSON AND THE WRECK OF THE COLOSSUS.These letters were written from Hamilton's exile in Sicily during a particularly stressful period when Nelson was attempting to bring the Barbary corsairs into the anti-French coalition. Using Magra the British consul at Tunis, Nelson hoped to establish good diplomatic relations with the Bey of Tunis. In a letter of 17 March, which Hamilton alludes to in our letter to Magra of the same date, he called the French 'the enemies of God and His Holy Prophet...' (John Sugden, Nelson: The Sword of Albion, 2012, pp.204-207). In our letter of 14 April 1799, Hamilton urges Magra to do all he can to '...recover the vessel with corn for Malta that was taken by the Tunisians...', referring to Nelson's request to Magra of the same date (this letter sold in these rooms, 18 June 2014, lot 147). '...These diplomatic successes, almost unknown to Nelson biographers, made a significant difference to Malta and Italy... Relations between Britain and Tunis remained unsteady... Magra felt so unsafe that he dissuaded his family from coming out to join him in Tunis' (Sugden, pp.207-208). Amongst the diplomatic news and negotiations, a more personal side of Hamilton is revealed in these letters. He expresses his great sorrow at the loss of his collection of antiquities ('the cream of my collection'), lost when HMS Colossus was wrecked off the Scilly Isles in December 1798. It was, in fact, his second collection of vases, the first having been sold to the British Museum. Fortunately Tischbein had recorded the collection for posterity and two thirds of the collection were salvaged from the wreck. Not only that, on his return to England, Hamilton discovered that many of the cases that contained his best pieces had been left off the Colossus by mistake and he was able to sell the remainder of his vast collection to Thomas Hope for £4,000 in 1801. He also reports here that, whilst his best vases were lost on the wreck, the rest were with paintings on a British transport in the harbour at Palermo. The paintings reached England safely and were sold by Christie's in March and April 1801.Having endured that disappointment, and after some 35 years as British Ambassador to the court of the King of Naples and Sicily, Hamilton admits to feeling weary and wishes to return to England. He demonstrates some sympathy with Magra, also on foreign soil, who has left his family in Sicily for safety. Duty, however, takes precedent over his 'private affairs' and he feels bound to remain in Sicily for the time being where Nelson, he says, needs his support, not least to navigate the language and customs of the country. Provenance: Lady Maria Theresa Lewis (née Villiers) (1803-1865); her son Sir Thomas Villiers Lister (1832-1902); thence by descent.Lady Lewis' collection was initially formed through the amalgamation of two significant collections of letters: royal and political correspondence from that of her mother the Hon. Theresa Villiers (1775-1856), and that of her close friend, the writer Mary Berry (1763–1852). Mary Berry's bequest included correspondence from Horace Walpole, most notably his correspondence with Thomas Chatterton and David Hume, hitherto thought lost, and three poems dedicated to her. To this inheritance Lady Lewis subsequently added her own correspondence and collection of autographs gathered through her wide circle of social, political and literary connections entertained at her home, Kent House, St James's. Not seen outside the family until now, the collection is a remarkable survival and tells the story of a family at the heart of English society. An intricate web of connections and alliances is revealed, bringing together the worlds of royalty and politics, the arts and literature. It is also a story of influential women both as collectors and as correspondents: Theresa Villiers as keeper of royal secrets, Mary Berry and her circle of intellectuals, and, importantly, Lady Lewis as collector and salonnière bringing them all together in one extraordinary collection.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ZURLAUBEN (BEAT FIDEL ANTOINE) AND JEAN-BENJAMIN DE LABORDETableaux topographiques, pittoresques, physiques, historiques, moraux, politiques, littéraires, de la Suisse, 2 vol. bound in 4 (including 'Table analytique' by E. A. Quétant), half-titles in 2 volumes, engraved frontispiece after J. Moreau le Jeune, engraved additional pictorial title, engraved vignette of authors, 7 double-page engraved maps, 244 engraved plate sheets (of which 112 with 2 views, one folding, 10 with more 4 to 8 images), tissue guards, some toning to text in the third volume but generally very clean, contemporary polished calf, spines in 7 compartments within raised bands with red and green gilt morocco lettering labels, some abrasions to sides of fourth volume [cf. Cohen De Ricci 1075-1076; cf. Longchamp 3362], folio (500 x 328mm.), Paris, Clousier [-Lamy], 1780-1786Footnotes:Fine set, in an attractive binding, of one of the most celebrated and lavishly illustrated eighteenth-century works devoted to Switzerland, with views of the mountains, glaciers, major cities and sites.Provenance: Henry Goulburn (1784-1856), bookplate. Entering the Houses of Parliament in 1808, by 1810 he was an under-secretary at the Home Office, and in 1812 under-secretary for war and colonies, and Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1828; by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

POWNALL (THOMAS)A Topographical Description of Such Parts of North America as are Contained in the (Annexed) Map of the Middle British Colonies in North America, FIRST EDITION, large folding hand-coloured engraved map of the 'Middle British Colonies in North America. First Published by Mr. Lewis Evans, and since corrected and improved, as also extended, with the addition of New England, and bordering parts of Canada; from actual surveys ... by T. Pownall... March 25th 1776' on 2 sheets joined (510 x 845mm.), a few tears at blank gutter margin, light stain in lower margin of title-page, edges untrimmed with some corners rolled, contemporary blue wrappers, lacks spine, upper cover creased at edges with later paper label [ESTC T97733; Howes P543; Sabin 64835], folio (440 x 275mm.), J. Almon, 1776Footnotes:FIRST EDITION OF POWNALL'S IMPORTANT MAP OF AMERICA, complete with the original descriptive text. The map makes revisions to Lewis Evans's map and analysis of 1755, providing new details including New England and bordering parts of Canada, and the addition of the route of Christopher Gist's 1750-1751 trek through Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio. As well as Gist's journey, those of explorations by Captain Harry Gordon (1766), Captain Anthony Von Schaik (1756), Captain Humphrey Hobbs (1756), and Lewis Evans (1743) are described in the text.Provenance: Sold on behalf of a descendant of Thomas Pownall.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

EDY (JOHN WILLIAM), AND JOHN AND JOSIAH BOYDELLBoydell's Picturesque Scenery of Norway; with the Principle Towns from the Naze, by the Route of Christiania, to the Magnificent Pass of the Swinesund; from Original Drawings Made on the Spot, and Engraved by John William Edy. With Remarks and Observations Made in a Tour Through the Country, 2 vol., half-titles, 80 hand-coloured aquatint plates by and after Edy, some spotting to text in volume 1, watermarks dated between 1807-1817, later red half morocco gilt [Abbey Travel 254; Tooley 103], folio (470 x 325mm.), Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1820Footnotes:'The most important English colour plate book on Norway' (Tooley). John Edy toured Norway in the summer of 1800, travelling from Oslo to Trondheim, Morebjene and Bergen.Provenance: W.H. Foster, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

COLLECTION of book illustrations (woodcuts & engravings), formed for the most part by incomplete volumes of books by Ripa (iconography), Cats & Luyken (emblems), and many illustrations from picture bibles, and other sources. 17th-18th c. Together hundreds of plates, full-page or in text, divided over 12 bindings/binders. From folio to 8°. For the greater part loose, partly also in bindings, including a modern ring binder. - Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.

FOLIO SOCIETY -- CONRAD, J. Nostromo. A tale of the seaboard. 1984. Ocl. In slipcase. -- SIR GAWAIN and the Green Knight. 1983. Ocl. In slipcase. -- H. MELVILLE. Typee. 1974. Ocl. -- H. FIELDING. Tom Jones. 1959. Ocl. -- Added: Th. PAINE. Rights of man. The Limited Eds. Club, 1961. Fol. Ocl. In slipcase. -- And 11 o. by Folio Soc. (16).

GOGH, V. v. The Sketchbooks. A facsimile of the Artist's Sketchbooks in the Collection of the Van Gogh Museum. Commentary by M. Vellekoop & R. Suijver. London/Amst., Folio Society/Van Gogh Museum, 2013. 4 well produced facsimiles of sketchbooks along w. 14 loose leaves and a commentary booklet, stored tog. in ocl. clamshell box. Fol-obl. NOTE: In very good condition. Limited to 1,000 copies, of which this is n° 169.

FACSIMILE EDITIONS -- TRACTATUS DE HERBIS. British Library Egerton MS 747. Lond., Folio Society, 2002. 2 vols. 109 lvs. Fol. Green mor. w. red onlays, raised bands, gilt lettering, all edges gilt. In custom clamshell box. (As new). NOTE: Includes a commentary volume by M. Collins. Lim. ed. of 1000 copies; our copy n° 222.

Atelier de Girolamo Francesco Mazzola, dit le Parmesan (Parma 1503-1540 Casal Maggiore)Femme étendant son bras droit vers un autelsanguine, rehauts de blanc sur papier, contrecolléred chalk, heightened with white on paper, laid downdans un cadre doré ancien; in a gilt frame 10 x 7.2cm (3 15/16 x 2 13/16in).Footnotes:Provenance:Modesto Ignazio Bonaventura Luigi Genevosio (Turin 1719- 1795) (L.545)Charles-Joseph-Bartélémy Giraud (Pernes, Vaucluse 1802-1881) (L.1143)Private Collection, FranceA similar drawing in silverpoint, after Parmigianino, is now at the ENSBA of Paris (EBA 228). The present drawing, and the one in the ENSBA, are related to an etching of the same subject executed by Master F. P., discovered in the Mariette album, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Mariette Album, folio 42, lower right, 27.78.2(112))For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Cheshire Its Traditions & History, Ingham; Edward Gibbon History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire; Folio Society and others.

Hall (Mr. & Mrs. S.C.) Ireland: Scenery, Character, etc., 3 vols. Sm. folio Lond. 1841-43. First Edn., engd. frontis, decor. titles, engd. plts. & engd. maps, cont. mor.; also Archdall (Mervyn) Monasticon Hibernicum; or An History of the Abbies, Priories and other Religious Houses in Ireland.  Lg. 4to Lond. 1786. First Edn., list of subscribers, lg. fold. map of Ireland, & 18 plts. of varied religious, orig. tree calf, joints broken. (4) Provenance:  Donal O'Donovan, Irish Times Journalist.

Oriental Rugs: Periodical, Hali-The International Magazine of Fine Carpets and Textiles, approx. 31 issues, folio c. 1980-2001, profusely illustrated, all orig. illustrated wrappers. As a periodical, a box. (1)

De Rudder after A. Soltykoff, Une rue de Lahore, Mars 1842, from Voyages dans L'Inde Auguste Bry, Paris, 1850lithograph on paper, no. 20 from the elephant folio edition, title in lower border 495 x 667 mm. (to platemark); 618 x 866 mm. (sheet)Footnotes:See the note to lot 175.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com