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An exceptional portfolio of artist Frances Fry ( 20th century ) watercolour paintings of wildlife scenes. Many scenes to include badgers, jays. robins, tits, sheep, eagles, crows, botanics, rabbits, grouse, pheasants and many more. Most being signed, the folio with green boards, some with % markings to the corners possibly indicating early study creations. Approx 100 pencil drawings and watercolour, many more than in photos. Measures 61cm high x 45cm wide.

A folio of reproduction historic maps of London issued in 1981, 44 x 59cm.

A George III mahogany architect's table, circa 1760 , the moulded rectangular rising top with an adjustable ratchet support, sprung folio ledge and pivoted candle stands, the frieze drawer with integral square supports revealing a baize-lined sliding panel and compartments including a pivoted quadrant pen drawer, the supports headed by angle brackets, 79cm high, 91cm wide, 59cm deep

Antiquarian Book/Magazine - America - Fashion/Advertising Harper's Bazar: A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure and Instruction, New York, January 1878 onwards, fashion illustrations and adverts throughout, the various copies loose and disbound, quarter-leather and faux morocco buckram, crown folio

A 19th century Japanese woodblock print, figures on a hillside by a building, and a folio of 19th century and other prints, various, including 18th century engravings, etchings, etc

A folio of chalk drawings, nude studies, and a number of other watercolour and ink sketches

LANGLEY (B) - Practical Geometry Applied to the Useful Arts of Building, Surveying, Gardening and Mensuration, approx 40 plates (mainly double page), full calf, folio 1726 (one plate only appears to be missing)

Denon (Vivant). Egypt Delineated in a Series of Engravings, Exhibiting the Scenery, Antiquities, Architecture, Hieroglyphics, Costume, Inhabitants, Animals, &c. of that Country, selected from the Celebrated Work of Vivant Denon, Robert Thurston, 1826, engraved portrait frontispiece, 110 engraved plates, maps and plans, several folding, plate XXXIV with medium closed tear, occasional light spotting and soiling, hinges reinforced, contemporary marbled boards, paper label to upper cover, rebacked, one corner lacking, a little rubbed with some edge wear, folio (1)

Swammerdam (Jan). The Book of Nature; Or, the History of Insects: Reduced to Distinct Classes, confimed by Particular Instances, Displayed in the Anatomical Analysis of many Species... Translated from the Dutch and Latin Original Edition by Thomas Flloyd, Revised and improved with Notes from Reaumur and others, by John Hill, 1st edition in English, London: printed for C.G. Seyffert, 1758, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, fifty-two engraved plates only (of 53, final plate provided in loosely inserted photocopy), list of suscribers, index leaves at rear detached, small area of worming to lower blank margins of plates & index leaves, occasional spotting and marginal water stains, bookplate removed, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine lacking title label, boards detached, some wear, folio Dibner, Heralds of Science, 191; Nissen 4057; Norman 2037. With a section specifically regarding the history of bees (Part I, pp.159-195). (1)

Topsell (Edward). The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents..., Collected out of the writings of Conradus Gesner and other authors, by Edward Topsel. Whereunto is now added, The Theater of Insects; or, Lesser Living Creatures: as Bees, Flies, Caterpillars, Spiders, Worms, &c. A most Elaborate Work by T. Muffet, Dr. of Physick, 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, The whole revised, corrected and inlarged by J[ohn] R[owland], London: Printed by E. Cotes, for G. Sawbridge, T. Williams & T. Johnson, 1658, numerous woodcut illustrations to text including few full-page, lacking half-title and lower half of title, some leaves torn with considerable loss of text and in some cases images (including leaves A5, C1, B3, E3, H3, P5 & 2F4, 5D1-5D4), numerous closed tears and few old repairs, few ink annotations and stamps, page edges frayed and worn, dust-soiling and marks, old cloth over contemporary calf, old letterpress title label to spine continuing over to boards (possibly originally part of half-title?), worn and soiled, folio Wing G624, British Bee Books 17. The first edition was published in 1607. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Worlidge (John). Systema Agriculturae; The Mystery of Husbandry Discovered... and Dictionarium Rusticum: or, The Interpretaion of Rustick Terms, 2 parts in one volume, 4th edition, Thomas Dring, 1687, engraved frontispiece (frayed to edges) and one engraved plate, woodcut initials, occasional dampstaining mostly to fore-edge margins, first leaf (Explanation of the Frontispiece) frayed to margins, detached and cut down at head, ownership inscriptions to title of Thomas Robert and "Eubulo Roberts, his Book, 1726", occasional dampstaining mostly to fore-margins, some dust-soiling and few marks, armorial bookplate of Sir Frederick Richmond to upper pastedown, contemporary blind panelled calf, upper cover detached, worn, folio Wing W3601, British Bee Books 43, Kress 1670 and Goldsmiths 2651. The volume contains a section regarding bees (pp.179-198). (1)

Gerning (Johann Isaac von). A Picturesque Tour Along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne: With Illustrations of the Scenes of Remarkable Events and of Popular Traditions, Ackermann, 1820, slight staining to title page, dedication and list of subscribers, 24 aquatint plates with contemporary hand colouring (complete as list) folding engraved map with contemporary outline colouring bound at rear, slight staining to gutter, occasional light offsetting, early 20th century half sheep, scuffed and bumped at extremities, folio Abbey Travel 217. (1)

Johnston (Alexander Keith). The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, new edition, published W. & A. K. Johnston, 1878, additional half title, dedication and preface, numerous engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, endpapers and preliminaries, torn and frayed, slight dust soiling, hinges and joints weak, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn and frayed, folio, together with Handy Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, 1889, title, dedication and preface, numerous engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, all edges gilt, publisher's half morocco gilt, sidings stained, folio, with another copy similar, with, Bacon (G. W., editor), New large-scale atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, 1892, title and preface, numerous double page colour lithographic county, regional and town plan maps, all edges gilt, publisher's half morocco gilt, worn and frayed, folio, plus Bartholomew (J. G.), The Royal Atlas of England and Wales, published George Newnes Limited, circa 1900, numerous colour lithographic maps, front endpaper detached, publisher's half morocco gilt, worn and frayed, folio, and Bevan (G. Philips), Royal Relief Atlas of all parts of the World, 3rd edition, published George Philip & Son, 1885, thirty-one (complete as list) colour printed maps, including twenty-five relief maps with raised surface to indicate mountains or hills, all with accompanying text on verso, each presented on a thick card frame, map of New Zealand with long closed tear affecting image, hinges and joints weak, publisher's half morocco gilt, spine chipped with loss at head and foot, worn, 4to, with another seven atlases similar, mixed bindings, mostly 4to and folio Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (13)

Johnston (W. & A. K. Ltd., publishers). Johnston's Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, published London & Edinburgh, 1909, additional half title, numerous colour lithographic maps, text block partially broken and detached, contents loose with some fore-edges frayed, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco gilt, slight wear to extremities, folio, together with, Stanford (Edward, publisher), The Harrow Atlas of Modern Geography [and] The Harrow Atlas of Classical Geography, 1860, numerous engraved maps by J & C Walker with contemporay outline colouring, gutta percha perished, contents shaken and loose, publisher's cloth gilt, faded and worn, upright 4to, with Camden (William), Camden's Britannia..., 1695, portrait frontispiece, title page with ink library stamps, lacking maps, hinges cracked and weak, 19th century blind stamped calf, worn and frayed, folio, with another twenty-five atlases and gazetteers, mostly late 19th and early 20th century, mixed bindings, various sizes and condition Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (29)

[Josenhans, Joseph. Illustrations of Missionary Scenes, An Offering to Youth, 2 volumes in one, Mainz: Joseph Scholz, 1856], 31 (of 40) hand-coloured lithographed plates, some dust-soiling, some printed numbers corrected neatly in manuscript, first plate with neat manuscript caption on paper strip to lower margin, plates linen-backed and guarded, text leaves to both parts bound at rear, some manuscript renumbering of pages and plates, closed tear to final leaf, lacks both titles, neat contemporary manuscript contents leaf bound at front, arranging the prints by geographical region, near-contemporary half morocco, upper cover titled in gilt, rebacked with remains of original spine relaid, somewhat worn, oblong folio The plates in this collection begin with 'A missionary preaching to the ancient Britons' and then continues with seven plates of Western Africa, nine of India, six of New Zealand and eight of North-West America. Rare. Abbey Travel 10. (1)

Sussex. Figg (William), Map of the County of Sussex from an Actual Survey made in the Years 1823 & 1824, Corrected to the present time by William Figg F.S.A. Surveyor, Presented to the Subscribers to The Sussex Express, Surrey Standard & Kent Mail by the Proprietor William Edwin Baxter, 1861, uncoloured engraved large scale map on eight sheets, table of explanation, reference to the hundreds and an uncoloured vignette of Chichester Cathedral, some fraying, toning and creasing to map sheets, each sheet laid on modern paper and bound in 20th century cloth a little worn at extremities, folio (1)

Le Roy (Jacques). Le Grand Theatre Profane du Duche de Brabant, La Haye: Chretien van Lom, 1730, title in red & black with engraved vignette, 188 engraved views and plans of towns, palaces and castles on 67 plates, also with four engraved plates of armorials (one as key for armorial colours) and one of seals, lacking map as often, general light toning, contemporary blind panelled vellum, blind embossed arabesque to centre of each boards, upper joint split and spine torn, some marks and soiling, folio (1)

Martin (R. Montgomery). Tallis's Illustrated Atlas and modern history of the world, published John Tallis and Company, London & New York, 1851, title and contents, eight-one (complete) engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring and two comparison plates, occasional spotting, a few maps trimmed with slight loss, together with a loosely inserted later folding lithographic map of Europe, lacking frontispiece and front endpapers, hinges cracked, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed and worn, folio An example of the edition without central folds to the maps. (1)

Chinese Pith Paintings. An album of pith paintings, 19th century, containing twelve images of prisoners, torture and executions, several paintings damaged, some leaves excised, each painting approximately 270 x 190 mm, contemporary half morocco, worn and rubbed, folio Sold as a collection of paintings, not subject to return. (1)

*Prints & engravings. A mixed collection of approximately eighty-five prints and engravings, mostly 19th & 20th century, engravings, lithographs and prints, including folio engravings from Robert Thorton's 'The Sexual System as Illustrated by Linneus', lithographic plates from 'P & O Pencillings', full and half plates from David Roberts views in the Holy-Land, wood blocks by George Buday and French lithographs of views on the Suez canal and chromolithographs of historical and religous scenes, various sizes and condition (approx.85)

Bankes (Thomas). A New, Royal and Authentic system of Universal Geography, antient and modern..., circa 1790, allegorical frontispeice, twenty uncoloured engraved maps (including twelve folding) a few maps frayed and worn along old folds, seventy-five engraved plates, 19th century ownership signatures to front pastedown and front endpaper, contemporary calf, lacking rear board, worn and frayed, folio Sold as a collection of prints and maps, not subject to return. (1)

Perelle (Adam & Gabriel). Veues de France et d'Italie, Paris, N. Langlois, circa 1690, engraved title (with title in manuscript at head), 164 engraved views by A. & G. Perelle (of a total of circa 270), each captioned in French underneath, a few with manuscript captions, title and one plate with closed tear and frayed margins, a few plates with vertical crease, occasional light marginal water stains and soiling, front endpaper detached with some loss, contemporary mottled calf, lacking first compartment of spine, joints cracking, some edgewear, oblong folio (290 x 380 mm) Fowler 245. Collection of fine engraved views of Paris, Versailles, Chantilly and Rome. (1)

[Jane Austen Family]. General Account Book of Rents &c in Bucks, Hants, Suffolk &c belonging to William Vigor, of Basingstoke, Hampshire, fl. 1830s, October 1835 to October 1844, and containing letterbook correspondence of William Edward Vigor, Rector of Botus Fleming, Cornwall, fl. 1851-90, March 1865 to March 1876, autograph manuscript, a total of 77 pp. excluding blanks, in two hands, including references to rent of a house in Basingstoke by 'Mrs Lefroy', paper watermarked 'W. Bickford 1837', Plymouth Bookseller's invoice made out to Rev. W.E. Vigor loosely inserted (Michaelmas 1887), contemporary vellum, slightly soiled, folio The references to Anna Lefroy: 'House = Basingstoke/Mrs Lefroy Tenant £80Pan; '1837 July 22 to cash of Mrs Lefroy for use of Fixtures [£]30'; '1837 Deer to... Mrs Lefroy/1/2 Years Rent [£]40'. Anna Lefroy was Jane Anna Elizabeth Austen, the niece of the novelist Jane Austen and daughter of her eldest brother Reverend James Austen. Anna married Benjamin Lefroy, vicar of Ashe, Hampshire, 1783-1872. When Anna was 2 her mother suddenly died and 'Anna was taken from Deane to Steventon to be cared for by her grandmother and aunts... Anna became a dearly loved part of the Steventon family, and the nearest thing to a child of their own for Cassandra and Jane. Jane's acute observation of children must have sprung first from this little niece; when the small Gardiners in Pride and Prejudice express joy in purely physical fashion, "over their whole bodies, in a variety of capers and frisks", we are surely seeing Anna in a happy moment' (Claire Tomalin, Jane Austen: A Life, 1997). In later years Anna was the chief source of information about Jane Austen's personal life. (1)

*Dawson (Bertrand, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn, 1864-1945). A group of 3 appointments for Bertrand Dawson, 1910-25, the first 2 pre-printed appointments issued by the Lord Chamberlain's Office and completed in manuscript, the first dated 7 May 1910 appointing Dawson as Physician Extraordinary to His Majesty [King George V], signed by Lord Althorp, the second dated 29 May 1914, appointing Dawson as Physician-in-Ordinary to His Majesty, in the room of Sir Francis Laking..., deceased, signed by Sandhurst, both one page with integral blank, folio, the third a partly illuminated calligraphic document from the American College of Surgeons appointing Dawson as a Fellow, dated 30 October 1925 and signed by three of the College Officials, 22 x 30 cm, original gilt frame, glazed Dawson had been Physician Extraordinary to King Edward VII, the father of King George V, and this first appointment is dated on the first day of King George V's reign and the day following King Edward VII's death. Controversy surrounds Viscount Dawson who is accused of murder of King George V when he euthanised the King with a mixture of morphine and cocaine on 20 January 1936. In his diary Dawson wrote that he acted to prevent any strain on the family and so that the King's death at 11:55pm could be announced in the morning edition of The Times newspaper rather than 'less appropriate ... evening journals'. Later that year Dawson of Penn was one of the small British party led by David Lloyd George who met with Adolf Hitler for tea at his Berghof residence, Berchtesgaden in Bavaria on 5 September. (3)

Surrey. Volume of Court Baron records for the Manor of Colley [near Reigate] in the County of Surrey, 28th July 1808 - 17th May 1900, volume containing 277 pages of neatly written detailed Court Baron records for the Manor of Colley, including names of tenants and signed by the manor steward or deputy steward, includes two small manuscript plans with watercolour wash, five leaves of index at front (one leaf loose) and 43 blank leaves at rear, contemporary vellum with manuscript title to spine and upper board, upper board near detached, dust-soiling and marked, folio The court baron was the court of the chief tenants of the manor. It was responsible for the internal regulation of the local affairs within the manor. (1)

Vanity Fair Album. A Weekly Show of Political, Social & Literary Wares, volume 21, January - June, 1879, twenty-six chromolithographic caricatures, including The Right Hon. Sir George Jessel (Judge), Giuseppe Verdi and Francois Charles Gounod, slight spotting, hinges cracked, all edges gilt, publisher's green cloth gilt, slight wear to extremities, folio (1)

[Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo]. Vita Aurelii Augustini..., iconibus olim illustrata, rudiori nunc calamo explicata, by Willibald Mair, Ingolstadt: Wilhelm Eder, 1631, half-title, engraved title-page and 22 engraved plates illustrating the life of Augustine of Hippo, some spotting and old marginal damp staining, ink library stamps to title upper margin and front endpaper, a little worming to foremargins of front endpapers and half-title foremargins, old paper repair to lower blank margin of final leaf of index, bound with Pennotto (Gabriele), Generalis totius sacri Ordinis clericorum canonicorum historia tripartite. Cuius in prima parte de clericali sanctissimi P. Augustini instituto, et habitu, Cologne: Gerhard Grevenbroich, 1630, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette (browned), double column, occasional spotting and light browning, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, rubbed and slightly soiled, a little frayed at head of spine, lacks clasps, folio The Life of St Augustine is presented as an emblem book, the plates being the only work of Johannes Wandereisen. Each plate contains scenes from the life of St Augustine with emblematic and allegorical figures and scenes in the corners and Latin verses beneath. (1)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible containing the Old and the New: Newly translated out of the originall Tongues, and with ye former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesties speciall command. Appointed to be read in Churches, Cambridge: Printed by Tho. Buck, and Roger Daniel, Printers to the University of Cambridge, [1638], engraved General title by William Marshall, letterpress New Testament title, Apocrypha present, bound with at front, The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., Cambridge: Printed by Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel, Printers to the Universitie of Cambridge, 1638, title with woodcut device and decorative typographic border, bound with at rear, The Whole Book of Psalmes, Collected into English metre, by Th. Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others conferred with the Hebrew, with apt notes to sing them withall..., Cambridge: Printed by Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel, printers to the Universitie of Cambridge, 1638, title with woodcut device and decorative typographic border, red ruled borders throughout volume, four pages of late 19th century copied manuscript entries "Extracted from the Family Bible in the possesion of Sir Nelson Rycroft Bart. at Kempshott Park nr Basingstoke Hants", some occasional light toning but generally bright and clean, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated red morocco, neat modern reback with elaborate gilt decorated spine, corners repaired, folio Herbert 520; Darlow & Moule 403. "This remained the standard text until the publication of Dr. Paris' Cambridge of 1762" (Herbert, Darlow & Moule). An attractive example of this impressive edition. (1)

[Cicero, Marcus Tullius]. [Tullius de Officiis, cum commentanis Petri Marsi eius recognitione... Milan, Leornardum Pachel, 20 August 1493], 175 leaves, lacking title, bound with rear blank F8, woodcut initials, previous owner signature of William Hill at head of aii, occasional underlining and marginalia in an early hand, annotations to rear blank, some light water stains, mainly to lower margins, occasional small wormholes and light soiling a few leaves with small light red stains, 18th century mottled calf gilt, lacking spine label, a little rubbed with small wormtracks to covers, folio Goff C608. (1)

Duns Scotus (John). Opera Omnia, volumes 1-3 & 5 (part 2) - 12, bound in fourteen, 1st edition, Lyon: Laurence Durand, 1639, volumes 4 & 5 part 1 lacking, volume 1 with engraved portrait frontispiece by Cornelis Bloemaert and with engraved general title in red & black, separate title-pages printed in red and black and with engraved device to each, few ink stamps at front and rear, volume 12 badly damp damaged & frayed with considerable loss mostly towards rear, contemporary vellum with manuscript title to spines of each, some loss of vellum mostly to volumes 1 and 12, lacking majority of ties, folio Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (14)

Fox (Tilbury). Atlas of Skin Diseases, Consisting of a Series of Coloured Illustrations, together with descriptive text and notes upon treatment, 1st edition, 1877, 72 colour lithographed plates, a few marginal repairs, scattered spotting, hinges reinforced, later half calf, 4to, together with Pringle (J.J.), An Atlas of Skin Diseases, Rebman, circa 1897, 50 photolithochrome plates, light toning to endpapers, original red cloth, spine faded with small splits and rubbed at ends, a few stains, folio, with two others: Erasmus Wilson's A Practical and Theoretical Treatise on the Diagnosis, Pathology & Treatment of Diseases of the Skin, 1842 and Jacobi/Pringle's Portfolio of Dermochromes, 2nd revised edition, volumes I & 2 only (of 3), 1904 (5)

Gregory I (Pope). Divi Gregorii Papae hurus nominis primi, cognomento magni, omnia quae extant, opera..., [edited by Jean Gillot], 2 volumes, Paris: [Compagnie du grand nabile], 1586, titles printed in red and black with large printer's woodcut device of a ship, double column, old ink monastery inscriptions to title upper margins (deleted in volume 1), ink stamps to front endpapers, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards with gilt clasps, slightly rubbed and darkened on spines, folio (2)

Gruter (Jan). Inscriptiones Antiquae Totius Orbis Romani in Absolutissimum Corpus Redactae..., 2 volumes, Amsterdam: Franciscus Halma, 1707, additional engraved titles, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, numerous engraved portraits, plates and illustrations, some light dampstaining to lower outer corners throughout, armorial bookplates to upper pastedowns of John Peyto Verney, Lord Willoughby de Broke and Robert John Verney, Lord Willougby de Broke, contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spines lacking title labels, joints split and some wear, folio Brunet II, 1171. (2)

Guillim (John). A Display of Heraldry..., To which is added a Treatise of Honour Military and Civil..., 2 parts in one, 5th edition, 1679, title in red & black with early signature John Ffry at head, 117 engraved plates on 68 leaves (including 14 portrait plates), numerous woodcut armorials to text, one plate torn at fore-edge margin, short worm trail to lower outer blank corners of few leaves, dampstaining at head & foot throughout (mostly light), front endpaper with armorial bookplates of William Arthur Holbech (1850-1930, who was Bishop of St Helena 1905-1930), and Thomas Papillon (1803-1883) of Acrise Place, Kent and Crowhurst Park, Sussex, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled calf, old reback preserving original gilt decorated spine, joints cracked, leather worn and pitted, folio (1)

Harris (John). Lexicon Technicum: Or, an Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Explaining not only the Terms of Art, but the Arts themselves, printed for Dan. Brown, Tim. Goodwin & others, 1st edition, 1704, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, seven engraved plates, including two folding ('The Engine for Raising Water by Fire' and 'John Marshall's New Invented Double Microscope'), numerous woodcut illustrations, subscribers list, some toning to a few leaves and plates, small closed tear at foot of F4, occasional small marginal water stain, contemporary mottled calf, covers stamped with circular armorial in gilt of Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby (1656-1729), tear at head of spine, joints cracking, a little rubbed, folio Norman 992; PMM 171a: "John Harris, clergyman, mathematician, and (from 1709) secretary of the Royal Society, produced the first English encyclopaedia arranged in alphabetical order. He was the earliest lexicographer to distinguish between a word-book (dictionary, in modern parlance) and a subject-book (encylopaedia proper), thereby overcoming the confusion which Isidore had introduced a thousand years earlier. His Lexicon Technicum appears to be the first technical dictionary in any language. The most famous of his contributors was Isaac Newton." (1)

Howard (George Selby). The New Royal Cyclopaedia, and Encyclopaedia; or, Complete Modern and Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. On an entire new and improved plan, and including all the modern improvements and latest discoveries on the various subjects, 3 volumes, printed for Alex. Hogg, circa 1780, engraved frontispiece to each volume, numerous uncoloured engraved plates of machinery, shipping, astronomy, natural history, etc., occasional spotting and some staining mostly to margins, contemporary reverse calf with contrasting morocco labels to spine, worn and frayed, folio (3)

Vaillant (Auguste Nicolas). A bound volume of 38 plates from Voyage Autour Du Monde, ex‚cut‚ pendant les ann‚esm 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite, [1845-52], 38 lithographed views on india paper, including Montevideo, Lima, Payta, Calcutta, Pondicherry and St. Helena, sheet size 47.5 x 30.5 cm (18.75 x 12 ins), modern plain dark blue morocco, a few marks, folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)

Lactantius (Lucius Caecilius Firmianus). Opera Omnia, [Venice, J. de Tridino, 1502], title torn with loss, headline and large woodcut initial printed in red to A1, woodcut initials, some occasional margialia in an early hand (a few leaves with shaved margins affecting a few manuscript letters), a few water stains and light spotting towards end, front endpaper detached, armorial bookplate of William, Duke of Devonshire trimmed and pasted to title remnant, Chatsworth Library shelf number label at front, later blindstamped calf gilt, joints cracking, a little rubbed, folio Adams L12. (1)

Milton (John). Paradise Lost, a Poem, Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1770, engraved portrait vignette to title (some offsetting), advertisement leaf, list of subscribers, occasional light spotting, front free endpaper with ink gift inscription to John Hare dated 1894, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, both joints split but holding, some wear to spine ends, contained in modern slipcase, folio, Gaskell 510. First Foulis Press edition. (1)

Montfaucon (Bernard de). Antiquity Explained, and Represented in Sculptures..., Translated into English by David Humphreys, 6 volumes (including Supplement volume), 1721-25, titles in red & black, numerous engraved plates, including many double-page & one folding, occasional spotting and browning, contemporary calf, title labels lacking, joints weak and some boards detached, worn and soiled, folio (6)

Music. Seven volumes of engraved music, early/mid 19th Century, including A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs for the Voice, with Introductory & Concluding Symphonies & Accompaniments for the Pianoforte, Violin & Violoncello, by Pleyel, Kozeluch & Haydn..., Including Upwards of One Hundred new songs by Burns, volume 1, T. Preston and Edinburgh: G. Thomson, [colophon: 1809], engraved frontispiece, engraved title with Thomson's signature, light dampstain to blank fore-margins of frontispiece and title, scattered spotting, music offsetting, one folio detached, contemporary half red morocco, worn and marked, spine reinforced with paper, folio, and others similar (8)

New Testament [Church Slavonic]. A magnificent Altar Gospel printed in Church Slavonic, Moscow, 7207 (December 1698), [2], 503pp on thick paper, sheet size 445 x 310mm, printed in red and black throughout within typographic woodcut borders and with marginal ornaments, each Gospel opening with a full-page woodcut portrait frontispiece of the Evangelist, and woodcut historiated head-piece, decorated initial and marginal ornament on facing page, gilt-gauffered edges with floral and geometrical design, later (engraved inscription to lower bevelled edge of lower cover dated 1904) brass and gilt ormulu covers over wooden boards, stippled ground and raised foliate design within an applied chased border, the lower cover with central cartouche depicting the Russian Orthodox Cross, decorated spine and spine caps, resting on four lobed feet, two Russian floral cloisonne enamel clasps, the upper cover retaining four original intricate silver niello plaques, the central oval cartouche depicting Christ within a laurel frieze, above which rests a crown and bearing the Moscow silver stamp, circa 1700, three Evangelists and their animal symbols at the corners, lacking the corner-piece for Luke at lower left corner, folio (51 x 36 x 11cm) Peter the Great (1672-1725) visited London for three months in the early part of 1698. While he had contact with the court of William III, he also studied English shipbuilding practice, arranged sailing lessons on the Thames and paid visits to the Woolwich Arsenal, the Royal Observatory and Royal Mint. It was also during this visit that the Russian Orthodox Church was established at the Russian Embassy in London, remaining there until 1917. The four silver niello plaques mounted on the front cover, and possibly the wooden boards, date back to the time of printing. The magnificent recasing in 1904 was made under the supervision of Father Mikhail Derzhavin, possibly for a newly consecrated Church. In recent times this Altar Gospel was present at a Moleben (prayers) service at the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God and the Holy Royal Martyrs in Chiswick, London, for the visiting relic of the Holy Cross from Jerusalem and the 400th anniversary of the founding of the House of Romanov. In attendance were the Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna Romanova and her son Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, the Tsarevitch and heir to the Russian throne. Later that year, in December 2013, this Altar Gospel featured in a Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy held in Church Slavonic and English at the Orthodox Church, Bentham, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The printing date is taken from a translation of the first leaf, this copy possibly lacking a preceding title-page: ‘Printed on the press of the great ruling city of Moscow. By command of the most devout and great sovereign our Tsar and Grand Prince Peter Alexeyevich, autocrat of all the Great Russians, Little Russians [i.e. Ukrainians] and White Russians. … In the year 7207 ... [That is to say] … 1698, […] December.’ No other copy of this edition has been traced. (1)

Prisons. Fifth [and Sixth] Report of Inspectors of Prisons, I. Home District, 2 volumes, HMSO, 1840-41, 2 folding plans to first volume, some spotting and old dampstaining, original printed wrappers, a little soiling and wear, second volume dampstained, folio (2)

Raleigh (Sir Walter). The History of the World in Five Books, 11th edition, To which is Prefix'd the Life of the Author. Newly Compil'd...., by Mr Oldys. Also his trial with some Additions Together with a new and more copious index to the whole work, 2 volumes in one, 1736, portrait frontispiece lacking, title printed in red & black, with ink signature to upper blank margin of each crossed through in ink, six engraved folding maps and two engraved folding battle plans (complete), volume 2 with eight leaves misbound (leaves 5X1-6A2, pp.449-464 bound between p.480 & p.481), endpapers renewed, contemporary blind panelled calf, crude brown self adhesive tape rebacks, boards worn and some leather torn with loss, folio Lowndes p.2039. 'Before the Oxford edition of 1829 this used to be called the best edition' (Lowndes). (2)

Russell (William Howard). The Atlantic Telegraph, Illustrated by Robert Dudley, [1866], colour lithographic title and 24 tinted lithographic plates and one engraved plan, 4 pp. publisher's adverts at rear, title-page and 'List of Illustrations' first leaf heavily spotted, some occasional mostly marginal spotting to plates, contemporary and later large ink inscriptions to front free endpaper, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated and blindstamped cloth, slightly rubbed, small folio (1)

Wilkins (William). The Antquities of Magna Graecia, Cambridge, Richard Watts at the University Press, 1807, title with engraved vignette, 73 full-page engraved plates and plans, including 20 aquatint views, engraved maps and illustrations, subscribers list, some light spotting and small marginal water stains, hinges reinforced, contemporary diced calf gilt, rebacked with most of original spine relaid, some edge wear, folio Abbey Travel 128; Blackmer 1797. "In 1801 Wilkins started on a four-year tour of Greece, Italy and Asia Minor. On his return he introduced accurate Greek forms and building details into English architectural practice. His designs for Downing College were championed by Thomas Hope, and their acceptance coincided with the publication of the Magna Graecia. Downing College was the first example of the true Greek revival in England. Wilkins followed this with designs for the National Gallery, University College and St. George's Hospital, among many other works." (Blackmer). (1)

Tacitus (Publius Cornelius). The Annales of Cornelivs Tacitus. The Description of Germanie, [The End of Nero and Beginning of Galba. Foure Bookes of the Histories of Cornelius Tacitus. The Life of Agricola. The fifth Edition], 2 parts in one, [London: Printed by John Bill], 1622, general title strengthened to fore-edge and following leaf frayed, colophon to final leaf of 2nd part (repaired to fore-edge), decorative woodcut initials, without full-page plan, also first and last blank leaves not present, light browning and scattered spotting, late 19th century half calf, red morocco title label, rubbed and scuffed, folio STC 23647. (1)

Wallis (Ralph). The Life and Death of Ralph Wallis, the Cobler of Gloucester: Together with some inquiring into the Mystery of Conventicleism, 1st edition, Printed by E. Okes for William Whitwood, 1670, [4],44pp., some toning and spotting, modern cloth gilt, slim 4to (Wing L2008), together with [Ward, Edward], St. Paul's Church; or, the Protestant Ambulators. A Burlesque Poem, 1st edition, John Morphew, 1716, 32pp., disbound 8vo (Foxon W170), with The Poet's Ramble after Riches. With Reflections upon a Country Corporation. Also the Author's Lamentation in the Time of Adversity, London: Printed and Sold by J. How, 1710, 19pp., disbound 8vo (Foxon W142), with The Parish Gutt'lers: or, the Humours of a Select Vestry, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1722, 64pp., disbound 8vo (Foxon W136), and Consolation to Mira Mourning. A Poem. Discovering a certain Governor's Intreigue with a Lady at his Court, 1st edition, Printed and sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1710, 16pp., contemporary half calf, marbled boards, rebacked, slim 8vo (Foxon C384), with [Political Pamphlets], A Specimen of Arbitrary Power; in a Speech Made by the Grand Seignior to his Janizaries, 1st edition, 1731, portrait frontispiece, 31pp., disbound, 8vo, with [Erskine, John], A Journal of the Earl of Marr's Proceedings, from his First Arrival in Scotland, to his Embarkation for France, [1716], 48pp., slight spotting mainly to first and last leaves, later paper wrappers, 8vo, plus [Dunton, John], Neck or Nothing: in a Letter to the Right Honourable the Lord -- being a Supplement to the Short History of the Parliament..., Written by his Grace John Duke of --, 1st edition, 1713, 60pp., occasional spotting, later paper wrappers, worn and a little marked, 8vo, and another copy of the same, disbound, plus other 17th & 18th century pamphlets including [Hale, Thomas], Mill'd Lead. Demonstrated to be a better and more Durable Covering for Buildings, &c. and above 20 per Cent. cheaper than Cast-Lead can be; supposing that to be 16s. and this but 13s a Hundred.. And also for Seating Ships against Worn, better, and above Cent. per Cent. cheaper than the ordinariest Wood Sheathing can be, 1695, 4pp. (2 separated sheets), caption title, early manuscript annotation to first leaf, colophon 'London: Printed November 20, 1695', some browning and spotting, repaired at folds, close-trimmed and frayed at head, inside blank margin trimmed for folding, disbound folio (23)

[Warton, Thomas, editor]. The Oxford Sausage; or Select Poetical Piece, written by the most Celebrated Wits of the University of Oxford, new edition, 1814, woodcut portrait frontispiece (with linen strip reattachment to verso), woodcut illustrations, occasional spotting, large paper copy with edges untrimmed, original boards, old reback, joints cracked and some wear, small folio, together with The Uptonian, Complete in one volume, (No. 1-4 December 1833-June 1836), Upton-Upon-Severn, 1836 [1833-36], some spotting and toning, contemporary half calf, 8vo (only one UK institutional location found at British Library), plus [Heberden, Charles Buller, editor], Brasenose Ale. A Collection of Verses annually presented on Shrove Tuesday, by the Butler of Brasenose College, Oxford, revised, with additions..., Oxford, 1901, black & white frontispiece, original cloth gilt, a little marked, 8vo (3)

Williamson (Captain Thomas). Oriental Field Sports; being a complete, detailed and accurate description of the Wild Sports of the East..., 2 volumes, published for Edward Orme, 1808, additional decorative title to each volume, dedication and preface, thirty-nine (of forty) aquatint plates, lacking 'A Tiger prowling through a village', plate 1 with contemporary hand colouring, the remainder uncoloured, slight toning throughout, volume two wormed, near contemporary half calf gilt, worn and rubbed at extremities, boards with worming, 8vo, together with Archibald Constable and Company (publisher), Illustrations of Indian Field Sports..., 1892, additional half title, ten chromolithographic plates, publisher's cloth with decorative upper board of a resting tiger, a little worn at extremities, oblong 8vo, with Williamson (Captain Thomas), Oriental Field Sports; being a complete, detailed and accurate description of the Wild Sports of the East..., from the Drawings of Samuel Howett, published for Edward Orme, 1807, additional decorative title with contemporary hand colouring, one (only of forty) aquatint plate remaining (Shooting at the edge of the jungle), contemporary hand colouring, contemporary morocco gilt to spine and edges, both sidings with colour images of a resting tiger, worn and frayed, oblong folio Sold as a collection opf prints, not subject to return. (4)

Bennett (Terry). Photography in Japan 1853-1912, 1st edition, Tuttle Publishing, 2006, colour and black & white illustrations from photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, together with Bukers (Alan & others), Exotic Postcards, The Lure of Distant Lands, 1st edition, 2007, colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, both 4to, plus Worswick (Clark & Embree, Ainslie), The Last Empire, Photography in British India, 1855-1911, 1st edition, 1976, black and white illustrations from photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, slightly rubbed and soiled with a few marginal splits, oblong folio, plus others related (25)

Cork (Richard). Vorticism and Abstract Art in the First Machine Age, 2 volumes, 1975-76, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed and marked, large 8vo, together with Grigsby (Leslie B.), The Henry H. Weldon Colletion, English Pottery 1650-1800, 1st edition, 1990, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, large 8vo, and Hoet (Jan), Fetting, 1st edition, 2009, inscribed by the artist to the title page, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original boards to organge cloth spine, large 8vo, plus other modern art and antique reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (38)

Dresser (Christopher). Studies in Design, 1st edition, Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1874-76], lithographed title-page and sixty lithographed plates, of which fifty-seven chromolithographed, with captioned tissue guards, occasional spotting and stains (mostly to margins), lacking one text leaf (pp.7/8), marbled endpapers, hinges reinforced with fabric tape, contemporary burgundy half morocco, rubbed and some edge-wear, upper cover a little marked, folio (1)

Gilbert (Christopher). The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, 1st edition, Studio Vista, 1978, numerous monochrome illustrations, original black cloth gilt in dust wrapper, thick 4to, together with Joy (Edward), Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design, Antique Collectors' Club, 1980, numerous monochrome illustrations, original brown cloth gilt in dust wrapper, 4to, plus Ramond (Pierre), Masterpieces of Marquetry, 3 volumes, Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2000, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust wrappers, with slipcase, folio, VG, and others on the history of furniture, including Edwards, The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, 1979, Chinnery, Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, 1979, etc., mostly original cloth in dust wrappers, mainly 4to (25)

Kenna (Michael). Easter Island, 2001, limited edition 469/1000, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, large 4to, together with Frajndlich (Abe), Penelope's Hungry Eyes, 1st edition, 2011, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original boards in dust jackets, lightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, and Riboud (Marc), Istanbul, Paris, 2003, inscribed by the artist to the title page, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head, large 4to, plus other modern photography reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 4to/folio (38)

Pergolesi (Michelangelo). [Original Designs of Vases, Figures, Medallions, etc., Published by the Author, 1779-92], 62 engraved plates only including 2 plates numbered 56 presented here as frontispiece and dedication leaf (offset and long closed horizontal tear), some plates numbered in manuscript upper right, plates 10, 13-15, 20, 31-33, 46, 47, 49, 61, 62, 64, 66 and 68 laid down or tipped on to added blank rectos, plates 34 and 51-57 rehinged, lacks plates 30, 35, 36, 40, 63, 65, 67 and 69-70, some occasional browning, soiling, dampstaining and marginal splits and tears, an additional 6 leaves at rear with 26 related engraved strips of designs and 2 19th-century pencil and watercolour designs (24 x 30 cm and slightly smaller) pasted to rectos, 19th-century red half morocco over marbled boards, heavily rubbed, folio (495 x 345 mm)Harris, British Architectural Books and Writers 1556-1785, 699: 'The number of plates varies, seventy-three in George III's in the BL is the greatest number found'. This lot sold with all faults not subject to return. (1)

Sandier (Alex). Les Cartons de la Manufacture Nationale de Sevres, Epoque Moderne, Paris: Ch. Massin, circa 1900, twenty-eight plates, all but four with pochoir colour, some light toning, and occasional minor spotting, loosely contained as issued in original quarter cloth portfolio, rubbed and marked, and some minor edge-wear, folio, together with Belet (Emile), Modeles & Documents Modernes pour La Ceramique, la Bijouterie & les Arts appliques, Paris: Armand Guerinet, circa 1900, twenty-four (of 26) pochoir plates (lacking plates 11 and 26), some adhesive tape remains and stains to edges (not affecting images), loosely inserted as issued in original cloth-back printed boards, slightly marked and faded, folio, plus eight others related The second item is scarce. (10)

Wood (Robert). The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor, in the Desart, London: printed in the year 1753, 3 engraved plates of inscriptions by T. Gibson, 57 engraved plates, including folding panoramic view by Thomas Major, and other views, plans, and elevations, by Fourdrinier and Muller, after Giovanni Battista Borra, title with light overall spotting, occasional light marginal spotting elsewhere, bookplate to front pastedown removed, contemporary gilt-decorated full calf, rubbed and scuffed, old reback, large folio (56 x 38 cm, 22 x 15 ins) Fowler 443. Harris 939. Wide-margined copy. A pioneering work of archaeological rediscovery, Woods' Palmyra exercised an important influence on British architecture and design. (1)

Wyatt (Matthew Digby). Metal-Work and its Artistic Design, printed in colours, and published by Day & Sons, 1852, 50 chromolithographed and tinted lithographed plates, including additional title, large folio (51.5 x 35 cm, 20.3 x 14 ins) (1)

Alloway (Lawrence, House, Gordon & Turnbull, William, editors). Gazette, numbers 1 & 2 [all published], 1961, single folded folio printed sheet, monochrome illustrations, texts by Caro, Bernard Cohen, Richard Smith, Kitaj, etc., horizontal crease where previously folded, some marks, slim folio, together with Painting Towards Environment, numbers 1 & 2, [December 1963], 8-page folded folio sheet, monochrome illustrations, texts by or on Malcolm Hughes, Tess Jaray, Michael Kidner, and Michael Tyzack, etc., horizontal crease where previously folded, some minor marks, slim folio, plus other exhibition catalogues and related ephemera, including approximately 100 private view invitation cards, etc., relating to post-war British artists of the 1950s and 60s, including Tim Wallis, James Meller, George Coral & Raymond Wilson, New Vision Centre, February 8-27, 1960, with 5 various printed sheets loosely contained in original brown paper wrappers with photographic illustration to upper cover, slim square 8vo, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Marlborough Fine Art, July 1968, colour and monochrome illustrations, cover with gold, silver and clear plastic overlay (designed by Toni del Renzio), small square 4to, mostly all original printed wrappers, mostly stapled as issues, slim 8vo (approx. 250)NB. The quantity of this lot has been amended from approx. 150 to approx. 250.