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*De Morgan (Evelyn, 1855-1919). Sketchbook of anatomical studies, twenty-two pastel drawings on rectos of sixteen tan card leaves (and five blank leaves at rear), of hands, arms, feet, torsos, and necks, leaf size 37 x 24cm (14.5 x 9.5ins), edges rough-trimmed, original green cloth with pencil holder and elastic closure (stretched), some soiling to upper cover, folio Evelyn De Morgan's preparatory studies are both beautiful in their own right and enlightening for what they tell us about her working process. Her drawings for each work are extensive, and include both loose and more finished compositional sketches, detailed life studies of nude and clothed figures, drawings of drapery and details of faces and anatomy. Expressive hand gestures are a frequent characteristic of De Morgan's oil paintings, and she particularly studied hands and feet in exquisite detail in her pursuit of realism. Because she rarely deviated from her initial conception we can say with certainty that several of the sketches contained in this album were produced for 'Pro Patria Mori', one of De Morgan's works destroyed by fire in October 1991 ('Evelyn De Morgan, oil paintings', DMF, plate 96). (1)

*Burgkmair (Hans, 1473-1531). The Triumph of Emperor Maximilian I (Kaiser Maximilians I. Triumph. Le Triomphe de l'Empereur Maximilien I, Une Suite de Cent Trente Cinq Planches grav‚es en bois d'apres les desseins de Hans Burgkmair), Vienna & London, Matthias Andr‚ Schmidt & J. Edwards, 1796, a collection of 88 woodcuts (from the total of 135), including 56 full sheet (385 x 554mm), each with oval library ink stamp to verso, the remaining 32 cut down (approximately 385 x 400mm) and with mounting adhesive remains to versos, printed plate numbers sometimes altered in an old hand, occasional fraying, scattered old dampstaining and browning, a few tears and crude repairs, mostly to cut down plates, plate 82 (renumbered 83) highly defective, all loosely contained in old quarter morocco portfolio, soiled and worn, large folio The original drawings for the woodcuts of The Triumph of Maximilian were made between 1512 and 1516, chiefly by Hans Burgkmair but with contributions by Albrecht Altdorfer, Hans Schaufelein, Hans Springinklee, and others, including one by Albrecht Durer. The woodcuts form a continuous procession measuring approximately 177 feet, celebrating the achievements of the young emperor, whose death in 1519 at the age of 60 put an end to the production. The illustrations are especially interesting for the depiction of regional officials and professions, and exotic peoples and animals. The blocks were first printed in a very small edition in 1526 at the instruction of Ferdinand, younger brother of the succeeding Emperor Charles V, and were not reprinted until this edition in book form in 1796. The 135 surviving blocks are conserved in the Albertina in Vienna. Lipperheide Sba 2. The full sheet plates present are: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 26, 28,30, 31-40, 42, 44-46 [45-47], 48 [49], 57, 61, 63, 64, 68, 69, 71, 72, 76-79, 88 [80], 80 [81], 84 [85], 86 [87], 94 [110], 95 [109], 96 [111], 97 [112], 101-106 [116-121], 108-109 [123-124]. The cut-down sheets present are: 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, 25, 27, 41, 43 [44]. 47 [48], 49-50 [50-51], 62, 65, 67, 70, 73-75, 82 [83], 87 [88], 89-92 [104-107], 107 [122]. The engraving by Durer known as 'The Small Triumphal Car' appeared as the final plate (135) and is not present here. (1)

 Skippe (John, 1741/42-1811). Amicis suis necnon unicuique Artium elegantiorum Amatori, Tabulas insequentes Ludentis Otii temporibus ligno incisas, 1781-82, a collection of 27 chiaroscuro woodcuts after Old Master drawings, by Raphael, Correggio, Perino del Vaga, Titian, Parmigianino, Andrea del Sarto, Tinteretto, Mantegna, Rubens, Bandinelli, Michelangelo and others, mounted to album leaves, the first plates (with title or dedication) with some marks and fraying to right margin, woodcut after Rubens detached with closed tears to bottom left and upper right corners, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, lacking upper cover, folio (49 x 34.5 cm, 19.25 x 13.5 ins) John Skippe (1741-1812) collector and woodcut artist, was born in Herefordshire, and was a friend of the picturesque theorist Uvedale Price. On his return from Italy, he produced a series of woodcuts after Italian drawings between 1781 and 1809. His collection of Old Master drawings was auctioned by Christies in 1958. A similar collection of 26 woodcut plates bound in album format was offered by Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, Auktion 109, 25 May 2017, lot 5321. (1)NB. The estimate of this lot has been amended.

A stunning Victorian silver and tortoiseshell hallmarked folio book having fully appointed sectional interior. Silver detailing to the corners and centre being hallmarked believed Jane Brownett (entered 1868) or John Batson, London date letter o into a shield 1889 Measures 29cms x 21cms

English School, 18th and 19th Century, A folio of landscape watercolours, pen and ink drawings, both Continental and English views (various sizes), including a pencil drawing attributed to Thomas Hearne of a cow resting outside a barn inscribed 'In Windsor Forrest; with a landscape near Windsor after Benjamin West; Boats in a harbour, bearing the monogram of Thomas Rowlandson, dated 1823; and Samuel Austin, William Roscoe's birthplace, pen, pencil and brown wash (approx 17) Generally good condition, two framed, remainder unframed, some stuck down, marks, generally good.

English School (18th and 19th Century), A folio of 18th and 19th century drawings, pen and ink, and watercolour portraits half length and full length, group studies, various sizes, some attributed to George Chinnery; together with six profile portraits in pencil executed at Gore House, attributed to or by Alfred Guillaume Comte d'Orsay, a few signed; a Portrait of a gentleman in profile attributed to Giles Hussey; and Io's lament, attributed to Joshua Cristall, black and white chalk on blue paper (approximately 130) Generally good condition, but some marked, scuffed, stuck down etc.

English School (18th and 19th Century) A folio of portraits and genre scenes, drawings, pen and ink, and watercolour, including a portrait study of Richard Phelps as a boy, holding a cherry and a goldfinch, black and red chalk; Attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller, two portraits, possibly of Queen Anne and another of a man, various sizes (27) Generally good condition, but some marked, scuffed, stuck down etc.

William Cecil Robinson (British fl. 1870-1910) A folio of natural history drawings and watercolours to include British birds, exotic birds, animals, reptiles, entomology, etc., approximately 130 including some index and classification pages pen, ink and watercolour (approximately 130) 28 x 38cm (11 x 15in) Have obviously always been in a portfolio, so colours still good but edges thumbed. Odd marks throughout but generally good. All unframed.

England's Glory, display'd; being a genuine history of the victories and achievements of the English Navy : portrait frontispiece, half calf worn, folio, no plates, lacks final page, printed and sold by J. Millet, London, 1739. Scarce. * sold with all faults

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FOUR SHOOTING STICKS, a wicker picnic hamper, five candlesticks, six Oriental paintings, an artwork folio case and pirelli calendars 1987, 1990 to 1993

Hull. Kyngestone Super Hull Illustrated, 3 volumes, 1885, titles printed in red and black, thirteen black & white plates and plans, text and plates mounted and interleaved, some light spotting, contemporary half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, folio, together with the manuscript index volume, dampstained, 4to Limited edition of only three copies, of which this is number 2, prepared for the libraries of John Brown, Chas. E. Fewster and Walter Brown. The text and plates are from James Joseph Sheahan's History of the Town and Port of Kingston-Upon-Hull, 2nd edition, 1866. (4)

Hunter (Rev. Joseph). South Yorkshire. The History and Topography of the Deanery of Doncaster in the Diocese and County of York, 2 volumes, published J.B.Nichols and Son, 1828 - 1831, engraved portrait frontispiece with some spotting, list of subscribers, two double page engraved maps with contemporary hand colouring, one uncoloured engraved town plan of Doncaster and fifteen engraved plates, some spotting, top edge gilt, joints strengthened, later quarter morocco gilt, spine a little worn and frayed, folio, together with Miller (Edward), The History and Antiquities of Doncaster and its Vicinity, published Doncaster, [1804], folding engraved map frontispiece (laid on linen), dedication, list of subscribers and errata, eleven (complete) uncoloured engraved plates, some spotting and staining throughout, later endpapers, late 19th century half cloth with printed paper label to spine, worn at extremities, 4to, with Whitaker (Thomas Dunham), The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven in the County of York..., edited by A. W. Morant, 3rd edition, published Joseph Dodgson, Leeds and Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, 1878, additional decorative lithographic title and printed half title, portrait frontispiece, numerous plates, maps and folding tables, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, contemporary blind and gilt stamped morocco, heavily worn, folio (4)

Purey-Cust (Rev. A.P.). The Heraldry of York Minster: A Key to the History of its Builders and Benefactors. As shewn in the Stained-Glass Windows, and in the Carved Work in Stone, 2 volumes, Leeds, 1890-96, colour plates, black & white illustrations, top edge gilt remainder untrimmed, original cloth gilt, volume 1 worn & foot of spine and rubbed, folio (limited edition 34 & 146/300 respectively), together with Picturesque Old York, Chapters Historical and Descriptive, Leeds: Richard Jackson, [1909], black & white plates, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt decorated dark blue cloth, 4to (limited edition 179/250), with Walks Round York Minster, Leeds: Richard Jackson, 1907, black & white plates, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt decorated orange/red cloth, slightly marked, 4to (limited edition of 400 copies printed), plus other York related etc., also including titles by Purey-Cust (26)

Thoresby (Ralph). Ducatus Leodiensis: Or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York, 1st edition, 1715, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map, eleven engraved plates (some folding & close-timmed), engraved armorials to text, plus few additional plates including some window mounted, one or two repaired and lined to verso, manuscript pedigrees and annotations, some browning and dampstaining throughout volume, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, brass clasps, rebacked and corners repaired, folio Upcott pp.1381-1383; Boyne 93. (1)

Turner (J.M.W. & John Buckler). A Series of Views of the Most Picturesque Scenes in Richmondshire, From Drawings by J.M.W. Turner and John Buckler, [plates only], 1843, thirty-two engraved plates after Turner and Buckler on india paper, scattered light spotting, armorial bookplate with motto 'Nec Temere Nec Timide' to front pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed, folio Large Paper edition. (1)

Fries (Lorenz). Geographicae Enarrationis Libri Octo, printed in Vienne and published in Lyons by Gaspar Trechsel, 1541, title page trimmed at base, two woodcuts attributed to Albrecht Durer, twenty-nine (only of fifty) double page woodcut maps, occasional staining, one map wormed along gutter, index bound at rear, text block broken and split, later endpapers, 19th century half vellum with marbled boards, later printed label to spine, folio The second edition of Ptolemy edited by Servetus. The maps were printed from the unaltered blocks used in Lorenz Fries's earlier edition which was printed by Gruninger in 1522. Several of the maps in this edition are printed without their descriptive text on the verso. This was because of the malignant effect of Calvinism, which meant that many copies of the earlier editions were burnt on Calvin's orders and the unfortunate Michael Servetus, a Spanish theologian and physician, was burned at the stake in 1553, condemned by Calvin for his doctrinal heresies. Although not complete a scarce collection of early 16th century maps, Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)

Hall (Sidney & Hughes William). General Atlas of the World..., published Edinburgh, Adam & Charles Black, 1856, title page a little spotted, seventy engraved maps (including eighteen double page), all with contemporary outline colouring, occasional marginal closed tears and a little dust soiling, front first blank torn, two additional maps of Cronstadt and Crimea used to create the front pastedown and front endpaper, all edges gilt, upper board detached, rear board near detached, lacking spine, rubbed, worn and frayed, folio Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)

Hinduism. Notes on the Hindu Religion, [Yerwada Prison Press, Pune, 1891], half title, 29 pp., interleaved with ruled blank and manuscript leaves, plus some loose manuscript notes, lacking title? introduction and contents leaves loosening, original cloth-backed boards, some soiling, folio No records located. Yerwada Central Jail was built by the British in Pune in 1871, and housed many political prisoners including Mahatma Ghandi and Jawahrial Nehru in the 1930's. (1)

Holy Land. Jerusalem and the Holy Land (so titled to cover), seven hand-coloured and tinted lithograph views and costume plates, circa 1855, comprising views by William Simpson: Jerusalem from the North West; Bethlehem and Rachel's Tomb; First View of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives coming from Bethany; Hebron and Machpelah, plus three costume plates bound in later olive morocco, some fading and mottled stains, oblong folio (1)

Knolles (Richard). The Generall Historie of the Turkes from the first beginning of that Nation to the rising of the Othoman Familie with all the notable expeditions of the Christian Princes against them..., 2nd edition, printed by Adam Islip, 1610, engraved title (relined), numerous engraved illustrations to text, lacks A1 (blank) and A6 (final leaf of introduction), a few short closed tears (some repaired), occasional damp staining, mainly to blank margins, 6A5 with frayed fore-edge, 6C1 with some early ink amendments (offsetting), endpapers renewed, 19th-century half calf, rubbed and rebacked, folio (1)

Reference. A mixed collection of eighteen map reference books and facsimile atlases, 20th century, including Ogilby (John), Britannia volume the first..., 1675, facsimile edition, published Osprey, 1971, 100 double page strip road maps, publisher's cloth gilt, folio, together with facsimile atlases of 'Britannia Depicta' and Taylor & Skinners 'Survey of the Roads of North Britain or Scotland', with Shirley (Rodney W.), Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, revised edition 1991, [and] Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650 - 1750, published 1988, two volumes, each with numerous illustrations, dust jackets, publisher's cloth gilt, 4to, plus Manasek (F.J.), Collecting Old Maps, published Terra Nova press, 1998, numerous black and white illustrations throughout, dust jacket, publisher's cloth gilt, 4to, and Booth (John), Antique Maps of Wales, 2nd edition, 1978, numerous black and white illustrations throughout, dust jacket, publisher's cloth gilt, 4to, with Skelton (R.A.), County Atlases of the British Isles, 1579 - 1850, revised edition 1978, numerous black and white illustrations throughout, dust jacket, publisher's cloth gilt, 4to, with others similar (18)

*Antiphonal. Eight antiphonal leaves, late 18th century, eight folio antiphonal leaves on wove, heightened with gouache and gilt remarques and vignettes, illustrated on both sides, each 455 x 310 mm Paper is watermarked J.Whatman 1794. (8)

*Architecture & antiquities. A mixed collection of approximately fifty engravings, 18th century, including thirty-three hand coloured folio engravings of architectural details after Paulus Decker, together with eleven hand coloured engravings from Nicolas Ponce's 'Description des Bains de Titus, and ten plates of classical vases including five by Giovanni Battista Passeri, various sizes and condition (approx.50)

Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, volume III only, 1849, lithographed title, engraved map, 36 tinted lithographed plates, including 18 full page, bound with Egypt & Nubia, volume I only, 1846, lithographed title, 42 tinted lithographed plates, including 21 full page, scattered light spotting, hinges reinforced, all edges gilt, contemporary green half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, with small tear at head of spine and small loss at foot, folio Abbey Travel 385 and 272. (1)

Santini (P. Francois). Atlas Universel dress‚ sur les Meilleures cartes modernes, 2 volumes, published Venice, 1784, decorative engraved title page (detached), 100 (only of 136) double page engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, including one folding (Africa), maps by Janvier, De Vaugondy, Bellin, Didier, Bonne, D'Anville and Rizzi-Zannoni, one map with closed marginal tear, one map detached and one map stained, occasional creasing and slight dust soiling, lacking endpapers, boards and spines but text blocks largely intact, folio Remondini's reprint of Santinis' ambitious world atlas. Although its principal sources are the great French mapmakers of the mid 18th century, its immediate publishing origins show themselves in the twenty-seven maps of Italy and its regions. Although lacking some maps this example retains the maps of the African continent and five of the maps of parts of North America. Sold as a collection of maps,not subject to return. (2)

Society of Dilettanti. The Unedited Antiquities of Attica; Comprising the Architectural Remains of Eleusis, Rhamnus, Sunium, and Thoricus, 1817, half title, list of members of the Society, 78 engraved maps, plates and plans, final text leaf and rear endpaper repaired, some offsetting and a little mainly marginal spotting, library stamps to title, labels at front, hinges reinforced, modern half morocco, upper cover gilt stamped with The Royal Institute of British Architects crest, shelf label adhered with clear tape to foot of spine, folio, together with Allason (Thomas), Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of Pola, in Istria, 1819, half title, 10 engraved plates, illustrations, marginal library blindstamps, ink stamps to title and dedication, a little light spotting and soiling, labels at front, near contemporary half calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, shelf number to spine, folio First work Blackmer 1659. (2)

*Austrian Royalty. A group of 5 documents signed by Austrian royal family members, circa 1580-1616, all written in neat clerical hands and comprising 1 or 2 pp. with integral calligraphic docket leaf with royal paper seal (all browned), all on paper and heavily spotted with a few fold splits, folio The royal signature for each document is Ferdinand II, Archduke of Further Austria (1529-1595), 1580, 2pp; Charles II, Archduke of Austria (1540-1590), 2pp; Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553-1595), 1581, 1p; Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (1558-1618), 1616, 1p; Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (1559-1621), 1606(?), 2pp. (5)

South Sea Islands. Manuscript journal and log of a voyage from Valparaiso in Chile on the west coast of South America to the Marquesas Islands, Hawaii, Tahiti and Pitcairn Island, 29th August 1836-February 3rd 1837, 21 pages of neatly handwritten manuscript in pale brown ink, on laid paper watermarked J. Simmons 1834, with outer plain paper wrapper titled to upper cover 'Actaeon. Remarks on the South Sea Islands. 1837', stitched, some soiling and marks to covers, slim folio (330 x 210 mm, 13 x 8.25 ins) An important manuscript account of a voyage in HMS Actaeon from South America to Pitcairn, via the Marquesas, Resolution Bay, Hiva-Oa, Oahu in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), Papeete in Tahiti, and landing in January 1837 at Pitcairn, written by the ship's master George Biddlecombe [later Sir George Biddlecombe, 1807-1878], and signed at the end by the ship's captain The Right Honorable Lord Edward Russell (1805-1887). The text provides interesting and detailed information on the geography and weather, including detailed records of winds and positional data, as well as observations on the climate and people encountered, including the missionaries Rodgerson and Stalworthy at Resolution Bay in the Marquesas or French Polynesia, particulars from Thomas Ebrile, Master of the Amphitrite, a Tahitian merchant ship, and refers to four Englishmen living on Pitcairn, three of which are married to natives and have families. The account includes details of the discovery of a small group of three islands unknown to western navigators, and named Actaeon Islands. Some of the content of this journal appears to have been published, although in a partial and altered way, in the Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1838 (see pages 13-14, 73-75, 225-226). (1)

Escheats. Indices of Escheats to the Crown from Henry III to Henry VI (1216-1460), manuscript on paper, circa 1600, 175 leaves written on both sides in a legal hand in narrow columns, margins ruled in red, alphabetical lists of places arranged by regnal years with references to shelf-marks (eg. 24 E1 38) for the original record, at end an index listing manors, chapels and abbeys without distinction of reign, another in regnal order listing private persons, contemporary vellum, gilt arabesque on sides, paper shelf-labels on spine, small 4to, together with a partially completed manuscript book of accounts and inventory, late 18th & 19th century, possibly for Browsholme Hall, Lancashire and the Parker family, approximately 22 leaves completed, the remainder blank, contemporary vellum, soiled and worn, narrow folio Escheats are estates lapsing to the Crown usually for want of heirs, but also by forfeiture (e.g. the escheated lands in Ulster planted by the Crown under James I). Around 1600 these records would have probably been housed in the Tower of London. (2)

*Scrap Albums. Two 19th century scrap albums containing various engravings, illustrations, portraits and caricatures, including one with images laid to linen pages, original boards, some rubbing, folio (2)

Wolsey (Thomas, circa 1473-1530). An Inventorie of Cardinall Woolseis [sic] rich Household stuffe Temp. H.8. The originall booke as it seemes kept by his owne Officers (1529), manuscript copy, circa 1830s, title and 130 leaves, written on both sides in a neat clerical hand, paper watermarked 1833, 20th-century manuscript notes on tipped in pieces of paper, occasional pencil marginalia, top edge gilt, 19th-century morocco gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, folio (385 x 240 mm) This would appear to be a manuscript copy of Harley MSS. 599. (1)

*Royal Progress. A Bill of Homage ffees due to the King's Servants from all Citys and Towns Corporate through which his Majesty shall pass, 17th century, listing 21 flunkeys and their fees from the gentleman ushers of the privy chamber (), the King's harbingers (£9.6s.8d.), the sergeants and officers of the trumpett (£3.16s.8d.), the surveyor of the ways (£1.10s.), etc., to the porters at the gate (£1) and the yeoman harbingers (£1), a total of £37.6s.8d., some browning and a little fraying at foremargin, 1 page with integral leaf, folio, together with a later collection of 13 documents relating to 'The King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard', including 'A List of the Several Officers and 100 Yeomen', 5 July 1757, order 'For a better regulation of the Yeomen of the Guard on Duty at Leicester House', 6 February 1762, an order in Council confirming privileges, 1 February 1728, and other orders, warrants, appointments, etc., contemporary manuscript copies including a few originals, some with tears but mostly on folds, folio (14)

*Dugdale (William, 1605-1686). Autograph letter signed 'Wm Dug[dale], RougeCroix', 29 June 1640, to an unnamed recipient, returning rolls of arms which Sir Christopher Hatton [1540-1591, English politician, Lord Chancellor of England] had borrowed [for his Book of Seals which was being compiled at that time] and asking for the loan (for the same purpose) or Sir Henry Spelman's 'booke of Armorye' and also for a sight of any of his deeds relating to the families of Manwaring of Cheshire [for whom Dugdale compiled their pedigree and family history] and Darcy of Yorkshire or Lincolnshire, and expressing the hope that he has finished the ordinary and the analysis of arms which he had formerly begun, signature wormed with loss of last four letters of surname, paper somewhat browned, 1 page, folio Provenance: Sotheby's, 12 October 1976, lot 462; Major Anthony R. Tavener. Included with the lot are several photocopies and two letters to Major Tavener from the Bodleian Library and the British Library, the latter of which proposes Sir Edward Dering and the heralds of Sir Henry St George and Sir William Le Neve as possible candidates for the recipient of this letter. (1)

Genealogical Papers. A miscellaneous collection of 50 manuscript items relating to genealogy, heraldry, etc., mostly late 18th and early 19th century, including collateral representations of the Plantagenets and Tudors, genealogy of the Ayscoughs of Skeusby, genealogy of Atkyns of Gloucestershire, genealogy of the family of Barne, pedigree of the family of Caldwell, of the family of Chadwick, note respecting the descent of the family of Collingwood, pedigree of the family of Cordell, and its alliance to that of Firebrace, descent of the family of Edge, note relating to the pedigree of Galway, letters respecting the pedigree of Sir Ar. Jones, note respecting the descendants of Bishop Muse, genealogy of the family of Peshall, family of Radcliff, family of Vaughan, various notes and papers respecting arms, pedigrees, etc., addressed to Ralph Bigland, Herald, various sizes, all neatly mounted on guards, a few repairs, 19th-century half calf, rubbed and soiled, folio Provenance: Major Anthony R. Tavener. (1)

Grosvenor Family. A heraldic and genealogical manuscript of the Grosvenor family compiled by Richard Bertram Grosvenor, circa 1910, a total of 371 numbered pages including some blanks, the majority with genealogies and a total of approximately 350 hand-painted coats of arms in watercolour, Apologia initialled RBG at front and Grosvenor's ownership inscription with his Chelsea address in pencil to front free endpaper, a few rough notes including early draft index loosely inserted, scattered dust-soiling, all written neatly and clearly in a ruled ledger, contemporary half calf, backstrip deficient, old black linen cover, slightly soiled, folio A very detailed genealogical and heraldic manuscript. The occasional blank pages and missing or uncompleted coats of arms and index suggest that this was an unfinished work when Captain Richard Bertram Grosvenor of the 11th Battalion died of illness contracted on active service in 1921 aged 40. He had trained as an engineer and before the war worked on the designing of engines and metal testing, but also had considerable skill as a watercolour artist. In 1916 he served with the 4th Army in the Battles of the Somme, until his health broke down as a result of shell shock near Ovillers in October, when 36 of his men were killed by one shell. In spite of several attempts to carry on and serve during the war he never regained his health and spent much of his few remaining years in war hospitals and nursing homes. (1)

Heraldic Manuscript. The Visitation of Westmorland, 1575, and Visitation of Cumberland, 1615, manuscript, circa 1635, containing about 80 pen and ink coats of arms on 23 folios, some soiling and old stains to inner margins of early leaves affecting text and images but without loss of legibility, followed by 8 leaves containing approximately 200 coats of arms of Kentish families and compiled at a similar date, some spotting and soiling, a few scattered pencil marks, Thomas Phillipps ownership numbers at foot of first leaf with later ownership motif 'E17' at centre, book ticket of Bretherton and large armorial bookplate of W. Harry Rylands to front pastedown, 19th-century half calf and cloth, rubbed and a little chipped at head of spine, folio (330 x 208 mm) Provenance: Phillipps MS. 26645; Sotheby's, 23 June 1952, lot 116 (bought by Walford for E. [Edward Elmhirst]); Major Anthony R. Tavener (purchased from Stanley Crow, 1975). (1)

Heraldic Notebook. A manuscript heraldic notebook compiled by Sir Richard St George, circa 1625, neatly written in brown ink on laid paper, a total of 153 numbered folios including some blanks, but mostly written to rectos and versos and including occasional sketches of coats of arms, folio 12 headed 'Liber Ricardi St Georgii' with coat of arms beneath, further coat of arms to folio 13v and long prayer of Richard St George written to folios 14 and 15, 3 unnumbered leaves of index in a neat and near-contemporary hand at rear, some dust-soiling and a few minor paper repairs, ownership signature and armorial bookplate of Charles George Young to front pastedown, contemporary vellum gilt with the St George arms to both covers and Young's monogram to upper cover and at foot of spine, indistinct old ink library shelf number 'A 58' at head of spine, rubbed and slightly soiled, small 8vo (145 x 102 mm) An interesting notebook of a practising herald, containing information relating to the pedigrees, arms and raising to the nobility of notable families; also notes of arms in some churches, orders of procedure, etc. Sir Richard St George (circa 1550-1635) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London which he joined in 1602. He became Berwick Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary and then Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary. He secured an appointment as Norroy in 1604 and was knighted in 1616. He attained the position of Clarenceux King of Arms in 1623, carried out numerous visitations and was a noted scholar and antiquarian. Provenance: Bernard Quaritch (£50, 24 July 1972); Major Anthony R. Tavener. (1)

Heraldry Manuscript. Collection of Names and Description of the Arms of Different Families of various English Counties, in the Autograph of Samuel Todde, late 16th century, 100 numbered leaves with 9 unnumbered leaves alphabetical index at front, bookplates of the Shirley Library at Ettington Park and later bookplate of Edward Elmhirst to front pastedown, manuscript note about the work and its provenance by Elmhirst pasted to rear pastedown and his monogrammed elm leaf library number E2 to margin of first page, contemporary limp vellum, some soiling and wear, folio, purpose-made quarter morocco gilt slipcase by Zaehnsdorf Provenance: Reverend Dr Wellesley; Shirley Library at Ettington Park; Edward Elmhirst; Major Anthony R. Tavener. (1)

Heraldry manuscripts. The Manner and Creation of Hereaulds and Pursuivants, together with the Oaths Administered, the Orders to be Observed and the Grants of Privileges made by them by various Kings and Queens of England, 4 to XVII Century, written in an 18th-century hand to rectos of 33 leaves, some soiling and spotting, tear with loss to lower margin of first leaf, Phillipps MSS18521 provenance to upper margin of first leaf, later boards with modern calf reback, folio, together with a neatly-written account of Monmouth's, Extracts from Parish Registers, etc., Parish of Bardwell, Suffolk, compiled in February 1852 by G.E. Adams [later G.E. Cokayne, the genealogist and Clarenceux King of Arms], 46 pp. including a few pen and ink illustrations, contemporary sewn marbled wrappers, rubbed on spine, small 4to, a scrap album containing 19th and 20th-century watercolour, pen and ink and pencil coats of arms, and 2 related lithographically printed books, various sizes Provenance: Major Anthony R. Tavener. (6)

The Parliamentary Roll. Original roll of arms from the papers of Sir John Fastolf, KG (1380-1459), possibly by his Secretary and Herald William Botoner (William of Worcester, circa 1415-circa 1482), circa 1475, comprising a total of 8 leaves of laid paper with a watermark showing a hand with a five-rayed star, with numerous pen and ink coats of arms in trick, some damp staining, soiling and repairs with loss, the pages numbered 193-208, all rehinged with a later flyleaf tipped in with inscription at head in an 18th-century hand 'Quare [queer] if these heraldical sketches were not done by William Botoner, otherwise called de Worcester, for they were found amongst the famous Sr. John Fastolfs writings from Castre [Caister] in Norfolk', and inscribed beneath in another hand 'Wm Botoner, Herald to Sir John Falstaff', later blanks supplied at rear, modern mottled calf with gilt title to upper cover and spine, joints slightly cracked, folio (295 x 195 mm) Typed notes supplied by A.R. Wagner, Portcullis (Garter later) in 1937 suggest a possible earlier date of circa 1450, and suggests that it is perhaps a copy of an earlier roll. He identifies this as a version of the Great or Parliamentary Roll, dating to about 1312 (MS. Cotton, Caligula A.XVIII, ff.3-21b), edited by Sir Harris Nicolas as 'A Roll of Arms of the Reign of Edward II' (1829). Wagner further correlates the blazons on the leaves in the present copy as relating to folios 1-6 & 9-14 in the Nicolas edition. He notes that pages 197-198 & 203-204 in the present copy do not belong to this Roll, but are doubtless from some other early Roll. William of Worcester, sometimes called William Botoner was an English chronicler and antiquary, educated at Oxford, who became secretary to Sir John Fastolf. When Fastolf died in 1459 Worcester found that nothing had been bequeathed to him although he was one of the executors. He disputed the validity of the will and by amicable arrangement he obtained some lands near Norwich and Southwark. Sir John Fastolf has become lastingly famous as the possible prototype, in some part, of Shakespeare's comic character Sir John Falstaff. However, the real Fastolf was a noted soldier, patron on literature and writer on strategy. The upper cover of the present work has the gilt title 'Original Roll of Arms from the Papers of Sir John Falstaff (1415-1482)'; the date with a typed paper overslip suggesting '1378?-1459'. Provenance: Purchased by Major Anthony R. Tavener from Bernard Quaritch in 1976. (1)

Beningfield (Gordon). Butterflies, text by Robert Goodden, published Carter Nash Cameron, 1978, additional half title, twenty mounted colour plates, unnumbered copy from an edition of 250 (marked 'display copy'), publisher's half morocco gilt, slight wear to extremities, folio, together with Harrison (J. C., illustrator), The Birds of Prey of the British Isles, published Fine Bird Books, Kingston Deverill, Wiltshire, 1980, twenty colour tipped in colour plates, tipped in list of subscribers, unnumbered edition of 275 (marked 'show copy N.F.S.'), endpapers decorated with sketches of birds, publisher's half morocco gilt, a little faded and worn, folio, with Sitwell (Sacheverell, Buchanan Handasyde & Fisher James),Fine Bird Books 1700 - 1900, published Collins & Van Nostrand, 1953, additional half title, numerous colour and black & white illustrations throughout, some finger soiling to endpapers, endpapers decorated with feathers, publisher's half cloth gilt over marbled boards, spine a little faded, folio (3)

Continental binding. An elaborate morocco binding made into a solander box, late 17th/early 18th century, tan morocco, smooth spine with vertical pelmet roll to each side enclosing sunburst roundel and lozenge tools, covers with border of flower and pelmet rolls between fillets, song bird roll inner border, enclosing an elaborate cottage roof panel with fan cornerpieces, and central crucifix within fan, fleuron, and leaf spray oval, some rubbing and scattered worm holes, folio (37 x 26cm/14.5 x 10.25ins), together with another similar, slightly smaller, rebacked, preserving most of original spine (2)

Barlaeus (Caspar). Rerum per Octennium in Brasilia et alibi nuper gestarum...., 1st edition, published Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1647, title page torn with slight loss to text, additional decorative title, engraved portrait of Maurice of Nassau, seventeen (only of twenty-five) uncoloured double page maps and twenty-three (only of thirty-one) uncoloured double page engraved plates of settlements and marine vistas, some toning and spotting throughout, all edges gilt, text block detached, contemporary vellum gilt, worn and frayed, folio Although lacking some maps and plates, a rare atlas detailing the Dutch colonial empire in Brazil. The maps and views were the main European reference source of the Brazilian landscape for 160 years. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)

William III period binding. An attractive panelled morocco binding, spine with raised bands, compartments tooled with flowers, fish-scales, and stars, with remains of old manuscript library labels at head and foot, covers gilt panelled with double fillet border, and triple and double fillet inner panels, with fleurons at corners, enclosing a cottage roof design composed of volute and scallop rolls, with strawberry and tulip tools, and a central lozenge composed of fleurons, moons, stars, roundels, and dots, upper cover gilt lettered direct at head 'Ex Dono Iohannis Reynolds de Stansted Montfitchet in Com: Essexi‘ Vicarii, Ao. 1694', rubbed and some wear, including splitting to joints, 5" tear (with slight loss) to head of lower cover, and minor loss to foot of spine and corners, marbled pastedowns, containing fragments bound in of Cantabrigia Illustrata, by David Loggan, circa 1680s, folio (45 x 33.5cm/17.75 x 13.25ins) John Reynolds was the vicar of Stansted Mountfitchet from 1691 until his death in 1728. (1)

Agricola (Georgius). De re Metallica Libri XII. Quibus Officia, Instrumenta, Machinae, ac Omnia Denique ad Metallicam Spectantia, non Modo Luculentissime Describuntur, sed et per Effigies... Adjunctis Latinis, Germanicisque Appellationibus, ita ob Oculos Ponuntur, ut Clarius Tradi non Possint. Ejusdem de Animantibus Subterraneis Liber... Cum Indicibus Diversis, Quicquid in Opera Tractatum est, Pulchre Demonstrantibus, Basle, 1621, woodcut illustration to title and numerous woodcut illustrations throughout by Hans Rudolph Manuel Deutsch, some full-page, one folding, some mainly light spotting and browning, light marginal water stains at front and end, modern blindstamped calf, folio Brunet, I, p.113; PMM 79. Refer to Honeyman catalogue, part 1, lot 32. First published in 1556, "'On Metals', is the first systematic treatise on mining and metallurgy and one of the first technological books of modern times." (PMM). (1)

Browne (Thomas). Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries into very many received Tenents. And commonly presumed Truths, 1st edition, T.H. for Edward Dod, 1646, licence leaf before title, woodcut initials and ornaments, final blank present, tiny burn hole to couple of leaves affecting a few letters, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, small folio (Keynes 73; Wing B5159), together with Christian Morals..., and Author of Religio Medici, 2nd edition, with a Life of the Author by Samuel Johnson, and Explanatory Notes, 1756, half-title present, lacking medial blank d8, toning and spotting, endpapers renewed, later old-style quarter calf, small 8vo (Keynes 165; Courtney & Smith p.73) (1)

Browne (Thomas). Pseudodoxia Epidemica: or, Enquiries into very many Received Tenents, and commonly Presumed Truths, The Second Edition, Corrected and much Enlarged by the Author, Together with some Marginall Observations, and a Table Alphabeticall at the end, London: A. Miller for Edw. Dod and Nath. Ekins, 1650, few repaired closed tears to gutter margin of title, light dust-soiling, dampstaining at rear of volume, free endpapers renewed, 18th century half calf, rebacked, small folio (Wing B5160; Keynes 74), together with Christian Morals..., and Author of Religio Medici, 2nd edition, with a Life of the Author by Samuel Johnson, and Explanatory Notes, 1756, half-title & medial black leaf d8 present, contemporary signature E. Cutts at head of title, contemporary speckled calf, joints cracked, small 8vo (Keynes 165; Courtney & Smith p.73) (2)

Euclid. The Six First, together with the Eleventh and Twelfth Books of Euclid's Elements, Demonstrated after a New, Plain, and Easie Method, by Henry Hill, 1726, woodcut diagrams, initials, head- and tailpieces, subscribers list present, occasional spotting or browning, some old light dampstaining to upper margins of early leaves, closed tear to lower margin of leaf 3O2 without loss, old ownership inscriptions of Sarah and John Hodly to final leaf verso with slight see-through, manuscript folio numbering to upper corners of rectos throughout, armorial bookplate of Earl of Roden and library shelf label, contemporary calf, edges slightly rubbed, antique-style reback, 4to (219 x 166 mm) First Hill edition. (1)

Ireland (W.H.). Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Late Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Confederation of Switzerland, 4 volumes, G. Berger, circa 1838, additional engraved titles, 27 uncoloured folding engraved and aquatint plates by George Cruikshank after Vernet, Denon et al (some waterstains, spotting and marginal fraying), page 341 in volume III with small tear and loss of text, front hinges of volumes II-IV broken, original green moire cloth, spines a little rubbed and faded, 8vo. Abbey Life 359 (for the first edition of 1823-28 by John Cumberland), plus Gibb (William & Holmes, Richard R.), Naval & Military Trophies & Personal Relics of British Heroes, a series of water colour drawings by William Gibb, the descriptive notes by Richard R. Holmes, 1896, chromolithograph plates, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, rubbed and minor fraying to extremities, folio, together with Records of the Royal MilitaryAcademy 1741-1892, Woolwich, F.J. Cattermole, 1892, hand-coloured plates, occasional minor marks, original dark blue cloth gilt, rubbed and some soiling and wear, folio, plus Mayo (John Horsley), Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1897, colour and monochrome plates, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, rubbedand marked, 8vo, and others on medals, decorations, costume, military and naval art, etc., including Thomas Carter, British War Medals and How They Were Won, 1893, Henry Manners Chichester & George Burges-Short, The Records and Badges of Every Regiment and Corps in the British Army, 2nd edition, circa 1900, W. Augustus Steward, War Medals and Their History, 1st edition, 1915, E. Keble Chatterton, Ship-Models, 1923, Charles N. Robinson, Old Naval Prints, Their Artists & Engravers, 1924, Basil Lubbock, Adventures by Sea from Art of Old Time, 1925, M.S. Robinson, The Macpherson Collecton of Maritime Prints & Drawings, 1950, Thomas Rowlandson, Loyal Volunteers of London and Environs, facsimile edition, 1972, limited edition 361/400, etc., various sizes (34)

Sandford (Francis). A Genealogical History of the Kings and Queens of England, and Monarchs of Great Britain, from the Conquest, Anno 1066, to the Year 1707... Continued to this Time... by Samuel Stebbing, 1707, title printed in red and black (laid down), engraved plates and illustrations, a few extra plates loosely inserted (two pasted to title verso, blank interleaf, manuscript note (dated 1813), and old bookseller description at front, contemporary calf, covers detached and rubbed, tear and loss at foot of spine, folio (1)

[Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob]. [Kupfer-Bibel, in Welcher die Physica Sacra, oder Beheiligte Natur-Wissenschaft derer in Heil[ige] Schrifft Vorkommenden Naturlichen Sachen, Augsburg 1731-35], 164 engraved plates only (of 760), pencil annotations throughout in German to margins and versos, some light spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, some wear, folio (1)

Gerard (John). The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, 1st edition, Imprinted at London by John Norton, 1597, engraved title present (image somewhat rubbed, close-trimmed, creased, strengthened to gutter margin and one other repair to verso), numerous woodcut illustrations (including 7 neatly hand-coloured), lacking engraved portrait (leaf B6), first page of main text inscribed 'Edward Seymour, April 18, 1749, Seend', leaf 3I7 torn to fore-margin with minor loss to one or two letters of text, some dampstaining, occasional tears and marks, worm trail to fore-margins of index at rear of volume, final few leaves (including supplement of appendix of common names) creased and with some strengthening repairs to margins, later 18th century reversed calf, blind panelled decoration to boards, joints cracked at head & foot, extremities worn, folio STC 11750. Nissen 698. Henrey 154. This volume has an 18th century armorial bookplate of the Duke of Somerset, and the reverse of the title is inscribed Edward Duke of Somerset, Given to Lord William Seymour by the Duke of Somerset, January 2nd 1786. Provenance: This volume was also more recently owned by Edmund Owen (1847-1915) surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital, who lived at Great Cumberland Place, and thence by descent to the vendor. (1)

Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 25 original parts (complete), published by the author, 26 Charlotte Street, Bedford Square, August 1st 1862-December 1st 1873, 367 fine hand-coloured lithographs by John Gould, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Hart, mostly heightened with gum arabic, the five printed titles, dedication leaf, list of subscribers, preface and introduction all bound into the 25th and final part (with additional printed leaf of instructions to the binder tipped-in at front), occasional light spotting (plates generally in clean condition), untrimmed (sheet size 56 x 38.5 cm), original uniform blue-green cloth-backed printed boards, with wood engraved vignette to upper cover of each volume, rubbed and some marks and occasional soiling, some joints weakened, large folio (57 x 39 cm) Provenance: Formerly part of the library at Mamhead House, near Exeter, the seat of Sir Robert Newman Bt., Baron Mamhead of Exeter. Nissen Illustrierte Vogel Bucher 372. Wood, page 365. Zimmer page 261. Sauer 23. Fine uncut copy as issued in the original parts, with full plate margins, and vivid colouring. Described by Wood as "a magnificent work (in 25 parts) with life-like portraits of the birds inhabiting the British Isles", Gould's Birds of Great Britain is justly considered the outstanding landmark of 19th century British ornithology and natural history publishing. The work contains a much greater amount of descriptive text than in Gould's previous publications, and for the first time includes extensive background detail in the images, including nests, eggs and offspring, 'a thing hitherto almost entirely neglected by authors' as Gould says in his preface. The author goes on to observe "Many of the public are quite unaware how the colouring of these large plates is accomplished; and not a few believe that they are produced by some mechanical process or by chromo-lithography. This, however, is not the case; every sky with its varied tints and every feather of each bird were coloured by hand; and when it is considered that nearly two hundred and eighty thousand illustrations in the present work have been so treated, it will most likely cause some astonishment to those who give the subject a thought". (25)

Harrison (J. C. Illustrator). The Birds of Prey of the British Islands, descriptive text by David Evans, published Fine Bird Books, Kingston Deverill, Wiltshire, 1980, twenty tipped in colour plates, tipped in list of subscribers, limited edition 200/275 signed by Harrison, endpapers decorated with sketches of birds of prey, top edge gilt, publisher's half morocco gilt, folio (1)

Paper. A large bound ledger of blank paper, circa 1795, approximately eight-five sheets of lined laid paper, slight dust soiling, marbled endpapers, contemporary diced gilt calf with armorial device of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington (1753 - 1829) to upper siding, two brass clasps, rubbed and worn, large folio, binding measures 765 x 665 mm Paper watermarked 'James Whatman, Turkey Mill, Kent, 1794'. (1)

Howell (James). Dendrologia. Dodona's Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, [London]: T.B. for H. Mosley, 1640, engraved frontispiece, engraved illustration to title, two engraved plates, first word of title in Greek characters, occasional light spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, rebacked and two corners repaired, small folio in 4s STC 13872. (1)

Miura (Kerstin Tini). My World of Bibliophile Binding, 1st edition, University of California Press, 1984, colour plates and black & white illustrations, half-title inscribed by the author to Alan Parker, original cloth, folio, contained in slipcase, together with Middleton (Bernard C.), A History of English Bookbinding Technique, 1st edition, New York & London, 1963, colour frontispiece, black & white plates and illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, with McLean (Ruari), Victorian Publishers' Book-Bindings in Cloth and Leather, 1st edition, 1974, colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, small folio, plus other bookbinding reference including New Directions in Bookbinding by Philip Smith, 1st edition, 1974, Introducing Bookbinding by Ivor Robinson, 1st edition 1968 & revised edition 1984, plus The New Bookbinder, issues 1-32, published 1981-2012, (75)

Pollard (A.W. & Redgrave, G.R. ). A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475-1640, volumes 1 & 2, 2nd edition, revised & enlarged, 1976-1986, & volume 3, 1st edition, 1991, original cloth in slightly frayed dust jackets, folio, together with Barber (Giles), The James A. de Rothschild Bequest at Waddesdon Manor, The National Trust. Printed Books and Bookbindings, 2 volumes, Rothschild Foundation, 2013, black & white and colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, folio, with Herbert (A.S.), Historical Catalogue of Printed Editions of the English Bible 1525-1961, revised and expanded from the Edition of T.H. Darlow and H.F. Moule, 1903, London & New York, 1968, original cloth in transparent plastic dust Jacket, 4to, with Pacht (Otto & Alexander, J.J.G.), Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford, 3 volumes, Oxford, 1966, colour frontispieces and black & white plates, original cloth in dust jackets, large 8vo, plus other binding history & bibliography related (approx. 30)

Adam (Robert and James). The Works in Architecture, 1778, reprinted by Emile Thezard, 1900, numerous monochrome plates, all loosely contained in original publisher's cloth portfolio, with ties, some plates with a little fraying to extreme edges, title with some browning and chips to fore-edge, covers somewhat worn, with upper cover detached, and spine frayed, large folio, together with Triggs (H. Inigo & Tanner, Henry), Some Architectural Works of Inigo Jones, Batsford, 1901, monochrome plates and illustrations, library ink stamp to foot of title and library bookplates to front endpaper, original dark green cloth gilt, a little rubbed and a few marks, folio, plus other architectural folios, various, including Edmund Sharpe, Architectural Parallels; or the Progress of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England, through the 12th and 13th Centuries, 2 volumes, 1848, D'espouy, Fragments d'Architecture Antique, [1895-96], Gailhabaud, L'Architecture du Ve au XVIIe siecle, 1890, Leon Deshairs, Robert Dohme, etc., all ex-library copies, with usual marks, some wear, large folio (15)