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A FOLIO OF MODERN PRINTS to comprise examples by or after Vaclav Bostik, Peter Bruning, Ludwig Holwein, Karl Hubbuch, Otto Lendecke, Walter Schnackenberg, John Skeaping (`Mare and Foal`, School Print) and others, some signed, all unframed (22) ++ Good condition overall

A MIXED FOLIO OF WATERCOLOURS & DRAWINGS, c.1750-1950 comprising a variety of subjects by largely Continental hands, a few signed or ascribed (Josef `Hesto` Hesterberg, Karl Hubbuch); a stage design attributed to Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, 32 x 44cm., but mainly figure subjects and landscapes, many mounted, all unframed (24) ++ Generally good

[HUNTING] Armour, G.D., illustrator, & 'Crascredo' [Simpson, Charles]. Humour in the Hunting Field, first edition, Country Life, London, 1928, two-tone brown and tan cloth, replacement dustjacket incorporating mounted portions of original, twenty mounted colour plate illustrations, folio.

[HUNTING] Edwards, Lionel. The Passing Seasons, limited edition 111/250 (150 for home market), Country Life, London, no date, brown cloth, dustjacket, frontispiece and a further seventeen mounted colour plate illustrations, the mounts all SIGNED BY AUTHOR, folio.

The Audubon folio "30 Great Bird Paintings" text by GEORGE DOCK JR. complete

VINCENT WING, 'THE ALMANAC', THREE 18TH CENTURY RED AND BLACK ENGRAVINGS Folio broadside size dating from 1754, 1736 and 1739, each printed by James Roberts for the Company of Stationers, together with an advertising poster from the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Circa 1860, featuring a pantomime by Peter Wilkins and the flying woman. (approx 40cm x 49cm)

Books - Unopened bound modern copy of Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies and a Folio Society copy of The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio, cased Condition:

Hull, Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway & Dock Plans & Sections Session 1884 Folio 30x22'' with names W Shelford (Westminster) and G Bohn (Hull) Engineers to cover, 8 sheets, 10 pages (cover damaged but otherwise G) together with a 1909 Wood & Co poster/brochure (2)

A collectors' lot comprising glassware to include a set of ten crystal wine glasses and a crystal candelabrum, a set of three Thomas Carlyle 'The French Revolution Folio Society' in three volumes, a wooden sewing box, an Oriental jar and cover and further decorative ceramics to include a Nao figure of a young girl (af), also a quantity of onyx items etc.

A folio containing approximately 86 coloured prints, nursery rhymes, geography and horticultural teaching aids for primary schools, c.1930.

Borlase (William). Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall, 2nd edition, 1769, 27 engraved maps and plates, engraved illustrations, some offsetting and scattered spotting, previous owner signature 'Stradbroke' and oval armorial bookplate of the Earl of Stradbroke, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, folio (1)

Manuscript - Mariners Magazine. An illustrated manuscript written by Robert Tillidge, circa 1742, being largely neat transcription of sections of Captain Samuel Sturmy's Mariners Magazine (first published 1669), containing information on the Julian calendar, trigonometry, sailing and navigation, artificial fireworks, etc., written and illustrated with diagrams and vignettes on 109 leaves, mostly to rectos only, and including as original work 14 full-page pen and ink and watercolour illustrations including self portrait with globes and instruments, and a final amusing deathbed scene, some browning and dust-soiling, a few tears and old repairs with slight loss at front and rear, later half calf over marbled boards, heavily rubbed, folio (277 x 185 mm) A curious and interesting manuscript, that appears to be largely direct transcriptions of text and problems in Sturmy's work which reached its fourth edition in 1700. The illustrations are all, or mostly original works, and beside the self portraits include illustrations of artillery 'fire works'. The colophon beneath the deathbed scene at the end gives Tillidge's age as 25 on completion of the manuscript on 2nd June 1743. (1)NB. Please note the quantity of full-page illustrations has been amended from 40 to 14.

Bourne (John C., 1814-1896). Paddington Terminus, pencil and sepia wash on card, showing figures and horse-drawn vehicles in front of the arcaded exterior of Paddington Station, pencil captions 'Vynette' and 'Paddington Terminus' to lower margin and below image respectively, some spotting and marks, closed tear in lower margin encroaching 1" into foreground, edge of sheet with pin holes (outside image), image size 31 x 45.5cm (12.25 x 18ins), sheet size 38 x 53cm (15 x 21ins), together with a copy of The History and Description of the Great Western Railway, by John C. Bourne, David & Charles Reprints, 1970, original cloth in slightly torn and stained dustjacket, large folio British artist, engraver and photographer John Cooke Bourne is best known for his lithographs showing the construction, infrastructure and scenery of the railways. His important work on the Great Western Railway was first published by David Bogue in 1843, with a subsequent, more commonly known edition, in 1846. This watercolour is a preparatory sketch for the vignette which appears at the end of the Preface, entitled in the book 'Paddington Station'. (2)

Montfaucon (Bernard de). Antiquity Explained, and Represented in Sculptures..., Translated into English by David Humphreys, volumes 1-4 only (of 5), 1721-22, titles in red & black, 269 engraved plates, including many double-page & one folding (majority of double-page & folding plates detached), occasional light damp mottling, some free endpapers frayed & loose, armorial bookplates of 'The Honble. James Bertie Esqr. of Stanwell in con: Middx. [& Westminster], second son of James Late Earle of Abingdon, 1702', contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spines, some joints split and worn, folio (4)

Newcastle (Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of). Orations of Divers Sorts, Accomodated to Divers Places, 2nd edition, 1668, a few old ink smudges to 3 pages and a little scattered spotting and dust-soiling, old ownership signatures of Mrs Hill (to title) and E. Hill (to dedication), later pencil signature of Douglas Grant to front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, joints slightly cracked and some corner wear, folio Uncommon. Wing N862. (1)

Oecumenius. Oecumenii Commentaria in Hosce Novi Testamenti Tractatus..., 2 volumes, Paris: Claudii Sonnii, 1631, half-titles, main titles printed in red and black with large engraved vignette, several engraved head-pieces, initials and tail-pieces, double column, Greek and Latin, some damage to lower margin of first leaf in volume 1 and second leaf of volume 2, worm track to lower margin throughout preliminaries of first volume (repaired), half-title to volume 2 torn without loss, modern half morocco with red leather spine labels, folio This edition of Oecumenius's Commentaries on the New Testament includes Arethas's Commentary on the Apocalypse, and was re-edited by Morellus from earlier Greek editions. (2)

Philips (Katherine). Poems, by the most deservedly Admired Mrs Katherine Philips the Matchless Orinda. To which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace Tragedies. With several other Translations out of the French, J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667, engraved portrait frontispiece by William Fairthorne (neatly repaired to verso), lacking rear blank, some light spotting and a few dampstains, early previous owner signatures at head of title (flourish of 'C' for Charles crossing through the word Poems of title), later calf gilt, spine label renewed, a little rubbed and scuffed, small folio Grolier 669; Wing P2033. The first authorized edition, following a pirated octavo edition in 1664, containing forty-seven more poems apart from the translations. (1)

Reuber (Justus). Veterum Scriptorum, qui Caesarum et Imperatorum Germanicorum res per aliquot secula gestas..., Frankfurt: Heirs of Andreas Vechel, 1584, a few minor marginal marks and other spots, some light marginal water staining, blank corner of 2K2 torn away, ownership inscription of Ottobeuren Abbey [Bavaria] to title upper margin, armorial bookplate of Hieronymous Munchausen to front pastedown, contemporary blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards with brass clasps, rubbed and soiled, head of spine snagged, folio Adams R376. (1)

Spanish manuscript. Constitution and Rules for the Monastery and Convent of Nuestra Senora de los Angeles, Granada, 1627, 65 manuscript leaves on vellum, 2 fine hand-painted miniatures at front, one of Jesus Christ risen from the tomb with three soldiers and, facing, a full-length figure of the Virgin Mary (face slightly indistinct) attended by 4 angels, both miniatures within borders of scrollwork foliage, and at the foot of each a coat of arms, each 275 x 180 mm, the remaining legal text written in a neat clerical hand within rules and containing 43 rubricated initials, some browning and soiling at front and rear including 5 blanks and endpapers, late 19th-century note pasted to front pastedown quoting a related work on Granada from 1639, small book label of Michael Tomkinson to marbled endpaper, modern morocco gilt (spine titled 'Granada 1595') with original gilt-decorated morocco panels relaid, folio (290 x 205 mm) Provenance: Michael Tomkinson sale, Sotheby's, 5 July 1922, lot 1504; reacquired by the family and thence by descent. (1)

Tate (Nahum). A Congratulatory Poem on the New Parliament Assembled on This Great Conjucture of Affairs, 1st edition, printed for W. Rogers, 1701, 12 pages, some light overall browning, later plain wrappers, frayed to edges, together with Anon. Robin-Hood and the Duke of Lancaster. A Ballad. To the tune of the Abbot of Canterbury, 1st edition, printed for J. Roberts, 1727, 6 pages, some marks and light discolouration, ink stain to upper left and top margins, plus Anon. The Chelsea Monarch: or, Money Rules All. A New Court Ballad, 1st edition, printed for C. Davies, 1731, 7 pages, untrimmed, some light soiling, plus Anon. The Tryal of Skill Between 'Squire Walsingham and Mother Osborne. An Eclogue, in imitation of Virgil's Palaemon. To which are added, Horace to Fannius, and an Apology for Printing a certain Nobleman's Epistle to Dr. S_w_n, 1st edition, sold by J. Huggonson, 1734, 25 pages, some minor marks to first and last leaves, plus 4 others similar (The Dying Negro, A Poem [by Thomas Day], 3rd edition, corrected and enlarged, 1775, x + 24 pages, Brother Peter to Brother Tom. An Expostulatory Epistle by Peter Pindar [John Wolcot], 1st edition, printed for G. Kearsley, 1788, iv + 49 pages, without the final leaf of adverts and warning against piracies, but with author's presentation inscription to head of title To his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales from the Author, De Animi Imortalitate. Poema [by Isaac Hawkins Browne], 1754, & Poems, by Felicia Dorothea Browne, Liverpool, 1808), all disbound without wrappers (except final volume bound in orignal pale blue boards, with some wear), folio (except the final 4 titles in 4to) Foxon R232 (Robin-Hood), C141 (Chelsea Monarch) & T474 (Tryal of Skill). (8)

Taylor (Jeremy). Ductor Dubitantium: or, The Rule of Conscience in all her General Measures; Serving as a great Instrument for the Determination of Cases of Conscience, 4th edition, 1696, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved vignette to title, 20th century patterned endpapers with cloth hinge, modern calf backed morocco edged boards, with contemporary panelled leather relaid to boards, folio (1)

Britton (John). The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Wells: Illustrated by a Series of Engrvings of Views, Elevations, Plans and Details of the Architecture of that Edifice..., 1824, additional decorative title page, twenty-two (complete as list) uncoloured engraved plates, some spotting throughout, index bound at rear, contemporary ownership signature to front pastedown, contemporary blindstamped and diced calf gilt, rebacked retaining old title label, slight wear to extremities, 4to, with another copy similar, together with Evans (Rev. John), The Picture of Bristol or a Guide to Objects of Curiosity and Interest in Bristol, Clifton, the Hotwells and their Vicinity..., 2nd edition, published Bristol, 1818, additional half title, frontispiece of an engraved folding town plan of Bristol, three (of four) uncoloured engraved folding plates, later endpapers, uncut, publisher's printed boards, worn and stained, 8vo, with Britton (John), The History and Antiquities of The Abbey and Cathedral Church of Bristol..., 1830, additional decorative title, preface and list of subscribers, engraved frontispiece and ten uncoloured engraved plates, some staining and spotting throughout, publisher's boards with printed labels to upper board and spine, folio, plus Davis (John), A Concise History of the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew in Wells; to which is added an abridgment of the Lives of the Bishops and Deans of the Church and a Catalogue of the Monuments and Antiquities contained in the same, published J. Quartley, Shepton-Mallet, 1814, additional half title, folding engraved frontispiece and one further folding engraved plate, slight spotting and staining, contemporary half calf, rubbed and worn, 8vo, and Valentine & Sons Ltd (publisher), Photographic View Album of Bristol & Clifton, circa 1900, numerous black & white photographic views, publisher's gilt decorated cloth boards, slim 4to, with another five volumes similar and seventeen volumes (a broken run) of 'Bristol, Official Guide to the City', mostly 1930s, publisher's printed card wrappers, large 8vo (28)

[Udall, William]. The Historie of the Life and Death of Mary Stuart Queene of Scotland, 1st edition, Iohn Haviland for Richard Whitaker, 1624, engraved portrait frontispiece within embellished surrounds, title within architectural woodcut border, a few decorative woodcut initials and headpieces, armorial bookplate, early 18th-century sprinkled calf gilt, rubbed and corner tips bruised, small folio This appears to be the first biography in English of Mary Queen of Scots. STC 24509a. (1)

Culpeper (Nicholas). Pharmacopoeia Londinensis: or the London Dispensatory Further Adorned by the Studies and Collections of the Fellows, now Living of the Said Colledg., in this Sixt [sic] Edition you may find... A Key to Galen's Method of Physick..., printed by Peter Cole, 1659, title within double typographical border, half-title discarded, A2 and A3 with small loss to upper corner (A2 with minor loss of text), Oo2 and Oo3 with paper faults to tail (with loss of signature letter) and fore-edge (clipping text in Table) respectively, some minor marks and finger soiling, final few leaves with fore-edges lightly frayed, lacking front endpapers, contemporary sheep, with crudely incised initials to centre and outer corners of covers , rubbed and marked, 8vo (ESTC R15780, Wing C7530), together with A Physical Directory; or a Translation of the Dispensatory made by the Colledg of Physitians of London... and in this Third Edition is added A Key to Galen's Method of Physick..., printed by Peter Cole, 1651, lacking portrait frontispiece (as often), title soiled, with faint ink library stamp, occasional damp-stained leaves, several lower outer corners browned, modern marbled boards, gilt lettered label to spine, extremities lightly rubbed, small folio (ESTC R24898, Wing C7542) (2)

Burlington (Charles, and others). The Modern Universal British Traveller; or a New, Complete and Accurate Tour through England, Wales, Scotland and the Neighbouring Islands, Comprising all that is Worthy of Observation in Great Britain..., 1779, decorative allegorical frontispiece, two black & white engraved folding maps (without 'Map of Great Britain' as listed but with 'A Correct Map of Scotland from New Surveys' not called for), one with marginal fraying, the other with a few closed tears to folds, 106 engraved topographical views and historical scenes, without 'Porchester Castle in Hampshire' but with two not called for: 'The City Gates' and 'The Inside of the Royal Exchange London', one plate with crude later hand-colouring, closed tears, and some offsetting from plates, first few leaves near detached, four blank leaves inserted between pp. 546-547, further blanks at front and rear, front pastedown with bookplate of the Royal Institution of Charted Surveyors' Library, near contemporary reverse calf, marked, joints split and extremities worn, folio (1)

Camden (William). Camden's Britannia, Newly Translated into English with large additions and Improvements, published Edmund Gibson of Queens College in Oxford, printed by F. Collins for A.Swale and A & J Churchill, 1695, portrait frontispiece, printed title with bookplate to verso, nine plates of coins and antiquities and fifty uncoloured double page engraved maps, including two folding (Kent & Norfolk), a few maps trimmed to neat line, near contemporary speckled calf, skillfully rebacked with gilt decorated spine, a little worn at extremities, folio (1)

Camden (William). Britannia sive Florentissimorum Regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae et Insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate Chorographica descriptio..., published George Bishop & John Norton, 1607, additional decorative title with map of Great Britian trimmed to neatline and laid on second front free endpaper, eight engraved plates of coins, fifty-seven (complete) uncoloured engraved maps by William Kip and William Hole after Norden and Saxton, fifty five double-page and two single page (Rutland and Anglesey), small hole to upper margin of the map of Scotland, just touching the neatline, map of Berkshire with five watercolour heraldic shields and a Latin manuscript note to margins, index bound at rear, upper joint cracked, near contemporary calf, with an 18th century reback, worn and a little frayed at extremities, folio The sixth Latin edition but the first to contain maps. Chubb XVIII. (1)

Riolan (Jean). A Sure Guide; or, The Best and Nearest Way to Physick and Chyrurgery: that is to say, the Arts of Healing by Medicine, and Manual Operation..., 3rd edition, corrected and amended, Englished by Nicholas Culpeper, 1671, 24 engraved plates, some old damp staining to lower margins and minor worm track to lower blank margins of a few leaves, front endpaper torn with loss, armorial bookplate of Earl on Lonsdale, contemporary sheep, some edge and corner wear with a little loss at head of spine, joints lightly cracked, folio 'This work is considered the best anatomical textbook of its time', Heirs of Hippocrates 451; Russell 705; Wing R1526. (1)

Wiseman (Richard). Several Chirurgical Treatises, 2nd edition, 1686, half title (with show-through from bookplate to verso), a few small rust or burnholes, small marginal water stain at end, contemporary mottled calf, neat repairs, folio Garrison & Morton 5573 (for the first edition of 1676): "Wiseman ranks in surgery as high as does Sydenham in medicine. He made many valuable contributions to the subject; he was the first to describe tuberculosis of the joints ("tumour albus") and he gave a good account of gunshot wounds. Wiseman became surgeon to Charles II in 1672". (1)

Cheshire. A scrap album containing topographical views of Cheshire. 19th century, large scrap album with approximately eighty-five lithographs, engravings, etchings and pencil drawings of topographical views in Cheshire, including examples by Buck, Richardson, Thomas, Webster, Woolnoth, Romney, Cuitt, Finden, Watts, Hollis, Prior, Landseer and Heath, disbound with contents loose,, contemporary quarter morocco, lacking spine, worn and frayed, folio Sold as a collection of prints, not subject to return. (1)

Cotman (John Sell). Engravings in Sepulchral Brasses in Norfolk and Suffolk, Tending to Illustrate the Ecclesiastical, Military, and Civil Costume, as well as to Preserve Memorials of Ancient Families in that County, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, with Additional Plates, 1839, hand-coloured etched frontispiece to each, numerous etched plates of brasses hand-coloured in yellow, a few folding, some light spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, modern maroon buckram gilt, folio (2)

Dugdale (William). The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated; From Records, Leiger-Books, Manuscripts, Charters, Evidences, Tombes, and Armes..., This Edition is carefully Copied, without the least Alteration, from the old one, published in the Year 1656..., Coventry: Re-Printed by John Jones, 1765, folding engraved linen-backed frontispiece (torn & marked to central fold), title printed in red and black, thirty-two engraved plates & maps (some plates printed to both sides, including 6 folding maps & 3 folding plates), numerous engraved illustrations, some folding maps partly linen-backed or repaired to verso, few closed tears and paper repairs etc., few leaves with loss to blank margins (rodent damage?), spotting and toning throughout, 19th century half calf, rebacked with sheep spine, rubbed, folio Upcott p.1263. (1)

Dugdale (Sir William). Monasticon Anglicanum, or, the History of the Ancient Abbies, and other Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches in England and Wales. With Divers French, Irish, and Scotch Monasteries Formerly relating to England. Collected, and Published in Latin... in Three Volums. and now Epitomized in English, Page by Page, 1693, title in red & black (cropped to ruled border & lined to verso), fifteen engraved portrait plates with ink manuscript number & some captions to upper blank margins (plt. 1 cropped to images and lined to verso), manuscript annotations to margins, light dampstaining, contemporary tree calf gilt, red morocco title label to spine, small folio, together with Dale (Samuel), The History and Antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt, Topographical, Dynastical and Political..., 1730, ink stamp to verso of title (with some show-through), twelve engraved plates (mostly folding), dampstaining throughout, contemporary calf, spine worn and boards detached, brown paper tape to spine edge of boards, 4to (2)

Enderbie (Percy). Cambria Triumphans, or Brittain in its Perfect Lustre. Shewing the Origen and Antiquity of that Illustrious Nation. The Succession of their Kings and Princes, from the First, to King Charles, of Happy Memory, reprint edition, Samuel Bagster, 1810, engraved coats-of-arms, some spotting, previous owner signature, Gloucestershire County Library circular ink stamp to front pastedown (residue from bookplate removal), contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, folio (1)

Gale (Roger, ed.). Registrum Honoris de Richmond Exhibens Terrarum & Villarum Qu‘ quondam fuerunt Edwini Comitis infra Richmundshire Descriptionem: Ex Libro Domesday in Thesauria Domini Regis..., 1st edition, published R. Gosling, 1722, vignette title-page printed in red & black (some spotting), list of subscribers, double page genealogical table, folding engraved map, fourteen engraved plates, some folding/double-page, letterpress engravings, text partly printed in black and red, engraved tail-pieces, slight spotting, pastedowns repaired, endpapers creased, contemporary mottled calf, crude repair to upper siding, re-backed, bumped and worn, folio Boyne CCXLIX. (1)

Shelf of folio books

Shelf of folio books

AFTER SIDNEY MACKENZIE LITTEN (1887-19 ?), a folio of eight signed etchings done in the year 1926 for Cecil Harmsworth, 'Etchings of Poynters Hall, Totteridge'

Kinloch (Alexander A.A., Brig-Gen). Large Game Shooting in Thibet. The Himalayas, Northern and Central India, third edition, 36 plates, folding linen-backed map, fine red crushed half morocco over cloth, t.e.g., folio, Calcutta, 1892.

Russow (K.E.). Bruno Liljefors An Appreciation ONE OF 1000, photogravure plates throughout, original wrapper bound-in, fine red crushed half morocco over patterned boards, spine gilt, t.e.g., folio, Stockholm, 1929.

Big Cats.- Line (Les, ed.) The Audubon Society Book of Wild Cats, New York, 1985; Ward (Geofrey C. and Diane Raines Ward), Tiger Wallahs, 1993, New York; Seidensticker (John) Great Cats, 1991, publisher's boards, dust-jackets, folio; and 10 others, similar, Big Cats (13)

Harbison (Peter). The High Crosses of Ireland, An Iconographical and Photographic Survey, 3 volumes, Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt, 1992, black & white plates from photographs, original red cloth, small folio RGZM: M17.1, M17.2, M17.3. Volume 1: Text; Volume 2: Photographic Survey; Volume 3 Illustrations of Comparative Iconography. (3)

Homfray (Jeston). The Castles of the Lordship of Glamorgan, Cardiff: W. Bird, 1828, title with signature G.R. Bonville to upper margin, thirteen lithograph plates on India paper, some spotting & dust-soiling, upper outer corners of title & all text leaves damp-soiled and cropped, original printed upper wrapper only with signature, torn to corners, soiled and worn, oblong folio (1)

Horner (John). Buildings in the Town and Parish of Halifax. Drawn from Nature and on Stone, Halifax: Roberts Leyland, 1835, decorative title page and ninteen uncoloured lithograph plates (complete), list of subscribers present, some dust & finger soiling mostly to margins, original wrappers with publisher's printed label to upper wrapper, linen backstrip defective, dust soiled and a little frayed at extremities, oblong folio, (33.5 x 42cm) Abbey Scenery 148. (1)

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 and little worn and frayed, folio (2)

Hutchins (John). The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, 4 volumes, 3rd edition, 1861-70, titles printed in red and black, 137 engraved plates, genealogies, portraits, topographical views, including several not called for, for example 'A View of Brownsea Island and Castle' by Bretherton, and an attractive watercolour view of Langton House, occasional spotting, final printed leaf of volume 3 with short tear and loss of upper blank corner, marbled endpapers, front pastedowns with bookplates of J. Oliver, Send Court, Surrey and Alan J.E. Edelsten, hinges strengthened, top edge gilt, contemporary burgundy half morocco, generally faded to brown, rubbed with minor wear, folio (4)

Lewis (William, publisher). Lewis's New Traveller's Guide and Panorama of England and Wales containing forty-four superior maps..., 1836, forty-four uncoloured engraved maps (complete) including a folding map of Yorkshire, light dampstaining throughout, original green cloth with publisher's printed paper label to upper cover, rubbed and marked with upper board and first few leaves near-detached, 8vo, together with Carington Bowles (publisher),Bowles's Post-Chaise Companion; or Travellers Directory through England and Wales..., volume 2 (only of two), 2nd edition, published 1782, printed title, 100 uncoloured engraved strip road maps printed on fifty sheets, list of fairs bound at rear, contemporary sheep, worn and frayed, 8vo, with Bartholomew (J.), Pocket Atlas of England & Wales, published John Walker & Co., 1887, printed, title, contents and tables, sixteen (complete as list) colour lithographic double page maps, hinges cracked, publisher's decorative blue cloth gilt, spine faded, small 8vo, plus Bacon (G. W. & Co. Ltd., publishers), Bacon's Road Atlas of England & Wales in three parts, North Section (only), circa 1925 twenty-four double page colour lithographic maps, some soiling and spotting to verso of upper cover, limp printed blue cloth wrappers, creased and soiled, 8vo, and Ordnance Survey (publishers), Ordnance Survey Atlas of England & Wales, Quarter Inch to the Mile, published Southampton, 1922, errata slip bound in before title, title page with library stamps, twenty-four double page photolithographic colour maps, each laid on linen, index bound at rear, ink library annotations to front pastedown, front endpaper and title page, hinges and joints weak, publisher's red cloth gilt, faded, worn and frayed, oblong folio, with Pinnock (W., editor), The Guide to Knowledge, volume 1 (only), 1833, title page and first first three pages torn with loss to margins and text, crudely repaired with tape, numerous wood engraved vignettes and maps to text throughout, fifty-three 'white on black' wood engraved maps of British counties, town plans. foreign countries, world and celestial charts, one plan torn with loss, contemporary cloth, rebacked, 4to Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (6)

Manning (Owen & William Bray). The History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey: Compiled from the best and most authentic historians, valuable records, and manuscripts in the public offices and libraries and in private hands, 3 volumes, 1804-14, two folding engraved maps (linen-backed), 84 engraved plates, including 13 facsimile Domesday plates, mezzotint portrait of Sir Henry Fletcher (shaved at top and fore margin), folding pedigrees, extra-illustrated with some 72 engraved plates, maps, plans and portraits, some offsetting and scattered spotting, small marginal repair to volume I title, hinges reinforced, circular bookplates, contemporary calf rebacked, original spines relaid, a little rubbed with some edge wear, folio Upcott pp. 1209-1216. (3)

Mason (W.H., publisher). Illustrations of Brighton Dedication by Permission to the most noble the Marquess of Bristol, printed by Lemercier, Paris, [1846], four lithograph plates (of 5? including one smaller proof plate), scattered spotting, original printed wrappers, torn to spine edge, some dust-soiling, oblong folio, (30.5 x 45cm) Only one UK location of the same work found (National Trust, Ickworth). COPAC entry refers to the work containing 5 plates being wholy engraved. (1)

Metcalfe (J., & Carmichael, J.W.). Eight Views of Fountains Abbey, intended to Illustrate the Architecture and Picturesque Scenery of that Celebrated Ruin..., with an Historical and Architectural Description by T. Sopwith, Ripon: Sold by W. Harrison, 1832, eight engraved plates (closed tear to 'East Window &c from the Interior' to lower margin & running into image), light spotting mostly to margins, original cloth-backed wrappers, printed title label to upper cover, manuscript marks to upper cover (mostly in chalk), some dust-soiling & fraying to edges, slim folio, (49 x 31cm), together with Westall (William), Views of Fountains Abbey and Studley Park, Yorkshire, London: J. Rodwell & W. Westall, 1846, eight engraved plates, scattered spotting, original printed wrappers, stitched as issued, spine edge worn, slim folio, (35 x 25.5cm) Abbey Scenery 373 & 383. (2)

Morton (John). The Natural History of Northampton-Shire; with some Account of the Antquities. To which is Annex'd a Transcript of Doomsday-Book, so far as it relates to that County, 1st edition, 1712, large folding engraved map by John Harris (a little toned with short closed marginal tears), 14 engraved plates, lacking pages 177-180, Transcript and Index leaves misbound at front, a few minor spots, bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, some edge wear, folio (1)

Phillipps (Sir Thomas). Index to the Pedes Finium for Worcestershire, [London]: Ex Zincographia Appelana [for Sir Thomas Phillipps], 1853, [2],434pp., printed on blue paper, letterpress title, text lithographed from the handwriting of Phillipps, original boards, printed paper label to spine, closed tears & wear to spine, pencil manuscript to upper cover, extremities rubbed & worn, folio, (Fenwick 48), together with Index Pedum Finium pro Com. Glouc. Temp. George I. Impensis Dni. Thomae Phillipps, Bart., [Middle Hill], ex Lithographia, Medio-Montana, [1854], [2],115pp., letterpress title on white paper (loosely inserted), text on blue paper lithographed from the handwriting of Phillipps, original boards, printed paper title label to spine, lower joint splitting at head, slim folio, (Fenwick 13), with Heralds Visitation Disclaimers, Impensis Dni. Thoamae Phillipps, Bart., [Middle Hill], ex Zincographia Appelana, 1854, [2],76pp., letterpress title and zincographed text from the handwriting of Phillipps, occasional spotting, original boards, spine torn & worn, spotting to boards, slim folio, (Fenwick 54), plus approximately 10 other Middle Hill printings by Sir Thomas Phillipps, and related (mostly stitched or as issued), including Fenwick (Thomas Fitzroy Phillipps), The Middle Hill Press. A Short Catalogue of some of Sir Thomas Phillipps' Privately Printed Works, London: Privately printed by J. Davy & Sons, 1886, 12pp., original printed wrappers, slim 4to (-)

Phillipps (Sir Thomas). Visitatio Heraldica Comitatus Wiltoniae, A.D. 1623..., Typis Medio-Montanis, Excudit Eduinus Offer, 1828, 259 pages plus interleaved pages (making a total of approximately 400), plus the Index in 4 columns with folio numbers entered in ink [per Her. & Gen. II, 293, only 100 copies of the Index were printed in 1831] and the scarce 4 pages of Errata (usually wanting), paper mostly watermarked 1822 or 1825, near contemporary navy half calf gilt, folio Armorial bookplate of Revd. John Ward (1795-1862, historian & sometime vicar of Great Bedwyn), with signed note in the autograph of Canon J.E. Jackson 'purchased at York at the sale of Revd. J. Ward's library, March 19, 1862'. On the front pastedown early catalogue entry item 673 £6.6.0. In addition to the 1623 Visitation, the archive includes 33 large manuscript pedigrees by Ward, many additional pedigrees by Jackson, with loose notes inserted and extensions to pedigrees. They include some 25 in the autograph of Sir Thomas Phillipps (some initialled TP, some dated (1839) and 4 noted by Jackson 'Sir T.P's writing'). The Stourhead 1840 catalogue in relation to the Visitation of Wiltshire 1623 includes 'Another copy is bound with Misc. Collections, printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps', which may be this manuscript and printed archive. In addition there is a 4 page manuscript letter from the historian James Waylen (1810-1894), addressed from Ashalton regarding a list of warrants and a biography of Henry Brouncher M.P. for Devizes, and a 4 page manuscript list of Disclaimers 1623 (with his comments on their later fame or otherwise). Many pedigrees are annotated with dates, ages at time of death, comments (e.g. 'a swindler'), mostly in the autograph of Sir Thomas Phillipps. The blazons of some of the arms entered in manuscript may also be in his hand. An interesting compiliation and collection of Wiltshire pedigrees forming a significant archive by three notable 19th century historians. Fenwick no. 40 lists this work as being 'Extremely Scarce'. (1)

Plot (Robert). The Natural History of Stafford-Shire, 1st edition, Oxford, 1686, title with engraved vignette of Pallas Athena in front of the Sheldonian, folding engraved map (loose with small splits, frayed fore-margins and repairs to verso), 37 engraved plates, including 26 double page or folding, subscribers list at end, lacking the 'Armes Omitted' plate plate V with outer corner torn away, one or two others close-trimmed, title verso with small repair at foot, a few minor spots, facsimile bookplate of Sir Isaac Newton, later calf, spine with black label and gilt decoration, a little rubbed with small abrasion to lower cover, folio Upcott 1172-1174; Wing P2588. (1)

Pryce (William, of Redruth). Mineralogia Cornubiensis; A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining: Containing the Theory and Natural History of Strata, Fissures, and Lodes, with the Methods of Discovering and Working of Tin, Copper, and Lead Mines..., 1st edition, 1778, engraved portrait frontispiece, 7 engraved plates including 3 folding, 2 folding letterpress tables, list of subscribers, occasional spotting and some slight offsetting from plates, ex-Library Mineralogical Museum, Cambridge, with several ink stamps including 3 to title (slightly browned and offset from portrait), recent antique-style half calf gilt over marbled boards, folio (1)

Pryce (William, of Redruth). Mineralogia Cornubiensis; A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining: Containing the Theory and Natural History of Strata, Fissures, and Lodes, with the Methods of Discovering and Working of Tin, Copper and Lead Mines, and of Cleansing and Metalizing their Products; Shewing each Particular Process for Dressing, Assaying, and Smelting of Ores. To which is Added an Explination of the Terms and Idioms of Miners, printed and sold for the author, 1778, engraved portrait frontispiece, subscribers list, seven engraved plates (one folding plate with closed tear along inner fold), two folding tables, light marginal damp stain, occasional light offsetting, presentation inscription, 1834 to front endpaper, uncut in original boards, linen reback, some light edge wear, folio (1)

Rider (William). Six Lithographic Impressions of Select Views in the Vicinity of Leamington, from the Drawings of William Rider, Warwick: Published for the Proprietor, by John Merridew, 1823, six uncoloured lithograph plates, original printed wrappers stitched as issued, occasional spotting, slight wear to spine edge, slim folio, (38.5 x 28cm) No UK institutional location found. (1)

Somerset. Manuscript volume - The History of the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew in Wells within the County of Somerset. Whereunto is annexed a Cronological Catalogue of all the Bishops and Deans of that Church since their first Foundation..., Together with the Patrons of most of the Rectories and Vicarages within the Diocese of Bath and Wells, circa 1830s, 229 leaves neatly written manuscript history, dedication with initials J.C., paper watermarked 1832, borders ruled throughout, eight black & white plates from photographs (three tipped-in), signature of Henry Law (Bishop?) to front endpaper, contemporary vellum, folio George Henry Law (1761-1845) was the Bishop of Chester (1812) and then, from 1824, Bishop of Bath and Wells. He was the son of Edmund Law, Bishop of Carlisle. (1)

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, 1715, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved folding map by Sutton Nicholls, eleven engraved plates and maps (including six folding), some light browning and scattered spots, later endpapers, 20th century brown full morocco, slightly rubbed, folio (1)

Ticehurst (F.W., Publisher). Views of Battle Abbey, circa 1840, five uncoloured lithograph plates, original wrappers with decorative title printed in gold to upper cover, stitched as issued, spine edge worn, scuffed & few marks, slim folio, (36 x 26.5cm), together with Jackson (John George), Illustrations of Bishop West's Chapel, in Putney Church, Surrey..., 1825, uncoloured lithograph decorative title and twelve plates on india paper, sewing weak, occasional spotting, original cloth-backed printed wrappers, some dust-soiling, few marks and light wear, slim folio, (35 x 27cm) (2)