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Houstoun Family. A large family history scrap album relating to the Houstoun family, circa 1830-1920, a total of approximately 180 manuscript and printed items including maps, certificates, commissions, genealogical details including family trees, legal deeds and numerous autograph letters from members of the Houstoun and other families, early items relating to Alexander Houstoun, Glasgow, latterly Hugo Henry Houstoun of Woolverton House, Buckinghamshire, an oval head-and-shoulders watercolour portrait of an unidentified man loosely inserted and presumed to be a Houstoun family member, the whole neatly arranged and mostly tipped on to rectos only, 19th-century gilt-decorated red russia with family crest to both covers, heavily rubbed and slight wear to extremities at head of spine, large folio (1)

Vivian (George). Spanish Scenery, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., 1838, 32 tinted lithographed plates on 29 sheets, including title, some scattered spotting, contemporary morocco-backed boards, spine ends rubbed, small split to lower joint, folio, sheet size 450 x 375mm (17.75 x 14.75ins) Abbey Travel 154. (1)

*Monroe (James, 1758-1831). Autograph letter signed, 'Jas Monroe', Washington , 16 July 1814, to his nephew James, reporting that James' mother and father are in good health, acknowledging his letter and that he is now in good health himself, 'and engaged in close study, and would soon begin algebra. I had before receiv'd a letter from Major Partridge, from Vermont, in answer to one I had written him, requesting him to be so good as to see, that you were supplied with blankets and other necessaries, suited to the season & also with books. He wrote me that he should attend to my request. I was apprehensive that you might suffer for the want of such articles, and being so far from your friends, no one would assist you. Your letter remov'd all doubt on that subject. The greatest expence is in beginning, for afterwards, you will have articles to purchase. I wish you to be comfortable, and to make as decent an appearance as the other young men, but hope you will be prudent, and incur no expence you can avoid. The best thing that can be said of a young man is, that he is at his studies. When thus engaged, plain cloaths are the fittest. It is only on particular occasions, that he ought to wear his best. Put them away carefully after wearing them. If you leave them out of your trunk they get abused & dirty. Cleanliness is a great virtue. So is frugality. The young man, ought to do every thing in his room, that he can. If a servant is allowed, he may make up the bed & sweep the room, clean your boots, & even brush your cloaths. But you ought to take care of them, & might brush them. When I was at college, I did almost every thing for myself, and I have found the use of it thro' life', continuing in the same vein to give friendly avuncular advice, minor browning to lower margin and a few minor splits on folds, 3 pages, 4to, together with a somewhat worn pre-printed certificate completed in manuscript, appointing Hon. James Monroe as a member of the Fifth Ward Tippecanoe Club, New York, 10 June 1840, engraved vignette, signed by the president, two vice-presidents and two secretaries, split on folds with one small tear with loss, with engraved vignettes to folded verso and autograph letter to Monroe from a club secretary hoping that he will receive a certificate 'as a humble testimonial of our esteem for you, and is a tribute to your worth as a public officer', folio (45 x 27 cm) The letter is quoted in part in Angus Davidson, 'Miss Douglas of New York, A Biography' (New York, 1953), pp. 38-39. James Monroe (1799-1870) was the promising young son of Monroe's unsuccessful elder brother Andrew. The young James 'had run wild on his father's ill-managed, decaying plantation in Virginia and had little schooling; then his uncle (who at that time combined the offices of secretary of state and secretary of war) sent him, at his own desire, to the West Point Military Academy and, determined, in spite of the boy's earlier disadvantages to turn him into a useful citizen, wrote him letters giving him much good advice, both moral and practical. He felt evidently, that the boy required stern discipline, and thought it necessary to conceal his real affection for him beneath a tone of austerity, almost of harshness. His bark, however, was worse than his bite. That real affection existed, real interest in the boy's welfare and true kindliness of heart towards him, is shown by the great amount of time and trouble and the meticulous thought which the distinguished statesman, busy with more important affairs devoted to his young nephew's career' (ibid. p. 38). Provenance: The Monroe and Douglas family letters (lots 300-303) all by direct family descent. (2)

Nehru (Jawaharlal, Prime Minister of India, 1889-1964). Signed portrait photograph, 1961, monochrome photograph, signed and dated in ink to lower margin, credit stamped to verso, 165 x 123 mm (6.5 x 4.8 ins), together with a similar signed portrait photograph of Indira Gandhi, signed in green ink to lower margin, plus a copy of Wisdom, The Magazine of Knowledge for Lifetime Learning and Education, volume 34, June 1960, signed by Nehru and dated November 1961 to title, and with associated inscriptions to front endpapers, original printed boards (covers printed upside down), rubbed, folio, and Mountbatten of Burma (Vice-Admiral Earl Louis, 1900-1979), An Introduction to Polo by Marco, 3rd edition, 1950, monochrome illustrations, presentation copy to Anthony Meneses, inscribed to title 'To Tony Meneses, 'Marco' Mountbatten of Burma', printed compliments slip from Earl Mountbatten sellotaped to front pastedown, original cloth in frayed and chipped dust jacket, large 8vo (4)

Vivian (George). Scenery of Portugal & Spain, P. & D. Colnaghi, 1839, lithographed title, 32 tinted lithographed views on 29 sheets, two lithographed vignettes, advertisement leaves front and rear, water stain and some spotting throughout, contemporary morocco-backed boards, spine rubbed with small splits, a few mottled stains to covers, folio, sheet size 550 x 375mm (21.75 x 14.75ins) Abbey Travel 138. (1)

*Victoria (Queen of Great Britain & Ireland, 1819-1901). Queen Victoria's Proclamation, 20 June 1837, a printed document completed in manuscript, proclaiming Queen Victoria, 'We do hereby will and require you Thomas Dix forthwith to cause the said Proclamation to be proclaimed and published in the usual places... , From the Council Chamber at Kensington', signed by seven members of the Privy Council, Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham (1781-1851), Lord Chancellor; Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1790-1866), Chancellor of Exchequer; John [?]Hotham; Lord Palmerston (1784-1878), later Prime Minister); Lord Melbourne (1779-1848), Prime Minister; Lord Duncannon (1781-1847), Lord Privy Seal; Lord John Russell (1792-1878), later Prime Minister, addressed lower left to the Mayor of the City of Chester, laid paper with black mourning border, some browning and soiling, first and fourth signatures a little smudged, folio (33 x 24 cm), framed and glazed From Lord Hatherton's Journal, 20th June 1837: 'The paper informed me at 10 o'clock this morning, as I was writing my journal that the King [William IV] died at quarter past 2 o'clock this morning at Windsor. The Archbishop of Canterbury, and all his family being with him at the time, and he was in possession of his mind till the last. I dressed as quickly as I could in order to repair to St James' to attend the Privy Council for directing the proclamation. A summons arrived in half an hour for attendance at Kensington at 11, where I arrived at 10 minutes after 11. I found about 20 privy councillors there assembled they soon increased to about 90 or 100. The Lord President, Lord Melbourne, Duke of Wellington, Lord Hill and five or six others were in uniform - all the rest in plain clothes ... as soon as we were sworn we repaired to another room to sign the proclamation where there was another scramble for pens and parchment. As I was signing some man actually pulled the parchment away from me to himself in quite another part of the table'. (1)

Watercolour album. An album containing approximately 95 pencil drawings including some watercolours, circa 1850, mostly views and scenes including Italy, Greece, Smyrna and the Bosphorus, etc., some with brief caption and date, approximately 20 x 25 cm and many smaller, mounted singly and as multiples to rectos of album leaves throughout, contemporary half morocco, soiled and worn, partly broken and upper cover detached, folio (1)

Victoria (Queen of Great Britain & Ireland, 1819-1901). Das Schweizerland. Eine Sommerfahrt durch Gebirg und Thal, In Schildrungen von Woldemar Kaden, 1st edition, Stuttgart, [1877], wood-engravings throughout including full-page plates, some spotting, lengthy signed and dated presentation inscription from Queen Victoria to front free endpaper, 'To Theodore Martin Esq C.B. - With renewed expressions of gratitude for his valued services in continuing to make more & more known that Noble Life, from Victoria RI, Windsor Castle, Christmas Eve, 1877', heavy spotting to endpapers including inscribed page, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-ruled and titled red morocco, rubbed, folio In Theodore Martin's book 'Queen Victoria as I Knew Her' (1901) he explains how Queen Victoria chose him to write the Life of the Prince Consort, the story beginning in 1862. Through the recommendation of his friend Sir Arthur Helps Queen Victoria asked him to undertake the biography in 1866. The project eventually began and Theodore Martin found himself having to expand on his intended two-volume work, 'The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort' eventually being published in 5 volumes by Smith, Elder between 1875 and 1880. This volume was clearly presented as a Christmas gift in recognition of the Queen's continuing approval and the publication of volume 3 then newly published. The Queen maintained her friendship with Sir Theodore and Lady Martin even visiting them at their home near Llangollen, North Wales, during her progress in Wales in 1889. (1)

Faucit (Helena Saville, Lady Martin, 1817-1898). A personal scrap album relating to the actress Helena Faucit, mostly circa 1864-67, comprising numerous playbills, news cuttings and reviews of plays featuring Helena Faucit, some with pen or pencil dates and sources added, together with fifteen albumen print photographs of her, all but one carte-de-visite sizes, one engraved medallion portrait and one hand-coloured lithographic print, plus 32 autograph letters addressed to Lady Martin tipped in, mostly fan mail and friends, correspondence including Geraldine E. Jewsbury (x3), Hannah Maria Hall (x3 including 1 loose), Arthur Helps, Alice Helps, S.C. Hall, Alfred Crowquill (in the third person), J. Doran, Eliza M. Bushell, John Mitchell, Charles Swan, William Smith, Shirley Brooks, Sarah (?)Fring (x3), R. Fechter, Charles Fechter, J.R. Herbert, A.A. Elsor, R.J. Lane (x2), Art/A.G.T., (?)de Fremy, various lengths, mostly 8vo, the collection arranged on 51 leaves, some spotting, hinges cracked, contemporary half roan, somewhat worn with slight loss at head of spine, folio (36.5 x 28 cm) Faucit's first professional appearance was at Covent Garden in 1836 where she was a spectacular success. Though sometimes received coldly by critics she was a favourite of playgoers. Under William Charles Macready she played numerous Shakespearean roles including Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, and later Lady Macbeth and Desdemona. In 1851 she married Theodore Martin, who was later knighted, making her Lady Martin. She continued to act occasionally for charity. She wrote a series of essays, published as 'On Some of Shakespeare's Female Characters'. In this project she was encouraged by Queen Victoria for whom she sometimes gave private readings. Along with her husband she was often a guest of the Queen and like him the recipient of various presents over the years. Theodore Martin published a biography of her in 1900. (1)

Funeral Ceremony of Queen Victoria. Ceremonials observed at the funeral of Her late Most Sacred Majesty Queen Victoria, of blessed memory, [1901], 30 pages of printed text, and double-page lithographic chart of Spithead showing the track of the royal funeral procession and the position of the fleet on the 1st February 1901, each page with thick black borderline, printed on pale blue laid paper, by Harrison and Sons, edges stained purple, original full purple velvet, with large royal coat-of-arms stamped to centre of upper cover in gold, silver, red, blue and cream, generally in excellent original condition, folio (385 x 250 mm) (1)

Atkyns (Sir Robert). The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire, 1st edition, 1712, engraved portrait frontispiece, eight untitled engraved plates of coats of arms of Gloucestershire families, double-page engraved county map, plan of the Gloucester City, plate of the West Prospect of Gloucester and North West prospect of Gloucester Cathedral, plus sixty-one double-page 'bird's eye' views of the seats of the nobility and gentry by Johannes Kip (complete), few marginal annotations, occasional light spotting, 19th century presentation inscription pasted to upper pastedown "Presented to the Rev. Heathfield Weston Hickes by the Members of the Painswick Book Club in grateful memory of the invaluable services of his late Brother Weston Hickes Esq. as Secretary of their Club for more than 40 years, Painswick, June 28, 1864", hinges repaired, early 19th century marbled calf, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, joints splitting, minor wear to extremities, folio Upcott p.246-249. The rare first edition: many copies were lost in a fire at the printer's house in Whitefriars on January 30th 1712. Upcott notes that a similar fate befell copies of the second edition. Sir Robert Atkyns, MP and topographer was somewhat overshadowed by his father, who as chief baron of the exchequer was speaker of the House of Lords between 1689 and 1693. Atkyns refused to take the oath of allegiance to William III and retired to Pinbury Park in Gloucestershire. The first of the three major Gloucestershire antiquaries, the other two being Ralph Bigland (1712-1784) and Samuel Rudder (1726-1801), Atkyns collected material for parish histories in an attempt to record the population of each parish, based on the number of houses therein and the yearly birth and burial numbers. (1)

[Anstis, John]. The Register of the Order of the Garter, from its Cover in Black Velvet, usually called the Black Book: with Notes, and an Introduction by the Editor, 2 vols., 1st edition, 1724, additional engraved title to each, thirteen engraved (two folding), occasional spotting, armorial bookplates of Duke of Grafton & wife, and of John L. Nevinson, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked, contrasting morocco labels to spine, extremities rubbed, folio Moule pp.321-324. Provenance: Claude Blair FSA, OBE, CVO (1922-2010), the eminent scholar of European arms and armour and historic metalwork, funerary sculpture, English parish churches and the decorative arts. He was Keeper at the Department of Metalwork, Victoria and Albert Museum, from 1972-82. (2)

Beaumont (Francis and John Fletcher). Comedies and Tragedies... Never printed before and now published by the Authours Originall Copies, printed for Humphrey Robinson and Humphrey Moseley, 1647, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut head and tail pieces, decorative initials, text in double-coloumn, early ownership inscriptions to title including John Wynne 1686, A3 provided in manuscript facsimile, several pages with repaired tears(few with slight loss (including title), occasional early manuscript, dust-soiled, endpapers renewed, contemporary paneled calf, rebacked and repaired, joints cracked, folio First edition of all the plays not hitherto printed, save for The Wild-goose Chase, and modelled after Shakespeare's first folio. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. Pforzheimer 53; Wing B1581. (1)

Atkyns (Sir Robert). The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire, 2nd edition, 1768, eight single-page engraved armorial plates, sixty-five double-page engraved plates (complete) including county map, birds-eye plan of Gloucester, view of the West Prospect of Gloucester, Gloucester Cathedral and sixty-one birds-eye views of country seats by Kip, additional etched plate tipped onto verso of front blank of the ancient chesnut tree at Tortworth, by De La Motte, dated 1771, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked preserving original morocco title label, corners repaired, extremities rubbed and scuffed, folio (1)

Bible [Welsh]. Y Bibl Cyssegr-Lan, sef, yr Hen Destament ar Newydd, Oxford: 1690, title with engraved illustration (torn & trimmed, margins crudely repaired), Apocrypha present, engraved New Testament title, worming to lower blank margins to leaves at front of volume, final leaf repaired to margins, some dampstaining and soiling, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and corners repaired, folio, together with an incomplete 17th century Welsh Book of Common Prayer and Psalms, printed in black letter, lacking title, preliminary leaves and final leaf, contemporary sheep, lower joint cracked, board edges worn, small folio Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (2)

Bible [Welsh]. Y Bibl Cyssegr-lan, sef yr Hen Destament a'r Newydd, London: Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1620, New Testament titles present within woodcut decorative border, Apocrypha present, woodcut decorative initials, black letter text, prelims incomplete at front and lacking general title and all after V6 in New Testament (from Revelation, chapter 5, verse 8), occasional dampstains, dust-soiling and some marginal fraying, numerous leaves at front and rear of volume neatly repaired to corners and margins (with some consequent text loss, particularly to last few leaves at rear), recent endpapers, contemporary calf over wooden boards with blind roll-work decoration to boards, lacking clasps, bosses and all corner pieces (except one), old reback and repairs to board edges, some leather lifting on boards at fore-edge, worn, folio (sheet size 378 x 248 mm) Darlow & Moule 9585. This edition formed a revision of the 1588 version. It became, and remains the standard edition of the Welsh Bible, though changes to the orthography have been made. (1)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of the originall tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by his Majesties speciall commandement..., Amsterdam: Printed by Joost Broerss, 1642, engraved general title, torn to margins with some loss and lined to verso, New Testament title present with woodcut illustration and imprint dated 1643, titles & borders red ruled throughout, few leaves mostly at centre of volume with vertical closed tears at foot, burn-hole varying in size from small to large from the lower margin into the text of 4 leaves of the Old Testament (pp.511-518, leaves Vu5-Xx2), with the largest measuring approximately 55 x 50mm, some fraying and slight loss to margins of initial few leaves with some repairs, bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternehold, John Hopkins and others..., London: Printed by E. Griffin and I. Raworth, for the Company of Stationers, 1638, red ruled throughout, last two leaves pulling away from text-block, some general toning, light dust-soiling and occasional spotting to contents of volume, all edges gilt, 20th century blind panelled black morocco gilt, folio, sheet size 350 x 233mm Herbert 571, Darlow & Moule 444. (1)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New, Newly Translated out of the original Tongues..., Oxford: Printed at the Theater, and are to be sold by Moses Pitt at the Angel in St. Pauls Church-yard London, 1682, general and New Testament titles present, each with woodcut royal arms (both titles with 19th century manuscript genealogical entries to verso), Apocrypha present, bound with at front The Book of Common-Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1682, title with woodcut royal arms, bound with at rear The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins..., Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1682, woodcut ornament to title, light toning, all titles and borders to text red ruled throughout volume, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers with genealogical entries to verso of front free endpaper, contemporary red morocco, elaborate gilt decorated spine and gilt panelled decoration to boards, joints slightly cracked at head & foot of spine, folio, sheet size 320 x 218mm Herbert 770. (1)

Blackmore (Richard). King Arthur. An Heroick Poem. In Twelve Books, 1st edition, printed for Awnsham and John Churchil and Jacob Tonson, 1697, a few minor marks, early ownership inscription in ink to front endpaper of William Hughes, and old bookplate of John Hughes of Glann Rafon to front pastedown, contemporary blind-panelled calf, rubbed and some wear, with joints partly cracked, folio, together with 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 French, printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667, without engraved portrait frontispiece, some soiling and wormtracks to margins, near-contemporary calf, rubbed and joints partly cracked, folio, plus Lyttelton (George Lord), Poetical Works, Glasgow, Andrew Foulis, 1787, some marks and minor soiling, presentation inscription to half-title 'Presented to Miss Spiers by Her Most Humble Sert R Graham', marbled endpapers, 18th century bookplate of Graham of Gartmore to front pastedown, contemporary full tree calf, gilt decorated spine, with red morocco title label, rubbed and with some marks and minor wear, folio, and Rowe (Nicholas), Lucan's Pharsalia, 1st edition, printed for Jacob Tonson, 1718, copper engraved frontispiece, folding map, engraved vignettes by Kirkall after Cheron, bookplate of Henry Edward Bunbury to front pastedown, contemporary panelled full calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, rubbed and joints cracked, large folio, plus The Works of Michael Drayton... now first collected into one volume, 1748, contemporary full calf, joints cracked and some wear, folio Wing B3077 for the first work. (5)

Bacon (Francis). Sylva Sylvarum: Or, a Naturall History... 6th edition, 1651, engraved portrait frontispiece (small marginal loss), additional engraved title bound-in after A4, some toning and light water stains, contemporary calf, some wear, small folio, together with Dyer (George), History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge; Including Notices Relating to the Founders and Eminent Men, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1814, engraved frontispiece and additional title to volume I, 30 engraved plates, some spotting and toning, original boards, spines lacking, covers detaching, 4to, plus Lysons (Daniel & Samuel), Magna Britannia; Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain. Volume the Second, Containing Cambridgeshire, and the County Palatine of Chester, 1810, 35 engraved plates and maps, some folding, scattered spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf, spine a little rubbed, 4to, with others including W.H. Bartlett's The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain, 2 volumes, 1842 (worn bindings), John Britton's Architectural Antquities of Great Britain, 4 volumes, 1807-14 (worn bindings) and Samuel Butler's Atlas of Modern Geography, 1827 (24)

Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de). The History Of the most Renowned Don Quixote of Macha, And his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha, Now made English according to the Humour of our Modern Language And Adorned with several Copper Plates [translated by John Phillips], printed by Thomas Hodgkin for John Newton, 1687, copper- engraved frontispiece, sixteen copper-engraved illustrations on eight leaves, occasional short closed marginal tear (occasionally with slight loss), minor marks, early ink stains, small holes, and overall dust-soiling, Eeee3 torn and repaired, Kkkk torn with loss, early library stamp of C. Hardyman and near contemporary ownership inscription of Eliza Cranmer to title, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, rubbed and worn, upper board detached, folio Wing C1774A. First English illustrated edition. Another edition printed by Thomas Hodgkin appeared the same year to be sold by William Whitwood. (1)

English Civil War. An Exact Collection of all Remonstrances, Declarations, Votes, Orders, Ordinances, Proclamations, Petitions, Messages, Answers, and other Remarkable Passages betweene the Kings most Excellent Majesty, and his High Court of Parliament beginning at his Majesties return from Scotland, being in December 1641, and continued untill March the 21, 1643. Which were formerly published either by the Kings Majesties Command or by Order from one or both Houses of Parliament. With a Table wherein is most exactly digested all the fore-mentioned things according to their severall Dates and Dependancies, London: Edward Husbands, T. Warren, & R. Best, 1643, engraved frontispiece, slight fraying to margins of first & last few leaves, contemporary calf, old reback, upper board detached, worn with board edges showing, 4to, together with Lloyd (Daniel), Memoires of the Lives, Actions, Sufferings & Deaths of those Noble, Reverend, and Excellent Personages, that Suffered by Death, Sequestration, Decimation, Or otherwise, for the Protestant Religion..., In our late Intestine Wars, from the Year 1637, to the Year 1660, and from thence continued to 1666. With the Life and Martyrdom of King Charles I, 1668, title in red & black, first & last few leaves detached, soiled, frayed & torn to margins with loss, contemporary calf, boards detached, worn with loss of leather to spine & boards, folio For first title see Wing E1533. A reissue of the edition dated 1642, with imprint date modified to 1643. (2)

Favyn (Andre). The Theater of Honour and Knight-hood. Or, A Compendious Chronicle and Historie of the whole Christian World. Containing the Originall of all Monarchies, Kingdomes, and Estates, with their Emperours, Kings, Princes, and Governours; their Beginnings, Continuance, and Successions, to this present Time. The First Institution of Armes, Emblazons, Kings, Heralds, and Pursuiuants of Armes..., Written in French, by Andrew Favine, Parisian: and advocate in the High court of parliament, MDCXX, 2 vols. in one, 1st English edition, London: William Jaggard, 1623, [18],[24],572,1-538pp., title printed in red & black with early manuscript signature of Gilberti Spearman 1703 (dust-soiled & marked), twelve pages of woodcut armorials, orders & decorations (printed to rectos, two shaved at foot), few other similar woodcut illustrations to text, small worm hole to lower blank margins of initial few leaves, fore-edge blank margins of Yy3 with small hole and Aaa6 torn, few words defective on final text leaf, lacking final blank leaf at rear, occasional dust & finger-soiling and few rust holes & marks etc., armorial bookplate of Edward Arthur White F.S.A. to upper pastedown, 2nd front free endpaper inscribed 'from Richard Lambert to Chas. Wm. Bigge' and with former ownership inscriptions of John L. Nevinson, December 1953 and C. Blair, 1985, attractive early 19th century calf with four wide raised bands to spine, gilt & blind decoration to spine, joints slightly split, folio STC 10717. The volume includes information regarding jousts, combats and ceremonies in addition to heraldic matters. It is also of interest to the Shakespearian scholar, as it was printed by the same printer later in the same year that he printed the First Folio. Where both books contain the same emblematic head-pieces and tail-pieces. Provenance: Claude Blair FSA, OBE, CVO (1922-2010), the eminent scholar of European arms and armour and historic metalwork, funerary sculpture, English parish churches and the decorative arts. He was Keeper at the Department of Metalwork, Victoria and Albert Museum, from 1972-82. (1)

Herodotus. Historiarum, libri IX... cum adnotationibus Thomae Galei et Jacobi Gronovii..., Amsterdam: Petri Schoutenii, 1763, half-title, additional engraved title, title printed in red and black, Greek and Latin text throughout, folding engraved plate, bookplate of Richard Cawley to upper pastedown, contemporary vellum, blind decorated to boards and head and foot of spine, joints cracked and dust-soiled, folio, together with Aristophanes, Comoediae undecim..., omnia collegit et recensuit, notasque in novem comoedias et quatuor indices in fine adjecit Ludolphus Kusterus..., Amsterdam: Thomas Fritsch, 1710, half-title, title printed in red and black, double column text in Greek and Latin, minor scattered spotting and dust-soiling, ownership inscription in ink to front free endpaper, bookplate of Edward Winnington, 1797, to front free endpaper, full vellum, blind decorated, joints cracked, discoloured, folio, plus Philo Judaeus, Philonis Iudaei Omnia quae extant opera ex accuratissima Sigismundi Gelenii..., Paris, 1640, title in red and black, vignette to title, early inscriptions in ink to title, double-column text in Greek and Latin, occasional early marginalia in brown pencil, endpapers renewed, full blind-stamped vellum, joints cracked, rubbed and soiled, folio (3)

Holinshed (Raphael). Chronicles of England, Scotland & Ireland, 1st edition, imprinted for John Hunne, 4 parts in one volume, 1577, black letter text in double column, first title, contents leaf and first 3 leaves of text, supplied in brown ink in a neat 17th century hand, a few leaves following with some marginal replacement in manuscript, without title page to second part, but with the woodcut title pages to the third and fourth parts (The Historie of Scotlande & The Historie of Irelande), author's woodcut coat of arms to title versos, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout, some soiling and marginal marks, a number of leaves supplied in 17th century manuscript in brown ink, occasional modern marginal repairs, ownership inscription of William Prichard dated 1684 to front endpaper, ink signature of E.B. Greenly, dated 1787, and bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed with joints partly cracked at head and foot, and with some wear, thick folio Pforzheimer 494. STC13568. Luborsky and Ingram, English Illustrated Books 1536-1603, I, pages 452-68: "The Histories represent the most copiously illustrated secular texts of the Tudor era". Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Howell (James). Lustra Ludovici, or, the Life of the Late Victorious King of France, Louis the XIII (and of his Cardinall de Richelieu), 1st edition, printed for Humphry Moseley, 1646, title with small woodcut vignette, oval engraved portrait of Charles II as a boy to *2 (signed G.G.), some very light marginal waterstains, contemporary ink ownership signature of William Griffith in brown ink to head of title, contemporary sheep, rubbed and some marks, with later reback, folio Wing H3092. (1)

Pausanius. Graeciae descriptio accurata, qua lecto ceu manu per eam regionem circumducitur cum Latina Romulu Amasaei interpretatione..., Leipzig: Thomas Fritsch, 1696, half-title, title in red and black, vignette to title, double-column text in Greek and Latin, dust-soiled and minor spotting, all edges gilt, 18th century calf, rubbed and worn, joints split, folio, together with six other antiquarian volumes, including vellum, all folio (7)

Pine (John). The Procession and Ceremonies Observed at the Time of the Installation of the Knights Companions of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. London: Printed S. Palmer and J. Huggonson for John Pine, 1730, titles in French and English printed in red and black, each with an engraved vignette, parallel text in French and English, list of subscribers, 20 engraved plates, all but one double-page, 10 engraved head and tail-pieces by Pine after J. Highmore, numerous decorative engraved initials, upper hinge cracked and lower hinge repaired, contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked, slight wear to board edges, slim folio Provenance: William Charles De Meuron, Earl Fitzwilliam (bookplate to upper pastedown), John L. Nevinson acquired volume in 1948 at the Sotheby's Fitzwilliam sale (Wentworth Woodhouse), and Claude Blair FSA, OBE, CVO (1922-2010), the eminent scholar of European arms and armour and historic metalwork, funerary sculpture, English parish churches and the decorative arts. He was Keeper at the Department of Metalwork, Victoria and Albert Museum, from 1972-82. (1)

Bridgeman (Charles). Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire, Laid out by Mr Bridgeman ... Now Reprinted, to which is added an Account of the Original Publication and Descriptive Notes to each view, by George B. Clarke, BW Publications, 1987, sixteen facsimile plates including four double-page, original marbled boards, slim folio Limited edition 314/450. (1)

Wood (Anthony). Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the most Antient and Famous University of Oxford, from the Fifteenth Year of King Henry the Seventh, A.D. 1500, to the Author's Death in November 1695..., To which are added, The Fasti, or Annals, of the said University, 2 vols., 2nd edition, 1721, titles in red & black, occasional spotting, bookplate of Edward Francis Colston and P.R. Glazebrook, early 19th century calf, elaborate gilt decorated spines, blind roll work decoration to borders of boards, slightly rubbed & few minor marks, folio (2)

Chandler (R., N. Revett & W. Pars). Ionian Antiquities, published with permission of the Society of Dilettanti, volume I only, 1st edition, 1769, 28 full-page engraved plates, engraved head- and-tailpieces, occasional minor soiling, contemporary calf, a little rubbed and stained, folio, sheet size 530 x 350mm (21 x 13.75ins) Blackmer 1566. Harris 849. The first sponsored publication of the Society of the Dilettanti, the work was gradually expanded to 5 volumes over the years, with the final volume published in 1915. The first two volumes were the result of materials gathered by Richard Chandler, Nicholas Revett and William Pars and the work much influenced the neoclassical movement in Britain. (1)

Dali (Salvador, 1904-1989). Biblia sacra vulgatae editionis ... Imaginibus Salvatoris Dal¡ exornata, 5 volumes, Milan: Rizzoli, 1967, 105 offset colour lithograph plates, after watercolour drawings by Salvador Dali, each with a Japanese paper tissue guard bearing a printed biblical quotation, uncut in publisher's dark green crushed morocco, top edges gilt, gilt-panelled spines with raised bands enclosing floral designs of inlaid morocco in various colours, gilt inner dentelles, moir‚ silk endpapers, green morocco and moir‚ silk slipcases, folio (485 x 358mm) Number 163 of 169 copies of the 'Magni Luxus' edition from a total edition of 1,797 copies. An immaculate set, this set still retains the publisher's signed vellum limitation leaflet, the stamped and numbered gold cast book centrepiece clasp of the artist's hand (65 x 46mm) with cloth support and soft leather pouch. Michler and L”psinger 1600. (5)

Hermes (Gertrude). Wood Engravings by Gertrude Hermes, Being Illustrations to Selborne with Extracts from Gilbert White. Introduced by William Condry with a Postscript by James Hamilton, Gwasg Gregynog, 1988, six full-page wood-engravings, loose prospectus at front, original cloth-backed patterned boards, folio Limited edition, 157/240. (1)

Hogarth (William). The Works of William Hogarth, from the Original Plates Restored by James Heath..., published Baldwin and Cradock, circa 1822, title page, introduction and contents list, 156 uncoloured engravings on 116 sheets (complete as list), damp stained throughout but largely confined to margins, explanation of plates bound at rear, one plate (plate seven of Hudibras) with long closed tear affecting image, occasional marginal fraying and closed tears, hinges and joints weak, contemporary half calf, with steel clasp, heavily worn and frayed, large folio (1)

Macquoid (Percy). A History of English Furniture, 4 volumes (The Age of Oak, Walnut, Satinwood & Mahogany), 1st editions, 1904-25, numerous colour plates with tissue guards plus black and white illustrations, some minor water damage and light offsetting, all publisher's original gilt-decorated red cloth, boards and spines slightly marked and faded, folio, The Dictionary of English Furniture, volumes 1-3, 1923-27, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, uniform publisher's original gilt-decorated green cloth, boards and spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, folio, together with Cescinsky (Herbert), English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, volumes 1-3, 1909, numerous black and white illustrations, uniform contemporary green half morocco, boards and spines rubbed, some boards detached, large 4to, English Furniture from Gothic To Sheraton, USA, 1937, numerous black and white illustrations, original brown cloth, boards and spine rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, plus one other similar (12)

Morgan (J. Pierpont, Collection). Pictures in the Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan at Princes Gate & Dover House, London, Modern Schools, With an Introduction by T. Humphry Ward and Biographical and Descriptive Notes by W. Roberts, London: Privately Printed, 1907, half-title, colour photogravure frontispiece and 21 uncoloured plates, captioned tissue guards, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, marbled endpapers with morocco hinges & gilt dentelles to turn-ins, modern crimson full morocco by Keith Wintersgill, bookbinder of Oxford, elaborate gilt panelled decoration to boards and gilt decorated spine with green leather label, large folio, binding dimensions 55.5 x 46.5cm (1)

Ottley (William Young). A Collection of One Hundred and Twenty-Nine Fac-Similes of Scarce and Curious Prints, by the Early Masters of the Italian, German, and Flemish Schools; Illustrative of the History of Engraving, 1828, printed title, additional engraved title, 117 india proof facsimiles, plus an additional set of the first thirteen niello prints printed on silver, top edge gilt, contemporary half vellum, green morocco spine label, rubbed and scuffed, folio (1)

Camden (William). Britannia: or a Geographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and the Islands adjacent..., Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries by Richard Gough, 4 volumes, published John Stockdale, 1806, portrait frontispiece, title page to each volume, dedication and additional half title, ninety-seven uncoloured engraved plates (including eight double page) and fifty-seven engraved maps by John Cary, (including fifty-two double page and folding), maps of Hampshire and the Channel Islands with closed tears, later endpapers, book plate of Brentwood School library, contemporary calf with skillful re-back, worn and bumped, folio (4)

Petit (Victor). Chateaux de la vall‚e de la Loire des XV, XVI et XVII siŠcles, 2 volumes, Paris: C. Boivin, 1861, 100 lithographed plates after Petit, scattered spotting, occasional dampstain to blank corner, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco, rubbed and a little scuffed, large folio (2)

Sousa Coutinho (Manoel de & James Murphy). Plans, Elevations, Sections and Views of the Church of Batalha, in the Province of Estremadura in Portugal... To which is Prefixed an Introductory Discourse on the Principles of Gothic Architecture by James Murphy, 1795, engraved title, engraved dedication, subscribers list, 25 engraved plates and plans, including two double-page, some scattered spotting and occasional waterstains, hinges reinforced, bookplate, contemporary half morocco, a little rubbed, folio A key book in the Gothic Revival. (1)

Staley (Allen). The Pre-Raphaelite Landscape, new edition, Yale University Press, 2001, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original red cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, together with Webster (Mary), Johan Zoffany 1733-1810, 1st edition, 2011, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original green cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and Foister (Susan), Holbein and England, 1st edition, USA, 2004, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original maroon cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus 55 further volumes of modern British art and artist reference, including A Selection from the Liber Studiorum by J.M.W. Turner, parts 1-4, 1890, contemporary gilt decorated blue cloth folder, mostly orignial cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (57)

Wright (John Buckland). Surreal Times. The Abstract Engravings and Wartime Letters of John Buckland Wright. Introduced by Christopher Buckland Wright, Fleece Press, 2000, colour and black and white illustrations, a few tipped-in, original cloth-backed patterned boards, slipcase, folio Limited edition, one of 266 copies. (1)

Camden (William). [Britannia, Newly Translated into English: with large additions and improvements, 1st edition of Edmund Gibson's translation, 1695], lacking preliminaries, title and portrait, seven engravings of coins, forty-nine (only of fifty, lacking Sussex), uncoloured double-page engraved maps by Robert Morden, Kent & Derbyshire bound upside down, a few maps close trimmed, index bound at rear, contemporary calf, boards detached, heavily worn and frayed, folio Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)

Wyatt (Matthew Digby). The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century, A Series of Illustrations of the Choicest Specimens Produced by Every Nation at the Great Exhibition of Works of Industry, 1851, 2 volumes, pub. Day & Son, 1851-53, 158 chromolithographed plates, plus additional chromolithographed title to volume one, some scattered spotting, occasional minor mark, all edges gilt, ex library bookplate to front endpaper, original half morocco, rubbed and worn, large folio (2)

Wyatt (Matthew Digby). The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century, A Series of Illustrations of the Choicest Specimens Produced by Every Nation at the Great Exhibition of Works of Industry, 1851, 2 volumes, pub. Day & Son, 1851-53, 158 chromolithographed plates, plus additional chromolithographed title to volume one, some light scattered spotting, all edges gilt, Prinknash Abbey bookplate to front free endpaper, marbled endpapers, contemporary half morroco, rubbed and worn, large folio (2)

Yorke (Malcolm). The Inward Laugh. Edward Bawden and his Circle, Fleece Press, 2005, numerous colour illustrations, a few folding, original cloth-backed decorative boards, slipcase, folio Limited edition, one of 750 copies. (1)

Folio Society. Dylan Thomas, Selected Poems, 2014, The Great Railway Bazaar, By Train Through Asia, by Paul Theroux, 2013, The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M. Cain, 2012, The Drowned World, by J.G. Ballard, 2013, Conrad's Congo, Joseph Conrad's Expedition to the Congo Free State, 1890, edited by J.H. Stape, 2013, The Works of Joseph Conrad, 17 volumes, circa 1990s-2000s, together with 78 further Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, VG, 8vo (100)

Folio Society. The Master and Margherita, by Mikhail Bulgakov, 2010, Utopia, by Thomas Moore, 2011, The Great Game, on Secret Service in High Asia, by Peter Hopkirk, 2010, The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, 2005, In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote, 2011, India, A History, volumes 1 & 2, by John Keay, 2003, together with 93 further Folio Society publications, all original cloth, all but 9 volumes in slipcases, VG, 8vo (100)

Folio Society. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1996, Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, 1995, The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, illustrated by Edmund Dulac, 1998, The Fables of Aesop, 1998, The Arabian Nights tales from the Thousand and One Nights, 1999, both illustrated by E.J. Detmold, plus 52 further Folio Society volumes, all but 3 volumes original cloth in slipcases, G/VG (57)

Folio Society. The Once and Future King, by T.H. White, 2003, Jane Austen's Letters, edited by Deirdre le Faye, 2003, Zulieka Dobson, or An Oxford Love Story, by Max Beerbohm, 2008, The Cretan Runner, His Story of the German Occupation, by George Psychoundakis, 2009, The Adventures of Richard Hannay, by John Buchan, 5 volumes, 2003, Leave it to Psmith, by P.G. Wodehouse, 1989, together with 57 further Folio Society volumes, some unopened in original wrappers, all original cloth, all but 5 in slipcases, 8vo, VG (67)

Folio Society. Th Folio Society Edition of the novels of Anthony Trollope, 50 volumes, circa 1980s-90s, all original cloth in slipcases, 8vo, together with 2 related volumes, VG (52)

Lawrence (T.E.). T.E. Lawrence Book Designer. His Friendship with Vyvyan Richards, Fleece Press, 1985, wood-engraved portrait frontispiece by Peter Reddick, original cloth-backed boards, small 4to, limited edition of 250, together with Sims (R.G.), The Sayings & Doings of T.E. Lawrence, edited by Dr Leo John de Freitas and notes by A.J. Flavell, Fleece Press, 1994, half-tone illustrations, original cloth, small folio, limited edition of 300, plus Cats and Landladies' Husbands. T.E. Lawrence in Bridlington. Introduced by Richard Knowles with a note by Phil Clabburn, Fleece Press, [1995], photographic illustrations, original cloth, small folio, limited edition of 400 (3)

Navy & Army Illustrated. A Magazine Descriptive and Illustrative of Everyday Life in the Defensive Services of the British Empire, Edited by Commander Charles N. Robinson, R.N., vols. 1-10, Hudson & Kearns; and George Newnes, 1895-1900, black & white illustrations from photographs, occasional spotting, contemporary cloth, extremities slightly rubbed, folio (10)

Burlington Fine Arts Club. Exhibition of Ancient Greek Art, 1904, 112 black and white illustrations, some minor spotting, original gilt-decorated red cloth, boards marked, spine faded and rubbed to head and foot, folio, together with Smith (A.H.), A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, volumes 1-3, 1892-1904, black and white illustrations, uniform original blue cloth, covers and spine slightly rubbed, tear to spine of volume 1, 8vo, plus A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, volumes 1 & 2, 1851-70, some light spotting, previous owner label to front pastedowns, original blue cloth, spines and labels faded with minor loss, 8vo, plus other modern Greek and Roman art and antiquity reference and related, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (2 cartons)

Edwards (Ralph). The Dictionary of English Furniture, from the Middle Ages to the late Georgian Period, volumes 1-3, 2nd edition, 1954, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, all original red cloth in dust jackets, boards slightly marked, spine slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, large 8vo, together with Tolnay (Charles De), Hieronymus Bosch, 1st UK edition, 1966, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, slight spotting to text block, original cloth in slipcase, slipcase slightly faded, large 4to, plus Claessens (Bob & Rousseau, Jeanne), Our Bruegel, Antwerp, 1975, numerous colour and black and white tipped-in plates, original gilt-decorated brown cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, large 8vo, plus ohter modern art reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 cartons)

Gallery of Illustration. The Route of The Overland Mail to India, from Southampton to Calcutta, 1850, black and white illustrations including advertisements, some light spotting, original wrappers, covers slightly worn with minor loss, 4to, together with Baring-Gould (Edith M.E.), Ever Westward through Heathen Lands. A Missionary book for boys and girls, 1896, numerous monochrome illustrations, ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting, rebound in modern green half cloth to marbled boards, 4to, and other Indian, Eastern and miscellaneous history and reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some leather bindings, 8vo/folio (3 cartons)

Mojica (Proculo L.). Terry's Hunters (The true story of the Hunters ROTC Guerrillas), 1st edition, Manilla, 1965, some marks to text block, original illustrated black cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Cole (Fay-Cooper), The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindandao, 1st edition, USA, 1913, numerous black and white illustrations, some light spotting, bound in later black cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus Constitution of the Philippines, formulated and adapted by the Philippine Constitutional Convention... , Manilla, 1935, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light marks and toning, bound in later blue faux morocco, 8vo, plus other early 20th century and modern Philippines reference and related military and natural history, including publications by Ian Allen, Constable, Sutton, Grub Street, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 cartons)

Ross (W.D.). The Works of Aristotle, volumes 1-11, reprint editions, OUP, 1937-46, some light spotting, original uniform gilt decorated blue cloth, some spines slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Christie (Agatha), Passenger to Frankfurt, 1st edition, 1970, slight toning to text block, original red cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded and discoloured, 8vo, and Chaucer (Geoffrey), Troilus & Criseyde, Folio Society, 1990, 6 colour illustrations, original gilt decorated green quarter morocco in slipcase, large 8vo, plus other 20th century and modern literature and fiction, including John Buchan, Winston Graham, Len Deighton, Frederick Forsyth, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (3 shelves)

Poyser (T. & A.D.). Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland, by J.T.R. and E.M. Shorrock, 1st edition, 1976, The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland, by J.T.R. Shorrock, 1st edition, 1976, Flight Identification of European Raptors, by R.F. Porter, et al, 3rd edition, 1981, Bird Habitats in Britain by R.J. Fuller, 1st edition, 1982, Enjoying Ornithology, edited by Ronald Hickling, 1st edition, 1983, The Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland, by Peter Lack, 1st edition, 1986, Red Data Birds in Britain, edited by L.A. Batten, et al, 1st edition, 1990, plus 3 duplicate volumes, numerous black and white illustrations, all original cloth in dust jackets, some spines slightly faded, 8vo (10 volumes in total), together with Burleigh (Thomas D.), Birds of Idaho, 1st edition, USA, 1971, numerous black and white illustrations, original decorated cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, large 8vo, and other modern ornithological reference, including publications by New Naturalist, Batsford, Cambridge, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Military. A large collection of modern military and WW2 reference and related, including publications by Pen & Sword, Schiffer Military History, Conway, Airlife, Arms & Armour Press, P.S.L., Sutton, Osprey, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves & 2 cartons)