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Architecture.- Lewis (James) Original Designs in Architecture, 2 vol. in 1, vol. 1 second edition with corrections, vol. 2 first edition, list of subscribers to each vol., 64 engraved plates, of which one folding, light marginal soiling, modern half morocco, uncut, folio, for the Author by Copper and Graham, 1797.⁂ Scarce: for this edition of Book I, ESTC no copy in the BL and only 5 in America; for Book II, ESTC lists only 2 UK copies (BL and R.I.B.A.) and 4 more in America. The neo-classical architect's scarce second book was published some 17 years after the first (originally published 1780). He explicitly cautions against contemporary capriciousness, love of novelty, and a vain presumption of superiority over the ancients, while at the same time praising the work of individuals such as Jones, Wren and Vanbrugh. Among the subscribers are Catherine the Great (who had died the year before) and Paul I of Russia, as well as her Italian architect Giacomo Quarenghi, and numerous British and Italian nobles, artists and architects.

Ashendene Press.- Thucydides. [History of the Peloponnesian War], translated by Benjamin Jowett, [one of 260 copies], printed in red and black with text in Ptolemy type, side-notes in Blado Italic, chapter headings designed by Graily Hewitt, initials by Eric Gill, original white pigskin, by the W.H.Smith bindery, spine titled in gilt and with seven raised bands, uncut, some very light soiling, spine slightly yellowed, preserved in red buckram drop-back box (a little rubbed), [Hornby XXXVII; Franklin p.242], folio, Ashendene Press, 1930.

London.- Horwood (Richard) Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster the Borough of Southwark and Parts adjoining Shewing every House, first edition, large wall map of London, 31 sheets only (of 32, lacking sheet F4), presented on a scale of twenty-five inches to the mile, with title in oval and imprints to lower centre of each sheet, extending from Angel to Limehouse, and Kennington to Brompton, engravings with some hand-colouring, on cream wove paper each watermarked 'Horwoods Plan/ Of London', each individual sheet approx. 705 x 575 mm (27 3/4 x 22 5/8 in), all carefully laid on conservation supports, occasional handling small losses and tears in the margins, with larger tears and associated browning from old repairs to sheets F1, C2, and C3, many sheets with some localised spotting and browning to marginal edges, scattered surface dirt, unframed and loose, presented in modern cloth portfolio case, facsimile label to upper cover, elephant folio, [Howgego 200 (1)], [c.1792-1799].⁂ The largest map printed in Georgian Britain, and a defining study of London at the end of the eighteenth century. Horwood's plan was the first map of London to attempt to show every individual property, and took over 7 years to complete following numerous logistical and financial obstacles.

Thompson (Hunter S.) The Curse of Lono, first edition, one of 1000 copies signed by the author and illustrator, colour illustrations by Ralph Steadman, original white cloth, slip-case, sealed in publisher's cellophane and cardboard box, folio, 2005.⁂ The last editioned work Thompson signed before his death in 2005.

Johnson (Samuel) Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. A Tale, [one of 310 copies on paper], printed in red & black, woodcut borders and initials, inscribed by the printer "To my wife, this first copy of Rasselas is offered. W.Arthur Addinsell. Decr. 17th / 98." in ink on front free endpaper, original limp vellum with ties, yapp edges, spine titled in gilt, uncut, slightly soiled, lacking ties, Birmingham, Vincent Press, 1898 § Ovid. Hys Booke of Methamorphose Books X-XV, translated by William Caxton, number 105 of 375 copies on hand-made paper, title in red & black, original cloth-backed boards, decorative label to upper cover, uncut, slightly rubbed at edges, small stain to upper joint, Oxford, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1924, 8vo & small folio (2)⁂ The first item is the first of only two books printed by the Vincent Press, in the style of the Kelmscott Press.

[Remi (George)] "Hergé". The Adventures of Tintin and the Picaros, signed presentation inscription from the author to inside upper wrapper, dated June 77, with accompanying original ink drawing of Tintin and Snowy holding a bone, occasional light staining to margins, original pictorial wrappers, lower wrapper with price-sticker to foot, a few light marks, slightly rubbed at edges, folio, 1977.

Moore (Henry).- Shakespeare (William) Hamlet, number 250 of 1,200 copies [though likely fewer], 10 colour lithographs after Henry Moore, captioned tissue-guards, original red goatskin, upper cover with mounted rectangular gilt-metal bas relief by Henry Moore entitled "Hamlet's Dilemma", light sunning to covers, housed within vertical sculptural stand in red suede, sunned, folio, Rome, Delfino, 1985.⁂ Although the colophon states an edition of 1,200, the paucity of copies in commerce coupled with a total of only three institutional copies being recorded, it is likely in fact, that the edition was never completed.

Rocque (John) A Topographical Map of the County of Surrey in which is expressed all the Roads..., Compleated and Engrav'd by Peter Andrews, large scale county map, the edition with Battersea Bridge included, highly ornate dedication cartouche in the upper left, engraving with hand-colouring, on nine sheets conjoined, total 1670 x 2040 mm (65 3/4 x 80 1/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, folding into nine sections, four dissected map parts to each section, some offsetting and surface dirt, edged with green linen, folding into modern case and solander box, elephant folio, [circa 1775].

Rowlandson (Thomas) [Picturesque Beauties of Boswell... Designed and Etched by Two Capital Artists...], 20 etched plates only, including frontispiece, from designs by Samuel Collings, on cream wove paper without watermarks, each sheet approx. 375 x 535 mm (14 3/4 x 21 in), wide margins, occasional scattered minor surface dirt and spotting, some handling creases, half morocco, red label to upper cover 'Plates', endpapers with some repairs to loss, spine splitting with some loss, rubbed and scuffed, oblong folio, E. Jackson, 1786

Hobbes (Thomas) Leviathan, or The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill, first edition, first issue (with 'head' ornament to letterpress title), engraved additional pictorial title by Abraham Bosse, folding letterpress table, L2&3 from another copy (remargined and neatly bound in), additional title trimmed to border and neatly remargined, B4 small hole in lower margin, affecting 1 letter of catchword verso, 2B2 repair to upper blank corner, 2B3&4 inner gutters strengthened, 2Y3-3A4 minor mostly marginal worm trace, some spotting or foxing and staining, occasional soiling, lightly browned, later dark red calf-backed boards, spine in compartments and with later to style black leather label and black rules, repaired, boards stained, rubbed, [Macdonald & Hargreaves 42; Pforzheimer 491; PMM 138; Wing H2246], folio, Printed [by Thomas Warren and Richard Cotes] for Andrew Crooke, at the Green Dragon in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1651.⁂ Sir Anthony Kenny's copy of Hobbes' masterpiece of political philosophy. It was written while he was resident in Paris, and espouses the idea of a 'social contract' freely entered into between an absolute ruler and their subjects. The Roman Catholic Church placed the work on the Index of Prohibited Books for its idea that the sovereign should also act as head of the state's religion. Provenance: Sir Anthony Kenny (b.1931), British philosopher, who wrote on Hobbes in his A New History of Western Philosophy, 2010 (bookplate to front pastedown).

Ashendene Press.- Hornby (C.H.St.John) A Descriptive Bibliography of the Books printed at the Ashendene Press MDCCCXCV-MCMXXXV, number 331 of 390 copies signed by the author/printer, printed in red and black in Ptolemy type, plates, illustrations and specimen leaves, some folding, a few with initials supplied by hand by Graily Hewitt, errata leaf tipped in at end, original russet calf, press device in gilt on upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed, mainly to edges, spine a little worn, marbled board slip-case (slightly rubbed), [Hornby XL; Franklin p.243], folio, Ashendene Press, 1935.

NO RESERVE Sundials.- Pini (Valentino) Fabrica de gl' Horologi Solari, first edition, collation: Ϯ4 A-M4 N2, fine engraved pictorial title, some light foxing and soiling, H1 and 2 misbound, original limp boards, lightly water-stained, rubbed, folio (311 x 213mm.), Venice, Marco Guarisco, 1598.⁂ Important early work on sundials, written in the vernacular.Literature: Houzeau and Lancaster 11395 ('ouvrage important et bien fait'); Riccardi I(ii) 280 ('raro e molto pregiato'); EDIT 16 CNCE 41173.

Nonesuch Press.- Dante Alighieri. La Divina Commedia or the Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English, translated by H. F. Cary, one of 1475 copies, printed in Monotype Blado, text in Italian and English, double-page plates from drawings by Sandro Botticelli, original vellum stained orange, gilt, t.e.g. , others uncut, a superb copy without the usual fading to spine or splaying to covers, [Dreyfus 50], folio, Nonesuch Press, 1928.

Ireland.- Anderson (Sir Samuel Lee, lawyer and secret-service administrator, 1837-86) Diary, autograph manuscript, c. 180pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, slightly browned, original half calf, rubbed, upper joint splitting, folio, 1850-73.⁂ Brief entries relating to Anderson's personal and public life in Ireland, England and Scotland. "Between 1865 and 1884... [Anderson's] chief role was in obtaining and organising information on Fenian activities, and coordinating action at Dublin Castle against Fenianism and political crime, in partnership with his brother Robert, whose career lay from 1867 in London. Their well known position in this field led to Anderson's becoming in 1882 one of the intended targets for assassination by the Irish National Invincibles." - Dictionary of Irish Biography.

London.- Horwood (Richard) Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster the Borough of Southwark and Parts adjoining Shewing every House, first edition, large bound wall map of London, 31 sheets only (of 32, lacking sheet G3), presented on a scale of twenty-five inches to the mile, with title in oval and imprints to lower centre of each sheet, extending from Angel to Limehouse, and Kennington to Brompton, engravings on cream wove paper without visible watermarks, each individual sheet approx. 590 x 530 mm (23 1/4 x 20 7/8 in), on stubs, heavy brown staining to sheets , F1-F4, G1-G3, and H1-H4, otherwise occasional minor nicks to extremities, light handling creases, some off-setting and surface dirt, later half calf, worn, elephant folio, [Howgego 200 (1)], [c.1792-1799].⁂ The largest map printed in Georgian Britain, and a defining study of London at the end of the eighteenth century. Horwood's plan was the first map of London to attempt to show every individual property, and took over 7 years to complete following numerous logistical and financial obstacles.

Smith (Percy John Delf, British artist-soldier, printmaker, calligrapher and book designer, 1882-1948) Collection of 19 original preliminary drawings for "Twelve Drypoints of the War 1914-1918", including five pen and ink with wash, 13 black chalk and pencil, and one etching re-worked with black chalk and pencil, on various papers, some inscriptions and dates, two presented in card slips with 'Return to/ Percy Smith/ 27 Rudell Crescent/ NW3' inscribed to upper covers, various sizes between approx. 100 x 145 mm (4 x 5 3/4 in) and 190 x 250 mm (7 1/2 x 9 7/8 in), occasional minor handling creases and old folds, some surface dirt, slightly rough edges to some, a few laid onto support, all unframed, circa 1914-1918; together with Twelve Drypoints of the War 1914-1918, including 11 drypoint etchings only (of 12), lacking no. "V", 'The Long and Winding Way', all inscribed and signed in pencil, each platemark approx. 150 x 200 mm (5 7/8 x 7 7/8 in), or the reverse, each taped into contemporary mount, some staining to margins, presented in original portfolio case with artist's manuscript label to upper cover and two copies of William Rothenstein's "Note", inscribed in pencil 'Set No. 6', folio, Colnaghi & Co., 1925Provenance: Private collection (bought in the late 1990s)⁂ An important archival collection of working drawings and studies for Smith's "Twelve Drypoints of the War". Including an almost complete set of the drypoints in original portfolio, one of only 12 sets that were printed, of which only 10 were for sale."Percy Delf Smith arrived on the Western Front in late 1916 where he was posted to the Somme with the Royal Marines as a gunner. Shortly after his arrival he began sketching without authorisation. This activity was quickly noticed. Nevertheless, Captain High Boffey, who was Smith's superior, allowed him to continue. Smith however, seemingly unsatisfied with only producing rough sketches, changed his tactics in early 1917. [His parents sent him a] parcel [...] made up of the usual, letters and magazines from home. But within the magazine pages, [they] had managed to smuggle copper etching plates to their son. And so Smith began what he referred to as his 'Thiepval etchings'." Incredibly, it is believed that Smith used steel gramophone needles, a common feature in the trenches, to mark his plates. [Imperial War Museum, "Percy Delf Smith: Making Art as a Soldier on the Western Front"]"Few men living handle the needle to such purpose, and with so sincere an object, as the author of the plates here published" [William Rothenstein, "Note" to Twelve Drypoints of the War 1914-1918, 1925]

*** Please note the description of this lot has changed *** Middle East.- Photograph album showing terror attacks in Palestine, c.400 vintage photographic prints, each mounted and captioned by hand, tissue-guards, original decorative limp calf, slight rubbing, oblong folio, c.1945-47.⁂ Possibly compiled by a British soldier in the Middle East after the Second World War. Including images of the aftermath of the King David hotel being blown up, as well as the results of other terrorist activity in Palestine between 1946 and 1947. Images of: Port Said; Cairo; the Pyramids; Ismalia; Fayid; Upper Egypt; Sudan; Khartoum; Omdurman; Eritrea; Syria; Lebanon; Jerusalem; Bethlehem; Jordan; Haifa and Jericho.

Gemini Press.- Graves (Ida) Epithalamion, number 36 of 50 special copies on Japanese vellum signed by both the author and artist, from an edition of 330, full-page wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, original half brown morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, very slight fading to spine, board slip-case (a little soiled, bump to corner), small folio, Colchester, Gemini Press, 1934.⁂ The first of only two books issued by the Gemini Press, established by Ida Graves and Blair Hughes-Stanton after the latter's departure from the Gregynog Press and his wife Gertrude Hermes. Despite being unable to marry this was a celebration of the couple's union. Only half the edition was sold and in 1970 Hughes-Stanton sold the remaining sheets to the Basilisk Press who reissued the work in 1980.

Rolewinck (Werner) Fasciculus temporum, collation: [* a-g8 h10], 74 ff., 57 lines and headline foliation, Gothic type, woodcut diagrams, illustrations, and white on black ground vine initials, occasional early ink manicules (faded), first two and last ff. foxed and lightly browned, a few small repaired holes, mostly on Tabula ff. with loss of the odd letter, washed, marbled endpapers, early 20th century red morocco, richly decorated with morocco onlays of various colours and gilt, including stylised pomegranate trees with flowers and an oblique striped border to covers, spine in eight compartments, six of which decorated with morocco onlays, the remaining two with red leather labels for title, place of publication, and date, little rubbed at extremities and marked, g.e., housed in a modern burgundy cloth chemise and red morocco-backed slip-case, gilt spine in compartments, spine faded, little rubbed, folio (text block 298 x 194mm.; binding 312 x 216mm.), Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, 28 May, 1484.⁂ The third Ratdolt edition. The text reproduces that of the 1481 edition, with the addition of a circular diagram with Jerusalem at the centre of the world on fol. '2' and genealogies of the Virgin and St. Anne at end.Provenance: Roberto Salinas Price, Biblioteca Huicalco, Mexico, 1977 (bookplate to front pastedown). Literature: BMC V, 288; Goff R-270; H 6934*; GW M38735; Bod-inc R-120; BSB-Ink R-246; ISTC ir00270000.

Baskerville (John).- Bible, English. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, first Baskerville edition, list of subscribers ending with "York", some light foxing, engraved bookplate and shelf-label of Pull Court Library, Worcs., contemporary mottled calf with decorative roll-tooled border in gilt, rubbed, lower cover a little scratched and stained (some repairs), rebacked preserving old gilt-stamped red morocco label, edges repaired, [Gaskell 26; Herbert 1146], folio, Cambridge, John Baskerville, 1763.⁂ One of c.1250 copies. This edition "has always been regarded as Baskerville's magnum opus, and is his most magnificent as well as his most characteristic specimen". (T.B. Reed, A History of the Old English Letter Foundries, p. 279).

Middle East.- Roberts (David) The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, 6 vol. bound as 4, first edition, lithograph portrait frontispiece, 6 tinted lithograph titles, 121 tinted lithograph plates and 120 half-page illustrations, 2 engraved maps, vol. 1 bound without list of subscribers as often, scattered spotting, most faint, contemporary half red-morocco, strengthened at joints, rubbing to joints and corners, bumping to corners and spine extremities, large folio, [Abbey Travel 272 & 385; Blackmer 1432], 1842-49.⁂ The first edition was published in 3 formats, of which this is the 'ordinary' format with tinted lithographs. "One of the most important and elaborate [publishing] ventures of the nineteenth century" (Abbey)"Roberts' original intention was to publish Egypt and Nubia together with The Holy Land in six volumes (this explains the 'vol. 5' on the title of Egypt, vol. 2) but this was not carried out, and the two works were brought out separately." (Blackmer)

Foulis Press.- Homer. Iliados [&] Odysseias [graece], edited by Jacob Moor and George Muirhead, together 4 vol., Greek text with Latin dedication, preface and index, with all half-titles but without the general title as usual, faint traces of old ink signature to titles (partly erased), occasional light spotting and some soiling to upper margins but generally a good clean copy, Odyssey vol.2 with marginal tears to 2q2 & 4g (the first repaired), armorial bookplate of G.H.Lindsay, contemporary polished calf with roll-tooled border in blind, spines gilt, a little rubbed and marked with a few scuffs, splits to joints, vol.1 rebacked preserving old gilt spine, other spine ends a little worn or repaired, [Gaskell 319], folio, Glasgow, Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1756-58.⁂ The magnum opus of the press, for which it was awarded the Silver Medal of the Select Society of Edinburgh in both 1756 and 1757. The Foulis brothers had the Greek font cut by Alexander Wilson, and its setting in the Homer shows it to splendid effect.

Medicine.- [Royal College of Physicians] Pharmacopoeia Londinensis, first edition, second issue, engraved pictorial title, woodcut head-pieces, 17th and 18th century ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, extensive ink note in a 17th century hand to Z4 verso, loss to title upper margin (paper repair), title and a few other ff. frayed, a few small silked repairs, small chip B2 lower blank margin, stained, contemporary calf, rebacked with retaining original backstrip, a few holes, otherwise some cracks and wear, [STC 16773], folio, [E. Griffin] for Iohn Marriot , 1618.⁂ Exceedingly rare in any condition. Hunt lists only a facsimile edition of the first issue; the May issue of the work was withdrawn and is believed to have been a sub-standard attempt, with the later issue containing many more compound remedies and crude drugs. Many therefore consider the second issue to be the true "first" edition. Extensive ink note to Z4v criticises the entry on Oleum Absinthii: "R. Absinthii: This is a way of the London Colledge, but not the same way accordinge to the ?chuirigicall art. The error is in 3 things...",

Malta [Melite].- Archive of legal papers, including contracts, property, inheritance etc., with many references to many notable Maltese families (Caxaro and Saliba etc.) and relating to notable places in Malta, including Valletta and Senglea, 8 manuscript documents, in Latin, on paper, together 39pp., in different hands, folds, some with wormholes, unbound, folio, 1560-1746.

Golden Cockerel Press.- Keats (John) Endymion: A Poetic Romance, number 77 of 100 specially-bound copies signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 500, wood-engraved illustrations by John Buckland Wright, some full-page, very light foxing to a couple of leaves but far less than usual, original pictorial vellum, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with Cynthia Goddess of the Moon by Buckland Wright in gilt to covers, t.e.g., others uncut, cloth slip-case, [Cockalorum 175; Reid A47a], small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1947.⁂ Buckland Wright took over four years to produce this work and considered it to be his greatest achievement."In his 58 illustrations Buckland Wright is both as classical and as romantic as the poet could have desired. His vision, it seems to me, approaches that of Keats as closely as is possible for any artist working in our generation. While there is more than a hint of classicism in his admirable figures, their groupings and settings are romantic." Christopher Sandford in Cockalorum.

Calendar, probably from a monumental Missal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment, 6 leaves (a single gathering), single column, 33 lines in an angular Italian late gothic bookhand, some letters touched in red, important entries in red, 'KL' initials in alternate blue or red with contrasting penwork, some seventeenth- or eighteenth-century additions, tear to base of last leaf with loss of small area of lower border, some slight cockling and light soiling, else good condition, printed Calendar leaves used as pastedowns, 19th century vellum-backed marbled boards, small folio (335 x 225 mm.), [Italy (probably Perugia), second half of the fourteenth century].⁂ Most probably written and illuminated for a church or monastic community in Perugia (with St. Herculanus, bishop of Perugia, 1 March in Calendar).

BOOK- ETON AND OXFORD, A FOLIO EDITION OF COLOUR ENGRAVINGS.

A FOLIO COLLECTION OF 19th CENTURY WATERCOLOURS, EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS, PRINTS ETC.

SAMUEL BIRCH, FACSIMILE OF AN EGYPTIAN HIERATIC PAPYRUS, 1876, LARGE FOLIO, BRITISH MUSEUM (LACKING FRONT COVER AND TITLE PAGES)

GEORGE CLARKE AFTER BRIDGEMAN AND RIGAUD, STOW GARDENS, 1987, 102/450, LARGE FOLIO WITH SLEEVE

Maurice Dufrene, Ensembles Mobiliers. Exposition Internationale 1925. Paris: Editions Charles Moreau, 1926, 3 volumes comprising Series I-III, folio. 96 photographic plates, leather bound First Edition of this set of plates documenting Art Deco interiors and furnishings on display at the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts

TULLY (R) Narrative of a Ten Years' Residence at Tripoli in Africa: from the original correspondence . . . comprising authentic memoirs & anecdotes of the reigning bashaw . . . also, an account of the domestic manners of the Moors, Arabs, and Turks. 2nd edition. folded map & 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates,  4to. 1817;   Cassell's Concise Natural History Being A Complete Series of Descriptions of Animal Life, E Perceval Wright;   The Harmsworth Atlas, folio;  The Spectator,  in 8 volumes, London 1744, printed for J and R Tonson in the Strand;  other bindings

Finlay (Victoria), Colour, Folio Society, and ten other Folio Society books (box) Provenance: Sold on behalf of SNCB Society

FOLIO OF OLD MAPS

Medicine - A Small Folio of Medical & Surgical Book Plates, comprising of several medical plates of surgical instruments and procedures including Obstetrics (a lot)

Science, & Botany - Dr. Thornton, Portraits of Scientists, A Collection of Folio plates all published by Dr. Thornton between 1799 & 1804, comprising: The Reverend Dr. Stepen Hales F.R.S Author of Vegetable Statistics, Printed 1800; Chemical Philosophers of the Present Day, Dr Priestly, Lavoisier, printed 1801; M.Le Chevalier de Lemarck, Profefsor of Botany of the National Institute, printed 1805; Daniel Rutherford M.D. F.L.S. Profefsor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh, printed 1804 Antoine De Jussieu, N.I. Profefsor of Botany of the National Institute, printed 1803; Charles Bonnet F.R.S, Author of the contemplation of nature, engraving showing his chain of nature, printed 1802; The Revd,. John Ray A.M. F.R.S. Author of Historia Plantarum, printed 1804; The Revd. Dr. Colin Milne F.R.S, Author of the Botanical Dictionary, printed 1804; The Revd. Thomas Martin B.D. F.R.S. Regis Profefsor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, printed 1799; William Woodville M.D. F.R.S. Author of Medical Botany &c., published 1806; Aylmer Bourke Lambert Efqr. F.R.S., Vice President of the Linnean Society, printed 1805; William Withering*, M.D. F.R.S., Fellow of the Linnean Society, printed 1801; Sir John Hill**, M.D. Knight of the Polar Star, First Superintendant of the Royal Garden at Kew, printed 1799; Nehemiah Grew M.D. Secretary to the Royal Society, printed 1800; Joseph Pitton Tournefort M.D. Author of the Institutes of Botany, printed 1802; J. J. Rousseau, Author of Letters on Botany &c, printed 1801; William Curtis F.L.S. Author of the Flora Londinensis printed 1802; George Shaw M.D. F.R.S, Author of General Zoology, printed 1803; Revd. Townsend M.A. Author of a Journey Through Spain, printed 1805; Sebastian Vaillant, Author of Botanicum Parisiense, printed 1803; Earl of Bute, The Mechenas of Botany, printed 1805. each plae 44cm x 56cm * William Withering is well known as the inventor of the small botanical microscope that bears his name. **John Hill was a botanist, doctor, scientist, journalist, translator and editor. He is perhaps best known now for his 26-volume work on botany, The Vegetable System. This, another of his botanical books, contains an investigation of the microscopic structure of timber

FOOTBALL & CRICKET INTEREST; a folio containing various signed photographs, slips of paper, cards, etc including Shane Warne, Paul Gascoigne, Glen Hoddle, Tom Finney, also Daley Thompson and many others.

SOMERVILE, (W), THE CHASE; A POEM, engraved vignette to title page, with other text illustrations, three quarter leather with marbled boards, London, Bulmer & Co, 1802, with HOURIHANE (U), BUTTONS AND MAC ADVENTURE AGAIN, THE FRIENDLY ADVENTURES OF BUTTONS AND MAC, both dedicated, signed, and dated by the author, Adventures Again dated October 28th 1949, the other dated December 1st 1946, and BAILLIERE'S ATLAS OF THE DOG, ITS ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY, oblong folio, pictorial board, London, Tindall & Cox; BROWN (J), RAB AND HIS FRIENDS, booklets with printed paper cover, Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1882, with other books.

Kirkpatrick (John) The Streets and Lanes of the City of Norwich, Norfolk & Norwich Archaeological Society, 1889, folio; together with Remnants of Antiquity in Norwich, privately printed by Charles Muskett, 1846, gilt tooled calf spine and corners (2) Provenance: Barbara & Martin Miller Collection

Winter (C.J.W.) Illustrations of the Rood-screen at Randworth, Norfolk & Norwich Archaeological Society, 1867, folio, green cloth boards; together with Goulburn (Very Rev. Edward Meyrick) The Ancient Sculptures in the Roof of Norwich Cathedral, The Autotype Fine Art Company, 1876; Winter (C.J.W.) The Sculptured Bosses in the Cloisters of Norwich Cathedral, 1911 (3)  Provenance: Barbara & Martin Miller Collection

A contemporary pine folio browser, with 'X' frame and spindle supports, raised on castors, 70 x 115 x 96cm high.

A William IV mahogany folio standCirca 1835, of typical form, with plain vertical end supports and ring turned baluster stretchers, on panelled outswept legs terminating in bun feet and recessed castors, 89cm wide x 75cm deep x 125cm high, (35in wide x 29 1/2in deep x 49in high)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Dugdale (William). The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated; from Records, Leiger-Books, Manuscripts, Charters, Evidences, Tombes, and Armes: Beautified with Maps, Prospects and Portraictures, 1st edition, London: Printed by Thomas Warren, 1656, engraved portrait frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar with repaired closed tear to fore-edge of image and lower outer blank corner torn, title in red and black, 5 folding double-page maps, 10 full-page plates and numerous engraved illustrations to letterpress (with plate at p. 383, but not that at p. 58), errata leaf present, without final blank, errors in pagination, a few light damp stains at foot, front pastedown with pencil note 'from Sir Thomas Phillipps collection' and maroon morocco bookplate of S. E. Thorne, contemporary calf, gilt-decorated spine, joints cracked at head and foot, wear at head and foot of spine and board corners, folio (330 x 215 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Upcott, p. 1247; Wing D2479; Lowndes, p. 687.

Davenant (William). The Works of Sir William Davenant Kt, consisting of those which were formerly Printed, and those which he design'd for the Press: Now Published out of the Authors Originall Copies, 1st edition, London: T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1673, engraved portrait frontispiece, bookplates of Winston Henry Hagen and Charles A Gould to front pastedown, with further red morocco book ticket embellished in gilt, all edges gilt, 20th-century full green morocco gilt by Riviere, central Cambridge panel to covers with foliate cornerpieces, incorporated by gilt triple rule border, folio (315 x 195 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provnenance: Winston Henry Hagen and Charles A. Gould (bookplates).ESTC R10223; Wing D320.The first collected edition of the works of Sir William Davenant (1606-1668) including the prefatory The answer of Mr. Hobbes to Sr. William D'Avenant's preface before Gondibert, and poems by Waller and Cowley. The volume includes first printings of six of the sixteen plays by Davenant: The Playhouse to be Let, Law Against Lovers, News from Plymouth, The Fair Favourite, The Distresses, and The Siege. Published by his third wife 'Lady Mary' Davenant, this edition is an important collection of the playwright, poet and theatre manager's work, reflecting his great esteem for Shakepeare, whose plays he freely adapted for a new audience, as well as his innovations in dramatic art during the Restoration.

Speed (John). The Historie of Great Britaine under the conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. Their originals, manners, habits, warres, coines, and seales: with the successions, lives, acts, and issues of the English monarchs, from Julius Caesar, to our most gracious soueraigne King James. The second edition revised, and enlarged with sundry descents of the Saxons kings, their marriages and armes, London: Printed by John Beale for George Humble, 1623, additional engraved portrait frontispiece (lined to verso), lacking initial blank, title with old creases pressed out and small repair to margin of upper and lower outer corners, numerous woodcuts including head and tailpieces, erratic pagination, small rust holes to a few leaves, final leaf repaired at head of foremargin, a few leaves with short worm trail to inner column of letterpress notes, some light toning, late 19th-century manuscript notes tipped onto front free endpapers, burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, late 19th-century red morocco gilt, gilt-decorated spine and border decoration, spine faded and extremities slightly rubbed, folio (33.3 x 21 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).STC 23046.3.

Morant (Philip). The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex, 2 volumes, (incorporating the second edition of The History and Antiquities of the most ancient Town and Borough of Colchester), London: T. Osborne et al., 1768, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED AND EXTENDED TO 5 VOLUMES, plus a Manuscript Index, 1908, the contents mounted on large paper, the whole being lavishly extended with hundreds of extra illustrations of varying sizes, containing approximately 36 maps, some coloured, including examples by or after Christopher Saxton, Johannes Blaeu, Jan Jannson, John Chapman and Peter Andre, Philip Lea, Thomas Dix, Ordnance Survey, Richard Blome and Robert Morden, plus approximately 20 watercolours and drawings and 750 prints including portraits and views, coloured aquatints by Havell and Merigot, other coloured plates by Alken and Daniell, mezzotints by J. Smith, C. Turner, J. Faber and McArdell, lithographs, stipple etchings, line engravings, india proofs, woodcuts, facsimiles, etc., the five text volumes with additional printed title-pages for this unique copy dated 1908, the manuscript Index volume comprising 24 leaves (plus 18 blank), completed alphabetically in a very neat hand on rectos only, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to all front pastedowns, early 20th-century red crushed levant full morocco gilt by Morrell, inner dentelles gilt, wide and richly roll-tooled panels in gold and blind, gilt-decorated spines with raised bands, Index volume bound in red crushed levant half morocco gilt to match, all with some slight rubbing and a few scuff marks, some darkening from old scorch marks to lowest raised bands and foot of spines and board edges, a little wear and some strengthening to tailcaps, folio (560 x 385 mm)QTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).A truly sumptuous and very handsome imperial folio set of this major county history. The contents are largely in very clean and good condition and the whole has been assembled with fastidious care. Sadly, there is no evidence as to who it was done by or who owned it before William Foyle.The maps include those by Christopher Saxton, Johannes Blaeu, Jan Jannson, Emanuel Bowen (7), John Norden and W. Kip, C & J Greenwood, Philip Lea, John Rocque, Henry Overton, Robert Morden, Richard Blome, Thomas Kitchin, John Cary, James Pigot, J. Roper and Thomas Dix, plus a large-scale 25-sheet map by John Chapman & Peter Andre (220 x 285 cm), and a 4-sheet county map by Colonel Mudge (OS maps), and a large-scale county map by C. & J. Greenwood.There are watercolour views of Woodford by W. H. Bartlett, 1832, (330 x 495 mm); St Botolph's Priory by G. F. Phillips, 1807; Mr Trott's Farm near Romford by J. C. Nattes; Great Canfield by A. Barfield, 1844; large sepia wash drawing of Nether Hall [by Laporte]; large plan of Colchester Barracks by J. Parkyns, 1806; unsigned views of Waltham Abbey, Tilty Abbey, Thaxted (pencil), Southend (2), South Bemfleet (sepia), House of Mrs Masson at Hornchurch; plus portraits of Lady Anne Lucas by T. Athow, Thomas Littleton and Sir Thomas Hervey (fine copy).Among the numerous portraits are approximately 14 mezzotints of Oliver Cromwell (trimmed to oval), George Capel, Earl of Essex, James I, Duke of Albemarle, Admiral Sir George Pocock, Samuel Bosanquet (relined; not in Index), Bishop Compton, Lady Fairfax (small), John Knight and family, Thomas Wood, Edward Bright, Henry Vane, John Morley and Thomas Lane.

Army List. A List of the Officers of the Army, and Marines, with an index: A List of the Officers on Half-Pay; and a Succession of Colonels, The Thirty-Sixth Edition, London: War-Office, 15th March 1788, Large Paper copy, [ii], 388pp., marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated full red morocco, with decorative and Greek key gilt borders, a little rubbed, folio, together withA List of the General and Field-Officers, as they rank in the Army; of the Officers in the several regiments of Horse, Dragoons, and Foot, on the British and Irish Establishments. (To which is now added, an alphabetical index), the Royal Regiment of Artillery, and Corps of Engineers, The Irish Artillery and Engineers, and the Marines. On Full and Half Pay. With the dates of their commissions, as they rank in each corps and in the Army. The Governors, Leftenant-Governors & c. of His Majesty's Garrisons at Home and Abroad, with their Allowances. All the Officers on Half-Pay: and a succession of Colonels, with the uniform to each regiment, form the new order of clothing, & c. the whole complete for 1773, London: Printed for J. Millan, opposite the Admiralty Office, Whitehall, [1773], title, 221pp, with publishers list to verso of final leaf, B4 (page 14) somewhat browned to verso, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, contemporary gilt-decorated red full morocco, gilt spine with morocco title label, a little rubbed and a few marks to extremities, 8voQTY: (2)

Illuminated Diploma. A hand-illuminated diploma on vellum in Latin, Venice, 1644, 6 leaves, granting a degree as Doctor in Philosophy to 'D. Franciscus Maria Ferreus civis Venetus filius excellentissimi D. Alouisii I V Doctoris', granted by 'Nicolaus Caopena Plebanus Sancti Joannis in Bragora, et Studii Generalis Venetiar... ', with a colophon and signatures of Julius Malvicini and Angelus Schietti, finely decorated throughout, beginning with a full-page painting of the Malvicini arms superimposed on the crowned double-headed eagle of Austria surrounded by elaborate flower and scroll borderwork springing from two half-length female figures, with figures of the Virgin and Child, St Mark and St Julian in the top scroll, the other pages with deep borders flower and scroll work, the whole illuminated in gold, silver and colours by a skilled Venetian artist of the period, recto of first leaf and verso of final leaf blank, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, contemporary Italian red morocco richly gilt, the covers elaborately tooled with a design in the style of Le Gascon, remains of three silk ties (one detached) and spine cord, a little rubbed, slim small folio (sheet size 240 x 175 mm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

[Devereux, Robert, second Earl of Essex, 1566-1601]. A bound collection of heraldic tracts including pedigrees showing the relationship between the Earl of Essex, Queen Elizabeth and other Knights of the Garter, late 16th Century, 250 leaves manuscript on paper, with 17th-century additions, some pages blank, early pagination with pages numbered 109-616, some other foliation and partial renumbering in modern pencil, some dust-soiling, late 18th-century armorial bookplate of (?)’T.S.M.’ by J[ames] Kirk to front pastedown, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, beneath and William H. Robinson’s Bibliotheca Phillippica bookseller’s ticket below that, old pencil inscription at head of pastedown indicating the volume was ex Bibliotheca Heberiana and Phillippica, uncut, 18th-century vellum-backed marbled boards, gilt-titled leather spine label, ‘MS. Heraldic Pedigrees of Earl of Essex & C.’, inscribed beneath in old ink, ‘olim Ld Somers nup Sir Jos. Jekyll’, small paper shelf-mark numbers at foot, [Phillipps MS] ‘8196’ and ‘228’, slightly soiled, some edge wear to boards, folio (305 x 210 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex (1566-1601); Edward Dyer (1543-1607) and family; John Somers (1651-1716); Joseph Jekyll (1663-1738); (?)T.S.M. (bookplate); Richard Heber (1773-1833); Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), (Phillipps MS 8196 spine label); William H. Robinson, booksellers; W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).An old brief 4-page manuscript index is loosely inserted, evidently written before pp. 1-108 were separated and ‘lost’. These missing leaves are identified as ‘Calendar of the Dorse of the Close Rolls 1 H. A.; Fines 1 H. A.; Table to these after many blank leaves’.There can be little doubt that this set of pedigrees was executed for the Earl of Essex for some special purpose. Folio 244r (p. 603 of original pagination) bears the signature of ‘Edward Dyer’ in a 17th-century hand. Sir Edward Dyer (1543-1607), the poet, had as a patron Walter Devereux, first Earl of Essex, father of Robert, the second Earl. Thus Robert and Dyer must have been on intimate terms, which would account for the manuscript being in the possession of the Dyer family in the seventeenth century.

* The Essex Rebellion. 'Speeches Delivered in the Starrchamber, the xxixth of November, 1599: the Lord Keeper: the Lord Treasurer: The Earle of Nottingham, the Lord Chamberleyne, the Lord North: Mr. Comptroller, and Mr. Secretarye Cecill' [and] 'A Collection off Speeches in the Starrchamber touchinge the Trayterous Conspiracyes, of the Earle of Essex, and other his Complices, delyvered on ffridaye the xiith of ffebruary Anno 1600: in open Corte: By the Lord Keeper, The Lord Admyrall Sr Willm Knowles and Sr Robte Civill' [and] ‘A Speech Deliered by Sir Robte Civill, Secretarye, in the Starrchamber the [blank] ffebruary Anno 1600’, manuscript copy, c. 1620, [32] pages including cover title (‘A Collection of Divers Speeches in the Starrchamber’) and final blank leaf, written in a very neat secretarial hand without page breaks or pagination, some light soiling throughout, extracted from a larger work with evidence of original spine stitching, disbound, folio (265 x 190 mm), preserved in an early 20th-century gilt-titled red quarter morocco over cloth chemise, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedownQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Nearly all the speeches reported in this manuscript relate to the Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565-1601). Those of 1599 were made to counteract the popular manifestations of sympathy for the Earl, then a prisoner: a detailed account of his offences was set forth. The speeches of 1600-1601 are of the same propagandist nature. They relate to the Essex rebellion which occurred a week before.

Belchamp St Paul, Essex. A volume of manuscript copies of Latin (and some English) deeds running from 1297 to 1586, titled ‘A booke wherin is entred and Written divers Dedes of feoffment, Releases, Indentures of sale of lande, and other evidences, wylles, wrightine and notes concernyng chiefly the messuages landes tenements and hereditaments situate lying and being in Paules Belchamp in the countie of Essex. Trulye copied out and agreing verbatim with the originalls. Collected in maner of a Register by the procurement of William Golding Esquier the third day of Januari Anno d[o]m[in]i 1584’, title and 58 leaves manuscript on paper, final folio [59] largely torn away and missing along with following two blanks, 21 blank leaves including 9 with foliation only, title on folio 13r, written in a neat secretary hand and the entries from folio 49v in the same hand at a slightly later date, a few scattered spots and some old dampstaining to lower margins of final few leaves, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, contemporary limp vellum with remains of tie and ‘Essex’ written in manuscript to upper cover, some soiling, wear and partial loss of vellum along upper margin of lower cover and spine, folio (300 x 200 mm), contained in a modern black morocco gilt folder with additional Foyle bookplate to inside coverQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).Belchamp St Paul is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex. It is 5 miles west of Sudbury, Suffolk, and 23 miles north-east of the county town, Chelmsford.William Golding would appear to be the son of John Golding and Elizabeth (Towe), of Belchamp St Paul, Essex. His father John married twice, having eleven children in total. One of the sons from the second marriage to Ursula (Merston) was Arthur Golding (1536-1606), the Elizabethan author and translator. Arthur (William’s younger half brother) is most well-known for his witty and beautiful translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, first published in 1567, which went through eight editions and had an enormous influence on English literature and poetry. This is the translation that William Shakespeare read and borrowed from, and which Ezra Pound called ‘the most beautiful book in the English language’. Arthur is buried in the village churchyard of St Andrew’s and a memorial to him is within the church. William was born before 1528 and died in London in 1588.

Percyvall (Richard). A Dictionarie in Spanish and English, first published into the English tongue by Ric. Percivale Gent. Now enlarged and amplified with many thousand words, as by this mark * to each of them prefixed may appeere; together with the accenting of every word throughout the whole Dictionarie, for the true pronunciation of the language and also for the divers signification of one and the self same word: and for the learners ease and furtherance, the declining of all hard and irregular verbs; and for the same cause the former order of the Alphabet is altered, divers hard and uncouth phrases and speeches out of sundry of the best Authors explaned, with divers necessarie notes and especiall directions for all such as shall be desirest to attaine the perfection of the Spanish tongue.... , 1st edition, London: Imprinted at London by Edm. Bollifant, 1599, 4 preliminary leaves, 391pp. (1-391), bookplate of Algernon Capell, Earl of Essex, dated 1701 pasted to title verso, blank fore-margin of title a little trimmed, bound with A Spanish Grammar, firts collected and published by Richard Percivale Gent. Now augmented and increased with the declining of all the Irregular and hard verbes in that toong, with divers other especiall Rules and necessarie Notes for all such as shall be desirous to attain the perfection of the Spanish tongue. Done by John Minshue Professor of Languages in London. Hereunto for the yoong beginners learning and ease, are annexed Speeches, Phrases, and Proverbes, expounded out of divers Authors, setting downe the line and the leafe wherein the same bookes they shall find them..., London: Imprinted at London by Edm. Bollifant, 1599, two parts in one, 4 preliminary leaves, 84pp.; 2 preliminary leaves, 68pp., printer's woodcut devise to each title, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle to front pastedown, late 17th-century English panelled calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt arms on sides of Algernon Capell, Earl of Essex, rebacked with original spine preserved, and label renewed, head and foot of spine a trifle worn, corners repaired, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Algernon Capell, Earl of Essex (binding and armorial bookplate, dated 1701); Christie's London, The Library of William Foyle, Wednesday 12 July 2000, lot 383 (part).STC 19620 & 19622.First edition of one of the earliest Spanish-English dictionaries and grammars, which Minsheu based on Richard Percival's Bibliotheca Hispanica of 1591. The two works were issued together; within the Spanish Grammar is a section of Pleasant and Delightfull Dialogues with a separate title page.

Rushworth (John). Historical Collections Private Passages of State. Of Weighty Matters in Law. Remarkable Proceedings in Five Parliaments. Beginning the Sixteenth Year of King James, Anno 1618. And ending the Fifth Year of King Charls, Anno 1629. Digested in Order of Time, 1st edition, London: Printed by Tho. Newcomb for George Thomason, 1659, linen-backed double-page engraved historical map frontispiece depicting scenes from the Civil War (slightly cropped to margins and repair to central fold), 2 engraved portrait plates (plate of James I torn to lower outer blank corner), with two-eaf dedication to Richard Lord Protector at front (sometimes lacking) and advert leaf at rear, leaf 4N1 torn to fore-margin slightly affecting marginal note to p. 654, endpapers renewed retaining 18th-century armorial bookplate of Thomas Fountayne (1713-1739) with elephant crest, and late 19th/early 20th-century bookplate of Frederick J[ames] O[sbaldeston] Montagu, (1878-1957), contemporary calf, neatly rebacked in light brown morocco with gilt decoration to spine and red morocco title label, corners refurbished, folio, together with:Wilson (Arthur). The History of Great Britain, being The Life and Reign of King James the First relating to what passed from his first access to the Crown, till his Death, London: Richard Lownds, 1653, lacking portrait frontispiece, short worm trail to initial leaves, some light dust-soiling, top edge gilt, red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, of Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, lightly faded to spine, small folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: 1. Thomas Fountayne (bookplate); Frederick J. O. Montagu (bookplate); 2. W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).1. STC R2316; Lowndes vol. IV p.2153; Abbot 1023.2. ESTC R38664; Wing W2888; Gibson, 651b. With a different setting from the edition with 'Iames' and 'accesse' in title and 'dore' in imprint (see ESTC R200950; Gibson, 651a).Rushworth’s Historical Collections narrates a turbulent period: the years leading up to the English Civil War. Throughout his narrative, Rushworth shows a partiality towards the side of Parliament. His narrative also issues a warning of the potential chaos and destruction that these might lead to. The important folding map, untitled but attributed to Wenceslas Hollar (Baynton-Williams, New Worlds, 83), juxtaposes a map of the British Isles with a view of the Battle of Prague – thus comparing the Thirty Years’ War that was devastating Europe with the Civil War that was engulfing England, and providing a warning to the English of the consequences of civil disorder.

Digges (Sir Dudley). The Compleat Ambassador: or two treaties of the intended marriage of Qu: Elizabeth of Glorious Memory; comprised in letters of negotation of Sir Francis Walsingham, her Resident in France. Together with the Answers of the Lord Burleigh, the Earl of Leicester, Sir Tho: Smith, and others. Wherein as in a clear Mirror, maybe seeing the Faces of the two Courts of England and France, as they then stood; with many remarkable passages of State, not at all mentioned in any history, 1st edition, London: Printed by Tho[mas] Newcomb for Gabriel Bedell and Thomas Collins, and are to be sold at their Shop at the Middle-Temple Gate in Fleetstreet, 1655, [16], 232, 231-414, 419-434, 439-441, [7] pp., ([pi]4, a4, B-Iii4, Kkk2, c3, with signature Ggg1 missigned Hhh1), engraved frontispiece by William Faithorne ([pi]1), somewhat close-trimmed to lower margin (just touching platemark to the left), title-page printed in red and black, Yy3 repaired to lower outer corner, without loss, burgundy morocco gilt plate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, contemporary blind-ruled full calf, with modern blind-ruled reback to match, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).ESTC R22010; Wing D1453.

Walsingham (Francis, c. 1532-1590). Copy Letterbook from his Embassy to France, August 1570 to November 1572, late 16th-century manuscript, beginning with his instructions and comprising copies of letters received from the English court and letters sent by Walsingham, with principal correspondents including Queen Elizabeth, Lord Burghley and the Earl of Leicester, 155 leaves manuscript on paper, apparently in one late 16th-century scribal secretary hand, contemporary foliation (1-160 but wanting five folios, 148-152), some dust-soiling and old dampstaining, mostly towards rear, final 8 leaves on slightly larger partly uncut sheets, Ralph Thoresby ownership inscription at head of folios 1 and 153, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt (except fore-edges of final 8 uncut folios), 19th-century red morocco gilt with arms of the 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne to both covers, slightly rubbed and soiled, folio (295 x 187 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: This copy was formerly in the possession of the antiquarian Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725), and described by him on page 519 of his Ducatus Leodiensis (1715). It was lot 23 in the Thoresby sale (London, 5 March 1764); Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lynes (gilt arms), and then sold as lot 1337 in the 7th Duke’s Clumber Library sale by Sotheby’s, 14-16 February 1938 (lot description and pencil note tipped in); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).An early copy of important ambassadorial correspondence. Sir Francis Walsingham's first embassy to Paris was dominated by the proposed marriage of the Queen to the Duc d'Anjou, and by increasing English entanglement in the revolt against the Spanish in the Low Countries. These policies depended upon fostering a close alliance with France, but the relationship was abruptly sundered by the St Bartholomew Day Massacre in August 1572, when thousands of Protestants were murdered on the streets of Paris and across France. Walsingham was recalled the following May having proved his worth to his Queen and was to remain a pillar of Elizabeth's government until his death in 1590.Walsingham was one of the most acute politicians of his generation and his correspondence provides a remarkable and full insight into the French court and Anglo-French relations at this dangerous moment. Walsingham's original correspondence during this embassy was somehow obtained by Sir Robert Cotton, who recognised its importance. This manuscript is one of a number of copies of the letters that were made, presumably after the letters reached Cotton's library. The bulk of the correspondence was published in 1655 (from another manuscript belonging to Sir Dudley Digges) under the title The Compleat Ambassador, the first printed collection of diplomatic papers in English.

* Sidney (Philip, 1554-1586). English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier. 'The Coppye of a Letter wrytten by Sr: Phillipp Sidnye to Queene Elizabeth, Touchinge hir Marryage wth Mounsieur’, [c. 1580], manuscript copy, c. 1620, [28] pages including final blank leaf, written in a very neat secretarial hand, some light soiling throughout, extracted from a larger work with evidence of original spine stitching, disbound, folio (265 x 190 mm), preserved in an early 20th-century gilt-titled red quarter morocco over cloth chemise, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedownQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate). This letter was written by Sir Philip Sidney to Queen Elizabeth just before or just after the beginning of the year 1580. In it he states his reasons for opposing her proposed marriage with the Duke of Anjou. This manuscript, (written in the same hand as the following two lots), differs from the partial transcript given by H. R. Fox Bourne, A Memoir of Sir Philip Sidney, 1862, pp. 253-9. The following is a transcript of the first paragraph of this manuscript, indicating where it differs from Fox Bourne's text:- ‘Most ffeared and Beloved, most sweete and gratious Soveraigne; to seeke out excuses of this my bouldnesse, and to arme the acknoweledginge of a ffaulte, wth Reasons ffor it, might better shewe I knowe I did amysse then any whitt (F.B.'way') dminishe the attempte, especiallye in yor Judgmte whoe is (F.B. 'being') able lyvelie to discerne (F.B. 'to discern lively) into the nature of the thinge done, Itt were ffollye to hope with (F.B.'by') layenge on better Coullors to make it more acceptable Thereffore, carryenge none (F.B.‘no') other Olyve Braunche of Intercession, then the layenge my selfe att yor ffeete, nor, noe other insinu- acon, eyther ffor attencon, or Pardon, Butt the true vowed sacriffyce of unffaigned Love I will in simple and (F.B. omits 'and') dyrecte tearmes (as hopeinge they shall come (F.B.'they shall only come') to your mercyffull eyes) sett downe the over-ffloweinge of my mynde in this most (F.B. omits 'most') important matter, importinge (as I thinck) the Contynuance of your saffetye and as I knowe, the Joyes of my lyfe.' See Arthur Collins, Letters and Memorials of State ('Sydney Papers'), 1746, volume I, pp. 287-92.

Gell (Sir William). The Topography of Troy, and its Vicinity; Illustrated and Explained by Drawings and Descriptions, 1st edition, London: printed by C. Whittingham for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1804, title with hand-coloured engraved vignette, 2 hand-coloured engraved maps, 28 fine hand-coloured etched and aquatint plates by Thomas Medland after William Gell, including 3 folding (a couple of short closed tears to two folding plates), 13 illustrations of which 11 hand-coloured, occasional light offsetting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, finely bound in later navy full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, covers with triple fillet borders in gilt with anthemion decorations to corners and innermost fillet, spine with raised bands, lettered in the second compartment, the others tooled with elaborate repeat decorations, folio, 42.5 x 27 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The Library of William Foyle, Part III, Christie's, 13 July 2000, lot 815.Abbey Travel 399; Blackmer 660.'Gell visited the Troad in December 1801 in company with Dodwell. He used the camera lucida to produce very accurate sketches. Gell fixed the site of Troy at Bounarbashi, in agreement with le Chevalier's theories.' (Blackmer). 'Certainly the most beautiful book on Troy ever published.' (A. K. Lascarides).

* Cromwell (Oliver, 1599-1658). Lord Protector of England. Great Seal of the Commonwealth, attached to a vellum document, Westminster, 24 May 1658, the document handwritten in brown ink and concerning a dispute between John Thornicroft and Jeffrey Hetherington over land and property in Charterhouse Lane in the parish of St Sepulchre's, to be tried before the Chief Justice, Oliver St John, calligraphic first line with large decorative initial 'O' and decorative initials 'L' and 'P' for the words 'Lord Protector', the borders decorated with pen and pencil floral motifs, some rubbing, spotting and uneven ink tones, skilful repair and pen work to small centre portion of upper border, 605 x 675 mm, a complete Great Seal of the Commonwealth appended (45 mm diameter), slightly rubbed, the whole folded into a bespoke plush-lined velvet document box to display the seal showing Parliament, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to moire silk cover on inside of lid, 20th-century red straight-grained morocco lettered in gilt to upper cover and spine, oblong small folio (20 x 26 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate). A six-page typed transcription with silk spine tie is included in the box along with an old Maggs Bros catalogue description of the item, c. 1950's.Although both sides of the seal are somewhat rubbed some details of the impressions are still clearly visible. This is the second Great Seal of the Commonwealth (1651), the obverse showing a map of England, Wales and Ireland, the reverse the House of Commons in session.A rare and good survival.

* Bacon (Francis, 1561-1626). Lord Verulam, English philosopher and statesman. Grant to Sir Francis Bacon from his mother, Lady Ann Bacon, of the farm in Arneways in the parish of Barking, Essex, 10 December 1595, vellum document, calligraphic initial letter, signed by Lady Ann Bacon with wax seal appended, 190 x 400 mm, folded and displayed with centre portion of the document, signature and seal showing in a plush-lined red straight-grained morocco book box, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to inner lid, slightly rubbed, folio (32 x 21.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Maggs Bros., Catalogue 737, 1944, item 841. The entry notes: ‘Some writers state that Francis Bacon was the son of Queen Elizabeth, but this document rather disproves this fact.’ W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate). Under the will of her father, Sir Anthony Cooke, of Romford, Essex, Lady Ann Bacon undoubtedly received property in Essex of which the farm of Arneways was a part. This property being in her own right, she was free to dispose of it to her sons as she wished. ‘I Ladie Anne Bacon widow, late wife to Sir Nicholas Bacon Kinght, Late I Ladie Anne Bacon widow, late wife to Sir Nicholas Bacon Knight, late Lord Keeper of the Greate Seale of England, deceased, doe sende greetinge in or Lord God evr. lastinge. Knowe ye that I the said Ladie Anne Bacon for and in consideration of the naturall and mothclie love favour and affection which I beare unto and towardes my dear and lovinge sonne Francis Bacon of Graves Inne in the Countie of Mid. Esquier, have given granted surrendred and yealded upp, And by theise pntes. doe clearlie and absolutlie give grante surrender release and yeald upp unto the said Francis Bacon and his heirs for evr. all the estate right title interest condicon and demande whatsoevr. which I the said Ladie Anne Bacon now have or at anie time or times hereafter shall or maye, and in or to all that Tente or farme called Arncwayes and the orchard gardinge three pightells with thappurtenances lyeing and beinge in the Pish. of Barkinge in the Countie of Essex in a ccrtaine place there called Padnall Corner containinge in all seaven acres and a halfe more or less and one meadowe called Browfeild meadow contayninge by istemacon thre acres with theire appurtinances in the said Pish. of Barkinge.’ Etc.

Barnes (Joshua). The History of that Most Victorious Monarch Edward IIId. King of England and France, and Lord of Ireland. And First Founder of the Most Noble Order of the Garter: Being a Full and Exact Account of the said King, Together with that of His Mosr Renowned Son Edward, Prince of Wales and of Aquatain Sirnamed the Black-Prince. Faithfully and carefully collected from the best and most antient authors domestick and foreign, printed books, manuscripts and records, 1st edition, Cambridge, 1688, engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved plates, lacking the engraved portrait of the author by R. White, title printed in red and black, 4 pp. dedicatory poem, dated 1690 by Thomas Heyrick bound after contents leaves, a few small burnholes and small marginal wormtracks, a little minor spotting, early ownership signatures of William Tryon and erased signature of Ch. Delafay at head of title, endpapers renewed later panelled calf, rubbed with some worming and losses to lower margins of covers, folio, together with Fuller (Thomas). The History of the Worthies of England, who for parts and learning have been eminent in the several counties. Together with an historical narrative of the native commodities and rarities in each county, 1st edition, London: printed by J. G. W. L. and W. G. for Thomas Williams, 1662, engraved portrait frontispiece by David Loggan, bound with a nineteenth century 'An Alphabetical Index to Fuller's Worthies of England at rear, a little minor spotting at front, early 20th century bookplate of the Earl of Cromer and crimson morocco gilt bookplate W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, later dark purple morocco, covers panelled in gilt with volute corner pieces, spine with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges slightly rubbed, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance (second work): Evelyn Baring (1841-1917), Earl of Cromer (bookplate); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate for Fuller)First work ESTC R7544; Wing B871; second work ESTC R37357; Wing F2440