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Rolls (Mrs Henry [Mary]) Legends of the North, or The Feudal Christmas; A Poem. Simpkin and Marshall, 1825, first edition, xii, 272 pages, 'The scene of this poem is Nappa Hall, situated in the beautiful and romantic dale of Wensley, in the North Riding of Yorkshire ...'. Sporadic foxing, ink manuscript identifying author on title page, original worn boards. [Defoe (Daniel)], The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Being the Second and Last Part of his Life, and of the Strange Surprizing Accounts of his Travels Round ThreeParts of the Globe. W. Taylor, 1719, [8], 373 pages, 'second issue' of the first edition (Hutchins) with all issue points of ESTC N47837 and p.280 variation. Lacks plate and final leaf of adverts. It may also lack a map, though ESTC does not mention a map with this issue. Eighteenth-century ownership inscriptions to title and pastedowns, annotation to margins of latter pages. Worn and stained in worn calf binding. (2)

Cookery - an 18th and 19th century manuscript recipe book, inscribed to inside front board ** Baker ** 1737, above C* Martin, Lincolnshire, subsequent dates of October 15th 1840, 1866 and 1867, in ink MS with receipts including Paneer Cheese, To Make Scotch Scallops, Catchup, Sturgeon Pickle, Icing for a Rich Cake, etc, vellum bound

World War I - Royal Flying Corps - a manuscript poem, An Airman's Ecstasy, by Flying Officer J Gillespie Magee R.F.C., 12cm x 16.5cm, oak frame, 23.5cm x 28.5cm

Persian manuscript page depicting a scene of a hunt. Inscriptions along the top and bottom. The hunt features a snow leopard, deer, and a tiger attacking one of the hunters. Further text along the verso.Height: 9 3/4 in x width: 6 1/2 in.Condition: Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email condition@revereauctions.com with any condition questions.

EICHMANN ADOLF: (1906-1962) German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer of World War II. Rare autograph manuscript signed `Adolf Eichmann´, one page, oblong 8vo sheet notepaper, n.p., 10th March 1961, in German. The page bears a lengthy text in Eichmann's hand, explaining his own thoughts short before the start of his trial, stating in part `Too far without being aware of, they are molded and bent, so that you´d hardly expected, got in the hell of a mess and that before becoming aware, did not succeed to leave, so simple because events occur, and exclude own free will acting´. About VG  Eichmann was kidnapped-captured by the Mossad in Argentina on 11th May 1960 and was taken to Israel. At the time of the present letter, Eichmann was imprisoned in Israel. Written only a month before Eichmann´s trial started on 11th April 1961. He was subsequently found guilty of war crimes in a widely publicised trial in Jerusalem. Sentenced to death, Eichmann was executed by hanging in 1962. 

[MANHATTAN PROJECT]: ULAM STANISLAW (1909-1984) Polish-American scientist in the fields of mathematics and nuclear physics. Ulam participated in the Manhattan Project and originated the Teller-Ulam design of thermonuclear weapons. Manuscript D.S., S. M. Ulam, Los Alamos Laboratory, one page, 4to, Paris, 30th October 1950. Ulam responds to a researcher's questionnaire entitled World Inquiry, with their manuscript questions at the head of the page, '1. Were your scientific "debut" easy or difficult? 2. Did means of living…..enable you to make yourself known in science? Or did you live solely through your work of laboratory? 3. What work (or what discovery) made yourself more famous? Which do you consider as your masterpiece?'. Ulam provides his answers beneath, in full, '1. The start of my scientific work was rather "easy". I was, fortunately, independent financially at that time. 2. Whatever "name" I had made it was through some scientific work. 3. The start of my scientific work was in set-theory, theory of real variable topology. Later I worked in the theory of probabilities, analysis, finally in theoretical physics', adding his signature below. At the foot of the page Ulam has penned his name ('Stanislaw M. Ulam') and address in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG 

[LES MISERABLES] HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French novelist, poet and dramatist. A significant original page of manuscript in the hand of Hugo, unsigned, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (late 1840s?), in French. The manuscript represents the novelist's working draft of one of the most important parts of the historical novel Les Misérables (1862), considered one of the greatest works of literature of the 19th century, and varies in parts to the final published text. Hugo heads the page with the word Forteresse ('Fortress') and continues to write, in part, 'C'etait l'acropole des va-nu-pieds.....Il arrive quelques fois que......meme contre l'egalite et la fraternite, meme contre les principes…… Ce sont la, des journees lugubres car il y a toujours une certaine quantite de droits meme dans cette demence, il y a du suicide dans ce duel; et ces mots qui veulent etre des injures, gueux, canaille…..' (Translation: 'It was the acropolis of the tramps…..Sometimes it happens that…..even against equality and fraternity, even against principles…..These are gloomy days for there are always a certain amount of rights even in this madness, there is suicide in this duel and these words that want to be insults, beggar, scoundrel…..'). An exceptional page of manuscript in which the embryo of one of the most famous pieces of French prose is set down on paper by Hugo for the first time. Some light overall age wear and minor creasing and a few small tears and insignificant areas of paper loss to the edges, GIn 1848 a new wave of revolution swept across Europe, triggered by the political unrest of bourgeois liberals and nationalists, crop failures several years in a row, and economic troubles. In France, Louis Philippe was driven from his throne. After a bloody struggle between the working-class and the middle-class provisional government in Paris, the Second Republic was established, with a mainly middle-class national assembly and Louis Napoleon, who was related to Napoleon I, as president.Hugo was sympathetic to the 1848 revolution, became a representative in the assembly, and initially supported Louis Napoleon. However, in 1851 the president assumed control of France in a military coup d'etat, and in 1852 the population voted to disband the republic and re-establish the empire. Hugo was disillusioned with both the French people who were willing to exchange freedom for stability and with Napoleon III, who had traded in his republican opinions to become a dictator. Criticizing the government and Louis Napoleon publicly, he was forced to leave France, first for Belgium and then for the Channel Islands. Les Misérables, which Hugo composed from the late 1840s to 1862 during his exile, integrated his feelings about the political situation, his memories of the barricades of 1848, and his republican ideals. The novel denounces the degradation of the urban working-class and society's mistreatment and neglect of the poor, especially women and children. (From: Les Misérables - A Historical Perspective).

CHARLES V: (1500-1558) Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria 1519-56, King of Spain (Castile and Aragon) 1516-56, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy 1506-55. A fine L.S., `Yo El Rey´, one page, 4to, Genoa, 20th August 1529, to the Duke of Barcelona, in old Spanish. The attractively penned manuscript document states in part `Duque primo de Barcelona, os hice saber el día que me embarqué. Después, con ayuda de nuestro señor seguí mi viaje, y… a su divina majestad que llegué en salvamento a esta ciudad de Génova, a doce del presente mes de agosto´, )Translation: “Duke of Barcelona, my cousin, I informed you about the date I embarked. Later, with the help of our Lord I continued my travel, and… to Your Divine Majesty that I arrived to save this city of Genoa, on the 12th of the present month of August”) Charles V further refers to the situation in Genoa and expects that all will work in the way he expects. Boldly countersigned beneath the King´s signature by the Major Court clerk, `Por mandado de su Majestad, Covos… mayor´ (Translation: “By order of His Majesty…”) Addressed to the verso. Bearing to the verso right bottom corner a Putnam collection stamp. Very small overall age wear with few small binding holes to the left border and tear to the fold, none affecting the text or signatures. G On 12th of August 1529, Charles V was welcomed and honoured as the protector of the Republic by Andrea Doria, who had entered the service of the Emperor in June 1528, and by the citizens of Genoa. Andrea Doria (1466-1560) Genoese statesman, Condottiero and Admiral who played a key role as the ruler in the Republic of Genoa during his lifetime. Doria reformed the Republic's constitutionOnly a day after the present letter was written, took place the Battle of Landriano, on 21st June 1529, between the French army under Francis de Bourbon and the Imperial-Spanish army commanded by Don Antonio de Leyva. The French army was destroyed and the battle's strategic result was that the struggle between Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor for the control of northern Italy was temporarily at an end.

DE GAULLE CHARLES: (1890-1970) French General who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II, later serving as Prime Minister of France 1958-59 and as President of France 1959-69. A powerful Autograph Note, unsigned, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p. (Paris?), n.d. (17th October 1966), in French. In bold pencil De Gaulle writes, in full, 'Considerez l'interet politique de lier l'Algerie a nous' (Translation: 'Consider the political interest of linking Algeria to us'). An ink annotation in an unidentified hand to the verso indicates that the note was written during a restricted meeting of the General Council on 17th October 1966. Lightly tipped to the inside of an official paper folder from the Minister of Finances, the cover marked in typescript 'Tres Important - mot manuscript du General au Ministre' (Translation: 'Very Important - handwritten word from the General to the Minister'. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG Upon becoming President, De Gaulle was faced with the urgent task of finding a solution to bring an end to the bloody and divisive war in Algeria, however his intentions were obscure and he faced uprisings in Algeria by the pied-noirs and the French armed forces. De Gaulle eventually arranged a cease-fire in Algeria in March 1962 which gave victory to the Algerian Liberation Movement (FLN) who came to power and declared independence. Although the Algerian issue was settled and the long crisis over, Prime Minister Michel Debre resigned over the final settlement. France recognised Algerian independence on 3rd July 1962. De Gaulle, who had served as Minister of Algerian Affairs from 1958-59, was targeted for death in retaliation for his Algerian initiatives and several assassination attempts were made on him. The most famous occurred on 22nd August 1962, when he and his wife narrowly escaped from an organised machine gun ambush on their Citroen limousine. Frederick Forsyth used the incident as the basis for his novel The Day of the Jackal. Michel Debre (1912-1996) French politician who served under De Gaulle as Prime Minister of France 1959-62 and later as Minister of the Economy and Finance 1966-68.

GREGORY XIV: (1535-1591) Pope of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States 1590-1591. During his brief pontificate which lasted only ten months, Gregory XIV excommunicated King Henry IV and levied an army for the invasion of France. Rare manuscript letter, with corrections and amendments in the Pope´s hand, one page, folio, n.p., 25th March January 1587, to Cardinal Monte-Alto, in Italian. Gregory XIV, in his capacity as Cardinal Nicolo Sfondrati, thanks his correspondent for reading his letter to his uncle Pope Sixtus V and states in part `Un Molto favore ben grande m´ha fatto V.[ostra] S.[signoria] Ill[ustrissi]ma, facendo leggere a N[ostro] S[igno]re quella lettera mia delli 8 di Gen[nai]o…et dando poi aviso a me di quanto S.[ua] B.[eatitudi] senti, et rispose in quell fatto…´ ("Y.[our] I.[llustrious] S.[signoria] did me a very big favour by making Our Eminence read that letter of mine dated on the 8th of January... and then giving me notice of what Y.[our] B.[eatitudi] feels, and replied to those facts...") Further again, and before concluding Gregory XIV states in part `..osservato poi il tempo, che il vic[ari]o mio stesse occupato in celebrar la messa, tornó con tutti I Sbirri a cercare con quell malmodo, che giá ho scritto..´ Accompanied by a full transcription of the letter. Small overall minor age wear, otherwise G   Alessandro Peretti di Montalto (1571-1623) Italian Catholic Cardinal Bishop.

FALKENHAYN ERICH VON: (1861-1922) German General, the second Chief of the German General Staff of World War I from 1914-16. D.S., v Falkenhayn, one page, oblong 8vo, Head Quarters, 27th January 1918, in German. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is issued in the name of the German Emperor and King of Prussia and awards Albert Treiber with the Iron Cross II Class in recognition of his special merits. Signed by Falkenhayn at the foot in his capacity as Oberbefehlshaber (Supreme Commander) of Heeresgruppen-Kommando F. Accompanied by an amusing associated letter in the hand of Major T. J. H. Hume-Humphreys. Some creasing, a few small tears to the edges, foxing and staining and with an area displaying traces of former mounting to the verso. FR, 2  

CHARLES VIII: (1470-1498) King of France 1483-98. A rare D.S., Charles, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Lyon, 1st March 1496, in Middle French. The manuscript document is addressed to Jehan Lalemant, receiver general of finances in the Duchy of Normandy, and is a warrant to pay Charles Depontoy the sum of one hundred gold crowns, granted above and besides the pledges, pensions and benefits he already receives, in order for him to acquire a house in Paris. Signed by the King at the foot and countersigned by Hobineau. Autographs of King Charles VIII are rare in any form as a result of an accident which left him in a coma, dying nine hours later at the young age of 27. A small area of loss to the upper left edge and a second area of loss to the lower right edge of the document have been neatly replaced, and with some minor staining (slightly affecting the King's signature) and light overall age wear. Some slight, minor traces of former mounting to the upper edge of the verso, G

ELGAR EDWARD: (1857-1934) English composer. A.L.S., Edward Elgar, two pages, 4to, Worcester, 23rd February 1932, to Miss. Chandler. Elgar thanks his correspondent for having sent the sheets of manuscript and remarks 'There is not much to alter, but you must remove the orch[estra]l acc[om]p[animen]t - this is never used for a first audition; the odd orchl. players may remain, as they very likely wd. do, to look on', further adding 'It is always difficult to avoid saying the 'score' - but that is the complete copy - the soloist plays from a "part". The other odd things will explain themselves: you have not been far wrong which shews intuition' and concluding 'If my marks & remarks - which I have been delighted to make - are not clear to you, please send again - and again'. A letter of interesting content. Some very light, minor creasing to the edges, otherwise VG

GORDON CHARLES GEORGE: (1833-1885) British Army officer and administrator, known as Chinese Gordon. Manuscript notes, unsigned, one page, 8vo, n.p. (Labore, Sudan), n.d. (4th July 1876). The page of notes are a summary of a letter written to Romolo Gessi and state, in part, '1. Engineer Dept & you to be paid monthly. 2. Egyptian Employer's after the order from Cairo. 3. Your nomination as Vakul (?) with all the attributes of Ali…..only see all money letters are signed by me after you'. The notes continue to refer to the purchase of horses, the hiring of a stable, the cost of food, tin water cans etc. and also include a table chart drawn by Gordon with several columns, one headed Already sent up and another To be sent. With a large area of paper loss to the lower left quarter, affecting a number of the sentences, and with some ink blotting, light creasing and age wear. Only FR Romolo Gessi (1831-1881) Gessi Pasha. Italian soldier, governor in the Turkish-Egyptian administration and explorer of north-east Africa. In 1876, while serving under Gordon in the Turkish Sudan, Gessi explored the course of the White Nile in the area of Bahr El Jebel and mapped its descent from Lake Albert. Gordon regarded Gessi, perhaps unfairly, as merely a brilliant mercenary. 

[MANHATTAN PROJECT]: KERST DONALD WILLIAM (1911-1993) American physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II, taking responsibility for designing and building the Water Boiler, a nuclear reactor and the first to use enriched uranium as a fuel. Manuscript D.S., D. W. Kerst, one page, 4to, n.p., 2nd June 1950. Kerst responds to a researcher's questionnaire entitled World Inquiry, with their manuscript questions at the head of the page, '1. Were your scientific "debut" easy or difficult? 2. Did means of living…..enable you to make yourself known in science? Or did you live solely through your work of laboratory? 3. What work (or what discovery) made yourself more famous? Which do you consider as your masterpiece?'. Kerst provides his answers beneath, in full, '1. The debut was made easily through the usual process of a graduate student of physics publishing research while working toward a doctor's degree. 2. I lived solely by my work in the university. 3. I am probably better known for my work in developing the betatron, but I have always worked in high voltage nuclear research particularly with the Van der Graaf electrostatic generator', adding his signature at the foot of the page. One minor, light stain to the right edge, only very slightly affecting a few words of Kerst's text, but not the signature. About VG

BOLAN MARC: (1947-1977) English guitarist, singer and songwriter, a pioneer of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex. Autograph Manuscript notes, unsigned (although featuring his name Marc in three places within the text), one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. (c.1970). On ruled notebook paper, and in various coloured inks, Bolan has penned a series of notes, including deletions, relating to the recording of the song Seagull Women (released as Seagull Woman), in part, 'acustics (sic) mixed down….marc tracked on change down….mixed together lightly play Gibson thru out….Piano on C-C7-F-D7….guitar solo…Fender….drum pounded floor tom tom, deep sound Bass, marc tracked riff voices….on end drums on own, marc little acustic (sic) riff once'. One of the deleted notes, relating to 'deep sound', states 'First try Fuzz Hendrix sound'. An extremely rare Bolan manuscript, particularly considering the musician's tragically early death in a car crash at the age of 29. A single file hole to the right edge, not affecting the text, VGSeagull Woman appeared as track four on the B-side of the album T. Rex which was released on 18th December 1970 and had been recorded at the Trident Studios in London from July - August in the same year. The track represented the first time that Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman ('Flo and Eddie') provided back-up vocals to a T. Rex song. The duo would go on to sing on most of the group's subsequent string of hits.

TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD & FOUCHE: TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD CHARLES MAURICE DE (1754-1838) Prince of Talleyrand, French clergyman, politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of France, 1815 & FOUCHE JOSEPH (1759-1820) 1st Duc d'Otrante, 1st Comte Fouche. French statesman and revolutionary who served as Minister of Police (1799-1810, 1815) under Napoleon Bonaparte. D.S. by both Talleyrand ('Charles Maurice') and Fouche ('Comte de l'Empire Fouche') individually, one page, folio, Schoenbrunn, 24th August 1809, in French. The partially printed document, with manuscript insertions in the hand of Fouche, is addressed to Monsieur Laffontan, President of the Canton of Valence and is an Extrait des Minutes de la Secretairerie d'Etat ('Extract from the Minutes of the Secretary of State') originally issued by Hugues-Bernard Maret, Duke of Bassano, on behalf of Napoleon I, and states that they have deemed it appropriate to convene the assembly of the canton on 17th October 1809, and consequently order Laffontan to execute, and cause to be executed, the provisions of the acts of the Constitutions of the Empire, further stating 'Nous avons fait connaitre a notre premier Inspecteur de la Gendarmerie, et au General commandant la 10 eme Division militaire, que vous avez seul la police de l'assemblee; que nulle force armee ne doit etre placee pres du lieu de ses seances ni y penetrer sans votre requistion; qu'ils doivent ordonner de deferer a celles que vous adresserez aux Commandans de la Gendarmerie, et de vous preter assistance, si le cas l'exige et que vous le demandiez' (Translation: 'We have made it known to our first Inspector of the Gendarmerie, and to the General commanding the 10th Military Division, that you alone have the police of the assembly; that no armed force should be placed near the place of its meetings or enter there without your request; that they must order to defer to those which you will address to the Commanders of the Gendarmerie, and to lend you assistance, if the case requires it and that you ask for it'). Signed at the foot by Talleyrand in his capacity as Vice-Grand-Elector and by Fouche in his capacity as Minister of the Interior (rare as such; Fouche only served in the post from 29th June to 1st October 1809) and with a circular blind embossed seal beneath. With blank integral leaf. Some light, minor staining to the lower left corner and a very small hole to the centre of the text, otherwise VG  

DAVOUT LOUIS NICOLAS: (1770-1823) Marshal of France, Duc d´Auerstaedt and Prince of Eckmuhl. Known as the Iron Marshal, Davout was the only Napoleonic Marshal not to have been defeated in battle by 1815. Unusual A.L.S., `L. Davout´, one page, 4to, Skierniewice (between Lodz and Warsaw), in Poland, 28th October [1807], to his wife Aimée Leclerc, in French. Davout sends a bold ink manuscript letter to his wife from Poland, where he has been recently appointed by Napoleon Governor-General of the new created Duchy following the Treaties of Tislit few months before. Davout misses his wife´s letters and states in part `Depuis quatre ou cinq couchers je suis sans connaitre de toi ma chère Aimée… je me suis privé du droit de faire de pareilles remarques, je me bornerai à t´assurer qu´elles me font le plus grand plaisir…´ (Translation: “For four or five nights I have been without getting news from you, my dear Aimée… I have deprived myself of the right to make such remarks, I will confine myself to assuring you that they give me the greatest pleasure.…”) Davout further refers to the weather in Poland, saying `Le mauvais temps vient de reprendre et il me prive de courir la campagne et de faire un exercice dont j'avais le plus grand besoin...´ (Translation: “The bad weather has just resumed and it deprives me of running the countryside and doing an exercise that I needed the most...” Before concluding, Davout sends all his love to his two children, his second daughter was born four months earlier, saying `J´envoi mille caresses à mes deux petites, et t´embrasse…´ (Translation: “I send a thousand hugs to my two little girls and kiss you…”) Paper with watermark. With blank integral leaf. Very small age wear to the right edge, otherwise G to VG 

BECQUEREL HENRI: (1852-1908) French physicist, the first person to discover evidence of radioactivity. Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1903. An interesting Autograph Manuscript Signed ('Henri Becquerel'; in the title), two pages, folio, n.p., n.d. (c.1903), in French. The manuscript, featuring numerous corrections and deletions, is entitled 'Sur le rayonnement penetrant du Polonium, Note de M. Henri Becquerel' (Translation: 'On the penetrating radiation of Polonium, Note by Mr. Henri Becquerel') and makes references to his experiments of 1899 and 1901, focusing on Polonium, whose radiation (which he names 'beta radiation') differs from his first observations, stating, in part, 'J'ai reconnu recemment.....dans le rayonnement du Polonium, a cote de la radiation observable caracteristique de ce corps, l'existence d'un rayonnement penettrant produisant des effets secondaires sur les metaux qu'il rencontre et qu'il traverse. J'ai montre egalement que la radiation caracteristique observable est identique aux rayons alpha du radium, qu'elle est caracterisee par des radiations possedant la meme deviabilite....laquelle est inverse de celles des rayons cathodiques, et enfin - qu'elle s'affaibilt  avec le temps comme le rayonnement des corps actives.....En particulier les produits ayant servi a mes premieres experiences et qui avaient ete presentes par Marie Curie en 1899, ont perdu presque totalement la faculte d'emettre des rayons alpha. Ces produits etant deja.....affaiblis en 1901....servi a mettre en evidence l'existence d'effets secondaires, effets dus a la radiation persistante. En repetant les memes experiences avec les produits......plus actifs, quoique affaiblis certains.....Je me demandais alors si les particules persistantes....la radiation alpha.....elles ne subsisteraient pas independamment de celles-ci; j'ai alors recommence les experiences de 1901 avec les amas produits que je cumule car inertes de par la diffusion des rayons alpha, et j'ai obtenu des champs semblables a celles de 1901. J'ai alors recommence les experiences de 1901 avec les anciens produit que je.....cette observation.....faits important 1. l'independance entre le rayonnement penetrant et les rayons alpha, et 2. la permanence, de....penetrants, et ce fait permet de ranger definitivement le Polonium dans la classe des corps radioactifs, au lieu de le considerer comme corps acheve dont l'intensite disparait avec le temps. Ainsi dans le meme corps il peut exister deux types de conditions independantes….Il convient de supposer que.....du Polonium, les rayons beta.....il semble donc que les 3 types de radiations que.....et des rayons......a admettre une dependance entre les rayons alpha, beta et y du rayonnement actifs et l'independance qui vient d'etre etablie est de nature a considerer que produisent certains.....sur la cause de la radioactivite' (Translation: 'I have recently recognised…..in the radiation from the Polonium, alongside the observable radiation characteristic of this body, the existence of a penetrating radiation producing secondary effects on the metals which it encounters and which it crosses. I have also shown that the observable characteristic radiation is identical to the alpha rays of radium, that is characterised by radiations possessing the same variability….which is the opposite of those of the cathode rays, and finally - that it is weakened with time like the radiation of active bodies….In particular the products having been used for my first experiments and which had been presented by Marie Curie in 1899, have almost completely lost the ability to emit alpha rays. These products already being….weakened in 1901…..served to highlight the existence of secondary effects, effects due to the persistent radiation. By repeating the same experiments with the products…..more active, although some weakened…..I wondered then if the persistent particles…..the alpha radiation….would not remain independently of these; I then repeated the experiments of 1901 with the product clusters that I accumulated because they are inert due to the diffusion of alpha rays, and I obtained fields similar to those of 1901; I then started again the experiments of 1901 with the old products….important facts 1. The independence between the penetrating radiation and the alpha rays, and 2. The permanence of penetrants, and this fact makes it possible to classify polonium definitively in the class of radioactive bodies, instead of considering it as a finished body whose intensity disappears with time. Thus, in the same body there can exist two types of independent conditions….It should be assumed that….of Polonium, beta rays….so it seems that the 3 types of radiation that….and rays…..to admit a dependence between the alpha, beta and y rays of the radiation assets and the independence which has just been established is of a nature to consider that some produce…..on the cause of the radioactivity'). A working manuscript of excellent content for its discussion of polonium and radioactivity, which was presented to the Academy of Sciences. Some light age wear and three tears to the upper edge, only very slightly affecting one word of text, otherwise VG

BERNADOTTE JEAN-BAPTISTE: (1763-1844) French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon I. Bernadotte later became King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway 1818-44. D.S., J: Bernadotte, two pages, large folio, Rennes, 27th October 1801, in French. The manuscript document, issued by the 82 Demi-Brigade, is a memorandum of proposal for the retirement pay in favour of Lieutenant Francois Moniot 'hors d'etat de continuer son service par suite d'une blessure recue a la jambe droite a l'affaire de Savene' (Translation: 'unable to continue his service following an injury to the right leg received in the Savene affair') and provides details of his military service and campaigns from the age of 18 years in 1776, as well as details of his health following a medical examination. Signed by Bernadotte at the conclusion, adding one line of text in his hand, 'Vu et approuve par le General en Chef de l'armee de s'ouest' (Translation: 'Seen and approved by the General-in-Chief of the Western Army'). Also bearing the countersignatures of various members of the administrative council of the 82 Demi-Brigade. Some light overall age wear and a few small, neat tears and splits to the edges, about VGThe Battle of Savenay took place on 23rd December 1793 and marked the end of the Viree de Galerne operational phase of the first war in the Vendee after the French Revolution. The Republicans suffered thirty fatalities at the Battle and two hundred officers were wounded.

TAVARES-BASTOS ANTONIO DIAS: (1900-1960) Brazilian poet. Manuscript D.S., A. D. Tavares Bastos, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., in French. Tavares-Bastos responds to a researcher's questionnaire entitled Enquete Mondiale ('World Enquiry') with their questions at the head of the page, '1. Were your literary beginnings happy or difficult? 2. Did a means of existence (a second profession or personal wealth) allow you to exist as a Man of Letters, or was it just income from your pen? 3. What book made you most famous? Which do you consider your masterpiece?' Tavares-Bastos provides his answers to the first two questions immediately beneath, explaining that his literary beginnings were difficult due to bad teachers and that he owes everything to his self-education, and further adding that unfortunately he had no personal fortune and that more than ever now literature does not generate enough income to feed a man. About EX

ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. A good autograph manuscript, one page, 4to, n.p., [Paris], n.d. (c.1745), in French. The page of manuscript, in Rousseau's hand, is from his unpublished work relating to the history of women and laws which he prepared between 1745-51 for his benefactress Louise Marie Madeleine Dupin. Rousseau writes his text in the right column of the page, the left reserved for additional notes. Rousseau refers to the orders-decrees given by Kings of France which he resumed in his work Ordonnances des Rois de France, (“Ordinances of the Kings of France”), and identifies it as taken from `Ordon[nances] des R[ois] de Fr[ance], L[ivre] 5, p[age] 45´, stating `Dans Les Lettres du Roy Charles 5, données en 1367, et confirmatives des privileges accordés aux habitans du Dauphiné par le Dauphin Humbert Second, il eu porté article 25 que le Dauphin, ses successeurs, ses officiers, ni les nobles du Pais ne pourront contraindre les f.(emmes) de quelque condition qu´elles soient à se marier contre leur volonté.´ (Translation “In the Letters of King Charles 5, given in 1367, and confirming the privileges granted to the inhabitants of Dauphiné by the Dauphin Humbert Second, article 25 had been included which the Dauphin, his successors, his officers, nor the nobles of the Country could not compel women, whatever their status is, to marry against their will  ”) Overall small age tone, mostly to the very slightly uneven edges, otherwise G At the time Rousseau wrote these pages, between 1745 and 1751, he was working as secretary to his benefactress Louise Marie Madeleine Dupin. Charles V (1338-1380) Also called “Le Sage” (“The Wise”), King of France 1364-80. His reign marked an early high point for France during the Hundred Years´ War, with his armies recovering much of the territory held by the English, and successfully reversed the military losses of his predecessors. Charles became Regent of France when his father John II was captured by the English at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356. To pay for the defense of the kingdom, Charles raised taxes. As a result, he faced hostility from the nobility, and from the French bourgeoisie, and with a peasant revolt known as the Jacquerie. Charles overcame all of these rebellions, but in order to liberate his father, he had to conclude the Treaty of Bretigny in 1360, in which he abandoned large portions of south-western France to Edward III of England and agreed to pay a huge ransom. He established the first permanent army paid with regular wages, and by the end of Charles' reign, they had reconquered almost all the territories ceded to the English in 1360. Furthermore, the French fleet, managed to attack the English coast for the first time since the beginning of the Hundred Years´ War. Charles V died in 1380. He was succeeded by his son Charles VI, whose disastrous reign allowed the English to regain control of large parts of France.

DEBYE PETER: (1884-1966) Dutch-American Physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, 1936. T.L.S., P. Debye, one page, 4to, Ithaca, New York, 30th October 1961, to Dr. Hans Muller, on the printed stationery of the Department of Chemistry at Cornell University, in German. Debye states that he thinks that he can find a manuscript for his correspondent, continuing 'My secretary tells me that she has kept some handwritten manuscripts', although adding 'But your address seems incomplete to me. Doesn't it include a street with a number? I will wait until I have received information from you on this point'. Two file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature, VG

LOUIS XII: (1462-1515) King of France 1498-1515 and King of Naples 1501-04. D.S., Loys (a fine, attractive example), one page (vellum), oblong folio, Lyon, 30th May 1503, in Middle French. The manuscript document is addressed to Jehan Lalemant, receiver general of finances in the Duchy of Normandy, and is a warrant to pay Thomas Bothier the sum of twenty-eight thousand, one hundred and eighty-seven livres and ten sols tournois, being the sum which he had lent the monarchy for their wars, and further instructing that Jean Roussellet also be reimbursed with the sum of twenty-six thousand livres, also being the sum he had lent for the war effort. Neatly trimmed to the lower edge, with the apparent loss of a countersignature, and with a few light, very minor stains. Lightly tipped to the upper edge of the verso to a folio page removed from an album. VGThe present document was signed during the Italian Wars of 1499-1504 which had seen King Louis XII conquer the Duchy of Milan in 1500 and the Kingdom of Naples in the following year. As King of Naples, Louis faced a new coalition gathered by Ferdinand II of Aragon and was forced to cede Naples to Spain in 1504.  

[MANHATTAN PROJECT]: ROSSI BRUNO (1905-1993) Italian experimental physicist who worked on radar at the MIT Radiation Laboratory during World War II and played a pivotal role in the Manhattan Project, heading the group at the Los Alamos Laboratory that carried out the RaLa Experiments. A brief T.L.S., Bruno Rossi, one page, 4to, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1st March 1948, to Henri Corbiere, on the printed stationery of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Rossi thanks his correspondent for their letter and returns the answers to the questions contained in his questionnaire. Together with the questionnaire referred to, one page, 4to, n.p., 1st March 1948. At the head of the page appear Corbiere's three questions, in manuscript, '1. Were your "scientific debut" easy or difficult? 2. Did means of living….enable you to make yourself known in science? Or did you live solely through your work of laboratory? 3. What work (or what discovery) made yourself more famous? Which do you consider as your masterpiece?' and beneath Rossi has provided his answers, in full, '1. Fairly easy. 2. I lived solely through my work. 3. I don't know'. Some very light, minor age wear, VG, 2 

REMIZOV ALEKSEY: (1877-1957) Russian Modernist Writer and expert Calligrapher. An excellent and lengthy rare autograph manuscript by Remizov, signed twice, at the heading and conclusion, in red attractive capital letters, in Cyrillic, eight pages, grid paper, 4to, written only to front pages, [c.1928], in Cyrillic. The untranslated document text refers to various guises in which St. Nicholas appeared in Russia and to the beliefs associated with them. A very desirable manuscript tied with the original thin red string. Small overall minor age wear, and very small staining to edges, otherwise G to VG

LOUIS XI: (1423-1483) King of France 1461-83. D.S., Louis, one page (vellum), slim oblong folio, Pont-de-l'Arche, 20th June 1481, in Middle French. The manuscript document is addressed to the Treasurers of France and is a warrant for them to reimburse Jehan Lassavoire, ordinary receiver of Rouen, the sum of three hundred and thirty livres tournois. Signed by the King at the foot and countersigned by Guillaume Briconnet (1445-1514) French Cardinal and statesman who served as Superintendent of Finances for the Province of Languedoc under King Louis XI. An area of loss to the lower right edge of the document has been neatly replaced, and with some minor staining and light overall age wear. Lightly tipped to the upper edge of the verso to a folio page removed from an album. About VG 

HITLER ADOLF: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1933-45. An historically important Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, two pages, 4to, n.p. (Munich?) n.d. (February 1925), in German. The holograph notes were prepared by Hitler in advance of a speech (the first following his release from prison) he delivered in Munich's Burgerbraukeller on 27th February 1925. In the upper left corner Hitler has penned the year 1918 followed by the questions 'What had happened?' and 'Just what went wrong', continuing with a diagram separating the political parties 'on the Left "Proletariat"….Marxism….finished for good due to criminality' and 'on the Right "Bourgeoisie"……bourgeois parties….broke down due to cowardice' and also including the 'Volunteer Corps - Nationalist Organisations, Citizens Defending Themselves', the manuscript continuing with other relevant points he intended to deliver within the speech, 'Stick to the facts. Parties reject violence (cowardly). Associations are non-political (stupid. They keep pulling their chestnuts out of the fire). During all this the nation is destroyed, plundered domestically and internationally. Could anything still help? Founding of the NSDAP [National Socialist German Workers' Party, more commonly known as the Nazi Party] Goal. Programme', and to the second page Hitler writes further notes, 'Development. 1919-20-21-22-23. 8th November Result: Inflation. 1924 Parliament. Struggle within the movement. Did anyone care about us? No. My release. December 1924, February 27th 1925. Buttmann. The division is impending. I and Held. I and Rohm. I and Ludendorff. Lies. The old movement……The movement? In a different Germany. Here.' Autograph material of Adolf Hitler is extremely rare in any form, and the present notes are of particular significance in Hitler's rise to power, this particular speech representing a landmark moment in the re-establishing of the Nazi Party and Hitler cementing his position as 'der Fuhrer'. A couple of extremely minor, very small holes at the intersection of a couple of folds, VG'If anyone comes and tries to make conditions to me then I say to him: friend, wait and see what conditions I have to make to you. I am not wooing the masses. After a year you shall judge, my party comrades; if I have not acted correctly, then I shall place my office in your hands again. But until that moment this is the rule: I lead the movement alone, and no one shall set me conditions so long as I personally bear the responsibility. And I once more bear entire responsibility for everything that happens in the movement' (extract from Adolf Hitler's two-hour speech delivered at the Burgerbraukeller, Munich, 27th February 1925)Hitler joined the tiny German workers party in 1919, He quickly became its leader. On 9 November 1923, at the height of the great German inflation (on 20 November, one U.S. dollar was equal to four trillion German marks), Hitler risked a coup. He led his followers through the streets of Munich to the Feldherrnhalle, a war memorial, where waiting police opened fire. Sixteen of Hitler's followers were killed; Hitler himself was arrested, and after a trial that he turned into a political platform, he was sentenced to four years in prison. The party was banned, and its remnants degenerated into squabbling factions. Hitler stood outside the fray, using his time in prison to write Mein Kampf. He was released in December 1924 after serving only nine months of his term, and set about rebuilding the party. The authorities lifted the ban on the Nazi Party on 16 February 1925. Hitler now arranged one of his rhetorical masterpieces: a mass meeting on 27 February to re-establish the party. He chose the same beer hall from which he had launched his abortive revolution fifteen months earlier. Three thousand people packed the hall, and several thousand more were turned away. He entered to the passionate applause of the audience, and gave [a] two hour speech….Its first three-quarters offered nothing that most in the audience had not already heard, and would hear again in Hitler's future speeches. He reviewed Germany's history, claiming that past conservative parties had no contact with the masses, and that leftist parties pretended to address the problems faced by ordinary Germans, but actually served the interests of the Jews who controlled them. He also outlined his views on propaganda. In the last quarter of the speech, he moved to re-establish his control of the party. He claimed absolute authority. Anyone unwilling to obey could go his own way. Hitler 'forgave' those who had made mistakes in his absence, and demanded that there be no criticism of him or the party for a year. The audience responded with enthusiasm. After the speech, Hitler had arranged…..'a piece of pure theatre'. The Nazi leaders who had fought for supremacy while Hitler was in prison all 'mounted the platform and, among emotional scenes, with many standing on chairs and tables and the crowd pressing forward from the back of the hall, shook hands, forgave each other, and swore undying loyalty to the leader'……The speech succeeded. Hitler once again was absolute leader of the party' (from Landmark Speeches of National Socialism, edited by Randall L. Bytwerk, Texas A&M University Press, 2008) 

Madame du Barry makes a payment to Marie Antoinette’s dressmaker  BERTIN ROSE: (1747-1813) French Marchande de modes (milliner), known as the dressmaker to Queen Marie Antoinette. Bertin was the first celebrated French fashion designer and is widely credited with having brought fashion and haute couture to the forefront of popular culture. An extremely rare D.S., Bertin, one page, oblong 8vo, Paris, 25th May 1778, in French. The manuscript document is a receipt issued by Bertin to Madame du Barry and states, in full, 'I have received from Madame La Comtesse du Barry, through the hands of Mr. Gadot, the sum of 600 livres as part payment of her account'. A wonderful association piece. Some very light, extremely minor foxing, VGJeanne Becu (1743-1793) Comtesse du Barry, the last chief royal mistress of King Louis XV of France and one of the victims of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution. 

NIZAN PAUL-YVES: (1905-1940) French Philosopher and Writer. Member of the French Communist Party. Nizan died in the Battle of Dunkirk, fighting against German army, at the early age of 35. One of his sentences became one of the most influential slogans of students during the May 1968 protest `J´avais vingt ans. Je ne laisserai personne dire que c´est le plus bel age de la vie´, (`I was twenty. I will not let anyone say that it is the best time of life´). T.L.S., `Nizan´, one page, 4to, Moscow, 17th July 1934, to Jean Giono, on the International Union of Revolutionary Writers (U.I.E.R) printed stationery, in French. Nizan states `What you have written to us about you, about your work, about your lecture of Lenine to peasants, has deeply touched us… and it is with great joy that we feel that you are with us..´, further saying `We have also sent to you the Russian translation of your book. We wait with great interest the manuscript of your new novel for the "International Literature"..´ The letter bears a second signature, Secretariat of the U.I.E.R, at the base. VG      Jean Giono (1895-1970) French Author. 

[FERDINAND VII]: (1784-1833) King of Spain 1808, 1813-33. Document issued in the name of King Ferdinand VII and bearing his rubber-stamped signature ('Yo el Rey'), one page, 4to, Royal Palace (El Escorial), 5th September 1815, in Spanish. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is a military commission appointing Don Jose Milano to be a Sub-Lieutenant with the General's Infantry Regiment of the Third Army, following the departure of Don Ignacio Silba. Countersigned at the foot by the military secretary Pedro Bailin and with some later dockets and signatures to the verso. With blank integral leaf. Some very light, minimal age wear, otherwise VG

[MANHATTAN PROJECT]: WILSON ROBERT R. (1914-2000) American physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II, becoming head of the Cyclotron Group and later its Research Division. Manuscript D.S., Robert R. Wilson, one page, 4to, n.p. (Ithaca, New York), 29th November 1954, in French. Wilson responds to a researcher's questionnaire entitled Enquete Mondiale - Homage a Niels Bohr in which the researcher poses two questions in French, at the head of the page, the first asking how Bohr ranks amongst the great physicists of the 20th century, and the second asking if, by Bohr's discoveries in atomic physics, or by the extent of his work, he is comparable to Newton, Maxwell, Planck, Einstein or Louis de Broglie. Wilson provides his answers below, in French, stating that Bohr holds a premier place with Einstein and that his scientific work is comparable to that of Newton, Maxwell, Planck and Einstein. Rare. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG 

HENRY III: (1551-1589) King of France 1574-89. D.S., Accorde, Henry, one page, slim oblong 4to, Paris, 3rd February 1588 (?), in Middle French. The manuscript document is addressed to the King and seeks his approval to 'don aux srs de Mondreville et de lamothe de la somme de Treize cens escus sol A departir entre eulx par moictie qui est pour chacun six cens Cinquante escus' (Translation: 'donate to the Sieurs de Mondreville and de La Mothe the sum of thirteen hundred ecus sol, to be apportioned between them in half, which is for each six hundred and fifty ecus') further explaining that the revenue will be taken from the funds created by the sales of fresh and salted sea fish in the town of Abbeville and other places. Signed by the King at the foot, approving the document. Some light overall foxing and a few minor ink blots, only very slightly affecting the text and signature, and with some light, minor creasing and age wear to the edges, about VG

LOUISE OF ORLEANS: (1812-1850) First Queen of the Belgians as second wife of King Leopold I. Daughter of King of the French Louis Philippe I. Attractive manuscript autograph signed `Louise´, one page, oblong 8vo, Joinville, 4th May 1831, in English. The manuscript document being a cleanly written poem by the young Princess who copies nine lines of a Samuel Rogers´ work Italy, stating in English `Health and Strength be thine - In thy long travel! May no Sun beam strike - ….. And there is one, or am much deceived -  One thou hast named, who will not be the last.´ Given by the Princess as a present to the city of Joinville the day before leaving. Louise of Orleans died of tuberculosis at the early age of 38. About VG Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) English Poet. One of the most celebrated during his lifetime.

MARIE ANTOINETTE: (1755-1793) Queen consort of France 1774-92 as the wife of King Louis XVI. Marie Antoinette was the last Queen of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. Executed by guillotine on the Place de la Revolution at the age of 37. A rare D.S., Payez, Marie Antoinette, one page, large folio (24.5 x 35 cm), Versailles, 31st December 1783, in French. The manuscript document is addressed to the Treasurer General of Finances, Marc Antoine Francois Marie Randon de la Tour, and is a warrant for him to pay, from the funds set aside by the State for the maintenance and sustenance of officers, unto the Cavalcade Squire de Salveri, the sum of four hundred and fifty livres which has been granted to him, further instructing that the expense be entered into the accounts of the King at Paris. Signed by Marie Antoinette at the foot (to the left) with her indication that the amount has been paid and with a secretarial signature of the Queen to the right, originally applied to confirm the contents of the warrant. Countersigned at the foot by Jacques-Mathieu Augeard (1732-1805) French courtier and memoirist. Lightly tipped at the left edge to a folio page removed from an album. Some very light, minimal age wear, and one small tear to the lower left corner, otherwise VG

PRELOG VLADIMIR: (1906-1998) Croatian-Swiss Organic Chemist, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, 1975. Autograph Manuscript Signed, V. Prelog, two pages (feint squared graph paper), Copenhagen, 15th March 1972. Evidently originally part of a larger working scientific manuscript (with various corrections), perhaps for an essay or lecture, the text states, in part, 'Enantiomers differ only by the sign of their optical activity, whereas diastereoisomers, which can be optically active or inactive, differ also in other scalar properties…..All practically encountered cases of stereoisomerism could be interpreted by stereomodels, but the world of stereomodels itself has never been analyzed adequately. One of the reasons for that was the terrifying multiplicity of isomers and stereoisomers. Several times in the history of chemistry attempts have been made to find general algorithms…..The most famous contributions to mathematics are: the development of the theory of graphs called trees by Cayley, general enumeration theory by Polya, and recently the application of a neglected concept of group theory…..' Signed and dated by Prelog at the head of the first page. VG 

NERVAL GERARD DE: (1808-1855) Gerard Labrunie. French writer, poet and translator, a major figure of French romanticism. A rare Manuscript D.S., Gerard de Nerval, one page, slim oblong 8vo, n.p., 5th March 1851, in French. Nerval acknowledges the receipt of fifty francs from Monsieur Porcher, 'que je lui rendrai le cinq avril prochain' (Translation: 'which I will return to him on the fifth of April next'). Very slightly irregular edges and with some very minimal age wear, VGJean-Baptiste Porcher (1792-1864) French theatrical agent who served as a banker to playwrights, including his friend Alexandre Dumas pere.

BOUDIN EUGENE: (1824-1898) French marine and landscape painter, one of the first French artists to paint outdoors. Manuscript D.S., E. Boudin, one page, 8vo, n.p., June 1884, in French. Boudin lists ten of his canvasses and their individual prices, the titles including Jeters de Trouville, Trouville le port, La peche, Le Bac de Deauville, Le Bassin, Le Bordeaux, Bordeaux la rade etc., all of which total the sum of 2625 francs. Signed by Boudin at the foot and also signed a second time, a little indistinctly, to a revenue stamp neatly affixed to the lower left corner. Some age wear and overall staining, only very slightly affecting the text and signature, G

D'ORLEANS HENRI: (1822-1897) Duke of Aumale, leader of the Orleanists, a political faction in 19th century France associated with constitutional monarchy. A.L.S., H d'Orleans, three pages, 8vo, Osborne House (East Cowes, Isle of Wight), 31st March 1856, to Lord Holland, in French. The Duke explains his delay in writing to thank Lord Holland, continuing 'J'ai donc recu le manuscrit que vous avez "picked up" a mon intention. Il est curieux par sa disposition, somptueusement relie; c'est de plus un livre de famille et qui me rappelle des lieux chers a mon souvenir, Eu, Bisy, ou j'ai encore entendu le vieux serviteur raconter les chasses de "M. le comte d'Eu", grand-oncle de mon pere, comme vous savez. Ainsi il m'est fort precieux par lui meme.......c'est qu'il est le temoignage d'une affection que j'espere toujours conserver' (Translation: 'So I received the manuscript that you “picked up” for me. It is curious in its layout, sumptuously connected; moreover, it is a family book and reminds me of places dear to my memory, Eu, Bisy, where I once again heard the old servant tell of the hunts of “M. le Comte d'Eu”, my father's great-uncle, as you know. So it is very precious to me by itself……it is the testimony of an affection that I always hope to keep') and further thanking him for his good and kind words, remarking 'je ne merite pas assurement tout le bien que vous pensez de moi; mais je me flatte que vous avez raison de me croire un honnete homme et un patriote sincere, aussi peu dispose a agiter mon pays en vain que pret a lui sacrifier ma vie, si ce sacrifice pouvait etre de quelqu'utilite a sa prosperite, a son grandeur et a sa iberte' (Translation: 'I certainly do not deserve all the good that you think of me; but I flatter myself that you are right to believe me an honest man and a sincere patriot, as undisposed to agitate my country in vain as ready to sacrifice my life for it, if this sacrifice could be of any use to its prosperity, its greatness and its freedom'). In a postscript the Duke adds 'Vous aurez ete bien heureux, comme moi, de l'avancement obtenu par Panizzi' (Translation: 'You will have been very happy, like me, with the advancement obtained by Panizzi'). Together with an unrelated autograph envelope, unsigned, hand addressed by the Duchess of Aumale to Lady Holland in Kensington, London, with a red wax seal to the verso and post marked at London, September 1860. The final page of the letter and the envelope both neatly inlaid. VG, 2 Henry Fox (1802-1859) 4th Baron Holland. British politician and ambassador, husband of Lady Mary Augusta Coventry (1812-1889). Anthony Panizzi (1797-1879) Italian-born British librarian and Italian patriot who became the Principal Librarian of the British Museum in 1856, a post he held for ten years.  

PEIXOTO JULIO AFRANIO: (1876-1947) Brazilian physician, writer, politician & historian. Manuscript D.S., Afranio Peixoto, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., in French. Peixoto responds to a researcher's questionnaire entitled Enquete Internationale ('International Enquiry') with their questions at the head of the page, '1. Were your literary beginnings happy or difficult? 2. Did a means of existence (a second profession or personal wealth) allow you to exist as a Man of Letters, or was it just income from your pen? 3. What book made you most famous? Which do you consider your masterpiece?' Peixoto provides his answers to the three questions immediately beneath, stating that his literary beginnings were scandalous as when he was eighteen he wrote a symbolic tragedy in five acts which was printed in Leipzig in various colours (orange, red, blue, violet and black) and which caused a literary madness amongst the young students who followed his work, explaining that he was employed as a university professor, and was also involved in politics, adding that literature in Brazil is sumptuary, and remarking that his first novel, Le Sphinx, was published in many editions and that Bugrinha, which was translated into French, gave him most pleasure. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and one very small tear to the right edge, VG

LOUIS XVI: (1754-1793) King of France 1774-92, the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. Executed by guillotine on the Place de la Revolution at the age of 38. A good D.S., Louis (a fine, large example), as King, one page, large folio (25.5 x 34 cm), Versailles, 13th November 1787, in French. The boldly penned manuscript document confirms the financial state of la Généralité de Soissons as being 'Cent quatre vingt seize mil trois cent quatre vingt cinq livres un sol six deniers' (Translation: 'One hundred and ninety-six thousand, three hundred and eighty five livres, one sol, six deniers'). The document is decreed by the Royal Council of Finances and bears five countersignatures including those of Henri Lefevre d'Ormesson (1751-1808) French politician who briefly served as Finance Minister, and later as Mayor of Paris; Claude Guillaume Lambert (1726-1794) French jurist who served as Comptroller General of Finance, executed by guillotine; Pierre-Charles Laurent de Villedeuil (1742-1828) Controller-General of Finances under King Louis XVI; and two others. Lightly tipped at the left edge to a folio page removed from an album. Some very light, minimal age wear, VGLa Généralité de Soissons was an administrative district composed mainly of countries from the province of Picardy united to the government of Ile-de-France at that time and created in 1595. 

FLAXMAN JOHN: (1755-1826) British sculptor and draughtsman, a leading figure in British and European Neoclassicism. Manuscript D.S., J Flaxman, one page, slim oblong 8vo, n.p., 13th March 1784. The document is a receipt of payment and states, in full, 'Received of Sir John Sebright five Guineas the remainder of Miss. Sebright's statue a bust of Mercury &c in full'. Slightly irregularly torn to the lower edge, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG Sir John Sebright (1725-1794) British General and politician, a close friend of Edmund Burke. Sebright had two daughters, Mary (d.1854) and Henrietta (1770-1840).

[PSYCHOANALYSIS]: BONAPARTE MARIE (1882-1962) Princess George of Greece and Denmark. French author and psychoanalyst, closely associated with Sigmund Freud. An interesting archive of thirteen A.Ls.S., Marie (occasionally adding her title Princesse George de Grece nee Bonaparte), forty-three pages, 8vo and 4to, various places (Saint-Cloud, Paris, Vienna etc.), January 1927 - June 1931, largely to the lawyer Philippe Kah, in French. The first half of the correspondence covers Bonaparte's interest and research into the French murderer Marie Lefebvre, the Princess requesting various documents relating to Lefebvre's trial and stating, in part, 'M'interessant aux questions freudiennes, ayant passe plusiers mois d'etude a Vienne avec le Professeur Freud, et faisant partie de la Societe de Psychanalyse que plusieurs medecins analystes viennent de fonder a Paris, j'ai projete, pour le premier numero de la "Revue de Psychanalyse" que nous venons aussi de creer, un article sur le cas, si interessant du point de vue psychanalytique, de Mme. Lefebvre. M. Python a bien voulu me preter ce qu'il a en mains du dossier, et je l'ai deja presque entierement lu. Mais les renseignements les plus interessants pour l'analyste n'y sont que peu ou pas contenus: ceux relatifs a la prehistoire de Mme. L. a toute sa vie anterieure dans sa propre famille, a son enfance. Puis-je vous demander si vous pourriez m'eclairer sur les divers points dont je joins une petite liste?.....Certaines questions vous en paraitront peut-etre etranges. Mais rien n'est etrange quand il est question d'etudier l'inconscient et tout de la valeur. Je voudrais aussi savoir les termes exacts dans lesquels Mme. L. aurait dit, quinze jours environ avant son proces, qu' "elle avait execute les destines de la Providence" n'a-t-elle pas plutot dit: de Dieu?' (Translation: 'Being interested in Freudian questions, having spent several months of study in Vienna with Professor Freud, and being part of the Societe de Psychoanalyse that several medical analysts have just founded in Paris, I projected, for the first issue of the “Revue de Psychanalyse” which we have also just created, an article on the case, so interesting from the psychoanalytical point of view, of Mme. Lefebvre. Mr. Python was good enough to lend me what he has of the file, and I have already read it almost entirely. But the most interesting information for the analyst is hardly or not at all contained therein: that relating to the pre-history of Mrs. L. to her entire previous life in her own family, to her childhood. May I ask you if you could enlighten me on the various points of which I am attaching a short list?......Some questions may seem strange to you. But nothing is strange when it comes to studying the unconscious and everything has value. I would also like to know the exact terms in which Mrs. L. allegedly said, approximately fifteen days before her trial, that “she had executed the destinies of Providence”, didn't she rather say: of God'), with the questionnaire referred to and including questions regarding Lefebvre's family, whether or not she was breastfed, her mood at puberty, the circumstances of her marriage and whether she was a satisfied woman in her household, details of recurring nightmares preceding the crime etc., (January 1927), 'On m'a donne du ministere l'autorisation, dans le plus strict incognito, de voir Mme. Lefebvre avant son depart pour Haguenau. Cette visite devrait se faire accompagnee par vous et Mme. Kah - ou l'un de vous deux. Sur l'autorisation serait inscrit que vous seriez accompagne par "une personne" - L'on tient beaucoup en haut lieu a cet incognito absolu' (Translation: 'I was given authorisation by the ministry, in the strictest incognito, to see Mme. Lefebvre before her departure for Haguenau. This visit should be accompanied by you and Mrs. Kah - or one of you. On the authorisation would be written that you would be accompanied by “a person” - This absolute incognito is very important in high places') and suggesting various days that she could travel to Lille (10th January 1927), 'Je veux vous remercier, ainsi que Madame Kah, de tout ce que vous avez bien voulu faire pour moi. La journee d'hier ne pouvait etre plus reussie, et j'ai commence des ce matin, en vue de mon article, a mettre quelqu'ordre dans la moison recueillie hier......Puis-je vous demander, si vous aviez encore une fois l'occasion de correspondre avec Mme. Lefebvre, soit directement, soit par l'intermediaire de son mari, de tacher de savoir avec precision la date ou les grands parents paternels de Mme. Lefebvre sont venus habiter dans la maison de son pere, Charles-Francois Lemaire? Est-ce avant la naissance de Marie Lemaire, au meme moment ou apres, et dans ce dernier cas, quel age avait-elle alors? C'est la seule chose d'importance de sa prehistoire infantile que j'ai oublie de preciser, dans ce qu'elle m'a dit hier, et cette situation du pere habitant avec les grand pere et grand-mere (ses pere et mere a lui) me semble etre tres importante pour avoir determine les reactions, des l'enfance, de son inconscient reclamant ensuite au fond la meme chose de son fils Andre......Savez-vous aussi si Mme. Lefebvre aime les animaux, et si elle douce ou cruelle avec eux dans son enfance?' (Translation: 'I want to thank you and Mrs. Kah for everything you have done for me. Yesterday could not have been more successful, and I began this morning, in view of my article, to put some order in the harvest gathered yesterday……May I ask you, if you once again have the opportunity to correspond with Mrs. Lefebvre, either directly or through her husband, to try to find out precisely the date when Mrs. Lefebvre's paternal grandparents came to live in the house of his father, Charles-Francois Lemaire? Is it before the birth of Marie Lemaire, at the same time or after, and in the latter case, how old was she then? It is the only thing of importance to her infantile prehistory that I forgot to specify, in what she told me yesterday, and this situation of the father living with the grandfather and grandmother (his father and mother to him) seems to me to be very important for having determined the reactions, from childhood, of his unconscious, then claiming basically the same thing from his son Andre……Do you also know if Mrs. Lefebvre likes animals, and whether she was gentle or cruel with them in her childhood?') (15th January 1927). The later correspondence deals with a variety of matters including the death of Kah's father, for which Bonaparte sends her sincere condolences, explaining that she will be happy to read the manuscript of Kah's book Aux enfers du crime ('In the Underworld of Crime') and commenting 'Quand j'aurai lu votre travail, je penserai a quelle preface pourrait lui convenir, du point de vue freudien, et je vous en ferai part' Further including Bonaparte's working autograph manuscript of her preface to Kah's book, signed ('Marie Bonaparte'), six pages, 4to, n.p., September 1930, in French.OWING TO LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED. PLEASE CONTACT IAA DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.  

DODGSON CHARLES LUTWIDGE: (1832-1898) Lewis Carroll. English author, poet and mathematician whose works include Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). A very fine, rare manuscript poem, unsigned, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., 18th February 1884. The poem, penned in Dodgson's characteristic violet ink, is dedicated 'To a young Lady, of whom I was in doubt whether she expected to be called "Miss so-and-so" or "So-and-so" without the "Miss"' at the head, with the two quatrains beneath, reading, in full -'Take not amiss this missile dread:Nor maim my mystic hope,Miscalling me a much misledMistaken misanthrope!My missive's meant to murmur this,With mute mysterious touch:-If I should merely miss the 'Miss',Would you, Miss, miss it much?'Autograph poems by Dodgson are extremely rare and desirable, and the present example (marked '[Copy]' alongside the reference number 46309, both in the writer's hand, and therefore presumably his own retained manuscript) is particularly inventive and humorous and with an interesting association, having been composed for [Miss] Elizabeth Hussey. A couple of very light, extremely minor creases, VGElizabeth 'Bessie' Ley Hussey (1852-1919) was the daughter of Robert Hussey (1803-1856) and his wife Elizabeth née Ley (1810-1896). Robert Hussey was the Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Oxford, where the family lived until moving to Brighton following Robert's death. When Dodgson arrived in Oxford as an undergraduate at Christ Church in 1851 he took rooms with Jacob Ley, Elizabeth Hussey's brother. Dodgson is known to have photographed members of the Hussey family, including the young Elizabeth and her mother on 26th April 1864, some twenty years prior to writing the present verse. The present poem originally came to light in July 2014 at which time it was noted as being both 'unrecorded and unpublished', and it has not appeared on the market since being acquired by the present vendor almost a decade ago.   

LEOPOLD I: (1640-1705) Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, 1658-1705. L.S., `Leopold´, one page, small 8vo, n.p., n.d. [1702], in German. Autograph annotation in the Emperor´s hand, five lines, stating `Because the supplicant has few monetary means, his pension is granted but without any further consequences´. Below Leopold´s annotation, the letter bears a contemporary annotation in another hand, being a transcription of the Emperor´s text, probably because of the difficult reading of the manuscript text. Small overall minor age wear, with very small staining to the left edge, otherwise G   

[FOUNDING FATHERS THE]: WITHERSPOON JOHN: (1723-1794) Scottish-American Presbyterian minister and educator, a Founding Father of the United States who was a signatory to the Declaration of Independence on 4th July 1776, being the only active clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration. An extremely rare series of autograph manuscript notes, unsigned, one page, 8vo, n.p. (Scotland), n.d. (January; 1763). Witherspoon's notes are written to the verso of a printed page removed from an almanac, and provide an account of his activities as a Church of Scotland minister, in part, 'Sabbath Jan[uary] lectured on the ordinary Ps[alm] 145.13 to the Lord, Mr. Simpson preached for me….Afternoon, preached on 1. Sam[uel] 25.6 And thus shall ye say….Tuesday Jan[uary] 4. Preached the sermon before the Society for Reformation of Manners on Jer[emiah] 5.26 For among my people are found crooked men. No sermon this week on Thursday……Thursday Jan[uary] 13 Mr Baines preached in the Laigh church….' With a contemporary annotation in an unidentified hand to the verso, 'autograph of the Rev. Doctor John Witherspoon'. Some light age wear and a few minor stains, the left edge a little irregularly torn. About VGThe page was evidently removed from an Almanac printed in Scotland (as it provides the high water information for Leith) and states that January begins on Saturday. This information, coupled with Witherspoon's references to Laigh Kirk church in Paisley, of which he was the minister from 1758-68, means that the notes can be reasonably dated to 1763.

ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French philosopher, writer and composer who influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe. Autograph manuscript, unsigned, two pages (the second page with just three lines of text), n.p., n.d. (c.1745-51), in French. As was Rousseau's practice, the working manuscript is penned to the right half of the page, the left half intentionally kept blank for the insertion of appropriate annotations or observations, and is taken from the unpublished work Traite sur les femmes which Rousseau was preparing whilst in the employment of Madame Dupin, the text headed with the reference 'Dupuy p.172' and stating, in full, 'Les principales Dames de Pavie, au siege qu'en fit Fr:[ancois] p.[remi]er sous la conduitte et a l'exemple de la Comtesse Hyppolite de Malespine, leur Generale, se mirent a porter la hotte, a remuer la terre, a reparer la breche a l'envoi des soldats. Lorsque la ville de St Riquier fut assiegee par un Gentilhomme Flamand avec cent hommes d'armes et 2000 h[ommes] de pied, la ville etoit prette a se rendre, n'y ayant que cent h[ommes] pour la deffendre, ne fut que les Dames de la ville se presenterent a la muraille avec des armes, de l'eau et de l'huile bouillante, et des pierres, et ne pousserent bravement les Ennemis. Deux de ces Dames enleverent deux Etendars' (Translation: 'The principal Ladies of Pavia, at the siege made of it by Fr:[ancois] p.[remi]er under the guidance and the example of the Countess Hyppolite of Malespine, their General, began to carry the basket, to move the earth, to repair the breach by sending soldiers. When the town of St Riquier was besieged by a Flemish Gentleman with a hundred men-at-arms and 2000 men on foot, the town was ready to surrender, having only a hundred men there to defend it, it was only that the Ladies of the city presented themselves at the wall with arms, boiling water and oil, and stones, and bravely pushed back the Enemies. Two of these Ladies carried off two Standards'). Some very light, minimal age wear, VG Louise-Marie-Madeleine Fontaine (1706-1799) Madame Dupin. French saloniste, famed for her spirit and beauty who hosted a famous literary salon in Paris from 1733-82 and owned the Chateau de Chenonceau, known as the centre of the most famous French philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment. Dupin employed Rousseau as her secretary and tutor of her son from 1745-51.

ZWEIG STEFAN: (1881-1942) Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer, himself a passionate collector of autograph manuscripts. T.L.S., Stefan Zweig, one page, 8vo, Wyndham Hotel, 42 West 58th Street, New York, 30th July 1940, to Mr. Ewen. Zweig thanks his correspondent for their letter and proposal that he should contribute to their music magazine, which Zweig regards as a great honour, further remarking 'For the moment I have unfortunately no manuscript which would be suitable for your magazine. But I have written down your address, and should I have anything for you one day, I shall certainly let you have it with great pleasure'. VGDavid Ewen (1907-1985) Austrian-born American musician, educator and author of a number of books about classical and popular music including biographies of Joseph Haydn, Arturo Toscanini, Irving Berlin and George Gershwin.

[MANHATTAN PROJECT]: CREUTZ EDWARD (1913-2009) American physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project at the Metallurgical Laboratory and the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. Typed D.S., E Creutz, one page, 4to, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 14th April 1953. Creutz responds to a researcher's questionnaire entitled Enquete Mondiale (World Inquiry), with their manuscript questions at the head of the page, '1. Were your scientific "debut" easy or difficult? 2. Did means of living…..enable you to make yourself known in science? Or did you live solely through your work of laboratory? 3. What work (or what discovery) made yourself more famous? Which do you consider as your masterpiece? 4. What is your maxim of life?'. Creutz provides his answers in typescript immediately beneath, in full, '1. Difficult in that it required a considerable amount of physical and mental effort, but easy in that the emotional rewards for this effort were very great. 2. Financial support came entirely through work in teaching and research. 3. Probably best known for work on atomic chain reaction during the last war. 4. None', adding his signature and academic title below. A very minor, thin light band of discoloration to the right edge, otherwise VG 

SARTRE JEAN-PAUL: (1905-1980) French Existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist and literary critic. Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964, which he declined. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, one page, 4to, n.p., (Paris), n.d. (November 1953), in French. The working manuscript, containing a few deletions and corrections, is written in honour of Yves Farge, who had died earlier that year, and states, in part, 'J'ai connu Yves Farges quelques mois avant se mort.....Du premier coup, il m'a seduit par sa puissance silencieuse, par la patience du corps et de l'esprit avec laquelle il ecoutait les contradicteurs, par l'autorite de ses breves reponses, qui revelait la profondeur de ses convictions, et.....par la chaude amitie qu'il portait a tous les hommes, par cette confiance.....qu'il temoignait a chacun. Au Congres de Vienne il allait de groupe en groupe....il interrogeait inlassablement les delegues - tous les delegues, mettant tout le soin dont il etait capable a degager les courants qui brassaient cette grande foule; il etait le lien vivant de tous avec chacun, il voulait tenir compte de tous nos desirs et s'en faisait l'interprete aupres des autres organisateurs.....nous savions......qu'il etait un des principaux artisans de ce Congres.....ce que j'ai admire le plus en lui: le gout passionne des contacts directs et cet amour si vivant, si concret de la Democratie en acte' (Translation: 'I knew Yves Farges a few months before he died….From the first try, he seduced me by his silent power, by the patience of body and mind with which he listened to opponents, by the authority of his brief answers, which revealed the depth of his convictions, and…..by the warm friendship he bore to all men, by this confidence….that he showed to everyone. At the Congress of Vienna he went from group to group. He tirelessly questioned the delegates - all the delegates, taking all the care of which he was capable of freeing the currents which stirred this great crowd; he was everyone's living link with everyone, he wanted to take into account all our wishes and made himself the interpreter for the other organisers….we knew….that he was one of the main architects of this Congress…..what I admired most in him was his passionate taste for direct contact and this love so alive, so concrete of Democracy in action'). Accompanied by an A.L.S., J P Sartre, one page, 4to, n.p. (Paris), 17th November 1953, to Madame [Farge], in French. Sartre apologises for his delay and expresses his sympathy and the deep esteem which Farge inspired in him, also informing his correspondent that he will unfortunately not be able to go to Austria because the adaptation of his play Kean 'passé ce soir en “générale” et il faut que je sois aupres des acteurs toute le semaine qui suit' (Translation: 'is on tonight in “general” and I have to be with the actors all the time next week'), adding that he hopes to be freer later and have the opportunity to express his respectful friendship personally. Some very light overall creasing and minor age wear, about VG, 2 Yves Farge (1899-1953) French journalist and politician who worked with the French Resistance during World War II. Farge, a progressive politician close to the communists, participated in the founding of the Mouvement de la Paix in 1947 and served as the organisation's president until his death in a car accident in Georgia on 31st March 1953. While the World Congress of People for Peace, which was held in Vienna from 12th - 19th December 1952, is generally viewed as Soviet propaganda, Jean-Paul Sartre counted it among the most important experiences of his life. His participation marked a major turning point in his evolution, insofar as it publicly confirmed his status as a fellow traveller of the Communist Party. 

BECQUEREL HENRI: (1852-1908) French physicist, the first person to discover evidence of radioactivity. Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1903. A good set of manuscript notes, scientific calculations and diagrams prepared by Becquerel, unsigned, two pages, oblong 4to, n.p., n.d., in French. The notes, presumably prepared by the physicist for a lecture, are headed Radioactivity, and form an extensive list of prompts, in part, 'Historical. 1st Observation 1896. 1st proof. Medal. Discharge of electrified bodies. Experiment on phosphorescent sulphides. General for uranium salts. Atomic property. Role of the air. Laws of loss. Exp. by Kelvin, Beattie and de Smolan, 1897. Rutherford 1899. Ionization. Saturation current, 1898. Thorium. M. Schmidt and M. Curie. Work of M. and Mme. Curie. Polonium. Radium. Debierne. Actinium. Radium spectrum. Magnetic deviation experiences. Giesel, Meyer and Schveider. H. B. Cliches. Concentration. Deviable and non-deviable rays'. To the foot of the first page appear various scientific calculations and in the left column of each page Becquerel has added eleven small pen sketches illustrating the deviations of Polonium. An interesting and rare scientific manuscript on the subject for which Becquerel is most famous, and in which he acknowledges the contributions made by his colleagues including Pierre and Marie Curie, Ernest Rutherford etc. VG 

A FINE GEORGE III TWELVE-TUNE MUSICAL LONGCASE CLOCK MOVEMENT MADE FOR THE MIDDLE EASTERN MARKET MARKWICK MARKHAM, LONDON, CIRCA 1775The substantial eight pillar triple train movement sounding the hours on a bell positioned vertically to the left of the T-shaped plates each measuring 9.25 inches high by 14 inches wide at the top before playing a choice of twelve tunes via a 13.25 inch pinned cylinder on thirteen bells with twenty-five hammers transversely mounted across the top of the mechanism, the going train with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 13 inch brass break-arch dial with calendar aperture and subsidiary seconds dial to the finely matted centre within applied silvered chapter ring with Islamic numerals and conforming five minute annotations beyond the minute track, with pierced blued steel hands and fine scallop shell centred foliate cast spandrels to angles with the upper two interrupted by subsidiary Strike/Not Strike and Chime/Not Chime selection dials, the arch with central scroll engraved lunette beneath inset silvered arched panel engraved Markwick Markham, LONDON, within herringbone engraved upper margin and curved silvered plate engraved with tune selections Sabac Hafif, Beni Saikil, Charles of Sweeden, A Polonoise, A Trumpet Tune, A Minuett, Amelia's Minuett, Minuett by Senesino, Bury Fair, P: W:'s March, March in Scipio and Gens de Arms March with scroll-pierced steel selection pointer pivoted from the centre of the lower edge, now in a mahogany case of similar age but of north country origins with architectural open ogee-arch pediment over hinged glazed dial aperture flanked by free-standing Corinthian columns to hood, the trunk with blind fret banded concave throat over break-arch moulded edge door flanked by canted angles decorated with geometric blind frets, on plinth base with conforming top moulding over shaped panel decorated front and ogee bracket feet.236cm (93ins) high, 59.5cm (23.5ins) wide, 31cm (12.25ins) deep. James Markwick senior is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as apprenticed in 1756 to Edmund Gilpin (through Richard Taylor); he initially worked at Croydon before returning to London where he gained his freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1666. In 1673 he took-over the former business of Samuel Betts at behind the Royal Exchange. Markwick had a turbulent relationship with the Clockmakers' Company - in 1676 he was fined for abuse of the Master at the Steward's feast and was often reprimanded for not attending court. James Markwick junior was born in Croydon in 1662 and was apprenticed to his father gaining his freedom (by patrimony) in 1692. He initially went into partnership with his father before gaining outright control of the business on the latter's retirement to Pevensey in Sussex in around 1700 (where he subsequently died in 1716). In around 1710-15 James Markwick junior went into partnership with his son in Law, Robert Markham, which lasted until the former's death in 1730. The business was subsequently continued by Markham and his successors with Francis Perigal senior (Freed 1746) joining the business in around 1750. During the latter half of the 18th century the firm of Markwick, Markham (and Perigal) specialised in producing clocks and watches for export to the Middle East including musical clocks. Amongst the selection of English melodies the maker has included two tunes to cater for the intended market with 'Sabac Halif' broadly translating as 'morning light'. The clock can be in part dated from the tunes with 'Amelia's Minuett' or 'Princess Amelia's Minuet' (commemorating Amelia Sophia Eleanor, second daughter of King George II), first appearing in a manuscript by Kames Gillespie of Perth in 1768. Condition Report: Movement is in very good original condition with no visible evidence of alteration or noticeable replacements with the probable exception of three of the music bells. The movement is a little dirty/neglected hence will require a gentle clean/service before putting to use. All levers/detents for tune selection/silencing etc are present. We have not set the clock up to test functionality however are advised that it was running in the vendors house until a few years ago. The dial is in good original condition with faults limited to a bruise to the matting near the left-hand winding hole which has received some re-working to the matting to reduce its visibility. The hands all appear original, the silvering and areas of brass have generally mellowed/tarnished a little. The movement and dial retain their original seatboard.The case is not original to the movement and dial however is in very good condition with faults very much limited to minor bumps, scuffs, shrinkage, wear and other age-related blemishes.Clock has pendulum, three plain lead weights, case key and a crank winder.  Condition Report Disclaimer

GURU NANAK AND HIS DEVOTEES OUTSIDE THE GOLDEN TEMPLE INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY gouache heightened in gold on paper, verso with old manuscript paper in Devanagari scriptDimensions:32.2cm x 42.5cm

The Crime Machine Magazine, by Skywald, No. 2; Hell-Rider Magazine, by Skywald, No.2; Pantha Magazine, by Warren, No. 8; The Quest of Kazana, privately published by Edward Doyle, with manuscript letter from the artist/publisher; and three other Adventure Magazines.

James Joyce Stephen Hero Publisher Jonathan Cape. The original draft of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" was thrown in the fire by James Joyce, after a domestic scene. His sister, Eileen, rescued most of it and a fragment was later bought for the Library of Harvard University. The draft is extremely valuable to all students of the works of James Joyce. It differs considerably from the final published version. It includes characters and incidents which were later cut for the sake of compression. Since the war, a further fragment of the original manuscript has come to light and has been added to the present edition with explanatory notes and a new foreword. Excellent condition. 1st edition. From single vendors book collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99. 30kg box UK £15, EU £40, ROW £60

Militaria Collecting Print and Manuscript. By A. H. Denney. Published by Photo Precision Ltd. Huntingdon. A Balfour Action Book. 96 pages. 1st edition 1973. Publisher's blue boards in pictorial D/W. 7" x 9½". From single vendors book collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99. 30kg box UK £15, EU £40, ROW £60

ASTON (J) - A picture of Manchester 3rd ed; A Visit to the Greyt Eggshibshun, blue wrappers with a manuscript poem after R.R. Bealey and other inclusions, other Manchester ephemera

A late 16th/early 17th century gold posy ring, the D-shaped band inscribed to the interior in Roman capitals ‘rather.deathe.then.false.of.favthe’, the ‘TH’ conjoined, the exterior decorated with four figures-of-eight each containing a floral motif, possibly an extended fleur-de-lis, ring size N. £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: This ring was discovered by a metal detectorist near Wendlebury, Oxfordshire in 2019. It has been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database Ref: BUC-786085 and disclaimed as Treasure Ref: 2019 T1188. The inscription is recorded on a British Museum Harleian manuscript dated approximately 1596, and an example of the same posy can be found in the Sir John Evans’s Collection. Literature: Joan Evans: English Posies and Posy Rings, ACC. 2012 Condition Report Very fine condition with clear inscription and details. Please note the PAS report has not yet been added to the PAS database. The vendor has relevant letters of confirmation. Weight 1.61gm.

A PERSIAN MEDICAL MANUSCRIPT, in a leather overlaid binding, 30.5cm x 23.5cm.

Two manuscript letter books of G. Stibbe & Co. Ltd., Leicestershire, knitwear machinery manufacturers, dated 1894-96, mostly copies of correspondence to them from associated firms in the textile trade, mixed contemporary roan over cloth bindings, 4to, (2)