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Nevasa. 1916-17 Stampless covers (3) and picture postcards (3, two depicting the ship) all posted from the ship, two with Bombay datestamps (one also with "PAQUEBOT") and one from Base A.P.O Z at Alexandria all with violet oval "H.M HOSPITAL SHIP "NEVASA"" (two dated, one undated, one with scalloped inner oval, two with a plain inner oval); the other three with London Received From H.M Ship machine, red "ARMY LETTER FREE" of Southampton or Totland Bay c.d.s with manuscript ½d charge. Also five other postcards of the hospital ship. (11).

The campaign pair to the Rorke’s Drift defender Sergeant Alfred Saxty, 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot, who served as a Corporal in “B” Company at the defence and was one of the last few survivors of Rorke’s Drift South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (849 Cpl. A, Saxty, 2-24-Foot,); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (849 Sjt. A. Saxty, 2-S, W, Bord,) both early 20th century replacement medals officially impressed in small capitals, the I.G.S. struck with ‘Crimea’ dated obverse, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine and rare (2) £15,000-£20,000 --- Replacement medals claimed by Saxty whilst an In-Pensioner at Chelsea Hospital, sometime around October 1930, and issued under Authority Chelsea Rep/68/GEN/5160. Alfred Saxty was born at Buckland Dinham, near Frome, Somerset, and enlisted for 25 Brigade at Newport, Monmouthshire, on 11 September 1876, aged 19, being posted to the 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot at Brecon two days later. He was appointed Lance-Corporal in April 1877, promoted to Corporal in August 1877, and appointed Lance-Sergeant in February 1878 but reverted to Corporal in July 1878. He served in South Africa from 1 February 1878 to 12 January 1880, and was a Corporal in “B” Company of the 2nd Battalion who defended the hospital at Rorke’s Drift on 22 and 23 January, 1897, against 3,000 Zulus and beat them off. Loopholes were made in the farm buildings, and biscuit tins and bags of corn were used as a breastwork around the main buildings. Outnumbered by thirty to one the gallant garrison fought through the night to repulse the Zulu warriors who left 400 killed before they retreated. His presence at Rorke’s Drift is confirmed on the Chard roll, on Bourne’s rolls, in which he is incorrectly listed as a Sergeant, and on Dunbar’s list. In fact Saxty was promoted to Sergeant the day after the defence. After 7 months service in the Mediterranean, the regiment moved to India in August 1880 and served in Burma from May 1886 to January 1887, before returning to India again. Saxty was confined on 6 May 1881, charged with being drunk on picquet, and sentenced by District Court Martial to be reduced to Private and to 56 days imprisonment with hard labour and stoppage of pay, in addition being fined £1 and forfeited Good Conduct Pay. He steadily regained his steps in rank to become Sergeant again in December 1885. After his service in the Burma campaign, Saxty re-engaged for the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment at Madras on 4 October 1887, ‘for such term as shall complete 21 years service.’ He transferred to the 2nd Battalion of that regiment on New Years Day 1888, and then transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 14 July 1891. Reduced to Corporal in October 1894, he was discharged at his own request at Thayetmyo, Burma, on 28 February 1895. Saxty had married Mary Copeland on 30 December 1885, at Ootacamund, India, and by December 1894 had issue four children, Albert, Mary, Wilfred and Leo. He was admitted to In-Pension at Chelsea Hospital on 12 June 1930, but reverted to Out-Pension in October 1933 in order to live with his sister in Newport, Monmouthshire. In 1934 he attended the Northern Command Tattoo, held at Gateshead, County Durham, 7-14 July, when he appeared in the arena with Bourne, Cooper, Jobbins and Wood, all former comrades at Rorke’s Drift. Saxty died of myocarditis and senility at Woolaston House Infirmary, Newport, Monmouthshire, on 11 July 1936. He was buried with military honours at St Wollos Cemetery, Newport, on 15 July. The Royal Horse Artillery provided the gun carriage, the South Wales Borderers Depot the bearers, firing party and bugler. A large number of Officers and other ranks of the Regiment and a strong contingent of British Legion attended. Lieutenant-Colonel Bourne sent a wreath, as did five other survivors of the former Rorke’s Drift garrison. Sold with a set of original Attestation and Discharge papers, Medical History, full pension record and Chelsea Hospital Death Certificate; together with a contemporary photograph of the ‘Five Defenders of Rorke’s Drift’ at the Northern Command Tattoo at Gateshead in 1934, fully annotated and identified in ink by Lieutenant-Colonel Bourne and accompanied by a manuscript letter from Bourne, dated 14 April 1939, at which time he and six others were the sole survivors of Rorke’s Drift. Together with comprehensive copied research including news cuttings, photographs, and Chard’s report on the defence of Rorke’s Drift.

§ MARGARET DE COURCY LEWTHWAITE DEWAR (1878-1959) COLLECTION OF BOOKPLATES, CIRCA 1900-1910 printed paper, comprising 34 bookplates, each tipped into a bound sketchbook, largest 19.5cm x 13cm, smallest 11cm x 7cm, together with 8 further bookplates, various designers including E.D. French; together with The Bookplate, 1924; Bookplate Magazine, 1919; and Weeds, an illustrated calligraphic manuscript, on five sheets of thick card bound in concertina format Note: Literature: The Studio Yearbook, 1908, p.317 where two of these bookplates are illustrated.

An Islamic manuscript, late 19th century, with a hunting scene with dogs and equestrian figures, between panels of calligraphy, with gilt leaf and black borders, framed, 31 x 23cm (VAT charged on the hammer price)

A Persian manuscript leaf, late 19th / 20th century, illuminated with a panel of a Prince riding a white horse, in a green landscape, with panels of calligraphy within a yellow lined border, 25.5 x 15cm

A collection of Art reference books, to include: Jeremy Reed, Lorca's Death, inscribed and signed by the artist and numbered 15/60 in pencil, Our Wonderful Culture, 1990; Salvador Dali 1904-1989, The Paintings, 2 Vols., with dust jackets, in slipcase, Benedikt Taschen, 1994; Hans H. Hofstatter, Gustav Klimt, Erotic Drawings, special limited edition 943 of 1000, in slipcase, London: Thames and Hudson, 1980; Marianna Shreve Simpson, Sultan Ibrahim Mirza's Haft Awrang, A Princely Manuscript from Sixteenth-Century Iran, with dust cover, in slipcase, Smithsonian Institution, 1997; and ten other books (16 volumes in total)

A Persian manuscript leaf with hunting scene, on gold ground, 18 x 13cm and a similar, also gold ground, uniformly framed.  Both appear in good condition.

A selection of wet and dry Flies, for fishing the lake at Borleagh Manor with manuscript text, mounted in maple frame. (1)

Follower of Carlo Maratta - Italian (1625-1713) "Head and Shoulder Portrait of Luke Wadding (1588-1657)," O.O.C., depicting the cleric in robes with manuscript name, in later frame, 66cms x 53cms (26"h x 21" w). (1)

TWO ISLAMIC ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT PAGES, each finely painted with scenes of figures and panels of calligraphy, framed and glazed, images 20cm x 12cm and 19.5cm x 10.5cm, (2).

A 19TH CENTURY OTTOMAN BOUND PRINT MANUSCRIPT, 23.5cm x 16cm.

Antiquarianism & Topography. Plot (Robert), The Natural History of Stafford-shire, first edition, Oxford: Printed at the Theater (sic), 1686, lacking map, 37 engraved plates as called for, of which 26 are double-page, one defective and repaired, ten or so plates discreetly repaired, infrequent minor stains and slightly tatty leaves, contemporary gilt-panelled calf, upper-cover detached, lower split and loosening but holding, bumped, chipped and rubbed, lacking endpapers, folio (36 x 24cm), [&] Faussett (Rev. Bryan) & Smith (Charles Roach), Inventorium Sepulchrale: an Account of Some Antiquities Dug up [...] in the County of Kent, from A.D. 1757 to A.D. 1773, London: Printed for the Subscribers Only, 1856, plates and in-text illustrations, some stains, original publisher's cloth by Bone & Son, London, ticket, disbound, ex-lib and with their markings, stamps, and implied condition, 4to, (2) Provenance: 1st: 1) My deare (sic) deare (sic) I was with thee poor Frank Brooke, verso pastedown with contemporary ink manuscript inscription; 2) Washington Sewallis Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers (1822-1859), of Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, his large format armorial bookplate engraved by B. Warwick. 2nd: R.S. Ferguson, F.S.A., contemporary armorial bookplate.

Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800), unbound pamphlet 'Description of a New Universal Equatoreal, Made by Ramsden…..', May 1779, pp. 9, with folding engraving of reflecting telescope on stand, with manuscript annotations, some possibly contemporary

Cartes-de-Visite, overseas, portraits - Notman, Montreal (1), Melbourne, Australia, manuscript dedications in same hand verso, 1863, 1864 (2), Europeans in Japan (2), other countries including Australia, France, Germany, USA, Russia and Chile (28), mostly G (33)

Stanhopes, an early 20th Century German plated metal military drinking flask, printed in German 'Home Watchword out of Hameln, souvenir of my service time' and 'My heart is like a beehive', manuscript inscription 'Res. [Reservist] Henne' and service details, with woollen lanyard, 220mm high, with image a.f., F-G (1)

Manuscript/silver writing, presumably Tibet 18th century, 11x30 cm, outer size is 37x55 cm

A framed sepia printed portrait of Beethoven and an early 20th century copy. The frontispiece and one page of the manuscript sheet music for Nel Cor Piu variations for the piano. Published by E. Donajowski, London, within a giltwood frame, 63cm x 75cm overall

Nineteenth Century Manuscript Library Catalogue, contemporary half calf.

Two Indian manuscript paintings, each framed and glazed. 22 x 31 cm overall.

TWO MUGHAL-STYLE MINATURES & TWO PERSIAN-STYLE MINIATURES ON MANUSCRIPT PAPER, Mughal-style miniatures, largest 17cm l x 10.5cm w, Persian-style miniatures both 23 cm l x 15cm w (4)Comments: one Mughal-style miniature with paint flaking off

Lord Mayor of London.- [Almack (Richard, solicitor and antiquary, 1799-1875)] Biographical Sketch [of Robert Peckham, Sheriff and Lord Mayor of London, 1732-1814], manuscript, 5pp., typed note at head of first page, folds, slightly browned, sm. 4to, n.d.; and 2 others, including a Scottish document relating to John Campbell of Ardchattan, 1703, v.s., v.d. (3).

Montgomery (Bernard Law, Field-Marshal Viscount of Alamein) Sparks Fly Upward, uncorrected proof copy of Monty's official biography, consisting of: 2 silk-tied folders with foolscap envelopes housing loose typed sheets, with 'Note of Agreement' sheet signed by the author, another with maps and original photographs, another larger envelope with photographs sectioned for each chapter, and 3 issues of Life Magazine with extracts from the memoirs, this housed in large envelope with manuscript address to the publisher and "very urgent by hand" to top corner in the author's hand, larger envelopes torn at edges but holding together, other contents fine, v.s., 1958 (qty)⁂ A scarce piece of publication ephemera from Monty, with many original photographs to accompany the text. Though originally called "Sparks Fly Upward", taken from the author's chosen epigraph of his favourite Biblical quote, the publishers would later title it "Monty." This proof is markedly different to the final published work, for which many of Monty's less diplomatic passages were excised.

Bawden (Edward) Take the Broom, first edition, one of 350 copies, lithographed throughout with manuscript text and 7 full-page colour illustrations, one double-page, original lithographed pictorial wrappers, inscribed by the author at head "Best wishes from C. & E.B. 1952", 1952 § Paltock (Robert) The Life & Adventures of Peter Wilkins, pochoir plates and illustrations by Bawden, some double-page, illustrations, pochoir endpapers, light spotting to title, Ruari McLean's copy with his ink signature to front free endpaper, original cloth, gilt, 1928 § Bradby (Christopher) Well on the Road, first edition, pictorial title and illustrations by Bawden, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, dust-jacket, a little rubbed and frayed at edges, spine panel defective, 1935, oblong 16mo & 4to (3)⁂ The first is an excellent copy of this scarce little book, originally drawn by Bawden for his children in 1944 and later produced as a Christmas gift by George Rainbird and Ruari McLean. This is one of the 100 copies for presentation by Bawden. The second item was his first illustrated book.

[Higgins (John) and others.] A Mirour for Magistrates, 4 parts in 1, general title and 3 sectional titles, woodcut head-pieces and initials, a few woodcut illustrations of Kings, with the 2 verse dedications (2O4 and 3E3) present, but with 3E3 signed "Nicols" to recto and misbound after A4, 3 of 4 titles with date amended to "1616" in early ink manuscript, a few other ink notes or marginalia, including to head of general title, first few ff. with small hole to blank inner margin, minor worming to first few gatherings, a few times touching text but without loss of sense, the odd short tear or fraying to margins, affecting text to M4, O8 and 3B8 but without loss, 2Q8 with portion torn away at head with loss to headline, some light soiling and minor marginal water-staining, heavier to final few ff., later panelled calf, spine gilt with black morocco label, rubbed, [STC 13446; Pforzheimer 738], 4to, Felix Kyngston, 1610-09.⁂ Possibly the source for Shakespeare's King Lear and for the title for The Winter's Tale. This edition is edited and enlarged by Richard Nicols, with the addition of both "A Winter's Night Vision" and "England's Eliza", a description of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

Tower of London, St Katherine by the Tower.- Indenture, Joseph Grave brewer of London sale to William Austen (or Austin) citizen and a Turner of London "All that long Stoarehouse or Shede... toward the Iron Gate of and belonging to the Tower of London...", D.s. "William Austin", manuscript on vellum, large calligraphic "T" at beginning, indented at head, folds, a few brown stains affecting some words, yellowed, lacks seal, 430 x 735mm., 7th July 1650.

NO RESERVE [Penny (Anne)] Poems, with a Dramatic Entertainment, first edition, title with engraved vignette and 4 others, list of subscribers (including Dr. Samuel Johnson), manuscript ink inscription front endpaper, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, rubbed, for the author, 1771 § Scott (Sir Walter) Woodstock; or, The Cavalier, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, spotting throughout, original boards with paper labels to spines, covers mostly detached, uncut, each within cloth wrap-around, together housed in leather-backed slipcase, Edinburgh, for Archibald Constable, 1826 § M'Diarmid (Hugh) To Circumjack Cencrastus or the Curly Snake, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, browned, chips to extremities, 1930 § Henty (G.A.) A Jacobite Exile, plates, publisher's advertisements at rear, original pictorial cloth, dust-jacket, torn and chipped (losses to spine affecting text), [?1894]; and c.70 others others literature and bibliography, v.s. (c.75)

NO RESERVE Manuscripts.- Wright (David H.) The Vatican Vergil. A Masterpiece of late antique art, numerous full-page and smaller illustrations, many colour, original cloth, spine gilt, dust-jacket, little creasing at head and foot, a very good copy, Berkeley, Los Angeles & Oxford, University of California Press, 1993 § Grewe (Rudolf) and Constance B. Hieatt, editors and translators. Libellus de arte coquinaria: An early northern cookery book, a few full-page illustrations, original cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, a fine copy, Arizona, Arizona Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2001; and another on the Vergil manuscript by Wright, 4to & 8vo (3)

NO RESERVE Victorian Scrapbooks.- Scrapbook, c. 20 manuscript entries, drawings (1 watercolour) and engravings, c. 21pp., a few illustrations loose, some ff. excised, a few ff. loose, contemporary calf, gilt, lacks upper cover, 1836 & [19th century]; and 2 other scrapbooks, 4to (3).

Paullini (Christian Franz) Gaeographia curiosa; seu, De pagis antiquae praesertim Germaniae commentarius, engraved device to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, a few ff. with ink underlining and annotations and front endpaper with manuscript inscription in ink, 3C1-4 browned, otherwise some light spotting, spine split at A1 and upper hinge broken, with tape repair, contemporary vellum, upper cover a little warped, 4to, Frankfurt, Freidrich Knock, 1699.

Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Lyrical Poems, one of 500 large paper copies, edited by Francis T. Palgrave, bookplate of E. Tennyson D' E. Jesse, his ink ownership inscription to half-title, further ink gift inscription "With my love, Edith" to front endpaper, dated 1885, p.262 with manuscript ink note to foot, endpapers foxed and toned, uncut, 1885; The Princess; A Medley, first edition, half-title, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at beginning, ink stamp of Lincolns Inn Book Society to blank before half-title, first f. of publisher's catalogue with ink inscription and a few marks, occasional minor soiling, hinges tender, rubbed and sunned at extremities, wear to spine ends with portion of backstrip working loose at head, 1847, original cloth; and others by the same, many first editions, 8vo & 4to (16)⁂ The first with the bookplate and ownership inscription of the Rev. Eustace Tennyson D'Eyncourt Jesse (1853-1928), son of Emilia Tennyson, the sister of Alfred Lord Tennyson, and father to the author F. Tennyson Jesse. The note on p.262 of the Notes section expands upon a reference to Arthur Henry Hallam, the subject of Tennyson's elegy In Memoriam A.H.H., explaining that Emilia Tennyson was engaged to Hallam before marrying Richard Jesse.

Tsar of Russia.- Alexander I (Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825) Imperial decree bestowing the rank of cavalier on three recipients, D.S. "Alexander", manuscript in Russian in an elegant secretarial hand, 1p., central fold, framed and glazed, letter 330 x 212mm., St. Petersburg, 3rd February 1825.

Education.- Nelson (James) An Essay on the Government of Children, under Three General Heads; vis, Health, Manners and Education, first edition, manuscript notes in neat hand to front free endpaper dated 1819, 19th century boards, rather scuffed and rubbed, 8vo, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1753.⁂ James Nelson (1710-1794) was a noted apothecary and wrote what is considered the first treatise on child rearing in English.

Durham & elsewhere.- Boyd (Edward Fenwick, industrialist who became the fourth President of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, 1810-89).- Woods (Sir Albert William, herald, 1816-1904) Register of Boyd's coat of arms by the College of Arms, D.s., manuscript on vellum, 2½pp., hand-coloured coat of arms on first page, some slight staining on last f., unbound, folio, 10th October 1882; and a small quantity of others, including: Walter Boyd. A Letter to the Right Honourable William Pitt on the Influence of the Stoppage of Issues in Specie at the Bank of England on the Prices of Provisions and Other Commodities, J. Wright, 1801; commonplace book with notes and ownership signature of Edward Fenwick Boyd; photograph album of WAAF's in the Second World War; 2 vol. of newspaper cuttings; manuscript notes, letters and maps relating to the Craster family of Northumberland etc., v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).

Spain.- Talbot Dillon (John) Travels Through Spain, with a View to Illustrate the Natural History and Physical Geography of that Kingdom, first edition, engraved frontispiece, engraved dedication page, engraved folding map (small closed tear to blank border), 6 engraved plates (2 folding), original boards with paper label to spine, manuscript inscription to upper cover, slightly rubbed and soiled, uncut, 4to, for G. Robinson, 1780.

Canada, South America, Europe & Algeria, South Africa & England.- Photograph album, including views and domestic scenes, including: Canada (British Columbia, lake near Nelson, Calgary, Indians at Thompson Memorial Fort Lake Windermere, Alberta etc.), South America (Cochabamba - Bolivia, La Paz Railway Station), Algeria (railway station at Beni Ounif, French colonial troops etc.), South Africa (Simonstown, Oudtshoorn etc.) & England (Isle of Wight, Folkestone, Tunbridge Wells, Devon, Frinton etc.), c. 630 photographs on 97pp., all laid down, some with manuscript captions on the photographs, in an original rexine photograph album, photographs 63 x 42mm. to 117 x 158mm., album oblong 4to, 1907-28; and a small quantity of others, including 3 other photograph albums and a small quantity of loose photographs (sm. qty).

Berkeley Manuscripts, Abstracts & Extracts of Smyth’s Lives of The Berkeleys, Illustrative of Ancient Manners and The Constitution including All The Pedigrees in that Ancient Manuscript to which are added A Copious History of the Castle & Parrish of Berkeley & Biographical Anecdotes of Dr. Jenner by Thomas Dudley Fosbroke 1821 with frontispiece engraving bound in boards with printed label (spine wear/repair). The Berkeley Manuscripts by John Smyth, of Nibley Edited by Sir John Maclean 1883 volume 1 together with a Large Paper Limited Copy of Volume 3 (1885) both volumes in cloth backed boards (3)

One Greek manuscript volume of 'STICHIRARION' ecclesiastical music C19TH Century.Ένας χειρόγραφος τόμος εκκλησιαστικής μουσικής 19ου αιώνα.

Greek Orthodox Byzantine Chants and Hymns incl. one manuscript - ecclesiastical music c19th c. (5)Πέντε τόμοι - Δοξαστάρια και Αναστηματάρια.

Coran miniature ancien, probablement Afrique du Nord XV-XVIe siècle An early miniature Qur'an, Probably North Africa, 15th-16th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 22-26 lines to the page written in small naskhi script in gold, red dots marking verse-endings, illuminated marginal devices, sura headings written in black ink on a gold ground with a device extending into the margin, five double-pages of illumination with outer margins decorated with stylised floral, geometric and knot motifs in colours and gold, brown leather binding with stamped diaper pattern, with flap 41 x 35 mm., 22 mm. deepFootnotes:ProvenanceProperty from a Royal Collection.Such miniature manuscripts of the Qur'an were primarily designed for their talismanic and protective properties, to be carried on the owner's person, whether in battle (when its properties would be particularly desirable) or in everyday life (perhaps when undertaking a journey). The manuscript would generally be carried in a silver case, often inscribed with verses from the Qur'an or prayers, and hung on a cord around the neck, or as a bazuband on the upper arm. For examples of such cases in the Khalili Collection, both cylindrical for manuscripts in scroll form, and (as would have been appropriate for our manuscript) rectangular or circular, together with discussion, see F. Maddison, E. Savage-Smith, Science, Tools and Magic: Part One, London 1997, pp. 142-147.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Coran enluminé, Perse milieu du XVIe siècle A small illuminated Qur'an, Persia, mid-16th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 17 lines to the page written in small naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black, gold roundels with blue dots marking verse-endings, inner margins ruled in colours and gold, sura headings written in white on a gold ground within illuminated panels, one double-page illuminated frontispiece, brown morocco binding decorated with gilt-stamped panels with Chinese-style cloudbands, with flap 95 x 65 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 29th April 1998, lot 29.Property from a Royal Collection.An inscription on the last page has a spurious, added date of AH 840/AD 1436, and states that the manuscript legally entered the possession of a certain Malik Muhammad Ibrahim ibn Haji al-Jisti of Isfahan. The inscription was written by Mehr 'Ali bin Ibrahim, the son of the above. A later, 18th-19th Century seal impression has a verse from the Qur'an and the name Ibrahim.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.Avis important aux acheteursCertains pays, notamment les Etats-Unis, interdisent ou restreignent l'achat par ses ressortissants (peu important leur localisation) et/ou l'importation de certains types d'objets d'origine iranienne. Afin de renseigner ses acheteurs, Bonhams indique par le symbole R tous les lots iraniens ou perses. Il incombe à chaque acheteur de s'assurer qu'il n'enchérit pas ou n'importe pas un lot en violation des sanctions ou des embargos commerciaux qui lui sont applicables.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Deux feuillets illustrés tirées du manuscrit Jain Kalpasutra, Inde de l'Ouest XVIe siècle Two illustrated leaves from a Jain Kalpasutra manuscript, Western India, 16th CenturyJain Prakrit manuscript on paper, seven lines of nagari text to the page written in black ink, smaller text above and below, red circular imitation pothi marks, red margin rules, each leaf with painting in gouache and gold each 110 x 295 mm.(2)Footnotes:John Guy comments on the significance and use of Kalpasutra manuscripts, even today: '...both the recitation and the worship of the Kalpasutra manuscript form important parts of the annual paryushana festival, celebrated by the Svetambara Jains during the monsoon season. The text is recited, and members of the congregation seek an opportunity to momentarily hold the sacred text, as if to symbolically read and absorb its holy message. Copies are carried in procession, and wealthy members of the lay community compete through donations for the privilege of having the recitation manuscript worshipped in their home overnight. On the last day of the eight-day ceremony the text is recited in full, and the illustrated folios are held up to the congregation. This public showing has a dual purpose: to provide darsana, a holy viewing, and to fulfil the more mundane but no less important storytelling role.'. (See 'Jain Manuscript Painting', in P. Pal (ed.), The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India, Los Angeles 1994, pp. 88-99, quotation from p. 91).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Coran enluminé, Inde du Nord, probablement Afghanistan XIXe siècle An illuminated Qur'an, North India, probably Afghanistan, 19th CenturyArabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 12 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink within gold cloudbands, with diacritics and vowel points in black and red, interlinear Persian translation written in small nasta'liq script in red, interlinear rules in gold, inner margins ruled in gold, red and blue, gold roundels marking verse-endings, sura headings written in naskhi script in white on a gold ground, one double-page illuminated frontispiece in colours and gold, preceded by a double page of illumination with each page comprising a roundel with naskhi script in white on a gold ground surrounded by profuse stylised floral motifs, one page at end with a note in cursive written by an early 20th Century owner, Kashmiri painted lacquer binding, outer covers with attractive stylised flowering tree, inner covers with flower-filled medallions, with flap 200 x 130 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceProperty from a Royal Collection.The note in cursive at the end of the manuscript has many idiosyncratic, local spelling mistakes, and was written by Muzaffar Khan, Governor (wali) of Maymanah, son of Mir Hukumat Khan. He endowed the manuscript to his children on 7 Shawwal 1325/12th November 1907 and requested them to read it daily. The seal impression (not fully deciphered) bears the name Muzaffar, presumably the same Muzaffar Khan. Maymanah is the present-day capital of Faryab province in northwestern Afghanistan.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

FITTLER, J., 'The Holy Bible Ornamented with Engravings by James Fittler from Celebrated Pictures by The Old Masters', Bensley. Volume 1 'Genesis to I Chronicles', and Volume 2, 'II Chronicles to Malachi'. Black boards marked but well-bound. Undated, but Vol 1 has an interesting manuscript dedication to Sir Edward Owen KCB: These sacred volumes/are small but suitable offerings,/as they containn the Precepts of those virtues,/which most Exalt Humanity,/while their blessed effects are best proved,/by his conspicuous practice of them - /Especially/On Wednesday the 16th of April 1817/ at Calais,/in presiding over the perilous duty/of preserving his shipwrecked fellow Creatures/from destruction!' Owen was a long-serving naval officer (later MP) who featured in many actions all over the empire.

A 19th century oak side table fitted with two short drawers now with later painted decoration of trompe l’oeil musical manuscript, book, keys and feather quill pen, 80cm high 106cm wide 56cm deep

A small Queen Ann style stool with drop in seat together with a tilt top wine table the top painted with book and manuscript trompe l’oeil 80cm

Weldon (Anthony). The Court and Character of King James. Written and taken by Sir A: W being an eye, and eare witnesse, London: Printed by R[obert]. I[bbitson], 1650, engraved portrait frontispiece, without final blank, occasional light damp stains and ink markings to margins of few leaves, later endpapers, contemporary sheep, rebacked, slight wear to board corners, small 8vo (Wing W1273A; ESTC R204065. A later setting than R209127 with page number "197" is printed correctly, the list of errata removed, and the errata corrected in the reset sheets), together with:Charles I, Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Maiestie, in his solitudes and sufferings, 1648, double-page engraved plate, without engraved portrait and final leaf (final leaf provided in manuscript facsimile), recent endpapers with 20th-century bookplate of Alan Morris to upper pastedown, contemporary sheep, rebacked, boards worn, 8vo,[Du Moulin, Peter], Tragicum theatrum actorum, & casuum tragicorum Londini publice celebratorum, quibus Hiberniae Proregi, Episcopo Cantuariensi, ac tandem Regi ipsi, aliisque vita adempta, & ad Anglicanam metamorphosin via est aperta, Amsterdam: Jodocum Jansonium, 1649, folding plate and six engraved portrait plates only (of 8), some toning, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, small 8voQTY: (3)

Langhorne (John). The Fables of Flora, by Dr Langhorne, illustrated by a lady, 1830, manuscript title and leaves, 11 fine botanical watercolours each relating to the fable opposite, one or two minor spots and marks, all edges gilt, original green calf gilt, biopredation to spine ends, joints and edges rubbed, small 4to, 22 x 17.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: L.G. Manley, contemporary signature at head of title. First published in 1771. This edition, with the verses copied in neat manuscript is accompanied by fine watercolours of the related plant.

Prescott (William H.). History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic, new edition, London: Bickers & Son, 1885, facsimile manuscript front endpapers, some minor loss to the foot of teh front boardHistory of the Conquest of Peru, new edition, London: Bickers and Son, 1903, frontispiece mapHistory of the Conquest of Mexico,..., new edition, London: George Allen & Company, 1913, map frontispiece, all with prize bookplates to the front pastedowns, uniform contemporary gilt decorated tree calf 'prize bindings' bound by Bickers and Son, 8vo, together with other late 19th-century & modern history reference & related, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, 8voQTY: (4 shelves)

[Fuller, Thomas]. Abel Redevivus: or, The dead yet speaking. The lives and deaths of the moderne divines. Written by severall able and learned men..., London: Printed by Tho. Brudenell for John Stafford, 1651, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black with ink markings (lined to verso, cropped to fore-margin & upper margin), engraved portrait illustrations, lacking leaf 2P4, some leaves cropped or excised to margins, dust-soiling and some marks, modern endpapers with 20th-century bookplate of Alan Morris to upper pastedown, modern brown morocco, 4to, with a defective duplicate of the same work, lacking frontispiece, title heavily cropped and trimmed and lined to verso (leaf 2P4 present), 19th-century half sheep, boards detached, worn, 4to, together with:Gardiner (Richard, of Hereford), Aedis Christi Oxon: Canonici, Specimen Oratorium, 4th edition, Oxford: Excudebat H.H. Academiae Typographus, Impensis Ric. Davis, 1668, woodcut device to title, front blank inscribed "Presented to me by James Thompson Esq. 7 April 1828 JH", 20th-century bookplate of Alan Morris to upper pastedown, 19th-century half calf, upper board detached, 16mo in 8s, [Traherne, Thomas], Roman Forgeries, or a true account of false records discovering the impostures and counterfeit antiquities of the Church of Rome. By a faithful son of the Church of England, London: Printed by S. & B. Griffin; for Jonathan Edwin, 1673, lacking A8 (blank?), early ink selection to three lines of text and manuscript note to margin, scattered spotting, modern blind-panelled speckled calf gilt, 8vo,Caesar (Julius), C. Julii Caesaris et Auli Hirtii quae exstant omnia. Recensuit ac selectis Petri Ciacconii, Francisci Hotomanni, ... et aliorum notis suas addidit Joannes Davisius. Accedunt ejusdem curae secundae nec non Metaphrasis Graeca librorum VII. De bello Gallico, Cambridge: Typis Academicis, 1727, two folding engraved maps and one folding plate, lacking front free endpaper, 20-century bookplate of Alan Morris to upper pastedown, old cloth over contemporary calf, worn, 4to, plus other 17th-19th century antiquarian volumes including A Collection of the several Statutes, and parts of Statutes, now in force, relating to High Treason, and Misprision of High Treason, London, 1710QTY: (8)

Seven Years’ War. An English manuscript brigade daily orders book, Western Germany, 6 February – 20 May 1761, [104]pp., written in a neat hand, some of the final days' orders with the name Frederick Evelyn or his initials at foot, 31 blank leaves at rear, a little dust-soiling, original green-stained vellum with flap and defective gilt clasp, rubbed and soiled, some loss at head of spine, small 8vo (152 x 98 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:The manuscript, in an unidentified hand, but possibly that of Frederick Evelyn, covers a 3-month period towards the end of the War and records standard orders, including regiment movements and instructions, store orders, promotions and commendations, etc. It begins: ‘Bloomberg, 6 February 1761: The brigade to march tomorrow. An exact return to be sent immediately to the Genl. of the effective Off[ice]rs, Men, & Horses that actually march with the Regt. & in case of any extraordinary happ[enings] they are to be reported to the Genl. at the following places… ’. Other place names include Mariston, Homburg, Hattenbach, Queck, Dainrode, Mardorf, Oberkleen, Lerbach, Kirchdorf, Heerste, Alberdison. Some of the brigade orders are initialled as given by George Howard (c. 1718-1796), John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave (1718-1784) and Daniel Webb (died 1773), and many made by His Serene Highness the Duke [Ferdinand, Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1721-1792], who led the Anglo-German army in Western Germany from 1757-1762, successfully repelling French attempts to occupy Hanover.

Jonson (Ben). The Workes of Benjamin Jonson, [volume 1 of 3], London: Printed by Richard Bishop [and Robert Young], and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke, 1640, [10], 668; 228 pp., without A1 (engraved portrait frontispiece), engraved title page present (with washed out oval ink stamp to lower margin and ink/manuscript number stamp to verso), old oval ink stamp of Hereford Public Library at foot of 22 leaves throughout volume, few tiny rust holes and minor marks, light toning, two leaves from another edition bound-in at front, later endpapers, contemporary sheep, 20th-century reback, joints cracked at head, folio (29.2 x 18 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 14753; ESTC S112456.The first volume, printed by Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke, was a 1640 reprint of the 1616 folio with corrections; it has sometimes been termed "the second edition of the first folio." The second & third volumes were printed by James Dawson for Thomas Walkley in 1641.

Hoare (Richard Colt). Views of Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Towns, Castles, Churches, Monasteries, and Romantic Places in North & South Wales, [London: J. & J. Boydell, 1806], 48 engraved plates (imprints dated 1792-1806), occasional light spotting, damp stain to lower outer corners, original decorative wrappers with cloth spine, original paper title label to upper cover printed in gold on black, extremities rubbed, oblong 4to, together with:Evans (Evan), Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards. Translated into English..., London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1764, title with early manuscript signatures of Griffith Roberts 1773, verso of final leaf and free endpapers with early manuscript notes and verse, endpapers renewed, contemporary speckled sheep, rebacked, board corners worn and showing, 4to,Dyer (George), A Restoration of the Ancient Modes of Bestowing Names on the Rivers, Hills, Vallies, Plains, and Settlements of Britain, Exeter: Printed for G. Dyer, 1805, edges untrimmed, early 20th-century cloth-backed boards, rubbed, 8vo, plus three other volumes, Senghenydd Explosion, Minutes of Government Inquiry Proceedings, 2 volumes, 1913 and Owen (George), The Description of Pembrokeshire, 3 volumes, London: Charles J. Clark, 1892QTY: (8)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: Translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's Special Command, Cambridge: John Baskerville, 1763, general title and New Testament titles, list of subscribers ending with The Hon. Charles York, text in double column, occasional light spotting, a few small mainly marginal water stains, front endpaper with 19th-century manuscript pedigree to recto and verso, commencing with William Eppes Routh, his bookplate at front, hinges reinforced, contemporary calf gilt, red label to spine, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed with a few stains, folio, 49 x 31 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Herbert 1146; Darlow & Moule 857; Gaskell 26; Rothschild 2640. This copy in the 3rd state, with the list of subscribers ending with The Hon. Charles York. This edition 'has always been regarded as Baskervlle's magnum opus and is his most magnificent as well as his characteristic specimen' (T.B. Reed. A History of the old English Letter Foundries... p. 279).

Bible [English]. [The Bible: translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best, London, circa 1613(?)], lacking general and New Testament titles, also lacking leaves M3-M6, with duplicates leaves N3-N6, Apocrypha present, double-column black letter text, verso of last leaf of Apocrypha with manuscript notes "There was a storm of Hail that fell the 12 of July at 5 o'clock in the morning and that lay upon the earth till 12 o'clock, they were as big as pistol bullets 1671" and "May ye 23 1716 there was hailed stones which fell upon the earth as big as muskett bulletts", bound with at rear an incomplete Concordance, London: Robert Barker, 1613 and incomplete Common Prayer at front, light toning and dust-soiling throughout, few marks, endpapers renewed, bookplate of Alastair Wardrop Euing Crawford of Auchentroig to upper pastedown, 18th-century calf, blind arabesque to centre of each board, rebacked preserving spine, morocco title label, binding rubbed and scuffed, 4to (21.2 x 15.5 cm) QTY: (1)

Folda (Jaroslav). Crusader Art in the Holy Land, from the Third Crusade to the Fall of Acre 1197-1291, 1st edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, lacking CD to the rear, original cloth in dust jacket, lightly rubbed to head and foot, small tear to the rear cover, large 8vo, together with;Brinkmann (Bodo & Stephan Kemperdick), Deutsche Gemälde Im Städel 1500-1550, 1st edition, Mainz: Verlag Philipp Von Zabern, 2005, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, lightly rubbed to head and foot, large 8vo, plus,Schnapper (Antoine & Arlette Sérullaz), Jacques-Louis David 1748-1825, 1st edition, Paris: Réunion des musées Nationaux,1989, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, small tear to foot of rear cover, large 4to, and, Hindman (Sandra & Federica Toniolo, editors), The Burke Collection of Italian Manuscript Paintings, 1st edition, London: Ad Ilissvm, 2021, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plus other old master and illuminated manuscript reference and related including publications by V&A, Royal Academy of Arts and Taschen, mostly original cloth in dust jackets some original cloth with slipcase, large 4to/large 8vo, G/VGQTY: (3 shelves)

Coles (Elisha). An English dictionary, explaining the difficult terms that are used in divinity, husbandry, physick, philosophy, law, navigation, mathematicks, and other arts and sciences..., London: Printed for Peter Parker, at the Leg and Star over against the Royal Exchange in Cornhil, 1692, some wear to upper inner corners of initial leaves and gutter margin of least few leaves, lower outer corners of initial leaves dog-eared, light dust-soiling and few marks, front free endpapers detached, endpapers with early manuscript writing, contemporary sheep, upper board detached, worn, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R13954; Wing C5074.

Hunter (John). A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation, and Gun-Shot Wounds, 1st edition, London: John Richardson, for George Nicol, 1794, engraved portrait frontispiece after Joshua Reynolds, 9 engraved plates, original boards, title in manuscript to spine, fore & bottom edge untrimmed, portion of front joint cracked, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Garrison-Morton 2283; Norman 1122.A remarkable survival, in original boards."Hunter's last work, published the year after his death, contained his studies of inflammation and of the management of gunshot wounds, both of which subjects had been imperfectly understood before his time. He recognized the process of inflammation as one of the most widespread phenomena in pathology, and classified it into three types: adhesive, in which adherence of contiguous parts caused localization of disease; suppurative, in which pus was formed; and ulcerative, in which tissue loss occurred through the action of the lymphatics. Hunter was ahead of his time in recognizing and describing the three basic factors of wound pathology ... Hunter's treatise was the last work to be issued from his private press at Castle Street; 992 copies of the first edition were printed. Hunter was in poor health when the work went to press, and died after correcting only a third of the proofs. The remainder of the work's publication was supervised by Matthew Baillie and Evard Home" (Norman).

* France. Jaillot (Alexis-Hubert). Le Royaume de France Distingué Suivant l'Estendue de Toutes ses Provinces, et ses Acquisitions dans l'Espagne, dans l'Italie, dans l'Allemagne, et dans la Flandre, l'Artois, le Haynaut, Le Namur, et Le Luxembourg, Provinces des Pays-Bas, Paris, 1692, large uncoloured engraved map based on an earlier map by Nicolas Sanson, printed on two conjoined sheets, large decorative cartouche and mileage scale, additional title to the upper margin, near-contemporary manuscript number '4' to the upper right margin, 585 x 895 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Le Compté D'Artois..., Paris 1693, large uncoloured engraved map on two conjoined sheets, large decorative cartouche and mileage scale, additional title to the upper margin, 550 x 850 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (2)NOTE:Pastoureau, M. Jaillot I-D, 11. The date of 1692 indicates that this map is from the counterfeit edition, published in Amsterdam by Pierre Mortier.

Speed (John). Suffolk, Suffolke Described and Divided into Hundreds, The Situation of the fayre towne Ipswich shewed, with the Armes of the most noble families that have bene either Dukes or Earles both of that Countie as also of Clare, 1st edition, George Humble, circa 1611, hand-coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Ipswich, right-hand margin frayed with some loss to the strapwork border, vertical margins professionally repaired and extended, central fold repaired on verso, the whole backed with archival tissue, 385 x 515 mm, English text on verso, together with The Countie of Warwick The Shire Towne and Citie of Coventry Described, Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell [1676], hand-coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Warwick and Coventry, frayed and worn with some loss to the printed image, repaired on the verso, the whole backed with archival tissue, 385 x 510 mm, English text on verso, with Stafford Countie and Towne with the ancient Citie Lichfield described, Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell [1676], hand-coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Stafford and Lichfield, central fold and lower margin strengthened and repaired on verso, some faded near-contemporary manuscript text to the margins on the recto and verso, 385 x 515 mm, English text on verso, plus The West Ridinge of Yorkeshyre with the most famous Citie Yorke described, Henry Overton circa 1710, hand-coloured engraved map, inset town plan of York, large margins, toned overall and laid on later card, 385 x 515 mmQTY: (4)

[Foxe, John. The First [and Second] volume of the Ecclesiasticall history, contayning the actes & monumentes of thinges passed in every kinges time in this realme, especially in the Church of England ... 2 volumes in one, 3rd edition, printed by John Daye, 1576], part black letter, double column, some woodcut illustrations to text, lacks all four woodcut plates and 103 (mostly illustrated) leaves including both titles (volume 1: 6 preliminary leaves and 18 text leaves; volume 2: title plus 72 text leaves, last 3 leaves of index and colophon leaf), scattered tears and marginal fraying, mostly with no or minor text loss, mostly affecting page numbers or side-notes, larger marginal tears with text loss to 3T4, 3Cc2, 4F3, 4M6, 4Nn3, 4Ss5 & 4Xx4, some old dampstaining and soiling, engraved portrait frontispiece after George Glover supplied (from the 8th edition, 1641), with a manuscript title and dedication leaf copied in a 17th-century hand from the same edition, old closed tear tape repairs to frontispiece verso with ink ownership inscription of 'George Clifford, 1678' above, a further contemporary ink name inscription of 'Brigete Champernon' to margin of p. 1199, 19th-centuyry half morocco over cloth with six raised bands, heavily rubbed, folio (302 x 110 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC 121348S; STC 1124.This edition is largely a reprint of the famed second English edition of 'Foxe's Book of Martyrs' of 1570 and, in spite of the missing plates and pages, the majority of the 929 (of 1032) leaves present are in good order. Missing leaves: *1-4, [maltese cross]2-3; Qq1, Xx1; 2A3, 2D1,4, 2F6, 2H1,4, 2K2, 2T3,6, 2U1-4, 2X1-2,4; 2chi1 [title to second volume], A1,4, 2Hh2, 2Pp3, 2Rr4-5, 2Ss5, 2Tt4, 2Uu1-2,5-6, 2Yy2; 3B2, 2F1,5, 3M2, 3O6, 3P3, 3R4-6; 3Aa1, 3Ee6, 3Oo3, 3Pp1, 3Qq1, 3Rr3,6, 3Ss1, 3Tt2,6, 3Vv5-6, 3Yy1,3; 4A6, 4B2,5, 4F4, 4H1-3,5, 4I2-3, 4K4, 4O6, 4P1, 4R6, 4U2, 4Y5; 4Aa2, 4Bb4-5, 4Cc1, 4Ee3, 4Gg3-4,6, 4Hh3, 4Kk2-4, 4Ll4-6, 4Mm5-6, 4Nn2,4,6, 4Oo3,5, 4Yy1-4.The name inscription on p. 1199 is that of Bridget Champernowne, née Fulford (c.1581-1667), who married the Totnes MP, Arthur Champernowne (1580-c.1650) of Dartington, Devon. 'Champernowne belonged to one of Devon’s oldest gentry families, which had settled in the county during the twelfth century, and produced a knight of the shire in 1298. His grandfather, Sir Arthur, a younger son, acquired Dartington Hall in 1559, and sat for the nearby borough of Totnes in the second Elizabethan Parliament. Sir Arthur was a staunch Protestant who helped to suppress the 1549 Prayer Book rising and participated in Wyatt’s rebellion. During the French wars of religion he espoused the Huguenot cause, and married his heir Gawen to the daughter of one of its leaders. This union proved stormy, however, nearly ending in divorce in 1582. Gawen continued his father’s struggle against international Catholicism, fighting alongside his father-in-law in France, and providing one of the ships that sailed against the Spanish Armada…' (History of Parliament Online).