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* Creedy (Jean, 1920-2014). Dartmoor Forest, near Haytor, South Devon, 1960s, oil on canvas, unsigned, 45 x 56 cm (17 3/4 x 22 ins), framed (66 x 76 cm), with ink manuscript inscription and title label on verso, together with a small untitled oil on board landscape (Dorset or Dartmoor), framed QTY: (2)NOTE:Jean Creedy studied at Exeter University, the Chelsea College of Art, and London University. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, she has exhibited at the Heffner Gallery, Cambridge, Galleri Docent Duc, Stockholm, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions, and the Royal West of England Academy amongst others.

* Creedy (Jean, 1920-2014). Distant Mountains from Katoomba Falls, watercolour on wove paper, signed lower right, mount aperture 29 x 39.2 cm (11 1/2 x 15 3/8 ins), together with two other Australian watercolour views: Blue Mountains Landscape 1 [and] 2, both signed and mounted, plus a watercolour landscape Foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, signed and mounted, all framed and glazed (59 x 74.5 cm and smaller), labelled on versos (the first item labelled 'Distant Mountains from Katoomba Falls d'Alcudia [?]), some with ink manuscript inscription on verso, and another similar possibly American landscape, signed watercolour on paperQTY: (5)NOTE:Jean Creedy studied at Exeter University, the Chelsea College of Art, and London University. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, she has exhibited at the Heffner Gallery, Cambridge, Galleri Docent Duc, Stockholm, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions, and the Royal West of England Academy amongst others.

An Islamic illuminated manuscript. 23 x 15.5cm.

An Islamic illuminated manuscript, depicting a large hand. 21 x 15cm.

An Islamic manuscript depicting feet. 20.5 x 14.5cm.

An Islamic illuminated manuscript. 29.5 x 20cm.

An Islamic Mughul painting / manuscript. Of a prince smelling a flower, frame size 35.5 x 26cm.Provenance: Bought in Camden Passage in the 1980's.

An Islamic illuminated manuscript, The Whirling Dervish. 28 x 20cm.

An Islamic illuminated manuscript. 28.5 x 19cm.

An Islamic illuminate manuscript. 21.5 x 16.5cm.

An Islamic Illuminated manuscript. 21.5 x 13.8cm.

An Islamic illuminated manuscript. Depicting four Middle Eastern figures flanking a globe and beneath the stars, 22 x 16.5cm.

An Islamic Illuminated manuscript. 24 x 16.5.

An Indian manuscript on parchment paper with a watercolour vignette depicting a figure of a seated deity, 29 x 9cm, framed.

The Amber Witch; The Most Interesting Trial for Witchcraft Ever Known. Edited from a defective manuscript of her father, Abraham Schweidler, astor of Coserow, in Usedom. By W. Meinhold, Doctor of Divinity, and Pastor. Translated from German by E. A. Friedlender. London: H. G. Clarke & Co, 66 Old Bailey, 1844.

[Shaw, Stebbing]. A Series of Engravings from Shaw's History of Staffordshire, Comprising a Set of the Unpublished Plates, Which Were Prepared for the Continuation, London: Henry Kent Causton, Jr., [1842]. Folio, quarter crushed morocco lettered in gilt with embossed cloth boards, armorial bookplate of Leonard L. Hartley to front pastedown, pp. [vi], 31 engraved plates numbered in manuscript from 97 to 125 (including two A-numbers), all with protective tissue-guards, followed by A List of Staffordshire Parishes, and an Index to Staffordshire Parishes. The engraved pates are finely produced and exceptionally detailed, rich impressions with velvety black ink, many with manuscript captions. Plates include Tixall Hall, Ingestre Hall, Shugborough Hall, Trentham Hall, Butterton Hall, Loxley Park, Hagley Farm, and others. The plates are very well-preserved, clean, bright, wide margins, only one has suffered from toning & spotting (14A), there is some wear to the gutter of title where it's pulling, binding worn with upper board becoming loose, bearing stamps for the William Salt Library, Stafford. Very scarceProvenance: Purchased at the Sale of Staffordshire History & Topography Books, Arnold & Son Auctioneers, Uttoxeter Town Hall, 19 August 1976, Lot 30, where it was sold together with the Marquess of Carnarvon set of Shaw's Staffordshire (please see next Lot in this sale)

Photography. John Benjamin Stone (1838-1914). Windsor Castle, The Green Drawing Room, Private Apartments, 1899, platinum print mounted on card with manuscript caption, signed l.r., 19.5cm by 24.5cm (mount window), unframed. NB: A similar example depicting the fireplace is in the collections of the V&A. Together with three collodion photographic portraits, glass plates, c. 1859, two of which depict a young John Benjamin Stone, and two Christmas cards by John Benjamin Stone: The River Abana at Damascus, 1909, and Broken Fountain at the Lefkeh Gate, Nicaea, 1911, mounted halftone prints with lithographic captions, protective tissue-guards, card covers with silk ties, 24cm by 27cm (3)Provenance: By descent of the family of John Benjamin Stone (1838-1914)

Collection of seven facsimile Books of Hours, comprising: The Hours of Etienne Chevalier, London: Thames & Hudson, 1972, small quarto, cloth, in slipcase; The Rohan Book of Hours, T&H, 1973, large octavo, cloth, in slipcase; The Visconti Hours, T&H, 1972, large octavo, cloth, in slipcase; Les Belles Heures de Jean Duc de Berry, T&H, 1974, large octavo, cloth, in slipcase; The Tres Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry, New York: George Braziller, 1969, large octavo, cloth, in slipcase; The Wharncliffe Hours, T&H, 1981, octavo, cloth, in slipcase; Le Livre du Cueur d'Amours Espris, T&H, 1975, large octavo, cloth, in slipcase. All in fine or near-fine condition. Together with two reference books on manuscript painting and Books of Hours (9)

Medical Interest. A collection of publications to include Materia Medica Notes from Lectures by Mr E. M. Holmes FLS, Summer Term 1889, manuscript, notebook, worn half morocco; The Pharmaceutical Journal Formulary, edited by John Humphrey, London: PJO, 1904, worn cloth; two volumes of The British Pharmacopeia, 1887 & 1898, worn cloth, and The Modern Physician, by Dr Andrew Wilson, in five volumes, London: Caxton, [c.1904], gilt green cloth, together with a small quantity of unrelated magazines, 1930s-1950s, including QEII commemorative publications, condition varied, sold with all faults, and four Royal Navy cap tallies (HMS Helmsdale, HMS Chaser, HMS Fife, HMS Paragon), the whole in one carton

Curtis, William. Flora Londinensis: Or Plates and Descriptions of Such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, first edition, in three volumes, London: Sold by the Author, 1777 [1777-1798]. Folio, half crushed morocco lettered in gilt with marbled boards. Contents very well-preserved, clean and bright. Exquisitely illustrated as follows: Vol.I: vignette title, engraved portrait of the author, 103 beautifully hand-coloured plates, and 81 uncoloured plates; Vol. II: 118 hand-coloured plates, 73 uncoloured plates; Vol. III: 116 hand-coloured plates, 91 uncoloured plates. A total of 582 botanical plates. Each volume has corresponding pages of text for each plant being illustrated. Vol. I includes a dedication the Earl of Bute, 2pp. list of subscribers, 2pp. preface, 4pp. index, 3pp. manuscript appendix to the index, 6pp. catalogue of plants. Each volume bears a small engraved ownership plate for Richard Knight on the front pastedown. An important and exceptionally illustrated work in very good condition, the plates retaining their vibrant colours, only a few plates have small paper repairs, only a few pale spots in places, expertly rebacked & cornered in dark green morocco, the original marbled boards with some rubbing (3)

Freeman, John George. Holiday Rambles: Scotland, 1876, South Wales, 1877. Manuscript travel journal, pp. 200 (both sides of 100 leaves), copiously filled with an attractive handwritten script in black ink, embellished with very fine, charming pen & ink illustrations including architectural & topographical views and homorous cartoons. Small quarto, contemporary crushed morocco lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, featuring 62 ink vignette illustrations, including two manuscript maps, plus decorated titles for the two sections, headings in blue ink, and floral dividers. The humorous style is reminiscent of Three Men in a Boat and The Diary of a Nobody, though it pre-dates both of these famous works. The author's dry wit is expertly delivered in his erudite prose. He describes travelling on steamers and trains, the difficulty of sleeping, the exploits of eccentric or drunken passengers, long excursions on foot, hotels, food, scenery, weather. The places visited include Gravesend; Edinburgh; Stirling; numerous towns & landmarks in the Scottish Highlands; Chepstow; Symonds Yat; Ross-on-Wye; Hereford; Hay-on-Wye; Builth Wells; Aberedw; Newbridge; Doldowlod; Ponterwyd; Aberystwyth; Newport. The work includes a loosely-inserted manuscript leaf, 'Please not to lend this book to children & keep it clean. John George Freeman, 134 Regent St, London. Should this book be lost the finder is requested to bring it to the above address when he will be rewarded.' Contents well-preserved, clean, bright, some pale spotting to endleaves, binding worn with loss to morocco spine. Extracts:'Usually I manage to go to sleep almost immediately, but then our house at Regent St is a stationary one, and I did not seem to take kindly to the continued motion of the boat...to my surprise I found two ladies and four gentlemen had made themselves beds and intended to pass the night in the open air, the latter were lying on their backs and singing "Hold the Fort" with not a very charming effect.' 'On nearing our destination, a very stout individual (who must have weighed quite sixteen stone) accosted us, and desired to know "why we wore those white things on our heads?" On being told it was to protect them from the sun's rays he seemed to think it was a splendid idea, saying it was quite time he did something in that direction, as he had suffered very much from the late extreme heat (he was about 60 years of age, and walking about without any coat): he appealed to one of his countrymen as to the utility of the invention, but this gentleman was of a taciturn disposition and declined to pass an opinion on the subject, still if the reader should at any time happen to be passing near Buchlyvie and see a very obese individual wearing a puggaree, he will of course at once know how to account for so curious a sight.''5.30am. I was awakened by a tremendous noise, and soon became aware it was caused, not by the descent of the top of our bedstead, but by a neighbouring bell which was loudly pealing to warn all "early birds" that the "worms" had already began to take their morning walks, or in other words that it was time to get up.''In Princes Street are a number of shoe-blacks, two of whom we engaged to polish our boots, and were rather surprised at their demand of two pence per pair for their labour, on our saying the London charge was only half that amount, they retorted no Shoe-black Society existed here, so they fixed their own tariff.''Having seated ourselves in the train, after the usual delay, it started off with a tremendous jerk which caused most of the passengers to make motions as if they wished to visit the opposite end of the carriage...[one passenger] said that when the company had sufficient money they would use horses instead of the present engine, and so be able to proceed at a reasonable speed.''The man who was so intoxicated last night now made an attempt to perform his toilet, and to my astonishment endeavoured to shave, what with the motion of the vessel and the equally unsteady movements of his hand it is a puzzle to me how he accomplished this feat without cutting his face.''The intoxicated passenger once more appeared on deck and declared he had lost his watch, this was rather unpleasant for those who had slept near him, though of course no one could tell but that he had thrown it overboard during the night...he brought his holiday to a fitting termination by confessing he had not enough money to pay his bill.''The name of this drunkard deserves to be recorded...should the reader ever come in contact with Mr Trotter, hosier, of 20 Newgate Street he will do well to avoid his company.''After a very uncomfortable night's rest which was disturbed by a donkey, cock, and cat, - doubtless they were anticipating the enjoyments of the coming bank holiday - we rose.''A young lady was trying to sing songs to a pianoforte accompaniment, at first it was endurable but afterwards she attempted something much beyond her capability and was evidently "feeling" for the notes, I suppose my face indicated the agony I endured as the question was asked "Do you object to the music (?) Sir?" to this I replied it was rather difficult to write at the same time (which I was trying to do).'The beautifully illustrated diaries of John George Freeman - who travelled across Britain during the 1870s with his brothers, Charles and Joseph - formed the basis for Three Men and a Bradshaw: An Original Victorian Travel Journal, edited by Ronnie Scott [Random House, 2015], which is described as, 'an enchanting description of a distant but nonetheless recognisable Britain which blends together the singularly English wit of Jerome K. Jerome and the Pooterish pathos of the Grossmith brothers' most famous comic creation.'

Royal Memorabilia & Police History. An archive of material relating to Roland Stockdale, a Metropolitan Police officer who worked for the Queen’s personal protection force during the 1950s, comprising: Roland Stockdale's expenses book for 1956, copiously filled with pencil notes recording his travels between royal residences, transport costs, subsistence, and lodgings; a photographic portrait of Stockdale in his police uniform, Regent studio, 22.5cm by 15cm, framed & glazed; Stockdale's RAF officers peaked cap; a letter written by Roland Stockdale, signed 'Ro', describing a stay at Birkhall, including a staff dance at Balmoral, undated, Birkhall letterhead, 10pp. on six leaves, and a 4pp. comic poem in the same hand [Roland Stockdale], concerning 'Prince Philip's beard'; seven invitation cards for Roland & Audrey Stockdale to attend a dance in the Ball Room of Balmoral Castle, 1956 (x 2), 1957, 1958 (x 3), 1959; two invitation cards for Mr. & Mrs. Stockdale to attend a Christmas Party at Clarence House, 1957 & 1958; an invitation card to The Soviet Exhibition, 1961; six menu cards bearing the royal cypher, one typed, others manuscript, 1957-58; a pewter tankard bearing engraved inscription, 'To Roland Stockdale from C.I.D. Colleagues "L" Division, Metropolitan Police, 22.6.1972'; Stockdale's Identity Card, stamped 'Metropolitan Police', 1940, and Registered Guide card for the same, Windsor, 1958; a small quantity of black & white photographs of Roland Stockdale, including one taken inside the Information Room at Scotland Yard, plus later colour photographs taken outside Royal Lodge; a Sketch Plan of Windsor Great Park, printed by The Estates Gazette Ltd., undated, folded within envelope marked 'not to be destroyed'; 18 blank/unused sheets of letterhead paper from Clarence House, Birkhall, and 10 Downing Street; a Christmas card, signed 'Berkeley', RAF Hillingdon; an album of messages from Stockdale's friends, 1920s (predominantly quotations, puns, proverbs). Together with a small quantity of material relating to Russell Stockdale [a forensic scientist notable for his work on the "Yorkshire Ripper" case], including his geography school workbook, his illustrated childhood diary for 1954-55, his Post Office savings book, five certificates including one from the Royal Microscopical Society, 1972, and a newspaper supplement, 'Help Us Catch the Ripper'Provenance: By descent of Roland Stockdale, a Metropolitan Police officer who worked for the Queen’s personal protection force during the 1950s

1692 Gamekeepers Notice Signed by Charles Beaucleck 1st Duke son of Charles II by Nell Gwynne. Manuscript notice to all gamekeepers signed by Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke son of Charles II by Nell Gwynne. Notice with seal and signature in old glass and wood frame with full details on paper to back., 29 cm x 35 cm

Asian Text Written Manuscript on Multiple Pages

This lot comprises firstly an unused 1d pink lettersheet overprinted SPECIMEN in red and secondly a used opened out 1d pink 1851 envelope addressed to The Secretary Stamp & Tax Office, marked in manuscript above the address "Specimen Envelope".

De Nationale Bank der Zuid Afrikaanische Republiek Beperkt, 1 Pond, 1892, serial number A-10098, four manuscript signatures, split and rejoined with tape, stained at centre, fine and scarce Pick 48a £800-£1,000 --- ex George Webber Collection

South African Reserve Bank, obverse and reverse archival photograph showing a proposed design for an unknown £1, Pretoria, 1 January 1922, serial number 0000000, obverse portrait of General Lois Botha at top centre, reverse view of Cape Town, mounted on board, manuscript date 2/6/21, unique and important £400-£500 --- Lois Botha was a General in the Boer War and considered a Boer war hero, taking command of all Boer forces in 1900. He was appointed the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa in 1907, the forerunner of the modern South African state. One can assume Lois Botha’s portrait wouldn’t have been the most popular choice politically.

Pluckington Bank, a Liverpool joke note for 1 Penny, December 1819, serial number 2235, promising to pay Mr John Tump or Bearer on Demand, on behalf of Mud Pluckington & Co., with indeterminate manuscript signature, fine, rare and amusing Outing unlisted £80-£120 --- Pluckington Bank was a mud bank in the River Mersey, close to Princes Dock. It has long since been dredged out of existence, but was immortalised in this piece of paper.

Bank of Rawcliffe, 5 Halfpence, 21 June 1825, serial number 84, manuscript signature of Jas Hirst, with an amusing engraving of a selection of people an animals including a horse drawn chaise, a small dog with a saddle, a man with a pig and a musket, and man running away from another man riding an ox! very good, amusing and scarce Outing unlisted £70-£90 --- Rawcliffe Bank is a ridge in the North York Moors, meaning this note probably originates from somewhere in that area. It doesn’t appear to have an overt political message and may well be just a joke. Regardless, it is one of the few skit notes that survives in any number, perhaps because of the amusing engraving.

National Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 15 May 1914, serial number K034-412, Samuel and one other manuscript signature, in PMG holder 55 EPQ, about uncirculated, exceptional in this grade, particularly with EPQ PMS NA 29 £300-£400

Bank of Scotland, 1 Guinea, 1 March 1780, serial number G 78/163, Paying Thomas Stewart or bearer, two manuscript signatures, laid down on paper, but a lovely presentable example about fine and very rare PMS BA 56a £1,500-£2,000

National Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 11 November 1916, serial number J727-354, Samuel and one other manuscript signature, fine PMS NA 29, Pick 248b £100-£150

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £100, 3 May 1923, serial number A5398, manuscript Taylor signature, in PMG holder 58 EPQ, choice about uncirculated, a wonderful example PMI BB 87, Pick 131a £1,500-£2,000

France, Siege de Lyons, 50 Sous, ND (1793), no serial number, black text on card, manuscript signature low left, also 10 Livres, 24 October 1792, also a 100 Francs assignat, 1795, very good or thereabouts (3 notes) Pick S302, Pick A66b, A78 £150-£200

Swakopmunder Buchhandlung, German South West Africa, 3 Mark, 1916, serial number 49472, manuscript signatures below, very fine, scarce Pick 17 £300-£360

S.Monte Della Pieta A’ Di Roma, Italy, 1000 Scudi, 1791, serial number 348, multiple manuscript signatures, embossed seal, repaired tears along hard central folds thus very good, paper still retaining good quality, a much scarcer high denomination note Pick S375, Gavello 9 £400-£500

Banco de Portugal, a contemporary forgery for 5 Mil Reis, 20 September 1901, serial number AB 04626, six portraits along top margin, several manuscript signatures across the face of the note, original paper, some wear to the margins, no hard folds, extremely fine, genuine examples excessively rare Pick 80 for type £150-£200

* Wilson (Edward Adrian, 1872-1912). Young Emperor Penguin Chick, original pen & ink study, signed below image and captioned in manuscript at foot 'Young Emperor Penguin Chick, kept alive 3 months on the ship', pin holes to corners, verso with number '10' in blue pencil and '2in wide' and number '722' in pencil, image approximately 6.2 x 7.8 cm, sheet size 12.7 x 15.1 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: From the Collection of Robert Gilmor (1936-2022).Edward Wilson, an assistant surgeon on the Discovery expedition that set sail for Antarctica in 1901, developed a particular interest in emperor penguins when he discovered the first-known breeding colony, on sea ice under the cliffs of Cape Crozier, on Ross Island.

* Botanical watercolours and prints. A collection of 28 botanical watercolours, late 19th & early 20th-century, including two watercolour studies on ricepaper (both torn), approximately 19 x 27 cm, plus approximately 250 botanical engravings, including many by W., S. and T. Curtis, some with contemporary hand-colouring, some with manuscript captions to margins written in an early hand, sheet size mostly 25.5 x 16 cmQTY: (approx. 278)

* Prussia. Military Uniforms, circa 1790, large watercolour broadside on laid, surmounted by a silhouette portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm II (1744 - 97) supported by a martial cartouche and the Prussian eagle, with 130 panels, each with a pair of soldiers (one officer and one non-commissioned officer), each with a manuscript tile below the image, floriate border, some marginal fraying and repaired closed tears, slight dust soiling, 750 x 520 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:A very striking military painting, possibly made by a military cadet or training officer.

* German playing cards. Swiss Canton Costumes, Berlin?, unknown maker, circa 1870, a complete deck of 52 stencil and hand coloured engraved playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 (French suits), each with pip cards ace-10, and 3 double-ended court cards, the courts portrayed in traditional Swiss costumes (only the queens showing a different costume each end), with the cantons and ranks named, each ace with two Swiss views, generally somewhat bowed, ace of clubs a little soiled to lower right edge, queen of diamonds lightly marked towards one corner, gold edges, versos red dotted cells, each card 85 x 60 mm, with original pink paper-covered slipcase with lid, early ink manuscript price to bottom edge, together with: Cartes Lenormand, Frankfurt am Main: B. Dondorf, circa 1880, Wahrsage-Karten (variant 4 - No.2), a complete deck of 36 chromolithographed playing cards, numbered but without suits (for cartomancy), each pictorial card with verse and with Dondorf dragon logo, no condition points to note, square corners, versos gold pattern on pale pink, with BD centrally, each card 86 x 53 mm, with original printed explanation booklet, and original printed box, with titel Cartes de bonne aventure, and No.2, also with seller's ticket 'Maison Jules Daveluy Ostende', plus: Rhine ruins, Darmstadt: Frommann and Morian, circa 1880, a complete deck of 52 colour lithographed playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 (French suits), each with pip cards ace-10, and 3 double-ended non-standard court cards, each ace with two scenes of old ruins on the Rhine, jack of clubs with anchor trademark, occasional minor spotting, some brown marks to edges, versos blue dotted flowers, each card 92 x 61 mm, with 3 other packs: German scenic views on aces, unknown maker, circa 1880, 52 complete, queen of diamonds with 'F.S.F'; European towns tarot, Darmstadt: Frommann & Bunte, circa 1890, 52 (of 54, without 9 of trumps and spades), soiled, stained and faded; Paris pattern, Darmstadt: Frommann and Morian, circa 1880, 52 complete, a selection of cards from each pack corner mounted onto 7 display boards, most encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder contained in plastic bags, the boards 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (6)NOTE:First item: Cary collection, Ger 479. The Cary collection example has a Berlin tax office stamp for packs destined for export. Second item: Braun, Schriftenreihe 'Spielkarten' band 4, BD 1873/2 (pp.64-65).

George IV. In the Large Room of the Police Buildings, Manchester. 27th June, 1821. At a numerous and respectable Meeting of the Inhabitants of Manchester and Salford, called by the Boroughreeves and Constables, for the purpose of considering and adopting the most appropriate means of Celebrating the Splendid Event of His Majesty's Approaching Coronation... , Manchester: Printed by C. Wheeler & Son, Chronicle Office, Pall Mall, letterpress broadside on wove paper on 2 conjoined sheets, wood-engraved royal crest at head, centred mostly single-column text in varied point sizes and styles, some spotting and overall light offsetting, a few small mostly marginal splits and tears, 180 x 52 cm (71 x 20.5 ins), together with a related broadside, Coronation. The Procession of the Children... , the second procession... , the grand procession... , A Feu-de-Joie... , printed by J. Aston, at the Exchange Herald Office, St Ann's-Street, Manchester, [1821], letterpress broadside, some spotting and offsetting, vertical and horizontal splits along folds, 71 x 49 cm, plus a group of 6 related broadsides printed in Rochdale concerning the proclamation of the King and coronation events, some spotting and offsetting, a few tears and fold splits, approximately 102 x 84 cm and smaller, plus other related sundry ephemera including 3 contemporary newspapers and a small quantity of mostly manuscript copies of letters and memoranda relating to the organisation of the Rochdale proclamation of George IVQTY: (approx. 20)NOTE:An extraordinary survival for such a large and fragile broadside with only a few letters torn with partial loss. Among the resolutions were a general holiday for 'the inhabitants of every class', a grand procession and, 'Tea for that in order to afford refreshment to the Working Classes, it be recommended that Oxen or Sheep be Roasted and publicly distributed, with a supply of Malt Liquor, and that the Special Constables be requested to superintend the arrangements for this purpose'.

* Illuminated miniature. An illuminated initial fragment with miniature of Saint Liberata and Saint Faustina martyrs, possibly from the workshop of Francesco and Girolamo dai Libri, Verona, circa 1480, painted in gold and colours on vellum, fragment possibly a from an antiphonal leaf with manuscript musical notation to both sides, fragment size approximately 12.5 x 14.5 cmQTY: (1)

* Illuminated miniature. An illuminated initial fragment with miniature of Saint Lawrence martyr, possibly from the workshop of Michele da Genova, Parma, circa 1500(?), painted in gold and colours on vellum, fragment possibly from an antiphonal leaf with manuscript musical notation to verso, bearing small paper label with manuscript number '9', fragment size 11.4 x 13 cmQTY: (1)

Quarles (Francis). Emblemes, London: William Freeman, [1709], [8],310,[5],322-381,[1]p., engraved title and numerous engraved illustrations to text, light toning and spotting, label to upper pastedown with manuscript note 'purchased at Leeds, March 29th 1828 by me - Norrisson Scatcherd of Morley, Yorkshire', contemporary calf gilt, small 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:?Norrisson Cavendish Scatcherd FSA (1780–1853), was an antiquary and writer, born in Morley, Yorkshire, the eldest son of Watson Scatcherd, a successful barrister on the northern circuit. He attended Marylebone and Hipperholme schools and was called to the bar from Gray's Inn in 1806. He soon forsook the law for literary and antiquarian pursuits. He was the author of The History of Morley … Yorkshire, 1830; Memoirs of the celebrated Eugene Aram, 1832; Gleanings after Eugene Aram, 1840, and The Chapel of King Edward III on Wakefield Bridge, 1843. Scatcherd was also a contributor to the Gentleman's Magazine and Hone's Year and Table books.

Monro (John). Remarks on Dr Battie’s Treatise on Madness, by John Monro, M.D. Fellow of the College of Physicians, London; and Physician to Bethlem-Hospital, London: John Clarke, 1758, bound with [Waller, John], An Appeal to the Nobility and Gentry, in regard to the Gold and Silver Lace, Brocades, Embroidery, and Gold and Silver Ribbon of this Kingdom. The late glorious and memorable King William, in a speech of his to the Parliament, calleth trade the Heart’s Blood of a Nation..., London: R. Griffiths, 1755, early manuscript annotations to title, bound with Seven Years' War, The Parallel, or, The conduct and fate of Great Britain in regard to our present contest with France: exemplified from the histories of Macedon and Athens, London: J. Scott, 1756, bound with Morbleau: or, the complaints and observations of a French spy, who came to England, on the retreat of the Prince of Clermont out of Hanover, London: H. Serjeant and A. Henderson, 1758, bound with [Pitt, William], An Address to the Great Man: with advice to the public, London: J. Robinson, 1758, early marginalia at foot of verso of final leaf, bound with Politics, An Appeal to the Throne, [London]: A. Kincaid, [1756?], bound with Grand Tour satire, The Bear-Leaders: or, Modern Travelling Stated in a proper light. In a letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of ***, London: S. Hooper and A. Morley, 1758, and bound with Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, A List of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. December the 21st. 1757, London: Printed by order of the Society, [1757], few early manuscript numbers to fore margins, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, lacking title label to spine, joints cracked and some wear, 8voQTY: (1)

Symonds (Thomas, of Merton College, Oxford). Adversaria Historica, Critica, Philologica, Moralia, &c. [so titled at front], original manuscript, late 18th & early 19th century, including transcriptions of texts on history, law, philosophy, theology, epigrams, poetry, etc., the final 10 leaves containing receipts for wines, mead, ink, cures for distemper in dogs, the bite of a viper, mange, etc., index at rear, a total of approximately 350 pages in a legible hand with a few diagrams, a few leaves detached, author's ownership name inscription to front pastedown, contemporary reversed half calf over marbled boards, some wear, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Symonds Thomas (1773-1845), antiquary and vicar of Eynsham, Oxon. Matriculated Merton College, 1 December 1790, BA 1794, MA 1797; vicar of Eynsham, Oxon, 1826, and Stanton Harcourt, 1827, until his death (Alumni Oxonienses).

Illuminated Prayer Book. Prières du Matin et du soir, c.1874, illuminated manuscript title and 35 pages of illuminated prayers for morning and evening on 19 vellum leaves (foot of final page with name in gilt N. Iarry), illuminated and gilt decorative initials, single-line gilt borders to each page, marbled free endpapers, green morocco doublures with gilt foliate decoration with only flowers, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco by Marius Michel Doreur, dated Duru 1874, contained in original red morocco covered slipcase with sliding lid, 16mo (11.3 x 7.8 cm), together with:Book of Hours, Heures Romaines, avec figures par A. Queyroy gravées par A. Gusman, Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, [1884], title within wood engraved border, wood engraved illustrations and border decoration throughout, moire silk free endpapers and blue doublures with geometric gilt decoration, all edges gilt with gauffered edges, contemporary dark brown morocco by Auguste Petit, onlaid monogram initials J.H. to recto (Jeanne Haverna?) and J.L.(?) to verso, half morocco chemise, slipcase, 12mo (15.2 x 11.5 cm),Morizot (Editor), Paroissien romain contenant les offices de tous les dimanches et des principales fetes de l'année, en latin et en francais ...aprouvé par Monseigneur l'Archevéque de Paris, Paris: Morizot, [1856?], engraved frontispiece, additional chromolithograph title, engraved plates and wood engraved illustrations, decorative borders, illuminated vellum presentation leaf in gold and colours inserted at front 'Ludivic Haverna et Marie Rose Jean Fontaine ont recu la Benediction Nuptiale al' Eglise Notre Dame des Victoires le 11 Mai 1869, front blank with related inscription Marie Fontaine dated 1879, moire silk endpapers, front free endpaper bearing initials M. I. F. and date 27 Juin 1861 in gilt, gilt dentelles, contemporary dark blue morocco by Capé, with elaborate gilt decoration, boards bearing monogram M. A. to corners, contained in original morocco covered presentation box with hinged lid, small 8vo, plus one other related volume, and related portrait photograph of Jeanne Fevallet neé HavernaQTY: (5)

Folio Society. The Fitzwilliam Book of Hours, MS 1058-1975, 2009, fine colour facsimile manuscript, all edges gilt, original full gilt decorated blue silk brocade by Smith Settle, with separate volume of commentary by Stella Panayotova bound in quarter cloth, 8vo, both volumes contained together in blue cloth solander box with gilt lettering to spine, box measures 23 x 16.2 x 6.8 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition 1157/1180.

Botany. An album containing approximately 285 watercolour drawings, circa 1850, 285 watercolours on 120 sheets, with manuscript Latin titles and source of each specimen, each drawing tipped onto an album sheet, some sheets with multiple images, mounted back-to-back, mid 20th century ownership signature to the front endpaper, hinges and joints weak, some ink staining to the foredge, contemporary half morocco gilt, spine partially detached, worn and rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:The watercolours each have a date and place of discovery, including Bantry Bay, Lyme Regis, Canterbury, Jersey, Deal, Ragland Castle, Hamstead Heath and Dinton (Wiltshire).

Macoun (John). Manitoba and teh Great North West, 1st edition, Ontario: The World Publishing Comapny, 1882, folding panarama frontispiece, 3 folding maps plus monochrome plates, front endpapers partially detached, front & rear gutters cracked, blind stamp to the foot of the title page, some light toning & spotting throughout, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine partially detached, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Yriarte (Charles), Florence, l'histoire, les médicis, les humanistes, les lettres, les arts, 2nd edition, Paris: J. Rothschild, 1881, numerous monochrome plates & illustrations, previous owner inscription to the half-title, some light spotting, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, folio, plusAngelo (Sydney & Anthony Wagner), The Great Tournament Roll of Westminster, a collotype reproduction of the manuscript, 2 volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968, 23 monochrome plates, some light spotting, original cloth in dust jackets & slipcase, 8vo/oblong 4to, and other 19th-century & modern North American & European travel reference & related, mostly original cloth,some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)

Buffon (Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de). Oeuvres complètes de Buffon. Par M. Le Comte de Lacepède, nouvelle edition, 12 volumes plus 5 volume supplement, Paris: Rapet et Ce, 1817-19, half-titles (verso of half-title to first volume with publisher's manuscript note 'R & Cie, No. 1001'), 333 engraved plates and maps (including two engraved portrait frontispieces, and 4 folding maps, lacking one plate), occasional scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of William Fullarton Lindsay Carnegie of Spynie & Boysack to upper pastedowns, uniform contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with dark green morocco labels, few joints lightly cracked, 8voQTY: (17)

* Scott (Sir Peter Markham, 1909-1989). Bewick's Swans, hand-coloured xerograph, limited edition of 20, 'P.S. 1968' printed lower right, 19 x 24 cm mount aperture, framed and glazed, 'On loan to SWLA Exhibition 2009' label to verso, together with Reid Henry (George Morrison, 1891-1983). Redwing sudies, watercolour and gouache on paper, signed to lower margin with manuscript notes on the specimen, 17.5 x 21.5 cm mount aperture, mounted, with three others: Red-throated Divers, by Colin See-Paynton, wood-engraving, limited signed edition 69/75, Flying ducks, watercolour signed by M. Wilson, and a wood-engraving of a Winter wren, signed by A.L. Gilbert QTY: (5)NOTE:From the Collection of Robert Gilmor (1936-2022).

A late 19th/ early 20th century Sinhalese palm leaf manuscript with painted wooden covers, Sri Lanka, L.39cm

(Whittington Press), Hellmuth Weissenborn (illustrated): 'Roads Rails Bridges. Twenty-five hand-coloured linocuts', printed by The Whittington Press, Andoversford, for the Acorn Press, London, 1979, limited edition, this copy numbered 19 of 60 copies only, signed by the artist Hellmuth Weissenborn to limitation page, 25 linocuts printed from the lino and hand-coloured by the artist, accompanying letterpress by Florian Weissenborn, oblong large 4to (26 x 39cm), original paper covered boards bound in the Japanese style by Weatherby Woolnough, tied with grey cord, printed paper label to front cover, matching slipcase with printed paper title label; together with a publisher's proof copy fo the same work, 28 hand coloured linocut illustrations, 23 of these with m/s numbers at top corners, some of the text for the book printed and attached to corresponding pages, some in manuscript pen & ink and with corrections, oblong large 4to, leaves housed loose in beige paper covered boards, printed title label attached to front cover (2)

Dylan Thomas: 'Under Milk Wood', London, J.M. Dent, 1954, 1st edition, ownership signature "John R.H. Yeoman March 1954" to front pastedown, m/s note in his hand verso title page "The name of the town, as written by Dylan Thomas, was Llaregub.", original cloth gilt (generally VGC), dust wrapper (slightly worn, 8s 6d price intact); W.S. Graham: 'The Nightfishing', L, Faber, 1955, 1st edition, tipped in typed page of beginnings of poems by W.S. Graham, this signed & inscribed by Graham at foot "Dear John Yeoman, It's good to believe in good beginnings WS Graham C.W.", the page with typed heading "WS Graham First Lines of poems - 1940.", but with "First Lines" crossed through and amended in pen & ink by Graham to "Beginnings", beneath are nine typed opening stanzas of poems, these ranging from between one and five lines, with manuscript ruled lines between, including "As if in an instant parapets of plantsWould squander the tricks of summerAnd sprout in a madman's enterprise,My leashed pigeon in theatres of hawksCreeps down the bowback rafters to my hair."etc etc, ownership signature of John R.H. Yeoman to front pastedown, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper (worn with part losses); George Barker, 3 titles: 'A Vision of Beasts and Gods', L, Faber, 1954, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, 'Collected Poems 1930-1955', L, Faber, 1957, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, 'The View from a Blind I', L, Faber, 1962, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w; Vernon Watkins, 3 titles: 'The Death Bell', L, Faber, 1954, orig. cloth gilt, d/w, 'Cypress and Acacia', L, Faber, 1959, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, 'The Breaking of the Wave', Ipswich, Golgonooza Press, 1979, 1st edition, original printed wraps. From the estate of John Richard Harding Yeoman (1916-1988), Copy Writer and Director for several Advertising Agencies, Assistant Secretary (Publicity) for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, Borough Councillor for Kensington and Chelsea, Governor of the Chelsea School of Art, and lover of art, poetry and books. John Yeoman’s first wife was Antonia Yeoman, née Beryl Antonia Thompson (1907-1970), the Australian-English commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator who worked under the name “Anton” (8)

John Milton: 'Facsimile of the manuscript of Milton's minor poems. Preserved in the Library of Trinity College Cambridge', Cambridge, at the University Press, 1899, 7,47pp with 47 leaves of corresponding black and white plates of the original manuscript, folio, rebound navy blue cloth gilt, inset with brown morocco leather and blue cloth gilt title panel to front cover, marbled end papers and front pastedowns

(Army, Cavalry, Surrey), an 1803 volume with manuscript title to inside front cover "Regulations & Orders for the Troop of Cavalry raised in the Hundred of Godley in Surry", this followed by 7 printed pages of cavalry rules and regulations, final page with printed date September 21. 1803, this followed by 3 pages of manuscript instructions for exercises for gentleman of the Godley hundred Cavalry, 1811/1812, signed by Dr Thomas Burton, and Edgell Wyatt, "September 5, 1811 There will be exercise at St Anns Heath for the Members of the Godley hundred Cavalry...the names of the members will be called over at 3 o'clock precisely. Undress uniform, flints in pistols. As the exercise during the present season may not be repeated more than 4 or 5 times, all members who are now not returned effective, will not be secure of any exemptions in May next...", missing many leaves, contemporary reverse calf (worn), oxblood leather gilt label "Orderly Book Chertsey Cavalry 1803" to front cover

Four assorted 19th Century manuscript and printed volumes, including a manuscript arithmetic exercise book circa 1828, containing approx. 55 pages of manuscript long division, addition, conversions/sums involving weights in pounds and ounces, money in farthings, groats, crowns etc, plus approx. 5 pages of m/s cookery and domestic receipts, remedies etc, including rice custards, 'to increase the growth of hair", "to clean silver", "to make cold cream", cough syrups, ointments, sting of a wasp "wet the part stung and put a piece of indigo or olive oil upon it which will remove the pain, another good remedy for the sting of wasps or bees is to apply the the affected part common salt moistened with a little water. Salt will not only kill a wasp but at the same time heal the sting also the rubbing of the part stung with a slice of onion", receipt for cooking "Middle cut of cod", boiled eels, tooth powder, calfs feet jelly, etc etc, plus several pages at end of m/s prayer, ponderings, divine questions etc, contemporary full vellum very worn (24 x 20cm); together with an 1833 manuscript journal of school exercises, 113 m/s numbered pages of entries, album begins "The object of the following journal, is, to preserve a specimen of the various daily exercises, gone through at the Academy, kept by Mr Greenwood, Petersfield, Hants. It should be observed that, the articles in general, entered in this journal, are to be considered as the production of the pupil himself, after undergoing the requisite inspection and revision of the tutor: every deviation from this rule, will, (of course,) be distinguished accordingly. Tuesday August 6th 1833 J Shores", content follwing this manuscript scripture questions, latin translation, prayer, hymns, English exercises etc, contemporary cloth gilt (22 x17cm); plus 'A Modern Atlas, Containing Thirty Maps, with Indexes...', London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1859], 27 (of 30) engraved folding coloured maps, folio, contemporary calf covered in brown paper, leaves loose, gutta percha glue at joints perished; plus John J. Roumieu: 'Ruislip: A History of the Parish and Church', Eastcote, 1875, 1st and only edition, mounted photo frontis of Ruislip church, 55pp, small format (14 x 11cm), original cloth (4)

(Music), a collection of fifteen 18th & 19th Century books of engraved piano music, sheet music etc, engraved title pages and contents, some title pages with engraved vignette illustrations, two of the volumes dating from the 18th C, the remaining thirteen being 19th C, folios, mainly contemporary half calf gilt, some in publishers cloth or full leather, several with ownership signatures/manuscript indexes/leather gilt labels to front covers "C.L. Hibbert" "Caroline L. Hibbert", a couple Colonel Henry Hely Hutchinson (1790-1874), with his name in gilt to covers, etc (15)