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Continental books Collection of works, 16th-17th century all bound in contemporary vellum with manuscript spine-titles, titles include: Claudianus, Claudius. [Opera] Theod. Pulmanni Craneburgii diligentia, et fide summa, e vetustis codicibus restitutus. [Bound with:] Aesop. Aviani Aesopicarum fabularum liber. A Theod. ulmanno Craneburgio ex membranis in lucem editus. Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana, 1596. 2 works in 1 volume, 16mo, Claudianus in 2 parts, 351 90 [6] pp. (including terminal blank), Aesop 29 [2] pp., contemporary ownership inscription ‘Ex libris Joannis G. … Amsterdam’, later ownership inscription of Anthony Murray to title-page, Murray family bookplate to front pastedown, damp-staining [cf. Adams C2077-8]; Hesiod. Opera quae exstant. [Heidelberg]: H. Commelinus, 1591. 8vo, [32] 103 77 [1] pp., woodcut decoration to title-page, inscriptions dated 1649 to front free endpaper and initial blanks, manuscript initials of Anthony Murray to title-page [not in Adams]; Aelianus, Claudius. Varia historia. Tanaquillus Faber emendavit. Saumur: apud Joannem Le'nerium, 1668. 8vo, 2 parts in 1 volume, [8] 428, 341 [3] pp., part 1 with paper flaw to K2, closed tear in T7, two strips of vellum manuscript waste used as patch-lining for spine, manuscript initials of Anthony Murray dated 1703 to title-page, contemporary manuscript marginalia in Greek up to about p. 260; and 8 others (these not collated, including: César Oudin, Refranes o proverbios espanoles traduzidos en lengua Francesa, Brussels, 1608, rear inner hinge gone; Battista Guarini, Le Berger Fidele, traduit de l'italien, Cologne, 1686; Giacomo Sannazaro, Arcadia, Venice, 1646; Giovanni Sagredo, L'arcadia in brenta, Bologna, 1673; Epictetus, Enchiridion, Leiden, 1646; and similar) (11) From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie, Crieff, Perthshire.

Forbes, Alexander, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo Essays Moral and Philosophical, on several Subjects viz. A View of the Human Faculties. A Short Account of the World. Two Discourses on Decency. An Essay on Self-Love. London: J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1734. First edition, 8vo, xii 385 [3] pp., contemporary panelled calf, spine-label perished, a few marks internally, manuscript date ‘Aug. 30th 1735’ to front pastedown From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie, Crieff, Perthshire. Ownership inscription ‘Anthony Murray of Crieff’ to title-page. The first published work by the philosopher and Jacobite army officer, who commanded a cavalry unit at Sheriffmuir in 1715 and was appointed general of horse by Prince Charles Edward Stuart in 1745. One Anthony Murray of Dollerie is reputed to have died at Culloden, fighting on the Jacobite side, though Anthony is a recurring given name among the Murrays of Dollerie, and was shared by his father (1676-1761), son (d.1790), and grandson (see Johnston, The Heraldry of the Murrays, 1910, p. 47); 1735, the year inscribed on the front pastedown, was however the year in which the Culloden casualty married.

Great Britain Group of maps, 18th and 19th century all engraved, sectionalised and laid on linen, and hand-coloured, comprising:Bowles, John. The  London Directory, or a New and Improved Plan of London, Westminster, and Southwark, 1769. 41.8 x 52.5cm, in marbled slipcase with manuscript label, a little staining, linen backing worn away along a few folds;Harris, J. Harris's Plan of London, Westminster and the Borough of Southwark, 1801. 41.5 x 52.5cm, in marbled slipcase with printed label;Bowles, John & Carrington. England and Wales … a Travelling Map through South Britain. By J. Bayly, engr[av]er, c.1780. 57.5 x 48.5cm, in marbled slipcase with manuscript label;Kitchin, Thomas. Kitchin's Enlarged Map of the Roads of England and Wales, 1768. 54.5 x 45cm, pencil annotations to one panel, in marbled slipcase with manuscript label;Faden, William. A Map of Scotland drawn chiefly from the Topographical Surveys of Mr John Ainslie and from those of the late General Roy, 1807. 111.5 x 96cm, in marbled slipcase with gilt red morocco label;and 4 others similar (9) From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie House, Crieff, Perthshire.

Heraldry, Spanish Art and Suetonius A small collection Nisbet, Alexander. A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical… Edinburgh: J. MackEuen, 1722/1742. 2 volumes, folio, titles printed in red and black, 48 (of 51) plates only, bookplate of Sir James Carnegie, contemporary calf, one cover detached;Facsimile of an Ancient Heraldic Manuscript Emblazoned by Sir David Lindsay. Edinburgh: W. & D. Lang, 1822. Folio, hand-coloured, contemporary diced half-calf, joints cracked;Vierge, Daniel and Francisco de Quevedo-Villegas. Pablo de Segovia. The Spanish Sharper. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. Folio, number 5 of 10 large paper copies on hand-made paper with the additional portfolio of duplicates on India proof paper, original vellum;Suetonius, C. Opera… Utrecht: Francisci Halmae, 1690. 2 volumes, 8vo, title-pages in red and black, contemporary vellum, a little dampstaining (7) The Library of a Scottish Gentleman.

[T. & R. Annan interest] Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) Annotated sales record of his works by the company T. & R. Annan 76 pp. bound manuscript, 29.5 x 23cm, with laid-down images of etchings and drypoints from 1908 until 1945, annotated in several hands (with 12 blank pages);Dodgson, Campbell. Etchings & Dry Points by Muirhead Bone. I. 1898-1907. Obach & Co., 1909. 4to, volume 1 only, number 243 of 275 numbered copies, annotated (and possibly extra-illustrated) with sales records, magazine articles, newspaper clippings and letters from the author (2) Thomas Annan (1829-1887) famously founded a photographic studio in Glasgow in 1857, creating influential collections such as Photographs of the Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow. The Annan photography business, ‘T. & R. Annan and Sons’, was a family affair, incorporating Thomas Annan’s sons (James Craig and John), alongside Thomas’s brother. In addition to taking, and dealing in, photographs, the Annans showed a great interest in the print as an artform (Thomas Annan purchased the rights to the photogravure process in Britain in 1883). The family exhibited, photographed and sold prints and paintings, alongside illustrating fine art catalogues. T. & R. Annan and Sons became an institution in the Glasgow, gaining the Royal Warrant from Queen Victoria as 'Photographers and Photographic Engravers to her Majesty’ in the city. They can be credited with promoting the works of important local artists such as Muirhead Bone and William Strang through the medium of engraving and limited edition prints, alongside photographing the artists’ work themselves. James Craig Annan even travelled around Europe with the artist, D.Y. Cameron, collaborating on an exhibition in 1892. The volumes presented here record the sales, prices and ultimately the early popularity of the works of these Scottish artists, providing a unique insight into the Glasgow art market in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Robert Burns interest 'Plan of the Estate of Littleton, in Kirkoswald and the County of Air' The Property of William Crawford, Esquire, Physician, 1815. Manuscript estate plan in pen-and-ink and watercolour on paper, backed on linen, affixed to wooden roller, with green silk trim, a few chips and tears with loss of silk trim along top edge, a few small rents along bottom edge, 98 x 67cm Kirkoswald, about 11 miles south of Alloway in Ayrshire, was home to Robert Burns's maternal relatives. Burns lived in the village in 1775, and Burns's work was influenced by several of the local people. Douglas Graham (1739–1811) who lived at Shanter Farm near the village is said to be the inspiration for Tam o' Shanter, and Jean Kennedy, who ran an inn named Kirkton, became Kirkton Jean. The estate plan, dated 1815, provides a valuable contemporary insight into Burns's stomping ground in the 1770s.

[Canada] - Rutherford, John Mr John Rutherford's journal in a letter to Sir John Nisbet 19th-century account of Rutherford’s narrative [an episode in the Pontiac War, 1763 – manuscript by Lieut. Rutherford of the ‘Black Watch,’” printed in Canadian Institute Trans. (Toronto), III (1891–92), 229–52], 84 pages, 12mo, calf-backed cloth, binding soiled, inscribed on front endpaper: "James Hopkirk, painter, Jedburgh, 1839" Sold in these rooms on the 16th September 2009.

Continental books Collection of works, 17th-18th century all in contemporary vellum, including: Albertus Magnus. De Secretis Mulierum. Amsterdam: apud Jodocum Janssonium, 1641. 12mo, engraved tittle-page;Grotius, Hugo. De jure belli ac pacis. Amsterdam: Abraham van Someren, 1689. 8vo, engraved portrait and additional title-page, initial blank with inscription in Latin initialled by Anthony Murray; Schoppe, Caspar. Grammatica Philosophia. [Bound with:] Mariangeli a Fano Benedicti auctariam ad Grammaticam Philosophicam ejusque Rudiemnta [And:] Pascasii Grosippi Paradoxa Literaria. Amsterdam: apud Judocum [sic] Pluymer, 1659. 3 works in 1 volume, 8vo, engraved vignette to each title-page, yapp edges; [Gobelin, Abbé]. Le jardinier royal. Paris: Charles de Sercy, 1677. 12mo signed in 4s and 8s, ownership inscription of Anthony Murray to title-page, bookplate (Murray Esqr of Crieff); Bartholin, Thomas. Anatomia, ex Caspari Bartholini parentis institutionibus, omniumque recentiorum et propriis observationibus terium ad sanguinis ciruclationem reformata. Leiden: apud Franciscum Hackum, 1651. 8vo, engraved additional title-page, engraved portrait to verso of title-page, 7 folding plates (of 8), full-page anatomical engravings throughout text (counted in register); and 10 others (not collated), all in contemporary vellum bindings, similar marks of ownership, titles including: Barbier, Principes de la langue latine, Douay, 1782 (12mo, vellum manuscript waste binding); Robert Molesworth, Memoires … dans lesquels on voit l'état du royaume de Danemark, Paris, 1697 (8vo, engraved frontispieces); Arnold Vinnius, Selectarum juris quaestionum, Leiden, 1660 (12mo); Georg Horn, Orbis Politicus, Leiden, 1667 (12mo, engraved allegorical title-page); Strabo, De Situ Orbis, Amsterdam, 1652 (2 volumes, 12mo, engraved additional title-page); Johannes Clüver, Historiarum totius mundi epitome, Leiden, 1637 (4to); Johannes Buxtorf, Lexicon Hebraicum et Chaldaicum, Basle, 1663, 4to; and similar, 17th century (16) From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie, Crieff, Perthshire.

Fyvie, Aberdeenshire. Grant of William Creichie Stylorum voterum ac recentiorum collectio a me Guilielmo Granteo juniore de Creichie fideliter conscripta Manuscript legal book, 1695, folio, 179 manuscript pages, contemporary calf, foot of spine worn Bookplate of Thomas Fraser Duff; Sold in these rooms on the 4th February 2009.

Architecture and Furniture Design A small collection Langley, Batty. The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs. London: S. Harding, 1745. Small folio, 186 + 14 plates, contemporary calf neatly rebacked with modern spine;Idem. The Builder's Jewel… London: C. and R. Ware, 1763. 10th edition, small 4to, frontispiece and 99 plates, several plates with a manuscript recipe written on the reverse ("To Clean Boot Tops", “Receipt to cure a House of the Grease”, “To Clean Leather Breeches”, “An Excellent Method of Making Plate Powder”, “Receipt for keeping Flies out of stables” etc.), with the ownership inscription of Robt. Wharton, Revd. Mr Harper, Belsize Lane, Hampstead, Middlesex", contemporary calf, binding split;The Royal Institute of British Architects. Sir Christopher Wren A.D. 1632-1723. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1923. 4to, number 12 of 250 copies, original vellum gilt;Jourdain, M. The Library of Decorative Art: English Decoration and Furniture of the Early Renaissance; English Decoration and Furniture of the Later XVIIIth Century; Decoration in England from 1640 to 1760; Furniture in England from 1660 to 1760; London: B.T. Batsford. 4 volumes, folio, original red cloth;Edwards, Ralph. The Dictionary of English Furniture. London: Country Life Limited, [n.d.] 3 volumes, folio, original red cloth gilt;Mulliner, H.H. The Decorative Arts in England. London: B.T. Batsford, Ltd., 1923. Folio, original green cloth;Hill, Oliver. Scottish Castles. London: Country Life Limited, [n.d.] Folio, original red cloth gilt;Small, Tunstall and Christopher Woodbridge. English Brickwork Details, 1450-1750. London: The Architectural Press, [n.d.] 4to, original boards;Zentner, L. Une Collection Choisie de Paysages… London: J. Thane, 1791. Oblong 4to, 56 engraved plates, contemporary half morocco;and a copy of The Eton College Chronicle, 1895-6 (15) Select items from the estate of the late Lady Penn.

East India Company "Swift" - account of a voyage to India and Malaysia 1794-5 (written 1796 or a little later) Attributed to Clement Sneyd, Second Lieutenant on board the voyage Covering Brazil, South Africa, India, Nicobar Islands, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, a detailed description of the voyage of The Swift from 1794-1795, captained by John Doling, alongside the Suffolk, the fleet under the command of Captain Peter Rainier, comprising 95 manuscript pages, 19 x 35cm, contemporary half morocco, “Voyage of the Swift C. Sneyd” to the spine, with a loosely inserted manuscript map titled “A Chart shewing the Track of HMS Ship Myrtle” of the Bay of Biscay and Portugal and a hand-coloured manuscript signal chart SALEROOM NOTICE: PLEASE NOTE NEW ZEALAND NOT VISITEDThe Swift appears to be one of the ships which accompanied the Suffolk (a 64-gun ship) to escort a convoy to India, under the command of Captain Peter Rainier (1741-1808, later Admiral of the Blue and namesake of Mount Rainier). This particular voyage was in itself notable as a trial for the implementation of a citrus diet for sailors to ward off scurvy, which was ultimately successful and became Admiralty policy the following year. On the first page of the account we find the following:“The Beer being expended ordered the Company to be served Wine mixed with 1oz of Sugar and ⅓oz of Lemon juice to every pint, it was very nice Tipple…”The following month, a comment is made:“Notwithstanding several of the men in the last month shewed strong symptoms of the Sea Scurvy, by persevering in their mode of diet, ?, and by mixing their Wine and Spirits with Lemon Juice and Sugar is totally disappeared…”The account of the Swift is also notable for the details it provides relating to this voyage, alongside vivid and engaging descriptions of the ports visited (some details, such as a description of Madras, copied from Brookes General Gazetteer and other publications). For example, an account of Penang reads:"This is a most excellent Harbour, said to be the best in India, there are three entrances from the North and from the South……The streets are at Right Angles - some of the Houses neat and well fitted, particularly the Superintendant's of Governor's…the houses belonging to the Malays, Seapoys &c.; are absolutely Rabbit Warrens…"The detailed description then continues to comment on the locals, paying particular attention to women the author considers to be the most attractive! The manuscript ends in Jeddah, with an extended account of the death of the Swift's Captain, John Doling. 

India Collection of Indian imprints and manuscripts [Indian big-game hunting]. Two manuscript hunting diaries kept by one M. W. Selby Lowndes, 1924-6. The first 4to, contemporary roan-backed boards, approx. 100 pp., titled on first page ‘2 months leave - a shoot in the Himalayas, 1924’, describing a journey from Nowshera via Lahore and Dehradun to various Himalayan stations including Mandali, species taken including red bear (i.e. Himalayan brown bear), tahr, bharal, etc., binding shaken, the second 8vo, contemporary cloth-backed boards, approx. 90 pp., titled on front pastedown ‘Diary of a month’s shoot in the Central Provinces India, April & May 1926', full-page sketch-map, species taken including bison, wild dog, sambar, tiger, etc. Together with related ephemera including a lengthy draft letter written from the Royal Artillery camp at Meerut apparently by the author; [Princely State of Hunza]. The Autobiography of Sir Mohomed Nazim Khan, K.C.I.E., Mir of Hunza, c.1950?. Copy typescript, 4to, 145 pp., 16 photographic plates, wire-stitched in buff card wrappers, ownership inscription ([C. […] Biscoe') dated 1956 on front wrapper, inscribed on the title-page ‘With best wishes to … ?Biscoe, the Khan’; Jyotishi, T. P. [Bengali title.] Ascension of Edward VII to Heaven. (A Dirge.) With Illustrations. Calcutta: K. P. Mookerjee & Co., 1911. First edition, 8vo, original grey cloth lettered in black, introduction in English, main text in Bengali, 11 halftone photographic plates with green tissue-guards; Karna, Lalchand Nawalrai. Western World Travels. Hyderabad: printed by Kethmal Parsram Gulrajat at the Blavatsky Press, and published by Mr. Lalchand Navalrai Karna, 1927. First edition, 8vo, xiv 120 xxxv pp., original wrappers (spine reinforced), inscribed on the front wrapper ‘With regards from [author’s printed name], To Balak Ram Esqr I.C.S'; [Lawrence, Sir Walter]. Ruling Princes and Chiefs of India. Bombay: The Times of India Press, 1930. First edition, folio, recent library cloth, 2 portrait frontispieces in colour (George V and Lord Halifax), photographic illustrations throughout, cancelled library stamp and withdrawal stamps to front endpapers; [India]. [Pamphlet volume, including:] Foreign Travel and Hindu Shastras. Judgment in the Benares Caste Case, 1911, Allahabad: Leader Press, 1912, 105 pp.; Social Reform on Shastric Lines … by A. Mahadeva Sastri, Mysore: published by the author, 1909, xxiii 104 pp.; Appreciation of the Author's Essays on “Vedi Law of Marriage” and “Vedic Religion and Caste” [drop-head title], 12 pp.; Vedic Religion and Caste … by A. Mahadeva Sastri, Mysore: published by the author, 1908, 71 pp.; and 3 others similar. 8vo, contemporary cloth, backstrip perished, rear board detached; Sanyal, Ram Bramha. A Hand-Book of the Management of Animals in Captivity in Lower Bengal. Calcutta: printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press, 1892. First edition, one of 1,000 copies according to the printer's slug on the final page, 8vo, original cloth-backed printed boards; [Indian postal history.] Smith, Stephen. Indian Air-Ways. Part I [II … III]. Calcutta: Kuntaline Press, 1926-30. First edition, 3 volumes, small 8vo, original wrappers, part 2 inscribed on the title-page by the author; Ward, William. A View of the History, Literature, and Mythology, of the Hindoos. Serampore: Mission Press, 1818. Second edition, volume 1 only (of 2), 4to, near-contemporary half calf, restored paper-loss to head of title-page just touching one letter, damp-staining to rear; and 5 others, all Indian imprints (15)

Teesdale, Henry (publisher) A New General Atlas of the World London: Henry Teesdale & Co., 1838. Folio, contemporary green half roan, engraved folding title-page, folding letterpress contents leaf, 46 engraved folding maps by John Dower, all hand-coloured in outline, one of which (‘India, from Authorities principally for the Use of the Army of India, 1835') on two sheets and opening to 70.5 x 44.5cm (with short split to edge of transverse fold), the remainder opening to 37.5 x 47cm, engraved double-page plate 'A Comparative View of the Heights of the Principal Mountains and Lengths of the Principal Rivers of the World, maps including ‘Birman Empire and Countries South East of the Ganges’, ‘China and Japan’, ‘Colony of New South Wales’ (with inset map of the Swan River Settlement), ‘Van-Diemans Land' (finger-soiling to margin), ‘Chart of the Pacific Ocean’ (short split to foot of central fold), and several dedicated maps of the Americas, shallow damp-stain to head of gutter never affecting images, binding worn, front board detached; Wilkinson, Robert (publisher). Atlas Classica. Being a Collection of Maps of the Countries mentioned by the Ancient Authors both Sacred and Profane. With their Various Subdivisions at Different Periods. London: Robt. Wilkinson, 1797. Large 4to, contemporary half diced russia, engraved title-page, 35 engraved hand-coloured maps and engraved hand-coloured folding chart (collation not established), contemporary manuscript numbering to margins, binding worn, front board detached, title-page slightly soiled, small chip to lower margin of first map (2) From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie, Crieff, Perthshire.

McLachlan family archive Including a typed diary of a trip to China and Japan, manuscript heraldry and history of Brigadier-General McLachlan A quantity of genealogical and miscellaneous papers, photographs and ephemera relating to the Mclachlan and Van der Hught families, including a typescript diary written by Miss M.G. Jones of Girton College, Oxford, narrating a trip to China and Japan in the 1930s, a red morocco gilt bound genealogical manuscript entitled: “Pedigree of the Families of Van Wynbergen and D'Aulnis de Bourouill and Van der Hucht” (copying a manuscript by J.M. Lyon in the Hague) with three illuminated coats of arms on vellum and typed sections at the rear (quantity) Sold in these rooms on the 16th May 2008.

HOMERUS: HOMERI POETARUM OMNIUM | 1550 | PUBLISHER: Parisiis, Apud Ioannem Roigny | NUMBER OF PAGES: 797 | LANGUAGE: Latin | DIMENSIONS: 120 x 85 mm | NOTE: original parchment binding | CONDITION: insect damage, missing preface - instead a manuscript preface is bound to one page | Entire title | Homeri poetarum omnium seculorum longe principis Ilias: hoc est, de rebus ad Troiam gestis descriptio | Bidders are asked to inquire about the condition of the item before the auction. any complaints will not be taken into account. |more photos*In case of missing photos, please feel free to contact us.

Various modern firsts to include:- Reid Banks, Lynne "The L-Shaped Room", Chatto & Windus 1960, bkpl, d-w not price clipped  Atwood, Margaret "The Testaments", Chatto & Windus 2019, d-w not price clipped  Ballard, J G "Empire of the Sun", Victor Gollancz Ltd 1984, d-w not price clipped   O'Neill, Jamie "At Swim Two Boys", Scribner, d-w, with also the original manuscript signed by the author to the publisher Sansom, C J "Winter in Madrid", Macmilllan and other volumes and manuscript copy first draft of the Bee's Kiss by Barbara Cleverly, signed, and other manuscripts by same author (2 boxes) 

Margaret K Reynolds, Michael the Victorious, an illuminated manuscript on vellum, housed in a gilt frameManuscript is a bit discoloured in some areas, hopefully that's visible in the photos. The frame has various nibbles/losses.

Indian Mughal School, a manuscript page, polychrome decorated and heightened in gilt, 21 x 13cm, housed in a gilt frame

Two gilt framed original "Manuscript Collection" prints, and one black framed print of a vase of flowers.

A Victorian scrap-book with copperplate manuscript text - mostly verse - embellished with printed scraps and watercolour vignettes, to/w four abums of vintage photographs - three depicting life at Swanbourne House School, Bucks (1920s) (5)

Lot to include two small green stone carvings, a pottery figure and a palm leaf manuscript with wooden covers. [W]

Boccaccio (Giovanni) Genealogiae...cum demonstrationibus in formis arborum designatis. Eiusdem de montibus & sylvis, de fontibus: Iacubus: & fluminibus, collation: a-t8 u10, 162ff., complete, 62/63 lines per page, Roman letter, 13 full-page woodcut genealogical trees, numerous woodcut initials, printer’s device on final leaf, lower margin of a6 cut away (no loss of text), slight worming to inner margin of first 10 leaves, just touching text block in places, title with ink inscription erased causing ink stain to verso, h1 with several words similarly inked out causing slight ink stain, some light marginal staining, occasional ink marginalia, later blind-stamped vellum, spine with raised bands and double morocco labels, yapp edges, in modern cloth drop-back box, folio (300 x 208mm.), Venice, Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus, 1494.*** Boccaccio's great work of mythography, including, in the last two books, his defence of poetry and much autobiographical matter. The genealogical trees of the pagan gods are found in the only surviving autograph manuscript and are regarded as the earliest secular ones.Provenance: James Wyllie Guild and John Hadden Hindley (bookplates on rear pastedown).Literature: HC *3321; GW 4478; BMC V, 444 (IB. 22904); BSB-Ink B-586; Klebs 190.3; Essling 799; Sander 1077; Goff B-753.

Elizabeth I (Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603) Letters Patent grant in fee simple by Robert Morgan of Maplarton [Mapperton], Dorset, to Robert and John Morgan, his sons, of the Manor of Wytherston, Dorset, a free yearly rent of £7 18s 6d, now or late in the tenure of Walter Travers or Thomas or Nicholas Travers, his sons, all late of the monastery of Abbottesburye [Abbotsbury], yearly value £12 17s 2d, in fee simple for £321 9s 2d paid at the Exchequer to Roger Alford, a teller there, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, single sheet, in black and brown ink, large calligraphic initial 'E', enclosing a line-drawn portrait of the queen holding an orb and a sceptre, enthroned beneath a canopy bearing the inscription: "Elizabeth Regina", calligraphic initial line decorated by a lion and a griffin holding banners, a fleur de lys and leafy sprays, folds, slightly creased, lacks Great Seal, framed and glazed, document 472 x 683mm., 31st January 1560. *** The Wytherstone estate was owned by Abbotsbury Abbey until dissolved in 1539. Roger Alford (d. 1580), MP., secretary to Sir William Cecil.

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Doves Press.- Cobden-Sanderson (T.J., probably after) Credo, calligraphic manuscript in red blue and black ink, 12pp., the last blank, with several 2- or 3-line initials in red and blue, signed at end, original parchment-backed blue boards, head of spine titled in black ink, a little soiled, small 8vo, 1906.*** A fine manuscript copy of Cobden-Sanderson's famous Credo copied in a later calligraphic hand. There is another manuscript copy (described as having 10 pages) in the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas.

Ware (Isaac) The Plans, Elevations, and Sections; Chimney-Pieces, and Cielings of Houghton in Norfolk, first edition, engraved title and dedication leaf, 5ff. letterpress with ink prices, double-page geometrical plan and 27 plates/plans numbered 1-35 mounted on stubs, 8 double-page, also with engraved bookplate of the Earl of Orford and illustrated slip "Published by I.Ware" on pastedown, occasional foxing and soiling, a few plates shaved, contemporary half sheep over marbled boards, rubbed, corners worn, folio, [Harris 912; Millar II 88; cf.Berlin Kat. 2332, 1735 edition], Sold by C.Fourdrinier [&c.], 1760.*** Another copy, sold by Bloomsbury in 2011, had the same Orford bookplate and Ware slip; this copy also with later bookplate of Thomas Weld-Blundell. A manuscript note on front blank reads "The prices of the paintings as marked in this catalogue is taken from the European Magazine for February 1782 which observes that these prices was paid to the Earl of Orford by the Empress Catherine of Russia, exactly as they stand in this book, and that the Editor was favor'd with the account by Alderman Boydell."

Maule (John, 1748-1825) and others. Four sketchbooks comprising over 125 original drawings of British towns, churches and abbeys, and landscapes, two of the albums signed, 'J. Maule 1792' and 'John Maule', to front pastedown, monochrome watercolours, pen and ink, black chalks, pencil, on album leaves, various sizes between 140 x 190 mm (5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in) and 170 x 240 mm (6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in), most drawings with manuscript description overleaf, occasional spotting and browning, minor surface dirt, marbled boards, very worn, some spines splitting, oblong 8vo and 4to, 1790s to 1830s (4)*** Locations include Canterbury, Tunbridge Wells, Dover, Netley Abbey, Carisbrooke Castle, Tavistock Abbey, with some studies.

Religious.- Evangelia [Notes on the Four Gospels], with references to Hammond, Grotius, Dr Clark and others, manuscript, c. 400pp., interleaved with a printed gospels in Greek, slightly browned and offset, bookplates of Rev Fred Ekins, Sir Lambton Loraine and Ron Fiske on front free endpapers, later half morocco, gilt, label in black morocco on spine "Evangelia", 8vo, n.d. [18th century].

Charles II (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1630-85) Order to create a commission made up of Prince Rupert, Lord Danby, James Duke of Monmouth, Lord Coventry and others to treat with Lord Peter Spane ambassador extraordinary of the king of Sweden concluding a treaty and renewing another treaty from 1664, D.s. "Charles R" & "H Coventry", manuscript, 1½pp., blind-stamp, loose, folds, folio, Windsor, 16th August 1674.

Elizabeth I's chief minister.- Cecil (William, first Baron Burghley, royal minister, 1520/21-98) Agreement between Lord Burghley and Richard Kingesmill , Surveyor of the Liveries, on the one part, and John Aylwyn of the other part, stating that the general livery of all lands of his father are to be granted to Alwyn, with an attached Valor in Latin, specifying the lands in Heyshott and West Dean in West Sussex alluded to in the agreement, subsigned"Churchill" and "W. Cooke", 2 sheets, manuscript in English and Latin, on vellum, folds, slightly creased, lacks seals, 325 x 545mm. & 285 x 276mm., 2nd November 1596; and another, an engraved portrait of Burghley, v.s., v.d. (2).

Austrian Empire.- Leopold (Count, Captain of nobility) Landmanns- Diploma to certify that Count Carl von und zec Stainach is a member of the landed gentry, D.s. "Leopold..." and others, calligraphic manuscript in German, on vellum, 5pp., text within gilt borders, wide printed floral borders, floral endpapers, original green velvet, slightly faded, original red wax seals in wooden skippets with original ties, g.e., in fine condition, 380 x 305mm., Graz, [Austria], 1770. *** Count Carl was the adopted son of his uncle, Max Guidowaldo, Count of Steinach.

Americana, Africana & Methodism.- Daniell (Marianne, compiler, probably a daughter of William Daniell, landscape painter and engraver, 1769-1837) Album of autograph manuscripts, watercolours and prints relating to England, Africa and America, including: "A verse in the Chippeway Langauge" by Peter Jones, once a Mohawk Chief; autograph inscription by Jabez Bunting, Wesleyan Methodist Minister after Wesley's; autograph hymn in native language by David Livingstone, Cairo, 1856; autograph fragments by both John Wesley and Charles Wesley; drawing of Mount Orgueil by royal navy topographer, Captain Robert Elliot; watercolour wash of a scene near Bombay by Amelia Cary, Viscountess Falkland; numerous watercolours of Egypt, Constantinople etc. and autograph contributions by missionaries and divines, together c. 120 manuscript, watercolours and other pieces on c. 120pp., many laid down, original straight-grained morocco, gilt, extensively rubbed, spine loose, g.e., v.s. in a 4to album, 1831-56.  

Shakespeare (William).- Underhill (Hercules, of Idlicote, Warwickshire, son of William Underhill who sold New Place to William Shakespeare in 1597).- Final Concord between Henry Gough and Hercules Underhill of pasture in Wolverhampton, manuscript in Latin, in chancery hand, on vellum, 9 lines, folds, 120 x375mm., 7th October 1636; and another Final Concord relating to the Leveson family (2)*** Shakespeare Connection. Shakespeare purchased New Place in May 1597 from William Underhill, described as 'a subtle, covetous, and crafty man'. "Two months later Underhill died at Fillongley, near Coventry, after orally bequeathing 'all his lands to his first-born Fulke. In 1599 Fulke, still a minor, was hanged at Warwick for poisoning his father. The law took the forfeit of the of the Underhill estate for felony, but it was regranted to Fulke's younger brother Hercules [knighted in 1617] when he came of age in 1602. In Michaelmas term of that year, Hercules Underhill confirmed the sale of New Place to Shakespeare, who paid the prescribed fee, equal to one quarter of the yearly value of the property, to clear the title." - S. Schoenbaum. William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life, OUP, 1980.

Spanish Dictionary.- Orozco (Sebastian de Corbarruvias) Tesoro de la Lengua Castellana, o Espanola, first edition, title with woodcut royal arms, ink inscriptions to title verso (some show-through), title with short tear into text without loss and repaired to verso, a few annotations, trimmed, occasionally affecting headline and few annotations, a few short tears into text, some staining in pink ink to upper margins, mainly to final c.30 leaves, occasional minor marginal staining, some light browning and occasional light foxing, ex-library copy with bookplate, small ink reference to foot of title, contemporary vellum, rebacked preserving original backstrip with title in early ink manuscript, surface soiling, some old creasing and tears, new endpapers, 4to, Madrid, for Luis Sanchez, by del Rey N. S., 1611. *** One of the first monolingual dictionaries in Spanish, or any vernacular language in Europe.

House of Lords.- Remembrances for Order and decency to be kept in the Upper house of Upper Parliament by the Lords, when His Majesty is not there, manuscript in an attractive Italic hand, 73pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red throughout, slightly browned, original red gilt panelled morocco with the coat of arms of Queen Anne on both covers, upper cover slightly faded, g.e., 8vo, 7th May 1712.

Catechetical School of Alexandria.- Titus Flavius Clemens, also known as Clement of Alexandria, Christian theologian and philosopher who taught at the Catechetical School of Alexandria, c. 150-215 AD) & Origen Adamantius, also known as Origen of Alexandria, Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian, c. 185-253).- [Fragment of a history of Catechetical School of Alexandria mentioning both Clement and Origen], manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in a Gothic bookhand, in brown ink, double column, 3 two-line initials in red and blue, red pen and ink scrollwork in margin, creased at tail, stained in margins, browned, 135 x 197mm., [?France], [c. 1250]; and 8 other fragments from medieval leaves, v.s., v.d. (9). *** Includes a TLS from Gerard Bonner explaining his examination of the fragment. Titus Flavius Clemens, also known as Clement of Alexandria, is considered one of the first great Greek theologians of the Catholic Church, he was one of the founders of the catechetical school of Alexandria, one of the first great theological schools of the Christian faith. As his three major works demonstrate, Clement was influenced by Hellenistic philosophy to a greater extent than any other Christian thinker of his time, and in particular by Plato and the Stoics.

Golding family of Belchamp St. Paul, Essex.- A booke wherin is entred and Written divers Dedes of feoffment, Releases, Indentures of sale of lande, and other evidences, wylles, wrightine and notes..., concernyng chiefly the messages landes tenements and hereditaments situate lying and being in Paules Belchamp in the countie of Essex. Trulye copied out and agreing verbatim with the originalls. Collected in maner of a Register by the procurement of William Golding Esquier the third day of Januari Anno d[o]m[in]i 1584, title and 58ff., manuscript on paper in a neat secretary hand, final f. (59) torn away along with two following blanks, 11 blank ff., some light damp-staining to lower margin, the odd spot, morocco book label of William Foyle, original vellum, remains of tie, "Essex" in manuscript to upper cover, portion excised from head of lower cover, preserved in morocco chemise, folio, 1584.*** An extensive 16th-century record, in a fine legal hand, of deeds in Latin and English dating from 1297 to 1586 relating to Belchamp St Paul in Braintree, Essex. The Golding family feature prominently; William Golding (d.1587) was the brother of Margery Golding, Countess of Oxford (1526-68) who would marry John deVere at the church in Belchamp St Paul in 1548, giving birth to the poet and courtier Edward deVere (the subject of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship) in 1550.Arthur Golding (1536-1606) was the half-brother of William and best-known as a translator, especially for his translation of Ovid a book much-prized, and used, by Shakespeare. 

Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Workes, largely printed in black letter and double column, title within fine woodcut border, engraved portrait, woodcut divisional titles, full-page arms, illustration at head of Knight's Tale and numerous initials, foxed and browned, sig.3R misbound, 2 leaves in sig 4A duplicated, old manuscript notes on front free endpaper, lacking final leaf (?blank), small hole in c5, later calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked, [Pforzheimer 177; STC 5079], folio, Geor. Bishop, 1598.*** A handsome copy of the first Speight edition which was also the first to include a portrait of Chaucer. Speight's glossary is the first printed glossary of Middle English.Provenance: James Bindley (armorial bookplate).

Corso (Gregory) Autograph Manuscript notes on Vestal Lady, Gasoline and others, signed on first page "Gregory Corso on Books & Poetry through the years" c.40pp. pen and ink on lined notepad, some creasing, large, 8vo, [1950s and later].*** A remarkable early manuscript of Corso poems, essays and thoughts with significant portions of both published and unpublished works. Accompanying the lot is a letter of provenance from the poet and author Lee Ballentine, stating that he acquired the manuscript through the dealer Roger Richards, with whom a penniless Corso was then staying, in 1991. 

Book of Hours, unidentified use, illuminated manuscript in gothic textura script, in Latin, on vellum, 13 lines on each page, ruled in red throughout, numerous one- and two-line initials, and large illuminated initials decorated with flowers and floral borders in gold, blue and red, (ff. 1r, 52r, 56v, 61r, 70r, 143v); , i + 155 + i leaves only, with catchwords, lacks calendar and other leaves with illumination, including miniatures, some leaves misbound, part of f. 96 excised, some smudging, vellum generally slightly cockled and marked, a few small holes and stains from rusted paper clips, a few leaves becoming loose, decorated gilt endpapers, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey on front pastedown, 16th-century red velvet, covers with gilt metal corner- and centre-pieces (upper cover in the shape of a cross) and clasp, spine with pierced metal panel, velvet worn and faded, metal tarnished, sm. 8vo (108 × 78mm), [France, Angers], [c. 1460s]. *** Hours of the Virgin (f. 1r), Lauds followed by suffrages to Sts Michael, Peter & Paul, Sebastian, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, and Catherine; Hours of the Cross (f. 47r) and of the Spirit intermixed; Seven Penitential Psalms (f. 78r); Litany (f. 92v); Office of the Dead (f. 101r); Obsecro te (f. 143v); the usual extract from St John’s Gospel (f. 148v); prayers (f. 151r), including one mentioning Angers saints, one to St Barbara in rhyming verse, and another to St Martin. Provenance: The Library of the late Christopher Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, lot 8, 27 September 2023, Dominic Winter Auctioneers.

Insects.- Mc A (J., circa 1810s) Album containing 75 original watercolour studies of moths, butterflies, caterpillars and other insects, brush and ink, watercolour, bodycolour, some heightened with gum arabic, one or two heightened with gold, on various Whatman wove papers, one watermarked '1811', every sheet with pen and brown ink manuscript description on laid paper tab affixed onto sheet, each album leaf approx. 355 x 250 mm (14 x 9 3/4 in), some sheets with even toning and browning, occasional minor spotting and surface dirt, light blue morocco, spine gilt with compartments, stamped initials 'J. Mc A' to lower section spine, sun exposure and fading visible, lightly worn, folio, [circa 1810s]

America.- Jefferson (Thomas) Notes on the State of Virginia, first English edition, folding engraved map frontispiece, hand-coloured in outline and laid down (Washington marked in ink manuscript, few short tears and very small portions of loss, slight wear to some folds, some light browning), woodcut cave plan to C8v, folding table, lacking final blank, light surface soiling and neat repairs to title, E2 with repaired tear affecting few letters, central fold of table repaired at foot, few other marginal repairs, few later marginal pencil annotations, the odd spot or stain, some light soiling, ex-library copy with small ink-stamp to title, modern half morocco, library label to upper cover, [Sabin 35895], 8vo, for John Stockdale, 1787. *** The only full-length book by Jefferson to be published during his lifetime. The first English edition followed a privately printed, extremely rare first edition (Paris, 1782 [but 1785]) and a French translation (Paris, 1786). Written in the form of answers to questions about Virginia, Jefferson gives a comprehensive account and analysis of the state, its natural resources and economy, and his prescription for the improvement of both state and country.

Herbal.- Parkinson (John) Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, or, an Herball of a Large Extent..., first edition, additional engraved title, over 2000 woodcut botanical illustrations, lacking initial blank and final errata f., additional title with short tear and few very small portions of loss supplied in manuscript, printed title with partially erased ownership inscription to foot, both titles trimmed to border and laid down, first few ff. with some small marginal repairs and reinforcement to gutter, R3-S3 small gash within text, 2N2, 5K2 & 6S2 short tear into text, Table at end with some fraying to edges affecting few letters, very occasional early ink correction or annotation, few very small rust-holes within text, the odd small marginal defect, occasional very light spotting, some light browning, some staining, mainly to margins at beginning and end, overall good, ex-library copy with bookplate and small ink-stamp to both titles, modern half morocco, [Blanche Henrey 286; STC 19302], folio, Tho. Cotes, 1640.

Warwickshire, Coventry.- Gibbs (Joseph) [History of Coventry] Miscellaneous Warwickshire Scraps [title from spine], 2 vol., William Reader's copy with his ink inscription and date, autograph manuscript signed, c. 630pp., mostly written on rectos with a few pieces of text in vol. I on versos, engraved maps of Warwickshire and Coventry, ruled in red throughout, browned, some slight foxing, original half calf, extensively rubbed, 4to (290 x 230mm.), [1820's and dated by William Reader 1830]. *** A chronological history of Coventry supplemented with extracts from documents and letters. Other items include Shakespeare's will, Dugdale's Correspondence, the Harleian Miscellany, Humphrey Wanley and Ayscough manuscripts. Also includes the poem Guy of Warwick and "Poem on erecting a Monument to the memory of Shakespeare".  Provenance: William Reader (1782-1852), newspaper proprietor, topographer and historian of Coventry.   

Rorke's Drift.- Chard (John Rouse Merriott, Royal Engineers, V.C., 1847-97).- Address to John Chard V.C., from "the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Taunton", for his role in the defence of Rorke's Drift, manuscript on vellum, signed by Meyer Jacobs, Mayor of Taunton, and the town clerk, with the Common Seal of the Borough of Taunton in red wax, old folds, 365 x 285mm., 3rd October 1879.

Antoninius Florentinus (Saint) Summa Theologica, 2 parts only (of 5) comprising Tabula nuper diligenter correcta and Prima Pars, woodcut illustration on each title and woodcut device beneath on first title, Prima Pars with inserted bifolium between a4 and a5 printed in roman type containing preface and laudatory verses praising both St. Anthony and Suardi by the Dominican Alberti Porletiensis, woodcut initials, a few leaves browned, some foxing and soiling, a few marginal repairs, old limp vellum of manuscript antiphnonal, new endpapers, 4to, Venice, Lazarus de Soardis, 1503.*** Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 2003.

Cromwell (Richard, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1626-1712) Letters Patent of common recovery by William Mayle and Thomas Pendred against John Smith and Edward Pente one messuage and two gardens in Wootton, Northamptonshire, D.s. "Robinson", manuscript in English, on vellum, in chancery hand, calligraphic "R" and decorated with flowers, some slight wear to decoration, folds, slightly creased in places, a little yellowed, half of the seal of the Court of Common Pleas, 470 x 690mm., 29th November 1658. *** Documents from the brief reign of Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector are rare. Sir Thomas Robinson (1618-83) was prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas.

Cornwall.- Archive relating to Tregavethan, near Truro, including: Common recovery grant to Stephen Lagharn and Thomas Trafusys against Thomas Newerk and Alice his wife, daughter and heir of Thomas Copeland of the Manor of Tregamadon alias Tregavethan of six messuages, one mill, two hundred acres, three vineyards, three hundred acres of pasture [etc], manuscript in Latin, on vellum, chancery hand, 22 lines, chancery seal (slightly smoothed and edges chipped, largely intact), blank space for initial H at beginning, document slightly yellowed and creased, 320 x 470mm., 12th February 1536; and 7 other indentures and documents relating to Cornwall (another relating to Stephen Lagharn), mostly relating to Tregavethan, from the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, all but one with good wax seals and fine impressions, v.s., v.d. (8 pieces).

Hamilton (Sir William) Collection of Engravings from Ancient Vases Mostly of Pure Greek Workmanship..., 3 vol. only (of 4, as usual), first edition, engraved frontispiece to vol. 1, 195 engraved plates on 192 sheets, errata f. at end vol. 1, engraved titles and parallel text in English and French, vol. 1 2E1 with marginal tears and paper repair, vol. 3 plate 9 trimmed within image, few other plates trimmed into border, vol. 2 titles and plates numbered in early ink manuscript, occasional damp-staining or very light spotting, some surface soiling and light browning, ex-library copies with small ink-stamp to lower margin English titles, later half calf, small library sticker to foot of spines, corners worn, rubbed, [Blackmer 778], folio, Naples, Wm. Tischbein, 1791-95.  *** A lavishly illustrated work recording Hamilton's second collection, particularly valuable because the ship transporting it to England sank off the Isles of Scilly, losing one third of the collection. An undated supplementary fourth volume was published later, containing plates but no text, but is rarely found with the set. Sets of varying numbers of previously unpublished proof impressions continued to circulate in the 19th century, sometimes referred to as a ‘fifth volume'.

Cornwall.- Carew (Richard) The Survey of Cornwall, first edition, Peter Le Neve, Andrew Coltée Ducarel and John Howard's copy with their ink signatures, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials and headpieces, initial blank, errata f. and Contents ff. at end, L2 small tear with loss in margin, slightly browned, some ink notes and coats of arms in margins by ?William Burton in a 17th century hand and other notes in a 19th century hand, 3pp. manuscript index at end, ink signature on title and ink signatures and inscriptions on A1, bookplates of Ducarel on front pastedown and of Treverbyn Vean (Cocks family of Cornwall) on front free endpaper, 19th century half calf, gilt, gilt panelled spine, red morocco label, [STC 4615], sm. 4to, by S. S. for Iohn Iaggard, and are to bee sold neere Temple-barre, at the signe of the Hand and Starre, 1602. *** Carew's history, which is "above all a representation of Cornwall as its author saw it, in terms of the landscape and climate, and of the occupations of men and women whose lives these shaped. Such matters as the local tin mines, the fishing industry, and the games people played, including hurling, all come within the compass of his lively pen." - Oxford DNB. Provenance: A good copy with an impressive series of owners: (1). Peter Le Neve, (1661-1729), herald and antiquary; "Liber Petri Le Neve Rouge Crois [Pursuivant] 1693"; (2). Andrew  Coltée Ducarel (1713-1785), librarian and antiquary; "A Ducarel 1770"; (3). John Howard (1726?-1790), philanthropist; "John Howard 1787"; (4). Also 19th century ink inscription on A1: ?William Burton (1575-1645), antiquary; "The coates of Armes  in this book were trick'd by William Burton of Lindley Esq in 1602. See Thom: Rawlinson's English Topographer p. 29."

Bible, Latin. [Langton (Stephen, attributed to, Archbishop of Canterbury, c. 1150-1228) Single leaf from the Interpretationes nominum hebraicorum [Interpretations of the Hebrew names], manuscript in Latin, on thin vellum, in black ink, in a small regular Gothic bookhand, double column, one two-line initial in red and blue and numerous one-line initials in red and blue, framed and glazed, 170 x 113mm., [Paris], [c. 1250]; and 5 other medieval leaves, all framed and glazed, v.s., v.d. (5 pieces). *** First mentioned, a list, mostly in alphabetical order, of Hebrew names found in the Bible, attributed to Stephen Langton.

Middle East.- Chesney (Lieut.-Colonel Francis Rawdon) The Expedition for the Survey of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, 3 vol. (maps bound separately), first edition, 49 tinted lithographed plates, illustrations, a few marginal tears, occasional water- or damp-staining, mainly marginal but sometimes affecting plates, occasional surface soiling, some spotting and very light browning, map vol. with 14 linen-backed maps (some short tears at folds, slight offsetting), ex-library copies with bookplates, ink-stamp to titles, plates, maps and illustrations, text vol. modern royal blue half cloth, map vol. 19th century half morocco, map vol. with library sticker to spine, wear to spine and extremities, [Atabey 234; Blackmer 337], 8vo, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850. *** "Only 2 of the four volumes were published, since half of the manuscript was lost when Chesney was sent to China; this also explains the random numbering of the plates" (Atabey).

House of Commons.- Callendar or Abstract of the Journals of the House of Commons from the year 1660 to the Year 1710, manuscript, title and 351pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, some slight spotting, engraved bookplates of John Bowes 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Sir Lucius O'Brien on front endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt, slightly marked, gilt faded, rebacked in later calf, folio, [18th century]. *** John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1737-76), Scottish nobleman and ancestor of Elizabeth II. Sir Lucius O'Brien (1731-95), Irish politician.

Birds.- Edwards (George) A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, vol.1 only (of 4), hand-coloured etched frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, 52 etched plates, brightly hand-coloured "by the author... from prints revers'd", duplicate of plate no.32, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, light foxing and offsetting, bookplate, contemporary calf, ruled in gilt, spine gilt, double red morocco spine label, rebacked preserving original backstrip, a few stains to covers, slightly rubbed, [Anker 124], folio, Printed for the author, 1743. *** The contemporary ink inscription states: "This very extraordinary set of Edwards's birds etc. was color'd by the author, at the special request of a late-celebrated naturalist, for whom it was finished with the greatest care & accuracy. As a proof of the superior excellence of this copy it may be necessary to observe that all the plates in the first volume are done from prints revers'd - the advantage of which is pointed out in page 17 of the Preface, & the difference may be satisfactorily ascertain'd by examining the plates No.32 - (there being one of each sort) & all the plates in the remaining 3 volumes are marked with manuscript numbers, the reason of which may be seen at page 124 of the 2nd volume. The gleanings also are uncommonly fine so that upon the whole it may be pronounced, an extraordinary copy of a very valuable work." Another modern pencil inscription reinforces that this is a 'special copy with the plates coloured by the author".This is therefore the first volume of an "extraordinary" set of an already "very valuable work", with exceptionally rare counterproofs and allegedly the author's personal hand-colouring. A counterproof results from a costly and time-consuming process whereby a print is taken directly from another that has just been printed. While the ink is still wet, a print is passed through a rolling press again with a clean sheet of paper to get a second copy. In 1765, Edwards wrote to the Earl of Bute, a patron of natural history, to describe how counter proofs from the prints he etched for "History of Uncommon Birds" fooled some viewers who mistook them for drawings: “In the course of My Labours I have taken of reversed Prints of my history of birds on Sett as a Curiosity and have Colourd them higer than ordinary to make them appear Somtings like Drawings, they have deceive som[sic] people in that respect they having no marks of the copper Plates.” Counterproofs produced a subtle and softer image resembling a drawing that could be hand-coloured to better display the nuance of plumage, colour, and anatomy of specimens without the boldness of an engraved line.The second volume with counterproofs is held by The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. 

Lieutenant General William Augustus Johnson (177-1863): a manuscript memorial book, initial leaf dedicated 'To James Osborne from Miss Barbara Johnson in memory of her late father, Wytham Hall 1863: includes pencil and watercolour sketches of the family home, Wytham Hall, Lincolnshire and environs, some albumen-print photographs of family members tipped-in (some with pen and ink or watercolour decorative surrounds): also with family tree and tribute to his son Robert William, Captain in the Royal South Lincoln militia (d.1855): plus misc. loose printed and manuscript ephemera inserted, contained in plum half morocco album of the period, some sunning and marking, small 8vo. (1)

An 18th century Portuguese manuscript volume 'Works of the Abad de S Bado (Manoel de Sousa Moreira)' 112 folios 1-86, 89-114, Continuous text, black ink in a fine right sloping long hand. Original full calf with red title, owners signature (215 x 65mm) binding with losses

A 15th century German historiated initial 'H' cut from a manuscript and mounted on card (60mm x 42mm)

Cunynghame (General Sir Arthur Augustus Thurlow, GCB FRGS 1812-1884)A collection of c80 manuscript letters from notable personages of the period c1850-1880 Note:- Cunyngham was a distinguished British Army Commander and served in the First Opium War, Crimea (a letter from the Field of the Battle of Alma is included), the Ottoman Empire, Ireland, India and South Africa. The correspondence covers most of his serving life, c80 in a canvas wallet. Canvas wallet, in perfectly reasonable condition considering age, some staining. Letters various paper types, few with tears, rough edges, many without tears.

Album 3. 'Brooksby' Leicestershire. Villiers family home 1900-1903 and Melton Hall. An incomplete oblong album 7pp with photographs and signatures including Charles Villiers, Consuelo Manchester, et al. full calf. inscribed 'Brooksby, My Treasures are My Friends' Constantius, 270 x 385mm plus a presentation manuscript, 'Lady Sarah and Captain Gordon Wilson'. 'We the Parishioners of Brooksby beg to offer your our hearty congratulations upon your safe return from from South Africa...' signed and dated July 1900, finely bound in red leather by Cross and Beckwith, Leicester, 310 x 270mm (2)

Eliot (Thomas Stearns) b. St Louis, Missouri, U.S. 1888 d. London 1965. Poet and Playwright.A manuscript two sided letter dated 29.V.36 on Faber and Faber Ltd. 24 Russell Square, London, W.C1. note paper, transcribes as follows:- Dear Mrs StewartI enclose my bad snapshots - I wish that I had taken advantage of the strong sun on Monday to take you and Dr Stewart then; as the one I took on Tuesday morning wasn't good enough to print. The others will serve for me, however, as a re-minder of a very me-morable day in my life, and of your and Dr Stewarts hospi-tality.Yours very sincerely, T.S. Eliot. enclosures four 70 x 45mm black and white photographs of St John's Church, Little Gidding plus one St. Mary's Leighton Bromswold plus a typed letter on Faber and Faber note paper dated 3 January 1941 addressed to 'My dear Stewart' in which Eliot expresses the importance of his visit to Little Gidding. (see illustration). signed in blue/black ink. plus 'Little Gidding'. 1st Edition. Faber and Faber 1942 pamphlet with stitched faded pink wrappers 220 x 145mm - some staining. notes:- 1.Hugh Fraser Stewart 1863-1948British Academic. Dean of St John's College from 1907 and from 1918 Dean and Praelector of Trinity College, Cambridge. On the 23rd May 1936 Hugh and Jessie Stewart took Eliot to Little Gidding. ref. correspondence. 2.'Little Gidding' is the last of 'Four Quartets' first published by Harcourt New York in 1943. (3 including 5 photographs).

Manuscript Correspondence:-Ingram-Seymour-Conway (Isabella, Marchioness of Hertford 1759-1834 Mistress of King George IV)A three side letter to a Col. Wilson relating to a recent duel in which he was injured, dated Nov 13th 1821 plus a further two sided note to a 'Mr Peacock' dated 22 July 1819, plus an invitation to 'Croker' from the 3rd Marquess of Hertford c1830 plus two manuscript letters from Lord Ellenborough dated 1806? and 1817 plus a single side note to an unknown correspondent from Thomas Moore, Sloperton Cottage (Bromham Wiltshire) January 22 1832