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ManuscriptAnon. Hoverfaria, In all Arts and Sciences, Liberal, Mechanical, Human & Divine.Norwich, 1st January, 1764, folio, ink manuscript on paper, illustrated title and 85 pages followed by multiple blank leaves and index, title word of each article in faded red ink, endpaper edges stained, contents generally clean, contemporary panelled calf binding (re-backed).

Bishops - ManuscriptA Treatise concerninge ArchBishopps, Bishopps, Deanes, Chapters, Parsons, Viccars, Curats & other Ecclesiasticall persons, with theire Confirmation, Consecration, Investure, presentation, Induction & Institution with all things incident thereunto ..... Written Anno Nono Caroli Regis Annoq Domini, 1633. Bound manuscript, small folio, 265 pages, neat early hand within line borders, library blindstamp to preliminary leaves and final blanks, accession stamp to title verso, in contemporary calf boards with gilt device and borders to each board and blind initials N P, (recently re-backed).[No publication under this title traced]

MonarchyBuck (Geo.), The History of the Life and Reigne of Richard the Third, Printed by W. Wilson to be sold by W.L., H.M. and D.P. 1647, the second issue, small folio in fours, [4], 107, [1], 113-150, [10] pages inclusive of portrait frontis, dedication leaf bound at rear, later manuscript notes on the author tipped in to front flyleaf, some foxing, calf gilt binding (joints worn, one partially detached). ESTC R23817;With two copies of Walpole's work on Richard III. (3)

Monmouth (James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth and Buccleugh, 1649-1685)Manuscript order from Monmouth (as 'Captaine Generall of his Majestie's Land Forces') to Col. Sir Henry Goodrick, 16th June 1678. The order instructs Goodrick to draw 83 soldiers from the remaining companies in his Regiment and march them to Bristol with a Company already selected from his Regiment. The strengthened company was then to ship to Dublin to join the Duke of Ormond's Irish forces. One page manuscript on folio-folded paper, signed 'Monmouth' lower right, page approx 35cm x 23cm, docket verso, light folds, foxing in places, wear to corners (without loss of script).

More (Sir Thomas, Saint)The Workes of Sir Thomas More, Knyght, sometyme Lorde Chauncellour of England, wrytten by him in the English Tongue.John Cawood, John Waly and Richard Tottell, 1557, first edition, folio in eights, the Roper family copy with manuscript ownership inscriptions on title page 'William Rooper, the only true (?) owner of' and 'Antony Rooper liber ex dono fratris (or patris)', [34], 88, 89-104 columns, 105-1138, [2], 1139-1458 pages, text and register continuous despite pagination. Title with repaired tear, laid down and silked with pencil drawn border, blank leaves [par.]10 and 2Z6 supplied with later paper, repaired closed tear to e7, abrasion to X2 with some loss of text, repairs to last two leaves, hinge gaping between fly-leaf and title page, binding rubbed with bumped top corner, armorial bookplate, all edges gilt, blindstamped morocco binding by Ramage. Gibson 73, ESTC S115047.[William Rooper or Roper (1496-1578) was Thomas More's son-in-law and had lived in his household for 16 years. When this copy was sold in 2006 at a London auction, the description described William and Antony as brothers. Subsequent research by David Stather suggests that the book passed from William to his son Antony (ex dono patris rather than fratris) and then to William Roper (later Sir William), grandson of the first William].

Norfolk - nr. DerehamEarly charter, a three year lease made by Sir Henry de Lacy of Dukesworth, Knight, to Mark Red of Rucham of a messuage, houses and buildings, 48 acres of arable land and four acres of pasture in Scarning and Gressenhall at the rent of 46s. 8d. Eight witnesses, dated Maundy Thursday, 13 Edward I (29th March 1285). Latin manuscript on vellum, 11cm x 16cm, 26 lines, three light stains and paperclip mark to left side, folds and several small holes.Norfolk - Upwell, Indenture for the sale of a house in Upwell by Thomas Browne to Robert Ashton, 1608. Latin manuscript on vellum, approx 23cm x 30cm, wax seal on tag (chipped). (2)

Nottinghamshire - The Manor of Epperstone A small collection of early manuscript indentures, comprising;Indenture of an Agreement whereby John Sampson should purchase and transfer to Sir Payne de Tibotot, certain lands in Epperstone held by Sampson de Strellery, John de Ludham and others, together with listed appurtenances including the services of freemen, villeins and cottars. The bond is enforced by 300 marks held by the Abbot of Croxton and Sir Edmund de Eyencourt. Friday after the Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 5 Edward II (17th September, 1311).17 lines of Latin on vellum, 17cm x 27cm, remnant red seal on tag, docket verso; Indenture between Sir Robert de Mylyngtone and John de Wyttolbury and three others, reciting the grant to Sir Robert by deed of the Manor of Epurstone in the County of Notinghame and other lands with appurtanances in return for an annual rent of one rose flower for the first three years, then £20 for the next 27 years, then £100 thereafter. Sir Robert also agrees to give up the deed of release on receipt of 500 marks of silver. 15th day before the Feast of St. Valentine, 43 Edward III (31st January 1369).24 lines Norman French on vellum, 16.5cm x 26cm, red wax seal on tag, docket verso;Deed of Release and Quitclaim by Robert de Pylkyngton to Robert Greathead of all interest in the Manor of Epperston in the County of Notyngham. Friday after the Feast of St. Peter the Chair, 47 Edward III (26th February, 1373), 8 lines of Latin on vellum, 11cm x 25cm, several small holes not affecting script, partial red seal on tag;Indenture of an agreement by Sir Richard Lescrope as tenant in fee simple of the Manor of Epperstone to create a rent charge in favour of John and Margaret Cheyne conditional upon them releasing to him a life interest in the Manor and he paying a bond of £300. 8th July, 47 Edward III (1373), 13 lines in Norman French on vellum, 10cm x 33cm, red seal on tag;Deed of Release and Quitclaim by Nicholas Stones of 'Epirston' to Roger Smyth of 'Eperston' and Alicia his wife, of his interest in one messuage in 'Epirston' with appurtenances and one measure of ploughland in 'Litileristyng' with appurtenances. Tuesday after the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Mary, 11 Henry VI (3rd February 1433), 8 lines of Latin on vellum, 8cm x 25cm, red seal on tag, docket verso;Indenture of a lease by George Marley, Parson of 'Epurston' to James Bulmer of 'Epurston' of the title of wood or trees upon the lands of Lord Scrope belonging to the Rectory or Parson of Epperstone for 21 years. 30th June, 6 James I (1608). 28 lines on vellum, 24.5cm x 49cm, red seal on tag. (6)

Patents, Pardons, Privy Seals - Manuscript.[1] Patents Granted for Creations of Honour from Dukes to Baronets since the Restauration of King Charles the Second as by the Docquet Books in the Signet Office; [2] Pardons Granted to divers Persons for severall Crimes & Misdemeanors; [3.] Privy Seals for payment of Monys at the Exchquer and other places. (1660-1668).Ink manuscript on paper, 1668 or later, large folio, page size 445mm x 285mm, circa 32, 49, 175 pages of script plus blanks, some staining of pages, bookplate, panelled reversed calf binding (rebacked, wear to edges).

Pilgrim FathersWinslow (Edward), A manuscript document signed by members of The Committee for Sequestration and Advancement of Money and for Compounding with Delinquents, dated 17th March 1651. The Committee, meeting at Haberdashers Hall, discharges its earlier assessment of Oliver Saul of Penrice in Cornwall to pay £200. Among the six signatories is Edward Winslow, a leader of the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on The Mayflower to New England in 1620. Attached to the document by wax seal is a manuscript certificate signed by Martyn Dallison on the same day, which is referred to in the main document. The remains of a third sheet is present. Sheet sizes 30cm x 18.5cm and 29.5cm x 18.5cm, loss to lower corner of first sheet with partial loss of one signature (not Winslow's).[Edward Winslow (1595-1655) was a governor of the Plymouth Colony and founder of Marshfield. His second marriage in May 1621 was the first English marriage in New England. He returned to England several times as agent of the colonies and in 1624 published a history of the settlement 'Good Newes from New England ...'. On one visit to England in 1635, he was imprisoned by Archbishop Laud for preaching and solemnising marriages in New England as a layman. He returned finally to England in 1646. He was appointed a member of the Committee for Compounding and in April 1650 joined the board of 'The Committee for Sequestration ....., at a salary of £300. He accompanied, as a Civil Commissioner, Cromwell's expedition against the Spanish in the West Indies. During the expedition he died of fever and was buried at sea with a 42 gun salute][Provenance: Roger Collicott, 2010. Catalogue 84, item 111 with accompanying letter from the bookseller identifying previous owner and vouching for authenticity]

Poor Law - DevonWarrant to the Constable of Rose Ashe in Devon, requiring him to appear before Justices Courtney and Gifford at South Molton on the 20th June by 'ten of the clock in the fore noone. Then and there to present unto the justices all such poore children as are fitt to be bound out apprentices and the names and surnames of all such persons as are fitt to take them .... And also to present all young and single persons living out of service having no visible means save there labour to live by - And warn them to putt themselves into service before the 20th ... or present them unto the justices. And also to present all offences and misdemeanours which you know to have been committed since the last sessions .....' 14th June 1688, manuscript on one side of paper, 30.5cm x 19.5cm, several folds, docket verso;Apprenticeship Indenture Witnessing that 'John Chappell and John Nott, Church-Wardens in the Parish of Fremington in the County of Devon and Thomas Williams, William Rowe and Joseph Magridge, Overseers of the Poor .... have put and placed ... John Bray, a poor Child of the said Parish, Apprentice to Alexander Hooper, with him to dwell and serve ... until the said Apprentice shall accompllsh his full age of twenty and four years ..... 10th July, 29 George II (1755).Printed pro-forma with blank spaces for manuscript addition of names, dates etc. Signed and sealed by Hooper, with two signatures of Justices and two of witnesses, duty stamps, three folds;County of Salop, Justices Order 'To the High Constable of Drayton Division in the Hundred of Bradford North in the Said County' requiring him to command all of his Petty Constables to appear before the justices at the Talbot in Drayton to receive a Warrant for 'enforcing the King's Proclamation for the Encouragement of Piety and Virtue and for preventing and punishing of Vice Profaneness and Immorality .... Herein fail not', signed and sealed by two justices.8th August, 1787, manuscript on paper, 32cm x 20.5 cm, several folds, edges worn, some tanning. (3)

Poor LawWorcestershire and Warwickshire, Poor Law Certificate from the Minister, Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of Kingsnorton in the County of Worcester to their counterparts in Solihull in the County of Warwick, stating that as John Cooper, baker of Kingsnorton, was minded to come and live in Solihull for the better improvement of his trade, they promised that in the event of Cooper or his family becoming chargeable to the Parish of Solihull, they would receive them back to Kingsnorton and provide for them under the law and furthermore would indemnify Solihull from any charge which may arise by reason of the family's abode there. Dated 22nd February, 1695, signed and sealed by eight signatories, signed by two witnesses. One page manuscript on paper, folded folio, page 31cm x 19.5cm, two small duty stamps, docket verso, several folds;Kent, A Justices Warrant addressed from Romney Marsh in Kent to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the parishes of Dymchurch and Biddenden, directing the removal of the wife of Joseph Pryor, Hestor and her three children, Elizabeth, John and Joseph from the parish of Dymchurch where they had become chargeable to the Parish by reason of Joseph Pryor's desertion and directing their conveyance to the parish of Biddenden, their place of origin, to be received and provided for by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor as the Law directed. Dated 5th June, 1748.Manuscript on paper, with the signatures and wax seals of the two Justices in left margin. Sheet 39cm x 25cm. (2)

Recipe BookA late 17th to early 18th century recipe book, with the names of Anne Williams of Halpin and Hugh Roberts in manuscript on one endpaper, further inscription of 'Anne Williams: 1690, my dear friend that is ...' to other endpaper. Recipes include Caret Puding, Roakey Beef, Syrrup of Violets, Lemon Creame, Licorish Cakes, To make a cake Lady Salusburys way, etc.Small quarto, manuscript on paper which runs from both front and back of the book, original vellum boards, lacking backstrip, binding very weak with loose pages, preserved in modern marbled paper solander box.Approx 145 pages with script.

[Sadler (John)]Rights of the Kingdom; or, Customs of our Ancestours: Touching The Duty, Power, Election, or Succession of our Kings and Parliaments; our True Liberty, Due Allegiance .....Richard Bishop, 1649, small quarto, [8], 93, 30-191, 176-[184], [4] pages, text continuous despite pagination, title inscribed 'Sum Ashursti ... 1649' latin manuscript notes to folding blank leaf before title, English manuscript side notes, some on folding fore-edge flaps, age tanning and foxing, occasional small stains, marginal repairs to L1 and final leaf, armorial bookplate (Earl of Macclesfield's North Library) with armorial blindstamp to title and second leaf, full calf by Hatton of Manchester. ESTC R203445

Sidney (Sir Philip)The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia. Written by Sir Philip Sidney Knight. Now the eighth time published, with some new Additions. With the supplement of a Defect in the third part of this history, by Sir W.A. Knight. Whereunto is now added a sixth Booke, by R.B. of Lincolnes Inne.Simon Waterson and R. Young, 1633, eighth edition, folio in sixes, [6], 624 pages, lacking first blank leaf, sixth book with separate title page (within pagination), title page worn and cropped at head with name in manuscript, E6 torn without loss, tear to gutter margin of O3-4 with slight loss of text, a few marginal tears, occasional spotting, damp staining to leaves at rear of book with wear to edges of last few leaves, significant loss to head margin of final leaf including loss of upper border line, re-backed calf binding. ESTC S117293;With one other (2)

Stafford GaolA Callender of Prissoners in Ye Goale of Staffd wh have binn & are to bee tryd for there Lives att this Assizes held att Staffd ye 17th of July 1684. List of the sixteen cases to be held that day, including 'Wm Sheebens & Jn Crowder charged with robbinge 3 men on ye high way and takeing from them 70 and one pounds', 'Anthony Lynney chargd for stealing severall bookes' etc. Manuscript on single side of paper, sheet size 399mm x 157mm, title and date verso, multiple folds.[Before the opening of the Court session, the gaoler drew up a calendar of prisoners and this listing was copied into the Crown Book. Notes were then added recording the fate of the prisoners.]

TheologyKellett (Edward), Tricoenium Christi; In Nocte Proditionis Suæ. The Threefold Supper of Christ in the Night that He was Betrayed. Printed by Thomas Cotes, for Andrew Crooke, 1641, folio, [44], 230, 233-286, 289-300, 331-365, [5], 521-659, [1], pages including engraved title, irregular pagination but text continuous, three printed titles, ownership inscription of Richard Paine (dated 1698) on verso of engraved title, light staining to margins of preliminaries, contemporary panelled calf with gilt devices (restoration to spine and later label). ESTC R30484;With twenty-five other volumes on theology and the history of the early Christian Church, comprising twenty-one published in the seventeenth century, three published in the eighteenth century and an incomplete manuscript, dated 1704 (in modern binding). (26)

Thou (Jacques-Auguste de.)The History of the Bloody Massacres of the Protestants in France in the Year of our Lord, 1572. written in Latin by the famous historian Ja. Aug. Thuanus ...Printed for John Leigh, 1674, small quarto, [6], 66 pages, tanning and some staining, several corrections and a side-note in ink. ESTC R10093, [bound with];idem, A True Narration of that Horrible Conspiracy against King James and the whole Parliament of England, Commonly called the Gun-Powder Treason; written in Latine by Jacobus Augustus Thuanus ....Printed for John Leigh, 1674, small quarto, [2], 24 pages, light age tanning. ESTC R4910. [bound with]Stephens [Edward], A Discourse concerning the Original of the Powder-Plot: Together with a Relation of the Conspiracies against Queen Elizabeth and the Persecutions of the Protestants in France to the death of Henry the Fourth....Printed for John Leigh, 1674, small quarto, [8], 40, 43-196 pages, text and register continuous despite pagination, lower half of final leaf (2B1) replaced by manuscript, small hole in N3 and R1, tanning and staining, particularly to margins, modern calf binding. ESTC R19505

TrialThe Trial of the Seven Bishops, The Proceedings and Tryal in the Case of the Most Reverend Father in God, William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Right Reverend Fathers in God, William Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, Francis Lord Bishop of Ely, John Lord Bishop of Chichester, Thomas Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, Thomas Lord Bishop of Peterborough, and Jonathan Lord Bishop of Bristol. In the Court of Kings-Bench at Westminster, .... 1688, Thomas Basset and Thomas Fox, 1689, folio, [8], 140 pages (73-84 misnumbered), first leaf is an engraved frontis with portraits of the defendants, some underlining of Peers, inscription to head of title page, pages tanned, occasional foxing, small hole in Y1, recent half calf. ESTC R7827.Manuscript notes on three sheets loosely inserted, possibly written by a law reporter at the time of the trial. The first sheet, headed 'Tryal of ye Bishops', lists the Judges and Counsel for the King and the Bishops and is addressed to 'Mr William Shaw In ye Temple'. In a different hand is written 'May 29th. 1707. My Mother'. The second sheet records the names of the witnesses including 'Mr Pepys Secr. to ye Adm.' The third sheet includes the 'Peers present at ye Trial of ye Bishops', the 'Privy Councillors who signed ye warrant for their committment to ye Tower' and a list of the Jurymen.[see also lot 183]

Tyndale [William] et al.The Whole workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs, and principall teachers of this Churche of England, collected and compiled in one Tome togither, beyng before scattered, [and] now in print here exhibited to the Church. To the prayse of God, and profite of all good Christian Readers. Printed by John Daye, 1573 (colophons dated 1572), [14], 478, [20], 172, [12], 183-376, [4] pages, 3C3 a cancel, 2H1 'cancelled' by 2G3 and 2G4, armorial bookplate, contemporary calf over wooden boards, (worming to boards and pages within text area, heavier to front board and first half of book, small area of wear to 2X5 affecting several words, tear within text at 2A2, lower margins of 2A6-2B2, 2B6, 2W6 and 3J3 torn (without loss of text), closed tear to gutter margin of 2C4, water staining to outer margins of several pages in 2W gathering, some light pencil marginalia, spine worn, crudely re-jointed and repaired at head and tail, joints split but holding at head and tail, hinge gaping after title page, lacking clasps, manuscript title to fore-edge. ESTC S117761

Witchcraft - ManuscriptA Discourse of Witchcraft as it was acted in the Family of Mr. Edward Fairfax of Fuystone in the County of Yorke in the Year 1621.Ink manuscript on paper, ruled margins in black, 128 pages plus blanks, folio, page size 298mm x 185mm, a few ink smudges, page remounted with tape repair, borders cropped with partial loss of pagination and side notes, modern morocco binding with ties, retaining upper marbled board of earlier binding with armorial bookplate (?J. Pulleyn 1735 in manuscript).[Provenance: Sotheby's Robert Lenkiewicz sale, Nov 2003]Tape repair to hinge of first two leaves and between pages 80 & 81.

WitchcraftScot (Reginald), The Discoverie of Witchcraft, Wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected .... Imprinted by William Brome, 1584, first edition, small quarto in eights, [26], 560, [16] pages, two double sided plates between pages 352 and 353, folding engraved plate (lined) at p.401. Lacking a8. Good quality facsimile replacement of title, B6, L2-6, R1, R4-5, R8, T1, T8, V1-4, V6-7 and S6-8, (the final facsimile page with a British Museum stamp), manuscript title before facsimile printed title and before Book XIII. Stain to upper gutter margin at centre of book, pencil marking, modern calf binding. ESTC S116888

York Indenture Indenture of a Lease from Geoffrey Pigot to Randolph de Rommundeby of York, Mercer, of a tenement in the suburbs of York. Witnesses: John de Rypon, Robert de Hay and John de Ronchyff. Dated the Tuesday after the feast of Lucy the Virgin, 43, Edward III (17th December 1369).Latin manuscript on vellum, approx 14.5cm x 28.5cm, eighteen lines, wax seal, several folds.

Yorkshire - Cleveland - NunthorpeA Letter of Attorney from John de Shirburn and his wife Agnes appointing Robert del Howe, Richard de Preston and William de Malteby as their attornneys to deliver to John de Horneby 'de Clyveland' and John de Acclom, two messuages, one toft and four bovates of land &c. at 'Nunnethorp in Clyveland', dated Saturday after feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 13 Richard II, (18th September 1389). Latin manuscript on vellum, eight lines, 8.5cm x 29cm, restoration to holes in vellum, particularly lower edge, predominantly in blank areas but two small holes with minor loss of script, seal tag without seal.

Yorkshire - Market WeightonA collection of Manorial Documents relating to the Manor of Weighton (East Yorkshire) consisting of Surrenders, Admittances, grants of probate or administration and copy wills of deceased copyhold tenants of cottages in Hungate and Northgate, Market Weighton, 1756-1833.Fifteen items, manuscript and printed, all on vellum;An Act for Dividing and Inclosing several Open Fields, and Commons or Waste Lands, in the Manor of Market Weighton with Shipton in the County of York.1773, folio, 23 pages with printed docket and ms. name on [24], disbound, folded. An Act to enable the Justices of the Peace for the East Riding of .... York to take down the County-Bridge, called Stamford Bridge, and to build a Stone-Bridge at a more convenient Place over the River Darwent. Printed by John Baskett, 1724, folio, title and pages 219-224 (17) 

Yorkshire Criminal HistoryYork Gaol, Relief of Pauper Prisoners. A warrant issued by the Justices for the West Riding of Yorkshire on the 17th April in the sixth year of William and Mary [c.1694] to the Chief Constables of Shafforth and Tickhill requiring them to levy various sums upon the parishes and to pay the same to Thomas Thompson 'att his house in Conny [Coney] Street Yorke' for the purpose of relieving the poor prisoners in the Common Gaol for the County of York.Manuscript ink on two paper sheets joined with vellum ties, approx 34.5cm x 29cm, the second sheet lists the various payments for approximately 56 Yorkshire locations, multiple folds, paper tanned, second sheet stained and with several holes, particularly at fold intersections, signed by Richard Nettleton.[The payments may have allowed poor prisoners to pay the Gaoler's fees for their incarceration. Acquitted prisoners could not be released until these had been paid]Thirsk Sessions, The King v. John Casling, For Felony in stealing [Linen and Woollen] Cloth .... taken from Johnson Moses at his Fulling Mill at Crakehall [nr. Bedale], 1766, one page manuscript account of the case against John Casling, to the verso are notes, probably written by an advocate in the trial, including background of the accused and lines of enquiry/questions for the witnesses. A third page gives Proofs (or witnesses) for John Casling.Manuscript on two sheets of paper, each sheet approx 40cm x 32.5cm, pinned together and folded, docket on fourth side, [with]The Information of Johnson Moses, 23rd July 1766, manuscript statement of the victim, detailing his loss and naming the accused. On single side of paper, approx 31cm x 19.5cm. Allerton Mauleverer, List of Fines for the Manor of Allerton Mauleverer (Harrogate District) as passed by the Court Leet, extracted for use by the Bailiff to collect the levies. Signed by Edward Ridsdale, Steward of the Court. 25th February 1731. Manuscript on paper, three pages with docket on fourth, page 41.5cm x 16cm, multiple folds, several holes (some affecting text);Almondbury Rape and Murder, A Narrative of the Trial, together with the last Dying Words, Speech and Confession of Joshua Beaumont, Who was executed on the Drop behind the Castle of York, on Wednesday the 15th Day of August, 1810 for the Murder of Lucy Brooke, 'From W. Storry's Copy, York; Reprinted by Pares, Leicester. - Price One Penny'. 315mm x 205mm, paper uniformly tanned, some creasing, particularly top edge; (5)

Buckingham (George Villiers, 1st Duke), Anglo-French War - The Siege of St Martin de ReAnon., A journall of the Duke of Buckingham his voyage and taking of ye Isle of Rey. [Docket - 1st August 1627], six page manuscript on paper, two sheets folded folio, page size approx 31cm x 19.5cm, three lighter folds. [with]Anon., A true Jurnall or Diarie of all the materialle passages and occurences hapininge at and after our landinge at the Isle if Ree.No date [c.1627], seven page manuscript, two sheets folded folio, page size approx 31.5cm x 20cm, disbound, tape repairs to spine and fore-edge, wear to third leaf affecting script, hole in blank area of final leaf; [with]Transcripts, Two later manuscript transcripts (one partial) of the above and a nineteenth century transcript titled 'An Unhappie viewe of the whole behaviour of my Lo. Duke of Buckingham at the French Island. Secretly discovered by W.H. an unfortunate Comander in that unfortunate service'. Sixteen page manuscript, head of first page inscribed Phillipps Ms 21172, London, Superfine paper (watermarked 1810). Two manuscripts which give contrasting accounts of the unsuccessful English expedition to capture the French fortress city of Saint-Martin-de-Re on the Isle of Re in 1627. After three months of siege, Buckingham was forced to withdraw and suffered heavy losses. The first account gives the 'official view' portraying Buckingham as a brave and pious commander adored by his troops, who 'did ride in the foremost company with such a courageous spiritt wch did so encourage the soldiours that they wished for nothing so much as to have an encounter with the enemy to show their love to the generall'. The campaign had generated a great deal of propaganda at home and in response, alternative and more authentic accounts were written by officers at Re. The second manuscript criticises the route taken by Buckingham and his abusive and arrogant approach to his officers. Various encounters with the enemy are described, giving details of the number of men lost. (5)

Carion (John)The thre bokes of Cronicles, whyche John Carion ( a man syngularly well sene in the Mathematical sciences) Gathered wyth great diligence of the beste Authours ....from the yeare of Christ. 1532. To thys present yeare of. 1550. Gathered by John Funcke of Nurenborough.Imprinted at London for Gwalter Lynne, 1550, small quarto in eights, collates *8, A-X8, Z8, 2A-2O8, 2P4. Torn title page laid down, repair to corner of K8 with foliation in manuscript, 2E6 supplied in facsimile, 2L3 neatly repaired with facsimile section, lower margin of 2P4 replaced. Occasional early annotation and underlining, heavier on colophon leaf, manuscript index on both sides of blank leaf after text, title page twice inscribed 'Willmus York', re-backed sheep binding (retaining the majority of the original back-strip). ESTC S107499.

Carlisle Siege - English Civil WarGlemham (Sir Thomas, c.1594-1649), One page autograph letter signed, from Glemham, a Royalist soldier and Commander-in-Chief of the four northernmost counties, to 'your Highnesse' (believed to be Prince Rupert), dated October 28th, 1644. An interesting letter written from Carlisle during the Covenanters' siege, giving a description of the siege (' I have attempted two or three times to beate up the enimys guards which were near the towne .... one of them at Stannicke .... where were killed of the enimy some fifty & some ten prisoners taken'), how local gentry had taken the covenant, the difficulties in raising money for the subsistence of the Garrison and the lack of provisions. He reports on the success of the Lord of Montrose in Scotland and the breaking news of the fall of Newcastle. Manuscript on paper, approx 18cm x 19.5cm, top corner worn with slight loss, several folds, one worn with some loss, glazed front and rear with typescript description below and typed transcript verso.

Cavendish (George)]The Negotiations of Thomas Woolsey, The Great Cardinall of England, Containing his Life and Death ...William Sheares, 1641, first edition, small quarto, [12], 60, 57-118 pages, portrait frontis, text continuous despite pagination, three pages of manuscript notes to blank leaves before frontis (late 17th/early 18th cent.), stitch holes in gutter margin, minor age tanning, ink mark to lower part of title page and frontis, couple of foxing spots to title page, modern full calf binding. ESTC R223198

Charles I - Chirk Castle Manuscript[Warwick (Sir Philip)], Memories of the Reign of King Charles the First.28th August, 1679, folio, c. 353 pages, ink manuscript on paper, neatly written within red ruled borders, page size 377mm x 242mm, smaller seven page index tipped in at front in early hand, light foxing to the first and last leaves, occasional very light foxing elsewhere but generally clean, marbled endpapers with bookplate of Robert Myddelton of Chirk Castle [1678-1733], full calf binding with neat restoration to spine and corners (some surface wear).Signed typescript note by David Stather loosely inserted, identifying the author as Sir Philip Warwick (1609-1683), royalist Member of the Long Parliament, who served Charles I as a Secretary throughout the Civil War. Not intended for publication, the work was published posthumously in two parts: 'Memoires of the Reigne of King Charles I ...' 1701 and 'A Discourse of Government ...' 1694. Reference is made to the manuscript in Fasti Oxoniensis (1691).[Provenance - purchased at Christie's Chirk Castle sale in June 2004]

Charles II (King of England)Warrant 'To Our trusty and welbeloved John Howe Esquire' .... Appoint you to be Colonell of a Regiment of Horse ...... Authority to leavy the full number of 500 Horse for the said Regiment. And to constitute all such Officers as shall be necessary ...... And therwith to fight kill and destroy all who are in Armes against Us. And to seize on any fort or place in Rebellion against Us ..... ' Brussels, 20th July 1659, signed 'Charles R' in upper margin, red seal under paper (partly detached), ten lines of faint manuscript on vellum, 80mm x 203mm, three folds, top corner torn without loss of script, 'docket' verso (predominantly numbers)

Church of EnglandConstitutions and Canons Ecclesiasticall, Treated upon by the Bishop of London, President of the Convocation for the Province of Canterbury, and the rest of the Bishops and Clergie of the said Province ....Robert Barker, 1604, small quarto, A-Y4, first and last leaves are blank, the last blank supplied, top edge of headlines cropped in places, notes in early hand to both sides of first blank A1, some minor early underlining of text, armorial bookplate, all edges gilt, full calf with blind-stamped borders. ESTC S101546Church of England, Articles Agreed Upon by the Arch-Bishops and Bishops of both Provinces, and the Whole Clergie, In the Convocation holden in London in the yeer 1562 ......Robert Barker, 1638, small quarto, [2], 6, [22] pages, lacking the first blank leaf, head margin clopped to headline in places, a few stains to title and final page, title reinforced at head, signed manuscript declaration to title verso by John Rogers, parson of Croghlin (Cumberland) who confirms that on Sunday 24th March, 1660 [?1661] at afternoon prayer, he read all of the Articles in 'this booke' and declared his assent to the Articles. The memorandum is also signed by three witnesses 25th March 1661, quarter vellum. ESTC S125374;L'Estrange (Hamon), The Alliance of Divine Offices Exhibiting all the Liturgies of the Church of England since the Reformation ..., Charles Brome, 1690, second edition, folio in fours, [16], 264, 275-313, [1], 325-348, 337-339, [1] pages, text continuous despite pagination, general age tanning, occasional spot stains, small hole in 2H2, several marginal tears, worn sprinkled calf. With one other (4)

Civil War Pamphlets (Yorkshire)Terrible Newes from York sent in a Letter to London concerning great and weighty Affairs of high Consequence. Allo, A Great Mutiny and Uproar ....John Coe, 1642, small quarto, [8] pages, top edge cropped (just touching letters in top lines of A3, stain to lower margins, title fore-edge chipped, marginal annotation to one page, armorial bookplate of Fairfax of Cameron, quarter morocco (rubbed). ESTC R22278;[P.H.], Terrible and True Newes from Beverley and the City of Yorke. Wherein is a true Relation of the beseiging of the Town of Hull by his Kings Majesty .....Printed for M.T., 1642, small quarto, [8] pages, manuscript foliation to upper corner, age tanning, extracted from binding. ESTC R19712; Wortley (Sir Francis), A Declaration from York ....Printed by A.N. for Thomas Warren, 1642, small quarto, [2], 6 pages, modern paper covers. ESTC R20916; With seven others (10)

Civil War PamphletsFairfax (Lord), A Declaration from his Excellencie, with the Advice of his Councel of War: Concerning the present distempers of part of Commissary Generall Iretons and of Colonel Scroops Regiments ....Printed by T.R. & E.M. for R.M., 1649, small quarto, 8 pages, interleaved, armorial bookplate of Fairfax of Cameron, later boards. ESTC R204515;Lenthall (William), A Declaration of William Lenthall Esquire. Speaker of the Honorable House of Commons ....George Whittington, 1647, small quarto, [2], 5, [1] pages, foliation in manuscript to top corners, armorial bookplate of Fairfax of Cameron, leather-backed boards;Cradock (Peter), Papers of the Treatie at A Great Meeting of the Generall Officers of the Army ...Printed for R.V. 1647, small quarto, 8 pages, cropped top edge of A4 just touch two words, armorial bookplate of Fairfax of Cameron, all edges gilt, full morocco with gilt armorial device to upper board. ESTC R204557;With thirty-eight others. (41)

Common PrayerThe Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments ...Robert Barker and the Assigns of John Bill, 1638, folio in eights, page size 285mm x 185mm, A12 + 2, B8, A-2C8, 2D4 (final leaf blank), two duplicate leaves within prelims, Psalter title on R4r2A5 torn without loss. ESTC S113704. [bound with];The Form and Manner of Making and Consecrating Bishops, Priests and Deacons. Robert Barker and the Assigns of John Bill, 1638, folio in eights, A8, B6, [bound with]Sternhold (Thomas) & Hopkins (John), The Whole Book of Psalmes, Collected into English Meeter ...printed by I.H., 1638, A-P6, Q4, C3 G6 torn without loss of text. ESTC S113699.Manuscript errata to rear pastedown, contemporary calf with gilt arms of the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud (1573-1645), some restoration to spine.

'Daily Observations, Divine and Moral ...'Seventeenth century manuscript, 12 page table followed by 233 pages of aphorisms or apothegms on subjects such as Love, Women, Knowledge, Anger, Reputation, Gaming, Gladness & Liberty, Pain & Tears, Usury, Drunkenness & Gluttony, etc.Ink on paper, quarto, free endpaper inscribed 'John Thompson' several times and dated Anno Din 1694, page size 194mm x 154mm, tanning to endpaper edges, slight tanning to edges of other pages, early panelled calf binding, rubbed with small hole worn in upper board leather.

Deering (Charles)Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova or an Historical Account of the Ancient and Present State of the Town of Nottingham ..., Nottingham: George Ayscough & Thomas Willington, 1751, quarto, vi, [2], 13, [1], 370 pages, 24 plates (5 folding), lacking plan and its reference leaf, 6 leaves of tables, contemporary calf. ESTC T145699, Upcott 1057;[Lambarde (W.)], A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the Description, Hystorie, and Customes of that Shyre ..., Imprinted by Edm. Bollifant, 1596, small quarto in eights, [10], 588, [6] pages, two maps (the folding Beacons map replaced by single page facsimile), title page and final three leaves (Table) replaced by facsimiles, edge wear at end of book with repairs to 2P1-3 (2P2-3 with loss of text), repaired tear to Y7 and 2C4, a little annotation in early hand, some staining, early limp vellum binding with later ties, early manuscript on (now detached) vellum strip used in the binding. ESTC S108239.With two others (4)Kilburne, A Topographie or Survey of the County of Kent, 1659, ex-library

Essex - BicknacreManuscript Power of Attorney from Robert de Mopeshale of Woodham Ferrers and his wife Matilda to the Prior and Monks of 'Bykenakre' to pay to Sir William de Ferrers and his heirs an annual rent of 8s. 4d. due from land held in Woodham Ferrers, and any services owed, 19th May 1287. Latin manuscript on vellum, 7cm x 22.5cm, eight lines, two seal tags but lacking the wax seals.

Essex - High OngarDeed of Feoffment, for £4 and services to the chief lord, by Hugh de Panda to John Page, son of Silvester de Westwode for his service, all the land ...in the field called Stonfeld in the hamlet of Marden Ash in the parish of High Ongar in Essex to hold of Gilbert de Stanforde and his heirs by a rent of 1s. 8d. Nine witnesses including Robert the Constable (of Ongar Castle) and William de Welde. Dated Monday after Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 24, Edward I (17th Sept 1296). Manuscript on vellum, 13cm x 26cm, sixteen lines, small hole at final word, two stains and three folds, white wax seal with flower motif (crumbled edge).

Falstaffian Bar BillManuscript Board and Lodgings Account, for Capt. Fleming, who from February 12th to 16th March, 1684, consumed a great deal of ale as well as 'sack with sugars' (sweetened sherry, apparently Falstaff's favourite), he was also charged £3/12/00 for 'ye woman that ???? him the time of 12 days. The total bill ran to £84/11/00 and is receipted by Elizabeth ?Aldington for John Graham on the 20th March,four pages on single sheet folded once, sheet size approx 39.5cm x 31cm, numerous horizontal creases.

[Ferguson (Robert)]A Representation of the Threatning Dangers, Impending Over Protestants in Great Britain, Before the Coming of His Highness the Prince of Orange.[London], 1689, small quarto, [2], 54 pages, foxing, particularly to edges and first and final leaf, manuscript names to final page, bookplate, modern Chivers-Period full leather binding. ESTC R17667;With two others. (3)

Frith (John)A Boke made by Johan Fryth, prysoner in the Towr of London, answering unto M. Mores letter, which he wrote against the fyrst lytle treatyse that Johan Fryth made concerning the sacrament of the body and bloud of Christ .... his Examination before the Bysshoppes .... for which John Frith was condemned ...Anthony Scoloker and Wyllya Seres, newely revised, corrected and printed ... 1548, the last daye of June. Small octavo, signatures A - O8, P5. Title page, E8, G2, G7, K1, K8, L3, L6, M8 and P3 supplied in facsimile, P6 is a later blank. Neat repair to head corner of E2 with ms. replacement of text, some marginal annotation. Manuscript notes regarding Frith to two blank leaves before title. Full calf binding. ESTC S102658

Gloucestershire - Inventory'A Schedule or Inventory indented or made this 27th day of March 1700, ?expressing particularly all such Goods and Implements of Household Stuff & Chattles as are now ???ing in ye House and Grounds of William Tindall of ye Parish of Cam in ye County of Glocester ....' Lists a range of items including livestock, with their values which give a total value of £160: 14: 08. Manuscript on two sides of paper sheet, 38.5cm x 15.5cm, duty stamps, two folds;'A true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods and Chattles rights and Creditts of Thomas Dalsome of Woodland in the Parish of Bitton and County of Gloucester, Weaver Deceased, taken and appraised by us this Twenty Six day of April 1725'. Lists seven looms, cloth and a quantity of household possessions to a total value of £23: 18: 2. Manuscript on single side of paper sheet, 41.5cm x 16.5cm, signed by valuers, several folds. (2)

Godfrey (Sir Edmond Berry)Manuscript deposition statement signed Edm: B: Godfrey, relating to Charles, late Duke of Richmond and Lenox, testifying that the estate should honour the claim for payment for coal and wood. 1st September, 1676, ink on paper, sheet approx 29.5cm x 23.5cm, several folds, strengthened verso, paper a little tanned, tipped in to card folder, together with engraved portrait [the frontis from Tuke's 'Memoires of ... Godfrey, laid down].[Godfrey was a magistrate involved in the 'discovery' of the 'Popish Plot' having taken 'evidence' from Titus Oates. He was found dead, killed by his own sword, in Primrose Hill in October 1678, the death was conveniently blamed on Catholics to support the theory of a Jesuit plot against Charles II]

Grand TourManuscript compilation of extracts from eighteenth century travel books including Edward Boyle's 'Letters from Italy', Wraxall's Tour, Moore's Travels, Journey to the Glaciers, Brydone's Tour thro' Sicily & Malta.No date, c. 1780, approx 210 pages, ink on paper, bound in card covers with remnant manuscript receipt cover, binding weak, preserved in modern solander box.

Guillermus (Parisiensis) edit.Postilla super epistolas et evangelia.Ulm: Conrad Dinckmut, 1486, folio in sixes and eights, 212 leaves, first leaf a1 blank with manuscript recto, coloured initial with gilt to a3, red and blue initials throughout (with staining around each, possibly a protective varnish), some other staining (mainly marginal), gutter gaping in early part of book, first gather partially detached, gutter margin of b1 and b4 taped, worm holes and tracks within text area and margins, marginal tears including repaired tear to lower margin of R5, a few marginal annotations in early hand, B1 & B2 reversed, ink splashes to J4v and J5r, no endpapers, worn contemporary calf with blind-stamps believed to be from Dinckmut's bindery [see Amelung], restoration including repair to spine (retaining early label), worm holes to slightly splayed boards, remains of metal clasps with initials (possibly those of Konrad Manz).[Provenance; bookplate of George Dunn of Woolley Hall, whose collection was sold by Sotheby's in 1913]Page size 271mm x 198mm. Binding approx 285mm x 215mm.

Holy BibleThe Bible that is, The Holy Scriptures Conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament ....Imprinted at London by Christopher Barkar [Barker], dwelling in Paternoster Rowe ..., 1577, [Geneva Version], folio in sixes, [6], 360, 72, [2], 115, [11], leaves, double page plate (bird's eye view of the Temple and city), text illustrations and maps. Title page and the five preliminary leaves replaced by facsimiles, lacks last four leaves of the Old Testament (4N1-4). Lacks map. New Testament title page and the following preliminary leaf with significant loss and repair, both leaves (and worn leaf 3O6) with 16th century manuscript family history of the Cotton family of Combermere Abbey. Repair to corners of 2D5, 2E4, 2M3, 2P1, 2R3-4, 5P3, 5R5 with some loss of text, slight loss of text to 5Q3. tear to text area of 2B4, 3A4, 4M6, 5A1, 5G5, 5K3 without loss of text, marginal tears and repairs throughout (without loss of text), water staining to final leaves. Herbert 148, ESTC S673 [bound with];[Psalmes], The Whole Booke of Psalmes, collected into Englishe by Thomas Sternh, John Hopkins and others .... Imprinted by John Day, 1576, folio, [7], 35, 35-62 pages, lacking all leaves after Psalme 106 v39, water staining up to page 50, following leaves appear washed or possibly supplied. ESTC S107010. Modern period style calf binding.Repairs to margins (not affecting text) include A1, X4, 2A1, 2J2, 2M4, 2N2, 2N4, 2N6, 2O3-5, 2P5-6, 2Q1, 2Q4, 2R2, 2R5-6, 2V1, 2X3, 2Y1, 3L1, 4H1, 4H6, 5A1-2, 5A5, 5B6, 5C2-3, 5D1, 5E2, 5E5, 5G1-2, 5J4, 5K4, 5L3-4, 5N2-5, 5P1, 5P4-6, 5Q5, 5R3-4, 5S2, 5S4-5, 5T5 (not affecting text),

Homilies and SermonsLatimer (Hugh), Frutefull Sermons Preached by the right reverend father and constant Martyr of Jesus Christ M. Hugh Latymer newly imprinted ...John Daye, 1571, [2], 124 leaves, the title and preliminary leaf supplied in good facsimile, fo. 1 worn at fore-edge with functional repair, age tanning and some staining to pages, [bound with];idem, Seven Sermons made upon the Lordes Prayer, preached by the right reverend father ......M. Hugh Latimer ..., John Daye, 1572, [6], 219 leaves, the title and other five preliminary leaves and the final leaf supplied in facsimile, pages shaved with loss of headlines, foliation and catchwords, loss of lower line on at least one page, several marginal tears, tanning and staining.Bound in early calf with recent ties, 'P.p Candler' to front worn free endpaper, possibly Rev. Phillip Candler, headmaster of Woodbridge Grammar School, 1670-1688, manuscript notes on three pages of blanks before first title. ESTC S108312 With three further volumes of sixteenth century Sermons and Homilies, ten volumes of seventeenth century Sermons and one other. (15)

House of Commons - ManuscriptCallendar or Abstract of the Journals of the House of Commons from the year 1660 to the Year 1710. Bound manuscript, folio, 652 numbered pages including many blanks, armorial bookplates, re-backed calf.

House of Commons - ManuscriptJournal of the House of Commons, 1st January 1691 - 26th September 1692.Veneris 1 die January 1691 to Lunae 26 die Septembris, 1692, ink manuscript on paper, borders ruled in red, 770 pages plus index, folio, page size 314mm x 190mm, written in English with latin dates, some spotting, marbled endpapers, contemporary calf gilt (rubbed, wear to head and tail of spine).

House of Commons - ManuscriptJournal of the House of Commons, May - Nov 1685. 'Parliamentum inchoat et tent apud Civtatem Westmonaster die Martis 19 Maij anno regni Domini nostri Jacobi Secundi Dei Gratia Angliae Scotiae Franciae et Hiberniae Regis Fidei defensoris & primo annoq, Dominii 1685.Ink manuscript on paper, written in English with latin dates, borders ruled in red, 498 pages, index to rear, folio, page size 313mm x 200mm, some light age tanning, staining to endpapers, armorial bookplate of John Campbell (Stackpole Court), contemporary calf (restored, recent spine label).

§ EDWARD BAWDEN C.B.E., R.A. (BRITISH 1903-1989) EDWARD BAWDEN EDITIONED PRINTS [By] Jeremy Greenwood. With an Introduction by Elspeth Moncrieff.Woodbridge: The Wood Lea Press, 2005.First edition, deluxe issue, one of 55 copies (of which 50 for sale), oblong quarto, original quarter morocco, colour illustrations throughout. With 12 linocuts by Edward Bawden depicting scenes from Morte d'Arthur, printed by Bawden's son Richard Bawden from Edward's original linocuts on a single sheet of thick wove paper, and with manuscript limitation on verso, the linocuts in grey card chemise as issued and housed together with the book in original blue cloth solander box Provenance:Provenance: The Wood Lea Press, Suffolk, 29th June 2005.

Liverpool. Bennison (Jonathan), Bennison's Map of the Town and Port of Liverpool with their Environs including Seacombe, Woodside, Birkenhead, Tranmere &c. from actual survey, Liverpool, 1846, large map, engraved by John Dower, with contemporary outline colouring, additional watercolour circles marking the locations of water tanks and reservoirs, with a manuscript explanation key, sectionalised and laid on linen, 1245 x 1775 mm, marbled endpapers, contained in a contemporary morocco gilt slipcase, the case heavily worn and frayed and split along one border, together with Newlands (James). Map of the Borough of Liverpool and the Townships immediately Adjacent with Contour Lines at every Eight feet of Altitude, lithographed by MacLure, MacDonald & MacGregor, published Wareing Webb, Liverpool, January 1849, uncoloured lithographic map, sectionalised and laid on linen, 580 x 890 mm, manuscript ownership signature to the endpaper, bound in contemporary gilt cloth boards, slight wear and some fading to the boards, with another copy similar, with extensive pencil annotations, plus a late 19th century engraved Ordnance Survey map of Liverpool, the Wirral, the estuaries of the Mersey and the Dee and part of Flintshire, sectionalised and laid on linen, marbled endpapers, 640 x 930 mmQTY: (4)

London. Faden (W.). The Country Twenty-Five Miles Round London planned from a Scale of One Mile to an Inch.., 1796, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, toned overall, a few folds strengthened on verso, 1040 x 1240 mm, together with Chas. Baker & Co. (publisher). London in the beginning of the 20th century, circa 1905, colour lithographic aerial prospect, old folds, short splits along old folds, 440 x 780 mm, with an advertisement for Chas. Baker and Cos. gentleman's clothing stores on the verso, with Stanford (Edward, publisher). A Map of the County of London shewing the Boundary of the Jurisdiction of The London County Council, Also the Boundaries of the Sanitary Districts..., 1899, lithographic map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 670 x 1015 mm, stiff cloth endpapers with a gilt title to the upper cover, with an untitled Ordnance Survey map of west London and southern England including parts of Middlesex, Oxford, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, circa 1840, some additional manuscript additions showing the proposed extension to railways, some staining, 915 x 1685 mmQTY: (4)NOTE:First described item: Howgego, number 188, state 4.

London. Paterson (Daniel), Paterson's Twenty Four Miles round London, with Reference to Seats of the Nobility and Gentry. London, published Bowles and Carver, 1809, circular engraved map with bright contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, reference tables to each of the spandrels, very slight spotting, overall size 660 x 660 mm, contained in a contemporary card slipcase with publisher's printed label to the upper cover, slight wear to the extremities, together with Smith (Charles). A New Map of the County of Middlesex..., 1832, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some staining and offsetting, 455x 515 mm, contained in a contemporary card slipcase with publisher's printed label to the upper cover, near contemporary manuscript ownership signature to the printed label and the endpaper, with Cary (John). A New Map of Worcestershire Divided into Hundreds..., 1818, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some staining and offsetting, marbled endpapers, 480 x 535 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase, some wear and abrasion and a later ownership signature to the upper sidingQTY: (3)NOTE:The first described map. James Howgego. The Printed Maps of London, no.212a state 5.

Worcestershire. Taylor (Isaac), To The Right Honourable Earl of Coventry, Lord Lieutenant & Custos Rotulorum of this County...., This Map of the County of Worcester is most Humbly Dedicated by their Obedient and most Humble Servant, Isaac Taylor, Ross-on-Wye, 1772, large scale engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sensationalised into 16 pieces, each laid on to later card, each with a manuscript number, decorative uncoloured cartouche and mileage scale, compass rose, table of explanation set within a floriate border and a 'list of places taken from the Land Tax book', slight dust soiling, each sheet 255 x 255 mm, overall size if conjoined, approximately 1020 x 1020 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase, the case is heavily worn, frayed and split along the jointsQTY: (1)NOTE:A rare example of one of Isaac Taylor's fine large-scale county maps.

* Neapolitan School. Five gouache drawings, Ischia, Pozzuoli da Monte Nuovo, Procida, Porto D'Ischia [and] Palazzo Reale al Chiatamone, mid-19th century, respectively, the three larger drawings with painted black borders and manuscript titles, the titles in 'drop-down' tabs below the image, slight marginal staining, tipped on to contemporary stiff paper, each approximately 280 x 415 mm, the two smaller images with manuscript titles on black painted borders, tipped on to one sheet of later stiff paper, each approximately 150 x 195 mmQTY: (5)

Cookery Receipts. A group of 3 manuscript cookery receipt books, late 19th and early 20th century, one dated 1888 and including recipes for potted herrings, salt cake, orange marmalade, another of similar date including recipes for curing hams, bacon, cleaning silks, making Christmas pudding, cherry wine, Oliver's biscuits, rice puddings, apple jelly, velvet cream, grape champagne, etc., both heavily used with leaves detached and frayed and later leaves inserted, contemporary roan-backed boards, soiled and worn, small 4to, the last recipe book dated at Worcester, 1904, and including cake recipes, etc., a few related leaves loosely inserted, contemporary cloth, some wear, 8voQTY: (3)

* Guernsey documents. A group of 6 manuscript documents relating to Guernsey, c. 1803-11, one a pre-printed document completed in manuscript, whereby Peter Le Lacheur, Captain Commander of the Letter of Marque, called the Lord Nelson off the Island of Guernsey, appoints Joseph Grout to take possession and command of the Hector from New Orleans bound for Bordeaux, (whereof Eugenio Marchand was late Master), to take the vessel to Guernsey, signed and dated 1 July 1803, the other related documents all in manuscript concerning Joseph Grout, and related accounts concerning insurance, the brig Betsy etc., some soiling and age wear, a total of 9 pages, folioQTY: (6)

* Masefield (John Edward, 1878-1967). English poet and writer, Poet Laureate 1930-1967. An archive of letters and drawings, circa 1940s/1960s, including a group of 79 autograph letters signed, ‘John’ or ‘John Masefield’, c. 1948-66, all to Winifred Gledhill of Sheffield Manor School, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, all in pen except one in pencil and written on 1 or 2 sides of personal printed stationery, oblong 8vo, together with 58 of the original hand-addressed and postmarked envelopes, the letters and envelopes filed in 3 small modern ring binders, together with:a typed poem [Collingdon Downs, Sonnet XXVII] signed, [published 1917], a little creasing and a few minor marks, 1 page, 4to, matted with a reproduction portrait of Masefield, framed and glazed, plus 4 other framed and glazed items: a sheet of pencil drawings of brigs and other shipping vessels, signed and dated November 1927, 1 page, 8vo, matted with a manuscript caption in an unidentified hand beneath, ‘Drawings of Ships made for RHS by John Masefield, Nov 1927’; a drawing of a ship at sea, pencil and watercolour, initialled lower right, 11 x 15 cm; a sketch of a horse rider in hunting pink in the countryside, pen and ink and watercolour, drawn at the head of an octavo sheet with Masefield’s signed presentation inscription to lower blank area for Grace Hunter on her birthday, 17 x 11 cm; a portrait of John Masefield, by W.H. Caffyn, pen and ink and body colour, head and shoulders portrait within decorative border and with subject’s name in capital letters within lower border, pencil notes and marks to verso, 16 x 12 cmQTY: (an archive)NOTE:Winifred Eleanor Gledhill was principal of Market Rasen’s Sheffield Manor School, and was also one of the instigators of the Market Rasen Festival from 1944 through to 1976.