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Piranesi (Giovanni Battista). Varie Vedute di Roma Antica, e Moderna. Disegnate e Intagliate da Celebri Autori, Roma: Fausto Amidei, 1748 [but 1750 or later], 87 etched plates, including title only (of 94), of which 45 (of 48) signed Piranesi, others by P. Anesi, Bellicard, Duflos et al, some identified in manuscript to lower margin (a few inscriptions cropped at outer margin), 3 plates with a water stain just touching image, a few others with small marginal damp stain, occasional light marginal dust-soiling, previous owner initials to right-hand margin of title, bookplate of George Thomas Whitgreave (1787-1863), contemporary wrappers, later backstrip, a little rubbed, oblong folio, sheet size 29.5 x 23 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.The views by Piranesi are among his earliest topographical engravings.

Sgrilli (Bernardo Sansone). Descrizione e Studj dell' Insigne Fabrica di S. Maria del Fiore Metropolitana Fiorentine, 1st edition, Florence: Bernardo Paperini, 1733, engraved portrait frontispiece of Giovanni Battista Nelli by Vin. Franceschini, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 17 folding engraved plates and plans by Sgrilli after Nelli, engraved head and-tail pieces and initials, some plates with small repairs and reinforcements to verso, small water stain to gutter, a few minor stains, repairs to pastedowns, contemporary half morocco, manuscript title to spine, later printed label to upper cover, a few small wormholes, discolouration and light edge wear, folio, 47.5 x 32.5 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.Berlin Kat 2694; Cicognara 4096. Important work on the architecture and plans of the complex of Florence Cathedral.

Camden (William). Camden's Britannia Newly Translated into English with Large Additions and Improvements..., F. Collins for E. Swale and A. & J. Churchill 1695, portrait frontispiece, printed title with near contemporary manuscript ownership signature, nine plates of coins and one plate of antiquities, 50 (complete) uncoloured double-page maps, including two folding (Kent & Norfolk), maps of Kent and Suffolk with slight marginal fraying, a few maps detached, contemporary panelled calf, heavily worn and frayedQTY: (1)

[Fenton, Richard]. A Tour in quest of Genealogy, through several parts of Wales, Somersetshire, and Wiltshire, in a series of letters to a friend in Dublin; interspersed with a description of Stourhead and Stonehenge; together with various anecdotes, and curious fragments from a manuscript collection ascribed to Shakespeare, by a Barrister, London: Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, 1811, eight engraved plates, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of the antiquary Edward Duke (1779-1852, of Lake House, Wilsford cum Lake, Wiltshire) and front blank with his manuscript notes regarding the volume, contemporary half calf, gilt & blind decorated spine with morocco title label, 8vo, together with:Gilpin (William), Remarks on Forest Scenery, and other Woodland Views ... illustrated by the scenes of New-Forest in Hampshire, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: R. Blamire, 1794, half-titles, 31 etched plates (including tinted aquatint plates), double-page hand-coloured map, occasional spotting and few marks (ink spot to lower outer blank corner of three leaves in volume 2), armorial bookplate of Rev. Tatton Brockman to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain green morocco, spines lightly browned, 8vo,Shaw (Stebbing), A Tour to the West of England, in 1788, London: Robson, Clarke and J. Walker, 1789, short closed tear at head of title, occasional light spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 8vo,[Young, Arthur], A Six Weeks Tour, through the Southern Counties of England and Wales..., 3rd edition, London: W. Strahan, W. Nicoll [& others], 1772, two engraved plates (including frontispiece) and folding plan, occasional light damp stains, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, rebacked retaining maroon morocco title label, 8vo, plus three others, including Maton (William George), Observations relative chiefly to the natural history, picturesque scenery, and antiquities, of the western counties of England, made in the years 1794 and 1796, 2 volumes, Salisbury: J. Easton, 1797; Journal of a tour to the western counties of England, performed in the summer of 1807, by the author of a tour in Ireland, London: Richard Phillips, 1809; Dewar (George), Wild Life in Hampshire Highlands, London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1899, and Wiltshire portion of Pigot's Directory, 1830QTY: (10)

[Fisher, Thomas]. The Kentish Traveller's Companion..., 4th edition, Canterbury: Simmons, Kirkby and Jones, 1794, folding table frontispiece, three engraved folding maps, contemporary signature at head of title dated 1798 with related armorial bookplate of Sir Edward B. Baker Bt. to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, neatly rebacked with gilt decorated spine and morocco title label, 12mo in 6s, together with:Easton (James), The Salisbury Guide, giving an account of the antiquities of Old Sarum ... the ancient and present state of New Sarum, or Salisbury ... with a copious description of the Council-House ... the Cathedral, Stonehenge, and seats of the nobility and gentry..., 18th edition, Salisbury: Printed and sold by J. Easton, 1796, publisher's advertisement leaf at front, engraved folding frontispiece, four plates (3 folding) and one engraved strip road map, one woodcut illustration, few early manuscript notes, front free endpaper inscribed 'from Mr James Easton the Editor, Nov. 12 1796', contemporary calf, rebacked, board corners worn and showing, 12mo,Woolmer (Shirley), A concise account of the city of Exeter, its neighbourhood, and adjacent watering places..., 2nd edition, Exeter: Printed and sold by S. Woolmer, 1811, engraved frontispiece, leaves A3 & A4 misbound, light toning and occasional light spotting, edges untrimmed, original boards, printed title label to upper board, 12mo in 6s,Cheltenham, The New Guide to Cheltenham: being a complete history and description of that celebrated watering place..., Cheltenham: S. Bettison, [1820?], 204 pp., folding engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, folding engraved map, five uncoloured aquatint plates and one engraved trade advertisement plate, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 12mo in 6s,Brady (John H.), The Dover Road Sketch Book; or, Traveller's Pocket Guide, between London and Dover..., Canterbury: Henry Ward, 1837, engraved folding map frontispiece, eight lithograph strip road maps on four leaves, advertisements at rear, modern half calf, 8vo in 4s,[Feltham, John], A Guide to all the Watering and Sea-Bathing Places; with a description of the Lakes; a sketch of a tour in Wales, London: Richard Phillips, [1803], 49 engraved maps, plates and plan (some folding), upper blank margin of title excised, modern blind-panelled brown morocco, earlier morocco spine labels retained, 12mo in 6s, plus seven other 19th century guides etc.QTY: (13)

Hampshire. Hampshire scrap album, circa 1870, containing various mounted engraved views, maps, manuscript letters, printed & handwritten text, spotted, text block detached from backstrip, contemporary black half morocco gilt, worn, 4toQTY: (1)

Stockdale (Frederick Wilton Litchfield). Etchings from Original Drawings of Antiquities, in the County of Kent, London: Published for the Proprietor by J. & A. Arch, 1810, 40 engraved plates including engraved title, occasional light spotting, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine with black morocco title label, lower joint split and some wear, slim folio, together with:Amsinck (Paul), Tunbridge Wells, and its Neighbourhood, illustrated by a series of etchings, and historical descriptions, London: William Miller and Edmund Lloyd, [1810?], half-title, etched frontispiece and 30 plates, etched vignette illustrations, some browning and spotting, edges untrimmed, contemporary red half morocco, printed title label to upper board, joints cracked and some wear to extremities, large 4to,Clifford (J., publisher), The Tunbridge Wells Guide or an account of the ancient & present state of that place..., 4th edition, Tunbridge Wells: J. Clifford, [1827], folding hand-coloured engraved map frontispiece, engraved title and dedication leaf, copper & wood engraved plates and illustrations, edges untrimmed, original printed boards bearing edition and publication date, boards loose and covers worn, 12mo in 6s, plus a 5th edition of the same work in original printed boards, lacking spine, worn, 12mo, and two view books, comprising Views & Scenery of Hastings, published by F.S. Mann, circa 1850, and Twenty four views of Tunbridge Wells, published by R. Pelton, circa 1850,[Willis, Henry Norton], Biographical sketches of eminent persons, whose portraits form part of the Duke of Dorset's collection at Knole. With a brief description of the place, London: John Stockdale, 1795, half-title, engraved frontispiece and one other plate, 4 pages publisher's catalogue at rear, light damp stain to fore-margins, modern dark blue morocco, gilt decorated spine, 8vo,Ireland (William Henry), England's Topographer, or A new and Complete History of the County of Kent; From the earliest records to the present time, including every modern improvement. Embellished with a series of views from Original Drawings by Geo. Shepherd, H. Gastineau, &c., 4 volumes, London: George Virtue, 1828-30, engraved title to volume 1, folding engraved map, 122 engraved plates, initial four & final two leaves in volume 1 with adhesive tape to gutter margins, a couple of tears to gutter margin of volume 2 title, occasional fraying to margins, some spotting and toning, modern half calf, morocco labels to spines, 8vo,Moss (William George), The History and Antiquities of the Town and Port of Hastings, London: W.G. Moss, 1824, engraved frontispiece, folding engraved plan, 17 plates on India paper (of 18), some damp staining to margins to few leaves and plates, early marginalia, edges untrimmed, later free endpapers, original boards with black morocco spine and corners, 8vo[Virtue, George], The Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain: illustrated by topographical, historical, and critical notices..., Kent, London: George Virtue, [1829], engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, folding engraved map, 126 engraved views on 63 plates, occasional offsetting and scattered spotting, manuscript name to verso of plates, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine with black morocco title label, spine torn with loss at foot, joints split, 4to, plus another copy of the same work, and other Kent related 19th century publications,Pugin (Augustus), Paris and its Environs, displayed in a series of picturesque views. The drawings made under the direction of Mr. Pugin, and engraved under the superintendance [sic] of Mr. C. Heath, 2 volumes in one, London: Jennings & Chaplin, [1831], engraved title from vol. 2 transferred to front of volume, 202 engraved views on 101 plates, occasional light spotting, some browning and offsetting to text, all edges gilt, original cloth, gilt & blind blocked decoration, covers detached from text block, joints torn and frayed at head & foot, 4to,Pugin (Augustus), Paris and its Environs, displayed in a series of two hundred picturesque views..., 2 volumes, London: Jennings & Chaplin, 1831, additional engraved title to volume 2 only, 202 engraved views on 101 plates, occasional spotting, armorial bookplate of Thomas Rodick to upper pastedowns, contemporary half calf, 4to, plus another copy of the same work bound in one volume, includes additional title to volume 1, damp stained throughout, contemporary half morocco, extremities worn, 4to,Ritchie (Leitch), Wanderings by the Loire, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown [& others], 1833, additional engraved title and 20 plates after Turner, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated morocco, joints and extremities worn, 8voQTY: (24)

Dubois (J. A.). Description of the Character, Manner, and Customs of the People of India; and of their Institutions, Religious And Civil, translated from the French Manuscript, London: printed for Longman et al, 1817, ex-libris bookplate to the front pastedown, some minor toning and spotting, later green half morocco, spine faded and rubbed, boards slightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, together with:The Indian Empire Illustrated, London: The London Printing and Publishing Company, circa 1860, 2 folding maps with outline colouring, engraved title page, engraved frontispiece, some light toning, contemporary maroon half morocco gilt, rubbed, 8vo, withMartin (Robert Montgomery). The Indian Empire: Its History, Topography...with a full account of the Mutiny of the Native Troops, circa 1858, engraved frontispiece and numerous plates, bound as a 2 volume set, some toning and light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco, boards and spines slightly rubbed, large 8voQTY: (3)

Gleig (George Robert). The Subaltern, 1st edition, Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & T. Cadell, 1825, author's name in manuscript to title, some light spotting, press cutting pasted to front endpaper, bookplate of William Cobbett (1763-1838, political writer, journalist and politician) relaid to front endpaper, later red half calf gilt by White, Pall Mall, spine a little faded, 8vo, together with 2 other first editions by the author: The Hussar, 2 volumes, 1837, and the Light Dragoon, 2 volumes, 1844, near-uniformly bound, 8vo QTY: (5)

[Lennox, Charles, 3rd Duke of Richmond). Thoughts on the National Defence, 1st edition, London: printed by W. Bulmer and Co., 1804, half title, folding map with outline colour, additional lithograph plate of Lord Camelford, errata leaf at end, some offsetting to title, bookplate of Lady Maria Gore, Wilcot Manor, 1854 and later bookplate of Roger Senhouse, all edges gilt, contemporary red straight-grained morocco, spine a little dulled and rubbed, 8vo, together with Invasion: or the Duty of every Briton to be prepared with the most effectual means of resisting the threat of our inveterate enemy, London: printed for T. Egerton, 1805, 30 pp., some light spotting, '1805' in contemporary manuscript at head of title, modern cloth-backed boards, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Second work very rare, no other copy located.

Tribal Art.   A North West American Makah bentwood and bone halibut fish-hook, 19th c or earlier, 19th c collectors' manuscript label inscribed Fish Hook/British Columbia ..., 15cm l

After Filippo Lippi - The Adoration of the Christ Child, watercolour and bodycolour, heightened in gilt, 76cm x 53cm, gilt frame  Provenance: Miss Jane Strachey (1870 - 1958), daughter of Sir John Strachey (1823 - 1907) and a cousin of Lytton Strachey (1880 - 1932), a founding member of the Bloomsbury Group; manuscript and printed labels to verso. Generally good: some foxed spots, occasional ripple. The frame with a few nibbled losses.

Ephemera - 19th century manuscript exercise books; a photograph album, including Italy and North Africa; a 1796 Book of Common Prayer, Cambridge imprint; Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates; etc

KHALIGAT SCHOOL, A BOOK CONTAINING PAINTINGS OF TEN HINDU AVATARS LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY The deities carefully depicted in their customary stances, each wearing their conventional dress and named by an inscription, the manuscript bound by a traditional cloth on board binding, 31cm x 22cm. Provenance: from a private Indian family, UK. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

REVE, G. "Herkenning". (Uit: Nader tot U). 1984. Or. manuscript in ink by Reve on 1 leaf (r°). -- VASALIS. (=M. Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans). Verjaars-brief voor Gerard. Leiden, De Vijf Winden Pers, 2003. Small booklet printed in two colours, in envelope. In or. pictorial cardboard box. Published for Reve's 80th birthday. Printed in 300 numb. copies, signed by the author. -- REVE-TEGEL nr. 3: Droom. Rott., Uitg. Bébert, 1986. Tile printed w. poem in R.'s handwriting on upper surface. Made in 300 numb. copies, monogrammed "GR" on back side in blue pencil. -- PHOTOGRAPH of Gerard Reve. 1981. 30 x 24 cm. Signed by the artist. -- And 4 o. by/on R. (8).

SIBYLLINA ORACULA ex vett. codd. aucta, renovata, et notis illustrata a Joh. Opsopaeo Brettano. Cum interpretatione Latina Seb. Castalionis et indice. - Bound with: Oracula magica Zoroastris cum scholiis Plethonis et Pselli nunc primum editi, e Bibliotheca Regia, studio Johannis Opsopoei. - And: Oracula metrica Jovis, Apollinis, Hecates, Serapidis, et aliorum (…) a J. Opsopaeo collecta. Item Astrampsychi Oneirocriticon a Jos. Scaligero digestum & castigatum. Graece et Latine. - Paris, 1599. 3 parts. 524, 71, (2); 144; xxiv, 114, (3) pp. W. engr. ti. & 12 engrs. by C. de Mallery in text. - And: Onophrii Panvinii Veronensis de Sibyllis et carminibus sibyllinis Liber. (N.d.). (24) pp. - Tog. 4 parts in 1 vol. Cont. cf. w. gilt decorations, spine raised in compartments, title in gilt on spine. (Joints weak, binding & extremities partly chafed, lacks upper free endpaper, moderate foxing in part, former owners' ex libris & blindstamp, endpapers with manuscript copy of material taken from Opsopaeus's Epistola dated 1588). NOTE:A very handsome edition, not only for its typographical execution with three different sizes of the so-called 'Grecs du Roi' type, but also for the very fine engravings of the twelve Sibyls in Panvinius's essay on the subject in the first part. The title-page for the second & third parts have the Lutetia ship woodcut. Notable features of this work are the Latin translation by the famous Castellio (first published 1546), and Scaliger's edition of Astrampsychus. The last work not in Smitskamp or Adams. - Hoffmann III, 396; Caillet 8135.

BLUSSÉ -- DORDRECHT -- BLUSSÉ, A. De beste opvoeding der jeugd, ten nutte van dit Gemenebest; en Bespiegelingen bij een onweder. Dordr., Blussé en Zoon, 1776. Hcf., spine dec. in gilt w. label. (Spine dam., boards chafed, much shelfwear). Convolute containing 23 (occasional) poems by A.B. -- Added: Id. Iets Dichtmaatigs. Dordr., P. Blussé, 1784. W. engr. title-p & some plts. Hcf.,. spine dec. in gilt w. label. (Bottom of spine dam., some shelfwear). -- Id. 2 manuscript exercise books. H. mor. (N.D.). -- And: COLLECTION of c. 50 occasional poems, speeches and leaflets, all written by members of the Blussé family or their friends, relatives & associates between 1750 and 1808. (Some with lovely decorated wrappers.) -- And: Out-Dordrecht's Nieu-Maere. 1897. Folio. 33 editions of this novelty newspaper, published during the Oud-Dordrecht exhibition of 1897. (Vols. 1 and 3 double, lacking vol. 6). -- And 8 o., all written or published by Blussé family members. NOTE:Abraham Blussé (1726-1808), bookseller and publisher of many books and of the Dordrechtse Courant.

BÜCH, B. Collection of handwritten and typescript poems (for the greater part 'voor Leo' [=Leo van Maris]). (1973-79). Tog. 13 poems (5 in manuscript), partly on Büch's own printed paper. -- Added: Large collection of newspaper articles, magazines, annotations a.o. printed material on Boudewijn Büch, collected by Leo van Maris.

CHURCH HISTORY -- GARGON, J. Historisch berigt aangaande de Hollandsche Gereformeerde Kerken in Rusland. (...). Uit het oorspronkelijke handschrift medegedeeld door N.C. Kist. - Bound with: H.G. HAASLOOP WERNER. Wandelingen door de kerken der Veluwe. - And: N.C. KIST. Iets over de hier te lande kortelings ontdekte middeleeuwsche muurschilderijen, bijzonder over die in de Pieters-kerk de Leiden. - And 31 similar publications, tog. 34 works in 1 vol. W. 6 fold. plates of which 2 cold., and 1 facsimile plate. Manuscript index bound at the end. Rebound in modern brds. (Annot. in pen on first ti-p., occ. trifle browned). NOTE:A varied collection of contributions to church history, ranging from historical papers on local churches, to scoping works on entire countries, art history, and codicology.

ARCHITECTURE -- (VIGNOLA), J.B. Regulen der Vijf Bouworden. Beschrijving van de Vijf Ordens der Architectura en eerst Beginnende met de Toscaansche. N.d. (18th c.). (4), 25 pp. Text in manuscript (following one of the printed versions of this edition in Dutch), tog. w. the 50 or. engr. plates, numbered according to the preceding text. - Bound with: Id. Reglen Der 5 Ordnungen (…). Augsburg, J.F. Probst, n.d. (c. 1760 ?). 16 pp. W. engr. front. - 2 in 1 vol. Sm-8°. 19th c. hcf. w. marbled paper brds.

SCHILDER, G. & H. KOK. Sailing for the East. History & catalogue of manuscript charts on vellum of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), 1602-1799. 2010. Prof. ill. & w. CD-ROM in rear pocket. 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- M. de la RONCIÈRE & M.M. du JOURDIN. Les portulans. Cartes marines du XIIIe au XVIIe siècle. 1984. Fol. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- C. HOFMANN, (e.a., dir.). L'âge d'or des cartes marines. Quand l'Europe découvrait le monde. (2013). 4°-obl. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- And 3 o. (6).

LIBER AMICORUM -- ALBUM AMICORUM Cornelis Johan de Lange, anno 1772. W. c. 30 contributions in ms. and 2 watercolour drawings. Sm-8°-obl. Bound in elaborately gilt tooled red morocco by the Hunting Roll Bindery, Leiden, dated 1772 on the back side, a.e.g. (Few minor scratches to bind. along edges, but in perfect condition). NOTE:Liber amicorum for Cornelis Johan de Lange from Gouda (1753-1820?), who matriculated as a Law student at Leiden University on April 10, 1771. (Album Studiosorum Acad. Lugd. Bat., col. 1104; NNBW VIII, 1007-8). With manuscript contributions by fellow students, i.a. by Johan Meerman (1753-1815), whose collection of books would eventually form the basis for the 'Museum Meermanno/Huis van het Boek'. This binding similar to the one depicted in Storm v. Leeuwen IIA, p. 292.

BELLEC, F. Nefs, galions & caraques dans l'iconographie portugaise du XVIe siècle. (1993). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- Id., (a.o., eds.). Sillages néerlandais. La vie maritime dans l'art des Pays-Bas. Kunst in het kielzog. Het maritieme leven in de Ned. kunst. (1989). 4°. Owrps. -- P.O. LONG, (a.o.). The Book of Michael of Rhodes. A 15th-c. maritime manuscript. (2009). 3 vols. 4°. Ohcl. -- J. GILTAIJ & J. KELCH. Lof der zeevaart. De Hollandse zeeschilders v.d. 17e eeuw. (1997). 4°-obl. Owrps. -- And 7 o. (13).

REVE, G.K. v.h. De ondergang v.d. familie Boslowits. 1950. Obrds. First edition. -- Id. Zes gedichten. 1965. (8) fold. lvs. Or. clothbacked wrps. Limited ed. -- Id. De Jongste Voordracht. 2003. Portfolio with facsimile manuscript & DVD. Limited ed. -- Id. Veertien etsen v. Frans Lodewijk Pannekoek voor arbeiders verklaard. 1967. W. 14 tipped-in illustr. 8°-obl. Obrds. -- And 5 o. by R. (9).

POMPONIUS MELA -- (GRONOVIUS, Abraham [attrib.]. Anonymi dictata in Pomponium Melam. Saec. XVIII). 140 lvs. with manuscript on both sides. 4°. 18th c. hcf. w. marbled paper on sides. (Top of spine gone, corners/edges dam./worn, slightly browned). NOTE:These commentaries appear to be unpublished. Abraham Gronovius first edited Pomponius Mela 'De situ orbis' in 1743, with a second edition in 1748, and reissues thereafter. Sold at the sale of Guglielmo Libri's library in 1859, nr. 51: "In all probability the lectures of Abraham Gronovius".

ARABICA -- ERPENIUS -- NOVUM TESTAMENTUM ARABICE. Ex bibliotheca Leidensi. Edente Thoma Erpenio. Leyden, In Typographia Erpeniana Linguarum Orientalium, 1616. (48), 648 pp. W. engr. ti. 4°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides & red edges. (Lower joint broken, lower blank margin a bit wormholed at the end (=beginning)). NOTE:Smitskamp 79: "The text has been printed in only a few copies, after a manuscript from the library of Scaliger written in 1342." - Brunet V, 760; Darlow & Moule 1642.

LEIDEN -- ORLERS, J.J. Beschrijvinge der Stadt Leyden. 2e dr. Leyden, (etc.), A.J. Cloeting & A. Commelijn, 1641. 3 parts in 1 vol. (30), 738, (14) pp. W. 1 fold. plan of Leiden & 2 fold. engr. depict. the Spanish siege & later relief of the town, 11 engr. views in text & extra: 6 double-p. engr. plates (taken from the 1st edition). 4°. Cont. vellum. (Upper joint partly split, endpapers delicate, fold. map of the Leyden Relief reattached.) NOTE:Autograph manuscript presentation by the author, Jan Jansz. Orlers (1580-1646) "die dit gaf zijnen vriend, D. Hieronimus de Backere". De Backere was, at the time of publication, probably the director of the Heilige Geest orphanage. First biographical mention of Rembrandt van Rijn (p. 375) and with the six double-page plates from the first edition added.

PHOTOGRAPHS -- SERIES of 14 albumen printed photographs: 9 of the 2nd Aceh Expedition and 5 of Weltevreden. Photographer(s?) unknown, all c. 1874-1880. 214 x 290 mm each. (Margins of all photographs damaged to some extent, but more severe in some cases (turned down margins, tears, fragments missing, etc.)). NOTE:All the photographs have captions in manuscript on the v°-side and they are all numbered in an old hand (present are the numbers 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20). The photographs i.a. depict soldiers of the KNIL (Royal Dutch Colonial Army) working on a bridge near Kota Radja, fortifications, military camps and also a Red Cross boat. The photographs of Weltevreden depict mainly buildings such as the house of the director of the medical service, the 'Landsdrukkerij', the palace of the Governor-General, etc. Deriving from the property of a Dutch family residing in Indonesia at the time. - Sold w.a.f., not subject to return.

INDIA -- MINIATURES -- FALK, T. & M. ARCHER. Indian miniatures in the India Office Library. 1981. W. cold. plts. 4º. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- A. OKADA. Indian miniatures of the Mughal Court. (1992). W. plts. 4º. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- M.C. BEACH & E. KOCH. King of the World. The Padshahnama. An imperial Mughal manuscript from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle. (1997). Prof. illustr. w. many cold. & b&w plts. 4º. -- H.J. STOOKE (a.o.). The Laud Ragamala miniatures. A study in Indian painting and music. (1953). W. mounted cold. & b&w plts. Lge 8º. Ocl. -- And 4 o. (8).

PLATO. Omnia opera tralatione Marsilii Ficini, emend. et ad Graecum codicem collatione S. Grynæi (…). Basel, H. Froben, 1551. (12), 952, (48) pp. W. woodcut printer's mark on ti-p. and at the end, num. fine woodcut historiated initials. Fol. Cont. blind-tooled cf. over wooden brds. w. old vellum manuscript lvs. w. cold. pen decorations used as pastedowns (now bound between flyleaves). (Bind. dam./chafed, rebacked in later cf., clasps lacking, first quire loose, small dam. to d1 (affecting a few words), some early annot., margins a bit stained in places, but overall a clean copy). NOTE:A highly important edition translated by Marsilio Ficino, with the commentary of Simon Grynaeus, the celebrated Swiss astronomer and geographer. - Adams P-1447; Hoffmann III, 138; VD 16 P-3279.

BINDINGS -- PAROISSIEN ROMAIN contenant les offices de tous les dimanches (...) des prières durant la messe, du commun des saints et de l’office des morts complet. Par., Belin-LePrieur et Morizot, s.d. (c. 1860). 668 pp. W. engr. front., coloured ti-p. and plates. 12°. Cont. blue velvet spine & mother-of-pearl boards w. silver plated open-work fittings on front board, silver plated clasp/catch and gilt edges. (In fine condition, velvet sl. worn). NOTE:W. manuscript family index on the first and last free endpapers.

LEIDEN -- 'BODEBOEKJE'. Notebook for the first 26 weeks of 18?? containing i.a. names, addresses and registration numbers of Leiden citizens, probably to administrate premiums for a health insurance fund. Manuscript in pencil and ink on paper. 97 lvs., r° and v°. In cont. sm-8° vellum bind. (Traces of use, but in good, legible condition). NOTE:A health insurance was mainly aimed at the poor and the premium therefore consisted of a few cents a week. The 'health insurance carrier' collected the premium money weekly from the insured and then paid the doctors and pharmacists. In the 19th century, the popularity of health insurance funds grew rapidly. Commercial funds, mutual workers' funds and funds set up by doctors and pharmacists arose.

CHRISTENSEN, A.E., ed., Inshore craft of Norway. From a manuscript by B. & Ø. Færøyvik. (1979). 4°. Or. bind. w. dust-j. -- J. AUER. Fregat and Snau. Small cruisers in the Danish navy, 1650-1750. 2008. 4°. Owrps. -- C.O. CEDERLUND, ed. The Årby boat. 1993. 4°. Obrds. -- H. SZYMANSKI. Der Ever der Niederelbe. 1985. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- O. OLSEN, (a.o.), eds. Shipshape. Essays for. O. Crumlin-Pedersen. 1995. 4°. Obrds. -- And 3 o. (8).

Three Scottish Manuscript Volumes including a young woman's Commonplace book, Commonplace book of Jemima Macduff Barrie, dated 1833, 147 manuscript pp. and various leaves of neatly pasted scraps, a facsimile signature of Elizabeth I and a loosley inserted leaf with a piece of woven cloth attached, allegedly a: " Fragment of cloth taken out of the coffin of Robt Brystwick, 25 Prior of Burlington, who died in 1493" contemporary embossed green calf gilt, some rubbing; Ornithological notebook birdwatching notes from March- August 1830 [and other non- ornithological notes in pencil], 12mo, contemporary green half morocco gilt; Trust Disposition by Richard Alexander Oswald Esq dated 1810, regarding the lands and barony of Auchincruive and others lying in the County of Ayr and Stewardy of Kirkcudbright, 31 manuscript pp., large folio ledger, contemporary brushed calf [3]

C Hilda Hatfield, 19/20th century, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, watercolour, 17 x 13cm, together with a manuscript, inscribed to the frame, 15th century, on vellum, together with various maps and engravings

EphemeraA collection of ephemera including an album of 19th century letter fronts addressed to Downing Street, some with wax seals and free franks, signed by various dignitaries including Lords Grey, Devon, John Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, etc., commonplace books, scrap albums and large scraps, a York Mansion House visitors book [late 19th cent.], photograph albums and a quantity of manuscript material including a 1940 diary with extensive York related entries and a 19th century girl's arithmetic work book, indentures, letters, etc. (qty)

Original Artwork An interesting collection of sketchbooks and albums with original artwork, comprising:York, thirty-five watercolour and pencil sketches of York and Yorkshire, [late 20th century], sheet size 175mm x 255mm, some very nice images in a distressed cloth album (lacking backstrip, some leaves and upper board detached);York, thirty-one pencil sketches of buildings and scenery in and around York, [19th century], two sketches on the reverse of others, sheet size 205mm x 270mm, worn half leather album; Yorkshire Buildings, an album of architectural watercolour sketches, plans and tables, [20th century], sheet size 227mm x 289mm, five watercolours of buildings loosely inserted, cloth-backed boards; Yorkshire Buildings, an album of architectural watercolour sketches and tables by C.M. Little, York, 1956, sheet size 177mm x 255mm, cloth-backed boards;Buildings, an album of architectural watercolour sketches, no date [20th century], sheet size 125mm x 180mm, boards (wear to head of spine);Continental Watercolours, a nineteenth century album containing manuscript entries and mounted artwork, the album was possibly acquired in the South Tyrol and the majority of the attractive watercolours are of continental scenes. At the beginning of the album is a two page manuscript entry, addressed to Pauline ?Creacher ‘La femme amiable’ in French, dated Paris 18 Juin **40 and signed Charles ?Mangerin, manuscript entries at the very front and the rear are in English, all edges gilt, original roan gilt binding with ‘Paolina’ to upper board, both boards and backstrip detached; Commonplace book, a small quarto album, the manuscript entries interleaved in places with pencil sketches, several on brown card, heightened with white, rear endpaper signed W. Jameson, half leather gilt binding. (7)

The Intimate Stranger (1956) - Original Bound Release Film Script, Merton Park Studios, London, 1956, original title With All My Heart in black ink manuscript and by Peter Howard (Howard Koch) in pencil on title page, 63pp. typescript on white folio sheets, a 4pp. cast list with names, addresses and telephone numbers, a 2pp. unit list showing the directors name as Joseph Walton with (Losey) in pencil manuscript, A4 and folio sheets bound within a spring-back folder, green cloth, titled and numbered 100/495 on spine, folio, 35.6 x 24cm. . *** Alec Crawford Snowden (1901-1983) British film producer and son of the novelist, J. Keighley Snowden. The Intimate Stranger is a British film noir drama starring Richard Basehart, Mary Murphy and Constance Cummings. The film was directed by Joseph Losey, a communist, who was blacklisted by the Hollywood studios and moved to work in the UK, he was credited on screen under the pseudonym Alec C. Snowden. The screenplay was written by fellow communist, Howard Koch, who had also been blacklisted in the US. and wrote under the name of Peter Howard. The film, originally titled With All My Heart was released in the US. as Finger of Guilt. Condition Report: a small stain to upper cover, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light foxing to title page and leaf edges of script, otherwise internally clean.

The Big Birthday (1959) - Original Bound Annotated Draft Film Script, as used by producer, Alec. C. Snowden,1958, released as 'Broth of a Boy', 83pp. typescript with colour revision sheets, a 2pp. production unit list, a 2pp. cast lists with addresses, telephone numbers and Mr. Alec Snowden stamped in red ink on first page, a 2pp. location movement order with Mr. Snowden in blue ink manuscript to top left of first page, a 1pp. location sites and contacts list, a 7pp. shooting schedule and a loosely inserted 20pp. marketing brochure for Ardmore Studios, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland and a cutting from the Radio Times showing the film featured as The British Film Comedy on BBC1, May 7, 1968, A4 and folio sheets bound within a spring-back folder, with a white printed Hatchford Films Ltd. label (writer, Julian McLaren Rosss company) to front pastedown, blue cloth, folio, 35. x 23.5cm. *** Alec Crawford Snowden (1901-1983) was British film producer and son of the novelist, J. Keighley Snowden. Broth of a Boy is an Irish comedy directed by George Pollock, starring Barry Fitzgerald, Harry Brogan and June Thornton. The screenplay written by Blanaid Irvine and Patrick Kirwan is an adaptation of the 1956 play, The Big Birthday, by Hugh Leonard.Julian McLaren Ross (1912-1964) was a British novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, screenwriter and literary critic. His writing breakthrough came in 1940 whenHorizon magazine agreed to publish his short story, A Bit of a Smash in Madras, however, shortly after its publication he was conscripted into the army, imprisoned for desertion in January 1943 and suffered a nervous breakdown. Throughout the 1940s McLaren Ross became a flamboyant presence in the pubs of Fitzrovia and Soho and worked as a scriptwriter on government propaganda documentaries alongside the poet Dylan Thomas. In 1958 McLaren Ross married Diana Bromley, Leonard Woolfs bohemian niece who gave birth to Alex Maclaren Ross, his only child. Julian McLaren Ross established himself as a respected literary critic and writer, notably of crime thrillers for film and television. He was considered to be one of the most gifted writers of his generation by Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Powell, Graeme Green and John Betjeman. Condition Report: staining to upper and lower covers top corners and red camera tape across top right hand corner, toning and light foxing to leaf edges, internally clean and showing signs of use on the production.

The Key Man (1957) - Original Bound Annotated First Draft Film Script, as used by producer, Alec. C. Snowden, Anglo-Guild Productions, Merton Park Studios, London, 1957, 52pp. typescript on white folio sheets, 5pp. typescript breakdown errata sheets on pink revision sheets with A.C. Snowdens name in blue ink top left, a 4pp. studio shooting schedule, a 3pp. unit list, a 2pp. revised lockdown shooting schedule, a 30pp. production breakdown at end, together with a bound in, manuscript synopsis for the original screenplay by J. McLaren Ross, copyright, December 16, 1956, 11pp., very neat closely written blue ink manuscript, 12mo, with a loosely inserted 1pp. typescript contract, undated, unsigned, the contract granted McLaren Ross, world film and television rights for a total payment of £500 on delivery and approval of the full- shooting script to a running time of sixty minutes in favour of his production company, Hatchford Films Limited of Sweetbriar, Cobham, Surrey, A4 and folio sheets bound within a spring-back folder, green cloth, titled and numbered Y. 608 on spine, folio, 35.5 x 24cm. *** Alec Crawford Snowden (1901-1983) was British film producer and son of the novelist, J. Keighley Snowden. The Key Man is a British crime thriller B movie, directed by Montgomery Tulley, starring Lionel Hume and Paula Byrne. The screenplay was adapted from Tulleys original story by Julian MacLaren Ross who had been persuaded by producer, Alec C. Snowden, to write a script in late 1956. McLaren Ross had doubts about the project but delivered a screenplay to Snowden in January 1957. The film was shot during a 3 week period the following month in response to an initiative by Anglo-Amalgamated to increase the number of British B movie releases. It released in the US. asLife at Stake.Julian McLaren Ross (1912-1964) was a British novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, screenwriter and literary critic. His writing breakthrough came in 1940 whenHorizon magazine agreed to publish his short story A Bit of a Smash in Madras, however, shortly after its publication he was conscripted into the army, imprisoned for desertion in January 1943 and suffered a nervous breakdown. Throughout the 1940s McLaren Ross became a flamboyant presence in the pubs of Fitzrovia and Soho and worked as a scriptwriter on government propaganda documentaries alongside the poet Dylan Thomas. In 1958 McLaren Ross married Diana Bromley, Leonard Woolfs bohemian niece who gave birth to Alex Maclaren Ross, his only child. Julian McLaren Ross established himself as a respected literary critic and writer, notably of crime thrillers for film and television. He was considered to be one of the most gifted writers of his generation by Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Powell, Graeme Green and John Betjeman. Condition Report: some marks to studios shooting schedule, light foxing to leaf edges with general signs of age and use on the production.

Confession (1955) - Original Bound Release Film Script, as used by producer, Alec. C. Snowden, Merton Park Studios, 1955, 61pp. typescript on white folio sheets, a 4pp. cast list with artists addresses, a loosely inserted 5pp. breakdown of production costs,1954, with Mr. Snowden in blue ink manuscript top centre, A4 and folio sheets bound within a spring-back folder, green cloth, titled and numbered 100/448 on spine, folio, 35.6 x 24cm. *** Alec Crawford Snowden (1901-1983) was British film producer and son of the novelist, J. Keighley Snowden. Confession is a British drama, starring Sydney Chaplin, Audrey Dalton and John Bentley. directed by Ken Hughes, the screenplay also by Hughes is based on an original story by Don Martin. The film was made at Merton Park Studios, London, by Anglo-Amalgamated and along with Little Red Monkey, released the same year, it was an international success and led to the company producing films with a higher production quality, often casting American stars to give their films more International appeal. The film released in the US.as'The Deadliest Sin'.Condition Report: light marks and scuffs to folder covers, spine ends and corners bumped, light foxing to leaf edges and title page otherwise internally clean.

Puzzle for Fiends (1958) - Original Bound Annotated Third Draft Shooting Film Script, as used by producer, Alec. C. Snowden & Two Autograph Letters, Signed, by scriptwriter, Julian McLaren Ross, 1957. Puzzle for Fiends, working title for The Strange Awakening (1958) Anglo-Guild Productions, London, 1957, 92pp. typescript with coloured revision sheets, a 4pp. unit list, annotated in pencil to verso of the last page, an 8pp. location/shooting schedule, a black and white photograph of Hatchford Park, near Cobham, Surrey, 10 x 8 inches, 4 related magazine cuttings and a 9pp. production budget at end, also bound in are Two Autograph Letters. Signed by scriptwriter, Julian McLaren Ross, written to Alec C. Snowden, both letters very closely written in neat, blue ink manuscript, with McLaren Ross 39 Kensington Gardens Square, London address top right, the first letter, 1pp., 28 lines, a single leaf dated 13.6. 57, McLaren Ross updates the producer of various changes he has made to the revised script and advises him that any redundant dialogue the producer finds, he should leave these out, he adds Guy Madison by the way is making a new western, so we may not get him after all, (possibly the western film, Bullwhip (1958) directed by Harmon Jones); the second letter, 1pp., 36 lines, a single leaf dated 13.8.57, the agitated scriptwriter vents his frustrations over the additional workload, time and expenses he has incurred whilst working on the revised script. He reminds Snowden that as the script needed completely re-writing, he had been prepared to do this on condition he was given a sole screenplay credit, but due to the proposed wish of an American faction he now wished for his name to be removed from the films credits as he was not prepared to be blamed by the critics for the mistakes of others, especially from across the Atlantic, folio sheets bound within a spring-back folder, green cloth, folio, 35 x 23.5cm. *** Alec Crawford Snowden (1901-1983) was a British film producer and son of the novelist, J. Keighley Snowden. Puzzle for Fiends is a British crime thriller directed by Montgomery Tulley, starring Lex Barker and Carole Matthews. The film released in the US. as Female Fiends. Julian McLaren Ross (1912-1964) was a British novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, screenwriter and literary critic. His writing breakthrough came in 1940 whenHorizon magazine agreed to publish his short story, A Bit of a Smash in Madras, however, shortly after its publication he was conscripted into the army, imprisoned for desertion in January 1943 and suffered a nervous breakdown. Throughout the 1940s McLaren Ross became a flamboyant presence in the pubs of Fitzrovia and Soho and worked as a scriptwriter on government propaganda documentaries alongside the poet Dylan Thomas. In 1958 McLaren Ross married Diana Bromley, Leonard Woolfs bohemian niece who gave birth to Alex Maclaren Ross, his only child. Julian McLaren Ross established himself as a respected literary critic and writer, notably of crime thrillers for film and television. He was considered to be one of the most gifted writers of his generation by Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Powell, Graeme Green and John Betjeman. Condition Report: staining to upper and lower top corners of folder, foxing and toning to leaf edges of script, some further toning to the second letter dated 13.8.57.

Arabic printing in Malta.- Shidyaq (Ahmad Faris al) [Historical Sections from the Old Testament with Various Meditations], vignette title, ink manuscript notes to pastedown, some light spotting and staining at beginning and end, otherwise generally clean, hinges weak, contemporary cloth, faded with some staining, joints split, small loss to spine, 8vo, Malta, [Arabic Press of the Church Missionary Society], 1833.⁂ A rare early publication of the Arabic Press in Malta, which operated between 1825 and 1842. Shidyaq, a Maronite lexicographer, journalist and a poet, worked as a translator and editor at the press from the early 1830s.

Newark.- Elizabeth I (Queen).- Dethick (Sir Gilbert, herald and diplomat, 1499/1500-84) Grant of arms to the town of Newark, Nottinghamshire, manuscript in English, coat of arms of the town, illuminated portrait of Dethick in initial "T", watercolour decoration in three margins, remains of one wax seal only of 2, laid down on board, some surface wear, slightly foxed and browned, 403 x 550mm., dated 1561 [but late 19th century].

Arabic ms.- Qur'an, manuscript on paper in Sudani script, 355ff. (?only), in red and brown ink, all leaves loose, in blind-stamped leather wallet with some annotations to pastedowns, preserved in leather pouch, rather worn, leaves c.110 x 115mm. or smaller, sub-Saharan North Africa, [c.1900].

NO RESERVE Second World War.- Ali Goes to Town. A Musical Frolic in 3 Acts, typescript, signed presentation inscription "Charles - a momento of rough passage with Houston (bald headed old - !). Frank C. Hamel. Christmas 1944", 1p. supplied in manuscript, a few pencil notes or markings, marginal toning, original boards, printed label "P. O. W. Pantomime "Ali Goes to Town" Christmas 1944. Marlag, Germany" on spine, folio, 1944.⁂ An original script from a prisoner of war pantomime inscribed from the producer to the scriptwriter. Amongst the credits is listed a "G. Place", likely Godfrey Place, commander of Submarine X7 which took part in the 1943 attack on the warship Tirpitz, for which Place was awarded the Victoria Cross.

Bible, English. [The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke...], lacking general title and preliminary leaf (pi1-2), general title supplied in manuscript facsimile (tipped-in), lacking New Testament title (*1), initial ff. chipped and frayed with loss of some letters, mainly side-notes and signatures, occasional ff. similarly affected thereafter, 3O3 defective at lower edge with loss of text, [Deputies of C. Barker], [1589], bound with Two Right Profitable and Fruitful Concordances..., D8-F1 central pink ink stain, Christopher Barker, [n.d.], together 2 in 1, woodcut tail-pieces, early manuscript notations to 3I4 and [2]A1-2 as well as one or two other instances, bookplates and manuscript note tipped-in to pastedowns, browning and soiling, cracking to gutter, repairs to hinges, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, [Herbert 201; STC 2150]; and 4 other bibles and similar, v.s. [sold not subject to return] (4)⁂ Known as the "Breeches bible" due to its unique translation of Genesis 3:7, "Then the eies of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed figge tree leaves together, and made themselves breeches". Editions before 1560 and those after the King James version, had or reverted to the translation of "aprons".

Bible, English. The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New, title within engraved architectural border, lacking 2N3 (NT title), Cambridge, Printed by John Field, 1661, bound with The Book of Common-Prayer, ownership inscription of Mary Browne to title, dated 1700, D gathering with worm hole to head, [Wing B3630], Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1665, bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, [Wing B2497], Printed by T. R. for the Company of Stationers, 1669, bookplate of Sir Martin Browne Ffolkes, ink manuscript history of the Browne family to rear free endpaper, trimmed at head, shaving the occasional headline, the odd marginal chip or short tear running into text, some light toning and soiling, contemporary red morocco, covers elaborately tooled in gilt with wide floral borders and central foliate lozenge, spine gilt with six raised bands, repaired at corners and spine ends, a little rubbed, mostly to joints and corners, 8vo. ⁂ The Bible appears to be a variant of Wing B2265, without pagination and with the engraved general title unsigned. The Browne family history contains an account of the knighthood of Sir William Browne, President of the College of Physicians: "it was done in the Bedchamber for the greater Honour. The Court being in Mourning, I was supplied with a black velvet suit by the President of the Royal Society".

NO RESERVE Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord).- An Act for Settling the Estates of William Lord Byron and Elizabeth Shaw, Spinster, an Instant, on their Intermarriage, manuscript insertions, scattered spotting, light soiling to first ff., ex-library with blindstamp, modern cloth, blindstamp to upper cover, [1720] § Day (Richard Digby) Lord Byron Lives! 32 ff., play in manuscript, loose as written, [1977] § Simpson (William) Byron's Tomb and other poems ..., presentation copy dated October 1949, ex-library with shelf-mark inside upper cover, original stiff paper wrappers, blindstamp to upper cover, a little rubbed, [1949]; and 2 others relating to Byron or the Byron family, 4to & 8vo (5)⁂ The second is the manuscript of a play first performed at Chichester in 1977.

Auction catalogue.- Catalogue of a Fine Collection of Modern Portraits...after Sir Joshua Reynolds (A) sold by auction by J. Selby under the direction of Messrs. Colnaghi & Co., 8pp., advertisement to final f., unopened, lightly spotted, and a few worm holes to first few ff., 1802; and a manuscript letter from Jean Ingelow, Victorian poet and novelist, 8vo (2)

William Pitt.- Armstrong (Francis) The Triumph of Pitt, An Irregular Ode; Respectfully dedicated to the Friends of his Immortal Memory, The Members of the Pitt Club, first edition, bifolium, drophead title, 4pp., a few autograph corrections and insertions by the author, folds, some foxing and staining, with 3 additional manuscript stanzas in Armstrong's hand on another sheet, C. Collins, [c.1811]; and an autograph manuscript poem by Armstrong, Iberia War Song, 3pp., July 1808, both manuscripts laid down, folds, slightly browned, folio (3 pieces). ⁂ The first mentioned is rare, with only a Chapel Hill, NC, copy recorded by WorldCat. A poem on the virtues and achievements of William Pitt who died in 1806. At the end of this poem is a prospectus for an engraving made from a painting by Armstrong 'in commemoration of the Jubilee, Oct. 25, 1809.'. A note to say that the print will be published on the 25th October, 1811 has been crossed though, and amended with the manuscript note 'as soon as possible' in Armstrong's hand.

Copper Mine.- Working Model of a Copper Mine, Now Exhibiting at the Masonic Hall, York Street, Bath, printed broadside, manuscript note at tail: "Exhibiting at Exeter Hall, Strand", 194 x 157mm., [manuscript note dated 1832]; and 2 other smaller broadsides relating to the same exhibition, all laid down on card, v.s., [1832].

NO RESERVE Crimean War.- Horton (Rev. Edward) A Sermon on the Horrors of War, Preached in the Wesleyan Chapel, Retford on ... the day set apart for national humiliation and prayer, faint marginal finger-staining, original paper wrappers bound-in, small loss to corners, tear to original upper cover, modern cloth-backed stiff paper wrappers, title in manuscript to upper cover, ex-library with labels to upper cover, 8vo, Retford, 1854.⁂ Rare. Only one on WorldCat at the University of Leeds, Brotherton Library.

Automaton drawings.- A drawing of a cupid shooting his arrow and 'manuscript' poem by an Automaton, light surface dirt, each 165 x 130mm., c.1800s.⁂ An Automaton, known as the "Draughtsman-Writer" was built by Henri Maillardet, a Swiss mechanician of the 18th century who worked in London producing clocks and other mechanisms. It is believed that Maillardet built the Automaton around 1800 and it has the largest "memory" of any such machine ever constructed-four drawings and three poems (two in French and one in English).Automata, such as Maillardet's Automaton, demonstrated mankind's efforts to imitate life by mechanical means-and are fascinating examples of the intersection of art and science.

First World War.- Nursing.- Album of watercolours, 13 leaves of nurses and patients of hospitals during the First World War, in pen and watercolour, on one side of Whatman's drawing paper, each with manuscript captions and the artist's monogram, original boards, lightly rubbed, spine defective, leather pen holder (rubbed), small oblong 8vo, 1917.

Seaweed.- An Album of Jersey Algae, or Dried Specimens of Marine Plants, with c.135 specimens of mainly British seaweed and other marine plants, mounted on recto only on 84ff., mostly one or two per page, mounted manuscript and printed captions,poem laid down to front endpaper verso, occasional creasing or minor soiling, contemporary half calf, upper joint cracked but firm, some wear to extremities, large 8vo, [c.1860].

Aquinas (Thomas) Cathena Aurea S.Tho., parts 1 and 2 only (of 4), double column, Gothic type, titles in red and black within woodcut borders, each part with woodcut printer's device to verso of final leaf, some light spotting or toning, upper hinge broken, contemporary vellum, repaired at fore-edge and spine foot, title in manuscript to spine, rubbed and soiled, endpapers renewed, 8vo, Lyon, J. Giunta, 1544.

Book of Hours.- Officium beatae Marie Virginis, Gothic type, printed in red and black, 21 full-page woodcut illustrations only (of 22), text within woodcut historiated borders, lacking all before a3 (including title), b1, E6, Z1 and Z8, G gathering misbound, ZI and Z8 supplied in later manuscript facsimile, a few small repaired tears, mostly marginal but occasionally affecting woodcut border or text, some light toning and surface soiling, modern calf, with contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf covers and worn spine laid down, these earlier pieces rubbed and scuffed, [EDIT 16 CNCE 11783], Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1545; and another, 8vo & folio (2)

NO RESERVE Caranza (Pedro Calderón de) Practica Espiritual de una Religiosa, title with woodcut vignette, full-page woodcut to 2†8 and verso of final leaf, lacking 2†8 of opening tabla (including woodcut to verso), some damp-staining at beginning and end, light spotting and occasional browning, gutter split at a few points, later vellum with ties, manuscript title to spine, remains of label to spine foot, rubbed and toned, [Wilkinson 2385], 8vo, Medina del Campo, Sanctiago del Canto, 1595.⁂ A rare Spanish work on the spiritual practice of nuns. Provenance: Del Colegio dela Comp[añía] de Jesus de Ubeda/ Diole el ?8. Diego de Mora año de 1699 (ink inscription to title and 2†3).

Simony.- Resolvtio dvbii an mvtvæ conventiones circa dotem, et svmptvs solitos pro pvella volente ingredi monasterivm sint simonicæ?, 40pp., manuscript annotations, modern ink signature on verso of upper wrapper, original wrappers, spine split and partially reinforced, 8vo, Rome, Francesco Tizzoni, 1680.