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Click here to subscribeSouth Sea Company.- Printed receipt of annuities in the favour of Alan, Viscount Midleton, for the sum of £4578, manuscript insertions, folds, 1 with split, 1 upper corner chipped, 18th April, 1738; and 2 others, related, including a contemporary manuscript copy of a contract, v.s. (3)⁂ Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton (1702-1747), early cricket patron and contributor to the rules of the game.
France.- Manuscript estate maps.- Marche (Lecoy de la) [Survey of the estates of Château-Renault], manuscript, double-page preface and 2 tables, 9 double-page hand-coloured maps (numbered 2-10, as per detailed preface and first table), each c.530 x 730mm., map 6 with hand-coloured addenda tipped-in, 2 additional related hand-coloured maps (1 bound in and 1 loosely inserted), damp-stained / some chipping, mostly marginal, but encroaching into border in places, some repairs, modern vellum-backed green cloth, printed label to upper cover, folio, 1814.⁂ A detailed survey of the estates of M. François Louis Barrairon and his wife of the Château-Renault in the Indre-et-Loire department of France. Loosely inserted are few related manuscripts and drawings by La Marche and his son.
Police.- Lincoln City Police. Robbery Book, 966pp., printed columns with manuscript insertions, in black and red ink, some margins browned, original reverse calf, extensively rubbed, corners and edges worn, folio, Lincoln, 1858-1881.⁂ Police ledger of robbery records in Lincoln at the height of the Victorian era, containing instances of larceny and other miscellaneous crimes. The entries include records of the dates of the incidents, value of goods stolen, crime category, description of the crime, names of the investigating officers, result of the enquiry and a record of the sentence meted out. Each year is signed off by the Chief Constable, most notably William Mansell who retained the job for 32 years. Crimes included: larceny, obtaining by false pretences, perjury, breaking and entering, receiving stolen goods, stealing farm animals, counterfeiting coins, forgery, robbing and stabbing. Punishments included imprisonment, hard labour and corporal punishment (birching etc.).
Early printed leaves.- [Schedel (Hartmann)] Two hand-coloured leaves from the Liber Chronicarum, or Nuremberg Chronicle, woodcuts with early hand-colouring, numbered on versos LXXV & CLXXXVI, early marginal manuscript notes to versos, light marginal water-staining and soiling, one with short marginal tear and old repair to bottom edge, each leaf c.430 x 300 mm (17 x 11 5/8 in), framed and glazed, [Nuremberg], [1493] (2).
[Branteghem (Guillelmus de)] Jesu Christi vita, juxta quatuor evangelistarum narrationes, artificio graphices perquam eleganter picta, first edition, title within woodcut historiated border depicting Moses returning from Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments, woodcut full-page illustration to V1v depicting the descent of the Holy Spirit, vignettes and illustrations after Lieven de Witte, woodcut marginal manicules, tail-pieces, and decorative or historiated initials, 19th century ink bibliographical notes to front free endpaper, lacking A1 and g1, title with ink scoring, an ink stain and a printed fragment mounted in lower margin, h8 short tear at head, with minor loss to text, occasional spotting, lightly browned, medieval manuscript fragment used in binding, contemporary calf, spine in compartments, head of spine and corners worn, rubbed and marked, [Adams B1824], 8vo, Antwerp, Matthias Crom & Adriaen Kempe van Bouckhout, 24 December, 1537.⁂ A rare copy at auction of the first edition of this charmingly illustrated work. Branteghem was a Belgian Carthusian monk, who was born in Aalst.
NO RESERVE Ephemera.- Brickworks.- Licence granting Carl Becker the right to run a brickworks in Königslutter, Helmstedt, woodcut arms at head, woodcut decorative border, manuscript insertions and signatures, official ink stamp, fold, 275 x 365mm., Braunschweig, no printer, 1812; and 3 others, 19th century German ephemera, including an ms. contract to deliver a quantity of tobacco from Lemberg (now Lviv, Ukraine) to Vinnitsa, Ukraine, v.s. (4)
Italian School, 16th CenturyThe Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence gouache and gold on vellum14.1 x 10.1cm (5 9/16 x 4in).unframedFootnotes:The present unusual gouache would most probably have originally comprised a page from a Book of Hours and sylistically dates from between 1540-1560. The palette, the handling of the flesh, the little putti and the depiction of faces in the small figures are all comparable to the distinctive technique of the Croatian miniaturist Giulio Clovio (1498-1678). Clovio has been dubbed 'Michelangelo of the Miniature': he spent the majority of his career in Rome and is regarded as the last notable artist in the tradition of the illuminated manuscript. From a stylistic point of view the figures are also reminiscent of certain Mannerist artists of the Prague School, such as Bartholomeus Spranger and Joachim Wtewael.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 19th century Persian illuminated manuscript page, decorated with three figures in a walled garden within a border of pink flowers, the reverse with text only, 21.5 x 13cm, unframed, also a Persian painted textile panel decorated with a procession of a prince on horseback with attendants, 16.5 x 22cm and a further 20th century painted textile panel decorated with figures and elephants in a river, 27 x 18cm (3).Additional InformationThe Persian illuminated page is tipped in at the top to a card backing. There is an old fold line towards the bottom, the page is generally brown throughout and with a small hole to the bottom left corner and two small holes to the right hand side of the text panel at the bottom. The painted textile panel of the procession is taped in in six areas to a card backing the tape has gone over the edge of the textile, not into the image, this is lightly grubby throughout. The final image is loose and has fraying at the edge.
A Limited Edition Montblanc rollerball pen. The Writers Edition Hamage to Victor Hugo a tribute to the novel Notre-Dame de Paris. The cap and barrel are decorated with Gothic arches and a rosette on the cap is in homage to the Rose window of Notre-Dame. The end of the clip represents the clapper of a bell to recall Quasimodo. The cone is decorated with a trefoil frieze whish again is part of Notre-Dame's architecture. The single chain on the end represents the post to which Quasimodo chained. Le Miserables is honoured by the red lacquer to represent the colour of Jean Valjeans prison clothing while the numbers 24601 and 9430 are his prison code. The yellow lacquer below the chain link represents the colour of the prison passport. Number 110/1831 boxed with booklet and service guide as well as a Facsimile taken from the original Notre-Dame manuscript. The cone is engraved with the authors signature
NO RESERVE Baxter (Richard) A Christian Directory: or, a Summ of Practical Theologie, and Cases of Conscience, 4 parts in 1 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional title, first few gatherings with repairs to upper margin, gatherings 3N & 3O with restored hole to text, lettered supplied in manuscript, the odd small rust-hole or short marginal tear, occasional light damp-staining, ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, 18th century calf, upper cover detached, spine chipped and worn, corners worn, rubbed, [WIng B1219], folio, by Richard White, 1673.⁂ Provenance: John Fowell Jones (1792-1877, Oxford alumnus and ecclesiastic); Henry Layard Smith (1869-1949, author and Evelyn scholar; ink inscriptions).
NO RESERVE Smith (Herbert Maynard, author, 1869-1949) Diary, autograph manuscript signed, title and 135pp. excluding blanks, original reverse calf, worn, red morocco label "HMS" on upper cover, large brass clasp, spine loose, 4to, 1890-1923.⁂ Includes Smith's organisation of a black and white minstrels troupe. With several references to his friend, Arthur Shearly Cripps (1869-1952), Anglican priest, missionary, activist, short story writer, and poet who spent most of his life in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
NO RESERVE 18th century satire.- On the Origin Antiquity Nature and Obligations of the ancient and honourable Society of the Squa's, manuscript on vellum, 38pp., 1f. cut without loss of text, some staining, newspaper cutting laid down on one page, original panelled reverse calf, rubbed, [c. 1750]; and 4 others, including a vol. of poetry (including extracts from Letitia Elizabeth Landon) and a manuscript library catalogue, 1894, 8vo (5). ⁂ First mentioned a satire on the state of the world.
NO RESERVE Surrey & Sussex.- Evelyn (Richard, father of John Evelyn, 1590-1640) & John Stansfield, father-in-law of Richard Evelyn, d. 1627.- George Duncumbe of Shalford in Surrey and Edmond fford of Wenham in the parish of Rogate in Hampshire, fford is bound by recognizance of one thousand pounds relating to land in Rogate, D.s. "Richard Evelyn" and "John Stansfield" on verso and "Ed. Forde" at tail, manuscript in English, on vellum, right margin slightly chipped affecting a few letters, paper extensions at head and tail, 155 x 370mm., 24th June 1618; and another Indenture, relating to Richard Evelyn of Epsom (brother of John Evelyn), 1649, v.s., v.d. (2).
LINCOLNSHIRE - An interesting Archive relating to Swallow Grange and Farm between Brigg and Grimsby and the Bingham Family:-a) 8 Bank Books 1880's - 1900's, The Bank of Smith Ellison and Co.b) A series of MS account books, wages paid, rates receipts for produce etc. (5 vols.)c) An account book for Binbrook Farm 1854/5, other notebooks, compliance books and an inventory and diary (5 vols.)d) Minute Book for meetings of Swallow Parish Council 1882-1936, 4toe) A photograph album c. 1880/90 (no motor cars), A Tour of the UK, binding broken - owner James Binghamf) 3 slim folio volumes of manuscript plans by J. Bingham of farms, estates and fields near Louth, very neat, some coloured, Dated 1839g) 6 lg. photographs (re Bingham) O.T.C. Cricket Team, Family Group etc.h) Several rolls being a large and extensive family tree of the Binghams who have farmed in Lincolnshire since the 17th Century
Gilbert (Charles Sandoe). An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall: To which is added, a complete heraldry of the same, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Plymouth-Dock: J. Congdon, 1817-20, engraved frontispieces and additional titles, engraved dedication, double-page map, 48 engraved plates, including aquatints and wood-engravings, 25 pages of armorials (close-trimmed), additional plates noted at pp. 720, 741, 850 & 864 in volume 2 according to a note tipped-in at front of volume 1, occasional light offsetting, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spines relaid, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with Gilbert (Davies). The Parochial History of Cornwall, founded on the manuscript histories of Mr. Hals and Mr. Tonkin: with additions and various appendices, 4 volumes, 1st edition, London: J.R. Nichols and Son, 1838, half titles, some light spotting and small marginal stains, top edge red, later half calf, spines with red and black labels, a little rubbed at spine ends, 8voQTY: (6)
Illuminated Manuscript Leaves. A group of nine illuminated manuscript leaves on vellum from a Book of Hours, probably Italian, circa 1450, 9 manuscript leaves (not sequential) on vellum in brown ink, with additional titles and prompts in red, written on both sides of the leaf, mostly 14 lines per page, with 14 larger illuminated initials, 13 line fillers, and 43 smaller illuminated initials, all in gold, blue and pink, with outlines in black, some light handling marks, sheet size 175 x 130 mm, bound together in near-contemporary vellum, with early (probably 16th century) unrelated manuscript title in brown ink to rear cover: 'Lettere di Uffiziosita, e denotizia dell assenzione di caviete...', and late 19th/early 20th century note inside front wrapper in pencil: 'Manuscritto del Secolo XVo' , loosely contained in 17th century Italian brown calf binding, with decorated endpapers in gold on a red ground, together with another smaller manuscript leaf on vellum from a Book of Hours, 15th century, in brown ink with one small illuminated initial, sheet size 150 x 90 mm, QTY: (1)NOTE:The text begins with words used for the Magnificat from Luke, chapter 1: 'Deposuit potentes de sede, et exaltavit humiles. Esurientes implevit bonuses et divites dimisit inanes' (He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away). Other text includes parts of the Litany of Loreto: 'Concede nos famulos tuos, quaesumus, Domine Deus, perpetua mentis et corporis sanitate gaudere: et gloriosa beatae Mariae semper Virginis intercessione...' (Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord God, that we Thy servants, may enjoy lasting health of mind and body, and by the glorious intercession of the Blessed Mary, ever Virgin), and the Anthem of the Blessed Virgin: 'Gratiam tuam, quaesumus Domine, mentibus nostris infunde: ut qui, Angelo nuntiante, Christi Filii tui incarnationem cognovimus, per passionem ejus et crucem ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur' (Pour forth, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy grace into our hearts; that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by his Passion and cross be brought to the glory of his Resurrection)
Cistercian Manuscript. Receuil des Privileges de l'ordre de Citeaux, France (compiled by Abbot Jehan de Circy), later 15th century (with early 16th century additions), 96 later 15th century manuscript leaves on vellum, written in brown and red ink, some larger initials and occasional small flourishes in red or blue, together with an additional 136 manuscript leaves, of a slightly later date (probably early 16th century), on paper at the front of the volume, mostly in brown ink, with occasional portions in pale red ink, 19th century manuscript title in ink to front pastedown 'Recueil des Privileges de l'ordre de Citeaux, MSc. des XIVe [corrected in pencil to XV] et de XVIe siecles', and late 19th century pasted slip of blue paper below inscribed in brown ink 'Belongs to John Hirst, Esq. Ladd Castle, Saddleworth, Dobcross. Purchased fr. Bull & Auvache, Jan. '88. C-D.', 16th century blind ruled calf with small gilt lozenge to centre of each cover and small gilt fleur de lys to each corner of both covers, late 19th/early 20th century reback, endpapers renewed (except front pastedown retained), small 8vo (sheet size 145 x 100 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:A collection of rules and privileges of the Cistercian Order. A printed edition in quarto was issued in 1491 under the title: Privilegia Ordinis Cisterciensis and published in Dijon by Petrus Metlinger, 4 July 1491 (Hain 13367; Proctor 8795; Polain (B) 3256; BMC VIII, 409; Stillwell, P 893).
Petrarca (Francesco). Il Petrarca con l'espositione d'Alessandro Vellutello e con piu utili cose in diuersi luoghi di quella nouissimamente da lui agguinte et ristampate, Venice: Giouann'Antonio di Nicolini da Sabio, 1541, text with accompanying commentary (both in roman type), faint contemporary inscription in Latin to lower margin of title, lacking final blank, contemporary vellum gilt, a few manuscript notations to backstrip and front board, some wear, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Not in Adams.Alessandro Vellutello first published his widely-circulated edition of Petrarch’s works with a commentary in 1525. It was reprinted 29 times, this being the 5th.
Maffei (Raffaele). Commentariorum Urbanorum Raphaelis Volaterrani, octo & triginta libri...Item Oeconomicus Xenophontis, ab eodem Latio donatus, Basel: Apud Hieronymum Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium, 1544, [22], 468pp., woodcut 'Froben' devices to title and final leaf verso, lightly spotted, contemporary blindtooled pigskin, recased, brass clasps, title in manuscript to spine, some wear, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Adams M103; Sabin 43768.First published in Rome in 1506, this important work by the Italian scholar Raffaele Maffei contains sections on geography, anthropology and philology.
Petrarca (Francesco). Il Petrarca con l'espositione d'Alessandro Vellutello di novo ristampato con le figure a i triomphi, et con piucose utili in varii loughi agguinte, Venice: Gabriel Giolito, 1544, woodcut title, woodcut initials and illustrations to text, full-page engraved map of Vaucluse, armorial bookplate of Marie-Elise Mann and bookplate of Nicholas Mann to front pastedown, ownership inscription of Charlotte Maria to A3, lacking S8 and T1 (supplied in manuscript facsimile), C6 & 7 heavily stained (C6 lacking large portion of leaf), Z7 with paper repair to lower margin (not affecting text), obtrusive early notations to a few leaves, front hinge split, near-contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to backstrip, ownership inscription of Charlotte Maria to front board, rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Adams 809.
Hall (Edward). The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke beeying long in continual discension for the crowne of this noble realme, with all the actes done in bothe the tymes of the princes, bothe of the one linage and of the other, beginnying at the tyme of Kyng Henry the fowerth, the first aucthor of this deuision, and so succesffiuely proceadyng to the reign of the high and prudent prince Kyng Henry the eight, the vndubitate flower and very heire of both the sayd linages, London: Richard Grafton, 1548, facsimile title, dedication, preface and 3 other preliminary leaves all in facsimile, main text printed in black letter and commences on A1 (folio I) and ends on 3U5 (folio CCLVII), woodcut initials, final leaf with tear and small loss of text, the same leaf repeated in facsimile and then facsimile leaves thereafter to the end, lacking leaves 2E2-5 & 2I2-5 in Richard III, and 2R8 blank? at end of Edward IV, leaf 3I1 in Henry VII partly supplied in facsimile, leaf 2K5 in Richard III with loss of headline from insect predation, lacking leaf 2K6 in Richard III (blank?), first leaf A1 with wormtrack and resultant loss of text, 3G6 with repaired tear, occasional early marginalia and annotations including a cartoon of a figure with tethered animal (partly shaved to verso of 3E4 in Henry VII), occasional light damp stains and soling, a few small marginal wormholes, bookplate of Graham Hirth, 20th-century half calf over marbled boards, folio, 267 x 185 mm QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S121062; STC 12722. Rare in any condition. Provenance: nineteenth-century manuscript note at front copies the title, followed by a price 4.4.0. Grafton 1550, then "The above (copied from Jacksons catalogue for 1831) is the title of this book and the price of a perfect copy - for this which I bought of Cryer of Wakefield I gave £1.1.0 - but it must be worth 3.0.0 - M. Seatcherd". There is a portrait print of a Morrison Seatcherd, by Henry Adlard in the British Museum. Modern pencil note to front pastedown states the facsimile leaves were from the British Museum copy. Complicated collation, copies vary in components but seems to conform to signatures from the 1548 first edition.Important source for Shakespeare's conventional history plays. Due to the work's Protestant leanings Queen Mary issued a proclamation in 1555 calling for the book to be destroyed, which most likely explains the scarcity of early editions. Sold with all faults not subject to return.
Plinius Secundus (Gaius Caecilius). Epistole di G. Plinio, di M. Franc. Petrarca, del S. Pico della Mirandola et d'altri excellentiss. huomini. Tradotte per M. Lodovico Dolce, Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1548, [4],164 leaves, including colophon at the end, some woodcut initials, occasional light spotting, contemporary limp vellum, spine with title supplied in ink manuscript, bookplate of John T. Betts, Pembury to front pastedown, together with Dilly (Antoine). De l'Ame des Betes, ou apres avoir démontré la spirtualité de l'ame de l'homme, l'on explique par la seule machine, les actions les plus surprenantes des Animaux, 1st edition, Lyon, Anisson & Poysuel, 1676, margins lightly toned, late 19th century printed ownership of William Reynolds Streatham, London, to front pastedown, and 20th century signature of D. L. Cumming to front endpaper, contemporary calf, old re-back, some wear to joints and corners, 12mo, plus Petrus Lombardus. Textus Sententiarum, Paris, Johannis Barbier for Petri Baquelier & Dionysii Roce, 1508, ccxiii, [12], clxxxiiii (with colophon at end), [12], [31] leaves, lacking blank at end (Ddd8), title printed in red and black, criblé woodcut initials, black letter text, occasional marks, later marbled endpapers, later half calf over dark blue cloth boards, rubbed and a little wear, small thick 8vo, and other various other early antiquarian including L. Carrion, Emmendationum et Observationum liber primus, Paris, 1583, L'introduction au Traité de la Conformité des Merveilles Anciennes avec les Modernes..., Guillaume des Marescs, 1572, an early 19th century manuscript volume titled to spine 'Pious Meditations', etc.QTY: (12)NOTE:Pliny: Bongi, I207 'Questo libro, che non ebbe ristampe e che quindi e piuttosto raro'.Dilly: Barbier I, 126; Cioranescu 25776.
Bible [English]. [The Bible translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages..., Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, 1582], lacking general title, New Testament title present with decorative woodcut border (late 17th & early 18th century manuscript genealogical entries for the children of William and Ann Smart to verso), two later blanks bound-in between 'the names and order of all the bookes of the Olde and New Testament' and the first leaf of Matthew, Apocrypha present, black letter text, short repaired closed tear to foremargin of Z7, hole to 2N7 affecting few lines of text, *iiii of New Testament reattached, bound with an incomplete Book of Common Prayer at front lacking first two leaves, black letter text, also bound with at rear Two right profitable and fruitfull Concordances, or large and ample Tables Alphabeticall..., Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker [1581], printer's woodcut device to title and verso of final leaf, black letter text, and also bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes, collected into English meter by T. Sternhold, I. Hopkins, and others..., London: Printed by John Daye, 1581, printer's woodcut device to title, black letter text, lacking final leaf, some dust-soiling throughout volume, occasional light damp stains at foot of few leaves and few marks, marbled endpapers with attached note regarding completeness of volume adhered to front pastedown, 19th century calf, red morocco labels to spine, joints lightly cracked, wear to board edges and head & foot of spine, 4to (21 x 15.8 cm), contained in modern book boxQTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow & Moule 131; Herbert 174; STC 2134. Geneva version.
Foxe (John). The Second Volume of the Ecclesiasticall Historie, Containing the Acts and Monuments of Martyrs... from the time of King Henry the eighth, untill the beginning of the reigne of Queen Mary, volume 2 only (of 3), London, 1631, engraved title (with 2 burn holes and laid down), woodcut illustrations, text in double column and commencing on A3, (i.e. p. 5), lacking preliminaries, A3-4 repaired at foot, occasional light spotting, later half calf, joints cracked, spine a little chipped with splits, some edge wear, folio, together with Thomson (James). The Seasons, 1st edition, London: 1730, title printed in red and black with hand-coloured vignette, 5 engraved plates (manuscript note at head of frontispiece and Autumn plates stating that they are wrongly placed), occasional light toning and spotting, contemporary calf, covers detached, spine splitting, rubbed, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Sold with all faults not subject to return.
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New: newly translated out of the originall tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Maiesties speciall commandement. Appointed to be read in churches, Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie: and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1634, woodcut general and New Testament titles present (both printed within ornamental border depicting the Twelve Tribes of Israel, the Twelve Apostles, and the Four Evangelists), general title with red ink name stamp W. Wheeler to lower blank margin and early 19th century genealogical manuscript entry to verso for 'James the son of William and Betty Wheeler was born December ye 20 about nine oClock at night 1804, died December ye 7th at 11 oClock at night 1809', (title loosening, torn to upper quarter of gutter blank margin and marginal fraying & damp staining), Kalendar in red & black, Apocrypha present, woodcut decorative initials, black letter text, lacking final two leaves of Revelation (6D5 & 6D6), worming to upper outer corners of initial leaves (mostly affecting preliminary leaves, Kalendar, and few leaves of Genesis) and to last few leaves, vertical closed tear to gutter margin of D1 (preliminary leaf) and also leaves 3M4 & 3M4 with some loosening, short vertical closed tear & fraying at foot of final leaves (5K6-6A5), few other occasional tears etc. (mostly minor), occasional light damp stains mostly at rear, light dust-soiling mostly to few leaves at front and rear, later front free endpaper, contemporary blind-panelled calf, torn at head and foot of spine with loss, some wear, folio (leaf size 40 x 25.5 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow & Moule 376; Herbert 487; STC 2312.The fourth distinct folio edition, printed in large black-letter, of King James' version. This agrees very closely in all particulars with the folio of 1617. In the preliminary matter, however, a new cut of the royal arms with the initials C R precedes the Dedication, These to bee obserued ... is printed on D1b, and To finde Easter for euer on D4a. Heb. xii. 1: ... runne with patience the race ..., instead of unto the race as before. Signatures, as in the 1617 edition.
Fuller (Thomas). The Historie of the Holy Warre, 2nd edition, Cambridge: R. Daniel for Thomas Buck, 1640, additional engraved title (shaved at head with some loss), folding engraved map, occasional pale water stains, manuscript annotations at front, bookplates of Rev. John Holmes, Gawdy Hall & John Sparrow, later half calf, some wear at corners, folio, together with Thomas Fuller's The Holy State, 1st edition, 1642 (lacking printed title and 3 engraved plates, leaves towards end insect-predated), folioQTY: (2)NOTE:STC 11465 (Fuller's Holy Warre).
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible: containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised..., Printed at London by Robert Barker ... and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1641, general title and New Testament title within decorative woodcut borders (tears to general title and with lower outer quarter of leaf torn away with consequent loss of imprint), Apocrypha present, verso of New Testament title with contemporary genealogical entries for the Coleman family e.g. 'Edward Coleman son to Henry Coleman was borne the 16 day of April and was ... day of same month 1659. Ann Coleman daughter to Henery Coleman was borne the 28 of August 1661', verso of final leaf of New Testament with early ownership signatures of Henry Coleman and Margaret Hornby, few closed tears, first leaf of Genesis torn with slight loss to running title, 2D1 & 2D2 torn with slight loss, lower outer quarter of 2D8 & 2O4 torn away with text loss and lower outer corner of 3H7 torn away, marginal notes and few running titles close-trimmed, bound with at front an incomplete Book of Common Prayer (lacking all before B2), with ownership inscription to verso of final leaf 'Thomas Coleman his book Anno domini 1726', and bound with The Genealogies recorded in the sacred scriptures, according to every family and tribe..., by J[ohn]. S[peed]., 1638, and bound with at rear an incomplete The Whole Book of Psalmes; Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London, Printed by G.M. for the Companie of Stationers, 1640, lacking all after leaf E6, dust and finger-soiling throughout, toning and other marks throughout, free endpapers discarded, front pastedown with 18th century manuscript entries for members of the Hornby family, contemporary calf, wear to joints and some board corners, lacking clasps, 8vo (16.3 x 10.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow & Moule 430; Herbert 554.According to Darlow & Moule and Herbert three varieties of the 1641 Bible occur. This example is variant B, with Gen. xxxvii contents, last line: 'Egypt' rather than 'phar in Egypt' (variant A) or 'Potiphar in Egypt' (variant C); and Matt. i. 25, fills three lines rather than two.
Riviere (Lazare, Nicholas Culpeper & Abdiah Cole). The Practice of Physick, in two volums, very much enlarged. Wherein is plainly set forth, the nature, cause, differences, and several sorts of signs: together with the cure of all diseases in the body of man. In twenty and four books. Viz. 1. Of the diseases of the head. ... 24. A physical dictionary : written in Latin, and in English / by Lazarus Riverius, counsellor and physitian to the King, &c. Nicholas Culpeper, physitian and astrologer. Abdiah Cole, doctor of physick, and W. R., 4 parts in one, London: Peter Cole, 1658, lacking the engraved frontispiece, one longitudinal title, signatures 2R1-4 (pp. 309-316), 3E2-3 (pp. 399-402) & 3G2-3 (pp. 415-418) in first part, lacking K1 (pp. 49-50), K4 (pp. 55-56), Z3 (pp. 257-258) & 3B3 (pp. 417) and part 3 title, first title laid down and repaired, a few other leaves with small repairs, some leaves shaved affecting headlines, pagination, a few lines of text at foot and signatures, a few small wormtracks and burnholes, occasional soiling and light toning, early annotations to front blank, later half calf, folio (Wing R1559A), together with [Markham, Gervaise]. The English House-Wife. Containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleate woman...A worke generally approued, and now the fourth time much augmented, purged and made most profitable and necessary for all men, and the generall good of this Kingdome, London: Nicholas Okes for John Harison, 1631, title with woodcut printer's device, lacking A1 blank, leaves I6 & K2 replaced with modern text and laid down, M4-5 replaced with modern blank leaves, blank leaves bound after final leaf, title shaved at foot affecting last line of imprint, a few damp stains and burnholes, later half calf, a little rubbed, small 4to, (STC 17353), plus [Heresbach, Conrad]. [The Whole Art and Trade of Husbandry. Contained in foure bookes... enlarged by Barnaby Goodge, London: printed by T.S. for Richard More, 1614], main text printed in black letter, woodcut initials, lacking title (replaced with modern manuscript leaf), occasional light soiling and stains, later calf-backed boards, small 4to (STC 132)QTY: (3)NOTE:Wing R1559A; ESTC R218027 (Practice of Physick). Sold with all faults not subject to return.
[Segni, Alessandro]. Memorie delle feste fatte in Firenze, per le reali nozze de' serenissimi sposi Cosimo principe di Toscana e Margherita Luisa principessa d'Orléans, Florence: Stamperia di S.A.S. 1662, title within woodcut border, woodcut initial and headpiece, title remargined (trimmed at head), a few early marginal annotations in brown ink, 19th century half vellum gilt, rubbed, 8vo, together with Ferrari (Ottavio). De Re Vestiaria libri tres, Padua: Pauli Frambotti Bibl., 1642, woodcut device to title, 5 engraved illustrations, near-contemporary ownership inscription of Joseph Maria Crucens, dated 1667, to title, contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine and lower edge, rubbed, 12mo, plus Algarotti (Francesco). Opere, 10 volumes, Cremona: Lorenzo Manini, 1778-84, additional engraved title to volume 1, engraved vignette titles, occasional spotting, some hinges tender, near-contemporary marbled boards, title labels lettered in gilt, rubbed, volume 1 title label missing, 8vo, and other Italian interest: Lettere del Conte Baldessar Castiglione, ora per la prima volta date in luce, edited by Pierantonio Serassi, 2 volumes, Padua, Giuseppe Comino, 1769, attractive copy in contemporary full vellum with wide margins, 4to, Francesco Milizia, Opere, 9 volumes (complete), 1st edition, Bologna, 1826-28, folding plates, some spotting, contemporary uniform full vellum, contrasting black morocco gilt spine labels, Lanzi, Storia Pittorica della Italia, 6 volumes, 6th edition, Milan, 1823, bound in attractive contemporary full vellum with gilt decorated spines, and Madame de Stael, Corinne ou l'Italie, 2 volumes, Brussels, 1835, also bound in attractive vellum gilt, 8voQTY: (31)NOTE:Segni, librarian to Cosimo III, and a member of the Florentine Academy, provides a detailed account of the festivities arranged for the marriage of Cosimo III and Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, the most lavish spectacle Florence had hitherto seen, which included a cortège of over three hundred carriages. The marriage was a tempestuous one, eventually leading to Marguerite's abandonment of her husband in 1675.
Heidegger (John James). Heydegger's Letter to the Bishop of London, 1st edition, London : Printed for N. Cox in Story's-Passage, going out of St. James's Park, 1724, 8 pages, some light browning and spotting, contemporary manuscript additions in ink to title 'upon his Ld Ships Sermon agt masquerades', and with 'Aprill' added at foot after the date of publication, together with Anonymous. The Masquerade. A Poem, 1st edition, London: printed for, and sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, 1724, 10 pages, contemporary manuscript addition in ink 'May' at foot after the date of publication, very light browning to title (a good clean copy), both bound in early 20th century half morocco, spines lettered in gilt, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Foxon H169 & ESTC T125131; Foxon M131 & ESTC T66737 respectively.A well-known figure in 18th century London, dubbed the 'Swiss Count', Johann Jakob Heidegger introduced masquerade balls at the Haymarket Theatre, which became highly popular, especially with young George III. Hogarth satirised the subject in his 1724 print Masquerades and Operas. By then masquerades were denounced (by such as the Bishop of London) as occasions for vice and immorality, not least due to the high numbers of women of pleasure who also attended. The first work is Heidegger's poetical reply to the Bishop of London's sermon against Masquerades; the second an anonymous poetical satire.
Barrelier (Jacques). Plantae per Galliam, Hispaniam et Italiam observatae, 1st edition, Paris: Stephan Ganeau, 1714, [16], 8, 140, xxvi, [2pp]., 2 engraved titles with inset portraits, engraved headpieces and initials, 1324 numbered engraved plates on 334 sheets, 3 additional full-page plates of shells, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, lightly spotted, bookseller's ticket to front pastedown lower margin, contemporary brown speckled calf gilt, spine separated into 7 compartments by thick raised bands, 6 compartments with elaborate foliate devices tooled in gilt, incorporated by elaborate gilt double-borders, lacking head and tailcaps, rubbed and marked, 4to (335 x 215mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Nissen BBI 80; Hunt 432.Jacques Barrelier was a French Dominican doctor who collected plants throughout southern Europe. Published after Barrelier's untimely death in 1673 and the destruction of the original manuscript in a fire. The plates were discovered by Antoine de Jussieu (Professor of Botany at the Jardin des Plantes) who saw it through publication with his own accompanying text.
Newton (Isaac). Philosophie Naturalis Principia Mathematica, 3rd edition, London: William & John Innys, 1726, half title, privilege leaf, title printed in red and black, numerous woodcut diagrams, lacks the engraved portrait frontispiece and final advertisement leaf, 2I2 with closed marginal tear, occasional minor spotting, manuscript prize label in Latin to George Burnett for physics from the Academia Jacobi VI Edinburgh, 1813? pasted at front, 19th-century vellum, arms of the Academia Jacobi VI Edinburgh stamped in gilt to covers, morocco label top spine, some light dust-soiling, 4to (240 x 185 mm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Babson 13; ESTC T98375; PMM 161; Wallis 9. First published in 1687 "The Principia is generally described as the greatest work in the history of science. Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler had certainly shown the way; but where they described the phenomena they observed, Newton explained the underlying universal laws. The Principia provided the great synthesis of the cosmos, proving finally its physical unity. Newton showed that the important and dramatic aspects of nature that were subject to the universal law of gravitation could be explained, in mathematical terms, within a single physical theory." (PMM).The third edition, edited by Henry Pemberton with a new preface by Newton (dated January 12, 1726), the last edition to be published in Newton's lifetime, and the basis for all subsequent editions.
Walpole (Horace). Il Castello di Otranto. Storia Gotica, translated by Jean Sivrac, 1st edition in Italian, London: Presso Molini, Polidori, Molini & Co., 1795, half title, engraved frontispiece, 6 engraved plates, B6 a cancel, occasional minor spotting, bookplate of Ellen James, all edges gilt, later handsome tan calf gilt, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Colonel Thomas Stanley (1749-1816), Whig politician and Colonel of the 1st Royal Lancashire Militia, and an avid book collector. Presentation inscription at front "Harriette Matilda Parkinson(?), from her godfather Colonel Stanley, July 11th, 1812". His Bibliotheca Stanleiana sale of 1813 attracted much interest and was one of the largest libraries sold in the lifetime of an owner.ESTC T99857.The Castle of Otranto, considered the first gothic novel was first published in 1764, purportedly translated by "William Marshal" from the original Italian manuscript by "Onuphrio Muralto" both of which were inventions of the author.
Geminiani (Francesco). [Six Concertos for Strings], 8 parts, circa 1746, engraved frontispiece by J. Aubert, dedication leaf in English to the Academy of Ancient Musick, engraved throughout, lacking all titles, occasional light spotting, contents detached, Warrington Museum presentation label from Lord Winmarleigh, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, manuscript labels to upper covers, covers detached, some wear, 4toQTY: (8)
Corelli (Arcangelo). Concerti Grossi con duoi Violini, e Violoncello di Concertino obligati, e duoi altri Violini, Viola, e Basso... Opera Sesta, XII Great Concertos, or Sonatas for two Violins and a Violoncello or for two Violins more, a Tenor and a Thorough-Bass... being the sixth and last work of Arcangelo Corelli, 7 parts, London: I. Walsh, circa 1730, engraved titles, engraved throughout, lacking the portrait of H. Howard, some light spotting, Warrington Museum presentation labels from the Rt Hon Lord Winmarleigh at front, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, manuscript label to upper covers, covers detached and rubbed with some wear, 4toQTY: (7)
Adams (J. B.) A Familiar Introduction to the First Principles of Music, consisting of progressive examples & instructions for the use of beginners on the harpsichord, piano forte or organ, London: printed for the author, circa 1780, advertisement leaf at front, engraved title, 41 pp., bound with 3 others: The Retrospector. A collection of sonnets containing Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. The Words by Mr James Brown, composed by John Moulds, circa 1780, 9 pp., The Lover's Garland... by John Moulds, circa 1780, 9 pp., and The Fandango Overture, Airs &c. in the Spanish Barber, composed by Dr. Arnold, circa 1780, 29 pp., a little minor spotting, Fortnum's Music Shop ink stamps, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, manuscript title to upper cover, some wear to spine and edges, oblong folio, together with Arnold (Samuel). A Set of Progressive Lessons for the Harpsichord, or the Piano Forte expressly calculated for the ease of beginners..., circa 1780, engraved title, 60 pp. engraved music, light dust-soiling to title, disbound, oblong folio, plus 2 others including Theodor Smith's The Celebrated Music which is on the organ at Mr. Coxes Museum, Spring Garden... circa 1780QTY: (4)
Hafez. Divan, 17th century, approximately 260 leaves, Persian manuscript in black ink on laid paper in double column, illuminated titles in gold, blue and red, text in nasta'liq framed in red and gold, 3 miniatures, including one double-page in gouache heightened in gold, occasional marginalia, many leaves with splits along borders, some loss of text, a few old strip repairs, some soiling and stains, occasional light marginal water stains, annotations to rear endpapers, textblock detached, near contemporary blindstamped calf, rubbed with some wear and worming to covers, 8vo, sheet size 15 x 9.8 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Sold with all faults not subject to return.
Arabic Manuscript. Ris?leh i Bish?rat, by Ahmad ibn S?lih i Bahrain?, transcribed by Ibn Muhammad, son of Muhammad Mu'min of Kum, A.H. 1127 (A.D. 1715), Persian manuscript on polished paper, 131 leaves, 9 lines to each page in fine Nasta'liq script in black and red ink, outer border ruled in gold, red and blue throughout, finely-illuminated opening headpiece polychrome in gold, blue, red, orange and pink, title leaf detaching, occasional light soiling, repairs at top margin to last few leaves, eighteenth-century wallet-style calf, covers with central arabesque decoration in gilt, with two small arabesques at either end, spine rubbed, a few small stains, 8vo, sheet size 20 x 13 cm QTY: (1)
* Islamic Calligraphy. Three decorative manuscript leaves, late 18th or early 19th century, 3 single-leaf calligraphic manuscripts on paper, laid down on original turquoise and green painted and waxed card, each with two lines of Nasta'liq script in black and red ink, with illuminated central horizontal decoration in gold and colours, and outer border in gold, paper size 14 x 24 cm, card sheet size 20.5 x 31.5 cmQTY: (3)
Islamic Manuscript. The Pure Resource in the attributes of the faithful by Al Badri, zein Al Badri, zein Al din Hassan Abi al Fadl, 1301 A. H. [1884 A.D.], 437 pages of arabic manuscript on polished laid paper, watermarked Andrea Galvani Pordenone, with punctuation marks and gold outer border in purple ink, minor paper repair to lower outer margin of title page, contemporary calf-backed green cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, rubbed and some marks, 8vo (textblock 230 x 160 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:A neat manuscript copy from the original text, a biography of the Imam of the Wafai.
Vitale (Pietro). Le simpatie dell'allegrezza tra Palermo capo del regno di Sicilia e la Castiglia reggia capitale della Cattolica Monarchia manifestate nella presente relazione delle massime pompe festive de Palermitani per la vittoria ottenuta contro i collegati su le campagne di Prihuega a 11. Decembre 1710..., 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Palermo: Agostino Epiro, 1711, 14 fine engraved plates by Francesco Ciche after Antonio Grano, Paolo Amato and Mario Cordua, most folding and double-page, p. 76 with 'Stanhope' written neatly twice in margin in a contemporary hand, a few folding plates with repaired tears and marginal reinforcements to verso, lacking frontispiece, occasional small water stains and light soiling, contemporary vellum, morocco reback with most original manuscript-titled spine relaid, a few light stains, folio (330 x 220 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Berlin Katalog 3059.An account of the celebrations following the victory of Philip V of Spain over the British at the Battle of Brihuega in 1710 (during the War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714), under the Duc de Vendôme, who led a Franco-Spanish army against Lord Stanhope's rearguard during the Allied retreat from Madrid to Barcelona.
* Politico-historical playing cards. Orange Cards, or The (Glorious) Revolution of 1688, London, late 17th-early 18th century, the complete deck of 52 etched playing cards (French suits), comprising 4 suits of 13, numbered I to X or lettered knave, queen, king, each card with an illustration, possibly after Francis Barlow, depicting a scene from around the reign of James II, captioned beneath, with suit sign top left (hearts & diamonds stencilled red), value top right, and an Arabic numeral (from 1-52) top centre, dust-soiled with some stains or brown marks, occasional minor creases (mainly to corners), some close-trimmed with loss of line border (few clipping image), 3 short closed edge tears, 2 of diamonds with lower right corner excised (affecting 2 words), king of hearts with minor surface loss centrally and to upper blank margin, knave of hearts with adhesive stain to previously repaired upper left corner, small ink manuscript alteration to card 8 (VII amended to VIII), card 9 with indistinct final digit to Roman numeral (possibly a printing fault), plain versos, each card approximately 90 x 60mm, contained together in 3 ringbinder album leaves with clear pockets, each album leaf 33 x 32cmQTY: (3)NOTE:Fournier, British Isles 13; Mann, Collecting Playing Cards, p.155 (no.8); Ortiz-Patino collection 15, Willshire, English 191 (now incomplete); Whiting p.116.Rare. Although it is logical to assume these cards were produced soon after the events portrayed (hence they are often dated circa 1689) the British Museum gives them a slightly later date of circa 1700-1725. The lack of a tax stamp would indicate that they were either sold before 1711, or exported (or possibly finished between June 1711 and August 1712): see John Berry Taxation on Playing-Cards in England from 1711 to 1960 (IPCS Papers no.3, January 2001), p.23.The designs on these anti-Catholic propaganda cards, originally titled 'Orange Cards' but usually titled as above, or alternatively 'Rebellion' or 'Reign of James II', are generally attributed to Francis Barlow. However, although he did design several similar packs, there is no firm evidence to show that these are also his. The British Museum has a volume of original playing card designs by Francis Barlow, none of which are represented in this pack. Nevertheless, Willshire describes these card designs as being in general good, as is also their technical execution. The Arabic numerals enable the story to be followed in chronological order, with scenes varying from macabre, such as 'The Midwife cutting her Husband to Pieces', to satirical, for example 'A Priest selling of Relicks by Auction' in which the relics are 'Tho[mas] à Becket's Old Stockins'.There were numerous similar packs produced around this time, each emphasising various aspects of the events leading up to the reign of William of Orange. Sylvia Mann, in Collecting Playing Cards (pp.151 & following) describes several English political propaganda decks, including this one which she calls 'The Revolution'.
Austen (Jane). The Novels of Jane Austen, 12 volumes, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1898, half-titles, monochrome frontispiece to each, titles in red & black with manuscript initials to upper blank margin, bookplate of Chris Viveash to front pastedowns, top edges gilt, original green cloth with gilt-blocked decoration, spines and some boards lightly faded, 8voQTY: (12)NOTE:Gilson E76. Provenance: David Gilson & Chris Viveash.
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