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A quantity of old bottles including two Robertson's manuscript ink bottles (full), Hansard glass bottle from Abergavenny, etc.

Eric Hosking OBE Hon. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)Set of original photographs, c.1935-55. 5 large gelatin silver prints of birds of prey, portrait and landscape, 370 x 295 mm or reverse, each separately mounted, framed and glazed, signed by Eric Hosking on mount, titles comprising: Sparrow Hawk with young; Marsh Harrier hovering over nest with food in talon; Montagu's Harriers at nest; Buzzard with chicks; Kestrel and young (first four titles provided in manuscript on mount; Kestrel and young thus titled in printed label on verso) (qty: 5)

India.- Photograph album of views of Nainital, Jaipur, Udaipur, Bombay etc., c.120 x 85mm (4 1/2 x 3 1/4), et infra, c.220 photographs mounted on 30ff., 4 to a page or fewer, captioned in contemporary manuscript hand, light toning to pages, one photograph removed and some leaves loose or becoming so, still overall a clean and varied collection, contemporary half morocco, worn, covers sunned, upper joint splitting, oblong 4to, 1907-1912; and 13 other photographs, similar, including group portraits of the 1902 School of Musketry in Pachmarhi, loosely inserted into album.⁂ An extensive and fascinating collection of early 20th century photographs of India and other travels. Includes photos of grain markets in Jaipur city, elephant riding, the Suez canal and Aden, Port Said, elephants moving logs, native women picking tea, games of golf, boats in Colombo and Kandy, and ships around the port of Mauritius.

Surrey.- Brayley (Edward Wedlake) A Topographical History of Surrey, 5 vol., steel-engraved plates and illustrations, a few folding, some light hand-colouring, manuscript note tipped in to vol.1 p.452, bookplates to pastedown, some light scattered foxing, mainly to plates, contemporary half vellum, green morocco spine labels (faded), overall a very attractive set, 1850.

Seaweed.- Dyke-Doore (G.E., collector and arranger) Album of Seaweed specimens, with 27 mounted specimens between 1 and 7 per page, stamped label reading "collected, arranged and mounted by Miss G. E. Dyke-Doore, Jersey" to pastedown, contemporary ink poetry verse surrounded by specimen to first page, others with captioned Latin name in manuscript mounted on card below, 4 cards loosely inserted, one with "sea weed, from the Heads Tasmania, Xmas 1884" verso, some pages stained and spotted though not affecting specimens, overall a remarkably clean album completely in tact, original wrappers, rubbed and stained, silk tie with loss, c.1863; and another sea weed album, 12 specimens mounted on card, 1 per page, each captioned in manuscript, one or two spots, one with very small amount of loss to specimen and loosely inserted, overall also in remarkably clean condition, original half morocco, "British Seaweeds" blind-stamped in gilt to upper cover, rubbed, covers detached, spine defective, c.1860-1880s, oblong 8vo & 4to (2)⁂ Two remarkable albums of English sea weed specimens from the Isle of Wight, Bovisand, Devon, Whitson Bay, Torquay, etc. Also one collected from Tasmania. Beautifully preserved in remarkably fresh detail, still bright in colour. Rare in this condition.

Law.- Vulteius (Hermannus) Ad titulos codicis qui sunt de jurisdictione et foro competenti commentarius, collation: )(8, A8 - 2R8, 2S4, printer's woodcut device to title, woodcut head-pieces and intitials, c.151 x 94mm., Frankfurt, Zacharias Palthenius, 1599 bound with Vigelius (Nicholaus) Jurisprudentiae Romane Suspensa Hereda, 2 parts in 1, ech with seperate title, woodcut device to titles, woodcut head-pieces, Hannover, heirs of Guilielmus Antonius, 1614 also with Vulteius (Hermannus) Tractatus Tres, 3 parts in 1, woodcut device to title, Wittenburg, Samuel Seelfisch, 1613, together 3 works in 1, some uniform browning, occasional spotting or small amounts of damp-staining, bookplate, upper hinge beginning to crack, contemporary vellum, manuscript notations in ink to cover and spine, worn, with portions of upper cover torn away, 8vo ⁂ Literature: the first, Adams V1029.

Catholic Prayer Book in the Irish Language, second edition, additional notepaper bound in at front and rear with manuscript title in English, contemporary ink ownership markings to title and first few pages, lightly foxed and stained, book-label to pastedown, modern calf-backed boards, morocco spine label, extremities lightly rubbed but a handsome copy overall, 8vo, Rome, by the Society for Propagating the Gospel, 1707.⁂ The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts was formed in 1701 as a mission "for the receiving, managing, and disposing of such funds as might be contributed for the religious instruction of His Majesty's subjects beyond the seas; for the maintenance of Clergymen in the Plantations, Colonies, and Factories of Great Britain; and for the Propagation of Gospels in those parts".

Xenophon. The Expedition of Cyrus, translated by Thomas Chinnall Porter, manuscript, 84pp., some light water-staining at foot, occasional spotting, contemporary limp calf, rubbed and marked, 8vo, 1777.⁂ Unpublished translation. Provenance: 'Historical commonplace Book - Tho. Chinnall Porter, Oct., 1777' (inscription to front pastedown).

NO RESERVE Scotland.- Selkirk roads.- Unto the honourable trustees for the Turnpike Roads in the County of Selkirk. The petition of the magistrates, councillors, and inhabitants of the burgh of Selkirk, manuscript, 3 conjoined sheets, 930 x 390mm., c.150 signatures in 4 columns, folds, some with splits, with loss of a few letters, creased, lightly stained, Selkirk, 18th December, 1830.

NO RESERVE Autographs.- Barnes (Djuna) Typed Postcard signed, to "Mr Garaci", on a printed Pablo Picasso postcard, oblong 8vo, New York, 6th November 1974, denying a second caller, signature and annotations from Barnes in green ink, stamp lightly smudged; and 5 other cut signatures, addresses in manuscript pen, one with post-stamp, some with pencil dates to corner, 1937-1974 (6)

[Oldys (William)] The British Librarian:..., first collected edition, woodcut head-pieces, manuscript notes in ink to front endpaper (with small marginal defects, some silked), lacking advertisement leaf at rear, top fore-edge corner of title browned, very occasional marginal browning, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, for T. Osborne, 1738 § Laws and Acts made in the first Parliament of... James VII, a few instances of manuscript notations in ink, bookplate, some browning, later calf but retaining original lower cover, [Wing S1252], Edinburgh, heir of Andrew Anderson, 1685 § Simon (Richard) Critical Enquiries into the Various Editions of the Bible:..., bookplates to pastedowns and endpapers, original calf, rebacked, [Wing S3800], Thomas Braddyll, 1684; and 4 others religious, seventeenth and early eighteenth century, v.s. (7)

NO RESERVE Heming (Col. Dempster) A Group of 28 typescripts from the author, some annotations, original cloth, boards or wrappers, some light creasing or browning, v.s., c.1905-1930s.. ⁂ Other material included are an excerpt from Household Words, March 25 1905 with a story under one of his many pseudonyms (this one being 'Tresham Quaines'), as well as a pamphlet of lyrics to a song, a manuscript notebook, a typescript work 'Manners Makyth Man' which recounts his days in Winchester School, and a collection of printed and original illustrations.

NO RESERVE Betjeman (John) Ghastly Good Taste, number 17 of 200 signed by author, original roan-backed boards, slight rubbing to spine, slip-case, a little rubbed, 1933; Poems in the Porch, signed by author, illustrations by John Piper, scattered spotting, original paper wrappers, a little rubbed, slight creasing to edges, 1954 § Blunden (Edmund) Shells by a Stream, poem in manuscript signed and dated by Blunden to front free endpaper, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1945 § Mare (Walter de la) Thus Her Tale: A Poem, signed by author, illustrations, original paper wrappers, splitting at spine, Edinburgh, 1923 § Whistler (Rex) and Christabel Aberconway. Mr. Korah & The Monster, signed and inscribed by Christabel Aberconway, illustrations, original paper wrappers, slight rubbing and chipping to edges, n.d; 8vo & 4to (5).

Book Club of California.- Hall (Basil) The Great Polyglot Bibles including a Leaf from the Complutensian of Acala, 1514-17, one of 400 copies, printed in red and black, illustrations, original leaf tipped-in, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, uncut, original cloth drop-back box, San Francisco, The Allen Press, 1966 § Fussel (Stephan) The Gutenberg Bible, 3 vol., 2 vol. illuminated manuscript facsimile, original printed cloth, 1 vol. Commentary, illustrations in colour, original pictorial wrappers, spine sunned, Taschen, 2018, folio (2)

Folio Society.- Illuminated Manuscript Facsimile.- Liber Bestiarum, 2 vol., one of a limited facsimile edition, illustrations, original Nigerian goatskin by Brian Settle of Ludlow and blocked with a design by David Eccles, The Folio Society, 2008; de Hamel (Christopher) and Richard Barber, Translation and Commentary, original cloth, gilt, The Folio Society, 2008, together housed as issued in original presentation cloth drop-back box, 8vo

Folio Society.- Manuscript facsimile.- Luttrell Psalter (The), one of 1480 copies, colour illustrations, prospectus etc loosely inserted, original royal blue goatskin by Smith Settle with blocked design by David Eccles, accompanying commentary vol. by Michelle P. Brown in original cloth-backed boards, together in cloth drop-back box, folio, Folio Society, 2006.

Folio Society.- Manuscript facsimile.- Liber Bestiarum. MS Bodley 764, one of 1980 copies, facsimile volume with colour illustrations, original orange goatskin blocked with design by David Eccles, g.e., with accompanying commentary/translation vol. by Christopher de Hamel and Richard Barber in original cloth, together housed in original cloth drop-back box, small folio, Folio Society, 2008.

NO RESERVE Folio Society.- Manuscript Facsimile.- Getty Apocalypse (The), one of 1000 copies, colour illustrations, original morocco-backed pictorial parchment by Smith Settle with a blocked design by David Eccles, accompanying commentary vol. by Nigel J. Morgan in original cloth, together in original cloth drop-back box, folio, Folio Society, 2011.

Folio Society.- Manuscript facsimile.- Winchester Psalter Miniature Cycle (The), one of 980 copies, colour illustrations, original red Indian goatskin with blocked design by Joe McLaren, accompanying commentary vol. by Kristine Edmondson Haney in original cloth, together in original cloth drop-back box, folio, Folio Society, 2015.

Manuscript Facsimile.- Brontë (Charlotte) Jane Eyre, 3 vol., one of an edition limited to 1000 copies, original cloth, original presentation cloth slipcase, folio, Éditions des Saints Pères, 2016.

JOHN NORDEN. 'Manuscript Maps of Cornwall and its Nine Hudereds,' facsimile, eleven loose leaves with colour maps, card case, University of Exeter; JOHN SPEED. '....England,' coloured facsimile, part I, original boards, folio, some spotting, Phoenix House, London, 1953. (2)

WILLIAM BORLASE. 'Observations of The Islands of Scilly,' facsimile, three copies, some sun bleaching to unclipped dj's, Frank Graham, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1966; JOHN NORDEN. 'A Topographical and Historical Survey of Cornwall in 1650,' facsimile, card wraps, Frank Graham, 1966; 'John Norden's Manuscript Maps of Cornwall and its Nine Hundreds,' facsimile, cloth boards, colour illustrations with essay by William Ravenhill, University of Exeter, 1972; With two other facsimiles including John Ogilby and Benjamin Donn, and five other books relating to Cornwall. (12)

Clothing. A collection of 1920s and 1930s ladies' garments, including: a full-length gold lace overdress, with straps, decorative side flaps to waist, and net trim to hem and flaps, a number of small holes; a black velvet opera cape, with ruched detail, lined with pale green silk (perishing); a dark blue satin fringed cape; a gold lamé train edged with silver soutache braid, lined with pale blue georgette (partiallly faded); a black velvet jacket with asymmetrical front fastening, and high neck and long flared sleeves trimmed with tassel braid; a black velvet and chiffon full-length dress with decorative side flaps at waist and handkerchief hem; a side-saddle riding skirt and matching jacket, with label H. Goodbrook & Sons lettered in manuscript 'Miss Dodson'; and several black lace or embroidered shawls and stoles, together with a few later ladies' garments, various sizes and conditionQTY: (22)

Quilt. A large piece of patchwork, English, mid 19th century, unfinished piece of hand-stitched polychrome patchwork, with large central square of floral glazed chintz, 65 x 66 cm (25.5 x 25 ins), within a foliate border, surrounded by 2 rows of circles, each circle framed by 4 cornerpieces forming a square, composed of printed cottons various, each 18.5 x 18.5 cm (7.25 x 7.25 ins), lightly toned in places, white cotton tacking still present and verso unlined revealing paper pieces, most with 18th or 19th century manuscript, including letters (one on headed paper 'Sailors' Home, Liverpool'), educational hand-writing exercises (e.g. repetition of 'Modesty has more charms than Beauty'), arithmetic and bills, lists and inventories (one mentioning 'fine kid gloves' and 'Irish lamb'), 2 dated 1825, and a few with printed matter, with dates of 1844, 1848, and 1850, 149 x 149 cm (58.75 x 58.75 ins) QTY: (1)NOTE:An exceptional piece of patchwork in wonderful unused condition, unusually with the paper piecings intact and providing a fascinating insight into social history.

Quilts. A large piece of patchwork, late 19th/early 20th century, unfinished piece of polychrome patchwork, composed of printed cotton lozenges hand-stitched to form a star-pattern, with hexagon border, some light toning and minor marks, white cotton tacking still present and verso unlined revealing paper pieces, most with early manuscript, or engraved/printed matter, but also some plain and marbled paper, including parts of letters, bills, school children's exercises, etc., one dated 1878, another 1891, 146 x 85 cm (57.5 x 33.5 ins), together with another large piece of unfinished patchwork similar, 114 x 109 cm (45.25 x 43 ins), and a long strip of hexagon patchwork, also with most paper piecings still present, 14 x 227 cm (5.5 x 89.5 ins), plus approximately 100 flower shapes formed from hexagons, and a large number of single lozenge and hexagon pieces, most composed of Georgian and Victorian printed cottons, and many with paper piecings present QTY: (-)

Attributed to Andrea Appiani the Elder (1754-1818). Reclining Female Nude, sanguine chalk on laid paper, with with an unfinished decorative border in sanguine chalk verso, window mounted, sheet size 191 x 233 mm (7 1/2 x 9 1/8 ins), framed and glazed (44.5 x 39.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection Captain Carlo Prayer (1826-1900), his red stamp printed recto (Lugt 2044)Marià Elvira Celia Méndez de Bernasconi, 1977 (manuscript verso) (Lugt 5374)

Joly (Jules, 1820-?). Mountain River Valley in Winter, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 57.5 x 89 cm (22 1/2 x 35 ins), moulded gilt frame (77.5 x 114.5 cm), verso with small early ink manuscript label 'J. Joly 17'QTY: (1)NOTE:Jules Joly was born in Amiens. A student of Léon Cogniet and Debras, he exhibited at the Salon de Paris from 1849 to 1882.

Stoiloff (Konstantine, 1850-1924). Cossack Sledge chased by Wolves, oil on canvas, depicting a wintry scene with cossacks on a speeding sledge, drawn by four horses and being chased by wolves, signed lower right, small area of repair to lower centre with patch to verso, 68.7 x 105.7 cm (27 x 41 5/8 ins), framed (79.5 x 116.5 cm), frame verso with partial early ink manuscript label 'Motiv aus Russland', together with: cossacks Repelling a Wolf Attack, oil on canvas, depicting a wintry scene with Cossacks defending their speeding sledge from attacking wolves, signed lower right, some flaking and lifting with a little loss, a couple of small repairs, 69 x 105.5 cm (27 1/8 x 41 1/2 ins), framed (79.5 x 116.5 cm)QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Private Collection, Wiltshire, UK. Purchased at a house sale in the 1930's by the current owner's grandfather, thence by decent.

Paoletti (Bartolomeo & Pietro). Museo Capitolino, a collection of 37 plaster cameos (or intaglios) presented in a leather-bound double-sided faux book box, Rome, circa 1850, 37 white plaster intaglios (or impronte, miniature impressions in relief of ancient gems, cameos, coins and medals, as well as modern sculptures and portraits), each bordered with pale yellow paper (with manuscript numbers added in ink), and edged in gilt, generally between 3 and 6 cm in diameter, all in very good condition, carefully arranged and mounted in a recessed double-sided book-box lined with dark red paper, manuscript list of contents in brown ink to front and rear pastedowns of each volume, giving the subject of each cameo, with the address of the manufacturer added at foot of rear pastedown 'Si fanno in Roma da Paoletti, dimorante di Studio in Via della Croce N. 86', marbled paper outer edges, original quarter vellum gilt over embossed green cloth-covered boards, and lettered 'Paoletti Impronte, Museo Capitolino', lightly rubbed and marked, 8vo (26 x 16 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:A collection of 19th century plaster intaglios, known in Italian as 'impronte', manufactured by the Paoletti family, which became highly popular amongst aristocratic and fashionable travellers on the Grand Tour during the first half of the 19th century, especially from England. After the death of the younger Pietro Paoletti in 1847, the firm continued to manufacture collections of plaster casts until at least 1865.

Ruskin (John, 1819-1900). Study of a tracery window, Merton Tower, Oxford, circa 1874-75, watercolour with pencil and bodycolour, and touches of black ink, on wove paper, laid down on thick paper, depicting a Gothic tracery window, faint pencil inscriptions lower right 'about 1874 - or/75 J. R.' and 'R. 98', toned, sheet size 29 x 22.5 cm (11 3/8 x 8 7/8 ins), mounted (51.2 x 43.5 cm), with old framer's label Ryman & Co., Oxford, and manuscript title label from earlier mount mounted on verso QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Paxford House, near Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire; RG and RB Williams, Ross on Wye, lot 1, 17th September 2020.John Ruskin lodged for a time almost opposite Merton Tower, and there is at least one other drawing by him of Merton Tower: 'Merton College and Magpie Lane, Oxford', drawn in 1838 (Ruskin Foundation, RF 967).Paxford House was in the ownership of the Odling family for 100 years. Its contents were sold after the death, in 2019, of Hilary Katharine Odling, widow of Thomas George Odling (1911-2002). There are two likely ways in which the drawing might have become part of the collection at Paxford. Firstly, Thomas's father, Doctor William Odling (1829-1921) was interested in art and was a prolific collector of old master prints. In 1868 he was appointed Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institute, a place where Ruskin gave many Friday Evening Discourses from the early 1860s to the mid 1870s. It is not unreasonable, therefore, to suppose that the paths of the two men may have crossed. Secondly, Thomas's grandfather was Thomas Case (1844-1925), an academic, philosopher, sportsman and author. He was Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, from 1868 to 1870, tutor at Balliol from 1870 to 1876, and subsequently on the staff of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He also became Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at Oxford and President of Corpus Christi College. He was particularly interested in architecture and was involved in various restoration projects in Oxford. Since Thomas Case and John Ruskin were in Oxford around the same time and held similar interests, it is quite likely that they would have met.

Indian Miniatures. Oval miniature views of India, mid-19th century, seven miniature monochrome watercolour and gouache on thick card, one heightened with gold, comprising architectural scenes of the Taj Mahal and other mosques and forts from the Mughal period, few minor fox spots to two scenes, the large scene 128 x 88 mm (5 x 3 1/2 ins), the remainder 48 x 38 mm (1 7/8 x 1 1/2 ins) and smaller, each painting with individual shaped and adhered glass cover (2 detached - one with painting slightly rubbed), mounted together on thick card, with early ink manuscript titles on verso, framed and glazed (18 x 23.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:The views comprise: The Red Fort, Delhi; Humayun's Tomb, Delhi; Taj Mahal; Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque), within Agra Fort; Khas Mahal, within Agra Fort; Jama Masjid, Delhi, and one not identified.

Bowen (Owen, 1873-1967). Roses, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 35.9 x 53.5 cm (14 x 21 ins), gilt moulded frame (50.5 x 67 cm), verso with pocket containing original ink manuscript receipt on headed notepaper, relating to the purchase of the titled painting from the artist, signed and dated 1937, with accompanying artist's business cardQTY: (1)NOTE:Owen Bowen was born in Leeds and studied art with Gilbert Foster. After travelling and painting on the continent, he returned to Leeds and established the Leeds School of Painting, later known as the Owen Bowen School of Painting. He was especially known for his impressionist still lifes and his views of Yorkshire. Bowen exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Cambrian Academy (of which he was president for several years) and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (of which he was a member) amongst other venues.

Feibusch (Hans, 1898-1998). Narcissus, oil on board, depicting a male figure in green and red sitting on the floor, one leg folded under the other, one arm around his upright bent leg, the other hand resting on the floor supporting him, head bowed looking down, signed 'HF' lower left, sheet size 23.4 x 36.1cm (9 1/4 x 14 1/4ins), framed (35.7 x 48.4cm), 'Narcissus Hans Feibusch b 1898-' written in manuscript on verso QTY: (1)

Longcase Clock. A George III longcase clock by John Safley, Edinburgh, circa 1780, the 42 x 30cm brass dial with silvered chapter dial with black roman numerals, calendar aperture, a silvered dial engraved with masonic compass emblem and minutes, 3 winding holes, two dials to the arch for hours strick [sic] and quarters strick [sic], pierced brass spandrels, the movement with 8 bells, housed in a red walnut case with hood with broken arch pediment with fret cut scrolls, with weights and pendulum, 225cm highQTY: (1)NOTE:A manuscript note card is affixed to the inner door incribed 'John Safley Nicholson's Street Edinburgh (1764 (d.1803). A Scottish Masonic Lodge clock, red walnut architecrural case with "broken pediment" carved acanthus and 'egg & dart' mouldings. Superb 8 bell three train quarter chiming movement. Having 'dead beat' escapement, a detached 'star wheel' and 'continuous snail' on the strike train, a massive pendulum for accuracy, and steel work and blued of the highest quality'John Safley became a freeman clockmaker in Endinburgh in 1765, he died in 1803.

A German bronze relief of an Old Testament prophet or philosopher, 19th century, depicted reading a manuscript, in a later giltwood frame, 20cm high, 17cm widePlease refer to department for condition report

Essery (Rev. William Alfred, c. 1831-1904). A Yachting Cruise Around the World on the SS Ceylon 1881-1882, by the Rev. W.A. Essery, of London, 1885, an unpublished manuscript of 280 pages, written in a very neat hand on numbered rectos of ruled leaves, plus 13 pages of preliminaries including title, dedication, preface and contents on unnumbered ruled leaves loosely inserted at front, contemporary half calf over cloth, worn and backstrip deficient, 4to (23 x 19 cm), together with a cabinet card portrait of Essory inscribed by him to verso for Miss [Anne H.] Sutton [of New York, USA], the book's dedicatee, dated October 1884, plus 2 autograph letters signed from Essery to Miss Sutton, Instow, North Devon, 23 July 1894 & 147 Peckham Rye, London SE, 20 September 1894, each 4 pages, written in a very neat hand, 8vo, plus an octavo sheet with a partial brief contents list of Chapters 1-16QTY: (5)NOTE:An unpublished manuscript account of one of the earliest commercial pleasure cruises and the first commercial cruise around the world. The SS Ceylon was a single-screw, iron-hulled auxiliary steamer built by P&O in 1858 for use on the regular service from Southampton to Malta and Alexandria. With accommodation for 130 first and 30 second-class passengers it was bought by the fledgling Inter-Oceanic Yachting Company Ltd. The Company belonged to friends and business partners James Culliford and John Lockie Clarke who had established a steamer brokerage, Culliford & Clarke in London in 1875. No doubt partly inspired by Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days (1872) Clarke dreamt of going into leisure cruising and with some marketing fanfare they planned this ten-month voyage which was to take place from late October 1881 to late August 1882, covering some 37,500 nautical miles and stopping at various exotic and alluring places on the way.While this account inevitably describes a lot of day-to-day life on board ship Essery was one of the few people that completed the whole journey and gives some interesting accounts of places visited. The account is divided into the following chapters:Chapter I. First days at sea – Bordeaux; II. Beautiful Lisbon and Belem; III. Jebel-al-Tarik; IV. Coasting in the Mediterranean; V. Crowded Naples & empty Pompeii; VI. Rounding Sicily to Valetta; VII. From the Piraeus to the Golden Horn; VIII. Smyrna city, castle & missions; IX. The Island of Roses & the city of Alexander; X. Onward to India; XI. Seeing Bombay; XII. Ceylon’s isle; XIII. Twenty-four hours in Madras; XIV. British India’s capital; XV. In the straits of Malacca; XVI. Sailing up China Sea; XVII. Hong Kong & Sunday in Canton; XVIII. Canton, doing the sights; XIX. From Hong Kong to Nagasaki; XX. Through five Nadas – Kioto; XXI. Missions in Kioto & Osaka – Yokohama; XXII. Honolulu & Hilo; XXIII. Going to San Francisco and the equator; XXIV. On the South Pacific; XXV. Through Magellan Straits to Monte Video; XXVI. A trio of South Atlantic Ports; XXVII. Across the tropics, homeward.We have located one published account of part of the cruise by William Monroe (1823-1896), A Two Months’ Cruise in the Mediterranean in the Steam-Yacht ‘Ceylon’ (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1884) but we have located no published work of the whole voyage which was completed by fewer than 40 people including Essery and his American travelling friend to whom the manuscript is dedicated, Miss Anne H. Sutton. This manuscript is therefore a potentially unique and historically important account of this first commercial world cruise.Essery’s published works were otherwise entirely of a religious nature and include Hymns for Sunrise Hours and others (1892) and The Ascending Cross (1905).

Drayton (Michael). Four allegorical maps, Somerset & Wiltshire, Oxford & Buckinghamshire (2 copies) & Gloucestershire and Worcestershire [1612 - 22], four uncoloured engraved allegorical maps, originally published in the 'Poly-Olbion', slight creasing, one of the maps of Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire trimmed to the image on the vertical margins and with near-contemporary manuscript text to the verso, each approximately 255 x 335 mm QTY: (4)

England & Wales. A collection of 60 Maps, 18th & 19th century, engraved and lithographic maps, including examples by or after Rapkin, Archer, Virtue, Walker, Wilkes, Wilkinson, Whittaker, Weigel, Laurie, Langley, Leigh, Lucas, Lizars, Kitchin, Tindall, Thomson, Paterson, Wyld, Andrews, Perrot, Arrowsmith, Morden, Moll, Mackenzie, Meyer and Lewis and one manuscript map of England & Wales, occasional duplicates, various sizes, good conditionQTY: (60)

Rome. Nolli (Giovanni Battista), Nuova Pianta di Roma Moderna estratta dalla grande del Nolli, corretta ed accresciuta de' nomi delle contrade indicati al loro rispettivo sito, Rome, 1818, uncoloured folding map engraved by Pietro Ruga, sectionalised and laid on linen, additional title in the upper margin, four inset floor plans of the Pantheon, the Basilica of St Paul, the Mausoleum of Constantine and the Church of S. Lorenzo Fiori le Mura, very slight staining, edged in orange silk, 620 x 830 mm, contained in a contemporary orange card slipcase with publisher's printed label to the upper cover and a small contemporary manuscript label "Roma P.15" to the rear cover, slight wear to extremities and small spots of white paint? to the rear coverQTY: (1)NOTE:A reduced copy of Nolli's monumental wall map of Rome of 1748.

Wales. Metellus (Johannes), Cambria Cambry Wales, circa 1588, engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, large decorative cartouche, manuscript number to the upper right corner but outside the plate mark, 150 x 205 mm, QTY: (1)NOTE:A very rare map, from the 'Itinerarium Europae Provincae', published in Cologne between 1579 and 1588. The atlas was published anonymously - because of the religious and political machinations of the late 16th century; and was also known as the 'Itinerarium Orbis Christiani'. The maps derive from those published by Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp in 1570, but the maps in this atlas have been ascribed to Jan Matal (or Metellus) and Michael von Eitzing, who, together with Matthaus Quad and Frans Hogenberg, were some of the most important members of the 'Cartographic School of Cologne'. The rarity of the map, together with the lack of information on these secret works published in Cologne, confer a particular charm to the map. Copac lists only one copy, held by the National Library of Wales.

Newton (Richard). A Sailor's Wedding, A Soldier's Wedding [ 1794], etched caricature with contemporary hand-colouring, near-contemporary manuscript ownership signature to the lower right, 'Col. Shadwell April 22 1807', slight water-staining, two repaired closed tears, old fold, some dust soiling, old stitch marks to the margins, 280 x 645 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:David Alexander. Richard Newton, English Caricature in the 1790's. Number 140. A Dance in the Temple of Hyman, 24th October 1794. Naive, but bawdy and vicious with an almost comic-strip quality, this caricature typifies Newton's style.

Bank of England Broadside. Bank of England, February 27th, 1797, in consequence of an order of His Majesty’s Privy Council notified to the Bank last night ... The Governor, Deputy Governor, and Directors of the Bank of England, think it their Duty to inform the Proprietors of Bank Stock, as well as the Publick at large, that the general Concerns of the Bank are in the most affluent and prosperous Situation, and such as to preclude every Doubt as to the Security of its Notes..., contemporary manuscript note to verso 'A very portentous day to this Country', few old folds, small single sheet, 21.3 x 17.8 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T21354.The Bank of England declaration is signed by Francis Martin, secretary in letterpress. The Privy Council order is dated in letterpress: February 26th, 1797.End of specie payments - On 27 February 1797, the Bank of England ceased specie payments. The Bank’s bullion reserve supported the value of its notes and bills, which were convertible upon request to specie (gold and silver coins). However, by 27 February 1797 the Bank’s bullion reserve had dwindled to less than £1,000,000, forcing it to suspend specie payments altogether (Order of the Privy Council). As a consequence of rendering its notes unconvertible, the Bank shook public confidence in itself and undermined the circulating paper currency. Indeed, without a convertible currency the British financial system was in imminent danger of collapse. This was followed by the passing of the Bank Restriction Act (37 Geo III c. 45) on 3 May 1797.

Elizabethan Great Seal. Licence for alienation for £2; 3 April 1574, manuscript vellum deed relating to Holme Lacy in Herefordshire, the Crown to Gregory Pryse, esquire, and his wife Mary to alienate to John Scudamore, esquire, the rectory of Holme Lacy with the tithes of sheaves, grain, hay, wool and lambs in Holme Lacy, Nupton, Burton and Hollanton [in Holme Lacy] in Herefordshire, and the advowson of the vicarage of Holme Lacy, annotated ‘Richard Caldycote sworn before Thomas Hary; note by Thomas Cotton of payments of £2 for the fine, £1 0s 4d for the seal and 4s 2d for enrolment, 16.5 x 36 cm, with a good impression of the first great seal appended (12 cm diameter), contained in a bespoke cloth book box QTY: (1)

Essex Deed. Deed of gift for a holding in Shellow Bowel [Dunmow area], Essex, 1503, Henry Beaufitz of Magdalen Lavers and John Breggeman alias John Fuller of the same village..., calligraphic initial, some light browning, 17.5 x 28 cm, remnants of one red wax seal with cross of pallets, together with a bond relating to Brenchley, Kent, 15 April 1589, manuscript vellum document written in a good secretary hand, 26 x 33 cmQTY: (2)

Medieval Deeds. Grant for £1 13s 4d, c. 1240, manuscript vellum deed relating to Snaith, Yorkshire, William son of Thomas at Well (de Fonte) of Hensall (Hethensale) [in Snaith, Yorkshire WR] to John son of John de Hecke [in Snaith]; all the land which William’s father Thomas held in Asegard (S: the land which Adam Prest held ‘with the length of the aforesaid Asegard’, saving to William’s mother Agnes her dower, with reversion to John after her death, to hold of William by a rent of a penny at Christmas for all service and demand; the consideration paid ‘in my great need’ (in magno negotio meo); witnesses: William son of Thomas de Pollington (Pouelington), Henry of Gowdall (Goldale), his brother Hugh, John son of Adam of Whitley (Wytelay), Richard de Byleham, James of Hesel, Peter the clerk of East Cowick (Cuwic), William son of Mabel de Snaith (Snahit), Ylard the clerk of Snaith, William Vendiloc, William son of Hugh de Hensall, John the fowler (aucupe) of Hensall, 10.5 x 19.5 cm, remains of old mounting tape to corners, together with a vellum bond in £5, 25 May 1399, John Deyne of Derby, plumber, to William Malkynson of Little Chester [in Derby], for the quiet possession of William and his wife Agnes of the moiety of a messuage in Little Chester sold to them by John by a deed of the same day, 7 x 28 cm, fragment of white wax sealQTY: (2)

Medieval Norfolk Deeds. Quitclaim relating to Longham and Little Bittering in Norfolk, 17 July 1427, manuscript vellum deed, John Mechyl, son and heir of Alexander Mechyl of Longham [in Norfolk], to his brother William, of Longham, John’s right in a built messuage and 23 acres of land and meadow and 1 rood of land in various pieces in the fields of Longham and Little Bittering, as is more fully contained in the charter of feoffment, giiven at Longham, 9.5 x 28 cm, with one (of 3) red wax seals appended, together with another vellum deed relating to South Creake, Norfolk, a grant, 14 November 1463, William Harde of South Creake [in Norfolk], Roger Harde of South Creake and William Cheny of South Creake to William Lyne and Thomas Lovette of South Creake, 53 acres of land in the fields of South Creake in the furlongs called Sleyghtes, Coldehowe and Pottewellewong, namely in length from the south end of Thornecrundell to Duntunfeld, which they had from Edward Molett of London by his charter dated at South Creake on 12 July 1462, witnesses: Andrew Tylney, Thomas Mychyll, Thomas Browne, Richard Pentyng, Nicholas Rooe; at South Creake, 11 x 28 cm, three red wax seals appended: armorial; letter R; circle in a lozenge QTY: (2)

Medieval Suffolk Deeds. Grant relating to Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, 15 April 1415, manuscript vellum deed, Laurence Wylkyn of Bury St Edmunds [in Suffolk], reeder, to Thomas Talworthy of Bury St Edmunds, carpenter, and his wife Margaret, John Chapelayn of [Great or Little] Wratting (Wrottyngge) and Richard Bendeste of Bury St Edmunds, smith; his tenement with the buildings, gardens and yards in Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, which Laurence purchased from Thomas Fraunceys of Bury St Edmunds, shoemaker (E: tenement of Adam Chaundeler; W: messuage of Ralph Botere, weaver; heading S: an enclosed garden with the barn of Robert Pope of Mildenhall adjoining it; N: Westgate Street, opposite the end of Guildhall Street); witnesses: John Drynkeston alderman of Bury St Edmunds, Ralph Chaumberlayn and Robert Somerton bailiffs, Richard Rendlesham, Adam Chaundeler, Richard Chelmesseye, John Myldenhale; at Bury St Edmunds, 14 x 27 cm, red wax seal appended, largely intact, together with a quitclaim relating to Redgrave, Suffolk, 21 October 1498, John Russhebroke of Redgrave [in Suffolk] to Master Robert Hamelyn of Redgrave; John’s right in a close of 5 acres in the field of Redgrave (E, W: land of the abbot of Bury St Edmund; S: The Chyrcheweye); giiven at Redgrave, 8 x 36 cm, red wax seal appended with a crowned letter, endorsed, c. 1500: Calke Pightell; c. 1600: Caykpit Close QTY: (2)

Philip & Mary Deed. Conveyance (bargain and sale) for £3 6s 8d; 1 June 1555, manuscript vellum deed relating to Mexborough, Yorkshire; Richard Shepeshanke of Adwick-upon-Derne in Yorkshire, yeoman, to Robert Brydeley of Swinton in Yorkshire, husbandman; 3 roods of arable land in a field called Woodfeld in Mexborough, Yorkshire, of which: 1. half an acre (N, S: land of [blank] Trappes, esquire; heading E: land of William Adam; W: Dodclyff Wood); 2. 1 rood in a place called Grymethorpe (N, S: land of [blank] Trappes, esquire; heading E: The Holt Feld in Adwick-upon-Derne; W: Dodclyff Wood); witnesses to livery of seasin by Richard Shepeshanke ‘with his own hand’: John Sysson chaplain, Richard Dogson, Oliver Galtrape, Robert Clem, John Lownde, Richard Qwarum, Richard Robertson the younger, George Robertson, some overall dust-soiling, 18 x 30.5 cm, together with 3 other 16th-century documents relating to Sir John Mordaunt: a lease from Sir John Mordaunt to Thomas French to farm lands in Whitby, Yorkshire, 1560, for 20 years at £4 per annum and 2 capons at Easter and 2 hens at Xmas, 29 x 51 cm, two red wax seals; another from Sir John Mordaunt to William King, 1544, leasing a farm in Essex, 31 x 46 cm, red wax seal; plus a paper copy of a final concord, 1537, William Hemmyng, clerk, v John Mordaunt, knight and his wife Ella, on 2 folio sheets, versos blankQTY: (4)

Vellum Deeds. A group of mostly vellum deeds, 17th & 18th century, including a paper indenture from 27 May 1775, between Chichester Bolton of Dublin and William Baker of Liscahill, Tipperary concerning a lease in Tipperary, printed document completed in manuscript with signatures and red wax seals, a small hand-drawn survey map tipped on to left margin; a Dorset will of 1685 with probate and papered wax seal in the form of a skeleton; a deed of gift for land in Guernsey, 1713, in French with the seal of the Bailiwick of Guernsey; plus other various land deeds, wills, fines, etc., c. 1637/1740, some dampstaining and soiling, several with wax seals still present QTY: (12)

Vellum Deeds. An assorted collection of vellum deeds and fragments, mostly 16th & 17th century, including an unexecuted bond in £200, 30 November 1644, manuscript vellum deed, Ambrose Shepparde of Southrop in Gloucestershire, gentleman, to John Warde of Bixley in Norfolk, gentleman; to pay £108 to John Warde at the house of Edward Warde at Bixley on 3 Dec 1645 according to an assignment of a mortgage of four fields called Coneys Pightells by Owen Dussinge to Ambrose Shepparde, 22 Oct 1644; witnesses: [blank], 28 x 34 cm; and an indictment, Suffolk [assizes] 1682; Andrew Berry late of Westhorpe (Westropp) in Suffolk, labourer, for buggering a mare on 17 January 1682, '…and that mare he then and there feloniously carnally knew and that detestable sin not to be named among Christians in English called buggery with the aforesaid mare then and there did feloniously commit and perpetrate to the great displeasure of Almighty God in manifest violation of divine and human law to the evil and pernicious example of all other persons being delinquent in such a case and against the peace of the present lord king his crown and dignity and against the form of the statute in such case published and provided', (Annotated: puts himself [upon the verdict of a jury]; not guilty; nor did he abscond), endorsed: billa vera [found as a true bill by the grand jury]; Henry Cockshies [Cocksedge] sworn [witness], 7 x 32.5 cm, plus others including a demise and lease of lands and positions of His Majesty’s wards Mary and Elizabeth Holland, 1641, with signature of Lord Cottington, Master of the Wards; a conveyance of land in Smethwick, 1561; a lease of land in South Warnborough, Hampshire, 1533, red wax seal; a bond between Henry Alfeild and Sir Francis Wolley of Pyrford, Surrey, 1607; etc., including some fragments and some in poor conditionQTY: (12)

Vellum Deeds. Exemplification of a final concord levied in Michaelmas term 1630, 23 January 1668, manuscript vellum deed relating to Dorchester, Dorset; William Miller and Nicholas Jefferies, clerk, v. John Thorneton and his wife Cecily; 1 messuage and 1 garden in Dorchester, Dorset; dates of 4 proclamations of the fine, 29 November 1630, 29 January 1631, 13 May 1631 & 17 June 1631; tested by Orlando Bridgeman [Chief Justice of Common Pleas]; sealed with the seal for writs of the court of Common Pleas, large calligraphic initial, heavily rubbed, incomplete wax seal appended, endorsed c. 1680: exemplification of the house at Dorchester, together with other assorted 17th-century vellum documents, mostly folding English land deeds, c. 1628-1661, varied condition, some with seals still presentQTY: (10)

Gratian. Decretum Gratiani, Emendatum, et Notationibus Illustratum, una cum glossis; Gregorii XIII... coniunctis... Augustini Caravitae, Andreae Alciati, Prosperi Caravitae & Marcelli Francolini, 2 volumes, Venice: Apud Iuntas, 1615, engraved additional title to volume 1, title to volume 1 printed in red and black, engraved initials, vellum tabs, lacking first leaf of volume 2, p.1525-28 misbound later in volume, lightly spotted, a few quires with marginal damp-staining (occasionally touching text), last few leaves of volume 2 with worming to outer margin (touching text), contemporary vellum, titles in manuscript to spines, manuscript signature to front board, lacking ties, rubbed and marked, 4to, together with:Sammelband. Liber sextus decretalium D. Bonifacii Papae VIII, Venice: Apud Iuntas, 1615, title printed in red and black, large woodcut vignette to title, marginal damp-stain to upper right-hand corner (affecting text), bound with: Clementinae constitutiones suae intergritati una cum glossis restitutae, Venice: 1615; Extravagantes tum viginti D. Joannis Papae XXII, Venice: 1615, woodcut vignette to title, 2 woodcuts; Marcelli Francolini presbyteri et doctoris bodiani, Venice: Apud Iuntas, 1615, woodcut vignette to title, damp-stain to outer margin (just touching text), light spotting throughout all titles, contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine, manuscript title to top edge, vellum tabs, marked and rubbed, 4to with 4 others relatedQTY: (7)

Rossi (Giovanni Giacomo de). Insignium Romae Templorum prospectus exteriores interioresque, a celebrioribus architectis inventi, nunc tandem suis cum plantis ac mensuris... [Rome], Jo. Jacobus de Rubeis,1684, 72 engraved plates (including title), a few folding, a few double-page, most plates with additional manuscript captions in a contemporary hand to lower margin, lightly spotted, bound with Disegni di Vari Altari e Cappelle nelle Chiese di Roma ..., Rome, [1684], 50 engraved plates (including title), a few plates with additional manuscript captions in a contemporary hand to lower margin, spotted, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, near-contemporary mottled calf gilt, red morocco title label lettered in gilt, worn, folio (475 x 360mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:BAL RIBA 2845; Berlin Kat. 2672 & 2673; Rossetti 2231 (BAL & Rossetti for first work).  

Graevius (Johann Georg). Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanarum, 12 volumes, Venice: Typis Bartholomaei Javarina [later Jo. Baptistae Pasquali], 1694-99, additional engraved title to each volume, printed titles in red and black with engraved vignette, large folding plans of Rome to volumes 1 & 10, engraved plates and maps throughout (many folding and double-page), woodcut initials, titles in red and black, woodcut head and tailpieces, text occasionally double-column, ownership signature in brown ink to rear pastedown of each volume of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, contemporary blindstamped vellum, titles in manuscript to spines, a few joints cracked, volumes 2, 3, 4 and 9 spines chipped with loss, volume 9 front joint weak, folioQTY: (12)NOTE:Provenance: Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1655-1716), Scottish bibliophile, writer and poltician, and associate of John Locke (ownership inscription in his large clear hand to rear pastedown of each volume). His collection of some 6,000 books was 'almost certainly the largest private library in Scotland at the time' (ODNB). See P. J. M. Willems, Bibliotheca Fletcheriana, the extraordinary library of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, Reconstructed and Systematically Arranged (1999).

Lewis (David). Golwg ar y Byd sef Llyfr yn cynnwys briwsion oddiar fwrdd y dysgedigion i’r Cymru dymunol; ac yn dangos gallu, doethineb a daioni Duw, a dyled D?n yn y creadigaeth, Caerfyrddin: Nicholas Thomas, 1725, xxiii,[1],398p., engraved head and tailpieces, ownership inscription and stamp of 'W. Thomas, Ruby Cottage, Laleston, Nr Bridgend' & Thomas ?, his book 1729 BHO', spotted and dust-soiled, hinges weak, contemporary Cambridge panelled calf, later manuscript label, worn, 8vo, together with:Prichard (Rees). Canwyll y Cymry: Sef, gwaith y parchedig, Caerfyrddin: Ioan Ross, 1776, 'David William is the true owner of this book 1798, aged 48, a.d. 1796, & lamy... 147' to front free endpaper, preliminary leaves toned to margins, dust-soiled, contemporary sheep, front board loose, heavily worn, 8vo, withWilliams (Peter). Mynegeir ysgrythurol: neu ddangoseg egwyddorol o’r holl ymadroddion yn yr Hen Destament a’r Newydd, yn ddwy ran, Caerfyrddin: J. Ross, 1773, iv, 396pp., inscription to front free endpaper 'David Jones' Book 1816' crossed out to front free endpaper, bookplate of 'Thomas Philips, St Gleares, June 10th 1853' to front pastedown as well as ownership inscription to rear pastedown, title soiled, spotting (heavier to preliminary leaves), a few leaves damp-stained to text (a few more in outer margins), hinges weak, contemporary calf, worn, 4to withBible, Welsh. Y Bibl Sanctaidd: sef, yr Hen Destament a’r Newydd, gyd a nodau a sylwiadau ar bob pennod, Caerfyrddin: P. Williams, I Ross, 1779, sticker to front pastedown with inscription in pencil 'In memory of my father John Ellis who died 21st of May 1886 age 21 years, keep it safe', inscription to rear free endpaper 'Emily Larzey? North Hants', lacking front free endpaper, hinges cracked, sticker offset to title, lightly spotted and dust-soiled, contemporary calf, blindstamped borders to boards, worn, 4to, with one otherQTY: (5)NOTE:ESTC T146935, T136897, T116289 & T491831.

Hume (David). The History of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the revolution in 1688, new edition, 4 volumes of 6, 1762, manuscript genealogy to front free endpaper and front blank of volume 1, unnamed armorial bookplate to front pastedowns, lightly toned, hinges repaired, bound with: The History of England, volumes 1 & 2, Edinburgh: Hamilton, Balfour, and Neill, 1754-57, unnamed armorial bookplate to front pastedowns, early ownership inscription of 'John Davie' to upper margin of titles, volume 2 with worming to lower margin of preliminary leaves (not affecting text), hinges repaired, bound uniformly in contemporary speckled calf gilt, red morocco title label, joints worn, rubbed, 4to, together with:Burnet (Gilbert). The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 2nd edition, 3 volumes, London: Richard Chilwell, 1681, additional engraved titles and half-titles to volumes 1 & 2, numerous engraved portraits, endpapers renewed, lightly toned, 18th-century calf gilt, black morocco labels, front joint of volume 1 weak, rubbed and marked, folio, with Burnet (Gilbert). Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, London: Thomas Ward, 1724-34, engraved head and tailpieces, lists of subscribers, endpapers renewed, leaves lightly toned, 18th-century calf gilt, rubbed, joints weak, folio, with 5 other antiquarian volumesQTY: (16)

Manuscript Journal. Reminiscence of Seven Years of Early Life, circa 1870, illuminated title, mounted watercolour frontispiece of Gothenburg, 2 plates, over 100 pages in a neat hand, occasional spotting and toning, hinges weak, contemporary black half morocco gilt, worn, 4to, together with: Chandler (Samuel). The History of the Inquisition, 2 volumes, London: J. Gray, 1731, half-title, 9 engraved plates to volume 2 (1 folding), woodcut and engraved head and tailpieces, woodcut initials, title printed in red and black, modern ownership inscription to front free endpaper, light occasional spotting, hinges tender, contemporary Cambridge panelled calf gilt, worn, 4to, with:Hutchinson (Julius). Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806, frontispiece, folding genealogical table, 4 further plates, lightly spotted and toned, endpapers renewed, 20th-century half calf gilt over marbled boards, rubbed, 4to, with 39 othersQTY: (42)

Tylor (Edward B.) Anahuac: or Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern, 1st edition, London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861, tinted lithograph frontispiece, folding map, 3 hand-finished colour plates, a little light toning, manuscript quotation to frontispiece verso, presentation inscription "Joseph S. Wyon, the gift of A. Tylor, 26 May 1862" at front, bookplate of Allan Wyon (1843-1907, medallist and royal seal-engraver), original cloth gilt, tears at spine ends, slight fading and one or two small stains, 8vo, together with Parish (Sir Woodbine). Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de la Plata: From their discovery and conquest by the Sp[aniards to the establishment of their political independence, 2nd edition, enlarged, London: John Murray, 1852, frontispiece, 5 lithograph plates (tinted plate with some marginal worming), folding colour map (repairs to verso), illustrations, publisher's list at end, front endpaper detached, some light toning, original blindstamped cloth, some wear at head of spine, joints splitting, some fading and light stains, 8vo, plus two others: W.H.B. Webster's Narrative of a Voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean, in the Years 1828, 29, 30, performed in H.M. Sloop Chanticleer... 20 volumes, 1st edition, 1834 (lacking plate of Ascension in volume I, ex-libris), and Sir Charles Lyell's A Second Visit to the United States of North America, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1850 QTY: (6)

Blaeu (Johannes & Guillaume). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum sive Atlas Novus pars Quarta [England & Wales] Amsterdam, apud Johannem Blaeu,1646, engraved architectonic title page and 58 engraved maps (counted in pagination and register, all folding except for the Isle of Man; Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire both on the one sheet), all with contemporary hand colouring, 4 engraved vignettes in the text (also hand-coloured and depicting henges, burial chambers and mausolea), mounted on guards throughout (evidence of skilful removal and replacement), heavily waterstained throughout causing some 'bleeding' of old watercolour, some maps heavily toned, contemporary Dutch full vellum gilt, retaining the remnants of green linen ties, yapp edges, a few minor scuffs and marks, near-contemporary faint manuscript title to the spine, folio (520 x 330 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Koeman Bl 44 (volume 1 pp. 178-80); Skelton 42; cf. Chubb LIX-LX.Second edition in Latin of this 'very fine atlas of the English counties compiled, mainly from the maps of John Speed' (Chubb). A total of six volumes were published. The present volume, depicting England and Wales, first appeared in 1645 and was reissued in 1646.

Pigment powders. A collection of 12 pigment powders and related accessories, suitable for illumination, calligraphy & painting etc., pigments include genuine vermilion (149g), cadmium vermilion (105g), lead read (94g), cerulean blue (268g), Egyptian indigo (121g), scarlet vermilion (98g), chromium oxide (190g), and five others (majority made by Cornelissen & Son Pigments), accessories include small quantities of bronze, silver & crimson copper powder & Reichgold tro-col bronze, together with a bag containing approx. 0.8 kg of gum ammoniac, a 10cm and 5cm muller, three glass grinding plates, ox gall liquid, Blanc fixe, ceramic dishes and palette, two palette knives, plus two reference books, Formulas for painters, by Robert Massey, 1979 and An anonymous fourteenth-century treatise: de Arte Illuminandi, the technique of manuscript illumination, translated from the Latin of Naples MS XII.E.27 by Daniel Varney Thompson, Jr. and George Heard Hamilton, 1933 QTY: (small carton)