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Partition of India; Bangladesh; Pakistan. Collection of books and documents ex libris Sir Thomas Hobart Ellis (1894-1981), including:i) 'Fatik Bannerjee's Gang Case' [spine-title], typescript report by Ellis, approx. 150 ff. (rectos only), folio, contemporary half sheep,ii) Folder of typescript notes and correspondence and newspaper cuttings on the Multiple Allotments Act (1957), together with 5 folders of similar documents,iii) Manuscript notebook of N. L. Hindley, district judge, Tippera, 1933, approx. 50 ff., quarter roan binding, spine defective,iv) Ellis's degree certificate (BA, Queen's College, Oxford, 1920); certificate of appointment to Indian Civil Service, 1919; certificate of appointment as permanent Chief Justice of the High Court of East Bengal, 1953; certificate of appointment as governor of East Bengal during the absence of Iskander Mirza, 1954,v) A collection of approx. 50 gelatin silver print photographs, including individual portraits of Ellis and others, group portraits including High Court of Judicature at Dacca in East Bengal, 1954, a folder of aerial photographs,vi) Printed books, comprising:a) Ellis (Thomas Hobart). Report of Inquiry Against Mr M. A. Muqtadir, Additional District Magistrate, Dacca, in connection with the Adamjee Jute Mill Riots. Secret, Dacca [Dhaka]: East Bengal Government Press, 1951, folio, original wrappers, 38 pp.,b) Speeches delivered by His Excellency Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman ... Iskander Mirza ... Sir Thomas Hobart Ellis ... Mohammad Shahabuddin, Dacca [Dhaka]: East Bengal Government Press, 1954, 8vo, original quarter cloth, 112 pp.c) Report of the Indian Statutory Commission. Volume 1 - Survey [Volume 2 - Recommendations], Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1930, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half sheep, folding maps (collation not established), ownership inscriptions of T. H. Ellis,d) Macdonald (David). Touring in Sikkim and Tibet, Kalimpong: published by the author, 1930, small 8vo, contemporary half sheep, Ellis's name gilt-stamped to spine and with his annotations to endpapers, lacking map, and one other similar (Percy Brown, Tours in Sikhim, 3rd edition, Calcutta, 1934, not collated),e) 'A Study of Christian-Muslim Relations in East Pakistan. Walter Bruce Davis, 1961', roneoed typescript, 51 ff., wire-stitched in wrappers,vii) Other items, including 3 watercolours, a visitors' book titled on cover 'Ellis Arms', a commonplace book dated 1877, function invitations, banquet menus, and similar (qty: a carton)Thomas Hobart Ellis (1894-1981) was Chief Justice of the East Bengal High Court, and served as acting governor of East Pakistan (modern Bangladesh) in 1954 during the absence of Major-General Iskander Mirza.

Aviation pioneers. A photograph album containing approximately 380 photographs and real photo postcards, depicting early aviators and aeroplanes, collected by a Miss G. Choate, all corner mounted, including approx. 70 photographs signed by aviators such as: Claude Grahame-White, Thomas O. M. Sopwith, Edwin A. V. Roe, Francis K. McClean, and Harry G. Hawker, plus a few colour printed early aviation postcards, including a souvenir postcard from the first English airmail flight, dated 'Sp 9 1911', some photographs faded (mostly unsigned towards rear of album), support leaves brittle and faded, many detached, contemporary cloth, worn, spine detached and loosely inserted, plus a few loose photographs at rear, a copy of 'Flying at Hendon: a Pictorial Record', compiled by Clive R. Smith, 1974, and several ink manuscript notes from aviators, addressed to Miss Choate and accompanying signed photographs sent to her, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Miss G. Choate lived at Hendon and apparently spent much of her time at Hendon airfield, watching and buying photographs of early aviators and their aircraft. Indeed, it appears that she may have taken some of the photographs herself. In one of the signed manuscript notes, sent to Miss Choate to accompany a photograph that an aviator was returning after signing, the airman remarks, "May I compliment you on the excellency of the photo, by its sharpness your lens must be very good...", and in several of the manuscript notes the aviators ask if it is possible to obtain a copy of the photograph Miss Choate has taken of them.The subjects of the signed photographs include:Claude Grahame-White (1879-1959) was an English pioneer of aviation, and the first to make a night flight. He was one of the first people to qualify as a pilot in England, becoming the holder of Royal Aero Club certificate No. 6 in April 1910. One of the most influential aviation pioneers, he was nvolved in promoting the military application of air power before the First World War with a campaign called "Wake Up Britain", whilst experimenting with fitting various weapons and bombs to aircraft. During the war itself he flew the first night patrol mission against an expected German raid on 5 September 1914. In 1911 he established a flying school at Hendon Aerodrome, and many of the signed photographs in this collection are from pilots attending the Grahame-White Flying School. Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith (1888-1989) was an English aviation pioneer. During the First World War his Sopwith Aviation Company, based at Brooklands, produced more than 18,000 aircraft for the allied forces, including nearly 6,000 Sopwith Camel single-seat fighters. Financial troubles after the war resulted in Sopwith closing his company, but then re-forming it under the name of his chief engineer and test pilot Harry Hawker. Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe (1877-1958) was a pioneer English pilot and aircraft manufacturer, and founder in 1910 of the Avro company. In 1909 he became the first Englishman to fly an all-British machine. Francis Kennedy McClean (1876-1955) was a British civil engineer and pioneer aviator, one of the founding members of the Royal Aero Club and one of the founders of naval aviation and amateur flying. Harry George Hawker (1889-1921) was an Australian aviation pioneer. He was the chief test pilot for Sopwith and was also involved in the design of many of their aircraft. After the First World War, he co-founded Hawker Aircraft. This signed photographic postcard seems to commemorate his winning of the No. 1 British Michelin Cup for 1912, judging by the ink manuscript inscription.Plus numerous others including: D. Graham Gilmour (1885-1912), Charles Grey Grey (known as ‘C G’; 1875-1953), Charles Gordon Bell (1889-1918), William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse (1887-1915), Wilfred Parke (1889-1912), William Hugh Ewen (1879-1947), Cheridah de Beauvoir Stocks (1887-1971), Sydney Vincent Sippe (1889-1968), Louis Noel (1872-1939), Harold Blackburn (1879-1959), Arthur Murray Longmore (1885-1970), Louis Arbon Strange (1891-1966), Samuel Franklin Cody (1867-1913).

Aviation Postcards. A well-presented collection of 234 mostly real photo postcards of aeroplanes and aviation interest, mostly published c. 1940s and earlier, covering the history of aviation from the earliest flights including inventors and designers of flying machines prior to the First World War, featuring machines such as Cocking inverted parachute 1836, Henson's Aerial Courage, 1842, Orville & Wilbur Wright, Count von Zeppelin, Maxim's Flying Machine, Cody's Cathedral biplane, etc., and continuing with aircraft manufactured up until the end of the Second World War, including British, American, French and German fighters and bombers, postally unused with Real Photographs Co. stamps and similar to versos with pencil ID, all with neat manuscript trimmed ID stickers to blank margins of front of postcards, neatly arranged in chronological order in sleeves and 2 plastic postcard ring bindersQTY: (234)NOTE:The collection was compiled and used by the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Gaydon, Warwickshire from the end of the Second World War through to the late 1960s and covering the Cold War period.

Crimean War. A Russian manuscript weekly report on the state of the sick and wounded in the lower ranks of the army in the Sebastopol Temporary War Hospital, 1-8 October 1854, giving columns of diseases for the staff and officers separately from those of lower ranks, pencil notes in English written in, one page, folio, together with two other Crimean War manuscript items, one an autographed letter signed from an English officer reporting the end of the siege and the Russian evacuation, 10 September 1855, 4 pages, the other a list of French officers killed and wounded, 2 pages with integral blank leaf, both 8voQTY: (3)

World War Two Burma Campaign. A photographic record of the First and Second Chindit expedition, under the command of Brigadier Orde Wingate in Burma, 1943 & 1944, a series of 109 gelatin silver print photographs for the First expedition and 28 photographs for the Second expedition, neatly tipped on to rectos of large buff paper sheets, mostly arranged in groups of 4 per page with general manuscript headings and other numeric codes beneath, typed carbon copy captions pasted to facing versos, images mostly 10.5 x 15.5 cm and similar, a total of 2 manuscript title leaves and 33 leaves with photographs, some blanks at rear, original cloth-backed limp boards with stencil title 'Wingate Expeditions' to upper cover, some soiling and wear, punch holes to margins, spine tie deficient with contents and covers now loose, oblong folio (38 x 50 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Major General Ford Charles Wingate, DSO & Two Bars (1903-1944) was a senior British Army officer known for his creation of the Chindit deep-penetration missions in Japanese-held territory during the Burma campaign of the Second World War. Using the Indian 77th Infantry Brigade Wingate created a jungle long-range penetration unit, later known as the Chindits. During the first expedition of 1943 Wingate crossed the Chindwin river and had some success, putting one of the main railways in Burma out of action, before proceeding deep into Burma and over the Irrawaddy River. In the second expedition (Operation Thursday) in March 1944, gliders were flown into areas behind Japanese lines. The Japanese had launched an invasion of India around this time and the Chindit brigades forced several pitched battles along their line of march and so disrupting the Japanese offensive and diverting troops from the battles in India. The value of Wingate's Chindit expeditions has been debated ever since.

World War One. A First World War Nurse's souvenir album belonging to Mary J. Dening, compiled at the British Red Cross Hospital at Tournan (Seine et Marne), and at Windlestone Hall, County Durham, Christmas 1914-December 1915, 92 pages (47 leaves) signed at front 'Mary G Dening, Tournan Christmas 1914', with numerous wounded British and French soldiers' signatures with their regiment's name, many with additional expressions of warm thanks and appreciation to Sister Dening for her kindness and care, also short poems and ditties, cartoons ridiculing the Germans, several mounted photographs and printed postcards, and drawings in colour and monochrome (mostly in coloured pencils, or pen and brown or black ink), including a sketched plan in coloured pencils of the front line, leaves now somewhat loose, original reversed calf, stamped in gilt to upper cover 'Autographs', some marks and some wear to spine and edges, oblong 8vo (16 x 20cm, 6 1/4 x 8ins), together withDening (Douglas, 1877-1922). Album of photographs compiled by Douglas Dening, circa 1910-1920, 30 leaves (60 pages), with numerous photographs of military life, family, holidays, etc., including 12 aerial reconnaissance photographs, 528 Battery RFA July 1917, a visit to see King George V at Buckingham Palace in July 1918 (presumably to receive his MC), Lieutenant Davy MC, the RAF King's Balloon Service (as no. 42 Commander) dark green half morocco, rubbed and some wear, oblong 4to, plusA Miscellany of the Great War and Notabilities, compiled by Selina Maud Maberly, 1914-1923, an album of contemporary newscuttings, with occasional manuscript comments providing an general account of the war, and presented to her nephew Patrick Dening in May 1925, titled to upper corner 'Letters from the Front, A Miscellany of the Great War and Notabilities', bound in contemporary boards, rubbed and some marks, 4toQTY: (3)NOTE:The first album offers a fascinating insight into the life of a first world war nurse, Mary Dening, working at a Red Cross hospital at Tournan en Brie, east of Paris. Numerous wounded soldiers offer testimonials of sister Dening's care and compassion as well as many examples of humour in the face of adversity, morale-boosting verse, photographs and postcards. The album is signed by other nurses working at the hospital (on the first leaf: Olwig Elizabette de Lastey, Florence C. Pisa, Peggy T. Montgomery, Evelyn Eburah, Eleanor Faulkner, Beatrice Wise, Maud Hamilton, Jacq. de Perthuis), a group of French Zouaves (with African names), and French soldiers (writing in French), various British soldiers from the Durham Light infantry, Corporal David Hall (1st Royal Fusiliers), Private E. Morrow (3rd Northumberland Fusiliers), Captain W. Ellis (West Yorks Regiment), O. Mosely Leigh (Lieutenant Colonel, Royal East Kent (Duke of Connaught's) Regiment), Sergeant J. D. Curry (1/7 Durham Light Infantry), Lieutenant Colonel Nightingale (2nd South Staffs), Private A. Lee (1st Battalion, ROYLI), Private Eames (Sherwood Foresters), Private J. Williams (1st/7th D.L.I.), etc.The second album was complied by Douglas Montgomery Dening (1877-1922), 2nd Lieutenant in the King Edward's Horse, who fought in the First World War. He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps, in the air balloon arm, and was awarded the Military Cross in 1918. He was also a shipping agent with the Anglo South American Insurance Company, and Vice-Consul, British Consulate, Manáos in 1910. The album includes photographs of Major Carbery DSO MC and Douglas Dening at Neuve-Chapelle in 1915, 12 aerial photographs (including railways blown up by retreating huns in November 1918, East of Ypres, March 1918, etc.), and other scenes in Manaos (Brazil), France, Belgium and England.

A Chelsea Derby figure, of a nun, seated, holding a bible, 15.5cm high, incised No.102 and manuscript N, c.1780

AN INDIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF MANIKKAVACAKAR 18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER Standing in tribhanga upon a lotus pedestal, with his right hand in vitarka mudra, and the left holding a manuscript, wearing beaded jewellery, the face with almond-shaped eyes and pendulous pierced earlobes, 8kg, 38.5cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, London, acquired prior to 2000. Cf. Christie's New York, 21st March 2012, lot 750 for a related figure. Manikkavacakar was a prominent 9th-century saint devoted to the Hindu God Siva, he is also a poet who wrote Tiruvasakam, a book of Shaiva hymns.

A TIBETAN CARVED GILT-WOOD MANUSCRIPT COVER 14TH/15TH CENTURY Decorated with three figures, probably artisans, standing upon elaborate thrones, surrounded by scrolling vines, all within a beaded border, the reverse plain, 68.5cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, London, acquired prior to 2000.

JOHN FERGUSON - TRIUMPH TR2 ENGINE. An original technical cutaway of the 1955 four-cylinder engine, manuscript wording top and base. Formerly sold as part of the Haymarket clearance auction in 2001, a little edge browning and creasing, framed, mounted and glazed, the image 19 x 19-inches.

NAGANT & NAGANT - HOBSON A folder for this unusual manufacturer, covering the period 1900 - 1931. The photographs include a number of excellent postcards, good views of cars in social scenes, some coach-builders, such as Shaw, Kellner, De Ruyttes, etcetera, motor shows, several racing cars. Most have manuscript or typed captions verso.

BRITISH TRIAL DRIVERS 1902-1914 BY DONALD COWBOURNE. One of only three leather-bound presentation copies with a manuscript dedication by the author on the front free endpaper, 2003, 602pp, with gilt titles, typed letter and a slipcase with a maroon cloth covering, slightly scuffed, otherwise in excellent condition.

BRITISH TRIAL DRIVERS 1902-1939 BY DONALD COWBOURNE. The 1929 -1939 book being a leather-bound presentation copy with a manuscript dedicated to M.J. Worthington-Williams by the author, 1998, 720pp, with a slipcase and green cloth covering, slightly scuffed, otherwise in excellent condition. Also, British Trial Drivers 1919-1928, a copy given to M.J. W-W by the author, with typed letters discussing same, with a slipcase, 590pp, and British Trial Drivers 1902-1914. a copy given to M.J. W-W by the author in 2003, with a typed letter discussing same, with a slipcase covered in maroon cloth, 602pp, the casing slightly scuffed. All in very good condition. (3)

A late 13th/early 14th century page from a latin biblical manuscript, purportedly scribed and illuminated by French Carthusian monks, and previously the property of the Villeneuve-les-Avignon monastery, with accompanying label referencing the British Museum, housed in card mount 9cm x 21cm CONDITION REPORT: Please note - Descriptions do not include condition reports. Please contact us to if you require further information or images.PLEASE CONSIDER SHIPPING COSTS BEFORE BIDDING. THE COST OF SHIPPING MAY AFFECT YOUR DECISION TO BID.

Iberischer Schiffskompaß, 18. Jh. Mit schwimmendem Zifferblatt, handgemalte und kolorierte Windrose, unter Glasabdeckung, in gedrechseltem Obstholzgehäuse mit Deckel, Ø 8,5 cm, funktioniert. Start Price: EUR 120 Zustand: (3/2-3)Iberian Ship’s Compass, 18th Century With floating circular hand-colored manuscript dial under glass cover, in turned fruitwood case with lid, Ø 3 1/2 in., working. Start Price: EUR 120 Condition: (3/2-3)

ASIAN INTEREST, A MODERN CHINESE SIX PANEL WOOD AND CERAMIC SCREEN, AN EASTERN MANUSCRIPT AND THREE ROMAN TYLE TERRACOTTA POTS. (QTY)

A builder's half-block plating model for the trawler H362 Artic Freebooter, built at Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd., for Boyd Line Ltd., Hull, 1965, the hull carved from laminated pine, painted white with technical manuscript and specification overall, 153 x 14 x 22cm.Provenance: Our vendors Uncle was a chalker at the yard until it closed in 1984, he was given them as a leaving present, then by descent.The stern freezer trawler saw service until 1987 when she was renamed Lord Shackleton and used as a safety vessel, then renamed Shackleton in 1993 as a salvage vessel, in 1998 she became Al Raya 1 and was broken up in India in 2004.

Prize-winning 19th Century Geological Photographs, A Collection of six late Victorian geological photographs from the Coventry and Midland Photographic Society, presented as magic lantern slides. Each standard size lantern slide (8.2cm sq) is bound in copper sheet rather than the usual paper tape. Each slide is annotated on the mask with details including the subject, magnification and the pseudonym of each winner. Included in the lot is a photocopy of the original manuscript page listing these slides and giving the name of the two photographer, 'Chromos' was a Mr F Riley. The subjects are: Mud Cast of Salt Crystals, Fern-fossils from Coal Measures toned to suit colour of stones;Corals from Limestones, Fossil of Coal Tree, Fern Fossil from Coal Measures from a wood cut Stem of Calamite in Coal Shale.Note: Between 1889 and 1899 the Coventry and Midland Photographic Society ran annual competitions in different classes (genres), Class 10 was 'Scientific' and these slides are all class 10 winners over a six year period. A single set of winning lantern slides was sent from Coventry by rail successively to the major photographic societies across the United Kingdom for exhibition at their meetings. These slides are from the set circulated in 1893 which includes the winners from the years 1888-1893.

WAINWRIGHT ALFRED.  A 23 line manuscript letter to Brian Smith reviewing and commenting on the latter`s publication "Exploring the High Fells" including pointing out a few "typos" (which must have thrilled the recipient) but otherwise favourable. Signed and dated 17th June 1984; with a signed copy of Smith`s book which includes Wainwright illustrations (2).

WAINWRIGHT ALFRED.  4 Animal Rescue Notecards each with a letter (one in green manuscript, the others signed or initialled typescript) to Brian Smith regarding his forthcoming book (see previous lots). 1981 - 1984; also a typescript slip with a letter from Wainwright on the same subject and expressing doubts about the publisher, 1984, & a green ink manuscript envelope.

HOLLAND & QUARLES.  Holland & Quarles Family Records. Vols. 1, 2 & 3 plus a duplicate of vol. 2. A 1400 page work entirely in neat & readable manuscript. In cloth covered folio ledgers, the first with the bookplate of Trevenen Holland. A mass of information incl. bibliographical reference & pedigrees. C.1902-1907.

RUVIGNY & RAINEVAL MARQUIS OF.  The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal. Ltd ed. 520. 2 vols. Frontis, illus. & pedigrees. Quarto. Worn & mkd. orig. blue cloth gilt. Slipped in documents incl. manuscript letters from Ruvigny. 1911; also 2 others by Ruvigny & 1 other, related.  (5).

Manor & Forest of Macclesfield.  Compensation Agreements. Bound folio vol. with fine copperplate manuscript text. 1926-1930; also similar vol. of Assurances & John Corry, The History of Macclesfield, fldg. tables, 1817.  (3).

DODDS M. H. & R.  The Pilgrimage of Grace & the Exeter Conspiracy. 2 vols. Red morocco, rubbing, wear & splitting, a.e.g. Extensive underlinings & annotations with several leaves of detailed manuscript notes at the commencement of each vol. Cambridge, 1915; also 1 other vol.  (3).

BROWN JOHN, MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL AT HADDINGTON.  Sacred Tropology. Old calf, rubbed, manuscript annotations. 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1768. Written by John Brown of the Self-Interpreting Bible, with ownership inscription of Ebenezer Brown Hill, Stirling, 1846.

SHOBERL FREDERIC.  Forget-Me-Not, A Christmas & New Year's Present. Eng. plates. Orig. green pict. brds. in slip case, a nice copy. 1827; also 4 other vols. incl. a scrap album & an "herbarium" with pressed herb specimens in an album collected by M. Marshall, each specimen with manuscript annotation.  (5).

AN ALBUM OF 24 FAN PAINTINGSEdo period (1615-1868), mid 19th centuryComprising 24 leaves in uchiwa (non-folding) fan format, after various masters of the Kano school; ink, mineral pigments, gofun (calcified crushed shell), and gold on paper, with multiple radial marks from the original bamboo mounts, now presented as an album bound in orihon (concertina) format, each with an artist's signature, mounted on gold-flecked board within silk-brocade covers protected by patinated copper corner-mounts (one missing), the paintings as follows: (1) Warbler on a branch of flowering prunus, with signature Eitoku Hogen ga and seal; (2) Hibiscus and birds, with signature Yosen Hogen fude and seal; (3) Peonies, with signature Eitoku Hogen ga and seal; (4) White camellias, with signature Yosen Hogen fude and seal; (5) Maple, with signature Yosen Hogen fude and seal; (6) Autumn plants and quails, with signature Yosen Hogen fude and seal; (7) Puppies and hollyhocks, with signature Yosen Hogen fude and seal; (8) Grasses and fireflies, with signature Yosen'in Hoin rokujuissai fude and seal; (9) Lilies and miscanthus, with signature Yosen'in Hoin rokujuissai fude and seal; (10) Grass and fireflies, with signature Yosen Hogen fude and seal; (11) Kingfishers, arrowhead, and kohone (Nuphar japonica), with signature Hogen Toshun fude and seal; (12) Tiger lilies, with signature Hogen Toshun fude and seal; (13) Hawk on stand, with signature Isen Hogen fude and seal; (14) Pine tree, with signature Isen Hogen fude and seal; (15) Seascape with pines, with signature Torin fude and seal; (16) Autumn plants, with signature Torin fude and seal; (17) Kingfisher, arrowhead, and kohone (Nuphar japonica), with signature Torin fude and seal; (18) Bees and hechima (sponge gourd), with signature Torin fude and seal; (19) Pines, stream and cherry trees, with signature Tohaku fude and seal; (20) Maples and Tatsuta River, with signature Tohaku fude and seal; (21) Falcon on a snowy pine branch, with signature Yosen'in Hogen fude and seal; (22) Nanten (nandina), with signature Yosen'in Hogen fude and seal; (23) Pheasant on a snowy pine branch, with signature Eisen'in Hoin rokujuissai fude and seal; (24) Pear Blossom, with signature Eisen'in Hoin rokujuissai fude and seal; with two manuscript sheets listing the subject and artist related to each image and a double inscribed storage box, the outer box lacquered and the inner box plain wood. Overall: 34.5cm x 27.7cm (13 5/8in x 10 7/8in); each image: approx., 20cm x 23cm (7 7/8in x 9in). (4).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Malortie,E.v.: Historische Nachrichten der Familie von Malortie von 1132-1872. Als Manuscript gedruckt. Hannover, Klindworth 1872. Mit 1 mehrf. gefalt. Stammtafel. 119 S. - ╔Angebunden: Nachtrag╗, 1872-1886. Ebda. 1886. Mit 1 mehrf. gefalt. Stammtafel. 43 S. Lwd. d. Zt. mit Goldpräg. u. eingeb. Vdeckel des OU. (Berieb.). Selten. - Auf vord. Vors. aufgez. 1 Portrait-Photo (wohl Ernst von Malortie). - N.a.V.

Torporley,N,: Diclides coelometricae seu valvae astronomicae universales omnia artis totius munera psephophoretica in sat modicis finibus duarum tabularum methodo nova, generali, & facilima [sic] continentes. London: F. Kingston, 1602. 4°. (193 x 150 mm). Großer animierter Holzschnitt auf dem Titel, Abbildungen im Text und Tabellen am Ende (Aa-Oo4). Zeitgenössisches Pergament mit einigen unleserlichen Anmerkungen, handschriftlicher Titel am unteren Rand. Eine seltene astronomische und mathematische Abhandlung, die leider unvollständig ist. Das jüngste Auktionsergebnis stammt aus dem Jahr 2005 (£ 9.600 Sotheby's). Das Werk wird besonders geschätzt, weil es nicht nur äußerst kryptisch und obskur ist, sondern auch Neperos Regeln über Algorithmen um zwanzig Jahre vorwegnimmt, während es eine andere Methode verwendet. Mit einigen frühe Randbemerkungen (es fehlen die Blätter von N1 bis O2 und S. 89-100, zwei Brandlöcher mit kleinem Verlust auf dem Titel, leichte Wurmgänge am unteren Rand von O3 und S2). - A rare astronomical and mathematical treatise unfortunatelly incomplete. The most recent auction result is from 2005 (£9,600 Sotheby's). The work is particularly appreciated because, in addition to being extremely cryptic and obscure, it anticipates Nepero's rules on algorithms by twenty years, while using a different method. Large animated woodcut on title, illustrations in text and tables at end (Aa-Oo4), some early annotations in margins (lacking leaves from N1 to O2 and pp. 89-100, two burnholes with small loss on title, light worming at bottom margin of O3 and S2). Contemporary limp vellum with some illebile annotations, manuscript title to bottom edge.

Bothmer,C.v.: Betrachtungen und Einfälle über die Bauart der Privatgebäude in Teutschland. Mit gest. Titelvignette und 60 (21 gefalt.) Kupfertafeln. Augsburg, C. H. Stage, 1779. Folio. [2] Bll., 44 S., [1] Bl. (Errata). Halblederband d. Z. mit goldgepr. Rückenschild (Kapitale bestossen und mit Gelenkeinrissen, etwas berieben und beschabt). Ornamentstichslg. Berlin 2031. - Erste Ausgabe. - Seltener Beitrag zur Architektur der Privathäuser unter Gesichtspunkten der Aufklärung: "Die Vorschriften der Bauherren sind, aus begreiflichen Ursachen, oft wunderlich und widersprechend." (S. 17). - BEIGEBUNDEN: Schübler, Johann Jacob. Acht Tabellen von der alten Civilbaukunst. Mit 8 Kupfertafeln. Nürnberg, Ch. Weigel, 1783. [2] Bll. - Etwas gebräunt und stellenweise leicht stockfleckig, ein Textblatt mit alt hinterlegtem Einriss; hs. Besitzvermerk auf Titel, verso alt gestempelt. - Exlibris. - First edition. Rare contribution to the architecture of private houses. Nuremberg, Ch. Weigel, 1783. 2 pp. - Somewhat browned and in places lightly foxed, one text leaf with old backed tear; manuscript ownership note on title, verso old stamped. Ownership note on title, old stamp on verso.

Tabernaemontanus,J.T.: Neu vollkommen Kräuter-Buch. 3 Tle. in 1 Bd. Basel, König u. Brandmüller 1687. Fol. Mit breiter figürlicher Titelbordüre u. ca. 2.500 Textholzschn. 6 Bl. (inkl. Kupfertitel), 663 S., 2 Bl., S. 665-1529, 48 Bl. Prgt. d. Zt. (Berieb., etw. fleckig). Nissen 1931. Pritzel 9093. Heilmann S. 297. Isphording 117 Anm. Zweite Basler Ausg., die sechste insgesamt, erschien erstmals 1588. - Das große Kräuterbuch enthält den umfangreichsten Rezeptkatalog seiner Zeit u. ist mit reichen Pflanzendarst. nach Fuchs u. Mattioli illustr. "Dieses deutsche Kräuterbuch... verzeichnet vor allem die europäische Flora. Allerdings fanden bereits Heilpflanzen aus Amerika und Afrika Aufnahme, soweit sie in Europa verwendet wurden" (Isphording). - Tls. leicht fleckig, Kupfertitel mit Quetschfalte, vord. Vors. erneuert, hint. Vors. mit hs. Eintr., St.a.T. - With broad figural title border and ca. 2,500 woodcuts in text. - Slightly spotted in places, copper title with crease, front endpaper renewed, back endpaper with inscription in manuscript. endpapers with inscription.

Full title: A Persian marriage contract in Nastaliq script, Qajar, Iran, dated 1879Description:Dim.: 73,5 x 42 cmÊ A Persian manuscript on paper, dated on Rajab 1279 AH (1879 AD), describing the marriage in 24 lines in Nastaliq black and red script, ruled in blue and red borders with gilt and polychrome floral scrolls, with ownership statements and seals.The absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is in perfect condition. Please contact us to let us know which lots are of interest, so we can make the requested reports for you.Once complete, they will be published on our website.High resolution pictures are already available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com

Full title: Ottoman school: 22 pages from a mathematical manuscript, 19th C.Description:Dim.: 39,5 x 28,5 cm (the frame)Dim.: 18,5 x 11 cm (the work)Ê Consisting of ten framed sets and one set in a similar mount but lacking the frame.The absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is in perfect condition. Please contact us to let us know which lots are of interest, so we can make the requested reports for you.Once complete, they will be published on our website.High resolution pictures are already available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com

Full title: Ottoman school: an illuminated calligraphic panel, ink, colour and gilding on paper, mounted on cardboard, 18/19th C.Description:Dim.: 27 x 19 cm (the outer size)Dim.: 21,5 x 14,5 cm (inner panel size)Ê A so called qit'a manuscript by a follower of Sheikh Hamdullah. The top line in elegant black Thuluth script, the main panel with two lines of black Naskh script. The whole within cloud bands, with gold and polychrome illumination.The absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is in perfect condition. Please contact us to let us know which lots are of interest, so we can make the requested reports for you.Once complete, they will be published on our website.High resolution pictures are already available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com

Full title: Two Timurid illuminated Quran leaves in Kufic script, Persia, 15/16th C.Description:Dim.: 30,5 x 20,5 cmDim.: 24 x 15 cmÊ Arabic manuscript on paper, 18ll. written in black Kufic script with gold rosettes outlined in black between the verses.The later margins decorated with gilt and polychrome flower heads and foliage.The absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is in perfect condition. Please contact us to let us know which lots are of interest, so we can make the requested reports for you.Once complete, they will be published on our website.High resolution pictures are already available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com

Full title: Ottoman school: 'A map centrally depicting the Kaaba in Mecca', ink and colour on paper, 19th C.Description:Dim.: 47 x 33 cmÊ An Arabic manuscript on paper, depicting a detailed map of the routes to Mecca and Medina, with further details of the routes to Yemen, Iraq and Syria.The absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is in perfect condition. Please contact us to let us know which lots are of interest, so we can make the requested reports for you.Once complete, they will be published on our website.High resolution pictures are already available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com

A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF THIRTY-ONE MANUSCRIPT FOLIOS, NORTHERN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY black and red ink with touches of watercolour on paper, each with various charts and diagrams, inscribed in devanagari 16 x 25cm and smaller (31) ++Damaged edges, various patches of stain and smudging

ARJUNA TALKING WITH KRISHNA, A SCENE FROM THE BHAGAVAD GITA, PUNJAB HILLS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY gouache with gold on paper, an illumination from a handwritten manuscript with an accompanying folio of devanagari script, written on two sides, mounted 8 x 9.4cm Arjuna was filled with doubts in the battle of Kurukshetra and Krishna talked with him to help overcome his hesitation. ++Minor rubbing and flaking, damaged edges to folios

AN ILLUMINATION FROM A HINDU MANUSCRIPT, RAJASTHAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY gouache and gold on paper, depicting Durga on her lion and Krishna, flanked by floral borders, framed 8.5 x 17cm (inside mount) ++Some worm damage and rubbing, not examined out of frame

*A PALM-LEAF BUDDHIST MANUSCRIPT, BURMA (NOW MYANMAR) CIRCA 19TH CENTURY of long rectangular form, approximately 350 gilt edged folios, each inscribed with nine lines of Burmese script, with twin piercings for binding, enclosed by a pair of gilt wood covers with stylised foliate decoration, 5.5 x 50.5cm (folios); 22cm deep (including covers); together with two further palm-leaf Buddhist manuscripts, Burma, 19th/20th century, each of long rectangular form, with approximately 300 gilt-edged folios, each inscribed with eleven lines of Burmese script, with twin piercings for binding, enclosed by a pair of wood covers, one lacquered in red, 6 x 49.5, 6 x 49cm (folios); 21.5, 19cm deep (including covers) (3) Provenance: From the collection of a retired manuscript curator ++Gilding on covers and folio edges slightly worn, mostly good

COMMANDER RUDOLF WERNER, RN: THE BATTLECRUISERS AT THE ACTION OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS, ed Col Willoughby Werner, with a memoir of the author by Harold Hodge, London, John Bale Sons & Danielsson, 1920, 1st edition, 14 plates as list, Alfred Richard Riseborough's copy with his signature and inscription 'In Memoriam, Commander Werner and Col Willougby Werner' on ffep, together with his manuscript list 'Fore Top's crew HMS Inflexible, 18 March 1915' on rear free end paper, Able Seaman Riseborough, RN served on HMS Inflexible and was invalided out of the Royal Navy as a result of wounds received on 18th March 1915, the appendix at end contains many relevant letters including two by Riseborough. A relevant news cuttings re Alfred Richard Riseborough (1895-1965), a successful Norfolk farmer, tipped in at end, large 4to, original two-tone cloth gilt a little worn

THE FAMILY DEVOTIONAL BIBLE..., ed Rev Matthew Henry, London and New York, The London Printing & Publishing Co, circa 1860, added engraved title, 44 plates, 3 maps, ownership signature of George Barrett verso of ffep dated 1876, family register with manuscript 'George Barrett, born at Burgh, Aylsham 1852', further manuscript 'Geo Barrett, died at Welney, 15th March 1877, aged 24 years', large thick 4to, contemporary panelled calf gilt worn

[WILLIAM C EWING] (ED): NORFOLK LISTS FROM THE REFORMATION TO THE PRESENT TIME..., Norwich, Matchett Stephenson & Matchett, 1837, 1st edition, engraved part hand coloured litho frontis, modern cloth + WILLIAM C EWING: NOTICES OF THE MERCHANTS MARKS IN THE CITY OF NORWICH, Norwich, Charles Muskett, 1850, 1st edition, large paper, 12 plates, 4to, old cloth backed, plain card wraps worn and soiled + SAMUEL WOODWARD: THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF NORWICH CASTLE, Norwich, Charles Muskett, 1847, 1st edition, added engraved title, 30 plates including some hand coloured, foxing to some leaves, 4to, original cloth gilt rebacked + NOTES CONCERNING NORWICH CASTLE FROM A MANUSCRIPT VOLUME OF THE COLLECTIONS OF MR JOHN KIRKPATRICK IN THE POSSESSION OF WILLIAM HERRING, London, J L Cox, 1836, 1st edition, some leaves soiled, contemporary cloth soiled + VIEWS IN SUFFOLK, NORFOLK AND NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE WORKS OF ROBERT BLOOMFIELD, ACCOMPANIED WITH DESCRIPTIONS TO WHICH IS ADDED A MEMOIR OF THE POETS LIFE BY E W BRAYLEY, London, Vernor Hood & Sharpe et al, 1806, 1st edition, engraved frontis and 14 plates, modern cloth (5)

Liverpool. Bennison (Jonathan), Bennison's Map of the Town and Port of Liverpool with their Environs including Seacombe, Woodside, Birkenhead, Tranmere &c. from actual survey, Liverpool, 1846, large map, engraved by John Dower, with contemporary outline colouring, additional watercolour circles marking the locations of water tanks and reservoirs, with a manuscript explanation key, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic cartouche, compass rose and table of reference, slight offsetting, three manuscript sheets of paper giving details of the water tanks and reservoirs stitched to the lower left margin, 1280 x 1780 mm, contained in a contemporary morocco gilt slipcase, case worn and rubbedQTY: (1)NOTE:Originally published in 1835, this later example has been utilised by the Liverpool waterworks company to map and record the location of the water system and reservoirs.

North Wales. Dix (Thomas & Darton William), A New Map of North Wales divided into its Six Counties or Shires, 1820 - 22, an engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, calligraphic cartouche, table of explanation, list of market towns and a large uncoloured vignette of Snowden, 545 x 690 mm, together with Saxton (Christopher & Lea Philip). Radnor, Breknoke, Cardigan and Carmarthen Shires, Discribed by C. S. Corrected and Amended with many Additions by P. Lea, George Willdey at the Great Toy Sjop..., circa 1730, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, inset town plans of Carmarthen, Brecknock, Radnor and Cardigan, some rust scaring affecting the upper strapwork margin, old manuscript title on verso causing slight show through but not affecting the printed image, 370 x 480 mm, with Bowen (Emanuel). A Map of the Six Counties of North Wales Divided into their respective Hundreds..., Robert Sayer, John Bennett J & C Bowles, circa 1794, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, originally published in 'The Royal English Atlas', 410 x 515 mm, plus Carington Bowles (publisher). An Accurate Map of North Wales Divided into its Counties; viz. Carnarvonshire, Flintshire, Denbeighshire, Merionytheshire, Montgomeryshire with the Isle of Anglesey..., circa 1780, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring and some later enhancement to the cartouche, originally published in 'The Large English Atlas' (4th state), old folds, some creasing, dust-soiled and stained, occasional marginal repaired closed tears, central fold strengthened on verso, 520 x 675 mm, QTY: (4)

India. Strahan (George, 1839-1911). Gagribal - Dal Lake, Kashmir, 1906, watercolour with traces of pencil, on thick wove paper, signed and dated lower right, pencilled title on verso, with pencilled numbers (some in another hand), narrow mount stain to edges, sheet size 35.5 x 25.3cm (14 x 10ins), together with: Kunas - Wular Lake, watercolour with traces of pencil, on thick wove paper, pencilled title on verso, with pencilled numbers (some in another hand), verso also with ink manuscript inscription 'I certify that this picture was painted by my husband, the late Col George Strahan R.E., Beatrice Strahan, Hampstead Feb 13, 1913', narrow mount stain to edges, upper edge with short (7mm) closed tear, sheet size 24.6 x 34.8cm (9 3/4 x 13 3/4ins), both uniformly framed and glazed (37 x 27cm & 26.2 x 36.5cm respectively)QTY: (2)NOTE:According to the Memoir of Strahan written by S.G. Burrard (The Royal Engineers Journal, vol.14 no.3, pp.163–186) Stahan's pictures "sold readily and they fetched high prices". Burrard quotes a lady visiting an exhibition and viewing Strahan's work as saying, "Strahan is no draftsman, and no colourist, yet he is a poet: all his paintings are poetry". Indeed, Burrard himself goes on to say that "no other painter has touched the Anglo-Indian public so profoundly as George Strahan. By means of his paintings he has taught that public to appreciate the poetic beauties of Indian scenery."

Bersuire (Pierre). Fratris Petri Berthorii Pictauie[n]sis: ordinis diui patris Benedicti ... Morale reductoriu[m] super tota[m] Biblia[m] quattuor et triginta libris co[n]sum[m]atu[m] ... adiectis Biblie co[n]corda[n]tiis, [Basel: Adam Petri], 1515, [12], 2-25, 27-221 leaves (without fol. 1, 26, a1, e2), title in red & black, with woodcut printer's device and decorative border, text printed in double columns, with printed marginalia, early manuscript to upper margins and occasional underscoring, some worm holes and short trails to text throughout volume, occasional light damp stains to few leaves, modern brown quarter morocco, maroon morocco title label, marbled sides, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Panzer XI: 377, no. 153.

Rolandinus (de Passageriis). Rolandina cum Neuizano. Summa Rolandina artis notarie maioris auctoritatis per d[omi]n[u]m Petrum de Boaterijs ipsius Rola[n]dini conciue[m] Bononiensen [sic] facili breuiq[ue] commento declarata ... Adiecte (nusquam hactenus impresse) Renunciationes iuris ciuilis Jacobi Butrigarij Bononiensis Legu[m] professoris, Lyon: Jacobum Huguetan, 1537, title in red & black, with printer's device, within decorative architectural woodcut border, double-column text with woodcut crible? initials, occasional early marginalia and underscoring, manuscript notes to final leaf, some light damp staining and few old ink spots, some worm holes, short worm trails mostly to fore-margins and lower blank margins, modern brown half morocco, small folio in 6sQTY: (1)NOTE:Sapori, Antichi Testi Giuridici, 2533.Rolandino de Passaggeri (circa 1215-1300) was a famous Bolognese notary, whose Summa Totius Artis Notariae (the 'Rolandina'), divided into four parts (covering contracts, wills, judicial documents, copies and renewals of deeds), written in 1255, was widely circulated and became a pillar of the notarial profession across Europe.

Grant of Arms. Late 16th century manuscript copy of a Grant of Arms and crest to Rolant Longin, and his installation as a Knight of the Golden Fleece (L'Ordre du Toison d'or) dated 23 January 1555 by five heralds (Anthone de Boulaincourt Toison d'or Roy darmes, Estienne de Morez, Hainault herald, Claude Marion, Burgundy herald and Jehan de Medrano and Pierre des Vernois, both Kings of Arms of the King of Castille and England), the manuscript made shortly after 20 November 1600 recites the ceremony of making a knight of the order and blazons the arms, painting the achievement in full colours in the Continental style within the text of the grant (the ceremony took place in the presence of the King at Anvers), written in an elegant French secretary hand of the late 16th century, 24.2 x 24.6 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Rolant Longin was the son of Simon Longin by Dmll. Margrite Bertoulx and grandfather (through his daughter Margrete) to Philippe de L'Espinoy (1552-1633) the historian of Brabant who owned this copy and for whom it was created. The latters' grandmother was the sister of Philippe le Nigri, Chancelier de l'Ordre du Toison d'or who is mentioned in the grant. Elias Asmole mentions this grant briefly in his Institutions, Laws and Ceremonies of the most noble Order of the Garter, 1672. The copy appears to be signed Le Vassour Lgurey (query the scribe?). Full transcript and translation available to the purchaser.

Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Corbaccio di M. Giouanni Boccacci nouellamente stampato, e con riscontri di testi a penna alla sua vera lezione ridotto, Florence: Filippo Giunti, 1594, [8], 122p., one numeral of imprint date overwritten & altered, woodcut device to title and few decorative initials, first five leaves red ruled, fore-margin of title torn and repaired closed tear to final leaf of text (I1), lacking following three leaves at rear (I2-4, index), manuscript notes to front endpaper and inscription 'from the collection of William Roscoe Esq.', with loosely inserted letter on British Museum letterheaded paper regarding the volume and provenance, upper pastedown with armorial bookplate of the Duff family, 19th century half calf, lacking spine and upper board detached, 8vo, together with:Charles I, England's black tribunal: containing, I. The compleat tryal of King Charles the First, by the pretended High Court of Justice in Westminster-Hall, Begun Jan. 20, 1648. Together with His Majesty's Speech on the Scaffold, Erected at White-Hall-Gate, on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 1648...., The fifth edition, very much enlarged, London: J. Wilford & T. Jauncy, 1720, lacking portrait frontispiece, some dust-soiling and spotting, contemporary sheep, lower joint cracked and upper board detached, board corners worn, 8voQTY: (2)

Persian Manuscript Leaf. A near-miniature leaf from the Mathnawi, Persia, circa AD 1600, an exceptionally fine manuscript written in nasta'liq in four columns in black & red ink on very thin paper, with fine gilt rule column lines and borders, manuscript notes to blank margins, main text area 130 x 70mm, leaf size 170 x 100mm, window-mounted (margins of leaf adhered to verso of mount)QTY: (1)NOTE:Jalal al-Din Rumi is considered to be the greatest Sufi Muslim poet. He was born in 1207 at Balkh in Khorasan but moved with his parents to Iconium where he became Professor of mystic theosophy and died there in 1273. At an early stage of his years in Iconium he founded the Maulawi derviches who are colloquially known as the 'whirling dervishes' to this day. His great work was the 'Mathnawi', an explanation of spiritual and moral concepts of the Suni Moslem tradition. It is an impressive work comprising 6 books with a total of over 30000 double rhymed verses. It took 25 years to complete.

Estey (George). Certaine Godly and learned Expositions upon divers parts of Scripture. As they were preached, and afterward more briefly penned by that worthy man of God, Maister George Estey, sometimes fellowe of Gonevill and Kaius Colledge in Cambridge. Late Preacher of the word of God in St. Edmunds Burie, 1st edition, London: Printed by I. R. for Richard Banckworth, 1603, [3], 74,156 leaves (lacks A1 front blank or half-title), title with 17th-century ownership signature 'Bielby: 8:2:6 us.', to head of title, occasional early ink annotations to margins, title with some loss to upper margin, affecting a few letters (with associated minor loss to the following two leaves), contemporary limp plain vellum, lacking ties, some soiling, and discolouration, small 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:STC 10545.George Estey (or Estye) was born in 1566, became a fellow of Caius College, Cambridge, and preacher at St. Marys, Bury St Edmunds. This work is dedicated to Lady Anne Drury, and is taken from the version sent to Lady Drury with a manuscript copy of the text, here edited anonymously. Lady Drury was also patron of the poet John Donne, for whom the poet wrote his Anniversaries, on the death of her fourteen-year-old daughter Elizabeth.

Le Neve (Peter, 1661-1729). Manuscript letter to Peter le Neve in Hanover, 28 Oct 1716, 2pp., from his agent Best in Guerde addressed to 'Monsieur le Neve, Roy d'armes in Hannovre' and annotated in le Neve's hand 'Mr Best's letter from the Guerde about money?', concerning the arrangements made for le Neve to obtain finance during his visit to Hanover to invest Prince Frederick Lewis (1707-51) later Prince of Wales and Prince Ernst Augustus (1674-1728) Duke of York with the Order of the Garter (which took place on 24 December 1716), the letter is evidence of le Neve's long stay there (having departed from London shortly after July 1716) showing the circuitous arrangements for obtaining money at that time involving Best, Monsieur Schele and Mr Thomas Rose in London, the postal mark strike on the letter is a scarce and clear early 2 guilders manuscript strike from Ghent to Hanover, with intact red wax seal applied with strong impression, together with:Heraldry, Fragment of the arms and crests of Somerset and Dorset families, late 17th century, probably from a record of an Heraldic Visitation of those counties, on 3 pages showing 19 shields and crests in ruled boxed grid pattern with the names and places in captions above each shield, neatly and competently drawn and tricked on clearly watermarked paper in brown ink, it includes the unusual mermaid crest of William Brewer of Chard, small folioQTY: (2)

Salt processing - Lymington. A manuscript entitled 'A short tretis of salt mad[e] from brine raised by the sun pan and embodyed by fire', setting out in detail how to place, set out and make the pan work, together with economic advice on how to make it work, c.1725, 7pp. manuscript written in a neat hand regarding the processing of sea salt harvested at 'Lemmington' (i.e. Lymington in the New Forest) and near Portsmouth at Portsea Island, close-trimmed to edges, stab holes to spine edge where previously sewn, small 4to, together with:Fen Drainage, A collection of five 18th century documents concerning the drainage of the Sutton and Mepal Levels, Cambridgeshire, enabled by Act of Parliament of 1749, plus a varied assortment of other miscellaneous 17th-19th century manuscript documents etc., including one relating to the Spanish Philippines Company, 1809; and a Navy Office document comparing the 'Ordinary Estimates of this and the ensuing year', 29th November 1751; and a two-page manuscript list of the Fisheries in the River Tyne listing names of proprietors, 14th September 1803, etc.QTY: (approx. 50)

Berkeley (George). Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and divers other Subjects Connected and Arising one from the other, 2nd edition, Improved and Corrected by the Author, Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch & C. Davis, 1744, bound with: Prior (Thomas), An Authentick Narrative of the Success of Tar-Water, in Curing a great number and variety of Distempers, with Remarks and Occasional Papers relative to the Subject... , Dublin printed, London re-printed [1st London edition], for W. Innyes, C. Hitch, M. Cooper and C. Davis, 1746, a little spotting and a few small brown streaks to lower margins of leaves at end of first work and beginning of second work, contemporary 17-line manuscript poem in praise of Berkeley by 'A young Gentleman whose Health had been re-established by Means of Tar-Water', neatly written to front free endpaper verso, signed 'C.S.', dated 13 January 1778 and sent by D.G. from Maidstone to the London Chronicle of 11 April 1778, hinges cracked and with old paper repairs, contemporary marbled boards with modern antique-style calf reback with gilt-titled leather spine label, some corner wear, 8vo, together with: Nugent (Christopher), An Essay on the Hydrophobia: To which is prefixed the Case of a Person who was bit by a Mad Dog; Had the Hydrophobia; and was happily cured, 1st edition, 1753, ink library stamp to title and ink mark to final leaf, closed tear to inner margin of E1, 20th-century library cloth with Birmingham Medical Institute gilt stamp at foot, slightly rubbed and a little frayed at foot of spine, 8vo QTY: (2)

Bible [English]. Blome (Richard), The History of the Holy Bible Contained in the Old and New Testament, With the Lives, Travels, and Sufferings of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, and the Apostles... The Whole Originally Designed by Richard Blome, Esq; Cosmographer to Her Late Majesty Queen Anne, M. Cooper, [1753], printed title with 19th-century manuscript ownership signature (Richard Augustus Clack, November 23rd 1829), signature and date repeated on the verso of the front endpaper, preface and allegorical frontispiece, 260 uncoloured engraved plates, 6 folding engraved maps and 8 folding plates including 7 after Raphael, some water staining, erratic pagination, marbled endpapers, near-contemporary calf, rebacked, folio, together with Prideaux (Humphrey). The Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations..., 2 parts bound in one, Dublin. 1719, title page printed in red & black, 3 uncoloured engraved maps (including 2 folding), later endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and repaired at extremities, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Sold as a collection of maps and engravings, not subject to return.

Rowley (Charlotte, nee Shipley, 1811-71). Letter written at Wadi Medani on the Blue Nile, describing some of her experiences there whilst on her honeymoon, April 1 1836, 3pp. and integral blank, unsigned, written from Wadi Medani after she and her husband Richard Rowley (1812-87) have returned from Sanner, the most southerly reach of their journey down the Blue Nile, "sail to Sennaar the banks of the river alive with monkeys & green parrot & river full of crocodiles & hippopotami. Italian medical man said that in Abyssinia they make children more useful than in any other country & turn them into medicine for when the mother has had a bad labour, or does not recover her strength quickly the new born infant is boiled down & the broth drank by its mother", "the natives have a dread of their picture being taken, as they firmly believe that once having got that I can call the original to England whenever I please", "our evenings are spent in sitting out of doors drinking coffee & talking about our English customs to a crowd of Turks & Arabs", she ends the letter with comments on the extraordinary heat they encountered, and that the nails of their shoes become so hot they cannot wear them, slim 8vo, together with:Philadelphia Nonconformist churches, Manuscript supplementary list of Philadelphia's Nonconformist churches in 1838, 3pp. and integral blank, listing 16 churches (Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian & Baptist) with name of Pastor for each at the time, location and when founded or built, slim 8vo, together with other miscellaneous 17th-19th ephemera, & documents etc.QTY: (-)NOTE:Charlotte Rowley is allegedly the first white woman to travel the Blue Nile as far as Sanner, 150 miles south of Khartoom. There is no indication on the letter as to whom it is written, but most likely to be a family member. Charlotte was born at Bodrhyddon Hall, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, the daughter of William Shipley and Charlotte Williams-Wynn. Her mother was the daughter of Sir Watkins Williams-Wynn and this letter was found among some papers that emanated from the Williams-Wynn family. Hon. Richard Thomas Rowley (1812-87) was born at Bodrhyddan Hall, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales. He was the son of Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford and Frances Rowley. He was a Conservative Party politician serving as Member of Parliament for Harwich from 1860-65. He first married Charlotte Shipley (m. 24 June 1835) and had three children, and secondly Alice Henrietta Berners, daughter of Hugh Berners and Julia Alice Ashton, on 9 July 1872.

Genealogical Manuscript. Records of the Family of St. George from the Conquest, circa 1840, decorative pen & ink title with unfinished illuminated decoration, additional hand-coloured pen & ink title 'Stemma-perantiqua equestris familiae Sancti Georgiorum. Modo de Hatley St George in com: Cantabridgiae', approximately 335 leaves of detailed manuscript genealogical notes (majority written to one side only) and with several illuminated armorials (few unfinished), interspersed with several blank leaves, manuscript marbled endpapers with armorial bookplates of John St. George, M.G. and John St. George to front endpaper, gilt gauffered edges, contemporary red morocco with elaborate gilt decoration, title to spine 'Stemma perantiqua equestris familiae Sancti Georgiorum', boards with raised corners in relief with gilt decoration, arabesque to centre of each, 4to (20.3 x 15.6 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:The volume appears to be partially unfinished, but still contains much detail.

Napoleon. A Manuscript, found in the portfolio of Las Casas, containing maxims and observations of Napoleon, collected during the last two years of his residence at St. Helena, London: Alexander Black, 1820, portrait frontispiece, light dust-soiling and spotting, offsetting, 20th-century grey cloth, backstrip faded, 8vo, together with:Antommarchi (Francesco). Memoirs of the Last Two Years of Napoleon's Exile, 2nd edition, 2 volumes, London: Henry Colburn, 1826, scattered spotting, near-contemporary brown cloth, chipped to extremities, 8vo, withBourrienne (Louis Antoine Fauvelet de). Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, 4 volumes, London: Richard Bentley, 1836, portrait frontispieces, numerous illustrations, sporadic spotting, some dust-soiling, original green blindstamped cloth, rubbed and faded, 8vo with 10 other 19th-century volumes relating to NapoleonQTY: (19)

Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom. Form of an Appointment of an Overseer for Driving Cattle, viz. Oxen, Cows, &c., by order of John Earl Poulett, Lord Lieutenant for the County of Somerset, 24 November 1803, printed order with manuscript insertions, appointing an overseer (name left blank) for the driving of cattle, of the parish of Frome Town, Frome Eastwoodlands & Frome Westwoodlands, [Somerset], of which George Kingdon is superintendent, with plans and proposals for rendering the Body of the people to the general Defence in case of Invasion and to assemble and lead the drivers of cattle to fixed routes, etc., 'according to the plans and arrangements which I may receive from His Majesty', with attached seal and signature of John Earl Poulett, together with a similar document giving orders for driving sheep, each 1 page, 420 x 330 mm, presented as a pair in a glazed frame, overall 58 x 89 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:War with France had resumed in May 1803, and extensive anti-invasion preparations were made during that year, under an Act of Parliament referred to in the text.