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Mildmay (Walter, 1520/21-1589). English statesman who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1566-89) to Queen Elizabeth I, and founded Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Document Signed, ‘Wa: Mildmaye’, no place, 5 July 1571, manuscript warrant for payment addressed to Robert Taylor, one of the tellers of the receipt of the Queen Majesty’s Exchequer, stating ‘These are to require you to pay unto Newell Sotherton clerk of the Estreats in the Exchequer the sum of £6 13s 4d for serving the queen’s majesty in writing and estreating forth all the fines issues and amercements before him into the 12 shires in Wales for this present 13th year of the queen majesty’s reign as heretofore hath been yearly allowed unto him for the same…’, 1 page with integral leaf docketed to the verso, one with a Latin endorsement signed by Sotherton, 4toQty: (1)

Milstein (Nathan, 1903-1992). Russian-American violinist. A rare and important Autograph Music Manuscript (unsigned), written in pen and pencil, being a working copy of Milstein's cadenza for the 3rd movement of Beethoven's Violin Concerto with upwards of 55 bars, headed in Milstein's hand 'Cadenza to the 3rd Movement of Beethoven's, St Louis, Jan[uary] 15 1961', some marks and creases to upper outer corners, 2 pages (opening out to form a large double sheet), 310 x 480 mmQty: (2)Footnote: Included with this item is a photocopy of the programme for when Milstein played Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the St Louis Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Edouard Van Remoortel, on 14-15 January 1961.A transcriber and composer, Milstein arranged many works for violin and wrote his own cadenzas for concertos, including Beethoven’s only work in that genre. Milstein was renowned for his fastidious approach to violin playing; he was apparently obsessed with articulating each note perfectly and would often spend long periods of time working out fingerings which would make passages sound more articulated.

Scott (Walter, 1771-1832). Novelist & poet. Promissory Note signed ‘Walter Scott’, Edinburgh, 7 October 1815, manuscript form made out to Scott by his publishers’ James Ballantyne & Co., for £250, signed at the foot by Scott, embossed duty stamp to left area, 85 x 200mmQty: (1)Footnote: The payment pre-dates the great financial crisis of Scott's life, caused by the failure in 1826 of various publishers, including Ballantyne's, who together lost more than £126,000, ‘Of [which] £20,000 was Scott's private debt. Some £15,000 consisted of bills drawn by Scott and accepted by James Ballantyne & Co.’ (ODNB). The present note exemplifies the reversed position in 1815.

Sondheim (Stephen, 1930-2021). American composer and lyricist. Important signed and dedicated sheet, ‘Stephen Sondheim’, [New York, 1999], being a photocopy of the first page of the autograph score of Sweeney Todd with signed presentation inscription in black fibre pen at head of the document, 1 page, folio, 35 x 28 cm, together with the associated Typewritten Letter Signed, ‘Stephen Sondheim’, [New York], 11 February 1999, informing the recipient that he does not part with original manuscript pages as 'they are all promised to the Library of Congress after my death', and further saying that he does not write musical autographs but that he would be happy to sign the present photocopy, 1 page on personal stationery, 8voQty: (2)Footnote: Extremely rare in this form.

Tosti (Francesco Paolo, 1846-1916). Italian composer. Autograph manuscript signed twice, ‘F. Paolo Tosti’, circa 1890s, being his own arrangement for piano of his song Suzon (1892), signed to the title-page and at the top of the first page of music, manuscript title (embossed stamp for 12 Mandeville Place, W., at head) and 2 pages of music on printed staves, folioQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: Christie's auction (22 May 1998, lot 208). This manuscript was found amongst the music of Princess Victoria (1865-1935), fourth child and second daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.It is logical to assume that Tosti arranged Suzon for solo piano for Princess Victoria to play (where the vocal line is not doubled in the piano part, Tosti has included those notes in his piano arrangement which suggests it is not an alternative accompaniment). However, as Tosti taught singing to some of the royal children it is also possible that he adapted it for himself to play whilst accompanying one of them.

Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, 1769-1852). Cheque signed ‘Wellington’, drawn on Messrs Coutts & Company, London, 20 December 1825, bank’s pale blue pre-printed form, completed in manuscript, payable to himself, for £200, single filing hole and cross-hatching made by the bank by way of cancellation, 80 x 180mmQty: (1)

Embroidered map. Oval map of England & Wales by Eu.[nice Denton] Birch (1777-1877), 1784, map of England and Wales divided into counties, plus the edge of Scotland, Ireland, and France, top right corner with title and maker's name within a bow-tied foliate wreath, county outlines finely worked in chenille on linen, in blue, red, green, and yellow, text worked in cross-stitch in black thread, border of sinuous flower stems worked in polychrome silks, depicting carnations, rosebuds, lilies, heartsease, and morning glory, some minor toning and colour run (mostly marginal), light stain over north Wales, 50 x 40.5 cm, gilt oval mount, framed and glazed (62.5 x 52 cm), with manuscript label on backboard pertaining to the history of the pieceQty: (1)Footnote: An attractive map sampler in unusually bright condition.The manuscript label on the verso of the frame reads: 'Inscription by Samuel Bagster on back of Eunice's map of England: "This map of England and Wales was worked by Eunice Birch at Fortescue House Boarding School, Enfield, Middlesex, in the seventh year of her age 1784. The mounting(?), the tracing of the Counties, and the embroidery round entirely done by herself"'. The inscription could be by Eunice's husband, Samuel Bagster, but it is perhaps more likely that is was by her eldest son, also named Samuel.Eunice Birch was born in St Giles, Middlesex, on 23rd August 1777, married Samuel Bagster on 19th December 1797 at St Giles in the Field, London, and died in Old Windsor, Berkshire, on 22nd August 1877 - the day before her 100th birthday. She is buried in the family grave at Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington, London Borough of Hackney.

Bagster Family Archive. An archive of Bagster manuscript and printed ephemera, mostly mid-19th to early 20th century, including 8 scrap albums with engravings, verses, biblical quotations, drawings, news cuttings, etc., 19th-century compilers include Ada Eunice Bagster, A. A. Crawshaw, Benjamin Goodman, plus a 221-page manuscript volume of religious thoughts written in the form of a letter by Eunice Bagster, Old Windsor, 13 June 1869, another manuscript exercise book with a fair copy of Recollections of Jane Arthington, a commonplace book of Maria Arthington, Hunslet Lane, May 1856, plus 2 postcard albums, 2 sketchbooks and various loose amateur drawings, a folder of embroidery patterns, 2 penmanship specimen books by Simon Crawshaw, one dedicated to his parents from Wesley Street Academy, Dewsbury, Christmas 1841, the other a manuscript arithmetic exercise book from Bramham College, May 1844, plus other ephemera including letters and correspondence, mostly small folded letters and notes from Bagster family members, plus a pair of watercolours of Birch Cottage and Maple Cottage, Old Windsor, by Waldo Sargent, c. 1860s, 185 x 250 mm, framed and glazed, and an unusual gauze-backed rolled letter from J[onathan] Bagster [1813-1872], London, 20 March 1857, to his niece Ada [1849-1941] with moralising thoughts about religious studies and other family members, written on 5 lines across 8 paper membranes, rolled on wooden spindle with tie and cylindrical linen case with Ada's name, unrolled measuring 332 x 7 cmQty: (2 cartons)

Chapbooks. The Twelve months of the year. With a picture for each month, London: Printed by Knight and Bagster, 14 Bartholomew Close. For J. Davis, No. 56, Paternoster-Row., [Between c. 1824 & 1842?], wood engraved illustrations throughout, bound with thirteen other similar chapbooks including The History of Ann Lively, and her Bible, London: Knight & Bagster for J. Davis, [Between c. 1824 & 1842?]; Little Verses for Good Children. From two to six years old, London: Knight & Bagster for J. Davis, [Between c. 1824 & 1842?]; The History of Sammy Sly. With some advice how to avoid being like him, London: Knight & Bagster for J. Davis, [Between c. 1824 & 1842?]; New Testament Characters, London: Religious Tract Society, c. 1830s?; History of Beasts, London: Religious Tract Society, c.1830s?; Mrs Lovechild's Pictures, London: Religious Tract Society, c. 1830s, etc., each chapbook bound in series (title to each with letterpress number from 27 to 40), each with wood engraved illustrations, front pastedown inscribed 'C.S.B. [Camelia Susannah Bagster] A loving remembrance of childhood from Aunt Eunice [Bagster]1873', contemporary sheep, spine with gilt title 'Short Stories' and volume number 3, extremities rubbed, 16mo in 8s (9 x 6 cm), together with:New Testament [English], The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Translated out of the Original Greek..., London: Printed and sold by C. Corrall, 1800, repaired closed tear to B1, verso of front free endpaper with ownership signature 'Eunice Bagster, no 81 Strand, May 22, 1802', all edges gilt, contemporary wallet style black morocco, extremities a little rubbed, 16mo in 8s,Bible [English], The English Version of the Polyglot Bible; containing the Old and New Testaments: with a copious and original selection of references..., facsimile large edition, London: Samuel Bagster and Sons, [1850?], some manuscript annotations and markings, loosely inserted manuscript notes, manuscript notes pasted and written to front and rear blanks and endpapers, front blank inscribed 'Old Windsor Jan 22 1850, To my beloved Eunice my home-dwelling daughter from her affectionate father Samuel Bagster' and facing leaf with mounted albumen portrait of an elderly lady (held in place with printed paper labels) and with clipped signature of Eunice Bagster below, all edges gilt, contemporary blind decorated morocco, 8vo,New Testament [English], The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, with short explanatory notes..., London: Samuel Bagster, 1831, few hand-coloured engraved maps (some double-page), verso of front free endpaper inscribed 'May Birch Johnson on her fifth Birthday from her affectionate cousin Eunice Bagster senr., Nov 2 1832', silk endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated morocco, white metal corner pieces and clasp, 16mo in 8s,Ryle (J.C.), Spiritual Songs, Colossians III. 16. Being one hundred hymns not to be found in many of the hymn books commonly used, first series, 12th edition, enlarged, Ipswich: William Hunt, 1861, front free endpaper inscribed 'Ada Eunice Bagster from her sincere friend E.L.S. 17 June 1865', all edges gilt, original limp cloth, 16mo in 8s,Bible [Hexapla], The English Hexapla: Exhibiting the six important English Translations of the New Testament Scriptures, Wiclif 1380, Genevan 1547, Tyndale 1534, Anglo-Rhemish 1582, Cranmer 1539, Authorised 1611, The Original Greek Text After Scholz, London: Samuel Bagster and Sons, [1841], title in red & black, all edges gilt, contemporary blind decorated black morocco, extremities rubbed, folio, plus other mostly 19th century theology related etc., with associations to the Bagster family Qty: (49)

Debenhams. Deed, Arrangement and Dissolution of Property belong to William Debenham, 20 January 1851, between William Debenham, William Tooley and John Smith, written in a neat manuscript on 6 vellum sheets, stitched at foot and signed at foot of final leaf by the three parties with three red wax seals, sheets approximately 44 x 68 cm, laid flat and loosely contained and displayed in a glazed wall frame with hinged upper edge and two side hooks, 70 x 84 cm overall, together with 4 related framed items, the first a warrant appointing Marshall and Snelgrove to be purveyors of linen to His Majesty, double signed by the Lord Chamberlain Cromer, a warrant appointment Messrs Debenham and Freebody to be silk mercers to Her Royal Highness Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, 29 June 1899, a Swedish warrant for Firman Debenham & Freebody, London as court suppliers, 21 June 1920, plus a reproduction colour-printed document for the arms for the Burton Group Plc, 1986, all framed and all but one glazed, 66 x 50 cm and similar sizesQty: (5)Footnote: The principal document in the lot marks the time when Pooley and Smith retired from the business in 1851 and when Debenham took his son, William, and Clement Freebody into partnership, trading as Debenham, Son & Freebody. At this time there were three shops in London, Cheltenham and Harrogate.

[Genet, Charles]. Vie et Revelations de la Soeur dite de La Nativité, Religieuse au Convent des Urbanistes de Fougères [Jeanne Le Royer], volume 1 [of 3], fair copy manuscript, no date, c. 1820, [1], 1-60, [5 blank leaves], 1-392, [90]pp., written in a neat right-sloping fair hand, with a title-page, 'Discussion Preliminaire' before the main text, the final unpaginated section headed 'Paragraphe 4ieme le Jugement General', ending with 'Fin de la 1iere Partie', contemporary ownership inscription of William Dale to front free endpaper, contemporary calf gilt with leather title label to spine, rubbed, covers detached, 4to (185 x 150 mm)Qty: (1)Footnote: Sister Jeanne de La Royer of the Nativité (1731-1798) of Fougères in Brittany became famous for her prophecies in which she predicted many things concerning the Church and the end of the world. These were written down by her spiritual director, Abbé Genet who first published her visions in the book of this title, published in Paris in 4 volumes in 1817. Genet had completed the book while living in England and it was soon copied in manuscript here multiple times with copies passing into France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, etc. A second edition appeared in 1819 with further editions and translations following thereafter.

George IV Coronation Ticket. Admission ticket to Westminster Abbey on the occasion of King George IV's Coronation, 19 July 1821, printed in black and blue with a blind-embossed border by Dobbs, manuscript instructions directing the recipient to 'The Choir, Lower Gallery, North Door' and numbered 2552, stamped signature of 'Howard of Effingham' (Deputy Earl Marshal of England at the Coronation), a little general soiling, closed tear to lower right corner, 240 x 260mmQty: (1)Footnote: There are two versions of this compound-plate printed ticket, one admitting to Westminster Hall, the other to the banquet in the Abbey. These were marked respectively 'Hall' and 'Abbey' in oval cut-outs to the left of the central motif. Seating in the Abbey was so crowded that only twenty-two and a half inches were allocated per person. The firm of H. Dobbs was founded in 1803 and pioneered the use of decorative blind-stamping for invitation cards.

Leigh (Augusta, née Byron, 1783-1851). Autograph commonplace book, 1802-1821, manuscript in brown ink on laid paper, 101 unnumbered leaves, the initial leaf signed 'Augusta Byron, May 13th 1802' in Augusta Leigh's hand, the remaining 100 unnumbered leaves with Leigh's autograph transcripts of poems and other writings rectos and versos, folio 2 verso signed 'Brighthelmstone' (i.e. Brighton), folio 3 recto signed 'June 14th 1802, Bn', folio 97 verso signed 'Stanmer, Oct 27, 1821' (see note), 53 blanks, 21 leaves to rear containing manuscript transcriptions of French poetry written upside-down in a later hand, all edges gilt, contemporary green morocco gilt, spine rubbed and worn, small chip at foot, lower outer corner of front board worn, a few marks, 4to (20.5 x 15.5 cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: pencil inscription to front free endpaper, 'From the sale by Messrs Christie, June 6. 1939, in lot 3, at 5 Carlton House Terrace, S.W.1, The Earl of Caledon's house'.Autograph commonplace book kept by Augusta Leigh (1783-1851), half-sister and alleged lover of Lord Byron, containing transcripts of hundreds of poems, extracts from novels and sermons, and other writings. Augusta appears to have started the book in 1802, a few months after the death of her grandmother Lady Holdernesse in 1801, 'the end of the only period of real security that Augusta would ever know' (Bakewell & Bakewell, Augusta Leigh, p. 49), and to have continued it until the autumn of 1821, when she visited her sister Mary, Countess of Chichester, at Stanmer Park (op. cit., p. 273). Lord Byron started a correspondence with Augusta in 1804, while he was still a student at Harrow. Contact dwindled after Augusta's marriage to Colonel George Leigh in 1807 but the pair rediscovered each other in 1813 and became intimate friends. Augusta copies poems by well-known figures such as Thomas Moore, Sir Brooke Boothby and Edward Young, as well as several women poets including Jane Bowdler, Charlotte Richardson Smith and Mary Julia Young. There are also frequent quotations from two novels: Ann Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho and Madame de Genlis's Les Mères Rivales. In many cases Augusta appears to have had a personal connection with the author, such as her relative Isabella Howard, Countess of Carlisle, whose Thoughts in the Forms of Maxims Addressed to Young Ladies she reproduces at length; Isabella was a daughter of the fourth Baron Byron, and Augusta lived for a time at the Carlisles' seat as a guest of Isabella's son Frederick (1748-1825), the fifth earl. When Augusta records extracts from longer works these are often the same sections found in contemporary magazines and anthologies, in particular Vicesimus Knox's extremely popular Elegant Extracts, first published in 1783: there is a perceptible bias in Augusta's collection to 18th-century authors.

Lincoln - Lincolnshire. A manuscript volume regarding tax rates for the improvement of the city of Lincoln, 1852, initial leaf states "A rate made levied and assessed by the Commissioners for putting into execution an Act of Parliament intituled: 'An Act for paving, lighting, watching and improving the city of Lincoln and the Bail and Close of Lincoln in the county of Lincoln and for regulating the Police therein' being a rate of eight pence in the pound for the year commencing the fifth day of August 1851 and ending on the fifth day of August 1852 - dated this sixth day of January 1852", with signatories beneath, with 119 leaves following comprising details displayed in columns listing persons, addresses, tax rates payable and payments made etc., sewing broken and all leaves loose (few leaves appear to be lacking), occasional closed tears, some dust-soiling and marks, endpapers with memorial cards and other cuttings attached, contemporary half sheep, lacking spine and boards detached, worn, folioQty: (1)

Bolitho (Hector). Victoria, the widow and her son, London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1934, colour portrait frontispiece and few plates, front blank inscribed by the author with manuscript poem "Mrs Richmond [subscriber], The Georges died: no one cried. General jubilation! Victoria reigned and regained virtue for the nation. Hector, July 11. 1934", top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, publisher's near-contemporary terracotta morocco, lightly marked, 8vo (limited edition of 40 copies produced, of which 30 were for sale numbered 1-30 and signed by the author. This copy is number 29/30, subscriber copy of Mrs Richmond, signed by the author), together with:Bolitho (Hector), Albert the Good, London: Comden-Sanderson, 1932, colour portrait frontispiece with flap, colour plates, folding pedigree, scattered spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, publisher's near-contemporary light terracotta brown morocco, gilt embossed armorial of HRH the Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha to upper board, some spotting, 8vo (limited edition of 70 copies produced, signed by the author)Qty: (2)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly translated out of the original tongues..., London: Printed by John Bill, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, 1678, additional engraved general title (torn to upper inner corner and lower outer corner, with loss, and with manuscript genealogical entries to verso, letterpress general title and New Testament titles, Apocrypha present, bound with an incomplete Book of Psalms at rear and incomplete Book of Common Prayer at front, borders red-ruled throughout volume, some margins frayed and worn, dust-soiling, without marbled free endpapers, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated morocco, spine torn with loss and boards detached, worn, 4to (24.8 x 17.5 cm), together with other miscellaneous 18th & 19th century antiquarian, including odd volumesQty: (a carton)Footnote: Bible - Herbert 738; Darlow & Moule 582.

Sherlock (William). A Discourse concerning the Divine Providence, 1st edition, London: William Rogers, 1694, early signature to upper blank margin of title and annotation to fore-margin of A2 and publisher's book list at rear (3E2), occasional minor marks, manuscript notes to endpapers (lacking front free endpaper), contemporary blind panelled calf, worn, repair at head of spine and loss of leather to one panel of spine, 4to, together with: Curnock (Nehemiah), The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M. sometime Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, enlarged from original MSS., with notes from unpublished diaries, annotations, maps, and illustrations, Standard edition, 8 volumes, London: Robert Culley, [1909-1916], monochrome plates, maps & plans (including 2 folding maps and one folding plan), top edge gilt, original sheep-backed cloth, some spines worn, 8vo, and other miscellaneous books including Our Own Country, 6 volumes, London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., [1879-1883]; Knight (Charles), Old England, new edition, 2 volumes, London: Forbes, Sangster & Co., [1860?], etc.Qty: (a carton)

Brees (Samuel Charles). Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand, 2nd edition, London: John Williams, 1848, additional engraved title (dated 1847), 65 engraved views on 21 sheets, including one double page (small repairs to verso), occasional minor spotting, manuscript prize inscription, dated 1859 pasted to front endpaper, all edges gilt, original red blindstamped cloth gilt, spine repaired, some light edgewear, folio Qty: (1)

An early 19th century lead fire mark, Royal Exchange, London, variant K, 22.5cm high, 10.5cm wide, c. 1810 - c. 1838Former collector's typed manuscript note to verso of mahogany mount (now detached from plaque): '[...] Several specimens of variant K are known the crown deliberately cut off. These are said to have come from Ireland, the crowns being cut off by nationalist policyholders.'

An 18th century Islamic manuscript

VINTAGE FOUNTAIN PENS & OTHER WRITING MEMORABILIA - a small collection to include Swan Mabie Todd with gold plated trim and gilt nib (replacement pocket clip), Conway Stewart Green Marbled case fountain pen (no nib), Mabie Todd Blackbird with 14ct gold nib, Manuscript Scholar in burgundy, Sheaffer with gilt trim and a ballpoint pen, same colour, and a glass topped white metal pencil advertising 'A M P Society, The Leading Life Office - assets - 52 million', ETC

-- Die Calcutta II-Ausgabe-- Tausend und eine Nacht. - MacNaghten, W. H. The Alif Laila or Book of the thousand nights and one night, commonly known as "The Arabian Nights' Entertainments"; Now, for the first time, published complete in the original Arabic, from an Egyptian manuscript brought to India by the late Major Turner Macan. 4 Bände. 24 x 15,5 cm. Etwas spätere Leinenbände (etwas berieben, Rücken ausgeblichen). Kalkutta, W. Thacker und London, W. H. Allen, 1839-1842.Brunet III, 1715. Graesse IV, 523. Fück 365. - Erste Ausgabe der sogenannten Calcutta II-Ausgabe, die erstmals den kompletten arabischen Text der weltberühmten Sammlung morgenländischer Erzählungen bringt, gedruckt in der Baptist Mission Press in Kalkutta. Die Editionsgeschichte des arabischen Textes kennt vier Ausgaben: Die Calcutta I -Ausgabe oder Shirwanee-Edition (1814 bis 1818 in zwei Bänden), die Bulaq oder Cairo-Edition (1835 in zwei Bänden), die Breslau-Edition (1825 bis 1838 in acht Bänden) und die vorliegende und editionsgeschichtlich besonders wichtige Calcutta II-Ausgabe oder MacNaghten-Edition, die als Grundlage für alle bedeutenden späteren Übertragungen diente, darunter auch die englische Ausgabe von John Payne and Richard F. Burton. "Première édition complète du texte arabe. Elle a été donnée d'après un manuscrit égyptien pris dans l'Inde par le major Turner Macan, et elle a eu pour éditeur sir W.-H. Macnaghten" (Brunet). "It was only in 1839-1842 that the Arabic text was edited in its entirety, by Macnaghten" (Fück). Der Band IV mit der Liste der Subskribenten. - Titel von Band I braunfleckig und mit hinterlegter Fehlstelle im unteren Rand, stellenweise etwas gebräunt oder braunfleckig, wenige Lagen stärker betroffen, sonst wohlerhalten.

Biblia de Alba. An Illustrated Manuscript Bible in Castilian with translation and commentaries by Rabbi Moses Arragel. Faksimile und Kommentar. 2 Bände. Mit 334 Miniaturen in Gold und Farben. 41 x 30,5 cm. Überaus reich blindgeprägtes dunkelbraunes OKalbsleder über 5 Bünden und schweren, leicht abgefasten Holzdeckeln mit 2 Lederschließen an 4 Messingbeschlägen sowie dreiseitigem Goldschnitt bzw. OLeder über 5 Bünden mit blindgeprägtem VDeckeltitel. Zusammen in schwerer OLeinenkassette mit 2 blindgeprägten Leder-Titelschildern und 2 Lederschlaufenschließen sowie ziegelbeigebrauner Samt-Innenausstattung samt zweier Hebebretter mit Seidenschlaufen. Madrid, Fundación Amigos de Sefarad, und London, Facsimile Editions, 1992. Eines von 300 auf einem Beiblatt nummerierten Exemplaren der "Subscribers’ Copies" (Gesamtauflage: 500). Die sogenannte Alba-Bibel wurde im Auftrage des Kammerherrn des spanischen Königs Luis Enríquez de Guzmán (600-1661), Conte de Alba und Mitglied des Ordens von Calatrava um das Jahr 1430 angefertigt. Sie umfasst das Alte Testament, das direkt aus dem Hebräischen ins mittelalterliche Kastilisch übersetzt wurde, wobei die Übersetzung unter der Leitung von Moses Arragel, einem Rabbiner der jüdischen Gemeinde von Maqueda in der spanischen Provinz von Toledo, angefertigt worden war. Zu Guzmáns Intention gehörte es auf dem Hintergrund der zunehmenden Verfolgung spanischer Sephardim im 15. Jahrhundert und besonders nach einer Reihe von antijüdischen Ausschreitungen in Madrid, die Kluft zwischen den beiden ältesten Weltreligionen zu überwinden und eine Brücke der Verständigung zwischen Christen und Juden zu bauen, indem er eine kastilische Übersetzung des Alten Testaments aus dem hebräischen Original in Auftrag gab, begleitet von Kommentaren jüdischer Gelehrter, die den Text interpretierten. So geriet die Guzman-Bibel zu einem Monument eindrucksvoller Toleranz, die das Faksimile durch das Menora-Symbol mehrfach zum Ausdruck zu bringen sucht. - In grandioser Erhaltung.

A BOX AND LOOSE 1966 WORLD CUP SOUVENIRS, PRINTS, POSTCARDS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER EPHEMERA, to include a 1966 World Cup lighter with World Cup Willie decal (sd, untested), a 1966 World Cup commemorative medal, eleven early twentieth century silk postcards, six unframed Bourne Fine Arts Publications Royal Air Force prints of 'And They Called it Manna' after Howard Bourne, a vintage William Crawford & Sons Ltd biscuit tin marked 'free sample' containing cigarette cards, a mid-twentieth century album of family photographs, illuminated manuscript style drawings, etc (sd) (1 BOX + LOOSE)

Local History. Ephemera - Kirkby Lonsdale interest. Includes; plates, engravings, printed and manuscript material, etc.

Bickersteth family. A collection of manuscript and printed material. (quantity)

**HANSONS FRANCE**  An 18th century manuscript translation of Sheridan's "The School for Scandal" as it was performed in London at the Drury Lane theater in 1777 into French, including David Garrick's prologue, leaves of different sizes, bound and held together with string, many corrections to the translation and explanations in the margins, 42 pages, 84 leaves Shipping information (to be shipped from France): Unpacked Weight: 200g, Shipping cost to UK, EU and Switzerland: £20

Pitts (Joseph) A Faithful Account of the Religion and Manners of the Mahometans..., fourth edition, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, 2 folding engraved plates, large plate of Mecca a little soiled and torn across (repaired), 3pp. advertisements at end, contemporary calf, a little worn, spine repaired, new endpapers, 12mo, for T.Longman...and R.Hett, 1738.⁂ Pitts was captured by Algerian pirates and sold into slavery in 1679. During his fifteen years of captivity he converted to Islam and accompanied his master to Cairo, Suez and Jeddah, including a pilgrimage to Mecca. This work, first published in Exeter in 1704, is the first account by an Englishman of the hajj.A later inserted manuscript note states that Sir Richard Burton carried a copy of this fourth edition with him to Mecca and that, according to Burton, the large plate of the Masjid al-Haram or Great Mosque of Mecca, is reversed.

Africa.- Ethiopia.- Haile Selassie I (Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975).- Coronation of Haile Silassie I, photograph album, 33 photographs of the coronation festivities, some related ephemera and newspaper cuttings on c. 60pp., 1f. central tear, cuttings taped down, ink ownership inscription "E. O. Springfield, The Palace, Khartoum, Sudan" to front pastedown, original printed boards, slightly rubbed and soiled, folio, [1930].⁂ An excellent album of photographs, stamps, letters and other ephemera covering the coronation of Haile Selassie I.The album was compiled by an E. O. Springfield and includes his 11-page typed account of the ceremony. Of particular note amongst the ephemera is Springfield's seat ticket for the coronation, and a manuscript letter in Amharic from the British Minster to the Empire of Ethiopia, Sir Sidney Barton, requesting safe passage for Springfield, translated as, 'Let the bearer (Mr. E.O. Springfield) pass, he is carrying food to the Emperor'. Included is a group photograph of the British delegation featuring a twenty year old Wilfred Thesiger, attended the ceremony as honorary attaché to the duke of Gloucester. Whilst British Consul-General and Minister Plenipotentiary to Addis Ababa, his father, Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger, had sheltered the Emperor's young son in 1916; the elder Thesiger died in 1920, so it was a touching tribute to the Thesiger family for the late Consul-General's son was invited to the coronation ceremony.A complete list of the ephemera is available upon request.

China.- Album of views in China and Hong Kong, 23 photographs and 23 postcards on 21pp., original cloth, gilt, oblong 4to, [c. 1920s - 30s].⁂ With the business card of Rev. A.G. Greening, a missionary teacher of Shantung (his name printed in Chinese and manuscript in English).

India.- Woman artist.- Goodfellow (H.B.) Album comprising 55 drawings and watercolours compiled from a tour of India, manuscript note to title page that reads 'Paintings done in India/ by Terry's Great Grand-/Mother - about 1855-1865/ Mrs. H.B. Goodfellows', with 54 drawings and watercolours, all but two neatly tipped onto album leaves, a few decorated with dried floral moss border, many with details, dates and locations inscribed in pencil and pen and ink on leaves or versos, some initialled 'H.J.G.', each album leaf approx. 550 x 370 mm (21 3/4 x 14 1/2 in), the drawings and watercolours vary in size between 165 x 250 mm (6 1/2 x 9 3/4 in) and 370 x 535 mm (14 1/2 x 21 in), scattered surface dirt, spotting and browning, a few nicks and handling creases, contemporary blue half calf, blue cloth boards, some loss to the head of spine, extremities rubbed, large folio, [circa 1853-1865]⁂ Impressive collection of numerous large landscapes and studies by an amateur artist who spent over a decade residing in India during the middle of the 19th century. Locations include Bijapur [or Vijayapura], Jeypore, Elephanta, Poorundhur, Surat, Sydney Point and the mountains nearby at Panchgani, Maharashtra. One of the images is inscribed 'Our house'.

Botany.- Redouté (Pierre-Joseph).- [Candolle (Augustin Pyramus de)] [Plantarum succulentarum historia, ou Histoire naturelle des plantes grasses], 2 vol., large paper copy, without titles, 169 stipple-engraved plates, printed in colours and finished by hand, tissue-guards, corresponding text, scattered spotting, faint marginal water-staining to vol. 2, index in manuscript pasted to final pastedown in both vol., contemporary half-morocco, rebacked retaining original backstrip, gilt, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Nissen BB 321], folio, [Paris], [1799-1805].⁂ This is the first work where Redouté was named on the title page, and also the first work utilising his then new technique of printing in colour from stipple engraved copper plates. This technique had been taught to him by Francesco Bartolozzi, whilst Redouté was in England. Stafleu described this work as "one of the nightmares of botanical bibliography." It was begun in 1799 and issued in fascicules, and also being abandoned and restarted twice, with several parts never published in folio format. As a result of this complicated history, complete copies are incredibly scarce, as well as most copies having varying plate counts.

Veterinary Surgeon.- Clark (Bracy, English veterinary surgeon, 1771-1860) Fragmenta Veterinaria: Veterinary Scraps, autograph manuscript, c. 130pp. excluding blanks (many entries less than half a page), slightly browned, a few autograph manuscript notes loosely inserted, 2 printed notices laid down on front pastedown, contemporary half calf, gilt, covers detached, spine defective with loss, 1856; and another, comprising: a vol. of Clark's pamphlets on veterinary subjects, including: Some Account of the Circulation of the Blood in the Foot of the Horse; On Casting Horses; A Treatise on the Bits of Horses etc., 4to (2).

Illuminated Manuscript Facsimile.- The Book of Kells. MS 58 Trinity College Dublin, 2 vol. (including commentary), one of 1480 copies, manuscript facsimile, original white kidskin, very lightly toned, housed in a black drop-back box with silver-plated metalwork and Irish knotwork designs tooled in gilt, commentary in original kidskin-backed buckram, spine a little rubbed and toned, folio, Luzern, 1990.⁂ The first full colour facsimile of the Book of Kells, an illuminated Gospel book produced in the British Isles in the ninth century. Pages are trimmed according to their original format, to replicate the look and feel of the manuscript.

Illuminated Manuscript Facsimile.- Il Libro d'Ore di Lorenzo de'Medici, 2 vol. (including commentary), one of 980 copies, manuscript facsimile, original purple velvet, 2 buttons of lapis lazuli, 8 of rose quartz, all in decorative gilt housings, gilt clasps flanked by decorative silver hearts, one lacking a chain link but working well, g.e., commentary in original navy velvet with fleur-de-lys design in gilt, Medici coat of arms to upper cover, together housed in a navy velvet clamshell box, lid with embedded Medici coat of arms in silver, two interior layers lined with white satin, a few small scratches to upper cover, lacking element of the fastening, 8vo, Modena, 2005.⁂ Facsimile of a richly illuminated late-fifteenth-century Book of Hours, commissioned by Lorenzo de' Medici as a wedding gift for one of his daughters. The manuscript is now held at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence.

Illuminated Manuscript Facsimile.- Moskauer Stundenbuch, 2 vol. (including commentary), one of 980 copies, manuscript facsimile, original calf, elaborately gilt, spine with 7 raised bands, g.e., commentary in original cloth, gilt, mounted colour illustration to upper cover, together housed in a leather clamshell box, curved lid with Moscow coat of arms in enamel, gilt fittings, interior chain split, 4to & 8vo, Gütersloh and Munich, 2007.⁂ The Moskauer Stundenbuch, or Moscow Book of Hours, is now codex f. 183, no. 446 in the National Library of Russia. The manuscript originated in Paris in the 1470s. Its rich illumination includes 17 large-format miniatures, a 24 picture calendar cycle, 173 borders and 1200 gold initials.

Statius (Publius Papinius, 1st century AD) Achilleide, manuscript on paper, i + 34 leaves, unfoliated, complete in three quires, collation: 1-212, 310, blanks: fols. 32v, 33, and 34, text block: 169x100 mm., single column, 19 lines, first above top line, ruled in red ink, text written in brown ink in littera umanistica, numerous interlinear glosses and abundant marginal glosses and/or scholia written in light brown ink in hybrida currens script, first capital letter of each capitulum set out, those on fols. 21v, 22v, 26v showing neat ink drawings of human faces, water-stain at the gutter, some stains, a few wormholes to blank lower margin, some pen trials on front flyleaf and last blank leaves, pencil bibliographical notes to front flyleaf, contemporary brown leather over wooden boards, lower cover with lily-shaped metal clasp with a lamb holding the Christian banner, strap missing, author's name and title ('statius achil.') inked on lower cover, both covers stained, some rubbing and worming, spine damaged at extremities, 281 x 200 mm., [Northern Italy, late fourteen century].⁂ A generally well-preserved manuscript in an unrestored and attractive binding.Text:An important and unrecorded fourteenth-century manuscript of the Achilleide, written by Statius in 95-96 C.E., and left unfinished. The Achilleid enjoyed a wide success in late antiquity and commentaries on it were composed in the Carolingian period and early Middle Ages. The manuscript presents as explicit the spurious verse "aura silet puppis currens ad littora venit", which is found in Statius' manuscript tradition starting from the 11th century. On the recto of the last leaf the anonymous scribe has copied the text of the Epitaphium Achillis (see Riese, Anthologia Latina, I, 2, no. 630), which is attested in two other manuscripts dating from the late fourteenth century, respectively in the Biblioteca Riccardiana in Florence (ms 1223.C) and in the Biblioteca Universitaria in Genoa (ms E.II.8). A further point of interest of the present codex lies in its copious marginalia, glosses and scholia, which offer numerous variant readings. The provenance of this manuscript has an interesting Genoese connection: between the end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century the manuscript passed through the hands of members of the first families of the Genoa Republic: the D'oria (or Doria), Spinola and Grimaldi families. Among these owners the name of Giovanni Battista Grimaldi is especially noteworthy. In his palace in Genoa he assembled a beautiful library, which included Latin classical texts as well as contemporary vernacular works, and his humanist preceptor Claudio Tolomei (ca. 1492-1556) had an important role in forming the collection. He paid great attention to the bindings of his volumes, and employed the best and most sought after binders such as Niccolò Franzese and Marcantonio Guillery. Grimaldi was a friend of Niccolò Spinola, whose ownership inscription is also to be found in this manuscript: it is therefore possible to hypothesise an exchange of books between these two distinguished Genoese patricians. Provenance:Andreolo D'Oria (fifteenth-century ownership inscription on recto of front flyleaf 'Nobili Domino Andriolo de Auria'; Niccolò Spinola (sixteenth-century ownership inscription on recto of front flyleaf 'Nicolaus Spinula me possidet'; Giovanni Battista Grimaldi (1524-1612; ownership inscription on verso of fol. 33 'Gio: Batt[ist]a Grimaldo'; Alessandro [Grimaldi ?] (ownership inscription on verso of fol. 34 'Alexandro', maybe the son of Giovanni Battista Grimaldi).Literature:P. M. Clogan, "A Preliminary List of Manuscripts of Statius' Achilleid"; Idem, The Medieval Achilleid of Statius edited with Introduction, Variant Readings, and Glosses, Leiden 1968; H. Anderson, The Manuscripts of Statius, Washington, D.C. 2000; A. Hobson, Apollo and Pegasus. An Enquiry into the Formation and Dispersal of a Renaissance Library, Amsterdam 1975.

Law of Succession.- [Settlement of Succession], manuscript in Latin, 15pp., signed at end and with the blind-stamp of the notary Bernardus Luppus Aretinus, water-stained (mostly to lower inner gutters) and with marginal worm trace and small holes, occasional spotting, modern marbled boards, small 4to, no place, [c. 1450].⁂ On the settlement of succession, including the validity of wills. With numerous references to specific statutes and laws.

Book of Hours, Use of Rome, manuscript in Latin, on paper, 165 leaves only, in a late gothic cursive bookhand, between 27 & 29 lines, in black and red ink, rubricated, some 3-line initials, numerous 1 & 2-line initials in red and blue, red and blue line fillers, some ff. with ruling in red, some letters with elongated ascenders and descenders, note in French crossed out in lower margin of 1f., lacks Calendar, 5 leaves of additional prayers (ff. 31, 32, 38, 39 and 44) in the same cursive hand, ff.1 & 2 on vellum cut down and mounted without loss, f.3 on paper cut down and mounted with loss, 10ff. corners in lower margins strengthened with paper, 1f. with tear in inner margin, some ff. with slight staining in margins, ff. at beginning and end working loose, later endpapers, indistinct ink stamp on front free endpaper, bookplate of the Jesuit Library of Vals (Vaals, Netherlands), 19th century calf, rubbed, remains of gilt spine, label "506" on spine, small tear at head of spine, leaves 182 x 126mm., [Flanders], [c. 1480].⁂ Provenance: Jesuit Library in Vaals, Netherlands, 19 century; From the Library of Barbara Reynolds (1914-2015), Italian scholar, lexicographer, and translator.

Medieval Prayerbook, [Die souter], manuscript in Dutch, on thick paper, in a gothic cursive bookhand, 204ff. (1 blank f.), in brown and red ink, between 28 and 31 lines, rubricated, 1 8-line initial, a few other 6-line and 4-line initials in red and blue with ink penwork decoration, numerous 2-line initials in red, one early initial offset, a few small holes in some margins repaired, slightly browned, 19th & 20th century ink provenance notes on fly-leaf, 19th century half calf, rubbed, some surface wear, joints splitting, spine split but holding, leaves 204 x 136mm., [Netherlands], [c. 1480].⁂ A prayer book, probably for a woman. Provenance: From the Library of Barbara Reynolds (1914-2015), Italian scholar, lexicographer, and translator.Provenance: (1). Monastery of Our Lady of Nazareth at Lier (Duchy of Brabant); suppressed in 1797.(2). Barbara Reynolds (1914-2015), Italian scholar, lexicographer, and translator.

Tuscany.- Notarial ledger, manuscript in Latin on paper, 188ff., including blanks, various secretarial hands, some foxing, occasional staining, vellum pastedowns from a 12th century Italian Bible, contemporary limp reversed calf, with cord ties, concave spine, a few wormholes, some staining, cocked, preserved in a modern board drop-back box, 4to (282 x 212mm.), [Lucca], [late 15th century]. ⁂ Contains 35 records of transactions from the area in and around Lucca, including some relating to the church of San Bartholomeo de Castallo and the abbey at Monte Oliveto. The contemporary binding is a good example of an Italian account book style for this period and preserves a passage from Jeremiah in 12th century manuscript as pastedowns.Provenance: Joseph Pope, acquired from Bernard Rosenthal in 1983; Bergendal MS51.

Pasquinade.- Dialogo di Marforio e di Pasquino, manuscript in Italian, in an italic hand, title and 148pp., last 13pp. later and in a different hand, pen and ink figure "Italy in Chains" laid down on f., title and first 3pp. and last 11pp. at end loose, slightly browned, contemporary limp calf, blind stamped centre pieces on both covers, slightly creased and darkened, sm. 4to, 1620 and 1625.⁂ The manuscript contains a dialogue between Marforio and Pasquino, from the point of view of an Italian, on the political events of the time. These events cover the ambitions of Spain and the reasons for Hungary and Bohemia expelling King Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, in 1618 when they set up the Elector Frederick V of the Rhineland Palatinate and began the Thirty Years War.Provenance: From the Library of Barbara Reynolds (1914-2015), Italian scholar, lexicographer, and translator.

Italian verse.- [Chiesa (Sebastiano, friar, of Reggio, 1602-66)] [Capitolo fratesco], manuscript in Italian, in a fine Italic hand, on paper, c. 480pp., slightly browned, Barbara Reynolds copy with her ink inscription on front free endpaper "Bought from Cantoni, Milan", later endpapers, 19th century patterned boards, slightly rubbed and browned, edges uncut, sm. 4to, [Italy], [late 17th century].⁂ Unpublished 17 century Italian poem.The Capitolo is a humorous and satirical poem on the life of friars. Consisting of sixteen cantos the poem is a collection of stories portraying the daily life in a monastic community.Barbara Reynolds (1914-2015), Italian scholar, lexicographer, and translator.

Logic.- Aranha (Sylvestre, Jesuit, philosopher, 1689-1768) Disputationes..., 2 parts in 1, manuscript in Latin, 2 titles and 550pp., general title ink stamp "Disputationes" and rest in manuscript, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, gilt panelled spine, red morocco label, gilt, slight wear, sm. 4to, [?Spain], [c. 1750].⁂ Provenance: Provenance: From the Library of Barbara Reynolds (1914-2015), Italian scholar, lexicographer, and translator.

Italian verse.- [Chiesa (Sebastiano, friar, of Reggio, 1602-66)] Capitolo fratesco Prurito geniale di Fra Tisabesano Sechia, manuscript in Italian, c. 597pp., manuscript title with engraved border and 16 engraved plates (7 by Jacques Callot), a few small stains, slightly browned, Barbara Reynolds copy with her ink inscription on front free endpaper "Presented to Barbara Reynolds by Professor A.B. Cook Aug. 29, 1947. Cambridge", 19th century marbled endpapers, 18th century gilt calf spine laid down on later calf-backed boards, spine split, new leather and gilt label, 8vo, [Italy], [18th century].Provenance: From the Library of Barbara Reynolds (1914-2015), Italian scholar, lexicographer, and translator.

Italian plays.- Rocchetti (Antonio D., dramatist) David Rizio, Tragedia, autograph manuscript in Italian, title and 87pp. only, 2pp. (pp. 83-86 removed after censorship), central folds, a few ff. small stains at head, slightly browned, ink stamps of the "Censura dir Firenxe" on each page, bookplate of Cardinal Nina of Recanati on title, contemporary polished calf, upper joint splitting, [Senigallia], dated at end 14th April 1847; and another, earlier Italian play, ?Ferd. Porri, Leandro, folio (2).⁂ Rochetti, a friend of Pope Pius IX, unable to obtain permission to print this drama on Mary Queen of Scots in the form he had written it, withdrew it from publication in consequence of this interference by the Florentine Censor. Provenance: After the playwright's death the manuscript was purchased by Cardinal Nina of Recanati. Every page of the manuscript bears a large stamp with the arms of Tuscany, surrounded by the legend "Censura di Firenze"; From the Library of Barbara Reynolds (1914-2015), Italian scholar, lexicographer, and translator.

Yorkshire, East Riding.- Charter, grant by Robert de Cauz to Simon his son of half of his arable land and capital messuages in Dringhoe, witnesses: Robert of Ulrome, Theobald of Ulrome, ?Henry de Lasey and others, manuscript in Latin, in a fine charter hand, 9 lines, in black ink, lacks seal, some small holes slightly affecting a few letters, folds, browned, 74 x 175mm., [c. 1180].⁂ During the period 1182-1197 Robert de Cauz gave to Meaux Abbey six bovates of land in Dringhoe.Dringhoe, approximately 5.5 miles north of Hornsea to the west of Skipsea Brough.

13 century royal cook.- Eleanor of Provence (Queen of England, consort of Henry III, c. 1223-91).- Lovel (Henry, royal cook in the household of Eleanor of Provence) Charter, agreement between Hugh G[er]negan and Henry Lovel, cook of her ladyship the Queen, that Hugh has demised to Henry his manor of 'harpefeld' [Harpsfield, Hatfield, Hertfordshire] with all its tenants' homages and lands, services, referring to a rent in St. Albans etc. as received by Hugh and Ela his wife to farm [lease] for four years from the feast of All Saints 44 Henry III [1 Nov. 1259] for ten marks [£6 13s. 4d.] a year, payable in the King's hall at Westminster, witnesses: Sir William de Hecham, Robert de Ehelniaresford and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 24 lines, in a handsome bookhand, indented chirograph form, without seal, 2 small wormholes, folds, slightly creased, small stain, slightly browned, 230 x 255mm., 1259.⁂ Lovel is mentioned in the Fine Rolls of Henry III. "5 November 1256For Master Henry Lovel. The king has granted by his charter to Master Henry Lovel, the queen's cook, a certain place at Crochefeld' in the parish of Bray which contains ten acres and the fourth part of one acre by the king's perch of 20 feet to have to him and his heirs forever, rendering therefor 41d. per annum to the bailiff of Bray who shall be at that time for the king's use for all service etc."

Lincolnshire.- Epworth sermons.- Sermons, manuscript, c.196pp., numerous corrections to text, closely trimmed, touching text, occasional chipping, a few repairs, occasional staining, lightly browned, 19th century half calf, spine gilt, spine chipped at head and lower joint, covers stained, rubbed, 8vo, [c.1660-70].⁂ Sermons from the birthplace of Methodism. A working manuscript of sermons in a small hand, with each page densely packed. They were preached at Epworth and Doddington, with some being signed off with the place and date of preaching. At the time James Gardiner had the living of Epworth, which was later the birthplace of Methodism. John Wesley was soon after rector of the parish, and his sons John and Samuel were born there. Includes 'Thanksgiving for victory at sea upon the Dutch', 1666.

Berkshire Estate Map, White Waltham.- Mar (William, surveyor) A Mapp of Land belonging to Feenes House in ye Parish of White Waltham in ye County of Berks, manuscript estate map with watercolour wash in green, yellow, red and blue, on vellum, folds, small brown stain in centre, some slight soiling, 540 x 630mm., 1689.⁂ Feenes, now called Ffiennes. White Waltham, 3.5 miles west of Maidenhead.

Oxford, Tuscany, Venice & Rome.- Nicols (William, Latin poet and Church of England clergyman, 1655-1716) Copy of letter from William Nicols to Sir John Percival in defence of Mysteries, 25pp., dated 1679/80 [but 18th century] bound with 5 other manuscripts, comprising: 3 on Tuscany, 1 on the Republic of Venice and "Explication of the Abreviation of Roman letters on Medalls &c given me by Ficeroni the Antiquary [Francesco de' Ficoroni (1664-1747), Italian antiquary] at Rome 1708", all but the first manuscripts in Italian, all but the first 265pp., Contents f. at beginning loose, a few ff. with marginal tears, slightly browned, manuscript contents f. loose at beginning, bound in 18 century calf, gilt, rubbed, upper joint splitting, gilt panelled spine, 8vo, [18 century].⁂ A Grand Tour volume. Provenance: From the notes on the Contents leaf: (1) "Mr Nichols letter to Sr Jo. Percival my father", Sir John Percival (d. 1686), of Ballamachow, co. Cork, Ireland, Bt., Christ Church, matriculated, 1676 (2) "Explication... given me by Ficeroni...", probably compiled by Sir John Perceval, first earl of Egmont (1683-1748), politician and diarist; first Governor of Georgia.

Morrice/Ducarel & related families.- Collection of documents, correspondence and genealogical notes relating to the Morrice and related families, including: 5 military commissions made out to William Morrice (3 signed by George II and 2 signed by George III), 1754-71; 2 manuscript versions of a poem, "Lines addressed to Lady Clive on Receiving a Print of Lord Clive", 1790; conveyances and mortgages; correspondence relating to business and social affairs (including an ALs from Adrian Ducarel to his future wife Elizabeth Hamilton in Rotterdam; Als from H.J. Vernon regarding a visit to London, "we went to Drury Lane (at ½ price) and saw the Black-eyed Susan & the Devil on Two Sticks"); Certificate of proof of baptism made out to Owen Wright in Deal, Kent, manuscript on vellum, 1656; genealogical notes and pedigrees etc., manuscripts, most on paper, some on vellum, folds, browned, some creased, v.s., v.d. [17th - 20th centuries, most 19th & 20th centuries] (qty).

Beginning of the Anglo-Spanish War.- Gibraltar.- Berkeley (James, third Earl, First Lord of the Admiralty) Orders to Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Wager to commence hostilities with Spain, manuscript, bifolium, 1p. of orders, signed at foot by Berkeley & others, docket title, folds, some strengthened, little spotting, lightly browned, 298 x 188mm., 4th March 1726.⁂ Triggered by Spain's failed attempt to capture Gibraltar, and Britain's unsuccessful blockade of Portobelo. It was a short war (1727-29), ending with the Treaty of Seville.

Locke (John) .- Law.- Callaghan (Robert) The contractions of Mr. Lock's Essay concerning humane understanding by Robt. Callaghan, manuscript, 101pp., within a commonplace book with an additional 151pp. of mostly legal notes, a few ff. working loose, occasional spotting and mostly light staining, lightly browned, upper joint split, contemporary vellum, 'To be kept' inscribed in ink on lower cover, foot of spine worn, horizontal cut to lower cover, soiled, small 4to, [?Dublin], 1731-33.⁂ A systematic and erudite summary of Locke's Essay up to the tenth chapter of Book IV by an 18th century Irish lawyer. In the second part of the volume Callaghan discusses specific legal cases, including Sir William Pelham (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the 16th Century) and 'Lord Strafford ... Lieutenant of Ireland' (probably Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford and Lord Deputy of Ireland), and looks at the operations of different types of courts and the roles of officials within them. He also considers the differences between Irish and English law, and outlines the definitions 'of crimes & misdemeanors', including high treason, manslaughter, arson and kidnapping. Moving away from the Law we find discussion of natural law and metaphysics, and a seemingly unpublished 17pp. work of physics, beginning 'De objectu physices'. The compiler is possibly Robert Callaghan of Dublin, alumnus of Trinity College, The Middle Temple in London, and King's Inns back in Dublin, which he joined in or around 1733 (the latest year documented in the present manuscript). He later followed in his father's footsteps and became a Member of Parliament.

1745 Rebellion.- Stuart (Charles Edward Stuart, known as the Young Pretender and Bonnie Prince Charlie, 1720-88).- Money Borowed of ye Following persons to pay what ye Rebells extorted from ye Town of Salford 10th December 1745 for which mr Dickenson & my Selfe gave our joints notes payable in 3 months, manuscript, 18pp., stitched as as issued, spine repaired, unbound, slightly foxed and browned, Britannia watermark, 320 x 104mm., 1745.⁂ The Young Pretender invaded England on 31 October 1745 and marched through Carlisle, Preston and Manchester before stopping at Derby and retreating. He enjoyed widespread popular support on the journey south, particularly at Preston, Manchester and Salford, but very few joined his army.

Mathematics of trades.- John LLoyd his accoumpt book, 2 parts in 1, manuscript, 180 + c.104pp., numerous diagrams, the odd table or illustration, second part pp.11-12 torn out, some repaired tears with loss of text in most instances, a few ff. loose, stained, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, rebacked, soiled, small 4to, 13th December, 1748.⁂ A comprehensive work that includes, timber, glazing, plastering, and chimneys.

Dorset Estate Map, Cheddington.- Donne (Samuel, surveyor, of Melbury Osmond, near Yeovil) An Accurate Map and Survey of Several Farms and Tenements Situate within the Manor of Cheddington... the Property of Thomas Bishop of Weeks Court near Bridport..., manuscript estate map in pen and ink and boundaries highlighted in red, on vellum, soiled and creased, 790 x 755mm., 1763; and another estate map relating to Weston Farm in the Manor of Costom, 1763, v.s. (2).⁂ Chedington, 4 miles southeast of Crewkerne.This lot is sold subject to the Manorial Documents Rules and cannot be exported from England and Wales.The purchaser of the documents must notify the Secretary of the Historical Manuscripts Commission of their acquisition and provide details of where they will be kept.

America.- New Hampshire bastardy laws.- A group of 9 eighteenth century manuscript documents relating to violations of bastardy laws, folds, some with small holes at folds, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, v.s., Rockingham County, NH, 1766-91.⁂ Detailing events that led to women falling pregnant out of wedlock. 'Labourer came to her into the chamber of the said house and by wheedling & promises of great ?kindings prevailed with her & then & there had carnal knowledge of her body whereby she is now pregnant of a child likely to be born a Bastard'.

Oxfordshire Estate Map, Williamscot.- Jennings (J., surveyor and delineator) Plan of the Estate, at Williamscot, Wardington & Bourton in the County of Oxford Belonging to John Loveday, manuscript estate map in pen and ink and green watercolour wash boundaries, on vellum, some slight soiling, 680 x 800mm., 1786.⁂ Williamscot, 4 miles northeast of Banbury.

Genealogy.- Langham/Musgrave family.- Pedigree roll of the line of descent from Edward I to Sir James Langham Bt. and children, manuscript on a single vellum membrane, hand-coloured line of descent from Edward I and manuscript names within roundels, ending with the children of Sir James Langham & his wife Juliana Musgrave, short tear in left corner not affecting pedigree, some slight surface wear, slightly browned, 307 x 804mm., [c. 1790s].⁂ A pedigree roll drawn up in support of Langham's appeal for a peerage in right of his wife, Juliana Musgrave who could trace her lineage back to Edward I, and through his youngest daughter, Elizabeth's (1282-1316) marriage to Humphrey de Bohun, fourth earl of Hereford and ninth earl of Essex (c. 1276-1333). Langham, in a letter to William Pitt, 4 January 1788, requested "the high honour of an English peerage", pleading his service in the army, his estate of "unencumbered landed property in Northamptonshire and Somersetshire of £10,000 p.a.", and his connections with the aristocracy. Langham's appeal failed with Pitt declining to raise him to the peerage. Langham's son tried again some years later and was similarly unsuccessful. Sir James Langham, seventh Baronet of Cottesbrooke (1736-95) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1784 to 1790. He was the son of William Langham and his wife Mary Drought, daughter of Anthony Drought. He inherited the baronetcy from his uncle Sir John Langham, sixth Baronet in 1766. He was sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1767, and elected Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire in 1784, holding seat until 1790. Langham married Juliana Musgrave (1741-1810), daughter of George Musgrave (1717-42) of Nettlecombe and Combe Sydenham in Somerset, and sister and heiress of Thomas Musgrave (1741-66). By his wife he had four children including the eldest son and heir, Sir William Langham, eighth Baronet (1771-1812); and younger son, Sir James Langham, tenth Baronet (1776-1833). The roll includes the names of Sir James' & Juliana's children, William, Marianne, Charlotte & James.