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Belfast Banking Company Limited, £10, 1 January 1943, serial number A/N 1315, manuscript McFadden signature, minor graffiti on reverse, original very fine and a scarcer signature PMI BB 74, Pick 128b £80-£120

Ulster Bank Limited, £1, 1 October 1924, serial number 616005, manuscript Reid signature, a few pinholes, original fine PMI UB 39, Pick 388a £120-£160

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £20, 5 June 1965, serial number E7413, manuscript Williamson signature, graffiti on reverse, lightly pressed about very fine, scarce PMI BB 80, Pick 129d £120-£160

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £50, 3 February 1943, serial number B.5641, manuscript Smyth signature, no pinholes or graffiti, original paper, good fine to about very fine, a very scarce date with only 2000 notes printed PMI BB 84, Pick 130c £200-£260

Ulster Bank Limited, £5, 1 August 1929, serial number 81414, manuscript McKelvey signature, and £1, 1 January 1940, serial number A165701, manuscript Williams signature, clean and fresh examples, about very fine and good fine respectively (2 notes) PMI UB 48a, 56, Pick 307, 315a £100-£150

National Bank of Scotland Limited, £20, 16 May 1935, serial number A108-916, Drever signature, and one manuscript signature, original good fine, very scarce PMS NA 59, Pick 260a £300-£400

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £10, 8 April 1938, serial number A/C 5513, manuscript Keith signature, original good very fine PMI BB 74, Pick 128b £80-£120

Ulster Bank Limited, £50, 1 March 1941, serial number 2911, manuscript Williams signature, a few pinholes and one handstamp on reverse, an attractive good fine, scarce PMI UB 60, Pick 319 £120-£160

Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd, £1, 1 October 1914, serial number Q12977, manuscript signature, about fine and an attractive example PMI PR 65, Pick 337 £240-£300

Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd, £1, 1 September 1894, serial number A/R 15965, manuscript signature, split and rejoined, minor graffiti, fresh and original good fine, very scarce PMI PR 58, Pick 331a £150-£200

Ulster Bank Limited, £1, 1 April 1925, serial number 861654, manuscript Reid signature, minor graffiti on reverse, one pair of staple holes, original about very fine and a very attractive clean example PMI UB 39, Pick 388a £120-£160

An old Indonesian lontar palm-leaf manuscript bound between wooden boards. with scripted text, 60cm length

Lloyd (William Watkiss) (1813-1893)The Battles of the Ancients - From Marathon to Phars-Alus. Original manuscript work for the Journal of Hellenic Studies 1878-1888. With some accompanying correspondence. Half calf (260 x 210mm) plus a 19th century manuscript indexed notebook and in poor condition, perhaps the same but more casual hand (2) Provenance: From the Estate of Patrick Dockar-Drysdale

Two Watkiss-Lloyd Family. Manuscript Commonplace books with entries including poems and drawings by several family members c1825. Red and green cloth and a manuscript textbook with extensive writings relating to the study of the Works of William Shakespeare, Both in much used condition (3) (Note see Lot 535) Provenance: From the Estate of Patrick Dockar-Drysdale

Fitzgerald (Edward) Translator'The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam'. Intro by and manuscript inscription to Stopford Brooke by E.D. Ross December 15 1900. Methuen, London 1900. Riviere. Half calf and marbled boards (190 x 122mm) plus three further copies (4) Provenance: From the Estate of Patrick Dockar-Drysdale

Monckton Milnes (Richards Ist Baron Houghton) (1809-1885) English Poet and Politician'Selections from Poetical Works'. Murray, London 1863. With tipped in portrait, green cloth. Plus 'Some Writings and Speeches...In the Last Year of His Life'. With dedication by Lady Galway, August 1888. Chiswick Press. Vellum (214 x 160mm). Robert Offley Ashburton, 2nd Lord Houghton, Gleanings from Béranger 1889. With tipped in letter, vellum. Stained and bumped. Plus five manuscript letters from Lord Houghton to a 'Miss Allen' (3 +) Provenance: From the Estate of Patrick Dockar-Drysdale

Beale (Sophia) (1837-1920) British Painter and AuthorA collection of manuscript documents relating to published and unpublished work and a folio of associated sheet music (qty) Provenance: From the Estate of Patrick Dockar-Drysdale

Mazzini (Giuseppe) Italian Politician (1805-1872)A copy of a pencil drawing of Giuseppe Mazzini and Benjamin Jowett. Framed with a manuscript note from Mazzini and a manuscript letter from Jowett to a Mrs Siddell dated March 22. Provenance verse, 55 x 22cm overall in loose cord. Mount torn and stained

MINIATURE BOOKS - DAVID BRYCEA fine and extensive collection of miniature books, mostly published by David Bryce & Son of Glasgow, including: --[Qur'an] The 'Mite Koran', photolithographic reduction, printed in Arabic, with facsimile attestation at end, patterned endpapers, red morocco gilt, 27 x 19 mm. [Bondy p.111-2], [c.1900]--'Smallest English Classic in the World': Thomas Gray, An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, green roan, 17 x 13mm. [Bondy p.113-4], 1911--The Smallest English Dictionary in the World, later purple goatskin with multiple gilt fleur-de-lys all over design, 29 x 23mm. [Bondy p.107, 'this miracle of of miniature book production... easily readable']--[Qur'an], facsimile of an illuminated manuscript, in Maghribi script, decorative gilt limp leather, 23 x 18mm., [Cairo, c.1930], the last 2 contained in a model wooden school desk--[Chained Bibles] 'Smallest Bible in the World', The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, 2 copies, illustrations, dark and light brown blind-stamped roan respectively, with magnifier in pocket inside front cover, 42 x 30mm., both chained to a model wooden lectern (the first with with printed label on lectern, tear to joint, the second with defective title-page, covers loose and lacking backstrip, chain detached from lectern), [Bondy p.109], [1911]; with another copy of the very small New Testament (see no. 10 below), chained to a small silver-plated model lectern--'The Smallest Bible in the World': The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, illustrations, red gilt-tooled roan, with magnifier in pocket at front (this cover detached), 42 x 30mm., 1896--'Burns Family Bible': The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, illustrations, blind-stamped limp calf and original tartan-covered hinged wooden case, with printed label 'Smallest Bible in the World with Burns' Family Register in the Poet's Handwriting', 45 x 30mm. [Bondy p.110]--'Illustrated Miniature Bible': The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, illustrations, dark purple roan, elaborately gilt with title on front cover, preserved in original metal locket with gilt-lettered red roan front panel and inset magnifier (case worn), 43 x 30mm. --Robert Burns, Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, reduced facsimile of the first edition, publisher's stiff printed wrappers, 29 x 20mm. [Bondy p.113], Kilmarnock, 1786 [but Glasgow, c.1900]--Golden Thoughts from Great Authors, 2 copies, dark red and dark blue limp calf, 29 x 20mm. [Bondy p.113]--[Midget Library], 12 vol. including The Smallest French and English Dictionary in the World by F.E.A. Gasc [cf. Bondy p.107]; Tiny Alphabet of Animals and Tiny Alphabet of Birds [cf. Bondy, p.72]; The New Testament [cf. Bondy p.111, 'staggeringly small', 20 x 16m.], 1925; Old English, Scotch and Irish Songs with Music [Bondy, p.113] and a Koran, all in red roan gilt (the Koran elaborately so), all housed in original single wooden stand with hinged metal and glass front (metal worn) --Tennyson, [Works], 4 vol., limp green roan, spines darkened, preserved in single open case with embossed metal surround, each 52 x 35mm. --'Finger Post Series for the Pocket': Ambulance Hints; Daily Food for Daily Life, 2 vol., both with double-page title and text, uniform maroon and dark green roan respectively, upper cover with gilt illustration of a signpost and gate, 77 x 25mm. --'The Finger Prayer Book': The Book of Common Prayer, limp blue roan, blue silk endpapers, slightly soiled and worn at spine end, housed in open metalwork carrying case with chain, 90 x 30mm., Oxford University Press and Henry Frowde, [c.1900]--Charles Dickens [Christmas Books], 'Oxford India paper Edition', 5 vol. including a Christmas Carol, limp red roan gilt, spines darkened, preserved in single open case with embossed metal surround, each 52 x 35mm., Henry Frowde, 1904-1906; another set, 5 vol., dark red limp roan, spines faded and rubbed, 50 x 37mm., Henry Frowde, 1904--Walter Scott, [Works], 6 vol., light blue pictorial cloth, spine gilt, housed in tartan-covered wooden box hinged at top and bottom, with inset portrait and illustration to front, 86 x 62mm., New York, F.A. Stokes [D. Bryce on spines]--The Illustrated Pocket Shakespeare, 8 vol., 2 sets, red and blue (larger format) cloth respectively, spines gilt; Burns's Poetical Works, Pearl Edition, 6 vol., blue pictorial cloth; 7 Midget Library volumes (including 3 copies each of the Smallest English Dictionary and Smallest French & English Dictionary, red roan, some spines worn or torn); Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, double-page text, decorative green roan, slightly worn; 4 'Thumb Series' volumes (Autograph, Confession, Gazetteer, Book of Bible, cloth); 8 volumes by Scott, cloth; Burns's Poems, tartan cloth; and 2 others, all contained in a glass-fronted bookcase with 3 shelves--Shakespeare, 'The Smallest and Daintiest Standard Set of Shakespeare in the World' (Bryce catalogue), 40 vol., limp roan in various colours, some with spines worn/defective or covers detached, in original sycamore revolving bookcase, c.51 x 34mm. [cf. Bondy p.114-5]Glasgow, David Bryce unless otherwise stated, dates where given; and c.70 other miniature books, mostly published by Bryce (see Condition Report), with one exception all in original publisher's bindingsFootnotes:THE SMALLEST BOOKS IN THE WORLD: AN EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION OF MINIATURE VOLUMES, mostly produced by the Glasgow publisher David Bryce & Son, often in collaboration with Henry Frowde at the Oxford University Press. In a short space of time Bryce went from the position of a relatively unknown publisher to that of a vastly successful entrepreneur, using the latest printing technologies to produce 'more wee books than the total world production up to that time' (James Henderson, 'David Bryce & Son', The News-letter of the LXIV-mos, no. 11, 15 October 1928). As Bryce wrote in 1876, 'I descended to the miniature, mite and midget size, producing a little dictionary, the smallest in the world, in a locket accompanied by a magnifying glass. I had many a scoff and jeer as to the absurdity of the production, nevertheless it at once appealed... and its sales are now over 100,000.'Some of the books in the collection are housed in original or specially made boxes, cases and other furniture - including two large glass-fronted bookcases which contain some of the largest and smallest volumes. The collection contains many of the books described in the chapter devoted to Bryce in Louis Bondy's Miniature Books, 1981, including the Qur'an, the English and French & English dictionaries, Gray's Elegy (the smallest Bryce book, 'exceedingly rare... at one time said not to exist'), three Bibles chained to model lecterns, the facsimile of Burns' Poems, and several of the sets such as the 'Ellen Terry Shakespeare'.The 'Mite Koran', in its distinctive red, blue or black leather bindings with a circular void in the gilt pattern, was a photolithographic reduction of two different Ottoman editions, and was printed on India paper specially produced for Bryce by Henry Frowde at the Oxford University Press. The two copies of the Qur'an included here are both the variant described by Nick McBurney as the '1871 Bryce', easily distinguished from the '1884 Bryce' (which was based on a different Istanbul edition) by the inclusion of the signatures and seals of ten Islamic scholars at the end. It is often noted that these Qur'ans were issued to Muslim soldiers fighting in World War I, but in fact they were printed on an industrial scale for export to the Arab world, where they were mostly carried as keepsakes rather than used for reading. 'Printed by the thous... This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 19th century Burmese Gilt Wooden Buddhist Folding Manuscript, illustrations to one side, scriptures to the other, possibly Shan, Burma or Myanmar, W.40cm

A pair of Tibetan or North Indian Buddhist manuscript covers, mounted with turquoise and coral, the other sides depicting paintings of Buddhas, L.34.5cm

A pair of Tibetan or North Indian Buddhist manuscript covers, mounted with turquoise and coral, the other sides depicting paintings, L.45.5cm

A large 19th century Thai Buddhist manuscript with illustrations, within wooden box, over 1.5metres,

Book of Hours, 14th/15th century, 42 leafs, one illuminated manuscript, in Latin, on vellum, later binding, 19cm x 13cmManuscript on vellum, in Latin, 42 leaves (last page blank with inked lines), not including blank modern flyleaves.Text on single column, 16 lines ruled in pink ink, gothic textualis semi quadrata in brown ink, some lines rubricated, regular punctuation. Some ligature in dei, capital letters mainly colored alternate in red and blue, a few enriched with human expressions or flourish interlining. Illuminated miniature on fol. 39 with capital letter gilt historiated with foliating motif in blue and red paint, embedded in richly blossoming decorations along three borders. Very wide and fresh margins, some later marginalia and notes on a few leaves. Internal brown stain on fol. 25, some very light foxing and browning, a few wormholes, otherwise in very good condition. The manuscript comes in two separate parts as the binding got severely damaged along the spine, not affecting any of the leaves. Later ink decorated wrappers on cardboard, 8vo (190x130 mm), (text 165 x 100 mm), Northern Europe, [14th / 15th century]. Devotional work including the Septem Salmi Penitentiales, the Pater Noster, prayers for the dead, hymns, orationes, litanies. The illustrated miniature inaugurates the section of prayers dedicated to the veneration of the Virgin Mary, as clearly announced by the two rubricated lines in the central part of the text.Litanies: each line begins with a 1-line initial "S" alternating red and blue; the names of the Saints are written on the same line as "Or[a pros nobis]" but are separated from it by line fillers or alternating bands of the same colors of the initials.

Grant of Arms Manuscript & Victoria Regina box for Fairfax Blomfield Wade-Palmer to use the name Palmer, illuminated manuscript with four armorial bearings, each finely painted and gilt heightened, blue double-rule border, navy silk tags with two seals in brass skippets, in original box with applied VR monograms, manuscript size 70cm x 53cm. Note: Fairfax Blomfield Wade-Palmer FRIBA was a British architect responsible for several buildings that are now listed by Historic England

Grant of Arms Manuscript & Victoria Regina box for William Joseph-Denison to use the name Denison from Sir Albert Denison Conyngham (Lord Albert Denison, 1st Baron of Londesborough), illuminated manuscript with an armorial bearing, finely painted and gilt heightened, blue double-rule border, navy silk tags with 3 seals in brass skippets, in original box with applied VR monograms, manuscript size 70cm x 50cm

Grant of Arms Manuscript for The Earl of Londesborough to William Joseph-Denison , illuminated manuscript with 5 armorial bearings, finely painted and gilt heightened, blue double-rule border with blue paper seal stamp attached to margin, purple silk tags with 3 seals in metal skippets, in original box, manuscript size 60cm x 49.5cm

NO RESERVE Kent.- Faden (William) A Map of the County of Kent, Drawn from the Topographical Survey Taken by Order of the Honourable Board of Ordnance under the direction of Lt. Colonel Wm Mudge, county map with part of London in the upper left, engraving with original hand-colouring, sheet 625 x 885 mm (24 1/2 x 34 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some surface dirt and browning, folding with green marbled ends with publisher's stamp of R.H. Laurie, contemporay marbled slipcase, manuscript label to upper cover, rubbed and worn, 8vo, 1807; together with 'The Times Survey Atlas of the World', 1920, two Walker's county maps of Wiltshire and Buckinghamshire, and Andrew Tuer's 'Old London Street Cries', 12mo, 1885 (5)

Taiwan.- Valentyn (Francois) Kaart van het Eyland Formosa en de Eylanden van Piscadores, map of Formosa oriented to the east, covering the entire island, including the Penghu Islands and part of the Chinese coast, based on Johannes Vingboon's manuscript map of 1640, engraving on laid paper with watermark of Strasburg lily and 'IV', sheet 485 x 570 mm (19 x 22 1/2 in), old folds, upper left edge trimmed within the platemark, small nick to centre right edge affecting printed border, minor spotting and surface dirt, minor nicks to extremities, unframed, Joannes van Braam and Gerard onder de Linden, [1726]; together with Ogilby's 'Fezzae et Marocchi regna Africae Celeberrima', engraving, sheet 305 x 385 mm (12 x 15 1/8 in), unframed, [c. 1670] (2)⁂ The first printed map of Taiwan.

5th-8th century AD. A fragment of a manuscript, recto bearing ten incomplete lines of cursive script on leather; verso blank; accompanied by notes detailing the history and significance of such texts. Sims-Williams, N., Bactrian Documents II: Letters and Buddhist Texts, London, The Nour Foundation, 2007 (Studies in the Khalili Collection, III. Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Part II Inscriptions of the Seleucid and Parthian Periods and of Eastern Iran and Central Asia: Vol. III: Bactrian), MS jd; and Bactrian Documents III: pl.188a. 1.56 grams, 11.2cm (4 1/2"). David Lindahl, Sweden, 2001. Collection of Bruce Ferrini, USA. Central London gallery. Property of a UK collector. The Bactrian kingdom of southern Transoxiana was only known from a handful of inscriptions, seals and coins until circa 1991, when a cache of around 150 documents was discovered in an archive belonging to the ruler of the city of Rob, dating between the 4th-8th century AD, leading to major developments in the understanding of the Bactrian language. Many of these documents were sold on the art market and collected by Dr. David Naser Khalili for his Nour Foundation. [No Reserve] Fair condition.

Dated 1256 AH (1840 AD"). A large vellum manuscript of the Qur'an with decorated black and red-brown title pages, dated 1256 Hejira (1840); leather covers; the pages laid out in blocks of calligraphic Naskh text with red and black Nasta'liq annotations, red diacritics. 2.36 kg, 33.5 x 24cm (13 1/4 x 9 1/2"). London book trade, 2010. Ex central London gallery. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.11094-184110. [No Reserve] Fair condition; usage wear, later additions in several hands.

Harar, 19th century AD. A handwritten copy of the poem Qasida al-Burda by Muhyi al-Din Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr bin Rashid; laid paper pages between leather covers with folding outer flap; first page with colophon within red curved borders and manuscript notations in several hands; the Naskh text in black ink with diacritics and sparing use of red punctuation. 770 grams, 26 x 20cm (10 1/4 x 8"). London book trade, 2010. Ex central London gallery. The Qasida Al-Burda (The Poem of the Mantle), is a poem in praise of Mohammed. It was composed by Al Busiri in the 7th century AH. It is one of the most widely recited and memorised poems in the world. [No Reserve] Fair condition; title page absent.

14th-15th century AD. A double vellum manuscript leaf with Latin blackletter script in black, blue and red ink on the recto and the verso; two columns of text per page, versals in red and blue ink, gilt illuminated letters S and M; held behind a hinged panel in a gold-coloured frame. 6.1 kg, 82.5 x 69cm (32 1/2 x 27 1/4"). Vermont, USA, 1990s. Property of a Suffolk gentleman. The headings appear to read 'June' and 'July', indicating that this is probably a religious text, once part of a religious book suggesting observances for certain months. Fair condition.

16th-17th century AD. A gold D-section annular band with plain exterior, the interior with French inscription ' . . PRENES . EN . GREI .', The Anglo-Norman Dictionary glosses the phrasal verb 'prendre en gre' as 'to accept as a favour'; here we may translate 'graciously accept [this]', the phrase is conventional, part of the idiom of amour courtois, and found inscribed on various types of love-gift, often continuing, 'ce petit don' [this little gift]. Cf. Joan, E., English Posies and Posy Rings, OUP, London, p.43, for this inscription, minus the final 'I'; cf. The British Museum, museum number 2002,0501.1, for a ring with a very similar inscription and script dated 16th-17th century AD; cf. The Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, id. KENT-B71606, and PAS-3785E3, for rings with very similar inscriptions, dated 16th-17th century AD. 2.00 grams, 19.24mm overall, 17.40mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13) (3/4"). UK antiques market between 1974-1985. From the Albert Ward collection (part 2), Essex, UK. The miscellaneous love-token uses of the phrase include a late 15th century boxwood comb in the BM, another formerly in the Londesborough Collection, a medieval ivory mirror case in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, an early 16th century enamelled plaque now in the Historisches Museum, Basel, a pair of salt-cellars enamel-painted by Pierre Reymond c.1550, and a 15th century brass knife-handle now in the Victoria & Albert Museum. A manuscript of The Erle of Tolous written in the 1520s [Oxford, Bodleian, MS Ashmole 45 Part 1, f.2r.] includes a full-page presentation frontispiece depicting a well-dressed young man near a speech scroll that bears the phrase as PRENES: ENGRE, as he proffers a book (the manuscript itself) to a young woman. The fashion for using the phrase in amatory inscriptions seems not to have survived the 16th century, making that century the best estimate for dating this ring. In the medieval period many rings bore posy inscriptions in Latin or French, the languages frequently spoken by the affluent elites. Later, inscriptions in English became more usual, although the lack of standardisation in spelling might surprise the modern reader. The inscription is generally found on the interior of the ring, hidden to everyone except the wearer and most of the sentimental mottoes were taken from the popular literature of the time. In fact, love inscriptions often repeat each other, which suggests that goldsmiths used stock phrases. In the later 16th century, ‘posy’ specifically meant a short inscription. A posy is described in contemporary literature as a short ‘epigram’ of less than one verse. George Puttenham (1589) explained that these phrases were not only inscribed on finger rings, but also applied to arms and trenchers. The practice of giving rings engraved with mottoes at betrothals or weddings was common in England from the 16th century onwards, and continued until the late 18th century. Sources suggest that rings could be acquired ready- engraved, or alternatively engraved sometime after their initial production, by a hand other than the goldsmith’s. Joan Evans assumed that posy rings were principally used by/between lovers and distinguished four contexts for the giving of posy rings by one lover to another: betrothals, weddings, St Valentine’s Day and occasions of mourning. Samuel Pepys’ diary makes clear that posy rings might also mark the marriage of a family member, when bearers could even commission their own rings and chose their own mottoes from books. The rings could also function as tokens of friendship or loyalty. [No Reserve] [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.] Very fine condition.

East Africa, late 19th century AD. A handwritten paper manuscript containing 'Mukhtasar Tanbih al-Anam' by ‘Abd al-Ghalil al-Qayrawani and other texts, 150 leaves with black ink text in blocks with red detailing; main text in Naskh script; title page with colophon and triangular border; brown leather binding with flap. 2 kg, 37 x 26.5cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/2"). UK trade, 2010. Ex central London gallery. The text 'Mukhtasar Tanbih al-Anam' deals with appropriate Islamic customs and manners, and with praise for the Prophet. [No Reserve] Fair condition; notations in several different hands to the title page.

Early 17th century AD. A leather-bound volume composed of parchment leaves, containing psalms written in Ge'ez in black and red ink on ruled lines, some pages written in two columns of text; including eight full page polychrome figural paintings relating to the miracles of Virgin Mary, four at the front and four at the back; twenty gathers sewn onto wooden boards, blind tooled decoration to the front and back cover composed of a Christian cross within geometric borders. Cf. Budge, E.A.W., The miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and The life of Hannâ (Saint Anne), and The magical prayers of ?Ah?ta Mîkâêl, London, 1900. 1.95 kg, 26 x 18.5 x 8.5cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 3 1/2"). Ex central London gallery. Private collection of Professor Rougeot, Museum d'histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, until 2011. (Prof. Rougeot collected butterflies in Ethiopia for scientific purposes"). Accompanied by a copy of a detailed academic report on the piece. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.11133-184114. The manuscript paintings illustrate the miracles of the Virgin Mary. The first miniature represents the Last Supper, Jesus standing before a table accompanied by six Apostles, one of whom is kissing His hand; the second miniature represents the history of Abbas, Bishop of Rome, who having committed sin by embracing a woman before administering the Holy Mysteries, retired to the vestry and cut off his right hand, before prostrating himself in front of an icon of the Virgin, who forgave and healed him; the third miniature represents the Holy Virgin among the archangels Raguel, Michael and Gabriel; the fourth miniature represents the Roman deacon Anastasius praying to the Virgin Mary and the Divine Child; the fifth miniature shows Mary standing in prayer at the grave of Jesus Christ, who, risen from the dead, addresses and blesses His Mother, whilst the guards watching the Sepulchre sleep; the sixth miniature represents the Virgin Mary who appears to one of her servants, and in reply to his words 'Blessed art thou among women' says 'And blessed art thou also among men'; the seventh miniature again represents the Last Supper, or Jesus among the Apostles; the last miniature represents the Virgin Mary with one of Her servants, receiving blessings from a Saint. [No Reserve] [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.] Fine condition.

17th century AD. A vellum manuscript leaf comprising two columns of Ge'ez text in red and black script to the recto; a full page polychrome scene illustrating an episode from the Miracles of Mary in a grand architectural setting to the verso, four sections of red Ge'ez text. 22 grams, 30 x 27cm (11 3/4 x 10 1/2"). David Buxton collection (1910-2003) until the 1990s. Ex central London gallery. [No Reserve] Fair condition.

17th century AD. A vellum manuscript leaf: recto featuring a full page of polychrome hand painted figural scenes paired with short textual passages in red Ge'ez text; two columns of Ge'ez script in red and black to the verso. 19 grams, 30 x 27cm (11 3/4 x 10 1/2"). David Buxton collection (1910-2003) until the 1990s. Ex central London gallery. [No Reserve] Fine condition.

17th-18th century AD. A vellum manuscript leaf: recto with full page, hand painted polychrome panel depicting Mary holding the hand of a sinner, accompanied by a panel of Ge'ez text; verso bearing two columns of handwritten Ge'ez text in black. 23 grams, 33cm high (13"). Private collection, New York, USA, 2016. Ex central London gallery. [No Reserve] Fair condition.

18th century AD. A bifacial manuscript leaf comprising: two hand painted polychrome panels showing the Crucifixion, Resurrection and Assumption, together with one column of handwritten Ge'ez script in red and black to the recto; one figural panel and two columns of handwritten script to the verso, the painted panel showing the Virgin with Jesus, covered with a piece of linen attached to the vellum. 14 grams, 27.5 x 19cm (10 3/4 x 7 1/2"). David Buxton collection (1910-2003) until the 1990s. Ex central London gallery. [No Reserve] Fine condition.

18th century AD. A vellum manuscript leaf: recto with hand painted polychrome panel depicting Mary together with two columns of Ge'ez text in red and black; verso with two panels of figural scenes, one depicting Mary holding the infant Jesus, winged angels in the other, one column of Ge'ez text. 13 grams, 27.5cm high (10 3/4"). David Buxton collection (1910-2003) until the 1990s. Ex central London gallery. [No Reserve] Fine condition.

Early 15th century AD. A vellum manuscript leaf, the opening page of the Gospel of Saint Matthew, recto with two columns of Ge'ez text in red and black; verso with two columns of Ge'ez text in red and black framed by polychrome knotwork borders. 14 grams, 27.5cm high (10 3/4"). UK trade, c.1990s. Ex central London gallery. [No Reserve] Fair condition, partial first line to recto.

A VERY EARLY MANUSCRIPT HAND WRITTEN AND BEING NEARLY 280cms in length and 35cms wide

By permission of the trustees of the Cottonian Library, this plate being a correct copy of King John's Great Charter, taken from an original now remaining in the Cottonian Library, is to them most humbly dedicated by their most dutiful and most obedient humble servants, F. Pine, a printed manuscript, on a stretcher but unframed, size overall 50 x 74cm

Large collection of fine art and antique reference books, to include Gordon Fleming, The Young Whistler; Sidney C. Hutchison, The History of the Royal Academy, Edward Yardley, The Life and Career of Frank Henry Mason R.B.A., R.I., R.S.M.A. 1975-1965; Brenda Roberts, The Collectors Encyclopaedia of Hull Pottery; Marcel Thomas, The Golden Age Manuscript Painting at the Time of Jean, Duc de Berry; Lindsay Errington, Tribute to Wilkie, etc.

"The Studio".- Modern Masters in Etching, a broken run from 1924-33, 15 vol., introductions by Malcolm C. Salaman, etched plates with captioned paper guards, bookplates to front pastedowns, library stamps, original boards with mounted printed label, some toning, spines with manuscript numbering, extremities rubbed, 1924-33; Decorative Art, 1928. "The Studio" Year-Book, black and white illustrations, library stamps to numerous pages, cloth, slightly sunned, [1928]; and another, v.s. (17) ⁂ Volumes Modern Masters of Etching present are: Frank Brangwyn (1); James McBey (2); Anders Zorn (3); J.L. Forain (4); Sir Frank Short (5); Frank W. Benson (6); Sir D.Y. Cameron (7); E.S. Lumsden (17); G.L. Brockhurst (19); L.C. Rosenberg (22); Arthur Briscoe (23); Levon West (24); William Russel Flint (27); Frank Brangwyn (30); Sir D.Y. Cameron (33)

Geology.- Boué (Ami) Essai Géologique sur l'Écosse, first edition, half-title, 7 lithographed plates and 2 maps, one hand-coloured, all folding, foxed, faint ink library stamp to half-title, original pink wrappers, uncut, title in contemporary manuscript to upper cover, rubbed and frayed at edges, rebacked preserving part of original spine, 8vo, Paris, Courcier, [1820].⁂ The first account of the geology of Scotland.

Suffolk, Letheringham.- Naunton (Sir Robert, politician, 1563-1635) License of alienation from Henry Naunton to Robert Naunton of the dissolved priory of Letheringham, Suffolk, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, calligraphic "E" at beginning, folds, slightly yellowed, lacks seal, 175 x 327mm., 10th March 1593; and 4 other documents, including a 1580 obligation bond, v.s., v.d. (5).

Oxfordshire, Taynton.- Part document relating to Agnes Braye and her ownership of the Manor, Rectory and Church of Taynton, manuscript on vellum, soiled, slits for seals, laid down on card, 262 x 312mm., 1594-1603.

NO RESERVE Board of Ordnance.- Savage (Richard, fourth Earl Rivers, army officer and politician, c. 1654-1712) Warrant appointing Cornelius Wade "to be One of the Labourers in Ordinary belonging to this Office", D.s. "Rivers" & "New'd Ousley", manuscript, blind stamped seal, left margin slightly cut, folds, browned, 269 x 226mm., 1st April 1792.⁂ During the War of the Spanish Succession, Earl Rivers served with Marlborough who thought much of his military ability.

Suffolk Church Architecture.- [Bacon (Henry Francis, architect in Bury St Edmunds & elsewhere, 1831-1902)] Memorandum of my little trip from Bures ..., autograph manuscript, 13pp., 4pp. 2 autograph manuscript notes on Debenham Church and other churches loosely inserted, 14 pen and ink architectural and heraldic details (5 hand-coloured), 8 photographs including: Great Maplestead Church and Hedingham Castle (1 loosely inserted), 5 printed pieces of ephemera and an ALs from William Vincent relating to the work of The National Society for Preserving the Memorials of the Dead (including an architect's report on the Deane Monuments at Great Maplestead compiled by Bacon), original grey wrappers, slightly rubbed and soiled, upper joints splitting, folio, 12th April 1882.

NO RESERVE Law.- Tryal (The) of Edward Coleman, Gent. for Conspiring the Death of the King, and the Subversion of the Government of England, first edition, imprimatur leaf at beginning, modern wrappers, Printed for Robert Pawlet, 1678; and 5 other trials from 1678-9 plus a collection of c.100 manuscript letters from 1826, mostly from Thomas Turnbull a lawyer in Alnwick, Northumberland relating to criminal law, the Northern Circuit, convicts and transportation, hanging etc, many with wax seals, duty and postage stamps from Newcastle, folio and 8vo (c.106)

Poetry.- L. (J.G.) The Charity Ball, manuscript, 12pp., disbound, spine strengthened with blue paper, small 4to, 31st December, 1812. ⁂ Unpublished. 'Unrivalled shall Liverpool stand / by commerce enriched, and far famed / For the deeds of fair Charity's hand.'.

NO RESERVE Scotland, Hawick.- Jardine (James, civil engineer, 1776-1858) Original legal "Copy Report respecting the Back Water in the Wheel Case of the Carding Mill, Near Hawick by James Jardine, Civil Engineer, Unto... Lord Robertson", manuscript, 19pp., side stitched, and with docket title on the rear panel, old fold marks, rear panel dusty, sm. folio, Edinburgh, 22nd January 1814.⁂ A detailed report, made by Jardine at the request of Lord Robertson, following his inspection of the Carding Mill near Hawick. It centres on a legal case brought by Lord Robertson against an adjoining property erected by Dicksons Beattie and Laing. Jardine was to assess whether this property "obstructs with back water the machinery of the Carding Mill." Both parties claimed legal rights to the water for their respective mills. Jardine was assistant to Thomas Telford on the construction of the Menai Straits Bridge in North Wales, and in 1826 was appointed as engineer on the Innocent Railway in Edinburgh. He conducted many joint projects with Telford and William Playfair, and was created a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1812.

Westminster Abbey.- Neale (John Preston) and Edward Wedlake, The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St Peter, Westminster, 2 vol., list of subscribers, 2 additional engraved pictorial titles, 60 engraved plates, two pages of manuscript notes bound-in at title vol. 1, some spotting, mainly to plate margins, several pages with blind-stamp library stamps, bookplate to front pastedowns, later morocco-backed cloth, spines toned, 1818 § Heck (J. G.) Iconographic encyclopaedia, vol. 2 only (of 4), plates, some light foxing, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, New York, 1851, 4to and oblong 4to (3)

Europe.- Pinkerton (Robert) Russia: or, Miscellaneous Observations, 8 hand-coloured lithograph plates, bookplate to front pastedown, gutter cracked at contents, very occasional spotting, cloth, spine toned, lower joint small chip near foot, 1833 § Brydone (Patrick) A Tour through Sicily and Malta, 2 vol., 2 engraved folding maps, of which 1 loose and with early manuscript annotations in blank margins, half-titles, contemporary ink ownership inscription to titles, bookplates to front pastedowns, occasional spotting or light browning, contemporary calf, covers detached, extremities a little rubbed, 1773, 8vo (3)

France/Low Countries.- Deed of sale by Huet Reneau to Johan [?le] bon and Crestienne his wife, in the parish of Maiet of a piece of land in said parish..., manuscript in French, on vellum, 39 lines, one small hole in text, creased, 210 x 222mm., Tuesday after St Martin d'este [4 July], 1304 § Deed of sale by Symonetus once son of Cauleti, le sargirier de dymonde [?diamond cutter] and Huguetaenis his wife, to Hugoneta called Norges dwelling in the main street of St Nicholas [parish] of land yielding rent of 6 shillings annually, for 50 shillings, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 19 lines, in light brown ink, 2 small holes in left margin, folds, creased, 141 x 333mm., 12th November 1445, in cursive medieval hands, lacks seals (2).

Bees.- Sumner family of the Rev. John Henry Robertson Sumner of Kelbarrow, Grasmere and Vicar of Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire.- Bees, manuscript notebook, 38pp. excluding blanks, original cloth, lettered label on upper cover, 105 x 70mm., 1884-95 § Sumner (Helen Jane Henrietta, daughter of Rev J.H.R. Sumner, 1857-1926) The Flora of the Valley of Grasmere, autograph manuscript, 32pp. with a few notes on verso of some pp., wormtrack on upper cover and pp., photograph tipped-in and 9 pieces of ephemera with drawings and notes and 2ff. Kew Gardens identifying species of plants, original printed wrappers, lettered label on upper cover, slightly stained, upper cover detaching, spine with small tears, sm. 4to, 1893-96; and c. 30 other vol. including numerous diaries from the 1870s and 1880s, some with Lake District content, v.s., v.d. (c. 30).⁂ First mentioned, Bees: "1884 No. 1 Hive. Frame. Section Super put on May? taken off June 3rd about 18 lbs of honey taken out (some drone comb & queen cell) & put on again at once."

Britain.- Gilpin (William) Observations, relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, 2 vol., 30 aquatint plates and maps, vol. 2 only with half-title (vol. 1 lacking), ink ownership inscriptions (vol. 1 front endpaper; vol. 2 half-title), vol.2 with manuscript annotations to front endpaper, bookplates, offsetting, occasional spotting, contemporary tree-calf, rebacked with original back-strips laid down, gilt with morocco labels, extremities rubbed, 1786 § Mackerell (Benjamin) The History and Antiquities of the Flourishing Corporation of King's-Lynn, 10 engraved plates (of which 2 folding), bookplate, contemporary calf, joints cracked, 1738 § The History and Antiquities of Winchester, 2 vol., 13 engraved plates, some folding, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front endpapers, bookplates, some spotting, contemporary calf with red morocco labels, joints cracked, spine ends and corners a little scuffed, 1773; and 12 others British topography, C18th and C19th, v.s. (17)

Deeds.- Cornwall, London & elsewhere.- Indenture agreement lease by William Toll from Sackville Walter Lane Fox, Earl Amherst and others of a public house in Germoe, near Penzance, D.s., manuscript on vellum, ruled in red, red wax seals, folds, 543 x 695mm., 1st February 1843; and c. 100 others, deeds, conveyances and leases, relating to London, Cornwall and elsewhere, by trustees for Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Portland, army and naval personnel etc., most on vellum, folds, v.s., v.d., 1773-1927 (c. 100).