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China.- Second Opium War.- Anonymous (probably The British Admiralty Office) Plan of the Mouth of the Pei-ho River [Hai River, Beijing], manuscript outline map showing the Taku Forts, British and French fortifications alongside numerous waterways and roads, pen and black ink, watercolour on large sheet of handmade Chinese laid paper, without any watermarks, 690 x 850 mm (27 1/4 x 33 1/2 in), large loss to central section, old folds and handling creases, numerous nicks and losses, mainly to edges but some within the sheet, remains of silk edge to lower and lower left edge, minor surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1860]⁂ The present map conforms closely to the topographic information found in the printed map Pei-Ho or Peking River Sheet 1 From Entrance To Ko-Ku from a survey by Mr. A.E. Ploix Engenieur Hydrographe of the French Imperial Marine 1858.

GOLD POSY RING, 17TH-18TH CENTURYEngraved inscription on the interior, Let not absence banish love, rubbed goldsmith's mark, ring size approx. L½Footnotes:The posy inscription inside this ring is noted as being from Arthur L. Humphreys' manuscript collection of posies (see Evans, Joan, 'English Posies and Posy Rings', London, 1931, p.67).The name, 'Posy' derives from 'poésie' the French word for poetry. Seemingly plain and simple in design, the most important part of a posy ring, is the concealed inscription to the inner band which had great sentimental significance to the wearer and was intended to be hidden while touching the skin. From the Medieval era until the Wedding Rings Act of 1855, when hallmarking left little room for posy inscriptions, these rings were very popular, to the extent that jewellers held stocks of both plain posy rings waiting to be engraved on request and posy rings that were already engraved for those happy to choose from a selection of inscriptions. From the 17th century onwards, posy inscriptions tended to be engraved in Italics and composed in either Latin, French or English.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

GOLD POSY RING, 17TH-18TH CENTURYEngraved inscription on the interior, Content is a continuall treasure, goldsmith's mark DE, ring size approx. O½Footnotes:The posy inscription inside this ring is noted as being from Arthur L. Humphreys' manuscript collection of posies (see Evans, Joan, 'English Posies and Posy Rings', London, 1931, p.30).The name, 'Posy' derives from 'poésie' the French word for poetry. Seemingly plain and simple in design, the most important part of a posy ring, is the concealed inscription to the inner band which had great sentimental significance to the wearer and was intended to be hidden while touching the skin. From the Medieval era until the Wedding Rings Act of 1855, when hallmarking left little room for posy inscriptions, these rings were very popular, to the extent that jewellers held stocks of both plain posy rings waiting to be engraved on request and posy rings that were already engraved for those happy to choose from a selection of inscriptions. From the 17th century onwards, posy inscriptions tended to be engraved in Italics and composed in either Latin, French or English.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A pair of framed and glazed golfing scene prints by Manuscript from the 1050 series. Each frame approx. 36 x 41cm.

An 18th century wax portrait, King George II, bust length, facing to dexter, 9cm x 7cm, ebonised fruitwood frame, 17.5cm x 15cm, manuscript attribution to Isaac Gosset to verso

English School (18th/19th century)A pair, Farmers and their Cattle, each within a landscapeone monogrammed J.G. and numbered 6 to verso, oil on canvases, 35cm x 42.5cm Provenance: Cornelius Jansen Walter Winter (1817?1891), ink manuscript inscription to verso: 'From the Winter collection/Sold at Norwich 1891

* Grand Tour Plaster Intaglios. A collection of approximately 150 mounted miniature red plaster intaglios of classical and neo-classical subjects, Italian, circa 1820-1840, each intaglio edged in laminated paper gilt, manuscript number to each, various sizes, framed and glazed, frame size 47.5 x 67.5 cmQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: W.H. Hyett (born William Henry Adams), Painswick House, Gloucestershire. Hyett departed for the Continent in 1815, and was among the first civilians to visit the field of battle at Waterloo. After spending three months in Paris he travelled to Switzerland and Italy before travelling to Athens via Albania in 1819, before proceeding across 'the plains of Troy' to the Dardenelles where.he swam across the Hellespont from Sestos to Abydos (echoing the Greek mythological figure Leander) in under two hours, returning to England by way of Constantinople, Vienna and Geneva. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society for contributing to agricultural science and served as MP for Stroud from 1832-34.

* Grand Tour Plaster Intaglios. A group of approximately 35 miniature white and red plaster intaglios of classical and neo-classical subjects, Italian, circa 1820-1840, a few white intaglios mounted on a cloth-covered wooden frame, each intaglio edged in laminated paper gilt (some tears and stains to cloth), other intaglios, mainly red plaster intaglios loose with manuscript numbers (one broken in half, a couple unframed), one contemporary morocco-backed double hinged box, each side with manuscript list headed 'Monumenti in vari luoghi' ,listing a total of 36 subjects (box rubbed and scuffed), 8voQty: (1)NOTESSee lot 265.

* Grand Tour Plaster Intaglios. A collection of approximately 150 mounted miniature red plaster intaglios of classical and neo-classical subjects, Italian, circa 1820-1840, each intaglio edged in laminated paper gilt, manuscript number to each, various sizes (two detached and loose), framed and glazed, frame size 47.5 x 67.5 cmQty: (1)NOTESSee lot 265.

* Grand Tour Plaster Intaglios. A collection of approximately 150 mounted miniature red plaster intaglios of classical and neo-classical subjects, Italian, circa 1820-1840, each intaglio edged in laminated paper gilt, manuscript number to each, various sizes, framed and glazed, frame size 47.5 x 67.5 cmQty: (1)NOTESSee lot 265.

* Currency. A large bronze Chinese medallion, cast with two confronting dragons chasing a pearl, the opposite side with four characters, square hole to the centre, 11cm diameter with an old manuscript label inscribed 'Cheng Ta 1506-1522 Medallion', together with three further pieces of currency including one piece with label inscribed 'Wang Mang (A.D. 9-23) Huo Pu 'Exchange Coin! Lockhart 160' 5.5cm longQty: (4)

* After Robert Adam (1728-1792). A classical painted frieze on silk, 18th century, finely painted frieze depicting a rectangular stone plaque in centre with reclining female figure and an infant offering a posy of flowers, topped by a flower urn, and flanked by foliate arabesques and oval stone plaques, each depicting a female deity, on a dark cream silk ground, dusty, marked and perishing in places, edges with tack holes, remains of early manuscript label lower left '253 ... pair silk pan[els] ... from Robert Adam work sh[eet?] ...', 54 x 167.5cm (21.25 x 66ins)Qty: (1)

* Infant's clothing. An early child's smock, English, circa 1850, white linen smock, with hand-stitched smocking to yoke front and back and to lower part of sleeves, and hand-embroidered pattern to collar, turned-back cuffs, and flanking smocking, 3 pairs of thread-covered buttons to rear closure with loops, and cuffs similarly fastened with a pair of thread buttons, some toning and small holes, 5 x 3cm hole to rear, chest 89cm (35ins), sleeves 44.5cm (17.5ins), length 54cm (21.25ins), together with 10 other items of children's clothing, 19th or early 20th century, including: a lace dress with woven Embroiderer's Guild label sewn in, annotated in manuscript 'Child's Dress, Britain, late 19thc Given By Miss E Cooper'; a cream silk frock elaborately hand-embroidered in cream silk thread to yoke front and back, edges of short sleeves, and wide border to skirt, some brown marks, skirt beginning to come away from bodice in places; a high-waisted fine lawn dress with tucks and lace insertions; and a cream frock with smocked yoke front and back and hand-embroidered Art Nouveau-style floral and foliate detail to collar and cuffs, mostly in good condition, various sizesQty: (11)NOTESThe V&A has a very similar child's linen smock (accession number T.151-1941).

* Needle sample boards. Bleacher's Needles & W. Bartleet & Sons, mid-late 19th century, 3 trade sample boards, comprising: 2 identical boards with printed label 'Bleacher's Needles', displaying 61 needles, various sizes and shapes, mostly large, with name and number labels, and manuscript annotations in gilt, e.g. oval eyed mattress needles, shoemakers' sickle awls, long-eyed bookbinders, sail needles, egg eyed harness, and drilled eyed saddlers, some with rusting, each board with needles stitch-mounted on black paper laid into a bookform green cloth folder, extremities slightly rubbed, black elastic closure (stretched), 33 x 16cm (13 x 6.25ins), width when open 34cm (13.5ins); and a folding compendium of needles issued by W. Bartleet & Sons, Redditch Needle Mills, composed of 16 boards of needles bound concertina-style, 350+ stitch-mounted needles in all (approximately 40 missing or loose), accompanied by printed labels, some embossed, each board with armorial and Bartleet's name stamped in gilt at head, advertisement in gilt on final board, burgundy morocco covers gilt, slightly rubbed, upper cover with gilt-stamped armorial, lettered above 'W. Bartleet & Sons' and below 'Patentees of Perfect Eyed Needles', 22.5 x 10.5cm (8.75 x 4.25ins), width when open 126cm (49.5ins)Qty: (3)NOTESThe folding needle compendium advises customers that 'W. Bartleet & Sons Redditch Needle Mills, Sole Patentees of Perfect Eyed Needles and Manufacturers of every description of Needles and Fish Hooks, caution the Public against Spurious Imitations of their Needles bearing Counterfeit Labels'.

An early circular coloured engraving of Pendennis Castle and a folder of John Norden's manuscript maps of Cornwall, reproduced for the British Museum

A collection of sheet music including a late 19th/early 20th century album with interesting contents including pictorial covers for "La Berrichonne" and others, a handwritten manuscript album and a selection of early 20th century sheet music with pictorial covers including British Army and Royal Navy War-Song albums, National Anthems of The Allied Nations, News Chronicle Song Book etc.

* Le Cave (Peter, active c.1769-1816). Cattle Watering by a Mill, pen, ink and watercolour, depicting a drover talking to a woman while watering his cattle in a mill pond, signed lower right, 12.8 x 18.4 cm (5 1/16 x 7 1/4 ins), framed and glazed (37.4 x 42.7 cm), verso with modern ink manuscript label and pencilled number 68, and with gallery label of Richard [and] Georgina Ivor, LondonQty: (1)

* Tomkins (Charles, 1757-1823). Winchester Tower, Windsor Castle, pen, black ink and watercolour over pencil on paper, mount aperture 17.7 x 25.5 cm (7 x 10 ins), gilt framed and glazed (37.0 x 43.3 cm), Heather Newman of Painswick, Gloucestershire gallery label to verso, together with Gosselin (Joshua, 1739-1813). Gate of Nottingham Castle, watercolour on paper, mount aperture 10.6 x 17.6 cm (4 3/16 x 6 15/16 ins), framed and glazed (28.7 x 34.8 cm), Heather Newman, Painswick, Gloucestershire gallery label on verso, also with attached portion of original album page bearing ink manuscript inscription, plus English School. Figures on a river by a castle, later 19th century, watercolour over pencil on paper, heightened with white bodycolour, few spots to sky area, mount aperture 22.0 x 30.4 cm (8 5/8 x 12 ins), gilt framed and glazed (38.7 x 48.5 cm), (all unexamined out of frames)Qty: (3)

* Wright (Richard Henry, 1857-1930). Lincoln Evening, 1904, watercolour over pencil on paper, depicting a tug pulling a barge on the river below the city and cathedral at Lincoln, signed and dated lower left, mount aperture 18.2 x 26.6 cm (7 3/16 x 10 7/16 ins), framed and glazed (38.2 x 45.2 cm), verso with ink manuscript title, and with Heather Newman, Painswick, Gloucestershire gallery label, together with: Fall (George, 1848-1925), View of York, watercolour on paper, heightened with white bodycolour, depicting the river Ouse and Marygate water tower, with figures and a boat, the Minster in the background, signed lower left, mount aperture 17.8 x 23.0 cm (7 x 9 ins), gilt framed and glazed (27.2 x 35.5 cm), plus: Lawes (Harold, 1865-1940), Bolton Abbey, watercolour on paper, signed lower left, inscribed below mount, mount aperture 28.0 x 44.0 cm (11 x 17 3/8 ins), gilt framed and glazed (47.6 x 62.5 cm), Heather Newman, Painswick, Gloucestershire gallery label on verso, (none examined out of frame)Qty: (3)

* Keiserman (Franz, 1765-1833). Vue générale de Tivoli et des Cascatelles et la plaine de Rome, 1816, watercolour over pencil on laid paper, heightened with gum arabic, some light overall fading (colours generally still strong), with a few small dots of white discolouration to sky area (possibly due to past restoration), and a few minor spots (mainly to left edge), sheet size 53.3 x 75.9 cm (21 x 29 3/4 ins), inscribed and dated by artist on verso, framed and glazed (61.8 x 84.5 cm), verso with label of the Fine Art Society, London, with ink manuscript title, artist's name and dateQty: (1)NOTESThe ink manuscript artist's inscription on the sheet verso reads: Vue générale de Tivoli & des Cascatelles & la plaine de Rome. Dessine et peint d'après nature par F. Keiserman, Rome 1816. This artist is often incorrectly listed as F. Kaisermann.

* Burney (Edward Francis, 1760-1848). The Rake Reclaimed by his Father's Liberality, & The Shipwreck, both oval pen, ink and watercolour on paper, 96 x 74mm (3 7/8 x 2 7/8 ins), laid down on later backing card (with pencilled numbers 24 & 37 respectively), both window mounted and uniformly framed and glazed, 29.0 x 25.7 cm, each verso with printed title label, The Rake with additional early ink manuscript title label, together with: Attributed to Richard Corbould (1757-1831), A Double Tragedy - Doctors Defeated, oval pen, ink and watercolour on paper, 97 x 75 mm ( 3 7/8 x 2 15/16 ins), laid down on later backing card (with pencilled number 20), window mounted, framed and glazed (29.0 x 25.7 cm), verso with printed title labelQty: (3)NOTESAccording to the printed labels, both of Burney's watercolours were produced as illustrations for [later re-issues of] The Tatler. The Rake Reclaimed was an illustration for The Tatler no.60, for a story 'from White's Chocolate-house', August 26, originally published 1709. The Shipwreck for issue no.192, for a story 'From my own Apartment', June 30, originally published 1710. A Double Tragedy, according to its printed label, was produced as an illustration for an unknown story in The Spectator.

* Wainwright (William J., 1855-1931). The Conveyancer, watercolour on paper, signed towards lower right, mount aperture 27.6 x 19.7 cm (10 13/16 x 7 3/4 ins), framed and glazed (49.2 x 39.8 cm), Heather Newman, Painswick, Gloucestershire label on verso, together with: Hobson (Henry E., 1820-1881), Portrait of C.R. Elliston Esq., Liverpool, 1847, watercolour, heightened with bodycolour on paper, initialled and dated Feb. 1847 to lower left, a couple of closed tears to lower area, some staining (with previous amateur touching-up) mainly to background, oval mount aperture 32.8 x 26.5 cm (12 7/8 x 10 7/16 ins), moulded gilt frame and glazed (58.5 x 48.5 cm), verso with modern ink manuscript label, (both unexamined out of frame)Qty: (2)

* Chinese School. Snow and Plum Flowers, in the manner of Cui Bai (Song Dynasty, 960-1127 AD), probably 18th century, fine pen, ink and watercolour on silk, depicting three birds on a branch of plum blossom covered in snow, 650 x 420 mm (25.5 x 16.5 ins), mounted on silk scroll, with manuscript title label, silk tying thread, handles missingQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: A.W. Bahr Collection. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), collector of Chinese art and antiquities, and Secretary of the North China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. A.W. Bahr is the author of Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China, being descriptions and illustrations of articles selected from an exhibition held in Shanghai, November 1908, published in 1911. A survey of Chinese paintings in the Bahr Collection by Osvald Siren was published by the Chiswick Press in 1938.

* Sleigh (Bernard 1872-1954). Landscape with rainbow over mountain tarn, coloured chalks on blue paper, single small hole towards upper centre, 19.3 x 26.2 cm (7 5/8 x 10 5/16 ins), together with: Landscape (possibly Wales) with haycart and bridge over river with farm behind, coloured chalks on buff paper, 16.8 x 26.3 cm (6 5/8 x 10 3/8 ins), plus: Capo de Gata, [Southern Spain], coloured chalks on thin brown paper, titled in pencil to lower margin, with additional pencilled annotations adjacent, sheet size 24.1 x 32.0 cm (9 1/2 x 12 5/8 ins), tipped onto brown paper backing, verso with artist's pencilled signature and price (£1-1-0), (backing paper size 33.0 x 44.2 cm), with a small winter scene of a thatched house in snow, watercolour and white bodycolour on buff paper, with black ink manuscript text by artist on verso, describing being snowed-in, sheet size 13.5 x 12.0 cm (5 5/16 x 4 3/4 ins), and The Very Rev. Father Bellasis RC, coloured chalks on dark grey-brown paper, titled to lower right, sheet size 30.1 x 23.9 cm (11 13/16 x 9 3/8 ins)Qty: (5)

* English School. Oval portrait miniature of a lady, circa 1580-1600, oil on copper, head and shoulders portrait of a lady wearing a reticella lace-trimmed Medici collar, and dress similarly embellished, with a rosette to her décolletage, a pearl necklace round her neck, and a feather in her hair, 46 x 37mm (1.75 x 1.5 ins), mounted, framed and glazed (114 x 96 mm), verso with manuscript note 'This miniature on copper circa 1580-1600 was sold in Sothebys many years ago with a diamond encrusted frame. The lady purchaser only wanted the frame, giving this miniature to her friend'Qty: (1)

* English School. Oval portrait miniature of a young lady, circa 1805, watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, half-length portrait of a young lady with brown hair piled on her head and curls framing her face, wearing a high-waisted low-cut white muslin gown and a blue shawl, 75 x 63mm (3 x 2.5 ins), gold mount and walnut frame, glazed (195 x 185mm), with modern manuscript label attached 'sister-in-law of Cosby & Elizabeth Nesbitt of Dorset'Qty: (1)

* Miniature painting. "Cleopatra" Queen of Egypt, circa 1820-1830, watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, depicting a semi-nude female reclining on a day bed beneath gilt-tasselled crimson draperies, an oval portrait miniature on a chain by her side, and a comport dish with fruit and a book on a nearby table, titled in early manuscript on verso, 5.8 x 7.7cm (21/4 x 31/16 ins), glazed ebonised frame (13.3 x 15.6 cm), together with a portait miniature of a seated lady wearing a pale blue dress, frilled lace collar, and cap, circa 1830s, watercolour on card, 11.5 x 9.7 cm (41/2 x 33/4 ins), framed and glazed (19.1 x 17.3 cm)Qty: (2)

A Buddhist palm manuscript with red lacquer ends enclosing multiple palm leaves, length 51cm.

Postcards, maritime interest, three albums, P2, first album, RP Vickers HMS B1 Submarine, 1909, P4, including RP - HMS Iron Duke, 1929 (3), HMS Exeter, 1932 (1), commercial RP including inter-war Royal Navy and Kreigsmarine warships, second album, similar, merchant marine, including RP - RMS Orford, Royal Sovereign, Margate paddle steamer, many by Real Photographs, Liverpool, many with manuscript annotations, and third album, similar, of sailing vessels, mostly G, some annotations to front of cards

WARRAND ALEXANDER M.D. Military Surgeon serving in India. Slim manuscript account book, 1828-1833 with brief summary of voyages to the end paper; bundle of family & other letters; St. Georges Hospital pupil admission ticket, 1817; military inquiry medical certificate; Covenant of Assistant Surgeon at the Presidency of Fort St. George, various certificates & appointments, short extracts from ships log; plan of cabins of the ship, Madras (torn at folds); translations of instructions for native servants & sundry ephemera incl. a notebook, part medical & part poetical etc. inscr. "Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea".

LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN.  The Comet. Issue for May 1912, No. 9. The publisher's pre-production copy containing original manuscript text in red & black with some illuminated initials, together with original drawings, watercolours & etchings. Folio. Well worn card wrappers. Artists represented incl. P. F. Gethin, P. Bulcock, S. A. Gammell, B. (Bernard) Meninsky (head & shoulders pencil portrait of a girl), J. Rimmer (a "Gallery" of 20 caricature portraits presumably by John A. Rimmer, 1888-1968), W. R. Ellis etc.

Letters. 3 manuscript letters from John Kemble, the actor, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane & elsewhere, 1819 (tears); also manuscript letter from Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1823. (4)

WARRAND CATHERINE M., , later Catherine Grant of Bught.  2 manuscript diaries of a Scottish country lady. The 1st in a notebook covering the period August - November 1846, the other in a completely full small quarto notebook in limp green morocco covering the period October 1864 - December 1869. With a couple of related letters.

New South-Sea Annuities. 9 certificates of the purchase of Stock. Printed in red & black with manuscript details. 1770s/1780s; also 3 others, 1760s & 3 related receipts.

WARRAND DUNCAN (Compiler).  2 large folio ledgers containing copious information of historical & antiquarian interest re. Invernesshire, the Highlands, the clans & Northern families (incl. Forbes of Culloden). Extensive manuscript notes & summaries, transcripts of documents, tipped in original 18th century documents, pasted-in manuscript & typescript information, etc. A mass of information, mainly under appropriate headings, which will certainly repay future study.

FAMILY OF DUFF, of Muirtown, etc.  2 manuscript account books, c.1807/1815 & a carton of bundles of documents incl. marriage contracts, legal cases (re. family inheritance & fishings), various deeds, etc.

McNAB WILLIAM. Buenos Aires. Very detailed manuscript "ship letter" to Irvine, Ayrshire describing his journey, the country, its beef farming etc. (Very legible but with a hole with loss). "Buenos Ayres 1 August 1829".

CITY OF CARLISLE, Public Market.  Interesting folio vol. containing original estimates, manuscript designs, drawings & calculations, article from The Builder with 2 fldg. eng. plates & other items re. the construction of Carlisle Public Market. C.1887/1888.

BOSWORTH & HARRISON (Pubs).  The Giant Show or The Adventures & Misadventures of Benjamin McLummund Esquire formerly ... in the Isle of Skye. Illus. & facsimile manuscript text. Oblong. Orig. cloth with label to upper brd. Ipswich, c.1863.

DUFF H. R., of Muirtown. Manuscript account & commonplace book with some cuttings & loose ephemera occupying the first 24pp of an otherwise largely blank folio volume. c.1814; with military commission (signd. by William IV) & various letters etc., & 2 later scrapbooks with views, cartoons etc., Warrand family, 1860s.

DUFF HUGH ROBERT, of Muirtown. Radiger or The Hall of Odin, A Tragedy, In Five Acts. 52pp anonymous publication, the leaves (printed at the Journal Office, Inverness, 1819) pasted into a quarto sketch book with manuscript notes & annotations & inscribed "Translated 15th Sept. 1819 by H.R. Duff Muirtown, Inverness, N.B." with a full page manuscript poem "To the Gentlemen of  ..... Drury Lane Theatre Royal; also 11 loose, rather crude, small watercolours & drawings, profile portraits & 2 copies of Hannibal, A Tragedy in Five Acts by H.R.D. Esq., 32mo., orig. prntd. wrappers, Printed for the Author, 1820. Hugh Duff, a military man & author was the discoverer & editor of The Culloden Papers. He was married to Sarah Louisa Forbes of Culloden about whom was fought the last duel in Scotland. (See also lots 23 & 24)

WARRAND Lt. ALEXANDER J. C., 35th Regiment.  Quarto exercise book in marbled brds., full, containing a diary (whilst he was in India), hurriedly written in pencil, 1855; also his manuscript "Kitmagar Account, Nov. 1855" & a small bundle of manuscript ephemera incl. Commission, orders, bills & letters. C.1850s.; also Alexander R. B. Warrand, 5 military commissions & certificates incl. Commission, 72nd Foot, 1880, signed by Queen Victoria on the reverse of which Warrand has summarised his military career including his presence at Tel El Kebir where he "saw Arabi Pasha galloping off the field on a white Arab, but out of shot".

Letters by Scottish Women. An interesting collection of 40 plus manuscript letters spanning the period 1686 to 1820s. Some of the earlier letters are to Baillie Gordon of Inverness & his connections, the later ones to James & Duncan Grant of Bught, lawyers in Inverness & Provosts thereof. It is believed that these were collected by Duncan G. Warrand with a view to writing an article on the education of women, in any case, they demonstrate the development of handwriting during the period in question. The letter dated 31st March 1745 from Isabella Cuthbert, a serving woman but obviously very literate, highlights the privations of her life in the capital at the time of the "unhappie wars".

BENSON ARTHUR, of Abbots Reading, Haverthwaite. Poems on Various Subjects. 124pp. No printed title, commences at "A". Rebacked marbled brds. Manuscript transcription to front free endpaper "Poems on Various Subjects by A. Benson B.A. formerly of Trinity College, Cambridge now of Reading or Abbots Reading near Haverthwaite ... in the Parish of Colton, 1809". The date could also be read as 1869 but Arthur Benson, the last of Abbots Reading died in 1827 & the printing corresponds with at least the earlier date. The book comprises translations from the classics & original poetical works.

McNAB FRANCIS. Australia. 6 detailed manuscript letters, each a folded folio sheet "ship letter" of varying legibility (some written crossed across the paper) to his mother & family in Saltcoats, one of which gives his address as c/o Messrs Dunlop McNab & Coy., Melbourne, Port Phillip. Also another from Thomas McNab, another ex. Philadelphia & 2 others. C. early 1840s.

BURNLEY-CAMPBELL LT. COL. HARDIN (1843-1920).  Letts's Diary & Almanac for 1878 with many manuscript entries covering the period January to October (with some gaps) when the writer was based at Ambala & very active in the Afghan campaign. The diary also contains translations of Hindi words & a note on tiger shooting, 1879; with some 20 orig. autograph letters (signed Hardin Burnley) to his father & family at Ainslie Place, Edinburgh (these mostly in orig. stamped covers ex Umballa; & a few other loose letters, a manuscript statement of "Bill Accounts" & one or two other items. 1878-1880. Major Burnley (later Burnley-Campbell) served in Ireland & subsequently in India with considerable involvement in the Afghan wars including General Roberts' march from Kabul to Kandahar. He saw service in the first Boer campaign & retired in 1882 receiving the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Later he circumnavigated the globe in 40 days, 19 hours & 30 minutes, breaking the previous record of 54 days.

Letters. 20 manuscript letters, 1790s - 1850`s from Lord Lovat, Duke of Gordon, Duke of Sutherland, MacLeod of Dunvegan, Marquis of Huntly, Earl of Moray, Earl of Seaforth, Lord Cawdor, Lord Pitwilly, Lord Herries & Lord Gillies, mainly to James Grant, lawyer & Provost of Inverness.

HOWARD O (Orris) L. of Warren, Maine, USA.  "Life and Adventures". A curious small quarto ink manuscript vol., c.70pp. Crudely but reasonably legibly written & mainly comprising a diary, with brief daily entries, covering the writer`s rural & horticultural work & his social activities, some, possibly referring to the latter, is in code or cypher (pseudo Greek or Masonic?) with rather eccentric headings & capitals & interspersed with small comic or caricature vignettes & one or two pages of musings & reflections.  Mainly 1862-1863, the Civil War period but a brief review indicates that the writer was not a participant although there are very occasional references. The final leaf has a list of Howard family members & a random mention "Stonewall Jackson Sept-11-62".  A gravestone in Riverview Cemetery, Warren is inscribed "O.L. Howard, Son of Thomas & Julia Howard, died Nov. 8th 1865 ... 20ys. 5ms. 24ds".

Letters. 11 manuscript letters incl. from Verney Lovett Cameron, George Cruickshank (2), Joseph Chamberlain, Admiral Hornsby, F. Locker Lampson, Sir Gardner Wilkinson & Lord Shaftsbury.

THE INGRAM SISTERS, of Staindrop Hall, Co. Durham.  "Etchings". A square quarto Victorian album in dark half morocco containing 40 etchings by the daughters of John Ingram of Staindrop Hall, a noted art collector & Italian traveller.  Most of the etchings bear the monogram of either Augusta Isabella, Caroline or Elizabeth Christian Ingram and are dated circa 1816 - 1820s. They were taught by the Venetian etcher Francisco Novelli & these works range from images after Rembrandt & the Old Masters & continental views to Hartlepool & Newcastle views & a vignette after Bewick.  A manuscript gift inscription to the front free endpaper is dated 1867.Foxing and browning throughout with the worst at front and back of vol, in margins and back of plates. Some spots to plates. Only one image of Hartlepool.

ANON.  (French history). Notes Ecrite a Geneve en 1829. A manuscript military & political history of France from Louis XIV to 1788. In 2 vols. in marbled brds., lacking backstrips. Approx. 350pp. Legibly written in French throughout with much detail. Prov. a North of Scotland family archive, the work has some informed comment on the `45 rising, thus perhaps a Scottish connection to the writer.

FAMILY OF HUNTER.  Australia etc.  3 bundles of correspondence & documents ref. the court case, Hunter v Hunter (Supreme Court, Colony of Victoria), c.1860; another bundle, Scottish legal interest; other family letters & documents; 6 lengthy manuscript letters from Adam Hunter, Wm. Hunter etc. to their family, McNab of Saltcoats. From Germantown, U.S., 1839, Ireland, Glasgow etc. 1835 - 1844; & 3 sepia photographs, 3.5" x 5" of farmstead & bachelors` hut, South Australia.Condition report:Illegible writing on two photos (as images)3rd image - Bachelor's Hunt B - Tatiara, South Australia. 

McNAB WILLIAM, Buenos Aires & Montevideo. 6 very detailed & descriptive manuscript "ship letters"  & similar, each on a folded folio sheet, written to family in Scotland. Mainly written crossed on the sheet & thus challenging to read. 1829 - early 1830s.

Inverness. The Provisione of the Kirk of Inverness & Bonach with the Localitie of the Same. 18th cent. manuscript copy of the 1636 document; also a small bundle of mainly 18th cent. Inverness related receipts & other documents; a few early 19th cent. letters incl. ref. Rt. Hon. Charles Grant, MP for Inverness; Prospectus, Memorandum, manuscript list of subscribers & correspondence re. the establishment of a daily newpaper in Inverness (1875/1880), & other & ephemera & engravings, some Inverness & some unrelated.

THE MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF A YOUNG LADY, 1794 the first entry dated 30th September, with some pasted-in scraps and poetic verseProvenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent

HOURS OF THE VIRGIN (USE OF AUTUN) WITH CALENDAR, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM Burgandy, circa 1475, 147 11, 14 lines to a page, written in a large clear gothic hand, headings in red, calendar written in blue, red and black. Eight large miniatures in arched compartments, each page with a miniature surrounded by a full illuminated border with naturalistic flowers, fruit and foliage; three similar half-borders; many large and small initials in burnished gold on pink and blue grounds,190mm x 140mmProvenance: On a fly-leaf at the end is a presentation inscription in French dated August 12th, 1744; the words “ex libris Willemin 1800” have been added to an escutcheon held by an angel at the foot of f.13, ; pencilled signature on first fly-leaf of Sir James Dalton Fitzgerald, 1862; bookplate of John Dalton. Acquired from Alan G. Thomas, a noted Bournemouth book dealer and friend of the Durrell family, 5th March 1963 and by descent to Kerrison Preston Esq.  Illumination:(1)                The Annunciation. In the border the Prophet Isaiah bearing a scroll(2)                The Visitation. St. Elizabeth wears a beautiful yellow robe embroidered in red.(3)                The Nativity.(4)                The Angel and the Shepherds.(5)                The Adoration of the Magi. The Three Kings are very individual figures, especially the youngest who, apart from his turban, is dressed as a young gallant of the 15th century, with particularly elegant high, yellow riding boots, and leans on a long cane with a degagé air.(6)                Pentecost.(7)                David in Prayer. Rocky landscape background.(8)                A Burial Service outside the door of a little church

[DOCUMENTS]. A BOOK OF ACCOUNTS & CLIPPINGS mid 18th to early 19th century, some contents including newspaper notices pasted over earlier manuscript entries, (approximately ninety pages), full panelled reversed calf, tall quarto. Condition Report : Upper cover detached; lacking original clasp fastenings. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

A MID 19TH CENTURY COMMONPLACE BOOK circa 1840s, comprising manuscript verse, three full-page watercolour floral illustrations, a monochrome illustration of the Wellington Monument, Somerset, and loosely inserted pressed leaves, half leather bound, 23.5cm x 19cm.

Guicciardini (Francesco). The History of Italy, From the year 1490, to 1532, 10 volumes, 1st English language edition, London: printed by John Towers, 1753-56, Lord Camden bookplates to the front pastedowns, some light toning, marks & wear, tear from the margin to the middle of pp.151, some cracked guttering, contemporary uniform mottled full calf with gilt decorated red & green calf spine labels, boards & spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with: Boccaccio (Giovanni), Delle Opere Di M. Giovanni Boccacci cittadino fiorentino,..., 4 volumes, Florence: con licenza de' Superiori, 1723, previous owner blind stamps & inscriptions to the front endpapers, some minor toning & spotting, contemporary uniform full vellum, boards & spines slightly rubbed & toned, 8vo Manuscript. Indice Dei Libri Esistenti nell' Archivio del Monte Comune, circa 1825, a neatly handwritten manuscript in Italian containing 152 numbered & 11 un-numbered sheets, presentation bookplate to the front pastedown, some light spotting, toning & offsetting, some ink corrosion to the title page & verso, contemporary full vellum, boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked, folio, and other 18th & 19th-century reference & literature, including 2 volumes of bound miscellaneous late 19th & early 20th-century pamphlets, mostly original leather, some vellum bindings, some Latin & foreign language, overall condition generally G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves)

* Donald McCormick Archive. [Zaharoff, Basil,1849-1936]. Greek arms dealer and industrialist, described as a ‘mystery man of Europe’ and the likely primary inspiration for Ian Fleming’s fictional James Bond villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld. A small archive of research documents, letters and other printed ephemera compiled by Donald McCormick during the early 1960s in relation to his biography of Basil Zaharoff, Pedlar of Death, featuring various Autograph Letters Signed and Typed Letters Signed to McCormick from a variety of individuals including Mario Modiano, a researcher in Athens, discussing Zaharoff’s birth date and whether he is regarded as a patriot to the Greeks, providing notes on a talk with Theodore Petrakopoulos, general manager of the Grande Bretagne hotel which Zaharoff patronised, including details of an affair ‘with the wife of a degenerate Spanish duke…(who)….was a homosexual and went off each night with Athenian coachmen. There were two children but it is not clear whose they were, Z’s or the duke’s’, Rosita Forbes (commenting that ‘Zaharov was the most fantastic & absorbing person I’ve ever met. Like a very aristocratic bat, in his elegant black cloak – a simple bat, I suppose, he had sucked life dry of all its possibilities, love, romance, wealth, power, dominance, knowledge & experience’), Haluk Durukal (discussing Zaharoff’s arms trade and the suggestion that he supplied weapons to both Turkey and Greece in 1921-22), David Compton (questioning whether Zaharoff received a GBE in 1918 as there is no record in the London Gazette, ‘This, of course, proves nothing, since there is a secret London Gazette kept for really significant espionage work’, accompanied by a typed carbon copy of McCormick’s reply commenting on Zaharoff’s spy ring, private police force, his association with David Lloyd George etc.), 15 pages of original typed manuscript, with various corrections, numbered 58-72 and including part of chapter IV (The Mystery of the Dead Convict), various newspaper clippings relating to Zaharoff etc., and a Typed Letter Signed, ‘Basil Zaharoff’, one page, 8vo, Paris, 6 June 1924, to the Secretary of the Royal Society of Arts in London, sending an annual subscriptionQty: (approx. 40)NOTESDonald McCormick (1911-1998) British journalist and historian who also wrote under the pseudonym Richard Deacon. As a journalist on the foreign desk of The Sunday Times McCormick at one stage worked alongside Ian Fleming.