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Election of Popes & Cardinals.- [Doubts of canon law concerning papal councils and elections], manuscript, 7ff., including a final blank, fraying at lower inner gutter caused by water-staining, with loss of text, small hole within final text f. with minor loss, a few stains, modern marbled boards, 4to (c.260 x 200mm), [c.1450]. ⁂ Doubts of canon law regarding papal councils and elections. Includes the procedure for the congregation of the council and what should happen if two cardinals should receive the same amount of votes. The 8th doubt is concerned with the circumstance of schism and antipopes, with reference to the schism started by Clement VII (Robert of Geneva), the first antipope of Avignon, who was elected by the French cardinals in opposition to Urban VI. There is also a mention of Benedict XIII in opposition to Gregory XII.

Venetian choirbook.- Single leaf from a 13th century Venetian antiphonal, with large decorated initial, manuscript on vellum, 11 lines of music and text on recto, 12 lines on verso, in red and black ink, the staves in red, one superb large (5-line) Romanesque initial M opening the Feast of the Annunciation("Missus est gabriel angelus ad mariam virginem..." in red, blue, pink, orange and green, other smaller initials in red and blue, some abrading and fading to text on verso, matted, folio (416 x 300mm.), Venice, [c.1260].⁂ Provenance: The parent manuscript would have been a sumptuous item likely produced in the region of the Adriatic stretching from Friuli and Istria to Croatia.

Miniature.- The Prophet Isaiah, in a historiated initial on a leaf from a Bible, illuminated manuscript on vellum, single leaf ruled in brown ink for 2 columns of 47 lines (recto) and 48 lines (verso) written in a neat gothic bookhand in black ink with a few words in red, running headers, one 2-line and two 3-line capitals in blue and red, illuminated with a large historiated initial 'V' [from 'Visio'] depicting a half-length figure of the prophet Isaiah in a pink and green robe against a grey background, holding a lettered scroll within a grey, green and yellow letter V with leafy corners and gold highlights, old foliation '38' to verso, slight cockling to margins, slight rubbing/offsetting to green part of illumination but generally very good condition, window-mounted, text block 304 x 197mm., leaf size 448 x 310mm., folio, Bohemia or perhaps Germany/Austria, [mid 15th century].⁂ A fine illuminated leaf from a large Lectern Bible dating from around the time that Gutenberg was working on the first printed Bible. The illumination is reminiscent of the workshop of the Prague Hexameron, artists who fled Prague for Wroclaw after the Hussite Wars (1419-34).Provenance: 1) Originally from the second volume of what was undoubtedly a 3-volume Bible (vol.1 Genesis to Psalms; vol.2 Proverbs to Malachi; vol.3 Maccabees and New Testament). The intact volume 2 was once owned by William B. Gourley (d.1935) of Paterson, NJ, his sale New York, 4 November 1936; bought by:2) Otto Ege (d.1952) of Cleveland, who appears to have extracted leaves by 1943 (see Scott Gwara, Otto Ege's Manuscripts, 2013)3) More recently from a UK private collection.Another similar leaf was in the Schoyen Collection (MS 683, lot 452 Christie's, 10 July 2019); other leaves from the parent volume (which was described in the 1930s as having 163 leaves, with 18 historiated initials) have been identified in the Art Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design (Joel initial, f.14); Oberlin College, Ohio (Haggai initial, f.156); Berea College, Kentucky; and Randolph College, Lynchburg Virginia (text leaf with part of Ezekiel 16-18).

Love is patient, Love is kind.- Single leaf from the Grammont or Geraardsbergen Bible, manuscript on vellum, in Latin, 2 columns, 41 lines, headline and verse numbers in red, ruled in ink, one 4-line initial in red with blue decoration, 2 other 2-line initials in red or blue with contrasting decoration, original pin pricking in all 4 margins, small holes to vellum in 2 margins, generally fine condition with only slight browning and soiling to outer edges, folio (452 x 310mm.), Flanders, Grammont Abbey, near Cambrai, [c.1200].⁂ From the Bible of Geraardsbergen/Grammont Abbey, whose four volumes were probably separated at the suppression of the abbey in 1796. Vols.I and IV are presumed destroyed. Vol.III was partly dispersed by Dr Walter Eichenberger, and the residue sold at Christie's, 24 June 1986, lot 78, and is now in the Schøyen Collection (MS.6/1). Vol.II has a colophon naming Geraardsbergen ("Liber beati Adriani de Geraldi Monte"); it belonged to Franz Trau in Vienna in 1905 and later to C.H. St.John Hornby and Major J.R. Abbey; it was in his sale at Christie's, 25 March 1975, lot 2943; later owned by Sir Paul Getty, it has now joined vol.III in the Schøyen Collection (MS.6/2)This leaf is from 1 Corinthians 11:5 - 13:8 and includes the universally recognised lines, most especially quoted in wedding ceremonies - "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal...Love is patient, love is kind..."

Bible, English. The Bible: That is The Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and the New Testament, double column, title with woodcut vignette, Old and New Testament headings within woodcut borders, woodcut initials and large woodcut tail-piece at end, last 2ff. blank at end, X6 & 7 lower margins cut affecting catchwords, 2H2 & 3 corners torn away slightly affecting a few words of text, manuscript date 1578 in corner of title, [Herbert 149; STC 2120; ESTC lists 2 copies only, not in the BL], London, Christopher Barkar [Barker], dwelling in Paternoster Rowe at the signe of the Tygres head, 1577; bound with at end Sternhold and Hopkins The Whole Booke of Psalmes, woodcut vignette on title and tail-piece, lacks H2 last f. (?blank), [not listed in STC], London, John Day, date from colophon 1577 and manuscript date 1578, and an incomplete Book of Common Prayer, 1626, first and second mentioned ruled in red throughout, some ff. creased, browned throughout, contemporary calf, ornate gilt corner and centre pieces with initials "TN", gilt faded, corners bumped, rebacked in 19th century straight-grain morocco, gilt, rubbed, g.e., 8vo.⁂ An extremely scarce Elizabethan pocket bible.

Austen (Jane) & the Lefroy family.- Price (Sir Uvedale) An Essay of the Picturesque, vol. I only, first edition, Anne Lefroy's copy with her signature and inscription "Ashe Hants Decr: 1794" on fly-leaf, G2 torn without loss, contemporary boards, edges rubbed, corners bumped, spine defective, lacks head of spine, edges uncut, 8vo, for J. Robson, 1794 § [Harrison (Rev. John Branfill, rector of Great Mongeham, Kent, 1823-93)] [Volume of notes on the Brydges, Lefroy & Harrison families], autograph manuscript, 81pp. excluding blanks, printed pamphlet on the Harrison and Brydges family with manuscript notes by JBH, some newspaper cuttings, some ff. excised, slightly browned, original panelled reverse calf, one corner worn, joints splitting, folio, [1880s - 90s]. ⁂ First mentioned, Anne Lefroy (1747/8-1804), eldest child of Edward Brydges (d. 1780) of Wootton Court, Wootton, Kent; married the Reverend Isaac Peter George Lefroy (1745-1806), Rector of Ashe; friend of Jane Austen; poet.Second mentioned, compiled by J.B. Harrison in the nineteenth century that includes genealogical information about the Lefroy and Brydges families and descendants, and also a compilation of anecdotes and poetry, including a copy of Jane Austen's lament "to the memory of Mrs Lefroy who died December 16th the birthday of the author"; "Lines by C. Edward Lefroy to the memory of his beloved mother" (not traced), beginning, "How oft my long arrival she'd await"; a poem "To Miss Charlotte Brydges on her birthday May 1 1782 (not traced) beginning, "Warm from the heart the wishes flow", three poems by Anne Lefroy and much various other poems and prose.

Heraldry.- [Phillipps (Sir Thomas, Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts, 1792-1872).- The Visitation of Middlesex, Began in the Year 1663 by William Ryley... and Henry Dethick... Marshals and Deputies to Sir Edward Bysshe..., ["Edited by Sir Thomas Phillipps ... from MS. supposed to be in genealogical his possession - only 150 Copies printed" - Gwyn], Henry Gwyn's copy with his ink signature dated 1827 on title and augmented by 96 hand-coloured coats of arms for the families listed and with 59pp. (excluding blanks) of manuscript notes at end, in at least two hands (mostly in 1 hand, dated 1816-51, other in hand of Henry Gwyn) quoting from Albert W Woods, Lancashire Herald and Robert Laurie, Windsor Herald, a few extra notes loosely inserted, slightly browned, bookplates on front endpapers, contemporary boards, modern half calf, some slight surface wear, gilt spine, morocco label, Britannia watermark, folio, Salisbury, Printed by J.A. Gilmour... Published by J. Nichols, 1820.⁂ Henry Gwyn, coach painter, of Greek Street, London.

Barberini Family (family of Pope Urban VIII, 1568-1644).- Abbanti (Giovanni Andrea, miniaturist and scribe, of Bologna, fl. c. 1612-60s) [Volume of examples of lettering and decoration illustrating Abbanti's mastery as a scribe], decorative calligraphic manuscript, in Italian, 160pp., in italic, gothic and roman hands, richly illustrated borders featuring the Barberini bee as well as other figurative decorations and abstract patterns, in colour, on paper, possibly lacking title? and 2 other leaves, first 10 leaves and front pastedown with damp-staining to upper margin, affecting but not obscuring text, many leaves stuck together with damp at point along upper or inner edge, initial leaves with small ink stain to lower margin, most leaves with show through from ink, in many places worn through entirely with acid damage, rendering c.24 leaves and pieces partially loose and 7 leaves with consequent loss of border sections, a little marginal browning, original stiff wrappers, covers a little creased and stained, spine chipped at binding stitching, edges and extremities worn but still durable, a remarkably bright and charming survival despite the flaws of age, 215 x 161mm., Bologna, 14th August 1630.⁂ A 17th century Bolognese scribe's appeal for patronage in Rome. Giovanni Andrea Abbanti, an eighteen year old scribe, offers this "written example of a rough hand" in the hope of securing Barberini patronage so that "perhaps one day my pen may write of you". In 1630, the Barberini were at the zenith of their power, with Maffeo Barberini on the papal throne as Pope Urban VIII since 1623. Their famous bee symbol is prominent throughout the illustrations, while five dedicatory pages to different family members have more personalised imagery. Those addressed are: Costanza Magalotti Barberini (1575-1644), sister in law of Urban VIII (her husband, Carlo, died 26th February 1630, explaining his lack of inclusion); her three sons, Cardinal Francesco Barberini (1597-1679), possibly Taddeo Barberini (1603-47) - this page is blank of text, but the decorative borders feature ornate armour, perhaps a reference to Taddeo's military status as Gonfalionier of the Church, Commander of the Papal army, and the Barberini crest here appears without a Cardinal's galero - Cardinal Antonio Barberini (1607-71), and Costanza's brother, Cardinal Lorenzo Magalotti (1584-1637). Referencing the "devoted service" of his uncle Giovanni in the household of Costanza Magalotti Barberini, Abbanti professes his own desire to serve the family. Certainly the manuscript well exhibits his penmanship - not only as a calligraphist and scribe, but perhaps also his aspirations as author, with inclusion of several short poems and bon mots to which he has added his own name. Whether or not Abbanti was successful in obtaining the Barberini's patronage is difficult to say. However, his career seems to have developed as an active and respected miniaturist, and material in archives in Bologna place him as working in this city in the 1660s.

Kent Estate Map, Chevening.- Barham (surveyor) The Home Farm In Chevening Kent Belonging to The Ri.t Hon.ble Lord Amherst, manuscript watercolour estate map on vellum, fold, 475 x 500mm., 1797; and another manuscript estate map on paper, several tears, 1796 (2).

Elyot (Sir Thomas) Bibliotheca Eliotae. Eliotes Dictionarie the second tyme enriched, and more perfectly corrected, by Thomas Cooper ..., text in English and Latin, woodcut initials, lacking A8 (?blank), contemporary manuscript notes to margins (A2 only), A2-6 & 4D1-2 with margins restored, X1, X8 & on small leaves ?inserted from another copy, occasional loss to corners and edges with expert repairs, short marginal tears (H7 & 3F8), short tear affecting odd letter (K4, O1 & 3H1), small hole affecting odd letter (3L7), occasional staining, modern calf retaining contemporary calf upper board, remnants of clasps, a little rubbed, [STC 7662], folio, Thomas Berthelet, 1552.

Dutch Sailors.- Sandau (Bernard van, Anglo-Jewish notary, scrivener and translator, of Basinghall Street, London, fl. 1793-1822) Memoirs relative to the Seminary for the Marine at Amsterdam, manuscript, title and 334pp., ruled in red throughout, slightly browned, new endpapers, modern crushed morocco, gilt, sm. 4ro, dated at dedication 1793.⁂ A view of the workings of the Dutch equivalent of the Marine Society, with an examination of their accounts, bye-laws etc.

Peninsular War & India.- Lovell (Lovell Benjamin Badcock, army officer, 1786-1861) Collection of papers relating to Lovell's service in the Peninsular War with the 14th Light Dragoons and later in India, including a 14-page manuscript fair copy memoir with subjects including personal memoirs of the Peninsular War, a series of c. 25 letters written to Lovell when serving in Portugal, 1830s, relating to diplomatic matters including relations with Spain, and including two letters of Henry Addington (later Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister), and four of Lord George William Russell as Minister to Lisbon, c. 1833, and c. 40 official letters and documents relating to General Lovell Lovell's orders and letters on administration of the Indian Army, 1839-1847, including a letter from Sir Robert Peel to the Master of the Rolls, plus approximately 16 mostly manuscript documents relating to drills and manoeuvres and a group of 7 further personal mostly manuscript documents, v.s., v.d. (mostly folio), housed in 4 modern ring binders, c. 1809-50 (4).

With manuscript notes by the author.- Gray (Thomas) An elegy written in a country church yard, third edition (with the first printing of the 'red-breast stanza'), title printed within 2 bands of funereal emblems, 1 repeated as a head-piece, advertisement f., B1 partially repaired tear within text, but with loss of only a quotation mark, some foxing and staining, early 20th century half morocco gilt, rubbed, [Rothschild 1058], 4to, Printed for R. Dodsley in Pall-mall, and sold by M. Cooper in Pater-noster-row, 1751.⁂ Loosely inserted are 4pp. of autograph Latin notes by Gray giving biographical details of classical figures. A pencilled note at the foot of the first page of these reads 'These mss were from the Penn sale London...1872...and subsequently...at the C.W. Frederickson sale in 1897'.

Estienne (Henri) Poetae Graeci Principes Heroici Carminis, collation: *⁶. **⁴. A-D⁸. E⁴. a-z⁸. aa-bb⁸. cc⁶. Aa¹⁰. Bb-Yy⁸. Zz⁶. Zzz⁴. a-g⁴. AA-ZZ⁶. AAA-RRR⁶. SSS-TTT⁴, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut decorative initials, with blanks cc6, Zzz4 and TTT4, occasional marginal worming, expertly repaired, previous owner's ink inscription to front pastedown, scattered faint spotting, later calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, folio (360 x 210 mm.), [Geneva], H. Estienne & Ulrich Fugger, 1566.⁂ This copy with 3 additional leaves trimmed and window mounted with pen and ink manuscript borders, and a manuscript illustrated half-title. 'Unquestionably Henri Estienne's typographic masterpiece' (Schreiber). The second part includes several celebrated examples of 'concrete poetry'.Literature: Adams P1699; Renouard, Estienne, 126; Schreiber, The Estiennes, 160.

Pontifical.- Single leaf from a 12th century Romanesque English Pontifical, manuscript on vellum, single column of 18 lines, written in red and black ink in a fine English Romanesque hand, ruled in ink, one large initial (1 1/2 lines) in red, original pin prickings, wide margins, fine condition, small folio (262 x 181mm.), England, [mid 12th century].⁂ Few English Pontificals or fragments from this era are recorded; another leaf from the same, or very similar manuscript, was in Quaritch catalogue 1056 (item 60)

Leicestershire. Hill (John Harwood) ‘ The History of Market Harborough’, lithographed title and plates by the author, contemporary calf tooled in blind with fleur de lis and trellis patterned boards, red label, Leicester: For the Subscribers, 1875 and James Wright ‘ The History and Antiquities of the County of Rutland, plts and engraved illustrations in the text, early manuscript index at end, contemporary calf rebacked, London: 1684 (2) Provenance: (Wright) The potter Josiah Spode (1733-1797) (bookplate)

EDWARDIAN BEECH MANUSCRIPT CABINET

UNPUBLISHED ROLAND MORRIS MANUSCRIPT ETC. The signed manuscript of an unpublished book by Roland Morris 'Pieces of Eight', a Memorandum of Agreement with publishers Hutchinson &Co. for a book 'The Association Wreck' & other items related to his writings. Provenance: Ex-Roland Morris collection, purchased at the clearance auction of Roland Morris Museum of Nautical Art', Penzance.  Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING.  The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase

A 19th century silhouette of JONATHAN SISSON COOPER (1777-1850) & his daughter Charlotte Louise, with monochrome watercolour detail, & with painted death notice verso, 13” x 10”; a head-&-shoulders pencil portrait of J. S. Cooper as a young man, inscribed verso “by Milo Rowland, Guernsey”; another of him as a boy, watercolour (both framed & glazed – 7½” x 7¼” & 6¼” x 5¼”); & a manuscript letter from J. S. Cooper to his mother written in his first days at school, dated 1786. (4).

GLAS, George (trad.).- The history of the discovery and conquest of the Canary Islands: translated from a Spanish manuscript, lately found in the Island of Palma. With an enquiry into the origin of the ancient inhabitants, to which is added, a description of the Canary Islands...- London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1764.- [8], VIII, 368 p.: 3 mapas (1 desdobr.); 27 cm.- E., First edition of a work divided into three parts. The first is a translation of a manuscript attributed to Juan de Abreu Galindo, with the account of Jean de Bettaencourt's expedition (1402); the second contains an ethnographic characterization of the peoples and language of the islands; the third, a description of the archipelago. Clean copy, with the folding map neatly folded. Full flecked sheepskin 20th century binding, with gold decoration on the covers and spine and roll squares. Sabin, 79.

LUÍS, António.- ANTONII | LODOVICI ME- | dici Olyssipponësis Pro- | blematum libri quinq[ue]; opus | absolutü, & facu[n]du[m], & ua | rium, | multijugaque erudi- | tione refertiss[i]mum.- Olyssipone: [Luís Rodrigues], 1539-1540.- 61, [1] f.; 28 cm. Junto com: ANTONII | LODOVICI | medici Olyssip- | ponensis. | DE OC: | CVLTIS PRO- | prietatibus, Libri | quinque. | Opus præclarissimum.- Olyssippone: [Luís Rodrigues], 1540.- 71 [i., é 70] f.; 28 cm. Junto com: ANTONII LODOVICI MEDI- | CI OLYSSIPPONENSIS DE RE | MEDICA OPERA QVAE | HIC SEQVNTUR...- Olyssippone: Luís Rodrigues, 1540.- 151 [i. é 115], [1] f.; 28 cm.- E., António Luís († ca. 1565), an illustrious physician with encyclopedic knowledge, a follower of the Galenist current, was born in Lisbon probably in the early years of the 16th century. A leading figure in Portuguese Renaissance humanism, with a deep knowledge of Greek language and philosophy, he was known as “The Greek” and nicknamed by Amato Lusitano "utriusque linguae doctissimes". Excellent set of three scientific works published in their original editions. The first two works feature woodcut architectural frontispieces, with the motto Mvsis dicatvm, on the pediments. In the third, the title page is typed. All feature the printer's mark Luís Rodrigues, at the end. Slight (tide) stain on the last two sections; it belongs to the 19th century manuscript, on the title page of the first work ("Dr. J[os]e Fructuoso Ayres de Gouveea Osorio") and the manuscript index on the flyleaf. Otherwise a very clean copy with good margins. Contemporary full sheepskin binding with reconstructed covers, but retaining the original endpapers. Auction Silva's / Pedro de Azevedo, May 1999, lot nº 522 (the same copy). Anselmo, 1008, 1009 and 1010. National Library (16th century), 469, 466 and 467 (the latter incomplete). Library of King D. Manuel II, 279, 276 and 277.

MANUSCRITO.- COIMBRA, Universidade de.- Relação geral do estado da Universidade de Coimbra...- Século XVIII (1777).- 312 p.; 33 cm.- E., Carefully handwritten manuscript, with the following title page: "Relação geral do estado da Universidade de Coimbra, desde o principio da Nova Reforma, até o Mez de Setembro de 1777, para ser presente à Rainha Nossa Senhora, pelo seu Ministro, e Secretario de Estado da Repartição dos Negocios do R[ei]no. o Illmo. e Exmo. Senhor Visconde de Villa Nova de Cerveira dada pelo Bispo de Zenopole Coadjutor, e futuro successor do Bispado de Coimbra e actual Reformador, e Reytor da mesma Universidade". The document is part of the extension of the Pombaline reform of the University of Coimbra, already in the reign of Queen D. Maria I of Portugal, whose reformer was its dean, D. Francisco de Lemos de Faria Pereira Coutinho (1735-1822), a native of Marapicu ( Rio de Janeiro), then titular bishop of Zenópolis and future bishop of Coimbra (1779-1822). Fully red shagreen contemporary binding, a little worn, but recoverable, with traces of wormholes on the spine; multiple gold ornamental borders on the covers, florets on the corners of the central reserve and panels gold closed on the spine; leaves with gauffered and gilt edges; keeps the original marbled paper endpapers. The sumptuousness of the binding, combined with the care of the calligrapher, could indicate that the volume was intended for a high-ranking personality of the court, the Church or the University itself.

REGIME[N]TO & or | denações da fazenda. M. D. xlviij.- [Lisboa: em casa de Germão Galharde, 1548].- 8, cxvj [i. é 115], [2] f.; 29 cm.- E., Second edition of this "Regimento" that reformulates the Manueline edition printed in Lisbon in 1516. The beginnings of the Casa dos Contos (public accounting house) date back to the reign of King D. Dinis, but the oldest regiment (manuscript) dates from 1389 (reign of King D. João I), followed by those of 1419 and 1434 (by King D. Duarte). With the printed regiments of 1516 and 1548, the rules that would guide the Kingdom's public accounting were systematized until the mid-eighteenth century, establishing, among other provisions, the competences of the Treasury's supervisors. The copy has the autograph signatures of Dr. Ruy Gago and the account graduate Bernardim Esteves on the penultimate page, which includes a rare reference to the edition's circulation: 1000 copies. An extensive colophon follows: "Aqui se acaba ho liuro do regime[n]to da fazenda del rey nosso senhor. Foy impresso per autoridade e preuilegio de sua Alteza esta segu[n]da vez: em a cidade d[e] Lixboa em casa de Germão galharde aos. xxv. dias do mes de Feuereyro de mil e quinhentos e quare[n]ta e oyto annos". Copy slightly handled, trimmed, with tangential damage to the top of the woodcut frame of the title page, a little worn, which has two marginal restorations; small central support failure, in the last three sheets affecting some letters; occasional notes and underlining of the period, sometimes marred by the trimming on the outer margin; slight tidal stains on the inner and upper margins (including a few lines of text) in about half the volume. It is, however, 19th century full sheepskin simple binding. Anselmo, 634. National Library (16th century), 770. D. Manuel II Library only mentions the Manueline edition of 1516.

Collecçaõ das leys, decretos, e alvarás (Lisboa, 1749-1814), [PORTUGAL: leis, decretos, alvarás, etc.].- Collecçaõ das leys, decretos, e alvarás, que comprehende o feliz reinado dElRey fidelissimo D. Joze o I. Nosso Senhor, desde o anno de 1750 até o de 1760, e a pragmatica do Senhor Rey D. João o V. do anno de 1749. Tomo I [a tomo IX (1814)].- Lisboa: Na Officina de Antonio Rodrigues Galhardo [e outros], 1776-1814.- 9 vols.; 28 cm.- E., Collection of laws published separately, gathering more than 1,500 legal diplomas in nine volumes (the first three with title pages and indexes), covering the period from May 24, 1749 to August 9, 1814. The set includes not only the period immediately after the earthquake of November 1, 1755, but also the first seven years of the Court's stay in Rio de Janeiro, although all the diplomas were apparently printed in Lisbon. The nine volumes, slightly trimmed, are exceptionally clean and maintain good margins. Volume I with a manuscript, from the time, on the title page (Serpa?); volume IX has 28 leaves with the lower outside corners cut, without ever affecting the text; very few traces of worm work, confined to the endpapers of three volumes and no more than six leaves (in more than 6,000) of so many other diplomas contiguous to the endpapers (negligible and marginal traces). Identical entire sheepskin bindings of the time (first quarter of the 19th century), preserving the original endpapers, with traces of worm work on the spines and some weak joints.

JESUS, Frei Rafael de, O.S.B.- CASTRIOTO | LVSITANO | PARTE I. | ENTREPRESA, E RESTAVRAÇAÕ | de Pernambuco; & das Capitanias Confinantes. VARIOS, E BELLICOS SVCCESSOS CASTRIOTO | ENTRE PORTUGUEZES, E BELGAS. | ACONTECIDOS PELLO DISCURSO DE VINTE E QUATRO ANNOS, E | tirados de noticias, relações, & memorias certas.- Lisboa: Na Impressaõ de Antonio Craesbeeck de Mello, 1679.- [18], 701, [47] p.: 1 gravura; 27 cm.- E., First edition of a work based on the manuscript of the "Historia da guerra de Pernambuco e feitos memoraveis do Mestre de Campo João Fernandes Vieira", by Diogo Lopes Santiago, which only came to be published in 1875-1880. In fact, it is a compliment by Vieira, nicknamed Castrioto in allusion to the Albanian hero and king George Castrioto, who at the time was a very popular figure in Portugal. The author (1640-1693), a Benedictine monk, born in Guimarães, was the main chronicler of the Kingdom, being responsible for writing the seventh part of the "Monarquia Lusitana". The volume initially includes an engraved and etched (very trimmed, with loss of subscription and reinforced margins on the back) portrait of Vieira with architectural framing. The title page has a restoration over the entire width of the lower margin (25x195 mm), tangentially affecting the imprint date. The specimen is somewhat trimmed, but generally clean, complete and solid, retaining the rare portrait. Recent full sheepskin binding, with patina and gold tooling in the manner of the period ("à la Duseuil"). Inocêncio, VII, p. 48. Samodães, 1632. Borba de Moraes, p. 427 (rare). Auvermann, 1062. Arouca, J 17.

CORDEIRO, Pe. António, S.J.- Historia insulana das ilhas a Portugal sugeytas no Oceano Occidental / composta pelo Padre Antonio Cordeyro, da Companhia de Jesus, Insulano tambem da Ilha Terceira, & em idade de 76. annos, para a confirmaçam dos bons costumes, assim moraes, como sobrenaturaes, dos nobres antepassados insulanos, nos presentes, & futuros, descendentes seus, & só para a salvaçaõ de suas almas, & mayor gloria de Deos.- Lisboa Occidental: Na Officina de Antonio Pedrozo Galram, 1717.- [16], 528 p.; 29 cm.- E., Original edition of a classic work of Azorean historiography. Father António Cordeiro (1641-1722), a Jesuit, born in Angra de Heroísmo, based himself on the manuscript, then unpublished, of Father Gaspar Frutuoso (c.1522-c.1591), "Saudades da Terra", which was found in the bookstore of the Ponta Delgada Jesuit College (currently at the Ponta Delgada Public Library and Regional Archive). Divided into nine books, the work does not only refer to the Azores, but also to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira and Porto Santo. Very clean copy with good margins. Full sheepskin contemporary binding. Inocêncio I, p. 114. Samodães, 889 (muito rara). Ernesto do Canto, 79. Auvermann, 229.

A small framed and glazed illuminated manuscript extract together with an over-painted print of a duckling (2)

GENESIS PRESS: BLIGH, Capt. W: The Log of HMS Bounty 1787-1791. 1975, Limited edition #115 of 500 copies. A facsimile of the manuscript, Bound in ¾ leather by Zaehnsdorf and two others, with slipcase. Fine

BLIGH, William: A Narrative of the Mutiny on board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat. From Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. For George Nicol, 1790, first edition. 4to. PP: iv, 88 + 3 folding charts (Leaves B2 & B3 supplied in facsimile). Contemporary full treecalf and later spine; C1815 manuscript notes to the last page and rear endpaper and C19 Newspaper cutting. The odd small tear and repair (without loss). PLUS: Bligh's Narrative of the Mutiny on board HM Ship Bounty. Minutes of the Court Martial. Bligh's Answer to Certain Assertions. Edward Christian's Short Reply. Georgian House, Melbourne, 1952. Limited edition #145 of 1000. 4to. Original full leather; little rubbed. (2)

Stephen GRUNDY’S private log during H.M.S. Pelican’s visit to Pitcairn Island in 1886. Signed by Thursday October Christian, 9 Oct. 1886. Folio, PP: 170 (on one side) + 65 (on the other). PROVENANCE: Bought at Bonhams 1996, Lot No. 167: Pitcairn- Grundy (Stephen G): Manuscript private log on board HMS Pelican. Estimate: £250-350; Sold for £402.

Wilde (Oscar). The Ballad of Reading Gaol. By C. 3. 3., 2nd edition, London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. 8vo, original cloth, edges untrimmed, bookplate (Robert Ellis Cunliffe), together with an assortment of about 20 other books and ephemera, including: 1) Les poésies d'Anacréon, et de Sapho, traduites en françois, avec des remarques, par Madame Dacier. Nouvelle édition, Amsterdam: widow of Paul Marret, 1716, 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf, engraved frontispiece, 2) Beck (Thomas Alcock). Annales Furnesiennes. History and Antiquities of the Abbey of Furness, 1st edition, London: Payena and Foss, 1844, 4to, contemporary morocco (binding defective, initial leaves loose), 3) Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus). XII sonatines pour la pianoforte avec accompagnement de violon, et VI canons, Leipzig: Breitkopft and Härtel, c.1850, oblong folio, contemporary half calf, engraved series-title, 4) Stutfield (Hugh E. M., & J. Norman Collie). Climbs and Explorations in the Canadian Rockies, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1903, 8vo, original cloth, plates, folding map (repaired verso), 5) A notebook of manuscript music, c.1770, oblong 8vo, approx. 50 leaves (qty: 1 box) The lot sold as seen, not subject to return.

Chinese Jiaqing manuscript of Zhenjiu Dacheng "The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion." In ten volumes, with 103 illustrations. Made from the 1680 edition by Wang Gaoru in the town of Fenyi in the Shanxi province, in the seventh year of the Jiaqing period (1802). Originally compiled by Yang Jizhou (1522-1620). Featuring rich descriptions of the origins of acupuncture, detailed human anatomy, and how acupuncture can treat illnesses.In the late Qing dynasty this manuscript was in the collection of a doctor, who filled the first four pages with medical notes and prescriptions.Provenance: Collection of Bruce Dayton & Ruth Stricker Dayton, Minnesota.Height: 4 1/4 in x width: 8 1/2 in x depth: 5 in.Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email condition@revereauctions.com with any condition questions.Height: 4 1/4 in x width: 8 1/2 in x depth: 5 in.

Bible (English) The Holy Bible, 2 vol., manuscript bookplate to front pastedowns, vol. 2 last few gatherings beginning to work loose, a few minor cases of soiling, red morocco wallet-style, gilt, vol. 1 covers and extremities scuffed, vol. 2 slightly toned and rubbed, g.e., 12mo, Oxford, 1819.

NO RESERVE Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Werner: A Tragedy, first edition, first issue without "the end" and the imprint on p.188, Lord Palmerston's copy, 7pp. advertisements at front, very occasional few spots, original wrappers, ink ownership name "Palmerston" and manuscript title to upper cover, lightly stained, spine defected with portions lacking, cocked, still overall a good copy, 8vo, 1823.

Trials.- Jack the Ripper.- Macdougall (Alexander William) The Maybrick Case: A Treatise, portrait frontispiece, 1891 § Irving (H. B., editor) Mrs Maybrick, extensive manuscript note copied from contemporary work on the case to front free endpapers, first few pp. lightly browned and spotted, 1912, ex-library copies with usual stamps and markings, original cloth, lightly marked, extremities bumped and creased; and another relating to Jack-the Ripper, 8vo (3)⁂ Second with intriguing manuscript excerpt from Sir William Nott-Bower's book Fifty-Two Years as a Policeman, piecing together further evidence of her culpability: "A curious sequel to the case (not I think hitherto known to the public)...sometime after the Home Secretary had announced the reprieve of Mrs M, a highly respectable L'pool chemist...came to the police and said he wished to make a confession on a subject...in the Spring of 1889 Mrs M drove up to his shop requesting powdered arsenic to kill cats, and he supplied her with a considerable quantity which she took away with her...". In 2015 a study was published which makes a case that Maybrick and her husband were the victims of her brother-in-law, Michael, was actually Jack the Ripper.

Spiritualism.- Seymour (John D.) Irish Witchcraft and Demonology, first edition, manuscript recipes in contemporary hand loosely inserted, endpapers browned, light spotting to first few pp., original cloth, gilt, a very handsome copy, 1913 § Summers (Montague) The Vampire: His Kith and Kin, first English edition, plates, some light spotting, half-title foxed, ex-library blind-stamps, original cloth, spine and covers lightly faded, 1928; and 2 other works on spiritualism, 8vo (4)

Military.- Cumming (Hanway R.) A Brigadier in France, first edition, half-title, lithograph portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, 9 maps, library stamp to front endpaper, occasional very light foxing, original cloth, manuscript number to spine, 1922 § Ferrar (Major M. L., editor) The Diary of Colour-Serjeant George Calladine, first edition, original cloth, discoloured, 1922 § Kemble (James) St Helena. During Napoleon's Exile, first edition, 3 black and white plates, original cloth, 1969 § Caldwell (George) and Robert Cooper, signed by author on title, one of 1000 copies, black and white illustrations, original leather, 1994; and 24 others relating to military history and warfare, mainly first editions, 8vo, (28)

NO RESERVE Blake (William) Illustrations of the Book of Job, 22 facsimile plates, loose in folder as issued, spine lightly faded, Paris, Trianon Press, 1987 § François (Henry) The Book of Kells: Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin, illustrations, original cloth, gilt, slip-case, 1974; and 8 others, manuscript facsimiles, v.s. (10)

NO RESERVE Calligraphic Manuscript.- Lamb (Charles) A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig, manuscript in English and Chinese, in red and black, on paper, 48pp., 11 hand-drawn and coloured illustrations, occasional very light finger soiling, hinges a little weak, modern calf-backed velum, lower joint torn at foot, 4to, [n.d.].

Newman (Isidora) Fairy Flowers, illustrations by Willy Pogany, modern pen mark to p.98, 1929 § De Vere Stacpoole (Henry) The Blue Lagoon, contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper, one tissue-guard torn, hinge weak, t.e.g., 1910 § Potter (Beatrix) The Roly-Poly Pudding, early edition, bookplate to endpaper, 1908, half-titles, plates and illustrations, occasional light spotting, original boards or cloth, some gilt, most rubbed and spines discoloured; and 25 others, children's literature, including a Victorian manuscript comic of 'Hookeybeak the Raven' from 1878, and an early English edition of The Struwwerlpeter, v. s. (28)

Jacobean Petition.- Middlesex (Lionel Cranfield, first Earl of, merchant, financier, and government minister, 1575-1645) & Sir Robert Pye, exchequer official and politician, bap. 1585, d. 1662.- Petition of Joan ffox, having lent ten pounds to Captain Henry Lane who "was then in greate distress; & nowt beinge of greate estate & havinge a penton of 260l pound" asking for repayment from his pension and Middlesex's autograph instructions as Lord Treasurer to Pye for the same, manuscript in two hands, folds, browned, 188 x 135mm., 7th August 1623; and 4 others, including: ALs of Sir Robert Moray (1608/9-73), soldier and statesman; ALs of Sir Henry Coventry Coventry, Henry (1617/18-86), politician, ambassador-extraordinary to Sweden, folds, browned, v.s., v.d. (5).

Worcestershire, Feckenham.- Indenture, bargain and sale of the Lord of the Manor of Feckenham by Edward Leighton to Thomas Coventry, first Baron Coventry, D.s. "Edw: Leighton", manuscript on vellum, some surface wear affecting legibility, folds, slightly browned, red wax seal with some loss not affecting impression, 430 x 670mm., April 1632; and 4 other documents relating to Leighton, Lord Coventry and Feckenham, v.s., v.d. (5).⁂ Thomas Coventry, first Baron Coventry (1578-1640), lawyer.

Yorkshire.- Knaresborough.- Cash Book, manuscript account book, c. 250pp. & 15pp. index, browned, original vellum, soiled, lettered direct "Cash Book 1727" and label "Day Book No. 3" on upper cover, corners and eges with tears, tail of spine chipped, ledger folio, 1727-48 & 1814-17.⁂ Accounts relating to various wills and trusts.

Herbal.- Gerard (John) The Herball of Generall Historie of Plantes, lacking title, 2 manuscript titles inserted, numerous woodcuts in text, fraying and loss to preliminary leaves affecting text, misbound, mould spots, water-staining, occasional holes, tears and marginal loss affecting text, scattered spotting and staining, tiny marginal worming, bookplates, previous owner's signatures to endpapers, near contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, retaining original backstrip, [Hunt 223; Henrey 155], folio, [by Adam Islip Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers], [1633]; sold not subject to return⁂ In this edition 7B5v has the Errata. Bookplates of E. F. Nolte (1791-1875), German botanist and Dr J.M.W. Baumanni (1766-1849), and entomologist and James Morton (1867-1943).

Pamphlets.- Gout.- Religion.- Fashion.- Cadogan (William) A Dissertation on the Gout, and all Chronic Diseases ..., eighth edition, 1771 bound with, Williams (John) Advice to People afflicted with Gout ..., half-title, advertisement at end, 1774, and, [Hill (Sir Richard)] An Address to Persons of Fashion, containing some Particulars relating to Balls ..., second edition, tears to gutter affecting odd letter (D1-4), 1761, and, Shirley (Rev.) A Narrative of the Principal Circumstances relative to the Rev. Mr. Wesley's Late Conference held in Bristol ..., previous owner's ink annotation to title verso and A2, Bath, 1771, and 4 other pamphlets, together 8 work in 1 vol., contents in manuscript to front free endpaper, occasional spotting, contemporary calf-backed boards, a little rubbed, 8vo.⁂ Containing: 1. Cadogan (William) A Dissertation on the Gout ..., eighth edition, 1771.2. Williams (J.) Advice to People afflicted with the Gout, 1774.3. Hart (Richard) The Importance of the Word of God. Being the Substance of Two Sermons ..., Bristol, 1766.4. Shirley (Rev. Mr.) A Narrative of the Principal Circumstances relative to the Rev. Mr. Wesley's late Conference held in Bristol ..., Bath, 1771.5. The Rev. Mr. Talbot's Narrative of the Whole of his Proceedings Relative to Jonathan Britain, Bristol, n.d.6. [Hill (Sir Richard)] An Address to Persons of Fashion, containing some Particulars relating to Balls, second edition, 1761.7. An Answer to that Important Question, Whether is is lawful for the Professors of the Christian Religion to go to Plays?, 1757.8. A Letter to the Rev. Dr. Adams of Shrewsbury: occasioned by the Publication of His Sermon, preached against The Rev. Mr. Romaine ..., third edition, 1770.

Shahnameh (Book of Kings).- Single leaf from the Shahnameh, manuscript in Arabic, on paper, 2pp., within gold borders, worming and staining in margin, browned, [18th century]; and c. 260ff. other Arabic leaves, some decorated in gold and other colours, all on paper, v.s., v.d. [18th - 19th centuries] (c. 260).

Royal Navy.- [Ship's Personnel], manuscript, 19pp. excluding blank, ruled in red, 2 small watercolour wash drawings of boats at end, central folds, last 3ff. small hole, slightly browned, unbound, 116 x 98mm., [c. 1810-20].⁂ Lists gunners, top sail men, carpenters etc. Mentions Lieutenant Ormond, possibly Francis Ormond, lieutenant on several Royal Navy vessels in the early nineteenth century.

Verse satire of Leamington Spa.- [Elliott (Charlotte)] Leamington Peripatetics. "Use your limbs and have them.", manuscript, 4pp., bifolium, folds, repairs to small splits at end of folds, lightly browned, small 4to, [Leamington Spa], [c.1842].⁂ Charlotte Elliott (1789-1871) is best known as a hymn writer, but in her youth she was known 'for her wit, which sparkles in... playful satirical poems' (ODNB). From 1821 her health was not good, and in 1841, when she was particularly poorly, she came under the care of Dr. Henry Jephson. He almost single-handedly transformed Leamington into a spa resort, with local tradesmen making him a presentation in appreciation of his ability to attract to the town 'the sick and opulent from all parts of the Kingdom.'. The verses were issued as illustrated broadsides (represented in WorldCat solely by the pair at the Morgan).

Dorset Poet.- N[ewell] (Rev. P[ercy] J[oseph], Rector of East Lydford, Somerset, poet, of Pelham House, Kinson, now part of Bournemouth, 1802-78) [Poems], ?autograph manuscript, c. 230pp. excluding blanks, 1f. loose, slightly browned, original morocco, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, gilt spine, sm. 4to, 1844-77.

Lace.- Gill (Jemima) Volume of lace patterns, manuscript, 26pp. excluding blanks, in several hands (some juvenile), 10 original lace samples laid down on pp., slightly browned, original marbled wrappers, rubbed, manuscript label on upper cover, 1849 & later; and another, Part III only of The Book of Trades, 1805, sm. 8vo (2).

Blank paper.- Volume of 74 sheets of blank paper, each sheet 375 x 222mm., some ff. excised, contemporary half cloth, small tear in corner of upper cover, edges rubbed, corners bumped, manuscript label on upper cover "Materialien und Elaboraten Buch", [Germany], [19th century]; and a small quantity of blank ff., folio (sm. qty).

Taxidermy.- Notes for "the preservation of birds and mammals", manuscript, c. 65pp. excluding blanks, in ink and pencil, original limp cloth, rubbed, 8vo, [c. 1860s].⁂ A rare taxidermy manuscript, written, we are told, due to the fact that although "various books on taxidermy have been published, most if not all will be of very little use to the beginner" since they are limited to "the elephant, the deer and other large quadrupeds." The present work aims to be a practical guide designed to enable the reader to "prepare and preserve the smaller animals."

NO RESERVE Heraldry.- Ye Shields of ye principal Knights in arms at ye Battle of Hastings, 48 watercolour coats of arms, n.d.; Arms of ye Barons who signed ye Magna Charta June, 19, 1215, 29 watercolour coats of arms, n.d.; Arms of the Kings and Queens of England, 33 watercolour coats of arms, n.d., some foxing, manuscript titles, original wrappers, all but the first all loose, sm. 4to, n.d. [late 19th century].

Yorkshire.- Fox Hunting Diary, manuscript, 92pp., original morocco, gilt, rubbed, lacks spine, 123 x 204mm., 1886-87.⁂ Includes Towton and Harewood.

Warehousemen, Clerks and Drapers Schools.- Samuel Hope Morley (Samuel, first Baron Hollenden, Governor of the Bank of England, 1845-1929) Illuminated address to Lord Hollenden on his fifty years as Honorary Treasurer of the Warehousemen, Clerks and Drapers' Schools at Purley and Addington, Surrey, manuscript with illuminated decoration in gold and other colours, on vellum, frontispiece watercolour of Addington School, silk moiré endpapers, bound in original crushed and polished morocco, gold and green onlay "H" on upper cover, g.e., 1924 § Purley and Addington Schools. Album of photographs, manuscript title and 20 photographs, original morocco, gilt, 1951, folio & oblong 4to (2).

Psalms, English.- [The Psalmes of David], collation: A-K⁸, lacking title, D⁵, F¹ & F⁴, title supplied in 19th century manuscript hand, some early or contemporary hand-colouring to initials, other in later hand, endpapers renewed, some browning and light staining, modern cloth, lightly marked, [STC 16332.2], folio, by Robert Barker, 1607.⁂ Extracted from the larger work, The booke of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church of England.

Fuller (Thomas) The History of the Worthies of England, engraved portrait frontispiece, laid down to later sheet and reinforced with paper, 3 manuscript leaves (possibly C18th?) mounted on stub and inserted at 1B, ink annotations, 2A3 and 5B3 marginal defects with slight loss of text, several other ff. with marginal tears (some affecting text but no loss), bookplate, damp-staining, some spotting and soiling, later calf, rebacked with original spine partially laid down, extremities scuffed, [Wing F2440], 1662 § Cabala, Sive Scrinia Sacra, title in red and black, book label, paper repairs to first leaf, occasional spotting and light surface soiling, endpapers renewed, later calf, rebacked, lower cover detached, spine worn and beginning to split at head, [Wing C185], 1663 § Naunton (Robert) Fragmenta Regalia, ink ownership inscription to title, manuscript leaf tipped in, bookplate, vellum wrappers, [Wing N250], 1641; and X others, history and biography, mainly C17th and C18th, v.s. (X)

Cabala, sive Scrinia Sacra: Mysteries of State and Government, in Letters ..., third edition, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, one manuscript insertion, small rust hole affecting odd letter (T1), marginal worming affecting last few leaves, occasional spotting and staining, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, rubbed and worn, [Wing C186], for Tho. Sawbridge ..., 1691 § Clarendon (Edward Earl of) The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved frontispiece, title vignette, engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces, off-setting, water-staining to first few leaves, occasional faint spotting, near contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, cracked joints but holding firm, Oxford, Clarendon Printing-House, 1759; and 3 others, including a defective Sacra Bibbia, 4to & folio (5)

Hooker (Richard) The Works, title in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved additional title, bookplate to front pastedown, 1I small marginal tear, occasional light soiling, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, worn, for John Walthoe et al., 1723 § Fuller (Thomas) The Church History of Britain, 5 engraved plates (1 double-page, 1 folding with small marginal tear, 2 coming loose from stubs), ink ownership inscription to title, book-label to front pastedown, 2B3 small hole with slight text loss, a few leaves with marginal defects no text loss, damp-staining, some soiling and marginal browning, vellum manuscript stubs at endpapers, lacking front endpaper, contemporary calf, spine and joints worn, spine foot chipped, for John Williams, 1655 § Lawd (William) and [John] Fisher SJ, A Relation of the Conference, woodcut head-pieces and initials, marginal stain to ß1-4, some damp-staining and marginal browning, later calf with red morocco label, rubbed, by Richard Badger, 1639; and X others similar, v.s. (8)

Bookplates.- Collection of c.880 bookplates and book-labels including duplicates, engraved, etched or lithographed, c.30 by Peter Fingesten with many signed in pencil, some removed from books with abrasion marks to verso, some mounted, some with manuscript insertions, scattered faint spotting, v.s., v.d., [18th - 20th century].