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Barnabas Brisson, Jo. Gottlieb Heineccius & J.H. Bohmer: 'De verborum quae ad ius civile pertinent significatione...Prodit opera studioque Io. Gottliebii HEINECCII...Praemissa praefatione nova De interpretationis grammaticae in iure civili fatis et vario usu nec non huius novae editionis praerogativis Iusti Henningi BÖHMERI.', Halae Magdeburgicae [Halle], Impensis Orphanotrophei, 1743, 2 volumes in 1, legal dictionary/encyclopaedia, vol 1 [12],xxxxviii,760pp; vol. 2 763-1436pp, title printed in red and black, lacks engraved frontispiece, printed and manuscript presentation leaf preceding title page "Gymnasii Trajectini Curatores", manuscript dated February 1772, presumably a school/university prize presentation, to a "Frederico Henrico Hahn", with 9 signatures of professors beneath, and printed coats of arms of the city of Utrecht above, folio, contemporary dutch vellum prize binding, gilt decorated and with gilt stamped arms of the city of Utrecht as centre ornament to upper and lower boards

Marc Chagall, Joan Miro, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Fernand Leger original lithographs - 'Verve. An Artistic and Literary Quarterly/The French Review of Art', edited E. Teriade, four issues comprising Vol.1 No.3 October-December 1938, colour lithographs, coloured plates heliogravure plates etc as called for, including original lithographs by Marc Chagall, Joan Miro, Rattner & Paul Klee, 8 Indian coloured lithographs, plus coloured plates by Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard and others, original pictorial wraps by Pierre Bonnard; Vol.1 No.4 January-March 1939, colour lithographs, coloured plates heliogravure plates etc as called for, including 3 original lithographs by Henri Matisse (of which 1 double page), 4 original lithos by Andre Derain, 8 Italian School orig. lithos, plus coloured plates/ills. by Rousseau, Miro, Matisse etc, original pictorial wraps (backstrip worn, lower wrap detached but present) by Georges Rouault; Vol.2 No.'s 5 & 6 (in one volume), July-October 1939, colour lithographs, coloured plates heliogravure plates etc as called for, including 16 colour lithographs by Georges Braque, Georges Rouault, Fernand Leger, Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse, Paul Klee and others, etc, original pictorial wraps by Aristide Maillol; Vol.2 No.7 April-July 1940 'Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc du Berry', 12 plates reproduced from the original illuminated manuscript as called for, original wraps gilt (4)

Atlases, England & Wales - John Cary: 'Cary's Travellers's Companion; or, a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales; shewing the immediate Route to every Market and Borough Town throughout the Kingdom', London, G & J Cary, 1826, copper plate engraved title page + 43 engraved maps, all with hand colouring in outline, including folding map of Yorkshire, as called for, bound together with 'Cary's New Itinerary: or, an accurate delineation of the great roads, both direct and cross, throughout England and Wales', 1826, 10th edition, hand coloured large folding map of England & Wales + 6 engraved folding maps, hand coloured in outline, as called for, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked retaining original backstrip, contemporary ownership signature of Viscount Galway, Serlby, Notts., verso FFEP, with some manuscript notes on distances of a journey on page preceding title

Hossein Kazemi (Iran, 1924-1996)Flower oil on board, framedexecuted circa 1970's110 x 90cm (43 5/16 x 35 7/16in).Footnotes:'There is one earthly principle and one heavenly principle, and plant by growing roots into the earth and spouting towards the heavens faces both principles, unites them and unifies their contrasts.' -Hossein KazemiProvenance:Property from a private collection, DubaiAcquired directly by the above from Mah Art GalleryOne of the most prominent Iranian artists of his generation, Hossein Kazemi began his career in 1940s by focusing on figurative art. Portraits of popular figures such as Sadegh Hedayat drew attention. However, Kazemi's artistic style began evolving as he started experimenting with Cubism and became fascinated by Western Modernism.In 1953, Kazemi moved to Paris and entered the 'Ecole des Beaux Arts'. Aware of his Iranian heritage, Kazemi was eager to search for a style that would incorporate Persian elements and also be modern. As the artist's work became more abstract, his inspiration by certain elements from Persian art remained evident. His interest in stylized forms from Ancient Persia, miniature paintings, ceramic tiles and manuscript illuminations are reflected on his canvases. Kazemi arrived at his desired composition and form, with its harmonious colours: a wide range of blues and violets, variations of semi-abstract objects such as stones and flowers and thick layers of pigment, which became his signature style.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

PSEUDO-ROESTRATENtätig um 1700Titel: Vanitas-Stillleben mit Globus, Laute, einer Korbflasche, Büchern und einem Manuskript. Technik: Öl auf Leinwand. Montierung: Doubliert. Maße: 107 x 89cm. Rahmen/Sockel: Rahmen. Ausstellungen: "Go for it! Olbricht Collection (a sequel)". Bremen, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, 10.05.2008 - 17.01.2010. Provenienz:Auktion Christie's, London, 07.12.1996, Lot 144;Sammlung Prof. Dr. Thomas Olbricht, Essen, erworben 2008.Erläuterungen zum KatalogPseudo-Roestraten Niederlande Niederländische Schule 17./18. Jh. Originale Vanitas-Stillleben Gemälde Musikinstrument PSEUDO-ROESTRATENactive around 1700Title: Vanitas Still Life with Globe, Lute, a Wicker Bottle, Books and a Manuscript. Technique: Oil on Canvas. Mounting: Relined. Measurement: 107 x 89cm. Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Exhibitions: "Go for it! Olbricht Collection (a sequel)". Bremen, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, 10.05.2008 - 17.01.2010. Provenance:Auction Christie's, London, 07.12.1996, lot 144;Collection Prof. Dr. Thomas Olbricht, Essen, acquired 2008.Explanations to the Catalogue

Col. Gervase Holes. Heckington and Great Hale Churches, Manuscript Account of The Coats of Arms Found In The Churches of Heckington and Great Hale, together with hand coloured representations of the Coats of Arms, further Arms., Lewin (Stephen). Church of St Andrew Heckington, and further printed ephemera. (a quantity)

MANUSCRIPT INVENTORY. An inventory of all the household goods, plate, china, glass etc. for the late Mr Sandford taken 7th day of February 1793. Small 4to, 34 pages. A valuation of contents room by room (atticks, maid's room, dining room, green room, best parlour, cellar etc.) Total value £413 16s 2d. Stiff marbled wrappers

MANUSCRIPT. Municipal Claimants, Shrewsbury 1835, 1838, 1840. Folio, 36 pages of hand written entries detailing names and addresses of householders in Shrewsbury claiming to be on the Burgess List and therefore entitled to vote. Printed lists for 1838 and 1840 pasted in at end. Rubbed contemporary half calf, marbled boards

MANUSCRIPT, Lord Lyttleton's Description of North Wales in two letters to his brother, the Bishop of Carlisle. Copied by Humphrey Sandford (d.1791). Small 4to, 22 pages, circa 1770. Appears to lack first page. Stiff grey wrappers with cut of a lion under a tree on lower cover. Printed by W Bailey, Calne

MANUSCRIPT. HUNT FAMILY OF BOREATTON HOUSE, Baschurch, Salop. Rent book 1711 - 1750 and household inventory and valuation, 1811. Folio. Rent roll lists tenants in Baschurch, Plaish, Ratchup, Vennington and Trevenant. Rent is payable in half-yearly instalments. 136 pages. Bound with an Inventory and Valuation of all the household goods, furniture, plate, linen, china and other effects at Boreatton, taken August 1811. This copy made in 1835, with additional notes, 46 pages. The contents of the rooms are listed in great detail. Bound up with 6 newspaper offprints or broadsides, a plan of part of Boreatton House by local architect Edward Edgecombe, and two letters in the hand of Rowland Hunt, one an election speech in 1796 (6pp) and the other a speech at a dinner at the Craven Arms Inn in 1793 (4pp). The latter speech ends with no less than 22 toasts, the last of which is 'The Barber's Blessing, may all the enemies of King George be shaved with a bad razor'. Bound in mid 19th century half calf.Provenance: Probably purchased at the sale of Boreatton House in 1884, and thence by descent

SIGNAL BOOK FOR THE SHIPS OF WAR, 1794. Printed book with extensive manuscript notes and hand coloured flags. West Indies Station. 83 printed pages with 76 hand-coloured flags and pennants. A 36 part thumb index with hand written designations for quick reference; 12 classes of signals covering over 250 significations, with 224 lines of manuscript notes interspersed throughout. Given on board the 'Boyne', 98 guns at Guadeloupe the 23rd April, 1794 to Capt. James Young, H.M.S. Reprisal, by command of Admiral George Purvis. With signature of J. Jervis (Earl St. Vincent), Admiral of the Fleet. Half calf with marbled boards

MANUSCRIPT. Notes on Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Optics and Astronomy, written by J Morris in 1747. Probably a student's notebook, circa 95 pages

MANUSCRIPT. A Tramp from Great Malvern to Crewe in September 1867. Landscape folio. Title and 31 pages of text. Cover illustration and 32 further original illustrations, 4 small sepia photographs and a few newspaper cuttings. The two travellers start at Malvern and go to Hereford, Ledbury, Ludlow, Shrewsbury, Wroxeter, Haughmond, Wem and Crewe. The account is written in a jocular style: for example, at Ledbury church, the writer remarks on a notice inside 'Strangers looking round the church are expected to pay 6d: We let 'em expect!' Original covers worn and chipped.

Literatur 16.Jh. - Iacobus Hertelius, Definitiones ac descriptiones theologicae (...), Basel 1564. Jacob Hertel war ein Schweizer Theologe und Philologe, Rektor und Diakon in Basel. Bucheinband aus hist. Handschrift. Latein. Deutliche Alters-und Gebrauchsspuren, Verfärbungen, Wurmlöcher, verbogen, Knicke, Einrisse, Flecke, handschriftliche Einträge. | Literature 16th cent. - Iacobus Hertelius, Definitiones ac descriptiones theologicae (...), Basel 1564. Jacob Hertel was a Swiss theologian and philologist, rector and deacon in Basel. Book cover from hist. Manuscript. Latin. Significant signs of age and usage, discolourations, wormholes, bent, creases, tears, stains, handwritten entries.

Faksimiles - Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. Manuscript No. 65 im Musée Condé in Chantilly. Faksimile und Kommentarband. Luzern 1984. Mit 131 Prachtminiaturen mit Gold- und Silberauflage und über 3000 Goldinitialen. Roter Originalmaroquinband mit reicher Vergoldung und Originalhalblederband. Zusammen im Acrylglasschuber.Eins von 980 Exemplaren (Gesamtauflage 1060). - Die Handschrift »zählt zu den berühmtesten und kostbarsten Büchern der Welt und ihre Miniaturen zu den schönsten des Mittelalters« (Verlagsbroschüre). Sie entstand im Auftrag von Jean de Berry. Die beteiligten Künstler waren die Brüder Limburg und Jean Colombe. - »Einsam überragt das zwischen 1410 und 1484 entstandene Werk an Innovation und Kühnheit die übrigen Werke seiner Zeit«. - Mit dem deutschen Kommentarband. - Tadellos.30,4 : 21,5 cm. 206 Faksimileblätter. - Exlibris.

Hamburg.- H(udtwalcker), M.H. Ein halbes Jahrhundert aus meiner Lebensgeschichte. 3 Bde. Hamburg, Als Manuscript in der Druckerei des Rauhen Hauses, 1862/64. VII S., 2 Bll., 567 S.; 4 Bll., 610 S., 1 Bl.; 2 Bll., 603 S. Gr.-8°. Hellblaue Interimsbrosch.-Hefte mit Deckeltitel. Goedeke X, 262, 122a.- Eines von 50 Exemplaren der ersten und einzigen Ausgabe dieser Autobiographie des Hamburger Ratsherren und Mitbegründer des 'Rauhen Hauses' Martin Hieronymus Hudtwalcker (1787 - 1865), die Jahre zwischen 1787 bis 1839 umfassend.- Unaufgeschnittenes Exemplar.

Circus Memorabilia - a collection of assorted vintage Circus / Fun Fair related ephemera and memorabilia to include; CoCo The Clown & Roy Rogers magazine cuttings, 1950s issues of King Pole magazine, The White Tops magazines, 1990s Circus programmes, Austen Bros London 1976 Programme, a typed ' History Of The Clown' manuscript, Corgi Chipperfields Circus brochures, a ' The Circus ' book, 1970s Shrine Circus programme, 1970s Hoxie Bros Circus, a programme for Geoff Winship's Wild West Show programme, a book ' The Modern Signwriter ' and other related items. 

Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand, Indian lawyer and anti-colonial nationalist, 1869-1948) Autograph album with signature of Gandhi, Muriel Lester and Mirabehn "Mira", also signed by Nellie and Violet Lansbury daughters of George Lansbury, on one 1 leaf, album of 19 signed pp., others blank, 1f. loose, original morocco, gilt, 130 x 195mm., 1919-31.⁂ Signed by Gandhi when he came to London in 1931 to attend a conference on the future of India. Instead of a hotel he stayed at Kingsley Hall in Bow, a small independent church run by sisters Muriel and Doris Lester. Also signed by Mirabehn, Madeleine Slade P. V. (1892-1982), also known as Mirabehn or Meera Behn; supporter of the Indian Independence Movement who in the 1920s left her home in England to live and work with Mohandas Gandhi. Manuscript note of provenance accompanies this lot.

Bible, Syriac.- Kethabha dh-Ewangeliyon Kaddisha... Liber sacrosancti evangelii de Jesu Christo domino & deo nostro [and Pauli Epistolae XIIII., &c.], collation: a*-a5*4 a6*6 b-z4 A-L4: Aa* Aa** Bb-Vv4 Xx6; Pauli Epistolae bb-ll4 BB-LL4, title and a few ff. printed in red and black, 15 full-page woodcuts, final f. of Pauli Epistolae with woodcut ornament and 2 lines of text verso, otherwise blank, occasional early ink marginalia, Pauli Epistolae 1st section misbound between L4 and Aa* of first work, and 2nd second section misbound at end, most woodcuts seemingly covered up at some point, with the subsequent removal of coverings causing damage to varying degrees (including loss, tears, and some areas remaining obscured), D2 (text recto and woodcut verso) with small piece missing, affecting a few letters and woodcut, some staining, [Vienna], [Michael Cymbermann], [1555] bound with Pococke (Edward, editor) Epistolae Quatuor, parallel Syriac and Hebrew, and Greek and Latin below, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, Leiden, Bonaventura & Abraham Elzevier, 1630 and Scaliger (Joseph, editor) Apocalypsis Sancti Iohannis, ex Ms. exemplari e bibliotheca clariss. viri J. Scaligeri deprompto, parallel Syriac and Hebrew, and Greek and Latin below, title and imprint in red and black and within woodcut architectural title, final verso with woodcut printer's device, Leiden, [Bonaventura & Abraham Elzevier], 1627, together 3 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting and light staining, 17th century calf gilt, rebacked in 20th century tan morocco, gilt, small 4to sold not subject to return. ⁂ A very good sammelband of Syriac works. I: First edition of the Syriac New Testament and first book printed in Syriac. II: 'This polyglot includes the true editio princeps of the four shorter Catholic Epistles - 2 Peter, 2 and 3 John, and Jude - omitted in the Peshitta. Edited by Edward Pococke from a Syriac manuscript, containing the complete N.T., which he had discovered in the Bodleian Library.' (D&M) III: 'très littérale et très fidèle' (Willems). Provenance: Partially trimmed 16th century gift inscription to head of title of first work; 'Henry W. Moule, Aug. 1932' (inscription to front free endpaper, and a related letter to him loosely inserted). Literature: I: Adams 1797 & 1799; Darlow & Moule 8947. II: Willems 334; Darlow & Moule 8963; Willems 334. III: Willems 269; Darlow & Moule 8962.

Manuscript poetry.- [Crashaw (Richard)] Epigrammatum sacrorum liber, first edition of the author's first book, with contemporary manuscript poetry at end, title and woodcut printer's device within woodcut typographic border, woodcut typographic head- and tail-pieces, crayon scribbled to blank A1r, [STC 6009], Cambridge, [Printed by Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel], Printers to the University, 1634 bound after Greek printing.- Hē tēs anthologias anthologia. Florilegium epigrammatum Græcorum, title with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initial, lacking plate, occasional contemporary ink marginalia and inter-linear notes, [STC 10701], Felix Kingston, 1629 and Ross (Alexander) Virgilius evangelisans. Sive Historia Domini & Salvatoris nostri Iesu Christi, issue with 'læthi' in last line of E4r, woodcut device to title, with final blank, [STC 24826], John Legate for Richard Thrale, 1634, together 3 works in 1 vol., some spotting and staining, contemporary calf, gilt, worn, but holding, 8vo ⁂ First edition of the first book by Richard Crashaw (c.1613-1649), English poet, fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge University, and cleric, who later converted to Catholicism. The single page of manuscript poetry includes the couplets 'on Samson's jaw-bone', and 'On the Philistines'; a quatrain 'A Riddle'; and a sestain 'On Popish interpretation of Scripture'. Provenance: 'J. Willughby, ?B: 9:11' (ink inscription to head of title of second mentioned); Edward Macfarlan, Cambridge, 1808 (ink inscription to final blank of final mentioned); Metcalfe (inscription to front pastedown).

Pamphlets.- Reflections on Mohammedism, and the Conduct of Mohammed, half-title, short tear affecting odd letter (F2), 1735; bound with, A Demonstration of the Insufficiency both of Reason and Revelation ..., previous owner's ink signature to title, small marginal hole (D1), 1731, and, A Charge of Partiality, Imposition, and Assuming Authority in Matters of Faith ..., price on title changed to 6d in manuscript, 1719; A Vindication of the Bishop of London's Pastoral Letter..., half-title, contemporary faded ink inscription to title, 1729, together 10 pamphlets bound as 1 vol., contemporary inscription to front free endpaper, pamphlets listed in manuscript to blank, occasional marginal manuscript notes, bookplate of Cholmondeley Library, occasional soiling, cracked hinges, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed and worn, 8vo. ⁂ Inscription to front free endpaper reads, "These were collected by Mr Arnold Author of several pieces for the Ministry who died 1736." 1. A Demonstration of the Insufficiency both of Reason and Revelation. 17312. [Gordon (Thomas)] A Sermon preached before the Learned Society of Lincoln's-Inn, on January 30. 1732. for J. Peele, 17333. [Gordon (Thomas)] A Supplement to the Sermon preached at Lincoln's-Inn, on January 30. 1732. for J. Peele, 1733.4.[Jackson (John)] A Plea for Humane Reason, shewing the sufficiency of it in Matters of Religion. 17305. Reflections on Mohammedism, and the Conduct of Mohammed. 17356. A Charge of Partiality, Imposition, and assuming Authority in Matters of Faith. 17197. A Vindication of the Bishop of London's Pastoral Letter in Answer to a late Pamphlet ..., 17298. The Present State of Popery in England. [Sabin 65326], for A. Dodd, 1733.9. [Sherlock (Thomas)] The Tryal of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus. for J. Robert, 1729.10. [Hervey (John, Baron) Some Remarks on the Minute Philosophy, 1732

Privateers in the Caribbean & Bristol merchants.- An outstanding archive of printed and manuscript material of the 18th and early 19th centuries relating to Privateers, Bristol merchants and shipping, and shipping insurance, including 10 unrecorded coffee house auction catalogues for the sale of cargoes captured by British privateers, most with ms. prices or notes and some with buyer's names, Bristol, 1756-1768; 7 printed insurance documents with ms. insertions insuring the ships of Samuel Munckley (1720-1802, Bristol slave trader, merchant and ship owner) for voyages to Jamaica, Madeira, Hamburg and Riga, c.1746-1749; a group of 6 promissory notes with ms. insertions on behalf of Samuel Munckley, 1759; a small group of trading and personal correspondence relating to Thomas and James Tierney and Elton & Noble, c.1750; a small group of contemporary newspaper clippings announcing the cargo auctions and selling places for passengers and cargo to locations including Philadelphia and Baltimore, c.1759-1763; sections of insurance documents with ms. insertions for various merchants including a William Burch and Alexander Smith; a good group of printed (with ms. insertions) bills of lading for numerous vessels, c.1769-1782; a broadside account of the life and injustices facing 'Francis Oliver, the son of a Spaniard, went at 17 years of age, to settle in the colony of St. Domingo', referring to the slave uprising there and his subsequent flight to Baltimore, ?Bristol, c.1803; ms. copies of Custom House entries for ships bound for Jamaica and Africa, date of voyages c.1712-1717; along with various other receipts, indentures, and related documents, together c.115 pieces, some tears and holes with occasional loss, some staining and soiling, all mounted in a 19th century half morocco album, spine gilt, worn at extremities, rubbed, folio, c.1750-1830 [the majority 18th century]A fascinating and extensive documentary history of one of Britain's major trading ports in the mid- to late-eighteenth century, and of the operations of the privateers who used it. With much detail of individual vessels, their owners, cargos and trade routes (including the Caribbean and America); along with an insight into the sale of goods once landed and the merchants involved in this process, as seen through 10 superb unrecorded coffee house auction catalogues. Provenance: 'Weare's Bristol Collection Vol. IV' (gilt title to spine of album).

Smith (Adam) An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, vol.2 with half-title as called for, both vol. without final blanks, vol.1 with tear to head of 2C1 affecting head-line but no loss, ink correction to 2I1, slight loss to inner margins of 2M1 & 4 (upper margin) and 3L1 & 4 (lower margin, loss of a letter from catchword at foot of 3L1v but otherwise not affecting text), vol.2 lacking signature Z (pp.169-176, supplied in neat contemporary manuscript on 6 leaves and bound in) and with tear to lower margin of 3S1, some spotting, mostly to vol.1, title of vol.1 lightly browned and outer margin slightly abraded (?signature erased), a few marginal paper flaws or defects, bookplate of Melville Portal of Laverstoke, contemporary tree calf, spines ruled in gilt with red morocco label, a little rubbed and marked, a few scuffs, spines slightly worn at head, [Goldsmiths' 11663; Kress B.154; cf.PMM 221, first edition], 4to, W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778.⁂ The second edition is the rarest of the early editions of Wealth of Nations, of which only 500 copies were printed. A number of these sheets for this edition may well have been used from the first edition of 1776. "The Wealth of Nations is not a system, but as a provisional analysis it is completely convincing. The certainty of its criticism and its grasp of human nature have made it the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought." PMM.

Typography.- 'Printed in imitation of manuscript'.- St. John (Rev. Theoph. J.) Original sermons printed in imitation of manuscript, comprising No.19. On Resignation. Job 1st-21st, [1790]; No.43. On Censure. Matthew 7th Chap. 1st Verse., initial advertisement f. for the series, single small marginal wormhole near foot, just touching 1 letter, [1790]; and No.22. For Christmas Day. Luke 2d, 11th., ms. corrections, [1790], each engraved throughout, drop-head titles, lightly browned in places, uniformly bound in later drab wrappers, some light staining, 8vo (3)⁂ Three rare and typographically interesting sermons. I: Unrecorded by ESTC II: ESTC lists one copy only (BL) III: ESTC lists one copy only (BL).

Library catalogue.- [Currer (Frances Mary Richardson)] The Library of Miss Currer, at Eshton-Hall, in the Deanery of Craven, and County of York, compiled by Robert Triphook, one of 40 copies, this a presentation copy from Currer, occasional neat ink manuscript additions, lacking the first of 2 consecutive titles, marginal perforated library stamp to title and one other margin, a few numbers to title, 3 marginal library ink stamps, hinges split, contemporary half brown morocco, gilt spine in compartments, head of spine worn, upper joint starting but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, B. McMillan for Robert Triphook, 1820.⁂ Presentation copy of the rare library catalogue of 'England's earliest female bibliophile' (De Ricci, p.141). The presentation inscription reads 'With Miss Currer's Compts'. Currer was born on 3rd March, 1785 at Eshton Hall, near Gargrave, in Yorkshire. Her mother, a niece of Clive of India, was the only surviving child and heir of Matthew Wilson of Eshton Hall. Dibdin considered her 'the head of all female collectors in Europe' (Reminiscences, 2.949) and that her 'library was, in its day, surpassed only by those of Earl Spencer, the Duke of Devonshire, and the Duke of Buckingham.'. After her death Currer's half-brother sold most of the library at Sotheby's in 1862, where it fetched nearly £6,000; and a second tranche in 1916 raised more than £3,700. Frances Mary Richardson Currer - see also lot 161

Hughes (Ted) Wolfwatching, signed by the author and his brother to half-title, Gerald Hughes' copy with extensive annotations, and an original sketch to 8pp., additionally signed by Gerald to pastedown, original wrappers, some creasing, 8vo, 1989.⁂ An excellent association copy with extensive notes from Ted's only brother. Gerald Hughes (1920-2016) was a profound influence on Ted's life and work, and is featured throughout his oeuvre of poetry. The manuscript anecdotes record insights into the poems of the collection: an annotation for 'Source', for example, recalls how "Ted, being 10 years my junior, was witness to Ma's grieving, which I never saw myself, she always seemed happy - but Ted was witness to some grief which I was never aware of...". While 'Sacrifice' is noted to be about "Our uncle Albert Farrer", who in the poem "Toiled in his attic after midnight/ Mass-producing toy ducks". Gerald recalls in cursive that "Albert told me one day that he was fed up doing ducks, he said 'bugger the ducks!'", along with a sketch of a wooden duck. Most annotations are signed below by Gerald, and many are dated.

Hughes (Ted) New Selected Poems 1957-1994, first edition, signed by the author to Gerald and Joan Hughes, additional annotations in Gerald's hand to 4pp. and lower flap, photograph taped down to endpaper, small adhesion marks where glue has been removed to endpapers, small sticker to pastedown, newspaper cuttings taped down to half-title and rear endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly marked, extremities bumped, 8vo, 1995.⁂ A charming copy belonging to Gerald, with captioned photograph of Gerald, his wife Joan, and Ted outside Canterbury Cathedral in 1952.Also with Gerald's chosen newspaper clippings taped in about the poet's death. Manuscript note to flap reads "Ted died 28 October 1998 of cancer - in the London Bridge Hospital - Funeral at North Tawton, Cremated in Exeter, Ashes to be scattered by canoe at a special secret location on Dartmoor". Gerald's other annotations include intimate recollections as "I was with Ted this day", or naming "Jack Orchard, Carol's father" as the subject of the poem 'A Memory', as well as smaller intriguing grammatical annotations or amendments.

Costello (Louisa Stuart) The Rose Garden of Persia, title and text with decorative borders printed in red, some leaves with chromolithographed Persian ornamentation in red, blue, green and gold, faint ink inscription to head of title, attractively bound in later deep turquoise morocco ornately tooled in gilt in the style of a Persian manuscript, by Rivière & Son, covers with central lozenge of turquoise and red highlighted decorations against a gilt ground surrounded by tendrils of flowers in gilt & red within a gilt foliate border of red morocco, spine in compartments with title in gilt and arabesque decorations in blue, red & gilt and five raised bands, pale blue silk moiré doublures and flyleaves, the first with gilt foliate red morocco border as on covers, signed at foot of front turn-in, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in old silk-lined burgundy straight-grain morocco box with lid and catch, spine ruled and titled in gilt, rubbed, spine faded, 8vo (binding c.195 x 120mm.), 1845.

Gladstone (Charles Elsden, binder).- Ruskin (John) Sesame and Lilies, first edition, half-title, manuscript notes in pencil to rear free endpaper with cut signature of "F.T.Palgrave 1865" mounted below, charming later dark turquoise morocco elaborately tooled in gilt, by Charles Elsden Gladstone, upper cover with title surrounded by lattice of leafy sprays enclosing four flower heads, lower cover the same but without title, spine in compartments with title and leafy sprays in gilt and four raised bands, turn-ins with leafy sprays in gilt to outer corners, signed "C.E.G." at foot of front turn-in, g.e., spine faded, slight wear to gilt at outer edges (mainly to lower cover), 8vo (binding c.175 x 120mm.), 1865.⁂ Capt. Charles Elsden Gladstone, R.N. (1855-1919) was a Royal Navy officer who bound several books in the early 20th century. Nothing is known of his training but it is believed that he executed the "finishing" (gold-tooling and decoration) on books already bound. His work is of a high standard and this example is typical in its use of flowers and leaves.Francis Turner Palgrave (1824-97), literary critic and poet, most known for his poetical anthology Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics of 1861.

Pullman (Philip) À Outrance: To the Death, one of 15 specially-bound copies on handmade paper, this marked "Footprints" in pencil and with 8 line quotation in manuscript by the author beneath his portrait and signed by him in pencil, from an edition limited to 315, without the additional suite of plates, printed in red and black, wood-engraved title, illustrations and initials by Andy English, Chris Daunt and Harry Brockway, bound in dark grey goatskin, by Hannah Brown, depicting the polar bear Iorek Byrnison in cut-out metal mounted on upper cover travelling downhill towards the onlaid figure of Lyra in red goatskin on lower cover, with footprints stamped in gilt and the snowy hill formed by lines of stitching in white, turquoise and silver, above them the sky filled with stars and snowflakes of metal, goatskin or thread onlaid, mounted or stitched across both covers and spine, red paper endpapers with snowflakes extending onto pastedowns, signed with ticket to foot of rear endpaper, uncut, red cloth box lined with padding, grey card label and snowflakes mounted or stamped on lid, folio (c.340 x 250mm.), Fyfield, Oak Tree Fine Press, 2009.

American Revolution.- British Invasion of New Jersey.- Faden (William) Sketch of the Position of the British Forces at Elizabeth Town Point after their Return from Connecticut Farm, in the Province of East Jersey, from Faden's 'Atlas of Battles of the American Revolution', engraving with some hand-colouring of regiments and river, on laid paper with large Strasbourg lily watermark, with countermark 'R G' and 'X I', platemark 625 x 530 mm (24 1/2 x 20 7/8 in), sheet 760 x 570 mm (30 x 22 1/2 in), central horizontal drying crease, full margins with some nicks to edges, careful repair in the lower margin of splits and small perforations, unframed, 1784Provenance:Ex-collection of the Late James Stevens Cox F.S.ALiterature:Nebenzahl, Atlas of the American Revolution, no. 33⁂ Fine 18th century impression of an engraving after a lost manuscript map made by the Revolutionary War cartographer, John Hills (fl. 1777-1816).

Lucanus (Marcus Annaeus) [Pharsalia], collation: a-r8 s4, text in Latin, italic type, woodcut printer's device to verso of colophon f. at end, faint and faded early ink underlining and marginal notes, ink stamp of Helmingham Library to a1, occasional faint soiling, loss to corner of early blank, neatly restored, later morocco, rebacked preserving some spine compartments, a little rubbed, 8vo (150 x 85 mm), Venice, Aldus Manutius & Andrea Torresani, July 1515.⁂ The second Aldine edition, based on Simon Bevilaqua's 1493 edition and edited by Aldus from Marc' Antonio Morosini's manuscript. The latter was orator to Emperor Maximilian I. Literature: Adams L1564; Ahmanson-Murphy 135; Renouard, Alde, 72:6; EDIT 16 CNCE 37522.

Australia.- New South Wales convict artist.- Browne (Richard, Dublin 1771-1824 Sydney) Memora, watercolour and bodycolour with traces of pencil under-drawing, inscribed 'Memora' underneath in black ink, on cream 'S & C Wise' wove paper with watermarked date '1814', sheet 300 x 240 mm (11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in), repaired tear in the lower right corner, some minor surface dirt and light browning to extremities, expertly lifted from blue-paper album leaf, still present, itself part of a Victorian folio scrap album included in the present lot containing over 200 scraps and cuttings, including one very trimmed watercolour study of a bird, possibly by Browne or someone in his circle, many leaves missing, largely disbound, covers present but with losses, very worn, [circa 1817-1820]Provenance:Mrs W. H. Butler, Tulse Hill [compiler of scrap album]⁂ An excellent example of both the European colonial perspective of Aboriginal people during the early settlement of New South Wales, as well as of Browne's highly distinctive drawing style.Richard Browne was born in 1776 in Ireland, and little is known of his artistic training or background. However, it is recorded that in February 1810 Browne was tried for an unspecified crime and sentenced to seven years transportation. He arrived in New South Wales in July 1811, and was then sent to Newcastle, specifically a penal settlement for convicts who had committed further crimes in the colony.Browne appears to have been quickly identified for his idiosyncratic artistic abilities, with Lieutenant Thomas Skottowe, commandant of the 73rd Regiment at Newcastle, employing him to illustrate his manuscript 'Select Specimens from Nature' (now in the Mitchell Library, see IE no. IE1015287). He was recorded to have undertaken several other artistic commissions during his sentence but was to become best known for his portraits of Aboriginal people, which he later sold as souvenirs in Sydney on his release in 1817.Two other examples by Browne of the figure 'Memora' are known, with the National Library of Australia holding one (see ID no. 1260587), and the other having appeared on the Australian art market in 2010 (see Bonham's Sydney, 'The Spring Auction Series', 14th Nov 2010, lot 425). The drawing offered in the present lot would appear to be closest to the watercolour sold in 2010, with the National Library of Australia version seeming slightly cruder in execution. The main noteworthy difference between the present portrait and the other two, is the expressive demeanour and the artist's depiction of his character; rather than a grinning smile, the present portrait shows Memora stoic and unsmiling, giving the work a nobility more akin to a colonial record than a caricature.

India.- Madras.- Schultze (Benjamin) Liber scripturae balabandu, manuscript in Marathi, 6pp., Latin title to verso of upper wrapper, some spotting and staining, contemporary Dutch floral wrappers, 8vo, [Madras], [c.1730].⁂ Schultze (1689-1760) was a German missionary, who established the first Christian mission in Madras with the support of the SPCK in around 1726. It became known as the English Mission. He worked on a number of translations, including one of the Bible into Tamil with Peter Maleiappen (1700-1739), printed in 1728 , and part of Genesis into Hindi, printed at Halle in 1745.

Sophocles. Commentarii in septem tragedias, edited by Janus Lascaris, collation: α6, β8, Γ8, δ-ο8, π4, ρ-ω8, Α-Β8, Greek and Roman type, title in Latin, initial spaces with guide-letters, Greek colophon to B7v, recto and verso of title ruled in red, foot of title with later ink ms. place and date of publication, lacking final blank, title lightly soiled, α6 upper marginal corner frayed, occasional spotting or light foxing, occasional light staining, early 19th century red straight-grain morocco, covers with single gilt filet border, spine in compartments of single gilt rules, a few ink spots, rubbed, 8vo (187 x 115mm.), [Rome], [Zacharias Kalliergis] at the press of the Greek Gymnasium, 1518.⁂ The editio princeps of the scholia or commentaries on Sophocles, which were not included in the first edition in Greek of his tragedies, published by Aldus in 1502. It is one of only a handful of publications from this second Greek press in Rome. The text was meticulously edited by Janus Lascaris (c.1445-97), director of the Greek Gymnasium, which was established on the Quirinal Hill in 1513 under the auspices of Pope Leo X. The edition is based on an authoritative manuscript now preserved in the Biblioteca Laurenziana in Florence (Laur. 32,9), which was acquired by Giovanni Aurispa in Constantinople in 1423. Provenance: 'W Whiter, 1788, E dono viri amicissimi Jacobi Dover'; 'Henry W. Moule, 1930, from A.C.M.' (inscriptions to front endpapers).

Franco (Pierre) Petit traité, contenant une des parties principales de chirurgie, laquelle les chirurgiens hernieres exercent, ainsi quil montre en la page suivante, first edition, collation: A-I8 (G³ mislabelled H³), woodcut illustrations, manuscript date to title, title holed and repaired, very slightly affecting woodcut device, contemporary ink ownership names to front free endpaper and title, second neatly crossed out, corner torn from G² just touching text, small modern biro mark to rear pastedown, contemporary limp vellum, lightly marked, spine discoloured with tiny hole, still overall a very clean and fresh copy, 8vo (160 x 103mm), housed in custom morocco box, Lyon, Antoine Vincent, [1556].⁂ Pierre Franco, creator of the suprapubic lithotomy cataract operation and the surgical repair of hernia, is considered to be one of the greatest surgeons of the Renaissance and a forerunner of urology. This work is absent from many major medical collections which regard the expanded second edition of 1561 as the first, yet this edition includes the first recorded description of an operation for strangulated hernia, and so marks itself as a milestone in Renaissance surgical practice. Franco was hugely influential by lauding open operations, and wanted to return them to the realm of regular surgical practice, rather than allowing itinerant practitioners known as 'inciseurs' or 'cutters' to attempt untrained procedures. The treatment of cleft lips amounts to four chapters, in which he recommends that after two days the eschar must be loosened with fresh butter before suturing. Franco also describes in minute detail the technique of radical operation for inguinal hernia. Like all who preceded him after the time of Celsus (except William of Salicet), he would remove the testicle as part of the usual procedure. Yet for patients with one testis he later devised an operation in which the organ was spared, and this life-saving procedure became part of the surgical armamentarium. Though a contemporary of Ambroise Paré, Franco is often neglected from the medical history canon, yet Paré's first book, his Dix Livres de Chirurgie, 1564, plagiarises much of Franco's work on lithotomy and cystostomy, which Paré only later acknowledged in 1575. No other copies listed on ABPC/RBH, and we know of no other copy having appeared in commerce. OCLC list copies in US at Chicago, Harvard, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota and NLM.Provenace: signature of F. Athenosiis on title and P. Guisonii to endpaper, from the library of Jean Blondelet.

Insects.- Albin (Eleazar) A Natural History of English Insects...[with] Large Notes and many curious Observations by W[illiam] Derham, fifth edition, with Derham's notes but without list of subscribers or index (as often), 100 hand-coloured engraved plates after Albin, plate 84 heightened with gold, each dedicated to a specific subscriber at foot, many identified in contemporary ink manuscript at head or to outer margin, light offsetting to text but plates clean and bright, modern bookplate of John Sheffield, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, a little rubbed, slight stain to lower cover, spine ends a little worn and joints cracked, [Lisney 123; Nissen ZBI 58], 4to, for [by William Bowyer], William Innys, 1749. ⁂ Important work on British entomology, first published in 1720, with notes by William Derham, best known for his Artificial Clockmaker of 1696. ESTC notes that according to the records of the printer William Bowyer only 150 copies were printed.

Fossils.- Brander (Gustav) Fossilia Hantoniensia collecta, et in Museo Britannico deposita, first edition, half-title, engraved title-vignette and 9 plates, with final leaf of text M2 in cancelled state starting "Fig.122. 123" and with contemporary ink manuscript notes to wider folding outer margin, plate 6 slightly short, some light foxing or browning to plates, faint crease to lower outer corner, final plate with short tear to upper margin, bookplates of Sir Walter Wyndham Burrell of West Grinstead Park and of Wyndham Portal with inscription dated 1888 to him at head of front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rebacked with gilt spine and red morocco label, rubbed, later endpapers, [Nissen ZBI 535], 4to, 1766. ⁂ Compiled by the Swedish naturalist Daniel Solander for his compatriot Gustav Brander, a wealthy merchant and patron of the British Museum, to which he presented part of his collection of fossils and minerals. "The Fossil Shells, of which the following Plates are exact draughts, were collected in the County of Hampshire, out of the Cliffs by the sea coast, between Christ Church and Lymington, but more especially about the Cliffs by the Village of Hordwell...". (Preface).

Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller) De triangulis planis et sphaericis libri quinque..., second edition, collation: *4 a-o6 p8 : *6 A4 B-Z6 AA6 BB4 CC6, woodcut device to title, engraved historiated initials and woodcut illustrations, 20th century ink provenance note and bookplate to pastedown, first few ff. damp-stained, title with small repairs and reinforced at inner margin, short marginal tears to N¹ and N³ not affecting text, final ff. browned and repaired, occasional light spotting and browning, contemporary vellum, spine with manuscript title in raised bands (mostly chipped away), small contemporary labels to spine and cover, partially removed, [Adams R-281; Norman 1566], tall 8vo (315 x 210mm), Basel, Heinrich Petri & Peter Perna, [1561].⁂ The second, much augmented edition of the first systematic treatise on plane and spherical trigonometry to be published in Europe. Though it was completed in 1464, it remained a manuscript until 1533 where it was first published in Nuremberg by Johann Petri. Regiomontanus's monumental work on triangles was the first printed systematization of the subject as a branch of mathematics independent of astronomy, and contains the earliest statement of the cosine law for spherical triangles, stating the proportionality of the sides of a plane triangle to the sines of the opposite angle. This fundamental proposition of spherical trigonometry appears as theorem 2 in book V of the treatise. In the second part, Regiomontanus proves the errors of Nicolaus de Cusa's theory of squaring the circle, which had a profound effect on the history of navigation (Adams). His contributions were instrumental in the development of Copernican heliocentrism in the decades following his death.

Lobachevsky (Nikolai Ivanovich) Geometrical Researches on the Theory of Parallels, translated from the original by George Bruce Halstead, second English edition, offprint issue, embossed stamp of Bowdoin College to upper wrapper, three punch holes to inner margin not affecting text, original wrappers, slight toning and crease to upper wrapper with contemporary ink manuscript note, housed in morocco-backed slip-case, Texas, 1891.⁂ Second (but first obtainable) English edition of Lobachevky's non-euclidean geometry. It was preceded only by its virtually unobtainable printing in February 1891, in the short-lived and little-known journal Scientiae Baccalaureus, of which fewer than 10 institutional holdings of the journal are known, and only 2 copies of the offprint.

Scepticism.- Sextus Empiricus. Adversus mathematicos..., 2 parts in 1, collation: á, a-z, A-Z, aa-zz, AA-HH4, large woodcut printer's device on title and at end, woodcut head-pieces and initials, title with old ink signature at foot and with old library stamp, rather browned in parts, contemporary limp vellum with ties, spine titled in manuscript and with old paper labels, a little rubbed and marked, lacking ties, folio (290 x 195mm.), Paris, Martin Le Jeune, 1569.⁂ First collected edition of Sextus Empiricus (fl. 200 AD), the only sceptic philosopher of antiquity whose works have survived. It includes his two major works, the Pyrrhonian Hypotyposes (or Outlines of Pyrrhonism), which had appeared in 1562 and the Adversus mathematicos (or Against the Professors) which appears in print here for the first time. The rediscovery of Sextus' writings in the sixteenth century had a major impact on Renaissance thought. The book was printed in Paris for the Paris bookseller Martin Le Jeune, but part of the edition was taken up by Christopher Plantin and issued in Antwerp under his imprint.Literature: Adams S1026.

*** Please note, the description for this lot has changed ***Kircher (Athanasius) Ars magna lucis et umbrae, 2 parts in 1, first edition, additional engraved title by Pierre Miotte, title and half-title with woodcut vignettes, 40 engraved plates, 1 folding, name crossed out at tail of title, some spotting or occasional heavy browning, paper flaw to p.686 not affecting text, endpapers renewed, contemporary vellum, manuscript lettering to spine, corners a little bumped, spine wormholed, folio, Rome, Ludovici Grignani for Hermanni Scheus, 1646. ⁂ First edition of Kircher's principal contribution to optics, discussing the treatment of light, shadow, and colour, while seeking parallels between the action of light and that of magnetism. Among the optical topics discussed and investigated by Kircher in this work are bioluminescence, the projection of sun or candlelight onto mirrors painted in colours or through painted glass spheres, and the military use of mirrors by Archimedes to set fire to Roman ships (a phenomenon that Kircher thought probable). The first published account of the illumination and projection of images appeared in this first edition. The work also includes some of the earliest observations with a microscope, preceding those of Hooke and van Leeuwenhoek by two decades.

Arabic manuscript.- Qu'ran Scroll, purported to have once been displayed above Shah Jahan's Peacock Throne in the Diwan-i-Khas in the Red Fort of Delhi, decorated manuscript on paper, single scroll formed of over 20 paper membranes, entire scroll mounted on fine polished paper forming wider margins around the textual scroll, comprising text from Surah al-Baqarah to al-Nas, being a near-complete Qur'an lacking only the first section of the first membrane (probably removed for the illumination of the opening section: see below), consecutive lines in fine black naskh, surah headings in red, some small sections of text rubbed and a few scattered spots, outer edges of scroll with some light water-staining, in early twentieth-century custom silver chest, inscribed "la Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad'ur Aasul'ullah", this contained in another custom-made green morocco box lined with green silk, and these both placed inside a leather travel case fitted with a magnifying glass holder, typed letter from "E.C. Gould" loosely inserted containing provenance and physical description of contents, total length 16,100 mm. (16.1 meters) by 75 mm., probably Delhi], [first quarter 17th century].⁂ An extraordinary manuscript with an apparently distinguished provenance. The typed letter included indicates that the scroll is of extreme cultural and historical significance, as it once "adorned the throne room of the great Moghul Emperor Shahejahan where it had a place of reverence right above the Peacock Throne". The writer then explains that after the Emperor's death a scuffle took place among his attendants over the ruler's most treasured posessions, this being a prominent feature, which resulted in the first two "siparahs" being separated from the rest of the scroll.

Asian calligraphic manuscript.- Compilation of 43 calligraphic drawings in miniature Ghubari script, title with a prayer to the Prophet Muhammad within ruled border of yellow and yellow and black decoration in the Chinoiserie style at head (probably from a different work), 43 calligraphic drawings on 22 leaves, each within gold decorative Chinoiserie border (some incomplete), the first and last depicting a vase of flowers, others with one of the names of God, browned and stained, later limp cloth, stitched, 4to (295 x 211mm.), Probably China or S.E. Asia, 19th century.Saleroom notice: the text is printed not manuscript⁂ According to Sheila Blair, "Ghubar is derived from naskhi script, and its minuscule letters are usually less than 3 mm., often as small as 1.3 mm. Ghubar script is said to have been invented to write messages carried by pigeon post, but calligraphers in Iran came soon to use it in other ways, notably for amulets, talismans, and even entire copies of the Qur'an" see Islamic Calligraphy, Edinburgh, 2006, pp.259-260.

Mecca.- Illuminated Ka'ba panel on paper with a central roundel with the word Allah written in kufic script in gold radiating from the Ka'ba to the South, North, East and West which are written in the outer border, verse 97 from sura V, al Maida, The Table Spread, written in bold thuluth script in black ink around inner border of central circle, invocations to God written in small naskhi script in black in background, 4 small roundels in the corners incorporating invocations to God written in gold, in mount, signed by the scribe Hamad Riazi, 323 x 247mm., possibly Indian sub-continent, A.H. 1300 [1882-83].Saleroom notice: this is printed with only later manuscript additions

Logic.- [Treatise on Logic], manuscript in Latin, c. 415pp., incomplete at beginning and end, last 61pp. wormed affecting some text, last f. loose, ownership signature of Patrick Murray and inscribed "Edinburgh 1751" on last leaf, loose, some ink doodles on endpapers, original red morocco powdered with gilt fleur-de-lys decoration, corners bumped, joints rubbed, lower cover detached, sm. 8vo, [France], [17th century].

Office of Ordnance.- Master Generall of ye Ordnances: Rules Orders & Instructions for ye future Government of the Office of the Ordnance..., manuscript, 154pp. excluding blanks, in a fine italic hand, on thick paper, ruled in red throughout, slightly browned, original gilt panelled morocco, very slightly marked, joints rubbed, spine a little rubbed, g,e,, in fine condition, 8vo, 1683.⁂ The Office of Ordnance was founded in the Tudor period to act as custodian of the lands, depots and forts required for the defence of the realm and its overseas possessions, and as the supplier of munitions and equipment to both the Army and the Navy. Most of this manuscript is written by Sir Leoline Jenkins (1625-85), Welsh academic, diplomat and judge of the Court of Admiralty.

18th century execution for murder.- Mahony (Matthew, hanged for abetting the murder of Sir John Dinely Goodere Bart. at Bristol on the orders of his brother Captain Samuel Goodere).- A Veritable Piece of the Gibbet and a relic of the Irons of Mat: Mahony executed ye 15 April 1741 witness Richard Smith, small piece of wood and metal tied on to card with manuscript title and inscription, "NB Beware of Counterfeit, none are genuine unless attested as above", attached to 2 small pamphlets on other executions; and 4 other pieces, including a pamphlet by Richard Smith, "The Fratricide, or the Murderer's Gibbet, Being the High Tragical Hystorie of Sir J. Dinely, Bart.", 1842, v.s., v.d. (7 pieces).⁂ Sir John Dinely Goodere was murdered by the orchestration of his brother, Samuel, in the hope of succeeding to his vast fortune, which the baronet, who was childless was planning to leave to his sister's children. Mahony, a sailor in the employ of Samuel Goodere with others, was brought ashore to kidnap Sir John and take him back to his ship. There he was murdered by a cord held by Mahony. Samuel Goodere and the seamen were apprehended and at the sessions held at Bristol on the 26th of March 1741, these offenders were brought to trial, and, being convicted were condemned to death. They were hanged near the Hot Wells, Bristol, on the 20th of April, 1741, within view of the place where the ship lay when the murder was committed.

Chemistry, Alchemy & Mineralogy.- Nemo ingrediatur nisi qui chemiam sapiat, manuscript in Latin, title and 152pp., in a neat cursive hand, a few unobstrusive wormholes / small traces, contemporary vellum over limp boards, spine with 2 worn leather labels, small 4to (215 x 153mm.), [Italy], [c.1750].⁂ The second part (complete in itself) of a seemingly unknown work of chemistry. The work is divided into the description of 84 chemical 'processes' and includes fossils, gold, platinum, quicksilver, antimony, suplhur, and sulphuric acid. We note the names of Hoffmann, Glauber and Paracelsus in the text.

Irish Playwright.- McNally (Leonard, Dublin barrister, playwright, British government agent, 1752-1820) The Village Lawyer a Farce, manuscript, title, Dramatis personae and 21pp., in a neat italic hand, original wrappers, lettered direct on upper cover, slightly soiled, edges a little creased, stitched as issued, sm. 4to, [?Dublin], [c. 1785].⁂ An English translation of the anonymous 15th century French farce L'Arogate Pierre Pathelin. It was first adapted for the stage by David-Augustin De Brueys (1640-1723) and Jean de Palaprat (1650-1721) as "Avocat Patelin", first performed in 1706 and published in French in 1715.

Charlotte (Queen, consort of George III, 1744-1818) Autograph Letter signed to Lord Ailesbury, 1p. with conjugate blank, 8vo, n.p., 18th September 1790, advising him not to come to town as "The K[in]g having receiv'd this Morning an account of the Duke of Cumberlands Death there will be no Court till after He is buried", folds, browned; and 7 other manuscript pieces including: cut signature of George III and Prince Albert etc., all laid down on an album f., v.s., v.d. (8 pieces).⁂ Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, first Earl of Ailesbury (1729-1814), courtier.

East India Company.- Read (Alexander, officer in the East India Company, c. 1753, d. 1804) Report 1st. of the Colar [Kolar, Mysore] District [to Charles Earl Cornwallis], manuscript fair copy, c. 140. (incomplete at end), numerous tears, browned, edges chipped, unbound, large 4to, Bangalore, 1791.⁂ A series of manuscript reports by Alexander Read, the first to Charles Cornwallis. Read was appointed superintendent of the Baramahal, and had worked in the intelligence and supply unit during the Third Mysore War, arriving in India in 1772 after receiving a commission as an officer cadet in 1770. He was the oldest but illegitimate son of a customs sloop officer from Dundee. Returning to Britain in 1800, only his failing health had persuaded him to leave India, where he spent all of his adult life. However, arriving in London after thirty years in India and finding that the climate did not suit him, he left for Malta, where he died in 1804. He never married but had one son and three daughters by two different women.

Cookery.- Disses Koch buch angehorig Maria Justina Langgenhaydterin..., manuscript in German, c. 200pp., slightly foxed and browned, original vellum-backed paper boards, worn, lower cover torn with loss, edges chipped, 3 of 4 ties remaining, sm. 4to, [Tirol, Austria], 1732.⁂ Contains over 190 recipes, including many different types of cakes.

Napoléon I (Emperor of France, 1769-1821) [Piece of red velvet from the Emperor's Closet in the Tuileries Palace], small piece of red velvet, rubbed and faded, secured by a pin to a manuscript paper recording it's location in the Tuileries and provenance, browned and creased, velvet 55 x 100mm., paper 157 x 114mm., n.d. [c. 1800]; and another, portrait photograph of a painting, (tear), n.d., v.s., v.d. (2). ⁂ "Supposed to be a piece of the velvet that hung on the wall of Napoleon's favourite room (the Emperor's Cabinet)." - Manuscript note.Provenance: "This velvet was among the Articles purchased by the Earl of Shrewsbury at the sale of Napoleon's effects in Paris belonging to the palace of the Tuileries."

Nelson (Horatio, Admiral Lord) Manuscript document signed by Admiral Nelson ("Nelson & Bronte", with his left hand) and his secretary John Scott, order directing the Captain of HMS Excellent, Frank Sotheron, to accompany a water transport to Port Conde in Sardinia, 2pp., framed to show the reverse only (with signatures) but with a copy of the recto and a hand-coloured engraving of the death of Nelson, overall 475 x 760mm., on board H.M.S. Victory, 18th June 1804.⁂ The document, written in the hand of Nelson's secretary John Scott, instructs Captain Sotheron to proceed to Porto Conte on Sardinia and "on your arrival there you will cause the utmost expedition to be used in filling the said Empty Water Cask and in completing the Excellent's Water and Wood." He was also ordered to obtain "the necessary quantity of fresh Beef" and "purchase sixty head of live oxen for the Fleet, or more if they can be stowed, together with a sufficient quantity of Fodder..."Scott was Nelson's trusted secretary and confidant, who was killed on board HMS Victory about an hour and a half before Nelson. With affirmation to Nelson's question "Is that poor Scott that is gone?", he added "Poor Scott" before his body was thrown overboard, as was the custom.

Edgeworth (Maria, novelist and educationist, 1768-1849) Part of a leaf of the Autograph manuscript of her novel Helen, autograph manuscript with corrections, cut at tail with loss, slightly browned, 211 x 202mm., n.d. [1834].⁂ Maria Edgeworth's most popular novel. Edgeworth's "last full-length novel, Helen, was set among English middle-class folk. In a significant departure from her other novels, the story was focused not on a didactic theme, but on a dramatic situation and the relationships between three main characters. 'I have been reproached for making my moral in some stories too prominent', she wrote to her publisher J. G. Lockhart, 'I am sensible of the inconvenience of this both to reader and writer & have taken much pains to avoid it in Helen' (Edgeworth to J. G. Lockhart, 12 May 1833)." - Oxford DNB.

Royal Marines.- Clarke (William, Lt. Royal Marines, of Epperston, Nottinghamshire) [Reminiscences of service in the Royal Navy], autograph manuscript signed, c. 145pp., italic hand, slightly browned, hinges a little weak, original half red morocco, rubbed, joints splitting at head and tail, sm. 4to, November 1839.⁂ Includes an account of the Battle of Copenhagen in 1807. "The Bombardment was always severest during the night... when the flames raged with the greatest fury... the burning carcases, the ignited fuzes of the shells from the besiegers and the besieged, crossing each other in their course, looked like so many meteors, whilst the Congreve Rockets streamed blazing through the air like comets... ." - Clarke.Clarke joined Admiral Sir Charles Cotton's flagship, the San Josef, in 1803 and transferred to the Royal Marines at the age of 19, joined HMS Ville de Paris under 'Billy Blue' Cornwallis, spent that winter at sea, witnessed the wrecking of HMS Venerable in Torbay, notes that Edward Parry (later Sir Edward of Arctic fame) served on board as midshipman, posted to HMS Achille, went to Cadiz under Collingwood, missed Trafalgar by eight days, transferred to HMS Prince of Wales under Calder, describes various action... captured a dogger from Danzig bound for St. Petersberg carrying 300 canaries, 500 larks and 14 lap dogs, the manuscript ends abruptly with the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Angouleme at Carlscrona where Clarke's ship is in port. Anonymous note loosely inserted asking the family to find a second volume.

India, Burma & the River Irrawaddy.- Forlong-Gordon (Thomas Alexander George, Captain, surveyor in Burma, 1831-1914) Travel Journal, autograph manuscript, 310pp. excluding blanks (180pp. of diary and 130pp. of verse), a few pp. in pencil, 12 pencil sketches, some ff. loose, a few manuscript pieces loosely inserted, inner hinges broken, original half morocco, rubbed, gilt spine, some ff. edges with tears, sm. 4to, 1853-55.⁂ "... the few inhabitants are fearful of going out of their doors almost, Tigers are so numerous. A poor native has just been killed while carrying a letter across the Aracan... ." - Forlong-Gordon.Forlong-Gordon was the youngest son of William Forlong of Erines. In 1852, aged 21, he he set sail for Australia and experienced "cattle driving, horse hunting, shepherding, bullock driving... all so much in unison with my ideas of pleasure and freedom". In December 1854 he left Port Phillip on the Barque Appolline and sets sail for Calcutta. In India, he notes the high mortality rate, "Draper-dying of consumption", Bombay, "is a very dirty place... nor think it comparable to Madras. In Burma, Forlong -Gordon joins his brother in Prome as a trainee surveyor, Major General James Forlong, road engineer and later Chief Engineer to the Governor of Oudh. On the way he mentions the devastation caused by the second Burmese War and proves a perceptive observer, on tobacco production, the manner in which the natives use teak forests, the death of Captain Matagan, "killed by a band of armed Burmese... held him down while the others wounded him in 22 places", roads collapsing, difficulty of sleeping at night due to the rain and "the howling of tigers & wild elephants", visits Rangoon before leaving for India.

Ireland & India Botany.- [?McFall (Frances Elizabeth, novelist and women's rights campaigner, 1854-1943), "Sarah Grand."] [Album of botanical watercolours and accompanying manuscript poetry], 25pp., each page with a watercolour wash flowering plant and accompanying religious poetry, some foxing, silk endpapers, original morocco, gilt, gilt initials "F.E. Mc F" on upper cover, rubbed, upper cover detached, g.e., large 4to, 1879-84.⁂ Possibly Frances Elizabeth McFall, born in Donaghadee, Co. Down, Ireland. In 1870 at the age of 16 she married David Chambers McFall (1834/5-98), an army surgeon stationed in India. From 1873 to 1878 they lived in India and travelled in the Far East. Some of the watercolours are dated and are located at Malahide and Belfast in Ireland, and Benares and Dinapore in India.

Dickens (Charles).- Birmingham Sunday Lecture Society.- Illuminated address to Ben Nathan for his years of service to the society including a yearly public recitation of Dickens's Christmas Carol, illuminated manuscript in gold, red, purple, green and other colours, 9pp., all laid in on album ff., red morocco, gilt, slightly discoloured, silk moiré endpapers, g.e., by Edward Morton of Birmingham, housed in the original cloth-lined wood and glass case, lge 4to, 1904.