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Two illuminated leaves from a dispersed manuscript of the Qur'an North India, 16th-17th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 12 lines to the page written in small naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black, text written within cloudbands on a gold ground, inner margins ruled in gold, red, blue and black, illuminated marginal devices, catchwords in wide margins leaves 123 x 77 mm.(2)Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Two illuminated leaves from a manuscript of Persian poetry relating to the Prophet Muhammad Kashmir, 19th CenturyPersian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, each leaf with 21 lines to the page written in nasta'liq script in black ink in four columns, intercolumnar and inner margins with scrolling floral motifs in gold and blue and gold margin rules, headings written in naskhi script in blue on a gold ground within illuminated cartouches, outer borders concealed under mounts 235 x 125 mm. (to inner margin rules)(2)Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.The text has not been identified. It relates to the Prophet Muhammad, his journey from Medina to Mecca, and 'Ali being chosen as his successor. Some of the headings refer to the Prophet ordering his followers to conquer Mecca, Abu Sufyan going from Medina to Mecca, and the Prophet ordering aid to be given to the weak.Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An illustrated erotic manuscript in Urdu, Bahar-e 'ishq (Spring of Love), copied by the scribe Kishwar, with 73 illustrations North India, 19th CenturyUrdu manuscript on paper, 78 leaves, 14 lines to the page written in nasta'liq script in black ink, 73 illustrations in ink and gouache depicting sexual positions and courtesans in interiors, decorated opening page followed by a decorated headpiece, cloth boards 202 x 122 mm.Footnotes:The text is apparently written in Urdu. There is a composition recorded of the same name, written in Urdu, by a certain Mirza Shawq Lakhnavi, but in verse, whereas our manuscript is in prose. The colophon gives the scribe's name as Kishwar, and that he came from a village somewhere in the region of Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A pair of Chinese embroidered silk panels with figures & mythical beasts in reserves, in matching glazed frames; 31¼” x 9½” over-all; & a Persian painted manuscript page depicting a hunting scene, in glazed frame, 13¼” x 8¾” over-all.

A collection of 18th to 20th century manuscript ephemera

Manuscript on vellum dated 1684 regarding various named areas of land in Kent, signed to base, 54cm x 69cm, with another signed document dated 1798, relating to a will, 33cm x 42cm. IMPORTANT: Online viewing and bidding only. No in person collections, an additional charge of £30 (inc. VAT) applies to this lot to cover postage to registered UK only address.

17th century Japanese manuscript Een 17e eeuws Japanse manuscript. 25.5 x 35.5 cm

An illuminated manuscript presentation from the Cockermouth Liberal Institute in recognition of long service, of Arts and Crafts influence, and including a vignette of Cockermouth Castle, framed under glass, 67 x 55 cm

A Group of Three Plastic Anatomical Models, of heart and lungs, hip joint, and vertebrae, on rectangular bases, the largest 21cm high Paper labels inscribed in ink manuscript London Hospital Bro** Road

Ephemera.- Music.- The Celebrated and much-admired Song of Jim Crow As originally Sung at the London Theatres, woodcut illustration, printed broadside, laid down, 255 x 193mm., Brighton, Phillips & Co. Printers, n.d. [c. 1830]; and 12 other broadsides of songs, all laid down in a collection of engraved music and songs, some staining towards end, also 3pp. of manuscript music, "Simon the Cellarer", some folds, slightly browned, contemporary card wrappers, paper label on upper cover, "Thos. Francis 1824", rubbed and faded, spine torn with small loss to tail, 4to, [c. 1820s - 30s].

Lawrence (Thomas Edward, intelligence officer and author, 1888-1935) The Mint. Notes made in the R.A.F. Depot between August and December 1922, And at Cadet College in 1925, by 352087 A/c Ross Regrouped and copied in 1927 and 1928 At Aircraft Depot, Karachi, a mixture of typescript and carbon copies, on a few different types of paper, title, dedication and 162½pp., 4pp. manuscript in pencil chapter LXIV "The way of a bird" loosely inserted, 3 ownership signatures of PC Metcalfe of 1 Titchwell Road, London SW18 dated 1949 and 1951 and corrections in the text in ?his hand, original cloth-backed boards, slightly rubbed, sm. 4to, dated on front pastedown 12th January 1949.⁂ One of a small number of early typescript copies of The Mint, produced before the 1955 published edition.Lawrence wrote The Mint, an account of life in the RAF in the early 1920s. He started work on it at once, but abandoned it after he was discharged from the service in 1923. In 1925 he succeeded in re-joining and worked on it again while serving in Karachi, and in 1928 sent the manuscript to Edward Garnett, who sent it on to a few people, including Air Marshal Trenchard, who raised objections. Lawrence undertook not to publish The Mint until at least 1950, but had it published in America in an edition of 50 copies - prohibitively priced - for copyright reasons. Lawrence continued to work on the manuscript until the end of his life. The Mint was finally published in 1955, edited by A.W. Lawrence.

Michel (Henri Marius, binder).- Calligraphic Manuscript.- Heredia (José-Maria de) Romancero, Text Écrit , Enluminé et Historié par Malatesta, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 21 leaves including blanks, additional pictorial architectural title in grisaille, watercolour over pencil with title in gold and "Pour Monsieur Raymond Claude Lafontaine" at foot, half-title, title in red and black with vignette of knight holding a disembodied head in colours and gold, text written in black ink, 3 part titles, 3 headings with large decorative initials in red, blue & green, 69 smaller decorative initials in red, blue & green, 13 watercolour illustrations in colours heightened with gold including one full-page and 3 tail-pieces, all initialled by the artist, etched bookplate and book-label of P.Brunet mounted on front free endpaper, bound in light brown morocco, by Henri Marius Michel, covers with geometrical design of nine deeply inset panels inlaid with leaves and berries in morocco of various reds and browns, rounded spine with four pairs of raised bands, turn-ins of light brown morocco ruled in gilt with crimson morocco leaf at corners, gold brocade doublures and flyleaves, g.e., signed at foot of front turn in and with "Ex libris Raymond Claude-Lafontaine" in gilt, black morocco-backed marbled chemise and slip-case (a little rubbed), 4to (binding c.300 x 225mm.), Paris, 1906.⁂ A splendid mosaic binding by the innovative master bookbinder. Exhibited: Exposition Universelle de Bruxelles 1910 (pencil note to front free endpaper).Raymond Claude-Lafontaine (1866-1914) was a banker, writer, book-collector, and secretary of La Société Normande du Livre Illustré.

Medieval Seal Matrices.- Collection of c. 50 Medieval Seal Matrices, including: Lead seal matrix inscribed "Sigil heldrede Fiil Epe" ("Seal of Eldred son of Epe") slat-section lozengiform matrix with one angle missing, incised border and central eight-pointed star, 49 x 35mm., [Found Norfolk], [13th century]; and c. 50 other medieval seal matrices, mostly lead and bronze and with devices of religious designs, floral designs, lions and other animals etc., some designated with names, many with short manuscript notes of provenance, found in various counties, v.s., v.d., [13th - 15th centuries] (c. 50 pieces).

Medieval Seal Matrices.- Collection of c. 50 Medieval Seal Matrices, including: Bronze round seal matrix inscribed "Sum Leo Fortis" ("I am a strong lion") 17mm., [14th century]; and c. 50 other medieval seal matrices, mostly lead and bronze and with devices of religious designs, floral designs, lions and other animals etc., some designated with names, many with short manuscript notes of provenance, found in various counties, v.s., v.d., [14th - 15th centuries] (c. 50 pieces).

Medieval Glossed Leaf.- Single leaf from an unidentified treatise on canon law, probably Decretals, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 48 lines, double column, written in black ink in a small gothic bookhand, single and double-line initials in blue and red, small straight-line marginal red decoration, extensively glossed in margins and with some interlinear glosses, margins trimmed slightly affecting marginalia, some worming with some loss to text and marginalia, small stains at head and tail, slightly affecting a few letters, some creasing and browning, removed from a binding, 312 x 218mm., [?Paris], [c. 1300].⁂ A leaf from a treatise on canon law, citing Pope Alexander III's ruling, Tanta est uis matrimonii ut qui antea sunt geniti post contractum matrimonium legitimum habeantur" (legitimising children whose parents subsequently marry), and his decretal, Referente nobis I.

London.- Martineau (Edith, 1842-1909) Hampstead Heath, looking towards Harrow on the Hill, watercolour over pencil, heightened with gum arabic and with some scratching out, signed lower left, 275 x 390 mm (10 3/4 x 15 3/8 in), under glass, presented in original frame and backboard with manuscript labels to reverse inscribed and dated, [circa 1905]Provenance:Emma Lister, Hampstead Heath, 1905Bequeathed to Walter Pierre Courtauld, 1915Private collection, London

Isle of Wight.- I, William Wigot have conceded by this present charter have confirmed to Thomas son of Thomas de la ffayreley [Fairlee] the younger and Joanna his sister one half acre of arable on "la seforlange" near the land of John le ffrenche de Newport, the sea and other abutments, for the sum of twenty four shillings sterling, witnesses: John le ffrenche, Richard Billing, Thomas atte ffayreley, Richard Anethestone and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 14 lines, trace of seal on tag, folds, one corner slightly torn away not affecting text, slightly creased and browned, 110 x 228mm., Newport, 6th March 1331.⁂ Fairlee, a suburb of Newport. Medieval charters relating to the Isle of Wight are scarce.

Book of Hours.- Single leaf from an illuminated Book of Hours with miniature depicting the Adoration of the Magi, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, single column, recto 2 lines, in a Gothic bookhand, in brown ink, arched miniature depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ child on her knee facing the Magi, borders in margin composed of leaves and flowers, in gold, red and blue, 1 2-line, image rubbed with some surface wear, borders cut down with partial loss of decoration, tail cut to a point, laid down on album leaf, 128 x 71mm., [?Paris], [c. 1450].

Insects.- Curtis (John) British Entomology; being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland, 8 vol., 770 hand-coloured engraved plates (including 205*), many by the author, some heightened with gum arabic, plates renumbered in pencil and with old ink manuscript index of numbering loosely inserted, plates clean and bright but occasionally offset, one or two leaves lightly browned, bookplates of J.C.R.McDonagh and book-label of Gwyneth Anne Kenney, handsome contemporary dark blue morocco, gilt, by H.Stamper, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., vol.1 with lower joint cracked, [Nissen ZB1 1000], 8vo, 1862.⁂ A magnificent set of this work depicting the insects alongside flowers or plants. Each plate includes a representation of a British native plant, and in many cases the various juvenile stages of the insect. The work was originally issued in parts with the plates issued numerically rather than systematically by order and family, as here.

First Calais Roll.- [Wetewang (Walter de, treasurer of the household of Edward III)] Coates of Armes [of] severall noblemen in this Kingdome [Hereafter followeth the names and armes of the Principall Captaines as well of Noblemen as of knights that were with the Victorious prince kinge Edward the thirde at the seige of Callis...], manuscript in Secretary hand, 35pp., 117 coats of arms (1 shield blank), ruled in red, first p. soiled, first 5ff. and last 2ff. with tears and some loss, water-stained throughout, later manuscript note at end pointing out an error in dating, unbound, stitched as issued, Pot watermark, folio, [late sixteenth century]; and a small quantity of others, correspondence between Frederic Turner, Dr Tanner of St John's College, Cambridge and Farnham Burke, Somerset Herald, concerning comparing this manuscript with another held by the College of Arms, v.s., 1910 (sm. qty).⁂ The First Calais Roll compiled from the accounts kept by Walter Wetewang of the wages paid to those present at the siege of Calais in 1346-47, shortly after the battle of Crecy. Classed by Anthony Wagner as "spurious" (see A.R. Wagner's Aspilogia I, p. 158), the text has more recently been reassessed as "one of the documentary pillars of fourteenth-century military studies". The above is the second version of the First Calais Roll, based on a lost original muster and account rolls of the retinues of 116 nobles, who were at the Siege of Calais; comprising a coat of arms, the name of the nobleman, and how many baronets, knights and esquires. The roll also includes the costs of the north and south fleets and the the wages paid to a duke, an earl etc., the total coming to 337400l - 9s - 4[d].

Mexico.- Luis de Velasco (first Marqués of Salinas del Río Pisuerga, eighth Viceroy of New Spain, and later Viceroy of Peru, c. 1534-1617).- Grant relating to Luis de Villegas of two cavallerias of land in Xalpa [?San Mateo Xalpa, now part of Mexico City], D.s. "Luis de Villegas" & others, manuscript in Spanish, 2pp., edges with tears and slight loss of text, folds, browned, folio, Mexico, 15th May 1591.

Lincolnshire Acre Book.- Pinchbeck, Spalding, & Cowbit Acre Book, Mr. Foster, [upper cover title], manuscript in three different Secretary hands, together 199pp. & 7pp. 19th century index, central folds, slightly browned, early 19th century reversed calf (flyleaf dated 1803), red and gilt morocco label on upper cover, folio, 1598, 1620 & 1640.⁂ A register of land ownership in the South Holland area of Lincolnshire in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries."An acre booke contayneing what number of Acres every p[ar]ticular p[er]son hath wt in the towne of Pinchbeck according to a Survey taken & begun In the xxxixth yeare of the Raigne of our Sovrayine Lady Elizabethe by the grace of god of England ffrance & Ireland Queene Defendor of the ffaith etc And ffinished in the xl the yeare of her Maties Raigne Specyfyng in what bounds every parcell doth lye and where the tennants and occupiors thereof. First bound The Queenes Matie half an Acre whereof Thomas Boston is tennante lying betweene Richard Ogle Esq & theires of Nicholas Ogle southe abutt[in]g on the Queenes highe way weste, in the tenor of Anthony Inman."

Charles I (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1600-49) Charles R. Trusty and wel-beloved, We greet you well. Whereas all Our Subjects of the Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales, are both by their Allegiance and the Act of Pacification, bound to resist and suppresse all such of Our Subjects of Scotland, as have in a hostile manner already entred, or shall hereafter enter into this Kingdome, addressed to Mr Jordan of Witney, Document signed "Charles R", "Edward Littleton" & ... ?ffane, printed broadside proclamation with manuscript insertions, 1p. with conjugate blank, woodcut initial "T", folds, slightly browned, small stain on blank f., Pot watermark, [Wing C2841A; ESTC lists 2 copies only, not in BL], folio, Oxford, 14th February [1644].⁂ An extremely scarce document in which Charles I asks Mr Jordan of Witney for £20, "or the value thereof in Plate", in an effort to raise funds for the royalist army against the Scots Covenanter army which came south in January 1644. The Scots army came at the invitation of parliament after an agreement called "The Solemn League and Covenant" was drawn up. The agreement was for the safeguarding of Presbyterianism in Scotland, and the reformation of the Church of England.Edward Littleton, Baron Littleton (1589-1645), judge and politician.

Charles II (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1630-85) Royal Commission issued in exile appointing county commissioners to levy soldiers against the Cromwellian regime, Document signed "Charles R", signed at head, manuscript on vellum, 11 lines (spaces left for the names of the commissioners, their county and where issued), written in a small neat hand, blind-stamped paper royal seal, central fold, 90 x 185mm., [?Brussels], [?July], [?1659].⁂ A commission to be filled in by royalist sympathisers "Giving you... power to leavy Souldiers Horse & Foote for ye opposing & destroying those who are in Rebellion against Us. And to appoint Collonells & all inferior Officers to comand ye Souldiers soe raised; And likewise to make choice of any person to be Comander in chief over them for any one particular designe, or as long as you shall thinke fitt, or untill Our pleasure be further signified; And wth those Forces to cause any Fort Castle Towne or Citty so be seized on for Us; And to fight, kill, & destroy all who are in armes against Us, & Our Authority; And We do further give you power & authority to raise Money by an equall & impartiall way of Contribution for ye maintenance of those Forces: and to do all Acts necessary for ye support of ye same: And we require all Our loving Subjects of that our County, to obey all such Orders & directions as you shall make in pursuance of this Our Commission, & for so doing this shall be to you & them sufficient Warrant. Given at Our Court at."

Clarendon (Edward Hyde, first Earl of Clarendon, politician and historian, 1609-74) Religion and Policy and the countenance and assistance each should give to the other. With a survey of the power and jurisdiction of the Pope in the dominions of other princes, manuscript, 555pp., ruled in red, a few small corrections in another hand, ?lacks title, numerous ff. loose, others working loose, slightly browned, bookplate on front pastedown, 19th century endpapers, later calf, gilt corner ornaments and 2-line border, rubbed, covers detached, spine broken and defective, watermark crown and a fleur-de-lys above letters IVG, folio, [18th century].⁂ Clarendon's final written work, published posthumously in 1811, a long history of the growth of papal temporal power. There is perhaps only one other extant contemporary manuscript of this text. The occasional ink smudges on the text suggest that the present exemplar may have been used as the printer's copy.

Royal Mint.- Goldsmiths' Company and the Trial of the Pyx, manuscript in Secretary hand, loose leaves, 20pp., margins chipped with small loss, folds, browned, folio, 2nd July - 29th December 1681.⁂ Large quantities of silver and gold deposited at the Royal Mint in the Tower of London by merchants for the purpose of producing coins. The listing includes on 5 August 1681 the "Triall of the Pix", an ancient ceremony in which random coins from the Royal Mint are weighed and assayed at Goldsmith's Hall in the City of London. The Trial of the Pyx still continues and is conducted before the Chancellor of the Exchequer, financial leaders, representatives of The Royal Mint and freemen of the The Goldsmiths' Company.

Advice to daughters.- Osgood (Salem) Advice to my daughters...25 March, 1704, manuscript on thick paper in red, blue and black inks, title and 20pp., text within blue single filet border and charming historiated and floral borders, ff. mounted on silk stubs, handsome contemporary black blind-stamped crushed morocco, little rubbed, small 4to, 1704.⁂ A charmingly executed copy of 'an old letter penned at Holfield Grange, Essex' (according to pencilled notes), perhaps by an Emily Barclay, whose name and the date 1859 is found on front endpaper. The values of reading and walking are discussed, alongside 'housewifery', and honest Christian devotion. Osgood was a City of London merchant, who lived at Oldfield Grange, Coggeshall, Essex, and had two daughters (Rebecca and Ann). He had family connections with Virginia, and amongst the terms of his will was 1/200th of New Jersey.

Natural Philosopher.- [Burnet (Thomas, natural philosopher and headmaster, conducted an extensive correspondence with Sir Isaac Newton, c. 1635-1715) De Statu Mortuorum et Resurgentium, manuscript in Latin, 82pp. excluding a few blanks, slightly browned, fleur-de-lys watermark, original marbled wrappers, corners slightly creased, folio, [?c. 1715].⁂ "This [work] was transcribed from a Proof Copy of ye first Impression corrected in ye author's own handwriting." - Note on inside of upper cover.Burnet's work, De statu mortuorum [Of the state of the dead & those that are to rise], which argued against belief in the endless punishment of the wicked. It "...developed the Arminian theology and respect for natural religion which Burnet inherited from the Cambridge Platonists and which he had already displayed in his earlier works. Burnet printed a small number of copies of De statu mortuorum for distribution to his friends, one of which was bought at auction by Richard Mead. Mead had De statu mortuorum reprinted in 1720, and several other unauthorized editions appeared thereafter, some with additional emendations from the author's copies." - Oxford DNB.

Westminster Abbey & the City of Westminster.- W[ynne] (W[illiam], lawyer and author, Serjeant at Law, of St. Anne's, Westminster, bap. 1692, d. 1765) Papers of William Wynne and others, consisting of 2 draft letters, notes on the history of the governance of the Dean & Chapter of Westminster Abbey and the administration of law in the City of Westminster, mostly in support of his application for the position of Steward of the Court of the Dean & Chapter of Westminster, mostly autograph manuscripts, c. 69pp. autograph and c. 14pp. in other hands, together 83pp., folds, slightly browned, folio et infra, 1719-27 (c. 28 pieces).Pieces including:(1). William Wynne. Autograph draft of a letter initialled "WW" to John Wynne (1665/6-1743), Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1½pp., folio, n.p., 21st August 1722, asking him to use his influence as a Prebend of Westminster to secure him the position of the "Stew[ar]dship of ye C[our]ts Belonging to ye D[ean] & Ch[apter]... the steward being a sort of Check or Control... upon the Receiver [General]" and citing "Mr Battely", Charles Batterley who died in May 1722. [Wynne lost out to John Batteley who was appointed to the position in 1723].(2). William Wynne. Autograph draft of a letter/article to the St James Journal, 3pp., folio, n.d. [?1722], giving an account of the life of John Williams (1582-1650), Archbishop of York, and his antipathy to the Duke of Buckingham and strained relationship with Charles I.(3). William Wynne. Autograph notes on the history of Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey, manuscripts in English and Latin, numerous pp., [c. 1722].⁂ Written as background information in support of Wynne's job application as steward of the Courts of the Dean & Chapter of Westminster.(4). William Wynne. Letter to the Honble memb of the City of Westmr in answer to a certain Letter to a Member of Parlimt concerning the Bill for regulating the Nightly Watch in the City of Westmr., autograph manuscript, 7½pp., paper wrappers, stitched as issued, sm. 4to, St Anne [Westminster], 1719-20.⁂ Written largely in defence of Joseph Cotton (referred to in these papers), Deputy-Steward of Westminster and Clerk at Cutlers Hall, and after the failure of the Night Watch Bill of 1720. This is the autograph draft of an extremely rare printed pamphlet published anonymously, and thus proving authorship. "An answer to a printed libel, intitled, A letter to a member of Parliament concerning the bill for regulating the nightly-watch in the City of Westminster and liberties thereof", [ESTC lists 3 copies only (2 in the British Isles); not in BL], London, printed for J. Roberts, and A. Dodd, 1720. Westminster Hall was the home of law courts until the late nineteenth century. It was an extremely violent district, filled with slums, hence the pamphlet providing for night watchmen. The bill failed, and Westminster had to wait until the Act of 1735 before a form of local police were formed. (5). Late 17th century Taxation. Members of Parliamt & all other persons were taxed for their personal Estates in ye year 1693 - by ye proportion of which & the moneys raised therein ye present four shillings per pound is raised, manuscript, 3pp., 8vo, dated in title 1693.⁂ Wynne's attempt to gain the office of Steward of the Courts of Dean & Chapter of Westminster Abbey on the death of Charles Battely in 1722 [his death recorded by Humfrey Wanley in his diary as "Mr Batteley of Westminster, Wanley, Diary, I. p. 146]. Wynne was unsuccessful, the office going to Battely's nephew, John Battely, a lawyer. Wynne was the author of The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins (1724), and Observations Touching the Dignity and Antiquity of the Degree of Serjeant at Law (1756).

Spanish Heraldry.- Guerra y Villegas (José Alfonso de, herald, King of Arms to Carlos II, d. 1722) Certificazion, Blazon I Despacho de Armas [for Don Antonio de Albarado], manuscript signed at the end by Joseph Alfonso de Guerra y Villegas, Martin Mazzelino de Vergara and others, in Spanish, on vellum, title and 62pp. including full-page watercolour arms of Antonio de Albarado, with green silk guard, full-page decorated start of text in monochrome watercolour wash, small folding family pedigree, italic hand, title and text within ink borders, small tear with loss to lower margins affecting title and first 7ff., gilt patterned pastedowns, original green velvet, rubbed, repaired, two metal clasps, rebacked, Phillipps MS 21263, folio, Madrid, 19th February 1719.⁂ "It speaks of the famous Alonso de Alvarado and of his services in Peru, and how he defeated "el tirano Francisco Hernandez Giron", also of other members of the family in Chile, and Cuzco, and of Don Pedro Alvarado, "Conquistador de Guatemala... ." - Phillipps catalogue.Provenance: Sir Thomas Phillipps, MS 21263, sale, Sotheby's, 24 June 1919, lot 26.

Gloucestershire Enclosure Act.- A Mapp of Prestbury Fields and Hill as allotted by Act of Parliament... 1731, title within elaborate watercolour cartouche and 8pp. (1 double-page) pen and ink and watercolour maps of fields [bound with] An Act for Exchanging, Dividing, and Inclosing the Common Fields... within the Manor of Prestbury in the County of Gloucester, printed, 7pp., drophead title, [ESTC lists the BL copy only], [1731] [bound with] Inclosure of Prestbury, printed, 16pp., drophead title, short ink note in margin, [unrecorded in ESTC], Printed for the above-named John Prinn, 1732 [bound with] A Copy of... Richd. Andrews Servey of the Mannor and Parish of Prestbury taken & done by Order of the Comissioners appointed to Divide & Allott the same by Act of Parliamt..., manuscript, 26pp., original vellum, 1731 [bound with] Indenture..., manuscript copy of the printed "Inclosure of Prestbury...", together 53pp., 1732, folds, slightly browned, bookplate of John Baghot de la Bere on front pastedown, upper hinges splitting, 19th century half reversed calf, manuscript label on upper cover, 1731-32; and another, a printed Act of Parliament relating to the lands of Lord Craven in Gloucestershire, 1809, folio (2).⁂ Prestbury, a village on the outskirts of Cheltenham.

Architectural Receipt Book.- Wentworth House, 5 St James's Square, London.- Account book of works carried out in building Wentworth House for William Wentworth, second Earl of Strafford, manuscript in several hands, 10pp., comprising twenty-nine separate receipts signed by various tradesmen or suppliers, sometimes on behalf of their employers, 3 ink splash marks, browned, stitched as issued, unbound, sm. 4to, 23rd January 1750 - 4th May 1751.⁂ Many of the entries acknowledge receipt from Mr Hull, the earl's agent. "Henry Wardman 'for Chaine and Frame Cleening and Gelding [Gilding]'; William Houghton 'for Scouring and Dying'; Jane Snart 'for Cloth for Rubers'; Self and Mr Perritt 'for Plaisterers work'; Fran[cis] Sheffeild (sic) 'for Smith Work'; Herb[ert] Hamilton 'for pictures & a bronze & cariage of goods &c.'; Isaac ?Collivoe 'for Cleaning line[?ing] and mending Pictures'; Wm. ?Gray 'for Glaziers work'; Thomas Porter 'for 100 Turkey Carpets'. Other named tradesmen for unspecified tasks are Edward Laughton ('for my Mistress M: Colebrand'), John Van bushell, Thomas Dean (twice), Wm. Masters (twice), Thomas Pitman, James Patterson, Thomas Chamberlain, Charles Ross (twice), Edward Ives, Richard Norris, Mark Anthony Hauduroy, H. ?Cuenot, Thomas Dean and 'Bardwell'. The sums involved range from £1 19s. to £77."Mark Anthony Hauduroy, painter and topographical draughtsman) is known for his detailed drawings of several royal palaces, notably Windsor, Hampton Court and Kensington, of which prints are to be found in the British Museum and the Royal Collections. These appear to date from the 1720s, and may perhaps originate with an earlier member of the family. Wentworth House in St James's Square, London, was built in 1748 to 1751 by Matthew Brettingham the elder (1699-1769), who was also building Norfolk House (demolished in 1938) in the same square, for the duke of Norfolk. His best-known work is Holkham Hall in Norfolk, but he was also heavily involved in work at Petworth House (for the earl of Egremont) , Kedleston (for Sir Nathaniel Curzon), and many important properties in Norfolk.

Cookery & Medical.- An Old Receipt Book which was Mrs Lansdowns the wife of Coll. Lansdown of Woodborough [Collection of recipes], manuscript in several hands, 44pp., hole in last f. and lower cover, first 12ff. wormed at head with loss of text, some other ff. edges chipped slightly affecting text, some ff. loose, others working loose, some water-staining, original vellum, lettered direct on upper cover, worn, lacks spine, ledger folio, [18th century].⁂ Recipes including: "To make Spanish Pestills"; "To make Puff Paste for Cheesecakes"; "To make Spanish Butter"; "To make Ebolum"; "To make Shipcoate Cheese"; "To make March Paine"; "To prevent Madness in any Creature after biteing by madd Dogg"; "For ye Tooth Ach"; "To make Currant Wine... Mrs. Mary Wescomb"; "Cittron-Water... Doctor Allon"; "For the Scurvy in the teeth" etc.

Cookery & Medical Recipes.- Wells (Ann) [Collection of recipes], manuscript in several hands, c. 110pp. excluding blanks, most of title torn away, numerous ff. excised, some manuscript recipes loosely inserted, original vellum, yellowed and browned, sm. 4to, 1766 - [early 19th century].⁂ Recipes including: "to make Ginger bread nuts"; "Orange Tarts Mrs Craster"; "To make Almond Butter"; "To make Syllabubs Lady Carlisles Way"; "The french Cake"; "Hodge Podge"; "Paris Curd Mrs Mitchell"; "To preserve Barbaries"; "Baked Custards Mrs Craster"; "For making Custards with a Salamander"; "Receipt fo the Scurvey Dr Forther" "White mead" etc.

Cookery.- Hill (Mrs.) [Collection of recipes], manuscript, c. 250pp. excluding blanks, 13pp. index at front, in a variety of hands, 1f. loose, a few ff. excised, some corners a little creased, slightly foxed and browned, original vellum, hessian dust-jacket, sm. 4to, 1823 - [& later].⁂ Recipes including: "British Champaigne... Mrs Orr [made with gooseberries]"; "Hare Soup"; "Cherry Marmalade"; "To make a Sponge Cake"; "Chocolate Pudding"; "Curry Powder"; "Strawberry or raspberry acid for jelly or cream"; "Marmalade Pudding"; "White Elder flower wine" etc.

Cookery.- [Collection of recipes], manuscript, c.330pp. excluding blanks, 3pp. of index, in a variety of hands, 2 printed recipes tipped-in (1 for brewing), original half calf, slightly rubbed, 4to, [c. 1840].⁂ Recipes including: "Cowslip Wine"; "Black Currant Wine"; "Shrewsbury Cakes"; "Rice Flummery"; "To make Yeast"; "Almacks"; "Prussian Puddings"; "Gooseberry Cheese"; "Biscuit Puddings"; "Bashaw'd Salmon"; "To make Bread"; "To fry Oysters" etc.

Hutton Family of Marske Hall, Richmond.- Ducarel (Andrew Coltée, librarian and antiquary, 1713-85) Memoires of the Hutton Family, stencilled title, 2 engraved portraits of Matthew Hutton (1 folding dated 1748), 2 engraved plates, 2pp. of watercolour coats of arms and a dedication leaf with watercolour coat of arms of Ducarel and autograph note by Ducarel, manuscript, c. 170pp. (including notes opposite main text), ruled in red, front free endpaper loose with remains of tape in margins, upper cover detached, 1758 ; Copies of Original Letters in the Hutton family in the possession of John Hutton of Marske Esq, manuscript in several hands, title and 132pp., 1758, together 2 vol., engraved bookplates of Ducarel on front pastedowns, original calf, red morocco gilt diamond labels with Ducarel's coat of arms as centre-pieces, double gilt rule borders, gilt corner pieces, rubbed, gilt spines, rubbed, red morocco labels, folio (2).⁂ Marske Hall, Marske, Richmondshire.Ducarel was admitted to the College of Advocates (Doctors' Commons) in 1743, serving as librarian 1754-57. He was appointed librarian at Lambeth Palace in 1757 by his patron Matthew Hutton (1693-1758), Archbishop of York, and later Archbishop of Canterbury. He went on to work at Lambeth for the next 28 years during the tenure of five archbishops. "In 1757... Morant agreed to relieve Ducarel of the writing of the 'Memoirs of the Hutton family' which the late archbishop's brother John Hutton of Marske had asked for. It was presented to Mr Hutton in a single manuscript copy (1758)." Oxford DNB.

London Poor Law Settlement Certificates.- [Camberwell Poor Law Settlement Certificates], printed certificates with manuscript insertions, manuscripts in several hands, 233 certificates, some laid down on ff., 12pp. index at front, ownership inscription of George H.O. Page dated 1905 at beginning, TLs from the Parish of St Giles Camberwell recommending Page for further employment loosely inserted, slightly browned, original diced calf, rubbed, some surface wear, lacks spine, 4to, 1783-94.⁂ "The voluntary Examination of Elizabeth Mitchell... That she is a single woman and with Child... which is... likely to be born a Bastard... of her Body in the... Parish of Saint Giles Camberwell... And does charge Edward Connick a waiter at Joe's Coffee House Mitre Court Fleet Street London with getting her with Child... Sworn in the Borough of Southwark... 29th Day of October 1788... ." - Certificate.Provenance: "Became the property of George H.O. Page Fourth Assistant Clerk to the Guardians of Camberwell Parish, in the County of London, when the removal took place from Old Offices in Peckham Road to new and larger offices, erected a little to the rear of Old Buildings. The first day work was commenced in new Office was on Wednesday the 2nd August 1905. George H.O. Page, 33 Benhill Rd, Camberwell, S.E. 3rd August 1905."

Spanish Heraldry.- Carta Executoria for Josef Antonio Capistrano Remon Ortiz, manuscript in Spanish, signed at end by Don Gabriel Ortiz de Cagiguera, Don Manuel de Pinedo (with his paper seal) and others, on vellum, italic hand, c. 165pp., including full-page watercolour coat of arms and watercolour title and smaller coats of arms, illuminated initials, large folding family tree at end, red double page borders, crimson silk guards, silk endpapers, original red velvet, slightly rubbed, modern blue fabric ties, silk endpapers, folio, 9th October 1794.

HMS Victory & Royal Navy ships.- British Navy M.S.S. Extracts from Navy Office, manuscript, 37pp., ruled in red, slightly browned, ff. loose, bookplate of Henry B.H. Beaufoy on front pastedown, original half calf, gilt morocco label on upper cover, covers loose, corners and edges worn, lacks spine, folio, date from upper cover 1805.⁂ An extract of naval ships, listing their specifications, from the 18th century and up to the year of Trafalgar. "[HMS] Victory... S[i]r T[homas] Slade Surveyor [shipbuilder]... Number of Men 850... Number of Guns 100... ." Pencil inscription on front pastedown by ?Henry Beaufoy, "Confidential and Official from the records of the Office by... Captain James Scott for Colonel Mark Beaufoy... HB." Notes at end comprise, "Dimensions of Masts and Yards" and "Charges for taking the following Ships to Pieces."(1). Sir Thomas Slade (1703/4-71), shipbuilder (2). Mark Beaufoy (1764-1827), astronomer and physicist; the first Englishman to climb Mont Blanc; experimented on solids moving through water (3). Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy (1786-1851), businessman and politician.

Yorkshire (West Riding).- Wharfdale Delineated being an Attempt to display the Beauties, Antiquities, Curiosities, and General Appearance of that most rurally beautiful Vale, 2 vol., manuscript in an attractive italic hand, 186pp., 1f. torn with small loss of text, 4 folding pen and ink maps and plates, 1 torn with loss, slightly browned, original limp morocco, gilt, sm. 8vo, Otley, 1807-08.⁂ Made up as if taken from a publication; we can find no trace of this as a printed work.

Dickens (Charles, novelist, 1812-70) Autograph cheque signed "Charles Dickens" paid to "W Seagrove" for the sum of Fifty three pounds, three shillings, drawn on Messrs Coutts & Co, receipt stamp of National Provincial Bank, 1 page, printed with manuscript insertions and crossed, folds, London, 14th January 1867.⁂ A payment made out to Seagrove's, Royal naval and military outfitters in Portsea, probably for Dickens seventh son, Sydney Dickens (1847-72), who joined the Navy in 1860.

Architecture.- Serlio (Sebastiano) Il terzo libro...nel qual si figurano, e descrivono le antiquita di Roma..., Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1540; Regole generali di architettura, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1540, together 2 works in 1, first work collation: A2, B-V4, lacking H1 and H4, probably replaced by the first recorded owner with leaves from an ordinary copy, also lacking R2 and R3, supplied with two manuscript leaves, printed on blue paper, Roman and italic type, woodcut title, printer's device and colophon framed by cartouche on verso of final leaf, 120 woodcuts, including 32 full-page and 4 double-page, woodcut animated initials throughout, second work collation: A-T4, lacking B1, supplied with a manuscript leaf, Roman and italic type, woodcut architectural title, printer's device and colophon framed by a cartouche on verso of final leaf, 126 woodcuts, including 56 full-page and 6 plates on 3 leaves (fols. S4-T2), woodcut animated initials throughout, both works printed on blue paper, a few repairs and some ink stains, 18th-century brown half morocco, folio (342 x 240mm.)⁂ Serlio's monumental work represents the first treatise on architecture in which the illustrations assumed primary importance, leading to its becoming one of the most important architectural books to disseminate knowledge of antique heritage and invention throughout Europe during the Italian Renaissance. This copy, printed on blue paper, contains the first edition of Book iii and is followed by the second edition of Book iv, which originally appeared in Venice in 1537. The work is made up of seven Books, which were published separately according to an order explained by Serlio in his preface to Book iv, although in reality the order was only partially followed. Book iii, on ancient monuments, is dedicated to the King of France, François I, and appeared in Venice in 1540, while Books i and ii, on geometry and perspective, respectively, were published simultaneously in bilingual Italian-French editions in Paris in 1545, after Serlio's move to Fontainebleau. Book v, containing twelve temple designs, followed in 1547; it was the last to be published during Serlio's lifetime, once again in Paris in a bilingual version. Book vi, on domestic architecture, was never published, and survives only in two manuscript versions and a series of trial woodcuts. Finally, Book vii was edited posthumously by Jacopo Strada and published in Frankfurt in 1575. By the early 17th century, Serlio's treatise and its various parts, had been translated into several languages, some as unauthorised editions. Book iii is especially important, and the layout Serlio adopted for it, with its well-balanced blocks of text and images, was later copied by Palladio in his Quattro Libri dell'Architettura of 1570. "The first genuine advance in architectural illustration seems to have been made by Serlio, and his Libro Terzo set the type of architectural illustration in Italy for the rest of the Century" (Fowler). The printer Marcolini, born in Forlì and active in Venice until 1559, issued a handful of copies of his editions published between 1539 and 1540 on large blue paper as presentation or special copies, including Serlio's Book iii and Book iv. These were intended for patrons or very distinguished clientele, as the copy on blue paper of both Books, bound together as they are here, once owned by the Prince of Bibliophiles Jean Grolier (1479-1565) and now in the Bibliothèque nationale de France well attests. The Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore has a copy of each of these Books, while a copy of Book iii only is preserved at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, bequeathed by the great collector W. Gedney Beatty (1869-1942). Copies printed on blue paper of the other Books belonging to Serlio's 'architectural encyclopedia' are not recorded. The early owner of this volume might be identified as the Bolognese antiquarian Francesco Bartoli (1675-1733), who drew numerous copies after antiques, and played a notable role in the reception of the classical tradition during the eighteenth-century, particularly in Britain. It is also likewise possible to attribute to his hand the finely drawn leaves on white paper which replace those lacking on blue paper. Some of Bartoli's drawings preserved in the Eton College Library show plans and decorative elements featured by Serlio in his Book iii, relating to, among other things, the Tempio di Bacco and the decorative mosaics in the vaulting of the Roman Church of S. Costanza, considered by Serlio the ancient Temple of Baccus (see Il terzo libro, fols. C4v-D1r). Provenance: Francesco Bartoli, possibly the Bolognese antiquarian (1675-1733; early ownership inscription on the first title and margins of fol. V3 in first work as well as fol. A4v of second work, partially legible under UV lamp). The marginalia as well as the drawings that replace the missing leaves are attributed to the skilled hand of this early owner. Literature: Casali Annali, 51; Mortimer Italian, 472; Berlin Katalog 2560; Fowler 308; RIBA 2968 and 2966. II. Casali Annali, 52; Charvet 2; Fowler 314; W. B. Dinsmoor, "The Literary Remains of Sebastiano Serlio", The Art Bulletin, 24 (1942), esp. pp. 64-68; L. Gwynn - A. Aymonino (eds.), Paper Palaces. The Topham Collection as a Source for British Neoclassicism, Eton 2013, esp. pp. 22-39.

Cookery.- M[ontagu] (W[alter]) The Queens Closet Opened, 3 parts in 1, engraved portrait frontispiece of Henrietta Maria (stained, holed and laid down), some soiling, ink annotations to endpapers, modern rexine, gilt, [Wing M99a and M91], 12mo, Printed for Peter Dring, 1661.⁂ The other 2 parts have separate title-pages and imprints as follows, but are usually found together: A Queens Delight, Printed by R. Wood, for Nath. Brooke, 1660; The Compleat Cook, Printed for Nath. Brooke, 1659. Various ink ownership inscriptions, including several 18th century, and a few additional manuscript recipes on endpapers.

* Hoare (William, of Bath, 1707-1792). Young Girl Sleeping, black and red chalk on laid paper, head and shoulders study of a young girl wearing a beribboned bonnet and gown with flounced sleeves, lying prone with eyes closed, her right cheek resting on crossed hands, toned, image size 12.5 x 16.5cm (5 x 6.5ins), sheet size approximately 14.5 x 17.5cm (5.75 x 7ins), tipped onto brown paper (in turn tipped onto cream card with later manuscript attribution), mount with oval aperture, framed and glazedQty: (1)

* Zehender (Johann Caspar, 1742-1805). Panoramic landscape near Frankfurt, 1773, pen, ink and monochrome watercolour on 2 sheets of laid paper (central vertical join), depicting a river scene with boats and figures in the foreground, and houses and trees spread along the bank, backed by mountains, signed and dated to lower margin, overall size 24 x 72cm (9.5 x 28.25ins), mounted, framed and glazed, backboard with paper label inscribed in contemporary manuscript 'Prospect und Gegend von der Windmühl aus dem Garthen von Frau Wittich Füchs', and Christie's black ink stencil 'PH655'Qty: (1)NOTESInscription on verso translates: 'Prospect and view of the windmill from the garden of Mrs Wittich Füchs'. Swiss draftsman, painter and etcher Johann Caspar Zehender is best-known for his panoramic landscapes, particularly those of the area around Frankfurt and Mainz in Germany, executed around 1770-1784. His great patron was the Frankfurt art collector Johann Christian Gerning (1745-1802). It appears to have been Gurning's idea, towards the end of the 1760s, to publish a multi-volume work with copperplate engravings of Frankfurt and the surrounding area, employing Zehender as the artist. Many years of work by Zehender produced a large portfolio of drawings - now in The Historical Museum of Frankfurt am Main - titled: Die angenehme Lage der Stadt Frankfurt am Mayn, vorgestellet in vielen Handzeichnungen dieser Stadt und Gegend, gesammlet von Johann Christian Gerning daselbst in den Jahren 1771, 1772 und 1773 (The pleasant location of the city of Frankfurt am Mayn, presented in many hand drawings of this city and area, collected there by Johann Christian Gerning in 1771, 1772 and 1773). For reasons now unknown the work was never published, although Zehender apparently drew duplicates of some of the views for private individuals, a few of which are now in institutions or private collections.

* Durer (Albrecht, 1471-1528). Adam and Eve (from the Small Passion), circa 1509-10, woodcut on laid paper, depicting the Fall of Man: Adam and Eve arm in arm next to the Tree of Knowledge, with serpent, lion, bull and boar, trimmed to image border, 126 x 97 mm (5 x 3.8 ins), tipped on to an old sheet of laid backing paper, without printed text to verso, a Meder b-c impression, inscribed in pencil Bvii-119.17, contained in a mid 19th-century cloth bound album titled to upper cover The Small Passion by Albert Durer, spine (now detached and loosely inserted at front of volume) titled Durer A. Holt, with additional ownership inscription in ink to front endpaper Henry F. Holt 23 February 1869, and containing 64 numbered leaves of manuscript text containing a description and commentary on the Small Passion series by Albrecht Durer 'translated and arranged from the German by Arthur B. Holt', further illustrated with 38 19th-century copies from the Small Passion series, cloth binding with some marks and wear to edges (measures overall 288 x 225 mm, 11.4 x 8.8 ins)Qty: (1)NOTESMeder 126. Bartsch VII, 119, 17; Schoch, Mende & Scherbaum 187.

* After Mary Beale (1633-1699). Portrait miniature of King Charles II (1630-1685), late 17th century, oval oil on tin, head & shoulders portrait, half-profile to left, of Charles II wearing a full-bottomed curled brown wig, plate armour comprising cuirass and spaulders, and a white lace jabot, sometime re-varnished, later manuscript annotation on verso identifying sitter, 75 x 60mm (3 x 2.25ins), loose backing card with printed green circular label 'H.J. Hatfield & Sons Ltd', oval yellow metal pendant frame with hanging loop, glazedQty: (1)NOTESMary Beale's small-scale three-quarter length portrait of Charles II, executed around 1675, was itself a copy after a portrait by Sir Peter Lely. The friendship between the two artists is well-documented, and Mary Beale frequently produced copies of Lely's works, often in a reduced format.

* Attributed to A. Charles (active 1785-1800). Silhouette of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, oval black painted silhouette, three-quarter length portrait, profile to left, of a seated lady, wearing a wig embellished with feathers and a veil, and a corsage of flowers in her dress, toned and marked (show-through from reverse?), 12.4 x 9.7cm (5 x 3.75ins), oval verre eglomise mount and gilt moulded frame, with printed labels on verso pertaining to provenance, and with early manuscript note 'Reframed since the Sale'Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Francis Wellesley Collection; Christie's, The Wellesley Collection of Silhouette Portraits, June 19th, 1917, lot 23, attributing the work to A. Charles. Literature: Illustrated in One Hundred Silhouette Portraits, Selected from the Collection of Francis Wellesley, Oxford: Horace Hart, 1912, plate XXIV. Famed beauty Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, née Spencer (1757-1806), was notorious for her political activism, gambling addiction, and unorthodox domestic arrangements. Her best friend was also her husband's mistress, and Georgiana tolerated a ménage à trois for many years. She herself bore a child out of wedlock.

* English School. Portrait of Lieutenant General Sir William Nicolay (1771-1842), Royal Engineers, watercolour and gouache with pencil, on card, oval half-length portrait, half-profile to left, of a young military gentleman wearing a blue coat with epaulette on right shoulder, and a top hat with a bearskin crest embellished with rosette, 128 x 97mm (5 x 3.75ins), oval ebonised frame glazed, label on verso with printed memorial to the sitter, and a note added in late 19th century manuscript detailing his wifeQty: (1)NOTESLieutenant General Sir William Nicolay was a British army officer present at the Battle of Waterloo. The printed memorial on the verso reads: 'He served his sovereign and country, with honor and distinction for a period of 52 years. In India, with the Royal Artillery; in the West Indies, with the Royal Engineers; in the Peninsula and at Waterloo, in command of the Royal Staff Corps. also, as Governor and Commander in Chief of the following colonies: of Dominica from 1824 to 1831; of St. Christopher, Nevis, Auguilla, and the Virgin Islands in 1832; of Mauritius and its Dependencies from 1833 to 1840.' In this portrait, which likely dates from his service in India, William Nicolay is wearing the uniform of the Royal Engineers. The distinctive type of headdress - a top hat with a bearskin crest - is seen in portraits and paintings relating to the Siege of Seringapatam in 1792, where Nicolay served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers.

* Forrer (Antoni, 1802/3-1889). Trade packet of hair, in original box, 1836, small engraved paper packet, watermarked 1836 and folded to enclose a lock of brown hair, engraved on front 'A. Forrer, Artiste en Cheveux, 93, Oxford Street, London', and annotated in contemporary manuscript on front 'Hair left' and on back 'Moore Esq. Hair for a chain Octr 29/36', toned, closed tear on front, contained in original cardboard box, extremities rubbed and split at corners, pull-off lid with A. Forrer's engraved label, box 66 x 77 x 19mm (2.5 x 3 x .75ins), together with a 19th century cream silk-lined oval red leather portrait miniature case, containing a carved ebony box lidQty: (2)NOTESA rare survival from the workshop of renowned craftsman Antoni Forrer, one of the most skilled exponents of braided hairwork working in the 19th century. Forrer was a Swiss jeweller from Winterthur who settled in London, establishing a studio which employed a staff of 50 and included Queen Victoria amongst its clientele. The pieces he fashioned out of lacquered woven hair were unbelievably intricate, his trade label stating that he produced 'All kinds of ornament in hair ... crosses, earrings, brooches, chains, watch-guards, &c.'. Forrer died in 1889 aged 86.

* Attributed to Thomas Hazlehurst (circa 1740-circa 1821). Portrait of a gentleman, circa 1770, watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, on ivory, oval head & shoulders portrait, half-profile to left, of a bewigged gentleman wearing a brown coat, peach waistcoat and white cravat, 42 x 32mm (1.5 x 1.25ins), yellow metal brooch/pendant frame with hanging loop (pin on reverse missing), glazed, label on verso with manuscript notes in the hand of Arthur JafféQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Collection of Arthur Jaffé OBE (1880–1954), and thence by descent. International lawyer Arthur Jaffé was an eminent scholar and collector of miniature paintings. He was an authority on John Smart, and spent many years researching the miniaturist, with the intention of writing a catalogue raisonné of the artist’s works. Although he died before the task could be completed, the body of work he had produced formed the basis of Daphne Foskett’s book, John Smart. The Man and his Miniatures, published in 1964. Notes on the verso label by Arthur Jaffé indicate that he thought Thomas Hazlehurst the likely artist of this portrait. Several examples of Hazlehurst's work are held by the V&A and in 2013 Bonhams sold a portrait miniature of a gentleman by Hazlehurst which bears comparison with that offered here.

* Miniatures. Madonna & Child, early 19th century, circular watercolour on card, depicting Mary with the Christ Child on her lap, Jesus's arms around his mother's neck, diameter 57mm (2.25ins), framed and glazed, indistinct initials to verso (P.M.W.?), together with: Oval silhouette portrait of a gentleman, circa 1830s, black painted silhouette highlighted in gold, on card, head and shoulders portrait, profile to right, of a gentleman with side whiskers, toned and faint damp stain to right hand side (not affecting image), contemporary indistinct manuscript name on frame backing 'Mr. Field(?)', 84 x 68mm (3.25 x 2.5ins), ebonised frame, glazed, together with 2 other black painted silhouette portraits, and 3 other portrait miniatures, comprising: a framed circular portrait of a naval officer, circa 1820s, a half-length oval watercolour on ivory of a young lady with dark brown ringlets, circa 1840s, bowed and with vertical crack, and a framed oval portrait of d'Alembert, with face obliteratedQty: (7)

* Wheeler (Thomas, active 1817-1845). Portrait of a young officer, 41st (The Welsh) Regiment of Foot, 1835, gouache on ivory, oval head & shoulders portrait of a young military gentleman wearing a red coat with epaulettes, and a cream sash embellished with an 8-pointed star badge, inscribed on paper backing in contemporary manuscript 'painted by TWheeler 55, Regent Quadrant May 1835', 60 x 50mm (2.25 x 2ins), ebonised frame, glazedQty: (1)NOTESLittle appears to be known about the artist Thomas Wheeler, and examples of his finely-executed miniature portraits rarely apear on the market, perhaps because atttribution is hampered by an apparent tendency to sign on the verso of a work rather than on the front. He appears in a London Street Directory of 1843 as 'miniature painter, 55 Quadrant, Regent Street', and the William Morris Gallery houses a pair of miniature portraits painted by him of William Morris's parents, executed around 1824.

* Lucknow School. The Nawabs of Oudh, c.1860-80, 10 portraits, each in watercolour and bodycolour on separate sheet of wove paper, contemporary manuscript captions in brown ink to rectos, contemporary pencilled captions to versos, all trimmed to various shapes and mounted to versos of two card mounts with oval apertures for the portraits and lozenge apertures for the captions, three portraits ('Nussir-ood-Din Hyder', 'Amjud Ali Shah' and 'Ex-King Wajid Ali Shah') sometime torn and reassembled (the damage visible on versos only), spotting to mounts (affecting two portraits only: Amjud Ali Shah' and 'Mahomed Ali Shah'), mount apertures 10.2 x 7.7 cmQty: (2)NOTESThe only nawabs not depicted are the short-reigned Wazir Ali Khan (r.1797-8), Begum Hazrat Mahal (r.1856-7) and Birjis Qadr (r.1857-8). Wajid Ali Shah (r.1847-1856), the last nawab before the Mutiny, is described in his caption as 'Ex-King', suggesting that these fine portraits were produced during his lifetime; he died in exile in 1887.

* English School. Horses in a stable with an English Civil War soldier, circa 1850, oil on tin, depicting an English Civil War soldier tethering a saddled white charger to a hay rack in a stable, with a bay pack horse beside, 21.5 x 25cm (8.5 x 10ins), framed, together with: After Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842). Marie Antoinette & Her Children, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, three-quarter length portrait of Marie Antoinette wearing a lace-trimmed scarlet velvet gown and matching turban-style hat with large ostrich feather plume, seated with the infant Louis Charles on her lap, and Marie Thérèse standing by her side, inscribed in white paint lower right 'd'ap. Vigée Lebrun Renée', some small light surface marks, 18 x 12.5cm (7 x 5ins), framed, with manuscript note on verso detailing the original work by Le Brun, initialled M.M.A. and dated 1924Qty: (2)NOTESThe second item shows a detail of Vigée Le Brun's famous state portrait of the French Queen, a piece intended to extol the Queen's maternalism and thereby enhance her public standing; the original was commissioned in 1785 and completed 2 years later.

* Martin (Sylvester, 1838-1912). Brook Cottage, 1897, oil on canvas, depicting a country cottage scene, with a dog at the gate and chickens on the lane, signed S. Martin and dated lower left, verso with ink manuscript inscription ‘Brook Cottage, Green Lane, Sare Hole, Hall Green, Birmingham. Occupied by Mr & Mrs Martin up to the present, for 20 years. Presented to our dear friend Polley Merriman of Rowington, Warwick, November 1st 1897. (Stirrup, my dog)’, 24 x 37cm (9.5 x 14.5ins), framed, together with: The House of Mr. Thomas Merriman, Rowington, nr. Warwick , 1898, oil on canvas, depicting a country lane with a man and his dog watching over cattle near houses and farm buildings, children playing in the distance, signed S. Martin and dated lower left, with title inscribed above, verso with ink manuscript inscription ‘This little picture was given to our dear young friends Polly & Jack Hemming, Feby 14th 1898, by J. + S. Martin’, also a small numbered label ‘Bigwood fine art auctioneers ltd’, 24.5 x 37cm (9.5 x 14.5ins), framed, some losses to cornersQty: (2)NOTESSylvester Martin, often referenced as active 1856-1906, is believed to be the son of landscape and animal painter Anson Ambrose Martin. He lived for much of his life in the Warwickshire and Birmingham area and many of his paintings depict local hunting and equestrian scenes. Martin exhibited at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists during the late 19th century, but generally painted works by commission and for friends, as here.

* Sketchbook. An artist's small sketchbook, circa 1840s, pp.164, numerous sketches and manuscript jottings to rectos and versos (and a number of blank pages), including approximately 45 pencil drawings and sketches, and 6 watercolours, e.g. landscapes, several studies of cattle, figure and head studies, children, trees and flora, etc., a couple titled 'Wickham Bridge Stapleton' and 'Snuff Mills, Stapleton', and copious manuscript notes, including details of painting materials purchased, artists' techniques (mentioning Raphael, Rubens, Fuseli), a draft letter tendering resignation as a representative on the committee of management of the Academy dated 1849, medical notes, accounts, poetry, receipts, etc., printed title-page 'Harwood's Improved Paper Memorandum Book', sheet size 11.5 x 7.5cm (4.5 x 3ins), front pastedown forming pocket, and with Harwood's engraved green label, original blindstamped black roan, rubbed and some minor wear to extremities, lacking clasp and pencil, oblong 12moQty: (1)

* Bright (Alfred, active c.1880-1929). Gainslaw, 1932, watercolour on paper, a portrait of the horse, signed and dated lower right, titled lower left, 33 x 43.5cm (13 x 17ins), framed and glazed, with J. Davey & Sons, Liverpool framer's label to verso, together with: ibid., Gainslaw, 1932, watercolour on paper, depicting the horse with his groom, signed and dated lower right, titled lower left, 35 x 47cm (13.25 x 18.5ins), framed and glazed, with contemporary ink manuscript artist and other details on J. Davey & Sons, Liverpool framer's label on verso, also an exhibition label with ink manuscript 'Exhibit C, Liver Sketching Club, Oct 14/32'Qty: (2)NOTESGainslaw was foaled in 1929, and in 1933 won the Ascot Queen's Vase (then called the King's Vase or Gold Vase). His trainer George Frederick Leader died with his wife in a car accident, on the way home from the race. Gainslaw was sold to a Polish princess and while in Poland sired a filly, Margaritka. As the Second World War came to an end, many Polish thoroughbred horses were taken to Russia. Here Margaritka succeeded in winning good races, and her second foal, Element, won many races including the Russian Derby. Element later sired Anilin, reputed to be the greatest horse to grace the Russian turf. Alfred Bright, a Liverpool cotton broker, was president of the Liver Sketching Club from 1919-1922, painting well-known racehorses of the era.

* Dickinsons (19th century). Pytchley 'Potentate' 1896, Champion Peterboro' 1900, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 34.5 x 44.5cm (13.5 x 17.5ins), framed, verso with ink manuscript label 'See reference p.280 in The Althorp and Pytchley Hunt by Guy Paget', two further labels (see below) and two other small labels, together with: Pytchley 'Marquis' 1899, Champion Peterboro' 1899, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 34.5 x 44.5cm (13.5 x 17.5ins), framed, verso with two labels (see below) and two other small labels, both versos with framers' label 'R.S.J. Savage & Son' and with ink manuscript label 'Bred by W.M. Wroughton M.F.H. who lived at Creaton Lodge & married Edith Cazenove. Given to me by his granddaughter Toni Lunn. H. de L.C.'Qty: (2)NOTES'Dickinsons' is most likely the firm of artists and publishers founded by the Dickinson brothers in New Bond Street, London, as mentioned by Cuthbert Bradley in 'Good Sport seen with some Famous Packs 1885-1910', in which he describes making studies in the Badminton and Althorp kennels for a large picture later published by 'Messrs. Dickinson of Bond Street in 1900'. Although the Dickinson brothers had ceased their formal links to the firm in 1876, the new owner continued using the name 'Dickinsons' long after. It is therefore possible that these pictures are either by, or after, studies by Cuthbert Bradley, who mentions both Potentate and Marquis in his book. In his companion publication 'The Foxhound of the Twentieth Century' there is a reproduction of a study taken of 'Potentate', which has many similarities to the painting offered here.