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Medicine.- Collection of medical recipes, 23pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, slightly browned, bound in a late 17th century black morocco sombre binding elaborately tooled in blind with cottage roof design against a hatched background of a series of squares containing a stylized clover leaf in centre, and around it with tulips and other flowers, corners and head and tail of spine slightly rubbed, g.e., otherwise in fine condition, 8vo, 1767 & [1680s].Saleroom notice: The manuscript appears to have been inserted into an earlier binding with the endpapers renewed.⁂ Recipes, including: "The Ormskirk Medicine for the Bite of a Mad Dog to be had at Mr: Berry's Apothy in Mount Street Berkley Square"; "Recipe Cath. Css Suffolk For a pain in the Back Gout or Gravel"; "Recipe. Snail Jelly For Consumptive cases"; "Recipe. Albury To make Treacle Water" etc.

Bindings.- Almanachs.- Rider's British Merlin: for the Year of Our Lord God 1774; 1775, 1776, 1788, 1789 & 1793, together 6 vol., printed in red & black, partly interleaved, 1776 volume bound with 'The Court and City Register', most with 2d. duty stamp in red ink, 1775 volume with contemporary manuscript notes & accounts in ink to free endpapers, last three vol. with 4pp. prepared paper for the use of metal point at beginning (one with manuscript recipe for lavender water, one with sketches of man's head, one unused), all attractively-bound in contemporary red morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with silver metal mounts & clasps or fasteners (not uniform), one with the original pin, another lacking pin, some with cottage roof designs, spines gilt, g.e., slightly rubbed, 12mo, for the Company of Stationers, 1774-93.

Channel Islands.- Jersey.- Complaint (The) of the Inhabitants of the Island of Jersey, of the Oppressions and Violences committed by the Officers and Soldiers of the Garrison there, 4pp., folded sheet, drop-head title, with ink manuscript note and a few corrections in a contemporary hand, a little soiled, disbound, creased from folding with slight wear to folds, small tear to first leaf,folio, n.p., [1690].⁂ The only known copy. COPAC and WorldCat list only the facsimile edition published by Toucan Press, St. Peter Port, 1977, reproduced from this copy, and that in one copy only (British Library).

Middle Eastern ms.- Kamal al-Din Vahshi Baqfi (c.1532-83). Farhad u Shirin, Persian manuscript on paper, 20 leaves and 2 blanks, text written horizontally and diagonally in two central columns and in outer margins of each page in elegant shikasteh script in black ink, each line contained within a gilt cloudband, richly decorated with floral and vegetal motifs in gold throughout, loose within contemporary limp roan, stamped in gilt and red, a little rubbed and some wear to fore-edge of upper cover, 8vo, 162 x 115mm., Persia, c.1800.⁂ A lovely manuscript poem about the tragic love affair of the sculptor Farhad and the Armenian princess Shirin, written in the meter of Nizami's Khusrau u Shirin. The author was born in the agricultural town of Baqf and died in nearby Yazd. Provenance: late 19th century inscription "Capt Mignon 15" on first blank page.

Voyages.- Hakluyt (Richard) The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Dicoveries of the English Nation, made by Sea or overland..., 3 vol. in 2, second edition, second issue, printed in black letter, woodcut ornament on titles, woodcut head-pieces and initials, lacking the folding engraved map (as usual) but with the suppressed leaves on the conquest of Cadiz pp.607-619 (first state), title of vol.3 defective at lower outer corner with loss to ends of a few lines (repaired, loss supplied in manuscript, mostly to imprint), titles and final leaves a little soiled, some light water-staining, mostly marginal, a few other small stains, slight worming to vol.2 affecting a few letters of one line but not sense and to inner margin towards end, vol.1 with manuscript leaf of agricultural accounts for the Dorvil family dated 1696-1704 written on verso of title-page of a prayer loosely inserted, vol.1 & 2 contemporary calf with central arabesque lozenge in gilt and old cloth ties, spine in compartments with small gilt ornaments and eight raised bands, red morocco label chipped, rubbed, spine a little faded and worn at head, a few small stains, wormhole to lower cover, ties frayed and defective, vol.3 18th century mottled calf, spine gilt with roan labels, g.e., rubbed, spine rather worn and chipped, joints split, old rather crude repair to upper joint, [Hill 743; Sabin 29596-29598; STC 12626a], folio, by George Bishop, Ralph Newberie, and Robert Barker, 1599-1600. ⁂ Monumental record of Elizabethan exploration and greatly expanded from the first edition of 1589; vol.3 is entirely devoted to the Americas. Vol.1 is a reissue of the 1598 edition with a new title-page.

Estienne.- pseudo-Quintilianus.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Declamationes, quae ex CCCLXXXVIII. supersunt, CXLV. Calpurnii Flacci excerptae X. Rhetorum minorum II. Nunc primae editae. Dialogus de oratoribus... Ex bibliothecae P. Pithoei, collation: à8 è6 A-Z, Aa-Gg8, title with woodcut printer's device (with an early green wash applied), woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, some mostly light staining at head, occasional spotting, contemporary limp vellum, remains of leather ties, 8vo (167 x 109mm.), Paris, Robert Estienne, 1580.⁂ First Estienne edition. 'The discovery of new manuscript evidence allowed Pierre Pithou (1539-96) to publish 9 'Declamationes' for the first time here - before his discovery only 136 were known. The volume also contains the editio princeps of the fragmentary 'Declamationes' of Calpurnius Flaccus, as well as a new recension of the 'Dialogus' of Tacitus, based on Pithou's new manuscript sources" (Schreiber). Provenance: Contemporary ink inscription at head noting that the volume had been entered into a catalogue.Literature: Adams Q49; Renouard, Estiennes, 182:1; Schreiber 255.

Osbern of Gloucester. Osbern Pinnock [known as Osburn Pinnuc Claudianus] Benedictine monk, theologian, and lexicographer, monk at St Peter's Abbey, Gloucester, under Abbot Hamelin 1148-79 and possibly Gilbert Foliot 1139-48, fl. c. 1148) [Panormia or Liber derivationum], single leaf from a manuscript in Latin, on vellum, early gothic bookhand, double column, 41 lines, in brown ink, 5 2-line initials in red, descenders in lower margin (1 resembling a knife), margin trimmed with small loss of marginalia, a few small holes, browned and slightly creased, 185 x 145mm., [England], [c. 1200].⁂ From a manuscript produced in England in the last years of the twelfth century.[Osbern of Gloucester's] "most influential work, extant in at least twenty-five manuscripts, was the Panormia or Liber derivationum, an alphabetical list of lexical derivatives, dedicated to Hamelin; this is rich in its citations and is a modest advance on Papias's mid-eleventh-century Elementarium doctrinae rudimentum. Its prologue, in a very exotic style, recounts a dream in which Grammar laments her neglect and says that she intends to pour lists of words into Osbern's mouth. The commedia Babio uses the Panormia's vocabulary for comic effect." - Oxford DNB.Provenance:(1). From the collection of Bernhard Bischoff (1906-1991).(2). Bernard Rosenthal, purchased after Bischoff's death.(3). Quaritch.(4).Schøyen collection,

Psalter, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in a compressed Gothic bookhand, single column, 22 lines, in black ink, 1 10-line historiated initial of King David singing (Cantate domino, Psalm 97), rubbed and worn, 23 3-line initials in gold, red and blue and heightened with white within thick black ink borders with some ascenders and descenders, numerous 1-line initials in blue and gold, 16 leaves only of 153, some margins bleed through from initials, 1 leaf corner cut away not affecting text, last leaf torn and laid down on paper, margins trimmed slightly affecting ascenders and descenders, leaves slightly browned, some modern linen stubs in margins, all loose, faint ink inscription of François Sallet dated 1699 on last leaf, remains of late 17th century calf, worn and defective, leaves 136 x 104mm., 8vo binding, [Low Countries], [c. 1250].⁂ Provenance:(1). François Sallet, 1699.(2). Collection of Claude Scellier of St-Quentin, catalogued by De Ricci (Census , II, p. 1939, no. 13).(3). Otto Ege from Grafton, London, cat. 63 (1928). Otto F. Ege (1888-1951), teacher, lecturer, bookseller, and well-known book-breaker.(4). Dispersal of leaves in University of Texas, Austin, HRC; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Andersen Library, MS. 13; Sotheby's.

Aristotle. Metaphysica, book VIII, single leaf only, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in a gothic bookhand, double column, 32 lines, 1 2-line initial red and blue with penwork decoration along whole length of margin, numerous red and blue initials in text, marginalia in 1 margin, 1 margin trimmed, very slight worming mostly in margins, extensively browned in two margins, browned overall, some surface wear on one side, ink inscription "Biblioth. Th. Weber 1847" in margin, 225 x 180mm., [Italy], [c. 1300].⁂ Provenance: (1). From the collection of Bernhard Bischoff (1906-91).(2). Bernard Rosenthal, purchased after Bischoff's death.(3). Quaritch.(4). Schøyen collection, MS. 1829.

Voragine (Jacobus de, Italian chronicler and Archbishop of Genoa, c. 1230-98) Single leaf from a copy of Legenda Aurea, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, double column, 30 lines, in a gothic bookhand, in brown ink, 1 initial in red, some marginalia, 15th century note in margin and another within centre column, trimmed at tail with loss of 1 line, remains of paper stub in 1 margin, 2 small tears (1 slightly affecting text and 1 corner partially torn away), slightly stained, browned, 190 x 150mm., [Germany], [c. 1390].⁂ Text is from the reading on the Ascension of Christ. Marvin L. Colker, (1943-89), when purchased by Rosenthal, noted that the text here shows a debt to Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita, De Coelesti Hierachia.Provenance: (1). From the collection of Bernhard Bischoff (1906-91).(2). Bernard Rosenthal, purchased after Bischoff's death.(3). Quaritch.(4). Schøyen collection, their MS. 1827.

Gualterus Anglicus (Walter the Englishman, Anglo-Norman poet and scribe, c. 1175) [Aesopi Fabulae metrice], a fragment of eight leaves containing the complete text of 9 fables and parts of 5 fables, on 2 bifolia, manuscript in Latin, on paper, 20 lines, in a late medieval southern textualis cursive hand, highly abbreviated, initials in dark red, 1f. some worming mostly in margins, some slight staining, browned, disbound, 210 x 147mm., n.d. [?north Italy], [c. 1400].Saleroom notice: this comprises 8 pages, not 8 leaves, on 2 bifolia. ⁂ Fables, comprising: III. De mure et rana (Hervieux II, pp. 386-387); IV. De cane et ove (Hervieux II, p. 387); V. De cane et carne (Hervieux II, p. 387);XIII. De vulpe et aquila (Hervieux II, pp. 390-391); XIV. De aquila et cornice (Hervieux II, p. 391); XV. De vulpe et corvo (Hervieux II, p. 391); XXII. De accipitre et columbis (Hervieux II, p. 395); XXV. De terra tumente (text nearly complete, lacking only the last verse; Hervieux II, p. 396); XXIX. De capra et haedo (Hervieux II, p. 398).The following fables are incomplete: II. De lupo et agno (Hervieux II, p. 386); VI. De leone, vacca, capra et ove (Hervieux II, p. 387); XII. De mure urbano et rustico (Hervieux II, pp. 389-390); XXI. De ranis regem petentibus (lacking the first 14 lines, Hervieux II, pp. 394-395); XXIII. De fure et cane, Hervieux II, pp. 395-396). Curiously, the first 4/6 lines of this fable had been copied twice, and in one case interpolated with the last five lines of Fable XXVIII. De leporibus fugientibus (Hervieux II, p. 398).A most interesting eight leaf fragment from a manuscript schoolbook, containing the metrical version of the Aesopus Latinus, formerly referred to as the Anonymus Neveleti, and now generally attributed to the 12th-century Anglo-Norman writer and poet Gualterus Anglicus or Walter of England, whose name appear in various manuscript. The identity of Walter is however not precisely identifiable, although some sources define him as a chaplain of King of England Henry II, and later archbishop of Palermo in Sicily. Walter's work - known as Aesopus moralisatus - enjoyed an enormous success owing to its stylistic elegance, rich vocabulary, and extensive use of rhetorical figures, becoming the standard form in which the Greek fabulist Aesop was known during the late Middles Ages. The original text contains 60 fables; all fables but the De iudei et pincerna e De ciue et equite have as immediate source the 5th-6th-century collection known as Romulus, a Latin prose version of four of the five books of verse fables of Phaedrus. The present fragment is written in such a way as to provide wide space for an apparatus of lexical interlinear glosses for the benefit of teacher or pupil. These glosses - mostly introduced by id est or s. (indicating supple or scilicet) - provide synonyms for uncommon vocabulary or give a brief definition for obscure and ambiguous words. Marginal marks point out the moral content of some formulations. "As has only recently come to be recognized, the school commentaries on Avianus and Walter alike provided rich sources for the most important fabulists of the later Middles Ages [...] several of the allegorical morals in Robert Henryson's Middles Scots Morall Fabillis (ca 1490) are quite obviously drawn from explications in Latin commentaries on the fables of Walter of England" (The Fables of "Walter of England", p. 5).Literature: L. Hervieux, Les fabulistes latins depuis le siècle d'Auguste jusqu'à la fin du Moyen Age, 1893-1894, vol. I, pp. 472-668, vol. II, pp. 316-391 (text with variants); M. Manitius, Geschichte der Lateinischen Literatur des Mittelalters, vol. III, München 1931, pp. 771-773; A. E. Wright (ed.). The Fables of "Walter of England". Edited from Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, Codex Guelferbytanus 185 Helmstadiensis, Toronto 1997.

Arabic treatise on mathematics.- Muhammad ibn Muhammad Sibt al-Mardini al-Dimashqi (Egyptian mathematician and astronomer, teacher and timekeeper in the Great Mosque of al-Azhar, Cairo, d. AH 907/1501CE) Tuhfat al-ahbab fi 'ilm al-hisab, manuscript mathematical treatise in Arabic, on cream paper, 28pp., in a cursive informal Naskh script, style and corrections suggesting this manuscript is authorial, text in black and red, browned, some edges and corners chipped with small loss, a few ink marks, new endpapers, modern polished purple roan, round blind-stamp decoration on covers, 183 x 128mm., [Cairo], [AH 896/1491CE].

Irish student at the University of Perugia.- Diploma awarded to "Edmundus Lucharenus" of doctor in Canon and Civil Law awarded by Perugia University, manuscript in Latin, on paper, 12pp., in a fine Italic hand, some lettering in and borders in gold, 3 hand-coloured coats of arms at beginning (some tears),browned, ff. heavily dampstained and edges frayed, soiled and stained throughout, remains of large red wax seal in partial skippet, sm. 4to, 12th April 1619.⁂ Rare diploma of the Università degli Studi di Perugia for "Edmundus Lucharenus, Hibernus Ardumachanensis", an Irish student from Armagh, Northern Ireland.

17th century passport.- Juxon (William, Archbishop of London, (bap. 1582, d. 1663) Passport made out to Captain Thomas Edwards to travel abroad, Document signed: "Guil: London" as Bishop of London and Lord High Treasurer, "Jo: Finch" John Finch, first Baron Finch (1584-1660), judge, and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons; "Manchester" Henry Montagu, first Earl of Manchester (c. 1563-1642), judge, politician & others, manuscript, 1p., blind seal at head, browned, folds, right edge creased and slightly stained, folio, Whitehall, 29th May 1640.⁂ Juxon attended Charles I on the scaffold at his execution.

James II (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1633-1701) Inspeximus and exemplification relating to Sir Ralph Sadler, fine engraved portrait of James II, royal coat of arms and floral decoration at head, manuscript document in Latin, on vellum, 49 lines, ruled in red, folds, slightly yellowed, lacks seal, otherwise in good condition, 645 x 890mm., Westminster, 6th June 1687.⁂ A fine and rare document drawn up in the short reign of James II. A re-issue of a document from the reign of Henry VIII by James II Issued in relation to Sir Ralph Sadler (1507-87), diplomat and administrator, drawn up at the behest of Sir Edwin Sadler (c. 1706), a descendent. Sadler had a long and varied career, from being an intimate of Thomas Cromwell to service to Henry VIII, Edward VI, he withdrew from the court of Queen Mary, but returned and served on the privy council of Elizabeth I. By the time he died, Sadler was reputed to be the richest man in England.

Mathematics.- De Moivre (Abraham, French mathematician known for de Moivre's formula, friend of Sir Isaac Newton and Edmond Halley, 1667-1754) Autograph mathematical manuscript, in English, 4pp., 5 pen and ink diagrams, folds, slightly browned, sm. 4to, n.d. [c. 1720].⁂ Describes the methods of dividing lines and circles etc., into number of equal parts.Provenance: Pencil note: "This autograph is from the Macrone & Dawson Turner Collection."

Captain Cook & Arthur O'Connor.- Commonplace book of poetry and prose, manuscript, 91pp. excluding blanks, 1f. loose, others working loose, slightly browned, modern cloth, label on spine, 8vo, watermarked 1804 - 20th century.⁂ Poems and prose include: Poem found in Cook's Voyages 1790, unpublished, copied out in 20th century; Arthur O'Connor (Irish nationalist and political theorist,1763-1852) Verses written by Arthur O'Connor Esq., n.d., a poem ostensibly in praise of monarchy but by reading lines in a different order containing a poem satirising it; Treatise on card tricks etc.

Telescopes etc.- Varley (Cornelius John, of Kentish Town, London, maker of astronomical & scientific apparatus, son of John Varley, landscape painter and inventor of optical apparatus, 1781-1873, b. 1826) Working Specula, autograph manuscript, title and 13pp., browned, unbound, 1845-52; and 2 others, comprising: a scientific note by a member of the ?Varley family on the Linné crater on the moon described in 1837 by Wilhelm Beer and Johann Heinrich Mädler in Der Mond as a 10 km crater, and an engraved diagram of an occultation by the moon, v.s., v.d. (3 pieces).⁂ First mentioned speculum metal for telescopes

Suppression of the slave trade.- Malcolm (George John, Rear-Admiral, 1830-84) Letter book as Captain of HMS Briton deployed in the suppression of the slave trade from the Sultan of Zanzibar to the Ottoman Empire, autograph manuscript, 92pp., original roan-backed boards, spine slightly rubbed and faded, a few small wormholes in spine, folio, 30th April - 20th May 1873.⁂ "In all other respects you will comply with your sailing Orders of the 27 March 1873, and you will use your judgement relative to detaining slave vessels furnished with Passes from His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar... I would only add that these seizures will most probably be the subject of much litigation and if you seize vessels you cannot be too particular in obtaining witnessed written statements of the number of slaves on board... ." - Malcolm.Malcolm was the eldest son of Sir Charles Malcolm (1782-1851), naval officer. He followed in his father's footsteps, serving in the Royal Navy for his entire career and becoming Rear Admiral in 1882. His long naval career took him to North and South America, the West Indies, the Baltic, the English Channel, Egypt, and the East Coast of Africa. After he retired from active service in 1873, he entered the Turkish services as Pasha and was employed at Constantinople as Director General of the Abolition of the Slave Trade and Judge of the Slave Courts.

Sudan War.- Mahdi (Muhammad Ahmad, religious leader in the Sudan, 1844-85) Dispatch from the Mahdi to Osman Digna military commander during the Mahdist War, manuscript in Arabic, with manuscript note in English describing the fate of this document, 1p., folds, browned, folio & 60 x 55mm., [1885] (2).⁂ Note reads: "A dispatch from the Mahdi to Osman Digna captured in a mail bag at the battle of Abu Klea in the Soudan. Sent home by a young Scottish doctor."

δ Smith (Philip, 1928-2018, bookbinder) Contemplations 11, manuscript written in black ink on paper marbled with inks and acrylic paint, bound in vellum boards similarly coloured on blue goatskin yokes at head and foot of open spine, signed and dated at head and foot of rear paste-down, blue felt slip-case stitched in red, 16mo (c.110 x 70mm.), 1987.⁂ Philip Smith (1928-2018) trained at the Royal College of Art. He developed many new techniques in binding and won several prizes. His work is held by many public and private collections in the UK and abroad. This book was exhibited at Leighton House in 1987.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Animation.- Dyer (Anson) [The King with the Terrible Temper, Advertisement for Bush Radio], album of 27 hand-painted animation cels (most over watercolour background), most c.180 x 190mm. or vice versa (3 c.110 x 145mm.), mounted on 17 leaves with typed captions pasted below (one lacking), a few leaves frayed and chipped at edges, with a duplicate of one cel over an alternative watercolour ground loosely inserted, [1930s]; Three Ha'pence a Foot: Sam Small...with Noah and his Ark, for Anglia Films Ltd., album of 20 hand-painted animation cels (most over watercolour background), most 185 x 210mm. but a few smaller, mounted on 17 leaves with typed captions, one or two loose, [1930s], some wear to cels where small portions of paint detached, uniform cloth-backed boards, spines titled in manuscript, rubbed, the first with upper joint split, 4to (2)⁂ Anson Dyer (1876-1962) was a leading figure in British animation, at one time promoted as the British Walt Disney. He drew several films advertising Bush radios and others featuring the character Sam Small, taken from the famous monologues by Stanley Holloway.

Hanbury (Sir Thomas) Photograph Album of La Mortola Garden, presentation copy inscribed "Henry Fryer with love from Thomas & Katharine A.Hanbury in remembrance of the visit of M.A.Fryer to Mortola 24 January to 6th February 1873" on front free endpaper, 17 albumen prints mounted on 14 thick card leaves, prints c.180 x 240mm or vice versa, most with printed caption pasted at foot of mount, a few with caption supplied in manuscript, a little faded, some spotting, mainly to mounts, original half morocco, upper cover with image of lady with parasol walking in garden below palm trees and title 'The Garden at Mortola' in gilt, spine gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, 1873 § Berger (Alwin) Hortus Mortolensis...Alphabetical Catalogue of Plants...at La Mortola, first edition, portrait and plates, original cloth, rubbed, lower cover damp-stained, 1912, oblong folio & 8vo (2)⁂ Sir Thomas Hanbury purchased a coastal plot at Mortola near Genoa in 1867 and with his brother Daniel, the botanist/landscape gardener Ludwig Winter and others created this famous garden. When Hanbury died in 1907 it was further developed by his daughter-in-law Lady Dorothy but was severely damaged in World War II and she sold it to the state. It is now the property of the University of Genoa and has been restored.

Lyell (Charles, botanist, 1767-1849) and Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, F.R.S., geologist, 1797-1875]. A group of photographs and prints from the Lyell family collection, including an oval portrait of Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian and royal librarian (1795-1876, married Leonora Horner, their eldest daughter Mary married Sir Charles Lyell), hand-coloured salt print, verso dated 1856; Leonard Horner (1785-1864), Scottish geologist and friend of Lyell and Darwin, two albumen prints on card mounts by Maull & Fox; Lady Lyell, from a drawing by George Richmond, and others including cabinet cards of Ruskin, Lord Kelvin and Sir Moses Montifiore; proof impressions of Lyellia crispa and other botanical engravings; a group of portraits of Dante and related prints, probably collected by Dante scholar and translator Charles Lyell (1767-1849) and a varied group of mostly large prints by Bartolozzi, Morghen, Piroli and others, with a few drawings, 18th and 19th centuries, preserved in a half calf portfolio, boards detached, very worn, with a manuscript note on the family provenance (c. 85 items)Provenance: by descent in the Lyell family

William Ward (b. 1762-1826) after George Morland 'The Farmer's Stable'EngravingPublished 1795, London 43 x 53cmTogether with Scandinavian School (18th century), Whale Hunting Scene, a hand-coloured lithograph commemorating RAS's visit to Exeter, 1850, a manuscript page and another (5)

Switzerland : 1850-1990 an extensive and solid mint or used collection displayed in a DAVO hingeless printed album with slipcase, much of note with classic imperf issues incl. 1850 Rayon II 10r without frame to cross (2, one with red manuscript cross signed Kimmel, one on thick carton paper) each four margins, Strubel types (47) in mixed condition to 1f (5) used, one with four margins, 2r grey (3, two unused), Seated Helvetia types incl. 1862-64 plain paper 30c to 1f (7) used, 1867-78 to 50c (6, one mint), 1881 granite papers range, 1882-99 good range incl. 15c mint (2), 1882-1903 Standing Helvetia incl. 40c grey mint, to 3f used, 1908-40 to 1f mint, 1919-20 Air opts pair mint, most Pro Juventute and Pro Patria sets, 1945 Peace 10f cds used (corner crease), 1961 St Oswald's set unmounted mint, many other u/m sets in later period, and much else. (approx 1500 stamps). HEAVY LOT - OVERSEAS BIDDERS PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR SHIPPING COSTS [US1]

Mexico : (SG 533-560) 1934 National University Fund Airmail Set of 8 values (Scott C54-61) 20c-20P very fine mint original gum - the rare 20P very light hinge, signed (light pencil manuscript) and exceptional centring to 10P and 20P. Scott cat US$2,685 (GBP£2,100), A RARE SET Cat £1500 (image available)

Bradbury Wilkinson Collection : GREAT BRITAIN: 1918 Seahorse 2s.6d. Rough proof, imperf block of four, from the post 1927 plates, manuscript marks, fine. (image available)

Bradbury Wilkinson Collection : NIUE: 1950 Pictorial set of ten imperf proofs on two B.W. archive page, each marked alongside 'approved in NZ', manuscript markings at foot of the pages 'Unapproved proofs, removed for destruction 20/12/49', unique and fine. (image available)

Bradbury Wilkinson Collection : SOUTHERN RHODESIA: Revenue 1930 KGV ‘Field Marshal’ imperf colour proofs (3) of the £1, printed in different shades of purple or mauve, and each affixed to a gilt-edged presentation card (63x104mm) with printed label at base ‘ENGRAVED & PRINTED BY BRADBURY WILKINSON & CO LTD / NEW MALDEN SURREY.’, manuscript pencil printing date on recerse '14th May 1930'. Very fine, most attractive and extremely rare. (3 proofs) (image available)

Great Britain - QV (embossed) : (SG 57) 1847 10d deep brown, 3 margins, some old faded manuscript at top and bottom on reverse, very fresh m.m. SG Spec. H2(2). SCARCE. Cat £15000 (image available) [US3]

Atlases.- Saxton (Christopher) [An Atlas of England and Wales], first edition, engraved frontispiece depicting Queen Elizabeth seated, surrounded by allegorical figures of astronomy and cartography (Hind first state with Elizabeth's dress stretched across her knees, trimmed to margins and laid down), 34 engraved double-page and folding maps only (of 35, lacking the general map of England and Wales), all coloured in a contemporary hand, ?lacking the double page coats-of-arms & gazetteer plate and the letterpress index leaf (supplied in manuscript in red and black in a later hand), all maps with the bunch of grapes watermark visible, with 11 maps bearing Seckford's pre-1576 motto (Pestis patriae pigricies), and 23 his later motto (Industria naturam ornate), occasional light browning and offsetting to maps, a few maps with short tears to central folds, Hertfordshire and Denbigh with vertical crease, folding map of Yorkshire with neatly repaired tear, 1 or 2 maps closely shaved, an interleaved copy with manuscript tables of rent owed for certain hundreds in a near-contemporary hand to 7ff., ink ownership inscriptions to pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt, covers with gilt corner-pieces surrounding central gilt lozenge, neatly rebacked, preserving original backstrip, rubbed, lacking clasps, folio, Christopher Saxton, 1579 [?but c.1590].⁂ First edition of the earliest and most-celebrated atlas of England and Wales with a good contemporary provenance. At the behest of Thomas Seckford, master of requests to Queen Elziabeth, Saxton undertook a survey of the British counties between 1570 and 1578 and first issued his atlas in 1579.Provenance: The earliest ownership inscription reads "Geo. Cotton" and is dated 1589, below in a later hand reads "my Grand father gave me this book ano 1645" below this is the final inscription "Combermere, Robert Wellington 1896". The first inscription is likely that of George Cotton (1560-1646), grandson of Sir George Cotton (1505-1545), Sherriff of Denbighshire and courtier to Henry VIII. Henry VIII granted George Cotton the former abbey of Combermere in 1541. The hundreds listed are in Herefordshire, Denbigh, Flintshire, Anglesea, Caernarvon, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire and Brecknockshire.

Africa.- Leo Africanus (Joannes) A Geographical Historie of Africa, written in Arabicke and Italian by John Leo a More, borne in Granada, and brought up in Barbarie... translated and collected by John Pory, first English edition, engraved double-page map of Africa (neatly mounted on stub), title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, light marginal damp-staining towards end, final f. a little soiled with margins chipped, occasional light marginal soiling, paper flaw to F6 margin just touching text, ink ownership inscription to head of dedication, contemporary calf, lacking clasps, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, preserving original backstrip, corners bumped, later endpapers, [Sabin 40047; Sabin 15481], folio, Georg. Bishop, 1600.⁂ First edition in English of the first book on Africa written by an African. Johannes Leo Africanus, whose real name was Hasan ben Mohamed Alfasi, was a well-educated arabian geographer. He had travelled all over the Moslem African countries and in 1517 was captured by Christian pirates, who took him and the manuscript of his travels to Rome. There, under the protection of Pope Leo X he translated his manuscript into Latin for publication.Provenance: Thomas Smith (ink inscription dated 1623).

Satires.- [Hall (Joseph)] Virgidemiarum Sixe Books, 2 parts in 1, first part third edition, second part second edition, 2 neatly repaired tears to title margin, A2 & 2 fore-margin closely shaved, touching text, second part lacking final 2 blanks, [STC 12718 & 12719], Robert Dexter, 1602-1599 bound with Certaine Worthye Manuscript Poems of great Antiquitie Reserved long in the Studie of a Northfolke Gentleman, lacking final blank, [STC 21499], for R[obert] D[exter], 1597, together 2 works in 1 vol., titles with woodcut device, woodcut decorations, some light browning, bookplate to pastedown, 19th century crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, upper cover detached, g.e., small 8vo.⁂ The Houghton copy of a rare collection of English satires. Joseph Hall (1574-1656), bishop of Exeter and Norwich. The first book targets institutions and customs: literary criticism, the medical profession, astrological predications and foppishness. The second part directly targets contemporary figures. The book was ordered burned by the Archbishop of Canterbury, but later reprieved. Provenance: Arthur A Houghton Jr. (bookplate).

China.- [Feynes (Henri de)] An Exact and Curious Survey Of all the East Indies, even to Canton, the chiefe Cittie of China: All duly performed by land, by Monsiuer de Monsart, the like whereof was never hitherto, brought to an end. Wherein also are described the huge Dominions of the great Mogor, to whom that honorable Knight, Sir Thomas Roe, was lately sent Ambassador from the King. Newly translated out of the Travailers Manuscript, first edition, with final blank f., woodcut initials and head-pieces, closely trimmed, with loss to title date and occasionally affecting headlines, side-notes or signatures, light surface soiling to title, occasional staining, disbound, [STC 10840], small 4to, by Thomas Dawson, for William Arondell, in Pauls Church-yard, at the Angell, [1615].⁂ First edition in any language of this rare early account of a voyage to China and the East Indies. Henri de Feynes, Comte de Monsart, was the first Frenchman to visit China. Feynes travelled overland, returning via Macao, Myanmar, Cambodia and Thailand. His description of his time in China includes a description of foot binding, the silk industry and the practice of using cormorants to fish. A second edition was published in France in 1630. We can trace only 2 other copies at auction, including this one, in the last 70 years. Provenance: Willi. Aerton (ink inscription).

Heraldry.- Favyn (Andre) The Theater of Honour and Knight-hood. Or A Compendious Chronicle and Historie of the whole Christian World, first edition in English, title in red and black (a little browned), 12 sheets of woodcut arms (2 shaved at foot), orders and decorations and similar throughout within text, woodcut initials and head-pieces, with final blank, small rust holes to B3 and i4 with loss to a few letters of text, ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, bookplates to pastedown, remains of medieval manuscript used in binding, contemporary calf, rebacked, [STC 10717], folio, by William Jaggard, dwelling in Barbican, and are there to be sold, 1623.⁂ A handsome heraldic work, includes discussion of jousts, combats and ceremonies in addition to heraldic matters. The document (from the late 15th or early 16th centuries) used as part of the binding is curious and related John Oxenbrigge (Oxenbridge), a member of an important Sussex family.Provenance: William Tredwell; Mary Morgan (ink inscriptions); 'The Grove'; The Brother Julian F. S. C. collection (bookplates).

[Davenant (Sir William)] The Cruell Brother, first edition, with A1 (blank), woodcut head-pieces and initials, a few manuscript underlinings and 2 small corrections, portion torn from lower outer corner of A1, title a little soiled at foot, some light damp-staining to margins, disbound, [Pforzheimer 250; STC 6302], small 4to, imprinted by A[ugustine]. M[athewes]. for Iohn Waterson, and are to bee solde at the signe of the Crowne in Pauls Church-yard, 1630.⁂ First edition of Davenant's second published play. Sir William Davenant (1606-68), royalist poet and playwright, best known for staging the first performance of an English opera at a private theatre in his home, Rutland House. He became Poet Laureate in 1638 following the death of Ben Jonson, left England for France following the Royalist defeat at the battle of Naseby but was subsequently captured by the English and sentenced to death, a fate he was only spared the intervention of John Milton.

Turkey.- [Bon (Ottaviano)] A Description of the Grand Signor's Seraglio, or Turkish Emperours Court, [translated by Richard Withers], first separate edition in English, title in red and black, marginal browning to first and last 2 ff., title a little frayed, contemporary sheep, sympathetically rebacked, light wear to corners, a little rubbed, [cf. Atabey 1343 (second edition); cf. Blackmer 1831 (second edition); Koç collection 54; Wing W3213], for Jo. Martin, and Jo. Ridley, at the Castle in Fleet-street by Ram Alley, 1650.⁂ "First published in Purchas's Pilgrimes (1625), and attributed there to 'Master Robert Withers', the work was in fact written by Ottaviano Bon, a Venetian bailo to the Porte in 1604-09. In this, the first separate edition, the editor, John Greaves, claims that he obtained Withers's manuscript in 1637 in Constantinople. Greaves... did obtain a number of manuscripts in Constantinople, often on behalf of Archbishop Laud... but, although he seems to have had a lively and enquiring mind, he may have been at times disingenuous." - Koç.

Barker (Jane) and others. Poetical Recreations: consisting of original poems, songs, odes, &c. With several new translations, first edition, with initial licence f. with publisher's woodcut device, title within double-ruled woodcut border, H2 with small hole to blank lower margin, 2S7 and 2T7 with small holes and some tearing with minor loss to text, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, [Wing B770], 8vo, for Benjamin Crayle, at the Peacock and Bible, at the west-end of St. Pauls, 1688.⁂ First edition of the author's first book, a scarce collection of poetry by the first woman author to publish in both manuscript and print. The first part consists of poems by Barker addressed to her circle and the second part of poems addressed to Barker herself, the collection was published by Crayle, apparently without the author's permission.

MALICK SIDIBE (1936 - 2016) Tresse kassouke, 1972. vintage gelatin silver print, manuscript title, date, signature and Studio Malick stamp on verso. 13cm. x 8cm, within margin, unframed. DDS

Jane Austen The Complete Novels with wood-engravings by Joan Hassall and Introductions by Richard Church, Folio Society in 7 volumes bound in gilt buckram backed patterned paper boards, housed in gilt lettered slipcase with The History of England A Facsimile of Jane Austens’ Manuscript written aged sixteen Folio Society 1993 in parchment backed marbled boards in slipcase 

A late 18th Century Eastern text from a manuscript; together with a leather bound Bible and a leather bound edition of Hoppust timber measurer

Four gilt style framed manuscript prints.

Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), a large signed German manuscript document, probably a decree or announcement, written by a secretary Pfiatzing, and signed at the end by Charles V, dated 1555, on laid paper with fine Habsburg watermark

A Map of the Parish of Stanhoe, also Several Lands in Docking, Barwick, &c, surveyed in the year 1752 by John Aram..', rolled linen-backed vellum manuscript plan on two joined sheets, with some colouring, 77 x 140cm; and another plan 'Map of Little Barwick in the County of Norfolk, Belonging to Robt. Glover Gent.', dated 1750, rather worn and faded, 145 x 68.5cm (2)

HODGES (James) Construction of the Great Victoria Bridge in Canada. London 1860, folio, with 17 coloured lithograph plates (of 20), original faded cloth binding, with inserted paper folio in manuscript of the final estimate of works executed by Chaffey during 1859, a letter of thanks from Hodges to Benjamin Chaffey dated 1859, two original numbered tickets and an invitation to Mr and Mrs Chaffey for the first train to cross the bridge, and another invitation to Chaffey on the laying of the foundation stone of the last bridge pier

The Captive Fox, 1850, oblong folio, with manuscript title and verses on hunting by William Reid, with amateur illustrations by 'C H', in grained morocco binding. Note: William Reid (1804-67) of The Node, Codicote, Herts was a partner in Reid's Brewery in London, later Watney, Combe and Reid. He was High Sheriff of the county in 1857 and for many years Treasurer of the Puckeridge Foxhounds.

Talbot (Bertram, 17th Earl of Shrewsbury) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Extensive and Valuable Library...removed from Alton Towers, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, uncut, original printed wrappers bound in (soiled), S.Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, 1857 § Carpenter (James) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Extensive and Very Important Stock of Books of Mr. James Carpenter, ex-Athenaeum library copy with embossed stamp to title, contemporary half calf, worn, upper cover detached, Puttick & Simpson, 1850, both ruled in red and with prices in manuscript; and others, book sale catalogues including a bound volume of priced Sotheby catalogues (Rev. C.H.Craufurd, 1876; John Kershaw, 1877; William Heath, 1878; Cecil Dunn-Gardner, 1880) and Christie-Miller, 6 vol. in 5, 1920-27; Fairfax-Murray, 3 vol., 1917-22; Rosebery, 1933, 8vo & 4to (c.40)

Taylor (George Watson) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Choice, Curious, and Splendid London Library...removed from his Mansion in Cavendish Square, 2 parts in 1 vol., advertisement leaf at end, prices and some buyers' names supplied in manuscript, contemporary ink signature of Francis ?Tuckett on front free endpaper and with 20pp. manuscript notes bound in at end (mostly relating to Dibdin), title spotted, Part 1 lacking pp. 43-46, original boards, uncut, rubbed, Evans, 1823; [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Magnificent Assemblage of Property at Erlestoke Mansion near Devizes, in Wilts., lithographed frontispiece of Erlestoke Park (foxed at edges and with light offsetting from title), some prices in manuscript, contemporary half calf, a little worn, upper cover becoming loose, label chipped, [Lugt 13046], George Robins, 1832, 8vo & 4to (2)⁂ George Watson Taylor (1771-1841) was an English sugar plantation owner and politician who used his wife's fortune to assemble a significant library and art collection. His library included incunabula on vellum, Caxtons, and Dibdin's works on large paper made nearly £9000. By 1832 he was in financial difficulties and was forced to sell his collection at Erlestone Park, raising £30,000. He is depicted kneeling in the painting by P.A.Wonder of Patrons and Lovers of Art of 1826, for General Murray, along with Murray, Rev. William Holwell Carr and the artist, which was used on the dust-jacket of the first edition of The English as Collectors.

Towneley (John) [Sale Catalogue] Bibliotheca Towneleiana. A Catalogue of the Curious and Extensive Library..., Part I only (of 3), annotations, interleaved with prices and buyers' names in manuscript, modern cloth-backed boards, R.H.Evans, 1814; [Sale Catalogue] A Catalogue of a Capital Collection of Prints...[by] Wenceslaus Hollar, prices and names in manuscript, old marbled boards, rebacked and recornered in calf, preserved in modern marbled board drop-back box, [Lugt 9397], King, 1818; [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Towneley Library [& Manuscripts], removed from Towneley Hall, Lancashire, 2 works in 1 vol., ruled in red and with prices in manuscript, old marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked in cloth, Sotheby's, 1883, 8vo & 4to (3)⁂ John Towneley (1731-1813), bibliophile, uncle and heir of Charles Towneley, collector of classical antiquities. The first sale included the "Towneley Homer", the famous 11th century Greek manuscript on vellum which was bought by Charles Burney for £620 and is now in the British Library, and the "Towneley Mysteries" 15th century manuscript now in the Huntington Library in America.

Vertue (George) A Catalogue and Description of King Charles the First's Capital Collection of Pictures, Limnings, Statues, Bronzes, Medals, and other Curiosities, 1757; A Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures, &c. belonging to James the Second; to which is added, A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the Closet of the late Queen Caroline..., 4 double-page engraved plans of the picture hangings, 1758, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, the second with annotations in pencil and ink, mostly to the second part (references to Parker's Drawings of Holbein at Windsor Castle and R.A. exhibition of Holbein 1950), some browning, modern morocco-backed cloth, 4to, for W.Bathoe; and 5 others relating to the collection of Charles I, 4to (6)⁂ The magnificent art collection of Charles I was probably the finest collection ever assembled in England, but following his execution the paintings and other treasures were dispersed by Cromwell.The first work was compiled by Abraham Vanderdoort, translated into English by Vertue (from a manuscript in the Ashmolean Museum), and edited by Horace Walpole; the first part of the second work is signed "Will.Chiffinch" and the second part was compiled by Vertue.

Bernal (Ralph) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Works of Art, from the Byzantine Period to that of Louis Seize, plates, one leaf loose and slightly frayed at edges, original cloth, small ink stain to upper cover, spine worn and faded, 1855 § Bohn (Henry C.) A Guide to the Knowledge of Pottery, Porcelain, and other Objects of Vertu, comprising an Illustrated Catalogue of the Bernal Collection, second edition, plates, one plate & leaf loose, original blind-stamped cloth, spine faded, 1862 § Goode (W.J.) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of...Old Sèvres Porcelain, prices and buyer's names in manuscript, 1895 § King (H.J.) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of...Dresden Porcelain, 1914, the last two with photographic plates, original boards, rubbed and soiled, all but the second Christie & Manson; and 6 old Sotheby catalogues of European ceramics, 8vo & 4to (10)⁂ "To Ralph Bernal, a highly intelligent man trained as a barrister and a Member of Parliament for thirty years, more than to any other single individual in the history of English collecting, we owe the shift of interest among collectors from the work of the artist to the product of the craftsman. Bernal's collection, almost in its entirety, was the stuff museums are made of." It was "probably the greatest collection of ceramics and objets d'art of its time". The English as Collectors pp. 293 & 433. The sale consisted of 4294 lots over 32 days and realised £62,690 18s.

China.- , [Photograph Album], 26 albumen photographs, pasted on album leaves, captioned in manuscript, one or two photographs a little rubbed, occasional spotting and browning, disbound, each photograph c.155 x 110 mm, 1900s.

Polar.- Osborn (Lieut. Sherard) Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in ... search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition ..., first edition, chromolithographed frontispiece and 3 plates, illustrations, folding colour map, previous owner's ink signature and faint remnants of an ink name-stamp to frontispiece verso, faint damp-staining to 2 plates, manuscript notes on Osborn loosely inserted, modern half calf, modern slipcase, 8vo, 1852.

NO RESERVE Bode (Dr. Wilhelm von) [Sale Catalogue] Nachlass Wilhelm von Bode, some prices in manuscript, original wrappers, a little spotted and soiled, Berlin, Paul Cassirer & Hugo Helbing, 1929; Die Meister der Holländischen und Vlämischen Malerschulen, second edition, illustrations, original vellum-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, Leipzig, 1919; and 9 others by Bode, 4to & 8vo (11)⁂ Dr Wilhelm von Bode (1845-1929) was a German art historian and the creator and first curator of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin.

England.- Carter (John) Views of Ancient Buildings in England, 6 vol., first edition, 119 etched plates including title to vol. 1 only (as issued), additional titles in manuscript, tissue-guards, previous owner's inscription dated 1920 to front free endpaper (vol. 1), occasional faint spotting, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, upper cover of vol. 1 nearly detached, 18mo, [1786-93].

NO RESERVE Wales, Carmarthenshire.- Bargain and sale between John Daniel, Letitia his wife and Hugh Bevan of a messuage and tenement in Llanybyther [now Llanybydder] in Carmarthenshire, and also a messuage and tenement in the parish of Caron, Cardigan, D.s. "John Daniel", "Letitia William" & "Hugh Bevan", manuscript on vellum, indented at head, 3 red wax seals, slightly yellowed and creased, all text legible, 465 x 735mm., 18th September 1766; and 5 other documents on vellum relating to Wales, v.s., v.d. (6).

NO RESERVE Somerset charity.- Ellsworth (Richard, of Bickham, near Timberscombe, Somerset, on his death founded the Ellsworth Charity, now Ellsworth Foundation, 1692-1714) Legal document relating to the terms of the foundation of the Ellsworth Charity, manuscript, 17pp., last f. a few small tears along folds at edges slightly affecting a few letters, some other ff. with tears, folds, slightly browned, 415 x 330mm., [c. 1780s].⁂ Timberscombe,village and civil parish on the River Avill 2.5 miles south-west of Dunster, and 5.5 miles south of Minehead within Exmoor National Park. The parish includes the hamlet of Bickham.

Broadside.- Glorious Revolution.- Some Reflections upon His Highness the Prince of Oranges Declaration, drop-head title, printed in double-column, in manuscript note in contemporary hand at foot of first page, soiled, folded and creased, folio (c.400 x 250mm.), n.p., [1688].⁂ ESTC cites only 2 copies of this broadside edition: British Library and California State Library (Sutro).

[Caulfield (Francis, 2nd Earl of Charlemont)] [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of some Highly Important and Valuable Books and Manuscripts of a Nobleman...11th day of August, with vendor's name supplied in ink at head of title and some prices in manuscript, lacking final leaf, bound with another sale at end (remainder of Charlemont library), with manuscript list of contents to both sales and note on the sale at beginning, book-label of A.N.L.Munby, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1865; and another copy of the catalogue in printed wrappers, 8vo (2)⁂ On 29th June 1865 a fire broke out at Sotheby's warehouse and many of the books and records stored there were destroyed, including some of the books from the library of the 2nd Earl of Charlemont awaiting sale on 11th August. The manuscript note at beginning states that "nearly the whole of these fine books were destroyed by fire at the auctioneers, also copies of the catalogue" but, judging by the manuscript prices, most books were saved and were apparently sold on the named date, with the remaining portion on 27th September. Interest was piqued and prices were good; Sir Thomas Phillipps bought some lots but grumbled at the scorched and stained condition of the bindings when he received them. Confusingly, Shakespeare's First Folio (lot 132) appears to have sold for £455 although this appears again as lot 1964 in the second sale, so maybe all the books were sold in the later sale.