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HENRY III: (1551-1589) King of France 1574-89 and King of Poland & Grand Duke of Lithuania 1573-75. Assassinated. L.S., Henry, one page, folio, Camp at (? place name indecipherable), 10th December 1587, to Cardinal Dancelot, in French. The manuscript letter states, in part, 'His Excellency the Cardinal Mario Bandini, Gentleman Ordinary of My Chamber, who piously went to war in Tours, has asked me to come and see you in person and let you know that, by the Grace of God, I have dissipated the great foreign army and removed it from my kingdom. I do not doubt that you are as grateful as the Regent for the good and loyal services rendered by the Cardinal, for the glory of God and the propagation of our Catholic, Apostolic and Roman religion'. Countersigned at the foot by Nicolas IV de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy (1543-1617) French Secretary of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1567-88 & 1594-1616, the most distinguished of all sixteenth-century French secretaries. With manuscript address panel to the verso and the very minor remnants of the seal. Some very light overall foxing, very slightly frayed edges, two paperclip rust stains to the upper edge and two tape stains to the lower edge. About VG

MAUPASSANT GUY DE: (1850-1893) French Writer. A.L.S., Maupassant, two pages, 12mo, Paris, n.d., on his personal printed stationery, 10th rue de Montchanin, to an unidentified colleague, in French. Maupassant explains to his correspondent that he is was back to Paris and states `..I returned ill, have been four days in bed, then I went to Normandie, now back again and ready to travel tomorrow to the mount St. Michel, but back again next Wednesday..´, further saying `..Will you still be in Paris next week?…I intended to write the Swinburne preface while I was on my boat, but without your manuscript I could not work on it..´, and concludes `I am very busy these days, and ill, but ready to keep my promise. We should talk about this.´ A letter of good content. VG Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) English Poet, Playwright and Critic. A controversial figure of his time, sado-masochist and alcoholic, he wrote about taboo topics such as anti-theism, lesbianism or cannibalism. It has been reported that Swinburne and Maupassant met for the first time in France in 1868 when the English poet, drunk, was drowning in the Etretat sea and was rescued by a young Maupassant.

HOPPNER JOHN: (1758-1810) English Painter. D.S., J. Hoppner, one page, slim oblong 8vo, n.p., 9th August 1806. The manuscript document is a receipt issued to Mr. Molteno for the sum of three pounds 'for two proofs of Mr. Pitt'. With blind embossed revenue seal. Some very slight, extremely minor traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VGThe present receipt was most likely made out to Anthony Molteno, the printseller and bookseller of London.Hoppner painted several versions of British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger's (1759-1806) portrait, and the original is considered to have been commissioned by Lord Mulgrave in 1804. Another copy is housed in the National Portrait Gallery, London, and a further one was sold at auction in London in 2008 for £36,000.

BERNADOTTE JEAN BAPTISTE: (1763-1844) Marshal of France, Prince de Pontecorvo and King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway 1818-44. Rare manuscript statement, one page, oblong 4to, n.p., n.d., in French. Bernadotte, as King Charles XIV of Sweden, states `Ne portons plus Notre pensée vers les epoques qui ont failli perdre la Suede. Jouissons de la tranquilité présente et prions Dieu d´inspirer a chacun assez de vertu et de courage pour bien servir son roi et sa patrie.´ A patriotic statement in the King´s hand, with few words crossed, although still legible. The manuscript is most probably a draft for a speech that Bernadotte was working on. With paraph at the base, same as the one he usually added beneath his signature. A bold dark ink attractive manuscript document. G to VG

POPE ALEXANDER: (1688-1744) English Poet, known for his satirical verse and use of the heroic couplet. Pope is the second most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations after William Shakespeare. Fine, dark ink signature ('A. Pope') to the verso of a manuscript document signed ('J: Caryll') by John Caryll, one page, slim oblong 12mo, n.p., 2nd September 1717. Caryll's document is addressed to the goldsmith [Richard] Wright of Convent Garden and states, in full, 'Pray pay unto Mr. Alexander Pope or order the sum of thirty three shilings on acct of yr friend'. Signed by Pope to the verso as an acknowledgement of having received the funds. With a partial integral address leaf. Rare. Some light overall age toning and wear, otherwise VG John Caryll (1667-1736) The Younger. Second Jacobite Baron Caryll of Durford and friend of Alexander Pope. Richard Wright conducted the business of Wrights & Co. between 1708-29, the private bank having been established as the goldsmithing business of William Wright in 1699, based in Covent Garden, London. Pope published several works in the same year as signing the present document, including Eloisa to Abelard, Three Hours After Marriage and Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady. It was also the year in which his father, a linen merchant in London, died.

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT: Very attractive religious illuminated manuscript of the XVth Century, one page, vellum, 4.5 x 5.5 (11cm x 14cm), an original miniature being a crucifixion showing Jesus Christ on the cross, alongside Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist, and to the background a landscape with wooded hills and Jerusalem. Very attractively framed, with an ornate wood frame from early XIXth century, in gold colour, to an overall of 9 x 11 (23cm x 27cm) VG

LLOYD GEORGE DAVID: (1863-1945) British Prime Minister 1916-22. An unusual D.S., D Lloyd George, one page, 4to, n.p. (Paris?), 17th January 1920, on the blind embossed stationery of the British War Cabinet Offices at the Villa Majestic, Paris (struck through). The manuscript document, in an unidentified hand, is a statement prepared by Lloyd George as a birthday message to be printed in the Daily Graphic and states, in full, 'The tumult of human anger and unrest is settling down to an assured peace. The weather indications are becoming more and steadily more favourable'. Signed and dated by Lloyd George at the conclusion. With blank integral leaf. Some light age toning. Accompanied by a small news clipping from the Daily Graphic reproducing the message. G, 2

An early 18th century Japanese porcelain Mosaic pattern shaped circular plate, the powder blue chrysanthemum field picked out in gilt and centred by the Three Friends of Winter, the lobed petal rim painted with alternating Imari and Kakiemon reserves in underglaze blue and onglaze polychrome enamels and gilt, intersected with mons, the verso with further foliage, stilt marks within concentric bands, 23cm diam, 19th century ink manuscript label: From Richmond 1886, hardwood stand, c. 1700

A set of three Indian/Persian calligraphy manuscript leaves, watercolour, ang gouache picked out in gilt, each 27cm x 17cm

Anglo-Irish School (early 19th century) Captain J. Thompson, Royal Irish Fusiliers, half-length and dressed in military uniform titled manuscript label to verso with Protestant Ascendancy genealogical notices, oil on board, 22.5cm x 18cm

H.M.S. Victory at Portsmouth Dockyard - An Etching on Stainless Steel made in Cornwall by Manuscript ltd.

Konvolut von 19 Urkunden und Mitteilungsblättern Deutschland, 18. und 19. Jh. U.a. 2x Das Eulennest, Intelligenzblatt der Stadtgemeinde Wiehre und Vorort Freiburg; 3x Hochfürstlich-Bambergisches wöchentliches Nachrichtsblatt 1786; Staats- und Gelehrte Zeitung des Hamburgischen unparthayischen Correspondenten 1805; Neue Bürger- und Bauern-Zeitung, Regensburg 1834 (stärker beschädigt); Rechnung des clinischen Hospitals in Freiburg u.a. sowie zahlr. unbeschriebene Blätter. Verschiedene Formate. Manuskript Set of 19 documents and newsletters Germany, 18th and 19th century Amongst others 2x Das Eulennest, Intelligenzblatt der Stadtgemeinde Wiehre und Vorort Freiburg; 3x Hochfürstlich-Bambergisches wöchentliches Nachrichtsblatt 1786; Staats- und Gelehrte Zeitung des Hamburgischen unparthayischen Correspondenten 1805; Neue Bürger- und Bauern-Zeitung, Regensburg 1834 (more heavily damaged); invoice of the clinical hospital in Freiburg and others and many blank sheets. Various formats. manuscript

Konvolut von 21 Briefen und Urkunden 19. Jh. Dabei Empfänger Mitglieder der Familie Rückel in Bamberg, Absender aus Iphofen, Regensburg; Protokolle; Kaufverträge, beglaubigt vom Amtsgericht Markt Bibart; Schutzpocken-Impfschein; Schein zur Erlangung des Stadtrechts Bamberg. Verschiedene Formate. Manuskript Set of 21 letters and documents 19th century Including recipient members of the Rückel family in Bamberg, sender from Iphofen, Regensburg; minutes; sales contracts, certified by the district court Markt Bibart; vaccination certificate against smallpox; certificate for obtaining Bamberg town rights. Various formats. manuscript

English School (20th/21st century) - Still life of pots upon a green table cloth, oil on board, unframed, 12" x 14"; together with a further oil painting depicting ruined buildings, another depicting a stone bridge above a river under a moonlit sky, two coloured tapestries, one depicting irises, the other a figure, three coloured book plate prints within one frame depicting birds and a collage of a landscape with a landscape with lake and hills, an inscribed illuminated manuscript, various sizes (8)

THE HERBAL OF PSEUDO-APULEIUS from the ninth-century manuscript in the abbey of Monte Cassino (Codex Casinensis 97) together with the first printed edition of Joh. Phil. de Lignamine both in facsimile', described and annotated by F. W. T. Hunger. published by E. J. Brill 1935, a limited edition 75/200Condition Report:Spine a bit marked , corners slightly damaged

A late 19th Century photograph album, containing 37 mounted topographical and architectural albumen views of Italy, including Pisa, Baptistery of St. John, and Leaning tower (2); Florence, including Ponte alle Grazie, Pitti Palace, Duomo, general view of city, plus 7 others (11); Siena Duomo; Rome, including Forum, Vatican Gallery, view from Pincio, Temple Vesta, house and bridge of Caligula, Caesar's Palace, etc (9); Bay of Naples; Sorrento; several Pompeii and Venice etc, each with contemporary manuscript pen and ink captions beneath photos to card leaves, oblong 4to, original black leather gilt (slightly scuffed and worn), inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt, by Parkins & Gotto, Oxford Street

Catalonia, Poboleda.- Perpetual sale granted by the Prior of the Monastery of Scala Dei in favour of Bernardo and Ramone Noguer of Poboleda of a house, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 23 lines, later paper label on verso, a few small holes, folds, slightly creased and browned, 213 x 300mm., 14th January 1382; and a small quantity of others, Spanish (including 5 other documents relating to the above) and French (one dated 1486) documents and letters, 15th -18th centuries, v.s., v.d. (qty).⁂ Poboleda, a hillside town at the mouth of the Siurana river, in the province of Tarragona.

Livingstone (David).- Livingstone (Anna Mary, daughter of David Livingstone, born at Kuruman, South Africa, 1858-1939) [Quotes from the Psalms], autograph manuscript signed Anny Mary Livingstone on verso of a printed notice "Important News from Doctor Livingstone", tears, creased and browned, 545 x 110mm., notice dated 1867; and an album of letters including: Elizabeth Eastlake to Millais about lodgings in Conduit Street; Noel Paton etc., all but the first laid in an album, lacks covers, album sm. 4to, v.s., v.d. (2 pieces).

Ottoman Empire.- Fitzgerald, William Vesey-, second Baron Fitzgerald and Vesey, and Baron Fitzgerald (politician, 1783?-1843) Firman made out to Lord Fitzgerald as President of the Board of Control to visit the Ottoman Empire, manuscript in Arabic, 2 pieces, folds, creased, 435 x 350 & 138 x 230mm., [?1843] (2).

Guillim (John) A Display of Heraldrie, armorial illustrations, many hand-coloured, occasional manuscript notes and diagrams, lacking front free endpaper, 3 short marginal tears (2A2-3 & 2Y1), small hole (2P3), previous owner's signature to title (scored out), title becoming loose, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, small folio, by Richard Badger for Ralph Mab, 1632.

Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) The Genuine Rejected Addresses, presented to the Committee of Management for Drury-Lane Theatre, first edition, lacks half-title, K2-3 supplementary 'Address' at end and endpapers, contemporary manuscript poetic annotations in margins, slightly browned, original boards, rubbed, lacks lower cover and spine, edges uncut, [Wise I, pp. 70-1], 8vo, 1812.

Hughes (Ted) Five Autumn Songs for Children's Voices, number 16 of 37 copies signed by the author, with a verse in manuscript from the poem 'Who's killed the leaves' to title verso, from an edition of 500, original wrappers, light creasing to lower cover, else fine, [Sagar and Tabor, A18], 1968; Where is the Truth?, first edition, illustrations by R. J. Lloyd, original boards, dust-jacket, fine, 1984; and 3 others, periodicals with contributions by Hughes, v.s. (5)⁂ Sagar and Tabor note that 'the compilers have not seen an example of the first 37 copies', such is their scarcity. A catalogue issued by Richard Gilbertson states that the poems were first published in the Festival programme in Little Missenden at the request of Pat Harrison, a local teacher, but in fact the texts arrived too late for inclusion, so this booklet constitutes their first appearance. Sagar and Tambor, p.45.

Walpole (Sir Robert, first Earl of Orford, Prime Minister, 1676-1745) Treasury document authorising payment of £25 pension to "Janet Smith Widow", D.s. "Walpole" and countersigned "Halifax", manuscript, 1p. with conjugate blank, tears along folds, folds, browned, 7th October 1730.

Smith (Adam) An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 3 vol., occasional faint spotting, bookplate, previous owner's ink signature to titles, near contemporary manuscript notes to final free endpaper (vol. 3), contemporary tree calf, rebacked, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1805.⁂ A good copy of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher's magnum opus. The work remains one of the greatest classics of modern economic thought.

Worcestershire Estate Map.- Ladbury (R., surveyor) Map of Estate in the Parishes of Flyford Flavel and Kington in the County of Worcester the Property of Mrs Nancy Eades, manuscript estate map with watercolour wash, on vellum, title within cartouche, all within a grey watercolour wash border, folds, green silk edges, 475 x 405mm., 1822.⁂ Eades family of Hill House, Flyford Flavell, Worcestershire.

Japan, Hong Kong, India, West Indies, Venezuela, Egypt & Algeria.- [Townshend (Edward Lee, Captain, Cheshire Regiment and Cheshire Yeomanry, married Mildred Henrietta Cholmondeley, d. 1938, son of Edward Townshend, 1835-85, of 26 Hyde Park Gate and Wincham Hall, Cheshire, 1868-1914)] Travel journal of seven voyages to the Canary Islands, Spain, Egypt and the Holy Land, West Indies, "Round the World" (including India, Hong Kong, Japan and Canada) and Algeria, autograph manuscript, together 111pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, original half calf, slightly rubbed, 4to, 1889-97.⁂ Townshend takes seven voyages in less than 10 years across the world, meeting numerous people and has a special interest in botanical gardens and plants.West Indies. Trinidad. "Feb.r 9 & 10th [1894] Drove about the island, up the Merivale [Maraval] Valley, & the Chinese Gardens... . Febru. 12th. Sir Napier [Sir Frederick Napier Broome (1842-96), colonial governor] & Lady Broome asked us to a lawn tennis party: Govt House is the finest in the West Indies. It boasts a magnificent ball room, & the house itself is both large and airy... . Feb 13th. Drove with the Bishop [James Thomas Hayes (1847-1904), Bishop of Trinidad & Tobago 1889-1904] to the Jacarigua Orphanage: All the schools seem excellently managed. The masters generally agree that up to the age of 15 the children compare most favourably with those of the same age in England... ."Japan. "April 7. [1895] Train to Nara & put up at our first teahouse. Went to the Dai Butsu temple with a bronze statue of Buddha 58 ft in height, the Kazuga temple where the Shinto priestesses perform the sacred dance & a sacred pony eats his dinner out of a polished brass manger. April 8. Ricksha to Kioto... Yaami's Hotel stands high looking down on the town with fir clad mountains behind; cherry trees everywhere in full bloom, flowers double, very large & all shades of colour from white to pale pink & deep red. There are 40 different kinds, one drooping like our weeping willows, very graceful. The curious shaped arches in either wood or stone in front of every temple stand for a letter or sign in Japanese meaning Heaven."

Cornish Tinner.- I, William Pawle of St Austell, Tinner, has sold to John Hickes for six pounds "all that my moyety of one payre of Tinn... commonly called... fortune Bounds nere Glastening... parish of St. Eve [St Ive]", manuscript on vellum, red wax seal, folds, browned, laid down on card, document 130 x 160mm.; and 2 others, v.s., v.d. (3 pieces).⁂ St Ive, not to be confused with the coastal town of St Ives.

Poetry.- Gill (Miss, of Park Field House, Keighley, Yorkshire) Volume of poetry, manuscript, title and 86pp., 2ff. torn out at end, slightly browned, original morocco-backed boards, slightly rubbed, 1845; and 2 others, including another vol. of manuscript poetry, sm. 4to (3).⁂ First mentioned includes a poem by Sarah A Hattersley of Keighley.

Brighton and Shoreham Road.- Bargain and sale of "such Proportion of the Tolls... By virtue... An Act for making and maintaining the Road from Brighton to Shoreham Bridge", printed document with manuscript insertions, on vellum, 5 red wax seals, folds, browned; and 2 others, including a vol. of Victorian poetry with pen and ink drawings, v.s., v.d. (3 pieces).

Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, with an introduction by A.C. Benson. Reproduced from a manuscript and illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe, Siegle, Hill & Co., 12 colour plates, text printed in colours, illuminated initials heightened in gold, top edge gilt, original vellum, upper cover with peacock design in gilt, Limited edition 224/550

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED: 1- Owens, Richard (British Museum): ALS to James Wyatt, 1896. Holograph letter with stamped addressed envelope and with typed transcription and a printed page about Richard Owen; 2- Manuscript letter: My trip to Cairo. No name, one page dated Feb. 1917. 20 leaves, written in pencil; Plus 4 small photographs loosely inserted; 3- ALS, Naval interest: Oct. 9th. 1830; from Admiral Sir Sidney Smith to Sir Herbert Taylor. 12pp. (Qty)

MANUSCRIPT: Over 200 pages, neatly handwritten in ink, circa1766. The title on the spine reads: “Historia Comendae St. Jois Argentin”. Cont. full leather with gilt decoration, marbled endpapers and all edges gilt. Covers stained and warped.Condition report: Please see additional images.

Lot consisting of "Priveliști" ("Scenes"), by Benjamin Fundoianu, Bucharest, 1930, with a portrait made by Constantin Brâncuși and ex-libris manuscript Geo Dumitrescu and the magazine "Unu - Priveliști" ("One - Scenes"), year III, number 25, 1930, with drawings by Victor Brauner and Constantin Brâncuși Lot consisting of "Priveliști" ("Scenes"), by Benjamin Fundoianu, Bucharest, 1930, with a portrait made by Constantin Brâncuși and ex-libris manuscript Geo Dumitrescu and the magazine "Unu - Priveliști" ("One - Scenes"), year III, number 25, 1930, with drawings by Victor Brauner and Constantin Brâncuși carte: 19 x 12.5 cm; revistă: 32.5 x 24 cm

"Animalele și oamenii lor, oamenii și animalele lor" ("Animals and their people, people and their animals"), by Paul Eluard, translated by Sașa Pană, Bucharest, 1938, with ex-libris manuscript Geo Dumitrescu, part of Vladimir Streinu collection "Animalele și oamenii lor, oamenii și animalele lor" ("Animals and their people, people and their animals"), by Paul Eluard, translated by Sașa Pană, Bucharest, 1938, with ex-libris manuscript Geo Dumitrescu, part of Vladimir Streinu collection 20,5 × 14,5 cm

"Tabloul meu - Nud de femeie bătrână" ("My Painting - Nude of an Old Woman") manuscript, by Cecilia Cuțescu Stork, June 5, 1968 (one sheet) "Tabloul meu - Nud de femeie bătrână" ("My Painting - Nude of an Old Woman") manuscript, by Cecilia Cuțescu Stork, June 5, 1968 (one sheet) 31 × 21 cm

Friederich Kuester (American, early 19th century)Presentation Fraktur of `The Ape'Pen, ink and watercolour 10.5 x 8.2cm (4 x 3 in.)Central Pennsylvania.Provenance:David Wheatcroft, MassachusettsPurchased from the above by the present owner in 2006Made by German settlers in Pennsylvania in the 19th Century a Frakturs is defined as manuscript art. The distinctive calligraphic script is often the dominant feature, but many, such as the present work, include drawings of figures, flowers or animals and would often made to be presented as school prizes or gifts in the form of a bookmark. To be sold without reserveThe Pinkers Collection of British, American and European Folk Art This charming collection of folk art takes its name from a diminutive 17th Century cottage on the Kent coast where it has hung and grown in size over the last twenty years. It includes watercolours and oil paintings from the 17th to the early 20th Century. Many are in their original frames and in remarkably fresh condition. Despite its rural location and the provincial subject matter of the works it is a truly international collection and many of the lots have come from some of the most important collectors and dealers in folk art on both sides of the Atlantic including Robert Young, Denzil Grant and Charles Plante in England and David Wheatcroft, Joan Brownstein and Austin Miller in America.Folk Art has been described as 'the unselfconscious creativity of academically untrained artists' (Robert Young, Folk Art, 1999) and it is this quality that gives many of the works an immediacy and playfulness that has chimed with generations of collectors. Some of the pictures, by journeymen artists, artisans or amateurs are provincial reinterpretations of more sophisticated works, such as the early 18th Century Yate family portraits (lot 122). Others have a joyful disregard of accepted ideas of scale, perspective and colouring, giving them a timeless quality which draws parallels with 20th Century artists including Alfred Wallis and John Nash, such as View from La Moinerie (lot 120) and the American School Portrait of a girl (lot 103) has an Outsider Art quality reminiscent of the Art Brut movement founded by Jean Dubuffet. Regardless of their origins this unique and varied collection is the manifestation of the vision and passion of a true collector.  

A COLLECTION OF SLIDES FORMED BY DR GEORGE DRANSFIELD-BROWN (1828-1885) comprising 34 slides contained in six numbered trays with manuscript labels and viewing notes for each slide under, contained in drop-front slide box with provenance pasted inside lid; together with approx. 40 other slides with makers including five by Watson & Sons, six by Jas. How & Co., three by J.T. Norman, H.W.H. Darlaston, an 80-diatom typenplate, by J.D. Moeller circa 1874 and microphotographs of Hamlet's soliloquy by J.B. Dancer, the statue of Sabrina, the Straw Yard by Herring, contained in a similar box, and an electric microscope by Zeiss, probably 1960s (3)

THE LAUNCHING CASKET FOR H.M.S. ODIN, 1901 ornately carved in oak with dolphin corner supports, the hinged lid with inset 4¼ x 8in. glazed watercolour of Odin under steam with title and launching party detailed under, signed 'A Townsend' lower right, plush-lined interior containing carved boxwood ceremonial mallet and chisel; together with a manuscript launching speech note -- 7 x 15½ x 11½in. (18 x 39.5 x 29cm.)Footnote: One of six 'Cadmus' class sloops all built at Sheerness, Odin was launched on 30th November, 1901 by Mrs A.H. Markham (Lady Dora (1875-1962), the wife of the naval officer Albert Hastings Markham (1841-1918) who was captain of Camperdown when it rammed Admiral Tryon's Flagship Victoria in 1893; was part of the 1875-6 Nares Arctic expedition and served on the Council of the R.G.S. for many years with his cousin, Sir Clements Markham; on 1st November 1901 he was made Commander-in-Chief, the Nore). Displacing 1070 tons, she was steel-built but clad in wood to about three feet above the waterline and was provided with triple expansion engines yielding 13.25kts, a little over their design speed. This class was the last built for the RN with sailing rigs, although some were never equipped with their sails. Her sister, Espiegle (launched December 1900), is credited as the last RN ship to be issued with a figurehead. Armed with six 4in. and four 3pdr machine guns and a searchlight, they mostly served on Eastern policing duties. Come the Great War, Odin, together with her sisters and assorted gunboats, began operations of the River Tigris and assisted at a string of captures in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq): Basra (22/11/14); Quarra (9/12/14) and Kut-al'Amara (3/6/15) during which Odin sank the Turkish Marmoris on 2nd June; and Nasiriya (25/7/15). Returning to patrol work for the duration of the War, on 5th March 1917 she pursued the German raider Iltis which scuttled herself rather than be captured. Her last flourish was a three-week combined services operation in January-February 1920 (which included H.M.S. Ark Royal and the landing of the Camel Corps) against Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (the 'Mad Mullah' 1868-1920) of Somaliland whose forces were finally vanquished once and for all. Odin was sold for breaking in Bombay in November the same year.Condition report: Right hand suport for chisel missing.

DER TAG: THE SURRENDER OF THE GERMAN HIGH SEAS FLEET, 21ST NOVEMBER 1918 a manuscript and watercolour plan showing the disposition of the Grand Fleet during the arrival of the German High Seas Fleet, each ship named and grouped by squadron, inscribed to top Der Tag by crossed Union and Naval Ensign flags, inscribed The Surrender of the German High Seas Fleet, 9 Battle Ships; 5 Battle Crusiers; 7 Light Cruisers; 49 Destroyers, Nov. 21st 1918. to the Grand Fleet -- 20 x 12in. (51 x 30.5cm.); framed and glazedCondition report: 23 x 15½in. framed size. Text somewhat faded, time-stained throughout.

THE LAUNCHING SET FOR H.M.S. SANS PAREIL (1851) comprising an etched chisel inscribed SANS PAREIL Launched 18 March 1851 / SOPHIA GAGE, and a mallet, contained in original fitted box with manuscript specifications pasted to the base, together with a ticket for 'Seat No. 1.' to the launch -- 10¾in. (27.5cm.) wide; together with some historical data (a lot)Footnote: Named after her famous predecessor captured at the Battle of the Glorious First of June 1794, the second Sans Pareil was a wooden 2nd rate of 70 guns, converted to steam on the stocks and launched at Devonport Dockyard by the Port Admiral Sir William Hall Gage's daughter. Displacing 3,800 tons and measuring 200 feet in length, she was commissioned in June 1852 and sent to serve with the Mediterranean fleet under Capt. Dacres. Transferred to the Black Sea fleet in 1854, she participated in the first Bombardment of Sebastopol on 17th October 1854, thereafter serving as a munitions ship and latterly on the China and East Indies stations, she was sold for breaking in March 1867.

A RUSSIAN STAR GLOBE, CIRCA 1979 the 6in. metal globe with yellow-tinted gores and calottes, with principal stars indicated in Cyrillic with horizon and ecliptics, a star type reference cartouche, pinned-in polished steel meridian set within horizon ring with detachable scale cage, contained within original pine box of issue with red and black pencils, label inside lid and instruction manual numbered in manuscript 9213, with a certificate in back stamped and signed by the ?manufacturer, the cover marked CCCP, the case with counter-numbered labels, securing latch and handle -- 10in. (25.5cm.) squareCondition report: Good overall condition. Leaflet a little foxed.

A MIDSHPAMANS LOG / JOURNAL kept by G.A. Helps between January 15 1927 to January 13 1929, written in an attractive cursive hand aboard H.M.Ships Marlborough, Revenge, Resolution (three stints), Venomous, Vanquisher and Courageous, sailing between the British ports and the Mediterranean, mostly Malta and Gibraltar, but also including several Aegean Islands, many of the entries comprising dances, swimming, cricket, and waterpolo, 36 manuscript charts and plans, many partly hand-coloured, 11 pen and ink drawings, three coloured, one of the Cutty Sark, 31 small photographs tipped in, two printed and folding charts, one of the Battle Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet Pulling Together, and the other of a variety concert -- 13 x 8in. (33 x 20.5cm.), bound in an official issue volumeFootnote: The illustrations include the pencil drawings of the 'Fairey III F with Napier Lion engine' (biplane), the S1182 (biplane) and the submarine X.1.

16th century AD. A vellum leather scroll with five membranes of Hebrew block script in twenty-one lines to each membrane, in Sefardi square script, part of the Book of Esther, read on the festival of Purim. See Kohn, G., The Jewish Experience: A Guide to Manuscript Sources in the Library of Congress, Cincinnati: American Jewish Archives, 1986; Karp, A.J.,. From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress Washington: Library of Congress, 1991. 15.6 grams, 63cm (24 3/4"). Ex central London gallery; formerly with Bloomsbury Book Auctions, 2009. Jewish scrolls comprise a large number of parchment or leather sheets from the skin of a kosher animal, i.e. an animal permitted in Jewish law. The scriptural text was handwritten with a special ink in Hebrew, without vowels and accents, by a devout, qualified scribe. Once the writing had been completed, the parchment sheets or strips were sewn together to make a very long scroll. The ends of the scroll are affixed to and wound round two wooden rollers or staves. [No Reserve] Fine condition.

LEONARD COHEN MANUSCRIPT AND DEMO CASSETTE. A bound manuscript copy of Leonard Cohen - Death Of a Ladies Man, approx 211 pages bearing printed annotations by Leonard Cohen. Also a 'Columbia Magnetics' cassette with a demo version of 'Death Of a Ladies Man' which was Leonard Cohen's personal reference copy. Provenance: From the collection of Avril Giacobbi, whose partner Martin Machat was Leonard Cohen's lawyer and business manager at this period.

[BOOKS]. HISTORY Some Stirring Relics of English History, no date, faux vellum covers, containing nine tipped-in reproduction historical documents (as called for), after manuscript originals by Lady Jane Grey, Sir Philip Sidney, Guy Fawkes, Charles I, Cromwell, John Churchill, Nelson, Wellington and Napoleon, cloth-tape bound, folio (32cm x 24cm).

Three Framed Persian Manuscript PagesLargest image: 10 x 13 inches. Property of a LadyEach matted, framed and glazed, in apparent stable condition, though not examined outside of the frame. For condition inquiries please contact fdcr@hindmanauctions.com

UK BOOKS & AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT EDUCATIONAL PLAYING CARD GAME 1890

ANTIQUE MANUSCRIPT 1693 App.size: 30cm x 39cm

William Dalrymple, White Mughals Love & Betrayal in 18th C India. 2002. ISBN: 0-00-225676-2 Milo C Beach Ebba Koch et al, The King of the World. The Padshahnama. An Imperial Mughal Manuscript from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Thames & Hudson. 1997. ISBN: 1-898592-10-1 Anjan Chakraverty, Indian Miniature Painting, Lustre Press. 2005. ISBN: 81-7437-045-5 MS Randhawa, Basohli Painting, Government of India. 2014. ISBN: 81-2301-806-1 Robert Delort, The Life and Lore of the Elephant, Thames & Hudson. 1992. ISBN: 0-500-30008-9 AL Basham, The Wonder that was India (vol 1), Sidgwick & Jackson. 2000. ISBN: 0-283-99257-3 Romila Thapar, A History of India volume 1 (revised ed), Penguin. 1990. ISBN:0-14-013835-8 Roy C Craven, Indian Art (revised edition), Thames & Hudson. 1997. ISBN: 0-500-20302-4 Balraj Khanna and Aziz Kurtha, Art of Modern India, Thames & Hudson. 1999. ISBN: 0-500-28046-0 T Richard Blurton, Hindu Art, British Museum Publications Ltd. 1992. ISBN: 0-7141-1442-1 Jim Masselos & Jackie Menzies, Dancing to the Flute Music and Dance in Indian Art, The Art Gallery of New South Wales. 1997. ISBN: 0-7313-0003-3 J M Rogers, Mughal Miniatures, British Museum Press. 1993. ISBN: 0-7141-1457-X Ashi Manohar, Tribal Arts and Crafts of Madhya Pradesh, Mapin Publishing Pvt Ltd. 2006. ISBN: 81-85822-40-9 Andrew Topsfield & Milo Cleveland Beach, Indian Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Thames & Hudson. 1991. ISBN: 0-500-97837-9 Provenance: The Professor Conrad Harris Collection

India.- Royal Bengal Engineers.- Sketch Plan of the City of Lucknow, large manuscript map of the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh, pen and inks, watercolour wash, traces of pencil, on wove paper, sheet approx. 660 x 1000 mm (26 x 39 1/2 in), with owner's ink inscription of William Crommelin in the upper right corner, mounted on linen, several large tears within the map with some losses, numerous nicks and tears to extremities, surface dirt, damp-stains, unframed, [circa 1860]; together with a lithographed map by H.M Smith, No. 2 Plan of the Operations Against Lucknow during the month of March 1858, mounted on various [?]Indian handmade papers, old folds, some surface abrasion and adhesive issues, damp-stains and the lower right affixed with old paper obscuring the map, in general poor condition with numerous issues, unframed, published by Surveyor Generals Office Calcutta, 1858 (2)⁂ The manuscript map bears the collectors' signature of Major William Arden Crommelin, of the Bengal Engineers, later Chief Engineer of Oudh.

Turkey.- Knolles (Richard) The Generall Historie of the Turkes from the first beginning of that Nation to the rising of the Othoman Familie, third edition, engraved title, 32 engraved illustrations in text (31 portraits and 1 battle scene), woodcut initials, lacking A1 (blank), Table misbound at beginning, scattered manuscript corrections or underlining, contemporary manuscript quote to final leaf verso, 7pp manuscript notes loosely inserted, occasional tiny marginal worming (G1-M6; 2O4-2V6; 3X1-4D6), ink stain affecting text (R4), short marginal tear (3Q6), short tear affecting text (K6), occasional faint spotting, one or two tiny rust holes, bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [STC 15053], folio, Adam Islip, 1621.

World.- [Photograph Albums], 4 vol., together c.400 albumen prints, c. 227x 280 mm, 165 x 225 mm and 190 x 105 mm., colour, black and white, and sepia, either printed captions (gilt or white) or manuscript titles, one or two with faint spotting, one vol. with bookplate, contemporary highly decorative vellum, morocco borders, gilt, upper joint just beginning to split (one vol. only), slight bumping to corners and extremities, ob. folio, c.1900.⁂ A beautifully bound example of photographic prints collected during a Grand Tour; taking in France, Great Britain, Turkey, Syria, pre-revolutionary Russia and Greece. Including images from the 'Exposition de Universelle de 1900' in Paris, and Tsar Nicholas II's coronation in 1896.The name 'Florence L. De Pauw' is in gilt to the spine foot of 3 vol. Presumably Florence collected the prints whilst touring Europe and commissioned the extravagant bindings to house her collection.

Flamsteed (John) Atlas Celeste de Flamsteed, approuve par l'Academie Royale des Sciences, second edition, edited by J. Fortin, 30 double-page engraved celestial maps, 40pp. star catalogue at end, additional double-page manuscript celestial map bound in, minor spotting and soiling, ink name of George Sloggett on title, modern morocco-backed boards, 4to, Paris, F.G. Deschamps, chez l'Auteur, 1776.

Manuscript facsimile.- The Bedford Hours, number 546 of 980 copies, colour illustrations, heightened in gilt throughout, original red velvet, gilt clasps, 4to, Lucerne, Faksimile Verlag Luzern, 2006.

Follower of the Boucicaut Master.- Single leaf from an illuminated Book of Hours with arched miniature depicting the Flagellation of Christ, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, single column, recto 4 lines, verso 14 lines, in a Gothic bookhand, in black and blue ink, miniature depicting Christ tied to a narrow column and being scourged by two men in red tunics in front of a high priest and four others, set in a canopied arched room decorated in red background with gold stars under a starry sky, in gold and other colours, broad border on 3 sides in gold, pink and white, full border composed of coloured acanthus leaves and flowers in gold, 1 large 4-line initial, 1 2-line initial and 6 single-line initials in red, blue and gold, line fillers in gold and blue, miniature 87 x 65mm., leaf 170 x 120mm., [Paris], [c. 1420].⁂ A fine miniature by an accomplished artist, almost certainly a follower of the Boucicaut Master, an influential style adopted by many of the finest illuminators of the fifteenth century. The miniature shows characteristics of the Boucicaut Master, including tall figures and the use of light and perspective. The miniature introduces the hour of Terce.

French Workshop.- Single calendar leaf for August from an illuminated Book of Hours with 2 small miniatures, Use of Paris, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, single column, 17 lines, in a Gothic bookhand, in black and red ink, 2 miniatures depicting a farmer harvesting wheat with a sickle and a woman holding a sheaf of wheat, gold and pink border on left margin, in gold and other colours, 3 margins composed of leaves and flowers and a cat's head in gold, blue and orange, large 2 2-line initial at head and 4 single-line initials in blue and gold, miniatures 22 x 25mm., leaf 170 x 112mm., [France], [c. 1420].

French Workshop.- Single leaf from an illuminated Book of Hours with large arched miniature depicting The Presentation in the Temple, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, single column, in a Gothic bookhand, 3 lines on recto and 15 lines on verso, in brown ink, later ink inscription at tail of text on verso, miniature depicting The Virgin Mary kneeling in front of the altar, accompanied by a hand-maiden holding a basket of doves, and holding up the infant Christ to Simeon attended by a helper, in gold and other colours, within a gold frame, border on 2 in gold and pink, margins composed of acanthus, leaves and flowers in blue, green and gold, single line gold and red borders, 3-line initial in gold, pink, blue and white on recto, 2 2-line and 2 1-line initials in blue and red (1 2-line and 1 1-line initials decorated in gold), very slightly stained at head, initial 102 x 85mm., leaf 194 x 147mm., [France], [c. 1450].⁂ A fine large miniature introducing Nones.

Italian Prayer Book.- Single leaf from an Italian Prayer Book, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in a late gothic bookhand in two sizes, 24 lines, double column, written in black and red ink, 7 2-line initials, initials and line fillers in gold red and blue, 202 x 145mm., [?Florence], [c. 1450].

Workshop of Willem Vrelant (of Bruges, active 1454-81) Single leaf from an illuminated Book of Hours with historiated initial "D" depicting Christ before Pontius Pilate, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, single column, 18 lines, in a Gothic bookhand, in black ink, miniature depicting Christ held by two soldiers in white armour and dressed in an olive green and gold robe and standing before a seated Pontius Pilate in a blue and gold robe and holding a sceptre, painted within blue and white tracery and gold frame), in gold and other colours, border on 3 margins composed of leaves and flowers, single line gold and red borders, 2 blue and gold 2-line initials, 9 single-line initials in red, blue and gold, left margin very slightly trimmed, initial 50 x 56mm., leaf 146 x 95mm., [Bruges], [c. 1470].⁂ A fine illumination, introducing Prime, almost certainly associated with the workshop of Willem Vrelant in Bruges. Many Books of Hours were produced in Bruges for the English market.

Workshop of the Master of the Geneva Latini.- Single leaf from an illuminated Book of Hours with miniature depicting the Annunciation to the Shepherds, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, single column, recto 3 lines, verso 17 lines, in a Gothic bookhand, in black ink, miniature depicting the Annunciation of the Shepherds, an angel proclaiming the news to two frightened shepherds while in the foreground a woman plays with two sheep and a dog while a seated shepherd plays the bagpipes, with a walled town, a lake and rolling hills in the background, coloured in pink, green, blue, white and gold, border composed of leaves and flowers, 1 3-line initial, 1 2-line initial and 6 single-line initials, in red, blue and gold, 2 very small holes in left margins, some slight surface wear, initial 50 x 56mm., leaf 93 x 58mm., [Rouen], [c. 1470].