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India.- Persian manuscript.- Nizami Ganjavi. Iskandarnama I (Sharafnama) [The Story of Alexander the Great], manuscript on paper with 10 miniatures, 256pp., written in a neat Persian nasta'liq script, every page within blue, gold and orange ruled plain outer border and inner border decorated with orange, blue and pink flowers, 10 fine miniatures in a variety of colours and heightened with gold, a couple of pages torn and repaired, ownership inscription dated A.H. 1256 (1840/41) and another in English "Brandreth C.S. February 1852 Calcutta", contemporary red morocco, elaborately stamped in gilt, one corner worn, upper joint cracked, 8vo (180 x 115mm.), North India (probably Kashmir), [first half of 19th century, c.1840]; and 2 others, defective (3)

Cornwall.- Borlase (William) Observations on the Antiquities and Monuments of the County of Cornwall, first edition, list of subscribers, engraved map and 23 plates, one double-page, engraved head- & tail-pieces, some spotting, light water-staining at end, bookplate and signature of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little worn, upper cover detached, folio, Oxford, by W.Jackson, 1754 § Pycroft (J.W.) The Claim to the Foreshores of the Sea Coast and Tidal Rivers...of Devon and Cornwall, one of only 25 copies, presentation copy to Sir George Cornwall Lewis Bart. M.P. from the author with manuscript note and a few corrections to Preface, original vellum, rubbed and soiled, privately printed, 1854 § Blight (J.T.) Ancient Crosses, and other Antiquities in the East of Cornwall, second edition, title in red & black, wood-engraved illustrations, title foxed, original pictorial cloth, gilt, Penzance, 1872, folio & 4to (3)

Book of Hours, Use of Paris, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 37 leaves only including 3 pages in a cursive hand at end and 22 pages of Calendar at beginning, single column, 17 lines, in black and red ink in a regular gothic bookhand, one badly soiled and worn miniature of the Virgin and Child and one page with elaborate margins of floral decoration in gold, blue and green, numerous one and two-line initials in gold, blue or red, ff. soiled and stained, some vellum creased, ink presentation inscription by Bloxam on fly-leaf, 19th century leather covered boards, rubbed and marked, leaves 130 x 88mm., [Paris], [c. 1450].

Greece.- Pausanias. Pausanias, ou Voyage Historique de la Grece, translated into French by l'Abbé Gedoyn, 2 vol., engraved frontispiece, titles in red and black, 3 folding engraved maps and 4 folding plates, 2 errata/privilege leaves for vol.1 misbound at end of vol.2, a few manuscript annotations in ink or pencil, frontispiece lightly stained, title of vol.1 soiled, some other foxing or soiling, one or two small stains, contemporary calf, very worn, covers detached (one lacking), broken and loose, Paris, F.G. Quillau, 1731 § Wordsworth (Christopher) Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical, new edition, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, engraved map and plates, wood-engraved illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, with border in blind, a little rubbed, 1853; and 2 vol. only of Clarke's 'Travels in Various Countries', 4to (5)

Turkey.- Chandler (Richard) Travels in Asia Minor...made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, second edition, folding engraved map, errata leaf, contemporary manuscript note to p.39, small hole to 2H3 with loss of a couple of letters, occasional spotting, contemporary half sheep, worn, covers detached, [cf.Atbey 215 & Blackmer 318, first edition of 1775], by J.Dodsley [& others], 1776 § Walpole (Robert) Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, and other Countries of the East, second edition, aquatint title vignette, 4 engraved maps and 10 plates, 6 double-page or folding, foxing, mostly to maps and plates, 2R2-4 torn, contemporary russia, gilt, rubbed and rather defective, rebacked and lower corners repaired in morocco, 1818 § Conze (A.) & others. Die Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen zu Pergamon, 7 plates & plans including one mounted photograph, 1880; Die Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen zu Pergamon 1880-1881, 4 plates including folding colour map, 1882, 2 works in 1 vol., illustrations, ink library stamp to corner of first title otherwise very clean and bright, contemporary parchment, gilt, green roan label, a little rubbed and soiled, split to upper joint, Berlin, 1880-82, 4to (3)

Dugdale (Sir William) Monasticon Anglicanum, [abridged translation by James Wright],3 parts in 1, title in red and black, 14 engraved portraits only (of 15), extra-illustrated with 13 early 19th century original watercolour drawings on 12 sheets, one in colours signed M.B.Sturges c.235 x 270mm. (folding), the rest pen and ink with grey wash signed M.B.Rouse and smaller, also several additional engravings tipped in or inserted, contemporary ink manuscript notes to front free endpaper, verso of title and bound at end, some soiling, one plate stained, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, a few scratches, corners worn, rebacked and repaired, [Wing D2487], Sam. Keble, 1693; Monasticon Anglicanum, first edition, engraved additional architectural title by Wenceslaus Hollar, title in red and black, 53 engraved plates by Hollar and others, 2 double-page and/or folding, one with letterpress to verso, one folding plate torn at fold (repaired), a few spots but generally clean, old ink manuscript notes mounted on front pastedown, bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary mottled calf, a little rubbed and stained, corners worn, rebacked, [Wing D2484], Richard Hodgkinsonne, 1655; and an 1846 edition in 8 volumes, folio; sold not subject to return (10)⁂ The additional watercolours depict mostly ecclesiastical buildings or ruins, the main one being a 'View of the Ruins of Sopewell Nunnery, near St.Alban's in Hertfordshire'.

Sombre Binding.- Book of Common Prayer (The)..., engraved throughout and ruled in red, with decorative borders, illustrations, volvelle on Circular Table and advertisement leaf at end, a little soiled and water-stained, with details of Matthew family births etc. in manuscript on front free endpapers, occasional smudging to red rules, volvelle loose causing hole to backing leaf, contemporary black morocco sombre binding, tooled in blind with decorative border and panel of volutes, flowers atop circles, raspberries and other tools, spine tooled in compartments, g.e., rubbed, corners and spine ends a little worn, split to head of spine, 8vo, John Baskett, sold by John Sturt, engraver, 1717.⁂ The engraved portrait of George I on verso of title is made up of the Lord's Prayer, Creed, Commandments etc. in minuscule script.

Bible, Latin.- Biblia latina, with additions by Menardus Monachus, collation: [a12 b-y10 z A6 B-N10 O P6 Q-S10 T V8 X-Z aabb10 cc6], double column, 468 ff., 51 lines, Gothic type, first 3 initials on punched gold ground with marginal extensions comprising intertwining sprays and flowers in green, blue, red, pink and yellow by a contemporary artist, headlines and initials in red, early foliation in black ink, first f. blank, contemporary manuscript table of contents on vellum leaf bound in at start, 18th century German bibliographical note to front endpaper, a4 loose, ff.27-30 and ff.400-468 stained to varying degrees, heavier towards end, with c. last 10 ff. with some holing and repairs with loss of text, c.30+ ff. at end with inner gutters strengthened, elsewhere occasional marginal staining / water-staining and spotting, modern half morocco, spine gilt, folio (390 x 270mm.), Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 30 July, 1477.⁂ Koberger's second Latin Bible, here with handsome decorations. Provenance: William Constable-Maxwell (1804-1876), 10th Lord Herries of Terregles (engraved armorial bookplate); J. H. Burn, March, 1931 (label)Literature: BMC II 414; Goff B552; GW 4227 (+var); HC 3065*; Bod-inc B-261; BSB-Ink B-425; ISTC ib00552000.

A FOLIO FROM A DISPERSED MANUSCRIPT, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, LATE 17TH CENTURY gouache with ink on paper, comprising verses Persian poetry written in four columns of nastaliq script, the unrelated illustration laid on one side, depicting a ruler with a river flotilla, framed 24 x 17cm (inside margins) Provenance: Property of a Deceased Estate, sold by order of the Executors.

Gibbon (Edward) The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon ..., John Murray, 1814, five volumes, portrait frontis, engraved plates, marbled edges, calf gilt; Burnet (Bishop), Bishop Burnet's History of his own Time .., Samuel Bagster, 1815, four volumes, calf gilt; de Bethune (Maximilian), Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully ..., Rivington et al, 1778, five volumes, portrait frontis, tree calf with later spine gilt; with five others, one with early Fry family manuscript records. (19)

Young (George) & Bird (John) A Geological Survey of the Yorkshire Coast ..., Whitby: George Clark et al, 1822, first edition, quarto, iv, 324 pages, frontis, hand-coloured double page map, hand-coloured double page section, seventeen hand-coloured plates (several with manuscript titles and specimen locations), quarter cloth binding (worn)

Illuminated Manuscript Vellum Leaf with latin manuscript, recto has six initials, four line fillers and a decorative foliate design to margin, four initials and a line filler verso, each embellished with gold, sheet 164mm x 115mm, mounted, framed and glazed; Vellum Leaf with latin manuscript including musical scores, illuminated with blue and red initials and text, recto and verso, some very small pin-sized holes, sheet 180mm x 125mm, mounted, framed and glazed (2)

Valerius Maximus Valerii Maximii Dictorum Factorumque memorabilium exaempla, Paris: Francisci Griphij, 1545, small octavo, 251, [13] leaves, final leaf a blank, first initial gilt, subsequent initials coloured, ink borders, last two leaves are reinforced and blank sides have early manuscript, later cloth with 1906 ownership inscription of Hugonis Popham to flyleaf; with a defective copy of what is believed to be the works of George Wharton (c1682) (2)

Ransome (Arthur) A signed autograph note, from Arthur Ransome explaining that 'Titty is short for Tittymouse which is what she was called when ...' he then goes on to identify the lake in his stories. It appears that he had also been asked for a photograph, to which he responds 'Too ugly', manuscript ink on a card with various printed illustrations in the margins, card 142mm x 88mm; A small card with a miniature pen and ink sketch of a sailing boat, signed by Arthur Ransome, card 49mm x 83mm; in original envelope addressed to Miss Joyce Cartmell, postmarked 1939 (the smaller card has been removed from lot 3013 which was compiled by Miss Cartmell. It is believed that it was sent at the same time)

Shepard (Ernest Howard) - Original Artwork Christopher Robin, a small pen and ink sketch of Christopher Robin, signed by the artist, on card 105mm x 60mm, together with a manuscript note 'with [heart] and xx from Christopher Robin' on paper headed with the artists 'Long Meadow' address and telephone number, both items mounted in an autograph book compiled by Miss Joyce Cartmell from 1937 onwards, the book also contains mounted signatures of John Buchan and Gracie Fields

Anon. The Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education. Wherein the First Principles of Polite Learning are Laid Down in a Way most suitable for trying the Genius, and advancing the Instruction of Youth, J. Dodsley, 1783, seventh edition, two volumes, frontis to each, six folding maps (one hand-coloured), twenty-eight folding plates, diced calf gilt prize bindings (bindings rubbed, hinges taped, dated 1815); Knox (Vicesimus), Liberal Education: or, A Practical Treatise on the Methods of Acquiring Useful and Polite Learning, C. Dilly, 1785, seventh ediion, two volumes, contemporary calf gilt; Dilworth (Thomas), A New Guide to the English Tongue ..., T. Wilson and R. Spence, 1784, woodcut vignettes (Bewick?), rebacked sheep boards (worn, manuscript to fly leaves); Anon., The Young Gentleman's & Lady's Magazine or Univeral Repository of Knowledge, Instruction and Amusement ..., J. Walker, no date (frontis dated 1799), 12 parts in two volumes engraved title to each volume, printed title to each part, frontis to volume 1, volume 2 lacking duplicate plate of wren which serves as a frontis, the other twenty-three plates present as called for, including double page duplicate plates (one of each being hand-coloured) and maps (one folding, which is torn), contemporary calf (back strip faded); Adams, (John), The Flowers of Ancient History; Comprehending on a New Plan .... designed for the Improvement and Entertainment of Youth, G. Kearsley, 1788, calf (8)

Ashbee (C.R.) edit. Transactions of the Guild & School of Handicraft, Vol I, Mile End: The Guild & School of Handicraft, 1890, manuscript inscription by the editor to front flyleaf quoting verse from Rudyard Kipling's 'The Conundrum of the Workshops', top edge gilt, bound (retaining original front printed card cover) in full sheep with blind-stamped panel depicting sailing ship with coloured sun, flowers and shields

MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo (1469-1527). Discorsi...sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio. Venice: Giovanni Antonio and Nicolini da Sabio, Melchior Sessa, 1537.  8vo (160 x 103 mm). Woodcut device on title-page. (Some minor staining.) Later half vellum, upper cover with the gilt arms of the Bridgewater family. Provenance: a few early manuscript annotations verso of last blank leaf; the Bridgewater family library (binding, bookplate and shelfmark, see below).Early edition of Machiavelli's Discourses, preceded by Antonio Blado's 1531 edition published in Rome, and a 1534 edition published by Sessa. In 1540, the first Aldine edition was published. The Bridgewater family library was acquired by Henry Huntington en bloc in 1917 from the fourth Earl of Ellsemere; at the time, it was the oldest family library still in private hands. Small portions of the library were sold in the 19th century; Henry Huntington sold some books from the collection at auction between 1918 and 1924. The rest of the collection comprises the core of the Huntington Library's early English collections.    VERY RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, no copy this edition has sold at auction in the last 40 years; OCLC traces only two copies (held by the  Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin). Not in Adams; Grasse IV 323; STC (Italy) II 293.Property from the Collection of Edward A. QuattrocchiFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[MANUSCRIPTS -- ILLUMINATED]. Cover title:  A Collection of Thoughts. Illuminated manuscript, vellum. N.p., n.d. [20th century].Small folio. Title-page within decorative gouache and gilt border, 61 illuminated leaves, decorative borders and letters in gouache heightened in gold. 20th century vellum gilt STAMP-SIGNED BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE.  Including quotes and aphorisms by Cicero, Seneca, Epictetus, Stevenson, Thoreau, Shakespeare, Bacon, and numerous others, each with an illuminated initial, within wide illuminated borders.  For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

QUR'AN, Illuminated Arabic manuscript on paper. [Copied in Turkey by Hafez Khalil?, ca A.H. 12th century / ca 17th-18th century A. D.]12mo (147 x 95 mm). 73 leaves comprising a selection of the Qur'an, within double gold with blue rule borders, in Naskhi script, gold and blue palmettes, gold and polychrome divisions, ff.1v with gold and polychrome headpiece. (Tear to first leaf crossing border, some browning, minor soiling or dampstaining.) Black morocco Islamic binding, central gilt arabesques on sides and flap, brown morocco doublures gilt (some separations to joints, some light rubbing or wear). [With:] ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT. Comprising 5 leaves mounted in an accordion fold album. Cloth album, marbled paper sides with floral painting.  Property from the Collection of Curtis Lampi, Ventura, CaliforniaThe Qur'an's cover and end boards are in somewhat fragile condition, with cracking and loosening of the flap cover, but it is overall intact and the end boards are securely held on. There are 73 leaves in the Qur'an; the pages have varying degrees of yellowing, with some foxing, water stains etc., heaviest within the first few pages only. There are no obviously torn pages or pages coming loose from the binding. The size of the Qur'an is 5 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

SANNAZARO, Jacopo (1458-1530). Arcadia. Venice: Niccolo Zoppino, 10 September 1524.  8vo. Title-page printed within woodcut architectural border, full-page woodcut on title verso, woodcut device on final leaf. (Some soiling or dampstaining.) Later vellum, spine gilt-lettered (covers bowed, some minor soiling). Provenance: Richard Horton Smith (1831-1919) English barrister, Masonic Lodge Officer (armorial bookplate); James V. Rice (bookplate). Later edition. The first authorized edition of Sannazaro's work, based on his 1495 manuscript, was published in Naples in 1504. In Italy alone, more than 66 editions of Arcadia were published. RARE: according to online records, only one other copy of this edition has sold at auction in the last 45 years (sold Sotheby's London, 1975). Not in Adams.Property from the Collection of Edward A. QuattrocchiFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

SARPI, Paolo (1552-1623). Historia del Concilio Tridentino.   London: John Bill, 1619.  Folio (287 x 187 mm). Woodcut device of royal arms on title-page, woodcut initials. (Title-page laid down and slightly soiled, some spotting or browning.) Contemporary vellum, yapp edges, title hand-lettered on spine (lacking ties, hinges broken, covers slightly bowed, soiled).  FIRST EDITION of Sarpi's history of the Council of Trent, published under the pseudonym "Pietro Soave Polano," and condemned by the Vatican due to its anti-papal stance.   The manuscript was smuggled out of Italy with the help of the British Embassy and was translated into Latin, English and French. ESTC S116701; STC 21760.  Property from the Collection of Edward A. QuattrocchiFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[16th CENTURY PRINTING - EUROPE]. A group of 4 works, comprising:  CLARAVACEO, Girolamo. Hieronymi Claravacaei Cremonensis ad Paulum III Pont. Max. Fastorum libri XII. Milan: Franciscum & Simonem Moschenios Fratres, 1554. 8vo. Woodcut device on title-page. Contemporary vellum (text block detached). [With:] JOVIUS, Paulus (1483-1552).   Pauli Iovii novocomensis episcopi Nucerini Illustrium vivorum vitae. Florence: Laurentii Torrentini Ducalis Typographi, 1572. Folio. Engraved Contemporary limp   vellum (endpapers renewed). Later edition. Not in Adams. --   LEROY, Louis (Regius). De la Vicissitude et variete de choses en l'univers ... Paris: L'Huillier, 1579. Folio. Contemporary vellum (endpapers renewed). Later edition. Not in Adams. -- FRIGERIO, Ambrogio (1537-1598). Vita gloriosissima et miracoli ecclesi del Beato Confessore Santo Nicola di Tolentino. Ferrara: Vittorio Baldini, 1588. 4to. (Lacking first leaf: title-page recto/woodcut verso, provided in manuscript facsimile; lacking final 8 leaves comprising index). Contemporary vellum gilt (hinges repaired). Second edition. -- Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, condition generally good.  Property from the Collection of Edward A. QuattrocchiFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[17th CENTURY PRINTING - EUROPE]. A group of 8 works, comprising:  OWEN, John (ca 1564-ca 1622/1628). Epigrammatum. Amsterdam: Ioanne Ianssonium, 1634. 16mo. Engraved title. Contemporary vellum. -- LUDOVICUS, John. Passer Solitarius hoc est Vita & functiones Animae contemplativae ... Munich: Adam Berg, 1634. [Bound with:] Trihebdomadale Animae per Hujus Vitae Desertum ad Aeternitatem proficiscentis. Munich: Adam Berg, 1634. Engraved title to first work, woodcut devices. (Last leaf of second work supplied in manuscript facsimile.) 2 works in one volume, 12mo. Contemporary pigskin decorated in blind (lacking one clasp). -- PILIUS, Martinus. M. Pilii...de amtitione liber, et alia ejus poemata. The Hague: Theodore Maire, 1641. 12mo. Woodcut device. Contemporary vellum. Provenance: Lycee Louis Le Grand, Paris (stamps). -- SENECA, Lucius Annaeus (ca 3 B.C.-65 A.D.). Opera omnia. Lyon: Elzevir, 1649. Volume one (of 4) only, 12mo. Engraved title-page and plates. Later calf (spine perished). -- PETAU, Denis (1583-1652). Rationarium temporum in partes duas, libras tredecim tributum ...   Paris: Sebastian Cramoisy, 1652. 12mo. Contemporary vellum (hinges starting). -- MARTINUS DE SANCTA MARIA. Liber Resignatur, seu prima Bibliorum Elementa. Paris: Josse, 1673. 2 volumes in one, 8vo. Engraved headpieces, woodcut initials. Contemporary vellum (upper hinge separated). -- FRONTINUS. Strategematicon sive de solertibus ducum factis & dictis libri IV. S. Tennulius ... Lyon and Amsterdam: A. & A. Gaesbeeck, 1675. 12mo. Engraved title; woodcut devices. Contemporary vellum. -- Together, 8 works in 7 volumes, condition generally good. Property from the Collection of Edward A. QuattrocchiFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[17th CENTURY PRINTING - ITALY]. A group of 5 works, comprising:  TASSO, Torquato (1544-1595). La Gerusalemme liberata. "Il Goffredo...." Padua: Bolzetta, 1616. 2 parts in 1 vol. 4to. Woodcut device and initials. Contemporary limp vellum. Provenance: Bibliotech Rosales Bernate (bookplate). -- DRESSELLIO, Jeremy. Della Retta Intentione ch'e la regola di Tutte l"Attioni Humane. Opera. Rome: Herman Scheus, 1645. 12mo. Engraved title. Contemporary vellum. Provenance: Tosi Laurentii (signature on title). -- TANARA, Vincenzo (d.1667). [L'Economia del Cittadino in Villa Del Signore Vincenzo Tanara. Venice: Michel Angelo Barboni, 1670.] 8vo. (Title-page provided in manuscript facsimile). Contemporary vellum-backed boards. -- LINDA, Lucas de. Le Relationi et Descrittioni Universali et Particolari del Mondo. Bologna: Gioseffo Longhi, 1674. 4to. Woodcut device and initials. Contemporary vellum. -- MATTIOLO, Pietro Andrea (1500-1577). Opera. Parma: Alberto Pazzoni, 1694. 4to. Half-title, woodcut devices. Contemporary vellum.  Provenance: early inscription on title. -- Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, condition generally good.Property from the Collection of Edward A. QuattrocchiFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

ADAMS, John Quincy (1767-1848).   Engraved document signed as President ( "J. Q. Adams"), countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office George Graham, 10 May 1826.  1 page, on vellum, accomplished in manuscript, paper seal, docketed verso. Land grant for 80 acres in Wooster, Ohio for John Vaughn.  For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885). Engraved document signed as President ( "U. S. Grant"), countersigned by George M. Robeson, Secretary of the Navy, 27 January 1873.  1 page, on vellum, accomplished in manuscript, paper seal, signature slightly smudged. Military appointment of Robert H. Wyman (1822-1882) as Commodore in the Navy. Wyman served in the Mexican and American War and the Civil War, after which he commanded the Colorado for the European Squadron.   Following his tour of sea duty, he headed the Navy's Hydrographic Office, and under Wyman's direction, the office implemented a systematic and sustained program of charting and surveying around the world.   He was eventually promoted to Rear Admiral.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Autograph endorsement signed as President ( "A. Lincoln"), 24 February 1863.  1 page, 4to, 249 x 192 mm. Accomplished on verso of Lt. Col. John Aaron Rawlins manuscript endorsement signed, written in a secretarial hand, Young's Point, Louisiana, 10 February 1863. Accomplished beneath General William Vandever autograph endorsement signed, House of Representatives, 23 February 1863.  LINCOLN GRANTS IOWA REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM VANDEVER A LEAVE OF ABSENCE: "Let this leave of ab-sence be extended twenty additional days. A. Lincoln February 24, 1863."Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General John Aaron Rawlins (1831-1869) signs an order granting Brigadier General William Vandever (1817-1893) a 20-day leave of absence on 10 February.   Writing from Washington D. C. nearly two weeks later on the verso, Vandever submits a request to Secretary of War Stanton: "I respectfully ask an extension of the within leave for twenty days - I find it important to remain a short time in this city as my official term as a member of the House is about to expire."Although Vandever's official congressional biography notes that he served in Congress until 24 September 1861 (early in his second term), he never officially resigned his seat when he mustered into the U. S. Army.   In May 1862, George H. Browne, Congressman from Rhode Island, challenged the constitutionality of Vandever holding a military commission and commanding a regiment while remaining a member of Congress.   Consideration by the House was deferred until December 1862. On March 4, 1863, the day after Vandever's second House term ended, the Senate approved his appointment as a Brigadier General.  For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

MARQUETTE, Jacques (1637-1675). Ontdekking Van eenige Landen en Volkeren, in 't Noorder-gedeelte Van America. Door P. Marquette en Joliet. Gedaan in het Jaar 167. Leiden: Pieter Vander Aa, 1707.  8vo (178 x 112 mm). Engraved title page vignette by J. Goeree, engraved folding map "Land en Volk-ontdekking in 't Noorder ge deelte van America, door P. Marquette en Joliet"; 2 folding engraved plates. (Small wormtrack to gutter margins, stab holes from old binding in gutter margin, minor chipping with loss to lower corner of title-page). 19th-century wrappers, waste leaves from an 1867 collection of German poetry (chipping with losses); board folding case.   Provenance: Chicago Historical Society (perforated stamp and manuscript annotations, withdrawn September 1948); Wright Howes (1882-1978), Chicago bookseller and bibliographer (pencil-written note about the first edition of the present work on personal memo sheet).  FIRST EDITION IN DUTCH, BY THE CO-DISCOVERER OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI, a translation of Marquette 's Decouverte de quelques pays et nations de l 'Amerique septentrionale in Thevenot's Recueil de voyages published Paris,1681. The publisher, Vander Aa, published the present edition in parts and also issued them separately. Marquette first arrived in Quebec in September 1666 and later founded the mission of St. Ignace on the Straits of Mackinac, the first settlement in Michigan. In 1673, he joined Louis Jolliet's expedition in search of an overland route to the Mississippi River, during which they became the first Europeans to explore the Upper Mississippi, travelling as far south as the mouth of the Arkansas River. On their return, they travelled back to the mouth of the Illinois River and reached Lake Michigan near the site of present-day Chicago by way of the Chicago Portage. Alden & Landis 707/102; Sabin 44666n.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

MONROE, James (1758-1831). Engraved document signed as President ( "James Monroe"), COUNTERSIGNED BY SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ( "John Quincy Adams"), and by the collector of the port, 30 January 1819.  1 page, on vellum, 4to, 367 x 265 mm, accomplished in manuscript with scalloped edge at top, paper seal, docketed verso, creased from folding, some minor browning, "M" of "Monroe" affected slightly by one fold. Ship 's passport for the Ship China of New York, with David Whittier as Captain, to pass "without any hindrance seisure or molestation."For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[PRIVATEERS]. Partly printed document accomplished in manuscript, signed by Andrew Giddinge and William Coombs, countersigned by by John Parker, Samuel Penhallon Jr., Samuel Cutts, 23 June 1788.  1 page, 4to, 332 x 206 mm, separations along creases. Granting letters of marque to a Privateer schooner, the Mayflower, belonging to Andrew Giddings and William Coombs, both of Newburyport, MA and Samuel Cutts of Portsmouth, NH.Captained by Andrew Giddings, the Mayflower was provisioned to have 8 carriage guns and 35 men.   Giddings died at sea in 1779.   He and Coombs were both members of the Marine Society of Newburyport, and Coombs championed merchant investment in privateers. Coombs owned a wharf in Newburyport, and in 1798, after Congress established a navy, he was one of eight initial subscribers to finance the first "subscription" vessel of the U. S. Navy, the sloop Merrimack. Samuel Cutts, a Portsmouth merchant, played a pivotal role in the early Revolution. He met with Paul Revere in 1774 and helped coordinate with local the raid on Fort William and Mary, commencing on 14 December 1775, and resulting in the seizure about 100 barrels of gunpowder, enough to supply the local militia in not only Portsmouth, but nearby Exeter and Dover.  For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

ROOSEVELT, Theodore (1858-1919). Engraved document signed as President ( "Theodore Roosevelt"), countersigned by William H. Moody, Secretary of the Navy, 7 May 1902.  1 page, on vellum, accomplished in manuscript, paper seal, signature slightly smudged. Military appointment of Charles B. Hatch, Junior as Ensign in the Navy.  For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

WARD, Artemas. Partly printed document accomplished in manuscript signed on verso ( "Artemas Ward").  1 page, folio, 334 x 208 mm, signed by Ward on verso, a few tiny holes to folds, some toning, rear outer panel browned.  SIGNED BY WARD on verso of a land grant. Ward, a Commander in Chief of the Massachusetts Militia during the 1775 Siege of Boston, was second in command of the Continental Army until his resignation in 1776.  For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799).  The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources 1745-1799. John C. Fitzpatrick, editor. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1931-1944.    39 volumes, 8vo. Original blue cloth (minor soiling to a few volumes, spines slightly sunned).  FIRST EDITION of the "George Washington Bicentennial Edition."  For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

CAESAR, Caius Julius (100-44 B.C.). [The Commentaries].   Commentarii. Milan: Philippus Lavagna, 1478.  Folio (311 x 224 mm).   Collation: a–p?qr?. 132 leaves with fol 132, blank (of 152, lacking 20 leaf index, comprising A-B8 C4). 42 lines, headlines in manuscript throughout. Type: 112R. Capital spaces with guide letters. 19th century calf gilt (joints starting, some light wear). Provenance: early manuscript headlines, foliation and marginal annotations (marginal annotations occasionally trimmed); John Shepard Eells, Jr. (armorial bookplate).  Reprinted from Zarotus' 1476 edition, omitting P. J. Philelphus' dedication. RARE: according to online records, only one copy of this edition has sold at auction in the last 40 years (sold Lawrence, 17 January 2006, lot 228). BMC VI, 706; BSB-Ink C-26; Goff C-20; GW 5867; Hain 4216; ISTC ic00020000 (citing only 24 institutional holdings).Property from the Collection of Edward A. QuattrocchiFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

[ENGLISH LITERATURE & HISTORY].  COWLEY, Abraham (1618-1667). Works. London: Henry Herringman, 1672-71. Folio. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary calf.   Provenance: two pp. manuscript poem. Third edition. -- BACON, Francis (1561-1626). Sylva Sylvarum. London, 1676. Folio. Engraved frontispiece portrait, engraved title. Contemporary calf (rebacked). Tenth edition. -- BROWN, Thomas (1663-1704). Works. London: for Tho. Basset and others, 1686. Folio. Engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black. Contemporary calf (rebacked). -- BROWNE, Thomas, Sir (1605-1682). Works. London: for Tho. Basset and others, 1686. 4 works in 1 volume, 4to. Title printed in red and black. Later half calf (hinges repaired). -- MILTON, John (1608-1674).   Paradise Lost. London: For Richard Bently and Jacob Tonson, 1691. Folio. Title-page printed within double rule border; 12 engraved plates (Lacking portrait frontispiece.) Contemporary blind-panelled mottled calf (rebacked). Fifth edition. -- DRYDEN, John (1631-1700). Fables Ancient and Modern... London: for Jacob Tonson, 1700. Folio. Half-title. Contemporary speckled calf (repaired). FIRST EDITION. -- Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, condition generally good.  Property from the Collection of Edward A. QuattrocchiFor condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com

A Sino-Tibetan gilt-bronze figure of Manjushri, seated in vajrasana on a lotus base, his raised right hand holding the sword, the left in holding a manuscript and with a lotus stem to the side, wearing dhoti, his face with serene expression, elongated earlobes with large earrings and crown set in front of the high chignon, unsealed, 11cm high, 491 grams铜鎏金曼殊室利菩萨座像Condition Report: in good condition with minor wearlacking base seal Condition Report Disclaimer

A 19TH CENTURY TIBETAN PRAYER WHEEL - containing a manuscript, with inlaid semi precious stones, 27cm

A group of Indian and Tibetan items, 17th-19th century, comprising: a hanging kesi weave and brocade silk lantern, in three parts, made of 17th and 18th century textiles; a five leaf painted crown, each element with a form of Buddha, the reverse of each with a lantsa character each panel 18.5cm x 10cm; ten folios from a Buddhist manuscript inscribed in devanagari with gold, one with illumination; nine dies for amuletic pendants; a purse with copper cover and inlaid with central turquoise stone, 9cm x 10cm and various items of metal 'jewellery' and other objects, 4.5cm x 3.5cm and smaller (a lot)Provenance: Purchased by the current owner in the 1970's.清17-19世纪 印度及西藏各式佛教用具拍品来源：现藏家购自上世纪七十年代Condition Report: the hanging lantern with damaged silk the ten folios worn five leaf painted crown generally ok but with wear commensurate with age metalwork items with some dents, wear and minor damages Condition Report Disclaimer

JOHN BRIDGES, 'The history and antiquities of Northamptonshire, compiled from the manuscript collections of the late learned Antiquary, by the Rev Peter Whalley', 1791, Volumes I & II. With leather binding and marbled boards. (2) (B.P. 21% + VAT)

* Frederick Augustus I (1750-1827), Elector of Saxony 1763-1806 (as Frederick Augustus III), later King of Saxony 1806-27 and Duke of Warsaw 1807-13. Document Signed, ‘Friedrich Augustus’, as Elector of Saxony, Pillnitz, 2 July 1791, manuscript document in German, addressed to Marshal von Herrengosserstaedt, Colonel of the Engineering Corps, and confirming the promotions of Christian Friedrich Angermann and Egidius Gotthilf Francke to Colonels, instructing Herrengosserstaedt to 'implement the promotions of the two Colonels and to communicate the promotions to the corps entrusted to his command’, countersigned by von Schiebell and Georg Friedrich von Grossman, 1 page with blank integral leaf, folioQty: (1)

* George IV (1762-1830), King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. Document Signed, ‘George R’, as King, Court at Carlton House, 6 December 1823, manuscript document addressed to the Earl of Eldon, being a warrant for the affixing of the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Ratification of a Convention between King George IV and the Emperor of Austria, ‘for the definitive settlement of the Austrian Loan, concluded and signed at Vienna, on the Seventeenth day of November [1823]’, countersigned at the conclusion by George Canning (1770-1827, British Prime Minister April-August 1827 and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1807-09, 1822-27), 2 pages, with a further 6 pages annexed to the document, being a manuscript copy of the Convention in English and French, comprising 5 articles negotiated between Robert Gordon and Klemens von Metternich in which the Emperor of Austria agrees to repay the sum of ‘Two Millions Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling in satisfaction of the whole of the British Claims’, a total of 6 bifolia including final two blank leaves, tied with a blue ribbon and with a blind embossed paper seal affixed, folioQty: (1)

* George II (1683-1760), King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-60. Manuscript Document Signed, ‘George R’, as King, [London], c.1747-48, headed ‘Abstract of the Charge of the Guards &c.’, and detailing the accounts (listed both daily and annually) for the staff officers, Horse and Grenadier Guards, Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, Dragoon Guards, Foot Guards, Regiment of Invalids etc., totalling £838,582.18.2 per annum, boldly signed by the King at head and countersigned at the foot of each page by three Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, two of whom also served as British Prime Ministers, Henry Pelham (1694-1754), British Prime Minister 1743-54; Henry Bilson-Legge (1708-1764), Chancellor of the Exchequer 1754-55, 1756-57 & 1757-61; George Grenville (1712-1770), British Prime Minister 1763-65, 2 pages, large folio (47 x 28 cm)Qty: (1)

Davison (W., publisher). A Descriptive and Historical View of Alnwick, the County Town of Northumberland, and of Alnwick Castle... , 2nd edition, Alnwick, 1822, engraved plates including some folding, together with an autograph letter signed from George Tate, Alnwick, 25 April 1864, tipped in on to front free endpaper concerning some borrowed books, ownership label of Christian Seymour Bell to front free endpaper, modern half morocco over marbled boards, together with a related volume 2 by Tate, 1878-9, plus an Addenda volume of manuscript notes and cuttings, uniform modern half morocco with leather labels to spines, rubbed, 8vo, together with: Dickens (Charles), The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1st edition, Chapman & Hall, 1837, engraved plates including additional title and frontispiece, some heavy spotting and browning throughout, contemporary half calf gilt, heavily rubbed, rebacked with original spine relaid, 8vo, The Monthly Army List for June 1909, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, spine browned and frayed at head and foot, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous books including some antiquarian, David Garnett and H.E. Bates titles including 1st editions, assorted modern biographies signed by the authors, etc.Qty: (6 shelves)

[Bulliard, Pierre]. Aviceptologie françoise, ou traité général de toutes les ruses dont on peut se servir pour prendre les oiseaux qui se trouvent en France, 1st edition, Paris: Didot, le jeune, 1778, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 34 engraved plates, ink-stamp ('C. Bourdeau fils') to foot of half-title, dated on title-page corrected in manuscript, bookplates (Schwerdt and William Truscott), edges dyed red, contemporary French cat's-paw calf, gilt spine, 12mo (16.5 x 9.2 cm), together with: [Turgot, Etienne François]. Mémoire instructif sur la manière de rassembler, de préparer, de conserver, et d'envoyer les diverses curiosités d'histoire naturelle, 1st edition, Lyon: Jean Marie Bruyset, 1758, half-title, 25 engraved folding plates, half-title spotted, light browning, edges dyed red, contemporary French cat's-paw calf, gilt spine, 8vo (19.6 x 11.4 cm), Lovell (Robert). Pambotanologia [graece], sive Enchiridion botanicum, or a Compleat Herball, 2nd edition ('with many additions'), Oxford: by W. H. for Ric. Davis, 1665, with longitudinal half-title not mentioned in ESTC, closed tear into text of N10, early sheep, rebacked, spine partially cracked, defective at head, 12mo (15.2 x 8.5 cm), and 1 other (Culpeper, School of Physick, 1659, lacking frontispiece, text not collated)Qty: (4)NOTESProvenance (Bulliard): Carl Franz George Richard Schwerdt (1862-1939), author of Hunting, Hawking Shooting, Illustrated in a Catalogue of Books, Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, with his bookplate. ESTC R24436 (Lovell); Harting 179 (Bulliard: 'contains some useful suggestions for capturing hawks'); Freeman 2321 (Lovell); Schwerdt I p. 89 (Bulliard: 'A good book on the subject with appparently original plates'); Wing L3244 (Lovell).

Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar: Together with the Other Works of England's Arch-Poet, Edm. Spenser: Collected into one Volume, and carefully corrected, [London]: Printed by H.L. for Mathew Lownes, 1611-12 [actually 1615?], [4], 363, [1], [2 blank]; [10], 56, [2 blank]; 16, [136], [14] pp., decorative woodcut border to general title (cancel, part excised and lined to verso, signature Geo. Frere to upper margin), woodcut head & tailpieces and part titles etc., second part title and final leaf of Faerie Queen dated 1612, occasional early marginal notes, woodcut illustrations to Shepheards Calendar, title to Prospopoia or Mother Hubberds Tale with imprint dated 1613, O2 of Faerie Queen with few ink marks mostly to margins and inner blank margin of M6 torn, Z6 with part of text excised and with infill manuscript text repair, some browning, occasional spotting, light damp stains and ink splashes to last few leaves at rear of volume, front free blank with 18th century gift inscription dated 29th January 1789 'G.W. & B. Frere, E dono Johannis Frere vicesimo & nono die Januarii ad 1789', late 19th century half sheep, board corners worn with leather loss, upper joint split and board near detached, damp stain to lower quarter of spine, folioQty: (1)NOTES(Faerie Queen) STC 23084; Pforzheimer 973. (Mother Hubberds Tale) STC23087. (Shepheards Calender) STC23093.5. A third 'reissue' of the 1609 edition of The Faerie Queen (1st collected edition), though both parts are now actually in later settings. Part 1 still has the 1611 cancel title page and conjugate dedication of the first reissue (STC 23083.3). The text of part 1 has now been reset (the 1615 date conjectured by STC); B3r stanza 1 begins "Young Knight". Part 2 still has separate title page dated 1612 or 1613 (stop-press variants, 1612 in this example) and R3r catchword reads "And".

* Law manuscript. Rules of Pleading, belonging to William Russell, Lincoln's Inn, 1822, 58 numbered pages written in manuscript to rectos only, followed by 15pp. Index written on rectos and versos, remainder of volume blank, lightly toned, ownership name of William Russell on front free endpaper, original sheep, rubbed, some minor wear to extremities, with slight loss at foot of spine, small 4toQty: (1)

* Calligraphy. A manuscript booklet of initial letters, early 20th century, page of explanation and 25 elaborately drawn initial letters, mostly pen & black ink, with traces of pencil, several with red ink, and 1 of coloured pencil, each a single letter to a recto, including 5 on separate sheets of blue paper loosely inserted, some of the letters incorporating human and animal heads or birds, some spotting and offsetting, a few browned, 1 or 2 with splits made by pen, leaf size approximately 12 x 11cm (4.75 x 4.25ins), loosely contained in pigskin coversQty: (1)NOTESThe letters are prefaced by the following inscription: 'These letters are copied from Grandma's Old Manuscript Bible in Verse, by Abraham Shears AD 1616 & given to our Great grandmother by his descendants for some kindness. The Old book was given by Grandma to Frances, for her boy Frank just before she (Mrs. Bickford) died. The letters here were copied by me long before that, Jeannie'.

Monro (Donald, & others). Description of the Western Isles of Scotland, called Hybrides; by Mr Donald Monro ... who travelled through most of them in the year 1549 ... Now first published from the Manuscript. To which is added, I. An Account of Hirta and Rona; by the Lord Register Sir George Mckenzie of Tarbat, never before published. II. Description of Saint Kilda, by Mr Alexander Buchan ... III. A Voyage to Saint Kilda in 1697, by M. Martin, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Auld, 1774, occasional soiling, c.1900 dark green morocco gilt, 8vo (16.2 x 10 cm), together with: Martin (Martin). A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, 1st edition, London: for Andrew Bell, 1703, engraved folding map (with repaired closed tear), folding plate, text browned, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 8vo (19.2 x 11 cm), ibid. A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, 2nd edition ('very much corrected'), London: for A. Bell [and others], 1716, engraved folding map, folding plate, map and plate each with repaired closed tear, bookplate of Victor Albert George Child Villers, 7th Earl of Jersey (1845-1915), contemporary mottled calf, rebacked retaining most of original spine, 8vo (19.2 x 11.5 cm) Anderson (James). An Account of the Present State of the Hebrides and Western Coasts of Scotland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for G. Robinson and C. Elliot, 1785, engraved plan, folding table, engraved folding map loose (browned, laid down, with crude tape-repairs and concomitant stains), occasional spotting, 20th-century pigskin backing early marbled boards, 8vo (21.1 x 12.6 cm), and another copy of Monro, Description of the Western Isles, 1774 (title-page damp-stained, some other spotting and soiling, edges untrimmed, 20th-century half calf)Qty: (5)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ESTC T90619 (Monro & others), T94240 (Martin, first edition), T31703 (Martin, second edition), T141551 (Anderson); Hanson 263 (Martin).

Spanish Poetry. A collection of 57 Spanish poetry, theology and other texts, bound in 3 volumes, 1634-1806, including Silva Compuesta por Don Phelipe de Albornoz Cauallero del Abito de Santiago. En alabanca del Real Monasterio de la Oliua, Zaragoca: Por Lucas Sanchez, 1634, 27 pp; Poetica Version al Psalmo L. Con notas Latinas, y Castellanas, Madrid, 1656, 6 pp., A La Muerte de la Augusta Reyna N. Senora dona Isabel de Borbon, Madrid, 1645, 18 pp., Dialogo Metrico. Parma Gozosa, que ofrece a los reales pies de la Reyna Ntra. Senora por mano del Excmo. Senor Marques Scoti, su autor Don Juan de Madrid, Madrid, 1745, 35 pp., El Combate Naval del 21 de Octubre por Don Jose de Fuentes, Madrid, 1805, 23 pp., a few woodcut and engraved illustrations, one or two texts incomplete, a few leaves torn with some loss of text, occasional spotting, soiling and insect damage, each volume with manuscript list at front, small ownership stamp of W.B. Chorley, 19th century bookseller ticket, 19th century calf calf, spines titled 'Poesias Varias', spines rubbed with some fading, thick 8voQty: (3)

American Revolution - (Hartley, David). [Letters on the American War. Addressed to the Right Worshipful the Mayor and Corporation, to the Worshipful the Wardens and Corporation of the Trinity-House, and to the Worthy Burgesses of the Town of Kingston upon Hull, by David Hartley, Esq; Member of Parliament for the Town of Kingston upon Hull, 6th edition(?), London: Printed for Almon, Piccadilly; Kearsly, Fleet Street; Dilly, Poultry; Cruttwell, Bath; and Becket, Bristol, 1779], ii, 126, [2] pp., lacking title, extensively annotated to margins throughout in manuscript by an authoritative hand which largely disagrees with Hartley's writings, particularly over the disputes over taxation (comprising approximately 1450 words relating to 27 passages in the text), some underlinings and sentences marked for attention, many margins folded, contemporary half calf upper board and part spine attached (lacking rear board. This work appears to have formed the first part of a volume containing various works bound together), armorial bookplate of 'Kinnaird' of the Carnegie family of Kinnaird Castle, near Brechin, Scotland, 8vo, together with a complete 6th edition duplicate of the same work, title with signature of Thomas Shute to upper margin, disbound 8voQty: (2)NOTESSabin 30689; Adams 78-41f. This annotated copy of 'Letters on the American War' contains information regarding the history of the United States in its infancy. The annotator appears to be well informed in the unfolding events in America both prior to and during the growing revolt against the taxes imposed by Britain. His writings are critical of some of Hartley's observations, presenting in many cases a legal challenge. He notes Hartley is conciliatory towards the Americans, and regularly picks him up on points of legality. He progresses through the letters becoming increasingly vexed by what he reads, particularly so on page 58 in Letter 11. The passage in question is "to return to the state of 1763, which therefore implies the taking this thorn out of his side, viz. the Tea Tax" to which he comments "not this Tea Tax alone but the repealing the whole system of American Laws of Taxation. I am convinced the principle of the Act was not the establishing a mere crown revenue as it was done in consequence of repeated complaint from the Govt. & Judges of the uneasiness of the situation respecting salaries", continuing on page 60 with a response to "On the Tea Act" which accuses Hartley of misrepresenting the intention and purpose of the Tea Act. It is possible the annotator is Andrew Elliot (1728-1797), Governor of New York (1779-1783). The provenance of Kinnaird may be of significance as the wife of the 7th Baron Carnegie of Kinnaird, Sir David Carnegie (1753-1805) was Agnes Murray Elliot, the daughter of Andrew Elliot. Born in Edinburgh, Andrew Elliot moved to Philadelphia in 1747, where he entered a mercantile career. In 1763 he was appointed Receiver General in New York. During the revolution, his loyalty was to his country and he was one of the Commissioners for restoring peace to the Colonies. He was also one of the three persons sent by Sir Henry Clinton to intercede with Washington on behalf of Major Andre. On May 1st 1777 he was appointed head of the Military Court of Police and on 17th July the Superintendent of all imports and exports. In 1780 he appointed Lieut. Governor of the Province of New York, and in 1783 was part of a delegation that met with George Washington. In April 1783 his daughter married David Carnegie in Edinburgh and by the end of the year, Andrew Elliot left America, returning to Scotland where he lived the remainder of his life without obtaining any further public office. In 1790 he declined the offer of the post of British Minister (Ambassador) to the United States.

[Royal Artillery]. 'Notes on Artillery. R.M.A., A. Dunnage' [cover-title], c.1865, bound after: Elementary Lectures on Artillery, prepared for the Use of the Gentlemen Cadets of the Royal Military Academy. By C. H. Owen ... and T. L. Dames, 3rd edition, Woolwich: printed by authority, at the Royal Artillery Institution, 1861, 2 works in 1 volume, 'Notes on Artillery' a manuscript in black ink, [10] 270 pp., 7 folding technical diagrams in pen-and-ink and watercolour to rear, Elementary Lectures a printed work, with 40 lithographic plates, ink annotations throughout, browning, plate 32 torn at corner, plate numbers trimmed, front pastedown with mounted typed letter signed from Major J. P. Kaestlin ('The volume clearly belonged to Arthur James Dunnage, who ... entered the R.M.A. on 22nd Sep 62 ...'), contemporary maroon half roan binding, a little wear, front joint partially cracked, 4to (26.6 x 20 cm), together with: A Text-Book of the Construction and Manufacture of the Rifled Ordnance in the British Service. By Captain Franc. S. Stoney and Lieut. Charles Jones, London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1872, 11 lithographic plates, inscribed 'Captain W. H. Noble R.A., from the author' on title, original cloth, rubbed and marked, 8vo, Instructions for the Service of the Siege Artillery engaged in Active Operations, together with the Details of Stores to be supplied in Connection therewith, London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1880, 24 lithographic plates, ownership inscription 'Capt. Lewis R.A.' to title-page, original cloth, 8vo, A Treatise on Ordnance and Armor ... by Alexander L. Holley, New York: D. van Nostrand, 1865, bookplate and ownership inscription of Sir Alexander Milne (1806-1896), Royal Navy officer and Admiral of the Fleet, original roan-backed cloth, spine worn and rear joint cracked, 8vo, Treatise on Service Ordnance. Seventh Edition. Plates. 1908, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1909, 155 plates (of 156: lacking plate 92), mainly colour lithographs, ink-stamps to title-page, modern cloth, 8vo, and 12 others, militaria, 19th and early-20th century, ncluding Tyrell, The History of the War with Russia, 3 volumes, c.1860, numerous engraved plates and maps (not collated), contemporary diced purple calf gilt, 4toQty: (22)

Winemaking. Manuscript book 'For making all kinds of British Wines', circa 1810, 23 leaves of neatly written recipes and instructions for making wine (mostly written to both sides on laid paper with Botfield watermark, dated 1808?), including 'raisin wine, currant wine, mulbury wine, lemon wine, grape wine, apricot wine, clary wine, quince wine, blackberry wine, turnip wine, elderflower wine, raisins elder wine, elderberry wine, orange wine, black cherry wine, another way to make cherry wine to taste of the kernel, birch wine, sage wine, white mead wine, damaseene wine, cowslip or marigold wine, gooseberry wine, ginger wine, balm wine, rose wine, and general instruction for brewing beer', occasional light dust-soiling and marks, contemporary wrappers, rubbed and few marks, slim 4toQty: (1)

Vergilius Maro (Publius). Virgil's Aeneis, translated into Scottish Verse by the Famous Gawin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld. A new edition. Wherein the many errors of the former are corrected, and the defects supply'd, from an excellent manuscript. To which is added a large glossary, explaining the difficult words: which may serve for a dictionary to the old Scottish Language, Edingburgh: printed by Andrew Symson and Robert Freebairn, 1710, main text commencing on A2, i.e. p. 3 (as usual), bound without subscribers list, occasional spotting and browning, a few leaves with marginal ink stains, later half calf, spine a little rubbed and faded with small wormtrack, folio, together with [Adams, John]. Index Villaris: or, an Exact Register, Alphabetically Digested, of all the Cities, Market-Towns, Parishes, Villages, the Hundred, Lath, Rape, Ward, Wapentake, or other Division of each County... Hereto is added a perfect catalogue of the nobility of England and Wales, to the present time, May 20. 1690. with their respective seats, and the counties wherein they are scituate, 1st edition, London: printed for T. Sawbridge and M. Gillyflower, 1690, lacking half title and folding map, a little minor soiling and small marginal water stain, contemporary inscription at head of title 'Bought of Wm. Robins, 1690', previous owner signature erased, contemporary panelled calf, modern reback and repairs, folioQty: (2)NOTESESTC T139442 and Wing A481 respectively.

* Bristol. Clark (John Heaviside & Dubourg Matthew), The Black Rock near the Hotwells Bristol, View from Durham Down near Bristol [and] View from Clifton Down, circa 1810, together three aquatint views after Samuel Anstie, with contemporary hand-colouring, publication legend added in near-contemporary manuscript, very slight spotting, a little faded, uniformly mounted, framed and glazed with Frost & Reed Gallery labels to verso of framesQty: (3)

Scrap albums. Lady Elizabeth Courtney, Views in the South of Devon, London: Dickinson & Son, [1845], 14 tinted lithographs (complete) after drawings by Lady E. Courtney, vignette title (spotted), front free endpaper with contemporary ink manuscript inscription 'To Fanny Barnes ... from her affectionate aunt Laura Blackall', extra-illustrated with approximately 34 mounted or tipped-in items including: 8 watercolour views of scenes around Devon (2 detached), and 2 pen, brown ink and brown wash views 'Backland Beacon' and 'Dartington Parsonage' all presumably by Fanny Barnes; a sepia portrait photograph of a standing man (some surface damage); 3 lithographic views drawn printed & published by G. Rowe: 'Dartmouth, from the Ferry'; 'Mouth of the Dart, Devon'; 'East Teignmouth' (the latter tinted), and another 2 similar 'Teignmouth, from the Dawlish Road'; The Shag Rock, Thatcher, & Oarstone, Torbay - From Daddy Hole'; 11 engraved or lithographic portraits including 2 mezzotints: Mrs Gally Knight, and The Right Honourable William Harcourt (dated 1818), both drawn/painted by H. Eldrige and engraved by S. W. Reynolds, 2 stipple engraved portraits by E. Harding: The Right Honble. Sylvester Douglas after T. Lawrence, and Master Douglas after J. Hazlitt, an engraved portrait of the Rt. Hon. Charlotte Countess of Verulam, by Dean from a miniature by Hawkins (proof copy), a lithographic portrait of Thomas Blackall B.D., by F. Pistrucci, printed by C.Hullmandel, and other portraits, plus others similar including an engraving 'N. W. View of Exeter Cathedral' by W. C. Featherstone, some spotting (mainly to blank margins), occasional dampstaining (mainly to some gutters and support leaves), 1 leaf detached, contemporary deep maroon half morocco, rubbed, a little wear in places, oblong folio, together with: a Victorian scrap album, decorative title with pencil manuscript ownership inscription 'Susan H. Coall, January 1st 1837', numerous mounted or tipped-in engravings etc., interspersed with ink manuscript verse in various neat hands, such as 'The Widowed Mother', 'Home Sweet Home', 'Advice', and 'The Better Land', illustrations include: 12 Doctor Syntax hand-coloured etchings with aquatint, drawn & etched by Rowlandson (1 lacking lower left corner); some comic scenes such as 'Mr Pokey's powerful perception', 'The Roasting of Joseph'; several literary, historical and other scenes such as 'Soiree' by A. Hervieu; a selection of portraits including 'Author of the French Cook' lithograph portrait of Louis Eustache Ude by Daniel Maclise and published by James Fraser, 'The Author of "The Women of England"' by W. Holl after P. A. Gaugain, engravings of horses including Touchstone, Queen of Trumps etc.; some engraved views; a pencil sketch; and two hand-coloured engravings taken from 'A Geographical present: being descriptions of principal countries of the world', c.1817, comprising 'A Hottentot Man & Woman' and 'Man & Woman of St. Petersburg', variable spotting and soiling, some dampstaining (mainly affecting title and some support leaves), all edges gilt, contemporary embossed morocco, rebacked, worn, small 4to, with four other scrap albums, containing a quantity of mounted or tipped-in illustrations (a few loose) including: 8 hand-coloured lithographs of historical costumes, captioned in French, including Espagnole, Chinoise, Cracovienne, Odalisque, Ecossaise; engraved portraits of various beauties; 2 lithographs by M. Gauci; an engraving 'The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal' by H. Robinson after Sir W. C. Ross; 'Entrance to the London & Birmingham Railway Station, Euston Square, London' and 'Viaduct over the River Colne, near Watford', both engraved by W. Radclyffe, the latter depicting a 5-arched railway viaduct designed by Robert Stephenson and built in 1837, with an early steam train crossing the viaduct, an apparent fireman with coal shovel visible, plus passengers sitting both in the carriages and on the roofs, a few chromolithographed flowers etc., and approx. 900 miniature engraved vignettes of topographical views (British and overseas), some appearing to be taken from the Polite Repository, plus an album containing a quantity of loosely inserted scrap items, 19th and 20th centuryQty: (7)NOTESThomas Blackall B.D. was the brother-in-law of Laura Blackall. He died aged 45, and was buried in St. Mary Major (formally next to Exeter Cathedral, now demolished) as also his parents (his father being a former bishop of Exeter) and Laura herself. Laura was the eldest daughter of an archdeacon of Totnes and wife to John Blackall M.D., physician in Exeter.

Milton (John). Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. The second edition, revised and augmented, London: printed by S. Simmons next door to the Golden Lion in Aldersgate-street, 1674, [8] 333 [1] pp., without portrait frontispiece, final leaf of text and final blank leaf, with final leaf of text provided in later manuscript facsimile (18th century?), title with 2 ownership signatures of Richard Taylor (one dated 1800) and with faint ink line marks to title and repair to upper outer corner, light worm trails to A1-C2 (mostly to fore-edge blank margin), H7 with rust hole to one letter of running title, Q3 with small hole & printing fault affecting few letters, few minor ink marks and some browning mostly to margins, some light dust-soiling, modern good quality antique-style calf, calf title label to spine, 8vo (16.5 x 10.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESESTC R13351; Grolier Wither to Prior 605 (not mentioning the final blank); Wing M2144; not in Pforzheimer. 'In this second edition the number of books in the poem has been increased from ten to twelve by dividing Books VII and XII into two each, and by adding three new lines to the beginning of Book VIII, and five new lines to Book XII. The "Argument" ... is also divided, and the separate parts prefixed to the books to which they severally apply. Milton's nephew, Edward Phillips, in his "Life of John Milton", 1694, states that these changes were made at Milton's direction' (Grolier). The second edition is also important for containing Andrew Marvell's commendatory poem 'On Paradise Lost'. According to ESTC the frontispiece is not found in all copies.

Pamphlets. A collection of approximately 70 pamphlets relating to politics & current affairs etc., mostly 18th & early 19th century, including: 1. Clinton (Henry). Narrative of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. relative to his conduct during part of his command of the King's Troops in North America; Particularly to that which respects the unfortunate issue of the Campaign in 1781. With an Appendix, containing copies and extracts of those parts of his correspondence with Lord George Germain, Earl Cornwallis, Rear Admiral Graves, &c..., London: J. Debrett, 1783, [2],115,[1]pp., disbound 8vo, 2. Priestley (Joseph). An Appeal to the Public, on the subject of the Riots in Birmingham, Part II. To which is added, a letter from W. Russell, Esq. to the Author, London: J. Johnson, 1792, [28],210pp., disbound 8vo, 3. [Douglas, John]. Six letters from A--d B--r [Archibald Bower] to Father Sheldon, Provincial of the Jesuits in England; illustrated with several remarkable facts, tending to ascertain the authenticity of the said letters, and the true character of the writer, London: J. Morgan, 1756, [2],101,[1]pp., edges untrimmed, side stitched as issued, 8vo, 4. [Corbett, Thomas]. An Account of the Expedition of the British Fleet to Sicily, in the Years 1718, 1719 and 1720. Under the Command of Sir George Byng, Bart. (Afterwards Viscount Torrington) Admiral and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Fleet; and His Majesty's Commissary and Plenipotentiary to the several Princes and States of Italy. Collected from the Admiral's Manuscripts, and other Original Papers, London: J. and R. Tonson, 1739, [8],216pp., folding table, disbound 8vo, 5. [Sherlock, Thomas]. A Letter from the Lord Bishop of London, to the Clergy and People of London and Westminster; on Occasion of the late Earthquakes, London: printed by Vertue and Goadby, Stationers, of the Royal Exchange, for the Subscribers, 1750, 16pp., manuscript number to upper margin of title, some spotting and marks, disbound 8vo, 6. Pulteney (William). Memoirs of the life and conduct of William Pulteney, Esq : Representative in Parliament for the Borough of Heydon in Yorkshire ... To which, as an ornament, is annex'd, a particular and concise account of his political writings, London: J. Dix, 1731, 39[1]pp., few marks to title, disbound 4to, 7. [Morris, Corbyn]. A Letter from a By-stander to a Member of Parliament: Wherein is Examined what Necessity there is for the Maintenance of a Large Regular Land-Force in this Island, London: J. Roberts, 1741, 114,[2]pp., final blank present, edges untrimmed, disbound 8vo, and other 18th & 19th century pamphlets etc., mostly disbound 8vo & 4toQty: (a small carton)

Buckinghamshire. [Sammelband of enclosure acts], 18th-19th century, comprising: 1. An Act for Inclosing and Dividing the Common Fields, Wastes, and Uninclosed Grounds, within the Manor, Township, or Hamlet of Ashenden, [1738], 11 [1] pp., ESTC T64014 (5 copies world-wide), 2. An Act for Dividing and Inclosing the Open and Common Fields ... within the Parish of Aston Abbots, 1795, 30 [2] pp., ESTC T79709 (3 copies), 3. [...] Aston Clinton, 1813/14, 35 [1] pp., 4. [...] Aylesbury, 1771, 28 [2] pp., ESTC T69758 (3 copies), 5. [...] Bierton and Hulcot, 1779, 42 [2] pp., ESTC T76911 (3 copies), 6. [...] Chearsley, 1805, 22 [2] pp., 7. [...] Steeple Claydon, 1795, 29 [1] pp., ESTC T79142 (2 copies), 8. [...] Drayton Parslow, 1794, 33 [1] pp., ESTC T80922 (2 copies), 9. [...] Maidsmorton [...] Gawcott and Prebend-End, 1801, pp. 34 [2], 10. [...] North Marston, 1778, 36 [2] pp., ESTC T74826 (4 copies), 11. [...] Moulsoe, 1802, 12 [2] pp., 12. ]...] Mursley, 1812/13, 31 [1] pp., 13. [...] Padbury, 1795, 28 [2] pp., ESTC T79136 (4 copies), 14. [...] Preston-Bissett, 1781, 39 [1] pp., ESTC T75618 (1 copy). 15. [...] Turweston, 1812/13, 23 [1] pp., 16. [...] Waddesdon, 1774, 26 [2] pp., ESTC T28131 (4 copies), 17. [...] Wendover, 1794, 37 [1] pp., ESTC T77955 (3 copies), 18. [...] Weston Turville, 1798, 37 [1], ESTC T83180 (3 copies), each with typographic or woodcut headpiece and factotum, docket-title to final page, contemporary manuscript annotations (usually providing the date), faint transverse undulation throughout volume from folding at point of issue, most acts with concomitant dust-soiling and abrasions to final page (blank but for docket-title), a few other marks, 19th-century half sheep, rebacked, folio (32 x 19.5 cm), together with a volume of printed and manuscript notices, orders, summons and similar, apparently compiled for reference of Wootton Hundred (North Division) petty sessions, Oxfordshire, c.1830-40, 218 pp. (a few broadsides and manusript memoranda laid in), folioQty: (2)NOTESProvenance: David R. Wilson (1926-2020), bookseller and secretary of the British Trust for Ornithology.

Fittler (James, & John Claude Nattes). Scotia Depicta; or the Antiquities, Castles, Public Buildings, Noblemen and Gentlemen's Seats, Cities, Towns, and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland, illustrated in a Series of Finished Etchings by James Fittler, from Accurate Drawings made on the Spot by John Claude Nattes, 1st edition, London: printed by T. Bensley, and published by W. Miller [and others], [1801]-1804, etched additional title-page, letterpress title-page, preface leaf, list of subscribers with contents verso, 48 etched plates each with leaf of descriptive letterpress, etched 'finispiece' including text, all bound in along top edge (the work issued in oblong folio format), light spotting to additional title-page, description leaf for plate 40 browned, contemporary diced russia gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down, folio (40.4 x 27 cm), together with: [Sutherland, Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of]. Views in Orkney and on the North-Eastern Coast of Scotland taken in MDCCCV, 1st edition, [London?: privately printed], 1807, 27 pp., half-title, etched title-page, 28 etched plates (a few with multiple images), etched vignettes in text, toning, occasional spotting, without portrait noted in some copies but apparently not called for, top edge gilt, later half morocco, folio (36.6 x 25.2 cm), Drummond (James). Sculptured Monuments in Iona and the West Highlands, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for the Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1881, numbered 54 on half-title, 99 tinted lithographic plates, lithographic title-vignette, top edge gilt, contemporary green quarter morocco, vellum tips, joints rubbed, folio (36.4 x 25.2 cm), Gordon (Sir Robert, of Gordonstoun, Bart). A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland, from its Origin to the Year 1630. With a Continuation to the Year 1651. Published from the Original Manuscript, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for Archibald Constable and Company, 1813, half-title, 3 engraved plates including frontispiece, plates offset, armorial plate damp-stained at foot, bookplate of the Earl of Zetland (earl's coronet with motto 'essayez'), top edge gilt, later 19th-century half morocco gilt, a few holes to front joint, folio (44.2 x 26.2 cm) White (Thomas Pilkington). Archaeological Sketches in Scotland. District of Kintyre, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1873, 53 lithographic plates, map, text-leaves partly unopened, top edge gilt, later maroon quarter morocco, folio (38 x 26.4 cm)Qty: (5)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS