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An early Persian manuscript page from the Koran with gilt highlights, framed & glazed, 19 by 22cms (7.5 by 8.75ins).

[HISTORY] Newcastle, Margaret, Duchess of. The Life of the Thrice Noble, High and Puissant Prince William Cavendishe, Duke, Marquess, and Earl of Newcastle... , by Maxwell, London, 1667, full speckled leather (re-backed), small folio (broad fore-edge stain throughout; some manuscript amendments to text).

[HISTORY] Nicolson, William. The English Historical Library: or, A Short View and Character of most of the Writers now extant, either in Print or Manuscript; which may be Serviceable to the Undertakers of a General History of this Kingdom, two volumes, for Swall & Child, London, 1696, full panelled and part speckled leather (vol. 2 with detached lower board; rubbed; spine ends and corners worn), the spines in compartments gilt with crimson and black title / volume labels, octavo (vol. 2 with marginal worm damage).

[MISCELLANEOUS] Holles, Denzil. Memoirs of Denzil Lord Holles, Baron of Ifield in Sussex from the Year 1641, to 1648, for Goodwin, London, 1699, full leather (rebacked), engraved portrait frontispiece, with manuscript note to title page stating that it was previously purchased at 'Barrowfields auction' in 1747, octavo (ex library).

[MISCELLANEOUS]. DICTIONARY Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese: A Dictionary, Italian and English, first compiled by John Florio... , whereunto is added, A Dictionary, English and Italian, with several proverbs and instructions for speedy attaining the Italian Tongue by Gio. Torriano, now reprinted, revised and corrected by J.D., by R. Holt and W. Horton for R. Chiswell et al., London, 1688, nineteenth century hall calf, folio (the first 8 pp. of the dictionary and final p. in exceptionally neat replacement hand-written form, a manuscript note to the title verso stating 'The first Eight pages / of this Book & the last / page were restored in / writing by Iohn Thomasen / School Master of Tarvin / in Cheshire about the / Year 1726'; title trimmed and laid-down; upper joint with split ends; spine, corners and edges scuffed).

Six 19th Century manuscript ledgers and account books all relating to Loyal Albemarle Lodge, Attleborough, a subordinate lodge of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, a fraternal order set up in 1810 to protect and care for their members and communities at a time when there was no welfare state of National Health Service, all housed in vintage leather case

Young (Arthur). A Six Weeks Tour, through the Southern Counties of England and Wales... Interspersed with Accounts of the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, and other Objects worthy of Notice. In Several Letters to a Friend. By the Author of The Farmer's Letters, 1st edition, London: W. Nicoll, 1768, half-title, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked preserving original and red morocco title label, 8vo, together with: Ibid. , A Six Weeks Tour, through the Southern Counties of England and Wales, 2nd edition, corrected & enlarged, London: W. Strahan, W. Nicoll, B. Collins & J. Balfour, 1769, one folding engraved plate, light toning, armorial bookplate of William Wilshere to upper pastedown, contemporary sheep, morocco title label, wear to head & foot of spine, 8vo, Ibid. , A Six Weeks Tour, through the Southern Counties of England and Wales, 2nd edition, corrected & enlarged, Dublin: J. Milliken, 1771, one folding engraved plate (as frontispiece), inner margin of title with manuscript note, light toning and dust-soiling, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, adhesive tape marks to boards, 8voQty: (3)

Bonhote (J. Lewis, 1875-1922). 'Papers on Mammals & Birds' [spine-titles], 2 volumes, 1895-1911, containing approximately 60 journal articles by Bonhote from the Avicultural Magazine, Ibis, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London and similar (nearly all offprints or extracts, a few cuttings), several plates including hand-coloured lithographs and chromolithographs after H. Goodchild, J. Smit and others, manuscript and typescript indices, typescript title-page to second volume, original wrappers bound in throughout volume 2, contemporary red half morocco, 8vo (21.2 x 13.8 cm), together with: Natureland. Natureland. A Quarterly Journal of Natural History. Edited by Graham Renshaw, Vol. I No. I [-Vol. II No. 4], Manchester: January 1922-October 1923, pp. 80 [2], 92 [4], numerous halftone plates ('lacks some plates': pencilled note to initial blank), original wrappers bound in, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, contemporary green half morocco by Worrall of Birmingham, 4to (24.2 x 18.2 cm), Southport Society of Natural Science. The First [-Tenth] Report of the Southport Society of Natural Science, 1890-91 [1904-1905]. Edited by by George W. Chaster and Francis J. Baildon [and others], 10 parts in 2 volumes, Southport: William Milne [-"Visiter" Printing Works], 1892-1906, lithographic and halftone plates, folding maps and plans, top edges gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, 8vo (21.2 x 13.1 cm), Field Naturalist. The Field Naturalist. A Review of Animals, Plants, and Minerals, the Structure of the Earth, and Appearances of the Skye. By James Rennie, 16 parts in 2 volumes, London: Orr and Smith, 1833-[4], 2 hand-coloured lithographic plates ( volume 2 lacking title-page (instead with duplicate of volume 1 title), contemporary half calf, labels renewed, leather split along rear joint of volume 1, 8vo (21.1 x 13.1 cm), Wilson (Edward A.). The Changes of Plumage in the Red Grouse ... in Health and Disease. From the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1910, 24 colour plates, original wrappers bound in, bookplate and ownership inscription of Stanley Leonard Barry (1873-1943), British soldier, contemporary dark blue half morocco gilt by Maltby of Oxford, 8vo (21.8 x 14.6 cm)Qty: (8)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART II Many of Bonhote's papers are derived from his observations in the Bahamas, where he worked as private secretary to the governor Sir Gilbert Carter. Natureland appears to have ceased publication in 1924. Sold as a collection of periodicals, not subject to return.

Graves (George). Ovarium Britannicum; being a Correct Delination of the Eggs of such Birds as are Natives of, or Domesticated in Great Britain, 1st edition, London: for the author, 1816, [2] vi pp., half-title, 15 engraved plates, original wrappers with gilt title-label bound in, contemporary ownership inscription (Joseph Noble Beasley) to title-page, bookplate of the North Devon Athenaeum, Barnstaple to front pastedown, related ink-stamps to versos of plates and to text, bookplate of Hugh Fattorini to front free endpaper, later cloth, 8vo (23.2 x 14 cm), together with: Saunders (Howard). An Illustrated Manual of British Birds, 2nd edition ('revised and enlarged'), London: Gurney and Jackson, 1899, half-title, 3 double-page colour maps, inscribed 'The property of Rowland Ward, my own copy ...' with his ink-stamp to title-page, extra-illustrated with specimen plate from Witherby's Practical Handbook tipped to title-page, a original cloth, inner hinges cracked, worn, 8vo, Seebohm (Henry). Classification of Birds, 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, 1890, original cloth, large 8vo, Eyton (Thomas Campbell). A History of the Rare British Birds, 1st edition, London: Longman [et al.], 1836, 2 errata leaves, wood-engraved vignettes, ownership inscription and ink-stamp of O. V. Aplin (1858-1940), author of The Birds of Oxfordshire (1889), original cloth, some wear, strip of cockling to front board and related crack to front pastedown, 8vo, Harting (James Edmund). A Handbook of British Birds, 1st edition, London: John van Voorst, 1872, ownership inscriptions and ink-stamps of O. V. Aplin, his profuse marginalia throughout, further manuscript notes laid in, original cloth, recased, 8vo, Atkinson (John). A Compendium of the Ornithology of Great Britain with a Reference to the Anatomy and Physiology of Birds, 1st edition, London: for Hurst, Robinson and Co., 1820, edges untrimmed, later leatherette, 8vo, and 2 others (including Selby, A History of British Forest Trees, 1st edition, 1842)Qty: (8)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART II Mullens & Swann pp. 246 (Graves), 509 (Saunders) 203 (Eyton), 274 (Harting), 29 (Atkinson); Nissen IVB 386 (Graves), 306 (Eyton), 413 (Harting); Wood pp. 367 (Graves), 551 (Saunders), 561 (Seebohm), 336 (Eyton), 378 (Harting); Zimmer pp. 266 (Graves), 547-8 (Saunders), 569 (Seebohm), 213 (Eyton), 206 (Atkinson). All published of Graves's work, which Wood describes as 'rather rare and well-illustrated'.

Orme (Edward, publisher). Historic, Military, and Naval Anecdotes of personal valour, bravery, and particular incidents which occurred to the armies of Great Britain and her allies, in the last long-contested war, terminating with the Battle of Waterloo, London: Edward Orme, 1819, 40 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, list of subscribers, some text and plates bound out of sequence, a few short closed marginal tears, a little minor spotting and offsetting, previous owner signature of W. Raleigh Plowden to title, his bookplate, hinges a little tender, all edges gilt, contemporary red blindstamped calf gilt, some wear at spine ends and corners, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio, 460 x 210 mm (18 x 8.25 in)Qty: (1)NOTESAbbey Life 376; Tooley 353. Early state with the title dated, without the rules beneath 'Battle of Waterloo' on title and two text leaves unpaginated (i.e. 'Corporal Logan Killing a French Colonel' and 'The Allies Before Dantzic in Winter'). 'According to Tooley the undated issue carries text paged to '98', and the dated only to page '94'. This is incorrect, all 98 pages being present in complete copies, but it should be noted that pages 95 to 98 are without pagination in the dated issue.' (Abbey Life). Probably a proof copy with 'Edward Orme' completed in manuscript to blank portion of title and plate imprints.

White (Gilbert). The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne and A Garden Kalendar. Edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe, 2 volumes, 1st edition thus, London: S. T. Freemantle, 1900, half-titles, all plates as called for, including numerous photogravures after J. G. Keulemans and 2 folding manuscript facsimiles, top edges gilt, others untrimmed (these spotted), 20th-century green crushed half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spines sunned to tan, 8vo (21.8 x 14.6 cm), together with: ibid. The Natural History of Selborne. Edited with Notes by Grant Allen. Illustrated by Edmund H. New, 1st edition thus, London: The Bodley Head, 1900, 2 engraved portraits, illustrations throughout, original part wrapper bound in, top edge gilt, 20th-century green crushed half morocco by Morrell, sunned, royal 8vo (23.9 x 16.7 cm), Dresser (Henry Eeles). A Manual of Palaearctic Birds, 2 parts in 1 volume, 1st edition, London: published by the author, 1902-3, frontispiece to each part, original printed wrappers bound in at rear, autograph letter signed from Dresser concerning the work's publication to local historian and curator Alfred Heneage Cocks (dated 25 May 1903) tipped to front free endpaper verso, Cocks's bookplate to front pastedown, later collector's letter tipped to initial blank, related ownership inscription and bookplate to front free endpaper recto, contemporary red half morocco, front joint rubbed, 8vo (22.2 x 15 cm), Barrington (Richard M.). The Migration of Birds as observed at Irish Lighthouses and Lightships, 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, [1900], half-title, folding map, publisher's slip, contemporary gift inscription and spotting to half-title, partly unopened, original red cloth, rebacked with red morocco, 8vo, Saunders (Howard). An Illustrated Manual of British Birds, 1st edition, London: Gurney and Jackson, 1889, half-title, errata slip, 3 folding maps, wood-engravings throughout, contemporary ownership inscription of British soldier and war hero Frederick Spencer Chapman (1907-1971) to front free endpaper ('F. S. Chapman, St John's College, Cambridge, May 1929'), contemporary green half morocco, 8vo (21.2 x 12.9 cm)Qty: (6)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART II Freeman 3976.23 (White, Sharpe's edition), 3976.21 (White, Allen's edition), 204 (Barrington), 3310 (Saunders); Mullens & Swann pp. 643 (White, Sharpe's edition), 642 (White, Allen's edition), 180 (Dresser), 43 (Barrington), 509 (Saunders).

[China]. Manuscript Chinese-English dictionary, c.1875-1900, [126] pp. of red-ruled ledger paper with printed headings 'Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Peking', completed in manuscript in three columns with Chinese word in romanized form, English translation and Chinese characters, a few pages blank, stitched in contemporary card wrappers (soiled, stitching split), 8vo (20.5 x 13 cm)Qty: (1)

Folding Maps. A mixed collection of seventeen maps, mostly 19th century, including Nantiat (Jaspar). A New Map of Spain and Portugal Exhibiting the Chains of Mountains with their Passes, The Principal & Cross Roads with other details requisite for the Intelligence of Military Operations, W. Faden, Jany. 1st. 1810, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen on four sheets, calligraphic cartouche and advertisement, slight dust soiling and offsetting, ink manuscript on verso 'Lieut Griffiths, 94th Regt. DA2 M.G., each sheet approximately 560 x 780 mm, contained in a contemporary cloth gilt slipcase, case worn, frayed and split along seams, together with Simmons (J. L. A. Captain Royal Engineers). Map of England and Wales showing the Railways, Canals & Inland Navigation Compiled from the Ordnance Surveys and other sources. For the use of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade &c., 1852, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight spotting, 1725 x 1450 mm, contemporary half calf, spine rebound in near-contemporary cloth with morocco gilt labels, brass clasp, heavily worn and frayed with upper board near detached, binding 335 x 210 mm, with Downes W. D. 2nd. Lieut. Royal Sussex Regt.). Map of the Herakleon District of Crete from a Plane Table Survey, Edward Stanford Ltd for the Geographical Section, General Staff War Office, May 1907, colour lithographic map, sectionalised and laid on linen, 635 x 665 mm, marbled endpapers and printed label with manuscript title to upper cover, with another fourteen folding maps, mostly of Egypt, North and Central Africa, various sizes and conditionQty: (17)

Germany. Walch (Johann, publisher), General Charte über die sämtlich Königlich Preussischen Staaten nach astronomischen Beobachtungen, Ausburg, 1797, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, inset map of Neufchatel, eight mileage scales below map, slight marginal dust soiling and staining 475 x 625 mm, together with a later variant of the map published in 1806 and lacking the inserted map of Neufchatel which is replaced by a key plate, the second example with a manuscript title on the versoQty: (2)

Kent. Speed (John), Kent with her Cities and Earles described and observed, Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, 1676, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Rochester and Canterbury, central fold strengthened on verso, repaired marginal closed tears, 380 x 510 mm, English text on verso, together with Jansson (Jan). Cantium vernacule Kent, Amsterdam, circa 1648, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, decorative cartouche, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, torn with very slight loss to the upper right corner, central fold strengthened and repaired on verso, some oxidisation to old watercolour causing some cracking and splitting, several repaired closed tears, 380 x 500 mm, Latin text on verso, with another copy with several long repaired closed tears, fraying with some loss and crude later hand colouring, Latin text on verso, plus Blaeu (Johannes). Cantium vernacule Kent, Amsterdam, circa 1665, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, cartouche and heraldic shields remain uncoloured, ink manuscript 'J. Blaeu 1645' added to the cartouche, old watercolour oxidised resulting in some cracking and small holes affecting image, toned overall, 385 x 525 mm, no text on verso and Saxton (Christopher & Kip William). Cantium quod nunc Kent, [1637], hand coloured engraved map, strengthening to lower corners, some old card adhesion to upper corners, heavily toned overall, 280 x 380 mmQty: (5)

[Stamp Act]. Group of pamphlets, 1766, comprising: 1. [Pitt, William, the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham]. The Celebrate Speech of a Celebrated Commoner, London: for Stephen Austin, 1766, [2] 18 pp., without half-title, 2. The Answer at Large to Mr P--tt's Speech, 1st edition, London: for W. Nicoll, 1766, 22 pp., 3. The Rights of Parliament Vindicated, on Occasion of the late Stamp-Act. In which is exposed the Conduct of the American Colonists. Addressed to all the People of Great Britain, London: for J. Almon, 1766, 44 pp., 4. A Parallel; drawn between the Administration in the Four last Years of Queen Anne, and the Four First of George the Third. By a Country Gentleman, London: J. Almon, 1766, 3-35 pp., without half-title and advertisement leaf, 5. [Cotes, Humphrey]. An Enquiry into the Conduct of a Late Right Honourable Commoner. The Second Impression, London: for J. Almon, 1766, 2-72 pp., without half-title, (and 1 other America-related pamphlet: A Testimony of the Monthly Meeting of Friends at Pyrmont in Westphalia, Germany, concerning John Pemberton, of Philadelphia in North America, London: reprinted by James Phillips & Son, 1798, 36 pp.), all disbound, occasional toning and soiling, manuscript numbering to title-pages, 8voQty: (6)NOTESESTC T28971 (nine UK copies), T108355 (five UK copies), N13027 (one UK copy: Manchester), T43633 (six UK copies), T64631 (four copies world-wide); Sabin 63066, 63083, 71374, 58540, 17027.

Silesia/Poland. Covens J. & Mortier P. (publishers), Sup.s et Inferioris Ducatus Silesiae in suos XVII Minores..., Amsterdam, 1741, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, inset town plan of Breslau, large decorative cartouche, title repeated above map in French, 505 x 580 mm, together with Jansson (Jan). Silesiae Ducatus Accurata et vera delineatio..., Amsterdam, circa 1660, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, but somewhat faded, some staining, 390 x 495 mm, Latin text on verso, with Schenk (P.). Mappa Geographica Exactissima Cointinens Imperatoris Haereditarium DominiumSilesiam nec non eiusdem Provincias interiores Comitatus..., Amsterdam, circa 1705, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, some staining, 495 x 580 mm, with Blaeu (Johannes). Baronatus Carolato Bethaniensis in Silesia Inferiore..., Amsterdam, [1662], uncoloured engraved map, 415 x 510 mm, Spanish text on verso, plus Schenk (Peter). Ducatus Silesiae Wolanus, Amsterdam, circa 1690, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, short split at base of central fold, 410 x 385 mm and Walch (Johannes). Charte von Schlesien Maehren und der Lausitz..., Augsburg, 1805, engraved map of the whole of Silesia with contemporary outline colouring, later manuscript title to verso, 500 x 560 mmQty: (6)

* Faber (John. II, 1695 - 1756). A Venetian Courtezan, 1739, uncoloured mezzotint on laid after P.Mercier, with 6 lines of verse below the title, 330 x 230 mm, framed and glazed, together with Mrs Flora Macdonald, 1747, uncoloured mezzotint on laid after Thomas Hudson, trimmed to image, 335 x 250 mm, framed and glazed, with, Mrs Rudge, n.d. c.1750, uncoloured mezzotint on laid after Isaac Whood, title added in near-contemporary manuscript with additional manuscript annotation below plate mark 'by some called Mistress Rudge - proof', four lines of verse below image, small margins, 350 x 255 mm, framed and glazed plus The Right Honble. Louisa Countess of Berkeley, Daughter of Charles Lennox Duke of Richmond & Lennox, 1742, uncoloured mezzotint on laid after G.Kneller, thread margins, 330 x 225 mm, framed and glazedQty: (4)

* French School. Une fête a Strasbourg en 1779, early-mid 19th century, watercolour and gouache on card, depicting a picturesque scene with turreted buildings, sailing vessels on the river, and figures promenading, with one on horseback, lightly toned, indistinctly signed in red lower right, 10.4 x 21.3 cm (4 x 8.25 ins), manuscript title to mount, framed and glazedQty: (1)

London. A Victorian scrapbook, relating to London, compiled around pages 1-114 & 145-180 (from volume 3) of London or Interesting Memorials of its Rise, Progress and Present State by Sholta and Reuben Percy, 1824 (excised and window mounted throughout), with a quantity of associated items mounted, tipped-in or loosely inserted alongside the relevant pages, items include: numerous (mainly engraved) plates of subjects such as Sir Francis Drake engaging the Cacafuego a rich Spanish ship, View of the East India House, The Shipping Entrance London Docks, The Atmospheric Pile-Driving Machine, General Post Office: Letter Carriers Room arranged for dispatch of newspapers, Bombay on the Malabar Coast belonging to the East India Company of England, The New Mint Tower Hill, Coins of William and Mary, Bank of England: Five Pound Note Office, Riots in Broad Street, The Auction Marte Bartholomew Lane, Smithfield Market, Vaux Hall Gardens, The Christmas Waits, Licensed Victuellers Asylum, View of the Small-Pox Hospital near St Pancras, 'Progress of a Bill - the Acceptor Goes to Prison', an engraved hand-coloured plate depicting an elephant in a cage being shot by soldiers (probably the shooting of Rajah at Liverpool Zoo in 1848, and a few caricatures or cartoons, etc.; 6 maps or plans including Plan of the Commercial Docks at Rotherhithe, 1848 (folding and hand-coloured), The Isle of Dogs (folding and hand-coloured, some offsetting and minor spotting), Plan of the West India Docks &c. 1802; newspaper clippings relating to subjects discussed in the Percy Histories, for example commerce, shipping and trade, the East India Company, South Sea Company bubbles, coinage, banking, music, hospitals, markets, asylums, schools etc.; numerous other ephemera including: a memorial card to the 'Loss of above 700 lives by the sinking of the Princess Alice ... 1878', a dock pass for one 'lad' to enter and leave St Katherine docks 183?, broadside ballad 'The Gas Lamp Lighters Address' (folded), 'Specimen of Postage Charges in 1839' - a large folded 'example letter' printed as propaganda to illustrate the need for postal reform, with comments on the anomalies of the postal system (torn), invatations and notices to various Anniversary Dinners (such as The London Joint Stock Bank 1838, Royal Humane Society 1832, Society for Providing an Asylum and Relief for Aged and Infirm Fishmongers and Poulterers 1846), 2 pamphlets regarding the small pox and vaccination hospital, an engraved invatation to a ball (the reverse with ink manuscript), 'Vauxhall Gardens a Catalogue of the whole of the moveable property ...sold at auction ... 1841, 'Foundling Hospital instructions to the Mothers of such children' (on blue paper, single large fold), 'London Orphan Asylum rules for children seeing their friends', 'The New Wonderful Magazine' no.35 loosely inserted booklet in original printed pink wrappers, 'A Garland of New Songs' an early 19th century chapbook (uncut), etc., occasional dust-soiling and edge-fraying, some offsetting or toning, several leaves detached, sewing broken, contemporary half morocco, worn, boards detached, spine deficient, thick folioQty: (1)

Sketchbook. A sketchbook, compiled by Katherine Wilkinson Hedger, 1828 - c.1841, 1st leaf signed and dated January 1st 1828, with ink manuscript throughout in neat hands, comprising items in verse including 'The Devonshire Lane' by Shaw 1828, within decorative pen & ink border, interspersed with drawings and sketches (many mounted, few loosely inserted, several with tissue guards) comprising: 14 pencil sketches, including 'Near Whitby' by Mary, 1828, the tomb of Andre Massena in Paris, the monument to Salomon Gessner in Zurich, Plas-y-Bridell in Wales, Cowper's summer house at Olney (discoloured), and other landscapes, maritime scenes and animals; 9 pen & ink sketches including 3 satirical scenes, Stationers Barge by HWS (pen & wash), Chapelle de Guillaume-Tell at Kussnacht (minor mark at head); a depiction of the Temple of Asclepius, Pompeii in gouache, and a Chinese Lady in gouache on a leaf skeleton; 7 watercolours including Two female Chinese musicians, a Chinese man, a butterfly on a flower, Ansford Church, The Itmad-Ud-Daulah's tomb in Agra, India, and 2 botanical illustrations; a classical moonlit scene in grisaille; a pith painting (lightly spotted, 2 splits at head) depicting a Chinese riverside scene with pagoda and boats, with a few pressed flowers or leaves loosely inserted, 2 pages with small engraved scenes adhered, front pastedown with booksellers ticket 'Sold by Duffield, 12 Milsom Street, Bath', cover detached from book at front hinge, original dark blue morocco gilt, rubbed with a little wear to extremities, small 4toQty: (1)NOTESOther poem titles include: True Happiness, Home, Silence, The City, The Tear, The Butterfly, A Comparison, Farewell, A Serenade, The Last Rose of Winter, My Father at the Helm, The Fairies Invitation to their Favourite Haunt, To my Sisters, To the Flower 'Forget Me Not'.

* Thorburn (Archibald, 1860 -1935). Six plates from Archibald Grimble's 'Highland Sport...', 'Eagle and Grouse', 'Cruachan and the Ten Pointer', 'Rabbit Isle', The Birth-Place of the Fifty-Four Pounder', 'Long Odds on the Blackcock' [and] 'A West Coast Scene', [1894], six uncoloured photogravure plates, image size of each approximately 300 x 450 mm, uniformly framed and glazed with Malcolm Innes Gallery labels to verso of frames, together with five colour reproduction prints after J. C. Harrison. Richard Robjent and Philip Rickman, all signed in pencil by the artists, with another 30 prints and lithographs after Thorburn, Keulemans, Meyer, Waterhouse Hawkins and Greene, plus four lithographs of antelope after J. Wolf, mostly mounted, various sizes and condition, and a small Edwardian scrapbook containing manuscript annotations, drawings and photographs, 8voQty: (46)

Sabundus (Raimundus). Theologia naturalis, sive liber creaturarum specialiter de homine et de natura eius inquantum homo. Et de his quae sunt ei necessaria ad conoscendum seipsum et deum, et omne debitum ad quod homo tenetur et obligatur tam deo quam primo, Strassburg: Martin Flach, 7 February 1501, 162 leaves, signatures [pi]6 a8 b-y6 z8 zeta6 antisigma8, text in double column, 50 lines and headline, gothic types, printed guide letters, contents toned, small intercolumnar worm-track throughout, frequently touching text to loss of a letter from quire h, similar worm-tracks in right-hand column of leaves pi1-3 and quires z-antisigma and in fore margins from signature s5 occasionally touching side-notes, tide-marks to head of gutter in quire f, upper fore corners of quires i-l and t, and fore margin of quire antisigma (with shallow area of loss to final leaf not affecting text), tide-mark touching text in signature antisigma 1, contemporary marginalia to t1 verso, t3 and x5 recto, and y4 recto and verso, free endpapers excised, contemporary manuscript catch-title to top edge, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin, top spine compartment restored in vellum, folio (28.2 x 20 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Adam Haussman (ownership inscriptions dated 1516 to front pastedowns); Couvent Notre-Dame de Nazareth des pénitents réformés du tiers-ordre de Saint-François, Paris (ink-stamp 'Conv. Nazar' and inscriptions to title-page and second leaf) VD16 R 173; this edition not in Adams (Koberger's 1502 edition being the earliest there listed). Rare post-incunable edition of the first work of natural theology to be named as such, first printed c.1484/5 (see Blum, Studies on Early Modern Aristotelianism , p. 92). An important elaboration of the 'book of nature' metaphor, the work was an influence on Montaigne, whose French translation appeared in 1569. Raimundus Sabundus, also Ramon Sibiuda (d.1436), was a Catalan Franciscan scholar who taught medicine, philosophy and theology at the university of Toulouse, where during the 1430s he held the position of rector.

Duns Scotus (John). Primus [-Quartus] scripti Oxoniensis super sententias [-Questiones quolibetales], 5 parts in 2 volumes, Venice: Andrea Torresani for Simone da Lovere, 28 July, 1506, signatures a-x8, 2a-2m8 2n2, 3a-3i8 3k2, 4a-4x8 4y6, A-G8 H-I6 (I6=blank) only, gothic letter, text in double column, 66 lines and headline, woodcut initials and diagrams, variable toning, occasional spotting and browning, a few old marks and stains, a few contemporary underlines and marginalia including polychromatic inscription to a2v and detailed annotaions to 4k5 and 4t8, marginal worming to outer leaves (affecting text in mm8-nn2 only) and head of gutter in quire C, part 3 title-leaf (3a1) loose, closed tears in 4r1 and 4v6 extending into text (attempted repair to the first), vellum manuscript leaves used as pastedowns, contemporary Italian blind-tooled ?sheep over wooden boards, rebacked in vellum at an early date, retaining 2 single brass clasps and one catch with corresponding clasp, worn, folio (31.2 x 21.8 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESProvenance: 1) Franciscans of San Nicola, Sulmona, Italy (old inscriptions to a3 and 3a2). 2) Acquired by the English Franciscans in 1923. 3) Sotheby's, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts and Continental and Russian Books, 3 July 2018, lot 120 (sold as 'Property of the Order of Friars Minor Charitable Trust'). Adams D1112 ( Questiones quolibetales ) & D1121 ( Super sententias ). Questiones quolibetales is complete, but the four parts of Super sententias are each bound with the main text and table only, and the remaining text (presumably the commentary, by Irish theologian Maurice O'Fihely) discarded, apparently as often. The printer, Andrea Torresani, was the father-in-law of Aldus Manutius.

Nider (Johannes). Consolatorium timorate conscientie, [Paris]: Jean Petit, c.1503-18, [104] leaves, signatures a-n8, gothic letter, 32 lines and headline, printer's large woodcut device to title-page, old manuscript foliation, toning, leaves a1-2 slightly soiled and with early inscriptions, a few other light marks, early vellum manuscript waste used as initial and terminal blanks, modern limp vellum, yapp edges, front cover sprung, square 8vo (13.9 x 9 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 1) John Lawson (1932-2019), bookseller; 2) By descent. Not in Adams (the earliest edition there cited being 1532). Jean Petit printed three editions, circa 1503, 1509, and 1518, distinguishable by the state of his device on the title-page (see Moreau, Inventaire chronologique des éditions parisiennes du XVIe siècle , I 111:104, I 332:145 and II 495:1908). Johannes Nider (c.1380-1438), was a German theologian and an important early writer on witchcraft. His Consolatorium timorate conscientie was first printed c.1470 in Cologne.

[Abravanel, Judah]. Dialoghi di amore, di Leone Hebreo medico. Di nuovo corretti; et ristampati, Venice: Domenico Giglio, 1558, worming in gutter (affecting text in quires B, E-F, I-K and 2H), 2H7-8 blank, manuscript catch-title to bottom edge, contemporary limp vellum, ties perished, soiled, 8vo (15.4 x 10.2 cm), together with: [Branteghem, Willem van]. Jesu Christi vita, juxta quatuor Evangelistarum enarrationes, artificio graphices perquam eleganter picta, una com totius anni Evangeliis ac Epistolis, 2nd edition, Antwerp: Matthew Crom, 1541, woodcut title border, half-page woodcut vignettes throughout the text, light browning, fore edges of front free endpaper, A1-2 and G3 repaired or strengthened, spine guarded with contemporary vellum manuscript fragments, contemporary limp vellum, ties perished, 8vo (15.6 x 9.5 cm), Staphylus (Friedrich). Theologiae Lutheranae trimembris epitome, 1st edition, Antwerp: Jan Verwithagen, 1558, woodcut title device, old ownership inscription 'J. F. Vandevelde, Lovanii', bookplate to front pastedown, 20th-century collector's ink-stamps to front pastedown and free endpaper, c.1700 marbled calf, rebacked, worn, 8vo (13.7 x 8.3 cm), Irenaeus (Saint). Contra haereses, Paris: Vivant Gaultherot, 1545, worming (often affecting text), front inner hinge cracked, contemporary blind-tooled ?deerskin, 8vo (16.6 x 10.6 cm)Qty: (4)NOTESAdams A63, B1825, S1641, I152. Abravanel's Dialoghi di Amore is considered a key work in the transition from medieval to Renaissance Jewish philosophy; first published at Rome in 1535 (in Italian), it was widely translated and read throughout Europe.

Dolce (Lodovico). Delle osservationi ... Libri IIII. Di nvovo da lvi medesimo ricorrette, & ampliate, & con le postille, Venice: Domenico Farri, 1566, printer's woodcut device to title, early signatures to front free-endpaper, title in manuscript to lower edge of text block, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, 8vo, together with: Ruscelli (Girolamo) , Del modo di comporre in versi nella lingua Italiana. Nel quale va compreso un rimario. Nuouamente ristampato, Venice: appresso G. B. Sessa & fratelli, 1582, printer's woodcut device to title, leaf X8 near detached, erratic pagination, some dampstaining, lacking free-endpapers, title in manuscript to lower edge of text block, contemporary limp vellum, lower outer corner of upper board torn away and torn at head & foot of spine, with old repair at foot of spine, some splits & wear to spine, joints and extremities, lacking ties, 8vo, Doni (Anton Francesco) , La zucca del Doni fiorentino. Divisa in cinque libri di gran valore, sotto titolo di poca consideratione ... Espurgata, corr., riformata ... da Ieronimo Gioannini da Capugnano Bolognese, Venice: appresso Daniel Bissuccio, 1607, printer's woodcut device to title with manuscript numerals at foot and scratched out signature (few worm holes lower left corner), woodcut decorative initials, occasional spotting and light dampstains, early 19th century quarter sheep, paper label at foot of spine, joints a little cracked at head & foot, rubbed, 8voQty: (3)

Fale (Thomas). Horologiographia. The Art of Dialling: teaching, an easie and perfect way to make all kinds of Dials upon any plaine plat howsoever placed. With the drawing of the twelve Signes, and houres unequall in them all. Whereunto is annexed the making and use of other Dials and Instruments, whereby the houre of the day and night is knowne: of speciall use and delight, not only for Students of the Arts Mathematicall, but also for divers Artificers, Architects, Surveyours of buildings, free-Masons and others, London, Imprinted by Felix Kyngston, 1633, [4], 60 [16] leaves, foliated, woodcut illustration of a dial to title page, woodcut initials, and numerous large woodcut diagrams and illustrations throughout (by Jodocus Hondius), pale browning to upper blank margins of title and several preliminary leaves, extensive near-contemporary manuscript notes and diagrams in brown ink to front endpaper, verso of final leaf of text, rear endpaper and inside covers, contemporary limp vellum, some soiling and darkening to spine and outer edges, with indistinct manuscript annotations to upper cover, and ownership initials 'IG' to centre of upper cover, with upper portion of the upper cover now missing (probably rodent-gnawed), small 4toQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: C. E. Kenney, Esq., F.S.A., F.R.I.C.S.; his sale, Sotheby's Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection, The Property of C. E. Kenney, Third Portion, Science and Surveying A to G, Monday 28th March, 1966, to Thorpe; John Lawson (1932-2019), bookseller. STC 10681 (3 copies in the U.S. and 5 elsewhere). Fourth edition of the earliest English treatise on dialling, or the design of sundials, and the author's only known publication. First published in 1593, it was reissued by Felix Kyngston in 1626, 1627, 1633 and 1652. The last 16 leaves comprise a table of sines, and was the first trigonometrical table to be printed in England. The author identifies Hondius as the engraver of the diagrams in his dedication to Thomas Osborne 'one M. Iod Hondius, who hath shewed himselfe an excellent workeman in the great Globes set forth by M. Mullineux, and the Maps of England for M. Camdens booke'. The extensive and highly technical annotations at the front and rear of the volume provide examples of how to make a variety of sundials, as well as a description of a visit to a clock maker in Bankside, London, on August 6th 1657: "Aug. 6th 1657 was at Mr Ahasuerus Foremantle at ye Bankside, & saw an exelent clock that he bin studying and making, at tymes tweenty yeers and stood him in 200 LL,: & it went with springs: & turned upon a spindle like a windmill it was about 13 inches square & 30 inches high: one the foreface it had a hand to point the houer going round in 12 houres & upon the same center went another hand about in one hower shewing the minuts. and right under the center of the hand was a motion that went about once a yeer rasing the 12 signes with a litle pointer fixed to the center of the hand; which shewed in what sine & deg the [sun] was in each day in the yeer...". A pencil transcription of this text (on the rear inside cover) accompanies the volume.

Ussher (James). Britannicarum Ecclesiarum Antiquitates, 1st edition, Dublin: ex officina Typographica Societatis Bibliopolarum, 1639, decorative woodcut on title and signature 'Pepys' at head, early ownership inscription to front free endpaper 'Liber Ed: Welchman Lapworthiensis', manuscript notes to rear free endpaper, contemporary calf, vertical crack to middle of spine, head of spine torn with slight loss, light wear to joints, 4toQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 1) John Lawson (1932-2019), bookseller; 2) By descent. ESTC S119082; STC 24548a. Quires 3B and 3M appeared in two settings: 3B1r catchword is (1) "sa" as in this copy, or (2) "evagari"; 3M1r line 1 begins (1) "ranarum" as in this copy, or (2) "ranar?". Leaf 6R4 is cancelled. Includes an undated letter from Dr Richard Luckett, Pepys Librarian & Keeper of the Old Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, to John Lawson discussing the signature 'Pepys' to the tiltle page. The view taken was that the signature was unfortunately not characteristic of the diarist & and naval administrator Samuel Pepys (1633–1703) and that the shelf marks had no Pepysian significance. In his view and that of the Assistant Librarian Robert Latham the binding was also not 'remotely like anything he had done'.

Carew (Thomas). Poems, with a Maske ... The third edition revised and enlarged [ ... Coelum Britannicum. A Maske], London: printed for H[umphrey] M[oseley] and are to be sold by J. Martin, 1651, in 2 parts, with separate dated title-page to Coelum Britannicum, bound with: Davenant (Sir William) . Gondibert: an Heroick Poem, London: printed for John Holden, and are to be sold at his shop, 1651, woodcut title-device, type-ornament headpieces, 2 works in 1 volume, comb-marbled pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary mottled calf for John Evelyn, spine with red morocco label to second compartment, alternate compartments gilt with gryphon passant motif or Evelyn's wreathed cipher, covers gilt with concentric French fillets enclosing Evelyn's cipher to corners and gryphon motif to centre, spine expertly consolidated at head and foot, partial loss to cipher in bottom compartment through action of mottling acid (now stabilised), front joint superficially cracked but firm, 8voQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 1) John Evelyn (1620-1706) (armorial binding; inked manuscript press-marks 'Euterpe 17' and 'L. 51' to initial binder's blank, both lightly deleted). 2) The Evelyn Library Part I, Christie, Manson & Woods, 23 June 1977, lot 300 ('JE' monogram bookplate to front pastedown); sold to Bernard Quaritch for £900. 3) Robert S. Pirie (1934-2015), acquired from Quaritch in 1982; his sale, Sotheby's New York, 2-4 December 2015, lot 364 (bookplate to front free endpaper). 4) John Lawson (1932-2019), bookseller. 5) Thence by descent. ESTC R21803 & R15933; Grolier Wither to Prior 143 & 246 ; Pforzheimer 129 (Carew); Wing C565 & D326; cf. Pforzheimer 232 for the first edition of Davenant's work. The third edition of Carew's work is noted for containing 'the first appearance of the three poems added, apparently at the last moment, at the end' (Pforzheimer): 'To his Mistris', 'In Praise of his Mistris', and 'To Celia, upon Love's Ubiquity'. This copy is of the second issue, with a cancel title-page containing Martin's name in the imprint; Pforzheimer had not seen a copy of the first issue. This is the second edition of Gondibert , which was first printed in quarto earlier the same year.

Lovelace (Richard). [Lucasta. Posthume Poems, 1st edition, London: William Godbid for Clement Darby, 1659], 2 parts in 1 volume, lacking frontispiece and title-page (supplied in photocopy facsimile), with divisional title-page to Elegies Sacred to the Memory of the Author, additional engraved allegorical frontispiece by Faithorne after Lely on verso of H6 facing title of Elegies, woodcut headpieces and initial, ownership signature E. Jephson to upper blank margin of B1 (deleted), inner hinges cracked, contemporary sheep, neatly repaired at head and foot of spine, small 8voQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Apsley Cherry-Garrard (his sale, Sotheby's, 5 June 1961, lot 167, sold to Pickering and Chatto), with related manuscript notes mounted to rear pastedown; 2) Brett-Smith Library, Sotheby's, 2004; 3) Christopher Rowe (d.2015), with bookplate). Grolier, Wither to Prior 529; Hayward 98; Wing L3241.

Wither (George). An Improvement of Imprisonment, Disgrace, Poverty, into Real Freedom; Honest Reputation; Perdurable Riches; Evidenced in a few Crums & Srcaps [sic] lately found in a Prisoners-Basket at Newgate; and saved together, by a Visitant of Oppressed Prisoners, for the refreshing of himself and those who are either in a worse Prison, or (who loathing the dainties of the Flesh) hunger and thirst after Righteousness, 1st edition, Printed in the Year, 1661, 124 pages, title within woodcut border, woodcut head-pieces, errata leaf at end, very minor intermittent wormhole to lower margins (unobtrusive and generally not affecting any text), light browning to foot of Q1 verso, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, late 19th century sprinkled full calf gilt (by Riviere), 8voQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Christie Miller (pencil note to front endpaper) 'C. & P. 12 Jan. 1875 to C.-M. Bound by Riviere 8/-'. Britwell Court, sold at Sotheby's 11th or 19th April 1924, lot 845; Fairfax of Cameron, with large armorial bookplate to front pastedown; Robert S. Pirie, with his bookplate to front endpaper. Wing W3163; Grolier 1066; Huth 8149; Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica 816. The turbulent career of George Wither (1588-1667) reflects the upheavals in English history during the Jacobean, Caroline and Commonwealth periods. Imprisoned on several occasions for perceived libel, Wither became an outspoken supporter of Cromwell and the protectorate. In the last days of the Commonwealth, Wither had resided at Hambledon in Hampshire, but returned to London during the summer of 1660, where his papers were searched and the unpublished verse manuscript Vox Vulgi discovered, in which he criticised the reactionary temper of the House of Commons. He was arrested in August 1660, and committed to Newgate Prison, where he remained for three years. The present work was written and published during this period, and includes the author's own poetical accounts of what had befallen him, and pleas of innocence. According to Aubrey's Brief Lives, Wither owed his life to the intervention of Sir John Denham, after he was captured by Royalist forces in 1642. Denham apparently stated that "Whilest G. W. lived, he [Sir John Denham] should not be the worst poet in England".

Lyndwood (William). Provinciale, (seu Constitutiones Angliae,)... Cui adjiciuntur Constitutiones Legatinae D. Othonis, et D. Othoboni, Cardinalium & sedis Apostolicae in Anglia Legatorum... 2 parts in one, Oxford: H. Hall, 1679, text in double column, G3 in second part torn with small loss (piece retained), small burnhole to E3 of first part, occasional underlining and marginalia, manuscript shelf number to title, some light spotting and soiling, engraved allegorical bookplate of King George I by John Pine to front pastedown, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, some worming and edge wear, folioQty: (1)NOTESWing L3565.

[Hale, Thomas]. Mill’d Lead. Demonstrated to be a better and more Durable Covering for Buildings, &c. and above 20 per Cent. cheaper than Cast-Lead can be; supposing that to be 16s. and this but 13s a Hundred.. And also for Seating Ships against Worm, better, and above Cent. per Cent. cheaper than the ordinariest Wood Sheathing can be, 1st edition, London, 1695, 4pp. (2 separated sheets), caption title, few early manuscript annotations, colophon ‘London: Printed November 20, 1695’, some browning and spotting, close-trimmed at head, inside blank margin trimmed for folding, disbound folio,Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: John Lawson (1932-2019), bookseller. Wing H265B; ESTC R233603. Three UK locations (British Library, Cambridge University Library & Senate House, London).

* [Carey, Henry, 1687-1743]. Sally rival'd by Country Molly, circa 1720, single sheet engraved broadside ballad on laid paper, sheet size 34 x 21.5 cm (13.4 x 8.5 ins), with contemporary manuscript song to verso in brown ink entitled The Lass of the Mill, consisting of 9 verses, each of 3 lines, some minor marks and a slight fraying to left margin where previously stitched, some show-through to the printed side, together with: D'Urfey (Thomas, 1653-1723). The Coquet New Moulded, A new Song the words by Mr Durfey, circa 1720, single sheet engraved broadside ballad, with contemporary manuscript ballad to verso in brown ink, entitled A Dialogue between Winter and Summer, sheet size 34 x 21 cm (13.4 x 8.25 ins), plus: Handel (George Frederick, 1685-1759), A Favourite Song in the Opera of Thes[e]us, circa 1720, 2 conjoined leaves of engraved music with words, with further manuscript verse for the manuscript song A Dialogue between Winter and Summer to verso, sheet size 32.5 x 20.75 (12.79 x 8.25 ins)Qty: (3)NOTESProvenance: John Lawson (1923-2019), bookseller. With accompanying letters relating to the songsheets from W.H. Kelliher, curator of manuscripts, British Library, to John Lawson, dated 6th March 1993 (typewritten on headed paper), and from Robert Spencer to John Lawson, dated 22 February 1996 (handwritten on headed paper).

Galilei (Galileo). Opere ... divise in quattro tomi in questa nuova edizione accresciute di molte cose inedite, 4 volumes, Padua: Giovanni Manfrè, 1744, printer's woodcut device to titles, first title in red and black, folding engraved plate in volume 1 torn out and with closed tear, table in volume 2, numerous woodcut diagrams, woodcut initials and head-pieces, lacking portrait plate, titles of volumes 1, 2 & 4 and verso of contents leaf in volume 3 with scribbled out ink inscriptions to verso with show-through to recto, initial 15 leaves at front of volume 1 with worm trail and worm hole, dampstaining to volume 2, title to volume 3 also with manuscript imprint date written in magenta/pink ink, initial 4 leaves in volume 3 also with slight worm trail and hole, Contemporary vellum, 4toQty: (4)NOTESCinti 176; Riccardi I, 522. Second 18th-century edition containing, as stated on the title, several hitherto unpublished works, including his Trattato del modo di misurare con la vista (pp.592-602 in volume one).

Robinson (Mary). Vancenza, or, the Dangers of Credulity, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, Printed for the authoress and sold by Mr. Bell, 1792, 3rd edition, Printed for the authoress and sold by Mr. Bell, 1792, half-titles, hand-cut contemporary silhouette [of German-Baltic poet Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, 1751-1792] pasted to second flyleaf verso of volume 2 and slightly offset to facing half-title, 2 pages of advertisements at rear of volume 2 but lacking final blank, old manuscript book tickets to both front pastedowns, contemporary calf gilt with Etruscan-style panels and red spine labels, rubbed and slightly stained, 8voQty: (2)NOTESMary Robinson was the first public mistress of King George IV when he was Prince of Wales, but equally recognised as an actress, poet, dramatist, novelist and champion of the rights of women. The 'gothic' novel Vancenza was an instant sensation, the first edition of 1792 selling out within a day, the ensuing two editions also selling out within the same month.

[Austen, Jane]. Sense and Sensibility. A Novel. In Three Volumes. By a Lady. volumes 1-2 of 3 only, London: printed for the author, and published by T. Egerton, 1811, lacking half-titles, final blanks, volume 1 title-page (replaced with a title-page from volume 2 or 3, the extra numeral(s) effaced), and volume 2 text-leaf B12 (replaced with a leaf of manuscript, probably 19th century, now loose), spotting and browning, volume 1 with a few chips and losses to lower margins, old paper-reinforcement to a few leaves of quire B, M10 torn with loss of text, N10 repaired in lower margin just touching catch-word verso, P3 (final text-leaf) lower margin extended, volume 2 with quires A-B near-loose (just held by cords), marginal repairs to B1-2, a few similar marginal chips, hole in I4 affecting a few letters, bookplate of the Royal Calverley Library, Tunbridge Wells to front pastedown of volume 2, near-contemporary half calf, rubbed and worn, volume 1 front board detached, 12mo (16.2 x 9.8 cm), Pride and Prejudice: a Novel. In three volumes. By the Author of "Sense and Sensibility". volume 2 of 3 only, 1st edition, London: for T. Egerton, 1813, retaining half-title, lacking text-leaves B1 and F1, spotting and toning, neat closed transverse tears in B9-10 extending into text, contemporary ownership inscription 'Miss Jane L. MacDonald, London, Jun 1817' to title-page (repeated to half-title verso), 19th-century cloth, sunned, 12mo (17.2 x 9.8 cm)Qty: (3)NOTESGilson A1 & A3; Keynes 1 & 3.

Hutchinson (William). The History of the County of Cumberland, and Some Places Adjacent, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Carlisle: printed by F. Jollie, 1794, 2 engraved additional title-pages, 57 engraved plates and plans (several folding), engraved vignettes throughout the text, including plate 'North East View of the City of Carlisle' and mounted vignette 'A View from the High Ground a little to the East of Heraby' either side of pp. 585/6 (the plate apparently not accounted for in Upcott, the vignette intended to replace the vignette on p.585 sometimes 'worn faint in printing'), 3 leaves of tables (one folding), volume 1 quire H irregularly signed and paginated, offsetting, occasional light spotting, one folding plan (Whitehaven) abraded along fold and with repairs, contemporary bookseller's tickets (Rowe & Waller) to front free endpapers, contemporary tan calf gilt, rebacked with original spines laid down, 4to (27.6 x 21.5 cm), together with: Young (Arthur). Travels during the Years 1787, 1788, and 1789; undertaken more particularly with a View of Ascertaining the Cultivation, Wealth, Resources, and National Prosperity of the Kingdom of France, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London [-Bury St Edmunds]: for W. Richardson, 1794, viii 629 [3], [2] 336 [4] pp., 3 engraved folding maps (1 hand-coloured), half-title to volume 2, maps browned, occasional spotting, bottom edges untrimmed, 20th-century half calf for Bumpus, 4to (29.4 x 22.2 cm), White (Gilbert). The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne ... New Edition, with Engravings, London: for White, Cochrane, and Co. [and others], 1813, pp. x 587 [1], half-title, engraved folding map frontispiece, additional vignette title, 8 engraved plates (one hand-coloured), a few marks and marginal repairs, occasional marginalia (once on pasted slip), bookplate (Samuel Henshaw), manuscript pen-and-ink sketch map to front pastedown, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, contemporary boards, rebacked and recornered, 4to (26.6 x 19.4 cm), and 1 other (Shrubsole, The History and Antiquities of Rochester, 1st edition, 1772, not collated)Qty: (6)NOTESESTC T139564 (Hutchinson), T78081 (Young); Freeman 3976.2 (White); Kress B.2872 (Young); Upcott I pp. 108-113 (Hutchinson).

* Renaissance hand stamp. A treen ex libris hand stamp, [Italy], late 16th century, the oval stamp carved with initials M.M., the design incorporating a six-pointed star and tree atop a mountain cushioned in a crescent moon, the turned handle with geometric decoration, some chipping, rich patina, the top with a printed paper label for the Rosenheim Collection with illegible manuscript collection number, 85 mm highQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 1) The collection of Max and Maurice Rosenheim; 2) Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London. The identity of the collector M.M. is unknown. The heraldic charge of the Monte is unknown outside Italy, and with the crescent moon perhaps forms a rebus such as Monteluna.

Cedulas expedidas por el Consejo de Indias y el extraordinario de Temporalidades para varios asuntos, a sammelband of 68 manuscript and printed items bound as one, mostly printed in Madrid, 1737-1790, two items signed ‘Yo El Rey’, contemporary calf with leather spine label, 4to (32 x 22.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESFrom the collection of Pedro Aparicio, with his initials on the spine. 68 Royal Decrees, (53 printed and 15 manuscript), relating to the governing of Spanish overseas territories, preceded by a manuscript index. A full list is available on request, (all published items printed in Madrid unless otherwise stated). The collection includes: 1. [Manuscript:] Apuntes... todos los caudales procedentes de vacantes de Arzobispos... entren en poder de oficiales reales, 1737, 1 leaf 2. [Manuscript:] El Rey... sobre Polizones y Llovidos en Cartagena de Indias, 1739, 5 leaves 3. [Manuscript:] El Rey.... Cayetano Diaz nombrado para que sirva los Auverencias y enfermidades de los dos Alguaziles de número del Consejo de Indias…, 1744, 2 leaves 8. [Manuscript:] El Rey... abuso de embarcarse Polizones o Llivodos en los Navios que salen para las Reynos de America, 1758, 4 leaves 10. [Manuscript:] El Rey... da regla a las cantidades de dinero pagados a los dueños y maestros de navios…, 1767, 3 leaves 13. El Rey... Governadores de Indias... en quanto al modo de extraher el Sagrado à los Delinquentes, SAN ILDEFONSO, 1768, [3] pp., signed ‘ Yo El Rey ’ and countersigned by Thomas de Mello 14. Real Cedula. Se crean Juntas Provinciales y Municipales, para entender en la Venta de bienes ocupados á los Regulares de la Compañía [Jesuits], 1769, 18 pp. 19. El Rey. Governadores de Indias sobre los crecidos atrasos qu hay en paga de los derechos de Lanza y Medias Annatas de los Titulos de Castilla residentes en aquellos Reynos, 1773, [5] pp. 22. El Rey. La forma en que se deben satisfacer en los Reynos de las Indias las Mercedes, ó Pensiones que estubieren hechas…, 1776, [5] pp. 24. Real Cedula. Se extiende el Comercio-Libre de los puertos habilitados de España, é Islas de Mallorca y Canarias à Buenos Aires…, 1778, [15] pp. 26. El Rey. Virreyes de Indias y Philipinas.... para que se publique, y tenga efecto la Ereccion del Banco Nacional de San Carlos, 1782, 31 pp., signed ‘ Yo El Rey ’ 32. El Rey. En los Reynos de las Indias y Islas Filipinas tenga efecto la habilitacion concedida á los Regulares e la Compañia, para el goce de los bienes que les pertenezcan, 1784, [7] pp. 34. El Rey. Sobre los casos en que los Eclesiásticos de Indias y Filipinas deben pagar derechos de los frutos de sus propias haciendas, 1785, [7] pp., signed for the king by Manuel Nestares 36. Real Cedula. Se conceden varias gracias... en beneficio de todos los vecinos de la Isla Española de Santo Domingo para el fomento de Agricultura, Industria y Comercio, 1786, 13 pp. 39. El Rey. Sobre lo que se debe observarse in Indias en quanto á la extraccion y destino de los Reos que se refugian á Sagrado, 1787, [7] pp. 40. El Rey. Gobiernos Politicos de Indias den... cuenta de adelantamientos espirituales que tengan las Misiones…, 1787, [3] pp. 41. El Rey. Para que los Jueces Eclesiásticos de Indias solo entiendan en las causas de divorcio, sin mezclarse con pretexto alguno en las temporales sobre alimentos, litis-expensas, ó restitucion de Dotes, 1787, [3] pp. 51. El Rey. En Indias y Filipinas se observe los resuelto sobre el delito de Poligamia…, 1788, [7] pp., signed for the king by Manuel Nestares 52. El Rey. En Indias, Filipinas y Barlovento se divide en lo succesivo la parte de los Comisos que corresponde al Juez entre el que aprehenda, y principie la causa, y el que la sentencie, 1788, [3] pp., signed for the king by Manuel Nestares 53. El Rey. En Indias y Filipinas se tenga noticia del Breve en que Su Santidad concede la gracia al Comisario general de la Orden de San Francisco…, 1788, [3] pp., signed for the king by Manuel Nestares 55. El Rey. Virreyes de Indias informen acerca de si podrá seguirse algun perjuicio de que los Vice Comisarios de Tierra Santa nombran Subdelegados para los Lugares donde hubiese Conventos de su Religion de San Francisco, 1788, [3] pp., signed for the king by Manuel Nestares 56. El Rey. En Indias y Filipinas tenga efecto la habilitacion concedida á los Regulares de la extinguida Compañia…,1788, [5] pp., signed for the king by Manuel Nestares 59. El Rey. En Indias, Filipinas y Barlovento se observe la Ley que el conocimiento de las demandas de principales y réditos de Capellanes y Obras pias corresponde á las Justicias Reales, 1789, [7] pp., signed for the king by Manuel Nestares 64. El Rey. En Indias y Filipinas se publiquen y observaen el Breve de Su Santidad... se prohibe y manda recoger el libelo intitulado Segunda Memoria Católica , [37] pp., parallel text in Latin and Spanish, signed for the king by Manuel Nestares 67. El Rey. Para que se observe la Ley formada por la Junta de nuevo Código de las Indias, sobre nombramiento de Provisores de los Arzobispos de América é Filipinas, 1790, [3] pp., signed for the king by Manuel Nestares

Reglamentos y Providencias expedidos por los Virreyes de la America sobre Rentas y otros objetos. A sammelband of 21 items including one manuscript, 1753-1787, contemporary calf with leather spine label, spine split, 4to (31 x 22 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESFrom the collection of Pedro Aparicio, with his initials on the spine. 21 Royal decrees, all but one printed, relating to the governing of Spanish overseas territories, preceded by a manuscript index. Short-title list: 1. Obligaciones de la Plaza de Santiago de Cuba, Mexico: 1753, 5 pp. , s igned by the Conde de Rivilla Gigedo. 2. Obligaciones del Presidio de San Augustin de la Florida, Mexico: 1753, 17 pp. 3. Reglamento para la Guarnicion de la Plaza de Valdivia, Lima: 1753, 13 pp. 4. Reglamento… Plazas de la Frontera de la Concepcion, Valparaiso y Chiloe del Reyno de Chile, y de las Islas Juan Fernandez. Lima: 1753, 12 pp. 5. Ordenanzas de la Compañia de Comercio... Ciudad de Manila, Manila: 1755, 6 leaves. 6. Ordenanza… en la Capital de Manila en el recivo, estancia y tornabuelta de los sangleyes infieles que del Reyno de China vengan a comerciar, Manila: 1756, 11 pp. 7. Maestros de Navios.... (sobre) Empleos, y los Marineros, y Passageros…, Cadiz: [c.1755], 8 pp. 8. Capitanes… y Oficiales de Navios que se apromptarem para navegar a la America... (sobre) el embarque de Polizones y Llovidos, Cadiz: 1758, 4 pp. 9. La Labor de Monedas de Oro y Plata que se fabrican en la Real Casa de Lima, (n.p.:) Imprenta de los Niños Huerphanos, 1759, (vi), 84 pp; Indice, (v). 10. Ordenanzas de la Real Renta de la Polvora... Reyno de Nueva España, Mexico: 1777, 40 pp. 11. Instruccion Provincial. Para que el Ramo de Cruzada se administre de cuenta de la Real Hacienda…, Mexico: 1777, [4] pp. 12. Reglamento formado para el Cuerpo de Invalidos de Nueva España, Mexico: 1774, 19 pp ., pages remargined. 13. Reglamento para el Prest, Vestuario, Gratificaciones, Hospitalidad, Recluta, Disciplina y total Govierno de la Tropa que debe guarnecer el Presidio de la N.S. del Carmen de la Isla de Tris en la Laguna de Término, Mexico: 1774, 32 pp. 14. Instruccion para el govierno de la Guarnicion del Presidio del Carmen…, Mexico: 1774, 23 pp. 15. Instruccion y Metodo con que se ha de establecer el Hospital para la Tropa de la Guarnicion del Presidio de N.S. del Carmen…, Mexico: 1774, 15 pp. 16. Instruccion para el mejor arreglo...del Papel Sellado de cuyo ramo Juez Privativo, NUEVA GUATEMALA de la Asuncion: 1779, 13 pp. 17. [Manuscript:] Instruccion...Tenientes de la Isla de Sumaco y Provincias de Barbacoas, Isguande, el Raposo, Novuta y Citara... para Visitas y reconocimientos de las Embarcaciones…, SANTA FE de Bogota, 1780, 6 pp., signed ‘ Juan Gutierrez de Piñeres ’ . 18. Instruccion sobre las Precauciones, que deben observarse en la practica de la inoculacion de las Viruelas, Santa Fe de Bogota, 1783, [ 4 ] pp. 19. (sobre:) La escasez de maizes... á causa de haberse retrasado mas de lo ordinario... la estación de las aguas…, Mexico: 1785, [5] pp. 20. Instruccion General para los Capitanes y Tenientes de Partido, Havana: 1786, 56 pp ., 2 folding tables , 8vo 21. Bentura BELEÑA, Eusebio: Recopilacion Sumaria de todos los Autos Acordados de la Real Audiencia y Sala del Crimen de esta Nueva España, Mexico: 1787, t itle - page + x pp. Introduction only, to the full work of 2 volumes

Papeles Varios . An important sammelband of 58 Royal Ordinances and Decrees relating to the administration of Spanish overseas territories in Latin America, Central America, Cuba, West Indies and Mexico, bound as one volume, 1753-1779, 577 pp., includes one item (29) on slavery signed ‘Yo El Rey’, and 2 manuscript items (33 & 44), manuscript index, marbled edges, contemporary vellum, lettered on spine, 4to (30 x 21 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESA full short-title list is available on request. The collection includes: 1. Reglamento para las Milicias de Infanteria, y Caballeria de la Isla de Cuba, 1769, 37 pp ., 13 tables (one folding) 2. Real Declaración sobre Puntos esenciales del Reglamento para las Milicias ... de la Isla de Cuba, 1771, [6] pp. 3. Adición… Milicias de la Isla de Cuba hecha para el particular govierno de las de la Provincia de Panama, 1773, 3 pp., 12 tables 4. Adición… Milicias de la Isla de Cuba hecha para el particular govierno de Puerto Rico, 1760, 6 pp., 3 tables 5. Reglamento de los Goces mensuales... Individuos del Batallón fixo de Santo Domingo, 1771, [4] pp. 6. Reglamento para la Tropa de Infanteria veterana fixa en la provincia de Yucatán y Campeche, 1778, [15] pp. 7. Relación de las Clases y numero de las Plazas... en la Gobernación de Caracas, 1778, [6] pp. 8. Reglamento del Haber Mensual.... Infanteria empleados en Cartagena de Indias, 1778, [6] pp. 9. Reglamento para las Milicias... de la Provincia de Yucatán y Campeche, 1778, 34 ff. 10. Metodo, que debera observarse en los distintos Destinos de las Americas... Cuerpo General de Artilleria, 1778, 4 pp. 13. Real Declaracion... sobre el metodo... debe cumplirse en los Dominios de América... en el Reglamento del Monte Pío Militar, 1773, 21 pp. 14. Tarifa que señala las Pensiones con que asistirá en América á las Familias de los Individuos comprehendidos en los beneficios del Monte Pío Militar, 1773, 13 pp. 15. Instrumentos que deben presentarse para obtener Pension en el Monte Pío Militar, 1762, [16] pp. 16. Reglamento para el Gobierno Interior, Politico y Económico de los Hospitales Reales, erigidos en la Isla de Cuba…1776, 43 pp. 27. Reglamento para la Reduccion de los Cuerpos de Invalidos a Compañias Sueltas... y establecimiento de la de Inhabiles en Sevilla, y San Phelipe, 1761, 40 pp. 28. [Real Orden: Playing Card Factory]. Establecimiento de una fabrica de Naipes en Málaga para atender a la falta de provision suficiente en los Dominios de América, 1776, 4 pp. The Playing Card factory at Macharaviaya, founded by José de Gálvez (later Marqués de la Sonora and Ministro Universal de Indias), was the most important in Spain. 29. [Real Orden: Slavery]. Que se obliga Don Miguel de Uriarte à abastecer por tiempo de diez años baxo la Vandera Española, conduciendo a Cartagena annualmente mil quinientos Negros, à los Puertos de Honduras, y Campeche quatrocientos, à la Isla de Cuba mil.., 1775, [19] pp., signed ‘ Yo El Rey ’ and countersigned Thomas del Mello 33. [Manuscript: Real Orden]. El Virrey de Nueva España debe costease el Juicio de la Inquisición de Mexico la conducción de los Reos sentenciados... 1776, 2 ff. 35. Real Ordenanza del Correo Maritima, 1777, 147 pp. 36. [Real Orden]. Concediendo libertad de Comercio à los Vasallos de estos Reynos, y de los de las Islas de Cuba, Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico, y Trinidad…, 1775, [7] pp . 37. [Decreto: Sobre el comercio de Viveres, Frutos y Generos en las Islas de Cuba y Barlovento], 1775, 2 pp. 38. Instruccion… en la libertad de Comercio... a la Isla de Cuba, Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico, Margarita, y Trinidad…, 1775, [6] pp. 41. Real Decreto. Habilita el Puerto de los Alfaques de Tortosa, y el de Almería para el Comercio Libre à Indias…, 1778, 3 leaves 42. Real Decreto. Condiciones con que se puede hacer el Comercio desde España a la Provincia de la Luisiana, 1768, 6 leaves 43. Resolución del Rey. Embarcaciones que salgan de las Islas de Barlovento, Yucatán y Campeche... varien el parage de su descarga…, 1774, [3] pp. 44. [Manuscript: Exchange Rates]. Valor que tienen en España las monedas de Indias trahidas en su especie. Valor de las monedas de oro en Indias, y el que tienen en España, no date, 2 leaves 57. [Bula - Papal Bull]. La Iglesia puede conferir libre, y licitamente en adelante las dichas Parroquias, y otros encargos, y Oficios pertenecientes à la Curq de Almas…, 1752, 15 pp., parallel text in Latin and Spanish, paper stamp of the translator of the original bull 58. Breve de su Santidad sobre la reduccion d los Asilos en todos los dominios de España, y de las Indias cometidas á las Ordinarios Eclesiásticos…, 1773, 10 ff., parallel text in Latin and Spanish

Reales Cedulas, Pragmáticas & Ordenanzas. A sammelband of 62 printed items on the Administration of Spain and its Overseas Territories, Madrid, 1760-90, contemporary calf gilt with spine label and the letters ‘P.A.’, 4to (32 x 22.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESFrom the collection of Pedro Aparicio collection, with his initials on the spine. The collection is preceded by a manuscript index. Arranged in chronological order, the majority are edicts of Administrative Reform issued during the reign of Carlos V, and some are related to the on-going conflict between the Crown and the Church of Rome. The collection includes: 1. Forma que se debe observar en quanto a las prohibiciones de Libros, publicacion de Edictos de la Inquisicion y execucion de Bulas…, 1768. 2. Cedula: Por la qual mando se extingan en todas las Universidades y Estudios... las Cátedras de Escuela llamada Jesuitica…, 1768. 3. Se divide la Poblacion de Madrid en ocho Quarteles…, 1768. 4. [On communications with Las Indias…], 1768, 66 pp. 5. Para la Repoblacion de la Provincia de Ciudad Rodrigo…, 1769. 6. Aprobando la Propuesta.... para hacer un Canal navegable desde el Puente de Toledo…, 1770. 7. De la Cria de Cavallos de Raza en los Reynos de Andalucia…, 1775. 8. Se prohibe absolutamente la introducción.... de todos los libros encuadernados…, 1778. 9. [Sobre] el Arte de Ia Imprenta y del Commercio de Libros…,1778. 10. Restablezca y Habilite el Puerto de Alcudia en Mallorca…, 1779. 11. Manda se corte toda comunicacion, trato, ò comercio entre sus Vasallos y los Subditos del Rey Britanico, 1779. 12. Prohibicion de Comercio con la Inglaterra, 1779. The rivalry between Spain and England was both military and commercial, it was not resolved until the Treaty of Versailles in 1783. See Carlos III y la Ilustración, p. 536. 13. Se crea, erige y autoriza un Banco... con la denominacion de Banco de San Carlos, 1782. 14. Gozar de las esenciones... à los Padres de seis hijos varones en Castilla, 1782. 15. Los Individuos del Bárrio, llamado de la Calle de la Ciudad de Palma [Judios] no solo no se les impida habitar en qualquier sitio.... sino que les favorezca y conceda protección…, 1782. 16. No dén Pasaportes ni otros despachos á los Gitanos, 1783. 17. Prohibicion del libro: De la Banque d'Espagne dite de St. Charles par le Comte de Mirabeau, 1785. 18. Prohibe… traher en los coches... mas de dos Mulas ó Caballos, 1785

Coleccion de Consultas Hechas al Rey N. Sor. por el Consexo Supremo de Yndias sobre Diferentes Assuntos de America. Tomo Segundo. Dispuesta por Dn. Pedro Aparici Oficial de la Secretaria de Estado del Despacho Universal de Yndias, 1767, 39 leaves alphabetical index by subject and 428 numbered folios, title in red and black indicating this as being Volume 2 (Volume 1 not present), marbled edges, contemporary calf gilt with red leather spine label, slightly rubbed, 4to (31 x 22.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESFrom the collection of Pedro Aparicio, with his initials on the spine. A fine Spanish manuscript volume detailing 42 consultations addressed to the King of Spain, concerning the administration of territories in the Americas and Philippines; with the corresponding decisions for the year 1767. Giving a good insight into life in the Spanish dominions in the 18th century, the subject of the events and conflicts reported include: No. 17: ‘Two English deserters detained in Habana for illegal trafficking in mahogany’, 1767. No. 19: ‘Granting of liberty to 5 Negro men and 2 Negro women escaped from English settlements on the Rio Tinto, who arrived in Guatemala at the Puerto de Omoa in a 'piragua' [a dug-out canoe])’, 1767. Brief description of the subject of eachConsulta:1.   Manila. Asiento de Ramo de Buyo. 2.   Casa de Monedas; México. 3.   Fundación Monasterios Capuchinos en San Andrés de Salvatierra, Nueva España.4.   México. Fabrica de la Iglesia de Santa Fe. Derecho de Lanzas. 5.   Nueva villa en el sitio de Buena Esperanza, Provincia de Rere, Chile. 6.   Obispo de Santa Marta. Coste de la Iglesia arruinada por un terremoto. 7.   Joseph de Gálvez, Visitador de Nueva España, obligado a la paga de la Media Annata. 8.   Lima & México. Libranzas.9.   Casa de la Moneda; Chile, jurisdicción. Nueva Villa en el sitio de Buena Esperanza.10. Escribanos, Ciudad de Chile.11. Recoger monedas que llamen Clacos en México, y establecer unas de cobre que circule en todo el Reyno.12. Cuentas. Oficiales Reales de Manila.13. Censos de comunidades de Indias.14. Venta de fincas en La Habana.15. Alguacil Mayor de las Cajas de Chile.16. Observación de Breves pontificios en la Provincia de los Carmelitos Descalzos de San Alberto de Nueva España.17. Gobernador de La Habana.... los Ingleses desertores.18. Cathedras en La Habana.19. Ingleses en el Rio Tinto... negros escapados... Libertad de los Ingleses.20. Escribanos en Manila.21. Cuentas. Reyno de Chile.22. Caudales al Hospital de Santiago de Galicia precedentes del Perú.23. Presidente de Chile. Informe sobre la nueva Iglesia en Valle de Mocha.24. Obispo de Michoacán... evitar uso de Vino Mescal en los pueblos.25. Cofradías del Apóstol Santiago en San Phelipe el Real, México.26. Contador de Resultas de Philipinas.27. Isla de Santo Domingo. Añil.28. Precio de Azogue [Mercurio].29. Iglesia de Durango, Provincia de Nueva Vizcaya... historia y finanzas.30. Juan Baptista Duserne, francés, negarle que pase a Lima a hacer vida con su mujer.31. Virrey de Santa Fe... sobre el Curato de Guadavita y él de Chiquinquirá.32. Consulado de Lima. 3000 pesos por expulsión de extranjeros.33. Conejo de Indias...los que han de observar los oficiales.34. Subdelegado de la Cruzada. Obispo de Santa Marta hacer el Perdon para la publicación de la Bula...35. Santo Domingo. Juegos fuertes.36. Manila. Cuentas y la extracción 'indecorosa' de papeles que contengan Leyes y Ordenanzas a la casa del Fiscal.37. Ningún Ministro debe pagar la Media Annata.38. Oficiales de Manila. Dar la Certifca de Cuentas.39. Juego prohibido. Justicias de Santo Domingo castigar los delincuentes.40. Competencia de Jurisdicción.41. Bula de Presentación para Prelados  en las Iglesias de América.42. Créditos. Consulado de Cádiz.

[Peru: Mining]. Relacion del Estado, que han tenido [La Real Mina de Huancavelica], c. 1726, 104 ff. manuscript in a neat hand, title-page lettering not completed, the last 4 leaves apparently excised and not present, contemporary vellum, lettered on spine, 4to (31 x 21.5 cm)Qty: (1)Notes:A long manuscript description of the Real Mina at Huancavelica in Peru, an important source of azogue or mercury. It includes details of the employment of Indians and delinquentes as well as a list of the production of the mine from 1572 to 1726 (the final date cited in the text is 1726). The area was the most prolific source of mercury in Spanish America, and as such was vital to the mining operations of the Spanish colonial era. Mercury was necessary to extract silver from the ores produced in the silver mines of Peru, as well as those of Potosí. Mercury was so essential that its consumption was the basis upon which the tax on precious metals, known as the quinto real ('royal fifth'), was levied.

Papeles Varios . A pair of sammelbands of manuscript and printed items relating to the Philippines and China, 1771-1834, volume I with 332 leaves numbered in a later hand, volume II pages unnumbered, a total of 52 manuscript and 3 printed items, contemporary vellum, lettered on spines, 4to (32 x 22 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESVolume I contains 36 manuscripts and 3 printed items on Church matters in Philippines, Missionaries in China, Inquisition, and Matrimony. Volume II contains 16 manuscripts on Commerce, Missionaries, Church administration and taxation in the Philippines. A full short-title list is available on request. The collection includes: Vol ume I : 1. Constituciones del Cabildo Ecco. de Manila, 1771, 34 ff. 2. Concilio Provincial de Manila, 1771, 39 ff. [first 7 pages in Spanish, continuing in Latin] 3. Relacion del estado de la Iglesia de Nueva Segovia presentado al Rey por el Obispo Fr. Miguel en 1714, 35 ff. 'Es copia de la Original que queda en esta Secretaria de Nueva España’, signed by Joseph Antonio Cornejo. 6. Razon de los Pueblos, Tributos y Almas que administra el Clero Secular del Obispado de Nueva Cazeres, 1834, 17 ff. [with detailed statistics] 7. Mapa de Almas del Clero Secular de Nueva Segovia del año 1833, 5 ff. [with detailed statistics] 8. Catálogo de todas los Missioneros que entraron en China desde 1579 hasta 1790, 18 ff. [chronological listing of missionaries] 9. Plan de Estudios de D. Fernando 7º en 1824, iv, 37 pp. [printed[ 10. Elogio Funebre de la Reyna Amalia, 28 pp., one full-page engraving of a memorial cenotaph [printed] 11. Testimonios de Actas de Cortes de 1789 sobre la Sucesion en la Corona de España, 1833, 43 pp., [printed], s igned by Francisco Fernández del Pino, Presidente del Consejo Vol ume II : 40. Estado del Arros i Paley que han exportado de esta Capital para China desde Agosto de 1833 hasta Diciembre de 1834, 6 ff. Gives details of the boats and their cargos exporting rice and palay [unhusked rice, a major agricultural product in the Philippines] from Manila to China; together with a separate monthly list from overseas in the Harbour of Manila over the same period. 41. El Rey... sobre gastos de Viaticos en las visitas a Filipinas, 1775, 1 leaf 43. [Letters in Spanish relating to Missionaries in Macao], 5 ff. 46. [Letter in Spanish on foreign Missionaries in China, 1811, 4 ff., signed ‘ Miguel Arriaga Brum de Silveira ’ 47. Itinerario del Correo Semanal de Manila a Nueva Caceres, 3 pp. [printed] 49. Pueblos, misiones y visitas del Arzobispo de Manila... Tondo, Laguna, Batangas, Nueva Ceija, Ilocos, Cagayan, Paniqui, Camarines, Samar, Leyte, Negron, Caraga, Antique, Capis & Calamianes, 1815, 11 leaves [details of 'Tributos' and denomination of the curates] 52. Plan General de todos los Pueblos, y Misiones de estas Islas, 1804 & 1831, 9 + 17 ff. [details of taxation] 53. [Letter in Spanish relating to missionaries from Macao, no date, 1 leaf 55. [A letter in Portuguese addressed to the Archbishop of Manila, relating to Missionaries in Macao, 1834, 1 leaf

Papeles Varios . A pair of sammelbands of 32 papers (28 manuscript and 4 printed) relating to the Philippines and China, bound as 2 volumes, c. 1775-1832, contemporary vellum, lettered on spines, 8voQty: (2)NOTESA full short-title list is available on request. The collection includes: Volume I: 1. (J.M.G.) Carta que el habitador del desierto dirige al Abate Monti, encargado por el Gobierno Frances para escribir la historia de Napoleon 1º, Cadiz, c. 1808, 11 pp., small stain to lower outer corners A pamphlet critical of Napoleon: 'Hecho el abominable contrato entre Bonaparte y Godoy, se principaron á suavizar los resortes que habian de poner en movimiento esta maquina infernal.' 2. Carta de Manuel Delgado sobre la Libranza de la plata, 1775, 1 folio 3. Carta de Manuel Delgado (written vertically over the page for economy of space) pleading for funds after being detained in Manila, no date, 1 folio 4. Carta de Manuel Delgado, 1775, 1 folio [concerning a further request for funds after 43 days of detention] 5. Carta de Josef Villanueva from Macao, 1784, 4 ff. [on Chinese matters] 9. Carta de Fr. Gaspar de S. Agustin [author of Compendio de la Arte de la Lengua Tagala , 1787] á un amigo suyo en España, quenta el natural, y genio de los Indios Naturales de las Islas Philipinas, no date, 50 ff. Includes: Descripcion en Copla de las Indias Philipinas, y de los naturales por el Padre Sr. Ascarate del Orden de Predicadores, a su Amigo Sr. Julian Dias. 10. Del modo de curar la Colera, no date, c. 1820, 22 ff. 11. Panusuc qño colinipan a pami asal à tulidnang pacayngaton ning tan palagyuan Consejoz…, no date, 22 ff. [on religious instruction in Tagalog] 19. Arte de la Lengua que vulgarmente se llama Mandarin compuesto por el R.P. Fr. Juan Rodrigues del Orden de N.P. S. Augustin, no date, 62 ff. 20. Breve Metodo de oir Confesiones en lengua Mandarina, 40 ff., [parallel text in Spanish and phonetical Mandarin] Items 19 & 20 have minor worm damage with loss of some letters. 21. Experimentos sobre la conservación de las Carnes. Por el Dr. Don José de Flores Médico del Reyno de Guatemala, Cadiz: Imprenta Tormentaria, 1811, 25 pp. Note: 19-25 advise that this pamphlet was also published in Manila for general use there and that the instructions call for the use of an 'Areometro, ó pesa-licor' not commonly available in the Philippines. Rare. The CCPBE records only one copy, lacking pp. 19-25. Vol ume II : 23. Relacion un Franciscano de la Persecucion de China, no date, 12 ff. 25. Confesion en Lengua China... incompleto, 11 ff. [Chinese in phonetical text over the Spanish] 26. Yurami (Antonio Miguel). Demostracion de las Falsedades y Calumnias con que pretende desacreditar las religiones el Autor del Papel intitulado Sevilla Libre. Reimpreso en Manila: En la Imprenta de Manuel Memije, 1815, 44 pp. First published in Sevilla in 1801 this Manila edition is rare; the CCPBE records only one copy and WorldCat 3 copies. 27. Tres Sermones en Chino del Rv.P. Villanueva, 6 ff. [Chinese text is written phonetically] 29. Ars Linguae Mandarina de Fr. Joanne Rodriguez Ordinis S.Agustini, 20 ff., one page of musical notation, small traces of worm damage, [Chinese text, where used, is written phonetically] 30. Diccion[ario] Portuguese-Chino, incompleto con otras obras pertenecientes a China, no date, 68 ff., small tear with some text loss affecting first two leaves, [Chinese translation in phonetical text]

Real Ordenanza para el Establecimiento é Instruccion de Intendentes de Exército y Provincia en el Virreinato de Buenos-Aires, [xlviii], 326 pp., manuscript title inserted in place of missing printed title, reading ‘Reglamento de la Svperintendencia General de Bvenos Aires’ , bound with: Leyes de la Recopilacion de Indias, Cédulas Reales, Ordenanzas y otras soberanas declaraciones, que deben gobernar para el cumplimiento de lo que se dispone en los Articulos de la Instrucción, que irán citados, 68 ff.; bound with: El Rei . [17 Declaraciones relacionadas con la Real Ordenanza arriba], Madrid: De Orden de Su Magestad, En la Imprenta Real, 1782-83, 24 pp., bound with 3 manuscripts at end, 1785-87, a total of 9 leaves, detailing the adaptability of the same Ordenanza to the Philippines, contemporary vellum, lettered on spine, lower half of lower cover damp-stained, not affecting contents, 4to (30 x 21.5 cm)Qty: (1)

[ Aforismos Politicos ]. A manuscript collection of 11 treatises in Spanish on Political Philosophy, c. 1785, written in a neat hand, contemporary vellum, lettered on spine, 4to (30.5 x 21 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESWritten under the following headings: 1. Instruccion de Seneca a Neron para su Govierno, [22] pp. 2. Diseño de Primer Ministro, [5] pp. 3. Instruccion del Emperador Augusto al Govenador Escauro de la Provincia de Dacia, [2] pp. 4. Carta de Plutarco al Emperador trajano, [2] pp. 5. Sentencias de Philosophos, y diferentes Noticias, [12] pp. 6. Aforismos políticos y a razon de Estado, [25] pp. 7. Sentencias Philosophicas del Doctor Persa Seuid, traducidas por Vicente Bratuti Año de 1662, [29] pp. 8. Traza para fundar una Corte Real, [32] pp. 9. Pretenciones de los Potentados de la Europa, [24] pp. 10. Razon de las gracias que Su Magestad pide a su Santidad. Cruzada, [6] pp. 11. Representacion hecha por el Duque de Arcos Dn. Joaquin Ponce de Leon al Rey D. Phelipe V sobre haber conferido a los Duques y pares de Francia, la Dignidad de Grandes de España con recuerdo de su Abuelo el Rey Christianissimo de Francia año de 1701, [43] pp.

Pareceres & Dictamenes. An extraordinary collection of manuscript Judgements and Decrees relating to the administration of Spanish territories in South America, Central America, Mexico, West Indies and Philippines, 7 volumes, 1790-94, neatly written in a large and well-spaced legible hand, two years with separate Index volumes, contemporary vellum, lettered on spines and with ownership 'Del S ñ r Aparici ’ at foot of each, some rubbing and soiling, lower cover of final volume defective, folioQty: (7)NOTESFrom the collection of Pedro de Aparicio, an Oficial de la Secretaria de Estado y del Despacho Universal de Indias. Volume 1: 1790. 177 judgements with an Index by subject arranged alphabetically. Includes 2 folding tables of statistics: ‘Estado General de la distribucion de los valores que han Vendido las Rentas Reales del Reyno de Nueva España’. Volume 2: 1791. 480 judgements. Includes 3 folding statistical tables: ‘La Real Hacienda en comun de Guatemala á la Tesoria General del Reyno de Nueva España. Debe-Haber’; ‘Estado de Valores de la Renta de Naypes por el año de 1790’; ‘Estado de la Renta de Polvora or el Año de 1790. Signed by Joseph Manuel Barela. In Mexico 1791’. Volume 3: 1791. Alphabetical index to the above volume for 1791. Volume 4: 1792. 470 judgements. Volume 5: 1792. Alphabetical index to the above volume for 1792. Volume 6: 1793. 501 judgements. Volume 7: 1794. 438 judgements.

Instruccion del Merito de Providencias que el Exmo Sor Conde de Revillagigedo, dejó, al Exmo Sor Marqués de Branciforte, su sucesor, al tiempo, de entregarle el mando, del Virreynato de Nueva España, [1794], manuscript of [4], 194 numbered pages, [43] leaves Index, contemporary vellum, 4to (30 x 20.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESA most important manuscript listing all the Vice-Regal decrees emitted by the Conde de Revillagigedo during his mandate from 1789 to 1794. The articles, which number 1420 items, were prepared for use by his successor the Marqués de Branciforte. Juan Vicente de Guemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, Count of Revillagigedo (1738-1799) was a Spanish military officer and Viceroy of New Spain from 17 October 1789 to 11 July 1794. He is known as a great reformer and one of the finest administrators of the Spanish colonial era, and perhaps the last able Viceroy of New Spain. In fighting corruption, nepotism and other abuses of government Revillagigedo made powerful enemies. He was recalled to Madrid to defend his actions. By contrast, his successor, Branciforte, became renowned for his corruption and self-enrichment.

Filipinas: Decretos Reales. Yndice Alfabetico por ramos y establecimientos de todas las Reales Cedulas, reales ordenes y algunas providencias de este Gobierno y Superintendencia que contraen á resoluciones generales y de que se halla razon en la Contiduria de la Real Hacienda. Con una recopilacióni de sus fechas por orden cronológico al principio de este, mid 19th century, manuscript written in a neat and consistent hand, title-page, Index (15 ff.), 3 blank ff., 255 ff., tinted edges, contemporary vellum, 4to (32 x 22 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESThis encyclopedic work gives a chronological list of Royal Decrees relating to the Philippines from 1501 until 1831, together with a short description of each decree in alphabetical order from ‘Aduana’ ( customs) through to ‘Vino’ ( wine) .

Papeles Varios. A sammelband of 31 manuscript and 2 printed documents relating to the Philippines, 1710-1833, contemporary vellum, title lettered on spine, 4to (31 x 21 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESA full short-title list (taken from the Index) is available on request. The collection includes: 1. Salitas despachadas a los Señores Arzobispos de las Indias, 1731, 39 ff. 2. Cedula del Rey al Arzobisbo de Manila el Sor Camacho sobre el Cardenal de Fournon, 1710, 2 ff. 3. Respuesta el mismo Arzobispo al Rey N.Sr. sobre lo mismo, esta muy bueno, 1710, 11 ff. 4. Real Cedula à la Audiencia de Manila para mantener la Religion, 1715, 1 leaf 5. Memorias del Arzobispo de Manila al Sor Hrno Trinidad, 1747-1754, 7 ff. 6. Recivo y Gasto de la Caxa Real de Filipinas en el año 1754, 7 ff. 7. Presentacion al Rey, de los P.P.Procuradores en Madrid sobre la Visita Diocesana, [1778], 12 ff. 8. Parecer de un Consejero Real dado al Rey sobre lo mismo, [1778], 3 ff. 9. Satisfacción de los Gefes Britanicos, á las mal fundadas quexas de los Españoles de Manila en 1763, 5 ff. 10. Antecedentia et Sequientia sobre el Concillio de Manila, no date, 1 leaf 19. Biblioteca Augustiniana Philippinica. Escritores de los mismos en las lenguas Tagalog, Pampanga, Yloca, Viscaya, Seneca, Latina… Contestación del Arzobispo al Governador sobre Comedias, 1797 & 1833, 2 ff. 28. Viage del Arzobispo de Manila a Camarines, 1833, 11 ff. 29. [Printed:] Capitiulo intermedio de los Franciscanos en 1732, 4 pp., large engraved head-piece and woodcut capital letter Haec Est Tabula Capituli Provincialis Intermedii Fatrum Minorum Discalceatorum... listing the names and locations of the Franciscans in the Philippines. 33. [Printed:] Haec Sunt Acta Capituli Provincilis Provinciae SSMI. Rosariii Philippinarum Ordinis Praedicatorum. Manila Anno 1833, 37 pp.

Man (John). The History and Antiquities, Ancient and Modern, of the Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks, 1st edition, Reading: Snare and Man, 1816, folding engraved frontispiece plan of Reading, 12 plates only (21) including engraved 2 folding plans and several uncoloured aquatint views, with 2 additional 19th century pen & ink plans of Reading after Speed's county map, manuscript annotation at foot of title-page and few annotations throughout, interleaved with several blank leaves with manuscript notes and additional manuscript index at rear, light toning, 20th century half calf, marbled sides, 4to, together with: Coates (Charles) , The History and Antiquities of Reading, London: Printed for the Author, by J. Nichols and Son, 1802, folding engraved map frontispiece, 6 uncoloured aquatint plates (1 folding) and one plan, together with A Supplement to the History and Antiquities of Reading, with Corrections and Additions by the Author, Reading: Printed by Snare & Man, 1810, folding uncoloured aquatint frontispiece, some toning and spotting, ink stamp at foot of title-page, uniform early 20th century half morocco, gilt armorial at foot of first volume (History and Antiquities of Reading, 1802), joints rubbed, 4toQty: (3)NOTESAbbey Scenery 293; Upcott p.583.

Filipinas. Proyecto de Ordenanzas de Buen Gobierno para uso de los Alcaldes mayores de las Islas Filipinas, manuscript, Madrid, 5 Marzo de 1838, title, preface 'Superior Gobierno de Filipinas', 1 l eaf ; index , 1 leaf ; 3 blank leaves; 62 leaves written in a neat legible hand to both sides, 1 folding table , disbound, 4to (31 x 21 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProject of reform for good governance by local town mayors listing 287 articles. The folding table is a sample of a census relating to the village of ‘Mariquinos’, detailing the population, commerce, agriculture, industry, etc. The document is signed by Andrés Camba, who advocates urgent attention to these reforms in accordance with the Royal Decree of 1797, and names Francisco Otín y Duaso as the best candidate for the post. The index guides the reader to sections on justice, taxation, land ownership, education, treatment of 'Chinos', religion, commerce, agriculture and industry.

Reales Cedulas . Manuscript list of Reales Cedulas and Ordenanzas, 1620-1843, relating to South America, Mexico, West Indies and Philippines, mid-19th century, half calf with moiré cloth to covers, large blank label affixed to upper cover, 4to (31 x 21,5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESA manuscript index of Reales Cedulas presented in chronological order with a brief description of the contents of each. That for the year 1840 (p. 182) has reference to Gaspar Elordi Albizu.

Elordi ( Gaspar ) . Libro de Consultas que se dirigen al Gobierno de S.M. 1841-1850, manuscript, [Manila, 1841-50], 100 numbered leaves, minor worming to first 7 leaves with minimal loss, contemporary calf-backed boards with green paper, mansucript title label to upper cove, worn, upper cover slightly damaged, remains of ties, 4to (31.5 x 22 cm), together with 2 loosely inserted leaves, ‘ Erratas en la Leyes de Indias ’ and ‘ De las consultas que como Fiscal de S.M. tengo hechas al Gobierno Supremo se han resuelto las siguientes ’Qty: (1)NOTESA manuscript secretarial letter book of the correspondence of Gaspar Elordi with the Madrid administration on matters relating to the governance of the Philippines. The greater part of the correspondence deals with corruption and the abuse of power of government officials. In 1839 Gaspar Elordi Albizu (1804-1852) was appointed Fiscal de la Audiencia de Manila, where he remained until the end of 1848 when he was obliged to stand down following 'desacuerdos acerca de la admisión de un recurso’ ( ‘disagreements about the admission of an appeal’ ).

Ortiz de Salcedo (Francisco). Curia eclesiastica para secretarios de prelados, jueces eclesiásticos, ordinarios y apostolicos, y visitadores y notarios ordinarios apostolicos y de visita. con una relacion de los arzobispados, y obispados de España è Indias. Madrid: A costa de D. Pedro Alonso y Padill, 1749, [8], 438, [18] pp., some mostly marginal spotting and browning, endpapers supplied from another Latin text in gothic script, contemporary vellum, lettered on spine, covers stained, lower cover heavily worm-damaged not affecting the text, 8vo, together with: Bravo (Bartholomaeo), Thesaurus Hispano-Latinus, utriusque linguae verbis, et phrasibus abundans, 6th edition, Barcelona: Mariae Angelae Martí Viduae, in Plateâ D. Jacobi, 1757, [8], 520 pp., large woodcut head-piece, Spanish and Latin text in double columns, Latin annotations and old ink scribbling to endpapers, contemporary vellum, lettered on spine, covers stained and worn, 8vo, Rodriguez (Manuel), Tercero y qvarto tomo de la svma y obras morales. con vna tabla general de la materia contenida en ellos. Dirigido a Don Fray Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoça Arçobispo de Granada, Zaragoza: Juan de la Naja y Quartanet, 1615, text in double columns, title soiled, some browning, Zzz1 torn with loss, tear to lower right corner of last two leaves without loss, lacking endpapers, old manuscript inscription to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, lettered on spine, covers stained and bowed, upper joint partly split, plus 5 further 17th & 18th-century Latin law books, authors include Dionysius Gothofredus, 1662; Johannes Borcholtn, 1663; Tertullian, 1675; Andreas Vallensis, 1744; and Giulio Lorenzo Selvaggio, 1794; all contemporary vellum, 8voQty: (8)NOTES1)An indispensable manual used by upper echelons of the clergy, first published in 1610. It details the hierarchy of the church and deals with many issues of ecclesiastical law. Due to constant use, copies are often found in poor condition. 2) Palau, after 34 653. 3) Includes chapters on the legal status of slaves.

* Astrological Chart. A Victorian Astrological Chart, mid 19th century, attractive hand-coloured etched chart on wove paper, of concentric circle form with manuscript infill, surrounded by printed illustrations of the phases of the moon, figures and animals depicting signs of the the Zodiac, within a rectangular border with printed text at head & foot, 63 x 49.5 cm (25 x 19.5 ins), moulded frame, glazedQty: (1)