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Burgh of Haddington Against the Earl of Wemyss.  Folio vol. containing the bound in orig. Productions and Evidential Materials in this legal suit. All in manuscript & incl. some orig. postal covers. Cloth. 1842-1845.

Various.  Late Victorian country house visitors book with many signatures; two later visitors books; manuscript vol. of lectures & other items.  (9).

FOSTER JOHN.  An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance. Rebound lib. cloth, some internal spotting. Ex lib. but no stamps noted to text. Manuscript index to final leaves. 1820; also A Reply to the Calumnies of the Edinburgh Review Against Oxford, ex lib., Oxford, 1810.  (2).

Haydon Bridge. Indenture.  Manuscript indenture, Joseph Robson, Cooper's apprentice. Signature & seals. Folded folio, tears & tape reps. 1775.

BURTON CAPT. R. F. Lacerda`s Journey to Cazembe in 1798, Translated and Annotated (& 2 other "Journeys"). Fldg. col. map (tape reps.)  Orig. blue cloth, recased. Manuscript inscr. to Kildare St. Club library. 1st. ed. 1873.

George Heriot's Hospital. Charter of Confirmation, in favour of David Cormack of subjects in Dundas Street. Manuscript. Folded vellum. Signatories incl. W. Johnston, Lord Provost (of A. K. & W. Johnston, engravers & publishers). 1848.

LOUIS XV.  16 line fldg. manuscript folio document on thin vellum, various engrossments & signatures & signed "Louis". With tears but not affecting text, c.1731.

India - a rare early 19th century porcelain circular warming plate, the white centre bat-printed in tones of black with the coat of arms of the East India Company, black, puce and orange line borders, flanked by two typical fluted spouts for warm water, 25cm diam, later 19th century ink manuscript collector's label to verso: [...] These pot plates were used formerly in India by each person, so that their Roast Beef should not he cooled by the draught from the Punkah [...], c. 1830

An Indian manuscript page, depicting Lord Krishna and Rukmini, calligraphy border, watercolour and gouache, 16cm x 11cm

A rare handwritten manuscript volume by F Ernest Allum "A Visit To The Levant Copper Mine", handwritten in 1887 with good descriptive text and pen & ink drawings showing scenes underground together with accompanying letter from Western Australia dated 1950 relating to this manuscript and a selection of typescript unbound volumes relating to this works publication

Local Interest, Postal History - ink manuscript business correspondence and postal history of Robert Pegg of Pegg, Harper & Co., Palster and Colour Masters, Derby (1801-1867), 23 MS from 1840-1859, letters and queries from clients at Markeaton Mill, Tutbury and elsewhere in the Midlands and the UK, various provincial postage frankings and stamps, [23] s

British India and the Raj & World War Two - Squadron Leader George Ronald Kinloch Beck, RAF - an early 20th century photograph album, of peacetime Beck, a gentleman-tea planter and his wife's life in Colonial India, illustrated from 1921-1932, with his time at Haiylebury and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, with various team sporting team photographs, his and her family and their homes they visited back in the UK, but principally their Indian life, including Christmas at Singampatti 1928, temple elephants having their daily bath, Views of Calcutta, him at the U.P.A.S.I. Meeting 1929 (United Planters' Association of Southern India), Bangalore Races on Planters' Week 1929, their bungalow at Gajam Mudi, their car being floated over a river, further scenes of everyday life, local infrastructure and characters, etc., contemporary boards and card leaves, refreshed spine and angles, oblong folio (31cm x 42cm), (1); a World War Two and post-war scrap album, compiled, illustrated and annotated by the then Squadron Leader Beck with loosely inserted manuscript correspondence, illuminated and signs marks of esteem, formal and informal b/w photographs, ephemera, etc., contemporary half-calf over blue cloth, folio (39cm x 28.5cm), (1), [2]

Photography - 1907 Jamaica Earthquake - an album of photographs relating to the devastation of the Jamaican capital Kingston on 14th January 1907, showing severely damaged buildings and landmarks, with Islanders standing amongst the rubble, alongside scenes of Colonial life, a busy street scene and British Army troops and officers assembled on a bridge, an accompanying manuscript letter on official notepaper conveys the Army Council's appreciation of the troops

Photography - Cycling and Early Bicycles - a Victorian photograph carte de visite, of a boy standing beside a 'penny farthing' ordinary bicycle, his uniform possibly that of a telegram boy, taken at the studio of R F Barnes, Motram House, Lewisham High Road, New Cross SE [London], inscribed to verso in ink manuscript Robert Clifford?, Lewisham B C [Bicycle Club], 10.5cm x 6.5cm; an Edwardian photograph, of a couple with bicycles, their dog at their feet, inscribed to verso Mr & Mrs Beadle 1905, 9.5cm x 7cm, embossed card mount; a transcription of a post card dated 24/7/[18]80 relating to a ride from Land's End to John O'Groats by H Blackwell Junr., Canonbury Bicycle Club; a photographic image of a gentleman beside his ordinary bicycle, inscribed to verso Dr Herbert L Courtis? (5)

Two Victorian Letter Books, the property of and inscribed by Richard Snead-Cox (1820-1899), of Broxwood Court, Pembridge, Herefordshire, a substantial Roman Catholic landowner in the county and Oxford, consecutive volumes 8 & 9 for June 12th 1876-November 14th 1879 & November 15th 1879-June 30th 1882 respectively, the majority of copied letters addressed from his ancestral home with a not insubstantial number also addressed during a Continental sojourn from Quai Long, Bruges, Belgium, a handful of epistles from further English addresses, each letter copied/transposed in ink MS on tissue paper leaves, each collection prefaced by an alphabetically arranged index of recipients and their corresponding letter numbers, contemporary half-calf over harlequin boards of moiré and marbled paper, the spies lettered in gilt, harlequin marbled endpapers, each cover applied with ink MS paper labels of the time covered, the spine of volume 8 only numbered thus, 4to, (2); another of Snead-Cox's similar but earlier letter books, Wedgwood's Patent Improved Copy Book [...], copies of a handful of letters from 1851, contemporary marbled wrappers, advertising label to upper-cover, 4to, (1); two loosely inserted manuscript letters to Snead-Cox; a 20th century lady's manuscript commonplace book, Poems and Quotations, by Dorothy M Betts (née Bridge), partially-inscribed from 19th December 1938 to 11th May 1942, cloth, 4to, (1), [4]

India and the British Raj - Geoffrey Mayne Hopkins: medals, MBE, RAF and Coronation group of five with Court miniatures en suite, comprising George V Civil MBE, British War and Victory Medals to Lieut. G.M. Hopkins [Geoffrey Mayne Hopkins] R.A.F., George V 1935 Silver Jubilee Medal, George VI 1937 Coronation Medal, silk ribbons en suite and bar-mounted for wear, Court miniatures conforming; three sepia and/or b/w chronological portrait photographs of the recipient in youth, middle- and old-age, (3); Hunting and Photography - an early 20th century Anglo-Indian black morocco game book/hunting photograph album, compiled, inscribed and illustrated by Geoffrey Mayne Hopkins, from 30th December 1921 at Sitabani until 13th March 1955 at Thano, red-ruled and printed leaves inscribed in ink manuscript by Hopkins with dates, places, members of the party, remarks and a tally of game shot, comprising elephants, tigers, panthers, bears, bara singh, ibex, pigs, wild cats, porcupines, etc., illustrated throughout with b/w photographs of various sizes with hunts, trophies, native attendants, every day scenes of domestic life, etc., one leaf at the verso of the album records domestic shoots in England, pasted ephgemera relating to Hopkins life, contemporary rounded rectangular black morocco binding, gilt-lettered upper-cover with owner's monogram to lower-right margin, oblong 4to; four further photograph albums and MS diary covering hiking in Har Ki Doon 1929, Chila in 1953, 1954 and 1955, etc., (4); [archive collection] Provenance: Geoffrey Mayne Hopkins of the Indian Forest Service, Divisional Forest Officer, Ramnagar Forest Division, Naini Tal, United Provinces, India.

Brigadier-General the Honourable "Alec" Alexander Villiers Russell CMG, MVO (1874-1965) - his important and unique archive, including the Boer War Staff Diary, Gabbes Column, August 22nd to December 1901, Kept by Major the Honble A.V.F.V. Russell/S.O.., inscribed in ink MS by Russell throughout typical records of military life during the war, including conflict with the enemy, loosely inserted sepia photograph of the column and a 'Rough Sketch from memory of engagement at Bloedzuigers on 22.12.01 showing positions of opposing forces at about 12 noon'; previously unpublished memoirs in their entirety, "My World as in my Time": Some reminiscences of [...] Russell], Parts I & II, typed MS in two ledgers, from birth to entry in World War Two, including insights to Russell's Sandhurst contemporary Sir Winston Churchill; excerpt from the latter which has before been published, a typed manuscript of his Berlin memoirs, From the Fighting Forces, March 1924: Reminiscences of the German Court, a further two carbon copies, (3); his photograph album, applied with images of his life from serving as attaché in Berlin before the war - leisure and work, the ambassador Sir Edward Goschen, various manoeuvres with his fellow attachés in Sweden, the King of Sweden, the Kaiser's Birthday Parade, a zeppelin and the Ottoman Turkish leader Enver Pasha, further family scenes throughout the first-half of the 20th century, boundary commission work in Hungary, Brigadier-General Russell inspecting the Sussex Cadets in World War Two, further post-War life, including family homes and pets, marbled ledger album; Edwardian period studio portrait photograph of the then Major Russell, easel frame; World War One, 4 Mentioned in Despatches certificates, dated from 4th January 1915 - 8th November 1918, (4); Mrs Russell's photograph album, compiled in England during World War One, and illustrated with b/w photographs of domestic life, the Russells' children at various ages, etc., including the then Major home on leave, some inserted telegrams, the album itself partially-full, contemporary morocco binding by Truslove & Hanson Ltd., stamped, earlier carte-de-visites of the young Hon. Alexander Villiers Russell taken in Berlin where his father was German Ambassador, the album 21.5cm x 17.5cm; his own copy of Cecil Hunt's book 'The Gallant Campeador, London: 1941, 8vo; a late Victorian Russell family photography album, comprising b/w photographs of British and Irish country houses, leisurely photographs of the family, their dogs, cattles and a fox hunt, regimental and further formal dinners, a trip to India via the Suez Canal, illustrating Lucknow and its ruins, ancient sites, Colonial architecture and further edifices of the Raj, boats, trains and railways, further transport infrastructure, monkeys, scenes of domestic native life, etc., quarter-calf over cloth album, oblong 4to (disbound); further loose photographs, studio portrait photographs of Russell before, during and after the Boer War, others of his wife as a debutant, their children, etc; correspondence, including those of celebration and consolation on Buckingham Palace and Sandringham headed notepaer; General Russell's ticket for the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, as a director of the Sun Insurance Office Ltd., correspondence relating to his directorship; Elizabeth II 1953 Coronation souvenir programmes, (2); the Russell's visitor's book, Ketches, Newick, Sussex, inscribed from January 9th 1937 to 21st & 22nd January 1957, illustrated with b/w family photographs throughout, contemporary green calf (disbound, rubbed and worn), oblong 4to; [archive collection]The Hon. Alexander Victor Frederick Villiers Russell (1874-1965) was the son of Odo William Leopold Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill of Milton Ernest Hall, Bedfordshire, and Lady Emily Theresa Villiers. He was educated at Wellington College before entering the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Gaining the rank of brevet Major in 1899 serving in the Grenadier Guards. Fighting in the Boer War between 1899 and 1902 he was twice mentioned in despatches, and was awarded the Queen's Medal with 6 clasps and the King's with 2. Subsequently he was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1908. Between 1908 and 1910 Russell was a General Staff Officer at the War Office before serving as the Military Attaché in Berlin just prior to World War One, and subsequently fighting at the front and being mentioned in despatches three times. In 1918 Russia and France, grateful Allied Powers, awarded the then Major Russell the Companion Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) and the Chevalier Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur. With peace held the office of Military Attaché to Berne with the rank of Brigadier-General from 1919-1920. After which he went on a special mission to Chile later in 1920, and then held the office Romanian Boundary Commissioner between 1921 and 1926. Later, in much-earned retirement, and after the death of wife Marjorie (née Guiness) in 1949, Brigadier-General Russell became a director of the Sun Insurance Office. Provenance: Direct family descent until consigned for sale by the recipient's eldest son.

A mid-Victorian Quaker family manuscript, Facts and Fancies, compiled by Frederick Goodall Cash of Gloucester from 1863-1867 with newspaper cutting and scraps, a few annotated in ink MS, detailing reports from the American Civil War, the subsequent assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the death of Prince Albert, a MS letter of complaint about bad bacon (stench and taste equally bad), riddles, curiosities, quotes, verse and prose, contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards (rubbed), compiled topsy-turvy and applied with red leather gilt lettering pieces to each cover: Facts & Fancies, 4to (27cm x 22.5cm), [1] Provenance: Frederick Goodall Cash (1829-1909), of the well-known Coventry weaving family and makers of Cash's name tapes, married Martha Bowly (1836-1901) of Gloucester in 1858 and joined his father-in-law's - Samuel Bowly (1802-1884), the slavery abolitionist and temperance advocate - cheese business (presumably Gloucester), inscribed and dated endpaper; by descent with later dated family ink MS presentation inscriptions.

Local Interest - a vellum manuscript day book ledger, 8.5 in x 13 in (21.6 x 33cm) Joseph Spor Massey/solicitor/Derby with index at front, 1841-1845 cases and dealings recorded along with charges, draft affadavit tucked in concerning Thomas Bowmer prisoner for debt 1841; also a handwritten receipt for £3 - 12s - 0d from the King's Head Hotel, Derby, Francis Huggins, dated 23rd July 1857, paid 18th August 1857.5 x 8.25in (12.7 x 21cm) (1)NB The King's Head, Corn Market, was one of Derby's oldest coaching inns, but was demolished in 1865 and the site re-developed. Condition Report: slighty affected by damp, but bindings sound and contents good and readable.

An early 19th century lady's manuscript pharmacopoeia/mathematics book, compiled and inscribed in ink MS by Sarah Sadler, [from Septr: 15th 1817, Leeds, comprising 43pp of receipts for medicines and culinary treatments and 55pp of mathematical calculations their governing rules, further middled quires blank, contemporary blue roan spine over marbled boards, the notebook supplied by D & F Nichols, Booksellers, Leeds, their engraved ticket to pastedown, 4to, [1]Provenance: 1) Sarah Sadler, Leeds, dated inscription: 1817; 2) Clara Barker/Book, 48 Mere Lane, Rochdale, later 19th century ink MS inscription; 3) The property of Leonard Barker, 9/8/[19]10, pencil inscription.

Freemasonry, Friendly Society - Binding, an early 20th century Masonic illuminated vellum manuscript bequest, To Wor. Bro. Edward Collens, P.G. Std., B. Eng., P.P.G.W. From the Brethren of the Province of Worcestershire, September 27, 1910, [...] [in] appreciation of [his] long and valued services as Provincial Grand Secretary [...], the presentation album enclosing 5 vellum leaves illuminated and scrivened by Morton & Newey, Illuminating Artists, 14, New Street, Birmingham, signed in the recto turn-in, the presentation signed by regional Masonic dignitaries and officers from various lodges, contemporary blue pebble morocco over padded boards, gilt-lettered upper-cover, gilt-ruled and tooled dentelles, pale blue silk moiré endpapers, 4to (30.5cm x 24.5cm), [1]

Cartography - [Ogilby (John), Owen (John), & Bowen (Emmanuel)], Britannia Depicta, or Ogilby Improv'd [...], ?first edition thus, London: ?Printed for & Sold by Tho: Bowles [...], ?1720, the whole printed in copperplate, lacking title-page and some maps, pp: [4], 165 [of 273] present maps: 3-6, 9-10, 13-20, 23-26, 29-30, 33-48, 51-88, 91-94, 99-104, 107-108, 111-114, 119-124, 129-130, 135-136, 141-142, 145-146, 149-150, 155-158, 161-162, 165-166, 169-170, 173-178, 183-184, 189-190, 195-198, 201-202, 207-216, 219-220, 225-226, 231-232, 237-238, 241-242, 245-246, 251-254, 257-258, 263-264, 269-270, 273, 3 blank pages to recto with ink manuscript notes on heraldry and armorial devices shown within the maps explained in a slightly later 18th century hand, the same reader has occasionally annotated the margins of the plates with notes, contemporary green-stained vellum boards, the covers with a blind double-fillet, later rebacked in cloth with an ink MS lettering piece, 8vo, [1]Provenance: E:D Lloyd of Cwmlydan, Powys, Wales, ink MS ownership inscription dated 1762; Ex Libris Henry Bath, later 19th century Seal Armorial bookplate to pastedown.

Miscellaneous - Medical, Dermatology, Pringle [James John], An Atlas of Skin Dieseases, issued without title-page, London: Rebman Publishing Company Limited, [?1897 or ?1905], 50 chromolithograph plates of dermatological diseases and infections, contemporary red cloth (worn and split), contemporary Pictorial bookplate: Ex Libris Robert W. Innes Smith (of Sheffield, 1872-1933, GP and scholar), folio (38cm x 27.5cm), (1); Manuscripts, a mid-Victorian commonplace book of verse, inscribed in ink manuscript by J.N. Bishop, [c. 1860], half-filled contents with original poetry of Bishop's, his contemporaries and gleamed from contemporaneous publications and literature, contemporary panelled black calf, gilt lettered upper-cover, marbled edges and conforming endpapers, 4to (23.5cm x 20.5cm), (1); an early 20th century Anglican notebook, inscribed by a clergyman or layman in ink MS with ecclesiastical notices, etc., black leatherette covers, marbled edges and endpapers, 8vo (16cm x 10cm), (1), [3]

Miscellaneous - Natural History: Young (The Late John, M.D.): Essays on Evolution & Design, Edited with an Analysis and an Introduction by William Boyd, first and only edition, Glasgow: 1905, contemporary green cloth, 8vo, Very Scarce, &, Essays and Addresses, With a Memoir, Glasgow: 1904, contemporary green cloth, 8vo, (2); Medicine, Lewes (Mrs C. L.), Dr Southwood Smith: A Retrospect, signed and dedicated copy from the author to John Young, first and only edition, Edinburgh: 1898, contemporary blue cloth gilt, 8vo, (1); The Tavern of the Three Virtues, Translated from the Original of Saint-Juirs, Illustrated with Sixty Drawings by Daniel Vierge, Together with a Critical Essay on the Art of Vierge by Edmund Gosse, limited edition of 650, London: T. Fisher Unwin, [n.d., 1890], title-page printed in red and black, contemporary cloth gilt, top-edge gilt, 4to, (1); Wood (Wendy), The Secret of Spey, with Illustrations by the author, first edition, Edinburgh: 1930, contemporary green cloth, 8vo, (1); White (The Rev. Gilbert), The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne [...], third edition, London: 18880, contemporary calf, 8vo, (1); Gilbert (W.S.), Savoy Operas, with Illustrations in Colour by W. Russell Flint, London: 1909, contemporary red cloth gilt, (1); Manuscript, a late Victorian lady's musical manuscript 'Scrap Book', composed by Elsie Young, 11th January 1888, 41ff of MS music and some libretto, no apprent original composition, original wrappers (disbound), oblong 8vo, (1); Art History, Millais (John Guille), The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais [...], with 319 Illustrations, including nine Photogravures, second edition, two-volume set, London: 1900, blue cloth gilt, 4to, (2); Children's Book, Lear (Edward), Nonsense Songs, Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke, London: Frederick Warne and Co., [n.d., early 20th century], pictorial cloth (faults), square 4to, (1); Folio Society, h/b, (3); C.S. Lewis; etc, [21]

MANUSCRIPT DATED 1814 OF MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS AND EXAMPLES IN THE HAND OF SAMUEL DODGE 20CM X 17CM 31 PAGES

A COLLECTION OF 18TH/19TH CENTURY SHEET MUSIC, with some manuscript

DUTCH SCHOOL: 17TH CENTURY FIGURES READING A MANUSCRIPT IN AN INTERIOR, oil on metal in distressed gilt frame (on view at Fine Art)

Ink and watercolour on laid paper with backing, three sheets of paper as originally combined with overlap, one sheet watermarked with Strasburg Bend and Lily (shield with two diagonal bands surmounted by a fleur-de-lis) and counter marked with “IV”, and another sheet with letters “LVG” below Strasburg Bend and Lily and “IV”; map edges unevenly trimmed, nine horizontal and three vertical folds (assuming top of chart is North), modern repairs on verso, repaired damage at fold crossings, soiling along three fold lines, repair of 7cm closed tear on edge of map, repair measuring 6 by 5cm obscuring scale, paper pulling away from backing in narrow strips along edges in a few places, 14cm tear in blank margin, extension of coast in pencil Verso with ‘No 9’ in contemporary ink; neat lines to south and east sides of map, latitude scale along eastern neat line marked at one place with “34 Degs S”, rhumb lines, fleur-de-lis indicating north, pin prick in center of rhumb line crossings, hydrographic detail includes soundings, shipping hazards and safe anchorages; land based detail include a few place names on the coast such as The Castle of Good Hope, a battery, fresh water sources, and descriptions of topography and terrain along coast approximately 93 (105 with margin) by 59cm ENGLISH CHARTS OF DUTCH ORIGIN These manuscript charts are part of an important moment in cartography. During the seventeenth century the Dutch completely dominated the world chart trade. John Seller published his English Pilot in 1671, in part a response to this affront to the pride of the sea-faring British and in part a sound financial decision. However, his atlas still relied on Dutch charts, as Samuel Pepys’ remarked: “…he says that he knows it to be true and Seller will not deny it, that he bought the old worn Dutch copper plates for old copper, and had them refreshed in several places, and has used them in his pretended new book.” Although Seller eventually lost his business, other publishers continued to issue The English Pilot until 1794. According to Stewart (2016) the charts of the Cape of Good Hope used in these editions were most likely that of John Thornton or the second state of Seller’s map. Thornton redrew the Seller’s map in 1703 and made changes, the most significant in relation to Lot 207 is the use of Coney Island instead of Dassen Island. This can be regarded as a case of colonization-by-map, since there was a practice of renaming topographic features with English names. This was already the case with Robben Island that was referred to as Penguin Island on Thornton maps – both these toponyms are used on the map in Lot 207. Also, the third state of Thornton’s map published in 1734 used “Bay of Falzo”, a close match to “Bay Falso” of Lot 206. However, these links may be only speculative and it may not be possible to divine the specific destination of the manuscript maps and the information they contain, however the original source of these maps may be ones held in the Dutch National archive. Four manuscript charts, circa 1730, closely match the charts on offer. The first is Kaart van de Tafel- en Houtbaay (VEL0182) and the second is Kaart van de Baai Fals (VEL0187), both by Isaak van Es. The cartographer of the Robben Island (VEL0194) and Dassen Island (VEL0191) charts is not identified, but these are also associated with the VOC. In fact all four charts appear in Grote Atlas van de Oost-Indische Compagnie (Schilder, G et al: 2006). On all four charts on offer the soundings and other maritime details are closely matched to those on the Dutch maps. In addition, the coastlines, and more significantly the mountain profiles are similar. The manuscript charts can be placed within an important era of cartography in southern Africa, and information can be found of their origin and possible purpose. However, their charm lies in the mysteries surrounding them and the tantalizing clues that may reveal their secrets. REFERENCES Shirley, Rodney W. The Maritime Maps and Atlases of Seller, Thornton, and Mount & Page, The Map Collector 73:2-9, 1995. Stewart, Roger. The Cape Odyssey 107. Cape Town: Historical Media, 2016.

Ink and watercolour on laid paper with backing, paper watermarked with Strasburg Bend and Lily (shield with two diagonal bands surmounted by fleur-de-lis) and counter marked with “IV”, map edges unevenly trimmed, three vertical folds (assuming top of chart is North), modern repairs to ends of fold lines, small tears to edges, some damp marks, tanning and foxing, grey discolouration along half of one fold; verso: ink show through Recto and verso with ‘No 4’ in contemporary ink, one neat line on east side of map, scale in English leagues, rhumb lines, compass rose with fleur-de-lis indicating north, pin prick in center of compass rose, hydrographic detail includes soundings, shipping hazards and safe anchorages; land based detail include a few place names on the coast, a battery, fresh water sources, and profiles and descriptions of topography and terrain along coast approximately 47 by 57cm Refer to Lot 205 for additional background on the manuscript maps.

ROBBEN ISLAND OR PENGUIN ISLAND Ink and watercolour on laid paper with backing, paper watermarked with Strasburg Bend and Lily (shield with two diagonal bands surmounted by fleur-de-lis) above letters “LVG” and counter marked with “IV”, map edges unevenly trimmed, three vertical fold lines, modern repairs to fold lines, light soiling to edges Recto and verso with ‘No 7’ in contemporary ink, map oriented with north to the right, neat line on left side, scale in English miles, rhumb lines, compass rose with fleur-de-lis indicating north, hydrographic detail includes soundings and shipping hazards; small sketches of The Governor’s House and The Watchman’s House with flags approximately 53 (60 with margin) by 46 cm WEESSELS ISLAND OR CUNNY ISLAND [DASSEN ISLAND] Ink and watercolour on laid paper with backing, map edges unevenly trimmed, three vertical and one horizontal fold lines, pin pricks in rhumb line crossings, some damp marks with foxing on one edge, few spots of soiling Recto and verso with ‘No 6’ in contemporary ink, map oriented with north to the right, neat line on left side with rhumb lines continuing into margin, bar scale without units, fleur-de-lis indicating north, hydrographic detail includes soundings, shipping hazards and safe anchorage, two land based features identified, one with a watercolour profile approximately 53 by 64cm (2) Refer to Lot 205 for additional background on the manuscript maps.

* Italian School. Portrait of an Astronomer, said to be Galileo, 17th century, oil on canvas, relined and restored, head and shoulders portrait of an elderly bearded gentleman profile to left looking through a telescope, canvas slightly bowed, and a few minor indentations, 9 cm split to lower right corner, 64 x 91 cm (25.25 x 35.75 ins), verso with Sotheby's printed catalogue description, ink stamps 'Collection of Wilfred Tomlinson', and manuscript note 'restored 1983'Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Sotheby's, 28th July 1983, lot 608; collection of Wilfred Tomlinson.

Attributed to William Young Ottley (1771-1836). Sketchbook from the artist's tour of Italy, circa 1791-99, 75 leaves of laid paper (cockerel watermark; countermarked 'D'), unfoliated, leaves [1-2] with pencil annotations in Italian and an architectural pencil sketch (somewhat faded), leaf [3] with annotated bookplate of Thomas Ashby and additional annotation 'Drawings by Wm Young Ottley' probably in Ashby's hand, 4 medial leaves left blank, the remaining 68 leaves containing 25 sketches in pen and brown ink over occasional traces of pencil and approximately 43 pencil sketches, nearly all rectos only (one sketch to a page; one pencil sketch double-page; one on verso), mainly studies after paintings but several apparently from life (including landscapes, clothed figures, and 3 sketches captioned 'Nature' and depicting a boy with a dog, a woman with a child on her back, and a crouching boy), 12 further sketches with legible manuscript captions (see note), tide-mark to upper outer corners gradually fading and receding but touching edges of image in about 10 cases, cords split between penultimate and final quires, first 3 leaves and final quire (6 leaves) with modern clear tape reinforcement in gutter, floral-patterned endpapers, contemporary Italian vellum binding with envelope flap, vellum soiled, tie perished, 4to (18.2 x 13.7 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 1. Thomas Ashby (1874-1931), British archaeologist in Italy and director of the British School at Rome (bookplate, with manuscript aquisition note 'Wey[?], Charing X Rd, 18/7/6, 2 vols, Vol 2'). 2. Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Ottley, the son of a plantation owner entered the Royal Academy in 1787, studying briefly under John Brown, and was in Italy from 1791 to 1799. After his return to London ' Ottley established himself as a writer, connoisseur, and marchand-amateur . He was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and, as a leading arbiter of taste, he advised others on the purchase of works of art' (ODNB). He was responsible for a number of ambitious art publications and in 1833 became keeper of prints and drawings at the British Museum. A number of the sketches have manuscript captions in Italian referring to the original work, the artist or its location, the inconsistencies in spelling suggesting a non-native author. These include 'Bologna, Domenchino [sic] in S. Agnese' (after Domenichino, Martyrdom of St Agnes; a section), 'Turino palazo [sic] Reale, Carlo Cignani' (after Cignani, Adonis and his Dog , cf. Palgrave, Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy, 1847, p. 20), and 'Tizziano [sic], palazzo Reale a Parigi' (after Titian, Venus Anadyomene ); briefer captions indicate originals by Guercino (the sketch depicting a woman holding a jug), 'Reggio' (presumably Raffaellino da Reggio), and Coreggio ('Coreggio a Parma'); the Palazzo Caprara and the Palazzo Bonfiglioli are cited as locations for originals which are otherwise unidentified.

* Gole (Jacob, 1660-1737). Two Dancers in Costume, mezzotint on laid paper, with Strasburg Lily watermark, three marginal tears with slight loss to upper right corner (slightly affecting engraved area), and lower right corner (blank margin only), with collector's manuscript mark in pencil to verso 'TN7' (Lugt 2415), and with inscription below the image, also in pencil, possibly in the same hand 'Dancers in the reign of William & Mary', and further collector's manuscript mark to lower left corner below the image 'HCE 22' (Lugt 1299a, unidentified), plate size 260 x 340 mm (10.2 x 13.5 ins), sheet size 282 x 347 mm (11.15 x 13.75 ins), together with: Bang (Hieronymus, 1553-1630). Suite of 8 Putti, 8 copper engravings printed on 4 sheets, with watermark of a serpent coiled around a flower with letters NMH below, plate size 128 x 92 mm (5 x 3.7 ins), sheet size 119 x 330 mm (7.9 x 13 ins), plus other various Old Master prints, including Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), The Entombment, 1596 [or later], copper engraving on laid paper, trimmed to plate margins, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), Socrates Ridden by His Wife Xantippe, miniature copper engraving on laid paper, trimmed just inside the plate mark, a late copy after Federico Barrocci's Annunciation, 1585, without cat to left foreground, or engraved name of the artist to lower right corner, Pieter van Lisebetten (circa 163-1678), The Flaying of Marsyas after Jacopo Palma, and 26 later 18th and 19th century reworked or copied etchings after RembrandtQty: (40)

* Chinese School. A group of eight Chinese brush drawings, early 20th century, 7 brush & monochrome watercolour on laid paper, depicting vegetation, animals, and birds, each with circular red ink stamp and signature in black ink lower right, spotted, all with horizontal fold, and with contemporary manuscript slip attached with a pin to top left (one pin missing), e.g. 'Snowy heron and reed', 'A monky [sic] and reflection of moon in the lake', 'Moon and owl', 'Bamboo', sheet size 43 x 14 cm (17 x 5.5 ins), and a larger sheet of drawings similar, comprising 3 drawings of plants, 2 folds, partly spotted and toned, sheet size 58.5 x 44.5 cm (23 x 17.5 ins)Qty: (8)

* English School. An album of pencil drawings, 1850-1885, 74 pencil drawings (a few with watercolour) on 25 leaves of thick coloured paper, mostly figure and costume studies, some annotated with initials J.W.L., date, titles, place names (e.g. Monmouth, Newhaven, Conway Castle, St. Paul's, Albert Hall), including 3 of a woman painting at an easel, several of cats, some of peasant labourers, tipped-in on rectos only, typically several to a page, 23 x 14 cm (9 x 5.5 ins) and smaller, album leaf 25.5 x 37 cm (10 x 14.5 ins), leaves hinged at gutter with brown adhesive tape, bookplate of H.H. Harrod designed by G. Ledward on inside front board (no pastedowns), makeshift binding of boards covered with old brown paper, that to upper cover with early manuscript shelfmark label, oblong folio, together with An album of watercolours and pencil drawings, 1823-1867, 67 pencil drawings (a number with watercolour, some sepia) on 24 card leaves, mostly topographical studies of English buildings and places, including some landscapes, a few with figures, many titled, and some dated, e.g.: Mickleham Church, Surrey; Taring, Sussex; Dorking, Surrey; Ashford, Kent; Sessions House, Horsham; Salcombe, Devon; Thomas à Becket's House, Tarring; Burnham, Somerset; Rectory, Brighton; Nelley Abbey, Hampshire; West Gate, Canterbury; Wimborne Minster, Dorset; Hampton Court Palace, generally toned throughout, mounted on rectos and versos, mostly 1 or 2 to a page, some tipped-in over another, approximately 21 x 26 cm (8.25 x 10.25 ins) and smaller, sheet size 36 x 26 cm (14.25 x 10.5 ins), original black half morocco, worn, with deficient spine and upper cover detached, boards covered with old brown paper, that to upper cover with early manuscript shelfmark label and historic lot number label, folioQty: (2)NOTESProvenance: Collection of Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Henry H. Harrod was the author of several books of fairy tales, and son of the founder of Harrods, Charles Henry Harrod.

* Loud (Arthur Bertram, 1862-1930). An album of drawings and watercolours, seven tipped-in drawings by Arthur Bertram Loud, comprising: a pencil sketch of a terrier, signed and dated 1914 lower left, and titled in pencil on album leaf below image 'A Faithful Friend'; a grisaille watercolour of an elderly woman entitled 'The Old Cottager', titled and signed in pencil to album leaf; a small pencil drawing of a terrier in profile mounted above a pencil drawing of the back view of a man on horseback, both initialled lower right, latter additionally dated 1910; a watercolour of two terriers lying down, pencil title 'Doggies' and signature on album leaf; a watercolour of stonework, garden gate, and path, dated Sept 28th lower left, pencil signature and title 'A Welsh Cottage' to album leaf; and a pencil drawing of a windmill, pencil signature and title 'The Old Mill at Waterloo' on album leaf, with several drawings by other artists direct on album leaves, comprising: A pencil sketch of a foliage sprig by Gertrude Jekyll, titled 'Sweet Bay' and signed by her in pencil; a watercolour by Arthur Kynaston (1876-1919), depicting a young lady and two naked children in a garden, signed lower right, additionally signed, dated March 1909, and titled '"Bloom of Spring"' in ink below image; a watercolour landscape with Florence Cathedral, entitled '"Florence at Evening"', signed by Muriel Burnett; and a pen & ink drawing by Winifred Cooper (1879-1931), of a wistful young lady leaning on the plinth of a statue of the Virgin Mary, within a frame of sunflowers incorporating three verses by Jean Moréas, signed and dated 1910 lower left, one page of manuscript quotations near front of volume signed 'Winnie' and dated 1908, remainder of album blank, album leaves 20.5 x 15 cm (8 x 6 ins), gilt floral endpapers, all edges gilt, original sheep, spine rubbed, spine ends and corners worn with loss, upper cover elaborately gilt blocked with a rose wreath and borders, 8voQty: (1)NOTESArthur Bertram Loud was a painter of portraits and landscapes, working mainly in oils. As a boy he was taught by his father, artist Charles Jones (whose surname he dropped in 1908 when he changed his name by deed poll). In 1880, at the age of 17, Loud entered the Royal Academy Schools, and he subsequently studied at the Académie Julian, arrriving there in 1883. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1884 onwards, and in 1890 followed in his father's footsteps by becoming an elected member of the Royal Cambrian Academy.

* Melville (Arthur, 1855-1904). A small archive of ephemera including a photograph by Frederick Hollyer, comprising: a platinum print head and shoulders portrait of the artist, image size 14.1 x 97 cm (5.5 x 3.75 ins), Frederick Hollyer's black ink studio stamp on verso of mount with 9 Pembroke Square address; a single pre-printed sheet headed 'Dr. to The London Necropolis Company' and completed in manuscript, pertaining to the artist's burial on 10th July 1909 (4 folds, a couple of tears); an auction catalogue pertaining to sale of the art collection of the late Arthur Melville to be held by Dowell's Ltd., No. 18 George Street, Edinburgh, 11th March 1922; an 11pp. folded typed report 'Arthur Melville's Executry' containing 'Abstract of Accounts' and 'Scheme of Division', by Messrs Scott-Moncrieff, Thomson & Shiells, C.A., Edinburgh, dated 14th May 1924; a 5pp. folded typed 'Inventory and Valuation of Oil Paintings, Water Colour Drawings, Sketches, &c., belonging to the Estate of the late Arthur Melville, A.R.S.A., R.W.S., within Dowell's Rooms, No. 18 George Street, made on the basis of probable sale values, 20th October 1924'; a ticket for entry to an exhibition of Melville's work at the Royal Glasgow Institute, September and October 1907; a copy of The Studio, Vol. 37 No. 158, May 15, 1906, containing an article about the artist, original printed wrappers, frayed, with some loss to spine ends, faint pencil ownership name to upper corner of front cover 'Mrs Melville', 4to; 2 exhibition catalogues of Melville's work, at the Royal Institute of Watercolours, 1906, and the Royal Glasgow Institute, 1907, and a few other ephemeral itemsQty: (12)NOTESScottish painter Arthur Melville is particularly celebrated for his innovative methods of working, especially his watercolour technique, which produced both an intensity of colour and dramatic treatments of light and form. He travelled widely, and is particularly prized for his oriental subjects. Frederick Hollyer (1838-1933), is well known for his portraits of artistic and literary figures such as William Morris, John Ruskin and Edward Burne-Jones.

* Stothard (Thomas, 1755-1834). Girls Bathing, watercolour and traces of pencil, depicting six naked or semi-clad young females, in or around a small pool in a forest glade, another lady beginning to disrobe, and two others, one holding a basket and a blue cloak, the other as look-out at the entrance to the clearing, 27 x 20 cm (10.5 x 8 ins), mounted, framed and glazed, verso with J.S. Maas label, and a mounted early manuscript copy of a 'Saturday Review' article pertaining to the painting dated Novr. 13. 1869Qty: (1)NOTESExhibited: J.S. Maas & Co Ltd, Exhibition of Drawings 1720-1920, July 1966, number 102.

ARR * Glass (Margaret, 1950- ). 'Going to the mark', 1992, pastel on paper, depicting a seascape with yachts under a bright blustery sky,, initialled and dated lower left, 42.3 x 55.4 cm (16.5 x 21.75 ins), mounted, framed and glazed, verso with manuscript title label in the artist's handQty: (1)

ARR * Glass (Margaret, 1950- ). Towards Dedham, 1992, pastel on paper, depicting a landscape with river, trees, and cattle, with a church tower in the distance, initialled and dated lower right, 42.8 x 55.5 cm (16.75 x 21.75 ins), mounted, framed and glazed, verso with manuscript title label in the artist's handQty: (1)

Milan.- Francesco II Sforza (Duke of Milan, 1495-1535) Grant relating to Gualuagino Gutuario and a building with Belvedere (terrace), D.s. large signature of ?Francesco II and Bartolomeo Rozzoni senior clerk, manuscript in Latin, ½p. of a larger sheet of paper, in an Italic hand, on paper, paper seal, folds, slightly browned, sheet 410 x 285mm., Milan, 30th April 1531.

Yorkshire, Wass & Byland.- [Record by Richard Barnes deputy of Marmaduke Wilson Collector in York of an agreement by Richard Vaughan buying land in Wass from Queen Elizabeth I for forty shillings], D.s. "Richard Barnes" and "John Jackson", manuscript, 1p., folio, 1588; and 9 other legal agreements relating to purchases of land in Yorkshire by Richard Vaughan of York, 1587-88, folds, browned and some staining, edges with small tears and chipped, folio (10 pieces).⁂ Wass, a small village in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, a short distance from the village lie the ruins of Byland Abbey.

Heraldry & Genealogy.- Fortescue, manuscript index of names for a work of ?grants of arms or ?pedigrees, 23pp., first f. soiled and stained, small piece of lower right hand corner torn away, hinges strengthened, unbound, stitched as issued, Unicorn watermark, sm. folio, [c. 1610].⁂ An index, for a collection of grants or pedigrees perhaps compiled by a herald or someone in the legal profession. At the top of the first page may be instructions to a printer, in another hand, "from 45 to 93". Names, include: Bardolph, Cokayne, Clopton, Dethick, Essex, K. Henry 7, Jerningham, Kevelock baron, Sidney, Yelverton.

Suffolk Library Catalogue.- Bullens Rooms, Bury St. Edmunds, A Catalogue of the Well Selected Library of the Late Mr. A. Page..., with ink manuscript prices, 2pp., folds, creased, 1854, in an album of engravings, manuscripts, printed extracts and newspaper cuttings relating to Suffolk, c. 65pp., original morocco-backed marbled boards, slightly rubbed, lge. 4to, [17th -19th centuries].

[Manuscript Lexicon & Prayers].- [Manuscript Greek/Latin Lexicon],180pp., [17th century] [bound with] The book of Common Prayer, John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1671 [bound with] Tes kaines diathekes apanta, engraved title, [Wing B2733A; ESTC locates 4 copies only], [London], Roger Daniel, [1665] [bound with], manuscript prayers, 6pp., n.d. [18th century], browned, some staining, 18th century calf, heavily worn, lacks upper cover, lower cover detached, 12mo.⁂ A substantial manuscript lexicon of words in the Greek New Testament, translated into Latin. It gives definitions for over 4,400 words found in the New Testament, together with an index at the end.

Yorkshire Prisoner.- Henry Marwood custodian of York Castle... "John Green & his wife at ye visitation at Wakefield at Easter soe called for not comeing to heare devine service & not receiving sacram[en]t soe called in the Yeare 1674", manuscript, tears, repaired, folds, browned, 197 x 155mm., 26th October 1675; and 4 others, 17th century documents, v.s., v.d. (5 pieces).⁂ First mentioned inscription at end of document: "John Greene dyed 11th July 1676."

NO RESERVE Charles II.- Dering (Sir Edward, second Baronet, politician, 1625-84), Hyde (Laurence, first Earl of Rochester, politician, bap. 1642, d. 1711), Godolphin (Sidney, first Earl of Godolphin, politician, 1645-1712) and others. Treasury Warrant authorising Baptist May Keeper of the Privy Purse to pay £600 into the Exchequer from Customs and duties on wine, D.s., manuscript, 1p. with conjugate blank, small tear along central fold, folds, browned, folio, Whitehall Treasury Chambers, 9th July 1679; and another, part of a Treasury document dated 1717, v.s., v.d. (2).

NO RESERVE Hampshire.- Receipt by Richard Holt of Buriton of rent from John White for two messuages etc. in Portsmouth, D.S. "Richard Holt" and two others, manuscript, 1p. with conjugate blank, margins creased, folio, 12th February 1682; and another, an ALs from John Lloyd of Poole, "Worthy Cosyn, I received the 50l. you sent me", 1622, v.s., v.d. (2 pieces).⁂ Buriton, two miles south of Petersfield.

Ireland.- [Lectures by Thomas McDonnell followed by account book entries by Ambrose Wilson], manuscript in several hands,39pp. lecture notes, c. 60pp. of accounts, some ff. excised, 2ff. loose, a few tears, some slight staining, browned, original vellum, extensively soiled and rubbed, lacks half of spine, sm. 4to, [Dublin, Trinity College & elsewhere], [1728-50].⁂ The lectures study the neo-Aristotelean logic of Franco Petri Burgersdijk (1590-1635), whose Institutionum logicarum libri duo went through numerous editions. At the reverse there are approximately 60 pages of accounts for incoming and outgoing payments including rental, cows, mowing, horses, etc.

Billheads.- Collection of 13 billheads, printed with manuscript insertions, folds, browned, v.s., v.d., 1745-88 (13 pieces).⁂ Includes bills for linen drapers, glover, grocer etc.

18th century Distiller.- Last Will & Testament of John Debonnaire of Bromley St Leonards Middlesex, manuscript document on vellum, 2 sheets, small hole, folds, slightly foxed and browned, both c. 560 x 765mm., 19th June 1747; and 5 other 17th century documents, v.s., v.d. (6 pieces).

18th century Cavalry Officer.- McDowall (Captain) & KARR (Thomas, Sergeant) Account Book, 138 pp. excluding blanks, ruled throughout, some ff. excised at end, some heavy staining in places, browned, modern bookplate on front pastedown, original vellum, soiled, upper cover creased, later rebacked in reverse calf, folio, 1767-70.⁂ The accounts of a cavalry officer stationed at Gloucester in the years 1767-70. The manuscript commences with "Abstract of Capt: McDowall's Troops Rec.ts..." It is then followed by brief individuated accounts through to the end of 1770. Entries for payments including, "Surgeon and pay master 0-1-6", "To the Shoe Makers Bill 0-6-0", "To Black Ball in Wandsworth 0-1-10", "Duffa Breeches 0-5-3", "To yr. Wife 0-2-6", on behalf of Fran.s Lowther", "Serg.t Karr" (Sergeant Karr appears to have been the scribe of this manuscript), "John Coply Farrier", etc.

Apprentice Indentures.- Collection of 6 apprentice indentures, printed with manuscript insertions, on vellum, paper duty stamps, folds, browned, 152 x 287mm. & smaller, 1785-1800 (6 pieces).⁂ Includes: John Smith apprenticed to his father, Francis Smith, a Woolman, of Gracechurch Street, London (2); William Mason apprenticed to his father, Armourer and Brazier (2) etc.

Commonplace Book.- Mortimer (H.W.) [Commonplace Book of poetry], including: Doddridge, Cowper, Pope etc., manuscript in two hands, c. 90pp. excluding blanks, browned, original marbled boards, corners worn, rebacked in modern paper, 8vo, 1790-1827.

Religion & Mysticism.- Commonplace Book on religion, ethics and related subjects, manuscript, c. 350pp., several manuscript notes loosely inserted, browned, original vellum, soiled, sm. 4to, [18th century/19th century].⁂ Subjects include: "Angels & Daemons"; "Atheism"; "Daeminism"; "India one eternal Omnipotent Deity"; "Faith & Humility"; "Superstition" etc.

NO RESERVE Political Writer.- Blake (Sir Francis, second baronet, political writer, 1736/7-1818) Abstract of Settlement made on the Marriage of Sir Francis & Lady Blake, manuscript, 6pp., folds, unbound, sm. 4to, 19th November 1791.

Legal.- [Witts (Edward, lawyer)] [Three daybooks kept by a practising lawyer],3 vol.,manuscript, 238pp., 2 vol. in original paper wrappers (some tears), lettered direct on upper wrappers, one disbound but with stitching intact, sm. 4to, [Kent],. 1794-1813.⁂ The manuscript mentions a number of places in Kent including Appledore, Bethersden, etc.

Recipes.- Recueilil de differents remedes; Receptes de ratafiats; Confitures, pommades pour le tein et secrets, manuscript in French, title and c. 460pp. excluding blanks, some ink marks, slightly browned, bookplate of Cornelius Verheyden de Lancey of the Middle Temple on front pastedown, original vellum boards, worn and stained, some tears, spine defective with loss, 8vo, n.d., [c. 1800].⁂ Ointments for the complexion, flavouring essences etc.

Ney (Michel, known as Marshal Ney, French military commander and Marshal of the French Empire, 1769-1815) Autograph Letter signed to Citoyen Rousselin, in French, printed form with manuscript content, 1p. with conjugate blank and address panel, sm. 4to, Manheim, 20th October 1800, as Général de Division, to Citoyen Rousselin, apologising for not acknowledging various services to himself, recalling him to the recollection of General Bernadotte and urging him to come and lead them; he will be welcomed by all the soldiers etc.; three crude repairs on verso, folds, browned.

NO RESERVE Royal Navy.- Muirson (John, midshipman, later lieutenant in the Royal Navy, served on HMS Stately and HMS Sophie, of Chislehust, Kent, fl. 1803-22) Account Book, autograph manuscript, 101pp. excluding blanks, reverse entries, slightly browned, original panelled vellum, yellowed and soiled, sm. 8vo, 1803-22.⁂ Includes accounts of prize money, "Octr 30th [1805] By Prize Money recd. for Egypt [capture of the Halcyon]"; living expences, "14 January [1810] To stage to Hampstead 1-6" etc.