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Nottingham Preacher.- ?Hancock (Mr) Commonplace book with diary entries and recipes, manuscript, c. 145pp. excluding blanks, reverse entries, some ff. excised, slightly browned, original calf, worn, covers detaching, lacks spine, 1818-56; and another, manuscript in German, 1855, 8vo (2).

NO RESERVE Mathematical Exercises.- Hill (T.) Decimalis... Mr. Dyson's Acad: Gainsborough, manuscript, title and 110pp., 7pp. of drawings of cottages loose at end, browned, original half straight-grain morocco, slightly rubbed, corners worn, spine defective, 16th May 1819; and 2 others, mathematical exercises, sm. 4to (3).

NO RESERVE Barnsley Lawyer.- Letter-Book of debt collection, manuscript, in a variety of hands, c. 300pp., a few ff. excised at end, slightly browned, original half reversed calf, corners and edges worn, lacks most of spine, sm. 4to, 1824-37.

Travel Diary.- [Journey from Bromley to Hastings and Winchelsea], manuscript, 21pp. excluding blanks, firs 1½pp. in pencil, rest in ink, central folds, browned, edges with small tears, unbound, sm. 4to, 11th - 17th October 1825.

America, New Hampshire.- Page (John, army officer and politician, 1787-1865) Commission signed appointing Jonathan P Taylor an ensign in the Fifth Company of the Seventh Regiment of Militia in New Hampshire, D.s. "John Page", printed document with manuscript insertions, blind paper seal, a few small tears, slightly yellowed, 240 x 340mm., Rockingham, 13th August 1840.⁂ John Page, served during the War of 1812 as lieutenant in a local militia company; a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1818 to 1820; served as Register of Deeds for Grafton County in 1827 and 1829-35; United States Senator; Governor of New Hampshire.

NO RESERVE Children's Religious.- Questions [and Answers] by M.F., manuscript, title and 53pp., a few loose manuscript notes at end, original marbled wrappers, stitched as issued, [19th century]; and another manuscript, similar, 8vo (2).

Constantinople.- Basil (H). Account book dealing with Charles Ede & family of Constantinople and London, manuscript, 104pp. & 7pp. excluding blanks, some pp. covering less than half a sheet, original diced calf, slightly rubbed, small ink stain on upper cover, brass clasp, sm. 4to, 1854-60.

NO RESERVE London, Woodberry Down.- Saint Olave's Parish Church Ledger, manuscript, c. 350pp. excluding blanks, ff. at end working loose and with tape on inner margins, original vellum, gilt, yellowed, 2 brass clasps, folio, 1893-1906.

Travel Journal.- P. (Dr. R.B.) From Far East to Far West - A Voyage to the Orient & across the Pacific, manuscript, 2 titles and c. 240pp. excluding blanks, mostly in ink, some in pencil, original half calf, slightly rubbed, sm. 4to, 1902.⁂ "Before my introduction to this land of sun [South Africa], I had the honor to travel on the same ship (Kinfauns Castle) as Mr Kipling, & since have grasped more fully the sentiments expressed in one of the verses of his ballads (Mandalay)... ."Voyage to Algiers, Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Philippines, Japan, Pacific Ocean, USA and Italy.

Army Officer.- [Dorrien-Smith (Grenfell Horace Gerald, DSO, army officer, later Brigadier, killed in Italy, eldest son of General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, 1858-1930, 1904-44)] 4 Diaries, autograph manuscript in 1938 & 1939 vol. only, many pp. excluding numerous blanks, slightly browned, original morocco, gilt, g.e., 8vo, 1936-39.⁂ Army life and riding in races on his horse "Town Flutter".

Flying Log.- Goldcrown (John, Flight Lieutenant RAF) Pilots Flying Log Book, printed pages with manuscript insertions, 26pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, original cloth, covers slightly marked, corners creased, sm. 4to, 1944-45.⁂ Flying Oxford aircraft at No 1 BAS Watchfield and Castle Combe.

NO RESERVE Illuminated Manuscripts.- Meiss (Millard) French Painting in the time of Jean de Berry, 5 vol. (The Late Fourteenth Century and the Patronage of the Duke, 2 vol., second edition; The Boucicaut Master; The Limbourgs and their Contemporaries, 2 vol.), 1969-74 § Morand (K.) Jean Pucelle, Oxford, 1962 § Pächt (Otto) The Rise of Pictorial Narrative in Twelfth-Century England, Oxford, 1962 § Fouquet (Jean) The Hours of Etienne Chevalier, edited by Claude Schaefer 1972 § Kren (T.) & Scot McKendrick. Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript in Europe, original wrappers, Los Angeles & London, 2003, illustrations, some colour, all but the last original cloth or boards, the fourth with slip-case, the rest dust-jackets; and 7 pamphlets on illuminated manuscripts, 4to & 8vo (16)

Greville (George, 2nd Earl of Warwick) Narrative of the Peculiar Case of the Late Earl of Warwick, from his Lordship's own Manuscript, ?lacking half-title, final leaf reinforced at fore-edge, nineteenth century half calf, 1816 § Vancouver (J.) A Memoir exhibiting the unmerited causes of reprobation and obloquy which befel an Unfortunate Individual, resulting from his sincere attachment & zealous desire of Improving the Estates...of the late Earl of Warwick, half-title, Stratford-on-Avon, for the Author, 1825 § Collins (William) Affidavits on Motions for a Criminal Information against the Mayor...of Warwick, 1827, first editions, foxing, mostly at beginnings and ends, the last two uniform contemporary half vellum, all rubbed, 8vo (3)⁂ All scarce. The first two concern the mismanagement of the Earl of Warwick's estates. Library Hub lists only 2 copies of the first (BL & Oxford), and 1 copy each of the second and third (Oxford and Manchester Public Library respectively).

NO RESERVE Poor.- Lincolnshire.- Lincoln Poor Law Union. The Rate Book, printed tables with extensive manuscript additions, occasional spotting, little staining, original calf-backed limp marbled boards, original printed label to upper cover, small section torn away from lower corner of upper wrapper, oblong 4to, Lincoln, W. and B. Brooke, [1839].⁂ Poor relief in the parish of Goltho, near Wragby, Lincolnshire.

Original Illustration.- Dalziel (Thomas, 1823-1906) Morning Prayer, 38 original illustrations, manuscript title, frontispiece and dedication to the artist's wife, each illustration accompanied by manuscript verse, watercolours, pen and inks, pencil, on various papers, carefully affixed to album leaves, various sizes from 30 x 30 mm (1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in) to 137 x 100 mm (5 3/8 x 4 in), occasional surface dirt and minor browning throughout, thin card boards, worn, 4to, 1896.⁂ Thomas was the seventh son of Alexander Dalziel, and worked as part of the firm with his brothers producing numerous book illustrations.

Original Illustration.- Dalziel (Thomas, 1823-1906) Some Simple Scrappy Sketches Everybit Wrought And Writ by Thomas B.G.S. Dalziel, 52 original illustrations, manuscript titles and introduction, each illustration accompanied by manuscript verse underneath, watercolours, pen and inks, pencil, on various papers, carefully affixed to album leaves, various sizes from 52 x 30 mm (2 x 1 1/4 in) to 137 x 100 mm (5 3/8 x 4 in), occasional surface dirt and minor browning throughout, thin card boards stitched with metal thread, worn, 4to, 1897.⁂ Thomas was the seventh son of Alexander Dalziel, and worked as part of the firm with his brothers producing numerous book illustrations.

Theatre.- Daly's Theatre.- 36 original costume designs for a production of G. H. Clutsam & Hubert Bath's opera "Young England", after William Charles Wilhelm, pen and brown ink with watercolour over pencil, on laid paper uniformly mounted on card support, all numbered and inscribed, each sheet approx. 270 x 190 mm (10 5/8 x 7 1/2 in), some even toning, minor surface dirt and browning, some marginal scuffs and loss to card supports, loose in original card portfolio with manuscript ink label to upper cover, rubbed and scuffed, vey worn, large 4to, [circa 1916-1917]; together with a Victorian collector's album containing over 120 steel engravings, many with theatrical interest, neatly presented in album, lacking spine, boards splitting, very worn, large 4to, [late 19th century] (2)⁂ Another set of original costume drawings for the 1916 production are held in the V&A, where they note: 'the [1916] production was conducted by Arthur Wood, and the choreography was arranged by Espinosa. The costumes for the principals were made at the famous London costumiers B.J. Simmons & Co. The cast included Doris Woodall as Queen Elizabeth I, and Harry Dearth as Francis Drake. The production later transferred for a short run at Drury Lane in February 1917. The designer Wilhelm (William Charles Pitcher RI, 1858-1925) was one of the most inventive and prolific late 19th century costume designers, whose early passion for stage spectacle led to his employment designing pantomime costumes for Drury Lane Theatre."

Bible, Latin. Single leaf, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in a very small gothic bookhand, 49 lines, written in light black ink, some rubrication, 3 2-line initials with blue and red decoration, 3 small flaws (one in text), a few very small holes in margins, vellum creased, 211 x 150mm., [?Paris], [c. 1300]; and c. 20 other pieces, early printed ff. and fragments some from a German Chronicle, some with contemporary or early hand-colouring, v.s., v.d. (c. 20).

Grant to Canterbury Cathedral.- Grant by Alice widow of Thomas de Pynyntons of a free tenement in Little Chart to the Prior [Henry Eastry] and priory of Christ Church, Canterbury Cathedral in exchange for 30 shillings, witnesses: Luca de La Port, Adam de Brocumle, Henry Carbonel, Geoffrey de Pette, William de Rundene and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 10 lines, red wax seal with good impression, folds, 85 x 208mm., 6 July 1303.⁂ A financial transaction by Henry Eastry (d. 1331), Prior of Christ Church, Canterbury for 46 years. During Eastry's tenure he bought land, built shops on the cathedral's lands in Canterbury and London, and did much to secure the future finances of the priory of Christ Church.Provenance: Sir Edward Dering, first Baronet (1598-1644), antiquarian and collector: ownership mark on verso.

Kent, Dover.- Indenture, Henry de Haute and Anabilla, his wife, grant at fee farm to John de Roche and Heilewisa, his wife, a plot of land in Dover in Halvendenes Ward, and mentions of John Borstalle and Thomas, his brother, Simon Danyel, and Roger Cok, deceased, witnesses : William Hurtyn Mayor ; John Monyn Bailif, John atte See, William Virgile, John de Aula, Stephen the clerk and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 20 lines, indented at head, 2 wax seals (1 damaged with large loss), folds, slightly browned, 120 x 195mm., Saturday after the feast of St.Andrew the Apostle, 1329.⁂ William Hurtyn was mayor in 1329, and a member of the Fellowship of the Passage, the foremost town guild of Dover. Several members of the Hurtyn family served as Jurats and Mayors over a period of years during the fourteenth century. The Hurtyns (whose name was also spelled Hortim) held land which had been reclaimed from the estuary of the Dour, now part of the site of Castle Street and Tan Yard.

Northumberland.- Grant by John Darcy of Knaith and Elizabeth his wife, to Thomas of Swynford and John Charteray, half of their manors of Wooler, Hethepole, Hedreslaw, Belford, Easington and Lowick, with the Forest of Chynyoe [?Kyloe] and the advowson of the Hospital of St. Mary Magdalene of Wooler, witnesses: Ralph Neville of Raby, Sir Henry Le Scrope, Miles de Stapleton as Sheriff of Yorkshire [in the retinue of Sir John Darcy at Crecy], John de Langton as Mayor of York, William de Meryngton, John de Clotherham and Roger of Normanville and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in brown ink, 20 lines, folds, browned and creased, 247 x 190mm., York, 1353/4. ⁂ An enfeoffment for uses by a soldier who fought at Crecy. John Darcy, second Lord Darcy (1317-56), 'le fitz'; eldest son of Sir John Darcy 'le cosyn' (d. 1347). "Under Edward III he commanded a company with Walter Mauny in the opening phase of the Hundred Years' War and was rewarded in 1341 by a grant to him and his heirs of £40 a year for his long service. On 15 July 1346, when with the king at La Hogue, he was granted a further £200 a year for life to maintain himself as a banneret and went on to fight at Crecy and Calais. In 1347 he received his father's land and the office of keeper of the Tower of London for life. Outside the military sphere in 1344 he was appointed the escheator of Holderness for life." - Oxford DNB. Henry Scrope, first Baron Scrope (1312?-92), soldier and administrator. Sir Miles Stapleton, of Bedale (1320?-1364), soldier; a founder member of the Order of the Garter. "He [Stapleton] was given letters of protection to go abroad with Sir John Darcy, the king's chamberlain, in 1345, which may suggest that he was educated in Darcy's household. He was certainly present at the siege of Calais in 1346, and given his later link with the Garter, he almost certainly fought at Crecy in 1346 too." - Oxford DNB.

Kent, Pluckley.- Charter, I, Gregory le Baker of Ospringe have conceded and confirmed to Richard Dreylond weaver of land in Pluckley, witnesses: Stephen Blewyne, John Godard, John Telgheman and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 10 lines, in light brown ink, wax seal, cracked, folds, slightly browned, 105 x 226mm., 1356.

Kent, Willesborough.- Charter, I Robert John have conceded and granted to John Baily Rejaud of two acres of land in the parish of Willesborough [Ashford] and an acre in the field called Cromfelde and twelve acres in the field called Betherfelde, witnesses: William Sprot, Robert Bayli and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in brown ink, 11 lines, folds, slightly browned, lacks seal, 105 x 250mm., 1357.

Kent.- Charter, I John Malmeyns of Pluckley have conceded and confirmed to Stephen Bleweyne and John Telegheman 5 acres of land in Swalnewellemed in ?Pluckley, witnesses: Robert ffrende, Stephen State and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 11 lines, lacks seal, lines partially underlined in red, folds, slightly creased and browned, 90 x 240mm., 1362.

NO RESERVE Kent, Willesborough.- Charter, I John Smyth have conceded and confirmed to William Chapman a field called ?le hunnett in the village Willesborough [now in Ashford], witnesses: William Egethorn, Robert Darry and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 7 lines, red wax seal with good impression, right part of charter torn away affecting a few words, folds, creased, 90 x 262mm., 1372.

NO RESERVE 17th century Scientific Notes.- [Notes referring to the mathematician William Oughtred and the astronomer Adriaan Adriaanszoon, called Metius], 3 manuscript notes cut from a larger work, slightly browned, 90 x 150mm. and smaller, note dated 1652.

Wales to England Turnpike.- By Virtue of an Act... for Amending, Widening and Altering the Roads leading from Crickhowell... Whereas John Townley of Chiswick... hath Given and Granted... so much of his Lands and Grounds..., D.s., manuscript, folds, browned, a few fox marks at head, small tear at head and tail, 402 x 320mm., 2nd September 1776.

18th century blank paper.- Volume of blank paper, c. 60ff. of thick blank paper (a few ff with a single manuscript letter at head as if for an index), other ff. with manuscript extracts from Montfaucon and some others with tears, contemporary reversed calf-backed marbled boards, covers detaching, sm. 4to, [18th century].

NO RESERVE Mining.- [Legal case], manuscript, 191pp. only of 193 & 4pp. Index excluding blanks, lacks first 2pp., ruled in red, slightly browned, several ff. loose and working loose, original reverse calf, edges and corners rubbed, covers detached, spine broken, 190 x 130mm., [18th century].

NO RESERVE Elgin (Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl, diplomat and army officer, 1766-1841) Autograph Letter signed to "My Dear Townshend", 4pp., Broomhall, 12th July 1788, "The business is respecting an Hospital at Dunfermline (called St. Leonards) where a few widows are supported", a recent court decision had disclaimed the right of the Marquis of Tweedale to nominate widows. It was the thought the right lay with the Crown and Elgin asks for it to be conferred on him, stressing that there was no pecuniary advantage to himself, folds, browned; and another manuscript, sm. 4to & folio (2).⁂ First mentioned probably John Thomas Townshend (1764-1831), MP.

20th-19th century BC. A large ceramic nail-head with two columns of tight Sumerian cuneiform text dealing with the rebuilding of the city wall of Larsa; accompanied by a typed, signed scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: 'Clay Nail-head with 36 lines of Sumerian cuneiform 115 x 115 mm. This is the head of a clay nail, with the spike missing. On the head are two columns of Sumerian cuneiform, with 20 and 16 lines. They are a royal inscription of Gungunum, king of Larsa in Babylonia c. 1933-1906 B.C. Hitherto only a very few very short inscriptions of this king have been known, and this is a previously unknown inscription of some length. There is some damage to the object, and a portion of the middle of the head is rubbed, but enough of the inscription is clear to show that it deals with the rebuilding of the city wall of Larsa by this king.' and also accompanied by a scholarly note by Dr. Manuel Ceccarelli of the University of Tübingen, Germany, which states: 'Royal Inscripion of king Gungunum of Larsa (1932–1906 BC), This is a really rare royal inscription of the king Gungunum of Larsa. Only one other manuscript of this inscription is known (Schøyen collection"). Translation: “[When the gods An]and Enlil granted in full to Utu (the sun god) in Larsa the kingship over Sumer and Akkad and the role of shepherd over the land of the Amorites, then Gungunum, the strong man, king of Larsa, farmer of Ur, [ava]nger of Ebabbar, [kin]g of sumer and Akkad, strong [he]ir of [Sa]mium, built the great [wa]ll of Larsa whose name is “Utu, the one who conquers the rebel lands”.By my superior skilfulness, I really [brought out] my city [from the marsh]. Within one year I erected its brickwork (and) I completed its great wall.[I directed the Euphra]tes through the middle of my city. In [tho]se days, the days of my reign, the market rate was truly set at [900 litre of b]arley, 5 kilos of wool,?15? litres [ofoil][for one shekel] (= 8,3 grams) (of silver"). My manpower realis[ed] its work in plenty. I a[m] the king of justice, I truly accomplish[ed] this task.” 308 grams, 11.3cm (4 1/2"). Part of a specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman; examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s; this small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples; accompanied by a copy of Professor Lambert’s and Dr. Manuel Ceccarelli's notes.Fair condition. Extremely rare.

1900-1700 BC. An important ceramic tablet with cuneiform text comprising a list of personal names, probably a complete list; accompanied by a photocopy of a handwritten and signed scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: 'School text from Old Babylonian period, c. 1900-1700 B.C. a list of simple personal names by which students learnt the signs; three columns each side, probably the complete list. Corners only missing. Colophon on left edge.' and also accompanied by a scholarly note by Dr. Manuel Ceccarelli of the University of Tübingen, Germany, which states: 'Old Babylonian sign list, This tablet is a new manuscript of the sign list known as ‘Syllable Alphabet A’. This is a list of signs and simple combinations of signs written down by students in order to learn them.' 186 grams, 98mm (4"). Part of a specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman; examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s; this small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples; accompanied by a photocopy of Professor Lambert’s and Dr. Manuel Ceccarelli's notes.Fine condition.

1250-1275 AD. A finely illuminated folio from an early medieval portable bible, hand-written by monks in Paris at the time of the later crusades; executed on both sides with two columns of 43 lines in early Gothic font, with spring plant initials in red and blue and decorative vines and spring work with highlights in red. 1.53 grams, 16.4 x 12.8cm (6 1/2 x 5"). From the property of a London gentleman; formerly in a UK collection, acquired in the 1990s. This leaf comes probably from a Bible of the so-called DU PRAT Atelier (as defined by Branner, Manuscript painting in Paris, 1977"). The text and decoration show that this was one of the numerous Bibles produced in Paris from about 1230 to a newly standardised format, made easy to use by the introduction of chapter numbers and running headings. Fine condition.

14th-15th century AD. Fragment of a vellum manuscript page, possibly continental, with old red ink stamp; found in the binding of a book of Erasmus printed at Basel at Froben in 1538 3.8 grams, 15.5cm (6"). Property of a London lady; part of an English collection formed in early 2000s. It was common in the medieval period for old and unwanted vellum and parchment pages or documents to be re-used in the binding of later books; this item is such a piece. [No Reserve] Fair condition.

Dated 11 October 1808 AD. Bowles, Ogden and Wyndham, serial no. 422. Obv: black printed text and Salisbury Cathedral vignette with ink manuscript number, date and signatures. Rev: blank with printed endorsement 'At the White-Hart Inn in the City of New Sarum / 15 August 1810 / Exhibited to us, under a Commission of Bankrupt / against WILLIAM BOWLES, THOMAS OGDEN and GEORGE WYNDHAM' in five lines with inked initials after. Outing 1885a. 202 x 120mm. . Property of a Kent, UK collector; acquired UK coin market. Fine; paper toned, some inked annotations, loss to upper corner.

Dated 4 April 1885 AD. Greenway Smith & Greenways, Serial no.27540. Obv: black printed text with ink manuscript date and signatures; ink A / KINETON date stamp 15 September 1886 and ink 'IN BANKRUPTCY / CANCELLED' in two lines. Rev: blue text within cartouche; various blue ink date stamps, with joining tape at centre. Outing 2279e. 193 x 108mm. (7 1/2 x 4 1/4"). Private collection, Cambridgeshire, UK; acquired prior to 2000. [No Reserve] Circulated; soiling and inked annotations.

Dated 16 June 1891 AD. Jonathon Backhouse & Compy, serial no.C/W 590, cut cancelled lower left. Obv: black printed text and vignette with ink manuscript date and signatures; some inked annotations. Rev: blue printed text. Outing 722g. 204 x 110mm. . Property of a Kent, UK collector; acquired UK coin market. [No Reserve] Fine; paper toned, light soiling, some folds.

Dated 13 November 1797 AD. Obv: printed text with ink manuscript date, payee, amount and signature. Rev: manuscript ink name. 184 x 76mm. . Property of a Kent, UK collector; acquired UK coin market. [No Reserve] Fine; some loss at upper left edge, large piercing.

Dated 19 June 1882 and 10 October 1884 AD. Jonathon Backhouse & Compy, serial nos.Z1238 and A/B 0198, cut cancelled lower left. Obvs: black printed text and vignettes with ink manuscript date and signatures; some inked annotations. Revs: green text; second with inked endorsement, both with circular date stamps. Outing 2050a. 192 x 112 - 200 x 110mm. . Property of a Kent, UK collector; acquired UK coin market. [2] Good; paper toned and light soiling.

HEARN, Lafcadio: The Japanese Letter. edited by E. Bisland. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910, first edition, Limited to 200 copies, And containing an original leaf of Hearn's manuscript mounted & inserted, which reads: “Mijika-yoya! Baku no yume Ku Hima mo Nashi! And below it, in English ' Alas! how short is our night! There will not be even time enough for the Baku to eat our dreams!' Old Japanese love-song . Original cloth and paper label (with an extra label at rear pastedown); Plus the auction receipt, 2006. Front endpaper inscribed by the Publishers? 'To W J Coolidge? From H&M Co.' Covers little rubbed; Plus 5 other books by or about Lafcadio Hearn. (6)

A 1750 indenture, another (a/f), a Buddhist manuscript and a related hanger

Ephemera - a photograph album, 1930's family tour of Wales, Shropshire, etc; a manuscript journal, Breconshire & Monmouthshire Tramroads, Canals General; a Cunard menu; railway related books; World War II related printed works, Bomber Command; etc

Villani (Giovanni). Croniche ... nelle quali si tratta dell' origine di Firenze, 1st edition, Venice: Bartholomeo Zanetti, 1537, large printer's putto device on title-page (apparently after Titian), title-page toned, with remnants of early ink ownership annotations, and with fore edge softened with minor damage, occasional spotting or marks (mostly to margins), some margins with early ink manuscript annotations (trimmed at fore-edge), intermittent dampstaining (mostly to gutter or margins), lacking final leaf (blank except for repeated putto device), stitching showing in places, 18th century vellum, dust-soiled with some wear to extremities, rubbed spine with loss at foot, spine label deficient, small folio in 8s (Qty: 1)NOTESFirst edition of this famous chronicle by the foremost historical writer of the Middle Ages, giving an accurate description of the history and development of Florence, of its trade, industry, social classes, religious customs, relation to its neighbours, and its ceaseless and passionate domestic conflicts. This edition contains the first 10 books, the final two not appearing until the second edition of 1554.

Cussans (John Edwin). History of Hertfordshire, Containing an Account of the Descents of the Various Manors; Pedigrees of Families Connected with the County; Antiquities, Local Customs..., 3 volumes, 1st edition, Hertford: Stephen Austin, 1870-81, volume one with engraved portrait frontispiece, general title to each volume (without separate titles to hundreds), 22 plates, including chromolithograph and tinted, double-page hand-coloured lithograph map, scattered spotting and slight toning, marbled endpapers with removed label to upper pastedowns, top edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated green morocco by Sotheran & Co., volume 1 rebacked preserving original spine, volume 3 with upper board & lower joint splitting at foot, lower panel of spines with faint manuscript library classification in white, extremities rubbed and a little worn, folio in 4s (Qty: 3)

Wilson (John Marius). The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland; or dictionary of Scottish topography ..., 2 volumes, Edinburgh: Fullarton, [1854], additional engraved title to each volume (that to volume 2 with dampstain), 19 engraved plates, 38 maps hand-coloured in outline, including 2 folding (with some closed tears), spotting mainly at fore-edges, frontispiece map to volume 2 with early ink manuscript ownership inscription to blank reverse, volume 1 lacking front free endpaper, hinges cracked, contemporary half calf, worn, large 8vo, together with: Groome (Francis H.) , Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: a survey of Scottish Topography ..., 3 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Jack, 1882-1883, numerous hand-coloured folding maps, numerous engraved plates, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed with some wear to extremities, large 8vo, plus other similar, mostly Scotland and Yorkshire related (Qty: 16)

Buckland (William). [Sammelband of geological and palaeontological tracts], 1820-24, comprising: 1. Vindiciae Geologicae; or the Connexion of Geology with Religion Explained, in an Inaugural Lecture delivered before the University of Oxford, May 15, 1819, on the Endowment of a Readership in Geology by His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, 1st edition, Oxford: at the University Press for the author, 1820, [8] 38 pp., retaining half-title, without folding plate of manuscript facsimile noted in some copies, small mark to fore margin of title-page and verso of half-title, 2. Account of an Assemblage of Fossil Teeth and Bones of Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Bear, Tiger, and Hyaena, and Sixteen Other Animals; discovered in a Cave at Kirkdale, Yorkshire, in the Year 1821 ... from the Philosophical Transactions, London: William Nicol, 1822, 68 pp., 12 engraved plates numbered XV-XXVI, title-page repaired, pp. 67-8 and plates spotted, 3. Notice on the Megalosaurus or Great Fossil Lizard of Stonesfield, from the Transactions of the Geological Society of London, London: Richard Taylor, 1824, [389]-396 [1] pp., 5 lithographic plates numbered XL-XLIV (2 double-page, 1 folding), list of plates, title-page slightly marked, plate XLI imprint shaved, XLII image just shaved, XLIII (folding) nicked and dust-soiled along fore edge affecting imprint, 4. Observations on the South-Western Coal District of England. By W. Buckland and W. Conybeare. From the Transactions of the Geological Society of London, London: Richard Taylor, 1824, [ 210]-316 [1] pp., list of plates, 7 lithographic plates, maps and plans numbered XXXII-XXXVIII, 4 folding (no. XXXII opening to 26 x 105 cm), all but one hand-coloured, number XXXII with slip-cancels, slightly marked in top margin, and trimmed closely to image along bottom edge at one point, engraved bookplate (Thomas Parry, motto 'Live Well'), contemporary tan calf, rebacked with original gilt spine laid down, 4to (26.2 x 21 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I 'For a century after his death Buckland's reputation suffered a decline: he was largely remembered as an eccentric figure who tried unsuccessfully to reconcile geology with Old Testament accounts, and as a champion of ' diluvialism ' and an outmoded catastrophism which was destroyed and superseded by the " uniformitarianism" of Lyell . However, recent reappraisals ... have shown that, on the contrary, Buckland was one of the leading figures in the golden age of geology. It could be argued that more than anyone else he was responsible for making geology, and in particular the concept of ' deep time ', acceptable to the Anglican establishment centred on Oxford, and so for paving the way for the Darwinian revolution' (ODNB).

Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, London: John Murray, 1859, iii-ix + 502 pp., folding lithographic diagram, half-title and advertisements discarded, occasional spotting (stronger towards front), a few light stains and marks, several leaves sometime dog-eared, leaves a2-4 (a2=title-page) slightly nicked and friable along fore edges, B6 with closed tear in fore margin repaired verso, I1 badly frayed, with 6cm closed tear, and old tape-repair along fore and bottom edges just touching final letter of each line not affecting legibility, P12 with closed tear to top margin (old repair touching running head recto) and a few other nicks, Y9-10 each with 3cm closed tear repaired verso (repairs covering part of text but not affecting legibility), manuscript correction in black ink to p.109 ('not' scored through), edges untrimmed, original cloth, recased and relined, rubbed, a few sections of wear to extremities, tips bumped, housed in a custom morocco-backed solander box, 8vo in 12s (Qty: 1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I Freeman 373; Garrison-Morton 220; Norman 593; PMM 344b. First edition of 'the most important biological book ever written' (Freeman) and 'one of the most important books ever published' (Garrison-Morton). One of 1,250 copies, 'of which about 1,170 were available for sale' (Norman); Freeman's binding variant b.

Grew (Nehemiah). Musaeum Regalis Societatis. Or a Catalogue and Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham Colledge. Whereunto is subjoyned the Comparative Anatomy of Stomachs and Guts. By the same Author, 1st edition, London: by W. Rawlins, for the Author, 1681, engraved portrait frontispiece, 31 engraved plates (1 folding), slightly browned, title-page dust-soiled and marked, interlinear spill-burn to part 2 signature A1, part 2 signatures C2-3 more heavily browned, plate 4 damp-stained, tide-mark to top margins of a few plates just touching images in numbers 29-31, plate 31 slightly frayed along fore edge, a few other marks, contemporary manuscript corrections to pp. 62, 81, 181, 239, 312, 343, contemporary calf, rebacked and relined, a few abrasions to covers, tips bumped and worn, folio (30.2 x 18.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I ESTC R23326; Freeman 1464; Garrison-Morton 297 (with erroneous imprint of H. Newman, from the 1694 edition); Heirs of Hippocrates 640; Nissen ZBI 1714; Norman 945; Wing G1952. 'Grew, secretary to the Royal Society, compiled this great illustrated catalogue of its museum, then housed at Gresham College. Published with the catalogue is Grew's study of the stomach organs, which is the first zoological book to have the term "comparative anatomy" on the title-page, and also the first attempt to deal with one system of organs only by the comparative method' (Garrison-Morton). 'The thirty-one plates are particularly fine' (Heirs of Hippocrates).

White (Gilbert). The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton. Edited by Thomas Bell, 2 volumes, 1st edition thus, large-paper issue, London: John van Voorst, 1877, half-titles, 5 wood-engraved plates on india paper, mounted (including frontispieces), 2 lithographic plates, 2 folding plates of manuscript fascimile, wood-engraved vignettes, spotting to binder's blanks, volume 1 d4 with closed marginal tear neatly repaired, a few trivial marks, all edges gilt, contemporary green morocco by Francis Bedford, spines richly gilt in compartments incorporating avian motifs, French fillet borders gilt to covers, inner dentelles gilt, royal 8vo (25 x 15.4 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I Freeman 3976.15; Mullens & Swann p. 641; Wood p. 625.

* [Byron]. The Maid of Athens, mid 19th century, fine circular watercolour on card after a drawing by F. Stone (engraved by W. Finden and published by J. Murray & Co in 1837), head and shoulders portrait half-profile to right, of a dark-haired young girl wearing a green dress, red and white head-dress, and pendant on a blue ribbon around her neck, diameter 9.5 cm (3.75 ins), laid down on card, with contemporary manuscript below 'Maid of Athens e'er we part,/Give O, give me back my heart', mounted, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)NOTESTeresa Makris (1797-1875) was apparently the maiden immortalised in Byron's poem 'Maid of Athens ere we part'; she was one of three sisters at whose parents' house Byron lodged briefly in 1809 and 1810, and with whom he was said to have fallen violently in love.

* Gillray (James, 1757-1815). Tiddy-Doll, The great French Ginger-Bread Baker, drawing out a new Batch of Kings..., H. Humphrey, Jany. 23rd,1806, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to neatline, small chip torn from upper left corner, 255 x 380 mm, together with Judge Thumb. Or-Patent Sticks for Family Correction: Warranted Lawful! [1782], hand coloured etching, trimmed to neatline, tipped on to later paper, 190 x 140 mm, with The Pigs Possessed - or the Broadbottm'd Litter running headlong into ye Sea of Perdition...., 1806 [but later state, probably published in 'The Satirist'], etching with contemporary hand colouring, old folds, some offsetting, 325 x 255 mm, and The Tempest or Prospero Triumphant - a sketch from the pictures lately exhibited at the National Gallery [6th May 1827], mixed method engraving with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to image and laid on later paper, old fold, title added in manuscript below image, margins frayed and worn with slight loss to manuscript title, 305 x 415 mm plus another twelve caricatures after James Gillray from later editions and publications, various sizes and condition (Qty: 16)

Adams (Louis). Decorations Interieures et Meubles des epoques Louis XIII & Louis XIV, Paris: A Morel, 1865, 100 engraved plates, some spotting, dampstaining to lower margins, front pastedown inscribed 'George Jackson Sons, 49 Rathbone Place, W', and with Geo. Jackson & Sons business card attached, early 20th century half morocco, spine with paper label and manuscript number in white, upper board detached, lower joint split, worn, folio, together with: Daly (Cesar) , Motifs Historiques D'Architecture et de Sculpture D'Ornament (Deuxieme Serie) Decorations Interieures Empruntees a des Edifices Francais, 2 volumes, Paris: Ducher et Cie., 1880, numerous engraved plates and few chromolithograph plates, some dust-soiling, toning and dampstains mostly to margins, few leaves loose and marginal fraying, with Geo. Jackson & Sons business card attached to upper pastedowns, some marbled free-endpapers lacking, contemporary red quarter morocco, manuscript number in white to spines, leather to volume 2 torn with loss to upper board, both volumes worn, folio, and others similar (Qty: 10)NOTESThe London firm of George Jackson, founded probably in the 1760s by Thomas Jackson, was the pre-eminent supplier of decorative plasterwork in Britain through most of the 19th and 20th centuries. Its commissions included major public buildings such as Buckingham Palace and the Royal Pavilion, Brighton.

Bickham (George). The Universal Penman; or, the Art of Writing, made Useful to the Gentleman and Scholar, as well as the Man of Business, London: H. Overton, 1743, 215 engraved plates (frontispiece lacking), some with manuscript numbers to upper outer corner, final leaf detached, few worm holes to inner margins of leaves at front of volume, heavy worming and worm holes at rear of volume affecting some text, first & last few leaves with some tears mostly to margins and leaves creased, occasional spotting and dust-soiling, lacking free endpapers, contemporary calf, boards detached, worn, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: From the Estate of Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

Buchthal (Hugo) . Miniature Painting in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Oxford University Press, 1957, 155 black & white plates, some minor spotting & toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, together with: Marrow (James H. et al) , The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting, 1st edition, New York, George Braziller, 1990, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and Meiss (Millard) , French Painting in the Time of Jean De Berry, 2 volumes, Phaidon Press, 1967, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head, large 8vo, plus other illuminated manuscript reference & related, including Gatherings in Honor of Dorothy E. Miner, edited by Ursula E. McCracken and others, Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, 1973, The Book of Hours of the Emperor Maximilian the First, Decorated by Albrecht Durer, Hans Baldung et al, edited by Walter L. Strauss, Abaris Books, 1974, mostly original cloth, but including some paperbacks & Sotheby's auction catalogues, 8vo/folio (Qty: 32)

Landi (Alfonso di Pompilio di Lattanzio di Girol[amo], fl.1655). ' Racconto di pitture, sculture, e architetture eccellenti, che si trovano nel duomo di Siena, con i loro autori, 1655' [manuscript caption-title], Italian manuscript in brown ink on laid paper, 182 + [2] pp., later manuscript index to final 2 pp., deckle edges, early limp paper boards, rebacked at a later date with cream cloth, manuscript spine-title 'Manoscritto Siena', 4to (20.5 x 14.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Thomas Ashby (1876-1931), British archaeologist in Italy and director of the British School at Rome (bookplate; manuscript aquisition note 'Gozzini sale, Jan 1921, 56.10'). 2) Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Two other manuscript copies traced in institutions: Morgan Library, New York (MA 299), and the Biblioteca Communale, Siena (MSC.II.30). Rare contemporary manuscript copy of this early and important source for the history of Sienese art. Circulated in manuscript form only amongst a very small number of antiquaries and cognoscenti, the work was not published in print form until a modern edition appeared in 1992 with the title "Racconto" del Duomo di Siena (Florence: Edam). It is mentioned in positive terms by the 18th-century author and historian Guglielmo della Valle (c.1740-1794) in his Lettere sanesi ... sopra le belle arti (1782-6, volume 2, pp. 32-3): 'Lo stile è de' più purgati del secolo: le descrizioni sono esatte; i giudizi fondati sopra monumenti per lo più incontrastabili'. Alfonso Landi is believed to have been born around 1585. The Racconto, or narrative of the famous Cathedral of Siena describes its decoration by some of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance - including Nicola and Giovanni Pisano, Donatello, Pinturicchio (the remarkable series of frescoes adorning the Piccolomini Library), Lorenzo Ghiberti, Beccafumi and Michelangelo.

Venuti (Ridolfino, and Amaduzzi, Giovanni Cristoforo). Vetera Monumenta quae in Hortis Caelimontanis et in aedibus Matthaeiorum adservantur nunc primum in unum collecta et adnotationibus illustrata, 3 volumes, Rome: Monaldini, 1776-79, volumes 1 & 2 with half-titles and engraved pictorial title (by Johann Cassini after Vincenzo Brenna), volume 3 lacking all before main text, engraved dedication and 266 plates by Mazzoni, Morghen, Baroni, Giardoni, Carloni, Gregori, Giordano, and others (of 270, lacking numbered plates CV & CVI in vol.1 and XVI in vol.3), 2 plates folding, a few pencil annotations, plate XCII in volume 1 torn to lower outer blank corner and repaired, plate XXXIII in volume 2 torn with long repaired closed tear, some dust-soiling and light spotting, edges untrimmed, modern maroon half morocco gilt, spines with manuscript number applied in white, folio (Qty: 3)NOTESRossetti, Rome 11296; Cicognara 3898; not in Berlin Katalog. This work forms a comprehensive catalogue of the collection of antiquities belonging to the renowned collector and patron of the arts Ciriaco Mattei (1542-1614), at his residences in Rome, the Palazzo Mattei and Villa Celimontana. He was also a close friend of Caravaggio. The first volume reproduces statues; the second, busts, herms, shields, and bas-reliefs; the third, bas-reliefs, sarcophagi and inscriptions. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

Colman (Jeremiah). The Noble Game of Cricket, 1st edition, London: Batsford, 1941, colour and half-tone plates and illustrations, some light spotting and stains, top edge gilt, original buckram gilt, dust jacket, a little rubbed with short tears, 4to, limited edition of 150, presentation copy, inscribed by the author to George Rowland Blades, 1st Baron Ebbisham (1868-1953), together with: Wisden. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1946, advertisements front and rear (one leaf with closed tear), occasional light spotting, original limp cloth, manuscript cricket scores to rear wrapper, small tears at spine ends, 8vo, Leveson Gower (H.D.G.) Cricket Personalities, 1st edition, 1925, light toning to endpapers, original cloth, spine slightly faded and rubbed at ends, 8vo, signed by the author, with other cricket including Richard Daft's Kings of Cricket, 1893, signed by the author (lacking spine) and W.K.R. Bedford & W.E.W.Collins's Annals of the Free Foresters from 1856 to the present day, 1895 (Qty: 29)

Moleiro (Manuel, editor). Apocalipsis Flamenco, Barcelona, 2004, 50 facsimile pages, including 23 full-page illuminations heightened with gold, limitation slip tipped to rear pastedown, original deep red morocco gilt, tiny scuff to rear joint, matching drop-back box, slim folio (Qty: 1)NOTESLimited edition: 34/987 copies numbered in Arabic. A high quality reproduction of manuscript 'Neerlandais 3' in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. The Flemish Apocalypse was produced in the 15th century and portrays not only beautifully painted illustrations of the apocalypse, but also faithfully reflects Flemish thinking of the period.

Agrippa ( Camillo ). Trattato di S cienza d' A rme : et u n d ialogo in detta materia , Venice: Appresso Antonio Pinargenti, 1568, [8], 111, [1] pp., decorative engraved title incorporating portrait of the author (shaved ink annotation to lower blank margin in an early hand), 26 engraved illustrations (including 13 full-page & 9 double-page), woodcut decorative initials, some ink show-through from text, few leaves slightly shaved at head & foot, some dampstaining and light dust-soiling, offsetting and few manuscript marks, old paper slip pasted to final leaf beneath register, traces/remnants of bookplate to front pastedown with consequent adhesive residue where bookplate removed, late 17th/early 18th century sheep, gilt decorated spine, upper board & spine rubbed, slim 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESThimm p.4; Censimento 16 CNCE 534. This title is one of only two works listed in Censimento 16 with the imprint of Antonio Pinargenti. According to Dennis E. Rhodes (Silent printers: anonymous printing at Venice in the sixteenth century, London: British Library, 1995), Pinargenti was not a printer, and the work was actually printed by Bolognino Zaltieri. Camillo Agrippa (1520-1595) was an engineer, architect, and mathematician, who was also an accomplished fencer. He is best known for his treatise on fencing, which became a standard work across Europe. He uses Euclidean geometry to explain the movements of the human body, its action, and reaction in time and space. This work was first published in 1553, and the illustrations are believed to be by Stradanus (Jan van der Straet, 1525-1605), although they have also been ascribed to Michelangelo. They were re-engraved for this edition by Giulio Fontana, as stated in the preface, because the original plates had become too worn.

Hope (Sir William). A Vindication of the True Art of Self-Defence with a Proposal to the Honourable Members of Parliament for Erecting a Court of Honour in Great-Britain. Recommended to all Gentlemen, but particularly to the Soldiery. To which is Annexed, a Short, but very useful Memorial for Sword-Men, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Printed by William Brown and Company, 1724, engraved frontispiece and folding engraved plate (short closed tear to inner blank margin), manuscript number at head of title, short closed tear to last leaf of dedication, fore-edge blank margin of C1 with paper fault tear (not affecting text), slight toning and spotting, armorial bookplate of Gordon family of Gordon Castle to upper pastedown and also with Gordon Castle shelf number label, contemporary calf, lacking title label to spine, joints cracked, slight wear, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESThimm p.139. This volume was previously sold at Sotheby's 29 November 1974, for £26 to F. Edwards and acquired by the Paul family. Sir William Hope (1660-1724) wrote a number of books relating to fencing. His work suggested that the French Small-Sword system which he had originally trained in was lacking, and that the true Art of Defence lay in the English back-sword method.