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Islamic Art A Persian or Indian manuscript with Sura no.36 and part of Sura 67late 19th-20th century . . Cm 16,00 x 25,50.

ELIZABETH I OF RUSSIA: (1709-1762) Empress of Russia 1741-62. L.S., Elizabeth, in Cyrillic, one page, folio, Saint Petersburg, 24th January 1737, in Cyrillic. The manuscript document is a Decree to the Patrimonial Chancery, instructing that attention to Piotr Novikov´s horses has to be maintained and that the same money he was receiving when he was working for the chancery as salary has to be paid in future. Further also instructing that the sum of 150 roubles has to be paid annually to the notary Bogdanov, as well as 800 kilos of flour and oat every four months, first the flour at the beginning of each period and after, at the end of each period, the money. Very small minor age wear, otherwise VG £1000-1500     

JENNER EDWARD: (1749-1823) English Physician & Scientist, the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. An extremely rare and significant manuscript notebook, unsigned, the tall 8vo bound volume compiled by Jenner, comprising over 100 pages of holograph text (and some original illustrations and diagrams), n.p., n.d. (c.1822/23), being Jenner's transcripts of contemporary scientific texts relating to meteorology. Jenner's notes explore the various aspects of contemporary meteorology, including the observations and discoveries of leading academics including William Falconer, Luke Howard and Thomas Forster and cover a wide variety of meteorological subjects from instrumentation ('a complete apparatus of meteorological instruments should include the Barometer, Thermometer, Hydrometer, Photometer, Athrioscope, Cynometer') through to the influence of flora and fauna ('Animal effluvia as well as vegetable are capable of being mixed with the air, and suspended in it. These are now generally esteemed to be the cause or source of fevers of the malignant or contagious kind'). The comprehensive notebook includes texts from various publications, essays and papers, a few extracts of which include - 'The analysis of the atmosphere is one of the finest discoveries of modern Chemistry. It appears to consist of two distinct expansible fluids contained in different proportions, a single portion of oxygen gas being united to three parts by weight, or four parts by bulk, of azote. There is also a very slight admixture of carbonic acid gas, accounting perhaps to a thousandth part of the whole', from the Supplement to the Encyclopaedia Britannica written by Sir John Leslie between 1815-24, 'The degree of pressure of the atmosphere upon the human body has not been exactly estimated, it having been computed from 31,000 to 42,000 pounds' weight. In the different states of the atmosphere his varies, the effects of these variations are not ascertained', from the 'Remarks on the Influence of Climate, Situation, Nature of Country, Population, Nature of Food, and Way of Life' by William Falconer (London, 1781), 'It is the frequent observation of the countenance of the sky, and of its connection with the present and ensuing phaenomena, that constitutes the antient and popular meteorology. The want of this branch of knowledge renders the predictions of the philosopher, who is attending only to his instruments less generally successful than those of the weather-wise mariner or husbandman', from the Philosophical Magazine, (Vol. XVI, London, 1803. Article XVIII), 'On the Modifications of Clouds, and on the Principles of their Production, Suspension and Destruction'; being the substance of an Essay read before the Askesian Society in the Session 1802-3, by Luke Howard, 'One of the principle uses of meteorology is, that it enables us to predict, in some measure, the ensuing changes of the weather. To do this accurately, a familiar acquaintance with the modification of the clouds, and indeed with all the operations which are going on above, appears necessary. When two or more contrary indications appear, the result must be deduced from those which ultimately prevail; & that when several agreeable signs appear, the event may be predicted with additional certainty…some animals express signs of uneasiness previous to an alteration of the weather long before there are any visible signs of a change. Dogs for instance become very drowsy & stupid before rain & their ears are sometimes found considerably inflamed….cats though in a less degree are affected in the same manner - and a leech, confined in a glass of water, has been found, by its rapid motions…to indicate fair or wet weather. Peculiarities in the electric state of the atmosphere may…affect the constitution of animals in the same manner as they appear to do ours, & thereby excite pleasurable or uneasy sensations', from the 'Researches about Atmospheric Phaenomena etc.' by Thomas Forster (London, 1813), 'In the formation of thunder storms I have noticed that when the rain actually begins to form and descend, the intensity of the blackness is not so great as where the cumulostratus is only going into a state of nimbus. If therefore the density is increased in the formation of drops of water, the blackness must depend on some other peculiarity of structure', from an article in 'The Philosophical Magazine' (Vol. XLI, London, 1813) written by Thomas Forster, 'To establish meteorology on a solid basis we should inquire into the extent and constitution of the medium we breathe and assist external observation by the different philosophical instruments which implicate at all times the exact condition and qualities of that mutable fluid', from the 'Treatise on Meteorology' by John Leslie in the Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and the Arts (Vol. XIV, Article X, London, 1823) 'White clouds on a grey ground, is one of the most certain indications of a mixture of two currents possessed of different constitutions. Storms are more sudden from the West points, in their commencement and are preceded by greater indications of commotion in the atmosphere, are attended with greater variations of the Barometer, are more squally in their progress, more partial in their extent and generally of less duration than those from an East point', from 'Remarks upon Meteorology; with a Specimen of a New Meteorological Table' by Dr.Bostock, as it appeared in 'A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and The Arts' by William Nicholson (Vol. XXV, London, 1810), 'The limit, or boundary of the atmosphere terminates where the expansive force or power of the air, upwards, or from the Earth's surface is completely overcome by the force or power of gravitation downwards, or towards the Earth's surface, which is estimated at about 44 or 45 miles. It is computed that it would extend only to about 5 ½ miles in height if it were so compressed, that its density throughout should equal its degree of density near the surface of the Earth', from an essay 'On the Barometer' by Richard Walker of Oxford, published in 'The Philosophical Magazine' by Alexander Tilloch (Vol. XL, July - December 1812).  On two pages at the centre of the journal there can be found Jenner's grey & black water colour depictions of cloud types, faithfully rendered in the style of the originals as they appear in Luke Howard's On the Modification of Clouds (1803).A third original illustration has been neatly excised from its page. Bound in the original, plain dark cloth boards (some light staining and age wear) and with a pencil ownership signature and address to the front free endpaper of a Miss Perkins & Dr Perry of 3 Priory Street, Everton. Some light staining and age wear throughout, the text however completely legible and not significantly affected in any way. Generally G   £12000-20000    A fascinating and remarkable meteorological record compiled by Jenner for his personal reference. Jenner's interest in meteorology is not well documented, however, it would undoubtedly have been a subject of great importance to him in association with his experimentation with ballooning and his studies of bird migration. The present notebook offers a unique insight into the aspects of meteorology he most desired to understand.  

DALTON JOHN: (1766-1844) English Chemist, Physicist & Meteorologist, known for his pioneering work in the development of modern atomic theory and his research into colour blindness. Manuscript D.S., J: Dalton Dr., in the third person at the head, and again with his initials J.D., at the foot, one page, slim oblong 8vo, n.p., 5th September 1815. The document is in the form of an invoice made out to a Mr. Wood for various lessons at 2/6 each and a glass tube, totalling £4.11.0. Dalton states that the invoice is 'settled', adding his initials and date at the foot. Some light overall age wear and minor staining, only very slightly affecting the text and signatures, and with some small areas of paper loss to three corners, G  £300-400    

EINSTEIN ALBERT: (1879-1955) German-born Theoretical Physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1921. A good T.L.S., `A. Einstein´, one page, 4to, Princeton, 25th February 1942, on his printed stationery bearing the blind embossed heading ''A. Einstein, 112, Mercer Street, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A'', to Mr. Hermann Broch, in German. Einstein states `I read your manuscript with great interest, and I do really believe that your method brings the important subject closer to understanding.´, further saying `I will be happy if I am given the opportunity to use your work through my judgement.´ Folded. Small overall minor age wear, crease to the upper left corner and one stain, none affecting the signature. G  £2500-3500     Hermann Broch (1886-1951) Austrian Writer. A major figure of Modernism. From 15th of August to 15th of September 1939, Hermann Broch lived at the Albert Einstein house in Princeton, the one shown on this letter, while the Einsteins were on vacation. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950.

SCHWEITZER ALBERT: (1875-1965) Alsatian Theologian, Musician, Philosopher & Physician, Nobel Peace Prize winner 1952. An unusual manuscript D.S., Albert Schweitzer, one page, oblong 8vo, Lambarene, 2nd August 1959, in French. Schweitzer has headed the document Certificate of Baptism and writes, in part, 'Mlle. Margrietha Dingena van der Kreek, born on the twenty-ninth September 1926 at Bussum, Holland, residing since March 1955 at Lambarene (Gabon), who works at my hospital in Lambarene, was baptised by me, Albert Schweitzer, consecrated pastor of the Evangelical Church of Alsace, on the 2nd August 1959 at Lambarene', also stating that the baptism has been recorded in the book of baptisms of the Society of Evangelical Missions in Paris. EX  £150-200    Dr. Margrietha van der Kreek served as Schweitzer's Chief of Medical Services at his renowned hospital in Lambarene, in the Gabon province of French Equatorial Africa, from March 1955 until August 1960. 

`..events occur, and exclude own free will acting´ EICHMANN ADOLF: (1906-1962) German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer of World War II. Rare autograph manuscript signed `Adolf Eichmann´, one page, oblong 8vo sheet notepaper, n.p., 10th March 1961, in German. The page bears a lengthy text in Eichmann's hand, explaining his own thoughts short before the start of his trial, stating in part `Too far without being aware of, they are molded and bent, so that you´d hardly expected, got in the hell of a mess and that before becoming aware, did not succeed to leave, so simple because events occur, and exclude own free will acting´. About VG  £5000-8000     Eichmann was kidnapped-captured by the Mossad in Argentina on 11th May 1960 and was taken to Israel. At the time of the present letter, Eichmann was imprisoned in Israel. Written only a month before Eichmann´s trial started on 11th April 1961. He was subsequently found guilty of war crimes in a widely publicised trial in Jerusalem. Sentenced to death, Eichmann was executed by hanging in 1962.

LEOPOLD I: (1640-1705) Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, 1658-1705. L.S., `Leopold´, one page, small 8vo, n.p., n.d. [1702], in German. Autograph annotation in the Emperor´s hand, five lines, stating `Because the supplicant has few monetary means, his pension is granted but without any further consequences´. Below Leopold´s annotation, the letter bears a contemporary annotation in another hand, being a transcription of the Emperor´s text, probably because of the difficult reading of the manuscript text. Small overall minor age wear, with very small staining to the left edge, otherwise G  £200-300     

JOSEPH II: (1741-1790) Holy Roman Emperor 1765-90, King of the Romans 1764-90 and King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia 1780-90. Joseph II was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Marie Antoinette. D.S., Joseph, as Emperor, two pages, folio, Vienna, 31st July 1766, in German. The manuscript document is addressed to Heinrich von Bibra and announces the appointment of Count von Pergen as a minister plenipotentiary and also states 'In his stead, the highborn, faithful Royal Count Leopold von Neipperg who loves Our Graceful Emperor and Our Empire will take the position as Our minister plenipotentiary' and requests that von Bibra grants the new minister 'the same access and attention as his predecessor, if he has something to bring forward from time to time'. Countersigned at the conclusion by two individuals including Franz Georg von Leykam. With the original folio envelope wrappers bearing a large blind embossed paper seal. A few neat slits and a lengthy, neat split to the central vertical fold, none of which affect the text or signatures. About VG  £300-400     Heinrich von Bibra (1711-1788) Heinrich VIII of Fulda. Prince-Bishop of Fulda 1759-88. Johann Anton von Pergen (1725-1814) Austrian Diplomat and Statesman, one of the most influential individuals in the reformist administration of Joseph II.  Count Leopold von Neipperg - Austrian Diplomat who, in 1760, invented a letter copying machine sometimes regarded as the first working typewriter. Father of Adam Albert, Count von Neipperg (1775-1829) Austrian General and Statesman who married Napoleon's widow, Empress Marie-Louise, in 1821.

ERNST I: (1601-1675) Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1640-75) and Saxe-Attenburg (1672-75), known as 'Ernest the Pious'. D.S., as Duke of Saxe-Gotha, one page, small 4to, Friedenstein, 26th July 1652. The brief manuscript document, comprising five lines of text, is a money order and the lower half features an eight line holograph receipt signed by Andreas Didelius. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and uniform toning, otherwise VG  £200-300    

AUGUSTUS OF SAXE-WEISSENFELS: (1614-1680) Lutheran Administrator of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg 1638-80. A fine ink signature on a good oblong 8vo portion removed from the conclusion of a document, dated 31st May 1652 and bearing a countersignature and two blind embossed paper seals at the foot. With several manuscript lines of text to the verso. Lightly mounted at the left edge to a folio sheet beneath a slightly smaller portion of manuscript text removed from the head of the document. Some very light, minor uniform discoloration, otherwise about VG  £100-150     

MELIES GEORGES : (1861-1938) French Film Director, a Pioneer of cinema and Innovator in the use of special effects. Rare D.S., G. Melies, two pages, 4to, 16 Passage de l´Opéra, Paris, 5th November 1912, being a receipt issued on Melies' attractive printed stationery «Manufacture de Films pour Cinematographes - G. Melies». The manuscript receipt, in French, is for the sum of 370 Francs, being the payment of royalties due from the sales in New York of Melies' films. To the second page listing the name of the films, being A Son´s Example on New York sales and Ghost of Sulphur Mountain on Brockliss sales. Three file holes to the left edge of the document, not affecting the text or signature. VG. £1200-1800    

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS I: (1750-1827) Elector of Saxony 1763-1806 (as Frederick Augustus III), later King of Saxony 1806-27 and Duke of Warsaw 1807-13. D.S., Friedrich Augustus, as Elector of Saxony, one page, folio, Pillnitz, 2nd July 1791, in German. The manuscript document is addressed to Marshal von Herrengosserstaedt, Colonel of the Engineering Corps, and confirms the promotions of Christian Friedrich Angermann and Egidius Gotthilf Francke to Colonels, instructing Herrengosserstaedt to 'implement the promotions of the two Colonels and to communicate the promotions to the corps entrusted to his command'. Countersigned by von Schiebell and Georg Friedrich von Grossman. With blank integral leaf. A couple of very minor spots of foxing, otherwise about EX  £250-350     

LUMIERE LOUIS: (1864-1948) French Pioneer Filmmaker, along with his brother Auguste. T.L.S., Louis Lumiere, two pages, Bandol, 12th June 1943, on his personal printed stationery, Villa Lumen, Bandol, Var, to Monsieur Lo Duca, in French. Lumiere responds to his correspondent´s letter and confirms having received his request and books, as well as his last manuscript dedicated to the History of the Photography and Cinema only eight days ago, and states `..my health which is very precarious these days (cataracts make reading more and more difficult and painful) did not allow me to answer sooner´ and adds an interesting thought `(Light is taking its revenge for my repeated dares!)´. Lumiere further congratulates Lo Luca for his book The History of Cinema, and `for your little book´ The Cinema Technique. Referring further to the manuscript received and to his correspondent´s request asking for Lumiere´s comments and annotations to this manuscript, the French filmmaker states `..I am taking the liberty to direct you to the few remarks you will find on a separate sheet, under reference numbers, in order to make the lecture easier.´ Lumiere also offers to Lo Luca´s international museum an original print related to his first movies, and concludes on a postscript explaining the personal documents which he also sends to his correspondent. Accompanied by two printed 4to pages, containing the amendments and annotations referred above, and including numerous technical, scientific and historical comments with multiple references to Marey, Antoine Lumiere and Melies. A letter of good content. Small overall age wear, with trace of a former staple, not affecting the text or signature. G  £200-300       Joseph Marie Lo Luca (1910-2004) Italian writer and critic. Lo Luca was one of the founders of Cahiers du Cinema, an influential French film magazine founded in 1951. Etienne Jules Marey (1830-1904) French Scientist and pioneer of photography and cinema. Charles Antoine Lumiere (1840-1911) father of Auguste and Louis Lumiere. Georges Melies (1861-1938) French Film Director, a pioneer of cinema and innovator in the use of special effects.

CHARLES II: (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland (1649-51) and Ireland 1660-85. A good D.S., Charles R, (fine example) as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Whitehall, 13th June 1672. The manuscript document is addressed to the Attorney General and is a warrant for John Richards to be one of the Clerks of the Privy Seal 'next & immediately after the determination of Our Grants now in being to Hartgill Baron, Sr. Charles Bickerstaffe Knt., John Mathews & Thomas Watkins, Clerks of Our Privy Seale in possession , or any one of them, & ye same to execute by himself or his Sufficient Deputy, for & during his naturall life together with all offices, wages, Diets, profits & Priviledges to the said Offices or either of them, belonging or any wise appertaining, in as full & ample manner, to all intents & purposes, as the now Clerks of Our Privy Seale hold & enjoy…..' . Countersigned at the foot by Henry Bennet (1618-1685) 1st Earl of Arlington, English Statesman, Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1662-74. With blank integral leaf. Some very light age wear and minor dust staining at the folds, otherwise VG  £1000-1500     

GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R. (a 'mad' example), as King, at the head, three pages, folio, Court at Saint James's, 26th March 1808. The manuscript document is a License relating to John Tulloch and states, in part, 'To all commanders of Our Ships of War and Privateers…..Greeting, whereas John Tulloch of London on behalf of sundry Commanders of Vessels navigating under Kniphausen, Papenburg, Hamburg, Luber, Bremen and Oldenburg Flags, Prays Our Royal Licence for permitting six vessels navigating under the said Flags (or the Flags of any neutral Power which may retain its Sovereignty and which they may assume in case their own meets with Impediments or Restrictions in Ports they may lie in or be declared extinct by any of the Belligerent Powers in consequence of the Territory the ships belong to, being annexed to any of those States) to be employed for the space of six months in trading between the Ports of Our United Kingdom and Ports from which British vessels are excluded (with liberty to touch at a Swedish or Norwegian Port out and home) with such Goods as are allowed by Our order….We….are graciously pleased to direct the Commanders of all Our Ships of War and Privateers not to interrupt the said Vessels Trading….' Countersigned ('Hawkesbury') at the conclusion by Robert Jenkinson (1770-1828) 2nd Earl of Liverpool, British Prime Minister 1812-27, Home Secretary 1804-06, 1807-09. With two certificates at the conclusion, the first signed by John Tulloch in London on 7th April 1808 and stating, in part, 'This is to certify that the Kniphausen Vessel Anna Rebecca…..now lying at Lynn & bound on a Voyage to the Baltick is one of the Vessels not named in this Licence intended to take the benefit thereof' and the second signed by Joseph James on 21st May 1808, certifying that the vessel Anna Rebecca is under convoy of His Britannic Majesty's sloop Kite. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some light overall age wear and creasing and a few small holes and neat splits at the edges of the folds, only very slightly affecting a few words of text but not the signatures, G  £400-500     

GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. A fine D.S., George R, (a large "mad time" bold ink signature) as King, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at St. James's, 18th February 1805, to Alexander Forbes. The letter bears an attractive blind embossed paper seal affixed to the front left border, a King´s seal in Latin, also including the text "Honi soit qui mal y pense". Bearing also to the front page a second Royal blind embossed seal. The manuscript document being the King´s appointment of Alexander Forbes stating `..appoint you to be Lieutenant Governor of the District of Gaspé, and Inspector of the Trade and Fisheries upon the Coast of Labrador in our Province of Lower Canada..´. Countersigned at the conclusion by Camden in his capacity as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. With blank integral leaf, with a registry annotation to the verso. Folded, with small overall creasing, otherwise G to VG  £250-350      John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden (1759-1840) Known as The Earl Camden 1794-1812. British Politician who served as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1804-05.

GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. A very fine D.S., George R, as King, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at Carlton House, 6th December 1823. The manuscript document is addressed to the Earl of Eldon and is a warrant for the affixing of the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Ratification of a Convention between King George IV and the Emperor of Austria 'for the definitive settlement of the Austrian Loan, concluded and signed at Vienna, on the Seventeenth day of November [1823]'. Countersigned at the conclusion by George Canning (1770-1827) British Prime Minister April - August 1827 and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1807-09, 1822-27. With a manuscript copy of the Convention annexed to the document, six pages, folio, in English and French, comprising five articles negotiated between Robert Gordon and Klemens von Metternich in which the Emperor of Austria agrees to repay the sum of 'Two Millions Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling in satisfaction of the whole of the British Claims'. Neatly tied with a blue ribbon and with a blind embossed paper seal affixed. VG  £250-350     

GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-1936. D.S., George R. I., as King, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Saint James's, 21st August 1931. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is a military commission appointing Robert John Cunliffe Cave to be a Second Lieutenant in the Land Forces (The Royal Scots Fusiliers). Countersigned at the foot by Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd (1871-1947) British Field Marshal, Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1933-36 and Herbert Creedy (1878-1973) British Civil Servant, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War 1920-39. With a blind embossed pale blue paper seal affixed. Some heavy creasing at the folds and some light age wear, otherwise about VG  £100-150     

[[FOCH FERDINAND]: (1851-1929) French General, Supreme Allied Commander during World War I.  EDWARD VIII (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. A fine autograph manuscript, unsigned, four pages, 4to and slightly smaller, n.p. (London), n.d. (July 1919). The boldly penned holograph manuscript, with a number of corrections, is the draft of a speech made by the Prince of Wales at a dinner in honour of Marshal Foch following the end of World War I and states, in part, 'This is an occasion of such unique & historical interest that I find it very difficult to address such a so distinguished an assembly. It is indeed a great honour for me to be presiding here this evening & that it should fall to my lot to propose such a wonderful toast; it is almost impossible for me to find adequate words……to welcome so many famous allied commanders…..At this dinner are gathered together, comrades in arms drawn from many nations…..who have been engaged in a long & desperate (sic) struggle against the most powerful military combination that the World has ever known & who have emerged from the struggle completely victorious……France & Paris have already celebrated peace & our overwhelming victory; the other allied nations & their capitals will doubtless do the same. But just now we are celebrating it all in the British & London way & I feel that yesterdays triumphal pageant was a brilliant success. We feel that it represented the great war, that it represented victory in every sense of the word & that no one who was present could fail to carry away but the proudest & most inspiring memories which will last a life time……To me as one of the younger generation these memories will be specia particularly vivid as during my periods of active service in several theatres of war I often had the priviledge (sic) & good fortune of being closely associated with many of our allied armies army corps divisions & even regiments…….It is obvious that this last greatest of world struggles has broken all records from every point of view but I would venture to point out that never before has so large a number of allies been fighting & working together…..Now that the great war is over & the powerful enemies that have so long disturbed the peace of the World & menaced our freedom are finally overthrown & subdued we all rejoice to welcome here those who have shared with us the perils & sufferings of the trying & strenuous campaign & who now share with us the joy of our victory. Representative of every allied power are present this evening but there is one power whose representative has occupied a unique position. In Marshall (sic) Foch we salute the great captain…..His position as a Supreme C. in C. has no comparison in history either from the point of view of power or responsibility. In this position he has revealed a genious (sic) for war equal to the greatness of his task & the magnitude of his difficulties'. Together with a further selection of holograph notes, unsigned, four pages, oblong 4to and 8vo, n.p. (London), n.d. (July 2019), being the Prince's briefer manuscript notes prepared in composing his speech, with various corrections and the different sections each marked with an ink and blue indelible pencil line, the notes concluding with a passage in French, 'C'est pour moi un tres grand honneur et tres grande joie de vous acceuillir ici au nom du Roi et de boire a la sante des grandes nations allies dont vous etes les representants distingues Je n'ai qu'une pensée ce soir "vive nos braves allies"' and his Toast to Foch, 'The Commanders & representatives of the armies forces of our allies coupled with the name of Marshall (sic) Foch'. A rare manuscript with interesting content. A few slight stains and minor age wear to the preparatory notes, the manuscript speech VG, 2   £800-1000     Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929) French Marshal, a General and military theorist who served as the Supreme Allied Commander from March 1918. The 'triumphal pageant' which the Prince of Wales describes as having taken place the day before in the present manuscript was undoubtedly the Victory Parade Peace Day held in London on 19th July 1919. Although fighting on the Western Front had ceased in November 1918, peace negotiations would continue for many months and the Treaty of Versailles was not signed until June 1919. When negotiations were reaching their conclusion and a 'proper peace' was within sight, a peace committee was founded to decide how Great Britain would publicly mark the end of World War I and acknowledge the widespread feelings of jubilation within the country. With a Bank Holiday having been agreed upon, on the morning of the 19th July thousands of people gathered in London to participate in a spectacle, the likes of which had not been witnessed before. Almost 15,000 troops participated in the victory parade which was led by the Allied commanders Douglas Haig (British Commander-in-Chief), John Pershing (Head of the United States Expeditionary Force) and Ferdinand Foch (Allied Supreme Commander). The latter received the honour of being created a Field Marshal in the British Army on the same day and was evidently honoured at a dinner the next evening when the Prince delivered his speech. A monument to those killed and wounded, designed by Edwin Lutyens, was unveiled in Whitehall to mark the end of the victory parade. Although it was a temporary construction, another made from Portland stone and designed by Lutyens was to replace it in 1920 and, known as the Cenotaph, still stands today. 

STADION JOHANN KASPAR VON: (1567-1641) Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights 1627-41 and President of the Privy Council of Emperor Ferdinand II. Ink signature ('Jo: Caspar') on a slim oblong 8vo piece evidently neatly removed from the conclusion of a document and with two lines of manuscript text, 4th July 1631. Lightly mounted at the left edge to a folio sheet beneath a similar piece neatly removed from the head of the document. About VG  £100-120     

HARLEY ROBERT: (1661-1724) 1st Earl of Oxford. British Statesman, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1710-11 and Lord High Treasurer 1711-14. D.S., Oxford, one page, 4to, n.p. (London), 22nd January 1713. The printed document is a discharge with instructions 'That you deliver and pay of such Her Majesty's Treasure as shall from Time to Time be paid into the Receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer, and remain in your Charge, of the Produce of the Sale of Her Majesty's Tin, unto the Rt. Hon. Samuel Lord Masham, or his Assigns, the Sum of Fifty Pounds, in Repayment of the like Sum by him lent upon the Credit of the Money arising by the said Sale of Tin…..' Signed by Harley in the right margin and countersigned by William Wyndham (c.1688-1740) English Politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1713-14. To the verso appears a brief manuscript receipt signed by Masham acknowledging full payment of the order on 16th July 1715. Neatly trimmed to the left edge, only very slightly affecting a few words of text, and with a small area of paper loss to the right edge and two tears to the upper margin, not affecting the text or signatures, G  £80-120      Samuel Masham (1678/79-1758) 1st Baron Masham. British Courtier and the husband of Queen Anne's favourite, Abigail Masham.

NEWCASTLE & NORTH: NEWCASTLE DUKE OF: (1693-1768) British Prime Minister 1754-56, 1757-62 & NORTH LORD: (1732-1792) British Prime Minister 1770-82. North led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence. A good D.S. by both the Duke of Newcastle ('Holles Newcastle') and Lord North ('North') individually, one page, folio, Whitehall Treasury Chambers, 29th June 1759. The manuscript document is addressed to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs in Scotland and approves the application of John Taylor, a Landwaiter and Searcher at Port Glasgow, to be absent from his duty for three months, also directing 'that no deduction shall be made from the salary of the said John Taylor on account of his absence during that time provided you have no objection thereto'. Also countersigned at the foot by Robert Nugent (1709-1788) 1st Earl Nugent. Irish Politician & Poet, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1754-59. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a small tear at the centre, neatly repaired to the verso and not affecting any of the signatures. About VG  £250-350     

BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: A very fine, rare D.S., R Walpole, by Robert Walpole (1676-1745, British Prime Minister 1721-42), one page, folio, Palace at Whitehall, 22nd July 1740. The manuscript document is addressed to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury and is a warrant ordering the payment of two thousand one hundred and ten pounds eleven shillings and six pence to be made to Thomas Lowther without account, 'that is to say, the sum of Two thousand pounds to reimburse the like sum by him Expended to answer a Bill of Exchange drawn from abroad for his Majesty's Service, and the remaining sum…..is to defray the Fees and Charges attending the Receipt thereof…..'. Countersigned at the foot by William Clayton (1671-1752, 1st Baron Sundon, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury) and Thomas Winnington (1696-1746, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury) and further countersigned at the head by eight Lord Justices comprising Spencer Compton (c.1673-1743, 1st Earl of Wilmington, British Prime Minister 1742-43), Thomas Pelham Holles (1693-1768, 1st Duke of Newcastle, British Prime Minister 1757-62), John Potter (c.1674-1747, Archbishop of Canterbury 1737-47), Philip Yorke (1690-1764, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English Lawyer & Politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain 1737-56), Lionel Sackville (1688-1765, 1st Earl of Dorset, English Political Leader, Lord Steward 1725-30, 1737-44), Charles Lennox (1701-1750, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 2nd Duke of Lennox, 2nd Duke of Aubigny, British Nobleman, Peer & Politician, Master of the Horse 1735-50, remembered for his patronage of cricket), Charles Powlett (1685-1754, 3rd Duke of Bolton, British Politician & Lieutenant General) and John Montagu (1690-1749, 2nd Duke of Montagu, British Peer, Master of the Great Wardrobe 1709-49). With blank integral leaf. Documents from this period featuring the signatures of three British Prime Ministers are rare and desirable. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a few small, neat splits at the edges of some folds, otherwise VG  £800-1000     Sir Thomas Lowther (1699-1745) English Peer and Landowner.

CHAVEZ HUGO: (1954-2013) President of Venezuela 1999-2013. A very good and unusual rare manuscript document signed `Hugo Rafael Chavez´, twenty three pages (23), small 8vo, green paper cover, being his personal diary, written during his parachuting course from 24th June to 14th July 1974, in Spanish. A very lengthy and carefully written diary by a young Chavez, with multiple annotations each day, referring to his fears, his goals, his day by day course, his relationships with women, his feelings, his jumps and results, etc… Chavez states in part `24th June - Today I kept on with my psychologic training. Am sure I´ll achieve my goal. Am confident in myself…25th June - I think that the army should be on the streets.. Today I saw for the first time how an officer used his sabre against a soldier. "The Present is struggle. The Future belongs to us"… 6th July - In the evening I took Marysabel and Nury to the cinema. We were intending to watch "The Exorcist".. I held each one by an arm and we run the three together through the empty streets, we enjoyed very much.. 9th July - We were informed that we would only fly on Saturday and will try to make the five jumps all in one day. .. In the evening we watched the film "Party in California" with Elvis Presley… 11th July - "The one who leaves all aside in order to be useful to his Homeland do not lose anything.. Bolivar"… 12th July - Tomorrow I´ll jump for the first time in my life, it will be one of the greatest experiences in my life.. 13th July - People say that you find the real courage when you learn how to control your fear, and I did so…´ And before concluding, above his signature, Chavez states `Finally, thanks God, I am a paratrooper´. A very interesting content manuscript. VG £500-800  

GUILLOTIN JOSEPH-IGNACE: (1738-1814) French Physician, Politician & Freemason who, in 1789, proposed the use of the guillotine as a device to carry out death penalties in France.  Manuscript D.S., Guillotin, one page, 4to, Paris, 24th January 1796, in French. The document is a medical prescription and states, in full, 'Take a quart of scrag of mutton and half a dozen turnips; put in a pint of water; boil at low heat until the turnips are cooked, then remove the turnips and mutton and let dissolve. Manna en sorte [flake or common manna] one ounce. Then pass it through a linen. You must drink the broth hot, in the morning, with an empty stomach, glass by glass, every half an hour, until all is finished'. Signed and dated at the conclusion. With a small slim 12mo French newspaper clipping announcing the death of Guillotin neatly affixed at the foot of the document. Some light overall foxing and with slightly irregularly trimmed edges, otherwise about VG  £1200 – 1800     It is unclear which ailment the present prescription would alleviate, however turnips are a very good source of anti-oxidants, minerals, vitamins and dietary fibre and have been cultivated as staple food since ancient Greek and Roman periods. Guillotin proposed the use of the device known as a guillotine on 10th October 1789 as a less painful method of carrying out death penalties by execution in France. The apparatus, with which Guillotin's name has become eponymous, was particularly used during the French Revolution, where it was celebrated as the people's avenger by supporters of the Revolution and vilified as the pre-eminent symbol of the Reign of Terror by opponents. One of the most famous individuals to be executed by guillotine was Marie Antoinette, Queen consort of the French, on 16th October 1793.

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) French Military and Political leader, Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. A very fine D.S., Bonaparte, as General in Chief of the Army, three pages, folio, Cairo, Egypt, 27 Fructidor, year 6 (13th September 1798), in French. The lengthy manuscript document is in the form of a report prepared for Napoleon, providing plans for the loading of a cargo to be made of products from Egypt and to be sold in Smyrna and Salonika, giving very detailed instructions for the transportation of the Egyptian produce, comprising rice, ammonium salt, incense and coffee, to markets in Greece and the Levant and for the subsequent use of the local monies generated in income, the report justifying the selection of produce 'Because the English, in case they come and visit, would be more easily persuaded that this shipment belongs to locals who never allocate all their funds to one good' and  'because the coffee would facilitate the outright sale of all the rice, in case it was abundant in Smyrna and in Salonika, where a lot of it is shipped and sold when there is a lack of rice from here. From then on, buyers who would like to buy coffee, since it is a much sought-after commodity, would have to buy a quantity of rice equal to the quantity of coffee they would ask for. This way, the deal would only be quicker, and infinitely more profitable', further stating 'Ammonium salt would find its place, for there is such a lack of it in the Levant, where they haven't received any of it from England for a long time……And although it is expensive here, it deserves our attention, especially if the quantity produced could be larger. Incense, because of its great consumption by the Greeks, in their homes and in their churches, would be an excellent good. We would need fine quality, and white. This constitutes, at all time, an easy trade', adding that 'The same applies to good quality hemp, since I have heard there won't be any of it shipped to Turkey, as well as seeds and other drugs in Constantinople, but as it is not a good time to put together a large shipment because of its scarcity, we can choose goods that are easier to obtain, while making sure to give preference to the ones that can facilitate the trade of rice, which should be the base of the load'. The author of the report also remarks 'This shipment's net proceeds would be spent right away on wet goods such as wine, spirits, fine linseed oil. I would buy the wine in Santorini, Naxos, or any other island in the archipelago where they produce it in great quality. I would prefer these islands to Tenedos, because although the wine there is as good in colour and in taste, they are less busy - I could make purchases and load the ship in much less time. Besides, the load would look like it is destined to be shipped to Russia, which they do in that area now and again. This pretext would hide the destination all the more since I have known the merchants of the said islands for several years; they know I was conducting business in the Black Sea when I was settled in Bucharest', continuing to inform Napoleon that 'I could also load dry fruits, such as figs and various types of raisins. I will arrive just as the shipments to Russia begin, and very certainly nobody will assume that what I bought was to be shipped to Egypt. It will, moreover, be up to me to take all the precautions, for a swift and fortunate return, the season we are about to enter being the most favourable for such venture' also adding various reasons why he is 'convinced that I would easily escape our enemies' vigilance' and recommending a sailing ship and Captain named Hadgi Ourea Dipsara based in Alexandria, whom he has known for a long time, adding 'It would be his decision to choose a suitable night to slip away without being seen' and concluding 'He would certainly succeed thanks to his vessel being in a superior running order, and well-found since he has 25 men, then would go to the harbour to find the 250 barrels, which is more than adequate for the goods referred to above. They will be loaded in appearance for various Greek and Turkish recipients, and branded as such. To add more credibility to the operation, each part will have an accompanying letter written in the oriental style.' At the conclusion of the report appears a statement in another hand, reading, in full, 'Desirous of favouring the said commercial undertaking, as much as to have news of what is happening on the archipelago as to procure wine for Egypt, Citizen Poussielque will draw up a report for me concerning the means at our disposal for procuring the above mentioned cargo'. The instruction is signed by Napoleon at the conclusion. A document of fascinating content. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and one very small, neat tear to the upper right corner of the final page, only very slightly running through two lines of text, VG  £2000-3000     In 1798 Bonaparte led a military expedition to Egypt which was to serve as a springboard to his goal of achieving political power (a coup was orchestrated by Bonaparte in November 1799 with the result of him becoming First Consul of the Republic). In August 1798, the month before the present document was signed, the British Fleet commanded by Horatio Nelson had captured or destroyed all but two French vessels in the Battle of the Nile which had severely damaged Napoleon's desire to strengthen the French position in the Mediterranean. His army had succeeded in a temporary increase of French power in Egypt, although it faced repeated uprisings. Citizen Poussielque served as the Chief Administrator of the French Army.

MCQUEEN STEVE: (1930-1980) American Actor. D.S., Steven T. McQueen, one page, 4to, n.p. (Los Angeles, California?), n.d. (c. May 1970). The typed document, with a minor manuscript insertion, is a waiver of notice and consent to the holding of a special meeting of the Board of Directors of Solar Plastics Engineering Company, advising that a special meeting will take place in Los Angeles, California, on 4th May 1970 for 'the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may come before said meeting…..'. Signed by McQueen at the foot in his capacity as a director of the corporation and countersigned by two other directors, William J. Maher and Robert J. Schiller. Three file holes to the left edge and one very minor crease to the upper right corner, none of which affect the text or signatures. VG  £300-400    

[TREATY OF PARIS]: MURRAY GEORGE (1772-1846) British Soldier & Politician, Chief of Staff to the Army of Occupation in France following Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. L.S., G. Murray, three pages, small folio, Cambray, 4th June 1817, to 'My Lord'. Murray announces 'It has been agreed upon with Count Woronzaw [Voronstov] that the Russian Troops about to move towards the Coast in place of Encamping shall occupy Cantonments between Bailleul and Bergues' and further informs his correspondent 'These Troops are to march in 5 Divisions (or Columns) and it is at present intended that the movement shall take place so as that the first Division may arrive in its Cantonment upon the 27th of June, and the following Divisions on the next succeeding days', further enclosing a note of the Cantonments in which the troops will be accommodated in the march, asking that the arrangements be submitted to Sir Henry Fane ('in order that he may be so good as cause the British Cavalry to vacate in time') and concluding 'Should there be any particular Quarters in the Cantonments to be taken up by the Russian Troops which it may be desirable should not be occupied by them, I beg you will transmit me a memorandum on the subject, and I shall request Count Woronzaw to give orders accordingly'. Together with the enclosures referred to, being two manuscript documents, three pages (total), folio, n.p., n.d. (June 1817), in French. The first is headed 'Emplacement des Colonnes Russes' and the second 'Marche Route des Troupes Russes', naming various villages (situated in the hinterland around Dunkirk) and their populations etc., and how they will be divided between the five Divisions, both signed at the conclusion by a Captain Moore, certifying that they are true extracts from the originals. Some light foxing, a few small tears and minor age wear, most noticeable to the letter which also has a small area of paper loss to the upper right corner of the first page, not affecting the text or signature. G, 3   £100-120      The present letter was signed just six days before the Treaty of Paris of 10th June 1817, which, fulfilling the Articles of the Congress of Vienna, was the third and final treaty drawn following Napoleon Bonaparte's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo on 18th June 1815. The troops referred to in the present letter and documents were presumably being withdrawn from France. Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov (1782-1856) Russian Field Marshal, renowned for his success in the Napoleonic Wars.  Sir Henry Fane (1778-1840) British General who commanded brigades under the Duke of Wellington.

BONAPARTE PAULINE: (1780-1825) Duchess of Guastalla. Favourite younger sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. D.S., `Bon - Pauline´, one page, folio, Paris, November 1811, in French. The manuscript document being an invoice due to `Tissier, Marchand bonnetier, fabriquant de bas de S.A.I Madame la Princesse Pauline´ (“Weaver, caps Dealer, stocking manufacturer for H.I.H Princess Pauline”), for the sum of 149 francs. Annotated by the receiver as paid on 30th November 1811. Pauline gives her acceptance `Bon´ to the extra works listed, such as `Laundry, mending, buttons, ribbons,.. new stockings, velvet,...´ Overall, minor age wear, very small creasing to the edges and few pinholes not affecting the signature. G  £150-200 

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. A very fine L.S., Napol (a good example of the Emperor's more complete signature, with a bold flourish), two pages, with gilt edges, 4to, Rambouillet, 10th September 1807, to Prince Eugene Napoleon ('Mon fils'), in French. The manuscript letter is in the hand of Napoleon's private secretary, Claude Francois de Meneval, and the Emperor states, 'I see, according to your latest report, that the 4th regiment of riflemen has 58 horses present, the 9th has 68 horses present, the 25th has 63 horses present' and continues to declare 'I don't know why these depots have so few horses when combined they have 674 men present', adding 'Nevertheless make sure you make as many of them as possible leave for Naples to strengthen the regiment there, and hasten their departure so that it can take place on the 1st of October'. Napoleon further asks his son to consider reinforcing the Naples army, instructing 'Prepare for the following detachment: a captain, a lieutenant, a second-lieutenant, and 14 men from the Light Infantry Regiment. Same for the 1st Regiment of Line Infantry. I already gave you orders for the 6th regiment based in Corfu. Same for the 10th Line Infantry Regiment, for the 22nd and 20th Light Infantry, and for the 52nd, 62nd, 101st Regiments of the Foreign Legion, which will be 27000 men in total' and concluding 'I wish for these 27000 men to be ready on the 1st October, to go to Ancona, and from there to Naples. They can march with the 900 cavalry men'. With blank integral leaf. A letter of fine military content and good association and featuring a scarce example of Napoleon's signature. About EX  £2500-3500      Eugene de Beauharnais (1781-1824) Duke of Leuchtenberg. French Prince, the first child and only son of Empress Josephine, the first wife of Napoleon I, by her marriage to Alexandre de Beauharnais. Napoleon formally adopted Eugene as his son. Regarded by historians as the ablest of Napoleon's relatives, Prince Eugene commanded the Army of Italy and served as Viceroy of Italy under his stepfather.

GUITRY SACHA: (1885-1957) French Actor & Director. An excellent and very interesting lengthy Manuscript in Guitry´s hand, n,p., n.d., eighty pages (80), 4to, in French. Written to front pages, either in pencil, or ink, or even some typed, the draft contains multiple side annotations, amendments, crossed paragraphs, etc.. The manuscript is a vibrant advocacy in favour of Theatre and actors, denigrating the cinema which he considers a threat. To the first page and sentence Guitry states `Ladies and Gentlemen, the Theatre according to me is neither a job nor a profession, not even an art… It is a passion!´ further saying in part `..imagine the anxiety of a man of theater who watches the spectators deserting the theatre halls.. they settle for cinematography, for this dying image, without relief, without colour, plane and which is in fact the reproduction of a travesty… The theatre at this time is only risking one thing, to become again an Art, as it was time ago… Why don´t you applaud a singer who has just sang on your television screen? Because he has not taken the risk to fail his natural G, and he can´t fail… Therefore no interest…And once the film is produced, you cannot change anything anymore… The cinema cannot replace the theatre in the same way the photography could not replace the painting…´ Guitry reproduces a dialogue of a playwright and states `Do you realize the difficulty of playing such an irresistible dialogue scene of Courteline in a film? An actor cannot know at which exact moment and for how long the spectators will be laughing…actors on scene can stop when they want..´ An extremely interesting and lengthy manuscript, full of curious and unexpected comments and comparisons, `..the best two actors who ever existed are Shakespeare and Moliere, both comedians. Because they were not actors playing their playwrights, no, they were comedians who realizing that the existing playwrights were bad, they decided, thanks god, to write them themselves!´, Guitry also refers on several occasions to his father´s comments and thoughts, mentioning playwrights, one of his own that he is about to play `Un homme d´hier et une femme d´aujourd´hui´ (`A man of yesterday time and a woman of today´), also referring to religion and actors `When Adrienne Lecouvreur died, this admirable tragedian passed away on the same week that a famous English actress died, Anna Oldfield. And while the English actress was buried at Westminster, the French tragedian was refused the ecclesiastical burial, and was buried during the night in a wasteland.´ Small overall age wear, otherwise G  £2500-3500

‘Dali plunges and digs in his nails, his fingers, his hands, his fists, his arms and his shoulders…’  DALI SALVADOR: (1904-1989) Spanish Surrealist Painter. A fine original illustrated autograph manuscript signed ('Salvador Dali') in the third person in the body of the text, two pages, n.p. (Paris?), n.d. (1930s), in French, on the folding letter stationery of the Le Colisee bar and grill on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Penned in dark fountain pen ink, Dali commences his surrealist manuscript by announcing 'And it is precisely into the invisible anxiety of the void, into these vast horizons filled with nothing, and into these truculently desert-like, three-dimensional continuums that Salvador Dali plunges and digs in his nails, his fingers, his hands, his fists, his arms and his shoulders, to make himself remember until his ecstatic soul springs forth through his mouth' and continues 'And I repeat that if the man says that proto-erotic idea comes to overwhelm the void, this same man at the very moment where the artist's coefficients make him reach the highest hierarchy of conscience, of the materiality of his love, this same man, I repeat, at the very moment where he thinks he is expecting with his arms, his thighs, his saliva, and his very back the true anguish of the void of his love, this man, I am repeating for the third time, will feel how he is falling from his excess into the precipice, into the void of ejaculation (or) actually onto that which is nothing else but the very delicate material of which ecstasy is made', concluding 'M A Rebuc holds on to the sign of biology, of morphology, and of the aesthetic ecstasy in the ejaculatory sense of the word'. To the lower half of the second page of the manuscript appear two rows of original surrealist pen and ink drawings which illustrate, variously, an eyeball on the top of a column, various facial features including a nose and lips, a chess pawn, the profiles of two women wearing large hats and various twisted, tortured-looking objects, perhaps human organs. A rare illustrated manuscript. A couple of minor ink blots to the first page slightly obscure a few words of text, although do not affect the signature or illustrations. About VG  £6000-8000  

‘The living merit of the work made it stand out as among the most genuine creations in the gallery’ HUNT WILLIAM HOLMAN: (1827-1910) English Painter, one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. An interesting portion of a working Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, with corrections, two pages, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. (c.1906) The manuscript concerns Dante Gabriel Rossetti's painting Ecce Ancilla Domini (or The Annunciation) and a work by Raphael and states, in part, 'We will not presume in consent to lay down the law about his merits but I think there is no reason why I should not state my own view about one of his painting[s] which I saw at the National Gallery a few weeks since. It was a copying day. I had gone in mainly to see the new Raffaelle and I had seen it and had enjoyed the contemplation of many more of our precious possessions……In turning about to see that I was in nobody's way the picture of The Annunciation by Rossetti seemed to speak to me long forgotten words. I approached, it was being copied by two ladies, and I felt at once that they had made a wise selection. The living merit of the work made it stand out as among the most genuine creations in the gallery, and I distinctly concluded that there was no painting there done by hands so young as Rossetti's were when he did that, which could be compared to it. He was twenty one at the time, Raffaelle was twenty four when he painted the Ansidei Madonna. Raffaelle's picture altho' of course more complex, and having special value as containing evidence of the steps by which he reached his final excellence, is not to be compared to it for the difficulty of the attempt, or for the artis[try]'. The fragments are numbered 19 and 20 in red indelible pencil to the upper left corners and both have some light age wear, a few tears and minor areas of paper loss, none of which significantly affect the text. G  £150-200    Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) English Poet, Illustrator & Painter, a co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais. Rossetti painted Ecce Ancilla Domini (or The Annunciation) in 1849-50, deliberately using a limited colour range. The oil painting received mixed reviews and was heavily criticised in some quarters when it was first exhibited in 1850 and Rossetti vowed never to show it in public again, continuing to work on it until 1853. It was then sold to Francis McCracken, an early patron of the Pre-Raphaelites, for £50 and the National Gallery of British Art (now Tate Britain) acquired the work in 1886. Raphael (1483-1520) Italian Painter & Architect of the High Renaissance. The present fragments are part of William Holman Hunt's original working manuscript for his work Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which was published by Macmillan, London, in 1906

Rousseau refers to Women and Veils ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. An interesting autograph manuscript, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. [1745-48], in French. Rousseau writes a short text, being related to the history of women, stating `W[omen]´s veil is one of the oldest customs of which the stories speak, but it is difficult to know if this is because of modesty, because of vain glory or because of pride that w[omen] wore it, or because of husband´s jealousy.´ Also annotated to the left border by Rousseau `Chardin - T[ome].4 - p.[age] 155 - ed[ition].1711´, referring to a work by Jean Chardin, entitled Voyage en Perse (“Travel to Persia”). Small overall minor age wear, with left and bottom edges irregularly trimmed and creasing to the bottom right corner. G  £600-900     The present text corresponds to Rousseau´s work about the history of women, written between 1745 and 1751 for his benefactress Mrs Louise Marie Madeleine Dupin, and which would never be published.

SCHILLER FRIEDRICH: (1759-1805) German Poet, Philosopher and Playwright. An extremely rare fragment of an autograph manuscript, unsigned, two pages, slim oblong 12mo, n.p., n.d. (1804-05), in German. The text, apparently unpublished and with several corrections, is from Schiller’s translation of Phedre and states, `O wird mir solcher Dank für meine Liebe? Verdammliches Verwegenes Erkühnen Freche That! Verdammliches Erkühnen! Und seiner frevelhaften wilden Lust zu büßen genug zu thun, Erlaubte sich der Freche gar Gewalt!´ further writing, to the verso, `Think of my Queen’s complaints - O Lord! From a wicked love - all her hate arisen – Theseus´. Some light overall age wear and with very slightly irregularly trimmed edges, about G In the winter of 1804-05 Schiller was suffering from pain and spasms of pneumonia and the only literary work he could undertake was a translation of Jean Racine’s dramatic tragedy Phedre, which had first been performed in 1677.  The present fragment was one of a number excised from the original manuscript shorty after Schiller’s death and presented to admirers as a keepsake of the poet.

Dumas has difficulties with the rehearsals of his play Henry III and his Court  DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A fine A.L.S., A. Dumas, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d. [1828-29], to Baron Taylor, in French. Dumas sends a message requesting his correspondent´s help regarding his rehearsals and premiere of his play `Henri III et sa cour´ (“Henry III and his Court”), stating in part `I write to you, trembling that you might get tired to listen every morning that the same person is announced to you, the same face… I have still not seen my manuscript, would you please act on my behalf…and if you attend today the committee meeting, or tomorrow, please intervene between these two powerful females, approach the one who considers has reasons to complaint about my person, tell her that….´, further saying `..then, please ask for rehearsals, I think that we will need one or two rehearsals this week…if Mme Leverd presents a strong opposition to the premiere of Henry III...´. Before concluding Dumas adds a new comment with humour saying `I stop here, I would be as long and as boring on a letter than in person.´ With blank address leaf, written in Dumas´ hand, with remnants of a former seal and a very small area of paper loss due to the letter opening. Small overall creasing, otherwise G  £250-350       Henri III et sa Cour, (“Henry III and his Court”) was first performed at the theatre of the Comédie Française, Paris, on 11th February 1829.

SAINT-EXUPERY ANTOINE DE: (1900-1944) French Writer, Poet and pioneering Aviator. French aristocrat who became a laureate of several France's highest literary awards and is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince ('Le Petit Prince', 1943) and for his lyrical aviation writings, including Night Flight (1931) and Wind, Sand and Stars (1939). Rare Autograph Manuscript, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., being annotations about his thoughts on mankind, his past years in airmail service, and also referring to a travel to Madrid during the war, in French. The manuscript contains a full first paragraph crossed, and is most probably a draft of one of his articles for the newspapers L´Intransigeant or Paris-Soir. Saint-Exupery in his usual difficult writing states in part `Of course I met bourgeois standing behind their counter. But how many others! Of course I met men who had chosen the danger. And they were poor. But I do not think about this at all.. I do not think there are two races of men..´, further saying `..If I watch consider my route and my walks on this planet, I have seen men as they were, I judged ones and the others, and I found my place in the airmail service.. I liked the merit and duty of serving with men..´ Creasing to the left border and upper left corner, although not affecting the written text, otherwise VG  £600-900     

REMIZOV ALEKSEY: (1877-1957) Russian Modernist Writer and expert Calligrapher. An excellent and lengthy rare autograph manuscript by Remizov, signed twice, at the heading and conclusion, in red attractive capital letters, in Cyrillic, eight pages, grid paper, 4to, written only to front pages, [c.1928], in Cyrillic. The untranslated document text refers to various guises in which St. Nicholas appeared in Russia and to the beliefs associated with them. A very desirable manuscript tied with the original thin red string. Small overall minor age wear, and very small staining to edges, otherwise G to VG  £10000-15000   

PASTERNAK BORIS: (1890-1960) Russian Poet and Novelist of Doctor Zhivago (1957). Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1958. An excellent and lengthy Autograph Manuscript, four pages, folio, n.p., n.d., in Cyrillic. The text is entitled `Pavlo Tychyna - The First Encounter- Chernigov, 1910´ and corresponds to Pasternak´s full translation into Russian of Tychyna´s work The First Encounter, being Pasternak a literary translator. The manuscript states in part `I remember an autumn day. The sky turned blue. Silver dust seemed to fall from the hot firmament… Lessons had finished, and you could hear the din, the laughing and the music of the harmonica in the seminar classes…´ further saying `..he said into the void, while holding a heap of leaves in his hands. He was black-eyed and was wearing a hat. I grasped anxiety in his eyes… The sun came out again. And the stranger, being about to get up, looked at me as if I were a dear person. How could I not lose my mind!...´ The poetic text further refers to George Sand, Glinka, and a musical concert, stating `After about five days a concert was given in the seminar hall. Students were in charge of taking care of spectators. Guests were arriving, the corridor was full. At the entrance of the hall, the greenery on the balconies hung down as a living garland hiding the frieze. We were on duty among the stewards, either rehearsing the bow, either joking about forfeits or about George Sand… "Don't be shy!" said the art teacher, slightly pushing me, introducing me to his companion: "A very promising poet, if there is a chance, it would not be a bad idea to publish his works. You must have a bunch of poems already?.. The bell rang and everyone started gathering slowly at the hall. Clumsy tuning up was escaping through the door. The horn set the tone for violas, racing with the clarinet. A roar of instruments was sonorous like a brawl. I also tried my oboe… Then the conductor waved his baton, reconciling discordant sounds. Everything froze. Glinka spoke from the suite. From the bottom of the bass, the forest began to rise… Winter was over... There was a spring day without limits around me, and the sun, and this little bird above the field! No! There was also the sweat of the working people, and the glory….that Glinka was praising. That work that tears the limits of time and pulls forward. I thought that Kotsyubinsky was also feeling that storming of notes. At the peak of our powers, we performed "Lark". While playing the oboe, I kept an eye on Kotsyubinsky. He was looking into the distance quietly, like a person at the helm. He knew: there were battles, victories and wars far away, and therefore our beloved creator was sitting straight up, honourable, and looked into the distance...´ Overall age wear, with some professional repairs, mostly to edges. Otherwise About G  £6000-9000     Tychyna´s work "The First Encounter" was originally written in Ukranian, and was translated into Russian by Boris Pasternak. It was first published in 1939 by Molodaya Gvardia in Moscow.  George Sand (1804-1876) French Novelist who used the pseudonym of George Sand, her real name being Amantine Dupin. Also known for her romantic affairs with artists, including Frédéric Chopin and Alfred de Musset. Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) Russian Composer. Widely regarded as the Father of Russian music.

Working manuscript from Les Sequestres d'Altona SARTRE JEAN-PAUL: (1905-1980) French Philosopher & Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1964. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, three pages, 4to, n.p., n.d. (c.1958), in French. The working manuscript, with various corrections, is penned on Sartre's favoured feint squared graph paper, and represents three pages of dialogue between Johanna and her husband, Werner, from the play Les Sequestres d'Altona (1959; The Condemned of Altona). Some very light, extremely minor age toning and a few very small tears to the edges of some pages, not affecting the text, VG  £600-800    American Book Prices Current record only one other instance of pages of manuscript from Les Sequestres d'Altona as having appeared at auction. Three unsigned pages from the foreword were sold by Stargardt on 5th June 2012 for €1800 

‘Spiritualism is the basis of the religion of the future’  DOYLE ARTHUR CONAN: (1859-1930) Scottish Author, creator of Sherlock Holmes. A scarce original mimeograph typed manuscript, unsigned (although with nine words of holograph text in the form of a correction to the second page, marked in bold within this description), four pages, 4to, n.p., n.d. (c.1930), marked 'Confidential' in Doyle's hand at the head of the first page. The typescript states, in part, 'These various forecasts of the immediate future of the world should be used with the utmost discretion. We have above all to avoid sensationalism and undignified newspaper stunts. We have to remember that there have been alarms before which have come to nothing…..They have also been accompanied by a notable increase in the seismic activity of the world which shows itself in those very quarters with which the warnings deal. It is impossible in my opinion not to take them seriously for they represent in themselves a psychic phenomenon for which I know no parallel. Our circle seems to have been chosen as the clearing house for these messages, for though we would not venture to claim that all have reached us still it is very remarkable how they have converged upon us from all quarters. Some have been oral but taking the whole series it would not be an exaggeration to say that we have had one hundred messages all independent of each other. But these must be taken as supplementary to our own direct information got during the last four or five years through my wife with the aid of my own control Pheneas. These cover in detail every phase of my predicted crisis. As to time we never have had anything really definite in our own circle such terms as "soon" and "very soon" being always used. It is a belief that the control sees things in pictures and not in terms of worldly time. My American coooperators working with a proved and excellent medium were told on the 8th of Jan that six months of preparation from that date could be relied on. They did not say that that was an absolute minimum and clearly they have placed the date too early. We have ourselves always been given the autumn as the time of year. If we state the course of events as outlined in these various documents and check them with our own information the result is overwhelming. It would entail a period of terrific natural convulsions during which a large portion of the human race would perish. Earthquakes of great severity, enormous tidal waves would seem to be the agents. There is mention of war but that would appear to be only in the early stages and to be in some way the signal for the crisis. What makes the matter more difficult to understand is that we are always told that the deaths are not indiscriminate but selective. One could only explain this by supposing that it is the gases released from the earth which are fatal and that some are rendered immune……The following general details may be gathered. That the crisis will come in an instant. That the general destruction and utter dislocation of civilised life will be beyond belief. That there will be a short period of utter chaos followed by some reconstruction. That the total period of the upheavals will be roughly three years. That the chief centres of disturbance will be the Eastern Mediterranean basin where not less than five countries will entirely disappear. Also the Atlantic where there will be a rise of land which will be a cause of those waves which will bring about great disasters upon the Americans, the Irish, and the Western European shore involving all the low lying British coasts. There are indicated further great upheavals in the Southern Pacific and in the Japanese region. These are the main points indicated some in one corroboration some in another and all in our messages. It is however continually rubbed in that the really important side is the psychic side and that all the physical is subservient to that. During the whole course of events there is a psychic accompaniment with manifestations of spirit power which is to culminate in a complete rending of the veil so that spirit and matter will be face to face for a time. When they separate again a great number of those who have worked in the same cause will be privileged to pass over with their spirit friends and without death in the ordinary sense of the word. Others of the "Elect" if I may use the current word are retained for a few years to establish the new order on a solid basis. Thus the race may be divided into three sets - the hopeless material who are swept away, the "Elect" who change their sphere, and the central body who carry on under picked leadership. The whole object of the spiritualist movement from the beginning has I think been to prepare a body of thought which will understand and be able to cooperate in such a crisis. In the course of these world shaking events there will be on earth a single strong spiritual influence which working either directly or through others will control events. At the supreme moment this high spirit will be visible to all and will command the reverence of all. This would seem to correspond with the idea of a second coming. Indeed the whole course of events ending in a happier world will follow the general line of what was vaguely seen by the prophets of old. When these things come it will be the duty of all who have any knowledge of spiritual facts and the meaning of these events to go forth and devote themselves entirely to the comfort and instruction to the terrified and bewildered human race. Therefore we must cultivate knowledge and spiritual strength ourselves to meet what may be a very great strain. Spiritualism is the basis of the religion of the future. I repeat that I have no certainty over these events. I can but pass on what has been passed to me but I would not take the responsibility of doing that if I were not deeply impressed by the facts which have actually occurred. A huge conspiracy to deceive upon the other side would seem to be the only alternative and that is hardly consistent with the lofty teaching which goes with the messages. I need not ask you to handle this paper with discretion. We want no hysterical developments, nor do we wish to commit the spiritualistic movement to a prophecy which may not materialise. At the same time without publicly committing the movement in any way I should wish to let individuals know [what] my own individual point of view is so that they may now watch the course of events for themselves and form their own conclusions and the line of action. Let those hear who have an ear to hear but let it not be broadcast'. A manuscript of remarkable content, seemingly Doyle's own retained copy with a few corrections to be made before distribution between presumably only a very small circle of like-minded Spiritualists. The four pages are joined with the original brass fastener to the upper left corner. Together with a scarce unsigned printed 8vo pamphlet entitled A Word of Warning by Arthur Conan Doyle, published by The Psychic Press, London, n.d. (February 1928). Some very light age wear and creasing, otherwise VG, 2   £400-600    Doyle's manuscript prophesying the end of the world was not published in his lifetime and first appeared in The Sunday Express on 20th July 1930 under the title How the World Will End. The newspaper reported that the 'extraordinary document' was presented to them 'in the form of a letter written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle some time before he died to Mr. S. Fowler Wright, the author of "Deluge", the much-discussed novel which gives an imaginary description of the end of the world'.

TWAIN MARK: (1835-1910) American Writer. Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Mark Twain being his pen name, and best known for his novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). A good Autograph manuscript by Twain, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., in bold purple ink, being a paragraph of his work A Tramp Abroad (1880), and stating `..With a cheer the men went at their work. I attended to the engineering myself. I appointed a strong detail to cut down trees with ice-axes and trim them for piers to support the bridge. This was a slow business, for ice-axes are not good to cut wood with. I caused my piers to be firmly set up in ranks in the cellar, and upon them I laid six of my forty-foot ladders, side by side, and laid six more on top of them.´ With two words crossed and amended by Twain. Extremely small corner creases, otherwise VG  £2000-3000    A Tramp Abroad (1880) is a work by Twain, detailing a travel journey including autobiographic and fictional events. The narrator (Twain) plays the part of the American tourist of the time, believing that he understands all that he sees, but in reality understanding none of it.

Eleven books each signed by the author including C.T. Onions Shakespeare Glossary 1925 with laid-in manuscript letter, Daring To Hope signed Elena Bonham Carter, Martin Bell The Truth That Sticks, Terence Conran Chef's Garden, Ian Hislop Private Eye St. Albion Parish News etc Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

NO RESERVE Ceramics.- Solon (Louis M.) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Pottery & Porcelain in the Collection, limited edition (number 189 of an unspecified number), buckram, roan label (defective), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Charles Butters & Sons, 1912; and a quantity of other sale catalogues of European porcelain including the Leveson Gower Collection of Sèvres Porcelain (1916), Bischoffsheim Collection of Dresden (1926) and Wallace Elliot (1938), some with prices in manuscript, mostly Sotheby's or Christie's, 4to & 8vo (c.200)Provenance: The Partridge Fine Arts Research Library

Clocks.- Iden (Walter J.) Photographs & Descriptions of 68 Very Fine and Rare Old English Clocks...in the collection of Walter J.Iden...An XVIIIth Century Makers Masterpiece, album of photographs mounted on 35 leaves with detailed manuscript descriptions in ink, tissue guards, original cloth fastened with metal screws, slightly rubbed, oblong folio, 1943.⁂ One of only a few albums produced by the owner, all different. "As his collection grew and his albums became full, it was his habit to give them away to some interested or helpful friend and he would then start new ones...He spared no expense of either time or money in the preparation of these sets of albums...[&] took infinite pains in pasting in the photographs and in annotating them." Dawson. The Iden Clock Collection, p.14Provenance: The Partridge Fine Arts Research Library

NO RESERVE Decorative Arts.- Fribourg (Rene) [Sale Catalogue] The...Collection: Catalogue, 7 vol. in 3, illustrations, some colour, some prices in manuscript, finely bound in red morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, Sotheby & Co., 1963; and a quantity of other sale catalogues of continental furniture and decorative arts including Champalimaud Collection 2005, Alberto Bruni Tedeschi Collection 2007 & Dimitri Mavrommatis 2008, mostly Sotheby's or Christie's, 4to & 8vo, 1960s onwards (Qty)Provenance: The Partridge Fine Arts Research Library

Decorative Arts.- Stowe.- [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Contents of Stowe House, near Buckingham, lithographed frontispiece and 2 plates (lightly foxed), some prices and buyers' names supplied in manuscript, names in ink and pencil on title, original roan-backed blue glazed boards, broken and worn, spine defective, covers detached, Christie & Manson, 1848; [Sale Catalogue] The Ducal Estate of Stowe...Contents of the Mansion, catalogue no.805 for "Albert Amor Esq.", plates, 4 colour plans, 2 folding, 1921; Particulars of Stowe House...and the Remaining Portions of the Estate, pictorial title, folding colour plan, plates, some items marked "sold" in pencil, 1922, together 2 vol. in 1, bound in green morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, g.e., original upper wrappers bound in (both with date in manuscript, the first rubbed), Jackson Stops, 4to & folio (2)⁂ The majority of the great art collection at Stowe was sold in 1848 following the bankruptcy of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, who was rumoured to have left for the Continent with debts exceeding £1,000,000. The first sale of the contents totalled £75,562 4s 6d over 35 days. It included the famous "Chandos Portrait" of Shakespeare which sold to the Earl of Ellesmere for £372 15s. and in 1856 became the first donation to the newly-created National Portrait Gallery. The first of the later sales comprised 3955 lots including the mansion and estate on the first day, followed by eighteen days of the remaining contents; at the second the house was bought to establish the famous school.Provenance: The Partridge Fine Arts Research Library

NO RESERVE Fine Arts.- Leverhulme (Viscount) [Sale Catalogue] The Art Collections..., 7 vol. in 1, bound in half dark green morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, New York, Anderson Galleries, 1926; and a small quantity of other American sale catalogues of fine and decorative arts including Georges Lurcy 1957, William Salomon 1923 & Mrs. William Salomon, 1928, some prices in manuscript, New York, 8vo & 4to (sm.qty)Provenance: The Partridge Fine Arts Research Library

NO RESERVE Silver.- Palace Collections of Egypt. [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Important Works of Art in Precious Metals, prices in manuscript, bound in half dark green morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt, original wrappers bound in, Sotheby's, 1954 § David-Weill (D.) Orfèvrerie, 3 vol., original cloth, Paris, 1971-72 § Moritzburg Treasure (The): Silver and Works of Art from the Royal House of Saxony, original cloth, dust-jacket, Sotheby's 1999, sale catalogues, illustrations, some colour; and a large quantity of other sale catalogues on silver and objects of vertu, including a bound volume of catalogues comprising Hearst 1937, Trefusis 1939, Rothschild 1940, Sidney Lodger 1941, Ridpath 1942, Ratcliff 1943 & Marsden Smedley 1943 (a couple with prices and/or buyers' names in manuscript or loosely inserted, one or two leaves becoming loose), mostly Sotheby's & Christie's, 4to & 8vo, 1920s onwards (c.350)⁂ The first was part of the extraordinary collection formed by King Farouk of Egypt, sold off by the government of Egypt following Farouk's forced abdication after a military coup d'état.Provenance: The Partridge Fine Arts Research Library

BANKS SIR THOMAS C.  An Analytical Statement of the Case of Alexander Earl of Stirling & Dovan. Fldg. pedigrees & inserted manuscript notes (no map). Rebound parchment backed brds. 1832.

Shorthorn Private Herd Books.  2 neatly written manuscript oblong vols. with details of breeding, disposals, bull purchases, etc. It is not clear as to which herd they relate but it may be to Bartlow, at the end of one vol. is an interesting transcript of a letter from John Thornton to W. McCulloch, Australia. Early 1900's.

Shorthorn Cattle - Rettie Herd.  Notes at Rettie of Live Stock and on Improvements made at Rettie, on May 6, 1875.  Well written manuscript notebook detailing the animals in the herd, noting the early animals in the herd and even recording the cattle paintings in the house; also notes on the other livestock (the pigs had come from Windsor), that the owner "is 87 years of age on 19th December next" and the herdsman, Jock Leslie, has been there since 1843.  Mr Longmore`s herd at Rettie, Banff was established for some fifty years and dispersed in 1881; also The Rettie Short-Horns, 12pp offprint from the Banffshire Journal, May 25, 1875 and catalogues of Longmore sales in 1856, 1860, 1861 (x2) and 1865. (7).

COTTRELL HENRY.  Improved Short-Horns. A well written manuscript volume by "the much-credited Gloucestershire authority of that day upon the Shorthorn". Pres. copy to D.J. Niblett of Haresfield.  111pp commencing with catalogues and prices of the Colling cattle, followed by transcribed letters from the farming press, many very detailed, and other information and concluding with a transcript of "The Art of Improving the Breeds of Domestic Animal in a Letter Addressed to Sir Joseph Banks by Sir John Saunders Sebright" and several pages on the scientific selection of animals.  Etched frontis. Quarto. Worn bdg. with marbled brds., def. backstrip. 1835.

Shorthorn Sale Catalogue.  Short Horned Cattle, the Property of Mr James Crisp which were Sold by Auction at Doddington ... by Mr Wetherell.  Manuscript throughout with prices. Card wrappers. 9th May 1839.

A pair of Indian album leaves in pen & ink manuscript and gouache with vignette portraits and views, 29 x 18.5 mm, framed and glazed

Finch (Lady Charlotte) An Inventory of the Household Furniture etc., belonging to the Right Hon.ble Lady Charlotte Finch at her House at Charlwood in the Parish if Rickmersworth (sic) in the County of Hertford taken June the 15th 1767 and the other subsequent days, manuscript inventory covering 38 rooms plus courtyard garden and back yard, signed by Sam Spencer, Auctioneer and W. Gates, Cabinetmaker, 12 pages, 405mm x 162mm, manuscript invoice (in duplicate) and expense account of Spencer and Gates pinned to front cover (as well as travel costs it includes breakfast, dinners, suppers, brandy and 2d for the poor woman at the gate!), marbled paper wraps, folded [Lady Charlotte Finch (nee Fermor), 1725-1813, was governess to the children of King George III and Queen Charlotte from 1762 to 1793. Her husband died in 1766, followed by her daughter in 1767]

Wrawby Farm Wrawby Farm Account Book, 1839-1856, interesting manuscript accounts (one page for May 1854 has been removed), original vellum binding (worn). Loosely inserted is a manuscript map of land intersecting the Market Weighton Canal and the road from Howden to North Cave. [Wrawby is a village in North Lincolnshire]

Payne-Gallwey (Sir Ralph) Archery - An outstanding manuscript compiled by Sir Ralph Payne Gallwey of Thirkleby Park on the subject of Archery. Contains notes on research on the Turkish bow with tables of dimensions and flight distances, mounted photographs, Turkish arrows, notes on the construction of Composite bows, bowstrings, the Turkish Thumb Ring (with sketches), the grooved horn, extracts from a Turkish Book on Archery, photographs of Chinese Archery, etc.etc., written in the first decade of the 20th century, 101 pages of manuscript, photographs, tables, plates, sketches and diagrams, bound in full pebble-grained morocco with gilt lettering to upper board (binding rubbed)

Evans (Cornelius) Cornelius Evans' Copy Book, 1804, containing recipes for whitening copper, how to make Japan ink, medicinal remedies, making dyes etc. etc., manuscript, marbled paper wraps; with a small quantity of others including a 1681 indenture, a French passport dated 1837 for David Roberts, an interesting letter from Corfu (1840) to David Roberts from his brother (with postmarks, a letter from Calcutta and a manuscript map of the Lucknow area, an 1867 letter signed by the Duke of Devonshire, Plato's Advice, a new Song, etc, (qty)