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Lewis (William). The Edinburgh New Dispensatory ... containing I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. II. The materia medica; or, an account of the natural history, qualities, operations and uses, of the different substances employed in medicine. III. The pharmaceutical preparations and medicinal compositions of the new editions of the London (1788) and Edinburgh (1783) pharmacopoeias ..., new edition, Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson, 1791, half-title, 6 engraved plates, some browning and spotting, contemporary sheep, morocco title label, joints and extremities rubbed, 8vo, together with: Dover (Thomas) , The Ancient Physician's Legacy to his Country, being what he has collected in forty-nine years practice ... Design'd for the use of all Private Families, London: Printed for the Relict of the late R. Bradly, 1733, title and final leaves frayed at head, bound with at front: Mead (Richard) , Medical Precepts and Cautions, Translated from the Latin, 3rd edition, Edinburgh: Printed by A. Donaldson and J. Reid for Alex. Donaldson, 1763, manuscript notes to half-title and verso of title, few other manuscript notes, some toning and occasional marks, armorial bookplate of Stewart of Allanton to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, red morocco title label to spine, upper joint cracked and slight wear to extremities, 8vo in 4s, Lewis (William) , The Edinburgh New Dispensatory ..., 5th edition, Edinburgh: William Creech, 1797, 2 engraved plates (one double-page & one folding), contemporary half calf, red morocco title label to spine, light wear to extremities, 8vo, Baldinger (Ernst Gottfried) , Pharmacopoea Edinburgensis additamenta, Bremem: Georg. Ludov. Foerster, 1784, folding table, short worm trail to title and some worming throughout (particularly towards rear of volume), contemporary mottled sheep, gilt decorated spine with maroon title label, 8vo (Qty: 4)

Royal College of Physicians of London. Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regalis Londini, London: excudebat H. Hills, impensis T. Basset, J. Wright, R. Chiswell, & T. Newcomb, 1682, without frontispiece, some spotting and staining, early manuscript notes to front endpaper, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, joints, head & foot of spine and board corners repaired, 24mo in 12s (Wing R2107), together with: Pharmacopoeia , Pharmacopœia Londinensis. Or, The new London dispensatory ... As also the Praxis of Chymistry ... The fourth edition corrected and amended. By William Salmon, London: T. Bassett, R. Chiswell, M. Wotton, G. Conyers, and A. and I. Dawks, 1691, some browning and spotting, few leaves close trimmed, later endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, upper board detached, board corners repaired, 8vo, ibid. , Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regalis Medicorum Londinensis, London: T. Longman, T. Shewel & J. Nourse, 1747, engraved illustration to title, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine lacking title label, 12mo (Qty: 3)

Ouseley (Sir William, translator). The Bakhtyar Nama: a Persian Romance. Translated from a Manuscript Text. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by W. A. Clouston, Larkhall: William Burns, 1883, quire O starting, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, contemporary red cloth, black skiver spine labels, slightly rubbed, 8vo, one of 330 copies only, together with: Heron-Allen (Edward, translator), The Lament of Baba Tahir, being the Ruba'iyat of Baba Tahir, Hamadani ('Uryan), 1st edition, London: Bernard Quaritch, 1902, gelatin silver print photograph of Heron-Allen mounted to initial blank, inscribed by Heron-Allen on half-title 'To [?]Chris Stewart from the translator, the 2nd of May 1925' with line of verse in Ottoman Turkish, edges untrimmed, original boards, spine worn, 4to, Rodwell (Ernest Hunter, translator), Ibn Yamin. 100 Short Poems, the Persian Text with Paraphrase, 1st edition, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1933, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, and 15 others, Persian literature and travel, and related (Qty: 19)

Shakespeare (William) . The Plays of William Shakspeare, 10 volumes, London: T.Davison (volume 1); J. McCreery (volumes 2-4); T. Bensley (volumes 5-10), 1804-1807, 1st volume with engraved portrait frontispiece, each volume with vignette title, each play with additional vignette title, occasional spotting or toning, several (mostly front) free endpapers lacking, contemporary mottled calf gilt, rubbed with some wear to extremities, several joints cracked, volume 2 with some loss to spine and label, 8vo, together with: Maupertuis (Pierre Louis Moreau de) , Oeuvres de Maupertuis, 4 volumes, nouvelle edition corigée & augmentée, Lyon: Jean-Marie Bruyset, 1768, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, half-titles (each with early ink manuscript library inscription), that to final volume partly detached, titles printed in red & black, with ink library stamps at foot, that to final volume with early ink manuscript library inscription, letterpress illustrations and decorative head- and tail-pieces, some light spotting, volume 3 textblock split centrally, contemporary sprinkled calf, some marks, extremities worn, 3 boards detached, 4 joints cracked, 8vo, with a defective copy of An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, by George Staunton, 2nd edition corrected, in 3 volumes, London: G. Nicol, 1798, with 3 folding maps and 1 folding table, but lacking plates and frontispiece (Qty: 17)

Tacitus (Gaius Cornelius). Opera omnia quae exstant ... J. Lipsius denuo castigavit, et recensuit, Antwerp: Christophe Plantin , 1581, slightly browned, marginal paper-repair to d7, spill-burn in top edge of m2, inner hinges possibly tightened, all edges gilt, manuscript catch-title to top edge, contemporary limp vellum ruled in gilt, contemporary manuscript spine-title, slightly marked, 8vo (17 x 10.5 cm), together with: Gellius (Aulus), Noctes Atticae ... Henrici Stephani Noctes aliquot Parisinae, Atticis A. Gellii Noctibus seu Vigiliis invigilatae, Paris: [Henri Estienne], 1585, title-page laid down (with small hole visible in margin), lacking blank [superscript 2]C1, 18th-century polished calf, gilt spine, rubbed, 8vo (17.3 x 10.6 cm), Catullus, Tibullus, & Propertius. [Opera] nova editio. Josephus Scaliger Jul. Caesaris F. recensuit, Paris: Mamert Patisson, at the shop of Robert Estienne, 1577, lacking E7 and blanks S2 and r6, slightly browned, 18th-century polished calf, loss to head of spine, 8vo (16.6 x 10.1 cm) (Qty: 3)NOTESProvenance: 1) Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie (1625-1707), first lieutenant-general of the Paris police force created by Louis XIV in 1667, with engraved bookplate, annotated 'De la Reynie' (Tacitus only); 2) Sir John Trollope (1800-1874), 1st Baron Kesteven and 7th Baronet Trollope, Conservative member of parliament for South Lincolnshire from 1841 to 1868, with engraved bookplates (all items). Adams T32 (Tacitus), G366 (Gellius), C1154 (Catullus); Renouard 150:2 (Gellius: 'édition rare et estimable'), 179:1 (Catullus); Ruelens-de Backer 224:9 (Tacitus).

Turner (Dawson, 1775-1858). Journal of a Three Weeks' Tour, with Thos . Phillips Esqr. R.A., from London, through Rouen, Vernon & Mantes, to Paris, in the Autumn of 1815, unpublished contemporary manuscript fair copy journal, [1], 2, 120, [5] leaves, text leaves written in a clear hand to rectos and a few versos with additional autograph manuscript inserts, additions and amendments in the hand of Dawson Turner, illustrated with approximately 86 illustrations including 48 original drawings and 38 etchings and engravings, the original mostly small drawings including 20 identified as by Thomas Phillips (13 pen and ink drawings and 7 pencil drawings), 6 initialled in the image and 5 initialled by him on the album leaf beneath, plus one unsigned monochrome wash illustration of characters on the font at Dieppe by John Sell Cotman (5 x 14 cm), an original pen and ink drawing of the plant sida incisa by Alexander von Humboldt, signed and dated at Quito, 1802, 24 x 14 cm, plus 10 watercolour views by J. Scott, mostly 29 x 23 cm and similar sizes, the 38 etchings and engravings including some executed by Mrs Turner including the two frontispieces of Dawson Turner and Thomas Phillips, additional inserts include Dawson Turner's folio passport completed in manuscript and dated 28 September 1815, a large folding printed menu for Legacque, Restaurateur, rue de Rivoli, No. 7 with manuscript amendments to dishes and prices, a printed list of the works of ancient art which were taken from Rome by the French in 1797 and carried to Paris, the journal ending with a manuscript appendix giving the state of the picture gallery of the Louvre in 1816, list of plates and index, occasional spotting and light browning and some scattered offsetting from engraved illustrations, contemporary half roan over boards, rebacked (remains of original gilt-titled backstrip loosely preserved), rubbing and some wear, folio (35 x 26 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESDawson Turner had briefly stayed in Paris with his family during the summer of 1814 and, as the introduction makes clear, stimuated his curiousity to return to a place embued with the effects of Napoleon's power over the preceding twenty years. Following the battle of Waterloo in June 1815 this desire was expedited: '... this desire would probably have remained long ungratified, had not an event little apparently to be expected, the spoliation of the Louvre and of the Library by the allied troops, presented no other alternative than that of its being gratified at once or for ever abandoned. It fortunately happened that at this time Mr Phillips was in Yarmouth, kindly awaiting the return of Mr and Mrs Hooker from Ireland; and few persuasions were necessary to induce a man so truly attached to an art in which he is just eminent, to cross the Channel once more, to take a look, however hasty, at the treasures of the collected avowedly unrivalled and now about to be dispersed, most probably for ever. For my own part I felt but too happy to place myself under the guidance of such a friend; and, as the shortness of our time would allow of very little being done, I prepared myself for the journey looking to no other object than that of improving my judgment in works of art by listening to his observations. Little therefore will be found in this journal, except on such subjects; and, tho' the name of Mr Phillips will not be formally appended to each remark, it must be understood, that for almost every one I am indebted to him. The resolution once formed, no time was to be lost in carrying it into execution: every day brought accounts of fresh pictures being taken away; the rapidity with which the work proceeded was equalled only by the secrecy in which the intentions of the sovereigns were involved; the delay even of an hour might give occasion to long regret. We had therefore scarcely determined on our plan, when on the 24th Septr. we seated ourselves in the Mail for London, where we stopped only for a few hours, just to allow my companion time to make some arrangements at home, during which interval I waited on Sir Josh. Banks, and saw Mr West's painting of Christ before Pilate and a collection of pictures now on sale at Pall Mall.' The journal begins from London to Brighton, then Newhaven to Dieppe, Rouen, and then the journey to Paris and Versailles, before returning to Calais.

Cotman (John Sell). Architectural Antiquities of Normandy ... accompanied by Historical and Descriptive Notices by Dawson Turner, 2 volumes in one, London: John & Arthur Arch and Yarmouth: J.S. Cotman, 1822, engraved portrait frontispiece of Cotman (spotted), wood engraved armorial to titles, mounted portrait of Dawson Turner, 96 etched plates (including some double-page), occasional spotting, all edges gilt, front blank inscribed to Mary Anne Turner from her father Dawson Turner on the occasion of her birthday 7th February 1842 and with three manuscript notes and related cutting pasted-in, all edges gilt, old cloth hinges split, contemporary blind panelled and decorated calf, rebacked preserving remnants of original spine compartments, large folio, together with: Haghe (Louis). Sketches in Belgium and Germany, London: Hodgson & Graves, 1840, tinted lithograph title, dedication and 25 tinted lithograph plates, scattered spotting, cloth hinge repairs, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, rebacked preserving remnants of original spine, large folio, Seroux d'Agincourt (Jean Baptiste Louis Georges) , Sammlung der vorzuglichsten Denkmalern der Architectur, [Sculptur & Malerei] vorzugsweise in Italien vom iv bis zum xvi jahrhundert, 3 parts in one, Frankfurt: G.W. Mettenius, [1840], numerous engraved plates, some scattered spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary red half morocco, worn, large folio, Willson (Edward James) , A Glossary of Technical Terms, Descriptive of Gothic Architecture ..., to accompany the Specimens of Gothic Architecture, by A. Pugin, 2nd edition, London: J. Taylor, J. Britton & A. Pugin, 1823, etched plates by J. Le Keux, title inscribed 'for my dear ... F.P. 28 July 1845' (possibly in the hand of antiquary John Britton, 1771-1857), front free endpaper with manuscript note in John Britton's hand 'Preparations for a Dictionary of the Antient Architecture of Great Britain. Words with corresponding words in different languages - Etymology - derivation - explanation - description of parts illustrated by numerous engravings by J. Le Keux. In one vol royal 8vo, by J. Britton' and with signature to upper outer corner, contemporary red hald morocco, boards detached, worn, slim 4to, and a volume entitled to spine 'Cotman's Etchings', 19th century cloth-backed boards, rebacked, large 4to, and Turner's Picturesque Views in England & Wales, 3 volumes (Landscapes, Coast Scenery, Castles & Abbeys), London: Bell & Daldry, 1873, gutter percha perished and contents loose in each volume, original cloth gilt, 4to (Qty: 8)

* [Cotman, John Sell, 1782-1842]. Rules to be observed in Drawing, circa 1815, original autograph manuscript broadside in Cotman's hand, on artists' wove paper with title and motto, 'Every good is to be expected from perseverance & attention, from idleness, nothing', followed by eight numbered rules including '1. Good material. 2. Implicit obedience to the remarks of those placed over you. 3. Examine well subject before you, for it is only through a thorough knowledge of the subject you are about to copy, that accuracy precision, ease and expedition can be acquired... ', and ending '7. Take up your pencil not as you would a task, but as you would an agreeable relaxation from severer studies. 8. All drawings transgressing these rules, or brought up in a damaged state either from improper setting, or otherwise, to be destroyed', paper slightly browned and frayed at edges with loss of the final three letters of the word 'subordinate' to right margin, verso blank, 36.5 x 26.5 cm (Qty: 1)NOTESThis manuscript broadside would have been written for Dawson Turner and his children who were taught drawing by the renowned Norfolk artist John Sell Cotman. Cotman and Turner became good friends, travelling to Normandy together and collaborating on a book, Architectural Antiquities of Normandy (1822), with Cotman providing the etchings.

[Rigby, Elizabeth, Lady Eastlake]. A Residence on the Shores of the Baltic. Described in a Series of Letters, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1841, 20 etched plates on india paper by the author (one plate opposite p. 30 now mounted opposite p. 118 in volume II), occasional spotting, 4 pp. advertisements at end of volume II, bookplates of T. & H.S. Brightwen, original cloth, rebacked with original spines relaid, a little rubbed with some wear to corners, 8vo, together with a volume titled in manuscript 'This volume contains Lady Eastlake's illustrations to her Letters from the Baltic. They are her etchings', signed by R. H. Inglis Palgrave, 1901 and H.S. Brightwen, Yarmouth, 1857, containing 21 etched 'proof' plates on india paper, some spotting, bookplate of R.H. Inglis Palgrave, original moire cloth, 8vo, spine titled in gilt 'Views in Russia - Etchings by Miss E. Rigby. 1841' (Qty: 3)NOTESPresentation copy, each volume inscribed to head of titles 'H.S. Brightwen from EP (i.e. Elizabeth Palgrave), 1844, additionally signed by R.H. Inglis Palgrave; volume I front endpaper inscribed 'Lady Palgrave from the publisher'.

Turner (Dawson). Catalogue of the Principal Part of the Library of Dawson Turner... Removed from Yarmouth. Which will be sold by auction by messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson... on Monday, March 7th, 1853 & five following days and on Thursday, March 17th & six following days, 1853, 221 pp., bookseller description cut and pasted at head of p. 1 with manuscript note 'from the catalogue of Sotheran & Co. for April 1868', slight toning, original cloth gilt, spine a little faded, a few small marks, 8vo, together with: Turner (Dawson). Catalogue of the Manuscript Library of the Late Dawson Turner... of upwards of forty thousand autograph letters... which will be sold by auction by messrs Puttick and Simpson... on Monday, June 6th, 1859 and four following days, 1859, 308 pp., facsimile plates, two leaves detached at end, a little minor spotting, bookplate of R.H.I. Palgrave, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, spine faded, a little rubbed and bumped, 8vo, with a presentation inscription to Mary Anne Turner from Mr Puttick at head of title, with two others: Catalogue of Engravings, Etchings, and Original Drawings and Deeds... in the Library of Dawson Turner, [Yarmouth], 1841, and Descriptive Index of the Contents of Five Manuscript Volumes illustrative of the History of Great Britain in the Library of Dawson Turner, Yarmouth, 1851, plus two copies of The Turner Family by Rev. Harwood Turner, 1st and revised editions, both printed for private circulation, contemporary half morocco, 4to (Qty: 6)

Turner (Dawson). Descriptive Index of the Contents of Five Manuscript Volumes, Illustrative of the History of Great Britain in the Library of Dawson Turner, 1st edition, Great Yarmouth, 1843, scattered light spotting, bookplate to front endpaper, original blindstamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed with light fading, 8vo, inscribed by Dawson Turner, together with: [Turner, Dawson]. Guide to the Historian, the Biographer, the Antiquary, the Man of Literary Curiosity, and the Collector of Autographs, towards the Verification of Manuscripts, by reference to engraved fac-similes of handwriting, 1st edition, Yarmouth, 1848, some spotting, small water stain front and rear, original blindstamped cloth, a little rubbed and bumped, 8vo, with three others: A.N.L. Munby's The Cult of the Autograph Letter in England, 1962, inscribed by the author and two copies of Dawson Turner's Descriptive Index of the Contents of Five Manuscript Volumes..., 1851 (Qty: 5)

Turner (Mary Dawson, 1774-1850). A bound collection of 71 letters of condolence addressed to Dawson Turner on the death of his wife Mary, 1850, folding lithographic portrait frontispiece of Mrs Turner (spotted and detached), 71 autograph letters sent from family and friends bound chronologically and mounted on guards, including members of the Turner, Palgrave, Rigby, Hooker and Gurney families, mostly one to four pages, a little spotting, 8vo/16mo, bound with the 24-page manuscript sermon preached in Great Yarmouth parish church on Easter morning 1850, versos blank, contemporary half roan gilt, 12 annotated envelope seals laid in to front pastedown, worn, upper cover detached, 4to (25 x 19.5 cm), together with a bound collection of letters, copy letters and correspondence mostly relating to Sir Francis Palgrave's work with the Municipal Corporation Commission (England and Wales), circa 1833-34, a total of approximately 150 mostly manuscript items including letters, notes and some accounts, etc., modern buckram with wax letter seals laid into front and rear pastedowns, thick 4to, plus a scrap album of mostly late Victorian chromolithographic religious illustrations, an illustrated juvenile manuscript compiled by Elsie, goddaughter of Eliza Brightwen, 1860s (Qty: 4)NOTESWhile the letters of condolence concentrate largely on the sentiments of sympathy, comfort and reminiscence, there is one letter included from Elizabeth Phillips [widow of Thomas Phillips RA] to Dawson and Mrs Turner's daughter Mary, an artist, thanking her for the portrait of her mother.

Witchcraft. A Tryal of Witches, at the Assizes held at Bury St. Edmonds for the County of Suffolk; on the Tenth day of March, 1664. Before Sir Matthew Hale Kt. then Lord Chief Baron of His Majesties Court of Exchequer. Taken by a person then attending the court, 1st edition, London: Printed for William Shrewsbery at the Bible in Duck Lane, 1682, [4], 59, [1] pp., signatures J. Humphry & John Brightwen at head of title, blank foremargins of final 3 leaves with vertical manuscript ink line, occasional closed tears mostly to lower margins, some spotting, dust- & finger-soiling, light dampstaining to margins (mostly at foot), signature of John Brightwen 1862 to front free blank, marbled endpapers with late 18th/early 19th century bookseller's label for 'B.J. Waight, Bookseller, Bookbinder & Stationer, 265, High Holborn', late 18th/early 19th century half calf, old reback and corner repairs, upper board detached, rubbed and some wear, slim 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESWing T2240; ESTC R37899. The Great Yarmouth banker John Brightwen became involved in the Norfolk and Suffolk Bank in 1816, which had been founded by the Gurney family in the late 18th century. Dawson Turner was a successful banker, joining the bank in 1794 and he remained a main partner throughout his working life although much of the day-to-day administration was left in the hands of John Brightwen.

Keynes (Geoffrey). Bibliotheca Bibliographici, A Catalogue of the Library formed by Geoffrey Keynes, 1st edition, Trianon Press, 1964, black & white plates, signed presentation inscription to 'John Lawson, with gratitude from Geoffrey Keynes, 10 July 1964', on front free endpaper, original buckram-backed cloth gilt, small folio, (one of 500 copies), together with Bibliography of William Hazlitt, 1st edition, Nonesuch Press, 1931, portrait frontispiece, signed by author to title verso, uncut and largely unopened, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus Religio Bibliographici, offprint, Bibliographical Society, 1953, signed presentation inscription from the author Geoffrey Keynes to John Lawson dated 1958 to front free endpaper, original cloth gilt, slim 8vo, plus other Geoffrey Keynes and Keynes family bibliography, history and interest including a packet of approximately 50 sheets of Keynes' manuscript proof for his Siegfried Sassoon bibliography (Qty: approx. 35)

Bowles (Carington). Bowles's Pocket Atlas of the Counties of South Britain or England and Wales..., printed and sold Carington Bowles, [1785], double page calligraphic title set in an oval cartouche, 56 (of 57) engraved maps on 48 sheets, all with contemporary outline colouring, including 15 folding, lacking index leaf and map of England & Wales, near contemporary manuscript map title to verso of each map, map of Dorset with repaired margins, slight marginal staining, rebacked but retaining contemporary marbled boards, worn and rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESChubb CCLVI. Scarce.

Ferguson (John Alexander). Bibliography of Australia, 7 volumes plus Addenda to volumes 1-4, Sydney & London, 1941-86, black & white plates, volumes 1-7 with bookplate of Charles Fox to front pastedowns, plus some related loose notes and correspondence including one letter from Ferguson, original cloth in dust jackets, volumes 1-4 soiled and slightly worn, the remaining volumes slightly rubbed and soiled, together with Hocken (T.M.) , A Bibliography of the Literature Relating to New Zealand, 1st edition, Wellington, 1909, ex libris Charles Fox with his bookplate, heavy ink annotations throughout and some loosely inserted correspondence, hinges cracked, original cloth, rubbed and slight wear, plus Johnstone (A.H.) , Supplement to Hocken's Bibliography of New Zealand Literature, 1st edition, Auckland, 1927, ex libris Charles Fox with his bookplate and manuscript annotations to text, original cloth, slightly rubbed, all 8vo, plus Chapple's Supplement to Hocken's Bibliography, no plate or date, unpaginated typescript with Fox's bookplate and some annotations, contemporary cloth, slim 4to, plus other Australia, New Zealand and Pacific bibliography and reference (Qty: 2 shelves)

Harrison (John). Maps of the English Counties, with the subdivisions of Hundreds, Wapontakes, Lathes, Wards, Divisions &c. to which are added two folio pages of Letter-press to face each map; 1791, printed title detached, 8 pages of distances, 38 (complete) engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, each map with a near contemporary manuscript number above each, slight spotting and dust soiling throughout, last page of text with closed tear, last 4 leaves with some creasing, near contemporary manuscript index list to front paste-down, hinges and joints split with text-block detached, contemporary half sheep over marbled boards, heavily worn and frayed, spine partially lacking, oblong folio (Qty: 1)NOTESChubb CCXCI.

Lindbergh (Charles A., 1902-1974). Spirit of St. Louis. Den första atlantflygaren berättar, 1st edition in Swedish, Stockholm: Alber Bonniers Förlag, 1954, half-title, 5 halftone photographic plates including portrait frontispiece, leaf of manuscript facsimile, gilt edges, original blue morocco gilt, original slipcase, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESNumber 284 of an unspecified number of copies, signed by Lindbergh on an initial blank.

Hutchins (John). The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, compiled from the best and most ancient Historians , 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: W. Bower and J. Nichols, 1774, 66 engraved plates, maps, plans & pedigrees, many folding, some tears (a few repaired on verso), lacking 3 plates as listed, but with 2 additional folding plates, volume 2 lacking pp.423-426 (including a pedigree), subscribers list, intermittent dampstaining at foot and fore-edge, lower margins with some worm damage, mainly towards rear of volumes, each front pastedown with early ink manuscript inscription 'Thomas Vie Beaminster Dorset', and with armorial bookplate 'Joseph Robertson Raines, Burton Pidsea Hall', volume 1 with a printed and manuscript bookseller's receipt to J. R. Raines (dated 1882) loosely inserted, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed with some wear and dampstaining, spines with floral gilt decoration, raised bands and contrasting labels, volume 1 front joint cracked, folio, together with a disbound portion from The History of Dorset (presumably one of the later volumes) (Qty: 3)

Speed (John). England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland Described and Abridged with ye Historic Relation of things Worthy memory from a farr larger Voulume Done by John Speed, Anno Cum privilegio, pub. George Humble, 16[27], decorative title page, Catalogue of all the Shires and first few leaves frayed with loss, title page with later manuscript ownership signature, 63 uncoloured engraved maps by Pieter Van den Keere including two folding (British Isles and Yorkshire), map of the British Isles with some worming, map of Kent torn with very slight loss to printed image, map of Cumberland and Westmorland bound upside down, index bound at rear, some water staining throughout, endpapers torn and frayed with loss, contemporary vellum with faded manuscript inscription and title to upper cover, lacking ties, oblong 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Estate of John Lawson (1932-2019). Chubb XII.

Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of some other Rare and Undescribed Animals, Quadrupeds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, etc., 4 volumes, London: for the author, 1743-51 [i.e. 1776], 208 hand-coloured etched plates (of 211: lacking frontispiece, unnumbered, and plates 130-1), engraved uncoloured portrait plate (‘Un Samojeed’) to volume 2 (unnumbered), engraved vignette to general title-page in volume 1, lacking text-leaf H1 in volume 3 and D1-2 in volume 4, but volume 1 with list of subscribers (A1-2) not called for in this issue, plates offset, general title-page and volume-titles in volumes 2-4 spotted and browned, discreet contemporary manuscript numbering to foot of a few unnumbered plates, closed transverse tear through plate 21, a few other minor spots and marks, each volume with French translation (Histoire naturelle de divers oiseaux) bound in at rear, volume one including Robson (publisher), Some Memoirs of the Life and Works of George Edwards (1776) and Linnaeus, A Catalogue of the Birds … in Edwards’s Natural History (1776) as issued, Some Memoirs containing 4 uncoloured engraved plates extra to the above count (of which 3 folding), contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines, joints splitting, spine worn with loss of labels, 4to (28 x 22.8 cm), together with: ibid., Gleanings of Natural History, exhibiting Figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants, etc., volumes 1-2 (of 3), London: for the author, 1758-60, 100 hand-coloured etched plates numbered 211-310, engraved vignette to volume 1 title-page, lacking portrait frontispiece in volume 1 and text-leaves *a1-2 (dedication) in volume 2, offsetting, variable generally light spotting and browning mainly to volume 1, contemporary mottled calf uniform with the Natural History, joints partially split, volume 1 lacking one label, 4to (28.2 x 22.2 cm) (Qty: 6)NOTESProvenance: 1) Nathaniel Nicholls of Odiham, Hampshire (ownership inscriptions to Natural History part two initial blank and Gleanings general title, the latter dated 1823); 2) Frederick Baring (engraved bookplates with motto 'probitate et labore'). Anker 124 ( Natural History ), 126 ( Gleanings ), 127 (Robson, Memoirs ), 311 (Linnaeus, Catalogue ); Fine Bird Books p. 93; Lisney 190, 195, 198, 201 ( Natural History ), 192, 197, 200, 203 (French translation: Histoire naturelle ), 282 (Robson, Memoirs ), 288 (Linnaeus, Catalogue ), 205 ( Gleanings volume 1), 208 ( Gleanings volume 2); Nissen IVB 286 ( Natural History ) & 288 ( Gleanings ); Sitwell Zimmer pp. 194-6 ( Natural History ), 198-9 ( Gleanings ), 401-2 (Linnaeus, Catalogue ), 529 (Robson, M emoirs ) pp. 197-8 (French translation). First editions. A Natural History volumes one and two are Lisney’s third issue, published in 1776 by James Robson who in 1769 had acquired from Edwards all the remaining copies of the work, together with the plates and letterpress; Robson presumably reissued volumes three and four at the same time, though these copies are indistinguishable from those originally published in 1750-1. His reissue of 1776 is notable for the inclusion of two supplementary texts, Some Memoirs of the Life and Works of George Edwards , and Linnaeus’s Catalogue . Both volumes of Gleanings in this set are first issues. Lisney provides the most detailed and convincing account of the publication of this splendid work, identifying second and third issues of the first two volumes of A Natural History and a second issue of the first two volumes of Gleanings which Zimmer in each case erroneously subsumes under a misidentified ‘second’ edition (pp. 194-6 and 199-200): the true second edition is that of 1802-6, which was printed in a larger format with the text entirely reset and almost all the plates reversed.

[Reay, Henry Utrick] . A Short Treatise on that Useful Invention called the Sportsman's Friend; or, the Farmer's Footman. By a Gentleman Farmer, of Northumberland, Newcastle: Edward Walker, [1802], engraved frontispiece and 2 plates of horses by Thomas Bewick after Joseph Atkinson, frontispiece offset to title, a few minor spots, p.14 with an early ink manuscript alteration to text, disbound, contemporary marbled wrappers, rubbed with a little wear to extremities, slim 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESScarce. Apparently this work was poorly received (or understood) and Reay quickly withdrew the pamphlet from public sale, possibly destroying the remaining copies. Jane Bewick claimed that her father both drew and engraved the illustrations: in the Bewick Library copy she has erased the printed credit of Joseph Atkinson, although this assertion is unlikely to be true (Cherryburn Times, vol.7, no.5, Summer 2019, pp.4-7).

* Canton and Hong Kong. Canton River and adjacent Islands from the latest Surveys. The Hong Kong or Broadway River reduced from a Chinese Manuscript, published H. Colburn, 1845, Engraved map by Isaac Purdy with contemporary outline colouring, inset map of part of the Canton River, old folds, small area of repair to one fold, 410 x 430 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Bellin (Jacques Nicolas). Carte de l'Entrée de la Riviere de Canton dans la Chine, circa 1760, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, some oxidisation to old colour, 225 x 175 mm, mounted, framed and glazed (Qty: 2)NOTESThe first item described is rare. The chart shows in great detail Hong Kong Island, Lantau, Macao, Canton and localities, forts, islands along the then-named Canton River (now more commonly called the Pearl River), also showing the Boca Tigris estuary and the positions of the Small Bar and Second Bar used as anchorage points in the 19th century, as well as Dane Island, French Island and Whampoa Island seen in China Trade paintings of the period. The inset map of the Canton River shows the position of the British squadron off Hanan Island just outside Canton City during the first Anglo-Chinese War ('Opium War') of 1838-1842, which resulted in Hong Kong being ceded to Great Britain in 1842

Fransham (John). The World in Miniature: or, the Entertaining Traveller, 2 volumes, 2nd edition much enlarg'd, London: John Torbuck [et al], 1741, 2 folding engraved frontispieces, that to volume 1 with tear to fold and cropped at foot, 10 engraved plates, woodcut head and tail pieces, titles with contemporary ink manuscript ownership inscriptions at head, contemporary sprinkled calf, 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESVolume two concerns the Americas, including Peru, Mexico, Chili, Jamaica, Cuba, Virginia, Carolina, New-England and others, in addition to England, Scotland and Ireland.

France. Tavernor (Melchior), A true and most exact Map of the Siege of Rochell presented to the Kings Maiestie the first day of May 1628, by Melchior Tavernor graver & printer to his Ma'tie, dwelling in the Isle of the Palace at the Golden Wheate-eare, Paris Melchior Tavernor and Thomas Walkely at the Eagle and Childe in Brittaines Bursse, 1628, uncoloured engraved plan of the siege of La Rochelle, old folds, trimmed and laid on later paper, frayed and torn with some loss, part of the title is replaced in manuscript facsimile, 545 x 420 mm (Qty: 1)NOTESA rare and separately published broadside illustrating the war between the French royal forces of Louis XIII of France and the Huguenots of La Rochelle in 1627–1628. The siege marked the height of the struggle between the Catholics and the Protestants in France, and ended with a complete victory for King Louis XIII and the Catholics.

MANUSCRIPT. Book of gardening advice on growing fruit and vegetables. 'CW's Observations or Extracts 1846'. Circa 75 hand-written pages, vellum bound.

Mughal School watercolour - Prince with consorts – possibly mid of 19th century, on early manuscript leaf and company school style watercolour

A BURMESE KAMMAVACA PALI MANUSCRIPT, MANDALAY PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY, complete with 16 numbered leaves, some illustrated with celestial adorants, within two red and gold shwe zawa decorated wood covers. 54cm by 11cm

Chelsea v Birmingham City 1958 December 6th Div. 1 score in pen page 3 manuscript names in pen

A 19th century Burmese palm leaf manuscript with wooden boards and biding ribbon together with nine assorted 19th century Burmese 'Kammavaca' leaves lacquered on palm leaf. Manuscript 48.5cm length and Kammavaca leaves 55.5cm length (af)

EDISON ELECTRIC PEN NO. 5684, the nickel-plated flywheel with a cast iron frame, decorated with a red line detail, the electric motor formed with two electromagnetic coils over a knurled shaft and oscillating steel stylus, pen 5¾in. (14.5cm.) high, flywheel stamped Patented Aug. 15. 1876 The Edison Electric Pen was a reprographic device designed to create manuscript stencils and was driven by a wet cell battery. The vibrating stylus impressed minute perforations in a special wax-coated paper and although it sold well, surviving examples are rare. It was quickly superseded by the typewriter but has gained notoriety as the predecessor to tattoo machines. A gentleman called Samuel O'Reilly discovered that Edison's oscillating pen could be used to inject ink into the skin and in 1891 he patented an add-on ink reservoir and supply tube for this use. Soon after, Thomas Riley of London improved the Edison/O'Reilly rotary version by patenting a single coil machine fashioned from a modified doorbell. However, the Edison pen is widely regarded as the first 'modern' tattooing device.

ANSON (GEORGE)A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, twelfth edition, edited by Richard Walter, folding engraved World map frontispiece, 42 engraved plates and maps (mostly folding), bookplate of the Weslyan Library (withdrawn), contemporary calf, rebacked in calf retaining original spine label, folio (290 x 210mm.), T. Osborne, and others, 1767--BARROW (JOHN) The Life of George Lord Anson, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, publisher's cloth, spine faded, 8vo, John Murray, 1839--[MILLECHAMP (LAWRENCE)] A Narrative of Commodore Anson's Voyage into the Great South Sea and Round the World, NUMBER 1 OF 5 COPIES, first complete edition with reproductions of title, dedication and illustrations from the original manuscript, introduction by Colin Paul, panelled calf antique, red morocco spine label, solander box, 8vo, [Shaftesbury, Colin Paul, 1994]; and approximately 30 others relating to George Anson, H.M.S. Wager and related voyages, together with several original engravings, and research notes of Colin Paul (small quantity)Footnotes:Colin Paul's interest in the Anson narratives spanned a period of over fifty years, starting with the his purchase from Maggs in 1961 of Barrow's biography of Anson, and leading eventually to his publishing for the first time Lawrence Millechamp's contemporary account, the present lot including all five copies that were printed. Excerpts from the account had been published in 1967 by Glyndwr Williams, but here Colin Paul publishes the text in its entirety as well as Millechamp's charming watercolours (mostly ornithological) from the manuscript which is held by the National Maritime Museum. Signed copies of classic works by Williams and Rear Admiral C.H. Layman are also included.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

FRANKLIN (JOHN) AND GEORGE BACK – ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1818Last Will and Testament of Lieutenant Arthur Fleming Morrell, signed ('Arthur Morrell'), witnessed by John Franklin ('J.W. Franklin. Lieutenant Comm. H.M.B. Trent'), J. Jarman ('J.J. Jarman. Purser H.M.S. Dorothea') and George Back ('George Back Mid H.M. Brig Trent'), by which he leaves everything to his brother Lieutenant John Arthur Morrell ('Commanding H.M.Revenue Cruizer Richmond') and Robert Brine Esq. of Clifford's Inn, London, and appointing them as executors; completed in manuscript on a will form pre-printed by Samuel Smith of Postern-Row, Tower Hill, headed with a woodcut of the royal arms, with a small papered seal set against the signatures; contemporary docket, 1 page, integral blank, some dust-staining where folded and exposed overleaf, but overall in fine and attractive condition, folio, [London], [day and month left blank], 1818Footnotes:WILL WITNESSED BY JOHN FRANKLIN & GEORGE BACK BEFORE THE DEPARTURE OF FRANKLIN'S FIRST ARCTIC EXPEDITION TO SPITZBERGEN. Lieutenant Arthur Morrell was an experienced naval officer, having served in the Caribbean and in the Napoleonic Wars, and joined the crew of the Dorothea under Captain David Buchan as First Lieutenant in 1818, the expedition being under the overall command of John Franklin on H M Brig Trent. Their instructions 'directed that they were to make the best of their way into the Spitzbergen seas, where they should endeavour to pass to the northward, between Spitzbergen and Greenland... and use their best endeavours to reach the North Pole – with a suggestion, that where the sea is deepest and least connected with land, it will be found most clear of ice.' (John Barrow, Voyages of the Discovery and Research within the Arctic Regions, 1846, p.63). Buchan and Franklin however were beaten by the impenetrable pack ice and, after the Dorothea was damaged in a storm, were forced to return without success. In the years of peace it is said Morrell 'nearly broke his heart for want of employment' (Clements Robert Markham, report, The RGS and the Arctic Expedition of 1875-76) but was awarded the Arctic Medal in 1856 and served as the Governor of Ascension Island for sixteen years. Morrell's Log of the Dorothea providing meteorological observations and notes of the voyage is held in the National Archives at Kew (ADM55/36).Accompanying Franklin on the Trent and fellow witness to Morrell's will on this 'first modern voyage of discovery' (A.H. Beesley, ODNB) was George Back who was also to serve under Franklin in his two overland expeditions to survey the northern coast of North America. An accomplished artist, he also served as an advisor during the Admiralty's search for Franklin's lost 1845 expedition. The executor Robert Brine was a naval agent based in London who offered legal advice and representation to Naval officers and acted as Franklin's agent in financial affairs.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

OFFICER OF THE FLEETA Voyage to the South-Seas, and to Many Other Parts of the World, Performed from the Month of September in the Year 1740, to June 1744... by An Officer of the Fleet, 2 parts in 1 vol., the second title printed in red and black, wood-engraved frontispiece (partly hand-coloured in blue and green wash), 2 woodcut scenes on one plate (repaired with small losses), 4pp. of publisher's advertisements with woodcut ornament at end of the first part, lacks 6 leaves of text and ?half-titles, extensively annotated throughout, mostly in red ink in margins, several leaves of nineteenth century manuscript facsimile and 6 original pen and ink illustrations loosely inserted, several ownership inscriptions including Henry Strickland (1753), and Robert and Montagu Bancroft (1848 and 1858), modern calf [Hill 1785], A. Merryman, 1744; idem, another edition, comprising the first part (of 2, bound from original 33 parts), woodcut portrait plate of Anson (bound between pp.104/5), passage on pp.40-41 struck through, ends on p.263, inscribed 'To Mr. Morley on title' and 'Morley' on final leaf, bookplate of George Craster, contemporary calf, rebacked [Hill 1786], ; idem, another edition, J. Plumb, 1744--[OFFICER OF THE SQUADRON] A Voyage to the South Seas, and to Many Other Parts of the World... by Commodore Anson, second edition, engraved portrait (cut to size and laid down), 4 folding engraved plates, without half-title, ownership inscription of Henry Skillicorne (1745), bookplate of William Nash Skillicorne, contemporary sheep, rebacked [cf.Hill 1787, first edition of 1744], R. Walker, 1745, 8vo; and 2 others, sold not subject to return (5)Footnotes:Three anonymous unauthorised accounts of the Anson voyage, all of which appeared prior to the official account edited by Richard Walker.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

THOMAS MARTYN (fl.1760-1816) The Universal Conchologist, a collection of thirty five plates from the work, no date but 1784 and later, seventeen with watermarks, hand-coloured within black ink ruled margin, some with contemporary and/or later manuscript notations, 22 x 17cm (im), 33 x 27cm (sh); together with thirty nine page English/French preface text, all unframed

Early 13th century AD. An iron longsword of Oakeshott's Type XIIIA, cross style 1, pommel type H; a 'Bastard' sword (sword that can also be used with two hands), with long tapering blade, cutting edges running nearly parallel to the tip; just below the hilt, before the edges begin their virtual straight running to the point, the blade is swelling slightly in width; the narrow fullers extended for two-thirds of its length; the lower guard is simple and straight; the grip is longer than usual of type XIII allowing for the off-hand to be used for extra leverage and power; the pommel is highly decorated with two different inlays, from one side a circular space divided in eight sections, the other side with a possible heraldic symbol, representing a triangular shield decorated with embossed annulets surmounting a kantharos from which water is springing; both images are inscribed inside a golden circle; some corrosions on the lower edges but no evidence of traces of fighting nicks, both cutting edges are well preserved; German or English manufacture. See Petersen, J., De Norske Vikingsverd, Oslo, 1919; Shetelig, H., Scandinavian Archaeology, Oxford, 1937; Oakeshott, E.,The archaeology of the weapons, arms and armours from Prehistory to the age of Chivalry, Woodbridge, 1960 (1999); Oakeshott, E., The sword in the Age of the Chivalry, Woodbridge, 1964 (1994); Oakeshott, E., Records of the Medieval Sword, Woodbridge, 1991; the sword, belongs to the type of 'war sword' and finds a good correspondence with various swords of the first half of the 14th century, like some specimens preserved in the Museum Art Gallery of Glasgow (Oakeshott, 1991, pp.103 n.7; 105, nn.10-11); for what concern the cross-guard, it is of a simple and obvious form, a straight bar tapering slightly toward the ends; first found in Viking graves of the 10th century (s. Shetelig, 1937), and called by the Vikings Gaddhjalt (Spike-Hilt, s. Petersen, 1919), it was still in use in the Renaissance (Oakeshott, 1994, p.113 and plates IC, 6A and 46B), generally square in section, it may sometimes be circular, or in rare, late cases octagonal; pommel forms vary very often on the survival specimens, though the wheel shape from H to K predominate; crosses both on surviving example and those shown in the art are nearly always straight, generally of type 1 or 2; there are some excellent pictures of these swords in an English manuscript of the early years of the fourteenth century (B.M. MS. Roy. 19.B.XV, an Apocalypse of St. John (Oakeshott, 1994, fig.89-90); nearly every German military tomb effigy of the period between about 1280-1350 AD has one of these big swords and several are shown on English effigies, as for instance at Astbury in Cheshire; one very good example on an English tomb is difficult to see—a little mounted figure high up on the canopy of Edmund Crouchback's tomb in Westminster Abbey; Edmund was the Earl of Lancaster, second son of Henry III, and died in 1296. It is possible to see it if you climb up into the Islip Chapel in the North Choir aisle, for this is raised about 30 ft. above the level of the floor; look across the aisle over the parapet of the chapel which spans the arch containing it and there is this small knight with a great war sword girt to his waist (Oakeshott,1994, fig.92); another of an earlier date is to be found in an admirable little drawing of a knight fighting a giant upon a page of a small Psalter made for the eldest son of Edward I of England, Alphonso, who died in 1284 (Oakeshott, 1994, fig.91"). 1.3 kg, 1.03m (40 1/2").From an important private family collection of arms and armour; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s, and thence by descent; accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato.A long double-handed sword, Oakeshott type XIIIa; the most beautiful element of this sword is its decorative pommel, of type H in the Oakeshott classification (Oakeshott, 1994, p.95"). This is one of the commonest of all medieval pommels, where the edges of the disc are chamfered off on each face, giving a low prominence on either side, the inner, flat faces being about a quarter less in diameter than the outer rim. It is found on swords of every type from the 10th century until the early 15th century AD, and after three-quarters of a century of apparent unpopularity it appears again, rarely, between c.1500-1525. What is extraordinary is not the pommel in itself, but the inlaid decoration over it. The shield with annulets ('little rings' in heraldry) visible on one side is a common charge, which may allude to the custom of the prelates to receive their investiture per baculum et annulum i.e. 'by rod and by ring', and can also be described as a roundel that has been 'voided' (ie. with its centre cut out"). In medieval English heraldry, annulets could represent a fifth son. The shield is surmounted by a pot from which water is springing, an obvious connection with the biblical passage: 'Jesus answered: Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life'' (John, IV,13-14"). The solar disc on the other side of the pommel evokes Christ's ancient monogram. These references to Christian symbolism suggest that the owner of the sword was an clergyman, maybe the fifth son of an aristocratic English family.Fine condition. Very rare.

Mid 10th-mid 11th century AD. An elegant, finely tapering blade with well-formed fullers, running down to within 23cm of the point, the cutting edges in good condition bearing much evidence of use, long (almost 20cm) narrow cross of the type known by the Vikings as gaddhjnlf or spike-hilt, stout tang, tapering and terminating with a beautifully preserved walnut style pommel. See a parallel sword in Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Suffolk, 2002, p.131 (Paris, Musée de l'Armée, inventory JPO 2241); D'Amato R., Spasi? Duri? D., The Phrygian helmet in Byzantium: archaeology and iconography in the light of the recent finds from Branicevo, in Acta Militaria Mediaevalia, tom XIV, 2018, pp.29-68. 742 grams, 95cm (37 1/2").From an important private family collection of arms and armour; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s, and thence by descent.This one-handed sword shows the same walnut pommel of the swords visible on the lost miniatures of the Hortus Deliciarum (D'Amato-Spasi? Duri?, 2018, p.53), a German manuscript of the second quarter of 12th century. The straight guard with thick straight quillons are typical of the style Xa of Oakeshott, a kind of sword that, with its double-edged blade, combined the cutting and the cut-and-thrust styles. The fullers, like in this case, are very marked and form not less than two thirds of the length.Fair condition.

Early 14th century AD. A Western Middle Age iron half and hand sword from Germany, of Oakeshott's Type XIIIA, cross style 1 (in early form, spike-hilt), pommel type G of facetted wheel shape; the long blade has edges running nearly parallel to the spatulate tip; just below the hilt, before the edges begin their virtual straight running to the point, the blade is swelling slightly in width; the double-edged blade shows a marked groove extending for most part of its length, creating a tip area that is wide and flat and it is optimised for shearing blows; the cross-section is lenticular, like a flattened ovoid shape, made from a simple and straight twisted iron bar; the grip is longer than usual type XIII allowing for the off-hand to be used for extra leverage and power; the pommel is a full disc of G type, decorated on both sides by a traced Latin cross; some corrosions and pitting, although the full sword is well preserved. See Hewitt,J., Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe, 3 vols. London and Oxford, 1855–60; Oakeshott, E.,The sword in the Age of the Chivalry, Woodbridge, 1964 (1994); Oakeshott, E., Records of the Medieval Sword, Woodbridge, 1991; the sword, belongs to the Oakeshott type XIIIA of 'war sword' (Oakeshott,1991, pp.95ff.) and has a good parallel with a sword in the London Museum, dating from 1300-1350 AD and found in the River Thames (Oakeshott, 1991, p.99); another important parallel is with a sword in the Glasgow Museum and Art Gallery, dated between 1100 and 1350 AD (Oakeshott,1991, p.100), and another one in Glasgow dated between 1200-1250 AD or 1100-1150 AD (Oakeshott, 1991, p.105, n.11); a good early example of such swords is the sword of Edward III in Saint George's chapel in Windsor Castle, which has been there since the Order of the Garter or at least when the chapel was founded in the mid-14th century; one of the early images is kept in the Tenison Psalter made in 1280 AD, kept in the British Museum (Oakeshott, 1991, p.95); here a knight, wearing a Great Helm and ringmail armour under a surcoat, is brandishing with two hands a heavy sword of such typology, the shield on his back, killing a giant enemy dressed in a similar way to a Saracen warrior, with a buckler, a single-edged sword and clad in mail armour; the miniature shows that these swords were devastatingly effective in slashing attacks from horseback or two-handed use when dismounted; another English manuscript, an Apocalypse of St. John made c. 1300-1310 AD, shows many of these great swords; last but not least a sword of the same dimensions with a similar hilt, including the cross in the central boss of the pommel, is on the tomb-effigy at Bopfingen in Wurttemberg, dated 1359 AD, and others in Germany, Spain and England, all dating between c.1320-1360 AD, too numerous to mention individually from the iconographical point of view. 1.1 kg, 1.02m (40").From an important private family collection of arms and armour; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s, and thence by descent; accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato.These half and hand swords of war from the 13th and 14th centuries AD, are typically imposing and impressive. Their massive size combines with harmonic proportions, lending them a majestic grace. Despite being massive, they have such a balance that they could be wielded in one hand, although two-handed use was probably preferred. They varied greatly in size. By the 14th and 15th centuries, swords of this type tend to be of an extremely large size. The reason is partly due to the fact that XIIIa's are very big weapons, and this is probably why in their own time, they were distinguished from their smaller contemporaries by the term 'espées de Guerre' or 'Grete Swerdes'. Early examples of the type appear in the 12th century, and it remained popular until the 15th century. One must be careful however with the terminology. The references to 'Grete Swerdes' do not, as suggested by Oakeshott (1964 (1994), p.42), indicate in an comprehensive way two-hand swords, for these are always described as such, as 'espées a deux mains' or 'Twahandswerds', and need not be confused with the sword of war, which could be used with two hands, but not necessarily as a rule. The two-hander of the 13th-15th centuries was not, as in the 16th, a specialised form of weapon; it was just an out sized specimen; in the late 13th and the 14th centuries of Types XII or XIIIa, and in the 15th of Types XV or XVIII ('Arming Sword' in 15th century England"). We find even such swords, in the sources of the Age, distinguished in a class of its own, for instance, in the inventory of the effects of Humphrey de Bohun (ob. 1319 AD) made in 1322:56 'III espées: l'un des armes le dit counte, lautre de Seint George, et le tierce sarziney: le quarte de guerre' (Hewitt, vol. I, p.311").Fine condition. Rare.

Hilali: Sifat al-Ashiqin ( Persian poetry), Iran or Central Asia, 16th century, illuminated manuscript in nasta 'liq script on gold-sprinkled paper, Mughal miniature of a horseman and supplicant pasted onto final page, remargined, ownership inscription dated 1151/1738, Iranian export stamp dated 1318/1940. 22.5cm. by 14.5cm., brown leather binding. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 22nd October, 1993, lot 159.

Qanuncha ( on medicine/pharmacopia, a commentary based on Avicenna), Arabic manuscript on paper, colophon naming scribe as Abdallah al- Harawi, Iran or Near East , dated 840/1436, fly leaves with ownership inscriptions and seals, 20.2cm. by 13.5cm., brown leather binding.

Ibn Kamal al-Din Husayn Abdallah al-Tabib: Kitab Tuhfat al-Bayan fi Hifz Sihhat al-Abdan ( parts 1 and 2, on medicine), Arabic manuscript on paper, copied by Abdallah al-Mutatabib, Near East or Iran, 930/1523-24, 25.5cm. by 19.5cm., brown leather binding.

Two Islamic religious manuscripts: Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi, Zad al-Mad, Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, copied by Ibn Muhammad Hadi Haydar Ali al-Isfahani, Iran, dated 1117/1705, 23.5cm. by 14.5cm., brown leather binding : Qadi Iyad, Kitab al-Shifa' bu- Tarif al- Huquq al-Mustafa, Arabic manuscript on paper with three illuminated pages, incomplete, Turkey, Near East or Iran, dated (on ff. 116a. 239b) 1195/1780, 26cm. by 15.5cm., brown stamped leather binding, (2).

One volume of the Sahih (Hadith) of Al-Bukhari, illuminated Arabic manuscript on Italian paper watermarked with tré lune, 21cm. by 15.8cm., red leather binding.

Firdawsi: Shahnama ( part), a large illustrated Persian manuscript on paper with seven miniatures, Kashmir, 19th century, ( possibly dated 1295/1878), 34.5cm. by 23cm., brown gilt leather binding.

A Qur'an, illuminated Arabic manuscript in naskhi script on gold-sprinkled paper, copied by Ibn Nur al-Din Sultan Muhammad, Iran, Safavid, dated 1085/1674, 13.2cm. by 7.4cm., modern brown leather binding.

Ibn Babawayh (Abu Ja' far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi): a work on Hadith and jurisprudence, probably Kitab Man La Yahduruhu al- Faqih, large Arabic manuscript on paper with one illuminated headpiece, copied by al-Qadi Muhammad Husain ibn Alijan al- Nihavandi, Iran, dated 1096/1684, 33.6cm. by 21cm., red cloth and gilt leather binding, covers detached.

Qur'an, illuminated Arabic manuscript on paper, colophon stating copied by Husayn al-Hili, a pupil of Zuhdi, Turkey, Ottoman, dated 1219/1804, 17cm. by 10.5cm., stamped and gilding brown leather binding.

Tafsir al-Quran, large profusely illuminated Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper with five fully illuminated double pages, India, circa 15th-16th century, 31.7cm. by 19.5cm., modern black leather binding.

Qur'an section ( Juz' 25), illuminated Arabic manuscript on paper, Egypt or Levant, Mamluk, circa 1468-95, 24.8cm. by 16.5cm. contemporary leather covers, re-mounted and re-bound, each page restored with Japanese paper overlay. Provenance: Dedication on opening page to the Mamluk Sultan al-Malik al-Ashraf Abu'l-Nasr Qayit Bay ( r. 1468- 96): Endowment notice dated 879/1474-5; Christie's, London, 27th April, 1993, lot 29.

The adventures and battles of Sam: tales based on the Shanama, Kashmir, 19th century, large illustrated and illuminated Persian manuscript on paper, 12 miniatures, 1 illuminated headpiece, incomplete at end, 37.5cm. by 22.5cm., cloth boards with leather border, upper cover detached.

Qur'an, illuminated Arabic manuscript on paper with gold-sprinkled margins, penultimate leaf with commission statement of Sha Sulayman Safavi ( reigned 1666-94), copied by Inayatullah al-Husaini al- Shushtari, Iran, Safavid, dated Rabi al- Awwal 1091/April 1680, 30.4cm. by 19.4cm., Qajar floral lacquer binding. Provenance: Christie's, London, 10th October, 2006, lot 34.

A colour printed facsimile copy of the famous 16th century Qur'an manuscript copied by Ruzbihan Muhammad, in the collection of the Chester Beatty Library Dublin (MS.1588), late 20th century, edition numbered 1315/3000, 32.8cm. by 23.8cm.

A finely illuminated unfinished manuscript, Qajar, 19th century, seven leaves with silver and gold text areas left blank, each leaf 28.5cm. by 17.5cm.

A nasta'liq quatrain signed Bimiqdar Husaini, Persia, 18th century, album page, manuscript on paper, four lines of diagonal text in black nasta'liq script against a gold ground decorated with flowers, blue card mount with gold specks, overall size 23.5cm. by 15.5cm.

A rare collection of poetry , Arabic manuscript in verse and prose on paper, 13th century, mainly from the jahiliyya, 187ff. plus 2 fly leaves, each folio with 27ll of small black naskh arranged in one or two columns, important words and phrases in red, first folio preceded by two leaves of later inserted calligraphy, in later brown morocco with stamped medallion, folio 24.2cm. by 17.6cm.

Ibn Sina: Al-Qanun fi'l- Tibb ( Avicenna's Canon of Medicine ), parts of Book III, Near East, circa 12th-14th century, with later additions: Arabic manuscript on paper, approx. 60 folios, brown/black ink on paper, early commentary in margins in Arabic in brown ink, later commentary in Armenian in blue ink, dampstaining of paper throughout; the opening page is a later replacement/addition bearing a fabricated colophon naming scribe as the famous Abbasid physician Ibn Tilmidh, giving a false place of copying as the Adudi Hospital in Baghdad and a false date of copying of AH 513/1120 CE, 24.7cm. by 15.7cm., modern leather and marbled paper binding.Note: Book III of Avicenna's famous Canon of Medicine concerns diseases that affect different organs of the body. The present fragment includes sections 4 and 5, on urology/diseases of the bladder and ailments of the womb.

Ottoman manuscript dated AH/877/30March 1472-73 AD, on Islamic moral and ethical principles, Arabic manuscript on paper, 361 ff. plus 6 fly leaves, each folio with 27ll of black naskh outlined in gold, black and blue , important words and phrases picked out in red, opening folio with illuminated headpiece, first 4 fly leaves with later added table of contents, colophon giving full date, some later marginal notes, in brown morocco binding with flap and stamped medallion, folio 21.2cm. by 14.9cm.

Kemalpashazade's Daqaiq al-Haqaiq, Ottoman Empire, 16th century, an early copy of the dictionary, Ottoman manuscript on Italian paper, 86 leaves plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 21 lines of black naskh script, some words picked out in red, catchwords, marginal notes, in modern binding, 21cm. by 13cm.

Asian scrolls, comprising; a bird on blossom, a scroll with 33 temple seals, a modern Chinese scroll of a bird in a tree, a large calligraphy scroll, Japanese scroll of a bird on blossom, a study of a sword's blade and a rolled manuscript, (7). S2M

The Railway Stations of the British Isles at a Glance, by W H Green - a charming 3 volume hand-written manuscript detailing and indexing all of the stations of Britain along with the companies using them, distances from London etc. Clearly a labour of love for its author, and presumably dating to the early 20th century. A rare collection.