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Crakehall, nr Bedale Crakehall Inclosure Award, 1837, A large folio manuscript document, relating to the enclosure of land at Crakehall in the parish of Bedale, North Yorkshire, surveyed by Thomas Bradley of Richmond, manuscript on vellum, 32 pages, signed and sealed, plus 1833 sworn statement, bound in full calf (worn), preserved in metal document case

Quaker Family History Boyce (Anne Ogden), Records of a Quaker Family: The Richardsons of Cleveland .., 1889, portraits, folding tables, cloth; Backhouse (Edward) & Scott (William Bell), Martyr Scenes of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, 1888, quarto, plates, original cloth gilt; Smith (Henry Ecroyd), Annals of Smith of Cantley, Balby, and Doncaster, County York, .., 1878, quarto, original cloth gilt; with a quantity of others including eight framed pencil and wash family portraits and four framed sillouettes, each with descriptions verso, a quantity of family related original artwork including work by Mary Ann Alexander, photographs, manuscript material, etc. (qty)

Ephemera An interesting and extensive collection of letters, indentures, assorted ephemera, copies of photographs, etc, predominantly relating to the Howard family of Corby Castle in Cumbria, as well as the Duke of Norfolk, et al, 18th century and later, includes many interesting letters, some with pre-stamp markings, a printed poaching document, an angling permit for the River Eden, an engraved receipt, a manuscript inventory, etc., in five boxes, personal inspection highly recommended (qty) [from the same vendor as lot 94 in our November 2017 book sale]

Somersall Herbert, Derbyshire The Parish of Somershall Herbert in the County of Derby, 1832, attractive manuscript map with land hand-coloured according to ownership, owners include Lord Vernon, Sir Henry Fitzherbert, etc., pen and ink on paper, 975mm x 495mm, linen backed, rolled and preserved in original oak box

Geological Survey of England and Wales Sheet 94 [Scarborough to Filey], 1878, hand-coloured folding map in 21 sections, 6 inches to the mile, linen-backed, marbled end papers; idem, Sheet 77 [Hackness to Scalby], 1878, hand-coloured folding map in 21 sections, 6 inches to the mile, some later colouring, linen-backed, marbled endpapers, housed together in slipcase; Ordnance Map Office, nine folding maps from the one inch series, 1839, from the 'Alfred S. Mitchell collection' in manuscript, one map signed by Mitchell, some colouring to three of the maps, line-backed, marbled endpapers (numbered 11-15, 18, 20, 33, 34) (11)

Original Artwork - Entomology 'Drawings of Insects and Plants from Donovan, Albin, Harris, &c. with a few Asiatic Insects from Shaw and Nodder, and since added a few American Insects by Hephzibah Abney', nd. [early 19th cent.], decorative title page (manuscript) and 97 plates of original artwork depicting butterflies, moths, caterpillars and other insects, pen and ink and gouache, interspersed with leaves of manuscript notes. Illustration of a beetle, initialed E.W.?. and dated 1826 loosely inserted, later bound in full morocco gilt, cloth slipcase,

Boer War. A notebook containing a manuscript copy of letters received from Edward Day-Lewis (85th Co. 22nd Batt. IY Rough Riders) South Africa, 1901, detailing his experiences, 'They opened fire on us at about 800 yards, two of our horses were killed at once. I felt awful when the shots began coming over my head, we were in a donga at the time, but after a while I got used to it and began firing myself, but you could not get any aim as none of us saw a Boer; you could only blaze away at the house. After half an hour or so our Colonel calle dcease fire, we were then about 400 yards off the house, having crept up gradually, and then stood up and called to the Boers to surrender, but one man came to the door and let fly at the Colonel, but did not hit him, but killed a black interpreter near him. The black scouts then got awfully excited and fixed their bayonets, and charged at the house, some climbed on the roof and set fire to it...' (June 11, 1901), 68pp., April 5th, 1901 to February 5th, 1902

Sir James Clavering, 1st Baronet. A manuscript document awarding the title of Baronet to James Clavering of Axwells, large inset engraved portrait of Charles II, engraved coat of arms, in Latin, on vellum, 768mm x 634mm, framed and glazed Sir James Clavering (3rd February 1620 - 24th March 1702) was created a Baronet on 5th June, 1661 in consideration of his services to the Royal cause.

India. A manuscript account of life in India 1877-1918, written in 1920 by O.V. Yates, 51 Thurloe Square, London, including engineering work 'This was a difficult, decidedly unpleasant job, as the circumstances were extraordinary. The Supra. Engineer... had purchased at the request of Government in 1873 this canal [Isa Khal] and had it surveyed. Owing to famine in India, no work could be done to improve the canal...' and noting the wreck of the S.S. Roumania, anecdotes for the mutiny of 1857, etc., pp.180 approx., in two sheaves, 204mm x 255mm (2)

Manuscript, Arabic. Kitâb al-mutâjir, 442pp., Naskhî script, black ink, headings and keywords in red, commented sentences ruled in red, decorative headpiece on the incipit, main text framed by a close red and double-lined gold rim, additional larger outer double-lined black frame, later lacquered boards, inset with floral motifs, boards detached, 210mm x 300mm, ?c.1850 Kitâb al-mutâjir, or The Book of the Merchant, is a manual of rules concerning commerce. This fine copy was possibly commissioned for display or teaching purposes as an outer frame has been drawn around the text, perhaps to allow for marginal comments. We are grateful to Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb for her assistance with this lot. See illustration.

Spark, Muriel. A signed typed critique of an unsolicited poem, titled 'Duet', 'Write a poem as if nobody was going to read it except yourself, and then you can be absolutely sincere', with a manuscript addendum, 'Please do not take this criticism to [sic] seriously for of course it is merely one opinion, but I have tried to be helpful. I would be interested to see anything else you write', 1p., [c.1950]; with a further TLS from the author to Geraldine Fitz Gerald Marler, discussing the critique, 1p., signed, dated 20th September 1992; and a further typed copy of a letter relating the circumstances of the original poem, c.1992 (3)

India.- Tillotson (John) The Overland Route to India, Historical, Descriptive and Legendary, 21 wood-engraved plates only (of 32), water-staining, occasional spotting, original decorative cloth, rubbed and stained, John Edward Lloyd, c.1870 § Meyer (J.) Meyer's Universum of Afbeelding van het Zienswaardigste en Merkwaardigste van Natuur en Kunst ..., 2 vol. bound in 1, 61 engraved plates only (of 65), 1 plate loose, manuscript list of plates loosely inserted, spotting, contemporary half calf, upper cover and 3 leaves detached, defective spine, very rubbed and worn, Amsterdam, 1834-36; and 2 others, 4to (4)

Utopian novel.- Berington (Simon) The Memoirs of Signor Gaudentio di Lucca...making a Discovery of an unknown Country in...Africa..., first Dublin edition, woodcut ornaments, Contents leaf bound at end, contemporary ink inscription of J.D.Nesbitt at head of title, a little stained, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, 8vo, Dublin, for George Faulkner, 1738.⁂ Rare account of an imaginary voyage to "Mezzorania" in "the midst of the vast Desarts of Africa", first published the precious year and for many years believed to have been written by Bishop Berkeley, ensuring its popularity. The author claimed to have found the manuscript in St. Mark's Library in Venice. ESTC records only 7 copies of this edition (BL, Cambridge, Oxford & the rest in Dublin).

Plantin printing.- Pindar. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia, title in Greek & Latin, text in Greek, title with woodcut printer's device, with final blank Q4, browned, old ink signature of John Johnstone on front free endpaper, also later inscriptions/notes in Greek and Latin, later brown morocco, gilt, using scraps of early manuscript as partial endpapers, rubbed, lacking ties, repaired at spine ends and head of boards (wormed patch to repair), [Adams P1226], 8vo, Leiden, ex off. Plantiniana, F.Raphelengius, 1590.

West Indies.- 18th century Packet Boat to Barbados.- Golightly (Robert, Commander of the Ship Newcastle, fl. 1756) Journal Book... "From Bristol Towards Barbadoes", manuscript ship's log, 9pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, pen and ink compass drawing loosely inserted at end, 8 watercolours of ships loosely inserted, original wrappers, manuscript title on upper cover, ink stained and slightly marked, 1756; and another manuscript ship's log, ship St. George to Bristol to the Cape of Good Hope, 1840, folio (2).⁂ First mentioned: "Monday Febry. ye 2d 1756 at four in the morning ... Sail for ye Island of Barbadoes in Company wth. 30 sails for Different Ports at 8: P:M a Brest a Pawlock [Porlock] at 10... Dicharg'd the Pilot. fine pleasant breezes."

Salmon (William) Seplasium. The Compleat English Physician: or, the Druggist's Shop Opened, first edition, half-title, with a4 leaf (blank but for table on verso for pasting over table on p.304), contemporary ink inscription of Robert Parker at head of title and with engraved bookplate of Edward Parker of Browsholme, Yorks., occasional soiling, a few minor marginal defects, contemporary calf, rubed, spine ends worn, [Wing S452], for Matthew Gilliflower, 1693 § Medicina curiosa: or, a Variety of new Communications in Physick, Chirurgery, and Anatomy..., No.2 only (of 2), drop-head title, with another title-page supplied in old ink manuscript at beginning, ?lacking table, one or two ink annotations (one cropped), a little soiled, small ink stain to final leaf, modern morocco, Tho. Basset, 1684 § Culpeper (Nicholas) The English Physitian Enlarged, vertical half-title bound at end of preliminaries, a little soiled and stained, paper flaw to foot of D2 affecting a few letters, old front free endpaper with contemporary inscription "James ffinch his book 1713" bound in, modern roan, by Peter Cole, 1653 § Hammond (Dr.) Spermatorrhoea, and its immediate self cure..., plate, original limp cloth, lightly stained, 1864, 8vo & 4to (4) ⁂ The second is the second part of the first English medical periodical, of which only two numbers were issued. It includes several cures for diseases including the "French pox".

NO RESERVE Railways.- Great Western Railway. Alteration of Trains. London to Cirencester, Bath, Bristol and Bridgewater...Time Table, single sheet printed on both sides, c.400 x 275mm., Bristol, Wansbrough (Albion Office), 30th July [1841] § Bristol and English Channels Direct Junction Railway. [Notification of proposed railway to lessee of a cottage on land affected], 4pp., docket title, numbered "9" and addressed to Mr. Robert Larcombe of 11a Tamford Cottage, Wayford in manuscript, folds, final leaf with title soiled, 1845, both tipped into card mounts (2)⁂ The first is dated 30th July [10,000] at head, COPAC lists only a similar item dated 10th August and printed in London (Bristol University). The second relates to a proposed rail line to link Watchet in West Somerset and Bridport on the south coast, avoiding the dangerous passage by sea around Land's End, but it never materialised.

Mazot (François) Le Tableau de la Croix Representé dans les Ceremonie de la S.te Messe, collation, [vii] 39 (ie.74) [5], finely engraved throughout, including a dedication, pictorial title and portrait of dedicatee, full-page illustrations, 2ff. in manuscript at end, occasional faint soiling, worm damage to inner margin and endpapers, bookplate, ink signature to blank prelim, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, Paris, Chez F. Mazot, 1651.

Medieval fragments.- Hugh of Fleury (French Benedictine monk and ecclesiastical writer, d. not before 1181) 2 fragments from the "Historia Ecclesiastica", manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in a handsome Gothic bookhand, browned, slightly creased, 1 natural flaw and a few small wormholes, 110 x 170mm. & 106 x 170mm., [?France], [c. 1300]; and 3 others, including: the remains of a medieval leaf laid down on inside cover and a financial document from the reign of Henry VII, [c. 1500], v.s., v.d. (5 pieces).

[More (Sir Thomas [St Thomas More], lord chancellor, humanist, and martyr, 1478-1535)] [The answere to the fyrst part of the poysened booke, whych a namelesse heretyke hath named the souper of the lorde], manuscript in a fine Tudor hand, 1½pp., 1f. only from a larger work and unfinished at end, one side 39 lines, browned, disbound, folio, [c. 1530s].⁂ The Answer to a Poisoned Book was a defence of the orthodox doctrine of the eucharist, published in 1533, and the last of More's religious publications. Written in response to Tyndale's The Souper of the Lorde, 1533, which from the above title would suggest that More was unaware of the author's name.

Scotland.- Contact betwixt the Laird of Rothiemurchus and the Laird of Boyne, relating to the felling of trees in the Rothiemurchus forest, D.s., manuscript document, folds, creased and with several holes, browned, 870 x 324mm., 1712; and c. 40 other manuscript documents relating to Scotland, 1633-1712, v.s., v.d. (c. 40 pieces).⁂ Rothiemurchus Forest is a remnant of the Caledonian Forest near Aviemore, Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland.

Oxford Lectures.- Scott (William, Baron Stowell, judge and politician, 1745-1836) [4 Oxford Lectures] Part III Public Law Lecture XXIX 1 of Nationality & Territorial Rights 1 by Land 2 by sea, 30pp.; Lecture XXX Injuries to National and Territorial Rights redressed by War 1 ye nature, causes, & justices thereof 2 ye various consequences & Rights acquired thereby 1 over ye Persons of ye Enemy, 21pp.; Lecture XXXI 2 consequences, & Rights acquired thereby 2 over Property: the rein of Reprisals 3 How suspended or concluded. 1. By Truce 2. By Peace: therein of Treatise & Ambassadors, 25pp.; Appendix Lecture XXXII Of the progress of the Civil, Canon, & Feudal Laws in later ages..., 31pp.; and part only of another lecture at beginning, 19pp. only at beginning, manuscript, together 126pp., slightly browned, some blank pp. excised at end, printed notice on front pastedown prohibiting the printing of Lord Stowell's works, dated 1838, lacks free endpapers, inner hinges strengthened, contemporary marbled boards, lettered direct on upper cover "No 3 Duplicate", rebacked, sm. 4to, [c. 1773].⁂ ?Unpublished lectures."His lectures on history would compose, were they given to the public, a most valuable treatise." - Edward Gibbon."These lectures were left on the decease of Sir William Scott (Lord Stowell), in an imperfect state, with a strict injunction against their publication. One lecture, in particular, containing a more general view of society, struck me as a master-piece of composition, and as an example of English prose, peculiar indeed, and characteristic of the writer; but in purity, terseness, and a kind of sententious vigour, rarely equalled, and perhaps not surpassed, in the whole range of our literature." - H.H. Milman.Printed notice on front pastedown, "As it was the late Lord Stowell's direction that especial care should be taken that no papers written by his Lordship should find their way to the press, his Executors in order that such direction may not hereafter be violated, have caused this notice thereof to be put upon all such writings as here come to their possession, which they consider to be within the meaning of such direction. May 1838 Wm. Chisholm."

London Burial Register.- [Burial Register], manuscript, 83pp. numerous other pages of register, all obscured under newspaper cuttings, last f. of manuscript loose and edges chipped, numerous other edges chipped, original vellum, soiled and stained, lettered direct on spine "Burial... Janry 1781 to Oct 1788", folio, 1785-88.⁂ "Wm. Cogan St. Bot. Aldgate Gravel 46... ."

Medical.- Hodge (B.T., apothecary, of Sidmouth, Devon) [Collection of medical conditions], manuscript, together 294pp. & 2pp. of indexes, reverse entries, 1p. of index and 1 drawing of a donkey loose, some manuscript medical notes loosely inserted, browned, joints broken, bookticket on front pastedown, original vellum, soiled and yellowed, sm. 4to, 1842.

Legal & Great Western Railway.- Judge's Note-Book [West Oxfordshire Petty Sessions], manuscript, 168pp. excluding blanks, interleaved with blotting paper, 2pp. manuscript "Questions" loosely inserted, slightly browned, original blind-stamped morocco, gilt lettered direct on upper cover, slightly rubbed, 4to, 1874 - 1900.⁂ Includes a case involving the Great Western Railway: "1874 Gibbs v G.W.R. & Co... Gibbs... I received a parcel... on 24th June G.W. delivery not produced. I did not pay charge soles plaice Station master told me to take... rest of them & send in claim. I sent in claim for 10/- In depts parcel which came to Witney for me 125 herrings missing - roes broken - not fit to sell... Sent in claim for 15/-... ." Other cases including flooded land, making a tomb, debts etc.

Burma & England.- Hawkes (Philip, of Reading, educated at Wellington College, joined Royal Artillery, "superseded for absence without leave, son of General Henry Philip Hawkes, 1834-1900, b. 1867) Commonplace Book, manuscript (53pp., including: "Hindu Gods", "Sketch of the Maha-Bharata", "Thayetmyo Bowl... made by [H.L.] Tilly", "Rangoon Bowl", recipe for Mulligatawny paste, poems in England, some by Edith Louisa Hawkes etc.), 9 watercolours of Burmese designs, several pencil drawings ("Group of Cloisonne enamels", furniture designs etc.), several pen and ink drawings (some of Burmese figures & of an English sea side town), 2 photographs of Mandalay, ephemera (2 New Years Greetings cards etc.) and newspaper cuttings, together 175pp. excluding blanks, some ff. excised, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt stamped, (1882 diary), 8vo, 1882-1900.

Unpublished Poetry.- [Collection of unpublished poetry], manuscript in one hand, 139pp., on rectos only, some soiling and creasing at beginning and end, loose, disbound, folio, [late 19th century].⁂ Perhaps mocked up for printing. Poems include: The Night Watchers; Evenings Close; The Spinning Wheel; The Ideal; The Fire; The Secrete etc.

Egypt & Egyptology.- Diary of a trip to Egypt & notes on Egyptology, manuscript, 58pp. & several pages of notes tipped-in, postcards and photographs, original cloth-backed printed boards, 8vo, 1910.⁂ People including: Humphrey Ernest Bowman (1879-1965), worked in the Education Departments in the British Protectorates in Egypt from 1903 to 1911; Lady Helena Acland Hood etc.

Gallipoli & Ireland.- Nightingale (Guy Warneford, MC, Captain, later Major, Royal Munster Fusiliers, landed on V Beach, Gallipoli, 1890-1935) Diary in England & Ireland convalescing after being invalided home suffering from enteric fever, autograph manuscript, 105pp., in ink and pencil, 2 photographs (1 of Nightingale with 2 friends subsequently killed in the war), ephemera (including an Army production of Aladdin), pen and ink sketch of Gully Beach (where Nightingale landed), torn and repaired and edged with tape, upper hinge broken, original cloth, gilt, partially faded, 8vo, 1916; and 6 others, diaries etc., v.s., v.d. (7).⁂ Includes entries of attending court martials at Queenstown, Ireland, in the aftermath of the Easter Uprising.Nightingale was born in 1890 and educated at Rugby and Sandhurst before being commissioned into his regiment, the 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers, in the late summer of 1910. He served with the regiment in India and Burma; at Gallipoli with the 29th Division, landing from HMT River Clyde on 25th April 1915, and on the Western Front in France. In 1919 he went with the 46th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers on the North Russian Expenditionary Force based at Archangel, and was there engaged in fighting the Bolshevik armies. In 1921 until March 1922 he was with his regiment with the British Forces in Silesia, Poland. From 1922-1923 Major Nightingale served with the 1st Yemen Infantry, in and around Aden and on the Southern Arabian coast. His last posting was to the 4th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment, at Ibadan, from 1925 to 1926.

Hodgson & Co. (auctioneers, of Chancery Lane) Collection of letters, ephemera etc., relating to Hodgson's, the Hodgson family and Penge (the Hodgsons home for many years), including: a TLs from Fred Snelling applying for a job at Hodgsons, 1949, a copy of Fred Snellings' Rare Books and Rarer People, signed presentation copy to Wilfrid Hodgson, 1982, David Low's With All Faults, 1972, other items, including: a 19th century mucis manuscript, ALs from Sir David Attenborough etc., v.s., v.d., 1949-1983 (sm. qty).

OFFENBACH JACQUES: (1819-1880) German-born French Composer. Autograph Musical Manuscript, unsigned, one page, oblong 8 x 4 musical score paper, n.p., n.d. The boldly and carefully penned unidentified musical quotation in Offenbach´s hand comprises seventeen bars on three staves. Very small age wear and small stain to the upper left corner, not affecting the quote, otherwise G £300-400

GREGORY XIV: (1535-1591) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1590-91. His tenure lasted only ten months. Gregory XIV, during his brief pontificate, excommunicated King Henry IV of France, modified the Apostolic Constitution so that the penalty for abortion did not apply until the foetus become animated, and bestowed the red cap upon the Cardinals who before wore only a hat. Rare Autograph Manuscript by Gregory XIV, one page, oblong 4to, n.p., n.d., in Latin. An excellent document comprising 25 lines where Gregory XIV values some ecclesiastical patents according to the Council of Trent. With right edge slightly trimmed and few stains mainly due to age wear, otherwise F to G. £600-900

ROUSSEAU JEAN-BAPTISTE: (1671-1741) French Playwright and Poet. A controversial author who acquired great reputation in France, but was prosecuted for defamation of character and, on his non-appearance in court, was condemned to perpetual exile. He spent the rest of his life in foreign countries and was under the protection of Prince Eugene of Savoy. Autograph manuscript by Rousseau, four pages, folio, signed by Rousseau at the base, in French. The very interesting manuscript is entitled `Caricatures et habillements des personnages´, (`Characters, Caricatures and clothing´). Rousseau describes with care and in detail each of the characters, nine different ones, further explaining the `Position of the Actors on Scene´, and he does so for each of the several scenes included in the five acts. Small overall age wear, folded, and with several small tears to the edges. About G £300-400

DELILLE JACQUES: (1738-1813) French Poet. A four pages manuscript by Delille, small 4to, in French. The pages are numbered at the head 27 to 30, including corrections and amendments, and containing poetic works by Delille. Two of the pages are partially reproducing fragments of his poem `Lost Paradise´ (`Paradis Perdu´), saying `Entr´eux croissent des fleurs confusément écloses - Mosaique d´iris, de jasmin et de roses… Défiant et le pourpre, et le jaspe, et l´opale - Décoraient a l´envi la couche nuptiale..´ A lengthy and interesting work by Delille. With very small traces of having been removed from an annotation book. G £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 £150-200Joseph 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.

DESNOS ROBERT: (1900-1945) French Poet. A key figure of the Surrealism. A rare and extremely interesting Autograph Poem Signed `Robert Desnos´, a large signature example with colour underlining, twelve pages, on twelve 8vo sheets, n.p., n.d. [1923], to the verso of twelve Paris-Matinal printed stationery sheets, in French. The poem collection work is entitled `Langage Cuit´, ("Cooked Language") and comprises six poems which were only partially published in 1930. The autograph manuscript shows the multiple changes in pages numbering annotated in blue, green or red to the upper right corner. The poem states in part `Langage cuit. - Vent Nocturne. - Sur la mer maritime se perdent les perdus -..´ The remaining poems are entitled and underlined as the first verse `Au Mocassin le Verbe´, `Idéal Maitresse´, `Le suicide de nuit´, `Passé le pont´ and `De la rose de marbre à la rose de fer´, stating `La rose de marbre immense et blanche était seule sur la place déserte où les ombres se prolongeaient à l'infini. Et la rose de marbre seule sous le soleil et les étoiles était la reine de la Solitude. Et sans parfum la rose de marbre sur sa tige rigide au sommet du piédestal de granit ruisselait de tous les flots du ciel.´ VG £2500-3500

SACHER-MASOCH LEOPOLD VON: (1836-1895) Austrian Writer, a Galician Storyteller and a utopian ideals Humanist Thinker. The term masochism is derived from his name. L.S., Sacher Masoch, two pages, 8vo, 6 rue d´Edimbourg, n.d., in French. Sacher Masoch explains to his correspondent that he wasn´t able to meet him and that he regrets, hoping he will be able to do so in the near future, and states `Monsieur de Cyon has asked me for the news which I promised him, but because I have been suffering for quite a while, I have not been able to keep my word till today´s date. Therefore I beg you again to present my manuscript to Monsieur Cyon.´ Sacher-Masoch adds beneath his name `Novelist…´. With blank integral leaf bearing a paper water mark. Small repair to the blank leaf edges. VG £100-150

STRINDBERG AUGUST: (1849-1912) Swedish Playwright, Novelist and Painter. Widely considered the "Father" of the modern Swedish literature. Exceptionally rare and extremely important Autograph Manuscript Signed, `A. Strindberg´, five pages, to five separate sheets, 4to, n,p., n.d., entitled `Faraondyrkan´, ("Pharaoh-Devotion"), the manuscript text being the first step in Strindberg´s famous "Strindbergfejden" ("The Strindberg Feud"), in Swedish. The pages are numbered in Strindberg´s hand from `Faraon 2´ to `Faraon 6´, page one is missing. Last page `Faraon 6´ showing a printed paper image affixed, with Strindberg´s annotations alongside and beneath. The image depicting Georg Hindrich Von Görtz. A lengthy and exceptional manuscript in Strindberg´s hand, stating in part `That is how false coin falls. Admirers of the worthless piece of crap, admirers through inherited sympathy, transform common metal to patriotic gold..´, further saying `..the worst regent in Swedish history, one who couldn't speak Swedish and one who actually was a German farm lord. Him whose worthless government caused Sweden to stop being an independent nation, because for a century Sweden was contaminated by England, France and Russia, whose great powers ruled the governmental people. He [King Charles XII] wasn't even a battle leader because in the last battle he placed himself in the artillery at the rearguard and doomed his army to be defeated. A battle leader leads the battle… In his youth he practiced decapitating sheep, calves and horses and at the bridge of the city of Kristianstad he shot a cow just "for the fun of it"… He abandoned his country cowardly, after having depleted it, and finally with a little sense of shame, he picked a responsible person, on whom he could put the blame…´ The five pages bearing an attractive Handgjord Post Lessebo watermark with monogramme. A letter of extremely interesting content. Small overall, minor age wear, with very slightly trimmed edges, otherwise G £2000-3000In 1910, Strindberg started one of the biggest cultural debates Sweden has ever seen, "The Strindberg Feud". It started out as an attack on the prevailing literary powers. What was initially purely a literary debate soon moved into suffrage, national defence and the role of the Swedish Academy. The Strindberg Feud lasted for more than two years and still had not ended with Strindberg's death in 1912. The present manuscript main topic is Strindbergsfejden, a Swedish cultural debate that arose when August Strindberg, in 1910, criticized King Charles XII and his contemporary admirers in the article Faraondyrkan. Therefore, this text could be a draft, or a previous version, of that article. Published in Swedish newspaper Afton-tidningen, 29th April 1910, claiming that the Karolinian King had been "the glory of sickness, the battle of madness". Strindberg had repeatedly attacked the old warrior King, and the article appeared as a semi-routine repetition of known views when published. Charles XII of Sweden (1682-1718) King of Sweden 1697-1718. Georg Hindrich Von Görtz, Baron of Schlitz (1668-1719), Swedish Diplomat and main assistant to King Charles XII.

TURGENEV NICOLAY: (1789-1871) Russian Writer and Political Theorist. A good A.L.S., `N. Turgenev´, in Cyrillic, one page, 8vo, [Paris], 2nd April 1843, to an unidentified correspondent, in French. Turgenev states `I hope that you did not wait for the return of the documents I enclose now and that you have been kind enough to continue this boring work of editing my poor manuscript.´, further saying `While re-reading the preface, the introduction and notes, I have found few small amendments which I have annotated on the envelopes. If you prefer that I explain this to you in person…´ Small overall, minor age wear, with corner creasing. G to VG  £200-300   

DE LESSEPS FERDINAND: (1805-1894) French Diplomat and developer of the Suez Canal. A.L.S., Ferd. De Lesseps, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Mr. Mandron?, in French. De Lesseps states `I send you by post…my manuscript which I want to include in the lecture which will take place this month, 29th. Please send me a good reception note..´ further referring to meetings he has to attend. VG £100-150

PERCY PIERRE-FRANÇOIS: (1754-1825) French Doctor and Chief Surgeon of the Grande Armée during the Napoleonic wars. He invented a new kind of ambulance usable on battlefield. A good A.L.S., `Percy´, one page, folio, Paris, 1st December 1809, to Jean-Baptiste Vannot, in French. The manuscript letter by Percy bears to the heading a “Marti et Arti” attractive vignette, and the first printed sentence state “The Surgeon, General Inspector of the French Army, consultant of His Imperial and Royal Majesties, Professor at the Paris Medecine School and Commandant of the Legion D´Honneur”. Percy writes a lengthy medical certificate in favour of the Squadron Chief of the 6th corps of the Army in Spain Vannot, stating in part `He suffered a nervous affection, among the most grievous ones, being the main symptom an extreme sharp pain to the head, convulsions to the right side of the face, similar to facial neuralgia..´ The letter page bears an attractive watermark. Folded, with edges only very slightly trimmed, and very small, overall minor age wear. VG £100-150

[SOULT NICOLAS JEAN DE DIEU]: (1769-1851) Marshal of France, Duc de Dalmatie. An excellent military manuscript document, four pages, large folio, n.p., n.d., [July-August 1813], in French. The manuscript document being a fully detailed report addressed to Soult, containing all the French Imperial Armies in Spain, including Division numbers, Division Generals leading them, Brigadier Generals, and a number of observations referring to their present locations, The report is divided by armies, containing the North Army, the Army of Portugal, the Midi Army, Centre Army, Army of Aragon and Army of Catalogne, and includes Generals such as Clausel, Garan, Tilly, Drouot (Comte d´Erlan), Darmagnac, Le Maréchal Duc d´Albufera (Suchet), etc… An important military document cleanly and carefully penned. Folded, with small overall staining to borders and a small stain to the fourth page, otherwise VG £150-200

BONAPARTE PAULINE: (1780-1825) Duchess of Guastalla. Favourite younger sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. D.S., `Bon - Pauline´, one pages, 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. An extremely rare D.S., Nap, one page, oblong 8vo, Longwood, Saint Helena, 30th July 1817, to the Great Marshal [Henri Gatien, Comte Bertrand], in French. The manuscript document (the text of which is in the hand of his valet, Louis Marchand) is a short list of three expenses which Napoleon gives his approval to pay, stating, in full, `Instruction to pay 1st August next: 1. July´s Clothes & Dressing 1000 Fr - 2. Wages 1.700 Fr - 3. July House needs 4500 Fr - 7200 Fr´. Two very small pinholes to the upper and lower left corners, not affecting the text or signature, VG £10000 - 15000The present document was signed at Longwood House, Napoleon's residence on the remote island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic. Following his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the British exiled Napoleon to the island where he was to spend the last years of his life, dying there in 1821. Napoleon refused to send and sign letters from Saint Helena because he considered that, as an Emperor, he should not be subject to censure by the King of Great Britain and although Napoleon dictated his memoirs whilst at Saint Helena, and various other manuscripts were written, documents signed by the fallen Emperor originating from Longwood very rarely appear for sale at auction. Henri Gatien (1773-1844) Comte Bertrand. French General. Gatien had accompanied Napoleon to Elba in 1814, and returned with him in 1815, holding a command in the Waterloo campaign. Following the French defeat, Gatien accompanied Napoleon to Saint Helena and did not return to France until after Napoleon's death. In 1840 he was chosen to accompany the Prince of Joinville to Saint Helena to retrieve and bring Napoleon's remains to France, in what became known as the retour des cendres. Napoleon Bonaparte, the French military and political leader, rose to prominence during the French Revolution and, as Napoleon I, served as Emperor of the French from 1804-14, and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. He was victorious in most of these wars and the vast majority of his battles, building a large empire that ruled over continental Europe before its final collapse in 1815. One of the greatest commanders in history, Napoleon's political and cultural legacy has ensured his status as one of the most celebrated and controversial leaders in history.

ISABELLA I OF CASTILE: (1451-1504) Queen of Castile 1474-1504. Catholic Monarch who ruled jointly with her husband Ferdinand II of Aragon as The Catholic Monarchs 1475-1504. They are recognized for laying the foundations for the political unification of Spain, and also for completing the Reconquista as well as their support and financing of Christopher Columbus´ voyage of 1492 which led to the opening of the New World. An exceptional manuscript letter, dated in 1492, only two months after the discovery of America, signed by the Queen `Yo la Reyna´, one page, oblong 9 x 7, Barcelona, 20th December 1492, to Alonso Ramirez de Villaescusa, in old Castilian. The Queen states `..My Royal representative in the town of Valladolid, you already know that I sent you an order to approach Don Diego de Zúñiga in order that he attends his wife Beatriz Brana and have her back in his house and company. I have since then learned that although I sent an order, when I was present in the city of Valladolid, saying that he has to separate from Leonor de Riaño and receive back his wife, he has not done so, and do not take in charge his wife maintenance.´ The Queen further reiterates her order stating `I order you to attend to this with all diligence and grant that Don Diego complies with what I have ordered, and that he treats well his said wife, supports her and gives her all necessary for her maintenance, as he is obliged to do as a Christian.´ Before concluding Queen Isabella I sends a threat `Assure him that otherwise I will be angered and will order that the matter be remedied as may be just.´ Countersigned by Juan de la Parra. Folded. Small area of paper loss to the right edge, as a result of the letter opening, not affecting the text or signature. VG £4000-6000Alonso Ramirez de Villaescusa (1450-?) Royal Corregidor of the Kingdom, was a converted Jew and author of the 1493 work “Espejo de corregidores y jueces” a manual for corregidores and judges.

LOUIS XVI: (1754-1793) King of France and Navarre 1774-1791, King of the French 1791-92. The only King of France to have been executed. D.S., Louis, as King, one page, folio, Versailles, 19th December 1786, in French. The manuscript document authorises the payment of 197,535 livres and 18 sols by the Royal Council of Finance. Signed by Louis to the conclusion and countersigned by the Count of Vergennes (1719-1787) French Statesman and Diplomat, Charles de Calonne (1734-1802) French Statesman, and Muree (?-?). Matted in cream cloth board, which features a colour decoupage to the foot depicting 'Vue des Thuilleries. A Prospect of the Royal Palace of Thuilleries'. Printed by Bowles & Carver, London. Framed and glazed in an ornate gold coloured frame to an overall size of 21 x 25. With minor age wear, otherwise about VG £1000-1500Charles de Calonne appears to have been a man with notable business abilities. In the crisis preceding the French Revolution, Calonne was summoned as Controller-General of Finances, a position he owed to the Comte de Vergennes. De Calonne immediately set about remedying the fiscal crisis, and he found in Louis XVI enough support to create a vast and ambitious plan of revenue-raising whilst maintaining public confidence through building projects and spending. De Calonne presented the King with his plan on 20th August 1786. The present document may well have been drawn as part of that process

MARQUET DE MONTBRETON JACQUES: (1769-1854) French Politician and Writer. Baron of Norvins. A.L., one page, folio, n.p. [Paris], n.d. [October 1829], to the King of Brazil, in French. The manuscript document being a draft letter by Marquet de Monbreton, addressed to the King of Brazil Pedro I, including numerous amendments and corrections, and stating in part `.. I present to Your Imperial Majesty the tribute of my historical works. Since long ago, Sire, my admiration for the Prince.. who has known how to raise Brazil to the same level of the European states.. with this present Your Majesty will understand better the great thoughts and great achievements of Napoleon… After having learned, Sire, all you have done and all you do every day for the prosperity of your Empire, surrounded by so many problems from abroad and from your own country, I have concluded that America has his own Peter I´ Marquet de Monbreton further refers to Prince Eugene and to Princess Amelie of Leuchtenberg. Folded. Very small overall minor age wear. Folded. G £100-150Monbreton´s most famous work, Histoire de Napoleon (1827), is the one he refers to in the present letter. Pedro I (1798-1834) also known as “The Liberator”. First ruler of the Empire of Brazil. Emperor of Brazil 1822-31, and King of Portugal 1826. Princess Amelie of Leuchtenberg (1812-1873) Empress of Brazil as the wife of Pedro I.

MUSSOLINI BENITO: (1883-1945) Italian Fascist Dictator of World War II. Rare autograph manuscript, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., [early 20´s], in French. The document is entitled and underlined in red `Philosophical Self-examination (E. Renan)´. Mussolini in his usual small writing annotates a fifteen lines text related to his political party ideology, stating in part `Since the appearance of human being there has been a free cause.. What has never been seen is the participation of a superior agent to amend and lead the blind forces, improve.. prevent a terrible misfortune…´, further Mussolini wonders about God´s role in our universe, saying `..our universe not governed by any thoughtful reason…an active and absent God…where the atheism is logical but fatal..´ Extremely small tears to the upper edge, not affecting the text or signature, with pin holes to the corners. G to VG £600-900

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

NICHOLAS I: (1796-1855) Emperor of Russia 1825-55. L.S., Nicolas, a good and bold signature example, three pages, folio, Saint Petersburg, 23rd March 1837, to His Majesty the King of Naples, in Cyrillic. The manuscript letter informs the King, 'Our Dear Brother and Friend.. after having accepted the petition received from our Privy Councillor, Chamberlain and Cavalier Count Adam Matushevits, who is residing now at the Court of Your Majesty as our Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Minister, we relieve him from his duty and Envoy..´. Countersigned at the foot by Karl Nesselrode. Accompanied by the original envelope wrapper bearing a large Imperial paper seal. Some extremely light, minor age wear, otherwise VG £1000-1500Ferdinand II (1810-1859) King of the Two Sicilies 1830-59. Karl Nesselrode (1780-1862) Russian Count and Diplomat. Foreign Affairs Minister 1816-56. Nesselrode served under Tsars Alexander I, Nicholas I and Alexander II.

JOHANN JACOB DORNER (1741 - 1813). German school, study of Saint Jerome in a cave with manuscript looking heavenward to a fanfare of trumpets, signed lower left, oil on panel, in period gilt swept frame, 24 x 32 cm

FOUR INDIAN MANUSCRIPT FOLIOS, INDIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURYink and gouache on paper, comprising three folios from a treatise on animals (?), written in nastaliq script, separately inserted illustrations, and a Hindu folio written in devanagari script, the illustration depicting Krishna with the gopis28 x 16cm approximately each (Islamic folios); 15 x 28.5cm (Hindu folio)

A framed 18/19th Indian watercolour on paper with manuscript Frame 28cm x 37cm

Advertising - an important set of four Victorian folio albums, enclosing printed samples of cotton labels, for various Chinese, Indian and domestic haberdashery and sewing tapes, the labels predominantly in colour and some pictorial, etc., some inscribed manuscript to some endpapers, late 19th century/early 20th century, [4]

Antique Miniature Persian Manuscript Depicting The sultan With His Court, Arabic Script To The Verso, Probably A Page From A Book, Mounted - Unframed, 11 x 7.5 Inches Excluding Mount

An Execution Respite Manuscript For Ann Jones a Prisoner in Newgate, signed Sydney to the Sherriff's of London and Middlesex, dated 4th May 1785.

Botany.- Stanton (F. M.) [Album of Watercolour Botanical Drawings], 20 watercolour paintings of flowers on thick wove paper, each mounted in an album, manuscript list of contents tipped in, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, preserved in a drop-back box, folio, c.1818-28.⁂ The flowers include roses, dahlias, peonies, the Aztec lily, Persian pearl tulip and the Camellia Japonica.

India.- Anonymous (late 19th century) Sketch of the Fort and Citadel of Beejapoor [Bijapur], manuscript plan with references below, and two sheets with 4 pp. of 'Descriptions of Buildings in Bejapoor and other objects of intrerest', pen and black ink, the map on wove paper, 365 x 325 mm. (14 3/8 x 12 3/4 in), the manuscript descriptions on laid paper with watermark date '1878', several folds and handling creases, minor spotting and surface dirt, loose, unframed, [circa 1870-80s].⁂ The citadel and fort at Bijapur was completed by the Adilshahi Sultans in 1566. The novelist and Indian clerk Philip Meadows Taylor (1808-1876) described the site in 1866 as having "palaces, arches, tombs, cisterns, gateways, minarets, ...all carved from the rich basalt rock of the locality, garlanded by creepers, broken and disjointed by peepul trees, each in its turn is a gem of art and the whole a treasury."

Horses.- Experienced Jocky (The), Compleat Horseman; or Gentlemans Delight, only edition, folding engraved plate (short tear but no loss), with the final blank, contemporary ink manuscript notes of remedies to front free endpapers, light soiling and browning, one or two ink spots (causing small hole to K10), K6 shaved with loss of a few letters, contemporary sheep, worn, spine defective, [Wing E3878], 12mo, for Will. Whitwood, 1684.⁂ Rare pocket guide for horsemen concerning breeding, racing, hunting, ailments and treatments etc., with sections on cattle, sheep and swine at end. ESTC lists 3 copies in UK (BL & 2 copies in Cambridge) and 5 in America.

Fitzhugh Pedigree Roll, manuscript on vellum, on 3 membranes (first membrane detached), 18 hand-painted coats of arms, numerous family members in green roundels, browned, small tear at end of roll not affecting large coat of arms, Phillipps manuscript 26561, 207 x 22cm., [c. 1620].⁂ Commences with Acaris Fitzbardolph, a principal tenant of Count Stephen, of Ravensworth, c. 1130, and ends with Thomas Fitzhugh, married to Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Lord Cromwell, c. 1620.