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Early English and Medieval Manuscripts, Chronicles and Records - The Auchinleck Manuscript [...], with an Introduction by Derek Pearsall & I.C. Cunningham, The Scholar Press, London 1979, full-page facsimile of the manuscript, green cloth, slipcased, small folio; Autography Poetry in the English Language [...], Compiled and Edited [...] by P.J. Croft, two-volume set, Cassell, London 1973, h/b, d/j, slipcased, small folios, (2); Owen (George, Lord of Kemeys), The Taylors Cussion (sic): Being a Facsimile Reproduction by Photo-Lithography [...], Blades, East & Blades, London 1906, original cloth, small folio; Le procès de condamnation de Jeanne d'Arc, Reproduction en Fac-Similé [...], Plon, Paris 1955, paper and card imitating vellum, slipcased, small folio; Early English Text Society: The Winchester Malory: A Facsimile, 1976, brown cloth as issued, small folio; others, including Pecock (Bishop Reginald), The Folewer to the Donet [...], 1924, 8vo; Homilies of Ælfric: A Supplementary Collection [...], two-volume set, 1967-1968, 8vo, (2); The Owl and the Nightingale [...], 1963, 8vo; further EETS facsimiles and translations 19th century and later, original wrappers or brown cloth bindings, as issued, various; The Index of Middle English Prose, miscellaneous volumes, h/b, some d/j, 4to, (8); Anglo-Saxon, including studies of Beowulf; King Arthur; Domesday Book; qty

Theology - Saint Irenaeus, First Bishop of Lyon and Primate of Gaul, Prières et pratiques du séminaire de Saint-Irénée de Lyon, approuvées par Monseigneur l'Archevêque, Pair & Primat de France, Comte de Lyon, second edition, De l'Imprimerie d'Aimé Delaroche, [n.d., 1739], pp: [iv], 268, xxxii, anachronistic woodcut printer's device to title-page, some headers, tacked contemporaneous vellum manuscript palimpsest covers, some inscriptions and various 18th century dates to each pastedown, 16mo (15.3cm x 8.8cm)No copies listed on Copac. Rare but arid.

Voltaire, [pseud. Arouet (François-Marie)], [La Henriade], La Ligue, ou Henry le Grand, Poëme Epique, first genuine edition, Chez Jean Mokpap, Geneva, [Viret, Rouen], 1723, pp: [ii], iii-viii, 157, [3], 161-231, woodcut decorative initials, head and tailpieces, contemporary marbled paper covers, red-stained edges, 12mo This epic poem was first published in 1723 as a pirated edition of 216 pages, followed by a genuine first edition of 231 pages such as this lot. In spite of the erroneous imprint, the pirated edition was published in Rouen, at the press of Viret, and not in Geneva by the imaginary Jean Mokpap. La Ligue, later enlarged to become La Henriade, contained what censors deemed heresy. Voltaire lovingly portrayed Henri IV, the French monarch who brought France's Civil Wars to an end. In the poem, Voltaire treats the king as the forerunner of religious toleration, depicting him as a liberal who supported the Protestant cause. Royal censorship demanded suppressions to the poem that Voltaire refused to make. Therefore, he took the manuscript to Rouen where it was printed in secret. Condition Report: Pages complete as description, cover creased and torn in places, the inside pages generally bright, some spotting and minor creases, please see additional images

Yorkshire and Topography - Parkinson (The Rev. Thomas), Yorkshire Legends and Traditions, As Told by Her Ancient Chroniclers, Her Poets, and Journalists, two-volume set, Elliot Stock, London 1888-1889, contemporary leather backs and green cloth boards, 4to, (2); Jewitt (Llewellyn) & Hall (S.C.), The Stately Homes of England, [First] and Second Series, two-volume set, Reeves and Turner, London 1881, illustrated with monochrome wood engravings, contemporary gilt cloth, all edges gilt, printed floral endpapers, 8vo, (2); Yorkshire Chap-Books, First Series, edited by Charles A. Federer, Elliot Stock, London 1889, contemporary vellum back and marbled boards, 8vo; Sammelband, Chadwick (H. Munro), Early Inscriptions in the North of England, pp: 79-85, bound with, A Bibliography of Yorkshire Dialect Literature, Compiled by Charles A. Federer, pp:86-121, [1], from Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society, Part III, May 1901, bound with leaves of manuscript notes and annotations, contemporaneous institutional calf-backed gilt and cloth boards, Calligraphic bookplate: F.J. Taylor, 8vo; Banks (W.S.), Walks in Yorkshire: Wakefield and Its Neighbourhood; with Map, and Fifty-Five Woodcuts, Longmans [...], London 1871, green cloth, 12mo; The Yorkshire Archaeological Society publications, various, (7); Thoresby Society, (2); Lancashire, (2); etc

Bindings. The Works of Alexander Pope ... To which are added, a New Life of the Author ... by William Roscoe, new edition, 8 volumes, Longman, Brown, and Co., [and others], 1847, engraved portrait frontispiece, later 19th-century tan calf, spines richly gilt, rubbing to extremities, volume 4 with a few perforations to spine, volume 8 rear board water-stained, together with: Harding (Sylvester & Edward, publishers), Shakespeare Illustrated, by an Assemblage of Portraits and Views, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1793, 159 engraved plates (of 160: lacking the plate of Mary, Queen of Scots), additional engraved title-page, plates browned, bookplates of the earl of Gosford and John Willilam Pease, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain blue morocco gilt, joints and spine-ends rubbed, inner hinges reinforced, [Butler, Samuel], Hudibras, 2 volumes, Dublin: John Exshaw, 1757, engraved portrait frontispiece, 16 engraved plates (several folding), browning, 20th-century marbled calf to style gilt, Herbert (Edward, 1st Baron Cherbury), The Autobiography ... with Introduction, Notes, Appendices, and a Continuation of the Life, 1 volume in 2, John C. Nimmo, 1886, 4 etched plates, extra-illustrated with 52 early-19th-century engraved portraits and views , additional title-pages dated 1891, contemporary blue-green crushed half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, Wood Mary Ann Everett), Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies of Great Britain, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Henry Colburn, 1846, 3 folding manuscript facsimiles (spotted and offset), bookplates of English politician Christopher Turnor (1809-1886), contemporary tan calf gilt, and 8 others including five 19th-century German novels by Gregor Samarow (pseudonym of Oskar Meding), contemporary calf or half calf gilt, all 8vo (Qty: 33)ESTC T181541 (Harding), T127361 (Butler).

Baxter (William). British Phaenogamous Botany; or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants, 6 volumes, Oxford, 1834-1843, 509 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional light offsetting to plates, some slight spotting, volume 6 with some finger & dust-soiling, bookplate of Rev Joseph A. Stewart. volumes 1-5 in uniform contemporary half calf, black morocco title labels to spines worn, spines and extremities rubbed, volume 6 in modern half calf, black morocco title label to spine, 8vo, together with Gosse (Philip Henry) , Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals, 1860, 10 chromolithograph plates (including) frontispiece and one uncoloured plate, near contemporary half calf, red morocco title label to spine, light wear to upper joint & extremities, 8vo, with Francis (George W.) , An Analysis of the British Ferns and their Allies, 1837, engraved frontispiece, extra illustrated containing a total of 57 engraved plates (52 hand-coloured and with manuscript captions and numbers), occasional manuscript markings, some spotting and toning, contemporary diced half calf, upper board detached, lower joint split and spine worn with some loss, 8vo, plus two others, A History of British Quadrupeds, including the Cetecea, by Thomas Bell, 2nd edition, 1874, and Letters to a Young Naturalist on the Study of Nature and Natural Theology, by James L. Drummond, 1831 (Qty: 10)

Yorkshire. A collection of ten folding maps, 18th & 19th century, including Darton (William & Son). The County of York, divided into its Ridings with their Subdivisions..., [1835], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, large uncoloured vignette of the South East View of York, slight overall toning, 595 x 715 mm, map maker's advertisement to front pastedown, bound in publisher's cloth gilt boards with gilt title to upper siding, slight wear to extremities, together with Hall (S.). Yorkshire [1842], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight dust soiling, 255 x 370 mm, bound in contemporary cloth gilt, with another copy similar, plus Morden (Robert). The West Riding of Yorkshire, circa 1695, uncoloured engraved map, sectionalised and laid on linen, marbled endpapers with manuscript label to upper cover, with Camden (William). [Britannia.., published William Gough, 1806], the section of text and maps on Yorkshire, containing four uncoloured folding engraved maps by John Cary and seven engraved plates, index bound at rear, ink annotations to verso of front endpaper, 19th century quarter morocco gilt, slight wear to extremities, slim folio, with another five folding maps similar, including examples by Ordnance Survey, Newton, Collins, Bartholomew and Cameron & James, various sizes and condition (Qty: 10)

Benjamin of Tudela. Itinerarium Benjaminis, latine redditum opera Const. l'Empereur, Leiden: ex officina Elzeviriana, 1633, woodcut title device and initials, contemporary vellum, later manuscript spine-title, 24mo (9.3 x 4.1 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: Robert J. Hayhurst, Lancashire bibliophile and retail chemist (bookplate). Willems 379 (with erroneous collation of 333 rather than 233 pp. for the main text); cf. Blackmer 120. Second edition in Latin of the important Middle Eastern and Mediterranean travel account by Jewish merchant Benjamin of Tudela (1130-1173), 'the first European traveller to go further afield than the ordinary pilgrim' (Blackmer). It was originally printed in Hebrew at Constantinople in 1543; Plantin published the first Latin edition in 1575. In 1633 the Elzevirs also published a bilingual edition and an edition of the Hebrew alone.

Almanac. Peacock's Polite Repository, or Pocket Companion; containing an Almanack, the Births, Marriages, etc. of the Sovereign Princes of Europe, Lists of both Houses of Parliament, Officers of State, Navy and Army, the Baronets of England, and various other Articles of Useful Information, printed for W. Peacock & Sons, 1806, 108 pp., engraved frontispiece after Humphry Repton, 14 engraved headpieces of country seats, 14 engraved running heads, duty stamp to p.6, manuscript entries in pencil, all edges gilt, original red morocco richly gilt overall, geometric cream and blue morocco onlays to covers, matching slipcase, 12mo (11.6 x 7.1 cm) (Qty: 1)

Manuscript maps. Eight manuscript maps for Upton & Ripple in Worcestershire, circa 1821 - 1871, six large pen and watercolour parish maps of Upton and Ripple each laid on linen with some creasing, marginal fraying and dust soiling, each approximately 525 x 730 mm, together with a smaller pen and watercolour manuscript map of the town of Upton, 400 x 280 mm, with another pen and wash plan of the parish, 350 x 450 mm, plus a manuscript volume of an assessment of rates and details of meetings held, contains fifteen sheets of minutes and figures in a neat contemporary hand, contemporary vellum, a little dust soiled, slim upright 4to, (Qty: 9)

Walton (Isaac & Cotton Charles). The Complete Angler or Contemplative Man's Recreation, being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing..., 7th edition (1st Bagster), Samuel Bagster, 1808, additional engraved title, black and white portrait frontispiece, three advertisements, Extra Illustrated with forty-three uncoloured etched and engraved plates and numerous engraved illustrations to text, slight spotting, manuscript presentation inscription to Georgina Bedford from her husband The Duke of Bedford to verso of front endpaper, bookplate of William Duke of Bedford, upper hinge cracked, all edges gilt, contemporary blue crushed morocco gilt with gilt and blind stamped spine, slight wear to extremities, large 8vo (Qty: 1)

Wiltshire. A True Copy of the Poll, for the Electing of Knights of the Shire for the County of Wilts: Taken at Wilton, the 22d Day of May, 1705. The Candidates were, Sir Richard Howe, Bart. and Robert Hide, Esq., Sir Edward Ernly, Bart. and William Ash, Esq, London, 1705, 83,[1]pp., title with early signature of Thos. Thistlethwayte, manuscript date March 4. 82 to upper margin and excised signature to lower margin, some spotting, light dust-soiling to title, initial 10 leaves & final 3 lightly dampstained, bound with The Poll of the Freeholders of Wiltshire, for Electing a Knight of the Shire, in the Room of Edward Popham, Esq; Taken at Wilton, on the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st August, 1772. Henry Penruddocke Wyndham, Esq; High-Sheriff. Candidates, Ambrose Goddard, Esq., Henry Herbert, Esq., Salisbury: Printed for, and sold by E. Easton; sold also by R. Horsfield, London, 1772, 110pp., without half-title, bound with An Alphabetical List, of the Names of the Persons who Polled for Knights of the Shire for the County of Wilts, on the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st of August, 1772, Salisbury: Printed and sold by E. Easton: sold also by J. Harold, Marlborough; W. Simpson, Chippenham; T. Burrough, Devizes; and W. Sollers, Blandford, [1772], 52,[2]pp., with final advertisement leaf, ink ownership stamp of H. Thistlethwayte to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, joints slightly cracked, slight wear to extremities, 4to (Qty: 1)ESTC T193600; T180382 & T122038. The first title is scarce, with only five institutional locations found (Bodleian Library, Oxford; Senate House, University of London; Winchester College; Leicester University & National Library of Scotland), also found at Longleat House, Wiltshire.

M'Clure (Robert). The Discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. " Investigator," Capt. R. M'Clure, 1850, 1851, 1853, 1854. Edited by Commander Sherard Osborn, from the Logs and Journals of Capt. Robert Le M. M'Clure, 1856, frontispiece lacking, folding engraved map (hand-coloured & with route of travel in ink), three tinted lithograph plates, publisher's adverts at rear, front free endpaper with pencil signature of C. D. Melvill, original blue cloth (strengthening to spine), some light damp mottling and cloth slightly lifting, 8vo, together with a defective copies of Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835, by George Back, 1836; Memoirs of Rear Admiral Sir W. Edward Parry..., by his son the Rev. Edward Parry, 1857, plus two other Arctic exploration related (Qty: 5)The signature to the first volume is that of Cosmo Dobrie Melvill. With a later manuscript note pasted to front free endpaper "This book belonged to my uncle Cosmo Dobrie Melvill, my mother's eldest brother, my Godfather and quite a noted explorer of the Canadian arctic prior to the 1st World War. He died (of Spanish flu?) at Edmonton, Alberta in 1919 & is buried there..."

Legrenzi (Angelo) . Il pellegrino nell'Asia ... con li ragguagli dello stato della santa citta di Gierusalemme, Bethelemme, Nazareth, ed altri luoghi santi, et citta maritima [volume 2: con li ragguagli dello stato dell'imperio Ottomano, del re di Persia, de Mogori, e gentili loro legge, vita e costumi], 1st edition, Venice: for Domenico Valvasense, 1705, 2 volumes in 1, engraved frontispiece, a few woodcut or typographic illustrations in text, woodcut tailpieces, intermittent faint tide-mark in gutter, loss to a few lower outer corners not affecting text, volume 1 p. 183 imperfectly printed through creasing of paper but all text present, volume 2 leaf G12 partially failed to print verso and with small chip to fore edge affecting text, contemporary vellum-backed carta rustica, manuscript spine-title, 12mo (14.8 x 7.8 cm) (Qty: 1)Not in Atabey, Blackmer or Cobham-Jeffery. Legrenzi (1643-1708), Venetian physician and surgeon, set out for Aleppo after the end of the Cretan War (1645-1669) and spent over 20 years travelling through the Middle East and India. The first volume relates his peregrinations across the Holy Land, including visits to Antioch, Tripoli, Acre, Mount Carmel, Bethany, Jerusalem, Nazareth, and elsewhere; Cyprus is described at pages 17-21. The second volume concerns his subsequent travels through Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Persia, and India. It includes descriptions of the cities of Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarebekir, Tikrit, Baghdad, Isfahan, Shiraz, Bandar Abbas, Surat, Aurangabad, Agra and Delhi; pages 184-191 describe at length the sea route to India via the Persian Gulf ('Della navigatione all'Indie per il seno Persico'). His account has been compared to the Viaggi of Pietro della Valle (1650-63), but is much rarer, and was never reprinted. OCLC traces ten copies in libraries world-wide, of which none in the United Kingdom; no other copy traced in auction records.

Northbrooke (John). Spiritus est vicarius Christi in terra. The Poore Mans Garden, wherein are flowers of the Scriptures, and Doctours, very necessarye and profitable for the simple and ignorant people to reade: truely collected, and diligently gathered together by Iohn Northbrooke, Minister and Preacher of the Woord of God: and nowe newely corrected, and largely augmented by the former Aucthour..., Seene and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Queenes Iniunctions, [Imprinted at London: in Paules Churche Yarde, by W. Williamson, 1575?], [1],271 leaves, title within decorative border (torn to centre of leaf and fore-edge with loss to both areas, lined to verso), text in black letter, some leaves at front of volume repaired to upper inner corner, without initial 6 preliminary leaves after title and final colophon leaf (final leaf of index in manuscript to rear blank), running titles cropped, 2L7 torn to fore-edge blank margin and also with some ink marks, some finger-soiling throughout, occasional spotting and marks, all edges gilt, monogram bookplate RTM to front pastedown, 19th century gilt decorated vellum incorporating portcullis, tudor rose, crown and fleur-de-lis gilt motifs to spine and morocco title label and Tudor rose motifs to board corners, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC S124808; STC 18666. F1r has headline "after his fall"

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible: containing the Old Testament and the New, London: Robert Barker & Assignes of John Bill, 1638, general title and New Testament title present, both within decorative woodcut borders (17th & 18th century genealogical entries to verso of each), Apocrypha present, occasional short closed tears (mostly to leaves A2-A4, A6 & A7), bound with at front The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, According to every Family and Tribe. With the Line of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, observed from Adam to the blessed Virgin Mary, by J[ohn] S[peed], 1638, typographic border to title, woodcut genealogies including illustration of Adam & Eve in the garden of Eden, double-page woodcut map of Canaan very slightly close-trimmed at foot, few early manuscript notes and markings throughout volume mostly to margins , occasional dust-soiling and minor marks, later endpapers, contemporary calf with blind roll-work decoration to boards, brass centre bosses, three of eight corner pieces present, spine torn at head, loss of leather to lower board in-filled and board partly recovered in cloth, lacking clasps, rubbed & some wear, 8vo (Qty: 1)Herbert 525; Darlow & Moule 405. There are at least three known varieties of Bible of this date. This example is variety B, with the woodcut ornament before Ezra being a lion and unicorn; the ornament before Hebrews is also a lion & unicorn (inverted). The genealogical entries within the volume include 'Jane Tanty the daughter of John & Margrett Tanty babtised May the 12:1632', 'June the 6th 1704 Baptised John Bellinger [or Ballinger]', 'upon March 2d in 1732.. born Emd.[?] Bellinger the son of John & Esther Bellinger on Friday night about ten or eleven aclock at night', 'Upon ye 17th day Aprill 1735 was born Edmund Bellinger the second son of John and Esther Bellinger on Thursday about six aclock in the forenoon', 'Upon ye 25th day of July 1737 was born Anne: the daughter of John and Esther Bellinger on Munday about five aclock in the after noon', 'Upon ye 9th day of Augt. 1740 was born John[?] Bellinger the son of John & Esther Bellinger on Saturday night.'

Bible [English]. [The Bible in English, that is to say: The content of all the holy Scripture, both of the olde and newe Testament. According to the translation that is appointed to be read in Churches, London: John Cawood, 1569], lacking all preliminary texts before A3 of Genesis (commences part way through Chapter v), printed in black letter double-column text with some decorative initials throughout, part 2 title of Old Testament within simple narrow frame and the two following part titles within a border bearing Cawood's monogram at foot, blank leaf at end of part 2 present (with juvenile manuscript marks and lower outer corner excissed), New Testament title present (cropped at fore-edge) within woodcut architectural border incorporating two cherubs and two woodcut panels representing the entombment of Christ (above) and Dives and Lazarus (below), New Testament lacking all after O1 (text ending at I John chapter 2), some early manuscript markings, annotations and juvenile scribbles mostly to margins (some ink stains to part titles & majority with manuscript to recto & verso), upper outer corner of 3B6 torn with loss and closed tear to 3E6, fore-edge margin of 4D7 torn, C1 of New Testament torn with loss to upper outer corner, also C2N8, O1 & P6 torn with loss to lower outer corners, some fraying and few other tears mostly to first and last few leaves, dust-soiling, some damp-staining and marks, margins trimmed with some cropping to marginallia, early 19th century half calf, red morocco title label to spine, upper joint slightly rubbed and small nick at head of spine, 4to in 8s (18.3 x 13.7 cm) (Qty: 1)Herbert 128; Darlow & Moule 91; STC 2103. Great Bible version, one of at least 3 Cawood editions ascribed to this date, which, while generally agreeing so closely as to read together page for page, nevertheless differ in many small points, and are distinct issues. In this issue Pt. 2 title runs: The seconde part of the Byble contayninge these bookes... Pt. 3 title: The thirde parte of the Byble contayning these bookes. One of the annotations within the volume appears to be 'Richard Hyde Bible the year of our Lorde 1570 the iii daye of July' (verso of final leaf of Malachi)

Lattre (Jean). Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur toutes les parties du Globe terrestre, Paris, [1762], title page stained, creased and frayed with some loss, backed with later paper, advertisement and contents list, engraved plate of an armillary sphere and thirty-five (complete as list) engraved maps by Janvier, Rizzi-Zannoni and Bonne, all with contemporary outline colouring, extensive manuscript annotations to verso of some maps and occasional marginalia, some spotting and browning throughout, binding shaken and loose with a few maps detached, later endpapers, modern half morocco, large 4to (Qty: 1)Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return

Privateer Letter of Attorney. A pre-printed Admiralty document with manuscript insertions, 28 January 1758, that 'William Higson Marriner lately belonging to the Defiance Private Ship of Warr... constitute my Friend Samuel Tapscott of Cliffords Inn London Gentleman my true and lawfull attorney', signed by William Higson, Samuel Tapscott and Charles Asgill (Lord Mayor of London), embossed revenue stamp upper left corner and remains of small red wax seal adjacent to Higson's signature, a little soiling and minor fraying, one page with integral blank, folio (31 x 20cm) (Qty: 1)The Defiance was a Bristol Privateer, effectively an officially sanctioned pirate ship. This document relates to a prize taken by the Defiance during the Seven Years' War against France. The letter of attorney would have been sent from the officers of the victorious ship to the Court specifying who they had chosen to represent them as their prize agent. The court then stated that the ship must be delivered into the hands of the nominated prize agent for the use of the ship's officers. The prize agent would then arrange for the sale of the ship and the distribution of the money to the crew.

Manuscript Estate Plan. Plan of the Estate of Littleton in the Parish of Kirkoswald & County of Air, the Property of William Crawford, Esquire, Physician, by James Miligan, Surveyor, Ayr, October 1815, pen and ink and watercolour on thick paper, compass rose, cartouche and decorative border, some dust-soiling and a little marginal fraying to upper and lower borders, wooden roller and baton, 630 x 930 mm

Letter of Marque - The Viper. A manuscript letter of marque, issued by the Admiralty to Captain David Browning, Commander of the Ship The Viper, 6 July 1779, written in brown ink in a clear clerical hand on Whatman laid paper, signed at foot by Thomas Cox and Thomas Brookbank Junior, of the High Court of Admiralty, and Godrey Lee Farren, registrar, a few small splits on folds, address panel to verso, 'The Viper, Capt. D. Browning French', adhesion remains to adjacent blank panel from previous album mounting, otherwise generally clean and in good condition, 48.5 x 59cm (Qty: 1)The Viper is described as a ship of about 365 tons, 'being Loop sterned, no head and one mast, mounted with twenty eight carriage guns carrying Shot of Nine pounds weight, and twelve Swivel Guns, and navigated with one hundred and twenty men'. It belonged to the port of Folkestone, its principal owners being James Clark and David Major of Folkestone, merchants.

Manuscript devotional book. Gebett Buch Eines Christen vor die Morgens und Abends , zeit, Heilige Mess, Beicht und Comunion: Mehrentheils aus den Psalmen Davids gezogen Geschrieben von Antonio Henatsch..., late 18th/early 19th century, comprising 50 leaves of neatly written manuscript in black, green & red, within double-ruled black line border, including decorative title in red, green & black within monochrome border (blank to verso), and two full-page pen, ink & wash illustrations, one of a memento mori with image of skull and the other of the Virgin Mary, some dust & finger-soiling, occasional show-through mostly from green ink, contents a little shaken, marbled endpapers with later cloth hinges, contemporary sheep, blind embossed decorative panel to centre of each board, gilt title 'Psalmen' to centre of upper board, repaired at head & foot of spine, joints cracked, board corners worn & showing, 8vo (leaf size 16.3 x 10.7 cm) (Qty: 1)

[Révéroni Saint-Cyr, Jacques Antoine]. Essai sur le Mécanisme de la Guerre, ou application des premiers principes de mécanique au mouvement et à l'action des corps d'armée…, Par un officier français, de la Légion d'honneur, et de plusieurs Académie, 1st edition, Paris: Chez Magimel ..., Cocheris fils ..., et Barba ... 1808, five large folding engraved plates containing some 65 figures, outer margin of final plate nicked with loss but not affecting image, some occasional spotting and light browning, stitching partly broken, uncut, original pink wastepaper wrappers with author's name written in a contemporary hand to upper wrapper and then more legibly in a later hand below, manuscript title on spine, a little rubbed and soiled, spine cracked, 8vo (Qty: 1)In this little known work on the 'Mechanism of War' the author deals first with the principles of warfare and the mechanisms of strategic positions, marches, battles and retreats. The second section includes a more detailed discussion upon certain tactical manoeuvres and various machines of war, including the art of sieges, the use of hidden bunkers and trenches to gain a dominant firing position. It also covers the use of aerial observation and the use of pontoons to traverse rivers.

Binding. Shakespeare's Sonnets, Reprinted from the Edition of 1609, Hacon & Ricketts, [Vale Press], 1899, wood engraved border with large decorative initial by Ricketts, early manuscript inscriptions and bookplate of Helen Cecil Minns on preliminary blanks, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt (small unexceptionable ink blot to edge of final few leaves), contemporary olive green crushed morocco by Florence Paget, signed in gilt 'FP 1902' to lower pastedown, slightly rubbed spine and margins of sides faded, raised bands, gilt titled direct in second compartment and with date at foot, spine and covers gilt panelled with square lattice design incorporating roundels and lozenges at intersections, gilt fillets on edges and turn-ins, large 8vo in 4s (Qty: 1)Tomkinson page 167: '210 copies on paper at a guinea; the entire vellum edition was burnt at the Printers'.' Inscribed: Grace Moultrie June 24.1902. C.P.L.P.' and below in another hand 'Given to H. C. Minns in memory of Miss Moultrie in 1914'. Florence Paget was a pupil of Douglas Cockerell who lived and worked in Farnham, Surrey. She exhibited at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society in 1899 and is known to have been practising the art of bookbinding at least until 1907. Marianne Tidcombe illustrates a binding executed by her in 1902 for a Vale Press Sonnets by Sir Philip Sydney (now in the Wormsley Library) and refers to Paget's 'tastefully designed gold-tooled bindings.' (Marianne Tidcombe, Women Bookbinders , 1996, pages 162-63).

Van Buren (Martin, 1782-1862). Signed military commission, 'M.V. Buren', Albany, 2 February 1829, pre-printed commission on paper completed in manuscript, appointing Daniel Woodworth, ensign in the 129th Regiment of Infantry, countersigned by M.F. Beck, the paper heavily browned and splitting along various folds with several dark adhesive tape stain remains, 22 x 37cm, mat mounted with a printed caption beneath, together with a lengthy farewell address signed, of Daniel Woodworth as a Syracuse school professor, March 1828, a very emotive letter covering topics including religion, morality and loyalty, four pages, some browning and a little fraying without loss except for seal tear, docketed by his son J.N. Woodworth, August 1903, plus an albumen print photograph of J.N. Woodworth, MD, Lieutenant 44th Regiment, NYS Volunteers, horizontal crease, 8 x 6cm, contemporary mount (slightly soiled), inscribed in blue pencil to verso, plus two cracked roll film negatives including one of the photographs here present (Qty: 5)Martin Van Buren served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837-1841.

Wood (Nicholas). A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads, and interior communication in general; with original experiments, and tables of the comparative value of canals and rail-roads, 1st edition, 1825, six folding engraved plates, some offsetting and light spotting and soiling, a few small marginal ink stains, endpapers renewed (with original endpapers relaid over pastedowns), later boards with manuscript title to spine label, 8vo (Qty: 1)

Leo Africanus. Africae descriptio XI lib[ri] absoluta, 2 volumes in 1, Leiden: Elzevir, 1632, engraved main title-page, volume 2 title-page with woodcut device, marginal repair to C4, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title, yapp edges, 24mo (10.9 x 5.4 cm), together with another copy, 2 volumes, engraved bookplates, later ownership inscriptions to title-page versos, c.1800 mottled sheep, wear to volume 1 spine-ends, 24mo (10.5 x 5.3 cm) (Qty: 3)Willems 371. First Elzevir edition of the important travel account by Andalusian Berber scholar Leo Africanus, known in Arabic as al-Hassan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi (c.1494-c.1554).

Fonthill Abbey Sale. Entry ticket to the Fonthill Abbey sale of 1823, original engraved entry ticket to the Fonthill Abbey sale of 1823, made out to a Mrs Ames(?) and Miss Harrington(?) and signed by the auctioneer Harry Phillips (ticket no. 1753), admitting two visitors for any two days of the view, the engraving showing the Eastern Towers of the Abbey with the Central Tower beyond within a Gothic surround, engraved by Thomas Higham after the drawing by the architect Stedman Whitwell, printed on toned card, bottom edge unevenly trimmed (where one of the original detachable tokens has been removed, but one still present with the engraved initials H.P. and manuscript entry number 1753), slight spotting, crease above token and few slight repaired closed tears, traces of mounting overleaf, 205 by 135 mm, token beneath 30 x 65 mm, within window mount, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)William Beckford (1760-1844) accrued large debts as a consequence of the collapse in the West Indian sugar market, in which he had major interests. He therefore invited the auctioneer James Christie the younger (1773-1831) to put Fonthill and contents up for sale in 1822. The Abbey had previously been closed to visitors and there was huge interest by the general public to visit this famous house of treasures. So much so, that 72,000 copies of the catalogue were sold, costing a guinea each, and during the months of August and September 1822 between 600 and 700 people visited each day. In a sudden change of plan and due to the vast interest caused Beckford sold the Abbey and contents at an inflated price of £330,000 to a wealthy Scottish gunpowder dealer called John Farquhar (1751-1826). The auction sale of 1823 was not therefore instigated by Beckford, but by Farquhar and the sale was conducted by Harry Phillips (d.1839) who had formerly been senior clerk to James Chistie's father (James Christie 1730-1803). It is now known that Phillips surreptitiously included additional items in the Fonthill sale which were actually from other vendors, in order to enlarge the sale, increase demand and hence values. This ticket is for the thirty-seven-day auction of the contents of Fonthill Abbey held by Harry Phillips in September and October 1823. Public interest was immense, and even the Duke of Wellington paid a visit. William Hazlitt described it as “a desert of magnificence, a glittering waste of laborious idleness, a cathedral turned into a toy shop”, he was however unaware of the additional inclusions in the sale. Beckford himself retired to Lansdown Crescent, Bath, and purchased a number of items back during the sale. The main tower of Fonthill Abbey collapsed in 1825, and much of the vast structure was rapidly demolished thereafter, leaving only the western end of the Abbey intact.

Indian School. Group of 5 miniatures, 20th century, gouache with pen-and-ink on wove paper, each on a leaf of possibly earlier Arabic or Persian manuscript, a few heightened with gold, worming, repairs, separatey mounted, framed and glazed, various dimensions, mount apertures 20 x 12 cm to 25.5 x 17 cm (Qty: 5)Four of the miniatures depict court scenes; one depicts a scene from an epic.

Wiltshire - Kennet & Avon Canal. Accounts of the Receipts & Expenditure of the Kennet and Avon Canal Company..., General Account of the Kennet and Avon Canal Company, a broken run, 1822-1851, comprising 59 broadside sheets, printed to one side only (including some duplicate sheets), many with manuscript notes to verso and some to recto, some sheets frayed, marked and soiled, folio, together with Swindon, Marlborough & Andover Railway Company , A collection of approximately 25 printed documents relating to the railway including, A Bill for making a Railway from the Great Western Railway at Swindon to the London and South Western Railway at Andover, 1873; An Act for making a railway from the Great Western Railway at Swindon..., 1873; Estimate of Expense, 1873; The Proposed Swindon, Marlborough & Andover Railway Company Preliminary Statement, [1872]; Ordinary Half-Yearly General Meeting of Shareholders..., Report of Statements of Accounts, 1874 & 1879, includes few duplicates, some manuscript annotations & dust-soiling, printed as issued, some folded, plus few others similar including Prospectus for Henley and London Water Works and Navigation Company, [1848], with engraved map by J. Arrowsmith (2 copies of map & 5 of the prosectus), plus general meeting reports for the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, a broken run, 1893-1919, and general meeting report for the Indian Midland Railway Company, 1895 & 1910 (Qty: a small carton)

Victorian Royal Letters Patent. A Royal Letters Patent on two vellum sheets, 13 January 1857, a pre-printed document with manuscript insertions, approving the patent for 'Improvements in obtaining extracts from madder for dyeing and printing' by Francois Auguste Verdeil and Emond Michel, both of France, printed vignettes and decorative borders, with original large royal wax seal appended by original cord and held in tin skippet (17cm diameter) (Qty: 1)

Essex. Untitled Ordnance Survey map, sold by Edward Stanford Ltd. 1914, large engraved map with bright contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, marbled endpapers, 1440 x 1600 mm, contained in a contemporary red cloth slipcase with manuscript label to upper board and spine, slipcase water stained and faded (Qty: 1)

Hampshire - Nowes Charity. A group of approximately 120 manuscript paper documents, late 17th/early 18th century & 1830s, the earlier group of approximately 20 paper documents being legal papers concerning land sales and disputes between John Nowes and Walter Godfrey, both of Lea, Hampshire, including one pen and ink sketch plan, many items on several stitched sheets, plus four related vellum documents (one damaged), and a group of over 100 paper documents relating to Nowes's charity, circa 1830s, including receipts, apprenticeship testimonials, letters, etc., mostly 8vo (Qty: a small carton)Lea, a small hamlet close to the River Test, is approximately two miles south of Romsey, Hampshire. In the early seventeenth century, lands were sold to Walter Godfrey, a wealthy clothier. Early in the eighteenth century parts of the Lea Estate were split off and separate holdings formed. This was used by John Nowes, owner of several parcels of land near Lea, to set up a charity for the education of the poor of Romsey.

Charles II (1630-1685, King of England). Document signed, 'Charles R', Court at Whitehall, 28 July 1669, a manuscript military commission appointing Thomas Preston to be an ensign 'of that Company of Foot in the Hollands Regiment under the Command of Sir Walter Vane', countersigned at foot by the First Earl of Arlington, and signed by monarch at head, embossed paper seal affixed to upper left corner, a few pin head-size holes not affecting text, a little light dust-soiling and irregular trimming to lower right blank margin, 27 x 33cm (Qty: 1)Sir Walter Vane (1619-1674) was a British military commander appointed Colonel of the Holland Regiment in 1668. During the Third Anglo-Dutch War of 1672-74 the Dutch negotiated with King Charles II to allow them to enrol English troops in their armies and Vane accepted a commission as Major General in Command of the British regiments in Dutch service.

Bible [English]. [The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages, London: Robert Barker, circa 1608?], lacking general and New Testament titles, bound without Apocrypha and preliminaries, printed in double-column black letter, occasional early manuscript entries, manuscript slip pasted to gutter margin of first leaf '1639 The Bishops Bible', some leaves torn with loss and margins frayed with loss, close-trimmed, bound with at rear The Whole Booke of Psalmes, London: Printed by E.G. for the Company of Stationers, 1639, occasional manuscript marginalia, incomplete, lacking all after G5, some toning & soiling throughout, occasional stains mostly towards rear of volume, later endpapers, lacking front free endpaper, 18th/19th century reversed calf, morocco title label, joint split at head of spine, 4to (Qty: 1)The Old Testament in this lot comprises leaves numbered 1-358 and the New Testament leaves numbered 441-554. The volume also appears to collate in a similar way to editions of 1584, 1597, 1599, 1603, 1607, 1608, 1611, & 1615. However it appears to be most like the 1608 editon with Gen i.3: Then God sayd... See Herbert 293; Darlow & Moule 225; STC 2202. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

Dawson (Lt. R. K.., Royal Engineers). Plans of the Municipal Boroughs of England and Wales; Showing their Boundaries and Division into Wards, 1832 - 1837, printed title with near contemporary manuscript presentation inscription and smudged library stamp, 159 (of 175 in index) engraved town plans with contemporary outline colouring, some marginal water staining, dust and finger soiling, later endpapers, modern cloth gilt, folio, together with James (Henry, surveyor). Boundary Commission. Report of the Boundary Commissioners for England and Wales, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1868, printed title, over 250 lithographic town and regional lithographic maps, contemporary half calf with gilt decorated spine,, slight wear to extremities, folio (Qty: 2)Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Fox hunting. Manuscript journal for the Whaddon Chase and Bicester Hunts, 1912-39, printed title-page ('Hunting Journal; or Diary. No., 2, for Private Use ...'), printed headings (date, 'hounds', 'horses', 'remarks'), ruled in blue, completed in manuscript on 256 pp., mainly in black ink, occasionally in pencil, final 20 pp. left blank, gift inscription 'J. R. from G. R., Xmas 1913, Whitchurch, Bucks' to front free endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain red morocco album by A. Webster and Company, front board gilt-lettered 'Hunting Journal' with monograms 'G. R.' and 'J. R.', royal appointment stamp gilt to turn-in, spine very slightly scuffed, oblong 4to (18.5 x 24.4 cm) (Qty: 1)The Bicester and Whaddon Chase hunts were amalgamated for the 1986-7 season.

Wiltshire. A small collection of Copy Tithe Apportionment manuscript documents, late 19th century, relating to Ogbourne St. George, Collingbourne Ducis, Hinton & Elcot, Wootton Rivers, Langdon Wyke, Wilcot, and parish of Avebury, some dust-soiled and with frayed and torn wrappers, folio, together with approximately 30 Acts relating to Wiltshire, including An Act for making a Navigable Canal from the River Kennet, at or near the Town of Newbury, in the County of Berks, to the River Avon, at or near the City of Bath, and also certain Navigable Cuts therein described, 34 Geo III, 1794, stitched as issued, dust-soiled, folio (folded), plus other Wiltshire related material (Qty: a carton)

Postal History. A group of 46 letters, postcards, etc., circa 1830s/1920s, many covers with printed postmarks and stamps, mostly name and date stamps, a few Penny Reds, arranged in sleeves in a modern ring binder, together with a group of approximately 24 manuscript documents and letters, mostly 19th-century letters on paper but including a disposition by David Gaudie's spouse to David Logan, 4 August 1664, and a release from Mrs Jane Kinsey to Richard Kinsey, her father, 3 December 1689, housed in a modern binder, plus a small quantity of railway ephemera including 24 Great Northern Railway tickets, circa 1900, various printed and manuscript forms and a small quantity of postcards, all contained in a modern folder (Qty: 3 folders)

Wiltshire. A collection of advertising broadsides & sale particulars etc., 19th century & early 20th century, including broadsides for sale of land at Wroughton, 1863; A Baker's Shop, Dwelling House and Offices, Marlborough, 1846 etc., sale particulars of the Marlborough Brewery, together with Eighteen Public Houses, 1857; Property, comprising a dwelling-house and business premises, known as the Marlborough Post Office, 1900, and Particulars of a freehold dwelling house... being No. 1, Sydney Place, Bath, 1871 etc., plus broadside notices for the special resolution and also account reports of the Marlborough Coffee Tavern Company, 1892, 1879 & 1883; rules and regulations for the Somerset Hospital at Froxfield, plus broadside for Borough of Marlborough, Much Mischief and frequent Breaches of the Peace..., circa 1830, manuscript to verso, and a few issues of Calendar of Prisoners for Trial at the General Quarter Session of the Peace, held at Marlborough, Devizes & Salisbury, broken run, 1886-1915, includes numerous duplicates (Qty: a carton)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. By His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches, 2 volumes (Old Testament & New Testament), Oxford: John Baskett , 1717/1716, general letterpress title (lined to verso) and calendar printed in red and black, general title with engraved illustration by G. Vander Gucht depicting view of Oxford, and vignette to New Testament depicting the Annunciation, without additional engraved general title by Du-Bose, with numerous engraved head & tail-pieces and initials after Thornhill, Cheron, Laguere and others, generally illustrating incidents from the Bible, ruled in red throughout, some leaves mostly in New Testament with tears mostly to margins and repaired (one with few words provided in manuscript), manuscript number to upper margins of titles and front endpapers, some dust-soiling, occasional spotting and few marks, marbled endpapers with neatly repaired hinges (Sotheran ink stamp to verso of front free endpaper), contemporary black morocco, elaborate gilt decoration with armorial of George III to centre of each board, skilfully rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spines with GR monogram & coronet to each compartment, corners repaired, large folio (Qty: 2)Herbert 942; Darlow & Moule 735. A magnificent edition, printed in large type, in a handsome contemporary binding. This edition became known as the Vinegar Bible from the misprint in the headline above Luke XX, The parable of the vinegar (for vineyard) to verso of G6 in the New Testament. The book contained many misprints, and earned the nickname A Baskett-ful of Errors. See Acts iii 24 ... and the prophets ... and all those ... for and all the prophets ... and those ... and iv 24 had for heard , etc.

Dutch bindings. M. Annaei Lucani Cordubensis Pharsalia ... curante Francisco Oudendorpio, Leiden: Samuel Luchtmans, 1728, engraved additional title-page, folding map, engravings in the text, leaves r2-3 transposed, contemporary Dutch vellum gilt, ties perished, 4to (25.6 x 19.6 cm), together with: Aristophanis Comoediae undecim, Graece et Latine ... curante Petro Burmanno secundo, Leiden: Samuel and Johannes Luchtmans, 1760, 2 volumes in 1, half-title, title-pages in red and black with engraved vignettes, intermittent spotting, pastedowns renewed, contemporary Dutch vellum gilt, later manuscript spine-title and silk ties, 4to (25.6 x 19.6 cm), and Rituum, qui olim apud Romanos obtinuerunt, succincta explicatio ... a G. H. Nieupoort, editio sexta, Utrecht: Abraham van Paddenburg, 1774, engraved additional title-page, letterpress title in red and black with engraved vignette, 11 engraved plates (10 folding), tide-mark to lower outer corners of text leaves, contemporary Dutch vellum gilt with arms of the Hague, 8vo (20.5 x 12.2 cm) (Qty: 3)

Scrap Album. A large Victorian scrap album on linen leaves, 1869-79, 35 linen leaves, each with neat hand-stitched edge of blue or red silk ribbon, rectos and versos filled with a variety of carefully arranged chromolithographed prints and scraps, including genre scenes, military figures, animals, costume, flowers, birds, oriental scenes, etc., leaves toned and with some spotting, occasional minor damage to mounted items, sheet size 42 x 43 cm, torn rear free endpaper with tipped-in manuscript label 'Mrs. R. Suffolk. Made by my paternal grandmother between the years 1869-79', contents loose in original dark green half morocco, worn, with loss to head of spine and edges showing, upper cover gilt lettered 'Scrap Book. T. L. O.', large 4to (Qty: 1)

MacLeod (Murdo Kennedy, 1895-1979). 'The Subba Immersionists of Iraq: an investigation into their evolution from the Ea cult of Sumeria, Accadia and Babylonia', c.1950, original typescript, rectos only, red margin-rules, [10] + 3 + 9 + 1 + 1 + 481 + 16 + 1 + 105 pp., including typescript title-page (annotated 'No 1. copy' on the mount), manuscript title-page and general contents leaf, separate manuscript title and list of contents to each chapter (extra to our collation), 21 original gelatin silver print photographs (mounted, with manuscript captions), 2 manuscript maps (one on glazed linen, folding, the other on paper, mounted), 3 manuscript tables (of the Subba alphabet and calendar), 2 original pen-and-ink sketches of Assyrian carvings, contemporary blue cloth by Partridge & Cooper Ltd, spine lettered in gilt, housed in contemporary wooden box with typescript address labels and parcel stamps, 4to (28 x 22 cm) (Qty: 1)Unpublished, comprehensive monograph on the Mandaean people of southern Iraq, which notably argues for the antiquity of their immersion rituals, here presented as pre-dating Christian baptism. Macleod (1895-1979) was ordained as a Free Church minister in Glasgow in 1921 and graduated MA from the University of Edinburgh in 1922. He became an RAF chaplain in 1926 and spent several years stationed in Mesopotamia, in 1933 submitting a doctoral thesis on the Yazidi people. He was later principal chaplain of the Royal Air Force.

Ferdinand III (Holy Roman Emperor, 1603-1657). Patent awarding title of Reichsgraf to Ernst Georg von Sparr, 1654 [i.e. 1754], German and French manuscript in black ink on laid paper, 18 leaves of calligraphic text with double frames and rubricated headings, 9 leaves containing 31 coats of arms in pen and ink and watercolour heightened with silver (rectos only), 2 vellum leaves each with a full-page watercolour of the recipient's newly-granted arms, 6 leaves of related German manuscript to rear (rectos only), and several blanks, vellum leaves spotted and one creased, all edges gilt, 18th-century French binding of marbled full calf, spine gilt with flower tools and leaf sprays, covers elaborately panelled in gilt incorporating a broad floral roll, craquelure to spine, joints rubbed, short split at head of front joint, corners worn, 4to (29.2 x 21.5 cm) (Qty: 1)Ernst Georg von Sparr (1596/1602-1666) was appointed Reichsgraf (imperial count) by Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III in 1654 following his service in the Thirty Years' War. This copy of the imperial patent, attractively illustrated and with an accompanying French translation, was likely produced to commemorate the centenary of his elevation. A note in French on the initial blank reads: ' Lettres patentes octroyés le 17 fevrier 1754 par sa Majesté l'Empereur Ferdinand III portant concession du titre hereditaire de Comte su Saint Empire en favour d'Ernest Georges de Sparr et de sa posterité '.

[Norton, John]. An Humble Apology for Non-Conformists: With Modest and Serious Reflections on the Friendly Debate, and the Continuation Thereof. By a Lover of Truth and Peace, Printed in the year 1669, early signature to title, occasional light dampstaining, contemporary speckled sheep, joints splitting and old repair at head of spine, 8vo (Wing H3402 & ESTC R20176), together with Jenkyn (William) , The Stil-Destroyer or, self-seeking Discovered. Together with the Curse it brings, and the Cure it requires. A Sermon Preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Maior and Court of Aldermen of the City of London, upon occasion of a solemne Anniversary meeting, April 9th, 1645, London: Christopher Meredith, 1645, [8], 52pp., small hole to title and small holes to fore-edge blank margin of final leaf (not affecting text), some dampstaining and dust-soiling, modern boards, slim 4to (Wing J655 & ESTC R200004), with Roderick (Richard) , A Sermon Preached August the 19th, 1684. At the Consecration of the Lord Waymouth's Chapel in Long-Leat, 1684, [6], 28pp., dampstained, bound with at front [ Sancroft, William] , A Sermon Preached in S. Peter's Westminster, on the first Sunday in Advent, at the Consecration of the Right Reverend Fathers in God, John Lord Bishop of Durham, William ... of S. David's, Benjamin ... of Peterborough, Hugh ... of Landaff, Richard ... of Carlisle, Brian ... of Chester, and John ... of Exceter, London: Printed by T. Roycroft for Robert Beaumont, 1660, [4], 39, [1]pp., manuscript annotations to title, first & last few leaves strengthened to margins, some close-trimming to margins affecting marginal notes, dampstained, bound with two other similar sermons, 20th century green buckram by Maltby of Oxford, 4to, with Bible [New Testament - Dutch] , Postilla, ofte verklaeringen over de Euangelien, die op alle de Sondagen ende de voorname Feestdagen van het geheele jaer verklaert werden in de kercken, toegedaen de onveranderde Ausburgsche Belijdenisse. ... In het licht gegeven door Artus Velten, Amsterdam: Jan van Duisbergh, 1677, additional engraved title, letterpress title in red & black, browned and dampstained throughout, ink stamp to front free endpaper and Barnstaple Athenaeum and Barnstaple Literary & Scientific Institution bookplates to front pastedown, contemporary diced calf over wooden boards with bevelled edges, blind central arabesque and ruled line border to boards, lacking spine and clasps, 4to, plus other antiquarian, mostly 17th century theology and related, including many defective volumes (Qty: 20)

Simpson (Samuel). The Agreeable Historian or the Compleat English Traveller..., printed for R. Walker, 1746, title page and three maps (only) of The West Riding of Yorkshire, The East Riding of Yorkshire and The North Riding of Yorkshire, maps with old folds and slightly toned, pages 1099 - 1161, disbound, small 8vo, together with Mogg Edward, Paterson's Roads; being an entirely original and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales, 18th edition, 1826, frontispiece of an uncoloured engraved map of England & Wales, with an additional nine engraved folding regional maps, appendix bound at rear, bookplate of Jonathan Parsons, text block disbound, 'envelope style' diced calf, boards detached, 8vo, with Paterson (Daniel), A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales, 11th edition, printed for T. N. Longman, 1796, double page engraved map of England & Wales, small ink stain to right hand margin, title page and table of roads, index bound at rear, near contemporary manuscript annotations to front endpaper, contemporary calf, small 8vo, plus Mogg (Edward), A new map of England and Wales describing all the direct & principal cross roads, boroughs, market towns & villages..., 1821, folding engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 540 x 450 mm, and Bacon (G. W. publishers), Touring Map of England and Wales, circa 1910, nine colour printed regional maps, folding and laid on linen, with cloth boards, contained in a contemporary calf carrying case, each map approximately, 535 x 720 mm, with two others similar (Qty: 7)

Erasmus (Desiderius). Epistolarum D. Erasmi Roterodami Libri XXXI. et P. Melancthonis Libri IV. Quibus adjiciuntur Th. Mori & Lud. Vivis espistolae. Una? cum indicibus locupletissimis, volume 1 only (of 2), London: M. Flesher & R. Young, 1642, title in red & black and with woodcut device (torn to upper inner corner and lower outer corner, & with ink number stamp & manuscript number), some dust soiling and marginal spotting, front endpaper with ink number stamp & manuscript classification, front free endpaper inscribed 'Presented by the Revd. John Foster to the Library of the Bristol Education Society May 6th 1823' and with Bristol Baptist College Library bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, board corners worn and showing, folio, together with Adagia, id est; proverbiorum, paroemiarum et parabolarum omnium, quae apud Graecos, Latinos, Hebraeos, Arabes, &c in usu fuerunt, collectio..., Frankfurt: Johannis Pressii viduae, 1646, title in red & black and with engraved printer's device, ink signature to upper outer blank corner, browned and spotted throughout (particularly at front & rear), 20th century brown half sheep, paste-paper sides to boards with some insect wear to board edges, folio (Qty: 2)

Thackeray (William Makepeace). The Works, 26 volumes, Centenary Biographical edition, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1910-11, half-titles, colour or photogravure frontispieces, numerous plates after the illustrations to the first editions, partly unopened, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, contemporary dark green half morocco gilt for Truslove and Hanson, spines sunned, a little rubbing to headcaps, 8vo (24.5 x 15.8 cm), together with: Brontë (Charlotte, Emily, & Anne), The Life and Works of Charlotte Brontë and her Sisters, 7 volumes, Haworth edition, John Murray, 1920, half-titles, 79 photogravure, halftone or manuscript facsimile plates including frontispieces, additional facsimile first edition title-pages as issued, top edges gilt, contemporary dark green half morocco gilt for Truslove and Hanson, 8vo (19.5 x 12.7 cm), Eliot (George), [The Works], 7 volumes, new or stereotype editions, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, c.1897, early leaves of Middlemarch creased at upper outer corners, top edges gilt, contemporary green half calf, spines sunned, extremities rubbed, 8vo (18.2 x 12 cm) (Qty: 40)Thackeray: number 314 of 491 sets.

Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke, 1769-1852). Printed presentation document signed, ‘Wellington’, [printed date:] Paris, 19 August 1815, on recto of a single sheet of (J. Whatman 1814) laid paper, with manuscript insertions awarding the Russian Order of St Anne to Major General Sir Edward Barnes (1776-1838), some dust-soiling and a few small mostly pinhead-size holes, two slightly affecting lettering on and near top horizontal fold, several small old marginal an corner tape marks, several small wax seal remains to verso, folio (Qty: 1)This was signed just two months after Wellington’s defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. In that battle Barnes was wounded whilst serving as Adjutant General. He had originally joined the 47th Foot and had served on Wellington’s staff in the Peninsula and also fought in the Netherlands. He was to go on to become Governor of Ceylon.

Cummings (Michael, 1919-1997). "Judging by the state of the Nation you might think it has been driven while under the influence of alcohol, for years...", 1976, pen & ink on artist's board, depicting two policemen talking outside Number 10 Downing Street, with Tony Benn and James Callaghan fighting over a steering wheel controlling the house, signed upper left corner, captioned in ink to lower margin, date stamp on verso 30 Apr 1976, upper blank margin with manuscript proofing directions (ink and pencil), finger-soiling to board edges, sheet size 54 x 37cm (21.25 x 14.5ins), image size 31.5 x 27.5cm (12.5 x 10.75ins), together with "Just think how it would help our tourist trade if Queen Elizabeth got fed up with Britain and emigrated to MY country!", 1975, watercolour and pen & ink on artist's board, depicting President Ford, President Giscard and Chancellor Schmidt each dreaming of Queen Elizabeth representing their country, signed upper left, captioned in ink to lower margin, publication stamp on verso dated 17.2.75, upper blank margin with manuscript proofing directions in pencil, finger-soiling to board edges, sheet size 39.5 x 53cm (15.5 x 21ins), image size 20.5 x 45cm (8 x 17.75ins), plus Parkes (Terence 'Larry', 1927-2003) , five pen & ink cartoons, one depicting London Horseguards, one depicting a bar scene with a man's t-shirt stating 'I don't know much about cartoons but I know I do like whisky', the other three with a cummerbund (in watercolour) as the central theme, the first two signed 'Larry', each framed and glazed, 21 x 16.5cm (8.25 x 6.5ins) and smaller, plus an original pencil and watercolour on artist's board cover design for 'Punch' magazine, by Eric Burgin, with the relevant magazine, dated 6th February 1957 (Qty: 6)

Bourrit (Marc Theodore). A Relation of a Journey to the Glaciers, in the Dutchy of Savoy: Translated from the French of M.T. Bourrit, Precentor of the Cathedral Church at Geneva, by C. and F. Davy, 1st English edition, Norwich: Printed by Richard Beatniffe, 1775, engraved dedication leaf and three engraved plates, subscribers list present with additional entry added in manuscript, some light toning, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked with gilt decorated spine and morocco title label, board corners worn and showing, 8vo (Qty: 1)Neate B142.

Manuscript Poem. 'Farewell! farewell! We part for ever!', early 19th century, manuscript poem of 19 quatrains, written neatly in brown ink on wove paper, slightly cramped at end, old light stain to lower panel, two pages, folio (32 x 20cm), loosely inserted in Flower (Desmond & Munby, A.N.L.) , English Poetical Autographs. A Collection of Facsimiles of Autograph Poems from Sir Thomas Wyat to Rupert Brooke, first edition, 1938, some spotting, top edge gilt, original buckram, rubbed and spine darkened, small folio (one of 1,500 copies) (Qty: 2)The poem was printed in The Lady's Magazine, or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, volume 38, (December), 1807, pp. 671-72. In the printed version it is identified as the work of the anonymous Bion and dated June 1807. The untitled work has instead a quote from George Colman's The Poor Gentleman: A Comedy in Five Acts. Whether this is in the hand of the unknown Bion or simply a copy is unknown. The author, perhaps realising that they were running out of space, omits the penultimate quatrain as printed in the journal.

Persian miniature. Two figures surrounded by birds, 20th century, opaque watercolour with pen and ink on paper, laid on blue card with concentric ruled borders and four mounted sections from a Persian poetry manuscript, image size 15.5 x 9.9 cm, sheet size 30.5 x 20.3 cm (Qty: 1)

A collection of 4 early Indian gouache Paintings on Paper, three with a manuscript verso the largest with royal seated subjects 26cms x 18cms (10" x 7") another with a seated couple, another erotic scene, and a royal audience. (4)

Hon. H Graves, 19th Century FREDERICK, EARL OF BELFAST, SEATED AT A TABLE HOLDING A QUILL, A MUSIC MANUSCRIPT ON THE TABLE Unsigned oil on canvas, 45 x 37cm, inscribed on stretcher Frederick, Earl of Belfast by Hon. H graves 1851, the canvas with stencilled 8.

AN 18TH CENTURY STRIPPED ELM AND PINE COFFER the interior pasted with manuscript recipes "a cure for the ego" and another pine coffer

Stereoscopic Cards, 1860s/1870s, including French tropical island (?), manuscript inscription verso (1), genre (1), Ireland View on the Dargle, well dressed men observing (1), French soldiers comic (1), French artisan family (1), tissue (14), Hautecoeur Paris views (11), UK topographical (14), P-G (44)

A 'Mother's Record' Album of the life of Martin Alfred Petrie 1916-1941, compiled by his mother, Maria, in album published by his father Francis' mother, Emeline Petrie Steinthal, family name changed in World War One, being a poignant record of his life, upbringing and schooling, extensive manuscript by his mother, including his time at Leeds Model Company making model railways, his own letters, many silver print images, and summary of the end of his life up to death in riding accident on active service in Kenya, overall F, some damp damage to lower edges of boards and leaves

Four Chinese manuscript weights (134)