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Sayer (Robert, publisher). The Florist. Containing Sixty Plates of the most beautiful Flowers regularly dispos'd in their Succession of Blowing, printed for Rob[er]t Sayer, T. Bowles and John Bowles and Son, [between 1753 and 1764], engraved title-page, 16 pp., 60 engraved plates, toning, text-leaves spotted, a few plates moderately browned or marginally spotted, marginal stain to plate 37, 'by Parkinson' added in manuscript to foot of title-page, contemporary quarter calf, comb-marbled sides, rubbed and worn, 4to (23.9 x 15.5 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: Thomas Baskerfeild FSA (1752-1816; bookplate); 'F Cavendish' (ownership inscription and elaborate pencilled monogram 'F C' dated 1809). Baskerfeild, from a Bedfordshire family, was able to live on the wealth of his father, a drysalter in partnership with Sir Richard Glyn in Hatton Garden. 'His library was sold at Sotheby's on the 13th November 1817, the sale taking seven days and realising £1,426' (University of Toronto, 'British Armorial Bindings', online). ESTC T470741; Dunthorne 272; Henrey 708; Nissen BBI 1734. 'One of the earlist of the drawing and colouring books' (Dunthorne). 'The text and plates were later copies and published under the title of Bowles's Florist' (Henrey). Very rare: ESTC traces two copies only (British Library and Wellcome).

Cumming (Alexander). The Elements of Clock and Watch-Work, adapted to Practice. In two essays, 1st edition, printed for the author; and sold by him, 1766, 16 engraved folding plates, spotting to title-page and preliminaries, isolated marginal spots thereafter, occasional manuscript corrections including a few lines in footnote at p. 57 scored through (the text still visible), errata leaf loose, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine refurbished, 4to (25.5 x 20 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC T140747.

Almanac. Rider's British Merlin ... Adorned with many delightful and useful Verities fitting all Capacities in the Islands of Great Britain's Monarchy. With Notes of Husbandry, Fairs, Marts, High Roads, and Tables ... Compiled for his Country's Benefit, by Cardanus Rider, printed for the Company of Stationers, 1778, title-page (with duty ink stamp) and almanack printed in red and black, letterpress astronomical woodcut of The Anatomy of a Man's Body, a number of blank leaves at front and rear, some with contemporary manuscript notes pertaining to etiquette and ownership etc., second half of volume toned, Dutch floral endpapers incorporating pocket at front and rear with remains of green silk gussets, all edges gilt, original scarlet morocco wallet-style binding, lightly rubbed, spine gilt panelled, with dotted line saltire in each compartment, covers gilt tooled with cottage roof design within double hound's tooth roll border, incorporating a variety of gilt tools, including birds, volutes, sunbursts, stars, etc., stylus contained in slotted flap joint (stylus later), silver clasp, 134 x 84 mm (5.25 x 3.25 ins) (Qty: 1)Inscribed: 'Mary Price departed this Life on Thursday the third of May 1804 and bequeathed this book to Henry Whitcombe her Godson'. With several pages of early moralizing manuscript, notably on the subject of how to converse: 'The conversation of most men is disagreeable, not so much for want of wit and learning, as of good breeding and discretion'.

Type Specimen. A Specimen of Printing Types Cast in the Letter Foundery of Alexander Wilson and Sons, Glasgow, 1789, 52 leaves, including title-page (dusty), printed on rectos only, some spotting and marks, verso of one leaf with mounted dictionary leaf annotated in contemporary manuscript (adhesive showing though to head and foot of blank margins on recto), facing recto with contemporary marginalia, hinges strengthened, label removed from front pastedown, ownership inscription of M. Orskey to rear pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked, tall 8vo (Qty: 1)Bigmore & Wyman III, p. 86; Mosley 214. Rare. Alexander Wilson (1714-1786) was a Scottish astronomer as well as type founder. After graduating from St Andrews University in 1733 he spent some time apprenticed to a surgeon and apothecary in London. In 1742 he set up a letter foundry in St Andrews, transferring his operations to Glasgow in 1744. The elegance of his lettering became renowned, especially his Greek fonts which were used by the Foulis Press. In 1760 he was appointed the first Regius Professor of Astronomy at Glasgow University. In 1769 he noticed changes in the shape of sunspots near the edge of the sun's visible disk that became known as the Wilson Effect.

[Bage, Robert]. Man As He Is. A Novel. In Four Volumes, 1st edition, printed for William Lane, at the Minerva Press, Leadenhall-Street, 1792, half-titles present, publisher's advertisements on final page of second and third volumes (that to volume 3 with 1.5" closed tear in blank fore-margin), front pastedowns with printed bookplate of the 'English reading Society' annotated in manuscript and dated '6 January 1796' (rubbed with some slight losses), volume 2 with small piece missing from fore-margin on front free endpaper, volume 3 with lower portion of rear free endpaper torn away, untrimmed, original boards, rubbed and soiled, joints split, final volume with lower board just holding on two cords, deficient spines with ink volume number, large 12mo (Qty: 4)Provenance: the English Reading Society was established in Groningen, Netherlands, in 1792 to promote the reading of English texts. It is the oldest known English reading society in the Netherlands, and its early membership included a number of university professors and other social elites. Existing records of the society's purchase refer to a wide variety of books and periodicals covering politics, economics, geography, history, poetry and fiction. A society of the same name still existed in 1904, although at the time its members were reading French and German texts as well. Block p.13. Rare Minerva Press title, no other set in the original boards traced at auction. The author's fifth novel, it is is a satirical work which 'narrates the rescue of a well-meaning young baronet from fashionable aristocratic vices by his love for a virtuous and independent woman, good friends, and his encounters in France with leaders of the earlier, moderate phase of the revolution' (ODNB). Robert Bage (1728-1801) was a businessman who did not publish his first novel until the age of 53, and who began writing partly to recoup his financial losses. He was influenced by Thomas Paine, Voltaire and Rousseau, and the ideals of the American and French revolutions. His novels display a sympathy for the rights of women and opposition to slavery, cruelty, war and duelling. He was a member of the Derby Philosophical Society, founded in 1784 by Erasmus Darwin. William Godwin was a follower of Bage, and Percy Bysshe Shelley was also an enthusiast of his work.

Guthrie (William). A New System of Modern Geography: Or, A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; and Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World..., the astronomical part by James Ferguson, F.R.S., to which have been added, the late discoveries of Dr. Herschell, and other eminent astronomers, 5th edition, corrected, improved, and greatly enlarged: with a copious index, printed for C. Dilly, and G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1792, 24 folding engraved maps, each hand-coloured in outline, and one single-page plate of an Armillary Sphere, one or two minor short closed tears to folds of maps, generally an exceptionally clean copy, bookplate of McKenzie Printer, Bookseller & Stationer to the University of Dublin to front pastedown, and library shelfmark in early manuscript above, front free endpaper with partially indistinct pencilled note 'from the Gage library [...?]', edges stained green, contemporary full tree calf by William McKenzie, lower outer corners rubbed, raised bands with gilt bead roll, green morocco labels in second and fifth compartments (former gilt titled), remainder gilt panelled with bead and rope rolls, and containing a variety of fleuron, star, wheel, bird, and sunburst tools, covers with double bead roll border, gilt fillet on board edges, thick 4to (Qty: 1)An exceptionally fine copy of Guthrie's Geography in a contemporary binding by the celebrated Irish binder William McKenzie. William McKenzie was apprenticed to bookbinder William Gilbert, and became free in 1780. Three years later he married Sarah Hallhead, the widow of bookseller and binder William Hallhead. Between 1783 and 1795 McKenzie was advertising himself as 'Bookseller & Stationer to the University', and according to Maggs Bookbinding Catalogue 1212, Part II, 167: 'Some of the best of his bindings are signed with a white paper printed label', as here.

Campbell (Patrick). Travels in the Interior Inhabited Parts of North America, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for the author, 1793, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author (partly hand-coloured with manuscript caption at foot 'Canadian Indian'), 2 engraved plates (one folding, with small stain), folding table, a little light spotting and soiling, untrimmed in original paper-backed marbled boards, a little soiling, light wear to extremities, recent clamshell cloth case, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC N13837; Howes C101; Sabin 10264. 'A curious and entertaining book' (Sabin), containing much first-hand information on Canada's First Nations. A Scottish farmer and merchant, Campbell claims to have sailed from Greenock in July 1791 with the intention of exploring for its own sake. Landing at St John's, he travelled on through New Brunswick, Frederick Town, Quebec, Montreal, Kingston, Niagara, Grand River, Genesee County, the Mowhawk River, Albany, New York and New Jersey. Rare: ESTC records only the National Library of Scotland's copy in British and Irish libraries.

Leeds Pottery Pattern Book. Designs of Sundry Articles of Queen's or Cream-colour'd Earthen-Ware, manufactured by Hartley, Greens, and Co. at Leeds Pottery: with a great variety of other articles. The same enamel'd, Printed or Ornamented with Gold to any Pattern; also with Coats of Arms, Cyphers, Landscapes, &c. &c., Leeds, 1794, 3 printed titles in German, French and English, each with 6-page list of plates in German, French and English (forming 24 pages of preliminary text in all), 45 copper-engraved plates (including one folding), paper watermarked with a fleur-de-lys and shield with capital letters L V G below (Lubertus van Gerrevink), some light scattered spotting and offsetting, plate 20 with closed tear to top margin, touching plate area, without loss, folding plate 26 repaired, (without loss), contemporary annotations in ink (in Italian?), to verso of the final plate 45, modern endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary gilt-decorated full tree calf, with gilt morocco label to spine, very slightly rubbed to extremities, large 4to (30.8 x 23.75 cm) (Qty: 1)Rare. A variant issue of the edition published in Leeds in 1794 (although this was undated), which contains 12 pages of text, and 71 plates. The present work lists 152 sauce boats, dishes, table plates, salad and dessert dishes, jugs, mugs, bowls, candlesticks, cutlery, baskets and stands, etc, and a separately numbered sequence of 32 designs for tea ware. First issued in 1783 with only 40 plates, and thus 'one of the earliest pattern books published in England by pottery manufacturers for the use of their travellers', or salesmen, overseas (Solon, Ceramic Literature, 1910, page 196). Given the Italian manuscript notes at the end of the volume, most likely for use in Switzerland or Italy.

Martin (Sarah). The New Experienced English-Housekeeper, for the use and ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c. Written purely from her own practice by Mrs. Sarah Martin, Many Years Housekeeper to the Late Freeman Bower Esq. of Bawtry. Being an Entire New Collection of Original Receipts which have Never Appeared in Print, in Every Branch of Cookery, Confectionary, &c., 1st edition, Doncaster: printed for the Authoress by D. Boys, and Sold by Mess. F. & C. Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard, London, 1795, [2], 173, [19]pp., half-title and list of subscribers, early manuscript correction to recipe for Pound Cake on page 75 (L2 recto), some light dampstains mostly towards rear of volume, near contemporary half calf, joints cracked at head & foot, 8vo (Qty: 1)Axford, p. 293; Bitting, p. 312; Cagle 860; ESTC 81837; Maclean, p. 95 (reference to a frontispiece is an error); Oxford, p. 123. A rare provincial imprint, which names 224 individual subscribers, most of them women and resident in Yorkshire, Northumberland, Lincolnshire or Cheshire, altogether accounting for 254 copies. The recipes are divided into nine chapters, and in the preface Mrs Martin refers without apology to the fact that her book was sold at a higher price than was customary. A second edition of 1800 in fact appears to have been a reissue; there was another edition in 1803.

Beddoes (Thomas, & James Watt). Considerations on the Medicinal Use, and on the Production of Factitious Airs, Part I. Part II [ ... Part III ... Parts IV. and V.], 5 parts in 1 volume, 3rd edition ('corrected and enlarged') of parts I-II, 1st editions of parts III-V, Bristol: Bulgin and Rosser, for J. Johnson, 1796-5-6, parts I-II with 5 engraved plates, part III with half-title, 3 engraved plates, 2 folding tables (numbered [1]-4, parts I-IV with half-title, 2 engraved plates, final advertisement leaf, plates offset, one folding table with repaired closed tear, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, 8vo (20.7 x 12.6 cm), together with: Chemist, The Chemist, 2 volumes in 1 [all published], 1st editions, Knight and Lacey, 1824-5, containing 58 weekly numbers, each volume with separate half-title and title-page, wood-engraved diagrams in text, volume 2 title-page repaired, contemporary ownership inscription to volume 1 title, contemporary manuscript recipe for ink to rear pastedown, 19th-century red quarter calf, marbled sides, vellum tips, loss of paper on rear board, 8vo (21.3 x 12.5 cm) (Qty: 2)Beddoes and Watt: ESTC T136213, T31517, T116350; Wellcome II p. 129. Complete copies of Factitious Airs containing all five parts in any edition are rare. Knight and Lacey ceased publication of The Chemist after a temporary insolvency brought on by the book trade slump of 1826, though the magazine , 'made an imaginative use of illustrations … and it had some success in achieving its objects of outlining the principles of chemistry, and in making itself the repository for discourses in chemistry and related sciences’ (Stack, Nature and Artifice: The Life and Thought of Thomas Hodgskin, p. 81).

Pratt [Samuel Jackson]. Family Secrets; Literary and Domestic, 5 volumes, 1st edition, printed for T. N. Longman, 1797, volume 1 pp. 182 and 214 with errata supplied in manuscript, volume 3 p. v with old repair in gutter, volume 5 C6 lower outer corner torn away affecting catchword and one word in text recto, M6 with similar chip to no loss, edges sprinkled red, contemporary French tan half calf, smooth spines gilt in compartments, twin labels, speckled yellow paper sides, spines rolled, sides slightly rubbed, a little light rubbing and wear to extremities, 12mo (17.2 x 10 cm) (Qty: 5)Block p. 197; ESTC T85829. Rare five-decker novel by the prolific writer, actor and social activist also known under the pseudonym Courtney Melmoth. ESTC traces five copies only in UK libraries. For another work by the author see lot 268.

La Rochefoucauld (Francois, Duc de). Travels through the United States of North America, the Country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada. In the years 1795, 1796, and 1797; with an authentic account of Lower Canada, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, for R. Phillips, 1799, 3 folding engraved maps (2 with small reinforcements to verso), 6 folding tables, some spotting and offsetting, some stains to maps, contemporary owner inscription of Marcus Gage to title-pages (noting that he purchased the books at Mr Archer's auction in October 1799 and February 1800), manuscript shelfmarks to front pastedowns, contemporary tan half calf gilt, some scuff marks to marbled covers, 4to (Qty: 2)Sabin 39057. 'The observations of this distinguished author, made during a three years residence, extend to the political constitution of the country, the manners, etc., of the inhabitants, physical state and natural history' (Sabin).

May (Robert). The Accomplisht Cook, or The Art and Mystery of Cookery ... Expert and ready Wayes for the Dressing of all Sorts of Flesh, Fowl, and Fish, with variety of Sauces proper for each of them; and how to raise all manner of Pastes; the best Directions for all sorts of Kickshaws; also the Tearms of Carving and Sewing. An exact Account of all Dishes for all Seasons of the Year, with other a la mode Curiosities. The second Edition, with large Additions throughout the whole Work; besides two hundred Figures of several Forms for all manner of bake’t Meats, (either Flesh or Fish) as Pyes, Tarts, Custards, Cheesecakes, and Florentines, placed in Tables and directed to the pages they appertain to. Approved by the fifty five Years Experience and Industry of Robert May, in his Attendance on several Persons of great Honour printed by R. Wood, for Nath. Brooke, at the Angel in Cornhill near the Royal Exchange, 1665, [32], 461, [31]pp., without the 2 folding plates (see ESTC), engraved portrait frontispiece on A1(v) a little creased, dust-soiled, toned and marked (neatly repaired at gutter margin and reattached), numerous woodcut illustrations throughout, 20-pp. publisher's advertisement list at rear, without folding leaves of plates, early ink manuscript markings to final leaf, few minor tears mostly to margins, some dust-soiling, browning and spotting throughout, rear free endpaper inscribed 'Ester Tudor Her Book March 1 1777', 20th century brown sheep, morocco title label to spine, 8vo (Qty: 1)Bitting p. 318 ; ESTC R214148; Oxf ord pp. 29-30; Simon, BG 1029; Wing M1392; cf. Cagle 867 (third edition, 1671).

Trade Catalogue. A catalogue of metalwork, [Birmingham?], circa 1801, 147 fine copper engraved plates, 28 folding, each with numerous examples of functional and decorative fittings, e.g. drawer handles and knobs, hooks and stays, hinges, locks and keys, door knockers, candle sconces and extinguishers, castors, bell pulls, etc., with contemporary manuscript prices added in red ink, and most leaves numbered in sepia ink to upper outer corner, paper watermarked J. Clarke 1801, close-trimmed to upper edge (with loss of platemark to some and occasionally clipping image), some toning and offsetting, occasional edge creasing and short tears (one plate with a 4" closed tear paper-repaired on verso), one folding plate bound upside-down, front free endpaper detached, rear pastedown with calligraphic lettering 'Buch 113' (inverted), and ink stamp 'G T F & U', red sprinkled edges, original morocco-backed blue paste-paper boards, rubbed and some wear to extremities, oblong 4to (19 x 29.5 cm) (Qty: 1)Containing a plethora of essential household fittings for the Regency builder and decorator, from the humble nail to elaborate pilasters and capitals, and even drawer handles formed in the shape of cannon. Some with engraved titles or explanatory notes, such as: 'All these Escutchns. are now made with much larger Keyholes'; 'Plate Warmer Handle'; 'Ballance Handles for Night Bolts'; 'Double Sconces at double the Price'; 'All these Patterns may be had Cloakpins'; 'Castor for a Sopha'; 'Harpsichord Hinge'; 'Pew Catch'; 'Camp Desk Furniture'; 'Common slight Cranks'; and 'Piano Forte Nobs'.

Auction Catalogue. Bibliotheca Brandiana. A Catalogue of the Unique, Scarce, Rare, Curious, and Numerous Collection of Works... being the entire Library of the late Rev. John Brand, Fellow and Secretary of the Antiquarian Society, Author of the History of Newcastle, Popular Antiquities, &c. &c. which will be sold by auction, by order of his executors, by Mr. Stewart, at his room, no. 194, Piccadilly, (opposite Albany,) on Wednesday, May 6, 1807, and Thirty-Six following Days..., [Part I, 1807], annotated throughout in contemporary manuscript with prices and buyers' names, toned and spotted, 2L and 3L with 5cm closed tear in fore-margin, untrimmed, front pastedown with contemporary printed and manuscript receipt tipped-in, rear free endpaper with list of accounts in early manuscript, contemporary red half morocco, extremities rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)With receipt tipped-in on front pastedown signed by John Brand (1744-1806) and dated 13th February 1806, for monies received from Sir Thomas Gery Cullum for membership of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Sir Thomas Gery Cullum, 7th Baronet (1741-1831), of Hardwick House, Suffolk, was a medical doctor. He was educated at Charterhouse in London and Trinity College, Cambridge, and subsequently practised surgery at Bury St. Edmunds.

Edgeworth (Maria). The Match Girl. A Novel, in Three Volumes, 1st edition, printed by J. Dennett for J. F. Hughes, 1808, half-titles present, publisher's advertisements at rear of each volume (volume 1 with single leaf; volume 2 with 12pp. advertisements; volume 3 with 36pp. catalogue dated May 1, 1808), occasional spotting and marks, E9 in first volume with horizontal closed tear, some splitting to hinges, volume 3 lacking rear free endpaper, untrimmed, original boards, sometime rebacked with white paper, spines with manuscript volume number, somewhat soiled and edges rubbed, large 12mo (Qty: 1)Rare three-decker in the original boards. Not in Sadleir or Wolff; two copies only on Copac, British Library and Oxford (the latter defective). The last copy which we have traced at auction was in 1951 (bound in half calf).

Trade Catalogue. John Slater, Coach Spring & Patent Steam Kitchen Manufacturer, Birmingham, circa 1819, 20 numbered engraved plates, 8 double-page, showing kitchen ranges and accompanying flues and utensils, ten with mounted text facing (one on verso of front free endpaper, the others on verso of preceding plate), that opposite plate 6 dated August 1819, some contemporary manuscript annotations in ink or pencil, seven printed slips bound in with contemporary prices in ink, generally toned and soiled, with some water-staining (mostly to last few plates), some edge-creasing and occasional minor fraying, first plate with 9 cm closed tear, plate 5 with piece torn from lower outer blank corner, front pastedown with mounted engraved patent label, front free endpaper with piece torn from upper outer corner (with closed tear encroaching on mounted text on verso), contemporary sheep-backed marbled wrappers, vertical crease to wrappers and text block, oblong folio (28 x 35 cm), housed in custom-made modern cloth solander box, with gilt lettered morocco label on front (Qty: 1)Rare early illustrated trade catalogue of steam ovens: only two other copies sold at auction, both with fewer plates than this copy (12 and 16). The first plate declares: 'The Steam Kitchen, with the late improvements for carrying off all waste steam, & unpleasant smell, from the Roaster, is now allowed to be the most complete Cullinery apparatus, in Europe, being the most oeconomical, most useful, & most simple, ever introduced - Fish, Flesh, Fowls, Game & Vegetables, may be Roasted, Baked, Boiled, Steam'd, Stew'd & Broil'd, with the nicest delicacy. The Apparatus is now in use in every County in England, in most Counties in Scotland & Wales, in every County in Ireland, in British America, & the United States, in the Steam Boats on the Lakes, the East & West Indies, & their Trading Ships. Also in France, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Germany & Sweden.'

Type Specimen. Specimen of Modern Printing Types, by Edm[und] Fry & Son, Letter Founders to the King, Type Street, printed by Barnard & Farley, 1820, engraved title and 115 type specimen leaves including two folding, printed on one side only throughout, a little scattered spotting and offsetting, uncut and several leaves unopened, contemporary cloth-backed boards with wine auction sale particulars pasted over boards, remains of manuscript paper spine label, rubbed, slight corner wear, 8vo (24.5 x 15.5 cm) (Qty: 1)Bigmore & Wyman I, p. 243 mentioning only 1816, 1824 & 1827 editions; Mosley 135 locating four copies with between 91 and 118 leaves. One copy has been traced at auction, sold by Sotheby's in 1962 and described as having a title-page and 88 leaves including some folding sheets.

Phenakistiscope . M'Lean's Optical Illusions; or, Magic Panorama [cover-title], Thomas McLean, 1833, five (of 12) hand-coloured lithographed slotted circular cardboard discs, with central hole for spindle, each with imprint (two worn), three titled ('Law and Equity', 'The Waltz', 'The Bogle'), some light toning and spotting, diameter 24 cm, loosely contained in original cloth-backed marbled boards, with printed title label on upper cover (annotated 'No. 2' in early manuscript), and further printed label on inside front cover 'Directions For Use', lacking ribbon ties, 4to, together with three other circular discs similar, two from The Phantasmascope, published by Joseph Ackermann & Co., 1833, one of a pirouetting male dancer, the other of a serpent disappearing over edge, diameter 24.5 cm (9.75 ins), the other from S.W. Fores's Moving Panorama, 1833, depicting a double bass player, diameter 23.5 cm, loosely contained in cloth-backed boards with M'Lean printed labels as above on front cover, remains of green silk ties, 4to, plus metal and turned wood and bone handle bearing Akermann's printed paper label, all contained in custom-made brown cloth solander box, gilt lettered red morocco label on upper cover (Qty: 1)The phenakistiscope (or fantascope) of the 1830s was the first instrument to create an illusion of movement based on rapidly changing sequence pictures, designed to be spun on an axis and viewed in a mirror. Complete sets rarely come onto the market.

Bookbinding. The Book-Finishers' Friendly Circular, 1845-51, conducted by a committee of the Finishers' Friendly Association, printed for the Association, 1845-51, pp. iv + 166 + 2 +14, comprising title-page and index, 20 parts continuously paginated [all published], and Styles of Finishing, letterpress illustrations, a number of blank leaves at rear, a few leaves with unrelated manuscript notes at rear, generally toned, some marginal staining and marks, one or two short edge-tears, endpapers soiled, hinges split, all edges gilt, contemporary brown morocco, rubbed, slight wear to extremities (minor loss to head of spine and corners), spine gilt panelled, gilt lettered direct in second compartment, remainder with central fleuron and volute cornerpieces, upper cover with gilt double fillet border, and central strapwork lozenge and cornerpieces, incorporating gilt tooled red and green leather onlays, rear cover with gilt tulip and volute roll border between double fillets, central seedhead and flower oval enclosing a sunburst lozenge in blind, 8vo (Qty: 1)We have traced only one other copy sold at auction, in 2013. This rare periodical was printed against a background of worsening conditions for bookbinders who were increasingly finding their trade taken over by machine-driven mass-production. The 20 issues, therefore, not only provide historical articles, methods of binding, and current news regarding meetings, deaths and exhibitions, but also much information pertinent to the working conditions contemporary binders. The need for reform is emphasised, mentioning the reduction of working hours, pension funds, aid to alleviate those out of work.The index includes articles entitled: 'Half a Loaf is better than no Bread'; 'Trade Society Reform, and Cheap Bible Agitation'; 'Protection to Time-Workers'; and 'Dublin Dispute and Edinburgh Reply'. The binding itself is interesting, showcasing as it does two very different styles of decoration on the covers.

[Charleton, Walter]. Two Discourses. I. Concerning the Different Wits of Men. II. Of the Mysterie of Vintners, 1st edition, printed by R. W. for William Whitwood, 1669, with the initial blank [A1] not mentioned in ESTC general title-page and 2 part-titles, contemporary manuscript manicules to pp. 109 and 116, contemporary marginalia to pp. 115, 131, 144, 150, 185, 205, light damp-staining to gutter of penultimate quires P and Q, contemporary speckled sheep, spine rubbed, wearn to lower outer corners of boards, 8vo (16.6 x 10.2 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: 'Henry Osborne his book' (contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, followed by three gnomic inscriptions in a contemporary hand); Thomas Vernon MD (near-contemporary engraved armorial bookplate with motto 'Quand et coment' to front pastedown: see lot 32). Cagle 597; ESTC R7401 (with an apparently erroneous reference to an earlier issue); Gabler G15600; Wing C694; cf. Bitting p. 83. 'Contains wine recipes, and advice on how to "help wine with an ill flavour," and other wine related advice ... all sorts of concoctions are suggested to revive sour and ill tasting wines' (Gabler).

Woolnough (C. W.). The Art of Marbling, as applied to Book Edges and Paper, containing full instructions for executing British, French, Spanish, Italian, Nonpareil, etc., etc. Illustrated with Specimens. With a brief notice of its recent application to textile fabrics, and particularly to the cloths so extensively used by bookbinders, 1st edition, Alexander Heylin, 1853, half-title present, 29 specimens of marbled paper (each numbered on verso in early manuscript) and 4 specimens of marbled cloth bound in (complete), front hinge split, all edges gilt, original marbled wavy-grain cloth covers, spine darkened and slightly frayed at ends, covers blind panelled, upper cover gilt lettered within decorative frame, 8vo (Qty: 1)Rare first edition, in the original publisher's binding, of perhaps the most important book on British marbling, providing a detailed account of the materials and methods of the craft.

Company School. Artocarpus integrifolius (Bread Fruit Tree), circa 1815-20, fine large-scale watercolour on laid paper, watermarked Budgen & Willmott 1812, heightened with white bodycolour and gum arabic, inscribed with title in a contemporary manuscript hand in brown ink to lower left 'Artocarpus integrifolius (Bread fruit tree)', pale mount-staining, sheet size 54 x 41.5 cm (21.25 x 16.25 ins), modern frame, glazed (Qty: 1)The Bread Fruit tree originates from New Guinea and the Philippines, early spreading to Hawaii and the rest of Polynesia as a 'canoe plant'. It was recognised as an important staple food by Sir Joseph Banks during the first expedition of Captain James Cook in 1769, and Banks proposed to King George II to send a special expedition to Tahiti to transport the fruit to the West Indies. This led to the ill-fated voyage of HMS Bounty under Captain William Bligh in 1787, reaching Tahiti in late October 1788, too late to harvest the crop. When the ship eventually set sail on the return voyage, the crew mutinied and cast Bligh and the officers adrift, on a perilous and remarkable voyage of survival that covered 3,600 miles in 41 days. The present work may have been executed as a botanical specimen by a British naval officer or naturalist, destined for examination back in England.

Company School. Citrus Aurantium (Citron), circa 1815-20, fine large-scale watercolour of a bitter orange on laid paper, watermarked Budgen & Willmott 1812, heightened with white bodycolour and gum arabic, titled in contemporary manuscript in brown ink 'Citrus Aurantium (Citron)' to lower left, two small repaired marginal closed tears, light mount stain and faint spotting, sheet size 42 x 54.5 cm ( 16.5 x 21.5 ins), modern frame, glazed (Qty: 1)

Company School. Doorian. Durio zibethinus, circa 1825, fine large-scale botanical watercolour of a Durian on laid paper, watermarked Ruse & Turners 1825, heightened with gouache and gum arabic, titled in contemporary manuscript in brown ink to lower centre 'Doorian. Durio zibethinus', one repaired marginal closed tear, some light overall mount staining, sheet size 38 x 48.5 cm, modern frame, glazed (Qty: 1)The Durian is a large prickly and odoriferous fruit found in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. The present work was possibly created by a British naval officer or naturalist during the period of upheaval in the region, following Sir Stamford Raffles' invasion of Java in 1811, and the formation of British settlements at Melville island and Raffles Bay off Northern Australia between 1824 and 1828.

Company School. Mandikai. Cucumis Citrullus. Water Melon, circa 1825, fine large-scale botanical watercolour on laid paper of a water melon, watermarked Ruse & Turners 1825, heightened with white bodycolour and gum arabic, with contemporary manuscript title in brown ink to lower right 'Mandikai. Cucumis Citrullus. Water Melon', minor archival restoration to extreme top margin, sheet size 38.5 x 48.8 cm (15.2 x 19.25 ins), modern frame, glazed (Qty: 1)Mandikai is the Malay word for watermelon. The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 tranferred control of the Moluccas to the British, and helped to establish the trading colony of Singapore, at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, following the interventions of Sir Stamford Raffles. The present work dates from around this period, and may have been sent back to England as a botanical depiction of this important commodity.

Portrait Miniatures. A framed set of four oval miniature paintings of children, 1821, watercolour on ivory, oval head and shoulder portraits of four siblings, comprising a curly-haired boy in a buttoned brown suit with frilled collar, two girls, each attired in a blue and red tartan dress with bows to shoulders, the elder girl also wearing a necklace, and an infant dressed in a white dress with lace yoke and matching bonnet, each with gilt plaited border and bow to upper edge, 5 x 4 cm (2 x 1.5 ins) and slightly smaller, mounted together as two pairs on a dark blue ground, in period gilt frame, glazed, verso with contemporary printed cutting of mourning verse and partially indistinct manuscript notes pertaining to the sitters (mentioning the surname 'Bates') and artist, including the inscription 'Painted by [...?] Smith of London, September 1821' (Qty: 1)A charming set of Regency portrait miniatures, intact in original frame.

Domestic Architecture. Gabled house with dog, 1844, watercolour with pen & ink, laid down on later card, depicting the front facade of a clapboard house with red tiled roof, two projecting gables, and leaded casements, an upper window with the face of a woman visible inside, cottage garden in front of house, with cat, plant theatre, large topiary yew clipped to form two arches, and wooden paling fence and gate, dog beside cobbled lane in foreground, ink signature 'O. Small' lower left, and initials 'O.D.' with date 1844 lower right, tip of lower right blank corner torn away, 15 x 20.5 cm (6 x 8 ins), framed and glazed, backboard with reproduction of obscured early manuscript on verso of picture 'Charles Small of Charr[...?] was Born in this House in the year of Our Lord 1794 and lived in it till the year 1850' (Qty: 1)

Still Life. An open book on a table, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, depicting a large antiquarian tome entitled 'Comenti Epidem' and a piece of manuscript parchment, atop a red cloth on a table, overall craquelure, 45 x 35.5 cm (17.5 x 14 ins), framed (Qty: 1)

Webster (John). Metallographia: or, an History of Metals, 1st edition, for A[ndrew] C[larke], Walter Kettilby, 1671, advertisement leaf to rear, a few small burn marks some toning and light spotting, small hole and manuscript date at foot of title, head of front endpaper torn away, contemporary calf, rebacked with most of original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 4to (Qty: 1)ESTC R203588; Wing W1231. One of the earliest English works on metallurgy, including accounts of alchemical writers and the transmutation. 'Webster's belief that the aim of true natural magic was to uncover the "secret effects" of nature led him to extend warm support to the foundation of the Royal Society of London' (DSB).

English School. Portrait of Kirwan Joseph Fernie, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, depicting a young gentleman wearing white breeches, boots with spurs, dark jacket and waistcoat, and a blue necktie, with a cigar in his left hand, leaning his right elbow on a secretary desk, with a blotter, ink pot and quill, and theodolite in front of him on drop down desk top, a trumpet on top of the desk, a telescope directed at the landscape vista seen through a window, and a large dog at his feet, professionally cleaned and re-lined, manuscript name of sitter in large ink lettering on verso, 47 x 34.5 cm (18.5 x 13.5 ins), framed (Qty: 1)Kirwan Joseph Fernie (1820-1906) was the son of Ebenezer and May Fernie, and brother of Ebenezer Waugh Fernie who was a pioneer of the oil industry in North Wales and Scotland. Kirwan married Anne Caney Stanton (1818-1909) in 1868, and when he died they were living at Chase Lodge, Mill Hill, Middlesex.

Fashion. A pair of watercolours of country houses incorporating cut-out engraved female figures from fashion plates, late 19th century, together two watercolour drawings, the first depicting an Elizabethan manor house with ten cut-out hand-coloured engraved figures in Regency dress arranged on the lawn in front, annotated in contemporary manuscript to lower margin below image giving details of the type of costume worn between 1818 and 1820 (Evening Dress, Walking Dress, Cottage Dress, etc.), the other depicting a large dwelling with two wings joined by a veranda, with 15 cut-out hand-coloured engraved figures on the lawn in front arranged around two hand-drawn picnic tables, with manuscript date 1847 in a contemporary hand to lower left margin below image, each approximately 29 x 46 cm (11.5 x 18 ins), matching mounts and glazed frames (Qty: 2)

Sermon (William). A Friend to the Sick: or, the Honest English Mans Preservation. Shewing the causes, symptoms, and cures of most occult and dangerous diseases which afflict the body of man. With a particular discourse of the dropsie, scurvy, and yellow jaundice. And the most absolute way of cure, 1st edition, W. Downing for Edward Thomas, 1673, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, last leaf with small marginal tear and loss and closed marginal tear, occasional light water stains and some soiling, manuscript recipes in early hands front and rear, contemporary calf, spine repaired, a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC R1171; Wing 2627 Rare. An unashamed piece of self-advertisement by one of the most colourful characters in 17th-century medicine, combining 'rambling reminiscences' (ODNB) with an account of the cures achieved by his various pills. Sermon established his reputation with a spate of alleged cures of Bristol plague sufferers in 1666 and by treating former parliamentary general George Monck for dropsy, after which the University of Cambridge awarded him a doctorate in medicine at the request of Charles II.

Bible. The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages..., imprinted at London by Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent maiestie, 1606, general and New Testament titles both present, with woodcut historiated borders showing the Tribes of Israel, evangelists, and Apostles, black letter text, some light soiling and handling marks, mostly to margins, B6 with closed horizontal tear without loss towards centre of leaf, early manuscript date in neat brown ink to upper left blank margin of main title 'Junii 27. 1629' and 'August: 2.1629', early-19th-century English straight-grained green morocco gilt (spine lettered in gilt Holy Bible Black Letter London 1616), with earlier gilt-decorated morocco ownership label of John Phillips, dated 1770 re-imposed to front pastedown, a little rubbed along joints and extremities, 4to (Qty: 1)Herbert 285. Geneva-Tomson-Junius version. A handsome copy.

Milles (Thomas) . The Custumers Alphabet and Primer. Conteining, Their Creede or Beliefe in the true Doctrine of Christian Religion. Their Ten Commandementes, or Rules of Civill life and Conversation daily grace, general confession, speciall supplication and forme of prayers. Togither with a pertinent answere to all such ... would faine perswade others, that, the bringing home of traffique must needes decay our shipping, [London, William Jaggard?], 1608, 44 pages, signatures A-L2, title with woodcut decorative border, two woodcut head-pieces, and two woodcut initials, with author's manuscript annotations, underlining and manicules in brown ink to text, some soiling to title and final leaf, light waterstain to final few leaves, two blank leaves at front and rear, without pastedowns, later bookplate of Caroline Bishop to verso of front board, contemporary full calf, triple blind fillet border to each cover, lettered in gilt to upper centre of front cover EDWARD?GWYNN, and E G to rear, board-edges with gilt fillet tooling, red and yellow edges to text leaves, upper joint partly cracked, a little wear to head and foot of spine with minor old repairs, folio (29 x 20 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: From the library of Edward Gwynn, a lawyer who formed a major library of 16th- and early-17th-century English and Latin texts, including the famous volume of nine Shakespeare Quartos bound together in contemporary binding, which was sold by Rosenbach to the Folger Library in 1919 for $100,000. Little is known of Gwynn, but he was probably born circa 1590, and entered Middle Temple in November 1610. From 1626 he lived with his close friend Alexander Chorley in a house within the gardens of Furnivall's Inn, off Holborn in London. After his death, his library was bequeathed to Alexander Chorley, and was subsequently dispersed. Around 200 books from his library have now been traced, including 50 in Marsh's Library in Dublin, 26 at the Folger Shakespeare Library, 23 at Cambridge and 31 at Oxford. An ongoing list tracing all copies of books from Gwynn's library is available on the Folger Library website.The calf binding offered here conforms to the characteristic style used by Gwynn, with the name Edward Gwynn stamped in gilt capitals to the upper cover, and initials E G to the lower cover. See Liam Sims, Edward Gwynn and his Bindings, posted on Cambridge University Library Special Collections blog on 4 July 2018. ESTC S114606; STC 17927. Thomas Milles (circa 1550-1626), a customs official, intelligence agent and antiquary from Ashford in Kent, was the author of works on economic policy, free trade, religious controversy, as well as The Catalogue of Honor (1610). His publications, almost all of which are exceedingly rare, are idosyncratic due to the author's characteristic addition of manuscript marginal annotations, added by him to virtually all copies. Moreover, these manuscript additions and glosses vary from one copy to another, suggesting that Milles saw his printed publications as subject to ongoing revision. In the present copy, almost every page contains some form of correction, added note or elucidation, underlining or manicules (a pointing hand or finger). As 'Customer of Sandwich' in Kent, he was involved in intercepting foreign agents and correspondents and was employed in unravelling numerous plots of the period. This also gave him the opportunity to observe England's chronic shortage of precious metals, and the unfair monopoly exercised by the Merchant-Venturers based in London. Milles advocated free trade through staple ports, which gave designated ports the right to trade the cargo of merchant ships passing through their own port.

[Woolley, Hannah]. The Accomplish'd Ladies Delight in Preserving, Physick, Beautifying, and Cookery. Containing, I. The Art of Preserving, and Candying Fruits and Flowers, and the making of all sorts of Conserves, Syrups, and Jellies. II. The Physical Cabinet, or, Excellent Receipts in Physick and Chirurgery, Together with some Rare Beautifying Waters, to adorn and add Loveliness to the Face and Body: and also some New and Excellent Secrets and Experiments in the Art of Angling. III. The Compleat Cooks Guide, or, directions for dressing all sorts of Flesh, Fowl, and Fish, both in the English and French Mode, with all Sauces and Sallets; and the making Pyes, Pasties, Tarts, and Custards, with the Forms and Shapes of many of them, 3rd edition (enlarged), London: Benjamin Harris, 1683, [4], 208, [4], 208 [i.e. 209]-289, [1]pp., engraved portrait frontispiece with early armorial bookplate adhered to verso with motto 'Veritas et Libertas', additional engraved title, woodcut frontispiece facing part title of Secrets in the Art of Angling, three woodcut plates, ink date 1798 to fore-edge margin of portrait frontispiece and ink markings to fore-edge blank margin of additional engraved title, ink inscriptions to verso of additional title and letterpress title, few other leaves with early manuscript notes, markings & additions (including E11, F2, F12 & verso of final leaf N6), some browning and spotting throughout, slight close trimming at foot touching few catchwords, modern full sheep, green morocco title label to spine, 12mo (Qty: 1)Provenance: early ownership inscriptions 'Mary Clarke her Booke in the year of our Lord 1798' (repeated) and 'Mary Parsons my book' verso of additional engraved title; verso of letterpress title inscribed 'Mary Clarke her Booke given her by John Singar in the yeare of ower Lord may 19 1798. Though there have been many Books extant of this kind yet I think some thinge hath been deficient in theme all Mary'. Oxford pp. 37-8; Wing W3270; Cagle 1058 for the second edition.

[Granville, Denis]. Counsel and Directions, Divine and Moral: in Plain and Familiar Letters of Advice from a Divine of the Church of England, to a Young Gentleman, his Nephew, soon after his Admission into a College in Oxford, 1st edition, printed for Robert Clavell, 1685, final advertisement leaf (P2), manuscript catch-title on slip of paper tipped to lower margin of N2 verso, ownership inscription 'Wm Glegg his booke' to title-page, repeated with date 1714 to p. 208, contemporary sprinkled sheep, blind rules to sides, repair to spine, 8vo (17.5 x 11 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC R17648 (under 'Dennis Grenville'); Wing G1938A.

Cleeve (Charles). The Songs of Moses and Deborah paraphras'd. With Poems on Several Occasions. Never before publish'd. To which is added, a Pindarick on Mr. L'Estrange, 1st edition, printed for Luke Meredith, 1685, final advertisment leaf, manuscript monogram 'W R' and probable shelfmark '478' to title-page, engraved 18th-century bookplate of 'W Richardson' verso, ownership inscription 'R Richardson, Coll. Eman., 1745' to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, spine refurbished, joints cracked, fading and craquelure along top and fore edges of boards, restoration to corners, 8vo (17.7 x 11.2 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC R12342; Wing C4625. The author's only published work, dedicated to John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and containing references to Dryden. Rare: one other copy traced at auction.

The Compleat Planter & Cyderist. Or, Choice Collections and Observations for the Propagating all manner of Fruit-Trees, and the most Approved Ways and Methods yet known for the Making and Ordering of Cyder, and other English-Wines, by a Lover of Planting, 1st edition, London: Thomas Basset, 1685, [16], 256, [8] pp., two woodcut illustrations to text, early ownership signatures to title including a G.B. Barton dated 1749 (short cut to lower blank margin), occasional marginal notes including a method of how to black shoes, leaf S3 of addenda with small repaired rust hole & consequent loss of few letters (hole overlaid with later letter press to replace loss), some toning, dust-soiling and few marks mostly to first & last few leaves, later endpapers, contemporary mottled sheep, neatly rebacked and with morocco title label to spine, upper board corners worn and showing, lower board corners repaired, 8vo (Qty: 1)Wing C5649. The volume comprises a compilation of practical information on planting an orchard, grafting, pruning, manuring and protecting fruit against enemies of all kinds with a comprehensive section on the production, casking, bottling and storage of cyder and other country wines. The early manuscript note to page 237 regarding cleaning shoes reads: 'How to black shoes yt they may look black & shineing. Take bees wax & melt it, ye put in lamblack & stir it till it be cold, ye make it up into balls, & wn ye shoes are clean & dry, rub ye wth a ball & afterwards wth a woollen cloath till no black will come off'.

Guillemeau (Jacques). Child-Birth or, the Happy Deliverie of Women. Wherein is set downe the gouernment of women. In the time of their breeding childe: of their trauaile, both naturall, and contrary to nature: and of their lying in. Together with the diseases, which happen to women in those times, and the means to helpe them. To which is added, a treatise of the diseases of infants, and young children: with the cure of them, 1st edition in English, A. Hattfield, 1612, 18 woodcut illustrations, a few leaves close-trimmed at upper margin (just affecting one or two headlines at end), a little minor spotting, armorial bookplate of John Quayle, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title to spine, some soiling and stains, small 4to (Qty: 1)ESTC S103545; Garrison-Morton 6145.1; STC 12496; Wellcome 3002. First edition in English of Guillemeau's De l'heureux accouchement des femmes and his De la nourriture et gouvernement des enfans (Paris, 1609), only the second midwifery manual printed in English (the first was Thomas Raynalde's Byrth of Mankynde , 1545, also a translation). The work is the 'actual origin of the so-called Mauriceau manoeuvre, usually credited to Mauriceau. Guillemeau was not only responsible for this technique for delivery of the after coming head [i.e. a breech delivery] so important before the forceps and Caesarian section, but he was also the first to employ podalic version in placenta praevia' (Garrison-Morton).

[Aulnoy, Marie-Catherine, Madame d']. Memoirs of the Court of France. In two parts. The first dedicated in the original to Madam de la Ferte; the second, to Madam the Dutchess de Bouillon, by Madame L.M.D., Author of the Voyage into Spain, printed for R. Bentley and T. Benett, 1692, [8], 3-160 pp., separate title-page to Part 2, lacks A1 [?separate title to Part 1], contemporary ink manuscript numerals '382' and '291' (struck through) to main title, inner hinges cracked, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, cracked on joints, some edge and corner wear, 8vo (Qty: 1)Wing A4218A. A translation of Mémoires des avantures singulières de la cour de France. Countess d'Aulnoy is best remembered for her fairy tales, but she also wrote several popular novels of scandal and pseudo-memoirs of court intrigue.

[Avril, Philippe]. Travels Into divers Parts of Europe and Asia, Undertaken by the French King's Order to discover a new Way by Land into China. Containing many curious Remarks in Natural Philosophy, Geography, Hydrography, and History. Together with a Description of Great Tartary, and of the different People who inhabit there, 1st edition in English, printed for Tim. Goodwin, 1693, lacking A2 (Translator's Preface), title-page printed in red and black (with oval ink stamp 'Eastern District' to lower margin), publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, some spotting and toning (a few leaves browned/soiled), E8 with paper flaw resulting in slight loss to lower blank margin, manuscript signature on front pastedown, contemporary sheep, rubbed, with loss to spine ends, large 12mo (Qty: 1)Cordier Sinica 2088-9; ESTC R16481; Wing A4275. A translation of Voyage en divers états d’Europe et d’Asie , first published in Paris in 1692. Jesuit traveller Philippe Avril (1654-1698) set out in 1685 in an attempt to find an overland route to the Far East. He went via Cyprus, Syria, Asia Minor and Persia but was turned back on reaching Astrakhan on the Northern shores of the Caspian sea. He subsequently returned to Constantinople then to France via Poland and Moldavia, arriving home in 1690.

Grummet (Christopher, attributed). Sanguis Naturae, or, A Manifest Declaration of the Sanguine and Solar Congealed Liquor of Nature. By Anonimus, printed for A.R. and sold by T. Sowle, in White-Hart-Court in Grace-Church-street, 1696, title, To the Reader leaf, and 112 pages, early ownership inscription to title 'George Sharpe His Booke', title and final leaf with some browning to outer margins, modern calf to style by Bernard Middleton, small 8vo (Qty: 1)Duveen, Bibliotheca Alchemica 539; ESTC R9078; Wing G2164A. Rare. The last copy at auction Sotheby's London, 29-30 June, 1964. Isaac Newton owned a copy of this work with his manuscript inscription inserted 'Sanguis Naturae, at Sowles a Quaker Widdow in the White-Hart Court at ye upper end of Lombard Street' (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Memorial Library).

ATTRIBUTED TO LIEUTENANT FRANCIS HENRY BOYER, RN (1854-1926) THREE VIEWS OF SAMOA AND FIJI inscribed (in red or black) Upolu Apia Samoa, Kanaka House Patiola Apolu or Lewaka Fiji watercolour, 20 x 30.5cm and c, unframed++Not laid down, hinged to the manuscript pages of a royal naval officer's log

Johannes Kirchring the Younger. Psalter in the German translation of Martin Luther. A calligraphic manuscript on vellum and paper Johannes Kirchring the Younger. Psalter in the German translation of Martin Luther. A calligraphic manuscript on vellum and paper, dedicated to Princess Juliana of Hesse-Darmstadt, wife of Count Ulrich II of East Fresia, 136mm x 82mm. 112 leaves, with various Fraktur scripts in black, silver and gold, all with a full borders of knotwork, interlaced and geometric designs. Prefatory calligraphic and micrographic leaves, incorporating hymns, prayers and Biblical texts, with five pages of intricate micrographic text, including- the liturgical calendar for 1634, the psalms in mirror writing, verses in a maze-like composition, and an orb shaped device, two blank, but bordered leaves at the front and five at the end, monogrammed IKR at end of index, contemporary green velvet over wooden boards, with silver clasps, Oldenburg 1634.The 19th front fly leaf with ink signature of Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, (Buckingham Palace 1840-Schlosshotel, Kronberg 1901) Victoria, created Princess Royal in 1841, was the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria, German Empress and Queen of Prussia by marriage to German Emperor Frederick III and mother of German Emperor Wilhelm II

UNUSUAL SMALL EMBOSSED ANTIQUE MANUSCRIPT - FRAMED

After Gerrit Dou (Dutch 1613-1675). An Oil on Panel: Copy of 'The Violin Player' (1653) depicted in a stone archway with figures behind and manuscript propped on a ledge before him, 18½" x 14" (47 cm x 36 cm). Contained in a fine carved and beaded frame enriched with a painted band of undulating foliage, 25½ in x 20½ in (65 cm x 52 cm).

A 14th Century Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum: Page from the book of hours, Circa 1325-45, 4¾" x 3½" (12 cm x 9 cm). In a modern glazed frame.

Ancient tribal bone carving, possibly Chinese in origin and possible oracle manuscript. Together with two Victorian ivory carved vases, depicting storks eating fish.

A 17th Century Dorset ink manuscript on paper indenture, signed, Hogarth frame, 45cm x 42cm; decorative prints of maps; RAF World War Two aircraft, framed; etc, (6)**All lots in this sale are subject to a maximum of £2.50 plus VAT Buyers Premium**

ndian School, a manuscript page painted in gouache and gilt with a maharaja receiving entertainment and refreshment from female attendants on the terrace of a palace in a stylized landscape, Sanskrit type script to front and verso, 22cm x 14.5cm, framed; Indian SchoolThe Procession of the Maharaja and His Court, mixed media on silk, 23.5cm x 17.5cm; Indian School, The Elephant in a Jewelled Howdahmixed media on silk, 17cm x 19cm; others; etc**All lots in this sale are subject to a maximum of £2.50 plus VAT Buyers Premium**

Indian School, a manuscript lead, framed; Indian elephant, painted on silk; embroidered pictures, various, (5)

Books: a Folio Society limited edition 'The William Morris Manuscript of The Odes of Horace'; with related commentary publication, boxed.

Thomas (Dylan, poet, 1914-53) Cheque made out to Dylan Thomas for $20, drawn on The National City Bank of New York, signed by Elizabeth Reitell, and countersigned by Dylan Thomas on verso, printed cheque with manuscript insertions, browned and slightly stained, 65 x 162mm., 23rd May 1953; and a photograph of Thomas, v.s., v.d. (2).⁂ Elizabeth "Liz" Reitell (1920-2001), assistant to John Malcolm Brinnin, Director of the Poetry Center at the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association in New York city. Reitell had a love affair with Thomas in New York, and was present on 4 November when a doctor sedated him by injecting half a grain of morphine, which killed him. Shortly before he died he said to Reitell, "I love you, but I'm alone."

NO RESERVE Wilde (Oscar).- Provincial Printing.- Gale (Norman Rowland) A June Romance, one of 80 copies from an edition limited to 100, A.L.s. from Gale to Thomas Hutchinson loosely inserted, ink manuscript note on the volume's limitation by Hutchinson, his booklabel to front pastedown, also poem "To Norman Gale" in unidentified hand to front endpaper, ownership inscription of Richard Le Gallienne to upper wrapper, a little faint browning and soiling, original wrappers, uncut, title in ink manuscript to upper wrapper and spine, original presentation box with printed label, title and author's name in manuscript to one edge, worn and soiled, some splitting, 8vo, Rugby, George E. Over, 1892.⁂Norman Rowland Gale (1862-1942) poet; Thomas Hutchinson (1865-1938) poet, literary editor, and book collector, styled "The Northumberland (or Morpeth) Poet"; Richard Le Galliene (1866-1947) poet, one-time lover of Oscar Wilde.The letter concerns, variously, the purchase of some books by Hutchinson, the weather, the infirmities of old age, and renewed inspiration to poetry. Provenance: Eric S. Quayle, Greensleaves, Sutton Coldfield (bookplate)

NO RESERVE Xaudaro (J.) Le Péripéties de l'Aviation, first edition, half-title, 50 colour plates, ink inscription dated 1918 to half-title, manuscript translation in the same hand, loosely inserted, cracked hinges, original cloth-backed illustrated boards, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, Paris, [1911].

Erotica.- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Chansons Secrètes de Bilitis, number 78 of 48 copies from an edition limited to 100, 12 pochoir plates, a little faint scattered spotting, 1935; Poèmes Érotiques Inédits..., number 144 of 150 copies on Marais from an edition limited to 190, 12 lithographed plates, text ff. in holographic facsimile of Louÿs' manuscript, Paris, 1945; Les Chansons de Bilitis, number 119 of 250 copies from an edition limited to 320, frontispiece and 19 drypoint plates by Lydis, some faint spotting to plate margins, Paris, Georges Guillot, 1948, each contents loose as issued, original wrappers, uncut, first two with short closed tears, second with tape repair to reverse, soiling, third chemise and slip-case, slip-case rubbed and marked; and an incomplete copy of Douze Douzains lacking several ff. with incomplete sets of plates in both states, 4to (4)

NO RESERVE Private Press.- Stone (Reynolds).- Warner (Sylvia Townsend) Boxwood: Sixteen Engravings by Reynolds Stone illustrated in verse, one of 500 copies, autograph note by Stone's wife Janet to publisher Colin Fenton loosely inserted, wood-engraved illustrations, The Monotype Corporation, 1957 § Stone (Janet) Edward Sydney Woods..., presentation inscription by Janet Stone to Fenton, postcard signed "F.I.C." to Fenton loosely inserted, illustrations, 1954, first original cloth, gilt device to upper board, second original printed wrappers, respectively rubbed and soiled; and a 1958 edition of first also with note by Janet Stone to Fenton loosely inserted, with "Ruari McLean" in ink manuscript to imprint on title verso, 8vo (3)⁂The copies of the 1957 first printing of first mentioned were thought to have been destroyed after being rejected by the publishers; they were found among the belongings of Beatrice Warde (marketing manager for The Monotype Corporation: during her tenure also Eric Gill's lover and model) and gifted to Ruari McLean (the typographer of the volume).Provenance: first: Colin Fenton (bookplate)

Richepin (Jean) Les Chansons de Miarka, number X of 20 hors commerce copies (this copy for M.Fribourg), with an original drawing and an additional suite of plates on Japon, printed in black and colours, woodcut frontispiece, illustrations & decorations by Gabriel-Belot, light spotting, half-title hand-coloured and with original signed pen & ink drawing by Gabriel-Belot, additional suite tipped to blank leaves, loose as issued in original decorative wrappers with ties (a couple lacking), uncut, a little rubbed, 1923 § Servine (Roux) La Pierre Écrite, Poèmes, number 5 of an unspecified number of special copies, this for M.Herman Simson, printed in red & black, illustrations by Léo Lelée, with 11-line signed manuscript poem 'Le Tombeau' by the author in red ink bound in at end, and signed watercolour drawing on half-title & 2 small pen & ink drawings mounted on leaf signed by Lelée, later green morocco, gilt, g.e., spine slightly faded, 1911 § France (A.) Abeille, one of 495 copies, wood-engravings by Louis Jou, contemporary morocco-backed boards, spine gilt, original wrappers bound in, 1923 § Barbier (G.) Le Carquois Épuisé, number 49 of 60 copies initialled by the author, wood-engraved illustrations by Siméon, original wrappers, uncut, glacine wrapper, n.d. § Louÿs (P.) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, wood-engavings by Foujita, lightly browned, original yellow wrappers, uncut, a little spotted and faded, 1931, Paris; and 12 others, French, illustrated with wood-engravings/woodcuts, 4to & 8vo (17)

NO RESERVE Ginsberg (Allen) Iron Horse, first edition, signed by author and inscribed ?with page references to half title, manuscript corrections to pp. 14 and 18, perhaps 16, illustrations, original printed wrappers, Toronto, The Coach House Press, 1972 [but 1973].