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*Carolina. A manuscript legal document or warrant issued by the Court of Pleas at Charlestown, Carolina, 8th September 1688, manuscript document written in brown ink in a clerical hand on laid paper (with watermark of a posthorn within crown and shield, with 4 and W below), 20 lines of text, signed at foot by Barnard Schenckingh, High Sheriffe and Chiefe Judge of the Court, with red wax seal to left margin, creased where previously folded and some minor soiling, one or two short closed tears to margins without loss, overall size 34.5 x 46 cm (13.5 x 18.1 ins) Provenance: Sold Sotheby's, New Bond Street, London, 7th December 1976, lot 374, where purchased by Desmond Burgess; thence by descent. A manuscript commission from the Court of Common Pleas instructing William Dunlopp, Robert Gibbes and James Witter, at the Court of Pleas at Charlestown, heard on 8th September 1688, authorising auditors to be appointed to provide accounts of expenses undertaken by Peter Horne and William Dewis, witnessed by William Earle, of Craven Pallatine. A rare manuscript commission appointing auditors to draw up accounts between the two parties Peter Horne and William Dewis witnessed by the Governor of the Province William Earle of Craven and signed by the Officer of the Province Barnard Schenckingh on behalf of King James II of England. (1)

Hawksworth (Joseph). 'Perpetual Time Tables, or General Rules for Chronologers Historians Memorandum Book Makers Travellers and Navigators, Determining at Sight the Points of Time for any Season of the Year past present or to come. Particularly useful for all Persons writing Almanacks', England, 1786, manuscript in black ink on laid paper, [4] + 136 + [14] pages + 8 blanks, comprising numerous tables and related instructional essays, the main title cited ('Perpetual Time Tables') on page 16, preceded by 2 further sections ('Golden numbers' and 'Dominical letters') tables ruled in red, headings in gothic script, large diagram 'Of the Motions of the Luminaries' to page 51, uniform browning, contemporary half calf, spine relaid, 12mo (14.5 x 9 cm) Extremely detailed and attractively presented 18th-century manual for chronologers. A note on the first leaf reads: 'This Book was written by Mr. Joseph Hawksworth of Ripon - cousin to my maternal grandfather who was considered one of the greatest mathematicians of his day. It was given by him to my Father, about thirty years ago - he educated some of the finest noblemen in the Country for the Bar, for Sea, & for Parliament - among the best was Admiral Keppell. E Habershon, Holmes, 9th June 1821'. (1)

Animal vaccination. Proclamation regarding slaughter of animals to prevent spreading of disease to the people living in the neighbourhood, Naples, 26 [inserted in manuscript] August 1785, printed letterpress broadside in Italian with woodcut crest at head and 7-line decorative initial showing a city view, laid paper, some spotting, 485 x 390mm An important veterinary science document, issued by Ferdinand IV of Naples, later to become the King of the Two Sicilies from 1816, after his restoration following victory in the Napoleonic Wars. Before that he had been, since 1759, Ferdinand IV of the Kingdom of Naples and Ferdinand III of the Kingdom of Sicily. He was deposed twice from the throne of Naples: once by the revolutionary Parthenopean Republic for six months in 1799 and again by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1805. (1)

Henry VII Year Books. [Anni Regis Henrici Septimi. Quibus accesserunt annus primus et secundus de noua et valde bona collatione. Ac etiam, annus decimus, undecimus, decimus tertius, decimus sextus, et vigesimus, nunquam ante hac ‘diti. Anno Domini 1555, Richard Tottell, 1555], [i.e. 1563?], law reports from 1-16, 20 and 21 Henry VII, separate paginations with continuous register, black letter, woodcut initials, lacks title-page, occasional contemporary and later ink marginalia and underscoring, peppered wormholes (mostly at front and rear), a few mostly marginal closed tears, some light old damp-staining, 23 lines of manuscript verse quotations [from William Bullein's Dialogue Against the Fever Pestilence] in brown ink in an unidentified contemporary hand to first front free endpaper recto (watermark of hand with a flower on laid paper), contemporary blind-stamped calf over boards, with central lattice panel of diamonds within a rolled border of repeated motifs of female heads within roundels and floral decoration, ownership monogram blind stamp of 'F.B.' to centre of both covers, remains of one brass clasp only, some rubbing and wear with scattered worm holes, neatly rebacked with remains of spine relaid, folio (280 x 190mm) Provenance: An unidentified 16th century English collector, here quoting from William Bullein's Dialogue against the Fever. Beale R408; STC 9223.5. The Year Books are the earliest law reports of England, forming a continuous series from 1268 to 1535, and covering the reigns of King Edward I to Henry VIII. Richard Tottel produced the majority of sixteenth-century printed Year Books, a great many being published between the years 1556 and 1572. William Bullein (c. 1515-1576), physician, published his last and most popular work, A Dialogue Against the Fever Pestilence, in 1564. 'This work saw him move away from the overwhelmingly medical concerns of his previous writing, and extend his use of dialogue beyond the didactic to a more lively style in which he mixed medicine, morality, and entertainment. Like the authors of many plague tracts, Bullein takes the epidemic as his starting point for a broad criticism of the sins of society, attacking engrossing and enclosure in the countryside and the sudden charity of the afflicted, and parodying hypocritical and atheistic physicians and apothecaries, and the desperation of usurious merchants when faced by death.' (Oxford DNB). The manuscript verses begin: 'How the cardinal came of nought / and his prelacie sold and bought / And where such prelate be, springe of love degree, / And spirituall dignitee / farewell begninitee, / farewell simplicitee, farewell humanitee, farewell good charitee'. The final two lines are: 'but or thei enter if they have lerned nought / afterward is vertue the least of theyr thought'. The quotations are taken from one long speech by the character Crispinus who recounting his visit to Parnassus, repeats some verses he heard spoken by a number of famous poets from the previous two hundred years. The four poets 'quoted' here are John Skelton (an attack on Cardinal Wolsey), Geoffrey Chaucer, John Lydgate and Bartley. The small variations in wording between the early editions suggests that this, if not copied from a manuscript, was transcribed from the first edition of 1564, rather than the later editions of 1573 or 1578: See Mark W. Bullen & A.H. Bullen (editors), A Dialogue against the Fever Pestilence by William Bullein, from the Edition of 1578, Collated with the Earlier Editions of 1564 and 1573, Trbner, 1888, pages 16-18. All editions are rare and only three copies of the first edition are located: two imperfect copies at the British Library and the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and a possibly unique complete copy at the Huntington Library, California. That copy, used by the editors of the (fourth) 1888 edition had been part of the Britwell/Heber Collection, acquired by Huntington from the Britwell Court library sale in 1919. (1)

*Wellesley (Arthur, Duke of Wellington, 1769-1852). An unpublished autograph dispatch signed 'Wellington', Cea, 17 April 1810, 'No. 23', to Admiral Nathaniel Berkeley, in full, 'Sir, there is a man by the name of Stephen Bromley who had deserted from the 4th Dragoons now in charge of the Provost Marshal at Lisbon; and I shall be very much obliged to you if you will let me know whether you will receive him into one of His Majesty's ships, if he should be discharged from the Service. He is a stout man, and has not been guilty of any crime which renders him infamous. I shall be much obliged to you if you will send to England by the first opportunity one officer, four Sergeants and sixty Privates of the 28th Light Dragoons respecting whose passage the Assistant Quarter Master General will apply to the Agent of Transports', Admiral Berkeley's 4-line manuscript reply written vertically at foot of page 2, 'That we will receive the man on board H.M.S., and that if the officers and men of the 23rd Lt. Dr. are ready they shall proceed to England on Wednesday morning', 2 pages with integral blank, laid paper with Whatman watermark date of 1808, folio After halting the French advance in Portugal at Busaco, 27th September 1810, Wellington and his army retreated behind the defensive Lines of Torres Vedras. Wellington had his headquarters at Viseu from 17th February 1810, but on 14th April 1810 moved them to Cea, in order to improve communications with his front line troops. Wellington himself reached Cea on 15th April, but it was immediately apparent to him (letter to General Crauford, 15th April) that Cea was inadequate for the needs of both himself and those of his headquarters staff, with the result that Wellington moved his headquarters back to Viseu on the day this dispatch was written and was back in Viseu himself by 19th April. The recipient of this dispatch, Admiral George Cranfield Berkeley (1753-1818) was Royal Navy commander on the coast of Portugal, 1808-1812. He worked tirelessly for Wellington in support of the army in Portugal, with the result that Wellington was full of praise for his abilities, writing in 1810 of Berkeley that 'his activity is unbounded, the whole range of the business of the Country in which he is stationed, civil, military, political, commercial, even ecclesiastical I believe, as well as naval, are objects of his attention', and also described Berkeley as the best naval commander he had ever cooperated with. Berkeley, who had previous to the Napoleonic Wars seen service afloat during the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary Wars, retired from active service in 1812. The Corporal Stephen Bromley who had been court-martialled for desertion was by 1810 a soldier of some considerable experience, having originally enlisted into the 4th Dragoons on 10th September 1799. His regiment landed at Lisbon on 24th April 1809 and prior to Bromley's desertion saw action at Talavera, 27-28 July 1809, Busaco, 27 September 1810, and during the subsequent retreat to the Lines of Torres Vedras. Bromley would appear to have been convicted of the simple crime of desertion, since had he been guilty of desertion to the enemy he would have faced a firing squad on recapture. The 28th Light Dragoons landed at Lisbon on 23rd June 1809, and subsequently saw action at Talavera. On the second day of the action at Talavera, 28th July, the regiment took part in a disastrous series of charges. Initially going in to action as a unit, the officers of the 23rd lost control of the men under their command. Charging far too fast, they failed to see a steeply banked dry river bed in front of them, into which the bulk of the regiment's men and horses fell headlong. After the survivors had extricated themselves from the river bed, the regiment split into two wings, the smaller wing launching a suicidal attack against a French square, and being beaten off with heavy losses. The other, larger wing, some 200 strong, launched an equally forlorn charge against the leading brigades of a French cavalry division, taking on odds of five to one. Although the 200 men managed to fight their way through the first line of French cavalry, they were eventually fought to a standstill, surrounded and overwhelmed. During this series of charges the 23rd sustained heavy casualties, losing some 207 from its original strength of 459 officers and men, and ceased to exist as a fighting unit. As a result, Wellington ordered the 23rd home to England to recruit and rebuild. Ian Fletcher, Wellington's Regiments (Spellmount, 2005) records the regiment as having arrived back in England in January 1810. However, as this dispatch indicates, surviving members of the regiment were still being repatriated as late as April 1810. It took some time to train recruits and bring the regiment back up to strength, with the result that it did not return to the Peninsula and did not see action again until Waterloo, 18th June 1815. This dispatch is not among those published by Lieutenant-Colonel Gurwood in his 7-volume Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington (1836), who records a total of six dispatches only from Cea by Wellington during his brief stay there; April 15th (3) and April 17th (3), this dispatch bringing the known total of despatches to seven. (1)

*Wolseley (Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount, 1833-1913). Original manuscript briefing notes entitled 'Extract from Notes to accompany Itinerary from Cape Coast Castle to Coomassie', drawn up by Lieutenant John Frederick Maurice, Royal Artillery, Private Secretary to Wolseley during the Ashantee Campaign of 1873-74, and one of the founder members of Wolseley's 'Ashantee Ring', dated 27 September 1873, comprising 11 handwritten pages on six folio sheets of blue official army notepaper, incorporating a pen and ink map of the Ashantee capital, Coomassie, signed with initials 'J.M. Cape C.C.E.' (Cape Coast Castle Expedition), accompanied by a watercolour sketch of the cape coast castle from the seaward side by acting Lieutenant (later Admiral) James Stoddart, Royal Navy (1827-1892), watercolour on card, pencil inscription to verso 'Cape Coast Castle, Admiral Stoddart, as Lieutenant, 1836', 18.5 x 26cm A surprise attack on the British Gold Coast Protectorate by the Ashantee King took place on 22nd January 1873. Months of sporadic violence followed, which the resident British forces - a battalion of the West India Regiment and one hundred Royal Marines - barely managed to contain. A punitive expedition was dispatched from England under the command of Major-General Garnet Wolseley, who embarked for the Gold Coast aboard the SS Ambris with an advance part of thirty-five staff officers, from Liverpool on 12th September 1873. Wolseley and his officers landed at the Gold Coast Castle on 2nd October 1873. This draft plan of campaign was drawn up by Lieutenant Maurice while Wolseley was at sea, being dated just five days prior to their disembarkation at Cape Coast Castle. Arriving, by design, well in advance of the main body of his force, which did not arrive until January 1874, Wolseley had a detailed plan, based on Lieutenant Maurice's comprehensive notes, in place by the time his troops arrived. After citing the various published and written sources used when drawing up the plan of campaign, including Bowdich's Mission to Ashantee (1817), Hutton's A Voyage to Africa (1820), Dupuy's Journal of a Residence in Ashantee (1820), Commander William Winniatt's Journal of his visit to the King of Ashantee (1848) and the Guide for Strangers traveling to Coomassie (1862), the notes provided General Wolseley with a detailed account of the country between the coast and the Ashantee capital, its peoples, towns and villages (with estimates of population), the jungles, rivers and swamps, climate and potential for obtaining supplies during an advance; Maurice details five different potential routes from the coast to Coomassie (7 pages of the text), outlining potential difficulties, whether the land to be crossed might prove friendly or hostile, the total distance covered by each route, along with a copied map of the Ashantee capital, taken from Bowditch, at a scale of 400 paces to the inch, indicating the position of the principal buildings and locations in the city, including Aboosaywe, or place of execution, the palace, temple, etc, and the various types of terrain in the immediate vicinity of the capital; swamp, ground cleared but rocky, yam garden, etc, as a guide to selecting the best route for the final attack. Five routes are proposed: one from the River Prah through Kairokou, Eusaguesu, Abbatea and Biaqua to Coomassie, Maurice noting with regard to this route that as the tribes to the west of Elminia have revolted, this route leaves the left flank of the line of communication so exposed that it would seem madness; a second route from the Cape Coast Castle via Anamaboe, which Maurice describes as being too difficult and dangerous; a third route from Accra to Aguieso across the rivers Birrimo, Auinee and Boosim-Prah, described as having the advantage of starting from Accra, as a base the most healthy place on the coast and well within British territory; a fourth route from Accra, passing to the north of the proposed route 3; and a fifth route to Coomassie via the River Volta, which Maurice notes as only being practicable if the river was navigable when the campaign commenced. Wolseley was able to complete the campaign successfully in only two months, evacuating his troops before the malarial wet season arrived. The plan of campaign that Wolseley put into action was essentially an amalgam of the first two options proposed by Maurice, described respectively as madness and difficult and dangerous, Wolseley overcame the problems these two routes presented by negotiating agreements with the previously hostile tribes on the left flank of his line of attack, and recruiting them to actually assist in the invasion of the Ashantee kingdom that had been previously oppressing them. The problem of passing large numbers of troops through dense jungle along narrow tracks and roads was overcome by splitting his attack into four columns, constructing an advance jumping off point in the interior at Prahsu, approximately fifty miles from Coomassie, from which the main column attacked along the Prahsu - Coomassie road, supported by the three flanking columns, and converging on Coomassie for the final assault. Captain (later Major-General Sir) John Frederick Maurice (1841-1912) obtained material and information from a wide variety sources, including Admiral James Stoddart, from whom he obtained this watercolour showing the location and strategic importance of the Cape Coast Castle, which became the base for operations during the Ashantee campaign. (2)

*Besler (Basilius). Pistacia, Thalictrum flore incarnato..., Reseda Plinnii..., & Linaria aurea..., [from Hortus Eystettensis, 1613], together 4 large folio hand-coloured botanical copper engravings on laid paper, with watermark of a pine cone within an armorial shield, printed without text to verso, each titled in Latin below the image, with contemporary manuscript translations into German below each caption in brown ink, with margins, generally in good condition, sheet size 55 x 41 cm (21.6 x 16.1 ins) or similar The Pistachio Nut, Bay Tree and Almond, Aquilegia-leaved meadow rue, white meadow rue and Small-flowered fumitory, Dyers-weed and Toad Flax from Besler's Hortus Eystettensis, or Garden of Eichstatt, published in 1613. The first edition was published in two issues: one with descriptive text printed on the verso of each plate, and one without the text. The deluxe issue without text backing the plates (as here) was undoubtedly intended to be coloured by hand, the versos left blank to ensure no shadow of the printed text would detract from the image. This first edition was limited to 300 copies, each of which carried a premium price. The watermark of a pine cone within an armorial shield present on these sheets (and on those of lot 92) may represent the arms of Augsburg, suggesting that production of these plates was undertaken in the workshop of Wolfgang Kilian in Augsburg. References: Nicolas Barker, Hortus Eystettensis, the Bishop's Garden and Besler's Magnificent Book, second edition, 1995. David Paisey, review of Barker's Hortus Eystettensis in The Library, 6th series, volume 17, pages 365-368). (4)

*Besler (Basilius). Ageratum, Coniza Palustris, Coniza Minor [Aster and Fleabane]; Cytisus Columella, Cytisus V. Clusii, Genista Scoparia, Polemonium Monspelliensium [Dorcynium, Creeping Dwarf Broom, Broom Tops, and Wild Jasmine]; Malua crispa, Pseudodictamus floribus vertillatis, Marubium Creticum angustifolium [Curled Mallow, False Dittany, Cretan Horehound]; Reseda Plinii, Abrotanum Mas., Dracuncellus Hortensis [Dyer's-Weed, Common Southernwood and Garden Dragon], 1613, together 4 large folio hand-coloured botanical copper engravings on laid paper, with watermark of a pine cone within an armorial shield, printed without text to verso, each titled in Latin below the image, with contemporary manuscript translations into German below each caption in brown ink, with margins, generally in good condition, sheet size 55 x 41 cm (21.6 x 16.1 ins) or similar From Besler's Hortus Eystettensis, or Garden of Eichstatt, published in 1613. The watermark of a pine cone within an armorial shield present on these sheets may represent the arms of Augsburg, suggesting that production of these plates was undertaken in the workshop of Wolfgang Kilian in Augsburg (see David Paisey, Review of Nicholas Barker's Hortus Eystettensis, The Library, 6th series, volume 17, pages 365-368). (4)

Bray, William (ed.) Memoirs of John Evelyn. Henry Colburn, 1827. 8vo (5 vols). Full calf, boards with gilt-fillet borders, spines gilt in compartments, contrasting morocco lettering pieces in two, blind roll-tooled board edges and turn-ins, speckled edges; 9 plates (2 folding) and one folding pedigree; ex-library with small neat ink class marks at foot of spines, small card folders on upper pastedowns and white stickers on lower pastedowns in III-V; provenance: Kirkman Daniel Hodgson (1814-1879, Governor of the Bank of England and MP, his bookplate in I-IV, faded patch where lost from V). As with Pepys diaries, those of John Evelyn offer a glimpse of the cultures and customs of an era from a personal perspective. They give first-hand experience of events like the Great Plague and Fire, the Rye House Plot and the Restoration, and of his role in groups like the Royal Society, of which he was a founder member. The diary was first published in 1818, when Bray edited the manuscript. This is the enlarged edition (from two to five volumes) with correspondence between Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas and Sir Edward Hyde and Sir Richard Browne appended. The diary was begun when Evelyn was 11 years old and was a personal document, never intended for publication. As such it contains both short personal memoranda and expansive accounts of major events of which he was a part. As with all diaries this mix of the general and the specific, the personal and public, and the tiny details of everyday living, gives a window into the realities of life for the writer. Evelyn's keen mind and important position make this a fascinating historical source.Leather a little scuffed and worn, gilt faded on spines, foxing to and round plates but otherwise clean text block, very good set.

A collection of late 17th century and later lace needlework, The A.B. Cotterill Collection, Wollaton, Nottingham, displayed in three folio albums, including an early 18th century Italian flounce lace section, 41cm long, Milan or Genoa; 18th century Milanese Flounce lace section, 30.5cm long; a mid-19th century Irish lace fragment, worked at Magherafelt, County Derry, early 20th century ink manuscript collector's label attached; 19th century Limerick lace handkerchief; Pillow lace collar, Northamptonshire, late 19th century; Pillow lace collar, East Midlands, 19th century; 19th century Guipure lace collar; other collars, including Ribbon lace; Broderie Anglaise lappet, late 19th/early 20th century; Elizabeth II 1953 Coronation shaped square handkerchief; other royal commemoratives, Queen Victoria and later; 1951 Festival of Britain; WW1 silk embroidered lace handkerchief, with Allied Flags; Stiletto work; Teneriffe lace, various; further handkerchiefs, cuffs and other hand stitched, loom and bobbin made lace; further textiles, (3 folders)

French School (late 19th century)Scientific Conversation Piece, The Meeting of Mindspen, ink and wash on silk, 28cm x 25cm, indistinct manuscript inscription to verso

After William Hogarth FRSA (1697 - 1764), a set of twenty illustrations, from Hogarth Illustrated: The Complete Works, Published March 1798, etchings and engravings, 25.5cm x 16cm, (20); a late 18th/early 19th century manuscript exercise book, inscribed in black ink MS with various calculations and some script, contemporary boards with traces of marbled paper, 8vo; early 19th century and later ephemera, mainly receipts and bills, various (collection)

A large 19th century French brass-bound leather ledger, Grand Livre Clients, inscribed throughout ink manuscript, medium folio

Certificate, Scottish, Clyde Boatbuilders Union - we build to save from a Wat'ry Grave, This Certifies that John *** was admitted a Member of this Union, Glasgow 18** *** Bruce, Pres [...] James Glen Secy, Designed & lithographed by Gilmour & Dean, inscribed in ink manuscript, maritime and nautical vignettes, ribbon-tied oar and anchor cresting, 32cm x 42cm

Local Interest - a 17th century manuscript will of Ralph Hodgkinson of Ashover, Derbyshire, yeoman, ink MS on paper 38 x 30cm, mounted and framed, dated 20 November 1656, disposing of land and property amongst cousins and friends, signed with mark and by attorney Francis Allyn (Alleyne), no seals, Commonwealth of England periodThe Hodgkinsons were long established and prolific family of yeomen and minor gentlemen at Ashover, one branch being of Overton Hall in the parish.

Blackstone (William, Esq., Solicitor General to Her Majesty), Commentaries on the Laws of England, fourth edition, four-volume set, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1770, pp: volume I, [iv], ii, [vi], 485; volume II, [viii], 520, appendix xix, full-page engraved table at page 203, fold-out engraved table at page 240; volume III, [viii], 455 (pages 49 - 53 erroneously bound between pages 56 - 57!), appendix xxvii; volume IV, [viii], 436, appendix vii, [i], index [xl], full contemporary calf, each front board stamped Lochnell in a canted rectangular lozenge, within a thin double-fillet, lettered spines within raised bands, some volumes with fragmentary title and volume labels, Plain Armorial bookplate: Campbell of Lochnell by Kirkwood (probably James Kirkwood of Glasgow (1746 - 1827)) to each pastedown, later ink manuscript book label to each endpaper R.C. *. Wells, Worc. Coll. [Worcester College, Oxford], 4toProvenance: The Campbells of Lochnell Castle, Benderloch, Argyll, Scotland.

Local Interest - Simpson (Robert, M.A., F.S.A., M.R.S.L.), A Collection of Fragments Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Derby, Compiled from Authentic Sources, Illustrated with many Engravings, G. Wilkins and Son, Derby 1826, contemporary quarter calf and buckram boards, small 8vo; Glover (Stephen), The History and Gazetteer of the County of Derby [...], edited by Thomas Noble, Esq., volume I, Henry Mozley and Son, Derby 1831, contemporary cloth, 4to; volume II, 1829, contemporary cloth, thick 8vo; Glover (Stephen), The History and Directory of the Borough of Derby, Intended as a Guide to Strangers Visiting the Town, Printed and Published for S. Glover and Son, By Henry Mozley and Sons, Derby 1843, contemporary buckram, 8vo; an interesting early 20th century calf and illuminated manuscript album, presented from the Officers and Members of Kedleston Street Church to Mr and Mrs Antliff on the occasion of their opening the bazaar and their wedding anniversary, dated March 12th 1930, 15 hand scrivened and inscribed pages, contemporary mottled calf binding with a singular laureate fillet to each board, by The Central Educational Co. Ltd., Stationers & Booksellers, Derby, labelled, marbled endpapers, 12mo; etc, [6]

A copy of Saxton's map of Derbyshire, 1577; a print of an illuminated manuscript; a fire screen, Burnett Ltd trademark (3)

BARING-GOULD, Sabine - The Church Revival : illust, org. cloth, 8vo, original manuscript letter from the author tipped-in,1914. With 3 others by the same author.(4)

FRANCATELLI, Charles Elme - The Royal Confectioner : frontispiece, org. cloth defective spine, 8vo, 1866. With another cookery book, and two manuscript volumes of verse.(4)

French legal manuscript : 25 leaves, folio, dated 1708.

HOGG FAMILY : Genealogy - manuscript documents, letters, various ephemera, charms, bookplates, and an original printing plate of their coat of arms.

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT : single leaf from a choir book probably North European, on vellum with an illuminated chapter heading, f & g, 15th cent?

PENINSULAR WAR/GENERAL SIR DENNIS PACK : a portfolio of loose hand drawn maps, and printed maps etc, consisting of 1. a large mezzotint engraved portrait of Sir Dennis Pack. 2. a large manuscript ground plan and view of the Governor's Residence Plymouth (watermark 1811). 3. a watercolour of a portico and two others. 4. large 'key' print, to a painting of the Duke of Wellington and his Generals including General Pack. 5. a large manuscript map of Plymouth Sound, dated 1816. 6. a manuscript map of the Battle of Salamanca. 7. Two manuscript military maps, anon. 8. a large manuscript map of the Toulouse area. 9. a large manuscript map of a military encampment (possibly in India), signed, early 19th cent. 10. Manuscript map signed Geo. Harding Capt Royal Engineers. Plan of the Ground Appointed for the Review of British Contingent Army of Occupation, 15th Oct 1817. 11. nine engraved maps of France and Spain. * Sir Dennis Pack (c1772-1823) was a British army officer. He marched with Sir John Moore's army into Spain and in the retreat to Corunna. He was wounded at the battle of Toulouse. He was later awarded the Peninsular gold cross and seven clasps.

Indian Mankot School c.1820 Krishna dancing with the gopis Gouache 15 x 21cm; 6 x 8¼in With A lady with her arms in Karkata hasta (amorous longing) probably Rajasthan c. 1800; A Chowki marriage ceremony, probably a Nizam,Deccan Hyderabad ,c.1740 (from a dated manuscript work); Ladies strolling in a garden. Basohli style, modern (4)  

Hand written manuscript, 463 numbered pages: Title Page reads 'Manuscript of Solid Geometry, Mensuration Conic Sections, Natural Philosophy, Spherics And Astronomy; By James Kelly, 1780. Eventually Minister of LEOCHEL AND CUSHNIE'. 4to. Illustrated with numerous drawings in the text, 5 full page illustrations And 6 Folding Plates. Near cont. half leather over marbled boards; Little rubbed; the odd small stain.

IDEN, Walter J: A Unique collection of Three original albums of his renowned collection of Seventeen century English clocks, all with his original photographs and hand written Manuscript notes & descriptions; Also, where applicable, the page & fig. Number as they appear in “Cescinskys Old English Master Clockmakers”. Each one of the three albums is Inscribed & Signed: “R A Kern Esq. With the collectors regards, Walter J Iden, January 1941”; and each volume has the bookplate of “Hotspur, London, S.W.1” (Hotspur were Antique dealers in London, and R A Kern was one of the directors/owners). Each volume has gilt lettering to upper cover: “Very fine & rare old English: Vol. 1.- Mantel or Bracket Clocks. with 80 card pages, mostly with photographs of clocks arranged by makers; Vol. 2.- Longcase Clocks. with 80 card pages, mostly with photographs of clocks arranged by makers; & Vol. 3.- Lantern & Hanging Clocks. with 26 card pages, mostly with photographs of clocks arranged by makers; By the Most Eminent XVII th. Century Makers, in the collection of Walter J. Iden, M. I. Mech E, London”. Each of the three volumes has an “Index” page and a few other descriptive pages, either bound-in or loose. (3)

MANUSCRIPT: Thomas Pamplin- A Mathematics manuscript dated 1791, with 345 numbered pages of neatly hand-written text and numerous diagrams. Geometry, Slide rule, Mensuration of solids, carpenter’s work, roofing, joiners, painters, glaziers, masons, bricklayers, etc. Contemporary leather backed boards with red leather label to upper cover- with the name and date (1791). Covers detached

FLAXMAN, John; (Engraved by T. PIROLI): Four Works: 1- The Odyssey of Homer Engraved by Thomas Piroli From The Compositions of John Flaxman Sculptor Rome. 1793. PP: Title, 28 numbered Plates; Plus a duplicate of plate 23 (24 plates in all). Oblong Folio, card covers. Plus a loosely inserted manuscript page, watermarked 1807; possibly by Rev. W. Gunn (with his bookplate). Very Good and clean Plates ; 2- The Iliad of Homer Engraved by Thomas Piroli Rome. 1793. PP: Title, 34 numbered Plates. Oblong Folio, card covers. (with Rev. W Gunn’s bookplate). Very Good and clean Plates; 3- Compositions from Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London, 1807. Oblong Folio, PP: Engraved Tile, Title, 38 numbered plates, Plus one not numbered; 38 numbered Plates; & 33 numbered Plates. Original embossed covers; rubbed. Occasional foxing; 4- Compositions from the Works, Days and Theogony of Hesiod. Engraved by WILLIAM BLAKE. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London, 1817. Oblong Folio (46 X 32 Cms.), PP: 37 Plates including title, plus 4 smaller pages of the publishers catalogue, dated Feb, 1817; bound-in at the front. Front pastedown Inscribed: “To the Rev. William Gunn, With the author’s affectionate respects” The inscription is very possibly by William Blake. Card covers; chipped & torn; foxing. (4)

MANUSCRIPT, c.240 pages: Most entries in an early 17th century hand and dated: one end- 1602-1608, with the signature of 'Anthony Kynnersley' appearing a few times; and the other end- 1623-1628, which refers to Staffordshire assizes and jury trials(?)

1- GRAND TOUR: Thomas Clement Sneyd Kynnersley manuscript book of his Europe Grand Tour, April 3r. to Sept. 11, 1830. Covering Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, etc. with 8 hand-coloured plates of views, a number of smaller ones, and a double-page one. 171 numbered pages in an exercise book. Front inscribed H V Sneyd Kynnersley (Harriet Victoria) from Papa. Front cover detached. 2- Journal of a tour with aunt, 1878. Small booklet with 16pp; 3- Travel in Switzerland, Lausanne, Zermatt, 1895. 80pp with no clovers. (3)

MANUSCRIPT: Goddard, Julia (Bachope)?: Firelight Musings. 'A vision in two Naps; the first dedicated to Mrs. Francis Wedgwood of Barlaston, and Nap second to Mrs. Sneyd Kynnersley of Highfields- in memory of the pleasant coming to pass of the vision under their auspices'. An original unpublished work (we think by the above author). 4to. 8pp, written in ink and dated at the end, Feb. 1857. Folded twice, with tear to folds.

Circa 1550 Handwritten Manuscript: MARIA, QUEEN OF BOHEMIA (Also known as: Mary of Austria & Mary of Hungary): 39 page manuscript on the etiquette to be observed by the queen of Bohemia’s scribes in Spain. 4to. with a typed explanatory letter, bound in plain cloth. (She was The daughter of Queen Joanna and King Philip I of Castile and sister of Emperor Charles V, Mary married King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia in 1515.); a couple of worm holes affecting most pages.

ETHIOPIAN Coptic Christian handwritten Bible Manuscript, c350 pages on VELLUM. Early to mid C18; black and red and with couple of drawings and 13 head pieces, (Probably in ‘Geez’). Crude contemporary wooden boards, housed in a specially made box.

A Medieval illuminated manuscript page dating circa 13th centuryWith gilded letters, comes complete with certificate of authenticity. 11.5x9.5cm.

Hand illuminated manuscript page circa 14th CenturyWith gilded and brightly coloured painted letters. 16.5x12cm.

Hand illuminated manuscript page, probably 14th CenturyWith fine writing, hand coloured illuminated initials and decoration. 15x10cm.

A Medieval illuminated manuscript page, probably 14th/15th CenturyWith gilded and hand coloured initials and decoration. 14.5x10cm.

Hand illuminated manuscript page from the "Breviario Iberico" circa 1480With initials, hand painted decoration. 19x16.5cm.

A Japanese Noh play manuscript, Edo period, approx. 100 pages of black script on paper, limp hand painted covers within blue cloth slipcase, pages 24cm. by 18cm.

FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: An interesting group of T.Ls.S., some A.Ls.S. etc., by a variety of famous men and women comprising C. P. Scott (a good series of three T.Ls.S. and four A.Ls.S., most on the printed stationery of The Guardian Office in Manchester, discussing the career of his correspondent from their beginnings at a salary of £3 a week in 1922 to their resignation three years later, in part, ‘Your work has appeared to me to be strengthening & maturing greatly of late…..you have it in you as I had hoped to be a pillar of the paper’, and also writing on other journalistic matters, ‘It is all right about Toynbee’s book. I only wanted to make sure. It is curious that so able a man should have got this sort of bee into his bonnet. On almost all other subjects he seems to write with weight and judgment’; ‘By all means send us an article as you suggest on Feizul’s forthcoming visit to Europe….I knew you had flown across from Syria to Baghdad, but had forgotten that you had inspected the frontier. As to the admission of Iraq as a member of the League of Nations, that I imagine depends upon whether it is capable of standing on its own legs as a military power. That probably is very doubtful…..The French on the other hand have, I think, not the least intention of making a self-governing Syria their real objective, but that is their affair and not ours.’, 1922-27), C. E. Montague, F. F. Urquhart (an interesting letter written from Rome, in part, ‘Yes, “The Empire” has not inspired great literature. It never arouses anything like such fine feelings as “England” – it is too much connected with boasting I suppose’, further briefly referring to John Ruskin, recommending an intelligent little book on the American Civil War and also stating ‘Do you remember Roger Senhouse……He is out here with Lytton Strachey – a queer pair – but L.S. looks rather less abnormal than he used to’ and further commenting in negative terms on Lord Curzon, 29th December n.y.), M. I. Botha, A. L. Rowse (in part, ‘Extraordinary the interest – and the fury – that anything relating to Shakespeare arouses!’, 21st October 1963), Diana Holman-Hunt (referring to her books and the Shah of Iran’s coronation, 14th September 1967), Conor Cruise O’Brien, Harold Nicolson (in part, ‘One is childish at my age to be affected by letters, but those which I have received hitherto accuse me of being an enemy of the Soviets and a glaring Red…..of being inaudible and of booming, of talking as if I were talking in children’s hour and of talking above the heads of the audience….All cancelling themselves out of course but none the less giving one the composite feeling of stupidity and malevolence’, Paris, 20th August 1946), Leonard Brockington (2; and a received copy of a telegram, all referring to the delivery of beef as a contribution to an 80th birthday dinner being given to James Bone, April - May 1952) and an unsigned six page folio original typed manuscript of an obituary prepared by A. P. Ryan in 1970 ahead of P. G. Wodehouse’s death, with numerous holograph corrections. All of the letters are written to A. P. Ryan. Most with light age wear and various minor faults (small tears, paperclip rust stains etc.). Generally G, 18 Alfred Patrick Ryan (1900-1972) British Journalist, editor of the BBC News Service 1940-47, and Assistant Editor and Literary Editor of The Times 1947-68. 

PRIVY COUNCIL: A good D.S. by the members of Queen Elizabeth I’s Privy Council individually, one page, folio, Whitehall, 11th February 1601. The manuscript document is addressed to Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst, the Lord High Treasurer and is a warrant for him to pay £4433-6-2 to John Jolles and one other individual ‘for the victualing of the number of 6000 men for three months, serving in the provinces of Leinster and Connaught in the realm of Ireland….’. Signed at the foot by John Whitgift (c.1530-1604, Archbishop of Canterbury 1583-1604; ‘W: Cantuar’), Thomas Egerton (1540-1617, 1st Viscount Brackley, English Nobleman, Judge and Statesman, Master of the Rolls 1594-1603, Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 1596-1617 and First Lord of the Treasury 1613-14; ‘Tho. Egerton C.S.’), Thomas Sackville (1536-1608, 1st Earl of Dorset, Lord Buckhurst, English Statesman, Poet & Dramatist, Lord High Treasurer 1599-1608; ‘T. Buckhurst’ and again with his initials ‘T B’ beneath a brief holograph statement), Edward Somerset (c.1550-1628, 4th Earl of Worcester, English Aristocrat, an important advisor to King James I, Lord Privy Seal 1616-25; ‘E. Worcester’), William Knollys (1544-1632, 1st Earl of Banbury, English Nobleman, Comptroller of the Household 1596-1600, Treasurer of the Household 1601-16; ‘W. Knollys’), John Fortescue (c.1531/33-1607, English Statesman, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1589-1603; ‘J Fortescue’), Robert Cecil (1563-1612, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English Statesman, Secretary of State 1596-1612, Lord Privy Seal 1598-1612, Lord High Treasurer 1608-12, the principal discoverer of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605; ‘Ro: Cecyll’) and John Herbert (1550-1617, Welsh Lawyer, Diplomat and Politician, Secretary of State 1600-16; ‘J Herbert’). With integral address leaf, also bearing a contemporary docket. Small area of paper loss at the edge of the integral leaf, evidently caused by the removal of the seal. Some light overall age wear and a couple of light stains, none significantly affecting the bold signatures or text. Two small traces of former mounting to the verso. About VG A fine document featuring the signatures of several of the most important Elizabethan (and Jacobean) statesmen and courtiers. John Jolles (d.1621) English Merchant who served as Lord Mayor of the City of London in 1615. 

 HENRIETTA MARIA: (1609-1669) Queen Consort of England, Scotland & Ireland 1625-49. Wife of King Charles I. A good, large D.S., Henriette Marie R, as Queen Consort, at the head, one page (vellum), large oblong folio, n.p., 7th December 1640. The manuscript document being an indenture for the lease of the manor of Rosedale, Yorkshire, to Matthew Harrowe. Countersigned at the foot by Lord Finch (1584-1660) English Judge, Speaker of the House of Commons 1628-29, confidant of the Queen, Lord Holland (1590-1649) English Courtier, negotiator in the marriage between Maria Henrietta and Charles I, Earl of Dorset (1591-1652) English Courtier, the Queens Chamberlain, Richard Wynn (1588-1649) English Courtier, the Queens Treasurer, Thomas Hatton (c.1583-1658) English Politician and Peter Balle. With fragmentary remnants from the three remaining seals, and lacking the Queen's seal. With slight traces of former mounting and a very small hole in the vellum to the upper right corner of the verso. With minor age wear. G  Provenance: The present document bears the small circular label of the Rawlins Collection neatly affixed to the verso and was previously sold by Sotheby's in their sale of the Rawlins Collection 2nd, 3rd, & 4th June 1980 (Lot 88, estimate £100-150, hammer price £110, purchased by Maggs Bros.) 

 GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1760-1820. D.S, George R, as King, at the head, three pages, folio, Court at Saint James's, 30th April 1802. The manuscript document grants Isabella Frances Master, widow of Richard Master, former Consul at Algiers and Governor of Tobago 'who fell a sacrifice to the unhealthiness of the climate', a yearly pension of £200 and further grants Sir Abraham Hume a yearly pension of £100 in trust for the children of Master. Countersigned by Henry Addington (1757-1844, Viscount Sidmouth, British Prime Minister 1801-4) and several others. Extensive splitting to folds of third page and some minor splitting to other folds. G   Sir Abraham Hume (1749-1838) Politician and one of the Founders of the Geological Society. Hume amassed a famous collection of minerals and precious stones and was a large purchaser of pictures by the old masters.  

 HIROHITO: (1901-1989) Emperor of Japan 1926-89. A rare D.S., Hirohito, in bold black Japanese characters, one page, large oblong folio, in Japanese (untranslated). The partially printed and manuscript document being an award of the Japanese Star of the Sacred Order, decorated at the border with Imperial Seals and flower designs. Signed by Hirohito to the upper centre of the document, and further signed by Taishō (1879-1926) Emperor of Japan 1912-26. Signed 'Yosihito', his personal name, in bold black Japanese characters, beside that of Hirohito. Rolled with some surface creasing, and some very small holes to the page, only very slightly affecting the text, but not affecting the signatures. G 

 ELIOT T. S.: (1888-1965) American-born English Poet & Dramatist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1948. An unusual Typed Memorandum Signed, with his initials T.S.E., one page, 4to, n.p., 14th June 1962, to Mr. Bland. Eliot's memorandum is typed on a partially printed form and relates to a correction to The Waste Land, and states, in full, 'A correction to notes to THE WASTE LAND, line 210: This note should read “The currants were quoted at a price 'cost, insurance and freight to London;' “ etc.' Some light staining and creasing, very slightly affecting the text although not touching the signature. About G   David Bland (1911-1970) was initially employed by the publishers Faber & Faber, of which Eliot was a director, in 1935 in the production department. Following service in World War II as a navigator in Bomber Command he returned to the publishing house and rose to head of the production department, also becoming a director of the company in 1954. Bland was regarded as a leading authority on book illustration and was the author of several books on the subject including A History of Book Illustration: The Illuminated Manuscript and the Printed Book (1958). 

 CUSTER GEORGE: (1839-1876) American Army Officer and Cavalry Commander in the American Civil War and American Indian Wars. A good, small D.S., G A Custer, one page, 12mo, (3 x 2.5; evidently neatly clipped from a larger document), Headquarters, 25th November 1864. The manuscript document states, in full, 'Respectfully forwarded approved and recommended'. Signed by Custer at the foot in his capacity as Brevet Major General. With some partial text to the verso dated 30th November and referring to the 3rd Cavalry Division (which Custer was commanding at the time). VG   The year 1864, in which Custer signed the present document, was an important one for the American military hero. He had married his wife, Elizabeth Clift Bacon, on 9th February after having finally gained the approval of her father. Custer was promoted four times in 1864 following various battles and attained the rank of Brevet Major General on 19th October. He had commanded a division of the Cavalry Corps at the Battle of Cedar Creek, a decisive engagement of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 which effectively ended the Confederate invasion of the North. The Confederacy were unable to again threaten Washington DC and the Union's victory greatly aided Abraham Lincoln in his re-election. 

[NELSON HORATIO]: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. An unsigned two-page, 8vo, manuscript inventory for HMS San Josef, n.p., n.d. (circa February 1797), detailing the dimensions of the ship, it's tonnage, stowage in the hold, ballast, guns and masts, neatly entered in rows and columns with brown ink. With a neat tear to the left edge, evidently being taken from a larger document. About VG The San José was among the Spanish fleet during the battle of Cape St. Vincent, during which HMS Captain, under the command of Captain Horatio Nelson came out of the line to attack the San Nicolás. After exchanging fire, Nelson led his forces aboard the San Nicolás. While the English were fighting their way aboard the San José continued to fire upon the Captain and the San Nicolás. The San José then fell upon the San Nicolás and their rigging became tangled. Nelson then took his men from the decks of the San Nicolás aboard the San José, forcing the Spanish to surrender. After their capture they were renamed HMS San Josef and HMS San Nicolas respectively. The feat of using one enemy vessel as a 'stepping stone' to capture another was afterwards known in the Royal Navy as 'Nelson's patent bridge for boarding first rates'.

FREDERICK DUKE OF YORK: (1763-1827) Son of King George III, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. D.S., Frederick F.M., two pages, 4to, n.p., n.d. (1795), to George III, being a manuscript memorandum, proposing the promotion of eight soldiers, stating, in part, 'To be Lieutenant in the 117th Regiment of Foot/ St. John's/ vuè Gardiner, who exchange's, taking the difference, Lieut Whitehall Sockwell, in pay 40th Foot… To be Ensign, by purchase, in the 117th Regiment of Foot/ St. John's/ vuè Jones, who purchased and desires leave to retire, John Bartholomew, Gent…' Signed to the conclusion, beneath 'Approved by His Majesty' in Frederick's hand. Minor splits to the edges of the folds, age toning, a few pinholes to the upper edge and light age wear, otherwise G

LATE MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENT with decorative lettering and borders, 7.5cm square.

Martin Bladen Edward Hawke - original manuscript for Howell Wood: Or, TheRaby Hunt in Yorkshire, circa 1803, fifteen papges of thirty two page volume, hand written in ink by the author, bound in boards, covered in brown paper, 'by Martin Hawke' written in ink by another hand to third page and 'Phillipps MS 11150' also noted in ink to third page, title written on spine with Phillips M S number

Football memorabilia. Autographs and ephemera. Three pages from an autograph book inscribed with 18 pencil signatures of Portsmouth players from the championship era, one page dated 1947. Together with a card signed by Reg Flewin c.1948, an ink manuscript signed letter from Jimmy Dickinson bearing his Alton home address and a pencil drawing depicting a man looking over the fence around a Southampton v Pompey match titled 'Love Will Find A way'. Dated Jan. 10th, 1921

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM PENANG &c. by John Thomson. An album of 40 albumen photographs by John Thomson from the 1860s, half of them captioned to mount. Quarto sized bespoke album bound in crushed burgundy morocco with 'Photographs Penang &c.' in gilt to upper cover, decoration in gilt, blind and black, two clasps, lightly rubbed. Internally textured endpaper and a single page of letterpress: Photographs from Penang' with 14 photos titled on recto and no. 15-26 in manuscript on verso - another 14 photographs are not indexed. Some soiling to album leaves. The 40 large albumen photographs are mounted to album pages in both portrait and landscape format, two of them being divided across a pair of pages, panorama style. The album begins with an oval landscape format 26.5 x 20.5cm image titled in manuscript on the album leaf 'No. 1. Penang from the Hill. Photo Thomson. Penang' continuing with images of 'Malay Huts', 26.5x21cm, beach huts at Penang, 'Native Types. The Fruit Stall', 'Chinese Coolies Breakfasting', 'Burmese Temple', 'The "Spoul" halting place', 'No 23 The Prangin River at low water' (particularly fine contrast), a mountain pass and waterfall over two pages, a double-page photograph of a city, Penang? The photographs in the second half of the book are generally not annotated with titles to the album leaf. John Thomson first visited south east Asia in 1861 with camera in tow, returning in 1863 where he developed a documentary style which focussed on naturalistic subjects, especially those of ethnographic and topographical interest. After returning to England in 1866 he used his photographs to illustrate a series of books (Est. plus 17.5% premium) (Illustrated)

RICHARD PARKES BONNINGTON (1802-1828), Study of a French Medieval Manuscript, watercolour and pencil, unsigned, ex. R.W. Reford Collection Montreal, Fry, Jermyn St., London label verso, 4 1/2" x 5 3/4", gilt frame (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)

Offenbach: A handwritten musical manuscript, words and music, 13 bars, 'Passe demain a toi ma vie, Le soir nous irons au Prado La nuit nous fêterons l'orgie au fond de notre Eldorado', with French Ministry of Culture certificate Part of the late Peter Joslin collection of Gilbert & Sullivan and Theatre memorabilia

Offenbach: A handwritten musical manuscript, 40 bars, with certificate from French Ministry of culture Part of the late Peter Joslin collection of Gilbert & Sullivan and Theatre memorabilia

A rare ogee moulded Derby coffee cup, having curved over Meissen type handle painted with good flowers, sprays in the style of Withers, c.1778-80, blue mark crown and D in blue with manuscript N mark, a Derby puce marked coffee cup, decorated with pink border and green husks above flower sprigs, c.1780, crown over D in blue with incised script N.

Staffordshire figure, John Liston as Van Dunder, Enoch Wood & Sons, circa.1830, the figure standing wearing a steeple hat, large bow tie and pantaloons, holding a manuscript, printed title 'Read It Indeed! That's very easily sad, read it!!', some restoration, 19cm.Footnote: John Liston played Van Dunder in T'would Puzzle A Conjurer, a comic drama in two acts by J. Poole at The Haymarket in 1824.

A Chinese ceramic pot and cover containing artist's materials, two Oriental manuscript books and other items.

Two antique framed Islamic manuscript pages. Each painted in colours with mounted figures, foot soldiers and with text, framed showing also the reverse side, 34.5cm x 21cm.Condition report intended as a guide only.Some discolouration and slight tears.