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Index Librorum Prohibitorum Innoc XI P M Usque ad Annum 1681. Eidem accedit in fine Appendix usque ad mensem Junii 1704. Romae: Typis. Rev. Cam. Apost, 1704-1718.Tre parti in un volume in-8° (mm 151x101). Pagine [24], 568. Paginazione continua, che include anche l'Appendix stampata nel 1716 e la successiva del 1718, ognuna introdotta da frontespizio proprio. Stemma papale xilografico al frontespizio di ogni parte. Capilettera, testatine e finalini incisi. Alcune carte brunite, lievi aloni. Legatura coeva in pergamena su piatti in cartone, titolo manoscritto al dorso. Tagli spruzzati in rosso. Annotazione manoscritta al frontespizio 'Appendice usque ad An: 1716. Vide pag: 409'. Nota di possesso manoscritta al contropiatto anteriore.Nuova edizione dell'Indice del 1681, ora aggiornato al 1704. Questa prima lista è poi ulteriormente aggiornata da due appendici, ognuna introdotta da frontespizio proprio, che includono i titoli dei libri successivamente condannati dalla Congregazione dell'indice, fino all'anno 1718.Three parts in one volume, 8° (151x101 mm). [24], 568 pages. running pagination, including the Appendix of 1716, and the one of 1718. Each part has its separate title-page, Woodcut Papal coat of arms on each title-page. Engraved initials, head and tail-pieces. Some leaves browned, light stains. Contemporary vellum over pasteboards, spine with inked title. Edges speckled red edges. Ownership inscription on the front pastedown. A manuscript note on the title-page, 'Appendice usque ad An: 1716. Vide pag: 409'.A new edition of the Index issued in 1681, which is now updated to 1704, and includes two Appendices listing the books banned by the Roman censorship from 1704 to 1718.

Index Librorum Prohibitorum Sanctissimi Domini Nostri Benedicti XIV Pontificis Maximi. Romae: Ex Typographia Rev. Camerae Apostolicae, 1758.In-8° (mm 169x105). Pagine lvi, 320. Bella antiporta incisa. Vignetta incisa al frontespizio. Capilettera e testatine incisi. Gora al margine superiore del volume, qualche fioritura, carte increspate. Legatura coeva in pergamena su piatti in cartone, titolo manoscritto al dorso. Lievi macchie di inchiostro ai piatti. Annotazione manoscritta al contropiatto anteriore. Tiratura in-8° della storica prima edizione del nuovo indice del 1758, ovvero il più grande rinnovamento dell'Index librorum dai tempi del Concilio tridentino. Precede l'indice la bolla di papa Benedetto XIV con la quale si predispone la riforma della Congregazione dell'Indice. La presente revisione stabilì la scelta di un nuovo ordinamento alfabetico, la correzione degli errori e delle incongruenze e l'eliminazione di proibizioni ormai obsolete. Venne inoltre soppresso il divieto di lettura della Bibbia nelle lingue nazionali. 8° (169x105 mm). lvi, 320 pages. Fine engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette on the title-page. Engraved initials and headpieces. The upper margin of leaves waterstained, some foxing. Contemporary vellum over pasteboards, smooth spine with inked title. Edges speckled red. Light ink stains to the covers. A manuscript note on the front pastedown. Issue in 8° size of the celebrated first edition of the Index of 1758, published after the reform of Roman censorship decreed by Pope Benedict XIV, and the revision of the Tridentine rules governing printing and reading. Numerous errors and inconsistencies were corrected, and more significantly many prohibitions were deleted, such as the general ban concerning the Bible translations into vernacular languages.

Index Librorum Prohibitorum sanctissimi domini nostri Pii Sexti Pontificsi Maximi. Jussu editus. Romae: Ex Typographia Rev. Camerae Apostolicae, 1786-1796.In-8° (mm 170x115). Pagine XLIV, 323, [1], 6, 5, [1]. Antiporta incisa e non inclusa nella segnatura. Frontespizio impresso in rosso e in nero. Vignetta xilografica al frontespizio. Capilettera e finalini incisi. Alcune carte brunite, minima macchia di inchiostro all'angolo inferiore esterno del volume, tracce di polvere al frontespizio. Legatura posteriore in pergamena su piatti in cartone, titolo impresso in oro su tassello in marocchino nocciola. Tagli spruzzati in rosso. Qualche piccola macchia di inchiostro ai piatti. Al margine inferiore dell'antiporta nota manoscritta 'Applicato alla Libreria di Tadico fami dal C.re Paolo da Pontremoli Guardiano 1802'.L'Index emanato da papa Pio VI nel 1786, e corredato in fine di due appendici, che contengono i titoli dei libri condannati dalla Congregazione dell'Indice tra il 1786 e il 1795. 8° (170x115 mm). XLIV, 323, [1], 6, 5, [1] pages. Engraved frontispiece. Title-page in red and black with woodcut vignette. Engraved initials and tail-pieces. Some browned leaves, minor ink stain to the lower ouer corner; dust traces to the title-page. Later vellum over pasteboards, gilt title on morocco lettering piece. Edges speckled red. A few ink stains to the covers. Manuscript note 'Applicato alla Libreria di Tadico fami dal C.re Paolo da Pontremoli Guardiano 1802' on the lower margin of the frontispiece.The Index issued by Pope Pius VI in 1786, supplemented with two Appendices containing the titles of books prohibited by the Index Congregation until 1796.

A manuscript volume dated 1884, Something about the Domestic Life of Swedenborg, being a Few Notes from White's "Life of Swedenborg", with coloured tissue-paper dividers and pierced page edges 8vo

Stereoscopic Images, glass diapositives - mostly South Africa, including Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Kimberley, Umtali, with label for Sir William Crookes, FRS, Johannesburg, with printed or manuscript titles, circa 1896 (37), and various cards, 1860s-1900s (apx. 90), F-VG

Henry Dudley - Verascope-type Diapositives of British Legion Commemoration at Ypres in August 1928, glass or gelatin, each manuscript titled, as part of memorial visit by 11,000 British Legionaires, showing voyage to France, Ypres and ceremony with the Prince of Wales present at the Menin Gate, with Zeiss Ikon viewer, folding viewer and two cased sixth-plate portrait ambrotypes (a lot)

Portrait Cartes de Visite of Felons, two by W Tilley, Stafford, possibly arrested in that area, manuscript inscriptions recto and verso, Hereford Sessions mentioned, including 'Frederick Cripps alias Cat', 'Charles Cripps alias Frederick Best - robbery', 'George Green, picking pockets, 8 months', 'Joseph Gilbert - for passing bad money', circa 1865, P (11)

GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. D.S., George P.R., as Prince Regent, at the head, five pages, folio, Carlton House, London, 26th October 1811. The neatly penned manuscript document being a Warrant authorising that, 'You forthwith cause the Great Seal of Great Britain to be affixed to an instrument bearing date with these presents… containing a commission constituting and appointing our trusty and well beloved Anthony St. John Baker Esquire, to be Secretary of His Majesty's Legation to His Majesty's Good Friends the United States of America…' Further incorporating a copy, in Latin, of the commission document itself. Countersigned to the centre by Richard Colley (1760-1842), 1st Marquess Wellesley, British Politician, Governor-General of India 1798-1805. With a blind embossed seal at the head. Neatly bound with brown ribbon. VG

Two double sided Mughal manuscript pages, one showing a hunting scene with text to verso, the other showing a fishing scene with text to verso, 25 x 16cm (2)

MUIR (J.) The Writings of John Muir. Manuscript (Limited) Edition, 10 vols. many plates & maps (some with captioned guards), inlaid original ms. page in vol. 1; quarter morocco & cloth, gilt-ruled panelled spine lettered direct & with red Californian poppy motif, cr. 8vo. Boston & New York, 1916 - 24. * limitation of 750 numbered sets; edited & with an introduction by William Frederic Bade; the life-work of the pioneering Scottish - American conservationist & instigator of the National Parks system.

Comenius (Johann Amos) Orbis sensualium pictus..., text in Latin, German, Hungarian and ?Slovak/Czech, printed in double-column, numerous woodcut illustrations, contemporary ink inscription on title and front endpapers, lightly soiled and stained, one or two marginal repairs, hinges reinforced, contemporary half calf, manuscript paper label on spine, rubbed, upper joint split at head, 8vo, Levoca, Brewer, 1728.

Arithmetic.- [Recorde (Robert)] [The Grounde of Artes: teaching the perfecte vvorke and practise of arithmetike, both in whole nu[m]bers and fractions, after a more easie and exact sort, than hitherto hath bene set forth...augmented by M. Iohn Dee. And now lately diligently corrected...By Iohn Mellis of Southwark, scholemaster], black letter, lacking A1 & 2, 7 & 8, D6, Yy1-3 & 6-8, with woodcut initials, diagrams and tables, with 17th & 18th century manuscript names and extensive notes & remarks to margins throughout (some relating to a constable), rather soiled and stained, some worming to inner margin towards end, leaves at beginning and end a little creased/frayed at edges, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, worn and stained, [STC 20802], 8vo, [Imprinted by I. Harison, and H. Bynneman], [1582]; sold not subject to return⁂ Very rare; one of the first English textbooks on arithmetic, first published in 1543 and running to many editions in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This edition is the first edited by John Mellis and contains a third part by him with a separate divisional title and, at the end, comparisons of values, weights and measures in London and continental commercial centres such as Antwerp, Nuremberg, Venice etc. The work also contains a full-page woodcut of the art of numbering by the hand.ESTC lists only 4 UK copies (Birmingham, BL, Cambridge University, & St. John's Oxford) and one in America (Folger).

Germany.- Walter of Cronenberg deed granting a property with vinyard, mill and wood, manuscript in German, on vellum, in a fine notary bookhand, 17 lines, 2 wax seals, one of an eagle as the arms of the town of Cronenberg, large seal cracked with some loss, smaller seal intact with chipping at edges, later docket on verso, folds, slightly yellowed, 143 x 242mm., [1319].

On magic and talismans.- Shihab al Din b. Ahmad b. Ahmad b. 'Abd Al Latif Al Sharji Al Zubaydi (died 1488 AD) Kitab Al Fawa'id Wa Al Silat Wa Al 'Awa'id, Arabic manuscript on paper, 100 leaves, 25 lines, written in black naskh script, titles and some words picked out in red, some phrases underlined in red, text within red frame, including numerous tables and some diagrams, occasional damp-staining and some finger-soiling, notes in later hands to endpapers, contemporary blind-stamped limp calf, some minor rubbing and creasing, 8vo (200 x 143 mm.), [Sana'a, 1562]⁂ Interesting manuscript illustrated with diagrams and magic squares.

St. Margaret's, Westminster.- White (Robert, clerk of the market for the City of Westminster) An Accompt of the svall brasse weights... remaine in the vestry belonging & adjoining to the pish Church of St Margt in Westm..., D.s. "Ro: White", manuscript on vellum, red wax seal with the Portcullis of Westminster, cracked and with small loss, folds, yellowed, 320 x 214mm., 21st August 1675.

Recognition of William III as King of England.- Pino (Pietro Francesco dal, Chaplain to Tommaso del Bene, envoy extraordinary of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo III to the Court of King William and Queen Mary, 1652-1739) Memoria delle cose più particolari notate nel viaggio di Firenze a Londra per propria sodisfazione dal P. Antonio Francesco dal Pino, in occorenza d'aver servito di Cappellanno all'IIImo. Sigr. Commende. F. Tommasso del Bene Inviato straordinario del Sermo. G.D. di Toscano Cosimo 3o alla Maesta del Re Guglielmo della Gra Brettagna l'anno 1695, manuscript in Italian, 207pp., extensively browned, some ink corrosion, original boards, rubbed, corners and edges worn, joints splitting, spine rubbed and with tears, Phillipps Ms. 8295, folio, [1696].⁂ A contemporary scribal copy of Pino's journal describing the journey undertaken by Tommaso del Bene to King William to convey the Grand Duke's acceptance of his status as King as well as to commiserate on the recent death of the Queen and to be informed on the peace negotiations then ongoing between England, France, Spain and Holland.Provenance: Phillipps MS 8295 ("Ex bibl. Lord Glenbervie"), one of the manuscripts purchased by Phillipps at Richard Heber's sale, Part 11, 10-20 April 1836, lot 1317. With the previous provenance on the front paste-down: "Regalo dell'Abate Sebasto Ciampre Firenze 27 Ottre 1815." Never printed, two other copies of the journal are recorded, one (the original?) in the State Archives at Florence, the other, which is in several scribal hands, at Yale.

Ireland, Co. Louth.- Account book relating to a number of County Louth ascendancy families, manuscript, 43pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, slightly browned, original green vellum, rubbed and discoloured, folio ledger, 1756-58.⁂ An account book (in contra form) belonging to an agent-cum-merchant dealing with a number of prominent Co. Louth families. Among the names listed are Stephen Sibthorpe, MP for Louth, Wallap Brabazon, High Sheriff of Louth, Townley Patten of Drogheda and Nathaniel Blackburne. Initially, many of the sales refer to barrels of lime sold to Sibthorpe, Brabazon and Townley Patten. More general entries include work done for John Urmston of Rath House (repair work in the house, payment of hearth money, employment of a mason, the purchase of various household provisions). By far the largest account is for Nathaniel Blackburne, spread over several pages, including expenses at Ross Fair as well as "my own man's expenses", expenses at Kilkenny Quarter Sessions and for selling Blackburne's wool, purchases for him of household provisions as well as domestic items, such as a garden line, and the curious entry of 1s 1d. charged to Blackburne "for whiping a boy".

Sussex, Legal.- [Legal cases and precedents], manuscript in at least 2 hands, in neat legal hands, c. 600pp., some reverse entries, some ff. loose or working loose, browned, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf, blind-stamped name "Mann" on upper cover, upper joint splitting, spine split with small loss, 8vo, [c. 1760s - 70s].⁂ Includes: "Cases of the Election at Bramber"; "Warr[an]t to search for stolen goods Sussex..."; "Warr[an]t to impress Teams for soldiers on their march"; "Certificate of good Fame... Sussex"; "Summons for not paying Poor Tax"; "A notice of holding a court" etc.With numerous references to Chichester and nearby villages in Sussex.

Virginia map.- Dedman (Samuel, surveyor) 906 acres... Mecklinbugg County... Survey'd for Roger Atkinson..., D.s. "Saml Dedman", small manuscript map at head and description of the estate, 1p., docket on verso, 4 folds (first fold detached), browned, watermark Arms of Amsterdam, folio, 22nd September 1783.⁂ Survey'd for Roger Atkinson, 906 Acres of Land Lying on the South branch of Mehirrin [Meherrin River], in the County aforesaid... ."

Compensation for British Merchants after the American Revolution.- A Statement of Facts, by the Committee of British Merchants Trading to North America, before the War, [docket title], 3pp. & conjugate blank with docket title, folds, slightly browned, [ESTC lists The National Archives copy only], folio, [c. 1800]; and c. 12 other pieces relating to a legal dispute between Richard Hanson and Robert Kennan trading in Virginia, some printed and some manuscript, v.s., v.d. (c. 12 pieces).

Prout (Samuel, watercolour painter, 1783-1852) Hints on Light & Shadow & Composition as Applicable to Landscape Painting, autograph manuscript, 2 parts, Part I Hints..., 17pp., Part II Remarks..., 24pp., mainly written on the rectos with some notes and comments in another hand, unbound, loose, folio & sm. 4to, n.d., [c.1836].⁂ Prout was a prominent author of 'teach-yourself' painting manuals. His first book, Rudiments of Landscape in Progressive Studies (1813), demonstrated how to draw and to add sepia wash. Later art manuals such as Hints on Light and Shadow, Composition etc. (1836) were illustrated in the new technique of lithography, of which Prout was a pioneer. Their readership was large among the legions of amateur artists of the day. Part I of the manuscript is a fair copy of the first part of Prout's publication with only a few minor differences in the text towards the end. In the case of Part II, which was designed to be read inconjunction with a series of plates (not present), the text is very much a working draft, being heavily corrected and amended throughout.

Mechanical Engineer.- Head (Jeremiah, railway and steam engineer, worked for Robert Stephenson & Co., part founder of Fox, Head & Co., 1835-99) Diary, autograph manuscript, 149pp. & 21pp. index, slightly browned, original morocco, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1857-[58].⁂ An interesting diary, filled with Head's work for Robert Stephenson & Co, "At R.S. & Co's we have just got an order for 50 locomotives for the Lombardo-Venetian line", and other projects including designing regulators for steam mills, and designing steam ploughs for John Fowler. Includes a meeting with Edward Pease (1767-1858), woollen manufacturer and railway promoter, "By & bye old Neddy came in, shook my hand & said he had often wanted to see me. He is a remarkably fine pleasant well-informed old man 90 years old & as brisk as most men of 70. He talked a deal about the Stephensons &c... I was delighted to to have made the acquaintance of a man so celebrated in the history of railways".

Morris (William, designer, author, and visionary socialist, 1834-96) Original membership card of the Socialist League, Hammersmith Branch for Mrs. Catterson-Smith, signed by Morris and Emery Walker, 1sheet, 114 x 76mm., folded to make 4pp., printed in sanguine on light yellow card, January 1890 § Catterson-Smith (Robert, artist, socialist, principal of the Birmingham School of Art and Director of Art Education in that city, worked with William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones on the Kelmscott Chaucer, 1853-1938) Speech on socialism, manuscript, 11pp. (incomplete at end), foxed and browned, folds, page 3 torn at edges slightly affecting text, loose, 280 x 160mm. & smaller, n.d. [c. 1890]; and a small quantity of others, socialist flyers including Independent Labour Party - London District, Hammersmith Socialist Society - RSVP, 1892, Statement of Principles of the Hammersmith Socialist Society etc., v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).

Morris (William, designer, author, and visionary socialist, 1834-96).- 2 duplicate photographs of members of the Socialist League, including Morris, his daughter May Morris (incorrectly identified as "J[enny] Morris"), Emery Walker, George Frederic Watts and Mr and Mrs Catterson-Smith, 1 with manuscript captions identifying most of the people assembled (this with 2 small pieces of corners torn away), both extensively browned, 211 x 269mm., [c. 1890]; and a photograph of the lecture hall at Kelmscott House, v.s., v.d. (3).

Hewitt (Graily, calligrapher, 1864-1952).- Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) The Lotos-Eaters, calligraphic manuscript, title in red and 13pp., 2 lines in gold, initials in red and blue, title with slight crease in one corner, original wrappers, threaded through with cloth ties, Lotophagi lettered direct on upper cover, 240 x 177mm., Written out by Graily Hewitt at Treyford in Sussex, May 1908.

Calligraphy.- Reid Cross (Helen, calligrapher, of Wells, Somerset, fl. 1924-46) [The Beatitudes], calligraphic manuscript, 8pp., 8 gold initials, in red, black and blue, slight browning around gold initials, original paper wrappers, [c. 1924]; and c. 30 other calligraphic manuscript pieces by Helen Reid Cross, v.s., [c. 1924-46] (c. 30 pieces).

Rothenstein (Bertha "Betty", married name Holiday, artist, daughter of Sir William Rothenstein, of Stroud and 10 Devonshire Place, London, 1905-89) Diary, autograph manuscript, 162pp., a few entries in pencil, 1f. loose and edges torn with small loss, one or two pen or pencil sketches, original buckram-backed boards, worn, spine defective, folio, 24th June 1940 - 29th June 1942.⁂ With numerous references to her brother Michael Rothenstein (1908-93), printmaker and staying with him at Bardfield. "Michael said 'I never want a ?love again - I love my freedom above all else - never never again - gas bills... leases... laundry... rent... I must have spiritual freedom - my home was more of a burden than anything else... ."James Stephens (1880-1950), poet and novelist. "James Stephens came for dinner on Friday night. We write Sonnets, one writing a line & then folding it over... to the next one." "Impression of Robert Graves & Beryl. At Lucy's. Huge figure coming down Bradfield St with a child astride its shoulders. Robert Graves - I fly by on my byke & we stare at each other. At lunch we meet them both & talk about Ruth Pitter. Beryl is dark & very good looking... . Robert always in a loose black blowsy garment... . His head is magnificent... Greyish hair rather wild & curly, a palid skin, long red-Indian nose round-pressed expressive mouth - a gap in his teeth - thick fingers - breathless way of talking - O that straining to remember that name 'O Christ I've forgotten it'. The agonied expression while his mind falters, suddenly breaking into a smile of relief - his darling lovable character, like a tap running with generosity... ."

Law of Commons and Commoners (The): or a Treatise Shewing the Original and Nature of Common ..., first edition, small manuscript note to title head, title lower corner neatly repaired and strengthened with tissue, occasional ink marginal markings, spotting, lacking final advertisement leaves, modern calf, [Wing L634], 8vo, Richard and Edward Atkins, 1698.

[Defoe (Daniel)] The Consolidator: or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the moon, first edition, facsimile half-title, ink signature to title head, title laid down on tissue with lower corner restored, edges strengthened (B1), occasional marginal manuscript notes, occasional marginal tears, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed and worn, [Rothschild 737], 8vo, Benj. Bragg, 1705.

Fiji : 1874-1916 A remarkable collection of the postmarks of Fiji in a Senator loose-leaf album. Starting with Levuka, the old capital, with cds cancels on 12 stamps, a page of 'Sunburst' killer cancels showing the Levuka oval type on 2 single KEVII adhesives & a strip of 4 of the 2d dull green on piece; the Suva killer on 8 values, two in bright red; Smaller post offices are represented by BUA, with three values with manuscript name cancel & date(1900-02); UDU KACU manuscript cancel across a pair of 1d mauve(1899); TAVIUNI on Edward 1d(1905); NANUKULOA RA on 1d mauve(1902); scarce cds cancels of P.O.BA (3), P.O.NADI (2), P.O.NAVUA(3) & undated violet double ring SAVU SAVU/POST OFFICE on Edward ½d pair. The a 'locally made' cancel of P.O.NAMOLI in violet (c1900-01) on 2 x ½d green. Violet LAUTOKA, part cancels in violet on 1d & 2d(c 1900-07) & 4 examples of the 23mm cds on 4 adhesives (1905-10). A manuscript cancellation by the postal agent at NAUSORI (1897) plus 3 values with the cancel of 'A.M.Brodziak & Co Nausori' (1898) & 1899,1900 & 1903 examples of the Nausori P.O.cds on 1d or 2d adhesives; 2 pages of SUVA with various cds cancels from 1892 & examples of the duplex (1895). Three pages of cancels, not written-up, at the back of the album include more 'killer' cancels & part straight line cancels of SOMO SOMO, NADARIVATU, NADROGA, WAINIBOKASI etc. Plus some possibly fiscal manuscript cancels. A terrific lot for the specialist, many marks are rarely seen. All on stamp(s).(114 items - 135 stamps) Scans & photocopies are available - please contact the office. [US3]

A collection of 19th and early 20th century manuscript and typescript letters to include 2 examples by SIR HENRY IRVING, by Sir Squire B. Bancroft and other contemporary literary figures

Forestry.- Cook (Moses) The Manner of Raising, Ordering, and improving Forrest-Trees: also, How to Plant, Make and Keep Woods, Walks, Avenues, Lawns, Hedges, &c., first edition, 4 engraved plates, 4pp. contents/advertisement at end, very slight staining to upper edge, a few small spots, old manuscript book-label "The Earl of Westmoreland 1856" on front paste-down, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, upper joint split, spine worn and with new label, [Fussell pp.39-40; Henrey 38; Kress 1407; Wing C6032], 4to, for Peter Parker, 1676.⁂ Cook was gardener to the Earl of Essex at Cassiobury Park (near Watford) and laid out many woodland walks and avenues including, reputedly, an avenue of 296 lime trees.

Xenophon. Xenophons treatise of householde, collation: A-H8, printed entirely in black letter except "To the reader" on title-verso in Roman, title within architectural woodcut border, woodcut initial, lower half of colophon leaf H8 cut away but no loss of text, [STC 26069], Imprinted at London in Flete-strete, by Thomas Berthelet printer to the kynges most noble grace, 1532; bound with Fitzherbert (John) The Boke of Husbandry, collation: A6 B-M8 N2, printed entirely in black letter, title within same woodcut architectural border as first work, woodcut initial, E4 torn with slight loss of text, I2 torn at inner margin just touching text, several leaves towards end with passages inked out and some early annotations/corrections, some light water-staining, [STC 10995.5], Imprinted at London in fletestrete in the house of Thomas Berthelet, nere to the condite at the sygne of Lucrece, [?1533], together 2 works in 1, stubs of a medieval manuscript on vellum at rear, early 17th century panelled calf, rubbed, small worm-hole to lower cover, extremities worn, 8vo⁂ Two rare early English agricultural books, the second printed 10 years after Pynson's first edition of 1523 and probably the first reprint issued by Berthelet. ESTC locates 4 copies of the first work, including this one; and 7 copies of the second work, again including this one. Auction records show infrequent appearances of both works on the market, but none as early as either of these.Provenance: Henry Hills (partially erased signature to front free endpaper); John Martin of Harbrough (inscription to front free endpaper with two dates, one partially obscured, the other 1700); Colonel & Mrs Forbes Leith of Whitehaugh (early 20th century bookplate). Other contemporary annotations to rear free endpaper crossed out and indecipherable.Rothamsted acquisition date 1930.

Periodical.- Houghton (John) A Collection for the Improvement of Husbandry and Trade, second series, vol.1 no.1 - vol 10 no 240 [but 241], an unbroken run, majority of issues bound with additional f. of advertisements, no 12 loosely inserted, no 21 duplicated, folding table, vol.1 wormed at head, no.150 torn with some loss to text, occasional browning or light soiling, manuscript title in a contemporary hand supplied at front, bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked but holding firm, [Fussell pp.81-83], folio, Randall Taylor [&] John Whitlock [&] E. Whitlock, 1692-7; sold as a periodical and not subject to return.⁂ An exceptional unbroken run of this weekly publication.Individual issues of this periodical are scarce and we cannot trace an unbroken run such as this in the last forty years of auctions. The first series was published in 1681 and ran to only 21 issues, this second series began in 30th March 1692 and ran for approximately 10 years. The list of subjects covered includes manures, trades, importing of goods, arts of fowling and fishing and the management of rivers, woods and estates. The advertisements include a vast array of personal notices and provide extraordinary snapshots of 17th century London life. Provenance: Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale (bookplate); Rothamsted acquisition date 1937.

Fens Drainage.- [Rolfe (Jon.)] The Great Law of Marsh Land [at a Session of Sewers holden at Kings-Lynn...], 22pp., wide margins, title without imprint (?divisional title), lacking final blank, some underlinings in ink, title soiled, first few leaves damp-stained and with small hole to outer margin, [Goldsmiths' 5101], [King's Lynn], [1714] bound with Heads of a Bill proposed, to be applied for to Parliament, for preserving the Drainage and Navigations of the Middle and South Levels. 1775, 6pp., drop-head title, [?London], [1775] and M. Observations as to the Present State of the Lands in the Neighbourhood of Spalding...with...an Improvement in the Outfall of the River Welland..., 24pp., with errata leaf at end (slightly defective at lower edge), offsetting to title, Peterborough, J.Jacob, 1791 and Inundation (The), or the Life of a Fen-Man, a Poem. By a Fen Parson, 20pp., price blacked out in ink at foot of title, browned, damp-stained at foot of inner margin, Lynn, by W.Whittingham, [1771], together 4 works in 1 vol., with 2 additional letterpress leaves of minutes c.1777 bound in, one regarding the Bedford Level by Charles Nalson Cole, the other the Adventurers and Free Land Owners at Ely, each paginated "11" on verso, all pamphlets with ink signature "Creasy" in upper left corner of title, manuscript index at beginning, contemporary half calf § Golborne (James) The Report...in pursuance of several Resolutions passed at a Meeting of Land Owners...Interested in the Improvements of the Outfall of the River Ouse..., 44pp., some ink annotations and calculations in margins, Lynn, by W.Whittingham, 1791 bound with Watté (John) The Report...for the better Drainage of the South and Middle Levels of the Fens......by a New Cut or Channel from Eau-Brink to Lynn, 18pp., folding engraved map and table, worming to lower margin, [1791], together 2 works in 1 vol., manuscript index, contemporary half calf, first editions, both rubbed, 4to (2)⁂ A collection of rare pamphlets relating to the Fens, most with only a few copies listed by ESTC but the first item with only one copy (Senate House Library) and the second this copy only in UK, plus one in America (California State Library).

Gardens.- Langley (Batty) New Principles of Gardening: Or The Laying Out and Planting [of] Parterres, Groves, Widernesses, Labyrinths, Avenues, Parks, &c., first edition, folding engraved frontispiece and 27 folding or double-page plates and plans, lacking title and M3 (pp.85-86) but both supplied in manuscript (title with advertisement on verso), frontispiece torn and frayed with some loss to image (laid down), some other tears to plates repaired, plate 3 with small ink stains, with embossed stamp of F.H. Cripps-Day to outer margin of dedication and his signature on front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked with gilt spine, upper cover detached, [Berlin Kat. 3414; Harris 462; Henrey 927], for A. Bettesworth and J. Batley [&c.], 1728 [1727]; and a water-stained copy of The Landed Gentleman's Useful Companion... of 1741, 4to & 8vo (2)⁂ Langley disliked formality in garden design and favoured planting in what appeared a natural manner. He is particularly known for his labyrinths and this work includes many plans of mazes, also much on kitchen and physic gardens. In this issue, there was an 'Advertisement to the nobility and gentry of Great Britain' printed on the verso of the titlepage, and there are four contents leaves inserted after the introduction. Pages iv and v in the preliminaries are mis-numbered xi and x.

Scottish Canals.- Tarbert Navigation... Loch Ness Navigation... Memorial concerning the proposed Navigation between the Murray Forth and the Sound of Mull..., manuscript, 11pp., folds, browned, Britannia watermark, folio, n.d. [c. 1750]; and another manuscript, on the soil and climate of the Highlands, folio (2).⁂ First mentioned: "General advantages of ye Navigations to the Highlands... . To prevent ye Migration of ye Highlanders to Ireland... ."

Vanière (Jacques) Della Possessione di Campagna quattro libri, first Italian edition, engraved frontispiece, title vignette and head-pieces, text in Latin and Italian, contemporary limp boards, uncut, a little soiled, Venice, Pietro Bassaglia, 1750 Pontano (Giangiovano) Gli Orti delle Esperidi, half-title, engraved title-vignette, text in Latin and Italian, leaf of manuscript notes bound in at beginning, library cloth, uncut, Venice, Gianbatista Grandi, 1761 § Trinci (Cosimo) L'Agricoltore Sperimentato, lacking initial leaf (?half-title), a little browned, some water-staining, contemporary vellum, rubbed and stained, Lucca, S. & G. Marescandoli, 1726, 8vo (3)

Crescentiis (Petrus de) Pietro Crescentio D'agricoltura. Doue si contiene il modo di coltiuare la terra, seminare, & inserir gli arbori, collation: A-Z8, AA-ZZ8, -✠8, woodcut initials, occasional marginal damp-stains, very occasional light foxing, contemporary limp vellum, spine reinforced with portion of a f. from a vellum manuscript, covers worn and soiled, Venice, Bernardino Bindoni, 1542; and 4 others, similar, 8vo & 4to (5)⁂ A good group of Venice-printed agricultural works. Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1914.

Fens Drainage.- Proposals or Heads of a Bill, for Restoring and Preserving the Outfall of the River Witham..., 48pp., title with ink signature "Creasy" at head (soiled and stained, small hole and tear), [ESTC lists 2 copies only: BL and this copy], Lincoln, John Rose, 1761 bound with Pownall (T.) A Memoir, entituled Drainage and Navigation but one united work..., 56pp., title soiled, stab-holes, for J.Almon, in Piccadilly; and W.Whittingham at Lynn, 1775, together 2 works in 1 vol., manuscript index at beginning, contemporary half calf § Carter (Robert) Some Strictures on the Ancholme Drainage, 62pp., with final blank, Lincoln, W.Wood, 1773 bound with Page (Sir Thomas Hyde) Estimate of the Expence of carrying into execution the Plan of Embankment..., 30pp., folding engraved map (slightly cropped at upper and lower edges), 1794, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary half calf, spine worn at head § Elstobb (William) An Historical Account of the Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level..., large paper copy, list of subscribers, folding engraved map (offsetting), 4pp.advertisements at end, some foxing, later half morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, 1793 § Wells (Samuel) The History of the Drainage of the Great level of the Fens, called Bedford Level, 2 vol., engraved frontispiece, original boards, uncut, spine of vol.1 slightly worn, 1830; The Great Level of the Fens, folding hand-coloured engraved map, c.890 x 860mm., dissected and mounted on linen, some light offsetting, contemporary half roan with roan label, G. & I. Cary, 1829, rubbed; and 4 others, similar, 8vo & 4to (10)

Ratti (Giambatista) Trattato delle Seminazione de Campi, e della Coltivazione de' Prati, half-title, folding table and 7 folding engraved plates of tools and machinery at end, a few leaves stained at upper margin, part of old bookplate torn away, Giambatista Novelli, 1765 § Salvini (Giovanni) Istruzione al suo Fattore di Campagna, woodcut device on title and head-piece, with final blank, 1777 § Trinci (Cosimo) Nuovo Trattato d'Agricoltura, 2 folding engraved plates (one of bees & beehives, the other of frames for pineapples), some light water-staining, Giovanni Gatti, 1778, all contemporary limp boards, uncut, spines titled in manuscript, a little soiled, Venice; and another, 8vo et infra (4)

Locke (John) Observations upon the Growth and Culture of Vines and Olives: the Production of Silk: the Preservation of Fruits, first edition, light browning to title and final f., later boards, spine chipped at head, [Henrey 986; Hunt 592], 8vo, Printed for W. Sandby, in Fleet Street. [by Richardson and Clark], 1766. ⁂ Rare at auction. Researched and written during Locke's time convalescing at Montpellier. The work was submitted as a manuscript to his patron the First Earl of Shaftesbury, but was not published until 87 years later by the fourth Earl.Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1916.

Gardens.- [Whately (Thomas)] Observations on Modern Gardening, first edition, author's name supplied in manuscript on title and with notes on front free endpaper, small stain to margin of F3v, contemporary calf, joints cracked, [Henrey 1189], for T.Payne, 1770 § Mason (George) An Essay on Design in Gardening, second edition, "greatly augmented", lacking half-title, some light soiling, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, spine a little worn and lacking label, [Henrey 1034], for B. & J.White, 1795 § [Marshall (William)] A Review of the Landscape, a Didactic Poem: also of An Essay on the Picturesque: together with Practical Remarks on Rural Ornament, first edition, half-title (loose), lightly browned, bookplate of George Home Drummond of Blair Drummond, original boards, uncut, worn, upper cover detached, 1795, the first two with embossed stamp of F.H. Cripps-Day to foot of titles and with his signature to front free endpapers, 8vo (3) ⁂ The first was commended by Horace Walpole in his own Essay on Gardening. Whately's brother owned Nonsuch Park in Surrey and it was here that he practised his art.

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Land Improvement.- Pattullo (H.) Essay sur L'Amelioration des Terres, manuscript fair copy in French, title and 82pp., handsomely bound in original red morocco with gilt floral ornaments in corners, all within a three-line gilt border, gilt panelled spine decorated with floral ornaments, green morocco label, very slightly rubbed, g.e., sm. 4to, 1772.

Campini (Antonio) Saggi d'Agricoltura, half-title, folding woodcut plate of elevation and plan of building, some foxing and soiling, leaf of old manuscript notes bound in at end, library cloth, uncut, Turin, 1774 § Nenci (Giuseppe) Osservazione di Agricoltura, woodcut device on title and tail-pieces, spotting, library cloth, uncut, Siena, 1792 § Dottrina Agraria..., browned, old paste-paper boards, Milan, 1771 § Rastelli (A.) Il Dottor della Villa...dell'Agricoltura, 2 vol., 2 folding engraved plates, contemporary half sheep, spines gilt, splits to joints, Ancona, 1818 § [Crico (Lorenzo)] Istruzione di Agricoltura pei Contadini, contemporary calf-backed boards, Milan, 1820, rubbed, 8vo (6)

Grasses.- Improved Culture (The) of Three principal Grasses, Lucerne, Sainfoin, and Burnet, first edition, contemporary half calf, for G. Robinson, 1775 § Curtis (William) Practical Directions for Laying Down or Improving Meadow and Pasture Land, with an Enumeration of the British Grasses, folding engraved frontispiece and 7 plates, all hand-coloured, foxing, original cloth-backed boards, extremities worn, 1834 § Account (An) of the Results of Experiments on the Produce and Nutritive Qualities of Different Grasses...instituted by John Duke of Bedford, early 20th century half calf by Riviere & Son, 1813 § Holdich (Benjamin) An Essay on the Weeds of Agriculture, 5 hand-coloured engraved plates, library cloth, [c.1825] § Essay (An) on the Cultivation and Advantages of Green Crops, by an Irish Practical Farmer, manuscript index at end, library cloth, Dublin, 1813, 8vo and 4to (5)

Ellis (John) A Description of the Mangostan and the Bread-Fruit...[with] Directions to Voyagers, for bringing over these and other Vegetable Productions, which would be extremely beneficial to the Inhabitants of our West India Islands, first edition, 4 engraved plates, a little foxed or browned, plates generally clean but offset, original boards, uncut, contemporary manuscript label with author and title pasted at head of upper board, rebacked and cornered in calf, rubbed, [Henrey 680; Nissen BBI 589], 4to, for the Author, sold by Edward and Charles Dilly, 1775.⁂ Proposal to import the mangosteen and breadfruit to the West Indies as a cheap and labour-friendly source of food for the people, notably the slaves on the plantations. This was also suggested by the West Indies Committee the same year, offering a prize for anyone transporting breadfruit, and gained the support of Sir Joseph Banks. The idea was finally put into practice when, in 1787, Lt. William Bligh left for Tahiti on the Bounty. Having stocked the ship with 1000 plants the Bounty embarked for the West Indies in April 1789 but after fewer than four weeks Fletcher Christian led the famous mutiny against Bligh.

Forestry.- Evelyn (John) Silva: or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions, bound in 2 vol., list of subscribers, with blank *c1 leaf (usually missing), engraved plates, folding table, lacking engraved portrait by Bartolozzi (another smaller portrait laid down at beginning of first volume) and folding plate, interleaved and extra-illustrated with 10 original watercolours of leaves (most full-page) and with extensive ink annotations in manuscript by Rev. William Browne and with A.L.s. to him concerning the Golenox Oak from a Mr ?Gurnoe loosely inserted, a few notes loosely insersted, offsettting onto blank leaves, foxing, sometimes heavy in second volume, staining to upper and lower margins particularly in vol.2, nineteenth century half calf, rubbed and stained, [Henrey 137; Keynes 47], 4to, A.Ward, 1776; sold not subject to return

Potatoes.- Raley (William) A Practical Essay on the Management of Potatoes, first edition, title soiled, leaves reinforced at inner margin, modern cloth, [ESTC lists 6 copies only including this and the RASE copy (sold in 2014), only one in N.America], Printed for Mess. Richardson and Urquhart...W. Tesseyman and R. Spence, 1782 § Kirkpatrick (Hezekiah) An Account of the Manner in which Potatoes are cultivated and preserved, first edition, manuscript correction to leaf following title and erratum slip pasted to foot of final leaf, modern cloth, [Henrey 899; Perkins 935], Warrington, Printed by W. Eyres, 1796 § Maunsell (Rev. William) Letters...on the Culture of the Potatoes from the Shoots, first edition, half-title, folding table, modern cloth, Dublin, Printed by William Sleater, 1794 § Report of the Committee of the Board of Agriculture...concerning the Culture and Use of Potatoes, first edition, half-title, 7 engraved plates, some folding, some light browning and offsetting, later half calf, scuffed, [Goldsmiths' 16233; Perkins 192; Henrey 460], 1795 § [Bligh (Reginald)] A Case of Extreme, and unparalleled Hardship: containing Considerations on a Verdict, that Potatoes and Turnips are Hay and Corn, first edition, title soiled, later morocco-backed boards, Printed for the Author, 1799, 4to and 8vo (5)

Linen.- Trecco (Giovanni Battista) Coltivatione e Governo del Lino Marzuolo..., first edition, engraved title with vignette, engraved arms on dedication and 12 folding engraved plates of growing & harvesting flax and linen-production, title lightly soiled, modern cloth, uncut, Vicenza, Domenico Bardella, 1792 § Re (Filippo) Del Cotone e delle avvertenze per ben coltivarlo, second edition, half-title, 2 folding engraved plates, foxing to text, library cloth, Milan, 1811 § Harasti (P. Gaetano) Della Più Utile Coltivazione e Manipolazione del Lino..., engraved title-vignette, with final blank, original limp boards, spine lettered in manuscript, lightly soiled, Vicenza, 1783, v.s. (3)

Marshall (William) Minutes of Agriculture, made on a Farm of 300 Acres of Various Soils, near Croydon, Surrey, 4 engraved plates, contemporary reversed calf, upper joint and spine ends a little worn, 1798; Experiments and Observations concerning Agriculture and the Weather, engraved map, Index leaf at end, library cloth, 1779; The Rural Economy of the Midland Counties..., 2 vol., folding engraved map, bookplate of Francis, Duke of Bedford, contemporary calf, 1790; another edition, 2 vol., first Dublin edition, contemporary half calf, Dublin, 1793; Planting and Rural Ornament, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, bookplate of Francis, Duke of Bedford, contemporary calf, by Smith of Bedford, 1796; Agriculture-Pratique des Différentes Parties de l'Angleterre, 5 vol., half-titles, original boards, uncut, manuscript labels, spines browned, Paris, 1803, the first three first editions, occasional spotting or browning, rubbed; and 9 others by the same, 4to & 8vo (22)

Grass.- Salisbury (William) Hortus Siccus Gramineus, or, a Collection of Dried Specimens of British Grasses, printed title (mounted on stub and creased), 109 mounted specimens of grass ?only (of ?119), printed or manuscript caption at foot, 4 defective samples loosely inserted at end, contemporary half morocco, ties defective, lower cover detached, upper joint splitting, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Henrey 1306 (this copy) & cf. 855], folio, 1812; sold not subject to return.⁂ A rare work, the number of specimens varies, Henrey was only able to located this copy.

Corn Laws.- Malthus (T. R.) Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws, and of a Rise or Fall in the Price of Corn on the Agriculture and General Wealth of the Country, first edition, [Black 2822; Einaudi 3677; Goldsmiths' 20940; Kress B6351], Printed for J. Johnson and Co., 1814; The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn; intended as an Appendix..., first edition, [Black 2876; Einaudi 3672; Goldsmiths' 21177; Kress B6535], Printed for John Murray and J. Johnson, 1815, together 2 works in 1, first with 2 manuscript corrections to p.43, library cloth, 8vo⁂ Two important works published at the height of the Corn Laws debate.

Heraldry.- St George (Sir Henry, herald, 1581-1644) [The Visitation of Hertfordshire 1634], manuscript, c. 250pp. & 8pp. index at end, a few pp. in pencil, numerous coats of arms, list of citizens of London with ?Hertfordshire connections, 17th century obligation bond tipped-in, slightly browned, some foxing in a few places, a few ink marks in places, ink stamp of W. Sharpe on title, bookplate of F.A. Crisp on front pastedown, GR watermark, original vellum, lettered in gilt on upper cover, slightly yellowed and soiled, arms of F.A. Crisp on lower cover, t.e.g., folio, [c. 1780].⁂ Probably collated against Harleian manuscripts 1504 and 1547, the Visitations dated 1579 [1572] and 1634.Frederick Arthur Crisp (1851-1922), antiquary.

Cato (Marcus Porcius) Varro, Columella & Palladius. Scriptores rei rusticae, second edition, edited by Franciscus Colucia and Georgius Merula, collation: A6 a8 b-c10 d8 e-g10 h8 i6 K-l10 m-z8 &8 [con] 8 [rum] 8 aa8 bb12 cc-dd8 ee-hh10, 302 leaves (complete with all blank leaves b1, i6, k1, and bb), text in single column, 40 lines, type: 96(107)R, Gk, blank spaces for capitals, on first leaves without guide letters, some initials painted in red, a few leaves rubricated, ff. A1, A6, HH1 and HH10 loose, penultimate leaf with marginal repair, final leaf with fore-margin restored, some light marginal foxing and dust-soiling, very big margins, 18° century limp boards, spine with paper label lettered in manuscript, rubbed, upper joint tearing, extremities worn, folio (332 x 235mm.), Reggio Emilia, Bartholomaeus de Bruschis, Bottonus, 5 June 1482.⁂ Second edition of this collection devoted to Roman agricultural writers. One of only three books published by Bartholomaeus de Bruschis in Reggio Emilia, where he was active between 1480 and 1482, in parternship until 1481 with his brother Laurentius. This edition is a substantial reprint of Scriptores rei rusticae of 1472, and also includes, with a few slight changes, the dedicatory letters by Georgius Merula and Franciscus Colucia, appended to Jenson's editio princeps. The leaf added by Bruschis to the last quire signed HH, and bearing the register, is usually lacking in recorded copies. In this copy, like the one in the British Library described in BMC VII 1086, the last word on fol. c2r is printed 'sterc9' and the last on fol. c4r 'ordine'. Provenance: Marquis Giuseppe De Terzi (ex libris on front pastedown; see Catalogue des livres rares et précieux provenant de la bibliothèque de feu M. le marquis De Terzi de Bergame, Paris, 11-23 March 1861, lot 165, "Bel exemplaire de cette édition, extrêmement rare").Rothamsted acquisition date not noted.Literature: ISTC is00347000; HC 14565*; GW M41059; BMC VII 1086; Bod-inc S-123; IGI 8854; Goff S-347; Klebs 902.2.

Cobbett (William) The English Gardener, first edition, newspaper cuttings tipped-in and loosely inserted, slightly browned, manuscript recipes on extra ff. inserted at end, bookplate with name scratched out, contemporary diced calf, corners bumped, upper joint broken, gilt spine, rubbed, 1829; and 13 others, William Cobbett and a small quantity of Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, 1821-31, v.s., v.d. (qty).

Walter of Henley. [Hosbondrye], decorated manuscript on parchment, in French (Anglo-Norman), i + 7 + i leaves, one 8-leaf quire but last leaf now lacking, modern pencilled foliation in upper outer corner, text block: 128 x 90 mm, single column, 29 lines, ruled with lead point, without catchwords, text written in cursiva Anglicanan in the same hand throughout, 24 initials in blue, with pen-flourishing in red, often with extension along the margin, other chapter divisions in red and blue, modern brown morocco, with 'Walter of Henley Husbandry 14th Cent' lettered in gilt on front cover, a few leaves slightly browned, some tiny holes, occasionally and partly affecting a few letters, especially to last leaf, upper margin possibly trimmed at time of rebinding, small 4to (199 x 139/140mm.), England, [early 14th century].⁂ A precious and highly important early 14th century manuscript containing almost the complete text of Henley's Hosbondrye, one of the most significant agricultural works produced in England in the second half of the 13th century, and one of the most famous examples of Anglo-Norman literature. inc. Le pere sist en sa veillesce e dit a sun fiz (Oschinsky, p. 308, ch. 1)expl. ou plus ou meyns solum ceo qe le tenys est. (Oschinsky, p. 338, ch. 101)The text lacks only the final 59 lines (Oschinsky, ch. 102-113). Considering the unknown scribe copied the text with regularity, filling each page with 29 lines, it seems logical to suppose that only the final leaf of the manuscript is now missing. The Hosbondrye is a didactic treatise on estate management written in the form of a sermon from father to son and giving advice on husbandry, corn farming (ploughing, sowing, harvesting, costs of cultivation, etc.), and livestock farming (cattle, pigs, sheep and poultry). Its exact date of compilation is unknown: it could possibly have been written between c.1276, when the English Parliament debated the Extenta Manerii, concerning estate management, and 1286, i.e. a year after the issue of the Statute of Westminster. In 1971 Dorothea Oschinsky listed 32 manuscripts of the Hosbondrye, to which a further 3 should now be added. A dozen manuscripts contain the author's name in the title, while only two give biographical information about Henley, describing him as a knight, and later a Dominican friar. The work is generally inserted in manuscript compilations, including statutes, rules, charters, and other texts dealing with estate management and accounting, such as the Seneschaucy and the Rules by Robert Grosseteste. The text is known in two traditions, called α and β. The manuscripts derived are classed in group A (from α) and groups B-F (from β, and its derived branches γ and δ). The different groups often share variants, or show individualistic omissions or insertions. In this manuscript - in all likelihood originally bound up in a composite codex - the text of the Hosbondrye is copied with accuracy, possibly in a professional milieu. Corrections are lacking and only a few words are wrongly repeated. The text copied belongs to tradition β, but shares some variants with the derived branch γ, establishing a new group from β. Furthermore, this text is introduced by a four-line passage in which the compiler mentions the name of the author, giving some biographical details about Henley: he is described as a knight who later entered the Dominican order ('Ceo ditte de husebonderie fist un Chivalier Sir Waltier de Henleye qi puis se rendit en le ordre de frere precheurs), information which is given, with a few changes in word sequence, only in two manuscripts: the early 14th-century compilation made by or for the Northampton lawyer John de Longueville (Cambridge University Library, MS Dd.VII.&), and the late Hosbondrye written c.1450, and kept in the Hampton L. Carson Collection of The Free Library of Philadelphia (MS LC 14.3). The scribe also adds a note on the moral content of Henley's advice, a guide for "viuer sagement et honestement de luy biens", a feature that is to be found in a number of manuscripts belonging to group D, transcribed in the early 14th century for monastic houses in southern England, such as the Benedictine Abbey of Abbotsbury, Dorset (Cambridge University Library, MS Hh.II.11), or the Canterbury Cathedral Priory (BL, Add.MS 6159; Cambridge Trinity College, MS O.9.26; Canterbury D.&C. Muniments, Register B, and Register P).In the 'Preface' to her critical edition, Oschinsky states that 3 further Henley manuscripts have been discovered, "but too late to be included in this book". Among them she mentions the Rothamsted manuscript, whose importance she highlights for a future and more precise reconstruction of Henley's manuscript tradition: "One early-fourteenth-century copy has come to light which is of great interest [...] It enables us, moreover, to assess the printed translation of Walter included in The Booke of Thrift by James Bellot, printed in 1589 [...] We now find that it was translated from a copy which followed the version of the newly-found Rothamsted copy and it can be assumed that the two texts are survivors of a group, widely spaced in time, which ultimately derived from a copy of β older than our γ" (pp. vii-viii). This is the only manuscript of Henley's Hosbondrye to come to auction since 1978.Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1939.Literature: N.R. Ker, Medieval manuscripts in British libraries. V. Indexes and Addenda, edited by I. C. Cunningham and A. G. Watson, Oxford, 2002, p. 13; Walter of Henley's Husbandry, together with an anonymous Husbandry, Seneschaucie, and Robert Grosseteste's Rules, edited by W. Cunningham, London 1890; D. Oschinsky, Walter of Henley and Other Treatises on Estate Management and Accounting, Oxford 1971; R. Dean - M. Bolton, Anglo-Norman Literature, A Guide to Texts and Manuscripts, London 1999, nos. 392-93; W. Rothwell, "Husbonderie and Manaungerie in Late Medieval England: A Tale of Two Walters", The Anglo-Norman Language and Its Contexts, edited by R. Ingham, York 2010, pp. 42-51.

Columella (Lucius Junius Moderatus).- Laetus (Pomponius) Hortuli commentarium, sive In de re rustica Lib. X commentum, collation: [a6, b4], 10 leaves, text in single column, 35 lines, type: 4:86G, blank space for one capital, with printed guide letters, on recto of first leaf, some light marginal water-staining and spotting, 19th century red morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt, spine lettered in gilt, 4to (207 x 141mm.), [Rome, Bartholomaeus Guldinbeck], [c.1485].⁂ Rare edition of this commentary on the tenth book (entirely devoted to gardening) of De Re Rustica by Columella, the most systematic of all treatises of Roman writers on agricultural affairs, which first appeared in Rome in about 1472. This commentary is without the text, and was circulated in manuscript around 1467. On the basis of a comparative study of the surviving manuscripts, authorship can be attributed to the famous Roman humanist Pomponius Laetus (1428-1498). "Laetus apparently did not edit the text, and the commentary is concerned with the explication of mythological, geographical, and botanical points [...] much of his material comes from Cato, Varro, and Pliny the Elder" (V. Brown, "Columella", p. 181).Only 14 copies of the Hortuli commentarium are recorded in institutional libraries, including the Rothamsted one. The edition was issued entirely anomymously and without date, and is now generally assigned to the printing house established in Rome by Bartholomaeus Guldinbeck. Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1915 Literature: ISTC ic00765000; H 5494*; GW 7188; Bod-inc C-390; BMC IV 73; IGI 3068; Goff C-765; Klebs 288.2; V. Brown, "Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus", in CTC III, pp. 175-176, 181-184.

Littleton (Sir Thomas) Les Tenures de Monsieur Littleton..., black letter, title, A2, fly-leaves, M3-8 and some other ff. wormholes mostly in margins not affecting text but affecting some notes, browned, numerous contemporary and Jacobean ink signatures, inscriptions, fingerposts and notes in Latin, English and law French, some with onlays of notes in margins (contemporary and Jacobean manuscript including: Hamo Assheton, John Polhill, "Ex nudo pacto non oritur actio" - "A contract without consideration is void"), contemporary blind-stamped calf with oval arabesque designs on both covers, rubbed, spine repaired, modern gilt lettering on spine, [STC 15741], 8vo, Imprinted at London in Fletestrete within Temple barre, at the Signe of the hand and starre by Richard Tottill [Tottell], 1572.⁂ Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1915.The fundamental work on the laws of property.

Tedaldi (Giovanni Battista) Discorso sull' Agricoltura, manuscript on paper, i + 94+ i leaves (fols. 60v-94v blank), text written in brown ink in a neat cursive, the same hand throughout, foxed, contemporary limp vellum, spine with inked title in a contemporary hand, lacking ties, 4to (210 x 159mm.), Italy (?Florence), [second half of 16th century].⁂ This manuscript preserves the complete text of the Discorso sull'Agricoltura by the Florentine senator Giovanni Battista Tedaldi (1495-1575), who was also active as an administrator in Arezzo, Pistoia, and Pisa.Tedaldi's work is divided into 69 chapters and reflects the vogue for the practice of agriculture, horticulture, and gardening in Medicean Florence, a tradition developed from the time of Lorenzo the Magnificent. The Discorso is replete with Tedaldi's personal experiences and observations made in his villa in the Tuscan hills, but its exact date of composition is unknown, as are the reasons why the work remained unplished for two centuries. The Discorso was in fact only first published in 1776 by the renowned Italian botanist Marco Lastri, who based his edition on manuscripts housed in Florentine libraries. The 18th-century publication also contains Tedaldi's dedicatory letter to Duke Cosimo I de' Medici, dated 2 February 1571, possibly an attempt to gain patronage. This letter is not included in this manuscript, which is more an individual compilation of agricultural writings containing, besides Tedaldi's Discorso, "più cose alla spezzata cauate di più luoghi intorno all'Agricoltura", i.e. a selection of pieces of advice taken from various sources, relating to peaches, broad beans, and Damascus rose plantations (fols. 57v-60r). Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1922Literature: G.B. Tedaldi, Discorso sull'Agricoltura, ed. Marco Lastri, Firenze 1776; Gamba 1690 (for the 1776 edition); EDIT 16 CNCE