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*India - cholera. Nominal Roll of of Men who have become Non Effective Since the Regiment left New South Wales, up to the 1 May 1843, Cawnpore, 1843, manuscript in black ink on lined pale blue wove paper, 2 bifolia, written on 6 sides in a neat clerical hand, manuscript column rules, a couple of small nicks and stains, folio (34 x 20.5 cm) Roll of deaths in the 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot from April 1841 to May 1843, listing each soldier's regiment number, name and rank, and date, cause and location of death. The regiment travelled to Australia in the 1830s on prisoner escort duty. They embarked for Bengal at Sydney in January 1841, and were initially stationed at Chinsurah and Fort William before a difficult journey to Cawnpore in July 1842. In late 1843 they fought in the Gwalior Campaign. Their time in India was blighted by cholera, which accounts for the overwhelming majority of the 280 or so deaths listed. (1)

Manuscript - Ge'ez. Liturgical manuscript, Ethiopia, 19th century, manuscript in black and red ink on vellum, 76 leaves (13.5 x 10 cm), collates i4 ii-ix8 (i2-3 being stubs), illustration of an Ethiopian cross to ix4 verso, v2 vellum torn and re-stitched at an early date (possibly prior to binding), stretch-hole in x8, contemporary 'Coptic' binding of wooden boards sewn on four double-cords, bottom two cords detached from rear board, contemporary leather carry-case, worn (1)

*Early Printing. A collection of mostly early printed leaves, 15th & 16th century, including a leaf from 'Sermones Dominicales Super Epistolas' by Thomas Ebendorfer, printed by Heinrich Knoblochtzer, Strasbourg, 1478, rubricated in red, framed and glazed, a leaf from 'Sermones Dicupili' by Johannes Herolt, printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger, 1494, double column, rubricated in red, modern mount, a leaf from Nicolaus Perrotus, 1490, and from Robertus Caracciolus, 1495, three 16th-century printed leaves including a leaf from the Great Bible of 1549 (IV Kings, Folio LXXXIII), the two others with woodcuts, plus others similar, various sizes, plus a partly illuminated Latin manuscript on vellum, rubricated in red and blue with capital initials, possibly initials, 14th century, folio (11)

*Pictogram Letter. Two well-executed manuscript picture letters in brown ink on Bath writing paper, watermarked J Whatman Turkey Mill 1830, fine miniature detail, with paper maker's blindstamp to upper left of each sheet, each tipped-on to old album leaves, sheet size 25 x 19.5 cm (9.84 x 7.67 ins) (2)

Westminster Abbey Epitaphs. 'Epitaphs in Westminster Abbey. With translations of the Latin inscriptions into English', by Joseph Gibbs, circa 1750, 115 pages [2 index], manuscript on paper, neatly written in brown ink, in Latin and English with a little Hebrew and Greek, contents loose in contemporary marbled wrappers, 'Joseph Gibbs' inscribed to upper wrapper verso, a little wear, small 4to (20 x 16 cm) An attractive manuscript comprising transcriptions of over 120 epitaphs in Westminster Abbey, with English translations where required, with an emphasis on those of the 17th and 18th centuries, the latest apparently dating from 1748. Included are epitaphs for Samuel Butler, William Cavendish Duke of Newcastle, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Gay, Isaac Newton, and Matthew Prior. The compiler would seem to be the Joseph Gibbs whose name appears inside the upper wrapper; perhaps a relative of the influential architect James Gibbs (1682-1754), who designed several memorials in Westminster Abbey, including those of Dryden, Jonson and Prior. Joseph was evidently well educated, having no difficulty in providing translations from Latin and other languages. Provenance: Christopher Hogwood CBE (1941-2014). (1)

The Incarceration of John Youdan in Wakefield Gaol. A manuscript account written by John Youdan concerning his conviction for damaging the tombstone of his brother Thomas Youdan in Sheffield General Cemetery and his subsequent two months imprisonment in 1879, beginning with his description of the day and events when he had gone to the cemetery and chiselled off the words 'adopted daughter' from his late brother's tombstone, then following on to when he admitted the crime to the police of his own volition, then how he chose to go to prison for two months rather than pay a fine and giving a vivid and detailed account of his time in prison and the conditions and food he received, 'My reception at the prison, I was first rushed into a long, and very cold passage, to wait til further orders, after a considerable time, a voice is heard from the other end. "Come along, this way now, are you coming?" from the passage I was taken to a corridor, which is fitted up with little watch-box-like-stalls. I was ordered in a very gruff manner to enter one of them; and then a large skip was brought and placed before me, with the order to strip. "Now, take all your clothes off"... I was taken naked on the cold flags, barefoot, and put under a strong light to undergo a rigid examination, and a graphic portrait taken; during the airy performance on the cold flags, and standing up, it becomes rather sensational. He whirled me round, then back again, up and down with a keen eye he skirres me... Next a large rug was thrown over me, there conducted to another apartment and invited to take a bath...', 31 pages written to rectos only, one pen & ink and watercolour illustration of Youdan coat of arms, some browning, contemporary roan-backed boards, heavily rubbed, small 4to, plus six related family documents,three Victorian family bibles (Grimes), three early 20th-century family photographs, and a collection of over 30 naïve art works, mostly signed or initialled by John Hall Youdan, some dated 1850s/1870s, subjects including views and natural history, the majority watercolour on paper, plus 6 oils on canvas and board, various sizesThomas and John Youdan had three other brothers, one of whom was George who had a daughter called Harriet. For reasons unknown Harriet lived with Thomas and when he died he left his extensive estate to Harriet in 1877. Harriett decided to erect a monument to her uncle and benefactor, employing the inscription: 'Erected by his adopted daughter, Harriette Youdan', and it was this line that led her uncle John to chisel out the words 'adopted daughter'. Thomas Youdan was a theatre proprietor in Sheffield and is best known for sponsoring the Youdan Cup, the first ever competition in the history of association football. (approx. 50)

Aristotle. Organon [Greek title] ... Graece et Latina. Jul. Pacius recensuit, Frankfurt: heirs of Andreas Wechel, Claude de Marne and Jean Aubry, 1598, woodcut title device and text diagrams, contents toned, title page with short closed tear into first 3 lines, a large section of paper restoration not affecting text or device, various effaced contemporary inscriptions and later bookseller's ink-stamps, similar stamps and inscriptions to front pastedown, worm-track in gutter of last 2 leaves not affecting text, frequent contemporary annotations and underlining in red or black ink, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine title, yapp edges, slightly soiled, 8vo (16.5 x 11 cm) This edition not in Adams but cf. A1866-7. Giulio Pace's influential edition of the Organon was first published in 1584. (1)

Aristotle. [Omnia quae extant opera]. Secundem Volumen. Aristotelis Stagiritae de Rhetorica, et Poetica Libri, cum Averrois cordubensis in eosdem paraphrasibus: quorum numerum versa pagina monstrat, volume 2 only (of 11), Venice: Apud Juntas, 1550, [4],94 leaves, printer's woodcut device to title and contemporary manuscript inscription, double-column latin text, eratic pagination, woodcut device to final leaf (excised to lower blank margin), decorative woodcut initials, some worm trails and holes mostly to inner margins, light dampstaining and finger soiling, disbound with contemporary vellum covered upper board, wormed, slim folio Adams A1745. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. Provenance: Collection of Robert Lenkiewicz (1941-2002). (1)

Bible [English]. [The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages..., Imprinted at London: by the deputies of Christopher Barker, 1589], lacking general title, New Testament title and also lacking all after last leaf of Revelation 3Z10 (82 leaves 2A-K8 & 2L2, tables etc.), double-column black letter text, few decorative woodcut initials and tailpieces, bound with at front The Booke of Common Prayer, with the Psalter of Psalmes of David, of that translation which is appointed to be used in Churches, Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1589, title in red & black within decorative woodcut border, contemporary or early manuscript annotations at head & foot of title refering to variations in translations (appears to include the name 'Stappleton' within annotation), volume also heavily annotated throughout in contemporary hands consisting of detailed cross referencing within the Bible and with some lines of text underscored, with occasional tipped in manuscript notes written in various early hands, some dampstaining to few leaves and marginal fraying, some dust-soiling mostly light and occasional marks, 19th century endpapers (front free endpaper with early 19th century inscription and attached printed motto 'Semper Paratus' (leaf excised at upper quarter), joints split, late 18th/early 19th century reversed calf, rubbed and some wear, 4to Herbert 199; Darlow & Moule 153; STC 2150 & ESTC S1790. (1)

Binding. Itinerarium nobiliorum Italiae regionum, urbium, oppidorus, et locorum ... auctoribus Francisco Schotto, 2nd edition, Vicenza: Pietro Bertelli, 1610, 3 parts in 1 volume, folding map frontispiece, bound without the 5 folding plates, front inner hinge and frontispiece repaired, small worm-track in first gathering, just touching a couple of letters in the title page, shallow chip in fore edges of part 3 quire R, bound using a leaf from a [?]14th-century Latin manuscript in red and black ink on vellum with decorative initials, 8vo (14.5 x 9.5 cm) (1)

Burnet (Gilbert). History of His Own Time, 2 volumes, 1st edition, for Thomas Ward [volume 2: for the editor], 1724-34, hand-written annotation to volume 2 title verso recording the bequest of the manuscript to the Cotton library, as usual, title pages toned and slightly marked, occasional light marginal soilling, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and restored, worn, folio (2)

Chrysostom (John). In sanctum Iesu Christi evangelium secundum Matthaeum commentarii, diligenter ab Arrianorum faecibus purgati ... [part 2:] Commentarii, qui exstant in sacrosanctum Iesu Christi evangelium secundum Marcum et Lucam], Paris: Oudin Petit, 1553, 2 parts in 1 volume, woodcut title devices, decorative initials, spine lined with contemporary manuscript waste, contemporary ownership inscriptions, additional inscription verso sometime blotted out, pale damp-stain to first few leaves, contemporary French calf, rebacked retaining most of original spine, spine compartments and covers gilt-tooled, small 8vo, together with Oecumenius, & Arethas Enarrationes vetustissimorum theologorum, in Acta quidem Apostolorum et in omnes D. Pauli ac Catholicas epistolas ab Oecumenio in Apocalypsim vero, ab Aretha Caesarae Cappadociae episcopo magna cura collectae, Iohanne Hentenio interprete, Paris: J‚r“me and Denise de Marnef, 1547, woodcut title device and initials, damp-staining, endpapers renewed, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title, spine repaired, soiled, small 8vo, plus Valla (Lorenzo), Elegantiarum linguae Latinae libri sex, Venice: Giovanni Griffio, 1586, mild damp-staining towards front and rear, signatures 2X6-7 chipped at corner partially affecting shoulder-note in the latter, endpapers renewed, recent bookplate, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title, extremities restored, 8vo None of these editions in Adams. (3)

Corelli (Arcangelo). Twelve Sonatas for the Harpsichord or Organ, with accompaniments, Opera Prima/Opera Secunda, Printed for Harrison & Co., No. 18, Paternoster-Row, [1784], 55 pages and 30 pages respectively, engraved throughout, bound with Stanley (John), Ten Voluntaries for the Organ or Harpsichord, Opera V, VI & VII, printed for Harrison & Co., [1784], 28 pages, 24 pages and 27 pages respectively, engraved throughout, bound with Handel (George Frederic), Six Concertos for the Harpsichord or Organ, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Sets, printed for Harrison & Co., [1784], 29 pages, 39 pages and 33 pages respectively, engraved throughout, plus Six Fugues, or Voluntaries, for the Organ or Harpsichord. Composed by Mr. Handel, printed for Harrison & Co., [1784], 12 pages, engraved throughout, and Hook (James), A Favourite Concerto for the Harpsichord with 12 Variations to Lovely Nancy, printed for S. & A. Thompson, [1778], 15 pages, engraved throughout, all bound together in contemporary half reversed calf, manuscript list of contents to pastedown, worn to joints and edges, oblong folio (1)

Demosthenes. Orationes Olynthiacae tres, et quatuor Philippicae, Strasbourg: Theodosius Rihel, [1593], woodcut title device and initials, interleaved throughout, text and interleaves heavily annotated in Latin by a contemporary hand up to leaf D2, browning, occasional marginal damp-staining, edges dyed blue, later vellum blind-tooled with acorn devices, manuscript spine-title, slightly marked, ties gone, 8vo Adams D274. (1)

Henry VIII (King of England). Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, Lyon: Guillaume Rouill‚, 1561, woodcut architectonic title page, woodcut initials, faint tide-mark extending from bottom edges, stronger to endpapers, small ink-stain and two near-contemporary inscriptions to title page, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript spine-title, tawed deerskin ties, a few small marks, 4to (21 x 15.5 cm) Adams H250. First Lyon edition and the first with the lengthy polemical preface by clergyman Gabriel de Saconay, which provoked a satirical response by John Calvin. (1)

Holme (Randle). The Academy of Armory, or, a Storehouse of Armory and Blazon..., 1st edition, Chester: Printed for the Author, 1688, additional engraved title trimmed & torn to image and lined to verso, dedication leaf lined with archival tissue and repaired, letterpress title with early manuscript signature and markings, also repaired to lower and inner margin, numerous full-page engraved illustrations of armorial symbols etc., 3 plates on two leaves, few tears and some repairs mostly to fore-edge margins, some dust-soiling, marks and dampstaining, modern quarter calf, folio Wing H2513. The work is partly an explanation of heraldic symbols, but also an encyclopedia of the 17th century world, with the illustrations depicting not only heraldic symbols, but also trades and pursuits etc. including candle making, brick laying, weaving, tapestry making, baking, painting, falconry, playing billiards, chess and tennis. Randle Holmes (1627-1700) was one of the first Freemasons in Chester, and the volume contains a reference to Freemasonry in Book III chapter 9 (page 393, leaf Ddd) which has the following text "I cannot but honor the Felloship of the Masons because of its Antiquity; and the more, as being a member of that Society, called Free-masons: In being conversant amongst them I have observed the use of these severall Tools following, some whereof I have seen born in coats Armour". The work was intended to consist of four books, each focusing on different aspects of heraldry, but following the printing of the thirteenth chapter of the third book Holme was unable to print the rest of his work even though he had as stated in his passage to the reader following the final chapter completed the manuscript. This manuscript is held at the British Library. The rest of book 3 and book 4 were published in 1905 by the Roxburghe Club. (1)

Iamblichus (Chalcidensis). Iamblichus de mysteriis Aegyptiorum, Chaldaeorum, Assyriorum. Proclus in Platonicum Alcibiadem de Anima, atque Daemone. Idem de Sacrificio & Magia. Porphyrius de Diuinis atq; daemonib. Psellus de Daemonibus. Mercurii Trismegisti Pimander. Eiusdem Asclepius, [Translated by Marcilio Ficino], [Lyon?]: Apud J. Tornaesium, 1607, printer's woodcut device to title, imprint date with one numeral rubbed out, woodcut portrait roundell to verso of final leaf, bound with Julio Obsecuente, Julii Obsequentis Prodigiorum liber, ab urbe condita usque ad Augustum Caesarem, historiarum beneficio..., Lyon: Apud Joan. Tornaesium, 1589, printer's woodcut device to title and illustrations to letterpress, light toning and occasional spotting throughout, later front free endpaper, front pastedown & rear free endpaper with manuscript notes (front pastedown relaid), lower hinge repaired, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, small 8vo (1)

Prudentius (Aurelius Clemens). Theodori Pulmanni Cranenburgii, et Victoris Giselini opera, ex fide decem librorum manuscriptorum, emendatus, et in eum, eisudem Victoris Giselini commentarius, Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1564, 2 parts in 1 volume, woodcut title devices, spotting and browning, frequent tissue-repairs to fore edges, affecting text in some 20 leaves, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript spine-title, yapp edges, lacking ties, small 8vo, together with Virgil, [Opera] cum veterum omnium commentariis et selectis recentiorum notis, nova editio, [Leiden:] Abraham Commelin, 1646, engraved title (with small hole), endpapers renewed, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, rear board soiled, 4to, plus Davila (Arrigo Caterino), Historia della Guerre Civili di Francia, 1st edition, Venice: Tomaso Baglioni, 1630, lacking signatures a1 (probably blank), 3Y1 and [3Z]1-2 (index and errata leaves), title page repaired, browning, spotting and damp-staining, contemporary vellum, repaired, 4to, and Horace, L'opere, comentate da Giovanni Fabrini da Fighine, in linguae vulgare Toscana ... 2nd edition, corrected, Venice: Giovanni Battista, Marchio Sessa, and brothers, 1573, lacking leaf 3B1, light browning, occasional marginal damp-staining, effaced contemporary ownership inscriptions to title page, endpapers renewed, contemporary vellum, soiled, 4to, and 1 other Adams P2186 for Prudentius, cf. H948 for a later edition of Fabrini's Horace; the second work is the influential variorum edition of Virgil by Dutch scholar Cornelis Schrevel. (5)

Tasso (Torquato). Apologia in difesa della sua Gierusalemme liberata. Con alcune altre opere, 1st edition, Ferrara: Giulio Cesare Cagnacini, et Fratelli, 1585, woodcut title device and initials, occasional browning, short closed tears in lower margins of A6 and C5, edges dyed blue, later vellum, a few minor marks, 8vo, together with Tasso (Bernardo), Le lettere ... di nuovo ristampate, rivedute e corrette con molta diligenza, Venice: Giovanni de Picchi e Fratelli, 1578 woodcut title device and initials, small hole to title page and signature 1 affecting a few letters, mild damp-staining to final quire (2N), contemporary limp vellum, worn and restored, contemporary manuscript title and decoration to spine and front cover in brown ink, 8vo Adams T225 and BM STC Italian 1465-1600 p. 660 for the Apologia; this edition of the Lettere not in Adams or BM Italian but with the same collation as Adams T215. (2)

Valerius Maximus. De factorum dictionumque memorabilium exemplis libri novem, cura et diligentia recogniti, una cum Henrichi Loriti Glareani, in eundum Valerium Max. Annotationibus, nunc primum in lucem editis, Basel: Henricus Petri, 1562, complete with the register leaf, woodcut device to title page and final leaf verso, woodcut initials, signature 2b5 restored to partial loss of a few letters verso, very occasional faint damp-staining to margins, tiny worm-hole in final 30 leaves, sometimes touching a letter, a few other minor marks, slightly later German ownership inscription to title page, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, later manuscript spine-title, soiled overall, remains of metal clasps, 8vo, together with Stapleton (Thomas), Promptuarium morale super evangelia dominicalia totius anni ... pars hyemalis, Lyon: Jean-Baptiste Buysson, 1593, volume 1 only (of 2), some light spotting, contemporary and later inscriptions and ink-stamps to title page (including ink-stamp of Buxheim monastery, Germany), pastedowns abraded to reveal lining of contemporary printed binder's waste, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, decorative panel-stamps in blind to boards, outer frames showing the Four Evangelists enclosing an inner icon of the Annunciation to the front board and the baptism of Jesus to the rear, rubbed overall, ties gone, 8vo Second edition of Valerius Maximus to contain Glarean's Annotationes, which first appeared in 1553 and are considered 'a watershed in the Renaissance commentary tradition' (Crab, Exemplary Reading, Printed Renaissance Commentaries on Valerius Maximus (1470-1600), p. 173. (2)

Numismatics Catalogue of the Entire Pembroke Collection of Greek, Roman, English, Scotch, Irish, and Foreign Mediaeval Coins and Medals, as published in 1746, 4to, under the following title: "Numismata Antiqua, in tres partes divisa..., " which will be sold by Auction by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & Co., on Monday, 31st of July, 1848, and eleven following days..., [1848], red ruled throughout, with manuscript entries of purchasers names and hammer prices, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, joints and extremities rubbed, 8vo, together with Burn (Jacob Henry), A Descriptive Catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern, and Coffee-House Tokens current in the Seventeenth Century; Presented to the Corporation Library by Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy..., 2nd edition, 1855, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, hinges repaired, original cloth, joints cracked, 8vo, plus two others The Pembroke Collection was one of the most important art collections in Britain of the 17th century, formed by Thomas Howard, 8th Earl of Pembroke (1656-1733). In 1746 Numismata Pembrochiana was published, consisting solely of over 300 plates. It is attributed to Nicola Haym, author of Il Tesoro Britannico (1719-20), an account of the previously unknown ancient coins in English collections, including that of Pembroke. The Pembroke collection was later offered to the British Museum who declined on grounds of cost. The collection was subsequently broken up at the Sothebys auction sale of 1848, where a number of items were consequently acquired by the British Museum. (4)

Copley (Esther). The Little Cowslip Gatherers; or, What a Penny Will Do, by Esther Hewlett, 1st edition, William Darton, [1824], engraved presentation leaf (inscribed in contemporary manuscript from 'M Cox' and frontispiece (latter lightly offset to title), and two engraved plates (with imprint dated 1824), engraved advertisement leaf at end, first three leaves and endpaper detached, latter with contemporary ownership signature, rear hinge split, original red roan-backed marbled boards, rubbed, corners showing, 12mo in 6s, together with Aikin, J. and Barbauld, Mrs.) Evenings at Home; or, The Juvenile Budget Opened: consisting of A Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons, 8th edition, 6 volumes, printed for J. Johnson, 1809, sprinkled edges, original green vellum-backed marbled boards, with printed paper spine labels, very slightly rubbed in one or two places, and volume 2 with a small indentation on rear cover, 12mo in 6s, plus other small-format antiquarian children's books similar, some defective Darton H270(I). (22)

Manuscript  -  Yorkshire.  Catalogue  of  16th-  and 17th-century legal documents relating mainly to towns and villages in the West and North Ridings, circa  1750,manuscript in black ink on laid paper, written in a neat clerical hand,  248  numbered  pages  and  initial  3-page index (unnumbered), numerous blanks to rear, various watermarks including cipher 'G R' surmounted by crown, browning,   occasional   marginalia   dated   between   1757  and  1771, a few ink-splashes  and  other  marks,  edges  untrimmed,  contemporary  calf-backed marbled  boards,  worn, folio (33 x 20.5 cm)Manuscript catalogue of documents including  indentures,  title deeds, wills, marriage articles and settlements, chancery  proceedings,  and  other  legal transactions, bearing on land use in locations  including  Temple  Newsam, Swillington, Altofts, Wakefield, Sheriff Hutton,  Leeds,  Birdsall,  Halifax,  and the lost village of Thorp Stapleton. Many  of  the  documents  relate  to  notorious  landowner  Sir  Arthur Ingram (1565-1642).(1)

Somner (William). The Antiquities of Canterbury. Or a Survey of that Ancient Citie, with the Suburbs, and Cathedrall. Containing principally matters of Antiquity in them all..., 1st edition, 1640, large woodcut arms to verso of title, double-page engraved map of Canterbury (with short closed-tear to lower blank margin), and two folding engraved plates (both with repaired closed-tears), errata leaf present at end, title with early manuscript signature of Guillim Bremley(?) & inscription, some dampstaining mostly to initial leaves, bookplate of George Gipps to upper pastedown, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine, later morocco title label, 4to STC22918. (1)

Hine (Henry George, illustrator). The Remarkable History of the House that Jack Built, Splendidly Illustrated and Magnificently Illuminated by the Son of a Genius, Grant & Griffiths, 1st edition, [1854], ff.12, hand-coloured lithographs throughout incorporating text, some minor marginal dust-soiling and spotting, front free endpaper becoming detached and with manuscript inscription dated 1855, original gilt-printed green wrappers, somewhat rubbed and creased, spine with slight loss and old sewn repair, oblong 4to, together with a manuscript postcard from Peter Opie dated 22 November 76 loosely inserted, stating that the book is no. 408 in the Opie 'Three Centuries Catalogue' and probably the first issue Rare: COPAC lists the British Library copy only; not in Osborne or Gumuchian. (1)

Manuscript exercise book. A mathematics work book, written by Mary Cook, 1773, written in a fine copperplate hand (light strike-through in places), calligraphic title-page to each part, neatly written sums and mathematical exercises, final few pages with later lists of names and amounts, dated 1786-1805 (probably in same hand), a few possibly blank leaves torn out at rear (one partially), front free endpaper with large calligraphic name and date, front pastedown with later ink ownership name, original vellum, both covers a little bowed and marked, small 4to The book describes mathematical processes such as addition and multiplication, with numerous examples and exercises for each. Many tables of weights and measures are neatly written out, such as Apothecaries-weight, Troy-weight, Wine-measure, and Pence-tables. Example exercises include 'A Milliners Bill' and 'A Milkmaids Bill' and in the Subtraction section is the mathematical question: 'King Charles the Martyr, was beheaded in the year 1648; how many years is it since.' with the answer worked out as 125. (1)

Miniature book. Petit Souvenir Journalier 1870, Paris, [1870], almanack printed in blue, a number of leaves torn out, some manuscript notes in pencil at front and rear, mentioning Watersmeet and Lynton in Devon, burgundy moirÚ silk endpapers, incorporating pocket at front and pencil loop at rear, rear pastedown with gilt stamp of Auguste Klein, Rue des Capucines, original engraved brass-edged binding, lightly rubbed, front cover with silver-plated relief of a courting couple in 17th century dress, rear cover of brown morocco, brass clasp, 80 x 60mm (3.25 x 2.25ins) Auguste Klein of Vienna had a shop on the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris, one of the Grand Boulevards which formed the Golden Triangle with Boulevard des Italiens and Rue de la Paix. This area of Paris, with its hotels and shops, was at the centre of fashionable society, and people flocked to shops such as Klein's prestigious establishment with its extraordinary array of wares. Apparently, in 1868, the Boulevard des Capucines was traversed by 23,000 horses daily. Auguste Klein was part of the Aesthetic Movement, and his pieces are both uncommon and sought after. (1)

Manuscript paper doll book. The History of Little Fanny exemplified in a series of figures, A new Edition, circa 1860s, 14pp. manuscript, including title-page, paper watermarked 1856, with seven cut-out watercolour paper doll figures loosely inserted (no interchangeable head present), front free endpaper with ownership name of J.M. Hobart on verso, front pastedown with paper pocket for figures composed of three flaps decorated with pen & ink border, original card wrappers, with red border to covers, upper cover decorated in watercolour with calligraphic title within floral border, toned, dust-soiled, and a little rubbed, 13.5 x 10.5cm (5.25 x 4ins) 'The History of Little Fanny' was first published by S. & J. Fuller in 1810. This manuscript copy is charmingly executed, with all seven figures present. An accompanying later manuscript note states: 'Hobart family stayed at Hythe were [sic] this book came from. (Note) Edward VII was a personal friend of the Hobart family.' (1)

*Paper dolls. A head and shoulders portrait of a lady with thirteen costume overlays, circa 1830, pen, ink, and watercolour bust portrait of a young lady, facing front, blank margins slightly soiled, and thirteen similar watercolours, some heightened with gold, all upper body costume illustrations with cut-out face, designed to be superimposed on the portrait, each captioned beneath image in contemporary manuscript, blank margins slightly soiled, each 15 x 11.5cm (6 x 4.5ins), loosely contained in unrelated board and cloth portfolio case, upper cover with pictorial lithographed label 'The Family Coach, A Merry Round Game, William Spooner 379 Strand', 12 x 16cm (4.75 x 6.25ins) Manuscript titles as follows: 'Costume de Cherbourg'; 'Servante de Salamangne'; Costume de Mayorque'; 'Costume of the Isle of Syra'; 'Costume Russe'; 'Costume Suisse'; 'Costume Albanese'; 'Donna di Parga'; 'A Greek of Constantinople'; 'Suisse'; 'Costume Parisien - 1829'; 'Costume de Valence'; '1827'. (1)

*Hall (Roger, born 1914). Portrait of a young girl, gouache and watercolour on artist's board, head and shoulders portrait of a smiling young woman wearing a yellow v-neck sweater, and with a blue alice band in her bobbed fair hair, signed to right of image and on verso, 50 x 45cm (19.75 x 16ins), together with three other portraits of young women similar, all signed, 51.5 x 45.5cm (20.5 x 18cm) and smaller, plus five other paintings, including one of a small boy drinking from a milk bottle with a straw, and one of a French soldier and desert battle scene, plus a scrap book of mounted printed book covers designed by Roger Hall (mostly for Corgi Books), with a manuscript list loosely inserted, plus two paintings and three large colour prints with signature Henry W. Hall The artist's real name was Henry, but he was always known as Roger. (15)

*Manuscript. Five Little Pigs, circa 1883, 21pp. calligraphic manuscript in sepia ink, with six full-page pen, ink and watercolour illustrations, and numerous sepia line drawings, some full-page, watermarked Whatman 1883, sheet size approximately 22 x 28cm (8.75 x 11.25ins), together with a watercolour sketch for one of the illustrations loosely inserted, loosely contained in original wrappers with watercolour illustration on front cover, edge-frayed, spotted and slightly dusty, oblong 4to, together with The Legend of the Black Forest, late 19th century, calligraphic title-page and 7ff. calligraphic manuscript mounted on thick card leaves, with a number of blank leaves following, each leaf with decorative initials and border, some illuminated, in the style of a grotesque medieval manuscript, featuring bizarre creatures with elements of both the human and animal, some spotting and marks, image size approximately 21 x 13.5cm (8.25 x 5.25ins), leaf size 29 x 21.5cm (11.5 x 8.5ins), cream moirÚ endpapers (marked), upper hinge split, original gilt decorated dark green morocco, titled on upper cover, extremities rubbed, joints slightly splitting at ends, small folio, plus another late 19th century manuscript entitled The Orvieto Potsherds, A Legend of Urbs Vetus, 1891, comprising 37pp., written in a neat hand in black ink, rough-trimmed, stitching broken and page block loose in original wrappers, with watercolour title and vignettes on upper cover, some soiling and edge-wear, slim 4to (3)

Morris (Rev. F.O.). A History of British Birds, six volumes, 1st edition, 1851 - 1857, title page to each volume, 358 coloured engraved plates (complete as lists), variable spotting, a couple of plates with minor traces of adhesion, together with A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1853 - 1856, 225 chromolithographed plates, intermittent spotting, both first volumes with armorial bookplate of Lewis Fry, matching contemporary vellum gilt, soiled with occasional minor marks, calf labels on darkened spines, rubbed in places, both final volumes with 'Index' in ink manuscript on spine, 8vo (9)

Jonson (Ben). The Masque of Queenes, with the Designs of Inigo Jones, limited edition, The King's Printers, 1930, 8 sepia plates, 40 pages of manuscript facsimile, endpapers toned, trace of bookplate to front pastedown, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original red vellum gilt, extremities very slightly rubbed, folio, number 21 of 188 copies for sale in the British Empire, together with Old School Press, Palladio's Homes, limited edition, [Bath:] Old School Press, 2009, coloured linocut frontispiece and text illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, cloth porfolio, folio, number 53 of 170 copies signed by the illustrator and editors, plus Golden Cockerel Press, Maxims and Considerations of Chamfort, translated, with an Introduction, by E. Powys Mathers, 2 volumes, limited edition, Waltham St Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1926, vignette title devices, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, original japon-backed boards, volume 2 front board partially sunned, 8vo, number 341 of 550 copies, and Nonesuch Press, Memoires for my Grand-son by John Evelyn, transcribed and furnished with a Preface and Notes by Geoffrey Keynes, Oxford: Nonesuch Press, 1926, largely unopened, original limp vellum, 12mo, number 578 of 1250 copies Ex libris Christopher Hogwood CBE (1941-2014). (5)

Penmiel Press Eleven Chinese Proverbs, Drawings by Clarke Hutton, limited edition, Esher: Penmiel Press, 1975, printed on varicoloured hand-made paper, 12 illustrations by Clarke Hutton, bookplate of Clinton E. Geiser to front pastedown (see note), original patterned paper boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt-lettered morocco label to front, slipcase (small hole in spine panel), 8vo, number 31 of 50 copies only, signed by Clarke Hutton and printer Edward Burrett, together with Hutton (Clarke), Original artwork for 'On Luck', Chinese Proverb number 2 in the Penmiel Press Eleven Chinese Proverbs, 1975 ink on wove paper (19.5 x 13 cm), signed and dated by the artist in pencil, mounted, framed and glazed, original manuscript title and caption to mount, original typescript label on reverse Provenance: from the collection of Anglo-Swiss financier Clinton E. Geiser (d. 2010), who was a neighbour of Edward Burrett's in New Road, Esher Surrey, where Burrett ran the Penmiel Press; thence by descent to the present owner. (2)

[Speed, Lancelot]. A Sojourn in the Highlands. With over two hundred illustrations, [Edinburgh?]:[s.n.], 1885, mounted photograph portrait frontispiece of Mary Bignold (some spotting & to tissue guard), pictorial title and numerous illustrations, contemporary manuscript signature and date to front free endpaper, original maroon cloth, gilt blocked antlers & initials M.B. to upper board, slightly faded to spine, 4to The letterpress dedication to the volume reads "To Mistress Bignold this book is gratefully inscribed by Lancelot Speed in memory of a happy sojourn in the Highlands." At the head of the title "1885. Achanalt, Ross-shire". Only two institutional locations found (National Library of Scotland & Durham University). (1)

*Cinema. A collection of approximately 400 black & white photograph cinema lobby stills, many with typed, printed or manuscript captions to verso, includes some later reprints, together with Projector slides, An extensive collection of over 400 slides of cinema lobby stills, and film production images, contained in slide projector drawers, accompanied by two detailed indexes volumes Actors featured in the cinema stills include Dirk Bogarde, Clark Gable, John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Stewart Granger, Burt Lancaster, Richard Burton, James Mason, Sidney Poitier, Peter O'Toole, Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Richard Harris, Henry Fonda, Bing Crosby, John Mills, Bob Hope, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, James Cagney, Clint Eastwood, Errol Flynn, Orson Welles, Martin Landau, Alec Guiness, Joan Collins, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Venessa Redgrave, Bette Davis, Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor, Olivia De Havilland, Eva Marie Saint, Margaret Rutherford & Juliet Mills etc. (a carton)

Ambler (Eric). Cause for Alarm, 1st edition, 1938, a little light spotting, manuscript numbers to rear pastedown, original cloth, spine faded, a couple of small indentations to board edges, light toning to extremities, dust jacket, some chipping to spine ends and folds, a little light soiling and stains, 8vo (1)

Heaney (Seamus). Night Drive, Richard Gilbertson, Bow, Crediton, Devon, 10 July 1970, original green wrappers, one or two light marks, upper wrapper lettered in gilt, 4to Limited edition 38/100, numbered, dated and signed by the poet, one of 25 copies with one of the poems in the book in the author's manuscript to the front endpaper, this copy with the manuscript poem 'Undine'. (1)

Hughes (Ted). The Cat and the Cuckoo, by Ted Hughes, with paintings by R.J. Lloyd, Sunstone Press, 1987, 29 colour plates, original blue cloth gilt in dust wrapper, with cloth slipcase, small 8vo, limited edition 30/250, signed by Hughes and Lloyd, together with Worms, 1982, printed broadside with monochrome illustration at head by R.J. Lloyd, and text of the poem by Ted Hughes below, signed in black ink by Hughes at foot, 38 x 19 cm, plus 3 facsimiles of manuscript poems by Ted Hughes (5)

*Fishing flies. Hardy Bros (Alnwick Ltd.), Trout Flies, circa 1950, seventy-three wet flies, dry flies and nymphs, mounted and displayed on a printed board, overall size 300 x 345 mm, framed and glazed, together with Hardy's Tube Flies, circa 1950, ten salmon flies mounted and displayed on a card back, title and the name of each fly in contemporary ink manuscript, overall size 290 x 340 mm, uniformly framed and glazed (2)

A collection of 20th century ephemera, including a manuscript of Picasso's play 'Desire Caught by the Tail', other play scripts, notebooks, diaries, Maori material, correspondence, political papers and a Jewish Survivors Report 'Terezin', dated 1946 (qty)

Brown, George Mackay, a collection of autograph and typescript items, comprising1) Autograph "Coal", 7pp. story of coal and Brother Julius at Newbattle Abbey, revised in pencil, with autograph note at top "shortened version instead of this"2) Autograph Addendum to STV script by Ian Grimble "The Holy Stones", 3pp., 4to, numerous corrections, additions and deletions, initialled and dated "GMB 18/19 May 1976"3) Autograph Under Brinkies Brae, dated 29-5-80, 2pp., 8vo, black biro, corrections in pencil, also marked "not published GMB" in pencil at head of page 1 [Draft, apparently not published, of one of his weekly contributions to The Orcadian 4) Typescript. Christmas Visitors, a Story, dated 18 Nov. 1982 (struck through), 8pp. including title, 4to, numerous pencil additions and corrections [First published in Christmas Stories, Perpetua Press, 1985]; 5) Typescript. "Dialogue", dated Stromness, 1975. Folio, 12pp., numerous corrections and additions in pencil, annotated "Corrected script" on title leaf; 6) Skatehorn the Tramp, 2pp., large 8vo, 35 lines of poetry, half scored through or deleted, initialled, undated [Possibly an ear early draft of part of The Horse Fair from The Wreck of the Archangel (1989); 7) Typescript. The Living Poet, 5 leaves 4to, partly scared through and with pencil notes [possibly script for broadcast, 1979], with note "In Voyages, 1983"; 8) Autograph Ballad of the Golden Bird. 12 leaves, large 8vo, black biro, undated, each leaf lightly scored through [Published as The Golden Bird: Two Golden Stories, John Murray, 1987; 9) Autograph A Spell for Green Corn - 1 [1961-62] The Maskers (a play), 21 leaves, 8vo, red, blue and black biro, corrected in pencil, note on verso of last leaf "Written 1965 ? 1966 ?", Cancelled (scored through), revised 17 - Dec. 1974" [First published Hogarth Press, 1970]; 10) Autograph Song for the Spring of Equinox. 12pp on 12mo notepaper, autograph manuscript, pencil and biro, signed 1/3/1996; 11) Typescript Keepers of the House, December 1976, 14 leaves, 4to, autograph corrections, note on title page "The Old Stile Press (1986), limited edition, working copy"; 12) Autograph Foreword: The Lordly Ones (Anthology of Stones, ed John Matthews) 1994, 2pp., 8vo, black ink, signed George Mackay Brown; 13) Typescript. The Third Magus. 9pp., 4to, dated October 1978, annotated in pencil including note "Not to be used" and "Working copy", [1st published in Andrina & other Stories, 1982); 14) Autograph Kirkwall: Conservation Area (Foreword), 4pp. 4to, initialled GMB March 1985, some pencil annotations; 15) Autograph Perilous Seas. A Dramatic Biography of John Gow the Pirate (1798-1725) in six parts. Signed and dated October 1954, parts 1 and 4-6 only, 113 pages, 8vo, pencil, red underlining of stage directions; 16) Autograph. 2 pp., 8vo, uncaptioned "Light and sea-noise and soil of Birsay", ink, corrections and additions in pencil; 17) Typescript. Magi I, 3pp., folio, torn in 4 and stapled back together, lacking 1 corner (with text), with photocopy of the poem written out in another hand; 18) Typescript The Third Magus, 9 pp., 4to, dated October 1978 at end, 1st page lightly scored through with pencilled note "Not to be published GMB"; 19) Autograph 2 manuscript leaves, one with notes of The Scotsman review of best books 1994, the 2nd a note on envelope verso: Maeshowe: Poster Poem for National Museum of Scotland, initialled "GMB 5-iii-96"; 20) Typescript "A Christmas Story", pp. 2-7, lacking page 1, pencil revision to last page.

Brown, George Mackay: manuscript notes and writingsPlay The Provider, April 1963, Bathgate. 17 manuscript pages of a play, with manuscript corrections; and a re-worked copy; and several manuscript leaves of notes and re-workings surrounding the play; Play Paper Shadow Play. 4 manuscript pages; Play The Island of Adam's Bright Children. 13 manuscript leaves with corrections, signed George Mackay Brown and dated September 1962; and an 18 leaf reworked version, with corrections; Play A Reel of Sea Blue Sins. 19 manuscript pp. with corrections, signed George Mackay Brown October 1962; Article for Country Homes and Interiors manuscript on 5 leaves, signed George Mackay Brown and dated 14th November 1994; Article on T.S. Eliot. 9 manuscript pp.; Poem A Landlady in Emmaus. 3 manuscript pp., dated Easter Monday 1989, signed; Poem The Guardians. 5 manuscript pp. of the poem with reworkings, signed George Mackay Brown 1976; Poem O My Green Home. 2 manuscript pp., seven stanzas with corrections; Story The Road to Emmaus. 5 manuscript pp., scored through with pencil; Television Script for Orkney Tapestry, 1980, notes on 8 manuscript pp.; Notebook containing 58pp. of manuscript notes, poems and prose; Typescript Two Horses, Rose and Terror. 25-27 June 1974, 15pp. with a few pencil corrections; and a collection of other small notes and scraps of writing

Cookery, including Howard, Mrs B.C.Fifty years in a Maryland Kitchen. Baltimore: Turnbull, 1873. 8vo, later half morocco, slightly dampstained, upper cover detached; Receipts for H.... Cookery... c. 1800, manuscript, 1800 and later, large 8vo, c. 100 pages, old vellum, worn; Manuscript "Receipt Book, Nov. 13th 1856 Charles Ellice Colonel, 24th Regt.", c.62 pp. watercolour sketch of Glean-na-quich as frontispiece, contemporary calf, rubbed, a few leaves loose; and another, similar, c.1899 (4)

Diary of a Voyage on R.M.S. Osterley, 1915-1916beginning Sunday September 26th 1915 leaving London and finishing Saturday April 29th 1916, travelling via many ports, including Naples, Port Said, Colombo, Wellington, Sydney and Brisbane, 175 manuscript pages written in pen and pencil, 22.5 x 17.5cm in a cloth bound notebookNote: The RMS Osterley was operated by the Orient Steam Navigation Co. Ltd for the UK - Australia route. During the First World War, it was used as an Australian troopship. However, passengers also seem to have been on board, including the writer of this journal. We do not learn the diarist's name, however she seems to be travelling with a 'Beth' and a 'Ruby'. The journal is entitled 'SS Brontes', possibly implying that three sisters are travelling together. Four small news-sheets entitled The "Osterley Keystone", aimed at the troops on board the ship, accompany the diary.

Ellice, Sir Charles (1823-88)Memoranda, chiefly printed, a few manuscript, relating to military matters, submitted to Sir Charles Ellice (1823-1888) as Adjutant-General, largely relating to British strategic interests in the near East, a small collection of autographed letters addressed to Ellice, chiefly on military matters, c. 1875-80

Family records, four bound volumes Buckworth, Theophilus 5 manuscript pages describing Buckworth's life and family from 1661-1736, in a contemporary vellum notebook 18.5 x 8cm; Buckworth, Elizabeth recycled book of the electoral register containing manuscript poems and prayers with some family notes, late 18th century; Seawell, Samuel General Transactions relating to the Estate and Effects of Samuel Seawell Esq... An Inventory of the Effects... by three of his Executors Theophilus Buckworth..., 23 bound manuscript pages dated 1778 in calf; Tulloch of Tannachie Notes Relative to the family of Tulloch of Tanachie [sic.]. 36 manuscript pages bound in 19th century purple morocco (4)Note: The notability of the Buckworths dates from a 17th century bishop, Theophilus Buckworth, a Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, and Bishop of Dromore. The Buckworths held land in Moulton near Spalding. Lincolnshire and migrated to Canada in the 19th century where they played a formative role in the iron industry.

Free Church League for Women's SuffrageCash book for the Lewisham & District branch, 1912-1918, 59 manuscript pp. (several pages from 1918 onwards removed), listing names of subscribers, donations, expenses for items such as 'Banner & making' and money donated by members to war relief efforts, the London School of Medicine for Women and the School for Mothers

Liturgical music manuscript bifolio on vellumBritish Isles, the initial page entitled February xlvii, 16th century or later with five staffs, 52.5 x 37.5cm in red and black

Seton of Mounie, and other Setons: a collection of family lettersOver 100 letters, many sent to Mrs Seton of Mounie, resident at 9 Brighton Place, Portobello, Edinburgh, and David Seton Esq., discussing family matters, including: Lugard, Sir Edward 8pp. letter, each page 20 x 12cm, writing to Alexander Seton from Jellalabad, 1842, he writes: "...nothing but the obstinate madness of our Chief keeps us here - inhaling putrid air, & contracting disease...Akbar Khan who is as clever a scoundrel as ever lived, is in my opinion is merely awaiting us until the day for going (possibility) to Caubul..."; [Idem] a leaf of manuscript text Private Memoirs for furnishing Guards and Escorts, ascending to the latest orders on those subjects and a letter in another hand to Alexander Seton, dated 1847; HMS Birkenhead - Napier, W. 7 pp. letter, each page 18 x 11cm, dated 1852, from William Napier to David Seton, relating to the death of Colonel Alexander Seton in the wreck of the HMS Birkenhead in 1852; and several other similar letters; and a large collection of others, many notices of marriages and deaths, the majority in franked addressed envelopesNote: An interesting collection of letters, the most notable story told throughout the correspondence being that of Colonel Alexander Seton (1814-1852). in 1832, Alexander Seton joined the 21st (Royal North British) Fusiliers, and headed to India in 1842. Lugard's letter from Afghanistan speaks of a longing to head back to India and rejoin Seton. In 1851, after a spell in Ireland, Alexander Seton was appointed to command the drafts of soldiers heading for the Cape of Good Hope. He was dispatched on the doomed ship. the HMS Birkenhead. On 26th February 1852, the ship struck a rock and began to sink. Seton calmly organised all women and children on the ship into the lifeboats, but the boats could not take the men onboard. Alexander Seton went down with the ship, and has subsequently been seen as a hero, commemorated in poems such as Sir Francis Doyle's The Loss of the Birkenhead. The collection not only includes letters to Alexander's brother, David, and his mother, honouring his memory, but also letters from Alexander whilst sailing. One such letter of the 5th January 1852 is written to his mother: "The Birkenhead has not yet arrived...I hear good accounts of her in every way...I never felt leaving you so much before..." and letter of 29th January 1852 from Sierra Leone, describes the scenery and people. Alongside important letters regarding marriages, deaths and correspondence from family, it appeared Mrs Seton kept these final letters safe, as a memorial of her son.

Ornithology - [Wild Bird Protection Act] - The Farne Islands, a large archive, comprisingDocument of agreement of Dean and Chapter Office Durham to sell the Farne Islands to Ven. Archdeacon Thorp in 1853 for £404; Grant of the Reversion of Monk House & the Farne Islands from the Dean & Chapter of Durham to the Venerable Charles Thorp, 1861, with hand-drawn map; Lease of Inner Farne Islands, from J.F. Thorp to Mr John Ralph Carr-Ellison, 1881, on vellum; Indenture between Archdeacon Thorp and The Corporation of the Trinity House, of hereditaments and rights of way in the Great Farne Island, 1861, with hand-coloured plan; Lease of the Outer Farne Islands by Mrs J.F. Thorp to Mr John Ralph Carr-Ellison, on vellum, 3 Dec. 1881; Farne Island Association Notebook of Meetings of the Association to take the Farne Islands on lease for 6 years ending 1887, hand-coloured plan tipped in (torn without loss); Large quantity of Ephemeral Printed information of The Farne Islands Association, c. 1880-31; Original manuscript draft of the Rules, 1881, Notebooks, Account books, Lists of Members, Byelaws, Rules, Receipts & Expenditures, Manuscript notes & letters, Printed and typed reports, including information on the breeding season of young Arctic and Common Terns, Sandwich Terns, Eider Ducks, Puffins, Guillemots, Roeseate Terns, Razor Bills, Cormorants & Common Gulls; Architect's drawing of Prior Castell's Tower, Inner Farne Island, 1949; Northumberland Count Monument. 4pp typescript report on the Farne IslandsAdamson, Charles Murray Studies of Birds, Newcastle, 1881, oblong 8vo, inscribed "H.A. Poynter Esq, with the Donor's kind regards", lithographed plates (2 annotated in pencil), original pictorial wrappers; Quantity of correspondence from members of the Thorp family relating to the Farne Islands, including their transfer to the National Trust, c. 1925, including letters from Viscount Grey of Fallodon; Hand drawn plan relating to proposed improvements to the Inner Farne Lighthouse, a quantity of lithographed maps and plans of the Islands (many duplicates); [Wild Birds Protection Act] Motions & correspondence made to extend the period in which wild birds may not be killed as prohibited by the Wild Birds Protection Act of 1880; Correspondence, & reports of Indictments of people caught stealing eggs "Unless some steps are speedily taken to prevent it the interesting breeding station of the Eider Duck, the Sandwich Tern and of various other species of shore breeding birds at present existing on the Farne Islands is in great danger of being annihilated... I at once obtained permission to place a watcher on the Islands & I hope was instrumental in stopping the egging to a great extent as well as in bringing about the prosecution which later on followed the wholesale infringement of the provisions of the Wild Birds Protection Act" (Hugh Barclay, Colney Hall, Norwich, 1887); "The birds are taken by fishermen in thick, foggy weather, and very often at midnight..." (24/10.1887), report stating "I have often had more trouble in the day time with ornithologists and naturalists to prevent them from taking eggs than ever I had with fishermen... this last breeding season, up to 16th June, I could safely say there would not be less than 50,000 eggs taken from the Islands", extensive correspondence with members of the Farne Island Association, some relating to ornithology Morres, Rev. Arthur P. Amongst the Birds on the Farne Islands. Salisbury, [1896], 8vo, original wrappers dust-soiled; c. 200-300 items in all, some a little dusty, in a 19th century wooden chestFootnote: A large collection of material, manuscript and printed, relating to the Farne Islands, and the Farne Island Association, which was set up in 1880 by ornithologists and naturalists to protect the eggs and birds of the Farne Islands.The Farne Islands are first recorded in 651, when they became home to Saint Aidan, followed by Saint Cuthbert who died there in 687. Among other acts, Saint Cuthbert introduced special laws in 676 protecting the eider duck, and other seabirds nesting on the islands; these are thought to be the earliest bird protection laws anywhere in the world. St. Cuthbert befriended the nesting birds and eider ducks which to this day are still known locally as ‘St. Cuthbert’s chicks'.Following the dissolution of the monastic cell on the islands, the islands became the property of the Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral, who leased them to various tenants. In 1861 the islands were sold to Charles Thorp, who was at the time Archdeacon of Durham. In 1894 the Outer Farne Islands were bought by the industrialist William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, and in 1926 the Inner and Outer Farne Islands were purchased for The National Trust by public subscription.A total of 290 bird species have been recorded on the Farnes including, in the 1760s, an example of the now extinct great auk. The Farnes are home to more than 20 different bird species, including Puffins, Eider Ducks, Guillemots, Razorbills, and four species of Tern. The noise is deafening with up to 150,000 birds crammed onto the Islands at the height of the breeding season. Inner Farne is the largest of the Farne Islands and during the Summer it becomes home to many thousands of nesting seabirds. Arctic terns are a familiar visitor, flitting between the North and South Poles, and stopping off in the Farne Islands during the Summer. There is also a large colony of about 3,000 grey seals, the largest meat eating mammal in the UK.Provenance: Via the Thorp family, owners of the Farne Islands in the late 19th century.

Eck, Johann vonHomiliarum sive Sermonum doctissimi viri Ioh. Eckii adversum quoscun[que] nostre temporis haereticos, super Evangelia de tempore ab Adventu usque ad Pascha. [Cologne : Eucharius Cervicornus], 1534, Mense Martio; 8vo, Volume 1 (of 2), [8], 703, full-page woodcut on p.523, woodcuts in the text, contemporary blindstamped vellum over wooden boards, rebacked retaining original spine, new endpapers retaining one original endpaper with manuscript annotation and bookplate of Georgius Kloss M.D., Frankofurti ad Moenum, [this edition not in USTC], title with ownership deleted, some early mss. annotations

An Islamic illuminated manuscript page, depicting a lone man being attacked by wild animals, 20 x 14cm (with loss lower right); together with one other depicting hunting scene, 23 x 16.5cm (2)

OBSERVATIONS ON THE POPULAR ANTIQUITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN BY JOHN BRAND in three volumes, 1848 and 1849, published by Henry G. Bohn, London, Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript, in three volumes edited by John W. Wales, published by N. Trubner & Co, London, 1867 in decorative bindings (6) Provenance: The Harrison Family, Helensburgh

Asia.- Caspian Sea.- Fries (Lorenz) Tabula VII Asiae, Ptolemaic map of Central Asia, woodcut on laid paper with watermark of an encircled anchor with heart [cf. Briquet 585, datable to 1530s and earlier], sheet 380 x 470 mm. (15 x 18 1/2 in), Latin text verso with woodcut border decorations, central vertical fold with early manuscript stub verso, fold with minor discolouration, surface dirt and finger-soiling, small damp-stain in the the left and right borders, not affecting the map, handling creases, unframed, [Strasbourg, 1535].

Sicily and Sardinia.- Fries (Lorenz) Tabula VII Euro, Ptolemaic map of Sicily and Sardinia based upon Waldseemüller's map of 1513, woodcut on laid paper with watermark of an encircled anchor with heart [cf. Briquet 585, datable to 1530s and earlier], sheet 380 x 480 mm. (15 x 18 7/8 in), Latin text verso with woodcut border decorations, central vertical fold with early manuscript stub verso, two small nicks to fold, some surface dirt and finger-soiling, small damp-stain in the the left and right borders, not affecting the map, rough edges, unframed, [Strasbourg, 1535].

Sri Lanka.- Fries (Lorenz) [Tabula XII Asiae], Ptolemaic map of Sri Lanka with part of the Indian coast, woodcut on laid paper with watermark of an encircled anchor with heart [cf. Briquet 585, datable to 1530s and earlier], sheet 380 x 470 mm. (15 x 18 1/2 in), Latin text verso with woodcut border decorations, central vertical fold with early manuscript stub verso, small nicks and splitting to fold with faint discolouration, surface dirt and finger-soiling, small damp-stain in the the left and right borders, not affecting the map, handling creases, unframed, [Strasbourg, 1535].

Switzerland.- Fries (Lorenz) [Tabu. Nova Helvetiae], Ptolemaic map of Switzerland oriented with north at the bottom of the sheet, printed without banner title found on the 1525 edition, woodcut on laid paper with watermark of an encircled anchor with heart [cf. Briquet 585, datable to 1530s and earlier], sheet 380 x 470 mm. (15 x 18 1/2 in), Latin text verso with woodcut border decorations, central vertical fold with early manuscript stub verso, fold with minor discolouration, surface dirt and finger-soiling, rough edges with nicks and tears, the lower corners with some minor loss, all outside the map, handling creases, unframed, [Strasbourg, 1535].

Turkey.- Fries (Lorenz) Tabu Asiae Minoris, Ptolemaic map of Turkey, woodcut on laid paper with watermark of an encircled anchor with heart [cf. Briquet 585, datable to 1530s and earlier], sheet 380 x 470 mm. (15 x 18 1/2 in), Latin text verso with woodcut border decorations, central vertical fold with early manuscript stub verso, small nicks to fold with faint discolouration, surface dirt and finger-soiling, small damp-stain in the the left and right borders, not affecting the map, with small loss to edges, unframed, [Strasbourg, 1535].

Persia - A Leaf From An Illuminated Safavid Koran Circa 1575 A.D. -Arabic manuscript on paper, has 12 lines of text to the page in black strong hand naskhi script with full vowels and diacritical signs, gold ruled borders, surah headings in white ornamental ruja´ script on a gold ground within illuminated panels, blue centered gold roundels mark the 5th and 10th verses and marginal. annotations in gold and red, size 4¾" × 7