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A framed 18/19th Indian watercolour on paper with manuscript Frame 28cm x 37cm

Advertising - an important set of four Victorian folio albums, enclosing printed samples of cotton labels, for various Chinese, Indian and domestic haberdashery and sewing tapes, the labels predominantly in colour and some pictorial, etc., some inscribed manuscript to some endpapers, late 19th century/early 20th century, [4]

Antique Miniature Persian Manuscript Depicting The sultan With His Court, Arabic Script To The Verso, Probably A Page From A Book, Mounted - Unframed, 11 x 7.5 Inches Excluding Mount

An Execution Respite Manuscript For Ann Jones a Prisoner in Newgate, signed Sydney to the Sherriff's of London and Middlesex, dated 4th May 1785.

Botany.- Stanton (F. M.) [Album of Watercolour Botanical Drawings], 20 watercolour paintings of flowers on thick wove paper, each mounted in an album, manuscript list of contents tipped in, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, preserved in a drop-back box, folio, c.1818-28.⁂ The flowers include roses, dahlias, peonies, the Aztec lily, Persian pearl tulip and the Camellia Japonica.

India.- Anonymous (late 19th century) Sketch of the Fort and Citadel of Beejapoor [Bijapur], manuscript plan with references below, and two sheets with 4 pp. of 'Descriptions of Buildings in Bejapoor and other objects of intrerest', pen and black ink, the map on wove paper, 365 x 325 mm. (14 3/8 x 12 3/4 in), the manuscript descriptions on laid paper with watermark date '1878', several folds and handling creases, minor spotting and surface dirt, loose, unframed, [circa 1870-80s].⁂ The citadel and fort at Bijapur was completed by the Adilshahi Sultans in 1566. The novelist and Indian clerk Philip Meadows Taylor (1808-1876) described the site in 1866 as having "palaces, arches, tombs, cisterns, gateways, minarets, ...all carved from the rich basalt rock of the locality, garlanded by creepers, broken and disjointed by peepul trees, each in its turn is a gem of art and the whole a treasury."

Horses.- Experienced Jocky (The), Compleat Horseman; or Gentlemans Delight, only edition, folding engraved plate (short tear but no loss), with the final blank, contemporary ink manuscript notes of remedies to front free endpapers, light soiling and browning, one or two ink spots (causing small hole to K10), K6 shaved with loss of a few letters, contemporary sheep, worn, spine defective, [Wing E3878], 12mo, for Will. Whitwood, 1684.⁂ Rare pocket guide for horsemen concerning breeding, racing, hunting, ailments and treatments etc., with sections on cattle, sheep and swine at end. ESTC lists 3 copies in UK (BL & 2 copies in Cambridge) and 5 in America.

Fitzhugh Pedigree Roll, manuscript on vellum, on 3 membranes (first membrane detached), 18 hand-painted coats of arms, numerous family members in green roundels, browned, small tear at end of roll not affecting large coat of arms, Phillipps manuscript 26561, 207 x 22cm., [c. 1620].⁂ Commences with Acaris Fitzbardolph, a principal tenant of Count Stephen, of Ravensworth, c. 1130, and ends with Thomas Fitzhugh, married to Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Lord Cromwell, c. 1620.

Northamptonshire, Pytchley.- [Notes by a lawyer on the will & funeral expenses of Mrs. Alice Downes], manuscript in Secretary hand, 37pp. excluding blanks, bound in the remains of a 17th century vellum document, stitched, yellowed, slightly creased, sm. 4to, 1657-59.⁂ Pytchley, three miles south west of Kettering; home to the Pytchley Hunt.

Great Plague of London and medical and cookery recipes.- Syford (Mary, b. 1635, married 27th June 1659, fl. 1635-65) Medical and cookery recipes, manuscript in several hands, 166pp. (including pastedowns), inscribed "Mary Syford her Booke" on front pastedown, reverse entries (later inscription dated 1750), browned, a few ff. slightly soiled and stained, contemporary calf, blind-stamped double borders, corners and edges slightly worn, upper joint split, remains of paper label on spine, 150 x 96mm., 1665 & [17th century].⁂ "what peopl dyed of ye plague in ye several weekes in ye year of ye Lord: 1665... august y 27 6102."An outstanding recipe book with two recipes against the plague and a page devoted to the amount of deaths by plague in the year 1665, probably taken from the published Bills of Mortality, used by Captain Graunt and Sir William Petty in their statistical work. Recipes include: "For the thooth ache"; "The felon plaistir or for any green wound"; "Mr. Scarlets receit for ye: green sickness"; "an eye water my Grandfather Gooddiers receit"; "A Plauge water"; "a plaister to caus a woman to go out her turn with child... B. Fox"; "my Lady Kiligrues medecin for a sore brest"; "Docter burgesses receit against the plague"; "Mr Loss of dorchester his receipt to make chinah broth good for a consumption"; "The Irish aquavitae"; "To preserve cheries"; "To preserve red roses"; "To make iely of pippins" etc.

Cookery recipes.- [Collection of recipes], manuscript, 80½pp. & 2pp. of index excluding blanks, in several hands, reverse entries, some staining in corners, half of 1f. cut away, browned, pencil signature on pastedown "Dora Brabazon Rees", hinges split, original roan, worn, remains of brass catches on covers, rebacked in later cloth, sm. 4to, n.d. [c. 1680-1720].⁂ Recipes include: "To drie pears without Suger"; "To preserve Barberries"; "To make Rasberie Wine"; "To salte beefe to Drye"; "For mince Pies"; "To make Orange Florentine"; "To make Wiggs..."; "To make Puff past" etc.

Early 18th century poetry.- Bagg (Thomas, Quaker, of Bridport, Dorset, 1681-1727) Inamarato [Poems], autograph manuscript, 178pp., some ff. loose or working loose, margins stained, browned, original vellum, soiled and creased, lacks clasps, some edges frayed, tall 8vo, 1703-16.⁂ The religious outlook of an early Quaker.The poems are mostly devotional. Bagg has signed his name at the foot of one poem and dated others. Bagg has also identified himself in a poem, Accrosticks on page 2 and initials at the tail of the first page. Other accrostics include A L[ette]r to a ffriend, "Much could I write Dear Sister unto thee", giving the names Mary Willett (her name occurs again in another poem) & T. Bagg; Epitaph, "Ever be sober tho in zeal thou dwell", spelling Elizabeth Osborne; "A frame of curious phrases I could write", making Anne Fream; "Be vigalent for Truth while time doth last", makes Benjamin happle of Dorchester"; the poem Of Jerusalem , giving "Sarah Seymer of Marnhull" (G.R. Stanton in his note at the beginning identifies Melior Seymer as Bagg's wife). And on a poem starting "O Sion must I now Lament of thy Grieff", gives "On my beloved and much lamented Uncle Daniel Tylor Deceased."Titles of poems include: Vivifying Meditations ; Writer in a Circle ; Humility ; Tender Breathings ; Of Jerusalem ; On Eternitie ; Upon the Loss of a good ffriend ; Cautionary Warning ; On Mary Effectial Love by Way of Elegy on a good ffr[ie]nd Deceased ; On the Vanity of the World ; An Abstract of Tho Gwins & others Testimonies in Commemoration of an Dear ffriend John Potter ; In Memory of Tho Ellwood deceased ; An after Thought from America.Thomas Bagg was born in 1681, in Bridport, son of Thomas Bagg, who died in 1700. Thomas married in 1705 Melior Seymer of Marnhull. One of the poems identifies Daniel Tylor as Bagg's uncle, probably Daniel Taylor, the founder of a charity and Almshouses in Bridport.

Cookery Recipes.- [Collection of recipes], manuscript, 34pp. & 2pp. index, interleaved with blotting pp., browned, new endpapers, modern leather, 190 x 123mm., [18th century].⁂ Recipes including: "Jaunmangu"; "Madeira"; "To make Blammange"; "Sweet Puddings to Boil"; "Mince Pies"; "Biscuit Pudding"; "Raisin Wine" etc.

British Vice-Consul to Trieste.- Bynner (Henry, Vice-Consul, of Birmingham, 1773-1867) Letter Book, manuscript, slightly browned, 2 lithographed circular letters from the Foreign Office loosely inserted (1 signed by Canning), original half calf, worn, paper label on upper cover, 1818-26; Report on the Trade and Navigation of the Port of Trieste, in answer to a Set of Queries proposed by the... Lords of the Committee of His Majesty's Privy-Council for Trade, manuscript, title and 124pp. excluding blanks, pencil inscription on front free endpaper: "from the library of the late W Salt Brassington ex Chief Librarian Stratford upon Avon", original reversed calf, red and gilt morocco label on spine, 1833, folio (2). ⁂ "Trieste 14 October 1819 My Lord, I beg leave to transmit herewith enclosed a Bill of Lading of a Box containing Greek Manuscripts sent me by The Right Honble. The Earl of Guildford St. James's Place, London."

Americas.- Simcoe (John Graves).- First Nations.- Baker (Lt.-Col. Sir Edward, née Baker Littlehales, 1st Baronet ) Plan of the Province of Upper Canada with part of the Adjacent Countries, manuscript map, covering Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, title in cartouche upper right, with numerous contemporary annotations including 'Governor Simcoe's Route' for his exploratory tour of 1793, annotations listing Indian tribes, and with an asterisk location showing General "Mad" Anthony Wayne's 'The Battle of Fallen Timbers', amongst other details, pen and black ink, blue watercolour wash, annotations in brown ink, on laid paper without watermark, 255 x 375 mm. (10 x 14 ¾ in), central folds, light spotting and browning, [circa 1793] bound with Hearne (Samuel) A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean, undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage, &c. in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772, first edition, folding engraved map with routes supplied by hand in red, green and yellow, 8 engraved plates and plans, 6 folding, 2 double-page, with final advertisement/directions to binder leaf, wide margins, text with wormhole to lower margin, occasional light browning, one or two small stains, 2 small paper flaw holes to margin of 3I2, with loosely inserted hand-coloured engraved map of 'British Dominions of North America' (Henry Fisher, 1823), engraved bookplate of Sir Edward B.Baker, Bt., with the manuscript map of Simcoe expedition mounted on stub at end, handsome contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with red roan label, a little rubbed, small worn patches and scratches to lower cover, [Sabin 31181], 4to, for A.Strahan and T.Cadell, 1795.Provenance:Lt. Col. Sir Edward Baker (née Baker Littlehales), Ranston Library, Dorset⁂ Unique record of the exploratory tour undertaken by Simcoe and Baker from Niagara Falls to Detroit in 1793, and of the First Nations people of Canada and north America. Lt. Col. John Graves Simcoe (1752-1806) was commander of the Queen's Rangers in America during the Revolutionary War. Later, between the years 1791 and 1796, he served as the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada. Lt. Col. Sir Edward Baker (née Baker Littlehales, 1st Baronet, d.1825), of Ranston, Dorset, was the aide-de-camp to Lt. Col. Simcoe, and author of Journal...of an Exploratory Tour partly in sleighs but chiefly on foot, from Navy Hall, Niagara, to Detroit made in the months of February and March, A.D. 1793, by His Excellency Lieut. Governor Simcoe, published posthumously in Toronto in 1889. The work did not include a map.The manuscript map tipped into the present volume was produced by Baker in the 1790s, and contains details of the route taken by him and Lt. Col. Simcoe on his 'Exploratory Tour' in 1793. The map features numerous annotations, including details of the Ottowa River from Montreal "navigated by the North West Company in Canoes & Boats", and details of Native Indian settlements including 'Mohawks', 'St Regis Indians', 'Ottawa's Chippewa's', and 'Delaware's Miami's Indians' amongst others. It also locates the "Indian territory south of this marginal line towards the River Ohio [as] the scene of action between the western Indians and the army of the United States under General Wayne", the final battle of the Northwest Indian War, August 20, 1794.

Bristol.- Müller (William James, also spelt Muller, English landscape and figure painter, the best-known artist of the Bristol School, 1812-1845) [Tour of North Wales], c. 21pp. (1f. a fragment only, largely cut away) of autograph manuscript notes by Müller, documenting his 1833 tour of Wales, with one leaf featuring notes on Pandy's Mill [see subsequent lot], several small pen and ink sketches accompany other notes on the trip, including: how to make a mark in London as a painter, "I think if a person is any way desirous of covering art with any kind of eclat in London as an artist he should try to fix on some subject that the people should not easily forget it or him, now I think that a subject from nature is arguably as likely to attract notice as composition...", browned, loose, blue cloth boards, 8vo & v.s., 1832 & [1833]. ⁂ "I think nearly all things visable or invisable become beautiful to the human mind from certain associations." -Müller.Visits Aberystwyth, "Aberystwyth has a lovely beach... the Castle is a good object... what a glorious part of the creation", Tally llyn, "a sight of Cader Idris", Dolgelly, "Trois fynddlyn a wretched place", North Walls, Crickhowell, Redcliff etc. In 1833 Müller first exhibited at the Royal Academy and, in the same year, he twice visited Wales, the second time on a long walking tour with Samuel Jackson and John Skinner Prout." [Oxford DNB]. Müller later revisited Pandy Mill with his 1834 painting of the same subject, which is now in the Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives (acc. no. K810). [See also subsequent lot].

Blake (William) Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion, [one of 100 facsimiles], this copy number 12, 100 illustrated leaves, printed on rectos only, Maurice Hewlett's copy with his bookplate, contemporary straight-grain morocco, gilt, by F.Bedford, spine gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, with original pictorial blue wrappers numbered "12" in manuscript bound in (rear wrapper lightly creased), 4to, [John Pearson], [1877].⁂ Excellent facsimile of Blake's visionary work, reproduced from copy D (now at Harvard), one of only 5 copies produced by Blake of which one was hand-coloured. Maurice Hewlett (1861-1923), novelist, poet and essayist.

Johann Wilhelm, Herzog von Sachsen-ernestinische Linie. Corpus doctrinae Christianae. Das ist summa der Christlichen lere aus den schrifften der Propheten und Aposteln, edited by Martin Luther and others, title in red and black and with woodcut vignette, woodcut portrait within ornate border, woodcuts within text, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, lacking final blank, browned, marginal title laid down, later binding using a medieval manuscript, Jena, Donat Richtzenhan, 1571.

Terence (Publius) Comœdiæ, title in red and black, engraved illustrations, ex-library with label to front pastedown and occasional discreet ink-stamps, ink inscription, manuscript notes to title verso, contemporary Italian vellum, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Brunet V 723, Graesse VII 61], folio, Urbino, 1736.⁂ A superb Urbino production dedicated to Cardinal Albini, with the Italian translation by Forteguerri here printed for the first time. According to Graesse, the engravings in this edition are more accurate than those reproduced by Dacier in 1723.

Book of Hours.- Hours of the Virgin [Use of Rome] in Latin, preceded by a Calendar, Hours of the Cross and of the Holy Ghost, Mass of the Virgin and Gospel Sequences, and followed by the Penitential Psalms and Litany, and the Office of the Dead, miniature illuminated manuscript on vellum, 173 leaves (of 175, lacking one leaf after f.84 and final blank), gatherings of 6 or 8 leaves (xv complete in 7; miniatures added to gatherings), 13 lines in brown ink in a gothic liturgical hand, rubrics in reed, capitals touched in yellow, one-line initials alternately blue and gold with decorative penwork, 2-line initials in gold on grounds of red and blue with white tracery, 7 4-line initials with bar borders the full height of the page, 6 full-page miniatures with full floral borders and 6 large initials with full borders, later prayers in Italian on final leaves, some leaves rubbed and a little stained but generally in good condition with wide margins, 19th century red morocco, stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers, 12mo (81 x 55mm.), [Flanders, second quarter of 15th century]. ⁂ A charming and unusually small Flemish manuscript, the text block being only 42 x 28mm. The original instructions to the artist are written in Flemish beneath the miniatures. The subjects of the miniatures are:The CrucifixionPentecostA Priest saying Mass before a group of laityThe AnnunciationThe Last Trump with God in judgement and a mouth of hellThe Burial of the DeadProvenance: Edward Arnold (early 20th century bookplate); Sotheby's sale, December 8th, 1975

Middle Eastern ms.- Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad bin Isma'il bin Ibrahim al-Bukhari al-Jaufi (died A.H. 256/ A.D. 870) Al-Jami' al-Sahih, [vol.XX only], Arabic manuscript on paper, 76 leaves, approximately 14 lines written in maghribi script, significant words, sentences and headings picked out in red or blue ink throughout, margins ruled in red and blue, catchwords written in lower margins, illuminated headpiece incorporating the title Tafsir al-Qur'an at beginning, some ink side-notes with folded leaf extensions, contemporary brown morocco, stamped in blind, small split to flap, 4to, 217 x 154mm., North Africa (probably Morocco), 18th century.⁂ A compilation of the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad.

Middle Eastern ms.- Sharaf al-Din Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad bin Sa'id al-Dalasi al-Busiri al-Sanhaji (died A.H. 694/ A.D. 1296) Qasidat al-Burdah, Arabic and Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, 41 leaves plus 6 blanks, 4 lines, written in large naskhi script in black ink with interlinear Ottoman Turkish translation written in smaller divani script, some verses written within cartouches in outer margins, illuminated head-piece in blue, red, orange, pink and gold, illuminated roundels between verses, margins ruled in red and gold, catchwords in lower margins, contemporary calf, elaborately stamped in gilt, excellent condition, 8vo, 167 x 117mm., Ottoman Empire (probably Constantinople), [18th century].⁂ A charming manuscript of a celebrated poem in praise of the Prophet Muhammad with Ottoman Turkish translation, copied by the scribe Sayyid Faizullah Bakshafi.Provenance: Phillipps ms 21467. Inscription on front free endpaper "Al Bozda The gift of Colonel Hennett to Sir Thomas Phillipps Bart. 6 July 1868."

Middle Eastern ms.- Kamal al-Din Vahshi Baqfi (c.1532-83). Farhad u Shirin, Persian manuscript on paper, 20 leaves and 2 blanks, text written horizontally and diagonally in two central columns and in outer margins of each page in elegant shikasteh script in black ink, each line contained within a gilt cloudband, richly decorated with floral and vegetal motifs in gold throughout, loose within contemporary limp roan, stamped in gilt and red, a little rubbed and some wear to fore-edge of upper cover, 8vo, 162 x 115mm., Persia, c.1800.⁂ A lovely manuscript poem about the tragic love affair of the sculptor Farhad and the Armenian princess Shirin, written in the meter of Nizami's Khusrau u Shirin. The author was born in the agricultural town of Baqf and died in nearby Yazd. Provenance: late 19th century inscription "Capt Mignon 15" on first blank page.

Spanish Forger.- The Scourging of St. Barbara before the Prefect Martinianus, large miniature on a cutting from a 15th-century choirbook, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 230 x 193mm., light surface abrasions to surface with small losses of pigment and gold, window-mounted, [Paris], [c.1900].⁂ A fine example of a work by 'one of the most successful, skilful and prolific forgers of all time' (Manuscript Illumination in the Modern Age, 2001). Literature: Voekle L221.

Cecil (William, first Baron Burghley, royal minister, Lord Treasurer and member of the Court of Wards, 1520/21-98) Indenture lease granting on behalf of Queen Elizabeth land and tenements in the manor of Scroby [Scrooby, Nottinghamshire] to Richard Williamson, son of John Williamson, D.s. "William Burghley" and ?"Thomas Seckford", manuscript on vellum, small rust mark affecting three words, folds, slightly browned, 2 seal tags, lacks seals, 210 x 455mm., 6th July 1584.⁂ Thomas Seckford (1515/16-87), lawyer and administrator; of Great Bealings in Suffolk.

Elizabeth I (Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603) Letters Patent grant of six virgates of land in East Hendred (Berkshire, now Oxfordshire) to John Doe and John Wilson of Wantage, for the sum of £53 6s 8d, D., manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in Secretary hand, 74 lines, pen and ink and watercolour wash portrait of Elizabeth I within large initial "E", first line decorated roses, a crowned Tudor rose, a crowned fleur de lys etc., remains of Great Seal, in dark brown wax, broken in two, slightly chipped, attached with cords, first line some surface wear affecting text and decoration, 3 stains slightly affecting text (still legible), some soiling, mostly to edges, folds, some slight creasing, 715 x 880mm., Westminster, 30th April 1599; and another, a 19th century transcription in English of the above document, v.s., v.d. (2).⁂ Fine portrait of Elizabeth I.The land at East Hendred was previously in the possession of the Priory of the Holy Cross, Donnington, until dissolved in 1538. John Doe, or another member of his family may have had Catholic sympathies as one with that name was arrested with Edmund Campion and two other priests at Lyford Grange on 17 July 1581, near East Hendred. If this is so, Doe may have been briefly imprisoned and fined.

Civil War.- Devereux (Robert, third earl of Essex, parliamentarian army officer, 1591-1646) The Daily & Monthly Pay of the Officers of ye Army, and of the Traine of Artillery under the Command of his Excellency the Earle of Essex, manuscript accounts, 14pp., browned, original blank wrappers, stitched as issued, folio, 1642.⁂ Robert Devereux, son of the notorious second earl, beheaded by Queen Elizabeth I for treason. Devereux fought in the Low Countries during the years 1619-24, where he gained a reputation as a doughty but unsuccessful soldier. At the start of the Civil War Essex was put in charge of the parliamentary army and commanded it until 1645 through some triumphs and at least one disaster. As the war progressed, other commanders such as Fairfax and Cromwell came to the fore and eclipsed him. Rates of pay for various positions in the army: "The Lord Generall £10... Treasurer at Warre £2... The pay of the Officers of a Regiment of draggones... Collonel £1... Preacher £0. 4. 0. Chirugeon £0. 4. 0.... ."

Intelligence report on not allowing ships commissioned by Charles II to sell prizes in French ports during his exile.- Foster (Nicholas, Captain of the Phoenix Frigate) Intelligence report to Admiral Robert Sansum concerning ships commissioned by Charles II selling prizes in French ports, manuscript, 1p. with red wax seal, 240 x 180mm., "Phenix Frigitt", off the coast of France, 8th July 1654, "In pursuance of former orders wayted the past night for a gale to have gone over to the other side; but had now till sixe of the clock this morning at which time the Phenix: Pearle and Martin way'd and stoud over upon a winde to forth to the westward of Callis... . They stoud in and run ashore under their fortes; and att high watter having much help, got them of and into harbor where they now are, there was viz. The Ryall. Eagell. and a shallop with twoo guns; they have four shallops more aboard who soul is a hollander yesterday loaded with salts from Toulis [all is fish that cums to net with them] It suppose they have Charles his Commission as well as others", small tear where opened, folds, browned and soiled.⁂ An interesting letter concerning ships commissioned by the exiled Charles II operating off the coasts of France and Holland, and a potential source of disruption to the Commonwealth government. Sansum, Robert (c. 1626-1665), naval officer.

Royal Navy.- Statement of the Trading Fleets &c carried out safely since the Commencement of the War [& other convoy documents, including "Application for Convoy to the Mediterranean"], 4 pieces, manuscript, 17pp., ruled in red, Admiralty Office, 18th January 1794; and 3 other sets of Royal Navy Documents, comprising: "Baltic Convoys", 1793 and "West India Convoy", 1793 & documents relating to the right of search of foreign ships for British deserters, 1807, browned, folds, folio (14 pieces).⁂ First mentioned giving details of Royal Navy ships and the trade vessels under their protection ordered to sail to various destinations in Europe, Africa, and the West Indies between February and December 1793. The "Agamemnon", then under the command of Horatio Nelson, is mentioned with other ships as being directed by Lord Hood to protect a trade convoy from Gibraltar on 8 May. Several requests from William Wilberforce on behalf of the merchants of Leeds and Halifax are noted.

Heraldry.- Heard (Sir Isaac, herald, Garter Principal King of Arms, 1730-1822) & Thomas Lock, Clarenceux King of Arms, fl. 1784-1803) Grant of arms to Benjamin Vaughan, Captain in the Royal Artillery and licence to use the surname Marlow, Ds., manuscript on vellum, large watercolour coat of arms in left hand corner, 2 wax seals in black and gilt floral decorated metal skippets, slightly yellowed, preserved in a contemporary gilt stamped calf box lined with Dutch floral paper, rubbed, brass catches, 335 x 440mm., 1784.⁂ Benjamin Marlow (1715-95), naval officer; present at the Battle of Minorca commanded by the ill-fated Admiral Byng. Served variously in actions in North America and India.

Medical Botany.- Templeton (John, naturalist, 1766-1825).- Woodville (William) Medical Botany, parts 1-22 only (part 22 not complete), 296pp. only, first ?29pp. supplied in 74 pages of ?autograph manuscript and 11 watercolours by Templeton, 96 engraved plates (11 hand-coloured), title slightly foxed, 2 engraved plates and pp. 59-67 damp-stain in inner corners with small loss, slightly browned, new endpapers, modern half calf, gilt, covers rubbed, sm. 4to, for the Author, by James Phillips, 1790; sold not subject to return.⁂ Ink inscription on verso of title: "This book was formerly in the possession of the late Mr John Templeton, Cranmore Belfast, and the additional illustrations are from his journal." - ... 1885.

French/Spanish merchant's handbook, for use in Spanish Castile (prices converted into "Livres Castillanos"), manuscript in French, 357pp. including a few blanks, black ink borders, slightly browned, original vellum, slightly soiled and yellowed, edges chipped, ties, sm. 4to, [c. 1808].⁂ Includes formulaic invoices for buying foodstuffs, wines and liquors, and dry goods with costs, currency etc. Also indicates places to trade, including, Barcelona, Valencia, Alicante, Lisbon, United States, Hamburg, London etc.

Semaphore.- Description of a Telegraph [Semaphore]..., 3 pieces, comprising: (1). manuscript note describing Telegraph, 2½pp., folio, (2). manuscript card titled "Semaphore", 125 x 212mm., 2½pp., and (3). manuscript packet addressed to Earl Spencer, v.s., watermarked John Hall 1811; and 3 other pieces, v.s., v.d. (6).⁂ Portsmouth to Admiralty semaphore. In 1795 the navy decided to construct an optical telegraph system using a chain of signalling stations to enable the Admiralty in Whitehall to communicate with the naval base at Portsmouth on the south coast. At first a shutter technique devised by Sir George Murray was used but in 1822 the link was upgraded by Captain Sir Home Riggs Popham who chose semaphore instead. "Description of a Telegraph consisting only of three pieces of Wood by which Five Hundred thousand signals may be made. A full sized one has been finished by Mr Smart at Westminster Bridge where it may be seen. The arms were perfectly distinguishable on the Sydenham Hills, a distance of Five Miles." Addressed to "Earl Spencer KG", George Spencer, second Earl Spencer (1758-1834), First Lord of the Admiralty between 1794 and 1801.

Death of Princess Charlotte.- Gardiner (Lady Caroline & Sir Robert William, army officer and writer, equerry to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg on the prince's marriage to Princess Charlotte, daughter of George IV, of Melbourne Lodge, Claremont, 1781-1864) Diary, 10 vol., autograph manuscript entries, first 2 diaries by Lady Gardiner, the rest by Robert Gardiner, numerous pp., slightly browned, 1 vol. ff. working loose, original morocco wallet bindings (not uniform), 1 binding worn, 16mo, 1816-17, 20-21, 1823, 1829, 1831, 1837-38 & 1840.⁂ "November 1817. 2M. Prs not well several hours symptoms went off 3T. Prs ill 3 oclock morng. 4W. 9'oclock still born child 1/2 past two morning [Princess Charlotte died]."An account of Queen Victoria's Coronation: "June 28th 1838 Coronation at at half an hour before 1... Royal Salute at Sun Rise ¼before 4am... Carriage at Abbey 7½am... The Queen quits Buckingham Palace... 10 minutes past 10... Arrives at Westminster Abbey... Crowned Royal Salute and 20 guns 25 minutes to 2... ." - Gardiner. Other entries include: numerous mentions of Baron Stockmar (1787-1863), German physician and statesman, advisor to Prince Albert and Queen Victoria; "To town with P[rince Leopold] to Carlton House [home of the Prince Regent]; dining at Claremont and Marlborough House; opera and theatre at Covent Garden etc.

Northumberland Library.- Alnwick Public Library. Rules and Proceedings, manuscript in several hands, 117pp. excluding blanks, a few printed notices tipped-in, 1f. torn without loss, central fold, slightly browned, original reversed calf, red morocco label on upper cover, rubbed, corners and edges worn, front free endpapers and upper cover detached, lacks spine, folio, dated in text 1834-93; [Auction Catalogue]. Alnwick Library Catalogue of... Books for Sale... by Messrs. Richard Archbold & Son, copy of sale catalogue, printed catalogue with marked up with prices and names in manuscript, original printed wrappers, soiled, Alnwick, 1893; and a small quantity of other items, correspondence etc., Alnwick Public Library, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).

Indian Mutiny & Massacre at Cawnpore.- William Jonah Shepherd (civil servant) A Brief Account of the Outbreak at Cawnpore and the disasters which resulted therefrom to the Christian Community of the Station [&] Correspondence relative to the circumstance under which I resigned my appointment in the Commissariat Department, autograph manuscripts signed on titles and initialled in the text, first mentioned title and 59pp., second mentioned title and 31pp. & an ALs from ?J. Mathew tipped-in, bound in reverse, manuscript on blue paper, part of front free endpaper cut away, some ff. excised, some ff. working loose, some others with a few corner stains, 2 pencil drawings used as illustrations in the printed work, "The Battered Barracks" & "The Exterior of the house in which the massacre of the women & children took place", both inscribed: "copied by J Bennett, Calcutta, from a sketch taken at Cawnpore by Lieut. CW Crump in Augst. 1857", original half calf, manuscript label on upper cover, binding worn, covers with surface wear, corners and edges bumped and worn, lacks head of spine, chipped at tail, sm. 4to, 1857; and a defective copy of the printed work, "A Personal Narrative of the Outbreak and Massacre at Cawnpore", lacks title and other pp., signed presentation copy from the author to his son, dated 1886 at end, 8vo (2).⁂ An eye witness account of one of the bloodiest episodes of the Indian Mutiny."The native spies were first put to the sword, and after them the Gentlemen... and shot, thereafter the poor females were ordered to come out, but neither threats, nor persuasions, could induce them to do so... The troopers therefore brought musquets, and after firing a great many shots from the doors, windows &c rushed in, with swords and bayonets. Some of the helpless creatures in their agony fell down at the feet of their murderers, and begged them, in the most pitiful manner, to spare their lives, but to no purpose... in the midst of the most dreadful shrieks and crys of the victims. There were between 140 & 150 souls, including children... next morning it was found, on opening the doors, that some 10 or 15 females with a few of the children had managed to escape... by... hiding under the murdered bodies... a fresh order was therefore sent to murder these also; but the survivors... rushed out into the Compound, and seeing a well there, threw themselves into it... ."William Jonah Shepherd (1825-91), served in the army commissariat at the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny, and was one of the very few survivors of the siege of Cawnpore. As he was of mixed race, he volunteered to act as a spy and to open negotiations with Nana Sahib, the commander of the rebel forces at Cawnpore. Disguised as a native cook Shepherd was captured soon after leaving the entrenchment. He was tried and imprisoned for a term of three years with hard labour and shackled in irons. During this time he lost his entire family, "consisting of wife and a daughter [my infant daughter having died from a musquet shot in the head...] two nieces... a sister and her infant son, a brother... and two old ladies". He "was released by the European Troops on the morning of the 17th [July 1857]."Nana Sahib (1824-59), born as Dhondu Pant; Indian Peshwa of Maratha empire; led the rebellion in Cawnpore (Kanpur) during the 1857 uprising.

Irish Botany.- Richardson (S.E.) & A.W. Richardson. Album of botanical watercolours, 46 botanical watercolours (1 at end with tear), all but 2 initialled, most with manuscript captions, all laid down, some slight foxing, original half morocco, gilt, 2 morocco labels on spine, g.e., watercolours average size: 152 x 105mm., album sm. 4to, 1872-75.⁂ Places include: Knockbridge (County Louth), Moyallon (Portadown), Knocknamuckley, Drumlin etc.

Egypt & Europe.- Elliot (Madeleine Harriet Dagmar, daughter of Sir Charles Lister Ryan, of Ascot, wife of Arthur Elliot, MP, politician and journalist, second son of the third earl of Minto, 1846-1923, 1863-1906) Diaries, including journeys to Ismailia [Egypt], Touraine, Paris, Riviera, Florence, Durham, Rheims, Soissons, autograph manuscripts, 4 vol., together c. 130pp., numerous photographs, correspondence to her parents (also letters from Arthur Elliot) and botanical drawings loosely inserted, 1 vol. creased, original limp morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, 1888-1905; and another, an autograph manuscript of poetry, v.s., v.d. (5).⁂ The Elliot's were part of London society, socialising with Lady Churchill, Augustus Hare, Leslie Stephen, visiting Devonshire House, the library at Windsor Castle etc.Egypt. "The pyramids do not impress one with their marvellous size until one stands just underneath them & look up to see people scrambling about on the top looking like flies. Yesterday Arthur discovered some 50 or more of our soldiers who had come over for a treat chipping away stone from the neck of the Spinx [Sphinx]. He was perfectly furious with them, & managed to stop them, & has reported it to the Head of the Public Works in Cairo, whom he happens to know." - Madeleine Elliot's letter.

East and West Africa.- Church (Robert James, based in British East Africa and later Togoland, West Africa, colonial service, fl. 1896-1917) Journey of the Kibwezi Survey Party of the Uganda Railway from Mombasa to Kibwezi Aug & Septr. 1896, manuscript, 49pp., 8vo & folio, 1896; Collection of letters from Church and his wife to their daughters in England, numerous pp. & envelopes, 8vo & sm. 4to, Lamé & elsewhere, 1915-17, describing the journey to Africa, "... nearly all our ships are painted man of war colour. We had two trial shots with our gun soon after leaving home, and had several boat drills with our life saving waistcoats on", and various news from Africa, "... I have been repairing the Kluto bungalow... . It is up in the hills just beyond Misahöle & one of the highest spots in Togoland... . There are lovely streams with waterfalls up there. The gorges are full of little palm trees and beautiful ferns", and an unusual cross dressing dinner party, "... while talking before dinner I happened to say 'how funny everyone would look if the men changed clothes with the ladies'... . Mr Croom dressed up in Mrs. Croom's dress & she wore Mr. Croom's dress clothes... I had to borrow a dress from Mrs. Croom also as Mummies would not fit me. My clothes fitted her all right though. Mr. & Mrs. Rattray looked very well & she looked like a boy!", folds; and a small quantity of family photographs, v.s., v.d. (qty).⁂ First mentioned: "The Massai are a distinct race by themselves & do not belong to the Bantu or negro family! They are very superstitious & have great faith in medicine. About 3 years ago their chief or medicine man, called Mbatian, died, leaving two sons, the Elder Lanana, & the other son called Sendeyo. These two sons quarrelled as to who should succeed their father as chief of the tribe. Some of the Massai took the elder brothers part & some the younger. Consequently the tribe was split up into two parties which has considerably weakened them... ." - Church.

Chesterton (Gilbert Keith, writer and poet, 1874-1936) Archive of letters, drawings and other material sent to Enid Simon, comprising: (1). 15 poems (12 autograph poems & 3 typescript poems) (2). 4 letters (2 autograph letters signed, 1 typescript letter signed & 1 fragment of a typed letter signed) (3). 6 drawings (4 autograph caricatures, 1 autograph sketch, and 2 sheets with doodles and drawings by Simon), (5). 5 autograph notes and other material (2 autograph notes, 1 greeting signed, 1 typescript note and 1 typescript jeu d'esprit), (6). 7 pieces of printed material (1 broadside poem, programme for "Cinderella", 1919, Christmas cards or greetings from Gilbert and Frances Chesterton, 1 broadside poem, signed "F.C.", Christmas, 1917, 6 Christmas cards all with poems by "F.C.", 1920-24 & 1929) and 4 press cuttings relating to Chesterton, folds, browned, some creasing, v.s., Beaconsfield, v.d., [c. 1920s] (together c. 44 pieces).⁂ G.K. Chesterton's boisterous sense of fun.Includes:(1). Nursery Rhymes for Second Childhood, [title], autograph manuscript, 1p., pen and ink sketch of a donkey and a cat at a tea table [the donkey was modelled on the Chesterton's own donkey, Trotsky, named not after the Russian revolutionary but because he trotted fast].(2). Once when I lived at Overroads, [first line], autograph manuscript initialled "GKC", 20 lines, 2 pencil drawings one of a man in a slouch hat and the other a swell, 1p.(3). But if on some high day of doom, [first line], autograph manuscript initialled "GKC", 36 lines, 2pp.(4). Pasht: If you would know why all these Famous Cats, [first line], autograph manuscript initialled "GKC", sent as a New Year's greeting, with pencil drawing of of a group of cats, 1p.(5). Mink to me only with thine eyes, [first line], autograph manuscript, with pencil drawing of Enid brushing Chesterton's face with a feather duster, 1p.In 1909 the Chestertons moved to Beaconsfield, initially renting a newly built house in Grove Road called Overroads, before purchasing a plot of land across the road called Top Meadow where they built a house, designed by Walter Holden. Enid Simon must have been born in c. 1910 and would have grown up in Beaconsfield as a near neighbour of the Chestertons.

Elyot (Sir Thomas) The Boke named the Governour..., fifth edition, black letter, title with woodcut architectural border dated 1534 in the sill, this copy without colophon on verso of f.216 (blank) and with f.91 correctly numbered and f.103 numbered as 102, woodcut initials, contemporary and near contemporary ink signatures & inscriptions to head & verso of title, verso of final leaf and leaf of printer's waste bound as front free endpaper, including those of John Alyngton & Thomas Cutter and later Francis Winn dated 1686, marginalia in fine contemporary hand, later manuscript index of corrections bound in at rear, title soiled and with short tear to inner margin, free endpapers supplied from 15th century Latin illuminated manuscript on vellum, old calf, a little worn, rebacked and repaired, [STC 7639; cf. Pforzheimer 254 & PMM 61, first edition], 8vo, [?Thomas Berthelet], 1553.⁂ Influential work on moral philosophy and concerning the education of those destined to govern. It was first published in 1531 and there were several further editions throughout the 16th century. This is a curious copy, with the collation conforming to the Thomas Berthelet edition of 1553 but that includes a colophon on the verso of f.216 and f.91 is numbered 19; the variations in this copy are not noted in ESTC.

Bible, English. The Bible: That is, The Holy Scriptures, conteined in the Old and New Testament, 3 parts in 1, this issue with "Esther i.1:... seue/and twentie prouinces", double column, roman type, general title within decorative woodcut heart-shaped border(printed without imprint, supplied in manuscript as being 1598), woodcut maps and illustrations, lacks [*] 2 after general title, first part &6 corner torn away, lacks NT title, 3A2 small tear in margin, numerous other small tears, browned throughout, some soiling and ink marks, bound with an incomplete Book of Common Prayer at beginning and The Book of Psalmes, n.d. at end, contemporary morocco with a central arabesque ornament with 4 more corner ornaments on a field of powdered stars, worn, covers detached, 4to [Herbert 255], n.p., n.d. [c. 1630]; sold not subject to return.

Moravian Church in America.- Whitefield (George) An Expostulatory Letter, Addressed to Nicholas Lewis, Count Zinzendorff, and Lord Advocate of the Unitas Fratrum, first edition, loose, manuscript page nos. in corners, browned, disbound, [Sabin 103512], 8vo, G. Keith and J. Oswald, 1753.

Profligate whore.- Pilkington (Laetitia) The Celebrated Mrs. Pilkington's Jests, second edition, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, some light soiling, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Teerink 102 "I have not seen the first edition"; ESTC cites 9 locations], bookplate of J.O. Edwards, 12mo, for W. Nicoll, 1764.⁂ Considerably revised second edition of an important jest book, the first edition (1759) is known in only one copy, at the Bodleian. Mr. and Mrs. Pilkington were introduced to Swift's circle in the 1730s but Swift became disillusioned with them, saying "He proved the falsest rogue and she the most profligate whore in either kingdom." The frontispiece depicts Swift reading the manuscript of this work and the caption notes that this was one of only three occasions in his life when Swift is supposed to have laughed.

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln.- The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States of America, and the attempted Assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Frederick W. Seward, Assistant Secretary, on the Evening of the 14th of April, 1865, presentation copy from the United States Government to Tom Taylor, author of Our American Cousin (the played performed the evening of Lincoln's assassination) and author of an ode to Lincoln after his death in Punch, engraved portrait frontispiece, A.L.s. from Benjamin Moran, Secretary of the United States London Legation (Embassy) presenting the volume to Taylor bound in, along with a printed presentation leaf with manuscript insertions from the Department of State presenting the volume, some foxing or spotting, original half morocco, thick 4to, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1867.⁂ An outstanding association copy. Tom Taylor (1817-1880), English dramatist, and editor of Punch magazine.

Gill (Eric).- Saint John-of-the-Cross, Barefooted Carmelite. The Song of the Soul, translated by John O'Connor, number 8 of 150 copies signed by the artist, wood-engraved title-vignette and illustrations by Eric Gill, original buckram-backed batik boards, uncut, a little rubbed and faded, printed by the Chiswick Press for Francis Walterson, Capel-y-Ffin, Abergavenny, 1927 § Gill (Eric) From the Palestine Diary..., title very lightly soiled, spotting to endpapers, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, light damp-staining to spine, printed by Hague & Gill of High Wycombe for the Harvill Press, 1949, 4to & 12mo (2)⁂ An old typed note in the second item reads: "This edition, on hand-made paper, was printed by Hague & Gill at Pigotts in 1949 but never published. Some sets of sheets that survived were recently [corrected in manuscript to 'subsequently'] bound up by Sangorski & Sutcliffe".

NO RESERVE Ruscelli Girolamo - Atanagi Dionigi. Lettere di XIII Huomini illustri, nelle quali sono due libri di diversi altri auttori, et il fiore di quante belle lettere, che sin'hora si son vedute. In Venetia: Per Francesco Lorenzini da Turino, 1560. In-8° (mm 150x100). Pagine [24], 768. Segnatura: A8 a4 B-Ccc8. Marca xilografica al frontespizio. Testatina incisa su legno. Lievi tracce di polvere al frontespizio, qualche gora e lieve arrossatura. Legatura coeva in pergamena floscia, titoli manoscritti al dorso a tre nervi, tagli azzurri, fori per bindelle. Strappi e lacune al dorso. Nota forse di possesso cassata alla carta di guardia anteriore, firma di possesso al frontespizio, altra annotazione manoscritta alla carta di guardia posteriore. Raccolta curata da Dionigi Atanagi e Girolamo Ruscelli. Edit16 35717.SI AGGIUNGE: Pona Francesco. La Galeria delle donne celebri. In Venetia: appresso Alessandro Zatta, 1663. In-12° (mm 132x75). Pagine 210, [6]. Fregio xilografico al frontespizio, testatine e capilettera incisi su legno. Frontespizio restaurato, con fori di tarlo, arrossature e bruniture. Legatura coeva in pergamena floscia, titoli manoscritti al dorso (rinforzando in pergamena). Dorso scollato lungo le cerniere interne, aloni e qualche macchia ai piatti. Numeri manoscritti alla carta di guardia anteriore.Ruscelli Girolamo - Atanagi Dionigi. Lettere di XIII Huomini illustri... In Venetia: Per Francesco Lorenzini da Turino, 1560. 8° (150x100 mm).Collation: A8 a4 B-Ccc8. [24], 768 pages. Woodcut printer's device on the title page, woodcut headpiece. Slightly soiled title page, light foxing and waterstains. Contemporary limp vellum, spine with 3 raised bands, inked title; blu edges, traces of ties. Damages to the spine. Erased owner's inscription on the front flyleaf, another ownership inscription on the title page, manuscript note on the rear flyleaf. Collection edited by Dionigi Atanagi and Girolamo Ruscelli. Edit16 35717.ADDING: Pona Francesco. La Galeria delle donne celebri. In Venetia: appresso Alessandro Zatta, 1663. 12° (132x75 mm). 210, [6] pages. Woodcut on the title page, woodcut headpieces and initials. Restored title page, wormholes, foxing and browning. Contemporary limp vellum, inked title on the spine (reinforced with vellum. Joints cracked, spots and some stains on the covers. Manuscript numbers on the front flyleaf.

NO RESERVE Tonelli Francesco. Biblioteca bibliografica antica, e moderna; d'ogni classe, e d'ogni nazione. Raccolta da Francesco Tonelli... Tomo primo [-secondo]. In Guastalla: nella Regio-ducale stamperia di Salvatore Costa e compagno, 1782-1783.Due parti in un volume in-4° (mm 245x190). Pagine [16], 167, [1]; [8], 162, [2]. Fregio inciso in legno ai frontespizi, capilettera e testatine xilografici. Esemplare in barbe, piccola gora al margine inferiore dei fascicoli o-r del tomo secondo, mutila l'ultima carta bianca del tomo secondo. Legatura in cartonato coevo, carta decorata al dorso, titoli manoscritti su tassello cartaceo al dorso, legatura allentata con parziale distacco dei primi 10 fascicoli del tomo primo. Al contropiatto anteriore ex-libris Balsamo. Edizione originale di questo repertorio, vero e proprio dizionario bio-bibliografico, che pone il suo Autore - il giurista mantovano Francesco Tonelli - accanto ai grandi nomi che nel XVIII secolo si occuparono di bibliografia: Apostolo Zeno, Ireneo Affò, Girolamo Tiraboschi, Gaetano Poggiali. Tonelli Francesco. Biblioteca bibliografica antica, e moderna; d'ogni classe, e d'ogni nazione. Raccolta da Francesco Tonelli... Tomo primo [-secondo]. In Guastalla: nella Regio-ducale stamperia di Salvatore Costa e compagno, 1782-1783.Two parts in one volume, 4° (245x190 mm). [16], 167, [1]; [8], 162, [2] pages. Woodcut frieze at the title page, engraved initials and headpieces. Uncut, small waterstain at the lower margin of the quires o-r of the second part, lacking the last blank leaf. Contemporary cardboard, decorated paper at the spine, manuscript title on paper lettering piece at the spine, loose binding with the first 10 quires of the first volume partially detached. At the front pastedown ex-libris Balsamo. Original edition of this repertoire, a true bio-bibliographic dictionary, including its author - the Mantuan jurist Francesco Tonelli - among the great names that in the Eighteenth century became famous for their studies related to bibliography: Apostolo Zeno, Ireneo Affò, Girolamo Tiraboschi, Gaetano Poggiali.

NO RESERVE Varro Marcus Terentius. Pars librorum quattuor et viginti De lingua Latina. Ex bibliotheca Antonii Augustini. Romae: apud Vincentium Luchinum, 1557 (Al colophon:) Romae: apud Antonium Bladum impressorem Cameralem, 1557. In-8° (mm 150x102). Pagine [24], 211, [145]. Finalini xilografici. Macchie e arrossature al frontespizio, gora al margine e all'angolo superiore destro più visibile a partire dal fascicolo C, tracce di polvere su alcune carte. Legatura coeva in cartonato con dorso rinforzato in carta pergamena, titoli manoscritti al dorso. Angoli e bordi dei piatti leggermente abrasi. Note manoscritte alle cc. N1v e Gg2v. Edizione del De Lingua latina di Varrone curata dal vescovo spagnolo Antonio Agustín che fu giurista e teologo oltre a coltivare interessi storici, letterario-filologici e bibliofilo-bibliografici. Edit16 35852.Varro Marcus Terentius. Pars librorum quattuor et viginti De lingua Latina. Ex bibliotheca Antonii Augustini. Romae: apud Vincentium Luchinum, 1557 (Al colophon:) Romae: apud Antonium Bladum impressorem Cameralem, 1557. 8° (150x102 mm). [24], 211, [145] pages. Woodcut tailpieces. Spots and foxing at title page, waterstain at upper right margin and corner, more visible from quire C, some leaves soiled. Contemporary cardboards, reinforced spine with inked title. Corners and edges slightly scratched. Manuscript annotations on leaves N1v and Gg2v. De Lingua latina edited by the Spanish bishop Antonio Agustín, theologian and jurist, as well as interested in history, literature, philology and bibliography.

NO RESERVE Latuada Serviliano. Descrizione di Milano ornata con molti disegni in rame delle fabbriche più cospicue, che si trovano in questa metropoli... Tomo primo [-quinto]. In Milano: nella regio-ducal corte, a spese di Giuseppe Cairoli mercante di libri, 1737-1738.Quattro tomi (di 5, manca il quarto) in-8° (mm 180x110). I: Pagine [28], L, 336, [i.e. 346], manca carta [chi]1 con l'Istruzione a' legatori. Con 1 tavola calcografica in antiporta e 9 tavole incise su rame ripiegate fuori testo; II: Pagine xx, 348, con 10 tavole calcografiche ripiegate; III: xii [i.e. 10], 338 [i.e. 342], con 8 tavole calcografiche ripiegate (ICCU SBN ne censisce 7). Una tavola staccata; V: Pagine xvi, 448, con 11 tavole calcografiche ripiegate fuori testo. In tutti i tomi fregio xilografico al frontespizio e capilettera incisi su legno. In barbe. Diffuse tracce di polvere, arrossature e qualche gora, strappi e mende ai frontespizi dei tomi terzo e quinto. Brossure coeve in carta azzurra conservate entro legatura omogenea, anch'essa coeva o appena successiva, in mezzo marocchino con punte, carta marmorizzata ai piatti, titoli in oro su doppio tassello al dorso a 5 nervi. Abrasioni lungo le cerniere, staccato il dorso del Tomo primo. In ogni tomo, variamente apposto al contropiatto anteriore, alla carta di guardia o all'occhietto, ex libris 'Biblioteca Palazzi'; alla carta di guardia posteriore del Tomo Terzo firma di possesso a lapis 'Paolo Castiglioni'. Edizione originale, mancante del Tomo quarto, di questa celebre storia di Milano corredata da un ricco apparato iconografico inciso da Johann Georg Seiller su disegni di Gerolamo Ferroni. "Libro il più pregevole del diciottesimo secolo per la copiosità delle notizie, l'esattezza, i buoni riferimenti estetici e lo stile familiare e chiaro" (Villa, 36). Cicognara, 4242; Predari, 13; Fossati-Bellani II, 1938.Latuada Serviliano. Descrizione di Milano ornata con molti disegni in rame delle fabbriche più cospicue, che si trovano in questa metropoli... Tomo primo [-quinto]. In Milano: nella regio-ducal corte, a spese di Giuseppe Cairoli mercante di libri, 1737-1738. Four tomes (of 5, lacking the 4th), 8° (180x110 mm). I: [28], L, 336, [i.e. 346] pages, wanting fol. [chi]1. Engraved frontispiece and 9 folded plates out of text. II: xx, 348 pages, with 10 folded copperplates ; III: xii [i.e. 10], 338 [i.e. 342] pages, with 8 copperplates folded, one detached; V: xvi, 448 pages, with 11 folded copperplates out of text. Each volume introduced by a title-page with a woodcut decoration; woodcut initials. Uncut. Some leaves soiled, foxing and some waterstains and tears. Half morocco, marbled papers at the covers, gilt title on double lettering piece, spine with 5 raised bands. Preserved the original blue wrappers. Joints slightly cracked, spine of the first volume detached. At the beginning of each volume, ex libris 'Biblioteca Palazzi'; at the rear flyleaf of the third volume manuscript owner's inscription 'Paolo Castiglioni'. First edition, lacking the fourth tome, of this famous history of Milan, richly illustrated with the engravings by Johann Georg Seiller after the drawings by Gerolamo Ferroni. "Libro il più pregevole del diciottesimo secolo per la copiosità delle notizie, l'esattezza, i buoni riferimenti estetici e lo stile familiare e chiaro" (Villa, 36). Cicognara, 4242; Predari, 13; Fossati-Bellani II, 1938.

NO RESERVE Bonarelli Guidubaldo. Discorsi... In difesa del doppio amore della sua Celia. All'Illustrissimo, & Reverendissimo Signor Cardinale Spinola, della medesima Accademia dedicati. In Ancona: Appresso Marco Salvioni, 1612.In-4° (mm 189x148). Pagine [28], 221, manca l'ultima carta, bianca. Segnatura: [croce]-[2croce]4 3croce6 A-EE4. Frontespizio inquadrato da bordura incisa, iniziali ornate e fregi. Carattere corsivo. Lievi aloni e qualche brunitura, ma nel complesso ottima copia. Legatura in piena pergamena floscia coeva, con titolo manoscritto al dorso. Aloni e macchie ai piatti. Nota manoscritta al contropiatto anteriore, data '1612' vergata a mano al piatto anteriore. Rara edizione originale di questa interessante opera. Bonarelli, nato a Pesaro nel 1563 e morto a Fano nel 1608, scrisse a Ferrara, diventata dominio pontificio, le sue opere più importanti tra cui questi Discorsi nei quali - parlando dinnanzi ad una accolta di eleganti e graziose gentildonne e di cavalieri - nega tutta la tradizione dell'amore unico ed eterno ed invoca l'esperienza del sensi e dei sentimenti contro Aristotele, Platone e Petrarca. 4° (189x148 mm). [28], 221 pages. Collation: [croce]-[2croce]4 3croce6 A-EE4. Lacking the last blank leaf. Title-page within a woodcut frame. Woodcut initials and ornaments. Italic type. Light stains, some browning but a good copy. Contemporary limp vellum, inked title at the spine. Stains at the covers. Manuscript owner's inscription dated 1612 on the front cover. Rare first edition of these discourses addressed to ladies and gentlemen, in which the author denies the tradition of the eternal love in favor of the sensory experience.

NO RESERVE Medicina. Lotto di 9 opereIl lotto comprende:Puccinotti Francesco. Opere complete edite ed inedite... Volume primo [-secondo]. Napoli: presso Agostino Pellerano, 1858. Due volumi (di 5) in-8° (mm 255x165). Pagine XIX, [1], 523, [1]; 723, [1]. Qualche arrossatura. Legatura omogenea coeva in mezza pelle, percallina decorata ai piatti, titoli in oro al dorso, tagli spruzzati in blu. Abrasioni ai bordi dei piatti. Nota manoscritta alla carta di guardia posteriore del primo volume.I due volumi possono considerarsi comunque completi a sè, perchè gli altri 3 del progetto editoriale contengono un altro scritto di Puccinotti, la Storia della medicina, mentre questi - come dall'occhietto - le Opere di medicina clinica e le Opere di medicina civile. SI AGGIUNGE: Skoda Josef. Trattato di percussione e d' ascoltazione... tradotto dalla quarta edizione dell'originale tedesco con la versione dal francese delle note ed osservazioni critiche... supplito... dal professore Pietro Perrone Napoli: tipografia di Federico Vitale, 1855. In-8° (mm 170x105). Pagine 413, [3]. Leggere bruniture e arrossature. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle, percallina decorata ai piatti, titoli in oro al dorso, contropiatti e sguardie in carta azzurra. Abrasioni. SI AGGIUNGE: Bouchardat Apollinaire. Nuovo formolario magistrale preceduto da una notizia sopra gli spedali di Parigi... seguito da un sunto sulle acque minerali... versione italiana del dr. Sebastiano Reyes sulla ottava ed ultima edizione di Parigi aggiuntovi un cenno sulle acque minerali di Sicila del traduttore. Palermo: presso i fratelli Pedone Lauriel, 1857. In-8° (mm 175x115). Pagine 636, [2]. Arrossature, tracce di polvere. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle, percallina decorata ai piatti ricoperta con carta, titoli in oro al dorso, tagli spruzzati. Abrasioni ai piatti, carta con strappi al piatto anteriore. Annotazioni manoscritte alla carta di guardia e al contropiatto posteriori. SI AGGIUNGE: Maggiorani Carlo. Ragguaglio di un triennio di clinica medica nella regia università di Palermo... Palermo: stabilimento tipografico di Francesco Lao, 1866. In-4° (mm 255x170). Pagine 211, [1], XXXIII, [7], con IX tavole cromolitografiche in fine. Lievi arrossature e bruniture. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle, percallina decorata ai piatti, titoli in oro al dorso. Abrasioni. Nel volume si conserva una cartolina postale vidimata e manoscritta. SI AGGIUNGE: Càssola Filippo. Dizionario di farmacia generale... Napoli: dalla stamperia e cartiera del Fibreno, 1836. In-8° (mm 220x135). Pagine XII, 570, [2]. Arrossature, qualche pagina brunita, gore marginali. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle, carta marmorizzata ai piatti, titoli in oro al dorso. Abrasioni ai piatti, strappi alla cuffia di piede, piatti un po' allentati. Vari fogli manoscritti conservati nel volume, al dorso monogramma in oro 'FDR'. SI AGGIUNGE: Rostan Leon. Corso di medicina clinica in cui sono esposti i principii della medicina organica o Trattato elementare di diagnosi di pronostico e d'indicazioni terapeutiche... Seconda edizione italiana eseguita su l'ultima dell'Autore. Volume unico. Napoli: presso Vincenzo Puzziello, 1841. In-8° (mm 225x140). Pagine 591, [1]. Arrossature, lieve ossidazione dello specchio di stampa. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle con punte, carta marmorizzata ai piatti, titoli in oro al dorso. Abrasioni ai piatti. Vari fogli manoscritti conservati nel volume, al dorso monogramma in oro 'FDR'. SI AGGIUNGE: Vidal Auguste-Thoedore. Trattato delle malattie veneree... versione italiana con note e giunte del dottor F. L. Alberti eseguita su la terza edizione francese. Napoli: presso Agostino Pellerano, 1860. In-8° (mm 225x145). Pagine [4], VIII, 536, [4], con VI tavole colorate e numerate in fine. Arrossature. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle, percallina verde ai piatti, titoli in oro al dorso. Abrasioni. Alcune epistole manoscritte conservate nel volume.SI AGGIUNGE: Bellini Ranieri. Elementi d'ematologia considerata in rapporto alla fisiologia, alla patologia, alla terapeutica ed alla tossicologia. Napoli: dalla tipografia di G. Palma, 1854. In-8° (mm 210x135). Pagine 239, [1]. Arrossature. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle, percallina decorata ai piatti, titoli in oro al dorso. Abrasioni agli angoli dei piatti. SI AGGIUNGE: Hope James. Trattato delle malattie del cuore e dei vasi maggiori... traduzione dall'inglese del dottore Francesco Airoldi fatta sulla terza ed ultima edizione di Londra corretta ed ampliata dall'autore e corredata di tavole. Milano: presso Ernesto Oliva, 1856. In-8° (mm 225x140). Pagine XVI, 482, [2], con [8] tavole litografiche in fine. Lievi arrossature e qualche pagina brunita. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle, percallina decorata ai piatti, titoli in oro al dorso. Abrasioni ai bordi dei piatti. Conservata nel volume un'immagine xilografica di S. Lucia. Medicine. Lot of 9 worksThe lot contains:Puccinotti Francesco. Opere complete edite ed inedite... Volume primo [-secondo]. Napoli: presso Agostino Pellerano, 1858. Two volumes (of 5) 8° (255x165 mm). XIX, [1], 523, [1]; 723, [1] pages. Foxing. Contemporary half leather, gilt title on the spine, edges speckled blue. Abraded covers. Manuscripted inscription on the rear flyleaf of first volume. These two volumes can be together considered as a complete work because the other three of the collection of Puccinotti's works contain a different essay, the Storia della medicina, while this two contain - as the half- titles state - the Opere di medicina clinica and the Opere di medicina civile. ADDING: Skoda Josef. Trattato di percussione e d' ascoltazione... Napoli: tipografia di Federico Vitale, 1855. 8° (170x105 mm). 413, [3] pages. Light browning and foxing. Contemporary half leather, gilt title on the spine, blue paper on the pastedowns and flyleaves. Abraded. ADDING: Bouchardat Apollinaire. Nuovo formolario magistrale preceduto da una notizia sopra gli spedali di Parigi... Palermo: presso i fratelli Pedone Lauriel, 1857. 8° (175x115 mm). 636, [2] pages. Foxing, soiled. Contemporary half leather, gilt title on the spine, speckled edges. Abraded covers, tears on the rear cover. Manuscript annotations on the rear flyleaf and pastedown. ADDING: Maggiorani Carlo. Ragguaglio di un triennio di clinica medica nella regia università di Palermo... Palermo: stabilimento tipografico di Francesco Lao, 1866. 4° (255x170 mm). 211, [1], XXXIII, [7] pages, with IX chromolitographic plates. Light foxing and browning. Contemporary half leather, gilt title on the spine. Abraded. A postcard is preserved inside the volume. ADDING: Càssola Filippo. Dizionario di farmacia generale... Napoli: dalla stamperia e cartiera del Fibreno, 1836. 8° (220x135 mm). XII, 570, [2] pages. Foxing, some brownings, marginal waterstains. Contemporary half leather, marbled covers, gilt title on the spine. Abraded covers, tears at the foot of the spine. Some manuscript sheets preserved inside the volume, gilt monogram …

NO RESERVE Bufalini Maurizio. Opere... Napoli: L. Padoa, 1857 - 1858 (Unito a:) Id. Instituzioni di patologia analitica. Napoli: L. Padoa, 1857 - 1858.Due opere in cinque volumi in-8° (mm 231x142). Pagine VIII, 446, [2]; XIII, [4], 509, [3]; X, 464, [2]; 576; 462, [2]. Completo della tavola ripiegata al primo volume della prima opera. Buon esemplare, fioriture. Legatura uniforme di inizio Novecento in mezza pelle, piatti in percallina decorata a secco. Dorso liscio con titolo e ferri impressi in oro. Minime abrasioni. Conservata all'interno del terzo volume delle Instituzioni una lettera manoscritta datata 1875.Raro set legato uniformemente e comprendente le Opere e le Instituzioni di patologia analitica redatte dal medico italiano Maurizio Bufalini (1787-1875), uno dei più importanti clinici italiani del XIX secolo. Bufalini viene ricordato per il suo innovativo approccio alla medicina: tra i più validi sostenitori del metodo induttivo della clinica egli riconosceva fondamento della scienza medica il metodo analitico e sperimentale. Fu senatore e socio nazionale dei Lincei, nonché membro dell'Accademia della Crusca.Bufalini Maurizio. Opere... Napoli: L. Padoa, 1857 - 1858 (Unito a:) Id. Instituzioni di patologia analitica. Napoli: L. Padoa, 1857 - 1858. Two works in 5 volumes, 8° (231x142 mm). VIII, 446, [2]; XIII, [4], 509, [3]; X, 464, [2]; 576; 462, [2] pages. Including the folded plate at the first volume of the first work. Good copy, some foxing. Early 20th-century half leather, decorated covers. Smooth spine with title in gilt. Minimal abrasions. Preserved into the third volume of the Instituzioni, a manuscript letter dated 1875. Rare set uniformly bound and including the Opere and the Instituzioni di patologia analitica written by the Italian physician Maurizio Bufalini (1787-1875), one of the most important Italian clinicians of the nineteenth century. Bufalini is remembered for his innovative approach to medicine: among the most valid supporters of the inductive method of the clinic, he recognized the foundation of medical science as the analytical and experimental method. He was a senator and national member of the Accademia dei Lincei, as well as a member of the Accademia della Crusca.

A NINETEENTH CENTURY NOTICE TO QUIT. Part manuscript and print. Dated first day of May 1845. Witness signature fifth day of October 1845. Agreement to vacate land in Co. Galway, the notice to Bridget Collins and Stephen Collins. Framed. 12" (30cm) high x 7" (18cm) wide. (1)

An antique Persian illustrated manuscript page, with a pair of maidens and with two lines of text, 22cm x 17.5cm. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Some discolouration, slightly tatty edge.

An antique Persian framed double sided manuscript page. One side illustrated with a mounted figure and four winged figures under a marbelised border and to the reverse with text, 17.5cm x 11cm. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Good condition.

Pullman (Philip), The Amber Spyglass, Uncorrected Proof, 2000, Scholastic Children's Books, printed paper cover idem, The Scarecrow and His Servant, printed manuscript, titled yellow paper cover and plastic binder, Taylor (G.P.), Shadowmancer, Uncorrected Proof, 2003, Faber & Faber Ltd. titled grey paper cover (3)

[NELSON HORATIO]: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. An unsigned two-page, 8vo, manuscript inventory for HMS San Josef, detailing the dimensions of the ship, it’s tonnage, stowage in the hold, ballast, guns and masts, neatly entered in rows and columns with brown ink. With a neat tear to the left edge, evidently being taken from a larger document. Together with an unsigned printed 8vo catalogue for ‘An exhibition of autograph letters, books and relics of Horatio, Lord Nelson. From the collection of Morris Wolf, Esq. The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1934’. The catalogue detailing the contents of six display cases used in the exhibition. G to VG, 2The San José was among the Spanish fleet, captured during the battle of Cape St. Vincent, 14th February 1797. During the battle HMS Captain, under the command of Captain Horatio Nelson came out of the line to attack the San Nicolás. After exchanging fire, Nelson led his forces aboard the San Nicolás. While the English were fighting their way aboard, the San José continued to fire upon the Captain and the San Nicolás. The San José then fell upon the San Nicolás and their rigging became tangled. Nelson then took his men from the decks of the San Nicolás aboard the San José, forcing the Spanish to surrender. After their capture the ships were renamed HMS San Josef and HMS San Nicolas respectively. The feat of using one enemy vessel as a 'stepping stone' to capture another was afterwards known in the Royal Navy as ‘Nelson's patent bridge for boarding first rates’. 

PRIVY COUNCIL: A good D.S. by eight members of the Privy Council of King James I, one page, square folio, n.p., London, 25th March 1607. The attractively penned manuscript document is addressed to the Right Honourable Lords of His Majesty’s Privy Council and states, in part, ‘The demaundes of Thomas Harlowe, Keep[er] of the Gatehowse in Westm[inster] for the diet Lodginge and all other necessaries of all suche Prisoners as beinge Comitted by the Righte Hon[our]ables the Lordes and others…..haue Remayned Prisoners there…..’, continuing to list three prisoners, identified as Richard Zouche, Edmond Browene and John Reynoldes (‘alias Captain Pouche’) and the individual and total amounts owing for each, ‘oweth for his dyett and Lodginge for xiij Weekes at the Rate of xvjs….For Washeinge at the Rate of iiijd…..For a paire of shows ijs vjd to the Barbour xijd…..’. Individually signed at the foot by the eight members of the Privy Council comprising Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1536-1624, English Statesman and Lord High Admiral under Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. Known as Howard of Effingham, he commanded the English forces during the battles against the Spanish Armada and, after Francis Drake, was chiefly responsible for the victory which saved England from invasion by the Spanish. Howard also served as commissioner at the Gunpowder Plot trial in 1605 and at the time of the present document was Lord Steward, 1603-18; signed ‘Nottingham’), Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (1552-1616, English Peer and Patron of the Arts, Lord High Steward of Ireland 1590-1616; signed ‘Gilb: Shrewsbury’), Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (c.1550-1628, English Aristocrat and an important adviser to King James I. Lord Privy Seal 1616-25; signed ‘E Worcester’ ), Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton (1540-1614, English Aristocrat and Courtier, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1604-14, Lord Privy Seal 1608-14 and First Lord of the Treasury 1612-13; signed ‘H Northampton’), Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563?-1612, English Statesman, Secretary of State for England 1596-1612, Lord High Treasurer 1608-12 and Lord Privy Seal 1598-1612. Cecil was the principal discoverer of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605; signed ‘Salisbury’), William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury (1544-1632, English Nobleman, Treasurer of the Household 1601-16; signed ‘W. Knollys’), John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope (1549?-1621, English Courtier and Politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1602-16 and Master of the Queen’s Posts 1590-1621; signed ‘J Stanhope’) and Sir Julius Caesar (1557/58-1636, English Lawyer, Judge and Politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1606-14, Master of the Rolls 1614-36; signed ‘Jul. Caesar’). An interesting document featuring a fine grouping of signatures. Some light overall age wear and foxing, small tears and some staining to the edges, only very slightly affecting the text at the head and one stain touching the signature of Knollys. G  John Reynolds (d.1607) Captain Pouch. English Tinker and Protestor, the charismatic leader of the Midland Revolt of 1607. The mystical, uneducated Reynolds earned his alias due to the leather pouch he carried with him, claiming that its contents were a special substance giving him and his followers the protection of God and the Crown. Reynolds had been arrested and held in custody, as the present document testifies, before the Revolt had been completely supressed. Later hanged, drawn and quartered, after Reynold’s death it was revealed that his pouch contained nothing more than a lump of locally made green cheese.  

GEORGE I: (1660-1727) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1714-27. A good, bold dark ink signature ('George R') as King, on a slim oblong 8vo piece, evidently removed from the head of a document, with a blind embossed paper seal affixed and several partial lines of manuscript text to the recto and verso, making reference to officers who were to be Court Martialled. Some very light, minor age wear, otherwise VG