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Will of a late 18th Century Merchant Co. Wexford: Roche (N.) A manuscript of 7 fcap pp. (include. wrappers) entitled 'Probate of the Will of Nicholas Roche deceased,' written in a fine copper plate hand. The will, dated 7th April 1791, direct that he is to be buried in St. Mullins beside his father and leaves all his effects to his friend Wm. Kearney and brother-in-law Nicholas Herron, to hold in trust for his children. There are also annuities to his wife and to charities. The will was proved in Ferns diocesan court on 21st January 1792. * An important document, especially as all diocesan wills were destroyed in the fire at the Four Courts in 192. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

Artists PortfolioJ. Hamilton Hay, 1874 - 1916 LiverpoolWatercolours, St. Mary's on the Hill, South Gate, approx. 24cms x 18cms (9 1/2" x 7 1/2"); also Watergate Row, approx. 25.5cms x 18cms (10" x 7 1/2") both signed and dated 1906; together with 3 etchings by same artist, one signed and inscribed 1st State, 3 original drawings, some newscuttings, a signed manuscript note, and a Gallery Exhibition Catalogue of works by the artist, June - July 1910. As a lot, w.a.f. (1)

Attractive Manuscript Estate Map[1798] Roe (John) surveyor, A Map of the Demesne of Sir Edward B. Littlehales Bart. in the Phoenix Park, July 1809. a large colourful drawing, with 'Reference' key, approx. 36cms x 62cms (14" x 24 1/2"), two small sections of blank border torn away. As a drawing, w.a.f. (1)* N.B. Sir E.B. Littleholes came to Ireland in 1799 as Secretary to Lord Cornwallis, and after 1800 stayed on as Military Under-Secretary at Dublin Castle till his retirement in 1818. (1)

Drawings by GandonCo. Waterford: Gandon (James) Two large original Manuscript Plans for the building of New Geneva Barracks, Passage East, Co. Waterford, each approx. 55cms x 38cms (21 1/2" x 15"), not signed, but one inscribed on reverse. As orig. drawings, w.a.f. Ex. Rare. (2)* The barracks is of significant importance also because it became a deadly internment camp for holding the rebels during the 1798 Rebellion.

The Authors British PassportO'Flaherty (Liam) His British Passport, issued 'in lieu of Irish Free State Passport D 110907, September 27th 1927' identifying him as a British subject by birth and a novelist by profession, also listing his wife Margaret (nee Barrington) and their child Margaret, born 1926.With photographs and copious endorsements, mostly 1930 - 32, including Russian, German and American, one mentioning his Remington Portable. Rear pages have various interesting manuscript notes, names, addresses etc in several continents.A most interesting document, recording the adventures of a well-travelled man. (1)

Maxwell (Gen. John) A file of letters etc. mostly typed but one in manuscript by General Maxwell, addressed to Patrick J. Meehan, M.P. Maryborough, re 'compensation for loss of life or personal injury sustained during the Rebellion' in May and August 1916.Maxwell's controversial role in the events that followed the end of the Easter Rising is well known. Here he and his Assistant Adjutant General, Colonel Cowan, are shown dealing with claims for compensation promoted by the dynamic M.P. for Queen's County, P.J. Meehan. As a coll., w.a.f. (1)

Cumann Na mBan Autograph Book Manuscript: A good small autograph book compiled by Maire Ni Fhloinn [Mary Glynn] of Sligo, detained in various prisons between January 1922 and September 1923, circa 30pp and approx. 48 signatures including Cis Doherty, Kilmainham, Nora ni Chaoimh, May Mahony (of Emly, Co. Tipperary), Noirin nic Craith (Imleach), Fiona Ni Phluingceid, Kilmainham, [sister of Joseph Mary Plunkett], Eibhlin ni Ruairc, Lillie McClean, Gretta Coffey, Tessie Doyle, Maighread Bean ui Bhuachalla, Commandant B, Kilmainham, Sighle ni Eachrain, Sighle Ni Amhlaoibh, Josephine Evers, etc. etc. Neatly written and in good condition. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)

[MacDonagh (Thomas), 1916 signatory] A receipt on Irish Volunteers paper, printed form with manuscript details, completed and signed by [Mícheál] Ua Rathghaille, Hon. Treasurer, numbered 48, dated 4.4.1914, acknowledging receipt from MacDonagh (whose name is given in Irish, Tomás MacDonnchadha) of the sum of £1-5-9d., with a note at foot saying a separate receipt has issued to Éamonn Ó Tuathail for 5/- sub.Presumably the sum received from MacDonagh represented the proceeds of an event or collection. MacDonagh, from Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary, was a published poet and critic, a UCD graduate and assistant, and formerly a teacher at Pearse's St. Enda's school. He joined the Irish Volunteers on their formation, and quickly became a most enthusiastic soldier. He joined the IRB in 1915, and became a member of the military council which planned the Rising. He signed the Proclamation, and took his place as Volunteer commander in Jacob's factory in Bishop Street, leaving behind his young wife and their two small children. He was executed on 3 May 1916.Michael O'Rahilly, a successful businessman, was a founder and Treasurer of the Volunteers, and the main organiser of the Howth gun-running. He thought the Rising was premature, but took part anyway, reportedly saying 'I have helped to wind the clock, I may as well hear it strike.' He died in action, leading a sortie from the GPO on the Friday of Easter week.Original documents linking the prime movers in the 1916 Rising are now very scarce. (1)

"The Greatest of All Time"Ali (Muhammad) a framed collage of two action black and white action photographs, with a manuscript note and signature "Mahammad Ali - Love is the Wet where heats are caught like fish," as an autograph. (1)

Rare Irish Manuscript GenealogyGiffard: The Genealogy of the Family of Giffard or Gifford which was variously written, approx. 145pp in a very clear early 19th Century hand, with pedigrees, coats of arms, & copies of documents, copies of correspondence from Thos. Fitzgerald, Geo. Adron & others to Gifford Family members at Castlejordan, Co. Meath, & other locations, also touching on other families include Barnsley etc; & particularly The Genealogy of the Pickering Family, 20pp In a cont. 4to notebook, hf. mor., joints worn. Interesting work. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

Yeats (William Butler). The Cornell University Press 'Manuscript Materials' series, 12 vols, qto cloth in d.w., first printings, with many photog. repr. of the mss., as follows: Purgatory [1986] ed. Sandra F. Siegel; The Wind Among the Reeds [1993] ed. Carolyn Holdsworth; The Herne's Egg [1993] ed. Alison Armstrong; The Wild Swans at Coole [1994] ed. Stephen Parrish; The Winding Stair (1929) [1995] ed. David R. Clark; In the Seven Woods and The Green Helmet and Other Poems [2002] ed. David Holdemann; The Words Upon the Window Pane [2002] ed. Mary Fitzgerald; The Land of Heart's Desire [2002] ed. Jared Curtis; The Only Jealousy of Emer and Fighting The Waves [2004] ed. Steven Winnett; Collaborative One-Act Plays 1901-1903 [with Lady Gregory] ed. James Pethica [2006]; At the Hawk's Well and The Cat and the Moon [2010] ed. Andrew Parkin; The Resurrection [2011] ed. Jared Curtis & Selina Guinness. A fine set, essential to a serious student of Yeats. (12)Provenance: Yeats Family Collection.

Young (Arthur) A Tour in Ireland with General Observations..., lg. 4to, L. (T. Cadell) 1780, First Edn., engd. frontis, list of subs. (lacks plate). Uncut, original boards rebacked paper (title in manuscript on spine). V. good copy. (1)

With Manuscript Verses in Author's HandHeaney (Seamus) Station Island, 8vo N.Y. 1985. First American Edn., orig. cloth backed boards, & fine pictorial d.w. V. good. (1)* Inscribed on front loose blank, 'for Stephen at his station in Cambridge / Slainte 'gus saol / Seamus 7th March 1985.' Also with verses in author's hand, and inscribed 'for Stephen / Seamus / 4th March 1985'

Arabic Manuscript: A good early 19th Century Arabic Manuscript containing an early section of Sura IV of The Qur'an, folio, approx. 102pp with black script within red lined borders, all highlighted in gilt and with attractive decorated title pages, in orig. tooled and blind stamped camel. V. good. as a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

Co. Down Manuscript: Large folio Day Book - from Finnbrogue, Co. Down, Beginning Sept. 27th 1703, Ending Sept. 26th 1710, listing day labourers, gardeners, joiners, carpenters, brick layers etc; number of hours, days etc, also detailing stones, cellars & granary, and many later manuscript notes, lg. folio not fully completed, in orig. full vellum bindings as a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)

Manuscript MapMap: Portobello, Dublin. Nevill (A.R.) City Surveyor, A Map of the Ground intended to be Exchanged with Joseph Rawlins Esq. for the use of the City Basin, Portobello, Dublin 1809, approx. 27cms x 44cms (10 1/2" x 17 1/4"), hand-coloured, in gilt frame. As a map, w.a.f. (1)

Lease of Lands, c. 1806, with Original MapCo. Meath: An indenture on vellum dated 5th February 1806 between the Incorporated Society in Dublin for Promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland, and Simon Mc Ardle of Ratheady, Co. Math, farmer.Lease of part of Ratheady formerly in the possession of Patrick Nugent and lately of Mary Nugent, known as the Reclaimed Farm, containing 11.1.0 A.R.P. to hold for 31 years at a rent of £14.17.6 with bounds outlined. With large manuscript annexed, surveyed by Owen Mc Eneaney, November 1803. With the blind stamp of the Society, signed by Charles [Agar Archbishop of] Dublin, vice- President, and also with Somon Mc Ardle's seal. As a m/ss, w.a.f. Good. (1)

Seeing the Sights of Paris in 1822Farrell (James) [of Moynalty, Co. Meath]. A manuscript journal of approx. 16pp., recounting a journey by himself and his brother (?) Thomas Farrell, from Dublin via Holyhead and London to Paris and back, from 20 May to 19 June 1822.The writer gives details of their route, accommodation, meals and entertainments. They see all the main sights, including the Invalids (no tomb of Napoleon there yet), the Louvre ("statues well worth seeing but rather naked"), the botanical Gardens ("there were several matters unfit for women to see"), and many others. They see the King and visit some Irish acquaintances. There are useful pieces of advice and interesting observations ("I found the people in Paris perfectly hones... The women in France are not in general so handsome as those in England, a few excepted, but they are less subject to vice"). On the return journey, they find that "Brighton is a beautiful town and does honour to its inhabitants, no beggars, perfectly clean."A fascinating document; the handwriting is not easy to read, but the effort is well worth while. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

A late 19th century/early 20th century manuscript with Gilded Carved Wood Covers, containing folding hand drawn and coloured Illustrations of Burmese Zodiac Creatures and Gods, Burma.

A gold nibbed fountain pen, a Windsor & Newton Manuscript pen, nibs and pen and two booklets on styles of type and paintbrushes

An interesting medieval-style illuminated manuscript or similar, possibly on vellum, together with sundry prints & sheet music etc

Livingstone, David: Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. 1857. Full calf leather binding with gilt panelled spine and marbled edges; together with a small archive of paper ephemera relating to Samuel Richardson of Brandesburton who assisted Livingstone as his penman in the preparation of the manuscript for this book whilst Livingstone was staying with Colonel and Mrs Webb at Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire. The archive includes Richardson's writing and other exercise books, photographs, letters of provenance from Samuel's brother, William, etc. Also a 19th century map of Palestine dated 1850 which was over-drawn and handcoloured by his sister Mary Richardson of Brandesburton School. 70cm x 56cm

Finely painted Persian manuscript page with detailed illustrations of soldiers on foot and on horseback in a landscape, with deep decorative border, 34cm x 20.5cm CONDITION REPORT: Photograph of script from the back of the piece shown on back of frame. Damage to paper on left side of margin. Colours good and bright, Modern mount and frame, glazed, Some worn holes on margin and holes on image. Probably 19th century.

Two (2) 19th Century Manuscript Pages With Later Engravings "Skeleton". Pages bear date 1841. Good condition. Measures 13-1/2" x 8-1/2". Shipping $65.00 (estimate $150-$250)

Salodius Hippolytus. Tabulae gnomonicae, nunc denuo castigatae... Arimini: ex Typographia Io: Symbenij, 1626.Tre parti in un volume in-4° (mm 221x163). Pagine [16], 214, [2], 58 [2], 32. Marca tipografica incisa in rame al titolo. Con vari diagrammi in legno nel testo (alcuni a piena pagina) e numerose pagine di tabelle numeriche. LEGATO CON: Idem. Pendice, ò vero aggiunta di D. Ippolito Salò ariminese, abbate vlivetano alle sue tauole gnomoniche. Per la quale con facilità elle si rendono intelligibili, e pratticabili, anche a quelle che la lingua latina non posseggono. Con la fabrica, vso, e teorica. Di due istrumenti horologiografi, che dalla speculatione delle stesse tauole dipende. Et alcuni problemi all'uso de gli horologi necessari. Arimini: Ex Typographia Io: Symbenij, 1626. In-4°. Pagine [8], 98, [14]. Segnatura: [π]4 A-M4. Marca tipografica incisa in rame al titolo. Con vari diagrammi in legno nel testo (alcuni a piena pagina). LEGATO CON: Colomboni Angelo Maria. Gnomica del Colomboni solo per gl'Orologi Verticali Per l'Altezza del Polo gradi 44 Fatti per tutti i 90 gr: delle declinazioni de muri. Manoscritto su carta composto da cc. 48 carte, numerate 1-92 [i.e. 91] + 2 non numerate e 3 bianche. Legatura coeva in pergamena su cartone, dorso a 5 nervi. Tagli azzurri. Al primo scomparto al dorso, 'Tavole del Salo' in inchiostro bruno. Al secondo, nota di possesso illeggibile a lapis. Macchie di inchoistro ai piatti. Al contropiatto anteriore, ex libris 'Biblioteca Riccardi in Modena'; nota di possesso 'S. F. Cremona. Dono (1834) del Prof. Geminiano Riccardi' in inchoistro bruno su etichetta cartacea applicata. Esemplare genuino, lievemente rifilato. Piccolo strappo alla carta M3 non lesivo dell'integrità testuale. Alcune leggere bruniture alle prime ed ultime carte. Il volume comprende inoltre 48 carte manoscritte di mano di un confratello del Salò, Angelo Maria Colomboni, anch'egli monaco olivetano ed autore di un trattato di gnomonica pubblicato nel 1669 (Prattica gnomica).Il manoscritto si compone di tabelle numeriche, i cui i numeri sono vergati a mano, mentre la griglia della tabella è a stampa. La data, posta in testa al titolo ma parzialmente rifilata, pare riferirsi all'anno 1650. Colomboni sviluppa e corregge i calcoli del Salò principalmente per il polo di 44 gradi, ma una nota alla fine del testo ricorda che i dati possono riferirsi con una buona approsimazione anche ai gradi 43 e 45. Nella sua Prattica gnomica Colomboni svilupperà poi ulteriormente detti calcoli anche per poli di gradi diversi, dichiarando espressamente il suo debito nei confronti del suo predecessore, di cui critica solo l'eccessiva complessità nella costruzione delle tavole. Il confronto con un manoscritto autografo del Colomboni del 1660, citato dal Baldinucci nelle Notizie dei professori del disegno (1681) ed oggi identificato in un codice conservato presso la Biblioteca Arcivescovile di Gubbio (XXIV-18), dimostra da un lato che le tabelle del nostro volume sono senza dubbio di mano del Colomboni, dall'altra permette di creare un collegamento con l'edizione a stampa delle Prattica gnomica, dimostrando come in precedenza il Colomboni abbia studiato e perfezionato le tavole gnomiche del Salò. Riccardi, II, 412 (altro esemplare); Michel & Michel, VII, p. 71; Piantanida, 1681, Houzeau-Lancaster, 11418.Il lotto è provvisto di attestato di libera circolazione. Sold with a valid export license.Salodius Hippolytus. Tabulae gnomonicae, nunc denuo castigatae... Arimini: ex Typographia Io: Symbenij, 1626.Three parts in one volume, 4° (221x163 mm). [16], 214, [2], 58 [2], 32 pages. Engraved printer's device on the title-page. Woodcut diagrams in the text, some of which are full-page; numerous tables. BOUND WITH: Idem. Pendice, o  vero aggiunta di D. Ippolito Salo  ariminese, abbate ulivetano alle sue tauole gnomoniche... Con la fabrica, uso, e teorica. Di due istrumenti horologiografi, che dalla speculatione delle stesse tavole dipende. Et alcuni problemi all'uso de gli horologi necessari. Arimini: Ex Typographia Io: Symbenij, 1626. 4°. [8], 98, [14]pages. Engraved printer's device on the title-page. Woodcut diagrams in the text, some of which are full-page. BOUND WITH: Colomboni Angelo Maria. Gnomica del Colomboni solo per gl'Orologi Verticali Per l'Altezza del Polo gradi 44 Fatti per tutti i 90 gr: delle declinazioni de muri. Manuscript on paper. 53 leaves. Unsophisticated copy, slightly trimmed. Short tear to fol. M3, without any loss. The first and last leaves slightly browned. Contemporary vellum over pasteboards. Spine with five raised bands, with inked title 'Tavole del Salo'. Pale blue edges. Ink stains to covers. On the front pastedown ex libris 'Biblioteca Riccardi in Modena', and inked ownership inscription of paper label 'S. F. Cremona. Dono (1834) del Prof. Geminiano Riccardi'. Extraordinary copy of the Tabulae of the Olivetan Ippolito Salò (Salodius), bound with leaves written in manuscript by Angelo Maria Colomboni, likewise an Olivetan monk, and author of a treatise on gnomonics - the Prattica gnomonica - which would be published in 1669. The comparison between the handwriting in these leaves and an autograph manuscript held by the Biblioteca Arcivescovile in Gubbio (ms XXIV-18) has allowed us to attribute the leaves bound in this volume to Colomboni. The manuscript consists in leaves bearing a printed schema, which Colomboni has entirely filled in his own hand with astronomical calculations, possibly referring to the year 1650. In these tables Colomboni had developed and corrected the calculations published by Salò in his Tabulae gnomonicae, revealing his accurate reading of the work. In the Prattica gnomonica of 1669 Colomboni openly declares his debt to Salò's Tabulae: A feature which increases the importance of the newly discovered volume, which gives a unique sight into Colomboni's scientific method.Riccardi, II, 412; Michel & Michel, VII, p. 71; Piantanida, 1681, Houzeau-Lancaster, 11418.Sold with a valid export license.

Blaeu. Nova Virginiae Tabula. [Amsterdam, Ex officina Guiljelmi Blaeu, 1630 ca.]Mappa incisa su rame, parzialmente acquerellata a mano (mm 376x482). Testo latino al verso.Bell'esemplare di carta della Virginia e della regione del Chesapeake stampata da Blaeuw e basta sulla carta della Virginia del capitano John Smith, in quale trascorse tre anni ad esplorare la baia di Chesapeake e l'area circostante. Engraved map, partially hand-colored, (mm 376x482). Latin text on verso.Fine old color example of Bleau's map of Virginia and the Chesapeake region, based upon Captain John Smith's map of Virginia. John Smith spent three years exploring the Chesapeake Bay and the surrounding area. This map presents the geographic information attained through his explorations as well as Native American accounts used to delineate territories further upriver. The extent of Captain Smith's firsthand knowledge of the area reaches the Maltese crosses. Everything beyond is based on Native American reports. Upon Smith's return to England in 1609, Smith employed William Hole to engrave a map, which was first included in a small pamphlet by Joseph Barnes of Oxford in 1612. Jodocus Hondius engraved the first edition of this map in 1618, making it the second appearance of Smith's original manuscript to appear in print. Smith's original map would not appear again until 1624, when it was included, along with Smith's map of New England, in his landmark work, "The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles" in 1624. The following year it was included in "Purchas His Pilgrimes". Upon Hondius's death in 1629, Blaeu purchased the plates and the imprint was thereafter changed to reflect the new ownership. Blaeu used the map first in his "Atlantic Appendix" (1630) and afterwards in virtually every edition of his atlas. The map is beautifully ornamented with the Royal Arms of Britain (colonial rulers of Virginia), a standing figure of an Indian, and an inset vignette of "King Powhatan," the father of Pocahantas, sitting in state in his lodge. Powhatan was the powerful ruler of about thirty Algonquian tribes in the region, the strongest single group of Indians on the Atlantic coast. He is said to have had forty bodyguards and 100 wives. His rulership consisted of his providing military leadership and protection in exchange for tribute from the individual tribes.

Aldrovandi Ulisse. Ornithologiae hoc est de avibus historiae libri XII... [-Tomus alter; - Tomus tertius]. Bonon.: sumptibus Marci Antonij Berniae, 1646-1652. Tre volumi in-folio (mm 355x230). I: Pagine [4], 893, [55]; II: [6], 862, [62]; III: [12], 560, [24]. Frontespizi calcografici, molte illustrazioni xilografiche nel testo, anche e piena pagina, capilettera e fregi incisi su legno. Qualche arrossatura, lievi bruniture. Legatura omogenea coeva in pergamena su cartone, titoli manoscritti ai dorsi a 5 nervi, tagli spruzzati in rosso e marrone. Rifatto il dorso del primo volume, lavori di tarlo ai piatti e ai dorsi, mende al dorso del volume secondo. Al frontespizio e alla prima carta di ogni volume timbro di possesso 'Biblioth. S. Caroli ad Quat Font', ai frontespizi dei volumi secondo e terzo nota di appartenenza manoscritta 'Conventus S. caroli ad 4 fontes de Urbe', ripetuta anche al margine di alcune carte del primo fascicolo. Rara edizione di questa celeberrima opera dal medico, naturalista e collezionista bolognese Aldrovandi (1522- 1605) dedicata agli uccelli - incluse creature mitologiche come le arpie. L'Ornithologia apparve per la prima volta tra il 1599 e il 1603 a Bologna, corredata di una magnifica serie di illustrazioni disegnate per lo più da Giovanni de' Neri - noto anche come Giovanni de' Uccelli - e incise da diversi artisti. L'opera fu curata, ancora in vita, da Aldrovandi, quale prima parte della grandiosa enciclopedia naturalistica che potè vedere la luce, in forma completa, solo dopo la sua morte. Ognuno dei tre volumi che compongono questa più tarda impressione bolognese reca al frontespizio inciso il nome del libraio Marco Antonio Bernia, che ne finanziò la pubblicazione, avvalendosi per la stampa della collaborazione di Nicolò Tebaldini e Giovanni Battista Ferroni, come attestano le finali sottoscrizioni, di cui quella del primo volume, impressa da Tebaldini, riporta la data del 1645. Three volumes, folio (355x230 mm). I. [4], 893, [55]; II: [6], 862, [62]; III: [12], 560, [24] pages. Engraved title-pages, numerous woodcuts in text (many are full-page). Woodcut decorated initials and headpieces. Foxing in places, light browning. Uniformly bound, contemporary vellum over pasteboards. Spines with five raised bands, inked titles. Edges speckled in red and brown. The spine of the first volume rebacked, the one of the second volume with a few wears, some wormholes to covers and spines. Ownership stamp on the title-page and first flyleaf od each volume, 'Biblioth. S. Caroli ad Quat Font', and manuscript inscription 'Conventus S. caroli ad 4 fontes de Urbe' on the title-pages and some leaves of the second and third volume, both to be referred to the Church of Saint Charles at the Four Fountains in Rome. Rare edition of this celebrated work by the Bolognese physician and naturalist Aldrovandi, who had collected a well-known private natural history museum. The Ornithologia is devoted to birds, and also includes descriptions of mythical monsters like the Harpies. The monumental treatise first appeared in Bologna between 1599 and 1603, supplemented with a magnificent series of illustrations mostly drawn by Giovanni de' Neri - also known Giovanni de' Uccelli - and cut by various artists. The Ornithologia represents the first part of Aldrovandi's thirteen-volume encyclopedia on natural history, of which only four were published in his lifetime. The volumes contain detailed descriptions, and some chapters are exclusively devoted to New World birds, for example the pavo Indicus or peacock of the Indies. Aldrovandi also describes the opera plumaria, which Montezuma offerred to Cortés: features which reveal his reading of narratives of the Conquista, first the De rebus Oceanis et Novo Orbe by Pietro Martire d'Anghiera (see lot 281). In this late Bolognese edition the engraved title-page of each volume bears the mention of the bookseller Marco Antonio Bernia, who was the financial baker of the publication, while Nicolò Tebaldini and Giovanni Battista Ferroni were responsible - as the colophon attest - for printing.

Chiavelloni Vincenzo. Discorsi della musica... In Roma: per Ignatio de Lazeri, 1668.In-4° (mm 246x172). Pagine. [16], 556, [2]. Bella antiporta calcografica ritraente Giove, Minerva e Vulcano, firmata da Carlo Cesio. Vignetta xilografica ritraente tre angeli che reggono un libro al frontespizio. Capilettera, testatine e finalini xilografici. Esemplare ad ampi margini, diffuse fioriture. Legatura coeva in pergamena su cartone decorata in oro. Piatti inquadrati da una cornice esterna a volute; nel riquadro mediano corolle, stelline e quattro aquile a sormontare gli angoli della cornice interna, costituita da duplice filetto. Nello specchio centrale le armi del vescovo (e successivamente cardinale) Bernardino Rocci e quattro piastre accantonate. Dorso liscio decorato da ferri dorati con titolo manoscritto; tagli dorati. Due piccole macchie di inchiostro ai piatti, due minimi graffi al margine inferiore del piatto posteriore. Al contropiatto anteriore ex libris: 'Bibliothecae Petri Buoninsegni Senis 1814' e 'Landau 16654". Lunga nota manoscritta alla c. A1r, correzioni manoscritte alla c. π4r, sottolineature alla carta Zzz6r. Rara prima e unica edizione di questa importante opera di teoria musicale redatta da Vincenzo Chiavelloni, canonico del duomo di Rieti e membro a Roma dell'Accademia degli Infecondi, costituita da ventiquattro dscorsi volti a sostenere le relazioni tra musica e virtù morali. Esemplare di illustre provenienza, impreziosito dalla legatura alle armi del nobile Bernardino Rocci (1627-1680), creato vescovo il 22 aprile dell'anno di stampa della presente opera, che egli stesso commissionò in qualità di capo dell'Accademia degli Sterili. Nell'epistola al Lettore Chiavelloni loda Bernardino Rocci (c. π4v) ed esplicita la dedica agli aristocratici membri dell'Accademia degli Sterili del primo discorso, nel quale afferma che la musica e l'accademia condividono la finalità di accordare le anime con la virtù. Il lotto è provvisto di attestato di libera circolazione. Sold with a valid export license.4° (246x172). [16], 556, [2] pages. Fine engraved frontispiece, signed by Carlo Cesio, and depicting Zeus, Athena, and Hephaestus. On the title-page woodcut showing three angels holding a book. Woodcut decorated initials, head- and tailpieces. A wide-margined copy. Foxing throughout. Contemporary gilt-tooled vellum over pasteboards. Covers within a rich frame of small flowers, star- and eagle-shaped tools. At the centre coat of arms of the bishop Bernardino Rocci. Smooth spine, richly tooled, inked title. Edges gilt. Two small ink stains to the covers, two minor scratches to the lower cover. On the front pastedown ex libris 'Bibliothecae Petri Buoninsegni Senis 1814' and 'Landau 16654". Manuscript note on fol. A1r, a few amendetions on fol. π4r.A fine presentation copy of the rare first and only edition of this important work on the theory of music Vincenzo Chiavelloni, canon of the Cathedral of Rieti, and member of the famous Roman Accademia degli Infecondi, or Academy of Infecunds. The treatise is divided into twenty-four sermons, in which the author investigates the relationship between music and moral virtue. The copy presented here is in a precious gilt-tooled binding, bearing on the covers the coat of arms of the bishop and future cardinal Bernardino Rocci (1627-1680), who had been named bishop on 22 April 1668, and was the leader of the aforementioned Academy. The Discorsi della musica were commissioned by Rocci, and Chiavelloni praises his mentor in his address to readers (fol. π4v). Sold with a valid export license.

Saviero Xavier Della Gatta (Italian, 1777-1829) Costumi Italiani, c1818, twenty-two mounted illustrations of Italian provincial costumes, pen, ink and watercolour, signed by the artist, some dated 1818, each image approx. 210mm x 160mm, with manuscript title below, bound in red morocco gilt folio album (re-backed)

Irving (R.L.G.) 1877-1969 Photographs and Diary, 1898-1906, 1926-1931, A collection of mounted photographs in two albums, with some very interesting manuscript descriptions, recording mountaineering expeditions to Skye (1902), Tyrol (1903), Pontresina (1903), Wetterhorn (1900), Grenada (?1904, with hand coloured sketch map), Scotland (1906, including photograph of George Mallory on Torven Ridge), Wales (1905), Dent Blanch (1902, 1905, with Mallory), etc. etc., two photographs removed, oblong folio albums, recently re-bound in half-style cloth, one album with a pocket containing various negatives. [Robert Lock Graham Irving, mountaineer and master at Winchester College, author of several books on mountaineering and founder of the Winchester Ice Club. He introduced George Mallory to mountaineering, though was condemned for taking boys up dangerous mountains. Mallory disappeared on the North-East Ridge of Mount Everest in 1924 and there is much speculation that he may have been the first to reach the summit]

Rock Climbing [Unsworth (Walt)], A Guide to Pontesford Rocks, nd., mounted typescript pages, hand drawn routes and mounted photograph, with manuscript inscription; 'This is the Original Pontesford Guidebook later modified & published by Wilding's of Shrewsbury, Walt Unsworth', quarter style cloth; Larden (Walter), Guide to the Walks & Climbs around Arolla .., printed in the Year 1908, from MS. Guides made Earlier, original cloth; Nicol (Dave) edit., Rock Climbs in Yosemite, nd (c1974), Keswick, foolscap, plastic spined wraps; with a quantity of other climbing guides (qty)

The Waterloo Cup and Fullerton An interesting archive of photographs, record and account books, hunting diaries, press cuttings etc. from Shortflatt Tower in Northumberland, home of Edward Dent, breeder and trainer of Fullerton, arguably the greatest greyhound of all time and winner of three Waterloo Cups. The lot includes Edward Dent's manuscript accounts for training Colonel North's greyhounds (including Fullerton) in three notebooks, as well as scrapbooks with greyhound auction catalogues, press reports of coursing and hunting meets, etc. A family photograph album includes a several photographs of greyhounds including Gay City and Miss Glendyne in slips at Haydock. Also included are two 18th century account books and two early 20th century photograph albums, one with an interesting collection of photographs recording a military tour of India during WWI by W.E. Dent (possibly with the Devon Regiment) (qty)

Botanical Illustrations An interesting collection of nineteenth century botanical artwork with manuscript notes and descriptions, comprising; An orange-flowered orchid, bodycolour on card, some abrasion to leaves, 560mm x 420mm; A white-flowered orchid-like plant, bodycolour on card, 620mm x 458mm; Canarium strictum, (Anagoondy Pass, Cochin), pen and ink, with partial bodycolour, on Whatman paper, watermarked 1855, 488mm x 303mm; Waterlilies, bodycolour on card, 454mm x 559mm; Acacia melanoxylon, branch showing efforts to survive ringing, bodycolour on paper, 372mm x 282mm; Acacia melanoxylon, cut branch (Wellington), bodycolour on paper, 448mm x 357mm; Maxillaria nitidiflora, bodycolour on thin card, 235mm x 262mm; Lily?, Rio de Jan, 1825, body colour on paper, 230mm x 252mm, indistinctly initialled, (?FJW), creased; Portulaca, pen and ink on paper, 300mm x 240mm; with a quantity of manuscript material including notes on various plantation trees, including the cocoa-nut tree, the Sadhar, Sainta, etc., resin and timber production, with mention of plantations in Malabar and Wynaad (Ferguson Estate) the notes include further pen and ink and pencil sketches of botanical specimens, the name of Major Alexander Cunningham is written in pencil at the end of several pages, one leaf is from a diary dated 1857, several of the coloured illustrations are indistinctly signed in pencil verso

The Holy Bible The Holy Bible .., 1716, [bound with] The Book of Common Prayer .., 1717, both printed by John Baskett, by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, quarto in eights, [bound with] The Whole Book of Psalms .., 1717, printed by S. Collins for the Company of Stationers, reversed calf binding [the family Bible of the Dent family of Shortflatt Tower, Northumberland, with manuscript notes to front endpapers]

Receipts or Recipes Two early manuscript recipe books together with a smaller notebook of recipes and a quantity of manuscript recipes on single sheets, all from the Hedley-Dent family of Shortflatt Tower in Northumberland,

[Pope (Alexander)] The Dunciad in Three Books, Written in the Year 1727, with Notes Variorum, and the Prolegomena of Scriblerus, folio, blanks only before B1, (see Griffith 373 re issue without title), 186 pages, final index leaf is 3F2, recent quarter morocco; Manuscript, Selections from the Letters &c. of a Young Lady with some compositions in consequence of her Death, nd., contains prose and sonnets, late 18th and early 19th century dates in places, manuscript on paper, bound in later full calf; with an interesting collection of literary and historical works, predominantly leather bound

Alnwick Stamp Office A copy letter book from Alnwick Stamp Office, May 1837 to August 1843, copy book of manuscript letters, many to John Reed at the Newcastle Stamp Office, includes details of orders and accounts, worn quarter calf Robert Thorp, A quantity of Distributor's Accounts, 1825-6-7, Alnwick, various sheet sizes; Sale Catalogues, for 'Wolfelee', Hawick and land in Yorkshire; with five discharge certificates and an indenture (qty)

Ephemera An interesting and extensive collection of letters, indentures, assorted ephemera, etc, predominantly relating to the Howard family of Corby Castle in Cumbria, but also with other families including the Dukes of Norfolk and Beaufort, 18th century and later, includes many interesting letters, some with pre-stamp cachets and mileage marks, broadsides on the Cumberland Rangers, etc., a collection of items on fishing at Corby Castle including 18th century manuscript material and two early nineteenth century printed fishing permits, two printed dinner diaries with manuscript entries, etc., in six boxes, personal inspection highly recommended (qty)

Middleton (Arthur E.) An Account of Belsay Castle in the County of Northumberland, 1910, private publication, quarto, plates as called for, original cloth; idem, Sir Gilbert de Middleton: and the Part he Took in the Rebellion in the North of England in 1317, 1918, Newcastle; Mawson Swan .., quarto, manuscript additions to errata, presentation inscription and ALS from the author, original cloth; Craster (H.H.E.), Aydon Castle and its Owners, 1913, original wraps (3)

An antique Burmese Buddhist manuscriptprobably 19th century, written on Khoi paper, leather bound, the manuscript incorporates Buddhist teachings, mythology and studies in astrology and numerology, also known as Mahabote, the antique manuscript of eleven connected pages in the traditional fan method (concertina), Shan script written on both sides in red, black and pencil.

LUMIERE LOUIS: (1864-1948) French Pioneer Filmmaker, along with his brother Auguste. T.L.S., Louis Lumiere, two pages, Bandol, 12th June 1943, on his personal printed stationery, Villa Lumen, Bandol, Var, to Monsieur Lo Duca, in French. Lumiere responds to his correspondent´s letter and confirms having received his request and books, as well as his last manuscript dedicated to the History of the Photography and Cinema only eight days ago, and states `..my health which is very precarious these days (cataracts make reading more and more difficult and painful) did not allow me to answer sooner´ and adds an interesting thought `(Light is taking its revenge for my repeated dares!)´. Lumiere further congratulates Lo Luca for his book The History of Cinema, and `for your little book´ The Cinema Technique. Referring further to the manuscript received and to his correspondent´s request asking for Lumiere´s comments and annotations to this manuscript, the French filmmaker states `..I am taking the liberty to direct you to the few remarks you will find on a separate sheet, under reference numbers, in order to make the lecture easier.´ Lumiere also offers to Lo Luca´s international museum an original print related to his first movies, and concludes on a postscript explaining the personal documents which he also sends to his correspondent. Accompanied by two printed 4to pages, containing the amendments and annotations referred above, and including numerous technical, scientific and historical comments with multiple references to Marey, Antoine Lumiere and Melies. A letter of good content. Small overall age wear, with trace of a former staple, not affecting the text or signature. G £300-400Joseph Marie Lo Luca (1910-2004) Italian writer and critic. Lo Luca was one of the founders of Cahiers du Cinema, an influential French film magazine founded in 1951. Etienne Jules Marey (1830-1904) French Scientist and pioneer of photography and cinema. Charles Antoine Lumiere (1840-1911) father of Auguste and Louis Lumiere. Georges Melies (1861-1938) French Film Director, a pioneer of cinema and innovator in the use of special effects.

DUTEIL YVES: (1949- ) French Singer & Songwriter. The original manuscript of his song Dreyfus, three pages, folio, n.p., n.d., on his personal printed stationery, in French. The unsigned autograph manuscript is entitled `Dreyfus´, one of his best known compositions, created as a tribute to his great-grand uncle Alfred Dreyfus. Together with a signed and inscribed colour promotional postcard photograph by Duteil. VG £200-300Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935) French Jewish artillery Officer, and central figure in the Dreyfus affair. A political scandal and miscarriage of justice that divided the public opinion during the Third French Republic.

LANDRU HENRI DÉSIRÉ: (1869-1922) French Serial Killer and real-life Bluebeard. An extremely rare vintage signed sepia 5 x 7 photograph with lengthy annotation in his hand, the image depicting Landru seated in the dock in a half length pose during his trial on eleven counts of murder in November 1921. Signed ('Landru') in fountain pen ink with his name alone to the upper left side, partially to the white border. Landru adds in his hand an enigmatic inscription, stating `Dreaming on a plausible explanation to his lawyer Navières du Treuil, related to the starving cat, the only inhabitant of the villa of mystery. 18th November 1915 1921.´ Landru writes, may be intentionally, the year 1915 first, when he started his murders, crossing it before writing 1921. Some very light creasing to the bottom left corner and small age wear. Together with Alfred Capus (1857-1922) Writer and Journalist. Autograph manuscript of three pages, 4to, entitled `Landru´s Monologue´. Capus reports on some disappeared persons, added to Landru´s list of victims, explaining that this way it is much easier for the police and authorities avoiding investigations and further explanations. G £2500-3500Provenance: The present signed photograph originates from the archives of the assistant trial lawyer to Landru, Auguste Navières du Treuil and Philippe Zoumerroff´s collection. At his trial, Landru was convicted on all counts, sentenced to death, and guillotined three months later in Versailles. His life inspired Charlie Chaplin's 1947 film Monsieur Verdoux.

RODIN AUGUSTE: (1840-1917) French Sculptor. A.L.S., `Auguste Rodin´, one page, 8vo, Rome, 22nd April 1915, to Countess Laura Mocenigo, in French. Rodin states `I am back in Rome and I have many apologies to present to you. First of all a lack of my memory which I deeply regretted.´ The manuscript document is entirely in Rodin´s hand. With blank integral leaf. A very small ink stain to the last two letters of Rodin´s name. VG £300-400

ALECHINSKY PIERRE: (1927- ) Belgian abstract Artist. An attractive F.D.C., signed and inscribed by Alechinsky, one page, oblong folio card, Paris, 12th October 1985, in French. Signed and inscribed in pencil by Alechinsky (`For Axel, Alechinsky´) and dated 30th March 2009 in his hand. The document being the commemorative presentation of a 5,00 Francs French Republic stamp showing an Alechinsky´s work. With three binder holes to the left removable border. A numbered copy of an attractive document, with a printed short biography of Alechinsky. EX £100-150The stamp is depicting a work by Alechinsky, being a tribute to Michel Butor (1926-2016) a French writer. To the stamp background Alechinsky features a Butor´s manuscript. Butor, as well as Alechinsky, was a passionate of the book the wheel and the snake, an esoteric symbol of the movement and the eternity.

KERSAINT CLAIRE DE: (1777-1828) Duchess of Duras. French novelist. Best known for her novel Ourika, 1823, an early work on racial and sexual equality. Close friend of Chateaubriand. A lengthy original autograph manuscript by Kersaint, twenty pages, 8vo, the autograph document being three chapters of her work Réflexions et prières inédites (`Unedited Thinkings and Prayers´). Together with an original edition of the work, edited by Debécourt in 1839, being a hardback attractive 3.5 x 5.5 edition, red covers, with gilt spine letters VG £100-150

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A.L.S., A Dumas, four pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Emile Deschanel, in French. Dumas promises that he will read his correspondent´s manuscript and states `There are so many new things to work on at the theatre, most of all not being concerned with the profession, but working on the thought, on the logic of the action and the purpose..´ VG £100-120

SACHER-MASOCH LEOPOLD VON: (1836-1895) Austrian Writer, the term masochism is derived from his name. L.S., L. de Sacher Masoch, two pages, 8vo, Lindheim Castle, Hesse-Darmstadt, 21st February 1888, to press editor, in French. Sacher-Masoch thanks his correspondent for the Choses Vécues proof copies forwarded, and states `I am late as a result of the lost copy, because now I have to make copy the whole from my manuscript, simply dreadful..´ further commenting that he has replaced two chapters which he judged not good enough saying `..much more interesting and important for the right explanation of the origin of my works..´ With blank integral leaf. EX £200-300Choses Vécues is an autobiographic work by Sacher-Masoch containing erotic confessions which was published by Revue Blueu in 1888.

MAUPASSANT GUY DE: (1850-1893) French Writer. A.L.S., Maupassant, two pages, 12mo, Paris, n.d., on his personal printed stationery, 10th rue de Montchanin, to an unidentified colleague, in French. Maupassant explains to his correspondent that he is was back to Paris and states `..I returned ill, have been four days in bed, then I went to Normandie, now back again and ready to travel tomorrow to the mount St. Michel, but back again next Wednesday..´, further saying `..Will you still be in Paris next week?…I intended to write the Swinburne preface while I was on my boat, but without your manuscript I could not work on it..´, and concludes `I am very busy these days, and ill, but ready to keep my promise. We should talk about this.´ A letter of good content. VG £1000-1500Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) English Poet, Playwright and Critic. A controversial figure of his time, sado-masochist and alcoholic, he wrote about taboo topics such as anti-theism, lesbianism or cannibalism. It has been reported that Swinburne and Maupassant met for the first time in France in 1868 when the English poet, drunk, was drowning in the Etretat sea and was rescued by a young Maupassant.

PREVOST MARCEL: (1862-1941) French Author. A good set of four documents comprising an autograph manuscript, eight pages, 8vo, being his speech at the French Academy when he was appointed Academician. Together with A.L.S., Marcel Prevost, one page, 8vo, bearing an ink stamp from his own library, being a fourteen verses poem entitled Sonnet sur une épure, a youth work by Prevost stating `..Vois ce joli contour, cette ligne si pure, - Le point rond s'unissant au trait fin continu, - Vois le commun solide ombré comme nature - Par le raisonnement dans les airs soutenu..´; Also including A.L.S., Marcel Prevost, on a postcard showing to the front an image his property of Chateau de la Roche. Also including an original 3 x 5 unsigned cabinet photograph depicting Prevost in uniform during WWI. G to VG, 4 £80-100

LOUYS PIERRE: (1870-1925) French Poet and Novelist. An excellent autograph manuscript poem by Louys, one page, 4to, being a twelve verses poem, untitled, in French. A rather scabrous and rude erotic text with contemporary funny popular rhymes. Stating `Vous n'avez rien à dire, sottes! - Il faut lui tendre avec respect - Vos culs bombés sur vos cuissottes - Sans même lui souffler un pet.´ Boldly and carefully written in purple ink. The letter has been carefully affixed to a slightly larger card. VG £500-800

SUARES ANDRE: (1868-1948) French Poet and Critic. Two interesting autograph manuscripts, the first unsigned, two pages, written to the first and third page, 4to, attractive paper, written in blue ink with titles in red ink, containing thoughts on different topics regarding the human being and nature. The second signed manuscript, `Andre Suares´, page, 4to, n.p., n.d., in black ink, refers to writing and to the non-existence of the artificial writing. G £300-400

DORGELÈS ROLAND: (1885-1973) French Novelist. An unusual and lengthy autograph manuscript by Dorgelès, fifty one pages, 8vo, numbered from page 198 to 264, the documents being his autograph work for a project of novel he was intending to write in his last years. Some pages are apparently missing, some are repeated in large part or include a second version, most bearing numerous annotations and amendments. Together with a signed 3.5 x 2.5 card, to his secretary Betty Strauss. Also including a 1928 original magazine Revue des Visages dedicated to Dorgelès. G, 3 £80-100

MONTHERLANT HENRY DE: (1895-1972) French Novelist. An interesting autograph manuscript by Montherlant, thirteen pages, 4to, full of annotations, amendments and erasures, containing thoughts, and nostalgic souvenirs of his time spent working at the Labrousse salle at the National Library. Montherlant refers to his motley lecturers and says `the sting of intelligence´, further mentioning the guard finding him smoking where it was forbidden `he was gas fired on eighty per cent of his body´, further again mentioning Bergson, Halévy and Bourges. The manuscript is written to the verso of letters he received from correspondents, including several French writers. G £150-200

BOOK OF HOURS: An excellent double leaf, verso & recto, on vellum, four 3 x 4 pages, removed from a 15th century medieval book of hours, in Latin. A very attractive illuminated manuscript, with foliage ornaments in several ink colours, gilt, red blue and green. With three small holes to the centre fold, not affecting the texts. G £300-400

GEORGE VI: (1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936-52. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court of St. James, 30th August 1948. The partially printed document approves the appointment of Mr. G. T. MacEwan to be the Consul General in London for the Republic of San Marino. Countersigned at the foot by Ernest Bevin. With blind embossed seal. The manuscript text and signatures are just a touch faded, although perfectly legible. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG £150-200Ernest Bevin (1881-1951) English Politician, Foreign Secretary 1945-51

SUCRE ANTONIO JOSE DE: (1795-1830) Venezuelan Independence Leader, General and Statesman, one of Simon Bolivar's closest friends. Sucre served as President of Peru June-July 1823 and President of Bolivia 1825-28. D.S., A J de Sucre, one page, 4to, Quito, 29th August 1822, in Spanish. The manuscript document refers to Father Olivera who has not taken the Oath to uphold the Constitution. Sucre asks to be informed about this matter, and says `..the laws of the Republic referring to such refusals must be carried out´. The document also reports on Father Aguirre who `..has to leave the city within a week, with a warning to prevent him and others who are expelled from our territory for the same reasons, causing harm with their opinions or influencing and disturbing people and peace in any way.' To the left of the document appears a further manuscript annotation by Don Calixto Miranda, confirming that a passport will be delivered to Father Domingo Aguirre, so that he can leave the territory, and that Brother Ramon Olivera will be informed that '..he must go to his Convent of San Francisco to make a declaration to his Prelate'. With a third manuscript annotation and various countersignatures including Olivera´s one. Small area of paper loss to the left edge of the blank integral leaf and few ink stains to the circular seals on both pages. About VG £400-600

ELIZABETH I OF RUSSIA: (1709-1762) Empress of Russia 1741-62. L.S., Elizabeth, in Cyrillic, one page, folio, Saint Petersburg, 20th December 1737, in Cyrillic. The manuscript document signed by Her Imperial Majesty is an edict Cabinet Chancery payment stating in part `Our above mentioned Chancery has paid to Our Cabinet seven hundred roubles, amount which has been received.´ Bearing to the base of the document two contemporary additional lines written in another hand. Some very small, minor age wear, VG £1200-1500

A collection of books on the subject of Cookery, to include various hand-written examples giving various recipes not only for meals but also for medicines and poisons, etc (20) CONDITION REPORTS Includes six manuscript books and one unbound ribboned velum manuscript. Velum piece inscribed "Recipes and Formulas for the manufacture of Cordials Excisable and Non Excisable - Fruit Syrups, Essences, Extracts and etc - Awarded thirty-five Gold and Silver Medals for purity and general excellence". Thirteen sheets in all - see images for examples. Obviously has been folded for some time, folds very defined. Other manuscripts include: 1.Black clothboard bound edition with tooled leather spine and corners, with lettered index to front and various numbered pages including various recipes and remedies in various pencil, ink, sepia etc. 2. Fabric covered bearing calendar to interior for 1903 and 1904, ownership inscription "Frances M Wuff Recipe Book...." see images for sample pages. 3. "Recipe Book - F.R. Bell" in marbled board binding with tooled and gilded leather spine, re-bound, stamped to interior "F R Bell Chymist Middlesborough" upon inspection interior appears to pre-date binding. 4. Tooled and gilded calf-bound example bearing previous purchase price "£250.00" black ink/sepia interior including recipes such as "Two pickled cucumbers = My Mothers - To collar a calves head- Mary Barnes - To hash a calves head - To brown butter - a recipe to cure an asthma, tincture of myrrh - To cure an ague etc etc. 5. Marbled board covered with leather spine (very damaged) ownership inscription to frontice "M Dighton" including recipes "To make blamange - Dutch Cream - Regency Cake - Roll'd up Gingerbread - Bread Sauce from the Queen (dated 1877) etc etc 6.Marbled board bound with brown suede spine bearing ownership name to interior "Ridley" with indistinct no. or date including recipes "To Gild Sheets of Paper", "Burnished Gilding on Glass", "Orange Brandy" etc with several blank sheets to the interior with further script, poetry, prose, quotes, various drawings, cartoons etc - see images for examples

Miniatures: Admiral Gordon Campbell’s original Great War period Victoria Cross and triple D.S.O. Miniature Group of Seven and other items (see below) personally presented by the Admiral to Dorothy Isobel Mackay Houston, his literary assistant and close friend, comprising: Victoria Cross, in bronze; D.S.O., G.V.R., silver gilt, with two bars; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal, with 6 unofficial silver clasps, Home Seas 1914, Home Seas 1915, Home Seas 1916, Home Seas 1917, Home Seas 1918, “Q-Ships”; Victory medal; France, Légion d’Honneur, Officer’s breast badge in gilt and enamels, with rosette upon ribbon; France, Croix de Guerre with palm, 1914-1918, mounted on bar with reverse brooch-pin, extremely fine, in Spink & Son case. The lot is offered with the following additional items: A metal brooch-mounted V.C. and D.S.O. riband bar, with miniature Victoria Cross emblem on its original 1917 blue ribbon and rosette on D.S.O. ribbon to denote a first bar; A cloth riband bar with miniature Victoria Cross emblem (now loose) upon post-1917 standardised V.C. ribbon, with two rosettes on D.S.O. ribbon to denote first and second bars; An original silver print portrait photograph of Gordon Campbell in uniform, 200 x 150mm, signed both by the recipient and by the Royal photographer Hay Wrightson (1874-1949), of 41 New Bond Street, London, with details to reverse (the portrait as used as the frontispiece for Gordon Campbell’s My Mystery Ships, first published in 1928 and illustrated here as the header to lot 194). Two signed hardback copies of Gordon Campbell’s books A Son of the Sea and Captain Cook (both 1936), each bearing a personal manuscript dedication and thanks to ‘The Boatswain’ (then Miss D. I. Mackay Houston, later First Officer, W.R.N.S., who became Mrs Mackay-Mure) for her assistance with each book, also signed and dated by the recipient. A Son of the Sea additionally bears the printed dedication ‘To D.I.M.H.’, both volumes in good used condition. Four personal manuscript letters from Gordon Campbell to Miss Mackay-Houston, of which three are humorous and playful in nature (one dated 26 November 1939), and the fourth to ‘Beloved & respected Bos’n…’ containing heartfelt, personal advice, written on paper with Admiralty seal, undated, circa 1940. Copied documentation giving specific provenance information. Provenance: All the items in this lot were given personally by Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell to Miss D.I. Mackay-Houston, affectionately nicknamed ‘The Bos’n’, who worked closely with him during his time as Member of Parliament for Burnley and who assisted him with the writing of several of his books. A graduate of the University of London, she became a First Officer with the W.R.N.S. in WW2, remaining a lifelong friend of the Rear-Admiral and his family. Gordon Campbell’s son David became Godfather to her daughter, Christina Jane Mackay-Mure. (7)