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SCOTT-HOPPER, Queenie : [1881-1924] - Prolific author of children's books. An archive collection including three published books,manuscripts letters, original sketches, manuscript sheet music, research etc.

CALLIGRAPHY : Manuscript titled ' Toys,' by Avril K. Henry, 14 mounted colour plates, full morocco, folio, [mid--twentieth cent].

[ TOPOGRAPHIA BRITANNIA ] a manuscript volume in a neat hand, of 574 pages (not all filled-in), disbound, 4to, 1794:. * W. Dancer ?

‡ KORAN : HOLY BOOK - Illuminated Manuscript in Arabic, plain worn cloth binding, over 300 pages,150 x 95 mm, black and red script heightened in gold with additional illuminations in the margins, c1840s.

DIARY : 19th century manuscript diary of James Wollen, nearly 300 closely written pages, half calf, 4to, 1848 - 1858.

THE THORNTON MANUSCRIPT (LINCOLN CATHEDRAL MS.91), pub. Scolar Press 1978, in original slipcase

A MANUSCRIPT ON PILLOW LACE, illustrated and describing its different patterns with descriptions of implements used, 18th century and 'The Knitter's Companion', by Mrs and Miss Austen, published 1861 (2)

AN 18TH/19TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT COOKERY BOOK including 'To Make Pollonia Sausages'

[SERGEI PROKOFIEV AUTOGRAPHED MANUSCRIPT SCORE], SERGEI PROKOFIEV`S PERSONAL COPY OF THE QUINTELLE, OPUS 39 MANUSCRIPT SCORE, WITH EXTENSIVE AUTOGRAPH ANNOTATIONS, PARIS, 1924, hand-titled and inscribed on front cover Eksempliar S. Prokofieva [S. Prokofiev`s Copy], Quintelle / Serge Prokoffieff / Op. 39 / 1924 / 17 minutes, autograph manuscript score in black ink with extensive annotations in graphite and blue pencil, un-sewn folio, 48 pp recto and verso, 350 x 270 mmtogether with manuscript score of Der feurige Engel Opera, Op. 37, by Sergei Prokofiev, circa 1927, in black ink, un-sewn folio, 64 pp recto verso, 350 x 270 mm

A LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED GREEK MANUSCRIPT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, 17TH-18TH CENTURY, one side illuminated with a scene of Jesus conversing with a Samaritan woman at a well, gilt text, black and red ink; featuring writings in black ink only on the other side. Overall size: 404 x 255 mm; text size: 240 x 140 mm

[NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY AUTOGRAPHED MANUSCRIPT SCORE], AN AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF KONTRAPUNKT NO. 7 FOR PIANO BY NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY WITH A SIGNED NOTE, 1948, Kontrapunkt No. 7 for piano in black ink, 20 pages, 185 x 254 mm, original blue wrappers with a hand-titled and signed label on the cover; accompanied by a note on Myaskovsy`s letterhead, dated June 14, 1948, 196 x 136 mm

[ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV ANNOTATED PROOF COPY], ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV`S PROOF COPY OF KARELSKAYA LEGENDA TOGETHER WITH THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AND A SIGNED NOTE TO G. SCHULZ, 1917 printed copy with extensive autograph annotations, front page inscribed in Cyrillic Proshu esche korrekturu [Asking for further revisions], 77 pp, unbound, 335 x 268 mm together with a manuscript hand-titled in Cyrillic along the top margin Simfonia N. III, Pervaya Chast, Tuman [Symphony N. III, First Part, Fog], written in blue ink with additions in red and graphite pencil, 2 pp., 348 x 260 mm, accompanied by a signed note to G. K. Schultz accompanying several pages of corrections to be inserted to the composition

Ware, Sir James. The antiquities and history of Ireland. Five parts in one. First edition in English 1705. engraved frontispiece portrait title printed in red and black. Errata leaf at end. Deals with the Annals during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Later panelled calf. Some manuscript notes to recto. Rebacked with original spine. Folio. 12¼ x 8in. (31.12 x 20.32cm)

1943-1945 W. John Hardy, A History of the Eighth Indian Division, type-written manuscript and correspondence. Dealing with the Division's involvement in the North African and Italian Campaigns as a part of the 8th Army. In three sections, Oct.. 1943 - Jan 1944; 1 Feb. - 1 July. 1944; and Aug.. 1944 - June 1945. Includes a collection of strategic maps; an autograph manuscript of the Preface by General Dudley Russell; and an archive of correspondence between Hardy, Divisional command and Major-General Dudley Russell, nicknamed 'The Pasha'.

1917 - 1920 Thomas Ashe & Terence MacSwiney commemorative cards and a collection of patriotic songs. A collection of four printed cards commemorating Thomas Ashe, Terence Macswiney and the executed leaders of the Rising; and a collection of manuscript, typewritten and printed lyrics,and a manuscript scene from a play. (19) 8½ x 5½in. (21.59 x 13.97cm)

1786 List of Honour, The English Grammar School or Whyte's Academy and an 8-page manuscript poem. A letterpress printed list of candidates for Premiums at the General Examination, December 1786. The candidates are listed so that 'every young Gentleman is classed and ranked strictly according to his respective merit and improvement'. Printed by R. Marchbank, 11 New Buildings, Dame Street. A manuscript poem in ink to the reverse. A scarce document relating to education in Dublin in the late 18th century. Together with an 8-page, 413-line manuscript poem. Samuel Whyte's poster 22 x 18in. (55.88 x 45.72cm) Samuel Whyte was the illegitimate son of Captain Solomon Whyte, deputy governor of The Tower of London, who owned an extensive estate in County Down. Most of Solomon's estate went to his niece, Frances, who married Thomas Sheridan. Sheridan encouraged and financed Samuel Whyte to open an English grammar school. In 1758, he opened his school in Aungier Street, moving later to Grafton Street, now the site of Bewley’s. Whyte quickly rose to some acclaim, and it became one of the premier schools in the city. His pupils included Robert Emmet, Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington), Thomas Moore and the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, son of his patron, Thomas Sheridan.

1940s Irish dancing notebook A manuscript 16mo notebook of 249 pages of instructions for Irish dances. Provenance: Compiled by the grandfather of the vendor, from Waterfall, Co. Cork.

1922 - 1923 Civil War scrap book. Containing printed photographic postcards with views of the destruction to Liberty Hall, 1916, the shelling of the Four Courts, 1922, etc, along with a good range of newspaper clippings regarding the events of the day, including the takeover of Dublin Castle in 1922 by Michael Collins, group shots of Black and Tans, Royal Irish Constabulary, etc. One particularly interesting postcard in this album depicts two pro-treaty soldiers taking cover at a barricade and returning fire in Dublin, July 1922, and being directed by a man in civilian clothes with a pair of binoculars and a pistol. This album was compiled by a Waterford unionist, as evidenced by some of the manuscript annotations to photographs and clippings contained in the album.

1798 - 1868 Bound collection of political pamphlets relating to Ireland, signed by George Canning, British Prime Minister. A bound collection of eleven political pamphlets, some dedicated in manuscript by the author, relating to Ireland, signed by George Canning, former British Prime Minister, and with his notes. Including " Arguments for and against an Union between Great Britain & Ireland"; "Declaration of the Irish Catholic Laity, in Favour of Religious Equality."; "Nowlan's Irish Primer for English Salesmen..., 1867"; "Earl Grey's letter to John Bright respecting the Irish Church. 1868."; "Lord Dufferin on Mr Mill's plan for the pacification of Ireland. 1868" and "Earl Russell's letter to Chichester Fortescue on the State of Ireland, 1868". Quarter calf bound. Titled "Political Pamphlets - Ireland", blind embossed to spine. Ex Libris Dion A. Stams. 8½ x 6in. (21.59 x 15.24cm) George Canning, FRS, was a British statesman and Tory politician who served in various senior cabinet positions under numerous Prime Ministers, before himself serving as Prime Minister, in 1827, for the final four months of his life.

Miscellaneous prints, bookplates & illustrations of Victorian jockeys,including M Cannon, T Cannon, F Archer, O Madden, D Maher, W Lane and others, plus multi-portraits, some framed; the lot also including a signed manuscript letter on headed writing paper from the jockey Charley Webb dated 1892 (a qty.)

The Almanus Manuscript by J H Leopold,Jens Olsen’s Clock by Otto Mortensen,Watchmaking by George Daniels,Beginners Guide to Antique Watches,Watches and There Value by  Donald Carle,Collecting and Repairing Watches by Max Cutmore,Clock And Watch Escapements,by W J Gazeley andComplicated Watches and their Repair by  Donald Decarle.

GEORGE III LIEUTENANCY COMMISSIONreigned 1760-1820, good signature 'George R' at the head, one vellum page, Court at Saint James', dated 17th September 1795, the manuscript document is a military commission appointing 'James McArthur, Gent.' to be a lieutenant in the 60th (or Royal American) Regiment of Foot, co-signed and noted below, framed, vellum 34cm long

Shilton, History of Southwell, Ridge, Newark, 1818. Clarke, Southwell Church, Simpkin Marshall & Co London, 1839 and a manuscript Notes and Plans on fields and estates in the parish of Southwell, done by a pupil at King Street Academy Southwell in 1869

Old Views of Aberdeen, ten photographs with manuscript descriptions, also Wilson, An Historical Account and deliniation of Aberdeen, Johnston, Aberdeen 1822 & two other volumes on Aberdeen. (4) CONDITION REPORT: Views of Abderdeen:1 Houses on ground where Hall Russell and Co's shipyard newstand.2 The East and West Churches after the fire in 1874.3 The Corbie Well, Union Terrace Gardens.4 The Langstone.5 Wallace Tower.6 Rubislaw HS.7 Cumbert and Lodgings, Guestrow.8 Cumbert and Lodgings, another view.9 Mars Castle, Gallowgate.10 PC of Castle Street.and Orem's Description of Old Aberdeen, Rettie 1830and A Description of the Chanonry Cathedral & Kings College, Rettie 1830.

Antiquities - a two-handled earthenware lacrymatory or tear flask, possibly Graeco-Egyptian, moulded in low relief with deities, 10.5cm long, 19th century ink ms. collection label inscribed [...] from Thebes, in wchih the friends collected their tears and deposited it with the deceased. "Thou shalt collect my tears in thy bottle (Psalm 56:8)"; a Coptic manuscript parchment scroll, 19th century or earlierl a pair of 19th century Egyptian lady's bracelets or torcs, period collection label; a large terra sigillata/Samian decagonal pipe bowl, moulded in low relief with geometric and foliate motifs, Egyptian, 19th century; etc

Indian School (19th century), a manuscript page, painted with the Mughal court hunting tigers in the wilderness, the top and lower margins with calligraphic script, watercolour and gouache, 24.5cm x 16.5cm

A late 18th/early 19th century Islamic manuscript Kitab al-Buyu (or, Book of Sales), compiled in Arabic script by Mulla Mizra, concerning canons of Mohammedan Law with regards to buying and selling, Jihad and further matters, the paper pages 21.2cm x 165cm, folding calf covers tooled in relief with foliage and Middle Eastern motifs, 21cm x 17cm overall, 4to, Provenance: With and subsequently sold in the early 20th century by Arthur Probsthain, Oriental Bookseller & Publisher, 41 Great Russell Street, London W.C.1, annotated notepaper; collection of scholar, annotated card

Local Interest - Tarbotton (M.O.), History of the Old Trent Bridge, With A Descriptive Account of the New Bridge, Illustrated by Photographs, Richard Allen and Son, Nottingham 1871, presentation copy signed by the author, original maroon cloth, 4to; Memoirs of The Life of Colonel Hutchinson [...] Written By His Widow Lucy [...] Now First Published From the Original Manuscript By teh Rev. Julius Hutchinson, second edition, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London 1808, engraved title-page, further engravings, pull-out genealogical tables of descent, ms. pencil annotations, period marbled boards, 4to; Nottingham, Veta et Noba: Nottingham In The Olden Time, edited by Timothy Green, William Draper, Nottingham 1859; Bramley (T.), Guide To Nottingham Castle, Shepherd Brothers, Nottingham [c.1870]; other Nottinghamshire history; Croston (James), On Foot Through The Peal, second edition, John Heywood, Manchester 1868; Hussey (Christopher), Haddon Hall, Derbyshire: A Seat of the Duke of Rutland, in four parts from Country Life, December 1949; topography; maps; etc

A Medieval ecclesiastical vellum manuscript page, scrivened and inscribed with Latin choral music, 53.5cm x 36.5cm, 15th century, framed as one

The Harleian Miscellany; or a collection of Scarce, Curious and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well as in manuscript and print, 1808-1811, twelve vols, together with Goose, The Romance of Natural History (13)

A 19th century Swiss combed rosewood cylinder musical box, plain rectangular hinged cover, bearing paper label listing six airs in ink manuscript, inscribed Étouffoirs En Acier, Soit À Spiraux, 15cm brass cylinder, steel comb with muffle bar, 35cm wide, c.1860

Herbert (Edward, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury). De Religione Gentilivm, errorumque apud eos causis; authore Edoardo Barone Herbert de Cherbury, & Castri Insulae de Kerry in Hibernia..., 1st edition, Amsterdam: Typis Blaeviorum, 1663, printer's woodcut device to title and with early ink stamp 'Ex Bibl. Ios. Ren. Card. Imperialis', some toning and spotting, copious manuscript notes to rear endpaper, contemporary vellum, 4to The first study of comparative religion, published posthumously by Isaac Vossius, giving, in David Hume's words, "a natural history of religion." (1)

Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: newly translated out of the originall tongues..., Imprinted at London: by Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1628], general title not present, New Testament title within decorative woodcut border (with 17th century manuscript genealogical entries to verso), Apocrypha present, black letter text throughout, 18th century manuscript ownership & date of Thomas Pacey March 1st 1766 to verso of final leaf, bound at front with The Genealogies by John Speed (without map), some dust-soiling and few marks, 18th/19th century blind panelled calf gilt, joints cracked, worn at head & foot of spine and to extremities, 4to Herbert 411. (1)

Cassiodorus (Flavius Magnus Aurelius, Senator). Historia ecclesiastica tripartita, Augsburg, Johann Schussler circa 5 February 1472, 192 unnumbered leaves, without the front blank [a1] and final 2 blank leaves [v5-6], text therefore complete, printed in single column, 35 lines per page in Gothic typeface initials supplied throughout in red ink (many with flourishes), with additional paraph marks and title underlining supplied in red ink, large initial to first leaf supplied in red and green ink, several tabs to fore-margins, manuscript pointing hand in brown ink to [b6] recto and verso, [c4] and [e2], light dampstain to fore-margins (first 11 and final 5 leaves with blank fore-margins replaced), leaf size 310 x 210 mm (12.2 x 8.3 ins), later plain quarter calf over early wooden boards, with some worm holes and a little loss to front edges of both covers, contained in 20th century red cloth bookbox, folio Provenance: Ex libris G.S. Tomkinson; Ken Tomkinson, with his bookplate to front pastedown; thence by descent. Editio princeps of this important history of the early Christian church from the Council of Nicaea (325) to 439. The text is compiled from the histories of Theodoret, Sozomen and Socrates, translated from the Greek into Latin by Epiphanius Scholasticus under the direction of Cassiodorus. Johann Schussler was the second printer to establish at Augsburg who produced 13 books, all using the same typeface, between 1470 and 1473. Hain Copinger *4573. Goff C237. GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke) 6164. (1)

Wodenote (Theophilus). Hermes Theologus: or, A Divine Mercurie Dispatcht with a grave Message of New Descants Upon Old Records. No lesse delightfull in the best sense, then truly usefull for these times, 1st edition, London: R. Royston, 1649, additional engraved title, some light dampstaining, 19th century half calf, spine torn at head & foot with loss, 12mo, together with Norris (John), The Theory and Regulation of Love. A Moral Essay. In Two Parts. To which is added Letters Philosophical and Moral between the Author and Dr Henry More, 1st edition, Oxford: Printed at the Theatre for Hen. Clements, 1688, imprimataur leaf present with 18th century manuscript notes to verso, some dampstaining and few ink marks, recent endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, board corners worn, 8vo Wing W3242 & N1272. (2)

Wotton (Henry). The State of Christendom: or, a most exact and curious discovery of many secret passages, and hidden mysteries of the times, printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1657, engraved portrait frontispiece, recent quarter calf with marbled boards, folio, (Wing W3654), together with Farindon (Anthony), XXX. Sermons lately preached at the Parish Church of St Mary Magdalen Milkstreet, London..., printed for Richard Marryat, 1657, title printed in red and black, errata leaf at rear, early inscriptions to front free endpaper and Earl of Westmorland manuscript bookplate dated 1856 to front pastedown, contemporary calf, some soiling and wear, folio, plus Feltham (Owen), Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political..., 11th edition, 1696, additional engraved title-page with explanation leaf facing, printed title in red and black, ownership inscription of Joseph Wyatt dated 1697/8 to front pastedown and a larger calligraphic signature dated 1699 to endpaper facing, contemporary speckled calf, some insect damage to leather, joints cracked and a little wear at head and foot of spine, folio (Wing F658), plus other 17th (and one 18th) century folio theology and history including John Reynolds, John Walker, Henry Isaacson and volume 1 only of Foxe's Actes and Monuments, 1610 (11)

Petrarch (Francesco). Librorum Francisci Petrarche Impressorum Annotatio, & Annotatio nonnullorum librorum seu epistolarum Francisci Petrarche, 2 volumes in 1, Venice, Andrea Torresano de Asula for Simon de Lovere, 27 March [& 17 June] 1501, lettre batarde type in double column, lacks colophon leaf to each volume (O8 at end of first volume, and [24]6 at end of second volume), some initials towards front of volume supplied in red ink, a few early manuscript marginal annotations (title more heavily annotated to lower blank area, and extensively to verso), some minor marks (generally in very good condition with wide margins), pale waterstain to extreme fore-margins at front and rear of volume, bookplate of Ely Cathedral library to front pastedown, 17th century blind-ruled full calf, modern antique-style good-quality reback, thick folio Provenance: Sold Sotheby's Library of Ely Cathedral, 10 March 1972, lot 476, where bought by the present owner. Adams P773. Censimento 16 cnce 31762. Renouard 292/1. Second edition of Petrarch's collected Latin works, following its first appearance in 1496 (Basel, Johann Amerbach), and thus the first to appear in Italy. This edition is also the first to contain the biography of Petrarch by Squarzafico. The publisher Torresani, father in law of Aldus Manutius took charge of the Aldine press following the death of Aldus in 1515 until the son Paulus Manutius came of age. (1)

Bill (John). The Abridgment of Camden's Britannia with the Maps of the severall Shires of England and Wales, 1626, decorative title page with early 19th century manuscript marginalia, dedcation to the King, 'To the reader', 'A Delineation of the Univerall Notions of Geographie', a secondary half title, a table of the Spanish Armada, 'Especiall Notes', list of religous houses and index of the counties all present, general map of England & Wales and fifty (of fifty-one) uncoloured engraved maps, lacking Lincolnshire, small ink library stamp (Selbourne Library) to verso of title and below the map of Flintshire, a few text headlines shaved, slight text showthrough, slight staining, later endpapers, 20th century calf gilt with red morocco gilt label to upper board, small oblong 4to Rare. It is believed that only two hundred copies of this atlas were ever published. Chubb XLI. (1)

Vineis (Raimundus de ). Vita Miracolosa Della Seraphica S. Catherina da Siena, 2nd edition, Siena, Simione di Niccolo, 1 September 1524, title within woodcut decorative border, with full-page woodcut of Saint Catherine to verso (fore-margin close-shaved with slight loss), 23 woodcut illustrations to text, woodcut initials, one or two small worm holes to lower blank margins of first few leaves, early 19th century ownership annotations in brown ink to front blanks (upper outer corner excised), bookplate of James Bindley to front pastedown, 18th century French mottled full calf, gilt spine with red morocco title label, rubbed, small 4to in 8's Provenance: Chretien-Francois de Lamoignon (1735-1789), with crowned L stamped to upper outer corner of page 3 of main text; item 3930 in the catalogue of the Bibliotheca Lamoniana by Merigot, 1791-92; the library sold en bloc to Thomas Payne, bookseller (1752-1831), November 13th 1794; Michael Wodhull (1740-1816), his sale 25 March 1803, lot 359, where purchased by James Bindley (manuscript note by Bindley); James Bindley (1737-1818); sold Sotheby's, 29 November 1982, lot 169, Property of the William Carr Will Trust, where purchased by the current owner. Sander 7614. Two editions of this work were printed in Siena in 1524, the first on the 10th May, and the second, as here, on the 1st September. The translation into the vernacular was made by Ambrosio Catherino (i.e. Lancelotto Politi). (1)

Somerset Sermons. A manuscript volume of sermons written and preached by an unidentified person, circa 1675-87, mostly written to rectos only in a neat hand from front and back of book, a total of approximately 200 leaves, many of the sermons with manuscript place and dates when sermons given, places include Merriott, Lopen, Chillington, Banwell, St Nicholas, Bristol, Haselbere, South Petherton, also at the funeral of John Wills, Lopen, 17 February 1681, etc., some blank leaves, a manuscript note by the owner that the blank book was bought in 1675, contemporary morocco gilt, some wear and split at head of lower joint, 8vo (1)

Davenant (William). Madagascar; with Other Poems, 2nd edition, printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1648, woodcut ornaments, some mispagination, a few leaves close-trimmed at top margin affecting some headlines and pagination, some light soiling, small manuscript Latin inscription to title, manuscript note at front, later half calf, a little rubbed, 12mo ESTC R88; Wing D330. Includes the poem 'In Remembrance of Master William Shakespire', pages 34-35. (1)

Wodenote (Theophilus). Hermes Theologus: Or, a Divine Mercurie Dispatcht with a Grave Message of New Descants upon Old Records, 1st edition, printed for R. Royston, 1649, additional engraved title, C6 with with two words crossed through and ink annotation, C12 with repaired tear, occasional light soiling, manuscript shelf numbers to haed of title and front pastedown, later half calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 12mo Wing W3242. (1)

[Guevara, Antonio de]. The Golden Boke of Marcus Aurelius Emperour and eloquente oratour, London: [Thomas Berthelet], 1546, title within architectural woodcut border (with date of 1534 within design), numerous decorative woodcut initials, black letter text, inscription to title with name Michaell Clarson and to final leaf of table, manuscript notes to final leaf, some dampstaining at rear, occasional minor marks, few leaves dust-soiled, bookplate of William Wordie, Glasgow (1884-1952) to verso of front free endpapers and front free blank inscribed 'To Alexr. Smith, from his unseen & sincere friend J. Payne Collier', all edges gilt, 19th century gilt panelled calf, red morocco label to spine, small 8vo Pforzheimer 441 (7 copies known), STC 12440.5 and ESTC S117886. This is the fifth edition translation of the French version of Guevaras fictitious account of Marcus Aurelius, first issued in 1528 under title: Libra aureo de Marco Aurelio. The work states it was "Translated oute of Frenche into Englishe by Iohn Bourchier ..." p.[582]. John Payne Collier (1789-1883), was a controversial figure in the history of literary scholarship, being a Shakespearian critic and forger. An influential writer regarding Shakespeare's drama, poetry, and prose, he was also the originator of an array of forgeries and false evidence at the same time. His efforts seriously affected and confused the text and biography of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. (1)

Illuminated Manuscript. 'In die nativitatis domini', illuminated manuscript on thick card, 9 pages, finely illuminated in gold and colours, opening page with large elaborate historiated initial with an angel playing a rebec, signed 'D. Mark' lower right, remaining pages with text and music on 4-line staves surrounded by elaborate borders of varying styles (incorporating one Virgin and Child vignette, cherubs, angels, dragons, flowers, saints, etc.), 2 further decorated initials, one incorporating a sleeping Jesus, and one vignette on p[7], In sabbato sancto bendictio cerei, 8 pages, illuminated in red, blue and green, the music and text enclosed by ornate borders in leafy geometric patterns, 2 parts in 1 volume, the 9 leaves mounted on guards, full red panelled morocco by Lamcroft and Lawrence, sides with inner and outer ornate borders, upper cover lettered in gilt 'Pax', gilt panelled spine with raised bands and floral tools, inner gilt dentelles, gilt edges, 530 x 415 mm, together with another volume containing 3 illuminated manuscript leaves on paper, the first 2 finely illuminated in gold and colours (one miniature of the Resurrection, elaborate initials and borders), window-mounted, and with 3 further loosely inserted leaves in the same style as the 'In sabbato sancto bendictio' above, modern cloth, leaf size 355 x 275 mm, both volumes preserved in solander box Provenance: Fernham Priory, early 20th century. The Priory was first established in 1832 at Princethorpe, Warwickshire, by a community of Benedictine nuns from Montargis near Orleans who fled from France in 1792 after being persecuted during the French Revolution. The Priory was at one time the largest in England with over 200 nuns. In 1966 dwindling numbers led to the move to Fernham, and in 2001 the Priory closed and the nuns were dispersed. (1)

Caldecott (Randolph). Graphic Pictures, 1891, numerous colour illustrations, some minor toning, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, boards slightly marked, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, oblong 4to, (complete edition 168/1250), together with Copernicus (Nicholas), Complete Works 1, The Manuscript... on The Revolutions, Polish Academy of Science, 1972, numerous facsimile plates, original cream cloth with inlaid colour illustration and dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed, large 8vo, (limited edition of 1500 copies), and Blaeu (Joan), Atlas Maior of 1665, Anglia, Scotia Hibernia, volumes 1 & 2, 2006, numerous colour illustrations, original white boards in dust jackets and slipcase, folio, plus other early 20th-century and modern literature and historical reference, including publications by A. & C. Black, King Penguin, Oxford, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Penington (Isaac). The Works of the Long-Mournful and Sorely-Distressed Isaac Penington, whom the Lord in His Tender Mercy, at Length Visited and Relieved by the Ministry of that Despised People, called Quakers, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, printed and sold by Benjamin Clark, 1681, occasional light water stains and soiling, contemporary penelled calf, rebacked and repaired, previous owner name to upper cover, folio, together with An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, Being an Explanation and Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People called Quakers. Written in Latin and English by Robert Barclay, and since translated into High Dutch, Low Dutch, French and Spanish, for the Information of Strangers. The Eighth Edition in English, John Baskerville, Birmingham, 1765, lacking errata leaf, a few manuscript corrections, some light toning, armorial bookplate of J. Walker, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, rubbed, 4to, plus Joseph Besse's A Collection of the Sufferings of Quakers, for the Testimony of a Good Concience, volume II only, 1753 Wing P1149; Gaskell 30 for first two works. (3)

Clemangiis (Nicolai de). Opera Omnia qua' partim ex antiquissimis editionibus ex ms.v.cl. Theodori Canteri, descripsit, conjecturis notisque ornavit & primus edidit Johannes Martini Lydius, 3 parts in one, Leiden, apud Lud. Elzevirij & Henr. Laurency, 1613, engraved title, three sectional titles, faded circular ink stamps to title, dedication and renewed endpapers, some toning and damp stains, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, upper joint splitting, soiled, 4to Willems 79. (1)

[Allestree, Richard]. The Gentleman's Calling, printed for R. Norton for T. Garthwait, 1668, two engraved plates, each with early manuscript caption at head, early signatures to title and at end, occasional light water stains, contemporary sheep, spine rubbed, 8vo (Wing A1120), together with The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. Or an Impartial Survey of the Ruines of Christian Religion, Undermin'd by Unchristian Practice. Written by the Author of the Whole Duty of Man, [Richard Allestree], 1st edition, 1667, imprimatur leaf (laid down with small loss), title with engraved vignette of a burning ship, two engraved portraits (with closed tears), a little light spotting, previous owner inscription of J. Scott. Coll. Univ. Oxon, 1769 to recto of imprimatur leaf, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo (Wing A1097), with two others attributed to Allestree: The Ladies Calling in two parts, 5th impression, 1677 and The Art of Contentment, Oxford, 1700 (4)

Philips (Katherine). Poems. By the incomparable, Mrs. K.P., 1st (unauthorised) edition, London: Printed by J.G. [John Grismond] for Rich. Marriott, 1664, imprimatur leaf present, woodcut ornament to title with contemporary signature 'Eliza Waller' written within (title border neatly double ruled in ink), leaves B1 & I1 provided in good facsimile, lacking blank leaf Q8, errata leaf at the end, few running titles a little close shaved, pencil ownership of Jukes Clifton Jukes Esqr. Trelydon Hall, Montgomeryshire to front blank free endpaper, marbled endpapers with armorial crest bookplate and name label of J. Egerton to upper pastedown, hinges slightly cracked, all edges gilt, attractive, near contemporary gilt panelled and decorated crushed brown morocco, blind initials 'E.W.' to centre of each board and 'M.B.' to title compartment on spine, light fading to spine, 8vo Wing P2032. N.P. Tinker, "John Grismond", English Language Notes, 34 (1996), pp.30-35. The first (suppressed) edition of the first published collection of poems by katherine philips, "the matchless orinda" The poet and dramatist Katherine Philips (n‚e Fowler, 1632-64), who used the sobriquet "Orinda", was the most respected and most influential English woman writer of the seventeenth century. The founder of a kind of pr‚cieuse Society of Friendship -- including such figures as Sir Edward Dering ( "Silvander"), Lord and Lady Dunganon ("Lucasia" and "Memnon"), Sir John Berkenhead ("Cratander"), and Sir Charles Cotterell ("Poliarchus") -- and who lived for much of her married life in Cardiganshire, she also established one of the best documented centres of literary manuscript production of her time. Although occasional poems by her had appeared in printed broadsides or other publications, as well as her successfully staged translation from Corneille, Pompey, the first collected edition of poems by her did not appear until 1664. Despite recent disputes as to whether or not she had a hand in this, her recorded lamentations insisting that she would not have published such a thing for a thousand pounds and that this edition was wholly unauthorised seem convincing enough. Her friends Cotterell and John Jeffreys prevailed upon the publisher Marriott to suppress the edition, but clearly a number of copies did get into circulation. The printer of the edition, "J.G.", has been identified by Nathan Tinker as John Grismond. (1)

Book of Common Prayer, and Administrations of the Sacraments..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches, Oxford: Printed by the University Printers, 1706, additional engraved title, portrait frontispiece and numerous plates by John Sturt, red ruled letterpress title and borders throughout, manuscript short hand to verso of engraved title, portrait and few plates, occasional marks, contents a little shaken, front free endpaper torn, contemporary shagreen, silver metal engraved name & monogram plate to centre of each board 'Sarah Gwynn, May ye 1st 1707', silver metal corner pieces and clasps, upper board detached, leather torn to panels at head & foot of spine, 8vo, together with The Book of Common Prayer..., Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., Oxford: Printed by Thomas Basket, Printer to the University, 1754, bound with A Companion to the Alter..., London: John Beecroft, 1756, engraved frontispiece, all edges gilt, contemporary shagreen, silver metal clasps and edge strips to boards, 8vo (2)

[N., N.]. The Scarlet Gown, or the history of all the present Cardinals of Rome..., translated into English by H.C. [Henry Cogan], Humphrey Moseley, 1653, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, author's dedication signed N.N., 3 pp. contents at rear, a little dust-soiling, manuscript motto and monogram of Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, some wear and old labels to spine, lower board scuffed, 8vo Wing N53. (1)

*Constantinople. Anonymous, Vue du Grand Serrail de Constantinople [A View of the Grand Seraglio of Constantinople, circa 1770, grey wash watercolour panorama of Istanbul, old folds, slight dust soiling and staining, laid on later conservation paper, image size 140 x 380 mm A charming mid eighteenth century manuscript view of Istanbul.The view takes in what is now the Sultanahmet district of Istanbul on the European side, with the Hagia Sophia on the right, to what is now the šskdardistrict on the Asian side of the city. To the left, the artist has labelled the Maidens Tower as Tour de Leandres, referring to the legend of Leander, who swam the Hellespont to see his lover Hero every night, which some confused with the Bosphorus. It focuses on the Topkapi Palace, and the element of Ottoman culture of most interest to European observers, the harem, or seraglio.The harem was a source of some fascination, and much speculation. The artist has labelled almost half the palace as Appartamens des femmes en Grand Seigneur, or the womens quarters.The view was probably produced during one of the intermittent conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and European powers over the eighteenth century. (1)

*Antiphonal. A manuscript leaf from an antiphonal, including the Epiphany chant "Hic est dies praeclarus in quo salvator mundi...", Northern Europe, 15th century, black ink on vellum, seven lines musical notation (staves ruled in red) each with Latin text in humanistic text beneath, two decorative initials in blue and red, 44 x 32cm (17.5 x 13.5ins), framed and glazed (1)

Baskerville Press. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches, 2nd edition, Cambridge, 1761, typographical border to each leaf, small tear and loss to rear blank, a little light spotting, manuscript prayer at front, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary red full morocco gilt, 'Denham Jephson 1769' stamped in gilt to upper cover, spine a little rubbed and faded, 8vo Gaskell 13. (1)

[Habington, William]. Castara: Carmina non prius Audita, Musarum sacerdos Virginibus, 3rd edition, corrected and augmented, London: Printed by T. Cotes, for Will. Cooke, 1640, additional engraved title, decorative border at head and foot of pages, without preliminary blanks (A1 & A2), small hole to fore-edge of B7 affecting two letters of text, some leaves trimmed (fore-edge of E7 shaved), upper blank margin & corner of F5 slightly torn, armorial bookplate of Roland Bearsly Paine to upper pastedown, also with old catalogue cuttings pasted-in and manuscript notes of J. Mitford (historian) to front endpapers, all edges gilt (slightly rubbed), hinges split, early 19th century green morocco gilt, with arms and initials of Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, 3rd Baronet, of Sledmere to upper and lower covers in blind, extremities lightly rubbed, 12mo STC12585; Grolier, Wither to Prior 412. This volume includes the first appearance of the third (and final) part of the complete work. Grolier states that the frontispiece "was probably preceded by two blank leaves". This is also true of this copy. Sir Mark Masterman Sykes (1771-1823) was the eldest son of Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Baronet of Sledmere, Yorkshire. Educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, he represented York in Parliament 1807-20. In 1795 he assumed the additional name of Masterman on his marriage to Henrietta, daughter and heir of Henry Masterman of Settrington Hall in Yorkshire. She died 1813, and remarried in 1814 his first cousin Mary Elizabeth Egerton, only daughter of William Egerton, formerly Tatton, of Tatton Park and Wythenshaw. He had no children by either wife, and his brother succeeded to the title and the estate. A famous bibliophile, his library, rich in incunables, early editions of the classics, and the Elizabethan drama, was sold by auction by R.H. Evans in three parts on 11 and 28 May and 21 June 1824. A member of the Roxburghe Club, a catalogue of his library was prepared by Henry John Todd. (1)

Horapollo (the grammarian). Orus Apollo Niliacus de Hieroglyphicis notis, … Bernadino Trebatio Vicentino latinita donatus, Paris: Rob. Stephani, 1530, printer's woodcut device to title, late 20th century manuscript notes to additional blank leaves at rear, occasional spotting, 18th century calf, gilt armorial of Herbert Norman Evans M.D. to centre of each board, rebacked, board corners rubbed, slim 8vo Adams H848. Only four UK institutional locations found. (1)

Charles I. Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings. Whereunto are annexed his Praiers and Apophthegms. &c., [London]: Printed by W[illiam]. D[u-gard]. [for Francis Eglesfield] in R.M., 1649, engraved portrait frontispiece. title in red & black with manuscript notes to verso, engraved portrait of Prince, occasional marginalia, some light dampstaining, 19th century half calf, spine and joints worn with loss, 8vo, (Madam 22), together with Eikon Basilike. Vel Imago Regis Caroli, in illis suis Aerumnis & Solitudine, Hague; London: Typis S.B. impensis J. Williams & F. Eglesfield, 1649, folding engraved portrait frontispiece, emblem to verso of title, double-page plate of portraits, bound with at rear Perfecta Narratio Totius Processus..., London: William Bentley, 1649, and with Regis Caroli Oratio..., London, 1649, front free endpaper replaced, hinges repaired, early 19th century half calf gilt, 12mo, (Almack 51 & Madan 43, Narratio Madan 103), plus three others related, some incomplete (5)

Shirley (James). Poems &c., 3 parts in one, 1st edition, London: For Humphrey Moseley, 1646, engraved frontispiece portrait (lined to verso), blank leaf D8 present, without final blank of third part (B8), some spotting and browning, hinges repaired, modern brown morocco, rebacked, 8vo Provenance: Brett-Smith Library, Sotheby's, 2004, lot 537. Wing S3481; Grolier, Wither to Prior 800; Hayward 85; Pforzheimer 933. The first collected edition of Shirley's poems. James Shirley (1596-1666) was effectively the last of the great pre-Civil War dramatists, whose work bridges the transition from the old Jacobean tradition to the new Restoration mode. His comedies in particular remained popular on the Restoration stage. In the early 1640s he assembled a collection of poems written earlier, which now survives in a manuscript in the Bodleian Library, and he brought out a printed collection of them in 1646. Shirley's career ended when he and his wife both perished as a result of the effects of the Great Fire of London. This present copy of the Poems is the first issue with sheets A and E in uncorrected form. John Brett-Smith noted that the other known copies in this state are the Dyce copy (in the Victoria and Albert Museum) and that in the library of Worcester College, Oxford. (1)

Heliodorus. L'Histoire Aethiopique de Heliodorus, contenant dix livres, traitant des loyales & pudiques amours de Theagenes Thessalien, & Chariclea Aethiopienne. Traduite de Grec en Francois, & de nouveau reveue & corrig‚e sur un ancien exemplaire escript … la main, par le translateur, ou est declar‚ au vray qui en a est‚ le premier autheur, Paris, Vincent Sertenas, 1559, [4]+123+[1], title with printer's woodcut device, final leaf with woodcut device to recto, some very light spotting to title, early 19th century bookseller's ticket of Holden, 46 Church Street, Liverpool to front pastedown, engraved bookplate of Sir Thomas Gerard, 8th Baronet of Bryn (circa 1723-1780), 18th century speckled full calf, rubbed and scuffed, joints partly cracked at head and foot, portion to lower margin of upper cover repaired, folio (320 x 205 mm) Provenance: Property of a Lady, Sotheby's 25 February 1980, lot 194, where purchased by the present owner. Brunet, III, 88. Mortimer, French 16th Century Books, 271. OCLC 42603022. First edition of this second translation into French by the philologist and Bishop of Auxerre, best known for his translation of Plutarch's Lives. A revised and improved version of Amyot's first version of this work published in 1547, following the discovery of a more accurate manuscript of the text in Rome. (1)

Latimer (Hugh). Fruitfull Sermons: Preached by the right Reverend Father, and constant Martyr of Jesus Christ, Master Hugh Latimer, newly imprinted with others not heretofore set forth in print..., London: Thomas Cotes, 1635, title with manuscript notes and annotations to front & rear, engraved portrait with manuscript list to verso, few other early annotations, some leaves cropped at head with loss to running titles, light dust-soiling & few leaves slightly dampstained, some marginal fraying, last two leaves torn to lower outer corners, creased & frayed, 20th century quarter morocco, 4to, together with Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., London: Printed by John Baskett, 1735, all edges gilt (rubbed), contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, joints cracked and some rubbing to extremities, 8vo (2)