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Bunyan (John). Questions about the Nature and Perpetuity of the Seventh-Day-Sabbath. And Proof, that the first day of the Week is the true Christian-Sabbath, 1st edition, London: Nath. Ponder, 1685, [2],3-140pp., lacking 4 leaves of preliminaries and first & last two leaves of text, early ink manuscript name 'Staples' to title and with few faint ink marks, some fraying mostly at front and rear, contemporary sheep with name 'Staples' lightly scratched onto covers, lower cover lacking inner board, worn, 12mo Wing B5587 & ESTC R17508. The volume should collate as [12],144pp. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Stradanus (Joannes). Vermis Sericus, Dae Constantiae Alamanniae Nobilissae Florentinae, ex viro suo Illmo Raphaele Mediceo Florentino, Hetruriae pedestris militae Rectore, liberorum XVI. simul viuorum pudicissimae matri, [Antwerp: Nicolas Visscher, restruck in England on Whatman, watermarked 1819], six hand-coloured engraved plates on wove paper, including title-page, some marginal spotting and finger-soiling, contemporary marbled wrappers, some minor wear to extremities, manuscript title label on front cover, oblong folio This series of plates on the silkworm was first published around 1600, but this later edition using the original plates is also uncommon. (1)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible Conteyning the Old Testament and the New. Newlie Translated out of ye Originall Tongues and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised by his Maiesties speciall Commandement..., Printed at London by Robert Barker... and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1639, engraved general title, New Testament title within decorative woodcut border with imprint dated 1638, full-page woodcut illustration of Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden printed to verso of contents leaf, colophon dated 1639, Apocrypha present, double-column roman type throughout, genealogies not present, bound with at front The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker..., and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1638, title torn with loss at head, repaired and lined to verso, following five leaves torn and frayed to gutter and fore-edge margins by varying amounts, bound with at rear A Concordance, or Table to the Bible of the Last Translation..., London: Printed by the Assignes of Clement Cotton, 1639, and also bound with at rear The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternehold, John Hopkins and others..., London: Printed by E. Griffin and I. Raworth, for the Company of Stationers, 1638, 19th century manuscript genealogical entries to verso of final leaf and to rear free endpapers, relating to the Heathcote family, occasional light dust-soiling & minor marks to few leaves, 19th century endpapers, 18th century panelled calf, rebacked and corners repaired, board edges rubbed, folio Herbert 538. The genealogical information at the rear of the volume comprise entries for the Heathcote family, including the marriage of Mary Anne Lydia Heathcote to George Hussey Packe of Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, second son of Charles James Packe of Prestwold Hall, Leicestershire on 1st September 1824, and the marriage of Robert Boothby Heathcote to Charlotte Sotheby, second daughter of Admiral Sotheby on 9th March 1837. (1)

Petrarca (Francesco). Il Petrarca con l' Espositione d'Alessandro Vellutello. Di Novo Ristampato con le Figure a i Trionfi, con le Apostille, e con piu cose utile Aggiunte, 2 parts in one, Venice, Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1560, title within elaborate woodcut border dated 1558 (trimmed and laid down), fine woodcut headpieces, historiated initials and illustrations, final leaf laid down with woodcut printer's device trimmed and pasted to verso, four leaves after title reguarded, a few leaves close-trimmed at top margin, occasional light spotting and soiling, blindstamps at front, endpapers renewed, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title to spine, soiled, small 4to (1)

Descartes (Rene). Excellent Compendium of Musick: With Necessary and Judicious Animadversions thereupon. By a Person of Honour, 1st edition, printed by Thomas Harper for Humphrey Moseley, 1653, titles with printer's woodcut device, three engraved plates, including a lute, woodcut illustrations, errata leaf at end, some spotting and light soiling, modern half calf, spine slightly faded, small 4to Wing D1132. Originally written in 1618, but not published until shortly after his death in 1650, The 'Person of Honour' translator, identified in a contemporary manuscript hand to the title as 'L. Brouncker', was William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620-1684), a mathematician and first President of the Royal Society in 1662. Descartes' early attempt at reconciling the relationship between the physical and psycological perceptions in music, using a scientific and mathematical method. (1)

China & Japan. Blaeu (Johannes), Imperii Sinarum nova Descriptio, published J.Covens & C.Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1710, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, central fold runs horizontally, 465 x 595 mm A map from Blaeu's Atlas Sinensis, but a later issue by Covens & Mortier. This map covers China, Korea and Japan. Korea is correctly shown as a peninsula and not an island, and China is very accurately depicted -the Great Wall is visible in the north. This is the first European map to show Ezo as an island in Japan. The title cartouche is surrounded by figures in traditional dress.The Atlas Sinensis was the fruit of a unique collaboration between Father Martinus Martini, the Jesuit Superior of Hangchow, and the Amsterdam cartographer, Johannes Blaeu. Father Martino Martini (1614-1661), was a Jesuit missionary who began to compile his own maps based on earlier Chinese sources, including an 1312 manuscript atlas by Chu-Ssu-pˆn. He was taken prisoner by the Dutch in 1654 and sent to Amsterdam. He used the journey to translate Chu-Ssu-pˆns work,with additions and revisions from a 1555 printed atlas by Lo Hongxian. When he arrived, Martini took his work to Johannes Blaeu, and persuaded him to postpone his planned town book of Italy in order to engrave and publish Martinis maps instead. The accompanying text was Martinis personal accountof the decade he had spent travelling in China. The volume of seventeen maps was completed and published in 1655, and marketed as the sixth volume of Blaeu's Atlas Novus. (1)

Europe. Hondius (Jodocus), Nova Europae Descriptio auctore I.Hondius, originally published Amsterdam, but this example is a pirated Italian edition, possibly printed in Venice, circa 1642, uncoloured engraved carte-a-figure maps on two conjoined sheets, sparse near contemporary manuscript marginalia, old folds strengthened on verso, slight staining, 450 x 560 mm, no text on verso An unrecorded Italian copy of Hondius's map, probably engraved in Venice, perhaps by the little known publisher Stefano Scolari. The paper bears a watermark of an anchor in a circle, surmounted by a six pointed star (possibly Heawood 8) which indicates the paper to be Italian and of the period. The map appeared together with six other similar examples at a Sothebys auction, several of which bore the date 1642, and had numerous vignette views to the borders reversed, so that the Tower of London appeared on the left rather than the right of the image, however, this error is not present on the views of Venice, Rome and Constantinople.The map is based upon Hondius's map of Europe published in 1623. The title appears in the Atlantic Ocean in a cartouche flanked by two putti and crowned by a clock. The imprint appears in a cartouche to the upper right hand corner. The town views to the upper and lower border are based upon Hondius's 1619 map of Europe, and the costumed figures in the side borders upon Blaeu's 1617 map of Europe. The geographical content is based upon the previous wall maps, which were in turn a reduction of Blaeu's wall map of Europe. Not recorded in Schilder's Monumenta Cartographica vol. VI. (1)

Chatelain (Jean Baptiste Claude). [Fifty Views of Villages &c. Drawn by the celebrated M. Chatelaine, from the most agreeable Prospects near London], published Robert Sayer, circa 1775, lacking title, fifty uncoloured engraved views, a few leaves trimmed within lower platemark, stab sewn to inner margin, contemporary blue paper wrappers, neatly rebacked paper spine, binding measures 95 x 160 mm Rare. The work consists of small views of churches and villages that surrounded early Georgian London; these include, among others, Chelsea, Battersea, Highgate, Hampstead, Barnes, Kew, and St Pancras. The views were the work of the topographical draughtsman Jean Chatelain (1710-1758), and engraved by James Roberts (1725-1799), most probably Henry's brother. The set was first published by Henry Roberts in around 1750 under the title: 'Fifty small original, and elegant views of the most splendid churches, villages, rural prospects. and masterly pieces of architecture, adjacent to London'. The present example can be dated to around 1775 as eight of the views bear the imprint of Robert Sayer. Sayer and his business partner John Bennett had acquired the plates sometime before 1775, as they appear in their sales catalogue of that year under the title: 'Fifty Views of Villages, &c. from the most agreeable Prospects near London,drawn by the celebrated M. Chatelain, may be had in the following Numbers, for the Amusement of Youth in drawing after Nature. Priced 6d. each'. The catalogue divides the views into eight numbered sections: the first three containing views of villages to the south and west; numbers 4 and 5 villages to the west and north; 6 and 7 north and east; and 8 the south; with the view at the beginning of each section bearing the imprint of Robert Sayer. We are only able to trace four complete examples, which bear the Sayer imprint: The New York Historical Society; the Folger Shakespeare Library; and the Yale Institute of British Art. The present example, without the title page - which would appear to never have been bound in with the present set -conforms to the example in the British Library; both the Folger, and N.Y.H.S. example bear a printed title page; with the Yale example bearing a title in manuscript. Collation:- 1. The South East View of Chelsea Church (imprint of R. Sayer - Fleet Street). 2. The North East View of Chelsea Hospital. 3. The North View of Battersea. 4. The South West View of Battersea Church. 5. The East View of Wandsworth. 6. The South West View of Wandsworth Church. 7. The South View of Chiswick. (imprint of R. Sayer - near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street). 8. A View of Fulham-Bridge and Putney. 9. A View of St. Pauls Chappel Hammersmith. 10. A View of Fulham Church from the Bridge. 11. The North View of Chiswick Church. 12. The South View of Barnes. 13. The West View of Barnes Church. (imprint - R. Sayer - Fleet Street). 14. The North View of Row Hampton. 15. The East View of Mortlake. 16. The North View of Mortlake Church. 17. The East View of Kew and Strand Green. 18. The South West View of Isleworth Church. 19. A View of Ealing. (imprint - R. Sayer - Fleet Street). 20. A View of the Village of Oackington. 21. The View of Kingsbury. 22. The South View of Willsden. 23. The South West View of Willsden Church. 24. The South View of Kensington. 25. The North West View of Paddington Church. (imprint of R. Sayer - near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street). 26. A View of Paddington Church from the Green. 27. The South East View of Kensington Church. 28. A View of St Mary le Bone Church. 29. The South East View of Pancrass Church. 30. The South West View of Pamcras Church and the Wells. 31. The South East View of Hampstead Church. (imprint - R. Sayer - Fleet Street). 32. The South View of the Spaniards near Hampstead. 33. The South East View of Highgate Chappel. 34. The South West View of Highgate Chappel. 35. The North West View of Hornsey Church. 36. The North View of Islington. 37. A View of St Mary's Church Islington. (imprint - R. Sayer - Fleet Street). 38. The South East View of Cambray House. 39. The South West View of Newington Church. 40. The North West View of Newington. 41. The South East View of Tottenham Church. 42. The North West View of Tottenham Church. 43. The South East View of Camberwel Church. (imprint of R. Sayer - near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street. 44. The North West View of Hackney Church. 45. The South West View of Hummerton Church. 46. The South East View of Brook House. 47. The North East View of Newington Church. 48. The South West View of Newington Church. 49. The South East View of Hackney Church. 50. The North East View of Camberwel Church. (1)

Charles I. Eikon Basilike, The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings, together with his Private Prayers, used in the Time of his Restraint, and delivered to D. Juxon, Bishop of London, immediately before his Death, 1649, royal coat-of-arms printed to leaf before engraved portrait frontispiece of Charles I, folding engraved plate and single-page portrait plate of the Prince, red-ruled throughout, occasional light fraying & toning to margins, some dampstaining at head of leaves at rear of volume, later marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco with initials `CR' and crown gilt stamped to upper and lower covers, rebacked and hole to leather on rear cover patch repaired, 8vo, together with The Royal Martyr: or, the Life and Death of King Charles I, 3rd edition, London: Printed by J.M. for R. Royston, 1684, engraved portrait frontispiece, ink signature scrubbed out with consequent small hole and skinning to paper, blank leaf at rear with 18th century full-page manuscript note "A rare receipt to make a Presbyterian in 3 days", one blank flyleaf from front & rear discarded, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated maroon morocco, 8vo (2)

Trials. The History of the Most Remarkable Tryals in Great Britain and Ireland, in Capital Cases, viz Heresy, Treason, Felony, Incest, Poisoning, Adultery, Rapes, Sodomy, Witchcraft, Pyracy, Murder, Robbery, etc..., Faithfully Extracted from Records, and other Authentick Authorities, as well Manuscript as Printed, London: A. Bell, J. Pemberton & J. Brown, 1715, occasional marginal dampstaining and few marks, later endpapers frayed at foot, contemporary blind panelled calf, old reback, joints cracked, worn, 8vo, together with [Pyron du Martre, Antoine], The Elements of Heraldry, containing a clear definition, and concise historical account of that ancient, useful, and entertaining science..., To which is annexed, a dictionary of the technical terms made use of in heraldry. By Mr. Porny, French-Master at Eyon-College, 2nd edition, 1771, engraved frontispiece, twenty-four engraved plates, contemporary sheep, joints cracked and slight wear, 8vo, plus Heraldic Anomalies; or, Rank Confusion in our Orders of Precedence..., by it matters not who, 2 vols., 1823, titles in red & black, occasional spotting and light dust-soiling, near contemporary dark green half morocco gilt, joints and extremities rubbed, 8vo (4)

Malvezzi (Virgilio). Il Davide Perseguitato David Persecuted..., done into English by Robert Ashley, printed for Humphrey Mosely, 1647, engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Marshall, title within ornamental woodcut border, small stain to foremargin of early leaves, contemporary ownership name inscriptions of Mary, Bridgett and Mary Jocelyn to frontispiece recto and neatly written manuscript poem to final blank verso, recent marbled boards with printed paper label to spine, 12mo Wing M357. The apparently original and contemporary manuscript poem, no doubt written by a Royalist sympathiser shortly after the execution of King Charles I in 1649 consists of two quatrains. Indeed, the royalist publisher, Humphrey Moseley had secretly commissioned a portrait of David with the face of King Charles I for this second edition of a translation that had no political commentary on its first appearance a decade earlier. 'O England England / take heed of fatall blowes / ffor what is still to come / as yett ther's noe man knowes / Smite not thy brest / but be thou ready armed / with faithfull love / thou never shall be harmed'. (1)

Crashaw (Richard). Carmen Deo Nostro, Te Decet Hymnus, Sacred Poems, Collected, Corrected, Augmented, Most humbly Presented to my Lady the Countsse [sic] of Denbigh by her most deuoted Seruant R.C. [i.e. Richard Crashaw], 1st edition, Paris: Peter Targa, 1652, eleven (of 12) engraved illustrations (illustration 10 'Virgin & Infant' on leaf K4 is a variant as in Bodleian copy), pages 83-86 provided in facsimile (leaves L2 & L3, with illustration 11 'the Weeper'), title with manuscript inscriptions "Bib: Comm: Coll: Ang: Aude" and "J. Church, Dec. 17, 1748", numerous other inscription and annotations throughout, gutter margins strengthened and excised upper blank margin of a2 repaired, front pastedown with circular red morocco book label of Chauncy Brewster Tinker, Professor & Keeper of Rare Books at Yale, all edges gilt, modern antique style gilt decorated crimson morocco, 8vo Wing C6830; ESTC R208867; Grolier, Wither to Prior 235. In some copies a variation occurs in the plate on Sig. K4 recto (No. 10). Instead of the plate engraved by Nessager representing the Virgin holding the infant Christ in her arms, while two angels are holding a crown surmounted with the dove over her head, there is substituted a plate [as here] representing the Virgin, with crossed arms, bending over an elaborately embroidered couch, on which the Infant Christ is lying. The collection is a selection from "Steps to the Temple", 1646 and 1648, with a few new poems added. It contains thirty-nine separate pieces, of which the following appear here for the first time: "Crashawe, the anagrame. He was Car", "An epigram upon the pictures in the following poems", by Thomas Car, dedication to the Countess of Denbigh, "New Year's day", "The office of the holy cross", "O Gloriosa Domina", "St. Mary Magdalene, or, the Weeper". (Grolier). (1)

Caesar (Gaius Julius). [Opera]. Hoc volumine continentur haec. Commentariorum de bello Gallico libri VIII. Be bello civili pompeiano. libri IIII. De bello Alexandrino. liber I. De bello Africano. liber I. De bello Hispaniensi. liber I. Pictura totius Galliae, & Hispani... secundum C. Caesaris Comentarios. Nomina locorum, urbiniumq[ue], & populorum Galliae, & Hispaniae, ut olim dicebantur latine, & nunc dicantur, secundum ordinem alphabeti. Pictura Pontis in Rehno. Item Avarici. Alexiae. Uxelloduni. Massiliae, 2nd Aldine edition, [Venice: In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri, January 1518-November 1519], printer's woodcut device to title and final leaf, two double-page woodcut maps and five full-page woodcut illustrations, both title and final leaf slightly torn with minor loss of few letters, repaired & strengthened with manuscript infill to lost letters, occasional faint marginalia, few marks mostly to title and some occasional light damp stains, 20th century endpapers, 19th century calf gilt, blind decoration to spine, rebacked and corners repaired, 8vo, leaf size 149 x 91mm Adams C29; Renouard, Alde, p.88. Provenance: The library of Janet Ashbee and C.R. Ashbee. (1)

[Pope, Alexander]. An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend, Corrected by the Author, Epistles I-IV, 1st edition, printed for J. Wilford, [1733], half titles for Epistles II & III only (Rothschild 1615, Epistle I 3rd variant printing), bound with 11 other works: Of the Use of Riches, and Epistle to the Right Honourable Allen Lord Bathurst, 2nd edition, 1733 (Rothschild 1605 for the first edition); An Epistle from Mr. Pope to Dr. Arbuthnot, 1st edition, 1734 (Rothschild 1623); An Epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Lord Vict. Cobham, 1st edition, 1733 (Rothschild 1611); Of the Characters of Women: An Epistle to a Lady, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1735 (Rothschild 1624); The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated in a Dialogue between Alexander Pope, of Twickenham in Com. Midd. Esq; on the one Part, and his Learned Council on the other, 1st edition, 1733 (Rothschild 1608); The Sixth Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated, 1st edition, 1737 (Rothschild 1638); One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight. A Dialogue Something like Horace, 1st edition, 1st issue, [1738] (Rothschild 1642); On Poetry: A Rapsody. Printed at Dublin, and Re-printed at London [by Jonathan Swift], 1733; An Essay on Reason [by Walter Harte], 1st edition, 1735; The Man of Taste. Occasion'd by an Epistle of Mr. Pope's on that Subject. By the Author of the Art of Politicks [by James Bramston], 1st edition, 1733; Bellus Homo et Academicus. Recitarunt in Theatro Sheldoniano apud Comitia Oxoniensia MDCCXXXIII... [by William Hasledine], 1733 some occasional light soiling and toning, one or two closed tears, previous owner signatures, manuscript list at front, bookplates, contemporary vellum, a little soiled, folio (1)

S...L...(18th century)PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, STANDING FULL LENGTH BY A PEDESTAL, POINTING TO A MANUSCRIPT INSCRIBED WITH LINES FROM 'THE TEMPEST'Oil on pine panel76.5 cm x 48 cm

Mid-19th century manuscript notebook, with entymological observations by a local naturalist and colour illustrations (1)

Crimean War Interest, Letter Written by Light Brigade Charger and Author of “Recollections of a Young Soldier during the Crimean War” Harry Powell – About the Battle of Chobotar, being hand written letter asking for permission from Captain Thomas to include the incident at the battle of Chobotar during the Crimean War, he was asking for consent to publish, “About 2 days march from Eupatoria on the Road to Baghleh-Enserai we saw General d’Allonville who commanded the whole force, drawn up with his staff on the brow of a small hill in front of us. Captain Thomas trotted his Troop at the foot of the hill alluded to. He found the General wished him to come into action against a battery of Russian guns, about half a mile off. Captain Thomas saw they were three heavy Russian 18 pounders while his own were only 9’s, on looking over the ground he saw a little square peg and others at regular distances, he said nothing, but instead of bringing his troops into action as he had been told he galloped down till within 400 yards of the enemy, fired two rounds from all his guns, limbered up and galloped back over the crest of the hill without loss, having dismounted one Russian gun damaged another killed several men & horses”.Accompanying the letter is Captain Thomas corrections, “the troop was not halted till it came into action. Col T has no glasses & remained in action till ordered to retire when the Russian battery had moved to the right, away from their position”. The final item in the group is a extract from the manuscript written by Reverend H Hulleat “C” Troop in Crimea, “I am ashamed to confess it, could not help jumping with delight in my saddle. And now the enemy who had been pounding away with considerable effect against the French and Turkish Artillery angrily turns on us with his terrible 18prs. But we are at the bottom of the hollow and those big guns can’t depress sufficiently & the huge shot fly harmlessly over our heads whilst our drives sit quietly erect in their saddles, on the order to retire, we who dare break into canter. It is a point of honour with our Horse Artillery never to gallop away from the enemy. The French and Turkish artillery on either side of us suffered terribly from the long bowls of 32prs that caught them on the skyline. I never felt prouder of my charge than on the occasion of this brilliant little affair at Chobotar, and recalling General Von Wrangel’s praise for the troop at the balle and sending his compliments to its gallant commander”. All remain in good condition with the ink still remaining clear and readable. Three pieces in total.

A typed manuscript of the History of Portsmouth Dockyard, together with a collection of Portsmouth related ephemera and a silver plated tray.

24 VIEWS OF H.M. INDIAN TROOP SHIP TRIP TO INDIA & BACK, R Wilkings, photo-lithographic views WITH H Franks, Family Grocer, Harrogate, 1892, manuscript notes (2)

ATTRIBUTED TO FAZL (MUGHAL c.1616)A leaf from the manuscript of the RazmnamaMixed media on paper, 40 x 25cmSatrughna lies wounded by the arrows of Lava nad Kusa, his head cradled in the arms of Rama, around them are scattered the corpses of battle; on the right by a grove stands the white horse of the Aswa-medha; a city in the left distance.Provenance: from the H. Kevorkian Collection; Colnaghi, London 1978 from whom purchased by Dr Alton, 1978.Islam arrived in South Asia in the eighth century and by the close of the twelfth the Sultans of Delhi had established themselves as a viable power on the northern plains of India. The Mughal dynasty (1526-1857) ruled over large parts of the Indian subcontinent and Afghanistan. Akbar (1542-1605) was the third Mughal Emperor ascending the throne in 1556 after the death of his father, Humayun. There was a large cultural divide between the Muslim leaders and their predominantly Hindu subjects but Akbar’s reign aimed to resolve these complex issues. Under Akbar’s influence, the early Mughal court developed a lively literary culture that aimed to understand the indigenous traditions of the Indian people, albeit through a Persianate lens.In 1582 Persian was declared the official language of the court and a number of works in different languages were translated into Persian with the support of the king. It is important to note that these literatures were not the focus of reproduction and translation into Persian. Rather, the desire was for a rendering of a special sort, namely, the creation of a unique Indo-Persian literature, drawing on the Sanskrit classics, most notably the Mahabharata, the Hindu epic recounting the legendary war between the royal Kaurava and Pandava clans. The translation of the Mahabharata was commissioned by Akbar and he named it the Razmnama. The Mughal court was multi-lingual with the royal library of the Mughals, now dispersed, housing books in Turkish, Arabic and Persian, as well as Sanskrit manuscripts.This page belongs to a later manuscript edition (c.1616/ A.H.1025) of the Razmnama patronised by the powerful 'Abd al-Rahim, the commander-in-chief of the imperial Mughal army. He was a prominent member of the literary society and also sponsored a notable painting workshop. 'Abd al-Rahim's manuscript follows the Persian format of integrating text blocks into the illustration. The format of the paintings is unusual for the time, with large paintings typically wrapped around substantial blocks of text. There is a clear hierarchy between text and image in which the latter is manipulated and fractured in order to accommodate the written narrative. The text is written in the Naskhi script, one of the earliest forms in Islamic writing, it was very popular for use in book production because of its delicate size. Fazl was one of numerous artists working for ‘Abd al-Rahim’s atelier to produce the epic manuscript. His design is compelling in capturing the confused melee of battle, with many gravely wounded figures dispersed through the landscape, including the main protagonist of the scene, Satrughna in the mid-section of the leaf. Fazl very cleverly uses the borders of the manuscript page to cut off parts of the image introducing a dynamic momentum as the figures on horseback seem to ride in and out of scene.Hagop Kevorkian’s collection contains many fine examples of Islamic and Middle Eastern artworks. Born in Kayseri, Turkey (1872) he graduated from the renowned American-founded Robert College in Istanbul with a degree in archaeology and settled in New York in the late nineteenth century. He was one of the early archaeologists to lead important excavations to places such as Sultanabad and Rayy in Iran. As a connoisseur and art collector he quickly became a key tastemaker for Islamic art, introducing objects imported from Turkey, Iran to the western art market. In 1951, he established The Kevorkian Foundation, which became one of the most important supporters for Middle Eastern studies in New York. An area of discipline that was largely underdeveloped and underfunded in western academic institutions, the foundation has gone on to create the Kevorkian Chair of Iranian Studies at Columbia University, several professorships, and the Hagop Kevorkian Center of Near Eastern Studies at New York University. As a collector, Hagop Kevorkian was mainly interested in antique and Islamic art of the Near East. He was an important benefactor of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, regularly partaking in exhibitions or donating works such as permanent display, The Damascus Room, which contains the interior of a residential winter chamber dating from A.H. 1119/A.D. 1707. At the time of his death in 1962, his collection of first-class Islamic art became available to the art market. There have been few examples since of such a comprehensive and impressive selection. The art world owes a great debt to his dedication and forward thinking approach to obtaining, what are now, such prized treasures.

1891 ½d on half of 1885-87 1d brownish claret, horizontal pair of unsevered pairs and a single (SG 13/13a), the unsevered pairs with diagonal m/s 'bisection' line, used on piece with cork cancels, with Ventnor cds on reverse dated FE28 91, BPA Certs (1975) as former SG 39/39a and (2013). The piece is illustrated on page 18 of Barton's 'The Falkland Islands 1891 Provisional's' where it is described as 'the only example of surcharged bisects showing the manuscript line which can be assigned to a particular mail'

1840 September 30, Uniform Penny Post unstamped entire to Wymondham, Norfolk with superb 'STOKE FERRY' UDC and red manuscript 'P1' alongside, faint horizontal filling crease. very clean and attractive cover

Architectural Salvage: 18th / 19th sandstone figure of ' Liberty ' stood holding a sword and a manuscript. 33" high CONDITION: Please Note - we do not make reference to the condition of lots within catalogue descriptions. We are however happy to provide additional information regarding the condition of items on request.

MINIATURIST "H. M .S" (ENGLISH, EARLY 18TH CENTURY), A HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT MINIATURE - THE COMPOSER GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL watercolour on vellum laid on card, signed with initials "H.M.S" and dated 1742 to centre right, titled "Handel" lower edge 9.5cm x 7.5cm (oval) Framed and under glass Label verso: Autograph gifting the piece to "Nancy Kelly, Cork, Nov 3rd., 1935", from the eminent composer Percival Benedict Kahn (1880 - 1966). He was acclaimed as the composer of a 1913 version of "Ave Maria". Above the dedication on the label verso, there is a manuscript annotation of the first three bars, in the composer's hand. Note: It is possible this was painted "from life", as it does not appear to be a copy, or version, of any of the known portraits of Handel done before the date of this one, 1742. This would make it very rare. There is evidence of old water damage to Handel's face on the right side, but in otherwise sound condition.

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

Neo-Assyrian Period, 750-670 BC. A fragment of clay pillow-shaped tablet with cuneiform text; accompanied by manuscript signed scholarly note issued by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: Upper Portion of Neo-Assyrian Inscribed Clay Tablet. 47 x 45mm. The obverse contains most of 6 lines of cuneiform, but abraded so that little can be read. To his lord is clear. The reverse has only traces preserved. The tablet dates to c. 750-670 B.C. 40 grams, 45mm (1 3/4"). Property of a North East Essex collector; acquired in the 1980s. Fair condition, abraded. [No Reserve]

5 November 1931 AD. Transfer cheque, serial number 056876. Obv: printed, black, with embossed blue 'TWO PENCE' duty stamp dated for '2 31'; completed in manuscript black ink in sum of £197,350 with three signatures; 'PAID 5 NOV 1931' black ink stamp. Rev: blank, with circular 'SUB TREASURY BANK OF ENGLAND' black ink stamp. 1.95 grams, 193x113mm. Very fine; minor browning to right and corners. Scarce. [No Reserve]

Dated 6 October 1898 AD. Serial number L1724. Obv: arms, black; ink stamp and notation, manuscript date and signature. Rev: blank, various ink stamps and inked notations; triangular cancellation cut to bottom edge. 1.60 grams, 197x105mm. Outing 2306. Good fine; old folds, some soiling. [No Reserve]

Dated 10 October 1887 AD. Signed A. Weston Jarvis and J. Stockley, serial number B9390. Obv: seal, black, manuscript ink date and signatures. Rev: blank; ink stamp and inked notations. 1.58 grams, 206x111mm. Good fine; old folds, some browning. [No Reserve]

Dated 16 June 1891 AD. Signed W. James, serial number C/W 638 (both sides). Obv: female figure, black, manuscript inked date and signature. Rev: geometric design, blue, two inked CDS stamps, another stamp and inked notation; rectangular cancellation cut to bottom edge. 1.47 grams, 200x110mm. Outing 722. Good fine; old folds, light soiling. [No Reserve]

Published 1963, 1973, 1990 and 1999 AD. Group comprising: Muraro and Grabar, Treasures of Venice, Sunday Times, 1963; Irwin, The Kashmir Shawl, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1973; various, The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting, Braziller, 1990 and Walther, Painting of the Gothic Era, Taschen, 1999. 5.98 kg total, largest 33 x 27cm (13 x 10 1/2"). Property of a Hertfordshire, UK collector; acquired London art market, 1960s-1980s. Fine condition; dustwrapper of first worn. [4, No Reserve]

Dated 1 September 1886 AD and unknown. Serial numbers A/C 0662 and Y682. Obvs: female figure, black, manuscript ink date and signature. Revs: geometric design, green; inked CDS stamps and others, inked notations; rectangular cancellation cuts to bottom edges; second also with half cut away. 2.04 grams total, entire 197x110mm. Outing 2050. Good fine; old folds, browned. [2, No Reserve]

Dated 20 November 1880 and 22 October 1895 AD. Serial numbers G/A 469 and G/R 33. Obvs: female figure, black; manuscript ink dates and signatures. Revs: geometric design, black; first with various ink stamps and inked notations; rectangular cancellation cuts to bottom edges. 2.88 grams total, 197x112mm. Good fine; first browned, old folds to both. [2, No Reserve]

Dated 1900 AD. A manuscript leaf of a firman (official royal decree"). from the court of Mozaffar al-din Shah bestowing a diamond-studded epaulette on a fabric backing with the seal, logo and signature of the fifth and last Qajar king, (1896-1907); the text hand-written in Nasta'liq script to Mohammed-Reza Mirza with the title of Rokn al-Saltaneh, a royal family member and son of the Qajar king Nasser al-din-shah, the prior ruler to Mozaffar. 92 grams, 77 x 51.5cm (30 1/4 x 20 1/4"). Property of an American lady; acquired 1970s-1990s. Fine condition, short edges cracked. Mohammed-Reza Mirza was in charge of the Iranian army and was given the highest honour of the diamond-studded epaulette. It is unusual for the Shah to have part of a firman in his own handwriting, because firmans were usually created by expert craftsmen. Mozaffar al-Din personally hand-wrote part of the text to refer to Mohammed-Reza as Jalal Al Dovleh. Mozaffar al-din Shah's frequent visits to London opened a pathway for British trade and influence in Iran, and the English political process began to flourish giving the Pahlavi Regime an inherited foundation to open the gateway into Europe and Britain for westernisation. Unfortunately, Mozaffar's addiction to opium produced a short reign. However having Mohammed-Reza Mirza at his side and with a princely education in London and Europe bestowed by the influence of the prior king Nasser al-din, gave him the flexibility and knowledge to broker deals with the British wherever Mozaffar was lacking. Along with the Iranian prime minister, Amin al-Soltan, also mentioned, his control of the army subdued the general negative publicity and changed public opinion to set the groundwork for modernisation.

Garson, Yvonne (Compiler) VERSATILE GENIUS: THE ROYAL ENGINEERS AND THEIR MAPS 1822 - 1876 Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand, 1992 First edition; African Series No. 3; No. 36 of 200. Manuscript Maps and Plans of the Eastern Frontier 1822 - 1870. Pictorial card covers. A very rare publication in mint condition. Col. illustrations.

de Villiers, Abraham OUD PRES. F. W. REITZ (POEM) Stellenbos: 21/4/1934 Handwritten manuscript, three pages, poem in High Dutch in appreciation of President Reitz. And ? 1914 Martial Law Pass 18335 made out to Senator Reitz signed by W. Whelan. Sub Inspector, Acting District Commandant, South African Police, Pretoria, dated 12 November 1914.

Garson, Yvonne (Compiler) VERSATILE GENIUS: THE ROYAL ENGINEERS AND THEIR MAPS 1822 - 1876 Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand, 1992 First edition; African Series No. 3; No. 36 of 200. Manuscript Maps and Plans of the Eastern Frontier 1822 - 1876. Pictorial card covers. Crease to front corner of cover. A very rare publication. Col. illustrations. ? CARTWRIGHT, MARGARET (Compiler) - Maps of the South Western Cape of Good Hope, 1992, softback. (2)

J BARTLET: PHARMACOPOEIA HIPPIATRACA OR, THE GENTLEMAN FARRIER'S REPOSITORY, OF ELEGANT AND APPROVED REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASES OF HORSES..., Eton, T Pote, 1766, 2nd edition, contemporary full calf worn, top board near detached, with manuscript farrier's account on one folio folded sheet dated August 1814-April 1819, numerous entries for shoes, oats, medical treatment etc from a William Browne to John Wells together with EDWARD KING: THE HORSE BOOK, BEING SIMPLE RULES FOR MANAGING, FEEDING, AND KEEPING A HORSE..., London, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, c1890, 99pp + advert at end, duo-decimo, original pictorial wraps worn (2)

PACKET Ephemera containing an autograph album circa 1928 to 1935 containing original pen, ink and watercolour sketches, manuscript pen and ink poetry and prose entries etc + another album similar, circa 1920s/1930s + KATE GREENAWAY: MOTHER GOOSE OR THE OLD NURSERY RHYMES, London, Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, circa 1926, coloured illustrations as called for, original cloth backed pictorial boards etc

DE SOLDATENFREUND...FUR 1943, printed book with diary for 1943 at rear, small number of manuscript entries for April, September and December 1943 together with 20+ German World War II period snapshot photographs, the majority depicting German soldiers probably in German occupied Northern France, images include soldiers at radar station, camouflaged tent, soldiers with anti-aircraft gun, British aircraft shot down (2), battery Lindemann with high ranking German military officials in foreground

EARLY 19TH CENTURY SHEET MUSIC bound in 2 volumes, 120+ individual pieces including FRANCOIS PANORMO: CIUDAD RODRIGO..., circa 1813, 9pp + J G FERRARI: PETITS AIRS POUR LE PIANOFORTE, circa 1813, 6pp etc etc, many works with engraved title pages, each volume with manuscript index at front, both folio old calf backed boards v worn, morocco gilt name label, "E V Carter 1813" tipped in, upper boards detached but present (2)

SAMUEL THOMAS DAVIES: ODDFELLOWSHIP, ITS HISTORY, CONSTITUTION, PRINCIPLES AND FINANCES, Witham 1858 1st edition, with the original manuscript bound in, author's copy with his bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary half green morocco gilt, 2 copies only on COPAC

COLLECTION [ALFRED HENRY FORRESTER] "ALFRED CROWQUILL", illustrated titles including THE CROWQUILL NUMBER ONE, stitched booklet of original pen and ink manuscript sketches by Forrester containing six full page original sketches circa 1860 plus K R H MACKENZIE: THE MARVELLOUS ADVENTURES AND RARE CONCEITS OF MASTER TYLL OWLGLASS, London 1860, black and white frontis plus 6 coloured plates by Alfred Crowquill as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt plus ALFRED CROWQUILL: THE TUTOR'S ASSISTANT OR COMIC FIGURES OF ARITHMETIC SLIGHTLY ALTERED AND ELUCIDATED FROM WALKING GAME, London, 1843, 1st edition, original blind stamped cloth gilt plus ALFRED CROWQUILL: ALFRED CROWQUILL'S TALES FOR CHILDREN - TINY AND HER VANITY - THE GIANT HANDS - THE GIANT AND THE DWARF, London, Routledge 1864, 3 works in 1, 1st title 14 hand coloured engraved illustrations, 2nd title 13 hand coloured engraved illustrations, 3rd title 14 hand coloured engraved illustrations, original blind stamped decorative cloth gilt plus BON GAULTIER: THE BOOK OF BALLADS, illustrated Doyle, Leech and Crowquill 1877, 13th edition, rebound grained crimson morocco gilt worn and soiled plus STRANGE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF THE VENERABLE GOOROO SIMPLE AND HIS FIVE DISCIPLES NOODLE, DOODLE, WISEACRE, ZANY AND FOOZLE, London 1861, original cloth gilt plus BON GAULTIER: THE BOOK OF BALLADS, London 1864 8th edition, original blind stamped pictorial cloth gilt (7)

MID 19th TO EARLY 20th CENTURY SCRAP ALBUM circa 1847 to 1905, containing original admission pass for "Funeral of the late Field Marshall The Duke of Wellington, KG", St Paul's Cathedral 18th November 1852 admitting "Capt Eyre" to "centre area under the dome, south side" with Earl Marshall of England blind stamp together with accompanying printed notice regarding funeral of Duke of Wellington "Funeral of the late Duke of Wellington 18th November 1852, notices to persons going in the procession, or holding tickets of admission to St Paul's" with instructions to those attending, approx size 34 x 21cm, printed on both sides, folded, in original envelope addressed to Capt Eyre + William Botwood (died 1896), autographed letter signed to Harry Bullard (1841-1903) of Norwich, brewer, Conservative politician, MP for Norwich etc dated November 18th 1885 on W Botwood, the Ipswich Carriage Works, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich headed paper + original silk ribbon "relief of Ladysmith, March 1, 1900, Buller, White" with manuscript caption beneath, ribbon of Ladysmith relief worn by the people in Natal, approx size 32cm x 3 1/2 cm, lightly tipped in + good quantity Victorian paper lace Valentine cards + good quantity Victorian advertising puzzles for Norwich Stores including Hepworth's, Magdalen Street, Stead & Simpson, Magdalen Street, Josiah Tyler Ltd, St Stephen's Street and Dove Street and Davey Place, Charles Kelf's Boots, St Benedict's Street, Norwich etc, mainly postcard sized, several printed by Petty & Sons, approx 40 in total + original pen, ink and watercolour sketch of Bishopbridge Norwich, approx size 9 x 11 1/2 cm, with another similar depicting Whitlingham + W Shalders, Norwich, Patentee "The true art of raising fluids or perfect hydrostatics", original document with illustration of "double motion gravitating expressing fountain", circa 1830s + THE RILEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY..., EFRA WORKS, LANGLEY LANE, VAUXHALL, printed booklet promoting their patent bottling machine "for filling, syruping and corking every description of aerated drinks" with engraved illustration to top wrap and original tipped in photograph depicting machine being operated by a lady in the factory + quantity of other items of assorted ephemera, some East Anglia interest, folio, contemporary half crimson morocco, worn, rebacked, original backstrip retained

F G E SPRING: KISTNA BRIDGE, BEZWADA, photograph album circa January to May 1892, containing a series of 38 photographs, each with a printed caption of the construction of the bridge over the River Kistna near Bezwada, now Vijayawada City, Andhra Pradesh, India, 1890-1893 with printed leaf dated 5th July 1893 stating completion of the bridge with specific information regarding it as a railway crossing forming a portion of the east coast railway, technical information regarding bridge's construction of 12 spans of 300ft girders, stating the bridge was opened by His Excellency the Governor of Madras on 17th March 1893, praising the services of F G E Spring, engineer in chief and E W Digby, engineer in charge, images include "Kistna Anicut", "well curved...double octagonal 4ft high", "pile bridge, 800ft long...made in 18 days", "founding a pier on top of a well..." depicting native employees "well sinking by steam...", "erecting a caisson on slips on the shore", "span number one being erected" etc etc, F G E Spring (Engineer in Chief) presented this collection of photographs to the Society of Engineers in 1927, most of the photographs have Spring's manuscript remarks and notes, one of the images v faded, images approx size 24 x 29cm, original oblong half calf gilt worn and rubbed but soundly bound

19TH CENTURY COMMONPLACE ALBUM circa 1836 containing pencil and manuscript pen, ink and watercolour sketches, poetry, prose etc, oblong, original blind stamped calf worn, lacks backstrip

19TH CENTURY ALBUM containing 110+ well executed original pen and ink caricature sketches circa 1860-1875, the majority mounted with manuscript pen and ink borders and captions and signed F G Lynn?, the first page of the album with the ownership signature in pencil, Frederick G Lynn?, some sketches signed in initials FGL, large part of the volume the caricature sketches depicting characters in British costume from ancient times to 19th century with associated manuscript letterpress and FROM PUNCH'S BOOK OF ANCIENT BRITISH COSTUMES, caricatures include Richard I, Henry Plantagenet, Henry III, the Wife of Bath, Dick Whittington, John Falstaff etc etc with approx 11 well executed military related caricature sketches/cartoons at back with words beneath, these sketches 1872-1879 and signed in initial FGL, old cloth worn

J P HEMM: SPECIMENS OF PENMANSHIP, [1830], engraved title page + 9 engraved specimen plates, oblong folio, rebound cloth, printed paper label to top board together with two other manuscript pen and ink books displaying copper-plate handwriting, SPECIMENS OF WRITING BY B MOORE AT MADDERMARKET ACADEMY T FARNELL & SON MASTERS, manuscript pen and ink title page + four other leaves of manuscript copper-plate writing, the other book with six leaves of manuscript pen and ink copper-plate handwriting, each oblong, contemporary marbled paper wraps (3)

MANUSCRIPT document dated September 1727 relating to the Act of Charles I in 1673 directing the bodies of executed malefactors to be delivered to "...Henry Gretton or Mathew Morris, Beadles of the Company of Barbers and Surgeons of London, or such other officer or officers as the said Company shall appoint, one of the body of the said malefactors from time to time for a publick dissection...", the document signed by John Grosvenor and Tho Lombe?, document size approx 36 x 23cm, laid down on card, 3 1/2" cm square loss of paper affecting text together with a printed document dated January 1683 "at the Court at Whitehall 9th January 1683..., his Majesty was therefore this day pleased to declare in Council... the times of publick healing shall from henceforth be from the feast of All Saints...", London, printed by the Assigns of John Bill deceased and by Henry Hills and Thomas Newcombe, printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty 1683, surface wear, foxing, framed and glazed (2)

ONE BOX: snapshot photograph album depicting voyage on the Canadian Pacific SS "Empress of Australia" from Southampton to Quebec July 26th 1939, images include The Empress of Australia leaving Quebec harbour on homeward voyage August 3rd 1939, iceberg seen off the mouth of St Lawrence River July 31st 1939, Heights of Abraham, Quebec City, Montebello Resort on the Ottawa River, Ottawa City, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, Calgary, Banff Springs, Bow River, Lake Louise, Vancouver Island, Halifax, "Empress of Britain" in Quebec harbour being camouflaged with battleship grey paint, plus journey home across Atlantic from Halifax harbour to Britain including photographs of ships in convoy such as HM Destroyer, Arandora Star, The Champlain, La Grasse etc, aboard Canadian Pacific SS Duchess of Richmond etc plus two other circa mid-20th century snapshot photograph albums similar plus an old album circa 1909 containing manuscript pen and ink and pen, ink and watercolour sketches etc plus collection of approx 14 cruise line menu cards circa 1950s

LARGE COLLECTION: 20+ assorted snapshot photograph albums circa 1920s/1930s, majority family holiday albums compiled by a Christine Thorne of 32 Wood Street, Norwich, the mounted photographs carefully arranged in album with near captions and descriptions and with some associated ephemera tipped in, albums including a cruise of the "Norman" on the River Bure and Wroxham Broad August 1934, images include Ranworth Broad, Ranworth Church, St Benet's Abbey etc plus another album depicting Norwich, images including Pulls Ferry, Cathedral Close, the Assembly Rooms, Timber Hill plus Sussex, South Devon, Holkham Hall, Binham Priory, Walsingham Friary etc, each neatly mounted with neat manuscript pen and ink borders and captions plus another album 1929 depicting family holidays and scenes, images include Brooke Church, Earlham Park, Honingham etc with manuscript map of Norwich and its surroundings tipped in plus Kent including Sidcup, Hampton Court Palace, Scouting Jamboree with manuscript pen and ink sketches plus Winchester, North Hayling Church, Hayling Island, Spithead, Portsmouth Dockyard including Nelson's Victory etc, neat manuscript captions and small sketches etc throughout

HAND COLOURED MANUSCRIPT PLAN on vellum dated 1687 of an estate in the village of Trotton, Sussex, with manuscript pen and ink title within columned architectural border, A TRUE AND PERFECT SURVEY OF THE DEMESNE OF YE MANOR OF TROTTON AND OF A FARME THAT IS CALLED BY THE NAME OF CUMBERS LYING IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX BEING THE LANDS OF LAURENCE ALCOCK, GENTLEMAN WHO IS LORD OF THE AFORESAID MANOR TAKEN ANNO DOMINI 1687 BY MEE, NICHOLAS AYLING, with manuscript pen and ink key stating acreage of various different pieces of land, decorative hand coloured floral border, compass detail etc, some surface wear, small creases, v small part losses of paper, approx size 63cm x 75cm

COLLECTION of World War Two ephemera and documents relating to Private John Robert William Hicks, Service Number 7392639, Royal Army Medical Corps who served in Italian campaign including his soldier's service pay book, record of service dated 12/12/1940 - 15/02/1946, embarkation card, form of Will, release leave certificates and various other official documents, all with manuscript entries, ink stamps, signatures of Officers etc + RAMC identity certificate, original armband with Red Cross + other associated ephemera including RAMC Christmas 1940 menu card with signatures verso, postcards and views of Italy, RAMC brass metal shoulder ties (3), ribbons for medals, news cuttings, Bible etc, all housed in wooden case

MID-19TH CENTURY COMMONPLACE ALBUM circa 1841 with manuscript pen and ink copper plate title page "Fanny Peacock, Middlesbro', 1841", numerous manuscript pen and ink entries of prose and poetry + original pen, ink and watercolour sketch of flowers and butterflies, + original pencil sketch of country cottage + another botanical original pen, ink and watercolour sketch, small quantity engravings etc etc, some leaves with embossed/blind stamped floral borders, original blind stamped cloth worn, lacks backstrip, some leaves loose

MID 19TH CENTURY ALBUM containing a manuscript diary of a tour in Switzerland, August 1849, 31 pages of entries with manuscript pen and ink hand coloured folding map of Switzerland on tissue paper loosely inserted, old blind stamped full calf gilt, all edges gilt, metal key-lock clasp, cotton protective wraps with well executed pen and ink sketch of a cottage near Thun to top wrap, many leaves blank together with another mid-19th century manuscript book circa 1854-1856, manuscript diary compiled by a member of the clergy, 7 pages of manuscript entries only, old half calf worn, metal key-lock clasp, all edges marbled + another Edwardian period manuscript album containing "Notes on English church history by the Rev H Gee DD, FSA", numerous pages of manuscript entries, original wraps (3)

19th CENTURY MANUSCRIPT BOOK, circa 1834-1840 containing manuscript entries of poetries, prose and thoughts etc with approx 17 pages of manuscript preliminary pencil sketches of plants at rear, old half calf very worn

JOHN ADAMSON: EXERCISES IN GEOMETRY AND MENSURATION, 19th century school exercise book containing manuscript notes, diagrams and exercises engraved title page, title within manuscript approx 180 complete pages, old calf backed boards worn

VLADISLAV ANDREJEV: THE ILLUMINATED GOSPEL OF ST MATTHEW CALLIGRAPHY AND ICONOGRAPHIC ILLUMINATIONS IN THE BYZANTINE/SLAVIC STYLE, Oakwood Publications 1993 1st edition, folio, original decorative cloth gilt, all edges gilt plus THE BOOK OF KELLS - REPRODUCTIONS FROM THE MANUSCRIPT IN TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, London, Thames & Hudson 1976 2nd impression, folio, original decorative cloth gilt, original slip case gilt

LARGE COLLECTION of mainly theatrical and musical ephemera including a quantity of manuscript music books by Madge Pemberton of Chelsea, London, + original typescript "The Root of the Matter" by Madge Kendall Pemberton, 7 pages + various ephemera relating to Charles Fisher First 1792-1869, David Fisher etc

COVER TITLE: MASON'S MARKS, 19th century manuscript album circa 1873 containing approx 35 pages of manuscript freemasons marks and manuscript page of text describing the process of a mark master choosing a mark and the associated rules, full crimson morocco gilt, gilt titling to top board and spine, all edges gilt, many leaves blank