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Click here to subscribeWaterloo - framed manuscript summary of the state of the Outposts Duties furnished by the 1st Hussars Kings German Legion Tournay the 1st June 1815. Itemising the strength of the 8 different stations, plus an accompanying letter from Lt Col Augustus Lingsinger, for the attention of Lt Col Earl of Uxbridge re the state of out pot duty 2nd Hussars (little detail).
Cochlaeus (Johannes) - De Animarum Purgatorio Igne epiotome, licence f. at end, margins of last 2 ff. defective, some corners creased or frayed, title soiled, some staining, ownership inscriptions on title and verso, contemporary limp vellum, marked, small 4to, Paris, J. Andre , 1544 § Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Lettres de Ciceron, mises a la Portée des Començants, par M l«bé Valant, little marking, old vellum, a fragment of a medieval manuscript f., little rubbed and marked, 12mo, Paris, Brocas , 1771
Scotland.- - Charter, grant of the barony of Kinnairdie to James Crichton of... Charter, grant of the barony of Kinnairdie to James Crichton of Frendraught, D., manuscript in Latin, on vellum, folds, browned, lacks seal, seal, 730 x 750mm., [Edinburgh], holyruidhouse, 18th July 1627; and a quantity of others, relating to Scotland, including Aberdeen and a William & Mary grant to William earl of Crawfurd, 1690, v.s., v.d. (qty).
London, Shoreditch.- - Wrytinge concerninge the Cocke and Hoope in Shoreditch…... Wrytinge concerninge the Cocke and Hoope in Shoreditch concernynge 9 acres of ground concerninge the Lambe in Shoreditch, manuscript, 3pp., folds, browned and stained, repaired with tissue, 355 x 153mm., docket 1629. The Cock and Hoop and Lamb were two messuages bounded on the west by the high road, on the east by "the comon "waie theare leadinge towards Hackney" (i.e., Cock Lane), and on the south by "the comon lane theare called Cocke Lane" (i.e., probably New Inn Passage, formerly Dirty Lane). In 1615 they were still two houses, (fn. 59) but by 1636 (fn. 60) they had grown to nine, obviously by the expedient of building along the side and in the rear.
Treaty of Berwick.- - His Matyes Declaration June 17th 1639, manuscript, 2½pp His Matyes Declaration June 17th 1639, manuscript, 2½pp., 17th June 1649 § Treaty of Ripon. Instructions for Conference is appointed to be held on Thursday next at Rippon the first of October 1640, manuscript, 3pp., October 1640 § The King's Letter Directing in answer to the Lords [relating to the negotiations for the Treaty of Ripon], manuscript notes, 2pp. excluding blanks, 26th October 1640 , folds, creased, v.s., 1639-40 (4 pieces). "The Earle of Trequaire and the rest are nott to vote and treate butte to assiste which wee desire may bee effected. However you are to goe on and to desire the particulars of all these demands and which way they doe desire to bee suplied which as soone as you Know you are to informe us." - Charles I instructions to his commissioners at the Treaty of Ripon. The Treaties of Berwick and Ripon were the peace agreements made after Charles I defeat by the Scottish Covenanters in the First and Second Bishops's War.
Scotland.- - Inventory of the household furniture belonging to Mistress... Inventory of the household furniture belonging to Mistress Wedderburn Widow of the Deceast Dr John Wedderburn phicisian Dundie [Dundee], manuscript, 3pp., folio, 30th August 1751; and 5 other documents relating to Scotland, v.s., v.d. (6 pieces).
Lowe - For Infantry Abroad on a Station where there is a Deputy... ( Sir Hudson, army officer and colonial governor, 1769-1844) For Infantry Abroad on a Station where there is a Deputy Pay-Master General. Regt. R[oyal] Cors[ica]n Rang[er]s Stationed on board Ship at Messina, printed double-page form with manuscript insertions, a few small tears along folds, slightly foxed, 390 x 500mm., 25th September - 24th October 1809; and a small quantity of 19th century correspondence from Major General Sir Richard Jackson, and some other letters with a connection to Eton College, v.s., v.d. (qty). "Lowe commanded the Royal Corsican rangers in the expedition to the Bay of Naples in 1809 and distinguished himself at the capture of Ischia." - Oxford DNB.
Scotland, Greenock.- - Robert McFie & Sons .- A Short Account of Robert, Mary & Jane Mc Fie Robert McFie & Sons ( sugar refiners, of Greenock ).- A Short Account of Robert, Mary & Jane Mc Fie, Children of the late Robert Mc Fie, Esq. Merchant Greenock, manuscript, title and 51pp., found in a manuscript commonplace book by Mary Amelia Tailt, together 74pp. excluding blanks, in several hands, original straight-grained morocco, rubbed, lacks spine, 8vo, 1836-38. Accounts of the deaths of Robert, Mary & Jane McFie in their youth.
Cookery.- - [East ] [Receipt book], manuscript in several hands, 80pp [East (Caroline Eliza, sister of Chandos Leigh, poet, 1791-1850, wife of Sir James Buller East, second baronet, barrister 1789-1878, 1794-1870)] [Receipt book], manuscript in several hands, 80pp. excluding blanks, 1 receipt and letter addressed to Lady East loosely inserted, slightly browned, bookplate of Sir James Beller East Bart. on front pastedown, silk endpapers, free endpapers loose, original calf, gilt, rubbed, covers loose, lacks spine, g.e., [c. 1850]. Receipes include: "Ham Soup"; "Lobster Soup"; "Crab Turtle"; "Receipt of a Souffle"; "Particularly Good Veal Pies"; "French pancakes"; "Lemon Cream"; "Sandgate Puddings"; "Receipt for Soup for the Poor" etc.
Scrap Album.- - Victorian album, containing: an engraving after Raimondi Victorian album, containing: an engraving after Raimondi, after Raphael, of two Cupids leading 7 others in a dance, possibly by Wierix, with a French School monochrome watercolour portrait of a gentlemen with top hat and pipe, and a mixed group of 19th century lithographs, scraps, and cut-outs, v.s., several leaves with pen and ink manuscript poems, some spotting and browning, in straight grain morocco, gilt, 4to, worn, [19th century].
First World War.- Kitchener - Instructions for [Sir John French] GO C in C Expeditionary Force... (Horatio Herbert, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, army officer, 1850-1916) Instructions for [Sir John French] GO C in C Expeditionary Force proceeding France, manuscript fair copy, 4pp., on government headed paper, marked "Copy Very Secret" at head of first f., folds, first f. small rust stains, slightly browned, folio, 10th August 1914. Britain's contemptible little army. "Owing to the infringement of the neutrality of Belgium by Germany; and in furtherance of the entente which exists between this country and France; H.M. Government has decided at the request of the French Government to send an expeditionary Force to France, and to entrust the command of the Troops to yourself."
Spender - [Autograph responses on a questionnaire about being a poet and... (Sir Stephen, poet and writer, 1909-95) [Autograph responses on a questionnaire about being a poet and literary journalist], duplicated typescript with autograph manuscript responses, 3pp., 4to, n.d. [c. 1960s]; and 6 others, including, 2 ALs.s. from John Heath-Stubbs ( poet and translator, 1918-2006), long ALs from John Bratby (1928-92, painter), etc., (12 pieces). First mentioned: "I quite enjoy reviewing… hate broadcasting… One of the things I like about poetry is that it is not written for money or even necessarily for publication. It is for me an activity at once essential to my having any spiritual life, and also a great luxury… ." - Stephen Spender.
Service (Robert) - Rhymes of a Red Cross Man, first American edition , colour plates, illustrations, original leather, dust-jacket in fine condition apart from short tear at upper corner, in original box matching design of dust-jacket, New York, 1916; another copy, second impression, presentation copy signed by the author to Robert McBeath VC and with further inscription on p.91, in designer binding by Mark Cochran together housed in black morocco drop-back box with pictorial onlay, 1919; together with an accompanying manuscript booklet presented to Sean Springer who commissioned the binding from Cochran detailing the work involved in producing the binding , 4to and 8vo (3)
Bailey (Alice Ward) - Flower Fancies, first edition , half-title, pictorial title and other illustrations printed in colour, tissue guards, contemporary manuscript inscriptions throughout, some slight finger soiling, original decorated cloth over boards, a little soiled, corners bumped, g.e., Boston, 1889; and another, early edition of Lear's A Book of Nonsense [c.1880], 4to (2) Most of the meniotned inscriptions are literary quotes from authors such as Browning, Kipling, Tennyson and Shakespeare among others.
Dated 1781-1782 AD. Group comprising: State of Connecticut Pay-Table Office documents printed in black and stating 'Lawful Silver Money, out of the Tax of Two Shillings and Sixpence on the Pound'; two manuscript named to Captain Reuben Scofield (twenty shillings, 27 December 1781) and Captain William Starr (twenty shillings, 29 December 1781); with four examples named in print to Ralph Pomeroy (for thirty shillings, three pounds, six pounds and eight pounds, 20 September 1781 to 18 February 1782); all print signed John Laurence, treasurer and bearing various manuscript endorsements and other signatures. 8.41 grams total, 16 x 11cm. Ex Walter Steinberg collection. [6, No Reserve] Fine; some folds.
Dated 1789-1792 AD. Group comprising: State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Certificates printed in black with floral border and ISSUED FOR THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST inscription and HARTFORD, PRINTED BY HUDSON AND GOODWIN; manuscript named to Gideon Wells (number 4086, printed one pound, 13 May 1789), Abraham Palmer (number 5234, printed two pounds, 4 August 1789), Henry Hardon (number 40481, manuscript one pound, seventeen shillings and eight pence, 29 May 1790), Jabez Fitch (2; numbers 12793 and 12800, printed two pounds, 21 May 1792); all signed in manuscript by various Comptrollers; first three with large perforation at centre. 5.78 grams total, 17 x 9.5cm. Ex Walter Steinberg collection. [5, No Reserve] Fine; some folds.
An unusual and rare mid-18th century botany album, containing 44 pages of 220 botanical specimens, numbered and annotated in manuscript with their Linnaean taxonomical and vernacular names throughout, 3 pages manuscript index, monogrammed E.I. and dated 1748 to front pastedown, period marbled covered album, small folio
Leybourn (William), Dialing: Plain, Concave, Convex, Projective, Reflective, Refractive., Shewing, How to make all fuch Dials, and to adorn them with all ufeful Furniture, Relating to the Courfe of the Sun (sic), first edition, Awnsham Churchill at the Black Swan, at the Lower End of Paternofter Row, near Amen Corner (sic), London 1682, folio, viii + 330pp, twenty-two etched demonstrative plates, illustrative vignettes en text, tables, frontispiece, by and after Robert White, portrait of William Leybourn, near contemporaneous manuscript calculations, diagrams and marginalia throughout in ink, later full leather binding with replacement endpapers
The Carpenters' and Joiner's Price Book, Arranged on a New Construction, J. Lang, Liverpool 1811, 4to, x + 59pp + index, with printed tables of value and 39 pages of manuscript, containing detailed notes, marginalia, annotation and calculations throughout in multiple hands, including the Prices of Brickwork March 1st 1813, Directions to the Measurers, Joiners work Old Price, notes on French Polish, as well as copy of letters pertaining to 'work of Magnitude' and other building matters from D. Cunningham Sec. [secretary to the Committee of Master Joiners],owner's inscription to preface page, period half leather
A 19th century Indian decagonal papier mâché box and cover, pressed and picked out in colours with ornate foliage in compartments, the interior painted with flowers on a red ground, the cover applied with a manuscript paper label From Mabel Currie to G.E.F., In Memory of Lady Currie, 19cm high, 26cm wide Mary, Baroness Currie (née Montgomerie Kamb of Beauport Park, East Sussex) (1843-1905) [pseud. Violet Fame] was a British novelist, poet and essayist. She married Henry Sydenham Singleton in 1864 and later married, after being widowed, Sir Philip Currie (later Baron Currie) in 1894. Lord Currie was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1889 to 1893 and then Ambassador to Rome from 1898 to 1903, where Lady Currie lived with him.
KORAN : illuminated manuscript in filigree gold box - leather backed floral covers, 89 x 57 mm, A.H. 1246 [1830 A.D]. * The calligrapher's name is indistinct, it may be Shah Umm Salma, the daughter of Fath Ali Shah Qajar, women calligraphers are extremely rare. This pocket Qur'an produced in the Qajar period for travellers and pilgrims, is of the finest quality, the text pages with black lettering with gold accents and borders, the lavish illuminations at the beginning incorporates prayers, the opening of the Qur'an and index.
KORAN : Illuminated manuscript, 410 pages, 221 x 141 mm, cont. red gilt morocco, with matching doublures, gilt edges, with flap, A.H. 1293 [1876 A.D]. * The caligrapher Yayya Hilmi "Efendi", the illumination is of outstanding quality, including a magnificent double frontispiece, decorated in two tones of gold, light green and pale blue. Each panel of text is within a thick gold border with decorations in the margins. The tissue guards protecting the frontispiece are also exquisitely illuminated. This manuscript belongs to the Court style of Ottoman manuscripts, made as gifts and endowments. It was therefore most probably produced in Constantinople.
NAPOLEONIC WARS : Manuscript Orderly Book of the Penwith [West Cornwall] Cavalry, Sept. 20th 1803 - Dec. 20th 1806. 74 pages, cont. sheep, 8vo. * Cavalry manoeuvres illustrated with small sketched diagrams; letter book, orders of the day. The manuscript indicates the readiness of the militias defending the south and western coasts of England from the much feared French invasion. The risk of which diminished at this time, with Nelson's victory at Trafalgar in October 1805.
HUGHES, Ted - Cave Birds, 1. Poems by Ted Hughes, drawings by Leonard Baskin,: 10 etched plates, limited to 125 copies, brown cloth buckram portfolio with printed label on the upper cover, elephant folio. 2. Poems,limited to 100 copies, signed by Ted Hughes and Leonard Baskin & with original manuscript poem by Hughes & signed by him, parchment-backed paper covered boards with printed label on the upper cover. folio. Published by The Scholar Press 1975. ** Poem inscribed 'For Alan who lies there in four-bottle coma.....'
Richter (Henry Constantine) After. - A group of 9 watercolours of Birds of Australia, after the lithographs for John Gould's monograph, comprising 6 birds of prey from Vol I including the Little Australian Eagle, White-headed Osprey, Radiated Goshawk and others, with 3 after plates from the Supplement, the Wekau, the Ka-Ka Parrot, and the Great Palm Cockatoo, watercolours on stiff card album leaves, each c.460 x 325mm., a few signed with initials J.C.P. , and dated, manuscript transcripts of accompanying text leaves pasted to backborads of all but one, framed and glazed, 1864-66 (9)
"Record of Wrecks and Casualties to Ships on the Coasts West of the Lizard... Lloyds Agency Port of Penzance... from 1 July 1859 to 30 June 1884, Compiled by W.D. Mathews & Sons, Lloyds Agents Penzance." interesting manuscript 20 double page loose ledger, some corrections & crossings out, very detailed circumstances of wrecks, good condition
Jackson, Rev. Canon John Edward, editor. The original manuscript of Wiltshire Topographical Collections by John Aubrey, 'With Notes, Additions and Illustrations' by Jackson. Published by the Wiltshire Archaeological and natural History Society, Devizes, 1862, 7 volumes, comprising rough ms. notes by Jackson, interspersed with extracts from printed works, newspaper cuttings, etc., including ms. genealogical tables and a few coats of arms, with ALs.S. from local clergy concerning queries realting to the work, mostly partially mounted on blank leaves, nineteenth century green half morocco, folio John Aubrey began his work on Wiltshire in 1656. Divided into Antiquities and Natural History, the two volumes of Antiquities were deposited in the Ashmolean Museum. One of the volumes was withdrawn by his brother and subsequently lost. The surviving manuscript volume is now in the Bodleian Library.
Flaggenbuch (Fla. B.) Berlin 1905 Reichs-Marine-Amt., 134 chromo-lithographed plates, some heightened with gold, original cloth gilt, 4to, Leipzig: Mortiz Ruhl, 1905; MacMurtrie, Francis E., editor. Jane's Fighting Ships, 1947-48, plates, original cloth, oblong 4to, London: Sampson, Marston & Co., 1948 (2) The first item in this lot references the flags and ensigns of various nations, cities and ports. A manuscript note on the flyleaf suggests it was captured from the enemy during the Battle of Jutland.
French Code Flag Signal Chart, 1804. A large manuscript table titled 'Signaux pour les Cotes de France depuis Port Vendre jusqu'a Villefranche', with flags and pennants drawn in detail, ink and watercolour on card, 565mm x 427mm, [c. September 1804] According to the documentation with this item, the original was captured by the Royal Navy in 1804 during the period of Napoleon's closure of European ports to British trade. Copies were then made and issued to each Royal Navy ship employed in the following blockade of French Ports, the British tactical response. The Royal Navy intercepted all ships destined for France and gave them the option of delivering their cargo to Britain, or have it seized. The possession of this chart gave the British a definitive advantage. This example is sold with a number of facsimiles, produced c.1995.
[Bayle, Pierre] Reponse aux questions d'un Provincial, volumes 1-2 [of 6] bound in one, contemporary mottled calf, joints cracked, 8vo, Rotterdam: Reinier Leers, 1704; [Anon] Register uppå innehållet af Kongl. May:tz resolutioner, förordningar och placater, contemporary calf, arms of Von Otter stamped in gilt on upper cover, rubbed, 4to, Stockholm: Benj. Gottlieb Schneider, 1738; and a mid-18th century manuscript exercise book belonging to William Wallis Mason (3)
Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4 volumes, fifth edition, modern half calf, 8vo, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1773; Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne. The Law-Dictionary, 2 volumes, third edition, contemporary calf-backed boards, 4to, London: Payne and Foss, 1820; Sheppard, William. The Touch-Stone of Common Assurances, sixth edition, contemporary calf, worn, boards detached, 8vo, London: A. Strahan and W. Woodfall, 1791; and 24 others, law, including manuscript books of precedents, early 19th century, and a further group of caricatures of judges from Vanity Fair (a quantity), sold not subject to return
Wilson, James. A Complete Dictionary of Astrology, in which every Technical and Abtruse Term belonging to the science is minutely and correctly explained, first edition, 3 engraved plates, some browning and offsetting, extensive contemporary manuscript annotations on first and last blanks, modern half calf, 8vo, London: William Hughes, 1819
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. In hoc volumine haec continentur, M. T. Cic. Officiorum Lib III..., wood-engraved vignette of dolphin and anchor motif on title and colophon, rubricated initials, leaf A8 blank, ?lacks final blank, a few leaves with evidence of early manuscript notations, now faded, some light browning, contemporary full vellum, spine gilt and titled in ink, 8vo, [Venice: Aldus], 1519 The water lines on leaf A8 appear to vary from those on the remaining leaves and it would seem possible this blank is a cancel.
Barabanov, Alexander, illuminator. Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Kubla Khan, an illuminated manuscript on handmade paper, 6 leaves, the title with large ground, illuminated in gilt, 4 leaves of verse, each with decorated initial and borders, illuminated with gilt, and a self-portrait of the artist as a medieval grotesque, each leaf 285mm x 380mm, mounted, 20th century
The Koran. A manuscript in Nashki script, c.300 leaves, double-page illuminated opening, text and diacritics in black ink, gold ink border and highlights, marginal floriate medallions, a few leaves with paper beneath gold border deteriorated, occasionally with slight loss, early 19th century morocco gilt, 108mm x 164mm, [?c.1840]
Mitchell, Gladys. Original handwritten working manuscript for her novel 'The Greenstone Griffins' (published 1983), on lined paper, including revised pieces, blue and black biro pen, signed on first and second leaves, with a note to Ruth Sheath, the dedicatee, on the revised portions, 'Dear Ruth Could you add these bits to what you've got? Love Gladys', in total 143 leaves, 300mm x 210mm, Corfe Mullen, February, 1983 A rare opportunity to purchase a working manuscript of detective fiction featuring Mrs Lestrange Bradley, who first appeared in Speedy Death (1929).
Nonconformism. A Temperate Plea for Non-conformity or Sundry Reasons as a Defence of Non-complyance with the present Imposed Common-Prayer-Book and Ceremonies proving That neither the Imposition, nor use of them can be without Sin... By Wm Henderson, A Silenced Minister upon ye Account, a manuscript volume of 192 pages, ruled borders, contemporary calf, joints cracked, 4to, [c.1662] This would appear to be a careful transcription from a printed work, as yet unidentified.
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