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Retreat of the French Army, from Moscow, to the Banks of the Neimen Engraved for Sir Robert Ker Porter`s Narrative . This map is an interesting bit of military history, tracing the retreat of Napoleon`s severely weakened Grande Armee from Moscow in late 1812. The map extends as far as St. Petersburg in the north down to below Ovruch in Ukraine, and includes the Baltic states, much of Poland, all of Belarus, and Russia out to Ryazan. The routes of the Grande Armee and its detachments are shown in detail, as are the movements of the Russian army. Armies are represented by colored rectangles, and battles are marked with crossed swords. Napoleon`s failure in Russia was a major turning point in the Napoleonic Wars, devastating not only the leader`s army, but his reputation and ambitions as well. Issued folding with several mis-folds on a toned sheet with a few fold separations and short splits at fold intersections. There are light stains in the image and small chips and tears along the sheet`s edges. There are some old manuscript notations in the title cartouche. 17.7"" W x 16.1"" H . . 1815

Partie de la Nouvelle Grande Carte des Indes Orientales, Contenant les Isles Maldives, Ceylan, Malacca, Sumatra &c. avec les Terres Adjacentes de Couchin, Negombo, Colombo & Sourabaia... This decorative map is centered on a large compass rose. It details the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and the Malaysian peninsula with three inset detail maps along the bottom including a part of the Malabar coastline, a part of the Sri Lankan coast including Negombo, and the Maduran Strait between Java and Madura. Original color on watermarked paper with light color offsetting and several edge tears confined to the lower blank margin closed on verso with archival material. Manuscript notations in top blank margin. 23.7"" W x 20.4"" H . Elwe, Jan Barend . 1792

[Illuminated Leaf] . A nice vellum manuscript from a French Book of Hours, in the style of a Rouen scriptorium. Written in brown and red ink, the leaf has one large initial, four small initials, and three line fillers in red and blue and burnished gold leaf, as well as a decorative panel in the margin of the verso with ivy and flowers. The text is from a Book of Hours, Matins; beginning with the second small initial on the recto, the text translates as:Hail Mary, full of grace: our Lord is with thee. Today if ye shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in theprovocation according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where yourfathers tempted me: proved, and saw my works. Our Lord is with thee. Forty years was I nigh unto this generation: and said, they always err inheart: and they have not known my ways, to whom I swear in my wrath, if theyshall enter into my rest. Hail Mary, full of grace: our Lord is with thee. Moderate toning and soiling with one small tear at right. 4.4"" W x 6"" H . Anon., 1430

[Illuminated Leaf] . A nice vellum manuscript from a French Book of Hours, in the style of a Rouen scriptorium. Written in brown and red ink, the leaf has one large initial, seven small initials, and six line fillers in red and blue and burnished gold leaf, as well as a decorative panel in the margins with ivy and flowers. The text is from Psalm 109; beginning with the third small initial on the verso, the text translates as:The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou at my right hand: Until I make thy enemies thy footstool.The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot thee.The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: he shall crush the heads in the land of the many.He shall drink of the torrent in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head. Moderate toning and soiling with one small hole at bottom right. 4.4"" W x 6"" H . Anon., 1430

[Coptic/Arabic Lectionary Leaf] . A very fine manuscript leaf from a Coptic-Arabic lectionary written in Egypt in the early part of the 17th century. The recto is embellished with superb Coptic decoration. The text is written in two columns, Coptic with an Arabic translation, in black, red and yellow ink. This is a very rare, museum quality leaf. Very light soiling. 9.1"" W x 13.2"" H . Anon., 1620

Blat CLXIX . The recto of this sheet with German text shows portraits of Emperor Louis I and the monks Rabanus and Strabo. The verso shows the lineage of Popes from Sergius the Second, to Leo the Fourth, to John the Seventh.See also lot 771 for Adrian Wilson`s excellent reference work on ""The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle."" . Marginal soiling with a few manuscript notations on verso in left blank margin. 10.9"" W x 16.1"" H . Schedel, Hartmann . 1493

[Book of Hours Leaf] . Superb vellum leaf from this important transitional period when books began to be printed from movable type, decorated with metal-cut illustrations and combined with hand-painted illuminated initials. It is printed on vellum in black and red with many initials hand painted in red, blue and gold. On the verso is a depiction of the Visitation, in which the pregnant Virgin Mary goes to her cousin Elizabeth, with the medieval town of Jerusalem in the background. The recto has an ornamental border depicting scenes from the Old and New Testament illustrating the flight to Egypt by Jesus and his parents, as well as the spies escaping from Rachabs house on the wall of Jericho. Thielman Kerver was a printer in Paris, who worked ""in vico sancti Iacobi ad signum Vnicornis & ibidem venales habent"" (in Saint Jacob`s lane under the sign of the Unicorn where they are also for sale). He began printing Books of Hours in 1497 and continued until his death in 1522. His widow, Iolande Bonhomme, took over the firm, and continued to produce liturgical books until 1556. Kerver`s work is much less common than that of his colleagues, Simon Vostre and the Hardouins. Light toning and minor soiling. There is a bit of manuscript ink on recto. 3.6"" W x 5.5"" H . Kerver, Thielman . 1505

[Lot of 3 - Music] . This lot of three leaves (two single leaves and one bifolium) are from a liturgical book that contained the rites for the performance of Episcopal functions. Printed in red and black ink, in two columns, the leaves contain music, text and nine hand-colored woodblock illustrations. This is a great example of early printing during the period of transition between manuscript and printing. Patriarch Luc Antonio, called The Coryphaeur, or leader of printers, founded the highly regarded printing house of Giunta in 1482. After his death in 1537, the business was carried on by his descendants in Italy, France, and Spain, well into the 17th century. Clean and bright with very minor soiling in blank margins. 9.6"" W x 13.8"" H . Luc Antonio Giunta, 1520

[Vellum Manuscript Indenture] . This vellum indenture serves as testament to the lease and purchase of land and tenements, signed August 7, 1742. The agreement is between Anthony Ayres, a Yeoman in Ustob House in Tonstall in Durham County, his son, Robert Ayres (also a Yeoman), and William Pryor, an instrument maker from Newcastle upon Tyne. Robert Ayres purchased property from his father, Anthony Ayres for the sum of 400 pounds plus a yearly payment of 20 pounds (paid quarterly), to continue throughout the natural life of Anthony Ayres. In addition, William Pryor has agreed to a one-year lease of a parcel of land from Anthony Ayres for the sum of 5 shillings.The top of the indenture is cut in a jagged (""toothed"") line, as was the common practice with indentures. The legal contract was duplicated on a single sheet, and then the copies were separated by a jagged edge, so that the two pieces could be fit together again to verify authenticity. The indenture includes tax stamps and three red wax seals. A nice sheet of vellum with minor soiling on the recto, a small worm hole at a fold intersection, and light toning on verso. 28.4"" W x 23.3"" H . . 1742

[Vellum Manuscript Indenture] . This vellum indenture serves as testament to a one-year lease of a ""messauage, burgage or tenement,"" signed November 22, 1776. The lease is between John Fotherinham, master and mariner, and William Oliver, ship chandler, both of Sunderland-Near-the-Sea in Durham County. Oliver paid 5 shillings for the tenement in Sunderland known as ""Hay Garth,"" which measures seven yards from north to south and nine yards from east to west. The tenement is bounded by lanes in the east and west, by a tenement in the north belonging to John Mason, and by another tenement in the south belonging to Caleb Wilson (and which previously belonged to Timothy Grove). The Tenement which Oliver has leased was previously owned by Mary Palmer, John Stafford and John Crawford.The top of the indenture is cut in a jagged (""toothed"") line, as was the common practice with indentures. The legal contract was duplicated on a single sheet, and then the copies were separated by a jagged edge, so that the two pieces could be fit together again to verify authenticity. The indenture includes tax stamps and a red wax seal. A very readable indenture on fine vellum with light soiling and damp stains in the bottom corners. 22.8"" W x 15.6"" H . . 1776

Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, Dresse Pour l`Historie Philosophique & Politique… . This is the atlas volume for Abbe Raynal`s ""L`Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Etablissemens et du Commerce des Europeens dans les Deux Indes"" and is filled with Bonne`s well-drawn maps and charts engraved by Andre. The title page, list of maps, and Analyse Succincet de Cet Atlas are not present but a manuscript title page and list of maps have been included (see images). Map collation appears complete. The map contents include two world maps, Europe, Asia, Africa, ten related to Europe, three related to Africa, two related to India, Arabia, the East Indies, the Moluccas, China, Persia, Philippines, Russia, six related to South America, several Caribbean charts, plus North America and those related: Mexico; le Nouveau Mexique; Terre-Neuve, Acadia...; Occidentale du Canada; Louisiana & Florida; Partie Nord des Etats Unis; and Partie Sud des Etats Unis. In the North America map, the entire western part of the continent is left mostly blank. Indian tribes occupy the edges of the defined territory -- Apaches, Sioux, Outagamis, and Assenipouels. The British Colonies and a few major cities are named along the eastern seaboard and in the Great Lakes region. Alaska is shown as a group of islands, the largest of which is labeled Alaschka. Quarter-calf over marbled boards with gilt tooling and title on spine. The atlas volume did not carry any publication information on the title pages, but was known to be published in 1780. The maps are generally very good to near fine except the following: the world map (B) is somewhat soiled with a small burn mark in the top left corner just touching the neatline; and the maps of the Southeast United States and West Indies at the back of the volume have some small brown stains in the image. The hinges are perished and have been replaced with archival tape, which also serves to hold the manuscript title page and list of maps in place. Covers are bumped and worn with just a few minor cracks along the joint. 8.3"" W x 10.3"" H . Bonne/Raynal, 1780

A LARGE LACQUERED THAI MANUSCRIPT BOX, with manuscript. early 20th Century. 2ft 7in long.

MANUSCRIPT. LEE (CHARLES) A GUIDE ON THE NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY itinerary on ten leaves with title and illustration of an engine and tender (and driver and fireman) on the pastedown, original green paper covered boards worn with loss, 12.5 x 9.5cm, slip of paper inscribed from Denhurst Collection - Sold at Sotheby`s 1965 loosely inserted, Leeds, May 19th 1841 ++++

Blondeel (Valentyn Jan). Beschryving der Stad Ugrecht, behelzende derzelver opkomst, en voorrnaamste lotgevallen, Utrecht, Hermanus Besseling, 1757, additional engraved title by J. C. Philips, two folding eng. maps, two folding eng. plts. by R. Blokhuyse (one with printed overlay), add. leaf of manuscript text, dated 1829 inserted between pages 380 and 381, bound with a printed description of an early church painting by L. J. F. Janssen, dated 1846, bound at rear, contemporary half calf, gilt dec. spine, rubbed, 8vo -1

Korean Atlas. Untitled manuscript atlas, mid 19th century, thirteen double page manuscript maps in black ink and wash colour, each map laid down on thicker contemp. paper, some dust soiling and staining, manuscript title to rear siding, contemp. paper wrappers, rubbed and worn, overall size 330 x 170mm. Decorative Korean manuscript atlas following the usual tradition of such atlases: The World, Japan , Ryukyu Islands, China, and the nine provinces of Korea.The world map, the Chonhado (all under heaven), follows a pattern set before 1400 in either China or Korea. Most of the 143 names that appear on this world map come from the oldest Chinese source-books on geography, the so-called Shanhai-jing (c. 200 BC), so the original is probably Chinese. The Chonhado in fact reflects the text of the Shanhai-jing, just as the Renaissance Ptolemaic maps reflect Ptolomaeus’ text, and actually is the only remaining reflection of these books. The Chonhado shows China in the middle, surounded by ocean; the other countries are in the second circle and again, another ocean surrounds them.The other maps of China, Japan, and Korea also have their origins in 1471 or before. The China map illustrates the Ming division of provinces -13 and capitals -2 and, indicated with the small white circles, the nine islands, marked by Yu as he drained China after the floods. -1

Moll (Herman). Atlas Geographus: Or, a Complete System of Geography, Ancient and Modern. Containing what is of most use in Bleau, Varenius, Cellarius, Cluverius, Baudrand, Brietius, Sanson &c. With the Discoveries and Improvements of the best Modern Authors to this Time......, done from the Latest Observations by Herman Moll, Geographer; and many other Cuts by the best Artists, 5 vols. pub. John Nott, 1711 - 1717, folding eng frontis. and printed titles with blind stamp, title pages with additional ink library stamps and later ownership signature, verso of titles with later ink manuscript collation, ninety-one uncoloured engraved maps (including ninety folding) and thirteen folding b & w engraved pts., all with library blind stamps, some browning and spotting throughout, pp. 47 vol. 5 torn with slight loss and crudely repaired, hinges weak, contemp. blind stamped panelled calf, slight wear to extrems., 4to -5

Barclay (Rev. James). A Complete and Universal Dictionary of the English Language...., New Edition, c.1848, portrait frontis. of Queen Victoria, addn. dec. half title, forty-eight uncoloured engraved county maps and town plans by Thomas Moule, one map (Suffolk) with short closed tear, plus twenty engraved overseas maps by W.Hughes, most with contemp. outline colouring and twelve engraved plates, occ. browning, contemp. calf, boards detached, spine frayed, worn and scuffed, 4to, with another edition of 1815 containing twenty overseas engraved maps (including two folding) all with contemp. hand colouring, contemp. manuscript ‘family tree’ on rear end paper and pastedown, Ex Libris blind stamp to f.e.p., contemp. calf, rebacked but retaining original gilt dec. spine, 4to -2

Brayley (Edward Wedlake). A Topographical History of Surrey..., The Geological Section, by Gideon Mantell, 5 vols., 1850, 127 engraved & litho plates (including one double-page), folding hand-coloured plan & single-page geological plan, numerous wood engraved illustrations, scattered spotting, volume 1 containing a two leaf manuscript presentation dated November 1934 from the inhabitants of Ripley, Oakham & Wisley to Walter Colbornebook on the occasion of his retirement from the Postmastership of Ripley after 45 years service, bookplates of Rupert Sackville Gwynne & also of J. Oliver of Send Court, Surrey to front endpapers, a.e.g., contemporary brown full gilt decorated morocco, 4to -5

Dorset and Devon. Manuscript account of Illustrations of the Coasts of Dorset and Devon, c. 1820s 185 numbered leaves, additional letterpress title, contents leaf, index at end, written in a neat hand, numerous engraved views, a few colour, some waterstains and soiling, endpapers renewed, contemporary green half calf, a little rubbed, wear to one spine label, oblong folio. The tour commences at St. Adhelm’s Head in Dorset, going on to Lulworth, Weymouth, Portland, Lyme Regis, Sidmouth, Torbay, Plymouth, Devonport, Exeter, Ilminster, Salisbury (including a later inserted albumen print of Salisbury Cross, dated 1853), Stonehenge before returning to London. -1

Meyrick (Sir Samuel Rush). Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches, 2 vols., Llandovery: Welsh Manuscript Society, 1846, lithograph frontispiece to each (one tinted), title printed in red and black, numerous wood engraved blank shields to text, original cloth gilt, spine slightly faded, folio, together with Beaufort (Henry), The Account of the Official Progress of His Grace Henry the First Duke of Beaufort (Lord President of the Council in Wales, and Lord Warden of the Marches) Through Wales in 1684, pub. 1888, photo-litho facsimile manuscript throughout, edges untrimmed, original cloth gilt, frayed at head & foot of spine, 4to, plus Owen (George), The Taylors Cussion by George Owen, Lord of Kemeys (Circa 1552-1613)..., with a short Biography of the Author, by Emily M. Pritchard, 2 vols. in one, pub. 1906, photo-litho facsimile manuscript throughout, edges untrimmed, original cloth gilt, extremities slightly frayed, folio -4

Smeaton (John, Civil Engineer). A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with Stone: To which is Subjoined, an Appendix, giving some Account of the Lighthouse on the Spurn Point, Built upon a Sand, 1st ed., 1791, title with engraved vignette and early ink armorial stamp and manuscript monogram, twenty-three engraved plates, maps and plans, advertisement slip inserted at p.v, some toning & spotting mostly to leaves of text, edges untrimmed, early 20th c. antique style gilt panelled calf, elaborate gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, large folio. Completed in 1759, the lighthouse was in use until 1877, the upper section was dismantled and reassembled at Plymouth Hoe. Smeaton’s first project establishing his reputation as one of the eighteenth century’s foremost engineers. -1

Tighe (Robert Richard). A Letter to the Right Honourable The Earl of Lincoln......, present State and Direction of the Roads Intersecting the Parks and Grounds of Windsor Castle and on the Thoroughfares of the Town of Windsor with Suggestions for their Improvement...., c.1845, title page with contemp. manuscript signature of Thomas Tighe, six col. litho. maps and plans, one plate detached which appears to be from another copy, pubs. cloth gilt, faded and a little worn, slim folio -1

Manuscript map. Merrier (Capt. L. R.E.), Whitchurch Parish, Oxfordshire, north of the River Thames, 1875, partially printed map with watercolour and manuscript, sectionalised and laid on linen, tipped on letter signed by the Justices from Oxfordshire and Berkshire explaining the establishement of the boundary between Oxfordshire and Berkshire, signed and dated by the surveyor to lower right, slight creasing and dust soiling, marbled endpapers, 1215 x 955mm, contained in contemp. black morocco gilt slip case. A fascinating cartographic document with its attached letter showing how Whitchurch was mapped - after agreement between the Justices of both counties - on the boundary between Berkshire and Oxfordshire. -1

Sussex & Kent. Speed (John), Sussex Described and divided into Rapes with the Situation of Chichester the cheife citie thereof and the Armes of such Nobles as have bene dignified with the title of Earles since the conquest and other accidents therein observed, pub. Roger Rea, c.1662, engraved map with sparse outline colouring, inset town plan of Chichester, ‘open book’ cartouche, trimmed to neat line with slight loss to strapwork margin, ink ownership stamp to verso with slight showthrough, 380 x 495mm, together with, Kent with her Cities and Earles Described and observed, pub. George Humble, c.1627, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plans of Canterbury and Rochester, trimmed to neat line with slight loss to strapwork margins, sparse near contemp. manuscript annotation to map, ink ownership stamp to verso with slight showthrough, 380 x 500mm -2

Sussex. Speed (John), Sussex Described and Divided into Rapes with the Situation of Chichester the cheife citie thereof and the Armes of such Nobles as have bene dignified with the title of Earles since the conquest and other accidents therein obserbved, pub. George Humble, c.1627, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Chichester, slight ink staining, slight mount staining, two near contemp. manuscript initials to image, occ. marginal repaired closed tears, central fold partially strengthened on verso, 390 x 510mm, English text on verso -1

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New, Newly translated out of the originall Tongues..., Appointed to be read in Churches, London: John Field, 1658, engraved general title depicting Moses and Aaron, and a view over London (slightly cropped at head & foot), New Testament title present (juvenile manuscript to verso, with some show-through, lined to verso), bound with The Psalms of David in Meeter..., Edinburgh: printed by A.A. for James Miller, 1670, ink stain to title (lined to verso), F4 torn to lower outer corner without text loss, close-trimmed at head & foot occasionally affecting some running titles and signatures, light dust-soiling, later inscriptions to front endpaper including the signature of the Canadian missionary and cleric Joachim Allard (1838-1917), a.e.g., contemporary gilt panelled and decorated morocco with initials W.B. to boards, 24mo. Herbert 664 This is the Bible called ‘spurious’ in the British Museum Catalogue; though Fry and Lenox call it ‘genuine.’ It is more correctly printed than Herbert numbers 662 and 663, yet it has some of the same mistakes, e.g. Jer. ii. 26, chief for thief. Headline Hh 2b, Jesaiah. -1

Bynaeus (Anthony). De morte Jesu Christi, liber primus, Amsterdam: Gerardus Borstius, 1691, title page in red and black with printers device, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, spine repaired, 4to, together with Stillingfleet (Edward), Origines Sacrae, or a Rational Account of the Grounds of Christian Faith, as to the Truth and Divine Authority of the Scriptures, printed for Henry Mortlock, 1662, title page in red and black, near contemporary ownership isncription to title, page of manuscript to final blank, endpapers renewed, later calf, upper joint cracked, 4to, plus Charron (Pierre), Of Wisdome Three Bookes, translated by Samson Lennard, printed for Luke Fawne, 1658, engraved title page, contemporary ownership inscription to title and notations in ink to initial blank, occasional staining and initial leaves slightly chipped, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, rebacked and corners repaired, 4to -3

[Dickens, Charles]. Samuel Brandram’s copy of The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: and Mrs. Gamp, by Charles Dickens, Bradbury & Evans, 1858, numerous contemporary ink and pencil annotations and some loosely inserted manuscript leaves in Samuel Brandram’s hand, stitching broken, original printed green wrappers, lacking spine and rear cover, upper cover inscribed ‘Brandram’, slim 8vo. An interesting association copy, which belonged to Samuel Brandram (1824-1892), an English barrister known for his later career as a professional reciter. The first page of each story lists locations and dates where Brandram read that particular work (mostly the outer fringes of London, between 1862 and 1871), and the text itself is littered with excisions, additions and alterations. Brandram used to perform at Justice Talfourd’s house in Russell Square, and here he met Charles Dickens. Apparently Dickens was so impressed by Charles’s rendering of the great novelist’s work that he praised Brandram as a man who interpreted his novels better than he could interpret them himself. -1

Hesiod. [Hesiodou Erga kai Hemerai], Hesiodi Opera & Dies, cum Interpretatione Latina & Scholiis, utrisq; ad planiorem explicationem accommodatis. Autore Mathia Garbitio Illyrico, Graecae linguae & Moralis philosophiae in Academia Tubingensi Professore, Basel: Joannem Oporinum, [1559], first line of title transliterated from Greek and with manuscript annotation, occasional light spotting and dust-soiling, later endpapers, contemporary calf, loss at head & foot of spine and minor wear to extremities, 8vo, together with Alvares (Manuel), Emmanuelis Alvari e Societate Iesu Grammatica, sive, Institutionum linguae Latinae, 4 parts in one, Antwerp: Jacobum Meursium, 1665, [1662-1666], woodcut device to each title, general title with early inscription, bound with De Arte Rhetorica Libri Tres ex Aristotele, Cicerone, et Quintiliano praecipue deprompti Auctore Cypriano Soarez Sacerdote Societatis Jesu, Antwerp: Jacobum Meursium, 1663, woodcut device to title, light dust-soiling at front & rear, contemporary calf, worn with loss at head & foot of spine, lacking title label, 8vo, with Coelemann (Peter), Opus Prosodicum Graecum Novum, in quo syllabarum Graecarum positione, Diphthongis, & Vocabulis longis carentium, Quantitates ex Orthodoxis Patribus, Philosophis, Historicis, Oratoribus & Poetis Graecis..., Frankfurt: Jonae Rosae, 1651, woodcut illustration to title, worming to leaves at rear of volume, dust-soiled, contemporary sheep, worn, 8vo, plus one other incomplete 18th c. antiquarian volume. See Adams H480 for first title. -4

North (Roger). Examen: or, An Enquiry into the Credit and Veracity of a Pretended Complete History; shewing the Perverse and Wicked Design of it, and the Many Falsities and Abuses of Truth contained in it...., 1st ed., printed for Fletcher Gyles, 1740, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by Vertue after Lely (slightly toned and offset to title), endpapers foxed, armorial bookplate of Arthur Henry Davenport (mounted over earlier bookplate), with shelfmark in manuscript above, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and marked, joints cracked and slight loss at head of spine, 4to, together with Boyer (A.), Le Dictionnaire Royal Francois-Anglois et Anglois-Francois..., Nouvelle Edition..., 1748, folding engraved portrait frontispiece (with short handling tear), title-page printed in red and black (browned), printed in triple column, floral endpapers, front hinge splitting in places, red edges, 19th century vellum, with earlier gilt lettered morocco label to spine, 4to, plus Aquinas (Thomas, Saint), Summa Theologica S. Thomae Aquinatis... in qua Ecclesiae Catholicae Doctrina Universa... in Tres Partes ab Auctore suo Distributa..., 2 parts in one, Lyon, 1740, half-title present, title-page printed in red and black and with woodcut publisher’s device, printed in double-column, foxed, some minor worming to fore-margins (sometimes clipping text), contemporary vellum with manuscript title on spine, soiled, spine darkened and frayed at ends, folio in 6s, plus eleven other 19th and early 20th century folio volumes -14

Paris (Matthew). Flores Historiarum per Matthaeum Westmonasteriensem collecti..., Frankfurt, 1601, woodcut device to title and last leaf verso, woodcut headpiece and initial, some light soiling and spotting, previous owner signatures to title, contemporary vellum over boards, manuscript title to spine, a little soiled and bowed, folio -1

Newton (Isaac). The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. To which is Prefix’d, a Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great, 1st edition, 1728, thick paper issue, engraved vignette and initial to second leaf, three folding engraved plates, spotting throughout, some marginal browning from turn-ins to first and last leaves, engraved armorial bookplate of Nicholas Aylward Vigors [1785-1840, F.L.S., F.R.S., Irish zoologist and politician] to front pastedown, with manuscript note above by the subsequent owner Mr Vowell indicating it was purchased for two shillings from Vigor’s sale on 7th May 1841, contemporary panelled calf, some corner wear, good quality antique-style reback, 4to. Babson 214 First edition of Newton’s attempt to employ astronomical principles to verify the chronology of ancient history. Published posthumously a year after his death, this was Newton’s last published work. -1

* Puccini - Costume Designs. A collection of costume designs for a performance of Tosca at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1939, ten pencil and watercolour designs, some with a single figure study, others with several images to a page, all with manuscript annotations, sheet size 30 x 24cm (11.75 x 9.5ins) and smaller, together with two tracings related. The production starred Beniamino Gigli, Gina Cigna and Mario Basiola. -12

* Rossini (Gioachino, 1792-1868). A portrait from life of the composer Rossini, circa 1828, fine and rare half-length life-size portrait, oil on canvas, depicting the composer seated at a damask covered table, holding a quill pen and with manuscript music beside him, relined by Francis Leedham (probably mid-19th century), with his blind stamp to verso of stretcher, 87 x 75cm (34.25 x 29.5ins), modern antique-style ebonised wood frame, with printed labels to verso of the Historical Portraits gallery, 31 Dover Street, London, inscribed with the number 2137 Provenance: Purchased by Anthony Gasson from Phillip Mould Historical Portraits, London, circa 2000 An important and rare unattributed portrait of Rossini in his mid-thirties, around the time of the composition of his most famous opera William Tell. In this portrait the composer appears just a little older than he does in the famous head and shoulders portrait with cap of 1820 in the collection of the International Museum and Library of Music, Bologna. The Museum also holds an oil portrait of Rossini by Pietro Bettelli from 1818 The pose in our portrait is similar to the photograph of Rossini by Leopold Ernest Mayer & Pierre-Louis Pierson, c. 1855 Francis Leedham (1794-1870) was a picture cleaner and liner active by 1831 from his premises on Little Edward Street, London. He was particularly productive for the art collector and antiquarian Lord Northwick, and later the National Gallery where he relined at least fifteen Turners. -1

Rossini (Gioachino). Printed funeral invitation, Paris, [1868], inviting the unnamed recipient to be part of the convoy, service and burial of Gioacchino-Antonio Rossini at the Church of the Trinity on Saturday 21 November, asking to meet at the church at 11:30am, printed with no manuscript insertions, black-edged mourning paper with integral blank, small split and a little dust-soiling, 4to. Rossini died on 13 November 1868 and was buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, near Cherubini, Chopin and Bellini. In 1887 his body was handed over to the city of Florence for reburial in Santa Croce, with a procession of more than 6,000 mourners including four military bands, and a chorus of 300 -1

Manuscript. Embroidery pattern book, c.1819, 68ff., each leaf with hand-drawn designs in pen & ink on recto only, some full-page large designs, but mostly repeated patterns for borders, mainly floral and foliate, but incorporating some other motifs, water-marked ‘J. Green 1819’, some light toning and corner-creasing, sheet size 30 x 25.5cm (11.75 x 10ins), stitching broken and page block loose in original roan-backed paste-paper card covers, worn, large 4to, together with another similar, in the same hand, water-marked ‘J. Green 1817’, lightly toned and some minor creasing and edge-fraying, sheet size 22.5 x 19cm (9 x 7.5ins), stitching strained, orig. half sheep, rubbed and edge-worn, 4to -2

MERCER F.W (calligrapher) transcription of the Sonnets of John MILTON, circa 1922, 10 manuscript leaves with illuminated borders, letter from F W Mercer tipped, in 8vo full calf, raised bands (1)

Manuscript Notebook of 1748, Farmer's recipes for curing diseases in cattle, 68 pages, card covers (1)

MUNNINGS Alfred, Ballads and Poems, London 1957, 1st edition in dustwrapper with author signed manuscript letter thanking the recipient for an evening's hospitality; BOOTH Stanley, Sir Alfred MuNNINGS 1878-1959, London n.d. oblong 4to dustwrapper (2)

Guillim - A display of Heraldry 1645 - title and a few leaves supplied in manuscript - many woodcut Coats of Arms together with seventeen other volumes, bound in leather and vellum Condition report: Gullim - binding broken

Illuminated manuscripts on vellum and early printing, circa 1600, all framed and most glazed on both sides: 1. Manuscript/Musical notation in red and black with two illuminations (590 x 400mm); 2. Missale. Possibly by Sebald Mayer, Augsburg, 1555. Headed: De Virginibus, page 376. In red and black with 4 illuminated letters with red, green, purple and gold. (400 x 280mm); 3. Manuscript leaf on vellum c.1560. In red, blue, black & gold. (210 x 140mm); 4. Manuscript leaf on vellum c.1560. In red, blue, black and gold. (210 x 140mm); 5. Musical notation with 3 illuminated letters C16. (360 x 250mm); 6. Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493. One leaf- Foliii CVII, with 9 illustrations. (460 x 300mm); 7. Illuminated leaf (French), c.1440. In black, blue, red and gold. Glazed on one side only (175 x 125mm); 8. Illuminated leaf (Flemish), c.1450. In black, blue, red and gold. Glazed on one side only (175 x 135mm); 9. An Illuminated Initial "S" Madrid, Spain, c.1600 (9)

SURVEY AND VALUATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NEWALL CUM CLIFTON IN THE Parish of Otley and Country of York, by Lister and Ingle Surveyors, Bradford. 1840. Manuscript volume, bookplate of J H Bankes. With one other, York interest (2)

MANUSCRIPT: GENERAL ORDERS COMMENCING 4TH OCTOBER 1800 AND ENDING 25TH JANUARY 1801. Original sheep with red morocco reinforcement; paper handwritten label to upper board, c. 200 pages. An interesting sequence of manuscript orders in individual notebooks, lilac paper wrappers bound in, relating to British military activity in the Mediterranean, mostly Malta and Gibraltar, 1800-1801. References to HMS Diadem, Sir Ralph Abercromby, many deployments and some disciplinary proceedings

MANUSCRIPT ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL DIARY, John Hey, Bradford. Universal Diary, 1931, accomplished in manuscript mainly comprising football results and lurid news: Saturday 3 January: `City 1 Barnsley 0... Treacherous ground conditions make football impossible. Scriven`s unforgivable MISS`. Attractive mise en page. WITH Autograph Book similar vintage (2) (Illustrated)

MANUSCRIPT LEAF on parchment from an antiphonary with liturgical text. One illuminated initial letter, possibly sixteenth century

SONGS AND CAROLS PRINTED FROM A MANUSCRIPT IN THE SLOANE COLLECTION, 1836, William Pickering WITH 19 other juvenile imprints c1800-1850 (20) (Sold WAF not subject to return)

Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle OM, KBE, CB, a facsimile copy of the original manuscript relating to Frank Whittle`s visit to America in Summer 1942.

India – Punjab – Rare Sikh Manuscript – rare 18th century handwritten prayer book^ written in Gurmukhi Script in original leather binding. Measures 17cms x 13cms

Ephemera – London. Very early printed bill^ bought of swann^ buck^ barlow & wheatley^ mercers at the wheat sheaf in King Street^ Covent Garden 1756. Bill for various yards of fine cloth Corded Dragguett and Rich Black Gradatore for £15.0s.6d. Vignette of the shop sign top left. Black printing with extensive manuscript annotations man Size 8” ´ 6.5”.

Smugglers in the 18th c – an important manuscript book of instructions for the Excise men running from 1741 to 1760 providing considerable information on the running of the Excise at that time when smuggling was rife throughout the coastal areas of the country. The 4to sized book contains approx 200 closely written pages^ mostly browned throughout but clearly legible^ and with the instructions neatly written in various hands over the years. The book is in an ‘as used’ condition as may be expected. There are entries mentioning the seizure of contraband such as brandy and one page dated May 28th 1748 in particular hammers out the determination to end smuggling once and for all : ‘...the Lord’s Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury who have received repeated information of the pernicious practices still carrying on in the clandestine running of goods and of great outrages committed by the smugglers which make the concurrence of all the officers of the Crown necessary towards suppressing them^ the Commissioners order you to direct the supervisors and officers in your collection house their utmost endeavours in discovering all persons concerned in such unlawful practices and to assist with zeal & vigour to officers of his Majesty’s Customs on all lawful occasions in seizing such persons and suppressing such practices in the future...’ The mid 18th c was the great battle ground between the authorities of the excise and the smugglers. Smuggling was organised on an almost industrial scale and in the coastal communities it was often the case that everyone^ from the local Squire and Parson down to the youngest apprentice fisherman was involved. Smuggling at this time also gave rise to considerable romantic fiction written in the 19th and beyond.

American War of Independence payslip issued by the State of Connecticut dated June 1st 1780 paying Captain Elijah Wodsworth £347^ manuscript document on a sm 4to leaf of paper^ in good condition^ signed by Finn Wadsworth^ Samuel Lyman and John Lawrence

The Lord’s Day Observance Act – Oliver Cromwell – Printed Act of Parliament from the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell dated 1657 being the famous Act which banned a very wide range of activities with harsh penalties for non-observance – effectively establishing in the public mind the ideals of ‘Puritanism’. The Act banned virtually anything which was enjoyable^ such as singing^ dancing^ visiting ale houses^ working^ taking part in sporting activities. It was this Act which turned vast numbers of the population against Cromwell and the Puritans^ and effectively demonstrated that England had not become a republic free from the supposed tyranny of the King^ but an enslaved dictatorship under the repressive rule of Cromwell. It made the eventual restoration of Charles II three years later all the more palatable. An important document in the history of England. Folio^ 17pp plus title^ disbound but in fine condition^ and bearing considerable marginal manuscript annotation in a contemporaneous hand.

Treatment of the Poor 1850s good group of approx 12 partially printed letters with ms additions addressed to the Inspector of the Poor in Paisley^ Scotland^ being notices of people who had become chargeable on the Poor Funds of the Parish^ some with manuscript reports on the circumstances of their situation

WWII Prisoner of War postcard & 1 lira prison camp banknote 1943. A special POW postcard printed at top (Cartolina Postale per Prigioniere di Guerra) from Prisoner of War camp No. 78 in Italy. Sent from a soldier who had received Red Cross Aid from a couple at 6 Granville Road^ Colchester. Black printing with the manuscript annotations. Posted by airmail via Rome and Lisbon. Also this 1 Lira POW Banknote black printing on pink paper with frank stamps. Postcard and Banknote.

Interesting extensive collection of photographs, negatives and albums with indexes, manuscript copies, etc, from the author A Beaumont collection,

AN ANTIQUE INDIAN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF, the front decoration with a watercolour scene of male figures on a hillside with Arabic script above and below, the reverse side with lines of black Arabic script, 15.5 x 26.5 cm

Potter (Beatrix) The Tailor of Gloucester, 1903, Warne, first edition, (one leaf torn, hinge gaping), original cloth; Upton (Bertha and Florence K.), The Golliwogg`s Bicycle Club, 1896, original cloth-backed boards (becoming detached, a well worn copy); West (Michael), Clairedelune .., nd., Harrap, mounted colour illustrations, original cloth; with a vellum bound collection of religious/spiritual prose and verse, manuscript (4)

Nelson (Horatio, Lord) A collection of Nelson related letters/plaques, comprising; Jervis (John, 1st Earl of St. Vincent), A two page autograph letter signed (`Jervis`), written on board HMS Victory off Cape St. Vincent, indistinct date, addressed to an unidentified `Lord`, mentions the modesty of Nelson and also that `Nelson is very anxious to obtain promotion for Lieut. Noble, who has bled so freely ...`, mounted, framed, glazed front and rear; [Jervis was Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet and took Victory as his flagship during the battle of Cape St Vincent (14th February 1797), Nelson was in command of HMS Captain and valiantly captured two ships in one move]; Anon., `... List of French Ships Taken, Burnt & Sunk by Admiral Nelson, in the Mediterrannean`, manuscript on paper, no date, mounted, framed and glazed, retailers note on rear of frame stating `letter to Lloyds Underwriters detailing Lord Nelson`s Victories over the French Fleet at the Battle of the Nile, seal on reverse`; Wax seal impression, with Nelson`s profile portrait surrounded by the words `England expects every man to do his duty`, mounted, framed and glazed; HMS Foudroyant, A copper relief commemorative plaque in carved oak frame, both sourced from HMS Foudroyant, Nelson`s Flagship from 1799 to 1801; together with an Admittance Ticket to St Paul`s Cathedral for the funeral of The Duke of Wellington, printed with manuscript inserts, blindstamped seal, mounted, framed and glazed; and three other items

Hardy (Thomas Masterman) Three page Autograph Letter Signed (`T.M. Hardy`) to the Rt. Hon. George Rose, December 9th 1805, discussing the death of Lord Nelson and the privacy of his last words, his view that Nelson would not have wanted his private letters published, and his plans for delivering the letters and will, manuscript on paper watermarked G Pike 1805, double-sided on one sheet, framed with mount, glazed front and rear, sold with typescript of the letter and recent copies of related letters. Hardy was Nelson`s Flag Captain during the Battle of Trafalgar and was with Nelson as he died. [Provenance; sold at Christie`s sale 9240 (1st Nov 2001), lot 271]

Indenture An indenture from the County of Devon dated 1637, appears to be a contract between Merchants, some based in Barnstable, manuscript on vellum, approx 370mm x 685mm, nine signatories to the agreement, seven of their pendant seals attached, each in good condition, folded (some wear to intersects of folds)