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MANUSCRIPT MAP." Map of the Barton of Pendarves in the Parish of Camborn and County of Cornwall. Property of John Stackhouse Esq. Survey'd and mapp'd in 1778 by Alexr Law." good original pen and ink map on vellum, 17 x 18ins, good condition.

Huntington, Samuel (1731-1796) Two Documents. A single page manuscript paper document from the state of Connecticut, 1770, itemizing payments made to the judges of the superior court for their service to the state, including Judges Matthew Griswold, Robert Walker, and William Pitkin, with their signatures, and the signature of Samuel Huntington acting as Justice of the Peace, old folds, 7 1/2 x 12 in. [with] Another single page manuscript document addressed by Huntington to the Treasurer of the state of Connecticut, signed as governor, April 14, 1788, Norwich, requesting that Simeon Huntington (1740-1817) be paid two pounds fourteen shillings "out of the taxes appropriate for payment of the Civil list, and chargeth same in account for what is due from the state to your humble servant, Sam: Huntington" old folds, unevenly torn from a larger sheet, on corner missing, 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.

Kansas State Constitution, Broadside, 1859. Leavenworth, Kansas: Printed at, and forwarded from the State Register Office, [1859]. Constitution of the State of Kansas adopted at Wyandott, July 29, 1859, rare broadside, all details comparable to those of the Newberry Library copy described in the Graff collection of Western Americana, including a manuscript note in pencil on the verso, "Hon John Casey," and the small yellow State Register Office label pasted on the verso, Graff collection 2268; Hawley & Farley 52; old folds, some light edge toning, few small spots, 19 1/4 x 16 in.

Riis, Jacob (1849-1914) Autograph Manuscript Draft, Ten Pages. A sketch of The Making of an American, in Riis`s hand, c. 1900, in this draft, Riis has composed the basic reach of chapters one through seven, the end of chapter twelve, chapters thirteen through fourteen, and the title for chapter fifteen, pages toned, with corrections, shorthand annotations, and deletions, 9 1/2 x 6 in.

Al-Samanudi (fl. circa 123) Sullam or Scala Magna. Manuscript on Paper in Coptic, Arabic, and Greek: Egypt, 17th Century. Text in brown and red ink throughout, with crude ornamental strapwork borders used occasionally as chapter headings, twelve unbound signatures, never sewn, in 10s; one signature with eight leaves, 117 leaves, including blanks, pages may be out of order; light toning, occasional water stain and other minor smudges to text, with large purplish blue ink spill at the top edge, affecting the top blank margin of two signatures, and just touching the top blank margin intermittently in two others; deckle edges throughout, housed in an ornately gilt-tooled leather wrapper, text leaves: 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. In this work, the Medieval Coptic Bishop, Al-Samanudi, presents the basic vocabulary for Coptic liturgical texts with Arabic translations, using the Psalms as his examples. Occasionally the original Greek is also given.

Arabic Manuscript Fragment, Prayers. Six paper leaves, written in a small, semi-Maghribi hand, in gold and colors, from the Newberry Library and the Henry Probasco collection by way of Sam Fogg, in green paper wraps, and custom clamshell box, 4 x 4 in.

Arabic Manuscript, Multaza a-Abhur, Laws. Manuscript on paper, 17th century, text in black ink within a gilt-ruled compartment with some words in red, with scholarship from the 1930s inserted, marginal notations throughout the text, dark purplish brown sheepskin, ruled in gilt, with flap; peeling, rubbed, water staining to text leaves, 8 x 4 1/4 in.

Armenian Book, 1767. Quarto, title printed within woodcut border, each text page printed within a compartment, whimsical woodcut initials in the Armenian manuscript style used throughout, woodcut head- and tail-pieces throughout, and device on colophon, with many manuscript notes in Armenian inside the boards, on fly leaves, and preliminaries, bound in its original wooden boards, covered with dark blind-stamped leather, sympathetically rebacked, missing leather restored, 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.

Benayi Divani Manuscript. [Istanbul, 1570]. Text in Ottoman Turkish and Persian, 39 leaves, written in black and red ink on tinted papers, with gold and colored accents, bound in smooth red sheepskin with a gilt compartment on each board and a blind-tooled floral decoration inside; thumbing to text, water stains, old stamps, 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.

Biblia Latina, with the Glossa Ordinaria of pseudo-Walafrid Strabo. [Strasbourg: Adolf Rusch for Anton Koberger at Nuremberg, not after 1480]. First printed edition of the Latin Bible with the Glossa Ordinaria, or commentary, bound in four imperial folio volumes; 1,210 of 1,211 leaves, lacking only the penultimate blank, the other two blanks present; two gold-illuminated initials: one at the beginning of Genesis, the other at the beginning of the Psalms, all other initials supplied in alternating red and blue contemporary lombardic initials, larger initials enhanced with yellow tracery embellishments inside and around the letters, red and blue capital strokes and paragraph marks throughout, some contemporary notes, the set presented to an unnamed convent by Johannes Schreier in 1482, with the original notes to that effected inside the back board of each volume, and another similar notice on the front board of each volume; bound in uniform contemporary German alum-tawed pigskin bindings over wooden boards, tooled in blind; later hardware added; front boards detached, some worming, some discoloration to text pages, generally a large, fresh copy, with contemporary manuscript annotations (at times trimmed away) to help the binder assemble the pages, which would have been challenging because of the confusing signature marks used by the printer in this work; contemporary printer`s waste and text manuscript leaves used as pastedowns in all four volumes; ex libris the Franciscan Library of Ingoldstadt, with inscriptions; page size: 19 x 13 in.; bindings: 20 x 13 1/2 x 4 in.; the four together occupy 18 inches of shelf space; collation available upon request. (4).

Boethius (480-524) De Consolatione Philosophiae. Nuremburg: Koberger, 1483. Folio, 71 of 74 leaves, lacking the initial blank and the two final blanks (i9 and i10), initials added in a contemporary hand in red and blue, period annotations in the text throughout, in a later binding, cloth spine, paste paper boards; some water staining, toning, and thumbing to leaves, margins still good, manuscript notes largely intact, 11 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.

Budge, Sir E. A. Wallis (1857-1934) Lady Meux Manuscript No. 1. The Lives of Maba Seyon and Gabra Krestos. London: W. Griggs, Chromo-Lithographer to Her Majesty the Queen, 1898. Large quarto, limited edition, numbered 102 of 300, in full contemporary blind-tooled leather decorated in Ethiopic style, t.e.g., very heavy, printed with color lithographs on coated paper; head slightly chipped, 12 1/2 x 10 in.

Coptic Theotokia Manuscript, 14th Century. Manuscript on paper, 110 leaves, heavily restored throughout, and fragmentary, each leaf mounted in a larger frame, each leaf was trimmed from its original size some time in the past, and in modern times restored, and rebound in modern blind-tooled goatskin over papyrus paper boards, damage to leaves from stains, ink spills and ink deterioration throughout, original leaf size 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 for most leaves, the book itself is 9 3/4 x 6 in.

Dalail al-Khayyirat, Guide to Good Deeds, Prayers, Poetry. Arabic prayer manuscript on paper, North Africa, 18th century, main text in brown ink, with some words (God, Mohammed, and other key words) in blue, green, and red ink, 174 leaves, Maghribi script; bound in modern calf with flap, 3 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.

Dalail al-Khayyirat, Guide to Good Deeds, Prayers, Poetry. Illuminated manuscript on paper in Arabic, Ottoman calligraphy by Mustapha Rustu, with miniatures of Mecca and Medina, in contemporary decorated red morocco, with flap; worn, somewhat rumpled, some stains to text leaves, some mounted, text beginning to separate at the center, flap worn with small hole in leather, 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.

Dalail al-Khayyirat, Guide to Good Deeds, Prayers, Poetry. Manuscript on paper in Arabic, northern or western Africa, 19th century, with geometric designs in colors and stylized illuminations of Mecca and Medina, text in dark brown to black ink, within a double ruled red compartment, with special words in red, green, and yellow ink throughout, in a contemporary flap binding with older repairs, blind stamped, in a modern case; slight thumbing and water stains, even toning to text leaves, 4 x 4 1/2 in.

Dalail al-Khayyirat, Guide to Good Deeds, Prayers, Poetry. [Afghanistan or India, 18th century]. Illuminated manuscript on paper, text in black with embellishments in gold and colors, approximately 100 pages, with full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina, contemporary blindstamped red goatskin; some paper damage in text due to acid ink eating through the paper along the compartment ruling, repairs in places, 3 1/2 x 6 in.

Dalail al-Khayyirat, Guide to Good Deeds, Prayers, Poetry. [North Africa, ?18th century]. Miniature manuscript on paper, with gilt illuminated stylized miniatures of Mecca and Medina, and other decorations in colors; text in black, red, and blue, written within a red double-ruled border, contemporary notes in brown ink on endleaves, marbled paper paste downs, wallet-style sheepskin binding with flap, tooled in gold, with some slight losses, rebacked; contents slightly spotted, 3 7/8 x 3 1/4 in.

Dalail al-Khayyirat, Guide to Good Deeds, Prayers, Poetry. [Ottoman Turkey, 19th century]. Manuscript on glossy paper, approximately 100 pages, text in Arabic, with gilt illuminated miniatures in western style, ex libris Newberry Library, in custom made clamshell box, 5 1/2 x 4 in.

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Le Terze Rime. Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1502. Octavo, first Aldine edition, complete, including the blank between the Inferno and Purgatorio, the first appearance of Aldus`s anchor device used on H4 verso; with the typographical error: Alaghieri on a1 verso; old manuscript numbers visible at top outside corners of leaves, in a blue morocco Riviere binding, with the anchor and dolphin on both boards, the front board re-hinged, a.e.g.; presentation inscription from the British poet and novelist Stephen Spender (1909-1995) and his wife Natasha Litvin (1919-2010) to American poet and Harvard professor, Theodore Spencer (1902-1949) on ffep; 6 x 3 3/4 in. An important milestone in the history of printing: the first portable Dante, and the first use of Aldus`s famous trademark.

Ethiopic Manuscript, Psalter, with Prayers to Mary. Manuscript on parchment in Ge`ez, in black and red throughout, East Africa, late 18th-early 19th century, bound in wooden boards covered with a blind-stamped geometric designs, a non-adhesive binding with the linked sewing structure, fragments of a mirror within the paste downs of the front broad, and a piece of color printed fabric in the back, housed in its original, two-part calfskin traveling case, with ties, worn by intact; spine on binding becoming detached, thumb marks, toning, and other signs of wear to text, 5 x 6 in.

European Connections to the Arab World, Four Volumes. Roussel, Napoléon (1805-1878) Mon Voyage en Algérie Raconté à Mes Enfans, Paris: Risler, [c. 1840], 12mo, with frontispiece, illustrated title, and five full-paged illustrations in the text, 196 pages, with a gift inscription on the half-title dated 1840, "à son cher petit neveu Fritz"; green morocco spine, gilt, watered-silk-texture green cloth boards, vellum tips to boards; binding rubbed, mild to moderate intermittent foxing, 6 3/4 x 4 in. Neuphal, Georges (fl. circa 1860) Vocabulaire Français-Arabe, Beirut: Imprimerie Catholique, 1864, octavo, 284 pages, text in Arabic and French, contemporary half sheepskin and textured paper boards; pages toned with some faults, binding rubbed with surface loss, 8 1/4 x 5 in. Manuscript on paper of the same text, 19th century, with added notes in Arabic, penciled annotations, et cetera, 279 pages, contemporary half leather, and marbled paper boards, worn, 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. St. George`s Gallery, Hyde Park Corner, Catalogue of the Oriental & Turkish Museum. London: Golbourn, [1854], octavo, stated third edition, with additions, rare pamphlet with illustrated title, and twenty wood engravings by James Boggi in the text, in marbled paper wrappers, 7 3/4 x 5 in. The ill-fated St. George`s Gallery, demolished sometime in the 1860s, hosted many interesting exhibitions from the time of its erection in June of 1842. Successful in the mid-1850s, shows there included the Free Exhibition of Modern Art, a South African show, and dioramas of Ireland and the Holy Land. Dickens attended an exhibition at St. Georges featuring `Kaffir Life` in 1853, and walked away with a rather dim opinion of the "Noble Savage." The Turkish show featured in this promotional program was mounted in 1854. The final exhibition at St. George`s, it featured several tableaux of wax figures depicting notable scenes from Middle-Eastern life, including royal baths, a slave market, and a harem. (4).

Exotic Manuscript Lot: Persian, Afghani, Palm Leaf, and African Horn Book. Small octavo poetry manuscript on paper in Persian, 18th century, 18 leaves, in black ink with gold and other colored embellishments, bound in three-quarter red leather and marbled paper boards; paper repairs to text leaves throughout, worming, 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.; manuscript prayer book, Afghanistan, 19th century, with strongly colored ink illumination, contemporary crude local binding with parchment-like goatskin dyed red (faded), with metallic embellishments and blind stamping, a provincial binding originally fabricated out of two separate pieces of leather; text is water stained with ink transfer throughout, 5 x 2 1/2 in.; palm leaf manuscript in Pali, Sri Lanka, 18th century, with lacquered painted boards, painted polychrome Buddhas inside both boards, sewing perished, some chipping to leaves, boards oxidized on the outside, 17 x 2 in.; African horn book in Arabic inscribed on a handled wooden board, perhaps reused from an existing piece of furniture, with an old nail, text is Bismillah, a school writing exercise, 16 x 8 in. (4).

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Noanoa: Voyage de Tahiti. Munich: by R. Piper & Co., for the Marees Gesellschaft, 1926. Limited edition, copy number twenty-six of eighty, hand-bound in full yellow morocco, boards gilt-ruled, author and title gilt-tooled on the spine, with the original paper wrappers (spine perished) and the original folding cardboard cover, both blocked in black with the same design, spine of book and cover slightly sunned, 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. This facsimile of Gauguin`s original manuscript notebook includes reproductions of drawings and notes printed in color throughout. In cases where the artist tipped a sketch that was originally drawn on a separate piece of paper into his book, the publishers have done the same, printing on a thinner separate sheet and tipping it onto the page. Gauguin`s original notebook is held at the Louvre.

Illuminated Letter, c. 1450. Large initial C clipped from a large parchment musical manuscript, with the IHS emblem surmounted by an angel, and two angelic supplicants beneath, painted in red, green, and blue, with grotesque faces worked into the blue stylized acanthus that makes up the letter itself, gold ground, highlighted in translucent white, plaitwork border, and an interesting stylized log painted in green at the foot, in a carved, gilt, double-glazed frame, with the music visible on the verso, 3 3/4 x 5 in., 8 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. overall, with frame.

Illuminated Manuscript Leaves, Songs from the Canticles. Two separate parchment leaves, music written in black in on a red staff, two large initials in red and blue on each side of each sheet, c. 1600, one leaf with old damage in one corner and water stain, 15 x 22 in.

Italian-Arabic Manuscript on Paper, 17th Century. Quarto, 138 pages, seven gatherings, each numbered in red ink at the foot on the verso of the last bifolium, all in ten leaves, except for the third gathering, which contains eleven leaves, the presence of a stub along with continuous paginations suggests a scribal cancel of the excised leaf; text in parallel Arabic and Italian on facing pages; last numbered text leaf is 135, followed by a short table; bound in contemporary Italian parchment, edges decorated in red with a sponge design, some worming, covers clean, contents subject to minor offsetting and bleeding from the iron oxide ink and the occasional spot, generally fresh, 7 1/2 x 5 in. The text consists of an exhaustive compendium of Italian Christian prayers translated into Arabic.

Keats, John (1795-1821) Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems. London: for Taylor & Hessey, 1820. First edition, 12mo, with half-title and advertisement leaf dated June 26, 1820, no ads at end, with half-titles for each poem/section, and colophon on the verso of K3, the last leaf; bound in half morocco, ex libris Daniel Fuller Appleton (1826-1904), with his bookplate pasted inside the front board and a note that it was a souvenir from the sale of Appleton`s books, April 13-14, 1903, by his son Colonel Francis Randall Appleton Jr. (1885-1974), later presented to John Hay (b. 1915), F.R. Appleton`s nephew, son of his sister Alice Appleton (b. 1894), who married Clarence Leonard Hay (1884-1969); occasional minor spotting, front board almost completely detached, 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. [with] Keats`s Hyperion, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905, folio, number 125 of 225 copies printed, a facsimile of the original manuscript, in publisher`s boards, ffep browned, and torn with loss. (2).

Manuscript on Paper, Ottoman Turkish, Istanbul, Record of a Waqf, 1818. Forty-six pages, ruled in brown with gilt accents, text written in brown and red ink, with signatures of the Waqf sprinkled in metallic powder while the ink was still wet; some paper repairs, pencil and other added annotations; bound in contemporary dark smooth gilt-tooled sheepskin, rebacked, with inner flap intact. Waqf-alal-aulad refers to a religious gift or endowment as defined by Islamic law, and is usually a school or other building or land donated by a charitable trust for religious or other humanitarian purposes. The gift itself is called mushrut-ul-khidmat, the person making the gift is the Waqf. The text of this small manuscript outlines the parameters of such a gift.

Manuscript Prayer Book in Bohairic Coptic with Arabic Headings, Fragment. (Egypt, 15th-16th century). Quarto, ten unnumbered laid paper leaves, text in red and black throughout, with decorated capitals, with catchwords; prayers in Coptic throughout without the usual parallel Arabic, bound in modern parchment, 6 3/4 x 9 in.

Marullus, Michael Tarchaniota (1458-1500); Hieronymus Angerianus (d. 1535); and Johannes Secundus (1511-1536) Poetae Tres Elegantissimi. Paris: Du-Puys, 1582. First edition, octavo, lacking the last two leaves of text. [with a separate title page for] Girolamo Angeriano`s Erotopaegnion, Paris: Duuallium, 1582. [and] Johannes Secundus`s Poetae Elegantissimi, Paris: Duuallium, 1582; bound in contemporary stiff parchment, yapp edges, title page folded to preserve extensive manuscript note, worming, some toning, 4 1/2 x 3 in.

Medical Manuscripts and Associated Paper, American, 19th Century. Ten small format softcover notebooks; one disbound volume of notes taken on William Shippen`s (1736?-1808) anatomical lectures by Dr. De Benneville; a manuscript copy of Valentine Mott`s On Hemorrhage of Wounds, in Mott`s hand, with the title page of another essay by Mott printed in a Sanitary Commission periodical, 1863, and a bifolium from the article with corrections in the author`s hand; a manuscript purchase and inventory book from a New York City druggist, 1826-1838; manuscript of formulas, prescriptions, and medical observations compiled by Edward Pitkin, an American druggist, dated 1791, with later additions; manuscript hospital reports of Thomas Hunt Stilwell, New York, 1860-1861; Ephraim Clark Jr.`s notes on surgical lectures by Valentine Mott, Staten Island, mid-19th century; an original manuscript copy of Dr. Bard`s address delivered in November, 1811; four printed cards concerning the medical profession, late 18th to mid-19th century; and Home`s Principia Medicinae, Edinburgh, 1770, third edition; all ex library.

Middle Eastern Manuscripts, Five Volumes: Risalah fi Fann al-Munazarah [Epistle on the Art of Debating]. [?Damascus, 15th Century], ten glossy laid paper leaves, small quarto format, text in black ink with some red, approximately nineteen lines per page; later inscriptions in purple ink, some side notes slightly trimmed in later marbled paper wrappers, 8 x 5 3/4 in. [Dalail al-Khayyirat, Guide to Good Deeds, Prayers, Poetry], manuscript on paper in Arabic, Ottoman Turkey, with gilt and colored illuminations of Mecca and Medina, and embellishments,18th century, rebound in later red goatskin, stamped in gold, with flap, first leaf mounted, 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. Dervis Ahmet Manuscript by Mehmet, Arabic manuscript on paper, six leaves, early 18th century, attributed to the court calligrapher to Sultan Ahmet III, in gilt morocco binding; some leaves with holes repaired, some leaves mounted, all guarded, resewn, 6 1/4 x 4 in. Arabic calligraphy, approximately thirty-three leaves removed from various Arabic manuscripts from 16th to 19th centuries, condition and sizes vary. Burmese Parabaik, astrological or tattoo manuscript, 20th century, single sheet accordion-style text block with lightweight blackened wood covers carved with an image of a man on one side and a cat on the other, twelve openings accessible from both sides, with polychrome images throughout, images and text in pen and ink, enhanced with crayon and colored pencil throughout, depicting mainly tigers and humans; outer covers 8 3/4 x 4 3/4 in., the sheet measuring 9 3/4 feet when the accordion is fully extended; text leaves with minor smudging throughout. (5).

Miniature Qur`an, 18th Century. Persian manuscript on paper in Arabic, with richly illuminated carpet-style pages, each leaf with an illuminated border, includes the full Qur`an in a minute, fine calligraphic hand, hand-painted lacquered boards, leather spine, hand-painted doublures, housed in a blind-stamped calfskin carrying case, with leather toggle closures, 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.

Nigri, Stephanus (1475-c. 1540) [Heroica Philostrati & Dialogus Stephani Nigri: in qu[a]e quicquid apud Pausanium scitu dignum legitur, summa cum diligentia congestum est.] Milan: Minutiana, [1517]. Small folio, text printed in a clear Roman letter, with words and phrases in Greek; a-c6, A-D8, E6, F-Z8, AA-CC8, DD-EE6, FF10, lacking the final signature GG; the extensive ten-leaf errata apologizing for the poor Greek complete and present, comprising signature FF; contemporary marginal manuscript notes throughout; bound in full contemporary blind-rolled calf binding, with floral and bee motifs in the central compartment, flanked by an outer border of cherbus and acanthus, one cherub with a lute, holes from eight silk ties on both boards, ties lost, large contemporary parchment labels on front board, author and title on one and shelf mark on the other, ink title on fore edge, leather cracked along front joint, starting to crack at back, later end leaves, otherwise intact and unrepaired, very large margins throughout, printed on fine diaphanous paper throughout, minor water stain to fore edge, affecting only the blank margin, 11 x 7 1/2 in. The interlocutors in Nigri`s Dialogus include his former teacher, Demetrios Chalkokondyles (1423-1511); the work itself is dedicated to Jean Grolier.

Ottoman Turkish Manuscript, Nataya al-Fanum, The Twelve Sciences. Manuscript on paper in Arabic, 16th century, text in black and red ink, with diagrams, possibly in the hand of the author Nev`i, tutor to the princes of Sultan Muran III, with marginal and ownership notations, in contemporary blind stamped leather with repairs, some finger spotting and toning, generally clean, 8 1/4 x 5 in.

Qur`an, Manuscript on Paper, Arabic, ?Istanbul (Late 18th-Early 19th Century) Octavo, with gold embellishments and calligraphy, bound in blind-stamped goatskin, with flap; flap with old fabric reinforcement, splitting slightly, front board starting, 6 1/8 x 4 in.

Qur`an, North, Africa. Arabic manuscript on paper, ?16th century, incomplete, beginning with chapter two, verse seven, ending with chapter eighty-one, verse seven, 182 leaves, eighteen lines per page, in a small, clear maghribi script in brown ink on yellowish paper, vocalizations throughout in red, blue, and yellow, division in the text marked in other colors, undated, in contemporary morocco with a flap, blind-stamped; rebacked, with repairs to spine, repairs to text leaves, 6 1/2 x 8 in.

Qur`an, Illuminated Arabic Manuscript, Twenty-eighth Section. [Azerbaijan, c. 1787]. Twenty leaves, chapters 58 to 66, text written in black ink on glossy laid paper, within ornamental borders with gold; chapter headings in white or red ink on a gold background, lacquered boards with floral design; binding chipped, rebacked, thumbing to text leaves and other wear, 8 3/4 x 6 in.

Rolle, Richard (1290?-1349) Speculum Spiritualium. [Paris: Hopyl, sumptibus Bretton (of London), 1510]. Large quarto/small folio, small woodcut of Christ crucified present on folio 208, along with the larger woodcut of the risen Christ with criblé background; lacking A1, A10, b2-7, and final A10; although the leaves lacking at the front and back were clearly lost after the book was bound, it seems likely that the inner leaves of signature b were lacking from day one; contemporary inscriptions of English owners at the front and back, free endleaves loose, along with manuscript waste guards, pastedowns have released from the inner boards, bound in full contemporary English blind-tooled calf over oak boards, lacking clasps, rebacked, old fabric repair to inside of front board, losses to leather on front board, 10 x 7 1/4 in.

Speculum Ecclesiae, sive Sermones aliquot Evangelici. Cologne: Quentel, 1531. Octavo, stated first edition, contributing authors: Honorius of Autun (1080-1154); Saint Caesarius, Bishop of Arles (470-542); edited by Johann Dietenberger (c. 1475-1537); 343 leaves, nine-line woodcut initial L depicting a cherub with snakes used at the opening of the first sermon; contemporary marginal notes and underlining throughout, with a lengthy note on the colophon leaf, bound in illuminated manuscript waste, showing a large initial with gilt background on the front cover, and text in a gothic hand, and a round humanistic script visible inside the binding, behind the spine, where the covering material has become detached from the slips of the sewing supports, some toning and spotting to the text leaves, holes in the covering material, 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.

Western Manuscripts in Latin, Three Volumes (1643-1769): Tractatus Theologicus de Uno et Trino, [and] Tractatus Moralis de Matrimonio, octavo, continental manuscript on paper in Latin, dated 1684, in brown ink throughout, signed and dated by the Ludovicus Mondran, approximately 475 pages, bound in contemporary parchment; large section of spine missing, library stamps of the Suplician Seminary Library in Washington D.C. on title and inside front board, old bookplate removed, 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. Prolegomena de Philosophia, octavo, continental manuscript in Latin, dated 1769, with contemporary inscriptions on pastedown and ffeps, including that of Joannes Czinna in the colophon, and Stephanus Thaly and Joannes ?Kemenckzy in the preliminaries, unpaginated, ruled in pencil throughout, neat hand in brown ink, bound in contemporary mottled sheepskin, spine tooled in gilt, rubbed, stain on ffep, some thumbing, 7 x 4 3/4 in. Seemingly unpublished text which may have ties to Hungary, based on the orthography of the names in the front, includes a chapter entitled, "Elementa Psychologiae Prolegomena," and others on cosmology, practical philosophy, logic, and ontology. Prooemium in Libros Ethicorum, Rome: Lodovico Grignani, 1643, octavo, unusual continental text manuscript in Latin which begins with an engraved title page border printed with the inner compartment blank, presumably sold and packaged as a pre-bound blank book, 123 inscribed leaves, including some blanks between sections, text in a brown ink, bound in contemporary limp goatskin parchment, small break in the covering material with slight loss, 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. The section starting on page ninety-three and continuing to the end, at page 123, is about meteors and comets. (3) [with] Humphreys, Henry Noel (1810-1879) manuscript with illuminated initials, folio, seven leaves, with four small original illustrations, including a small painting of a saint writing in a book, two line-fill illuminations, and a colored letter with knotwork, the illustrations on separate sheets of paper, tipped in, disbound, in a folder, 8 x 12 1/4 in.

Helston Banking Company, Cornwall £5 dated 1873 series No.780, For the Company, manuscript signature of Thomas Rogers, Outing 924b, ink cancelled, about Fine

Northern Ireland Ulster Bank Ltd £50 dated 1st June 1929 series No.1840, manuscript signature of R. M. Harrison, Pick310, 1 pinhole and some staining, Fine

POSTAL HISTORY1789 entire with manuscript "M" & WELLING TON", fair condition

19th Century Staffordshire pottery figure, depicting Captain James Cook, seated, his right arm resting on a table and manuscript, 18.5cm high The figure is missing a piece of his left foot - ** General condition consistent with age

Manuscript (with original corrections) of Captain Donald Law (Dec 1990) 'Prepare to Move' war experiences - prior to publication, verified before printing

A SUTRA MANUSCRIPT WITH WOODEN COVER Tibet, 19th century. 9.5 x 34.5 cm. PLEASE READ AUCTION TERMS AND CONDITIONS - DEPOSIT REQUIRED BEFORE BIDDING. Starting Price: CZK 5000

Surrey – Manuscript estate plan 1777 a fine ms estate plan for land and property called Gatehouse Farm in the parishes of Godstone and Trandridge^ Surrey^ belonging to Henry Jackson. Cartographer is T Marchant. Delicately executed in pen and colours^ with schedule of fields and properties in table to left hand side. With finely drawn title cartouche in plumbago. On a single leaf of vellum approx 24 x15ins^ a few later pencil annotations^ not detracting from the plan (and easily removed) and original folds^ but otherwise in fine fresh condition.

Norfolk – Reynham – Reign of Elizabeth I – Sir John Townshend manuscript inventory of the lands owned by Townshend dated July 9th 1599^ written in a secretarial hand on 3pp folio^ slight fraying and light dusting^ a little weakness in original folds but otherwise in good order and clearly legible throughout. An interesting primary source for this area of Norfolk. Townshend^ one of the richest of the County Squires and held considerable estates in the county. He was killed in a duel in 1603.

China – slavery employment contract for a Chinese slave worker in Cuba dated 1855^ written in Spanish and Chinese script^ printed document with manuscript insertions by bother the Cuban slave owner and the Chinese slave. The man involved was 23 years old. Folio 2pp^ slight fraying and browning but clearly legible throughout.

China – slavery employment contract for a Chinese slave worker in Cuba dated 1855^ written in Spanish and Chinese script^ printed document with manuscript insertions by both the Cuban slave owner and the Chinese slave who was just 18 years old. Folio 2pp^ slight fraying and browning but clearly legible throughout.

Military – Militia Commission attractive manuscript document signed by Earl Fitzwilliam (natural son of William IV)^ dated October 29th 1847 appointing George William Manley as Lieutenant in the West Riding of Yorkshire Militia. Good condition.

Postal history –Bishop Mark 1672 manuscript letter dated 1672^ concerning the finding of a cache of money which had been hidden on a plot of land. This letter bears an early Bishop Mark on its address panel

Postal history manuscript letter of Lady Eleanor Hardres dated 1671 concerning money due to her^ with fragment of an early Bishop Mark to address panel.

Quaker Manuscript a vision which Saml Shawold had when he was in London^ manuscript on 4pp folio^ dated in the text December 28th 1754^ modern boards. An interesting Quaker manuscript describing his vision of a cloud appearing over London and a voice of doom emanating from it.

Science – William Playfair manuscript document folio 6pp being a specification for a patent taken out by William Playfair for a machine for making sugar tongs^ spoons^ knives^ forks and medals. Dated London 1782. From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps. Apparently Playfair opened a shop to sell his manufactured cutlery^ but it was not successful.

Kent – Obligation Bonds 1685 two manuscript documents dated 1685 being obligation bonds in the sum of £360 relating to a land purchase in Kent.

Charles I’s hunt master – hunting manuscript document signed by Thomas Pott ‘M[aste]r of his Ma[jes]ties Harriers^ dated 1631^ being a receipt for £200 to be paid out of the exchequer to a London merchant. Signed by Pott to base and witnessed by Thomas Hayles and George Plukenett. Presumably the money was to be paid for the upkeep of the harriers. On paper^ some soiling and fraying to edges^ but legible throughout^ remains of two wax seals to base.

Sir Thomas More attacks William Tyndale manuscript on 2pp 4to being a an extract from the papers relating to the dispute between Sir Thomas More and William Tyndale at the time of the divorce of Catherine of Aragon – for which both eventually were beheaded. Written in an early Tudor script in English the document clearly mentions Tyndall as part of its legal argument. This fragment is doubtless a fair copy of a section of a wider document putting forward More’s position^ but although there is no date^ the ‘hand and star’ watermark in the paper suggests that it was made in France in the first three decades of the 16th c – which would suggest that this is a contemporaneous transcript^ probably taken from an early discourse on the historic debate. The document itself is in a fine condition. Marks along the left hand edge of the paper indicate that this was removed at some stage from a larger volume. More and Tyndale clashed in 1535 at the height of the crisis surrounding Henry VIII’s intention to divorce his Queen. Tyndale was also a wanted man for the heresy of translating the Bible into English. Both More and Tyndale were subsequently brutally executed on the King’s command^ and both are now revered as English Saints.