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"LOOK OUT, SECRET SEVEN", Enid Blyton`s original corrected typescript, three unnumbered preliminary pages, comprising title page with Enid Blyton`s note "My original copy", a page recording that this is "the fourteenth in the well-loved Secret Seven Stories" with a manuscript note requesting "usual notes about all the books being about the same seven children and their dog Scamper", contents sheet and eighty typewritten sheets breaking off part way through the final chapter. Frequent minor corrections in Enid Blyton`s hand, Enid Blyton appears to have had one of her minor crises at the end of Chapter 11 which shows heavier revision and new typed sheets pinned together. The typescript is not bound and there is browning and marginal/corner wear throughout

TEACHERS WORLD, small archive of printed articles by Enid Blyton, clipped by the author, and stored in a brown card folder, a few carbon copies of other poems and examples of Enid Blyton`s headed note paper scattered through folder, Enid Blyton notes on the cover "Teachers World History Series", with an original typescript play "Christmas 1942", eleven foolscap sheets with manuscript corrections. This short religious play features German and British soldiers and their leaders, Rommel and Montgomery, in a short homiletic drama demonstrating the way Christianity can unite warring nations and families, possibly unpublished (2)

NATURE STORIES, original typescript of several short stories, individually numbered, manuscript note from Enid Blyton attached "These are all Nature Stories. Tell George about them ... can be sold in book form with illustrations.", very occasional corrections with carbon copy of "Moral" book for Gibbs, sent Jan 1960", several stories, individually numbered, manuscript note "2 sets of stories Find out if these were made into books?", with "Mr Tumpy`s Caravan", bound 177 sheet typescript (plus three pp prelims), Enid Blyton notes on the cover "Is this out of print?", no corrections to text which may suggest this is a publisher`s copy, with "The Seven Donkeys", carbon copy of short story by Enid Blyton (4)

An 18th century inlaid mahogany stool fitted single drawer which bears manuscript label dated 1780, 15.5"

Holy Land Pilgrimage.- Last Will and Testament of manuscript in Latin on vellum 21 lines folds small tears affecting a few letters some staining later docket on verso 195 x 355 mm. [Languedoc] June 1108. *** Remarkable early twelfth-century will drawn up on the testator`s departure on pilgrimage or crusade `ad sanctum sepulchrum domini` i.e. to the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem made recently more accesible by the success of the First Crusade which had taken Jerusalem in 1099. A principal benficiary is the church of Saint Sauveur at Villemagne now Villemagne-l`Argentiere in the Herault departement Languedoc-Roussillon with bequests to other churches and to individuals including Bernard`s brother and sister.

Missal single leaf and bifolium decorated manuscript in Latin on vellum double column 28 lines written in black ink in a handsome romanesque hand initials in red blue and green one with pen-and-ink decoration headings and side-bars in red c. 30 lines with alternate lines of text and musical neumes on a ruled stave second f. of bifolium defective at fore-edge with loss to outer column several holes c.290 x 225 mm. Italy § single leaf from a similar Missal double column 36 lines 3 initials in red 17 lines of alternating text and musical neumes on a 4-line stave 335 x 235 mm. § single leaf from a similar Missal double column 23 lines initials in red and blue 2 holes folds removed from a binding with 16th century note 365 x 255mm. soiled and browned Italy [twelfth century].

Psalter Latin. bifolium from a glossed psalter manuscript in Latin on vellum 14 lines with extensive glosses in margins and between lines initials in red written in 2 sizes of romanesque hands removed from a binding and defective holed outer pp. badly rubbed & glosses all but illegible folds stained c. 210 x 190 mm. Italy [12th century]; and 8 fragments from other 12th century manuscripts.

Beauvias.- Sale of two pieces of land to the churc manuscript in Latin on vellum 20 lines fold later dockets on verso 155 x 210 mm. Easter 1258. *** Document in the name of the dean of Beauvais. St Quentin was the site of the great school of theology in Beauvais founded by Bishop Gui in the eleventh century.

Gregory X (Pope) Summons to the Abbot of Cluny to manuscript in Latin on vellum 10 lines one large and 4 small initials with pen-and-ink decoration later docket on verso some soiling stamp of both sides 205 x 255 mm. 27th April 1271. *** Pope Gregory X (1210-1276) elected in 1271 after a three year vacancy of the papacy immediately summoned the Second Council of Lyons to consider most importantly the union of the Western and Eastern Churches and the re-conquest of the Holy Land. Cluny abbey in France with its dependent houses was the most influential in Western monasticism in the 10th and 11th centuries although later eclipsed by the rise of the Cistercian and Mendicant orders.

Order of St. John of Jerusalem.- Privileges manuscript in Latin and French on paper 8 ff. last blank but for docket on verso c. 25-40 lines unbound sewn on vellum guard with transcription 305 x 215 mm. [France] [mid-fifteenth century]. *** Copies of privileges granted to the Order of St John of Jerusalem the Knights Hospitaller by several kings of France and England and Pope Innocent IV.

Ypres.- Den bouc van den jaerghteijde dat herr mel Ypres.- Den bouc van den jaerghteijde dat herr melchior davila...geghen de van sinter nichaenen ghilde typre manuscript in Dutch on vellum 21pp. some marking limp vellum wrappers titles on cover creased and marked with transcription c. 235 x 160mm. Ypres 1471. *** Records of transactions between Melchior Davila and the Guild of St. Nicholas in Ypres.

Netherlands.- Reglement voor de watering van Beoos manuscript in Dutch on paper 3 sheets sewn together upper portion torn and holed with some loss with transcription c. 960 x 295mm. [Southern Netherlands] [fifteenth century]. *** Regulations for the management of the watercourses and flood defences at Beoostereede near Ardenburg a small town close to the Durch border with Belgium.

Celestine V (Saint Pope).- La vie saint pierre ce manuscript in French on paper 20 pp. 26-28 lines heading and 3 line initial in red 2 words in heading over-written in black few crossings-out and corrections some soiling name at foot of first p. `Tho. Marshal` modern wrappers 198 x 138mm. [France late fifteenth century]. *** Pope Celestine V (c. 1215-1296 canonized 1313) the only pope to have abdicated from the apostolic see five months after his reluctant election in July 1294. He also founded the monastic order of the Celestines for whom this brief life was probably written.

France.- Inventaire des titres de Freluc Sarriac manuscript in French 66 ff. some marking bound in a large part of another 16th century document torn and marked with transcriptions folio 1596. *** Collection of 32 inventories or lists of charters & c. Sallers in the Cantal departement South-Central France.

Anchin Abbey North France.- Letter from Warnier d Anchin Abbey North France.- Letter from Warnier de Daure abbot of Anchin to the authorities at Furnes. concerning the appointment of a priest at Kaaskerk letter in French signed 26 lines blank corner torn holed and folded marked with transcription c. 285 x 205 mm. 9th Jan. 1603; with a small quantity of other continental manuscript letters and documents one or two printed including charters accounts & c. v.s. *** Anchin an important abbey in northern France; Furnes and Kaaskerk both in West Fralnders Belgium.

Oudenaarde.- Inventory of the possessions of Maxim Oudenaarde.- Inventory of the possessions of Maximillian du Chastel governor of Oudenaarde manuscript in French 31 ff. one blank but for foliation little marked and frayed sewn but unbound with transcription folio Oudenaarde 1624.

Northern France.- Accounts of the town of Bailleul Northern France.- Accounts of the town of Bailleul manuscript in French 61 ff. little marked sewn in 4 sections with one loose f. loosely inserted in limp vellum wrappers title on cover stained and creased with transcription folio Dunkirk 1688. *** Bailleul in northern France near the Belgian border not far from Lille. Extensive accounts preceded by detailed regulations for account keeping in an almost calligraphic hand in the name of Francois de Madrys `Conseiller du Roy...Commissaire a l`aidition et examen des comptes de la ville de Bailleul`.

Meerendre Belgium.- Sententie libelle manuscript Meerendre Belgium.- Sententie libelle manuscript in Dutch 46 ff. official stamp at the head of first p. some marking contemporary vellum docket on cover creased and rubbed marked with transcriotion folio Ghent 1717. *** Report of a legal case between the small comunity of Meerendre near Ghent and church authorities.

Bible Latin 2 ff. from the Lexicon of Hebrew name Bible Latin 2 ff. from the Lexicon of Hebrew names beginning with `A` and `B` manuscript on vellum double column 49 lines written in black ink in a fine small gothic bookhand 1-line initials alternating in red and blue in card mounts 195 x 140 mm. [France or England] [ c.1250].

Bible Latin single leaf from Ecclesiasticus 43-4 Bible Latin single leaf from Ecclesiasticus 43-46 manuscript on very fine vellum double column 44 lines written in black ink in an very small and fine gothic bookhand 3 2-line initials in red or blue with full marginal pen-and-ink decoration in the contrasting colour rubricated little trimmed with very slight loss of decoration in card mount 150 x 100mm. [Paris Johannes Grusch atelier] [c.1250].

Choirbook.- Single leaf from a large liturgical m Choirbook.- Single leaf from a large liturgical manuscript on vellum in Latin 8 lines written in black ink in a regular liturgical hand large initial `D` in red decorated in blue red and gold 2 smaller initials in red or blue with pen-and-ink decoration in the contrasting colour some staining and discolouring c. 430 x 305 mm. Italy [fifteenth century].

Nizami. Layla wa majnun Persian manuscript 2 col Nizami. Layla wa majnun Persian manuscript 2 columns nastaliq script headpiece in gold and colours 3 full page miniatures some repairs contemporary limp leather sometime rebacked [Kashmir late 19th Cent.]; and an ottoman arabic ms. of poetry probably Maqamat a`haiki imperfect loose in binding AH 1211 [1796] 8vo and folio

Caracciolus (Robertus de Licio) Quadragesimale de 2 parts in 1 vol. 288 ff. (of 290 lacking initial and final blank) 40 lines Gothic type handsome 7-line initial on fol.3 recto in colours on a gilt background with marginal green foliate extensions and bezants other initials and paragraph-marks in red contemporary ink manuscript foliation and signatures washed resulting in the running of all ink marginalia sometimes encroaching on text inner margins of first few ff. strengthened tape repair within small area of text on fol.2 no loss of text occasional water-staining a few ff. with browning or marking within text modern vellum-backed boards [BMC V 163; Goff-C-172; Hain 4430] folio Venice Vindelinus de Spira 1473. *** A tall copy of an early edition of this series of Lenten sermons by one of the most celebrated preachers of the fifteenth century. He was born in Lecce Italy and became Bishop of Aquino in 1475; of Lecce in 1484 and again of Aquino in 1485.

Heliodorus (Bishop of Tricca) Historiae Aethiopic& first edition title in Greek and Latin dedication in Latin text in Greek title and verso of otherwise blank final f. with woodcut printer`s device woodcut historiated initials occasional early ink marginalia in Greek some light foxing to preliminaries and a few other ff. heavier to final f. 18th century russia flat spine richly gilt with floral and foliage decoration covers with gilt filet and floral decoration centre-pieces within wide scrolling gilt borders bottom corner of lower cover chipped rubbed [Adams H174] small 4to Basel ex Officina Hervagiana 1534. *** An attractive copy of this romance. The Aethiopicæ was first brought to light during the Renaissance in a manuscript from the library of Matthias Corvinus found at the sack of Buda in 1526. The French dramatist Racine listed it amongst his favourite books and when his copy was taken away from him at the Jansenist retreat of Port-Royal he was rumoured to have had said that he did not care as he had memorised it.

Hoffmeister (Johann) Verbum Dei carnem factum hoc woodcut printer`s device to recto of otherwise blank f. early ink notes to endpapers and marginalia a little marginal staining hinges broken contemporary calf gilt floral centre-pieces rubbed [not in Adams] Antwerp in aedibus Ioannis Steelsii 1552 § Floccus (Andreas Dominicus) "Lucius Fenestella". De Magistratibus Sacerdotiisque Romanorum title with woodcut device woodcut initials contemporary limp vellum lacking ties stained [Not in Adams] Lyon apud Iacobum ChouÙt 1591 § Jansonius (P.A.) Mundus Furiosus title with woodcut ornament stained small worm trace to lower margin of a few ff. bound in a fragment of a vellum sheet of medieval manuscript music [Not in Adams] Cologne Gerard Grevenbruch 1597; and 3 others 16th century Continental Literature & History at least 1 defective v.s.(6)

19TH CENTURY PERSIAN SCHOOL, Dignitaries at an open air gathering, watching figures beyond and a figure on horseback amongst flowering trees, with text ... a page from a manuscript, watercolour, gouache and ink, 24 x 16cms

The important memoirs of Peter Crosthwaite, a bound handwritten manuscript by Peter Crosthwaite, 56 pages. The memoirs were written "in an attempt to vindicate his character. Many scandalous and malicious reports had been propagated against him". The memoirs were an attempt to prove the worth of his character from the date of his birth until his Court Martial whilst serving with the East India Company and prior to his return to Keswick and setting up the Keswick Museum. The memoir is also sold with a letter from the Quaker Professor John Gough to Peter Crosthwaite at the museum, Keswick. The letter discusses John Dalton (the discoverer of atomic theory) and notes that he was engaged in the same pursuit, namely the observation of the Aurora Borealis and the effects thereupon of changes in the weather. The letter discusses the thermometer, quantity of rain and comparative states of the atmosphere in respect to humidity, etc. It also discusses methods of measuring the rain and moisture content of air. The letter discusses John Dalton (the discoverer of atomic theory) and notes that he was engaged in the same pursuit, namely the observation of the Aurora Borealis and the effects thereupon of changes in the weather. The letter discusses the thermometer, quantity of rain and comparative states of the atmosphere in respect to humidity, etc. It also discusses methods of measuring the rain and moisture content of air. The letter is dated Kendal 21st March 1788. PROVENANCE - the memoir of Peter Crosthwaite manuscript and the letter from John Gough to Peter Crosthwaite have both been on loan to The Wordsworth Trust, Dove Cottage, Grasmere.

Lyndsay, Sir David Facsimile of an ancient heraldic manuscript emblazoned by Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount, Lyon King of Armes 1542. Edinburgh: W. Paterson, 1878. Folio, coloured lithographed title and 133 plates, all but one chromolithographed, modern blue half morocco, t.e.g., fading to backstrip, later endpapers

Mackenzie, Sir Compton An archive of manuscript and typescript material relating to the work of Sir Compton Mackenzie, including various typescript drafts of the author`s works and articles; personal letters to Mackenzie from a wide range of people from Edward Heath to Sir Fitzroy Maclean; typescript articles for news columns; a range of BBC scripts for radio; unpublished manuscript for Gestetner`s; four volumes of corrected typescript for Octave 7 [autobiography]; original manuscript for Paper lives 1966; original manuscript for a film version of Monarch of the glen; BBC script and adaptation notes for a radio version of Whisky galore 1957; and a quantity of other material Provenance: From the estate of the late Sir Compton Mackenzie, by family descent.

Wolf, Josef Great bird of paradise; Lesser bird of paradise, hand coloured lithographs, by J. Smit, from Elliot`s A Monograph of the Paradisiedae, or Birds of Paradise, published 1873, D.G. Elliot, New York, the former with a small wormhole (?) in lower left corner of image, the latter the manuscript title slightly rubbed, 550-440mm., neatly inscribed with common names, laid down, framed and glazed (2)

Fitzgerald, Edward The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London: Siegle, Hill & Co., [1911]. 4to, number 64 of 550, signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, hand coloured initials, 12 plates, reproduced from a calligraphic manuscript written & illuminated by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, original decorative vellum gilt, t.e.g., a couple of small marks to upper board, some rubbing to lower board, interior very clean

Autographs - Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), writer. A manuscript letter in black ink, dated 16th July 1896, `You are very welcome, as / far as I am concerned, to use the / photograph of which you write. But / are you sure there is no mistake? / My father (Thomas Quiller Couch of Bodmin) / had one or two quaint jugs: + the / best of them - a veritable Whitsun / Ale jug,.../is now in my possession...`, signed `A.T. Quiller-Couch`, one and a half pages , 20cm x 12.5cm; Charles Lock Eastlake (1793-1865), painter and writer. A manuscript letter in black ink, dated 14th March 1844, `....I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your / letter of the 13th Inst. stating your intention of / sending models for sculpture for exhibition in June / next in conformity with the notice issued by Her / Majestys Commissioners on the Fine Arts in May / 1843...`, signed `C. L. Eastlake`, one page, 22.5cm x 18cm; and four other assorted manuscript letters by other hands, (6).

Autographs - Robert Peel (1788-1850), Conservative statesman. A manuscript letter in black ink, dated 4th June 1842, `....I fear that I may / be prevented by the purpose / of public business complying / with the wish you have / expressed...`, signed `Robert Peel`, one and a half pages, 18cm x 11cm.

Autographs - William Pitt, the younger (1759-1806), politician and `prime minister`. A manuscript letter in black ink, dated 24th September 1794, `....I am very / sorry I missed you when we were so near / each other. You will I suppose not be / hereabouts again till towards the meeting...`, signed `W Pitt`, one page, 23.5cm x 18.5cm; Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770-1828), politician and prime minister. A manuscript letter in black ink, dated October 1826, `Parliament being summoned / to meet on the 14th of November for the / dispatch of business, I take the liberty of / apprising your Lordship that the objects which / His Majesty`s Government have in view / at this meeting are to obtain the sanction / of Parliament to the measures which / have been adopted for admitting / certain kinds of Foreign Grain for / home consumption before they would / have been by law regularly admissible / for that purpose...`, signed `Liverpool`, one and a half pages, 23.5cm x 18cm; and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), soldier and statesman. A manuscript letter in black ink, dated 12th October 1830, in a secretarial hand, `....I trust it will not be inconvenient to your / Lordship to be present in the House of Lords before / the day on which the Causes of calling the Parliament / together shall be declared from the Throne,...`, signed `Wellington`, one page, 23cm x 18cm, (3).

Autographs - Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-1873), painter. A manuscript letter in black ink, dated 23rd December 1842, `....I am greatly obliged by your / kind remembrance of me in bringing / the little spaniel here. I have been / trying by every sort of act to make / a favourable impression on his / queer disposition in vain! The / only return he condescends to / offer in a strong inclination / to taste my leg...`, signed `E Landseer`, four pages, 18cm x 11.5cm.

Autographs - Charles Dickens (1812-1870), author. A manuscript letter in black ink, dated 22nd December 1841, `....I regret that I am prevented / by business which I must attend to, / from coming to you today. I will / be with you tomorrow at 12...`, signed `Charles Dickens`, one page, 18cm x 11.5cm.

Music – Irish Fiddler a fine example of an Irish Fiddler’s book of jigs reels etc with approx 98 printed tunes each with title and a further 44 tunes written in a neat manuscript hand. Ownership inscription of Martin Shean ‘bought May the 24th 1852 – a Charming Concord of sound...’ oblong approx 9x4ins calf binding spine loose some pages loose but generally in good condition considering that this was used repeatedly for perhaps many years. A fine example of a 19th fiddler’s workbook with the possibility that some of the tunes written here may be unknown.

Music – manuscript an album of manuscript music c1874 red cloth boards with gilt title ‘Spanish Song’ – with approx 13 different compositions each written out in a most attractive hand. Clearly a performer’s copy.

Leeds manuscript document on approx 50pp folio paper stitched being the Survey of the Manor of Leeds 1628 written in English throughout listing tenants by name with property details rents paid etc. Also including copious notes and observations by the commissioners - whose names are listed at the head of the document and the signatures of some of them appear at the back of the document). Outer cover browned and some fraying to edges of paper not affecting text. Some show through of ink and slight dusting throughout but the document is clearly legible throughout. A fine analogue to the previous lot providing detailed information on the tenants of the Manor a generation later from the previous document. The observations of the Commissioners are also of considerable interest as they provide a vital insight into the operation of the Manor and its customs. Together with vellum bound 4to cash book late 18th c relating to the Manor.

Leeds – Manuscript estate plan 17th c of ‘The Great Hall Lee’ – ‘this plat of ground is the west end of ye close called ye Great Hall Lee as it is now devided from the other part thereof as you may se in the deeds bearing date 1652...’ written in ink to right hand of the plan with further ms note ‘This Plat of ground is called Ye Little Hall Lee and was many years since devided from Ye Great Hall Lee...’ Plan drawn in brown ink with several notations showing the Hall at the centre. The plan is made up of three original leaves of paper which have been affixed to each other making an overall dimension of approx 15x15 but one section in corner not present (and never was). Marks from adhesive tape – which we have removed to prevent further erosion leaving one close split and three small holes (easily conserved in our estimation). Ms estate plans from such an early age are now scarce on the market.

Ecclesiastical – manuscript c1740 a manuscript collection of annotations on the New Testament compiled by Timothy Mauleverer approx 718 pp folio plus indexes and appendices reverse calf binding slightly distressed but interior contents appear good throughout. A fine and extensive early 18thc ecclesiastical manuscript compiled by a meticulous person written in a small but legible hand.

Music – Ferdinand Gumbert German composer autograph musical manuscript signed of his song ‘Das Bettelnde Kind’ Opus 8. Title and 4pp oblong folio. The song was published in Berlin in 1850.

Scotland An inventory of the Title Deeds of the Lands and barony of Ingliston belonging to William Mitchell Innes Esq of Parsons Green1844. Manuscript listing 25 parcels of land and titles between 1572 and 1804. Full contemporary calf with raised bands on spine front hinge weak but holding and calf missing to top panel of spine but the contents are crisp and clear. 75pp folio.

Judaica – Professor Moritz Ster first Jewish Professor in Germany fine manuscript in his hand discussing mathematical subjects dated 1864 approx 200pp 4to marbled boards upper board detached but interior contents in fine order.

WWII – Adolf Hitler a remarkable volume of manuscript poetry written by Otto Brenner who has written extensively on the virtues of Hitler and the Third Reich. 88 pp 8vo written on rectos only blue card wrappers. The volume is divided into two chapters each marked with a drawing – the first shows a cross beaming down on a swastika and is entitled ‘Blon am Kreuz’ [Light on the Cross]. The second depicts a rotating swastika with one of its beams shining down on a broken cross entitled ‘Axt ans kreuz’ [Axe to the Cross]. The manuscript is dated August 1934. The dedication page reads : [trans] ‘His Excellency Reichschancellor Adolf Hitler the first pure German leader for a pure German Reich dedicated with thanks and on occasion of the taking charge over the Reichsupremacy...’ Together with a partial typed translation and a letter of provenance stating that this was found in one of the office rooms in Hitler’s Chancellery in Berlin in April 1947.

Suffolk – Manuscript estate plan of the Charity Farm at Otley Suffolk belonging to the Trustees of the Ipswich Municipal Charities and the Governors of Ipswich Endowed Schools dated 1840. Executed in ink with colour outline on a single folio sized leaf of vellum. Slight dusting to one edge.

Kent – Cowden Manuscript estate plan fine 19thc ms plan of a very large estate belonging to Elizabeth Wilmot Whatley’s in the Parish of Cowden with each field marked and a reference plan. Executed in ink with wash colour on a single sheet of fabric approx 36x32ins. Cowden lies near to Sevenoaks in Kent.

Coal printed Bill dated 1782 relating to the importation duties on coal into Great Yarmouth with manuscript list of duties payable.

An autographed menu for the Savoy restaurant dated Thursday, March 10th 1938, signed by prominent members of the motor industry including Billy Rootes, Peter Bennet, Oliver Lucas, H Shankland and others, also a manuscript letter on 11 Downing Street note paper dated July 9th (18) 70, signed by Robert Lowe, Chancellor of the Exchequer (2)

EAST INDIA COMPANY. Two bound vols manuscript copy letters written by A. Lambert, an official and merchant with The First East India Company based at Calcutta. to family at Alnwick Castle and to many other correspondents. Good detail army campaigns (25 page plus letter on Tippoo Sultan). Detail regarding all sorts of goods, merchandising, shipping, sugar re. West Indian Slave Trade. Domestic arrangements in India. The two volumes orig roan, folio, May 1788-March 1798. Altogether 750 close written pages.

[Cassone (Felice) Flora Medico-Farmaceutica ] 392 hand-coloured lithographed plates only numbered 201-600 (of 600 lacking plates 228 231 514 515 & 517-520) bound in 2 vol. some plates cropped with loss to number (some altered in manuscript) rather soiled and stained some foxing plate 206 misbound in second volume plate 330 frayed at edges and loose plate 430 defective contemporary sheep worn [Nissen 334] 8vo [Turin] [1847-52]; sold not subject to return(2)

Stefano du Pérac. I Vestigi dell`Antichità di Roma engraved pictorial title in 2nd state with 4-line dedication additional dedication leaf and 39 double-page plates numbered 2 to 40 including all trimmed to the borderline and mounted on old paper leaves occasional small loss to a few corners plate 40 with a larger loss a few isolated small rust or wormholes plate 39 with a streak of watercolour across the image incomplete manuscript index on rear free endpaper 17th century French calf gilt worn spine defective 18th century bookplate of Therry de Gricourt on front pastedown 4to Rome Lorenzo della Vaccheria 1575.

Music.- [Volume of music] French and Latin manuscript scores in French and Latin 179pp. excluding blanks in an attractive hand 2ff. laid down a few inserts incomplete at beginning 1f. loose browned contemporary vellum soiled and creased edges worn part of lower cover torn away head and tail of spine torn with small loss sm. 4to [mid-nineteenth century]. ***Includes: “Paternoster Mélodie”; “O salutaris a quatre voix Musique de Rossini” etc..

Radcliffe (Ann) The Mysteries of Udolpho... 4 vol. first edition all lacking half-titles foxing throughout vol. 1 small tears to margins and lacking some corners vol. 2 R3 hole to lower margin vol. 3 D3 corner missing contemporary manuscript comment to text in margins and endpapers vol. 4 O5 piece cut from lower margin attractive modern half speckled calf marbled boards [Rothschild 1701] 12mo G.G. & J.Robinson 1794.

Scrap Albums prints photographs drawings and watercolours greetings cards and ephmera including: pen and ink drawing of a pig driving a horse and cart with another pig as passenger drawing of Brougham Castle engravings chromolithographs (Christmas and New Years greeting cards) manuscript verses some with an Irish slant some printed by Raphael Tuck/Marcus Ward together 9 albums numerous pp. various bindings v.s. v.d. [nineteenth century].

Christmas cards scraps etc.- Two albums containing 24 Christmas cards a few illustrations and scraps and manuscript contributions contemporary half roan worn [inscription dated 1873] § Album with 95 Christmas cards the majority floral designs many with the name of the sender and dated between 1878 and 1885 original pictorial cloth; and 5 other albums of greetings cards scraps engravings etc. v.s.(7)

Henry de Ternant - `North Wales, an Illustrated Record of a Summer Holiday`, a series of 17 monochrome watercolours (including manuscript title), the majority titled, mounted on thick card leaves, together with six similar works.

Henry de Ternant - `The North Coast of Devon`, a series of 14 watercolours (including manuscript title), the majority titled, mounted on thick card leaves, together with three pen and ink drawings by the same hand of related interest.

A Sand script palm lead decorated manuscript, pages inscribed vertically to one side of each leaf, wooden bound, width 25 cm.

G BOUVIER Tudor Nobleman, seated, reading manuscript watercolour, signed 25cm x 17cm