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Austen (Jane). Sense and Sensibility: A Novel, 1st illustrated edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1833, Standard Novels series title (no. 23), engraved frontispiece and vignette title (lightly toned), additional letterpress title, final leaf of text Y6 with manuscript calculation annotation, bound without final blank leaves Y7 and Y8, together with:Austen (Jane). Mansfield Park: A Novel, 1st illustrated edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1833, Standard Novels series title (no. 27), engraved frontispiece and vignette title (lightly toned), additional letterpress title, bound without final advertisement leaves 2E5 and 2E6, light fraying to series title and frontispiece at fore-edge,Austen (Jane). Northanger Abbey [& Persuasion], 1st illustrated edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1833, Standard Novels series title (no. 28), engraved frontispiece and vignette title (lightly damp-stained), additional letterpress title to Northanger Abbey, letterpress title to Persuasion, leaf G1 near detached, final leaf 2F4 detached from rest of gathering (attached to endpaper), contents slightly shaken,Lytton (Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron). Eugene Aram: A Tale, London: Richard Bentley, 1833, Standard Novels series title (no. 34), engraved frontispiece and vignette title, additional letterpress title, uniform contemporary half calf gilt, contrasting morocco labels to spines, Mansfield Park lacking title labels, bindings rubbed and scuffed, 8vo QTY: (4)NOTE:Gilson D1; D3 and D4 (Sense and Sensibility; Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey & Persuasion). Keynes 44; 104 and 143 (Sense and Sensibility; Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey & Persuasion).

King (Jessie M., illustrator). A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde, [6th edition], London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1915], illustrated colour title, 16 tipped-in coloured plates, letterpress spotted, pictorial endpapers (free endpapers toned), top edge gilt, original decorative blue cloth, faded spine with ends lightly worn, 4to, together with The High History of the Holy Graal, translated from the Old French by Sebastian Evans, London: J.M. Dent & New York: E.P. Dutton, 1903, numerous illustrations, half-title and endpapers spotted and toned, top edge gilt, original pictorial cloth, spine faded and slightly stained, few minor marks, 8vo, plus The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems, by William Morris, London and New York: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1904, numerous illustrations, scarce light spotting to letterpress, front pastedown with pictorial bookplate of Henry J. Synnatt, top edge gilt, original pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded, covers rubbed and marked, 8vo, with 4 others illustrated by King and published by Foulis: Isabella or the Pot of Basil, [1907], with original Christmas 1907 greetings slip loosely inserted (with two ink manuscript names); another slightly later edition of the same (colour illustration adhered to front cover); two copies of The Grey City of the North, one 1910 (with red stain to front cover), the other 1914, plus 3 other Foulis envelope-type books: Rabbi Ben Ezra (illustrated by W. Russell Flint); A Little Book of Sundials (illustrated by Alfred Rawlings, 1919); The Dream of Gerontius (illustrated by Robert T. Rose), also another Foulis book (Corners of Grey Old Gardens), and 4 others similar, all narrow or small 8voQTY: (15)NOTE:First item: The sixth edition of this book, but the first edition to be illustrated by Jessie M. King.

Milne (A. A.). The Secret and other Stories, New York: The Fountain Press; London: Methuen and Company Ltd., 1929, Milne's signature to half-title, original cloth, torn remnants of plain dust jacket retained, slim 8vo (limited signed edition 563/742), together with:Milne (A. A.). Those were the Days, The Day's Play, The Holiday Round, Once a Week, The Sunny Side, London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1929, printed on India paper throughout, Milne's signature to verso of title, early gilt inscription to upper pastedown 'Mary, from Auntie Vera, 1931', original cloth, light fading to spine and head of boards, 8vo (limited signed edition 200/250),Milne (A. A.). The Pooh Calendar, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1930], 13 leaves printed on thin card (including title), illustrated by E. H. Shepard, manuscript to verso of February leaf, occasional light spotting, leaves tied together at head, 8vo (leaf size 26 x 19 cm), plus Milne (A. A. & Fraser-Simson, H.). The Hums of Pooh, Lyrics by Pooh, decorations by E. H. Shepard, additional lyric by Eeyore, London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1929, musical notation and illustrated throughout, original pictorial boards in dust jacket, lightly frayed to extremities, slim 4toQTY: (4)

* English playing cards. Shakespearean Playing Cards, Swan Sonnenschein & Co Ltd, 1904, a complete presentation deck of 52 + 1 colour lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts portraying characters from Shakespeare's plays, designed by Frederic Colin Tilney, with joker representing the jester Touchstone, each named and with suitable quote alongside, decorative ace of spades with maker's details amidst swans and Tudor roses in wreaths, lightly toned, occasional minor rubbing (mainly affecting pip cards), 4D with very faint corner crease, 9 & 10H pip signs faintly scratched, rounded corners, versos elaborate yellow and white on dark blue pattern of swans within captioned border, each card 92 x 61 mm, with original box (spotted and worn), tuck-in flap with ink manuscript presentation inscription on inner surface: To Miss R. Appleton, wishing kindest regards, F.C. Tilney, Sep 30 1913, outer surface of flap with slightly later unrelated (apparently) ink manuscript ownership inscriptionQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Berry, The Playing-Cards of the World, [457]; Cartorama 62 #189.An unusual presentation pack, with the box inscribed by the designer Frederick Colin Tilney. This first edition of the Shakespearean Cards, although published by Swan Sonnenschein, was printed by Bemrose & Sons Ltd as stated on the ace of spades.

[Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge], 'Lewis Carroll'. Alice's Adventures Under Ground, facsimile edition, Guilford: Genesis Publications in association with Australia & New Zealand Book Co. Pty.Ltd., 1979, facsimile illustrations, small oval photographic portrait mounted to glassine leaf at end, all edges gilt, original red morocco gilt, slipcase, 8vo, limited edition of 500, this copy unnumbered, together with Dickens (Charles). The Cricket on the Hearth, facsimile edition, Guilford: Genesis Publications, 1981, facsimile manuscript, colour illustrations, original morocco-backed cloth boards, slipcase, 4to, limited edition of 250, signed by Monica Dickens, this copy unnumbered, plus another facsimile limited edition of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, Genesis Publications, 1979QTY: (3)

* Auden (Wystan Hugh, 1907-1973). Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Wystan’, Kirchstetten, Hinterholz 6, Austria, 20 May [1969], thanking him for the American edition of The Pendulum which he was delighted to receive 'and to find many more reproductions. Overleaf a poem which I send you because I was thinking of you when I wrote it', blue ballpoint pen on personal stationery, 1 page with the typed poem 'In Due Season' to letter verso, one manuscript correction in Auden's hand ('all' for 'each' in first line of second verse), old sellotape strips and adhesion remains at head affecting printed address only, 4to, together with a telegram from Auden to Rossiter, date indistinct, saying that he has written the foreword to Pendulum, ‘but like an idiot have lost name of America publisher stop please cable it’, 1 page, oblong 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: From the family, by direct descent. For further information please see https://www.anthonyrossiter.co.uk

Powys (Llewelyn). The Book of Days of Llewelyn Powys. Thoughts from his philosophy selected by John Wallis, Golden Cockerel Press, 1937, printed in red and black, 12 etched plates by Elizabeth Corsellis, occasional light offsetting, presentation inscription to front endpaper, extra suite of 9 plates only (of 12) contained in rear pocket, top edge gilt, original full morocco by Zaehnsdorf, London, small split at head of joint, one corner bumped, some edge wear and stains, folio, limited edition 51/55 from a total edition of 300, signed by the artist, together with Powys (John Cowper). Lucifer, limited issue, London: Macdonald, 1956, wood-engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, original morocco-backed boards, acetate wrapper, 8vo, limited signed edition 322/560, plus Powys (T. F.) What Lack I Yet?, privately printed, London: E. Archer, March 1927, 11 pp., some light toning, text block detached, original marbled wrappers, small number in manuscript and abrasion at foot of upper wrapper, 4to, limited signed edition 100/100, with 9 other limited editions, including another Golden Cockerel edition of The Book of Days of Llewelyn Powys, 1937 (limited edition 236/300), Fables, by T. F. Powys, 1929, limited signed edition 259/750, The Key of the Field, by T. F. Powys, No. 1 of the Furnival Books, 1930, limited signed edition 75/550, The Only Penitent, by T. F. Powys, 1931, limited signed edition 126/160, and Make Thyself Many, by T. F. Powys, 1935, limited signed edition 188/285 QTY: (12)

Manuscript storybook. Comprising a collection of seven illustrated children's adventure stories written in manuscript, early 20th century, 157 pages on 79 leaves neatly written in the same hand on laid paper, general title not present, with numerous well-executed illustrations hand-coloured in watercolour throughout volume, contents leaf bearing names in pencil of Miss Florence Gray, Bololph House, Winslow, Bucks and L. C. Chapman(?), St. Mildreds, Surbiton to upper margin, some light toning and occasional minor finger-soiling, marbled endpapers, later blue cloth by Birdsall of Northampton, small 4to (20.3 x 16 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:The stories within the volume comprise The Children's Adventures in the Forest (59 pictures); The Wonderful Adventures of Charlie & Madge (56 pictures); The Fairy Door (59 pictures); The Adventures of the Mouse Family (43 pictures); The History of Bobby Benson (60 Pictures); The Prince & His Fairy Belt (140 pictures); and The Adventures of a White Kitten (73 pictures).

Kubasta (Voitech). The Runaways and the Robbers; The Flying Trunk; Cinderella; Hansel and Gretel; Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs; Jack and the Bean-Stalk/Hop O'My Thumb; Table, Lay Yourself!; Three Little Pigs/Goldilocks, Prague: Artia, 1950s-1960s, also The Brave Tin Soldier, 1978; Jack and the Beanstalk, 1981, together 10 pop-up books, with colour pop-up and moveable illustrations throughout, some creases and repairs, two with ink manuscript ownership name inside front cover, original boards (cloth-backed to first 8 listed), some creases and edge wear to The Runaways and to Table, all 10 books with small Ex Libris Megan + Michael Dawson ticket or ink stamp to upper corner inside front cover, oblong 4toQTY: (10)

Manuscript 'Treaty on practical geometry', ink, pencil and watercolour on paper, 18th C.4to. Consisting of three parts: measuring distances, areas and volumes, each part with definitions, problems and solutions. Title + 224p.

Alciati (Andrea). Paradoxorum ad Pratum, libri Sex. Dispunctionum, lib. IIII. De eo quod interest, liber Vnus. In tres libros Codicis, lib. III...., Lyon: Sebastien Gryphius, 1532, printer's woodcut device to title, decorative woodcut initials, woodcut device to verso of final leaf, bound with Alciati (Andrea). [De verborum significatione libri quatuor: eiusdem In tractatum eius argumenti ueterum iureconsultor. commentaria, Lyon: Seb. Gryphius, 1530], lacking title (a1), woodcut device to colophon leaf, occasional early manuscript marginalia throughout volume, some toning and browning, light spotting and few marks, near contemporary vellum, crude reback and one corner repaired, amateur overpainting of binding in pale sage green cream paint, lacks ties, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:See Adams A624 for the 1537 edition of the Paradoxorum. First edition of the De Verborum Significatione, one of the most important legal commentaries of the early humanist era.

English Civil War. An Exact Collection of all Remonstrances, Declarations, Votes, Orders, Ordinances, Proclamations, Petitions, Messages, Answers, and other remarkable passages betweene the Kings most excellent Majesty, and his High Court of Parliament beginning at his Majesties return from Scotland, being in December 1641, and continued untill March the 21, 1643. Which were formerly published either by the Kings Majesties Command or by Order from one or both Houses of Parliament. With a Table wherein is most exactly digested all the fore-mentioned things according to their severall Dates and Dependancies, London: printed for Edward Husbands, T. Warren, R. Best, and are to be sold at the Middle Temple, Grays Inne Gate, and the White Horse in Pauls Churchyard, 1643, engraved frontispiece (with name captions to some figures in image written in an early hand, lined to verso), title with contemporary signature Wa[lter] Yonge, contemporary marginalia and underlining, few headlines at rear of volume (tables) slightly shaved, final leaf lined to verso (with evidence of early manuscript notes beneath), all edges gilt, 20th-century 'JE' bookplate to upper pastedown (John Evelyn), 19th-century terracotta brown morocco, gilt decoration to spine, faded to spine, extremities very lightly rubbed, 4to (18.3 x 14 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Walter Younge; Evelyn Library sale, Christie's, November 30, 1977, lot 522 (Christie's lot ticket to rear endpaper dated 1 Dec 1977. Sale catalogue states this lot was sold on Wed 30 Nov 1977 which was the first day of the sale of Part II of the library).Wing E1533. Enlarged edition of contemporary printed documents relating to the English Civil War, first published the previous year.The contemporary signature on the title page is possibly that of Walter Yonge (1579-1649) of Great House, Colyton, Devon, who was a lawyer, merchant and diarist. He was the eldest son of the eminent Elizabethan merchant John Yonge (d. 1612) of Colyton and his wife Alice Stere. Yonge was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and called to the bar from Middle Temple. In 1628 he took the office of Sheriff of Devon. He invested in the Dorchester Company, a joint-stock company which promoted fishing and colonisation in New England. He was a Member of Parliament for Honiton, Devon, in the Long Parliament from 1640, but did not sit after Pride's Purge in December 1648. Yonge was one of the victuallers of the Navy from 1642 to 1648. Walter Yonge lived at the Great House and wrote much of his well-known diary there (1604-1628), later published by the Camden Society in 1848.

Ludolph of Saxony. Vita Christi Domini Salvatoris nostri A. R. P. Ludolpho Saxone Cartusiano ante CCL annos ac Sacris Evangeliis, veterumq. Patrum sententiis contexta, atque ita disposita, nihil ut eorum, qua tum ad Historice, tum ad Homiliarum totius anni rationem spectant, deesse quidquam possit. Opus ut vere pium, ac eruditum, ita singulis Christianae pietatis alumnis plurimum et solatiis et utilitatis allatorum. A Jo. Dadraeo,... multis notationibus illustratum, postrema hac Veneta editione innumeris mendis purgatum pulcherrimis figuris exornatum, Venice: Guerraeos Fratres & Franciscum Zilettum, 1581, ornate woodcut border to title, many decorative woodcut initials throughout, preliminaries misbound with erratic signatures, title trimmed to printed edge and laid on later paper, toned with small areas of loss to inner upper margin, upper right margins of first 8 leaves repaired and reinforced to verso, a few closed tears, water staining and spotting to some leaves, a few leaves very toned, some minor worming, endpapers renewed, bookplate of Hans & Gertrude Aurenhammer to front pastedown, late 18th-century full vellum, gilt morocco title label and manuscript title to spine, boards a little soiled, folio QTY: (1)

* England & Wales. Speed (John), The Kingdome of England, Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell [1676], hand-coloured 'carte-a-figures' map engraved by Abraham Goos, eight costumed vignettes to the vertical margins, large margins, very slight creasing, 385 x 515 mm, mounted, framed and double-glazed, English text on verso with extensive near-contemporary manuscript annotations to the textQTY: (1)

English Civil War - [Walker, Clement]. The High Court of Justice. Or Cromwells New Slaughter-house in England. With the Authoritie that constituted and ordained it, Arraigned, Convicted, and Condemned; for Usurpation, Treason, Tyrannie, Theft, and Murder. Being the III. Part of the Historie of Independencie: written by the same author, [London]: [s.n.], Printed anno Dom. 1651, 71, [1]pp., running title of D4 trimmed, title slightly dust-soiled and few minor marks, some light toning, minor damp-stain to lower outer corners of few leaves, disbound, 4to, together with:Commonwealth of England. The Humble Petition of divers well-affected Persons, delivered the 6th day of July, 1659. To the supreme authority, the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England. With the Parliaments answer thereunto, and sense thereupon, London: Thomas Brewster, 1659, 14pp., manuscript number to verso of title, without final blank B4, title slightly dust-soiled, light toning, disbound, 4to, plus a single leaf from a late 17th-century Book of Common Prayer (concerning Matrimony) bearing early manuscript name 'Thomae', small folioQTY: (3)NOTE:1. ESTC R203985; Wing W324D.2. ESTC R202521; Thomason E.989[11]; Wing H3463.

Birmingham Riots. Views of the Ruins of the Principal Houses Destroyed during the Riots at Birmingham, 1791, [London: J. Johnson, 1792], eight plates engraved by William Ellis after drawings by P. H. Witton, title and letterpress descriptions in English and French by P. H. Witton and John Edwards, manuscript list of properties to verso of title, occasional scattered spotting, some dust-soiling mostly to title and leaves of text, edges untrimmed, modern wrappers, bookplates of Percival F. Hinton and John L. Marks, oblong 4to, together with a duplicate of this work with the revised title Birmingham Riots. The Riots at Birmingham, July, 1791, Birmingham: Arthur Bache Matthews, 1863, monochrome plates, bookplate of John L. Marks, original printed wrappers with modern wrappers over, oblong 4to, contained with first work in modern portfolioQTY: (2)NOTE:Abbey Scenery 48. The Birmingham Riots (also known as the Priestley Riots) occurred from 14-17 July 1791, when rioters, fuelled by a mixture of anti-French Revolution and anti-religious dissenter (notably Joseph Priestley) sentiment, other grievances and liquor attacked and burned down several Dissenter chapels, businesses and houses including Joseph Priestley's house, Baskerville House, Bordesley Hall, Moseley Hall among others.

[La Chesnaye des Bois, Franois Alexandre Aubert de]. Dictionnaire universel d'agriculture et de jardinage, de fauconnerie, chasse, peche, cuisine et manege, 2 volumes, 1st edition Paris: David le jeune, 1751, half-title to volume 1 only, 13 folding engraved plates, pencil annotation to top margin of titles to both volumes, advertisement for 'Les Agremens de la Campagne..., 1751 pasted to verso of half title to volume 1, endpapers renewed, light spotting to a few leaves, 19th-century marbled boards, gilt title label to spine, spine uniformly faded to brown, 4to, together with:Liger, (Louis). La nouvelle maison rustique, ou Économie générale de tous les biens de campagne; la manière de les entretenir et de les multiplier; donnée ci-devant au public par le sieur Liger, 2 volumes, Paris: Desaint, 1777, 38 engraved plates (including 2 folding), contemporary manuscript annotation to final leaf and verso free endpaper to volume 1, OOO3 with marginal tear with loss not affecting printed area and G4 with long closed tear into text in volume 2, bookplate of the Bibliotheca Tiliana with their unobtrusive stamp on verso of title and on final leaf to both volumes, volume 1 lacking first free endpaper, light spotting to a few leaves, contemporary sheep, gilt decorated spines, refurbished to extremities and area of spine to volume 2, 4to QTY: (4)

[Vaughan, Henry]. [Silex scintillans: or, sacred poems and private ejaculations, 1st edition, London: Printed by. T[homas]. W[alkley]. for H: Blunden, 1650], lacking front blank, title and final blank (A1-2 & G8), letterpress marginal note to recto of B3 cropped (as often), verso of final text leaf with early manuscript markings and signature William Palmer, some light toning and minor dust-soiling, early-mid 19th-century half calf, blind decoration to spine, marbled boards, extremities lightly rubbed, small slim 8vo (14.5 x 8.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R148; Grolier/ Wither to Prior 897; Hayward 81; Wing V125.Rare. Records indicate that few examples of this work have appeared at auction. Silex scintillans, influenced by the works of his contemporaries Donne and Herbert, is Vaughan’s chief literary legacy and is widely regarded as being among the finest volumes of poetry of the era. ‘His finest lyrics challenge the best in their age; his achievements in rhythm have no peer until Hopkins’ (ODNB). 'Vaughan's finest poetry was published in this rare volume' (Hayward). Wordsworth rediscovered Vaughan's work at the end of the eighteenth century. The inclusion of 'Silurist' after the author's name on the engraved title alludes to his home county of Brecknockshire, which had been the area inhabited by the ancient British tribe of the Silures.

Mrs. Alfred Shaw (née Mary Postans). An archive of printed and engraved music relating to the operatic contralto Mrs. Alfred Shaw, circa early to mid 19th century, approximately 37 items of printed, engraved and manuscript music, most bearing the ownership inscription 'Mrs Alfred Shaw', 'A. E. Shaw' or 'Mrs Shaw' in ink, some with the addition of an address or brief dedication, all for voice with pianoforte accompaniment, includes songs by Handel, Gluck, Cherubini, Maria B. Hawes, Jules Benedict, Henry Brinley Richards, Mendelssohn, Bellini, Rossini, George Smart, Beethoven and Mozart, some with later historical notes relating to previous performances by Shaw, folio or oblong folio, together with three playbills relating to appearances made by Mrs. Alfred Shaw, each one tipped-on or laid down to later backing card, old folds, the largest approx. 72 x 24 cmQTY: (Approx. 40)NOTE:Mary Shaw (1814-1876) was an English classical contralto who maintained an active international career in concerts and operas during the 1830s and 1840s. She is best remembered for creating the role of Cuniza in the world premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's first opera Oberto. She sang in the English premiere of Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio St. Paul in 1836, and two years later appeared as a soloist with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in 12 concerts under Mendelssohn's baton at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. She performed numerous operatic roles at La Scala, the Royal Opera House and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.

Manuscript Music. A large collection of scribal copies of manuscript music, circa late 18th to early 19th century, including works by Mozart, Clementi, [Christoph Willibald] Gluck, [Johann Baptist] Wanhal, [Ignaz] Pleyel, Nicola Vaccai, Joseph Gelinek, Adalbert Gyrowetz, Gaetano Valeri, Leopold Koželuh, Michiel Pfeiffer, composed for forces including voice and fortepiano, voice and keyboard, two sopranos and keyboard, choir/chorus and chamber orchestra, keyboard (2 hands), keyboard (4 hands), fortepiano, cembalo (harpsichord), piano trio, most bearing old library catalogue information in pencil to front covers, some with Biblioteca Papafava bookplate, all bound without covers, most pages uncut, some offsetting, slim oblong folio (23 x 32 cm)QTY: (Approx. 55)

Appianus (of Alexandria). Des guerres des Rommains, liures XI Assauoir, Le Libyque. Le Syrien. Le Parthique. Le Mithridatique. Le Illyrien. Le Celtique. Et cinq des guerres ciuiles. Plus le sixiesme desdictes guerres ciuiles, extraict de Plutarque. La tout traduict en francoys par feu Claude de Seyssel..., Lyon: Antoine Constantin, 1544, woodcut decorative border to title (close trimmed, small area of loss to upper margin, small closed tear to lower margin), engraved armorial bookplate of Monsieur Blondeau pasted to blank space on verso of D4, occasional contemporary manuscript underlining, light spotting to few leaves, printer's device to verso of final leaf, small ex-libris paper label to upper margin of front pastedown, 17th-century calf, gilt decoration and morocco title label to spine, somewhat rubbed and worn, 4to QTY: (1)

Bowles (Carington). Bowles's Pocket Atlas of the Counties of South Britain or England and Wales Drawn to one Scale....., London: circa 1785, double-page oval calligraphic title, double-page index, fifty-seven uncoloured engraved maps on forty-eight sheets (complete as list), including fifteen folding, near-contemporary manuscript numbers and titles to the verso of each map, slight staining and offsetting, a few of the folding maps with short closed tears where old folds cross, map of Westmorland toned, near-contemporary ownership signature to the third blank, later endpapers, bookplate of Roger Quirk to front pastedown, modern gilt quarter calf over marbled boards with vellum tipped corners, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb CCLVI. Scarce.

Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible: containing the bookes of the Old & New..., Cambridge: Printed by John Field, 1659], letterpress New Testament title present, lacking general title and final leaf of text, Apocrypha present, final leaf of text provided in manuscript written in a neat hand on two leaves, first and last few leaves torn and frayed to lower outer corners and some with repairs, few other leaves with closed tears, occasional light dust-soiling, few marks and scattered spotting, contemporary reversed calf, leather torn with some loss to upper and lower boards, worn, folio (41 x 26.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Herbert 666.

Johnson (T. B.). The Shooter's Companion, 2nd edition Improved and very Considerably Enlarged, Sherwood, Jones & Co. 1823, three etched plates (including the frontispiece) after T. Landseer, all with contemporary hand-colouring, tipped in catalogue description between the front endpaper and the first blank, chalk glaze endpapers, bookplate of William Van Winkle to front pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary gilt calf by Riviere & Son, with gilt dentelles, re-backed but retaining the gilt decorated spine, slight wear to head and foot of spine, large 12mo, together with Zouch (Thomas). The Life of Isaac Walton including Notices of his Contemporaries, Septimus Prowett, 1823, additional half-title, uncoloured engraved frontispiece of 'Cotton's Fishing House' and nineteen engraved plates, slight offsetting and staining, contemporary morocco gilt with contrasting red morocco label to spine with title repeated in gilt on the upper siding, very slight wear to extremities, 8vo, with Howitt (Samuel). British Preserve..., published by Rodwell & Martin, 1824, decorative title, 36 (complete as list) uncoloured etched plates by Samuel Howitt, each with a tissue guard, slight spotting, contemporary half calf gilt, slight wear to extremities, slim 4to, plus Watkins-Pitchford (D. J.). The Countryman's Beside Book, 2nd edition, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1942, additional half-title, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout, near contemporary manuscript presentation inscription to the front endpaper, near-contemporary half-morocco gilt by the Harrods bindery, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, and Fur, Feather and Fin Series, edited by Alfred E. Watson (and others), the set of 12, The Partridge 1893, The Grouse 1894, The Pheasant 1896, The Red Deer 1896, The Hare 1896, The Rabbit 1898, The Trout 1898, The Salmon 1898, Pike and Perch 1900, Snipe and Woodcock 1903, Wildfowl 1905, The Fox 1906, numerous illustrations, two volumes with old school library stamps to preliminaries, all bound in contemporary pictorial decorative cloth, a few spines a little darkened, 8vo, with Kennedy (Michael). The Sea Angler's Fishes, 2nd edition, published by Stanley Paul, 1969, additional half-title, numerous illustrations throughout, publisher's cloth gilt, slight wear to extremities, 8voQTY: (17)

* Prints & Engravings. A collection of approximately 600 prints and engravings, 18th - 20th century, engravings, lithographs and prints, including sporting, heraldry, portraits, 'Turner Gallery' prints, social caricatures, advertising and promotional posters, encyclopedia plates, classical sepia aquatints after Claude Lorraine, topographical views of Venice and Paris, reliefs and panels, foreign topographical views, costume, portraits and genre scenes, Persian manuscript leaves with decorative floral borders and heightened in gold, coloured and uncoloured decorative initials excised from various German volumes, 20th-century reproductions of Audubon's Birds of America, published by the Arial Press, educational 'Hartinger' chromolithographic posters of domestic animals a collection of uncoloured lithographs from 'Sketches from Life' by the Revd. T. Kilby and natural history subjects (including flowers and fruit), occasional duplicates, various sizes and condition QTY: (approx. 600)

Davies (John). Allwedd duwinyddiaeth, neu, Ddangoseg ysgrythyrol..., [The key of theology, or, scriptural Demonstration: containing a summary of verses relating to the doctrinal, practical, experienced, promising and threatening subjects of the Christian religion], Carmarthen: J. Evans, 1839, bound with: Williams (William). Crwydrad dychymmyg i fyd yr ysbrydoedd..., [A wandering of imagination into the world of spirits, or, Heavenly reflections on the death of the late Reverend. Lewis Lewis...,] Caerfyrddin: Argraphwyd gan Jonathan Harris, 1831; Jones (John). Alleirydd ysgrythyrawl, neu, Fynegair i'r Ysgolion Sabbothawl, [an Index to the Sabbath Schools: containing an explanation of the old strange Words of the scriptures up...], Machynlleth: D. Pugh, 1832; Rowlands (William). "Angeu yn y crochan;" neu, Bregeth ar feddwdod: yn yr hon y dangosir ei natur, ei bechadurusrwydd a'i effeithiau ["Death in the pot;" or, A Sermon on drunkenness: in which its nature, sinfulness and effects are shown], Dinbych, Pp. 52. Thomas Gee, 1834; Charles (Thomas). Hyfforddwr yn egwyddorion y grefydd Gristionogol [Instructor in the principles of the Christian religion], Bala: Argraffedig gan R. Saunderson, 1839, text in Welsh, frontispiece, ownership signature to front free endpaper, light spotting throughout, trimmed with small area of loss to printed area to a few leaves, contemporary tree calf, a little rubbed and worn, 8vo, together with:Dawson (Bensley & Cooke, publishers). Hyfforddiadau i ymddygiad defosiynol a gweddus..., [Training for devout and decent behavior: in the public service of God more particularly in the practice of Common Prayer appointed by the Church of England], Oxford: Dawson, Bensley, Cooke, 1809, text in Welsh, contemporary ownership signature to title, extensive contemporary manuscript notation to verso of title relating to provenance and similar to endpapers and pastedowns, long closed tear to title page, tear with loss to front free endpaper, damp stain to inner margin to last few gatherings, contemporary panelled calf, scuffed and bumped with minor areas of loss, thick 8vo, plus many other volumes, many 18th century and bound in leather including Books of Common Prayer in various languages including Spanish and French QTY: (1 carton)

English Civil War. A Letter from the House of Commons assembled in the Parliament of England at Westminter [sic], to the Right Honorable and Right Reverend, the Lords, Ministers and others of the present General Assembly of the Church of Scotland sitting at Edenburgh [sic], containing a narrative of the proceedings of the Parliament of England, in the work of Reformation, and of their Resolutions to maintain the Government of the Kingdom established by Law, and of their endeavors for Settlement of Peace, and for Preservation of the Union between the two Kingdoms of England and Scotland, London: Edward Husband, August 8. 1648, 14, [2]pp., final blank B4 present with offset title to verso, some fraying to fore-margins, manuscript number to both sides of title, early manuscript annotations to margins throughout and some underscoring, some toning mostly to margins, disbound, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R204977; Thomason E.457[13]; Wing E2621.

Rousseau (Jean-Jacques). Dictionnaire de Musique, new revised and corrected edition, London: 1766, engraved frontispiece (lightly offset) and vignette title, half title present (Collection Complette des Oeuvres de J.J. Rousseau, tome neuvieme), 13 folding engraved plates at rear (correct), variable toning, occasional spotting, 20th century antique-style half calf gilt, marbled boards, 4to, together with [Lusse, Charles de], Recueil de Romances Historiques, Tendres et Burlesques ..., par M.D.L., 1767, half-title, engraved frontispiece and vignette title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, contemporary mottled calf gilt, extremities worn, 8vo, plus Bethizy (Jean Laurent de), Exposition de la Theorie et de la Pratique de la Musique, 2nd edition, Paris: F.G. Deschamps, 1764, half-title, woodcut printer's device to title, 60pp. engraved music at rear, lightly dust-soiled, contemporary quarter cloth, worn, French ink manuscript paper label to spine (faded), 8vo, with 3 others: Lettre A.M. Villoteau ... suivie d-un memoire ... par G.M. Raymond, Paris: Courcier, 1811; Carteggio Musicale di Carlo Gervasoni, Parma: Luigi Mussi, 1804; Frusta Musicale ossia Lettere sugli Abusi Introdotti Nella Musica, di D. Nicolo Eustachio Cattaneo, Milano: Luigi di Giacomo Pirola, 1836, all 8voQTY: (6)

The Book of Common Prayer. Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David..., Cambridge: Joseph Bentham, 1748, near contemporary previous ownership signature to front endpaper 'Cathrine Thistlethnayte' with bookplate of the same to front pastedown, contemporary red full morocco with elaborate gilt decoration to boards and spine, worn and rubbed, lower board detached, 12mo, together with: The Book of Common Prayer. Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David..., London: John Baskett, 1742, contemporary ownership signature 'Elizth. Snelgrave' to title page, contemporary red full morocco with decorative gilt decoration to boards and spine, a little bumped, joints starting to crack, 24mo in 12's, plus The Holy Bible. containing the Old and New Testaments..., Edinburgh: Mark & Charles Kerr, 1793, tear with loss to lower right corner of title page not affecting printed area, contemporary green full morocco, gilt decoration to spine and gilt Greek key roll to boards, a little bumped and worn, 24mo in 12's, and The Book of Common Prayer. Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David..., London: John Baskett, 1742, front free endpapers cut, small areas of light damp staining to a few leaves, loss to lower margin of final leaf not affecting printed area, contemporary manuscript list of names and birth dates to rear endpaper, contemporary red full morocco with decorative gilt detail to boards and spine, a little rubbed 24mo in 12's plus 15 other 18th and 19th-century volumes of The Book of Common Prayer or similar, all leather bound, 8vo or smaller QTY: (18)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised..., Appointed to bee [sic] read in Churches, Imprinted at London: by Robert Barker, 1632/31, general title and New Testament title within decorative woodcut border (imprint to New Testament dated 1631 and with early manuscript to verso including signature of Thomas Lear dated 1717), Apocrypha present, black letter text, N7 with horizontal closed tear, 2X1 torn to running title, 3E7 with closed tear to lower inner corner, 3B4 & 3B5 torn to corners with text loss, 3G2 torn at head with loss of running title, 3G4 with long closed tear, 3L5 torn to lower outer corner with loss and closed tear at head, 3O4 torn at foot with text loss, few other lesser closed tears, burn hole at head of 3M4-3M6, verso of final leaf of Prophets (2S6) with early manuscript signatures including Barnard Wilson, Ann Wilson, and Tho. Millander, letterpress marginal notes and running titles at fore-margins shaved throughout, bound with at rear A Concordance to the Bible of the Last Translation. Serving for the more easier finding out of the most useful places therein continued..., London: Printed by the Assignes of Clement Cotton, 1632, woodcut royal armorial to title, bound with a defective 1632 Book of Psalms at rear, bound with at front a defective genealogies by John Speed, lacking A1 title, with double-page woodcut map of Canaan, some dust-soiling, toning, occasional damp-staining and marks throughout volume, lacking free endpapers, 19th-century calf over earlier boards, worn at head and foot of spine, 4to (21 x 15.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow & Moule 354; Herbert 460; STC 2300.There are two varieties of the 1632 black letter 4to edition. Both have a misprint in Jer. viii. 22, blame for balme.This example is variant A, with Ruth iii. 15 citie and heading of Deut. The fifth Booke...Variant B has Ruth iii. 15 city and heading the Deut. The fifth booke...

More (Henry). Philosophical Poems, by Henry More: Master of Arts, and Fellow of Christs Colledge in Cambridge, 1st collected edition, Cambridge: Roger Daniel, 1647 [with] More (Henry). Conjectura Cabbalistica. Or, a Conjectural Essay of Interpreting the minded of Moses, according to a Threefold Cabbala, London: James Flesher, 1653, printer's woodcut device to title of the first work (also with repaired tear across leaf), woodcut illustrations and diagrams, errata for both works present, contemporary manuscript list of Christopher and Elizabeth Whichcote's children to front pastedown, small hole to R4 (title of the third book in the first work) plus ink stain to text to p. 390, light toning to margins, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners refurbished, red morocco title label to spine, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC No. R14921; Wing M2670 for the first work.ESTC No. R202930; Wing 2647 for the second.

Tessarin (Angelo). Seven autograph musical manuscripts, including ‘Canzoncina d’Aprile’, signed at the end ‘A Tessarin’, July [18]88, a song for voice [soprano or tenor] and piano, setting words by Enrico Panzacchi, in A major with a 6/8 time signature, 69 bars in total, purple ink on hand ruled manuscript paper, 10pp, first leaf detached, and another manuscript copy of the same composition transposed down a tone to G major, purple ink on hand ruled manuscript paper, 6pp, last leaf detached, plus ‘Quando questi occhi chiusi mi vedrai’, signed at the end ‘A Tessarin’, August [18]91, a song for voice [soprano or tenor] and piano, setting words by Angelo Poliziano, dedication ‘Mi amico ? Maestro Francesco Ghia’, in D major with a 4/4 time signature (but notated in 4/2), 39 bars, black ink on hand ruled manuscript paper, 4pp, edges worn, together with three further songs for voice and piano ‘Ne lagram nebbia…’, ‘Tre baci’ (2 copies) and a further composition for piano, all signed and datedQTY: (7)NOTE:Little information exists for Angelo Tessarin (1834-1909). Another of his compositions for voice and piano Sognai ('I dreamed') was published in Milan by F. Lucca in 1872. He is also known to have been friends with Richard Wagner, and the pair could often be found frequenting Caffe Lavena in Venice.

New Testament [English]. [The Newe Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ, translated out of Greeke by Theod. Beza. Whereunto are adioyned large expositions of the phrases and harde places by the authour and others: together with a table or concordance conteining the principall wordes and matters comprehended herein. Englished by L. Tomson..., Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1583], lacking initial blank leaf and title, black letter text throughout, decorative woodcut initials, woodcut map of Holy Land to verso of final preliminary leaf, final blank present, early manuscript ownership and genealogical entries etc. mostly to first and last leaves including 'Richard Weaver was born in January the fourth day 1670', 'John Weaver eius Liber 1681', Margarett Weaver the daughter of Richard Weaver was born ye twenty ninth daye of November 1720', 'Richd. Weaver son of Richd. Weaver was borne ye 20th day of September 1722', 'Elizabeth Weaver dauter of Richd. Weaver was born ye 15 of August 1726', and with the names of John Weaver 1681, Samuel Weaver, Richard Weaver, etc., colophon dated 1583, bound with at front an incomplete Book of Common Prayer, 1580 or 1586 (see Griffiths 1580/1 or 1586/1), lacking all before D1, printed in black letter, decorative woodcut initials, bound with The Psalter or Psalmes of David, after the translation of the great Bible, appointed as it shall be sung or aside in Churches, Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, [1583], printed in black letter, title within woodcut border, decorative woodcut initials, printer's woodcut device to verso of final leaf, leaf C3 recto with typesetter's error at foot 'The righteous shall be punished', bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes: Collected into English meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins & others: conferred with the Hebrue, with apt Notes to sing them withall, London: John Day, 1583, title within woodcut border with inscription to upper blank margin 'Hugh Mortimer June the 24th 1712', black letter text, lacking all after U4 (final 4 pages), few other early manuscript annotations throughout volume, slight dust-soiling and few marks, occasional light damp-staining mostly to margins at rear, later endpapers (not laid-down), contemporary calf, brass corner pieces, central boss to upper board over gilt arabesque, neatly rebacked, lacking clasps, large 4to (27 x 19.3 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:New Testament - Darlow & Moule 137; Herbert 180; STC 2885.The Geneva version, translated by William Whittingham, Anthony Gilby, Thomas Sampson, and perhaps others, revised by Laurence Tomson.Book of Common Prayer - see Griffiths 1580/1 & 1586/1).Whole Booke of Psalmes - ESTC S102250; STC 2466.

Logier (J.B.). A System of the Science of Music and Practical Composition; incidentally comprising what is usually understood by the term thorough bass, 1st edition, London: J. Green, 1827, lithograph portrait frontispiece (offset to title), title counter-signed with initials by the publisher, dated 29 May 1832, dedication page with contemporary ink manuscript presentation inscription, dated 1834, numerous musical examples, lightly toned throughout, p.23 with pale stain to blank fore-margin, front flyleaf with near contemporary pencilled ownership inscription, dated 1846, front hinge cracked, contemporary red straight-grain half morocco gilt, rubbed, a little wear to edges, 4to, together with Eastcott (Richard), Sketches of the Origin, Progress and Effects of Music, with an account of the ancient bards and minstrels, Bath: S. Hazard, 1793, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, some toning, occasional spotting, endpapers renewed, modern three-quarter calf, gilt-lettered spine label, plus Memoirs of Rossini, By the author of the lives of Haydn and Mozart, London: T. Hookham, 1824, lightly toned, scarce spotting, original cloth, faded, some staining, spine ends and 2 corners frayed, 8voQTY: (3)

English Civil War. The Six Secondary causes of the spinning out of this unnatural warre. By D.P.P., .... Octob. 19. 1644. Imprimatur, James Cranford, London: Printed by George Miller, 1644, [4], 94, [2] pp., woodcut floral device to title with manuscript annotation below letterpress initials of author, manuscript number to verso of title page, final blank leaf (N2) present, light dust-soiling and minor spotting mostly to first and last leaves, disbound, 4to, together with:English Civil War. The Four Bills sent to the King to the Isle of Wight to be passed. Together with the Propositions sent unto him at the same time, which upon the passing of those Bills were to be treated upon. And also the Articles of the Church of England; with the Rules and Directions concerning Suspension from the Sacrament of the Lords Supper in cases of Ignorance. Unto all which doth refer, the late Declaration of both Houses of the fourth of March, 1647. concerning the papers of the Scots Commissioners, upon occasion of the last address to the King in the Isle of Wight. London: Printed for Edward Husband, March 20. 1647. [i.e. 1648], 46, [2] p., A1 detached and torn/frayed to blank margins, title cropped at foot with loss to ruled border, manuscript number to verso of A1 and title (A2), blank fore-margin to C2 cropped, final blank leaf (F4) present, some staining (mostly to fore-margins of C1-D1), toning, occasional light damp-stains, light dust-soiling and marks, disbound, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:1. ESTC R210030; Thomason E.18[13]; Wing P16.2. ESTC R12041; Thomason E.433[1] & E.433[2]; Wing E1541.

Ditters von Dittersdorf (Carl). Aria aus Doctor und Apotheker von Carl von Dittersdorf, circa 1790s, contemporary scribal manuscript copy of the aria ‘Zufriedenheit gilt mehr als Kronen’ from the singspiele ‘Doktor und Apotheker’, scored for soprano and keyboard reduction, 12pp, black ink on cream wove paper, watermarked ‘H. Oser.’ and ‘Gr. Real’, bound without covers, slim oblong folio and Pergolesi (Giovanni Battista). Se cerca, se dice l'amico dov'è, an aria from the opera l'Olimpiade, circa mid 18th century, manuscript copy, scored for soprano, two violins, bass and keyboard continuo, 12pp, black ink on cream laid paper, watermarked with a Strasburg Lily and another indistinct mark, bound without covers, pages secured with green ribbon, slim oblong folio (approx. 20 x 26.5 cm) together with a manuscript copy of the duet ‘Mi scacci sdegnato! Mi sgridi severo!’ and preceding recitative from a version of Artaserse by an unknown composer, plus approximately 37 mostly early to mid-18th century manuscript copies of works by John Field, Thomas Attwood, and many unattributed, for forces including voice and keyboard, solo keyboard, and voice and orchestra, various sizes QTY: (Approx. 40)NOTE:Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799) was a virtuoso violinist and a prolific composer who counted Haydn and Mozart among his friends. Doctor und Apotheker is a two-act singspiel (a German-language music drama characterized by spoken dialogue alternating with ensembles, songs, ballads, and arias) written in 1786, with a libretto by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, based on the anonymous French comedy L'apothicaire de Murcie (The Apothecary of Murcie). It is considered to be Ditters' finest work and was premiered on 11 July 1786 at the k. u. k National-Theater in Vienna.

Rawsthorne (Alan). Cadenzas for Mozart's Concerto K. 365 [Piano Concerto No. 10], [1949], autograph fair-copy manuscript in ink signed 'Alan Rawsthorne', with dedication 'For Mary and Geraldine Peppin', cadenzas for the two solo pianos for movements one and three, written on 4 staves, some occasional corrections, 16 pages, in good condition, first and last leaf detached, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: From the music collection of the composer Edward Williams (1921-2013).Mary and Geraldine Peppin (born 30 December 1912) were identical twin sisters, and performers in a classical piano duo active in the UK from the 1930s until the 1960s. Later in life they both became influential piano teachers at the Guildhall School of Music. Geraldine was married to the poet Randall Swingler, they had a son and a daughter (Judith) who married the composer Edward Williams. Geraldine died in December 1980 and Mary died on 8 August 1989.The above cadenza is mentioned in the short-lived academic journal Music-Survey's (partial) list of Rawsthorne's works.

Holy men gathering at an hermitageIsfahan, 17th century or laterOpaque pigment son paper, laid on card, on the bank of a pond, large waterwheels behind, a bearded figure clad in white reading, three disciples sitting around him, one crouching and leafing through a manuscript, one holding his head, the other near naked, inscribed above amal 'Ali... (?)... Jabadar, wide pink border with elegant floral tendrils within gold and polychrome margins, the reverse with 2ll. of black loose nasta'liq script, 'Aliquli Beg Jabbadar at work / The work of Aliquli Beg Jabbadar Suraj Bakhsh, painter [musavvir] from Jaipur,' inventory number in pencil reading PP582-80-150Painting 14.2 x 10.2cm., folio 23.4 x 16.5cm.Provenance: Bonhams 4 October 2011, Lot 41For discussion of 'Ali Quli Jabbadar see:S. Canby, Princes, Poets and Paladins, London 1998, no. 62. L. S. Diba (ed.), Royal Persian Paintings: the Qajar Epoch 1785-1925, New York 1998, pp. 110-116, 120-121. P. Soucek, in Encyclopaedia Iranica (ed. E. Yarshater), vol. I, fasc. 8, pp. 872-874. A. Soudavar and M. C. Beach, Art of the Persian Courts, New York 1992, pp. 365, 369-371, nos. 148-149.Footnotes: Provenance :Bonhams, New Bond Street, 4 October 2011, lot 49Condition Report: The edges are strong, the corners are scuffed. The surface of this work is affected by a series of superficial scratches mostly located in its lower half to the lower body of the bare chested man, the sandy ground below the manuscript, the manuscript in the hut, and the wall, the shoulder of the ascetic clad in white and his knee. Some minute pigment losses are seen to the foliage above the hut and the sky. The pink borders show some scattered stains although some clusters can be seen to the right and left sides. The reverse shows some extensive water stains and remnants of tape.

A Bihari Qu'ran and Tafsir in two volumesNorth India, with date of 1035AH/1625ADArabic manuscript on paper, Vol I pp.1-351 and Vol II pp.352-684 paginated,  each folio approx. 37ll., comprising the entire text of the Qur'an written in black naskhi-diwani script and red bihari script with the word 'Allah' picked out in gold, alternating with extensive commentary, sura headings in red, within blue and red rules, the margins plain, illuminated medallions to mark divisions, catchwords, with three illuminated bifolios with 23ll. set within gold and polychrome illuminated margins, in cloth bindings , some water damage and loss to paper, wormholing, folio 34 x 20cm. Provenance: Private London collection formed in the 1960s-1980sSee Christie's 24 April 2024 Lot 88 for a related Qur'an

An unbound Hindu manuscript, possibly the first chapter of a Bhagavata Purana India, 18th centuryPossibly the first chapter of a Bhagavata Purana, opaque pigments, black and red ink on paper, 97ff., 12 to 13ll. of devanagari script to the page, illustrated opening page showing Garuda and an ascetic paying respect to Vishnu, Ganesha above, within triple red rules, paginated19 x 40.5cm.Footnotes: Provenance :Harnam Singh Hans Collection, Ealing, London, acquired c. 1980 Francis Edwards LTD

An unusual illustration from a manuscript, depicting the travels of the King's wife Mihr dressed as a Prince and companions at the Ka'aba in Mecca, Deccan, India, mid-18th century, manuscript on paper, the scene depicting the three worshippers within the hateem, the inner circular wall around the ka'aba, with gold detail to the holy shrine, within a courtyard with arched walls, an entrance gate with watch tower either side below, two lines of Persian in nasta'liq script above, the reverse with a prince, presumably Mihr dressed as a man, on horseback with two attendants, one on camelback, a group of sheep to the foreground and rolling grassy hills to the background, with 5 lines of Persian in nastaliq script above describing the sacrifice of Eid Al Adha,  folio 24.3 x 17cm.; painting 20 x 16cm. The Persian text of this unusual illustration refers to the travels of Mihr, the King's wife and her companions towards Mecca, commandments from the King for his vizier, their sacrifice of large amounts of animals and Mihr's circumambulation around the Ka'aba and prayers. Although the text states Mihr is in a state of Ihram she is not shown as such in the illustration, wearing her royal garments rather than the white robes meant to signify that in front of God there is no difference between Muslims of any class or stature.It is interesting to note that the formidable Empress Nur Jahan (1577-1645) was named Mihr un-Nisa at birth, her later name given by her husband the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. Nur Jahan was a very strong and powerful woman obtaining many rights normally belonging to men alone. We do not know if Nur Jahan herself ever made the Hajj nor if this enigmatic text is part of now lost story in which she disguised herself as a Prince and travelled to Mecca but Nur Jahan was not adverse to dressing in men's clothing. A famous painting by court painter Abul Hasan Nadiruz Zaman in the Rampur Raza Library depicts her dressed as a man and holding a gun, her hair tucked up beneath a turban. In 1617, gold and silver coins, which bore her name opposite that of Jahangir, started circulating and a courtier of the period described an incident where she surprised many by appearing in the imperial balcony, which was reserved for men only. She regularly went hunting, issued imperial orders, and designed public buildings, taking measures to support poor women or champion the disadvantaged. In 1626, when Emperor Jahangir was captured by rebels led by Mahabat Khan while on his way to Kashmir, Nur Jahan intervened herself to get her husband released, riding into battle atop a war elephant. Condition Report: The folio is cropped. The edges and corners are in good condition. This folio is repaired and restored form at least one main L-shaped tear. Holding the folio with the scene at the Ka'aba up, one notices extensive repainted areas to the left of the painting, a skillful polygonal patch to the left above the gate, a repaired and repainted tear tot he right and atop of the Ka'aba, the long vertical tear affecting text and painting tot he right. This tear is bordered by further areas of repainting. The rules are in poor condition with some staining and smudging. the two lines of text above are stained, smudged. Holding the folio the other side up (riders in a hilly landscape), one notices the various patches applied to this work. Two are located within the stained and smudged text above. A large area of repaint is noticeable in the corner and affects most of the herd. It mirrors the location of the polygonal insert. The L-shaped tear, now repaired and restored, affects the text, hilly landscape, camel rider, and rules below. The corner has been retouched. The rules have been cursorily retouched with a minute part being refitted upside down. The pigments have dulled, show some staining and would require cleaning.This work would need further sustained attention. The department would highly recommend an inspection in person before bidding.

A portrait of a kneeling nobleman on a terrace, Lucknow, North India, circa 1800Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, kneeling on a blue carpet with hexagonal pattern, white cushions at his side and to his right, books to the foreground, wearing a pale pink shawl with embroidered border, striped blue and white jama and a white chemise tied at the waist, a green turban and light facial fair denoting his youth, to the back ground a white pillar and architectural niche set into the wall behind, an inscription in Persian below 'Momin Khan [illegible] the Divan-e-Momin', laid on card, painting 17.8 x 12.5cm.  Condition Report: This painting and its wide border show some damages caused by the careless removal of an older mount. Some pigments have been removed. There are traces of glue and remnants of card or paper along the periphery of this painting. The painting is rippling : there are scattered folds and creases which likely resulted from the drawing being carelessly laid on card. Those can be mostly seen to the knee of the sitter, the white wall behind him. Careful inspection will reveal scattered areas of flaking and pigment loss throughout the painting. The work is stained, mostly to its lower quarter, to the carpet, the manuscript stack, the rectangular cushion. This work would require further attention.The department would recommend the work be inspected in person before bidding.

A palm leaf manuscript,South India or maritime south Asia, circa 18th/19th centuryincised text on palm leaf, possibly the Ramayana or a section thereof, each leaf perforated twice to allow for the ties, between to plain rectangular wood boardsFootnotes:Provenance :Simon Digby, circa. 2000

AMENDMENT: Please note the publications  “Rome, past and present, Studio London, Spring 1966” and Bach, H., Indian Love Paintings, New Delhi, 1985 are no longer part of this lot.Please do also note all publications previously listed under “Books on Tibetan and Nepalese Art” in this lot entry will now be sold in our upcoming Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Art on 6th November 2024.A quantity of books on Indian, Tibetan, Islamic and Ottoman art, as well as catalogues  Books on Indian ArtKhandalavala, K., et al. Miniature Painting, Lalit Kala, New Delhi, 1960Shellim, M., Patchwork to the Great Pagoda: India and British Painters, Kolkata, 1973Mehta, N. C., Gujarati Painting in the 15th Century, London, 1931 x 2Khandalavala, K., The development of style in Indian Painting, Madras, 1974Rizvi, S. A. A., Fatehpur Sikri, New Delhi, 1972Tagore, S., Rammohun Roy: His Role in Indian Renaissance, Kolkata, 1975Grindea M., Passages from India, Adam International Review, New York, 1971Colnaghi, Persian and Mughal Art, London, 1976Sharma, M. and Kaimal, P., Indian Painting, Mumbai, 2013Britschgi, J., Die 40 Groessten Meister der Inischen Malerei (1100-1900), Museum Reitberg, Zurich, 2011Pal, P., and Seid, B., Holy Cow and Other Animals: Selection of Indian Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2002Overton, K., Iran and the Deccan, Bloomington, 2020Beach, M. C., Reflection of India; Paintings from the 16-19th Century, Toronto, 1979 x 2Aryan, B.N., Hanuman: The Divine Simian, New DelhiAhuja, N. P., The Body in Indian Art and Thought, New Delhi, 2013Bach, H., Indian Love Paintings, New Delhi, 1985Europe and the Indies, BBC publications, 1970Exhibition of Dhundhar Painting, 1977 x2Isacco, E., Les pigments des miniatures indiennes, Paris, 2008Images of Krishna, Santa Barbara, 1987 Schwartz, P. R. Printing on Cotton at Ahmedabad, Indian in 1678, Ahmedabad, 1969The British in India, Brighton Museum, 1973Simmonds, S and Digby S., Royal Asiatic Society; Its History and its treasures, 1979Chandra, M., Indian Miniatures in the Allahabad Museum, 1961Bulletin of the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, April 1949Book Reviews, Ars Orientalis IV, 1961Wilkinson, JVS., An Indian Manuscript of the Golestan of the Shah Jahan Period, Ars Orientalis II, 1957Chester Beatty Monographs nos. 1-3 &7, 1951-1958   Books on Ottoman and Islamic ArtHitzel, F., Turkophilia: Ottoman Art in Private collections, Paris, 2011Zietkiewicz-Kotz, J., Treasures of the Orient in the collections of the Wawel Royal Castle, Krakow, 2020Barakat, H. N., Introduction to Islamic Arts: Calligraphy: The collection of the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, 2016De Guise, L., Al-Tibb: Healing Traditions in Islamic Medical Manuscripts: The collection of the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, 2018Freeman Fahid, D., Chess from the Islamic World: The Benaki Museum Collection, Athens, 2023Curatola, G., Al-Fann: Art from the Islamic Civilization: From the al-Sabah Collection, Milan, 2012Anand, M. R. Persian Painting, 1930Luzac and Co., Encyclopedia of Islam, supplements 1 & 2, 1934-36Set of Facsimile articles by Ivan Stchoukine, (plus duplicates) 1950-1972 Dealer CataloguesJorge Welsh, Art of the Expansion and Beyond, London, 2009Joost van den Bergh, Magic Marking: Tantra, Jain and Ritual Art in India, London, 2016 Joost van den Bergh, Tantric Drawings by Acharya Vyakul and Badrinath Pandit, 2014Francesca Galloway, Sringar: An Exhibition Celebrating Divine and Erotic Love, London, 2007Shapero Gallery, Divine Pursuits: Indian Painting Traditions from 15-19th century, 2003 x 2J Soustiel, Miniatures Orientales de L’inde, 1973J Soustiel, Miniatures Orientales de L’inde 3, 1983J Soustiel, Miniatures Orientales de L’inde 4, 1986Micheal Goedhuis, Birds in an Indian Garden, 1984Indar Pasricha, The Rajput courts, 1986 Indar Pasricha, Elephants of Fame, 1987Waddington Tooth Galleries, 1974, 1975 x 2, 1977, 1978 x 3, 1980, 1986, 1990  Auction CataloguesSothebys Parke Bernet, 26 September 1972, Bibliography, Art ReferenceSothebys London, 9 July 1987, An Apostle Mosaic from Medieval TorcelloSothebys London, 30 July 1973, Egyptian, Western Asiatic, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, Primitive, Indian, Indonesian, Tibetan and Nepalese ArtDrouot, 22 November 1960, Collection SevadjianDrouot, 20 March 1961, Collection Sevadjian pt2 x2Cornette de Saint Cyr, 23 June 1982, Collection Maldonado, TapisChristies London, 8-10 October 1991 Islamic, Indian Art, Rugs and Carpets  Contemporary and OtherDoshi, S., csmvs Research Journal, Mumbai, 2019Gallery One and the Indian Avant Garde 1953-1963, Grosvenor Gallery, 2023Moorhouse, P., Howard Hodgkin: Absent Friends, London, 2017Rome Past and Present “The Studio London” Special Spring number, 1926 Books on Tibetan and Nepalese Art Rhie, M and Thurman, R. The Sacred Art of Tibet: Expanded Edition, London, 1996Zanabazar, G., The Eminent Mongolian Sculptor, Ulan Bator, 1982Vitali, R., Early Temples of Central Tibet, London, 1990Pal, P., Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure, Chicago, 2003Uhlig, H., On the Path to Enlightenment: The Berti Aschmann Foundation of Tibetan Art at the Museum Reitberg, Zurich, 1995Weldon, D and Singer J C., The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet: Buddhist Art in the Nyingjei Lam Collection, London, 1999Pal, P., Art of Nepal, LACMA, 1985Pal, P., Art of the Himalayas, New York, 1991Lo Bue, E., Wonders of Lo: The Artistic Heritage of Mustang, Marg, Mumbai, 2010Pal, P., Lamaist Art: The Aesthetic of Harmony, BostonKramrisch, S., Art of Nepal, ViennaKlimburg-Salter, D., Discovering Tibet: The Tucci Expeditions and Tibetan Paintings, Milan, 2016Hackin, J., La Sculpture Indienne et Tibetaine au Musee Guimet, Paris, 1931Pal, P., Vaisnava Iconology in Nepal, Kolkata, 1985Arts of Asia, March-April 2016 Asian ArtNoriko, T., The Beauty of Imperfection, Japanese Ceramics from the collection of Hans and Anita Roth, Japan, 2016 

Two detached Bihari Qur'an bifolios,Central India, 15th/16th century,Arabic manuscript on paper, possibly part of Juz' XXX, 11ll. of Bihari script in black ink to the page, red and blue dotted gold lobed verse marker, one bifolio with blue, red, orange and green lobed drop-shaped marker with hanging and rising palmettes, one bifolio with polychrome heading, sura an-Naziat (النَّازعَات), marginal annotations in black and red ink, catchword in black ink to bottom left,  in red and blue rules, trimmed, water stainedfolios 33 x 26.4cm.

A drawing of Krishna and the gopis, possibly designs for hookah bases ; a folio from a manuscript on horses ; and two illustrations to a Kashmiri Shahnamhe (4)( VAT on the Hammer Price)

Medicine Manuscript notebook of Robert Wiltshire Evans, surgeon, c.1795-1805 4to (20 x 15.5cm), contemporary tan sheep-backed marbled boards, approximately 300 pp., including passages on the reproductive organs, conception, pregnancy, and childbirth (approx. 70 pp. in total), an extensive pharmacopeia, 'Extracts from Mr Home's lecture, 1805' on numerous subjects including fractures, dropsy, hernias, ‘strictures in the urethra’, etc., ‘Mr Moor on the Teeth’, ‘Thomas upon the operations’, and profuse additional notes on the amputation of the penis, inflammation of the cornea, diseases of the nose and ear, gonorrhoea, etc., binding rubbed, wear to foot of spine, a little loss to marbled paper on boards, a few leaves evidently removed From the library of the late Robert Bogdan (1950-2023), of Boghead of Torries and Dykehead of Avochie, Aberdeenshire, geography master at Charterhouse and sometime chairman of the Scottish Castles Association.SALEROOM NOTICE 17/06/2024. The description of this lot has changed: it was previously attributed to Robert Wiltshire Evans, Royal Navy surgeon but is now attributed to Robert Wiltshire Evans, surgeon

Shepard, E. H. (illustrator) Playtime and Company A Book for Children. Verses by E. V. Lucas. Pictures by E. H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1925. First edition, signed limited issue, one of 100 numbered copies printed on handmade paper and signed by E.H. Shepard and E. V. Lucas on the limitation page, 4to, 95 pp., original light blue quarter cloth, purple paper boards, printed label to front board, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, frontispiece and illustrations throughout the text by E. H. Shepard, with the dust jacket. Customary browning to free endpapers, dust jacket unevenly sunned and with a few faint marks;idem. The Golden Age. By Kenneth Grahame. With Illustrations and Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1928. Signed limited edition, one of 275 numbered copies printed on rag paper and signed by Kenneth Grahame and E. H. Shepard on the limitation page, 8vo, 166 pp., original japon-backed marbled boards, frontispiece and illustrations throughout by E. H. Shepard, glassine dust jacket, slipcase with printed label containing manuscript limitation as issued. Several leaves unopened, dust jacket toned and with a few shallow chips;and a later edition of When We Were Very Young (3)

Jacobite history Collection of works Home, John. The History of the Rebellion in the Year 1745. London: by A. Strahan, for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802. First edition, 4to, xx, 394 [2], contemporary half calf, rebacked, engraved folding map, portrait plate, 3 battle plans, errata leaf to rear; Henderson, Andrew. The Life of William Augustus Duke of Cumberland. London: for J. Ridley [and others], 1766. First edition, 8vo, [viii] 398 [2] pp., contemporary boards, rebacked, edges untrimmed; MacAllester, Oliver. A Series of Letters, discovering the Scheme projected by France, in MDCCLIX. For an Intended Invasion upon England with Flat-Bottom'd Boats … To which are prefixed, the Secret Adventures of the Young Pretender. London: for the author, 1767. First edition, 2 volumes in 1, 4to, contemporary calf, rebacked, v 263, [2] 268 pp., extremities worn, closed marginal tear to volume 2 sig. 2K1, contemporary manuscript fragment ('the humble petition of […] aged 55 years totaley blind […]' addressed to the archbishop of York sometime taped to rear pastedown (now detached), lacking rear free endpaper; Roxburghe Club. The Gowrie Conspiracy. Confessions of George Sprot. London: printed for private circulation [i.e. the Roxburghe Club], 1902. First edition, 4to, original quarter skiver, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, bookplate of J. R. Abbey; Bannatyne Club. Memoirs touching the Revolution Scotland, M.DC.LXXXVIII.-M.DC.XV. By Colin Earl of Balcarres. Edinburgh: for the Bannatyne Club, 1641. First edition, 4to, original boards; [1715 Jacobite Rebellion]. New Letters of 1715-16. Edited by A. Francis Steuart, Advocate. Printed from Original Papers in the Possession of C. E. S. Chambers, Edinburgh. London: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1910. First edition, 4to, original cloth, blind-stamped ‘presentation copy’ on title-page, front free endpaper inscribed ‘This book was given to Margaret Viscountess Strathallan by Andrew Lang when staying at Cowden where he had been reading and reviewing it, 4-7-10'; Rose, D. Murray (editor). Prince Charlie's Friends or Jacobite Indictments. Aberdeen: printed for private circulation, 1896. First edition, one of 50 copies only, 4to, contemporary quarter roan, bookplates (Colonel James Allardyce of Culquoich, and Colonel William Johnston, Army Medical Staff), joints cracking; Graeme, Louisa G. Or and Sable: A Book of the Graemes and Grahames. Edinburgh: William Brown, 1903. First edition, one of 295 copies, 4to, original yellow cloth, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, frontispiece, spotting to edges and outer leaves; and 20+ others similar (approximately 30)

Livingstone, David (1813-1873) Autograph letter signed to abolitionist Mary Anne Rawson [London,] 56 Albemarle St, 7th December 1857. Single bifolium (18.2 x 11cm), written on 3 sides, declining an invitation (presumably to Rawson's seat of Wincobank Hall, Sheffield), recipient identified in a separate hand. Together with 2 small pieces of wood (3.5 x 5cm and 1.5 x 6cm) both with old manuscript labels identifying them as being from the tree 'under which was buried the heart of Dr Livingstone' at Chitambo in 1873, one piece pasted to a 20th-century annotated card mount containing two leaves affixed via card ribbons, the mount connected to an envelope with 19th-century manuscript docket 'Leaves from the tree under which Livingstone's heart was buried, given by the Rev R. Stewart Wright', the envelope containing two further leaves By descent from the recipient to David R. Wilson (1926-2020), bookseller and ornithologist (obituary: British Birds, vol. 113, issue 9, pp 560–⁠561). R. Stewart Wright (1858-1932) was an Edinburgh-born missionary with the London Missionary Society in Africa.

India Records of the Survey of India [A broken run]. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing [-Dehra Dun: Office of the Trigonometrical Survey], India, 1913-24. Comprising volumes: 2; 3; 4 (Explorations on the North-East Frontier during 1911-12-13); 5 (Reports of the Survey Parties for 1912-13); 6 (Completion of the Link connecting the Triangulations of India and Russia, 1913); 7; 8 part 1 (Exploration in Tibet and Neighbouring Regions 1865-1879); 8 part 2 (Exploration in Tibet and Neighbouring Regions 1879-1892); 9; 10; 12 (Notes on Surveys of Indian Maps and the Modern Development of Indian Cartography); 14; 15; 16; 18. In total 15 volumes, folio, original cloth-backed printed boards, numerous lithographic maps (many folding) and photographic plates (halftone and photogravure), ex Manchester Central Library with bookplates, labels and cancellation ink-stamps to endpapers, ink-stamps to maps (chiefly to versos) and text, collation slips to rear, manuscript shelfmark labels to spines (15)

Qur'an Illuminated manuscript Qur'an copied by 'Abd al-Rahman Tawfiq, Ottoman Empire, c.1825-50 Arabic manuscript in black ink on polished laid paper, 300 ff., leaf dimensions 17.1 x 11.2cm, naskh script, 15 lines to the page, elaborate illuminated opening bifolium, each page of remaining text within red and gold frame, sura-headings in white thuluth on gold ground, gold roundel aya-markings and rubricated recitation markings throughout, contemporary dark red leather binding with envelope-flap and gilt filigree panels, variable soiling, several leaves including opening bifolium loose with concomitant rumpling and nicks to margins, with a laid-in contemporary calligraphic panel in Arabic reading ‘khayrukum man ta’allama al-Qur'an wa ‘alimahu’ ('the best of you is he who has learned and known the Qur'an', a well-known hadith of the Prophet Muhammad)

Baskerville, John (printer) The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New, with the Apocrypha. Translated out of the Original Tongues, with Annotations. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1769-71. Folio (39.2 x 24cm), unpaginated, signatures pi1 [A]-13K2 (-13K2, cancelled), contemporary dark blue-green morocco gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, 7 engraved plates including frontispiece, New Testament with separate dated title-page (register continuous), manuscript genealogy of the Gresley family of Lichfield to initial blank, general title-page browned and with blank verso adhering to blank recto of contents leaf, small hole in 10Q1 affecting one word either side;Together with 2 others including a Book of Common Prayer, Oxford, 1787, 8vo, contemporary red morocco gilt (3) First Baskerville edition of the Bible printed in Birmingham (he had previously produced editions at Cambridge while printer to the university).

Cleland, Elizabeth A New and Easy Method of Cookery Treating I. Of Gravies, Soups, Broths, etc. II. Of Fish, and their Sauces. III. To Pot and Make Hams, Etc. Iv. Of Pies, Pasties, etc. V. Of Pickling and Preserving. Vi. Of Made Wines, Distilling and Brewing, etc. Edinburgh: for the author by W. Gordon, C. Wright, S. Willison and J. Bruce: and sold at her house in the Luckenbooths, 1755. First edition, 8vo, [12] 204 pp., contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, contemporary ownership inscription ‘Janet Miller Novbr 15 1774’ to front free endpaper, later inscription ('Janet Miller was for years house keeper at Dr Erskine's & died in the house') below, Janet Miller's ownership inscription repeated on title-page, laid-in manuscript note addressed to Mrs Erskine containing a receipt for pease pudding, binding worn and soiled, leather on spine largely perished, contents toned, occasional light spotting and soiling, marginal damp-staining to title-page and contents leaves, more extensive damp-staining to final gathering From the library of the late Robert Bogdan (1950-2023), of Boghead of Torries and Dykehead of Avochie, Aberdeenshire, geography master at Charterhouse and sometime chairman of the Scottish Castles Association. Very rare: no other copy traced in auction records. The author appears to have run a cookery school in Edinburgh, the work being described on the title-page as ‘chiefly intended for the benefit of the young ladies who attend her school’. A third edition appeared in 1770.

Bibles and religious books 16th to early 18th century [Bible, 1597] 4to in sixes, contemporary calf, all leaves up to Genesis 45:2 supplied in manuscript, very worn;The Bible. London: Robert Barker, 1608 [New Testament dated 1610]. 8vo, contemporary calf spine, covers recovered with red paper;Weemes, John, of Lathocker. The Workes… London: M. Dawson for John Bellamie, 1636. 8vo, three parts in one volume, contemporary calf, spine peeling;The Psalmes of David in Meeter… Edinburgh: Printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson, 1713. 4to, incomplete; Sold not subject to return (4)

Daniell, William - and Richard Ayton A Voyage Round Great Britain, undertaken in the summer of the year 1813 and Commencing from the Land's-End, Cornwall, by Richard Ayton. with A Series of Views, Illustrative of the Character and Prominent Features of the Coast, drawn and engraved by William Daniell. London: Longman, Hurst Rees, Orme and Brown, and William Daniell, 1814-1825. Text and plate volumes [8 text volumes bound in two; plates loose in two marbled quarter calf boxes], text volumes with titles to each volume, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spines with raised bands in 5 compartments, prelims foxed, some browning to volume iv, extremities rubbed; 308 hand-coloured aquatints, each 26 x 37cm, by and after William Daniell, numbered in manuscript, loose in two marbled quarter calf boxes, labels to spines, without uncoloured stipple-engraving of "Kemaes Head, Pembrokeshire" found in some copies, first plate burnt at upper right corner (hardly affecting image), some foxing and offsetting, boxes worn [Abbey, Scenery, 16; Tooley 177] (4)

Philosophy manuscript 'Theses Logicae ... Ontologicae ... Pneumatologicae', Scotland, early 18th century 4to (20 x 15cm), contemporary calf, [50] pp., in Latin, in several different hands, under 3 headings ('Theses Logicae' etc.), respectively comprising 81, 68 and 40 articles numbered with roman numerals, incipit ‘Cum logica se ducem profiteatur ad veritatis cognitionem …', bound with approx. [120] pp. manuscript notes in various hands including prayers, ‘Doctor Meads receipt for the bite of a mad dog’, and rents for estates including Kirktoun of Kilbryde, Southannan, Hunterstone, etc. mainly dated 1730s-40s, ownership inscriptions including David Bigger dated 1719 and ‘Ex libris Springi Macky in Aca. Glasg. 19mo die Augusti 1717’ (see note), binding worn, 2 terminal leaves (including both ownership inscriptions) loose Spring Macky, sometime owner of this manuscript, was the son of John Macky (d.1726), a Scottish-born spy in the service of William III and Anne who helped expose multiple Jacobite plots including the planned invasion from La Hogue in 1692, the attempted assassination of William III in 1696, and James Stuart's invasion of Scotland in 1708. Spring was the publisher of his father's autobiography, Memoirs of the Secret Services of John Macky, which appeared in 1733. 

Blackwood, Adam Opera Omnia Paris: Sébastien Cramoisy et Gabriel Cramoisy, 1644. 4to, [40] 735 [19] pp., contemporary limp vellum French manuscript waste binding, engraved vignette to title-page, engraved portrait, recent manuscript title added to front cover in purple ink, tears to front pastedown and free endpaper, faint damp-staining title-page, variable light damp-staining to margins thereafter First edition of the collected words of the Scottish civil lawyer and Roman Catholic polemicist, who served as rector of the University of Paris, and on the grounds of his loyalty to Mary, Queen of Scots attacked George Buchanan's arguments for the right of subjects to depose unsatisfactory monarchs. 'His contribution to the development of the theory of absolute monarchy can be seen as part of a Scottish Catholic rejection of Buchanan's interpretation of Scottish history, and in his foreshadowing of the “divine right of kings” an influence on events to come. His contemporary importance in this respect is shown by Gabriel Naudé's publication of his complete works in French and Latin in Paris in 1644, together with a eulogy and an engraving by Picart' (ODNB).

Heinrich Vogtherr (1490-1556), Sebald Beham (1500-1550), and Jost Amman (1539-1591) Sammelband of artist's pattern books, Germany, 16th century 4 works in 1 volume, 4to (16.5 x 12.5cm), early-18th-century British binding of calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, top compartment with heraldic crest of Clan Swinton (boar statant chained to a tree), second and third with contrasting red and green labels (titled ‘Beham’s Draughts' and dated 1538), engraved 18th-century bookplate to front pastedown, 20th-century bookplate of Robert and Helen Kime to front free endpaper (largely earlier ownership inscription ending ‘Laing’). Contents comprise: 1. Vogtherr, Heinrich. Ein Frembds und wunderbars kunstbüchlin allen Molern, Bildshnitzern, Goldschmiden, Steinmetzen, Schreinern, Platnern, Waffen un Messerschmiden hochnutzlich zu[m] gebrauchen, Der gleich vor nie keins gesehen, oder inn den Truck kommen ist. Strassburg: Heinrich Vogtherr, 1538. A-G4, 27 ff., lacking D1, illustrated with twin woodcut medallion portraits of Heinrich Vogtherr the Elder and Younger on title page, 108 woodcut bust studies of men and women wearing various kinds of headgear, and some 600 further woodcut studies of hands, feet, helmets, body armour, weaponry, shields, moulded column capitals and bases, and candelabra. Moderate soiling, closely trimmed along fore edge frequently cropping text and images, small chip to head of A2-3, A3 with closed tear, A4 with shallow chips to lower margin, C1 and C3 possibly transposed, G4 (final leaf) torn with loss. [VD 16 V 2179; not in Adams].Second edition (first published in 1537) of what is commonly described as the first printed model-book for artists, a highly influential work which was reprinted several times into the 17th century, the rarity of surviving copies attesting to their heavy usage, with four copies traced in auction records in the last 100 years, including one of the 1538 edition, the remaining copies from later editions. In his preface, Vogtherr, himself a committed evangelical, presents the work as an attempt to preserve traditional artistic knowledge and craft practices among his German compatriots against the threat posed presumably by the iconoclastic tendencies of the Reformation. ‘Vogtherr probably trained with Hans Burgkmair in Augsburg. After working from c.1522 in Wimpfen, he moved to Strasbourg towards the end of 1525, where he worked as a painter and where he became a citizen in 1526. From 1536 he ran a printing business in Strasbourg, publishing medical works which he probably wrote himself, and a ’Kunstbüchlein' in 1537, a pattern book with designs for painters and decorative artists, to which his son Heinrich Vogtherr, who became a master in 1541, also contributed' (British Museum, online).[Bound after:]2. Beham, Sebald. Dises buchlein zeyget an und lernet ein maß oder proporcion der Ross nutzlich iungen gesellen malern und goltschmide[n]. Nuremberg: [Friedrich Peypus], 1528. A-E4 (-E4, blank or cancelled), 19 ff., lacking E2 (f. 18) and E4, illustrated with 14 woodcut and typographic diagrams depicting in stages the drawing of a horse, decorative woodcut initials. Closely trimmed along fore-edge frequently cropping text and images, damp-staining and general soiling, E3 torn with loss and misbound between D4 and E1.[Bartrum, German Renaissance Prints 1490-1550, 94; VD16 B 14873; not in Adams].First edition, a very rare piracy of a series of sketches on proportion by Albrecht Dürer, preceding their authorised publication in Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion later the same year. An accusation of plagiarism was brought by Dürer's widow Agnes and Nuremberg's city council ‘ordered Beham … not to publish any further copies of the treatise and not to sell those copies already printed’ (Smith, Nuremberg: A Renaissance City 1500-1683, 1983, 95). Beham appears to have fled the city as a result, moving first to Ingolstadt before settling in Frankfurt. Two copies traced in auction records (2018, in Germany, with 17 leaves only, and a complete copy at Sotheby's in 1933).[And before:]3. Beham, Sebald. [Kunst und Lehrbüchlin Malen und Reissen zu lernen, nach rechter Proportion, Maß und außtheilung dess Circkels. Angehenden Malern und Kunst-baren Werckleuten dienlich]. [?Frankfurt: Christian Egelnoffs Erben, 1582 or 1584]. 9 leaves only (of 27), i.e. A4 B-C4, woodcuts in text (mainly head studies and related diagrams), A1 torn with loss, B4 chipped at foot, cropping in fore margins.[Possibly VD16 B1480/1, running heads reading ‘Kunst und Lehr Büchlin', matching the orthography of the title in this edition, other editions reading ‘Kunst und Lere …’].First published in 1546.[And:]4. [Amman, Jost]. [Kunstbüchlin. Darinnen neben Furbildung vieler Geistlicher unnd Weltlicher Hohes und Niderstands Personen so dann auch der Turckischen Kayser]. [Frankfurt: durch Romanum Beatum, in Verlegung Johann Feyerabend, 1599]. 102 leaves only (of 152: extant leaves comprise 2 of 4 introductory text-leaves including title-page, and 100 leaves each with woodcut either side, i.e. 200 woodcuts in total), damp-staining and soiling, several chips and tears, one leaf (2D1?) largely torn away, 2L2-3 each with loss of upper third, contemporary and later manuscript captions in German and English;Often described as the most complete edition of Jost Amman's important pattern book for artists, first published in 1578 as Kunst und Lehrbüchlein, but expanded to such an extent as to be in effect a new work, complete copies having over 290 woodcuts, as opposed to 102 in the 1578 edition [Adams A969].

Scottish binding The Holy Bible Edinburgh: Adrian Watkins, 1754. 8vo (19 x 11.5cm), A-3R8, contemporary red-brown morocco, spine gilt with dotted saltires and interstitial floral tools, covers richly gilt with outer frame of stylised zig-zag tools enclosing central motif of a column of 8 floral roundels with projecting lobes comprising fleurons within dotted semicircles, and an intermediate band of heart motifs with hatched infill, the whole on a ground of floral tools and a semé of massed dots, bookplate (John McSymon), manuscript genealogies to endpapers and blanks, free endpaper removed, small tear to R3 affecting side-note verso;Together with 20 others, English literature, finely bound, 18th-20th century, including Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1902 (12mo, contemporary dark blue crushed morocco by Ramage, spine, covers and turn-ins elaborately gilt, white silk doublures spotted), Novum Testamentum Graece, Glasgow, Hutchison & Brookman, 1829 (12mo, contemporary maroon morocco); and similar (34)