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Moffet (Thomas) Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum, first edition, title with woodcut of a skep bee-hive surrounded by other insects (soiled, torn and defective at outer edge with slight loss to woodcuts and border, repaired and supplied in facsimile), woodcut of skep repeated at end of preliminaries (small rust-hole but not affecting image), numerous woodcut illustrations in text, old pen, ink & watercolour drawing of caterpillar with manuscript note to R2, rather soiled and stained particularly towards end, 2 final leaves of woodcuts severely stained and shaved or frayed at edges (repaired), tear to D5 repaired, a few other rust-spots, contemporary calf, rubbed and stained, rebacked, corners repaired, new endpapers, [British Bee Books 25; Hagen 553.1; Lisney 4; Nissen ZBI 2852; STC 17993a], folio, Thomas Cotes...[and] William Hope, 1634; sold not subject to return⁂ The first book on insects published in England. Moffet was educated at Cambridge and Basel, where he obtained a degree in medicine, travelled widely in Europe before establishing a practice in Ipswich and London and serving as physician to Queen Elizabeth's forces in Normandy in 1591. The first edition has three variant imprints.It used to be said that the author's daughter, Patience, who was raised surrounded by insects and spiders, was the origin of Miss Muffet in the nursery rhyme, but this is now regarded as unlikely.

Plinius Secundus (Gaius) The Historie of the World: commonly called, The Natural Historie..., translated by Philemon Holland, 2 vol. in 1, second edition, titles with woodcut device, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, lacking initial & final blanks but with final advertisement leaf, vol.1 with title defective affecting device and with loss of imprint (laid down), b4, L6, X4 & Ff5 all trimmed close at fore-margin shaving final letter of lines and C3 & 4 with slips in contemporary ink manuscript pasted over part of text, a little water-stained, worming to vol.2 affecting a few side-notes, contemporary ink signature "W.Stebbing" to front pastedown, modern bookplate of Barrie Macey, contemporary calf, rubbed, resewn and rebacked preserving old spine, [STC 20030], folio, by Adam Islip, 1634; sold not subject to return

[Lightfoot (John)] [Sale Catalogue] A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, Deceased..., catalogue numbered "757" in manuscript at foot of title (smudged), engraved frontispiece by Grignion after Burney, the first 13½ days with prices and occasionally buyers' names in manuscript (ink or pencil), foxed, title soiled, short tear to inner margin of title and preliminaries (some repaired), with 4pp. advertisement for Edward Donovan's newly-opened London Museum, and Institute of Natural History of 1807/8 loosely inserted, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 4to, Skinner and Co., 1786.⁂ Scarce auction catalogue of the extraordinary collection assembled by the Duchess of Portland, the richest woman in Britain at the time, whose intention according to the introduction was "to have had every unknown species described and published to the world". It consisted mostly of natural history specimens and curiosities, particularly conchology, and included specimens brought back by Capt. Cook from the South Seas. The sale, which amounted to over 4000 lots and lasted for 38 days, was catalogued by Rev. John Lightfoot, the Duchess's librarian and curator of the collection. Loosely inserted is an offprint by S.P.Dance concerning the authorship and nomenclature of the specimens. The penultimate lot on day 38 was the famous cameo glass "Portland Vase" which was bought for £1029 by the Duchess's son, the 3rd Duke of Portland, who then lent it to Josiah Wedgwood to execute copies in black and white jasperware. The 6th Duke later tried to sell it at Christie's in 1929 but it failed to sell, and finally the British Museum bought it in 1945.

Maton (William George) & Rev. Thomas Rackett. A Descriptive Catalogue of the British Testacea, extract from 'Linnaean Transactions' vol.VIII pp.17-250, 6 hand-coloured engraved plates, text lightly browned with stain to lower edge of some leaves, some offsetting to plates, [1804] bound after Jeffreys (J.G.) A Synopsis of the Testaceous Pneumonobranchous Mollusca of Great Britain... [&] Supplement, together 2 extracts from 'Linnaean Transactions' vol.XVI pp.323-392 & 505-523, [1830-33], bound with 3 other papers on malacology by Jenyns, Lea and Porro together in 1 vol., with manuscript note "Ex libris S.Hanley given to me by W.J.Winkle. A.S.Kennard" to front free endpaper, some other plates, 19th century half calf, a little rubbed; and with another paper by Revett Sheppard on the shells of Suffolk, 4to (2)⁂ Collection of malacological papers with an important provenance: Alfred Santer Kennard (1870-1948), malacologist, palaeontologist and malaco-historian; William James Wintle (1861-1934), journalist and malacologist. Both were particularly interested in British freshwater molluscs.

Moquin-Tandon (Alfred) Histoire Naturelle des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles de France, 3 vol. including plate vol., 54 engraved plates, all but one hand-coloured or partly so, a few heightened with gum arabic, lithographed portrait of the author loosely inserted (foxed), contemporary half morocco, spines gilt, g.e., spines slightly faded, Paris, 1855 § Draparnaud (J.-P.-R.) Histoire Naturelle des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles de la France, half-title, 13 lithographed plates, errata leaf at end, contemporary half calf, Paris, [1805] § Michaud (A.-L.-G.) Complément de l'Histoire Naturelle des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles de la France, de J.P.R.Draparnaud, half-title, 3 lithographed plates, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rebacked preserving old spine, Verdun, 1831 § Dupuy (Abbé D.) Histoire Naturelle des Mollusques Terrestres et d'Eau Douce qui vivent en France, 2 vol., 31 lithographed plates, a couple of manuscript sheets of notes & drawings loosely inserted, ex-library copy with a few old ink stamps, contemporary half vellum, Auch & Paris, 1847-52, some foxing, all a little rubbed; and 15 others on molluscs, most French, 4to & 8vo (22)

Geology & Palaeontology.- Hawker (Rev. Peter) A Catalogue of Extraneous Fossils...Minerals, &c....at Woodchester Rectory, Glocestershire, only edition, half-title, errata slip, with tipped-in sheet from Gentleman's Magazine March 1806 containing report of a fossil skeleton "of an animal similar to a crocodile" found at Duddridge Glos., original wrappers, Stroud, F.Vigurs, 1817 § Scafe (John) King Coal's Levee, or Geological Etiquette...and the Council of Metals, second edition, light water-staining to inner margin of first few leaves, modern wrappers, uncut, 1819 § Smith (James) Researches in Newer Pliocene and Post-Tertiary Geology, first edition, 4 tinted lithographed plates, illustrations, 4pp. advertisements at end, occasional spotting, original cloth, spine faded, lower joint split, Glasgow, 1862, a little rubbed; and 8 others on geology including Kerney's manuscript journal entitled "Record of Excursions and Fieldwork" of 1950-51, v.s. (11)⁂ The first is rare with Library Hub recording only 3 copies (BL, University of Cambridge, and Natural History Museum).

Butler (Arthur G.) and others. A Collection of sixty-three papers on African Lepidoptera, title in manuscript ink ink to front endpaper, followed manuscript contents list in ink over following 9ff., plates with hand-colouring, some ff. with portions excised and laid down to sheets (start or end of paper), some ff. with foxing or spots, affecting a couple of plates, contemporary half morocco, 8vo, 1871-1904.⁂ In addition to Arthur G. Butler, the other papers are by W.L. Distant, F.D. Godman, Herbert Druce, Roland Trimen and Miss E.M. Sharpe with a broad coverage across the continent.

Geology.- King (William) & T. H. Rowney. 'On the Geological Age and Microscopic Structure of the Serpentine Marble or Ophite of Skye' from a reading to the Royal Irish Academy, January 14 1871, 22pp., plate; 'On Eozoon Candense' from the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, July 12, 1869, signed by the author to title head, Dublin, 1871, 48pp., 4 coloured plates, 1870 § Brady (George Stewardson), David Robertson & H. B. Brady. 'The Ostracoda and Foraminifera of Tidal Rivers' in Annals and Magazine of Natural History, July 1870, signed by H. B. Brady to title head, 70pp., 9 plates; together with a sammelband of other material including other offprints, 2 A.L.s from King, geological plates, and 2pp. manuscript index at end, endpapers browned, bound together in original boards, 8vo.

Birds.- Seebohm (Henry) The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriidæ, or the Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes and their Allies., first edition, first issue with 'Slender-Billed Dotterel' as frontispiece, 21 hand-coloured lithographed plates after J.G.Keulemans, wood-engraved illustrations by J.G.Millais and others, some manuscript annotations in pencil, pages toned, some light spotting, hinges weak, edges toned and uncut, new endpapers, contemporary morocco, slightly bumped at extremities and rubbed on covers, rebacked, retaining original spine, [Anker 455; Fine Bird Books p.141; Nissen IVB 850], 4to, [1887-88].⁂ Containing 21 impressive, bright plates after John Gerrard Keulemans, "the major bird book illustrator for 30 years at the end of the 19th century" (Jackson, Dictionary of Bird Artists of the World), depicting birds from Africa, South America, New Zealand, and Madagascar.

Bees.- Butler (Rev. Charles) The Feminine Monarchie: or the Historie of Bees, second edition, variant with 6 leaves and no blanks in signature A, lacking woodcut frontispiece (old photographic facsimile loosely inserted), with typographic ornaments, woodcut initials and illustrations, 4pp. with musical notation, lacking final blank, title with contemporary ink inscription at head and lightly soiled & stained (small repair to lower outer corner), marginal tear to A2 & C4, small paper flaw hole to O1 with loss of a couple of letters, a few rust spots, light water-staining to lower margin towards end, bookplate of William Fuller Maitland of Stansted Hall, uncut in old vellum-backed marbled boards, spine titled in manuscript, rubbed, small 4to, [British Bee Books 18; Hagen 110.1; STC 4193; Walker Catalogue p.11], by John Haviland for Roger Jackson, 1623.⁂ "This is the greatest early British bee book and contains the best account of skep beekeeping which is available today". (British Bee Books). It is the first edition to contain both the woodcut frontispiece (not present in this copy) and the 4-part madrigal which was an attempt to capture the piping of the queen at swarming time. The Walker catalogue calls it "the most readable Edn.".William Fuller Maitland (1844-1932), art collector, MP, and cricketer.

Bees.- Hartlib (Samuel) The Reformed Common-Wealth of Bees, part 1 only (of 2, without part 2: 'The Reformed Virginian Silk-Worm'), first edition, 2 woodcut illustrations (one full-page) and one full-page engraved illustration, title soiled and browned (laid down), a few spots, small paper flaw hole to first line of E1 with loss of a couple of letters, H2 trimmed at outer margin (no loss to text), engraved armorial bookplate, modern cloth, old manuscript label to upper cover, [British Bee Books 33; Hagen 347.2; Kress Lib., 925; Sabin 30701; Wing H997], small 4to, for Giles Calvert, 1655.

Bees.- Kirby (William) Monographia apum Angliae, 2 vol., first edition, 18 engraved plates, 4 hand-coloured, some manuscript annotations in ink & pencil to plate descriptions at end of vol.2, H.Malcolm Fraser's copy with his ink signature and acquisition note "bought of B.B.K.A. [British Beekeepers' Association] for 7/6 6th May 1938" to front free endpaper, plate 15 stained at inner edge affecting one figure of plate, some light offsetting, ex-Reading University library copy with withdrawal stamp to verso of title, contemporary diced calf, gilt, vol.1 with advertisement for the work printed on blue paper bound in, a little rubbed, rebacked with gilt spines and black morocco labels, corners repaired, [British Bee Books 165; Hagen 415.7; Nissen ZBI 2188], 8vo, Ipswich, for the author by J.Raw, 1802.⁂ Dr. H.Malcom Fraser (1874-1970), schoolmaster and beekeeper who formed an extensive library of books on bees, and gifted his collection of books and papers to the University of Reading.

Bees.- Purchas (Samuel) A Theatre of Politicall Flying-Insects. Wherein Especially the Nature, the Worth, the Work, the Wonder, and the manner of Right-ordering of the Bee, is Discovered and Described, 2 parts in 1, first edition, titles within typographical borders, woodcut initials, errata leaf c2 misbound before c1, without longitudinal half-title but with 3pp. advertisements at end of part 1 and blank leaf following title to part 2, Penelope Jephson's copy with her contemporary ink inscription "Penelope Jephson her Booke 1666" to front free endpaper facing title, title lightly soiled and stained, some worming (mostly at beginning affecting lower border of title & a few catchwords, and a few letters towards end), Rr1 & 2 torn and repaired at lower outer corner, contemporary sheep ruled in blind, a little worn and marked, rebacked with red morocco label, corners repaired, [British Bee Books 35; Hagen 55.2; Wing P4224], small 4to, by R[obert] I[bbitson] for Thomas Parkhurst, 1657.⁂ A good copy of this work by the son of the author of Purchas his Pilgrimes, with an interesting contemporary provenance.Penelope Jephson (1646-1725), daughter of Maj. Gen. William Jephson (1609-1658), M.P. for Stockbridge and a substantial landowner in Mallow, County Cork. She married Simon Patrick, a prebend of Westminster and later bishop of Ely, in 1675. The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC owns a manuscript receipt book of cookery and medical recipes complied by Jephson between 1671 and 1675. Recipe 64 is for honeyed gingerbread similar to modern Anglo-American treacle/molasses gingerbread.

THREE GEORGIAN CHILDREN'S MANUSCRIPT SCHOOL BOOKS 'Richd. Beale, His Summing Book May 9, 1759'; another 'Circulating Decimals, 1820, and another from 1825 (3)

An Islamic manuscript sheet, 19th century and an Indian erotic painting. Frame sizes 34.5 x 24.5cm and 32.5 x 23.5cm. (2)

Two photocopy manuscripts of F. O. Miksche's final work, 'Das Ende der Gegenwart', or 'The End of the Present', a political study of modern Europe c1990. The work was published in Munich, and this manuscript was produced for the French publication: however, the work was not well received by French publishers and was never printed. (2)Ferdinand Otto Miksche was a Lt Colonel in the French Amy and the holder of the French Legion D'honneur. Born in Austria he became and Officer in the Czech Army and in 1945 the Czech Military attache in Paris. He spent time in England with De Gaulle at the time of establishing the Free French Forces. He returned to France with De Gaulle and became a French citizen and the Lt Colonel on the Foreign Legion. Miksche spent 8 years in Portugal in the 1950s and received their highest honour (Order of the Portuguese Empire) for his work teaching in the Military academy in Caxias. In later years he was a frequent  guest on German TV and became a liason attache to Strauss and the Bavarian Government.

A large 18th Century manuscript indenture / deeds on vellum relating to the rental / purchase of a premises for brewing in Abingdon (then Berkshire). Highly detailed hand written manuscript in calligraphic letters with wax seal stamp to the bottom. Folded. Measures approx 83x75cm in two parts.Anthony Claxson was the Master Brewer who was renting property from Edward Wolston/Mary Wolston on 17th Oct 1728 in Abingdon . He must have been connected to the Morland Brewery in Abingdon which was started by John Morland in 1711. John Morland proceeded to buy up other breweries during his life time and expand the business. Abingdon became a hub for brewing beer. In 1860 Morland bought Abbey Brewery and Eagle Brewery and changed their name to United Brewery. In 1944 the Brewery changed its name back to Moreland brewery. The main brewery was in Ock Street Abingdon. Moreland became a huge company with 100's of pubs and hotels throughout the UK. In 2000 Green King bought out Moreland and eventually the Ock St brewery was sold for redevelopment and is now flats...

An early Victorian Order of the Garter Seal presentation box with manuscript bestowing the honour to Charles Chetwynd, Earl Talbot K.G (1777-1849) signed HM Queen Victoria in red to upper right section, dated 1844 with accompanying letter to Lord Talbot from Sir Robert Peel dated May 17 1844., the leather box with tooled decoration and lettering EARL TALBOT K.G., the box 31 x 26cm Further details: damage to box to back section (af) 

Spain.- Inquisition, Royal Council orders the inquisitors at Murcia to absolve the local alcade mayor of the crime of which they have found him guilty, and to lift the excommunication of several others, and 2 other supporting documents, manuscript in Spanish, together 10¼pp., folds, browned, edges chipped, folio, no place & Murcia, 1575 & 1577; and a small quantity of others, mostly photographs of various mineral specimens, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).

NO RESERVE Canal and Railways.- Yorkshire.- Fowler & Son (Surveyors) Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation, Plan No.1 and Plan No. 2, 2 lithographed maps with manuscript additions and alterations indicating changes to the canals, various sizes, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into purple covers, gilt titles to upper covers, very worn, 4to, 1895; together with a group of others, most relating to the navigation of Sheffield and South Yorkshire, including volumes of Parliamentary Acts, Speeches, Minutes &tc, v.s. (Sm. qty.)

Lord Byron.- [Lamb (Lady Caroline)] Glenarvon, 3 vol., second edition, without half-titles, 2 engraved plates of music in vol. 2, bookplates of Sir Thomas Hesketh and Easton Neston Library, vol. 1 front endpaper with key to roman à clef in contemporary ink manuscript, plates lightly browned, occasional light foxing, 19th century blind-tooled polished calf, lightly rubbed, a few chips to spine ends, 8vo, 1816.

NO RESERVE Mining.- Wardle (W.) Reference Book of Practical & Scientific Information for the Use of Colliery Managers...Written with a View to Assist Candidates in Passing their Examinations, first edition, folding plates and illustrations, ink ownership inscription of Wallace Thorneycroft to front pastedown, dated 1886, interleaved throughout, with frequent manuscript notes and the occasional diagram to blank leaves, text with occasional ink correction or marginalia, title lightly browned and with a couple abrasion marks to upper margin, first text f. working loose, light spotting to peripheral ff., hinges cracked but holding, contemporary half morocco, rebacked, with majority of original back-strip laid down, worn at extremities, rubbed, 8vo, 1880.⁂ Wallace Thorneycroft (1864-1954), coal-mine owner and President of the Institute of Mining Engineers.

Strabo. Strabonis Geographicorum Lib. XVII, title within woodcut architectural border, with manuscript shelfmark in ink, woodcut decorations and initials, rear endpaper verso with later ink stamp in imitation of printer's device, lacking final blank (2B6), light browning, damp-staining and spotting, later vellum-backed boards, light wear to extremities, [VD16 S 9347], folio, Basel, Johann Walder, 1539.

Heliodorus, of Emesa Les Amours de Theagene et Chariclee: Histoire Ethiopique d'Heliodore, second edition, engraved title, trimmed at top edge, 52 engraved illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription to early blanks, occasional underlining, early blank detached and loosely inserted, several short marginal tears, one or two into text, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, title in manuscript to upper cover, joints split with old tape repairs, but holding firm, rubbed, Paris, Samuel Thiboust, 1626 § Owtram (William) De Sacrificiis Libri duo...Omnia Judaeorum, nonnulla Gentium Profanarum Sacrificia; altero Sacrificium Christi, first edition, text in Latin and Hebrew, title in red and black, errata f. at end, 2T1 with tear just touching text, some spotting or foxing, contemporary calf, cracked joints, boards becoming loose, loss to edges, rubbed and worn, T. Rycroft for R. Chiswell, 1677; and others, v.s. (22)

Numismatics.- Vaillant (Jean) Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum Praestantiora, 2 vol. in 1, engraved illustrations of coins, Index at *1-4 bound after preliminaries, some foxing or light browning, occasional soiling, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments and with red morocco label, rubbed, a few chips to spine head and label, joints split at head and foot but holding firm, Paris, Joannis Jombert, 1692 § Cléry (M.) A Journal of Occurences at The Temple, During the Confinement of Louis XVI, King of France, translated by R. C. Dallas, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates (including facsimile of manuscript text at end), variant without list of subscribers and with 'Reference to plans' on p.256, lacking half-title, 19th century ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, some toning, the odd spot or mark, later half roan over marbled boards, rubbed, Printed by Baylis...and Sold by the Author, 1798; and others, 17th and 18th century, v.s. (14)

NO RESERVE Book of Hours.- Single leaf from the Calendar of a Book of Hours, for the month of July, manuscript on vellum, 18-lines recto and verso, in brown and red inks, decorative initial heightened in gilt, some staining and light browning, small hole to blank lower margin, 152 x 115mm., [15th century]; and 5 others, 4 15th century manuscript leaves (2 of which portions only), and a leaf from the Nuremberg Chronicle containing a portion of a large woodcut of Krakow (this showing Kazimierz), v.s. (6)

Anti-Jacobite.- Anne (Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1665-1714).- Address to George Earl of Northampton Custos Rotulorum of Tower Hamlets and area, "That since Papists and Non-Jurors were so Insolent as... to support the Pretenders Claim to Her Majesties Royal Crown... to put the Laws in Execution... by taking... horses and Armes and Confining them to their usual habitations..., D.s. "Buckingham P", "Shrewsbury", "Dartmouth" and 2 others, manuscript, 4½pp., last f. tear with small loss not affecting text, tears along folds, slightly browned, folds, folio, 1714; and another, a manuscript bill, v.s., v.d. (2).

Legal.- Churchill (Samuel, "Bound Clerk to Mr. Greenwood 11th January 1763, for 5 ys.") Collection of transcripts of leases, mortgages etc, c.430pp. excluding blanks, first c.20pp. loose and chipped at extremities, some light soiling, upper hinge weak but holding, original vellum, "SC 1763" to upper cover and "precedents" to spine in contemporary ink manuscript, worn, loss to spine ends, folio, 1763.

NO RESERVE Juvenilia.- Hanson (William) [Lessons], manuscript poems, title and 25pp., reverse entries, numerous ink corrections, slightly browned, later ink ownership of John M. Morgan of Neath, original marbled wrappers, spine with tears, sm. 4to, 1786 & 1811.

Liverpool Merchant.- Rathbone (William, merchant and ship owner, 1726-89) An account of the last illness & some expressions of William Rathbone of Liverpool who departed this life of the 11th of the 8th month 1789 [& a small group of related material], manuscript, 9pp., folds, browned, folio, [c. 1789]; and a small quantity of other miscellaneous letters (including 4 letters from Benjamin Flower (1755-1829), political writer) and 2 accounts concerning fever epidemics in America, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).

England to India.- [Mouat (Barbara, sister of Cordelia Campbell, wife of Frederick Campbell)] [Voyage from Madeia to Calcutta on the ship Warren Hastings, 1 July - 1 December 1811], manuscript, 29pp., folds, browned, disbound with contemporary stitching, final leaf verso docketed blan), old clear tape repairs to spine, folio, 1811.⁂ A contemporary copy in the hand of Frederick Campbell (1779-1816) of the 42nd Highlanders, husband of Cordelia Mouat (1788-1921), for whom the journal was intended, Trevor Hall, New Llangollen, Denbighshire, "I promised you my much loved Cordelia that I would keep a journal and from this day I will begin and try to give you as exact an account of all that passes as I possibly can, what your fond Barbara relates may serve to amuse you sweet girl and with that idea she study to recollect all that happens tho' I am afraid the my Delia's' patience will be exhausted long before she reaches the end of her Barbara's journal."

Lincolnshire.- [Commonplace book with tables of Tithe Rent Charges in the Stow, Normanby, Bransby, Sturton region], manuscript, 458pp., on thick paper, a few ff. with a single crease, some slight browning, original reverse calf, red morocco label on spine, rubbed, folio, variously dated 1819-60.⁂ Subjects, include: history of England (Thomas Becket, Henry III, Bishop Ridley, Anne Boleyn, Thomas Cromwell, battle of Naseby, Prince Rupert, Battle of Waterloo, Lord Nelson etc.); history of Axholme, copies of Acts relating to Charles I and Cornelius Vermuyden's draining of the Isle of Axholme; "An Account of the Dutch that Cornelius Vermuyden Imployed in the Draining of Hatfield Chase..." (on the border of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire); tables of Tithe Rent Charges relating to Normanby, Bransby, Sturton, Stow (Stow Park); Prebendary of Corringham; drainage at Epworth 1776; Owston [Ferry]; tables of archdeacons of England from the Clergy List etc.

NO RESERVE Canada.- [Todd (Ellen)] A Canadian Winter Sketch, manuscript, 8pp., slightly browned, extracted from an album, disbound, 4to, [Toronto], [c. 1840].⁂ "Strange, most strange to English eyes is the scene presented to our view by the Canadian winter... . The merry dancing of the blue waves of old Ontario... is exchanged to the calm and unbroken expanse of the ice-fields, spread like a pall over the late playful waters; the naked branches of the forest trees like shivering plantations of the summer woods in the cold air... ."

Fabric.- Beraud (Jean) Théorie de Fabrique, title, name "Jean Beraud" marked with blue ink, pp.(4)+title+271+(44)+8+(10), text in French manuscript, printed table at p.2, fabric samples, some offset, pages toned, marbled endpapers, original green quarter calf over cloth boards, gilt title "Cours de Théorie" to spine, rubbed at extremities, spine wearing loose, folio, [Lyon], 1870.⁂ Treatise on fabric production and patterns, containing over 200 fabric samples and 300 images and diagrams, as well as an introductory chapter defining numerous technical terms.

Fabric.- Guyer (Hans) Zürcherische Seidenwebschule Zürich. Kurs 1930/31. Bindungslehre und Dekomposition, printed title-page, ff.135 in German manuscript, numerous fabric samples, some spotting, patterned endpapers, contemporary half morocco and cloth folder with hole punch binding, slightly rubbed at extremities, with title gilt to upper cover, edges toned, folio, Zurich, 1930/31.⁂ Displaying over 130 fabric examples, with numerous images and diagrams, this text is a transcript of a course taught at the Zurich Silk-Weaving School, established in 1881. This work contains samples and diagrams of the thread run, called 'patronenpapier', of fabrics including Pongé navy, Honan imprimé, Shantung écru, Marceline, Taffetas, Sicilienne blanc, Bengaline rayé, Mogadors barré, Poult de Soie, Georgette, Moire musique, Crêpe de Chine, Crêpe satin, Ratzimir, Surah, Serge anvers, Pekin moiré, satin Duchesse, gabardine, atlas, plush and gauze, and would have been used to program weaving looms, forming the basis of modern digital programming.

Africa.- Mozambique.- Viegas (Dionizio Manuel, Colonel) Map or diagram shows the complement of military personnel in the fort of São Sebastião on the Island of Mozambique and in the nearby fort of São Lourenço, manuscript map signed by Viegas, part of stub in left margin torn away, central fold, slightly browned, 212 x 180mm., 20th August 1746.

[Willison (John)] A Fair and Impartial Testimony, essayed in name of a number of Minister, Elders and Christian People of the Church of Scotland ..., list of subscribers at end, scattered faint spotting, I4 with tear into text, contemporary calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, Glasgow, 1765 § Shaw (Joseph) Parish Law: or, a Guide to Justices of the Peace, Minister, Churchwardens, Overseers of the Poor ... and all Others concern'd in Parish Business, worming to title and first few leaves, advertisements at end, previous owner's manuscript notes to front pastedown and final free endpaper verso, contemporary calf, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Savoy, by Henry Lintot, 1750; and 5 pamphlets, similar, 8vo (7)

NO RESERVE 18 century blank paper.- Volume of 109 sheets of thick blank paper, ruled in red in left margins, each sheet 295 x 235mm., 8ff. at beginning in manuscript copies of letters of Lord Torrington, Earl of Bradford bookplate on front pastedown, original patterned calf, rubbed, corners bumped, upper cover detached, spine worn, fleur-de- lys watermarks, folio, 1787.

Freedom of the Press.- Speeches (at length) of the Honourable T. Erskine, & S. Kyd esq (The) ... on the Trial of T. Williams for publishing Paine's Age of Reason ..., second edition, corrected, one or two faint spots, advertisements at end, disbound, [1797] § Erskine (Thomas) The Resolutions of the First Meeting of the Friends to the Liberty of Press ..., disbound, 1793 § Proceedings of the Friends to the Liberty of the Press, 1793 § Proceedings of the Friends to the Liberty of the Press ..., disbound, 1793 § Hobhouse (Benjamin) Three Letters, presentation copy from author with additional manuscript note to A8 verso, one or two spots, disbound, [?1792]; 8vo (4)

NO RESERVE [More (Hannah)] Cœlebs in Search of a Wife. Comprehending Observations on Domestic Habits and Manners, Religion and Morals, two volumes, pages toned and slightly spotted, edges spotted, manuscript annotations in pencil to endpapers, remains of plastic stickers to front and rear pastedown, original mottled calf, with black morocco labels to spines, slightly rubbed, 1808.

Montgomery (James) Greenland, and other poems, half-title, scattered spotting, ex-Book Society with label filled in manuscript to front pastedown, original drab boards, split to upper joint but holding firm, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1819 § Felton (Henry) A Dissertation on Reading the Classics, and forming a Just Style ..., advertisement at end, scattered faint spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf, cracked hinges, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, for Jonah Bowyer, 1715 § Ashton (John) A Righte Merrie Christmasse!!!, frontispiece, ex-library with ink-stamp to title verso, previous owner's notes to final pastedown, bookplate, contemporary half-calf, rebacked and recornered, a little rubbed, [1864] § Elis (Clement) Rest for the Heavy-Laden, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps throughout, small tissue repairs to title and final leaf, modern cloth, by J. Fuller and S. Neale, 1756; and others, v.s. (c.115)

Byroniana.- Bedford (John Harman) Wanderings of Childe Harolde. a romance of real life, 3 vol., first edition, vol. 2 & 3 with half-titles, each with early blank trimmed at head, scattered spotting, ex-Nottingham Public Libraries with blind-stamp to titles, contemporary drab boards, rebacked, blind-stamp to upper covers, titles in manuscript to spine, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1825.⁂ A biographical novel, based on the career of Byron.

NO RESERVE William Barnes.- [Baxter (Lucy)] "Leader Scott", The Life of William Barnes Poet and Philologist, first edition, two photographic frontispieces, with letters from Barnes' daughters tipped-in, spotted, bookplate, title, first few pages and last few pages spotted, pages toned, original boards, bumped, 1887; and 11 others by or relating to William Barnes, v.s. (12)⁂ "The Life of William Barnes" containing several manuscript letters written by Barnes' daughters, from the library of Anne Powell, many volumes with her notes and insertions.

NO RESERVE First World War.- Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first edition, some manuscript annotations, light spotting to edges, original blue cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, toned and rubbed with tape repairs, 1930 § Owen (Wilfred) Collected Letters, edited by Harold Owen and John Bell, photographic frontispiece and plates, library stamp to title and some pages, original cloth, slightly bumped, dust-jacket, rubbed, 1967; and c.420 others relating to the First World War, v.s. (c.425)⁂ From the library of Anne Powell, many volumes with her notes and insertions, and including a number of volumes relating to the First World War written by Powell.

NO RESERVE Hay (Alfred) On Impulsive Rushes and Inductive Circuits, presentation copy from author with inscription to upper cover, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, original printed paper wrappers, a little rubbed, [1894]; The Charging of a Condenser, presentation copy from author with inscription to first ff., diagrams, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, contemporary paper wrappers, title in manuscript to upper cover, library labels to spine foot, [1895]; and 2 others on geology, 8vo (4)

Medicine.- Piquer (Andrés) Medicina Vetus, et Nova, third edition, some light browning and scattered spotting, Y4 with small contemporary ink marginalia, upper hinge breaking but just holding, Madrid, Joaquín Ibarra, 1758; Archiatri Praxis Medica, vol. 1 only (of 2), first edition, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, front pastedown and endpaper with ink inscriptions and a few abrasion marks, occasional light damp-staining, mostly marginal, some cracking at gutter, hinges weak, upper cover with vertical tear to head, Madrid, Joaquín Ibarra, 1764, titles with woodcut device, contemporary vellum, ink manuscript titles to spines, rubbed and soiled, ties later and 1 lacking; and others, antiquarian, including a 1767 edition of Manilius' Astronomicon, and a defective 1651 Historia Judaica, 8vo & 4to (c.27)⁂ Andrés Piquer (1711-1772) Spanish physician and philosopher who served as doctor to Kings Ferdinand VI and Charles III of Spain. The second mentioned consists of 2 parts in 1 volume; a second volume containing a final part was published in 1766.

Birds.- Gould (John) Humming-Birds. Ten Lithoraphs coloured by hand, "centenary edition", one of only 350 copies, 10 lithographed plates, hand-coloured by D. Peterson, manuscript calligraphic text by A. Hutchison, original green morocco-backed cloth, spine with tiny nick to head, slipcase, folio, [c.1970].

NO RESERVE ***Please note, the description to this lot has changed.***Whaling.- Skin of a whale with manuscript note, caught by Capt. Smith, off Sandy Hook, N.Y., 63 x 23 mm., manuscript note in ink describing the catch, 1842.

Middle East.- The Kuwaiti, 8 copies (nos. 1122; 1124; 1128; 1130; 1131; 1133; 1136; 1138), Sabri Samaan Shammas (ed.), illustrations and diagrams, some manuscript inscriptions, original pictorial wrappers, very slightly rubbed, Kuwait, Kuwait Oil Company, 1970 § The Kuwaiti Digest, 3 copies (7:4, 8:4, 8:3), colour illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, a few manuscript inscriptions in ink, Kuwait, Kuwait Oil Company, 1970-1980; and 4 other periodicals relating to Kuwait, 4to (15)

World.- Gobat (Rev. Samuel) Journal d'un Séjour en Abyssinie, pendant les Années 1830, 1831 et 1832, half title, with manuscript note in ink "Voyage en Abyssinie S. Gobat" pasted, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map, stamp on title of the "Sté de l'Histoire du Protestantisme Français S.H 3006", pages toned and slightly spotted in places, marbled endpapers and edges, "HW" sticker to front pastedown, original calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, slightly rubbed, Paris and Geneva, 1834 § W.S. Mayo, Kaloolah, or Journeyings to the Djébel el Kumri. An Autobiography of Jonathan Romer, frontispiece, plates, "[1849]" in pencil to title, some spotting, pages 25-28 torn at upper corner, not affecting text, patterned endpapers, original pictorial cloth, slightly stained and bumped, spine sunned, [1849]; and 9 others relating to travel, v.s. (11)

Military.- Barbuda (Coello de) Empresas militares de Lusitanos, title and small woodcut typographic ornament within woodcut typographic border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, errata f., without f.102 (as often), supplied in good facsimile and ?18th century manuscript (loosely inserted), title with diagonal 20th century ink inscription and small repaired hole, just touching ornament, occasional mostly marginal worming (some repaired), occasionally affecting the odd letter, 2N3 marginal loss, marginal repairs, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, 20th century panelled vellum, gilt, spine in compartments richly so and with double leather labels, [Borba de Moraes (1983) I, 76; Innocêncio V, 280 & XVI, 9; Maggs Spanish Books 245; Palha 2767; Palau 56169; Welsh 1552], 8vo, Lisbon, Pedro Craesbeeck, 1624. ⁂ Rare work on the military achievements of Portugal, which includes discoveries in America. The author explains in his dedicatory preface to the Archbishop of Braga that despite his love for his native land he wrote the work in Spanish, so that his country's achievements would gain a wider audience.

Mining.- Assaying.- Fagoaga (Francisco de ) Tablas de las cuentas del valor liquido de la plata del diezmo, title within woodcut typographic border, woodcut arms to head of dedication, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, mostly marginal staining / water-staining, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary manuscript used as rear endpapers, new front endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, [Medina 5582; Palau 86281], 8vo, Mexico City, Joseph Jaúregui, 1773.⁂ Rare in commerce. 'if any one family could lay claim to the leadership of the Mexican silver-mining industry it was the Fagoagas. For three generations...they participated in many of the industry's greatest enterprises' (D.A. Brading, Miners and merchants in Bourbon Mexico, 1763-1810).

VARIOUS BOOKS a box of books & booklets, incl. a manuscript book of recipes, cures for ailments etc. written by Maria Dayzell, 1830, a disbnd. & incomplete but with engrvd. plts. folio Book of Martyrs plus books on local interest, Chartism. etc.

Wilde, Oscar: (1854-1900) writer, an original signed letter, to 'Cook' [believed Edward Tyas Cook (1857-1919), a journalist who worked at the Pall Mall Gazette, and later founder of the Westminster Gazette in 1893], 7 pages, undated and on 'Castle Hotel, Windsor' headed paper, reading 'My Dear Cook, I was very much pleased with the article. it was exceedingly fair and the whole tone of it right. And I must thank you for upholding your services. I think however that the rule about inverted commas is a little strict. For instance: in Roden Noel's book there occurs this amazing sentence. "I know not any artist of note, unless it be Edgar Poe, Bulver[?], Lytton, Disraeli, Mr Alfred Austin whom we may affiliate on Byron"!!! I quote it as follows... 'that Edgar Poe, Disraeli and Mr Alfred Austin are "artists of note whom we may affiliate on Byron". I have removed the inverted commas in my proof - but I think they might have stood. I have done Skipsey and two other posts for you - you will have the M.S. [manuscript] on Monday. I return to town tomorrow morning. Have you any more books for me? I suppose Henry James' last novel is being done? Very sincerely yours, Oscar Wilde.' The letter is likely to date from early 1877 - Wilde had submitted a review of Joseph Skipsey's 'Carols from the Coal Fields' to the Pall Mall Gazette at this time.From the estate of the late Peter Farley, https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/nov/17/peter-farley-obituaryPages loose, Browning and finger marks to edges, especially the first.

A silk embroidered wedding dress, early 19th century, embroidered with foliate designs with a ruched necklineneckline to hem - 126cm, sleeve to sleeve - 124cm Originally conceived in 1825, the present lot was first used by Anna Eliza Davies (circa 1795 - circa 1881) during her wedding ceremony to Thomas Lewis-Lloyd of Nantgwyllt (1799-1870). Retained within the family, the dress was later gifted to Davies’ granddaughter, Louisa Lewis-Lloyd of Nantgwyllt, Radnorshire and Bloomfield, Narberth, Pembrokeshire (1867-1952). In the 1950s, the dress was bequeathed to Lewis-Lloyd’s great neice who later adapted the dress. In a manuscript note, the alterations are described thusly: “I converted the train into an evening dress to wear at the Spanish Embassy in Dublin, while staying with Lady Dunsany, co Meath. I was careful not to cut the train and the velvet band, zips and darts can all be carefully undone and the train replaced. I had to do this as end of war and no coupons for dress [sic].” Selvedge to selvedge of bottom of jacket- 178cmAcross the back of the jacket - 28.5cmSleeve length - 45cmDress straps front to back - 31cmNeckline of dress to hem - 128cmA number of small holes to both jacket and dress, some light staining to the armpit of the jacket and a number of small old repairs. The dress with some fraying to hem, some patch repairs, the velvet trim with loose stitches to the reverse, possibly having an adjusted hemline.Jacket: the length comprising four panels, exterior panels approx 38cm and 37.5cm selvedge to selvedge and the central panels each 50cmDress: comprising four panels measuring 49cm, 50cm x 50cm x 28cm (bisected by zip)

Full title: Imam Muhammad al-Jazuli (c. 1404-1465): Dala'il al-Khayrat, luxurious manuscript in large format in leather folder, 20th C.Description:Dim.: 103 x 77 cm (each double page)Dim.: 77,5 x 54 cm (the closed folder)Copied after the handwriting ofProfessor Al-Hafiz Othman, this luxurious manuscript is executed in elegant black Naskh script.The writing is heightened with fine floral combinations and arrangements as well as gilt divisions.It includes distinctive detailed illustrations of Makkah and Madinah, the books of the names of God Almighty and the names of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).The whole is mounted in a decorated lacquered leather folder.

Full title: Muhyi al-Din al-Lari (d. 1526): Kitab Futuh Al-Haramayn, luxurious manuscript in large format in leather folder, 20th C.Description:Dim.: 106 x 75 cm (each double page)Dim.: 76 x 55,5 cm (the closed folder) A renowned guide to the historic, geographic and religious places in and around Mecca and Medina, this Persian manuscript on paper is written at an unusually large size in black Nasta'liq script, in two columns and polychromy. The manuscript contains many illustrations decorated with gold, ink and watercolour paint. It includes detailed pictures of the Kaaba, indicating the areas designated for worship. The whole is mounted in a decorated lacquered leather folder.

Full title: Two pages from an illuminated manuscript, possibly a Book of Hours, probably Flemish, 16th C.Description:Dim.: 34 x 23 cm (the frame)Dim.: 15,5 x 10,5 cm (each work)

Full title: A Flemish armorial manuscript on parchment and a second one, dated 1587 and bearing a seal, 16th C.Description:Dim.: 58,5 x 30,5 cm (the largest)Dim.: 42 x 30,5 cm (the smallest)Dia.: 5 cm (the seal)

Two folios from a Jain manuscript, India, 19th century, 10 x 6.5 cm and 12 x 6cm; each framed and glazed (2)