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Unusual collection of Mourning covers, GB and World all identified and listed alphabetically and numerically, plates identified plus pre stamp covers, manuscript cancels, penny post etc (qty)

An 18 carat gold seal ring with intaglio coat-of-arms matrix, relating to the zinc cased Masonic manuscript for Michael Szeparowicz, a member of a Royal Vienna mansion, 19th century.

A pair of Betty Joel single bed ends, the makers manuscript glazed tablet inscribed and dated 1929.

Cookery. A manuscript recipe book circa 1830s and later, small 4to, with 180pp recipes (one dated 1837), and 24pp in a late 19th century hand, a few insertions, general use or time staining, worn cloth binding; COLE (Mrs Mary) The Lady's Complete Guide or Cookery in all its Branches, London: for G Kearsley 1788, 8vo, title inner margin repaired with some loss to text, other leaves working loose, corners rubbed, some creases and marks, spine split at p224, in need of rebinding (2)

A MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL JOURNAL, circa 1866-67, 258pp, roan 8vo, of a Continental tour by Mrs Bromilow of Hansfinch House, near St Helens, Lancashire, travelling with her family. They engage a valet and maid in London before they depart, and stay at expensive hotels abroad. She describes the places they visit and people they meet, consult doctors about his constant health problems; in Rome Mr Bromilow sits for his bust by Benzoni, the journal finishes at Munich

[GROSE (Francis)] A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, first edition, London: for S Hooper 1785, 8vo, numerous marginal manuscript notes, half calf, rubbed

HOBART (Sir Henry) The Reports, Resolved and Adjudged by Himselfe and others..., London: by the Assignes of John Moore 1641, 4to, some neat contemporary annotation and correction, with manuscript alphabetical table (index) added at end, some top corners turned, in worn binding lacking back strip; SALMON A New Abridgment and Critical Review of the State Trials and Impeachments for High Treason from the Reign of King Richard II, London: 1738, folio, light staining, worn binding; BACON A New Abridgment of the Law, second edition, 5 volumes, folio, 1762-66, worn calf (7)

Manuscript copy of the Koran, brown calf, some worming and two scrolls of The Hebrew Scriptures. 3 items.

J Myddleton (flourished 1794-1803) James Balfour of Pilrig (1705-1795) Watercolour (oval). Signed and dated under the image: J. Myddleton Delt. 1794, 16x13cm Balfour was studying in Leiden in 1729. In opposition to what he regarded as the 'mechanical' philosophy of Kames and Hume, he became Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh in 1754. He was not regarded as a very good teacher and in 1764 he was elevated to the chair of the Law of Nature and Nations so that Adam Ferguson could take his place. He died in Pilrig House. A long manuscript quotation about him from Sir Harry Moncrieff's Life of Dr Erskine is attached to the back. Apart from this watercolour, the only other record of the artist is as a miniature painter and 'honorary exhibitor' at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1803

Horus Apollo Nilialus De hieroglyphicis notis, a Bernardino Trebatio Vicentino latinitate donatus. Paris: Robert Estienne, 1530, 8vo. ff. 28 (iv), printeres falling branch device on title, 19th century quarter vellum, marbled boards, corners worn, faint contemporary 12 line manuscript annotations on verso of last leaf, small stain to upper margin of first few leaves Note: The only ancient work that has come down to us on the interpretation of hieroglyphs, first printed in 1505 by Aldus in his collection of Greek fables, and in the translation of Trabatio in 1515. The work was supposedly written in Egyptian by Horapollo and later translated to Greek. Its style, which seems to resemble more that of Elien and his fantastical stories, than of anything relating to ancient Egypt, led to it being discredited of having any true historical value. However Champollion, after his studies on the Rosetta stone, re-examined this work and felt that it had more to do with the symbolic images found on Egyptian monuments than hieroglyphs themselves thus concluding that the only thing intrinsically wrong with the book was its title. Thorndike VI, BM STC C16 Fr. p. 230. Adams H 848. Renouard 34 : 13.. This edition not in Caillet. Provenance: Stamp of H.G. Doggett on fly, Elizabeth Armstronges printed ex-libris on first pastedown.

Illuminated Book of Hours, North-East France, use of Cambrai late fifteenth century, comprising Calendar in French, including SS. Medart, Landelin, Vedast, Geri (Gaugeri), Bishop of Cambrai and Nicasie (14 December, in red), Prayers, including ÔO temeratae , and Sequences of the Gospels and Hours of the Holy Ghost; Hours of the Cross. Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary, penitential psalms and litany, hymns and prayers inclduing the seven words from the Cross and Ôles vioyes nostre damee, suffrages of the saints, including Gaugeric, Office of the dead, five half-page miniatures depicting the Crucifixion, Pentecost, the Annunciation, David in Prayer and the raising of Lazarus, all beautifully executed and extended to full-page by ornate borders, illuminated initials and borders throughout with generous use of gold, 14.2 x 9.5cm, 158 leaves, eighteenth century red morocco gilt, covers with ornate gilt leaf and flower design, spines gilt in compartments, gilt dentelles, g.e., green morocco slipcase Note: A very attractive late 15th century Book of Hours, Use of Cambrai in a fine eighteenth century binding. The manuscript was evidently written for a woman, the prayers "O intemerata" and "Deprecor te domina" both having the feminine form "percatrici". Provenance: Denys Franois du Rieu, 16 February 1686, purchase inscription on verso of final leaf.

India-Archenholtz, Johann W. von Leanglais aux Indes deaprs Orme. Lausanne: J. Mourer, Hignou, 1791, 3 volumes, 12mo, original wrappers, uncut, yellow paper backstrips with manuscript titles

Picerli, Silverio. Specchio secondo di musica, nel quale ... Canto figurato, e fermo. Naples: Matteo Nucci 1631. First edition, 4to. pp. (viii) 196 (viii), frontispiece engraving of Apollo (?) added, printeres dragon woodcut device within red-printed Cardinales hat on titlepage, musical scores throughout, contemporary limp vellum gilt, stamped in gilt on coves with eight hedgehogs within ornate oval frame, gilt border with one hedgehog at each corner, lower outer margin of D2-E4 slightly chipped, tears to two leaves [no loss], light lamp-oil stain to one gathering, occasional early manuscript annotations, a few leaves unopened Note: Second song manual written by Fr. Picerli and dedicated to Cardinal Boncompagno, Archbishop of Naples. The year before, Fr. Picerli had presented Cardinal Boncompagno with the first ÔSpecchio di musicae. A third one was expected to be published soon, as the Apostolic censor noted in his imprimatur on verso of titlepage, but no copy has been located. Fr. Silverio Picerli was a C16 Italian music theorist, a theologian and a Franciscan friar. He was successively Superior of the monastries of S. Maria Maddalena and of S. Chiara, in Naples. The depiction of hedgehogs (Ôriccie in Italian), on the binding, implies that the first owner belonged to an Italian family with this surname, perhaps the ÔRiccie family of musicians from Naples. BM STC It. C17 II p. 683. ÔLibrary of Congress. Catalogue of Early Books on Musice p. 209.

Stencilled colour printing-Griffie, E. et Chaffary, P. Livre contenant des antiennes pour tierces des divers tems de leannee, des messes de solemnites, des Benedicamus [&c.]. Ville-moustausson, 1802, large folio (47.5 x 31cm.), one leaf, title-page and text stencilled in red, blue, black and gold, numerous two-line initials in colour, many with coloured borders, musical staves ruled in MS, panelled mottled calf, rubbed, corners soft, some margins thumbed, a little light soiling Note: Stencils were used, in the Low Countries and the South of France, for printing service-books in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. These were usually produced for a single church of abbey, in limited numbers, requiring minimal mechanisation, in the scriptorium. The implication of the title of this work however is that it was intended for wider publication but at the same time it is intended to resemble a manuscript. The title has capitals in red and blue in two sizes with three typographic ornaments in red. The first chant, for Jan. 1st, has eight lines of MS stave with stencilled text and music and two four-line initials in red with red & blue ornamental borders. As the work proceeds different borders appear and yellow is added to the intitials. The contents follow the churches year, but there is also a Messe Republicaine, Messe Imperiale and the work finishes with Lame[n]tationes Jeremiae. No copy has been traced.

Burns, Robert Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect. Edinburgh: for the author, 1787, 8vo, second (first Edinburgh) edition, with "Boxburgh" on p. xxxvii and "stinking" on p. 263, engraved portrait frontispiece, half-title, list of subscribers, nineteenth century blue morocco gilt, g.e., with autographed phrase "for ae that" on slip of paper pasted in at head of frontispiece, foot of frontispiece and title with manuscript notes in ink relating to Burnse life, spine slightly rubbed

Cobden, Richard 69 autograph letters and notes signed to W.S. Lindsay, with interleaved notes by Lindsay, relating to the best way of preserving health, many discussing the failure of "the Safety [Life Assurance Co.]", the principle of limited partnerships "legislators & theorists overrate the extent to which the actual possession of capital affords a guarantee to the creditor", the death of his son, investments in the Illinois Central Railway Co., "the discovery of that correspondence by Walker has enabled him to appeal to the people of the U.S. for assistance against England", his wifees need for emotional support "there is something in the atmosphere of a clergymanes family which harmonises with the feeling of invalids", digestion and alcohol, international maritime law "why should a manes property be given up to pillage at sea when it would be held inviolate on land ?", Palmerston "now we have a prime minister who although he pretends to have a liberal policy for exportation is as avowedly an anti-reformer in home politics as any Tory", Brightes health, suggesting Lindsay pass a motion for a copy of Mr Marcyes letter to the French government, referring to the governmentes failure to accept the American offer which "gives the Senate a loophole for withdrawing Marcyes offer", garrulousness of British politicians "listening for two and a half hours to Disraeli... a man can say all that he ought at one Ôstandinge in one hour. The Sermon on the Mount may be read in 20 minutes. The Lordes Prayer takes one minute to repeat", instructions to Mr Lindsay "what you have to do is to ask for information respecting the actual state of negotiations affecting our maritime rights in case of war", the state of the country "I forsee very great financial & commercial difficulties ahead... we must raise loan after loan to make up enormous deficits in our Asiatic empire", Indian government "no one who knows our governing class as well as he [Bright] can ever have a lively hope that Palmerston, Vernon Smith & Co. will manage the affairs of Hindustan better than Hogg & Co.", with 15 letters from Michel Chevalier to Lindsay, three from Lord Clarence Paget, Secretary to the Admiralty, to Lindsay, three A.L.S. from W.E. Gladstone, referring to meetings, 1861; nine A.L.S. from Earl Cowley, British Ambassador to France, to Lindsay, 2 A.L.S. from Mrs Cobden, 1866, and several from Mr. E Hammond and Mr Layard, and manuscript copies of several other letters, some letters merely short notes, the longest 6 pages, mounted on guards, some with integral blank pasted onto album leaf, most with the guard pasted on top of the letter obscuring some of the text, some detached from guard with slight loss of text, some frayed, a few holed or torn, some adhesions affecting text, glue from guards occasionally affecting text, old half morocco, worn, hinges split Note: Although no supporter of Palmerston the Prime Minister had invited Cobden to join his ministry in 1859 as president of the Board of Trade. Cobden declined but worked consistently for a commercial treaty with France in the belief that increased international trade was essential if war between Britain and France was to be avoided. After Cobdenes meeting with the French emperor in October 1859, Eugne Rouher drew up a commercial plan with sixty pages of favourable arguments. The treaty, signed in 1860 and sometimes referred to as the Cobden-Chevalier treaty, reduced the tariff on a number of goods, and caused Anglo-French trade to boom in the 1860es. William Schaw Lindsay, (1816Ð77), Liberal M.P., Tynemouth and North Shields, 1854Ð9; M.P. for Sunderland, 1859Ð65.

Cumbernauld, Glasgow Manuscript journal of a teacher at Cumbernauld, 8vo, November 1801 - October 1802, c. 124 pages, 8vo, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed, internally clean Note: Journal of day to day meetings with local churchmen and schoolteachers in Slamannan and Cumbernauld, the authores reading, and gloomy thoughts "a few years more at most will launch me into an endless eternity"

Gidon, Louis Autograph letter signed, to an unknown correspondent about the journey from Petit Goave to Cartagena, Cartagena, 22 November 1735, single sheet folded with 2 pages of text, the second leaf blank (220 x 170mm.), slight foxing, trace of former guard, later pagination at head of first page in red ink ; Richter, Hans Collection of manuscript and typescript documents concerning probability theory and kardioide (6)

Scottish legal manusripts A collection of 4 bags of 19th Century Scottish legal manuscripts, typescript and manuscript, mainly estate and conveyancing material. Sold not subject to return (4)

Scottish legal manuscripts A further collection of 4 bags of 19th Century Scottish legal manuscripts, typescript and manuscript, mainly estate and conveyancing material. Sold not subject to return (4)

Scottish legal manuscripts A further collection of 4 bags of 19th Century Scottish legal manuscripts, typescript and manuscript, mainly estate and conveyancing material. Sold not subject to return (4)

Scottish legal manuscripts A further collection of 4 bags of 19th Century Scottish legal manuscripts, typescript and manuscript, mainly estate and conveyancing material. Sold not subject to return (4)

Wine, French manuscript Manuscript in French on paper announcing the establishment by Charles IV, King of France, of new tax on wine. Folio [no place, ?Paris], 22 September 1565, manuscript in ink on 18 pages, 3 blank leaves, unbound, stitched, folding marks and browning or slight staining, last leaf only with small holes along central fold; and a small group of French autograph letters and documents Note: Following the meeting of the Estates-General at Pontoise where the disastrous state of the royal finances was revealed, the King decided to impose a new tax on all wine entering his kingdom by sea or land for six months. The amount of tax to be paid is detailed and should the tax be unpaid, the wine would be confiscated for the benefit of the crown.

Honololu and Japan 10 albumen prints by Davey photo, with captions in the negatives, Punchbowl, statue, beach, Kapiolani park, Iolani palace, volcano, surf riding, government building, banyan tree &c.; Shin-e-do, Photographic Depot, Kobe, Japan 24 albumen prints of Japan, most with faded hand-colouring, a few with Shin-e-do stamp on verso, most with captions in the negatives, all 26 x 20cm, rolled up, some slightly frayed, c.10 of Japan with manuscript caption on the verso showing through

Arabic MS of the late 17th century (dated 1679-80), comprising seven short theological texts. 182 leaves (including some intervening blanks), 20.5 by 14 cm, the main body of the text written in one hand in a cramped naskh script, with extensive marginal notes written in other hands, parts of the text underscored in red or black ink, probably written somewhere in the Ottoman Empire, some marginal water staining, 1 blank intervening leaf partly torn out, Ebru style binding of quarter calf, patterned paper boards, spine and edges worn Note: For a similar binding, see Sonmez. Ebru: Leart du papier marbre turc, p.45 (i) A theological commentary on the ÔAqaeid by Khayali. There is no evidence as to the actual date of composition. It appears to have been presented to Sultan Muhammad Khan. The marginal notes are usually signed by their authors. The manuscript appears to have been completed in c. 1090 AH.(ii) An anonymous text entitled Sharh al-eAquaeid al Adudiyya with a commentary by Muhammad ibn Saed al-Siddiqi. It appears to have been copied in 1090 AH.(iii) An anonymous thesis on logic and theology. (iv) A treatise on Ôlm al-bahth wael-munazara. The text is by Muhammad al-Samarqandi, but the author of the commentary is not identifiable. The manuscript is dated 1087 AH, but this probably refers to the date of composition.(v) An anonymous dissertation on ways of "investigation and disputation". The date of composition is not given.(vi) A commentary by Khayali on an earlier unidentifiable work. The work appears to have been composed in 959 AH and the copying completed in 1090 AH.(vii) An anonymous and undated commentary on the art of writing.

Pococke, Edward Specimen historiae arabum ... accessit Historia veterum arabum ex Abuel Feda: cura Antonii I. Sylvestri de Sacy; edidit Josephus White. Oxford: e Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1806. Second edition, 4to., engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved vignette on the titlepage, text in Arabic and Latin, with the corrigenda slip at the end, original quarter cloth, paper boards, printed paper label, edges uncut, edges with a little wear, upper inner joint splitting, offsetting from the portrait to the title, some light paper discolouration Note: Barker 35 Edward Pococke or Pocoke (1604-91) acquired his knowledge of oriental languages at Aleppo where he was chaplain to the Turkey Merchants from 1630-1636, He was appointed to the new chair of Arabic by Archbishop Laud in 1636 who also sent him again to the East in search of manuscript material. The Specimen, of which this is the second edition and which was originally published in 1650, is a series of essays attached to a thirteenth-century description of the Arabs. The extensive use of Arabic and some Hebrew types probably drew on the type purchased at Leyden for the University Press in 1637. See Baker The Oxford University Press and the spread of learning, p.11-13.

Reland, Adrian De spoliis Templi Hierosolymitani in Arcu Titiano Romae conspicius ... Utrechet: ex libraria Guilielmi Broedelet, 1696. Titlepage in red and black, with vignette, folding engraved plate of the Arch of Titus with 6 other engraved plates (of which 3 are folding), small tear at the inner edge of the engraving of the Arch (no loss). De nummis veterum hebraeorum qui ab inscriptarum literarum forma samartini appellantur ... accedit dissertatio De marmoribus arabacis puteolanis. Utrecht: prostant apud Gulielmum Broedelet, 1709. Engraved vignette on the titlepage, 10 engraved plates of coins and antiquities (including 2 folding), lacking A1 of the second part (possibly cancelled?) Enchirdion studiosi arabice conscriptum a Borhaneddino Alzernouchi, cum duplici versione latina, altera a Friderico Rostgaard ... altera Abrahami Ecchellensis ex Museo Rostgardiano edidit Hadrianus Relandus. Utrecht: apud Gulielmum Broedelet, 1709. Engraved vignette on the titlepage, text in facing pages of Arabic and Latin, pages of the Preface and other gatherings of the second version misbound, 3 works in one volume, 8vo., contemporary vellum, a little dusty; Note: Three works by the noted Dutch Hebraist and orientalist Adrian Reland (1676-1718) who succeeded to the chair of oriental languages at Utrecht in 1699. The first is an early study on the objects depicted in the Arch of Titus, in particular the Menorah; the second on Jewish coinage particularly those with Samaritan inscriptions, and the third is the first edition of Al-Zarnudjies popular Taelim al-mutaeallim tariq al-taeallum, an instruction for the sudent in the method of learning, composed originally c. 1200. The Arabic text was edited by F. Rostgaard from a version prepared by the orientalist Salamon Negri from a manuscript in the Bibliotheque Royale. The text is printed in unvocalised types with a Latin version opposite prepared by Rostgaard under the guidance of the Maronite scholar Josephus Banesis. The varying version of Abraham Ecchelensis is also included. Relandes two main works, the Antiqutiates sacrae veterum Hebraeorum and Palesrina ex monumentis veteribus illustrata long remained standard works on their subject. Koehler, Iohannes Bernhardus. Notae et emendationes in Theocritum: accedit Specimen emendationum in scriptores arabicos. Lubeck: apud Ion. Schmidt et Donatius, 1767. 8vo., original paper boards. [2] Provenance: Justus Olshausen, Gilbert Murray, & D.S. Margoliouth.

Sprigge, Joshua. Anglia rediviva; Englands recovery: being the history of the motions, actions, and successes of the army under the immediate conduct of His Excellency Sr. Thomas Fairfax, Kt. Captain-General of all the Parliaments forces in England. London, 1647, folio, frontispiece, folding table, eighteenth century manuscript notes tipped in, (lacking portrait and plate), [signature of William Chapple dated 1772 on title and John Bowring], nineteenth century half calf

Zero Godelaeum (Wilhelm) IN TITI LIVII PATAVINI HISTORIARUM AB URBE CONDITA LIBROSà, title vignette, bound-in with medieval manuscript, title detached, bookplate of Bridgewater Library, library label on inner front board, contemporary calf, ornately blind-stamped, a few small worm holes to binding, original ties lacking, some light edge-wear, 8vo, I. Harrison, 1589.

Zero BOOK OF HOURS, USE OF [?PARIS], IN LATIN AND FRENCH, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [northern France, late 15th Century]. 188 leaves, 165mm x 120mm, 16 lines, ruled in very pale red ink, written space 95mm x 60mm, written in black ink in lettre batard, rubrics in dark red, Calendar in alternate lines of blue and red with major entries in gold, capitals touched in yellow, one- and two-line initials and line-fillers throughout in burnished gold on red and blue grounds with white tracery, some 3-and 4-line initials on illuminated leaves and in Hours of the Virgin in liquid gold, 349 panel borders in outer margins of every page, c. 95mm x 28mm, and 9 all-round panel borders all of a leaf and flower pattern in blue, red, green and liquid gold, some rubbing and thumbing affecting outer margins, seven large miniatures in arched compartments above large initials and within full borders, generally sound, near-contemporary inscription at foot of fol.178v, some trimming to margins with slight loss of borders, eighteenth century calf, ruled in gilt, spine gilt, morocco spine label, rebacked, preserved in a modern drop-backed box. Provenance: (1) Bookplate of Thomas Weld-Blundell, of Ince Blundell, Lancs, b. c.1830. (2) Present owner - date of acquisition unknown. Catalogue Notes Text: A calendar, in French (fol. 1r), with an entry for every day, singling out in burnished gold the feasts of Saints Genevieve, and Denis, patron saints of Paris; the Gospel Sequences (fol. 13r); Obsecro te (fol. 18r); O Intemerata (fol. 21v); the Hours of the Virgin, Matins (fol. 29r), Lauds (fol. 47v), Prime (fol. 56v), Terce (fol. 61r), Sext (fol. 64v), None (fol. 67v), Vespers (fol. 71r), Compline (fol. 76v); the Penetential Psalms (fol. 86r); Litany (Fol. 97r); Hours of the Cross (fol. 102r); Office of the Dead, (fol. 108v); Fifteen Joys of the Virgin (Fol. 150r)]; Seven Requests (fol. 155v), ending on fol. 188v. Illumination: The illumination is carefully rendered in an attractive, highly competent and detailed manner in the style of northern France. The subjects of the large miniatures are: 1.St. John on Patmos. 2. The Annunciation with roundells after the style of the Bedford Master depicting the Birth of the Virgin and the meeting at the Golden Gate. 3. David at Prayer. 4. Mary and St. John the Divine 5. A funeral service 6. Virgin and Child with Angels 7. The Trinity enthroned.

Zero BOOK OF HOURS, UNCERTAIN USE, IN LATIN AND FRENCH, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [?northern France, first half 16th Century]. 114 leaves plus 4 additional ms. leaves used in binding, 150mm x 95mm, 24 lines, ruled in very pale red ink, written space 130mm x 75mm, written i n black ink, rubrics in red, Calendar in alternate lines of blue and red with major entries in gold, one- and two-line initials and line-fillers throughout in burnished gold on black grounds with white tracery, some 3-line initials on illuminated leaves, some rubbing and thumbing affecting outer margins, eleven large miniatures in arched compartments above large initials and within full borders, sixteen small 8-line miniatures, historiated initial, numerous prayers and psalmes added to endpapers in near-contemporary and later hands, including Obsecro Te and Stabat Mater, lacking at lest three large miniatures at Nones, Vespers and Office of the Dead, some additions in French and Latin, generally sound, some offsetting to calendar some trimming to margins with slight loss of borders on large miniatures, nineteenth century vellum, ruled in gilt, spine gilt. Provenance: (1) Coat of arms on (fol. 10v) - Unidentified. (2) Present owner - date of acquisition unknown. Catalogue Notes Text: A calendar, in French (fol. 1r), with an entry for every day, singling out in burnished gold the feasts of certain French saints; the Gospel Sequences (fol. 7r); unidentified coat of arms of presumed owner (fol. 10v); Passion Narrative (fol. 11r); the Hours of the Virgin, Matins (fol. 18r), Lauds (fol. 25v), [Intercalated Hours of the Cross (fol. 33r); Hours of the Holy Spirit (fol. 34r)]; Prime (fol. 35r), Terce (fol. 39v), Sext (fol. 43v), None (fol. 47r), Vespers (fol. 50r), Compline (fol. 55r); Office of the Dead, (fol. 61r); Devotion to the Trinity (101r); ending on 109r. Illumination: The illumination is typical of a late northern French style. The subjects of the large miniatures are: 1. St. John holding the poisoned chalice. 2. The Agony in the Garden 3. The Annunciation in Renaissance style with lilly symbolising Mary's purity. 4. The Visitation with Mary and Anna in the Garden with John the Baptist. 5. The Crucifixion with Mary, John the Evangelist and Mary Magdelene. 6. Pentecost. Virgin Mary surrounded by the Apostles and the dove of the Holy Spirit. 7. The Nativity. 8. Annunciation to the Shepherds. 9. Adoration of the Magi. 10. Coronation of the Virgin. 11.The Trinity. The subjects of the small miniatures are: 1. (fol. 8r) Luke. 2. (fol. 9r) Matthew. 3. (fol. 10r) Mark. 4. (fol. 103v) St Michael killing the dragon. 5. (fol. 104r) John the Baptist holding the Agnes Dei. 6. (fol. 104v) John the Apostle with silver cup empty. 7. (fol. 104v) Peter and Paul together. 8. (fol. 105r) St Nicholas with three children in a tub. 9. (fol. 105v) St Claudius (Antipope). 10. (fol. 106r) St Lawrence with griddle. 11. (fol. 106v) St Anna teaching the Virgin to read. 12. (fol. 107r) Mary Magdelene in a cave with a pot of ointment. 13. (fol. 107v) St. Catherine with wheel. 14. (fol. 108r) Margaret with dragon. 15. (fol. 108r) Genevieve with candle, devil and angel. 16 (fol. 108v) Apolonia with tooth.

Zero BOOK OF HOURS, [UNCERTAIN USE], IN LATIN AND FRENCH, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [north east France or Flanders, late 15th / early 16th Century]. 116 leaves, 140mm x 100mm, 20 lines, ruled in very pale red ink, written space 95mm x 60mm, written in black ink in lettre b atard, rubrics in dark red, Calendar in alternate lines of blue and red with major entries in gold, one- and two-line initials and line-fillers throughout in burnished gold on red and blue grounds with gold tracery, 4-line initials on illuminated leaves, 24 zodiac and labour borders on calender, 191 panel borders in outer margins of text leaves, all c. 95mm x 20mm, and 2 all-round panel borders all of an acanthus leaf pattern with compartments, in blue, red, green and liquid gold, fourteen large miniatures in arched compartments above large initials and within full borders of acanthus leaves, with coloured flowers, birds, fruit, grotesques, people, snails, insects, dragons, etc, some rubbing and thumbing affecting outer margins, generally sound, some trimming to upper margin with slight loss of some borders, eighteenth century fine morocco, elaborately tooled in gilt, spine gilt. Provenance: (1) Present owner - date of acquisition unknown. Catalogue Notes Text: A calendar, in French (fol. 1r), with an entry for every day, singling out in burnished gold Saint Thomas Becket in gold and not erased, hence possibility of partial English use, several Norman saints also mentioned; the Gospel Sequences (fol. 13r); Obsecro te (fol. 18r); O Intemerata (fol. 21r); the Hours of the Virgin, Matins (fol. 25r), Lauds (fol. 33v), Prime (fol. 46r), Terce (fol. 50r), Sext (fol. 52r), None (fol. 55r), Vespers (fol. 57r), Compline (fol. 62v); the Penetential Psalms (fol. 67r); Litany (Fol. 76v); Hours of the Cross (fol. 81r); Hours of the Holy Spirit (fol. 84r); Office (Vigil) of the Dead, (fol. 87r); Fifteen Joys of the Virgin (Fol. 110r); ending on fol. 116v. Illumination: The illumination is extremely competent and very much in the style of Rouen. The subjects of the large miniatures are: 1. The four Evangelists. 2. The Annunciation. 3. The Visitation. 4. Nativity. 5. Annunciation to the Shepherds. 6. Adoration of the Magi 7. Presentation in the Temple 8. Flight to Egypt 9. Coronation of the Virgin. 10. David in Prayer. 11. Crucifixion. 12. Pentecost. 13. Funeral scene. 14. Virgin and Child with unidentified female [Patron of book?].

Zero BOOK OF HOURS, GERMAN, UNKNOWN USE, IN LATIN AND GERMAN, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [Germany, Nurnberg, after Feast of St. Bartholomew 1423]. 216 leaves, 70mm x 60mm, 10 lines, ruled in very pale red ink, written space 38mm x 33mm, written in black ink in Gothic black letter, rubrics in red, Calendar in black and red, one- and two-line initials occasionally in gold, some 4- and 5-line initials on illuminated leaves in gold, panel borders in outer margins of every page, variable, full-page miniatures above large initials and within full borders, scribal colophon on last leaf, generally sound, near-contemporary inscription at head of [fol.178v], heavy trimming to margins with significant loss of borders, lacking all calendar before September, heavy wear to most leaves, near-contemporary cloth binding with remains of ties, preserved in a modern drop-backed box. Provenance: (1) Present owner - date of acquisition unknown. Catalogue Notes Text: A set of devotional texts. Illumination: The illumination, the product of several different hands, whilst relatively accomplished, is now heavily worn.

Zero BOOK OF HOURS, USE OF [?PARIS], IN LATIN AND FRENCH, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [northern France, late 15th / early 16th Century]. 274 leaves, 135mm x 95mm, 13 lines, ruled in very pale red ink, written space 65mm x 45mm, written in brown ink in lettre batard, rubrics in red, Calendar in alternate lines of blue and red with major entries in gold, one- and two-line initials in gold with tracery in red and blue, line-fillers throughout in burnished gold and blue, some 3- and 4-line initials in liquid gold, one large miniature, six 7-line historiated initials on illuminated leaves, many panel borders in outer margins of every page, c. 65mm x 25mm, and 10 all-round panel borders all of a leaf and flower pattern in blue, red, green and liquid gold, some with animals and grotesques, some rubbing and thumbing affecting outer margins, repaired damage with loss to calendar, repaired, collation towards end uncertain due to incomplete initials and miniatures, generally sound, good margins, eighteenth century fine morocco tooled in gilt, spine gilt. Provenance: (1) Present owner - date of acquisition unknown. Catalogue Notes Text: A calendar, in French (fol. 1r), with an entry for every day, singling out in burnished gold the feasts of Saints Genevieve, and Denis, patron saints of Paris; the Gospel Sequences (fol. 13r); Obsecro te (fol. 20v); O Intemerata (fol. 25v); [?? (fol. 34r)]; Matins (fol. 64r), Lauds (fol. ?? [lacking]), Prime (fol. 85v), Terce (fol. 94v), Sext (fol. 102r), None (fol. 110v), Vespers (fol. 118v), Compline (fol. 133r); [?? (fol. 145r)]; Litany (fol. 164r); Hours of the Cross (fol. 169r); [?? - Psalmes (fol. 200r)]; Sufferages (?fol. 248r); All Saints (fol. 270r), ending on fol. 274r. Illumination: This book gives the impression of not having been completed. The historiated initials are by a very accomplished hand but the illumination appears to be incomplete, particularly given the accomplishment of the single miniature. The large miniature depicts the following subject: (fol. 169r) The crucifixion. The subjects of the historiated initials are: (fol. 64r) Annunciation. (fol. 85v) Nativity. (fol. 102r) Adoration of the Magi. (fol. 110v) Presentation at the Temple. (fol. 118v) Flight from Egypt. (fol. 133r) Coronation of the Virgin.

Zero BOOK OF HOURS, UNKNOWN USE [?UTRECHT], LATIN, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [Flemish, late 15th / early 16th Century]. 189 leaves, 110mm x 75mm, 17 lines, ruled in very pale red ink, written space 70m x 40m, written in brown ink, rubrics in red, incomplete calendar in red and black, one- and two-line initials in gold with brown background, twelve large miniatures in semi-grisaille, heightened in gold in arched frames, nine 7-line historiated initials on illuminated leaves, 181 panel borders in outer margins of every page, c. 70mm x 20mm, and 12 all-round panel borders all of a leaf and flower pattern in blue, red, green and liquid gold with fruit, flowers, grotesques and people, some light rubbing and thumbing affecting outer margins, repaired damage with loss to calendar, generally sound, good margins, eighteenth century fine morocco tooled in gilt, spine gilt. Provenance (1) Bookplate of Renate Koenig. (2) Present owner - date of acquisition unknown. Catalogue Notes Text: A calendar, in Latin (fol. 1r), incomplete in red and black; the Gospel Sequences (fol. 18r); O Intemerata (fol. 19r); Obsecro te (fol. 23r); Hours of the Cross (fol. 28r); Hours of the Holy Spirit (fol. 36r); Stabat Mater (fol. 42r); the Hours of the Virgin, Matins (fol. 49r), Lauds (fol. 60v), Prime (fol. 72v), Terce (fol. 77v), Sext (fol. 82v), None (fol. 87v), Vespers (fol. 92r), Compline (fol. 100v); Litany (Fol. 120r); Office of the Dead, (fol. 137r); ending on fol. 183r. Illumination: This illumination is entirely in grisaille throughout. The subjects of the miniatures are: [(fol. 28r) The Crucifixion. (fol. 36r) Pentecost. (fol. 49r) Annunciation. (fol. 61r) The Visitation. (fol. 72v) The Nativity. (fol. 77v) Annunciation to the Shepherds. (fol. 82v) Adoration of the Magi. (fol. 87v) Presentation at the Temple. (fol. 92r) Flight to Egypt. (fol. 100v) Massacre of the Innocents. (fol. 107r) David in Prayer. (fol. 137r) Raising of Lazarus. The subjects of the historiated initials are: (fol. 13r) Saint John. (fol. 14v) Saint Luke. (fol. 16r) Saint Matthew. (fol. 18r) Saint Mark. (fol. 19r) Virgin and child standing in crescent moon. (fol. 23r) Virgin and child. (fol. 42r) Pieta. (fol. 45r) Prayer scene. (fol. 46v) Saint with book.

Zero BOOK OF HOURS, UNKNOWN USE, IN LATIN, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [Flemish, late 15th Century]. 173 leaves, 120mm x 80mm, 17 lines, ruled in very pale red ink, written space 70mm x 50mm, written in black ink in lettre batard, rubrics in red, Incomplete calendar in red a nd black, one- and two-line initials in burnished gold with red and blue tracery, fifteen 6-line initials in gold on bordered leaves, one historiated initial, 16 all-round panel borders in the Ghent-Brugges style, some rubbing and thumbing, particularly of gold, generally sound, margins cropped close but mostly good, nineteenth century fine morocco by David, ruled in gilt, spine gilt. Provenance: (1) Present owner - date of acquisition unknown. Catalogue Notes Text: A calendar, in Latin (fol. 2v), incomplete; Salva Sancta Facies (fol. 15r); Office of the Cross (fol. 17r); Office of the Holy Spirit (fol. 23r); Mass of the Virgin (fol. 29r); the Hours of the Virgin, Matins (fol. 39r), Lauds (fol. 56r), Prime (fol. 67r), Terce (fol. 71r), Sext (fol. 75r), None (fol. 79r), Vespers (fol. 83r), Compline (fol. 90r); Office of the Virgin for Advent (fol. 95r); Penetential Psalms (fol. 103r); the Litany (Fol. 113v); Office of the Dead, (fol. 122r); Obsecro te (fol. 161r); O Intemerata (fol. 165r); Illumination: The illumination consists of sixteen borders in the Ghent-Brugges style. (fol. 165r) Historiated initial - Pieta.

Zero OTHER PROPERTIES Binding.- Manuscript.- AL DILETTISIMO LORO PASTORE E BENEFATTORE G. P. NICOL..., numerous examples of caligraphy and hand-written messages throughout, silk endpapers, fine velvet binding tooled in gilt by Vezzoni of Turin, preserved in worn box, oblong folio , 1882.

GERIN (WINIFRED) RELATING TO THE BRONTÉ FAMILY AND OTHERS the original typed manuscript of Anne Bronte, pub 1959, also a manuscript of Anne Bronte's Poems, printed proof and manuscript of the Haworth Guide by John Lock; The Bookman 1904, Bronte Double Number; a large quantity of correspondence between the author and various publishing houses, a quantity of early and mid 20th century postcards of Haworth, a booklet 'Haworth', pub A.E. Hall, a series of black and white views and portraits, booklets, postcard album containing over fifty Bronte related cards some stuck down, approximately ten Bronte Society Transaction Booklets dating from 1907-1964, a small piece of stained glass from a Haworth Parsonage window; two Medici Society portrait prints of Emily Bronte, framed; a watercolour by Shackleton of Withens on Haworth Moor, given to Winifred Gerin by Ivy Holgate (author); a printed sketchbook after Branwell Bronte; a quantity of further typed manuscripts and plays by the author, including My Dear Master, Juniper Hall, Two Loves I Have, St Hilaire, England Expects; a large quantity of works, letters and notes relating to Fanny Burney, Nelson etc;assorted correspondence and ephemera

Two pairs of early Grand National photographs, the first pair sepia-toned and portraying The Parade and The Water Jump in the 1886 Grand National, mounted, the images 23 by 30.5cm., 9 by 12in.; the second pair in b&w and portraying Valentine's Brook 1st time round and 2nd time round in the 1906 Grand National as identified by a manuscript legend to the reverse of each, the images 15 by 20cm., 6 by 8in., all unframed

Further Tophams Ltd archival material, a manuscript contract for the racecourse groundsman in 1871, a brown leather case engraved JCB [James Christopher Bidwell), various correspondence, details of a polo meeting in 1901, a file marked 'Mrs Topham' containing racecourse-related correspondence circa 1940, a large number of builders' estimates circa 1913, a large number of end of year reports and statement of accounts (heavy duplication) dating between 1900 and 1972, 16 balance sheet account book being an unbroken run from December 1928 to 1934 (some duplicates), 2 identical copies of Memorandum of Association of Tophams Limited, 9 small notebooks relating to petty cash dating between 1900 & 1950, 21 schedules of assessed repairs to the racecourse following relinquishment from wartime requisition circa 1946, a large share certificate book with used and unused stubs 1959 to 1975, a foolscap hardback book containing racecourse inventories circa 1956, a simmer inventory circa 1921, a Liverpool Spring Meeting 1911 wages sheet, and a soft back foolscap file containing directors' reports dating from 1900 to the 1960s (a qty.)

Miscellaneous Grand National and Aintree memorabilia, i) a film script for 'The Galloping Major' which features an Aintree race day scene; ii) a film script for 'Becher's Brook' by Frank Harvey and based on a story by Wynford Vaughan Thomas and John Ellison; iii) a manuscript essay by Arthur Ronald Topham titled 'Horses'; iv) an album containing a pasted selection of card day badges dating between 1952 and 1970 plus some modern card badges and passes, loose; v) a LMS restaurant car dinner menu for the Grand National dated 19th March 1937; vi) a file containing Jockey Club instructions; vii) an unused racecourse admittance booklet viii) an unused booklet of catering dockets; ix) a near unused application booklet for the Liverpool Military Tattoo in 1948; x) a booklet of cloakroom tickets; xi) a Racecourse Association report dated 1971; xii) a Racecourse Betting Control Board Betting Act sign dated 1930; xiii) Mirabel Topham's National Registration Identity Card 1943; together with other miscellaneous items including various magazines and publications relating to the Grand National (a qty.)

Wright's Book of Steeplechasing & Hurdle Racing, a scarce earlier equivalent of Steeple-Chases Past, 5 vols for seasons 1851-52 to 1855-56 inclusive; together with a forerunner for the calendar year 1847 with the front cover inscribed in ink E.W. TOPHAM 'THE WIZARD,' also dedicated to Rt. Hon. The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn from Henry Corbet; and Wright's Turf Guide for 1866, the red morocco cover inscribed gilt E.W. TOPHAM ESQ., manuscript inscription inside 'With Mr Wright's Compliments' (7)

A collection of 18 volumes on racing and sport, i) Famous Sporting Prints II-The Grand National, The Studio Ltd, London, 1927; ii) Photographs of the A.T.M., All-Electric Totalisator, Ascot, June 1931; iii to viii) Badminton Library for Racing, Driving, Riding/Polo, Golf, Billiards and Tennis/Lawn Tennis/Rackets/Fives; ix) Rules of Racing and National Hunt Rules 1935; x) Rules of Racing and Circulars and Orders 1937 inscribed 'Liverpool'; xi) Finch Mason's Heroes and Heroines of the Grand National; xii) David Hoadley-Monroe's The Grand National; xiii) a hunting journal with manuscript entries from 1846 to 1849; xiv) W W Greener's The Breech-Loader And How To Use It; xv) W M J Clothier's privately published volume relating to his horse 'Pine Pep' titled A Story of a Great Horse and a Foolish Undertaking, containing 2 signed letters from Clothier to Mrs Topham; xvi) Pierce O'Conor's Terriers For Sport; xvii) Frank Johnston's History and Origin of Lincoln and National also Manchester Haydock and all Lincs and Lancs Courses; xviii) Stonehenge's British Rural Sports Illustrated

Leslie Bowker's privately taken photographs on Fulham's 1951 Tour of North America, 61 examples mounted in an album with manuscript captions

A presentation photograph of the Old Malvernian Golfing Society team at the Halford Hewitt Cup in April 1935, with illuminated crest and manuscript title and legend, mounted, framed & glazed, 38 by 47cm., 15 by 18 1/2in.

The South Sea Bubble. A Letter to the Sub-Governor, Deputy-Governor and Directors of the South Sea Company, 4 pages, contemporary printing with some manuscript number graffiti, 35 x 23cm (previously folded)

WILKINSON (Sam) A Day with Nature, 1885, manuscript book with watercolour illustrations, 18 leaves (unpublished); with a small quantity of loose watercolours by the same hand

A student exercise book, circa 1800, entitled "No.8 The Rule of Three in Decimals continued", containing manuscript calculations and essays, including an essay on navigation referring to recent voyages by "Captains Byron, Carteret, Cook and Clark", 8vo, boards; with "The Young Man’s Book of Amusement, containing the Most Interesting and Instructive Experiments", Halifax 1840, 12mo, rather soiled (2)

JOHN BRETT Sea and sky. Oil on board. Indistinctly inscribed. Manuscript label to the reverse. "No. 1 John Brett, 38(?) Harley Street, London). 7 x 14ins. (See illustration)

William Ward ARA (1766-1826), after John Hoppner, 'The Nabob', mezzotint, with manuscript lettering, 38 x 28 cm (15 x 11 in)

Allen C Sealy, John Hartop on Cassie Manuscript label verso, monochrome print, 35 x 43cm

Attributed to the Herat school, 16th century, a page of manuscript, inscribed in ink verso, in micro mosaic frame, 26.5 x 17cm, a portrait of an Imam, in similar frame, 17 x 12cm and an unframed painting of a girl, playing a mandolin to an elderly man, 28 x 21cm (3)

Burma, Palm Leaf Manuscript Books (3), c.1880, : all small handbooks with single leaf pages 180mm, 150mm and 110mm long, all with simple wooden covers. Good condition.

Waterloo 1815 (Q.-Mast. John MCombie, 1st Batt. 92nd Highlanders) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, small letters S.T. neatly engraved after his rank to reflect that he was the Quartermaster-Sergeant not Quartermaster, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £2000-2500 John MCombie was born in the Parish of Mortlach, Banffshire, in about 1777 and enlisted there into the 100th Regiment, later the 92nd Highlanders, for unlimited service on 11 June 1795. He was posted to the battalion at Gibraltar and went with it to Ireland in 1798. From there he accompanied it to Holland and was present at the battle of Egmont-op-Zee on 2 October 1799, when he was wounded in the right leg. After taking part in the ineffective operations in Quiberon Bay in 1800, he accompanied the Regiment on the Expedition to Egypt the following year, being present at the battles of Mandora on the 13th and Alexandria on the 2st March. He was present on the March to Cairo, which culminated in the surrender of that City, and at the subsequent siege and capture of Alexandria. On his return to the United Kingdom he was promoted Corporal on the 7h December 1803, and soon after Sergeant on the 9th of April 1804. He probably took part in the funeral of Lord Nelson at St. Paul's Cathedral in January 1806. He then accompanied the Regiment on the Expedition to Copenhagen and was present at the engagement at Kioge on the 29h August 1807. In 1809 he went with the Regiment on Sir John Moore's invasion of Spain and the subsequent retreat to Corunna, after which he spent about three months sick at Portsmouth. In July of that year he took part on the ill-fated Expedition to Walchren, after which the Regiment returned to the Iberian Peninsula. From October 1810 until the end of the Peninsular War in 1814, M'Combie served with the Regiment, first as a Sergeant, and then, from Christmas Day 1812, as Quartermaster Sergeant, being present at the engagements of Fuentes d'Onoro, Arroyo del Molinos, Almaraz, Alba de Tormes, Vittoria, the fighting in the Pyrenees at the end of July 1813, Nivelle, Nive, Arriverete, Orthes and Toulouse. On the cessation of the Peninsular War in 1814, the Regiment returned to Ireland where it remained until, in May the following year, they went to Flanders to join Wellington's Army. M'Combie was present as Quartermaster-Sergeant at both Quatre Bras, on the 16th June, and Waterloo two days later. After the defeat of Napoleon, he continued to serve with the Regiment until he was discharged at Castlebar on the 7th and admitted an out pensioner of Kilmainham Hospital nine days later on the 16th December 1818, with a pension of 2/2d per diem. His conduct being shown as invariably good and has been Wounded in Action with the Enemy at the Battle of Egmont op Zee on the 2nd October 1799 in the Right Leg. John MCombie died on 2 August 1838. A manuscript Journal kept by Quartermaster-Sergeant MCombie throughout his army service is held by the Regimental HQ, The Gordon Highlanders. Whilst short on personal detail, it is, nonetheless, of great interest and provides a good record of the regiments progress through the Peninsula campaign and Waterloo. A typescript copy of his journal accompanies the medal together with full research and full muster details.

The superb Army Gold Cross group to General Sir Ulysses Bagenal Burgh, G.C.B., K.T.S., Second Lord Downes, 92nd Foot, Aide de Camp and Assistant Military Secretary to the Duke of Wellington throughout the Peninsular War The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, G.C.B. (Military) Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1814, makers mark IN for John Northam, and breast star in silver, gold and enamels, enamel damaged on upper reverse arm, otherwise a magnificent set; Army Gold Cross 1806-14, for Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nive, and Toulouse, 1 clasp, Nivelle (Lt. Coll. Ulysses Burgh / Aid de Camp to the / Comr. of the Forces) with additional clasp, Pyrenees, with original gold swivel-ring bar suspension, but lacking intermediary gold suspension ring and usual ribbon fitments; Field Officers Gold Medal 1808-14, for Vittoria (Lt. Coll. U. Burgh, Aid de Camp) lacking gold ribbon buckle; Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes DOnor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca (Lord Downes, K.C.B. Capt. 92nd Foot & A.D.C.); Portugal, Military Order of the Tower and Sword, Knight Commanders set of insignia, comprising neck badge in solid gold, and breast star by Beaugeois, Paris, silver and enamels with gold motto and central device and gold applique tower, together with engraved portrait print of Lord Downes, in uniform wearing decorations, in gilt frame surmounted by Barons Coronet, the whole displayed in an ornate gilt frame, generally good very fine or better (7) £35000-40000 Ulysses Bagenal de Burgh was born in Dublin on 15 August 1788, the only son of Thomas Burgh, Comptroller-general and Commissioner of the revenue of Ireland. After attending Trinity College, Dublin, Burgh was commissioned as Ensign into the 54th Foot on 31 March 1804, being promoted Lieutenant in the following November and Captain in October 1806. During this period he served at Gibraltar, where he was spared the ravages of yellow fever, and afterwards in the West Indies. In November 1808 he transferred, as a Captain, to the 92nd Highlanders, and went to Portugal as Aide de Camp to Sir John Craddock. On the latters recall home he stayed in Portugal as A.D.C. to Craddocks successor, Sir Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, a close friend of his fathers. Burgh was also Wellingtons Assistant Military Secretary and remained on his Staff for the remainder of the Peninsular War. Burgh was present at the battle of Talavera, was slightly wounded while at Sir Arthurs side, and was mentioned in his despatch. After the battle of Busaco he carried Wellingtons victory despatch to England and was promoted Major in March 1811. On returning to the Peninsular he took part in the actions of Fuentes DOnoro, El Boden, the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, and the battle of Salamanca. After Wellingtons triumphal entry intyo Madrid in August 1812, he again carried home a despatch to England and was consequently advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel. Once more back with Wellington, he was at the battles of Vittoria and the Pyrenees, the storming of St Sebastian, the battle of Nivelle, where he had a horse killed under him, the battles of Nive and Toulouse, where he was once again wounded. At the conclusion of hostilities in 1814, Burgh transferred, as Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, to the 1st Foot Guards, and served briefly with his Company at Brussels. For his services in the Peninsular he was made a Knight Commander of the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword and, on 2 January 1815, one of the first Knight Commanders of the Bath. He also received the Gold Cross and one clasp for Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse, and, once it became available in 1848, the Military General Service medal with clasps for Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes DOnor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, and Salamanca. In March 1820 he was appointed Surveyor-General of the Ordnance and an Executive Member of the Board of Ordnance, remaining in that post until 1830, when Wellingtons administration came to an end. In addition to his military duties, he served as Member of Parliament for County Carlaw from 1818-26, and for Queensborough from 1826-30. He succeded his second cousin once removed as the 2nd Baron Downes in 1826, the title formerly held by William Downes, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland from 1803-22, and created with special remainder to Ulysses Burgh. Inheriting a substantial residence in County Kildare, he became a representative Irish peer in 1833, but was not poliotically active, although he did support Peel over repeal of the corn laws. He advanced to Major-General in January 1837, and to Lieutenant-General in November 1846. He had been appointed Colonel of the 54th Foot in April 1845, and was then Colonel of the 29th Foot from August 1850 until his death. He was married twice; firstly, in 1815 to Maria, daughter and heir of the late Walter Bagenal of Athy, County Kildare, and thereafter added Bagenal to his name; and secondly, in 1846, to Christopheria, widow of John Willis Fleming and daughter of James Buchanan. In 1848 he was authorized to take the name de Burgh in lieu of Burgh. Downes acted as pallbearer on 28 July 1855, at the funeral of Lord Raglan, Wellingtons military secretary in the Peninsula and more recently commander of British troops in the Crimea. Promoted to General in June 1854, two years later Downes received the Russian Order of St Anne, 2nd Class, and was appointed G.C.B. in May 1860. He died on 26 July 1863 at Bert House, Athy, County Kildare, and with no male heir, the peerage became extinct. Sold with some further research including an original manuscript note, signed by Downes, admitting the bearer to the Gallery of the House of Lords, dated 11 July 1862.

Florence Nightingale. Part of a manuscript letter (page two of two), in black ink, circa 1865, to J.S. Mill, M.P.; and Augustus John. A manuscript letter, in black ink, dated 1923, relating to a meeting with a publisher, in which he apologizes for not responding to a letter that was 'lost or thrown away by my servant', (2). Note: John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was a philosopher, political economist, and social reformer who stood as an independent member of parliament for the borough of Westminster between 1865 and 1868. He was the first M.P. to call for women to be given the right to vote.

William Gladstone. A manuscript letter, on 10 Downing Street headed notepaper, thanking the recipient for sending his speech on the Bengal Tenancy Bill, dated 23 July 1883; another, in which he complains that 'a troublesome cough has laid me low for nine days - but I am better and have hope in change of air..', dated 10 June 1895; with a letter from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's son; and another, (4).

NEWCASTLE COAL COASTER. manuscript bill of lading dated Newcastle 17th May 1792 from George Tallentine to coal merchants in the Thames and the Adelphi.

J Steuart-Seton early 20th century- "Scottish Seascape"; oil on canvas, signed, 59.5x90.3cm (may be subject to Droit de Suite) Note: This painting may be by Reginald MacDonald of Staffa who married into the Steuart family of Allanton and inherited the title and assumed the name Steuart-Seton (transposing the original order of the family surname). The demolition of Allanton House removed a link with the stirring days of Scottish history, The Stuarts whose line has now died out, wore one of the old-established families of Scotland. They were related to Lord Darnel, the unhappy husband of Mary, Queen of Scots; and their story is rich with romantic incident. Successor to this James Steuart was Henry, born in 1759. He was quite a remarkable gentleman. In the army till 1747, he retired to Allanton to devote himself to literary pursuits and the improvement of his estate. In 1807 he published a pamphlet advocating the construction of a canal from the Lanarkshire coalfields to Edinburgh. At his death in 1838 he left in manuscript a fragment of a history of the rebellion of 1745, and notes for -a history of Scotland, His magnum opus was "The Planters Guide", in which he described a new method or planting trees. His own estate was a witness to the soundness of his ideas; much of its beauty is due to his care. Henry's literary attainments won for him the degree of LLD., and he was a fellow of the Royal Society, and of the antiquarian Society of Edinburgh. In 1787 he married Lillias, daughter or Hugh Seton, Squire of Touch, and about the same time built the present mansion house, as the cold Tower of Allanton was in a state of decay. In 1814 he was created a Baronet; and he died in 1836. Sir Henry's only surviving child was his daughter, Elizabeth Margaret, who married in 1812 Reginald Macdonald, of Staffa. In 1835, on the death of her mother, she succeeded to the estate of Touch, and on the death of her father the title devolved to her husband, who assumed the name of Steuart-Seton, of Edinburgh.

Illustrations.- 20th CENTURY COPY OF 18th CENTURY MANUSCRIPT OF SULEYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT, handcoloured and heightened in gilt, 1 bifolium and single leaf, 300mm x 400mm and 300mm x 200mm, (2).