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Indian.- MANUSCRIPT TEXT WITH HAND-PAINTED MINIATURES, incomplete, loose with a few leaves from another work inserted, small 4to, 19th century.

Indian.- 8 INDIAN RELIGIOUS BOOKS, manuscript, iluminated in colour and gilt, 19th century, 12 mo & 8vo, (8).

Persian Poetry.- ABU MUHAMMAD ILYAS B. YUSUF B. ZAKI MU'AYYAD, KNOWN AS NIZAMI: KHAMSA, QAJAR IRAN, manuscript on cream and coloured paper, 270ff. with approximately 14ll. of black nasta'liq per page, sometimes in columns, blue and gold ruled margins, margins either cream, blue or orange paper, twenty miniaures in gouache, contemporary morocco, tooled in gilt, early-19th century, Folio 340mm x 230mm.) NOTE. Please note that most lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit the import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries.

Iranian Poetry.- NIZAMI: ISKANDERNAMEH, QAJAR IRAN, mid-19th century, Persian manuscript on paper, 264ff. with 12ll. of black nasta'liq, titles in red, miniatures in gouache within the text, blind-stamped morocco, rubbed, 22 x 17.5cm. NOTE: Please note that most lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit their import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries.

North Africa.- A MANUSCRIPT OF HADITH AND DU'A', NORTH AFRICA, 19TH CENTURY, Arabic mansucript on paper, 70ff. with 11ll. of sepia maghribi, titles in red and blue, text outlined with red, opening folio with illuminated heading, original tooled brown morocco binding with flap 88mm x 98mm.

Manuscripts Spanish Manuscript.- CARTA EXECUTORIA DE NOTE:INFANZONIA NOT INEANZONIA DE SANGRE EN POSSESSION, PROPIEDAD Y NOTORIEDAD DE DIEGO DE SANJUAN VEZINO DE LA VILLIA DE MADRID..., 8 full-page ornately illuminated leaves, one bearing the signature Gregorio Felix E. A. 1641, silk guards between leaves, 32 leaves of hand-written text, numerous contemporary ink signatures on last leaf, vellum, ?contemporary cloth binding, heavily worn, boards detached, held together with recent cord, folio, [c.1641].

A small group of manuscript items including a 21 year lease of 1860 given by George Robinson to Messrs Davis, Greathead and Green incorporating a coloured plan of the works, a draft deed of Partnership between John Davies, John Bolton, William Solomon Davis and John Davis the younger, a draft Last Will of John Davis 1877, a draft agreement for dissolution 1878, a draft 21 year lease of 1879 given by George Robinson to Messrs Davis and Bolton together with a schedule of the contents of all rooms, shops and offices and one further coloured map.

A small group of manuscript and printed documents with details back to 1768 relating to the Coalborne Hill Glassworks including a misc plan of 1837, a further plan of 1838, a draft indenture of 1865 with details of the premises and concerning Joseph Webb, glass manufacturer printed sale catalogue of 1886 with folding coloured plan of the works, printed sale catalogue of 1900 with folding coloured plan of the works and misc items of 1920 including a scheme for the amalgamation of the glass trade.

Trollope, Anthony. The Barsetshire novels. Oxford: The Shakespeare Head Press, 1929, 8vo, 14 volumes, one of 525 sets, facsimile manuscript fragment in volume I, colour plates, contemporary half morocco gilt, t.e.g., a fine set

19th Century manuscript recipe book - Culloden Castle, Inverness. Ms recipe book, inscribed Donald Cameron, Cul[l]oden Castle, May 4th 1845 on front free endpaper, 8vo, 125 pages of culinary and medicinal recipes, including marrow custard, the American cure for rheumatism, bath cheese, for removing marks & stains from books, a number of different hands throughout, 19th century quarter calf, worn and stained

Adelphi Theatre - Webber, Byron & Billington, John. Original manuscript of "Our life shifting scenes", circa 1900, 22 chapters gathered in 13, stamped by John Westrope [agent], some tearing and creasing to page edges, lacking part of chapter 20 [with] two progammes for "The John Billington Testimonial Matinee", Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 1903, previous folds, foxing (3) . Note: The theatrical memories of the actor John Billington and his wife Adeline. Written by a minor novelist called Byron Webber in the first decade of the twentieth century, covering the preceding fifty years or so, providing rich detail about the theatrical life of the period (principally at the Adelphi theatre), with fascinating anecdotes ranging from Adeline Billington's performance as Hamlet to Charles Dickens's involvement in the theatre.

Coal Mining, Richmond, Virginia and Co. Durham. Manuscript diary of John Smith, mining overseer, from Sept. 22 - Dec. 31st 1839 and Nov. 10 -Dec. 26 [1840?], ink and pencil, 8vo, contemporary sheep, clasp, 158pp., covering the journey to and from the USA and including an account of a visit to the Black Heath coalmines of Chesterfield County, Virginia, "the negroes... sing all the time that they work... the coal is 16 yards thick but there is only 12 foot taken... sometimes the rufe and pavement do meet within 3 foot of each other... The rufe was... falling and the gap were the strongest that I did ever see, if you went 1 yard before the centre it would knock you down in a moment". Smith mentions experimenting with gas burning in lamps and trying "to carry in the Are" which due to the falling roof was too dangerous, getting "an old negro to mortace the props and crown tree and last it over with strong timber" to make it safe. Eventually he makes it over the fall "did see two or three boys but we can not get any of them out on account of the fall". Smith visits another mine on fire "lately there was 8 negroes burnt to death" "We got 16 bodys out to night, we have boxes we take down and putte the bodys in but they are sore gone... when we do lift them sume times the heads and sume times the hands and feat do fall off" . Note: A short but evocative diary of mine experiences in Virginia and Co. Durham with grim details of the human cost of coal mining.

Glasgow. Committee book of the Society at Glasgow for promoting religious knowledge among the poor, 1758-65, 2 vol, 4to, in total c. 80pp., contemporary calf, worn, one cover detached; and 3 other manuscript volumes relating to the affairs of George Brown of Capelrig, an account of disbursements of James Graham, 1757-60; and volume of pressed flowers with Latin captions, contemporary half calf, rubbed (6) Provenance: From the library of Glendoune House,

Lincolnshire--17th century sermons. Manuscript volume of sermons, 170 pages, dated 1674-1677, final entry dated 1724, with the place names of various Lincolnshire villages: Ledenham, Walisby, Wragby, Rand, Barkwith, Turrington, Holton, Newort, Winchingham, Milton, Navenby, Buckminster, Carliton, Welburn, Fulbick, &c.

Pepys, Samuel--House of Commons Journal. From 4th February 1672 to April 13th 1675, manuscript record, ruled in red, 383 pp., folio, spine gilt, g.e., lacking covers, some light dampstaining . Note: Pages 335 and 350 report the serious accusations against Pepys that he had an altar and a crucifix in his house, Pepys's denial, and the discovery that Lord Shaftesbury was the source of the anonymous accusations. On being asked to testify "as to the crucfix he [Lord Shaftesbury] could not remember whether it was painted or carved or in what manner the thing was, and that his memory was so very imperfect in it that if he were upon his oath he could give no testimony".

Railways--Stephenson, Robert and George Robert. General power of attorney, Robert Stephenson to George Robert Stephenson, signed by both, 24 September 1855, 2 folio sheets, folded, with, on the verso, the manuscript registrations of the Norfolk Railway Co., Eastern Counties Railway, West End of London & Crystal Palace Railway Co., Midland Railway, London & N.W. Railway Co., London Tilbury & Southend Extension Railway, Grand Trunk Railway Co. of Canada & S. Staffordshire Railway Co.

Royal Mathematical School - John Dray. Manuscript copy of The Elements of navigation by John Robertson copied by John Dray. c. 1756. 4to., 417 p., illustrations (some hand coloured) , diagrams, with 16 drawings (including folding), contemporary cloth, splits in plates to face p.,47, 186 & 306, small patch of worming in lower margin, possibly lacking a frontispiece and drawings between 163 and 164, 311and 312. . Note: A beautifully handwritten manuscript copy by John Dray a pupil at Christ's Hospital. John Lucy Dray, who was born in 1742, was clothed (admitted) to Christ's Hospital in April 1751. On leaving, he was "taken & discharged from the charge of the Hospital forever by Captain John Bladen Tinker, Commander of His Majesties Ship Dover, with whom he is to serve seven years. Christ’s Hospital was founded in 1552. as a result of the vision of King Edward VI, assisted by Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, and Sir Richard Dobbs, Lord Mayor of London. Christ's Hospital was bestowed with its second Royal Charter by Charles II in 1673. This charter specifically created the Royal Mathematical School whose original purpose was to train mathematicians and navigators who would progress into careers as Naval officers or merchant seafarers. Samuel Pepys, Secretary to His Majesty's Navy and from 1699 Vice President of Christ's Hospital, featured strongly in his considerable contribution to Christ's Hospital. Isaac Newton, John Flamsteed, Edmund Halley and Jonas More contributed to plans for the course of study of the new school within the Foundation. One of the tasks set to pupils at the final stage of their time in the School was copying Robertson's book. The drawings are accomplished and excuted with considerable style. The School has about half a dozen surviving copies though mostly from the later half of the 18th century.

Scottish walking. Manuscript journal of walks around Scotland, from Alnwick to Lerwick, 1852-53, approx 20cm by 32.5cm, illustrated with watercolours of each trip's highlights [some full page others half page], contemporary boards, rubbed

Cookery, gastronomy, wine and beer--Bagnasco, O.. Catalogo del fondo Italiano delle opere di gastronomia sec. XIV-XIX. Sorengo, Fondation B.I.N.G., 1994, 3 volumes, folio, dust-jackets, slipcases; Faccioli, E. Arte della cucina. libri di ricette test sopra lo scalco il trinciante e i vini dal XIV al XIX secolo. Milan, 1966, 2 volumes, 8vo, number 139 of 300 copies bound in green morocco backed boards, gilt, slipcase; another set, 1966, 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jackets; Taverne Olympia coloured lithographic advertisement for restaurant, 30.5cm x 21.5cm, Imprimerie Chaix; Jacobsen, J.P. Die pest in Bergamo. Leipzig, 1922, 4to, number 93 of 375 copies, etched title, 5 etched plates signed by Alois Kolb, etched illustrations, original calf; [Beer] Edit du roi portant reglement sur la confection des bierres, Paris, P. Prault, 1739, 4pp. unsewn [Recueil des Aydes, Tome I]; [Beer] Broadside. A sermon on malt by a lover of ale, 4to, London, C. Sheppard, [18th century], engraved view with engraved text below ; and four 4to printed promulgations regulating the production or trade of port, Portuguese, dated 1754, 1773, 1784, 1807, disbound; Skonningm, Hans Hanszon Taxste-Bog eller Visse Udregninger paa alle Species, som er Rug, Bing, Hauffre, Smor, Honning, Faar, Lam, Giesz, Hons. Aarhus: H.H. Skonning, 1647, oblong 4to (130 x 175mm.), title within a typographic border, contemporary calf, a few early manuscript notes, some light soiling, binding worn (16)

Petit, Pierre. L'art de trancher la viande, & toutes sortes de fruits, nouvellement a la françoise. Par Pierre Petit ecuyer tranchant. [Lyon, c.1647], 4to, 33 (of 47) engraved plates, title supplied in manuscript, most plates with manuscript carving indications, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, some soiling, spotting and browning, spine repaired at head and foot . Note: The present copy of these engraved plates, issued without printed text, also lacks the manuscript text which usually accompanies them.

Cats, Jacob. Spiegel van den ouden en nieuwen tydt. Amsterdam, Isaak van der Putte, n.d, 3 parts in 1, engraved additional pictorial title and 79 illustrations in text, [Landwehr ‘Dutch Emblem Books’ 46p]; Gedachten op slapeloose nachten... Leiden, Jan van der Deyster, 1732, 2 parts in 1, half-title, printed title in red and black, engraved additional pictorial title to each part, 27 engraved illustrations in text, 4pp. bookseller’s catalogue at end, together 2 works in 1 volume, 8vo, contemporary manuscript note at beginning, contemporary vellum, some light soiling

Abyssinian expedition--Royal Engineers. 70 albumen prints documenting the 1867-68 Abyssinia expedition, comprising 10 prints reproducing sketches by Mr Holmes, Major Baigrie and Mr Simpson, 5 of Coptic manuscripts and other artefacts, the others of Annesley bay, Zoualla, Koomayli pass, camp at Senafe, naval brigade at Goon-Goona, rocks and waterfall at Goon-Goona, Focada camp, church of Miriam, Focada, Addigerat castle, church at Addigerat, after thunder-storm Addigerat camp, tower and brick fort near Adabaga, Antalo village & church, Meshek valley, Alagi Amba, Bolago camp, mountain at Bolago, Lake Ashangi, village near Ashangi, Tellari River, Tacazzee river, Djedda river & N. scarp, Upper scarp Bashelo River, Magdala, Kokit-bar gate Magdala, King Theodore's house, Treasury, Church, Interior of Magdala, Kafir-Bur gate Magdala, Sir R. Napier & staff, Sir C. Staveley and staff, Brig. Gen. Schneider & staff, Dr. Currie & medical staff, Kassai's P.M. and followers, Queen of the Gallas and son, G. Battery at Durbagh, Son and heir of King Theodore, Capt. Speedy, released prisoners x 3, Col. Penn's battery, Belooch regiment, Abyssinian fiddler, Gen. Petrie & staff, 4 images of Abyssinian bible, Sir R. Napier and officers, funeral procession of Lt. Morgan RE, grave of Lt. Morgan RE, graves of Col. Dunn and Lt.Bayly, 10th Company RE camp Upper Sooroo, including 3 two-piece panoramas and 2 three-piece panoramas, from 11 x 15cm to 18 x 74cm., mounted on thin card, panoramas backed on linen, captions written in ink, [1867-68], some slight fading, mostly to margins, slight spotting to card, nineteenth century green half morocco, rubbed . Note: This Series of Photographs was not published, a few copies being obtainable through the personal interest of officers of the regiment. Royal Engineers chief photographer Sergeant Harrald and his staff accompanied the four-month expedition under the command of Sir Robert Napier to free British captives held hostage by Emperor Theodore of Abyssinia. A near identical album of photographs was sold at Bloomsbury, lot 430, 20th June 2002, this copy however does not have the manuscript table of contents with printed heading, nor the printed title slip below each photograph. . With a one page autograph note signed from H.M. Stanley to [Charles] Danford, on lined note paper "all true about Abyssinia. I am going on a tramp so distant, so very distant, to such an interesting country. If I ever should come back I will be a notorious fellow. Don't you want to go. If you should come to London call at the Queen & we will have a glass together, Queen's Hotel, 17 1/68, War Cor. N.Y. Herald", [c.14x 11cm], somewhat soiled and frayed. Stanley published an account of the expedition in Coomassie and Magdala: The Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa, 1884 Provenance: From the library of Glendoune House, . Provenance: Charles George Danford, a great friend of John George Young, grandfather of the vendor.

Danish medicine--Smith, Henrik. Tredge Urtegaard. Copenhagen: Hans Vingaard, 1557, title printed in red and black within woodcut border, with the final blank leaf, [Nielsen 1511; Rosenkilde & Ballhausen 266; Waller 9022]; Ibid. Fjerde Urtegaard. Copenhagen: H. Vingaard, 1557, title within woodcut border, with the final blank leaf, [Nielsen 1512; R. & B. 267; Durling 4224; Waller 9023;]; Ibid. En skon Nyttelig Laegebog. Copenhagen: H. Vingaard, 1557, title within a woodcut border, [Nielsen 1507; R & B 265; Durling 4225; Waller 9020]; Ibid. En Bog om Pestelentzis Aarsage. Copenhagen: H. Vingaard, 1557, title within woodcut border, [Nielsen 1505; R & B 264; Durling 4222; Waller 9018], lacking final blank; Fries, Lorentz. En Liden Bog om Menniskens Vand... fordancket aff Henrick Smit. Copenhagen: H. Vingaard, 1557, title within woodcut border, [Nielsen 639; Waller 3262], lacking final leaf (supplied in facsimile), 5 works in one volume, 4to, later calf, spine gilt, a few early manuscript notes and inscriptions, some light damp-staining throughout, some worming in margins, a few printed margin notes very slightly trimmed, inscription on first title-page deleted, binding slightly worn; Smith, Henrik. [Laegebog] En Bog om Pestilientzia aarsage. Copenhagen: A. Gutterwitz, 1577, part 4 only (of 6), modern morocco, [Nielsen 1508; R & B 269], a few repairs in margins (2) . Note: These five medical works are usually found bound together. The Tredje Urtegaard (orThe third simple garden) is the largest of Smith's popular medical works. Not a medical man himself, Smith drew heavily on the work of others, including Christiern Pedersen. The Fierde Urtegaard is the first Danish book about obstetrics and female diseases. According to Smith himself this is the second edition of his work on the plague following the first of 1535. Fries's work was translated by Smith.

Medical--La Tourette, Joseph Charles Gilles de. L'hygienne moderne ou l'art de vivre en santé et de prolonger la vie, manuscript in 2 volumes, c.600 pages, [Loudon, late eighteenth century], 4to, in two hands, one possibly Tourette's hand, the second apparently that of Prieur, his co-author, with revisions and corrections, sometimes on intercalated pages, two frontispieces in ink and wash by Chenu, red half roan, marbled boards . Note: Tourette practised as a surgeon in Paris before moving to Loudun and specialisng in obstetrics. He published a treatise on obstetrics in Angers in 1787. The present manuscript appears to be unpublished and may be partly autograph. According to a note inserted at the front of the second volume, the author had been granted a privilege for publishing the work in February 1787, but he apparently did not do so at that time as corrections were still being made to the text in 1789 and afterwards. The title-page to the first volume was clearly intended for publication, including the place of publication, but without a date ("Loudon, dans le cabinet de l'auteur").. This enclyclopedic treatise covers all aspects of healthy living from atmosphere and environment to diet and nutrition, the abuse of alcholol, preventive medicine, sleep, excretion and sex. The author quotes from such authors as Rousseau, Franklin, Parmentier and travel writers.

Melville, Herman. Narrative of a four months' residence among the natives of a valley of the Marquesas Islands; or a peep at Polynesian life. London: John Murray, 1846, first edition, first issue, 8vo (180 x 118mm.), map on page [xviii], 8 leaves of publisher's catalogue at end, modern blue cloth, lacking half-title, title slightly soiled . Note: Blanck, Bibliography of American Literature 13652; cf. Hill p.196 (1847 editions) . The first issue of the author's first book (page 19, line 1 "Pomarea"). This edition predates the American edition of the same year, which appeared as Typee. The London edition was set directly from Melville's manuscript, whereas the New York edition was set from proofs of the Murray edition. . Jacob Blanck notes in BAL that "no wholly satisfactory publication sequence has been established for the London issues of this book ."

* GWR. Photographs of the Carriage & Wagon Shops and Offices [Swindon], c. 1907-16, eighty fine cyanotype photos, mostly showing the interior of the workshops, image size 24 x 27 cm, all titled in pencil to verso and stamped 'GWR Drawing Office Swindon', with the date when the photograph was taken, manuscript index at front, orig. boards with silk tie to spine, 4to. An important archive of photographs showing Brunel's famous railway workshops in great detail before the commencement of World War One. Sir John Herschel invented the cyanotype process and read a paper before the Royal Society in 1842. The process was little used in the early years, with the notable exception of Anna Atkins, whose work 'British Algae' started appearing in late 1843. (1)

* Manuscript maps. Four well-executed unsigned pen and ink manuscript maps of Chester, Southampton, Lyme and the Isle of Wight and their surrounding areas, c.1805, uncoloured, sheet size of each 330 x 500 mm (4)

* Norfolk estate plan. 'A Map of an Estate situate at Great Ellingham in Norfolk belonging to Mr. John Barnard 1819', produced by Browne & Taylor, Surveyors, Norwich, original ink and watercolour manuscript estate plan on vellum, with tennants names marked and key to field acreage, lightly creased where folded and some, minor finger soiling, the sheet 650 x 575 mm (1)

* Warwickshire-Coventry. An album containing a collection of prints, a map & watercolour etc. relating to Coventry, 17th-19th c., includes eng. views & ports. after Hollar, three folding manuscript floor/gallery plans of St. Michaels' Coventry, c.1850, providing details of named family pews etc., a watercolour courtyard scene, plus a copy of 'The Antiquties of Coventre, Illustrated..., (text only), by William Dugdale, Coventry, 1765', each sheet window mounted, plus other Coventry related items inc. photos etc., later 19th c. dec.. vellum, 4to (1)

[Caradoc, Saint, of Llancarfan]. The Historie of Cambria, now called Wales: a Part of the Most Famous Yland of Brytaine, written in the Brytish Language..., Translated into English by H. Lloyd..., Corrected, augmented, and continued... by David Powel..., Reprinted for J. Harding, 1811, few woodcut illusts. to text, occ. scattered spotting to few pages, inner joints strengthened, contemp. calf, gilt Royal arms to spine, old reback, upper joint slightly split, some wear to extrems., 4to. Limited edition of 250 copies. Manuscript note to front endpaper, "Lot 2929 purchased at the Duke of Yorks sale May 19th, 1827 by G.B.". This is the copy recorded by Lowndes as sold for 14/-. Lowndes p.1377. (1)

Corbet (John). An Historicall Relation of the Military Government of Gloucester: From the beginning of the Civill Warre Betweene King and Parliament To the removall of Colonell Massie from that Government to the Command of the Westerne Forces, Printed by M. B. for Robert Bostock, 1645, title-page within a border of typographic ornaments, just touched by the binder, extra-illustrated with nine engraved portraits, and nine engraved views, including folding perspective views of Gloucester, and of Bristol, some soiling, occasional ink marginal annotation, a few running headlines shaved, with manuscript Indexes of names and places supplied at the end, later calf, a little rubbed, rebacked, small 4to. Inscribed "William Bazeley 188[?9] from Louis Henry Hall, a native of the City of Gloucester and grandson of a Freeman of the same", followed by notes on the text and portraits of Massey", on the front pastedown. Wing C6248. Hyett and Bazeley Vol. I p. 256 "This account of the siege of Gloucester is of extreme historical value". First edition, reissued in 1647. (1)

Gilpin (William). Observations on the River Wye, and several parts of South Wales, &c. Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; Made in the Summer of the Year 1770, 1st ed., London, Printed for R. Blamire, 1782, the half-title present, fifteen oval tinted aquatint plates by William Sawrey Gilpin, offset onto facing text, contemp. calf, spine gilt, rubbed, joints cracked, 8vo. William Gilpin (1724-1804) was a pioneer in the appreciation of the British landscape. His celebrated published series of Tours through various regions, of which the "Observations on the River Wye" was the first, became the main source of inspiration for a generation of travellers in search of the "picturesque". Whilst his opinionated ideas and "picturesque rules" on what to look for and what to avoid soon attracted ridicule (he was satirized as the bumbling fool Dr. Syntax in William Combe's poems, and brilliantly represented in Rowlandson's accompanying caricatures), his writings had a lasting impact on the way we view the landscape, and in the establishment of a new movement of middle class tourists in a rapidly-changing Britain. Gilpin made his journey down the Wye, from Ross to Chepstow, in June 1770. He had circulated accounts of a number of his tours in manuscript, and their popularity led to a decision to publish. The Wye Tour was chosen ahead of The Lakes as it was a shorter work, which might more effectively test public reaction. "Observations on the River Wye and Several Parts of South Wales" was published in an edition of 700 copies, dated 1782, although not actually appearing until the summer of 1783 due to delays in the production of the aquatint illustrations. It was immediately successful, and a fifth edition was published in 1800, with a new series of plates. In spite of its pomposity (vide the infamous passage recommending the judicious use of a mallet) Gilpin's book remains a cornerstone of River Wye, and British topopgraphical, literature. The first edition not in Abbey, Scenery. (1)

Cooper (Anne). Journal of a Tour down the Wye. Anne Cooper 1786, the original manuscript journal of a Wye Tour from Ross to Chepstow, comprising a title-page, lettered as above, and 41 pages of text (actually numbered 1-39), written in a neat and legible hand, illustrated with 21 accomplished views in sepia wash, within oval borders and very much in the style of Gilpin, most on separate tipped-in leaves, each with a caption, with one further illustration, of "Two Fishermen, with their Paddle, Coracle & Fishing Poles" in watercolour, in the original binding of marbled boards, unlettered, now rather rubbed but quite intact, 8vo (200 x 165 mm). A charming and evocative record, with splendid illustrations, of the typical Wye Tour, journeying from Ross to Chepstow, with an overnight stop at Monmouth. On the third day the party explore Piercefield and Wyndcliff.

Fielding (T. H.). A Picturesque Description of the River Wye, from the Source to its Junction with the Severn, Ackermann & Co., 1841, twelve highly-finished hand-coloured aquatint plates, unsigned, without titles or imprints, numbered in manuscript 1-12 at the head, original green cloth, blocked in blind, lettered in gilt on the upper cover within a gilt frame, a.e.g., slightly rubbed at extrems., but an excellent copy, small folio. Abbey, Scenery, 550. Tooley 218. (1)

* Albert (Prince Consort of Victoria of England, 1819-1861). Manuscript appointment of Secretary to the Lord Warden of the Stannaries in the County of Cornwall and Devon, given at Somerset House, 4th May 1842, with fine bold signature of Albert and red wax seal of the Dutchy of Cornwall, showing portcullis (1)

* George I (King of England, 1660-1727). Manuscript Royal Warrant signed, 'George R', 22nd October 1722, ordering for the robes to initiate the third Duke of Bolton, Charles, to the Order of the Garter, 'One large mantle of blew velvet lin'd with white taffeta ...', signed by the King at head and counter-signed by R. Sarum at foot, somewhat spotted and browned along folds, integral blank, split in two along folds and with tape repairs to versos of folds, folio (1)

* George III (King of Great Britain, 1738-1820). Manuscript Royal Warrant signed 'George III', 30th March 1763, concerning a sum of money due to the late Sir James Colebrooke, Sir George Colebrooke, Arnold Nesbitt and Moses Franks, for provisions issued to Robert Leake, Commissary of Stores and Provisions in North America, in the months of August & October 1762, 'For the use of Our Forces in different Garrisons there, and also for damag'd Provisions', signed by the King at head and counter-signed by Bute F. Dashwood [Sir Francis Dashwood of Health Fire Club fame], and Lord North, integral blank, a little soiled and small chips to edges of horizontal folds, folio (1)

* George III (King of Great Britain, 1738-1820). Manuscript Royal Warrant signed 'George R', 4th December 1778, concerning a sum of money due to Arnold Nesbitt, Adam Drummond and Moses Franks, contractors for delivering provisions at Cork for the Forces in North America, signed by the King at head and counter-signed by North, Beauchamp and Westcote at foot, integral blank, a little soiled, folio (1)

* George IV (King of England, 1762-1830). Manuscript Royal Pardon, 6th September 1822, pardoning certain convicts from the death penalty, John Bowker, for highway robbery, Thomas Kirk, for stealing a cow, William Culshaw, for horse stealing, Mary McLean, alias Mary Bannon, for using a forged bank note, Samuel Lancaster the Younger, and Henry Lancaster, for burglary, on condition that they each serve one year's hard labour in the House of Correction at Preston, signed by the King at head, counter-signed by Robert Peel, 3 pp., minor soiling and sl. ink staining to first page, folio. See The Times, 2nd September 1822, page 3, for details of the assizes. (1)

House of Commons Journal. A manuscript of the House of Commons Journal, 12th November 1694 to 28th February 1695, prob. early 19th c., the whole copied in a fine old style hand on paper with red ruled borders, a total of 431 pp. plus tabulated index, some soiling and marginal damp fraying with a little paper loss to blank fore-margins and lower outer corners, a few leaves with marginal repairs, a.e.g., modern qtr. calf, tall folio. Covers the period of the death of Queen Mary, warfare with France, and the founding of the Bank of England. (1)

* James I (King of Great Britain & Ireland, 1566-1625). An attractive manuscript vellum document written in Chancery script, with decorative initial letter dated 2nd September 1611, being a Licence of Alienation, granted to Sir Richard Weston, Knight (First Earl of Portland 1577-1635) and Frances his wife, for the sum of six pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence to Alienate the Manor of Longbarne, in Beauchampe Rothinge (Essex), and three messuages, two tofts, two gardens, four hundred acres of land, twenty acres of meadow, thirty acres of pasture, forty acres of wood, sixty shillings in rents, and two parts of the tithes of Beauchampe Rothinge (except the advowson of the Church of Beauchampe Rothinge to Edward Stokes, Nicholas Collyn senior and Nicholas Collyn junior, lacking Great Seal, together with a vellum manuscript Final Concord, dated 25th January 1664 (1665) between Sir Elias Harvey against Charles Havers and his wife for land in Hempstead, Essex (2)

* Manor of Sedgley. Two manuscript volumes containing the Court records for the Court Baron of the Manor of Sedgley held between the 3rd June, 1813 to the 5th November, 1814 and 4th March, 1815 to 18th April, 1816, containing in total over 380 manuscript pages, contemp. limp vellum, small folio (2)

* Manors of Rowley Regis & Kingswinford. Three manuscript volumes containing the court records for the Court Baron of Rowley Regis and Kingswinford for 1817, 1821 and 1822, contemp. limp vellum, small folio (3)

* Maskelyne (Nevil, 1732-1811). Autograph letter signed 'N. Maskelyne', Greenwich, 7th February, 1799, to Pearson & Loggen [Attorneys at Law], 'Enclosed I send you the order on Mr Elmsley, bookseller to the Board of Longitude, signed by Sir Joseph Banks and myself, for sixty five pounds, eight shillings and two pence halfpenny, to be applied by you in paying the assignees of Mr Christopher Buckton and himself, their bills on the Board of Longitude, you taking a proper discharge of them for the same', with a cramped postscript in Maskelyne's holograph asking to check with Mr Gilpin, housekeeper to the Royal Society, whether he has received some manuscript paper from Mr Buckton, a little soiled and browned, one page, 4to, laid down on card, together with a further letter from Maskelyne in the third person, Greenwich, 20th November 1798, also to Pearson & Loggen, concerning the present state of the account between the Board and Mr Buckton's assignees, 'also between the Board & Mr Buckton since the Bankruptcy and saying that if they are satisfied the Committee will give orders for the balance to be paid immediately, one page, folio, integral address panel, with penny post frank, some soiling and marginal wear with folds strengthened to verso of letter, folio, plus a facsimile letter by King George III Christopher Buckton was the printer to the Board of Longitude, and papers relating to his bankruptcy are held in the Royal Greenwich Observatory archive. (3)

* Medieval manuscript. Vellum probate of the will (20th August 1476) of Thomas Westley of Hempstead in the diocese of London; 26th May 1480 (reign of Edward IV), to be buried in the church of St Andrew Hempstead; three shilling and fourpence to the high altar for forgotten tithes; to the church a new silver chalice worth forty shillings, a new vestment worth forty shillings, a cope worth three pounds; twenty pounds to roof the north aisle of Hempstead church with lead, to be taken each to the four orders of friars in Cambridge to pray for his soul; executors to find a sufficient priest to celebrate for a year for his soul and the souls of his parents in Hempstead church, etc., the document is accompanied with a full translation listing his many other financial instructions and other bequests, with pendant wax seal in a linen bag (seal broken), scarce and seldom seen example of a medieval probate (1)

* Victoria (Queen of Great Britain & Ireland, 1819-1901). Manuscript warrant for the payments of the sum of one thousand and fifty pounds given at Osborne in the 16th July, 1861, to James Robert Gardiner for his distinguished service to the Queens son, Albert Edward, in the management of the Dutchy of Cornwall, signed by Queen Victoria (1)

* Victoria (Queen of England, 1819-1901). Manuscript Royal Conditional Pardon, 7th September 1841, reprieving Girolomo Capella, convicted of murder, from the death penalty, the condition of the Pardon being his transportation for the term of his natural life, signed by Monarch at head, integral blank, folio. According to The Times (28th August 1841), Girolomo Capella was indicted for the wilful murder of Antonio Capella, by scalding him to death with hot gruel in a dispute over money. (1)

* William IV (King of England, 1765-1837). Manuscript Royal Pardon, 7th August 1833, a conditional pardon for a sentence of death passed for the conviction of malciously shooting, on condition that he is transported to New South Wales or Van Diemens land, or some one or other of the Islands adjacent thereto for the term of his natural life, large flourished signature of the King at head, and counter-signed by Lord Melbourne at foot, 2 pp. with integral blank and endorsement, horizontal split to centrefold of second leaf, folio (1)

* William IV (King of England, 1765-1837). Manuscript Pardon signed, 10th May 1836, pardoning John Bury from a sentence of death for the conviction of murder, 'on condition of his being Transported to New South Wales or Van Diemens land or some one or other of the Islands adjacent thereto, for the term of his natural life', large bold signature of the King at head (a little smudged), counter-signed by Lord Russell at foot, a little offsetting from wafer seal, 2 pp., integral blank with endorsement, folio. See The Times report for the case, 9th April 1836, page 6. John Bury was indicted for the wilful of Agnes Hardman at Prestwich, her death according to the surgeon caused by external injury of the bladder. (1)

Acts of Parliament. Anno Regni Caroli II. Regis Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, London, printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1667-1670, together twenty-six Acts of Parliament, general titles with Royal Coat-of-Arms, woodcut headpieces and initials, the acts including An Act for Banishing and Disenabling the Earl of Clarendon (1667); An Act for Setling Freedom and Intercourse of Trade between England and Scotland (1667); An Act for Raising Three Hundred and ten thousand pounds, by an Imposition on Wines and other Liquors (1668); An Act to Prevent and Supress Seditious Conventicles (1670) and, most interestingly, An Additional Act for the Rebuilding of the City of London, Uniting of Parishes, and Rebuilding of the Cathedral and Parochial Churches within the said City (1670), occasional light spotting, browning or dampstains, endpapers torn or frayed, some ink marginalia, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo Provenance: Thomas Wheeler and Montgomery Nott, Bridgnorth, 1670, manuscript on front pastedown, partially torn away. (1)

Illuminated manuscript. Officium Parvum Beatae Mariae Virginis, 2 vols., mid. 20th c., orig. illuminated manuscript, 56 and 47 leaves respectively, some decorated to one side only, on hand-made Fabbriano paper, with handwritten calligraphic text throughout, illuminated in gold and colours, incorporating birds, animals, flowers, and butterflies, some leaves unfinished, occn. marginal dust-soiling, first vol. in orig. gilt dec. blue morocco, contained in cloth slipcase, second vol. in orig. blindstamped brown morocco, spine faded, some markings to covers, folio Ex-libris Prinknash Abbey. (2)

Theobald (John). Every Man his own Physician, new ed., 1766, a few leaves closely cropped, advertisement leaves at end [bound-in with] Things As They Are, 2nd ed., 1758, advertisement leaves at end, bound with The Christian Pilgrim: or the Travels of the Children of Israel Spiritualized, 1766, bound with The Triumphant Christian: or, Faith's Victory over Death and the Grave, 4th ed., 1754, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with three others: John Johnstone's An Account of the Mode of Draining Land, according to the system practised by Mr. Joseph Elkington, 3rd ed., 1808; Letters of Alexander Von Humboldt, written between the years 1827 and 1858, to Varnhagen von Ense, 1860 and Essai sur le Rapport des Poids Etrangers avec Lemarc de France, par M. Tillet (manuscript by Louis Blancard, 1886) (4)

Housekeeper's Receipt-Book, or, The Repository of Domestic Knowledge, containing a Complete System of House-keeping, formed upon Principles of Experience and Economy... , to which is added a Collection of Marketing Tables, a System of Domestic Book-Keeping, Published by the Editor, 1815, eng. frontis. (browned), partly damaged and re-hinged with old manuscript receipt to recto, five (of 6) eng. plts. of bills of fare, a few tears and repairs, some browning and soiling throughout, closed tear repairs to index leaves without loss of text, small tear to lower outer corner of final leaf with minor loss of text, contemp. calf, some edge wear, neatly rebacked, 8vo, together with Hunter (A.), Receipts in Modern Cookery, with a Medical Commentary, new ed., 1820, eng. frontis., title lightly browned, recent half calf gilt, plus Forsyth (J.S.), The New Manual of Domestic Medicine... , with Instructions to Prepare all kinds of Useful Family Medicines, 2nd ed., 1827, half-title, contemp. half roan with crude leather label to spine, rubbed and soiled, both 12mo (3)

Bland (David). A History of Book Illustration. The Illuminated Manuscript and the Printed Book, 2nd ed., 1969, tipped-in col. plts. and num. b & w illusts. to text, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Pollard (M.), A Dictionary of Members of the Dublin Book Trade, 1550-1800, Based on the Records of the Guild of St. Luke the Evangelist, Dublin, pub. Bibliographical Society, London, 2000, orig. cloth gilt, large thick 8vo, plus Arber (Edward), A Transcript of the Registers of the Company Stationers of London; 1554-1640 & 1640-1708, 8 vols., facsimile reprint, with Peter Smith, 1967, orig. cloth, 8vo & 4to, and other bibliography and reference (3 shelves)

TWO SMALL MANUSCRIPT RECEIPT BOOKS, one probably early 19th Century (2) “30-40

RICHARD HAY OF DRUMBOOTE: A VINDICATION OF ELIZABETH MORE FROM THE IMPUTATION OF BEING A CONCUBINE AND HER CHILDREN FROM THE TACHE OF BASTARDY ------ - AN ESSAY ON THE ORIGINE OF THE ROYAL FAMILY OF THE STEWARTS --------, Edinb, 1723, 1793, 2 works in 1, 1st work with some late 18th Century manuscript annots, small 4to, old cf rebkd

LOUIS JAMES (ED): PRINT AND THE PEOPLE 1819-1851, 1976, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + ALLAN BARTRAM: FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF BOOK DESIGN, 2001, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + ALBERTO MANGUEL: A HISTORY OF READING, 1996, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + DAVID McKITTICK: PRINT MANUSCRIPT AND THE SEARCH FOR ORDER 1450-1830, 2003, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + EDWARD MILLER: PRINCE OF LIBRARIANS THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ANTONIO PANIZZI OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 1967, 1st edn, orig cl + 3 others similar (8)

VICTORIAN ALBUM DRIED FLOWERS WITH MANUSCRIPT NOTES WHERE COLLECTED, 1866-80, 4to, old hf cf worn

EMMA AND MARIA PETIT: A JOURNAL OF A TOUR ON THE CONTINENT IN THE SUMMER OF 1838 DEDICATED TO MAJOR AND MRS BARCLEY, a comtemporary manuscript journal, 221 manuscript pages with a qty pen ink drawings and watercolours obl mor gt

MANUSCRIPT AS IN FULL DIARY 1893 BY ROYAL NAVAL OFFICER C C MCDONALD “HMS ARETHUSA” INCLUDING MALTA, ATHENS, ALEXANDRIA AND CAIRO WITH SOME PEN AND INK SKETCHES, orig cl gt soiled