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Tacitus (Cornelius). The Annales of Cornelius Tacitus. The Description of Germanie, 1st edition in English, [Printed at London: by Arn. Hatfield, for Bonham and John Norton], 1598, errata and colophon to verso of final leaf, bound with Tacitus (Cornelius). The Ende of Nero and Beginning of Galba. Fower Bookes of the Histories of Cornelius Tacitus. The Life of Agricola, 2nd edition, [Printed at London: by Edm. Bollifant, for Bonham and John Norton], 1598, engraved diagram, colophon with early manuscript annotation, close trimming to letterpress marginal notes, without final blank, bound with Jermin (Michael). A Commentary, upon the Whole Booke of Ecclesiastes or The Preacher. Wherein the originall Hebrew text is carefully examined, our owne English Translation and others are duely viewed and compared..., London: Printed by Ric. Hodgkinsonne, for John Clark, 1639, [6], 247, [1], 265-292, 297-457, [23] p., lacking initial blank (A1) and bound without text leaves 2C3 & 2C4 (pp. 293-296), some errors in pagination, some damp-staining (mostly to second work) and occasional spotting, ownership label of Mr. Wm. Ledsam to upper pastedown, 18th-century half calf, expertly rebacked preserving original spine with black morocco title label, folio (27 x 17.7 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 23644; 23643 and 14500.

Miscellaneous. A large collection of miscellaneous literature, including Peacock's Polite Repository, or Pocket Companion containing an Almanack..., 1833, some pages with contemporary ink entries, contemporary red morocco wallet-style binding, a little rubbed and scratched, 16mo, together with Daily Verses. London: Religious Tract Society, circa. 1900, miniature psalm book, contemporary signatures to front free endpapers, contemporary red morocco wallet style binding, a little rubbed, 30 x 50 mm, plus Browning (Robert). Selections from The Poetical Works..., 2 volumes, 8th edition, London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1883, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco by Sotheran & Co, faded and scuffed, 8vo, Watercolour album circa 1890, approximately 22 watercolours of British landscapes, contemporary half-morocco, oblong 8vo (140 x 230 mm), plus Victorian scrapbooks containing manuscript entries, photographs, illustrations, engraved plates, drawings and other various ephemera and multiple loose sheets, plus other antiquarian, juvenile, scrapbooks, postcards, some leather bindings, some original cloth, overall condition generally fair, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)

Jonson (Ben). [The Workes, 2 parts only, London: Richard Bishop, 1640], comprising Volpone, or The Fox. A Comedy, and The Alchemist. A Comedy, both disbound folio, loosely contained in modern sprung binder, together with:Frend (William). Evening Amusements; or, The Beauty of the Heavens Displayed. In which several striking appearances, to be observed on various evenings in the heavens, during the year 1805, are described; and several means are pointed out, by which the time of young persons may be innocently, agreeably, and profitably employed within doors, London: Printed for J. Mawman in the Poultry, 1805, six engraved plates of celestial bodies, single publisher's advertisement leaf at end, occasional light spotting, untrimmed, original boards, worn, 12mo,Aesop. Fables of Esop and others: Translated into English, with instructive applications; and a print before each fable, by Samuel Croxall, D.D., Late Archdeacon of Hereford, Derby: Henry Mozley, 1819, wood engraved frontispiece with early signature George Walmsley to verso (with some show-through), wood engraved vignette to title, numerous woodcut illustrations, light dust-soiling and few marks, endpapers renewed, top edge gilt, contemporary sheep, rebacked, 12mo,Knight (T. A.). A Treatise on the Culture of the Apple & Pear, and on the Manufacture of Cider & Perry, 2nd edition, enlarged, Ludlow, H. Procter, 1801, ink stamp at foot of title and manuscript number to verso (repair to gutter), library ticket and stamps to front endpaper, modern cloth, 12mo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian etc. including A Short Introduction to the Latin Grammar, for the use of the Lower Forms, in Westminster School, London: W. Ginger, 1810; A Dialogue on the Distinct Characters of the Picturesque and the Beautiful..., with Remarks on the ideas of Sir Joshua Reynolds & Mr Burke..., by Uvedale Price, Hereford: J. Robson, 1801 (with few library stamps); Practical Measuring made easy to the meanest capacity by a new set of tables..., by E. Hoppus, 10th edition, London: J. F. and C. Rivington [et al.], 1777 and The Farmer's Tour through the East of England, volumes 2-4 only, 1771, etc.QTY: (approx. 45)

Abul-Pharajio (Gregorio). Historia Compendiosa Dynastiarum authore Gregorio Abul-Pharajio, Malatiensi Medico, Historiam complectens universalem, à mundo condito, usque ad Tempora Authoris, res Orientalium accuratissime describens. Arabice edita & Latine versa ab Edvardo Pocockio, 3 volumes in 2, 1st edition in English, Oxford: H.Hall, 1663, divisional titles (2 with vignettes cut away), woodcut initials, head and tailpieces, a few light spots, edges stained red, attractive late 17th-century or early 18th century mottled full calf, gilt-decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, very lightly rubbed, small 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Wing G2024; Madan, Oxford Books 2629.Orientalist Edward Pococke (1604-1691) arrived in Aleppo on the 17th October 1630 as Chaplain of the Levant Company, where for five years he studied the languages and culture of the region and began to collect Arabic manuscripts, returning to England in 1636 to take up the Chair of Arabic at Oxford. One of the manuscripts brought back by Pococke was the al-Mukhtasar fî'l-Duwal (History of the Dynasties) of Abu'l-Faraj (1226-1286). Pococke was a Royalist and thus out of favour during the Protectate, but with the Restoration he returned to Oxford where he began work on the complete Historia Compendiosa Dynastiarum. In 1663, almost thirty years after Pococke had returned from Aleppo with the manuscript, the ground-breaking Historia was first published."A revolution in Arabic studies, being Pococke's attempt to show that far from being a mere ancillary to biblical exegesis, Arabic literature (in the widest sense) was worthy of study in its own right" (ODNB).

Fletcher (John). A Dreadful Phenomenon described and improved: being a particular account of the sudden stoppage of the River Severn, and of the terrible desolation that happened at the Birches between Coalbrook-Dale and Buildwas Bridge in Shropshire, on Thursday Morning, May the 27th 1773. And the substance of a sermon preached the next day, on the ruins, to a vast concourse of spectators, 2nd edition, Bristol: Printed by W. Pine, 1774, 71 pp., lower margin of title with faint ink stamp with manuscript number, library label to front pastedown, late 19th/early 20th-century half sheep, joints lightly rubbed, slim 12mo, together with: Pennant (Thomas). Tours in Wales, 3 volumes, London: Wilkie and Robinson, J. Nunn, White and Cochrane [et al.], 1810, 44 engraved plates (some folding), few manuscript notes bound in, mid 19th-century green half morocco gilt, light wear at head of spines, 8vo,Gilpin (William). Observations on the River Wye, and several parts of South Wales..., made in the Summer of the Year 1770, 3rd edition, London: R. Blamire, 1792, 17 tinted aquatint plates, modern brown morocco, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, Harral (Thomas). Picturesque Views of the Severn..., 2 volumes, London: G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1824, numerous lithograph plates, titles, some text and foot of plates with library ink stamps, some spotting and dust-soiling, old library bookplate to upper pastedowns, original cloth-backed boards, later title labels, library number at foot of each spine, upper board of 1st volume near detached, some wear, 8vo, plus other Wales and River Wye topography and guides etc., mostly 19th-century publications QTY: (22)

Aristophanes. Comoediae Novem, EDITIO PRINCEPS, Venice: Apud Aldum, 1498, 346 leaves (of 348), lacking two blanks, text in Aldus' large Greek type 146, 41-42 lines of commentary and headline in smaller Greek type 114, Aldus' preface in Roman type, woodcut strapwork initials in two sizes, headpieces, initial spaces with guide-letters, early brown ink annotations in Greek, mainly to the first quarter of the volume, title and final leaf neatly strengthened at gutter, final text leaf with a few marginal repairs and some soiling to verso, a few small marginal tears or repairs, occasional light spotting or soiling, contents generally in very good, clean condition, edges speckled, 19th century manuscript bibliographical notes to front pastedown, and bookplate of Walter Hirst, with Sir Thomas Phillips' pencilled shelfmark below, rear pastedown with early ink lettering, and Quaritch pencil note, later 17th or 18th-century mottled vellum, gilt-decorated spine with thistle motifs and red morocco labels, thin red paint mark to lower cover, folio (314 x 204 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), Middle Hill library, Broadway, Worcestershire (Middle Hill pencilled shelfmark to front pastedown; his sale, Sotheby's, 28th November 1977, lot 5172); Walter Hirst (bookplate); earlier ink numbering and a Quaritch pencilled note to rear pastedown.BMC V 559. GW, 2333. Goff, A-958. Sander I 580. Essling I 2,2 1163.First printed edition of Aristophanes, comprising Plutus, Nebulae, Ranae, Equites, Acharnes, Vespae, Pax and Contionantes in the recension of the fourteenth-century Byzantine scholar Demetrios Triklinios, and one of the most important productions of the Aldine Press. Aldus was the first to found his career on the publication of Greek texts, printing more of the editiones principes of the major Greek classics than any other printer. The editor was the Greek humanist Marcus Musurus who also wrote the preface on the reasons for studying Greek and the stylistic beauty of Aristophanes. Aldus' dedication to Daniele Clario, teacher of classical languages in Ragusa, commends the plays of Aristophanes as necessary for pupils to immerse themselves in pure Greek, in the way that Terence serves for Latin.One of the greatest English book and manuscript collectors, Sir Thomas Philipps began collecting while still at Rugby School and continued at Oxford. According to A. N. L. Munby he acquired about 40,000 printed books and 60,000 manuscripts, arguably the largest collection created by a single individual.

Bible [English]. The Bible: Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, 1611, general title and New Testament title within decorative woodcut borders, Apocrypha present, double column text in black letter, close trimming at head affecting some running titles (mostly to Old Testament), New Testament title with short closed tear, late 17th and early 18th-century genealogical entries to final leaf of Apocrypha and verso of New Testament title of members of the Norton family including 'Robert Norton son of John Norton and Mary his wife was born the fifth and baptised the sixth day of May 1688', small rust hole to 3F5, few marginal notes lightly shaved, bound with at rear Book of Psalms. The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: printed for the Company of Stationers, 1611, title with printer's woodcut device and manuscript note to fore-margin, final leaf lined to verso, some light toning and minor dust-soiling, occasional damp-stains, light scattered spotting throughout, front endpaper with 18th and 19th-century genealogical entries, early 19th-century panelled calf, 4to (20.5 x 15.8 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow and Moule 239; Herbert 308; STC 2215.Geneva version. This volume closely resembles Herbert 307 (D. & M. 238; STC 2214) but the New Testament title is dated 1611. Leaf *3b, second col.: Yea verily: that by sight, taste and fee- | ling, as well as ...

Columna (Petrus Galatinus). De arcanis catholicae veritatis, contra obstinatissimam Judeorum nostrem tempestatis perfidiam: ex Talmud, aliisque hebraicis libris nuper excerptum. Epigramma hebraicum, 1st edition, Orthona: per Hieronymum Soncinu, 1518, ff. 311 [i], text in Roman, Hebrew and Greek letter, title page and twelve additional leaves printed within decorative woodcut frame borders with a design incorporating foliage and urns (from Decachordum Christianum, 1507), woodcut decorative initials, intermittent contemporary scholarly marginalia, occasionally extensive and some cabalistic in content, light foxing mostly to margins, final leaf torn with few small holes and consequent loss of two letters, text block with blue speckled edges, late 16th/early 17th-century full vellum with title in manuscript to spine, folio (31 x 19.8 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Adams C2418; BM STC It. p.192; Manzoni 108; Amram pp. 124-6; Brunet II 1447 “Elle renferme plusieurs pièces qu’on n’a pas réimpr.”; Thorndike VI pp. 445. (who had not seen a copy); Caillet II 4304; Not in Mortimer, Harvard C16 It., Sander or Essling.A rare Cabalistic work from Gerson Soncino’s short-lived Orthona press, which produced only four books, one of them in Hebrew. “Most interesting of all of these is the work of Petrus Galatinus, the Franciscan, ‘On the Mystery of the Catholic Truth’ … we find among [Gerson’s] publications the ancient classics as well as Catholic publications … and most remarkable of all the book of Galatinus, which was not only Catholic but distinctly anti-Jewish in purpose, introduced to the public in Hebrew verses by the author or some apostate editor as a book filled with loveliness, expounding the secrets of the Talmud in which may be found the very foundation of Christian Messianism the unity of Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The desire to find support in the Hebrew books for the doctrine of the Trinity arose out of the spread of Cabalism, a so-called science, through which Jewish mystics attempted to explain the mysteries of heaven and earth, and which had many Christian devotees, among them the famous Cardinal Egidio of Viterbo, who in this very year 1518 had assisted in the establishment of a Hebrew press in the city of Rome”. (Amram cit. infr.)Galatinus (alias Columna) was a converted Jew from Apulia who in the present work, dedicated to the Emperor Maximilian no less, undertook the defence of Reuchlin for his interest in the Cabala and Jewish books. He explains that in times past the Cabala had been secretly and orally transmitted, though recent Jews such as the Rabbi Simeon had written about it lest it be lost entirely, albeit in veiled terms. Galatinus holds that the Talmudic tradition enables one to piece out gaps or corrupt passages in scripture. He also deals at length with the Tetragrammaton and the divine names, the rest of the book largely concerns the Messiah and the time of His coming.

Missal Abridgement. [Evagatorium] Missale Itinera[n]tium. seu Misse peculiares valde deuote, que sequuntur, Cologne: Martinum de Werdana, 1505, e1-k3 only, black letter text, woodcut illustration of the Crucifixion to verso of e2, colophon present to final leaf k3, contemporary manuscript marginalia to fore-edge of e1, some leaves with running title at head shaved, 20th-century olive green plain limp morocco, small 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Adams L1165.The Adams entry fragment collates: e, f4g, h8i, k4.

Folding maps. A collection of 6 folding maps of foreign parts, mostly 19th-century, including Philips's Special Large Scale Map of the North Western Frontier with a map of the Overland Routes and a Military Map of the Indian Empire, George Philip & Son, London & Liverpool, circa. 1897, folding colour lithographic map, lightly toned, laid on linen, folded in original printed cloth wrappers, 550 x 725 mm, together with:Stanford's Map of The Far East & Pacific Ocean to illustrate the international situation..., mandated territories are shown according to the latest information available, London: Edward Stanford, 1941, folding colour photolithographic map, pinholes to upper corners of margins, laid on linen, original wrappers to verso, 550 x 700 mm, plus Bartholomew's War Map of Afghanistan and the indo-Russian frontiers, with a large general map showing the connection between England, Russia, & India, Edinburgh: John Bartholomew, 1885, folding colour lithographic map, a few tears and holes to folds, original wrapper to verso, 830 x 615 mm, plusPhilip's Special Large Scale War Map of The Soudan, Extending to Suakim on the Red Sea, with an enlarged plan of Kharetu, London: George Philip & Son, 1885, folding colour lithographic map, printed in black and blue, some spotting, a few tears to folds, original wrapper to verso, 575 x 795 mm, plusMap of British Malaya including the Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States and Malay States not included in the Federation...., Published under the direction of the Surveyor General, 1924, folding colour lithographic map, light spotting, area of loss to top left corner, laid on linen, 915 x 880 mm, and Town of Accra, circa. 1930, folding colour lithographic map, a few pencil annotations to printed area, margins and manuscript title to verso, light toning, 900 x 450 mm QTY: (6)

Ware (Isaac). Designs of Inigo Jones and Others, published by I. Ware, [London]: Printed for J. Millan opposite to the Admiralty Office White Hall, 1743, engraved title-page with indistinct signatures at head, engraved index leaf with pen, ink and pencil design for a chest of drawers to verso, 48 copper engraved plates by P. Fourdrinier, including six folding, (numbered 1-53, complete as list), folding plate 17/18 with repaired fold to verso, plate 48 with manuscript captions, manuscript notes to verso of final plate, few plates with light stain to fore-edges, some light dust-soiling, free endpapers discarded, contemporary mottled calf, with morocco title label, joints cracked and some wear, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:The volume contains designs for fireplaces, staircases, ceilings, obelisks and buildings, etc. First published in 1735, this issue is particularly scarce.

Thomas Hibernicus. Flores Omnium Pene Doctorum, qui tum in theologia, tum in philosophia hactenus claruerunt, Lyon: G. Rouille, 1580, title with woodcut device, a few leaves close-trimmed, occasional light water stains, later calf gilt, small repair to spine, some worming at foot, some edge wear, 16mo, together with [Linocier, Geoffroy]. [Histoire des Plantes, traduicte du Latin & Francois... Paris: G. Mace, 1619], title supplied in manuscript facsimile, numerous woodcut botanical illustrations, lacking printed title and pp. 77-78, 115-116, 463-64 & 704, a few annotations, a few corners torn away, dedication leaf repaired, some light toning and stains, modern calf gilt, 16moQTY: (2)NOTE:Second work parts 1 & 2 only (of 7) with one printed title for the second part l'Histoire des Plantes Aromatiques only. Sold with all faults not subject to return

Switzer (Stephen, 1682-1745). Author's manuscript with corrections entitled A Synopsis or Practical Compendium of Husbandry & Gardening, circa 1735-40, 48 folio leaves of manuscript in brown ink on laid paper with Pro Patria watermark, consisting of ten numbered leaves (1st-10th) containing The Preface (ten leaves), and A Table of the Contents of the following Synopsis (fourteen leaves), and A Synopsis or practical Compendium of husbandry & Gardening (thirty-eight leaves), some alterations, corrections, or additions in ink by the author, some damp staining, mostly light, particularly to upper outer edges, final leaf with some fraying to margins and loss of some letters (the text generally intact), contemporary plain stiff velum, somewhat soiled and discoloured, covers bowed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Private Collection, Derbyshire.The full attribution of this manuscript to the hand of Stephen Swtzer is supported by internal evidence: at the head of the table of contents he refers to his own address at the Flower pot over and against the court of Please, Westminster Hall, and on the 7th leaf of the Synopsis the writer pens a note at the foot of the page 'for a further enquiry into the etimology of the phascolus or kidney bean I refer to my Practical Kitchen Gardiner SCC5, Chap XILV, pa 236'. We have dated the manuscript to circa 1735-40 due to the reference to the 'to the Late Lord Peterborough', referring to the Commander of the Chief of Forces sent to Spain and Ambassador to the Court of Turin, who died on the 20th October 1735 on a voyage to Lisbon.Stephen Switzer (1682-1745), gardener, author, landscape designer, and seedsman was apprenticed in 1699 to George London, senior partner of Brompton Park Nurseries. While there, Switzer rose to the position of Lieutenant, where he met and formed friendships with the architects John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor, and Charles Bridgeman. The Brompton Nurseries supplied plants to the great houses that he was involved in laying out, including Chatsworth, Castle Howard, Yorkshire, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, Nostel, and Brimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire and Cirencester Park. By the mid-1720s Switzer had premises at Westminster Hall. The present manuscript refers to his address: 'Answering to ye several Classes of Husbandry or Grass Seeds, flower Roots & c. Sold by the Seedsman and Gardiners in and about London Especially by S. Switzer att the flower pot over against the Court of Common Pleas Westminster Hall....' Switzer published The Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardiner's Recreation (later retitled Ichnographia Rustica) in 1718, The Practical Fruit Gardiner (1724), The Practical Kitchen Gardiner (1727), and other works.

Smith (John Thomas). A Book for a Rainy Day: or Recollections of the Events of the last sixty-six years..., 3 volumes, London: Richard Bentley, 1845, extra-illustrated with engravings, etchings, mezzotints and lithographs including approximately 67 London views (3 folding), 138 portraits and 86 others including musical scores, British or foreign topographical views, satirical prints, theatre interest and others, most all 18th and 19th-century, a few with hand colouring, most window mounted but a few tipped in or laid on later paper, original text pages (8vo) window mounted, light spotting, damp staining, trimming or offsetting to a few leaves of text and prints, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown to each volume, hinges cracked, all edges gilt, 20th-century purple morocco, double morocco title labels to spine, upper panels inlaid with a closed umbrella design, joints rubbed, corners a little bumped, 4to, together with; Thackeray (William Makepeace). The Orphan of Pimlico and other Sketches, Fragments and Drawings...., with some notes by Anne-Isabella-Thackeray, 1st edition thus, London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1876, 3 engraved portrait frontispieces (2 black and white, 1 coloured duplicate), title in red and black, numerous plates with hand-coloured duplicates, original upper cover bound to front, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, bookplate of Charles Plumptre Johnson and ink signature to front pastedown, gilt turn-ins, 20th-century deep purple gilt morocco by Zaensdorf, spine faded to brown, some scuff marks to boards, extremities slightly rubbed, folio, plus Helwig (Christoph). Theatrum Historicum et Chronologicum..., 5th edition, Francofurti: Christian Kleinius, 1666, title in red & black, bookplate of James Frampton to front pastedown, contemporary calf rebacked preserving spine, folio, plus Bacon (Francis). Bacon's Essays, Sydney Edition edited by Sydney Humphries, limited to 30 editions in vellum, London: A. & C. Black, 1912, engraved frontispiece, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, ownership inscription of John Burns dated 1917 to front free endpaper, spotting to front and rear endpapers, untrimmed edges, printed letters from the publisher to the librarian from the publishers loosely inserted, original full vellum gilt, yapp fore-edges, minor soiling, 4to, plusBu?chner (Gottfried). Biblische Real- und Verbal- Hand-Concordanz Oder Exegetisch-Homiletisches Lexicon Darinne, 1st edition, Georg Adam Bonacker, Esslingen, 1747, slip printed 'Christian Freiderich Schall, 1747' pasted over publishes imprint on title page (partially lifting), contemporary vellum, rebacked preserving board and manuscript title section of original spine, 8vo, with a collection of others including; Beattie (William). Scotland illustrated in a Series of Views taken expressly for this Work by Messers. T. Allom, W. H. Bartlett..., 1838, numerous steel engraved plates plus folding map (some spotting), hinges cracked, all edges gilt, original red gilt morocco spine with relief buckram boards, a little worn, 4to, Little Books edited by Charles Whibley (2 volumes) London: Peter Davies, 1927, Forget me not; A Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1831, London: Published by R. Ackermann, 1831, many plates, original paper boards and slipcase, 6mo, plus others including those in leather gilt bindings and mother-of-pearl boards, various sizes and conditionQTY: (18)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates)

Fortescue (John). De laudibus legum Angliae writ[t]en by Sir John Fortescue L. Ch. Justice, and after L. Chancellor to K. Henry VI. Hereto are joind the two Summes of Sir Ralph de Hengham L. Ch. Justice to K. Edward I. commonly call[e]d Hengham magna, and Hengham parua. Never before publisht. Notes both on Fortescue and Hengham are added, London: For the Companie of Stationers, 1616, [16] p., 132, [3] leaves; 56, [12], 35, 34-159, [3] p., without initial blank, title with wear and loss to margins and lined to verso, text to first part in double-column printed in black letter and roman type in Latin and English, second part title with early inscription to upper margin, text to second part in single-column Latin text, final blank present with early manuscript notes, occasional early underscoring and marginalia, light worming at head to some leaves towards rear of volume, some toning, light dust-soiling and few leaves with very light damp-staining, 18th-century marbled calf, modern reback with gilt decorative motifs to spine compartments and red morocco title label, small 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:STC 11197.The first part is a translation by Robert Mulcaster of: De laudibus legum Angliae.

Liverpool. George Phillips' Plan of Liverpool and the Surrounding Cheshire Coast, Compiled from Actual Surveys, circa 1880, uncoloured folding lithographic map, dissected and laid on linen, ink manuscript additions of railway lines and boundaries, light spotting to a few areas, folded in original red gilt cloth boards, 915 x 1040 mmQTY: (1)

New Zealand. Stanford's Atlas of New Zealand, the Provinces of Nelson and Malbrough with the adjacent parts of Wellington and Canterbury..., London, published by Edward Stanford..., 2nd of May 1864, large scale engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalized and laid on linen, minor spotting to a few areas, folded into original brown cloth boards (a little water stained and faded), 660 x 970 mm, plusGeorge Philip & Son (Publisher). New Zealand, London, Philip-Stanford Authentic Reference Maps, 1957, colour printed folding map in original printed paper wrappers, a few minute holes to folds, 710 x 560 mm and 3 other large colour printed folding maps including; South Island, New Zealand, 1st Jan 1957, Map of Christchurch and Environs, 1957 and Map of Wellington and Environs, 1960, all published by the Lands & Survey Dept, under the authority of R. G. Dick, Surveyor-General, with light dust soiling and minute holes to folds, various sizes, together with: Hewitt (Nathaniel Rogers). A collection of maps of engraved maps printed for Grant & Griffith (successors to J. Harris), circa. 1848 with original hand-colouring consisting of; Map of the World (folding, long closed tear, sheet size 220 x 380 mm), fictional map providing examples of topographical features, Europe (with contemporary ink manuscript annotations), Asia, Africa, North America, South America, England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, each approximately 220 x 280 mm (sheet size), most maps with a little dust soiling and a few ink spots, all loosely stitched together QTY: (6)NOTE:It is highly likely that the collection of Hewitt maps were the exercise sheets to accompany William Butler's Geographical and Biographical exercises, designed for the use of young ladies, Grant & Griffith, 1848.

Epistolae Graecae. Epistolae diversorum philosophorum, 2 volumes in 1, Editio Princeps, Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1499, part 2 bound before part 1, 138 unnumbered leaves, (lacking blank 6 2); 266 unnumbered leaves (lacking blank 8), Greek letter, some Roman, capital spaces with guide-letters, bookplate of the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica on front pastedown, all edges gilt and richly gauffered, early 19th-century ‘Romantic’ straight-grain purple morocco by Brooks (his printed ticket on flyleaf), bound for George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, covers blind and gilt-ruled to a panel design, outer panel with blind dentelle border, middle panel with blind fleurons to corners and sides, large blind-tooled finely worked lozenge at centre, the arms of the 1st Duke of Sutherland gilt on upper cover, spine with blind and gilt-ruled double raised bands, blind tooled in compartments, gilt tooled at head and tail, inner dentelles and turn-ins gilt, 4to (leaf size 20.5 x 13.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (1758-1833), (bookplate).BMC V-560; GKW 9367; Goff E-6; Brunet 2, 1021; Renouard 18:1; "Cette édition est rare". Hain-Copinger, 6659.A fine, crisp copy of a rare Aldine incunable edited by Marcus Musurus. From 1493, Musurus was associated with Aldus Manutius and belonged to the Aldine Academy of Hellenists, a society founded by Manutius and other learned men for the promotion of Greek studies. Many of the Aldine classics were published under Musurus’ supervision, and he is credited with the first editions of the scholia of Aristophanes (1498), Athenaeus (1514), Hesychius of Alexandria (1514) and Pausanias (1516). Musuros’ handwriting reportedly formed the model of Aldus’ Greek type. Musurus here brings together 26 Greek authors including letters by Plato and the first printing of any of his writings in the original Greek as well Isocrates, Aeschines, Synesius, Aristotle, Alexander the Great, St. Basil, Phalaridis Tyranni, Bruti Romani, Apollonius of Tyana, and Julian Apostate. The Aldine Epistolae Graecae ‘was not replaced by an equally useful collection until 1873, the date of R. Hercher’s Epistolographi graeci’ (Wilson, Byzantium to Italy, p.150).The book is printed in Aldus’s second and better Greek type (2:114), designed by Francesco Griffo da Bologna. Letter-writing was an art and study allied to rhetoric which formed part of a humanistic education, and compendia of letters circulated as model precedents. The letters published in this volume however are of interest far beyond mere examples of letter-writing. An example is Plato’s seventh letter, the longest and most important. It is addressed to the associates and companions of Dion, most likely after his assassination in 353 BCE, in the form of an open letter, and contains a defence of Plato’s political activities in Syracuse as well as a long digression concerning the nature of philosophy, the theory of the forms, and the problems inherent to teaching. Toward the end of the letter he gives an explanation of the perfect circle as an existing, unchanging, and eternal form, and explains how any reproduction of a circle is impossible. He suggests that the form of a perfect circle cannot even be discussed, because language and definition are inadequate. This important edition was hightly influential; Copernicus taught himself Greek using this work with the help of a Greek-Latin dictionary; the manuscript of his De Revolutionibus contains a suppressed passage from Lysis’s letter to Hipparchus found in this collection. Introducing the text of the letter Copernicus mentions 'Philolaus believed in the earth’s motion.. (and) Aristarchus of Samos too held the same view'.

Manuscript Shahnameh. [The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, Rabi' al-Thani 1132: February 1720], 268 leaves in black nastaliq manuscript in four columns within red-ruled borders, headings in red ink, 17 watercolour and gouache miniatures, heightened in gold and silver, the largest 27 x 18.5 cm, a few miniatures rubbed with some loss of paint, lacking title and some other leaves?, a few leaves and miniatures laid down, some repairs and worming, some water stains, toning and smudging to manuscript, bound in later sheep, spine faded, light edge wear, folio, 38.5 x 25.5 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: modern pencil note to front endpaper giving the title and date.

Virgil. [Opera Virgiliana, cum decem commentis, docte et familiariter exposita, docte quidem Bucolica, & Georgica à Seruio, Donato, Mancinello & Probo nuper addito : cu[m] adnotationibus Beroaldinis. Aeneis uerò ab iisdem pr[a]eter Mancinellum & Probum, & ab Augustino Datho in eius principio: opusculorum præterea quædam ab Domitio Calderino. Familiariter uerò omnia tam opera q[ue] opuscula ab Iodoco Badio Asce[n]sio. Addidimus præterea opusculum aliud, in priapi lusum, quod in antea impressis minime reperitur, edited by J. Badius Ascensius, 3 parts in one, Lyon: Jean Crespin, 1529], lacking first title, second title with woodcut fleur-de-lys, circa 200 fine large woodcut illustrations, numerous metalcut criblé initials of various sizes (many historiated), lacking signature Ff2 (i.e. pp. LXXXIII-LXXXIIII) in the second part and signature X3 (pp. CCCXXI-CCCXXII) in the third part, and final leaf at the end of the book, early manuscript annotation to rear endpaper, signature MIII in first part with medium closed tear, one or two small marginal repairs, occasional light water stains (heavier to last few leaves) and light soiling, near-contemporary panelled calf, lacking part of spine, some worming and wear to covers, folio (31 x 21 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Adams V-474. The superb woodcuts are by the Late Master of the Gruninger Workshop, first published by Johann Grüninger at Strasbourg in 1502. Grüninger's Virgil woodblocks, the production of which was supervised by Sebastian Brant, had a long afterlife and passed to Lyon for use in Jacques Sacon's 1517 edition and then to Jean Crespin (for the present edition), before moving to Crespin's associates in Venice, the Giunta family.Sold with all faults not subject to return.

Stow (John). A summarie of Englyshe chronicles conteynyng the true accompt of yeres, wherein every Kyng of this Realme of England began theyr reigne, howe long they reigned: and what notable thynges hath bene doone durynge theyr Reygnes. Wyth also the names and yeares of all the Baylyffes, Custos, maiors, and sheriffes of the Citie of London, sens the Conqueste, dyligentely Collected by John Stow citisen of London, in the yere of our Lorde God 1565. Wherunto is added a Table in the end, conteynyng all the principall matters of this Booke. Perused and allowed accordyng to the Quenes majesties Injunctions, 1st edition, [London]: In aedibus Thomae Marshi, [1565], black letter text, title and following seven leaves printed in red and black, woodcut initials, Aa1 with closed tear, C[c]4 torn with loss to lower blank corner (not affecting text),  leaf 2G4 is a cancel, bound without the final 12 leaves (2i8 and 2k4, distance in miles and index tables), light water-stains and dust-soiling to title, a few minor marks elsewhere, 18th century engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Yardley, St. John's College, Cambridge, dated 1721, to front pastedown, contemporary full calf, modern good-quality antique-style reback, outer corners refurbished, small 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Edward Yardley (1698-1769).Yardley was born in London, on 28 March 1698, and he was educated at Merchant Taylors School and St John's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1717/18, M.A. 1721, B.D. 1729). After ordination (deacon 1721, priest 1722) he served in London before he was given (by St John's College, Cambridge), the sinecure rectory of St Florence, Pembrokeshire (4 March 1731/32). On 5 November 1731, he was elected preacher for St Michael's Chapel, the old chapel of Highgate School which was a chapel of ease in the parish of St Mary, Hornsey, a position he held for the remainder of his life. He later became Archdeacon of Cardigan (26 May 1739). Yardley is known for his studies of the records of the cathedral of St. Davids and as the author of the manuscript called Menevia Sacra which is now held in the National Library of Wales, contained in three volumes.

Illuminated manuscript. Missa Beatae Virginae et aliae Orationes, Bologna, 1494, [ii] 145 [ii] leaves, illuminated manuscript on vellum, Rotunda Italiana script in Latin, 11 lines per page, leaf 31 with full page illumination depicting the Virgin and the Infant Christ within full-page border, scrolling decoration at head and foot on a red and green ground, urns and flowers with jewels and pearls on a deep blue ground, shield at foot azur an eagle or with initials N.M., leaf 66 with elaborate illuminated 5-line D with stave of flowers, leaves, scrolls, jewels and pearls on crimson, blue and gold grounds, one-line crosses in red and blue, some rubrics in Italian towards the end, 2-line liquid gold illuminated letters on red, blue and green grounds with scrolling decoration, initial letters with traces of gold, partially rubricated, title and ex libris of Isabella Sofia Commercati (circa 1800) added to the recto and verso of the first and last leaves respectively, 20th century bookplates of Pamela and Raymond Lister and Michael Tomkinson, occasional slight marginal soiling, small oil-stain to blank outer corner of last three leaves, blue watered silk endpapers, all edges gilt, early 19th-century black morocco with quadruple-rule in blind, the upper panel stamped with the arms of the Malpassuti (di Tortona) family, 12mo (66 x 95 mm), contained in folding boxQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Malpassuti family of Tortona, Lombardy (armorial binding); Michael Tomkinson; Pamela and Raymond Lister. Isabella Sofia Comercati not traced.An attractive pocket-sized liturgical work. Folios 1-19 contain a calendar of saints, amongst which are Saint Petronius, indicating a Bolognese provenance, Mark the Evangelist and the apostle Barnabas. Folios 20-51v comprise the Mass of the Virgin. The Confiteor, Misereatur and Blessing are followed by the Pericopes arranged in chronological order (John 1, 1-14; Luke 1, 26-37; Matthew 2, 1-12; Mark 16, 14-20). The striking and colourful fullpage illumination marks the start of the Mass of the Virgin. It opens with psalm 44, before moving onto a farced Gloria with additional tropes specifically for the Marian mass, a collect, epistle, gradual, the Nicene Creed, Ave Maria, Eucharistic prayer II, the Preface of Mary, Sanctus, Agnus, Benedictus, Salve Regina, the Marian antiphons, Psalm 90, prayers of Saint Augustine, and on the Passion. Folios 51v-81 contains the prayers of Saint Bridget on the passion of Christ and 81v-85 the prayers of Saint Anselm. Folios 86-134 contain the seven penitential psalms and litanies beginning with a fine elaborate illuminated letter, then follow prayers of Saint Bernard on folios 135-138r. Folios 138v to the end give the prayers used at the Lateran Basilica in Rome and for papal indulgences.Originally written for ‘Jacopo’ (whose name appears several times in the text in the same hand), the reference to Saint Anselm dates the book to after 1494, when Anselm was canonized by Pope Alexander VI. The small size of the book indicates private use, and the arms and initials within the fullpage illumination a lay origin. The clear and elegant calligraphy – the very regular rotunda script indicating a high-end scribal production for a wealthy patron – and style of illumination point towards by the circle of the famed calligrapher Sallando – though this is not his hand – and the illuminator Marmitta, both of whom were working in Bologna from the last decade of the 15th century, and who made use of a palette of strong, dark colours and foliage. The N.M. monogram at the foot may indicate an earlier member of the Malpassuti family.

Guevara (Antonio de). [The Golden Boke of Marcus Aurelius Emperour and eloquent oratour, London: Thomas Berthelet, 1553], lacking title and first leaves, text begins on B1, black letter text, decorative woodcut initials, 17th-century ink signature of (?)Theodore Dockwra, Baron Dockwra of Culmore to upper margin of B1, 18th-century signature of Margaret Dayviel to verso of outer margin of 2N2, short closed tear to D6, few early ink markings and few words to leaves B1-B4 crossed out, occasional light damp-stains to margins, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving portion of original spine, 8vo, together with:Ocland (Christopher). Anglorum Praelia ab anno Domini 1327 anno nimirum primo inclytissimi principis Eduardi eius nominis tertii, usque ad annum Domini 1558. Carmine summatim perstricta. Item, De pacatissimo Angliae statu, imperante Elizabetha, compendiosa narration..., 3 parts in one, London: Radulphum Nuberie, ex asignatione Henrici Bynneman Typographi, 1552, printer's woodcut device to general title and part titles, 20th-century manuscript note attached to verso of I4, early manuscript notes to general title and final leaf, lacking M4 (blank?), final leaf torn to lower half with loss, few worm holes and short worm trails mostly to first and last leaves, some dust-soiling, lacking free endpapers, contemporary blind panelled sheep, light wear to extremities, lacking ties, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:STC 12441 (Guevara).STC 18773 (Ocland). With the last line of leaf N1 verso beginning 'Londini'.

Taylor (Samuel). Angling in all its Branches, Reduced to a Complete Science: Being the Result of more than Forty Years real Practice and Strict Observation throughout the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland... , 1st edition, London: T. M. Longman & O. Rees, 1800, half-title, 6 pp. publisher's adverts at rear, contemporary bookseller's catalogue description and reviews pasted to half-title verso, manuscript 'Errors from the Press' to front free endpaper verso, scattered minor spotting, bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, later tree calf gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with:The North Country Angler; Or the Art of Angling: As Practised in the Northern Counties of England, 4th edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817, vignette on title, advertisement leaf at rear, bookplate of Robert Mowbray to front pastedown, 19th-century half morocco gilt over marbled boards, rubbed, 12mo, plus Jesse (Edward), The Angler's Rambles, 1st edition, London: John Van Voorst, 1836, engraved illustration at head of dedication (offset to title verso), circular armorial bookplate of Thomas Howitt to front pastedown, contemporary green half morocco gilt over marbled boards, heavily rubbed, 8voQTY: (3)

Bible [English]. The Bible: translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, 1611, general and New Testament titles within decorative woodcut borders, black letter text, Apocrypha incomplete lacking all after II Maccabees xxiii:24, New Testament gospels lacking all before Matthew ii:18 with upper quarter of leaf 3K2 lacking, also lacking leaf 3K8, leaf K8 torn to upper outer corner with loss and leaves M2, S7, 2N4, 2R2, 3T3, 2T4 torn to lower outer corner with loss, 3Q4 and 3Q5 torn at foot with slight loss and leaves 3M 2-3M7 cropped to fore-edge printed marginal notes, lacking title leaf of tables (A1), colophon to final leaf of tables dated 1611, few lower outer corners of tables ink-stained, few manuscript inscriptions including 'John Barnes his book 1749' and 'Lord Deliver me Mary Barnes', bound with an incomplete Book of Common Prayer at front and incomplete Book of Psalms at rear, some fraying to margins, few closed tears, light dust-soiling, occasional spotting, contemporary reversed calf, stained and some wear, lacking clasps, 4to (22.2 x 16.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow and Moule 238; Herbert 307; STC 2214.The New Testament is dated 1610 (though the tables are dated 1611), but differs from the New Testament title in the 1610 edition (Herbert 303), e.g. Translations in divers printed in roman type, instead of italics, and printer for Printer. With Certaine questions and answers ..., *3b, second column; 3 b, second col.: Yea verily: that by sight, taste and feeling, | as well as ...

Downame (George). An Abstract of the Duties Commanded, and sinnes forbidden in the Law of God, 1st edition, London: Felix Kyngston, 1620, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials and headpiece, wormhole to gutters (becoming worm trails towards rear), stitching broken, inside rear cover with early ink manuscript annotations, contemporary calf gilt, text block loosening from cover, worn, small 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S117549.George Downame, or Downham (circa?1566—1634) was an author of influential philosophical and religious works who served as Bishop of Derry during the early years of the Plantation of Ulster. He is said to have been a chaplain to both Elizabeth I and James I.

Book of Hours. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, Northern France or Flanders, circa 1500, 160 leaves (from folio 117 added later in the 16th-century), single column, 17 lines of lettre batârde, capitals touched in yellow and red rubrics, 1-line initials in blue with red penwork or liquid gold with black penwork, 2-line initials in liquid gold on blue and burgundy heightened with white penwork, larger initials in blue or pink with scalloping white penwork enclosing foliage and on burnished gold grounds, gold and coloured bar border along outer margin and decorated foliage borders at head and foot, 5 full-page arch-topped miniatures with full borders of sprays of coloured acanthus leaves and other foliage, hand-coloured helmet with surmounted dragon to verso of front free endpaper, coloured print of St. Anne and the Virgin by Theodorus van Merlen (1609-1672) of Antwerp to front pastedown, rear pastedown with indistinct notations in black ink, mid-17th-century French or Flemish polished full calf gilt, original brass clasps intact, top edge of covers neatly refurbished, rubbed, small 8vo (leaf size 14.5 x 10 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Content: a Calendar (fol. 1r); an added gathering of prayers from the later sixteenth century (fol. 13r); the Gospel Readings (fol. 17r); the Hours of the Cross (fol. 22r); the Hours of the Holy Spirit (fol. 24r); the Hours of the Virgin, with Matins (fol. 29r), Lauds (fol. 37r), Prime (fol. 45v), Terce (fol. 49v), Sext (fol. 54r), None (fol. 56r), Vespers (fol. 59r), and Compline (fol. 64r); the Seven Penitential Psalms (fol. 69r), followed by a Litany; the Office of the Dead (fol. 83r); the Obsecro te (fol. 105r), and O Intemerata (fol. 108r); to this has been added a large collection of prayers in the sixteenth century, including prayers to various saints, an appeal for indulgence claiming to be taken down from the wall of a church dedicated to St. John in the Lateran in Rome, the ‘Verses of St. Bernard’.Illumination: The large miniatures comprise of the Crucifixion with a bird and a human-headed snail emerging from a shell in border; Pentecost, with a bird perched on a snail shell in border; the Annunciation to the Virgin, with foliage set on dull-gold fleur-de-lys in borders; King David kneeling in a grassy landscape before a river and a medieval walled town, gazing up at God who appears in the heavens; the raising of Lazarus, with Christ gesturing as Lazarus steps up out of his grave, dressed in a shroud, with two birds and a drollery creature in border.

Africa. Treves (Fratelli, publisher), Carta Parte Orientale dell Africa Equatoriale e dell Esplorazioni per Terra e per Acqua di Entico M. Stanley Negli anni 1874- 77, Milan, circa 1880, lithographic folding map, sectionalised and laid on later linen, title repeated, Stanley's route marked in contemporary red watercolour, slight staining and toning, 820 x 1370 mm, contained in a contemporary burgundy card slipcase with the word 'Stanly (sic) applied in manuscript to the upper sidingQTY: (1)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly Translated out of the originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesties special commandment. Appointed to be read in Churches, one volume bound in two, London: Printed by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie: And by the Assignes of John Bill, 1640, general title with decorative woodcut border (trimmed to ruled border, torn to edges with some image loss and lined to verso), New Testament title present with decorative woodcut border and imprint dated 1639, bound with Apocrypha present, black-letter text in double-column, decorative woodcut initials, verso of final leaf in first volume (3L6) with early 18th-century manuscript genealogical entries recording the births of Elizabeth Gell on April 23rd 1723, George Gell on July 14th 1725 and Francis Gell on March 5 1730, minor short worm trail to approximately 20 leaves at gutter in first volume (G1-K3), some leaves at front and rear of each volume frayed to margins with occasional loss to marginal notes and running titles, several leaves at front and rear of each volume with margins repaired, few other paper repairs, occasional light damp-staining mostly at foot of few leaves, some toning to few leaves, 19th-century blind decorated calf, upper joint of first volume split, some boards with leather torn with small areas of loss, worn mostly to extremities, folio (approx. 38.5 x 25.5 cm)QTY: (2)NOTE:Darlow and Moule 421; Herbert 543; STC 2339.The last of the folio editions in large black-letter printed between 1611 and 1640. The NT title is dated 1639. It generally agrees very closely with the earlier editions; but the types somewhat worn, and the rules round the pages do not meet at the corners. Marginal readings in roman type instead of italics. (Herbert, Darlow & Moule).

Kirchmann (Johann). De Funeribus Romanorum libri quatuor cum Appendice, nitidissimis figuris illustrati. Accessit et Funus Parasiticum Nicolai Rigaltii, 2 parts in one, Leiden: Apud Hackios, 1672, additional engraved title, four folding engraved plates, second part Funus parasiticum Nicolai Rigalti (final 24 p.) has separate title with woodcut device, bound with between first and second part of first work Kirchmann (Johann). In funere Pauli G. f. G. n. Merulae, historiarum professoris in academia Batavorum, ... oratio, Leiden: Ex Officina Hackiana, 1672, woodcut device to title, front free endpaper trimmed down and bearing the ownership inscription Ja. Baldwin and dated Jun. 24 1731, armorial bookplate of Rev. William Gunn of Smallburgh, Norfolk to upper pastedown, near-contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, 18th/19th-century morocco title label, thick 12mo, together with:Mobachius (Vesalius). De Triumpho Romano. Seu Dissertationes quaedam, habitae sub illius auspicio in Illustri Gymnasio Alcmariano, quibus Triumphi Rom. Origo, Nomen, Pompa, Iura, Leges, &c. Repraesentantur, & , quis Optimus, Nobilissimusq[ue] sit Triumphus, demonstratur, Alkmaar, Netherlands: Petri de Wees, 1681, printer's woodcut illustration of Alkmaar to title, early ownership signature J. Mobach 7 Aug. 1718 to upper pastedown and manuscript notes to verso of front free endpaper, occasional spotting, contemporary vellum, small 8voQTY: (2)

Milton (John). Paradise Lost: A Poem In Twelve Books, 2nd edition, Revised and Augmented by the same Author, London: Printed by S. Simmons next door to the Golden Lion in Aldersgate-street, 1674, [8] 332 pp., without portrait frontispiece, also lacking final leaf of text (p. 333) and final blank leaf, adhesive tape stain and residue to title at gutter with vertical closed tear and cracking, title with repaired closed tear, repaired corners and lined to verso, G2 with inscription 'Jonathan Richardson Book 1802', few other annotations and markings, I8 torn to lower outer blank corner, Q5 with closed tear at foot, some fraying to margins, toning, dust-soiling, occasional light damp-stains and some marks throughout, lacking front free endpaper, upper pastedown with manuscript ownership inscription 'Joseph Fozard's Book Jan. 12th 1885(?). Joseph Fozard was Born July 13th 1825 at 55 minutes past 10 o'clock night', with 20th-century overlay paper and bookplate 'Thomas Halliwell from Arthur Jackson 05. 07' (with a loosely inserted 20th-century autograph letter signed on Basildon Bond watermarked paper from Arthur Jackson to Canon Halliwell mentioning the volume and how it came into his possession ' a battered 2nd edition of Milton's Paradise Lost unfortunately the last 24 lines are missing... I rescued this from a boy who was giving pages away'), adhesive residue and marks to endpapers, early 19th-century boards, boards detached and very worn with old cloth repaired spine and adhesive tape to board edges, 8vo (16.7 x 10.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R13351; Grolier Wither to Prior 605 (not mentioning the final blank); Wing M2144; not in Pforzheimer.'In this second edition the number of books in the poem has been increased from ten to twelve by dividing Books VII and XII into two each, and by adding three new lines to the beginning of Book VIII, and five new lines to Book XII. The "Argument" ... is also divided, and the separate parts prefixed to the books to which they severally apply. Milton's nephew, Edward Phillips, in his "Life of John Milton", 1694, states that these changes were made at Milton's direction' (Grolier). The second edition is also important for containing Andrew Marvell's commendatory poem 'On Paradise Lost'. According to ESTC the frontispiece is not found in all copies.

Eliot (T. S.). Poetry and Drama / The Confidential Clerk / The Elder Statesman, all 1st editions, London: Faber & Faber, 1950, 1954 & 1958, review copies with Times Literary Supplement slips loosely inserted, the first two addressed to A. V. Cookman and the first with Cookman's 6-page manuscript leader review in blue ink also enclosed, bookplate of Ivor Samuel to flyleaf of first book, original cloth in dust jackets, spines toned and a little chipped at heads, 8vo, together with 32 others including Four Quartets, by T. S. Eliot, 1944 one volume edition, the Headswoman, by Kenneth Grahame, 1st illustrated edition, 1921, Cider With Rosie, by Laurie Lee, 1959, Kiss Kiss, by Roald Dahl, 1st US edition, 1959, The Tin Drum, by Gunter Grass, 1st UK edition, 1962, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, 1st UK edition, 1963, The Owl Service, by Alan Garner, 1967, 4.50 From Paddington, by Agatha Christie, 1957, and Death of an Expert Witness, by P. D. James, 1977QTY: (35)

Ruscelli (Girolamo). Tre Discorsi di Girolamo Ruscelli, à M. Lodovico Dolce. L'uno intorno al Decamerone del Boccaccio, L'altro all'Osservationi della lingua volgare, Et il terzo alla teradottione dell'Ovidio, 1st edition, Venice: [Plinio Pietrasanta], 1553, title with printer's woodcut device and early ownership inscriptions 'Di Mare Antomoe ...' (inked through) and 'S. Caroli Padue P.P. Reformasons', with old paper label to lower margin bearing manuscript number '263' (leaf with fine ink fleck spots and few splash marks), few woodcut initials, printer's name to colophon, 18th-century vellum-backed limp boards with manuscript title and paper label to spine, 4to (20.8 x 15.2 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Adams R959; Gamba 194. The volume has continuous pagination with signature KK omitted. The work includes three speeches by Girolamo Ruscelli (1500-1566) which attacked the scholar and author Ludovico Dolce (1508/1510-1568), the second of which was a specific attack on the Osservationi.

Pliny the Elder. Historiae naturalis libri XXXVII. Quos interpretatione et notis illustravit Joannes Harduinus e Societate Jesu, jussu Regis Christianissimi Ludovici Magni, in usum Serenissimi Delphini. Editio nova emendatior & auctior, 2 volumes bound in 3, Paris: Impensis Societatis, 1741, folding engraved map ('flumina quatuor paradisi terrestris'), 11 plates, occasionally lightly toned, edges stained red, contemporary full vellum, manuscript titles to spine, folio QTY: (2)NOTE:First published thus in 1685, this edition of Pliny was produced by the Jesuit scholar Jean Hardouin (1646-1729), who made use of the evidence of Roman coins to verify parts of the text. This is considered the last commentary on the entirety of the text of Pliny. Hardouin was a controversial figure who believed nearly all ancient classics (Pliny's Natural History being one of the exceptions) were 13th-century forgeries by monks under the direction of Severus Archontius.

Philoponus (Joannes). Ioannu Grammatikou tou Philoponou Ypomnema eis ta Peri psyches biblia Aristototelus... Ioannis Grammatici Philoponi Comentaria in libros de Anima Aristotelis, Venice: in aedibus Bartholomaei Zanetti Casterzagensis, aere vero & diligentia Ioannis Trincaveli, 1535, title with fine large woodcut device of a putto standing by a tree stump, the same woodcut repeated to verso of blank leaf at end, 145 printed leaves of Greek text, A1 with headpiece and large initial printed in red, other woodcut headpieces and initials, title with repaired tear at lower margin, short closed marginal tear at foot of M3, a little light toning to title, occasional small mainly marginal water stains, seventeenth-century full vellum, manuscript title to spine and shelf number at foot, spine darkened, some dust soiling to covers, folio, 29.5 x 20 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Adams P1049. Provenance: Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1655-1716), Scottish writer, politician and owner of the finest private library in Scotland, his signature to rear endpaper.Philoponus, otherwise known as John the Grammarian, born in Alexandria circa 490 AD, was a theologian, philologist and philosopher who authored many works, including commentaries on Aristotle, as here with De Anima (On the Soul). This edition is edited by the Venetian Vettore Trincavello (1496-1568) who edited some of the first editions of Greek classical works.

Empress Marie Louise Bindings. Charles Millevoye. Charlemagne, ou la défaite des Lombards, poème heroique en dix chants, & Charlemagne à Pavie, poème en six chants, 2 volumes, Paris: Didot, [1812], & Chez Firmin Didot, 1814 respectively, first volume with half-title, engraved title, manuscript note in pencil by Arthur Jaffé to half-title, second volume with wood-engraved device to title, all edges gilt, uniformly bound in contemporary crimson full morocco gilt, covers stamped with large gilt armorial of the Empress Marie-Louise (1791-1847), fine copies in excellent condition, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Arthur Jaffé OBE (1880–1954), thence by descent. 'This volume and an earlier edition given to Arthur Jaffé. Part of Napoleon's Library purchased by John Jaffé in 1933. The main portion given to the Musée Malmaison and a set of English poets and maps of the Russian Campaign to the Royal Library Windsor Castle, Arthur Jaffé' (pencil note in Arthur Jaffé's hand at front of the first volume).Following the pencil note of provenance, it is possible that these two volumes came from the sale of the Napoleonic Collection of the Earl of Rosebery, which was sold at auction by Sotheby & Co., London in 1933: Catalogue of the well-known and very valuable library formed at Durdans, Epsom, by the late Rt. Hon.ble. the Earl of Rosebery, KG, KT, sold by order of his daughter Lady Sybil Grant, and (in the case of heirlooms) with the consent of the court. The third and final portion: the Napoleonic collection, Sotheby & Co., London, 24-25 July 1933, or shortly thereafter.Empress Marie-Louise (1791-1847), Duchess of Parma, daughter of Francis II of Austria, and second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (until his death in 1821). Marie Louise married Napoleon in 1810, and was Empress of France until his abdication in 1814

Turner (Robert). Posthuma. Orationes XVII. Tractatus VII. Nusquam unquam ante hac edita. Accesserunt Edmundi Campiani Societatis Jesu martyris in Anglia, 2 parts in one, Cologne: Joannem Kinckhes, 1615, titles with woodcut device, small marginal worm tracks in second part towards end, early signature of James Galley? to title, inscription to rear endpaper, contemporary calf, rebacked, original spine relaid, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, together with:Stapleton (Thomas). Promptuarium Catholicum, 3 parts in one, Cologne: Birckmann, 1594, 2nd title with woodcut device, one or two corners repaired, occasional light toning and damp-stains, few early annotations, small worm tracks at front and rear, Ronald Knox Prinkash Abbey Library bookplate, all edges red, contemporary pigskin over boards, lacking clasps, spine repaired, some soiling, modern label, 8vo,Luis (de Granada). Granatensis Exercitia, in Septem Meditationes Matutinas, ac totidem Vespertinas, distributa..., Cologne: In officina Birckmannica, sumptibus Arnoldi Mylii, 1586, woodcut device to title, verso of final leaf with late 17th-century signature Ric. Sherlock, occasional light damp-stains mostly at front of volume, some spotting and mottling, front pastedown with Ex Libris bookplate Coll- Stonyhurst 1810, early 19th-century half sheep, slight wear at head of spine, 12mo,Council of Trent. Canones, et decreta sacrosancti oecumenici et generalis Concilii Tridentini, sub Paulo III. Julio III. & Pio IIII. Pontificis Max, Antwerp: Ex officina Gulielmi Silvij, 1565, woodcut device to title, underscoring to few lines of text, worm hole to initial few leaves and short worm trail to final leaf (not affecting text) and early manuscript notes to verso, light damp-staining and light dust-soiling, endpapers renewed, 18th-century sheep, rebacked, 12mo, plus two other 17th-century antiquarian including one odd volumeQTY: (6)

[Du Moulin, Peter, attribution]. Tragicum Theatrum Actorum & Casuum Tragicorum Londini publice Celebratorum quibus, Amsterdam: Jodocum Jansonium, 1649, title with woodcut device, 1 folding engraved plate, 7 engraved portraits only (of 8, lacking the portrait of Henry, Earl of Holland), title and A2 detaching at gutter, light toning to first few leaves, old manuscript leaf over boards, slight dust-soiling, 8vo, together with [Bede the Venerable, Saint]. [The History of the Church of Englande..., translated out of Latin in to English by Thomas Stapleton Student in Divinite, Antwerp: John Laet, 1565], lacking title, three woodcut illustrations (one torn to fore-edge with loss), later manuscript annotation to errata leaf at rear, damp-staining particularly at front of volume, bound with an incomplete copy of [Stapleton, Thomas]. [A fortresse of the faith first planted amonge vs englishmen..., Antwerp: I. Laet, 1565], lacking title and five leaves at rear, 2Q4-2R3 torn to outer corners with some text loss (some corners repaired), some damp-staining and dust-soiling throughout, early 19th-century marbled calf, morocco title label, joints and head and foot of spine repaired, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:1. Lowndes 2660. The portrait of Lord Holland is sometimes found wanting. 2. STC 1778 and 23232.Sold with all faults not subject to return.

Wilkinson (Robert). A General Atlas being a Collection of Maps of the World and Quarters, the Principal Empires, Kingdoms &c. with their several Provinces & other Subdivisions Correctly Delineated, published Feby. 1st. 1800, calligraphic title with some spotting and staining, preface and contents list (contents list dated 1802), forty-eight engraved maps with contemporary wash colouring, two double-page (the world on a hemispheral and Mercator projection) some marginal closed tears, some staining and dust soiling, additional map of Europe by Brué, torn with loss, bookplate of Samuel Hibbert Ware to the front pastedown, contemporary half calf, boards detached, spine partially lacking, heavily worn and rubbed, 4to, together with Wilkinson's Atlas Classica Being a Collection of Maps of the Countries Mentioned by the Ancient Authors, both Sacred and Profane, 1822, calligraphic title with some spotting and water staining, preface and index, 53 engraved maps and tables (complete as list) all with contemporary wash colouring, near-contemporary ink manuscript numbers to the margins of some maps, some maps ink-stained, some dust soiling, occasional spotting, lacking front preliminaries, hinges and joints cracked, contemporary half calf, rear board near detached, worn and rubbed, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

W. Newton – ‘Europe’, manuscript and watercolour map on paper backed onto card, signed and dated 1849, sheet size 44.5cm x 55.5cm, together with two other 19th century manuscript and watercolour maps by Henry Thompson, ‘Europe’ and ‘Norway and Sweden’.

Indian School, 19th c - Shiva with Nandi, illustrated leaf from a manuscript, text verso, 30 x 20.5cm Localised losses, worm holes and minor tears; slightly stained

[EAST INDIA COMPANY] George IV (reigned 1820-1830), grant of Knight Bachelor to Lt. Col. Jeremiah Bryant of the East India Company, 1830, manuscript on vellum, ruled in red, engraved portrait of George IV at head, engraved decoration at head and sides, folds, Great Seal (in pieces, losses) appended, in metal skippet, 48cm x 58cmMajor General Sir Jeremiah Bryant CB (baptised 1783 - died 1845) was a British Army officer in the Bengal Army. In 1832, He was living at Subathoo, British India, with his wife, Mary Anna Churchill, Lady Bryant. He lost an arm in battle.

CURRY, T. A. Manuscript folding civil engineering plans, surveys and exercises, 27, mainly in ink and some coloured, including Abutment for Iron Bridge and Culvert 10' Span, inserted in a half mor. and red cloth binding, gilt lettered to the upper cover T. A. CURRY, R. I. E. College, 1904-1906, wide folioThe Royal Indian Engineering College (or RIEC) was a British college of Civil Engineering run by the India Office to train civil engineers for service in the Indian Public Works Department. It was located on the Cooper's Hill estate, near Egham, Surrey. It functioned from 1872 until 1906, when its work was transferred to India.

QURAN, Arabic manuscript on paper, possibly from Yemen, possibly 19th century, red ruled throughout, page losses, damp stained with some text smudges, poor, binding full leather with leather repairs, cracks and splits, coming loose, leading edge flap detached, c. 33cm x 23cm.

BIBLE, The Book of Common Prayer and Administrations of the Sacraments and other rights of ceremony of the Church... Psalms of David, London: Bill & Barker 1662, bound with The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament And the New, ,London: Bill & Barker 1661, Bound with The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, London Bill & Barker 1661, The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Meeter..., London: for the Company of Stationers 1663, double column, some blanks and upper marble free end paper lacking, manuscript family notes, dirty, blind stamped full calf, areas lacking, scuffed, lacking one steel clasp, thick 12mo

EMBROIDERED BINDING [Drexel, Jeremias, S.J.]. The Considerations of Drexelius Upon Eternity, Translated by R. Winterton, Fellow of Kings Colledge in Cambridge, 1632, Cambridge: Printed by Roger Daniel, Printer to the Universitie 1646, title printed within a foliate border, additional engraved title by William Marshall, 7 full page plates, aeg, contemporary flowering foliate embroidered cover, manuscript family notes to extra endpapers 12mo

CORNWALL MANUSCRIPT HISTORIES. HALS, William. History of Cornwall, 3 vols., pp. 1-382, 383-759; 760-1149, mainly single-sided leaves in an 18th century hand from the original manuscript, late 18th or early 19th century half calf, vol. 1 upper cover loose, vol. 3 lower cover detached, other faults, crude working repairs with parcel tape; uniformly bound with TONKIN, Thomas and Rev. John Whitaker, An Alphabetical Account of all The Parishes in Cornwall... brought down to the year 1702. By William Hals(e). With large additions by Thomas Tonkin... to 1736, 2 vols., pp. 218 & 506 respectfully, mainly single-sided leaves in an 18th century hand from the original manuscript, vol. 2 title page With additions in notes by J. W., dated on p. 2 October 26th 1790, late 18th or early 19th century half calf, both upper covers detached, crude working repairs with parcel tape, all large 4to (5)Provenance: Copied from Lord Aylesford's copy at the behest of Davies Gilbert (1767-1839) (letter pasted to front free endpaper of Hals vol. 1 from the librarian and antiquarian William Henry Allnutt dated May 2nd 1888); bookplates of Trelissick Library owned by Davies Gilbert; by descent until sold by Sotheby's in 1917; purchased by J. A. D. Bridger, bookseller of Truro (label inside upper covers of both vols. 1) and sold to an 'old gentleman'; sold again by Bridger for £25 in 1920 (circa £925 in today's money). The purchaser was the present vendor's grandfather. Typed letters of provenance on Bridger's headed paper included in the lot

EPHEMERA. VICTORIA, Letters Patent for Thomas Flitcroft, for 'Improvements in the construction of Carding Engines', dated 12 January 1875, London, printed document on vellum with manuscript additions, with wax Great Seal of Queen Victoria enthroned, in its tin case, presented in a black leather covered case with gilt name and Manchester address, case distressed; another patent to Thomas Flitcroft, 27 Feb 1884, printed on paper with manuscript additions, again cotton related; The London Gazette from Monday April 18th to Thursday April 21st 1681, 2pp; The London Chronicle from Saturday March 20th to Tuesday March 23rd 1802; another issue from 1803; and a few steel engraved maps from an atlas, mid 19th century. (qty)

LEATHER BINDINGS. Gandoger, Michaele, Monographia rosarum Europae et Orientis, Paris 1892-93, 4 vols, lithographed from manuscript, fine half rose pink morr. lightly marbled bds., spine with bands, gilt lettering with rose sprays, large 8vo (4)Provenance: The Royal National Rose Society

An antique Sri Lanka palm leaf manuscript comprising Buddhist mantras.

A collection of various antique and other books including signed Life of Plants by David Attenborough and bound manuscript of "And Promises to Keep" by George Bernau - over two shelves

Maugham (William Somerset) The Letter, typed manuscript compiled by the stage manager Arthur J. Wood, with Wood's signed presentation inscription, and a tipped-in photograph of Katherine Cornell with her signed presentation inscription below, c.110 pages excluding blanks, printed on recto only, including 2 pp., drawn stage setting and 3pp. original sepia photographs of stage on end pages, original limp boards gilt, remnants of paper to upper over, lightly marked and dented, 4to, 1927. *** A unique Maugham curio.The typescript of the American premier production, directed by Messmore Kendall. With signed presentation inscriptions from the Stage Manager Arthur J. Wood and the star of the show, Katherine Cornell, who plays Leslie Crosby. Both are presented to Allan Jeayes, who played Howard Joyce in the same production. 

Blunden (Edmund) Campbell's Political Poetry, original holograph manuscript, 7pp., recto only, a few corrections, hole-punched at margin, loosely inserted into folder, [not in Kirkpatrick], 4to, [1928].*** Published in The English Review, issue number 46, June 1928, pp.703-6 - this a very rare issue itself. The holograph manuscript even scarcer, written in Blunden's hand with various corrections. Provenance: TNs from B.J. Kirkpatrick addressed to the bookseller Michael Silverman, acknowledging that he had no knowledge of this rare work by Blunden, loosely inserted.  

Tenniel (John).- Dalziel Brothers, after. Original manuscript text of 'The Mock Turtle's Story', with inset drawings, 4pp., pen and ink, light spotting, pasted down onto thick card album leaf, with 19th century Irish photographs verso, page measures c.255 x 200mm (c.10 x 8in), [c.1870s]. *** Probably after the wood-engravings by the Dalziel brothers, for the first edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. 

Humoristisches Taxidermie-Objekt Ratte als Zauberer. 20. Jahrhundert, Präparat einer Ratte mit Mantel, Zylinder, Schreibfeder und Manuskript. Höhe: ca. 18,5 cm.A humorous taxidermy object rat as a magician. 20th century, a stuffed rat with coat, top hat, goose quill and manuscript. Height c. 18.5 cm.

Seltener Manuskript-Reliefglobus für Blinde. Berlin, um 1920, unter dem Holzsockel mit handschriftlichem Papieretikett bezeichnet "Relief-Erdglobus für Blinde, D. Reimer Berlin", der Globus als schwere Gipskugel gefertigt, das Relief überhöht, das Kartenbild von Hand in Ölfarben ausgeführt, die Städte, Flüsse und der Äquator erhaben modelliert, die Namen größerer Städte und Flüsse mit gedruckten Papierschildchen versehen, gedrechselter Holzfuß in Nussbaum. Durchmesser: ca. 34 cm. Höhe: ca. 52 cm.Bei diesem Globus, entworfen für den Blindenunterricht, handelt es sich vermutlich um einen Prototypen, der als Vorlage oder Entwurf für eine mögliche Serienfertigung durch den Dietrich Reimer Verlag dienen sollte. Aus Reimer-Verlagslisten geht hervor, dass um 1900 ein Reliefglobus mit gleichem Durchmesser angeboten wurde, jedoch nicht dezidiert für den Blindenunterricht. Das hier angebotene, wohl unikate Modell für uns in der einschlägigen Fachliteratur und im Bestand öffentlicher Sammlungen nicht nachweisbar.A rare manuscript relief globe for the blind. Berlin c. 1920, signed by hand below the wooden stand "Relief-Erdglobus für Blinde, D. Reimer Berlin", the globe made of plaster, the map painted by hand, turned walnut stand. Diameter c. 34 cm, height c. 52 cm.

A folio from a Quran manuscript, probably early 15th century, with unique bihari cursive script, heightened in gold, 32x24cm

James II (1685-1688) indenture tripartite signed 25th October 1668, manuscript in brown in on three vellum membranes, conjoined along the bottom edge with eight vellum tags with individual wax seals and some signatures. The indenture relates to George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem PC (1645-1689) Lord Chancellor and his wife Ann Lady Jeffreys. Her father Sir Thomas Bloodworth is mentioned in the document, which appears to be a bestowment of property and lands on the newly married couple, signed on the vellum tags and closure document states the following "sealed and delivered by those within named: The Lord and Lady Jeffreys, Robert Clayton, Thomas Colston and Edward Jennings in presence of Thomas Spark, William Hitch and J. Hayne." - Condition Report The document is stained in places that makes small areas illegible, creased where folded.

A handwritten manuscript notebook of George Webb of Lowestoft, circa 1785-1805, includes memoranda, trustees, proforma licences, bonds, warrants, examinations, notes of legislation in operation relating to customs and excise, the duties of a highway surveyor, overseer, parish vestry, clerk to justices of the peace etc.  Pages have been numbered in top corner in pencil for reference. Pages 1-37 covers the Turnpike from St Margaret's gate in Ipswich, via Woodbridge, Saxmundham, Darsham, Bulcamp, Pakefield, Lowestoft, Gunton, to the Turnpike Road in South Town or Little Yarmouth in Suffolk and a road branching off from it to Beech Lane in the parish of Darsham leading through Halesworth by Stone Street to Bungay. It lists the names of the trustees, qualifications for a trustee, information on holding meetings at the Three Ton's at Yoxford from 25 May 1785. It covers the appointment of officers, lists the turnpikes to be erected from the Kesgrave Bell or Church, Melton Street, the north end of Saxmundham, the north end of Blythburgh Dam, Benacre Walnut Tree, the south end of Gorleston Common, Bramfield Street and St John's Church, the tollgate tolls, exemptions from tolls, evasion of tolls, the application of the money from the tolls, borrowing money, repairs, damages etc. Pages 38-44 have notes on accessories Pages 45-50 have notes on taxes including old and new window taxes, and taxes on shops, gloves, male and female servants, attornies, pawn brokers, coach makers, wheel carriage, post horses, hawkers and pedlars, game, stamps, medicine Pages 51-52, 94-96 & 144 have notes on the military act 19 Geo III and the militia Pages 53-54 have the text for search warrants, judgements etc for an officer of the Excise Page 68 & 97 Assize of Bread Pages 69-70 & 166 Examinations of an Overseer of the Poor Bond etc Pages 71-72 Auction Duty Page 73-74 Justices Clerks fees table Pages 76-80 have notes on legislation and the licensing of Pawn brokers Pages 81 & 83-87 has notes on alehouse licensing etc Pages 81-82 has information on the press gang Pages 98-108 have notes on Highway Surveyors duties etc Pages 148-154 have notes on aliens Pages 163-164 have notes on measuring corn Page 167 has a mariners licence to pass A well presented, interesting piece of social history in Suffolk. -

A Manuscript Agreement of 13th October 1649 regarding land in Kirkburtton. A rare survivor, in good condition with only small faults, soiled on the back.  -