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Four antique Indo-Persian illuminated manuscript leaves, painted in gouache with figural scenes, all in confirming glazed gilt splash frames, total size 34 x 27cm

Three antique Indo-Persian illuminated manuscript leaves, painted with figural scenes, all in conforming glazed gilt splash frames, total size 34 x 27cm

A silver and gilt filigree 'Esther' Megillah scroll holderunmarked, probably European The cylindrical filigree body with ornate scrollwork decoration within gilt borders, the tapering winding handle decorated in a similar manner, the top surmounted with an openwork filigree Torah crown, the vertical gilt scroll mount centred by a hanging ring, engraved in Hebrew to one side and to the other 'PRESENT FROM', the parchment scroll pulling out to reveal the 'Book of Esther' Hebrew manuscript, written by hand in ink with a quill, length 33cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Champagne Cocktail and A Catastrophe by Mark Twain. First edition, privately printed and housed in it's original peach wrappers and stapled as issued. Published from the original manuscript in the possession of Robin and Marian MacVicars who present this Mark Twain gem in a limited edition, now for the first time printed, to their friends. Xmas 1930 Unpaginated with 4 pages of text. In fine condition. BAL3351 Approximate Dimensions:h. 5.75", w. 7.25"Condition:This example is in mint condition as day it was made

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) one page autographed letter signed in pencil. Signed ‘Samuel’ as he did in personal letters to close friends and family. Letter is dated August 7, 1878 and discusses his travels to Hirschorn, Germany. Clemens wrote from Lang’s Hotel in Heidelberg to his wife Olivia Langdon Clemens using his affectionate nickname for her, Livy. Some content includes, “We have had a long & most enjoyable day in a carriage up to Hirschhorn & back with Smith" The Smith referenced is Edward Meigs Smith (1827-1889), American consul to Manheim, Germany appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant. Approximate Dimensions:h. 7.75" w. 4.75"Condition:This penciled manuscript letter has been folded to fit in an envelope and has no faults other than the stationary used was carefully torn in half to lighten the weight for international post from Germany to the US. Has an overall even tone.

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) handwritten page. A working autograph manuscript page, in his hand, for the book “Roundabout Papers” which was published in 1863. This writing can be found on page 43, lines 16-40 in the section "on screens in dining-rooms" and contains lines altered and a reference to the Cornhill Magazine, of which he was the editor. Approximate Dimensions:h. 7.2" w. 4.375"Condition:This working autograph manuscript has been folded twice horizontally as if to send in an envelope not affecting any writing. Has a lighter vertical fold laid flat with light wrinkles. Penciled word 'Alder' and a hash mark on the front and on the

John Milton, Paradise Lost a poem, 1688, (+2),343 p.p. (+8), (+66), (+6), (+57, First illustrated and first folio edition bound without list of subscribers and with watermarks, includes "Paradise Regained" and "Samson Agronistes". Publisher Miles Flesher for Richard Bentley. Some pages have been rewritten in manuscript. Illustrations not present. Wing M-2148; Grolier Wither to Prior 607; (Hodnett Five Centuries of Book Illustration 1988, p. 63); Shawcross 345 Approximate Dimensions:h. 12.25, w. 8.25"Condition:Missing all illustrations with pages 1-2, 23-26 completely rewritten in manuscript and inserted, title page and verse have been cut down and mounted on 1700's paper with the title page having provenance of previous owner and dated 1743. Some

Davies Gilbert; The Parochial History of Cornwall, Founded on the Manuscript Histories of Mr Hals and Mr Tonkin, publisher J. B. Nichols and Son, London, 1838, in four volumes

Heraldry, (Woods) Sir Albert William, King of Arms 1869-1904 and George Edward Cockayne, recorder in the College of Arms London, Grant of Arms to John Bonney Dewhurst, watercolour arms to the head on manuscript with two seals in gilt skippets embossed with crown motifs, housed in a fitted leather mounted case with VR monograms under Royal Crowns, 56cm wide

William Williams (1731-1811), signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut. Approximately fifty-word ANS, on verso of partly printed and hand accomplished payment order from the State of Connecticut, March 17, 1783. Single sheet, with much additional manuscript on verso in addition to Williams text, which covers the reasons for the payment, to the town fathers of Lebanon, Connecticut, and which is signed within the text. Approximate Dimensions:h. 5.5", w. 6.75"Condition:A few light folds. Text and MS clear.

A closely written speech justifying the proposed constitution. Appears to have been used at a town meeting. The manuscript originator penned this for a rare look into the forming of the Connecticut Constitution. Privately delivered at a meeting of the voters in the town which he represented at the Convention. In small part, "I have had a slight agency in forming this Constitution, I hope to be indulged in a few remarks on some of its provisions...Passing over the Bill of Rights I would first notice the 2nd Article, entitled Distribution of Power...all the powers of government here were vested in one general court...had the power of enacting laws at pleasure...it possessed all the legislative, all the judicial and all the executive power of the Colony. the frame is stressed white color with brown wood undertones and has double sided glass. 4 pages. Approximate Dimensions:Framed h. 17.75" w. 21.25"Condition:Paper has corner tears and folding evident with the bottom left corner missing not affecting any text. Some foxing, staining, and damp stain in places.

Revolutionary War dated original Manuscript Document Signed, "Geo. Bryant," at Philadelphia, PA. George Bryant (1731-1791), Vice President of Pennsylvania (analogous to Lieutenant-Governor) 1777-1779. Payment document signed by him as vice president of Pennsylvania, at the state house later known as Independence Hall. Bryant was born in Dublin, Ireland, and came to Philadelphia in1752. As an active Presbyterian, Bryan in the late 1750s and early 1760s played a role in trying to hold together two factions that had emerged during the Great Awakening. This struggle led him into provincial politics where he fought the proprietors and the strong Quaker faction that sought to make Pennsylvania a royal colony. When the Stamp Act was passed in 1765, Bryan helped resist the oppressive act by joining other Philadelphia merchants in signing the Non-Importation agreement. This action likely contributed to his bankruptcy in 1771. After Pennsylvania adopted a new state constitution in 1776, he became an advocate of the radical unicameral government. In the new government, Bryan served from 1777-1779 as Vice-President of the Supreme Executive Council. In 1779 he was appointed a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. Approximate Dimensions:Condition:Some paper loss at folds. Re-backing done to stabilize document.

Antique ledger book, from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Ledger from a mercantile and medicine vendor. From our research, this is from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This hard cover record has 86 pages of which 20 are unmarked. Two have children's drawing of bibles, a stage coach, horse and riders plus a couple soldiers. A few ledger pages used in the 1870s. All manuscript entries show person and what they purchased, a nice collection of names and titles lending to the history of that area. Original boards. 86pp. ALS. Approximate Dimensions:h. 13", w. 8"Condition:Original boards; front board spilt in half on paper grain not broken in half. Rear board has a horse doodled inside the cover. The spine has been reinforced with a piece of black/brown suede. Wear on corners of boards and use wear.

A Revolutionary War pay slip signed by Elijah Hubbard (1745-1808), a lawyer and merchant of Middletown and New London, Connecticut. A Patriot of the American Revolution for Connecticut with the rank of commissary of which this document concludes,This ALS document is dated February 23rd, 1781 and is a pay statement for services rendered to the state of Connecticut during the Revolutionary War as a commissary agent. Nicely laid out clear and concise in the manuscript and is in matting ready to frame. Approximate Dimensions:h. 14,75", w, 9.25"Condition:The document has been previously folded to file. There are several small holes in the paper on the right side at the fold intersections. The paper showing some nibbling at the edges and some paper lost on the same from folding. Calligraphy has

One page broadside, “At a General Assembly of the Governor and Company of the State of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, on the second Thursday of October, A. D. 1780, order for raising of troups for the militia, 2500 men, per George Washington, will be formed into 5 regiments. Verso has a handwritten order by Colonel Obadiah Johnson (1736-1801), dated June 26, 1780, ordered by General Douglas, thus ordering Captain Joseph Raynoford to provide one sergeant and two privates to be ready to fight being fully equipped…out of the state…whenever needed. An unusual piece being orders written on orders as paper was scarce at that time. Mounted in a double-sided glass frame, giving access to observe the whole document both front and back. Bristol B5063; Evans 16741 Approximate Dimensions:Printed broadside 12..33" X 8.1875" , frame is h. 20.25"w. 16"Condition:Mounted in a plastic holder within a frame. General overall foxing with holes in the paper running along the lettering of the handwritten manuscript, mostly due to acid that was present in the ink at the time it was written. The document

Georgia Ratifies the Constitution as published in the Massachusetts Centinel on February 16, 1788, #44 of volume 8, of which was front page news including other states convention proceeding and foreign information. Approximate Dimensions:h. 14.75", w. 9.5"Condition:Previously folded and bound with stitching holes present. Some toned spots with a manuscript name in ink. The top has a couple of small holes, one being at the gutter from dis-bounding and the others mid page of the second page #177 with one

A personally signed letter to Mary Riley Payne (1864-1936) by Charles Scribner (1854-1930). Mary is author James Whitcomb Riley’s sister. The letter’s contents entails Scribner and Sons attempting to obtain the rights to print a manuscript by James Whitcomb Riley. ALD in purple ink and signed by Charles Scribner II. 2pp. An interesting signed document from a giant in the publishing world. Approximate Dimensions:h. 7.75" w. 4.875"Condition:This letter was folded to fit in a penny envelope of the day. It has a .5" split at the top of the fold over for the letterhead. Has a faint impression and some outline staining from a metal paper clip.

15 readable documents related to Captain John Rutherford (1762-1814). A manuscript archive of John Rutherford, he was a captured Revolutionary war soldier and merchant seaman. During one of his many expeditions, in a correspondence dated May 11, 1800, the letter describes how he was robbed of his valuables after his ship, the brig 'Nathaniel,' was captured by a French privateer ship called the 'Little Liberty Commands.' Then a letter dated Oct 9, 1809 with the entry" I am once more a prisoner, I was captured by a small privateer...who took us to St Martins..." Following with another letter posted in a stampless cover from Norfolk, VA dated Sept 10th, 1811, having one entry describing his feeling about his brother who had escaped during the Great Newburyport Fire of May 31, 1811, when the bulk of the town burned down. With heartfelt advice using nautical comparisons. Another letter describes leaving Newburyport on August 15, 1809 in the schooner 'Two Sons,' as the master, and being captured by a privateer schooner. The master being Mathew Paien, and taken to St Martins with full discharge of goods being carried out and quantities listed. There are several deeds, a letter of condolence for the loss of his wife from a friend and some papers and correspondence of his wife Jane and a document dated Jan 14, 1784, historically the same day as the when the Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris, officially establishing the United States as an independent and sovereign nation, from Ipswich, which came with the collection but with unrelated names, describing the pay and conditions for a person to work on a boat, with a total archive of 15 different documents. An interesting collection Approximate Dimensions:Various sizes, ex. h.8", w. 6"Condition:Some have been folded with toning, small tears, and small holes at fold intersections.

Matted and ready for framing is a full manuscript pay order to Ezl Williams, Saml Wadsworth & Ephram Butt, a com(mit)tee to take care of Ticonderoga prisoners signed by Oliver Ellsworth, who was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, dated September 1, 1775, May 3, 1777, to June 12, 1783. Capt. Ephraim Bull in Continental Army and Capt. Hurlbert Light Dragoons Conn line, Ezekiel Williams (1729-1818), he also served as a member of a committee in charge of prisoners of war in the state and became commissary of prisoners in 1777. His younger brother was Declaration of Independence signer William Williams. Accompanied by an engraved steel plate printing of Oliver Ellsworth and with a complete Norwich watermark. Bold and elaborate signatures with clear writing make this very presentable. Approximate Dimensions:h. 12.25", w. 19"Condition:Previously folded this document has been laid flat and placed into a mat for framing. One small paper fault in the field which is minimally distracting. Held in place by archival tape. Some foxing with even tone overall.

Three finely bound first editions of works by Charles Dickens. Speeches, Literary and Social by Charles Dickens. Published 1870 by John Camden Hotten, London. 8vo. 372pp. with ads. Original binding bound in the back. The Lamplighter: A Farce by Charles Dickens. Now First Printed From a Manuscript in the Forster Collection at the South Kensington Museum. Published 1879 by Private Printing. Limited edition. Numbered 142 of only 250 copies printed. 8vo. 45pp. Original paper boards bound into the back. The Mudfog Papers by Charles Dickens. Published in 1880 by Richard Bentley. Original boards bound into the back. 8vo. 198pp. Approximate Dimensions:Each book: h. 7", w. 4.75", d. 1"Condition:Some light wear and scuffing to leather. Some gilt loss to spines. Pages look good.

Medieval Book of Hours velum manuscript leaf, Central France, circa 1470, gilded illuminated Roman Catholic devotional page depicting Mary and the Apostles during Pentecost, apparently unsigned, framed. Approximate Dimensions:Sight h. 3.5", w. 2.75"; Overall h. 11.75", w. 9.5", d. 1.25".Condition:Toning, not examined out of frame.

French Medieval Book of Hours or Psalterium vellum manuscript leaf, circa 1400, gilded illuminated Roman Catholic devotional page decorated with leaves, apparently unsigned, framed. Approximate Dimensions:Sight h. 6.75", w. 4.75"; Overall; h. 13", w. 10.5", d. 0.5".Condition:Toning, one corner previously folded, not examined out of frame.

Two volumes in one binding. Corpus Iuris Civilis Romani, in quo institutiones, digesta ad codicem Florentinum emendata, codex item et novellae, nec non Justiniani edicta, leonis et aliorum imperatorum novellae, canones apostolorum. Second volume is D. Justiniani Sacratissimi Principis PP. A. Codicis, Repetitae praelectionis Libri XII. Both Published in 1720 by Jo.Friderici Glenditschii, Leipzig. Excellent engraving at the front. Bound in Renaissance style pigskin with tooled leather devices, and the spine having 5 ridges which houses the manuscript title in compartment #1. (+7), (+64), [1028], [792], (+16), (1) , Approximate Dimensions:h. 11.1875" w. 9"Condition:Some toning and wear exist on the covers with a small amount of worm damage to the front with more to the verso but not tremendous. The pages are overall clean and bright with an occasional foxing spot and/or toning, with the edges in red. The

Biblia, ad Vetustissima Exemplaria Castigata. Printed in 1565 by ex Officina Christophori Plantini, Antuerpiae. A book with a fantastic binding printed by a leading printer of the day. Encased in a clasped tooled Renaissance leather binding, with a nice example of Christ encircled by design and Latin prose. The verso has a king kneeling and looking up to God on a cloud with a city in the background. Exceptional stamping quality, full calf leather binding. Stamped on the front Biblia Sacra at the top and at the bottom the year 1569.  The spine has 4 main ribs and 5 faux ridges. Between ridges are 6 fleur de lis in two rows stamped evenly in a line. Six free papers exist inside both the front and rear covers, the second free paper in from the front cover has an elaborate full page provenance manuscript written 'sum arnol di ab hol ten dantios cani anno 1577' Approximate Dimensions:h. 8.25", w. 5.5", d. 2.75"Condition:Partial gilding remains on the front and rear covers with some highlighting the stamped floral devices. The top hinge is worn and is reinforced between the cover and the first free paper using gauze tape. The clasps have been replaced with one

Dialogus by Ciceronis. Printed 1505 by Quentel  Modern limp vellum binding. Much marginalia  persists including miniature designs and an  occasional hand with a pointed finger and  manuscript from a period scholar.20 leaves.Approximate Dimensions:h. 8.5", w. 6"Condition:Bound in modern vellum with one free paper added to each end. Title page has some toned spots. Penciling and a little paper missing via an inclusion in the text block. Last two pages have a spot affecting the top margin only.

Suetonii Tranquilli Caesarum XII libri: iam denuo bonorum exemplarium & commentariorum ope emendati, by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (69-122), Published 1542 by Henricum Petrum, Basil. Edited by Erasmus. Last page has a printers woodblock of a god's hand with a hammer striking a mountain while fire is being breathed upon it. The edition is bound in a tooled 17th century pigskin binding with clasps and dated on the spine with a manuscript title. Jan 1542 ·by Petrus. (+80), 1371p.p Approximate Dimensions: h. 6", w. 4.5", d. 2.5"Condition:Wear to binding. Clasps are no longer present. Cracking at joints and hinges. Title page has detached but is still present. Some marginalia present.

Irenaeus by Nicholas Des Gallars. Printed 1570 by Ioannem le Preux & Ioanne Paruum. Divi Irenaei, Graeci Scriptoris eruditissimi, Episcopi Lugdunensis, libri quinque Aduersus portentosas hæreses Valentini & aliorum accuratius quam antehac emendati, additis Græcis quæ reperiri potuerunt..." Nicolas Des Gallars most important work. Original front and rear free papers. The text is in Latin with some Greek. Renaissance tooled calf leather front cover binding. The spine has 5 ridges with the title in compartment #2 and the place of printing and date in compartment 3. Provenance includes the bookplate for the Most Noble Duke John Rutland located on the bottom of the second leaf, and the inside front cover features a second bookplate of George Washington Doane (1799-1859), Bishop of New Jersey in the 1820-50's. Three-quarters down the page is the manuscript provenance of Edouardou Rutllandre with some Latin verbiage. (1), [+4], 408p.p, [+11],(1).Approximate Dimensions:h. 14", w. 8.75"Condition:Missing the clasps. Some cracking at the hinges but not badly. Some leather loss at the lower clasp location extending into the cover 2 inches from the edge showing the wood board below with another anomaly towards the bottom of the same, with a 17th century rear board.

Interests Et Maximes Des Princes & des États Souverains by Henri de Rohan. Troisiemi Edition. Printed 1683, by Jacques Le Jeune, Cologne. Vellum with manuscript title on spine. In two parts. (3), (+8), [248], (8),[245], (3) with one uncut from last printed page. 12mo. Approximate Dimensions: h. 6", w. 3.5"Condition:Vellum has some tears at top and bottom of spine. Some foxing and toning. Binding loose from slipped over vellum cover. Older front and rear covers have marbled paper. Pages of different sizes throughout as from the printer. Folded over corner

Here is a completed rendering of a working manuscript Aloysium clericum hera bvuschsem spectatiste. On heavy horizontally laid and vertical ribbed paper of Tractatus de praceptis decaslogi proemium, Or "The Treaty on the Precepts of the Ten Commandments." Inside the front cover the date is elaborately written as November, 14th, 1785. Bound in period marbled paper boards with a vellum spine and hinge and looks to have been written in cursive Italian script. 438pp. (1). Approximate Dimensions:h. 11.5" w. 8"Condition:The boards are worn but complete with some facing missing. One worm track through each cover but not traveling more than 7 pages into the front pages and stops at the boards on the rear not entering the last page as it ends on the rear end paper.

Four different leaves from a manuscript copy of the book of hours, circa 1400's. Being colored with red, blue and gold and matted in a gold gilt double sided glass frame with two each per frame mounting. Approximate Dimensions:Each: h. 4", w. 3"Condition:Carefully mounted with archival tape and have mounting pieces from a previous installation, one non illuminated leaf has tiny worm tracks, not unusual for the age, of which does not affect the text and the same one having a small piece of

An original manuscript document from the court of Edward III of England containing the fancy calligraphy of the day showing cartoons of a bird, a person’s head and typical ballooning of the top line words. Written on vellum and punched to fit into bindings. Mounted in a plexiglass covered frame to a black background and sealed. Comes with a letter dated Dec 22, 1999, mounted to the verso, from H. George Fletcher, director of the Brooke Russell Astor Special Collections department of the New York Public Library. The document is quoted as being the confirmation of the rights of a certain abbey St. Victor and speaks of three manors in England that produce income for the abbey. Approximate Dimensions:h. 19", w. 14.5"Condition: A few water spots and edge damage with a penciled inscription in upper left corner with a couple of names and looks like vol1 page 32, (n) Wilks Crawford St. Victor. Light chipping and nicking to frame.

Mrs. Gamp and the Strolling Players by Charles Dickens. Privately Printed in 1899 for Mr. Lowell M. Palmer from the original manuscript now in his possession. Only 85 copies were printed. A scarce piece of Dickensiana. Some pages are untrimmed. White boards with gilt titling on the front board. 8vo. 21pp. Approximate Dimensions:h. 9.25", w. 5.75", d. .25"Condition:Boards and spine have wear from age and shelving. Pages look clean.

Claire Foy (as the Queen): A replica of the Coronation ceremonial garments including the Imperial Mantle and Stole, Supertunica, Anointing Gown and Robe of StateSeason 1, Episode 5, 'Smoke and Mirrors'Custom-made replica costume comprising of a full-length white linen pleated Anointing Gown with capped sleeves and collar, fastened with large buttons along the back, with production label The Queen; a Supertunica in gold lamé with simulated cord detailed edges and corresponding wide belt fastening, lined in crimson satin; over which sits the extensively ornate Imperial Mantle of gold lamé, gilt-embossed with a pattern of emblems including eagles, crowns and fleur-de-lis, with appliqué coloured embroidered roses, thistles and shamrocks, edged with gold fringing and lined in crimson satin; a corresponding hand-embroidered Stole of gold cadmium depicting various Coats of Arms, and symbols of the United Kingdom and fringed edge; and a Robe of State in crimson velvet, with gold decoration around the mantle featuring two lines of wide gold ribbon with a third line of embroidered embellishment with faux-fur ermine, and lined in champagne gold satin (5)Footnotes:As seen in the Queen's Anointing and Coronation scene.The order of the garments worn by British monarchs is based on the 14th-century illuminated manuscript, the Liber Regalis.For her Coronation in 1953, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II entered Westminster Abbey in an elaborate Norman Hartnell dress and the crimson red Robe of State. During the Anointing, the Robe was removed and Elizabeth II wore a plain white anointing dress over her main dress. The Anointing was done behind a screen to show the sanctity of the act; a moment between the Sovereign and God.Afterwards, the Queen was divested of the white anointing garment, known as the Colobium sindonis meaning 'the little gown of linen', which was put over the Hartnell dress. The shimmering gold cloth Supertunica was put on next. The Queen then received the regalia. The Dean of Westminster and Mistress of the Robes then placed the Imperial Mantle and Stole around the Queen. After receiving all the Royal Vestments, she was crowned. To leave Westminster Abbey, the Mantle, Stole, Supertunica and Colobium sindonis were removed in private, and the Queen exited in her Norman Hartnell dress with the Coronation Regalia, wearing the purple velvet Robe of Estate.In The Crown, the importance of the Anointing is emphasised by Edward VIII's character (as played by Alex Jennings), who is watching the Coronation on television from his Paris home, Villa Windsor. When asked by one of his friends why the ritual is hidden from view, he responds, 'because we are mortals'. By depicting his reaction to the Coronation, the show reminds the viewers of how different the lives of the Royals could have been, had Edward VIII not abdicated.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Post-incunable (Book of Hours): Heures a l'usaige de Romme. Paris, Anthoine Chappiel pour Gilles Hardouyn, 22 August 1504 [includes almanac for 1497-1520]. Octavo, 79 leaves of 32 lines. Printed on vellum.COLLATION: [A]8 B-K8 but lacking 1 folio in quire C. Red ruling added by hand. Text in Latin and French.DECORATION: 12 large woodcut illustrations, coloured by hand. Also includes smaller hand-coloured woodcut illustrations. One- and two-line decorative initials and decorative line fillers added by hand (gold on red or blue).BINDING: Bound in later purple velvet with metal centrepieces and cornerpieces (180 x 110 mm). With (unrelated?) pale pink box.PROVENANCE: Manuscript annotations to sigs. [A]1r and K8v. Owner’s signature(?) to sigs. B2r and K8v. Armorial bookplate. A catalogue description tipped in at front, and a further description loosely enclosed. Pencil notes to endpapers. With Messrs Christie 28/6/1972.CONDITION: Minor wear to velvet, minor staining to vellum. Occasional small early(?) repairs to vellum, with a few words supplied by hand.BIBLIOGRAPHY: USTC 6689; Lacombe, Livres d’Heures (1907), pp. 87-8, no. 143 bis; Pettegree et al, French Books (2007) no. 29496.Provenance: John. P. Love Collection

19th century Cantonese School. An album of twenty ‘pith’ paintings entitled ‘Lima (Peru) Costumes’ each depicting a different subject with manuscript description on facing page, each bordered with red ribbon with floral silk borders, inscription reads: ‘Lima Costumes from Valentine Smith to his dear nieces Letitia and Alicia Bristow, Lima 1st March 1835’. 260 x 210mm overall. Status, edges torn etc (1)The Peruvian artists Francisco Javier Cortés (c.1770-1841) and Francisco (Pancho) Fierro (1807-79) produced many costume studies in and around Lima in the early nineteenth century, these images were then taken to Canton where the local artists produced pith drawings that were sold in the export trade.

Colombia:- The Battle of Cabuyal 11th April 1862. A watercolour sketch of the hills of Cabuyal and S Antonio with detail of the battle and lengthy manuscript seven line description (225 x 350mm) plus a further watercolour diagram of a battle scene with key, Cundinamarca Batallion amongst others. 4 fold with losses (310 x 425mm) both framed (2)Provenance: Malcolm Deas Collection

Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) 'The Liberator', South American Revolutionary Leader, a manuscript document in Spanish with printed header 'Republica de Colombia.... Simón Bolívar, Head 'A La Comision de Reparacion' 12 lines in a scrolling script signed by Bolívar in the Cuartel General 24 December 1819. 'Recommends the conceding of house belonging to Jose Farriens and if the value exceeds the usual quota, then the expense is to be at the expense of the state'. Two further document fragments dated 1817 and signed by Bolívar, A manuscript headed in pencil '1817' signed Francisco Pildain, Angostura 21 Noviembre 1817, 'Request that two houses should be adjudicated to him with urgency to have his family prior to his departure on military exercises'All four documents in worn condition, edges torn, folds etc, signatures compatible with other examples (4)Provenance: Malcolm Deas Collection

Illuminated medieval manuscript. Hours of the Virgin (Cistercian Use?). France, fifteenth century.241 vellum leaves (approx. 180 x 130 mms). Ruled in red and lilac, writing area approx. 100 x 65 mms, written in Gothic textura, generally with 17 lines to the page. Text in Latin and French.COLLATION: The manuscript is misbound. It appears to be missing 9 folios, around 5 of which would have had miniatures. We provisionally suggest: 1-2(6) 3-4(8) 5(8-1) [quire 5 within quire 4, as described below] 6-7(8) 8(8-1) 9(8-2) 10-12(8) 13(8-1) 14(8) 15(8-2) 16-29(8) 30(8-1) 31(8) 32(6-1). Quires 1 and 2 bound in wrong order. Single paper leaf bound (with the intention of offering protection?) before the Annunciation miniature in quire 4 (N.B. the above formula describes the vellum leaves only). Quire 5 lacks one leaf (had a miniature for the Hours of the Holy Spirit?); the surviving cognate leaf is bound between the central bifolium in quire 4. The remaining three bifolia of quire 5 are bound later in quire 4 (between fols. 28 and 35). Quire 5 seems to belong between quires 19 and 20. Quire 8 lacking one folio after fol. 56 (had a miniature for Terce). Quire 13 lacking one folio after fol. 92 (had a miniature for Vespers). Quire 9 lacking one folio before 59 (had a miniature for Sext) and one folio between 61-62 (had a miniature for Matins). Quire 13 lacking one folio after fol. 92. Quire 15 lacking two folios (catchword corrected; matches the current opening of quire 16). Quire 30 lacking one folio after fol. 225 (probably had a decorative border). Final folio of quire 32 wanting but probably blank. Catchwords mostly present; sometimes trimmed. Very occasional (incorrect) foliation in pencil.CONTENTS: The following should be considered a provisional list. It reflects the misbound order. Fols. 1r-12v: a calendar [July-Dec misbound before Jan-Jun]. Fols. 13r-16v: Gospel Lessons. Fols. 17r-19v: Obsecro Te. Fol. 20rv: Ruled but blank. Fols. 21r-24r: Ora devota ad mariam virginem [= Lay fait par Achilles Caulier a l'onneur de la Vierge Marie in Arsenal, 3521, f. 259v-261r; see Arthur Piaget, ‘La Belle dame sans merci et ses imitations [IV]’, Romania 31 (1902), 318-21)]. Fol. 24v: French verse, incipit ‘O charboncle reluisant’ [continues at fol. 26r]. Fol. 25rv: Hours of the Holy Spirit [Quire 5, which contains this text, lacks one folio and has also been split up and misbound as described in the collation above. The singleton here at fol. 25 covers Prime and None]. Fols. 26r-27v: remainder of ‘O charboncle reluisant’, followed by two hymns. Fol. 28rv: Unidentified. Fols. 29r-31v: Hours of the Cross [misbound here]. Fols. 32r-32v: Hours of the Holy Spirit [misbound here]. Fols. 33r-34v: ruled but blank. Fols. 35r-61v: Unidentified [lacking two folios]. Fols. 62r-103v: Hours of the Virgin - Matins [lacking opening folio] (fols. 62r-67v); Lauds (fols. 68r-76v); Prime (fols. 77r-81r); Terce (fols. 81r-85r); Sext (fols. 85v-89r); None (fols. 89r-92v); Vespers [lacking opening folio] (fols. 93r-97v); Compline (fols. 98r-103v). Fols. 104r-141r: Unidentified [lacking two folios]. Fol. 141v: ruled but blank. Fols. 142r-151v: Penitential Psalms. Fols. 151v-157r: Litany. Fol. 157v: Ruled but blank. Fols. 158r-191r: Office of the Dead. Fol. 191v: ruled but blank. Fols. 192r-239v: Prayers, mostly in Latin but some in French [one leaf wanting]. Fols. 240r-241v: ruled but blank.DECORATION: 8 miniatures in gold arched frames, with borders filled with acanthus, flowers, insects, animals, and sometimes drolleries (one with the upper body of a nun reading). The miniatures depict the Crucifixion (fol. 29r), the Annunciation (fol. 35r), the Presentation in the Temple (fol. 60r), the Visitation (fol. 68r), the Nativity (fol. 77r), the Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 101r), King David in Prayer (fol. 142r), and a Funeral Service (fol. 158r). 10 additional pages with 3- or 4-sided borders. Two historiated initials: a 6-line initial depicting the Virgin of Mercy, with a nun in prayer immediately adjacent in the border (fol. 21r); a 4-line initial depicting the arma Christi (fol. 29r). Further decorative initials of 1 to 5 lines in height in gold, red, and blue. Rubrics in red and (occasionally) blue. Some chrysography in calendar. Decorative line fillers.BINDING: Later binding of green patterned silk(?) over pasteboard, all edges painted with floral pattern in red, green, and blue. With a blind-stamped brown leather case (painted internally purple, green, and blue).USE: The typewritten notes loosely enclosed in the book (by former owner J. P. Love?) offer Use of Nantes as a suggestion (with a question mark). This inference is probably based on Madan tests as the Hours of the Virgin has Prime antiphon ‘Quando Natus’, Prime capitulum ‘Ab initio et ante’, None antiphon ‘Ecce maria genuit’, and None capitulum ‘Et radicavi’. However, we note the newer CHD tests, where this combination seems to point towards Cistercian Use. The Calendar has contents that might also suggest Cistercian use, including Anianus (13 June and 17 November) and Remigius (1 October) (cf. online catalogue description for Walters Art Museum MS W.44). We note also that Psalm 118 is divided across Prime-None in the Hours of the Virgin, which is associated with monastic uses according to CHD.PROVENANCE: Intended for a female reader? We note ‘intercedere pro me peccatrice’ (with the feminine form) in the Sancta Dei Genitrix (fol. 199v). Perhaps the intended reader is the nun praying beside the historiated initial on fol. 21r. Some parts of the text crossed out by an early(?) hand (text still legible). Border decoration for the Annunciation includes two coats of arms held by angels: ‘sable, nine roundels argent, on a canton azure, a lion or, and azure, a saltire or, a label of tree points gules’ (quoted after the aforementioned typewritten notes).CONDITION: Some fraying to textile covering material, quires loosening. Some foxing and staining, small tear to inner margin of folio with Annunciation miniature (not intersecting the miniature itself), minor worming in blank upper margin of about 6 folios (not affecting text).BIBLIOGRAPHY: ‘New Tests for Localization of the Hore Beate Marie Virginis’, CHD Institute for Studies of Illuminated Manuscripts in Denmark, https://manuscripts.org.uk/chd.dk/use/hv_chdtest.html (last accessed by us 10/1/2024).Provenance: John. P. Love Collection CONDITION: Some fraying to textile covering material, quires loosening. Some foxing and staining, small tear to inner margin of folio with Annunciation miniature (not intersecting the miniature itself), minor worming in blank upper margin of about 6 folios (not affecting text).

[Composite atlas of Europe] Amsterdam: Nicolaes Visscher, c.1700. Large folio, contemporary half calf, marbled sides, 27 engraved maps (all by Nicolaes Visscher except 11 and 12, by Joannes Blaeu), each a single broadsheet folded once and mounted on guard, opening to 52.5 x 61cm (except maps 2, 3, 14 and 21, on larger sheets and consequently with extra folds), contemporary hand-colouring throughout, contemporary manuscript titles on versos, most maps with allegorical title cartouches, many also with decorative dedications and mileage charts, maps 16, 20 and 22 embellished with naval scenes, 6, 17, 24 and 26 with printed gazetteers on versos, contemporary manuscript list of contents to front. Contents comprise:1) Gallia, vulgo la France;2) Nouvelle carte géographique de la partie méridionale de France;3) Gallia, seu Franciae tabula;4) Carte particulire [sic] du terroir et des environs des [sic] Paris;5) Comitatus Burgundiae;6) Generalis Lotharingiae Ducatus tabula;7) Totius Alsatiae novissima tabula;8) Landgraviatus Alsatia inferior novissima tabula;9) Superioris Alsatiae;10) Totius Italiae tabula;11) Ducatus Chablasius et Lacus Lemanus cum regionibus adjacentibus;12) Tabula generalis Sabaudiae;13) Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudicae status;14) De Stoel des Oorlogs in Italien;15) Regnum Siciliae;16) Insularum Melitae vulgo Maltae et Gozae novissimae delineatio;17) Exactissima Helvetiae Rhaetiae, Valesiae ... tabula;18) La Castille;19) Cataloniae principatus;20) Portugalliae et Algarbiae regna;21) Regnorum Portugalliae et Algarbiae tabula novissima;22) Peloponnesus hodie Morea;23) Exactissima totius archipelagi nec non Graeciae tabula;23) Cretae seu Candiae insula et regnum;24) Exactissima tabula qua tam Danubii fluvii pars inferior ... quam regiones adjacentes;25) Exactissima tabula qua tam Danubii fluvii pars media ... quam regiones adjacentes;26) Exactissima tabula qua tam Danubii fluvii pars superior ... quam regiones adjacentes;27) Regnum Hungariae FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS

Ptolemaeus, Claudius La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandro Nuovamente tradotta di Greco in Italiano, da Girolamo Ruscelli ... Venice: Vincenzo Valgrifi, 1561. 4to (24 x 18cm), 64 maps, contemporary vellum with manuscript title to spine and initials to upper cover, 20th century ownership signature (Alan Stevenson) to paste-down endpaper, early ownership signature to title-page, some very light and minor marginal dampstaining, browning and occasional soiling in places, page numbers added in an early hand to unpaginated sections, maps neatly mounted on slightly later guards, a few binding anomolies not affecting the flow of the work, covers a little frayed [USTC 851489] FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERSA complete copy of the first edition of Ruscelli's translation of Ptolemy in contemporary vellum. Ptolemy's 'Geography' was rediscovered at the beginning of the fifteenth century and translated into Latin from the Greek, although none of Ptolemy's maps survived. Cartographers such as Giacomo Gastaldi recreated the maps from the descriptions, and the results can be seen here.

Sutherland, Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of (1765-1839) Views on the Northern and Western Coasts of Sutherland [London:] Engraved by Mr. F. C. Lewis, c.1833. Engraved title-page with list of contents, engraved map, 22 hand-coloured aquatints after Sutherland by F. C. Lewis (on wove paper, J. Whatman watermarks, 25 x 17cm, tipped to card mounts, 44.5 x 28 cm, a few aquatints mounted at all four corners, mounts with contemporary manuscript numbering), all loose as issued in cloth portfolio inscribed on inside front cover 'For Wm Mackenzie Esqr, with the Duke of Sutherland's kind regards, S.', title-page and map slightly spotted, title-page with a few small nicks to edges [Bobins supplementary list 08/14; S. P. Lohia collection 5560] First and only edition. Very rare on the market: while eight copies of the work are confined to the National Library of Scotland as part of the Sutherland Estate Papers (Acc.13290), no other copy appears to have been offered at auction. The Duchess Sutherland was the driving force behind the modernisation of her family's vast estate and the associated clearance of tenants from highland to coastal areas. A talented watercolourist, she also published a collection of etchings titled Views in Orkney and on the North-Eastern Coast of Scotland, which appeared in 1807.Provenance: 1) With Charles J. Sawyer (bookseller, London), catalogue 280, 1969; 2) Acquired by the vendor from John Grant (bookseller, Edinburgh) in 1979 (typescript catalogue description included: '[...] Such is the high quality in the faithful reproduction of the artist's work that these subjects have been mistaken for original watercolours').

Martin, R. Montgomery The Illustrated Atlas, and Modern History of the World London: J. & F. Tallis, c.1850. 4to, contemporary maroon half roan, engraved title-page, 79 engraved folding maps hand-coloured in outline (opening to 26.4 x 35.4cm), all with several inset scenes and views, engraved uncoloured folding plan of Plymouth, title-page and a few maps (Africa, British Isles, Scotland) loose, contents pages supplied in contemporary manuscript, light toning, several maps (e.g. France, British India, Northern Italy, Spain/Portugal) with splits to ends of along central fold, sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return

Blome, Richard [A bound collection of county maps] London: some maps dated between 1669-1672, comprising 49 maps:"A Generale Mapp of the Isles of Great Brittaine...", Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Cumberland, Cornwall, Chester [Cheshire], Cambridgshire, Durham, Dorsetshire [Dorset], Devonshire [Devon], Derbyshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Huntingdonshire, Hereford [Herefordshire], Hertfordshire, Hampshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Lancaster [Lancashire], Monmouthshire, Middlesex (coloured outlining), Nottinghamshire (some manuscript corrections/erasures to place names), Northumberland, Northamptonshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Sussex, Surrey, Suffolk, Staffordshire, Somerset, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Wiltshire, Westmorland, Warwickshire, South Wales, North Wales, Richmondshire, Yorkshire, Yorkshire - West Riding, Yorkshire - East Riding, Yorkshire - North Riding, "A Mapp of the Isles of Wight, Jarsey, Garnsey, Sarke, Man, Orcades, and Shetland", and a map of England and Wales hand-coloured in outline by Philip Lea, 18th century calf, small folio (34 x 20cm), Stevenson and another ownership inscription, some light dampstaining FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS

Hill, David Octavius, and Robert Adamson Portrait photograph of clockmaker Robert Bryson, c.1843-8, Robert Burns family provenance salted paper print from a calotype negative, 20 x 14.9cm, mounted, framed and glazed, manuscript provenance note dated 1887 pasted to backboard Robert Bryson FRSE (1778-1852) held the royal warrant for clockmaking in Scotland, and worked from premises at 66 Princes Street, Edinburgh, adjacent to Alexander Hill, brother and business partner of D. O. Hill.Provenance:1) Presented by Robert Bryson to Isabella Begg (née Burns, 1771-1858), sister of Robert Burns, the poet (her portrait taken by Hill and Adamson);2) By descent to Agnes (1800-1883; married name Brown) and Isabella Begg (1806-1886), daughters of Isabella Begg;3) Presented on the death of Isabella Begg to David Dunlop, solicitor, Ayr, executor;4) Presented by Dunlop to Robert Adam (fl. 1870s-80s), city chamberlain, Edinburgh, c.1887;5) With Lockharts, solicitors, Ayr.Literature: Sarah Stevenson, David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson: Catalogue of their Calotypes taken between 1843 and 1847 in the Collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1981, p. 46 (version 'a');Colin Ford, An Early Victorian Album: The Photographic Masterpieces (1843-1847) of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, 1976, p. 357;Cf. David Bruce, Sun Pictures: The Hill-Adamson Calotypes, 1973, pp. 180-1 for another version.

Maitland, William The History of Edinburgh, from its Foundation to the Present Time Edinburgh: Hamilton, Balfour and Neill, for the Author, 1753. First edition, folio, contemporary sprinkled calf, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down, engraved folding map, 20 engraved plates (several folding), signatures 2O2 and 2X2 duplicated;Gibson, Patrick. Select Views in Edinburgh: consisting chiefly of Prospects that have presented themselves, and Public Buildings that have been erected in the Course of the Recent Improvements of the City. Edinburgh: J. Pillans & Son, 1818. First edition, 4to, original boards, 15 pp., 6 etched plates (one folding), spine worn with two cords of three split;Hardiviller, Charles Achille d'. Souvenirs des Highlands, voyage à la suite de Henri V en 1832. Paris: Dentu, 1835. First edition, 4to, original printed green paper boards with gilt green sheep backstrip, half-title, lithographic frontispiece, 29 similar plates, plate of manuscript facsimile, binding rubbed and marked, spotting to contents;Knox, John. A View of the British Empire, more especially Scotland; with some Proposals for the Improvement of that Country, the Extension of its Fisheries, and the Relief of the People. London: J. Walter [and others], 1786. First edition, 4to, 19th-century half calf, early manuscript list of library borrowers to initial blank, tear to foot of spine, spotting and soiling internally [ESTC T83714: 4 copies only];Gordon, Alexander. Itinerarium Septentrionale: or, a Journey thro' most of the Counties of Scotland, and those in the North of England. London: for the author, 1726. First edition, folio, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, 66 engraved plates (numbered 1-65 and one unnumbered), several folding, bound without the folding map, wear to binding, title-page slightly soiled, with repaired closed tears in gutter and ink-stamp of the Church of Scotland;and 2 others (John Parker Lawson, Scotland Delineated, London: Day and Son, c.1860, 4to, original blue cloth gilt, tinted lithographic plates, recased, spotted, not collated, and a volume of early issues of the Scotsman newspaper from 1821)(7) THE LIBRARY OF DR ANDREW G. FRASER MD FSA SCOT (1937-2020)Gibson's Select Views of Edinburgh is notably uncommon, with no other copy traced in auction records, and three in British and Irish institutions on Library Hub.

Scottish History Collection of works [Golf interest]. The Muses Threnodie; or Mirthful Mournings on Death of Mr Gall. Containing variety of pleasant Poetical Descriptions, Moral Instructions, Historical Narrations, and Divine Observations, with the most remarkable Antiquities of Scotland, especially of Perth. By Mr. H. Adamson … New Edition … Compiled from authentic records, by James Cant. Perth: by George Johnston for the Editor, 1774. Second edition, 2 volumes in 1, 8vo, 19th-century calf by J. Carrs of Glasgow, xxii [2] 261 200 pp., engraved folding plan of Perth (backed on linen), errata leaf, variant with title-page to volume 1 only (volume 2 with drop-head title ('Appendix. Number II'), laid-in c.1800 manuscript copy of the letter from William Drummond to Henry Adamson and the address to the reader from the first edition of 1638 (on single bifolium watermarked 1796, now split along central fold);Arnot, Hugo. The History of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: for W. Creech, 1779. First edition, 4to, contemporary half calf, engraved frontispiece, engraved folding map, bookplate of General Alexander Campbell of Monzie (c.1750-1832), ownership inscriptions dated 1860 to front pastedown and title-page, binding rubbed, a little cracking to joints, spotting;Dibdin, Thomas Frognall. A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland. London: for the author by C. Richard, 1838. First edition, 2 volumes, large 8vo (25 x 14.5cm), recent blue crushed half morocco by Paul C. Delrue, edges untrimmed, engraved plates (frontispiece to volume 1 replaced with duplicate of ‘Regeneration of the Heart’ plate at volume 2 p. 773), engraved vignettes on india paper, mounted, plates spotted;and 6 others including David Hume, History of England, Dublin, 1780 (new edition, 8 volumes, recent quarter morocco)(15+)  The Muses Threnodie, first published in 1638, is known for containing an early description of the game of golf.

James VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland Autograph letter signed to George Keith, 4th Earl Marischal, [Edinburgh], 28th September [1589] 7 lines plus signature ‘James R’ and 7-line autograph postscript, reading:‘My littill fatt porke, the contineuall langoure I have had of your companies delaye in cumming & the feare I have of langer protracting of time yete throuch the contrairiousness of the windes hes at last constrained [me] to post away the bearere heirof to seike in qwhat ever parte of the warlde ye be in,  als weill to bring me certaine novelles of youre estate as to informe you of sum thingis concerning youre cumming, qwhom willing you to credit & praying God to speid weille youre voyage, I bidd you hairthe fairweill, in haist this last sondaye of September, James R. I pray you excuse to the embassadouris my not writing to thaim at this tyme sen youre presence thaire may suplee that default & besydis I knaw not thaire names & styles’.Verso with James’s red wax seal, contemporary manuscript endorsement in secretary hand (‘To .. The Erle Mareshall & Ambassador’), additional later inscription (late 18th/early 19th century). Old folds, damp-staining, paper disruption along folds partially obscuring a few words in middle of second and third lines, marginal seal tear. Repaired, mounted and framed in 1999 by Mette de Hamel James, writing in broad Scots to the magnate charged with securing his marriage to Anne of Denmark, seeks urgent news of the negotiations, the embassy’s return to Scotland having been held up by recurrent storms, which the following year would be found to be the work of a treasonous coven of witches, setting in train ‘the most famous witch-hunt in Scottish history’ (ODNB).A Danish match for James had been suggested as early as 1581, and, receiving strong support from parties including Edinburgh’s merchant community, eventually prevailed over the alternative proposal of Catherine of Bourbon, sister of the future Henri IV of France, whose demands for support in his struggle for the French throne James would or could not meet. ‘On account of his rank and learning Marischal was chosen to lead the embassy sent to arrange James VI's marriage to Anne of Denmark. His great wealth must also have influenced the decision, for he bore most of the initial cost of the embassy’ (ibid.). The embassy sailed from Leith in early June 1589, and after Marischal received permission to reduce the exorbitant dowry initially demanded, the wedding was celebrated on 20th August at Kronburg castle with Marischal acting as James’s proxy. The Scots and their new queen set sail for Scotland early in September, but their passage was held up by persistent bad weather, and eventually the decision was made to winter in Oslo. In an act of now semi-legendary gallantry, James decided to travel to Norway and retrieve his bride himself, setting sail in October and marrying Anne in person on 24th November. He spent the next five months in the country, travelling about, meeting Scandinavian theologians and scientists, and falling in love with his new wife.Soon after the royal party’s return to Scotland in April 1590, James was confronted with the discovery of a coven of witches from Haddingtonshire, east of Edinburgh, who had allegedly conspired to assassinate him and his wife by raising the storm which had beset their return voyage. Though James was at first sceptical about the claims, one of their number convinced him of their powers by reporting a conversation he had had with Anne on their wedding night in Oslo. In the following months dozens of alleged witches were tortured, tried and executed, in what was the first major series of witchcraft trials under criminal law.Letters entirely in James’s hand are very rare. An autograph draft sonnet was sold as part of the Robert S. Pirie collection in 2015; otherwise the only fully autograph letter traced in auction records is one offered at Sotheby’s, 1st-3rd March 1965, concerning hunting horses.George Keith is styled in sources including the ODNB as the fourth earl Marischal, but in others as the fifth: the confusion may be due to the fact that his predecessor in the position was his grandfather, William Keith (c.1510-1581), rather than his father, also William, who died in 1580 and was known as the master of Marischal.Provenance: John Wilson, Autographs, Documents, Manuscripts: Catalogue Twenty-Four (1976), item 2. Published: G. P. V. Akrigg (ed.), Letters of King James VI & I, 1984, pp. 94-5.

Boswell, Alexander, Lord Auchinleck (1707-1782), his copy The Actis and Constitutionnis of the Realme of Scotland Maid in Parliamentis hald in by the rycht excellent, hie and mychtie princeis kingis James the First, Secund, Thud, Feird, Fyft, and in tyme of Marie now Quene of Scottis. Edinburgh: Robert Lekprevik, 28th November, 1566. First edition, second issue, folio in fours (26.3 x 17.8cm), +4 (lacking +4, blank), a-b4 c2 A-2T4 (-2L1, cancelled and not replaced, as called for; 2O1 + chi2O1; 2R2 +  chi2R3.[4]) chi2U1.[2] 2U-2X4, [15] 3-132 134-145 [1] 146-158 [2] 159-168 [2] 169-182 ff., text mainly in black letter, woodcut royal arms to title-page, woodcut initials, xylographic signatures of compilers, 18th-century sprinkled calf, spine gilt in compartments, edges sprinkled red, binding rebacked with original spine laid down, rear joint partly cracked, light wear to tips, title-leaf closely trimmed and with old hand-colouring, variable damp-staining to contents, intermittent old repairs and infilling chiefly in fore margins from quire P to rear, repaired closed tear to foot of 2K3, final two leaves extended at foot, ink annotations in various hands, printed catalogue description mounted to front pastedown below pencilled ownership inscription ‘Saltcoats 9 February 1910, Albert Wood’ [STC 21876a] Alexander Boswell’s copy of the foundational statement of Scots law, the so-called ‘Black Acts’, acquired by him in Edinburgh in 1730, shortly after his return from legal study in Leiden, and bound with 20 leaves of manuscript excerpts from Scottish parliamentary records made at his behest by Alexander Tait (d.1781), writer to the signet.Below Boswell’s ownership inscription, ‘Alexr Boswell, Edr 1730’, on the front free endpaper is a further inscription, in his hand but perhaps written later, reading:‘The Black Acts of Parliament, as they are commonly called. To which is subjoin’d, in manuscript, excerpts from the records of parliament, mostly to shew who the persons were who sat in parliament in the year 1467 down to the [year] 1579. Partly extracted by myself and partly by Alexr Tait whom I employd from his known accuracy in reading old writing & faithfully copying them’.There are two further inscriptions by Boswell, each on a separate leaf bound immediately before Tait’s manuscript, the first concerning the appointment in 1466 of Robert, Lord Boyd as regent of Scotland until the majority of James III, the second of similar content to the annotation on the front free endpaper, but adding that Tait ‘copied a multitude of manuscripts from the Advocates Library where he almost constantly was to be found’.A leading judge, remembered by Sir Walter Scott as ‘an able lawyer, a good scholar, after the manner of Scotland, and … a strict presbyterian and whig of the old Scottish cast’, Alexander Boswell is known to posterity as the father of James Boswell, and for his tempestuous encounter with Samuel Johnson ruefully described by his son in his Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Having begged Johnson before their visit to Auchinleck House to avoid any talk of Whiggism or Presbyterianism, James enjoyed only a few days’ grace before an inspection of his father’s coin collection turned sour:‘If I recollect right, the contest began while my father was shewing him his collection of medals; and Oliver Cromwell’s coin unfortunately introduced Charles the First, and Toryism. They became exceedingly warm, and violent, and I was very much distressed by being present at such an altercation between two men, both of whom I reverenced; yet I durst not interfere.’ Alexander Tait was Alexander Boswell’s fellow member of the Select Society, the elite Edinburgh debating club founded by Allan Ramsay in 1754 and attended by David Hume and others. A cultured individual whose ‘political connections were keenly whig’ (ODNB), doubtless an advantage in Boswell’s company, he became principal clerk of session in 1760 and a director of the Bank of Scotland two years later.Commissioned by Mary Queen of Scots in a year of crisis for her regime, and a year before her deposition and flight to England, The Actis and Constitutionnis of the Realme of Scotland was the first collected edition of all public Scottish acts of parliament since 1424, during the reign of James I. The first edition was printed in October 1566; a month later a second issue was rushed out with several pieces of anti-Protestant legislation removed.The ‘Black Acts’, as they became known on account of the gothic typeface, are remarkable to a modern audience for a reason unintended by the compilers, containing the first printed references to golf, with football also mentioned, in a succession of acts intended to prevent Scots from neglecting their military duties:‘That ilk man busk thame to be archaris’ (James I, 1424, f. 4v.):‘It is statute and the king forbiddis, that na man play at the fute ball under the pane of xl s. to be raist to the lord of the land’‘Of wapinschawing’ (James II, 1457, f. 40v.):'It is decretit and ordanit, that the wapinschawing be haldin be the lordis and barronis spirtuall and temporall, foure tymis in the year. And that the futball and golf by utterly cryit downe, and not be usit. And schuting be usit ilk Sonday … And as tuiching the futball and the golf to be punist be the barronis unlaw’‘The length of speiris, and that yemen have targeis, and of wapinschawing’ (James III, 1471, f. 56v.):‘And at the fute ball and golf be abusit in tyme cumming, and at the buttis be maid up and schuting usit, efter the tennour of the act of parliament maid thairupone’‘Of wappinschawing’ (James IV, 1491, f. 92v.)‘And attour that in na place of the realme their be usit futballis, golf, or other sic unproffitabill sportis, bot for the common gude of the realme and defence thairof’.Provenance:Sotheby’s, London, 12th August 1941, lot 173 (the relevant leaf from the sale catalogue is included with the lot).

Incline Press Collection of limited editions 1) A Book of Nursery Rhymes. Illustrated with Wood Engravings by Enid Marx, 1993. One of 260 copies;2) Marco's Animal Alphabet. Linocuts by Enid Marx, 2000. One of 160 copies, folio, slipcase (sunned), publisher's prospectus laid in;3) Aesop's Fable of The Miller, His Son, and Their Ass. Retold and Illustrated with Linocuts by Nick Wonham, [2010]. Number 2 of 160 copies signed by the artist, folio, limitation leaf annotated in pencil 'Bound by Alison Allison February 2010';4) The Charm of Magpies. Illustrated by Nick Wonham, [2018]. Folio, one of 160 copies signed by the artist;5) Carole George. Layers of Concord. Creating the Landscape Garden of Le Berceau, 2014. One of 175 copies signed by the bookbinder, folio, slipcase;6) Robert Burns. To A Mouse ... An Edition for those who would read without faking a Scottish accent, 2019. 2 copies from the edition of 72, one copy numbered, one out-of-series, housed in one case;Graham Foster introduces Anthony Burgess, An Elegy for X, 2018. One of 50 hardback copies from the total edition of 200;7) Urban Birds. A Collection Cuts by Jo Spaul. Illustrated with a Selection of Suitable Verse, 1999. One of 180 copies, this copy apparently in a variant of untreated craft paper over boards (the limitation statement only mentioning copies in black cloth);8) Suyeon Kim. A Line, 2009. One of 200 copies signed by the artist, single continuous linocut bound in concertina format, with slipcase;9) A Selection of Poems on the Theme of Water. With Original Prints by Clare Curtis [etc.], 2008. One of 150 copies bound in marbled leatherette by Alison Allison (q.v.), from the total edition of 550 (the remaining copies issued as sheets for the International Competition of Designer Bookbinders);10) Jonathan Wonham. Steel Horizon. Poems of the North Sea. Lino-cut Illustrations by Nick Wonham, 2013. One of 200 copies signed by the author and illustrator, with slipcase;11) Three Poems of the Seventeenth Century, from the Manuscript Cabinets of Chetham's Library ... Introduced and Transcribed by Dr Joel Swann, 2017. One of 220 copies signed by the bookbinder;12) David Blamires. When in Doubt, Wash! On the Naming of Cats. With Wood Engravings by Chris Daunt, 2015. One of 200 copies signed by the bookbinder, from the total edition of 240;13) Robert Louis Stevenson. The Long Journey ... With Wood Engravings by Robin Mackenzie, 2014. One of 200 copies signed by the artist and bookbinder;14) Robin Flower's Translation of Pangur Ban. With Lino-Cuts by Philippa Threlfall, 2010. One of 200 copies;15) G. K. Chesterton. The Rolling English Drunkard Made The Rolling English Road. Linocut Illustrations by John Watson, 2021. One of 175 copies signed by the bookbinder;16) Randall Davies and his Books of Nonsense. With a Learned Introduction by Dr Paul W Nash of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 2014. One of 175 copies bound at the Incline Press in quarter cloth and signed by the bookbinder;17) Deirdre Armes Smith. The First Wife a Voice for Katherine of Aragon. Wood Engraved Illustrations by Alan Smith, 2003. One of 160 copies signed by author and illustrator;18) On the Visionary Work and Revolutionary Life of an Idle Idol: William Morris. By John Mitchinson, 2008. One of 60 copies;19) Robert Burns and Brose for his Breakfast, 2021. One of 160 copies;20) Elizabeth Freedlander, 2018. One of 120 copies(20) A Book of Nursery Rhymes, Illustrated with Wood Engravings by Enid Marx (1993) was the first book printed by the Incline Press.Provenance: From the collection of bookbinder Alison Allison, whose work for the Incline Press includes A Selection of Poems on the Theme of Water (2008).

Signals from the Bell Rock Lighthouse to the Arbroath Signal Tower An illustrated manuscript bound manuscript, 32 x 26cm, comprising 11 pages with 28 hand-drawn and coloured illustrations showing positions of the copper signal ball and various signal flags with descriptions, early 19th century, contemporary half vellum over boards, paper label reading 'Regent Sender' to upper cover, some soiling to leaves, covers rubbed and worn FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERSThe Bell Rock Lighthouse was built between 1807 and 1810 by Robert Stevenson, and is the world's oldest surviving sea washed lighthouse. The Arbroath Signal Tower was built in 1813 to communicate with the lighthouse, and continued to do so until it was decommissioned in 1955. It is now a museum telling the story of the lighthouse. The main method of signalling between the lighthouse and the tower were large copper balls, which would be raised in the morning to indicate all was well. The initial illustration in the manuscript depicts the lighthouse's signal ball, with the caption: "When all is well at the Lighthouse in moderate weather, the Ball to be hoisted to the top of the Flagstaff every morning at Nine and continues up 'till Ten Oclock..." The manuscript continues, as an instruction manual, to describe each position of the ball, its meaning and which flags should be raised on various occasions or depending upon who is in residence.

Copy of ships' logs, 19th century, including Australia and Samoa One bound volume written in one hand, possibly that of Laurence A. Bell, comprising:Copy of the latter part of an unnamed ship's log, from August 1861, comprising 41 manuscript pages detailing sea voyages around the coast of America, mostly comprising short notes on daily occurrences including court marshals and whipping;Copy of the journal of HMS “LoLio” under Captain Thomas Miller, kept by Lawrence A. Bell, acting Lieutenant, commencing 19th May 1862, comprising 62 manuscript pp. and two laid-in photographs, focusing around the coast of America, particularly Central America;Copy of the journal of the "Challenger", beginning March 1870 and running through to February 1871, comprising 48 manuscript pp., mentioning locations around the Australian Coast such as Cockatoo Island and Garden Island;Copy of the journal of the "Rattlesnake", commencing 15th August 1865 and ending 6th February 1866, comprising 22 manuscript pp.;[Further] Copy of the journal of the "Challenger" under Commodore Maguire Australian Station, April 1866-February 1870, comprising 187 pp., including 2pp. dedicated to a description of the "Samoa or Navigation Group", and five photographs of Samoan locals, including four captioned with names: Wiumu Lamihana (William Thompson), Lamihana Le Ranpanaha[?], Wi Lako and Mele[?] Kingi[?];Several pages of indexes and notes at the rear, including "List of the fellows I have been shipmates with", including their fates, 19th-century brown morocco gilt, 23.5 x  20cm(quantity) FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS

Italy Photograph album, c.1880 Large folio (49 x 34cm), contemporary red morocco over bevelled boards, spine and covers decoratively gilt, all edges gilt, 159 albumen print photographs (various dimensions) including views (Siena, Rome, Girgenti, Capri, Palermo, Verona, Pompeii and elsewhere), statuary, paintings, and a few character studies (including two studies of male youths, unsigned but by Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden, captioned in manuscript ‘Taormina’), binding rubbed, one photograph damaged, bookplate of Nigel Temple (1926-2003), British artist, photographer and lecturer

The Works including her Correspondence, Poems and Essays. London: Richard Phillips, 1803. First edition, 5 volumes, 8vo, contemporary red half morocco, smooth spines gilt in compartments, marbled sides, engraved frontispiece, 10 plates of manuscript facsimile (several folding), contemporary book-labels of Anne Isabella Kevill to front pastedowns, spotting to front and rear of each volume;[Scottish Highlands]. Letters from the Mountains; being the Real Correspondence of a Lady [Anne MacVicar Grant], between the Years 1773 and 1807. London: for Longman [et al.], 1807. Second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, half-titles, slightly rubbed, ownership inscriptions and blind stamps to front free endpapers of volumes 2-3, small marginal tear to B3 volume 3;Paley, William. Natural Theology: or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, collected from the Appearance of Nature. London: R. Faulder, 1802. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary tree calf, half-title discarded, part of L3 recto failed to print, occasional pencilled annotations and underlining, bookplate and ownership inscription;and 2 others (these not collated): Bacon, Essays, 1755 (contemporary sprinkled calf); and Erasmus, L'Eloge de la Folio, Neuchatel, 1777 (contemporary quarter sheep)(11)

Pixley, Captain W. Manuscript account of cruises 325 manuscript pp. covering April 1841 - October 1844 journalling cruises around the coastline of the British Isles, in 19th-century quarter black morocco, 20 x 15cm FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERSPixley's journal notes a keen interest in lighthouses, and references meeting the Stevensons and visiting the Bell Rock Lighthouse. On Saturday 24th April Pixley writes: "at 6 am Bell Rock Lt. Ho. in sight...This very dangerous Rock is only 1/2 a mile long & 110 yards broad...the Rock is entirely covered at high water, but dives at L.W. about 8 feet. On this is built the most splendid and beautiful Light House...The Lt. House was commenced in 1808 and finished in 1811, built by Robert Stevenson Esq., the Gentleman that we landed yesterday & whose Son is now with us; the inspection of this wonder of the world was the greatest that I ever had."Pixley also includes several small pen and ink sketches of lighthouses in the work.On Friday 14th July 1843, Pixley was involved in a shipwreck near the Rock of the Longships, which he recounts on p.201 of the journal.Provenance: Captain Thomas William Pixley (1819-1891) resided on the Isle of Wight and was, at one point, captain of the Merchantman Essex. On 16th March 1841, Pixley was appointed as an Elder Brother of Trinity House – the official authority for lighthouses in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar.

India Illustrated Urdu manuscript on farming, 1903 19 leaves (35.5 x 22cm), stitched at one corner, written in black ink on rectos and versos, diagrams and illustrations throughout in pencil, pen-and-ink and watercolour, depicting men driving oxen and operating equipment including a churrus (device for drawing water from wells)

Archive of the Stevenson family Comprising books, diaries, manuscripts and photographs Books:Stevenson, Alan. Biographical Sketch of the late Robert Stevenson. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood and Sons, 1861. 8vo, original red cloth gilt, inscribed by a Stevenson, lacking initial few leaves;Records of a Family of Engineers. [N.p., n.d.] 8vo, a large number of manuscript notes and corrections, red cloth gilt;D’Arville, Nicolas. The Navigation of King James V. round Scotland… Perth: J. Brown for John Gillies, 1785. 12mo, largely incomplete but with the manuscript dedication in Robert Stevenson’s hand: “Presented by Walter Scott Esq to Mr Stevenson…1814”;Diaries:Stevenson, Charles Alexander. Diary, 1872-73, including reports of travels but also notes and sketches of various engineering sites such as the diving Bell at Anstruther;Manuscripts:Commission for Robert Stevenson, Gentleman, to be a Lieutenant in the Royal Edinburgh Spearmen, January 1804;Stevenson, Robert. ALS to James Riddoch Esq. of Kirkwall, dated October 1808, regarding progress on the Bell Rock Lighthouse, a section cut from the body of the letter;Document entitled “Evidence regarding Whalsey Skerry”;Various articles of correspondence between David and Robert Stevenson;Letter from Robert Humphrey dated March 1853, upper corner torn away, remarking upon the condition of the Bound Skerry;Stevenson, David. Note of resignation from duties due to ill health, written in a secretarial hand and signed by Stevenson;Bound genealogical manuscript from the later 19th century detailing Stevenson history;Early 18th century cashbook with additional religious writings, notes and drafts of letters, vellum bound 31.5 x 20cm, author unclear;Scheme of Division of Accounts years 1882-1901, recording accounts for the engineering firm, bound cashbook;Unsigned copy of William Earnest Henley’s poem “Why my heart do we love her so?”, with the name Geraldine switched to Katharine, a pencil note on the reverse questioning if this could have been written to Katharine de Mattos by Robert Louis Stevenson, her cousin with whom she shared a mutual friendship with Henley;Grant of Arms given to Alan Stevenson, with seal and hand-drawn and coloured arms;And othersPhotographs:Portrait of David Alan Stevenson by Drummond Young of Edinburgh; Photograph of David Alan Stevenson surrounded by family; Rochester House school photograph 1939; four family photograph albumsOther:Press cuttings album including offprints of papers by Stevenson family members, including ‘The Earthquake of 28th November 1880 in Scotland and Ireland’, Charles Alexander Stevenson, 1881; ‘Skating Diagrams’ by Charles Alexander Stevenson; ‘On a Dipping or Fog Apparatus for Electric Light in Lighthouses’, Charles Alexander Stevenson, 1888; and othersVarious scrolls, mostly typescript, writing up excerpts from family archives(quantity) FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS

A Natural History of British Birds, etc. with their Portraits accurately drawn, and beautifully coloured from Nature. London: for S. Hooper, 1775. First edition, folio (52 x 36.4cm), contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with vellum tips, [2] 24 pp., 40 engraved plates (2 folding), contemporary manuscript list of contents laid in, spine worn, front joint largely cracked, title-page creased and marked and with loss to lower fore corner (not affecting text), variable spotting to plates, most with contemporary manuscript titles (in ink or pencil), folding plates creased, bittern folding plate rumpled along fore edge, brent goose with browning and paper disruption along one fold [Anker 198; Fine Bird Books (1990) p. 105; Nissen IVB 421; Zimmer I pp. 293-4]

Orwell, George [Eric Arthur Blair] Animal Farm A Fairy Story. London: Secker & Warburg, 1945. First edition, first impression, 8vo, 92 pp., original green cloth, spine lettered in white, with the dust jacket (priced 6s on front flap, 'An early list for 1945' advertisement on rear panel, Searchlight advertisement printed in red on verso). Sunning to cloth at head and foot of spine and along head of front board, very superficial cracking to inner hinges, manuscript date to front pastedown (behind jacket flap), dust jacket rubbed and chipped, rear panel dust-soiled

Account of the Skerryvore Lighthouse with Notes on the Illumination of Lighthouses. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black 1848. First edition, 4to, contemporary reddish-brown morocco by Alexander Banks Junior of Edinburgh, arms of the Northern Lighthouse Board gilt to covers, x [5] 10-439 pp., engraved frontispiece, folding table, 33 engraved or aquatint plates, Stevenson family ownership inscription to title-page, occasional pencilled marginalia, laid-in leaf of manuscript notes on letterhead of David Alan Stevenson facing plate 17, front joint rubbed, frontispiece loosening, tissue-guard creased FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS

Collection of works about or printed in Arbroath or environs 1) With the Scottish Yeomanry. Being a Reprint, somewhat altered and extended, of Letters written from South Africa during the War of 1899-1901 by Thomas F. Dewar ... surgeon-captain ... Imperial Yeomanry. Arbroath: T. Buncle & Co., 1901. First edition, 8vo, original cloth;2) Poems and Songs from the Hackle-Shop by James Greig, Arbroath. Arbroath: Thomas Buncle, 1887. First edition, 8vo, contemporary half roan;3) Poems and Songs by Alf. T. Matthews, Arbroath. Arbroath: Arbroath Herald Office, 1891. First edition, 8vo, contemporary blue quarter roan, contents partly unopened);4) Poems on Various Subjects: Political, Satirical, and Humorous. First Series. By John Sim Sands, Writer in Arbroath. Arbroath: Stewart, 1833. First edition, 8vo, near-contemporary half calf, lithographic portrait frontispiece;5) A Record of Lunan, its Descent and Transmission, from 1189 to 1849, by William Blair-Imrie. Edinburgh: Waterston and Sons, 1902. First edition, one of 50 copies printed for the author, 4to, original red morocco gilt, top edge gilt, addressed in manuscript on limitation leaf to J. M. McBain FSA (dedicatee of Poems and Songs from the Hackle-Shop, q.v.);6) Collections and Observations Methodized; concerning the Worship, Discipline, and Government of the Church of Scotland ... by Walter Steuart, Esq. of Pardovan. Arbroath: J. Findlay for A. Brown, 1802. First edition, 8vo, viii 234 2 pp., contemporary half calf, covers detached, spotting to title-page;7) The History of Dundee ... by James Thomson. Dundee: Robert Walker, 1847. First edition, 8vo, contemporary green half calf, engraved frontispiece and additional title-page;8) Reminiscences of Arbroath and St Andrews by D. S. Salmond. Arbroath: Brodie and Salmond, 1905. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, 7 photographic plates;9) [Angus]. Sammelband of locally-printed pamphlets, including: i) A Garland for the Ancient City; or, Love Songs of Brechin and its Neighbourhood, with Historical Notes, by Colin Sievwright, Brechin: D. H. Edwards, 1881; ii) Maryton, Records of the Past. A Lecture delivered in the Public School of Maryton, January 18, 1877, by Rev. William R. Fraser, Montrose: Alex. Burnett, 1877; iii) Brechin Cathedral: its History ... by the Rev. James Landreth, Brechin: D. H. Edwards, 1883; iv) Five Score and One: a Sketch of the Life of Mrs John Alexander, Brechin: D. H. Edwards, 1883; v) The Earl of Dalhousie and his Tenantry, Banquet at Edzell Castle, 1882; vi) For Love's Sake: being a Farewell Sermon preached in the West Free Church, Brechin ... by James M'Cosh, Brechin: D. H. Edwards, 1884; and approx. 6 others;10) Celebration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in Arbroath. Arbroath: Brodie & Salmond, 1897. First edition, 8vo, original quarter japon;and 25 others, including Natural History of Arbroath and District by Thomas F. Dewar, 1893 (first edition, original cloth, inscribed), The Sough o' the Shuttle; or Poems and Songs by Colin Sievwright, Weaver, Kirriemuir, Dundee, 1866 (first edition, original wrappers, front wrapper near detached), Bannatyne Club, Liber S. Thome de Aberbrothoc, Edinburgh, 1848 (4to, original cloth), An Original Collection of the Poems of Ossian, Orrann, Ulin, and other Bards ... collected and edited by Hugh and John M'Callum, Montrose: printed at the Review Newspaper Office, 1816 (8vo, original boards, rear board detached, front board near detached), and similar (including broader Scottish interest)(35) Provenance: J. M. McBain FSA, author of Arbroath: Past and Present (1887); thence by descent.