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Circa 1650-1700 A.D. Two leaves from a vellum manuscript, each with a hand-coloured image of a male figure (Evangelists) seated on low stools, covered with embroidered cloths, holding a vellum page in one hand and quill in the other, nimbus around their head; dressed in blue, red and green garments, in front of them two cups in brown and white colour. Cf. image of Evangelist on a vellum page from Ethiopian Gospel Book, ex Gunda Gunda Monastery, 16th century A.D., Ethiopia, in The Walters Art Museum, accession no. W.850.153V. 19 grams total, 22.5 x 19.8 cm each (8 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.). [2, No Reserve] Ex central London gallery.During the Aksumite period, the Greek text of the Gospels was brought to Ethiopia and translated into Geez. Along with the Greek text came a standard method of Gospel manuscript production, as well as the Eusebian canon tables with their characteristic decoration and tholos miniature, and portraits of the evangelists. In the Gondar period, the tradition continued: usually the four Evangelists were portrayed as a series. Evangelist portraits serve as an introduction, and narrative illustrations were placed within the Gospel texts.

Ɵ  AN ILLUMINATED INITIAL, WITH THE ANGEL APPEARING TO THE SHEPHERDS Illuminated manuscript on vellum 150 x 130 mm (5 7/8 x 5 ¼ in) [?Italian, some parts probably early 16th century, other parts later]  

Ɵ  HERBARIUM 19TH CENTURY 11 volumes, folio, plant samples mounted with manuscript labels with Latin and common taxonomy, in marbled paper wrappers 51.5cm high, 32cm wide Condition Report: The number of pages of the volumes range between 12- 40, the average is 24. Ink stains, rubbing of the covers and sun damage, blank pages of missing plants, staining Condition Report Disclaimer

A Persian painted manuscript, 19th century, painted with three figures on a ship, flanked by rows of verse and also to the rear, 25 x 15.5cm, framed and glazed, frame size 40.5 x 31cm. 

Northern Ireland, Northern Bank Limited 50 Pounds dated 5th August 1914 (issued 1929), rare early date, large blue-black overprint on preceding issue, manuscript signature S.W. Knox, serial 2775 (PMI NR64, BNB B405a, Pick175) pinholes, edge nicks/tears, VG and rare

Northern Ireland, Northern Bank Limited 20 Pounds dated 20th October 1921 (issued 1929), large blue-black overprint on preceding issue, manuscript signature W.A. Cowans, serial A1863 (PMI NR63, BNB B404a, Pick174) ink annotations, edge nicks, about Fine and rare

Northern Ireland, Northern Bank Limited 50 Pounds dated 1st January 1943, manuscript signature R.P. MacGregor, serial N-I/A 5712 (PMI NR83, BNB B411a, Pick182) small inked number on reverse, Fine+

Northern Ireland, Northern Bank Limited 100 Pounds dated 1st January 1943, manuscript signature D. Russell, serial N-I/A 6804 (PMI NR85, BNB B412a, Pick183) small inked number top left, annotations on reverse, edge nick, Fine

Northern Ireland, Belfast Banking Company Limited 1 Pound dated 8th November 1928, manuscript signature R. Keith, serial E/E 7845 (PMI BB64, BNB B201k, Pick126a) annotation on obverse, some dirt, about Fine, a scarcer date

Northern Ireland, Northern Bank Limited 100 Pounds dated 1st October 1968, manuscript signature D. Russell, serial N-I/BB 01009 (PMI NR86, BNB B415a, Pick186a) '700' inked on reverse, about VF

An interesting collection of Polo memorabilia, including a watercolour of a polo match at Deauville by Pierre Gaillardot (French, 1910-2002), signed lower right, watercolour on paper, 29 by 46cm., label of Axel Thorpe Gallery, Houston, Texas to reverse, mounted, framed & glazed, overall 45 by 62cm., very good condition, Gaillardot received a retrospective in 1967 at Musee D'Art Moderne in Paris; charcoal pastel of a polo player on horseback, artists monogram lower margin Gran (?), framed, 78 x 62.6 cm; sold together with a Nikolai Leikine ''Je de polo'', oil on canvas, signed lower right, framed, 46.5 x 65.5 cm; a polo scene by an unknown artist, mounted and framed, 48.5 x 64 cm; Eddie Kennedy (Irish, b. 1960) On the lines, Limited Edition 79 of 650, signed in pencil lower right margin, framed, 66.5 x 91.5 cm;  seven volumes by or regarding the renowned polo & equestrian artist Paul Brown (American, 1893-1958), i) ''Hits and Misses'', limited edition, 185/900, signed by Paul Brown, being a facsimile reproduction of the artist's sketchbook including manuscript annotations, pictorial cloth over hard boards, The Derrydale Press, New York, 1935, wear to boards but overall good; ii) ''Polo'', Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1949, green papered boards, spine paper present but detached; iii) ''Polo, A Non-technical Explanation of the Galloping Game'', Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1949, with dust jacket, areas of paper loss; iv) ''Crazy Quilt, The Story of a Piebald Pony'', Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934, children's crayon marks & colouring in to inside front boards; v) ''Black & White, Simplified Drawing'', Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1939, good condition; vi & vii two copies of M L Biscotti's ''Paul Brown, Master of Equine Art'', 2001, Polo collectables; two sets of John Jenkins whiskey tumblers, boxed and unused, each etched with a polo player and pony; a glass trinket box and cover, the lid reverse carved with two polo players and ponies in match action, factory mark to lid, 3.3 x 11 x 8.5 cm; the lot also including a pewter ashtray by the Wilton Company, commemorating the 2003 Newport International Polo Series in the USA; a decorative poster for Sagpond Vineyards La Ferme Martin Chardonnay 1993, 76 x 46 cm; a Ellen C. Maze small watercolour of a polo player and pony, pair of vintage polo player knee pads etc., (a lot)

AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN, AFGHANISTAN, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY with an illuminated double page frontispiece decorated in gold and colour, the opening page with an illuminated head piece in gold and colour, a further double page of illuminated script later in the manuscript, sura headings in white script on a gold ground, verse markings of gold roundels dotted with red and encircled by blue, further marginal markers in gold and blue, the text composed of 14 lines of naskh within gold meanders and gold and blue lined margins, approximately 400 ff., a later cloth and paper binding, text incomplete, a panel of text in Pashto applied to the doublure, folio 15.5 x 9.1 cm., text 11.8 x 5.5 cm.The doublure has a text in Pashto applied.

The Constitution of India - 1st EditionDehradun: Survey of India Offices.Photolithography edition of the original manuscript that was hand-calligraphed by Prem Behari Narain Raizada, illustrated by Nandalal Bose and other artists of Santiniketan, Viswabharati and signed by all the members of the Constituent Assembly. The Constitution of India was inaugurated on January 26, 1950; one of the most amicable declarations of sovereignty the world had ever seen. Apart from declaring India as a sovereign democratic republic, the constitution also marked the beginning of one of the boldest political experiments of all time. Original Presentation Card box of Constitution slightly discoloured but intact. Slip Cover largely intact. Butter paper covering the book beneath the slip cover is intact.  Previous realisation at Prinseps

AN EARLY QAJAR GILDED CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT SECTION, framed and glazed, 28cm x 21cm overall.

A string of carved Chinese Hediao nut beads, Qing dynasty, 19th century, thirty-one kernels, each approx. 16mm diameter, together with a Southeast Asian palm leaf manuscript, probably Balinese, strung within carved hardwood boards, length 23cm. (2) Condition as per images, further images added. 

A finely carved early Renaissance German School polychrome sculpture of Saint Anne, the revered mother of the Virgin Mary, depicted in a dignified seated position. Hand-carved from solid oak, this sculpture exemplifies the skilled craftsmanship of Northern European religious art during the late 15th to early 16th century, a period characterized by deep devotion and refined naturalism in sacred representations.This piece reflects the artistic traditions of the German School, which flourished in regions such as Swabia, Franconia, and the Rhineland, producing some of the most revered wood sculptures of the period. Influenced by both Netherlandish realism and Italian Renaissance ideals, sculptors of this era sought to balance intricate Gothic detail with an emerging Renaissance sense of naturalism and human emotion. Masters such as Tilman Riemenschneider (1460-1531) and Veit Stoss (c. 1447-1533) were renowned for their ability to imbue religious figures with lifelike expressions and dynamic drapery-qualities evident in this exquisite representation of Saint Anne.Saint Anne, a highly venerated figure in medieval Christian tradition, is portrayed wearing a voluminous, draped robe and a modest veil, symbolizing her wisdom and piety. Her expression, though softened by time, conveys a gentle serenity, as she gestures toward an open illuminated manuscript or scripture, reinforcing her role as the educator of the Virgin Mary. The “Saint Anne as a Teacher” motif was particularly prominent in German and Netherlandish devotional art, emphasizing her importance in Christian genealogy and education. Saint Anne was commonly depicted in “Anna Selbdritt” compositions, showing her alongside the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child. However, solo depictions, such as this sculpture, also held significant devotional value, often placed in monastic settings, private chapels, or Marian altars.Carved from oak, a favored material among German sculptors for its durability and fine grain, this sculpture retains subtle traces of original polychromy, particularly red and green pigments in the folds of her garments. While much of the paint has worn away due to centuries of exposure, these remnants provide a glimpse into the sculpture's original vibrancy. The surface exhibits a rich, aged patina, with visible cracking and wear, consistent with its age and devotional use.Beneath the figure, two mounting screws suggest that the sculpture was once securely affixed to an altar, niche, or ecclesiastical furnishing, a common practice for religious sculptures intended for chapels or monastic settings.Artist: German (Rhenish) SchoolIssued: 15th centuryDimensions: 16"L x 9.50"W x 34"HCountry of Origin: GermanyProvenance: Wenzel Collection; John and Johanna Bass Collection, New York, NY Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL 1963. Condition: Age related wear.

Life and Adventures (The) of Isaac Solomons, The Notorious Receiver of Stolen Goods, Better Known as Ikey Solomons..., hand-coloured woodcut illustration to title, advertisement to verso of final f., disbound, Universal Pamphleteer, [?1830] § Sentence (The)...In the Extraordinary Cause between Abraham Payba, alias James Roberts, Plaintiff; and Edward Wortley Montagu, and Theobald Taaffe..., title with small ink inscription and very small marginal hole to head, couple tiny marginal nicks, some browning and very light foxing, modern vellum, slightly toned, for J. Robinson, 1752 § Remarks on the Sentence Given in Favour of E- W- M- and T- T-, Esqs; By the L-t C-l at Paris, woodcut ornament to title and tail-piece, omitted names to title supplied in early ink manuscript, title loose, disbound, for S. Johnson, 1752; and another relating to the Payba case, 8vo (4) *** Born into a Jewish family in the East End, Solomons was reputedly the model for Fagin in Dickens's Oliver Twist. The other three works relate to the 1751 Parisian case between Jewish plaintiff Abraham Payba and two members of Parliament, Edward Wortley Montagu and Theobald Taaffe. Payba claimed that the men "continually plied [him] with divers sorts of wines and strong liquors, pressing and forcing him to drink". They then proceeded to cheat him out of large sums of money at cards and rob his lodgings when he refused to pay. Released on bail, Montagu and Taaffe brought counter-charges against Payba, who himself was arrested but later released. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

Welsh child prodigy.- A Prodigy...Wonderful Child, William Manuel. A Native of Flintshire, North Wales, only Four Years of Age...He is able to read with fluency, either Welsh, Greek, Hebrew or English..., printed broadside, contemporary ink manuscript addition to foot, tiny central hole affecting one letter, few nicks or very short tears to edges, central fold with short tears to ends, slight fraying to inner-edge where once tipped in (now loose), 274 x 212mm., Cardiff, W. Bird, June 1834 § Royal Marionette Theatre...The Unrivalled Suffolk Prodigies...Universally acknowledged to be the most marvellous specimens of Colossal Infantine Development ever seen..., printed handbill, mount remains to head to verso, 188 x 128mm., W. Brickhill, 1853 [dated by hand in pencil to verso] § Extraordinary Phenomenon!!!...A Female Child with Two Perfect Heads..., printed handbill, couple very small marks, laid down and secured with tape within card window mount, handbill 117 x 165mm., Paul, [after April 1842], v.s. (3) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

Puzzles.- Original artworks.- English School (19th century) Chinese ring puzzle illustration and manuscript notes [recto]; Rope knots [verso], pen and brown ink, wash, the knot diagrams printed and pasted on, on laid paper with watermark 'Waterloo & Sons/ London', sheet 280 x 220 mm (11 x 8 3/4 in), some rough edges with nicks and losses, toning and surface dirt, [probably mid- to late-19th century]; together with three other original drawings by various hands, including an [?] unused original ink and watercolour book cover design for 'The Unique Circus Story, The Zemganno Brothers', a pen and ink study of two men fencing with oversized quills for an article on book illustration for the 'The Magazine of Art', and another watercolour of a young boy smoking a gentleman's cigar without him realising, various sizes between 125 x 195 mm (4 7/8 x 7 5/8 in), all unframed, 19th century (4) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order. 

Talbot Inn, Drayton. Mr. Stephenson...his new Musical Entertainment entitled Something New...curious Instrumental performances, his much admired performance on Two Flutes, and on Three Flagelets at Once..., tipped onto paper mount, leaf containing song or poem in contemporary ink manuscript tipped onto mount verso, 275 x 140mm., Drayton, Procter, 23rd July 1814 § Theatre, Sheffield...Guardians; or, The Faro Table...Maid and the Magpie; or, Which is the Thief?..., light creasing to upper corners, very faint stain, 213 x 130mm., Sheffield, C. & W. Thompson, 21st November 1817, printed playbills; and other printed playbills for various theatrical performances, including "Mr. Leach, the extraordinary Dwarf" in Spirit of the Waters at the Royal Coburg Theatre, v.s. (9) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

Ventriloquism.- Rugby School. Mr Flemmington...Will Deliver a Recreative Lecture...The Mirror, or Mail Coach Adventures...Illustrations of Ventriloquism..., tiny hole not affecting text, horizonal crease affecting few words, slight toning, folds, 270 x 217mm., Rugby, Rowell and Sons, 27th September 1828 § Theatre Royal, Sadlers Wells...Mr. Love will introduce an entertainment...Love's Lentern Lucubrations!..., date in ink manuscript to head, some surface soiling and old folds, laid down on linen, playbill 505 x 250mm., S.G. Fairbrother, 31st March 1851, printed playbills; and another printed playbill featuring Frankell "The Great Ventriloquist and Magician", among other acts, v.s. (3) *** The second mentioned playbill including a performance of "Three Characters at once!...although the above scene occupies nearly half an hour, and each of the characters concerned in it is furnished with a perfect voice, the natural tones of the Artist are not heard during the whole course of its delivery. This mode of executing a Ventriloquial Colloquy has hitherto been considered...conversant with the structure of the Vocal Organs".  A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

Theatre.- Contract between Charles Robert Elliston of the Surrey Theatre and William James Little Asbury, Engaging him as Performer for the Term of three years, printed contract with manuscript insertions, bifolium, docket title to final verso, 400 x 255mm., 24th December 1827, small engraved "Royal Gally. Circus" trimmed and laid down to final verso, couple short tears at folds, one into text but no loss, some light browning and soiling, tipped onto card support at inner-edge; and 5 autograph letters of theatrical interest, including A.L.s from comedian Dan Leno, v.s. (6) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

Aqua drama.- Sadler's Wells Aquatic Theatre...Mr. Conway...his Benefit...Two Silver Cups Will be Shot for by a Party of Ladies with Muskets!!..., printed playbill, ink manuscript programme of performance to verso in contemporary hand, some tiny puncture-marks to head affecting few letters, some light creasing and short tears to edges, 275 x 215mm., C. Stower, 3rd October 1804. *** In 1803-04, Charles Dibdin the younger, manager of Sadler's Wells Theatre, installed a large water tank to cover the entire stage, advertising the venue as an aquatic theatre that performed aqua dramas. The tank was removed in 1824. The programme written on the verso, presumably for this performance, includes "The Pantomime of Anthony Cleopatra & Harlequin...Shooting for 2 Silver Cups...Seige [sic] of Gilbratar with real ships on real water".  A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

Phrenology.- Mr G.E. Droffnore...Will Deliver a Lecture, in the Library of the Castle Eden Mechanics' Institute...on Phrenology..., printed broadside, few contemporary manuscript corrections or insertions and small portion of text crossed through, small hole affecting single letter, some soiling or staining, folds, 290 x 225mm., Hartlepool, J. Procter, February 1847. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

Gigantism.- The Italian giant.- Fougeron (Ignace) Bernardus Gigli Tridentin, after Henry Millington (active ca. 1761-1764), engraved portrait of Bernardo Gigli, full-length, slightly turned to the right, extending one hand to be examined by a gentleman, dressed in an embroidered frockcoat and waistcoat with a powdered tie-wig on his head, on laid paper with large Strasbourg lily watermark sheet 545 x 415 mm (21 1/2 x 16 1/4 in), marginal nicks and small tears, mostly repaired verso, handling creases, minor surface dirt, manuscript pen and ink number '20' in the lettered margin, unframed, [circa 1750] *** Bernardo Gigli (ca. 1750s), the Italian giant, was recorded as measuring 8 feet tall by the age of 19, and "whose father and mother were of a common size". A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

Gaming.- Billhead.- Au Singe Violet. Rue St Honore...Biennais, Md. Tablettier Eventailliste..., engraved billhead with manuscript insertions, ?name superimposed, very small portion of surface abrasion affecting engraving, tiny central hole with repair to verso, short tear to edge of central fold, folds, verso with docket of Mme. Wals and small mount remains to head, 255 x 147mm., Paris, 1799.  *** Martin-Guillaume Biennais (1764-1843) was one of the principle Parisian artisans of the late 18th century and early 19th century. Originally a cabinet maker and tabletier (dealer and maker of small objects), he later expanded into the production of gilt and silver items, suppling Napoleon Bonaparte's crown and sceptre for his coronations in Paris and Milan in 1804. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

Mont Blanc.- Smith (Albert Richard, author, public lecturer, and mountaineer, 1816-60) Faux passport issued by Smith giving permission to Mr Robert Haviland to gain admission to the Egyptian Hall and Mont Blanc Room, printed document with manuscript insertions, signed by Smith, on blue paper, 2pp., 2 signatures on verso, some light spotting or discolouration, some short tears and slight fraying to edges, folds, 285 x 255mm., December 1854. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order. 

Exceptional characters.- Darton (W. & T., publisher) London's Remarkables, broadside, with nine wood-engraved vignettes surrounding pen and ink manuscript text signed and dated 'Stephen Murrell, December 1811', on laid paper with watermark 'Ivy Mill' and date '1804', sheet 465 x 365 mm (18 1/4 x 14 1/4 in), even toning, surface dirt and browning, old folds with some splits repaired, unframed, [circa 1806]; together with a miscellaneous group of 22 prints of eccentrics, performers, and items of ephemera, various sizes, all unframed, 19th century (23) *** Vignette portraits include: Daniel Lambert "of enormous size"; Black Toby "a noted character"; George Romondo, or "The Little Man of the Mountains"; John and Robert Green "The wandering Minstrels"; Tom and his Pigeons "a noted character"; Samuel Horsey "The King of the Beggars"; Ann Johnson " The Holborn Lace-Weaver..."; Mary Jones "commonly called Mad Molly"; and John Statham "blind Young Man remarkably well known".   A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

Ghosts.- Methodism.- "Scrutator". Wesley's Ghost, and Whitfield's Apparition, woodcut title vignette, old stab-holes to gutter, some light browning and dust-soiling, 20th century marbled boards, slightly stained manuscript label to upper cover, little rubbed, original printed advertisement wrappers bound in, 8vo, James Gilbert, 1846. *** Scarce, we cannot trace a copy at auction.  A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

Italy.- Per il Teatro in Via Emilia...Angelo Brazzetti Milanese, Professore Macchinista...Il Bronzo Magico ossia il Morto Che Cammina..., printed playbill in Italian, Greek key border, contemporary manuscript additions including date and place, few small and light stains to extremities, some chips and short tears to margins but no text loss, folds, 510 x 365mm., Reggio per G. Davolio e Figlio, 23rd June 1816 § Ad Enrico Bihin di Limbaurg Intrepido Domatore di Fiere [Tamer of Beasts]..., printed broadside in Italian, small illustration of lion, ornamental border, few light and small stains, marginal tape repair to lower corner, slight creasing, folds, 645 x 480mm., Modena, Andrea Rossi, 1855; and 4 other printed playbills in Italian, including "Il Re del Fuoco", v.s. (6) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

Natural magic & experiments.- Magic! Magic!! Magic & Mystery...Freidrich Kornman, Wizard...Natural Magic! Combining Experiments of Chemistry, Electricity, Mechanism & Hydraulics..., some spotting, couple small nicks to edges, 380 x 125mm., G. Grammer, 3rd June 1864 § Monsieur Benserade Girardelli, Professor of Recreative Philosophy...Successor to the late justly celebrated Le Sieur Chalon...Mechanical and Chemical Experiments. Transformations and Metamorphosis..., additions in ink manuscript, some fraying to edges and short tear into text, trimmed at foot seemingly with loss to some text, folds, 310 x 180mm., [c.1825], printed playbills; and 3 other playbills or handbills relating to natural magic, v.s. (5) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

Bell (John, compiler) Life in London or Tom & Jerry at Newcastle upon Tyne, together with the same performance on other stages, assemblage of printed works and ephemera relating to the play from various sources, comprising: Tom, Jerry, and Logic; or, Life in London..., second edition, ?part 1 only (of 2), hand-coloured etched frontispiece, p.49 upper corner repaired with loss to pagination and letter of text, 1823 bound with Life in London: A Drama, in Three Acts..., second edition, Hodgson & Co., n.d., bound with Life in London, or the Adventures of Jerry Hawthorn..., lacking plate, W. Mason, [1822], bound with various others, including 2 folding playbills, folding Gateshead-printed broadside on the "Melancholy Accident" at a Newcastle performance of 1823, general title in ink manuscript, few hand-coloured illustrations (slightly trimmed), some light browning, bound in polished calf by Root & Son, spine gilt, very lightly rubbed, t.e.g., 1823. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

Puppetry & conjuring.- The Fantoccini, From Sadler's Wells. The Widow Flint and Gyngell's Grand Exhibitions...Deceptions By his unparalleled Dexterity of Hand...Orchestra, Consisting of Eight Automaton Figures..., ink manuscript correction and additions "Mr Humphries Night August 7...at Turnham Green the Dwarf Dance by Mr Humphries", few spots, some horizontal creasing, frayed at foot with loss of text, 380 x 180mm., [c.1795] § At Mr. Flockton's Theatre...By the Facetious Mr. Punch...a Play, call'd, The Frolicks of the Evening...Grand Piece of Clock-Work, call'd The Temple of Arts..., laid down on trimmed album leaf with unrelated ink drawings to verso, 238 x 180mm., [c.1770s] § Mr. Gyngell...Assembly Room, New Inn, Sandwich...Deceptions...Original Fantoccini..., small portion of loss affecting few letters, some light staining to extremities, laid down on larger paper, printed label "Preserved by Mr. Rolfe, Upwards of 40 Years,-- Afterwards Presented to this Collection - By Roach Smith, Esq.-" laid down beneath, playbill 425 x 160mm., Canterbury, Cowtan & Colegate, 27th January 1813, printed playbills; and another playbill relating to fantoccini, v.s. (4) *** John Flockton (d. 1794), a puppeteer and general showman, was said to be the mentor of Gyngell, who inherited his show upon Flockton’s death.  A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

Mouth and Foot Painting Artist.- [A small collection of material relating to Sarah Beffin (sometimes Biffin, Biffen)], comprising: Now Exhibiting, at Mr Polley's, No. 17, New Bond-Street...Miss Beffin..., printed handbill, ink date 1800 to head but also 1809 faintly in pencil, portion of offsetting, light surface soiling, some tiny holes along old creases and folds, affecting in particular text along central fold, verso with some paper repairs and strip of tape to inner-edge, 165 x 127mm., E. Spragg, [?1809]; Prodige de la Nature. La célèbre Miss Beffin, née sans mains et sans bras..., printed handbill, exhibit location crossed through and corrected in contemporary ink manuscript, some very light spotting and surface soiling, laid down on slightly larger paper (pencil note to foot, some chips and tears), handbill 215 x 133mm., [France], [early 19th century]; and various clippings relating to the life and death of Miss Beffin, one further handbill and 2 cut signatures (one signed "Miss Beffin" and addressed to Mr Allen, the other signed "Mrs Wright"), all laid down on paper, v.s. (small qty). A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

Scott (Samuel, daredevil).- Rose and Bell, Bankside. Samuel C. Scott the Celebrated American Diver, Is open to all the World, to Leap or Dive with any Man, for the Sum of One Hundred Guineas..., printed broadside, small loss affecting one letter, one letter provided in ink manuscript, short tear into text without loss, light folds to foot, partially laid down on album leaf (leaf chipped at fore-edge), 365 x 240mm., J.W. Peel, [c.1840]. *** Scott was an American diver well-known for his death defying leaps, including a purported 593-foot jump from Niagara Falls. Tragedy struck on 11th January 1841, when Scott inadvertently hanged himself while diving from a scaffold on Waterloo bridge into the Thames, which first involved swinging away from the bridge from a rope wrapped around his neck. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

Ventriloquist bottle conjuror.- Fairbrother (S.G., printer) Royal Victoria Theatre...Mr. Sharp, the Surprising Ventriloquist will give his celebrated Act of the Bottle Conjuror imitating the astonishing feat of Drinking and Singing at the same time, letterpress playbill, 500 x 230 mm (19 3/4 x 9 in), tipped onto an album leaf with 3 further playbills and a sheet of manuscript accounts for the Royal Coburg Theatre with amounts paid to various persons, the latter with theatre ticket for the Royal Victoria Theatre for admittance in 1835 tipped onto sheet at lower left, unframed, circa 1830s; together with 3 further small theatre handbills, including 'Canterbury Theatre...1886...The World's Wonders Testo and Onri', unframed, 19th century (sm. qty) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.

A collection of various C19th autographs, clipped signatures, autograph letters etc, including Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), ink signature 'IK Brunel' and two additional words in his hand on a piece clipped from the conclusion of a letter, approx. 3 x 9cm, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Autograph Note Signed, during period when Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), Lord John Russell (1792-1878), John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883), Admiral Sir Robert Calder (1745-1818), Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770-1828), Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872) poet and novelist, Thomas Luny (1759–1837), marine artist, Francis Danby ARA (1793-1861) Irish painter, Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) Scottish poet, Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA FRS (1769-1830) artist (2), Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758-1838), antiquarian, archaeologist, artist etc, others similar including Lord Palmerston, Lord Shaftesbury, various MP's, Bishops etc, plus 2 leaves of mounted clipped C19th autographs, several famous doctors, including Sir William Gull (1816-1890), Physician to Queen Victoria, a masonic/royal conspiracy theory created in the 1970s (dismissed by scholars subsequently) alleged that Gull knew the identity of Jack the Ripper, or even that he himself was the murderer, Sir Alfred Baring Garrod (1819-1907), Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie (1783-1862), Sir Thomas Spencer Wells (1818-1897), plus 9 others Victorian doctors, and Ellen Wood (1814-1887), novelist better known as Mrs. Henry Wood; plus Henri Duc D'Orleans ALS 1872; plus packet with 8 ALS politicians etc mainly C19th including Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786-1845), Lord Cromer (1841-1917), Samuel Smiles (1812-1904), Ebenezer Elliott (1781-1849) etc; plus ALS and autographs of several trade union and socialist leaders circa 1900; plus some family correspondence of Victorian barrister John W. Morsden, and a packet of manuscript papers c.1780-1900 relating to the Ionian Isles during various periods of Venetian, British & Greek rule, etc etc

(Norfolk.) An early 19th Century well executed manuscript pen, ink and watercolour estate plan of Bears Grove, Salehouse (Salhouse), manuscript pen & ink title 'A Map of Bears Grove, the Property of Mr. Willm. Boorne, situated in the Parish of Salehouse in the County of Norfolk', m/s dated February 1814, surveyed by R. Pratt, Norwich, m/s pen, ink & watercolour country house and estate cottages, driveways, woodland etc, m/s scale of chains and explanation lower right, adjoining land m/s stated as that of Edward Stracey Esqr., S.T. Southwell Esqr. & Mr. John Storey, as well as Glebe Land and Hospital Land, plan approx 60 x 85cm, housed within a contemporary mahogany roller display, gilt titled "Bears Grove."

Eleven Suffolk related titles, including R. Green: 'A Guide to Framlingham, its Church and Castle, with Short Memoirs of the Once Illustrious Possessors of the Domain.', Framlingham, Robert Lambert, [1895], 4th edition revised and corrected, with additions and illustrations, frontis + numerous b/w illustrations from photographs, wood engraved ills. in text etc, original cloth gilt, Nicholas Fenwick Hele: 'Notes or Jottings about Aldeburgh, Suffolk', L, John Russell Smith, 1870, 1st edition, frontis + 4 plates (1 folding) complete, orig. cloth gilt, armorial bookplate to front pastedown of Colonel Henry Wemyss Feilden (1838-1921), British Army officer, Arctic explorer and naturalist, Churchill Babington: 'Catalogue of the Birds of Suffolk; With an Introduction and Remarks on Their Distribution', London, John van Voorst, 1886, map frontis + 7 autotype photographic plates at end complete, original cloth gilt, bookplate to front pastedown of Sir Robert Lloyd Patterson (1836–1906), Irish naturalist and linen merchant, and with his ownership signature at head of title page, Hugh Pigot: 'Hadleigh: the town, the church, and the great men who have been born in, or connected with, the parish', Lowestoft, Samuel Tymms, 1860, 10 lithograph plates (of which many folding) complete, original cloth gilt, James Blyth: 'Edward Fitzgerald and "Posh" "herring merchants" : including a number of letters from Edward Fitzgerald to Joseph Fletcher or "Posh", not hitherto published', L, John Long, 1908, 1st edition, 16 b/w plates from photographs complete, original cloth gilt, much content Lowestoft, Woodbridge, Suffolk coast, fishing etc, Charles golding: 'The Coinage of Suffolk, consisting of the regal coins, leaden pieces and tokens of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries.', London, Privately Printed, 1868, 1st edition, 6 engraved plates + 9 woodcut ills. & 14 engraved Suffolk armorial bearings complete, 4to, original cloth gilt, scarce title, particularly in the original cloth and in collectable condition, 'The Southwold Recorder', bound volume of the monthly newspaper 1930, January-December 1930, 12 issues complete, each issue approx. 44pp, news/content covers the area of Reydon, Southwold, Lowestoft, Wangford, Wrentham, Kessingland, Walberswick, Blythburgh, Halesworth, Wenhaston, 4to, contemporary cloth gilt, C.H. Evelyn White (Intro., Notes): 'The journal of William Dowsing, of Stratford, Parliamentary Visitor : appointed under a warrant from the Earl of Manchester, for demolishing the superstitious pictures and ornaments of churches &c., within the county of Suffolk, in the years 1643-1644.', Ipswich, Pawsey & Hayes, 1885, new edition, 61pp + [2]pp adverts at end, 4to, orig. cloth gilt, bookplate to front pastedown of William Blyth Gerish (1864–1921), English antiquarian, biographer and folklorist, with 4 pages of contemporary manuscript notes (presumably by Gerish) to blank leaves at end, plus 3 others Wrentham, St. Olaves and Bury St. Edmunds (11)

Edmund Gillingwater: 'An Historical Account of the Ancient Town of Lowestoft, in the County of Suffolk. To which is added some cursory remarks on the adjoining parishes and a general account of the island of Lothingland.', London & Norwich, [1790], 1st edition, profusely extra illustrated copy, containing eight well executed watercolours circa early 1900's including fishing trawler (LT124) with tug boat "Rainbow" alongside and rowing boat in foreground, approx. size 21 x 27.5cm, watercolour of Lowestoft beach looking southwards with cliffs, fishing boats on beach, and boats at sea visible, approx. size 20 x 27cm, watercolour of Great Yarmouth beach and pier, approx. 14 x 22cm, watercolour of Lake Lothing/Lowestoft harbour, with fishing trawlers, rowing boat, warehouses, customs house and first bridge visible, approx. 16 x 23cm, four watercolours, all by same artist and dated 1910, "Low Light Lowestoft" depicting the low lighthouse and beach looking northwards, "On the Waveney" depicting broadland river scene with wherry, "Pakefield" depicting cottages at low cliff edge and beach looking northwards towards Lowestoft, "Lowestoft" depicting harbour entrance with boats visible, all approx. 13 x 19cm, large pencil drawing of St. Benet's Abbey app. 27 x 21cm, well executed pencil drawing of Pakefield Church dated 1897 and signed by artist, app. 16 x 25cm, pencil sketch depicting the wreck of the brig "Julian Heinrich" off Lowestoft, app. 11 x 18cm, large folding engraving 'A Perspective View of Lowestoft from the N.E. Battery by Powles/Cook, 1790, plus approximately 200 further items bound in or loosely inserted, mainly engraved views, prints, maps, items of ephemera, some folding mas/plates, some hand coloured views, some engravings from Stark's 'Rivers of Norfolk', some cuttings and relevant manuscript pen & ink notes by the compiler, Madoc Llewellyn Powell (1875-1952), of the Powell family of Lavengro Lodge, Oulton Broad, built in the late 19th century on the site of the earlier Oulton Cottage, which was the home of the author George Borrow, large 4to, thick 19th century half calf gilt. An excellent grangerized copy of Lowestoft born historian and topographer Edmund Gillingwater's (1736-1813) history of Lowestoft & environs

Five assorted folio volumes, including Owen Jones: 'The Psalms of David Illuminated', [London: Day & Son, 1861], chromolithograph ornamental and printed titles, dedication on two pages, and 50 thick card chromolithograph leaves illuminated in gold and colours (complete), a/f, internal reinforcement to margins of 11 leaves, some just affecting plates, several leaves detached, folio, original relievo leather (very worn, lacks backstrip, upper board detached but present), front cover embossed with the words "The Victoria Psalter"; together with 'The Book of Beauty (Late Victorian Era) A Collection of Beautiful Portraits with Literary, Artistic, and Musical Contributions By Men and Women of the Day', edited Mrs F. Harcourt Williamson, London, Hutchinson, 1896, second edition deluxe, limited edition, No.13 of 100 copies, signed by the publisher, xii,194pp, 93 photogravures & illustrations, list of subscribers to rear, Artists reproduced include John Everett Millais, Lord Leighton, Edward Hughes, W B Richmond, James McNeil Whistler, John Singer Sargent etc, literary contributors include Rudyard Kipling, Hall Caine, Theodore Watts-Dunton, George Moore, Israel Zangwill, Wilfrid Blunt etc, large folio (41 x 33cm), original cloth gilt (slightly worn/rubbed), rebacked retaining majority of orig. backstrip; an oblong folio album of manuscript humorous well executed pen & ink drawings c.1974, presented to Douglas Shepherd (1922-1989), architect and designer for the Ind Coope Brewery and a member of the Art Workers’ Guild, presumably on his retirement, 9 leaves of manuscript pen & ink drawings/calligraphy, plus 2 pages of tipped in signatures at end, contemporary cloth backed boards (33 x 41cm). Shepherd was responsible for several pub interiors during the 1970s which reflected the style of renowned artist and designer William Morris, and collected silver by Omar Ramsden, Robert Ashbee and Archibald Knox between 1950s and 1970s; plus 2 others on fin de siecle German poster art and Japanese prints (5)

(Cambridgeshire.) A manuscript terrier on vellum dated 1612 of land and boundaries in Dullingham, Cambridgeshire, made by Thomas Appleyard, farmer, manuscript roll in English on two stitched vellum membranes, each with m/s to recto and verso, approx. 63 x 22cm and 36 x 22cm; plus 2 other similar C16th/17th manuscript documents relating to Dullingham, one with a later pencil note dating it to circa 1550, plus 1 other early m/s document Dullingham with pen & ink quite faded

(Herbarium.) A circa early 20th Century album containing 200+ dried plant specimens, all with contemporary manuscript pen & ink captions, several specimens towards end of album stated as being collected in Lake Disctrict incl. Buttermere & Crummock Water, some others Cornwall incl. Mawgan Porth, Tresco, Treyarnon Bay, some N. Yorkshire including Sleightholmedale, plants include Dame's Violet, Sneezewort, Ox-Eye Daisy, Red Rattle, various Orchis, Sea Spleenwort, Green Alkanet, Common Loosestrife, Tuberous Comfrey, Rock Sea Lavender, Alpine Clubmoss, Sea Holly, various Ferns, Water Figwort, Golden Rod, Petty Spurge, Viper's Bugloss, White Water Lily, Marestail, Persicaria, Melilot, Field Poppy, Dyer's Rocket, Toadflax, Lily of the Valley etc etc, 4to album (leaves approx. 26.5 x 22cm), original cloth, gilt lettered "The Dry Garden" to front cover

(Suffragettes, W.S.P.U., D.H. Lawrence.) A Leather bound visitor book 1912-1954 The Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, Barrow-in-Furness, and Tan Llan, Llanelltyd, containing signatures of D.H. Lawrence and Suffragette W.S.P.U. members. The Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, Barrow-in-Furness, attracted fashionable society and the artistic and literary elite in the pre WW1 years. Signatures/guests 1912-1914 include D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930); W.S.P.U. members Gwendoline E. Cook, Lilian Lenton (1891-1972), active member of the W.S.P.U., arrested and held hunger strikes multiple times, winner of a French Red Cross for her service in WWI, Elizabeth Grew, Emily & Maud Fussell; Laurence Housman (1865-1959), writer, artist & radical activist, Adolph Paul Oppé (1878-1957), British art historian, critic, art collector and museum official, Hugh Dalton (1887-1962), Maurice Grey, Janet & George Trevelyan, Ellen Melicant Cobden, R. Elliott Seabrooke, William Arnold-Forster (1886-1951), W. Walmesley White, Maurice Gray (1890-1918) etc etc, plus a few photographs post 1914, at the last entry for The Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, the hostess wrote "The Play is Ended", mounted photograph at the beginning of the album c.1912, possibly depicting the hostess. A gap in years follows before re-emerging at 'Tan Llan', Llanelltyd, Wales. Tan Llan gives a contrasting atmosphere of a refuge away from society, politics, and WW2; guests write short descriptions of their stay and the peace and beaty of their surroundings. The hostess is praised for her welcoming hospitality "After weeks of Air Raids & nightly bombing, this has been the MOST lovely & peaceful change" Ethel H. Dunbar Sewart, a regular visitor 1940-42. Signatures/inscriptions/addresses: Suffragette Lilian Lenton describes her address as "Al Large", 1-6th August, 1914, meeting D.H. Lawrence on his arrival (6-8th August.) Lawrence is known to have stayed following a walking tour of Westmoreland (where Elliott Seabrooke had also built a studio.) D.H. Lawrence signature and address clipped from a letter (likely to be a booking request.) Writer and social activist Janet Penrose Trevelyan (1879-1956,) her husband, the historian George Macaulay Trevelyan; Ellen Melicent Ashburner "Nellie" Cobden (1848-1914), was a suffragette, author & the first wife of the painter Walter Sickert; Artists, pacifist & actor R. Elliott Seabrooke (1886-1950); Frederick Bligh Bond (1864-1945) English architect, illustrator, archaeologist and physical researcher "Much enjoyed my rest after a rather strenuous time, and improved greatly under the care of my kind hostess" Aug. 5th, 1941. Mounted black & white photograph of the Tan Llan rooftops, looking towards the surrounding Welsh hills on leaf preceding 1944 entries, approx. 35 pages of manuscript entries in total spanning the period July 1912-c.1954. Oblong brown quarto leather traditional visitor book, decorative gilt border, all edges gilt, pale blue marbled end papers, approx. dimensions 21 x 26cm

(Norfolk.) A box of assorted manuscript documents circa 1500s-1800s, many relating to Bramerton and Surlingham in Norfolk, including C16th Elizabethan vellum indenture relating to Claxton, Bramerton and Surlingham with wax seal; another document dated 1533 with larger black wax seal (worn); plus fair quantity similar m/s documents on vellum circa 18th Century etc, some photos relating to Boulge estate near Woodbridge, etc etcNB There are approx 20/25 vellum documents included, and approx. 80/100 m/s docs on paper, letters etc, plus a few photographs, other printed items etc

Four Brockdish Girl Guides manuscript books circa 1929, all with pictorial embroidered covers, containing manuscript pen & ink notes, pen, ink & watercolour sketches, mounted photographs etc, including "1st Brockdish Company of Girl Guides - Nature Log Book 1929", manuscript pen & ink pictorial title page, 75 pages of charming manuscript pen & ink notes, watercolours and mounted photos, the notes and sketches done by various different hands and all initialled, content includes observations/sketches various birds, flowers, plants, wind and weather charts for February and March, sheep and lambs, butterflies, moorhen, woodpecker, chicks, robin, frog, caterpillar, bat, swallow, horse and foal, baby calf and cow, insects, swallows nest on farm building, pond life, leaves, honeysuckle, roses etc, plus 11 mounted photographs of birds eggs and nests at end, embroidered cover depicting flower and stitched title "Nature Log Book 1st Brockdish Company." on front cover, text block loose from covers, another album with decorative embroidered cover and stitched title to front cover "Folk Lore and Legends - 1st Brockdish Company", 64 pages of manuscript pen & ink entries and mounted photographic postcard views, cuttings etc, content includes extracts of local farming phrases and saying's regarding corn and other sowings, history, folk lore and local legends Brockdish, Diss, Harleston, Syleham, Thorpe Abbotts, Hoxne, Wingfield, Redenhall, Scole Inn, Mendham, Flixton Hall etc, including the Legend of the Mistletoe Bough, the building of Syleham Church, Syleham Drabbett Mills, etc etc, the other two albums being Robin patrol observation each with notes and watercolour sketches, each with pictorial embroidered covers (each book approx. size 20 x 16cm) (4)

Gottfried Kleiner (1691-1767): 'Die unter so vielen kräftigen Buss-Stimmen in Schwachheit mitrufende Evangelische Prediger- und Hirten-Stimme', Hirschberg, Immanuel Krahn, c.1764 (imprint with printed date 17[??], the final two numbers entered in manuscript pen & ink but incorrect), engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, [13],670,[1]pp, folio, contemporary full calf, brass clasps and corners

(Bible, New Testament Greek.) 'Tēs Kainēs diathēkēs apanta. = : Novi Testamenti libri omnes, recens nunc editi / cum notis and animaduersionibus doctissimorum, præsertim verò Roberti Stephani, Josephi Scaligeri, Isaaci Casauboni ; variæ item lectiones ex antiquissims exemplaribus, and celeberrimis bibliothecis, desumptæ.', Londini, [id est Leiden : by B. and A. Elzevir] Apud Richardum Whittakerum Bibliopolam, 1633, pp271-274 supplied in manuscript pen & ink Greek c.1824 (ownership inscription and signature at front of one John Horner dated 1824 in same hand), rebound quarter calf gilt

Jane Austen, a collection of 24 books and booklets by or relating to her, including 'Sense & Sensibility' & 'Mansfield Park', both illustrated Charles Brock, Dent/Dutton, 1922, from 'Novels of Jane Austen' sets, original cloth; Richard Aldington: 'Jane Austen', Pasadena, California, The Ampersand Press, 1948, 1st edition, original cloth, printed paper label to front cover; Jane Austen: 'The Watsons', London, Leonard Parsons, 1923, 1st separate edition in book form, introduction by A.B. Walkley, portrait frontis, original quarter cloth gilt; Mary Augusta Austen-Leigh: 'Personal Aspects of Jane Austen', L, John Murray, 1920, 1st edition, frontis + 7 plates complete, orig. cloth gilt; Jane Austen: 'Volume the First...Now first printed from the Manuscript in the Bodleian Library', Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1933, orig. quarter cloth, printed label to spine; 'Emma. A Play by Marion Morse MacKaye (Mrs Percy MacKaye) Founded on Jane Austen's Novel', New York, Macmillan, 1941, special edition prepared for the memorial production of Emma at the Little Country Theater, Fargo, North Dakota, 1941, limited edition, No. 443 of 500, signed by Percy MacKaye, Alfred G. Arvold and Mason Arvold, port. frontis + 3 plates (1 colour) complete, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; 'Frederic & Elfrida. A Novel by Jane Austen. With an Illustration by Edward Bawden', The Kit Cat Press, 1987, limited edition, No. 73 of 350, original printed wraps; 'Jane Austen's Letters', Folio Society, 2003, orig. decorative silk, slipcase, etc etc (24)

Local Interest (Strutt family) - an indenture manuscript relating to the feoffment of a piece of land on Belper Ward, between Mr Jedediah Strutt and Mr Samuel Lynam, August 2 1796 (1851 facsimile copy); an associated portfolio of documents relating to Windmill House, 19 Windmill Lane, Belper, Derbyshire, 1796-1994

English School (19th century), a full length cut paper silhouette, of a Victorian gentleman in formal dress, heightened in white and ink, 25cm x 20cm, maple frame; another, of J.B. Comfret, dated 18th July 1827 in manuscript to verso (2)

American Cartoons & Movie Memorabilia - Letters of correspondence from Arthur 'Art' Davis (1905-2000), including illustration at foot of manuscript, Christmas card, etc. Davis is known for working with Warner Brothers in the 1940s. He would go on to direct episodes for Looney Tunes, The Flintstones, The Yogi Bear Show, Pink Panther, etc.

Mary Queen of Scots - an 18th century manuscript containing a fragment of the curtains of the state bed of Mary Queen of Scots at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, inscribed A PIECE OF THE CURTAINS OF THE STATE BED OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTLAND, 3.5cm x 7cm; another, a fragment of tapestry from the Supper Room in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, where Queen Mary dined with David Rizzio on Saturday, 9 March 1566, the night of his murder, inscribed A PIECE OF THE HANGING OF THE ROOM WHERE RIZZIO WAS AT SUPPER WITH MARY QUEEN OF SCOTLAND THE NIGHT HE WAS MURDERED, 3.5cm x 6cm (2)

Scotland and Scottish History - an interesting archive of 17th century and later family papers, including legal indentures, principally relating to the Drummonds of Blair Drummond, Stirling, their ancestors and neighbours, 17th c and later, manuscript ink on parchment, vellum, or paper, including Charter of Confirmation in favours of James Dog of Ballingrew & his spouse, dated 25 January, 1614; an Extract Contract of Alienation/David Lord Cadross/To David Doig [Dog], dated 1648, later registered in the books of sessions, 1707; another, similar, David Doig of Ballingrew, dated 6th March, 1634; Favors of David Doig as heir James Doig his father In the lands of Ballingrew, 28 July, 1634; Instrument of Seasing in favour of David Dog, dated 3rd September, 1634; a further 33, early 18th c and later, detailing the descent of the Ballingrew lands to the Drummonds, including Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696-1782), his son George Home Drummond, 6th of Blair Drummond (1743-1819), etc., other bundles, mostly MS, some typed &/or typed then inscribed, further MS and printed ephemera (qty)

Urbain-Alexandre-Henri, Count Greffulhe (1815-1879), President of the General Council of Seine-et-Marne, French politician and Senator for life. Probate of the last Will and Testament, a manuscript copy translated from the French into English, 27 May 1879, granting the estate to his brother, Count Charles Greffulhe [Louis-Charles, Count Greffulhe (1814-1888)], bearing embossed blue revenue stamps of £6,000 (two at £3,000 each), on vellum

Seventeenth century and later miscellaneous pictures and prints, comprising Robert Havell I (1769-1832) & Daniel Havell (fl. 1786-1826) after George Walker (1781-1856) - The Cranberry Girl; The Teasel Field; Leech Finders, three from the Costumes of Yorkshire series, titled and inscribed mounts, Leeds: Published by Robinson & Son, 1813-14, hand-coloured etchings, 22 x 32cm, mounted and framed en suite with manuscript lettering, & Biblioclasm: Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612) - The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (sic); allegorical title-page of John Speed's atlas, London, 1611, engraving, 38 x 24.5cm, upper-right margin chipped with loss, laid on paper, three harlequin Speed letterpress divisional titles, 1612, mixed sizes, Dutch School (mid-17th c) - Le Théâtre du monde, ou nouvel atlas; allegorical title-page from Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1648, engraving, contemporaneous or slightly later hand-colouring, re-margined, but not affecting within the plate, 50.7 x 32.7cm, letterpress title-page from John Ogilby's Itinerarium Angliæ, 1675, 39.7 x 26.6cm, (9)

This framed historical lot features a striking portrait of King George IV, paired with a signed manuscript, dated October 1818 from Carlton House. The portrait is a finely detailed engraving, showcasing the King in regal attire adorned with the insignia of the Order of the Garter, reflecting his status and personality during the Regency Era. Below the portrait is a hand-signed document written on behalf of His Majesty, a rare and collectible piece of British royal history. The manuscript is written in flowing script and signed with exceptional clarity, marking its authenticity and historical value. The artwork and document are beautifully mounted on a red mat and set within an ornate gold-tone frame, adding a touch of elegance to the presentation. King George IV, who reigned from 1820 to 1830 following the death of his father, George III, was a prominent figure in British history known for his extravagant lifestyle, artistic patronage, and influence on the Regency period. This lot is a must-have for collectors of royal memorabilia, autograph enthusiasts, and historians alike. Dimensions with frame: 11.50"L x 18"H x 1"W. Artist: King George IV (British r. 1820-1830)Issued: 1818Dimensions: See DescriptionCountry of Origin: England Condition: Age related wear.

James Davies of Youghal [Ireland] & Longford [Staffordshire], Priest and Captain of the 8th Royal Irish Dragoons. A manuscript book of sermons, well-filled to end, masses of handwriting on 170 pp. (85 leaves), 8vo, 16cm, worn contemporary calf, arranged into seven distinct sermons comprising: 1. "But I obtain'd Mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief"; 2. "Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the Leopard his spots?"; 3. "The triumph of the wicked is short, and the joy of the Hypocrite but for a moment"; 4. "I call heaven & earth to record this day against you"; 5. "The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord"; 6. "Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit"; 7. "And not rather, as wee be slanderously reported", [1787]

MASSIE, Chris. Pity My Simplicity [Love Letters], manuscript draft [originally titled Fata Morgana], entirely handwritten in black ink, [iii], 192pp., [195 leaves of lined paper], 25cm x 20cm, the paper re-used from an unrelated typed draft (verso of each leaf), plus an additional typed draft of the opening "Invocation" on a single sheet, the whole housed in contemporary card covers, [c. 1944]. Together with a presentation copy of the published version, first edition, inscribed by the author, "For dear Nell, with my love, Chris.", 8vo, publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped but worn dust-jacket, London: Faber & Faber, 1944 (2) ❧ Pity My Simplicity was adapted from Massie's novel into a screenplay by Ayn Rand for the 1945 film "Love Letters", directed by William Dieterle and starring Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ann Richards, Cecil Kellaway, Gladys Cooper, and Anita Louise. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including a Best Actress in a Leading Role nomination for Jones.

Medieval Illuminated Manuscript. A very fine, small leaf from a medieval Book of Hours, 8″ x 5½″, illuminated text on both sides, 13 + 6 lines, 9 illuminated Lombardic capitals in feint red/ blue & gold, 6 line endings similarly illuminated. The text 4¼″ x 3″. Written on fine vellum. In excellent condition. [c. 1400]