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Nine books on England and Wales including John Cary and Paterson. Lt. Col. PATERSON. 'A New and Accurate Description of all the.. Roads in England and Wales, and Part of ... Scotland,' fourteenth edition, half leather, rubbed ad bumped, frontis fold out map with small amount of loss, graphite notes to free endpaper, Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, London, 1808; JOHN CARY. 'Cary's New Itinerary: Or an Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads....England and Wales....Scotland,' eight edition, rebacked, repair to fold out map, good clean textblock, J. Cary, London, 1819; 'Cary's Reduction of His Large Map of England and Wales.....Scotland,' folding map, backed on canvas, card slip, mail routes, J. Cary, London; J. H. F. BRABNER. 'The Coprehensive Gazetter of England and Wales,' six vols, original full red leather with gilt tooled coat of arms to front board, maps and engravings, William MacKenzie, London. (9)

ROBERT MORDEN. 'Britannia Saxonica'. Steel engraved map, circa 18th century, 42.5 x 38.5cm, vg; 'An Accurate Map of England and Wales,' engraved for Guthries new System of Geography, C. Dilly & Robinson, London, circa 1985, vg; 'Cornwall,' by Edward Seller, on two leaves: With an early 19th century map of Cornwall on two leaves. (6)

A 17th century map of Warwickshire by Richard Blome, 33 x 28cm and another by Robert Morden, 36 x 42cm

A Government of Northern Ireland Ministry of Agriculture Ordance Survey map of Belfast

A Robert Morden map of Gloucestershire, 33 x 38cm

An embroidered silk work 'Map of England', 19th century, depicting England, Wales and part of Scotland, worked by Jane Cary at Mrs Phillips's School, Somerset Square, Bristol, aged 13, framed89.5 x 75.5cmProvenance: A Bath Town House

Collection of 11 prints to include The Arrival of the French to Venice after Vernet, two prints of Siena interest, Emanuel Bowen map of Naples and Sicily 36 x 26cm, View of Somerset House, Prospect of Plymouth, and others

Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, a group of 10 engravings, some coloured, of Northamptonshire views, together with a map of Northamptonshire, 29 x 76.5cm (largest)

Map of Westphalia by Isaak Tirion - Nuova Carta del Circolo di Westfalia; together with an engraving from Germania Antiqva by Philipp Clüver; also a modern gouache of Winter Palace, St Petersburg signed indistinctly in pencil 'Cubomola'; and an unframed watercolour signed Alan Gill inscribed with title Moorgreen to the reverse (4)

Spain. SWINBURNE (H) Travels through Spain, 2 vols. 1787, 8vo, portrait, folding map and plates, linen backed, some offsetting, cracked calf; [SLIDELL-MACKENZIE (A)] A Year in Spain: by a Young American, 2 vols., London: John Murray 1831, 8vo, rubbed calf; De AMICIS (E) Spain and the Spaniards, 1881, cloth; Recollections of Spanish Travel; In Memoriam Penelope Holland, 1874, 4to, cloth; MANNING (Rev. S) Spanish Pictures drawn with pen and pencil, 1876, 4to, cloth; one other - Castilian Days, 1903, cloth (8)

EDINBURGH IMPERIAL ATLAS, folio, c.1837. With 47 hand-coloured maps, mostly double page.Map of Hispania with long tear. General fingering, edge tears and browning. Binding worn.

MAITLAND, Captain F.L, Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte, 2nd edn, 1826. With folding map. Worn half morocco. With other antiquarian books, some in poor condition (box)

MAP OF ITALY. Kirchenstaat and Toscana (Papal States and Tuscany). 10 sheets in a slipcase circa 1820. Each sheet is 474mm by 716mm and is dissected in 8 sections on linen. Maps are numbered G9 - G17 and F15. Map extends from Rimini on the Adriatic Coast in the north down to Port D'Anzio and Nettuno (south of Rome) on the Mediterranean. Whole map is approximately 3780mm long. In green morocco slipcase.

SPEED, John, Map of the Countye Palatine of Chester, Sudbury & Humble, 1611 or later. 390mm x 515mm. English text to verso. Framed and glazed both sides.Vertical creases at centre, small area of loss.

MAP OF AMERICAS. Mercator, Gerard, Americae Descrip. 1607 or later. 154mm x 198mm. Latin text to verso (from Ortelius's Atlas). Hand coloured. With another similar with French place names. (2)

COUNTY MAPS by Robert Morden. Gloucestershire, 1695, 345mm x 420mm, hand-coloured. With 7 other County Maps by Morden of Monmouth, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Shropshire (2), County Palatine of Chester and Herefordshire. All well-framed in modern gilt frames. (8)One Shropshire map browned, else others are generally very clean.

GARDNER, Thomas, 3 strip maps: The Roads from Shrewsbury and Chester to Holywell, 180mm x 280mm; The Road from York to West Chester; and The Continuation of the Road from Bristol to Chester, all c.1719. All hand coloured and in modern gilt frames. With a map of the roads from London to Aberistwith. Hand coloured, no cartographer named. (4)

SPEED, John, Map of Montgomeryshire. Sudbury & Humbell, c1611. 385mm x 510mm. Handcoloured in gilt frame.

Lloyd, Humphrey, Map of Cambriae (Wales), 17th century, 348mm x 495mm. Hand coloured, in gilt frame.

SAXTON, Christopher & KIP, William, Map of Denbigh. 265mm x 320mm. Hand coloured. With a similar map of Brecknoc by Saxton and Robert Vaughan. Both in gilt frames. (2)

DRAYTON, Michael, Map of Herefordshire and part of Gloucestershire and part of Worcstershyre showing the principal rivers. 1612 or later. 250mm x 330mm. Hand coloured. In gilt frame.

MAP OF AFRICA. Purdy, John, The Continent and Islands of Africa with all the recent explorations. Robert Laurie and James Whittle 1809. 1170mm x 1450mm. Hand coloured, in poor condition with loss at edges. Rolled. With map of Dorset, 1886, 1200mm x 1540mm. On a scale of one inch to a mile. On rollers. With a large W & A.K Johnson Railway Map of England and Wales, circa 1900. Rolled, in poor condition. With a large Bartholomew's Map of S. Wales and SW England, circa 1905, rolled, (4)

BOWEN, Emanuel, An Accurate Map of Shropshire, c 1765, 530mm x 677mm. Dissected on linen. Hand coloured. With Cary's map of Shropshire, 1805, 497 mm x 423mm. With Henry Teesdale's Map of Shropshire, c 1830, 420mm x 340mm. All framed and glazed. (3)

MAPS OF SHROPSHIRE. Blome, Richard, circa 1671, 190mm x 250mm. With another Blome map, c1670, 315mm x 270mm. With other maps of Shropshire by T Kitchin, J & C Walker and Robert Morden. With a map of Worcestershire by J & C Walker and one other. (7)

SPEED, John, Map of Cumberland, Bassett & Chiswell, 1676 or later. 395mm x 510mm. Hand coloured, text to verso, glazed both sides.

MAPS. Butler, Samuel, Atlas of Ancient Geography, 1827, hand coloured maps; with another copy 1853; Arrowsmith's Atlas of Ancient Geography 1829; Atlas to Alison's History of Europe 1855; Map of Sussex by James Wyld, 1865, dissected on linen, in slipcase. With other maps and atlases (box)

JOAN BLAEU; a 17th century map 'Cestria Comitates Palatines, Cheshire', 40 x 51cm, framed and glazed.

BRADSHAW’S RAILWAY TIME TABLES, folding map, eight double page maps, No 3, 1839; another similar with five double page maps, LEWIS’S GUIDE TO LIVERPOOL; ROBERTS'S ATLAS AND GUIDE TO MANCHESTER AND SALFORD; and an 1873 Metropolitan Railway second class wallet (5)PROVENANCE: The Collection of Jack Tempest. 

MANCHESTER INTEREST; PORT OF MANCHESTER, THE MANCHESTER DOCKS, a hand coloured linen backed plan of the docks printed by Faulkner & Sons, with integral leather cover for ‘The Right Hon Sir Thomas Vansittart Bowater, Lord Mayor of London, plan 89cm x 43cm; with, MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL - GENERAL PLAN OF CANAL AND DISTRICT REVISED 1890; THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL, 1894, a folding map of Liverpool, and a boxed set of three Ordnance Survey maps of Lancashire dated 1904 (5) PROVENANCE: The Collection of Jack Tempest. Additional InformationThe 1894 book is a fragment - not complete. 

Very large optical cartographer's map makers instrument, made by Cartographic Engineering LTD.

FRAMED NORTH SEA MAP

AFGHANISTANBURSLEM (ROLLO) A Peep into Toorkhisthan, FIRST EDITION, 4 lithographed plates (one folding), one folding lithographed map ('Cabul and the Kohistan with the Route to Kollum', short tear repaired to verso), early red half calf, gilt morocco lettering label (some loss), 8vo, Pelham Richardson, 1846Footnotes:An English officer garrisoned in Kabul, in 1840 Burslem undertook an expedition 'snatched from the soldier's life in Affhanistan', through the Hindu Kush and Turkestan. Provenance: Miss Dunville, ownership inscription 'Miss Dunville with Miss Meredith's affectionate regards 2nd March 1850'; William Dunville, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ARROWSMITH (AARON)A Map of the United States of America Drawn from a Number of Critical Researches... Additions to 1819, engraved map hand-coloured in outline, inset map of Florida, large cartouche with view of the Niagara Falls, dissected into 48 sections with 2 additional wings (one tipped-on to margin, one pasted to margin) on four large sheets laid on linen [Stevens 79(1)], total dimensions of sheets 1320 x 1485mm., A. Arrowsmith, Jan. 1 1796. Additions to 1802 [-1819]Footnotes:LARGE WALL MAP OF THE UNITED STATES. First published by Arrowsmith in 1796, after which he updated it to incorporate the latest town names and geographical discoveries. This 1819 edition adds Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Louisiana, Mississippi and Missouri Territory, an inset of Florida Peninsula, other topographical changes, and the addition of two extra 'wings', one showing the Lake of the Woods and one the mouths of the Mississippi.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BERRY (WILLIAM)North America Divided into its Principall Parts Where are Distinguished the Severall States Which Belong to the English, Spanish and French, large hand-coloured engraved map on 2 sheets (joined), large cartouche decorated with Native Americans, exotic parrots and creatures, old folds, upper margin trimmed within platemark and frayed with short tears touching rule border, side margins slightly frayed with a few small tears [Burden II 532], folio (565 x 880mm.), William Berry, 1680 [c.1681]Footnotes:LARGE, SEPARATELY PRINTED AND 'VERY RARE MAP OF NORTH AMERICA' (BURDEN), UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE NEWLY CREATED PENNSYLVANIA. 'Pennsilvania' is named within the map but with no boundary lines and not mentioned amongst the regions that appear in the caption title at the upper border, indicating that the map was issued very shortly after the granting of William Penn's land charter in March 1681. Burden suggests that this map may have been engraved by Hermann Moll, making it among the earliest examples of his work.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CAMDEN (WILLIAM)The Abridgment of Camden's Britan[n]ia with the Maps of the Severall Shires of England and Wales, engraved allegorical title, engraved general map ('A Tipe of England'), and 48 engraved county maps (of 51, lacks Dorset, Leicestershire and Flintshire), title detached and margins slightly trimmed (not touching platemark), approximately 11 leaves gnawed at fore-edge (with loss of a few letters to 6 pages), old dampstain to these and a few others towards beginning of volume (mostly marginal, just straying within platemark of 3 maps), minor soiling throughout, nineteenth century half morocco, worn [ESTC S107395; Chubb XLI], oblong 8vo (140 x 190mm.), John Bill, 1626Footnotes:RARE. The maps are based on those of Peter Keer (1599), and are the earliest known county maps to bear latitudinal and longitudinal markings.Provenance: Thomas Spencer, ownership inscription dated 1731 on verso of title; W. Goodbody (1823) and W. Goodbody (1861), inscriptions on front free endpaper, and other Goodbody inscriptions in upper margin of title, blank lower margin of Hampshire map and a few other places.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

KENTANDREWS (JOHN), A. DURY AND W. HERBERT. A Topographical Map of the County of Kent, in Twenty Five Sheets, on a Scale of Two Inches to a Mile, from an Actual Survey, hand-coloured engraved map on 25 sheets, one double-page engraved index map, and uncoloured 'Plan of the City of Canterbury, Survey'd by J. Andrews & Mat. Wren', some light spotting, later half morocco, rebacked preserving original spine, worn [Rodger 222], folio (540 x 380mm.), R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1779Footnotes:LARGE SCALE WALL MAP OF KENT ON 25 SHEETS, with key map and city plan of Canterbury, all surveyed by John Andrews.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

LONDONSMITH (CHARLES) Smith's New Plan of London, Westminster and Southwark. 1826, engraved map, partially hand-coloured, laid on linen, dissected and folding into publisher's marbled slipcase with printed label on upper cover, 425 x 465mm., C. Smith, 1826--WHITBREAD (J.) Whitbread's New Plan of London Drawn from Authentic Surveys, hand-coloured lithographed map, laid on linen, folding (with 30pp. printed index) publisher's cloth portfolio, printed yellow label on upper cover, J. Whitbread, [1852]--MOGG (EDWARD) Mogg's Twenty Four Miles Round London, hand-coloured engraved circular map, laid on linen, dissected (splitting at 2 folds) and folding into publisher's slipcase (covered in later see-through tape), 560 x 560mm., E. Mogg, 1809--SMITH (C.) The Oarsman's and Angler's Map of the River Thames from its Source to London Bridge, hand-coloured lithographed map, folding into publisher's maroon gilt portfolio cloth, approx. 2600 x 165mm., C. Smith, [c.1890]; and 2 other folding maps (6)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MICHELOT (HENRI) AND LAURENT BRÉMONDAn untitled collection of 16 charts of the Mediterranean, 16 double-page charts engraved by P. Starckman and others, 3 double-page engraved plates (of ships and ship parts), one map cropped touching cropped at vertical margins (touching black border one edge, and just to image on other), 9 charts and the plates laid down on thick paper with early ink annotations, watercolour illustrations or coastal silhouettes in a contemporary hand [see footnote], early ink annotations (faded) on 2 maps, modern half calf [cf. Shirley BL M.MICH-1a-1d.], folio (500 x 335mm.), Marseille, Michelot and Brémond, 1715-1726Footnotes:Scarce complete set of early eighteenth century charts, with attractive manuscript additions by an English sailor. The charts are of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic coasts, the first chart being titled 'Nouvelle carte des côtes de l'ocean contenant les côtes de Portugal et Barbarie... et les Isles de Canaries'. The British Library holds four similar untitled sets of Mediterranean charts by Michelot and Bremont, Shirley noting that these also comprise the sixteen charts and three plates of ships.The manuscript additions include a dramatic eye-witness account of 'The Wreck of ship Neptune Patrick Coppinger Master... on the 13 Day of Decembr. 1730 on the coast of Barrbary 15 leag:s to the Eastwd. of Algier...', embellished with a large watercolour of the event. The author narrates events from the night of the shipwreck, death of the captain, rescue of most of the crew, engagement with enemy Turks and eventual return along the Thames, landing 'at Bell Warfe Shadwell, April the 20th 1731'. Six sheets show coastal profiles (including Portland, Cadiz and Cape Trafalgar, east end of Majorca, Cape Croisett, and Messina), and views of Stromboli, and Vesuvius with Torre de Greco in the foreground.Provenance: Lieutenant Wildy French (c.1720-1791), account of shipwreck initialled 'W.F.' (see lot 24 in this sale for a fine manuscript log book of the East Indies by Lieutenant French).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BOWYER (ROBERT)An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe, During the Years 1812, 1813, 1814, & 1815. Comprising a Series of Views of Paris, Moscow, the Kremlin, Dresden, Berlin, The Battles of Leipsic, etc., 18 hand-coloured aquatint views (3 folding), 4 engraved plates (one hand-coloured), one engraved map, 1815; The Campaign of Waterloo, Illustrated with Engravings of Les Quatre Bras, La Belle Alliance..., 6 views on 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates (one double-page), one engraved map, 1816, 2 works bound in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, watermarks dated 1811-1816, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, g.e., sides with gilt and blindstamped panelled borders, spine elaborately tooled, worn at edges, a few scuff-marks to sides [Abbey Life 352, 354], folio (465 x 330mm.)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

HARRIS (JOHNA)The History of Kent. In Five Parts, vol. 1 [all published], FIRST EDITION, SUBSCRIBER'S COPY, engraved portrait, large folding map and 42 plates, mostly double-page or folding bird's-eye views by Kip and Harris after Badeslade, letterpress list of subscribers, pp.1-8 misbound, later calf gilt, spine elaborately tooled in compartments with red morocco lettering label, covers and extremities of spine rubbed, folio (455 x 280mm.), D. Midwinter, 1719Footnotes:Provenance: George Sawyer, of Charing, large ownership signature ('G. Sawyer A.D. 1719') cut out and pasted to inside upper cover. Sawyer is listed as a subscriber.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ORME (EDWARD) AND FRANCIS WILLIAM BLAGDONOrme's Graphic History of the Life, Exploits, and Death of Lord Horatio Nelson, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece portrait, 5 hand-coloured aqutint plates (3 double-page), one engraved facsimile plate of Nelson's writing, 6 aquatint illustrations (one hand-coloured), 2 engraved vignettes, contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, printed label on upper cover, rubbed [Abbey Life 327] Edward Orme, [1806, watermarks 'J. Whatman 1804']--ORME (EDWARD) Graphic Illustrations of the Defeat of Bonaparte and his Armies: Commencing with his Retreat from Moscow; and Ending at the Battle of Leipzig, letterpress title, 8 hand-coloured aquatint plates by M. Dubourg after Atkinson, a few light spots and smudges (mostly marginal), contemporary half morocco, upper cover detached, worn [Abbey Life 375], Edward Orme, 1814 [watermarks 'J. Whatman 18011-1813]--BOWYER (EDWARD) The Campaign of Waterloo, Illustrated with Engravings of Les Quatre Bras, La Belle Alliance..., 6 views on 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates (one double-page), one engraved map, without the 2 engraved plates, contemporary half calf, worn [Abbey Life 255], R. Boywer, 1816 [watermarks 'J. Whatman 1816']; An Impartial Historical Narrative of those Momentous Events Which Have Taken Place in this Country during the Period from the Year 1816 to 1823, 3 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 5 engraved plates, engraved plates with some spotting/light stains and fraying to edges, contents loose in publisher's boards, printed label on upper cover (with ink note 'Proof'), covers detached, lacks spine [Abbey], R. Bowyer, 1823, folio (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ALBERTI (LEANDRO)Descrittione di tutta Italia, 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved device on titles, 6 double-page engraved plates and maps in second part, damp-staining and some toning throughout, slight off-setting, later vellum, worn, 4to, Venice, Altobello Salicato, 1588--CHANDLER (RICHARD) Travels in Greece: or an Account of a Tour Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, FIRST EDITION,7 engraved maps (one folding), ownership inscription of Charles Kingsley on title, light spotting and off-setting, modern calf gilt [ESTC T63359], 4to, Oxford, Claredon Press, 1776--MEURS (JOHANNES VAN) Creta, Cyprus, Rhodus, FIRST EDITION, 3 parts in 1 vol., separate title-page for each part, dampstain to lower right corner of title and first few leaves, some spotting and toning, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired [Blackmer 1121], 4to, Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfang, 1675-- SLADE (AUGUSTUS) Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, &c. and of a Cruise in the Black Sea, with the Captain Pasha, in the Years 1829, 1830, and 1831, 2 vol., half-titles, hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces, folding lithographed map (light spotting), one facsimile plate, half morocco gilt, 8vo, Saunders and Otley, 1833 (5)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BLAQUIÈRE (EDWARD)Letters from the Mediterranean; Containing Civil and Political Account of Sicily, Tripoly, Tunis, and Malta, 2 vol., 2 folding engraved maps, half calf gilt, Henry Colburn, 1813--LAVALÉE (JOSEPH DE) AND LOUIS-FRANÇOIS CASSAS. Travels in Istria and Dalmatia, engraved frontispiece map, 6 folding sepia aquatint plates, Richard Phillips, 1805 --CRAVEN (RICHARD KEPPEL) A Tour through the Southern Provinces of the Kingdom of Naples, 14 engraved plates, tissue-guards, contemporary boards, rebacked retaining original printed label, Rodwell and Martin, 1821 --EUSTACE (JOHN CHETWOOD) AND RICHARD HOARE. A Classical Tour through Italy [-Sicily], 3 vol., second edition, one engraved folding plate, 10 engraved plans of churches, one engraved map of Sicily, nineteenth century diced calf gilt, J. Mawman, 1814--WILLYAMS (COOPER) A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure: With a Description of the Battle of the Nile on the First of August 1798, engraved dedication, 41 sepia aquatint plates, one double-page folding map of the Mediterranean, bookplate of York Library, contemporary calf, covers detached [Abbey Travel I 196; Blackmer 1813],T. Bensley, 1802--WYSE (THOMAS) An Excursion in the Peloponnesus in the Year 1858, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, 2 etched frontispieces, one folding map, 22 etched plates, publisher's purple cloth gilt Day, 1865--RAY (JOHN) A Collection of Curious Travels & Voyages, FIRST EDITION, 2 vol. in 1, with advertisements and Ray's catalogue of the plants of the Levant at end, lacking imprimatur leaf (A1), water-stained, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked [Blackmer 1397], S. Smith and B. Walford, 1693, some spotting and off-setting, bindings rubbed, 8vo and 4to (11)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BONGARS (JACQUES DE)Gesta dei per francos, sive orientalium expeditionum, et regni Francorum Hierosolimitani historia a variis, 2 vol. bound in 1, FIRST EDITION, 3 engraved double-page maps (circular world map centred on Jerusalem; Palestine; Eastern Mediterranean, including Cyprus), 2 city plans (Jerusalem and Acra), all by P. Vesconte, one folding letterpress table, head- and tail-pieces, historiated initials, printer's device on title-page, heavily browned (as usual, cf. Brunet 'mauvais papier'), some spotting, seventeenth century French red morocco gilt, g.e., arms of Neufville on both covers, some wear, upper joint slightly starting [Atabey 127; Brunet I 1098; Navari I 49], folio (355 x 230mm.), Hanau, Wechel, Aubry, 1611Footnotes:A collection of various accounts on the Crusades from contemporary sources edited by Jacques de Bongars (1554-1612), a diplomat at the service of Henry IV of France, who was in contact with many important scholars, including Justus Lipsius and Paul Petau. During his life he amassed a rich library, which included a number of important manuscripts. The second volume comprises the first printed edition of Marino Sanuto's (c. 1270–1343) Liber secretorum fidelium crucis. Sanuto's work is not only a plea for the revival of the Crusades, but also an important source on the trade routes to the Levant, since Sanuto travelled that area between 1300 and 1336. It also contains reproductions of the manuscript maps present in Sanuto's work, which were most likely made by the Genoese cartographer Pietro Vesconte (fl. 1310–1330). Provenance: Camille de Neufville de Villeroy (1606-1693), ex-libris dated 1693 and armorial coat of arms on covers; Ch. Schefer, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

GRAZIANI (ANTONIO MARIA)Histoire de la guerre de Chypre, first French edition, translated from the Latin by Le Peletier, engraved additional title-page incorporating a map of Cyprus, engraved vignette of Fortuna to letterpress title, five engraved headpieces and initials, light spotting, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, cracking at head and foot of spine, rubbed [Atabey 523; Blackmer 726], 4to, Paris, Andre Pralard, 1685Footnotes:Provenance: Despagne, ink ownership inscription on upper and lower blank margins of title.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BEMBO (PIETRO)Della historia vinitiana, first Italian edition, woodcut device on title and on verso of colophon, historiated initials, faded early ownership inscription on title, title soiled, light dampstaining throughout, opening pages reinforced at hinges, later half vellum [Adams B599], 4to, Venice, Gualtiero Scotto, 1552--PACIFICO (PIETRO ANTONIO) Cronica Veneta. Overo succinto racconto di tutte le cose piu cospicue & antiche della citta di Venezia, double-page additional pictorial title with map of Venice, 3 folding engraved plates, some tears with loss to text on 2 leaves (K9, Y4); BRACCOLANI (FRANCESCO) Breve notitia della fondatione dell'isola di San Nicolo detto de' Mendicoli, 2 works bound in 1 vol., early ownership inscription on both titles, uncut, spotting and water-staining throughout, 8vo, Venice, Domenico Lovisa, 1709; Repertorio generale delle Ville, e comuni di tutte le provincie della Terra ferma suddita della Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia, FIRST EDITION, grey paper boards, minor wear to spine, large 8vo, Venice, Figluoli del Qu. Z. Antonio Pinelli, 1769--(BARDI) GIROLAMO Delle cose notabili della citta di Venetia. Libri II, 2 parts in 1 vol., faded stamp to first title, ink scribbling to verso of last leaf, damp-staining throughout, contemporary vellum, worn, 8vo, Venice, Altobello Salicato, 1601--PRUDENTIUS (AURELIUS) Opera, 1625; LUCANUS (A.) De bello Claudius et Pompeii, 1627; CLAUDIANUS. [Opera], 1627, 3 works bound in 1 vol., engraved titles, toning, contemporary vellum, 24mo, Amsterdam, William Jansson--BOTERO (GIOVANNI) Relatione della Republica Venetiana, 2 parts in 1 vol.,woodcut device on titles, early ownership inscriptions to first flyleaf and title page of first work, damp-staining, grey wrappers, worn, 8vo, Venice, Giorgio Varisco, 1608--CONTARINI (GASPARO) La Republica, e i magistrati di Vinegia, small hole and small repair affecting text to title and following 2 leaves, damp-staining and some marginal repairs, contemporary vellum, worn, 12mo, Venice, Baldo Sabini, 1551; and another copy of the first mentioned item (8)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

LIMOJON DE SAINT DIDIER (ALEXANDRE TOUSSAINT)La ville et la republique de Venise, FIRST EDITION, woodcut device on title, early ownership inscription on top pastedown, later calf gilt, hinges starting [Brunet V 37], 12mo, Paris, Claude Barbin, 1680; La ville et la republique de Venise, woodcut device on title, minor toning, later vellum, gilt label on spine [Brunet V 37], 12mo, Paris, Guillaume de Luyne, 1680-- HOUSSAIE (AMELOT DE LA) Histoire du gouvernement de Venise, 3 vol., engraved frontispiece, titles printed in red and black, one folding map (loose), 5 folding engraved plates, some off-setting and spotting, calf gilt, 12mo, Amsterdam, David Mortier, 1714--DE LA HAYE (JEAN) La politique civile et militaire des Venitiens, FIRST EDITION, contemporary calf gilt, 12mo, Paris, Charles de Sercy, 1668; idem, second edition, calf gilt, 12mo, Cologne, Pierre Michel, 1669--[LAMBERT DE SAUMERY (PIERRE)] Anecdotes Venitiennes et Turques, ou nouveaux mémoires du Comte de Bonneval, 2 vol. in 1, titles printed in red an black, early ownership inscription on title-page of the first part, later calf gilt [Blackmer 162], 12mo, Frankfurt, aux depens de la Compagnie, 1740--RUSKIN (JOHN) The Stones of Venice, 3 vol., fourth edition, colour plates and illustrations, minor spotting, publisher's cloth gilt, 4to, George Allen, 1886, all with some rubbing or wear; and 8 others (19)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

RONDINELLI (GIOVANNI BATTISTA)Statuta Hospitalis Hierusalem, 39 full-page engravings by Philippe Thomassin (comprising allegorical title; two scenes depicting the installation of Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle; God in glory, with banner 'Effigies magistror(es) Hospitalis'; medallion portrait of H.L-V.; 12 engraved plates showing the 48 Grand Masters of the order from 1099; 1 engraved plate with the last three Grand Masters including H.L-V; 21 engravings surrounded by an ornate woodcut-border), light spotting, title and a few plates neatly restored, with minor losses to title and one plate, a few woodcut borders shaved [EDIT16 CNCE 10488, Adams J 151-152], Rome, [1588]-- VELTRONIO (TOLOMEO) Index materierum, title in red and black surrounded by ornate woodcut border, lacking final leaf (ends B3, mid letter 'S' of index), Rome, [no publisher], 1588, 2 works bound in 1 vol., washed, modern vellum, folio (315 x 225mm.)Footnotes:The Statutes of the Knights of the Order of Saint John. First printed in 1586, this edition printed in 1588 following the installation of Hugues de Loubens-Verdalle, Grand Master of the Order, as cardinal of of S. Maria in Portico Octaviae by Pope Sixtus V in December 1587. Lavishly illustrated, including a map of Malta and a plan of Valletta.Mortimer, who compared the known copies of this work notes that there is 'an extraordinary variety of settings, states, binding variants and added copperplates' [Mortimer 273]. This copy has a two-page preface dated 1586 and signed Io. Baptista Canobius, a one page dedication to H. L-V by Giovanni Battista Rondinelli followed by the Statutes of the Order with table of contents preceding the text. The Statutes lack the engraved plate with the Order's motto, and 2 printed leaves 'Nova Statuta' (as often). Appended to the Statutes is a second work, Index Materierum, by Tolomeo Veltronio.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

EAST INDIES LOG BOOK'A Journal of a Voyage to the East Indias and From the East Indias', illustrated manuscript log of the Dolphin and the Medways Prize, written by Lieutenant Wildy French and signed by him several times throughout, comprising daily entries beginning 29 April 1744, describing the voyage via Madagascar, Sumatra, Malacca, Ceylon, the Coromandel coast, Madras, Table Bay, St Helena, returning to Deptford in August 1749, noting weather, position, geographical features and notable events, with remarks on various lands and inhabitants ('...You must be on your guard in the Night for they will come in a Friendly manner to Trade with you, and at the same time snach your Hatt and Wigg...'), encounters with other ships ('...a French ship under Moors Coulours... on board 72 chests of Dollars, two of gold... some cochinell... great quantity of cowries...'), directions for sailing through the Straits of Malacca to Batavia, hunting a tiger in Ceylon ('...I found the print of one of his feet... extream Breadth... upon which I altered my Resolution...'), collision with the Medway ('...We are now in a very bad situation...'), and much else, entries written in ink in a clear, decorative hand, interspersed with some thirty charming pen and wash illustrations including maps and profiles (double-page map of Sumatra, another bearing note 'In surveying this part of the Bay the Indians shot an Arow so I do not proceed any farther...', 'Cape Bona Esperance 1749', 'A Prospect of the Island of St Hellena' etc.), ships ('His Maj. Ship Medways Prize... 1745'), nature (flying fish, a dolphin, 'a sea pidgon', 'A makcoca. By some called Wild Catts...') and people ('A St Augustine Canoe with two of the Natives in it'), with six fold-out maps and drawings ('A Plan or Draught of part of the Straits of Malaca...', 'Part of the Coast of Cormandel' etc.), 68 leaves, has undergone professional conservation, fragment of original title page laid down on modern paper, later calf-backed marbled boards, marked, folio (370 x 240mm.), 29 April 1744 to 25 August 1749Footnotes:'VOYAGE TO THE EAST INDIAS AND FROM THE EAST INDIAS': A fine illustrated account of the voyages of the Dolphin and the Medways Prize with several folding maps and charts.Relatively little is known of the author of our log, Lieutenant Wildy French (c.1720-1791), other than that his first known service was in January 1734/5 and that he married a Mary Hewson in 1753. In the first few pages of our log he informs us that he passed his lieutenants exam in April 1744 and soon after set sail on the Dolphin, an East Indiaman that plied the Coromandel Coast to Madras under Captain Charles Pigot from 1744-5. French's death is noted in The Gentleman's Magazine: Obituary of considerable persons for 1791, and he is described there not only as the former commander of the Zebecque packet but also the oldest lieutenant in the Royal Navy. French's log notes that in February 1744 he was transferred to a captured prize ship, the Medways Prize then in Batavia Bay: '...the Favorite, a French ship taken by his Majestys ship Medway and Dolphin at Achin. And brought it in here. Is found to be a ship fit for His Majestys Service... the Command given to first Lieut. Thos Griffin and... called the Medways Prize... The Dolphin being made a Store and Hospital ship...'. French served on the Medways Prize until it was paid off at Deptford Dockyard in August 1749 and was sold the following year. It is perhaps fortunate that he changed ships - the Dolphin disappeared on the homeward leg of her second voyage to Madras in 1750, exact date and place unknown.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DIAZ TANCO (VASCO) AND HEINRICH MULLERTurckische historien, 3 parts in 1 vol., title printed in red and black, 12 woodcut portraits in the text, several early marginal notations, lacks 20 leaves from final part, damp-staining and browning, ex-libris of Franz Pollack Parnau, modern half vellum, folio, Frankfurt, Georg Rub and Weigand Han, 1563--HAPPEL (EBERHARD WERNER) Der Ungarische Kriegs-Roman, oder aussfuhrliche Beschreibung, der jungsten Turcken-Kriegs, part 1 only (of 4), additional double-page engraved title, title printed in red and black, 15 engraved plates (some double-page), small tears to some pages occasionally affecting the text, eighteenth century ink inscription on first fly-leaf, modern red blind- and gilt-stamped calf [Atabey 562], 8vo, Ulm, Matthaeus Wagner, 1685; Dess Ungarischen Kriegs-Romans, part 2 only (of 4), additional engraved title, title printed in red and black, 14 engraved plates (of which 2 folding), one double-page map (defective), ex-libris Sefik E. Atabey, contemporary vellum, minor wear [Atabey 562], 8vo, Ulm, Matthaeus Wagner, 1685--KABDEBO (HEINRICH) Bibliographie zur Geschichte der Beiden Turkenbelagerungen Wien's: 1529 Und 1683, lithographed frontispiece, 8 plates with illustrations, publisher's cloth gilt, some wear, 4to, Vienna, Faesy Frick, 1876 (5)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

NUCULA (HORATIUS)Commentariorum de bello Aphrodisiensi libri quinque, FIRST EDITION, printer's device on title, folding woodcut map of the Mediterranean between Sicily and Carthage (A4-5), historiated initials, a few marginal ink annotations, without the final blank, title laid down, small trail of worming on preliminary leaves touching a few letters, light damp-staining, map strengthened on verso with very small loss to image, modern half vellum, red morocco spine label, rubbed [EDIT16 CNCE 34624; Adams N368; Atabey 881], 8vo (140 x 90mm.), Rome, Valerius & Ludovicus [Dorici], 1552Footnotes:RARE FIRST EDITION. An account of the 1550 attack and capture of Mahdia, on the Tunisian coast, by the troops of Charles V led by the Genoese condottiere Andrea Doria. Mahdia, located on the Tunisian coast was also known as the Port of Africa, and it was the headquarters of the Turkish corsair Dragut, a once Genoese galley slave. In retaliation, the Ottoman fleet captured Tripoli in 1551 and entrusted it to Dragut who served as governor until his death in 1565 at the siege of Malta. Provenance: Bibliotheca Domus Prob. prov. Rom, two stamps on title page.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[ROSSITIS (FRANCESCO DE)]Ragguaglio distinto di quanto occorse nella campagna passata trà le armi christiane e turchesche, FIRST EDITION, woodcut ornament on title, one folding engraved bird's-eye view of the Battle of Vienna, 2 light spots to map, a few wormholes to blank upper margin of final few leaves, early calf, gilt decoration to spine, g.e., corners worn, loss to extremities of spine [not in Atabey or Blackmer], small 4to (220 x 160mm.), Venice, Nicolo Pezzana, 1684Footnotes:Scarce day by day account of the Battle of Vienna, in which the Ottoman army led by Kara Mustafa Pasha was defeated the Polish army under the command of King John III Sobieski. Not in Atabey or Blackmer, and no copies traced on Rare Book Hub.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

GREECE - CHIOSARGENTI (PHILIP P.) The Costumes of Chios, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, 111 plates (mostly colour), Batsford, [1953]; The Massacres of Chios Described in Contemporary Diplomatic Reports, frontispiece, one plate, one double-page map, 1932; Chius Liberata or the Occupation of Chios by the Greeks in 1912 as Described in Contemporary Documents and Chios During the Great War, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED 'with love & best wishes 1933, from Philip' on the front free endpaper, frontispiece, double-page map, 1933; The Expedition of the Florentines of Chios (1599), frontispiece and 2 plates, 1934; The Occupation of Chios by the Venetians (1694) Described in Contemporary Diplomatic Reports, 3 plates, errata slip, 1935, John Lane; Chius Vincta or the Occupation of Chios by the Turks (1566) & their Administration of the Island (1566-1912), 2 plates, Cambridge, C.U.P., 1941--SMITH (ARNOLD C.) The Architecture of Chios... edited by P.A. Argenti, frontispiece and 226 plates, Tiranti, 1962, full morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, g.e.; ARGENTI (PHILIP P.) The Occupation of Chios by the Genoese and their Administration of the Island 1346-1566, 3 vol., introduction by Steven Runciman, 5 plates, without front free endpaper in volume 3, Cambridge, C.U.P., 1958; The Expedition of Colonel Fabvier to Chios as Described in Contemporary Diplomatic Reports, 3 plates, one map, John Lane, 1933, publisher's parchment-backed cloth, t.e.g.; Hieronimo Giustiniani's History of Chios, 1943; The Religious Minorities of Chios. Jews and Roman Catholics, photographic plates, one double-page colour map, 1970, Cambridge, C.U.P., FIRST EDITIONS, the second to ninth mentioned titles edited by Argenti, 8vo and 4to (13)Footnotes:A collection of important works, of which seven finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, on the history of Chios by Philip Pandely Argenti (1891-1974), whose collection of some 2000 volumes were donated to the Koraes Libary, Chios.Provenance: Stefanos Kavadas (1900-1980), director of the Koraes Library at Chios for forty-five years, and close friend of Argenti; by descent to the current owner, the godson of Philip P. Argenti.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CUNARD (NANCY)Negro Anthology... 1931-1933, FIRST EDITION, large folding map ('Ethnographical Map of Negro Africa') printed in red, blue and black, numerous photographic illustrations throughout, publisher's brown cloth lettered in red on upper cover with map of 'The Black Belt of America' on lower cover (light dampstain in lower inner corner of upper cover and inside cover), 4to, Nancy Cunard at Wishart & Co., 1934Footnotes:'It was necessary to make this book - and I think in this manner, an Anthology of some 150 voices of both races - for recording of the struggles and achievements, the persecutions and the revolts against them, of the Negro people' (Foreword). The contributors include Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Samuel Beckett, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Theodore Dreiser, Henry Crowder, and Countee Cullen. It is thought that 1000 copies were printed, but it is always stated that many of these were destroyed in a warehouse during the Blitz.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MINTURN FAMILYMINTURN (WILLIAM) Travels West, FIRST EDITION, publisher's advertisements (September 1876), spine faded, Samuel Tinsley, 1877; George Douglas. A Dramatic Idyll in Three Acts by Defenthy Wright [William Minturn], 72 pages (text on verso only), typescript in purple, dramatis personae underlined in red ink throughout, pencil note 'Minturns own work' on front free endpaper, contemporary tree calf gilt, spine tooled in gilt with green morocco lettering labels, marbled endpapers, 4to (238 x 182mm.), [?c.1878]--BARLOW (JOEL) The Vision of Columbus. A Poem... Fifth Edition, Corrected, MINTURN FAMILY COPY, engraved frontispiece (near loose), some browning to title, early ownership inscription of 'Wm. Minturn Junr. 1798' (father of Robert Browne Minturn) on title-page, note gifting book from Robert's wife Anne Mary to the author William Minturn, who records that the book was 'found in the library at No. 60 Fifth Avenue [the family home], Easter Sunday 1876. Wm. Minturn' inside upper cover, contemporary tree calf, upper joint slightly weakened, Paris, Printed at the English Press, 1793--MINTURN, JR (ROBERT BROWNE) From New York to Delhi, by Way of Rio de Janeiro, Australia and China, third edition, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS BROTHER, inscribed 'William Minturn from his brother the author, Locust Wood, Oct. 2 1859' on front free endpaper, folding hand-coloured map, contemporary green calf gilt, g.e., New York, D. Appleton, 1859--HOLLAND (J.G.) Kathrina. Her Life and Mine in a Poem, William Minturn's copy with bookplate, an ownership name of his wife, Annie Hemphill, on the half-title, contemporary green morocco gilt, g.e., New York, Charles Scribner, 1869--DRAPER (JOHN WILLIAM) History of the Conflict between Religion and Science, eighth edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE-PAGE, William Minturn's copy with his bookplate, and cut signature pasted to title-page, New York, D. Appleton, 1877, unless otherwise mentioned publisher's cloth, 8vo; and 2 others, both by Reid Mayne, one gifted to William Minturn from his sister in 1865, the other to Minturn from one of his teachers 'as a reward for his application' (8)Footnotes:A group of books by, or belonging to the American author William Minturn, son of the shipping magnate Robert Browne Minturn, who had met Emile Zola in Paris, and Walt Whitman in New York (see the copy of Whitman's Leaves of Grass in this sale). Included is a typescript for a seemingly unpublished play, George Douglas, written under the pseudonym Defenthy Wright, which he also used for Aaron Burr. A Drama (1878), the one play of his published in his lifetime.Provenance: William Minturn (1853-1882), ownership or gift inscriptions, or bookplates.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

PHOTOGRAPHY, CORFU AND CRIMEAAlbum compiled by Lady Emily Ponsonby, née Bathurst (1798-1877), containing a collection of some 45 early photographs, the majority taken by her son Lt. Col. Arthur Edward Valette Ponsonby (1827-1868), salt and lightly albumenised prints, many captioned in ink, including a group taken in Corfu in 1858 of landscapes and personalities ('The Citadel with Bridge across the Ditch/ Corfu', 'A View from the College of the Citadel', 'A Montenegro. Photographed by Arthur at Corfu 1858', 'Lord High Commissioner', 'Group at Corfu', 'HM Ship 'Terrible' Corfu' and 'Sir George Buller K.C.B.'), others taken at Hampton Court and elsewhere ('Fred by Barby. Ht Ct Palace. 1854', 'The Gravel Walk to the House at Coolhurst July 1859', 'The Gateway at Lord Bathurst's Cirencester', 'Julia photographed by Arthur at Holland's Field October 1857 printed by Barbara January 1858 at Hampton Court', 'Hath[e]rop Castle... 1859');Other subjects include a wild boar and the fallen spire of Chichester Cathedral, February 1861, accompanied by Henry Ponsonby's pen and ink sketch of Mrs Verschoyle taking a photograph in Eaton Square, July 19 1855, and a printed flyer for 'Photographic Sketches of People & Places in Corfu by Arthur Ponsonby', printed by Silver, Hypo & Son., Printers, 1859; interspersed with watercolours and ephemera, some relating to the Crimea ('cover of a Russian document found at Hertch in the house occupied by Lieut. General Sir George Browne, May 1855', a telegram from General Simpson to General Codrington warning 'The Russians are attacking the Sardinians reinforce your attack with one Brigade. Keep your civilians in Camp' 16 August 1855, autograph note from Sir Spencer Ponsonby-fane ('Sebastopol is taken – no details'), watercolours of soldiers, Ponsonby's ink plan of the attack on the Redan ('for Gen. Codrington and used by him'), watercolour map of Europe titled 'The Seat of War 1859', pencil sketch by Italian artist Gerolamo Induno, amusing extracts from Arthur Ponsonby's letters from the Crimea, printed advertisement for Roger Fenton's Crimea photograph 'The Tombs of the Generals on Cathcart's Hill', playbills etc.;With the official programme for the first distribution of the Victoria Cross, June 1847, letters and drawings from South Africa, 1853, and much royal memorabilia (menu for the Queen's birthday dinner, 24 May 1856, the wedding of the Princess Royal, 1858, souvenirs of an audience with Emperor Napoleon III in 1853, telegrams sent to Henry Ponsonby as Equerry to the Prince Consort on his visit to Prince & Princess Frederick of Prussia, June 1858, a trip to Balmoral in 1858, printed plan of 'Carriages on the Royal Train', etc.);Illustrated with over 20 watercolours (including family portraits and 'Boar Hunting His Majesty Present/1860') and pen and wash illustrations (pull-out ink drawing of 'View of Quarantine Harbour of Malta taken from Mr Bourchiers house' by Miss Bourchier, 'Waggons going down a hill... in Kaffirland'); with various playbills, menus, poetry, puzzles and much else; printed ownership label inside front cover ('Lady Emily Ponsonby/ Hampton Court Palace' with manuscript addition '4th scrap book'), above label with illuminated initials 'E.P.' in red, white and blue, 110 leaves, contemporary marbled boards, paper label on upper board with title 'Lady Emily Ponsonby/ Hampton Court Palace', amended in black ink to read 'Scrap Book 1852', marked and worn, spine partly detached, remains of label on spine, folio (278 x 220mm.), [1840's/1850's]Footnotes:THE CRIMEA, ROYALTY & EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS OF CORFU: An attractive album of illustrations, photographs, letters and printed ephemera compiled by Lady Emily Ponsonby (1798-1877), documenting the family's position at the heart of Queen Victoria's court and reflecting the activities of her sons, Arthur Edward Valette Ponsonby (1827-1868) and Henry Ponsonby (1825-1895), long-serving private secretary to Queen Victoria, and whose wife Mary was a close correspondent of the Victoria Princess Royal, Empress of Prussia (see corresponding lot in this sale).Arthur was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, served in the Kaffir war and the Crimea, as shown here, and was quartered in Corfu in 1858-9, where he acted as aide-de-camp to General Sir George Buller, the Garrison Commander. He was a keen photographer, and the album contains unusual early photographic depictions of the island, of landscapes and architecture (such as 'The Citadel with Bridge across the Ditch/ Corfu' and 'A View from the College of the Citadel') and a number of portraits. Also included in the album are fine prints of English country house scenes and a photograph of his quarters at Aldershot. An amusing pen and ink sketch by his brother Henry depicts the pioneering photographer Catherine Verschoyle (1803-1871), only the fourth woman to join the Photographic Society (later the Royal Photographic Society) in 1853, its inaugural year, and renowned for her botanical and tree studies. She is shown under the cloth of her camera, skirts billowing behind, taking his portrait outside her house in Eaton Square in July 1855. She later used her considerable photographic skills to raise money for widows and orphans of the Crimean War. There is evidence in the album of female members of the family assisting him in his work – one caption for example notes that a portrait of Julia (possibly Julia Ponsonby) was taken by Arthur but printed by Barbara (possibly his sister Selina Barbara Ponsonby). Also of note in the album is the programme for the first distribution of the Victoria Cross in 1857 and much royal memorabilia.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

PALESTINE - BRITISH MANDATEA collection of twenty-four scarce pamphlets relating to the British Mandate in Palestine, Jewish settlement, etc., comprising:RUPPIN (ARTHUR) Economic Activities in Palestine. Report Submitted to the XIIth Zionist Congress Held at Carlsbad, September 1921, 36pp., Jerusalem and London, Zionist Organisation, 1922Palestine. Proposed Formation of an Arab Agency. Correspondence with the High Commissioner for Palestine, 12pp. including integral wrappers, H.M.S.O., 1923Reports of the Experts Submitted to the Joint Palestine Survey Commission, 741pp., [Boston, Mass.], 1 October 1928SIDEBOTHAM (HERBERT) British Policy and The Palestine Mandate: Our Proud Privilege, 36pp., Ernest Benn, [1929]BRODIE (ISRAEL B.) A Program for the Acceleration of the Absorptive Capacity of Palestine, 28pp., loss of a few words of final page, lacks lower cover, New York, Zionist Organization of America, June 1931BRODETSKY (S.) A Legislative Council in Palestine. The Jewish Case, 14pp., The Jewish Agency for Palestine, 1936Report... on the Administration of Palestine and Trans-Jordan for the Year 1935, folding map of Palestine, one folding table, small tape repair to lower cover, H.M.S.O., 1936Mandate for Palestine. Together with Balfour Declaration and King George's Message to the People of Palestine, one folding photographic plate, Jerusalem, [The General Council of the Jewish Community of Palestine], 1936BEN-GURION (DAVID) Jewish Immigration into Palestine (Mr. Ormsby-Gore's Despatch of the 10th March, 1938), 24pp., Jewish Agency for Palestine, March 1938ADLER (CYRUS) Observations on the Report of the Palestine Royal Commission, 12pp., [no place or publisher, June 1938]A New Deal for Palestine. A Memorandum Suggesting a Solution of the Palestine Problem [by the BNE Horin Executive Committee], [6], 50pp., [Haifa, Warhaftig Press, 1938]BEN-GURION (DAVID) Palestine in the Post-War World, 23pp., covers detached, Jewish Agency for Palestine, [1942]Jewish Post-War Problems. A Study Course. Unit VI. Palestine in the New World, 72pp., New York, Research Institute on Peace and Post-War Problems of the American Jewish Committee, 1943Activities in Palestine During the War. Summary Report, 16pp., Jewish Agency for Palestine, 1943ANKORION (A.) The Government of Palestine [Palestine Pamphlet No. 2], 44pp., toned, rebacked with small losses to sides, Jerusalem, Zionist Organisation Youth Department, [1945]LURIE (B., editor) Glimpses of Jewish Settlement History, vol. 1 [Ramim (Manara), Kfar-Blum...] and Vol. 3 [Geva, Kfar Yehoshua...], each 60pp., photographic illustrations in the text, pictorial wrappers, Jerusalem, Goren, 1945-1946The Jewish Evidence before the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine. Excerpts from the Official Minutes, YITZHAK GRUENBAUM'S COPY with printed ex-libris inside upper cover (Gruenbaum 1879-1970 was a leader of the Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine, and first Interior Minister of the State of Israel), 46pp., Jewish Agency for Palestine, 1947MAGNES (J.L.) and others. Palestine - Divided or United? The Case for a Bi-National Palestine Before the United Nations, [4], 104pp., old barcode on title, Jerusalem, Ihud (Union) Association, 1947USIEL (JOSEPH P.) Aux hommes de bonne foi de toutes les Nations. Dedie aux membres de la Commission speciale de la O.N.U. pour le Palestine, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO MENASHE MEIROVITZ (1840-1949, member of Bilu, and one of the leaders of the Jewish settlement in Israel) on the title, 40pp., Tel-Aviv, [M. Shoham's Press], June 1947Local Government in Palestine. Memorandum Submitted to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine on Behalf of the Vaad Leumi General Council of the Jewish Community of Palestine, YITZHAK GRUENBAUM'S COPY with his signature on the upper cover (Gruenbaum 1879-1970 was a leader of the Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine, and first Interior Minister of the State of Israel), 46pp., rebacked, Jerusalem, [Haoman Press], 1947Features of Emergency Legislation in Palestine. Memorandum...., ZVI LURIE'S COPY with his signature on the title page (Lurie, 1906-1968, was a member of the Jewish National Council, and amongst the signatories of the Israeli Declaration of Independence), 16pp., rebacked, Jerusalem, [Haoman Press], 1947The Political History of Palestine under British Administration (Memorandum of His Britannic Majesty's Government Presented in July 1947 to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine), 42pp., rebacked, no publisher, July 1947Jerusalem Israel, 50 leaves, folding colour-printed 'Tourist Guide Map of Jerusalem', 3 photographic illustrations, publisher's boards, Jewish Agency of Palestine... Dept. for the Development of Jerusalem, [1950]together 24 works, most with library stamps/shelfmarks on upper cover, titles and blank margin of final leaf, some with paper library pocket slip inside upper cover, publisher's wrappers, some fraying and toning, 8vo (24)Footnotes:Provenance: Givat Haviva Library, stamps.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

THOMAS (DYLAN)The Map of Love. Verse and Prose, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to 'Leo & John... from Dylan Thomas Oxford 1941' in pencil on the front free endpaper, frontispiece portrait, publisher's purple cloth, spine faded, 8vo, J.M. Dent, [1939]Footnotes:INSCRIBED WITH DYLAN THOMAS'S 'DRUNKEN SIGNATURE' for an Oxford University student. It seems probable that the book was signed when Thomas gave a talk at the English Club at Oxford in November 1941, an event hosted by Philip Larkin, who recalled Dylan at the event as a 'Hell of a fine man: little, snubby, hopelessly pissed bloke who made hundreds of cracks and read parodies of everybody in appropriate voices'.Provenance: Francis Leo Clark (1920-1998), ink ownership inscription 'Leo Clark, St. Pet. H., Oxon', dated 4 November 1941, inside upper cover, with loosely inserted ink label 'F.L. Clark'. Clark, later a barrister and circuit judge, was a student at St. Peter's Hall (now College), Oxford University in 1941 when this book was signed.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, without 'sagging text' and signature mark '4' on p.49 of 'The Return', each with a folding map printed in red and black, bookseller's label ('Blackwell's, Oxford, England') inside upper cover of 'The Fellowship', publisher's red cloth ('Fellowship' with small single damp spot on spine, 2 on lower cover and light white mark and pencil mark on upper cover), dust-jackets (unclipped, age soiling to spines, 'Fellowship' frayed at spine extremities with small loss to lettering 'J.R.R.' at head, splitting at lower joint; 'Two Towers' with short tear at foot of spine and small loss to blank head of spine, small old tape remnants inside cover at spine ends; 'Return' with tear - approx. 65mm. to blank area of upper cover, spine ends frayed with small loss not touching text), 8vo, George Allen and Unwin, [1954-1955]Footnotes:Provenance: Ian B. Bishop, inscription dated September 1954 inside upper cover of The Fellowship, and October 1955 inside upper cover of The Return. Bishop (1926-1990) studied Literature at Oxford University and was Barker Exhibitioner. Tolkien was one of his supervisors, and supported Bishop joining Bristol University, where he specialised in the teaching of Medieval literature; by descent to current owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (MIGUEL DE)El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, 4 vol., 2 (of 4) engraved frontispieces, 31 engraved plates by Antonio Carnicero, Joseph Castillo, Bernardo Barranco, Joseph Brunete, engraved folding map, with most of the original tissue-guards, engraved head- and tail-pieces, some light damp-staining and occasional foxing especially at end of volumes 1 and 2, early twentieth century dark green morocco gilt, g.e., housed in matching slipcases, light shelf-wear [Cohen de Ricci 218-219; Palau 52024; PMM 111.], 4to (292 x 217mm.), Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780Footnotes:The best Spanish edition of Cervantes' 'sweeping panorama of Spanish society' (PMM). First published in 1605, Don Quixote gained immediate popularity in Spain for its 'variety, liveliness, and gibes at the famous' (PMM). Cervantes' universal portrayal of the human condition became 'one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times' (PMM). The Ibarra edition, illustrated by artists from the Academia de San Fernando and overseen by Cervantes scholar Vincente de los Ríos, became the preferred edition in Spain when it appeared in 1780. The edition is also recognized for the specially designed type, a monument to the golden age of Spanish typography.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com