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Lot 683

GALEN (c. 129-200 AD). De naturalibus facultatibus libri tres.GALEN (c.129-200 AD).  De naturalibus facultatibus libri tres, Thoma Linacro Anglo interprete. Lyon: Apud Guliel. Rovillium, 1548. Small 8vo (116 x 77mm). Woodcut device on title, initials, tables, index (title lightly browned, A4 torn and repaired with loss, occasional light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Contemporary calf, spine gilt with 5 raised bands, red edges (joints split, extremities rubbed). Provenance: illegible old library stamp on title; from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune.

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Lot 686

HACHETTE, Jean Nicolas Pierre (1769-1834). Programme du Cours Elementaire des Machines.HACHETTE, Jean Nicolas Pierre (1769-1834).  Programme du Cours Elémentaire des Machines, pour l' An 1808 ... [On the same title:] José Maria LANZ (1764-1839) and Agustin de BETANCOURT (1758-1824).  Essai sur la Composition des Machines. Paris: De l' Imprimerie Impériale, 1808. 4to (247 x 190mm). Half title, 12 folding engraved plates (some mainly marginal spotting and waterstaining). Contemporary limp vellum (stained, wrinkled, some wear to spine). Provenance:  "5e. Régt. De Curassiers" (old stamp on title and on verso of final plate); "Bibliotheque A. Montcaurant, Strasbourg" (stamp on title); author’s names written in pencil on half title; some old annotation on verso of half title and title. Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. FIRST EDITION of Lanz and Betancourt's fundamental system of mechanical classification. Bibliotheca Mechanica 153; not in Brunet.

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Lot 692

HOFMEISTER, Wilhelm Friedrich Benedikt (1824-77). Vergleichende Untersuchungen der Keimung, Enfaltung und Fruchtbildung Hoherer Kryptogamen.HOFMEISTER, Wilhelm Friedrich Benedikt (1824-77).  Vergleichende Untersuchungen der Keimung, Entfaltung und Fruchtbildung Höherer Kryptogamen (Moose, Farrn, Equisetaceen, Rhizocarpeen und Lycopodiaceen) und der Samenbildung der Coniferen. Leipzig: Verlag von Friedrich Hofmeister [colophon:] Druck von Breitkopf und Härtel in Leipzig, 1851. 4to (267 x 220mm). 33 engraved plates (spotted throughout, some light browning and staining). Contemporary half roan and marbled boards, spine gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Bibliotheca Collegii Exaeten (old stamp on title); old, partly defaced, label on title; from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. EXCEPTIONALLY RARE FIRST EDITION of this milestone in the history of biology in which the author comes to the “revolutionary conclusion that all green land plants undergo a regular alternation of dissimilar generations in their complete life histories” (Norman) and which significantly contributed to the growth of phylogenetic and evolutionary ideas. "The amount of new information presented is immense; the errors are minor and do not affect the overall picture ... With this single publication, the core of botany passed from its Middle Ages to the modern period" (DSB). The American Journal of Botany stated that the author “stands as one of the true giants in the history of biology and belongs in the same pantheon as Darwin and Mendel.” Dibner Heralds 34 (citing only the English edition of 1862); Nissen BBI 902; Norman 1083; Waller 11538.

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Lot 695

JOHANSSEN, Wilhelm (1857-87). Elemente der Exakten Erblichkeitslehre.JOHANSSEN,Wilhelm (1857-1927).  Elemente derExakten Erblichkeitslehre. Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1909. Large 8vo(230 x 160mm). Tables and diagrams. Contemporary half roan and marbled boardsgilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Bibl. Col. Max. Ignat. Valkenb.(stamp on title); from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST AND MOSTINFLUENTIAL TEXTBOOK ON GENETICS, whose author coined the word ‘gene’ in thepresent work to describe the Mendelian units of heredity in addition to theterms ‘phenotype’ (to mean the outward appearance of an individual) and‘genotype’ (to mean its genetic traits). "Johannsen was one of thefounders of the science of genetics. His view of the unit of heredity, to whichhe first gave the name 'gene' (1909), has survived the changes brought about bythe discovery of the physical basis of heredity, first in the chromosomes andthen more precisely in the structure of the nucleic acids" (DSB, VII, pp113-115).

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Lot 705

MISCELLANY - Franz Julius Ferdinand MEYER (1804-40). Ueber die Secretions-Organe der Pflanzen. [etc.]MISCELLANY- Franz Julius Ferdinand MEYER (1804-40). Ueber die Secretions-Organe der Pflanzen. Berlin: F. H. Morin,1837. 4to (261 x 215mm). 9 engraved plates (variable spotting, staining andbrowning, plate IX heavily spotted and stained). Contemporary marbled boards,spine with red morocco lettering-piece (extremities rubbed). Provenance:Bibliotheca Collegii Exaeten (library stamp on title); [?]"Groefl:Schaesberg'sche Bibliothek" (label on front pastedown). With 7 other worksof related interest, namely Hugo Mohl's Untersuchungen über dieLentilicellen. Eine Inaugural-Dissertation (Tübingen, [c. 1836], plates[with other works bound in], marbled boards), Karl B. Presl'sHymenophyllaceae (Prague, 1843, 12 plates, marbled boards), J. D. W.Bayrhoffer's Einiges über Lichenen und deren Befruchtung (Bern, 1851, 4plates, marbled boards), Carl Gegenbaur's Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss derSchwimmpolypen (Siphonophoren) (Leipzig, 1854, 3 folding plates, marbledboards), A. Braun's Über Parthenogenesis bei Pflanzen (Berlin, 1857,plate, marbled boards), August Solbrig's Ueber die Feinere Structur derNervenelemente bei den Gasteropoden (Leipzig, 1872, 7 plates, marbledboards) and C. B. Reichert's Ueber das vordere Ende der Chorda dorsualis beifrühzeitigen Haifisch-Embyonen (Acanthias vulgaris) (Berlin, 1877, 2coloured plates, original green paper boards). Provenance: from theCollection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. The lot sold not subject to return.(8)

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Lot 708

MULLER, Johann Ulrich (1727-1801). Unbetruglicher Stunden=Meiser.MULLER,Johann Ulrich (1727-1801).  UnbetruglicherStunden=Meiser. Das ist: Eine deutliche und curiose Beschreibung aller der Zeitublichen Sonnen=Uhren nach Allerhand Arthen auf verschiedenen Flachen Hirozon –Vertical – Meridian – Polar – Æquinoctial – Declinir und InclinirendeBewegliche Reflectirende und andere. Ulm: In Vwerlegung Johann ConradWohlers, 1712. 8vo (162 x 100mm). Double-page additional engraved architecturaltitle, title printed in red and black, ornaments, initials and tables, somefolding, 71 engraved plates at the end (variable spotting, browning andstaining). Contemporary vellum (rather worn and stained). Provenance:illegible inscription dated 1765 on title; later illegible inscription on frontpastedown; unidentified library stamp on engraved title; from the Collection ofPeter and Margarethe Braune.

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Lot 709

MUSSCHENBROEK, Johann van (1660-1707). Beschreibung der Doppelteb und einfachen Luftpumpe. [Bound with another work.]MUSSCHENBROEK, Johann van (1660-1707).  Beschreibung der Doppelteb und einfachen Luftpumpe nebst einer Sammlung von verschiedenen nuzlichen und jehrreichen Bersuchen, welche man mit der Luftpumpe machen fan. Augsburg: bey Eberhard Kletts fel. Wittib, 1765. Ornaments and initials, 6 folding engraved plates [bound with:] Johann Friedrich HARTMANN (d. 1800).  Electrische Experimente im luftleeren Raume. Hanover: [no publisher], 1766. Ornaments and initials, folding engraved plate at the end. 2 works bound in one volume, 8vo (172 x 105mm). (Variable but mostly marginal spotting, staining and browning.) Contemporary paper boards (upper joints split, extremities rubbed, some staining). Provenance: “Verein für Rostocks Altertümer” (stamps on front pastedown and on verso of plates); another Rostock stamp on title of first work; from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. First work: Poggendorff II, 247.

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Lot 427

QUASIMODO SALVATORE: (1901-1968) Italian Novelist and Poet. Nobel Prize in Literature in 1959. The Sicilian writer is widely considered one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century. A good A.L.S., `Quasimodo´, one page, folio, Milan, 11th February 1943, to Bonetti, in Italian. A cleanly written letter, Quasimodo stating `Dear Bonetti, thank you. A book about my work will soon be issued, edited by Cedam from Padova; the author is Mario Stefanilo. A useful volume for consultation for your work is Lirici nuovi by Luciano Anceschi…´, further and before concluding states `For 1943 I do not prepare anything.´ With a small partial trace of a purple ink stamp at the base, not affecting the text or signature. VG Luciano Anceschi (1911-1995) Italian literary Critic and Essayist.

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Lot 485

PIUS XI: (1857-1939) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1922-39. A large vintage signed 13.5 x 20 photograph, incorporating am Apostolic Blessing, the circular image depicting the Pope seated in a half length pose wearing a cassock, mozetta and zucchetto. Photograph by Guiseppe Felici of Rome and bearing their credit stamp to the mount. Immediately beneath the image appears an attractive neat calligraphic text in black and red inks and with a decorative initial letter M, in full, 'Most Foly Father, John Jermann and family, humbly prostrate at the feet of Your Holiness, beg the Apostolic Benediction and a Plenary Indulgence to be gained at the hour of death, on condition that, being truly sorry for their sins, even though unable to confess them and to receive the holy Viaticum, they shall at least invoke with their lips, or heart, the Holy Name of Jesus'. Signed ('Pius PP. XI') by the Pope immediately beneath the text and alongside a blind embossed seal. Some light chipping to the edges of the image and with some large, extensive tears and areas of paper loss to the edges of the mount. Only about G Guiseppe Felici (1839-1923) Italian Photographer whose firm were the official photographers of the Vatican for four generations. 

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Lot 494

TERESA MOTHER: (1910-1997) Albanian Roman Catholic Nun, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1979. Signed First Day Cover commemorating Mother Teresa and featuring four different images of her, postmarked at Madras, 27th August 1980 and with a postage stamp also featuring her image. Signed ('God bless you, M Teresa MC') in blue ink to a clear area. About EX

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Lot 496

NIGHTINGALE FLORENCE: (1820-1910) English Pioneer of modern Nursing. A.L.S., Florence Nightingale, two pages, 8vo, South Street, Park Lane, London, 3rd May 1874, to Dr. [Charles Wager] Ryalls, Secretary of the Social Science Association. Nightingale writes in bold pencil and announces 'I propose republishing in the form of a pamphlet my paper on “Life or Death in India”, read at the meeting of the Social Science at Norwich in Sept. 1873' and continues to seek the permission of the Council for so doing, further remarking 'The appendix constituting two thirds of the publication is entirely new: & the paper itself enlarged & partly re-written. Under these circumstances I propose also to register the copyright in my own name'. With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope (heavy dust staining to the recto) hand addressed and dated in ink by Nightingale and bearing a Penny Red postage stamp. One small, neat tear to the right edge of the central fold, not affecting the text or signature, VG Nightingale concerned herself with the health of the British Army in India and demonstrated that bad drainage, contaminated water, overcrowding and poor ventilation were causing a high death rate. Following the report The Royal Commission on India (1858-1963) Nightingale concluded that the health of the army and the people of India had to go hand in hand and so campaigned to improve the sanitary conditions of the country as a whole. Nightingale made a comprehensive statistical study of sanitation in Indian rural life and was the leading figure in the introduction of improved medical care and public health service in India. In 1858 and 1859 she successfully lobbied for the establishment of a Royal Commission into the Indian situation, providing her own report to the commission, which completed its own study in 1863. In 1873, following a decade of sanitary reform, Nightingale reported that mortality among the soldiers in India had declined.

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Lot 529

BALBO ITALO: (1896-1940) Italian Politician, the heir apparent to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Balbo served as Minister of the Air Force 1929-33 and did much towards popularising aviation in Italy and promoting Italian aviation to the world. Signed commemorative cover issued by the Lakewood Stamp Society of New Jersey and featuring an affixed original sepia photograph of the U.S.S. Macon airship leaving Lakehurst to greet Balbo's air armada over New York City. Postmarked at Lakehurst, New Jersey, 18th July 1933. Signed ('Balbo') by Balbo in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area. Accompanied by a typed letter of provenance from the Belham Exchange of Brooklyn, dated 9th May 1966. VG, 2

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Lot 570

BERKELMANN THEODOR: (1894-1943) German Nazi SS-Gruppenfuhrer. Berkelmann served as Higher SS and Police Leader in Saarland and Moselle during WWII. Signed 12mo clipped piece, with two lines in his hand, being part of a larger document, and stating `Breslau (Wroclaw), 20th September 1935, Berkelmann, SS-Brigadefuhrer, fuhrer, 44 Abschnitt VI´. Also bearing a purple ink stamp of his regiment showing the Nazi eagle and swastika. Written and signed by Berkelmann in bold blue fountain pen ink. Neatly affixed to the lower white border of an 8 x 10 printed photograph of Berkelmann. G

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Lot 576

GILLE HERBERT: (1897-1966) German Nazi SS Commander. Gille was recipient of the Waffen-SS highest decoration, the Knight´s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. Signed 12mo piece `Gille´, the clipped piece, being part of a larger document, bears the typed text beneath the signature `SS-Oberfuhrer und Rgt. Kommandeur”. Signed by Dietrich in bold black ink alongside a Waffen-SS purple ink stamp with the Nazi eagle and swastica. Neatly affixed to the lower white border of an 8 x 10 printed photograph of Gille. G

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Lot 577

HIMMLER HEINRICH: (1900-1945) German Nazi official of World War II, Reichsfuhrer of the SS. Signed typed oblong 12mo piece, with his initials `H.H´, one page, Berlin, 25th August 1938, in German. The neatly clipped piece, being part of a larger document, stating `An den Reichsfuhrer SS, Personlicher Stab, Berlin SW.11, Prinz Albrechtstr. 8”, bears a large green ink stamp, stating “Genehmigt - Der Reichsfuhrer - SS”, (“Approved - The SS Reichsfuhrer”), dated 25th August 1938, and signed beneath by Himmler in bold green pencil. Neatly affixed to the lower white border of an 8 x 10 printed photograph of Himmler. VG

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Lot 581

REDIESS FRIEDRICH: (1900-1945) German Nazi SS Commander and Chief of Police of Norway during the German occupation in WWII 1940-45. Rediess committed suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot wound upon the collapse of the Third Reich in Norway on 8th May 1945. Signed 12mo clipped piece, being part of a larger document, bearing the typed text above the signature `Der SS-Standartenfuhrer". Signed by Rediess in bold black ink alongside an SS green ink stamp with the Nazi eagle and swastika. Neatly affixed to the lower white border of an 8 x 10 printed photograph of Rediess. G

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Lot 583

SPORRENBERG JAKOB: (1902-1952) German Nazi SS-Gruppenfuhrer and General Lieutenant of Police in Minsk and Lublin. Sporrenberg was convicted of war crimes in Poland and sentenced to death. Executed in 1952. Signed 12mo clipped piece `Sporrenberg´, being part of a larger document, bearing the printed text `Der Fuhrer des SS - Abschnitts XX - SS- Oberfuhrer´. Signed in blue ink alongside a purple SS ink stamp of his regiment showing the Nazi eagle and swastika. Neatly affixed to the lower white border of an 8 x 10 printed photograph of Sporrenberg. G

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Lot 59

TAYLOR ROBERT: (1911-1969) American Actor. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed 13 x 10 photograph of Taylor in a half-length pose seated in a chair and holding his pipe in one hand. Photograph by George Hurrell for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Taylor in dark fountain pen ink to a light area of the background, 'To Patrick Plunket - My best wishes, Robert Taylor'. A few light surface and corner creases, about VG  

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Lot 600

HIMMLER HEINRICH: (1900-1945) Nazi German Politician, Reichsfuhrer of the Schutzstaffel (SS) 1929-45. An important war-time D.S., H. Himmler, in bold lack ink, two pages, folio, Berlin, 16th January 1939. The partially printed typed document, in German, bears the printed heading “Der Reichsfuhrer - SS - Chef der Deutschen Polizei in Reichsministerium des Innern”, (“Reichsfuhrer SS, Chief of the German Police in the Ministry of the Interior”, and is addressed to the Reich Commissioner in Vienna for the Reunification of Austria with the German Reich. The document refers to the order of taking over the budget of the Austrian federal police and gendarmerie, stating in part `Mr. Reich Commissioner, Mr. Klausner informed you of these questions, and….informed the Inspector of the Office in Vienna about this order, obliging you to take over the Austrian Federal Police and Gendarmerie budget. With regard to such urgent regulation, which I consider..´ Bearing alongside Himmler´s signature a Nazi ink stamp with the eagle and swastika. With few official ink stamps and contemporary hand registry annotations to both pages. Four binder holes to the left border, not affecting the text or signatures. G to VG

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Lot 603

BORMANN MARTIN: (1900-1945) Nazi Official, head of the Party Chancellery and Private Secretary to Adolf Hitler. T.L.S., Bormann, one page, 4to, Obersalzberg (Eagle´s nest), 22nd June 1939, to Gauleiter Franz Hofer, Innsbruck, in German. Bormann responds to his correspondent´s letter, stating `I was delighted to receive your good wishes for my birthday; I am sending you my warm regards. "Heil Hitler!"´ Accompanied by Gauleiter Hofer´s letter to Bormann, dated 16th June 1939, bearing an ink stamp from the Fuhrer´s office and a blind embossed seal with the eagle and swastika to the upper left corner. Both with four file holes to the left borders and very small trace of a former staple not affecting the texts or signatures. About VG, 2 Franz Hofer (1902-1975) Nazi Gauleiter of the Tyrol. As the area's supreme Nazi, Hofer dealt directly with Hitler or with the Führer's deputy, Martin Bormann. Hofer is often considered the father of the Redoubt.

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Lot 613

[HITLER ADOLF]: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1933-45. SOKHEY LEILA: (1899-1947) Indian kathak dancer known as Madame Menaka who spent much of her career travelling across India and Europe with her dance troupe. An interesting T.L.S., Menaka Deri, also in Gujarati, one page, 4to, Berlin, n.d. (April 1937), to Adolf Hitler ('Your Excellency'). Menaka states that she is writing on behalf of herself and members of her ballet 'to ask you if you will honour us and our country by coming to our dance recital at the Beethoven Saal Berlin on the 26th instant at 8-15 p.m.', further explaining that they have been touring Germany and 'were fortunate enough to gain 3 honours prizes in the International Tanzwettspiele Olympiade 1936' and that they are now making their last performance in Germany before returning to India, further remarking 'We should feel highly honoured if you would grace our recital with your presence and we would be most disappointed if we had to leave Germany, a country where we have been treated with so much appreciation, honour and hospitality without having performed before her universally respected leader'. With the black ink stamp of Hitler's private chancellery to the head of the page, bearing the date 19th April 1937. Accompanied by a contemporary typed German translation of the letter. Together with a T.L.S., Augst, by Martin Augst, an employee of the Chancellery, one page, oblong 8vo, Berlin, 21st April 1937, to the office of the Fuhrer's Adjutant, in German, forwarding Menaka's letter and adding that no acknowledgement has been sent. With a pencil annotation by Otto Meissner (1880-1953, German civil servant, Chief of the Presidential Chancellery 1920-45) at the head, signed with his initial ('M'), indicating that Menaka's request should be met with a definite refusal on the grounds of absence. Also including an original unsigned carbon typed copy of a formal reply from Meissner, one page, 4to, Berlin, 23rd April 1937, to Menaka, in German. Further including a few loose pages from a programme for Menaka's European tour of 1936-37 and a related newspaper article. All with file holes to the left edges and a few other minor faults, generally about VG, 9

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Lot 624

MARAT JEAN-PAUL: (1743-1793) French Political Theorist, Scientist and radical Journalist during the French Revolution, advocating for basic human rights for the poorest, and publishing on his periodical L´Ami du Peuple (“The People´s Friend”). Marat was assassinated in 1793 and became a revolutionary martyr to the Jacobins. Extremely rare Autograph Manuscript in the hand of Marat, one page, clipped 6.5 x 1.5 piece, n.p.[Paris], n.d.[1792], in French. The document being part of the text for a pamphlet article by Marat, entitled “Tres humble suppliques aux Pères bonscrits qui n´ont rien contre ceux qui ont tout”, (“Very humble pleas addressed to the Peers who have nothing against those who have everything”), with one word crossed by Marat. The autograph manuscript states in part `On voit que nous regardons la constitution comme l´ouvrage des représentans(sic) vendus.. d´autre role a l´assemblée nationale que de lutter contre leur destruction et d´appuyer sottement les vues du cabinet.´, (“We can see that we look at the constitution as the work of corrupt representatives ... which is the exact truth; because the plan of the court to which they are sold to .. no other role in the national assembly than to fight against their destruction and to support foolishly the views of the cabinet.´ The clipped piece has been neatly and carefully affixed to a an oblong 4to page, and the document bears a small ink stamp, being the prestigious collection Crawford stamp provenance. G

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Lot 634

FOUCHÉ JOSEPH: (1759-1820) Convention Deputy and Minister of Police. Multiple signed D.S., Fouché, two pages, 4to, Chaumont & Paris, 15th May and 3rd October 1799, to Nicolas Brugnon & Marie Saunois, on the Haute-Marne administration department printed stationery, in French. The partially printed document being a certificate issued by Haute-Marne department as requested by Brugnon & Saunois, stating that they have never been included in the emigrants list in order to `..grant an inheritance at the Saint-Domingue island..´ Signed by Fouché to the second page, in his capacity as Minister of the Police. Also signed to the second page by Pierre-Laurent Forfait (1752-1807) Navy Minister under Consulate. Signed Forfait in his capacity as Navy and colonies Minister. Countersigned by several administrators of the Haute-Marne department. The document bears a red ink stamp of the Police Ministry alongside Fouché´s signature, as well as a Navy ministry ink stamp, and a vignette of the Haute-Marne department at the heading. Very small overall minor age wear and two extremely small tears to the left edge, otherwise G 

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Lot 635

BERNADOTTE JEAN BAPTISTE: (1763-1844) Marshal of France, Prince de Pontecorvo and King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway 1818-44. D.S., `J.B. Bernadotte´, two pages, folio, Paris, 16th August 1799, to the administrators of supplies, in French. The partially printed document shows the heading of the war ministry, and Bernadotte requests  `..the maximum order in the way we have control of the use of funds which will be given to us for the purchase of the equipments and goods for the military convoys..´ With blank address leaf, bearing an ink stamp of the Minister of war, and with very small area of paper loss due to the opening. G

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Lot 653

GOUVION SAINT-CYR LAURENT DE: (1764-1830) Marshal of France, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr. L.S., `Le M.al Gouvion St Cyr´, two pages, folio, Paris, 12th February 1819, on the Ministry of War printed stationery, to Baron Dubreton, Lieutenant General and Commandant of the 5th military division, in French. Gouvion refers to his predecessor´s order to all Lieutenant Generals of the military divisions, indicating that it was forbidden to add anything to the published proclamations unless it was authorized by the war ministry, and further states in part `The King has been informed that several officers or chiefs of corps have allowed themselves to publish daily orders which were not related to the service…´ Gouvion Saint-Cyr further reports on the King´s orders related to these proclamations. The letter bears a very small ink collection stamp at the base. VG 

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Lot 670

JOSEPHINE DE BEAUHARNAIS: (1763-1814) Empress of the French 1804-14, as first wife of Napoleon I. Unusual A.L.S., `C[itoy]enne Beauharnais´, to the heading, very rare in this form, in the third person, signed twice, one page, 12mo, n.p., n.d., to Citizen Pelet, in French. Josephine, in the third person states `The Citizen Beauharnais kindly asks Citizen Pelet to give to the bearer of the present letter the “dejeuner en vermeil”  that he was kind enough to keep for her.´, further, and again referring to her in the third person, says `The Citizen Beauharnais complains about not seeing any more Citizen Pelai, and invites him to come and have lunch with her one of these mornings to come.´ With address leaf, in Josephine´s hand `Citizen Pelée, at the Palace, opposite to..´. Joséphine writes her correspondent´s name on three occasions, each of them in a different spelling way. To the inside back page bearing a small ink collection stamp of Dr. Max Thorek, Chicago. Overall age wear and creasing, otherwise about G

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Lot 672

MARIE LOUISE DUCHESS OF PARMA: (1791-1847) Austrian Archduchess, the second wife of Napoleon. Empress of the French 1810-14. A good, large D.S., Marie Louise, as Regent Empress on behalf of Napoleon, one page (vellum), large oblong folio, Imperial Palace, St. Cloud, 3rd July 1813, in French. The partially printed document relates to Louis Pierre de Sainson, Lieutenant Colonel serving the King of Westphalia in his engineer topographic cabine, who is authorized to remain under the service of the King, having consulted a report given by the Minister of Justice, he `..Swears the oath to H.M. the King of Westphalia..´ under the rules given according to Imperial decree of the 6th April 1809 and 26th August 1811. Signed by the Empress at the foot, also bearing several countersignatures. A document in very fine condition. With the reputed Crawford collection ink stamp provenance to the bottom right corner. VG Jerome Bonaparte (1784-1860) King of Westphalia 1807-13 as Jerome I. Youngest brother of Napoleon I. 

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Lot 695

DE CAUMONT ANTOINE NOMPAR: (1632-1723) Duke of Lauzun. French Courtier and Soldier, the only love interest of 'the greatest heiress in Europe', Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans, Duchess of Montpensier. D.S., Antonein Nompar de Caumont, duc de Lauzun, one page (vellum), oblong 8vo, n.p., 4th June n.y. (1662?), in French. The manuscript document is a receipt in which the Duke of Lauzun acknowledges a payment of 3750 livres in relation to a rental. Countersigned by two individuals and with an official circular blank ink stamp to the upper edge featuring a coat of arms. Some very minor age wear and light creasing, otherwise VG Antoine Nompar de Caumont, whose ugliness seems to have exercised a certain fascination over many women, was due to marry the Duchess of Montpensier on 21st December 1670, however just days before her cousin, King Louis XIV, forbade the union. 

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Lot 706

MORNY CHARLES DE: (1811-1865) French Statesman. Duke of Morny. Half-brother of Emperor Napoleon III, and grandson of Talleyrand, he assisted to engineer the coupof 2nd December 1851. He also played an important role in the development of thoroughbred horse racing in France. In 1862 Morny built the Deauville- La Torques Race course. The Prix Mornay is named in his honour. A good A.L.S., 'Morny', one page, 4to, Paris, 10th December 1851, on the Office of the Ministry of the Interior printed stationery, in his capacity as Minister of the Interior, in French. Morny states in full, `The Minister of the Interior authorises Publication for the newspaper “Le Corsaire”, under reserve of the laws prescribed for other newspapers'. The document bears to the lower left corner a blue ink stamp of the Ministry of the Interior. With blank integral leaf. Small overall minora age wear and creasing, otherwise G

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Lot 711

PRINCE CHARLES OF BELGIUM: (1903-1983)  Count of Flanders, second son of Albert I, King of the Belgians. Prince Regent of Belgium 1944-50, serving in lieu of his older brother King Leopold III. A very early autograph document, two pages, 8vo, lined paper, Brussels, n.d., in French. Prince Charles, being a child, has very carefully penned a series of words, as part of his spelling school exercises. To the first page Prince Charles cleanly copies a number of personal pronouns `tu, je, il, tu, il, je, tu, je, il….´, and to the second page two words as part of his plural lesson `pluriel. Pluriel´. To the upper part of both pages, affixed by his teacher, a small clipped printed page being the grammatical lesson. With a purple ink stamp at the base of each page, stating “Comte de Flandre - Prince de Belgique”. VG, 2

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CAROL II OF ROMANIA: (1893-1953) King of Romania 1930-40 until his abdication. Signed oblong 8 x 5 card `Carol R.´, partially over a Romanian post stamp bearing the King´s portrait. Also dated in bold black ink, 1944, in his hand. Small overall age wear, with stain around the stamp as a result of the affixing, otherwise G

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VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901.Autograph document wrapper signed ('The Queen'), addressed to the Lord Chancellor. Also with the Lord Chancellor's manuscript address, 'For the Queen, The Chancellor'. With a Gloucestershire Records Office stamp and ink reference and three small spindle holes to the centre. VG

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DEANE HAMILTON: (1880-1958) Irish Actor & Playwright who played a key role in popularising Bram Stoker's novel Dracula (1897) as a stage play (1924) and film (1931), the latter starring Bela Lugosi in the title role. Vintage signed sepia 5 x 7 photograph of Deane in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Fielding of Leeds and bearing their blind embossed credit stamp to the lower left corner. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a light area of the image. Scarce. One very small, minor surface crease to the right edge, otherwise VG

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MARGARET PRINCESS: (1930-2002) Countess of Snowdon, younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II. Autograph envelope signed, with her initial ('M') to the lower left corner, the small oblong 8vo registered mail envelope addressed by the Princess to Madame Reinhold at La Mardelle, Isdes, Loiret, France. With a postage stamp affixed, featuring an image of the Princess's father, King George VI, and postmarked at Balmoral Castle, 14th September 1950. With some extremely minor age wear and a couple of small creases, only very slightly affecting the Princess's initial. VGGeorgina Reinhold had been Princess Margaret's French tutor.

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PROUDHON PIERRE-JOSEPH: (1809-1865) French Politician and Philosopher. An influential theorist, founder of Mutualist philosophy, and the first person to declare himself an anarchist, widely regarded as the “Father of Anarchism”. A good A.L.S. `P.J. Proudhon´, one page, small 4to, Paris, 18th April 1855, to Monsieur Boutteville, in French. Proudhon confirms a diner appointment, stating in part `..I know that this day is not easy for you, but it is impossible on my side to sort this out differently; and also I calculate that freeing you at 9h you will still have time to see your world.´ At the base and to a post-scriptum, Proudhon states `I hope that Ferrari will be with us´ With blank address leaf, bearing a stamp affixed. VG Marc-Lucien Boutteville (1808-1870) French teacher of German language. Close collaborator and the Proudhon´s will executor.

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KERENSKY ALEXANDER: (1881-1970) Russian Lawyer and key political figure in the Russian Revolution of 1917. Vintage bold blue ink signature (`Alexander Kerensky´) on an oblong small 8vo first day cover envelope, New York, 17th November 1961. The document being the commemorative presentation of an 8 cents U.S. postage stamp showing a portrait of John J. Pershing. The first day cover envelope shows the printed portrait of Pershing in uniform with the printed text beneath “American Military Leader”. Small overall minor age wear, otherwise G John J. Pershing (1860-1948) General of the United States Army. Nicknamed “Black Jack”. Pershing commanded the Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front during World War I.

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SIKORSKI WLADYSLAW: (1881-1943) Polish military and political leading figure who promoted the cause of the independence of Poland from the Russian Empire. He served as Prime Minister of Poland 1922-23, and of the Polish government in exile during WWII. Sikorski died in a plane crash, the circumstances of the accident still remaining unclear. A very good signed and inscribed 5 x 7 photograph, the Vandyk image showing Sikorski in a head and shoulders pose, wearing his military uniform and decorations. Signed in bold blue ink to the lower white border `Sikorski´, in Polish, and dated beneath `London 22nd July 1942´ in his hand. Bearing to the verso an ink stamp of the London Photographer Vandyk, 41, Buckingham Palace Road. Signed portraits of Sikorsky are rare in any form. Very small age ear and toning, otherwise G Sikorski visited the England and the United States in 1942 looking for the allies support and pleading in favour of his invaded homeland. In his speeches he would say `The Polish Armed Forces have been fighting, are fighting and shall continue to fight on land, on sea and in the air, wherever the military forces of Germany can be destroyed.´

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GLADSTONE WILLIAM: (1809-1898) British Prime Minister 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886 and 1892-94. A.L.S., W E Gladstone, two pages, 8vo, Whitehall, 27th March 1843, to Baron Neumann ('My dear Baron'), marked Private. Gladstone commences his letter 'You will have wondered that the proofs of the Victoria Coins have not reached you' and continues to explain that some are ready to be sent at once, adding 'but unfortunately the die of the crown piece has been broken which has caused the delay that has occurred' and assuring Neumann that the completion will be made as expeditiously as possible. With blank integral leaf. With a Gloucestershire Records Office stamp and ink reference number to the head of the first page. VG Baron Philipp von Neumann (1781-1851) Austrian Diplomat who served as Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary for Austria to the Court of St. James's.

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EDEN ANTHONY: (1897-1977) British Prime Minister 1955-57. Vintage signed 4 x 6 photograph of Eden seated in a half length pose. Photograph by Vivienne of London and bearing her credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Eden in blue fountain pen ink at the head of the image and dated 1957 in his hand. One very slight, minor crease to the upper left corner, otherwise VG

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DE VALERA EAMON: (1882-1975) Taoiseach of Ireland 1932-37 (as President of the Executive Council), 1937-48, 1951-54 & 1957-59. President of Ireland 1959-73 & DE VALERA SINEAD (1878-1975) Irish Author of Children's books, wife of Eamon de Valera. Signed 6.5 x 8.5 photograph by both Eamon and Sinead de Valera individually, the image depicting Sinead de Valera seated in a full length pose in an armchair with her husband seated beside in a full length pose on the arm of the chair as they enjoy a light-hearted conversation together. With an Irish Times credit stamp to the verso. Signed by both in white fountain pen inks with their names alone at the base of the image. One small scuff and slight tear at the base of the image, otherwise VG

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DIAZ PORFIRIO: (1830-1915) President of Mexico 1876, 1877-80 & 1884-1911. Diaz rose the rank of General leading republican troops against Emperor Maximilian, and seizing power after a coup. D.S., `Porfirio Diaz´, two pages, large folio, Mexico, 31st July 1901, to Alfredo Chavero, in Spanish. The attractive partially printed document, bearing to the heading a very large and impressive vignette showing an eagle, snake, drums and flags, is the appointment of Alfredo Chavero as Controller of the Bank of London and Mexico. Beneath the vignette, the document shows the printed title “Porfirio Diaz, Constitutional President of the Mexican United States”. To the front lower left border the document bears a very attractive blind embossed paper seal affixed. Countersigned at the base, with ink stamp over a post-stamp affixed to the upper corner. To the second page the document bears three countersignatures and two official ink stamps, dated 14th and 17th March 1902, one from the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico. With blank integral leaf. Extremely small tear to the fold edge, and minor age wear, otherwise G to VG

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CHE GUEVARA ERNESTO: (1928-1967) Argentine Marxist Revolutionary and guerrilla Leader. An iconic symbol of rebellion. Guevara joined the Cuban communist revolutionary movement leaded by Fidel Castro. Assassinated. A rare T.L.S., `Che´, two pages, folio, La Habana, 14th June 1963, in Spanish. The document bears to the upper left corner the printed heading “Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara - Minister”, and refers to a declaration of heirs, to the Party prosecutor report and to the testimonies of witnesses obtained, all related to the belongings of Serafin Yet or Yec, a Chinese-born citizen who obtained the Cuban nationality since 1946 and died in 1956, but had not registered his will. Che Guevara, in his capacity as Minister of Industry, approves seven years after, the inheritance in favour of the spouse Pilar Fuentes. The typed letter bears a Ministry of Industry purple ink stamp, one to each page. Overall age wear, toning to the left border and a very small tear to the upper edge, otherwise G

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PERON JUAN: (1895-1974) President of Argentina 1946-55 & 1973-74. T.L.S., `Peron´, in his capacity as Minister of war, one page, folio, Buenos Aires, 19th August 1944, to Vicente Fernandez, in Spanish. The typed document bears to the upper left corner the printed heading "Republic of Argentina - Ministry of war" beneath the blind embossed seal of the Argentinean emblem. The document reports on the return to service of soldier Fernandez after an accident and recovery. With ink stamp of the Argentinean army, and countersigned to the verso by Guillermo Beghe. Two binder holes to the left border not affecting text or signature. Small age wear with edges very slightly trimmed. G

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SIGNORET SIMONE: (1921-1985) French Actress. Academy Award Winner. Vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 9.5 (17.5cm x 23.5cm) photograph, the image depicting a very young Signoret in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Sam Levin of Paris. Signed in bold green ink (´Avec toute mon amitié S. Signoret´) to a clear area to the upper left corner of the image. With the photographer´s ink stamp to the verso. Overall small creasing, with small remnants of former affixing to the verso. About G

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SIGNORET & MONTAND: Simone Signoret (1921-1985) French Actress, Academy Award winner, & Yves Montand (1921-1991) French-Italian Actor and Singer. Signoret´s second marriage was to Montand in 1951, a union which lasted until her death. Signed 11 x 8 (27.5cm x 21cm) photograph, the Gerard Decaux attractive image, from Paris, showing Montand and Signoret in a head and shoulders poses. Individually signed in bold black ink `Bien amicalement, Y.Montand´, and `S.Signoret´ to the lower border of the image, also dated 1963 in Montand´s hand. With the photographer´s ink stamp to the verso. Very small creasing and age wear to the edges, otherwise G 

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LISZT FRANZ: (1811-1886) Austrian-Hungarian Composer. Autograph envelope, unsigned, addressed by Liszt to Madame Hillebrand in Florence and bearing an Italian postage stamp post marked at Rome, 1880. Neatly mounted to a stiff card page removed from a Victorian album, with a portion of the verso included and featuring a good red wax seal. With a newspaper obituary of Liszt neatly mounted beneath and with two photographs relating to Bisley, near Stroud, and the Keble family laid down to the verso. Some light age wear, G Jessie Taylor Laussot Hillebrand (1826-1905) British pianist and musician who resided in Florence from 1853 and formed the Societa Cherubini. Wife of German author Karl Hillebrand, she was acquainted with Liszt, Richard Wagner and Hans von Bulow.

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MAUREL VICTOR: (1848-1923) French Baritone, created the role of Iago in Otello (1887) and the title role of Falstaff (1893) at La Scala, Milan, the final two operatic masterpieces by Giuseppe Verdi. D.S., Vor. Maurel, one page, oblong 8vo, Covent Garden, London, 2nd July 1874, in French. The partially printed document, completed in an unidentified hand, is a receipt issued by the Royal Italian Opera in which Maurel acknowledges receipt of a payment of £200 from Frederick Gye. Signed by Maurel at the foot across a one penny inland revenue stamp. Some very light, extremely minor creasing, VG Provenance: From the Collection of an English Gentleman. 

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JAMES DOWNIE (b.1949) "Pub Scene" original signed oil on canvas, additionally signed and dated 2013 to reverse, with artists stamp, 30cm x 40cm

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NO RESERVE Sendivogius (Michael) A New Light of Alchymie...to which is added a Treatise of Sulphur, translated by John French, 3 parts in 1, first edition in English, lacking title to final part, woodcut initials, old ink inscription to verso of title and some ink or pencil underlinings or marginalia, title soiled and slightly frayed at fore-edge, second part with tear to Hh1 and Ii1 & 2 misbound after Ii3 & 4, rather browned and stained, ex-library copy with old ink stamp to verso of title, later half calf, spine gilt, rubbed and stained, upper joint split at head, [Duveen 544; Ferguson I, 257; Wing S2506], small 4to, by Richard Cotes, for Thomas Williams, 1650.⁂ Important collection of alchemical tracts by Sendivogius, Paracelsus and Gerhard Dorn. Newton owned copies of both the Latin edition of Sendivogius and this translation which were influential in his own alchemical studies.

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Birds.- Thorburn (Archibald) Birds of Prey, one of 150 copies, 12 colour plates mounted on linen stubs, each signed in pencil by Thorburn with small 'Fine Art Trade Guild' blind-stamp to lower margins, 2 holepunch marks to top corners of first few leaves, occasional faint spotting, modern green morocco, gilt, 1919.⁂ Scarce. Only one copy on Library Hub, at National Library of Scotland.

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Ferns.- Moore (Thomas) The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, first edition, edited by John Lindley, half-title, 51 nature-printed plates by Henry Bradbury, tissue-guards, occasional spotting, occasional marginal water-staining, ex-library with small ink-stamp to title, previous owner's ink inscription to front pastedown, contemporary half-calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, gilt, a little rubbed, [Nissen BBI, 1400], folio, 1855.

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Pelbartus de Themeswar. Sermones Pomerii de tempore, collation: 1-68 i-iiii6 a-g8 h-q6.8.8. r6 s8 t6 v.x8 y6 z8 A-B8 C6 D-K8, 263 ff. (of 264, lacking final blank), 58 lines and headline, Gothic type, initials in red or blue, initial-strokes, paragraph-marks and underlining in red, a few instances of early ink marginalia, k8 torn with loss of text, numerous wormholes in text, Hagenau, Heinrich Gran for Johannes Rynman, 3 August, 1501 bound with Pelbartus de Themeswar. Sermones Pomerii quadragesimales, collation: a-m8.8.6 n8 o6 p8, 110 ff., 58 lines and headline, Gothic type, initials in red or blue, paragraph-marks and underlining in red, wormholes/traces in text, Hagenau, Heinrich Gran, for Johannes Rynman, 10 June, 1501, together 2 works in 1 vol., stained, some spotting, 16th century ornately blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, metal clasps, spine in compartments, covers decorated with agnus dei lozenge and various floral and foliage tools, all within intersecting triple filet borders, wormholes, a few nicks, rubbed and scuffed, folio (285 x 209mm.)⁂ The author was a Hungarian Franciscan writer and preacher (1430-1504). Provenance: 'Sum Bibliothecæ Fratrum Minorum Recollectorum Provinciæ Thuringiæ S. Elisabethæ...Brückenavium, Anno 1706' (printed label to inner front board); Klosterbibliothek ?Volkenberg (inscription and later ink stamp to title). Literature: I: VD 16 P 1180; cf. Goff P-255; HC 12552*; BSB-Ink P-131 II: cf. VD 16 P 1164; BMC III 688; HC 12560*; Goff P-256.

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NO RESERVE Music.- Devienne (François) Méthode pour la Flûte dediée à Monsieur Roslin d'Ivry, Nouvelle Édition, engraved throughout, title with vignette of classical figure playing the flute by Aubert and 113pp. of text, fingering charts and musical notation by Richomme printed on both sides of sheet, all with number "402" at foot, title with old ink stamp at foot and reinforced at fore-margin, light foxing and soiling, contemporary half mottled calf, a little worn, spine frayed at head, 4to, Paris, Janet et Cotelle, [?1820].⁂ Later edition of Nouvelle Méthode... published by Imbault in Paris in 1794, by the most influential tutor of the classical (pre-Boehm) flute. It contains information on technique and articulation, and whereas the first edition was just for the single-keyed flute this edition includes instruction for a four-keyed instrument. Devienne played bassoon at the Paris Opera and was professor of flute at the Paris Conservatoire from its foundation in 1793.WorldCat lists only one copy of this edition, in the Netherlands Music Institute library in The Hague.

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Proust (Marcel).- Hahn (Reynaldo) Portraits de Peintres, 4 parts in 1, first collected edition, 4 musical pieces for piano, each preceded by a leaf with printed poem by Proust in italics beneath a portrait of the artist who inspired the poem, original printed wrappers bound in, small ink stamp of "Au Menestrel" to verso of final leaf of last piece and inside of lower wrapper, wrapper edges browned and chipped, contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, slightly rubbed, 4to, Paris, Au Menestrel, Heugel & Cie, 1896.⁂ A pencil note to front endpaper says this was John Hayward's copy, the one lent to the 1955 Wildenstein Gallery exhibition: Marcel Proust and his time. A copy of the exhibition catalogue accompanies the lot. The four melodies, dedicated to Madeleine Lemaire, with poem and portrait, were originally published as separate fascicules by Heugel in 1896 and also offered in this combined format, price 5fr. The poems were then published in Les Plaisirs et les Jours later the same year.

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16th century Almanac.- Erra Pater (pseudonym) The Prognosticacion for ever of Erra Pater, manuscript in Tudor English, in a cursive hand, on paper, 56pp., wormholes in text with some loss of words particularly affecting 15ff. along inner margins, last three ff. with holes and some loss of text, very small fragment of an early medieval manuscript "[do]minus cum potenti[a]" laid down on inner wooden board, bound with 5 vellum ff. at beginning and 7 vellum ff. at end (some with 19th century juvenile scribbling), bound in a 14th century medieval blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards, extensively worn but still durable, upper cover wooden board split in two, later circular ink stamp on lower cover of a library at Ulm, remains of brass clasps, 110 x 83mm., [England], [c. 1580s].⁂ An extremely rare survival. No other 16 century manuscript of this work has been traced. First printed as "The pronostycacyon for euer of Errer Pater: A Jewe borne in Jewery, a Doctour in Astronomye and Physicke. Profytable to kepe the bodye in helth...", Robert Wyer, [?1540]. Text starting: "As I find in Astronomie ther bee four manner of cholours in mans boddie complections", and ending with the section, "The saying of [Erra Pate]r to the Husband[man]", and without the last two sections published in other versions, "Heerafter followeth the Reignes of the Kings of England...", and, "A rule to know when the Termes begin and end, with their Returnes... " Perhaps the above manuscript is copied from the "after 1582" edition. The Prognostication is a compilation of astrological medical advice "that hath dominion of the bodie of man" and a predictor of the weather during the various seasons. This fictional author was extremely popular during the Tudor period and continued to be published, with additions, into the 18th century."Here hee sheweth of all the dismall or perilous daies that cometh in the yeare... Masters of Astronomie and visick that this crafte first found telleth the most perilous and most dangerous daies in the yeare - In which if ann mann or woman bee let bloud of wounde or vein they shall die wthin xvi daies following... ."Provenance: Found by the present vendor in the walls of an old house.

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Lot 248

Bible, English. [The Holy Bible, conteining the Olde Tesament and the Newe: Of That Translation authorised to be read in Churches], woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces, double column in black letter, dedicatory engraved frontispiece to Ann of Denmark and another to Frances Teresa Stuart (2F3?), lacking original general title, but with New Testament title substituted (woodcut border, with text block cut out and paper restoration to verso with new title inserted), and with similar substitution of Psalter title for New Testament, lacking initial 19ff. (all before C6), the Psalms (30ff. comprising 2F2 - 2I6), Apocrypha title, and individual ff. O1, 3M3, 5-6, 3S6, some spotting and staining throughout, many ff. with small repairs (mainly marginal), trimmed, in some cases close to side notes and headlines, a small amount of worming to initial leaves, ink ownership stamp, 'W. Newell Cambridge' to a few margins, C18th ink ownership inscriptions to title and elsewhere, front endpaper defective and rear endpapers restored, eighteenth century burgundy morocco, spine with red morocco label, covers lightly scuffed and stained, corners and spine slightly rubbed, particularly upper joint, [STC 2141, Herbert 185], folio, [Christopher Barker], [1584], sold not subject to return.

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Bristol maritime & merchants trading with America & the West Indies.- An excellent archive of printed and manuscript material relating to Bristol's maritime and merchant life and local businesses, including an unrecorded printed document listing exports from Bristol for 10th November 1761 bound for New York, South Carolina, Guadeloupe and other locations, 210 x 140mm., printed recto only, with printed number [130], Printed for Samuel Worrall at the Stamp-Office, 1761; an unrecorded handbill for the auction of the ship Alexander, torn and stained with loss, Bristol, M. Ward, 1778; an ms. insurance document for Samuel Munckley relating to a voyage to Barbados and surrounding ports, including a list of names of subscribers and their shares, 1p., 1757; a printed booklet with ms. insertions to 1p. listing the crew of the Blaze Castle for a 1769 voyage to Madeira and Barbados, along with respective wages, 290 x 219mm., 1769; a printed document with ms. insertions 'Instructions for the better keeping company with His Majesty's ship Preston, Captain William Truscott', single sheet, 445 x 290mm., printed both sides, a few holes within text, creased and soiled, no printer, [18th century]; and a copy letter of June, 1794 relating to the cessation of compensation to British merchants through the American courts after the War of Independence, together c.120 pieces, some tears and holes with occasional loss, some staining and soiling, all mounted in a later board and paper album, worn, Bristol and other places, c.1750-1850. ⁂ A superb record of life in and around one of Britain's major trading ports. With much relating to the operations of Samuel Munckley (1720-1802), Bristol slave trader, merchant, and ship owner, including a good group of promissory notes, receipts and insurance documents. Also, details of individual vessels, along with their owners, cargoes and routes, including America, the West Indies and Europe. Finally, a selection of documents relating to ancillary businesses highlights the benefits of the port to the city of Bristol and other British towns. We see gunpowder, cork and tea & coffee suppliers, glove makers, and the Great Western Railway.

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Nelson at Trafalgar.- Collingwood (Cuthbert, Baron Collingwood, naval officer, 1748-1810) A Plan of the Attack by Lord Nelson of the Combined Fleet, October 21st, 1805, printed newspaper broadside with remains of red tax stamp in margin, large hand-coloured plan of the battle of Trafalgar at head, and with Collingwood's post-battle despatch, tear in left margin not affecting image, a few tears at tail slightly affecting some text, browned, laid down on card, 670 x 430mm., London, R. Dodd, Marine Painter, 1805.

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Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, ink ownership stamp to foot of front free endpaper, original boards, minor bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped, light browning to spin, light creasing and minor chipping to spine ends and corners, small splash-mark to spine, but a bright, near-fine example generally, 8vo, 1962.

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Mansfield (Katherine) In A German Pension, first edition, half-title, 4pp. advertisements and 22pp. publisher's catalogue at end, embossed presentation stamp to title, contemporary ink name to front pastedown, original cloth, gilt lettering very slightly dulled, small nick head of upper joint, lower corner of upper cover rounded (?as issued), preserved in green cloth drop-back box by Temple Bookbinders, 8vo, [1911].⁂ A very good copy of her first published collection of short stories. Published by the ill-fated Stephen Swift (aka Charles Granville) who ended up imprisoned for bigamy and his publishing company liquidated in 1912. This first printing is one of only 500 copies. This edition was followed by two further reprints of 500 copies in January and in May/June 1912. The title was then not republished until 1926 after the author's death, when her husband John Middleton Murry had it reprinted. Extremely scarce with such attributes.

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