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A VICTORIAN SILVER TESTIMONIAL SNUFF BOX. of bombé moulded outline and engraved overall with scrolling foliage, 8.5 x 6cm, by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham 1842, tooled maroon morocco case, 3ozs 10dwts The engraved inscription to the lid reads: Presented to Mr James Martin by the Members of the Shipwright`s Society of Kingston Upon Hull 1844 and (to the underside) Resolved that this Society do present a silver snuff box to Mr James Martin Lloyd`s Surveyor (now appointed to the port of London) as a memorial of their respect and admiration of the duties performed by him in that capacity while stationed at this port.. ++ In excellent condition

A SURVEYOR`S TRIANGULATION GAUGE, c.1880, maker J & W E Archbutt, Lambeth, of brass construction with circular calibrated bed, folding eye pieces and bracket for tripod, 10 1/2" wide, in mahogany carrying case

Boxed surveyor`s level by Elliot Brothers of London, to/w tripod stand, telescopic measure and folding rule

A Rabone 60 foot surveyor`s tape in leather case and a brass bound spirit level.

West Cornwall Railway Ivory First Class Pass. Issued to C.P. Charlton Esq. March 1865 and bearing the Chairman`s name Louis Vigars. Oval ivory measuring 1?" x 1¼" with a small, hooped clasp affixed to the top edge. Accompanying is an A4 sheet detailing a potted biography of Charles Pearson Charlton. He was a railway ordnance surveyor starting his career in York. He worked on a variety of projects including the Wakefield to Doncaster line and the Ribblehead viaduct. Some time around the date of the pass, he moved to Penzance and became Clerk to the Directors of the WCR, later becoming Superintendant working on the joining of the GWR at Redruth with some connections with Brunel. Having later emigrated to Turkey and contracting TB, he returned to Scarborough and purchased the Britannia Hotel. A most wonderful item of significant historical importance.

A STEEL CASED CYLINDRICAL CONTINENTAL EARLY 20TH CENTURY LEVEL signed H Morin of 11 Rue View Long, Paris, the instrument 6" high and with fitted leather case, together with a small unsigned Surveyor`s level within a fitted case (2).

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY SURVEYOR`S LEVEL by Stanley of Great Turnstile, Holborn, London, with level tube above the telescope, 10" long and within a fitted case with paper label.

A LACQUERED SURVEYOR`S LEVEL, signed Troughton & Simms, London, the telescope with level above and silvered compass dial beneath, within a fitted mahogany case, signed Troughton & Simms, and 14 ½” long

A wooden cased surveyor`s theodolite by Stanley, Great Turnstile, Holborn, London

WILLIAM BRYAN WOOD "Map of the Parish of Blunsdon St. Andrews in the County of Wilts 1837", pen and ink on paper laid on to canvas, signed by the Tithe Commissioners and Robert Kay Dawson, Captain RE, Assistant Tithe Commissioner and dated 1839, the map signed to bottom right "Wm. Bryan Wood Surveyor Barnbridge, Chippenham", 96.5 x 274 cm

A MID 19TH-CENTURY SURVEYING LEVEL BY ROCHETTE OF PARIS folding telescopic sight, signed on the end of base Rochette, Quai de l`horloge, PARIS, contained within original fitted box - 22I (57cm.) diameter; together with a lacquered brass surveyor`s cross, unsigned; and a 360¡ brass protractor signed Negretti & Zambra 1895 in wooden case with War Department government mark (3)

A 19TH-CENTURY BARREL SURVEYOR`S CROSS with telescopic sighting, compass set on 360¡ transit drum with silvered scale and ball joint, in fitted mahogany box - 9Iin. (24cm.) diameter

Jacobite Tracts.- Clark (Jack attributed to) 1p. folded and creased contemporary ink attribution inscription `John Clark Land Surveyor` creased [not in ESTC] [?Edinburgh] [1781] Stuart (Charles Edward "The Young Pretender") A Full Collection of all the Proclamations and Orders...of Charles Prince of Wales 2 parts part 2 lacking A1 [Glasgow] 1745 Journal of the Marches of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent`s army from the time they entred [sic] England the 8th of November till their return to Scotland the 20th of December 1745 2pp. drop-head title folded a few short tears and some creasing to inner margin [?Edinburgh] [?1746] The Battle of Falkirk. As no body can form a well-grounded judgment ... From the Caledonian Mercury. Edinburgh Jan. 20. 1746 2pp. drop-head title torn with no loss lightly browned Bannockburn 1746 [Merke (Thomas)] The late Bishop of Carlisle`s speech against the deposition of kings; and in Vindication of Hereditary Right and the Lineal Succession to the Crown of these Realms browned for John Morphew 1714 A true and full account of the late bloody and desperate battle fought at Gladsmuir betwixt the army under the command of His Royal Highness Charles Prince of Wales & c. and that commanded by Lieutenant General Cope on Saturday the 21st September 1745... drop-head title A2 tear within text no loss light browning and foxing [?Edinburgh] [1745] A curious collection of genuine and authentick letters [Letters purporting to be the "Old Pretender" and others] with errata on p.17 outer edge of title frayed [Not in the National Library of Scotland] Edinburgh 1750 Forbes (Duncan) A letter from the Right Honourable Lord P-----d---t to Lord L-v-t dated I------ss October 28. 1745... [?Edinburgh] 1745 [Britannus] Considerations addressed to the publick [?Edinburgh] [1745] [Harper (William)] The Advice of a Friend to the Army and People of Scotland drop-head title woodcut head-piece and initial [?Edinburgh] [1745] An historical Account of the triumphant spirit of the Whigs; briefly shewing the rise and progress of the covenanted work of Reformation Edinburgh 1746 [?William Boyd 4th Earl of Kilmarnock] The Chronicle of Charles the Young Man [?Edinburgh] [1745] To His Royal Highness Charles Prince of Wales lacking A1 [Edinburgh] 1745 Four new songs and a prophecy. I. A song for joy of our ancient race of Stewarts. II. The battle of Preston that was fought by his Royal Highness Prince Charles the 21st of September 1745... drop-head title drop-head title [?Edinburgh] [?1750] Several Scots poems. I. Seven curious poems composed by the great Montrose... [?Edinburgh] [?1750] "Titus Antigallicus" An ode for the thanksgiving-day torn with loss of text [Edinburgh] [1749] [Philibert] A poem compos`d the second of November 1747. The day the Honourable Archibald Stuart Esq; was assoilzied from his second trial folded torn with loss of a couple of letters [Edinburgh] [1747] Macdonald (Alexander) Alexis; or the Young Adventurer. A Novel for T.Cooper 1745 A Letter in Latin and English...Directed to Pope John double column Edinburgh [?Robert Drummond] 1745 Unto the Reverend the ministers of the several Kirks and Congregations of the city of Edinburgh [?Edinburgh] [?1746] [Earbery (Matthias)] An Historical Account of the advantages that have accrued to England by the succession in the illustrious House of Hannover 1745 [Mansfield William Murray Earl of ] The Thistle. A dispassionate examen of the prejudice of Englishmen in general to the Scotch nation second edition for H.Carpenter 1777 Some observations upon the seceders new covenant. By Andrew Waddel soldier in Edinburgh Castle drop-head title [only 1 copy located (Illinois). Not in BL or Nat.Lib Scotland] [?Edinburgh] [1745] Murray (Lord George) A Particular Account of the Battle of Culloden ink inscription to title for T.Warner 1749 True copies of the papers wrote by Arthur Lord Balmerino 1746 Lyon (Robert) A genuine copy of the last words and dying speech of the Reverend Mr. Robert Lyon drop-head title [Edinburgh] [1746] Lovat (Lord Simon Fraser) The genuine speech of Simon Lord Lovat in Westminster Hall March 18. 1746-7 drop-head title 1747 [A South Briton] Ash-Wednesday Feb. 16. 1774 1p. folded a couple of tears at folds no loss [only 2 copies located (Nat. Lib. Scotland and Rylands)] 1774 A Letter to the Author of the National Journal...[from] Tom Curious [and] A True Modern Whig 1p. folded a couple of short splits to folfs some creasing no loss [?Edinburgh] 1746 [Burton (John)] A Genuine and True Journal of the most miraculous escape of the young Chevalier from the battle of Culloden ink notes to verso of title title trimmed at foot loss of part of imprint for B.A. 1749 [Ruddiman (Thomas) A letter to the Reverend Mr. G. Logan A.M. one of the ministers of Edinburgh Edinburgh 1747 An Authentic Account of the young Chevalier. From His first Arrival in Paris... third edition p.15 torn through no loss Nutt 1749 Knight (Sir John) The speech of Sir John Knight of Bristol against the bill for a general naturalization in 1693 drop-head title [Wing K687B] 1694; and 2 other defective works together 34 works in 1 vol. contemporary half calf joints split rubbed and scuffed 8vo ***A fine collection of tracts relating to the 1745 rebellion and its aftermath. First mentioned inscribed: "John Clark Land Surveyor" but it is unclear as to whether Clark wrote this item or this is merely his ownership inscription. Perhaps John Clark (d. 1807) scholar of Scottish Gaelic literature and land agent (though the inscription makes a distinction as a surveyor) but Clark was certainly known as a writer of poetry and although most of his professional life was spent in Wales was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland..

Antigua.- Pell (Sir Watkin Owen including: Plan of Mayer`s Estate Antigua the property of Owen Pell surveyed in 1819 by James Johnston Surveyer General; Plan of the Estate called Sion Hill The Property of the Hon. Owen Pell In the Division of Belfast Antigua n.d.; The Estate called Pares and Cochrans in the Island of Antigua: The Property of W.O.S. Pell... Surveyed in 1820 by J.H. Baker Sworn Surveyor and copied and corrected up to date June 1888 by J. Becket Lewis; Parish of St. Philip; indentures legal agreements and other documents relating to the Pell family possessions in Antigua including: probate copy Sir Watkin Owen Pell`s will Pell`s bank book; copy of Elizabeth Mary Pell`s will mentioning her estates in Antigua manuscript maps and documents some maps some hand-colouring friable with some tears and loss browned manuscript documents many on vellum folds some browning v.s. v.d.(qty) ***The Pell family had extensive interests in the West Indies; Sir Watkin Owen Pell served on the Jamaican station in the 1830s. .

A black lacquered brass surveyor`s level, boxed

A 19th century brass surveyor`s level by T Cooke, York, mahogany box

Attributed to John Gully (b.1819 Bath -1888) Milford Sound, South Island; three-master on a lake a view through clouds to a snow covered peak beyond signed and dated J Gully 1875 bottom right watercolour 27.5 x 38cm. Footnote: Gully emigrated to New Zealand in 1852 to farm. He moved from Taranaki to Nelson in 1860 and became master at Nelson College. He was appointed draughtsman and surveyor under J C Richmond at the Land Survey Office of the Nelson Provincial Council and held this position from 1863 until his retirement in 1878. In 1874 Gully made a trip on board HMS Blanche, a vessel belonging to Governor Sir James Fergusson, and during this journey, and subsequently, he made a number of sketches, similar to the present lot

Wyld [Samuel] - The Practical Surveyor or The Art of Land Measuring Made Easy, 2nd edition with original engraved plates, bound in calf and other antiquarian and later volume relating to Surveying and Estate Management. (9).

A surveyor`s level by Troughton & Simmons with accessories, in it`s fitted wooden case, another level by Stanley in it`s fitted wooden case, and a lacquered brass student`s microscope in a wooden case, (3).

A brass surveyor`s protractor, by Negretti and Zambra, London, with a silvered dial, with a pair of hinged index arms, 6 1/8in (15.5cm) dia., in a fitted mahogany case.

An Astro astronomical telescope, on mahogany tripod surveyor`s stand and a box of lenses

A quantity of woodworking and other tools, including levels, mallets, clamps, saws, squares, and a folding surveyor`s tripod , (a lot), (a/f).

A 19th century gilt metal Post Office surveyor`s fob seal.

Thurlow (S) The Land Surveyor`s Read Reckoner or Gentleman & Farmer`s Guide to Land Measure, London 1810, full calf, bookplate of James Abrham

* Alcock (Thomas). Remarks by Thomas Alcock, Land Surveyor, 1790, DManuscript notebook with approx. twenty leaves of text including title, problems and diagrams in a neat hand plus some pencil notes, remaining leaves blank, some spotting and soiling, contemp. limp sheep, some wear, rebacked, 8vo (1)

Brass 4 screw level - Halder & Co, & surveyor`s staff

A New Map of the Countries Extending from the Adriatic to the Gulf of Finland intended to exhibit the present seat of war between the belligerent powers, by John Carey, 181 The Strand, July 12th 1813, 82cm x 83cm; George III map of ninety miles by seventy five in which Chesterfield is the centre, comprising the counties of Derby and Nottingham, part of the counties of York, Lincoln, Rutland, Leicester, Salop, Chester and Lancaster, by John Tuke, land surveyor, published September 10th 1798 by W Darton & J Harvey, London 65cm x 77cm, paper backed onto linen, card case; Gilbert`s New Map of the World, 1839, 47.5cm x 94cm (3)

Sinde Mission. Journal & Memoir on Sinde by Lieutenant Edward P. Del Hoste, Qr. Mr. Genls. Department & Surveyor to the Mission, 21st December 1831 to the 5th May 1832, a contemporary manuscript fair copy of 109 pages, signed by the author at end, manuscript title and double-page hand-col. pen and ink map of Sinde by Del Hoste, dated Bhooj, 19th July 1832, copied from the original by Jowaniam Luxinomjae(?) signed by Edward Del Hoste, and further dated Bombay, 17th December 1833, seventeen leaves of watercolours and pen and ink sketches bound at end, including three leaves of varnished watercolours (adhesion damage to lower margin of two leaves), one of these signed by Edward Del Hoste (signature trimmed), several other sketches initialled by him, all India related and showing costumes, views, temple designs, local observations, etc., followed by an eighty-two page fair copy of ‘Memoir on Sinde’, signed by the author at end, plus an autograph letter signed from the author, dated 18th December 1833, to Colonel P. Hardy(?), offering this book to Sir Colin(?) ‘as a mark of the gratitude which I feel towards him... the fact is most of the drawings have been spoiled by the binder, and others, I found I had lost, so that there are not as many as there would have been - however, if Sir Colin returns to England, it may amuse his friends there, as I fancy Sinde is generally speaking Terra incognita’, 2 pp., 8vo, contemp. green straight-grained morocco gilt, titled Sinde on spine, heavily rubbed and sl. wear to joints and extremities, folio. Included with this lot is an old complete transcript of the two works in this volume. As is evident from the journal Captain Del Hoste’s orders were as much political groundwork on behalf of Britain as general surveying. He was a member of Henry Pottinger’s 1831-32 diplomatic mission to Hyderabad and Khyrpoor, surveying not only the villages and towns that the mission travelled through, but commenting extensively on the Sindh people and physical geography. This was part of a larger attempt to counteract Russian imperialism by opening the Indus River to free trade. Del Hoste’s surveys and comments were submitted as two reports to the Bombay presidency, the main aim of which was to help the British establish a more commanding presence in Sindh. Edward Paterson Del Hoste was an officer in the East India Company. A member of the Bombay native infantry’s 16th Regiment, who after his period as a surveyor in Sindh held different posts in the Bombay presidency army, including Assistant Quartermaster General. Later in the 1830s he returned to the region writing on the trade routes, geography and commercial potential. (2)

A Plan and section of intended TRAMROAD or RAILWAY to be colled Grosmont Railway by John Hodgkinson, Engineer and David Davies, surveyor 1825, unframed

A collection of silver cases, to include; an Art Deco silver, black and white enamelled cigarette case J Gloster Ltd, Birmingham 1933, 8.5cm wide, a gents silver cigarette case Carrington & Co, London 1932, 17cm wide, a silver calling card case George Unite, Birmingham 1882 'Mr Edward Brown, Architect Surveyor & Valuer, 21 Liverpool Street, London, E.C' 8.5cm wide, and three further cigarette cases Birmingham 1931, Birmingham 1952 and Birmingham 1939, total weight 26oz and a silver plated cigarette case (7)

Cary's New Itinerary for an Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads Both Direct and Crossed Throughout England and Wales - With Many of the Principal Roads in Scotland, From an Actual Add Measurement by John Cary - Made by Command of His Majesty's Postmaster General, for Official Purposes Under the Direction and Inspection of Thomas Hasker, Late Surveyor and Superintendent of the Mail Coaches, Ninth Edition, London, published by G. & J. Cary, 1821, with 7 maps.

A Military, Marine & Topographical survey maps of the Isle of Wight, by James Clarke, Land Surveyor, Newport, 1812, 55x80cm

William Woodall (1832-1901) Politician and Philanthropist, of Burslem, Stoke on Trent. A remarkable and extensive collection of letters written to him from around the 1860s to the end of the century, most pasted into ten old albums often accompanied by portrait photographs of the writers, with some loose letters in a small box. Woodall was chairman of the Burslem School Board 1870 to 1880 and the Wedgwood Institute, both bodies advancing the cause of technical education. He sat on royal commissions on technical education (1881-84) and the care of the blind and deaf mutes (1886-89). Woodall was MP for Stoke on Trent 1880-86, and was first representative for Hanley from 1885-1900. He supported home rule, and was chairman of the Central Committee for Women's Suffrage (established in 1872), and tried, unsuccessfully, to push through parliament an amendment which would allow married women to vote. In 1886 Gladstone appointed him Surveyor General of the Ordnance, and from 1892 to 1895 he was financial secretary to the War Office. Most of the letters are of a political nature (Liberal Cabinet and party members), including one from Gladstone proposing his appointment as Surveyor General of the Ordnance. Others cover his time as local MP, and in his official capacity at the Wedgwood Institute in Burslem, where he would invite speakers, often leading people of the day, for example Charles Dickens who politely declines 'to read' in a one page letter with his typical signature flourish. Three letters from William Morris on the other hand, confirm a more favourable response to an invitation by Woodall. The contemporary albums are in rather tired condition, some of covers are detached. Letters or notes in the first album include: W Gladstone, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (2), J G Rogers, Sir John Hibbert, Arthur Peel, Lord Ripon, Lord Granville, etc. Album two: Sir Edward Grey, Robert Hanbury, Lord Dartmouth, George Duke of Cambridge, Lord Curzon, Sir Oliver Lodge, Shaw Lefevre, Richard Temple, Wilson Barrett (Savage Club), Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Gertrude Tennant, poem by Lady Currie (pen name 'Violet Fane'), Fridtjof Nansen signature, etc. Album three: Henry M Stanley photograph with signature below 1891, Harry Furniss, Elizabeth Lynn Linton, T P O'Connor, George Grossmith, Field Marshall Francis Grenfell, Nora Philipps, G Lawson, Richard Temple, George Russell, Princess Louise, Henry Broadhurst, the Bechuana Chiefs' signatures with press cutting (visiting Britain in 1895 to protest against the proposed annexation of their land), Henry Irving, William Martin Conway, Earl of Crewe, G A Henty, Sir Oliver Lodge, Earl of Clarendon, Emily Crawford, etc. Album four: Gladstone (3), Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Sir William Harcourt, Sir Henry Roscoe, Stuart Rendel (several), etc. Album five: Arthur Peel, Lord Wolseley, Thomas Ellis, Ellen Terry, Arthur Collins, Field Marshall Evelyn Wood, Augustus Hare, Kate Greenaway, Philip Morris (artist), Lord Dartmouth, Rudyard Kipling (1890), Lord Crewe, Sir Charles Wyndham Murray, Haddon Chambers (playwright), Henry John Yeend King, Dinah Craik (author), Maud Beerbohm Tree, Sir Lewis Morris (poet), Dorothy Stanley, Campbell-Bannerman, Stanley Baldwin 1931 tls to Mr Howard Figgis, etc. Album six: Gladstone, Charles Dickens 1863, declining to read in Burslem, Garibaldi 1861 from Caprera, John Ruskin 1864 sending four of his works to the Wedgwood Institute library, Lord Granville, Thomas Carlyle 1869 blue pencil note '...the utility of your enterprise will depend mainly on yourÉ in selecting books, on your earnestly and religiously choosing books that are nourishment to the mind of a man, and vigourously rejecting what are poison (by far the more numerous class at present)'*, Samuel Smiles, John Bright, Henri d'Orleans Duc d'Aumale, William Macready (actor, x 2), Mrs Gladstone, The Duke of Devonshire, William Rathbone, John Stuart Mill, Lord Shrewsbury, John Lewis Ricardo MP 8pp als to MacIntyre (at Burslem), Lord Derby 1870, George Goschen, Sir Charles Dilke (2), Henry Stacy Marks (RA), G A Henty, William Fraser Rae, Sir Smith Child, Sir Rowland Hill (1869), etc. *Woodall actively sought books for the Institute Library, a wing of which he paid for. Album seven: Gladstone, appointing him Under Secretary of the War Department (1892), Campbell-Bannerman on the same subject, Lord Wolseley, Lord Crewe (inquiring about a plaque by Louis Solon of Minton), Harry Furniss, the Hon T F Bayard, Lord Dartmouth proposing a visit by Princess Louise to the Potteries to open the School of Art at Burslem, Lord Granville, Marquis of Lorne on the Princess's visit to Burslem, Herbert Gladstone, W St John Brodrick, Frank Topham (artist), Hubert von Herkomer, Arthur Peel, Marcus Stone (RA), Sir Edward Poynter, Ellen Thornycroft Fowler (novelist), Charles Hopwood, Miss Lydia Becker on suffrage and the amendment re married/unmarried women, Lord Dartmouth, Lord Roberts, Sir Luke Fildes, Millicent Duchess of Sutherland, Mary Howitt (author, x 2), Ughtred Kay Shuttleworth, John Toole (actor), Frederick Treves (surgeon), G A Henty (2), E Lynn Linton, Sir L Alma Tadema, Lord Kitchener, Margaret Oliphant (2), Henry M Stanley and Dorothy Stanley, Lord Curzon, etc. Album eight: W St John Brodrick, General Sir Redvers Buller, W S Caine, Campbell-Bannerman, Lord Sutherland, Herbert Gladstone, Philip Stanhope (Earl of Chesterfield), T F Bayard, George Duke of Cambridge, Margot Asquith, R W Hanbury, Sir William Harcourt, etc. Album nine: Charles Hopwood, G A Henty, Sir Ralph Knox, E Lynn Linton, Sir George Leveson-Gower, Baron Monkswell, M Oliphant, Hugh Glizean Reid, Sir Wemyss Reid, Lord Roberts, Lord Rosebery, Marcus Stone, Sir Benjamin Stone, Genevieve Ward, Evelyn Wood, Dorothy Stanley, William Howitt (author), 1924 Lloyd George tls to Henry Woodall, etc. Album ten: Lord Iveagh (to Mr Figgis 1917), 2 group photographs of Woodall with four friends, Sir John Lentaigne, John Tenniel, Frederick Barnard, Henry Pettitt, Luke Fildes, George Grossmith, Harry Furniss, Charles Dickens 1863 single page declining to read for the Wedgwood Memorial Committee, Samuel Smiles, Mark Lemon (editor of Punch), John Galsworthy (1927) 'Dear SirÉ' (a short note), Sir Swire Smith, Lucy Baldwin to Mr Figgis 1929 on 10 Downing Street paper, Frances Balfour to Lady Lucy (Baldwin), etc. Small Box of loose letters: William Morris (x 3, on travel arrangements to Burslem), E Lynn Linton, Francis Schnadhorst (founder of the National Liberal Association), Joseph Arch, George W E Russell, M Oliphant, Mary Howitt, Sidney Colvin, Gilbert Redgrave, J P O'Connor, J A Spender (editor of the Westminster Gazette), Louis Solon (with small sketch), etc

Darlington. Plan of The Friend's Property in the Township of Darlington in the County of Durham, 1848, J. Sowerby, Surveyor, hand-coloured plan with views of buildings, 760mm x 1250mm with folds, some wear to margins; [with] Eighteen Sheets of Plans and Elevations of individual Quaker family houses, including North Lodge, Southend, Feethams, Polam, Blackwell, Marske Hall, properties at Cotherstone, and houses in Northgate, hand-coloured, 402mm x 697mm each, some torn at central fold (19)

A 9ct gold cigarette case of rectangular form, hand engraved inside with initials CSB and presentation message to read C S Spencer Bainbridge Assoc. M Inst. CE. PASI. MIM & CY.E. Borough Engineers and Surveyor, Town Hall, Euston Road NW1, with fine engine turned decoration, London 1934

An unusual Arctic exploration pair awarded to the Rev. George Fisher, late Royal Navy, a Chaplain and Astronomer in the 1818 and 1821-23 Expeditions, and afterwards the Principal of Greenwich Hospital School: the only Chaplain and one of two Astronomers entitled to the Arctic 1818-55 Medal, his important scientific observations later filled 300 pages of Parry’s published journal Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed as issued; Westminster Fire Office Medal, silver, the reverse with old engraved inscription, ‘Mr. George Fisher, Elected 17th Augt. 1809’, 40mm., generally good very fine (2) £1200-1500 Ex Len Matthews collection, who purchased the above described awards in a charity auction held in 1990, when offered with a quantity of unrelated family documents; and Spink, 30 November 1999 (Lot 489). George Fisher was born at Sunbury, Middlesex in July 1794, the son of a surveyor, James Fisher, and his wife Henrietta. One of a large family left to the care of a widowed mother when James died in 1797, George Fisher received little early education before entering the office of the Westminster (Fire) Insurance Company aged 14 years in 1808. Employed as a clerk, it is probable, too, that he served as a porter, in which role he would have been responsible for the removal and protection of items from fire-damaged properties. More certain is the fact his ‘devotion to uncongenial duties won the respect and rewards of his employers’, reference no doubt to his silver Westminster Fire Office Medal. In 1817, and having likely come into contact with noted scientists of the day as a result of his work at Westminster, Fisher entered St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, but his studies were put on hold as a result of recurring illness - and his appointment as an Astronomer to the forthcoming Arctic Expedition, an appointment made on the recommendation of the President and Council of the Royal Society. Referred to in Admiralty instructions as ‘Mr. Fisher, who is represented to us as a gentleman well skilled in Astronomy, Natural History, and various branches of knowledge’, he was provided with assorted scientific instruments to assist his observations and research, pioneering work on the physical, chemical and physiological consequences of the Arctic climate. Astronomer to the 1818 Expedition Four ships under Admiralty orders participated in the 1818 Expedition, setting sail on 21 April - H.M. ships Alexander and Isabella were ordered to find a North-West Passage, while the Trent and Dorothea - Fisher's ship - were to seek a passage from the Svalbard Islands by way of the North Pole to the Bering Strait, and thence to the Pacific Ocean, courses of action resulting from a belief that there was an ‘Open Polar Sea ‘, a theory that existed until the final decades of the 19th century. Be that as it may, the Trent and Dorothea safely reached their rendezvous at Magdalena Bay, on the north-west coast of Spitzbergen Island, where they remained for some days surveying the harbour. On putting out to sea again on 7 June, the ice soon closed-in and both ships became entrapped, but they later found refuge at Fair Haven on 28 June, in the extreme north-west of Spitzbergen. Setting out again on 6 July, they penetrated to 80¼ 34'N, the most northerly limit of their voyage, before encountering an impenetrable barrier of ice and again being entrapped. Eventually, however, the ships broke clear, but then ran into a gale in which they were severely damaged. Once more finding refuge in Fair Haven, and having made temporary repairs, the expedition sailed for home on 30 August, thereby bringing to a close the Royal Navy’s last attempt to sail a ship across the ‘Open Polar Sea ‘. In spite of the unforgiving ice and sea, a scientific harvest was reaped from the expedition, based on Fisher's experiments on the length of the pendulum at Spitzbergen. An abstract of these experiments eventually saw print in an appendix of A Voyage of Discovery Towards The North Pole by Beechey. In addition, the results of Fisher's observations of the ships' chronometers during the voyage were embodied in a paper read before the Royal Society on 8 June 1820, entitled On the Errors in Longitude as Determined by Chronometers at Sea, Arising from the Action of the Iron in the Ships upon the Chronometers. Astronomer and Chaplain to Parry’s 1821-23 Expedition It was about this time that Fisher evidently took Holy Orders, in order to become a Naval Chaplain, and it was in this role, and again as Astronomer on the recommendation of the Royal Society, that he joined William Parry's second North-West Passage Expedition. In April 1821, H.M.S. Fury - Fisher's ship - and Hecla were sent by the Admiralty to search for a passage along the west coast of the unexplored Foxe Basin in the northern reaches of Hudson Bay, and north of Repulse Bay. Parry subsequently became the first to sail through Frozen Strait, but in late August, having found no passage through Repulse Bay, he explored the coast of Melville Peninsula northward, naming, among other features, Haviland Bay, Bushnan and Vansittart Islands, Gore Bay and Lyon and Hoppner Islets. He also examined two inlets by boat, sailing as far as Ross Bay. Wintering with his comrades at ‘Winter Island ‘, off south-east Melville Peninsula, Fisher set up his portable observatory ashore, in which task he was ably assisted by his servant, Able Seaman Henry Siggers. Numerous wide-ranging experiments were conducted, among them those of value to navigators in high latitudes, including comparative tests of compasses and numerous observations to determine refraction when stars were observed near the horizon in very cold weather. He also measured the velocity of sound, the contraction of a series of different metal bars at low temperatures, and the behaviours of various chemicals. While in 1822, he discovered the liquidization of gases, especially chlorine - one year ahead of the noted English chemist and physicist Michael Faraday, who is usually credited with being the first to liquefy chlorine. On 1 February 1822, Eskimos visited Fisher and his comrades, spending much of the winter in their company, thereby enabling them to make detailed observations of their customs and language. Leaving their winter quarters on 2 July - and using an Eskimo map of the region - the Fury and Hecla explored north along the east coast of Melville Peninsula. More Eskimos were encountered at Igloolik and afterwards the entrance to Fury and Hecla Strait was discovered. Ice, however, prevented Parry from passing through the strait, but overland journeys confirmed that it led west into open sea - in fact, this was the entrance to the southernmost possible North-West Passage, but modern knowledge confirms that ice conditions made it impassable to sailing vessels. Parry returned to Igloolik Island and established winter quarters at that place, where the expedition again had much contact with Eskimos during the winter and Fisher once more set up his portable observatory ashore, patiently continuing his valuable experiments. Leaving those quarters in August 1823, Parry made a second attempt to sail through Fury and Hecla Strait, but was again unsuccessful and, fearing the onset of scurvy, he abandoned the effort and returned home. This was the last major attempt to find a North-West Passage through Hudson Bay, and the search for an elusive passage continued in more northern latitudes. Parry's journal made specific note of Rev. Fisher's advancements in the departments of science: ‘I have the most sincere pleasure in offering my testimony to the unabated zeal and perseverance with which under circumstances of no ordinary difficulty from climate, and in spite of frequent ill health, he continued to pursue every object which could tend to the improvement of Astronomy and Navigation, and to the interests of Science in general.’ Indeed, of Parry's 800-page publishe

Five: Sapper J. M. Watermeyer, 95 Bomb Disposal Company, South African Engineers 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War medals; Africa Service Medal 1939-45, all officially inscribed ‘231237 J. M. Watermeyer’, good very fine and better (5) £80-100 John Maitland Watermeyer was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia in August 1916 but was working as a surveyor in South Africa at the outbreak of hostilities. Enlisting in the Union Defence Force at East London in July 1942, he was embarked for the Middle East in August 1943, where he served in 95 Bomb Disposal Company, S.A.E.C. until April 1944. Transferring to 21 Field Company, S.A.E.C. in the latter month, he served in Italy from June 1944 until August 1945, and was discharged in January 1946; sold with copied service record.

FOUR WATERCOLOURS OF THE ROMAN MOSAICS on the floor of Chedworth Villa, Gloucestershire by G.F. Hensley, surveyor, two initialled and dated October 1865 and another signed and dated 1865, watercolour and pen on paper, each approximately 16 3/4" x 20 3/4" (4) (see part illustration)

Staffordshire.- Hill (R., surveyor).

Bell (Thomas, land surveyor.

a Victorian Snuff Box, William & Edward Turnpenny, Birmingham 1845, rectangular with engine turned incurved sides, the cover inscribed within a C scroll cartouche "... To Mr JOHN-BEEDLE Tide Surveyor, Cleveland Port, ... Oct 1848", 7.5cm long, 2oz 19dwt See illustration

A coloured cartographic map of the Rogate Estate in Rogate and Chithurst, scale 4 inches to a mile, folded with separate terrier also folded, surveyor unknown, in leather slip case

Jared Hill, Surveyor in Canterbury (drawn 1722) – Pen, ink and watercolour - “A Mapp & Description of Several Estates in the County of Kent belonging to Peter Godfrey Esq, in the Parishes of Sellindge, Lympne, Kingsnorth, Aldington and Bilsington” – The detailed estate plan showing eight small maps with key and armorial to top left corner within stylised leaf pattern border, on velum, 29ins x 41ins, in oak frame and glazed

“The Report Book of Ashford Parochial Charities 1903-1931”, written in ink by hand by Surveyor, Alfred J. Burrows, complete with two hand drawn plans of land owned by the Charities (one velum covered volume), and three design plans, all drawn by Alfred J. Burrows (1893-1907) - “Cottages at Little Chart”, “House at Kennington”, and “House at Pluckley”

19thC surveyor/architect's instrument stamped W+S Jones, Holborn London

A SET OF DIAMOND SCALES, THE DIAMOND AND GOLD EXCHANGE, THE CLUB, PRETORIA, Members only and Littenfield & Co. Approved contract clients, The Property of J. Rissik, Surveyor General. 16 ins high.

The superb Army Gold Cross group to General Sir Ulysses Bagenal Burgh, G.C.B., K.T.S., Second Lord Downes, 92nd Foot, Aide de Camp and Assistant Military Secretary to the Duke of Wellington throughout the Peninsular War The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, G.C.B. (Military) Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1814, makers mark IN for John Northam, and breast star in silver, gold and enamels, enamel damaged on upper reverse arm, otherwise a magnificent set; Army Gold Cross 1806-14, for Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nive, and Toulouse, 1 clasp, Nivelle (Lt. Coll. Ulysses Burgh / Aid de Camp to the / Comr. of the Forces) with additional clasp, Pyrenees, with original gold swivel-ring bar suspension, but lacking intermediary gold suspension ring and usual ribbon fitments; Field Officers Gold Medal 1808-14, for Vittoria (Lt. Coll. U. Burgh, Aid de Camp) lacking gold ribbon buckle; Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes DOnor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca (Lord Downes, K.C.B. Capt. 92nd Foot & A.D.C.); Portugal, Military Order of the Tower and Sword, Knight Commanders set of insignia, comprising neck badge in solid gold, and breast star by Beaugeois, Paris, silver and enamels with gold motto and central device and gold applique tower, together with engraved portrait print of Lord Downes, in uniform wearing decorations, in gilt frame surmounted by Barons Coronet, the whole displayed in an ornate gilt frame, generally good very fine or better (7) £35000-40000 Ulysses Bagenal de Burgh was born in Dublin on 15 August 1788, the only son of Thomas Burgh, Comptroller-general and Commissioner of the revenue of Ireland. After attending Trinity College, Dublin, Burgh was commissioned as Ensign into the 54th Foot on 31 March 1804, being promoted Lieutenant in the following November and Captain in October 1806. During this period he served at Gibraltar, where he was spared the ravages of yellow fever, and afterwards in the West Indies. In November 1808 he transferred, as a Captain, to the 92nd Highlanders, and went to Portugal as Aide de Camp to Sir John Craddock. On the latters recall home he stayed in Portugal as A.D.C. to Craddocks successor, Sir Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, a close friend of his fathers. Burgh was also Wellingtons Assistant Military Secretary and remained on his Staff for the remainder of the Peninsular War. Burgh was present at the battle of Talavera, was slightly wounded while at Sir Arthurs side, and was mentioned in his despatch. After the battle of Busaco he carried Wellingtons victory despatch to England and was promoted Major in March 1811. On returning to the Peninsular he took part in the actions of Fuentes DOnoro, El Boden, the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, and the battle of Salamanca. After Wellingtons triumphal entry intyo Madrid in August 1812, he again carried home a despatch to England and was consequently advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel. Once more back with Wellington, he was at the battles of Vittoria and the Pyrenees, the storming of St Sebastian, the battle of Nivelle, where he had a horse killed under him, the battles of Nive and Toulouse, where he was once again wounded. At the conclusion of hostilities in 1814, Burgh transferred, as Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, to the 1st Foot Guards, and served briefly with his Company at Brussels. For his services in the Peninsular he was made a Knight Commander of the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword and, on 2 January 1815, one of the first Knight Commanders of the Bath. He also received the Gold Cross and one clasp for Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse, and, once it became available in 1848, the Military General Service medal with clasps for Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes DOnor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, and Salamanca. In March 1820 he was appointed Surveyor-General of the Ordnance and an Executive Member of the Board of Ordnance, remaining in that post until 1830, when Wellingtons administration came to an end. In addition to his military duties, he served as Member of Parliament for County Carlaw from 1818-26, and for Queensborough from 1826-30. He succeded his second cousin once removed as the 2nd Baron Downes in 1826, the title formerly held by William Downes, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland from 1803-22, and created with special remainder to Ulysses Burgh. Inheriting a substantial residence in County Kildare, he became a representative Irish peer in 1833, but was not poliotically active, although he did support Peel over repeal of the corn laws. He advanced to Major-General in January 1837, and to Lieutenant-General in November 1846. He had been appointed Colonel of the 54th Foot in April 1845, and was then Colonel of the 29th Foot from August 1850 until his death. He was married twice; firstly, in 1815 to Maria, daughter and heir of the late Walter Bagenal of Athy, County Kildare, and thereafter added Bagenal to his name; and secondly, in 1846, to Christopheria, widow of John Willis Fleming and daughter of James Buchanan. In 1848 he was authorized to take the name de Burgh in lieu of Burgh. Downes acted as pallbearer on 28 July 1855, at the funeral of Lord Raglan, Wellingtons military secretary in the Peninsula and more recently commander of British troops in the Crimea. Promoted to General in June 1854, two years later Downes received the Russian Order of St Anne, 2nd Class, and was appointed G.C.B. in May 1860. He died on 26 July 1863 at Bert House, Athy, County Kildare, and with no male heir, the peerage became extinct. Sold with some further research including an original manuscript note, signed by Downes, admitting the bearer to the Gallery of the House of Lords, dated 11 July 1862.

Queens Sudan 1896-98 (3492 Pte. W. Mooney, 21/L/crs.) contact marks, nearly very fine £1400-1800 William Mooney was born in the Parish of St. Pauls, Dublin. A Surveyor by occupation, he attested for service with the 21st Hussars at Canterbury on 6 October 1892, aged 19 years. With the Hussars (becoming Lancers in 1897), he served in India, September 1893-October 1896, and Egypt and Sudan, October 1896-June 1899. In the Sudan he served in "B" Squadron of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman. Private Mooney was discharged from the Army on 7 May 1907, having been found medically unfit for further service. Sold with copied attestation and discharge papers and other research.

GRAND EIRIE CANAL. 2pp ALS from a surveyor dated Harrisburg 10th April 1824; plus 14 other misc ALS late 18th and early 19th C.

Military History - Hawker, Colonel Peter. The diary of Colonel Peter Hawker 1802-1853. London, 1893, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, original cloth gilt, some foxing; Fergusson, B. The Black Watch and the King's enemies. London, 1950, 8vo, original cloth, foxing; Groves, J. Percy With claymore and bayonet or the Ross-shire Buffs. London, 1895, 8vo, illustrated, original decorative cloth gilt, backstrip faded; Mackenzie, W.C. Colonel Colin Mackenzie, first surveyor-general of India. London, 1952, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, faded; Cooper King, C. The story of the British Army. London, 1897, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, original red cloth gilt, faded; Smith, Sir Harry The autobiography of... London, 1901, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontspiece, later red half morocco, interior clean; Yeomanry An abridgement of the regulations for the formations and movements of the cavalry. London, 1838, 8vo, plates, inscription of A. Gibson Maithland of the Royal Midlothian yeomanry cavalry, July 1843, contemporary cloth; Hammond, Capt. M. Memoir of... London, 1859, sixth edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt; Nolan, Edward Henry The history of the war against Russia. London: Virtue, [c.1855-95], 8vo, 8 volumes, 72 plates, original red cloth gilt, some foxing; Grieve, Capt. W. Tunnellers, the story of the tunnelling companies, Royal Engineers, during the World War. London, 1936, 8vo, illustrated, original blue cloth gilt (19) Provenance: From the library of Glendoune House,

John Loudon McAdam (1756-1836). A manuscript letter, addressed to Thomas Hinckley of Lichfield, commenting on plans 'to have the Edinburgh & Dublin Mails quickened', dated Bristol 27th May 1825, postmarked Bristol the same day, with an applied official black wax seal (of indistinct impression). Note: Originally from Ayr, in Lanarkshire, McAdam had moved south to first Exeter and then Bristol by 1816. He was appointed surveyor to the Bristol Turnpike Trust, and in 1820 was made 'Surveyor-General of the Metropolitan Roads'.

LEYBOURN (William) The Compleat Surveyor, 5th edition 1722, folio, frontispiece portrait, folding diagrammatic plates, spotting and browning, in worn panel calf; [Gough?] An Essay... of Geography in Great Britain and Ireland, 1780, 4to, folding plates, in worn later half binding (2)

Surveying. SIMMS (F W) A Treatise on the Principal Mathematical Instruments, 1834, inscribed by the author, boards; CROCKER (A) Land Surveying, 4th edition, rebound; HAMMOND (J) The Practical Surveyor, 1725, spotted, with another copy 1731; BREAKS (T) Land Surveying, 2nd edition 1778; FLETCHER (A) The Universal Measurer, Whitehaven 1752-53; all 8vo, with illustrations, rather age worn (6)

John Ogilby The Road from Carlisle, Cumbria to Barwick. Hand coloured map Gr Lichen, Surveyor, 32x46cm View of St Andrews in the County of Fife, Caledonian Canal, Inverness & Fort Willam, Scottis C. Railway HQ drawing Castle Sinclair aquaprint, Dunstaffnage Castle, Perth. Three views of Edinburgh, Golf courses of Scotland, and Elgin Cathedral (12)

Silk map. Bodger (John), A Chart of the Beautiful Fishery of Whittlesea Mere in the County of Huntingdon and of such Navigable Rivers with which from their Spring Heads to their Influx into the Sea, Sold by the Proprietor John Bodger Land Surveyor, at Stilton, Mr. Debrett No. 178 Piccadilly; and Mr. Boydell No. 90 Cheapside London, 1 May 1786, engraved map printed on silk with inset map of the country surrounding Whittlesea Mere, tiny hole in the centre of the map but generally in very bright condition, 480 x 665mm (1)

Hammond (John). The Practical Surveyor: Shewing, Ready and Certain Methods for Measuring, Mapping and Adorning all Sorts of Lands and Waters, by the Several Instruments now in use: Particularly, of a New Theodolite, 2nd ed., carefully revised, corrected and enlarged, 1731, eng. frontis and twelve folding eng. plts. (2 with several flaps demonstrating the perspective drawing of buildings), contemp. sheep, neatly rebacked, 8vo (1)

Hammond, John, & Warner, Samuel. The Practical Surveyor: Containing the Most Approved Methods for Surveying of Lands and Waters..., third edition, for Heath, London 1750. Full speckled calf, engraved frontispiece, four further folding plate illustrations (only), octavo (lacking spine strip); Webster, William. An Essay on Book-Keeping, According to the True Italian Method of Debtor and Creditor, by Double Entry, seventh edition, for Brown and Hitch, London 1740. Full panelled calf, octavo; Fisher, George. Arithmetick in the Plainest and Most Concise Methods Hitherto Extant, sixth edition, for Hitch, London 1744. Full calf, octavo (covers torn; joints repaired; annotations throughout); Robertson, J. A Compleat Treatise of Mensuration in All its Branches..., for Wilcox and Hodges, London 1739. Full calf, three folding engraved plate illustrations, octavo; Watt, Robert. Treatise on the History, Nature, and Treatment of Chincough..., for Smith et al., Glasgow 1813. Original boards, octavo (spine with old cloth repair); and a further five antiquarian works, (10).

Tithe Maps. Wood (Wm. Bryan), surveyor, Banbridge, Chippenham. A collection of 6 Monmouthshire parish plans, surveyed by Wm. Bryan Wood and lithographed by Standidge & Co., London, on the scale 6 chains to an inch, comprising the Parishes of Llansoy, 1842; Micheltroy (on 2 sheets), 1845; Raglan (on 2 sheets), 1843; Gwernesney (mounted on linen), 1843; Llangeview, 1843; and Bettws Newidd, 1843; plus an additional original pen-and-ink plan, believed to be of Monkswood; various sizes, the sheets varying between 1090 x 760 mm and 760 x 550 mm, some soiling and creasing at the edges, four of the maps with the accompanying manuscript tabular reference books, giving details of land owners, occupiers, reference number on the map, names and description of the land, state (arable, pasture, wood, garden, etc.) and quantity; two books per map, one listed numerically by map reference, the other alphabetically by landowner, with the books only relating to the Parish of Llanishen, without the map, one of the books in printed form, with a printed title-page with imprint of Shaw & Sons Printers and Publishers of the Books and Papers of the Tithe and Factory Commissions, with the indelible stamp of the Tithe Commission, repeated in one other book, the volumes generally stained, with some wear, in wrappers, small folio. (-)

Leybourn (William). The Compleat Surveyor: containing the whole art of surveying of land ..., the third edition, corrected and enlarged, with the addition of three entire books not before printed, 1674,. title printed in red and black, eng. port. frontis., five eng. folding plates, two eng. illusts. to text, woodcut diags., initials and headpieces, old marginal waterstaining to first few leaves, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, rubbed, joints cracked and some wear to extrems., folio. Wing L1909. (1)

Walker (J. & C.). The Indian Atlas, Published According to Act of Parliament by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the Honble. East India Company, 1st Feb 1827. Engraved by J. & C. Walker, 2 vols., 1827-30, twenty-four maps on a scale of four miles to the inch, sectionalised on linen, (unfolded size approx. 40 x 26 in), hand-col in outline-British Territory marked in red, Independent States in green, the rest are under British Protection; the maps are numbered on the verso 2-25 (no. 1 being the Index to the Indian Atlas); contemp. half calf, covers detached and backstrips deficient, contemp. ownership signature of Lieut. Col. James to front f.e.p. of vol. 1, 4to The index map conforms to the description given in Phillimore's 'Historical Records of the Survey of India' vol 3., p.286. On the Index sheet the maps in the two volumes are shaded red as the Surveyor General in India, and are all (but two) that were available at the time the Atlas was put together. The two sheets coloured in the Index but not present are nos. 69 & 70 around Pannah to the south-east of Delhi. The surveyors involved are identified on each sheet, these include Col. C. Mackenzie, Capts. J.A. Hodgson, J.D. Herbert, J. Garling, B.S. Ward, W.S. Webb, Bedford, Jones, Lieuts. Wilcox, Bedingfield, T. Fisher, R. Boileau Pemberton, P.E. Connor, Mountford, W. Scott. The East India Company was great exercised about the lack of sufficiently reliable maps of its dominions and contemporaries described this work as 'the greatest geographical work ever undertaken... '. (2)