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Provincial imprints.- Killinbeck (Rev. John) Eighteen Sermons on Practical Subjects, some corrections inserted by hand, errata bound at end (partially scored out), front free endpaper trimmed at head, scattered spotting, later calf, cracked hinges, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, Nottingham, by Will. Ayscough, for John Swale, and sold by him at shops in Leeds, and Wakefield, 1717 § A Treatise directing to understand the reading of the Word of God. The True End of the Law and Gospel ..., 2 vol. in 1, Nottingham, by John Collyer, 1724, bound before, The One Necessary Thing to be Sought. Briefly Touched. In a Four-Fold Dialogue ... Nottingham, 1724, trimmed, occasionally touching page number or headlines, faint spotting and staining, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, later calf, rebacked, paper library label to upper cover, a little rubbed § The Book of Common Prayer ...,  woodcut illustrations, small loss to title at gutter affecting odd letters, neat strenthening to edges, previous owner's ink signature to title, chipping and small loss to edges of 1 or 2 ff. with neat tissue repairs, paper wrapper with ink signature dated 1900 bound-in, modern morocco-backed boards, lightly sunned spine, Newark-upon-Trent, by J. Tomlinson and S. Creswell, 1778; and another similar, with a Nottingham imprint, 8vo & 4to (4).

[LITERATURE] Shakespeare's Dramatic Works; with Explanatory Notes. To which is now added, a cotious index to the remarkable passages and words by the Rev. Samuel Ayscough, printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1740, in two volumes, full calf, uniformly bound with gilt tooling to the boards and spine,

Local Interest. Deering (Charles, M.D.), Nottinghamia vetus et nova, or an Historical Account of the Ancient and Present State of the Town of Nottingham [...], first edition, Nottingham: Printed by and for, George Ayscough, & Thomas Willington, 1751, pp: vi, [2], 13, [1], 370, 24 engraved plates, of which 6 are folding, lacking plan, 6 letterpress leaves of tables, rebacked contemporary calf, 4to

Natural History. [Botany] Wood (John Frederick, FHS), The Midland Florist and Suburban Horticulturist, volumes I-VIII, London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1847-54, mixed contemporary bindings, 12mo in 6s, [Provincial Imprint] Deering (Charles), Catalogus Stirpium, &c., or, A Catalogue of Plants, Naturally growing and commonly cultivated in divers (sic) Parts of England, More efpecially (sic) about Nottingham [...], first and only edition, Nottingham: Printed for the Author, by G. Ayscough, and fold (sic) by C. Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard (sic), London 1738, unexamined, contemporary calf boards, repaired and rebacked, 8vo, [Henry 620], Lowe (Robert), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Nottingham, London: Printed for Richard Phillips, et al., 1798, folding hand-coloured map frontispiece, 20th c cloth over boards, etc., (14) Ex-lib, sold with any faults and as such not liable to return.

Natural History, Medical and Botany. Blancard (Stephen)/[Blankaart (Steven)], The Physical Dictionary [...], fourth edition, London: Printed for Sam. Crouch and John Sprint, and are to be sold by William Davis, 1702, black-ruled title-page with some Gothic black letter, complete, pp: [iv], 334, [2] (advertisement leaf), double-page copperplate-engraved Latin-English table, title slightly soiled, otherwise generally fresh with a little foxing, some movement, recto ffep loose, verso ffep lacking, contemporary panelled speckled calf, lower-cover just attached, further splits, bumped and rubbed throughout, some losses, red speckled edges, 8vo, [&] Deering (Charles), Catalogus Stirpium, &c. or, A Catalogue of Plants Naturally growing and commonly cultivated in divers Parts of England, More especially about Nottingham [...], sole edition, Nottingham: Printed for the Author, by G. Ayscough, et al., 1738, a defective copy, wormed until signature N, contemporary panelled two-tone calf, worn and split with some losses, 8vo in 4s, (2) Provenance: 1st: Tho:s Ellis, contemporary ink MS ownership inscription to title-page.

Local Interest. Deering (Charles, M.D.), Nottinghamia vetus et nova, or an Historical Account of the Ancient and Present State of the Town of Nottingham [...], first edition, Nottingham: Printed by and for, George Ayscough, & Thomas Willington, 1751, lacking title, otherwise unexamined, contemporary reverse calf, split and repaired, 4to, two Nottingham election Poll Books, Nottingham: R. Sutton, 1830 & 1855, some repairs and institutional stamps, 20th c morocco over cloth, 12mo in 6s, [India & the 1857 Mutiny] Meek (The Rev. Robert, of Sutton Bonington), The Martyr of Allahabad, first edition, London: James Nisbet & Co., 1857, portrait frontispiece, original publisher's cloth, some blind-stamps, 8vo, three volumes of Robin Hood's Garlands, 1792, 1800 and n.d. [c. 1800], each chapbook defective &/or repaired, cloth, mixed sizes, Creswell's History of Printing, 1863, original wrappers, repaired, 4to, two of Sir Joseph Bright's scrapbooks of newspaper, journal and periodical clippings, c. 1890, repaired contemporary bindings, 4to, Terrier of the Chamber & Bridge Estates, Corporation of Nottingham, 1871, contemporary floppy roan, oblong folio (33.5 x 44cm), Pendock Barry Barry versus James Butlin, 1836, defective, lacking all prelims, unexamined thereafter, 20th c black cloth, folio (45 x 28.5cm), two volumes of Chaworth's Hunting Songs & Poems, the Belvoir Hunt, Sherwood Gazetteer volume I, some local imprints, etc,. (24) Ex-lib, sold with any faults and as such not liable to return.

Local Interest. Deering (Charles, M.D.), Nottinghamia vetus et nova, or an Historical Account of the Ancient and Present State of the Town of Nottingham [...], first edition, Nottingham: Printed by and for, George Ayscough, & Thomas Willington, 1751, folding and full-page plates, some repaired, rebacked calf with further signs of repair, 4to, Whitby (H. Seely), The Water Veteran's Dinner, Empress Rink, Nottingham, Tuesday June 20th, 1911, printed within decorative turquoise borders, illustrated, original cloth, worn, oblong 8vo, Wylie (William Howie), Old and New Nottingham, volume I only, second edition, London: Longman, et al., 1855, repaired original cloth, 8vo, & Thoroton Sociery Transactions, volumes XXXVII, 1933, XXXIX, 1935, & XLII, 1938, original wrappers, 8vo, (6)  Provenance: 1st: Charles Ichabod Wright (1828-1905), of Stapleford Hall, Nottingham, banker, MP and JP; recto pastedown with ink MS inscription dated 1868. The Deering sold uncollated.

Nottinghamshire.- Deering (Charles) Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova, or An Historical Account of the Ancient and Present State of the Town of Nottingham, first edition, 25 engraved plates or plans, 7 folding, bookplate of Sir Edward Fraser, title with 18th century ink ownership inscription to head, 2 folding plates and one plan trimmed within image and laid down on linen, with a few repaired tears and very small portions of loss, a few other plates with minor tears but no loss, L4 with closed horizontal tear, 2T1 with small hole causing loss to signature, light offsetting, some light browning or foxing, heavier towards end, later cloth, rubbed, Nottingham, George Ayscough & Thomas Willington, 1751 § Ward (James) A Descriptive Catalogue of Books Relating to Nottinghamshire in the Library of James Ward, 2 vol. including Supplement, vol. 1 with presentation inscription "With Jas Wards' Kind regards to Mr J. Dobson" to head of title, Supplement with initialled presentation inscription from the author to half-title, occasional light spotting, endpapers foxed and browned, original plum morocco-backed cloth, rubbed at joints and corners, Supplement with staining to lower cover, Nottingham, privately printed, 1892-98; and others, Nottinghamshire related, including Throsby's History and Antiquities of the Town of Nottingham, 4to & 8vo (6)

† DUNCAN AYSCOUGH; a smoke fired and burnished stoneware vessel with narrow neck and cupped top, incised DA mark, height 21cm, and a raku vase with geometric resist decoration by Jacqui Atkin (2).Condition Report: Ayscough vessel neck broken and re-glued, otherwise appears good with no further signs of faults, damage or restorations.

SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, London, [E. & J. Wright, 1807], folio, engraved portrait, contemporary boards (worn). The first facsimile edition of Shakespeare's first folio. With 3 other related works in 12 vols. (13)SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616).  Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies. London: "Printed by Isaac Jaggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623" [but London: E. & J. Wright, 1807]. Folio (385 x 240mm). Engraved portrait on the title, printed in double column (title browned and stained with repairs to corners, some lighter mainly marginal spotting and staining).  Contemporary green calf-backed boards (rubbed, edges worn). Provenance: "This reprint of the 1st folio has been checked and collated throughout. [?]J. Scott" (pencil inscription and signature to front free endpaper); a few pencil annotations to the text. The first facsimile edition of Shakespeare's first folio. With 3 other related works in 12 vols., namely The History of Sir John Oldcastle, the Good Lord Cobham. By Mr William Shakespear (London, Printed for J. Tonson, 1734, 12mo, engraved frontispiece, later boards), The Works of Shakespear. In Which the Beauties observed by Pope, Warburton, and Dodd, are pointed out (Edinburgh, Printed by A. Donaldson, 1771, 8 vols., 8vo, contemporary calf, some covers detached, other joints split, rubbed) and Shakspeare's Dramatic Works ... A New Edition (Dublin, 1791, 3 vols., 8vo, edited by Samuel Ayscough, 2 engraved portraits, contemporary calf gilt, worn, one cover detached, another lacking and replaced with a modern board). The lot sold not subject to return. (13) 

Ayscough,S. (Ed.).: A general index to the first fifty-six volumes of the Gentleman's magazine. 2 Bde. London, Nichols 1789. IV, 494 S., 1 Bl.; 1 Bl., 368 S. Hldrbde. d. Zt. mit Rsch. (Best. u. berieb.). - Schwach gebräunt, Vors. leimschattig. Titel u. Schnitt mehrfach gestempelt.

William Shakespeare. To include The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, JH Bohte 1823; Samuel Ayscough: An Index of the Remarkable Passages and Words made use of by Shakespeare. Thomas Tegg 1827; Miniature illustrated Shakespeare (8 vols) Charles Tilt 1838.

† DUNCAN AYSCOUGH; a smoke fired and burnished globular stoneware vessel with coiled collar covered in gold leaf, impressed DA mark, height 12cm, a smaller example, and a Jill Shepherd terracotta jar and cover (3).Condition Report: Small shallow chip to foot ring of larger vessel, chips to underside of cover, otherwise appears good with no further signs of faults, damage or restorations.

Fifteen books about the history and culture of China. J. O. P. BLAND and E. BACKHOUSE. 'China Under the Empress Dowager Being the History of the Life and Times of Tzu Hsi,' second impression, original cloth, sun bleaching to spine, some spotting throughout, frontis and plates, William Heinman, London, 1910; FLORENCE AYSCOUGH. 'A Chinese Mirror Being Reflections of the Reality behinnd Appearance,' first edition, original cloth, Jonathan Cape, 1925; GEORGE ERNEST MORRISON. 'An Australian in China,' third edition, original cloth, plates and frontis, Horace Cox, London, 1902; Capt GORDON CASSERLY. 'The Land of the Boxers,' original cloth, spotting throughout, frontis, Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1903; BERTRAND RUSSELL. 'The Problem with China,' first edition, original cloth, spotting throughout, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1922; Rev HAMPDEN C. DuBOSE. 'the Dragon, Image, and Demon or The Three Religons of China...,' original cloth, sunbleached and stained, A. C. Armstrong & Son, New York, 1887; With nine other books about Chinese history and culture. (15)Provenance: From the estate of William Arthur Blackburn Leach.DOB: 2nd Jan 1872.Leach was born in Norwich where he attended a local grammar school, later becoming an apprentice carpenter and engineer. In 1902 after he had qualified, he went to China where he obtained a position in the Public Works Department of the Shanghai Municipal Council. He spent his working life in Shanghai until he left in 1926.During his time in China he held interests in a Christian Mission school and helped to support street children.He seized every opportunity to visit other parts of China and took thousands of photographs. He purchased widely on his travels, particularly woodcarvings, bronzes, traditional kimonos, paintings and porcelain. He treasured silver items and bought much to take home. He travelled home at least four times during his stay in China and these return visits were round-the-world trips in which he travelled through and visited Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Egypt and The Holy Land, the Far East, Canada and USA.On his return to the UK he lived in Northampton where he was a lay preacher and a local councillor. He gave a great many talks on his experiences in China and the many other Countries he had visited.He died in 1962.

HENRY GEORGE CHARLES PERRY-AYSCOUGH AND ROBERT BRUERE OTTER-BARRY: WITH THE RUSSIANS IN MONGOLIA, London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1914, first edition, plates collated complete, folding map at end, original cloth gilt, top edges gilt

1833 letter sent by Captain William King the superintendent of packets at Falmouth & commander of HMS Astrea (which served as Packet Service depot ship 1823-51) via Henry James Mitchell (tailor) in Portsmouth to Captain Ayscough

Deering (Charles)Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova or an Historical Account of the Ancient and Present State of the Town of Nottingham ..., Nottingham: George Ayscough & Thomas Willington, 1751, quarto, vi, [2], 13, [1], 370 pages, 24 plates (5 folding), lacking plan and its reference leaf, 6 leaves of tables, contemporary calf. ESTC T145699, Upcott 1057;[Lambarde (W.)], A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the Description, Hystorie, and Customes of that Shyre ..., Imprinted by Edm. Bollifant, 1596, small quarto in eights, [10], 588, [6] pages, two maps (the folding Beacons map replaced by single page facsimile), title page and final three leaves (Table) replaced by facsimiles, edge wear at end of book with repairs to 2P1-3 (2P2-3 with loss of text), repaired tear to Y7 and 2C4, a little annotation in early hand, some staining, early limp vellum binding with later ties, early manuscript on (now detached) vellum strip used in the binding. ESTC S108239.With two others (4)Kilburne, A Topographie or Survey of the County of Kent, 1659, ex-library

Anthony Ayscough (1910-1939) Saint Nicholas, Mykonos Oil on canvas 40.7 x 50.8cm Provenance: The Lefevre Galleries, London; Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Paintings, 7 December 2011, lot 438, where purchased by the present private collector

LYTTELTON, George Lord - The Works ... published by George Edward Ayscough : 3 vols, portrait frontispiece, tan calf well rebacked with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, J. Dodsley, third edit, 1776. With - The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone : 3 vols, port frontis. tan calf well rebacked with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, R. & J. Dodsley,1764-1769.m (6)

° ° NOTTINGHAM - Deering, Charles - Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova or an Historical Account of ....the Town of Nottingham.....large folded plan and 24 plates (some folded), 3 folded tables; rebound 20th cent. half calf and marbled boards, gilt ruled and panelled spine, 4to. Nottingham: printed by and for, George Ayscough, & Thomas Willington, 1751**CONDITION REPORT**New e/ps., title soiled, certain amount of foxing, fld. view cut close along top edge, fld. plan (v.detailed, almost 27ins. to mile) with v.sm. centrefold tears (minimal loss), but just cropped down lh. side. vii, 370ppPLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Deering (Charles) - Nottinghaemia Vetus et Nova or an Historical Account of the Ancient and Present State of the Town of Nottingham..., engraved map and plates, mottled calf rebacked, 4to, Nottingham: George Ayscough and Thomas Willington 1751 and Rupert Cecil Chicken - An Index to Deering's Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova, Nottingham 1899 (2)

Local Interest - The Nostell Priory Copy, Thoroton (Robert) & Throsby (John, editor), The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire [...], three-volume set, second edition, London: Robert White, et al., 1790, full-page engraved plates, contemporaneous quarter-calf over marbled boards, 4to, (1); Provincial Imprint, Deering (Charles), Nottinghamia vetus et nova [...], first edition, Nottingham: George Ayscough, 1751, lacks 3 plates, contemporary sheep, 4to, (1); two copies of Blackner's Nottingham, 1815, various states, one ex-lib, folio, (2); Dickinson's Newark, 1816, lacks 1 plate, original publisher's boards, 4to, (1); Brown's Newark-upon-Trent, 1879, illustrated with engravings, and with 9 Woodbury Permanent Process photographic prints, original green morocco gilt (rubbed), 4to, (1), [8] Provenance: 1st: Charles Winn (1795-1874), of Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire; his seal armorial bookplate to each pastedown.

Natural History, Botany - Local Interest & Provincial Imprint - Deering (Charles, M.D.), Catalogus Stirpium, &c., or, A Catalogue of Plants, Naturally growing and commonly cultivated in divers (sic) Parts of England, More efpecially (sic) about Nottingham [...], first and only edition, Nottingham: Printed for the Author, by G. Ayscough, and fold (sic) by C. Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard (sic), London 1738, complete, pp: [xx], 231, index [x], 6, [3], 24, contemporary speckled calf binding, rebacked spine preserving original panels and tooled title label, 8vo, [Henry 620], [1] Provenance: 1) Dr Oldershaw, 18th century ink ownership stamp to pastedown; 2) Maggs, Catalogue 1090, 13th February 1989, No. 571.

A George III mahogany stick barometer, by James Ayscough, mid-18th century, the arched case with three pine-cone finials supported on brass Ionic columns, the silvered plate calibrated in barometric inches and with brass adjustment slide, inscribed Ayscough London, the gadrooned trunk above a hemispherical cistern cover, ivory adjustment terminal knop, 101cm high Note: James Ayscough was apprenticed as optician and mathematical instrument maker and worked with J Mann in Fleet Street from about 1740-1748. He was then in business in his own name 'at the great Golden Spectacles, in Ludgate Street, near St. Paul's, London' until about 1760. A fine carved mahogany portable stick barometer is in the Victoria & Albert Museum. Please note Roseberys do not guarantee the working condition of barometers offered for sale. Ivory registration submission reference: 6JYSAYZL This lot contains liquid mercury. If you intend to ship this overseas it is classified as hazardous cargo and will require additional declarations alongside specialist crating/packing. Prior to bidding, please contact your shipper or talk to our specialists for more information.

A pair of George IV Silver Framed Spectacles, or reading glasses with Ayscough-type folding arms, in white metal mounted shagreen case, the glasses hallmarked for London 1823 by James Melville

Deering (Charles) CATALOGUS STIRPIUM..., FIRST EDITION, modern half calf over patterned boards, 8vo, [Henrey 620, Dobbin], Nottingham, G. Ayscough, 1738

NEWTON (ISAAC)Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. The Third Edition, Corrected, JOHN DAVIES' COPY, ANNOTATED AND WITH ADDITIONAL MANUSCRIPT MEMOIR BOUND IN, 12 folding engraved plates (one slightly shaved touching neatline, 2 with minor archival repair to fore-edge), 13 full-page manuscript notes before title, approximately 20 side-notes or minor annotations, modern blindstamped calf antique, red gilt morocco spine label [Babson 135], 8vo, William and John Innys, 1721Footnotes:The enlarged third, and last lifetime, edition of Newton's Opticks, which 'did for light what his Principia had done for gravitation, namely, placed it on a scientific basis' (Babson, quoting Prof. E.W. Brown of Yale University), inscribed, annotated, and with inserted manuscript material by John Davies (1679-1732). Educated at the Charterhouse School, and then Queens' College, Cambridge, for which he was made President in 1717, and vice-chancellor in 1726. It seems probable that Davies would have crossed paths with Newton, as 'the world of scientific learning... did not forget that a man of superlative quality lived and worked in Cambridge' (ODNB) as his reputation grew.Davies was a close friend of the classical scholar Richard Bentley, and an editor of the works of Cicero, Caesar, Lactantius, Minucius Felix, and Maximus of Tyre. He has signed and dated this volume ('I. Davies / 1725') in a practised print hand, and mingled that hand with a fine neat italic elsewhere (for comparison, see British Library MS Stowe 750, fol. 252), in particular for the biographical material. His annotations in Opticks show a close reading of the text, referencing in his side-notes to works by John Locke (Concerning Human Understanding), George Cheyne (An Essay on Health, 1724), John Ray, and the Dutch mathematician Willem Jacob 's Gravesande. Beneath his signature, Davies writes a preliminary comment concerning Newton's notes on colours, sunlight and refractions (citing his chapter on 'Homogeneal light', pp.106-108). Evidence of Davies' reading beyond the text is indicated with long quotation from Swift's Proposal for Correcting the English Tongue (1712), and a couplet from Roscommon's translation of Horace ('Such secrets are not easily found out; But, once discovered, leaves no room for doubt'), and, more obviously related to Newton, on the rear pastedown a two-line 'Epitaph' on Newton copied from a periodical of 1731, and two printed memorial clippings.Of particular interest is Davies's twelve-page manuscript memoir of Newton bound in at the front. This is based very closely on two printed sources, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle's Éloge de Newton (in its English translation of 1728), and the biographical preface to Henry Pemberton's View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy (1728). But Davies revises, corrects, rearranges, and selects from the former, eliminating almost everything regarding the Principia, and adds additional information (e.g., the dates of Newton's Cambridge degrees, the name of Newton's mother – not 'Anne' Ayscough but 'Hannah'). Davies also includes a reference, seemingly absent from both Fontenelle and Pemberton's accounts, to the fact that 'Sr. Isaac in one of his private letters, was of Opinion that the Frame of Nature may be nothing but various Contexture of aetherial Spirits or Vapours condens'd as it were by precipitation...'. This famous speculation is actually not found in a 'private letter', but in Newton's Hypothesis Explaining the Properties of Light discoursed of in my several Papers, as sent to Royal Society, in January 1675/6, and first printed by the Society in December 1675, an indication that Davies was engaging with Newton's writings beyond the more commonly available sources.For a recently-discovered manuscript of another Cambridge man close to Newton, see the notebook of his amanuensis John Wickins sold in these rooms on 31 March 2021.Provenance: John Davies (1679-1732), ownership inscription (dated 1725), notes and annotations; Robert Aytoun, ownership inscription (dated 1820) at inner margin of title-page.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

FREDERIC VILLIERS. 'Port Arthur: Three Months with the Besiegers: A Diurnal of Occurrents,' original coth with calligraphy to front board, b+w photographs, Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1905; 'The War in the Far East 1904-1905: By the Military Correspondent of the Times,' numerous maps and plans Percy Fisher, John Murray, London, 1905; FLORENCE AYSCOUGH. 'A Chinese Mirror: Being Reflections of the Reality behind Appearance,' drawings by Lucille Douglass, quarter cloth, Jonathan Cape, London, 1925; J. DYER BALL. 'Things Chinese or Notes Connected With China,' original yellow cloth with gilt and embossed lantern to front board, fourth edition revised and enlarged, Kelly & Walsh, Hongkong, 1903; J. JOHNSTON ABRAHAM. 'The Surgeon's Log: Impressions of the Far East,' signed and inscribed by the author, Chapman and Hall, London, 1926; H. B. TRISTRAM. 'Rambles in Japan: The Land of the Rising Sun,' original cloth with pictorial gilt tooling to front board, forty-five illustrations by Edward Whymper, The Religious Tract Society, 1895; Plus four other books. (10)

Milton (John), Paradise Lost [?], two-volume set, sixth edition thus, London: J. and R. Tonson, 1763, portrait frontispiece in volume I, later 19th century cloth, 8vo, (2); The Spectator, eight-volume set, London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1747, engraved figural title-page vignettes, contemporary calf, marbled endpapers, Spade Shield Armorial bookplates to each pastedown: John Boyd, 8vo, (8); Temple (Sir William, Bart), The Works, four-volume set, Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton & J. Balfour [?], 1754, contemporary speckled calf, later 18th century Spade Shield Armorial bookplate to each pastedown: Alexander Lord Salton (sic, Saltoun), 8vo, (4); ( Hughes (John, editor), The Works of Mr. Edmund Spenser, six-volume set, first edition thus, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1715, engraved frontispiece to volume I, some plates, contemporary calf gilt, 12mo, (6); Ayscough (George Edward, editor), The Works of George Lord Lyttelton [?], first edition thus, London: J. Dodsley, 1774, portrait frontispiece, contemporary russia gilt over marbled boards, 4to, (1); Lyttelton (George, Lord), The Works [?], The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, Of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne, three-volume set, London: Printed; And Sold by J. Osborn [?], 1736, contemporary panelled calf, 12mo, (3); Myrtle (Marmaduke, Gent), The Lover, Written in Imitation of the Tatler [?], To which is added The Reader [?], London: Printed By and For J. Nichols, 1789, contemporary mottled calf gilt, marbled endpapers, Plain Armorial bookplate: Hicks, 8vo, (1), [24]

Three items of studio pottery, comprising a globular narrow neck vase by Duncan Ayscough, 21cm high, a shorter globular vase by Derick Clarkson together with a plate (3)

Deering (Charles). Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova, or an historical account of the ancient and present state of the town of Nottingham, 1st edition, Nottingham: printed by and for George Ayscough, & Thomas Willington, 1751, folding engraved frontispiece (slightly close trimmed at head), 24 engraved plates and plans, including six folding (folding plan of Nottingham slightly close trimmed to left & right edges), occasional scattered spotting, bookplate of Finborough Library to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, joints cracked and light wear to extremities, 4toQty: (1)Footnote: Upcott p.1057.

° Astle, T. Ayscough, S. & Caley, J. [Ed’s.] Taxatio Ecclesiastica Angliæ et Walliæ Auctoritate P. Nicholai IV. Circa A. D. 1291. Folio, Printed by Command of His Majesty King George III &c. &c. &c. in Pursuance of an Address of the House of Commons of Great Britain, [London] 1802.

A 19th century four drawer telescope plus a telescope lens by Mann and Ayscough

DUNCAN AYSCOUGH; a smoke fired stoneware vessel with narrow neck and cupped top, burnished and lightly incised decoration with gold leaf to cup, impressed DA mark, height 27.5cm, and a bowl with geometric decoration by another hand (2). (D)Additional InformationAppears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org

Lyttelton (Geo. Lord)ÿThe History of the Life of King Henry Second, 6 vols. L. 1769; alsoÿThe Miscellaneous Works of George Lord Lyttelton, ed. by Geo. Ed. Ayscough. 3 vols. L. 1776. Engd. port., cont. mottled calf, mor. labels. B.P.'s. (9)

DUNCAN AYSCOUGH - STUDIO POTTERY VASE a burnished vase with narrow neck and globular body, DA mark near base, 28cms high. Also with a raku vase signed SB, 73 (30cms high), a salt glazed lidded bowl with crab handle by Rowena Kinsman (R seal mark), and 2 other items. (5)

Hooker (Richard). The Works of that learned and judicious divine ... to which are added, several other treatises by the same author ... the life of the author, sometime written by Isaac Walton, revised & corrected, London: Printed for R.C., S.S., B.W., et al., 1705, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional engraved title (bookplate removed from verso), letterpress title in red & black, modern blind panelled calf, folio, together with: Lempriere (John), A Classical Dictionary; containing a copious account of all the proper names mentioned in ancient authors, with the value of coins, weights, and measures, used among the Greeks and Romans, London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1804, toning and scattered spotting mostly to initial leaves, contemporary diced calf, blind & gilt ruled border to boards, blind decorated spine (paper label at foot), joints cracked, 4to, Lyttelton (George Lord), The Works ... formerly printed separately, and now first collected together: with some other pieces, never before printed. Published by George Edward Ayscough, Esq., London: J. Dodsley, 1774, engraved portrait frontispiece, signatures to title, light marginal worming at front & rear, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine, 4to, Sadler (Ralph), The State Papers ... edited by Arthur Clifford, 2 volumes, Edinburgh & London, 1809, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to each (vol. 1 frontispiece detached), bookplate of Baron Londesborough to upper pastedown, contemporary half vellum, gilt decorated spine with crest at head, morocco title labels, 4to, Bewick (Thomas), A History of British Birds, (Land & Water Birds), Newcastle: R.E. Bewick, 1847, wood engraved vignette illustrations, light scattered spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with morocco labels, joints and extremities worn, 8vo, plus Burns, Coinage of Scotland, volume 1 only, 1887, 4to; Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer, circa 1910, folio; and Bulwer Lytton, The Last Days of Pompeii, 3 volumes, 1834, 8voQty: (12)

One volume, ' Shakespeare's Dramatic Works with Explanatory Notes ', a new edition to which is now added a copious index, by Reverend Samuel Ayscough, two volumes in one but lacking the index, published London, 1790 by John Stockdale, frontis is a portrait of Shakespeare. An important work ' Ayscough ' was assistant librarian of the British Museum

Duncan Ayscough (Contemporary) Two bottle vases burnished and smoke fired, the slender neck with gold leaf to interior impressed potter's seal 28cm and 24cm high (2).

Duncan Ayscough (Contemporary) Two vessels burnished and smoke fired, flattened form with gold leaf to interior impressed potter's seals 27.5cm and 24cm diameter (2).

One volume, ' Shakespeare's Dramatic Works with Explanatory Notes ', a new edition to which is now added a copious index, by Reverend Samuel Ayscough, two volumes in one but lacking the index, published London, 1790 by John Stockdale, frontis is a portrait of Shakespeare. An important work ' Ayscough ' was assistant librarian of the British Museum

*** Please note the description of this lot has changed ***Parkyns (Sir Thomas, of Bunny Park) Progymnasmata: The Inn-Play: or Cornish-Hugg Wrestler, second edition, ?the author's copy with his corrections for third edition, margins trimmed affecting odd manuscript notes at times, ex-library with occasional small ink-stamps, previous owner's signature to title, spotting, modern calf-backed boards, small 4to, Nottingham, Will. Ayscough and Timothy Goodwin, 1714. 

Admiral Crabbe An important Visitors’ Book with 845 signatures (Oct 1935 to Dec 1940), most of which have been identified, include witnesses to the Nanking massacre, a fine collection of Royal Navy captains at the start of WW2, and John Alexander Fraser and Major Lanceray Newnham, who were tortured and executed by the Japanese, and posthumously award the George Cross. Fraser’s GC was sold for £228, 000 in 2016. These are two of the rarest WW2 signatures to come on the market. Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR (Rear Admiral) Eric Gascoigne Robinson VC, OBE, Hkn, MID rare Victoria Cross winner. Comes with list of the signatures. Includes many Killed in Action during the war with huge array of Admirals and important medal winners. Full list of signatures included, following hundreds of hours of research. Sure to have some valuable and scarce autographs. Includes [Brigadier] Gordon Burnett Gifford Hull CBE, MSS, MID,[Later Col] Paul Hector Munro-Faure OBE [SOE],[Later Lt-Cdr] William Wyndham Mortimer MBE, MID, [Lt-Col] Gerald Frederick Conyngham Corfield DSO (83632),[Lt-Col] Mervyn Claude Dearlove Latimer Reynolds OBE, LoM, [Surg-Cdr (Retired)] Professor William Innes Gerrard OBE, MD, ChB, DPH, MRCP, 2nd [later Capt] Francis Sidney Cuningham Hancock (66698), 2nd Lt [later Flight Lieutenant] Alfred Outram Pullman DFC [Killed 6 Feb 1954 - Mau Mau uprising, Kenya],A Bosselman,A Czarnetzki,A/Lt-Col Macdonald Wilson,Admiral Francis Herbert Mitchell CB, DSO,Adrian Conway Evans,Aileen Mary Purves,Air Commodore [later Air Vice-Marshal] Stanley James Goble CBE, DSO, DSC, CdeG, MID x 2,Alan John Bell, Andrew Lusk Shields [Died 24 Jul 1944 as a PoW, Stanley Internment Camp], Brigadier John Penrose MC, MID x 2, Capt (E) [later Rear-Admiral] Alexander Livingston Penrose Mark-Wardlaw, Capt (retired) Bernard Knightley Boase, Capt (retired) Geoffrey D'oyly Earwaker CdeG, Capt (retired) Henry Neville Lake DSO, DSC, Capt (Retired) Henry Percival Wilson, Capt (Retired) Salisbury Hamilton Simpson DSO*, CdeG, Capt [later A/Lt-Col] Frank Andrew Milliken RM [Died on war service 7 Sep 1945, Penang, Malaysia], Capt [later Admiral of the Fleet Sir] Philip Louis Vian GCB, KCB, CB, KBE, DSO**, LegH, CdeG, LM, DSM, StOlav, Dbg, MID x 5, Capt [later Admiral Sir] Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton KCB, CB, DSO*, MID x 2, Capt [later Admiral Sir] Reginald Portal KCB, CB, DSC, MID, Capt [later Col] Frank Walden MBE, DL, Capt [later Lieut-General Sir] Roger Herbert Bower KCB, KBE, Capt [later Lt-Col] John Sholto Henry Douglas OBE, MID x 3, Capt [later Lt-Col] William Frank Paget Whitmarsh OBE, RM, Capt [later Maj-Gen] Robert Alexander Stephen CBE, QHS, MD, ChM, MID x 3 (63177), Capt [later Rear-Admiral] Douglas Adams Budgen CB, Capt [later Rear-Admiral] Edmund Gerard Noel Rushbrooke CBE, DSC, LM, C&B, MID, Capt [later Rear-Admiral] Edmund Gerard Noel Rushbrooke CBE, DSC, LM, C&B, MID, Capt [later Vice Admiral] Frank Henderson Pegram CB, DSO, StOlav [On 29 Apr 1940, he evacuated King Haakon and Crown Prince Olav of Norway. Died 8 Mar 1944], Capt [later Vice-Admiral (retired)] Harold Hickling CB, CBE, DSO, Capt [later Vice-Admiral (Retired)] John George Lawrence Dundas CB, CBE, MID, Capt [later Vice-Admiral] Benjamin Charles Stanley Martin KBE, CBE, DSO, MID x 2 [Sank Bismarck], Capt [later Vice-Admiral] Henry Cecil Bovell CB, CBE, DSO, Capt [later Vice-Admiral] John Hughes-Hallett CB, DSO, LoP, MID x 2, Capt Alexander Nelson Overell, Capt Berthold William Knowles, RMCapt Charles Alfred Evelyn Stanfield MID, Capt Charles Leonard Edwards RM, Rear Admiral Hubert Lynes CB, CMG, Rear-Admiral Colin Alfred Molyneux Sarel OBE, Hkn, Rear-Admiral Francis Hugh Walter Goolden CB, Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins DSO*, MID, Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur Bromley KCMG, KCVO, Rear-Admiral Sir Oswald Henry Dawson KBE, MID, Reginald Geoffrey Hopwood, Reverend Dr Robert Ellsworth Brown [Hero of the Nanking Massacre], Robert Foster Benson [Died 18 Oct 1944 - Bandoeng Internment Camp, Tjimahi], Robert Lucine Acton, Robert Raymond De Layarde Liesching [SOE], Sir Alasdair Duncan Atholl Macgregor [Died 30 Oct 1945 - buried at sea], Sir John Kinloch, Sir Lionel Ashton Piers Warner CBE, JP, Sir Man-kam Lo CBE, Sir Michael Cavenagh Gillett KBE, CMG, Sir Peter Proby, Sir Robert Ho Tung Bosman KBE, JP, Sir Robert Hormus Kotewall CMG, Sir Thomas Aubrey Lawies Brocklebank, SL [later Cdr] Mavorn Baldwin Philip Francklin DSC, MID, SL [later Cdr] Tobin Subremont Weston DSO, DSC, SL [later Lt-Cdr] Henry Denys Verschoyle DSC, MID, SL [later Lt-Cdr] John Chaloner Ogle DSC, SL [later Lt-Cdr] John Leslie Buckeridge MBE, MID, SL [later Lt-Cdr] Nigel Bowden-Smith DSC, SL [later Rear-Admiral] Francis Brian Price Brayne-Nicholls DSC, MID, SL Charles Thomas Alfred Stannard RNR, SL Donald Henry Fraser RNVR, SL Henry Corbett Price RNVR, Squadron Leader [later Group Captain] John Evelyn Matier MacCallum (26039) [died on active service 7 Jan 1944], Squadron Leader Albert Thomas Yiend, Capt Donald Keppel Bain DSO, Capt Edgar William Buchanan DSC, MID, Capt Edward Chicheley Thornton DSC, Capt Edward William Herford Blake [Killed 20 Apr 1940 - bombing raid on Portsmouth], Capt Edwin Samuel Maurice Ayscough (15906), Capt Eric Barry Kenvyn Stevens DSO*, DSC, LegH, CdeG, Capt Francis Herbert Mohun Vaughan OBE, MID, Capt Frederick Ernest Edward Godfrey Schreiber, Capt Gerald Douglas Yates Hkn, Capt Graham Francis Winstanley Wilson DSO, MID [German PoW 10 Jun 1940 - 1945], Capt Guy Hamilton Hkn, MID, Capt Harry Grattan, Capt Henry Taprell Dorling DSO, LM, MID [the author "Taffrail"], Capt John Palmer Landon, Capt Morris Yates, Capt Norris Joseph Asquith, Capt Percy Todd CBE, DSO, MID x 3 [KIA 24 Oct 1943 - HMS Eclipse], Capt Reginald Harold Gordon Ashby [Killed 5 Apr 1941], Capt Richard Lloyd Hamer DSO, Capt Sir John Meynell Alleyne DSO, DSC, Cdr (E) James Hartley Brandon Dathan DSC, MID, Cdr (Retired) [later A/Capt] John Henry Jauncey DSO*, Cdr [later A/Capt] Andrew Nichol Grey DSO, MID x 3, Cdr [later A/Capt] Ian Hamilton Bockett-Pugh DSO**, MID, Cdr [later A/Capt] John Duncan Campbell OBE, DSC, MID, Cdr [later Admiral] John Arthur Symons Eccles KCB, KCVO, CBE, MID, Cdr [later Capt] Antony Fane de Salis MBE, DSO, MID x 2, Cdr [later Capt] Arthur Henry Spurgeon OBE, RAN [Died 6 Dec 1942], Cdr [later Capt] Charles Thorburn Addis DSO, MID [sank German battlecruiser Scharnhorst 26 Dec 1943], Cdr [later Capt] Colin Wauchope CBE, DSC [Died on the Sick List 26 May 1945], Cdr [later Capt] Earle Hathway Thomas DSC*, Cdr [later Capt] Eric Barry Kenvyn Stevens DSO*, DSC, LegH, CdeG, Cdr [later Capt] Gilbert Ridley Waymouth CBE, MID x 2, Cdr [later Capt] Harry Robert Graham DSO, DSC, MID x 3, Cdr [later Capt] Hugh Geary Cooke MIOD x 2, Cdr [later Capt] Hugh Waters Shelley Browning DSC, OBE, MID x 4. 

Bindings. An Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words made use of by Shakespeare ... By the Rev. Samuel Ayscough, 1st edition, London: John Stockdale, 1790, spotting to title-page and rear, bookplate of R. A. Butler (1902-1982), Conservative politician, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain purple morocco gilt, rubbed, 8vo (23.8 x 14.6 cm), together with: Memoirs of Denzil, Lord Holles, Baron of Ifield in Sussex, from the Year 1641, to 1648, 1st edition, London: Tim. Goodwin, 1699, engraved portrait frontispiece (with half-title recto), frontispiece slightly spotted and offset, all edges gilt, 19th-century red roan gilt by J. Larkins, rubbed, 8vo (18.9 x 11.3 cm), Marci Hieronymi Vidae, Cremonensis, Albae episcopi, Hymni de rebus divinis, Oxford: e Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1733, title-page in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved head- and tailpieces and initials, occasional light spotting, bookplate of Viscount Birkenhead, all edges gilt, 19th-century red roan gilt by J. Larkins, wear to tips, 8vo (22 x 13 cm), and 9 others, 18th and early-19th century literature, finely bound (not collated), including: Sophie Ristaud Cottin, Malvina, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Paris, 1800 (bookplates of Sir Edmund Antrobus, contemporary ?English sprinkled calf); Thomas James Mathias, The Pursuits of Literature, 6th edition, 1798 (bookplate and ownership inscriptions of the Marquess of Conyngham, contemporary citron half roan); George Colman, The Connoisseur, 4 volumes, 4th edition, 1761 (bookplates of the Earl of Clanricarde, contemporary calf gilt); and similarQty: (22)

One volume, ' Shakespeare's Dramatic Works with Explanatory Notes ', a new edition to which is now added a copious index, by Reverend Samuel Ayscough, two volumes in one but lacking the index, published London, 1790 by John Stockdale, frontis is a portrait of Shakespeare. An important work ' Ayscough ' was assistant librarian of the British Museum

Pamphlets. A collection of pamphlets, mainly 18th century, of which approx. 40 religious (sermons and tracts), 18th century, approx. 15 political or plays, 18th century (including Edmund Burke interest), and approx. 25 others (miscellaneous topics including religion, mainly 19th century), all disbound (many with leaves or sections detaching as a result), titles including: 1. Ayscough (George Edward). Semiramis, a Tragedy: as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, 1st edition, London: J. Dodsley, 1776, half-title, ESTC T47443 (our copy without the pressmark on p.1 there noted), 2. Cibber (Theophilus). The Lover. A Comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal, by His Majesty's Servants, 1st edition, London: for J. Watts, 1730, advertisement leaf, ESTC T72404, 3. Priestley (Joseph). Letters to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, occasioned by his Reflections on the Revolution in France, etc. The third edition, corrected, [New York]: Birmingham: printed, New York: re-reprinted by Hugh Gaine, 1791, browning, a few stains, ESTC W36421, 4. Adair (Robert). Part of a Letter from Robert Adair, Esq, to the Right Honourable Charles James Fox; occasioned by Mr. Burke's Mention of Lord Keppel, in a Recent Publication, 1st edition, London: J. Debrett, 1796, ESTC T88387, 5. Watson (Richard). The Principles of the Revolution vindicated in a Sermon preached before the University of Cambridge, 1st edition, Cambridge: J. Archdeacon, 1776, title-page detached, ESTC T9256, Sabin 102145, 6. [Bayley, Cornelius]. The Swedenborgian Doctrine of a Trinity considered, 1st edition, Warrington: W. Eyres, 1785, half-title, ESTC T103121 (one copy in the US), and similarQty: (approx. 80)

Theology - Local Provincial Imprints, two titles bound as one: Cantrell (Henry, M.A., Vicar of St. Alkmund's Derby), The Invalidity of the Lay-Baptisms of Dissenting Teachers [...], With a Letter from the Reverend Mr Harris, first and only edition, Nottingham: Printed by William Ayscough for the Booksellers of Derby, 1714, [bound with], Anon, An Answer to a Late Pamphlet Entituled (sic) The Validity of Baptism Administered by Dissenting-Ministers [...], By a Lay-Man, first and only edition, Nottingham: Printed by Will. Ayscough, and Sold by John Hodges Bookseller in Derby, 1713, both titles printed within outlined black double-line borders, pp: [2] (fore-edge attached to verso flyleaf), 8, 136, 8, 137-142; 27, [2] (blank), stamped ex-lib copy in 20h century institutional cloth, 8vo, [1]

ANTIQUE BRASS SUNDIAL - AYSCOUGH, LONDON probably mid 18thc, an interesting brass sundial engraved with a sunburst shape in the centre and with roman numerals, marked Ayscough, London. Mounted in a wooden base, missing its gnomen. Dial 20cms diameter *James Ayscough was an English Optician and maker of scientific instruments in the 18thc. He is best known for producing high quality microscopes.

PILKINGTON, Matthew - A Rational Concordance or an Index to the Bible: cont. sheep rubbed, small 4to, George Ayscough, Nottingham, first edit, 1749.

SHAKESPEARE'S DRAMATIC WORKS WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES. A NEW EDITION TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED A COPIOUS INDEX TO THE REMARKABLE PASSAGES AND WORDS BY THE REV SAMUEL AYSCOUGH. EMBELLISHED WITH A STRIKING LIKENESS OF SHAKESPEARE FRON THE FIRST FOLIO EDITION - REV AYSCOUGH, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. PUBLISHED BY LONDON, JOHN STOCKDALE 1790

[FACULTY OF ADVOCATES IN EDINBURGH] MEDAL OF THE PRETENDER A FULL AND TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE APPREHENDING AND BRINGING UP TO LONDON THE DUTCHESS OF GOURDON FROM SCOTLAND for High Treason against her Royal Majesty Queen Ann, in presenting the Faculty of Edinburgh, with a Medal, in Order to bring in the Pretender. [Nottingham] Edinburgh printed, and Nottingham Re-printed: Will. Ayscough, [711], Folio, 1 sheet, [ESTC T13565: 1 copy only (BL)]; Scotch-Loyalty Exemplify'd, in the Behaviour of the Dean of the Faculty, and his Brethren, at Edinburgh, in relation to the Reception of a Medal of the Pretender... London: S. Popping, 1711. Folio, 1 sheet, imprint cropped, [ESTC T6737] (2)

A Pair of George III Silver Spectacles, maker's mark IS incuse, London, 1792, with oval lenses and double hinged Ayscough-type arms, engraved with initials 'DE', in conforming shagreen spectacle case, with manuscript note describing the present glasses as 'Mrs Dodsons Eldred's', the case 13.5cm wide The present glasses may have belonged to Dinah Jarvis (1742-1821) of Overshot Mill, Middlesex. She married, in 1762, Dodson Eldred (1737-1816) and with him had 10 children. The Eldred family claimed to be connected to William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, and indeed their eldest son Edward Jarvis Eldred (1763-1847) himself went to America in 1798. James Ayscough (d.1759) was an optician as well as a being known as a maker of other scientific instruments. He is credited with the introduction of double hinged arms on spectacles such as the present pair. He is also thought to have created the idea of sunglasses through his use of tinted lenses.

Yorkshire.- Ayscough & Hawksworth families.- Legal memorandum of the history of the Ayscough and Hawksworth families, manuscript, 10pp. excluding a blank f., folds, browned, 385 x 310mm., [c. 1710].

A Mid 18th Century Telescope by Mann & Ayscough London, the decagonal body wrapped in embossed foliate patterned leather and with brass slides to lenses, 126cm long

Botany - Provincial Imprint, Deering (C[harles], M.D.), Catalogus Stirpium, &c., or, A Catalogue of Plants, Naturally growing and commonly cultivated in divers (sic) Parts of England, More efpecially (sic) about Nottingham [...], first and only edition, Nottingham: Printed for the Author, by G. Ayscough, and fold (sic) by C. Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard (sic), London 1738, pp: [xx], 231, index [x], 6, [3], 24, contemporary speckled calf binding, rebacked spine preserving original panels and tooled title label, 18th century ownership ink stamp to pastedown: Dr. Olderfhaw (sic, Oldershaw) within a rope twist reserve, further pencil ownership inscription and dated 1796 to recto endpaper, small 8vo, Henrey 620

A 2½IN. REFLECTING TELESCOPE BY AYSCOUGH, LONDON, CIRCA 1760 constructed in lacquered brass and signed on the eyepiece as per title, the 13½in. main tube with primary and secondary specular mirror and dust cap and fine focus, mounted to tapering tripod stand with folding feet -- 15in. (38cm.) high

DICKENS, CHARLES4 WORKS, COMPRISING The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition in book form, later state, engraved portrait frontispiece, 38 (of 39) plates, contemporary half calf gilt, bookplate of Henry Ayscough Thompson, one plate bound upside-down, small tear to one page corner, foxing; Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition in book form, frontispiece, additional engraved title, 42 plates (extra-illustrated with 4 plates), contemporary green half morocco gilt, some foxing, bookplate of Henry Ayscough Thompson; Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition in book form, 8vo, frontispiece, engraved title, 38 engraved plates, contemporary green half calf, some spotting; The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1861. 2 volumes, later edition, 2 frontispieces, engraved title to volume 1, 37 plates, contemporary half calf gilt, a little foxing and some light dampstaining to volume 1, bookplate of Henry Ayscough Thompson (5)

LEATHER BINDINGS110 VOLUMES, INCLUDING MILTON, JOHN Paradise Lost...[and] Paradise Regain'd... London: W. Strahan / J. Beecroft..., 1778-1773. 4 volumes, 8vo, uniformly bound in contemporary speckled calf, plates, some rubbing, one board detached; Mill, John Stuart A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive... London: Parker, Son, and Bourn, 1862. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt with heraldic crests to covers; Thackeray, W.M. [Works:] 7 volumes comprising Miscellanies, The Newcomes, Vanity Fair & Pendennis, 1855-66. 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt; National Cyclopaedia London, 1859. 7 volumes, 8vo, half calf gilt; MacAulay The History of England. London, 1858-1862. 8 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf; Napier, Sir W,.F.P. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France... London, 1851. 6 volumes, 8vo, contemporary red half calf gilt; and 76 others, many with the bookplates of Henry Ayscough Thompson (110)

Shakespeare (William). The Plays of William Shakspeare..., with Corrections and Illustrations of various Commentators. To which are added notes, by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, revised and augmented by Isaac Reed, with a Glossarial Index, 21 volumes, 6th edition, 1813, half-titles, 78 engraved plates (including portrait frontispiece to volume 1), few engraved illustrations, four foling tables, occasional spotting and dampstains, together with Shakspeare Illustrated, by an assemblage of Portraits & Views, appropriated to the whole suite, of that Authors Historical Dramas; to which are added Portraits of Actors, Editors, &c., London: S. & E. Harding, 1793, 150 engraved plates (including frontispiece and title, occasional spotting, with Illustrations of Shakspeare, and of Ancient Manners: with Dissertations on the Clowns and Fools of Shakspeare..., and on the English Morris Dance, 2 volumes, 1807, titles in red & black, nine engraved plates (one folding, plate 1 misbound in volume 2), wood engraved illustrations by J. Berryman, some scattered spotting, plus An Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words made use of by Shakspeare; calculated to point out the different meanings to which the words are applied, by the Rev. Samuel Ayscough, 1790, occasional light spotting and some dampstaining towards rear of volume, each volume with later matching marbled endpapers, uniform contemporary calf with gilt & blind decorated borders to boards, all volumes professionally rebacked (in morocco), with elaborate gilt & blind decorated spines, contrasting morocco labels (numbered 1-25), corners neatly repaired, 8vo A handsome set. (25)

A Chinese Armorial Porcelain Plate, Qianlong, painted in famille rose enamels with the arms of Fazakerley quarterly impaling Lutwyche within a floral cartouche and ropetwist border, the rim with the crest, 23cm diameter; A Similar Plate, painted with the arms of Fawkes quartering Ayscough with Wilkinson in pretence, 22cm diameter; and A Similar Octagonal Plate, painted with arms of Auchmuty either of Scotland or Ireland, 22.5cm (3) See illustration See Howard (David Sanctuary) Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol I, pg.352, 571 and 490 for pieces from the same services Provenance: P B Cooke Collection