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KNIGHT, Charles, edit, Old England, A Pictorial Museum of Regal Ecclesiastical Antiquities, pub Sangots & Co, vols I & II (2)

The History and Antiquities of Windsor Castle, printed by Joseph Pote, and various other 18th and 19th century leather bound volumes, including two volumes of Rollins History, 1749

OSBORNE, Thomas (d.1767). A Catalogue of Books of the Libraries ... of Mountague Bacon Esq; The Rev. Dr. Baker, The Rev. Mr. Holden, Dr. Tyson, Mr. John Shipton... and Thomas Davie. [London: 1750]. 8°. Contemporary half-calf (front joints splitting, rubbed). Provenance: Helmingham Hall (stamp on verso of final blank). Contains amongst others, books on architecture and antiquities, religious books including a complete set of the Variorums finely bound in 176 vols., science, natural history, medicine and law. ESTC T152724. A Catalogue of the Libraries of the Honourable Sir Luke Schaub, Bart. And of several Noblemen and Gentlemen. [London: 1759]. 8°. Contemporary floral boards (some paper flaked off spine, front joints broken but cords holding, lightly rubbed); in an archival card case. The catalogue contains the books of the library of the diplomatist Sir Luke Schaub (1690-1758), consisting of Greek and Roman classics, science, natural history, medicine and law. ESTC T153050. (2) View on Christie's.com

H. Comte de Busson, ‘Natural History Abridged’, 1792, in two volumes with tree calf bindings, Rev. Gilbert White, ‘The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne’, 1876, cloth, and nine other natural history titles (12)

H. John Gage, ‘The History and Antiquities of Suffolk, Thingoe Hundred’, 1838, and ‘The Domesday Book’, 19th century, in two volumes (2)

Philip Morant, ‘The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex...’, leather bound, 1768, two volumes

WILLIAM GEORGE MOSS: THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE TOWN AND FORT OF HASTINGS, L 1824, 1st edn, 19 plts, fdg plan, extra ill with hand col’d litho fdg plt of Hastings Castle, old hf cf, top bd detchd + THOMAS HOLWELL COLE: THE ANTIQUITIES OF HASTINGS AND THE BATTLEFIELD, 1884, new edn, enlgd and rev, orig decor cl + LILIAN BOYS BEHRENS: BATTLE ABBEY UNDER THIRTY-NINE KINGS, [1937], orig cl gt (3)

REV EDWARD GILLETT: THE SONG OF SOLOMON IN THE NORFOLK DIALECT ……, 1862, Greenland Fishery Museum reprint, orig td card wraps worn + MARK KNIGHTS: PEEPS AT THE PAST OR RAMBLES AMONG NORFOLK ANTIQUITIES, 1892, Limited Edition 60/24, old hf cf gt worn, lacks spine, teg (2)

JOHN GAGE: THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SUFFOLK THINGOE HUNDRED, 1838, orig cl worn and soiled, ptd paper label to spine, 4to

MARK KNIGHTS: PEEPS AT THE PAST, OR RAMBLES AMONG NORFOLK ANTIQUITIES, 1892, Limited Edition 56 of 60, old hf cf gt, worn, edges rubbed, teg, 4to

JOHN BRITTON: THE ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN REPRESENTED AND ILLUSTRATED IN A SERIES OF VIEWS ELEVATIONS PLANS SECTIONS AND DETAILS ….., 1826, vol 5, rebkd (not recent) hf cf gt, 4to

[Boswell (Henry)] [The Antiquities of England and engraved frontispiece (torn trimmed and laid down slightly defective at edges) lacking title and all before A1 with c.185 engraved plates and plans many with multiple views on one sheet 6 engraved county maps by Thomas Kitchin only (of 50) list of subscribers at end a few leaves defective some tears and repairs light browning contemporary calf rubbed folio [for Alex.Hogg] [c.1785]; sold not subject to return

Grose (Francis) The Antiquities of Scotland 2 vol.. engraved vignette titles and 185 plates only (of 188) also lacking frontispiece and folding map some light foxing title of vol.2 torn and frayed original boards uncut broken rather worn vol.2 lacking boards 1797 § Beattie (William) Scotland 2 vol. engraved additional vignette titles folding map and 117 plates only after Allom Bartlett and M`Culloch (of 118 lacking Kilchurn Castle) foxed contemporary half calf spines gilt rubbed 1838 4to; sold not subject to return (4)

(Sir William).- Hancarville (Pierre François Hugue (Sir William).- Hancarville (Pierre François Hugues d`) Collection of Etruscan Greek and Roman Antiquities from the Cabinet of the Hon.ble W.m Hamilton... vol.2 only (of 4) first edition 2 hand-coloured engraved titles in English and French 2 engraved dedications engraved head- & tail-pieces and initials text in English and French with 109 engraved plates (47 hand-coloured of which 17 double-page) one plain plate double-page and folding very clean throughout final double-page plate slightly creased and with tear to central fold contemporary diced russia gilt morocco labels (chipped) a little worn covers detached [Blackmer 845; Berlin Cat. 890; Cohen-de-Ricci 474] folio [Naples François Morelli] 1767; sold not subject to return

Hearne (Thomas) Antiquities of Great-Britain illus 2 vol. in 1 additional engraved title and 82 plates list of subscribers parallel text in English & French vol.2 lacking title and preliminaries foxing to title and some plates mostly marginal some offsetting one leaf of text from vol.1 loose bookplate of Serjeantson of Hanlith on front pastedown contemporary half purple morocco gilt spine gilt a little worn at edges folio by James Phillips 1786-[1806]. *** Bound as a folio but printed as oblong folio; the number of plates seems to vary in auction records.

A Chinese gilt bronze seated figure of Avalokiteshvara, 17th century. Wearing a diadem and elaborate necklace over long flowing robes, raised on rockwork and with an animal at her feet, 13.5cm. Provenance: by repute, from the collection of the late M.S.D. Westropp, Keeper of Antiquities at The National Museum of Ireland and then by descent.

Jackson (John). Chronological Antiquities: Or, The Antiquities and Chronology of the Most Ancient Kingdoms, 3 vols., printed for the author, 1752, early owner’s name Bibington in ink to front pastedown of first vol., contemp. speckled full calf, gilt dec. spines, with morocco title label to each, rubbed and some marks, 4to, together with Dryden (John, trans.), Plutarch’s Lives, in Six Volumes: translated from the Greek, with notes, explanatory and critical, from Dacier and others, to which is prefix’d The Life of Plutarch, written by Dryden, 6 vols., printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1758, eng. frontis. to first vol., eng. medallion portraits throughout, contemp. uniform speckled full calf gilt, rubbed and some wear to joints and head and foot of spines, a few labels missing, 8vo, plus other late 19th early 20th c. literature, including Jules Verne, E.M. Forster, The Eternal Moment, 1st ed., 1928, etc. (a carton)

Coates (Rev. Charles). The History and Antiquities of Reading, 1st ed., 1802, large folding eng. plan, seven uncol. aquatint plts., correct as list, contemp. diced calf gilt, spine restored, 4to, together with Brindley (William and Weatherley, W. Samuel), Ancient Sepulchral Monuments... from Various Countries and from the Earliest Periods Down to the End of the Eighteenth Century, 1887, 212 uncol. plts. containing over 600 examples of sepulchral monuments, list of subscribers at rear, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and marked, folio, with other miscellaneous books, including history and literature, plus late 19th c. juvenile/illustrated books, a few antiquarian vols. and a painted papier-mache figure of Peter Rabbit (damaged) (6 shelves)

Grose (Francis) Military Antiquities 2 vol. engraved illustrations contemporary half sheep rubbed some browning throughout 1801 § [Banks (John)] The History of John Duke of Marlborough frontispiece contemporary sheep rubbed 1754 § [A General Officer] The Military Mentor 2 vol. contemporary half calf rebacked worn and rubbed 1804 § Moore (James) A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain folding maps contemporary half green morocco gilt rubbed 1809 (6) (6)

Tod (James). Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han, or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1829-32, engraved frontispiece to each, folding linen-backed hand-coloured map, letterpress tables, 49 engraved plates on 48 sheets, a few minor spots, t.e.g., 20th c. brown half morocco by Bickers, thick 4to. A handsome set. Brunet V, 872. (2)

Ashmole (Elias). The Antiquities of Berkshire, 3 vols., 1723, folding engraved map by John Overton, panorama of Windsor Castle by Wenceslas Hollar (close-trimmed at inner margin), lacking portrait of the author, some spotting, bookplates, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 8vo. Upcott I, p.9. (3)

Byrne (William). Antiquities of Great Britain, Illustrated in Views of Monasteries, Castles and Churches now Existing, vol.2 (only), pub. T.Cadell & W.Davies, 1807, title page, twenty-six uncoloured engraved plts. (of 32), very occ. spotting, book plate of Alfred Harmsworth to front paste down, contemp. diced calf gilt, boards detached, rubbed and frayed at extrems., oblong 4to (1)

Cardonnel (Adam de). Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland, 2 parts in one, printed for the author, 1788, 101 etched illustrations, t.e.g., 19th c. half morocco, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, slightly rubbed, 4to, together with Caledonian Sketches, or a Tour Through Scotland in 1807, by Sir John Carr, 1809, folding frontispiece, 11 uncoloured aquatinted plates, some light offsetting and spotting, contemporary half calf, lightly rubbed, 4to, plus A Journey from Edinburgh Through Parts of North Britain: Containing Remarks on Scotish Landscape... 2 vols. in one, new ed., 1811, 43 tinted aquatints, offsetting and light spotting, bookplate, contemporary half calf, lightly rubbed, 4to, with The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland. Illustrated by Robert William Billings, 4 vols., c. 1852 (7)

Collinson (Rev. John). The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, Collected from Authentick Records..., 3 vols., Bath, 1791, half-titles to each, folding eng. map frontis. to vol. 1 (slight offsetting, short closed-tear to central fold at foot), forty eng. plts. and one eng. illust., occ. scattered spotting and light dampstaining, vol. 1 with single worm hole to lower outer corner throughout majority of volume, vol. 2 with slight worming to lower outer corners of final leaves, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines with contrasting morocco title labels, joints cracked and slight wear, 4to. Upcott 1146-47. (3)

Dart (John). Westmonasterium, Or The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peters Westminster, containing an Account of its Ancient and Modern Building ... and also, a Survey of the Church and Cloysters, taken in the Year 1723..., 2 vols., [c.1723], eng. title to each vol., list of subscribers to each vol., 135 full-page copper eng. plts. of monuments, antiquities, views, coats-of-arms, etc. (inc. a few double-page & full-page mezzotint port. of the author), eng. head & tailpieces, vol. 1 with closed-tear to leaf a1, few plts. with closed-tears to margins, sewing in vol. 2 slightly weak, some toning, minor spotting and browning mostly to margins, contemp. calf gilt, lacks title labels to spines, large dent to spine of vol. 2, boards detached, some general wear, folio. Upcott 851-859. (2)

Nicolson (Joseph & Burn, Richard). The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1777, two folding engraved maps by Thomas Kitchin, scattered light spotting, contemporary burgundy half morocco, spines rubbed, vol. II chipped at head, 4to (2)

Nicolson (Joseph & Burn, Richard). The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, 2 vols., 1777, two folding eng. maps, numerous manuscript annotations and pen & ink armorials to margins, repaired closed-tear to lower outer corner of pp.183/184 in vol. 1, 19th c. calf by Riviere, elaborate gilt dec. spines with contrasting morocco labels to spines, joints cracked and extrems. rubbed, upper board of vol. 2 slightly dampstained and detached, 4to. Upcott p.1283. (2)

Watson (John). The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax, in Yorkshire, 1st ed., 1775, etched port. frontis., nine eng. plts. (inc. 4 folding), occ. minor spotting, edges untrimmed, contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spine, upper board detached and lower joint cracked, board corners worn, 4to. Upcott p.1393. (1)

Rymsdyk (Jan van & Andreas van). Museum Britannicum, Being an Exhibition of a Great Variety of Antiquities and Natural Curiosities, Belonging to that Noble and Magnificent Cabinet, the British Museum, 1st ed., 1778, 30 engraved plates, two text leaves repaired (one with loss of text), some light spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary green half morocco, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio (1)

Scott, Sir Walter. Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, two volumes, for Longman et al., London 1814. Half leather (rebacked) with paper labels to upper boards, engraved plate illustrations, folio.

Collinson, Rev. John. The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, three volumes, by Cruttwell, Bath 1791. Buckram library binding, folding map frontispiece, engraved plate illustrations, quarto.

`A View Of The Present State Of Derbyshire With An Account Of Its Most Remarkable Antiquities Illustrated By An Accurate Map And Plates`, this lot includes a loose fold-out maps of Derbyshire and another of France, divided into circles and departments, printed and sold by J Drewry, sold also by J Johnson, no.72 St Pauls Church-Yard, London 1789, bound in paper covered boards (2) (illustrated)

`Old England`, a pictorial museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Municipal, Baronial, and popular antiquities edited by Charles Knight in two volumes with numerous illustrations both in colour and black and white printed by James Sangster & Co, Paternoster Row, London, circa 1860, bound in decorative red and gilt cloth

An ancient Chinese Han Dynasty (206bc to 220ad) terracotta model of a recumbent cat, width 22cm, contained within a glass display case, and comes with a certificate of authenticity from the antiquities dealer "Ancient World", 16 High Petergate, York, YO1 7EN

Henry Abbott [Antiquities of Rome] 8 views only of 24 aquatints by Havell printed in bistre each c.465 x 330mm. or the reverse occasional slight marginal dirt 1820 (8)

Thomas Hearne and William Byrne Antiquities of Gre 23 loose sheets only from vol. I and II including St Albans Glastonbury Malmesbury Melrose and elsewhere with text in English and French engravings each c.230 x 285mm. or the reverse text sheets pasted below occasional light spotting 1778-1802 (23)

Classical antiquities and sculpture statues busts cameos and friezes also a few figure studies engravings 160 x 210mm. to 530 x 415mm. a few trimmed occasional handling creases short tears spotting and surface dirt 18th and 19th century (68)

ALLPORT, Douglas, `Collections, Illustrative of The Geology, History; Antiquities and Associations of Camberwell and The Neighbourhood`, Privately printed 1841. 8vo. some hand cold. plts. full cf. mor. scuffed. Tog.with 3 other misc. 4

WILLIS, Browne, `The History and Antiquities of The Town, Hundred, and Deanry of Buckingham`, London, 1755. 4to. Lacks index, New ednpp. Rebacked.

Photographs. Various including three portraits by Walery; Rome and Venice Antiquities and Architecture etc

History, various. Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue of Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities, volume 2, 2005; Walters (C) Bygone Suffolk, London [no date circa 1900), 8vo, cloth; Gurdon (Lady Eveline C) County Folk-Lore, Printed Extracts No.2 Suffolk, 1893, title working loose, one inserted double portrait plate; Moncreiffe (I) Simple Heraldry, Simple Custom, 2 vols, first editions 1953-1954, dust wrappers, 2 others (7)

Scotland - History. Six volumes including HILL (O) Scottish Castles, 1953, in dust wrapper; REID (G) Twelve Sketches of Scenery and Antiquities, 1883, soiled worn cloth; MILLER (H) Memoir of William Forsyth, 1839, morocco (repaired); A History of the Witches of Renfrewshire, Paisley 1809, 8vo, untrimmed in boards; etc (7)

GAGE (John) The History and Antiquities of Hengrave in Suffolk, London 1822, 4to, engraved frontispiece and plates, some offsetting and light spotting, rebacked old calf

BRITTON (J) Cathedral Antiquities, 1814-1828, 6 vols, 4to, all with engraved plates, uniform half morocco gilt spines, some spotting and staining

City, Town and other Guides. Fourteen volumes including History of Islington, 1829; Gorham`s Antiquities of Eynesbury and St Neots, 1820; Cheltenham, 2nd edition [no date]; The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain, 2nd edition 1846; Coventry, 1816 (later bound collection of small sections); Gloucester, 1898; Chinese Pictures by Mrs Bishop, 1904; Belgium and Nassau, circa 1840 (condition various some repaired or rebound) (13)

MIDDLETON (C T) A New and Complete System of Geography, 1779, folio, vol I only, folding maps and engraved plates, some what spotted, stained and worn, damaged binding; Boswells Antiquities of England and Wales, many engraved plates most two per sheet, incomplete and damaged (both sold as seen and not subject to return) (2)

SCOTT (W) The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, 2 vols, London 1814, 4to, engraved plates (light offsetting), full morocco (cracked and worn); HALL (S C) The Baronial Halls of England, 2 vols, 1858, large 4to, tinted lithographic plates (some dust staining, vol 2 title cut down and mounted, some light browning), worn half morocco (sold as a series of plates and not subject to return)

BRAND (John) The History and Antiquities of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, London 1789, 4to, 2 vols of text and plate volume, folding plan and panoramic plates etc, dust staining and light spotting, armorial book plates, cloth backed boards, rather rubbed and worn, edges untrimmed

G. RAINE (James) The History and Antiquities of North Durham, London 1852, Folio, Portrait frontispiece, engraved plates, some light staining, half morocco (lightly rubbed)

Orwell (George) Animal Farm, A Fairy Story, 1945, first edition, cloth (annotation to rear endpaper); [Scott (Walter)], Border Antiquities, nd. [1813-1815], 2 vols., 4to., engraved plates, a.e.g., contemporary morocco (worn) (3)

Surtees (Robert) The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 1972, 4 vols., folio, dust wrappers; Fordyce (W.), A History of Coal, Coke, Coalfields and Iron Manufacture in Northern England, 1973, Frank Graham, folio, dust wrapper; Hair (T.H.), Sketches of the Coal Mines in Northumberland and Durham, 1969, Frank Graham, folio, dust wrapper; with a quantity of others (qty)

Grose (Francis) The Antiquities of England and Wales, nd. [c1785 - 1797], folio, 8 vols., engraved titles, large folding map, approx 622 plates and 55 county maps, half morocco (wear to bindings, damp-staining to some vols., sold not subject to return)

Surtees (Robert) The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 1816 - 40, 4 vols., folio, plates as called for, contemporary half calf (worn, board detached)

Burnett (William Hall) Old Cleveland .., 1886, 4to., half sheep (worn); Hutchinson (William), The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 1785 - 1794, 3 vols., engraved plates, folding pedigrees, half calf (joint cracked); Longstaffe (W. Hylton Dyer), The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Darlington .., 1854, engraved plates, a.e.g., half morocco (rubbed); with ten North Riding Record Society volumes, 1886 - 97, original cloth (15)

Ridpath (George) The Border History of England and Scotland .., 1848, 4to., 16 Buck prospects bound in to rear, half morocco; Fordyce (William), The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham .., 1857, 2 vols., 4to., library cloth; Hunter (Joseph), South Yorkshire, 1974, 2 vols., folio, ex-library, cloth; with five others (10)

`Scenery and Antiquities of South Wales`, Volumes I and II by B H Malkin, 1807

Antiquities - two terracotta oil lamps, Tunisia, North Africa, circa 400AD, each with moulded detail, 5.5in. long, two other similarly early oil lamps and two lamp fragments

British Museum Guide To The Antiquities Of The Stone Age In The Department Of British And Medieval Antiquities . 1902. 10 plates and 140 ills. Orig. boards. Together with Hobson, C. B. - Handbook of the Pottery & Porcelain of the Far East in the Department of Oriental Antiquities and of Ethnography . 1937. 20 plates and 260 ills. A further 11 British Museum guides and 5 others on manuscripts, Irish antiquities etc. Mostly early 20th c. (23)

SAMMES (A), ANTIQUITIES OF ANCIENT BRITAIN, first volume, engraved title, folding map and other illustrations within text, front board detached, London, 1672

DUGDALE (W), THE ANTIQUITIES OF WARWICKSHIRE, engraved frontis, five maps, ten plates and numerous illustrations within text, re-backed calf, London, Warren, 1656