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Leigh (Charles). The Natural History of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the Peak, in Derbyshire: With an Account of the British, Phoenician, Armenian, Gr. and Rom. Antiquities in those parts, 1st edition, Oxford: Printed for the author, 1700, contemporary ownership inscription in brown ink 'John Grosvenor, Oct 1700' to title (who is listed in subscribers list), further notation in the same hand to head of title relating to the cost of the book, engraved portrait frontispiece, double-page folding map with contemporary outline colour, 24 engraved plates, some preliminary leaves damp-stained, all edges sprinkled red, contemporary speckled Cambridge panelled calf gilt, red morocco title label, other spine compartments elaborately gilt, rubbed, lacking portion of headcap, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing L975.

Sumner (Heywood). The Book of Gorley, 1st edition, London: Chiswick Press, 1910, woodcut illustrations throughout, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original blind stamped green cloth gilt, small folio, (280 x 195 mm) together with:The Ancient Earthworks of the New Forest, 1st edition, London: Chiswick Press, 1917, signed to limitation page, frontispiece, full-page illustrations throughout, bookplate of A.D. Passmore to front pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original brown cloth gilt, small folio (285 x 190 mm), with a small group of related modern publicationsQTY: (2)

* Folio Society. Original Leaves from Famous European Books, London: The Folio Society, [1963], 12 single printed leaves (8 folio), mounted on 10 thick card window mounts (2 with two leaves mounted together), with single leaf of descriptive text (plus duplicate), loose in original cloth book-box with morocco label to spine, few marks to box, large folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Produced in an edition of 100 copies. The examples are taken from St. Augustine's De Civitate Dei, Rome 1470, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493, Aldine Dante, Venice 1502, Ovid Metamorphoses, Lyons 1584, Estienne's Herodotus, Geneva 1592, Plantin Missal, Antwerp 1610, Elzevir Sallust 1634, The Imprimerie Royale 'Medailles', 1723, Ibarra Bible, Madrid 1767, Aesop's Fables, Paris 1769, De Imitatione Christi, Paris 1788 and Thomson's Seasons, Parma 1794.

[Dugdale, William]. A Short View of the Late Troubles in England; Briefly setting forth, their rise, growth and tragical conclusion. As also, some parallel thereof with the Barons-Wars in the time of King Henry III. But chiefly with that in France, called the Holy League, in the Reign of Henry III. and Henry IV. late Kings of that Realm. To which is added a perfect narrative of the Treaty at Uxbridge in an. 1644, 1st edition, 2 parts in one, Oxford: Printed at the Theater for Moses Pitt, 1681, engraved portrait frontispiece, title with engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, five pages of advertisements at end, some damp staining to fore-margins, contemporary calf, old manuscript title label, upper joint splitting, lower joint with short split at head, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing D2492; ESTC R18097; Lowndes p.692."The hiatusses in the above collation gave rise to the conjecture that the Licenser had curtailed this work of it 'fair proportion,' but on comparing the printed book with the original manuscript, this supposition was found to be erroneous." (Lowndes). First published anonymously; later reissued under the name of Sir William Dugdale.

Alberti (Leon Battista). The Architecture of Leon Battista Alberti in Ten Books. Of Painting in three books and Of Statuary in one book. Translated into Italian by Cosimo Bartoli. And now first into English, and divided into three volumes by James Leoni, Venetian, Architect; to which are added several designs of his own, for buildings both public and private, 3 volumes, 1st English edition, London: Printed by Thomas Edlin, 1726, engraved frontispiece to first volume by Bernard Picart, two title pages to each volume in Italian and English, double-column parallel text in Italian and English, 4-page list of subscribers to first volume, printed approbation leaf bound before the separate title to the third volume for Leoni's Some Designs for Buildings both Publick and Private, 101 engraved plates (complete), including 24 folding or double-page, woodcut vignettes to title-pages, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional (mostly minor) marginal spotting or soiling (contents generally in clean condition), 18th century engraved bookplate of Sir William Abdy, Bart., Chobham Place to front pastedown of first volume, contemporary mottled full calf, joints cracked and some wear to edges, outer corners showing, folio (45.5 x 29 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Sir William Abdy (1732-1803), 6th Baronet, of Chobham Place, Chobham, near Woking, Surrey. Captain in the Royal Navy, and Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Surrey. Abdy entered the service of the East India Company as a midshipman in the True Briton on her voyage of 1750-1752. He transferred to the Royal Navy and in 1761 took command of HMS Beaver, a 14-gun sloop which had been built that same year, both in home waters and in the West Indies, between 1761 and 1766. In 1775, he succeeded his brother to the family baronetcy.Fowler 11; Harris 12; Berlin Kat. 2554; Millard II, 4; Berlin 2267; Cicognara 378; RIBA, 48.First edition in English of Alberti's architectural treatise De Re Aedificatoria along with his shorter treatises on painting and statuary, to which Leoni adds a supplement containing his own neo-palladian designs.Subscribers to the edition included a large number of masons, plasterers, builders and carpenters as well as Nicholas Hawksmoor, Sir John Vanbrugh, Sir Christopher Wren (although he died before the work was finally issued), Leoni's patron Thomas Scawen and Lord Burlington who both ordered two copies including one, each, on large paper.

London & Thames Valley reference. 18th-20th century publications, including a defective copy of John (Noorthouck). A New History of London, c. 1770s, lacking title, containing 30 of 42 engraved plates (3 folding), some leaves detached and text-block partly broken, contemporary calf, boards detached, worn, 4to; Chamberlain (Henry). A New and Compleat History and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, London: J. Cooke, c. 1780, engraved frontispiece (detached), folding map, folding plan and numerous plates, final two leaves detached and frayed, contemporary half calf, board detached, worn, folio; Taunt (Henry W.). A New Map of the River Thames from Thames Head to London ... combined with guides giving every information required by the tourist, the oarsman, and the angler..., 5th edition, Oxford: Taunt & Co., London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., c. 1886, mounted albumen print photographs on double-page lithograph maps, original green cloth, 8vo; Hall (Mr. & Mrs. S. C.). The Book of the Thames, from its rise and fall, new edition, London: Virtue and Company Ltd., [1877], numerous wood engraved vignette illustrations, all edges gilt, original blue cloth, 8vo, William (Alfred). Round about the Upper Thames, 1st edition, London: Duckworth & Co., 1922, monochrome frontispiece and plates, single-page map at rear, original cloth, minor wear to joints, 8vo, plus others similar including an ex-library set of Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London, 5 volumes, 1904-1930QTY: (2 cartons)

Moffet (Thomas). Insectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum: Olim ab Edoardo Wottono, Conrado Gesnero, Thomaque Pennio..., 1st edition, London: Ex Officina typographica Thom. Cotes. Et venales extant apud Benjam. Allen, in diverticulo, quod Angliè dicitur Popes-head Alley, 1634, [20], 326 [i.e. 316], [4] pp., title with woodcut illustration (leaf trimmed to margin and lined to verso), numerous woodcut illustrations throughout, fraying to margins of several leaves at front and rear, with verso of fore-margins to leaves A2-A4 strengthened, occasional minor damp stains, head of front pastedown with early signature of P.H. Pyesmith, contemporary speckled vellum, 20th-century brown morocco reback with gilt decoration, folio (29 x 193 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Garrison & Morton 288; Nissen ZBI 2852; STC 17993.The first of "the first book about insects published in Britain" (Salmon, Aurelian Legacy, p 95). Compiled in the late 16th century by Moffett, who 'travelled extensively in Europe and kept copious notes of his observations on insects. These he published in the above folio, together with many excellent woodcut illustrations. To date, this was the best work of its kind and it set a new standard of accuracy in the study of the invertebrates. An English translation, Theater of Insects, appeared in 1658' (Garrison & Morton).Moffet is often mistakenly said to have used a microscope in his observations, but in fact made the highly accurate woodcuts with the naked eye. Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne published the work posthumously from the manuscript, which is preserved today in the British Library. The illustration of the American Swallowtail on p 98 is the first printed representation of an American butterfly. There are three variant imprints, but these variants do not indicate a chronology, simply that the edition was shared among booksellers.

Robertson (W. Graham). Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh, and other Pageants for a Baby Girl, 1907, 12 colour plates including frontispiece, original cloth in slightly frayed dust jacket, 4to, together with:Moore (E. Hamilton). Fifteen Roses, being our Lady's Rosary in Verse, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1926, 15 woodcut illustrations by Gabriel Pippet, light toning, original cloth-backed printed boards, covers toned, slim folio (limited edition of 250 copies printed on cartridge paper),Gaskin (Arthur J.). A Book of Pictured Carols, London: George Allen, 1893, monochrome plates and illustrations, original vellum-backed cloth, slightly marked, slim 4to (limited edition 49/100 printed on Japanese vellum), plus three others similarQTY: (6)

Thorburn (Archibald). Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland, 1st edition, Longmans, Green and Co, 1923, 30 colour plates (with tissue-guards), occasional light spotting, modern red half morocco gilt, folio, together with: British Birds, 4 volumes, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1915-16, 80 colour plates (with tissue-guards), occasional spotting, original red cloth gilt, a few marks to covers, spines lightly faded, 4to, withA Naturalist's Sketch Book, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1919, 60 plates (24 in colour), occasional light spotting, original red cloth gilt, rubbed, 4toQTY: (6)

Merian (Maria Sibylla). Butterflies, Beetles and Other Insects. The Leningrad Book of Notes and Studies, 2 volumes (text/plates), Leipzig: McGraw-Hill International Book Company, 1976, 120 colour plates, loose as issued in half calf solander box, both volumes contained in slipcase, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Limited edition 359/1750, from a total edition of 1800.

Bible [English]. The Bible: That is, the Holy Scriptures Conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated According to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages. With most profitable annotations upon all the hard places, and other things of great importance, [Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, 1587], general title with early marginalia and scribbles, torn to central woodcut and with loss of imprint and lined to verso, New Testament title and Apocrypha present, several woodcut illustrations and without leaf following general title, double-column roman text, blank leaf between Apocrypha and New Testament title with late 16th-early 19th century annotations and genealogical entries, wants f. 49 (G1) and f. 64 (H8) in Old Testament and wants f. 35 (3E3) in New Testament, repaired closed tear to D5 and slight text loss to lower outer corner, lower half of leaf 3I2 torn away and repaired with lost text provided in manuscript, blank leaf at rear with inscription 'William Crick. His Book. April 23 1793, Burry, Suffolk', bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes, Collected into English Meetre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: Printed by John Wolfe, for the Assignes of Richard Day, 1567, woodcut device to title, final leaf of text (H3) torn to upper outer corner with slight loss to few letters, without H4 (blank), very short worm trail to last few leaves of index table in Bible and initial few leaves of Book of Psalms, dust-soiling, toning and occasional marks throughout, 19th-century marbled endpapers, all edges gilt (rubbed), contemporary calf, rebacked, lower joint cracked and upper joint split and weak, without ties, worn, 4to (20.5 x 15 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow & Moule 149; Herbert 194; STC 2146.The earliest complete Bible which contains this revised New Testament. After this date the quarto Geneva Bibles printed in roman type as a rule contain Tomson’s revision, while the black-letter quartos give the older version. Tomson's NT also appears in one roman folio (No 235) and in several black-letter folios (Nos 210, 225, 268 and 301). Herbert.

Strang (William). Death and the Ploughmans Wife, London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1894, etched title and 11 plates, each signed in pencil to lower margin, bookplate of Loyse Knowles to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original morocco-backed cloth, spine and extremities rubbed, slight dust soiling to covers, folio (limited edition 14/110), together with:Strang (William). The Earth Fiend. A Ballad made & etched by William Strang, London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1892, etched title and 10 plates, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth, few marks, folio (limited signed edition 48/150), Bone (Gertrude). Of The Western Isles, London: T. N. Foulis, 1925, woodcut frontispiece and illustrations by Stephen Bone, map endpapers, edges untrimmed, original vellum-backed printed boards, 8vo (limited signed edition 54/150),Richardson (Maimie A.). Stirling Castle and other Poems, London: Alexander Maclehouse & Co., 1934, etched frontispiece and 4 monochrome plates by Sir David Young Cameron, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth, folio, plus Strang (William). A Book of Giants, drawn, engraved and written by William Strang, London: Unicorn Press, 1898, illustrations throughout, edges untrimmed, original pictorial cloth, small 4toQTY: (5)

A limited edition box set 'Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie' numbered 0504/3000. All housed in original card mailing box. To inc: -Remastered original album -32 bonus audio tracks featuring unheard home recordings, rough mixes, and B-sides including selections from Oobu Joobu part 1-6 -Flaming Pie At The Mill, Paul's hour-long tour at the studio -Remastered album cut at half speed across 2LPs -Home recordings -'The Ballad Of The Skeletons' single with etching -In The World Tonight documentary -Music videos, EPKs, interviews, performances and behind-the-scenes material -128-page book containing previously unpublished images by Linda McCartney, expanded album artwork from the archives and the story behind the album; including track-by-track information, recipes and newinterviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne, Steve Miller and key album personnel, written by Chris Heath -Facsimile of John Hammel studio notebook -6 Linda McCartney art prints housed in a marbled folio -Club Sandwich Magazine -Envelope with hand-written lyrics and The Flame newspaper -Flaming Pie plectrum -Downloadable 24 bit 96kHz HD audio Stock image used for reference only.

WALT DISNEY: 1- Three Little Pigs. Story and illustrations by the staff of the Walt Disney Studios. Blue Ribbon Books, New York, 1933, 1st. Edn. DW ($1.00). Tears & small loss to dust jacket, otherwise VG; 2- The Walt Disney Annual. Whitman Publishing, Racine, Wisconsin, 1937, 1st. Edn. Folio, original pictorial boards, little rubbed G+; 3- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. An Authorized Book of the Walt Disney Film, adapted from Grimm's fairy tales. L, Collins, no date (1939). Folio, original pictorial boards; rubbed; title pages blued to board and with tape residue; inner hinges cracked; 4- Walt Disney's Version of Pinocchio. L, Collins, no date (1940). 4to. Original pictorial boards. Good copy (2 copies); 5- MICKEY MOUSE, movie stories, book 2. Dean & Son Ltd, 1935, 1st. Edn. Oblong 4to. Original cloth backed pictorial boards G+; 6- MICKEY MOUSE ANNUAL 1947. Dean & son, copyright 1946 (3 copies); 7- MICKEY MOUSE ANNUAL 1948. Dean & son, copyright 1947 (2 copies); 8- Donald & Mickey Annual, 1975; 9- The Felix Annual Adventures of the Film Cat (1928); 10- The Felix Annual Adventures of the Film Cat (1929). (qty.)

HUSBANDRY, Etc: GAMBADO: An Academy for Grown Horsemen Containing The Completest Instructions For Walking, Trotting, Cantering &c. 1808, 3rd. Edn. With 12 plates; BOUND WITH: Annals of Horsemanship. 1808. With 17 Plates. Folio, Light damp stain to bottom corners of the plates; one plate trimmed and another with a tear to the corner and small loss (well away from the image); Tusser, T: Five hundred points of good husbandry.. Together with a book of huswifery. 1812; Lord-Mayor of London: A present for an apprentice: or, a sure guide to gain both esteem and estate, Two editions: 1759 & 1774; Certain ancient tracts concerning the management of landed property. Reprinted. 1767. Three parts. C19 half leather. G+; Warner, F: A full & plain account of the GOUT. Dublin, J Williams, 1769;Bonnycastle, J: Introduction to Astronomy. 1803; Plus: The racing calendar for the year 1831. (8)

The Folio Society - Collection of classic short stories comprising of English, French, American and American. Together with cellophane sealed Folio society humour and War books including, The Folio book of humorous anecdotes, The best after dinner stories, the best of the Marx Brothers and Mass - observation: Britain in the second world war. 

Ɵ&nbspGibbs (James) Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture, first edition, initial licence leaf with woodcut arms, title with woodcut vignette, 64 engraved plates, some foxing and soiling, mostly marginal, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, [Archer 451.1], folio, Printed by W. Bowyer for the Author, 1732.*** First edition of Gibbs' "authoritative source book for British and American architects" (Archer), and a "demonstration of his experiments in drawing the Orders" (RIBA). 

Ɵ&nbspChippendale (Thomas) The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, first edition, half-title, title in red and black, engraved dedication, list of subscribers, 160 engraved plates only (of 161, lacking final plate), plate 139 mutilated with large part cut away, occasional ink stains and some foxing, contemporary reversed calf, stamped in blind, worn, [Rothschild 614], folio, Printed for the Author, [1754].*** First edition of the most important book of furniture designs published in the 18th century. Provenance: Henry Toye Bridgeman, 1st Baron Bradford (ink inscription dated 1755 and Weston Library bookplate on front pastedown). 

Ɵ&nbspPalladio (Andrea) Les Batimens et les Desseins, 4 vol. in 2, edited by Ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi, second French edition, engraved frontispiece featuring bust of Palladio by Ravenet after David Rossi, 4 engraved title-vignettes featuring the Villa Rotunda, 210 engraved plates on 208 sheets, some double-page, some foxing and water-staining, [Fowler 231; Millard Italian 71], Vicenza, Giovanni Rossi, 1786; bound with Les Thermes des Romains, engraved frontispiece and 25 plates on 24 sheets, some double-page, Vicenza, Francesco Modena, 1785, contemporary half calf, worn, covers detached and lacking backstrips, folio*** "Focusing on the second book by Palladio on private houses, Bertotti-Scamozzi organizes his analytical presentation of Palladio's buildings in a novel manner, that is, geographically and stylistically .. [His] inventory of Palladio's buildings included thorough archival research and a critical reading of the Palladian literature" (Millard Coll.). 

Leger (Fernand) Cirque, one of 300 copies on velin d'Arches (this copy out of series and unsigned), lithographed throughout by Leger including 33 illustrations in colour (all but one full-page, 3 double-page), and 42 in black and white (some double-page), some very light offsetting as usual, loose as issued in original lithographed pictorial wrappers, uncut, glacine wrapper, original board folder and slip-case, [The Artist and the Book 164; From Manet to Hockney 123], folio, Paris, Teriade, 1950.⁂ A magnificent work, produced entirely by Leger. This copy from the Margaret Winkelman collection, with bookplate (sold at Bloomsbury Auctions, June 2007 £12,000).

Folio Society Book sto include The Discovery and Conquest of Peru, Domestic Manners of The Americans, Travels Through France and Italy Etc

Seven Folio Society books, including The Divine Comedy, Charles Dickens Christmas Book, The Proud Tower, etc, all with outer sleeves

The Folio Society.Lang (Andrew), The Yellow Fairy Book; The Red Fairy Book; The Pink Fairy Book; The Blue Fairy Book;Folio Society, 2008, the Pink book a second printing, the Blue a sixth printing, four volumes, small quarto, illustrated, original pictorial cloth, slipcase;with four others published by the Folio Society (illustrated fables and fairy-tales). (8)All books Fine. No inscriptions found. Some very minor marks on slipcases.

Budge (E. A. Wallis).The Book of the Dead, Facsimiles of the Papyri of Hunefer, Anhai, Kerasher and Netchemet ...British Museum et al., 1899, large folio, xi, [1], 64 pages, 19 chromolitho plates (double and single page) and 78 monochrome plates, reinforced title hinge, modern half leather binding.

Ephemera.A varied collection in five albums, compring:Historical Interest - extensive collection of press cuttings, engravings including maps, livestock, Hogarth's street scenes, a Newcastle Spirit Establishment's promissory note, adverts, broadsides, adverts and business cards, coloured illustrations, etc. 19th century, pasted in large folio album, worn with detached board;Original Artwork - A collection of artwork and verse, including French scenes (one of a roadside gibbet), 'The Caravan from Mecca ..', a portrait of an 'American Stone Indian', an early steam engine, etc. Various mediums (pencil, pen & ink, crayon and gouache), embossed album (well worn);Free Fronts - Approx. 138 items, including signed free fronts with free franks, signed fronts without franks and several cropped signatures. Mainly 1830s, mounted in half roan album;Poetry - A commonplace book of Poetry. 19th century, manuscript, ornate ebossed leather binding with inset colour peacock to each board. Bookseller's stamp of Taylor of Liverpool;Commonplace Book - Manuscript entries including Ballads, Letters, historical events, etc. Early 19th century, worn sheep bings, spine weak. (5)

‘A Noble Old Scrap Book’ of Austrian Topography.An outstanding album of early engravings, woodcuts and original artwork depicting the towns, castles, houses, monasteries and inhabitants of the Austrian Empire. Possibly compiled in the late 17th century (an inscription to the front pastedown is dated 1700), the illustrations may date from the sixteenth century onwards.Divided into four regions, the album comprises;STYRIA [South-East Austria]Ornate colour title, Map - Stiria, a double page hand-coloured engraved map.A printed index.Map - Seutter, Stiria Ducatus, double-page hand-coloured engraved map.Kings - twenty-two hand-coloured portraits of Kings, mounted on six pages.Map - Frisiae Orientalis, a double-page, hand-coloured engraved map.Town Views, 475 hand-coloured woodcuts of towns and buildings, generally mounted four to a page.Costume, eighteen original illustrations of local people, watercolour and gouache, with two others. CARINTHIA [South-East Austria]Ornate colour title.Map - Mercator (Ger.), Salzburg … et Carinthia Ducatus (Jansson), hand-coloured double-page engraved map.Plan - Salzburg, A birds-eye view, tipped-in.Printed index.Map - Seutter, Carinthia Ducatus, hand-coloured double-page engraved map.Town Views, 138 woodcut illustrations including a birds eye view of a village dated 1649.Two military illustrations, watercolour, pen and ink. CARNIOLIA [Slovenia]Ornate colour title.Map - Mercator (Ger.), Karstia Carniola Histria et Windorum Marchia (Jansson), hand-coloured double-page engraved map.Printed index.Map - Seutt (Matth.) Ducatus Carniolae, hand-coloured double-page engraved map.Large folding view (creased and torn).Original Artwork - 170 views of towns and buildings, including castles mansions, monasteries, etc., watercolour, pen and ink, some amendments to titles. Original Artwork - 22 views of countryside, rivers and mountains local costumes, etc., watercolour, pen and ink.TYROLIS [Western Austria]Map - Comitatus Tirolensis (Jansson), hand-coloured double-page engraved map.Map - Territorium Tridentinum (Jansson), hand-coloured double-page engraved map.Printed Index.Map - Seuttere, Tirolis Episcopat, hand-coloured double-page engraved map.Maps - Two small engraved maps tipped in.Tirolensium Principium Comitum, hand-coloured engraved title page and ?frontis with two pages of text.Kings - 32 hand-coloured illustrations of Kings, mounted to expose text verso (four per page).Towns - 40 hand-coloured woodcuts of towns, mountains, castles, street plans, etc. Costume - Two cut-out mounted costumes and three others.The pages are built up around the images to create a page size of 540mm x 400mm. The leaves have been numbered on the top corner and the numbering runs to 192, however six leaves are missing from the sequence, several leaves are blank. Ink royal signet to lower margin of early leaf. A little staining in places, some dust marking. The front pastedown bears an early bookseller’s cropped catalogue entry describing it as ‘A Noble Old Scrap Book’ … ‘nearly contemporary with the Nuremberg Chronicle’. A very large folio album bound in full morocco (worn) with faded gilt-tooled spine. Overall dimensions approx 565mm x 435mm x 100mm.

HMS Malabar. Montagu (Capt. Sir W.A.), An interesting manuscript copy book, commencing with an instruction that 'I expect the Mates, Midshipmen, Volunteers and Master's Assistants to be perfect in their Equipment, and that at all times they dress in strict accordance with the Regulations of the Service. As the Malabar is about to proceed .....'. Capt. Montagu's letters then commence on the 25th July 1834 with a request to Admiral Sir William Hargood for a detachment of Marines to be sent to the ship. The final letter is dated 5th January 1838. An interesting record of command in the Royal Navy at that time, worthy of further research. Ink manuscript on paper, 300 pages, page size 31cm x 20cm, watermarked Edward Smith 1831, generally several letters per page, marbled endpapers, original reversed calf binding with ship and captain's names to upper board (spine well worn). Orders, 'H.M.S. Malabars Order Book'. A manuscript record of orders received, dating from 1832 to 1837, many from the Vice-Admiral. Ink manuscript on paper, various hands, approx 250 folio pages, page size 34.5 cm x 20cm, worn with several closed tears, bound in ?original canvas covers with button fastenings, title to one side. Plan of HMS Thunderer's Main Yard loosely inserted. HMS Malabar, a 74 gun Repulse-class ship of the line of the Royal Navy, was launched in 1818 at Bombay Dockyard. Sir William Augustus Montagu was Captain from the 25th July 1834 until ordered home at the end of 1837. (Wikipedia)

George Grosz. Ecce Homo. Mit 84 Lithographien und 16 farb. Tafeln nach Aquarellen. Berlin, Malik-Verlag, 1923. 2 Bll., 84 Lith., 16 Taf., 1 Bl. Folio. Illustr. Orig. Büttenkart. (etwas fleckig, berieben und bestoßen). Dückers S I C. - Lang 38. - Lewis 275. - Herrmann 155. - Gittig/Herzfelde 59. - Ausgabe C, die neben der Ausgabe A die vollständigste aller Ausgaben ist, mit den Offsetlithos und den farbigen Aquarellen. - "Ecce Homo", eine der berühmtesten Graphikfolgen Grosz, durfte in ihrem Umfang nur etwas über ein Jahr verkauft werden. Die kritisch, satirischen Darstellungen erregten großes Aufsehen und brachten Verbote und Zensuren mit sich, weshalb in Folge zahlreiche Motive aus den verschiedenen Buch- und Mappenausgaben entfernt werden mussten. - Wenige Bll. im Rand etw. fleckig u. knickspurig. Insgesamt äußerst sauberes und wohlerhaltenes Exemplar. With 84 lithographs and 16 col. plates. Ill. orig. cardboard binding (slightly soiled, rubbed and bumped). - Edition C, which, along with edition A, is the most complete of all editions. - "Ecce Homo", one of the most famous graphic series Grosz, was allowed to be sold in its volume only a little over a year. The critical, satirical depictions caused a great stir and brought bans and censures, which is why, as a result, numerous motifs had to be removed from the various book and portfolio editions. - Few sheets in the margin somewhat stained and a bit creased. Overall very clean and well preserved copy.

Miotte, Jean - - André Verdet. (1913 Nizza - 2004 Saint-Paul-de-Vence). Les voies de l'univers / les désordres de l'homme. Mit vier signierten Originalzeichnungen von Jean Miotte, Ezio Cella, Mario Borgna und André Verdet. Mailand, Editions Centro Difussione Arte, 1995. 126 Bll. Folio. Bedrucktes blaues Lwd. mit silbergeprägtem RTitel und DTitel sowie montiertem DSchild. In blauem OSchuber. Unikales Exemplar mit 4 sign. Orig.-Zeichnungen. - Das Buch eines von 500 im Druckvermerk handschriftlich nummerierten Exemplaren. Die Zeichnungen je mit Widmung. - Der französische Dichter, Maler und Bildhauer Verdet schloss sich im Krieg der Résistance an. 1944 von der Gestapo gefangengenommen, saß er als Lagerhäftling erst in Auschwitz, später Buchenwald, ein. Nach dem Krieg kehrte er in seinen Heimatort Saint-Paul-de-Vence zurück und befreundete sich mit Künstlern wie Braque, Chagall, Hartung, Léger, Matisse und Picasso. - Schuber minimal berieben. Insgesamt in sehr gut erhalten. Die Zeichnungen in farbprächtigem Zustand. Unique copy with 4 sign. orig. drawings. (The book) one of 500 copies numbered by hand in the imprint. The drawings each with dedication. - The French poet, painter and sculptor Verdet joined the Résistance during the war. Captured by the Gestapo in 1944, he was imprisoned first in Auschwitz and later in Buchenwald. After the war he returned to his hometown Saint-Paul-de-Vence and became friends with artists like Braque, Chagall, Hartung, Léger, Matisse and Picasso. - Slipcase minimally rubbed. Overall in very good condition. The drawings in splendid colour condition.

Miró, Joan - - André Frénaud. Le miroir de l'homme par les bêtes. Mit 3 Aquatinta-Radierungen, 2 Carborundum-Radierungen und 1 Umschlagcollage (diese nach Miró). Paris, Maeght éditeur, 1972. Folio (44 x 32,5 cm). Je lose eingelegt in OUmschlag und Kassette (Umschlag teils minimal unfrisch). Cramer 159. Lelong 566-570. - Eines von 30 Exemplaren der Vorzugsausgabe, im Druckvermerk von Miró und Frénaud handsigniert. In sich vollständig, die im Kolophon angekündigte Suite jedoch fehlend. - Druck bei Maeght in Paris. - Eindrucksvolle Originalausgabe des Gedichts von André Frénaud, das von Miró wunderschön illustriert wurde. "Das Gedicht von André Frénaud und die begleitenden Radierungen von Joan Miró stellen nach der Absicht der Autoren eine freie Hommage an das Genie von Hieronymus Bosch dar" (letzte Seite des Buches). Prachtvolles Künstlerbuch. Der Einband ist auf beiden Deckeln mit einer Collage aus metallisierten Papieren in drei Farbtönen illustriert worden. Der Band beinhalten zudem 8 Seiten aus metalisiertem Papier (grün, hartblau, silbern, golden und rot) mit Spiegelwirkung des Textes. - Wenige Seiten mit leichtem Abklatsch. Insgesamt sehr gut erhalten. Prachtvoll, farbkräftige Radierungen. With 3 aquatint etchings, 2 carborundum etchings and 1 wrapper collage (this one after Miró). Loosely inserted in wrapper and linen cassette. - The wrapper partly minimally unfresh. A few pages with slight rubbing. Altogether in very good condition. Splendid etchings in bright colours. - One of 30 copies, signed by Miró and Frénaud in the imprint. The suite announced in the colophon is missing. - Printed by Maeght in Paris. - Impressive original edition of the poem by André Frénaud, beautifully illustrated by Miró. "The poem by André Frénaud and the accompanying etchings by Joan Miró constitute, according to the authors' intention, a free homage to the genius of Hieronymus Bosch" (last page of the book). Splendid artist's book. The cover has been illustrated on both covers with a collage of metallised papers in three shades. The volume also contains 8 pages of metalised paper (green, hard blue, silver, gold and red) with mirror effect of the text.

Burgart-Presse - - Jan Volker Röhnert. Sonnenquartette. Mit 7 Radierungen von Max Uhlig. Rudolstadt 2006. 10 Bl. Folio. OPbd. (Handeinband von Ludwig Vater, Jena). 34. Druck d. Burgart-Presse. - Die großformatigen Radierungen von Uhlig bis 40 x 20 cm. Eines v. 40 nummerierten Exemplaren der Ausgabe C (GA 60). Druckvermerk vom Verfasser und Künstler signiert. - Dieses erste Buch mit originalgraphischen Arbeiten von Max Uhlig erschien anlässlich seines 70. Geburtstags. - "Die Texte sind eigens für dieses Buch entstanden, ausgehend von einer Zeile, die Baudelaires Sonett 'Le vin des amants' beschließt" (Jens Henkel). - Schönes Exemplar. With 7 etchings by Max Uhlig. Original cardboard binding (hand-bound by Ludwig Vater, Jena). - 34th printing d. Burgart-Presse. - The large format etchings by Uhlig to 40 x 20 cm. One of 40 numbered copies of edition C (total edition 60). Printing note signed by the author and artist. - This first book of original graphic works by Max Uhlig was published on the occasion of his 70th birthday. - Fine copy.

Art Déco - Kunstgewerbe - Tapeten - - Carte Riche 1931 (DTitel). Musterbuch mit über 200 Tapetenmustern. Wohl Frankreich, 1931. Quer-Folio. Kt.-Album d. Zt. mit Schraubbindung und montierter DVignette (stärker berieben und bestoßen, Vignette mit größeren Defekten und Fehlstellen). Mit Preisliste in französischer und niederländischer Sprache. Die Muster verso je mit gestempelter Inventarnummer und teils weiteren Angaben. Einige mit zusätzlich montierten Blättern der belgischen Firma Brepols. - Auf der Preisliste und auf dem Albumdeckel mit dem Firmennamen "C.P.P.", wohl eine Abkürzung für "Central Papiers Peints". Eine Marke diesen Namens wurde wohl 1929 von der Firma Bricard, Besson & Delepoulle in Paris ins Leben gerufen. - Überwiegend mit floralen, teils japonisierenden Motiven. Einige zusätzlich mit weiterem Muster mit passender Bordüre versehen. Teils im Prägedruck sowie mit Gold- oder Silberhöhungen versehen. - Einige wenige mit Ein- bzw. Ausriss. 1 Bl. mit leichter Verkebung im Rand. Papierbedingt etwas gebräunt. Einige wenige mit kleinen Quetschfalten und etwas fleckig. Farben sehr schön erhalten, äußerst dekorative Sammlung. Carte Riche 1931 (cover title). Sample book with over 200 wallpaper samples. France or Belgium, 1931. oblong folio. Hardcover with screw binding and mounted cover vignette (more rubbed and bumped, vignette with larger defects and missing parts). - With price list in French and Dutch. The samples each with stamped inventory number and partly further details on verso. Some with additionally mounted sheets of the Belgian company Brepols. - On the price list and on the album cover with the company name "C.P.P.", probably an abbreviation for "Central Papiers Peints". A brand of this name was created in 1929 by the company Bricard, Besson & Delepoulle in Paris. - Predominantly with floral, partly japonising motifs. Some additionally with a further pattern with matching border. Partly with relief printing and gold or silver highlights. - Some few samples with tear or tear-out. Paper somewhat browned. A few with small creases and somewhat stained. Colours fresh, interesting collection.

Photographie - - Helmut Newton. SUMO. Mit Buch-Ständer und zahlr. Abbildungen. Köln, Taschen, 2009. Folio. OLwd. in ill. OUmschlag u. Begleitheft. Zus. mit Acryl-Ständer in ill. OKarton mit Tragegriff (dieser minimal bestoßen). Verkleinerte Ausgabe zum 10. Jubiläum der Erstveröffentlichung des monumentalen Photo-Buches. - Originalverpackt. Tadellos. Photography - With book stand and numerous illustrations. Orig. cloth in ill. orig. wrappers and booklet. Together with acrylic stand in ill. orig. cardboard box with handle (the latter minimally bumped). - Reduced edition for the 10th anniversary of the first publication of the monumental photo book. - Originally packed. Mint condition.

Cranach Press.- Shakespeare (William) Die Tragische Geschichte von Hamlet Prinzen von Daenemark, translated by Gerhart Hauptmann, number 65 of 230 copies on Maillol hand-made paper, from an edition limited to 255, type designed by Edward Johnston after the Mainz Psalter of 1457, half-title cut by Eric Gill, printed in red, black and occasionally blue, wood-engraved illustrations designed and cut by Edward Gordon Craig, unbound in the original sheets, uncut, loose as issued in original vellum-backed board portfolio with ties, upper cover and spine titled in red, very slightly soiled, [cf. Artist and the Book 66], folio, Weimar, Cranach Press, 1929.⁂ One of the outstanding pieces of book art of the 20th century. A masterpiece of printing and design, which spent nearly twenty years in production, this German edition was issued a year prior to the English edition. Rarely found as unbound sheets.

Architecture.- Lewis (James) Original Designs in Architecture, 2 vol. in 1, vol. 1 second edition with corrections, vol. 2 first edition, list of subscribers to each vol., 64 engraved plates, of which one folding, light marginal soiling, modern half morocco, uncut, folio, for the Author by Copper and Graham, 1797.⁂ Scarce: for this edition of Book I, ESTC no copy in the BL and only 5 in America; for Book II, ESTC lists only 2 UK copies (BL and R.I.B.A.) and 4 more in America. The neo-classical architect's scarce second book was published some 17 years after the first (originally published 1780). He explicitly cautions against contemporary capriciousness, love of novelty, and a vain presumption of superiority over the ancients, while at the same time praising the work of individuals such as Jones, Wren and Vanbrugh. Among the subscribers are Catherine the Great (who had died the year before) and Paul I of Russia, as well as her Italian architect Giacomo Quarenghi, and numerous British and Italian nobles, artists and architects.

Smith (Percy John Delf, British artist-soldier, printmaker, calligrapher and book designer, 1882-1948) Collection of 19 original preliminary drawings for "Twelve Drypoints of the War 1914-1918", including five pen and ink with wash, 13 black chalk and pencil, and one etching re-worked with black chalk and pencil, on various papers, some inscriptions and dates, two presented in card slips with 'Return to/ Percy Smith/ 27 Rudell Crescent/ NW3' inscribed to upper covers, various sizes between approx. 100 x 145 mm (4 x 5 3/4 in) and 190 x 250 mm (7 1/2 x 9 7/8 in), occasional minor handling creases and old folds, some surface dirt, slightly rough edges to some, a few laid onto support, all unframed, circa 1914-1918; together with Twelve Drypoints of the War 1914-1918, including 11 drypoint etchings only (of 12), lacking no. "V", 'The Long and Winding Way', all inscribed and signed in pencil, each platemark approx. 150 x 200 mm (5 7/8 x 7 7/8 in), or the reverse, each taped into contemporary mount, some staining to margins, presented in original portfolio case with artist's manuscript label to upper cover and two copies of William Rothenstein's "Note", inscribed in pencil 'Set No. 6', folio, Colnaghi & Co., 1925Provenance: Private collection (bought in the late 1990s)⁂ An important archival collection of working drawings and studies for Smith's "Twelve Drypoints of the War". Including an almost complete set of the drypoints in original portfolio, one of only 12 sets that were printed, of which only 10 were for sale."Percy Delf Smith arrived on the Western Front in late 1916 where he was posted to the Somme with the Royal Marines as a gunner. Shortly after his arrival he began sketching without authorisation. This activity was quickly noticed. Nevertheless, Captain High Boffey, who was Smith's superior, allowed him to continue. Smith however, seemingly unsatisfied with only producing rough sketches, changed his tactics in early 1917. [His parents sent him a] parcel [...] made up of the usual, letters and magazines from home. But within the magazine pages, [they] had managed to smuggle copper etching plates to their son. And so Smith began what he referred to as his 'Thiepval etchings'." Incredibly, it is believed that Smith used steel gramophone needles, a common feature in the trenches, to mark his plates. [Imperial War Museum, "Percy Delf Smith: Making Art as a Soldier on the Western Front"]"Few men living handle the needle to such purpose, and with so sincere an object, as the author of the plates here published" [William Rothenstein, "Note" to Twelve Drypoints of the War 1914-1918, 1925]

BOOK- ETON AND OXFORD, A FOLIO EDITION OF COLOUR ENGRAVINGS.

Davenant (William). The Works of Sir William Davenant Kt, consisting of those which were formerly Printed, and those which he design'd for the Press: Now Published out of the Authors Originall Copies, 1st edition, London: T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1673, engraved portrait frontispiece, bookplates of Winston Henry Hagen and Charles A Gould to front pastedown, with further red morocco book ticket embellished in gilt, all edges gilt, 20th-century full green morocco gilt by Riviere, central Cambridge panel to covers with foliate cornerpieces, incorporated by gilt triple rule border, folio (315 x 195 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provnenance: Winston Henry Hagen and Charles A. Gould (bookplates).ESTC R10223; Wing D320.The first collected edition of the works of Sir William Davenant (1606-1668) including the prefatory The answer of Mr. Hobbes to Sr. William D'Avenant's preface before Gondibert, and poems by Waller and Cowley. The volume includes first printings of six of the sixteen plays by Davenant: The Playhouse to be Let, Law Against Lovers, News from Plymouth, The Fair Favourite, The Distresses, and The Siege. Published by his third wife 'Lady Mary' Davenant, this edition is an important collection of the playwright, poet and theatre manager's work, reflecting his great esteem for Shakepeare, whose plays he freely adapted for a new audience, as well as his innovations in dramatic art during the Restoration.

Belchamp St Paul, Essex. A volume of manuscript copies of Latin (and some English) deeds running from 1297 to 1586, titled ‘A booke wherin is entred and Written divers Dedes of feoffment, Releases, Indentures of sale of lande, and other evidences, wylles, wrightine and notes concernyng chiefly the messuages landes tenements and hereditaments situate lying and being in Paules Belchamp in the countie of Essex. Trulye copied out and agreing verbatim with the originalls. Collected in maner of a Register by the procurement of William Golding Esquier the third day of Januari Anno d[o]m[in]i 1584’, title and 58 leaves manuscript on paper, final folio [59] largely torn away and missing along with following two blanks, 21 blank leaves including 9 with foliation only, title on folio 13r, written in a neat secretary hand and the entries from folio 49v in the same hand at a slightly later date, a few scattered spots and some old dampstaining to lower margins of final few leaves, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, contemporary limp vellum with remains of tie and ‘Essex’ written in manuscript to upper cover, some soiling, wear and partial loss of vellum along upper margin of lower cover and spine, folio (300 x 200 mm), contained in a modern black morocco gilt folder with additional Foyle bookplate to inside coverQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).Belchamp St Paul is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex. It is 5 miles west of Sudbury, Suffolk, and 23 miles north-east of the county town, Chelmsford.William Golding would appear to be the son of John Golding and Elizabeth (Towe), of Belchamp St Paul, Essex. His father John married twice, having eleven children in total. One of the sons from the second marriage to Ursula (Merston) was Arthur Golding (1536-1606), the Elizabethan author and translator. Arthur (William’s younger half brother) is most well-known for his witty and beautiful translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, first published in 1567, which went through eight editions and had an enormous influence on English literature and poetry. This is the translation that William Shakespeare read and borrowed from, and which Ezra Pound called ‘the most beautiful book in the English language’. Arthur is buried in the village churchyard of St Andrew’s and a memorial to him is within the church. William was born before 1528 and died in London in 1588.

Gell (Sir William). The Topography of Troy, and its Vicinity; Illustrated and Explained by Drawings and Descriptions, 1st edition, London: printed by C. Whittingham for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1804, title with hand-coloured engraved vignette, 2 hand-coloured engraved maps, 28 fine hand-coloured etched and aquatint plates by Thomas Medland after William Gell, including 3 folding (a couple of short closed tears to two folding plates), 13 illustrations of which 11 hand-coloured, occasional light offsetting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, finely bound in later navy full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, covers with triple fillet borders in gilt with anthemion decorations to corners and innermost fillet, spine with raised bands, lettered in the second compartment, the others tooled with elaborate repeat decorations, folio, 42.5 x 27 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The Library of William Foyle, Part III, Christie's, 13 July 2000, lot 815.Abbey Travel 399; Blackmer 660.'Gell visited the Troad in December 1801 in company with Dodwell. He used the camera lucida to produce very accurate sketches. Gell fixed the site of Troy at Bounarbashi, in agreement with le Chevalier's theories.' (Blackmer). 'Certainly the most beautiful book on Troy ever published.' (A. K. Lascarides).

* Bacon (Francis, 1561-1626). Lord Verulam, English philosopher and statesman. Grant to Sir Francis Bacon from his mother, Lady Ann Bacon, of the farm in Arneways in the parish of Barking, Essex, 10 December 1595, vellum document, calligraphic initial letter, signed by Lady Ann Bacon with wax seal appended, 190 x 400 mm, folded and displayed with centre portion of the document, signature and seal showing in a plush-lined red straight-grained morocco book box, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to inner lid, slightly rubbed, folio (32 x 21.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Maggs Bros., Catalogue 737, 1944, item 841. The entry notes: ‘Some writers state that Francis Bacon was the son of Queen Elizabeth, but this document rather disproves this fact.’ W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate). Under the will of her father, Sir Anthony Cooke, of Romford, Essex, Lady Ann Bacon undoubtedly received property in Essex of which the farm of Arneways was a part. This property being in her own right, she was free to dispose of it to her sons as she wished. ‘I Ladie Anne Bacon widow, late wife to Sir Nicholas Bacon Kinght, Late I Ladie Anne Bacon widow, late wife to Sir Nicholas Bacon Knight, late Lord Keeper of the Greate Seale of England, deceased, doe sende greetinge in or Lord God evr. lastinge. Knowe ye that I the said Ladie Anne Bacon for and in consideration of the naturall and mothclie love favour and affection which I beare unto and towardes my dear and lovinge sonne Francis Bacon of Graves Inne in the Countie of Mid. Esquier, have given granted surrendred and yealded upp, And by theise pntes. doe clearlie and absolutlie give grante surrender release and yeald upp unto the said Francis Bacon and his heirs for evr. all the estate right title interest condicon and demande whatsoevr. which I the said Ladie Anne Bacon now have or at anie time or times hereafter shall or maye, and in or to all that Tente or farme called Arncwayes and the orchard gardinge three pightells with thappurtenances lyeing and beinge in the Pish. of Barkinge in the Countie of Essex in a ccrtaine place there called Padnall Corner containinge in all seaven acres and a halfe more or less and one meadowe called Browfeild meadow contayninge by istemacon thre acres with theire appurtinances in the said Pish. of Barkinge.’ Etc.

Augustine (Saint, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.). Soliloquia animae ad deum, Italian, 15th century, manuscript in brown and red ink on vellum, 67 leaves (plus 2 vellum end leaves at both front and rear), COMPLETE, collation, 1–610, 710-3 (last 3 cancelled); written in an Italian rotunda script of the 15th century, single column with 22 lines per page, 36 two-line (the first being four-line) floriated initials in alternate red and blue, and blue and red, a ten-line illuminated letter ‘O’ in gold and colours laid in (from a different manuscript) to first leaf of text, and with illuminated border decoration of foliate motifs, stars and a shield at foot, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to recto of first blank vellum leaf, and a folded page of typewritten description of the manuscript in German tipped in, late 19th or early 20th-century Italian full brown morocco with elaborate and rich impressed decoration in green, dark brown and light brown, the upper inside cover with large impressed stamp of Ernesto Pagnoni of Milan, and his initials in shields forming an outer frame, separated from binding along front inner hinge, short splits to head of upper and lower joints, 8vo (178 x 125 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: It may be possible to determine the original patron of the book: above the first rubric is an erasure that appears to begin ‘Iste liber’ and include the name ‘Raimundi’(?); in the lower margin a shield of arms has been overpainted with gesso and gold, but traces of a blue ground survive, and from the back of the leaf a diagonal (bend) can be discerned; Ernesto Pagnoni, Vaprio d’Adda, near Milan. Though his dates of birth and death are unknown, Pagnoni was active as a collector of manuscripts at the beginning of the twentieth century. Part of his collection was sold in Amsterdam by the famous dealer R. W. P. de Vries on the 2nd and 3rd of December 1908. His bookplate was designed by Sigmund Lipinsky in 1912. Other manuscripts once part of Pagnoni’s collection include Yale University, Beinecke Library, Marston MS 235, Lectura super libros sententiarum by Alfonso de Vargas y Toledo, and University of Pennsylvania, MS Codex 717, Ascetic miscellany, 1470-1499. Many manuscripts owned by Pagnoni are housed in modern bindings signed by C. Glingler, bookbinder in Rome; W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate). This text contains the Soliloquies of Saint Augustine of Hippo, an inner dialogue on the matter of the soul, thought in the Middle Ages and Renaissance to be by Saint Augustine, but now doubted. Folio 65 verso and folios 66 and 67 at the end of the volume have additional texts added in several different hands, beginning on folio 65 verso with the Hymn to Saint Michael 'Christiane vir fidelis, qui regnare vis in coelis', (Chevalier, Repertorium Hymnologicum III (1904), 24515) and the Hymn to Saint Christopher 'martir Christoforo pro Salvatoris honore' (Chevalier, Repertorium Hymnologicum III (1904), 29471), followed by other various prayers.

Names of Monasteries 1550 [so titled on upper cover]. List of religious houses in England and Wales in the hand of Sir William Petre, circa 1535, a paper book of 7 folios, endorsed 'Catalogus domorum Religiosorum in Anglia', all conserved [at Essex Record Office, Chelmsford], where in 1957 it formed Essex Record Office Temporary Accession 109, conserved in a modern calf gilt binding containing the original binding (a substantial fragment of a grant, on parchment, of property in Axminster and elsewhere in Devon by Robert Cansfield to Sir John Petre, Lord Petre of Writtle and his son Sir William Petre, 1605-1606), heavily rubbed, narrow folio (430 x 160 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: With a letter from Frederick George [Derick] Emmison (1907–1995), county archivist of Essex, returning the document to W.A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey and identifying the author as Sir William Petre and the date as 1535 or 1536, 31 December 1957.The information is arranged into 14 groups of counties: Kent, Surrey and Sussex; Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire; Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset; Wiltshire, Hampshire and Somerset; Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Rutland; Staffordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire; Huntingtonshire and Cambridgeshire; Lincolnshire; Yorkshire; bishopric of Durham; Westmorland, Cumberland and Northumberland; Cheshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire; South Wales; North Wales. Within each of these sections, the houses are grouped by religious order or type – Augustinians, Benedictines, Carthusians, nunneries, Cistercians, Cluniacs, Hospitallers, Gilbertines and Premonstratensians. Each such list is headed with houses identified as ‘above 300 marks per annum’.The list closes with the Bonhommes of Ashridge and Edgington, St John [of] Jerusalem for the Knights of Rhodes, preceptories ‘commonly called the commanderies of the Knights of St John Jerusalem’, ‘all the friar houses in England whereof a great number have fair possession ’, all the colleges in England amounting to [blank], all the chantries in England being in number [blank], the possessions of the bishoprics in the realm abated [blank].The identification of the houses worth over 300 marks (£200) a year places the text between Valor Ecclesiasticus, the valuation of monasteries compiled by the summer of 1535, and February 1536 when parliament passed the Suppression of Religious Houses Act (27 Hen. VIII c. 28), which provided for the dissolution of houses with a net income of less than £200 a year. It also demonstrates that as early as 1535, the dissolution not only of monasteries but of colleges and chantries was contemplated, a process not achieved until 1547, and that even the secular episcopal estate had come under the official eye. The principal official responsible for this process between 1535 and 1540 was Sir William Petre (1505/6–1572).Petre was the son of a prosperous Devon cattle farmer and tanner. He entered Oxford as a law student in 1519 and was admitted fellow of All Souls in 1523, retaining this place until 1535 and serving as law bursar in 1528/9. He graduated bachelor in both laws on 2 July 1526, and during 1527 and 1528 he practised in the Oxford chancellor’s court. He is believed to have been made tutor to Sir Thomas Boleyn’s son George (brother of Anne). Through this connection, supposedly, he came to Henry VIII’s notice, and was one of the junior counsel representing the king in his matrimonial suit before the legatine court at Blackfriars (May–July 1529). In the course of 1533 he began work as a chancery clerk.During the summer of 1535 Petre submitted proposals for the reorganization of ecclesiastical jurisdiction under the crown, and from October he presided over Cromwell’s vice-gerential court. Between 1535 and 1540 Petre was principally occupied with the visitation and dissolution of religious houses, tasks he performed with efficiency and fairness, avoiding the unsavoury reputation of his fellow commissioners. Nevertheless he used his position to amass a substantial landholding, mainly in his native Devon and in Essex. By 1540 he had a rent-roll in excess of £500. On 15 December 1539, following the dissolution of Barking Abbey, he received a grant of the property from the crown. Here he built his seat, Ingatestone Hall. His family’s firm adherence to the Catholic religion largely impeded his heirs from following the path of royal and public service which he had himself so successfully negotiated, which his heirs still occupy.

Jonson (Ben). Works, 1st collected edition, 3 volumes: The Workes of Beniamin Jonson, London: Imprinted at London by Will Stansby, 1616, The Workes of Benjamin Jonson, London: Printed by Richard Bishop, and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke in St. Paules Church-yard, 1640, & The Workes of Benjamin Johnson, The second Volume. Containing these playes, viz. 1 Bartholomew Fayre. 2 The Staple of Newes. 3 The Divell is an Asse. London: Printed for Richard Meighen, 1631– 1640 [i.e., 1641], The Workes of Benjamin Jonson, London: Printed by Richard Bishop, and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke in St. Paules Church-yard, 1640, volume 1: [12], 1015 pp. (¶6, A-Pppp6, Qqqq4), engraved allegorical title by William Hole (a good strong impression), with engraved armorial bookplate of Sir Richard Newdigate of Arbery in the County of Warwick Baronet (dated 1709) pasted to verso, woodcut title for Every Man out of his Humour at page 73 in first state, woodcut initials, E6 (page 59-60) thinned with small vertical hairline tears without loss, Xx6 (page 527-528) with minor loss to lower outer blank corner, not affecting text, Yy2 (page 531-532) with loss to lower outer blank corner, not affecting text, contemporary marginal annotation in brown ink to Mmm4 (page 692) and numerous early marginal marks in brown ink (some in pencil) between pages 683 and 760 (the text of Catiline), front and rear pastedowns from an Latin incunable text, contemporary ink ownership signature of John Newdigate to front endpaper, with annotation adjacent 'Trin Coll' and numeral '359,6', engraved armorial bokplate of Sr Roger Newdigate Bart to front pastedown, and adjacent later printed bookplate of Lillian Barbour Bennett, all edges red with manuscript library shelfmark to fore-edge 'B : I : PL : 359', contemporary blind-panelled and blind-decorated full calf, with remains of original ties, rubbed and some wear to edges, volume 2: general printed title with woodcut printer's device (McKerrow 339), the individual plays each with separate printed title, except Christmas His Masque with drop-title, the printed titles to three plays listed on the main title (Bartholomew Fayre, The Staple of Newes, The Divell is an Asse) with woodcut printer's device (McKerrow 374), woodcut initials and headpieces, a few minor marks, front endpaper loose, early (late 17th or early 18th century) ownership signature to front pastedown 'J Perfect's Book', volume 3: engraved portrait of the author [A1], engraved titlepage bearing the imprint of Richard Bishop and Andrew Crooke, a few marks and minor dampstains, volumes 2 and 3 bound in matching late 17th or early 18th century blind-panelled full calf, rubbed and some wear to edges, outer corners renewed, all three volumes with later (20th century) antique-style uniform calf gilt reback, folio QTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance (volume one): John Newdigate (1600 – 29 November 1642), English politician and poet, second child and eldest son of Sir John Newdigate of Arbury Hall, Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire and his wife Anne. He matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford on 6 November 1618, aged 18 and was a student of Gray's Inn and of the Inner Temple in 1620 (ownership signature to first volume); Sir Richard Newdigate (1644-1710), of Arbery in the county of Warwick, 2nd Baronet (engraved bookplate dated 1709 to verso of title to first volume); Sir Roger Newdigate (1719-1806), 5th baronet of Harefield (in Middlesex) and Arbury (in Warwickshire), English antiquary, and founder of the Newdigate Prize at Oxford University (bookplate to front pastedown of first volume).STC 14751 & 14754; ESTC S126501 & S111824; Greg III, pp. 1070 & 1076; Grolier/English 35; Pforzheimer 559 & 560.The first collected edition of Jonson's plays, masques, entertainments and non-dramatic poetry, second in importance only to Shakespeare’s folios in 17th century English drama. The publication of a collected "Workes" in folio, its title-page adorned with classical motifs, was a typically audacious move by Jonson, especially because he included in it nine plays written for the commercial theatre. In his first folio Jonson presents his stage plays as serious works of literature, a crucial step in establishing the literary credentials of the public theatre, often dismissed as ephemeral at the time; one contemporary responded to the publication with a distich: "Pray tell me Ben, where does the mystery lurk/What others call a play, you call a work?" Jonson's 1616 folio stood as a precedent for other play collections that followed—notably the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays in 1623, and the first Beaumont and Fletcher folio in 1647. When Heminges and Condell came to prepare the Shakespeare First Folio, Jonson himself provided commendatory verses. Shakespeare's name appears twice in Jonson's folio, listed among the principal players for Every Man in his Humour and Sejanus.Two further folio collections of Jonson's works were issued in 1640-41. The first, printed by Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke, was a 1640 reprint of the 1616 folio with corrections and emendations; it has thus sometimes been termed the second edition of the first folio. The second volume was edited by Jonson's literary executor Sir Kenelm Digby, and published by Richard Meighen, in co-operation with Chetwinde. That volume contained later works, most of them unpublished or uncollected previously—seven plays (including the three printed in 1631), two of them incomplete, and fifteen masques, plus miscellaneous pieces. In the Digby/Meighen volume—identified on its title page as the 'Second Volume' of Jonson's works—the varying dates (1631, 1640, 1641) in some of the texts, and what has been called "irregularity in contents and arrangement in different copies," have caused significant confusion.

Leonardus de Utino. Sermones quadragesimales de legibus fratris Leonardi de Utino sacre theologie doctoris ordinis predicatorum, Vicenza: Impensa [et] diligentia maxima Stephani koblinger de Vienna impressum hoc op[us] p[re]clarissimu[m] Vince[n]tie octauo cale[n]d[as] decembris. MCCCCLXXViiii [24 November 1479], 403 (of 404) leaves, a2-10, b-s10, t8, v-y10, 1-2 8, 3-19 10, lacking the first leaf (a1), which is blank to recto but has a Table to verso, text printed in Koblinger's types 2:150G and 3:74G, in double column, 52 lines per column, capital spaces, rubricated throughout, larger red initials and numerous small initials in red, primary initial on a2 recto unrealised, burgundy morocco gilt book plate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, scattered contemporary marginal annotations in brown ink, light soiling to recto of first leaf, a5 with some creasing to blank fore-margin, a few minor marginal stains and small repairs (small repairs, not affecting text, minor paper repair to head of inner margin of a5-6, s8-10 with stain to lower outer blank margin, z4 with small paper repairs to lower blank margin, 7 9-10, and 8 1-2 with small paper repairs and associated stain to lower outer margins, light water stain to lower outer corners at rear of volume), early 20th-century Italian limp full vellum, lettered by hand to spine (endpapers renewed), thick Chancery folio (290 x 195 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).GW M17926; Goff L148; BN 15th century VII 1043 (IB.31825); BSB-INK L124; Bod-inc L077.Rare: only two auction records of this edition located (Catawiki, 2021 and Christies New York, The Knakles Collection of Incunabula, 17 April 2000, lot 151.The collected sermons of the famous Dominican Friar Leonardo Mateo da Udine (died 1469). Leonardo delivered sermons across Italy, including Rome, Florence, Venice and Milan, and served as professor of Theology and rector of the Dominican school at Bologna before he became prior of the Convent of St Dominic, also in Bologna.The second of four books printed at Vicenza by the prototypographer of Vienna. This edition of the Udine Dominican Leonardo's popular sermons is a page-for-page reprint of the first edition, printed in 1473 at Venice by Franciscus Renner and Nicolaus de Frankfordia. Koblinger probably trained in Renner's office, since the material and texts of all three of Koblinger's signed Vicenza editions show connections with Renner, including the unusual method of signing using the alphabet (a-y) followed by arabic numerals. The two gothic founts used in both this and Koblinger's 1480 edition of Utino's Sermones de sanctis vary only slightly from types of the same size used by Renner up until 1477-1478. Koblinger presumably acquired the punches and/or types after the dissolution of the Renner-Frankfordia partnership in 1477. By 1481 Koblinger had returned to his native Vienna, where he was almost certainly responsible for the production of a German-Italian vocabulary and 7 or 8 other unsigned tracts, printed in 1482 and 1485.Koblinger printed only a handful of books including the first ever issued in Vienna. The sermones is the second of just four known works printed by Koblinger in Vicenza, before he returned to Vienna in 1481. There he published the Vocabolista Italico-Tedesco, the first book to be published in Vienna.

Book of Hours, Use of Rouen, in Latin. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Northern France: Rouen, c. 1450], 108 leaves, incomplete, written in a gothic textura script, single column, (foliated 1-108 in modern pencil), the majority double-sided and ruled in red for 16 lines per page (c. 100 x 62 mm), initial 12 leaves comprising calendar, folio 13 begins mid-sentence 'mundus perip[u]m factus', numerous one-line initials and line fillers in gilt and colours throughout, three pages with larger initials and foliate decoration to gutter margin and also to upper and lower margins, one other page with foliate decoration to gutter margin, evidence of leaf removal between folios numbered 53 & 54 and folios 55 & 56, few minor worm holes to first and last few leaves, occasional light dust-soiling and minor marks, two blank leaves at front and rear (rear two ruled and one laid down to lower board, initial blank vellum free endpaper with early ownership inscription 'Ces matines appartienent a maistre francois phellippe bourgeois dargen', front pastedown with burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey applied to a piece of vellum overlaying bookplate bearing initials G. R., 17th-century(?) vellum, joints split, 8vo (190 x 135 mm), contained in modern half calf solander box, gilt decorated spine to box and titled 'Horae B. V. M., fifteenth century'QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Francois Phellippe, burgess, either of Strasburg, or of the several Argenteuils (inscription); 'G. R.' (bookplate); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Premonstratensian Order. Annales Canonici et Candidi Ordinis Premonstratensis et Vita Sancti Norberti, cum Calendario continente fundatores, Abbates, et Viri Illustres Ordinis Praemonstratensis, 17th century, 153 leaves, manuscript on paper, written in a small French hand, with some coats of arms in trick, ruled in red throughout, large initial ‘I’ in red on first page, a few other large initial spaces left blank, calendar at rear (largely left blank), pp. 7-8 detached, very occasional browning and old water stains, Phillipps MS 8269 inscribed to first blank page recto, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, contemporary doeskin, upper cover stained, some soiling and wear, spine deficient and joints weak, folio (285 x 190 mm), preserved in a 20th-century green pigskin slipcase lettered in gilt and housed in a gilt-titled green morocco-backed cloth book box, rubbed, 32.5 x 23.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Phillipps MS 8269 (inscription); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).A rare and important manuscript chronicle of the origins of the Premonstratensian Order, covering 1120-155, with the history of the foundation of the different monasteries in England, France, Germany, and a life of Saint Norbert.The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons, is a religious order of canons regular of the Catholic Church founded in Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Saint Norbert of Xanten (c. 1075-1134), who later became Archbishop of Magdeburg. Beeleigh Abbey was constructed for the Order in 1180.

* Devis (Arthur, 1712-1787). The Rev. Edward Foyle (1736-1784), oil on canvas, full-length portrait of a bewigged gentleman attired in black coat, waistcoat, breeches, and stockings, with white collar and cuffs, and knee and shoe buckles, standing with one leg crossed over the other, holding a leather-bound book in his right hand and leaning on a large wooden folio stand with a chair to his left, in a classical interior, with a pedimented landscape painting above a marble fireplace seen through an archway, with rows of gilt-tooled books on shelves to the left, partially concealed by a dark green drape hanging halfway down, re-lined with some associated re-touching, verso of stretcher with label of conservator Helen de Borchgrave 'Re-lined, cleaned & restored, summer 2002', and old paper label (laid down and loosely attached) probably in a late 19th century hand 'Rev: Edward Foyle, rector of Kempton, maried Anne Hayter & whose daughter married John Maurice Eyre of Brickworth. He died 1784. By Arthur Devis', 91.7 x 71.4 cm, gilt moulded frame with engraved identification plaque (107 x 87 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.

Alken (Henry). A Touch at the Fine Arts: Illustrated by Twelve Plates, with Descriptions, 1st edition, London: Thomas M'Lean, 1824, half-title, 12 hand-coloured soft ground etchings with accompanying text leaves, publisher's advert leaf at rear, small embossed crest of B. W[ilson] (motto 'semper vigilans') to lower part of title and ink inscription at head, 'From Mrs Wilson to "our artist"', bookplate of Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough and burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, ink inscription 'Lincoln's Inn 1903' to facing endpaper, some spotting, occasional light offsetting and soiling throughout, untrimmed, original printed boards with morocco corners, rubbed and soiled, modern red morocco gilt reback, small folio (262 x 176 mm), protected in a red morocco wrapper with spine titled in gilt and preserved in a calf-backed cloth book box, gilt-titled and decorated spine, a little faded, 28 x 20 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Wilson family (embossed crest and inscription); Almeric Hugh Paget (bookplate); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Tooley 58.

* Privy Council Warrant. A manuscript Privy Council warrant to Lord Buckhurst, Lord High Treasurer of England, 26 May 1601, authorising payment of conduct money and the conditioning of 20 soldiers to the county of Monmouth, signed by 7 members of the Privy Council, John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury ('Jo:Cant'), Thomas Egerton, Baron Ellesmere & Viscount Brackley, Lord High Chancellor of England ('Tho. Egerton'), Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset ('T. Buckhurst'), Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury ('Ro: Cecyll'), Sir John Fortescue ('Fortescu'), Sir John Popham, Chief Justice of the King's Bench ('J. Popham'), and J. Herbert, initialled note by Lord Buckhurst at foot, 'Mr Skinner make an order', some spotting and soiling, two careful long, closed tear repairs (one long tear through all of text and one shorter tear touching 'Popham', but neither with loss of text), 1 page with integral address and docket leaf (soiled and seal tear), folio (305 x 202 mm), tipped into a folder and presented as a book with typed title-page in red and black and typed biographies of the first 6 signers on rectos of 9 leaves, tipped-in engraved portrait frontispiece of Queen Elizabeth by P. Vanderbanck after E. Lutterell (heavy spotting), plus later portraits of John Whitgift, Thomas Egerton, Thomas Sackville and Robert Cecil, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, 20th-century blue quarter morocco over cloth with gilt-titled spine, a little rubbed, folio (39 x 25 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).An important state paper relating to the unrest caused by the Essex Rebellion, for which the Earl of Essex was beheaded that same year. The document refers to the levy of twenty soldiers in Monmouth for service at Lough Foyle in Northern Ireland, and the charges disbursed by Monmouth county for them.

Bickham (George). The Universal Penman; or, the Art of Writing made useful to the Gentleman and Scholar, as well as the Man of Business. Exemplified in all the useful, and ornamental branches of modern penmanship; with some necessary observations on the excellency of the pen, and a large number of select sentences in prose and verse; various forms of business relating to merchandize and trade; letters on several occasions; accurate specimens of the oriental languages, and alphabets in all the hands now practis'd. Written with the friendly assistance of the several of the most eminent masters, and engrav'd by Geo Bickham, 1st edition, London: Printed for Robert Sayer, Map & Printseller, at no. 53 in Fleets Street, [1741?], engraved frontispiece by H. Gravelot, 212 leaves, engraved throughout, pale offsetting (generally in very good, clean condition), all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, large engraved armorial bookplate of Cecil, Earl of Salisbury to front pastedown, and burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle to front endpaper, plus a printed ticket (loosely inserted) for the Festival of Britain Exhibition of Books, arranged by the National Book League at the Victoria & Albert Museum, with exhibit number 772, 18th century gilt-decorated red full morocco, modern elaborately gilt-decorated matching red morocco reback, folio (38 x 24 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Cecil, Earl of Salisbury; W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.ESTC T231569; Lowndes (1864) p. 201. A complete copy of this masterpiece of 18th-century English engraving, originally published in 52 parts from 1733 to 1741. The work contains specimens from twenty-five writing masters as well as noted adaptations of scenes from Watteau (see Asfour & Williamson, Gainsborough's Vision (1999), pp. 67-69).

Medicine - A Small Folio of Medical & Surgical Book Plates, comprising of several medical plates of surgical instruments and procedures including Obstetrics (a lot)

Folio Society books, comprising Nesbit (E) The Railway Children, Grahame (Kenneth) The Wind in the Willows, Austen-Leigh (J.E.) A Memoir of Jane Austen by her Nephew, More Pick of Punch, and The Folio Book of Days. (5)

Walker (George) The Costume of Yorkshire..., first edition, titles and text in English and French, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 40 plates by R. and D.Havell after George Walker, occasional spotting, plate 39 damp-stained at foot, original boards redbacked with modern morocco, spine gilt, covers spotted, some wear to extremities, [Abbey Life 432; Bobins 732; Colas 3044; Tooley 498], folio, 1814 [plates watermarked 1811 & 1813].⁂ Several of the images from this book have become icons as depictions of the working classes before the start of the industrial age, but the best known image is of the fledgling steam locomotive designed by John Blenkinsop hauling coal at the Middleton colliery. By 1815 Blenkinsop had built four engines of this type for the colliery. It was a rack engine, its drive wheel engaging a toothed rail for added traction; it could haul 90 tons of coal.

FIVE BOXES OF ASSORTED BOOKS, to include Folio Society titles, authors include Primo Levi, Pliny, Marcus Aurelius, Sebastian Faulks, Anton Chekhov, Leon Wolff, etc, other titles include Venice Art & Architecture published by Konemann, Portrait of Vincent by Lawrence & Elizabeth Hanson, The GCHQ puzzle Book, Cry Havoc by Simon Mann, How to Stay Alive by Bear Grylls, Botanica's Roses, Birds by Katrina Cook, Jungle Jungle Little Chindit by Hollis and Carter - first edition etc (5 boxes)

Gall Inglis' Handy Map & Guide to London with Index to Streets, folding linen-backed map of London, tears to folds; together with 25 volumes of Punch Library of Humour, The Educational Book Co.,; The Oxford History of England, Oxford: At The Clarendon Press, 1984-92, 10 volumes; a selection of 9 Folio Society volumes including The Pick of Punch; The Oxford Anthology of Great English Poetry, 2 volumes, slipcase (49)

Penzer (Norman M., editor) The Most Noble and Famous Travels of Marco Polo...[and] Nicolo de'Conti, limited edition, endpapers lightly spotted and toned, the odd spot elsewhere, original vellum-backed cloth, tiny closed tear to spine head, lightly soiled, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, uncut, partly unopened, Argonaut Press, 1929 § Harcourt Williamson (Mrs. F., editor) The Book of Beauty (Late Victorian Era), one of 300 de Luxe copies signed by the publisher, plates, tissue-guards (some creased), list of subscribers at end, light finger-soiling to title, some very light toning, some foxing, mostly to plates, endpapers browned, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine a little toned, light soiling, some rubbing to extremities, uncut, Hutchinson & Co., 1896; and others, limited editions, including two others by the Argonaut Press, 4to & folio (6)

STOKES FREDERICK A. (Pubs).  Bunny's Green Book. Col. illus. throughout. Oblong folio. Orig. pict. card brds. New York, 1913; also a bundle of other children's books & ephemera incl. two albums of pressed flowers.

NORTHUMBERLAND ELECTIONS, 1826.  "Mr Bell's Check Poll Book". 6 vols. For Castle Ward, Tindale Ward, Morpeth Ward, Glendale Ward, Coquetdale Ward & Bamborough Ward. Folio in rubbed calf with wear & loss to backs. Each neatly completed in manuscript with columns for Freeholders Names, Place of Abode, Place of Freehold, Of What Consisting & Occupiers, together with a note of their vote on the respective days. Of electoral & local historical & family history significance.

Norton, Robert The Gunner, shewing the Whole Practise of Artillery with all the Appurtnenances thereunto belonging. Together with the making of extraordinarie Artificiall Fire-workes, as for Pleasure and Triumphes, as for Warre and Service. London: by A. M. for Humphrey Robinson, 1628. Folio (28 x 18cm), contemporary mottled calf, spine relaid, label renewed, [14] 46 43-46 51-100 99-158 [2] pp., signatures A6 B2 [superscript 2]B2 C-Y4 (blanks 'A1' and 'Y4' early but probably not original), woodcut border to title, 29 engraved plates (numbered 1-11 and 13-27, 3 unnumbered, 20 folding, many closely trimmed cropping margins of image, the unnumbered plates all half-sheets, possibly comprising halves of other plates originally printed as folding sheets, and plate 12 with number cropped), diagrams in text, tear to head of spine, variable damp-staining, C3 with chip and closed tear in top margin, closed tear in L4, plate 8 (facing p. 138) with old repair [Cockle 114, calling for 'twenty-four full-page engravings'; ESTC S115254, calling for 29 plates of which 2 unnumbered and 25 folding; STC 18673] Note: Note: An army officer and writer, Robert Norton (d. 1635) studied under John Reynolds, master gunner of England, and in 1627 was granted for life the post of engineer of the Tower of London. The plates, captioned in French and German, are printed from Theodor de Bry's plates to the 1614 edition of Ufano's Tratado della Artilleria, from which the work was adapted. ESTC traces eight copies in UK libraries; a handful of copies have appeared at auction, with varying plate counts, the folding plates often divided by binders into separate half-sheets.Provenance: William Clarke (ownership inscriptions dated 1681 to initial blank); Stephen Hungerford Pollen (c.1869-1935), British army officer (bookplate), F. B. Lorch, South African business executive and military historian (red morocco book-label); H. H. Boyd (recent bookplate).