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301 Lombardus (Petrus, Bishop of Paris) Sententiarum libri IV, Commentary by St Bonaventura and others, Tabula by Johannes Beckenhaub, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1
Lot 301

Lombardus (Petrus, Bishop of Paris) Sententiarum libri IV, Commentary by St Bonaventura and others, Tabula by Johannes Beckenhaub, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1500.

 

Hammer Price: £480

302 Shakespeare (William) [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, lacking portrait, title, preliminaries and 12ff. of text, [Thomas Cotes, for
Lot 302

Shakespeare (William) [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, lacking portrait, title, preliminaries and 12ff. of text, [Thomas Cotes, for Iohn Smethwick...], [1632].

 

Hammer Price: £34,000

303 Civil War Pamphlet.- , Most Exact and True Relation (A) of the Proceedings of His Maiesties Armie at Shelborne...by a Lover of Truth, for R.M. and G.B., 1642.
Lot 303

Civil War Pamphlet.- , Most Exact and True Relation (A) of the Proceedings of His Maiesties Armie at Shelborne...by a Lover of Truth, for R.M. and G.B., 1642.

 

Hammer Price: £420

304 Hollar (Wenceslaus) Theatru[m] mulierum, sive varietas atq. differentia habitum foeminei sexus..., 48 engraved plates, Henry Overton, 1643.
		 
Lot 304

Hollar (Wenceslaus) Theatru[m] mulierum, sive varietas atq. differentia habitum foeminei sexus..., 48 engraved plates, Henry Overton, 1643.

 

Hammer Price: £600

306 Bindings.- Bible, French. Le Nouveau Testament, contemporary French brown morocco elaborately tooled in gilt , Charenton, Pierre Des-hayes, 1655 & another
Lot 306

Bindings.- Bible, French. Le Nouveau Testament, contemporary French brown morocco elaborately tooled in gilt , Charenton, Pierre Des-hayes, 1655 & another (2)

 

Hammer Price: £420

307 Greene (Robert) The Honorable History of Frier Bacon and Frier Bungay, third edition, later crushed red morocco, gilt, by Jean Bell, 1655.
		 
Lot 307

Greene (Robert) The Honorable History of Frier Bacon and Frier Bungay, third edition, later crushed red morocco, gilt, by Jean Bell, 1655.

 

Hammer Price: £8,000

308 Bonnefons (Jean) Basia, 2 parts in 1, additional engraved pictorial title, later crushed red morocco, gilt, by Brany, Leiden, Nicolas Hercule, 1659.
		 
Lot 308

Bonnefons (Jean) Basia, 2 parts in 1, additional engraved pictorial title, later crushed red morocco, gilt, by Brany, Leiden, Nicolas Hercule, 1659.

 

Hammer Price: £320

309 Nostradamus (Michel) Les Vrayes Centuries et Propheties, engraved additional title and portrait, contemporary red morocco, gilt, Amsterdam, Jean Jansson, 1668.
Lot 309

Nostradamus (Michel) Les Vrayes Centuries et Propheties, engraved additional title and portrait, contemporary red morocco, gilt, Amsterdam, Jean Jansson, 1668.

 

Hammer Price: £680

310 Cookery.- , The Queens Closet Opened. Incomparable Secrets in Physick, Chirurgery, Preserving and Candying, &c., 3 parts in 1, for N.Brooke...sold by Charl
Lot 310

Cookery.- , The Queens Closet Opened. Incomparable Secrets in Physick, Chirurgery, Preserving and Candying, &c., 3 parts in 1, for N.Brooke...sold by Charles Harper, 1671.

 

Hammer Price: £1,800

311 Cookery.- Young Lady's Companion (The) in Cookery, and Pastry, Preserving, Pickling, Candying, &c., A.Bettesworth and C.Hitch [& others], 1734.
Lot 311

Cookery.- Young Lady's Companion (The) in Cookery, and Pastry, Preserving, Pickling, Candying, &c., A.Bettesworth and C.Hitch [& others], 1734.

 

Hammer Price: £1,700

313 Bindings.- Almanachs.- Rider's British Merlin: for the Year of Our Lord God 1774, contemporary red morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with metal clasps
Lot 313

Bindings.- Almanachs.- Rider's British Merlin: for the Year of Our Lord God 1774, contemporary red morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with metal clasps, R. & M.Brown, 1774.

 

Hammer Price: £1,250

315 Fielding (Henry) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling...A New Edition, 3 vol., engraved frontispieces, for T.Longman, B.Law & Son [& others], 1792.
Lot 315

Fielding (Henry) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling...A New Edition, 3 vol., engraved frontispieces, for T.Longman, B.Law & Son [& others], 1792.

 

Hammer Price: £240

318 Transport.- Guide (A) to Stage Coaches, Mails, Diligences, Waggons, Caravans, Carts, Coasting Vessels, Barges and Boats, W. Lowndes, No.76, Fleet Street, 1795.
Lot 318

Transport.- Guide (A) to Stage Coaches, Mails, Diligences, Waggons, Caravans, Carts, Coasting Vessels, Barges and Boats, W. Lowndes, No.76, Fleet Street, 1795.

 

Hammer Price: £200

319 Bindings.- Treble Almanack (The) for the Year MDCCXCVII, 3 parts in 1, folding engraved map of Dublin, 1797 & another almanack (2)
		 
Lot 319

Bindings.- Treble Almanack (The) for the Year MDCCXCVII, 3 parts in 1, folding engraved map of Dublin, 1797 & another almanack (2)

 

Hammer Price: £350

320 [Wordsworth (William) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.] Lyrical Ballads, with a few other poems, first edition, second issue, for J. & A. Arch, 1798.
		 
Lot 320

[Wordsworth (William) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.] Lyrical Ballads, with a few other poems, first edition, second issue, for J. & A. Arch, 1798.

 

Hammer Price: £3,800

323 [Brontë (Charlotte, Emily and Anne)], "Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell". Poems, first edition, second issue, original green cloth, Smith, Elder a
Lot 323

[Brontë (Charlotte, Emily and Anne)], "Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell". Poems, first edition, second issue, original green cloth, Smith, Elder and Co., 1846 [but 1848].

 

Hammer Price: £1,300

324 Bindings.- Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Beppo and Don Juan, 2 vol., contemporary red morocco, gilt, by Riviere, 1853 & others, bindings (5)
		 
Lot 324

Bindings.- Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Beppo and Don Juan, 2 vol., contemporary red morocco, gilt, by Riviere, 1853 & others, bindings (5)

 

Hammer Price: £800

325 [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)] Notes by an Oxford Chiel, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author, Oxford, James Parker and Co., 1865-74.
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Lot 325

[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)] Notes by an Oxford Chiel, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author, Oxford, James Parker and Co., 1865-74.

 

Hammer Price: £1,400

326 [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Phantasmagoria, first edition, first issue, presentation copy inscribed by the author, 1869.
		 
Lot 326

[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Phantasmagoria, first edition, first issue, presentation copy inscribed by the author, 1869.

 

Hammer Price: £1,600

328 Binding.- Spenser (Edmund) Epithalamion and Amoretti, one of 250 copies, bound in panelled crushed green morocco in a Doves Bindery style, by Bumpus, 1903.
Lot 328

Binding.- Spenser (Edmund) Epithalamion and Amoretti, one of 250 copies, bound in panelled crushed green morocco in a Doves Bindery style, by Bumpus, 1903.

 

Hammer Price: £850

329 Angling.- Cole (Ralph) The Young Angler's Pocket Companion; or a New and Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling, first edition, for R.Bassam [& others
Lot 329

Angling.- Cole (Ralph) The Young Angler's Pocket Companion; or a New and Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling, first edition, for R.Bassam [& others], 1795.

 

Hammer Price: £260

330 Herbal.- Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1636.
		 
Lot 330

Herbal.- Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1636.

 

Hammer Price: £600

331 Wallace (Alfred Russel) Island Life: or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, first edition, 3 maps, one hand-coloured, original cloth, 1880.
Lot 331

Wallace (Alfred Russel) Island Life: or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, first edition, 3 maps, one hand-coloured, original cloth, 1880.

 

Hammer Price: £350

332 Africa.- Richardson (James) Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the years of 1845 and 1846, 2 vol., first edition, 1848.
		 
Lot 332

Africa.- Richardson (James) Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the years of 1845 and 1846, 2 vol., first edition, 1848.

 

Hammer Price: £220

333 Americas.- Canada.- Heriot (George) Travels through the Canadas, first edition, folding map and 27 hand-coloured aquatints, 1807.
		 
Lot 333

Americas.- Canada.- Heriot (George) Travels through the Canadas, first edition, folding map and 27 hand-coloured aquatints, 1807.

 

Hammer Price: £3,000

336 Americas.- Hennepin (Louis) A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America..., 2 parts in 1, second English edition, for Henry Bonwicke, 1699.
		 
Lot 336

Americas.- Hennepin (Louis) A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America..., 2 parts in 1, second English edition, for Henry Bonwicke, 1699.

 

Hammer Price: £1,000

337 Antarctica.- Mayer (Attributed to Auguste Etienne Francois, French painter who participated in several Arctic expeditions, 1805-1890) Astrolable, the French sh
Lot 337

Antarctica.- Mayer (Attributed to Auguste Etienne Francois, French painter who participated in several Arctic expeditions, 1805-1890) Astrolable, the French ship under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842), caught in pack ice in Antarctica, 1838.

 

Hammer Price: £2,800

339 Falklands.- Pernety (Antoine) The History of a Voyage to the Malouine (or Falkland) Islands, second edition in English, for William Goldsmith, and David Steel,
Lot 339

Falklands.- Pernety (Antoine) The History of a Voyage to the Malouine (or Falkland) Islands, second edition in English, for William Goldsmith, and David Steel, 1773.

 

Hammer Price: £700

340 India.- Anglo-Indian School (19th century) A composite souvenir album with drawings, watercolours, and mica paintings, [circa 1820s or slightly later].
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Lot 340

India.- Anglo-Indian School (19th century) A composite souvenir album with drawings, watercolours, and mica paintings, [circa 1820s or slightly later].

 

 

Hammer Price: £1,600

341 Italy.- Lear (Edward) Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria, 2 parts in 1, first edition, inscribed by Douglas Freshfield, 1852.
		 
Lot 341

Italy.- Lear (Edward) Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria, 2 parts in 1, first edition, inscribed by Douglas Freshfield, 1852.

 

Hammer Price: £240

342 Channel Islands.- Jersey.- Complaint (The) of the Inhabitants of the Island of Jersey, of the Oppressions and Violences committed by the Officers and Soldiers
Lot 342

Channel Islands.- Jersey.- Complaint (The) of the Inhabitants of the Island of Jersey, of the Oppressions and Violences committed by the Officers and Soldiers of the Garrison there, the only known copy, 4pp., folded sheet, 1690.

 

Hammer Price: £2,200

343 Levant.- Thévenot (Jean de) The Travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant., 3 parts in 1, first edition in English, by H. Clark, for H. Faithorne, J
Lot 343

Levant.- Thévenot (Jean de) The Travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant., 3 parts in 1, first edition in English, by H. Clark, for H. Faithorne, J. Adamson, C. Skegnes, and T. Newborough, 1687.

 

Hammer Price: £850

347 Voyages.- Hakluyt (Richard) The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Dicoveries of the English Nation, made by Sea or overland..., 3 vol. in 2, , by
Lot 347

Voyages.- Hakluyt (Richard) The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Dicoveries of the English Nation, made by Sea or overland..., 3 vol. in 2, , by George Bishop, Ralph Newberie, and Robert Barker, 1599.

 

Hammer Price: £4,800

348 World.- Malham (Rev. John) The Naval Gazetteer; or Seaman's Complete Guide, 2 vol., 17 folding engraved maps, M.Allen, 1799.
		 
Lot 348

World.- Malham (Rev. John) The Naval Gazetteer; or Seaman's Complete Guide, 2 vol., 17 folding engraved maps, M.Allen, 1799.

 

Hammer Price: £320

349 Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Declamationes Minores, rare editio princeps of these 136 Declamationes, Parma, Angelus Ugoletus, 1494.
		 
Lot 349

Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Declamationes Minores, rare editio princeps of these 136 Declamationes, Parma, Angelus Ugoletus, 1494.

 

Hammer Price: £1,700

350 Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Oratoriarum institutionum, [Venice], Giorgio Rusconi, 1512; and another copy of the same (water-stained and in a 20th century bind
Lot 350

Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Oratoriarum institutionum, [Venice], Giorgio Rusconi, 1512; and another copy of the same (water-stained and in a 20th century binding) (2)

 

Hammer Price: £300

351 Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Oratoriarum institutionu[m] Lib. XII. , a rare copy of this esteemed scholarly edition, Paris, Jodocus Badius Ascensius & Jean
Lot 351

Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Oratoriarum institutionu[m] Lib. XII. , a rare copy of this esteemed scholarly edition, Paris, Jodocus Badius Ascensius & Jean Petit, 1516.

 

Hammer Price: £400

352 Aldus.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institutionum oratoriarum libri XII, [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani],, 1521.
		 
Lot 352

Aldus.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institutionum oratoriarum libri XII, [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani],, 1521.

 

Hammer Price: £450

354 Badius Ascensius.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institutiones Oratoriae ac Declamationes, Paris, Jodocus Badius Ascensius, 1531.
		 
Lot 354

Badius Ascensius.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institutiones Oratoriae ac Declamationes, Paris, Jodocus Badius Ascensius, 1531.

 

Hammer Price: £380

356 Binding.- Gryphius.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institvtionvm oratoriarvm libri XII, in an interesting contemporary blind-stamped calf binding, Lyon, Sebasti
Lot 356

Binding.- Gryphius.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institvtionvm oratoriarvm libri XII, in an interesting contemporary blind-stamped calf binding, Lyon, Sebastian Gryphius, 1536.

 

Hammer Price: £550

358 Colines.- Annotated copy.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Oratoriarum institutionum lib. XII, Paris, first and only Colines edition, Simon de Colines, 1541.
		&
Lot 358

Colines.- Annotated copy.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Oratoriarum institutionum lib. XII, Paris, first and only Colines edition, Simon de Colines, 1541.

 

Hammer Price: £950

360 Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Oratoris eloquentissimi, de Institutione Oratoria Libri XII, Paris, House of Vascosanus, 1549.
		 
Lot 360

Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Oratoris eloquentissimi, de Institutione Oratoria Libri XII, Paris, House of Vascosanus, 1549.

 

Hammer Price: £170

361 Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Compendium libri secundi, tertii et quinti institutionum oratoriarum Marci Fabii Quintiliani,, Paris, Thomas Richard, 1558; and an
Lot 361

Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Compendium libri secundi, tertii et quinti institutionum oratoriarum Marci Fabii Quintiliani,, Paris, Thomas Richard, 1558; and another edition of Quintilian by the same printer, 1554 small 4to (2)

 

Hammer Price: £260

362 Estienne.- pseudo-Quintilianus.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Declamationes, quae ex CCCLXXXVIII. supersunt, CXLV. Calpurnii Flacci excerptae X. Rhetorum minor
Lot 362

Estienne.- pseudo-Quintilianus.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Declamationes, quae ex CCCLXXXVIII. supersunt, CXLV. Calpurnii Flacci excerptae X. Rhetorum minorum II. Nunc primae editae. Dialogus de oratoribus... Ex bibliothecae P. Pithoei, Paris, Robert Estienne, 1580.

 

Hammer Price: £170

363 Isocrates. () Oratio de laudibus Helenae [trans. by Joannes Petrus Lucensis] [and] Herodotus. Historiae [trans. by Laurentius Valla. Ed. Antonius Mancinellus],
Lot 363

Isocrates. () Oratio de laudibus Helenae [trans. by Joannes Petrus Lucensis] [and] Herodotus. Historiae [trans. by Laurentius Valla. Ed. Antonius Mancinellus], [Venice], [Christophorus de Pensis, de Mandello], 1494.

 

Hammer Price: £1,800

365 Rabanus Maurus. De Laudibus Sancte Crucis, first edition of this poem with its beguiling calligrams, Pforzheim, Thomas Anshelm, 1503.
		 
Lot 365

Rabanus Maurus. De Laudibus Sancte Crucis, first edition of this poem with its beguiling calligrams, Pforzheim, Thomas Anshelm, 1503.

 

Hammer Price: £1,800

376 Drake (Sir Francis).- Vega Carpio (Lope de) La Hermosvra de Angelica, con otras diuersas Rimas, 3 parts, with La Dragontea on Drake's final expedition, Bar
Lot 376

Drake (Sir Francis).- Vega Carpio (Lope de) La Hermosvra de Angelica, con otras diuersas Rimas, 3 parts, with La Dragontea on Drake's final expedition, Barcelona, Miguel Menescal, 1604.

 

Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500

378 La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, 2 vol. in 1, first illustrated edition, Amsterdam, chez Henry Desbordes, 1685.
		 
Lot 378

La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, 2 vol. in 1, first illustrated edition, Amsterdam, chez Henry Desbordes, 1685.

 

Estimate: £500 - 700

381 Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Lettres Ecrites de Londres sur les Anglois et Autres Sujets, "Basle" [i.e. London], 1734.
		 
Lot 381

Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Lettres Ecrites de Londres sur les Anglois et Autres Sujets, "Basle" [i.e. London], 1734.

 

Hammer Price: £1,200

382 Malta.- Maltese.- Agius de Soldanis (Giovann Pietro Francesco)  Della lingua Punica presentemente usata da Maltesi &c. ovvero nuovi documenti, li quali pos
Lot 382

Malta.- Maltese.- Agius de Soldanis (Giovann Pietro Francesco) Della lingua Punica presentemente usata da Maltesi &c. ovvero nuovi documenti, li quali possono servire di lume all'antica lingua Etrusca, rare first edition of this work on the Maltese language by the first librarian of the Bibliotheca Publica, the precursor of the National Library of Malta, Rome & sold in Malta, Generoso Salomoni, 1750.

 

Hammer Price: £450

384 Bruno (Giordano).- Spinoza (Baruch) Ueber die Lehre des Spinoza in Briefen an den Herrn Moses Mendelssohn., Breslau, Löwe, 1789.
		 
Lot 384

Bruno (Giordano).- Spinoza (Baruch) Ueber die Lehre des Spinoza in Briefen an den Herrn Moses Mendelssohn., Breslau, Löwe, 1789.

 

Hammer Price: £300

385 Reibisch (Friedrich Martin von) & Dr Franz Kottencamp. Der Rittersaal. Eine Geschichte des Ritterthums, seines Entstehens und Fortgangs, 62 finely hand-col
Lot 385

Reibisch (Friedrich Martin von) & Dr Franz Kottencamp. Der Rittersaal. Eine Geschichte des Ritterthums, seines Entstehens und Fortgangs, 62 finely hand-coloured plates, Stuttgart, 1842.

 

Hammer Price: £1,300

389 Aristotle. [Opera], Rhetorica from Latin translation of William of Moerbeke, the Magna moralia from Latin translation of Bartholomeus de Messina incorporating
Lot 389

Aristotle. [Opera], Rhetorica from Latin translation of William of Moerbeke, the Magna moralia from Latin translation of Bartholomeus de Messina incorporating De Bona fortuna and Ethica, and a Latin translation of Politica, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 22 leaves only, recovered from bindings, 2-line initials in red or blue with long penwork decoration in margins, all leaves with loss of some text, modern calf, [Northern France], [c. 1200].

 

Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000

390 Osbern of Gloucester. Panormia or Liber derivationum, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, early gothic bookhand, double column, 41 lines, in brown ink, 5 2-line in
Lot 390

Osbern of Gloucester. Panormia or Liber derivationum, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, early gothic bookhand, double column, 41 lines, in brown ink, 5 2-line initials in red, descenders in lower margin (1 resembling a knife), single leaf only, [England], [c. 1200].

 

 

Hammer Price: £2,600

391 Psalter, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, compressed Gothic bookhand, single column, 22 lines, in black ink, 1 10-line historiated initial of King D
Lot 391

Psalter, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, compressed Gothic bookhand, single column, 22 lines, in black ink, 1 10-line historiated initial of King David, 23 smaller initials, numerous 1-line initials, 16 leaves, late 17th century calf,[France or Low Countries, c. 1250].

 

 

Hammer Price: £2,800

392 Aristotle. Metaphysica, book VIII, single leaf only, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in a gothic bookhand, double column, 32 lines,  1 2-line initial red and b
Lot 392

Aristotle. Metaphysica, book VIII, single leaf only, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in a gothic bookhand, double column, 32 lines, 1 2-line initial red and blue with penwork decoration along whole length of margin, numerous red and blue initials in text, marginalia in 1 margin, [Italy], [c. 1300].

 

Hammer Price: £1,200

393 Voragine (Jacobus de) Single leaf from a copy of Legenda Aurea, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, double column, 30 lines, in a gothic bookhand, in brown ink, 1
Lot 393

Voragine (Jacobus de) Single leaf from a copy of Legenda Aurea, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, double column, 30 lines, in a gothic bookhand, in brown ink, 1 initial in red, some marginalia, trimmed at tail with loss of 1 line, remains of paper stub in 1 margin, 190 x 150mm., [Germany], [c. 1390].

 

Hammer Price: £650

394 Gualterus Anglicus (Walter the Englishman, Anglo-Norman poet and scribe, c. 1175) [Aesopi Fabulae metrice], a fragment of eight leaves containing the complete
Lot 394

Gualterus Anglicus (Walter the Englishman, Anglo-Norman poet and scribe, c. 1175) [Aesopi Fabulae metrice], a fragment of eight leaves containing the complete text of 9 fables and parts of 5 fables, on 2 bifolia, manuscript in Latin, on paper, 20 lines, in a late medieval southern textualis cursive hand, highly abbreviated, initials in dark red, [?north Italy], [c. 1400].

 

Hammer Price: £5,000

395 Arabic treatise on mathematics.- Muhammad ibn Muhammad Sibt al-Mardini al-Dimashqi (Egyptian mathematician and astronomer, teacher and timekeeper in the Great
Lot 395

Arabic treatise on mathematics.- Muhammad ibn Muhammad Sibt al-Mardini al-Dimashqi (Egyptian mathematician and astronomer, teacher and timekeeper in the Great Mosque of al-Azhar, Cairo, d. AH 907/1501CE) Tuhfat al-ahbab fi 'ilm al-hisab, manuscript mathematical treatise in Arabic, on cream paper, cursive informal Naskh script, style and corrections suggesting this manuscript is authorial, text in black and red, modern , modern roan, [Cairo], [AH 896/1491CE].

 

 

 

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

396 Defence of Calais.- Wyatt (Sir George) Letter signed to Lord Cobham, a dedicatory epistle to Wyatt's Treatise on the Defence of Calais, and notes that his
Lot 396

Defence of Calais.- Wyatt (Sir George) Letter signed to Lord Cobham, a dedicatory epistle to Wyatt's Treatise on the Defence of Calais, and notes that his accompanying Treatise is "a thinge I desiere shuld rather keep wt in ye limits of a private dutie. The thinge is conceavid wt a sudden Pen and hatched wt a weake iudgmet, so as it ca rather creepe, then flye, otherwise then as you shal beare it up wt your accustomed good opinion".

 

Estimate: £400 - 600

397 Irish student at the University of Perugia.- Diploma awarded to "Edmundus Lucharenus" of doctor in Canon and Civil Law awarded by Perugia University,
Lot 397

Irish student at the University of Perugia.- Diploma awarded to "Edmundus Lucharenus" of doctor in Canon and Civil Law awarded by Perugia University, manuscript in Latin, on paper, 12pp., in a fine Italic hand, some lettering in and borders in gold, 3 hand-coloured coats of arms at beginning, 12th April 1619.

 

Hammer Price: £800

398 17th century Legal Cases.- Papers relating to legal cases in the Chester area, including an adultery case between George Wilson and his wife Elenora of Tarvin
Lot 398

17th century Legal Cases.- Papers relating to legal cases in the Chester area, including an adultery case between George Wilson and his wife Elenora of Tarvin near Chester, manuscripts in English and Latin (most in in Latin), several hands, 1631 (7 pieces).

 

Hammer Price: £450

399 17th century passport.- Juxon (William, Archbishop of London) Passport made out to Captain Thomas Edwards to travel abroad, Document signed: "Guil: London
Lot 399

17th century passport.- Juxon (William, Archbishop of London) Passport made out to Captain Thomas Edwards to travel abroad, Document signed: "Guil: London" as Bishop of London and Lord High Treasurer & others, manuscript, blind seal at head, Whitehall, 29th May 1640.

 

Hammer Price: £400

403 Cook (Captain James) & Arthur O'Connor.- Commonplace bookof poetry and prose, including an unpublished poem on Captain Cook, a poem by the Irish nation
Lot 403

Cook (Captain James) & Arthur O'Connor.- Commonplace bookof poetry and prose, including an unpublished poem on Captain Cook, a poem by the Irish nationalist Arthur O'Connor & a treatise on card tricks, manuscript, modern cloth, watermarked 1804 - 20th century.

 

Hammer Price: £180

406 Albert (Prince Consort) Autograph Letter signed to Lord Melbourne, Buckingham Palace, 27th November 1840, after the birth of her first child Princess Victoria,
Lot 406

Albert (Prince Consort) Autograph Letter signed to Lord Melbourne, Buckingham Palace, 27th November 1840, after the birth of her first child Princess Victoria, "The Queen wishes me to tell you that she would like to hear again the music at the mounting of the guard".

 

Hammer Price: £500

408 Telescopes etc.- Varley (Cornelius John, maker of astronomical & scientific apparatus) Working Specula, autograph manuscript, 1845-52; and 2 others, compri
Lot 408

Telescopes etc.- Varley (Cornelius John, maker of astronomical & scientific apparatus) Working Specula, autograph manuscript, 1845-52; and 2 others, comprising: a scientific note by a member of the ?Varley family on the Linné crater on the moon described in 1837 by Wilhelm Beer and Johann Heinrich Mädler in Der Mond as a 10 km crater, and an engraved diagram of an occultation by the moon, (3 pieces).

 

Hammer Price: £600

409 Ruskin (John) Autograph Letter signed to his Mother, [c. ?1860s], describing a dance at Winnington School in which he had been involved with his young friend L
Lot 409

Ruskin (John) Autograph Letter signed to his Mother, [c. ?1860s], describing a dance at Winnington School in which he had been involved with his young friend Lily Armstrong, "They opened [at Winnington School] a new playroom yesterday which Miss Bell has just roofed in for them and the little ones had determined to wait for me to have the first game with them in it".

 

Hammer Price: £1,000

410 Suppression of the slave trade.- Malcolm (George John, naval officer) Letter book as Captain of HMS Briton deployed in the suppression of the slave trade from
Lot 410

Suppression of the slave trade.- Malcolm (George John, naval officer) Letter book as Captain of HMS Briton deployed in the suppression of the slave trade from the Sultan of Zanzibar to the Ottoman Empire, autograph manuscript, original roan-backed boards, 1873.

 

Hammer Price: £600

411 Brönte family.- Haworth Church.- ?Oak tobacco jar made from the wood of Haworth Church, circular wood jar secured with metal band, small split in jar, lid
Lot 411

Brönte family.- Haworth Church.- ?Oak tobacco jar made from the wood of Haworth Church, circular wood jar secured with metal band, small split in jar, lid with elaborate knop, printed label in lid: "Haworth Church", brass weight inside, 150 x 85mm., n.d. [?19 century].

 

Hammer Price: £350

412 Victoria (Queen) More Leaves from the Journal of a Life in the Highlands, fifth edition, signed presentation copy from Queen Victoria to Miss Leila Milne with
Lot 412

Victoria (Queen) More Leaves from the Journal of a Life in the Highlands, fifth edition, signed presentation copy from Queen Victoria to Miss Leila Milne with her ink inscription on fly-leaf, plates, foxed and browned, free endpapers and fly-leaves loose, original gilt pictorial morocco, slightly dulled, covers detached, corners and edges rubbed, head of spine chipped with loss, g.e., 8vo, 1884.

, 1884.

 

Hammer Price: £280

414 Jack the Ripper.- [Buckle (George Earle)] Autograph Letter third person as editor of The Times to the physician Sir James Risdon Bennett, 1888, returning his l
Lot 414

Jack the Ripper.- [Buckle (George Earle)] Autograph Letter third person as editor of The Times to the physician Sir James Risdon Bennett, 1888, returning his letter and with a view to publishing it requests him to "modify certain expressions in it. What the editor objects to is this - that Sir James attributes to The Times an inference & a suggestion which originated not with The Times but with the Coroner". Coroner suggested a theory that the murders were taking place for the purpose of supplying an American physiologist with uteruses.

 

Hammer Price: £420

415 Nightingale (Florence) Autograph Letter signed to Dr Ord, 1893, "You were so good enough to say you would like to see our first Report of training 'He
Lot 415

Nightingale (Florence) Autograph Letter signed to Dr Ord, 1893, "You were so good enough to say you would like to see our first Report of training 'Health at Home Missioners' to teach Cottage Mothers in North Bucks by visiting as well as lecturing".

 

Estimate: £700 - 1,000

417 Sherlock Holmes & Dr Watson.- Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) Autograph Postcard signed to R. Pascoe, Crowborough, Sussex, [c. 1920], on the influence of his ment
Lot 417

Sherlock Holmes & Dr Watson.- Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) Autograph Postcard signed to R. Pascoe, Crowborough, Sussex, [c. 1920], on the influence of his mentor Joseph Bell at Edinburgh University medical school and his fictional creation of Sherlock Holmes, "It is a fact that Holmes has some traits of Dr Bell of Edinburgh".

 

Hammer Price: £14,000

418 Holst (Gustav Theodore) Assignment of copyright for his partsong "Evening Watch"... Right of Publication, printed with manuscript insertions, 1925; a
Lot 418

Holst (Gustav Theodore) Assignment of copyright for his partsong "Evening Watch"... Right of Publication, printed with manuscript insertions, 1925; and 7 other pieces of documents relating to Holst's music, 2 signed by his daughter Imogen Holst (8 pieces).

 

Estimate: £300 - 400

420 Wellington (Duke of).- Woods (Margaret Louisa) & Sir John Pollock. Wellington A Play in Four Acts, [earlier title] The Duke Delays, autograph manuscript by
Lot 420

Wellington (Duke of).- Woods (Margaret Louisa) & Sir John Pollock. Wellington A Play in Four Acts, [earlier title] The Duke Delays, autograph manuscript by ?Pollock with ?Woods corrections, [c. 1940s]; and a quantity of others, treatments of the play, including: 2 unbound typescripts of the scenario, manuscript draft of the play with corrections and alterations by ?Woods (Acts 1,2 & 4, 155pp.), and typescript copies of Acts 1, 2 and 4, [c. 1940s] (10 pieces).

 

Estimate: £300 - 400

421 Stark  (Freya) 14 Autograph Letters signed to Richard and Lavender Goddard-Wilson, 2 Autograph Postcards signed & 6 Christmas cards signed, Tehran, Paris,
Lot 421

Stark (Freya) 14 Autograph Letters signed to Richard and Lavender Goddard-Wilson, 2 Autograph Postcards signed & 6 Christmas cards signed, Tehran, Paris, Smyrna, Asolo - Italy, 1951 - 81, on a variety of personal and travel related subjects (c. 28 pieces).

 

Hammer Price: £1,000

423 Fabyan (Robert) Fabyans cronycle newly prynted, wyth the cronycle, actes, and dedes done in the tyme of the reygne of the moste excellent prynce kynge Henry th
Lot 423

Fabyan (Robert) Fabyans cronycle newly prynted, wyth the cronycle, actes, and dedes done in the tyme of the reygne of the moste excellent prynce kynge Henry the vii. father vnto our most drad souerayne lord kynge Henry the .viii., By Wyllyam Rastell, 1533.

 

Hammer Price: £2,000

426 Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) The History Of the most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha, first illustrated edition in English, by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to b
Lot 426

Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) The History Of the most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha, first illustrated edition in English, by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by John Newton, 1687.

 

Hammer Price: £1,000

427 Broadside.- Charles I.-  The first part of the city and country remembrancer, being an account of the names of 92. of the Kings judges, ... and the names of th
Lot 427
Lot Withdrawn

Estimate: £300 - 400

428 Broadside. Civil War.- , A List of all Earls, Lords, Knights, Commanders, Gentlemen, that were slain in the late great Rebellion, in defence of King Charles th
Lot 428

Broadside. Civil War.- , A List of all Earls, Lords, Knights, Commanders, Gentlemen, that were slain in the late great Rebellion, in defence of King Charles the I, seemingly unrecorded, B. Bragg, 1707.

 

Hammer Price: £550

429 Lesbianism in a convent.- , Anecdotes of a convent. By the author of Memoirs of Miss Williams, 3 vol., first edition, T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1771.
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Lot 429

Lesbianism in a convent.- , Anecdotes of a convent. By the author of Memoirs of Miss Williams, 3 vol., first edition, T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1771.

 

Hammer Price: £700

432 Scotland.- Carruthers (John) The heroic deeds of the Scots. A poem, in four volumes; from Fergus I. down to the present time. To which are added, poems on seve
Lot 432

Scotland.- Carruthers (John) The heroic deeds of the Scots. A poem, in four volumes; from Fergus I. down to the present time. To which are added, poems on several occasions, rare. ESTC records only four copies, Dumfries, Robert Jackson, 1796.

 

Hammer Price: £450

433 Language.- Military.- Wilson (James) The soldier's friend, and traveller's vade mecum; or, A new pocket vocabulary, in six languages, viz. English, Ger
Lot 433

Language.- Military.- Wilson (James) The soldier's friend, and traveller's vade mecum; or, A new pocket vocabulary, in six languages, viz. English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese; containing all the terms that belong to the military art; words of command..., no printer, 1799.

 

Hammer Price: £380

434 Dallas (Robert Charles) Percival, or Nature vindicated, 4 vol., 1801; ; Aubrey: a Novel, 4 vol., 1804, first editions of Dallas's first and second novels.
Lot 434

Dallas (Robert Charles) Percival, or Nature vindicated, 4 vol., 1801; ; Aubrey: a Novel, 4 vol., 1804, first editions of Dallas's first and second novels. (8)

 

Hammer Price: £220

438 Colour-Printing.- Savage (William) Practical Hints on Decorative Printing, [one of 227 copies], for the proprietor, 1822.
		 
Lot 438

Colour-Printing.- Savage (William) Practical Hints on Decorative Printing, [one of 227 copies], for the proprietor, 1822.

 

Hammer Price: £3,000

439 Coronation of Queen Victoria.- Fores & Co. (Samuel William, printsellers and publishers) Fores' Correct Representation of the State Procession on the O
Lot 439

Coronation of Queen Victoria.- Fores & Co. (Samuel William, printsellers and publishers) Fores' Correct Representation of the State Procession on the Occasion of the August Ceremony of Her Majesty's Coronation, 1838.

 

Hammer Price: £450

441 Hogarth (William) A fine collection of 87 etchings and engravings by and after William Hogarth, [printed circa 1760-1800, compiled late 18th early 19th century
Lot 441

Hogarth (William) A fine collection of 87 etchings and engravings by and after William Hogarth, [printed circa 1760-1800, compiled late 18th early 19th century]

 

Hammer Price: £3,200

444 Martin (John) The Paradise Lost of Milton, Imperial Folio Edition with set of 24 plates and text, one of 50 copies, [circa 1824-1827].
		 
Lot 444

Martin (John) The Paradise Lost of Milton, Imperial Folio Edition with set of 24 plates and text, one of 50 copies, [circa 1824-1827].

 

Hammer Price: £13,000

452 Brockman (James R., binder).- Webb (John S.) & others., The Wolfson Geochemical Atlas of England and Wales, bound in vellum with design of electrical circu
Lot 452

Brockman (James R., binder).- Webb (John S.) & others., The Wolfson Geochemical Atlas of England and Wales, bound in vellum with design of electrical circuit in gold rules and painted lines in 15 colours by James Brockman, Oxford, 1978.

 

Hammer Price: £2,600

454 Cockerell (Sydney) & Joan Rix Tebbutt, binders.- Lines of the Alphabet in the Sixteenth Century, one of 600 copies, bound in vellum by Cockerell and Tebbut
Lot 454

Cockerell (Sydney) & Joan Rix Tebbutt, binders.- Lines of the Alphabet in the Sixteenth Century, one of 600 copies, bound in vellum by Cockerell and Tebbutt, Stellar Press & Bodley Head, 1965.

 

Hammer Price: £6,500

457 Gregynog Press.- Vansittart (Robert) The Singing Caravan, one of 25 specially-bound copies by George Fisher, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1932.
		 
Lot 457

Gregynog Press.- Vansittart (Robert) The Singing Caravan, one of 25 specially-bound copies by George Fisher, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1932.

 

Hammer Price: £7,000

465 Tern Press.- Jefferies (Richard) The Birth of a Naturalist, one of 20 specially-bound copies with pen & watercolour illustrations, Market Drayton, Tern Pre
Lot 465

Tern Press.- Jefferies (Richard) The Birth of a Naturalist, one of 20 specially-bound copies with pen & watercolour illustrations, Market Drayton, Tern Press, 1985.

 

Hammer Price: £280

466 Whittington Press.- Omar Khayyám. The Mirror & the Eye. Rubaiyat, one of 6 specially-bound copies with design in inlaid goatskin, Andoversford, Whitti
Lot 466

Whittington Press.- Omar Khayyám. The Mirror & the Eye. Rubaiyat, one of 6 specially-bound copies with design in inlaid goatskin, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1984.

 

Hammer Price: £950

467 Whittington Press.- Morgan (Gwenda) The Diary of a Land Girl 1939-1945, one of 50 special copies, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 2002.
		 
Lot 467

Whittington Press.- Morgan (Gwenda) The Diary of a Land Girl 1939-1945, one of 50 special copies, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 2002.

 

Hammer Price: £220

469 Alexeieff (Alexandre).- Soupault (Philippe) Chant du Prince Igor, one of 6 copies on chine with signed etching and 3 suites of plates, Rolle, Eynard, 1950.
Lot 469

Alexeieff (Alexandre).- Soupault (Philippe) Chant du Prince Igor, one of 6 copies on chine with signed etching and 3 suites of plates, Rolle, Eynard, 1950.

 

Hammer Price: £1,200

470 Animation.- Dyer (Anson) [The King with the Terrible Temper, Advertisement for Bush Radio], album of hand-painted animation cels, [1930s] & another by the
Lot 470

Animation.- Dyer (Anson) [The King with the Terrible Temper, Advertisement for Bush Radio], album of hand-painted animation cels, [1930s] & another by the same (2)

 

Hammer Price: £300

472 Beardsley (Aubrey).- Malory (Sir Thomas) [Le Morte Darthur] The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, 2 vol. in 12 original parts, one of 300 copies on handmade
Lot 472

Beardsley (Aubrey).- Malory (Sir Thomas) [Le Morte Darthur] The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, 2 vol. in 12 original parts, one of 300 copies on handmade paper, 1893 & Portfolio (3)

 

Hammer Price: £3,800

473 Beardsley (Aubrey).- Wilde (Oscar) Salome, one of 100 copies on Japanese vellum, with the 3 suppressed plates, bound in vellum, gilt, 1894.
		 
Lot 473

Beardsley (Aubrey).- Wilde (Oscar) Salome, one of 100 copies on Japanese vellum, with the 3 suppressed plates, bound in vellum, gilt, 1894.

 

Hammer Price: £5,200

474 Beardsley (Aubrey) Six Drawings Illustrating Theophile Gautier's Romance Mademoiselle de Maupin, one of 50 copies, Leonard Smithers & Co., 1898 & a
Lot 474

Beardsley (Aubrey) Six Drawings Illustrating Theophile Gautier's Romance Mademoiselle de Maupin, one of 50 copies, Leonard Smithers & Co., 1898 & another copy (2)

 

Hammer Price: £500

478 Cuala Press.- Yeats (William Butler) Broadsides. a Collection of Old and New Songs, 1935, one of 100 copies signed by Yeats and Higgins, Dublin, Cuala Press, 1
Lot 478

Cuala Press.- Yeats (William Butler) Broadsides. a Collection of Old and New Songs, 1935, one of 100 copies signed by Yeats and Higgins, Dublin, Cuala Press, 1935.

 

Hammer Price: £1,300

479 Derain (André).- Rabelais  (François) Les Horribles et Espovantables Faictz et Prouesses du Très Renommé Pantagruel..., one of 250 copies,
Lot 479

Derain (André).- Rabelais (François) Les Horribles et Espovantables Faictz et Prouesses du Très Renommé Pantagruel..., one of 250 copies, colour woodcuts, Paris, 1943.

Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000

480 Eragny Press.- Milton (John) Areopagitica: A Speech...for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parliament of England, second issue, one of 160 copies
Lot 480

Eragny Press.- Milton (John) Areopagitica: A Speech...for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parliament of England, second issue, one of 160 copies, 1904.

 

Hammer Price: £600

482 Essex House Press.- Spenser (Edmund) [Epithalamion], one of 150 copies on vellum, hand-coloured frontispiece, initials in gold or blue, 1900.
		 
Lot 482

Essex House Press.- Spenser (Edmund) [Epithalamion], one of 150 copies on vellum, hand-coloured frontispiece, initials in gold or blue, 1900.

 

Hammer Price: £1,100

483 Golden Cockerel Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Canterbury Tales, 4 vol., one of 485 copies, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1929.
		 
Lot 483

Golden Cockerel Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Canterbury Tales, 4 vol., one of 485 copies, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1929.

 

Hammer Price: £4,000

484 Golden Cockerel Press.- Morrison (James) The Journal...Boatswain's Mate of The Bounty, one of 325 copies, wood-engravings by Gibbings, 1935 & 2 others,
Lot 484

Golden Cockerel Press.- Morrison (James) The Journal...Boatswain's Mate of The Bounty, one of 325 copies, wood-engravings by Gibbings, 1935 & 2 others, similar, from the press (3)

 

Hammer Price: £350

485 Graham (Rigby).- Scott (Thea) Fingal's Cave, limited edition, colour linocuts, Leicester, Pandora Press, 1962 & others, Graham (5)
		 
Lot 485

Graham (Rigby).- Scott (Thea) Fingal's Cave, limited edition, colour linocuts, Leicester, Pandora Press, 1962 & others, Graham (5)

 

Hammer Price: £380

486 [Him (George) & Jan LeWitt], "Lewitt-Him". The Football's Revolt, first edition, colour illustrations, 1939 & others, children's book
Lot 486

[Him (George) & Jan LeWitt], "Lewitt-Him". The Football's Revolt, first edition, colour illustrations, 1939 & others, children's books with colour lithographs (5)

 

Hammer Price: £400

487 Jones (David).-  Chester Play of the Deluge (The), one of 7 copies on vellum with 3 additional suites of engravings, Cambridge, Rampant Lions Press for Clover
Lot 487

Jones (David).- Chester Play of the Deluge (The), one of 7 copies on vellum with 3 additional suites of engravings, Cambridge, Rampant Lions Press for Clover Hill Editions, 1977.

 

Hammer Price: £5,500

488 Lanskoy (Andre).- Lecuire (Pierre) Cortege, one of 25 deluxe copies with an additional suite of pochoirs, 23 pochoir plates by Beaufumé after Lanskoy, Par
Lot 488

Lanskoy (Andre).- Lecuire (Pierre) Cortege, one of 25 deluxe copies with an additional suite of pochoirs, 23 pochoir plates by Beaufumé after Lanskoy, Paris, 1959.

 

Hammer Price: £6,000

491 Nicholson (William).- Williams (Margery) The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys become Real, ?first American edition, New York, George H.Doran, 1922.
		 
Lot 491

Nicholson (William).- Williams (Margery) The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys become Real, ?first American edition, New York, George H.Doran, 1922.

 

Hammer Price: £950

494 Ravilious (Eric).- Bliss (Douglas Percy) & A.E.Chistopherson, editors. The Gallimaufry: A New Magazine of the Students of the R.C.A...., 1925 & 2 other
Lot 494

Ravilious (Eric).- Bliss (Douglas Percy) & A.E.Chistopherson, editors. The Gallimaufry: A New Magazine of the Students of the R.C.A...., 1925 & 2 others illustrated by Ravilious (3)

 

Hammer Price: £900

495 Ravilious (Eric).- White (Rev. Gilbert) The Writings of Gilbert White of Selborne, 2 vol., one of 850 sets, wood-engravings, Nonesuch Press, 1938.
		 
Lot 495

Ravilious (Eric).- White (Rev. Gilbert) The Writings of Gilbert White of Selborne, 2 vol., one of 850 sets, wood-engravings, Nonesuch Press, 1938.

 

Hammer Price: £650

497 Thomas (R.S.) The Mountains, one of 240 copies, wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone after John Piper, New York, Clover Hill Editions for Chilmark Press, 1968 &am
Lot 497

Thomas (R.S.) The Mountains, one of 240 copies, wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone after John Piper, New York, Clover Hill Editions for Chilmark Press, 1968 & 2 others (3)

 

Hammer Price: £400

498 Tijtgat (Edgard).- Perrault (Charles) Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, one of 70 copies, colour linocuts, Brussels, C. Van Oest & Cie., 1921 & another (2)
		&
Lot 498

Tijtgat (Edgard).- Perrault (Charles) Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, one of 70 copies, colour linocuts, Brussels, C. Van Oest & Cie., 1921 & another (2)

 

Estimate: £700 - 900

499 Vale Press.- Campion (Thomas) Fifty Songs, one of 210 copies, bound in repoussé tan morocco, gilt, by Chiswick Art Guild, 1896.
		 
Lot 499

Vale Press.- Campion (Thomas) Fifty Songs, one of 210 copies, bound in repoussé tan morocco, gilt, by Chiswick Art Guild, 1896.

 

Hammer Price: £1,700

501 Wadsworth (Edward).- Windeler (Bernard) Sailing-Ships and Barges of the Western Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas, one of 450 copies, hand-coloured copper-engrav
Lot 501

Wadsworth (Edward).- Windeler (Bernard) Sailing-Ships and Barges of the Western Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas, one of 450 copies, hand-coloured copper-engraved title and plates, 1926.

 

Hammer Price: £350

502 Whittington Press.- McKitterick (David) Wallpapers by Edward Bawden printed at the Curwen Press, one of 40 special copies with folder of original wallpapers, W
Lot 502

Whittington Press.- McKitterick (David) Wallpapers by Edward Bawden printed at the Curwen Press, one of 40 special copies with folder of original wallpapers, Whittington Press, Andoversford, 1989.

 

Hammer Price: £650

505 Furniture.- Ideas for Rustic Furniture proper for Garden Seats, Summer Houses, Hermitages, Cottages, &c., first edition 25 engraved plates, I. & J.Tayl
Lot 505

Furniture.- Ideas for Rustic Furniture proper for Garden Seats, Summer Houses, Hermitages, Cottages, &c., first edition 25 engraved plates, I. & J.Taylor, 1790.

 

Hammer Price: £900

510 Lyell (Charles, botanist, 1767-1849) and Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, F.R.S., geologist, 1797-1875]. A group of photographs and prints from the Lyell family
Lot 510

Lyell (Charles, botanist, 1767-1849) and Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, F.R.S., geologist, 1797-1875]. A group of photographs and prints from the Lyell family collection (c. 85 items)

Hammer Price: £1,500

511 Mikan (Johann Christian) Delectus Florae et Faunae Brasiliensis, Parts I-III only (of 4), 14 hand-coloured lithographed plates, Vienna, A.Strauss, 1820.
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Lot 511

Mikan (Johann Christian) Delectus Florae et Faunae Brasiliensis, Parts I-III only (of 4), 14 hand-coloured lithographed plates, Vienna, A.Strauss, 1820.

 

Hammer Price: £1,500

513 Trees & gardens.- Country-mans Recreation (The), or the Art of Planting, Graffing, and Gardening, in three Bookes, Printed by B. Allsop and T. Fawcet for M
Lot 513

Trees & gardens.- Country-mans Recreation (The), or the Art of Planting, Graffing, and Gardening, in three Bookes, Printed by B. Allsop and T. Fawcet for Michael Young, 1640.

 

Hammer Price: £1,300

514 Trees.- First English book on oaks.- Wheeler (James) The Modern Druid, containing Instructions... for the much better Culture of Young Oaks, first edition of t
Lot 514

Trees.- First English book on oaks.- Wheeler (James) The Modern Druid, containing Instructions... for the much better Culture of Young Oaks, first edition of the first English book on oaks, Printed for the author, 1747; and another, on the use of oak bark in the tanning process, 8vo (2)

 

Hammer Price: £2,200

519 Fossils.- Woodward (John) Fossils of all kinds, digested into a method, suitable to their mutual relation and affinity; With The Names by which they were known
Lot 519

Fossils.- Woodward (John) Fossils of all kinds, digested into a method, suitable to their mutual relation and affinity; With The Names by which they were known to the Antients, and those by which they are at this Day known, first edition, Printed for William Innys, at the West-End of St. Paul's, 1728.

 

Hammer Price: £300

521 America.- Rebus.- Darly (Mary) [Britannia toe] Amer[eye]ca, rare rebus satirising Lord North's efforts to reconcile with the American colonies, 1778.
		&n
Lot 521

America.- Rebus.- Darly (Mary) [Britannia toe] Amer[eye]ca, rare rebus satirising Lord North's efforts to reconcile with the American colonies, 1778.

 

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000

522 America.- John Wesley.- Evans (Caleb), "Americanus". A letter to the Rev. Mr. John Wesley, Occasioned by his Calm Address to the American Colonies, B
Lot 522

America.- John Wesley.- Evans (Caleb), "Americanus". A letter to the Rev. Mr. John Wesley, Occasioned by his Calm Address to the American Colonies, Bristol, printed by William Pine, and to be had of any of the booksellers; and of Messrs. Dillys, in London, 1775.

 

Hammer Price: £280

523 China.- Botany.- [Circular flower and studies of nature] ten double-page woodcuts printed in colours, [possibly 19th century].  
		 
Lot 523

China.- Botany.- [Circular flower and studies of nature] ten double-page woodcuts printed in colours, [possibly 19th century].

 

Estimate: £300 - 500

524 China.- Semedo (Alvaro) The History of that Great and Renowned Monarchy of China, first edition in English, E. Taylor for John Crook, 1655.
		 
Lot 524

China.- Semedo (Alvaro) The History of that Great and Renowned Monarchy of China, first edition in English, E. Taylor for John Crook, 1655.

 

Hammer Price: £1,300

525 Egyptology.- Lepsius (Karl Richard) Das Todtenbuch der Ägypter nach dem Hieroglyphischen Papyrus in Turin, a landmark work of Egyptology, which includes t
Lot 525

Egyptology.- Lepsius (Karl Richard) Das Todtenbuch der Ägypter nach dem Hieroglyphischen Papyrus in Turin, a landmark work of Egyptology, which includes the first use of the term 'Book of the Dead'. Leipzig, Georg Wigand, 1842.

 

Hammer Price: £900

527 India.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Goa, and the Blue Mountains; or, Six Months of Sick Leave, first edition, second issue, 1851.
		 
Lot 527

India.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Goa, and the Blue Mountains; or, Six Months of Sick Leave, first edition, second issue, 1851.

 

Hammer Price: £600

530 Mexico.- Castro (Casimiro) and Garcia Cubas (Antonio). Album del Ferrocarril Mexicano, Coleccion de vistas pintadas del naturel, 1877
Lot 530

Mexico.- Castro (Casimiro) and Garcia Cubas (Antonio). Album del Ferrocarril Mexicano, Coleccion de vistas pintadas del naturel, 1877

Hammer Price: £1,700

531 Scotland.- Leveson-Gower (Elizabeth) Views in Orkney and on the North-Eastern Coast of Scotland, etched plates, contemporary straight-grain morocco, 1807.
		&
Lot 531

Scotland.- Leveson-Gower (Elizabeth) Views in Orkney and on the North-Eastern Coast of Scotland, etched plates, contemporary straight-grain morocco, 1807.

 

Hammer Price: £480

532 Switzerland.- Koenig (Franz Niklaus) [Collection de costumes suisses tires du cabinet de M. Meyer d'Aarau, par F.-N. Koenig], 19 (of 24) soft-ground etchin
Lot 532

Switzerland.- Koenig (Franz Niklaus) [Collection de costumes suisses tires du cabinet de M. Meyer d'Aarau, par F.-N. Koenig], 19 (of 24) soft-ground etchings

Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000

533 Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- Marra (John) Journal du Second Voyage du Capitaine Cook, sur les Vaisseaux La Resolution & l'Aventure, first edition, Am
Lot 533

Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- Marra (John) Journal du Second Voyage du Capitaine Cook, sur les Vaisseaux La Resolution & l'Aventure, first edition, Amsterdam, Pissot & Nyon, 1777.

 

Hammer Price: £480

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