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IMPORTANT BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS Wednesday 24th May 2017

The Westbury Hotel, Mayfair, London


The Westbury Hotel, 37 Conduit Street, London W1S 2YF


AuCTION NO. 14

IMPORTANT BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS Wednesday 24th May 2017, 1.00pm

The Westbury Hotel, 37 Conduit Street, London W1S 2YF VIEWING: 16TH – 18TH MAY 220 Queenstown Road, London SW8 4LP

VIEWING: 22ND – 24TH MAY The Westbury Hotel, London W1S 2YF

Wednesday 17th May 10.00am – 5.30pm

Tuesday 23rd May 9.30am – 5.30pm

Monday 22nd May 9.30am – 7pm

Tuesday 16th May 10.00am – 5.30pm

Wednesday 24th May from 9.30am

Thursday 18th May 10.00am – 5.30pm

CONTENTS

Continental Literature and History: Economics:

English and Continental Manuscripts:

1-47

48-54

55-99

English Literature and History:

100-166

Science, Sports and Natural History:

214-222

Modern Literature and Illustrated Books: Art and Architecture: Travel:

BuYER'S PREMIuM (plus VAT as applicable) 25% of hammer price up to and including £100,000 20% of hammer price from £100,001 to £1,000,000 12% of hammer price in excess of £1,000,000

167-213

223-226

227-230

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Rupert Powell, International Head of Books and Works on Paper Dido Arthur, Book Specialist

Justin Phillips, Book Specialist Max Hasler, Book Specialist

Simon Luterbacher, Consultant

Richard Carroll 16th-19th Century Works on Paper Specialist Rhiannon Spence, Book Cataloguer

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ConTinenTAL LiTeRATuRe And HiSToRy

1 Columnis (Guido de) HiSToRiA deSTRuCTioniS TRoiAe, collation: [a-i10 k8 l10 m-o8], [132] ff., the first and last blank, 34 lines (variable), Gothic type: 116 B, opening initial in red and blue, the others in red, chapter headings, paragraph-marks and foliation in red, occasional early ink marginalia in different hands, f.33 small section of upper corner torn away, affecting one number of supplied foliation, ff. 51 & 61 short tear to lower inner corner, mostly marginal, but on f.51 just touching 1 letter recto and verso without loss, f.94 short marginal tear at foot, a few ff. working loose, some spotting and staining. 17th century English calf over pasteboards, head of spine and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, housed in a modern dark brown morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, [The Netherlands,?Utrecht], [Printer of Alexander Magnus, ?Gerardus de Leempt], [c.1477-1479].

⁂ First edition. An excellent wide-margined copy of this rare history of Troy by the 13th century Sicilian judge Guido de Columnis. We CAn TRACe no CoPy in An iTALiAn inSTiTuTion And LoCATe onLy one CoPy in THe uniTed STATeS. FuRTHeRMoRe, We CAn TRACe no CoPy AT AuCTion.

Around 1271 Matteo della Porta, the Archbishop of Salerno had suggested to Guido de Columnis that he write a work in Latin on the fall of Troy. The first book was written within the life time of the archbishop, but without his encouragement the final 34 books were not written until 1287, when all were completed within three months. The work is based on the mid-twelfth century Roman de Troie of Benoît de SaintMaure. The first book goes back to Peleus, father of Achilles, and the search for the Golden Fleece, while the final book deals with the death of ulysses. it enjoyed huge success in its time.

THiS iS one oF onLy FouR BookS THAT ARe ATTRiBuTed To THe So-CALLed ‘PRinTeR oF THe HiSToRiA ALexAndRi MAGni’. it has been suggested that the printer was in fact Gerardus de Leempt. The suggested timeframe of printing comes from the watermarks present, which are found in books printed 1477-1479 (see Watermarks in Incunabula printed in the Low Countries, available through the iSTC entry). it is feasible that the ‘historia troiana’ written on the first and final blank in red crayon was done so at the atelier of the printer.

Provenance: ‘Wyllyam Algar’ (16th century ink inscription to front blank recto); ‘nulla sors longa, dolor est voluptas / invicem cedunt; brevior voluptas’, a quotation from Seneca’s Thyestes, ll.596-597 (ink inscription of c.1600 to front blank recto); f.131 ink accounting notes in an english 16th century hand and a few lines from book iii of Chaucer’s Book of Fame, ll. 1564-1572; The Macclesfield copy (engraved north Library armorial bookplate with press mark 116. F. 12 and armorial blind-stamp to upper margin of first 3 ff.) References: BMC ix, 108; Goff C-768; HC 5505; Bod-inc C-392; iSTC ic00768000. £30,000 - 40,000

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2 Advent sermons.- CoLLeCTA MAGiSTRALiA, collation: a10 b-e8 f6 g8 h6, 61 ff. (of 62, lacking initial blank), 35 lines, Gothic type, initials, paragraph-marks, initial-strokes and underlining in red, occasional water-staining (mostly at end), a few ff. at end with inner margin strengthened, small wormhole / trace to outer margin of ff. towards end, modern half vellum, folio (290 x 202mm.), Nuremberg, Friedrich Creussner, 1479.

⁂ A wide-margined copy of this collection of 16 Advent sermons, in which the individual parts of the body, from head to foot, are treated for man’s spiritual and moral development. ‘For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another’ (Romans xii, 4-5). Literature: BMC ii, 450; Bod-inc C-382; Goff C-136; HC 4458. £3,000 - 4,000

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3 Josephus (Flavius) [oPeRA], translated by Rufinus Aquileiensis, edited by Hieronymus Squarzaficus, 2 parts in 1, collation: a10 b-x8 y6 A-L8 M6, 278 ff., 56 lines, Roman type, initial spaces, with the 4 blanks as called for, early ink marginalia, a4&5 with repaired tear within text, with minor loss and causing some discolouration of paper, some staining and soiling, occasional spotting, contemporary vellum, corners worn, soiled, folio (303 x 215mm), [Venice], [Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis], [23 october, 1486]. ⁂ The second Venice edition, and sixth overall. it is one of the first publications from the press of Rubeus after his move from Treviso to Venice. Literature: BMC V, 415; Goff J-486; HC *9454; Bod-inc J-223. £1,500 - 2,000


4 Bible, Latin.- BiBLiA LATinA CuM PoSTiLLiS niCoLAi de LyRA eT exPoSiTioniBuS GuiLeLMi BRiToniS, 4 vol., mixed edition, double column, collation: I: 1a10 b12 c-h10 I k8 l-o10 p6 q8 r-z [et] aa-dd10 ee12 ff gg10 hh4 ii-oo10 pp qq6 rr-vv10 xx12 yy zz [et et]10 [con con]6; II: Da-Dz Ea-Es8 Et10 III: AAGG10 HH12 II-MM10 NN12 OO8 PP-TT10 UU XX6 YY ZZ AAA-FFF10 GGG HHH8 III-MMM10 NNN8 IV: 2a-l10 m8 n-q10 r8 s6 t-y10 z12 aa10 bb8 cc-ff10 gg12 hh-oo10 pp8 qq rr6, I: 467 ff. (of 468, lacking initial blank), II: 338 ff. III: 348 ff. IV: 383 ff. (of 384, lacking initial blank), variable lines, Gothic type, woodcuts within text, a few full-page, initials in red or blue, a few larger initials in red and blue, a couple of initials in colours on a gilt ground, some water- or damp-staining, parts I, III and IV closely trimmed at head, affecting the odd headline, part iv lower corners of sigs a-d nibbled, loss of a few letters to first couple of ff., uniformly bound in 16th century blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, covers with central Jesuit device, metal clasps, folio (297 x 200mm. & 311 x 218mm. (1497 vol.)), Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1486-1497-1487. ⁂ A rare assemblage of the four volumes of this monumental and handsomely printed work in contemporary bindings. koberger had established the first press at nuremberg in 1470 and as well as being celebrated for the printing of his illustrated bibles, is best remembered for his nuremberg Chronicle of 1492. Literature: BMC ii, 431 & 443; Goff B-614 & B619; HC 3167 & 3171; Bod-inc B320 & B324. £15,000 - 20,000

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5 Modus versificando.- , extraordinary sammelband of 21 works collected by a German humanist, comprising 4 incunables, 13 post-incunables and 4 manuscript works, including: the Latin part of Musaeus’ oPuSCuLuM de HeRone & LeAndRo, Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1497 (with 2 woodcut illustrations); Chrysoloras’ eRoTeMATA, Strasburg, Johann Knobloch, 1516; the fourth and fifth books of Gaza’s GRAMMAR, Leipzig, Valentin Schumann, 1516, Murmellius’ ARTiS VeRSiFiCAToRie RudiMenTA, Leipzig, Valentin Schumann, 1511 (not recorded in bibliographies of German 16thcentury editions); Mombritius’ de doMiniCA PASSione LiBRi Sex, Leipzig, Jakob Thanner, [after 3rd January] 1499, (the only edition printed in Germany in the 15th Century) and Politianus’ SiLVA, Leipzig, Jakob Thanner, 1512, copious contemporary ink marginalia in red and black ink, library stamp erased from title of each work, contemporary German blind-stamped half pigskin over wooden boards (from c.1520), spine with 3 raised bands, with undamaged original metal and leather clasps with manuscript title “Modus versificando”, 4to, 230 x 170mm., v.p., c.1492-1519.

⁂ An exceptional medieval anthology. The first five printed works represent, with one of the manuscripts, the theoretical part of this poetic collection, while the following printed works and the other three manuscripts contain, faithfully to the engraved motto on the clasps, some very significant examples of medieval Greek and Latin poetics. The Musaeus includes the first two woodcuts ever printed by Aldus - an ‘epic in miniature,’ which had a considerable influence on Renaissance and Baroque literature: “The book is illustrated with two woodcuts, somewhat ‘primitive’ in style and of no particular artistic pretensions. in both of them the setting is the same: two fortified towns of Sestos and Abydos with the Hellespont in between. in the first one Hero watches Leander swimming across the channel; in the second she leaps to her death. These are the first illustrations in a Greek book...» (Staikos, p. 328-329). The full list of works is: 1.

2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

Εισαγογη προσ των γραμματον. eLeMenTALe inTRoduCToRiuM GRAeCAniCuM, Wittenberg, Johann Gronenberg, 1511.

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Chrysoloras (Manuel) Έρωτήματα. eRoTeMATA, Strasbourg, Johann Knobloch d. Ä, december 1516

Gaza (Theodoros) LiBeR QuARTuS & uLTiMuS de ConSTRuCTione R. CRoCo BRiTAnno inTeRPReTe, Leipzig, Valentin Schumann, 1516.

Quid versus unde dicat et quot accidunt. [Commentary on Antonio Mancinelli], manuscript, 16ff.

Mancinelli (Antonio) de CoMPonendiS VeRSiBuS oPuSCuLuM CuM AddiTioniBuS FRAnCiSCi MATARATiJ eT SuLPiTiJ VeRuLAni, Leipzig, Jakob Thanner, 6 August 1504. Murmellius (Johannes) ARTiS

VeRSiFiCAToRie RudiMenTA...

HyMniS eCCLeSiASTiCiS eiuSdeM LiBeLLuS.

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niCoLAi PeRoTTi GeneRuM HoRATiuS & BoeTiuS uSi SunT, AnnoTATioneS, Leipzig, Valentin Schumann, 1511.

MeTRoRuM, QuiBuS

De origine poetarum, & quod Poetica, quid poesis, quodque poema, manuscript, 1f. Mombritius (Boninus) de doMiniCA PASSione LiBRi Sex, Leipzig, Jakob Thanner, [after 3. January] 1499.

Proba Falconia Hortina Carmina, sive Centones Vergilii, [Leipzig], Martin Landsberg, [c.1494].

10. Emser (Hieronymus) ePiToMe Ad SAnCTiSSiMuM doMinuM noSTRuM PAPAM JuLiuM SeCunduM SuPeR ViTA MiRACuLiS eT TeSTiMoniA diVi... BRunoniS, [Leipzig, Melchior Lotter d. Ä, 1505]. 11. Musaeus Grammaticus Opusculum de Herone et Leandro. [Greek], Venice, Aldus Manutius, [before november 1495-1497?].

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12. Urceus (Antonius) RHyTHMuS CodRi FeSTiViSSMuS. CARMen MoRi uRBAniSSiMuM i. LuSuS CAMiCziAnuS VeRiSSiMuS, Leipzig, Melchior Lotter d. Ä., 1519.

13. Poliziano (Angelo) SiLVA: Cui TiTuLuS RuSTiCuS. in PoeTA HeSiodi. VeRGiLiJQue GeoRGiCon enARRATio PRonunTiATA, Leipzig, Jakob Tanner, 1512. 14. Flavius Avianus. APoLoGuS AdoLeSCenTuLiS Ad MeReS eT LATinuM SeRMoneM CAPeSCendoS uTiLiSSiMuM, Leipzig, Wolfgand Stöckel, 1509.

15. Mancinus (Dominicus) TRACTATuS de PASSione doMini, Leipzig, Wolfgang Stöckel, 7 February 1509. 16. Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. ePiSToLe MAoMeTiS TuRCARuM iMPeRAToRiS eLeGAnTiSSiMe, Leipzig, Jakob Tanner, 9 november 1504. 17. Publicius (Jacobus) ARS TuLLiAno Jakob Thanner, [ca. 1510].

MoRe

ePiSToLAndi, [Leipzig],

18. Pius ii, Pope. oPuSCuLA de duoBuS AMAnTiBuS, eT de ReMedio AMoRiS, CuM ePiSToLA ReTRACTAToRiA... Leipzig, Konrad Kachelofen, [1489-1495].

19. Hucbaldus Elnonensis. CARMinA de LAude CALuoRuM, manuscript, 14ff. plus one folding inserted

20. Scheurl (Christoph) ePiSToLA Ad CHARiTATeM ABBATiSSAM SAnCTAe CLARAe de LAudiBuS FAMiLiAe PyRCkHeyMeR, Nuremberg, Friedrich Peypus, April 1515.

21. E constitutionibus... manuscript, 12ff.

Literature: Panzer IX, 68, 17; Adams C, 150; Adams T, 529; Panzer IX, 483, 119b; Panzer VII, 210, 722; BMC III, 657; Hain 6904; BMC V, 552; Panzer VII, 178, 403; Panzer VII,165, 274; Panzer VII, 150, 120; Panzer XI, 327, 331; BMC III, 632. £40,000 - 60,000


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7 Nazianzenus (Gregoius) [Carmina], collation: A/AA10.8 BB/B8.8 C/CC10.8 DD/D8.8 E/EE10.8 FF/F8.8 G/GG10.8 HH/H8.8 I/II10.8 KK/K8.8 L/LL10.8 MM/M8.8 N/NN10.8 OO/O4.4 χ2 2χ2, 234ff., colophon on O4 verso, printer’s device on OO4 verso, complete with the four additional leaves containing the errata and the index (the latter bound at beginning, as often), Greek and Latin text facing each other (Aldus printed the Greek and Latin texts on separate sheets, which could either be bound in separate sequences or interleaved, as in the present copy), manuscript pagination in brown ink, long manuscript note in Greek on verso of second flyleaf, another note in Latin (on Gregorius Nazianzienus, taken from St. Jerome’s De viris illustribus) on verso of second leaf of index, both notes in red and brown ink, the same hand which has numbered the leaves has also provided every chapter of the index with the corresponding leaf number, some additional marginal annotations in Greek and underlining by a contemporary hand, light damp-stain and marginal foxing on a few leaves, otherwise a very good copy with wide margins, contemporary vellum, inked title on spine, 4to, 210 x 158mm., Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1504.

6 Catullus (Gaius Valerius), Albius Tibullus and Propertius. Catullus. Tibullus. Propetius [sic.], edited by Aldus Manutius and Girolamo Avancio, collation: A-E8 F4, A-D8 E4, a-i8, initial spaces with guide-letters, penultimate f. with colophon otherwise blank, final f. with amended title otherwise blank, early ink marginalia throughout, title with obliterated early ink ownership inscription and partially removed ink stamp (causing a couple of small holes), water-stained, old vellum over modern marbled boards, 8vo (160 x 93mm), [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], January, 1502.

⁂ ediTio PRinCePS oF GReGoRy oF nAziAnzuS’ PoeTiCAL WoRkS. This publication is the third of the series Poetae Christiani veteres, issued by Aldus in Venice between 1501 and 1504. The series had a pedagogical purpose and was conceived as a complement to the series of classical texts Manutius was printing in the same years. Aldus’ heirs also published the first edition of Gregory’s orations in 1516 (cf. A. knowles Frazier, Possible Lives: Authors and Saints in Renaissance Italy, new york, 2005, pp. 114-115). The complicated structure of the volume, in which the sheets with the Latin text interleave with those containing the Greek, is not very common in Aldus’ publications. The main problem with this structure is that the length of the Latin text does not always coincide with the Greek, so that to keep the texts facing each other on opposite pages the composer had to leave blank spaces, which sometimes are filled with different texts. Aldus devised this complicated system with a view to making Greek easier to learn. The book is mainly aimed at young students, whose knowledge of Greek was not good enough and who required the Latin text as a learning support (L. Bigliazzi, Aldo Manuzio tipografo 14941515, Florence, 1994, pp. 131-132).

⁂ The first Aldine edition, first state, with the incorrect spelling ‘Propetius’ on title. The work is dedicated to the book collector and scholar Marino Sanuto. Literature: Adams C1137; Ahmanson-Murphy 52; Renouard, Alde, 39:16; edi16 CnCe 10356. £600 - 800

Literature: Renouard, 46.4; The Aldine Press, 2001, no. 84; edit 16, CnCe21739; Adams, G-1142; Fock, Bibliotheca Aldina, p. 18; Hoffmann, ii, pp. 175-177; Bigliazzi, op. cit., no. 86; di- onisottiorlandini, Aldo Manuzio editore, no. Liii; Ahmanson-Murphy, no. 67. £1,000 - 1,500

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8 Livius (Titus) RoMiSCHe HiSToRie, translated by Bernhard Schöfferlin and ivo Wittich, collation: [* **]6 a8 b-o6 p4, A8 B-R6, Aa8 BbDd6 Ee6+1 Ff-Zz6, Aaa-Nnn6, Gothic type, full-page woodcut of the work being presented to the Emperor Maximilian, over 200 woodcuts within text, most half-page, initials in red or blue, p4 and R6 blank, lacking, Ff1, first f. detaching, a2 partially repaired tear within text, without loss, m3 very small hole within text, with loss of a few letters, 2C3 large partially repaired tear within text / woodcut, with minor loss, a few marginal repairs, some spotting and staining, the latter mostly marginal, few ff. with ink smudges or scribbles, contemporary panelled vellum over wooden boards, spine in compartments and with 20th century leather label, short split to head of each joint, lightly soiled, rubbed, folio (306 x 206mm.), Mainz, Johann Schöffer, 6 March, 1505. ⁂ FiRST ediTion oF THe FiRST GeRMAn LiVy. THe

MoST CoPiouSLy iLLuSTRATed Book in eARLy

MAinz PRinTinG.

9 Livius (Titus) deCHe di TiTo LiVio VuLGARe HySToRiATe, translated by Leonardo Bruni, collation: [pi]4 a-o8 p10, aa6 bb-pp8 qq10, A6 B-Q8, Roman type, title in red and black and with a woodcut of a battle scene and woodcut arms of Giunta, 3 ff. with large woodcuts and text within ornate woodcut borders, numerous smaller woodcut throughout, woodcut decorative initials, lacking final blank, occasional staining, 20th century vellum, red morocco label to spine, lightly stained, folio (306 x 200mm.), Venice, Bartholameo de Zanni de Portesio [for Luc’Antonio Giunta], 16 April, 1511. ⁂ A scarce copy of this handsomely illustrated edition of Livy. The blocks were originally cut for the 1493 edition by Rosso for Giunta, and used again in 1502 and here. Literature: not in Adams; ediT 16 CnCe 29150.

10 Sallustius Crispus (Caius) oPeRA SALuSTiAnA, commentary by Badius Ascensius, collation: A6 a-r8 s6 t4, title in red and black and within woodcut border, A6 recto near full-page woodcut of the crucifixion, woodcut decorative initials, 2 small woodcut printer’s devices to final verso, marginal water-staining, mostly at foot and causing a little marginal chipping, A6 short repaired tears within text with minor loss, occasional spotting or staining, 17th century panelled, with later gilt arms to upper cover and gilt and label to spine, upper cover detached, corners worn, rubbed, a rare edition, small 4to (223 x 162mm.), Lyon, [ Jacques Mareschal & Simon Vincent], 17 october, 1511. ⁂ Literature: Adams S140. £400 - 600

£750 - 1,000

Literature: Adams L1357; Proctor 9845. £1,000 - 1,500

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11 Pindar. [odeS] (GRAeCe), collation: α4, β-θ8, ι6, κ-μ8, ν-ξ6, Α-Η8, Θ10, ΙΡ8, complete with blanks ι6 and Θ10, in this copy final quire P has been misbound before quire O, [204]ff., Greek text, Kallierges’ woodcut double-headed-eagle device and Benigno’s serpent-wreathed staff both on title, Kallierges’ device repeated on fol. P8v, fols. β2r and A3r headings and 6-line initials in Byzantine style printed in red, 6-line initials on fols. I2v and O1r printed in black, numerous smaller initials in the same style, some browing and foxing, title stained and spotted, strengthened along gutter, small ink stain on fol. L8v, a few contemporary notes, underlinings and reading marks, modern limp vellum with ties, 4to, 228 x 159mm., Rome, Zacharias Kallierges for Cornelio Benigni, 13 August, 1515.

⁂ THe FiRST ALL-GReek Book PRinTed in RoMe. The volume was edited and published by the Cretan zacharias kallierges who was active in Venice between 1499 and 1509, and moved to Rome in the 1510s, as a director of the press of the Collegium Graecum, established by Pope Leo x. The press was housed in the palace of the rich banker and patron of the arts, Agostino Chigi, and lasted until 1523. The Pindar was printed, like the Theocritus of 1516 (see lot 28) in partnership with Cornelio Benigni, Agostino Chigi’s protegé. From a textual point of view the Roman edition is more accurate than the Aldine princeps (1513), and Pindar’s works are for the first time supplemented with the scholia. The text was set in the Greek font used by kallierges in the last volumes issued from his Venetian press in 1509. “The most distinctive feature of the Pindar is kallierges’s original idea for the layout of the title page, where for the first time in a Greek book the title, the devices both of the co-editor and publisher and of the co-editor and printer, the place of publication, the printer’s name and the statement of copyright all appear together” (k. Staikos, Charta of Greek Printing, p. 414). The Rome Pindar of 1515 is known in various variants (no priority). in this copy fols. A1 and A2 are signed, and on fol. A3r the heading and initial are printed in red. Provenance: The new york bookseller Bernard Rosenthal.

Literature: Adams P-1219; STC Italian, 520; k. Staikos, Charta of Greek Printing, Cologne 1998, pp. 413-414. £1,000 - 1,500

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12 English Binding of coat of arms of Henry VIII & Katherine of Aragon.- Pontanus (Lodovicus), Giovanni Battista Castiglione & others. SinGuLARiA uTiLiSSiMA AC AdModuz neCeSSARiA SinGuLARiA PReCLARiSSiMA PRoFundiSSiMoRuM in MeMoRiA [eT] exCeLLenTiSSiMoRuM iuRiSConSuLToRuM doMinoRuM..., additions by Jean Thierry, collation: Aa4, a-z, A-H8, I4, Gothic type, title in red and black, woodcut device on title, initials and device on verso of last f., some staining in lower margins, some slight soiling, slightly browned, contemporary ownership inscription on title of Richard Smyth, later ownership inscription “3s 4d... Richardus Stane... 1594” and with his late 16 century notes on 2 fly-leaves at beginning and margins throughout text, ConTeMPoRARy enGLiSH BLind-STAMPed CALF oF THe CoATS oF ARMS oF HenRy Viii And kATHeRine oF ARAGon in TWo PAneLS on uPPeR And LoWeR CoVeRS, covers chipped where clasps removed not affecting panels, rebacked, [Not in Adams; Oldham. Blind panels of English binders, plate 15, HE 3 & 4)], sm. 4to, Lyon, Joannes de Jonvelle [for Simon Vincent], 1517. ⁂ Civil Law.

An extremely scarce example of english binding, contemporaneous with the work of the binder John Reynes. An example of this binding is in St. John’s College, Cambridge. £4,000 - 6,000

13 Bible, Latin.- CenTuM AC QuinQuAGinTA PSALMi dAVidiCi CuM diLiGenTiSSiMA eTiAM TiTuLoRuM exPoSiTione, commentary by Jacobus Perez de Valentia, 2 parts in 1, collation: ã a-z8 8 8 Ħ8 A-Z8 aa-nn8 Ħ6 AA-HH8, double column, woodcut pictorial titles (the first in red and black), 3 ff. with large woodcuts, a few ff. with simple woodcut borders, woodcut historiated initials, lacking final f. of second part (?blank, preceeding f. with colophon at end), 20th century blind-stamped and richly gilt calf over wooden boards in imitation of a contemporary binding, metal clasps, housed in a cloth drop-back box, 4to (250 x 167mm.), Lyon, Étienne Gueynard & Jean Cambray, 1517.

⁂ A rare edition of the Psalms, with commentary by the Augustinian Perez de Valentia. The second part is the The Song of Solomon. £400 - 600


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14 Against indulgences.- Bodenstein von Karlstadt (Andreas Rudolph) Von VoRMuGen deS ABLAS: WideR BRudeR FRAnCiSCuS SeyLeR BARFuSSeR oRdenS, collation: A-B4, Gothic letter, title within charming woodcut historiated border By Lucas Cranach the Elder, depicting a printing press and an inebriated man, amongst other animal and human subjects, modern morocco, small 4to (199 x 145mm.), Wittenberg, Joannes Gronenberg, 1520.

⁂ A rare treatise arguing against the granting of indulgences. karlstadt had seen wide-spread corruption within the Catholic church on a stay in Rome, and consequently in September 1516 he wrote a series of 151 theses that attacked indulgences. Along with Luther he was excommunicated in 1521. Literature: not in Adams. £400 - 600

15 Dupuis (François) CATHenA AuReA SuPeR PSALMoS, collation: AA8 BB4 a-y8 A-Q8 R6, double column, Gothic type, printed in red and black, title with woodcut printer’s device at foot, full-page woodcut of King David at his harp to verso of BB4, handsome woodcut criblé initials, early ink marginalia, p3&4 upper corners torn away, with loss of part of a side-note on p3, wormholes within text, some staining, mostly marginal, 4to (253 x 176mm.), Paris, Jean Petit, March, 1520. ⁂ First edition of these commentaries on the Psalms, by the Carthusian dupuis, handsomely printed in Paris. Rare at auction. Literature: Adams P2294 (under Puteo). £400 - 600

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16 16 Book of Hours, Use of Sarum [Salisbury].- [HoRe BeATiSSiMe V[iR]GiniS MARie Ad VeRu[M] SARiSBuRie[n]SiS eCCLeSie RiTu[M]: Cu[M] Q[ui]ndeCi[M] oR[ATi]oniBuS B[eA]Te BRiGiTTe eT PLeCiSQ[ue] ALiJS. ACuTi index in CALCe eARunduM AnnexuS edoCeT], black letter, printed in red and black, text in Latin and English, 226 ff. (of 234, lacking title, first f. of calendar and 3 other preliminary ff., as well as A1, X8 and last f. of table), 17 full-page woodcuts, woodcuts and text within woodcut historiated borders, including a Dance of Death series, with an ms. leaf from around the start of the 15th century of the Ethica Nicomachea of Robert Grosseteste, first 3 ff. repaired with tape, a few passages crossed through in ink, but legible, including mentions of Saint Thomas Beckett and the Pope, occasional soiling or staining, ConTeMPoRARy PAneLLed BLind-STAMPed CALF By niCoLAS SPieRinCk oF CAMBRidGe, WiTH HiS CHARACTeRiSTiC ‘nS’ MARk, interspersing gryphons and wyverns, laid down on moderm morocco, with lacking backstrip, corners worn, creased and rubbed, 4to (248 x 173mm.), [Paris], [Impresse quide[m] Parisijs in officina industrij calcographi Nicolai Preuost. Impe[n]sis vero fidelissimi mercatoris Francisci Byrkman ciuis coloniensis. Et apud eunde[m] venunda[n]tur Londonii apud cimiteriu[m] sancti Pauli], [18 July, 1527].

⁂ A rare work at auction, printed in Paris by nicolas Prevost for sale in London. it is noteworthy that the work is in a Cambridge binding, as the city became a centre for protestant beliefs and the distribution of protestant texts, and so, contemporary Cambridge ownership of this volume may well account for the scoring out of those passages with strong Catholic overtones. Provenance: William ?Rous (contemporary ink signature). Literature: STC 15953. £1,000 - 1,500

17 Chrysostomus (Johannes, Saint) diVinA MiSSA, collation: A-L4, printed in red and black, full-page woodcut of Saint Chrysostom to A3r, D3 lower corner repaired, some staining and foxing, contemporary vellum, spotted and stained, small 4to, Venice, Johannes Antonius & the brothers Sabio, 1528. ⁂ Rare.

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18 Demosthenes. oRATioneS duAS & SexAGinTA [GRAeCe], collation: a-b6, α-ω6, A-T6, Υ8 (signatures in Greek letters), aa-qq6, rr8, ss-xx6, yy4 (fol. rr8 verso blank), [24], 532, 207 (last page misnumbered 507), [57] pp., Greek and Roman type, title and verso of fol. yy4 with woodcut printer’s device of Johann Herwagen (Heitz-Bernoulli 127), numerous woodcut criblé initials, numerous marginalia in Greek and Latin, some of the Greek notes by Varchi himself, title with the name of Erasmus partly deleted by censors, very tiny wormholes on blank margins of first leaves, further wormhole on fols. Ii3-yy4, affecting some letters of text, mild foxing, small stain to outer blank margin of first three leaves, short tear to fol. a2,19th century diced russia-backed boards, slightly rubbed, folio, 325 x 215mm., Basel, Johannes Herwagen, September 1532.

⁂ exCePTionAL CoPy WHiCH BeLonGed To THe FLoRenTine HuMAniST BenedeTTo VARCHi (1503-1565). This is the second edition overall - it was first published by Aldus in 1504. in this new Basel edition the commentary of ulpianos, published separately by Manuzio in 1503, is here printed in a smaller font surrounding the text. The volume is prefaced by an epistle from erasmus of Rotterdam (1496-1536), and includes a selection of variants edited by Pierre danès (1497-1579), who lectured Greek in the Parisian Collège Royal, and an extensive commentary, introduced by the printer Johann oporinus, and taken from the writings of erasmus and from the Commentarii linguae Graecae by Guillaume Budé (14681540), published in 1529 in Paris and reissued in 1530 in Basel. The national Library at Florence holds the inventories of Varchi’s large and important book collection, and among the entries we found “demosthenis opera G. in f. Basileae 1532.” (ms. ii.Viii.142, fol. 22r). According to these lists Varchi owned numerous other editions of demosthenes, both in Greek and in Latin. His deep interest in demosthenes and his works is further evinced by an autograph manuscript preserved in the Biblioteca Riccardiana (ms. Ricc. 1184), which contains the Latin translation of some speeches, such as the first three Olynthiacae and the De pace, and it is no coincidence therefore that in this copy of demosthenes it is these very texts which are profusely annotated in the margins by Varchi.

Provenance: Benedetto Varchi (1503-1565, ownership inscription on title in brown ink); Gustavo Camillo Galletti (1805-1865, oval stamp on title); Horace de Landau (book-plate on front pastedown; sale Hoepli, Florence, 16 January 1949, lot 88); Bibliographical description by H.P. kraus, new york, loosely inserted.

Literature: Adams d261; Vd16 d, 484; STC German, 238; Hoffmann i, p. 508; Griechischer Geist, 225; L. delaruelle, G. Budé, Paris 1907, p. 224; u. Schindel, Demosthenes im 18. Jahrhundert, München 1963, pp. 10, 207; La France des Humanistes i, p. 94; Demosthenes. Statesman and Orator, ed. i. Worthington, new york 2000, pp. 250-251; d. Tangri, Demosthenes in the Renaissance, “Viator”, 37 (2006), pp. 545-548; M. Prunai Falciani, Manoscritti e libri appartenuti al Varchi nella Biblioteca Riccardiana di Firenze, “Accademie e Biblioteche d’italia”, 53 (1985), pp. 14-29 (in part. p. 22, n. 16); F. Scapecchi, Ricerche sulla biblioteca di Varchi, in Benedetto Varchi, ed. V. Bramanti, Rome 2007, pp. 307-318; B. Varchi, Lettere 1535-1565, ed. V. Bramanti, Rome 2008, p. 70; Autografi di letterati italiani. Il Cinquecento, Roma 2009, pp. 337- 351. £4,000 - 6,000

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19 19 Sforza.- Giovio (Paolo) ViTA SFoRTiAe CLARiSS. duCiS A PAuLo ioVio ConSCiPTA, Ad GuidoneM ASCAniuM SFoRT. A SAnCTA FLoRA CARdin. eRARiiQue PRAeFeCTuM, collation: a4A-N4, italic type, full-page woodcut portrait of Muzio Attendolo Sforza to verso of a4, with a related 17th century ink inscription beneath, initial spaces with guideletters, fine woodcut device of Blado at end, lacking final blank, title lightly soiled, some spotting or light foxing, a few small stains, a few ff. lightly browned, 19th century brown straightgrain morocco, gilt, upper joint starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, small 4to, Rome, [Antonio Blado], november, 1539.

⁂ A good copy of the first edition of this biography of Muzio Attendolo, the founder of the Sforza dynasty, which is rare at auction.

Literature: Adams G692; Harvard, italian, 304; Sander 3170; ediT 16 CnCe 21154. £500 - 700

20 Thucydides. THuCydideS CuM SCHoLiS eT AnTiQuiS eT uTiLiBuS, collation: α*6 β*6 α-z6 A-D6 E8 F10, [12], 225, [3], 127, [4] pp., with blank leaf t6 and final 2ff. with register and printer’s woodcut device, some water-staining, mostly marginal, leaves towards end with ink-stain to upper inner corner becoming a damp-mark extending into text at end and with some page edges brittle and worn away, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, spine repaired, folio, 310 x 205mm., Basel, ex officina Hervagiana, 1540.

⁂ Scarce edition of Thucydides’ famous work on the war between Athens and Sparta. This edition with Panno/nius on title; another issue has Pan/nonius. Literature: Adams T665 £600 - 800

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20 21 Josephus (Flavius) oPeRA, collation: *6, a-z6, A-Z6, aa-hh6, ii4, kk-zz6, AA-MM6, [12], 967, [1] pp., title in red and black with woodcut printer’s device in red, device repeated in black on fol. MM6v, large woodcut animated initial on fol. *2r, woodcut headpieces in different patterns, blank spaces for capitals with printed guide letters, overall a very good copy, title soiled to fore-margin, small repairs to outer blank margin of first and last three leaves, small stains, browning in places, a few underlinings and marginal notes in an early hand, pencilled bibliographic notes on front pastedown, on recto of rear flyleaf note ‘early princeps’, in a 19th-century hand, contemporary German calf over wooden beveled boards, covers blind tooled in different panel designs, upper cover framed within concentric candelabra and head-rolls, at centre five unidentified armorial tools, lower cover framed within head-roll, central space divided into four smaller panels decorated with head-roll, clasps missing, spine with four large raised bands, rebacked, small portions of leather lacking, folio, 334 x 220mm., Basle, Hieronymus Froben and Nikolaus Episcopius, 1544.

⁂ Editio princeps of Josephus’ works, providing a comprehensive history of the Jews from the Creation to the end of the war with Rome (70 Ad), in a contemporary German binding. This first edition in the original Greek derives from manuscripts owned by diego Hurtado Mendoza (1503-75), the envoy of Charles V in Venice, and was edited by his librarian, the dutch humanist Arnoldus Arlenius (1510-1582). The text was set in the fine Greek type used by Johann Frober for printing the erasmus edition of the new Testament in 1516, strongly influenced by the third Greek Aldine font. Provenance: The dominican monastery of Woodchester (Southern england), established in 1851 (ex-libris tipped in at rear).

Literature: Adams J 351; Vd16, J955; STC German 463. £1,500 - 2,000

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23 Children’s botanical book.- [Estienne (Charles)] de Re HoRTenSi LiBeLLuS, collation: a-i8, title with woodcut printer’s device, errata to penultimate verso, final f. blank, modern calf, 8vo (164 x 102mm.), Paris, Robert Estienne, September, 1545.

⁂ A scarce edition of this children’s manual of plants, trees, fruits and herbs. Literature: Adams e1734; Renouard, estienne, 63:7. £350 - 450

22 Epiphanius (Saint, Bishop of Constantia) ConTRA oCTAGinTA HAeReSeS oPuS exiMiuM, Basel, Joannes Hervagius, 1544; Bound WiTH [opera]...iano Cornaro medico physico interprete, Basel, ex officina Hervagiana, 1578, collation: *4 α-ω4 A-Ω4 A α-Υυ4 (*4 blank); a-z6 A-P6, [8], 544; [12], 430, [14] pp., first work in Greek, second in Latin, woodcut device to final leaf of first work, woodcut device to title of second work repeated on verso of final leaf, some minor marginal worming, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin with central panel showing David looking up towards God (upper cover) and Samson and the lion (lower cover), corners a little rubbed, folio, 320 x 210mm.

⁂ ediTio PRinCePS oF THe PRinCiPAL WoRkS oF ePiPHAniuS, THe CeLeBRATed CHuRCH FATHeR. epiphanius devoted himself to the spread of monasticism and the confutation of heresy, of which he regarded origen and his followers as the chief representatives. His main work was the Panarion or “Medicine Chest” i.e. a stock of remedies to offset the poisons of heresy. epiphanius made use of ancient botany, medicine and zoology for the purposes of comparison. The Greek codex from which this was printed now survives only in a fragment, preserved in the university Library of Jena. Provenance: old ink armorial stamp to title

Literature: Adams e250 and e256; Hoffmann ii, p.26 £800 - 1,200

24 Damascenus (Johannes) LoGoi TReiS APoLoGeTikoi PRoS TouS diABALLonTAS TAS AGiAS eikonAS [GRAeCe], collation: α-σ8, title with woodcut cardinal’s arms in red and small woodcut of crucifixion verso, initial spaces with guide-letters, ink stamp to title, some foxing, contemporary limp vellum, stained, 8vo, Rome, Stefano Nicolini, de Sabio, 1553. ⁂ editio princeps. £800 - 1,200

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25 Synesius (Bishop of Ptolemais) de ReGno Ad ARCAdiuM iMPeRAToRuM..., collation: *2, A-K6, L8, a-h6, i4, text in Greek, engraved device on title and initials, title split in lower inner margin, some slight staining in margins, slightly browned, manuscript Latin motto “Nudo si, ma contento” at head of title, upper and lower pastedowns creased, contemporary vellum, creased and soiled, folio, 288 x 200mm., Paris, Adrian Turnebus, 1553. ⁂ The first part of this work is a speech by Synesius to the emperor Arcadius offering advice. Arcadius (377-408), was eastern Roman emperor from 383 to 408. Provenance: Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (ink name on rear pastedown) Literature: Adams S 2206. £500 - 700

26 Anacreon. AnACReonTiS eT ALioRuM LyRiCoRuM ALiQuoT PoëTARuM odæ, 2 parts in 1, collation: A-G8 H6; A-B8 C10 D2, text in Greek and Latin, woodcut basilisk device to title, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, Paris, Guillaume Morel & Robert Estienne, 1556 Bound WiTH Timaeus, Locrus. Animo Mundi & natura, collation: A-B8, title in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, title with woodcut basilisk device, woodcut decorative initials, Paris, Guillaume Morel, 1555 Bound WiTH Fabricius (Georgius) de Syntaxi Partium orationis Apud Graecos liber, collation: A-D8, woodcut printer’s device to title, woodcut decorative initials, Paris, Guillaume Morel, 1556 Bound WiTH Hotomanus (Franciscus) de Legibus Populi Romani Liber, collation: A8 a-e8f4, title with woodcut printer’s device, final f. with woodcut printer’s device verso otherwise blank, Basel, Nicolaus Episcopius, junior, 1557 Bound WiTH Phalaris. epistolae doctissimae, Graece ac Latine, text in Greek and Latin, woodcut historiated initials, Basel, Ioannes Oporinus, 1558, together 5 works in 1 vol., early ink notes to endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, lightly soiled, 8vo

⁂ An excellent sammelband of works, that includes Robert estienne’s first work and the first separate edition in Greek of Timaeus.

Literature: i: Adams A1003; Renouard, estienne, 161:1; cf. Schreiber, The estiennes, 139] ii: Adams T715 iii: Adams F84 iV: not in Adams V: Adams P976. £1,500 - 2,000

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27 Maximus, of Tyre. SeRMoneS SiVe diSPuTATioneS, 2 parts in 2 vol., collation: *4, a-q8, r4, A-X8, Greek and Latin texts, the latter by Cosmus Paccius, woodcut printer’s device on titles, L5 small tear in lower corner with small loss, slightly browned, 19th century morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed and marked, red morocco spine labels, 8vo, 184 x 111mm., [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1557. ⁂ First edition of the ethical and philosophical writings of Maximus of Tyre (c. 125-185), the reputed teacher of Marcus Aurelius. Literature: Adams M 939 & M 940; Renouard, estienne, 115:2: Schreiber 141a&b.

Provenance: Bookplates of the library of the dukes of devonshire, with Chatsworth bookplates. £400 - 600

28 Marcus Eremita. MARCi eReMiTAe, niCoLAi, HeRyCHiuS PReSByTeRi, oPeRA QuAe exTAnT, collation: *2, A-Z8, 2A8, text in Greek, woodcut initials, slightly browned, new endpapers, modern calf, gilt, 8vo, 171 x 115mm., Paris, Gulielmus Morelius, 1563.

⁂ The First edition in Greek, published at the same time as the first Latin edition, of the works of a desert father, Marcus eremita who lived in the fifth century. He was a contemporary of nilus and isidore of Pelusium and a pupil of St. John Chrysostom. He was probably abbot of Ancyra and then retired to the desert to live in seclusion. £300 - 400


28 29 Julian (Emperor) MiSoPoGon eT ePiSToLAe, edited by Pedro Martinez, collation: A-V8, †2, FiRST ediTion, text in Greek an Latin, Epistola bound in at end after errata f., ink stamp on title, ink reference on verso of †2, ink inscription “Sancta joanne...” on lower pastedown, 2 bookplates on front pastedown, contemporary vellum, slightly yellowed, 8vo, 180 x 113mm., Paris, Andreas Wechel, 1566.

⁂ First edition of the emperor Julian’s Misopogon, a polemic composed in 363 against the inhabitants of Antioch, who made him the subject of a song. The Life of Julian, by Martinez, forms the introduction and the Letters of Julian are also included.

Literature: Adams J 419; Hoffmann ii, 638; Graesse iii, 497; BMC of French Books p. 247. £400 - 600

30 Pindar. CARMinuM PoeTARuM noVeM [And oLyMPiA, PyTHiA, neMeA, iSTHMiA], 2 parts in 1, collation: A-M8 N4; a-r8, text in Greek and Latin, titles with woodcut printer’s devices, woodcut decorative initials, trimmed at head, affecting the odd headline, lightly browned, HAndSoMe 17th CenTuRy TAn MoRoCCo, RiCHLy TooLed in GiLT, with central olive wreaths, winged cherubs and foliage tools, neatly rebacked, preserving majority of original backstrip, gilt neatly supplied to missing head section of backstrip, g.e., housed in a modern cloth drop-back box, small 8vo, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1567.

⁂ An attractively bound volume with a distinguished provenance:

Provenance: Bibliotheca Lamoniana; Henri Bonnasse; G. de Miribel; R. zierer (bookplates). £1,000 - 1,500

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30 31 Estienne printing.- oRAToReS GRAeCi [GRAeCe], collation: ¶6 a-q6 r8 aa-qq6 a-p6 (blank p6), [12], 213, 191 [1], 178 pp., Greek and Latin text, woodcut device on title, some worming through first half, mostly to upper margin but affecting text in places, some light water-staining, 18th century mottled calf, gilt, spine gilt with raised bands, brown morocco lettering piece, upper hinge cracking, folio, 335 x 202mm., [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1575.

⁂ FiRST eSTienne ediTion oF THiS iMPReSSiVe CoLLeCTion oF TexTS oF FAMouS ATTiC oRAToRS, which first appeared under an Aldine imprint in 1513. in his preface to the Lyonnese magistrate Pierre Bouilliod, estienne claims his edition is superior to that of Aldus, having corrected a number of errors. Greek texts of Aeschines, Lysias, Andocides, isaeus, Antisthenes, Alcidamus and Georgias are followed by Latin translations by estienne, H. Wolf, d. Lambin and C. Groulart of selected orations. Provenance: St. Benedict’s Abbey, Fort Augustus (bookplate). Literature: Renouard 141/2, no.3; Hoffmann iii, 15; Schreiber 192; Schweiger i, 359 “Schön gedruckt. Sehr gesuchte Sammlung.” £400 - 600

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33 Estienne printing.- Thucydides. de BeLLo PeLoPoneSiACo LiBRi Viii, collation: ¶6 ¶¶4 a-z6 aa-zz6 aaa-nnn6 ooo4, [20], 621 [14] [1] 73 [7] pp., double column Greek and Latin text, woodcut device on title, foxed and browned, 2ff. in sig.ss misbound, 17th century morocco, regilded and rebacked, folio, 348 x 221mm., [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1588.

⁂ Second estienne edition, better than the one he printed in 1564. Literature: Adams T667; PMM 102; Renouard 152/3; Schreiber 216. £1,000 - 1,500

34 Eastern Church.- SACRAe LiTuRGiAe Seu MiSSAe SAnCToRuM ioAnniS CHRySoSToMi, BASiLii MAGni, et quae prae sanctificatorum donorum dicitur, printed throughout in red and black, title in Latin with engraved arms, 2 engraved portraits, the latter full-page, Greek text in double column, errata leaf at end, small ink stamp and slight worming to outer margin of title, some foxing, front free endpaper defective, contemporary limp vellum, spine titled in manuscript, rubbed, lacking ties, a couple of nicks to spine, 4to, Rome, A. Zanetti, 1601. 32 Isidorus Pelusiota. ePiSToLARuM AMPLiuS MiLLe duCenTARuM LiBRi TReS, 2 parts in 1, collation: †4 ††4 A-Z6 Aa-Zz6 Aaa6 Bbb4 A-C6; a6 A6 B4 C-I6 K4, [16], 672, [36]; [12], 96, [20] pp., first title in red and black, woodcut device to both titles, first part double column Greek and Latin text, A1 with short tear, 18th century vellum, spine torn, folio, 311 x 210mm., Paris, Guillaume Chaudiere, 1585. ⁂ editio princeps of the letters of the prolific Alexandrian letter writer on matters of the church.

⁂ Rare work of Greek liturgy for the use of italian-Greek Basilians living in italy. St. Basil (c.300-379) or Basil the Great was bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia and founded many monastic institutions. His improvements to the Greek liturgy are still in use today and he was greatly influential in the development of eastern monasticism. WorldCat lists 2 copies only (york and Rome), CoPAC also lists a copy in durham. £1,200 - 1,800

Provenance: “ex libris Cong.nis Missionis in Monte Cit.vio” (ink inscription at foot of title); small circular ink stamp (unidentified) on title. Literature: Adams i 207; Hoffmann ii, 614; Graesse iii, 433 £400 - 600

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35 Emblemata.- Plempius (Cornelius Giselberti) MonoGRAMMon, 2 parts in 1, first title with woodcut printer’s device, 2nd part with 50 numbered and 1 unnumbered woodcut emblems, P2 blank, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, [Landwehr, Low Countries, 637; Praz, pp.458-459], small 4to, Amsterdam, Apud Ioannem VValschardum, 1616.

⁂ A rare work of poetry and emblems. Plemp was an important figure in the literary and cultural life of the first decades of the dutch Golden Age. Provenance: e. Hartland (invoice from The Hodgson Rooms, Chancery Lane, 1914); Gloucestershire County Library (large bookplate ‘Presented by Mrs. A. G. Hartland Hardwick Court, Chepstow, 1936’). £600 - 800

36 Bible, Greek.- neW TeSTAMenT, ‘Mazarin edition’, collation: α-ω4, αα ωω4, ααα ιιι4, [4], 453, [1] pp., Greek text, engraved title by Claude Mellan (1598-1688) depicting an angel writing on an obelisk, the title itself inscribed on a scroll carried by three cherubs, imprint in Greek at foot, engraved decorated initials and head-piece, large engraved cul-de-lampe on verso of final leaf with the arms of the King Louis XIII, minor browning in places, blank margins of a few leaves slightly soiled, handsome contemporary red morocco by Robert Steel (d. 1710), covers framed by a narrow frieze and finely gilt tooled to a panel design, spine with seven raised bands and richly gilt tooled, edges of covers and turn-ins tooled in gilt, gilt edges, corners of upper cover slightly rubbed, upper joint slightly cracked, folio, 433 x 290mm., Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1642. ⁂ A SuPeRB, Wide-MARGined CoPy oF THe MAGniFiCenT ediTion “known as the ‘Mazarin edition’, since it appeared under the auspices of the great Cardinal” (darlow & Moule); the first edition of the Greek new Testament from the imprimerie Royale, founded by Louis xiii in 1640. it is a substantial reprint, with a few alterations, of the new Testament printed by the elzevirs in 1624, adding a 30-page appendix of Variae Lectiones. The text was set in Garamond’s Greek types from the mid-sixteenth century, used by the estienne dynasty of printers, which subsequently became part of the equipment of the imprimerie Royale. The publication is enriched by a fine engraved title-page by the renowned French artist Claude Mellan, and numerous initials and large head-and tailpieces.

This copy is in a wonderful gilt-tooled morocco binding executed in the golden age of english binding by the outstanding craftsman, Robert Steel. Steel was apprenticed to the royal binder Samuel Mearne from 1668 to 1675. He seems to have taken over the tools of the Mearne bindery soon after the death of Charles Mearne in 1686 and may have operated from the same address in Little Britain. He was regarded as one of the best binders of his time. After his death in 1710 the business was run until 1718 by his widow Jane; then Steel’s tools passed to one of his former apprentices (he is recorded as having eight apprentices) Thomas elliott, who later became one of the principal binders for the Harleian Library. Literature: darlow & Moule 4687. £1,000 - 1,500

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37 Photius, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople. MyRioBiBLon, e BiBLioTHeke... [graece], edited by david Hoeschel, translated into Latin by Andreas Schottus, title and text in Greek and Latin printed in double column, half-title, title in red and black with woodcut device, large engraved coat-of-arms on dedication leaf, woodcut head-pieces and initials, occasional foxing, light water-staining to lower outer corners, front free endpaper torn and repaired, shelf-label of Kimbolton Castle, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed, spine ends a little worn, upper cover detached, folio, Rouen, [L. Maurry for] J. & D.Berthelin, 1653. ⁂ Collection of commentaries by Photius on classical and early Christian texts, first published in Greek in Augsburg in 1601. £600 - 800

38 Polygamy.- [Lyser (Johann)], “Theophilus Aleutheus”. diSCuRSuS PoLiTiCuS de PoLyGAMiA, FiRST ediTion, title with woodcut device, lightly browned, cropped with a few head-lines shaved, one or two leaves of first gathering poorly printed, old manuscript note to front free endpaper and printed note pasted in at end, later vellum, a little soiled, 12mo, Freiburg, Heinrich Cunrath, 1674.

⁂ Rare defence of polygamy, by a Lutheran minister. Two further (greatly enlarged) editions were published in 1676 and 1682, causing an outcry throughout europe; it was subsequently banned. £300 - 400

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39 Virgilius Maro (Publius).- Lang (Georg Jacob) and Georg Christoph Eimmart. PePuLuS ViRTuTuM RoMAnoRuM in AeneA ViRGiLiAno...; eRneueRTeS BedäCHTniS RöMiSCHeR TAPFeRkeiT An den...HeLden AeneAS..., engraved calligraphic title, letterpress titles in Latin and German, engraved frontispiece of Virgil and 50 plates of scenes from the Aeneid, light foxing, mostly to titles and text, Nuremberg, Leonhard Loschge, 1688 Bound WiTH Poëtae inter Latinos clarissimi Publii Virgilii Maronis Aeneis...; des Hochberühmten Lateinischen Poeten Publii Virgilii Maronis Bücher von dem Trojanischen Helden Aeneas..., title in Latin and German, 24 engraved plates by Joh. Andrea Thelot with Latin text above and German below, plates very clean, n.p., n.d., together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary red morocco, covers with central gilt arms of Lambach Abbey in Austria, spine gilt, rubbed, spine a little faded, oblong 4to £400 - 600

41 French Language.- Rivarol (Antoine de) and Jean Christophe Schwab. diSSeRTATionS SuR L’uniVeRSiTALiTé de LA LAnGue FRAnçoiSe, qui ont partagé le Prix adjugé par l’Académie Royale..., 2 parts in 1, FiRST ediTion, each part with half-title and drop-head title with woodcut head-piece, title soiled and stained with lower edge frayed and repaired, some water-staining, modern boards, uncut, 4to, Berlin, George Jacques Decker, 1784.

⁂ Very rare; two essays in praise of the French language and recommending its suitability as a universal language. The first, prize-winning, work by Rivarol is particularly important, maintaining that no other language compares with the glory and richness of French. £300 - 500

40 Masson de Pezay (Alexandre Frederic Jacques) zeLiS Au BAin, engraved title and 4 plates, head- and tail-pieces by Eisen, Geneva [but Paris], [?1764]; Bound WiTH Le Pot-Pourri, 2 engraved plates, head- and tail-pieces by Eisen, Geneva & Paris, 1764; Bound WiTH Lettre de Barnevelt, dans sa Prison, a Truman, son ami, half-title, engraved plate, head- and tail-piece by Eisen, final blank present, Paris, 1764; Bound WiTH Lettre de zeila, jeune sauvage, esclave a Constantinople, half-title, engraved plate, head- and tail-piece by Eisen, Paris, 1764, together 4 works in 1, later red morocco, elaborately stamped in gilt, g.e., green silk endpapers, preserved in fleece-lined cloth slip-case, 8vo £300 - 500

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44 Calligraphy.- Müller (Andreas) WieneR-oRiGinAL MuSTeR-BLäTTeR eineS neuen LieGend und STeHend VeRzoGenen ALPHABeTeS, FiRST And onLy ediTion, engraved throughout with decorative calligraphic title and 25 plates (one for each letter of the alphabet and featuring the name of a city beginning with that letter), one or two with some letters traced in pencil, small embossed stamp of initials to lower outer corner of each leaf, foxing, light water-staining to upper margin, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, rubbed (particularly lower cover), oblong folio, Vienna, S.A.Steiner & Co., 1822. ⁂ Rare; copies recorded in Strasbourg and Vienna only.

£500 - 700 42 Bodoni.- Hesiod. TA euRiSkoMenA [graece]; oPeRA oMniA, edited and translated by Bernardo zamagna, 2 parts in 1, half-title, 2 titles with engraved portrait vignette, text in Greek and Latin, first title very lightly soiled, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, corners, joints and head of spine a little worn, a few wormholes to spine, 4to, Parma, Giambattista Bodoni, 1785. £600 - 800

45 Music.- Phokaeus (Theodore) BiBLoS kALouMene euTeRPe, text in Greek with Byzantine musical notation, some pencil annotations and ink manuscript note on rear endpaper, some staining, title repaired at upper outer corner, contemporary calf, gilt, spine gilt, rubbed, spine ends and corners repaired, small 4to, [?Constantinople], 1830.

⁂ Work on Byzantine music by the composer Theodore Phokaeus, with contributions from Chartophylax Churmuzios or “Churmuzios the Archivist”. £400 - 600

43 Erotica.- Senac de Meilhan (Gabriel) LA FouTRo-MAnie, PoeMe LuBRiQue en Six CHAnTS, engraved frontispiece and 6 plates, woodengraved vignettes, old floral wrappers bound in at end, blue crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, bookplate of Sir David Lionel Salomons Bart., 8vo, “Londres”, 1791. £400 - 600

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46 47 Bible, Peshitta.- [Psalms of david], printed in red and black, wood engraved frontispiece portrait of King David playing at his harp, ink bibliographical and ownership inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked in later morocco, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, Constantinople, Ya’Qub Jrijury [Jacob Gregorius], 1846.

46 Eastern Church.- Chrysostom (Saint John) and Saint Basil the Great. Ai THeiAi LeiTouRGiTAi... [graece], text in Greek and Arabic, printed throughout in red and black, partly in double column, light browning at beginning and end, contemporary blind-stamped morocco, a little rubbed, 4to, Rome, Buttaoni, [1839]. £400 - 600

⁂ Rare first edition. From the preface we learn that the press was founded by an immigrant Syrian, who had settled in Constantinople in 1843. The type had been cast in 1844 and the first book was produced in 1845. £400 - 600

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eConoMiCS

48 Quesnay (François) PHySioCRATie, ou ConSTiTuTion nATuReLLe du GouVeRneMenT, FiRST ediTion, SeCond iSSue, half-title, engraved frontispiece, later calf-backed marbled boards, Leiden & Paris, chez Merlin, 1768; WiTH [dupont de nemours (Pierre Samuel)] diSCuSSionS eT deVeLoPPeMenS SuR QueLQueS-uneS deS noTionS de PoLiTiQue. PouR SeRViR de SeConde PARTie L’eConoMie Au...PHySioCRATie, FiRST ediTion, wood-engraved title-vignette, small ink stamp to title, contemporary French mottled sheep, spine gilt, Leiden & Paris, chez Merlin, 1767, 8vo (2)

⁂ FiRST ediTion oF THiS FundAMenTAL ConTRiBuTion To THe HiSToRy oF which greatly influenced Adam Smith, who venerated Quesnay as his master. This second issue is identified by the place of printing (Leiden and Paris) and by a correction to p.104 of part 1, where the reference to Louis xV’s engagement in the printing of the work was suppressed.

eConoMiC THouGHT,

Reference: einaudi 4431; Goldsmiths’ 10391; kress 6548 £10,000 - 15,000

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49 Mill (John Stuart) PRinCiPLeS oF PoLiTiCAL eConoMy, 2 vol., FiRST ediTion, vol.1 with advertisement leaf at end, also publisher’s catalogues at end (4pp. in vol.1 and 2pp. in vol.2), contemporary ink signature on front free endpapers and a few pencil marginalia, some light marginal soiling but still a good copy, original green cloth, paper spine labels (vol.1 defective), rubbed, spines a little browned and ends worn, 8vo, 1848. ⁂ one of the most significant and influential works on economics of the mid-nineteenth century. £1,000 - 1,500

50 Marshall (Alfred and Mary Paley) eConoMiCS oF induSTRy, FiRST ediTion, light toning to margins, front free endpaper detached, Statistical Society library label to front endpaper verso, pastedown and upper cover, blind-stamp to head of preface, original cloth, spine darkened, Statistical Society label to upper cover, a little rubbed, bumped and marked, 8vo, 1879. ⁂ ALFRed MARSHALL'S exCeSSiVeLy RARe FiRST Book, We CAn onLy TRACe one 40 yeARS AT AuCTion.

oTHeR CoPy in THe LAST

"if we are to have an elementary text-book at all, this one was probably, in relation to its contemporaries and predecessors, the best thing of the kind ever done." John Maynard keynes, Essays in Biography. £2,000 - 3,000

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51 Walras (Léon) éLéMenTS d’éConoMie PoLiTiQue PuRe ou THéoRie de LA RiCHeSSe SoCiALe, second edition, 6 folding plates, light toning to margins of text, ink stamps of the Royal Statistical Society, light soiling to half-title, later cloth, spine defective, 8vo, Lausanne, 1889. ⁂ The scarce second edition of Walras’ most important work.

£500 - 700

52 Pareto (Vilfredo) CouRS d’éConoMie PoLiTiQue PRoFeSSé A L’uniVeRSiTé de LAuSAnne, 2 vol., FiRST ediTion, light toning to margins of text, endpapers browned, ink stamps of the Royal Statistical Society to titles and endpapers, library cloth, spines defective, vol.2 covers detached, a little rubbed, 8vo, Lausanne, 1896-97. ⁂ FiRST ediTion oF PAReTo’S FiRST MA JoR WoRk. RARe, We CAn TRACe onLy one oTHeR CoPy AT AuCTion in THe LAST 40 yeARS. £800 - 1,200

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53 Pigou (Arthur Cecil) WeALTH And WeLFARe, ink stamp to front free endpaper, 2pp. advertisements, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light mottling to covers, 1912; Protective & Preferential import duties, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, 1906, FiRST ediTionS, presentation blind-stamp to titles, bookplate of the Royal Statistical Society to pastedown; and another by the same, 8vo (3) £300 - 400

54 Fisher (Irving) MATHeMATiCAL inVeSTiGATionS in THe THeoRy oF VALue And PRiCeS, FiRST SePARATeLy PuBLiSHed ediTion, light toning to margins, diagrams in text, ink inscription “From the Publishers (Humphrey Milford)” to front free endpaper, ink stamp of the Royal Statistical Society to head of title and front free endpaper, original cloth, spine darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some light discolouration to covers, 8vo, New Haven CT, 1925. ⁂ THe

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enGLiSH And ConTinenTAL MAnuSCRiPTS 55 Gilbertine Nuns of Sempringham.William II “Le Breton” d’Aubigny (de Albini Brito, Lord of Belvoir, c. 1130-86) CHARTeR, GRAnT By WiLLiAM (ii) d’AuBiGny [LoRd oF BeLVoiR] To THe nunS oF THe GiLBeRTine HouSe oF SeMPRinGHAM, LinCoLnSHiRe, in perpetual alms with the assent of his father and brothers and his wife and heirs of all the land which Payn the butler (pincerna) had held of him in kirkby underwood, Lincolnshire, [close to Sempringham] and confirmation of the gift of the thicket (brusera) of ‘Frethegestahae’ already made by William de Raimes, witnesses: German Abbot of Selby, Herbert de Climi (monk), Gilbert of Sempringham, Hugh the prior [of Sempringham] and the canons and nuns [of Sempringham] John the chaplain and iwen, William de Raimes and his brother Walter, Alvred son of Alexander, Gilbert the clerk, Roger de Sautemarys, Ralph de Rustan, Robert of Pointon, Roger of Sempringham, dolfin and Gilbert of Sempringham, Richard de Mose, Tobias the clerk, Laurence, Richard, Joscelin, ingram and William the clerk, manuscript in Latin, in A Fine RoMAneSQue BookHAnd, on vellum, 13 lines, docket on dorse, oRiGinAL WAx oVAL SeAL dePiCTinG THe ViRGin And CHiLd, with motto, some slight restoration on verso, seal moved to left, slit for original tag in centre, slightly browned, in exCePTionALLy Fine CondiTion, preserved in a modern cloth box, 170 x 189mm., between 1153 and 1160. ⁂ WiTneSSed By ST. GiLBeRT oF SeMPRinGHAM. Gilbert of Sempringham (monastic reformer, 1083-1189), founder of the Gilbertine order. The double Priory of Sempringham, Lincolnshire, was the foundation house of the only english monastic order, with a special emphasis on the religious life of women. Gilbert lived to extreme old age and would have witnessed such an important document.

The document can be dated by the inclusion of German, Abbot of Selby which places the grant between 1153 and 1160. That date is confirmed by BL Add. Ch. 20731 and 21137 which are unusually specifically dated to 1150 and are in chirograph form and record the original grant by William de Reimes of the thicket (brucia) of ‘Fredegestehae’ to Sempringham as made with the consent of his lord, William (i) d’Aubigny. £4,000 - 6,000

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⁂ Basset came from a family with a long tradition of royal service. despite this, Basset and his brothers joined the rebellion of 12334 against the Poitevans at the court of Henry iii. However, after the rebellion died in 1234 Basset was pardoned and went on to serve king and court for the rest of his career. in 1240 he accompanied Richard duke of Cornwall on crusade, afterwards a close associate. Basset attended court regularly and was witness to many charters, serving on the Council of Fifteen and being made justiciar, chief minister under the king. Basset fought at the Battle of Lewes, suffered several wounds and was imprisoned at dover. He died in 1271 and was buried at Stanley in Wiltshire. Henry de Longchamp, Lord Wilton (1210-64), son of Hugh de Longchamp, iii and Georgia de Longchamp; married Joan de Longchamp; father of Maud de Grey. £600 - 800

57 Rebellious medieval canons of Maiden Bradley Priory, Wiltshire.- Bérenger Fredoli (French canon lawyer and CardinalBishop of Tusculum (Frascati, near Rome), Pope’s penitentiary, c. 1250-1323) LeTTeR oF BéRenGeR, BiSHoP oF TuSCuLuM To [WiLLiAM], PRioR oF THe AuGuSTiniAn PRioRy oF MAiden BRAdLey, WiLTSHiRe, concerning the rebellious canons there, sent on behalf of Pope John xxii, manuscript document in Latin, on vellum, large calligraphic initial “B” and three other penwork initials, 18 lines, in a fine secretarial hand, small hole along fold slightly affecting text, endorsements at head and verso, docket on verso, folds, browned, a little creased, 166 x 320mm., Avignon, 11th July 1321.

56 Royal Justiciar to Henry III.- Basset (Philip, justiciar and royalist nobleman, brother of Fulk Basset, bishop of London, d. 1271) CHARTeR, AGReeMenT BeTWeen SiR PHiLiP BASSeT, knT., And LAdy eLA HiS WiFe (granddaughter of William Longespée, third earl of Salisbury, magnate, natural son of Henry ii, b. in or before 1167, d. 1226), Countess of Warwick by a former marriage, on the one part and Sir Henry Longchamp, knt., on the other part, whereby the said Henry gives to the said Sir Philip and ela all his manor of Warnborough [South Warnborough, Hampshire] to be held of the said Henry and his heirs for the lives of the said Henry and ela, witnesses: Walter de irton, Robert Walerand, (administrator at the court of Henry iii, d. 1273), Thomas le Blund, Geoffrey de Wengeham, Geoffrey de Wengeham, Richard Pig, Philip le Vezze and Ralph de Ho, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 24 lines, in a cursive bookhand, in brown ink, chirograph indented at head, 2 green wax seals depicting shields including that of Philip Basset, Basset’s seal damaged with some loss to edge (shield intact), medieval docket on dorse: “Suth Warnborn”, folds, slightly browned, 205 x 229mm., 1268/9.

⁂ A letter on behalf of Pope John xxii noting the transgressions of the canons by breaking the statutes of the Augustinian order and were excommunicated. now they have been purged of their misconduct and on behalf of the Pope he has authority to grant absolution to those who acted unknowingly, and the same following two years suspension from the order to those who offensively conspired.

Maiden Bradley was founded as a leper hospital in 1164. it appears to have been placed under Augustinian canons between 1189-1200, and although it cared for lepers after 1325, it had the status of a priory. it was dissolved in 1536. £750 - 1,000

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58 Philipp R & Mary the Quene.- Mary I (Queen of England and Ireland, 1516-58) & Philip II (King of England and Ireland, consort of Mary I, and King of Spain, 1527-98) LeTTeR SiGned To LoRd PAGeT SiGned “MARy THe Quene” And “PHiLiPP R” And endoRSed “By THe kinG And THe Quene”, 1p., 195 x 270mm., Westminster, 29th January 1555, ordering him and “Lord Clynton” [Lord Clinton] to Windsor Castle as Commissioners to oversee the installation of emmanuel Philibert, duke of Savoy “by his Ambassadours resident here” and Lord Howard of effingham “high Admirall of england” as members of the order of the Garter, address leaf on verso: “To our right trustie and well wellbiloved Councillor the Lorde Paget one of the knightes and companyons of oure order of the Garter”, dispatch slits, docketed on verso, folds, very small hole not affecting text, slightly creased, modern boards. ⁂ SiGned

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Philip of Spain came to england twice, the first time in July 1554 when he married Queen Mary at Winchester Cathedral. in the autumn Mary thought herself pregnant but it proved to be a false hope and Philip left in September 1555. during his time in england Mary made every effort to associate him in the government of the realm as the above document shows, but his influence remains a matter of conjecture, except perhaps in regard to Mary’s treatment of her sister elizabeth, and in matters of faith. Philip returned briefly in March 1557 to persuade england to join his continental wars which eventually led to the loss of Calais in January 1558. once again after his visit Mary thought that she was pregnant but by the spring it was known that she was not, and shortly after she became seriously unwell, dying of repeated fevers on 17 november 1558.

William Paget, first Baron Paget (1505/6-1563), diplomat and administrator, was one of the chief ministers in the reign of Queen Mary and at least outwardly, one of the principal negotiators of her marriage to Philip of Spain. Paget had a long established career at court, being appointed clerk of the privy council in 1540 after the execution of Thomas Cromwell. He became a key figure in the last years of Henry Viii, conversing with the dying king night after night in his last illness and was instrumental in the conviction of the earl of Surrey for treason. in the events after his death, his support for edward Seymour, earl of Hertford led to his betrayal of Stephen Gardiner.

edward Fiennes de Clinton, first earl of Lincoln (1512-1585), military commander. in July 1553 Clinton seized the Tower of London in support of the duke of northumberland’s bid to exclude Queen Mary from ascending the throne. “imprisoned after the plot failed, Clinton begged Queen Mary for forgiveness and was pardoned on 27 July, compounding for £6000. The queen would not allow him to continue as lord admiral, but Clinton was a skilful politician and within a few months had won her trust. in January 1554, hearing that Sir Thomas Wyatt’s kentish rebels threatened the capital, Clinton and the earl of Pembroke promptly raised a force of 5000 or 6000, confronting the rebels at Temple Bar. Clinton was then appointed lieutenant-governor of London and its neighbourhood, with ‘troops and ample powers’ (CSP Spain, 1554, 140). Two years later he was granted lands in Lincolnshire worth £60 per annum in consideration of his service. Clinton attended Philip of Spain on his arrival in england in July 1554 and was rewarded with a pension from Philip of 1000 crowns per annum. THAT AuTuMn MARy SenT CLinTon To inVeST THe duke oF SAVoy WiTH THe oRdeR oF THe GARTeR, inSTRuCTinG HiM To ViSiT PHiLiP in BRuSSeLS on HiS ReTuRn JouRney.” (oxford dnB). William Howard, first Baron Howard of effingham (c.1510-1573), naval commander. Participated in the defence of London with Lord Clinton against Thomas Wyatt’s rebellion. in the reign of elizabeth i Howard served as Lord Chamberlain and later Lord Privy Seal. £18,000 - 20,000

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60 Henrietta Maria [Princess Henrietta Maria of France] (Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, consort of Charles I, 160969) AuToGRAPH LeTTeR SiGned “HenRieTTe MARie” To HenRy RiCH, LoRd HoLLAnd, HeR HiGH STeWARd, 1 page with conjugate blank and address panel, in French, sm. 4to, no place, no date, [1630’s], “i am extremely distressed that my letter should have to begin on such a sad note as the need to commiserate with you on your loss. i take an interest in everything which affects you as you are someone i hold in the greatest esteem. i will not write more but will tell you more [later] and also hear news of your meeting”, two red wax armorial seals with the remains of pink coloured threads, small hole where opened slightly affecting two words, folds, browned.

59 James I & VI (King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1566-1625) LeTTeRS PATenT WiTH Fine iniTiAL LeTTeR PoRTRAiT in GRey WASH, GRAnT To ARTHuR HoPTon oF THe MAnoR And PRioRy oF BLyTHBuRGH, SuFFoLk, and Holton, Wenhaston, Thorington, with all its messuages, land and tenements and relating to John Harington of kelston in Somerset, d., decorated first line with the lion and unicorn of Scotland, a crowned Tudor rose etc., 2 membranes, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, some surface with slight loss of text, folds, creased and browned, some slight staining in lower margin not affecting text, small remains of Great Seal, first membrane 540 x 900mm., second membrane 235 x 900mm., Westminster, 17 February 1620. ⁂ Sir Arthur Hopton (1588-1650), diplomat; Ambassador to Spain.

John Harington (1588/9-1654), lawyer and diarist; of kelston, Somerset. £400 - 600

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⁂ Henry Rich, first earl of Holland (bap. 1590, d. 1649), courtier; second son of Robert Rich, third Baron Rich (1597?-1619), and his wife, Lady Penelope Rich (1563-1607), daughter of Walter devereux, first earl of essex, sister to the elizabethan favourite and the Stella of Sir Philip Sidney’s sonnets. in 1623, as Baron kensington, Rich had been involved in the negotiations with the French which concluded with the marriage of Charles i and Henrietta Maria. A man of easy charm he had an affair with the duchess of Chevreuse, and later pursued Anne of Austria, Queen of Louis xiii. His relationship with Henrietta Maria was for a time extremely strong during the 1630’s, from which time the present letter probably dates. Later, although a prominent courtier Holland supported parliament for much of the Civil War. At the outbreak of the second Civil War Holland switched sides again and his force was defeated by the parliamentary commander Sir Michael Livesy. Caught in St neots a few days later, Holland was tried in a special court by John Bradshaw and found guilty and sentenced to death despite pleas for clemency by the earl of Warwick and Sir Thomas Fairfax. Holland was executed in new Palace yard, Westminster on 9 March 1649. £800 - 1,200


61 61 Charles II (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1630-85) AuToGRAPH deCLARATion unSiGned, ReLATinG To THe RoyAL SuCCeSSion, AuToGRAPH MAnuSCRiPT, 4 lines, 1 page, contemporary docket on verso: “His Maties declaration touching the succession”, slightly browned, fold, old bookseller’s catalogue entry lightly attached on verso, 47 x 195mm., 3rd March 1678/9.

⁂ “For avoid[ance] of any disp[ute] that may happen in time to come in the succession of the Crown i do hereby declare before Almighty God that i ever gave any contract nor was married to any wom[an] whatsoever but to my present Wife Queen kat. now being dat[ed] 3 March 1678/9.” - Charles ii.

“i neVeR GAVe Any ConTRACT noR WAS MARRied To Any WoM[An] WHATSoeVeR WiFe Queen kAT[HeRine].” This document, in which the king denies under oath that he has never been married to any woman apart from his queen, Catherine of Braganza, shows every sign of having been written hastily as a draft, perhaps under duress. The emergence of the exclusion movement to remove the king’s brother, James duke of york from the succession in the wake of the Popish Plot compelled Charles ii to declare unambiguously the illegitimacy of the duke of Monmouth’s claim to the throne.

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Written three days before the opening of the new parliament in 1679, this document represents a vital part of Charles ii’s defence against the escalating whig campaign to exclude his brother, the Catholic James, duke of york, from the succession. Rumours were rife that the king would declare his son, the duke of Monmouth, legitimate. earlier in 1679 the king had made a statement to four of his councillors that these rumours were unfounded, and on 3 March he repeated this solemn statement to the entire Privy Council, having written it out in his own hand and signed it. He ordered this signed document to be kept in the Council chest, and is now in the Pierpoint Morgan Library, new york. The present document differs only slightly in its wording (in particular “now being” for “now living” at the end). This could therefore be a draft for the final, signed, version. despite this declaration, rumours continued to circulate and stories fabricated that Charles ii contracted a marriage with Lucy Walter, Monmouth’s mother, and that the marriage certificate had been hidden in a black box. This box was never found, but the persistence of the rumours led Charles to order a version of his declaration to the Privy Council to be printed in the London Gazette for June 8 1680. £3,000 - 4,000

62 Monmouth (James, duke of, and first duke of Buccleuch, politician, 1649-85).- Dering (Sir Edward, second baronet, politician, 1625-84), Hyde (Laurence, first earl of Rochester, politician, bap. 1642, d. 1711), Godolphin (Sidney, first earl of Godolphin, politician, 1645-1712) and others. doCuMenT AuTHoRiSinG THe PAyMenT oF £4,641 5S To JAMeS, duke oF MonMouTH “buyg all sorts of sadles, Horse clothes and other furniture proper for the Traine equipage of the king and Queen...”, d.s., manuscript, 2pp., tears with small slightly affecting a few words of text, folds, browned, 22nd July 1680; and a quantity of other pieces from the 17th & 18th centuries, including 2 other documents signed by edward dering and Laurence Hyde (Rochester); a contemporary copy of a letter from elizabeth i’s Privy Council (i.e. Thomas egerton & William Cecil); a document relating to Sir Littleton Powys (1647-1732), judge; 4 pieces of correspondence to Sir isaac Heard including a letter to isaac Heard with a pedigree of Mitchell of Branscombe, 1793, folds, browned, some tears, v.s., v.d. (c. 40 pieces). £400 - 600

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63 Jacobite escape.- Trevor (Thomas, first Baron Trevor, jurist, bap. 1658, d. 1730) PARdon oF PeiRCe RoWe FoR AidinG THe eSCAPe oF SiR JAMeS MonTGoMeRy, manuscript, 1p., edges a little chipped with slight loss not affecting text, folds, browned, folio, 13th January 1698.

⁂ “Whereas att the Sessions of the Peace held for the County of Middx in the old Bayly... Pierce Rowe was indicted for Assisting Sr James Montgomery... in making his escape, out of the custody of William Sutton, for High Treason and thereupon convicted and fined five hundred marks, and to give Security for his good behaviour for one year... the humble Peticind of the said Peirce Rowe... that by reason of his great poverty he is not able to pay... having been two years a prisoner in newgate & turned over to the Common Side where he lay in a miserable condicion... may be discharged from the said ffine and imprisonmt... .” £300 - 400

64 House of Lords.- ReMeMBRAnCeS FoR oRdeR And deCenCy To Be kePT in THe uPPeR HouSe oF PARLiAMenT By THe LoRdS, WHen HiS MA JeSTy iS noT THeRe, manuscript in an attractive Italic hand, 73pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, slightly browned, original red gilt panelled morocco with the coat of arms of Queen Anne on both covers, upper cover slightly faded, g.e., 8vo, 7th May 1712. £300 - 350

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65 Duck (Stephen, poet, protégé of Queen Caroline of Anspach, wife of George II, 1705-56) AnnuiTy ReCeiPT FoR £12 SiGned TWiCe By duCk, laid down, some slight mould stains, folio, 13th December 1747. £300 - 350

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67 Capitana Pontificia (flagship of the Papal Navy which fought at the Battle of Lepanto, 1571).- TRATTATo ConCeRnenTe Le MAnoVA, e SeRVizio e APPRoViSionAMenTo d’unA GALeRA, manuscript in Italian, on paper, in Italic script, title and 23pp., large folding watercolour of the Capitana Pontificia, 2 short tears in fold of drawing, watermark indistinct with initials FM, 18th century paper patterned boards, rebacked with the original spine laid down, sm. folio, Rome, 1st January 1787.

66 Bernoulli (Daniel, Swiss mathematician and physicist, 170082) AuToGRAPH LeTTeR SiGned To ?GioVAnni doMeniCo MARALdi, editor of La Connaissance des temps, 1p., in French, sm. 4to, Basle, 25th October 1758, thanking him warmly for the latest issue of the journal [an astronomical calendar], which he values as much as a testament of Maraldi’s friendship as for its scientific value. He laments the recent death [August 1758] of Pierre Bouguer, grieving the loss of a friend as much as of a great scientist, “je laisse à la République des lettres de regretter le savant; pour moi je ne saurai encore regretter que l’ami...”, but consoles himself with the thought that their joint loss has strengthened the friendship between him and his correspondent, whose rare qualities he praises highly, expressing the wish that all scientists could combine a kind heart with their other talents, “... si tous les savans savoient comme vous allier ces deux choses, on pourroit vivre en paix malgré les excellens ouvrages qu’on donne au Public...”, folds, slightly browned.

⁂ unPuBLiSHed. A technical manuscript describing a vessel used by the Catholic Holy League to combat the Turkish control of the eastern Mediterranean, specifically with the war galley “Capitana Pontificia”, the flagship of the Pontifical navy, which had fought in the battle of Lepanto. divided into 14 chapters, this short treatise gives detailed information about the construction of the ship, its dimensions, materials used, weapons etc. £750 - 1,000

⁂ Giovanni domenico Maraldi (1709-88), italian astronomer.

daniel Bernoulli is best known for the principle in fluid dynamics that bears his name. He was elected to the Académie des sciences in 1748. in 1738 he published Hydrodynamica, from which the Bernoulli principle comes. £1,000 - 1,500

68 Horology.- Richardson Junior (Thomas, clockmaker, of Weaverham, Cheshire, 1769-1818) THe RoTARiuM, pen and ink ?design for a clock signed “Thos Richardson Junr”, 4 circular dials, small tear in left hand margin repaired, slightly browned, a few small stains in 1 corner, edges a little creased, circular card disc inscribed “TR junior 14 years”, 395 x 297mm., 1787.

⁂ There were two Thomas Richardsons, father and son, who were both clockmakers. Both lived at Weaverham in Cheshire. Thomas senior died there in 1778; Thomas junior, who marked his clocks ‘Junior,’ died there in 1818. £300 - 400

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69 Persian manuscript.- Firdausi (Abu’l-Qasim) SHAHnAMA [THe Book oF kinGS], Persian manuscript of poetry, 264ff., 36 lines to the page written in four columns of nasta’liq script in black ink, intercolumnar gilt decoration, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, catchwords in wide outer margins, 20 illuminated headpieces in colours and gold (of 21, one cut out), titles written in nasta’liq in red on gold rectangular panels, damp-staining, mostly to margins, some edges frayed, a few tape repairs, 19th century vellum boards, ruled in gilt, upper cover titled in gilt, covers detached, folio, 478 x 277mm., North India, probably Kashmir, [late 18th/early 19th century]. ⁂ The miniatures are:

1. The court of Gayumars, the first Shah of Persia, in the mountains. 2. Bahram Chubin killed by kulun.

3. khusrau Parvis arriving at Shirin’s castle. 4. zuhhak watching Jamshid sawn in two.

5. iraj being murdered by his brothers Tur and Salm.

6. Sam discovering his infant son zal on Mount Alburz with the simurgh,

7. zal summoning the simurgh to help Rustam by burning a feather on a brazier. 8. zal watches the shooting of the monster with arrows.

9. Rustam sleeping while his horse Rakhsh fights the lion (first stage). 10. Rustam and his horse Rakhsh fighting the dragon (third stage).

11. Rustam killing the White div to obtain blood from his liver to restore the sight of kai ka’us. 12. Suhrab in his tent being told of the murder of zhandeh Razm by Rustam. 13. Rustam killing Suhrab not realizing that Suhrab is his son.

14. kai khusrau crossing the oxus river (the Jaihun) with Farangis and Giv on horses. 15. Rustam shooting Ashkabus having first killed his horse.

16. Rustam pulling the khaqan of Chin’s white elephant in battle.

17. Bahram Gur enthroned with two Arab chieftains who brought him up, nu’man and Munzir. 18. The battle between the armies of Anushirvan and the kaisar of Rum.

19. Anushirvan watches Mazdak being stoned and shot through with arrows.

20. The enthronement of Hurmuzd, son of Anushirvan, surrounded by courtiers. £2,000 - 3,000

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70 Free Franks.- MeMBeRS oF THe HouSe oF LoRdS & HouSe oF CoMMonS, 2 vol., c. 890 Free Franks and a few letters (c. 550 House of Lords & c. 340 House of Commons), including: George IV, Frederick Duke of York, William IV as Duke of Clarence, Edward Duke of Kent (father of Queen Victoria), Ernest Duke of Cumberland, Duke of Devonshire, Autograph note of the Duke of Wellington, William Cobbett, Earl of Albermarle, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, Earl of Effingham, Thomas Bird (lottery contractor), Sir Oswald Mosley Bart (Born 1785), James Abercrombie (speaker), George Grote etc., original half calf, rubbed, gilt and red morocco labels on spines, 4to, v.d., c. 1800-40. £800 - 1,200

71 Herefordshire.- [Duncumb (John, topographer, 1765-1839)] CoLLeCTionS ToWARdS THe HiSToRy And AnTiQuiTieS oF THe HundRed oF WeBTRee in THe CounTy oF HeReFoRd [from Collections towards the history and antiquities of the county of Hereford ...], AuToGRAPH MAnuSCRiPT, title and c. 290pp., completed in another hand, numerous manuscript notes and newspaper cuttings inserted, slightly browned, title creased, lacks binding, 4to, [c. 1800 and later].

⁂ inscription on p. 2 by duncumb, “... Articles in the folio M.S. are not enclosed in this J.d.” £400 - 600

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72 Scottish Underwriter, Lloyd’s of London and the Slave Trade.ACCounT Book, manuscript, 148pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, some ff. loose or working loose, slightly browned, 8pp. with newspaper cuttings laid down, some ff. slightly dampstained, a few blank ff. cut and torn, some juvenile pencil scribbling on blank ff., browned, hinges weak or breaking, original reverse calf, edges and corners worn, upper cover slight ink stain,lacks spine, folio, London, 1st January 1804 London January 1808.

⁂ An account book covering four years in the first decade of the nineteenth century. The writer is a wealthy Lloyd’s underwriter and a partner in a London merchant bank, with a network of expatriate Scottish financiers including dealings in the slave trade in Africa, the West indies and the united States. The entries include paying a subscription to Lloyd’s, together with Christmas boxes for the waiters there, domestic accounts, individuals and companies (including: Solomon Sebag (1783-1831), financier), underwriting etc. Several entries relating to slavery, including: George Alexander Wylie of South Carolina, who in April 1805 pays the author premiums for L’Affricane (Brew), from Liverpool to “Africa pr Mar]k[e]t” and Hugh usher (1771-1811), owner with his brother, Thomas of the Cedar Valley plantation, Jamaica etc. 71

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73 Coleridge Family Correspondence and Artifacts, including:

(1) Coleridge (derwent, writer and educationist, 1800-83) Two portraits and a printed document signed by derwent Coleridge, comprising: (a) original silhouette of derwent Coleridge as a young man, highlighted in gilt, in the original black papier-maché frame, with the label of J.H. Gillespie, profile painter, “Likeness drawn in one Minute”, 140 x 112mm. (b) Albumen cabinet photograph of an elderly derwent Coleridge in clerical dress seated at a table, by Manull & Co., 165 x 108mm (c) Printed parliamentary act to amend the law of copyright, 1860, signed by derwent Coleridge.

(2) Coleridge (William Rennell, Justice of the Peace, great nephew of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, of Salston, Ottery St Mary, 1833-1904) 24 items relating to W.R. Coleridge, including: (a) 6 ALs.s. from Sarah elizabeth Coleridge (1 incomplete) to her son W.R. Coleridge, 1855-66; and another ALs to William Hart Coleridge, 20th october 1847 (b) Coleridge (Rt Rev William Hart, first Bishop of Barbados 1824-42, 1789-1849) 8 ALs.s. (1 joint with his wife; 1 joint with his daughter with a note added by his wife) to W.R. Coleridge, the first from Barbados, the rest from Salston House etc., concerned with his son’s spiritual and moral well being.

(3) General correspondence from various members of the Coleridge family, including: W.R. Coleridge, Sarah elizabeth Coleridge, both from eton, George May Coleridge, Fanny, Lady Patteson, Harriet Coleridge, Sarah Anne Coleridge etc., folds, v.s., v.d., 1820’s-80’s (qty) £1,000 - 1,500

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74 Stephenson (George, colliery and railway engineer, 1781-1845) LonG LeTTeR SiGned To MR. inGe, 10pp., 8vo, Tapton House, near Chesterfield, 24th December 1845, announcing his recovery from a severe attack of pleurisy, describing his visit to Spain where he had been conducting a survey with a view to making a railway , “... it is a lost country, and i can hardly see how it is to be improved: it is hemmed in by mountains...”, meeting the Spanish Prime Minister, Ramón Maria narváez, later duke of Valencia, “narvaes is a clever, bold looking man”, and giving a vivid description of a bull fight in Madrid, “i saw one bull kill 3 horses in 5 minutes! when the Bull made the attack upon the horse & horsemen he rushed upon him with such fierceness that he lifted both horse and rider from the ground...”, folds, slightly browned. ⁂ “THeRe WAS A BuLL FiGHT AT MAdRid - A MoST HoRRiBLe AFFAiR To WiTneSS!”

Stephenson had been invited to Spain to examine the proposed line of the ‘Royal north of Spain Railway’. He left england with Sir Joshua Walmsley and was joined in Paris by Mackenzie, the contractor for the orleans and Tours Railway who showed them his works and accompanied them to Tours, where he presumably left them to continue their journey by carriage. Stephenson was to spend the better part of two weeks in examining the ground, but in the event the problems it presented, in particular the need to construct two considerable tunnels, and the failure of the Spanish government to provide practical and financial guarantees meant that the project was abandoned. £1,200 - 1,800


75 75 Babbage (Charles, mathematician and computer pioneer, 1791-1871) AuToGRAPH LeTTeR SiGned To “My deAR SiR”, 1½pp., 4to, Dorset Street, Manchester Square, 7th June 1858, asking him to use his own judgement “i at least shall never urge you”, and that they would need to consult books and papers when they meet, and inviting him to visit and “eat a beefsteak with me... My house is undergoing a repair and i have only one habitable room or i would offer you a bed”, folds, slightly browned. ⁂ Babbage had a very large circle of friends and acquaintances who were frequent visitors to his house, where they were able to examine and admire the various examples of the analytical and difference engines. Friends included: Charles William Macready, Sydney Smith, Sir Benjamin Hawes and dickens. Babbage: See also lot 214. £800 - 1,200

76 Miscellany.- SHoTeSHAM eSTATe ACCounT BookS (OF SHOTESHAM, SOUTH OF NORWICH), 2 vol., manuscript, together c. 340pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red throughout, modern bookplates on front pastedowns, original vellum, soiled, not uniform, 1860-67 § Golding (Herbert) Proverbs from Shakespeare... dedicated by Special Permission to Henry irving..., autograph manuscript, title and 134pp. excluding blanks, letter from publisher rejecting book loosely inserted, folds, slightly browned, hinges broken, original cloth, rubbed, spine defective, [c. 1900]; and a quantity of others, including: a pen and ink and watercolour wash design for a Gothick mirror; a poem “The Traveller”, by e. Gilding; an incomplete work on Hinduism; an ALs from James Geikie (1839-1915), geologist; an ALs on British Museum headed paper from Sir idris Bell (1879-1967), papyrologist and scholar of Welsh literature; a medical document signed by Andrew duncan, the elder (1744-1828), physician; a signed photograph of Hermann Vezin (1829-1910), actor; 2 TLs.s. from William Hesketh Lever on Port Sunlight headed paper (first Viscount Leverhulme (1851-1925), soap manufacturer and philanthropist; a small quantity of legal documents on vellum, some with seals,, folds, v.s., v.d, (qty). £300 - 500

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77 Lear (Edward, landscape painter and writer, 1812-88) AuToGRAPH LeTTeR SiGned To SiR JoHn SiMeon, 4pp., 8vo, c/o Mr. R.J. Bush, 32 Charing Cross Road, crossed out, Maison Guichârd, Cannes, France, 26th December 1869, thanking Simeon for an introduction to the Seely family, heaps extravagant praise on Mrs. Seely and urges the Simeon’s to let her villa in Cannes, “Which the letter i shall divide into eds. ... i do not think i have known any one person so recently as i have Mrs. Seely, who has given me so full an idea of extreme goodness. if religious dogmas of original depravity be true at all, whey then it seems to me Mrs Seely has been overlooked in that remarkable arrangement... Was there even an instance of a man writing to another, offering a house after such a fashion by unauthorized proxy? no: but that does not prove that there are not exceptions to ordinary life, & this is one, i believe, when all parties are trustful & trustworthy, even if one of the 3 be a foolish poet painter...”, a few ink stains, folds, slightly browned. £800 - 1,200

78 Arms & Crests for Silver.- Stephen Smith & Co. (silversmiths, of 35 King Street, Covent Garden) Book oF ARMoRiAL, CReSTS And STAMPS FoR SiLVeR, PRinTed BookPLATeS, LeTTeR-HeAdinG CHRoMoLiTHoGRAPHed CARdS eTC., 4 vol. (not uniform), c. 500pp., some browning and soiling, contemporary half calf, large paper labels of D. & J. Wellby on upper covers of first 3 vol., rubbed, rebacked, sm. 4to, 1886-1915; and another, an album owned by Sir Albert Woods, of drawings and printed coats of arms (bookplates), many pp. removed, n.d. (5). £300 - 400

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79 Shaw (George Bernard, playwright and polemicist, 1856-1950) CoLLeCTion oF LeTTeRS SiGned And PoSTCARdS SiGned To HeRBeRT MARSHALL, comprising: 3 Typed Letters signed, 1 Autograph note scrawled on a letter from Marshall, 5 Autograph Postcards signed & 3 envelopes addressed to Marshall, together 9 sides of text, signed in full or GBS, v.s., v.d., 19th July 1940 - 14th January 1948, on a variety of subjects relating to theatre and film, including: “suggesting that the Polish playwright Michal Choromanski could provide Marshall “with a successor to Thunder Rock”; “Very Private indeed... giving his frank opinion of Marshall’s production of Thunder Rock and of Michael Redgrave’s performance, “... i could not but admire the desperate ingenuity with which you have exercised every producer’s trick to persuade the audience that the play is Hamlet and Faust rolled into one, instead of being a very American budget of the pessimistic commonplaces of the eighteenseventies compèred by an unfortunate actor who has to pretend that he is a leading tragedian when he has absolutely no part at all, bar that of compère. The success of your attempt to keep the audience listening to those two appalling bores... stamps you as one of the great producers of the age. But the show must not be given away; so let this be a dead secret between us...” [printed in Bernard Shaw Theatrics: Selected Correspondence of Bernard Shaw, ed. dan. H. Laurence, 1995, pp. 210-211, no. 155], and blankly refusing Marshall’s request to make an introduction to a Soviet film, “no damn it, i write the play; i don’t bang the drum outside the booth. WALk uP By BeRnARd SHAW. How would that look? no, Herbert, no...” etc.; and 2 others, one an autograph letter by Shaw’s “authorised bibliographer and remembrancer”, dr Fritz erwin Loewenstein, explaining that Shaw is too busy with “Pascal and big money” to be involved with Citizens Films but that “he will always be interested in less sordid enterprises”; and a TLs by Blanche Patch (Shaw’s secretary), providing Gabriel Pascal’s address in england and saying that Shaw knows all about Marshall’s “Russian apprenticeship and sets great sore by it”, fold (14 pieces). ⁂ Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall (1890-1966), actor. £3,500 - 4,000

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80 [Crests & Blazons], manuscript in Secretary hand, 91pp. including index, 378 pen and ink drawings of crests on 42pp., text nibbled at tail with some loss, drawings torn in corners and repaired with loss, a few marks, browned throughout, new endpapers, modern half calf, folio, [late 16th/early 17th centuries].

⁂ Mentions William Harborne (c. 1542-1617), merchant and Ambassador to Turkey. dated variously in text between 1560s and 1580s. £600 - 800

81 St. George (Sir Thomas, herald, Garter Principal King of Arms, 1615-1703) & Sir John Dugdale, herald, Norroy King of Arms, 1628-1700. GRAnT And ConFiRMATion oF ARMS To THoMAS GLAdWin oF TuPTon, neAR CHeSTeRFieLd, d.s., manuscript on vellum, large handpainted coat of arms and decoration at head, first line of text and arms in gold, 1 red wax sea only of 2l, 1 fold, slightly browned, framed and glazed, 350 x 520mm., 1686

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⁂ Gladwin is mentioned as High Sheriff of derby, a Justice of the Peace and a benefactor of St. John’s College, Cambridge. £700 - 1,000

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82 Paget (Henry, formerly Bayly, first Earl of Uxbridge, 1744-1812).CoAT oF ARMS oF LoRd uxBRidGe, monochrome watercolour wash, on paper, framed and glazed, 445 x 305mm., after 1784. ⁂ Paget was created earl of uxbridge in 1784.

£300 - 400

83 Frederick (Prince, Duke of York and Albany, second son of George III, army officer and bishop of Osnabrück, 1763-1827) CoAT oF ARMS oF FRedeRiCk duke oF yoRk QuARTeRed WiTH THe ARMS oF THe kinGS oF PRuSSiA, oil painting on tin, some slight surface chipping, framed, 445 x 285mm., [c. 1791]. ⁂ THe GRAnd oLd duke oF yoRk.

Prince Frederick married in 1791 Frederica Charlotte ulrica Catherina [Princess Frederica of Prussia] (1767-1820), eldest daughter of Frederick William ii, king of Prussia. £800 - 1,200

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84 Heard (Sir Isaac, herald, Garter Principal King of Arms, 17301822) & Thomas Lock, Clarenceux King of Arms, fl. 1784-1803) GRAnT oF ARMS To THoMAS PLASkeT, ds., large watercolour coat of arms in left hand corner and 3 other coats of arms at head, 2 wax seals in black and gilt floral decorated metal skippets, slightly yellowed, preserved in a contemporary blind-stamped calf box lined with Dutch floral paper, worn, 405 x 495mm., 1794. £400 - 600

85 Irish Peerage.- George III (King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover, 1738-1820) LeTTeRS PATenT GRAnT To FRAnCiS BeRnARd CReATinG HiM ViSCounT BAndon oF BAndonBRidGe, CounTy CoRk, d., large watercolour portrait of George III, watercolour coats of arms at head and left margin, floral decorated borders, Great Seal appended, extensive wear and repair to seal, manuscript a little faint but legible, folds, margins slightly yellowed, housed in a modern box, 730 x 630mm., Dublin, 4th October 1795.

⁂ Francis Bernard, first earl of Bandon (1755-1830), irish peer and politician. Bandon was one of the thirty original irish Representative Peers, and sat in the House of Lords from 1801 until his death in 1830. £600 - 800


86 Pedigree.- THe GeneALoGy oF JoHn WeddeRBuRn oF CLAPHAM... SuRRey..., engraved text on vellum, embellished with some watercolour wash, 3 membranes, housed in a contemporary wooden box with lock and key, an extremely clean copy, 1215 x 2230mm., 1800. £500 - 700

88 CoAT oF ARMS oF MARSHALL oF ARdWiCk, MAnCHeSTeR, watercolour coat of arms, on vellum, framed and glazed, 235 x 180mm., [c. 1830].

87 Hawker (Joseph, herald, as Richmond Herald, d. 1846) PediGRee SHeWinG THe ConSAnGuiniTy oF RoBeRT JACkSon To FRAnCeS LATe duTCHeSS oF noRFoLk deCeASed, the earls of Carlisle, essex, and Fitzwilliam, Viscount Southwell, Lords Lyttelton, dundas, and Byron, the Baroness Roos, and Sir Francis Burdett Baronet, manuscript on paper, 7 sheets closed together, slightly browned, some slight staining at head, creased,some soiling at beginning and end, laid down on linen, 660 x 3220mm., London, College of Arms, 1823.

£300 - 400

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89 Armorial.- [oRdinARy oF ARMS], 2 vol., 260 pages of pen and ink drawings of shields excluding numerous pp. with outline of shields, ruled in red, bookplates of Arthur E Vicars, George Oakley Fisher on front free endpapers, contemporary half calf, rubbed, chipped at head and tail of spines,Britannia watermark dated 1806, folio, [c. 1830].

⁂ Provenance: Sir Arthur edward Vicars (1862-1901), herald and genealogist. ink inscription: “Purchased at Sothebys 28 July /08 Lot 457, from Sir Arthur Vicars library... GoF.” Vicars is mostly remembered for being in charge of the “irish Crown Jewels”, chiefly regalia relating to the order of St Patrick which was stolen from his office in 1907. After an appeal he was dismissed from office and went to live at kilmorna House in County kerry. “on 14 April 1921 kilmorna House was surrounded by an armed group of men, who ordered the occupants to leave and then set fire to the house. Vicars was taken into the garden by three of the men and shot dead.” - oxford dnB. £500 - 700

90 Bigland (Ralph, herald and cheesemonger, Garter Principal King of Arms, 1712-84) & Edmund Lodge, herald, Norroy King of Arms, 1756-1839. GRAnT oF ARMS To HenRy MiTTon oF SnAiTH in yoRkSHiRe, d.s., manuscript on vellum, large hand-painted coat of arms and 3 smaller hand-painted coats of arms at head, part of text and arms in gold, 2 seals in gilt metal skippets, housed in a red morocco case with initials “WR”, in good condition, 630 x 510mm., 1836. £400 - 600

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91 Metcalf (John Henry, herald painter, of London & Northallerton, Yorkshire, d. 1907) [ARMoRiAL SkeTCHeS], 894 coats of arms on 113pp., excluding blanks, most in monochrome watercolour wash, 14pp. at end in with watercolour wash coats of arms in another hand, captions in red and black, ruled in red throughout, a few tears and some slight staining to edges, browned, some soiling at beginning and end, bookplate and autograph note of William Ballard Turner on flyleaf, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed and repaired, rebacked in matching calf, folio, n.d. [19th century].

⁂ Provenance: William Ballard Turner (1845-1917), antiquary and natural history. “These Armorial Sketches (894 in number) are the work of a well-known heraldic artist, John Henry Metcalf, of London & after of northallerton, yorks. died 1907. They are evidently plates intended for some heraldic work, the nature of which or its title i have never been able to discover. i bought them (in dilapidated condition, minus two pages and without cover) at a book-shop in London, oct. 1875. W.B.T.” £2,000 - 3,000


92 Young (Sir Charles George, herald, Garter Principal King of Arms, 1795-1869) & Robert Laurie, herald, Clarenceux King of Arms, 1806-82. GRAnT oF ARMS To RiCHARd THoMAS FARRen, ds., manuscript on vellum, large watercolour coat of arms in left hand corner and other coats of arms at head, 2 wax seals in gilt metal skippets, slightly yellowed, housed in a contemporary morocco covered wooden box, gilt stamped VR, slightly rubbed, 645 x 515mm., 1860.

⁂ General Sir Richard Thomas Farren (1817-1909), British Army officer who became General officer Commanding eastern district. £300 - 400

93 Scottish Heraldry in Australia.- Paul (Sir James Balfour, herald and genealogist, Lord Lyon King of Arms, 1846-1931) GRAnT And ConFiRMATion oF ARMS To MARGAReT keRR WidoW oF WiLLiAM keRR, MeLBouRne, AuSTRALiA, ds. “W. Balfour Paul Lyon”, manuscript on vellum, large watercolour coat of arms decorated in gold, silver and blue, wax seal in black metal skippet, housed in an original black metal tube, 380 x 500mm., Edinburgh, 19th August 1892. £300 - 400

94 Coach & Harness Armorial Fittings, 4 vol., numerous pen and ink and pencil drawing designs for various firms and individuals, some laid down, some slight soiling and browning, later half calf, gilt spines, original cloth boards, 4to, 1888-1915. £600 - 800

95 PediGRee oF THe BAyARd FAMiLy, ds. certified by H. Farnham Burke as Somerset Herald, manuscript on vellum, 2 membranes joined together, large watercolour coat of arms of the Bayard family decorated in gold and other colours in left margin of second membrane, preserved in a black painted metal tube, rubbed, broken in two, 740 x 1870mm., London, Heralds College, 1897.

⁂ Sir Henry Farnham Burke (1859-1930), Garter Principal king of Arms. £300 - 400

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96 Athill (Charles Harold, herald, Garter Principal King of Arms, 1853-1922) THe ARMoRiAL BeARinGS oF PHiLiP WiLLiAM PooLe BRiTTon, oF HAnHAM CouRT in THe PARiSH oF BiTTon in THe CounTy oF GLouCeSTeR, esquire, Captain 3rd Battalion Royal inniskilling Fusiliers, watercolour coat of arms, on vellum, signed Charles H. Athill Richmond herald, [London], Herald’s College, 19th February 1897.

98 Heraldry in New York.- Burke (Sir Henry Farnham, herald, Garter Principal King of Arms, 1859-1930) ConFiRMATion oF ARMS To THoMAS HuGHeS keLLy oF THe CiTy oF neW yoRk, ds., manuscript on vellum, large watercolour coat of arms decorated in gold, blue and other colours, wax seal in gilt skippet, slight soiling in margin, housed in a modern box, 430 x 370mm., London, College of Arms, 19th September 1924. £300 - 400

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97 Edward VII (King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the British dominions beyond the seas, and Emperor of India, 1841-1910) LeTTeRS PATenT CReATinG edMund RoBeRTSon BARon LoCHee oF GoWRie in PeRTH, d., manuscript on vellum, first line of text in gold, watercolour coats of arms and decoration at head and sides in gold and other colours, Great Seal appended (broken in two and repaired), housed in the original morocco covered wooden box, rubbed and worn, 675 x 880mm., Westminster, 22nd May, 1908.

⁂ edmund Robertson, first Baron Lochee (1845-1911), Scottish barrister, academic and Liberal politician. £400 - 600

99 Cope (Emma Elizabeth, genealogist, wife of John Hauteville Cope, 1860-1949) [CoMPiLATionS oF BLAzonS], 18 vol., pen and ink shields, many hand-coloured, alongside manuscript and typed notes, hundreds of pages of examples, bookplates “Presented by Mrs. E.E. Cope” to the University of Reading on front free endpapers, original cloth, rubbed and worn, sm. 4to, [early 20th century].

⁂ These volumes comprise a typed and manuscript compilation of blazons under the system of, and augmenting, John Papworth’s work with heraldic descriptions (beasts, chevrons etc) to whom the coat of arms belong. £600 - 800 48

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enGLiSH LiTeRATuRe And HiSToRy

A Private Collection of Bacon, Baconiana and other English Literature

100 Heraldry.- [Legh (Gerard)] THe ACCedenS oF ARMoRy, woodcut pictorial title, folding plate, arms and illustrations within text, a few hand-coloured, a few full-page, repair to upper corner of final f., not affecting text, some light water-staining and spotting, modern straight-grain morocco, gilt, WiTH A douBLe FoRe-edGe PAinTinG ConCeALed BeneATH THe GiLT WiTH THe ARMS oF SiR FRAnCiS BACon, g.e., [Gibson 468; STC 15389], small 4to, Rychard Tottel, 1568.

⁂ The second edition, which contains the arms of Sir Francis Bacon for the first time with the motto ‘Mediocria Firma’. The fullpage woodcut on S4r supposedly depicts Legh in the guise of the fictitious “Panther Herald”. £400 - 600

101 Treason trial.- Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex.- Bacon (Sir Francis) A deCLARATion oF THe PRACTiSeS & TReASonS ATTeMPTed And CoMMiTTed By RoBeRT LATe eARLe oF eSSex And HiS CoMPLiCeS, AGAinST HeR MAieSTie And HeR kinGdoMS, And oF THe PRoCeedinGS AS WeLL AT THe ARRAiGnMenTS & ConuiCTionS oF THe SAid LATe eARLe, FiRST ediTion, FiRST iSSue, woodcut full-page coats of arms, initials, head- and tail-pieces, lacking initial blank, title lightly soiled, trimmed at head, affecting part of first letter of title and headlines, occasional spotting, some light browning, 20th century polished mottled calf, gilt, upper joint starting, but holding firm, [Gibson 63a; Pforzheimer 26; STC 1133], By Robert Barker, printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1601; and another, Bacon on treason (Gibson 198), small 4to (2) £400 - 600

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102 Bacon (Sir Francis) THe TVVoo BookeS oF FRAnCiS BACon. oF THe PRoFiCienCe And AdVAnCeMenT oF LeARninG, diVine And HuMAne, FiRST ediTion, variant b (with ‘maniable’ and ‘through’ and ‘lights’ in italic), WiTH THe 2 RARe eRRATA LeAVeS AT end, large woodcut initials, lacking blank 3H2, title repaired without loss of text, a couple of wormholes to outer margins, repairs to margins of ff. at end, water-stained at foot towards end, disbound, housed in a 20th century calf box, [Gibson 81; STC 1164; Pforzheimer 36; Grolier / Horblit 8a; Norman 97], small 4to, Printed [by Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, and are to be sould at his shop at Graies Inne gate in Holborne, 1605. ⁂ With the two rare errata leaves: ‘A very few copies have appended two leaves of errata’ (Pforzheimer). ‘in the Twoo Bookes, Bacon concerned himself primarily with the classification of philosophy and the sciences and with developing his influential view of the relation between science and theology’ (norman). £1,000 - 1,500

103 Bacon (Sir Francis) THe TVVoo BookeS oF FRAnCiS BACon. oF THe PRoFiCienCe And AdVAnCeMenT oF LeARninG, diVine And HuMAne, FiRST ediTion, variant b (with ‘maniable’ and ‘through’ and ‘lights’ in italic), large woodcut initials, lacking blank 3H2 and final 2 errata ff. (as often), title repaired without loss of text, trimmed at head, affecting headlines, repair to upper corner of last f. some staining and spotting, antique style calf, [Gibson 81; STC 1164; Pforzheimer 36; Grolier / Horblit 8a; Norman 97], small 4to, Printed [by Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, and are to be sould at his shop at Graies Inne gate in Holborne, 1605. £400 - 600

104 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex.- Bacon (Sir Francis) SiR FRAnCiS BACon HiS APoLoGie, in CeRTAine iMPuTATionS ConCeRninG THe LATe eARLe oF eSSex, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head-piece and initial, lightly water-stained, contemporary calf, gilt, creased and rubbed, [Gibson 70B (issue with ‘Apologie’ spelt correctly); STC 1114], printed for Matthevv Lovvns and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard, 1605; and the 1642 edition (Gibson 71), small 8vo & small 4to (2) ⁂ An exceedingly rare edition at auction. £400 - 600

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105 Bacon (Sir Francis) THe eSSAieS oF SR. FRAnCiS BACon kniGHT, THe kinGS ATuRney GeneRALL, title within woodcut typographic border, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, title and A7 neatly remargined, ?A4-6 from another copy, small red stain within text of H1, a few neat small marginal repairs, modern limp vellum, g.e., [Gibson 9; STC 1143; Pforzheimer 29], small 8vo, For Iohn Iaggard [i.e. John Beale], dwelling at the Hand and Starre betweene the two Temple Gates, 1613.

⁂ one of three rare variant editions printed by Jaggard in 1613, in which the spelling of the word ‘Attorney’ on the title differs. £1,000 - 1,500

106 Duels.- Bacon (Sir Francis) THe CHARGe oF SiR FRAnCiS BACon kniGHT, HiS MAieSTieS ATTouRney GeneRALL, TouCHinG dueLLS, VPon An inFoRMATion in THe STAR-CHAMBeR AGAinST PRieST And WRiGHT. WiTH THe deCRee oF THe STAR-CHAMBeR in THe SAMe CAuSe, FiRST ediTion, woodcut head-pieces and initials, lacking initial and final blank, title torn at inner upper corner, with loss, supplied in ink, repairs to last few upper corners, some staining or spotting, modern panelled calf, [Gibson 102; STC 1125], small 4to, Printed [by George Eld] for Robert Wilson, and are to be sold [by Robert Wilson and W. Bladen] at Graies Inne Gate, and in Paules Churchyard at the signe of the Bible, 1614.

⁂ Bacon against duels. He brought his case to court to see if it could ‘doe any good to tame and reclaime that evill which seems unbridled’. He viewed duels as a threat to authority and against the will of God. £400 - 600

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107 Bacon (Sir Francis) de Sapientia Veterum, second edition, title with small woodcut ornament, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, endpapers loose, small section of lower corner of title torn away, just touching a minor part of printed border, contempoary vellum, lacking ties, soiled, [Gibson 1617; STC 1128], Apud Iohannem Billium, 1617; and another edition of the same (1634 (Gibson 89)), 12mo (2) 106

£300 - 400

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108 Bacon (Sir Francis) SAGGi MoRALi, 2 parts in 1, errata f. at end, with blank G4, but lacking blank [fleur-de-lys]8, water-stain to lower gutters, lightly browned throughout, spotted, later calf, rebacked in modern calf and polished, [Gibson 35; STC 1154], Appresso di Giovanni Billio [John Bill], 1618; and the rare 1619 Venice edition (Gibson 37), 8vo & 12mo (2)

⁂ An edition in italian of the Essays and Wisdom of the Ancients printed in London, which is rare at auction.

110 Bacon (Sir Francis) THe VViSedoMe oF THe AnCienTS, FiRST ediTion in enGLiSH, issue with ‘Chancelor’, title with small woodcut ornament, H2&3 trimmed at foot, water-stained, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Gibson 95; STC 1130], 12mo, Imprinted by John Bill, 1619. £400 - 600

£350 - 450

109 Bacon (Sir Francis) eSSAyS MoRAux, translated by Sir Arthur Gorges, title with small woodcut ornament, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, initial f. blank apart from signature, 2 ‘La Table’ ff. trimmed at outer margin, some light staining, occasional spotting, modern morocco, [Gibson 45; STC 1152], John Bill, 1619; and Gibson 50, 12mo & 8vo (2) ⁂ A rare little edition. Here with the translator’s name ‘George’ corrected to ‘Gorges’. £300 - 400

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111 Bacon (Sir Francis) THe HiSToRie oF THe RAiGne oF kinG HenRy THe SeVenTH, FiRST ediTion, second issue (with errata corrected), engraved portrait frontispiece by John Payne, title within engraved architectural border, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, with initial blank, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary ink signature of Oswald Mosley, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving majority of original backstrip, [Gibson 116b; STC 1160; Pforzheimer 32], folio, Printed by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, 1622; and 4 other editions of the same (1629 1629; 1641 and 1676), folio (5) £400 - 600


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112 Bacon (Sir Francis) HiSToRiA ViTæ & MoRTiS, FiRST ediTion, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, 2A4 and 2C6 blank, a few small stains, occasional spotting, contemporary polished calf, later gilt episcopal arms and filet borders, spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Gibson 147; STC 1156], 8vo, in officina Io. Haviland, impensis Matthaei Lownes, 1623.

⁂ First edition of this work on all aspects of preserving and prolonging life, including medicines, herbs, food and drink, sleep, exercise, climate, occupations, baths and hygiene. £350 - 450

113 French editions.- Bacon (Sir Francis) Le PRoGRez eT AVAnCeMenT Aux SCienCeS, FiRST ediTion in FRenCH, title with engraved printer’s device, woodcut head-pieces and initials, 2R8 blank, lacking blank 2S2, Privilege f. 2S1 misbound near start, ex-library copy with ink stamps, some light staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, [Gibson 84], Paris, Chez Pierre Billaine, 1624; L’Artisan de la Fortune, woodcut head-pieces and initials, later small armoiral ink stamps, water-stained, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rather worn, but holding firm, [Gibson 140], Paris, Chez Jean-Baptite Langlois, 1689; and 3 others, French editions of Bacon (Gibson 48; 122 (first edition in French of Henry Vii); and 168a), v.s. (5) £400 - 600

114 Bacon (Sir Francis) THe eSSAieS, title within woodcut typographic border, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking blanks, repair to lower corner of C3 by Bernard Middleton, occasional spotting, a few small stains, contemporary blind-ruled calf, head of spine repaired, [Gibson 12; STC 1146], small 8vo, By I. D[awson]. for Elizabeth Iaggard, at the hand and Starre neere the middle Templegate, 1624.

⁂ A very good copy of an edition that is rare at auction. The last copy was that of Robert S. Pirie in 2015, but preceding that we have to return to 1981

115 Bacon (Sir Francis) de diGniTATe eT AuGMenTiS SCienTiARuM LiBRi ix, title with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, some water-staining, contemporary calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, corners worn, rubbed, [Gibson 130], small 4to, Paris, Typis Petri Mettayer, 1624. ⁂ The rare first continental edition and second edition overall.

£400 - 600

£400 - 600

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116 Bacon (Sir Francis) APoPHTHeGMeS neW And oLd, FiRST ediTion, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, modern morocco, gilt, g.e., [Gibson 157; STC 1115], 12mo, Printed [by J. Haviland] for Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, and are to be sold at the Kings head in Pauls Chuch-yard, 1625. ⁂ Rare at auction.

£750 - 1,200

119 118 Bacon (Sir Francis) SyLVA SyLVARuM: oR A nATuRALL HiSToRie, edited by William Rawley, 2 parts in 1, FiRST ediTion, second issue (with printed title dated 1627), fine engraved portrait frontispiece and additional pictorial title, with blanks L3, 2A1, 2D4, 2M1 and g4, foot of additional pictorial title with ConTeMPoRARy ink MS.VeRSe, And An oWneRSHiP inSCRiPTion VinCenT ?LAWSon, some later pencil notes, occasional spotting or staining, contemporary blind-ruled calf, rebacked, preserving part of original backstrip, [Gibson 171; STC 1168], folio, Printed by I[ohn] H[aviland and Augustine Mathewes] for William Lee at the the Turks Head in Fleet-street, next to the Miter, 1627. ⁂ Scarce at auction. The second part is Bacon’s utopian work New Atlantis.

Provenance: Vincent ?Lawson (17th century ink ownership inscriptions) and 8 lines of ms. verse ‘While Flora deckes the earth, With Party Coloured Flowers, The Wing’d artificers doe build their pleasant bowers...’. £400 - 600

117 Bacon (Sir Francis) SyLVA SyLVARuM: oR A nATuRALL HiSToRie, edited by William Rawley, FiRST ediTion, FiRST iSSue (with printed title dated 1626), engraved portrait frontispiece and additional pictorial title (dated 1627), woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, with the 5 blanks called for by Gibson, a few small stains to preliminaries, contemporary blindruled speckled calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, [Gibson 171; STC 1168], a very good copy, folio, Printed by I[ohn] H[aviland and Augustine Mathewes] for William Lee at the the Turks Head in Fleet-street, next to the Miter, 1627. ⁂ The rare first issue, with ample margins.

⁂ Rare at auction. The last copy we can trace was offered in 1947. Bacon’s incitement to naval war against Catholic Spain. it includes much on the Spanish Armada of 1588. A very good uncut copy.

£500 - 700

£750 - 1,000

Provenance: Thomas Marsham, 1622 (ink inscription explaining provenance of this volume).

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119 Bacon (Sir Francis) ConSideRATionS TouCHinG A WARRe WiTH SPAine, FiRST ediTion, title with small woodcut ornament, the odd spot or small light stain, 20th century polished calf, gilt, neatly rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments and with red morocco label, housed in a modern morocco-backed slip-case, [Gibson 187; Wing 1126], small 4to, imprinted 1629.

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Provenance: Harold Greenhill; david and Lulu Borowitz (bookplates)


120 Bacon (Sir Francis) THe eSSAyeS oR CounSeLS, CiViLL And MoRALL, second edition, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, fist and last ff. blank, some light water-staining, 18th century ink ownership inscriptions, note on price paid for this copy and other notes by a John Harlocke, contemporary blind-ruled calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, modern red leather label to spine, rubbed, [Gibson 15; STC 1149], Printed by John Haviland, and are sold by R. Allot, 1629; Bacon (Sir Francis) The essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall, title within woodcut typographic border, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, with initial and final blanks, endpapers with 17th century ink notes, worm trace / small holes to outer margins, just touching encroaching on text on last few ff., occasional spotting or light soiling, contemporary blind-ruled calf, rebacked in modern morocco, gilt, [Gibson 17; STC 1151], Printed by John Beale, 1639; and 3 other editions, of the essays (1663; 1664 and 1668), small 4to et infra (5)

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£400 - 600

121 Bacon (Sir Francis) THe TWo BookeS oF SR. FRAnCiS BACon. oF THe PRoFiCienCe And AduAnCeMenT oF LeARninG, diuine And HuMAne. To THe kinG., title with small woodcut printer’s device, woodcut head-pieces and initials, some spotting and light browning (ESTC notes changes in paper quality in the edition), modern calf, [Gibson 82; STC 1165], Printed [by Nicholas Okes] for William Washington, and are to be sold at his shop in S. Dunstanes Church-yard, 1629; and the 1633 oxford edition (Gibson 83), small 4to (2)

£350 - 450

122 Law.- Bacon (Sir Francis) THe eLeMenTS oF THe CoMMon LAWeS oF enGLAnd, 2 parts in 1, FiRST ediTion, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial blank, title closely trimmed at foot, just touching imprint, closely trimmed at head, affecting a few page numbers at end, some spotting, lightly browned, modern half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, [Gibson 193; STC 1134], Printed by [Robert Young for] the assignes of I. More Esq., 1630; and 7 others, Bacon on Law and related, including a 1639 edition of The Elements, small 4to (8) £400 - 600

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123 Peacham (Henry) THe CoMPLeAT GenTLeMAn. Fashioning him absolut, in the most necessary and commendable qualities concerning Minde or Body, that may be required in a noble Gentleman..., 2 parts in 1, second edition, additional engraved pictorial title by Delaram with contemporary signature of William Fenwick at head, woodcut coats-of-arms and illustrations, with leaf X3 as both cancel and cancellendum in first part, with the variant “Printed for I.M.” on the title of the second part, a little browned, M2 & 3 in first part stained (?supplied from another copy), one or two rust spots, cropped with loss to some head-lines, modern morocco, [Gibson 521; STC 19504], small 4to, for Francis Constable, 1634.

⁂ Manual written for the eight-year-old son of William Howard, Lord Arundel, and covering all subjects befitting a gentleman including conduct, the arts (particularly practical advice for drawing & painting), literature, heraldry and exercise (running, swimming, horsemanship, archery, hunting, hawking etc.). The second part is titled ‘The Gentlemans exercise’. £300 - 400

124 Bacon (Sir Francis) SyLVA SyLVARuM: oR A nATuRALL HiSToRie, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional pictorial title (dated 1631), woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, sigs. O and P loose, occasional spotting, contemporary reversed calf, joints splitting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [Gibson 174; STC 1172], Printed by Iohn Haviland for William Lee, and are to be sold by Iohn Williams, 1635; and 9 other editions of the same (Gibson 175; 176; 177a & b; 178; 179a & b; 182; 183), folio (10) ⁂ An excellent selection of editions of this work. £750 - 1,000

125 Bacon (Sir Francis) oPeRuM MoRALiuM eT CiViLiuM, FiRST ediTion, FiRST iSSue, engraved portrait frontispiece, printed titles with small woodcut device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, A4 and 2E6 blank, occasional light water-staining and spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip in compartments with red morocco label, corners worn, rubbed, [Gibson 196; Wing 1109], folio, Excusum typis Edwardi Griffini [and John Haviland]; prostant ad Insignia Regia in Coemeterio D. Pauli, apud Richardum Whitakerum [and John Norton], 1638. ⁂ The first issue (without the ‘novum organum’ at end) of the first collected works in Latin.

Provenance: ‘ex libris Rob. Thorp’ (18th ink inscription to head of title); ‘Miss dickson from Miss Thorp Sale 1869, bought again 1879’ (ink inscription to front free endpaper). £400 - 600

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127 Bacon (Sir Francis) HiSToRy nATuRALL And exPeRiMenTALL, oF LiFe And deATH oR oF THe PRoLonGATion oF LiFe, translated by William Rawley, initial imprimatur f., a second imprimatur at p.395, woodcut headpieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, water-stained, contemporary calf, rebacked, [Gibson 154; STC 1158], Printed by Iohn Haviland for William Lee, and Humphrey Mosley, 1638; and Gibson 153 (the offending 1638 translation mentioned below) and Gibson 290 (Blount’s Natural History, 1693, which includes quotes from Bacon), 12mo & 8vo (3)

⁂ The first authorised translation in english. ‘An entirely different translation from that of the former edition: in the address to the Reader the translation brought out by Moseley a few month earlier is repudiated, and referred to as ‘lame and defective’. Comparison of the two edns. illustrated clearly the fallibility of translations.’ (Gibson). £400 - 600

126 Bacon (Sir Francis) oPeRuM MoRALiuM eT CiViLiuM, FiRST ediTion, second issue, engraved portrait frontispiece, printed titles with small woodcut device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, A4, 2E6 and c4 blank, occasional staining or spotting, contemporary vellum, stained, [Gibson 197; Wing B1110], folio, Excusum typis Edwardi Griffini [, John Haviland, Bernard Norton, and John Bill]; prostant ad Insignia Regia in Coemeterio D. Pauli, apud Richardum Whitakerum [and John Norton], 1638.

⁂ The second issue (with the inclusion of the ‘novum organum’ sheets at end) of the first collected works in Latin. Provenance: ‘Wolfgangi engelberti, SRJ...1655’; ‘Jo. ?Waiccardis’ (17th century ink inscriptions to title); Fideicommisbibliothek, Ljubljana (bookplate). £300 - 400

128 Bacon (Sir Francis) oF THe AdVAnCeMenT And PRoFiCienCe oF LeARninG oR THe PARTiTionS oF SCienCeS ix BookeS, FiRST ediTion in enGLiSH oF THe exPAnded ediTion, FiRST iSSue (with colophon dated 1639), fine engraved pictorial title by William Marshall, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece (supplied in facsimile), some water-staining at foot, occasional spotting, modern calf, [Gibson 141a; STC 1167; Madan, I, p.217], Oxford, Leon Lichfield, Printer to the University, for Rob: Young, & Ed. Forrest, 1640 [colophon dated 1639]; and the 1674 edition of the same (Gibson 142), folio (2) £300 - 400

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130 Scotland.- Bacon (Sir Francis) A SPeeCH deLiVeRed By SiR FRAnCiS BACon, in THe LoWeR HouSe oF PARLiAMenT QuinTo iACoBi, ConCeRninG THe ARTiCLe oF nATuRALizATion oF THe SCoTTiSH nATion, FiRST ediTion, title with small woodcut ornament, woodcut head-piece and initial, with final blank, lacking initial blank, washed, 20th century calf, gilt, [Gibson 203; Wing B326; Pforzheimer 35], ‘Printed Anno, 1641’; and a first edition of Three Speeches...Concerning the Post-Nati Naturalization of the Scotch in England..., 1641 (Gibson 206), small 4to (2) ⁂ Rare at auction. The last copy we can trace was in 1988. £300 - 400

129 Bacon (Sir Francis) CASeS oF TReASon, FiRST ediTion, title with woodcut printer’s device and within woodcut typographic border, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, stitched as issued, uncut, housed in a modern morocco-backed slip-case, [Gibson 198; Wing B272], small 4to, Printed by the assignes of John More, and are sold by Matthew Walbancke, and William Coke, 1641.

⁂ An unsophisticated copy of this posthumously published work, in which Bacon defines treason and felony and discusses the office of Constables. £300 - 400

131 Baker (Sir Richard) CHRoniCLe oF THe kinGS oF enGLAnd from the Time of the Romans Government unto the Raigne of...king Charles, engraved architectural title with portraits of monarchs by W.Marshall, lacking engraved portrait of Prince Charles, errata leaf at end, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, [Gibson 270; Wing B501], for Daniel Frere, 1643 § Sparke (Michael) The narrative History of king James, 4 parts in 1, FiRST ediTion, additional engraved allegorical title with facing letterpress explanatory leaf (both torn and repaired, title with slight loss), engraved portrait of Sir Thomas Overbury but lacking those of Robert Carr and his wife Ladie Frances Holland, with blank V4, browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, [Gibson 589; Wing S4818], for Michael Sparke, 1651 § [Lloyd (david)] The States-Men and Favourites of england since the Reformation..., FiRST ediTion, engraved frontispiece of portraits of monarchs from Henry VIII to Charles I, title in red and black, lightly browned, cropped, modern half sprinkled calf, spine gilt, [Gibson 476; Wing L2648], by J.C. for Samuel Speed, 1665 § Leycesters Commonweatlh..., staining to upper outer corner of first few leaves, old mottled calf, rebacked, [Wing L968], 1641; and 8 others, mostly history, many with references to Bacon, v.s.; sold not subject to return (12) 130 58

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132 Bacon (Sir Francis) de AuGMenTiS SCienTiARuM LiB. ix, fine engraved additional pictorial title, title with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut head and tail—pieces and decorative initials, [Gibson 132], Leiden, Apud Franciscum Moiardum et Adrianum Wijngaerde, 1645 Bound WiTH Bacon (Sir Francis) novum organum, engraved pictorial title, woodcut head and tail—pieces and decorative initials, [Gibson 104], Apud Adrianum Wijngaerde et Franciscum Moiardum, 1645, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary vellum, backstrip split and head and detaching; and 3 other editions of the same, including a duplicate of first mentioned (Gibson 133 and 135), 12mo (4) £300 - 400

133 Bacon (Sir Francis) noVuM oRGAnuM SCienTiARuM, engraved pictorial title, woodcut decorative initials, some early ink underlining, 19th century calf, [Gibson 104], Leiden, Apud Adrianum Wijngaerde et Franciscum Moiardum, 1645; Historia Regni Henrici Septimi, engraved pictorial title, woodcut head-piece and decorative initials, early ink inscriptions to title. some spotting, contemporary vellum, [Gibson 126b], Leiden, Hackius, 1647; and 8 others, Continental editions of Bacon, v.s. (10)

134 Bacon (Sir Francis) THe ReMAineS oF THe RiGHT HonoRABLe FRAnCiS LoRd VeRuLAM ViSCounT oF ST. ALBAneS...BeinG eSSAyeS And SeVeRALL LeTTeRS To SeVeRALL GReAT PeRSonAGeS, And oTHeR PieCeS oF VARiouS And HiGH ConCeRnMenT noT HeReToFoRe PuBLiSHed, FiRST ediTion, title within woodcut typographic border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, title trimmed at head, just touching border, occasional spotting, lightly browned, modern wrappers, spotted, [Gibson 218; Wing B318], small 4to, Printed by B. Alsop, for Lawrence Chapman, and are to be sold at his shop neer the Savoy in the Strand, 1648; and 5 others, editions of Baconiana, in the variant states (cf. Gibson 236 and 237a & b), small 4to & 8vo (6) ⁂ The first mentioned is rare at auction. £350 - 450

£400 - 600

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135 Bacon (Sir Francis) THe FeLiCiTy oF Queen eLizABeTH And HeR TiMeS, WiTH oTHeR THinGS, FiRST ediTion, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting, modern calf, gilt, [Gibson 220; Wing B297], rare at auction, Printed by T. Newcomb, for George Latham at the Bishops Head in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1651; and 2 other first editions of Bacon (opuscula, 1658 (Gibson 220) and Certaine Miscellany, 1629 (Gibson 191)), v.s. (3) £400 - 600

136 R[oss] (A[lexander]) ARCAnA MiCRoCoSMi: oR, THe Hid SeCReTS oF MAn’S Body diSCoVeRed...with A Refutation of doctor Brown’s Vulgar errors, the Lord Bacon’s natural History, and doctor Harvy’s Book de Generatione..., second edition, title in red and black with author’s name supplied in contemporary manuscript, contemporary note at end, occasional spotting or browning, staining to upper margin of a few preliminary leaves, cropped with occasional loss to head-lines, L5 with paper flaw at outer edge causing slight loss to a few lines, Easton Neston Library copy with engraved bookplate of Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart. and library shelf-label, eighteenth century tree calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed and slightly marked, upper joint split, [Gibson 561; Wing R1947], 8vo, Tho. Newcomb...John Clark, 1652.

⁂ originally published in 1651 this enlarged second edition includes for the first time an Appendix containing attacks on Browne, Bacon and Harvey, the first published criticism of Harvey’s work. £300 - 500

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137 Bacon (Sir Francis) THe nATuRALL And exPeRiMenTALL HiSToRy oF WindS, &C., FiRST ediTion in enGLiSH, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, without the 8pp. advertisements as with some copies noted by Gibson, 4 ff. with partially erased ink marginalia in purple pencil, occasional spotting or light soiling, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, [Gibson 115; Wing B305], printed for Humphrey Moseley, at the Princes Armes in St Pauls Church-yard; and Tho. Dring at the George in Fleet-street, 1653; and 3 other Continental editions of the same (Gibson 110a; and 2 copies of Gibson 111), 12mo (4) £300 - 400

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138 Elzevier.- Bacon (Sir Francis) SCRiPTA in nATuRALi eT uniVeRSALi PHiLoSoPHiA, edited by issac Gruter FiRST ediTion, engraved additional pictorial title, folding letter-press table, bookplate ‘Ex Bibliotheca Elzeviriana Jacobi Broun Craven Kirkvallensis’, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, [Gibson 223; Willems 1157; Caillet 617], Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier, 1653; and 2 other elzevier editions of Bacon works (Gibson 55 and 127), 12mo (3)

140 Bacon (Sir Francis) ReSuSCiTATio, oR, BRinGinG inTo PuBLiCk LiGHT SeVeRALL PieCeS, oF THe WoRkS, CiViL, HiSToRiCAL, PHiLoSoPHiCAL, & THeoLoGiCAL, HiTHeRTo SLeePinG, engraved portrait frontispiece, errata f. (misbound after (c4), instead of at 2O2), final advertisment f., occasional light spotting, bookplate of Elton Hall, contemporary calf, spine repaired, rubbed and scuffed [Gibson 226; Wing B319], printed by Sarah Griffin, for William Lee, and are to be sold at his shop in Fleetstreet, at the sign of the Turks-Head, neer the Mitre Tavern, 1657; and the 1661 edition (Gibson 227) and Gibson 228b, folio (3) £300 - 400

⁂ ‘An important collection of Bacon’s minor writings’ (Gibson). £300 - 400

139 CABALA, MySTeRieS oF STATe, in LeTTeRS oF THe GReAT MiniSTeRS oF k. JAMeS And k. CHARLeS. WHeRein MuCH oF THe PuBLiQue MAnAGe oF AFFAiReS iS ReLATed. FAiTHFuLLy CoLLeCTed By A noBLe HAnd, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, 4 advertisments ff at end, occasional spotting, contemporary sheep, scuffed, [Gibson 320; Wing C183], printed for M.[ercy] M.[eighen]) G. Bedell and T. Collins, and are to be sold at their shop at the Middle-Temple Gate in Fleetstreet, 1654; and 3 other editions of the same, v.s. (4)

141 Austen (Ralph) oBSeRVATionS uPon SoMe PART oF SR FRAnCiS BACon’S nATuRALL HiSToRy AS iT ConCeRneS, FRuiT-TReeS, FRuiTS, And FLoWeRS, FiRST ediTion, trimmed at head and foot, occasional spotting, lightly browned, modern calf, [Wing A4234; Gibson 266; Hunt 274; Madan III, 2374], small 4to, Oxford, Printed by Hen: Hall, for Thomas Robinson, 1658. £300 - 400

⁂ includes six letters from Bacon. £300 - 400

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142 142 Bacon (Sir Francis) A LeTTeR oF AdViCe WRiTTen By SR. FRAnCiS BACon To THe duke oF BuCkinGHAM, WHen He BeCAMe FAVouRiTe To kinG JAMeS, neVeR BeFoRe PRinTed, FiRST ediTion, contemporary ink marginalia and underlining, trimmed, affecting marginalia, engraved armorial bookplate of Fairfax of Cameron, modern half calf, [Gibson 232; Wing B302], printed for R.H. and H.B. and are to be sold at Westminster and the Royal exchange, 1661; and Gibson 77b, small 4to (2) £300 - 400

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144 Austen (Ralph) A TReATiSe oF FRuiT-TReeS...whereunto is Annexed, observations upon Sr. Fran. Bacons natural History..., 2 parts in 1, third edition, lacking vertical half-title, title within ornamental border, a little soiled, title creased, minor marginal defects to D4, H3, R4 & 5 and Y7 & 8, modern calf stamped in blind, [Gibson 267; Wing A4240], 8vo, Oxford, by William Hall, for Amos Curteyne, 1665. ⁂ The second part is ‘observations upon some part of Sr. Francis Bacons natural History’ (i.e. ‘Sylva Sylvarum’), which is not included in the earlier two editions. £250 - 350

145 Evelyn copy.- Bacon (Sir Francis) ReSuSCiTATio oR, BRinGinG inTo PuBLiCk LiGHT SeVeRAL PieCeS oF THe WoRkS CiViL, HiSToRiCAL, PHiLoSoPHiCAL, And THeoLoGiCAL, HiTHeRTo SLeePinG, 2 parts in 1, third edition, 2 fine engraved portraits of Bacon, 1 by Wenceslaus Hollar, 3N4 blank, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, joints starting, but holding firm, spine ends little chipped, corners little worn, rubbed, [Gibson 229; Wing B321 & 317], a good crisp and generally clean copy, folio, Printed by S[arah]. G[riffin]. and B[ennet]. G[riffin]. for William Lee, and are to be sold at his shop, at the sign of the Turks head in Fleetstreet over against Fetter Lane, 1671. ⁂ Provenance: The evelyn family copy with Christie’s ‘J.e.’ bookplate. £300 - 400

143 Bacon (Sir Francis) oPeRA oMniA QuAe exTAnT: PHiLoSoPHiCA, MoRALiA, PoLiTiCA, HiSToRiCA, edited by Schonwetter, 7 parts in 1, fine engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black and with large engraved printer’s device, divisional titles with wood-engraved devices, final f. blank, neat marginal repairs, occasional spotting, modern calf, [Gibson 235], Frankfurt, Johann Baptist Schonwetter, 1665; and 2 others (Gibson 243a and another copy of the first mentioned), folio (3) £300 - 400

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146 Bacon (Sir Francis) THe eSSAyS, oR CounSeLS, CiViL And MoRAL, title lightly soiled, trimmed at head, affecting headlines, lightly stained, occasional spotting, early printed ff. at endpapers, ink signature ‘R.Cawley, 1754’ to title, Eric Quayle’s copy with his bookplate, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Gibson 24a; Wing B288], Printed by M. Clark, for Samuel Mearne, in Little Britain, John Martyn, in St. Pauls Church-yard, and Henry Herringman, in the New Exchange, 1680; and 14 others, 3 late 17th century, the rest 18th century, v.s. (15) £400 - 600

147 Cryptography.- F[alconer] (J[ohn]) CRyPToMenySiS PATeFACTA: or the Art of Secret information disclosed without a key..., FiRST ediTion, with all blanks (A1, A8 and N8), light spotting, contemporary sheep, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, [Gibson 387; Wing F296], 8vo, for Daniel Brown, 1685.

⁂ Scarce work on cryptography, the second to be published on the subject but the first of practical value; with several references to Bacon’s works.

148 Bacon (Sir Francis) LeTTeRS...WRiTTen duRinG THe ReiGn oF kinG JAMeS THe FiRST, final errata / advertisement f., title with short repaired tear at head and some foxing, new endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, corners repaired, [Gibson 245], Printed for Benj. Tooke at the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet, 1702 § Shaw (Peter) The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, 3 vol., occasional spotting, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked in modern calf, [Gibson 250], Printed for J.J. and P. Knapton [&c.], 1733; and a small quantity of others, editions of the works or letters and works about Bacon, v.s. (Sm.Qty.) £350 - 450

149 Cryptography.- [Thicknesse (Philip)] A TReATiSe on THe ART oF deCyPHeRinG, And oF WRiTinG in CyPHeR. With an Harmonic Alphabet, FiRST ediTion, 3 folding engraved plates at end, light browning, modern brown morocco, 8vo, W.Brown, 1772. £250 - 350

£500 - 700

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150 Fulke (Sir Greville,1st Baron Brooke) CeRTAine LeARned And eLeGAnT WoRkeS, FiRST ediTion, WiLLiAM CAVendiSH, 1ST duke And oF neWCASTLe’S CoPy, quires a-c cancelled, lacking initial and final blanks, some (mostly light) browning and spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, modern title label, corners worn, rubbed, [STC 12361; Pforzheimer 437; Greg II, 489 and III pp.1068-1069], small folio, by E.P. for Henry Seyle, 1633; and a 1604 ms. receipt from Fulke as Chancellor, probably in a secretarial hand (2)

⁂ An attractive provenance. The collecting of manuscripts and books by the polymath William Cavendish is well recorded, with a number of his manuscripts having found their way in to the Harley Collection at the British Library. upon his death in1676 William’s son Henry inherited the title and estate. Whereas William was interested in literature his son did not share the same proclivity and ‘seemed to regard books primarily as property’ (Christina Malcolmson, ‘Christine de Pizan’s City of Ladies in early Modern england’, in Debating Gender in Early Modern England, 1500-1700, 2002). Malcolmson goes on to describe how a manuscript of Christine de Pizan bought by William and Mary Cavendish while on the continent bears the inscription ‘Henry duke of newcaste, his booke, 1676’. This inscription is present in our copy of Fulke and suggests that upon the death of his father on 25th december, 1676, Henry marked those books and manuscripts he believed to be of value. Provenance: William Cavendish, 1st duke of newcastle; Henry Cavendish, 2nd duke of newcastle (ink inscription to pastedown, as above); label to pastedown bearing shelf-mark ‘e.d.2’. £1,500 - 2,000

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152 London.- Hollar (Wenceslaus) THe PRoSPeCT oF London And WeSTMinSTeR, TAken FRoM LAMBeTH..., etching, later state with rebuilt St.Paul's Cathedral, on three sheets only (of 4, lacking left hand sheet), laid paper with armorial watermark containing fleur-de-lis above the initials 'CR', sheet c. 345 x 1180 mm. (13 1/2 x 46 1/2 in), linen-backed, folding onto central sheet mounted on card, foxing and light soiling, vertical creases from previous additional folds, [circa 1647, but a later impression after 1697]. Literature: Pennington 1013.ii £800 - 1,200

153 Bible, Greek.- He kAine diATHeke [graece]. noVuM TeSTAMenTuM, edited by John Mill, half-title, engraved frontispiece, engraved titlevignette, head-pieces and initials, N & P signatures of Appendix misbound, occasional light browning, contemporary ink signature of G.W.A.Drummond and shelf-mark of Dupplin Castle near Perth on front free endpaper but bookplate removed, contemporary panelled calf, gilt, a little worn, spine repaired, [Darlow & Moule 4725], folio, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1707.

151 [Beaumont (Francis) and John Fletcher. CoMedieS And TRAGedieS], FiRST CoLLeCTed ediTion, lacks frontispiece, title, dedication, 3C2-3 and final leaf of text, 12ff. with loss of text, C4-D3 burnholes causing large loss of text, other ff. with tears affecting text, some tears towards end affecting signatures and catchwords, last f. largely torn away, browned, bookplate on front pastedown, later half calf, joints split, worn [ESTC R22900; Pforzheimer 53; Wing B1581], folio, [Humphrey Robinson and Humphrey Moseley, 1647], sold not subject to return. £400 - 600

⁂ First edition of Mill’s Greek new Testament, probably the most significant of the eighteenth century and one of the most important books from the press. £800 - 1,200

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154 [Pseudo]-Longinus. PERI HYPSOUS... [graece]; DE SUBLIMITATE..., edited by Zacharias Pearce, text in Greek and Latin, engraved frontispiece and head-piece by G. Van der Gucht after L.Cheron, errata leaf at end, light foxing at beginning and end, contemporary calf, spine gilt with compartments of urns and blue roan label, slightly rubbed, 4to, Jacob Tonson & John Watts, 1724. £300 - 400

156 England & Wales.- [Desnos (Louis-Charles)] [NOUVEL ATLAS DE L’ANGLETERRE...], lacking engraved title but with 12 double-page engraved maps mounted on stubs (10 of England & Wales and 2 of Channel Islands & France), maps of England & Wales hand-coloured in outline, n.d.; Itineraire de Toutes les Routes de l’Angleterre.../ The Roads through England, or, Ogilby’s Survey, revised...by Senex, engraved title with titles in French and English (bound before previous work), 8pp. letterpress index (smaller, with upper & lower margins added to fit volume), engraved general map and 101 strip road maps of England & Wales, n.d.; Recueil des Villes Ports d’Angleterre..., engraved throughout with title, double-page table, double-page map of London and 15 plates of views and town plans of England, Wales & Ireland, 1766, together 3 parts in 1 vol., lightly browned, contemporary calf-backed paste-paper boards, rather worn, joints split, 4to, Paris, Desnos, [c.1766]. £500 - 700

155 Lysias. ORATIONES ET FRAGMENTA..., one of 400 copies, text in Greek and Latin printed in double column, fine engraved head-pieces and 2 illustrations, crease to title and first few leaves, some light browning, bookplate of Sir John Trollope, contemporary vellum, a little rubbed and soiled, upper cover warped, 4to, William Bowyer, 1739.

⁂ Sir John Trollope, Bart., 1st Baron Kesteven (1800-1874), Conservative politician and President of the Poor Law Board. He was second cousin to the novelist Anthony Trollope. £400 - 600

157 Baskerville.- Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) [OPERA], engraved frontispiece and vignette title, divisional half-titles, faint splash mark to outer margin, heavier to frontispiece, occasional very light foxing, bookplate of John Buckle, Trinity College, Cambridge to pastedown, handsome contemporary French red morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments with floral motifs, [Gaskell, 39], 4to, Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1770.

⁂ A handsome copy of “the rarest of the quarto classics” (Strauss & Dent, John Baskerville. A Memoir, 1907), and “”the rarest of all Baskerville’s editions” according to Horne An Introduction to the study of Bibliography, 1814, p.xc (Appendix). It did not even “appear in the list of the book stock Sarah was trying to sell in 1775” (Pardoe, p.118). This copy does not have the additional 4 plates after Gravelot found in about half the copies according to Gaskell. £750 - 1,000

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158 Lamb (Charles [and Mary]) TALeS FRoM SHAkeSPeAR deSiGned FoR THe uSe oF younG PeRSonS, 2 vol., FiRST ediTion, FiRST iSSue with imprint “T. Davison” to the foot of vol.1, p.236, and the address “Hanway Street” in the vol.2 advertisements, engraved frontispieces and 18 plates after William Mulready, 3pp. advertisements, attractive later blue crushed morocco, gilt, by Riviere and Son, inner gilt dentelles, spines gilt in compartments, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in custom morocco pull-top box, also by Riviere (a little faded at along spine and head), Thomas Hodgkins, At The Juvenile Library, 1807.

160 Dance of Death.- Holbein (Hans) THe dAnCe oF deATH, 2 engraved portraits and 31 hand-coloured plates by W. Hollar, spotting, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt, a little rubbed, head of spine chipped, 1816 [Combe (William)] The dance of Life, A Poem, additional vignette title and 25 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson, 8pp. advertisements bound at end, later calf, rebacked preserving original gilt spine, R. Ackermann, 1817; and another edition of The dance of death (illustrated by deuchar), handsomely bound in blue straight-grain morocco, 8vo and 4to (3) £500 - 700

£750 - 1,000

159 Folding maps.- Mudge (Lt. Col. William) oRdnAnCe MAP oF CoRnWALL, engraved map on 6 sheets, folding in sections and linenbacked, 1813; and a quantity of other folding maps, almost all 19th century, including county maps by Walker, ordnance Survey by Stanford, other ordnance maps by Mudge (c.1809-13), Bradshaw and other railway maps, Colton’s Mexico (1890), Gardner’s Geological Map (1842), Wyld’s Country Twenty-Five Miles round London, Reynolds’s Geological Atlas, various Geological Survey maps and others of Switzerland, italy, France and Germany, many with hand-colouring and in original slip-cases or folding into original covers, v.s. (c.100)

161 Army List.- A LiST oF THe oFFiCeRS oF THe ARMy And RoyAL MARineS on FuLL, ReTiRed, And HALF-PAy, LARGe PAPeR CoPy, THe duke oF SuSSex CoPy with his bookplate on front pastedown, some slight foxing in a few margins, contemporary red straight-grained morocco, gilt, morocco label on spine, g.e., 4to, 1828.

⁂ Prince Augustus Frederick, duke of Sussex (1773-1843), sixth son and ninth child of George iii and Queen Charlotte. £300 - 400

£1,000 - 1,500

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162 Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft) FRAnkenSTein oR, THe ModeRn PRoMeTHeuS, third edition, part of vol. 9 of Bentley’s Standard Novels series, engraved frontispiece and additional illustrated title, a very good, clean copy, bookplate of Fasque library to pastedown, contemporary half calf, spine faded, rubbed, 8vo, 1831. ⁂ A

VeRy Good, CLeAn CoPy oF THe FiRST one VoLuMe And THe FiRST

iLLuSTRATed ediTion.

Fasque library was primarily built and maintained by W.e.Gladstone. £1,500 - 2,000

163 Fore-edge Paintings.- Lytton (Edward George Earle Bulwer) THe dRAMATiC WoRkS, contemporary morocco, gilt, fore-edge painting of a London street scene showing the General Post Office and St. Paul’s Cathedral, 1841; and 12 others, including 6 with fore-edge paintings depicting Madonna and child (on a Bible in fine Cathedral binding, 1827), double painting of a castle and a classical scene (on Milton’s Poetical Works, 1845), a river scene (on The dutch in the Medway, 1845), The Castle of durenstein, Austria - Richard the Lionheart’s prison (on Bishop Heber’s Poetical Works, 1854), a river scene with bridge (on Baynes’ Lyra Anglicana, 1865), Blackbird and butterflies against a decorative background (on Tennyson’s Works, 1888), all leather-bound and handsome, 8vo et infra (13) £800 - 1,200

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165 Pankhurst (Sylvia) WRiT on CoLd SLATe, FiRST And onLy ediTion, text browned, original printed wrappers, light browning to spine, The Dreadnought Publishers, [1922]; and a first edition of The Convert by elizabeth Robins, 8vo (2) ⁂ A SCARCe CoLLeCTion oF PoeMS WRiTTen By PAnkHuRST WHiLST in PRiSon, We knoW oF no oTHeR CoPy AT AuCTion in THe LAST 40 yeARS, CoPAC LiSTS 5 CoPieS. £600 - 800

164 Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge) THe HunTinG oF THe SnARk, FiRST ediTion, PReSenTATion CoPy inSCRiBed By THe AuTHoR, wood-engraved plates by Henry Holiday, hinges weak, original pictorial red cloth, gilt, very slight rubbing to spine ends and corners, spine a trifle darkened, else a fine copy, preserved in cloth chemise and morocco-backed cloth slip-case, [Crutch 115], 8vo, 1876. ⁂ A

Fine ASSoCiATion CoPy, inSCRiBed By

dodGSon on THe dAy oF “William M. Wilcox from his affte. Cousin & Godfather, the Author. Mar. 29. 1876” on half-title. dodgson’s own copy, sold at the sale of his books in 1898, was dated 30th March. PuBLiCATion:

Provenance: Blairhame booklabel to front pastedown. £2,500 - 3,500

166 Hobson (G.D.) enGLiSH BindinGS 1490-1940 in THe LiBRARy oF J.R. ABBey, nuMBeR 144 oF 180 CoPieS SiGned By HoBSon And ABBey, 131 photographic illustrations, including 12 plates in colour, some light offsetting, endpapers spotted, pencil inscription “G.W.Hobson” to head of front free endpaper, original buckram by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, brown morocco spine label, lettered in gilt, spine a little faded, light rubbing and marks, 4to, privately printed at the Chiswick Press, 1940. £600 - 800

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ModeRn LiTeRATuRe And iLLuSTRATed BookS inCLudinG oRiGinAL ARTWoRk 168 van de Velde (Henry).- Nietzsche (Friedrich) ALSo SPRACH zARATHuSTRA: ein Buch fur Alle und keinen, nuMBeR 6 oF 100 SPeCiALLy-Bound CoPieS, from an edition limited to 530, printed in dark red, gold and black, text in type designed by Georges Lemmen and cast under the supervision of Count Harry Kessler, decorative doublepage additional title, main title with ornament, 4 full-page decorative part-titles and 4 tail-pieces all printed in dark red and gold, gilt decorations throughout, all designed by Henry van de Velde, some light offsetting, original grey morocco with gilt geometric design on upper cover and title on spine within ornamental frame designed by van de Velde, g.e., others uncut, very slightly rubbed at corners and spine ends, light spotting to fore-edges, original board slip-case (a little rubbed and soiled), folio, Leipzig, by W.Drugulin for Insel-Verlag, 1908. 167 Ashendene Press.- PRooF SHeeT FoR ‘SPenSeR’S MinoR PoeMS’, pp.126-127, single folded sheet printed on recto only, signed and inscribed in ink “THiS SHeeT WAS PuLLed By GeoRGe W.JoneS AT THe ASHendene PReSS, SHeLLey HouSe, CHeLSeA, on dRy PAPeR. 20 FeBRuARy, 1925 C.H.ST.J.HoRnBy” at foot, light browning to upper margin at fold, faint crease to lower edge, folio (whole sheet c.440 x 600mm.), Ashendene Press, 1925.

⁂ A MASTeRPieCe oF Book deSiGn; the collaboration between Henry van de Velde and Harry kessler produced a monumental work of Art nouveau. £3,000 - 4,000

⁂ A rare ephemeral item relating to one of the press’s magnificent folio productions. £600 - 800

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170 Banbery (Fred) “‘Are we neArly there yet mr brown?’ he Asked hopefully.”, original illustration for paddington at the seaside, 1975, watercolour with pen and ink, traces of graphite, on wove paper, 110 x 140mm., (4¼ x 5½ in). ⁂ provenance: chris beetles limited (label on verso)

exhibited: the british Art of illustration 1800-2006, no.118. £200 - 300

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171 Beat Generation.- Burroughs (William S.) Junky, introduction by Alan ginsberg, first complete And unexpurgAted edition, signed by burroughs And ginsberg on title, original wrappers, 1977; the soft machine, original printed wrappers, sticker with manuscript price 18to lower cover, dust-jacket, ‘New Francs 15’ on front flat crossed out by hand, spine slightly browned, a little rubbed, Paris, Olympia Press, 1961 § ginsberg (Alan) howl, second edition, light scattered spotting, original stiff wrappers, light spotting and marking, San Francisco, 1956; kaddish, first edition, signed by the Author on title and on bookplate to pastedown, original wrappers, a little spotted, San Francisco, 1961; empty mirror, first edition, signed presentAtion inscription from the Author to title, original wrappers, a little spotted, some markings, 1961; collected poems 1947-1980, first edition, signed by the Author on title, original cloth, dust-jacket, a fine copy, New York, 1984 § wolfe (tom) mauve gloves & madmen, clutter & Vine, first edition, signed by the Author on front free endpaper, illustrations by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, a fine copy, New York, 1976 § barth (John) the sot-weed factor, revised edition, signed presentAtion inscription from the Author to title, t.l.s. And A.l.s. from the Author loosely inserted, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine a little faded else fine, New York, 1967, 8vo (8)

collection of prospectuses,

illustrations, some wood-engraved, a few colour, mostly original wrappers, together in large cloth drop-back box, v.s., v.p., v.d. [1977 onwards] (Qty.) book lists And ephemerAl printing from the press,

£300 - 500

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⁂ An interesting collection of works by beat writers and surrounding figures, many unusual find to signed. the signed copies of ginsberg’s own works all carry his trademark “A.h.” initials (with a particularly large example in the collected poems), a reference to Albert hofmann, the father of lsd. the first and last item are inscribed to linda stevens a highly-respected new york book-editor. £750 - 1,000

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172 Brooke (Rupert) Poems, bookplate to pastedown, 1911; 1914 and other Poems, portrait frontispiece, light browning to endpapers, booksellers label to rear pastedown, 1915, FiRST ediTionS, original cloth, paper labels to spines, Fine CoPieS, preserved in folding chemises and custom slip-cases, 8vo (2) ⁂ SuPeRB

exAMPLeS oF THeSe HiGHLy inFLuenTiAL CoLLeCTionS oF PoeTRy

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174 Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) THe SToRy oF THe MALAkAnd FieLd FoRCe, FiRST ediTion, FiRST STATe without the errata slip preceding the map, frontispiece portrait, 6 maps (2 folding), 32pp. advertisements dater 12/97, occasional scattered spotting, original cloth, spine a little spotted and faded, light soiling to spine ends, some minor marking to covers, still a very good, sharp copy, [Woods A1(a)], 8vo, 1898. £1,000 - 1,500

£500 - 700

173 Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) THe RiVeR WAR, 2 vol., FiRST ediTion, second state with typographical correction to vol.2 p.459, half-titles, 7 photogravure portraits including 2 frontispieces, 24 maps, 20 folding, illustrations, without the advertisements at end of vol.1, light foxing and spotting throughout, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spines a little rubbed and darkened, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, light rubbing to extremities, but an excellent set overall, preserved in slip-case, [Woods A29(a)], London, New York and Bombay, 1899. £1,000 - 1,500

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175 Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) London To LAdySMiTH ViA PReToRiA, 3 folding maps, illustrations, 34pp. advertisements, some occasional spotting, ink stamp to half-title, modern black morocco, original upper cover and spine bound in, London, New York & Bombay, 1900; ian Hamilton’s March, frontispiece and folding map, 34pp. advertisements, occasional spotting, half title browned, original cloth, recased, spine darkened, light fading to covers, 1900; My African Jouney, frontispiece and plates, 3 maps with routes in red, spotting, endpapers browned, original pictorial cloth, rebacked preserving original backstrip, spine ends repaired, light rubbing and soiling, 1908, FiRST ediTionS, [Woods A4, A5, A12]; and a second impression Step by Step, 8vo (4) £400 - 600


176 Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) LoRd RAndoLPH CHuRCHiLL, 2 vol., portrait frontispieces, plates, occasional light foxing, endpapers a little browned, original cloth, some minor bumping, but excellent overall, 1906; My early Life, frontispiece, original cloth, recased, spine ends repaired, spine faded, light marking to covers, 1930; A History of the english Speaking Peoples, 4 vol., illustrations, attractive modern crushed green morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf for Asprey, 1956-58, FiRST ediTionS, [Woods A8, A37, A138]; and a first edition Thoughts and Adventures, 8vo (8) £400 - 600

177 Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer).- Beaton (Cecil) SiR WinSTon CHuRCHiLL AT 10 doWninG STReeT, silver gelatin print, c.205 x 185mm., photographer’s ink stamp and number in pencil on verso, tipped into mount, [c.1940]. £1,500 - 2,000

178 Dahl (Roald) SoMeone Like you, FiRST ediTion, SiGned And dATed noV.11TH 1953 By THe AuTHoR on front free endpaper, original cloth, spine and covers a little browned, dust-jacket, browning to spine and margins of panels, otherwise an excellent copy, 8vo, New York, 1953. ⁂ The author’s first short story collection, a Queen’s Quorum title and the recipient of an edgar award. £1,000 - 1,500

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179 Dexter (Colin) LAST BuS

WoodSToCk, FiRST ediTion, SiGned inSCRiPTion FRoM THe AuTHoR “inTRoduCinG di endeAVouR MoRSe”, bookplate with signed inscription “FiRST CASe FoR oLd MoRSe!” loosely inserted, A.N.s. from the author loosely inserted, usual browning to page margins, light spotting and discolouration to endpapers, original boards, very slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, minor rubbing and chipping to spine ends and corners, but an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1975. To

⁂ A lovely copy of the first in the inspector Morse series with some charming inscriptions by the author.

181 Dexter (Colin) THe SeRViCe oF ALL THe deAd, boards with light fading to spine, 1979; The Secret of Annexe 3, light toning to margins of text, jacket spine with very slight browning, 1986, FiRST ediTionS, BoTH WiTH SiGned inSCRiPTionS FRoM THe AuTHoR “BeST WiSHeS FRoM MoRSe, LeWiS & (oF CouRSe!) CoLin dexTeR” to titles, original boards, dustjackets, neAR-Fine CoPieS, 8vo (2) £300 - 400

in the note enclosed note dexter writes “This is worth a lot of money! no MoRe PRiSTine CoPy exiSTS.” £600 - 800

180 Dexter (Colin) LAST Seen WeARinG, SiGned inSCRiPTion FRoM THe AuTHoR “THiS WAS THe SeCond CASe FoR oLd MoRSe! GReeTinGS FRoM oxFoRd...” , light browning to margins of text, light browning to endpapers, original boards, light sunning to head and foot, dust-jacket, some expert and sympathetic restoration to head and foot, in effect an excellent copy, 1976; The Silent World of nicholas Quinn, SiGned By THe AuTHoR on title, ink ownership inscription to pastedown, original boards, spine ends and little bumped, dust-jacket, light strip of browning to head and foot, excellent otherwise, 1977, FiRST ediTionS, 8vo (2) ⁂ The second and third titles in the inspector Morse series. £600 - 800

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182 Dexter (Colin) THe deAd oF JeRiCHo, jacket a little sunned at spine, 1981; The Riddle of the Third Mile, light browning to margins of text, 1983; The Wench is dead, 1989; The Jewel that was ours, light toning to margins of text, 1991; The Way Through the Woods, very light toning to margins of text, 1992, FiRST ediTionS, ALL SiGned By THe AuTHoR on titles, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent or near-fine copies; and 4 others first editions from the series, all signed, 8vo (9)

£200 - 300


184 Frank (Robert) THe AMeRiCAnS, introduction by Jack kerouac, FiRST ediTion, photographic illustrations throughout, light toning to margins, ink ownership stamp and presentation inscription to front free endpapers, original cloth, minor bumping, fading and fraying to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light browning to spine, a little chipped and creased at head and foot, still a very good copy overall, New York, Grove Press, 1959; and 2 other photo books, oblong 8vo & large 4to (3)

183 Flint (Sir William Russell, 1880-1969) An APRiL Sky, LoCH eARn, SCoTLAnd, watercolour, on wove paper, signed in pen and brown ink lower right, further signed, inscribed and dated verso, 245 x 330 mm. (9 5/8 x 13 in), under glass, minor surface dirt, 1926

⁂ “in The Americans Frank has given us a vision of the united States that is as true or untrue as we care to make it. What is certain is that it changed the face of photography in the documentary mode. it struck a chord with a generation of American photographers who were not fooled by the sanctimony of The Family of Man, and it paves the way for three decades of photographs exploring the personal poetics of lived experiences. Many memorable photobooks have been derived from this mass of material. none has been more memorable, more influential, no more fully realised than Frank’s masterpiece.” Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History, 2004, vol.1, p.247. £800 - 1,200

Provenance: W. B. Simpson, Glasgow (gallery label on reverse)

⁂ Another comparative watercolour also painted en plein air, ‘Misty october, Loch earn’, was sold at Christie’s in 2016 and was inscribed with the date 1947 (presumably [?]1927 and incorrectly transcribed); the two watercolours appear to be have been executed within close succession of one another, and appear as associated documents of the changing seasons and their effects on Loch earn and its environs (see: Christie’s, South kensington, Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Maritime Art, Sporting & Wildlife Art, July 7, 2016, Lot 7, sold for £5,000 incl. prem.). £500 - 700

185 Frank (Anne) THe diARy oF A younG GiRL, FiRST enGLiSH ediTion, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, professional restorations to spine ends and corners, repaired closed tears to foot, in effect an excellent copy, 8vo, 1952. ⁂ Scarce in the jacket, especially in good condition.

£200 - 300

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186 Greene (Graham) RuMouR AT niGHTFALL, light spotting to title, spine slightly faded, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, 1931; The name of Action, some light finger-soiling to margins, abrasion marks and ink stamps to endpapers, spine darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, rubbed, 1930; The Basement Room, some scattered light spotting, first issue green cloth, spine rubbed and faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1935; Brighton Rock, usual light browning to margins, ink ownership inscriptions to half-title, mark to pastedown, rebacked preserving original backstrip, hole punched into lower cover, spine browned, some light marking to covers, 1938, FiRST ediTionS, original cloth; and 2 others by the same in original cloth, 8vo (6)

188 Greene (Graham) iT’S A BATTLeFieLd, FiRST ediTion, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, spine a little mottled, second issue dustjacket priced at 3/6, spine ends and corners a little chipped, upper panel a little creased at foot, some minor fraying to head and foot, light surface soiling to lower panel, rubbing to extremities, still a very good example overall, 8vo, 1934. £400 - 600

£500 - 700

187 Greene (Graham) STAMBouL TRAin, FiRST ediTion, second state with “Quin Savory”, light scattered spotting, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, spine darkened, spine ends and corners chipped, upper panel creased at head and foot with 1” portion of loss to head, closed tears to upper and lower panel with staining from old tape repairs, light surface soiling to lower panel, 8vo, 1932. £500 - 700

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189 Greene (Graham) THe BeAR FeLL FRee, nuMBeR 187 oF 250 CoPieS SiGned By THe AuTHoR, illustrations by Joy Lloyd, pictorial endpapers, original decorative cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, slight discolouration to spine, light creasing to upper panel, a near-fine copy overall, 8vo, 1935. ⁂ SCARCe in SuCH CondiTion. £700 - 900


190 Greene (Graham) THe ConFidenTiAL AGenT, FiRST ediTion, text and endpapers browned, ink stamp and ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, slight shelf lean, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, light marking to covers, dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, restorations to head and foot and along joints and upper foreedge, upper panel browned, rubbed, 8vo, 1939.

192 Greene (Graham) THe THiRd MAn And THe FALLen idoL, light browning to endpapers, jacket price-clipped, spine ends and corners chipped, closed tear and creasing to foot of spine, light creasing to head and foot of panel, rubbed, 1950; The Heart of the Matter, jacket spine faded, spine ends and corners chipped with old tape repairs to verso, rubbed, 1948; Loser Takes All, some scattered spotting to prelims, jacket with minor chipping to spine ends and corners, 1955; Travels With My Aunt, jacket with light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, 1969, FiRST ediTionS, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 5 others by the same, 8vo (9) £350 - 450

⁂ exCePTionALLy SCARCe in THe duST-JACkeT.

£1,500 - 2,000

191 Greene (Graham) THe PoWeR And THe GLoRy, FiRST ediTion, browning to endpapers and half title, original cloth, shelf-lean, covers mottled, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, small portion of loss and closed tear to top corner of upper panel, light browning to lower panel and flaps, red staining to lower panel, light rubbing and some creasing to extremities, 8vo, 1940.

193 Greene (Graham) THe end oF THe AFFAiR, jacket spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light marking to upper and lower panels, 1951; The Quiet American, light spotting and ink ownership inscription to endpapers, jacket spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1955; our Man in Havana, very light browning to text margins, jacket with light toning to spine and lower panel, 1958; The Comedians, jacket spine creased at head, short closed tear to head of lower panel, 1966, FiRST ediTionS, original boards, dust-jackets, very good or excellent copies; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (7) £400 - 600

⁂ SCARCe in THe duST-JACkeT, much of the first edition stock was destroyed when Heinemann’s warehouse was bombed during the war. £1,200 - 1,800

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194 Greene (Graham) THe LiTTLe HoRSe BuS, jacket with light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, short closed tear to head of upper joint and foot of upper panel, 1952; The Little Steamroller, light browning to endpapers, jacket very lightly rubbed at tips of spine and corners, light offsetting onto panels ?from error during printing, 1953, FiRST ediTionS, illustrations by Dorothy Craigie, original pictorial cloth, dust-jackets, near-fine copies, sm.4to (2) £400 - 600

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195 Greene (Graham) THe ReTuRn oF A. J. RAFFLeS, dust-jacket, 1975; The Great Jowett, faded at spine and head of upper cover, 1981; yes and no and For Whom the Bell Chimes, 1983; Why the epigraph, 1989; Getting to know the General, SiGned By THe AuTHoR on title, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine slightly faded, 1984, FiRST ediTionS, all but the last LiMiTed ediTionS SiGned By THe AuTHoR, original cloth, nearfine; and 9 others by the same, 8vo (14) £400 - 600

196 Hemingway (Ernest).- PHoToGRAPH oF HeMinGWAy WiTH A MARLin, silver gelatin print, c.280 x 200mm., a little creased at corners, tipped into mount, [1950s]. £800 - 1,200

197 Isherwood (Christopher) GoodBye To BeRLin, CuT SiGnATuRe oF THe AuTHoR to title, hinges cracked but holding firm, original cloth, spine browned, light marking to covers, dust-jacket, expert and sympathetic restorations to head and foot of spine affecting imprint and title, 1” portion of restoration to foot of upper panel, repaired tears with some accompanying creasing and retouching to head and foot, still in effect a very good copy, 1939; Sally Bowles, original cloth, light rubbing, excellent otherwise, Hogarth Press, 1937; Christopher and His kind, SiGned By THe AuTHoR on title, SiGned By ALeC GuinneSS, VALeRie HoBSon And LAuRie Lee on front free endpaper, Foyles Luncheon book launch table plan signed by Lady Diana Cooper, Hobson, Guinness and Lee loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, light rubbing to head and foot, 1977, FiRST ediTionS, 8vo (3) £1,000 - 1,500

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198 198 Jeram (Anita) CHiCk HATCHinG; GRey RABBiT; BunnieS, A GRouP oF THRee oRiGinAL iLLuSTRATionS FoR ALL ToGeTHeR noW, 1999, watercolours, pen and black ink, traces of graphite, on wove paper, each signed lower right, 360 x 155mm. 360 x 155mm. (14¼ x 6¼ in); 2), 115 x 160mm., (4 ½ x 6 ¼ in); and 100 x 135 (4 x 5¼ in) respectively, under glass, [1999], (3). Provenance: illustration Cupboard, London (each with label to verso) £800 - 1,200

199 Joyce (James) duBLineRS, SeCond PuBLiSHed enGLiSH ediTion, contemporary pencil inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, spine a little darkened, a few minor marks to covers, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent copy, [Slocum & Cahoon A8n & A10n] 8vo, 1917 [but 1918]. ⁂ THe

CoPieS.

SCARCe SeCond

enGLiSH

ediTion, We knoW oF onLy A HAndFuL oF

For the 1914 first edition of dubliners (published only after an almost decade-long wait) Grant Richards decided to print 1,250 sets of sheets, of which around 500 were sent to B. W. Huebsch in the u.S. for the 1916 first American edition. A second American edition was published in 1917 by which time Grant Richards had run out of english sheets. under pressure from Joyce (often a stickler when it came to others honouring contracts), Richards decided to publish just enough copies to satisfy the writer at a bare minimum of expense. This he did by importing sheets of the second America edition and binding them up as english copies. iT iS noT knoWn HoW MAny CoPieS WeRe PRoduCed in THiS FASHion BuT onLy A HAndFuL HAVe CoMe To AuCTion in THe LAST 40 yeARS.

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£600 - 800

200 Kipling (Rudyard) PLAin TALeS FRoM THe HiLLS, FiRST ediTion, FiRST iSSue with p.192 number misplaced and 24pp. advertisements dated December 1887, ownership inscription to half-title, original pictorial cloth, rebacked preserving original backstrip, rubbed and faded with some markings to covers, later endpapers, 8vo, Calcutta, 1888. £250 - 350

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203 Kipling (Rudyard) kim, preserved in folding chemise and slip-case, 1901; Captains Courageous, illustrations, preserved in custom dropback box, 1897, FiRST ediTionS, morocco Blairhame book label to pastedowns, original cloth, ReMARkABLy SHARP, neAR-Fine CoPieS; and 6 others by the same, 8vo (8) 201 Kipling (Rudyard) THe CiTy oF dReAdFuL niGHT And oTHeR PLACeS, FiRST PuBLiSHed ediTion, 13pp. advertisements &c., ink ownership inscription to upper cover, a little rubbed and faded, Allahabad, A.H. Wheeler & Co., 1891; in Black and White, FiRST ediTion, FiRST iSSue with ‘[reprinted in chief from the “Week’s News”]’ on verso of title, 9pp. advertisements &c., light surface soiling, later endpapers, Allahabad, A.H. Wheeler & Co., [1888]; The Phantom ‘Rickshaw & other eerie Tales, FiRST ediTion, issue with the apostrophe and periods to upper cover and “Mayo School of Art Lahore” and “Mufid I Am Press” to foot (the second potentially followed by the word “Lahore”, now erased by hand), 9pp. advertisements, splits to head and foot of upper joint, light toning and creasing to extremities, Allahabad, A.H. Wheeler & Co., [1888], original pictorial wrappers, all neatly and sympathetically rebacked and with some minor restoration to extremities of covers, all in effect excellent or very good copies, preserved in custom chemises and slip-cases, 8vo (3)

£300 - 400

⁂ THRee SCARCe, eARLy WoRkS By THe AuTHoR.

Provenance: Mrs J. insley Blair (morocco “Blairhame” book label to chemises). £400 - 600

204 Kipling (Rudyard) PuCk oF Pook’S HiLL, FiRST ediTion AuToGRAPH LeTTeR SiGned (THRee TiMeS) FRoM THe AuTHoR to pastedown, illustrations, a few additional illustrations pasted in, bookplate to front free endpaper, original cloth, rebacked preserving original backstrip, spine a little faded, a little rubbed, 1906. 202 Kipling (Rudyard) THe SeVen SeAS, FiRST iSSue, original printed wrappers, spine slightly browned, short split to foot of upper joint light creasing to extremities, a few abrasion marks to lower wrapper, New York, 1896; With number Three, Surgical & Medical, and new Poems, unopened, original printed wrappers, light toning to margins, excellent otherwise, Santiago, Hume & Co., 1900; departmental ditties, Barrack Room Ballads & other Verses, original cloth, a sharp, near-fine copy, New York, 1890, FiRST ediTionS; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (6) ⁂ Provenance: Mrs J. insley Blair (morocco “Blairhame” book label to chemises or pastedowns). £300 - 400 80

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£300 - 400


205 Le Carré (John) THe SPy WHo CAMe in FRoM THe CoLd, FiRST ediTion, AuToGRAPH noTe SiGned By THe AuTHoR loosely inserted, modern red crushed morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, fine, 8vo, 1963.

⁂ An attractive copy of Le Carré’s seminal spy novel, currently being adapted for a new series with the BBC. £300 - 400

206 Milne (A.A.) [THe CHRiSToPHeR RoBin BookS], 4 vol., comprising When We Were Very young, second issue with roman numerals on Contents page, inner gutter split but gatherings holding firm, cutting pasted to rear endpaper, ink inscription to front pastedown, light browning to endpapers, 1924; Winnie-the-Pooh, map endpapers (a little browned), original deluxe blue limp calf, gilt, spine rubbed and faded, 1926; now We Are Six, pictorial endpapers, spine slightly darkened, dust-jacket, spine a little darkened, minor sympathetic restorations to spine ends and corners, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, browning to pictorial endpapers, spine faded and with very small stain to upper cover, 1928, FiRST ediTionS, illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, all but the second mentioned in original pictorial cloth, gilt, 8vo. £1,000 - 1,500

207 Rackham (Arthur).- AeSoP’S FABLeS, nuMBeR 630 oF 1,450 CoPieS SiGned By THe ARTiST, 13 tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, plain plates and illustrations, captioned tissue-guards, some light offsetting, endpapers browned, original buckram, gilt, spine browned, upper cover a little spotted and browned at head, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, 1912. £400 - 600

208 Rackham (Arthur).- Malory (Sir Thomas) THe RoMAnCe oF kinG ARTHuR And HiS kniGHTS oF THe Round TABLe, nuMBeR 362 oF 500 CoPieS SiGned By THe ARTiST, 16 tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, plain illustrations, captioned tissue-guards, some light offsetting, browning to endpapers, upper hinge tender, original pictorial vellum, gilt, covers and spine mottled, some spots to upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, 1917. £500 - 700

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209 Rowling (J.K.) HARRy PoTTeR And THe CHAMBeR oF SeCReTS, FiRST ediTion, SiGned PReSenTATion inSCRiPTion FRoM THe AuTHoR to half-title, some very light foxing to first and last few pp., original pictorial boards, spine foot fractionally bumped, dust-jacket, minor creasing to head and foot, an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1998. £2,000 - 3,000

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210 Waugh (Evelyn) LABeLS, FiRST ediTion, plates, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine slightly faded, light sunning to covers, dust-jacket, sympathetic and expert restoration to head and foot, in effect a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1930.

⁂ A lovely copy of Waugh’s first travel book, a work that is difficult to find in good condition. £500 - 700

212 Waugh (Evelyn) SCooP, FiRST ediTion, FiRST iSSue with indistinct ‘8’ in the publication date and ‘as’ in last line of p.88, CARd SiGned By THe AuTHoR loosely inserted, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine slightly faded, first issue dust-jacket with ‘Daily Beast’ masthead, spine slightly faded, expert and sympathetic repairs and restorations to head and foot, lower panel creased at head, retouched at extremities, in effect an excellent copy, 8vo, 1938. ⁂ SCARCe in THe FiRST iSSue duST-JACkeT in Good, PReSenTABLe CondiTion.

Waugh’s classic satire on Fleet Street journalism, born in part out of a trip he made to Abyssinia in 1935 on behalf of the daily Mail. This copy with the scarce first issue dust-jacket, changed after Lord Beaverbrook famously threatened to sue due to the likeness to the daily express masthead. £1,000 - 1,500

211 Waugh (Evelyn) BLACk MiSCHieF, map frontispiece, spotting to foreedge, bookplate to pastedown, slight shelf lean, jacket spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head, rubbing to extremities, spotted, 1932; Scoop, FiRST iSSue with “as” in last line p.88, light browning to endpapers, bookplate to pastedown, original cloth, spine slightly faded, very short split to head of spine, 1938; [The Sword of Honour Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Men at Arms, light browning to endpapers, jacket spine very slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short closed tears and light creasing to head of upper panel, 1952; officers and Gentlemen, light browning and ink ownership inscription to endpapers, jacket spine very slightly browned with chip and short closed tear to head, lower panel spotted, 1955; unconditional Surrender, jacket spine very slightly faded, some light toning to lower panel, 1961, FiRST ediTionS, all but the second with dust-jackets; and 7 others by the same, 8vo (12) £400 - 600

213 Waugh (Evelyn) BRideSHeAd ReViSiTed, FiRST ediTion, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine rubbed with fading to tips, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine and joints strengthened and repaired with laid-down paper repairs to verso, light toning and surface soiling to panels, some light creasing, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1945. £400 - 600

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215 Bewick (Thomas) A GeneRAL HiSToRy oF QuAdRuPedS, FiRST ediTion, wood-engraved illustrations, handsome copy in later red straightgrain morocco, gilt, 8vo, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1790. 214 Babbage (Charles) ReFLeCTionS on THe deCLine oF SCienCe in enGLAnd, FiRST ediTion, PReSenTATion CoPy FRoM THe AuTHoR To JAMeS PAGeT inscribed on front free endpaper, 4pp. list of works at end, light soiling to title, contemporary russia, gilt, worn, spine defective, 8vo, 1830.

⁂ First 8vo edition of Babbage’s polemic on the state of science in england, aimed mainly at the Royal Society. He also criticised the government in its lack of support in developing science and proposed reforms for scientific education. A large paper 4to edition was also issued.

The recipient is probably Sir James Paget (1814-99), surgeon and pathologist. Paget became a student at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London 1834 at the age of 16, and in his first year there he showed his promise by discovering in human muscle the parasitic worm that causes trichinosis (the same year in which Charles Babbage began the conceptual design of his “analytical engine”). He became eligible to practice in 1836 and went on to become a distinguished physiologist and one of the fathers of modern pathology. in 1858 he was appointed surgeon extraordinary to Queen Victoria, and in 1863 surgeon in ordinary to Albert edward, Prince of Wales, being knighted in 1871. Paget certainly knew Babbage and although he presumably met him a few years after this work was published the inscription is undated and could conceivably be almost contemporaneous. Babbage: See also lot 75. £500 - 700

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£300 - 400

216 Geology.- Greenough (George Bellas) A GeoLoGiCAL MAP oF enGLAnd & WALeS, second edition, hand-coloured engraved map on 7 sheets, plus accompanying key, folding in sections and linen-backed, 1950 x 1610mm., together with accompanying Memoir in original printed wrappers (upper cover and title detached), all in original green straight-grain morocco wallet slip-case, 1839-40.

⁂ A fine copy of Greenough’s important map, issued in the same month (november) as the first edition, but with accompanying booklet dated 1840. £2,000 - 3,000

217 Hydropathy.- [Water Cures], a group of four sepia watercolours, heightened with white, over graphite, each c. 250 x 355 mm. (9¾ x 14 in), on thick wove paper, all but one mounted on card and trimmed close, all captioned in ink or pencil on verso, light staining at edges where previously framed, [mid-19th century].

⁂ Hydropathy was a popular treatment for ailments in the nineteenth century and involved showers, sitting in baths and being swathed in wet sheets for many hours at a time. notable patients included Charles darwin, Charles dickens, Lord Tennyson and Florence nightingale. According to the captions the cures depicted here are "Packing", "Sitz Bath", "Lamp Treatment" and "?dressing Sheet". £1,200 - 1,800


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218 Keckermann (Bartholomaus) SySTeMA ASTRonoMiæ CoMPendioSuM, Hanover, Apud Hæredes Guilielmi Antonii, 1611; Systema Geographicum, Hanover, Apud Hæredes Guilielmi Antonii, 1611; Brevis Commentatio nautica, Hanover, Apud Hæredes Guilielmi Antonii, 1611, together 3 parts in 1 vol., woodcut printer’s devices to titles and a colophon leaf, woodcut diagrams, repaired marginal worming at start, occasional soiling or spotting, modern half morocco, 8vo ⁂ First edition of this important work by this Calvinist philosopher and theologian.

220 Safety Razor.- Perret (Jean-Jacques) LA PoGonoToMie, ou l’Art d’apprendre a se raser soi-meme..., FiRST ediTion, 2 folding engraved plates (with light offsetting), approbation/privilege leaf at end, some light spotting or marginal soiling, early nineteenth century marbled boards, uncut and partly unopened, rubbed, 8vo, Paris, Dufour, 1769.

⁂ on shaving, including the first description of the safety razor. Perret (1730-84) developed the razor to enable men to shave themselves rather than by a barber; inspired by a carpenter’s plane it consisted of a wooden guard containing all but the edge of the blade. He also recommended the use of a leather strop to sharpen the blade rather than a stone which produced an uneven finish. £300 - 400

£600 - 800

221 Rawstorne (Lawrence) GAMoniA: oR, THe ART oF PReSeRVinG GAMe, 15 superb hand-coloured plates, lacking errata slip, original cloth covers bound in at end with some offsetting onto final text leaf, modern green morocco, gilt, a.e.g., [Abbey, Life 392], 8vo, 1837.

⁂ The plates are heightened with gum arabic making them particularly fresh and vibrant in this copy. £400 - 600

219 Newton (Sir Isaac) PHiLoSoPHiæ nATuRALiS PRinCiPiA MATHeMATiCA, edited by Henry Pemberton, third edition, half-title, privilege f. (bound at end), advertisement f. at end, numerous woodcut diagrams within text, lacking engraved portrait, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, head of spine chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Babson 13; Wallis 9], 4to, Apud Guil. & Joh. Innys, Regiæ Societatis typographos, 1726.

⁂ The third edition and last to be published during the author’s lifetime. it is the basis of all subsequent editions. it contains a new preface by newton and a substantial number of alterations, “the most important being the scholium on fluxions, in which Leibnitz is mentioned by name” (Babson). £750 - 1,000

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222 Williamson (Capt. Thomas) and Samuel Howitt [oRienTAL FieLd SPoRTS], a group of eight plates only (of 41), including numbers V, xVii-xix, xxi, xxiii-xxiV, and xxix, etching and aquatint, coloured by hand, each sheet c. 365 x 470 mm. (14 3/8 x 18 1/2 in), under glass, minor surface dirt, light spotting, laid down onto support, mount affixed partially over sheets, [Abbey Travel 427], Edward Orme, [1805]-7. £600 - 800


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ART And ARCHiTeCTuRe 223 Beckford (William).- Britton (John) GRAPHiCAL And LiTeRARy iLLuSTRATionS oF FonTHiLL ABBey, half-title, engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title, title vignette and 9 plates (2 hand-coloured), list of subscribers, 4pp. advertisements, MAnuSCRiPT inVoiCe FoR WoRk PeRFoRMed AT THe ABBey loosely inserted, some spotting or foxing, original boards, original printed labels, rebacked in grey cloth, some browning and damp-staining, corners bumped, rubbed, 4to, 1823.

⁂ The invoice is made out to William Beckford and relates to work performed by H.S.Westmacott (likely Henry Westmacott, 17841861, sculptor and brother of Sir Richard Westmacott), listing services such as “Modelling interlacing flowers for groin over door way, Great octagon, £3,3/” and “Carving dormer in Great octagon, £42”, the total for the invoice comes to £208, 5 shillings. £350 - 450

The Property of a Gentleman 224 Campbell (Colen), John Woolfe and James Gandon. ViTRuViuS BRiTAnniCuS, oR THe BRiTiSH ARCHiTeCT..., 5 vol., FiRST ediTionS, engraved calligraphic titles in all but vol.3 (that in red and black), vol.1 with title from vol.2 with volume numbers altered in manuscript and dated 1717, vol.2 with second state title dated 1717, all titles and text of vol.4 & 5 in English and French, engraved dedications in all but vol.2 & 3, list of subscribers in each vol., 491 engraved plates on 386 sheets (without the double-page plate of Umberslade at end of vol.3 but not called for), including 93 double-page and 4 quadruple plates (plates of Wilton in vol.3 as two double-page rather than one quadruple plate), 2 or 3 plates in vol. 5 probably supplied, plate 8485 of vol.1 torn at fold with slight loss (repaired), plates 14-15 of vol.2 torn and repaired affecting one letter of caption, a few other minor tears and repairs to folds, 12 platemarks or borders trimmed, 9 plates cropped with minor loss to image or plate numbers, occasional soiling or staining, modern antique-style half calf, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, light rubbing to joints and corners, preserved in modern cloth drop-back boxes, folio, [Berlin Kat. 2329; Fowler 76; Harris 98,100 & 945; Millard, British 10 & 94], 1717-71. ⁂ Cambell’s monumental work promoting the virtues of neoPalladianism and featuring many of the great houses of england. Provenance: The William A. McCarty-Cooper Collection, Christies new york, 25th January, 1992, lot 11. £8,000 - 12,000

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226 Pain (William) THe CARPenTeR’S And JoineR’S RePoSiToRy, 68 engraved plates, 4pp. advertisements folding at end, contemporary sheep, worn, joints split, folio, 1794.

⁂ The title calls for 69 plates; this copy would appear to lack plate d of the supplemental plates but it was probably never bound into this copy. Provenance: easton neston library with bookplate. £300 - 500

225 225 Mariette II (Pierre, 1634-1716), Publishers. LiVRe de diVeRSeS PAiSAGeS, MiS en LuMieRe PAR PieRRe MARieTTe, GRAVé PAR PeReLLe, title page and 177 plates, from 28 individual suites, by Gabriel Perelle (1603-77), nicolas (b.1631), and Adam (1638-1695), predominantly landscapes but includes a set of the 12 months of the year, a set of six illustrating fountains of Fontainebleau and The Château de Saint-Cloud, four illustrating the seasons, numerous Mediterranean harbour views and maritime scenes, and many others, etchings, on laid paper, various watermarks throughout, probably mid to late 17th century, each leaf c. 185 x 305 mm. (7 1/4 x 12 in), one plate with a large tear into image, otherwise occasional surface dirt, spotting and browning, later marbled boards, oblong 4to, [circa 1650-1700]

⁂ The Bibliotheca Albertina, universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, hold another copy with the same title page (without plate count), and in the ‘Catalogue des livres rares et singuliers du cabinet de feu M. l’Abbé Aubry’, 1785, no. 406 describes another copy that contains 176 prints. nevertheless, it is probable that like the topographical views of France that the Perelle family engraved and published as collections in oblong albums, the present work will not necessarily have another comparative album with exact like-for-like works. [1] [1] see William Roberts, ‘Perelle’s Topographical Albums: Problems and Solutions’, Relations & Relationships in Seventeenth-Century French Literature, Portland State university, 2004, pp. 163-176 £800 - 1,200

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TRAVeL

228 Japan.- [MAP oF Tokyo], folding colour woodcut map, on four conjoined sheets, overall c,720 x 760mm., title and text in Japanese, some light foxing and staining, wear to folds causing a few splits and holes (some repaired), [?Tokyo], [c.1826].

227 India.- Anville (Jean Baptiste Bourgignon d’) A GeoGRAPHiCAL iLLuSTRATion oF THe MAP oF indiA, edited by William Herbert, FiRST enGLiSH ediTion, title in red and black, folding engraved map of the river Indus hand-coloured in outline and large folding engraved map of India, map of Indus with small hole, large map with small tears to folds and heavily soiled in strip across foot with hole (c.1cm2) to tip of Ceylon, some other light soiling, text trimmed, modern morocco, 4to, for the Editor but with slip “Sold by Henry Gregory, mathematical Instrument-maker...” pasted over imprint, 1759.

£800 - 1,200

229 Japan.- [MeiJi PeRiod TRAVeLLeR’S MAP oF JAPAn], folding colour woodcut map, on six conjoined sheets, overall c.710 x 1430mm., title and text in Japanese, some very light soiling and slight wear to folds, original wrappers with printed paper label, a little spotted and rubbed, folding to 4to, [late 1860s].

⁂ including a table with distances of towns from Tokyo and the services available to travellers, but not showing Hokkaido. The use of lines of latitude and longitude, a Western concept, suggest the map was made following the establishment of relations with the united States in the mid-1850s, while the depiction of Japan as a whole country is unlikely to have been created until after the Meiji Revolution in 1868 when the country was unified under the rule of the emperor Meiji.

⁂ Rare; we have been unable to find any auction record. eSTC lists uk copies only in the British Library and Royal Geographical Society Library, and 2 in America; CoPAC lists 4 uk locations (BL, Cambridge, Manchester university and national Library of Scotland. £400 - 600

£1,000 - 1,500

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230 West Indies.- Hughes (Rev. Griffith) THe nATuRAL HiSToRy oF BARBAdoS, FiRST ediTion, list of subscribers, double-page engraved map by Thomas Jefferys, 30 engraved plates by Bickham and Ehret, mostly after Ehret, engraved head-pieces, woodcut decorations, with 4pp. Addenda at end, lacking final errata f. but with the pasted errata slip to a2 verso, rear free endpaper detached, occasional light foxing or browning, hinges split but holding firm, contemporary boards, spine rather worn, rubbing, wear to extremities, [Great Flower Books p.104; Nissen BBI 950; Sabin 33582], folio, for the Author, 1750. £1,000 - 1,500

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TERMS OF SALE

Both the sale of goods at our auctions and your relationship with us are governed by the Terms of Consignment (primarily applicable to sellers) the Terms of Sale (primarily applicable to bidders and buyers) and any notices displayed in the saleroom or announced by us at the auction (collectively, the “Conditions of Business”). The Terms of Consignment and Terms of Sale are available at our saleroom on request. You must read these Terms of Sale carefully. Please note that if you register to bid and/or bid at auction this signifies that you agree to and will comply with these Terms of Sale. If registering to buy over a Live Online Bidding Platform, including our own BidFORUM platform, you will be asked prior to every auction to confirm your agreement to these terms before you are able to place a bid.

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To make these Terms of Sale easier to read, we have given the following words a specific meaning:

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“Bidder” means a person participating in bidding at the auction;

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“Auctioneer” means Forum Auctions Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales with registration number 10048705 and whose registered office is located at 8 The Chase, London SW4 0NH or its authorised auctioneer, as appropriate; “Bidding Platform” means the bidding platform on which an auction isheld operated by the Auctioneer, or by a third party service provider on the Auctioneer’s behalf; “Buyer” means the person who makes the highest bid for a Lot accepted by the Auctioneer; “Deliberate Forgery” means: (a) (c)

an imitation made with the intention of deceiving as to authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source;(b) which is described in the catalogue as being the work of a particular creator without qualification; and which at the date of the auction had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been as described;

“Exclusively Online Auction” means only an auction held exclusively over the Website or Bidding Platform and where we have not made the Goods available for viewing or inspection. NB this does not apply for any auctions, howsoever held, where we have made the Goods available for inspection; “Hammer Price” means the level of the highest bid accepted by the Auctioneer for a Lot by the fall of the hammer; “Lot(s)” means the goods that we offer for sale at our auctions;

“Premium” means the fee that we will charge you on yourpurchase of a Lot to be calculated as set out in Clause 3; “Premium Inclusive Auction” means the hammer price is the price the buyer pays;

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“Reserve” means the minimum hammer price at which a Lot may be sold; “Sale Proceeds” means the net amount due to the Seller;

“Seller” means the persons who consign Lots for sale at our auctions;

“Terms of Consignment” means the terms on which we agree to offer Lots for sale in our auctions as agent on behalf of Sellers; “Terms of Sale” means these terms of sale, as amended or updated from time to time;

“Total Amount Due” means the Hammer Price for a Lot, the Premium, any applicable artist’s resale right royalty, any VAT or import duties due and any additional charges payable by a defaulting buyer under these Terms of Sale; “Trader” means a Seller who is acting for purposes relating to that Seller’s trade, business, craft or profession, whether acting personally or through another person acting in the trader’s name or on the trader’s behalf;

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“VAT” means Value Added Tax or any equivalent sales tax; and

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In these Terms of Sale, the words ‘you’, ‘yours’, etc. refer to you as the Buyer. The words “we”, “us”, etc. refer to the Auctioneer. Any reference to a ‘Clause’ is to a clause of these Terms of Sale unless stated otherwise.

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Information that we are required to give to Consumers

A description of the main characteristics of each Lot as contained in the auction catalogue.

Our name, address and contact details as set out herein, in our auction catalogues and/or on our Website.

The price of the Goods and arrangements for payment as described in Clauses 6 and 8.

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The arrangements for collection of the Goods as set out in Clauses 7 and 8.

If you have any complaints, please send them to us directly at the address set out on our Website.

We strongly recommend that you either attend the auction in person or inspect the Lots prior to bidding at the auction. You are responsible for your decision to bid for a particular Lot. If you bid on a Lot, including by telephone and online bidding, or by placing a commission bid, we assume that you have carefully inspected the Lot and satisfied yourself regarding its condition.

If you instruct us in writing, we may execute commission bids on your behalf. Neither we nor our employees or agents will be responsible for any failure to execute your commission bid. Where two or more commission bids at the same level are recorded we have the right, at our sole discretion, to prefer one over others.

The Bidder placing the highest bid accepted by the Auctioneer for a Lot will be the Buyer at the Hammer Price. Any dispute about a bid will be settled at our sole discretion. We may reoffer the Lot during the auction or may settle any dispute in another way. We will act reasonably when deciding how to settle the dispute.

Bidders will be deemed to act as principals, even if the Bidder is acting as an agent for a third party.

We may bid on Lots on behalf of the Seller up to one bidding increment (as set at our sole discretion) below the Reserve. We may at our sole discretion refuse to accept any bid.

Bidding increments will be set at our sole discretion.

Our Terms of Sale shall remain in force for any purchases made within 48 hours following an auction. The purchase price

As Buyer, you will pay: the Hammer Price;

a premium of 25% of the Hammer Price up to a Hammer Price of £100,000 plus 20% of the Hammer Price from £100,001 to £1,000,000 plus 12% of the Hammer Price exceeding £1,000,000; any VAT, Import VAT or other duties applicable to the Lot;

any artist’s resale right royalty payable on the sale of the Lot; and for Premium Inclusive Auctions there will be no additional fee VAT and other duties

You shall be liable for the payment of any VAT and other duties applicable on the Hammer Price and premium due for a Lot. Please see the symbols used in the auction catalogue for that Lot and the “Information for Buyers” in our auction catalogue for further information.

We will charge VAT and other duties at the current rate at the date of the auction. The contract between you and the Seller

The contract for the purchase of the Lot between you and the Seller will be formed when the hammer falls accepting the highest bid for the Lot at the auction.

You may directly enforce any terms in the Terms of Consignment against a Seller to the extent that you suffer damages and/or loss as a result of the Seller’s breach of the Terms of Consignment.

If you breach these Terms of Sale, you may be responsible for damages and/or losses suffered by a Seller or us. If we are contacted by a Seller who wishes to bring a claim against you, we may at our discretion provide the Seller with information or assistance in relation to that claim.

We normally act as an agent only and will not have any responsibility for default by you or the Seller (unless we are the Seller of the Lot). For Exclusively Online Auction only, Clauses 16 and 17 may apply Payment

Following your successful bid on a Lot you will:

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Your right to return a Lot and receive a refund if the Lot is a Deliberate Forgery as set out in Clause 12. We and Trader Sellers have a legal duty to supply any Lots to you in accordance with these Terms of Sale.

Bidding procedures and the Buyer

You must register your details with us before bidding and provide us with any requested proof of identity and billing information, in a form acceptable to us.

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immediately give to us, if not already provided to our satisfaction, proof of identity in a form acceptable to us (and any other information that we require in order to comply with our anti-money laundering obligations); and

pay to us within 3 working days the Total Amount Due in any way that we agree to accept payment or in cash (for which there is an aggregate upper limit of 15,000 euros for all purchases made in any auction).

If you owe us any money, we may use any payment made by you to repay prior debts before applying such monies towards your purchase of the Lot(s).

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Title and collection of purchases

Once you have paid us in full the Total Amount Due for any Lot, ownership of that Lot will transfer to you. You may not claim or collect a Lot until you have paid for it.

You will (at your own expense) collect any Lots that you have purchased and paid for not later than 10 business days following the day of the auction; or

If you do not collect the Lot within this time period, you will be responsible for removal, storage and insurance charges in relation to that Lot which will be no less than £1.50 per Lot per day.

Risk of loss or damage to the Lot will pass to you at the fall of the Hammer or when you have otherwise purchased the Lot.

If you do not collect the Lot that you have paid for within forty-five days after the auction, we may sell the Lot. We will pay the proceeds of any such sale to you, but will deduct any storage charges or other sums that we have incurred in the storage and sale of the Lot. We reserve the right to charge you a selling commission at our standard rates on any such resale of the Lot. Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases

Please do not bid on a Lot if you do not intend to buy it. If your bid is successful, these Terms of Sale will apply to you. This means that you will have to carry out your obligations set out in these Terms of Sale. If you do not comply with these Terms of Sale, we may (acting on behalf of the Seller and ourselves) pursue one or more of the following measures: 8.1.1 8.1.2 8.1.3

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take action against you for damages for breach of contract;

reverse the sale of the Lot to you and/or any other Lots sold by us to you; resell the Lot by auction or private treaty (in which case you will have to pay any difference between the Total Amount Due for the Lot and the price we sell it for as well as the charges outlined in Clause 7 and 8.1.5). Please note that if we sell the Lot for a higher amount than your winning bid, the extra money will belong to the Seller;

10.5 Save as expressly set out above, all other warranties, conditions or other terms which might have effect between the Seller and you, or us and you, or be implied or incorporated by statue, common law or otherwise are excluded. 11.

if you do not pay us within 10 business days of your successful bid, we may charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the Total Amount Due;

keep that Lot or any other Lot sold to you until you pay the Total Amount Due;

reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or impose conditions before we accept bids from you; and/or if we sell any Lots for you, use the money made on these Lots to repay any amount you owe us.

We will act reasonably when exercising our rights under Clause 8.1. We will contact you before exercising these rights and try to work with you to correct any non- compliance by you with these Terms of Sale. Health and safety

Although we take reasonable precautions regarding health and safety, you are on our premises at your own risk. Please note the lay-out of the premises and security arrangements. Neither we nor our employees or agents are responsible for the safety of you or your property when you visit our premises, unless you suffer any injury to your person or damage to your property as a result of our, our employees’ or our agents’ negligence. Warranties

10.1.1 the Seller is the true owner of the Lot for sale or is authorised by the true owner to offer and sell the lot at auction;

10.1.2 the Seller is able to transfer good and marketable title to the Lot, subject to any restrictions set out in the Lot description, to you free from any third party rights or claims; and

10.1.3 as far as the Seller is aware, the main characteristics of the Lot set out in the auction catalogue (as amended by any notice displayed in the saleroom or announced by the Auctioneer at the auction) are correct. For the avoidance of doubt, you are solely responsible for satisfying yourself as to the condition of the Lot in all respects.

10.2 If, after you have placed a successful bid and paid for a Lot, any of the warranties above are found not to be true, please notify us in writing. Neither we nor the Seller will be liable, under any circumstances, to pay you any sums over and above the Total Amount Due and we will not be responsible for any inaccuracies in the information provided by the Seller except as set out below.

10.3 Please note that many of the Lots that you may bid on at our auction are second- hand.

Descriptions and condition

11.1 Our descriptions of the Lot will be based on: (a) information provided to us by the Seller of the Lot (for which we are not liable); and (b) our opinion (although we do not warrant that we have carried out a detailed inspection of each Lot). 11.2 We will give you a number of opportunities to view and inspect the Lots before the auction. You (and any consultants acting on your behalf) must satisfy yourself about the accuracy of any description of a Lot. We shall not be responsible for any failure by you or your consultants to properly inspect a Lot.

11.3 Representations or statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition or estimated selling price involve matters of opinion. We undertake that any such opinion will be honestly and reasonably held, subject always to the limitations in 10.1, and accept liability for opinions given negligently or fraudulently. 11.4 Please note that Lots (in particular second-hand Lots) are unlikely to be in perfect condition.

11.4.1 Lots are sold “as is” (i.e. as you see them at the time of the auction). Neither we nor the Seller accept any liability for the condition of second-hand Lots or for any condition issues affecting a Lot if such issues are included in the description of a Lot in the auction catalogue (or in any saleroom notice) and/ or which the inspection of a Lot by the Buyer ought to have revealed.

remove, store and insure the Lot at your expense;

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10.4 If in an Exclusively Online Auction a Lot is not second-hand and you purchase the Lot as a Consumer from a Seller that is a Trader, a number of additional terms may be implied by law in addition to the Seller’s warranties set out at Clause 10.1 (in particular under the Consumer Rights Act 2015). These Terms of Sale do not seek to exclude your rights under law as they relate to the sale of these Lots.

13.4.2 In the case of Exclusively Online Auctions the provisions of Clauses 16 and 17 may apply 12.

Deliberate Forgeries

12.1 You may return any Lot which is found to be a Deliberate Forgery to us within twelve months of the auction provided that you return the Lot to us in the same condition as when it was released to you, accompanied by a written statement identifying the Lot from the relevant catalogue description and a written statement of defects prepared by an accredited expert.

12.2 If we are reasonably satisfied that the Lot is a Deliberate Forgery, we will refund the money paid by you for the Lot (including any Premium and applicable VAT) provided that if: 12.2.1 the catalogue description reflected the accepted view of experts as at the date of the auction; or

12.2.2 you personally are not able to transfer good and marketable title in the Lot to us, you will have no right to a refund under this Clause 12.2.

12.3 If you have sold the Lot to another person, we will only be liable to refund the Total Amount Due for the Lot. We will not be responsible for repaying any additional money you may have made from selling the Lot or any other costs you have incurred in relation to the Lot save for those Lots purchased in exclusively online auctions from a Trader.

12.4 Your right to return a Lot that is a Deliberate Forgery does not affect your legal rights and is in addition to any other right or remedy provided by law or by these Terms of Sale. 13.

Our liability to you

13.1 We will not be liable for any loss of opportunity or disappointment suffered as a result of participating in our auction.

13.2 In addition to the above, neither we nor the Seller shall be responsible to you and you shall not be responsible to the Seller or us for any other loss or damage that any of us suffer that is not a foreseeable result of any of us not complying with the Conditions of Business. Loss or damage is foreseeable if it is obvious that it will happen or if at the time of the sale of the Lot, all of we, you and the Seller knew it might happen. 13.3 Subject to Clause 13.4, if we are found to be liable to you for any reason (including, amongst others, if we are found to be negligent, in breach of contract or to have made a misrepresentation), our liability will be limited to the Total Amount Due as paid by you to us for any Lot.

13.4 Notwithstanding the above, nothing in these Terms of Sale shall limit our liability (or that of our employees or agents) for:


13.4.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence (as defined in the unfair Contract Terms Act 1977);

13.4.2 fraudulent misrepresentation; or

13.4.3 any liability which cannot be excluded by law. 14.

Notices

14.1 All notices between you and us regarding these Terms of Sale must be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the party giving it. 14.2 Any notice referred in these Terms of Sale may be given: 14.2.1 by delivering it by hand;

14.2.2 by first class pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery; or

14.2.3 by email, provided that a copy is also sent by pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery.

14.3 Notices must be sent as follows:

14.3.1 by hand or registered post:

b. to us, at our address set out in these Terms of Sale or at our registered office address appearing on our Website; and

a. to you, at the last postal address that you have given to us as your contact address in writing; or

14.3.2 by email:

a. to us, at the following email addresses: info@forumauctions.co.uk and office@forumauctions.co.uk

16.6 Details of this statutory right, and an explanation of how to exercise it, are also provided in the Order Confirmation. This provision does not affect your statutory rights. 16.7 The cancellation right described in this Clause is in addition to any other right that you might have to reject a Lot, for instance because it is a Deliberate Forgery as set out in Clause 12. 17.

17.1 Where you have validly returned a Lot to us under your right of cancellation described in Clause 16, we will refund the full amount paid by you for the Lot.

17.2 Please note that we are permitted by law to reduce your refund to reflect any reduction in the value of the Lot, if this has been caused by your handling of the Lot in a way contrary to the conditions specified in these terms or which would not be permitted during a pre-sale exhibition held prior to an auction. If we refund you the price paid before we are able to inspect the Lot and later discover you have handled the Lot in an unacceptable way, you must pay us an appropriate amount. 17.3 You will be responsible for returning the Lot to us at your own cost. 17.4 We will process any refund due to you within the deadlines below:

17.4.1 if you have collected the Lot but have not returned it to us: fourteen days after the day on which we receive the Lot back from you or, if earlier, the day on which you provide us with evidence that you have sent the Lot back to us; or

b. to you, by sending the notice to any email address that you have given to us as your contact email address.

14.4 Notices will be deemed to have been received:

14.4.1 if delivered by hand, on the day of delivery;

14.4.2 if sent by first class pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery, two business days after posting, exclusive of the day of posting; or

14.4.3 if sent by email, at the time of transmission unless sent after 17.00 in the place of receipt in which case they will be deemed to have been received on the next business day in the place of receipt (provided that a copy has also been sent by pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery).

Exercising the right to cancel following an Exclusively Online Auction only

17.4.2 if you have not collected the Lot or you have already returned the Lot to us: fourteen days after you inform us of your decision to cancel the Contract.

17.5 We will refund you using the same means of payment that you used for the transaction.

17.6 Legal ownership of a Lot will immediately revert to the Seller if we refund any such payment to you.

17.7 For further information on how to return Lots to us, please get in touch with us using the contact details provided on our Website.

14.5 Any notice or communication given under these Terms of Sale will not be validly given if sent by fax, email (unless also delivered Recorded Delivery), any form of messaging via social media or text message.

18.

15.

18.2 We act as an agent for our Sellers. The rights we have to claim against you for breach of these Terms of Sale may be used by either us, our employees or agents, or the Seller, its employees or agents, as appropriate. Other than as set out in this Clause, these Terms of Sale are between you and us and no other person will have any rights to enforce any of these Terms of Sale.

16.

Data Protection

We will hold and process any personal data in relation to you in accordance with the principles underlying the Data Protection Act. Our registration number with the Information Commissioner is ZA178875. Conditional Right to cancel following an Exclusively Online Auction only

16.1 If you are contracting as a Consumer and the Seller of a Lot is a Trader, you will have a statutory right to cancel your purchase of that Lot if you change your mind for any reason. The provisions below set out your legal right to cancel. Further advice about your legal right to cancel your purchase is available from your local Citizens Advice Bureau or Trading Standards office.

16.2 You may cancel your purchase at any time from the date of the Order Confirmation up to the end of the fourteenth day after the day of collection of the Lot by you or the person specified by you for collection (e.g. if you receive an Order Confirmation on 1 January and you collect a Lot on 10 January, you may cancel at any time between 1 January and the end of the day on 24 January).

16.3 To cancel your purchase, you must inform us of your intention to cancel it. The easiest way to do so is to complete the model cancellation form attached to your Order Confirmation. If you use this method, we will email you to confirm that we have received your cancellation. Alternatively, you can email us at office@forumauctions.co.uk. If you send us your cancellation notice by email or by post, then your cancellation is effective from the date you send us the email or post the letter to us.

16.4 If you exercise your right to cancel your purchase, you will receive a refund of the Total Amount Due paid for the Lot in accordance with Clause 17. When exercising the cancellation right, you must return the Lots to us immediately at your own cost (as set out below).

16.5 Following purchasing of Lots, you are entitled to a reasonable opportunity to inspect the Lots (which will include removing them from their packaging and inspecting them). At all times, you must take reasonable care of the Lots and must not let them out of your possession. If you are in breach of your obligations to take reasonable care of the Lots in this Clause 16.5, we will have a claim against you and may deduct from the refund costs incurred by us as a result of the breach.

General

18.1 We may at our sole discretion, though acting reasonably, refuse admission to our premises or attendance at our auctions by any person.

18.3 We may use special terms in the catalogue descriptions of particular Lots. You must read these terms carefully along with any glossary provided in our auction catalogues.

18.4 Each of the clauses of these Terms of Sale operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining clauses will remain in full force and effect.

18.5 We may change these Terms of Sale from time to time, without notice to you. Please read these Terms of Sale for every sale in which you intend to bid carefully, as they may be different from the last time you read them. 18.6 Except as otherwise stated in these Terms of Sale, each of our rights and remedies are: (a) are in addition to and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies under these Terms of Sale or general law; and (b) may be waived only in writing and specifically. Delay in exercising or non-exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale is not a waiver of that or any other right. Partial exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale will not preclude any further or other exercise of that right or any other right under these Terms of Sale. Waiver of a breach of any term of these Terms of Sale will not operate as a waiver of breach of any other term or any subsequent breach of that term.

18.7 These Terms of Sale and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them (including any non-contractual claims or disputes) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

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ABSENTEE/PHONE BID FORM AuCTION NO. 14 DATE:

Please note you can submit bids securely through our website at forumauctions.co.uk Mr/Mrs/Ms (please circle) Forename

PRIVATE BuYER

DEALER

Company

Surname VAT No.

Address

County/State

Post Code/Zip

Country

Tel.

Mobile/Cell

Fax.

Email

Notice to new bidders: Please attach a copy of identification - Passport/Driving Licence and proof of address in the form of a utility bill or bank statement issued within the last six months. Failure to comply may result in your bids not being processed.

IDENTITY DOCuMENT (PLEASE ATTACH COPY): PASSPORT

DRIVER’S LICENSE

For companies: please attach a copy of legal representative Lot No.

Description

OTHER

Bid £

(specify)

Phone Bid

I authorise Forum Auctions to bid on my behalf up to the maximum price indicated plus the buyer’s premium plus VAT.

To allow time for the processing of bids, they should be received at least 24 hours prior to the sale. If you have not received confirmation by email within one working day please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk. I authorise Forum Auctions to bid on the above listed lot(s) on my behalf. I understand that by submitting these bids I have entered into a bidding contract to purchase the individual lots if my bids are successful. I understand that I will be obliged to pay the purchase price, including the Buyer’s Premium and all applicable taxes and charges, and I will comply with the Terms of Sale listed in printed catalogues and Forum Auctions’ website.

SiGnATuRe

dATe

Shipping and export: In the event that an item requires an export license we would be pleased to assist you with the application. We can help you arrange packing and shipping of your purchased lots or you can use your own carrier. For more information, please contact shipping@forumauctions.co.uk.

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