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AD. 1807 (1222AH). An exceptional illuminated Qur'an, Kashmir, North India, dated 1222AH (1807)Arabic manuscript on paper, xxff. plus one flyleaf, each folio with 14ll. of black naskh script, the pre-text bifolio with gold circles to the folio, each containing pre-recitation prayers within scrolling flowerheads, the left hand circle dated 1222AH (1807), subsequent folio with library stamp dated 1223, the opening, the final, and six further bifolios at chapter headings with elaborate gold and polychrome illumination in eight-pointed stars enveloping the text, the rest within floral scrolling borders and horizontal gold bands, red vocalisation marks, black diacritic marks, gold circular verse markers, the word Allah in red, catchwords, marginal notes in Persian nasta’liq script, other marginal marks in gold and polychromes, red edges, in Kashmiri lacquer binding, the exteriors with a profusion of flowers and foliage, the interiors each with a flowering tree in the ‘mille fleurs’ style against oxblood ground, the folio 18.7cm x 11.7cm, the text panel 12.5cm x 7.2cm.

A manuscript written by Salah al-Din Khalil bin Aibak al-Safadi, who died in the year 764AH, detailing the poem by Lamia Al-Ajam, composed by the writer A-Hussein bin Ali Salem b (Al-Tughra'i.)Size: 260mm x 190mm; Weight: 1.1kgProvenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Ca. 18th century AD . An Arabic manuscript on paper, xxff., each folio with 14ll. of black thuluth script, plus five flyleaves, the opening bifolio with fine and elaborate gold and polychrome illumination, the subsequent folio heading with gold and polychrome illumination, the text within cloud bands reserved against gold, in gold and black rules, chapter headings, vocalisation and marginal marks in red, catchwords, in gold and black rules, blue and gold stellar marginal markers, library stamp marked 1011, blue ink marginal note dated 1298AH (1881), in more recent maroon blind-tooled binding, the folio 21.5m x 12cm., the text panel 16.5cm x 8.5cm. Size: 220mm x 130mm; Weight: 1.03kg Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Ca. Late 15th century AD . A manuscript - sura al a'araf. Arabic manuscript on paper, 24ff., each folio with 9ll. of black thuluth script, chapter heading in gold, catchwords, black diacritic marks, red vocalisation marks, gold rosette verse markers, fine gold interlinear rules, laid on later wove paper, within green, red, blue, gold, and black rules, in plain margins, green endpapers, in later dark brown calf binding, each folio 45cm x 31cm, the text panel 29 cm x 19.5cm. Size: 450mm x 310mm; Weight: 1.01kg Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

TWO PERSIAN FRAMED ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT PAINTINGS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY. In gouache and gilding on paper. One depicting a man seated on a mule wearing a large plumed turban, in mountainous landscape, the blue ground painted with birds, a waterfall and trees, the other with a lady seated beside a tree, a gentleman approaching, on a gilt ground, the remaining background with a waterfall and trees, 32.5cm x 21.5cm (2) Overall in good order. the example with the man riding a mule has some brown discolouration overall. There is some very slight wear and surface scratching to each. One with some losses to frame, some wear to frame overall.

Illuminated manuscript Pater Noster [Lord's Prayer] in Latin on vellum, Baroque, decorated with floral scrolls and classical motifs including a warrior's head within a laurel wreath, possibly Italian, 18th century, slight splitting/wear at top edge, otherwise very well-preserved, set within the covers of a later gilt-embossed calf portfolio lined with embroidered silk and block-printed paper, possibly for housing folio manuscripts or music, 46.5cm x 38.5cm

PARANORMAL & SUPERNATURAL. A 239-year-old manuscript account of a "visitation" from a ghost at Seighford Hall, Staffordshire, in the early hours of Tuesday 29 March 1785, together with an accompanying witness statement, and correspondence concerning the apparition, addressed to Rev. Townson of Malpas, Cheshire. "Mr. [Francis] Eld junior of Seighford [Hall] having walked from Newport (in Shropshire) found himself fatigued, and in such a case is not apt to sleep. His wife being lately brought to bed, he lay in a room by himself, with a fire in it. Within this room was a Smaller [presumably a type of cot], in which lay a little daughter of his, whom in the night he heard crying. He called and spoke to her, and the child became pacified. Presently after he felt as it were a puff of air pass across his face, saw a sort of cloud or vapour, and heard a voice out of it, 'My child, be not grieved, I am dead, but happy.' This he knew to be the voice of his mother [Catherine Elde], and was a good deal terrified. While he was reflecting on the incident, he heard his little girl cry again, and supposed she might have been disturbed by the appearance which he had seen. He sat up in bed, and spoke to her again, but perceived that she had not seen or heard anything of the sort. While in this posture he once more saw the cloud in the form of a little woman with a resemblance of his mother, and heard the same words repeated to him." Being able to "bear it no longer", Mr. Eld visits his wife's apartment and relates the story to her, but she is "so terrified" that he stops and leaves the room. At this point, Mr. Eld is unaware that his mother has died [she is residing at Pit Place in Surrey with her husband John Elde of Dorking, a notable benefactor of Stafford General Infirmary whose portrait was painted by Thomas Gainsborough]. He spends the remainder of the night walking in the garden & pleasure grounds that his mother used to enjoy while living at Seighford, and spends time in her old bedchamber, but he sees no further apparitions. The following morning, fearing bad news, Mr. Eld orders his servant to accompany him to the Post Office in Stafford where he picks up a letter written by his father's housekeeper at Pit Place, dated Saturday 26 March, in which he learns that his mother is "tolerably well, & had eaten remarkably hearty of a Hare which had been sent to her from Seighford by her son". The letter briefly suppresses his anxiety until he realises that it was composed two days before the haunting. While returning to Seighford, he repeatedly tells his servant that he is "sure" he will "hear some bad news about his mother soon". The following Friday [1 April], Mr. Eld returns anxiously to Stafford and receives a letter informing him that his mother died on the preceding Monday night or Tuesday morning [i.e. 28/29 March], coinciding perfectly with the time of his vision. This realisation causes him to "faint away" in shock. "He [Mr. Eld] attended the Body day & night from the 7th to the 9th when her remains were deposited in their family vault at Seighford. Upon his relating this story to his father [John Elde of Dorking] who attended the funeral, 'His father seemed to be turned into jelly.'" The three manuscripts comprise: a letter from Thomas Whitby of Creswell to Rev. Townson of Malpas, 13 December 1785, seeking Townson's "sentiments on this very uncommon event"; a 2pp. handwritten account of Mr. Eld's experiences with questions in pencil from Rev. Townson in the margins; and a 4pp. handwritten account from Mr. Eld's servant, taken down by Thomas Whitby. In the first letter, Whitby assures Townson of the reliability of the servant, "the man is not a common menial servant but one who rents a small farm in the neighbourhood, & is employed by Mr. Eld to take care of his Woods & Game, & when he comes to Seighford for the Hunting Season this man attends him in his sports, the man is more sensible & intelligent than persons of his situation usually are, vis Bold & Resolute, & so that I think one may venture to depend upon the accuracy of his Relation." While recording his account, Whitby says the servant "had not either then or now any doubt of the truth of what his Master related". Together with an archive of Whitby family papers (in which we discovered the above), 1610-1830. The documents concern Thomas Whitby (junior & senior), John Whitby, and Edward Whitby, and include deeds, indentures, receipts, and invoices relating to Haywood, Shugborough, Colwich, Seighford, and Creswell. The archive includes a document from Granville Earl Gower appointing Thomas Whitby as Deputy Lieutenant of Stafford, signed & sealed by Gower, 1769; numerous receipts for Customary Payments from the Rectory of Creswell, most signed by Edward Whitby (Rector), 1760-1830; numerous canonical documents, including the Bishop of Lichfield ordaining Edward Whitby of Trinity College into the Holy Order of Priesthood, 1780, plus another for the Holy Order of Deacons, 1799; manuscript accounts for Thomas Whitby senior in 5pp., 1610-1613; numerous invoices & receipts for building work; several 17th-century vellum indentures relating to John Crompton and the Church of Creswell; an indenture between John Horne & Elizabeth Crompton, Burton-on-Trent, 1686; an indenture between members of the Nicolls family of Oxford, Liverpool, London and Stafford, 1772, bearing six signatures & wax seals; Translation of Grant in the Manor of Haywood & Shugborough, William Whitmore & Jonas Verdon, 1616; a 20pp. manuscript by Madame Dupré, "Hints given previous to a departure for Paris,1819", giving advice on dining, travelling by coach and sending mail

LARKIN, Philip. The Whitsun Weddings, first edition, first printing, hardcover with unclipped dust-jacket (priced 12s, 6d), internally well-preserved, clean & bright, owner inscription on ffep, "Mary Hodgson, St. Hilda's College, Oxford, March 1964", a few incredibly faint spots to endleaves, binding tight & square, jacket good with some general toning & light surface scuffs, slight loss at top of spine, overall very good, London: Faber & Faber, 1964. Together with The Less Deceived, first edition, second issue [with "sea" showing correctly on p.38], again inscribed by Mary Hodgson, September 1956, and with her manuscript copies of An Arundel Tomb and Self's the Man on rear blanks (which she records as being copied from The Observer on 22 March 1959), also a tipped-in copy of The Whitsun Weddings on rear free endpapers (extracted from Encounter, June 1959), plain card in publisher's captioned wrappers, Hessle: The Marvell Press, 1955; Poetry, Vol. 102, No. 5, August 1963, featuring the first publication of Eavesdropper by Sylvia Plath (Fever 103° and Purdah also featured); New Poetry 1964, featuring Daddy by Sylvia Plath [pre-dating its publication in Ariel]; The Critical Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 2, Summer 1964, featuring Dice by Ted Hughes (5)

"SALLUST" (86-35BCE). De L. Sergii Catilinæ coniuratione, ac bello Iugurthino historiæ, Lyon, 1545, 8vo, woodcut printer's devices and initials (some mainly marginal spotting, staining and browning). Contemporary vellum."SALLUST" [i.e. Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86-35 BCE)].  De L. Sergii Catilinæ coniuratione, ac bello Iugurthino historiæ, nunc denuo, adhibitis aliquot uenerandæ uetustatis exemplaribus, iisq; manuscriptis, quanta fieri potuit cura emendatæ. Cum aliis quibusdam, quæ sequens indicabit pagella. Lyon: "Apud Seb. Gryphium," 1545. 8vo (162 x 110mm). Woodcut printer's device on title and on the verso of the final leaf, initials (some mainly marginal spotting, staining and browning, a few darker spots and stains). Contemporary vellum, title in old manuscript on the spine (inner hinges split, some erosion to the head of the spine and one corner). Provenance: [?]"L' Etendier" (two old signatures on title). Brunet IV, 183 (citing Lyon "Gryphium" editions of 1529, 1536, "etc").

MANWOOD, John (d.1610). A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest ... The Third Edition, London, 1665, 8vo, printed in black letter (mainly marginal spotting, staining and browning), contemporary calf (rebacked, rubbed). With 2 defective books. (3)MANWOOD, John (d.1610).  A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest, Wherein is declaered not onely those Laws, as they are now in force, but also the Original and beginning of Forests; and what a Forest is in its own proper nature, and wherein the same doth differ from a Chase, a Park, or a Warren ... Also a Treatise of the Pourallee, declaring what a Pourallee is, how the same first began, what a Pourallee-man may do, how he may hunt and use his own Pourallee, how far he may pursue and follow after his own Chase; together with the limits and bounds, as well of the Forest, as the Pourallee ... The Third Edition Corrected, and much Inlarged. London: "Printed for the Company of Stationers," 1665. 8vo (178 x135mm). Printed in black letter, woodcut headpieces and initials (lacks a1 [?blank], i.e. all before title, title spotted and shaved at foot, variable mainly marginal spotting, staining and browning throughout). Contemporary full calf (rebacked, quite heavily rubbed and scuffed, a few old repairs, new endpapers). Provenance: some later mainly pencil annotation. Cf. Goldsmiths' 284; Kress 207; Schwerdt II, p.7; Wing M554. See DNB for a list of the various editions of "this excellent work", including the first which was printed for private circulation in 1592. The author is described in the same reference work as "... a barrister of Lincoln's Inn, gamekeeper of Waltham Forest, and justice of the New Forest." With 2 other books, namely Britain, or a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland ... Written first in Latine by William Camden ... Translated newly into English by Philemon Holland ... Finally, revised, amended, and enlarged with sundry Additions by the said Author (London, "Impensis Georgii Bishop", 1610, folio, lacks all the maps, defective, contemporary reverse calf) and The Book of Common-Prayer And Administration of the Sacraments (London, 1662, folio, fine engraved architectural title, black letter, elaborate woodcut initials and decorations, prayers for "Gunpowder. Treason" at the end, many repairs, with some sections supplied in manuscript, later annotation, modern old-style half calf. The lot sold not subject to return. (3)

BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). "Old". The original file copy of the poem in the form of a computer print-out, 47 lines on 2 sheets of A4, SIGNED "Charles Bukowski, 12-29-91"; with another similar. Please see the full description below.BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  "Old". The original file copy of the poem in the form of a computer print-out, 47 lines in 5 stanzas, printed on the rectos only of 2 sheets of A4, SIGNED "Charles Bukowski, 12-29-91", with minor annotations in the poet's hand (for instance, "Cont[inue]. same stanza" at the foot of the first sheet). Included with the poem is a formal letter with the printed heading "The Abandoned Planet Bookstore ... San Francisco", dated March 4, 2002, guaranteeing the poem's authenticity and stating: "Sold to [name of purchaser, redacted in our illustration]. The manuscript/file copy of Charles Bukowski's poem, 'old'. This poem Bukowski, [sic] signed, dated and mailed in for publication. The date, hand writing and signature are ORIGINAL and in Charles Bukowski's OWN HAND. This was the copy sent by him for consideration for publication. I will guarantee its authenticity." The letter is signed by the bookstore's proprietor, Scott Harrison. The poem was apparently unpublished, at least in its present form. With Charles Bukowski's poem "the condition book", the original file copy of the poem in the form of a computer print-out, 22 lines, in one stanza, printed on the recto only of one sheet of A4, SIGNED "Charles Bukowski, 11-10-92", with another formal letter of authentication from "The Abandoned Planet Bookstore" which states, "... This is computer printed but this was the copy that Bukowski sent in for publication. This was the normal manner in which Bukowski submitted his work at the time ... To my knowledge, this was the only copy of this poem signed and dated by Charles Bukowski", dated January 20, 2004, and signed by Scott Harrison. "The condition book" was first published in issue 132 of the Wormwood Review (1993). (5)

EUCLID (fl. 300 BC) & Christopher CLAVIUS (1538-1612). Euclidis elementorum libri XV, Cologne, 1591, 2 volumes bound in one, folio, 2 titles within elaborate woodcut borders, woodcut diagrams (some browning and staining), contemporary limp vellum.EUCLID (fl. 300 BC) & Christopher CLAVIUS (1538-1612).  Euclidis elementorum libri XV. [Second volume: Euclidis posteriores libri IX] Accessit XVI. de Solidorum regularium cuius libet intra quodlibet comparatione. Omnes perspicius demonstrationibus, accuratisque scholiis illustrati, ac multarum rerum accessione locupletati: nunc tertio editi, summaq, diligentia recogniti, atque emendati. Cologne: "Expensis Joh. Baptistae Ciotti," 1591. 2 volumes bound in one, folio (326 x 210mm). Two title pages within elaborate woodcut baroque borders incorporating the figures of Euclid and Archimedes, woodcut diagrams, tables, initials and ornaments (waterstaining throughout, including to both titles, with variable, and sometimes quite heavy, browning and other staining, a few leaves heavily browned, some wormholes and wormtracks mainly towards the end, occasionally affecting letters). Contemporary full limp vellum, title in old manuscript on the spine (heavy stain to lower cover, some other staining). Provenance: Professor Crivelli (his name inscribed on the front free endpaper and with his signature on the first title); Antonio Frigerio (ex-libris sticker); later library shelf-mark label at foot of spine; modern (cancelled) institutional library label on front free endpaper); later illegible stamps on front free endpaper and title. The first edition of this work was published in Rome in 1574. Known as 'The Euclid of the 16th-Century', Clavius was a German Jesuit mathematician and astronomer who was instrumental in the Vatican's adoption of the Gregorian calendar, a pioneer of the use of the decimal point, and, in his lifetime, the most highly respected astronomer in Europe. Despite the fact that, for most of his life, he was a proponent, albeit a conflicted one, of the geocentric model of the solar system, he was hugely influential as a writer and teacher and was much admired by Galileo, with whom he maintained a long correspondence. One of the largest crater formations on the moon is named after him. Adams E-988; Brunet II, 1089; Graesse II, 512; Poggendorff I, 455; Thomas-Stanford 23.

LISZT, Franz (1811-86). Autograph letter, signed ("F. Liszt"), to Hector Berlioz, Eiken, 20 August 1851. In French. Three-pages, 209 x 134mm, on blue paper, bifolium, on staging Berlioz's opera "Benvenuto Cellini" at Weimar.LISZT, Franz (1811-86).  Autograph letter, signed ("F. Liszt"), to Hector Berlioz, Eiken, 20 August 1851. In French. Three-pages, 209 x 134mm, on blue paper, bifolium; [with] a letter addressed to Liszt by "M. Oustinoff", 12/24 June 1847, offering him a room at the Russian Embassy [in Constantinople] for a charity concert in aid of the poor of Pera. Liszt to Berlioz, on staging the latter's opera "Benvenuto Cellini" at Weimar the following winter. Liszt is delighted to hear that Berlioz approves of his plan to stage the opera and looks forward to receiving the score so he can have it translated and copied. The most likely date for performance will be 16 February 1852, during the birthday celebrations for the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, when a prestigious audience will be present. Liszt reassures Berlioz of the care he will take over rehearsals; as he has only one copyist he trusts he will have the separate voice and orchestral parts copied first, before the full score, but he is still confident he will be able to return Berlioz's own manuscript before the performances. "Je suis très charmé d’ apprendre que mon projet de faire représenter Benvenuto Cellini dans le courant de l’ hiver prochain à Weymar te convient, et j’ attends l’ arrivée de la Partition afin de mettre aussitôt à l’ œuvre traducteur, copiste, etc. … Il n’ est guère besoin je pense de te rassurer sur le soin et le zèle que je porterai aux répétitions et tu peux tenir pour très certain que Benvenuto Cellini sera representé à notre théâtre d’ une manière convenable et satisfaisante." The close personal and musical relationship between Liszt and Berlioz dated back to 1830 when Liszt attended the first performance of the "Symphonie Fantastique". In his role in Weimar, where he settled in 1848, Liszt made vigorous efforts to foster his friend's career, and especially to promote Berlioz's first full-length opera "Benvenuto Cellini", which had been a failure at its first performance in Paris in 1838. Liszt staged the work in Weimar in March and November 1852, and again in 1856 in a version revised by Berlioz in part on Liszt's recommendations. Provenance: "Property of a Lady", Christie's, 21 June 1989, lot 183.

SANSOVINO, Francesco (1521-83). Historia Universale dell' Origine, et Imperio de' Turchi, Venice, 1582, 4to, 14 woodcut illustrations of Turkish costume (variable browning and staining), contemporary full vellum.SANSOVINO, Francesco (1521-83).  Historia Universale dell' Origine, et Imperio de' Turchi ... Et riformata in molte sue parti per ordine della Santa Inquisitione. Nella quale si contengeno le leggi, gli offici, i costumi, & la militia di quella natione; con tutti le cose fatte da loro per terra, & per mare. Con la vita particolare de Prncipi Othomani; cominciando dal primo fondator di quell' Imperio, fino al presente Amorath. 1582. Con le Figure in Disegno de Gli Habiti, & dell' armature de soldati d' esso gran Turco. Venice: Presso Altobello Salicato, 1582. 4to (198 x 150mm). Woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, headpieces and ornaments, 14 woodcut illustrations of Turkish costumes at the end (lacks all before title and after the final text leaf (i.e. ?blanks), small repair to margin of title, Rrr2 torn without loss, a few small rustholes and isolated darker stains affecting letters, marginal stain affecting first 22 leaves at the front, variable browning throughout, some mainly marginal staining, final leaf partially detached with some wormtracks affecting letters in one corner and a closed tear). Contemporary full vellum, title in early manuscript on the spine (some staining, bumped and rubbed at corners, lower inner hinges split). Provenance: modern (cancelled) institutional library label; old illegible inscription on front pastedown and on title; "Sac. Attilio Cordignano Parroco, Fusine in Valmorana" (later stamp on title); later library labels on the upper cover and at foot of spine. First published in 1560. Atabey 1088; Blackmer 1487: "The work contains an importantcollection of source material of the Turksedited by Sansovino. It includes thereport by Bishop Leonard of Chioson the fall of Constantinople, writtenonly a few weeks after the Turks tookover the city, and also the importantwork by Spandugino comprising theearliest description of Ottoman manners,religion and government. Excerpts fromMenavino, Cambini, Giovio andBarletius are also included"; not in Brunet; Cicogna Iscrizioni Veneziane IV, 47.22. 

CHINA, TURKEY AND THE LEVANT - A sammelband consisting of 207 fine original watercolours of Turkish and Levantine figures, and 3 related 17th- and 18th-century printed works, including fine hand-coloured Chinese costume plates, folio, contemporary calf.CHINA, TURKEY AND THE LEVANT - A sammelband consisting of 207 fine original watercolours and 3 printed works, comprising: 207 FINE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS OF MAINLY TURKISH AND LEVANTINE FIGURES, many heightened in gold, consisting of 1) 160 watercolours, trimmed and laid down, four to a page, captioned in early French manuscript, each c.130 x c.85mm, 18th - early-19th-century; and 2) 47 watercolours in a different hand, including 2 folding, trimmed and laid down, four to a page, captioned in early French manuscript, each c.170 x c.110mm, 18th-early 19th-century;[With:] [Jacques LE HAY (c.1645-c.1713) & Charles de FERRIOL (1652-1722).  Recueil de Cent Estampes Representant Differentes Nations du Levant Peintes d' aprés Nature en Mil Sept Cens Sept, & Mil Sept Cens Huit, par les Ordres de M. de Ferriol, Ambassadeur du Roy a la Porte, et Gravées en 1712 & 1713 par les Soins de Mr. Le Hay. Paris: Le Hay & Duchange, 1714]. 100 fine engraved plates by P. Simmoneau, G. Scotin, J. Haussard, C. N. Cochin, C. du Bose, B. Baron, J. De Franssieres and P. Rochefort after Jean-Baptiste Van Mour, one plate double-page and captioned "Mariage Turc" (lacks the letterpress title [but supplied in neat early manuscript] and without the text leaves, also lacking the 2 later unnumbered double-page plates and the leaf of engraved music found in some copies [see Brunet, note], the blank corner of plate 85 torn away, without loss) Atabey 430; Blackmer 591: "This publication certainly contained the most popular and influential illustrations of Turkish dress to date. Its use as a source book was widespread"; Brunet III, 85: "Ce recueil parut d'abord, en 1714, composé de 100 pl. seulement, sans explication. En 1715 on y ajouta l'explication impr. et deux nouvelles planches ... On y joignit en même temps une pl. de musique. Ces 3 dernières pl. manquent souvent [as here]"; Cohen-de Ricci 392l; Colas 1819-20; Koç 105a; Lewine pp.184-185 (citing the 1714-15 edition); Lipperheide 413.[And:] Georges de LA CHAPELLE (d.1655).  Receul [sic] de Divers Portraits des Principales Dames de la Porte du Grand Turc, Tirée au naturel sur les lieux. Paris: "chez le Blond," [c.1648]. Elaborate engraved figural title incorporating portraits of Sultan Hebrain and Sultan Amurat and smaller scenes of executions and punishments in the lower border, 12 fine engraved plates of Turkish costumes by Georges de la Chapelle, trimmed and laid down, two to a page (some marginal soiling to the title, some very light marginal staining to the plates, without the text leaves). Atabey 648; Blackmer 935; Colas 1697. [And:] [Joachim BOUVET (1656-1730) & Pierre GIFFART (c.1631-1723, engraver).  L' Estat Present de la Chine. Paris: Pierre Giffart, 1697]. 59 fine engraved plates only, comprising plates 1 - 43, all of which HAND-COLOURED and heightened in gold, and plates 45 - 56 and 59 - 62, all uncoloured, depicting Chinese costumes, trades, punishments, etc. (i.e. lacking plates numbered 44 and 57 - 58, but including all the hand-coloured plates as called for in Brunet, without the title and text leaves). Bobins I, 169; Brunet I, 440: "Volume contenant 43 pl. color"; Colas 417; Cordier III, 1858; Vinet 2354. Please see the link below for additional illustrations of the hand-coloured plates of Chinese costumes.AN EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ORIGINAL COSTUME WATERCOLOURS AND ENGRAVED COSTUME PLATES, SOME HAND-COLOURED, OF CHINA, TURKEY AND THE LEVANT, MOST 17TH-18TH CENTURY, the whole bound in one volume, large folio (490 x 330mm). Contemporary calf, marbled endpapers (worn, joints and spine split). Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.For more images of this lot please click here:

TARTAGLIA, Nicolo (c.1499-1557). La Nova Scientia, Venice, 1558, woodcut illustrations, diagrams and initials [bound with 2 other works by the same author], 4to, contemporary vellum. Please see the full description below.TARTAGLIA, Nicolo (c.1499-1557).  La Nova Scientia ... con una gionta al terzo Libro. Venice: [no publisher], 1558. Full-page woodcut allegorical illustration on the title, woodcut illustrations, diagrams and initials. Adams T-191; Norman 2053; PMM 66: "Tartaglia's 'The New Science' stands at the threshold of a new age in the history of mechanics ... [The author] deals with ballistics, surveying, engineering and fortification ..."; Riccardi I, 496; Sander 7191. The work was first published in 1537. [Bound with:]  Quesiti, et Inventioni Diverse ... Sopra gli Tiri delle Artiglierie, et altri suoi varii accidenti. [No place: no date]. Woodcut illustrations, diagrams and initials (lacking the first signature (A1-4), including the title, the work commencing at B1 (paginated "5") and ending at AA4 (paginated "94")). Adams T-183; Norman 2055. [And:]  Regola Generale di Solevare Ogni fondata Naue & nauilii con Ragione. Venice: "Per Curtio Troiano de i Nauò," 1562. Adams T-186; Norman 2056. A richly-illustrated work on the salvaging of shipwrecks. 3 works bound in one volume, 4to (208 x 155mm). Contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges, titles in later manuscript on the spine (stained, with some worming). Provenance: old illegible library stamps; old illegible signature on first title; old stub at the front with shelf numbers; modern institutional label on front pastedown; modern library shelf label at the foot of the spine.

16th century manuscript page from the 'Pontificale Romanum', pub. Venice 1543, 30cm x 22cmProvenance: formerly from the colleciton at the Benedictine Abbey Gembloux (1558) before being sold in the Baron Jules d'Amethan sale at Sotherbys

BURTON, Richard (translator). Tales From Gulistan, or Rose-Garden of the Sheikh Sa’di of Shiraz. London: Philip Allan & Co. Ltd., 1928. Limited edition, this being number 3 of 100 large paper copies, 4to (262 x 187mm.) 9 plates by John Kettelwell. (Toning.) Original blue cloth-backed paper-covered boards, paper labels to upper cover and spine. Note: the limitation number written in manuscript by the artist, John Kettelwell. – And a further eleven illustrated volumes (including Ashley Gibson and Justin Pieris’ ‘The Death of the Lion’, limited edition, being one of only 275 copies, 1935, 4to, and The Folio Society publication of ‘The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night’, 4 vols., 1959, 8vo, and Stella Benson’s ‘Hope Against Hope, and Other Stories’, limited edition, being one of 670 copies, 1931, 4to) (12).

BIBLE, In Greek. Tes Kaines Diathekes. [The New Testament.] London: Richard Whittaker [Leiden: B. and A. Elzevir], 1633. 8vo (167 x 111mm.) Title in Greek and Latin, title-page with woodcut printer’s device, double-column, text in Greek, commentary in Latin to rear, text interleaved with numerous 18th century manuscript notes in a single hand. (Toning, browning, marginal annotation and underlining to text, densely filled annotation to initial blanks and interleaved leaves.) Near contemporary calf (some loss to spine panel, extremities rubbed). Provenance: ‘T.B’ (ink inscribed to initial blank); Thomas Smith, Oxon (ink inscribed to title-page); J.F. Twigge (ink inscribed to title-page).

ILLUMINATED LEAVES. [Three early 16th century illuminated manuscript leaves in Latin, from Italy, possibly central.] Three single leaves (678 x 480mm.) Three large vari-coloured historiated initials of the Pentecost, staves in red and black, five further decorative initials, manuscript numbering to upper margins. (Marginal paper repair to one leaf, margins yellowed, one leaf fading and dust-soiled). Note: with thanks to Peter Kidd for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

BIBLE, In English. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. Oxford: John Baskett, 1717-16. Folio (494 x 331mm.) Engraved additional title of Moses receiving the Law by C. Du-Bose, title in red and black with engraved vignette depicting Oxford churches by G. Vander Gucht, calendar in red and black, numerous engraved head and tail-pieces. (Additional title with marginal tears, images affected, tears to BC and O3, large tears to E6-F1, G3 with repair, Gg4 and Hh6 with tears, ZZ5 and last leaf are detached, A2-A4 of N.T with large tears, several torn leaves with tipped-in manuscript overlays, G6 [with ‘Vinegar’] nearly detached, occasional spotting.) Contemporary calf (free endpapers detached, pastedowns torn, worn). Note: with the ‘Vinegar’ mistake in the headline above Luke XX. The Bible that contained so many errors that it became knows as ‘A Baskett-ful of Errors’. [Herbert 942A.]

MANUSCRIPT LEAF. [A late 15th – early 16th century leaf from a choir psalter, in Latin, from Spain.] Single leaf (558 x 415mm.) Elaborate penwork initial in red and blue for Psalm 38, decorative border, 5 further decorative initials verso. (Browned verso and to lower edge, fading to the black lettering, roughly cut margin.) Note: with thanks to Peter Kidd for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

DICKENS, Charles. The Christmas Carol… a Facsimile Reproduction of the Author’s Original MS. London: Elliot Stock, 1890. 4to (283 x 217mm.) Introduction by F.G. Kitton. (Spotting to preliminaries and rear leaves, occasionally thereafter.) Original half calf over paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to upper cover, t.e.g. (covers darkened, staining to upper cover, extremities lightly rubbed). – And a further fourteen volumes related to Charles Dickens (including ‘A Christmas Carol, a Facsimile of the Original Manuscript’, [1898], 4to, and ‘The Trial of John Jaspar… Heard by Mr. Justice Gilbert Keith Chesterton’, 1914, 4to, and John H. Stonehouse’s ‘Green Leaves: New Chapters in the Life of Charles Dickens’, 5 parts, 1931, 8vo) (15).

MANUSCRIPT. [A hand-written compendium of random excerpts from contemporary journals, newspapers, gazettes. N.p.: 1823-1824.] 311pp., manuscript, 8vo (198 x 159mm.) 155 leaves of densely written excerpts in a single legible hand, including 26pp. to rear of genealogical information relating to the Le Geyt and Delafaye families, a mounted contemporary article relating Brunel’s plans for the ‘Thames Tunnel’ in 1823. (Toning, occasional browning.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript lettering to upper cover and spine (stained and discoloured). Note: contains a profusion of subjects, many of international interest, including reports on the death of a 1000 ‘Witches in Central India’ over the last thirty years, ‘The Condition of Women in Turkey’ (where its noted that most of them spend a good portion of every day in the public baths), the building of a 23-mile long canal in China, ‘Italian Manners’, as well as literary, political and articles about English and world  history, there’s medical matters like ‘The Durability of Human Teeth’, or utterly random like ‘Shop Signs’, ‘Beards’ and ‘Water Pipes’, all of these taken from a variety of contemporary sources. Provenance: Le Geyt family (ink ownership to upper cover).

WILME, B.P. A Manual of Writing and Printing Characters, both Ancient and Modern, for the Use of Architects, Engineers and Surveyors, Engravers, Printers, Decorators, and Draughtsmen. London: for the Author by John Weale, 1845. 4to (274 x 221mm.) 25 plates, 4 folding, 2pp. publisher’s advertisements to rear. (Browning and dust-soiling to margins, tape repair verso one plate, scattered spotting.) Original black cloth (hinges cracked, worn). – And a further fourteen related volumes (including F. Delamotte’s ‘The Book of Ornamental Alphabets Ancient and Medieval from the Eighth Century, with Numerals’, 1863, oblong 4to, and W.R. Tymms and M. Digby Wyatt’s ‘The Art of Illuminating as Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times’, 1860, 4to, and John Ruskin’s ‘Lectures on Architecture and Painting’, second edition, 1855, 8vo, and a manuscript folder of ecclesiastical ornament and design drawings, [circa 1870]) (15).

PROHIBITED BOOKS. [Index Librorum Prohibitorum et Expurgatorum… D. Bernardi de Sandoval & Roxus… |De consillio supremi senatus s. generalis inquisitionis Hispaniarum. Geneva: J. Crispinus, 1620.] 4to (233 x 165mm.) Half-title, 2 parts in 1, woodcut initials and head and tail-pieces, text in Latin, some sections headed in Spanish, last leaf errata at kkkii. (Browning, light spotting throughout, lacking title and pp.1-4 and pp.13-16.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript lettering to the spine (dust-soiled, small splits to spine ends). Note: first published in 1536, this list of prohibited works was revised by the Council of Trent and regularly updated until it was itself suppressed after the Vatican II in 1966. Provenance: C. Stratford (ink name to the half-title); Douai Bibliothèque Publique (stamps to the half-title); Gavin Henderson (manuscript plate to front pastedown).

SMITH, William. The History of the Holy Jesus. Containing a Brief Account of the Birth and Life, the Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Our Blessed Saviour. London: Eben Tracy, 1717. 12mo (138 x 87mm.) 11 woodcut illustrations in the text. (Last leaf G10, lacking last twelve leaves, G5-G6 loose, damp-stained A2-F.) Contemporary calf (partially lacking spine, heavily rubbed, lower cover loosened). – And a further seven volumes (including John Dryden’s ‘Original Poems’, 2 vols., 1756, 8vo, and, published by John Baskett, ‘The Book of Common Prayer’, [lacking covers], 1717, 8vo, and a manuscript ‘Confessions’ book, [circa 1882]) (8).

CHAUCER, Geoffrey. – The Canterbury Tales. London: [Riccardi Press] Philip Lee Warner, 1913. 3 vols., limited edition, this being number 56 of 500 copies only, 4to (267 x 196mm.) 36 mounted colour plates by William Russell Flint, captioned tissue-guards. (Toning, spotting to pp.27-29 of vol. 1.) Original cloth-backed boards, mounted paper labels to spines and upper covers, t.e.g. (spines browned, some loss to top of spine of vol. 2), dust-jackets to vols. 1 and 2 (browned, brittle, with some loss to spine panels, the number ‘56’ in manuscript to spine panels) (3).

A German 18th century heraldic family tree, painted coats-of-arms, painted with sixty-two coats-of-arms, each with corresponding manuscript, 78cm x 59cm, the frame 85.5cm x 65cmIf there is no condition report shown, please request

The Saga of King Lir. Author Inscribed (1913) Author: George Sigerson. 1st Ed. Bound in publisher’s parchment boards with gilt vertical lines. Two page manuscript letter to Mr Pollock attached

The Transplantation to Connacht 1654-58 by R. C. Simington. 1970. Irish University Press for Manuscript Commission. Excellent copy in nicked dj. definitive study of the forced migration of Irish families which left an indelible mark on Irish history

Eamon Kelly - Seanachai Manuscript letter from Kelly acknowledging a compliment on his poem which was read out on Radio Éireann 1942. He enclosed a manuscript carbon copy of the poem 'I,ve Taught Men....'Unique

Henry, Francoise. The Book of Kells: Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin. London: Thames and Hudson, 1974. 230 pages, illustrated in colour.

Manuscript Minutes of meetings of the committee of The Commissioners for Lighting, Cleansing, and Watching for the Town of Tralee (involving Gas Works for Tralee) Over 400 pages of detailed minutes . First entry September 1946 (Famine Years). Members of the committee included Henry Blennerhassett, Chairman and Cornelius McGillicuddy. Unique

Henry, Francoise. The Book of Kells: Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin. London: Thames and Hudson, 1974. 230 pages, illustrated in colour. Bound in rust coloured cloth in a matching cloth slipcase with a pictorial panel, superb copy

Listowel Interest - A manuscript letter from T F Culhane (Kerry author) whilst living in Melbourne to a Dr. Maurice McKenna (Listowel). Airmail letter which details "The big strike is settled, J. J. Brown seems to be the big power in the land now"; "If you see any likely lads (suitable for police work), you should refer them to Gerald Fitzgerald, Migration Office, London"; Kerry Archaeological Journal; Donal O'Sullivan, editor of the Irish Folk Song Journal etc. etc. A most interesting item of Kerry local history.

Irish Mapping interest. The Landscape of Clonmacnoise by John Feehan; The Queen’s Last Map-maker. Richard Bartlett in Ireland 1600-03. 50-100; Catalogue of Maps of Estates of Archbishops of Dublin 1654-1850 by Refaussé and Clark; Cartography Map-making as Artform. Crawford Art Gallery. 2007; Concluding Memoir on Manuscript Mapped and other Townland Surveys in Ireland 1688-1864 by Hardinge. RIA. 186. Contemporary cloth. 5 attractive large format hardbacks

Manuscript Ledger: W Hurley & Sons. Earliest entry 1907, last entry 1929,detailing building works undertaken to companies/organisations in Tralee with prices charged.

Austin Stack: Manuscript Letter dated 8/4/1918 on headed note paper of The Clarence Hotel in which he mentions 'John Dillion', 'up for the evening from Tullamore' and ' The fear is that they (the Anglo Irish) wull not give us a fight. We will give them a thorough thrashing should they do so' . Unique

Savoy Hours, Die.: The Savoy Hours. Les Heures de Savoy. New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 390. Faksimile Luzern, Quaternio Verlag (2017). 8° (Faksimile) Orig.-Maroquinlederband mit reicher Rücken- u. Deckelvergoldung in Leinenkassette. Eines von 680 num. Exemplaren. - "Die Savoy Hours bzw. der Teil, der nach fast 600 Jahren von ihnen übriggeblieben ist, begeistert den Betrachter mit herrlichster Buchmalerei. Wunderbare Farben, funkelndes Gold, elegante Proportionen. In den 50 Miniaturen agieren feingliedrige Figuren vor abwechslungsreichen Hintergründen, die durch goldene Gitter, Linien, Rauten, Ranken und Quadrate verziert sind. Vom Werkstattnachfolger des berühmten Pariser Buchmalers Jean Pucelle wurden sie geschaffen. Buchkunst, die bis heute fasziniert und Begehrlichkeiten weckt! Als bibliophiles Buchobjekt kommen die Savoy Hours in einem goldgeprägten Gewand daher das prächtigste Fragment eines verlorenen Meisterwerks" (Roger S. Wieck, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York). - Hint. Innendeckel mit aufgeklebt. Zettel: Gift Yale University Library.

An early 20th century Burmese Pali manuscript, gilt lacquered manuscript composed of seven red lacquered and gilded enamelled leaves bound. Lacking string.Measures approx. 56cm long x 12cm wide.

Writing Pens, including Parker, Cross, Manuscript. Pencils, seal, lacquered box and tray, etc:- One Tray.

Manuscript.- Cookery & Medical.- Mort (Alexander) Madam Dorothy Kenyon's Booke Written by Her Cosin Alexande: Mort..., [Collection of recipes], Elizabeth David's copy with her bookplate on front pastedown, manuscript, title, 8pp. index and 259pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red throughout, slightly browned, original green vellum, slightly marked, corners bumped, sm. 4to (210 x 167mm.), 1683. *** Recipes including: "To make Paiste Royall"; "A Haggus or Puddinge"; "To Poll Beefe of Mutton"; "To make an Olio"; "To Boyle Salmon Morts with Hearbes"; "To make Gillyflower Wine"; "To make Aqua Mirabilis"; "The Lady Allen's Cordiall Water for the Stomache Small Pox Surfett of feaver"; "Widow ffarrington's Cordiall Water"; "To Preserve Damzens"; "To make Marmulet of Oranges or Lemmons"; "To make Sugar Cakes"; "Fora Quartan Ague"; "To make the Countess of Kent's Powder (Take Correll pearle Crabs eyes in fine powder...)"; "To make an Oyntment for a Scald (Take a Pound of fresh Butter and halfe a handfull of Sheepe dung...)" etc. Alexander Mort was probably the descendant of Adam Mort who bought the estate of Damhouse of Astley and Tyldesley, near Manchester.

Yorkshire Farming.- Wage Books relating to labour at Laxton and Saltmarshe farms [East Riding], 3 vol., printed volumes with manuscript insertions, together c. 320pp. excluding blanks, original straight-grained morocco-backed boards, printed labels "Taylor's Improved Farmer's Account Book" on each covers, folio, 1857-60. *** Details given include workmen's names (also female labour) rates of pay and amounts earned, types of job, deductions for living in, extra for attending cattle on Sundays etc. Men average 2/3 per day increasing to 4/- during threshing (less 7/6 per week for board); women about 10d per day, increasing to 1/- during potato picking.  

Indenture of a future Lord Mayor of London.- Apprentice Indenture of Frederick Bull to Richard Cooper, a salter, for a term of seven years, printed document with manuscript insertions, printed arms of Salters' Company to head, stamps to margin and verso, signed by Frederick Bull and witnessed by Richard Lechmere a Master Salter of London, light soiling, corners repaired, 150 x 180mm., 17th December 1729.*** From these very humble beginnings, Frederick Bull would go on to have an extraordinarily successful public and political career. He became the Sheriff of London, an Alderman, the Lord Mayor of London and a member of the House of Commons for the City of London. He also became the first president of the Royal Humane Society.

Cromwell meeting George Fox at Hampton Court.- [Spence (Robert, painter and etcher, 1871-1964)] "Taking Boat, I went down to Kingston, and from thence went toward Hampton Court, to speak with the Protector about the Sufferings of Friends. I met him Riding into the Park and as he rode in the Head of his Lifeguard I saw and felt a Waft (or Apparition) of Death go forth against him: and when I came to him, he look'd like a dead Man... 1658", original copper plate of the etching, 178 x 228mm., [c. 1900]; and another, a calligraphic manuscript of William Blake's poem, "The Echoing Green", framed and glazed, n.d. (2). 

Cornwall, St Wenn.- Charter, John Penlegen of Wrelagge of the Parish of Seynt Nyghton indenture confirms to John son of Juliane daughter of Richard Carvargh all my tenements in the village of ?Pincave and in the village of Penhelek in the Parish of Seynt Wenna, witnesses: John Porth and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 12 lines, indented at head, lacks seal, a few small brown marks, folds, creased, slightly browned, 130 x 263mm., 1451/52. 

Law.- Institutionem Liber Secundus, manuscript in Latin and English, title and c. 130pp. excluding blanks, slightly foxed and browned, original vellum, slightly yellowed and soiled, small ink stain on title, Pro Patria watermark, sm. 4to (203 x 170mm), [England], [early 18th century]. *** "The three objects of ye Civil law are Persons Things & Actions i.e. Judicature."

Heraldry.- [Milles (Thomas)] The Catalogue of Honor, first edition, engraved architectural title [by Renold Elstracke], 9 engraved illustrations, of which two whole page, numerous woodcut coats-of-arms throughout, lacking initial blank A1 but with blank 2V8, 3 column errata at end, title trimmed to border and edges supplied in paper (including lower fore-edge corner with loss of artistic attribution), whole first gathering reinforced onto linen stubs, 3S4 with the usual portion excised but neatly supplied in manuscript facsimile (lettering mimicking typed letters), A3 & 3S5 small paper repair to lower corner, annotations and redactions in modern blue ink (?biro) scattered but more frequent to second half, a few other ink notes in earlier hand as well, occasional damp-stains and other soiling, contemporary calf with central gilt arms to covers, rebacked preserving original spine label, corners slightly worn, [STC 17926], folio, William Jaggard, 1610.*** The portion usually excised or 'mutilated' (as often described) from 3S4 bears reference to Charles Blount's illegitimate children.

Manuscript.- Cookery & Medical.- [Collection of recipes], manuscript in several hands (mostly in one hand), 150pp., ruled throughout, slightly browned, original vellum, rubbed, soiled and marked, lower cover corner creased, sm. 4to (203 x 165mm.), n.d. [c. 1760]. *** Recipes including: "A Excellent Recept for a mad Dogg to cure or Prevent madness"; "A good way to Kill the Ratts"; "To Preserve Oringes and Lemons the Lady Overburghs way"; "Mr Hill to stew a Carp or tench"; "To make Ginder Bread"; "To Make a Hearb Pye"; "To Make Black pudding"; "Mr Hill sauce for ffish in perticuler for a Barble or Pearch"; "To make Whitt Methugelum or Mead"; "A rare Recept for a Cough of the Lunges or a Consumtion though ill but never soe violent"; "Mr Hobby for the small pox in the throat and allow to draw them out of the Laungs and Inward parts"; "Red Poppy Water" etc.

Westbury-Elizabeth David copy.- Viard (Alexandre) & M. Pierhugue. Le Cuisinier royal, ou l'art de faire la cuisine et la pâtisserie, pour toutes les fortunes...Suivie d'une notice sur les vins, 'ninth edition', half-title, manuscript notes to rear endpaper, pp.vii/viii of contents with paper flaw in lower margin, occasional spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, contemporary tree calf, flat richly gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, joints just starting, but holding firm, spine faded, rubbed, [Bitting p.478 (note); Cagle 434; Simon BG 1565; Vicaire 860-861 (note); cf. Oberlé Fastes 168], 8vo, Paris, Barba, 1817.  *** Originally published as Le Cuisinier imperial in 1806, this ninth edition saw a title change and the addition of the section on wine by the sommelier to the King. Provenance: Leaton Knolls (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown); Lord Westbury (book label to front pastedown); bought by Elizabeth David at his sale, Sotheby's, 15th & 16th February, 1965, first mentioned of lot 498, paid £16 (does not have her bookplate).  

Walpole (Sir Robert, first Earl of Orford, Prime Minister, 1676-1745) Treasury Order authorising payment of £25 pension to "Janet Smith Widow", D.s. "Walpole" and countersigned "Halifax", manuscript, 1p. with conjugate blank, tears along folds, folds, browned, 7th October 1730.

Commonplace Book, manuscript, 105pp. of poetry and prose, 7 drawings/watercolours including: Minster Church, Isle of Thanet; Beauchief Abbey, Sheffield; "Glengarry's Bowling Green from Loch Oonigan" etc., original half straight-grained morocco, edges rubbed, 205 x 135mm., 1820-31; and another, v.s., v.d. (2).

Manuscript.- Cookery.- [Collection of recipes], manuscript, 63pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, slightly browned, original vellum, soiled and stained, sm. 4to (195 x 170mm.), [early 20th century]; and 8 other cookery manuscripts mostly late 19th century (3 in broken bindings and 2 disbound) and a small packet of loose recipes, v.s., v.d. (9 & small qty). *** First mentioned recipes including: "Milk Jelly"; "Honeycomb Pudding"; "Bread Pudding"; "Shrewsbury Biscuits"; "Rose-hip jam" etc. 

Middle East.- Palestine.- Archive of a Police Constable in Palestine, including: Saunders (A. Inspector-General) Reward poster issued for information leading to the arrest of Hamad Daoud el Judeh Zawata, text in English, Arabic and Hebrew, light central fold, a few light spots and stains, 2 small ink marks to verso, some minor worming and fraying to edges, 395 x 260mm, Jerusalem, The Palestine Police Force, 4th September 1943; Palestine Photograph Album, c.150 original photographic prints, mounted on thin card, captioned by hand, tissue-guards, some prints loose, several leaves loose, guards creased and frayed, original decorative boards, [1940s]; Manuscript Map of Palestine, a few tears affecting image, edges creased and frayed, 360 x 250mm, [nineteenth-century]; and other items directly linked to police constable H.B. Courtney such as a Palestine Police Force Certificate of Appointment, a British Passport and several photographs and newspaper cuttings, v.s. (12) *** Hamad Daoud el Judeh Zawata attained prominence in 1938 as a rebel section leader, with the reward for his capture being raised to LP. 500 after he participated in the murder of the Masri family on Mount Ebal in October 1939, and again in October 1943 after murdering two British constables. Provenance: H.B. Courteney was born in Sussex in 1911 but trained and worked as a police constable in Palestine, earning his appointment in 1943. The album's photographs depict the police training depot in Jerusalem but also horses, Bedouins, views of Cairo, and views of Jerusalem.

Collection of original poems, stories and small essays, manuscript in various unidentified hands, 24pp., disbound, some corner creasing, 4to, 18th-19th century.*** Including excerpts of Congreve, Cicero and Washington Irving. Worthy of further research.

Lincolnshire, Wrawby & Brigg (Glanford Brigg).- Document relating to William Horvel and William Stow "surrogatus" and Wrawby and Brigg including seating plans in both churches, D.s. "Guil: Stow...", manuscript in Latin and English, on vellum, 2 sheets, folds, creased, lacks seal, 290 x 415mm. & 235 x 415mm., 1680.

Manuscript.- Cookery.- [Collection of recipes including desserts and wines], manuscript, in several hands, 64pp., first f. slightly creased, recipe laid down on verso of first f., newspaper cuttings on front pastedown, hinges weak, original morocco-backed board, extensively rubbed, lacks head of spine, sm. 4to (200 x 165mm.), 1850. *** Recipes including: "To make College Puddings"; "Citron Cheesecakes"; "To make Cyder"; "Lemon Biscuits"; "Orange Jelly"; "Apple Cheesecake"; "Ginger Beer"; "Bridlington Cakes"; "Cowslip Wine" etc.

German/Italian Letters.- Boon (Adrian, Senator of Hamburg).- Beii den Ittalianeren feind 20 Buch staben, manuscript in German and Italian (including 2 dedication ff. to Adrian Boon), folding sepia drawing of a town, pen and ink decoration at beginning and end, c. 140pp., browned, original calf, gilt, rubbed, corners bumped, lacks part of spine, g.e., 167 x 110mm., 19th January 1692.

Emblemata.- Wither (George) A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne..., 4 parts in 1, engraved additional pictorial title by William Marshall, engraved portrait of author, engraved circular emblems after Crispijn van de Passe the elder, with final leaf of two woodcut dials but lacking volvelles, lacking initial 'Preposition to this frontispiece' leaf, initial 7ff. (including titles) with small paper repair to gutter foot, 3 ff. trimmed and paper repairs to edges but not affecting engravings (A3, B3 & 2L1), 2M1 small marginal defect at foot affecting ruled border, final woodcut leaf with 2 paper repairs to verso (lower woodcut small portion supplied in manuscript facsimile), occasional water-stains or other instances of soiling, endpapers defective or renewed, contemporary calf, repairs to lower joint and spine ends, upper cracked but firm, [STC 25900], folio, A[ugustine] M[atthewes] for Robert Allot, 1635.