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ANGSZT, GEORG: COMPENDIUM THEOLOGIA MORALIS| 1807 | PUBLISHER: Nagy-Tapolcsanensis | NUMBER OF PAGES: 399 + 154 | LANGUAGE: Latin | DIMENSIONS: 195 x 128 mm | NOTE: Unpublished manuscript | Entire title | Compendium Theologia Moralis in usum Georgii Angszt Archi-Diocesio Snigoniensis Presbyteri Pro tune. Pars Prima| Bidders are asked to inquire about the condition of the item before the auction. any complaints will not be taken into account. |

A collection of books and magazines to include, The Shooting Times and Country Magazine. July 15th 1960 - June 20th 1963. In 3 binders, some issues loose, lacking October 21 1960. Dusty, text beginning to brown; with 2 other vols. WAF; Witthoft, Hans Jurgen. Tradition and Progress. 125 Years Blohm+Voss. Hamburg. 2002. Dust wrapper; with Davidson, A.S. Marine Art & The Clyde. 100 Years of Sea, Sail & Steam. Jones-Sands Publishing. 2001. Dust wrapper; with Jane’s Fighting Ships 1944-5 and Jane’s Fighting Ships 1947-48 with manuscript notes, some stuck down affecting illustrations and text; with a further 10 hardback and paperback books. (19)

(PAUL THE DEACON). Homeliarius Doctorum. (Basel, N. Kessler, Aug. 9th 1498). 2 parts in 1 vol. (239 (of 242)) lvs. W. full-p. cold. woodcut on ti.-p., repeated - but uncoloured before 2nd part, initials in red or blue, paragraph marks in blue or red added by hand. Fol. Very fine, early 16th c. vellum bind. over wooden brds., sides w. blind tooled dec. and rules, brass clasps and catches. (Apart from the lacking lvs. 1O6, 1V1 and 1V5, a very good copy w. ample margins, some annot. in an old hand in places, colouring of woodcut to first part a bit ran out, endpapers lack).NOTE: Second ed. published by Kessler and edited by Johann Ulrich Surgant of the collection of homilies and sermons from predominantly patristic sources, probably compiled by Paulus Diakonus between 782 and 786 on the orders of Charlemagne. The collection was widely distributed throughout the Middle Ages, although its composition and conception were repeatedly changed. The division of the homiliary, which was initially structured in two parts into the two sections of the church year ('Pars hiemalis' and 'Pars aestivalis'), has been replaced here by the division into 'De tempore and De sanctis'. A Basel manuscript (preface by the editor to the printer) served as the text basis. - Goff H-319; Hain-Copinger 8793*; GW 12931; BM 15th cent., III, p. 773 (IB. 37666).

REVE, G. De avonden. Een winterverhaal. Facsimile-uitgave v.h. manuscript en typoscript. Amst., De Bezige Bij, 2001. W. colophon (4 pp), introd. booklet (36 pp) by M. Eijgenraam, and num. loose reproductions of the manuscript divided in sections. 4°. Loose as published in ocl. box, lettered in blind. -- Added: Id. Lekker kerstbrood. Amstelveen, P. Loeb, 1973. (8) pp. Owrps. Printed in 150 numb. copies. -- Id. A prison song in prose. Amst., (1968). (20) pp. W. front. photogr. of the author & illustr. by Th. Koolhaas. 4°. Owrps. -- And 1 o. by the same. (4).NOTE: Publication to commemorate the 50th edition of 'De avonden'. Printed in 250 numbered copies, signed by the author.

HERALDRY -- "DIT ZIJN DIE WAPENS DER GRAVEN, die baronnen, die banner heeren, die Ritteren, en die knegten, die waeren inde tornoys ten berghe, int jaer ons Heeren 1310 en ook die daer waaren ontrent int getalle hondert en negentig". 17th c. Anonymous ms. in Dutch on paper, consisting of 29 ms. lvs. and 82 engr. plates w. 1640 heraldic/family crests, all cold. by hand. Fol. In 19th c h. vellum binding.NOTE: Indexes in manuscript to the crests of noble families in the Low Countries, but also of royal and noble families of Austria, France, Germany and Great Britain. Apart from some foxing, stencilling on all v° sides of the plates, and some small tears in good condition.

MANUSCRIPT BINDING -- BELVISO Jac. de. Practica iudiciaria (in criminalibus). (N.pl., no printer), 1545. (12), 112 lvs. Ti. printed in red & black. Sm-4°. 15th c. manuscript over cardboard. (Bind. dam. in places (espec. spine), old owner's entries on endpapers, a bit stained/soiled in places).NOTE: Jacobus de Belviso (1270-1355), Professor of Law at Naples & notable Bolognese jurist. - Very rare. Not listed in Adams, Machiels, Soltész; cf. Savigny VI, 65-66. 2 copies found in Italian libraries.

MANUSCRIPT -- OTTOMAN FIRMAN IMPERIAL MANDATE OR DECREE, written in Ottoman Turkish on paper. 19th c. The large tughra (probably Sultan Mahmud II (1808-1839) on top of a 5 line text in red and black ink. W. 10 official perforation stamps scattered all over which served as authentication marks. Framed and glazed. (A bit soiled on central vertical fold).

DEKEN, Agatha Pieters (Aagje), (1741-1804). Letter in Dutch to Elias van Nymegen, (De) Rijp, 3 Oct. 1779. 1 fold. leaf, r° only, signed, also by E. (Betje) Wolff. -- Added: Early copy in ms. (written by Deken??) after a printed edition of 'De onveranderlijke Santhorstsche Geloofsbelijdenis In Rijm gebragt door Eene Zuster der Santhorstsche Gemeente. [gevolgd door:] De Menuet en de Dominees Pruik. [en:] Vergeefsche Raad'. Ms. on paper, 22 fold. lvs., r° & v°. -- (2).NOTE: Both letter and manuscript found in a personal archive. The 'Santhorstsche Geloofsbelijdenis' was published/printed in 1772, and, according to Buijnsters, saw many editions (cf. Bibliografie Betje Wolff & Aagje Deken). This ms. version could have been copied after a printed edition because there was no printed version at hand. The ms. resembles Deken's handwriting in some respects. The Van Nymegens' were a Rotterdam family with whom Wolff and Deken had a lot of contact.

SLINGELANDT, Simon v. (1664-1736). ("Verhandelingen over de Hooge Regering" & "Over de Militie van den Staat"). N.d. (2nd h. 18th c.). 2 vols. Manuscript copy containing various chapters on affairs of state/political economy, written in a legible 18th c. hand. On fine handmade paper, r° and v°. Fol. Full 18th c. vellum. -- Added: Id. Staatkundige geschriften. Amst., P. Schouten, 1784-85. 4 vols. Mod. hcl., uncut. All warranted w. a signature by a member of the Van Slingelandt family. -- (6).NOTE: Ad 1: Van Slingelandt's writings were highly sought after in the eighteenth century and only available through copies of his manuscripts such as the ones we offer for sale. In the preface (1784) to the enclosed edition of Van Slingelandt's works the publisher writes: "Het is bekend, dat de nagelaaten Geschriften (…) sedert langen tyd door veelen in ons Land, Regenten en Burgers, met een ongemeene greetigheid gezocht, en door den eenen van den anderen steeds in menigte zyn afgeschreeven (…)". Ad 2: Van Slingelandt was a republican by nature and his ideas were adopted by the Patriots in the generations after his death. His Political Writings were published in 1784-85 which had a great influence at the end of the 18th c. Later in the 19th c. Thorbecke was influenced to a great extent by Van Slingelandt.

PSALMS -- LUSCINIUS, O. (= O. Nachtigall). Allegoriae psalmorum Davidis prophetae. Augsburg, S. Ruf for S. Grimm, 1524. 3 in 1 vol. (46); (50), (8 lvs. in ms. on 10 lvs.), (16); (68) lvs. W. 2 ti. printed within woodcut border, sev. historiated initials and woodcut vignet of Hercules at the end. Cont. blind tooled vellum over wooden brds. w. raised bands, and brass clasps & catches. (1 clasp gone, ticket on spine, ti-p. loosening and upper inner corner torn off (sl. affecting woodcut border), lower blank margin B6 (in 2nd part) torn off, quire H (in second part) in manuscript in an old hand (red & brown ink) by Buxheim Carthusians?, sl. browned).NOTE: First edition of this rare psalter explanation by the versatile humanist, theologian, translator and musician Ottmar Nachtigall (1478-1537). - VD 16 N22. Not in Adams. Collation a-e8f6; A2-G8, H1-8 in manuscript on 10 lvs., I-K8; A-G8, H4, I8. - From the Charterhouse in Buxheim, w. their entry on title and small stamp on leaf 2.

CASTRO, Paulus de. Prima (& secunda) super infortiato. (Lyon, Seb. Gryphius), 1531. 2 in 1 vol. 118; 141 lvs. W. 2 identical woodcut ti.-pp., printed in red & black. Fol. 19th c. marbled cf. (Margins cropped, outer lower corner of first 60 lvs. dam. (partly w. loss of text), some staining in places, some underl./annot. in an old hand). -- Added: Id. Prima super codice. (Lyon, Seb. Gryphius), 1527. 235 lvs. W. woodcut ti.-p., printed in red and black. Lge-fol. Limp 'manuscript' bind. (Front cover partly dam., upper outer corner of ti.-p. torn off w. some loss of image, slight marginal staining, but a good copy w. ample margins). -- (2).NOTE: Ad 1: Baudrier VIII, 61 (2nd and 3rd part of a 6 vol. work). Ad 2: Part 1 (of 2). Not in Baudrier?

PSALMS -- PROBUS. Vertoog over het nuttig gebruik en ontstichtend misbruik van het psalm-gezang, in den openbaaren godsdienst der Protestanten. Amst., K. de Veer, 1766. vii, (1), 106, (1) pp. - Bound with: AANMERKINGEN op, en beoordelinge van de psalmberijmingen van het Kunstgenootschap Laus Deo, Salus Populo en van den heere J.E. Voet. (c. 1765). Manuscript on (2), 64, (6) pp. - 2 in 1 vol. 4°. Late 18th c. hcf. (Top of spine chipped).NOTE: Rare refutations on the new 'Psalmberijmingen' published in 1760 by 'Laus Deo, Salus Popolo', a poetry society consisting of Lucretia van Merken, Nicolaas Simon van Winter, Pieter Meijer, a.o.

BELDER, J.L. de. Ballade der onzekerheden. Gent, Artifex-Uitgaven, (1949). 33, (7) pp. Sm-4°. Or. vellum bind. In or. box. (Both box and bind. a bit browned). -- Id. Uit een herfst. Brussel, Uitg. Steenlandt, (1944). Owrps. (De Bladen voor de Poëzie 8, nr. 6). Copy w. ms. dedication to Carlos de Baeck, dated July 28th 1944. Loosely inserted: 6 fold. lvs. w. poems in ms. by De Belder, also dedicated to Carlos de Baeck, dated Lier August 20th 1948. And 3 o. ms. contributions by De Belder. -- Id. Van zuilen sneeuw en rozen. (Ledeberg, 1964). Owrps. One of 26 de luxe copies on Van Gelder w. ms. dedication to Carlos de Baeck underneath the colophon. -- And 7 similar by/w. relation to De B. (10).NOTE: Ad 1: One of 8 de luxe copies on handmade F.G. Head paper, numbered A-H, of which this is A. Printed in red and black. Signed by the author and dated "Heist, 10.1.1950". W. typescript letter by Gerard Walschap (not signed) and 1 signed manuscript letter by the author to the dedicatee of this booklet: Carlos de Baeck. Both letters in relation to this publication.

DISJECTA MEMBRA -- COLLECTION of c. 40 manuscript fragments from the 14th/15th c., written on vellum, partly retrieved from restoration of old bindings. Various sizes. In plastic folders in A4 ring binder. -- Added: 4 similar ring binders containing i.a. a collection of c. 80 loose folia (or fragments of folia) from, primarily German (post-)incunabula, partly with ms. notes about their origin.

AZO, P. Summa Azonis, locuples iuris civilis thesaurus. (…) studio D. Henrici Dresii (…). Accessere insuper eiusdem Azonis quaestiones quae Brocardicae appellantur (…). Venice, Apud Soc. Minimam, 1610-15. 2 parts in 1 vol. (72) pp., 1288 cols., (16) pp., 170 cols. W. 2 woodcut printer's marks on ti-pp. Fol. Cont. vellum. (Corners and edges a bit worn, upper hinge weak, a bit waterstained in places, espec. at the beginning).NOTE: Porcius Azo, was a lawyer and professor of law at the University of Bologna. His fame rests on his carefully organized commentaries on the Code, Institutes and sections of the Digest of the Corpus Juris Civilis. Known collectively as the Summa Azonis, these commentaries form a methodical exposition of Roman law. The Summa circulated widely in manuscript; 35 printed editions were issued from 1481 to 1610. It was a work of immense authority for generations of continental lawyers. - Savigny V, 38.

COLLECTION of c. 130 works, all in Ottoman Turkish (Persian-Arabian script). Late 19th/early 20th c. Diff. sizes. Dif. binds., incl. num. leather bindings.NOTE: Including one 'Defter' in early 20th c. manuscript. - Not collated, sold as a collection, not subject to return. - Books from the library of Prof. Dr. A.H. de Groot may contain some annotations in pencil.

Queen Anne High School, Dunfermline. Collection of typescripts, several with manuscript marginalia/directorial notes, for plays staged by staff/pupils with cast lists. 2 folders.

15th. Century MANUSCRIPT 191 leaves in red and black lettering, 29 lines per page, 99 pages with annotations. The order of the Gothic Latin version of the gospels in Matthew, Mark, Luke & John, the margins of their pages are adorned with miniscule Gothic Latin (exceptionally abbreviated) notes in a neat hand, all in black ink. At the end of John, the pages are numbered in red ink 1-84 (Gothic numbers, e.g. 1L=74). Leaves 1-15 Paul's letter to the Romans; 15-35 Corinthians; 36 etc. other epistles. The volume is complete, bound in full brown morocco over oak boards with blind stamps of a convent, an 18th. Century silver-gilt chased clasp, light damp stain to bottom margin of the last 20 leaves, otherwise very good. This unique manuscript was in the library of the Duke of Sussex; it was bought by Quaritch in 1878.From the library collection of Mulberry House a former rectory of High Ongar church.

Six 17th. Century BIBLES, in Cont. Bindings: 1- The Book of Common prayer. Robert Barker, 1631. PP: A-G4, Engraved title-page + one plate; Bound With: The New Testament. R. Barker, 1634. PP: 93 + Engraved TP & 49 Plates. Colophon dated 1631; Bound With: The Whole Book of Psalmes. L, Printed by G.M. for the Companie of Stationers, 1638.PP: (x), 92, (ii) Table. Cont. full leather and two clasps, tear & small loss to first title page; Tears and loss to some of the plates; edges of few pages frayed and one gathering protruding out; 2- The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New. Roger Daniel, Cambridge University Press, 1648. PP: A-T13; Bound With: The New Testament. Roger Daniel, Cambridge University Press, 164. PP:(5 Leaves, including TP), V-Aa18; Bound With: The Whole Book of Psalmes. Roger Daniel, Cambridge University Press, 1648. PP: A-B19. (14x8 cm); later full leather with gilt lettered label; 3- The New Testament. London, Robert Barker & the assigns of John Bill, 1640. PP: A-Z12. Cont. full leather, rubbed. Manuscript notes to the front blank endpapers; the last three leaves with small tears; 4- The Book of Common Prayer. Oxford, University printers, 1695. PP: A-G6; Bound With: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New. London, Charles Bill & executors of Thomas Newcomb, 1697. PP: A-Nn6; Bound With: The New Testament. London, Charles Bill & executors of Thomas Newcomb, 1697. PP: Nn7-Aaa5; Bound With: The Whole Book of Psalmes. Oxford, the University printers, 1696. PP: A-D12. (12.5x7 cm); Contemporary full leather with elaborate gilt decoration, With silver corners, central piece and clasps; marbled endpapers and all edges gilt. Rubbed, A complete and very good copy; 5- Holy Bible. (Old Testament Only)- Oxford University printers, 1695. Cont. full leather with gilt decoration; rubbed and corners torn with loss; Three leaves are torn with 2in loss; Sold A/F; 6- Vol 2 only of the Old and New Testaments, contains the second part of the Old testament, the complete New Testament, L, C. Bill & T Newcomb, 1699; And: The Psalms of David. Edinburgh, E Tyler, 1698. Cont. full leather with gilt decoration. VG (6)From the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.

Bible [English]. The Bible: Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1614/13, general title and New Testament title within woodcut border (imprint to general title dated 1614 and imprint to New Testament title dated 1613), And with The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures... by J[ohn] S[peed]. PP: (iv), (ii), 1-34 (Genealogies), (ii) Double-Page Map, 1-435 Leaves (434) End of Apocrypha, (viii), 441-554 Leaves (all catch words correct); Bound With: Two Right Profitable. L, Robert Barker, 1613. PP: (ii) TP, A-L2. Colophon dated 1613. 4to (21.5 x 16cm). Original boards, with later spine. Cont. Manuscript notes to endpapers, blank pages and some margins; The first few pages, including the Genealogies with tears and small losses; some edges frayed.From the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.

Five BIBLES: 1- BIBLE, Etc: The Book of Common Prayer, Oxford, J. Baskett, 1737, PP: A-E3; Bound With: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testament. Oxford, J. Baskett, 1738. PP: A-Ccc8; Bound With: The New Testament. Oxford, J. Baskett, 1738. PP: Ddd-Sss8: Bound With: The whole Book of Psalms. London, J. Humfreys for the Company of Stationers, 1736. PP: A-L. (18x11 cm). Cont. full leather with gilt decoration and all edges gilt; rubbed. Lacks the endpapers; Manuscript notes to verso of New Testament TP; ink stain to two pages; occasional tear, without loss; 2- Book of Common Prayer. Cambridge, Joseph Bentham, 1763. PP: A-N12; Bound With: The whole book of Psalms. Cambridge, Joseph Bentham, 1763. PP: A-D12. (15.5x9.5 cm). Cont. Full leather with gilt decoration & a.e.g.. Rubbed & hinges cracked; inscription to front blank; 3- The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments. Edinburgh, Assigns of Alexander Kincaid, 1786. PP: A-Ii2; & Ii3 -Ss12; Bound With: The Psalms of David in Metre. Edinburgh, Assigns of Alexander Kincaid, 1786. PP: Tt1-Xx12. (13.2x7.5 cm). Cont. Full leather with elaborate gilt decoration, marbled endpapers & all edges gilt. Covers rubbed & with a couple of chips. Attractive binding; 4- The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments. Edinburgh, Assigns of Alexander Kincaid, 1766. PP: A-Z8; & Aa-Hh6. (17.5x11 cm). Cont. Full leather with elaborate gilt decoration, marbled endpapers & all edges gilt. Covers rubbed, Attractive binding; 5- The Holy Bible. Edinburgh, Blair & Bruce, 1816. (5)From the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.

Naval/ POW. Napoleonic Camp Manuscript: First 18 pages written by an officer of HMS 'Caesar'; And from page 19 to 69 written at Verdun, English POW. Camp, dating from 1804 to 1805. Cont. full calf, rubbed and the block spit in two

1538 Coverdale New Testament [English]: [The New Testament of oure Sauyour Jesu Christ. Faythfully translated, & lately corrected..]. Antwerp, Matthew Crom, 1538 (Colophon). MILES COVERDALE'S NEW TESTAMENT, Tyndale's Prologues, 282 leaves (of 304), lacking 22 leaves at the beginning: (*8 A1, A3-6, A8 (A2 & A7 repaired and included with facsimiles in the box), B8, containing preliminary leaves and Matthew i-xiii verse 28 (first part), supplied in facsimile), 48 lines (plus headline), marginal references, black letter. Upwards of 180 woodcuts, including 134 woodcut illustrations illustrating the Gospels (one in Acts) (out of 153, lacking 21 in Matthew), full page woodcut on R2 recto of Pentecost (beginning of Acts), 21 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS to the Apocalype of Saint John, portraits of evangelists, St. Paul and other epistle writers (those of SS. peter and James full-page), genealogical woodcut (Adam-Nativity of Jesus) on 13 recto (Luke chapter iii), woodcut initials, and tailpieces, M4 torn, M5 stained, some browning and staining. CONTEMPORARY NETHERLANDISH BINDING OF BROWN CALF OVER WOODEN BOARDS, an outer panel of a roo-tooled border with rose and ornamental motif with initials LM, surrounding a central rectangular panel with blank outer sections and at centre a pineapple stamp repeated, arranged vertically (5) on upper cover and vertically and horizontally on the lower. The binding is dated 1546, with a digit placed in the four corners of the central panel of the upper cover, brass clasp fittings and central and corner bosses on covers: lacking clasps. Manuscript strengtheners, head of spine worn, upper cover and spine detached from text block. Housed in a specially made black morocco folding box, the facsimile of the missing leaves inserted in a special pocket, 61/2 x 41/8 inches (16.2x10.5 cm). EXTREMELY RARE TO FIND IN CONTEMPORARY BINDINGFrom the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.

Six Bibles: 1- Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments. Cambridge, John Archdeacon, 1789 (both TPs Old & New). PP: Title page, A-Eee2, A-M8 (Apocrypha), (Fff)-Zzz4. 4to. (29.5 x 23 cm). Cont. full reverse calf, rubbed, lower cover detached & lacks the two clasps. Small worm damage to a few pages; 2- The Holy Bible, The Old and New Testament. Edinburgh, Sir JH Blair & J Bruce, 1799 (both old & new Testaments). PP: Engraved Frontis, A-4I, A-S4 (Apocrypha), NT Title, PP: (4I2)-5N2. 4to. Near Cont. full reverse calf, rubbed and covers detached; 3- The Book of Common Prayer, together with the Psalms of David. Oxford, University printers, 1693. PP: Title page, a-b4, A-M6, (ii) blank, Aa-Qq2. Folio (35 x 23 cm), Cont. full leather, rubbed, covers & endpapers detached. Tear to title page, the following page & the last three leaves of the Psalms. SOLD A/F; 4- The Holy Bible, The Old and new Testament. Lacks General Title page, PP: A2-Qq2, A-I8 (Apocrypha), New Testament Title Page. Cambridge, John Archdeacon, 1769. PP: A-R (end). 4to. Cont. full calf, rubbed and covers detached; The first 7 leaves with tears, repairs and loss; 5- Holy Bible, The old and new Testament. Lacks title page for the Old. PP: A2-Uu4, A-K8 (Apocrypha), Title for New Testament: London, John Baskett, 1740. PP: (a)-O4, A-E (Index, etc). 4to. Cont. full reverse calf, rubbed and torn. Page CC with tear to margin and small loss; manuscript notes to endpapers; 6- The Holy Bible, illustrated with plates, Vol. 1 only. John Baxter, Sussex Press, Lewes, 1811. Cont. full reverse calf; rubbed, torn and detached. First gathering detached, and one page torn. A/F, (6)From the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.

1638-1653 BIBLES, Etc. 1- [Six volumes in one]: The Book of Common prayer. London, Robert Barker & assignes of John Bill, 1638. PP: A-G4. A hole to one page with the loss of few letters; Bound with: Genealogies. 1638. PP: Title page, 30+double-page map; Bound with: The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New. L, Robert Barker & assignes of John Bill, 1638 (both title pages within decorative woodcut borders); Bound with: The way to true happiness. R Young, no date; Bound with: The whole book of Psalmes. GM for the Company of stationers, 1639. Cont. full leather with gilt decoration, including a crown to both covers. Covers rubbed and lower detached. Not collated, but looks complete, (18 x 11.5 cm); 2- THE HOLY BIBLE Containing the Old Testament and New, L, Evan Tyler, for a Society of Stationers, 1653 (both title pages within decorative woodcut borders); Bound with: The whole book of Psalms. L, John Field, 1656. Cont. full leather with gilt decoration and a.e.g. Covers rubbed; a piece cut out from the top of the front marbled endpaper; Cont. manuscript notes to front and rear blank endpapers. (2)From the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.

Four Bibles: 1- 1726 BIBLE: The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New. Edinburgh, John Baskett, 1726 (both title pages). PP: A-Uuu4 (Last page loose & full on cont. manuscript family history), A-K8 (Apocrypha); (Xx1) New Testament title page, Xx2-Lll4, a-d4 (Index), A-G2 (Psalmes, etc). 4to. (25.5 x21 cm), C19 full blind stamped leather, a.e.g. The bookplate of: Lt Col George Sceales to front pastedown; 2- 1743 BIBLE, Etc: The Book of Common Prayer. Oxford, Thomas Baskett, 1743, PP: A-G4; Bound with: The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments. Oxford, T. Baskett, 1743. PP: A-Rrr2 (including the Apocrypha); The New Testament. Oxford, T Baskett, 1743. PP: (ii) Title page, Qqq2-Iiii2, & a-d4 (Index); Bound with: Whole book of Psalmes. L, Company of Stationers, 1746. PP: A-G4. 4to. (27 x 21.5 cm), cont. full panelled calf, rubbed and Common Prayer title page with tears; 3- 1761 BIBLE: The Holy Bible, containing the Old and the New Testaments. L, Mark Baskett & Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1761 (Both title pages) PP: A-Uuu4m A-K8n A-U4m A-E3 (Index). 4to. (25.5 x 21 cm). Cont. full tree calf, rubbed. Leaf A of the Index, torn with repair & loss; 4- The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New. L, John Baskett, 1716 (both title pages). PP: A-Bbb2, a-l8 (Apocrypha), A-P4 (New Testament); Preceded by The Whole book of Psalms. L, S. Collins, 1717; AND An incomplete Index to the Holy Bible (lacks the title page), 4to. (25 x 19 cm), Cont. full leather, rubbed and upper cover detached. (4)From the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.

Foreign Language BIBLES: The New Testament, (Greek): Novi Testamenti Libri omnes, recens nunc editi.. L, Richard Whittaker, 1633. PP: 459, (xiii) Index, etc. Cont. panelled calf, rubbed & edges cut. Ink manuscript notes to the front blank endpapers, in the margins & fainter over the printed text; 1700 BIBLE (Dutch): Lutherus, DM (Transl.): Nederduytse Bybel: Dat is: Het Oude en Nieuwe Testament. Amsterdam, Hendrik Burgers, 1700. With engraved title page. 648pp. Cont. full mottled calf with gilt decorations, a.e.g. Covers a little warped, vg; Jewish School & Family Bible - in 4 vols. L, James Darling, 1852-61. Original blind stamped boards; Plus: 4 other Greek Bibles; 1615 BIBLE [French]. La Bible, qui est toute la Saincte Escriture du vieil et Nouveau Testament. Geneve, 1615. Title page trimmed and laid down & with repair to the margins of the first 14 leaves. PP: (xviii), 381, (ii) Blank, 64 (Apocrypha), 1115 (New Testament, without its own title page), followed by Index; Bound with: Psalmes: Les Pseaumes de David.. Geneve, c1615 (bottom margin, with date cut out. PP: A-G5. Margin repair to the last 12 leaves. Folio, (31 x 21 cm). Cont. full leather, rubbed and spine torn in half; Plus 4 other French Bibles; Two German, including: Biblia Sacra, das ist, die ganze Heilige Schrift, Alten und Neuen Testaments, Vol.1 only. Mayntz, Johann Gaspar Bencards, 1705. PP: Preliminaries + 952. (23 x 15 cm). Cont. full velum with blind stamped decoration and one of two clasps; Italian, Spanish & Arabic. (qty.)From the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.

Unusual Rare mixture: 1- Macpherson, R: A dissertation on the preservative from drowning; and swimmer's assistant. London, printed for J Murray, 1783, 1st. edn? PP: viii, 131. C19 half leather, rubbed; wormholes to the lower margins (away from the text); 2- A magazine of scandall. Or, a heape of wickednesse of two infamous ministers, consorts, one named Thomas Fowkes of Earle Soham in Suffolk, convicted by law for killing a man, and the other named John Lowes of Brandeston, who hath beene arraigned for witchcraft, and convicted by law for a common barrettor. Together with... Printed at London for R. H. 1642. 14pp. Later leather backed marbled boards. Vg; 3- [Le Camus, Antoine]: Abdeker: Or, the art of Preserving Beauty. Translated From an Arabic Manuscript. Dublin, Printed for John Murphy, 1756. PP: 155, (I) Advert. 1/4 leather; rubbed; splashis of ink to front blank and title page; 4- Duchess of Angouleme (Marie De Bourbon): Private Memoirs, Which With The Work of M. Hue and The Journal of Clery, Complete The History of The Captivity Of The Royal Family Of France. In The Temple. John Murray, London., 1817, 1st. Edn. PP: xvi, 144 (including the publisher's catalogue). Original paper backed plain boards and paper label, a little grubby; 5-: George Borrow: An English Gypsy Word-Book; being George Borrow's Romany vocabulary transposed, London: Taylor & Francis, 1889, printed for private circulation, Quarter red leather, with yellow and blue cloth, 94pp. Vg; 6- Saville, Lord George: The Lady's New-Year's Gift: Or, Advice To A Daughter. L, J Dodsley, 1765. PP; 116, (iv) Publisher's catalogue. Cont. full speckled calf gilt; hinges cracked. (6)

BIBLES: MINIATURES & POCKET EDNS: C50 volumes, including: Miniature Bible with Magnifier. Glasgow, David Bryce, no date, c1896/1901. Original full blind stamped leather, magnifying glass in the pocket. (4.5 x 3.5 cm); Holy Bible, Old & New Testaments: NCR Microform. National Cash Register. 'Lunar Bible'. Smallest Bible in the World, (5 x 6cm), in the original storage folder and housed in a full leather folder; Holy Bible: the Old and new Testaments, with notes by Rev. Henry Stebbing, L, Allan Bell, 1837 (both title pages). With maps and illustrations. Cont. full leather, lower cover detached. (10 x 7cm); THE HOLY BIBLE Containing the Old Testament and New, with notes. L, JW Pasham, 1776. The new Testament incomplete- ends with Chapter 21. Cont. full leather. (11 3/4 x 6 3/4 cm); The New Testament.. To which are added various readings, references to Parallel passages, and explanatory notes, with Maps. L, T.C. John, 1835. 628pp plus two hand coloured maps (one double page). Interleafed copy, with cont. manuscript notes. Cont. full leather, a.e.g. (9.75 x 7cm); The New Testament. Bourne of Harlesdon, no date. Gold metal binding, the block is loose from the binding (3 x 3.5cm)From the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.

Ben Johnson: The works. Stansby, 1616. Lacks general title and ends with Masques, page 992 (incomplete), Also there are three missing pages (supplied in manuscript). SOLD A/F Not subject to return; Plus: Cobbett- A Grammar of the English Language, in a series of letters. L, Thomas Dolby, 1819, 1st. Edn. PP: 186, (iii) adverts. Plain drab boards, rubbed. (2)

1576 BIBLE [English] Illustrated with Maps & woodcuts: The Bible that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated according to the Ebrewe and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages... Imprinted at London: By Christopher Barker, 1576, lacking general title and only one preliminary leaf present, New Testament title present with woodcut, Apocrypha present. PP: 1-365; 1-84 (Apocrypha); Bound with: The Newe Testament.. Imprinted at London: By Christopher Barker, 1576, PP: (2 Leaves) Title page- edges frayed and with a tear, no loss, and the Map of the Holy land- with a tear, no loss, 1-115, (i) The order of the years from Pauls conversion, (i) blank, A-B3 (Tables- ending with V, lacks one page?). 4to. (27.5x19 cm), later full leather. Manuscript notes in some of the margins, and the odd small tear or tear.From the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.

The New Testament in English translated by John Wycliffe Circa Mccclxxx. Now first printed from a contemporary Manuscript formerly in the Monastery of Sion Middlesex late in the Collection of Lea Wilson. Chiswick: Charles Whittingham for William Pickering, London, 1848. 4to, contemporary full leather and later spine. (24 x 18 cm)From the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and the New Testaments. London, George Eyre & Andrew Strahan, 1806. PP: A-5K2, A-2A4; Bound with: The New Testament. George Eyre & Andrew Strahan, 1806. PP: 5L-6Y4. Folio 14 x 11 inches (36.5x28 cm). Cont. full red straight-grained morocco, with gilt decoration, gilt inner dentelles and all edges gilt. Family history in manuscript to front blank endpapers; scattered spotting; VG.From the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.

1596-1668 BIBLE, Etc: 1- The Holy Bible, Containing: Book of Common Prayer. L Robert Barker, 1636 (Surrounds of TP crudely repaired & manuscript notes to bottom margin). PP: A-F4; Bound With: The New Testament. L, Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1596. PP: Q-Q4 (includes the Map of the Holy Land),1-112, 279-288pp (not leaves), 117-322, (12 Leaves) Table. Erratic numbering but looks complete; Bound With: The Whole Booke of Psalmes. L, Jon Winderton for the Assignes of Richard Daye, 1597. PP: (x), 1-91, (v) only. The whole volume with 5 engraved plates (one with a small fold & tear). Full leather, rubbed, & detached; 2- Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the new. Cambridge, John Field, 1668. PP: A-Qq3; Bound With: The New Testament. Cambridge, John Field, 1666. PP: A-Mm4; Bound With: Index Biblicus: or an exact Concordance to the Holy Bible. Cambridge, John Field, 1668. PP: A-Ccc (few pages with frayed edges); Bound With: The Whole book of Psalmes. Cambridge, John Field, 1666. PP: (ii) TP, 29, (iv). Cont. full leather (varnished!) and later spine, (24x17 cm); 3- Holy Bible, Containing: Book of Common Prayer, PP: A3-H8 (Lacks TP -A1&2); Bound With: The Genealogies.. By John Speed. No date, PP: TP, 1-34, (iv) Double-page map of the Holy land & description; Bound With: The Holy Bible, contayning the Old Testament and the New. L, Bonham Norton & John Bill, 1629. Title within decorative woodcut border. PP: A-Cc4 (lacks: Ff3 & Nn); Bound With: The New Testament. L, Bonham Norton & John Bill, 1629. Title within decorative woodcut border. PP: Ppp-Gggg1 (Colophon dated 1629); Bound With: The Book of Psalmes. L, Company of Stationers, 1630. PP: TP, 1-114, (iv) end; followed by (iv) Prayers, lacks most of the last leaf. Red ruled borders throughout. Full leather, rubbed, hinges cracked and upper cover detached. Cont. names and notes to blank pages, including front endpaper. (3)From the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.

TRAVEL Overseas: 1- (Morocco)- L. (S). A Letter from a Gentleman of the Lord Ambassador Howard, Retinue, to his Friend in London: Dated at Fez, Nov. 1, 1669. Wherein he gives a full relation of the most remarkable passages in their voyage thither, and of the present state of the countries under the power of Taffaletta, Emperour of Morocco; with a brief account of the merchandizing commodities of Africa, Printed by W.G. for Moses Pitt, 1670, first edition. PP: (ii), 36. Later full calf and new endpapers. Vg; 2- [Peckham, Harry]: THE TOUR OF HOLLAND Dutch Brabant, the Austrian Netherlands and part of France in which is included a description of Paris, L, printed for G. Kearsly, 1772 (price three Shillings). 1st. Edn. PP: (ii), 253, (ii), (I) Errata. Later 1/4 leather, edges untrimmed. Armorial bookplate of 'Henry Stonor Esq.' Alex Dawson's name stamped to front blank and head of page one; 3- A Manuscript JOURNAL Of A Tour on the Continent, made by DB & MC; & E.J. & A M C, Aug, 1862. PP: 34 pages written in a neat hand, the rest of the book is blank. Full leather; 4- Billets in the Low Countries, 1814-1817. In a Series of Letters. London, J.J. Stockdale, 1818, 228pp plus 4 hand-coloured plates by G. CRUIKSHANK? Plain paper boards and paper label; 5- Cardinal Alberoni's Scheme for Reducing the Turkish Empire to the Obedience of Christian Princes: and for a Partition of the Conquests: Together With: Dyet for Establishing the Publick Tranquility. London, Printed for J. Roberts, 1736, 1st. edn. PP: Frontis Portrait, (viii), 72. Head and tail pieces. Cont. half leather. (5)

Bible [English]- Geneva version 1597/1587. Starts with: The Psalmes: c-e7 (no Title page); followed by: The old Testament: Leaves 1-190 (part one, no title page); Leaves 1-197 (Second Part, with a list of the Books) Mispagination- jumps from 128 to 130- catch word correct; The New Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ, translated by L. Tomson. London: deputies of Christopher Barker, 1587. PP: (iv) Title page and Map of the Holy Land, Leaves 3-116 (End); + The Revelation of Saint John: PP: 1-22, (ii) Colophon: L, Richard Field for Robert Dexter, 1594; (xxii) A briefe table of interpretation of the proper names, With colophon: C Barker, 1598; + The Whole Booke of Psalmes. L, Assignes of Richard Daye, 1599. (x) Including Title page, 1-90 pp Only? Later reverse calf and two clasps. Manuscript notes mostly to the blank verso of a few pages; the odd small tear and stain.From the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.

1660 BIBLE [English]: The Holy Bible: Containing the Old Testament and the New. London, Henry Hills & John Field, 1660. PP: (ii) TP, A2-Aaa3, (ii) blank; Bound with: The whole book of Psalms. L, Company of Stationers, 1663. PP: A-F5 +(F6-F8) Prayers & Table. Ruled in red throughout, title pages with floral engraved borders. Cont. full blind stamped leather and later spine; silver corner pieces (one bent); rubbed; occasional small tear to corners and manuscript writing to the last two blank leaves. 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches (17.5x12 cm).From the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.

LONDON: 1- [HATTON, Edward]: A New View of London; or an Ample Account of that City, in Two volumes, or Eight Sections. L, printed for R Chiswell, et al, 1708, First Editions. Complete with the two large folding Maps, Three plates of the Arms of the Companies, Plus an extra portrait of the author, and a folding Table of the names of Wards. Contemporary full panelled calf and later spines. Mispagination as usual: pages 581-592 do not exist (the catchword from page 580 to 593 Is correct - end of sect. 2 and start of sect. 3), tears to the folds of the maps; cont. manuscript notes to front blank endpapers; 2- The Little London Directory of 1677. The Oldest Printed List of the Merchants and Bankers of London. Reprinted from the Exceedingly Rare Original. L, John Camden Hotten, 1863. Original boards gilt; 3- TUER A W: Old London Street Cries. 1885. Hand coloured frontis. Original boards and ties. (3)

MANUSCRIPT: Early 19th. Century: Written in a neat hand, two columns to the page and over 200 pages, making 33 Sermons. (33 x 21 cm), original vellum, very worn, torn and covers detached; damage to some corners and the last few pages loose.From the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.

A UNIQUE UNPUBLISHED WORK: 'RAVINA, A Ballad'. Written by AUGUSTUS PRINSEP, Printed and Embellished by JAMES PRINSEP. 1828. PP: (iv), 19, Plus a tipped-in handwritten page of music and words, Plus FIVE tipped-in full page ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS BY JAMES PRINSEP, with his manuscript description in ink below each one, and most are signed by him. The volume is bound in contemporary full leather with marbled endpapers, spine rubbed and with cuts. [Augustus Prinsep (31 March 1803 – 10 October 1830): Is best known for his posthumous book, The Journal of a Voyage from Calcutta to Van Diemen's Land]; [James Prinsep FRS (20 August 1799 - 22 April 1840): was an English scholar, orientalist and antiquary. He was the founding editor of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and is best remembered for deciphering the Kharosthi and Dhammalipi scripts of ancient India]

ALMANACKS: 1- Partridge, John: Merlinus Liberatus: Being an Almanack for the year of our blessed Saviour's Incarnation 1697. L, Printed by R Roberts for the Company of Stationers. PP: (48); Bound with: Poor Robin, 1697. 16pp. Recent 1/4 calf over marbled boards; 2- Poor Robin 1678: An Almanack after a new fashion ... containing a two-fold kalendar. Printed for the Company of Stationers, (1678). Pp: (48). Recent 1/4 calf over marbled boards; 3- Moore, Francis: Vox Stellarum: or A Loyal Almanack for the year of Human Redemption 1793. Company Of Stationers, 1793. 48pp. With illustrations. Recent 1/4 calf over marbled boards. Manuscript notes in the margins; 4- Another one, for 1796. 48pp. With illustrations. Recent 1/4 calf over marbled boards. Manuscript notes in the margins; 5- Tanner, John: Angelus Britannicus An Ephemeris for the Year of Our Redemption, 1671, (43) pp, Illustrated. Recent 1/4 calf over marbled boards. (5)

1571- BIBLE [Latin]. Biblia, Ad vetustissima exemplaria castigata. Quid in horum Bibliorum castigatione praestitum sit, subsequens praefatio latius indicabit. Francofurti (Frankfurt), 1571. With some 135 illustrations. PP: A-B8, 423 (leaves). 20.5 x 14 cm, Full vellum over wood and dated 1571. Elaborately decorated in blind stamp and with three of four metal corners; lacks the straps. Head and foot of spine cut, with small loss. Cont. manuscript notes to front blank endpapers. Scattered red underlining from the title to page 18, otherwise very good.From the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.

Wycliffe's New Testament: Manuscript & tipped-in cutting: WICLIF: The New Testament, 1380. A 'Labour of Love' made-up volume, beautifully bound in full leather with gilt lettering to spine, gilt inner dentelles, silk endpapers & all edges gilt. Over 600 pages, with manuscript heading in black and red to each book of the New Testament, Chapter heading to each page in red, with one column to a page, tipped into a red ruled boarder, all on special paper. The front blank endpaper inscribed: 'C. Josephine Smith, From W? Barclay. Sep. 6. 94. Is. LVIII. II'; Plus: Wycliffe New Testament In English: Kingprint International, for International Bible Publications, Portland, Oregon, 1986, 1st. Edn. Thus. Sexcentenary Edition, Limited edn. #421 of 999 copies, signed by D L Brake (Wrote the Intro). Original cloth and matching slipcase. VG (2)From the library collection of Mulberry House, a former rectory of High Ongar church.

A BIFOLIUM AND FIVE FOLIOS FROM A LARGE SULTANATE QUR'AN IN BIHARI SCRIPT, INDIA, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY arabic manuscript on paper, each leaf with thirteen lines of bold script within red and blue ruled margins, verses separated by gold and blue rosettes, marginalia in red bihari and red and black nastaliq, each leaf 55 x 30.5 cm. (6)all with frayed and torn edges and associated staining, the bifolium with losses to the gutter

A QUR'AN SECTION, MAMLUK, EGYPT OR SYRIA, 14TH/15TH CENTURY a manuscript comprising a section of the Qur'an, the text composed of 7 lines of bold cursive script, sura headings in gold, verse markers of hexafoil form in gold with red, blue and black details, 31 ff., leather binding, folio 26.6 x 18.2cm. Provenance: Property of the late Ernst J. GrubeRemnants of an oval paper label applied to the binding 'Kalebdjian Freres'. The two Armenian brother opened their Paris shop in 1905 and continued in business until around 1930. They sold both to Cartier and Gulbenkian.

TWO FOLIOS FROM AN ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY ink and gouache on paper, probably from a treatise on animal husbandry, each with devanagari text in black with significant words in red, illustrated with an elephant, one showing the contents of its stomach, each in paper mount, further text on the reverse, one with small lithograph depicting an elephant at the Great Exhibition(?), 31 x 21.5cm (folio)Slight smudging in places, edges slightly marked and damaged

A LARGE GROUP OF MANUSCRIPT PAGES, MOSTLY PERSIAN AND OTTOMAN, CIRCA 1500 AND LATER including arabic and persian manscript pages, in various scripts, ink on paper, housed in 24 folders, folio 25 by 16.5cm., and smaller (a quantity)

TERTULLIAN. QUINUS SEPTIMIUS FLORENS: OPERA, 1521. Opera, Septimius Florens Tertullianus, Basel, 1521. Leather bound board. Elaborate woodcut borders, numerous woodcut initials. Tertullian was the first theologian to write in Latin and originated new theological concepts and advanced the development of early Christian Church doctrine. Together with additional papers bearing annotations from a previous owner.Provenance: From the library of the Congregation of Saint Maur (Congregatio S. Mauri), the preeminent Benedictine scholarly order of early modern France. This copy bears a manuscript ex-libris on the title page: "Ex libris Maurinorum Congregationis S. Mauri. S. Germani a Pratis." — indicating it was held at the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, a major center of monastic learning and textual scholarship. A further cataloguing inscription dated 1691 attests to its formal inclusion in the abbey's library inventory.Of particular note, the volume contains numerous marginal annotations and scholarly notes in Latin. These annotations—interpretive, cross-referential, and philological in nature—suggest possible engagement by Maurist theologians or editors, who were known for their critical editions of Patristic texts and exacting scholarship. The Congregation of Saint Maur was celebrated for its rigorous intellectual output, especially in Church history and textual criticism.Further marginalia in red ink by a previous owner, Gourey, in 1780 as well as unidentifiable notes in black ink.

Large Quantity of History Books, including Highfield (J. R. L.), The Early Rolls of Merton College Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1964, original cloth; Thompson (F. M. L.), Hampstead: Building a Borough, 1650-1964, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974, dust jacket; several volumes of Lincoln Record Society; manuscript studies, cultural history, etc. (10 boxes).

Gosselin family.- Gosselin (Martin Hadsley, of Ware Priory and Blakesware, Hertfordshire, d. 1868).- Album of maps, plans and ephemera of Ware Priory and the Gosselin Family, 72pp. excluding blanks, tipped-in auction sale catalogue of furniture sold June 21 1869 priced in manuscript, engraved armorial bookplate of Martin Hadsley Gosselin laid down, 5 charts or maps, (4 folding and 2 dissected and pasted down, wear and loss), 30 print photographs most with ink manuscript captions, some postcards, letters, documents, newspapers and typescripts (in English and Portuguese), most laid down, some tipped-in, occasional staining and browning, contemporary vellum-backed boards, ink manuscript title to spine, small split to head of upper joint, covers rubbed, sm. folio, 1742-1905.*** Includes images and newspaper articles on Sir Martin Le Marchant Hadsley Gosselin's (1847-1905) funeral, and images of the interior of Ware Priory.

Balzac's father.- Balzac (Bernard-François) Mémoire sur Deux Grandes Obligations a Remplir par les Français, first collected edition, signed by the author on final f. of last pamphlet, with contemporary manuscript note on title "par Balzac, père du romancier de ce nom", very light spotting, otherwise clean, contemporary straight-grain red morroco, lettered in gilt, a little marked, corners bumped, Tours, Mame, 1809.  *** Rare. The first collected edition of three pamphlets written by Balzac's father while he was deputy mayor and administrator of the hospital in Tours.

Victorian Banker.- Crompton (John Gilbert, banker, friend of Charles Darwin, of Flower Lilies, Windley, Derbyshire, 1819-1913) 4 Autograph Letters signed to William Tindall, 16pp., 8vo, Ilkley Wells House, Otley, 13th December 1859 - 7th February 1862, on the death of his wife Millicent and other matters, 1 letter with small hole, folds; Sharp (Sir Cuthbert, historian, 1781-1849) [Commonplace Book], manuscript signed C Sharp on front free endpaper, c. 125pp., document loosely inserted, slightly browned, original half calf, rubbed, spine loose, 8vo, [c. 1840] (5 pieces).

Bond for £400 by John Dawnay of Serey to John Hotham of Scorboroughe, manuscript in English on vellum, lacking seal, 1580 § Demise and lease of lands and positions of His Majesty’s wards Mary and Elizabeth Holland, manuscript in English on vellum, with signature of Lord Cottington, Master of the Wards, 1641, folds; and 5 others, assorted manuscripts, 17-19th century, including a plea to the Provost of Eton from 1655, v.s. (7)

Levant.- Du Loir (Nicolas) Les Voyage [sic] du Sieur du Loir ensemble de ce qui se passa à la mort du seu Sultan Mourat dans le Serrail, les ceremonies de ses funerailles; & celles de l'avenement à l'Empire de Sultan Hibraim son frere, qui luy succeda..., first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, errata leaf at end, repair to head of title affecting "Les", title inner margin reinforced, a few ink corrections and stains affecting text, a couple of marginal tears, some light spotting, later vellum, slightly soiled, [Blackmer 511], 4to, Paris, Francois Clouzier, 1654. *** Du Loir, whose first name is only known through a contemporary manuscript inscription in the copy at the Bodleian, travelled to Constantinople in 1639 in the retinue of the French ambassador to the Porte, Jean de la Haye. The work is a collection of 10 letters addressed to high-ranking Frenchmen, and is of interest not only in regards to his voyage to Constantinople, and the various peoples and customs he encountered, but also for his transliterations into the Latin alphabet and the translation into French of various Ottoman and Arabic texts. These include verses from the Koran (5th letter) and Dija ed-Din Ibrahim's narrative of the siege of Bagdad in 1639 (8th letter). This is the first edition with the variant title "omitting the words 'Contenus... Sujets'" (Blackmer).

Smethwick.- Conveyance of lands called Littell Hill, Newland, Caldell Croft, Stalcroft, Bramley ad Bromely Meadow in Smethwick, manuscript in Latin on vellum, folds, 1561 § Tichborne (Sir Richard, 2nd Baronet, Royalist commander in the English Civil War and English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1597, 1578-1657) Indenture dated 1 May 1626. Between Sir Richard Titchborne of Winchester Castle, Robert Aston of Farnham and Amye Aston in consideration of PS1,500 Francis Clarke, signed by Sir Richard Tichborn, Robert Aston and by the mark of Ayme Aston, manuscript in English on vellum, folds, some fraying to extremities, c.740 x 520mm., 1 May 1626; and c.20 others, bonds, deeds and other legal documents, including a bond between Henry Alfeild and Sir Francis Wolley (1583-1609, son of Sir John Wolley and Elizabeth More, MP, named in the second charter of the Virginia Company), 17th-19th centuries, v.s. (c.20)

Juvenile.- Padfield (Z., of Shepton Mallet, Somerset) [Literary exercise book], manuscript, 13pp., calligraphic italic lettering and pen and ink decoration, some ff. loose, others working loose, some ink staining, some ff. with slight brown staining, edges chipped, original marbled wrappers, worn, stained, edges torn with loss, oblong 4to, 1812; and 3 others, including another signed Padfield sheet laid down on card, a manuscript by Padfield on The Law, v.s., v.d. (4).

Montaigne (Michel de) Les Essais, "derniere edition", title in red & black, the odd light marginal spot but remarkably clean internally, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, faint ink manuscript titled on spine, the odd mark but clean, [Sayce & Maskell 26d], 8vo, Paris, Martin Collet, 1636. *** This one of the multiple 1636 printings, which were shared between several printers with an identical title page regardless of the publisher. 

Cramer (J[ohann] B[aptist], 1771-1858) Introduzione and Aria alla Tedesca,?autograph manuscript, inscribed at end 'Presenter par l'auteur avec ses respects à Madlle ?Mafsan. Rome Janvier 14. 1839' 5pp. repair to foot of first p., a few corrections over white paint, very light offsetting and spotting, disbound, c.280 x 400 mm, [Rome], [1839].*** Johann Baptist Cramer was a composer and pianist with a worldwide reputation, receiving praise from Beethoven for his technical perfection. Cramer was based mostly in London, where he became a successful music publisher and established his own musical instrument manufacturing and music publishing firm.

French Revolution.- Gibson (Francis) Memoirs of the Bastile, 100pp. manuscript copy extracted from original work, in contemporary autograph hand, recto and verso, cut engraved frontispiece and plan hand-coloured and laid down, modern half calf, [c.1802] § Renneville (Constantin de) The French Inquisition: or, the History of the Bastille in Paris, the State-Prison in France, first edition in English, variant with "Osborn" in imprint, with final advertisement leaf, armorial bookplate on title verso, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, A.Bell, T.Varnham & J.Osborn..., 1715 § Lyman (Theodore) A Few Weeks in Paris, During the Residence of the Allied Sovereigns in that Metropolis, first American edition, contemporary ink ownership name on title, some spotting, front free endpaper torn with loss, bookplate, original boards, a little rubbed, Boston, Cummings and Hilliard, 1814 §  [Cottient (Philipe)] Almanach des Prisons, fourth edition, engraved frontispiece of execution, some ink staining to ff., original printer's waste wrappers, worn, Paris, Chez Michel, [1794]; and 7 others, revolution and other French history, v.s. (12) *** An eclectic mix of works covering the French Revolution, featuring a delicately and painstakingly executed manuscript copy, a rare 19th century first American edition in original boards, and the last featuring a brilliant 18th century frontispiece of decapitated heads surrounding a guillotine.   

Polar.- Scott's Discovery Expedition, 1901.- National Antarctic Expedition. Adieu To Commander Scott, R.N., and the Officers and Men of the Discovery. Impromptu verses written and sung at the Savage Club... by Harrison Hill, printed handbill signed by Harrison Hill, 1p., folds, browned, 228 x 180mm., London, Saturday, 6th July 1901. *** Rare. Seemingly based on an autograph manuscript produced by Hill for Hartley Ferrar, geologist on the National Antarctic Expedition, now in Dundee Heritage Collections.