Montagu (Elizabeth, author and literary hostess, "Queen of Bluestockings", 1718-1800).- Bower (Archibald, religious controversialist and historica...

18th century Cavalry Officer.- McDowall (Captain) & KARR (Thomas, Sergeant) Account Book, 138 pp. excluding blanks, ruled throughout, some ff. exc...

?Johnson (Samuel, author and lexicographer, 1709-84).- Yewd (Thomas, Vestry Clerk of St. Mary-le-Strand) Copy Letter to "Doctor Johnson", 1p. with...

French Botany.- Cours de Botanique, manuscript in French, c. 375pp., a few additional notes loosely inserted, receipt for intermittent fever tippe...

Apprentice Indentures.- Collection of 6 apprentice indentures, printed with manuscript insertions, on vellum, paper duty stamps, folds, browned, 1...

Astle (Thomas, archivist and collector of books and manuscripts, 1735-1803).- de Santander (Simon, former secretary of the Spanish King and book c...

Commonplace Book.- Mortimer (H.W.) [Commonplace Book of poetry], including: Doddridge, Cowper, Pope etc., manuscript in two hands, c. 90pp. exclud...

Religion & Mysticism.- Commonplace Book on religion, ethics and related subjects, manuscript, c. 350pp., several manuscript notes loosely inserted...

NO RESERVE Political Writer.- Blake (Sir Francis, second baronet, political writer, 1736/7-1818) Abstract of Settlement made on the Marriage of Si...

Gonville & Caius College.- Belward (Richard, Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, 1746-1803) Autograph Letter signed to George Horne, ...

Legal.- [Witts (Edward, lawyer)] [Three daybooks kept by a practising lawyer],3 vol.,manuscript, 238pp., 2 vol. in original paper wrappers (some t...

Grose (Francis, antiquary, bap. 1731, d. 1791) Autograph Letter signed to "Sir", 1¼pp., n.p., 19th August 1796, reporting that he had sent his let...

Recipes.- Recueilil de differents remedes; Receptes de ratafiats; Confitures, pommades pour le tein et secrets, manuscript in French, title and c....

Ney (Michel, known as Marshal Ney, French military commander and Marshal of the French Empire, 1769-1815) Autograph Letter signed to Citoyen Rouss...

NO RESERVE Royal Navy.- Muirson (John, midshipman, later lieutenant in the Royal Navy, served on HMS Stately and HMS Sophie, of Chislehust, Kent, ...

NO RESERVE Mathematics.- Saint (William, mathematician and collector of Norwich) Autograph Letter signed to Dr. Stark, 4pp., 4to, Cromer, [Norfolk...

Indian Passport.- Passport to Sudanund Swamy Goud Suneashy to proceed to Benares, "permitted to pass with his attendants and baggage" - 8 Brahmins...

NO RESERVE Peace with America.- Pays (A.T. Sm., merchant) Autograph Letter signed to H.T. Sam Pays in Lisbon, 2¼pp. and address panel, folio, Lond...

19th century Inventory.- Munday (R., appraiser, Westminster) An Inventory... of the... Property of the late Thomas Higgins Deceas'd... No. 19 Gard...

Quakers in Western New York.- Howland (Humphrey, land surveyor) 11 Autograph Letters signed to William Rotch Jr of New Bedford, Massachusetts, 27p...

Shockerwick House, near Bath.- W[iltshire] (J[ohn], of Shockerwick House, 1762-1842) To Miss Lee on her approaching Marriage, autograph unpublishe...

NO RESERVE Whaling.- Whittaker (George Byrom, publisher and bookseller, 1793-1847) Autograph Letter signed to George William Manby, 2pp., sm. 4to,...

Scientific Notes.- Cahiers de mon grand-père Casimir Devina, manuscript in French, 74pp., 2 full page pen and ink drawings of pumping machines (1 ...

Printer & Naturalist.- Taylor (Richard, printer and naturalist, 1781-1858).- 3 Letters to Richard Taylor, comprising: Smith (Rev. N.S., translator...

NO RESERVE Orientalist.- Silvestre de Sacy (Antoine Isaac, Baron, French nobleman, linguist and orientalist, 1758-1838) Autograph Letter signed to...

Savoy, Switzerland and Italy.- [Filon (Charles Auguste, French historian, 1800-75)] Voyage en Savoie, en Suisse et en Italie pendant l'Autumne de ...

[Scottish Police].- Material relating to the establishment of a police service in Scotland together with laws for the election of magistrates and ...

Music.- Powell (J.M.) [Songbook], manuscript music on staves, 2pp. manuscript lyrics & 2pp. manuscript index at front, together 82pp. excluding bl...

Antiquaries and Book Collectors.- Allen (John, political and historical writer, Master of Dulwich College, 1771-1843) 10 Autograph Letters signed ...

NO RESERVE Egypt.- Bowring (Sir John, politician, diplomat and writer, 1792-1872) Autograph Letter signed to Joseph Hume, 3pp., lge. 4to, 23rd Jan...

Society of Antiquaries.- Aungier (John James, clerk, forger) 26 Autograph Letters signed to John Bruce & 2 others by Aungier, c. 55pp., 8vo & smal...

Geology.- Levison (Dr. Jacob Leslie, dental surgeon, 1799-1874) Curious facts with simple tests in Mineralogy..., manuscript title and 66pp. exclu...

Qur'an, c. 200ff. from the Qur'an and prayer books, some decorated in gold, on paper, v.s., 8vo, n.d. [19th century] (c. 200 pieces).

Poetry.- W[orth] (R[ichard] N[icholls], geologist and historian of Plymouth, 1837-96)Rhymings: by R.N.W., autograph manuscript, title and 95pp., t...

NO RESERVE Van Diemen's Land, later Tasmania.- Copy birth certificate of George Lawrence Gibson, son of George Lawrence Gibson in Horton District,...

Murder of the Monk of Whitby.- A true Account of the Murder of the Monk of Whitby by Lord William de Bruy... Lord Ralph de Piercy... with the Monk...

Australian Police.- Album of newspaper cuttings relating to the Australian Police Force, including an application form to join the police, 57pp. e...

King's Counsel.- Edward VII.- Letters Patent appointing William Alfred Meek as King's Counsel, manuscript on vellum, engraved decoration at head a...

Sketches & Songs.- 2 albums of signatures, songs and sketches owned by Eleanor McLaren at Cheltenham Ladies College, including: an address panel t...

Surrey, Farnham.- [Tower (Bertie, Commander, Royal Navy retired)] Diary, autograph manuscript, c. 370pp., a few newspaper cuttings loosely inserte...

Heskyns (Thomas) The Parliament of Chryste auouching and declaring the enacted and receaued trueth of the presence of his bodie and bloode in the ...

Alehouses & Beggars.- By the Queene. A proclamation for the due obseruation of fish dayes, suppressing of vnnecessary number of alehouses, and for...

Terentius Afer (Publius) Terence in English. Fabulae comici facetissimi et elegantissimi, second edition of this translation, woodcut decorations,...

Montaigne (Michel de) Essayes, 3 parts in 1, second edition in English, translated by John Florio, woodcut decorations, title creased and slightly...

Bound dos-à-dos.- The whole booke of Psalmes collected into English meeter by T. Sternhold, I. Hopkins, W. Whittingham, and others, conferred with...

17th century Constable's Oath.- Dalton (Michael) The Countrey Justice, fifth edition, elaborate woodcut title, lacks A1 blank, some ff. loose or w...

Broadside.- English Civil War.- Die Lunæ, primo Septembr. 1645. Votes of the Commons assembled in Parliament. Ordered...that no person, that hath ...

NO RESERVE [Sanderson (Robert)] Five cases of conscience: occasionally determined by a late learned hand, first edition, engraved frontispiece wit...

Greek printing.- Poetæ minores Græci, edited by Ralph Winterton, parallel Latin and Greek text, title within woodcut typographic border, woodcut h...

Greek.- Language.- Gretser (Jakob) The rudiments of the Greek tongue, out of the first book of the institutions of James Gretser of the Society of...

Aesop.- Dudley (Thomas) [Fables with His Life: in English, French and Latin], eight loose plates only, from a later edition, engravings, each shee...

Wright (John Michael) An account of His Excellence Roger Earl of Castlemaine's embassy, from His Sacred Majesty James IId. King of England, Scotla...

Broadside.- Royal Navy.- Battle of Vigo Bay.- A relation of the great and glorious success of the fleet and forces of Her Majesty and the States G...

Broadside.- First Parliament of Great Britain.- A true list of the Lords spiritual and temporal, together with the Members of the House of Commons...

NO RESERVE Quillet (Claude) Callipædia, seu de pulchræ prolis habendæ ratione, poema didacticon, ?first English edition, title with woodcut flower...

Kent.- Broadside.- The two Sosias: in a dialogue between the true Kentish Grand Jury's address and that of the county which were both presented to...

Pamphlets.- [Gildon (Charles)] Les soupirs de la Grand Britaigne: or, the groans of Great Britain, being the second part to The groans of Europe, ...

Mathematics.- Beveridge (William) Institutionum chronologicarum libri duo. Unà cum totidem arithmetices chronologicæ libellis, third edition, titl...

Murder trial.- The genuine trial of Samuel Goodere, Esq; (late commander of the Ruby Man of War) Matthew Mahony, and Charles White, At the general...

Broadside.- America.- King George's War.- By the King, a proclamation for a general fast...Given at our court at St. James's, the seventh day of N...