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![[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] 'Lewis Carroll'.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/auctions-2026/bearne10225/images/718e5b44-00a4-4ffd-be87-b44f00aa4855.jpg?w=250)
NIELSEN, Kay (illust.).
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ROBERTS, David.
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CHRISTIE, Agatha.
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John Harris (British,
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JONES, Inigo. The Designs of Inigo Jones, consisting of Plans and Elevations for Publick and Private Buildings, 1st edition, [London:] Publish'd by William Kent, with some Additional Designs, 1727, 2 vols. in one, engr. portrait-vignette titles to both vols., (first title soiled with edgewear and small hole), engr. head- and tail-pieces and initials, 69 engr. plates (only) (3 folding, half of folding plate 'Front of the Palace' lacking, several others with edgewear, tears or holes, repairs), contemp. calf distressed, old crude cloth reback, folio. [sold with all faults] [ESTC T31727]
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SOLON, Marc Louis Emmanuel. A Brief History of Old English Porcelain and its Manufactories, 1st edition, London: Bemrose & Sons Ltd., 1903, numbered 296 of 1250, num. colour and b&w plates with captioned tissue-guards, occasional spotting, edge-browning, later half-calf, t.e.g. remainder untrimmed, large 8vo.
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STUART, James & REVETT, Nicholas. Antiquities of Athens, vol. IV only, supplement, London: Priestley and Weale, 1830, half-title, engr. title-vignette, 52 engr. plates, illustrations, foxing, corrigenda slip at rear, contemp. half calf distressed, upper board detached. with onlaid engraving, backstrip lacking, folio.
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HASEGAWA, Takejiro (pub.). Japanese Fairy Tale Series: Kachi-Kachi Mountain, 1886; No. 17 Schippeitaro, 1901; 2 vols., Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, colour woodblock prints on crepe paper, the first with edges cut/opened with some edge-losses & and ink ownership inscription to rear, ea c. 15.5 x 10.5 cm. (2)
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NISTER, Ernest (pub.). Four volumes: The Model Menagerie..., [c.1895], six chromolithograph pop-up plates, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, oblong folio; Pantomime Pictures, [c.1895], five chromolithograph pop-up plates, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, folio; The Animals' Picnic, [c.1900], col. & b&w illustrations, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, oblong 4to; The Animals' Trip to Sea, [c.1899], col. & b&w illustrations, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, oblong 4to; all London: Ernest Nister & New York: E.P.Dutton, nd, mixed condition incl. some tears, wear, soiling, tape-repairs, (some childrens' colouring to the latter two), boards scuffed. (4)
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ROWLANDSON, Thomas (illust.). The Vicar of Wakefield; A Tale by Doctor Goldsmith..., London: R. Ackermann, 1817, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates incl. frontis., occasional spotting, contemp. half-calf over marbled boards, rubbed, 8vo; together with... [COOMBE, William]. The Tour of Doctor Prosody..., 1st edition, London, Edinburgh & Glasgow: Matthew Iley, et al., 18 (of 20) hand-coloured aquatint plates incl. frontis., edgewear, some leaves loose, tears, spotting & soiling, buckram-backed marbled boards scuffed, 8vo. (2)
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BUTLER, Alban. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and other Principal Saints, 12 vols., Dublin: Published by James Duffy, 1845, engr. frontispieces and vignette titles (browning & spotting), contemp. green half-calf, scuffed, some joints cracked, marbled edges, 8vo. (12)
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CLARKSON, Thomas. The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of The Abolition of The African Slave-Trade by the British Parliament, Vol. II (only), 1st edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808, engr. folding plate (tear), occasional spotting, contemp. marbled calf gilt, chipped, cracking to joints, red edges, 8vo.
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DEFOE, Daniel. The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner..., 2 vols., London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1790 [but later, advertisement leaf after vol. I title dated 1st November 1804], frontispieces, engr. vignette titles, plates, some spotting, soiling/staining, and edge-wear, ink ownership inscriptions to ffeps, armorial bookplates, contemp. calf, re-backed, 8vo. (2) [sold with all faults]
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DICKENS, Charles. Dombey and Son, 1st edition in book form, 1st state, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848, engr. frontis, engr. additional title, and 38 plates by H.K. Browne 'Phiz', half-title, errata sheet, browning and spotting to plates, several leaves loose incl. frontis., some marginal chips and tears, contemp. quarter calf distressed, backstrip torn and detached, 8vo.
[Points include: No page no. to frontis., no quotation marks for the party p.xv, 'shewed and 'shew' p.40, 'Delight' p.284, 'Capatin' p.324. (Smith, Dickens, I, 8)]
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DICKENS, Charles. The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1st edition in book form, London: Chapman and Hall, 1870, engr. portrait frontis., additional title, and 12 plates by S. L. Fildes, ink ownership inscription to ffep, some spotting, contemp. black half-morocco, scuffed, cracked to hinges, chipped to spine, 8vo.
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JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language..., Harrison's Edition, with his Life of the Author, London: Printed for Harrison and Co., 1786, engr. portrait frontis. (edgewear, edge-stains and spotting), title in red and black, some edge-stains elsewhere, contemp. reversed-calf, scuffed, cracking to joints, red edges, folio.
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MISCELLANEOUS, C18th & later. A mixed group of 33 volumes, C18th, C19th, early C20th. together with 3 mounted racing photographs, and 2 'rotaprint' rolled prints. [sold as a miscellaneous collection with all faults] (38)
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PORNY, Mark Anthony. The Elements of Heraldry, the fifth edition, London: Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson et al., 1795, half-title, 24 engr. plates (many hand-coloured), illustration (some hand-coloured), ownership stamp of Alfred E. Roberts to ffep and some plates, loose leaves and gatherings, some spotting and browning, later cloth, scuffed, text block detaching, 8vo. [ESTC T94010]
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RUSKIN, John. Praeterita, 3 vols., 1st edition in book form, Orpington: George Allen, 1886-1900, half-titles, mounted engr. frontispieces, some spotting & toning, contemp. vellum, scuffed and discoloured with some loss at extremities, folio. (3)
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SCHILLER, Friedrich. Sämmtliche Werke, 17 vols. (only, lacks vol. 3), Stuttgart und Tübingen: J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1827, ink. ownership inscription "J. Schaeppi" to ffep vol. 2, contemp. paste-paper boards, 12mo; together with two other vols. miscellaneous German. (19)
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![[WOLLASTON, William].](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/auctions-2026/bearne10225/images/7c7a3f62-f544-4ec8-806f-b44f00aa7ff9.jpg?h=175)
[WOLLASTON, William]. The Religion of Nature Delineated, London: Printed by Samuel Palmer, 1726, engr. portrait frontis. by George Vertue (guarded-in*), woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, some edge-wear and pencil marginalia, contemp. panelled calf, re-backed, wear to extremities, 4to. *Extra-illustrated with George Vertue's 1730 engraving. Provenance: Early ink ownership inscriptions to fep: Ant[hony] Mettayer (crossed-through) & D. Debary, Trin[ity] Coll[ege] Cantab[rigiensis]. [ESTC T138655]
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ROBERTS, David. The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, after lithographs by Louis Haghe from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R. A. ... 1st quarto edition, 6 vols., London: Day & Son, 1855-56, 250 tinted lithographs incl. portrait frontis., vignette titles & 2 maps, foxing (scattered throughout, especially to margins and versos of plates), ink ownership inscriptions to flyleaves of vols. I and VI (Fanny Gregg 1861), contemp. blind-stamped maroon calf, scuffed, marbled edges, 4to. (6)
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SHAW, Robert. Visits to High Tartary, Yârkand, and Kâshgar (formerly Chinese Tartary), and return journey over the Karakorum Pass, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1871, 4 tinted litho. plates incl. frontis., 3 engr. plates, 2 folding maps with partial hand-colouring, illustrations incl. title vignette, publisher's catalogue at rear, gatherings becoming loose and splitting to hinges, a little spotting (primarily to first/last leaves and title), orig. green pictorial cloth gilt, scuffed/edgeworn, 8vo.
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BRITTON, J. & BRAYLEY, E. W. Devonshire & Cornwall Illustrated, from original drawings by Thomas Allom, W. H. Bartlett, &c., London: H. Fisher, R. Fisher, & P. Jackson, 1832, 2 engr. maps, 2 engr. additional titles, num. plates, spotting, browning, & offsetting, contemp. blind and gilt diced calf, rebacked, 4to; with two other copies. (3)
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DEVON, BINDING. MAIS, Stuart Petre Brodie. Glorious Devon, London: Great Western Rail Company, 1929, 2nd edition, occasional light spotting, full green morocco decoratively gilt, a.e.g., 8vo.
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PRINCE, John. Danmonii Orientales Illustres: Or, The Worthies of Devon..., 1st edition, Exeter: Printed by Sam. Farley, 1701, woodcut heraldic illustrations, woodcut initials, some spotting, contemp. speckled calf with later re-back, cracking to joints, upper board detaching, folio. [ESTC T140977]
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JOHNSON, William. The Imperial Cyclopaedia of Machinery, Glasgow, Edinburgh & London: William Mackenzie, n.d., engr. frontis. (detached, edgewear), numerous plates (some folding, some double-page), illustrations, spotting & soiling in parts, some tears, some loose leaves, half-calf distressed, upper board detached, lacking backstrip, folio. [sold with all faults]
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MERLET, Jean. L'Abrege des bons Fruits, avec la maniere de les connoistre, & de cultiver les Arbres, 3rd edition, Paris: Charles de Sercy, 1690, letterpress title, woodcut head and tail pieces and initial, some browning, early engr. bookplate 'Ex-Libris Joan-Jacobi Desplats, Sacerdotis', contemp. mottled calf, cracking to joints, chipping to spine ends and elsewhere, 16mo. [USTC: 6165378]
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![[MILLS, Alfred.].](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/auctions-2026/bearne10225/images/e01d6f1d-ebd3-4267-b7a7-b44f00aaa5e0.jpg?h=175)
[MILLS, Alfred.]. [Miniature] Natural History of 48 Birds, lacks title, printed by Darton, Harvey, and Co., [c.1810], num. engr. plates (including Dodo), some spotting, dark green padded morocco, upper cover with decoratively tooled gilt foliate and red rose design, a.e.g., 6 x 6cm.
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SEEBOHM, Henry (and R. Bowdler Sharpe (ed.)). Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds..., Sheffield: Pawson and Brailsford, 1896, photogravure portrait frontis., 59 numbered chromolithograph plates, contemp. ink gift inscription to title, with gift letter from George Vacher 1897 [publisher of Vacher's Parliamentary Companion] tipped in to ffep, some spotting, publisher's red cloth gilt, rubbed/toned, lg. 8vo.
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![[LE BLOND, Elizabeth (née Hawkins-Whitehead)].](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/auctions-2026/bearne10225/images/11d25257-276e-4916-b916-b44f00aaac3b.jpg?h=175)
[LE BLOND, Elizabeth (née Hawkins-Whitehead)]. The High Alps in Winter; or, Mountaineering in Search of Health. By Mrs. Fred Burnaby, 1st edition, London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883, mounted photographic portrait frontis, 2 maps (1 folding, both with a line of hand-colouring), 4 plates, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, gatherings loose, some leaves detaching, occasional spotting, publisher's pictorial cloth, scuffed/frayed/chipped, 8vo.
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CARTES DE VISITE. A cased set of four small albums, including circa 60 cartes de visite, portrait, and other photographic prints, albums leather-bound with floral sprays to upper covers, a.e.g., ea. 13.5 x 10.5 cm, in matching fitted case, scuffed, joints separating, 31.5 x 25.5cm.
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![DEVON & CORNWALL. AIKIN, John. Devonshire, [c.1800], engr.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/auctions-2026/bearne10225/images/33f1e080-65c6-486e-b803-b44f00aab133.jpg?h=175)
DEVON & CORNWALL. AIKIN, John. Devonshire, [c.1800], engr. map with outline hand-colouring, some spotting, f&g, 11 x 16cm; [with] ARMYTAGE, J. C. (engr.). St. Mawes, Cornwall, [c.1840], hand-coloured engraving, some spotting, f&g, 17 x 13cm. (2)
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ETCHINGS, ENGRAVINGS and other works on paper. A miscellaneous group of circa 175 items, including MILLIER, Arthur H. (British/American, 1893-1975), figures in a wooded landscape, etching, signed in pencil to lower right margin, f&g, 22 x 19.5cm; PHILLIPS, Charles Gustav Louis (Scottish, 1863-1944), a street scene, etching, signed in pencil to lower right margin, u/f, 21 x 16.5cm; with several other signed works, and a large quantity of other various prints and engravings (a few hand-coloured), a watercolour landscape, and other items, mixed condition, all but one unframed.
*Sold as a collection with all faults.
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ETCHINGS. Three, comprising: DODD, Francis. Stow in the Wold, signed and titled in pencil, dated 1915 to plate, hinged to mount, some light spotting (primarily to margins), u/f, sheet size 28 x 40cm; APPLEBY, Wilfred C. Manchester University, signed and titled in pencil, hinged to mount, some light spotting (primarily to margins), u/f, sheet size 36 x 47cm; HOWARTH, Albany E. Shakespeare's Birthplace Stratford-on-Avon, signed and dated 1886 in pencil, titled to plate, adhered to window mount at margins, u/f, sheet size 33 x 40cm. (3)
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![[SECOND ANGLO-DUTCH WAR]. Battaglia Navale Tra Inglesi. et Olandesi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/auctions-2026/bearne10225/images/e5636050-10c0-49e8-b5de-b44f00aab465.jpg?h=175)
[SECOND ANGLO-DUTCH WAR]. Battaglia Navale Tra Inglesi. et Olandesi ... Anno 1666 nel Mare Brittanico, uncoloured engraving, nd, marginal tears, f&g, 30 x 42cm.
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GOUPILGRAVURES. 16 framed photogravures from 'The Graphic Gallery of Shakespeare's Heroines', London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1888, after Leighton, Alma-Tadema, Fildes, Poynter, and others, most circa 33 x 25cm within mount, framed & glazed (one lacking glazing), frames circa 59 x 50cm. (16)
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GROZIER, Joseph. Euhun Sang Lum Akao, the Chinese arrived at London in 1793, mezzotint after Henri Pierre Danloux, London: H. Danloux, [c.1793], trimmed and laid to mount, wear, spotting/staining, small holes, and creases or closed-tears, f&g, 36 x 27cm.
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[HOGARTH, William. The Works of William Hogarth from the original plates restored by James Heath..., London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822], 119 sheets of engr. plates on thick wove paper as called for this edition, lacks frontis., title, and all before iii (Biographical Essay), some spotting/soiling/staining/edge-wear primarily to margins, first present leaf (iii) and final plate loose with wear, contemp. calf, distressed, boards detached, lacking backstrip, elephant folio. [colyphon to biographical essay: London: From the press of John Nichols and Son, 25, Parliament-Street.] [sold with all faults]
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INDIA. Four aquatints, comprising: HARRADEN, Richard Bankes (engr.). East View of Kistnaghurry (pl.29); A view from the Royal Artillery encampment, Conditore (pl.37); London: Edward Orme, 1804, two hand-coloured aquatints after James Hunter, toning, f&g, ea. c.29 x 35cm; HAMBLE, J. / MERKE, H. (engr.). Shooting at the Edge of a Jungle; Hunting a Kuttauss, or Civet Cat; London: Edward Orme, 1806, two hand-coloured aquatints after Samuel Howett from Thomas Williamson, toning & pigment-loss, f&g, ea. c.45 x 55cm. (4)
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ITALY, EGYPT, and other. A miscellaneous group of c.50 19th Century photographic prints, Italy (one blind-stamped 'Alinari' and numbered 10104), France, England, Egypt, and other, Architecture, Antiquities, Ethnographic, primarily mounted (c.15 Egypt unmounted), mixed condition, various sizes, unframed, circa 37 x 26cm to 14 x 17cm. [sold as a miscellaneous collection with all faults] (c.50)
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KEERE, Pieter van den; BLAEU, Johannes; et al. A Collection of 13 County and Regional Maps, [v.p., 17th-18th Century], comprising 7 hand-colored engraved "Miniature Speed" maps [London: George Humble or similar, c. 1627-1646; two with "Petrus Kaerius caelavit" in the plate], Cornwall, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Surrey, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, and Wales (ea. c.8.5 x 12cm); 3 hand-colored engraved plates by Johannes Blaeu [Amsterdam: c. 1645-1654], including Cornubia sive Cornwallia with heraldic shields, Knapdalia Provincia, and Insula Sacra vulgo Holy Iland et Farne (ea. c. 46 x 56cm); 2 Owen & Bowen road maps from Britannia Depicta [c. 1720]; and a William Kip engraving of Kent (varnished & darkened); most with decorative cartouches and hand-coloring, all framed & glazed. (13)
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MEDICAL. A group of 14 framed medical-related engravings, prints and documents, including 2 photographs (one of the Royal Naval Hospital, Stonehouse), mixed condition (glazing cracked to one), various sizes. [sold as a group with all faults]. (14)
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PANORAMA. ROMAN TRIUMPH, POMPEY. Hand coloured aquatint panorama, London: William Sams [1822], sections 14 to 34 only, in original circular pictorial boxwood drum with spindle, top, and base, progresses left to right, but numbered right to left, repaired tear across sections 14-17 & 30-34, chips to end of section 14, edgewear, drum surface very scuffed/chipped, panorama c. 13 x 320cm. [Scarce. WorldCat records one copy held at Princeton.] [sold with all faults]
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PARIS. Paris Moderne, Grand Album, Représentant les Vues et les Monuments les plus curieux de Paris et les Sites les plus remarquables des Environs, Paris: Maison Martinet, n.d. [c.1860], tinted lithographic title-page, 22 tinted lithographic plates, tissue-guards, a little spotting, orig. gilt-titled red boards, scuffed & edge-worn, oblong folio.
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PRINTS. A Collection of Prints and Lithographs, including: DAY & SON (lith.). Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash, lithograph, Devonport: J. Heydon, n.d., spotting, f&g, 30 x 44 cm; [together with] A group of 11 loose Victorian chromolithograph plates of medieval illuminated manuscript scenes including The Annunciation, sheets circa 25.5 x 32.5; [and] Raccolta delle piu interessanti vedute della città di Napoli, n.d., title page and 9 loose plates of Neapolitan topographical views after Bracci and Cardoni, sheets 34.5 x 48cm; mixed condition. [sold with all faults] (21)
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RIDDLE CARDS, Georgian or Regency. A set of 11 pictorial riddle / conundrum cards (numbered 1-9, 11-12), possibly by John Wallis, each with engraved hand-coloured image and riddle text, some soiling and edge-wear, each circa 7.5 x 6.3 cm. (11) [scarce]
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SAN FRANCISCO. CONSTANCE, Ivy Faith. 'California Street Vista', hand-coloured lithograph, taped to mount, u/f, sheet 33 x 25cm.
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TONGA. A Fiatooka, or Morai, in Tongataboo, engraving by William Ellis after John Webber, [c.1784], some spotting (primarily to margins), f&g, 35 x 49cm.
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WILKES, John (pub.). Didus; The Hooded Dodo, hand-coloured engraving, John Pass after George Edwards, 1803, f&g, 26.5 x 19.5cm.
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'BRER RABBIT'. Sketch book, with 25 pp. charming illustrations in pen, ink, & watercolour, many with manuscript text in ink, nd, gatherings loose, 26 x 18cm; ...together with another watercolour, birds, u/f, 35 x 25cm. (2)
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CARTES DE VISITE. A collection of circa 290 Cartes de Visite and other photographic prints, most window-mounted in 6 albums, mid-late C19th.
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COMMONPLACE BOOK, early C20th. An Edwardian commonplace book, 1907-1916, circa 68pp. of manuscript entries, pencil, pen & ink, and watercolour sketches, binding distressed, 23 x 18cm.
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COMMONPLACE BOOK, late C19th. Titled 'Alice Maud Dingley' 1888, circa 8 manuscript entries and 9 sketches, drawings and watercolours (some tipped or slipped in), in a number of hands, gatherings and some leaves loose, burgundy roan distressed, 4to.
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EDWARDS (H. V.?). 'A Solitary Pilgrimage', manuscript in ink on paper, with monochrome watercolour frontis. & title, and 31 further monochrome watercolours, primarily architectural, with tissue guards, an account of an excursion through France from August 22nd to September 3rd 1902, with a number of receipts and other ephemera tipped-in at rear, c.140pp., bound in contemp. brown half-morocco, gilt-lettered with title to upper cover and spine, 25 x 21cm.
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FASHION, 1930's. Two pencil and watercolour gown designs, with pencil annotations and signatures (K?), unframed, each circa 48 x 32cm. (2)
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INDIA. 'Hunt Breakfast at the Ootacamund Club, 1888', mounted photographic print, cracked where creased lower left, 20 x 27cm; with mounted verso, Chandra Mahal, Jaipur, photographic print, also creased, 20.5 x 27cm, edgewear and chipping to mounting card.
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INTERWAR EUROPE, INCLUDING POLAND. LOVE, Mary. A group of three manuscript journals with numerous tipped-in photographs and watercolours, 1925-1928, documenting travels in Europe, including 1925 Poland (incl. Warsaw and rural) and Germany (incl. Berlin & Hamburg), 1927 Scotland, 1928 Italy (Dolomites), Austria, and Germany (incl. Munich & Heidelberg), circa 175 photographs (primarily small format c.6.5x4.5cm), and circa 30 watercolours, with numerous journal entries, a number of pen & ink or pencil sketches, postcards, and various other pieces of ephemera, on approximately 150 leaves in all, some leaves and items loose, marbled covers (loose or detaching and worn), 4to. A fascinating record of interwar Europe. (3)
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LOMBARDI, Paolo. Album of 20 mounted 'grand tour' photographic prints, many with blind-stamps of Paolo Lombardi, Siena, ea. c. 26 x 20cm. contemp. half morocco, scuffed, folio.
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MUGHAL SCHOOL. Five illustrated manuscript leaves, late 18th to 19th century, each with Persian nastaliq script and finely painted scenes in ink, gouache and gilt on paper, including a royal hunt, palace entertainment, Krishna with gopis, a holy man receiving visitors, and courtly lovers, script verso, several old repairs verso, edgewear, worm-holes to some, 24.5 x 17cm to 37 x 22cm. (5)
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NIGHTINGALE, Florence. Facsimile letter, "6th May 1881, Letter from Florence Nightingale (To the Nurses and Probationers at St. Thomas's Hospital)", title to upper wrap, 13pp. facsimile letter, leaves loose with remnants of string, spotting and browning to wrap, 20.5 x 13cm.
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PERSIAN SCHOOL, C20th. Two gouache scenes, executed on earlier manuscript leaves, with Persian nasta'liq script verso from a medical or pharmacological treatise, insect damage and staining to leaves, f&g, 29 x 16cm & 26.5 x 17cm. (2)
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![RAGAMALA [Garland of Ragas]. North India, Rajasthan (Jaipur style), late 19th to early 20th century.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/auctions-2026/bearne10225/images/cafcb474-0462-4abb-a410-b44f00aad352.jpg?h=175)
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RAGAMALA [Garland of Ragas]. North India, Rajasthan (Jaipur style), late 19th to early 20th century. A substantial suite of 16 miniatures in gouache and gilt on wasli, each depicts a musical mode including Nat (battle), Dipak (lamps), and Vasanta (Krishna), central vignettes enclosed by varying gilt borders (scrolling foliate with birds, floral diamond trellis, millefleur), surmounted by Devanagari cartouches identifying the ragas, each circa 31 x 23 cm, f&g. (16)
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REVELEY, Hugh John (1812-1889). Commonplace book, "Illustrations of the Poets Tennyson, Morris, Shakespere &c., HR, 1871", 13 mounted pencil, pen & ink sketches accompanied by manuscript poetry, inscription to ffep (detached) "For dear Fanny In Memory of a loving Father Dec. 24th 1889", bookplate, contemp. half-morocco, scuffed, spine with chips/losses, folio.
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