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17 June 2020 at 11:00 BST

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 605

Sale Number: 605

Edinburgh

17 June 2020 at 11:00 BST - 33 Broughton Place L, Edinburgh

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Allemagne, Henry Rene d'

Musée Retrospectif de la Classe 100 Jeux

Battiss, Walter

Bushman Art

Estimate: £700 - £1,000

Barrozio, Giacomo, called Vignola

Reigle des Cinq Ordres d'Architecture

Gillespie Graham, James

The Chapel of St Anthony the Eremite at Murthly, Perthshire

Gosse, Edmund W.

Cecil Lawson, a memoir

Estimate: £800 - £1,200

Hamerton, Philip Gilbert

Etching & Etchers

Hogarth, William - Thomas Cook, engraver

Hogarth Restored. The Whole Works of... William Hogarth

Ottley, William Young

A Series of Plates engraved after the Paintings and Sculptures of... the Early Florentine School

Thames Tunnel

Sketches and Memoranda of the Works

Thames Tunnel

An Explanation of the Works of the Tunnel

The Society of Antiquaries of London

Some Account of the Cathedral Church of Durham

Estimate: £300 - £500

Houttynn, Martinus

Wood and Cabinet Making

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

Wright, Frank Lloyd

Selected Drawings Portfolio

Air Raid Precautions

3 Second World War Posters

Blaeu, Joan

Toonneel des Aerdryck oft Nieuwe Atlas...Vyfde Deel [Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, part V]

Delisle, Guillaume

Atlas Nouveau

Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000

Haghe, Louis - after David Roberts

The Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans

Jeppe, F. - C.F.W. Jeppe

Map of the Transvaal or S.A. Republic and Surrounding Territories

MacFarlane, William

A Plan of the Ancient Town of Perth

Malta

Two aquatints after Major J. Weir

Porter, Robert, after Vendramini

The Glorious Conquest of Seringapatam [Mysore, Karnataka, India]

Six hand-coloured maps of Southern Italy, The Black Sea and Europe, including

Ortelius, Abraham

Wilson, William [1905-1972]

A group of four engravings

Byron, John

A Voyage Round the World, in his Majesty's Ship the Dolphin

Estimate: £1,800 - £2,200

[Greece] - Dupré, Louis

[Voyage A Athènes et A Constantinople]

Australia, New South Wales

Real Property Acts and Forms in use in New South Wales, 1888

Estimate: £200 - £300

Camden, William

Britannia Abridg'd

Carne, John

Syria, The Holy Land & Asia Minor

Churchill, Sir Winston

My African Journey

Churchill, Sir Winston

My African Journey

Forsyth, J., Captain

The Highlands of Central India

Hunt, John

The Ascent of Everest

India - Anderson, John Corbet

To India and Back by the Cape

[Wright, George Newenham]

Belgium, The Rhine, Italy, Greece and Some Islands of the Mediterranean

Lawrence, Thomas Edward

A collection of Biographical & Bibliographical Reference

Lawrence, Thomas Edward

Letters to E.T. Leeds

Lawrence, Thomas Edward

Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a triumph

Lawrence, Thomas Edward

Correspondence with Henry Williamson

Lawrence, Thomas Edward

Letters to E.T. Leeds

Lawrence, Thomas Edward

Revolt in the Desert

Lawrence, Thomas Edward

Crusader Castles

Lawrence, Thomas Edward

8 works, comprising

Lawrence, Thomas Edward -- Jeremy Wilson

Lawrence of Arabia, the authorised biography of T.E. Lawrence

Murphy, James

A General View of the State of Portugal

Nansen, Fridtjof

Farthest North

Polar Exploration

5 volumes, comprising

Roberts, William

An Account of the First Discovery and Natural History of Florida

Shackleton, Sir Ernest

South

Shetland, Orkney & Caithness

A Collection of 13 Books

Spanish Ministry of Development

Cartas de Indias

Estimate: £300 - £400

Thomas, Bertram

Arabia Felix

Tombe, Charles François

Voyage aux Indes Orientales...

Uring, Nathaniel

A History of the Voyages and Travels of Capt. Nathaniel Uring

Walsh, Robert

Constantinople and the scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor

van den Brouck, Jan

Instructie der Zee-Vaert door de geheele Werelt...

Bellarmino, Roberto

De Arte Bene Moriendi Libri Duo

Campo, Antonio

Cremona Fedelissima Città et Nobilissima Colonia de Romani

Continental volumes

7 Books, including

de Turrecremata, Johannes

Expositio super toto psalterio

Silvestre, Israel

A Composite Album of Engravings

Strada, Famiano

De Bello Belgico

Estimate: £200 - £300

[Napier, William, 9th Lord Napier]

3 works, including

Freemasonry: Anderson, James

The New Book of Constitutions

Dunlop, William (1654-1700), Principal of the University of Glasgow

Buchanan, George

Engraved coats-of-arms

4 large volumes of cut engravings

George II & George III, King

Acts of Parliament

Mackenzie, Sir George

The Laws and Customes of Scotland

Queen Anne. The Union of England and Scotland, 1706

Articles of Union, agreed... by the Commissioners

Russell, W.H. - The Wedding at Windsor

A Memorial of the Marriage of H.R.H. Albert Edward Prince of Wales to H.R.H. Alexandra Princess of Denmark

Estimate: £700 - £900

Schindler, Emilie

A collection of cassette tape recordings

Scottish History, 17th century, a collection of 5 works, including

Ferguson, Robert

Wyld, James, publisher

Maps & Plans Showing the Principal Movements, Battles & Sieges in which the British Army was engaged during the War from 1808-1814...

[American War of Independence]

North, Frederick (1732-92), Prime Minister of Great Britain

[Spanish Armada] - Earl of Nottingham

Fine Signature in ink

Anne, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (from 1707 Queen of Great Britain), (1665-1714)

Document signed 'Anne R.', Cour de St. Jaques, 27th February 1711/12

Barrie, James Matthew

Autograph Card, Signed

Bishop of Durham, Halmote Court Documents

21 historic documents, comprising

Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500

Black Prince- Edward, (Prince of Aquitaine and Wales, 1330-76)

"The Black Prince"

Blount, Sir Christopher (1555 - 1601), English soldier, secret agent, and rebel

Autograph Letter Signed ("Chr. Blount"), to his friend Sir Humfrey Ferrers

Blount, Sir Christopher (1556-1601)

English Soldier, Secret Agent, and Conspirator

British Navy - George of Denmark, Prince, (1653-1708)

Prince Consort of Queen Anne of Great Britain. Document signed ("George")

British Navy - James II (1633-1701), King of England, Scotland and Ireland

Document signed (as Duke of York and Lord High Admiral, 'James')

Campbell, John, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich (1680-1743)

Autograph Letter Signed "Argyll" to Ronald Campbell

Estimate: £50 - £100

Charles II, (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland & Ireland

Document signed

Crimean War

Journal of a wounded officer and a collection of letters, 1855-56

Cromwell, Thomas, 1st Earl of Essex

Letter signed ("Your assuryd ffreend Thomas Crumwell")

de' Nerli, Filippo

Comentari delle cose di Firenze

Derbyshire - Stanton by Bridge - Staunton & Peverell Families

Genealogical pedigree

Devereux, Robert (1566-1601), 2nd Earl of Essex

A favourite of Queen Elizabeth I

East India Company - Fort St. George [Coromandel Coast, India] - Harrison, Edward (1674-1732)

Letter signed ('E. Harrison') to Arthur Moor Esq.

Edward VII (1841-1910), King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Letter signed ("Edward R.")

Elizabeth II (b.1926), Queen of the United Kingdom

Document signed

Elizabethan Documents, a collection, including

Clifford, George, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, naval commander and courtier of Queen Elizabeth I

Fleming, Alexander (1881-1955), Scottish Bacteriologist

Fountain Pen Ink Signature and Inscription ("Good Luck Anne. Alexander Fleming")

French erotic manuscript

Les Dames Fessues ou Lettres de Cunégonde a Emélie

George II (1683-1760), King of Great Britain and Ireland - [British Officers' Pay]

Royal Command, Signed at head on both sides, ("George R.")

Henry VII, King

Part of document, signed

James II & VII, King of England, Ireland & Scotland

Document signed ("James") whilst Duke of York & Albany

Jeffreys, Judge George (1645-1689), "The Hanging Judge"

Document signed "Jeffreys C" as Lord High Chancellor of England

Lindsay, Patrick, Archbishop of Glasgow (1566-1644)

Charter granter and confirming to "Johanis Barteo"

Books & Manuscripts