£2,750
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 694
Auction: 13 July 2022 at 11:00 BST
comprising:
Law. Manuscript legal dictionary, 17th century. In English, 273 pp. (29.6 x 19cm), 'Pot II' watermarks containing monogram 'G I', written in a variable non-scribal hand, many leaves partially excised, nearly all leaves between pp. 72 and 121 removed (only partial sections of 4 leaves remaining), worming to head of gutter, early annotations and pen-trials to front and rear blanks (including 'buy 3 handkerchevs, and a shirt, a paire of shoos, a paire of sleeves, some ribbond, crevats'), contemporary binding of mottled calf ruled in blind, heavily rubbed, top spine compartment coming loose, front board with extensive crack along reverse;
War of the Spanish Succession. Manuscript letter-book relating to the Treaty of the Hague, c.1698. 48 pp. (19 x 14cm), comprising transcriptions of letters mainly between the Earl of Portland and James Vernon, secretary of state to William III, the letters all dated 1698 and the hand contemporary, old ownership inscription ('Napier'), contemporary comb-marbled wrappers, longitudinal central crease, contents evenly browned, a few stains;
East India Company. Manuscript on the treatment of liver disorders, c.1771. 21 ff. (17.8 x 11cm), ff. 1-6 comprising extracts of letters on 'a cure being effected in the disorder of the liver communicated to us by a gentleman of rank in our military service at Bombay by means of castor oil' and including an 'Extract of a letter from Lieut. Colonel Brewer to Hans Sloane dated at Bombay in the year of 1769', ff. 7-21 comprising a substantial letter on 'bilious disorders', dated Fort St George [Madras], 3 November 1771, 9 additional ff. with later (19th century) annotations including 'Observations on the gout by Doctor Fothergill', medical remedies and similar, numerous blanks, contemporary bookplate of Charles Wedderburn of Pearsie (1748-1829), contemporary reversed calf binding;
Ottoman Empire. 'Report on Turkey sent in to the C[ivil] S[ervice] Commissioners February 28 1861'. Manuscript, [55] ff. (22.5 x 18.7cm), annotated 'private' on title-page, signed Henry Lockwood at end, including an extensive section ([18] pp.) with pencilled heading 'On woman in her social state', contemporary maroon half roan binding, rear inner hinge gone and last few leaves detached;
and 8 others, comprising: 'A Collection of Sentences, Moral, Divine etc. etc. for the benefit off [sic] and extracted by me, And[re]w Adamson, Vol. Ist, Cliftonhall, 1777' (12mo, contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, 121 pp.); 'M. S. Accounts of Selkirkshire' [spine-title], c.1850 (folio, contemporary half calf, 50 ff., bookplate of Lord Napier); 5 Bible commentaries and similar religious writings, early 19th century (all stitched only); commonplace book, c.1825, including Byron's 'Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte' (contemporary marbled wrappers, separating along spine) (12)
Note: Some of the letters transcribed in the War of the Spanish Succession letter-book can be found in published works including The History and Proceedings of the House of Commmons (1742); the manuscript legal dictionary and the 'Report on Turkey' appear to be unpublished.