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81Christian Missionary in India.- Schultze (Benjamin) Liber Scripturae Balabandu, manuscript in Marathi on paper, Madras, 1730

Lot 81

Christian Missionary in India.- Schultze (Benjamin) Liber Scripturae Balabandu, manuscript in Marathi on paper, Madras, 1730

Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000

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82Log of a Treasure Ship.- England to India & return.- Log Book of the East India Ship "Montfort" commanded by Robert Hanslapp on a voyage from Lo

Lot 82

Log of a Treasure Ship.- England to India & return.- Log Book of the East India Ship "Montfort" commanded by Robert Hanslapp on a voyage from London to Madras, and from Madras to England, manuscript, sepia watercolour of a ship in a gale tipped-in, original vellum, 1741-44.

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83Spain, Hellin.- Loustau (Juan Bautista) Disertacion Historico-Fisica Natural sobre las Minas de Azufre de la Villa de Hellin, Thomas Phillipps' copy with h

Lot 83

Spain, Hellin.- Loustau (Juan Bautista) Disertacion Historico-Fisica Natural sobre las Minas de Azufre de la Villa de Hellin, Thomas Phillipps' copy with his Middle Hill ink stamp and accession no. on fly-leaf, manuscript in Spanish, 76pp., 3 sepia watercolours (1 folding), original patterned calf, gilt, 1768.

Hammer Price: £900

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84Ship's Log.- Alms (Captain James) Monmouth's Log Book Comm. June 20th 1783, 1781-4.

Lot 84

Ship's Log.- Alms (Captain James) Monmouth's Log Book Comm. June 20th 1783, 1781-4.

Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000

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85Dickens (Charles).- Browne (Hablot Knight) Bleak House, pen and ink, [c. 1855 or slightly later].

Lot 85

Dickens (Charles).- Browne (Hablot Knight) Bleak House, pen and ink, [c. 1855 or slightly later].

Estimate: £800 - 1,200

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86Ceylon, Guernsey & Sark.- Lee (E.A.) Album of watercolours of views and botanical specimens in Ceylon and views of Guernsey, Sark and England, c. 80 waterc

Lot 86

Ceylon, Guernsey & Sark.- Lee (E.A.) Album of watercolours of views and botanical specimens in Ceylon and views of Guernsey, Sark and England, c. 80 watercolours (c. 50 botanical specimens and views of Ceylon; 3 of views of Guernsey; c. 16 botanical specimens and views of Sark), all laid on album leaves, original half morocco, gilt [c. 1890s].

Hammer Price: £2,200

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87Law.- Bracton (Henry de) De Legibus & consuetudinibus Angliae Libri ..., first edition, Richard Tottell, 1569.

Lot 87

Law.- Bracton (Henry de) De Legibus & consuetudinibus Angliae Libri ..., first edition, Richard Tottell, 1569.

Hammer Price: £2,600

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88Richard Brinsley Sheridan's copy.- Boccaccio (Giovanni) La Fiammetta, Florence, Filippo Giunta, 1594

Lot 88

Richard Brinsley Sheridan's copy.- Boccaccio (Giovanni) La Fiammetta, Florence, Filippo Giunta, 1594

Hammer Price: £500

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89Covell (William) A iust and temperate defence of the fiue books of ecclesiastical policie, rare first edition, Peter Short for Clement Knight, 1603.

Lot 89

Covell (William) A iust and temperate defence of the fiue books of ecclesiastical policie, rare first edition, Peter Short for Clement Knight, 1603.

Estimate: £300 - 400

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90Bible, Polyglot.- Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, 6 vol., first edition, edited by Brian Walton, Thomas Roycroft, 1657; with Castell's Lexicon Heptaglotton, 2 vol., 1

Lot 90

Bible, Polyglot.- Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, 6 vol., first edition, edited by Brian Walton, Thomas Roycroft, 1657; with Castell's Lexicon Heptaglotton, 2 vol., 1669

Hammer Price: £3,500

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91Wine.- Broadside.- Charles II. By the King. A Proclamation for Prizing of Wines, by John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1664

Lot 91

Wine.- Broadside.- Charles II. By the King. A Proclamation for Prizing of Wines, by John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1664

Hammer Price: £240

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92Shakespeare (William) Measure for Measure, or Beauty the Best Advocate, rare first edition of Gildon's adaptation, and the first separate edition of the play i

Lot 92

Shakespeare (William) Measure for Measure, or Beauty the Best Advocate, rare first edition of Gildon's adaptation, and the first separate edition of the play in any form, Printed for D. Brown & R. Parker, 1700.

Hammer Price: £1,000

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93Slavery.- Quakers.- Bell (John) An epistle to Friends in Maryland, Virginia, Barbadoes, and the other colonies, and islands in the West-Indies, where any Frien

Lot 93

Slavery.- Quakers.- Bell (John) An epistle to Friends in Maryland, Virginia, Barbadoes, and the other colonies, and islands in the West-Indies, where any Friends are, rare first edition, [?London, it is signed in print 'Bromley near London'], no printer, ['3rd month, 1741'].

Hammer Price: £500

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94Woman poet.- Betham (Matilda) Elegies, and Other Smaller Poems, rare first edition of the author's first book, Ipswich, W. Burrell, [1797].

Lot 94

Woman poet.- Betham (Matilda) Elegies, and Other Smaller Poems, rare first edition of the author's first book, Ipswich, W. Burrell, [1797].

Hammer Price: £1,200

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95Slavery.- Cowper (William) The Origin and progress of Kings; a poem, rare, Printed and sold by Daniel Isaac Eaton, No. 74, Newgate-Street, [?1798].

Lot 95

Slavery.- Cowper (William) The Origin and progress of Kings; a poem, rare, Printed and sold by Daniel Isaac Eaton, No. 74, Newgate-Street, [?1798].

Hammer Price: £400

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96Unrecorded Minerva Press on multi-colour paper.- Lewis (Matthew Gregory) The Monk, 3 vol., Printed at the Minerva Press, 1819.

Lot 96

Unrecorded Minerva Press on multi-colour paper.- Lewis (Matthew Gregory) The Monk, 3 vol., Printed at the Minerva Press, 1819.

Hammer Price: £6,500

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97Fore-edge paintings.- White (Henry Kirke) The Remains... With an Account of his Life by Robert Southey, 3 vol., each vol. with fore-edge paintings under gilt d

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98Fore-edge painting.- Dickens (Charles) Christmas Stories... and Other Stories, with fore-edge painting depicting Scrooge being visited by the ghost of Marley a

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99Book of Common Prayer (The), 6 vol. (of 7), facsimile reprints, printed in red & black, William Pickering, 1844.

Lot 99

Book of Common Prayer (The), 6 vol. (of 7), facsimile reprints, printed in red & black, William Pickering, 1844.

Hammer Price: £2,000

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100Austen (Jane) The Novels, 5 vol., one of 1000 sets, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1923; and The Letters, 2 vol., 1932 (7)

Lot 100

Austen (Jane) The Novels, 5 vol., one of 1000 sets, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1923; and The Letters, 2 vol., 1932 (7)

Hammer Price: £1,000

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