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11 Woman writer.- Diderot.- [Puisieux (Madeleine de)] Zamor et Almanzine, ou L'inutilité de l'esprit et du bon sens, rare first edition, Amsterdam, H
Lot 11

Woman writer.- Diderot.- [Puisieux (Madeleine de)] Zamor et Almanzine, ou L'inutilité de l'esprit et du bon sens, rare first edition, Amsterdam, Hochereau the Elder, 1755.

 

Hammer Price: £320

12 Binding fragment.- Losinga (Herbert de, Bishop of Norwich) [Sermon], rare manuscript fragment, [first half of the 13th century].
Lot 12

Binding fragment.- Losinga (Herbert de, Bishop of Norwich) [Sermon], rare manuscript fragment, [first half of the 13th century].

Hammer Price: £1,200

13 Catalan Chirograph.- Geraldus S. Johannis and his wife Arsendis relinquish the manses of Lom, Sabides and Muntpestler to Abbot Roman and the monks of Sant Cuga
Lot 13

Catalan Chirograph.- Geraldus S. Johannis and his wife Arsendis relinquish the manses of Lom, Sabides and Muntpestler to Abbot Roman and the monks of Sant Cugat on condition that their son Arbert be received as a monk without further endowment, Barcelona, 18 December, 1158.

 

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000

14 Somerset, Wedmore.- [List of Wills and Charters relating to the Bytheputt/Bydeput family of Wedmore 1342-1447], manuscript in Latin, on vellum, latest date 144
Lot 14

Somerset, Wedmore.- [List of Wills and Charters relating to the Bytheputt/Bydeput family of Wedmore 1342-1447], manuscript in Latin, on vellum, latest date 1447.

 

Hammer Price: £1,200

15 John II (King of Aragon & Navarre) Letter signed verso, absolving Franciscus, of Burgos from any duties to his father and town, so that he may serve the Ki
Lot 15

John II (King of Aragon & Navarre) Letter signed verso, absolving Franciscus, of Burgos from any duties to his father and town, so that he may serve the King, 9 August, Barcelona, 1455.

 

Estimate: £500 - 700

16 Missal, Latin. 2 leaves from a Missal, manuscript in Latin, in a late gothic bookhand, on vellum, ?France], [c. 1500]; and another, 13 leaves,  (15).
		 
Lot 16

Missal, Latin. 2 leaves from a Missal, manuscript in Latin, in a late gothic bookhand, on vellum, ?France], [c. 1500]; and another, 13 leaves, (15).

 

Estimate: £800 - 1,200

17 Wales.- Tintern Abbey.- Gloucestershire, Woolaston.- Wyche (Richard, last Abbot of Tintern Abbey) Record that at the court of Richard Wyche, abbot of Tintern,
Lot 17

Wales.- Tintern Abbey.- Gloucestershire, Woolaston.- Wyche (Richard, last Abbot of Tintern Abbey) Record that at the court of Richard Wyche, abbot of Tintern, held at Wolaston before Richard Herbert his representative and Sir William Herbert his steward and Thomas Deane cellarer, there came William Gethyn of Tintern, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 13 lines, seal of the chancery of Tintern appended, 1523.

 

 

 

 

Hammer Price: £1,100

18 Tudor Taxation.- The reasons to prove that the loane is moste discontent full the people than the Subsidie bee, [c. 1553] § Notes for the monnye of the su
Lot 18

Tudor Taxation.- The reasons to prove that the loane is moste discontent full the people than the Subsidie bee, [c. 1553] § Notes for the monnye of the subsidie in the comons house, 1575 § The copie of the commission for the taxing and leviuinge of the second paymt of one intro subsidy graunted Ano Regni... septimo, [docket title], superscribed at foot, "Phelips", [Sir Edward Phelips], 1609/10, manuscripts; and 14 other documents, mostly relating to taxation (17).

Hammer Price: £5,500

19 Spain.- Sixtus IV (Pope) Este es un traslado bien y fielmente facado de unas letras Apostolicas y Bulla de la creacion y erection del de foelice recordacion de
Lot 19

Spain.- Sixtus IV (Pope) Este es un traslado bien y fielmente facado de unas letras Apostolicas y Bulla de la creacion y erection del de foelice recordacion de Sixto Papa Quarto en favor de la iglesia mayor y collegial de señor sant Antolin de la villa de Medina del Campo, text in Spanish and Latin, drop-head title, 2 woodcut decorative initials, [?Medina del Camp], [Valladolid], no printer, 1556; and 5 others, similar, 1556-88.

 

Hammer Price: £1,000

20 Elizabeth I's Lord Chancellor.- Hatton (Sir Christopher) & Cecil (Thomas, first Earl of Exeter, courtier and soldier) Release by Sir Thomas Cecil &
Lot 20

Elizabeth I's Lord Chancellor.- Hatton (Sir Christopher) & Cecil (Thomas, first Earl of Exeter, courtier and soldier) Release by Sir Thomas Cecil & Christopher Hatton Privy Councillor and Vice Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth for the rectory, lands and living of Campsall, Yorkshire to Robert Freke, D.s. "Thomas Cecil", manuscript in Latin, on vellum, wax seal with fine impression, 1579.

Hammer Price: £420

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