Grosvenor Prints

[Architectural Drawing.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Ink drawing, 18th century watermark. Sheet: 330 x 405mm (13 x 16''). Creasing and tears.
An architectural drawing showing the interiors of an arch, showing measurements of the walls and spaces and high and low tide marks.
[Ref: 50639] £320.00

A Table of English Silver Coins. No. 1 [&] A Table of English Gold Coins. No. 2.
Sumptibus Societatis Antiquariæ Lond. [n.d., c.1760.]
Pair of engravings. Each 270 x 450mm, 10½ x 17¾".
A pair of engraved tables listing the types of coins issued by English monarchs, silver ones from 1066, gold since Edward III in 1344, both within a decorative frame-like border.
[Ref: 26856] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[Butterfly on a Fuchsia.]
Scrapsheet. Sheet: 360 x 240mm (14 x 9½'').
A scrapsheet with a watercolour of a butterfly on a Fuchsia and two scenes with monkeys in clothes playing games including backgammon.
[Ref: 51076] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Bathurst, Lord Bathurst.
[n.d. c.1812.]
Copper engraving. 260 x 171mm. 10¼ x 6¾".
Earl Bathurst, of Bathurst in the County of Sussex. Here the representative coat of arms, particuarly for Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762-1834) the British politician. He was MP for Cirencester and owing primarily to his friendship with William Pitt he was a lord of the admiralty from 1783 to 1789; a lord of the treasury from 1789 to 1791; and commissioner of the board of control from 1793 until 1802. he returned to office with Pitt in 1804 and became Master of the Mint, and was President of the Board of Trade until 1812 when he became Secretary of State for War and the Colonies under Lord Liverpool, during this time the Australian regional town of Bathurst, New South Wales was named after him.
[Ref: 18976] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Doggiana, by Cynophilus. A Poet is a lank Greyhound; for the Public her runs game down...
Printed by C. Hullmandel. [n.d., c.1827]
Lithograph. Watermark 'Fellows' 1824. Sheet: 275 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾"). Some marking.
A frontispiece to 'Doggiana' showing a dog in clothes standing above a pyramid.
[Ref: 42712] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Lenox Duke of Richmond.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. Plate: 170 x 105mm (6¾ x 4") large margins.
The coat-of-arms of the Duke of Richmond with the moto 'En la Rose Je Fleure'.
[Ref: 45727] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Facsimile of the patent of nobility granted to Edmund Dunch by Oliver Comwell.] Oliver by the Grace of God Lord Protector of the Commonwealth...
Longmate sculp.
[London, 1787.]
Engraving. 270 x 285mm (10½ x 11¼"), possibly signed by the author, very large margins. Paper toned.
A patent of nobility giving the title of Baron Burnell of East Wittenham to Edmund Dunch (1602-78), MP for Wallingford during the trial of Charles I and governor of Wallingford Castle. His was the only Baronage made by Cromwell not renewed by Charles II, although he was not exempted from the general pardon at the Restoration. From Noble's ''Memoirs of the Protectorate-House of Cromwell''. A signature, 'Mark Noble', is written in ink under the same name in the dedication.
[Ref: 44340] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

An Universal Fish Table. The Spots signify when the Fish are in Season and the Blanks when they are not. Plate 6. Vol. 5.
Printed at R. Ackermann's Lithographic Press. [n.d., c.1840.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet: 235 x 145mm (9¼ x 5¾''). Creasing.
A table listing 28 types of fish and the months of the year in which they are in season.
[Ref: 51062] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire] Carta Adami Abbatis de Kirkstall Com. Eborac. de annua pensione Priori et Conventui de Kirkstall concessa 1252.
Penes Ric. Rawlinson, L.L.D. et R.S.S. Anno 1752.
Engraved facsimile of a Latin charter issued by Adam, Abbot of Kirkstall (1249-1259); seal below text, with large margins. 205 x 200mm, 8 x 8".
Kirkstall Abbey is now a ruined Cistercian monastery north-west of Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire, on the north bank of the River Aire. It was founded c.1152. It was disestablished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under the auspices of Henry VIII. Kirkstall Abbey was acquired by Leeds Corporation as a gift and opened to the public in the late 19th century. The original document is from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 – 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 24734] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The Charterhouse Priory] Testimonium et concessio Obitus a Joh. Priori et Conventu domus Salutationis Dei matris ord: Cartusiens. Lond Witto Hulles. Priori &c. hosp. S Joh. Jertm pro aqueductu fibimet concesso de devotionib. pro illis in perpetuum faciendis.
In festo Assumpt B.M.V. A.D. M.CCCC.XXX [1430].
Ex autogr penes Ric. Rawlinson, L.L.D. et R.S.S. A.D. 1751.
Engraved facsimile of a Latin illuminated manuscript issued by the Prior of Charterhouse, granting a trental of masses for William Hulles, the Prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Decorative floral flourishes and seal. Watermarked laid paper, sheet 255 x 320mm, 10 x 12½". Trimmed to plate. Some puncture holes to lower part.
The London Charterhouse was the fourth house of the order of Carthusians founded in England. It flourished for nearly three centuries in prosperity, its brethren retaining a good character for severe discipline and holy life, when the storm of the dissolution broke upon them. Charterhouse School was founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 on the site of the old monastery in Charterhouse Square, Smithfield. The original document is from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 – 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 24722] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire] Concordia facta inter Abbatem et Conventum de Kyrkestall (Com: Eboracae) et Tho. de Rocheley de Homagio &c. a dicto Abbate, retentis &c. Dat.a Festo Sti. Nicolai (6 Dec.) Ao.22. Ric, II, Dui. ['1398' added in pen.]
Ex Autographo penes Ric. Rawlinson, L.L.D. Oxon et R. & N.S.S. 1754.
Engraved facsimile of a Christmas agreement in Latin between Kirkstall Abbey and a local landowner; seal below text. 210 x 265mm, 8¾ x 10½". Handling and folding creases. Chip to lower left margin; a little soiled.
A frankalmoigne: a tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs - called also tenure by free alms. Kirkstall Abbey is now a ruined Cistercian monastery north-west of Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire, on the north bank of the River Aire. It was founded c.1152. It was disestablished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under the auspices of Henry VIII. Kirkstall Abbey was acquired by Leeds Corporation as a gift and opened to the public in the late 19th century. The original document is from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 – 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 24727] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The Knights Templars in Yorkshire] Charta Donationis Witti Pict (aviensis) Motendini sui & Cultura de Heddigeley Fratribus Miliciae Templi Salomonis in perpetuam Elemosinam. ... Regnante Edvardo 1o.
penes Ric. Rawlinson L.L.D. et R.S.S. 1752.
Engraved facsimile of a c.1240 Latin gift of the mill of Headingly to the Knights Templars by a local landowner. 225 x 260mm, 8¾ x 10¼". Very small chip to right margin; a little soiled.
A frankalmoigne: a tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs - called also tenure by free alms. The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, commonly known as the Knights Templar (or simply Templars) were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders. Officially endorsed by the Catholic Church around 1129, the Order became a favoured charity throughout Christendom, and grew rapidly in membership and power. Templar knights were among the most skilled fighting units of the Crusades. The original document is from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 – 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 24731] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Land grant, Nottinghamshire] Confirmatio Robti de Burun de Terris in Cotegrave Deo & btae Manae & sco Johi Baptistae & btis Pauperibus scae Domus Hospitalis Tertm & frebus eiusdem Domus De sevientibus in perpetuam Elemosinam. ...de Tempore Hen: 3ii. ie Nutritus familiaris qui in Domo Domini alitur.
[British, R. Rawlinson, c.1750s.]
Engraved facsimile of a Latin grant of land in Cotegrave by Robert de Burun to the hospital and brethren of St. John of Jerusalem c.1210-20; seal below text. Sheet 215 x 195mm, 8½ x 7¾". Lacking lower margin; some creasing.
A frankalmoigne: a tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs - called also tenure by free alms. The original document is from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 – 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 24745] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Bolton Abbey, North Yorkshire] Charta terrae in Bleistrete, Eboraci, a Magistro Et Conventu D. Petri, Canonicus S. Mariae de Boelton, circa temp. Steph. R.
...concessa penes Ric. Rawlinson. L.L.D. & S.R.S. [n.d., c.1750s.]
Engraved facsimile of the c.1150 Latin foundation charter of Bolton Priory; seal below text. Watermarked laid paper, sheet 245 x 180mm, 9¾ x 7". Trimmed close to and within plate. Chip to lower right edge and lower right corner.
A frankalmoigne: a tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs - called also tenure by free alms. The monastery was originally founded at Embsay in 1120. Led by a prior, Bolton Abbey was technically a priory, despite its name. It was founded in 1154 by the Augustinian order, on the banks of the River Wharfe. The land at Bolton, as well as other resources, were given to the order by Lady Alice de Romille of Skipton Castle in 1154. The original document is from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 – 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 24885] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Two grants of land in Yorkshire] Confirmatio Johis de la Pomeray Johi filio Nicholai de Osgotby de Terris & in Osgotby. [&] Relaxatio Witti de Alreton Abbati & Monachis Scae Mariae de Kyrkestall de Terris in Alreton (Vulgo Allertn) Com. Ebor.
ex autog penes Ric Rawlinson L.L.D. et R.S.S. 1752.
Two engraved facsimiles of c.1350 Latin manuscripts, from a single plate: a secular grant of land at Osgodby, North Yorkshire; and a gift of land at Allerton, near Bradford, West Yorkshire to Kirkstall Abbey, by a local landowner. Seals below text. Watermarked laid paper, sheet 345 x 235mm, 13½ x 9¼". Trimmed into plate at left. Tatty extremities.
A frankalmoigne: a tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs - called also tenure by free alms. The original documents are from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 – 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 24894] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Durham Cathedral] Donatio Terrarum in Wotton, Escoumbe, et Stanhope (Episcopatu Dunelmensi) a Dno Antonio Dunelm. Epo. Concessarum, Waltro de Berineton et Heredibus. ...Antonius de Bek al'Beake Consecrat 9. Jan. 1283. Obiit 3 Mart. 1310.
Ex Autographo penes Ric. Rawlinson, L.L.D. et R & AS. 1752.
Engraved facsimile of a c.1300 Latin illuminated manuscript authorized by Antony Bek (Beck; d. 1311), Prince Bishop of Durham; confirming receipt of a grant of land from a local landowner. With the Bishop's official seal below text. Watermarked laid paper, sheet 315 x 270mm, 12½ x 10½". Trimmed to plate. A little soiled and stained; extremities a little bumped. Trace of pen mss. to verso.
A frankalmoigne: a tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs - called also tenure by free alms. The original document is from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 – 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 24899] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire] Confirmatio Robti de Berne (sia) de Annuo redditu in Calverlay Deo & scae Mariae & Monachis de Kyrkestall in perpetuam Elemosinam. ...de Tempore Hen: 3ii.
[British, R. Rawlinson, c.1750s.]
Engraved facsimile of a c.1250 Latin grant of land around Calverley to the monastery; seal below text. Sheet 135 x 235mm, 5¼ x 9¼". Trimmed within plate.
A frankalmoigne: a tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs - called also tenure by free alms. Calverley is now a village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire. Kirkstall Abbey is now a ruined Cistercian monastery north-west of Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire, on the north bank of the River Aire. It was founded c.1152. It was disestablished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under the auspices of Henry VIII. Kirkstall Abbey was acquired by Leeds Corporation as a gift and opened to the public in the late 19th century. The original document is from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 – 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 24889] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[de Somery family charter] Carta Confirmacionis [in Excambium] inter Adam de Sumeri et Henricum filium Henrici de London de Tempore Regis Johannis.
Ex Autographo penes Ric. Rawlinson L.L.D. R.S. et AT. S.S. An.MDCCLIV [1754].
Engraved facsimile of a late 12th/early 13th century agreement in Latin between Adam de Sumari (de Somery) and 'Henry'; seal below text. 175 x 275mm, 7 x 10¾". Faintly time-stained; diagonal crease through upper right corner.
The original document is from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 – 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 24739] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Papal Decree by Innocent IV.]
Ex Autographa Inocentii P.IIII Leonorae Henrici III Angl. R. Conjugi Concessa Anno 1250. Penes Ric: Rawlinson L.L.D. et R.S.S. in aere excusa anno MDCCXLI [1741]. [British, c.1770.]
Engraved facsimile of a papal missive in Latin to King Henry III of England. Official papal seal and signature below. Wove paper, large margins, 260 x 220mm, 10¼ x 8¾". Horizontal fold creases, mostly marginal foxing.
The original document is from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 – 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 24720] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Legal judgement] Charta Agnetis filiae Johis Blundi Aaroni filio Isaac, Fluriae Filiae Toscei, & Iaobo filio suo, Judaeis de Anno 1231 & 15o. Hen: 3y.
ex Autographis penes Ric. Rawlinson L.L.D. R.S.S & AT socii Anno 1753. [British, c.1750s.]
Engraved facsimile of a Latin legal document, probably an adjudication. A much shorter, four-line Latin text, lettered to a scroll, below. Two documents printed from a single folding plate, depicted with their official wax seals. 400 x 220mm. 15¾ x 8¾". Watermarked laid paper. Fold splitting; some soiling and staining. Trace of pen annotations to verso.
The original documents are from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 – 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 24715] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Edward III and Westminster Abbey c.1330] Mandatum Edw. III. an regn.II. Abbati & Conventu Westm. de tollendo lapide e Scotia olim deportato & Reginae Suae Matri tradendo.
Ex Autographo penes Capit: Westmonast: in aere incidi curavit Ric. Rawlinson L.L.D.B. et ANT.SS. 1753.
Engraved facsimile of a royal proclamation in Latin to the Abbot and Canons of Westminster Abbey, signed by the King. Watermarked laid paper, sheet 135 x 290mm. 5¼ x 11½". Several fold creases, some splitting at edges or centre. A little soiled and stained.
The original document is from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 – 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 24719] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Land grant, Yorkshire] Charta capitalis Messuagii & Terrae in Loftus juxta Harewoode a Dno Hamone de Alta-Ripa [Dantry] Willo de Hameletone Decano Eboracensi Conecssa...
ex Autographo penes Ric. Rawlinson LLD et SRS. A.D.1751. [British, c.1750s.]
Engraved facsimile of a Latin deed of transfer of land to William Hamilton, Dean of York. 150 x 240mm. 6 x 9½".
William Hamilton was deputy chancellor of England from 1286 to 1289, then Lord Chancellor from 1305 to his death on April 20, 1307. The original document is from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 – 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 24714] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Eleven fine watercolours of Mediterranean scenes.]
[n.d., c.1810.]
Eleven watercolours by the same hand. Each c. 185 x 225mm (7¼ x 8¾"), some sheets watermarked 'L Tovil Mill 1810.]
Eleven watercolours from an English tour around the Mediterranean, with subjects from Venice, Malta, Naples, and Genoa, including two litters, a wine press, a monk taking confession and various costumes. The Lower Tovil Mill (or Allnut Mill) was a papermaking mill on the River Loose, a tributary of the Medway, Kent.
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Paul and Virginia. Elizabeth. The Indian Cottage by S.t Pierre. A New Edition.
London, Published by Cha.s Daly, 14, Leicester S.t. 1835.
Steel engraving. 105 x 125mm (4¼ x 5"), with a late restrike of an Ostade portrait on reverse. Crease in corner.
The engraved title page and frontispiece scene (from Paul and Virginia) of an English edition of three novels of Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737-1814). The restrike on the back suggests this was a trial print using spare paper.
[Ref: 52026] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Pillory.
J. Chapman sc.
[Published Jan. 1804 by James Cundee, Ivy Lane.]
Stipple. Sheet size: 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼"). Trimmed inside plate. Slight staining.
A plate from 'The Criminal Recorder; or, Biographical Sketches of Notorious Public Characters', printed and published by James Cundee, Ivy Lane, London, illustrating the use of the pillory.
[Ref: 38044] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Procession.]
[n.d. c.1770.]
Engraving. 115 x 207mm. 4½ x 8¼".
Two horse-drawn carriages led by standard bearers; accompanied by foot-guards and staff carrying candlesticks. The horses heads of the first carriage are decorated with bells; the carriage and slips over the horses's backs carry the charge of an up-turned crescent moon.
[Ref: 20249] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Sign Sample.] The Lamb Georges.
Watercolour on board. Sheet: 260 x 185mm (10¼ x 7¼'').
A sample for a sign, probably for a pub showing a leaping lamb in green field. Under in pencil DS&A Daylight signboards 4' x 3'.
[Ref: 50281] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Decorative Card with Hand-painted Rosebud.]
Watercolour on very decorative card with ribbon. 85 x 60mm (3¼ x 2¼'').
A decorative card envelope tied with ribbon. Manuscript in the interior states 'Presented to Mr W. W. Everett[?] by his affectionate sister [?]'.
[Ref: 48211] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry VII] A Pardon Granted by Hen. 7th given under his Signet Seal at Richmond 27th. Novr. in the 21st [year] of his Reign [c.1506] to Thos: Barker therein Nam'd in Excuse of the Matters therein suggested; from the Original in the hands of Ric. Rawlinson L.L.D. & At. R.S.F. 1754.
[British, 1750s.]
Engraved facsimile of a Royal Pardon issued (in English) by Henry VII (1457 - 1509); seal below text. 195 x 305mm, 7¾ x 12".
Henry was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch of the House of Tudor. The original document is from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 – 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 24737] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Leaf from a breviary, use of Sarum.]
[London: John Kingston & Henry Sutton, 1556.]
Latin letterpress in black and red, printed on both sides. Sheet 225 x 165mm.
A leaf from ''Portiforium Seu Breuiarium, Ad Insiguis Sarisburiensis Ecclesie Vsum'', a Catholic liturgical book for praying the canonical hours according to the Sarum Rite, printed during the reign of Catholic queen Mary I.
From a copy held at Egton Bridge Chapel, North Yorkshire. See Ref: 54956, 54991 & 54992
[Ref: 54990] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Leaf from a breviary, use of Sarum.]
[London: John Kingston & Henry Sutton, 1556.]
Latin letterpress in black and red, printed on both sides. Sheet 225 x 165mm.
A leaf from ''Portiforium Seu Breuiarium, Ad Insiguis Sarisburiensis Ecclesie Vsum'', a Catholic liturgical book for praying the canonical hours according to the Sarum Rite, printed during the reign of Catholic queen Mary I.
From a copy held at Egton Bridge Chapel, North Yorkshire. See Ref: 54956, 54990 & 54992
[Ref: 54991] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Leaf from a breviary, use of Sarum.]
[London: John Kingston & Henry Sutton, 1556.]
Latin letterpress in black and red, printed on both sides. Sheet 225 x 165mm.
A leaf from ''Portiforium Seu Breuiarium, Ad Insiguis Sarisburiensis Ecclesie Vsum'', a Catholic liturgical book for praying the canonical hours according to the Sarum Rite, printed during the reign of Catholic queen Mary I.
From a copy held at Egton Bridge Chapel, North Yorkshire. See Ref: 54956, 54990, 54991.
[Ref: 54992] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Tally stick c.1229.] Thom Godesire det Toscy de Kant Jud xxx s. red / med ad festu sci mich Anno gre m. cc. vicef nono & med / ad festu sci martin px seqns p cursucur pl Andr de mikelgat. / & Ingeram Tallear.
[G. Vertue?]
[British, R. Rawlinson, c.1750s.]
Engraved facsimile of the Latin tally of one Thomas Godsire; transcription below, large margins. 105 x 175mm, 4½ x 7". Several fold creases (one splitting in lower margin). A little soiled and stained.
Tally sticks served as records or receipts for financial transactions such as the payment of taxes, debts and fines. From the 12th century onward tally sticks were officially employed by the Exchequer of England to collect the King’s taxes. In recording a debt, wooden sticks were often split horizontally into two parts: the lender receiving one part, the stock; and the debtor, the other part, the foil. Sticks dating from 1296 were found in the Chapel of the Pyx, Westminster Abbey in 1808. England abolished the use of tally sticks in 1826. This tally is from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 – 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 24717] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Two medieval tally sticks.] Thom Godesire det Toscy de Kant Jud xxx s. red / med ad festu sci mich Anno gre m. cc. vicef nono & med / ad festu sci martin px seqns p cursucur pl Andr de mikelgat. / & Ingeram Tallear (1229). [&] Ego Thomas Brian de Badick debeo d d Lombard. viij Marcas...1232.
[G. Vertue?]
[Under both inscriptions]...Ric: Rawlinson LLD... 1753.
Two engraved facsimiles to a single sheet, of the Latin tallies of Thomas Godsire and Thomas Brian de Badick; with transcriptions below each. Sheet 275 x 155mm, 10¾ x 6". Trimmed within plate. Fold creases, some surface punctures and damage. A little soiled and stained. Trace of pen annotations to verso.
Tally sticks served as records or receipts for financial transactions such as the payment of taxes, debts and fines. From the 12th century onward tally sticks were officially employed by the Exchequer of England to collect the King’s taxes. In recording a debt, wooden sticks were often split horizontally into two parts: the lender receiving one part, the stock; and the debtor, the other part, the foil. Sticks dating from 1296 were found in the Chapel of the Pyx, Westminster Abbey in 1808. England abolished the use of tally sticks in 1826. These are from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 – 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 24718] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

The Tree of Reformation, Representative of the London Reformatory Institution for Adult Male Criminals, G.t Smith Street, Westminster.
Drawn by William Carter, Inmate.
Feb 19th 1853.
Lithograph, scarce. Sheet 530 x 345mm (20¾ x 13½"). A few nicks in edges. Dusty.
An allegorical scene, with the inmates climbing the tree, marked from 'Probation' at ground level, past '1 Month' to '11 Months', 'Emigration' and, finally, 'America'. Some climbers fall, others end on the wrong branch.
[Ref: 45624] £380.00

[Witch Cooking at a Cauldron.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Watercolour. Sheet: 120 x 80mm (4¾ x 3''). Laid on album sheet.
An amateur watercolour of a witch, surrounded by flying bats.
[Ref: 51133] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

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