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25. Shropshire & elsewhere.- Smith (Joseph, town clerk of
Bridport) ex a m p l e s o f va r i o u s l e g a l a g r e e m e n t s e t C., manuscript,
178pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red throughout, ink signature of
Joseph Smith on fly-leaf, 4pp. loose, browned, bookplate of Hubert
Stanier-Smith on front pastedown, original roan, worn, lacks tail of
spine, folio, 1795. £300 - £350
*** Provenance: Manuscript account of Joseph Smith by Hubert
Stanier-Smith (1823-1911), British folklorist loosely inserted in
volume.
26. Manuscript, Persian, ni z a m i. lay l a w a m a J n u n, 2 columns,
nastaliq script, headpiece in gold and colours, 3 full page miniatures,
some repairs, contemporary limp leather, sometime rebacked,
[Kashmir, late 19th Cent.]; and an ottoman arabic ms. of poetry,
probably Maqamat aÆhaiki, imperfect, loose in binding, AH 1211,
[1796], 8vo and folio (2) £150 - £200
27. Music.- [Volumes of manuscript music taken from the Psalms],
2 vol., manuscript music scores, numerous pp., some ff. cut, slightly
browned, first partially stained, contemporary calf, rubbed, remains
of brass clasp, lacks tail of spine, second original half morocco,
gilt, slightly rubbed, first 120 x 300mm., second 135 x 240mm.,
[c. 1800 & later]; and 12 others, including a printed vol. of music
by F. Herold and 10 scrapbooks with poetry etc., v.s., v.d. (14).
£300 - £400
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28. Jersey.- Don (Sir George, army officer, Lieutenant-Governor
of Jersey, 1756-1832).- pr o C l a m at i o n o f d e f e n C e o f Je r s e y, printed
poster, folds, browned, slight stain at tail, framed and glazed, 290 x
180mm., St. Helier, 27th September 1811. £300 - £400
*** “Proclamation. It having been intimated that the Strangers who
are in the Island, and the Seamen whose ships or vessels are in the
Harbours, are desirous to come forward at the present moment and
enrol themselves as a Volunteer Corps for the purpose of acting
against the common Enemy should he invade this Island... .” -
George Don.
29. Grimsby Election.- Tennyson (Charles, later Tennyson-
D’Eyncourt, politician, uncle of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1784-
1861) au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d to Jo s h u a pl a s k i t t at t h e do C k
offiCe, gr i m s b y, 4pp., 4to, address panel franked by Tennyson’s
brother-in-law Matthew Russell MP for Bletchley, Hardwick House,
Rushyford, Derbyshire, 8th December 1817; and 2 others, autograph
manuscript text, “To the Electors of the Borough of Great Grimsby”,
asking that it be printed as a handbill, 2pp., and the printed handbill,
1817, 4to & folio (4 pieces). £400 - £600
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30. Children’s.- Inglis (Jane Anne, later married Rev. Thomas
Garnham Luard, vicar of Stanstead-Mountfitchet, 1821-86,
daughter of Jane Anne Inglis, née Mason whose portrait was
painted by Constable, d. 1871) a bo o k o f ta l e s, comprising: The
Little Hospital, or Humanity to Animals [&] The Magpie Theif,
a u t o g r a p h m a n u s C r i p t, together title and 59pp. excluding blanks, in
pencil, 4 drawings, all stories incomplete, original half red morocco,
slightly rubbed, gilt spine, 82 x 52mm., 28th February 1822.
£400 - £600
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