FINE BOOKS, ATLASES, MANUSCRIPTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS Wednesday 15 November 2017 Knightsbridge, London 24116 FINE BOOKS, ATLASES, MANUSCRIPTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS Wednesday 15 November 2017 at 1pm Knightsbridge, London BONHAMS ENQUIRIES Please see page 2 for bidder Montpelier Street Matthew Haley information including after-sale Knightsbridge Simon Roberts collection and shipment. 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Laura Watts +44 (0) 20 7393 3841 +44 (0) 20 7393 3879 Fax [email protected] CONTENTS LOTS General Printed Books and Manuscripts 1 – 77 Marc Isambard Brunel 78 – 92 Science, Engineering and Computing 93 – 103 Natural History 104 – 115 Atlases and Maps 116 – 136 Continental Books and Manuscripts 137 – 163 General Travel 164 – 187 Modern Books and Manuscripts 188 – 255 FINE BOOKS, ATLASES, MANUSCRIPTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS | 3 1 2 4 | BONHAMS FINE BOOKS, ATLASES, MANUSCRIPTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS Wednesday 15 November 2017 at 1pm 1 ALBUMS - NINETEENTH CENTURY ‘PUT ON THE ARMOUR OF LIGHT AND WALKE AS CHILDREN Sketch book of a Tour in the West Country and North Wales, OF THE LIGHT’ – A SERMON BY THE FOUNDING FATHER OF approximately 80 full-page pencil views (Teignmouth, Torquay, St. CONNECTICUT, author of the declaration that ‘the foundation of Michael’s Mount, Becky Falls, Llanberis, Cwm Bycam, “Summit of authority is laid in the free consent of the people’ (preached in a Cader Idris”) on recto only, some captioned and many noting the sermon before the General Court of Connecticut in 1638), a maxim day and date drawn, eighteenth century red morocco gilt, g.e., that was to inspire the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, widely rebacked, 4to (230 x 175mm.), [c.1832]--ALBUM, approximately considered as the modern world’s first written constitution and as lying 35 watercolours, pencil sketches, including portraits, British views, at the heart of American democracy. botanical studies, caricatures, a view of Vesuvius (loose), and several lithographs and engravings, contemporary blind stamped morocco, Thomas Hooker (1586?-1647) had spent fourteen years at Cambridge, worn, 4to (258 x 210mm.) [c.840]; and 4 other nineteenth century most of them as Fellow of Emmanuel College, the alma mater of albums, one with numerous gilt and paper cut Christmas cards, numerous New England luminaries including John Cotton, Nathaniel another including 7 full-page botanical watercolours, together in 2 Rogers and John Harvard. After leaving in 1618 he joined the purpose-made box cases (6) household of Sir Francis and Joanna Drake at Esher, Surrey. While here he incurred the displeasure of the Bishop of Winchester, Lancelot Andrewes, who silenced him ‘on the complaint of King James’ himself £600 - 800 (Sargent Bush, jun. ODNB). Sometime after his patroness Lady €670 - 890 Drake’s death in 1625 he accepted a post as Lecturer and Curate to John Michaelson, Rector of St Mary’s, Chelmsford, Essex: ‘In this 2 • location, Hooker’s outspoken puritan principles soon earned him a AMERICA – THOMAS HOOKER OF CONNECTICUT reputation as one of England’s most powerful and prominent voices Contemporary manuscript headed “Mr Hooker At Chelmsford on of Independency’ (ODNB). Several sermons preached from this time Wednesday the 17th of January. 1626.” and marked “The way and have survived, although we have found no record of ours. It was meanes how to apply Christ for our Sanctification is lively sett out and during his Chelmsford ministry that Hooker opened a puritan academy prescribed to us in this treatise/ And alsoe meanes how to render where he employed as his assistant John Eliot, afterwards famous mynde that provision which we have made for the flesh”, Hooker as the ‘Apostle to the Indians’. Here, as he was later to recall, Eliot taking as his principal text Romans 13:14 (“...The word of God as it experienced the life of the ‘voluntary community’ in the surrounding is written Rom:13.14. But put yee on the Lord Jesus Christ and take parishes to whom Hooker was pastor. These pious Christians not only noe thought or make noe provision for the flesh to fulfill the Lusts of met privately together but also ‘held publicke parochial communion so it...”), exhorting them as Paul did the Romans “that they ought to put far as avoided offence, and interested themselves in all good meanes of[f] the old man and that they should no longer walke in riottinge in for the publicke good of the parish’ (J. Frederick Fausz, ‘John Eliot’, wantonnesse &c But that they should put on the Armoure of light ODNB). And walke as Children of the light”, to this end setting out the three “meanes whereby we must putt on Christ” (“...the last meanes is Eventually Hooker’s criticisms of the Laudian church establishment meditation, That is when the soule turnes it selfe altogether to that became so pronounced that he was forced to flee the country, staying grace which is in Christ... This meditation keepes the Boate upon the first in the Netherlands before sailing for America, arriving at Boston Streame, as faith Cast it uppon the Streame... as the branch cannot in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1633. There he settled as pastor bringe foorth any fruite, except it abyde in the vine Noe more Can yee at Newtown (now Cambridge), three years later removing to what except ye abide in me...”), the transcript clearly written in a flourished was to become Connecticut: ‘His trek to Hartford was the symbolic contemporary hand, employing a mixture of Roman and Secretary beginning of America’s westward expansion, and his principles (stated features, entered into a contemporary notebook with a few other in A Survey of the Summe of Church-Discipline and in his numerous jottings and entries, the sermon 47 pages, with numerous blanks, sermons) not only supported the dominance of the Puritan church in first gatherings coming loose, remains of two of the original ties, succeeding centuries but also provided a tentative basis for American contemporary limp vellum, small 4to, Chelmsford, 17 January 1626/27 democracy’ (Nancy Finlay, ‘Thomas Hooker: Connecticut’s Founding Father’, connecticuthistory.org). £2,000 - 3,000 €2,200 - 3,400 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. FINE BOOKS, ATLASES, MANUSCRIPTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS | 5 3 4 3 AMERICA - WILLIAM PENN Granted by the King, published that April. It is one of those to the Indenture signed (“Wm Penn”), granting to William Yardley, 500 acres so-called ‘First Purchasers’, made so that Penn could recoup his in “that Tract or Part of Land in America with the Islands therein expenses and undertake his ‘Holy Experiment’ in establishing the new conteyned..