Care for the poor.- Orders and Ordinances for the Better Government of the Hospitall of Bartholomew the Lesse. As also orders enacted for orphans and their portions. M D LXXX. Together with A briefe discourse of the laudable customes of London, 3 parts in 1 vol., typographic ornament to 2 titles, woodcut initials and headpieces, title and last f. rather soiled and darkened, occasional light staining or soiling, a few ff. closely shaved at head, touching a few headlines, ink ownership inscription to title, 20th century morocco-backed cloth, [Wing O396; not in Kress or Goldsmiths'], small 4to, by James Flesher, printer to that honourable city, 1652.⁂ Rare, we can trace only a handful of copies at auction and no copy since 1983.Provenance: James Fraser (ink inscription).
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Eating black pudding.- [Barlow (Thomas)] The Triall of a Black-Pudding. Or, the Unlawfulness of Eating Blood proved by Scriptures, first edition, the Huth-Fairfax copy, title within typographic border with typographic ornament, woodcut initial and headpiece, light surface soiling to title, some margins a little darkened, 20th century calf, gilt, spine faded, [Wing B846], small 4to, by F:N. and are to be sold by John Hancock in Popes Head Alley, 1652.⁂ First edition of this rare and eccentric tract debating the eating of black pudding on theological grounds. ESTC lists 5 copies only. Provenance: Henry Huth (morocco book-label); Fairfax of Cameron (armorial bookplate).
World.- Heylyn (Peter) Cosmographie in foure Books Contayning the Chorographie & Historie of the whole World, and all the Principall Kingdomes, Provinces, Seas, and Isles, Thereof, first edition, engraved additional title and 4 double-page maps by Henry Seile (slightly shaved as usual), letterpress Table of the Climates, woodcut initials head- and tail-pieces, engraved title a little discoloured and with a few small chips or tears to margins, last f. creased, chipped and holed, occasional light finger-soiling to margins, modern cloth, spine label, [Sabin 31655; Wing H1689], folio, for Henry Seile, and are to be sold at his shop over against Saint Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet, 1652.
Medicine.- Pemell (Robert) Tractatus de simplicium medicamentorum facultatibus. A treatise of the nature and qualities of such simples as are most frequently used in medicines, first edition, title within double-rule border, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, errata f. at end, title a little chipped at margin, light browning, occasional spotting or marking, 20th century morocco-backed boards, [Norman 1678; Wellcome p. 330; Wing P1135], small 4to, by M. Simmons, for Philemon Stephens, at the guilded Lyon in St Pauls Church-Yard, 1652.⁂ Rare, "Pemell was one of England's first medical authors to write in his native language." - Norman.
Guevara (Antonio de) The Dial of Princes...with an amplification also of a fourth booke . . . entituled The favoured courtier never heretofore imprinted in our vulgar tongue, translated by Thomas North, third edition, black letter, title within elaborate woodcut border, woodcut initials, title lightly browned, occasional worming, mostly restricted to margins but touching text on a few ff., first A4 with short marginal tear just running into text, 2P3 with small portion of lower margin torn away, not affecting text, occasional light marginal soiling, early ink notes to margins, ink and pencil inscriptions to endpaper, bookplate to pastedown, bound with part of a medieval manuscript from the Book of Psalms, later calf, joints cracked, rubbed, spine ends chipped, corners bumped, [STC 12429], small 4to, Nowe newly imprinted by Richarde Tottill, 1582.⁂ Rare edition of this treatise on the conduct of princes and possible source-work for Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. Provenance: Dudley North (bookplate); Aylesford Library (pencil note).
Winds.- Bacon (Sir Francis) The Naturall and Experimentall History of Winds, &c., first edition, engraved frontispiece portrait cut down to image and mounted on front pastedown, title and text within double- and single-rule borders, with 8ff. advertisements bound before contents, with blank f. T4, 1 advertisement f. torn at foot,occasional light foxing or browning, book-label to pastedown, contemporary sheep, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, corners repaired, rubbed, [Gibson 115; Wing B305], 12mo, for Humphrey Moseley, at the Princes Armes in St Pauls Church-yard; and Tho. Dring at the George in Fleet-street, 1653.⁂ Provenance: Charles M. Hutt (book-label).
Land management.- Hartlib (Samuel) A Discoverie for Division or Setting out of Land, as to the best Form... for Direction and more Advantage and Profit of the Adventures and Planters in the Fens and other Waste and Undisposed Places in England and Ireland. Whereunto are added some other Choice Secrets or Experiments of Husbandry, first edition, 2 folding woodcut plates, woodcut initials and headpieces, occasional staining or light foxing, a few ink annotations, 20th century mottled half calf, neatly rebacked, [Goldsmiths' 1285; Kress 878; Wing H985], small 4to, for Richard Wodenothe in Leaden-hall-street, 1653.⁂ Rare at auction, with attractive diagrams from the setting out of the lands a manor house and a large farm network. Provenance: William Charles de Meuron, Earl Fitzwilliam (bookplate, sold Sotheby's, 1st & 2nd March, 1948).
Heyden (Hermann van der) Speedy help for rich and poor. Or, Certain physicall discourses touching the vertue of whey.., in the cure of the griping flux of the belly, and of the dysentery. Of cold water, in the cure of the gout, and green-wounds. Or wine-vineger, in the preservation from, and cure of the plague, first edition in English, title within typographic border (trimmed at foot affecting border, lower corner restored), typographic ornaments, lacking initial blank f., light foxing, 20th century morocco, gilt, [Wellcome III, p.260; Krivatsy 5595; Wing V63], 12mo, by James Young, for O.P. and are to be sold by John Saywell, at his shop, at the sign of the Greyhound in little Britain without Aldersgate, 1653. ⁂ Scarce, first published in Ghent in 1645, where the author held a practice as a physician.
A late 19th century French gilt bronze wall light, formed as three branches around cherub holding laurel festoons, 49cms high (excluding candle fitments); and another gilt metal wall light, with branches issuing from floral wall plate and with suspended twin light arrangement, approximately 33cms high (2). Condition Report: First- will benefit from a clean- see image Second- lacks electric fittings and shades ELECTRICAL GOODS. These are sold as 'antiques' only and if bought for use must be checked over for compliance with safety regulations by a qualified electrician before use. Condition Report Disclaimer
A gilt metal and moulded glass four light chandelier, early 20th century, possibly French, the foliate cast scrolling arms festooned with foliate chains and issuing around a central globular boss, 91cm high including chain and ceiling rose, 58cm diameter Condition Report: Overall fair condition (with usual marks, knocks, scuffs etc), aside from some bending to the thinner metal sections particularly the leaves to the bottom of the spherical body. The gilding has a coppery orange tinge. ELECTRICAL GOODS. These are sold as 'antiques' only and if bought for use must be checked over for compliance with safety regulations by a qualified electrician before use. Condition Report Disclaimer
Paul Stephens (20th/21st Century) - Early morning light, River Parrett, Near Longport, Somerset levels, signed, oil on panel, extensively inscribed verso by the artist with title, signature and exhibition info, 32" x 22", framed 39" x 9" overall - ** The artist exhibited at The Royal West of England Academy, The Mall Galleries, London with further exhibitions in the USA, his fellow exhibitors in the UK were often Sir Peter Scott, Ken Howard, Arthur Maderson and others - ** his father Sydney Stephens designed the Selfridges Christmas displays during the 1950s
A collection of Masonic regalia including three hallmarked silver jewels inscribed 'Supreme Grand Chapter', 'Assistant' and 'East Lancashire' respectively, three aprons and numerous sashes with gilt detail and bullion work, numerous inscribed 'Assistant', Emulation Ritual book, pair of gloves, etc, housed in leather briefcase inscribed 'J A C'.Additional InformationLight general wear throughout.
IN THE MANNER OF JULES MOIGNIEZ; an early/mid-20th century bronze figure group depicting two rams stood on rocky outcrop, stamped 82/100, on stained oval wooden base, 37 x 30cm.Additional InformationBase possibly associated, base with some chips and losses. Figure group with light general wear.
A mixed group of metalware including brass wall mounted twin branch scroll motif light fitting, 33 x 35cm, three silver plated mugs (one with inscription), an Acumen car horn and further brass example, a copper square section lidded container, a brass jam pan with swing handle, diameter 31cm, etc.Additional InformationHeavy wear and tear throughout, the lantern visible with broken glass panes, heavy surface corrosion, knocks, dents, etc.
IN THE STYLE OF JAN BAPTIST HUYSMANS; large oil on canvas, landscape with figures in foreground and watermill in the middle distance, unsigned, 85 x 109cm, presented in a good quality 19th century gilt moulded frame. Presented with the painting is a series of correspondence from Messrs Christie's and Messrs Sothebys from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s in regard to this painting. Provenance: this painting is on the market for the first time in around 100 years.Additional InformationThe painting has suffered somewhat. It has been badly over cleaned. There are lots of areas of thinning paint noticeably to the centre of the image just above and to the right of the tree. This has a brown/red hue and under strong light is very thin and shows signs of overpainting. There are also further signs of overpainting throughout and the painting is very dirty. There are a few losses to the slip of the frame but otherwise the frame is in good order.
GUSTAVE MASCART (1842-1899); oil on canvas, 'La Seine a Paris' signed, inscribed on label verso and with stamp to stretcher verso 27 x 45.5, framed.Additional InformationThe picture has been relined although no obvious reason for this, there is light craquelure to the image and some rubbing to the raised parts of the frame.
CAMPBELL ARCHIBALD MELLON (1876-1955); oil on board, figures on a beach with vessels on the sea beyond, unsigned, 22 x 29cm, framed.Additional InformationPurchased from Savage Fine Art as being a Mellon possibly signature obscured beneath mount lower right, there are vertical cracks to the varnish and light craquelure throughout with some minor surface dirt, small losses to the gilt frame.
LATE 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL; oil on canvas, Scottish Highlands landscape with Highland cattle watering to foreground and mountains to background, unsigned, 31 x 23cm, framed.Additional InformationPicture has been cleaned, there is an area of repair to the mountains which can be seen with patch verso. Light surface scratches and craquelure throughout.
19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL; oil on board, mountainous loch landscape, unsigned 30 x 44cm, framed. Additional InformationTraces of old label verso, the picture has been cleaned and there is a little bit of touch up, a couple of small areas of scratches or cracks to the surface. Light craquelure throughout and surface dirt. The frame is modern.
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY DUTCH SCHOOL; a pair of oils on metal panels, coastal landscapes with figures and vessels, unsigned, each 8.25 x 15.5cm, one with remnants of green wax seal to the reverse and both in period gilt frames (2).Additional InformationIn good original untouched condition, a few surface marks and staining to the varnish, both would transform with a light clean. There are a few tiny losses to the original gilt frames.
19TH CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL; oil on canvas, figures smoking in an interior with a parrot upon a perch by their side, unsigned, 29 x 37cm, framed.Additional InformationThe canvas has been re-lined, some touch ups to the paint in parts and a couple of old repairs. Some surface dirt and a little light craquelure throughout. There is also some detritus to the canvas and the frame is modern.
FREDERICK GEORGE COTMAN (1850-1920); oil on canvas, interior scene with woman reading a newspaper beside an open window, signed, 34 x 28cm, framed. Additional InformationThe picture has been relined, there is some craquelure throughout, there are some losses to the frame but we do have the upper right corner, so the other losses are small and really rubbing. Overall light surface wear.
AFTER DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER; oil on canvas, ‘The Shepherdess’, portrait of a woman holding a tambourine with feather in her bonnet and sheep and landscape beyond, unsigned, with red wax seal verso, 51 x 44cm, framed.Additional InformationThe painting was purchased in the 1950s from a well known and historic Dutch family.We believe this to be a copy of the original held in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.There is an area of loss to the figure's hair, which shows a patch repair to the reverse. The painting is dirty and also has a small crack running through her dress, approximately 3cm, however under UV light there is very little overpaint and the painting remains in pretty original condition. Some of the moulding is missing to the frame, we do have several sections, but not all sections. There is surface craquelure throughout.
FOLIO SOCIETY; twenty three volumes including the first folio of Shakespeare (the Norton Facsimile), Rebecca by Du Maurier, Seeds of Change by Hobhouse, The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck, Travels with my Aunt by Greene, Sagittarius Rising by Lewis, Frankenstein by Shelly, Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Verne, Under Milkwood by Thomas, Sherlock Holmes Short Storied by Conan Doyle, The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius, Jane Austin's letters, etc, all with card outer sleeves (23).Additional InformationLight general wear, but overall well preserved, some scuffs and marks to the outer card cases.
MOORCROFT; a tubeline decorated plate featuring fruit, impressed marks and W M monogram to reverse, diameter 21.7cm (second quality), and a Mintons cabinet plate featuring grouse, printed puce mark and labels to reverse, diameter 23.2cm (2).Additional InformationMoorcroft second as stated however rings true, visible outline where decoration was perhaps intended to be applied, some light marks.Mintons plate rings true, some light marks.
JACK PRICE FOR ROYAL DOULTON; a pair of vases painted with birds perched on branches, both signed J. Price, with green printed marks and impressed date 2.12.28 to base, height 16.5cm (2).Additional InformationBoth with scratches and losses to painted decoration, fritting to rims and light general wear.
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