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CATALOGUES - AUCTION[REYNOLDS (JOSHUA)] A Catalogue of the First Part of the Cabinet of Ancient Drawings Which Belonged to Sir Joshua Reynolds... the Works of Michel-Angelo, Raffaele, Coreggio, Titiano... Will Be Sold at the Prices Marked in this Catalogue by A.C. De Poggi, , half-title, errata leaf, opening gathering loose, original boards, covers detached, T. Burton and Co., 1794--[FALCKE (DAVID)] Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Works of Art and Vertu, Formed by Mr. David Falcke, 30 plates, light spotting, contemporary quarter cloth, Christie and Manson, 19 April, 1858--[UZIELLI COLLECTION] Catalogue of the Various Works of Art Forming the Collection of the Late Matthew Uzielli... Sold by Auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson, & Wood... 12th April..., engraved frontispiece, PRICED UP WITH BUYER'S NAMES in ink, Joseph Clayton, 1861--[BERNAL COLLECTION] Catalogue... of Works of Art from the Byzantine Period to that of Louis Seize, of that Distinguished Collector, Ralph Bernal..., engraved frontispiece and plates, PRICED UP in ink, spine rubbed, Christie & Manson, 5 March, 1855, last 2 publisher's cloth, 8vo and small 4to; and catalogues for the collections of Sir T. Gibson Carmichael, 12-13 May 1902, and Victor Rothschild's house at 148 Piccadilly, W.1 (6)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
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DANTE ALIGHIERIIl Dante con argomenti, & dechiaratione de molti luoghi, novamente revisto, & stampato, Roman and italic type, title-page with woodcut medallion portrait of Dante (early ownership signature struck through and printed border of portrait gone over in ink), publisher's woodcut device on verso of final leaf, light dampstaining in upper margins, contemporary Italian dark brown morocco gilt, sides with 2-line fillet border broken at the sides with small cusps, enclosing a central cartouche of floral sprays with initials 'L' (originally 'C') on upper, and 'S' on lower cover, leafy fleuron tool in inner corners, spine with small spray in 4 compartments and raised bands, gilt gauffered edges, extremities of spine restored, preserved in morocco-backed solander box by James Brockman lined with velvet [Adams D96; Cartier, de Tournes 79], 12mo, Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1547This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
GRAY (THOMAS)Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, second or third issue, half-title ('Designs, &c.'), printed on rectos only, engraved title-vignette, 6 plates, head- & tail-pieces and initials, 4pp. 'Explanation of the Prints' by Horace Walpole bound at end, occasional light spotting, short tear to margin of one plate, dark green straight-grained morocco gilt by Clarke & Bedford, spine elaborately tooled within compartments, g.e., slightly rubbed at extremities [Rothschild 1061], folio (380 x 265mm.), R. Dodsley, 1753; Odes, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved vignette on title, contemporary calf gilt, neatly rebacked [Hazen 1; Rothschild 1067], 4to, Printed at Strawberry-Hill, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757 (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
ITALY - ANTIQUITIESBARTOLI (PIETRO SANTI) Le antiche lucerne sepolcrali figurate. Raccolte dalle cave sotteranee, e grotte di Roma... con l'osservationi di Gio. Pietro Bellori, 3 engraved parts titles, 116 engraved plates (plates 33-46 of part 2 bound at the end of part 1), caption in ink in margin of each plate, light spotting, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed [Berlin Cat. 889; Cicognara 3609], folio (322 x 205mm.), Rome, Gio. Francesco Buagni, 1691--VENUTI (RIDOLFO) Antiqua numismata maximi moduli aurea, argentea, aerea ex Museo Alexandri S.R.E. Card. Albani in Vaticanam Bibliothecam, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, engraved vignette on titles, engraved plates, numerous large engraved vignette views, contemporary calf gilt, large gilt arms on sides, spine worn [Cicognara 3043], folio (404 x 263mm.), Rome, Calcographei Cameralis, 1739-1744--LA CHAUSSE (MICHEL ANGE) Le grand cabinet romain our recueil d'antiquitez romaines... que l'on trouvé à Rome, engraved allegorical frontispiece, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 43 engraved plates (most illustrating 4 images), small dampstain just touching image of frontispiece, modern calf-backed marbled boards, folio (355 x 240mm.), Amsterdam, Francois l'Honoré, & Zacharie Chastelain le fils, 1706 (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
JAPANKAEMPFER (ENGELBERT) The History of Japan, Giving an Account of the Ancient and Present State and Government of That Empire, 2 vol. bound in 1, FIRST EDITION, second issue, engraved additional title in volume 1 (dated 1727), titles in red and black, letterpress list of subscribers, 45 engraved plates and maps (including large map of Japan, mostly double-page or folding, one shaved just touching image), short tear repaired to title of second appendix, light dampstaining to first half, calf antique [Cordier, Japonica 414-415], folio (347 x 225mm.), [Thomas Woodward and Charles Davis], 1727[-1728]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR - ULYSSES S. GRANTOfficial portrait, signed below the image ('U.S. Grant'), steel-engraved by the US Bureau of Engraving & Printing, showing him as President in civilian clothes, head-and-shoulders within an oval, turned to his right, the Bureau's imprint below, some paper tears within the plate and an old ink-stain in the margin, some light spotting, traces of mounting verso, but nevertheless still an attractive image, 200 x 130mm., [c.1870]
JAPANMONTANUS (ARNOLDUS) Ambassades mémorables de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales des Provinces Unies, vers les empereurs du Japon, additional engraved pictorial title-page, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 26 engraved plates and maps (several folding), 70 engravings in the text, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving much of original gilt spine [Cordier, Japonica 385], folio (360 x 225mm.), Amsterdam, Jacob de Meurs, 1680This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
KENT - TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL HISTORYBOYS (WILLIAM) Testacea minuta rariora... A Collection of the Minute and Rare Shells, lately Discovered in the Sand of the Sea Shore near Sandwich, FIRST EDITION, 3 engraved plates of shells 'accurately drawn, as magnified with the microscope, by Geo. Walker,... at Faversham', contemporary calf, red morocco spine label, scuffed [Nissen ZBI 524], 4to, J. March, for J. White [and others], [1784]--PACKE (CHRISTOPHER) Ankographia [in Greek] sive Convallium descriptio... Explanation of a New Philosophica-Chorographical Chart of East Kent, FIRST EDITION, without the map (as usual), light spotting, modern half cloth over marbled boards, 4to, Canterbury, J. Abree, for the Author, 1743--The Kentish Traveller's Companion, in a Descriptive View of Towns... Situated in or Near the Road from London to Margate, Dover and Canterbury, second edition, 3 folding engraved maps (2 frayed with minor losses at fore-edge), contemporary calf, spine gilt, 8vo, Canterbury, Simmonds and Kirkby, 1789 (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
LAISNÉ (ÉLIE)Commentaire sur le Prophete Isaye, FIRST EDITION, title printed in red and black with woodcut ornament, several woodcut ornaments and initials, some toning and occasional light spotting, front free endpaper (with inscription) near detached, contemporary red morocco gilt, sides with 2-line fillet border enclosing large central oval of leaves enclosing a cross, fleur-de-lys corner-pieces, spine tooled in seven compartments within raised bands, folio (324 x 220mm.), Paris, Pierre de Bresche, 1654This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
![ORIGINES (ADAMANTIUS)Operum tomi duo priores [-tertius, -quartus], 4 parts in 2 vol., titles to Parts 1 and 3, each with a l](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a4df984e-a30f-4e2c-a23c-aafb01542967/d879b9a6-318f-4eb3-8660-ab0501410d8c/468x382.jpg)
ORIGINES (ADAMANTIUS)Operum tomi duo priores [-tertius, -quartus], 4 parts in 2 vol., titles to Parts 1 and 3, each with a large woodcut of the interior of a printing workshop, the first printed in red and black, large woodcut initials, lacks final blank in Part 2, first six leaves (including title) and final 2 leaves of Part 4, occasional sprinkled single wormholes, second volume with some light dampstaining, final 2 leaves repaired with some loss, contemporary English blindstamped calf over wooden boards, covers with repeated design of intersecting roll borders (including Oldham 946), enclosing central panel filled with alternating vertical impressions of a dragon-and-gryphon roll, signed with initials 'W.G.' and 'I.G.' (Oldham 560) and a twisted pineapple roll (Oldham 953), spines in 5 compartments with raised bands, later lettering label within one compartment, modern endpapers but retaining original binder's waste and manuscript sewing guards (including a fragment of a ?seventeenth century French vernacular telling of the story of Troy), sides with scattered single wormholes and a few small areas of abrasion, extremities of spine repaired [Adams O280], folio (340 x 210mm.), [Paris, Jean Petit, Josse Bade, and Conrad Resch, 1522]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
![PIGHIUS (STEPHANUS VINDIUS)Annales magistratuum provinciar[um] S.P.Q.R. ab urbe condita, engraved architectural title-page,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a4df984e-a30f-4e2c-a23c-aafb01542967/ae132eb1-6173-407e-8cd3-ab05015756bb/468x382.jpg)
PIGHIUS (STEPHANUS VINDIUS)Annales magistratuum provinciar[um] S.P.Q.R. ab urbe condita, engraved architectural title-page, 2 engraved illustrations in the text, printer's device on final leaf, 2 small holes resulting from ink obliteration of old ink name in blank areas of title, approximately 20 leaves nibbled at upper or lower margin, light dampstain at upper margin of some leaves, contemporary Antwerp binding of polished calf gilt, sides with panels enclosing large central arabesque and cornerpieces, spine with leaf-bud and fleuron tool in six compartments, old ink lettering in 2 compartments, neatly repaired at extremities of spine and corners, some abrasions to sides (revealing boards in a few places), vellum sewing guards cut from a fourteenth century liturgical manuscript, preserved in crushed brown morocco-backed solander box by James Brockman, folio (365 x 230mm.), Antwerp, ex officina Plantiniana, Jan Moretus, 1599 [colophon: 1598]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
![POLISH-LITHUANIAN BINDINGLOPEZ (LODOVICO) Instructorii conscientiae... Prima [-secunda] pars, 2 vol., edited by Pierre Mathi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a4df984e-a30f-4e2c-a23c-aafb01542967/611e0b17-ade7-41c7-8cf7-ab0501577544/468x382.jpg)
POLISH-LITHUANIAN BINDINGLOPEZ (LODOVICO) Instructorii conscientiae... Prima [-secunda] pars, 2 vol., edited by Pierre Mathieu, woodcut device on titles, woodcut initials and ornaments, light toning to opening leaves, contemporary blind- and gilt-stamped calf over bevelled wooden boards, upper covers with a frame of single fillets and a cable roll enclosing a central large oval arabesque blocked in gilt, with 6 large and 4 smaller ornamental devices, with wording 'Instructorii. Pars I[-II]', the lower covers decorated with repeated impression of a Polish 'Royal Heads' roll [see footnote], brass catches, traces of leather straps fastened to lower covers, spines with 4 compartments within raised bands, blue-green wash edges, neatly restored at spine ends [Adams L1470], preserved in purpose-made morocco-backed book box by James Brockman, 8vo, Lyon, Pierre Landry, 1587-1588This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
RUSSIAMANSTEIN (CHRISTOPH HERMANN VON) Memoirs of Russia, from the Year 1727, to the Year 1744, edited by David Hume, second edition 'carefully corrected throughout, and greatly improved', 10 folding engraved maps, occasional light spotting, contemporary polished calf, gilt-tooled spine with red morocco spine label, FINE COPY [cf. Atabey 758], 4to, T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1773This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
VIDA (MARCUS HIERONYMUS)The Silkworm: A Poem, engraved frontispiece, 1750; Scacchia, Ludus: A Poem on the Game of Chess, engraved frontispiece, 1750, 2 works bound in 1 vol., translated into English verse by Samuel Pullein, early half calf, joints tender, 8vo, Dublin, S. Powell, for the Author--BEATTIE (JAMES) The Minstrel; or, The Progress of Genius. With Some Other Poems, engraved frontispiece portrait, some spotting towards end, contemporary red blind- and gilt-stamped morocco by L. Staggemeier & Welcher (with ticket), g.e., 4to, Edinburgh, William Creech, Manner and Miller, 1803--MONTGOMERY (JAMES) and others. Poems on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 13 engraved plates (including additional title) after Robert Smirke, letterpress note to binder bound in at end, light spotting, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn, 4to, R. Bowyer, 1809, FIRST EDITIONS (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
WOOD (ROBERT)The Ruins of Palmyra, Otherwise Tedmor, in the Desart, FIRST EDITION, 57 engraved plates (one on 3 sheets joined), after G.B. Borra, 3 full-page engraved illustrations of inscriptions, light spotting to title, short tear repaired to plate 32, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, red morocco gilt spine label, rubbed [Fowler 443; Harris 939], folio (575 x 380mm.), [no publisher], 1753This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
AUSTEN (JANE)Novels, 6 works in 5 vol., additional engraved title with vignette and frontispiece in each volume, without half-titles, light dampstains to frontispiece and titles of volumes 1 and 2, small blank piece of margin to pp.11/12 in volume 2 torn away, contemporary polished calf gilt, spines elaborately tooled with red and green gilt morocco lettering labels, a few small abrasions to sides [Gilson D6], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1833This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
BACON (FRANCIS)The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, FIRST EDITION, first issue, engraved portrait frontispiece, title within woodcut architectural border, without initial blank, a little very light dampstaining, early ink marginalia, nineteenth century polished calf [ESTC S1406; Gibson 116a], W. Stansby for M. Lownes and W. Barret, 1622--[CAMDEN (WILLIAM)] The Historie of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princesse Elizabeth, 4 parts in one vol., lacks frontispiece and 2 leaves of Table, title browned and repaired, burn-hole in 4 leaves with loss of a few words, a handful of wormholes, 2 leaves of Table frayed, modern morocco [ESTC S4171], B. Fisher, 1630--[RENAUDOT (EUSEBE)] A General Collection of Discourses of the Virtuosi of France, imprimatur leaf, without final blank, light toning, modern half sheep [ESTC R1662], T. Dring and J. Starkey, 1664--The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, imprimatur leaf, first few leaves creased, last few with light waterstain, paper flaw on B1 touching page number, bookplate of John Fowles, modern half morocco [ESTC T51985], J. Tonson, 1710; and 4 others, folio and 4to (8)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
BLAKE (WILLIAM)THORNTON (ROBERT JOHN) The Latin Pastorals of Virgil, Adapted for Schools, second edition, THE DEDICATION COPY INSCRIBED TO THE PROVOST OF ETON on flyleaf 'Presented by the Author to the Rev: Dr. Goodall as a small Testimony of Respect, Esteem & Gratitude', 150 woodcut and engraved illustrations on 62 sheets by various artists, extra-illustrated with 17 WOODCUTS BY BLAKE on 5 sheets, 4 woodcuts on 2 sheets after Blake, very occasional light foxing, flyleaf and title mounted on stubs and the former strengthened at a crease, the Blake plates remargined at foot and gutter and with a few spots, nineteenth century calf, joints restored [cf. Bentley 504, plates 5-25 of this entry], 8vo, Stereotyped and Printed by D. Cock... [for] F.C. and J. Rivington [and others], 1814This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
![CALVERT (EDWARD)[CALVERT (SAMUEL)] A Memoir of Edward Calvert Artist by His Third Son. Illustrated with Reproductions of His](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a4df984e-a30f-4e2c-a23c-aafb01542967/b353f568-583a-4f64-9e76-ab050158fae3/468x382.jpg)
CALVERT (EDWARD)[CALVERT (SAMUEL)] A Memoir of Edward Calvert Artist by His Third Son. Illustrated with Reproductions of His Own Paintings and Sketches, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 32 OF 350 COPIES, SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE AUTHOR, half-title, frontispiece portrait, 34 plates on 31 sheets after Calvert, 45 illustrations in the text, occasional light spotting and toning, one or two plates working loose, publisher's buckram gilt with ticket of 'Leighton Son and Hodges' inside lower cover, t.e.g., folio (370 x 270mm.), Sampson Low, 1893This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
COWPER (WILLIAM)Autograph letter signed ('Wm Cowper'), to William Hayley ('my dearest brother!'), confessing that his melancholia has crippled him as a letter-writer ('...I began a letter to you yesterday, my dearest brother! and proceeded through two sides of the sheet, but so much of my nervous fever found its way into it, that, looking it over this morning, I determine not to send it. I have risen, though not in good spirits, yet in better than I generally do of late, and therefore will not address you in the melancholy tone that belongs to my worst feelings...'); thanking him nevertheless for his concern ('...Your wishes to disperse my melancholy would, I am sure, prevail, did that event depend on the warmth and sincerity with which you frame them, but it has baffled both wishes and prayers, and those the most fervent that could be made, so many years, that the case seems hopeless...'); looking forward to the receipt of Romney's portrait ('...I began to be restless about your pourtrait, and to to [sic] say, How long shall I have to wait for it? I wish'd it here for many reasons; not only because the sight of it will be a comfort to me as you very justly suppose, for I not only love but am proud of you as of a conquest made in my old age, but am impatient also 'till I see your amiable physiognomy supersede the odious representation of mine... Johnny goes to town on Monday, and purposes to call on Romney...The name of a man whom I esteem as I do Romney, ought not to be unmusical in my ears, but his name will be so, 'till I shall have paid him a debt justly due to him, by doing such poetical honours to it as I intend. Heaven knows when that intention will be executed, for the Muse is still as obdurate and as coy as ever...'); and hoping that 'when my Mary, like your little Tom, shall cease to be an invalid, I may recover a power, at least, to do something'; integral address panel, seal and post-marks, 4 pages, traces of mounting on blank section above the address, some light browning and minor wear at edges, but overall in attractive condition, 4to, Weston [Underwood], 13 October 1792
![DICKENS (CHARLES)Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens'), to Captain [Frederic] Brine, thanking him for his kind and hosp](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a4df984e-a30f-4e2c-a23c-aafb01542967/4c383522-6da8-4204-9e73-ab0501595c51/468x382.jpg)
DICKENS (CHARLES)Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens'), to Captain [Frederic] Brine, thanking him for his kind and hospitable letter ('...Unfortunately, the fatigues of my hurried tour are so great, and its work so hard, that I find all social pleasures to be incompatible with them, and am forced to forego all engagements and invitations...'), assuring him nevertheless that he is 'not the less sensible for your cordial remembrance' for which he renders hearty thanks, 2 pages, in blue ink, contemporary docket, some light dust-staining, 8vo, Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, 20 August 1858
JONSON (BEN)The Works... to Which is Added a Comedy, Called The New Inn. With Additions Never Before Published, third folio edition, engraved frontispiece portrait by William Elder after Robert Vaughan, woodcut ornaments on title, old pencil scribble on A3 (and the laurel of portrait touched), lower fore-margin of the opening 40 or so leaves softened with small loss not affecting letters, 4 leaves toned, contemporary reverse calf, worn [ESTC R15282; Pforzheimer 561; Wing J1006], H. Herringman, E. Brewster [and others], 1692--DRYDEN (JOHN, translator) The Works of Virgil... Translated into English Verse; by Mr. Dryden, issue with cancel title printed in red and black (small hole repaired), engraved allegorical frontispiece (laid down, small area of loss to image), 101 engraved plates (a few shaved), light spotting, early half calf, worn [ESTC R26296], Jacob Tonson, 1697, folio (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
NEWMAN (JOHN HENRY, Saint)Autograph presentation manuscript of his hymn 'Lead Kindly Light', signed ('John H. Newman') and dated, comprising the first stanza of six lines, beginning: 'Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom/ Lead thou me on...', 1 page, contemporary envelope, oblong 8vo, 'August 15 1876'
WHEELER (JOHN)A Treatise of Commerce Wherein Are Shewed the Commodies Arising by a Wel Ordered, and Ruled Trade, such as that of the Societe of Merchantes Adventurers is provided to bee, written principallie for the better information of those who doubt of the necessarienes of the said societe in the State of the Realme of Englande, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, with lengthy inscription dated 'Middelbroughe 28 Decembris 160[1]' on initial 'A', title within typographical border with printer's device, without the errata leaf found in some copies, neat manuscript correction to printed spelling of 'Commodies' on title, light arc of dampstaining at upper margin of a few leaves, seventeenth century panelled calf, rebacked with corners repaired, modern cloth box [ESTC S119735; Kress 243 (lacking blank and errata)], small 4to, Middelburg, Richard Schilders, 1601This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
HOCKNEY (DAVID)WEBB (PETER) The Erotic Arts, NUMBER 41 OF 126 COPIES WITH ORIGINAL ETCHING BY HOCKNEY AND SCREEN PRINT BY ALLEN JONES, each signed and numbered by artist in pencil, further numbered on the colophon, illustrations throughout, light foxing to half-title and title, publisher's green morocco gilt, g.e., slipcase (soiled), large 8vo, Secker & Warburg, 1975This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
LÉGER (FERNAND)Cirque. Lithographies originales, NUMBER 161 OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST on the justification leaf, 63 lithographs (34 printed in colours), all printed 'sur Velin d'Arches' wove paper, the title and text by Léger, some light offsetting, loose as issued in publisher's stiff pictorial wrappers designed by Léger, glassine over-wrappers, original chemise with printed spine label, and slipcase (slightly worn and soiled), folio (425 x 320mm.), Paris, Tériade, [1950]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
MIROIR DU POÈTEMiroir du poète, 7 vol. (complete), LIMITED TO 15 AND 20 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATORS, from overall editions of between 130 and 135 copies, 28 engravings (all but 2 printed in colours) by Picasso (1), Braque (1), Miro (5), Zao Wou-Ki (4), Arp (7), Masson (4), and J. Villon (6), loose as issued in publisher's board portfolios, 2 in glassine wrappers, light soiling or rubbing to others, slipcases, 12mo (170 x 150mm.), Paris, Louis Border, 1957-1960This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
GILL (ERIC)The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ According to the Authorized Version of King James I, NUMBER 329 OF 500 COPIES, 65 wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill, original half pigskin over buckram by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., light soiling to spine, original slipcase [Chanticleer 78], folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1931This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
JONES (DAVID)Chester Play of the Deluge, NUMBER 134 OF 275 COPIES, edited by J. Isaacs, 10 large wood-engraved illustrations by David Jones, tissue guards, publisher's buckram, pictorial dust-jacket (light soiling, small loss to head of spine) [Chanticleer 52], Golden Cockerel Press, 1927; idem, another edition, NUMBER 240 OF 250 COPIES on Barcham Green mould-made paper, from an overall edition of 337, 10 wood-engraved illustrations by Jones, prospectus loosely inserted, publisher's cloth-backed marbled boards, dust-jacket, FINE COPY, [Printed by Will Carter, at the Rampant Lions Press] for Clover Hill, 1977, 4to (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
JONES (DAVID)COLERIDGE (SAMUEL TAYLOR) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, NUMBER 439 OF 460 COPIES, 10 etchings by David Jones (8 full-page), original black morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., Bristol, Douglas Cleverdon, 1929; The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 2 vol. (including portfolio), ONE OF 115 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 'with a portfolio containing an extra set of fifteen engravings including five that were discarded', 10 etchings by Jones in the text, publisher's parchment-backed cloth, slipcase, [Clover Hill] for Chilmark Press, 1964--JONES (DAVID) An Introduction to the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, NUMBER 162 OF 415 COPIES, this copy unsigned, etched vignette on title, publisher's cloth, [Rampant Lions Press], for Clover Hill, 1972--[GREGYNOG PRESS] Llyer Y Pregeth-r [Ecclesiastes], NUMBER 171 OF 250 COPIES, printed in red and black, 2 woodcut illustrations (one full-page) by Jones, publisher's limp buckram, some rubbing, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog, 1927--FARJEON (ELEANOR) The Town Child's Alphabet, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'To John [Guthrie] with Eleanor's Love, Christmas 1924', illustrations by David Jones printed in colours, publisher's pictorial wrappers (small loss to spine), The Poetry Bookshop, 1924--MONRO (HAROLD) The Winter Solstice, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, signed by the author, 2 woodcut illustrations by Jones, publisher's boards, Faber, 1928--David Jones 1895-1974. Centenary Edition of Engravings, NUMBER 3 OF 50 SETS, 4 engraved plates by Jones, numbered in pencil, loose as issued in publisher's paper wrappers (light soiling), Wolseley Fine Arts, 1995, 8vo and 4to; and approximately 85 others (including catalogues and pamphlets) by, about, or with contributions by David Jones (approximately 90)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
BALLET RUSSES AND NIJINSKYBARBIER (GEORGES) Designs on the Dances of Vaslav Nijinsky, NUMBER 395 OF 400 COPIES 'on vellum paper', foreword by Francis De Miomandre, translated by C.W. Beaumont, 12 colour pochoir plates, light spotting, colour pochoir design on upper cover, short tear to upper cover touching border of title panel, 1913--BEAUMONT (CYRIL.W.) The Art of Lydia Lopokova, 2 portrait plates (after Picasso, and Glyn Philpot), 9 tipped-in HAND-COLOURED PLATES, 3 illustrations and cover design by Arabella York, 1920; The Art of Lubov Tchernicheva, portrait frontispiece by Glyn Philpot, 8 tipped-in HAND-COLOURED PLATES, 2 decorations and cover design by Vera Willoughby, book block loose from wrappers, 1921, publisher's pictorial wrappers, large 4to (322 x 280mm.), C.W. Beaumont (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
DULAC (EDMUND)ANDERSEN (HANS CHRISTIAN) Stories, NUMBER 233 OF 750 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, 28 tipped-in colour plates by Dulac, publisher's vellum gilt, t.e.g., ties, a few 'rust' spots on upper cover, light soiling, [1911]--The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French. Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, NUMBER 598 OF 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, 30 tipped-in colour plates by Dulac, publisher's decorative morocco gilt, t.e.g., rebacked preserving most of original spine, later endpapers, [1910], EDITION DE LUXE COPIES, Leicester Gallery Edmund Dulac Exhibition advertisement loosely inserted in each, 4to, Hodder & Stoughton (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
FLEMING (IAN)Goldfinger, 1959; Dr. No., second impression, May 1958; The Spy Who Loved Me, 1962; You Only Live Twice, 2 copies, slight abrasion to upper joint of jacket on one copy, 1964; The Man with the Golden Gun, 1965, FIRST EDITION unless mentioned, publisher's cloth, pictorial dust-jackets (unclipped, light toning), 8vo, Jonathan Cape (6)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
![HEANEY (SEAMUS)Eleven Poems, [1965]--LONGLEY (MICHAEL) Ten Poems, [1965]--MAHON (DEREK) Twelve Poems, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IS](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a4df984e-a30f-4e2c-a23c-aafb01542967/a2524548-76e4-4632-85af-ab05014f8008/468x382.jpg)
HEANEY (SEAMUS)Eleven Poems, [1965]--LONGLEY (MICHAEL) Ten Poems, [1965]--MAHON (DEREK) Twelve Poems, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, light pencil markings by the first owner to 2 poems ('Scaffolding' and 'Death of a Naturalist') in the Heaney volume, each printed on laid paper, publisher's stapled wrappers, with the sun device with nine 'points' printed on the upper cover in purple, 8vo, Belfast, Festival Publications Queen's University; and 5 other 'Festival Publications' by Joan Newmann, Philip Hobsbaum, James Simmons, Stewart Parker, and Laurence Lerner (8)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
KELMSCOTT PRESSMORRIS (WILLIAM) The Water of the Wondrous Isles, LIMITED TO 250 COPIES, printed in red and black, woodcut initials and decorative borders, a cut signature of William Morris loosely inserted, publisher's limp vellum, gilt lettering on spine, green silk ties, small area of light soiling on spine but generally clean [Petersen A45], 4to, Kelmscott Press, [1897]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
MITCHELL (MARGARET)Typed letter signed ('Margaret Mitchell Marsh'), to 'My dear Mrs. Maidwell', thanking her for her letter about Gone With the Wind, pleased that 'Scarlett and Rhett would find friends in England', confirming 'No, I do not contemplate writing a sequel to 'Gone With the Wind.' To tell the truth, I do not know what happened to this obstinate couple after the end of the book... I have never written any other book and I am not working on any book now' for, since the publication of GWTW her life 'has been lived in the middle of a tornado', mentioning the forthcoming film 'At present only one of the cast has been chosen, - Walter Connolly will play the part of Gerald O'Hara. I have no connection whatever with the film production and do not intend to go to Hollywood or to have anything to do with the matter,' and enclosing a pamphlet [not included in the lot]; with typed envelope, 1 page, printed heading 'Margaret Mitchell', some light dust staining at folds, 4to, Atlanta, Georgia, 27 July 1937
MORRIS (WILLIAM)VALLANCE (AYMER) The Art of William Morris... With Reproductions from Designs and Fabrics Printed in the Colours of the Originals... Also a Bibliography by Temple Scott, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 2 OF 220 COPIES, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 40 colour plates, numerous others, tissue guards, occasional light spotting, publisher's linen-backed buckram, t.e.g., folio (390 x 280mm.), Chiswick Press for George Bell and Sons, 1897This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
NESBIT (EDITH) AND OSWALD BARRONThe Butler in Bohemia, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY NESBIT 'To E.N. da C. Andrade from E. Nesbit. Dec. 27 1910. B.P.' on the front paste-down, correction in ink to one word of text on p.140, light spotting to title, short tear to dedication leaf (to Rudyard Kipling), publisher's limp cloth, lettered in red on upper cover, 8vo, Henry J. Drane, 1894This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
PHOTOGRAPHY - CAMERA WORKCamera Work. A Photographic Quarterly, 20 issues (comprising nos. 10, 13-15, 17-29, and 31-32) bound in 5 vol., edited by Alfred Stieglitz, issue 10 inscribed 'With the Editor's Compliments - Epreuve' on front free endpaper, 199 photographic plates (of 203 called for, mostly photogravure, a few colour), lacks title to issue 26 and several tissue guards, publisher's cloth, title and year on upper cover and spine, one of the publisher's front wrappers bound in each volume (2 loose), light soiling, folio, New York, Alfred Stieglitz, April 1905-October 1910, sold as a periodicalThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
ROYALTY - CORONATION BOOKSThe Form and Order of the Service... in the Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII. and Queen Alexandra... edited by Sir Frederick Bridge, NUMBER 6 OF 500 LARGE PAPER COPIES, publisher's gilt-blocked morocco, g.e., Novello and Company, 1902; Idem, another copy, NUMBER 14 OF 500 COPIES, publisher's vellum gilt, t.e.g., [Henry Frowde, 1902]; Idem, another copy, old pencil note 'The private edition of their majesties from library at Kensington Palace' on verso of title, book block loose stitched in silk-covered boards, the upper cover EMBROIDERED with a design of English roses and foliage in red, white and green silks and gilt threads intertwined with a cartouche lozenge of thicker gilt threads, enclosing embroidered coronet above lettering 'R.VII R' and date '1902', gilt thread and bow holding book block, frayed at spine, [Henry Frowde, 1902]--The Form and Order of the Service... in the Coronation of Their Majesties King George V and Queen Mary, some spotting (heaviest to title), corners slightly rubbed, 1911--The Form and Order of the Service... in the Coronation of their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 1937, publisher's red half decorative morocco gilt, g.e., Novello; Idem, another copy, publisher's vellum gilt, g.e., Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1937--The Ceremonies to be Observed at the Royal Coronation of... King George the Sixth and Queen Elizabeth... The 10th Day of May 1937, PRINCESS BEATRICE'S BOOKPLATE (designed by F. Badeley, 1928), title on upper cover, stitched in original gilt-blocked vellum, g.e., some age soiling, [H.M.S.O., 1937]--The Music with the Form and Order of the Service... at the Coronation of Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, NUMBER 120 OF AN EDITION OF 150 COPIES, publisher's decorative red calf gilt, g.e., preserved in original box with limitation label, Novello, 1953--English Sacred Lyrics, inscribed in ink 'For my darling Beatrice... from her loving old teachers, Dec. 8th/96' on front free endpaper (with later pencil note suggesting the Beatrice is Princess Beatrice, daughter of Queen Victoria), EMBROIDERED BINDING of white silk over boards, the upper cover with design of a large central flower and four smaller flowers in the corners in light blue, white and green silks within a border of gilt threads, gilt thread design on spine, g.e., slightly frayed at edges, Kegan Paul, 1884, 8vo, 4to and small folio (9)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
![SYNGE (JOHN MILLINGTON) [AND JACK B. YEATS]The Aran Islands, FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER EDITION LIMITED TO 150 COPIES, this](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a4df984e-a30f-4e2c-a23c-aafb01542967/79ad38d1-a6ac-4509-940e-ab050150f4ba/468x382.jpg)
SYNGE (JOHN MILLINGTON) [AND JACK B. YEATS]The Aran Islands, FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER EDITION LIMITED TO 150 COPIES, this copy '59' (old number crossed through), signed by both the author and illustrator on the colophon leaf, 12 hand-coloured plates by Yeats, light spotting to endpapers, publisher's cloth gilt, spine soiled, 4to, Dublin, Maunsel, 1907This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)The Hobbit or There and Back Again, second impression, half title, 5 plates (4 colour), 8 illustrations by the author, advertisement leaf, maps printed in black and red on endpapers, publisher's green pictorial cloth, dust-jacket with designs by the author, unclipped, some light staining to edges of cloth, dust-jacket torn at folds with loss to head of spine panel, reinforced on verso, some spotting and staining [cf. Hammond A3(a) and p.13], 8vo, George Allen & Unwin, [1937]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)The Lord of the Rings, FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, folding map printed in red and black in each volume, occasional light spotting (mostly to endpapers), publisher's red cloth, dust-jackets (unclipped, some fading to spines, 'Fellowship' with single spot on upper cover, corners slightly frayed; 'Return' with black smudge partly obscuring publisher's name on spine; 'Two Towers' spine (extending onto sides) crudely repaired with tape with old tears and some loss of text, front hinge split and repaired), 8vo, George Allen and Unwin, 1954-1955This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
WILLIAMSON (HENRY)A collection of 20 works inscribed by the author to John Heygate, fellow author and life-long friend, including: The Linhay on the Downs, inscribed on the front free endpaper 'Never let it be thought by John Heygate Esqre. that Mister Henry Williamson did'nt want to give him a copy of his newest book. 8 November 1934' above a large caricature self-portrait wearing a 'Adventurer's High Hat', saluting 'Heil Hitler!' with one hand and with the other indicating 'How do you do Jesus Christ!', whilst stating 'Damn Hugh Walpole anyway' and '...I wish I was back home in Devon...', Cape, 1934; The Golden Virgin, inscribed 'For John and Dora Heygate... gratitude for much help, friendship..., and hospitality... this first copy, at Bellarena, 31 August 1937', dust-jacket, Macdonald, 1957; The Scandaroon, DEDICATION COPY, with lengthy inscription explaining Heygate's role in the gestation of the book, and stating 'This may be my last published book' [It was], dust-jacket, Macdonald, 1972; Tales of a Devon Village, second impression, inscribed to 'John Heygate, author, squire, fisherman and friend', dust-jacket, Faber and Faber, [1946]; One Foot in Devon, inscribed 'To my old colleague and companion in sunshine, seas and sand John Heygate from H.W., June 1933', and beneath the printed dedication to 'Miss A.T. who did all the works' Williamson has added in ink 'and who was given the works', Maclehose, 1933; The Labouring Life, inscribed 'To A.C.G. Heygate Esqre. from Henry Williamson, April 1932', Cape, 1932; The Children of Shallowford, a 20-line inscription dated 1 September 1957, in which the author after re-reading the book notes 'that it shows the author in a bad light. He was in a bad light: but he should have restrained himself, perhaps, from trying to illumine a shadow...', dust-jacket (loss to half of spine), Faber and Faber, 1939; The Dream of Fair Women, inscribed 'To Evelyn [Heygate, previously Waugh], this book about cads, from the author, June 1931. Also to John, who once dreamed. H.W.', Faber and Faber, 1931; The Ackymals, one of 225 copies signed by the author, additionally inscribed 'If I had'nt had 3 pints in the Higher House & returned late for lunch & dashed off my excitations into notes, The Ackymals ... would never have written... 21/12/29', Windsor Press, 1929; How Dear is Life, PROOF COPY WITH CORRECTIONS by both the author and John Heygate, and with two full-page notes by Williamson, wrappers, lacking upper cover, Macdonald, [1954], unless stated FIRST EDITIONS, unless stated publisher's cloth, 8vo; and 7 others (unsigned) by Williamson (27)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
WATSON (JOHN)Memoirs of the ancient Earls of Warren and Surrey, and their Descendants to the Present Time, 2 vol., first published edition, engraved frontispiece portrait, 53 engraved plates (several folding or double-page, one printed in sepia), engraved head- and tail-pieces, occasional light off-setting, contemporary 'Etruscan' binding of panelled calf, tooled in gilt and blind, g.e., Warrington, W. Eyres, 1782--FOXE (CHARLES JAMES) A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second; with an Introductory Chapter, 2 vol., engraved frontispiece, 2 plates, contemporary blue straight-grained morocco gilt, sides with Greek key, floral and pointillé corner-pieces, g.e., W. Miller, 1808--PENNANT (THOMAS) The History of the Parishes of Whiteford, and Holywell, engraved vignette on title and divisional title, 22 plates (one double-page), B. & J. White, 1796; The Literary Life of the late Thomas Pennant Esq. By Himself, 4 engraved plates (one folding, hand-coloured), B. & J. White, and R. Faulder, 1793, 2 works bound in 1 vol., fine contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt, g.e., 4to (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
BRIGGS (HENRY)Logarithmicall Arithmetike. Or Tables of Logarithmes for Absolute Numbers from an Unite to 100000; as Also for Sines, Tangentes and Secantes for Every Minute of a Quadrant, woodcut device on title, divisional title in Dutch (A1r), light soiling to title, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, joints weakened with small old repair) [ESTC S107123], folio (345 x 215mm.), George Miller, 1631This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
DARWIN (CHARLES)On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, half-title, folding lithographed diagram, 32-page publisher's catalogue dated June 1859 at end, a few light spots to first few leaves and diagram, publisher's blindstamped green cloth (Freeman variant b), lettered in gilt on spine, binder's label of Edmonds and Remnants at end, a little bumped at corners and spine ends, extremities lightly rubbed [Freeman 373; Garrison-Morton 220; Norman 593; PMM 344], 8vo, John Murray, 1859This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
ANGLO-ZULU WAR, RORKE'S DRIFT & CETAWAYODiary of Major Henry Sparke Stabb, deputy assistant quartermaster-general of the 2nd Division, 32nd (Duke of Cornwall's) light Infantry (later staff officer to Colonel Whitehead), written in pencil in a field notebook, covering his time in Zululand, including a minute-by-minute account of the battle of Ulundi on 4 July 1879 ('6.20. 2 large bodies of Zulus seen... 8.35 Firing in front for short time... 8.50 Big guns at work & heavy & continuous rifle firing from column... 9.10 Enemy everywhere retiring, rifle firing ceases, cavalry in pursuit... 9.40 Zulus in full retreat on ridge on left. Artillery shelling ridge... 10.15 All quiet. 11.5 Round Kraal fired. Zulus retired to top of hill... 11.25 Bullers men in gallop to Kraal... Rode over battlefield saw many corpses but think report exaggerate enemy's losses (about 700-1000 probably) our loss...12 men killed, 82 officers & men wounded... About 500 of our men had been engaged, enemy estimated at 20,000 & a large reserve on hill top...'); the retreat of the 2nd Division to Fort Marshall and its aftermath ('No message yet from Cetawayo... What is now to be done, & how is it now to end?...'); a visit to Rorke's Drift on 21st July which he found 'most satisfactory'; the hunt for and capture of Cetawayo, describing how the King spent a night at Fort Victoria under strict guard and departed the next day via a secret route; includes a pencil sketch of the square battle formation with note '35,000 oxen used, 12,000 died' and several pages of expenses and addresses, 59 leaves (3 leaves excised), small 8vo (140 x 90mm.), black calf, worn, pencil missing, Durban to Fort Victoria, 14 June to 3 September 1879This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
SHEFIK (AHMED)Notes on a Visit to Sinai Monastery and a Motor Car Tour in Sinai Peninsula, in January 1926, first edition in English, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'To Kaimakam L.H.C. Hatton Bey, [with mauve stamp] Lewa Director General, Frontier Administration' on the title, photographic portrait frontispiece of Fouad I, King of Egypt, 123 photographic illustrations on 85 plates, very short tear in fore-margin of a few plates, publisher's cloth-backed printed boards, light soiling, 4to, Cairo, Government Press, 1926; with 3 other items, including articles relating to the Nubian and Western Deserts extracted from Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Egypte, and a typescript article (with pencil annotations) entitled 'Kufu's Treasure' (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
VERYARD (ELLIS)An Account of Divers Choice Remarks, as Well Geographical, as Historical, Political, Mathematical, Physical and Moral. Taken in a Journey through the Low-Countries, France, Italy, and Part of Spain; with the Isles of Sicily and Malta. As also, a Voyage to the Levant, FIRST EDITION, 2 folding engraved plates, single ink smudge on title, a few light dampstains but generally clean, contemporary calf, rubbed, some loss to extremities of spine [Atabey 1285; Blackmer 1727; not in Cobham-Jeffery], small folio (320 x 200mm.), S. Smith and B. Walford, 1701This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Dutch 1596-1656) An estuary landscape on the Rhine with square tower and tall gallows signal Oil on panel Signed with monogram and dated 1652 lower left 38 x 55.5cm (14¾ x 21¾ in.) Literature: Volhard, Hans, Die Grundtypen der Landschaftsbilder Jan van Goyens und ihre Entwicklung (Frankfurt: 1927, p. 182) Hofsete de Groot, Cornelius, A Catalogue raisonne of the most eminent Dutch painters of the Seventeenth Century: Based on the Work of John Smith (London: Macmillan & Co, 1908-27) no. 811 Beck, Hans-Ulrich, Jan van Goyen, 1596-1656: ein Oeuvreverzeichnis (Amsterdam: van Gendt, 1972) Vol II, no. 706, p. 322. Illustrated.Provenance: Sale, Valadon & Co., New York, 26 February 1902, Lot 207 (sold for $375) Dowdeswell, London UK private collection, Sir Charles Turner, London Sale, Berlin, Germany, 17 November 1908, Lot 29 (sold for Mk 5600) Paul Cassirer, Berlin by 1918 Hungarian private collection, M. von Nemes, Budapest Sale, Munich, Germany, 16 June 1931, Lot 47 (sold for Mk 6900) Belgian Private Collection, Stern, Brussels The present owner's grandfather, private collection, Munich; thence by descent Possibly held in storage in Zurich Private Collection, Holland by 1970s; thence by descent to the present owner Jan van Goyen was born in Leiden in 1596, and trained in Haarlem with Esaias van de Velde. He was one of the pioneers in depicting the naturalistic landscape in early 17th century Holland, travelling extensively in The Netherlands and beyond. Goyen moved to The Hague in 1631, where he remained until his death in 1656. To support his family Goyen worked as an auctioneer, real-estate investor and art advisor. Goyen also turned to dealing in tulip bulbs imported from Turkey, but suffered severe financial losses when the tulip market crashed in 1637.The present lot depicts a watch tower with gallow signal on the Rhine near Lobith and Schenkenschanz, a view that Goyen often repeated (see Beck reference 704 for comparable view, dated 1651). The present lot is a fine example of Goyen's skillfull manipulation of tonal variations. Through a limited colour palette Goyen was able to render natural light and subtle atmospheric effects in shades of brown, green and grey. His use of a low horizon gives the illusion of a broad expanse focusing the eye on the sky. Next to the watch tower is a small tavern in front of which people congregate to chat. Behind the tower is a cannon aimed ready for flight. In the distance sailing and rowing boats can be seen with a church beyond. There is a barge with four fisherman in the foreground and the artist has signed and dated the work 1652 to the side of the barge.The present lot was sold at auction in New York in 1902, where it was acquired by art dealer Charles William Dowdeswell (1832-1915) of London. Dowdeswell owned and ran a frame-making business in Chancery Lane and in 1878, Charles and his son, Walter opened the art dealership Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell. The gallery was one of the first to promote French Impressionism in London and in 1883 hosted the exhibition Societe des Impressionistes. The gallery closed down in 1912, when Walter Dowdeswell joined art dealer Joseph Duveen.Dowdeswell gallery sold the present lot to London collector Sir Charles Turner who subsequently sold the work in Berlin in 1908. In 1918, the work is known to have been with the renowned German art dealer Paul Cassirer (1871-1926) who played a significant role in the promotion of French impressionist and post-impressionist artists in particular Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Cezanne. The work was sold at auction in Munich in 1931, and bought by a private collector in Brussels.It is likely that the present owner's grandfather purchased this work sometime between 1931 and 1936. The owner, who lived in Munich, fled to Zurich from Germany in 1933, as Hitler came into power. In 1936, he put many of his family's possessions in storage before moving to Milan for about a year until Mussolini started making alliances with Hitler. In 1937, he and his family moved again, this time to Argentina, travelling by boat. The Second World War claimed the lives of 11 of his siblings and both his parents. In 1963, he left Argentina and returned to Zurich but unfortunately without his wife who had died after a long battle with cancer. The work was then passed by descent to his son and then eventually to his granddaughter, the present owner.
Two Persian rugs: The first: Kashan rug, west Persia, circa 1920s-30s 6ft. 9in. X 4ft. 3in. 2.05m. x 1.30m. Overall even wear; slight loss to ends; few 'nicks' to selvedges. Classic Kashan design, light red cartouche-shaped field with indigo centre medallion and ivory inner medallion; ivory and pale blue spandrels; all over flowers and foliage; dark blue scrolling floral main border; ivory and mid-blue guards. The second: Tabriz pictorial rug, north west Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 4ft. 5in. X 2ft. 9in. 1.35m. X 0.84m. Small spots of old moth damage lower end; slight loss to ends. Pale cream field with central vignette of deer with a ewer and flowers with a pond in the foreground with a duck and fish; flowering tree of life in the field with a pair of birds in the upper branches; dark blue floral main border. Soft palette. (2)
Two rugs, the first: Malayer rug, north west Persia, circa 1920s-30s, 4ft. 8in. X 3ft. 7in. 1.42m. X 1.09m. Small areas of old moth damage to borders lower end and to field top end. Slight loss to ends. Dark blue field with pale blue flowerhead centre; scrolling flowers and floral sprays; red floral main border and ivory guards. Lustrous wool; soft handle. The second: Lilihan rug, Hamadan area, north west Persia, circa 1940s-50s, 3ft. 6in. X 2ft. 9in. 1.07m. X 0.84m. Slight loss to ends. Light rose field with all over flowers and foliage; narrow blue/black floral main border and pink and pale yellow floral guards. Soft palette; robust handle. (2)
Decorative pictorial peacock dhurrie, possibly from the Deccan plateau of south India, circa 1900s, 7ft. 8in. X 6ft. 8in. 2.34m. X 2.03m. Some surface marks; overall fading; some seams adrift at the sides; slight loss to fringing at lower end. Light red field with the central peacock in courtship display to the surrounding peahens around a central flowering tree with pairs of splendid parrots; stunning ivory main border of displaying peacocks.
Attractive north west Persian runner, circa 1920s-30s, 14ft. 6in. X 3ft. 5in. 4.42m. X 1.04m. Slight wear in places. Terracotta field with centre diamond pole medallion in ivory and light blue; various ornaments in the field including five pairs of archaic tribesmen(?) motifs; ivory angular trailing foliage main border; pale blue and terracotta floral guards.
Luri runner, south west Persia, early 20th century, 10ft. 6in. X 4ft. 3in. 3.20m. X 1.30m. Overall wear with corrosion to dark brown; small holes; losses to ends and fraying to selvedges. Light red field with centre column of dark blue step-sided medallions with cross motifs within; small animals in the field; ivory medallion main border; inner striped guard; pale blue, pale yellow and light red floral guards. Soft handle.
Karaja runner, north west Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 10ft. 3in. X 3ft. 1in. 3.12m. X 0.94m. Slight loss to lower end; crease mark and small split to left side upper end. Light terracotta field with typical medallions and angular flowers; light red flowerhead and leaf main border; mid-blue medallion guards. Robust handle.
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