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Preisdatenbank abonnierenHand Written Manuscript (G. Parkin of Rolls Royce Derby), 30 pages from one end: Rolls-Royce, Derby, Experimental Department, 1929; AND 31 pages from the other end: "Notes on items of interest, Automobile & Aeronautic engineering, 1929. All neatly handwritten in ink and with many drawings and tipped-in cuttings ; PLUS: A number of MISCELLANEOUS BROCHURES, CUTTINGS ETC.
Manuscript volume, 1727: A collection of Witt and ingenious sayings.. out of several ancient & modern authors for the pleasurable entertainment of gentlemen & ladies, in alphabetical order. 64 pages Plus remembrances which are expired daily, 87 pages. 151pp in all. Cont. full leather; lacking upper cover.
Augustinus, Aurelius. De civitate dei, with commentary by Thomas Waleys and Nicolaus Trivet, [Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1490], pictorial woodcut to verso of title, bound with De trinitate, by Aurelius Augustinus, [Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1490], both works printed in double columns, manuscript initials and paragraph marks in red and blue. Folio, bound as one in 17th-century calf (rebacked with the old spine laid down), later blank endleaves, old owner inscriptions to title and occasional annotation to text. Contents generally good, clean, bright, occasional loss to page corners. Incunabula / Theology / Christianity InterestProvenance: Consigned to sale by the Turbutt family. The vendor's uncle was Gladwyn M. R. Turbutt - the man who discovered the original Bodleian copy of the first folio of Shakespeare (The Turbutt Shakespeare)
Manuscript book of riddles and puzzles, by Catherine Wynn, January 1861 (recorded in illuminated red & green script to opening page of text). The book is embellished with charming and surreal ink illustrations (for example, 'Hieroglyphics' and 'Illustrated Proverbs'), some colourful illustrated instructions for games and magic tricks involving playing cards ('The Lion', 'Garcon', The Bridesmaids' and 'The Wandering Card'), illustrations of hand shadows. The book also includes epitaths, enigmas, occasional pressed flower, 'Rules for determining Character from Handwriting', a loosely inserted Italian death certificate for Lorenzo Chiappini. 1898, annotated and signed 'E G Wynn', loose envelope addressed to The Honble. Isabella E. Wynn of Villa Eden in Cannes (postmarked 1866 Carnarvon/London/Marseille). Bound in full contemporary crushed red morocco, green patterned endpapers, all page edges gilt. 133 pages. Contents good, clean, bright; two opening blank leaves pasted together (not interfering with text), binding intact but worn; 23.5cm height
Littleton, Thomas. Littleton's Tenures in English, London: Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1627. Small octavo, bound in full vellum with manuscript title to spine. Contents generally good and bright, occasional light dampstaining, slight cockling to paper, vellum a little warpedProvenance: Consigned to sale by the Turbutt family. The vendor's uncle was Gladwyn M. R. Turbutt - the man who discovered the original Bodleian copy of the first folio of Shakespeare (The Turbutt Shakespeare)
Manuscript biography of James Sidebottom (1824-1871), Conservative Party politician, entirely handwritten in black ink by his son Thomas, including a mounted photograph of Acres Bank, Stalybridge, Cheshire, and a family tree at the end, dated 1933. The document, which includes an anecdote about Benjamin Disraeli, comes with a handwritten envelope addressed to James Sidebottom and signed by Disraeli lower-left, also a hologrpah letter from Disraeli (3)
Ashendene Press. Ecclesiasticus, collated by A. D. Power, Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1932. Limited edition of 328. Folio, bound by W. H. Smith in full orange vellum with ties. Text printed in red and black, manuscript initials in blue and green. Housed in marbled slipcase. Good, clean, brightProvenance: Consigned to sale by the Turbutt family. The vendor's uncle was Gladwyn M. R. Turbutt - the man who discovered the original Bodleian copy of the first folio of Shakespeare (The Turbutt Shakespeare)
Dropmore Press. The Holkham Bible Picture Book, facsimile of the medieval manuscript, introduction and commentary by W. O. Hassall, London: The Dropmore Press, 1954. Folio, quarter crushed red morocco, blind-embossed vellum boards. Contents good and bright, slight sunning/wear to bindingProvenance: Consigned to sale by the Turbutt family. The vendor's uncle was Gladwyn M. R. Turbutt - the man who discovered the original Bodleian copy of the first folio of Shakespeare (The Turbutt Shakespeare)
Biblia Latina. Illuminated manuscript, 13th century. Fragment, comprising Psalms to Daniel and other pages (228 pages). Folio, bound c.1900 in full crushed brown morroco. Handwritten on vellum in double columns, illustrated capitals embellished with gold. Owner inscription to front free endpaper for Gladwyn M. R. Turbutt (the man who discovered the "Turbutt Shakespeare"), dated March 1907, together with a loosely inserted typewritten letter/invoice addressed to Turbutt from Harry H. Peach, Dealers in Incunabula, Leicester, dated 13 March 1907. The letter, signed by Peach, states that he acquired the Vulgate 'at a miscellaneous sale at Sotheby's some years ago before I commenced bookselling', together with a contemporary photograph and catalogue clipping. Contents generally very good and bright throughout, some serious dampstaining to a few of the opening and closing leaves; binding good, tight, solid, some sunning around spineProvenance: Consigned to sale by the Turbutt family. The vendor's uncle was Gladwyn M. R. Turbutt - the man who discovered the original Bodleian copy of the first folio of Shakespeare (The Turbutt Shakespeare)
Essex House Press. Wordsworth, William. Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood, limited edition numbered 147 of 150, 1902. Printed on vellum, hand-coloured frontispiece by Walter Crane, printed in black, manuscript initials in red, blue and gold. Publisher's vellum binding with blind-embossed rose to upper board, gilt title to spine. Good, clean, brightProvenance: Consigned to sale by the Turbutt family. The vendor's uncle was Gladwyn M. R. Turbutt - the man who discovered the original Bodleian copy of the first folio of Shakespeare (The Turbutt Shakespeare)
The Book of Kells: Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College Dublin, study by Francoise Henry, London: Thames & Hudson, 1974. Folio, hardback, publisher's cloth with slipcase. Together with Morte Darthur, designs by Aubrey Beardsley, limited edition facsimile numbered 119 of 500, Boydell Press, 1985, two volumes, publisher's cloth, housed in slipcase, and British Wood-Engraved Book Illustration 1904-1940, by Joanna Selborne, Clarendon Press, 1998, with dust-jacket (4)Provenance: Consigned to sale by the Turbutt family. The vendor's uncle was Gladwyn M. R. Turbutt - the man who discovered the original Bodleian copy of the first folio of Shakespeare (The Turbutt Shakespeare)
Thomas William Bowlby (1818-1860), correspondent for The Times, one of the first British foreign correspondents. Original manuscript diary documenting Bowlby's daily experiences in China where he was sent by The Times to report on the Second Opium War in 1860. The diary ends abruptly on 16 September when it is known that Bowlby was captured and tortured to death - leading to, in retaliation, Lord Elgin ordering British troops to destroy Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace in Beijing (its sacking and looting leaving an open wound in Anglo-Chinese relations). The diary records his outward voyage, including his account of the wreck of SS Malabar in Galle harbour on 22 May. In the diary, Bowlby repeatedly refers to Lord Elgin, Baron Gros, Henry Loch, Harry Smith Parkes, Oliphant, Sir Hope Grant. On 19 August, Bowlby describes going out with Sir Robert Napier and his preparations for attack. The author has not inscribed his own name in the diary but numerous entries (and the provenance) confirm his identity, for example: 'The English mail arrived to-day...unfortunately no copy of The Times with my letter published on the 27th was sent, Had one letter from Whitall referring to it. He says every one is reading it with the greatest interest' (26 August). On 15 August, Bowlby records the following: 'Went carefully over the camp this morning. The Chinese loss must have been great and the wounds inflicted by the Armstrong [gun] are perfectly awful. It smashes whatever it comes in contact with, such a thing as a flesh wound being quite impossible. Going round the walls I passed a mass of Chinamen drowned in the ditch in their frantic efforts to escape - one poor fellow was moored by his feet in the mud - the water rose with the tide first above his mouth and then he stood drowned. After the camp was taken yesterday a poor inoffensive inhabitant - one of the very few who had not fled - was bayonetted by a French soldier & killed - his wife & daughter were inconsolable and attempted to commit suicide by drowning themselves. This was prevented but an hour after they promised to refrain from self destruction on giving this promise they were released rushed at once to the river threw themselves in and were drowned. During these few hours the French were in the place there was a regular organised looting...Even John Bright or Sir Robert Peel would become volunteers on seeing their conduct in an invasion - they are cursed with a mania for destruction'. Bowlby often refers to the issue of looting, including this entry on 4 July: 'The crew jumped overboard & most of them were drowned. These ships were laden with merchant goods, rice oil, but there were no munitions of war, notwithstanding this they were carried off to Ta Lien Hwan & there given over to loot. One midshipman has sent down 60£ worth of Sycee silver to be placed to his account at the Bank here and I learn that one gallant captain noted for his exploits in this way has made a large haul...I am sorry to say that this mania for loot has taken complete possession of the navy - officers & men - few commanders try to check it and there is nothing - not even the leading articles in the Times - more likely to loosen the bonds of discipline'. The opening pages of the diary appear to be Bowlby's preparatory notes/research about the current situation in China, as well as various statistics and translations of phrases/proverbs. The diary is well-filled with copious notes, entirely handwritten in bold black ink. The diary itself is a Letts's Diary or Bills Due Book and Almanack for 1860, in publisher's gilt cloth with marbled endpapers and all page edges, in very good condition, well-preserved in a full calf case bearing embossed 'Diary' to upper board and protective brass clasp/lock. The silk page marker still sits on that final diary entry, 16 September, with offsetting to the pages on either side indicating that it has always been so. An important journal by one of the first British foreign correspondentsProvenance: In 2015 the vendor attended a country house sale in Carlton Scroop, Lincolnshire - 'Instructions of Col. and Mrs Patrick Bowlby' - where she purchased an Ottoman box for her daughter; the box contained a number of books, including this diary. NB: In 1906, Bowlby's son privately published An Account of the Last Mission and Death of Thomas William Bowlby, in which he describes his late-father's diary as running from '26th April to 16th September' (these dates, together with the quotes, perfectly matching this diary - again confirming the identity of the author)
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), founder of modern nursing, known as "The Lady with the Lamp". Autograph on vellum indenture, dated 9 August 1886. Conveyance of a cottage in the parish of Crich in Derbyshire [Ivy Cottage, Leashaw], signed by the following (with wax seals): Henry Bonham Carter of No.11 Lombard Street in the city of London; Mary Smith of Embley Park in Southampton & Lea Hurst in Derby; William Shore Smith of Embley Park; Florence Nightingale of No.10 South Street, Grosvenor Square; Job Else of Leashaw in Derby. The document features a small manuscript plan of the property to first page. Together with three estate agent brochures for said Ivy Cottage (1970s-1990s) and seven photographs showing renovation of the property
American Civil War Interest. Manuscript letter, 'New Madrid, Missouri', dated 26 March 1863, addressed to 'Dear Father' from 'your affectionate son Dennis'. Handwritten in blue ink, one leaf (script to both sides), 'we landed on the 2nd Jan, and are all in good spirits and the most of us in good health and stand ready to strike a blow for the cause of our Country at any moment when an opportunity shall present its-self and if we have one desire above another it is to be permitted to return home to take an active part in the Revolution for which old Mahony escorts his conspirators to prepair, I think that we could do an honor to humanity and that which would prove a blessing to our country and the cause of the Union by making a few less Mahonyites and Coperheads that are trying to busy their poisonous thrushes deep into the heart of our glorious Republic and to destroy the Country which has afforded them, as well as us, life, liberty, and, happiness'. Together with an unused Civil War envelope bearing colour woodcut illustration of Union soldier carrying flag with quote from John Adams (2)
Manuscript railway journal including a first-hand account of the Thirsk rail crash at Manor House signal box on 2 November 1892: 'Called out 5.00am...on approaching Manor H. Sigs we saw that a fire was raging out of the doors and windows of the wrecked train, before stopping the foreman platelayer ran up asking us to be quick with the jacks to get two bodies from underneath the Pullman Car before the fire should reach them, with great promptitude & in less than 15 mins we got out the mangled remains of 2 men. The tremendous violence of the collision was apparent from the manner in which the remains of the trains were scattered all over the lines...we saw the charred remains of other 2, 10 dead, many injured...After being on duty from 5.00am until 11.15pm, 18 hours, tired out & in a sad & thoughtful mood at this awful wreck & destruction of life & property showing with all our modern improvements & scientific appliances we are still at the mercy of every blundering idiot who will give "line clear" without a thought'. The journal opens with a title, 'Tool Van Work, Replacing Engines, Wagons on the line, York 1892', and comprises 185 pages of handwritten entries recording collisions and disasters from October 1892 to January 1895. Some entries are longer than others and include a title in red ink, for example 'Alarming Collision of the Scotch Express' (4 October 1894). Quarter buckram binding with worn marbled boards, contents generally good and bright throughout, a few pages loose with rust from staples at spine
Gesta Romanorum [Strasbourg: Martin Schott, not after 1486]. A popular medieval collection of moral tales, considered the source of some later literature including Shakespeare and Chaucer (the story of the three caskets in Merchant of Venice, for example). 100 leaves, double column, Gothic type, manuscript initials in red. Bound in 19th-century crushed red morocco by Riviere (stamped to verso of front free endpaper), marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, armorial bookplate for T. H. Riches, bookplate for Edward Sullivan, bookplate for John Sparrow. Contents generally good and bright, occasional dampstaining; discolouration and restoration to opening leaf; binding tight and solid with some light wear to extremitiesProvenance: Consigned to sale by the Turbutt family. The vendor's uncle was Gladwyn M. R. Turbutt - the man who discovered the original Bodleian copy of the first folio of Shakespeare (The Turbutt Shakespeare)
An 18th Century Royal Navy ship's log book, being Captain Alms' log book for the ship HMS Monmouth, an Intrepid-class 64-gun third-rate ship of the line, covering the period June 20th 1783 to June 12th 1784, running to some 188 pages of script, covering service in the East Indies and ultimate return to Spithead, the entry for Saturday 21 June 1783 details an encounter of the British and French fleets in which two of Alms' crew were killed with a further nineteen wounded [this is the only naval action described]. Appended to the official entries is what appears to be a draft manuscript or transcript short story entitled "Frederic de Bounberg, the Exile of Underwald" [?], comprising some twenty five pages and describing in the first person experiences of a Swiss during the War of American Independence. In period vellum, 24 cm x 19 cm. Accompanying the log is a bound extract from "Nav. Chron. Vol II" being a "Biographical Memoir of the Late Captain James Alms, Sen.", paginated 549-579, the opening paragraph of which reads "The Fame of Captain Alms must ever live in the page of Naval History; the steady valour, which so ably opposed the experience, the terrible fire, of a superior enemy, has united its animating influence, with those instances of patriot courage, which gradually have tended to establish the Supremacy of the Navy". [James Alms (1728 - 1791) officer of the Royal Navy, served during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Carnatic and Seven Years' War, and the American War of Independence, rising to the rank of post-captain. See other lots in this sale pertaining to Alms and his family]
A Vienna porcelain charger, hand enamelled with a Classical scene depicting "Thetis, consolant Achille qui pleure la mort de Patroclus" [Thetis consoling Achilles who mourns the death of Patroclus], reserved within an ornately gilded border incorporating grisaille masks and a claret red ground, painted underglaze blue shield mark and manuscript title to the back, 19th Century, 43 cm
A George III brooched miniature portrait silhouette of Naval Captain James Alms (1728 - 1791) officer of the Royal Navy, painted on ivory and preserved under an oval glass locket in yellow-metal frame, with closed back, miniature 17 mm x 13 mm, (22 x 18 mm total), 3.4g (tests as gold), together with two notes of provenance, including a small sectional piece of tissue paper with manuscript inscription 'Profile of Capt. Alms of the Monmouth', and the first page of a letter dated Sunday Dec 18th 1922 and addressed to 'My dearest Edward' in which the writer makes reference to the brooch; "...A very happy bright, peaceful Christmas to you all, my dearest brother - do give dear Lily my best love and very loving good wishes. I know she will understand and forgive my not writing separately to her! I am sending you something that I feel sure you will like to have. Viz this quaint little old brooch, or stock fastener with the profile of our great-grandfather Captain James Alms in his naval cocked hat and pigtail, on ivory. Perhaps "Betsy" wore it in his memory! Dear father gave it to me many years ago - I think it came through Gen. J E D Hill as well as I can recall, and I think it's his writing on the paper attached to the brooch. Anyway it is an interesting family relic." [James Alms (1728 - 1791) officer of the Royal Navy, served during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Carnatic and Seven Years' War, and the American War of Independence, rising to the rank of post-captain. See other lots in this sale pertaining to Alms and his family] [Sir John Hill (1774-1855) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.]
[Captain Sir John Hill (c.1774-1855) an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence] A George III enamelled yellow-metal and hairwork mourning ring, of convex oval form, having a central glass locket preserving plaited hair enclosed within a blue and white banded piqué work frame, inscribed to the inside 'Ann Hill Obt 15 Augt 1795 Aet 54', (tests as gold), S, 5.4g, in period Morocco leather ring box with manuscript letter of provenance; 'This ring, in dear "Aunt" Lucy Hill's possession, with the accompanying letter - was sent by Major General John E. D. Hill, her nephew, to Lieut-Colonel Thomas Frederick Hill Alms her first cousin (and my father) in March 1897 and by him handed on to me his eldest daughter, Isabella Mary Alms, June 1900'
NO RESERVE Botany.- [Redouté (Pierre-Joseph)] Works Published or Illustrated by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, text in English & French, manuscript note by John Collins at beginning "This is the bibliographical section from the commentary volume of the de Schutter facsimile of 'Les Roses' Antwerp 1874-78. This was sponsored by (and taken from his copy) Robert de Belder who gave me the bib", 2 pamphlets on Redouté loosely inserted, original half cloth, a little soiled, 1974; and Part VIII (of 9) of Turrill's supplement to Elwes' Liilum, folio (2)
NO RESERVE Natural History.- Wood (William) Catalogue of an Extensive and Valuable Collection of the Best Works on Natural History..., first edition, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 4pp. advertisements at end, original boards, uncut, rubbed, label worn, 1824 § Audouin (Victor) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue des Livres d'Histoire Naturelle et principalement d'Entomologie, bound with 4 other similar sale catalogues (Barbié du Bocage, St.Hilaire, Lens, Cuvier), one priced in manuscript, later half red morocco, Paris, 1842-46 § Van den Zande (J.B.) Catalogue des Livres..., contemporary half calf, spine gilt, Antwerp, 1834 § Enslin (T.C.F.) Bibliothek der Forst- und Jagd- Wissenschaft, browned, disbound, Berlin, 1823; and a quantity of natural history pamphlets, booksellers' & auction catalogues including Meilhac (Paris, 1853), Bus de Gisignies (Brussels, 1876), Milne-Edwards (Paris, 1901) etc., v.s. (Qty)⁂ Including some interesting catalogues of natural history books; the first is by a zoologist and surgeon who set up as a bookseller and publisher in the Strand concentrating in natural history.
Virgilius Maro (Publius) Codex antiquissimus a Rufio Turcio Aproniano V.C. distinctus et emendatus qui nunc Florentiae in Bibliotheca Mediceo-Laurentiana..., additional engraved architectural title, half-title, printed in red and black in capital letters, engraved title vignette portrait, head- & tail-pieces and initial, extra-illustrated with 55 engraved plates mostly illustrating the Aeneid, each numbered in manuscript and with contemporary manuscript list of plates tipped in at end and note at beginning, with another later manuscript note concerning the work tipped in at beginning, a few head-lines shaved, staining to upper margin of a couple of leaves, contemporary vellum, a little rubbed and soiled, 4to, Florence, Manni, 1741.⁂ Type-facsimile of the 4th century Virgil manuscript in the Bibliotheca Laurenziana, edited by P.F.Foggini, later librarian of the Vatican Library. "A curious piece of Italian typography, very characteristic of the eighteenth century." Updike, Printing Types I p.171. The manuscript note at the end states that the additional engraved plates are after miniatures in another Virgil manuscript in the Vatican Library, possibly those by Bartoli for the edition edited by Bottari and published in Rome also in 1741.
NO RESERVE Field Sports.- Day's Shooting in September (A). By a Young Sportsman, ?first edition, half-title, woodcut vignette on title, ink manuscript note in contemporary hand to foot of one leaf, light spotting, original printed boards, rubbed, spine worn, Melton Mowbray, for the Author by J.Day, 1821 § [Surtees (R.S.)] Mr.Sponge's Sporting Tour, first edition, half-title, 13 hand-coloured plates by John Leech, some light soiling, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, rubbed, 1853 § Thornhill (R.B.) The Shooting Directory, first edition, second issue with pp.215-220 cancelled, lacking half-title, with aquatint portrait and 8 plates, 6 aquatint, one folding, 3 folding tables, foxed and browned, N3 defective at lower margin, modern morocco-backed cloth, [Abbey Life 394; Schwerdt II p.258], 1804 § Sporting Anecdotes... including Characteristic Sketches of Eminent Persons who have appeared on the Turf...By an Amateur Sportsman, first edition, wood-engraved title-vignette and tail-piece, 16 engraved plates, advertisement leaf at end, some foxing and soiling, modern brown morocco, by Robertson of Edinburgh, t.e.g., others uncut, [Schwerdt II p.173], Albion Press, printed by James Cundee, 1804 § Higginson (A.Henry) British and American Sporting Authors: Their Writings..., signed presentation copy from the author to J.Stevens Cox, original cloth, damp-stained, 1951, 8vo & 4to (5)
NO RESERVE Asia & The Middle East.- 13 small albumen prints depicting family and everyday life in Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan, showing, inter alia, camel trains, Balochi wedding parties and horse dealers, a bridge of boats over the Indus, Mahsud Waziri prisoners, each with caption in ink manuscript, separately a large group shot depicting whirling dervishes, each mounted to card, mounts browned and soiled and with a little faint scattered foxing; and 10 chromolithographed or engraved plates depicting scenes in the Middle East or Constantinople, some with hand-colouring, most after David Roberts, also a 1986 Protocol Affairs booklet from the Sultanate of Oman and a small print of the Suleymaniye Mosque, oblong 4to et infra, v.d. (sm.qty.)
City business.- Messrs. C. Bridges Ltd. (office furniture makers, of 57 Blackfriars Road and later 6 The Cut Blackfriars, City of London) 3 ledgers, manuscript accounts, c. 540pp., original half calf ledgers, rubbed, folio, 1937-62; and 10 others, including: 9 copper printing plates of furniture, v.s., v.d. (14 pieces).
NO RESERVE Mercenaries.- Francis I (King of France, 1494-1547).- Agreement signed by Philip Tretefleur, Captain-General of 1500 mercenaries to serve the Comte de Saint-Pol, Lieutenant of the king (Francis I) serving in Italy for 100 livres tournois per day, D.s., manuscript in French, on vellum, 11 lines, in cursive script, 1 corner creased, hole in margin, slightly browned, lacks seal, 130 x 305mm., 19th May 1529.⁂ Francis I spent much of his reign fighting the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in Italy.Francis I de Bourbon, Count of St. Pol, Duke of Estouteville (1491-1545), prince and important military commander during the Italian Wars.
HMS Beagle.- Extracts from the First Voyage of the Beagle 1826-1830, manuscript, title and 7pp., with envelope inscribed "re James Kirke R.N. from Sir M. B-Richardson (Bunbury-Richardson" and addressed to Col. E. Mason Wrench MVO, folds, slightly browned, unbound, sm. 4to, [c. 1905].⁂ The first voyage of the Beagle was an hydrographic exploration of the coasts of South America under the command of Captain Pringle Stokes, in association with Captain Philip Parker, in command of HMS Adventure. On the voyage Stokes became depressed and committed suicide and Captain Robert Fitzroy replaced him. Fitzroy was appointed commander of the second expedition of the Beagle, with the young naturalist Charles Darwin on board.
NO RESERVE Photographs.- albumen print of Edward VIII taken during his visit to Australia in 1920, contemporary caption in ink manuscript to reverse reading "Edward, Prince of Wales | at | Camperdown Victoria | Standing on the Steps of the Shire Hall", some soiling, a few scuffs and marks, mounted to card, image: 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 in, dated in pencil to reverse "June 1st 1920"; and a black-and-white print of Winston Churchill painting in an unidentified location, this with some creasing, its dimensions: 6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in, [1950s] (2)
NO RESERVE Australasia.- Banks (Joseph) The Endeavour Journal 1768-1771, edited by J.C.Beaglehole, 2 vol., vol.1 second edition, vol.2 first edition, Sydney, 1963-62; The Banks Letters, edited by Warren R.Dawson, 3 vol. including 2 supplements, with 1929 Sotheby's sale catalogue of Banks papers (with prices and buyers' names in manuscript) loosely inserted, supplements original wrappers, 1958-65; The Sheep and Wool Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks 1781-1820, edited by Harold B.Carter, 1979 § Hewson (Helen) Australia. 300 Years of Botanical Illustration, Collingwood, 1999, some illustrations, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, most rubbed and frayed at edges; and c.15 others on Australasia, mostly botany, some pamphlets, 8vo & 4to (c.20)
Birds.- Sitwell (Sacheverell), Handasyde Buchanan & James Fisher. Fine Bird Books 1700-1900, limited edition, Howard Radclyffe's copy with copious detailed annotations in ball-point pen throughout and cuttings & notes tipped in or loosely inserted, also with tipped-in A.L.s. from Sacheverell Sitwell thanking Radclyffe for sending a booklet on Gould "...Really how beautiful the colour plates are! I know them so well but never tire of looking at them!", colour plates, one folding, illustrations, original half buckram, rubbed, folio, 1953.⁂ Howard Radclyffe worked in and later led the Natural History department at Quaritch from 1944 to 1987, specialising in bird books. His greatest coup was buying the library of Captain Vivian Hewitt, the aviation pioneer, which included a complete set of Gould, and a first edition of Audubon's Birds. Mounted on the front pastedown is a reproduction of a photograph of Radclyffe with his manuscript note below, "This plate appeared in Sotheby's 1994 'Celebration of 250 years' publication. Under the title 'Eggcentric' it depicts me in 1971 contemplating the semi-fossilised egg of the extinct Elephant Bird (Aepyornis maximus) of Madagascar. I had just purchased it for £1000 on behalf of the Dupont Winterthur Museum in America. At the same sale I was the underbidder (again for Dupont) on a stuffed specimen of the Great Auk that realized £9000. It was bought for the Icelandic Government whose national bird the Great Auk is although up to that time there was no good specimen of it in the country. Some years before, when Quaritch purchased the fabulous collection of bird books amassed by Captain Vivian Hewitt...I had been literally begged to make some small offer for his two beautifully mounted specimens of the Great Auk together with several skins of same and a considerable number of the extinct bird's eggs. I declined as I had no idea of their value at that time! Spinks became their lucky recipricant."
NO RESERVE Provincial Printing.- Brand (John) On Illicit Love. Written Among the Ruins of Godstow Nunnery, near Oxford, half-title, engraved title vignette by Ralph Beilby, coat-of-arms and name "Jos. Bell" in ink to half-title, also pencil inscriptions, ink manuscript calculations to final f. verso, foxing, soiling (most to peripheral ff.), half-title with nicks and closed tears, disbound, 4to, Newcastle upon Tyne, by T.Saint, for J.Wilkie and others, 1775.⁂Beilby was the first master of Thomas Bewick: the two later became business partners.
NO RESERVE Naval Surgeon.- Smith-Shand (Alexander Kenneth, MB, naval surgeon, of Templeland, Aberdeen, 1876-1936) Account book with notes of places visited while serving on HMS Natal 2nd Cruiser Squadron, printed pages with manuscript insertions, 105pp., slightly browned, original cloth, gilt, 8vo, 1st January - 30th December 1911.⁂ A record of HMS Natal visiting Sheerness, Spithead (Coronation review), Portland, Berehaven (Ireland), Milford Haven and elsewhere along the coasts of Brighton and thence to Gibraltar, escorting the Royal Yacht taking King George V and Queen Mary to India for the Durbar. Other payments include Mess Bills, meals out, expenses for his wife, "net winnings at Roulette", "fishing expedition to Glenbeg", hotel bills, "boat race", "tobacco surplus" etc.
Alabaster tablet. A Sabaean South Arabian alabaster stela, circa 1st-3rd century A.D., carved with three male faces in shallow relief, the face at centre flanked by left & right profile heads possibly of the same personage , with inscription beneath in sabaean script, with paper label attached to side with manuscript caption 'Sabaean. South Arabian carved limestone stela 200BC-100AD', with pitted sides where previously 'keyed' into wall or structure, 14 cm (height) x 26 cm (width) x 9 cm (depth, varying) (Qty: 1)The Sabaeans were a civilisation of people of South Arabia in pre-Islamic times, originally entering from the north. They were founders of the kingdom of Saba? the biblical Sheba, being mentioned in the books of Job, Joel, Ezekiel, and Isaiah. Excavations in central Yemen suggest that the Sabaean civilization began as early as the 10th–12th centuries BC. Saba? was rich in spices and agricultural products and had great trading routes by inland caravan and by sea. For centuries it controlled B?b el-Mandeb, the straits leading into the Red Sea, and also established many colonies on the African coast. The Sabaeans disappeared by the 6th century, as they were successively overrun by Persian adventurers and by the Muslim Arabs. A stele or occasionally stela is a stone or wooden slab, erected in the ancient world as a monument. Generally they were taller than their width, often being used for funerary or commemorative purposes. They were also used in ancient Greek and Roman government notices or as boundary markers. Private Collection, London.
German School. Christ with a crown of thorns, 1522, oil on wood panel, half-length portrait of Christ, with introspective gaze, wearing a crown of thorns on his head, with birch twigs and rope at his side, panel slightly warped, verso with early manuscript in German, 33.5 x 20.5 cm (13.25 x 8.25 ins), framed (Qty: 1)The partially indistinct inscription on the verso reads: 'With Albrecht Herr Bürger dies vor nehmer ... Mahler in Nürn berg hat dießen andächtig(en?) Chris(tus?) gemahl(t) 3. Monat vor seine(s?) ... Dat. ... J: 12. Aug(us)t ... 1522 dies (?) & 22 October gestorben que est scat in patem', translated as 'Albrecht Herr citizen of Nuremberg [or: Albrecht Herrburger from Nuremberg] has painted this devout Christ on 12th august 1522, three month before his death on 22nd October, may he rest in peace'.
Chinese School. Profile view of a Chinese Junk, circa 1820s-30s, pen, black ink and watercolour on laid paper, some light soiling to margins, sheet size 19 x 30.5 cm (7.5 x 12 ins), together with another pen, black ink and grey wash drawing of a Chinese junk under sail, on wove paper, both unsigned, sheet size 21 x 30.5 cm (8.25 x 12 ins), plus a black ink and watercolour drawing of a Chinese man holding a watermelon, signed in Chinese and English 'Samsing', sheet size 20 x 14.2 cm (7.9 x 5.6 ins), and a similar size moral sentence in Chinese calligraphy by the same artist, also signed in Chinese and English, the last two items loosely contained in a sheet of folded laid paper bearing a watermark of a crown, shield, post horn with letter J below, with inscription in brown ink to upper cover 'A drawing by Samsing, and a moral sentence written in chinese by him on board the Junk and presented to John W. Cook. Samsing was an artist on board the Chinese Junk, who painted the elaborate ornamental parts of the interior of that vessel.' (Qty: 4)The watermark on the laid paper wrapper with manuscript inscription can be dated to circa 1825. The two drawings of a Chinese Junk may have been executed by a Western artist.
[Jane Austen]. Portrait miniature of James Digweed, by George Jackson (active 1810-20s), circa 1811, watercolour, gouache, and bodycolour on ivory, oval head and shoulders half-profile portrait to right of a fair-haired gentleman with side whiskers, wearing a black coat and white stock, against a backdrop of crimson drapes and leather-bound books, small piece of paper tipped to verso annotated in contemporary manuscript 'Rvd James Digweed', 70 x 55 mm (2.75 x 2.25 ins), ebonised frame, glazed (Qty: 1)Provenance: From the portrait miniature collection of mathematician and businessman Sir Brian Kellett (1922-1994). The Digweeds were non-landed gentry who rented Steventon Manor from Thomas Knight, and subsequently his heir, Jane Austen's brother, Edward Austen Knight. Consequently they were close neighbours and friends of George and Cassandra Austen and their offspring, who lived at the rectory in Steventon, near Basingstoke, from 1775 to 1801 during George's incumbency there. Hugh and Ruth Digweed had five sons - John, Harry, James, William Francis and Francis William - who were much of an age with the Austen progeny. James Digweed (1774-1862) was born at the Manor the year before Jane was born, and so the two childen grew up together and formed a great friendship. James took holy orders in 1797 and became George Austen's curate at Steventon in 1798. His wife Mary Susannah was also a close friend of the novelist. She was the daughter of John Lyford, the Austen family doctor, who attended on all members of the family whilst they lived at Steventon. Jane Austen often referred to the Digweeds in her letters, their paths frequently crossing at dinners, balls and other social occasions. A particularly interesting letter is that sent by Jane to her sister Cassandra in 1798: 'James Digweed has had a very ugly cut–how could it happen? It happened by a young horse which he had lately purchased, & which he was trying to back into its stable;– the Animal kicked him down with his forefeet, & kicked a great hole in his head;–he scrambled away as soon as he could, but was stunned for a time, & suffered a good deal of pain afterwards.' James Digweed was also alluded to in a typically romantic vein by Jane to her sister in a letter written the following year: 'James Digweed left Hampshire to day. I think he must be in love with you, from his anxiety to have you go to the Faversham Balls, & likewise from his supposing, that the two Elms fell from their greif [sic] at your absence. - Was not it a galant [sic] idea?' ( Jane Austen's Letters , Collected and Edited by Deirdre Le Faye, OUP, 2011, pages 28 and 65) Although unsigned, in our opinion this painting is by the same artist as the portrait miniature of James's brother, Francis William, in this sale (lot 221); the works match in style and technique, and were almost certainly done around the same time. For a similar example of this little-known artist's work, depicting the sporting artist John Frederick Herring (NPG 4902) and dated 1822, see David Saywell & Jacob Simon, National Portrait Gallery, Complete Illustrated Catalogue , 2004, page 299, and Richard Walker, Regency Portraits , 1985, page 246.
[Jane Austen]. Portrait Miniature of Mrs. James Digweed, née Mary Susannah Lyford, by George Jackson (active 1810-20s), circa 1811, watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, oval head and shoulders half-profile portrait to left of a young lady wearing a white dress with high-necked lace-trimmed collar, her fair hair worn piled up on her head and in curled bangs, portion of paper tipped to verso with contemporary manuscript inscription 'Mrs. James Digweed born Miss Susanna Lyford', 67 x 53 mm (2.5 x 2 ins), ebonised frame, glazed (Qty: 1)Provenance: From the portrait miniature collection of mathematician and businessman Sir Brian Kellett (1922-1994). Mary Susannah Lyford (1772-1840) married James Digweed in 1803. She was a close friend of Jane Austen, and her father, John Lyford, was a physician who attended on all members of the Austen family whilst they were residing at the rectory in Steventon between 1775 and 1801. Mary Lyford's cousin, Giles-King Lyford, was Surgeon-in-Ordinary at the County Hospital in Winchester and he attended on Jane during her final illness. In fact Jane moved to Winchester in 1817 shortly before her death so that she should be near her doctor. The Digweeds were also close friends and neighbours of the Austen family, living as they did at Steventon Manor, which they rented first from Thomas Knight, and subsequently from his heir, Jane Austen's brother, Edward Austen Knight. Although unsigned, in our opinion this painting is by the same artist as the portrait miniature of Susannah's brother-in-law, Francis William, in this sale; the works match in style and technique, and were almost certainly done around the same time. For a similar example of this little-known artist's work, depicting the sporting artist John Frederick Herring (NPG 4902) and dated 1822, see David Saywell & Jacob Simon, National Portrait Gallery, Complete Illustrated Catalogue , 2004, page 299, and Richard Walker, Regency Portraits , 1985, page 246.
Miniature. Portrait of a gentleman, circa 1660-1670, watercolour and bodycolour on card, backed with card, oval head and shoulders portrait of a gentleman in a full-bottomed wig, wearing a red bow and white lace cravat, verso with contemporary manuscript inscription partially crossed out 'Richard Benningsforde'(?), 60 x 47 mm (2.25 x 1.75 ins), oval gold locket frame with hanging loop, glazed, verso with engraved armorial of the Rooke family of Horton, Kent, housed in a blue velvet-lined black morocco case, with brass decorative hinge (slight loss to upper side) and closure hooks (Qty: 1)The armorial bearings of the Rooke family of Horton in Kent are described thus: 'argent on a chevron engrailed sable between three rooks proper as many chess rooks of the first'.
Miniature. Portrait of a woman in a mob cap, circa 1800, watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, oval bust length portrait of a lady with grey hair, wearing a white fichu over a blue dress, and a white frilled mob cap with bow, 70 x 56 mm (2.75 x 2.25 ins), veneered wooden frame (with loss of veneer to edges), indistinct early manuscript inscription on verso 'Elizabeth Hyde married ... (?)' (Qty: 1)
Cerruti (Domenico, 19th century). Amore Vince la Forza, 1870, oil on wood panel, depicting three putti frolicking with a lion in a landscape, overall craquelure, 12 x 16.5 cm (4.75 x 6.5 ins), framed, contemporary manuscript inscription in the artist's hand on blue paper to verso 'Amore vince la forza. All. Illma Sigra Cusmann. Domenico Cerruti Pittore D.D.D'- Roma 29 Marzo 1870' (Qty: 1)
Pratt (John, late 19th century). Argument Alley, Whitby, oil on canvas, depicting a girl feeding pigeons in an alley between ramshackle houses, with other figures looking on, and a cat in the foreground, signed lower right, some craquelure and slight lifting of canvas, 46 x 28 cm (18 x 11 ins), gilt frame, with early manuscript title label on backboard (Qty: 1)John Pratt lived and worked as an artist in Leeds, as did his brother, Ralph Pratt. John specialised in figure and genre painting, and he exhibited with the Yorkshire Union of Artists, as well as at the Royal Academy from 1882 to 1897.
Müller (William, 1812-1845). Woman in a Porch, 1831, watercolour, with traces of pencil, depicting a woman dressed in a black bonnet and gown, with a red scarf, seated in a large stone porch next to an oak door, signed and dated lower right, mounted, framed and glazed, together with another watercolour landscape, of a young woman feeding chickens in farmstead beneath the walls of a ruined castle, lightly toned and a few marks, 24.5 x 34 cm (9.75 x 13.5 ins), mounted, framed and glazed, backboard with printed label of The Horner Galleries, Sheffield, and modern manuscript label attributing the work to John Wykeham Archer (Qty: 2)NB: The second named item is thought to depict a woman feeding chickens beneath the walls of Rochester Castle.
After the Sussel-Washington Artist. 'Ledy Waschingdon' and 'Exselenc Georg General Waschingdon', late 19th century, pen, ink, & watercolour, on wove paper, depicting George Washington and his wife, each figure titled in manuscript, toned, slightly chipped to edges, sheet size 20 x 15.5 cm (8 x 6.25 ins), framed and glazed (Qty: 1)After a watercolour which has been attributed to the American fraktur painter known as the Sussel-Washington Artist. The original of circa 1780 is housed in the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
A late 17th/early 18th century Continental theology or divinity student's manuscript notebook, probably French in origin, inscribed in Latin with various ink manuscript notes on ethics, philosophical assertions and arguments, etc., including a citation of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, occasionally paginated: ff: 400+, contemporary vellum and marbled boards (worn with losses but tight and complete in binding), speckled red edges, 12mo
A mid-18th century vellum and ink manuscript commonplace book, probably Scottish, ff: 185 pages of ink MS on parchment with choice passages from L'Estrange's Aesop's Fables, [1-21]; Barlandus's Fables, [22-23]; The Fables of Auianus, [24-29]; The Fables of Abstemius, [29-48]; The Fables of Poggius, [49-60]; Miscellany Fables, [61-93]; [94, blank]; Fables and Stories Moraliz'd by Sr Roger L'Estrange Kt, [95-140]; Sr George Etheredge's She Would if She Could Catch, [141-142]; Sr George Etherege's Man of Mode, or Sr Gopling Flutter, [143-148]; Le Theatre Italien de Ghirardi, [148-166]; On a Lady, to be writt (sic) under her picture [dated Oct. 1744] [&, a French passage on the same page], [167]; Series of airs and miscellaneous verse, notably from The Village Opera, [168-185], the last two pieces are dated January 1747, and some are signed with the initials (of the owner of the book?), partial vellum wrap binding, loosely inserted provenance and bibliographic notes, 8vo (19.5cm x 15.7cm)Provenance: Sent on approval to the National Library of Scotland by M. Frizzell, bookseller of West Linton, Peebelsshire, but was declined by them; bought by the vendor's late husband from Frizzell, No. 136 in his August 1970 catalogue, for £10.
A mid-Victorian lady's manuscript herbarium-commonplace book, collected and inscribed by Jane Hood, dated 29 Oct 1867, penned in ink MS throughout with original and other authors' verse, prose and maxims, adorned and illustrated with pressed botanical specimens, the margins annotated, contemporary quarter-calf and cloth binding, all edges gilt, turquoise endpapers, 8vo
An early 19th century commonplace book, compiled by C. Dove, inscribed pastedown, pp: [ii], 1-81, [18, including an inscribed two-page index with corresponding pagination], inscribed in ink manuscript with prose and verse, the pages occasionally adorned and pasted with sketches and studies in pencil or watercolour, contemporary half-calf and marbled boards, 8vo
An early 19th century reverse calf school exercise book, volume 2 only, manuscript numbering to upper-cover, all the dated inscriptions for 1823, including lessons and notes in verse and prose, including Milton, some theology, occasional clipped-out and pasted periodical ephemera or notices, 8vo; a mid-19th century ledger-notebook, the ink MS commonplace notes prefixed by New Useful Tables and Memorandums, pp: [8], with converging tables, stamp duty and tax rates, servants' rates, royal almanac and Yorkshire banks, contemporary quarter-calf and marbled boards, 8vo; early Victorian commonplace book, by Katherine ** Doughty, September 24 1847, Taunton Lodge, roan covers, all edges gilt, 4to; another early-mid 19th century commonplace manuscript book, contemporary binding, 4to; a Victorian gilt-metal mounted green morocco commonplace album, only partially inscribed in ink MS with select passages of verse, including Byron, moiré endpapers, monogrammed cypher to upper-cover, locking clasp, 4to; Legal History, an early 19th century manuscript volume, ff: 416, inscribed with formulae, legal judgments and examples relating to wills, contemporary quarter-calf (worn, covers loose, spine perished), 4to, [6]
An early to mid-19th century gilt leather commonplace album, probably composed and collected by a member of the Wood family of Lancahsire, see page 236 note on ancestors, inscribed in ink MS with verse and prose on pink, yellow, blue, purple and white papers, gilt and blind tooled binding, 4to; a mid-19th century lady's manuscript, composed by Mary Albery [sister of James Albery (1838-1889), the dramatist], including essays on Warren Hastings, [60pp]; Mme de Maintenon, [30pp]; and Mme de Sevigne, [45pp]; with other pieces on diverse subjects, contemporary green-stained calf back and marbled boards, 4to; Sombre Binding, a Victorian commonplace album, including a loosely inserted sheet of Balmoral Castle writing paper with royal insignia and a heavy black mourning border, a full-page allegorical watercolour/frontispiece to the album signed T. Palmer and dated 1848, verse, clipped and pasted chromolithograph prints, etc, blind tooled black leather binding (losses to spine), 4to; another lady's album, kept by Lilly Borton, various pictures and embossed paper pieces, leather binding, gilt and blind tooled, 4to, [4]
Cookery, a late Victorian ink manuscript receipt book, composed by Ada Augusta Harrington, dated March 20 1880, with various cooking recipes, some tipped-in and others, including occasionally printed, loosely inserted, cloth covers, 4to; five Victorian and early 20th commonplace albums and books, including witty inscriptions, choice passages and some illustrations and caricature drawings, various sizes and dates, (5), [6]
An early 18th century vellum ink MS commonplace book, possibly that of Henry Cheesman of Kent?, probably initially kept and inscribed by a brewer, ff: 88, another page lacking a torn away half, compiled by that same hand with various accounts, including 'Account of hops for ye year 1719' with earlier notice of drying hops and quantities of bushels; bawdy verse of a robust and licentious nature, suitable for a pleasure-loving brewer, with countless references from lofty maidens all the way down to lowly harlots, with 'The maids Lamentation' for good measure; occult and astronomical notes and some diagrams, with Sheepard's Callender (sic), a planetary table calculated for Henry Cheesman, a table 'to resolve all Lawfull (sic) Questions [...]'; diagram of a sundial; pseudo-philosophical notions, 'The age of man', dated 1713; a distance table for travelling between counties and some cities; some genealogical notes and notices contemporary with the majority of handwriting but further embellished and finalised later in the century by a different hand; the whole manuscript dated from 1719-1779, fragmentary vellum wrap covers, recto and verso pastedown applied with clipped naive woodcuts of London architectural facades, including the Tower of London, red half-penny paper duty stamp to recto pastedown also, 16mo Due to the frequency of Henry Cheesman's name appearing on countless pages throughout the notebook and further notices of the 'ins-and-outs' of other Cheesmans in the past, it would be safe to say that this notebook was more than likely the property of Henry Cheesman who seems to have been a rather interesting man - or even unique individual! The breadth of his interests reveal an inquisitive mind hungry for answers and apparently female company. Nevertheless, the domestic and family notes reveal a dutiful, practical man possibly originating from Kent. Cheesman appears to be a fairly common name in Kent, more so than in Derbyshire, and references to another Kent family - the Knatchbulls - fortify this impression. Condition Report: please refer to additional images for details
Shorthand, An early 19th century ink manuscript notebook, Stenography, partially filled with MS with an alphabet, tables and rules, floppy calf covers, the upper-cover titled, paper watermarked 1828, 12mo; another, possibly by the same hand, half the contents with passages in a stenography cypher, the remainder with choice passages from belles-lettres in vernacular script, one page blind-stamped with the Royal crest crowned within an oval, contemporary stained black quarter-calf and marbled boards, marbled endpapers, 12mo; a late 18th/early 19th century ink manuscript commonplace book, inscribed with verse, contemporary calf covers (rubbed, worn), indistinct ownership inscription to pastedown, 12mo; a mid-19th century notebook, pasted and loosely inserted with some newspaper clippings, fragmentary wrap, 12mo; a Victorian lady's commonplace book, compiled by Laura Simpson of Malton, Yorkshire, dated August 1872, inscribed with verse and some antiquarian notes, applied with corresponding periodical clippings, some humorous, contemporary binding of calf back and marbled boards, 8vo, [5]
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