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(*) Gold-Broschen-KonvolutSet bestehend aus 7 antiken Broschen:1 Portrait-Brosche Achat in Gelbgold 14K verziert mit 4 unbehandelten Burma-Rubinen zus. ca. 0,4 ct, sowie 8 Rosenschliff-Diamanten von zus. ca. 0,15 ct (H/VS1) 4,5 g.1 Stab-Brosche in Gelbgold 14K, Fassung in Silber mit kleinen Rosenschliff-Diamanten von zus. ca. 0,08 ct (H/SI1) sowie unbehandelten Burma Rubinen zus. ca. 0,08 ct, 2,2 g.1 Opal-Brosche in Gelbgold 14K mit kleinen Saatperlen, 3,4 g.1 Stab-Brosche in Gelbgold 14K mit Fassung in Silber sowie Rosenschliff- und Altschliff-Diamanten von zus. ca. 0,75 ct, 5,8 g.1 Stab-Brosche in Gelbgold 14K mit kleinem Diamanten, 3,6 g.1 Gemmen-Brosche auf Achat mit Frauen-Portrait in Gelbgold 18K, 5 g.1 Onyx-Brosche auf unedlem Metall sowie 6 kleinen Rosenschliff-Diamanten.
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BOSWELL, James (1740-1795). The Life of Samuel Johnson. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791.2 volumes, 4to (277 x 216 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Johnson by James Heath after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 2 engraved plates of facsimiles by H. Shepherd. (Vol. I title-page reinforced at gutter, some light soiling, a few tiny mostly marginal wormholes, marginal tear with loss not affecting text to [X3] in vol. II.) Contemporary speckled calf, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands gilt, red and black leather lettering-pieces gilt (re-backed preserving original boards, joints cracking, some light chipping); brown cloth slipcase. Provenance: Abel E. Berland (bookplates).FIRST EDITION, second issue of the most celebrated biography in the English language, with "give" on p.135 of Vol.I , the initial blank in vol. II, and all 7 cancels. 1,750 copies of the first edition were printed. "Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of the dramatists, Demosthenes is not more sensibly the first of orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers" (Macaulay). Boswell's great biography of his friend, author Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was published 16 May 1791 and achieved immediate critical acclaim. It has not been out of print since. ESTC T64481; Grolier English 65; Rothschild 463; Tinker 338.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust
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CHESTERFIELD, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773). Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son. London: J. Dodsley, 1774; 1774; 1787. 3 volumes, 4to (276 x 219 mm), including Supplement. Half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece, errata at end of vol. II. (Some minor offsetting and spotting, pale dampstaining to a few leaves.) Vols. I and II: contemporary calf gilt; vol. III: modern polished calf gilt (vols. I and II: neatly rebacked and recornered, some light rubbing and darkening to extremities; cloth slip-case. Provenance: Henry J. Spooner? (early ownership signature).FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST ISSUES, with the misprint "quia uroit" on p. 55 of Vol. I. WITH THE RARE SUPPLEMENT. Containing 30 years of correspondence from 1737 to 1768, Lord Chesterfield wrote more than 400 letters to his son Philip Stanhope (1732-1768). The letters were published posthumously by his son 's widow, and Samuel Johnson remarked that the letters "teach the morals of a whore and the manners of a dancing-master." (See Boswell, Life of Johnson, 1754.) Rothschild 596.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust
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CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.Square 8vo (213 x 165 mm). Half-title, lithographic frontispiece by E. W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt (BAL state 1), numerous illustrations. (Some minor spotting or staining.)Publisher 's original green pictorial cloth gilt, stamped in black (front hinge starting or separated, some wear and staining to extremities). Provenance: Dennis H. Miller (contemporary signature on rear pastedown). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, third issue, with the following issue points: the frontispiece in the third state; the title leaf in the third state; second state of p. 13 with "Him and Another Man" plate listed as being on p. 87 where it appears; second state of p. 57 with "saw"; fourth state of p. 283; with final blank 23/8. BAL 3415.
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DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Mystery Of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman and Hall, April-September 1870.One volume bound from 6 original parts (222 x 138 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece by J.H. Baker from a photograph, engraved title after Luke Fildes, 12 wood-engraved plates by Dalziel, C. Roberts and others after Fildes. (A few minor spots, slight toning.) Late 19th-century brown morocco gilt, stamp-signed by Henderson & Bisset (spine sunned, slight wear);original blue-green pictorial wrappers bound in. FIRST EDITION, BOUND FROM THE ORIGINAL PARTS, with all covers and ads as listed in Hatton and Cleaver including the scarce "Cork Hat" ad, with the following exceptions: part 4 lacking Chapman & Co. 2pp. ad; part 5 lacking Chapman & Hall's ad dated 31st July 1870 and Chapman & Co.'s 4pp. slip; pt. 6 lacking 4pp. Wilcox & Gibbs ad. Dickens only completed 6 parts of this work before his death, with only 3 being published while he was alive, leaving readers in suspense regarding the outcome of the tale (Hatton & Cleaver, p. 373). Eckel pp. 96-98; Hatton and Cleaver pp. 373-384; Gimbel A154.
![[DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)]. FORSTER, John (1812-1876). The Life of Charles Dickens. London: Chapman and Hall, 1872-1874.6](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e1878e4e-bcc2-45b9-abd8-ae6e011505e8/bd461fb7-b2e9-4b63-8482-ae6f016395d3/468x382.jpg)
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[DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)]. FORSTER, John (1812-1876). The Life of Charles Dickens. London: Chapman and Hall, 1872-1874.6 volumes (3 volumes in 6 parts), 8vo (212 x 133 mm). 3 half-titles, portrait frontispieces, illustrated throughout; EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by the addition of approximately 196 portraits and plates, and with 5 printed wrappers bound in for monthly issues of Pickwick Papers, Nicholas Nickleby, Dombey and Son, Our Mutual Friend, Martin Chuzzlewit. (Some spotting and staining, some light offsetting.) Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Riviere & Son (some light wear to extremities).FIRST EDITION of this biography of Dickens, written by his friend, literary agent, editor, and literary executor John Forster. Following Dickens ' death, Forster was left the manuscripts for many of Dickens ' novels, which are now in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985). Good-Bye To All That. London: Jonathan Cape, [1929]. 8vo. Pictorial portrait frontispiece, illustrations. Publisher's salmon cloth (a few faint stains, spine slightly leaned, spotting to fore-edge); original pictorial dust jacket (some minor chipping, some minor soiling, spine panel browned, price-clipped). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, including passages on p.290 and pp.341-343 that were suppressed at Siegfried Sassoon's insistence in later issues. The unexpurgated text includes a description of Sassoon's mother's attempts to communicate with her dead son Hamo, and the text of a verse letter from Sassoon to Graves, published without his permission. Higginson & Williams A32a.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust
![[PORTRAITS]. Theatrum honoris in quo nostri Apelles, saeculi seu Pictorum, qui patrum nostrorum memoria vixerunt celebriorum](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e1878e4e-bcc2-45b9-abd8-ae6e011505e8/9f4b7cc6-4545-4eb7-aa3c-ae70003a7c4a/468x382.jpg)
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[PORTRAITS]. Theatrum honoris in quo nostri Apelles, saeculi seu Pictorum, qui patrum nostrorum memoria vixerunt celebriorum praecipue quos Belgium tulit, verae et ad vivum expressae imagines in aes incisa exhibentur. Amsterdam: Joannes Janssonius, 1618.4to (277 x 182 mm). Engraved title, 2 engraved allegorical plates, letterpress poem by Hondius, 60 (of 68) engraved portraits. Contemporary green vellum, edges stained red (upper joint separating, covers bowed). Provenance: early annotation on blank leaf facing title-page; Francois Xavier Borluut de Noortdonck (1771-1837), Flemish collector (bookplate); Rodman Chute Pruitt (signature on blank leaf facing title 1952). Third edition of this suite of artists' portraits, engraved by Simon frisius, Robert de Baudous, and Andries Stock after Hendrik Hondius. Each portrait is accompanied by Latin verse, and subjects include Jan Van Eyck, Hieronymous Bosch, Pieter Brueghel, Albrecht Durer, Hans Holbein, Johannes Stradanus, Hendrick Goltzius, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Karel Van Mander, and Jacob De Gheyn. Property from the Estate of Nancy Hagensieker
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SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant. London: Grant Richards, 1898. 2 volumes, 8vo. Photogravure portrait frontispiece and 8pp. publisher's advertisements in Vol.I; 4pp. publisher's advertisements in Vol.II. (A few stains.) Publisher's green cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (some staining, spines darkened and slightly leaned, hinges starting or separating); morocco-backed slipcase. Provenance: Alfred J. Warne Browne (presentation inscription, stamp on paste-down vol.I). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY SHAW: "From G.B.S. ,painter of humanity, to Warne Browne, painter of the next deepest subject - the sea! Cadgwith Sept. 1899." Shaw's "unpleasant" plays were so-called because they forced the spectator to face unpleasant truths; he followed them with "pleasant" plays in an effort to appeal to producers and audiences. [With:] SHAW. The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God. London: Constable & Company Limited, 1932.8vo. Numerous wood-engraved illustrations by John Farleigh. (Some occasional spotting or soiling.) Publisher 's pictorial black and white boards (some light rubbing). FIRST EDITION of Shaw 's controversial short story collection.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust
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STERNE, Laurence ( "Mr. Yorick") (1713-1768). The Works of Laurence Sterne. London: W. Strahan et al, 1780.10 volumes, 8vo (176 x 107 mm). 10 engraved plates (including 2 portrait frontispieces), leaf of marbled paper as issued in vol. II. (Some offsetting, light spotting and staining, a few leaves with tears crossing text.) Contemporary calf gilt, smooth spine gilt, brown and black morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges sprinkled red (some overall wear, lacking 4 lettering-pieces). Collected edition of Sterne 's works, including The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, considered to be one of the most influential works in 18th century English literature. ESTC T14823.
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TARKINGTON, Booth (1869-1946). The Gentleman from Indiana. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899. 8vo. Original green cloth stamped in red and tan, spine gilt-lettered, top edge green, others uncut (light rubbing to extremities, spine slightly darkened). Provenance: A.R. Howard? (stamped signature); acquired Hamill & Barker.FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE with "eye" and "so pretty" on p.245, and "brain of Zeus" on p. 342. IN EARLIEST BINDING with the ear of corn on the spine pointing up. Tarkington 's first novel.[Laid in:] TARKINGTON. Autograph letter signed ( "Booth Tarkington"), to Mrs. Charles A. Evers. Indianapolis, Indiana, 16 June 1899. 4 pages, 8vo, creasing and light toning. Responding to Evers ' request for an autograph, one of the first he ever received: "Yours is the first and only request of that kind I have received and I confess, without caution, that I am in a state of painful anxiety lest it prove also the last ..." -- Self-portrait of Booth Tarkington drawn in pencil, signed ( "Booth Tarkington"). Indianapolis, Indiana, 1903. 1 page (one leaf), 8vo, on wove paper, some spotting.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust
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[AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR] -- [TILGHMAN, Tench (1744-1786)]. Memoir of Lieut. Col. Tench Tilghman, Secretary and Aid to Washington, together with an Appendix, containing Revolutionary Journals and Letters Hitherto Unpublished. Albany: J. Munsell, 1876. 4to (254 x 174 mm ). Portrait frontispiece, title-page printed in black and red. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED BY THE ADDITION OF APPROXIMATELY 85 PLATES AND 4 ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS (see below). (Some minor spotting and occasional offsetting.) Contemporary half navy morocco gilt (spine sunned, some light wear to extremities).ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS NEATLY BOUND OR LAID IN from various members of the Tilghman family, comprising: TILGHMAN, William, as jurist. ALS to James C. & Samuel W. Fisher. 7 April 1794. 1pp. Regarding financial transactions with Solomon Scott and Edward Tilghman. -- TILGHMAN, James. ALS to Tench Tilghman. 25 February 1786. 1pp. Regarding request for additional funds. -- TILGHMAN, Tench, and Thomas TILGHMAN. Partially printed DS, counter-signed by Robert Denny. Baltimore-County, Maryland, 25 November 1785. 1pp. Regarding the maturity of a loan from the State of Maryland at the Port of Baltimore to the Tilghman brothers. -- TILGHMAN, Tench, as General Washington 's s aide-de-camp. ALS, to General Benjamin Lincoln, 19 April 1777. 1pp. Regarding plans for General Lincoln to discipline privates who have attempted to desert.Tench Tilghman served as aide-de-camp to General George Washington, and became a trusted member of his staff. He split with Loyalist members of his own family to dedicate himself to the cause of the Patriots. He was admitted as an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati in his home state of Maryland when it was established in 1783; Benjamin Lincoln was also a founding member. On his untimely death in 1786, George Washington wrote to Tilghman's brother and father: "As there were few men for whom I had a warmer friendship or great regard than for your brother...with much truth I can assure you, that, there are none whose death I could more sincerely have regretted...No one entertained a higher opinion of his worth...than I had done."
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BARTRAM, William (1739-1823). Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida ... London: J. Johnson, 1794.8vo (203 x 126 mm). Portrait frontispiece, folding map of the East coast of Florida, 7 copperplates (one folding). (Some spotting, some minor offsetting.) Later navy morocco gilt, marbled edges (some staining to edges).Second English edition. Only the title-page is new in this second edition, which is "unequalled for the vivid picturesqueness of its descriptions of nature, scenery, and productions" (Sabin). Contains observations regarding soil and natural productions in the Southeastern region of the United States as well as about the Native American populations that inhabited them during that period. Howes B-223; Sabin 3870.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia
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[FUR TRADE]. LARPENTEUR, Charles (1803-1872). Forty Years a Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri. Elliott COUES, editor. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1898.2 volumes, 8vo. 2 portrait frontispieces, 2 folding maps, 14 plates. (Some minor staining, some toning, a few tears not affecting text.) Publisher 's blue cloth gilt, (some minor rubbing, spines darkened). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 511 of 950 copies. This important source on the history of fur trading contains Larpenteur 's narrative of forty years in the fur trade from 1833-1872.Graff 2404; Howes C800.[With:] CHITTENDEN, Hiram Martin (1859-1917). The American Fur Trade of the Far West. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1902. 3 volumes, 8vo. 10 plates; linen-backed folding map in vol. III rear pocket. (Some light toning, a few pencil markings.) Publisher 's green cloth gilt (some light rubbing, repairs to one spine). FIRST EDITION, one of 1,000 copies printed, of Chittenden 's definitive work. Graff noted that even "Sixty years after publication, this is still the great work on the subject." Graff 196; Howes C390; Rader 770; Streeter IV: 3206.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia
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[FUR TRADE]. LARPENTEUR, Charles (1803-1872). Forty Years a Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri. Elliott COUES, editor. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1898.2 volumes, 8vo. 18 plates (including 2 portrait frontispieces, 2 folding maps). (One leaf detaching, some toning.) Publisher 's blue cloth gilt, edges uncut (some minor rubbing or scuffing). Provenance: Samuel B. Webb (bookplates).LIMITED EDITION, one of 950 copies, this being unnumbered, of Larpenteur 's important source on the history of fur trading. Graff 2404; Howes C800.Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia
![[GEORGIA]. THICKNESSE, Philip (1719-1792). Memoirs and Anecdotes of Philip Thicknesse, Late Lieutenant Governor of Land Guard](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e1878e4e-bcc2-45b9-abd8-ae6e011505e8/26cc5944-9fa6-4671-bf50-ae70010a4791/468x382.jpg)
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[GEORGIA]. THICKNESSE, Philip (1719-1792). Memoirs and Anecdotes of Philip Thicknesse, Late Lieutenant Governor of Land Guard Fort, and Unfortunately Father to George Touchet, Baron Audley. [London?]: Printed for the Author, 1788. 2 volumes (of 3), 8vo (184 x 113 mm). (Lacking the portrait frontispiece called for in Sabin, some staining, some chipping, some creasing.) Contemporary half calf gilt, black leather lettering-pieces gilt, red morocco onlays gilt, marbled boards, blue sprinkled edges (vol. I front cover detached, front joint cracked vol. II, some rubbing, some chipping). Provenance: George Best, Esq. (signature); T. Fairfax Best (armorial bookplate, Wiarton). FIRST EDITION, with final blank leaves. Thicknesse, a prominent English author, visited the Colony of Georgia in September of 1736. The titular son reference 's Thicknesse 's son with his second wife, George Thicknesse-Touchet (1758-1818), the 19th Baron Audley in the title. Thicknesse 's will demanded that upon his death his right hand be severed and given to George "to remind him of his duty to God after having so long abandoned the duty he owed to a father, who once so affectionately loved him" (Olmert). The present work was "probably printed in London like many other works of the author, but might also have been printed at Bath where was his home" (Sabin). Like the present copy, "many of the located copies lack vol. 3, of this edition, published after the first two volumes" (Sabin). Michael Olmert (1996), Milton's Teeth and Ovid's Umbrella, p. 72; Sabin 95343. Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia
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PIKE, Zebulon Montgomery (1779-1813). Elliott Coues, editor. The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1895.3 volumes, 8vo. Portrait frontispiece in vol.I, folding facsimile letter, 7 maps (including 6 folding into rear pocket of the Index volume). (Some toning and light chipping to extreme outer margin, maps with a few short tears.) Original green cloth gilt (some minor rubbing).LIMITED EDITION, number 788 of 1150 copies. This new edition was "first reprinted in full from the original of 1810, with copious critical commentary, memoir of Pike, new map and other illustrations, and complete index." (Rittenhouse). Howes P-373; Rittenhouse 467 ( "Scholars have preferred the 1895 edition for its annotations, clarity, and appended documents").Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia
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[WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799)]. Caption title: "Washingtoniana. Sketches of George & Martha Washington." N.p., n.d., 1902. 4to (295 x 233 mm). Calligraphic title-page with round portrait of Washington. Comprising some 178 plates and leaves of text (see below). Contemporary navy morocco gilt, stamp-signed by the Adams Bindery. Provenance: William H. Bartlett (calligraphic gift annotation on title-page from Henry A. Smith). Chicago grain magnate William H. Bartlett (1850-1918) was a descendant of the Declaration of Independence signer Josiah Bartlett. William H. Bartlett was a cofounder of the Chicago grain firm Bartlett, Frazier & Co., and helped establish the Vermejo Club in New Mexico for the wealthiest and most prominent American celebrities. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright 's mentor Joseph Silsbee, Vermejo is now owned by media mogul Ted Turner. Chicagoan Henry A. Smith was a print collector noted for his compilations of works about historic figures. The present work was presented to Bartlett and his wife, Mary Wentworth Campbell (1852-1904), and includes periodical publications, engraved portraits and views, photographic reproductions, and facsimile signatures and documents.
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[WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799)]. Caption title: "Washingtoniana: A Sketch of the Inauguration of George Washington, April 30th, 1789 as First President of the united States and other Sketches of Washington. Excerpts from Magazines Bound 1916." 4to (302 x 235 mm). Letterpress title-page; 8 periodical publications about Washington, each neatly inlaid and bound in (see below); approximately 76 engraved portraits and plates. Contemporary navy morocco gilt, stamp-signed by MacDonald. Provenance: William H. Bartlett (gift card and note from Henry A. Smith, Milford, Connecticut, 22 February 1916). A gift from Henry A. Smith to William H. Bartlett (see previous lot). A unique album, including 18th- and 19th-century periodical publications about Washington and his inauguration, comprising: LAMB, Martha. "The Inauguration of Washington, 1789." In: Magazine of American History, Vol. XX, No. 6, pp. 433-460. -- LAMB, Martha. "Washington as President, 1789-1790." In: Magazine of American History, Vol. XXI, No. 2, pp. 89-112. -- "Washington's Visit to New England in 1789." In an unidentified publication, pp.345-350. -- "United States." Clipping from the Columbian Magazine, [1 April 1789], pp. 264-268. -- "United States." Clipping from the Columbian Magazine, n.d. [1789], pp. 321-324. -- "Life Portraits of George Washington." In: McClure's magazine, Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 1897, pp. 291-308. -- HART, Charles Henry. "An Unpublished Life Portrait of Washington." In an unidentified publication. -- "New York as George Washington Saw It in 1789." In: The New York Times Magazine, 20 February 1916, pp. 12-13 (laid-in).
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MINKOWSKI, Hermann (1864-1909). Raum und Zeit. Offprint from: Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung, Volume 18. Leipzig and Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1909. 8vo. Photographic portrait frontispiece. (Minor bumps at corners.) Original printed wrappers (minor toning at edges, extremities lightly rubbed, minor bump at upper fore-corner); quarter calf folding case. Provenance: Ed. Meyer (contemporary signature on title). FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. The ideas previously expressed in Minkowski's first paper on space-time did not become widely known until he expanded them the following year. "In this paper 'Space and Time,' read by Minkowski in Cologne only a few months before his death, he introduced the notion that made possible the expansion of the relativity theory of Einstein from its specific to its general form. The technical description of Minkowski's hypothesis is the four-dimensional space-time continuum... Minkowski maintained that the separation of time and space is a false conception; that time is itself a dimension, comparable to length, breadth and height; and that therefore the true conception of reality was constituted by a space-time continuum possessing these four dimensions ..." PMM 401.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil
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WILKINS, John (1614-1672). Mathematical Magick: or, the Wonders That May be Performed by Mechanical Geometry. London: Richard Baldwin, 1691.8vo (159 x 102mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece. (Frontis browned, remargined at gutter and with a few small marginal chips, lacking final leaf [supplied in printed facsimile], some minor pale spotting or soiling.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, corners worn, endpapers renewed). Provenance: Edward? Price (early signature on title); John Bell, Yar.[mouth] (owner 's stamp on title) Fourth edition. Toole Stott 885; Wing W2201; ESTC R15643; Poggendorff II, 1328. Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil
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A 19th century French oval portrait miniature of a lady, in the late 18th century fashion with large curled and powdered hairdo tied with ribbon, posing in a naturalistic environment, holding an open book, within a gilt-bronze frame with floral garland mounts and beaded border, the miniature 14 cm high
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A pair of late 19th century Sevres porcelain portrait plates, painted by Poitevin, one depicting 'Marie-Antoinette', the other 'Mme Elizabeth', each with pink ground border with hand painted floral vignettes and gilt embellishment of foliage and ribbon-tied floral baskets, the back with blue interlaced L and letter 'D', 24 cm diameter
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Charles I Shilling 1636-1638, Tower Mint under Charles I, mm tun on both sides, obv. •CAROLVS•D•G•NA•BR•FR•ET•HI•REX•, crowned bust left, no inner circles, XII to right field, rev. •CHRISTO•AUSPICE•REGNO•, round garnished shield, no CR, S.2791, full flan with some minor edge loss, weak portrait, legends mostly strong, Fine.
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♦Crusader States, Antioch, Bohemond III (1163-1201), Silver Denier, obv. BOAHVNDVS around helmeted head with prominent nose guard & chainmail facing left, cross pattée on helmet, crescent in field to left & 5-pointed star in field to right, chainmail composed of crescents, rev. AHTIOCHIA around cross pattée within inner beaded circle, crescent in one angle; diameter 17mm, wt 1.03g, full, well struck flan with full clear legends both sides AEF, together with Byzantine Empire anonymous issue bronze follis, a type attributed to the sole reign of Constantine VIII & the last few years of Basil II AD976-1028, obv. facing half-length nimbate bust of Christ holding book of Gospels, EMMANOVHA (‘Emmanuel’) in legend & to left & right of portrait IC & XC (IHESUS XRISTUS), rev. ‘IhSUS XRISTUS BASILEU BASILE’ (‘Jesus Christ King of Kings’) in four lines but second & third lines misstruck; diameter 28mm, wt. 9.68g, struck off-centre, AFine to Fine.
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♦Anglo-Saxon, Eadgar (959-975), Silver Penny, pre-reform type (i.e. before 973), without mint name, moneyer Adelaver, obv. EADGAR REX around inner circle enclosing small cross pattée, rev. moneyer’s name in two lines divided by three crosses, trefoil above & below name; wt. 1.21g, v-shaped edge chip at 9 o’clock, ingrained dirt & verdigris deposits & dull surfaces but all lettering clear both sides GFine to AVF, together with a fragment of a reform coinage silver penny 973-975; the fragment comprises the inner circle enclosing the king’s portrait & the legend from 11 o’clock to 2 o’clock ‘OX (small cross pattée) EADG,’ wt 1.00g, good portrait detail & clear lettering.
Los 160
♦George III, Emergency Issue Dollar, with oval countermark, struck on Mexico portrait type 8 reales 1791 FM, Mo Mexico City mintmark in rev. legend, S.3765A, scratches & contact marks in obv. field & on bust of Charles IIII & small rev. rim nick at 12 o’clock, good detail in countermark, Fine to GFine.
Los 268
DateStamp Sovereign 2-Coin Set, comprising: George V sovereign 1918S, Sydney Mint, obv. bare head left, rev. Pistrucci, and Elizabeth II sovereign 2018, obv. Clark portrait of the Queen, rev. Pistrucci, with DateStamp certificate of authenticity and replica medals comprising: the 1914-1915 Star Medal, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, in display case.
Los 272
Elizabeth II, Gold Proof Victoria Anniversary £5 (Crown) 2001, obv. Rank-Broadley portrait, rev. young portrait of Victoria left (based upon the Penny Black postage stamp), V formed as railway lines in the centre against a background of Crystal Palace's iron framework, denomination to left field, .916 (22ct) gold, weight 39.94g, S.4554, limited edition no. 1365/3500, in Royal Mint case of issue with certificate of authenticity, FDC.
Los 274
Elizabeth II, 'Outbreak' Gold Proof £2 2014, 100th Anniversary of the First World War, obv. Rank-Broadley portrait of the Queen, rev. THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918, John Bergdahl's reimagining of the iconic 'Lord Kitchener Wants You' recruitment poster, limited edition no. 373/750, in Royal Mint presentation case of issue with certificate of authenticity, FDC.
Los 28
♦William I (1066-87) Silver Penny, Bonnet type, Wallingford Mint, moneyer Brand; obv. PILLEMU REX A around crowned & diademed facing bust, rev. ‘BRAND (ON) PALLIG’ around voided cross with annulet in centre, pellet between two crescents at end of each limb, S.1251, minor flat spots in legends but generally well struck flan with good portrait detail, AVF to VF.
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