Bindings. Poems by the Lady Flora Hastings. Edited by her Sister, 1st edition, Edinburgh: WIlliam Blackwood & Sons, 1841, engraved portrait frontispiece (offset), occasional spotting, bookplate of Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861), England's earliest female bibliophile and the inspiration for Charlotte Brontë's pseudonym Currer Bell, contemporary blue calf by White of Pall Mall, spine richly gilt, repair to rear board, 8vo (19.8 x 12.7 cm), together with: Kate Coventry. An Autobiography. Edited by G. J. Whyte Melville, 1st edition in book-form, London: John W. Parker and Son, 1856, spotting, contemporary ownership inscription (Mary Hobson) to title-page, contemporary half calf, 8vo (18.2 x 11.1 cm), The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. A Tale by Samuel Johnson, London: for John Sharpe, by C. Whittingham, Chiswick, 1818, engraved additional title-page and 3 plates by Westall (spotted), contemporary green calf, gilt spine with twin morocco labels, concentric blind rules to covers enclosing diced central panels, 12mo (16.6 x 9.6 cm), Chronicles of the Canongate; by the Author of "Waverley," etc. [Walter Scott], 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: Cadell and Co., 1827, without half-titles, contemporary purple half calf, gilt spines (slightly faded), 8vo (18.2 x 10.6 cm), and 20 others, similar 19th-century literature, finely bound, 8vo and 12mo, the lot sold as a collection of fine bindingsQty: (29)
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Leybourn (William). Cursus Mathematicus. Mathematical Sciences, in Nine Books. Comprehending Arithmetics... Geometry... Cosmography... Astronomy... Navigation... Trigonometry... With the Description, Construction, and use of Geometrical and Nautical Instruments: And the Doctrine of Triangles applied to Practice in Mensurations of all kinds..., 1st edition, London: Printed for Thomas Basset, Benjamin Tooke, Thomas Sawbridge, Awnsham and John Churchill, 1690, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White (detached with frayed margins), title printed in red and black, 44 engraved plates (35 folding), illustrations, title and dedication detached, leaf 2E2 (i.e. Book II sectional title bound after 2E3), engraved plate of the moon (between pp. 446-447) bound upside down, occasional early annotations, a few closed tears some browning and damp stains, early ownership signature of R. Grove?, contemporary calf, covers detached, some wear, folioQty: (1)NOTESESTC R2239; Wing L1911. Provenance: Christopher Hussey (1899-1970), British architecture authority, presentation inscription to George Barnes, 1959, and small label 'Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst' (Hussey's family home) to front pastedown. William Leybourn (1626-c.1700) was a mathematician and land surveyor, published this encyclopaedic work in 1690, 'This is a folio volume of over nine hundred pages and includes the substance of his former publications.' (DNB).
* Elizabeth II (1926- ). Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- . Autograph Letter Signed, 'Elizabeth' as Princess, Sandringham, Norfolk, 28 December 1951, to the portrait painter Frank O. Salisbury (1874-1962), in response to his offer of a portrait of her grandfather King George V, '... I cannot begin to say how very touched I am by your extremely kind gesture, and you can be certain that the picture will be a very treasured possession. I only hope that I did not give the impression the other day that I was begging for it! ...', written in blue ink on Sandringham letterhead, slight adhesion remains to blank upper margin of second page, two pages, 8vo, together with Salisbury's autograph draft letter signed to the Princess Elizabeth, Sarum Chase, Hampstead, 15 December 1951, explaining the background to the picture, '... I feel that it is destined to be yours, especially as your beloved grandfather so graciously gave me helpful sittings for it, to enable me to paint the larger portrait that is now in the Washington National Gallery commemorating the fact that in the Great War our two nations fought together for Justice & Peace...', slight adhesion remains to blank inner margin of second page, two pages, 4toQty: (2)NOTESThe portrait referred to is probably the one now in the Royal Collection Trust (RCIN 405939), painted by Salisbury circa 1928 and showing King George V at half-length facing three-quarters to the left, wearing the mantel, collar and star of the Order of the Bath.
Mercator (Gerard) - Ptolemaeus (Claudius). Geographiae libri octo Graeco-Latini, Amsterdam: Cornelis Nicolai (i.e. Claesz) & Jodocus Hondius, 1605, engraved title, engraved half-page portrait of Gerard Mercator, 28 engraved maps by Mercator, all but one double-page, illustrations, Great Britain map with lower corner torn away, occasional small pale marginal water stain, 18th century calf, spine with raised bands, morocco label and gilt decoration, upper cover detached, small wormtrack, edges a little rubbed, folio, 41.5 x 28 cmQty: (1)NOTESKoeman II Me 3 (variant c). The first edition of Ptolemy's Geographia with parallel Latin and Greek text. 'The Ptolemy edition of 1605 is the first work printed in Greek in Amsterdam and a typographic masterpiece.' (Koeman). Gerard Mercator had first engraved the maps for the 1578 edition, adding the single-page map of the Nile delta. Following his death his stock of maps was acquired by Jodocus Hondius in 1604 and together with Cornelis Claesz produced this atlas in 1605.
Lawrence (T. E.) T. E. Lawrence: Letters to E. T. Leeds, with a commentary by E. T. Leeds, edited and with an introduction by J. M. Wilson, Whittington Press, 1988, line illustrations by Richard Kennedy, half-tone illustrations, original buckram-backed boards, slipcase, 4to, limited edition 277/650, together with 'The Mint and Later Writings About Service Life, edited by Jeremy and Nicole Wilson, Castle Hill Press, 2009, tipped-in portrait frontispiece, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 4to, limited edition, 228/250, plus T. E. Lawrence. Boats for the R.A.F. 1929-1935, edited by Jeremy and Nicole Wilson, Castle Hill Press, 2012, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, small folio, limited edition 92/150, with two others: The Mint, 1955, limited edition 543/2000, and Herbert Hodgson, Printer. Work for T.E. Lawrence at Gregynog, Fleece Press, 1989, limited edition of 340Qty: (5)
Lees-Milne (James). Heretics in Love, 1973; Ancestral Voices, 1975; Prophesying Peace, 1977; Caves of Ice, 1983;1st editions, Caves of Ice 2nd impression, portrait detaching, original cloth, dust jackets, Ancestral Voices price-clipped, some fading to spines, a couple of short closed tears, 8vo, together with others by James Lees-Milne including Midway on the Waves, 1985, A Mingled Measure. Diaries 1953-1972, 1994, Ancient as the Hills, Diaries 1973-1974, 1997, Through Wood and Dale, Diaries 1975-1978, 1998, plus uncorrected proofs for Ancestral Voices, Prophesying Peace, Caves of Ice, Midway on the Waves and Through Wood and DaleQty: (31)
Wiseman (Richard). Eight Chirurgical Treatises..., 2 volumes, 5th edition, 1719, some spotting, old ink inscription to half title of volume 1 and title of volume 2, small ink library stamps to title versos, blindstamp to title and first text leaf of volume 2 and upper outer corner of title repaired just affecting rule, volume 2 lacks half title, modern half calf, 8vo, together with: Mauriceau (Francis). The Diseases of Women with Child, and in Child-bed..., translated by Hugh Chamberlen, 8th edition, 1752, 6 engraved plates (4 folding), one with long closed tear repair to verso, contemporary name inscription to title, some marginal browning at front and rear from turn-ins, modern half calf over marbled boards, 8vo, and: Musschenbroek (Petrus van). Cours de Physique Experimental et Mathematique, traduit par M. Sigaud de la Fond, volumes 1-2 (of 3), Paris: Briasson, 1769, 42 numbered folding engraved plates (one numbered 11bis), large folding table to volume 2, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, rubbed, slightly cracked on joints, 4to, plus: Squire (Jane). A Proposal to Determine our Longitude, 2nd edition, printed for the author, 1743, half-title, several small red ink library stamps at front and rear, some browning, contemporary calf, with inset armorial emblem to both covers, calf reback, 8vo, and Whiston (William). The Elements of Euclid; with select theorums out of Archimedes, by the learned Andrew Tacquet, 3rd edition, 1727, portrait frontispiece, engraved portrait frontispiece and 5 folding plates, contemporary ink inscription to title, armorial bookplate, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo, plus other mostly antiquarian medical interest, including periodicals, many leather bound, some wear, 8vo and some largerQty: (3 shelves)
Sprat (Thomas). The History of the Royal Society of London, for the improving of Natural Knowledge, 3rd edition corrected, London; printed for J. Knapton, J. Walthoe, B. and S. Tooke, D. Midwinter.., 1722, imprimatur leaf before title, with large engraved coat of arms to verso, title printed in red and black, with contemporary ownership inscription in brown ink at head 'Perryn XtCh;76;-', two folding engraved plates, contents in clean condition with wide margins, 19th century stamped ownership name of James F. Anderton to front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, worn with covers detached, small 4to, together with: Hodder (James). Hodder's Arithmetick: or that necessary art made most easie; being explain'd in a way familiar to the capacity of any that desire to learn it in a little time, the seven and twentieth edition, revised, augmented, and above a thousand faults amended, by William Hume, Philomath, London: printed for D. Midwinter..., 1739, without portrait before title, some marks and occasional soiling, outer corners rubbed, later quarter calf, rubbed, 12mo, plus Bacon (Francis). The Essays or Counsels, Civil & Moral, or Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Berulam, Viscount St Albam, with a Table of the Colours of Good & Evil..., printed by T. N. for John Martyn, 1673, some light marks and occasional pale browning, all edges gilt, 19th century straight-grained dark green morocco, scuffed to spine, 8vo (Gibson 23a Wing B287A), and Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius). The Declamations of Quintilian, being an exercition or praxis upon his XII. Books, concerning the Institution of an Orator. Translated (from The Oxford Theatre Edition) into English by a Learned and Ingenious Hand, printed by J. R. for John Taylor, 1686, occasional light marginal browning, some early ink marginalia, contemporary blind-panelled full calf, rubbed and somewhat worn with upper cover detached, 8vo (Wing Q224), plus other miscellaneous antiquarian, mostly 19th century, including several volumes of Edinburgh Annual RegisterQty: (a carton)
Spencer (Edmund). The Works of Edmund Spencer, 8 volumes, London: printed for F. C. & J. Rivington et al, 1805, black & white portrait frontispiece to volume 1, bookplates to front pastedowns, later endpapers, some light toning & offsetting, later uniform gilt decorated half calf, boards & spines rubbed with some minor loss, some loss to spine labels, 8vo, together with; Hardy (Thomas), Thomas Hardy's Works, 19 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., 1903, contemporary previous owner inscriptions to front endpapers, some light spotting & toning, publishers uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, some boards & spines lightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, and other 19th-century & modern literature, including Folio Society, approximately 35 volumes, some leather bindings, some odd volumes, G/VG, 8voQty: (3 shelves)
Ashmole (Elias). The Antiquities of Berkshire, 3 volumes, W. Mears and J. Hooke, 1723, printed title to each volume, lacking portrait of the author, folding engraved county map by John Overton showing a panorama of Windsor Castle by Wenceslas Hollar, bound with the appendix containing eleven folding genealogical pedigrees, some spotting throughout, contemporary mottled calf gilt, rebacked with gilt-decorated spines and red morocco labels, 8voQty: (3)NOTESThe folding map is in very good, undamaged condition.
Camden (William). Brittania: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent; from the Earliest Antiquity... Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries by Richard Gough, 3 volumes, London: John Nichols, 1789, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I (with marginal repair), 57 engraved maps by John Cary, most folding and re-guarded, a few close-trimmed, 96 engraved plates, volume II title in facsimile with remnants of original title laid down, some occasional spotting and offsetting, a few light stains, hinges reinforced, Surveyors Institution library presentation labels to front pastedowns, contemporary calf gilt, morocco rebacks, red labels to spine, covers a little rubbed with some edge wear, folioQty: (3)
* Bryson (R. M.). Six Views of Kertch: Kertch from the Sea Winter, Fort Paul, Bay of Kertch from the Road to St Paul (2 copies), View of Kertch Bay from the steps of the Museum, General View of Kertch shewing the Fortifications from the Tumulus on the Road to Kaffa [and] Kertch from the Race Course depicting the Races, Day & Son, 1857, six tint stone lithographs, one with later hand colouring, some dust soiling and spotting, each approximately 190 x 430 mm, together with Le Brun (Cornelius). Astrakan, Veronis [and] Archangel, originally published in "Voyages de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie en Perse et aux Indes Orientales", 1718, together three uncoloured engraved city panoramas, old folds, with anther copy of Archangel, two copies of Astrakan (one coloured) and three copies of Veronis (one coloured), each approximately 22 x 625 mm, with the title page, portrait frontispiece and allegorical half-title from the same work, with Van der Aa (Pieter). De Bay ende Stadt Dabul..., [and] De Stadt Souratte, circa 1727, two uncoloured engraved prospects, each approximately 285 x 355 mm, with another ten engraved 18th-century views similar, various sizes and conditionQty: (30)
![* Killigrew (Sir Thomas, 1618-1682, subject). [Portrait of Sir Thomas Killigrew as a pilgrim], c.1680, mezzotint on laid pape](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/49cd8dcc-816e-4e6b-977b-aced00ea14de/8425b2a9-ce79-4c89-a561-acef00fd8d45/468x382.jpg)
* Killigrew (Sir Thomas, 1618-1682, subject). [Portrait of Sir Thomas Killigrew as a pilgrim], c.1680, mezzotint on laid paper, unsigned, engraved quotation in lower margin 'You see my Face, and if you'd know my Minde/Tis this: I hate my self, and all Mankinde', mounted, framed and glazed (not examined out of frame), visible area 34.5 x 24.5 cmQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Malcolm Rogers CBE FSA (1948-), British art historian and director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1994 to 2015. O'Donoghue, Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits: Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, II p.695 no. 8 (unattributed; a proof, without the distich in the the lower margin). Killigrew was a dramatist, theatre director, page of honour to Charles I, and groom of the bedchamber to Charles II. The catalogue of the Pepys Library in Cambridge, however, identifies the sitter as Abraham Simon (1617-1692), medallist. In the first edition of the Dictionary of National Biography (1892) the portrait is attributed to William Faithorne (vol. 31, p. 144).
* Moth. Roman muse, circa 1890, showing a female sitter in classical drapery in the pre-raphaelite style, titled upper left, signed lower left, 26.5 x 17.5, mount aperture, together with another by the same artist of a female in Saxon costume, 26.5 x 17.5cm, mount aperture, both unframed together with a collection of watercolour portraits, sketches and nudes including Arthur Keene (1930-2014), portrait of a girl, 1979, signed and dated lower left, 45.5 x 39cm, unframed, David Smith R.E. (1920-1999), two nude females, ink wash and drawing, 37 x 23cm, framed and glazed, attributed to Brian Wade (d. 2018), female nude kneeling, pen and ink drawing, 22.5 x 24cm, unframed, attributed to Peter Orrock, female by the water, acrylic, unsigned, 20.5 x 19.5cm, mount aperture, unframed, 6 erotic lithographs, each with blind stamp lower left and other itemsQty: (28)
Ormerod (George). The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby, 3 volumes in 6, London: George Routledge, 1882, portrait frontispiece to volume I, colour map, numerous engraved plates, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary red morocco-backed boards, joints and edges rubbed, some fading, folioQty: (6)
* Decorative paste-papers. A collection of paste-papers given to Faith Shannon by Ruari McLean, comprising 36 A4 paste-paper sheets of various colours & designs, sheet size 320 x 227 mm, contained together in purpose-made paste-paper portfolio, accompanied with a detailed note in Faith Shannon's hand to her daughter & son written on Corranbeg Workshops letterhead paper dated 24 May 2006 explaining the provenance of the paper and a number of other items in her collection 'Hannah/Shannon, This contains a miscellaneous collection of papers given to me by Ruari McLean when he was clearing his library at Caisaig, Hull. Some are just what caught his eye and amused it no doubt...', together with few other decorative papers, and two volumes given to Faith Shannon by Ruari McLean comprising: Courteline (Georges), Three Stories, George Moinaux alias Courteline, translated from the French by Ruari McLean, Broomrigg, Dollar, Scotland: McLean Associates, [1976], wood engraved frontispiece and illustrations, pencil inscription to front free-endpaper 'Faith from Ruari 1999', original wrappers torn to rear with slight loss, slim 8vo, and Warner (Sylvia Townsend), Boxwood, Twenty-one Engravings by Reynolds Stone, Illustrated in verse, London: Chatto & Windus, 1960, wood engraved illustrations, front free-endpaper inscribed in pencil 'Faith gratefully from Ruari 1999', original cloth in dust-jacket, slim 8vo, accompanied with an autograph letter signed, from Ruari McLean to Faith Shannon dated 1st September 1999 regarding the two volumes previously described, 'Dear Faith. I have been feeling very guilty at never having paid you for the work you did for me - because you never sent me a bill! So I'm sending you two little books which I hope you don't already possess - and will enjoy. If you possess either or both, send them back and I'll think of something else. I hope you are well. I am consulting the diaries you bound for me constantly on something else I am writing. My typographical autobiography is being held up by my American publisher while he's looking for an English co-publisher - which annoys me. Love from Ruari', and with McLean (Ruari), True to Type, 1st edition, New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press & London: Werner Shaw, 2000, monochrome portrait frontispiece and illustrations, pencil signature of Faith Shannon to front free endpaper, original cloth in dust-jacket, 8voQty: (4)
* Bookbinding Reference - Crane (William J. E.). Bookbinding for Amateurs: being descriptions of the various tools and appliances required and minute instructions for their effective use, London: L. Upcott Gill, 1885, numerous wood engraved illustrations, adverts at rear, original green cloth, blocked in black & gilt, 8vo, together with: Middleton (Bernard C.), The Restoration of Leather Bindings, 3rd edition, revised & expanded, London: British Library; New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1998, monochrome portrait frontispiece and illustrations, original boards in dust-jacket, folio, ibid., A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique, 3rd supplemented edition, London: Holland Press, 1988, colour frontispiece, monochrome illustrations, some toning, original boards in dust-jacket, 8vo, Ball (Douglas), Victorian Publishers' Bindings, London: Library Association, 1985, monochrome plates and illustrations, original cloth in dust-jacket, 8vo, and other bookbinding reference including The Zaehnsdorfs (1842-1947) Craft Bookbinders, by Frank Broomhead, Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 1986; Bookbinding, and the Care of Books, by Douglas Cockerell, 2nd edition, London: John Hogg, 1906; Some Notes on Bookbinding, by Douglas Cockerell, London: Humphrey Milford & Oxford: University Press, 1929; Fine Bookbinding a Technical Guide, by Jen Lindsay, London: British Library & New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009Qty: (2 cartons)
Evelyn (John). Silva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions. As It Was Deliver'd in the Royal Society the XVth of October, MDCLXII upon Occasion of Certain Quaeries Propounded to That Illustrious Assembly, by the Honourable the Principal Officers and Commissioners of the Navy. In Two Books. Together with an Historical Account of the Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves. Terra, a Philosophical Essay of Earth, Being a Lecture in Course. To Which Is Annexed Pomona: Or, an Appendix Concerning Fruit-Trees, in Relation to Cyder; The Making, and Several Ways of Ordering It. Published by Express Order of the Royal Society, Also Acetaria: Or, a Discourse of Sallets. With Kalendarium Hortense; Or the Gard'ners Almanack; Directing What He Is To Do Monthly throughout the Year, 4th edition, London: printed for Robert Scott, Richard Chiswell, George Sawbridge and Benj. Tooke, 1706, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red & black, few engraved illustrations, lower outer corners of initial leaves frayed and damp stained along lower margins, light damp stains at head & foot of last eight leaves, bookplate of Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Baronet (1772-1831) and with his signature dated 1799 to front endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked preserving morocco title label, folioQty: (1)NOTESThe fourth edition, containing new sections Dendrologia, Pomona; Or, An Appendix concerning Fruit-Trees in relation to Cider and Kalendarium Hortense. This was the last edition during the author's lifetime.
Kilian (Ludwig & Wolfgang). Contrafehe der Herzn Fugger und Frawen Fuggerin wöllche in disem geschlect geporen worder oder zue demselben sich ehelich verpflichtet haben, Augsburg: Sara Mang, 1620 [verso of title dated 1619], [1] 1-127 [3] [1] leaves, including engraved title-page, large engraved arms of the house of Fugger, and an engraved portrait to recto of each leaf apart from the last (containing letterpress register only), lacking 8 leaves (3, 31, 32, 39, 44, 97, 102, 118) but extra-illustrated with 4 contemporary engraved portraits from other works (one bound in place of leaf 3, the other three each trimmed, mounted on separate sheet and bound at rear), toning, variable damp-staining to leaves 12-20, marginal spotting and other marks, leaves 35, 37-8 and 119 shorter in fore margins (possibly from a smaller copy), leaf 68 more strongly damp-stained, leaf 69 with extensive closed tear into image, leaf 108 trimmed and mounted on stub (with loss of headline and foliation of text verso), a few portraits with contemporary manuscript captions in brown ink added, bound with: Kilian (Lucas). Contrafäct dern aus Röm. Kaij. Maij. Caroli. V. allergnedigster Verordnung deß Heij. Reichß Statt Augspurg, von Anno 1548, bißhero fürgesezten Herren Pflegeren, [Augsburg: no printer], 1624, [3] 14 leaves, signatures A-H2 [I1], engraved title to A1 recto, 14 engraved portraits, extra-illustrated with engraved folding plate showing the arms of Augsburg noblemen (signed Joann Georg Manasser ... 1632), leaves 10-14 toned and spotted, 2 works in 1 volume, manuscript indices to front free endpaper and rear pastedown, contemporary reversed calf gilt, worming to spine, wear to foot of spine and to lower fore corners of boards, a few marks, folio (28.9 x 18.6 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Jean-Pierre-Marie du Ruolz (c.1670-1725; armorial binding). 2) Hans Fürstenberg (1890-1982), Franco-German banker and collector (bookplate). 3) Sotheby's, Printed Books and Maps, 17 February and 3-4 March 1993 (purchased by Whitby). 4) Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Kress S480 (first work only); VD17 12:648635H & 23:690281V. First edition in German of the first work, and the third overall, greatly expanded and containing over 100 fine portraits of male and female members of the great Fugger banking family. The first iteration is considered to be a suite of 68 engravings by Dominicus Custos which appeared in 1593, and which appears to be rare and may not have been published in book form. Lucas and Wolfgang Kilian, Custos's sons-in-law, re-engraved and supplemented the original plates and issued them first in 1618 with Latin text and the title Fuggerorum et Fuggerarum quae in familia natae quaeve in familiam transierunt (see Lipperheide, 1965, Da8), then with German text as here.
Raleigh (Walter). The History of the World. In five Bookes, London: Printed by William Jaggard for Walter Burre, 1621, additional engraved title dated 1614 (torn at foot with loss & repaired), with "Minde of the Front" leaf before title (detached & repaired at foot & inner margin), letterpress title with engraved portrait (verso repaired at foot & inner margin), three double-page maps only (of 6), & 2 double-page engraved plates, woodcut decorative initials, small rust hole to V1, 3M4, 4I3 & 4R3, occasional damp stains to margins, few marks & light dust-soiling, colophon to final leaf dated 1621 (few tears & repaired at foot), bookplate of Rev. John T. Manley to upper pastedown, 19th century calf, boards detached and spine detached with loss, folioQty: (1)NOTESSTC 20639.
19th Century School, 3/4 length portrait of a lady, seated looking left with ringlets in her hair, wearing a black gown with V neck and adorned with mourning brooch, hands crossed, wedding band on third finger left hand, the right hand clutching a brown fur cloak, oil on canvas, 64cm x 80cm, unsigned, framed 79.5cm x 96cm. Condition - re-lined, various old repairs/restoration, damage to frame.
Alex Chamberlin (British 20th/21st Century), "A Portrait of Your Home", oil on canvas (laid on board), 30cm x 61cm, signed and dated 2003 lower left, framed 41cm x 71.5cm. Provenance - The Lighthouse Gala Auction Christies Monday 24 March 2003, lot 2, with auction catalogue and personal post card from the artists addressed to the buyer.
A miniature portrait of a lady wearing a turquoise ribbon in her hair, 85mm high, 68mm wide, further miniature bust portrait of a lady, charcoal, 80mm high, 6mm wide, miniature portrait of a young girl, 61mm high 45mm wide, and four acorn suspension miniature frames, containing print copies of miniatures. (7)
Henry V (1413-1422), Definitive issues, Noble, class Cb, mm. pierced cross on rev. only, mullet by sword arm, ropes 3-2, quatrefoils 3-3, nothing (?) on rudder, broken annulet on ship’s side, 6.90g/8h (cf. SCBI Schneider 227; N 1371; S 1742). Obverse legend weak at 1 o’clock (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise good very fine, excellent portrait £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: SNC March 1973 (2249)
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Shilling, Gp D, type 3.1, mm. harp, reads hib, 5.97g/6h (Sharp D1/1; SCBI Brooker 471, same dies; N 2223; S 2789). A piece of fine work, small dent above mark of value and some weakness in portrait, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, rare £1,000-£1,500 --- Provenance: Bt Spink October 1975
Charles I (1625-1649), Oxford mint, Halfcrown, 1646, mm. plume (with bands) on obv. only, portrait of neat style, pebbly ground, no marks by date, 14.99g/1h (Bull 633/1a; Morr. C-1; SCBI Brooker 921, same dies; N 2432; S 2960). Some peripheral weakness, otherwise good very fine and toned £900-£1,200 --- Provenance: E. Burstal Collection, Glendining Auction, 15-16 May 1968, lot 423; bt Spink May 1976
Charles II (1660-1685), Second issue, Unite, mm. crown on obv. only, 8.96g/11h (Schneider II, O7/R6; same dies as SCBI Schneider 401-6 obv., 397 rev.; N 2754; S 3304). Some weakness in upper portrait, otherwise very fine £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: SNC March 1973 (2269). END OF SESSION 1 TEN-MINUTE INTERVAL
Roman Imperial Coinage, Julia Titi, Denarius, Rome, c. 80-1, diademed and draped bust right, rev. Venus standing right, leaning on column, holding helmet and spear, 3.44g (RIC Titus 388; BMC 141-3; RSC 14). Good fine, portrait better, lightly toned £400-£500 --- Provenance: Baldwin Auction 90, 24 September 2014, lot 1341
British Battles, 1815, a tubular brass box medal by E. Thomason inscribed ‘British Victories’, lid inset with portrait medalet of Wellington, containing 21 [of 26] brass medalets, each with winged Victory, revs. the battles named (lacks Almaraz, Corinna, Fuente de Onor, Orthes, and Waterloo), each 16mm, tube 37 x 19mm (Eimer 84; BHM 888; E 1076) [22]. Tube very fine, medalets good very fine or better £200-£260
FRANCE, Julien Guadet, 1898, a uniface plaster portrait, signature unclear, for Gentil & Bourdet, bust right, 145mm; Marie de Medici, a uniface cast bronze medal [after G. Dupré], 91mm; ITALY, Emperor Claudius, a uniface cast bronze medal, unsigned, 85mm [3]. First about extremely fine, others later casts, very fine and better £60-£80
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