Edouard Vuillard(1868 Cuiseaux - 1940 La Baule) Im AtelierMit gekonnt flüchtigem, dynamischem Strich gezeichnete, charakteristische Atelierstudie Vuillards, der neben Pierre Bonnard, Maurice Denis, Paul Sérusier und Félix Valloton Mitglied der Künstlergruppe Les Nabis war und zu den Hauptvertretern des französischen Postimpressionismus zählt. Die Zeitschrift La Revue blanche veröffentlichte zahlreiche herausragende Arbeiten des Künstlers. Neben der Malerei und seiner Tätigkeit als Grafiker, insbesondere als Lithograph, war er ein leidenschaftlicher Amateurfotograf, wobei seine Aufnahmen oftmals als Vorlage für seine Gemälde dienten. Bleistift/Papier. R. u. Sign.-Stempel (Lugt 2497a). Verso Porträtstudie einer älteren Dame, möglicherweise der Mutter des Künstlers. 21,5 cm x 30,3 cm. Rahmen.Provenienz: Deutsche Privatsammlung, vom Großvater um 1960 in Paris erworben.Pencil on paper. Signature stamp. Portrait study on the reverse.
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Eike Heinrich Redel(Geb. 1951 Castrop-Rauxel)"Maori-Tattoo". OriginaltitelNeben seinen naturalistischen Tierbildern bilden Übermalungen ein weiteres Thema und Kunstmittel im Oeuvre Redels. Bei diesem Werk überarbeitete er das traditionelle, "steife" Biedermeier-Porträt eines jungen Herrn aus dem Jahr 1849 durch ein Maori-Tattoo im Gesicht. Hierdurch erfährt es eine völlige Umdeutung, wirft Fragen nach persönlicher und kultureller Identität auf, dem Verhältnis Europas zu fremden, exotischen Ländern und der Kolonialisierung. Öl/Lwd.; L. u. altes Monogramm "IK." mit Dat. 1949. Verso von Redel sign. u. betitelt. 43,5 cm x 36 cm. Rahmen. Oil on canvas. Overpainting by Redel on an old German century Biedermeier portrait. Monogrammed and dated 1849, signed and titled by Redel on the reverse.
Großes Porzellangemälde mit Bismarck-Porträt der KPM BerlinRepräsentatives Brustbildnis des Reichskanzlers Fürst Otto von Bismarck im Profil, einen Mantel mit profiliertem Kragen und hellem, zur Schleife gebundenen Halstuch tragend. Äußerst feine polychrome Malerei. Nach einem Gemälde Franz von Lenbachs um 1890, heute in der Städt. Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München. Verso altes Etikett des Kunstinstituts für Porzellanmalerei Merkel-Heine in Wiesbaden. Vergoldeter Stuckrahmen mit dunkelrotem Samtpassepartout. Eingepresste Zepter- mit KPM-Marke. Platte 56,5 cm x 46,5 cm. Rahmen 85 cm x 75 cm.Otto von Bismarck-Schönhausen (1815 - 1898), seit 1871 Fürst von Bismarck, prägte 1871-1890 als erster Reichskanzler des von ihm mitgegründeten Deutschen Reiches und 1862-1890 als Ministerpräsident in Preußen maßgeblich die deutsche Politik.Vgl. Neuwirth, Porzellanmaler-Lexikon, Bd. I, S. 354; Bd. II, S. 100.A large porcelain plaque finely painted with a portrait of Otto von Bismarck after a painting from F. v. Lenbach. Impressed sceptre and KPM mark.KPM-Berlin. Ende 19. Jh.
Bank of England Ten Shillings banknotes: O'Brien 2nd issue portrait consecutives; J38 352699-700 (2), H72 383619-620 (2) and two other O'Brien ten shilling banknotes, together with J.S.Fjorde consecutives; 53R 845831-832 (2), and twelve other Fjorde ten shilling banknotes and; J.Q.Hollom consecutives; R18 7211022-025 (4), R18 721513-516 (4), R68 404930-932 (3), N22 803269-270 (2), W57 451154-155 (2), 13C 795512-515 (4), and thirty other Hollom ten shilling banknotes. (69) Includes many AUNC VF examples.
Egon Schiele (Tulln 1890 – 1918 Wien). „Portrait of a Man with Beard and Hat“. 1907Öl auf Karton. 61,8 × 47,5 cm (24 ⅜ × 18 ¾ in.). Am linken Rand unterhalb der Mitte signiert und datiert: SCHIELE EGON 07.Kallir P 23a (Online-Werkverzeichnis). Mit einer Echtheitsbestätigung von Jane Kallir, Kallir Research Institute, New York, vom 16. April 2024.–[3071] Provenienz: Unbekannter Vorbesitz / Privatsammlung, SüddeutschlandWir berechnen für Privatpersonen innerhalb der EU auf den Hammerpreis 32% Aufgeld, welches die Mehrwertsteuer beinhaltet. Käufer, die ausserhalb der EU angesiedelt sind und das Werk aus der EU exportieren zahlen 27% Aufgeld.Für EU-Unternehmer, die zum Vorsteuerabzug berechtigt sind, kann die Regelbesteuerung angewendet werden. Für zusätzliche Informationen lesen Sie bitte §4 unserer Versteigerungsbedingungen.
A collection of mainly Royal Mint coin sets to include 2009 Emblem set, 2014 Fourth circulating coinage portrait set, 1981 Crown, 2007 Crown, 2006 Crown, 2004 D-Day Crown, 2022 Platinum Jubilee coin pack, 2000 annual coin year set and 1986 commonwealth games set, all within original packaging.
Du Bartas (Guillaume de Salluste) Du Bartas his diuine weekes, and workes..., engraved pictorial title, woodcut portrait to verso of A5, woodcut head-, tail-pieces and initials, ink ownership inscriptions to Ttt6 verso and notes in modern hand to slip tipped-in at front, lacking initial blank and folding leaf at end, title fore-edge trimmed just touching image with paper slip tipped-on, Aa3 & Aa4 misbound, final leaf laid-down to sheet, some minor damp-staining towards end, light browning, eighteenth century calf, gilt, rebacked, retaining original back-strip with spine label renewed, [STC 21653], folio, Humphray Lownes, 1621.
Warwickshire.- Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar, title printed in red & black, 11 double-page engraved maps, plans and plates mounted on stubs, a few other engraved plates, all by Hollar & others, numerous whole page illustrations as well as vignettes throughout, with errata leaf, lacking final blank, light off-setting from frontispiece, nineteenth century calf, gilt, sympathetic early reback, spine gilt with olive morocco label, gilt dentelles, [Wing D2479], folio, Thomas Warren, 1656
Díaz (Porfirio) Rapport du général Porfirio Diaz ... à ses compatriotes sur les actes de son administration pendant les périodes constitutionnelles comprises entre le 1er décembre 1884 et le 30 novembre 1896, frontispiece portrait, copious contemporary marginal and underlining annotations in crayon and pencil, original wrappers, lightly discoloured, fore-edge frayed, extremities nicked and creased, contemporary ink ownership name ?"A. Marchall" to upper cover, 8vo, Paris, 1897. *** Seemingly scarce edition, with Library Hub recording just one copy in the British Library.
London.- Dugdale (Sir William) The History of St. Pauls Cathedral in London, first edition, title in red and black, engraved portrait and 44 etched plates and illustrations by Wenceslaus Hollar and others, including double-page or folding (one of these loose from stub), all but one illustration full-page, a few ink notes to margins in early hand, ink ownership inscription to title and frontispiece recto, some light marginal browning and occasional finger-soiling or similar, contemporary calf, rebacked, small neat repairs to corners, upper cover nearly detached, [Wing D2482], folio, by Tho. Warren, 1658.*** Dugdale's renowned record of the old gothic cathedral of St Paul's, destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1660.
Milton (John) Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, fourth (first illustrated) edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 12 engraved plates mostly by M. Burghers and P.P.Bouche after Medina, list of subscribers at end, 1 plate with closed tear and paper verso repair and another with two tiny marginal tears and tape repairs, 2ff. closed tears (B1 with tape repair & X1), some browning and foxing, heavier in places, and occasional heavier spots or stains, gutter cracked at B1 with frontispiece, title, following leaf and first plate attached to upper cover, tape repairs to hinges, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, extremities rubbed and worn, [Pforzheimer 720; Wing M2147], folio, by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, 1688.*** The first illustrated, and first folio, edition of Milton, with 12 beautiful and dramatic chiaroscuro plates by M. Burghers and P.P. Bouche after Medina.
Shelley (Percy Bysshe) The Poetical Works, 4 vol., edited by Mary Shelley, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. 1 only, bookplate, previous owner's ink signature to early blank, morocco attributed to Peacock and Mansfield (pencil note to vol. 1), g.e., gilt inner dentelles, lightly sunned spines, 1839; Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments, 2 vol., edited by Mary Shelley, contemporary ink signature to title, scattered faint spotting, later half-calf, richly gilt spines, 1840; 8vo (6).
Law.- Dugdale (Sir William) Origines juridicales, or Historical Memorials of the English Laws, second edition, title in red and black, engraved portrait of author cut out and mounted on sheet to face title as frontispiece, 6 engraved portraits, numerous whole page engraved illustrations, mostly coats of arms, with errata leaf at rear, lacking imprimatur leaf (A1), some faint marginal browning and very occasional minor soiling, endpapers renewed, ink ownership inscription and two engraved bookplates, eighteenth century calf, gilt, rebacked, spine gilt with red and black labels, [Wing D2489], folio, Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Roper et al., 1671.*** Scarce in commerce: we can trace only one copy at auction in the last ten years.Provenance: from the library of Marquesses of Donegall [bookplate].
Hogarth (William) The Works...from the Original Plates Restored by James Heath...and Explanations...by John Nichols, 2 engraved portraits, 153 images on 113 sheets only (of 114 sheets, lacking final plate 'Finis - The Bathos'), title with vertical tear repaired with tape and slight chipping to edges, plate 112 trimmed at foot, plate 111 with extensive marginal loss, some other small loss or tears to margins, often repaired, tears sometimes extending into image with very slight loss and tape repairs, more extensive to second portrait of Hogarth and plate 77, some small marginal staining to text leaves, some spotting to text and occasionally very light to plate margins, some light marginal browning and surface soiling, contemporary half morocco, rebacked preserving original gilt backstrip, quite worn in places, rubbed, g.e., large folio, for Baldwin and Cradock, [c.1835].
Dickens (Charles) Bleak House, bound from parts, engraved frontispiece, title and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, contemporary half calf, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, 1853; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, engraved portrait frontispiece and 39 etched plates by Hablot K. Browne, pp.187-8 margin trimmed, pp189-90 with repaired tear, contemporary half morocco, gilt, rubbed, 1839; first editions in book form, foxing and offsetting to plates, bookplates to front pastedowns; and a first edition of Martin Chuzzlewit, 8vo (3)
Ariosto (Lodovico) Orlando Furioso in English Heroical Verse, two parts in 1, title within ornate engraved architectural border, 45 whole-page engraved illustrations only (of 46; the illustration here lacking blank on recto, thus no text lacking), typographical border to the argument for each chapter, woodcut initials, title margin browned and very slightly frayed, a few scattered ff. with closed tears (one to engraving, but no losses), sometimes trimmed close to or touching side notes (minimal loss), the odd spot, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, one corner repaired, [STC 748], folio, translated by Sir John Harington, by G. Miller for J. Parker, 1634.*** Third edition of Harington's 1591 translation. The engraved title includes portraits of Ariosto and Harrington, as well as a portrait of Harington's dog, Bungy, in the lower left corner.
Carleton (George) A Thankfull Remembrance of Gods Mercy..., third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title and printed title all trimmed to border and laid down, numerous half-page engraved illustrations by Frederik van Hulsen, lacking initial blank, F3 small rust-hole within illustration, G1v very short tear just into illustration but no loss, a few pencil marks and minor marginal defects, the odd rust-spot or very light surface soiling, later calf with blind-tooled border, rebacked, little rubbed, worn in places, [STC 4642], small 4to, M. Flesher for Robert Mylbourne & Humphrey Robinson, 1627.*** The first illustrated edition. Includes an account of the defeat of the Spanish Armada (illustration at p.144) and the Gunpowder Plot (illustration at p.248).
May (Robert) The Accomplisht cook, or The art & mystery of cookery, fifth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 folding woodcut plates (of 4), woodcut illustrations in text, including pies, 9pp. advertisements at end, title little chipped at upper margin and with small hole at foot affecting printed date, plate at p.224 section torn away at fold but present (with minor loss) and with repaired tear within image (without loss), plate at p.240 with repaired tear without loss, both plates with short splits to folds and short tears, some spotting or foxing and light staining, a few short tears, lightly browned, antique style speckled panelled calf, spine in compartments and with light brown morocco label, spine faded, little marked, [Bitting p.318; Cagle 868 (lacking plates); Oxford pp.29-30 (note); Simon BG 1029 (note); Wing M1394], 8vo, Printed for Obadiah Blagrave at the Bear and Star in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1685. *** Rare edition at auction, especially with any plates present. We trace only one copy in the last few decades which contained all four plates, and of the few copies offered in the same period most lack all plates. May (1588-1664) trained in France and served his apprenticeship in London working for Arthur Hollinsworth, cook to the Grocer's Hall and Star Chamber. He later worked under his father at Ascott Park and for Sir Anthony Browne at Cowdray House. Provenance: 'Hanah [sic] Tylden, her Book, 1699' (ink inscription to front free endpaper); 'S.S. Banks, 1815' (ink inscription to head of C1).
First printed biography of Shakespeare.- Fuller (Thomas) The History of the Worthies of England, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacking blanks, P1 tear to lower margin running into text, occasional soiling and some light browning, later russia, gilt, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, restoration to corners, some rubbing to extremities, [Wing F2440], folio, by J.G.W.L. and W.G., 1662.*** Containing the first printed biographical reference of Shakespeare, 46 years after the playwright's death.
Emblemata.- Wither (George) A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne..., 4 parts in 1, engraved additional pictorial title by William Marshall, engraved portrait of author, engraved circular emblems after Crispijn van de Passe the elder, with final leaf of two woodcut dials but lacking volvelles, lacking initial 'Preposition to this frontispiece' leaf, initial 7ff. (including titles) with small paper repair to gutter foot, 3 ff. trimmed and paper repairs to edges but not affecting engravings (A3, B3 & 2L1), 2M1 small marginal defect at foot affecting ruled border, final woodcut leaf with 2 paper repairs to verso (lower woodcut small portion supplied in manuscript facsimile), occasional water-stains or other instances of soiling, endpapers defective or renewed, contemporary calf, repairs to lower joint and spine ends, upper cracked but firm, [STC 25900], folio, A[ugustine] M[atthewes] for Robert Allot, 1635.
Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) Through the Dark Continent, 2 vol., first edition, 2 portrait lithograph frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 11 maps, of which 2 folding, 2 in pocket at end with foldines neatly strengthened at verso, one with splits to foldlines, occasional light water-staining, scattered faint spotting, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.189], 8vo, 1878.
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Elizabeth David's copy.- [Montagu (Walter), attributed to] The Compleat cook. Expertly prescribing the most ready wayes, whether Italian, Spanish, or French, for dressing of flesh, and fish, ordering of sauces, or making of pastry, woodcut head-piece and initial border, 14pp. advertisements at end, [Cagle 825; Oxford pp.26-27; Wing M90; cf. Notaker 538.5], Printed by E.B. for Nath. Brook at the Angel in Cornhill, 1658 bound with M[ontagu] (W[alter]) The Queens Closet Opened: Incomparable Secrets in Physick, Chyrurgery, Preserving, Candying, and Cookery, 2 parts in 1 (2nd part misbound before The Compleat Cook), fourth edition, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece and title, [Cagle 838; Oxford pp.26-27; Wing M98; cf. Bitting p.595], [Printed for Nathaniel Brooks at the Angel in Cornhill], 1658, a few 20th century ink ownership stamps (see below), occasional marginal chipping, some spotting or staining, mostly lightly browned throughout, 20th century morocco-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments and titled in gilt, upper joint split, but holding, large 12mo *** Rare edition of The Compleat Cook, which first appeared as part of the The Queen's Closet Opened, 1655, but as Oxford notes 'was sometimes published by itself'. It is quite often found defective. The second part of The Queens Closet is A Queens Delighgt [sic], 1658. Provenance: Elizabeth David (bookplate to front free endpaper); Blanche Anding, Cordon Bleu chef and cookery writer (engraved bookplate to front pastedown); C.W.J. Francis, Hillingdon, Middlesex (ink stamps).
Wright (John Michael) An account of His Excellence Roger Earl of Castlemaine's embassy, from His Sacred Majesty James IId. King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, &c. To His Holiness Innocent XI, first edition in English, engraved frontispiece and vignette dedication leaf by Arnold van Westerhout after Giovanni Battista Lenardi, engraved portrait by Robert White and 15 plates, including 1 large folding depicting a banquet, by Westerhout after Lenardi and others, frontispiece trimmed and loose, folding plate with some restoration at one join, the occasional odd spot but generally clean, repairs to endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked and repairs to three corners, [Wing W3702], folio, by Tho. Snowden for the author, 1688.*** Originally published in Italian the previous year. Wright was a painter who accompanied the Earl of Castlemaine's diplomatic mission to Rome, overseeing the Earl's elaborate procession to an audience with the Pope and the lavish banquet that followed.
Homer. Homer his Iliads, translated, adorn'd with sculpture and illustrated with annotations by John Ogilby, engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait of author, engraved portrait of Charles II (all slightly trimmed at fore-margin, close to or touching image), and 53 engraved plates, engraved head-pieces and initials, several ff. with paper repairs at edges sometimes partially obscuring a few letters, and to a few plates on versos without loss of image, some damp-staining, faint browning and soiling, ?nineteenth century half calf, rebacked, extremities a little rubbed, [Wing H2548], folio, Thomas Roycroft, 1660.
Blake (William).- Blair (Robert) The Grave. A Poem. Illustrated by twelve Etchings...From the Original Inventions of William Blake. 1808, plates only (as issued), engraved portrait frontispiece of William Blake by Louis Schiavonetti after T. Phillips, engraved pictorial title and 11 plates by Schiavonetti after Blake, browning to portrait and plate margins, a few spots, some light surface soiling and marginal staining, some small chips or short tears to edges, loose as issued within original blind-stamped cloth portfolio, lacking ties, spine with a few short tears and frayed at ends, some wear to spine and corners, [Bentley 435E], folio, R. Ackerman, 1813 [but ?1870]. *** "When Gilchrist's Life of William Blake (1863) made the artist's name familiar again, a deposit of prints left over from 1813 came to light, probably in Ackerman's storehouse. Somebody (possibly John Camden Hotten) reissued the books [...] no new title pages, no dates or places indicated; but the bindings are in mid-Victorian style, and could not have been made in the first half-century" - A Blake Dictionary: The Ideas and Symbols of William Blake by Samuel Foster Damon.
London.- Dart (John) Westmonasterium: or The History and Antiquities of The Abbey Church of St Peters Westminster..., 2 vol., each vol. with subscriber's list of engraved arms (6ff; 2ff.), 128 engraved plates (including frontispieces and author's portrait), some folding, vol. 1 frontispiece small portion of loss to image, another plate laid down to sheet and another with small tear, vol. 1 text p.33 blank lower margin torn away and p.75 closed tear, otherwise occasional browning, foxing or staining, modern half calf with double spine labels, folio, James Cole, et al., [c.1723]
Juvenalis (Decimus Junius) Mores Hominum. The Manners of Men, Described in Sixteen Satyrs..., translated by Sir Robert Stapylton, engraved frontispiece and 16 plates by W. Hollar after various artists, each with explanatory f. in Latin, engraved portrait, final blank, early ownership name of Thomas Coningsby to front free endpaper, Libri Hypotypôsis f. with marginal rust-hole and bound before title, plate 3 with small hole within image, H4 loss to lower blank corner, some spotting and light browning, the odd rust-spot, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked preserving original richly gilt backstrip and morocco label, some wear to corners and extremities, rubbed, [Pforzheimer 568; Wing J1280], folio, R. Hodgkinsonne, 1660. *** The second edition of Stapylton's translation, first published in 1647 but heavily revised.
Barclay (John) Argenis, or the Loves of Polyarchus & Argenis, first illustrated edition, translated by Kingsmill Long, engraved architectural title, numerous whole-page engraved illustrations (including a portrait of the author), woodcut head-pieces and initials, title slightly browned and frayed, tiny hole B4 & 2D8 (no text loss), 2Z4 closed tear affecting text but no loss, otherwise light browning and some minor soiling, remains of an old manuscript document to reinforce spine, lacking front endpaper and modern typed slip tipped-onto pastedown, contemporary calf, later paper label to spine, some repairs to joints, spine ends and joints otherwise cracked or worn, [STC 1392.5], 4to, for Henry Seile, 1636.*** The second, but first illustrated, edition; the text originally appeared two years earlier.
Bible, Latin.- Testamenti Veteris Biblia Sacra..., general title within ornate architectural border, New Testament and divisional part titles, text in double columns, ruled throughout in red (faded to brown), woodcut and typographic decorations, engraved portrait of Charles II laid-down to front endpaper verso, lacking final blank, [par]2-4 neat paper repairs to edges, 4L1 & 4N6 closed tear and paper repair (affecting text, no loss), [Kk]6 two defects with paper repairs and text loss, occasional minor soiling, near contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked retaining majority of original back-strip, repairs to corners, rubbed, [STC 2061.5], folio, R[alph] N[ewbery], G[eorge] B[ishop], and R[obert] B[arker], 1593-92*** Provenance: Robert Shedden Scrimgeour (1788-1863) [bookplates & labels]
Soyer (Alexis) Soyer’s Culinary Campaign. Being Historical Reminiscences of the late War. With the plain cookery for military, civil, institutions, The Army, Navy, Public, etc., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, wood-engraved additional pictorial title depicting a scene from a field kitchen and 7 plates of field and military hospital kitchens and Florence Nightingale at a wounded soldier’s bedside, 2pp. wood-engraved illustrated advertisement at end for Soyer’s ‘Sultana’s Sauce’ distributed by Crosse and Blackwell, occasional spotting, lightly browned throughout, original blue pictorial cloth, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.444; Cagle 1008; Simon BG 1408], G. Routledge & Co., 1857; and 5 others, later editions of Soyer, including one from the Schraemli collection, v.s. (6) *** 'Soyer's account of conditions in the Crimea is second to none. Finding the soldiery too under-nourished to withstand disease, let alone battle, he set out to transform army supply, diet, cookery, kitchen equipment and hospital supplies with verve and genius, effecting what was to be a revolution in institutional catering. Florence Nightingale, never given to praise, wrote that without him her work would have been in vain.' (John Lyle).
Duns Scotus (Johannes) Questiones quolibetales ex quattuor Sententiarum, double column, title printed in red and woodcut portrait of the author within woodcut architectural border, woodcut decorative initials, woodcut printer’s device beneath colophon, final f. blank, occasional early ink marginalia or underlining, some spotting or light staining (including the odd instance of ink), lightly browned, early 20th century vellum over boards, dark green morocco label and later small paper label to spine, some soiling and marking, [Pavia], [Giacomo Pocatela], [colophon: Jacob de Burgofrancho], [1517]; and another 16th edition of the works of the same, 8vo (2) *** A rare edition at auction of this record of quodlibetal disputation at the beginning of the 14th century by the important Scottish philosopher and theologian John Duns Scotus.Provenance: Prince Roland Bonaparte (large engraved bookplate to front pastedown).Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 17866.
Gay (John) Fables, engraved title, 35 engraved plates, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, 1793 § Brown (Thomas) Certain Miscellany Tracts, engraved portrait frontispiece, slight paper defect to M1 fore-edge, N4 with short tear into text and no loss, scattered spotting, bookplates, previous owner's ink signature, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, for Charles Mearne ..., 1684 § Steele (Sir Richard) The Dramatick Works, title in red and black, 4 engraved plates, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink notes to early blank, bookplate, later straight grain morocco by Andrew Grieve, g.e., for W. Feales, 1736; and others, including a set of the Waverley Novels, v.s. (41).
France.- Dumas (Alexandre) Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine, first edition, half-title, etched portrait frontispiece of Dumas and a portrait of contributor D. F. Vuillemot, both by Paul-Aldophe Rajon, spotted, original cloth, gilt, a few short splits or nicks, rubbed and marked, [Bitting p.135; Cagle 171; Oberlé 238; Vicaire 297], Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1873 § Brunet (Raymond) & Roger Chaminade. Les Vins de Liqueur, Elizabeth David's copy with her bookplate, half-title, illustrations, advertisements, original printed wrappers, faded, Paris, J.-B. Baillière et Fils, 1927 § Pomiane (Édouard de) Radio-Cuisine, Elizabeth David's copy with her bookplate, half-title, mostly lightly browned throughout, original printed wrappers, Paris, Albin Michel, 1936; and c.30 others, French food & drink (some from the library of Elizabeth David), including a few vol. of the Almanach de Cocagne, v.s. (c.33)
Confectionary.- Elizabeth David's copies.- Jarrin (William Alexis) The Italian Confectioner, or complete economy of desserts, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 2 folding plates of utensils and apparatus (the final 8pp. describe the items depicted in the plates), plate 1 short split / tear at a fold and some chipping to upper margin, both plates spotted and with some creasing, some spotting and finger-marking, antique style boards, printed label to spine, lower edge and corner of upper cover worn, little rubbed, [Cagle 776 ; Oxford p.149; cf. Bitting pp.244- 245], Printed for John Harding, 1820; and an 1823 new edition of the same from the libraries of Elizabeth David & Pamela Lister, 8vo (2) *** *** Rare at auction. Jarrin was a confectioner at Gunter's in Berkeley Square. The work is dedicated to Robert Gunter. Provenance: Elizabeth David (bookplate to front pastedowns); Books for Cooks (T&M McCurdy) (small book label to rear pastedown).
Brooke (Rupert) The Collected Poems, limited edition, portrait frontispiece, modern crushed blue morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, portrait of Brooke in gilt to upper cover, 1919; 1914 & other Poems, Victoria Sackville's copy with her bookplate and signature to front pastedown, lacking front free endpaper, faint spotting at beginning and end, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1915; 8vo (2).
Continental.- Bouttats the Younger (Frederick, Dutch engraver, 1643-76) S. Apollonia, hand-coloured engraved portrait, on vellum, trimmed to plate, 136 x 95mm., n.d. [17th century]; and a small quantity of Continental letters and documents, mainly in German and Latin, including: Johan Ludwig von Gotz, ?Lucerne, [?16th century]; Philipp Christoph von Sötern; Carl Frederik Otto, 1876; Contract in German, 1758 etc., v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).
Farley (John) The London art of cookery, and housekeeper's complete assistant, on a new plan, third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, 12 engraved bills of fare for the months of the year, 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end, repair to upper margin of title, spotting or foxing, lightly browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked in modern light brown calf, gilt, and with black morocco label, corners worn, rubbed and marked, [Bitting p.152-153 (note); Maclean pp.50-52; Oxford p.114 (note); cf. Cagle 675 (first edition of 1783)], Printed for J. Scatcherd and J. Whitaker, 1785; and a seventh edition of the same, 1792, 8vo (2) *** Farley was 'principal cook at the London Tavern' (title), which was renowned for its good food, and apparently generous portions.
Homer. Homer his Odysses, Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations by John Ogilby, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, engraved portrait of Charles II (laid down to sheet) and 2ff. dedicatory letter inserted before A2, engraved portrait of author (laid down to sheet), 24 engraved plates, woodcut head-pieces and initials, extra illustrated with (most of) a series of etchings by Francis Cleyn, these laid-down to cover woodcut head-pieces for 18 of 24 chapters, scattered ink and blind library stamps (including to title), bookplates, a few small paper repairs to edges, light marginal browning and occasional soiling, modern drab cloth, [Wing H2555], folio, James Flesher, 1669.*** The etchings by Francis Cleyn present in this copy are from a series referred to by Anthony Griffiths in his book 'The Print in Stuart England', where he describes a 'possibly unique set in Paris' (p.118). The title page to the set that Griffiths describes is at p.289 in this volume. German-born artist Francis Cleyn (c.1582-1658) lived and worked in England, a noted early English print maker.
Charles I.- Nalson (John) A True Copy of the Journal of the High Court of Justice, for the Tryal of K. Charles I. As it was read in the House of Commons, engraved frontispiece and engraved plate of parliament, each with facing letterpress 'explanation' leaf as called for (the latter with small closed tear at foot and trimmed with partial loss of headline), lacking engraved portrait of the King, peripheral ff. stuck down at gutter to pastedowns with gutter cracked at A1 & Ll1, title almost loose with fraying at gutter, contemporary paneled calf, with brown tape repair over spine in style of a reback, boards and corners a little worn, [Wing N116], folio, by H.C. for Thomas Dring, 1684.
World.- Raleigh (Sir Walter) The History of the World, in Five Books, additional engraved title, letterpress title in red and black, engraved portrait plate, 8 engraved folding maps and plans, b4 with tiny rust-hole affecting odd letter, 2C4 with marginal tears and frayed edges, 2I1 with small marginal paper defect, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, rubbed and worn, folio, for Tho. Basset, Ric. Chiswell ..., 1687.
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*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** [Becon (Thomas)] The Pomader of Prayer, title and first gathering in red and black, title and text within ornate woodcut borders throughout, blackletter, 16th century ink ownership inscription to contemporary front endpaper, bookplates, lacking woodcut portrait, T5-8 and gathering U, 4ff. with small or silked paper repairs, some affecting text but no loss (E1, E3, M8 & T4), occasionally fore-edge trimmed just touching border, later vellum with red morocco label to spine, [STC 1744], 8vo, John Daye, 1558. *** We could trace only one record at auction in the last 70 years, possibly this copy.
Grey (Elizabeth, Countess of Kent) A Choice Manual, or Rare Secrets in Physick and Chirurgery...as also most exquisite ways of preserving, conserving, candying, &c., 2 parts in 1, nineteenth edition, woodcut head-pieces, lacking frontispiece portrait (supplied in facsimile), E3 and final f. S6 (supplied in facsimile), title torn with loss of text, supplied in later manuscript, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked in modern lighter brown speckled calf in compartments, rubbed, [Bitting p.201 (note; Notaker 530 (note); Oxford pp.22-23 (note)], Printed for Henry Mortlock, 1687; and a defective copy of Muffett's Healths Improvement, 1655, 12mo & small 4to (2) sold not subject to return.
Reynolds (Sir Joshua) Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds, extra illustrated, engraved portrait frontispiece and 85 plates, of which 3 hand-coloured, many expertly window mounted, 3 facsimiles, of which 2 folding, 2A4 with marginal loss just touching text and expert restoration, one or two faint marginal pencil notes, occasional off-setting, later half crushed morocco, lightly sunned spine, 4to, 1813.
Heraldry.- Guillim (John) A Display of Heraldry... to which is added a Treatise of Honour Military and Civil, 3 parts in 1 vol., fifth edition, title printed in red and black, 75 engraved plates including 18 portrait plates, and over 400 armorials printed to both sides of plates, woodcut armorial illustrations to text, light damp-staining throughout, repaired tears, including a few to plates, final ff. with margins repaired and reinforced, 1 or 2 plates with frayed margins strengthened, 2 plates with crude hand-colouring, modern half calf, extremities rubbed, folio, by S. Roycroft for R. Blome, 1679.
Murdered singer.- Dance-Holland (Sir Nathaniel), After. Miss Martha Ray, who was murdered April 7th, 1799, mezzotint portrait by Valentine Green, sheet 213 x 189mm., margins trimmed to platemark, very short neat split at head, some creasing to righthand upper corner, some spotting, lightly browned, Valentine Green, 25th May, 1779; and 3 others, Ray, v.s. (4) *** Martha Ray (1746-1779) was a singer, known for her affair with John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. She was murdered in Covent Garden by her jealous former lover James Hackman. He was hanged for the crime at Tyburn on 19th April, 1779.
Clemens (Samuel Langhorne) "Mark Twain". Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, first American edition, first state, half-title with illustration to verso and other illustrations in text by E.W. Kemble, portrait frontispiece of the author after the bust by sculptor Karl Gerhardt in second state with tablecloth not visible and with "Heliotype Printing Co" imprint below, staining to lower margin of last few leaves, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners bumped with some chipping to spine ends, rubbed, [BAL 3415], 8vo, New York, Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.*** A good copy of one of the cornerstones of American fiction. With the following first state points: p.9, "Huck Decided" (later corrected to "decides"); p.13, "Him and another man" listed as p. 88; p.57, 11 lines up, says "with the was" (later corrected to "with the saw"); p.143, line 7 part of "b" in body broken; p.155, final 5 in a different font. The title is a cancel with copyright notice dated 1884 (second state but first state only present in the prospectus and advance sheets).
Provincial imprints.- The Domestic cookery; a practical guide for housekeepers...By an experienced Cook and Confectioner, engraved frontispiece of the author in her kitchen and additional vignette title of a farming scene, occasional spotting or staining, mostly lightly browned, yellow endpapers, original blind-stamped decorative cloth, faded gilt title to spine, head of spine neatly worn, rubbed, Derby, Thomas Richardson & Son, 1847 § Eaton (Mrs. Mary) The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery in all its Various Branches...Also a Variety of Original and Valuable Information Relative to Baking, Brewing, Carving..., first edition, half-title (misbound after title), engraved portrait frontispiece, additional letterpress title and 4 plates of carving and brewing apparatus, 1 plate of carving with short tear at head, without loss, some spotting or foxing and staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped half morocco, spine gilt, lacking piece from foot of spine, rubbed and scuffed, [Bitting p.139; Cagle 661; Oxford pp.152-153; Simon BG 542], Bungay, Printed and Published by J. and R. Childs, 1823; and 3 others, provincial imprints, including a handsomely bound limited edition facsimile of a Manchester edition of Culpeper, v.s. (5) *** The first mentioned is a rare little work, seemingly not found in the standard gastronomic bibliographies. WorldCat records BL and Indiana copies only.
Elizabeth David's copy.- Kidder (Edward) E. Kidder's Receipts of Pastry and Cookery for the Use of His Scholars. Who Teaches at His School in Queen Street near St. Thomas Apostles, on Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays, in the Afternoon. Also on Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays, in the Afternoon, at His School next to Furnivals Inn in Holborn. Ladies may be taught at their own houses, engraved throughout on rectos only, portrait frontispiece of Kidder in a wig by Robert Sheppard, title, 40 ff. of receipts, a f. of 'The order for bills of fare', and an index f. (totalling 42 text ff.), 8 plates of pies and tarts, of which 3 folding, largest of folding plates closely trimmed and foxed, last 3 plates with some water-staining, particularly the final plate at head ('Lamb Pastey'), some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked in modern calf gilt in compartments with red morocco label, spine extensively chipped, but remaining solid, joints starting, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting pp.258-259; Cagle 793; Maclean p.82-84; Oxford p.71 (earlier issue) ; Simon BG 907 (earlier issue) ; Vicaire 475], 8vo, [London], no printer, [c.1720-1725]. *** Second issue, with the Queen Street address (earlier issue with 'St. Martins le grand'); additional text added to leaves F2 and H1 resulting in the final line of text on both leaves being on the same level as the alphabetical numbering system; a different index leaf (without 'fins' at foot and with the alphabetical numbering system to the inner margin); with leaf K2; and with plate of 'Lamb pastey' and 'Wilde Boar Pye'. The title page is essentially an advertisement for this pastry chef's cookery school. Provenance: 'Eliz. Higgons, her Book, 1770' (ink inscription to front free endpaper); Elizabeth David (bookplate to front pastedown and an autograph small note regarding the dating of the work loosely inserted).
Taylor (Jeremy) and William Cave. Antiquitates Christianae: or, The History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: as also the Lives, Acts & Martyrdoms of his Apostles, additional engraved title with double ruled border in red, letterpress title in red and black, two engraved plates, [Wing C1588A], bound after The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy Life..., sixth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 17 plates, together 2 works in 1, numerous engraved illustrations and vignettes to both, occasional marginal finger soiling or similar, contemporary calf, upper cover detached (with front endpaper and frontispiece attached), spine worn, folio, both by E. Flesher for R. Royston, 1678.
Rev. Alfred Suckling: 'The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk: with Genealogical and Architectural Notices of Its Several Towns and Villages', London, John Weale, 1846-1848, 1st edition, large paper copy, 2 volumes, 43 lithograph plates (of which 5 chromo/coloured litho and many others tinted) + 1 engraved portrait plate, 1 engraved plan & 1 folding pedigree, + numerous other pedigrees, vignettes, seals etc as called for, imperial 4to (38 x 28cm), uniform handsome full calf gilt, armorial crests in gilt to top boards, top edges gilt, decorative blocked inner dentelles (2)
Walt Whitman: 'Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman 1855. 1888. Authenticated & Personal Book (handled by W.W.). Portraits from Life. Autograph', [Philadelphia, for the author, 1888], number 548 of 600 copies printed for the author's personal use signed by Whitman ("Walt Whitman") beneath text on the printed title page of Leaves of Grass, and with the limitation statement added in manuscript by Horace Traubel, Whitman's literary executor and biographer "Edition: six hundred Number five hundred forty-eight", Photographic title-page with oval profile portrait (Linton engraving after G.C. Potter photograph), tissue guarded engraved portrait of Whitman as a young man (used as frontispiece in the 1855 Leaves) bound in at p.28, from the Maynard and Outram Smith Library, with unobtrusive circular inkstamp to FFEP and reference number at foot of spine, and J. Outram Smith signature on front pastedown. Rev. Herbert Maynard Smith (1869-1949) was a member of the Anglican clergy and a published author on theological and historical subjects as well as the writer of a series of detective novels. Rev. J. Outram Smith (1871-1954) followed his older brother into the clergy and maintained a special interest in missionary work. Original polished buckram gilt, top edge gilt. The definitive edition of Whitman's work issued in his lifetime, published just three years before his death.
(India, Sikh interest.) 'Patiala and the Great War: a brief history of the Services of the Premier Punjab State', London, Medici Society Ltd "For Private Circulation", 1923, compiled from Secretariat and other records, 91 pages of text, 48 photographic plates, frontispiece photographic portrait of Maharajah Bhupinder Singh, original brown cloth gilt (worn). Private circulation of the effort of the Sikh Maharajah of Patiala and his contribution to the first world work with lowest notes photo prints of his visit to the front and to England including receiving the keys to the city of Brighton
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