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Los 869
SCOTTISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WADDELL OF BALOCHNEY Oil on canvas, 77 x 64cm (30 1/4 x 25 1/4") George Waddell of Balochney (1788-c1870). George married Elizabeth Gaston Ralston of Glenellrigg in 1844. Property from a Stirlingshire Country House Condition Report: The painting appears to have been lined. There is some light craquelure evident over the face, a small light what appears to be surface blemish/stain mark above left shoulder adjacent to collar, a slight abrasive texture to the canvas surface along bottom edge, appears overall to be in reasonably good condition.
Los 866
SCOTTISH SCHOOL (17th/18TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WADDELL (POSSIBLY) (1596-1701) Oil on canvas, 75 x 61cm (29 1/2 x 24") Portrait believed to be of George Waddell (1596-1701), the 'Old Laird', who married Elizabeth Arthur in 1632 and died at the grand old age of 105. He is wearing a blue bonnet, the badge of a Scottish country gentleman. Property from a Stirlingshire Country House Condition Report: The painting has been lined. and on close inspection there is light craquelure in the pigment evident over the darker passages in the bonnet, over the right half area of the face and over the area to the left of the head. Generally, possibly small areas of retouching and a small number of tiny light toned marks here and there.
Los 876
BRITISH SCHOOL (18TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF A LADY WITH PEARL EARRINGS Oil on canvas, 68 x 58cm (27 x 23") Condition Report: The painting has been lined and there are three small vertical score marks to the surface located to the left of the head and another three similar at the right edge middle. What appears to be a light framing line mark down the right edge and light scoring marks near middle left and top left edge with similar marks over the bottom middle section, the heaviest vertical score markings with noticeable pigment loss located bottom right in proximity to the corner area where there are also abrasive marks with paint loss at the bottom edge and a small damage area with pigment loss just up from this.
Los 930
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE HENRY HARLOW (BRITISH 1787-1819) PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN RED WEARING A PEARL NECKLACE Oil on canvas, 61 x 46cm (24 x 18") Inscribed 'ROME 1818' on stretcher verso Condition Report: Appears to have been lined with craquelure in evidence in top left corner area, also blooming down left middle and lower middle sections and paint loss along the right half of the bottom edge.
Los 865
SCOTTISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF GEORGEINA CATHERINE WADDELL AND GASTON MARGARET WADDELL Oil on canvas, 148 x 115cm (58 1/4 x 45 1/4") Georgeina Catherine Waddell (1846-1928) who inherited Balquhatstone on the death of her father, George, as a little girl with her sister, Gaston Margaret, four years her junior. When Catherine married Alexander Peddie (1832-1927) he changed his name by royal licence to Peddie-Waddell. Property from a Stirlingshire Country House Condition Report: There are pin holes evident on all sides approx. 12 each top and bottom and approx. 9 each at left and right edges. A good portion of the hair on the figure left bears moderate pigment shrinkage/craquelure and similarly but to a lesser extent seated figure right and there are a few areas of same pigment shrinkage over lower third section in particular the dress of the standing figure. And again there are similar but lesser areas of shrinkage in the pigment within the upper right quarter section located above the dog's lower neck, to the right of the seated figure's dress and a vertical area above, left of the display of flowers.
Los 864
SCOTTISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) THE LESSON C. 1882 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 138cm (38 x 54 1/4") Group portrait of the six children of Georgeina and Alexander Peddie-Waddell in the family's Edinburgh townhouse. Only the youngest is listening attentively to her brother who seems to be conducting a lesson. One daughter died as a baby and the only son and heir was George Ralston b.1874, who took his middle name from his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Gaston Ralston as did two of his sisters. There is great poignancy in this painting because George died at only 27 in the Boer War, commemorated by a clock tower in Slamannan built in his memory. His younger sister, Margaret Coventry Dick Peddie-Waddell, therefore inherited Balquhatstone, the estate going for a second time through the female line. She was born in 1876 and is seen on the left, dressed in blue. Property from a Stirlingshire Country House Condition Report: There is a light to moderate degree of craquelure over the surface of the canvas, being most apparent over the darker middle area of the upper half section with the top right corner, lower left corner and along the lower edge areas being least or not affected. There are two small adjacent vertical lines, approx. 0.5cm in length where slight damage and small amount of paint loss has occurred to the right of the sofa. There are a few very small surface blemishes here and there.
Los 299
A late 19th century French white metal table snuff box of oval form, the hinged cover with crowned cipher, above a pair of portrait miniatures of Napoleon and Josephine, within a border of coloured stones to include turquoise, the box sides with embossedgreek key and foliate decoration, gilt washed interior, unmarked, 9.8 cm wide x 6.5 cm x 3.5 cm, 144 g.
Los 277
A Russian 14ct gold gem set box, the blue enamel lid applied with tricolour gold floral garlands tied by ribbons terminating in rubies, with central enamel oval portrait miniature framed and surmounted by diamonds, with diamond and ruby clasp, bears cyrilic marks for Faberge and workmasters initials for Henrik Wigstrom, struck 56, 196.7g, 7.8cm diameterCondition report: Fine cracks across and flanking the neck of the portrait miniature, otherwise no obvious faults.
Los 5
Politics Margaret Thatcher signed 12 x 8 colour portrait photo, with 10 x 8 colour signed President Jimmy Carter. Condition 9/10. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Los 150
Queen Victoria Gold Sovereign from Victoria's Jubilee year of 1887, featuring the traditional George and Dragon design.The Jubilee head coinage was introduced to mark Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887 and was the result of a portrait design by Joseph Edgar Boehm. The Queen is seen facing left wearing a small crown and veiled, this replaced the somewhat outdated young head effigy which had been seen since 1838 with only slight variations. Interestingly 1887 is the only year of the sovereign issue to date to feature 3 different designs all baring the same date, the Shield Reverse / St George Dragon and new Jubilee Head sovereign are all available from both Melbourne and Sydney Branch Mints. Tower Mint in London however struck the Jubilee head exclusively in this year having not produced any sovereigns in the previous year 1886.Queen’s veiled head facing to the left with small crown, Garter Riband and Star, Albert Order. Initials 'J.E.B.' denoting in truncation denoting engraver Joseph Edgar Boehm. St.George mounted with sword attacking the dragon. The date appears below the exergue line at the bottom with the small letters B.P. to the right.Struck - Sydney Mint Austraila ('S') First Obverse TypeObverse Legend: VICTORIA D:G:BRITT:REG:F:D:Milled: Rev: BP: Benedetto PistrucciCondition 7/10. Manufacturer: Royal Mint Weight (grams): 7.988 Pure gold content (grams): 7.322 Fineness: 916.7 Dimensions: Diameter: 22.05 mm; Thickness: 1.52mm
Los 47
Man Utd multiple signed print A Team for All Seasons. A colour lithograph produced by Stewart Becket Studios, a limited edition of 50 were produced, featuring 18 famous Manchester United players to the surround and a changing room full of legends in the centre, Signatures to the surround of Bryan Robson, Gary Pallister, Denis Law, Bobby Charlton, Wayne Rooney, Martyn Buchan, Peter Schmeichel, David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Eric Cantona, Nobby Stiles, Roy Keane, Paul Scholes and Alex Ferguson. Superb colour montage image signed around the image in pencil by the Old Trafford Legends. Each has a portrait picture with career details. Signed by Framed and mounted to a very professional standard. Condition 9/10. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Los 8
Dalai Lama signed stunning 16 x 12 inch colour portrait photo. Slight crease to top, but still scarce in this size and very collectable. Condition 7/10. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Los 13
Nikolai Andreevich Lavrov (1820-1875)Portrait of Emperor Alexander II in the uniform of His Majesty Leib-Guards Hussar Regiment signed in Cyrillic and dated '1874' (lower right)oil on canvas98 x 80cm (38 9/16 x 31 1/2in).unframedFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate collection, ItalyFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 25
Mikhail Fedorovich Larionov (Russian/French, 1881-1964)Still life with fish and flowers signed in Latin and dated '1909' (upper left)oil on canvas40 x 55.8cm (15 3/4 x 21 15/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, London, 20th Century Russian Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours 1900-1930, 12 April 1972, lot 10 Christie's, London, 19th Century Impressionist Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours, property of The late Mrs J.P. Dewhurst and various properties, 7 December 1979, lot 353 Acquired from the above by His Honour Judge Bruce Griffiths, QCThence by descentExhibitedParis, Galerie Granoff, Larionow, no. 344 (according to label on verso of frame)His Honour Judge Bruce Griffiths, QC, (1924-1999) was chairman of the Art Committee of the Welsh Arts Council, the Welsh Portrait Sculpture Trust and the Contemporary Art Society for Wales.Still life with fish and flowers, dated 1909 by the artist, falls into an important transitional period in Mikhail Larionov's oeuvre in which the artist moved away from the influence of the French Impressionists towards the development of a new language known as Russian Neo-Primitivism. This was a time of a great artistic experiment defined by attempts to reconcile the sensitivity to the influences of European modernism with a profound interest in Russian motifs and painterly traditions. Larionov's continued interest in everyday genres and motifs is notable in his entire body of work. The artist repeatedly addressed the same subject in a variety of stylistic and conceptual approaches. As such, the fish motif, presented in Still life with fish and flowers, has a story arc of its own within the course of Larionov's evolution as an artist. For example, Larionov's early Impressionist-inspired dynamic composition and colour scheme in Fish, 1906, (Centre George Pompidou; published in G. Pospelov, E. Ilukhina, Mikhail Larionov, Moscow, 2005, p. 47) by 1908 would be replaced by a significantly more stable structure and solid palette in Flounder, 1907-1909 (Private collection, Moscow; ibid. p. 51). Although preserving a similar circular composition, Larionov now sets the fish among the other ingredients of a simple peasant meal spread on the kitchen table by a window. Larionov's method changes as he shifts from a rhythmic Monet-like brushstroke towards a flatter expressionist application of paint, from a vibrating palette of blues, greys and pinks to subdued blues, browns and greys. As though having lost interest in colour, light and movement in the painting, Larionov begins to focus primarily on form and space to convey a different symbolic meaning for the object. This approach is taken further in the present lot, Still life with fish and flowers. The two fish are now set against a flat non-specific abstract background which is divided into two contrasting panes. The composition is counter-balanced by the roughly outlined flower vases on each side while the white fish at the centre become the main focal point for the viewer. The surface is painted in rough flat brushstrokes which create three colour sections: the table, the background and the fish, which dominate the space with their contrasting palette and primitive form. This simplification of form and expression of colour allude to the tradition of distortion of the figure of the German Expressionist painters in an attempt to convey the inner beauty and spiritual meaning of the object. Hence, in the present lot, the fish - detached from their physical properties or decorative function - become symbolic of both penury and abundance and the transitory nature of both, while the painting brings to mind the biblical trope of two fish divided by Jesus to feed five thousand people. The idea of ephemerality is also brought to the fore in the artist's treatment of the flowers: the roughly outlined branches at first appear brittle only to display barely distinguishable young buds in red and white to convey the notion of birth and the cycle of life. These elements also refer the viewer to the the traditions of Russian Orthodox icon painting, from which Larionov continuously drew inspiration in search of his own concept of the 'spiritual in art' and which he would describe at length later, in the 1920s, in an essay on Russian icons: There are two artistic principles. The first is to render nature on the basis of acquired knowledge and to involve naturalistic forms in a composition using various methods... The second is to study life as it is with no regard to the influence of the external world, and, based on this dynamically changing and moving form, to depict the essence of the object or scene in the most expressive way... Russian icon painters were inspired by the second principle as they, as painters, were boldly led towards an important abstraction. This abstraction manifested itself in the use of schemas and pre-established formulas related to a predetermined style through which they expressed the abstract and mystical sense of life.... It is through the nuances of colour and the finesse of the graphic forms that the religious and mystical state we experience when contemplating icons manifests itself.... The beauty and finesse of the drawing of these stylised forms and the fascinating abstract harmony of their colouration aspire to render the world of the beyond... It is a kind of spiritual realism.... You really believe that they concern another life. (M. Larionov, Les Icônes, c. 1920s, cited in Mikhail Larionov, Une Avant-Garde Explosive, Lausanne, 1978, pp. 132-133).Натюрморт с цветами и рыбой, датированный 1909 годом, был создан в важный для Михаила Ларионова переходный период, во время которого художник отходит от импрессионистического влияния предыдущих лет и встает на путь создания новаторского языка в искусстве, известного как русский неопримитивизм. Это время больших экспериментов в работах мастера, когда тенденции европейского модернизм&... For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 28
The Russian ballet in Legat's cartoonsSt. Petersburg: 1902-1905a complete collection of 95 colour lithograph plates of dancers, choreographers, musicians and ballet-masters of the Imperial Russian Ballet in a ribbon-tie presentation box, with double portrait of the Legat brothers serving as a frontispiece or title page size of each plate: 31.5 x 23.5cm (12 3/8 x 9 1/4 in). (95)Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate collection, HungaryNicolai and Sergei Legat were Premier dancers, choreographers and teachers and brilliant caricaturist. The Legat brothers also frequently partnered some of ballet's greatest Prima Ballerinas including Pierina Legnani, Olga Preobrazhenskaya, Matilda Kschessinskaya and Anna Pavlova. Nicolai taught Fokine and Nijinsky as director of the Imperial Ballet School, and later in London, Danilova, Dolin and Lifar. Sergei, who also taught Nijinsky, killed himself in 1905. Their subjects include Pavlova, Karsavina, Fokine, Kchecinskaya, Trefilova and Petipa. Many collaborated with the Ballets Russes.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 45
Boris Chaliapin (Russian/American, 1904-1979)Portrait of Fedor Chaliapin in a stage costume of Ivan the Terrible signed in Latin and dated '1941' (lower left)oil on canvas68.7 x 56cm (27 1/16 x 22 1/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceCollection of Akim Tamiroff, friend of the artistPrivate collection of an opera singer, Los AngelesAcquired from above by a private collector, c. 1960John Moran Auctioneers, Pasadena, 27 April 2010, lot 1166, erroneously identified as 'Portrait of Akim Tamiroff'Acquired by the present owner from aboveBonhams London, Russian sale, 28 November 2012, lot 46 Private collection, GermanyAccording to Dr. Alla Rosenfeld, former Curator of Russian and Soviet Art at the Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, the offered portrait depicts Fedor Chaliapin, legendary Russian opera singer and the artist's father in one of his stage roles. Chaliapin is dressed in a medieval robe and depicted against the wall with an Orthodox icon or fresco. Fedor Chaliapin was well known for his brilliant portrait of Ivan the Terrible in Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov's opera 'Pskovitianka' (The Maiden of Pskov), 1896, as well as Dosifei in Modest Musorgsky's opera 'Khovanschina', 1912 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. Boris Chaliapin made numerous portraits and sketches of his father in stage costumes. The depicted historical character in the present painting closely resembles Fedor Chaliapin.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 49
Robert Rafailovich Falk (Russian, 1886-1958)Double-sided drawing: Portrait of a young woman dated '1915' (lower right); pencil drawing of a head of a woman, dated '1915' (verso)pencil on paper25.1 x 20cm (9 7/8 x 7 7/8in).Footnotes:ProvenanceArtist's EstateConstantin Akinsha, USALeonard Hutton Galleries, NYAcquired from the above in 2009Private collection, LondonFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 97
Sima Vassilieva (Russian, born 1954)Family Tree signed in Latin and dated '95' (lower middle)mixed media on wood130 x 70cm (51 3/16 x 27 9/16in).Footnotes:ExhibitedLondon, RTVI Office, 6 Pall Mall East, Sima Vassilieva. Retrospective, 15 - 16 May 2015London, Westminster Reference Library, Sima Vassilieva: Retrospective, 16 - 28 January 2017London, Chelsea Football Club, Stamford Bridge, Arbuzz J-Fest, February 2019Born in Ukraine in 1954, Sima Vassilieva (Slutsker) began painting in 1980s in Moscow. After much controversy created by publication of her painting Russian Banya in the magazine Ogoniok, in 1990, Vassilieva moved to Britain where she continued working in a variety of styles and media. Vassilieva's art is inspired by the traditions of Russian print genre Lubok and blended with the 1970s Sots-Art movement influences, while the central theme of her work is a collective portrait of Soviet people charged with political satire and humour. In 1990s, she created a series of works painted on wooden scoops called 'Sovok,' with an ironic reference to Soviet lifestyle and characters (in Russian, 'Sovok' is a colloquial expression of 'Soviet'). Painted on wood, the offered Family Tree presents a deeply personal lyrical survey of the history of two families, Russian and Jewish, joined together as two trees intertwined by roots and branches.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 98
A jewelled parcel-gilt and enamel presentation kovshFabergé, workmaster Anna Ringe, St. Petersburg, 1898-1903, with scratched number '1959'traditional form, body enamelled in translucent royal blue over intricately engine turned ground, front is set with a white-enamelled 20 kopek coin with portrait of Catherine the Great, dated 1774; scrolled handle is formed by a pair of cast and chased silver snakes set with two garnet cabochons; gilded interior; underside engraved with dedication inscription in Cyrillic 'To Aleksandr Nikolaevich Demidov from Comrades at Second Cadre', 88 standard length with handle: 11.5cm (4 1/2in).Footnotes:ProvenancePresented to Prince Alexander Nikolaevich Demidov (1870/72-1937), officer of Her Majesty's Life Guards Hussars Regiment from a group of his fellow officers Acquired by the present owner at Uppsala, 15 June 2011, lot 114This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 177
Hughes (Ted) Lupercal, jacket with light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, small chip to foot of upper panel, short closed tears and some light creasing to head and foot, 1960; Wodwo, very light toning to jacket spine, else fine, 1967; Crow, jacket with portrait of Hughes affixed by tape to verso, near-fine otherwise, 1970, first editions, light browning to endpapers, original boards, dust-jackets; and 8 others, Hughes, 8vo (11)
Los 298
Polar.- Peary (Robert Edwin) Northward over the "Great Ice", 2 vol., first English edition, portrait frontispieces, plates and maps, illustrations, original cloth, very slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1898 § Messner (Reinhold) The Challenge, first edition, signed by author, plates and illustrations, original cloth, very slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to spine extremities, 1977, 8vo (3)
Los 225
Brenner (Frédéric) Diaspora, 2 vol., 2003 § Harper (J. Russell, editor) and Stanley Triggs. Portrait of a Period, Montreal, 1967 § Tillman (Guy) Departure, Cape Town, 2003 § Horsefield (Craigie) Relation, Paris, 2002 § State Tretyakov Gallery (The) St Petersburg, 2012, first editions, illustrations, original boards or cloth, last two cloth or velvet-backed, second two with dust-jackets, last housed in original velvet box with mounted picture to cover, very minor nicks or bumps, else excellent copies; and c.130 others, photography, history of photography, some fine art, including a small quantity mid 20th century photography journals, v.s. (c.130)
Los 9
NO RESERVE Felltham (Owen) Resolves: divine, moral, political, twelfth edition, initial f. 'The face of the book, unmask'd', engraved additional pictorial title, some spotting, 19th century blind-stamped calf, upper cover detached, small split at head of spine, rubbed, Printed by Benj. Motte, for Cha. Harper, at the Flower-de-Luce, 1709; and another, on John Colet (lacking portrait), 8vo (2) sold not subject to return.
Los 230
Dali (Salvador).- Pla (Joseph) Obres de museu, one of 100 copies on vélin, signed by the author with bronze medallion head of Gala Dali signed by Dali on reverse inset into pocket inside upper cover, original decorative morocco with inlaid portrait to upper cover, one spine band lacking, t.e.g., others uncut, in original box, Barcelona, 1980.
Los 128
Military.- Montgomery (Field Marshall, Viscount) El Alamein to the River Sangro, limited edition, no.3 of 265, signed by author, portrait frontispiece, plates, coloured maps, original black morocco, facsimile of author's signature to upper cover, gilt, dentelles, aeg, original black-cloth slipcase, 8vo, 1971.
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NO RESERVE Garrick's copy.- Caesar (Gaius Julius) Quae Extant Omnia, Italica versione, translated by Hermolaus Albritius, parallel Latin and Italian texts, title in red and black and with engraved device, engraved frontispiece, portrait, folding map, 4 plates (2 folding) and illustrations, occasional mostly marginal foxing or spotting, contemporary vellum, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, spine and corners worn, but binding holding firm, rubbed, 4to, [Venice], [Societas Albritiana], [1737].⁂ Provenance: David Garrick (1717-1779) actor and theatre manage; his nephew Carrington Garrick (bookplates).
Los 4
NO RESERVE Blind & deaf.- Moon (William) Light for the blind: a history of the origin and success of Moon's system of reading (embossed in various languages) for the blind, first edition, half-title, mounted photographic portrait frontispiece, specimen plate of Moon's embossed alphabet, frontispiece and title foxed, occasional spotting elsewhere, original blue cloth, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, soiled and rubbed, Longmans & Co., 1873 § International Health Exhibition, London, 1884. Oral Instruction of the deaf and dumb, some spotting, 1884 bound with 3 other works relating to the IHE, modern cloth; and 6 others, blind & deaf education, v.s. (8)
Los 24
NO RESERVE Schools .- Trollope (Rev. William) A History of the Royal Foundation of Christ's Hospital with an account of the plan of education, the internal economy...and memoirs of eminent blues, engraved frontispiece and 8 plates, title foxed and with offsetting from frontispiece, occasional spotting or light foxing, modern boards, some fading and spotting, William Pickering, 1834 § Newcombe (Rev. Richard) A Memoir of Gabriel Goodman, D.D. Dean of Westminster during forty years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the restorer of the wardenship of Ruthin; with some account of Ruthin School, and the names of its most eminent scholars, engraved portrait and 4 plates, portrait foxed and offsetting on to title, occasional spotting or light foxing, mostly to plates, modern boards, some fading and spotting, Ruthin, Taliesin Press, 1825; and 15 others, Schools and related, v.s. (17)
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NO RESERVE O'Casey (Sean) The Plough and the Stars, frontispiece portrait, light fading to covers, dust-jacket, repaired tears to upper panel, spine a little browned, spotting, chipping to head and foot, 1926 § [Murray (John, editor)] Shinid or the Island, presentation inscription from the editor to endpaper, for Private Circulation, 1938 § O'Brien (Kate) Pray for the Wanderer, spotting, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine browned, hole to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1938, first or first English editions, original boards; and 35 others, Irish literature, 8vo (38)
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Cleveland (John) Poems by J.C. With additions, never before printed, engraved portrait frontispiece, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head-pieces, closely trimmed at fore-margin in places, affecting a few letters in each instance, but without loss of sense, [Wing C4690], no printer, Printed in the Year, 1654 bound with Cleveland (John) A Character of a Diurnal-maker By J.C., title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and a decorative initial, [Wing C4657], Printed in the Year, 1654, occasional staining, lightly browned throughout, 19th century morocco in the style of Charles Lewis, gilt, spine in compartments, spine ends chipped, joints splitting, but holding firm, rubbed, 8vo⁂ Cleveland was a staunch Royalist, who lost his Cambridge University fellowship in 1645 after standing against Oliver Cromwell as member for Cambridge in the Long Parliament. He is chiefly remembered for his political satires composed during the English Civil Wars.
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