Economics.- Scaruffi (Gasparo) L'alitinonfo... per fare ragione, et concordanza d'oro, e d'argento; che servirà in universale, collation: *6 A-B6 C2 D-L6, engraved pictorial title by Regius Lombardus, 2 double-page letterpress tables, further tables within text, all within woodcut typographic borders, 4 woodcuts of coins, woodcut historiated initials and head- and tail-pieces, *6 and L6 blank, title closely trimmed, occasional staining, mostly marginal, Reggio Emilia, Hercoliano Bartoli, 1582 bound with [Bisi (Propsero)] Breve instruttione sopra il discorso fatto dal Mag. M. Gasparo Scaruffi, collation: A6 B4, title with small woodcut portrait within typographic border, woodcut historiated initials, water-stained at head, Reggio Emilia, Hercoliano Bartoli, 1582, together 2 works in 1 vol., late 18th century vellum-backed patterned boards, head of spine repaired, rubbed, lightly soiled, folio (288 x 202mm.)⁂ First and only edition of this landmark treatise on money, coinage and currency exchange, with perhaps the earliest call for a single universal currency. Literature: I. Einaudi 5147; Goldsmiths' I, 222; Kress 151; Smith, Rara aritmetica, pp. 370-372; EDIT 16 CNCE 30803 II. EDIT 16 CNCE 6163,
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NO RESERVE Waterworks.- Fireworks.- Bate (John) The mysteries of nature and art. In foure severall parts. The first of water works. The second of fire works. The third of drawing, washing, limming, painting, and engraving. The fourth of sundry experiments, second edition, title in red and black and with engraved divisional pictorial border, 1 woodcut plate (?of 2), woodcut illustrations, some full-page, lacking engraved portrait, ?a plate, X2&3 and 2Q3&4, sigs. T and 2D misbound, title torn and laid down with loss to upper and lower corners, lower margin of A4 cut away, 2E2 repaired, affecting a few words, marginal repairs (affecting the odd letter in places), closely trimmed at head, affecting some headlines, some staining or spotting, 20th century half morocco, spine darkened, [STC 1578; Philip B.050.2; cf. Duveen p.51], small 4to, [Printed by [Thomas Harper] for Ralph Mabb], [1635]. sold not subject to return.
NO RESERVE Calligraphy.- Shelley (George) Natural Writing in all the hands, with variety of ornaments, engraved portrait & title by George Bickham, engraved dedication and 27 plates, one letterpress leaf, [1709]; The Second Part of Natural Writing..., engraved portrait & title by Bickham, 2 engraved dedications, 7pp. letterpress printed in double-column, final leaf with engraved illustration of quills, 29 engraved plates, one folding at foot, a few shaved at lower edge, text also slightly cropped, [1714], together 2 vol. in 1, the second part with some foxing, the first very clean, later half morocco, [Berlin Kat. 5052], oblong folio, Thomas & John Bowles
![NO RESERVE Thomas (Thomas) [Sale Catalogues] Catalogue of the First Portion of...Coins and Medals, S. Leigh Sotheby & Co.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5fa34ad6-3fee-4e08-824c-ab6100f26bee/dd044800-877a-4b5c-b503-ab61010e8164/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE Thomas (Thomas) [Sale Catalogues] Catalogue of the First Portion of...Coins and Medals, S. Leigh Sotheby & Co., 1844; bound with Catalogue of the First [...Second] Portion of Greek, Roman, and Foreign Medieval Coins and Medals, S. Leigh Sotheby & Co., 1844; and Catalogue of the Curious and Valuable Library, Evans, 1843; and Catalogue of the Collection of Prints and Drawings, Christie & Manson, 1844; and Catalogue of the Antique and other Bronzes; Greek Pottery; Gems, in Cameo and Intaglio..., Christie & Manson, 1844, together 6 vol. in 1, ruled in red, priced and with buyers' names throughout, partially interleaved with additional annotations relating to lots, particularly the coins, leaves with manuscript totals etc., engraved portrait at beginning and 2 manuscript notes bound in, one signed by Thomas, the other giving instructions for bidding on a lot in an 1832 sale (Oliver Cromwell's fifty shilling piece), contemporary green morocco, gilt, g.e., spine a little dulled, corners rubbed, 8vo⁂ A superbly compiled collection of catalogues of an important collector - Thomas Thomas was a grocer in Oxford Street and major coin collector, who like many collectors of that era, also had a library and other collections of merit.
Japan.- Tomkinson (Michael) A Japanese Collection..., 2 vol., number 67 of 200 copies, portrait and plates, mostly photogravure, some colour, Japanese tissue guards, original half vellum, t.e.g., others uncut, very slightly rubbed and soiled, a good copy, 4to, 1898.⁂ Including inro, netsuke, swords, ivories, lacquer, ceramics, drawings etc.
Calligraphy.- Van den Velde (Jan) Spieghel der Schrijfkonste..., engraved throughout with pictorial title by Matham after Karl van Mander and 49 plates ?only, lacking engraved portrait, title and one plate trimmed and laid down, foxed and soiled, final plate a little stained, later half morocco, rubbed, oblong folio, Rotterdam, 1605; sold not subject to return
NO RESERVE Emblemata.- Verrien (Nicolas) Recueil d'Emblemes, Devises, Medailles, et Figures Hieroglyphiques, 3 parts in 1, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional title with full-page illustration verso, dedication and 3 part-titles, 62 full-page engraved illustrations of emblems (15 on each sheet), 154 engraved plates of monograms on 77 leaves (printed on both sides, each with 15) and 17 plates of heraldic supporters on 9 leaves (printed on both sides), lightly browned, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Landwehr, Romanic 770; Praz p.528], 8vo, Paris, Jean Jombert, 1696.
NO RESERVE Antiquities.- Medals.- Vico (Enea) Discorsi... sopra le medaglie de gli antichi, collation: *4 A-P4, title with large woodcut printer's device, fine engraved portrait of Cosimo de Medici to verso of *2, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials, final f. with woodcut printer's device verso otherwise blank, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, soiled, small 4to (198 x 154mm.), Venice, Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1558.⁂ Literature: Adams V636; EDIT 16 CNCE 26275; cf. Mortimer, Italian, 531 (first edition of 1555).
NO RESERVE Ceramics.- Wedgwood and Bentley. A Catalogue of Cameos, Intaglios, Medlas, Busts, Small Statues, and Bas-Reliefs..., fifth edition, modern half library morocco, Cadel...Robson...and Johnson, 1779 § Wedgwood's Catalogue of Cameos...reprinted from the edition of 1787, edited by Eliza Meteyard, one of 250 copies, wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary roan-backed cloth, 1873 § Meteyard (Eliza) Memorials of Wedgwood [&] Choice Examples of Wedgwood Art, together 2 vol., mounted photographic plates, the first with a few plates loose, original cloth, gilt, the first with mounted oval portrait to upper cover (rubbed), 1874-79 § Gatty (Charles T.) Liverpool Art Club. Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of the Works of Josiah Wedgwood, illustrated and revised edition, photographic plates, contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., Liverpool, 1879, a little rubbed; and 2 others on Wedgwood, v.s. (7)
Horology and Geology.- Whitehurst (John) The Works, 4 parts in 1, engraved portrait frontispiece after Joseph Wright and 10 plates, most folding, some foxing and offsetting, ink stamps of London Institution to title and final leaf, modern half morocco, joints slightly rubbed, 4to, for W. Bent, 1792.
Numismatics.- Tokens.- Boyne (William) Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries, in Yorkshire, by Tradesmen, Overseers of the Poor, etc.,16 engraved plates, A.L.s. from the author tipped onto front free endpaper, photographic portrait of the author bound at front, 1858; Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales, and Ireland, 42 engraved plates (some foxing and dampstaining), signature clipped from endpaper, 1858 § Burn (Jacob Henry) A Descriptive Catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern and Coffee-House Tokens, rebacked, later endpapers, 1853 § Davis (W. J.) The Nineteenth Century Token Coinage, plates and illustrations, 1904, first editions, original cloth; and 23 others on the same, 8vo & 4to (27)
NO RESERVE Trade Catalogues.- British Association for the Advancement of Science. Portfolio of Lithographic Drawings of the Principle Articles of Manufacture at the Birmingham Exposition 1849, decorative title printed in gold, 34 lithographed plates, some tinted, tissue guards, title trimmed to border at fore-edge and reinforced, foxing to a few plates, contemporary half calf, Birmingham, 1849 § Elkington & Co., Manufacturers of Electro Plate, Birmingham. Universal Exhibition Vienna 1873. Illustrations of Art Manufactures in the Precious Metals..., lithographed decorative title printed in colours and gold, photographic portrait and 14 plates, interleaved, later library half roan, original glazed decorative wrappers bound in, Birmingham, 1873 § Christofle & Cie. Tarif-Album des Ornemens en Bronze Galvanique pour Décoration de Meubles, Ébénisterie, Marberie, Tapisserie, Serrurerie. etc., trade catalogue, letterpress price list with strips of new prices pasted in, 63 plates mounted on stubs, ink stamp of Herbert S.Taylor & Co. of Berners St. London at head of title and plates, light spotting or soiling, original cloth, rather crudely rebacked, Paris, [c.1900], all rubbed; and 6 others, designs for silver, some trade catalogues, including a German pattern book of engraved and lithographed designs, v.s. (9)⁂ The Birmingham Exposition of Manufactures of 1849 was a precursor to the Great Exhibition of 1851. In 1842 the Parisian jeweller Charles Christofle bought the electroplating patent from Henry and George Richards Elkington and built a large factory in Paris to produce such goods.
Female astronomer and school-mistress.- Bryan (Margaret) Lectures on Natural Philosophy, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 36 plates, list of subscribers, errata leaf at end, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, worn, 4to, for the Authoress, 1806.⁂ Margaret Bryan opened a school for girls near Hyde Park Corner in the early 1790s, relocating to Blackheath in 1795. Unusually she focussed her pupils' education on mathematics and science. In 1797 she published A Compendious System of Astronomy. Nevil Maskelyne, the Astronomer Royal, is included in the list of subscribers.
Mining.- Bushell (Thomas) Mr Bushell's Abridgment of the Lord Chancellor Bacon's Philosophical Theory in Mineral Prosecutions, first edition, general title with double circular portrait woodcuts, a few other woodcuts in text, one 2-leaf gathering misbound but complete with blank leaf, foot of title trimmed with slight loss to imprint, occasional light staining and soiling, some foxing, library half morocco, covers stained, [ESTC R9055; Wing B304; B6247A; B6247B; T1370A; W1635C; B6249; B6244; B308], small 4to, 1659.⁂ Rare, with no copy traced at auction and only a few other works by the author making appearances. Bushell (c.1593-1674) was a servant and secretary to Sir Francis Bacon. He was granted mining rights in Wales, revitalising the mines exploited and then left in poor condition by Sir Hugh Middleton, from which silver had been extracted and sent to the Royal Mint in London. He established a local mint at Aberystwyth in 1637 which issued various denominations of silver coins. During the Civil War he was on the Royalist side and held Lundy Island for the King, which was not surrendered till 1647. He is buried in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey.
Cardanus (Hieronymus) De Subtilitate Libri XXI, collation: α4 β4 γ4 a-z A-Z Aa-Zz4 Aaa6, title with woodcut printer's device recto and portrait of the author verso, woodcut illustrations, diagrams, and historiated initials, final f. blank, Basel, Ludovicus Lucius, 1554 bound with Cardanus (Hieronymus) in C.L. Ptolemaei...de Astrorum Iudiciis...quae non solum Astronomis & Astrologis, sed etiam omnibus philosophiae studio..., collation: a6 b4 A-Z aa-ee6 ff-gg4 hh6 Aa-Hh6 Ii4 Kk6, title with woodcut portrait of author within ornate cartouche, woodcut diagrams, historiated and decorative initials, final f. colophon recto and woodcut printer's device verso, Basel, [Henricus Petri], [March, 1554], together 2 works in 1 vol., some staining or spotting, some light browning, contemporary pigkin over wooden boards, lacking metal clasps, corners worn, soiled, folio (313 x 201mm.)⁂ Cardanus' encyclopedia of natural sciences, which DSB calls 'a mine of facts, both real and imaginary; of notes on the state of science; of superstition, technology, alchemy, and various branches of the occult', bound with a first edition of his compilation of astrological texts. Literature: I: Adams C670; VD 16, C 932; Riccardi I, 252, 6.3 - Wellcome I, 1291. II: Adams C680; Houzeau and Lancaster 4856; VD 16 P 5255. Provenance: Ink ownership inscription of a Basel citizen dated 1560 to foot of title of second mentioned and 'Sum Jacobi ?Ryf..' (contemporary ink inscription beneath colophon of second mentioned.
![NO RESERVE Economics.- [Carlisle (Nicholas)] A Memoir of the Life and Works of William Wyon, Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5fa34ad6-3fee-4e08-824c-ab6100f26bee/30903c84-e68e-4b1a-8e05-ab610110e0f4/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE Economics.- [Carlisle (Nicholas)] A Memoir of the Life and Works of William Wyon, Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint, 2 parts in 1, titles in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 A.Ls.s. by the author inserted (one mounted, one tipped in), pencil portrait of Carlisle by Leonard Charles Wyon, dated Dec. 16th 1842, stained and mounted on an inserted leaf, and A.L.s. by Thomas Wyon tipped in, some foxing, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, Privately Printed, 1837; and 8 others on the Royal Mint, v.s. (9)
Flanders Field Hero Pte. Walter Mayor 22578 Fine Portrait Framed Photograph. Measures 18" x 15". Inscription to verso: Walter Mayor, The Shooting Box, Marton Mere, Police Officer in the Lancashire Constabulary served in the Great War 1914-1918. Enlisted Bury/Southport 22578 Pte. in the First Battalion Cold Stream Guards. Killed in action, France, Flanders, 22nd August 1918 aged 30 years. Buried at Moyennville (formerly 3207 Household Battalion) son of William and Ellen Mayor. Please see images.
CARLOS THE JACKAL: (1949- ) His real name being Ilich Ramirez Sanchez. Venezuelan terrorist, a Marxist-Leninist recruited by the Popular Front of the Liberation of Palestine. Carlos is currently serving a life sentence in France. He has been sentenced to three different life terms. A.N.S., `Carlos´, to the verso of his own photograph, a Kodak colour 6 x 4 image showing Carlos in a close-up portrait in 2011, Poissy, 29th May 2011. Carlos states `Here I appear at Court in Paris on a minor issue; I had an allergic reaction against something in the food… Yours in Revolution, Carlos´. Matted in black, beneath a 5 x 7.5 photograph of Carlos in the 1970´s, to an overall of 8 x 12. The signed photograph being easily removable. EX £150-200
DOUGLAS & DE HAVILLAND: Two good signed 8 x 10 photographs by Kirk Douglas (1916-2020) American Actor, awarded with the Oscar to a Lifetime Achievement. A fine close-up portrait pose. & Olivia de Havilland (1916- ) American Actress. The image depicting the actress in a head and shoulders pose. Boldly signed, in black and blue inks by Douglas and de Havilland respectively, to clear areas of the images. VG, 2 £80-120
BRUNEL ISAMBARD KINGDOM: (1806-1859) British Engineer. A rare vintage signed carte-de-visite photograph by Brunel, the original image seemingly removed and subsequently neatly and professionally replaced with a vintage albumen image of the famous portrait of Brunel by Robert Howlett depicting the engineer standing in a full length pose in front of the giant launching chains on the 'checking drum' braking mechanism at John Scott Russell's Millwall shipyard in 1857. Signed ('I K Brunel') by Brunel in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to the lower photographer's mount, the very upper edge of his signature slightly obscured as a result of the image being laid down above the signature. With the imprint of the London Stereoscopic Company to the verso. Some extremely minor, light age wear and a couple of light scuffs to the image. About VG £2000-3000 The iconic image of Brunel was captured by Robert Howlett as part of his commission for the Illustrated Times to document the construction of the world's largest steamship, the SS Great Eastern which had been designed by Brunel. The present image was taken in November 1857 to celebrate the launch of the steamship and has been described as 'one of the first examples of environmental portraiture'. Robert Howlett (1831-1858) British Photographer, a pioneer in the field who, upon his untimely death at the age of 27, was described by the Illustrated Times as 'one of the most skilful photographers of the day'. Despite the present example not being a signed photograph of Brunel in it's true, original state, it nevertheless remains an extremely rare example of a signed portrait of the engineer that would, in our opinion, certainly satisfy the desires of most collectors looking to acquire a signed photograph of Brunel.
HALDANE JOHN SCOTT: (1860-1936) Scottish Physiologist. A.L.S., J. S. Haldane, one page, 8vo, Cherwell, Oxford, 13th January 1931, to [Thomas Willem] Van Oss. Haldane informs his correspondent that the warden of New College has informed him that the College 'would like to have, for a collection it is making, a Clarendon Press collotype of the chalk portrait you did of me, & which all my friends like', and therefore seeks his correspondent's approval and explains that he is asking the artist's sister to forward the letter 'as I don't know your address and fancy that you will not be back in England for some time'. With blank integral leaf. A few minor spots of foxing at the head of the page, only very slightly affecting the blind embossed address, and not the text or signature. About VG £150-200 Thomas Willem Van Oss (1901-1941) British Portrait and Landscape Painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy during the 1930s.
Perhaps Einstein´s most famous etched portrait signed by him EINSTEIN ALBERT: (1879-1955) German-born Theoretical Physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1921. A good limited edition signed 8.5 x 11 etching of Einstein in a near profile head and shoulders pose, numbered 56/100. Signed `Albert Einstein´, in pencil, to the lower right part, at the base of the image. Also signed to the lower left border by the artist `Hermann Struck´. With very small overall age wear, and extremely small left corners clipped. VG £5000-8000 Struck was a German Jewish artist and passionate Zionist known for his etchings. He created portraits of several distinguished subjects including Einstein, Freud, Nietzsche, and Ibsen.
Magnificent oversized 1922 signed portrait FREUD SIGMUND: (1856-1939) Austrian Neurologist & Founder of Psychoanalysis. Freud formulated the Oedipus complex and developed his theory on the Analysis of Dreams. He lived and worked in Vienna until 1938 when he escaped the Nazis and went to the United Kingdom where he lived in exile the last year of his life. Exceptional matte-finish 9 x 12 photograph of Freud, the impressive oversized Max Falberstadt image, from Hamburg, depicting the Father of Psychoanalysis in a head and shoulders front face pose. Signed in fountain pen ink `Sigm Freud´, to the bottom right corner and dated beneath 1922 in his hand. Small overall staining and age wear, mostly to borders, with light silvering and remnants of former affixing to verso, otherwise G £5000-8000
PACINO AL: (1940- ) American Actor. Academy Award winner. A good signed 8 x 10 photograph by Pacino, the image depicting the actor in a close-up portrait pose, in a scene of Serpico (1973). Boldly signed in 1976 to a clear area of the image. A good and desirable early signature `Al Pacino´. VG £150-200
BREGUET LOUIS: (1880-1955) French Aviator and Pioneer Aircraft Designer. Vintage signed postcard photograph `Louis Breguet´, the attractive image showing the Breguet airplane. Also bearing to the upper left corner a portrait of the aviator. Signed by Breguet in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. VG £150-200
LEIGH VIVIEN: (1913-1967) English Actress, Academy Award winner. An engaging vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph of the young actress in a head and shoulders pose affectionately holding a Siamese kitten in her hands. The publicity portrait, by Tunbridge of London and bearing their credit stamp to the verso, was issued for Leigh's role as the double agent Madeleine Goddard in the British spy film Dark Journey (1937). Signed by Leigh in dark fountain pen ink with her name alone to the image, largely across a darker area. Some slight corner creasing, about VG £150-200
LEIGH VIVIEN: (1913-1967) English Actress, Academy Award winner. A vintage signed and inscribed neatly irregularly trimmed (approximately 5 x 7.5) sepia magazine portrait of Leigh in a head and shoulders pose in costume from her most famous role as Scarlett O'Hara in the historical romance film Gone with the Wind (1939). Signed by Leigh in fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image, the signature a little light in places. It was for her role in this film that Leigh won the first of her two Best Actress Oscars. Some light overall creasing, a small tear to one edge and with remnants of previous mounting to the verso, G £200-300
NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. An excellent L.S., Nap, one page, 4to, Palais des Tuileries, 30th January 1808, in French. The attractive document, with gilt edges, being a Royal decree, number 180, containing four articles. The pages bear very attractive watermarks, showing the profile portrait image of Napoleon, Emperor of the French and King of Italy, and to the blank integral leaf a crowned large eagle watermark. Napoleon orders `Article 1º - Two military Divisions will be created in our Kingdom of Italy; Article 2º - The first military Division will contain the Adriatic, Piave and the Basso...´ Ordering before concluding that the Ministers of war and Treasury of the Kingdom of Italy execute the present decree orders. With blank integral leaf. About EX £1200-1800
SIKORSKI WLADYSLAW: (1881-1943) Polish military and political leading figure who promoted the cause of the independence of Poland from the Russian Empire. He served as Prime Minister of Poland 1922-23, and of the Polish government in exile during WWII. Sikorski died in a plane crash, the circumstances of the accident still remaining unclear. A very attractive original pen and ink drawing, one page, 7 x 10, showing Sikorski in a profile portrait pose, with his military cap. Signed and dated beneath by Sikorski in bold black ink, Washington, 28th March 1942. Signed portraits of Sikorski are rare in any form. VG £200-300 Sikorski visited the United States in March and December 1942 looking for the allies support and pleading in favour of his invaded homeland. In his 24th March 1942 speech in Washington, he would say `The German armed forces have attacked the Polish State on the 1st of September 1939 by order of the supreme authorities of the Reich and they have thus created a state of war between Poland and Germany. This state of war continues to exist “de jure” as well as “de facto”. De jure because the war has not been terminated either by armistice or by peace, de facto because the Polish Armed Forces are still carrying on the war with Germany, for the time being outside the frontiers of Poland, and inside of Poland the entire Polish Nation is fighting the Germans. The Polish Armed Forces have been fighting, are fighting and shall continue to fight on land, on sea and in the air, wherever the military forces of Germany can be destroyed.´
EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. A good vintage signed 8 x 11.5 photograph, the Hugh Cecil image of London depicting the Duke of Windsor standing in a formal three quarter length pose. Signed `Edward´, as Prince of Wales, in bold black fountain pen ink to a partially dark area to the lower right corner of the image, adding the date, 1927, in his own hand. To the verso bearing a printed stick, stating it is a portrait by Hugh Cecil, numbered, and a 12mo printed card stating ''H.R.H. The Prince of Wales K.G. - to Alderman Herbert Hicks J.P - in remembrance of H.R.H´s visit to Sandwich during his Mayoralty. Christmas 1927.'' Matted to the photographer slightly larger mount, to an overall of 10 x 13.5. VG £400-600
GRAND DUCHESSES OLGA & ELENA: A good set of two A.L.S., to two postcards by OLGA ALEXANDROVNA (1882-1960) Grand Duchess of Russia, younger daughter of Emperor Alexander III, and sister of Tsar Nicholas II. A.L.S., Olga, two pages, to both sides of a postcard, n.p. Denmark, 2nd/15th of January 1924, to Ferdinand Thormeyer, “Siocha”, in French. Grand Duchess Olga, from her exile in Denmark, states in part `..the portrait of mum must be an invention as mum doesn´t either remember having had her portrait done by him. And I only remember François Flanieng(?) at Gatchina..´ Postmarked and post-stamped; and by ELENA VLADIMIROVNA (1882-1957) Grand Duchess of Russia, the only daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and grand-daughter of Tsar Alexander II. A.L.S., Ellen, one page, to an Easter postcard, Athens, 10th/23rd April 1939, to Countess Maria Iourievna Ignatiev, Princess Urusov, in English. Grand Duchess Elena misses her youth, her home and refers to her childhood remembrances, stating in part `I remember the mince pies with dear old Mrs. Saville, & the little dolls you used to dress for my dolls! - house - How I loved them! And so, so many other souvenirs of our childhood & growth. Yes, I remember… sitting for my portrait, I think it must have been 1886 or 88? How strange you meeting Marie after all these years! My portrait alas! Remained in Ply in my mother´s bedroom…´ VG, 2 £200-300 Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928) Empress of Russia 1881-94, Princess Dagmar of Denmark, and mother of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna.
`Regarding the Bonaparte´s portrait painted by Gros, I will try to send it to you as soon as possible..´ GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS MIKHAILOVICH: (1859-1919) Grand Duke of Russia, grandson of Tsar Nicholas I. Nicholas was an eminent Historian and a Reformist, internationally recognized abroad, but fell from favour under Tsar Nicholas II, mostly because of the Empress Alexandra disliking his liberal views. Nicholas Mikhailovich was shot by Bolsheviks outside the St Peter & St Paul Fortress along with his brother and cousins. An excellent A.L.S., `Nicolas M´, three pages, 8vo, n.p., Wednesday, n.d., to Monsieur Detaille, in French. The letter bears an attractive embossed gilt crown to the heading. The Grand Duke states in part `I have a small request for you. I send you attached a portrait of a General of Division of the first Empire whose name I ignore and which Fr. Masson cannot determine… I am not at all in a hurry and kindly asks you to delay the shipment of the portrait..´ and further saying `Regarding the Bonaparte´s portrait painted by Gros, I will try to send it to you as soon as possible and I will take care of this matter as soon as I will be back in Russia.´ A letter of good association. EX £200-300 Edouard Detaille (1848-1912) French Painter and Military Artist, noted for his precision and realistic detail.Frederic Masson (1847-1923) French Historian. Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835) Baron Gros. French neoclassical Painter. Gros studied under Jacques-Louis David. Forced to leave France, he moved to Genoa where he witnessed the nearby Battle of Arcole in 1796. Inspired by an event during the battle, he produced the portrait of French Commander Napoleon Bonaparte, then a newly promoted general. The portrait brought Gros to public attention and gained the patronage of Napoleon.
RIEFENSTAHL LENI: (1902-2003) German Film Director. Attractive signed and inscribed vintage 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photograph by Riefenstahl, the Ross Verlag image depicting the film director outdoors in a full length pose. A war-time signature, in bold dark fountain pen ink to the lower white border `Leni Riefenstahl´. Postmarked 18th December 1942, and post-stamped to the verso, the Deutsches Reich stamp showing Hitler´s portrait. VG £80-100
STALIN JOSEPH: (1878-1953) Soviet Dictator. Leader of the Soviet Union as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party 1922-52. Very rare signed and inscribed book by Stalin, `To Odintsov M.P., as a memento, I. Stalin´, in Cyrillic, also dated in his hand `Kremlin 1949´. The 244 pages book being a hardback 5 x 8 edition of “Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin´s short biography”, the English version being “Joseph Stalin - a Short Biography” compiled by G.F. Aleksandrov, M.R. Galaktinov, V.S. Kruzhkov and others, edited by the Russian government publishing house, Moscow 1947. Signed in red pencil to the blank verso of the title page, alongside a page showing a portrait of Stalin. G £5000-8000 Mikhail Petrovich Odintsov (1921-2011) Russian Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel-General of aviation, a distinguished military pilot of the USSR during WWII. Odintsov was also a journalist and writer.
On the payment for the only known painting of Nelson in civilian clothes NELSON HORATIO: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. An excellent L.S., in the extremely rare form Bronte Nelson of the Nile, one page, 4to, Vienna, 23rd September 1800. The document states in full `Whenever Mr. Fuger delivers to Mr. Hertz the Banker three Pictures Viz: One full length of the Queen of Naples. One full length of Lady Hamilton & one quarter of a length of Lord Nelson of the Nile. Then Mr. Hertz is to pay Mr. Fuger the sum of two hundred & fifty Pounds Sterling, for which Mr. Hertz will have the goodness to draw bills on Lord Nelson in London.´ With integral address leaf in Nelson´s hand and also signed (‘B. N. N.’) by him with his initials. A letter of unusual content and featuring an extremely rare and desirable form of Nelson’s signature and initials. Some light overall age wear and a very small area of paper loss to the address leaf as a result of the original breaking of the red wax seal. About VG £3000-4000 Friedrich Heinrich Fuger (1751-1818) German Portrait Painter. The painting of Nelson referred to in the present letter is the only known image of the Admiral in civilian dress and currently hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in London. The oil painting was acquired by the Gallery in 1859. Nelson and his mistress, Emma Hamilton, both sat for Fuger in 1800 shortly after their arrival in Vienna from Naples following the victorious Battle of the Nile in 1798. At this time Nelson had achieved phenomenal fame and the couple were feted by thousands wherever they went. American Book Prices Current record only a very small handful of letters signed by Nelson with his title ‘Bronte Nelson of the Nile’ as having previously appeared at auction.
MITCHUM ROBERT: (1917-1997) American Actor. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the actor in a head and shoulders pose, being an original publicity portrait for the film The Hunters (1958). Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink to a largely clear area of the image, 'John, You're joking! Bob Mitchum'. A couple of very slight, extremely minor corner creases, VG £80-100
CINEMA: A good selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs, by various actors, including Anthony Quinn (1915-2001) scarce signed portrait; Christopher Lee (1922-2015) the image depicting him in a scene of The Passage (1979); Stewart Granger (1913-1993) attractive Metro Goldwyn-Mayer signed photograph; Paul Henreid (1908-1992) Attractive signed photograph; Lew Ayres in a scene of All Quiet on the Western Front, James Mitchum, Jurgen Prochnow & Dean Stockwell in a scene of Dune (1984). VG, 7 £100-150
ROBERTS RACHEL: (1927-1980) Welsh Actress, an Academy Award nominee. Scarce signed 8 x 10 photograph, a publicity portrait of Roberts issued for the British film This Sporting Life (1963) in which she portrayed Margaret Hammond. Signed in black ink with her name alone to a clear area at the base of the image. Roberts received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her role in this film. Some slight corner creasing, otherwise VG £80-100
CHAPLIN´S LEADING ROLES: A good selection of three vintage signed photographs by film Actors and Actresses having performed as leading roles in Chaplin´s films, containing PAULETTE GODDARD (1910-1990) American Actress. Well remembered for her leading lady roles in Chaplin´s films Modern Times and The Great Dictator. Third wife of Charles Chaplin. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the promotional image showing Goddard standing in a three quarter length pose, in a scene of Renoir´s film The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946), film co-starred with her third husband Burgess Meredith. Inscribed to French autograph collector Pierre Goulliard; ADOLPHE MENJOU (1890-1963) American Actor. He appeared in films such as Charles Chaplin´s A Woman of Paris (1923), Stanley Kubrick´s Paths of Glory (1957), The Sheik (1921) with Rudolph Valentino or Morocco (1930) with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper. A good signed and inscribed 7 x 9 photograph, a close-up portrait of Menjou. Inscribed to Journalist André Jouniaux, a well-known autograph collector; and MERNA KENNEDY (1908-1944) American Actress. Best known for her role opposite Charlie Chaplin in the silent film The Circus (1928). Rare signed postcard photograph, the Ross image depicting Kennedy standing, in a full length pose, alongside a white horse, in a scene of The Circus film. Kennedy died of a heart attack at the early age of 36, only four days after her marriage. All are boldly signed to clear areas of the images. VG £150-200
GROCK: (1880-1959) Swiss Clown. A good signed 3.5 x 5.5 photograph by Grock, the image showing him in a close-up portrait pose. Signed `Sincerely yours Grock´, in dark ink, at the base of the image. Two very small corner creases, and remnants of former affixing to the verso, otherwise VG £100-150
FERNANDEL: (1903-1971) French comedy Actor. A good signed and inscribed 7 x 10 photograph by Fernandel, the Harcourt image from Paris showing the popular French comedian in a close-up smiling portrait. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink `Pour Madame Le Duff - Fernandel´ to a clear area of the image, also dated 1947 in his hand. Very small overall age wear, otherwise VG £80-100
BOURVIL: (1917-1970) French Actor, best known for his co-starred comedies with Louis de Funes. Signed and inscribed 4 x 6 photograph, the portrait image showing Bourvil in a head and shoulders pose. Signed and inscribed in bold black ink to a clear area of the image, and dated 1965 in his hand. Very small overall age wear, otherwise G £60-90
HOLLYWOOD´S GOLDEN AGE: A good selection of three vintage signed 8 x 10 photographs by various American film actors and actress, comprising GLENN FORD (1916-2006) An engaging image of Ford in a three quarter length pose, in costume as Julio Desnoyers in a film scene of Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962). Signed by Ford in bold dark ink `Best Wishes - Glenn Ford´, to the clear right border of the image. The present photograph was obtained in person by well-known French autograph collector Pierre Goulliard; LIZABETH SCOTT (1922-2015) The image showing the awarded actress in a head and shoulders pose; E.G. MARSHALL (1914-1998) the image showing Marshall in a close-up portrait pose, in a scene of The Journey (1959); and CRAIG STEVENS (1918-2000) the image depicting Stevens seated in a half length pose. All are signed in bold dark fountain pen inks to clear areas of the images. Last two autographs also inscribed to French autograph collector Pierre Goulliard. VG, 4 £120-180
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PIAF EDITH: (1915-1963) French Singer. An exceptional vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 9 photograph by Piaf, [1937], the close-up portrait depicting Piaf in a very early pose. The promotional Polydor image, dating from around 1935/36, bears the printed caption Môme Piaf ('Little Sparrow') and is signed and inscribed by Piaf with an early form of her signature in bold black fountain pen ink to a clear area at the head of the image. Piaf states `Si j´ai l´air réveuse sur cette photo, c´est que je reve au bonheur que m´a donné mon amour de Bichon. Piaf' (“If I look dreamy on this photograph, it is because I dream with the happiness that my love Bichon has given to me´. Piaf annotates to her forehead `avant´ (“before”), an accomplice message to her correspondent. Signed photographs of Piaf from this very early stage of her career are extremely rare. Inscription with very good association. Very small pinholes to the corners, otherwise about VG £600-900 The present photograph is inscribed to “Bichon”, nickname of Raymond Asso (1901-1968) French lyricist and artistic agent. Piaf was Asso´s mistress in 1937, when she was only 22. Asso is credited as the creator of Piaf the artist, the one who took care of her, the one who put discipline and distance between Piaf and her former life and her not recommended friendships, the one who guided and taught her how to perform, to dress, to express and even to eat as he would say ''A rough diamond I had to size..'' Provenance from Asso´s personal collection.
BAKER JOSEPHINE: (1906-1975) African-American Dancer and Singer. An exceptional vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8.5 x 11.5 photograph of Baker, the wonderful image depicting the naked dancer kneeling in a full length profile pose delicately holding a piece of shimmering fabric over her knees. Photograph by Madame D'Ora and bearing her name to the image and her blindstamp to the lower photographer's mount. Signed by Baker in fountain pen ink to the image, 'To Alma Rose, Sincerely, Josephine Baker', and dated Paris, 25th May 1927 in her hand. Signed photographs of this quality and association are rare and desirable. The upper and lower right corners of the photographer's mount are chipped resulting in a small areas of loss, otherwise VG £2000-3000 Alma Rose (1906-1944) Austrian Violinist of Jewish descent, the niece of Gustav Mahler. During World War II Rose was deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz Concentration camp, where, for ten months, she directed an orchestra of female prisoners who played for their captors in an effort to stay alive. Rose died at the camp after a sudden illness, possibly the result of food poisoning. Dora Kallmus (1881-1963) Madame D'Ora. Austrian Fashion and Portrait Photographer.
SIMONE NINA: (1933-2003) American Singer. A good signed 8 x 10 photograph of Simone, the publicity portrait issued by Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. of New York depicting the singer in a profile head and shoulders pose. Signed ('Nina Simone') in black ink with her name alone to a light area of the image. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG £200-300
GREEF ARTHUR DE: (1862-1940) Belgian Composer and pianist. Attractive signed and inscribed ink drawing, `Arthur de Greef´, a good and artistic signature example, one page, 4to, n.p., October 1934, to V. Heilier, in French. The inscription is to V. Heilier, the artist who drawn and signed beneath the ink portrait of De Greef. The composer annotates in part `to the great artist V. Heilier with my warm congratulations and sincere thanks.´ Small overall age wear, mostly to edges. Two upper corners repaired. Otherwise G £80-120
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