Alunno (Francesco). La fabrica del mondo di M. Francesco Alunno da Ferrara. Nella quale si contengono le voci di Dante, del Petrarca, del Boccaccio & d'altri buoni autori, mediante le quale si possono scriuendo isprimere tutti i concetti dell'huomo di qualunque cosa creata..., Venice: Paulo Gherardo, 1556, woodcut portrait to title with manuscript to blank margins (repaired to fore-edge), few woodcut initials and final leaf with printer's woodcut device, without final blank (2G6), occasional spotting and toning, modern dark brown calf, folio, (Adams A836), together with Le Ricchezze della Lingua Volgare... sopra il Boccaccio, Venice: Giouan Maria Bonelli, 1555, printer's woodcut device to title and final leaf, decorative woodcut initials, early manuscript to lower blank margin of title, double-column text, final leaf 2C5 torn with loss and repaired, without rear blank(?) leaf 2C6, some dampstaining mostly to margins, occasional browning, modern dark brown calf, folio, (not in Adams) (2)
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Apuleius (Lucius). Les Metamorphoses, ou L'Asne d'Or de L. Apulee Philosophe Platonicien. Nouvellement reveues, corrig‚es, & mises en meilleur ordre qu'aux precedentes impressions, Paris: chez Nicolas & Iean de la Coste, 1648, additional engraved title, 16 full-page engraved illustrations (last illustration shaved at fore-edge), bound with Commentaires sur la Metamorphose de l'asne d'or de L. Apulee, Paris, 1648, woodcut device to title, some toning and occasional spotting, contemporary vellum, upper joint split, 8vo, together with Ronsard (Pierre de), Les Oeuvres..., revees et augmentees, volume 1 only (of 5), Paris: Mathurin Henault, 1629, woodcut illustration to title and one portrait illustration, browning and spotting throughout, contemporary armorial bookplate of Marius Marefuschus to upper pastedown, upper hinge split, contemporary limp vellum, 12mo (2)
Bogaert (Abraham). De Roomsche Monarchy, vertoont in de Muntbeelden der Westersche Oostersche Keizeren; beginnende van Cesar, en eindigende met Leopoldus, den tegen-woordigen Roomschen Keizer, 1st edition, Utrecht, 1697, additional engraved title, title printed in red and black, engraved portrait, six engraved plates (two folding), numerous engraved illustrations, contemporary panelled vellum, manuscript title to spine, a little soiled, 4to (1)
[Capel, Arthur,Baron Capel of Hadham, 1604-1649]. Daily Observations, or, Meditations, Divine, Morall. Written by a Person of Honour and Piety, 2 parts in one, London: Printed for Jo. Williams, 1655, [2],118,72pp., title in red & black, occasional close trimming to fore-edge touching few words, short worm trail to initial leaves, modern bookplate of Christopher Rowe, early 19th century calf, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, 12mo, (ESTC R213475; Wing C468), together with [Bayly, Lewis], The Practice of Pietie: Directing a Christian how to walke that he may please God. Amplified by the Author. The Last Edition, London: Philip Chetwinde, 1654, engraved title with early inscription to verso "1672 December 26 This book was bestowed upon me Margerett Styme[?] by my uncle John Lewys" (with some show-through), I10 torn to fore-edge with loss, few leaves sprung and with consequent light fraying, contemporary morocco gilt with red morocco title label and initials IL in gilt to centre of each board, 12mo, (ESTC R28883; Wing B1483), with Andrewes (Lancelot), A Manual of the Private Devotions and Meditations of the Right Reverend Father in God, Lancelot Andrews, late Lord Bishop of Winchester. Translated out of a fair Greek MS. of His Amanuensis. By R.D. B.D. [Richard Drake], London: Printed by W.D. for Humphrey Moseley, 1648, engraved portrait frontispiece cropped at fore-edge, without last two blank leaves (P11 & P12), late 19th century calf with gilt armorial to upper board, slight cracking to joints, 12mo, (ESTC R16134; Wing A3135), plus an incomplete 12mo 1643 New Testament (4)
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[Egan, Pierce]. Real Life in London; or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and his Cousin the Hon. Tom. Dashall, through the Metropolis; Exhibiting a Living Picture of Fashionable Characters, Manners and Amusements in High and Low Life, 2 volumes, 1824, additional hand-coloured engraved titles, 32 hand-coloured etched and aquatint plates after Alken, Rowlandson and others, including two extra plates 'Tom and Bob catching a Charley Napping' and 'St. George's Day, Presentation at the Levee' not called for, some light offsetting, spotting and toning, one leaf with marginal repair, bookplates, all edges gilt, contemporary calf gilt by Larkins, rebacked with red and olive labels, a little rubbed, 8vo (Abbey Life 280), together with Trusler (Rev. John), The Works of William Hogarth; in a series of engravings: with descriptions, and a Comment on their Moral Tendency, by the 2 volumes, 1833, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, 108 engraved plates, a little light offsetting, contemporary half calf, a littlr rubbed and scuffed, 4to, with four others including The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, 6th edition, circa 1820 (8)
Homilies. Certaine Sermons or Homilies appointed to be read in Churches, in the time of the Late Queene Elizabeth of famous memory, John Bill, 1623, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials and ornaments, printed in black letter, occasional light soiling, hinges reibforced, later boards, modern reback, a little rubbed and stained, small folio, together with Culpeper's English Physician; and Complete Herbal..., 13th edition, 1810, engraved portrait frontispiece, sanguine-printed and hand-coloured engraved plates, a little light spotting and soiling, hinges reinforced, contemporary calf, joints cracking, a little rubbed, 4to, plus Erdeswicke (Sampson), A Survey of Staffordshire, 1723, lacking folding map, L2 with small marginal tear and loss, light spotting, trimmed bookplate of Earl Cornwallis, hinges reinforced, later tree calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 8vo, with others including Basil Kennett's Romae Antiquae Notitia: Or the Antiqquities of Rome, 11th edition, 1746, Culpeper's Complete Herbal, new edition, circa 1810, and Tobias Smollett's The History of England, new edition, 5 volumes, 1800 (20)
Hooker (Richard). Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, Eight Bookes by Richard Hooker, London: Printed by Richard Bishop, and are to be sold by George Lathum, [1639], A1 blank, engraved title, six part titles with decorative woodcut borders (Book 5 with variant imprint date of 1638), some dampstaining, contemporary blind panelled calf, old reback, joints cracked, spine worn at head & foot, lacking title label, folio, together with Cosin (John), A Collection of Private Devotions; in the Practice of the Ancient Church, called The Hours of Prayer..., by the Right Reverend Father in God, John late Lord Bishop of Durham, 8th edition, 1681, additional engraved title, without frontispiece, final leaf strengthened to edges, occasional spotting, later free endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked by Period Binders of Bath, 12mo, plus La Valliere (Louise de), The Penitent Lady: or Reflections on the Mercy of God. Written by the Fam'd Madam La Valliere, since her retirement from the French Court to a Nunnery. Translated out of French, by a divine of the Church of England, London: Dorman Newman, 1684, engraved portrait frontispiece close-trimmed at head and short tear at gutter, lacking final blank and advertisement leaf, light scattered spotting, later endpapers, early 19th century blind decorated calf, rebacked, 12mo, plus a defective Holy Rules and Helps to Devotion by Bryan Duppa, [1675] (4)
Pickering (William, publisher). M.T. Ciceronis Libri de Officiis, de Senectute et de Amicitia, 1st edition, 1821, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title (lightly spotted), some spotting to fore-edges, unopened, original cloth, spine darkened with slightly creased ends, lacking spine label, covers lightly marked, 32mo, together with Le Rime del Petrarca, 1st edition, 1822, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, both somewhat toned, some light spotting, mainly to fore-edges and first and last few leaves, front pastedown with early ink presentation inscription, original cloth, a few minor marks, darkened spine with rubbed paper label, 32mo, plus Publius Terentius Afer., 1st edition, 1823, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, both dampstained, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco, rubbed, gilt dentelles, 32mo, with 23 other small format books, including 16 other Pickering's Diamond Classics titles, and a six volume 'Gems from Poets' series contained in a pedimented red morocco box (lacking door) From the library of Alan & Joan Tucker. Bondy pages 86-89 for Pickering's Diamond Classics. (26)
Plutarch. Omnium quae exstant operum..., continens vitas parallelas cum Latina interpretatione Cruserii, & Xylandri..., 2 volumes, Paris: apud Societatem Graecarum Editionum, 1624, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, both titles in red and black and with engraved portrait vignette, early ink inscription to upper blank margins of each title, double-column text in Greek & Latin, occasional dampstaining mostly to lower outer corners, scattered light spotting and minor toning, early 19th century half calf gilt, contrasting morocco labels to spines, joints cracked and lower board of volume 1 detached, large thick folio (2)
Sidney (Algernon). Discourses Concerning Government, 2nd edition, 1705, engraved portrait frontispiece, a little light soiling, armorial bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, upper cover detached, rubbed with some edge wear, folio, together with Pennant (Thomas), The View of Hindoostan, 2 volumes, 1798, 22 engraved plates, including one hand-coloured, two engraved vignettes, lacking folding map, light spotting and offsetting, bookplates, contemporary tree calf gilt, one spine label lacking, a little rubbed, 4to, with three others including The Poems of Mr Gray, 2nd edition, 1775 (6)
Beckett (J. R., & Romeo Cervi, bookbinders). The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell, complete edition, with illustrations, Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1871, engraved portrait frontispiece, wood-engraved plates, spotting to outer leaves, ownership inscription to title page, contemporary vellum by J. R. Beckett and Romeo Cervi for the Centennial Exhibition, 1876, red, brown and blue morocco strapwork panels onlaid to spine and boards, interstitial floral quatrefoils, lozenges and curlicues gilt-tooled direct, slightly dust-soiled overall, edges dyed red, green moir‚ silk doublures, front free endpaper gilt-stamped 'Centennial Exhibition 1876' recto and with binders' ink-stamp verso, 8vo Fine binding executed for the Centennial International Exhibition, which was held in Philadelphia in 1876 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the United States. Beckett and Cervi were employees of Boston Public Library and practised craft bookbinding in their spare time. Their work received a special citation from the exhibition's judges, and the American Bookseller praised their 'beautifully illuminated vellum, the handsomest specimens in the exhibition' (volume 1, January-June 1876, p. 373). (1)
John (Augustus). Fifty-Two Drawings, with an Introduction by Lord David Cecil, London: George Rainbird, 1957, half-title, 52 plates including lithograph self portrait frontispiece, original half vellum by Zaehnsdorf, in original slipcase, folio Limited edition 95/150, signed by Augustus John and Lord David Cecil. (1)
Lecointe (Georges). Au pays des manchots, r‚cit du voyage de la "Belgica", 2nd edition, Brussels: J. LebŠgue, 1910, half-title, photographic dedication leaf, half-tone photographic frontispiece, similar plates and text illustrations, 3 folding maps, 2 full-page maps counted in the pagination, original front wrapper bound in, occasional light finger-soiling and spotting, a few leaves towards rear sometime dog-eared, all edges untrimmed, modern quarter cloth, marbled sides, 4to (25 x 18 cm), together with: Gerlache de Gomery (Adrien), Voyage de la "Belgica", Quinze mois dans l'Antarctique, 2nd edition, Paris: Hachette et Cie, & Brussels, G. LebŠgue et Cie, 1902, half-title (with inscription) half-tone frontispiece, numerous plates and text illustrations, folding map to rear, occasional finger-soiling, modern green quarter morocco, large 8vo (24.5 x 15.5 cm); Petersen (Carl), Den sidste Franklin-Expedition med "Fox", Capt. McClintock, 1st edition, Copenhagen: Woldike, 1860, engraved portrait frontispiece, coloured title vignette, 8 lithographic plates, 4 maps on 3 folding sheets, lacking document facsimile facing p. 221, plates spotted and marked, original cloth, rebacked, 8vo, and 2 others including a copy of the 1st edition, 5th thousand of Gerlache de Gomery's work, modern cloth, 8vo (5)
Masefield (John). Reynard the Fox or the Ghost Heath Run, 1919, some light spotting, endpapers a little toned, original vellum-backed boards, small chip at head of spine, some wear at corners, 8vo, limited signed edition 260/275, with author's presentation inscription dated October 30, 1919 to front endpaper, together with Selected Poems, 1923, portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, endpapers lightly toned, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, some soiling, 8vo, limited signed edition 516/535, plus The Taking of Helen, 1923, light partial toning front and rear, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards (a few mottled spots), dust jacket, spine toned, 8vo, limited signed edition 111/750, with others by Masefield including On the Spanish Main, 1906, A Tarpaulin Muster, 1907, A Book of Discoveries, 1910, The Bird of Dawning, 1933 (limited signed edition 44/300) and The Taking of the Gry, 1934 (limited signed edition 19/175) (19)
Morris (William). Some Hints on Pattern Designing. A Lecture Delivered by William Morris at the Working Men's College, London, on December 10, 1881, 1st edition, 1899, small previous owner ink stamp to front endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, some light fading and soiling, 8vo, together with The Earthly Paradise: A Poem, by William Morris, 12 volumes, 1905, portrait frontispiece to volume I, a little light spotting, previous owner stamps, original cloth-backed boards, some light stains, 8vo (13)
Whittington Press. The Diary of Edward Thomas 1 January-8 April 1917, Whittington Press, 1977, wood-engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn, top edge gilt, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 8vo, limited signed edition 473/575, together with In Shakespeare's Company. Poems by Elizabeth Jennings, Celandine Press, 1985, tipped-in colour frontispiece, illustrations, original buckram-backed boards, 8vo, limited edition 144/250, plus Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard, by Thomas Gray, Limited Editions Club, 1938, wood-engravings by Agnes Miller-Parker, original green buckram blocked in silver (spine faded to brown), slipcase, 8vo, limited edition of 1500, this copy unumbered but inscribed 'W. McC.', signed by the artist, one of 15 presentation copies?, with 14 others including Alfred Lord Tennyson's In Memoriam, M.F. Mansfield, New York, 1900, limited edition 1/100 presentation copies, from a total edition of 500, A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England, on Christmas Eve, City of Birmingham School of Printing, 1936, one of 250 copies, and Portrait of a Stratford Year, by Roger Pringle, Celandine Press, 1985, limited edition 130/350 (17)
Wisden's Cricketers' Almanacks, 1923, 1925-1929, photographic illustration to each, advertisements, tipped-in signature of Jack Hobbs opposite his portrait in 1926, a few minor spots, original wrappers for 1923 & 1923-27, original lower wrapper for 1925 (bound in plain wrapper), 1928-29 bound in cloth and half calf respectively, some light soiling to wrappers, 1923 & 1927 with some tears and losses to spines, 8vo (6)
McCormick (William Thomas). A Ride across Iceland in the Summer of 1891, 1st edition, Digby, Long, & Co., 1892, portrait frontispiece, 8 pp. publisher's catalogue to rear, closed tear in dedication leaf, inscribed 'Mr Albert Greig, with the author's comps' on half-title, original maroon cloth gilt over bevelled boards, rubbed, some bleeding from the cloth dye into margins of outer leaves, 8vo First and only edition, presentation copy. Scarce: Copac traces seven copies in UK libraries; no other copies traced at auction. (1)
Barclay (Robert). An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, being an Explanation and Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People called Quakers. The Eighth Edition in English, Birmingham: printed by John Baskerville, 1765, light spotting to title, margins of first & last leaves browned, 18th century bookplate of the Earl of Home (with motto 'True to the End'), 20th century calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, 4to, together with Wesley (Samuel), Poems on Several Occasions, 1736, some dampstaining, ink stains to fore-margins, crude brown paper tape repairs to front endpaper, contemporary sheep, upper board detached and lower joint cracked, worn, 4to, plus Strype (John), Ecclesiastical Memorials; relating chiefly to religion, and the reformation of it, and the emergencies of the Church of England, 3 volumes, 1721, black and white engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, later inscriptions to front endpapers, some light spotting, uniform contemporary full calf, volume 1 boards partially detached, spines and boards rubbed with minor loss, folio, and Cox (Nicholas), The Gentleman's Recreation in four parts, viz. Hunting, Fowling, Hawking, Fishing..., 6th edition, 1721, 3 (of 4) black and white folding plates, owner's stamp and inscription to head of title page, some minor toning, modern calf spine retaining contemporary mottled calf boards, 8vo, plus other 17th and 18th century history and ecclesiastical literature, all leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (45 volumes) (3 shelves)
Stanley (Henry M.). In Darkest Africa, or the Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington Limited, 1890, wood-engraved frontispiece to volume 1, photographic frontispiece to volume 2, 34 wood-engraved plates, 3 folding colour maps, 1 geological plate in colour, numerous wood-engravings in the text, neatly repaired closed tears to folding map stubs and light spotting to facing leaves, large engraved bookplates of William Ruddell Clarke of Trabolgan (b. 1870), all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt signed 'C. Cross, binder to the Queen', light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, together with: Jephson, A. J. Mounteney, Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator, 3rd edition, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington Limited, 1890, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 21 wood-engraved plates, folding colour map, folding facsimile of the Mahdi's letter in Arabic, frontispiece slightly offset, bookplate of William Ruddell Clarke of Trabolgan, all edges gilt, contemporary red half morocco gilt, 8vo; Speke (John Hanning), Les sources du Nil ... traduit de l'anglais, avec autorisation de l'auteur par E. D. Forgues, 1st edition in French, Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1864, wood-engraved frontispiece and plates, map, spotting and soiling, all edges gilt contemporary French red quarter morocco, marked and worn, 8vo (5)
Staunton (Sir George). An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, corrected, 1798, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional title, five folding maps, 18 engraved plates (only, of 21), folding table, volume III title laid down, a little light offsetting and soiling, a few inksplashes, contemporary half calf over original boards, lighty rubbed, 8vo, together with Jan Nieuhoff's An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China, [1669], lacking map and all plates (title laid down with loss, dampstains) Sold with all faults not subject to return. (4)
Stigand (Chauncey Hugh). Equatoria, the Lado Enclave, with an introductory memoir by General Sir Reginald Wingate, 1st edition, Constable & Company Limited, 1923, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 3 folding maps, occasional light spotting, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original green cloth, titles gilt to spine, corners of front board slightly bumped, 8vo, a bright copy, together with: Lane (Edward William), An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, revised, Charles Knight and Co., 1842, wood-engravings in the text, light spotting to outer leaves, original green cloth, titles and ibis and crocodile vignettes gilt to spines, a few pale marks to sides, 8vo; Cromer (Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of), Modern Egypt, 2 volumes, 1st edition, photogravure portrait frontispiece, folding map, bookplates, original green cloth, extremities slightly rubbed and bumped, volume 1 spine nicked at head, 8vo; Comyn (David Charles Edward French), Service & Sport in the Sudan, 1st edition, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1911, photographic plates including frontispiece, 3 maps (1 folding), spotting, browning to free endpapers, engraved booplate, original green pictorial cloth, slightly marked, light wear to extremities, 8vo (6)
Hedin (Sven). Through Asia, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, 1898, portrait frontispiece to each, maps and illustrations, some toning to endpapers, bookplates (previous owner inscriptions erased), top edge gilt, others untrimmed in original green cloth gilt, spine ends and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Younghusband (Captain Frank E.), The Heart of a Continent: A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi Desert, through the Himalayas, the Pamirs, and Chitral, 1884-1894, 1st edition, 1896, folding map contained in rear pocket, maps and illustrations, some spotting, previous owner inscription, bookplate, original green cloth gilt, spine lightly rubbed with label removal, 8vo, plus Lattimore (Owen), The Desert Road to Turkestan, 1st edition, 1928, half-tone illustrations, a few light spots, map endpapers, original cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, with four others including Peter Fleming's News from Tartary: A Journey from Pewking to Kashmir, 1936, Eric Teichman's Journey to Turkistan, 1937 and Rev. W. Bingley's Animal Biography or Popular Zoology, 3 volumes, 4th edition, 1813 (10)
Huish (Robert). The Travels of Richard and John Lander, into the Interior of Africa, for the Discovery of the Course and Termination of the Niger; from Unpublished Documents in the Possession of the Late Capt. John William Barber Fullerton..., 1st edition, 1836, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional title, map and five engraved plates, tear and marginal loss to page 559, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Patterson (Lieutenant Colonel J.H.), In the Grip of the Nyika. Further Adventures in British East Africa, 1st edition, 1909, map and illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, some light spotting, top edge gilt, spine ends rubbed, 8vo, plus Rodd (Francis Rennell), People of the Veil. Being an Account of the Habits, Organisation and History of the Wandering Tuareg Tribes which inhabit the Mountains of Air or Asben in the Central Sahara, 1st edition, 1926, maps and illustrations, slight residue from bookplate removal to front endpaper, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, with seven others including Major A.J.N. Tremearne's The Ban of the Bori. Demons and Demon-Dancing in West and North Africa, [1914], The Tailed Head-Hunters of Nigeria, 2nd edition, 1912, and E.D. Morel's Nigeria. Its Peoples and its Problems, 2nd edition, 1912 (11)
Robinson (Charles Henry). Hausaland or Fifteen Hundred Miles through the Central Soudan, 1st edition, 1896, portrait frontispiece, folding map (with short closed tear and small repair), monochrome illustrations, a little light spotting, contemporary previous owner inscription, original green cloth gilt, upper corners a little bumped, 8vo (1)
Brenton (Edward Pelham). The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Year MDCCLXXXIII to MDCCCXXII, 5 volumes, 1st edition, C. Rice, 1823-5, 10 mezzotint portraits including frontispieces, 3 stipple-engraved portrait plates, 9 lithographic views, 9 lithographic or engraved maps and plans (most of them folding), 1 engraved folding plate of the British fleet at Trafalgar, 1 leaf of manuscript facsimile, 2 folding letterpress tables, list of subscribers, errata and directions to the binder and errata leaves to each volume (no errata in volume 4, probably as issued), frontispieces and engraved folding plates variably browned and offset, bookplates of ecclesiastical and maritime lawyer Augustus Gostling (1782-1849), contemporary marbled boards, rebacked and recornered to style in sheep retaining old spine-labels, sides slightly rubbed, 8vo (21.5 x 13 cm), together with 'Addenda to the Naval History of Great Britain by Captain E. P. Brenton', 1827, 8 pp. pamphlet, stitched in plain paper wrappers, manuscript title on front wrapper, 8vo Sabin 7726 for the 1837 edition (erroneously dating the first edition to 1822); not in Abbey Life. The lithographs are from Brenton's own drawings and include views of St Lucia, Quiberon Bay, Bantry Bay, St John's harbour in Newfoundland, and elsewhere. (5)
λ Jacobite interest. A rare wax portrait bust of James II in the manner of David Le Marchand, probably after a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, finely carved depicting the King wearing armour and a lace cravat, titled 'JAMES the 2nd', early 18th century, 13cm high, later mounted in a 19th century gilt and composition glazed box frame, 35.9 x 32cm. click here to view the page turning catalogue
A pair of late 19th century French bronze candlesticks, the nozzles decorated with a warrior on horseback and with a female portrait bust, on a reeded and leaf wrapped column and monopodia legs with paw feet, together with a pair of George III bell metal candlesticks and a pair of brass candlesticks with a domed petal foot, 29cm high (max). (6)Provenance: The Collection of Christopher Jenkins.click here to view the page turning catalogue
English school, early 20th century, portrait miniature of a young girl wearing a white dress and seated on a red velvet chair, 11 x 18cm, together with a further early 19th century portrait miniature of a young lady, a portrait miniature of a 'Gainsborough lady', another early 20th century portrait miniature and ten assorted prints.
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