(Georges L.C. Baron) The Animal Kingdom edited by (Georges L.C. Baron) The Animal Kingdom edited by Edward Griffith and others vol.1-4 only (of 16: Mammalia lacking vol.5 but with all 210 plates) 28 plain and 182 hand coloured engraved plates some foxing particularly in vol. 3 contemporary half morocco rubbed 1827 § Sclater (P.L.) On certain Species of Deer now or lately living in the Society`s Menagerie [2 copies] extract from vol.VII of `Transactions of the Zoological Society of London` (pp.333-352) 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates after J.Smit and J.Wolf first leaf of text browned modern boards 1878 § Goldsmith (Oliver) A History of the Earth and Animated Nature 2 vol. engraved portrait additional titles and plates some hand coloured a little soiled contemporary half morocco rubbed 1866 and 13 others natural history including a scrap album 8vo & 4to (21)(21)
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[Gerard (John) The Herball or General Historie of first edition lacking engraved title and portrait all before A1 (22pp. preliminaries) 2.00E+01 2N2 2S4 & 5 3H3-3K2 3K4-3L3 3L5-3M3 3M6-3N1 4F1 4G2 and all after 4V6 (72pp. Index etc.) but bulk of text complete (pp.1-1392) woodcut illustrations throughout 4H & I and one or two other leaves misbound some water-staining several leaves frayed or defective many reinforced at edge old sheep worn upper cover detached [STC 11750] folio [John Norton] [1597]; sold not subject to return
Gualtieri (Niccolo) Index testarum conchyliorum first edition half-title engraved allegorical frontispiece title and 16 sectional titles all in red and black with engraved vignette lacking portrait but with 110 numbered full-page engraved illustrations (with text or engravings on verso) and other engraved illustrations tail-pieces and initials 14 facing sectional titles a very clean and crisp copy contemporary calf spine gilt red edges rather worn particularly spine (slightly defective at head and foot) [Nissen 1736] folio Florence Caetano Albizzini 1742. *** Important work on shells by doctor and botanist to Cosimo III de` Medici. His large collection of specimens is housed in the Museo Storia Naturale in Pisa.
(Sir William) The Naturalist`s Library. Ornitholog (Sir William) The Naturalist`s Library. Ornithology: Humming-Birds 2 vol. engraved portraits and additional titles with hand-coloured vignettes 63 hand-coloured engraved plates only (of 64) light marginal water-staining upper hinge of vol.1 broken 1833-34; Entomology: Bees engraved portrait and additional title with hand-coloured vignette 30 engraved plates some hand-coloured 1840 all original cloth worn some spines defective Edinburgh; and 14 other vol. from the series 8vo (17)(17)
Parkinson (John) Paradisi in sole paradisus terres or A Garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers... first edition fine woodcut title by A.Switzer portrait on verso of **6 woodcut decorations and illustrations over 100 full-page lacking final 2 leaves (Ggg1 & 2 Index) A1 (first leaf of text) & Fff1-6 (Index) slightly defective OO4 & 5 Pp6 & YY1 &2 all torn at lower edge but no loss a few stains and other marginal tears or defects title slightly browned & trimmed to border and with contemporary name in ink at centre other old ink inscriptions on verso of title and on dedication engraved bookplate of Sir John Anstruther on verso of dedication and of John George Howe Drummond of Abbots Grange on front pastedown contemporary sheep ruled in blind morocco label (chipped) a little worn splits to joints [Henrey 282; Nissen 1489; STC 19300] folio [by Humfrey Lownes and Robert Young] 1629. *** First edition of the first important English treatise on horticulture. Parkinson was apothecary and botanist to Charles I. Of the nearly 1000 plants described in the Paradisus a large number grew in Parkinson`s own garden at Long Acre. The book is filled with references to contemporary botanists and gardeners and it provides one of the best single sources of information on gardening practices and styles in early 17th-century England.
Rumpf (Georg Eberhard) Thesaurus imaginum piscium first edition fine engraved frontispiece title in red and black with engraved vignette 3 engraved head-pieces and one tail-piece 60 engraved plates lacking portrait some plates with pencil or ink marginalia some light foxing but mostly to text text a little browned small tear to inner margin of frontispiece (repaired) contemporary calf gilt a little rubbed and marked rebacked corners repaired [Nissen 3520] folio Leiden Peter van der Aa 1711. *** Including lobsters and crabs.
Wilson (Alexander) and Charles Lucian Bonaparte. A The Illustrative Notes...by Sir William Jardine vol.1 & 2 only (of 3) half-titles engraved portrait frontispiece 60 hand-coloured engraved plates after Wilson (reduced by Thomas Brown) plates lightly soiled and offset contemporary green half morocco t.e.g. a little worn upper covers detached [Nissen 996] 8vo London & Edinburgh 1832.
Wood (William) General Conchology; or a Descripti vol.1 only [all published] half-title 60 hand-coloured engraved plates very lightly offset ex-library copy with old ink stamp on verso of title and final leaf modern half sheep spine gilt 1815 § Turton (William) A Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands lacking portrait 28 hand-coloured engraved plates lightly browned two leaves torn and repaired contemporary calf gilt corners worn rebacked with gilt spine 1819 first editions 8vo & 12mo (2)(2)
(Sir Robert) The Ancient and Present State of Gloc (Sir Robert) The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire first edition lacking title but with Author`s Epitaph leaf engraved portrait 8 plates of coats-of-arms double-page map and 61 double-page views by Kip only (of 64 lacking Knole Broadwell and Cirencester House) mounted on stubs with plate of Knole loosely inserted from another copy (a little browned and margins trimmed) a little browned and lightly spotted a few plates creased at fold engraved bookplate of Richard Rawlinson on front pastedown and of Henry Hucks Gibbs on rear contemporary panelled calf rebacked a little worn upper cover detached folio [by W.Bowyer] [1712].
Gandy (Michael) and Benjamin Baud. Architectural I text by John Britton engraved portrait frontispiece wood-engraved title-vignette 40 lithographed plates including 16 tinted views (with tissue-guards) a very good copy in original morocco-backed cloth vignette of castle surmounted by the royal arms and surrounded by a circlet of national emblems in gilt on upper cover slightly rubbed and faded at edges folio 1842.
Garnier (Charles) Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris 2 plate vol. (without the 2 8vo text vol. and Durandelle`s photographs) first edition etched portrait of Garnier by Devaux not called for in list of plates (on india paper and mounted) 56 engraved plates of elevations sections plans and details (5 double-page numbered as 10) and 20 fine chromolithographed plates (numbered as 40) including the additional engraved plate 2 issued later with printed explanatory note (creased) some light foxing list of plates in vol.1 with small tears to lower edge loose in modern cloth-backed drop-back box with ties incorporating original boards (rubbed edges reinforced in cloth) large folio Paris 1880.
Hogarth (William) The Works from the Original Plates restored by James Heath edited by John Nichols 156 etched and engraved plates on 116 sheets including the 2 portraits first portrait spotted and frayed at edges (reinforced) foxing light water-staining to fore-edge at beginning some tears and repairs occasionally affecting images contemporary half morocco spine gilt g.e. rather worn and stained upper cover detached large folio Baldwin and Cradock n.d.
Melling (Antoine Ignace) and J.-A.Cervini. Voyage lithographed portrait of Melling by Villain after Vigneron engraved map by Tardieu and 72 aquatint plates by Pirniger Gibele & Salathé after Memling each plate with publisher`s small embossed stamp at corner plate 42 with marginal tear crudely repaired with tape some foxing contemporary half morocco spine gilt corners a little worn oblong folio Paris 1826-30.
Pennant (Thomas) Some Account of London 3 vol. second edition engraved portrait vignette title and plates old ink inscription erased at foot of title extra-illustrated with the insertion of c.300 engraved plates portraits maps etc. (most 18th century) most mounted on blank leaves some with yellow wash border extensive ink antiquarian annotations in contemporary hand signed W.P. (William Parry according to pencil note on front free endpaper) some slightly cropped some foxing and browning nineteenth century burgundy morocco gilt garter arms on upper covers g.e. slightly rubbed 4to 1791.
(Marshal Louis Gabriel) Mémoires...sur ses Campagn (Marshal Louis Gabriel) Mémoires...sur ses Campagnes en Espagne depuis 1808 jusqu`en 1814 3 vol. including Atlas first edition text with half-titles engraved portrait 2 folding tables foxed and browned George Augustus Sala`s copy with his signature on front free endpaper of vol.1 and cut signature pasted at head of title of vol.2 Atlas with folding engraved map engraved view and 14 folding/double-page plans some incorporating views some foxing light water-staining to lower margin of some plates title loose and repaired at fore-edge contemporary half calf not uniform rubbed text vol. with labels from another set 8vo & folio Paris 1828. *** George Augustus Sala (1828-96) journalist.
19th CENTURY CONTINENTAL SCHOOL "Portrait study of a young woman wearing a blue dress", oil on canvas, AFTER MAURICE DUPUIS "Work labourers pushing a sack trolley", black and white dry point etching, AFTER K B DAVIS "Rabbit shooting" and "Retour de chasse", a pair of black and white prints, AFTER PATEL "An 18th Century rural mountainous landscape with classical ruins, figures in the foreground", engraved by Vivares and various other pictures and prints
Autograph – Royalty – Prince Philip fine official portrait photograph showing him full length in Guards Uniform signed and dated 1961 to base in original presentation morocco frame together with a Welsh Guards Christmas Card (insigned) and a WWI vintage military commission bearing the facsimile signature of George V
WWI/WWII group of documents and ephemera relating to Colonel W O Gibbs North Somerset Yeomanry including a good copy letter (with one ms correction in his hand) sent from the Trenches in November 1914 describing in some detail events: ...we lost 22 killed 39 wounded ...amongst the killed are poor Fred Lieber and Jack Davy both killed instantaneously Corporal Thomas who cut my hair one of the Dickinsons and young Glass...the shelling was frightful and very few regiments have had such an introduction to fighting as we have...’ Also included is a large album of press cuttings a Red Cross map of the POW camps of WWII official reports on the Battle of Britain and the Battle of Flanders a signed portrait of Field Marshal Byng and related ephemera
Kent – George II fine recovery document dated 1733 for land in Lydd & Romney Kent on one large leaf of vellum lacks seal but with a fine printed portrait of George II contained within an elaborate initial letter G’. One original hole in vellum affecting the edge of the portrait surround but not the portrait nor the text lacking seal but otherwise a fine fresh document with a striking portrait
Ephemera – General Tom Thumb Wedding portrait photograph showing him with his equally miniscule wife together with an example of one of his calling cards. General Tom Thumb whose real name was Chares Sherwood Stratton was one of the main attractions at the P T Barnum circus. He was extremely popular both in America and in the UK and performed twice in front of Queen Victoria. After his marriage to Lavinia Warren in 1863 he was received by Abraham Lincoln at the White House
English Civil War Mercurius Civicu London’s Intelligencer or Truth impartially related from thence to the whole Kingdome to prevent mis-information. Number 104 covering the period May 15th to May 22nd 1645. 8pp sm4to cut and collated. Featuring a woodcut engraved portrait of Charles I at head and with news that the King had ordered the Governor of Maryland in Virginia to take all London ships and to seize upon all debts due to London Merchants there is also report on the taking of Montgomery Castle and the raising of the siege of Westchester as well as the execution of one of the Kentish Mutineers. There is also a report on the taking of Hawkesley House in Staffordshire by the Royalists and the killing of all Parliamentary soldiers there. News from America also includes a report on a massacre of settlers by tribes of Indians and the establishment of new forts as a result.
English Civil War – Oliver Cromwell fine engraved portrait of Cromwell by Vertue taken from the original portrait by Samuel Cooper with Cromwell shown half length in armour bearing a staff in his hand and with a the Parliamentarian Army in the distance behind framed and glazed overall size approx 15x10 ins. Together with two engraved portraits of General Ireton
Durham – Walworth group of three indentures on vellum and one on paper relating to Walworth including a recovery of George II no portrait but a portion (about 40%) of the Chancery Seal of George II an indenture on paper dated 1607 being the division of the Manor of Walworth an obligation bond of 1678 and a copy of a recovery document.
Ephemera – An Exiceman’s Warrant document on a single leaf of vellum dated 1800 being the commission for an Exciseman with a fine initial portrait of George III contained within an elaborate initial letter and bearing the signatures and seals of five Commissioners. Partially printed document with ms insertions overall dusting and a little weakness where originally folded but legible throughout and a most uncommon document
Thomas Bardwell/Portrait of The Reverend Francis Barton/half length, in clerical dress/signed and dated, 1765/oil on canvas, 76cm x 63.5cm (30" x 25") /Provenance: Property of Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, Bt, Langley Park, Norfolk and by descent. Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, 2nd Bt (1756-1827) was a notable collector who was advised, after his inheritance in 1773, by the artist Henry Walton, Sir Thomas` most celebrated acquisition was Poussin`s `Adoration of th Magi`, now in the National Gallery, London. The Collection at Langley Park was started by his great-great uncle George Proctor who had acquired a notable group of works by Canaletto while in Venice and purchased the house in 1742/Literature: Catalogue of the Collection at Langley Park/see illustration
A Carved Ivory Bust Portrait of Wiliam (sic) Bateman, 19th century, on an oval plaque within carved borders with ribbon title, 13cm high, framed William Bateman was the Bishop of Norwich 1344-1355, and contributed to the establishment of Gonville Hall, Cambridge and founded the College of the Scholars of the Holy Trinity of Norwich, Cambridge.
A Russian Enamel Commemorative Beaker, circa 1896, commemorating Tsar Nicolas II, printed with a crowned monogram and with the double headed eagle on a ground of blue and red strapwork, 10cm high; and An Enamel Beaker, printed with a bust portrait dated 1848-1898 with the double headed imperial eagle and a ground of strapwork and armorials, 11cm high (2)
Continental School, early 20th century: Miniature Portrait of a Young Woman, wearing orange ribbons in her coiffure hair, and wearing a low cut dress, inscribed FLORIS, in a Continental gold metal pierced frame stamped 18K set with light blue sapphires and with conforming suspension link, and also with pin fastener for a brooch, 6cm overall
English School, circa 1790: Profile Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman, his powdered grey hair en queue, wearing a blue overcoat and white jabot, against a sky background, oval, 6.5cm, in a gold metal frame with blue guilloche enamel banding to the reverse centred by a lock of hair within a hair plait against Opaline glass panel, later pin fastener for a brooch, 7.2cm
Attributed to Philip Jean (1755-1802): Portrait Miniature of a Young Gentleman, circa 1790, bust length, turning to sinister, wearing a ruffled stock and brown coat, oval, 5.6cm, in the original frame with plaited hair locket and blue enamel surround (damaged); and English School, circa 1790: Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman, his hair en queue, turning to dexter, oval, 3.5cm (2)
A Portrait Miniature on Enamel, 18th century, depicting a gentleman, his hair en queue, wearing a brown jacket and yellow waistcoat, oval, 3.5cm, in white metal closed back frame; and Another, depicting a gentleman with grey powdered wig, wearing a claret jacket and ruffled jabot, oval, 3.5cm, in open back white metal frame (2)
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