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Preisdatenbank abonnieren[DONNE, John (1573-1631)]. Poems ... with Elegies on the Authors Death. London: by J. Flesher by John Sweeting, 1654. Small 8° (137 x 90mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait by W. Marshall. (Frontispiece and title re-hinged, lacking the first blank, first few leaves with light waterstain, lightly browned or dust-soiled throughout). Contemporary vellum (soiled). Fourth edition, third issue. Keynes 83; Wing D-1870. View on Christie's.com
MOLIERE, Jean Baptiste Poquelin de (1622-73). Oeuvres. Paris: [Pierre Prault] 1724. 6 vols., 4° (280 x 210mm). Half-titles, portrait frontispiece by Lépicié after Coypel, 33 plates after Boucher, engraved vignettes including one on the titles, after Boucher and others (dampstains on the title, occasional browning and spotting, Don Juan plate in vol. 3 window-mounted). Contemporary mottled calf, edges red (some joints starting, some spine caps chipped, some wear). Provenance: Madame Gouillart (printed label in vol. 2). 'BOUCHER'S MASTERPIECE' (Cohen), and one of the most attractive editions of the illustrated works of Molière. The second issue, with 'comtesse' corrected on p.360 of volume VI. Cohen-de Ricci 712-13. (6) View on Christie's.com
TASSO, Torquato (1544-95). La Gerusalemme Liberata. Venice: Giambattista Albrizzi, 1745. 2° (455 x 307mm). Half-title, engraved allegorical frontispiece, title printed in red and black, portrait of Maria Teresa, and 21 plates by Giambattista Piazzetta within one of two different styles of engraved border, engraved vignettes, one full-page. (Minor soiling on the half-title, light offsetting from a few plates). Contemporary mottled calf gilt (expertly rebacked preserving much of the original spine). FIRST EDITION OF THE MOST RENOWNED VENETIAN ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE 18TH CENTURY. Each of the introductory plates to the cantos has a separate engraved border, and is captioned with the names and arms of its sponsor; in the second edition, the names were replaced with verses from the poem. A TALL, FRESH COPY. Brunet V, 666; Lanchoronska 240; Morazzoni 256; Tasso Bib 261. View on Christie's.com
VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Oeuvres. Kehl: Sociétée Typographique, 1785-89. 70 vols., 8° (212 x 130mm). Two engraved portrait frontispieces, 93 plates after Moreau, and 11 engraved portraits only (of 14; bound without portraits in vols. 47, 67, and 68, occasional light browning and spotting.) Contemporary tree calf, sides with gilt border, flat spines with green and red morocco labels (some spine caps chipped, a few joints starting, a few spines with small surface losses). LARGE-PAPER COPY, with the fine suite of engravings after Moreau, of the celebrated Kehl edition of Voltaire's works. Beaumarchais established a press at Kehl for the sole purpose of publishing this edition. This copy from the large-paper issue known as '*'. Brunet V, 1353; Cohen-de Ricci 1042-7: 'one of Moreau's masterpieces'. (70) View on Christie's.com
AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION -- MUSIC. An attractive autograph album including autograph quotations, signed photographs and signatures of composers and musicians including: Richard STRAUSS. Autograph musical quotation, 8 BARS FROM ACT III OF DER ROSENKAVALIER, the beginning of the Marschallin's aria 'Habe mirs gelobt, ihn lieb zu haben in der richtigen Weis', in three systems, for voice and orchestra in short score, including the text and indication 'Marschallin', on a leaf 92 x 244mm, laid down; signed on facing page ('Richard Strauss'), Frankfurt[-am-Main], 21 August 1927, beneath a portrait postcard of the composer. Other musical quotations are supplied by Wilhelm FURTWÄNGLER (four bars from an unidentified work), Wilhelm Backhaus (with a signed photograph), Eugen d'Albert (with a signed photograph), Arthur Nikisch (with a signed portrait engraving), Artur Schnabel, Bruno Walter, John Barbirolli, Yehudi Menuhin, Pablo Casals (London, 1945), Alfred Cortot, Edwin Fischer, Arthur Rubinstein, Myra Hess, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich, Sviatoslav Richter and others, as well as letters by Carl Ebert and others, and signatures of Arturo Toscanini, Otto Klemperer, Paul Hindemith and others, the majority of items laid down, Frankfurt-am-Main, London and elsewhere, 1916-1963, on 59 leaves of an album, 4to, leather-backed cloth. Provenance: many of the contributions are inscribed to Beatrice Oppenheim (née Salomon), and the album bears her ex-libris. View on Christie's.com
HARDY, Thomas. The Dynasts. London: Macmillan, 1927. 3 vols, 4° (275 x 200mm). Frontispiece portrait after Francis Dodd signed by the artist in pencil. Original quarter vellum and printed boards (yapp edges slightly dusty, small area of paper lifting near one edge). LIMITED TO 525 COPIES SIGNED BY HARDY. Purdy, pp.134-5. HARDY, T. The Return of the Native. New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1929. Wood-engraved frontispiece and 11 tipped-in plates by Clare Leighton. (Offsetting from frontispiece, light spotting on the edges.) Original quarter linen and blue boards (spine rubbed and spotted, wear to label). Limited to 1500 copies signed by the artist. (4) View on Christie's.com
[DICKENS, Charles, editor]. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by 'Boz'. London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 2 volumes, 12° (199 x 124mm). Engraved portrait after J. Raven, and 12 etched plates by and after George Cruikshank. (Plates a little soiled and spotted at blank margins, title to vol. I offset, title to vol. II lightly soiled, some marginal thumb-soiling.) Publisher's pink embossed cloth, spines gilt, uncut (spines faded). FIRST EDITION. Final plate without grotesque border; the sixth plate correctly placed at p. 182 on plate list. Grimaldi's manuscript had previously been edited by Thomas Egerton Wilks who sold it to Bentley before Dickens was commissioned to re-edit it for publication. The introductory chapter revealed 'his childhood veneration for clowns and his insatiable curiosity about them' (Dickens Index p. 164). Eckel pp. 140-142; Gimbel B64. (2) View on Christie's.com
THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. 8° (205 x 121mm). Engraved frontispiece, title and 38 plates, wood-engraved illustrations, after the author. (Light browning to plates, last two plates and final quires waterstained at upper margin.) 'Cosway' binding in gold-tooled blue morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, with quill pen and mask motifs and red morocco rosettes on spine and covers, red morocco and red satin doublures with inset miniature portrait of Thackeray at front, gilt edges (light rubbing to extremities). FIRST EDITION IN A SUMPTUOUS 'COSWAY' BINDING, EARLIEST ISSUE from the original parts with the rustic heading on p. 1, portrait of the Marquis of Steyne on p. 336, and 'Mr. Pitt' for 'Sir Pitt' on p. 453. Van Duzer 231. View on Christie's.com
BAKST -- ALEXANDRE, Arsène and Jean COCTEAU. L'Art Decoratif de Léon Bakst. Paris: Maurice de Brunoff, 1913. 2° (400 x 275mm). Title printed in red and black. Mounted photogravure portrait frontispiece, 77 mounted plates, all but one after Bakst, 50 printed in colour and 4 folding, head- and tailpieces after Bakst. Original half vellum gilt, Bakst signature in facsimile on the front board, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (vellum lightly soiled). Provenance: small shelf ticket on the front pastedown. FIRST EDITION of this luxurious, richly illustrated publication with full page reproductions of Bakst splendid designs. View on Christie's.com
BARATYNSKII, Evgenii Abramovich (1800-1844). Stikhotovoreniia. [Poems.] Moscow: Avgust Semen, 1835. 2 parts in 1 vol., 8° (210 x 130mm). With the half-titles and contents leaves. Engraved portrait frontispiece. (Faint dampstain on the portrait, some spotting mostly in the margins.) 19th-century Russian half-leather, spine lettered in gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Paul M. Fekula. FIRST EDITION. The Fekula copy, complete with the portait by Skotnikov after Briulov. Baratynskii 'was a poet much admired by Pushkin, whose closest rival he was' (Fekula). V. Belinsky remarked that 'of all the poets who appeared at the same time as Pushkin, pride of place undoubtedly belongs to Baratynsky'. Fekula 4518 (this copy); Kilgour 103; Smirnov-Sokol'skii 504. View on Christie's.com
GRIBOEDOV, Aleksandr Sergeevich (1795-1829). Gore ot uma. [Woe from Wit.] St. Petersburg: Aleksandr Smirdin, 1854. 8° (165 x 110mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece by Nikolai Utkin. (Occasional light marginal soiling.) Contemporary Russian dark green half leather (extremities rubbed). Provenance: A. Mel'nikov (title signature) -- Russian Imperial Mission in Persia (stamp). A FINE SMIRDIN PUBLICATION COMPLETE WITH THE RARE PORTRAIT BY UTKIN, and in a contemporary binding. View on Christie's.com
GRUZINTSOV, Aleksandr Nikolaevich (1779-1840). Petriada. Poema Epicheskaia. [The Petriad. An Epic Poem.] St. Petersburg: Imperial Press, 1812. 4° (254 x 195mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved additional title, 2 engraved vignettes. (Occasional spotting, faint dampstain on frontispiece and engraved title.) Contemporary Russian red half morocco (some wear on the front board and spine, edges rubbed). FIRST EDITION, COMPLETE WITH THE ENGRAVED PORTRAIT. Kilgour 416; Smirnov-Sokol'skii 656. View on Christie's.com
KROTKOV, A., Major-General. Morskoi Kadetskii Korpus. [The Corps of Sea Cadets.] St. Petersburg: Eksp. Zagat. Gos. Bumag, 1901. 8° (244 x 170mm). Portrait frontispiece of Nicholas II, and illustrations throughout. Original printed wrappers bound-in contemporary Russian half sheep (extremities rubbed). FIRST EDITION of this rare jubilee publication issued to celebrate 200 years of the Corps of Sea Cadets, originally founded in Moscow as the Navigation School. Prepared under the patronage of Grand Duke Aleksei Aleksandrovich. View on Christie's.com
KRYLOV, Ivan Andreevich (1768-1844). Fables Russes. [Basni Ruskiia.] Paris: Bossange, 1825. 2 vols., 8° (220 x 135mm). Text in Russian, French and Italian. Engraved portrait frontispiece and 5 engraved plates. (Some spotting, small dampstain in the bottom margin of some leave.) Original printed wrappers preserved in early 20th-century green quarter morocco (wrappers lightly soiled). Provenance: Henri Leblanc (sale description laid in). First French edition. Published under the aegis of Count Orlov, this edition shows the Russian original with facing translations in French and Italian by various authors. According to Quérard the literary elite of both countries (Ségur, De L'Isle, etc.) collaborated on the translation; 'the work is the first and only to offer such a varied and such a precious gathering of distinguished talents'. Rare: ABPC records only one copy sold at auction. Fekula 4857; Quérard IV, 318. (2) View on Christie's.com
TIMM, Vasilii Feodorovich (1820-1895). Russkii khudozhestvennyilistok. [The Russian Art Periodical.] St. Petersburg: 1856. Oblong 2° (350 x 530mm). 36 tinted lithographs by A. Miunster after Timm, Briullov, Gross, Koradina, Grimm, Filippov, and others. (Bound without title, occasional light soiling and a few short tears in the margins, some of these repaired, the portrait of Alexander II trimmed in the margins and repaired along the edges, dampstain touching the image in a very few plates.) Contemporary half roan, red label lettered in gilt on upper cover (spine chipped, extremities worn). Provenance: 19th-century owner (signature on front endpaper). This issue of Timm's famous annual, published between 1851 and 1862, includes primarily scenes relating to the Crimean War and the coronation of Alexander II. View on Christie's.com
TOLSTOI, Aleksei Nikolaevich, Count (1883-1945). Autograph letter signed ('Aleksei N. Tolstoi') to Anna Alekseevna Gorodetskaia ('Darling Anna Alekseevna'), no place, no date, 1 page, 4to (two short marginal tears). Count Tolstoi to Anna Alekseevna Gorodestakaia, wife of the poet Sergei Mitrofanovich and a great beauty; an excellent double portrait by Il'ia Repin hangs in Kiev's National Museum of Russian Art. View on Christie's.com
UKHTOMSKY, Esper Esperovich., Prince. Voyage en Orient de Son Altesse Impériale le Césarevitch. Volume 2 (of 2). Translated by Louis Leger. Paris: Charles Delagrave, 1893. 2° (370 x 270mm). Portrait frontispiece on china paper, colour-printed map of Egypt, and 54 plates (of 55? possibly lacking one between pp.124 and 125) after N. Karazin, and illustrations throughout. (Some spotting.) Publisher's original calf, richly tooled, white moir© silk endpapers blocked in gilt, gauffred gilt edges (some scuffing and spotting). Provenance: a European Royal collection. FIRST EDITION IN THE PUBLISHER'S DELUXE BINDING of the first French edition of this richly illustrated account of Tsarevich Nicholas's journey to the east. This volume, published 5 years after the first, details the journey through Siberia, China, South East Asia, and Japan -- where Nicholas survived an attempt on his life. View on Christie's.com
UKHTOMSKY, Esper Esperovich., Prince. Voyage en Orient de Son Altesse Impériale le Césarevitch. Volume 1 (of 2). Translated by Louis Leger. Paris: Charles Delagrave, 1893. 2° (370 x 275mm). Portrait frontispiece on china paper, colour-printed map of Egypt, and 55 plates after N. Karazin, and illustrations throughout. Publisher's original green cloth, spine and upper side blocked in gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: C. von Platen (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of the first French edition of this richly illustrated account of Tsarevich Nicholas's journey to the east, reusing Karazin's fine original illustrations. View on Christie's.com
USTRIALOV, N. Imenitye Liudi Stroganovy. [Eminent Stroganovs.] St. Petersburg: at the Press of the State Institution for War Education,1842. 8° (270 x 170mm). Frontispiece portrait of Peter I, map hand-coloured in outline, 2 plates. (Spotting throughout, some wear in the first few leaves.) Original printed wrappers (spine defective, some gatherings loose). Provenance: A. Nikolaev (title signature dated 1901) -- Martin Winkler (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. View on Christie's.com
A scarce coloured Doultonware General Gordon commemorative jug, first version recording his exploits to 1884, the year before his death, relief portrait within wreath, and inscriptions “ ‘Chinese’ Gordon, born Jan 28 1833 - Crimea 1855-6, Leader of the Ever Victorious Army China 1860” on one side and “Governor General of the Soudan 1874. ‘By the help of God I will hold the balance level’ Khartoum 1884”, marked “Doulton Lambeth” on base with potters marks and 1884, height 7½”; later versions of this jug, produced up to 1905, had various inscriptions recording his death in Jan, 1885. VGC Plate 2
A coloured Royal Doulton jug commemorating centenery of the Death of Nelson, Royal blue body with portrait of Nelson, “Lord Nelson born 1758 died 1805” and naval battle scenes, within roped borders, rope handle, “Royal Doulton” mark to base and pattern no X6421 (for 1905), height 8”. VGC Plate 2
A hand tinted lithograph of Vice Admiral Dundas, GCB, published “1st June 1854 by Mr Skilton, Portrait engraver and lithographer, 11 Carlton Terrace, Harrow Road, from a Daguerrotype by Mr Kilburn”, in its moulded gilt frame 19½” x 17½”, GC (minor damage), with printed details of Admiral Dundas’s career.
6 WWII A3 posters: “The Army Needs SRN’s for Active Service Training” text details; “A Message from Her Majesty the Queen to the Nurses of Britain” (1942) with text; “Join your local Special Constabulary” with silhouette of constable in battle dress and same caption with portrait of constable wearing cap; “Going Ashore - Keep what you know to yourself” with text; “Let your Shopping help our Shipping” with basket of vegetables; in 3 sleeves. VGC
6 WWII A3 posters: “Gas Attack” details and sketches of what to do in the event of an attack; “The Citizens Service- Special Constabulary” head and shoulders man and woman in uniform, “Help the Police - Join the Special Constabulary” text; “Join Your Local Special Constabulary” portrait of constable wearing cap; “CD - Welfare Section” and “CD - Ambulance and First Aid Section,” each with head and shoulders of woman in uniform; in 3 sleeves. VGC
6 WWII A3 posters: “Join your local Special Constabulary” with silhouette of constable in battle dress and same caption with portrait of constable wearing cap; “Back up the Fighting Forces” with head and shoulders sailor, soldier and airman; “Going Ashore? Keep what you know to Yourself”; “Let Your Shopping help our Shipping- Plan your meals to avoid waste” with basket of vegetables; “Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases” woman coughing over people in lift; in 3 sleeves. VGC
A large 19th century oil on canvas portrait of a woman holding a posy of flowers, painted 3/4 length, she in white bonnet with ribbons, blue dress and shawl, with an arch top, gilt slip, measuring approximately 36 by 29 inches. (as found with damage, rips and tears with no visible signature)
A late 18th/early 19th century oval portrait miniature of a gentleman with grey curled hair, white cravat, dark grey jacket and red waistcoat, initialled above left shoulder R.A, on ivory, ebonised frame, verso with printed excerpt label and hand written inscription `...portrait of John Burg...attributed to William Wood 1758 - 1820 from the collection of the late Sir Marcus Clarke`.
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