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Los 49
Circle of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch 1606-1669- Bust of a laughing young man; oil on panel, bears two indistinctly stamped wax collector's seals verso, 16.6 x 15.8 cm. (unframed). Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present work is a version of the painting of a 'Laughing young man' in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam [SK-A-3934]. The figure in the work bears a strong resemblance to Rembrandt, with the original long thought to be a self-portrait by the artist himself, an attribution which has since changed to that of a pupil in Rembrandt's Leiden workshop. Rather than serving as a portrait, depicting an accurate likeness of the sitter, this work can instead by interpreted as a tronie, or character study, which allowed the artist to explore the representation of various emotions.
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Francesco Bartolozzi, RA, Italian 1727-1815- Portraits from His Majesty's Collection, after Holbein; stipple engravings printed in colour, six signed 'Engrav'd by F. Bartolozzi. R.A. Historical Engraver to His Majesty' (within the plate, lower right), one signed 'F. Bartolozzi sculpt' (within the plate, lower right), 38.2 x 31.4 cm. and smaller, seven; together with Conrad Martin Metz, German 1749-1827- Portrait of John Poines, after Holbein; stipple engraving printed in colours, signed 'C. Metz Sculpt' (within the plate, lower right), 32.3 x 25 cm., eight altogether (8). Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present prints are after Hans Holbein's (c.1497-1543) sensitive portrait drawings of figures in the court of Henry VIII (1491-1547). The seven prints produced by Bartolozzi depict Sir Richard Rich, Lord Chancellor, (c.1496-1567), Thomas, Lord Vaux (1509-1556), Sir Thomas Lestrange (c.1490-1545), Thomas, Baron Wentworth (1501-1551), Sir Thomas Parry (c.1515-1560), Elizabeth, Lady Hoby, (c.1500-1560), and Elizabeth, Lady Audley (d.1557), whilst Metz's engraving depicts John Poyntz (c.1585-1544). The original drawings are all held in the Royal Collection.
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British School, early 19th century- Portrait of a naval officer, half-length, wearing a red coat with dark blue facings, gold buttons and epaulettes; watercolour on ivory, navette, 3.7 x 1.8 cm, held within a metal and paste gem brooch setting. Ivory submission reference: 8K9PZFKH Provenance: Private Collection, UK.
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Circle of Edward Stott, ARA, British 1859-1918- Portrait of a young man, bust-length, with a full beard and a broad-brimmed hat; oil on board, bears landscape sketch in oil verso, 26.5 x 21 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present portrait, which shows a young man wearing a large hat and looking directly out at the viewer with a penetrating gaze, strongly recalls the works of Edward Stott, a leading figure of the rural Sussex artist colony at Amberley, who was renowned for his atmospheric and intimate portrayals of rural subjects. Stott trained in the Paris studio of Carolus Duran (1837-1917), and while in France became familiar with the rural realism of Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884), and also became influenced by the works of the Impressionists. Stott brought this approach back to England, saturating his scenes of the Sussex countryside with bold strokes of highly pigmented colour. This bold approach to colour can also be discerned in the present portrait, particularly in the florid skin tone of the subject, which is punctuated with strokes of bright and unmixed red.
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After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch 1606-1669- Portrait of a bearded man in a cap; oil on canvas, feigned oval, 62 x 45.5 cm. Provenance: Property from a European Private Collection. Note: The present work appears to be a copy after Rembrandt's 1642 painting of a bearded man wearing a cloak and a hat, described as a rabbi, which was recorded as being in the private collection of the financier Jules Porgès (1839-1921). The original was illustrated on page 393 of Adolf Rosenberg and Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner's 1908 catalogue raisonné of Rembrandt's work, and was again referenced in Abraham Bredius's 1935 catalogue raisonné of the artist (no.220).
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Circle of Johann Heinrich Friedrich Tischbein, German 1751-1829- Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a white dress and blue shawl; oil on canvas, 70.5 x 56.5 cm. Provenance: Property from a European Private Collection. Note: The present portrait, which shows the sitter gazing firmly out at the viewer and placed before a stark, simply rendered background, recalls the direct approach to portraiture championed by Johann Heinrich Tischbein. Tischbein is best known for his portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) in the Roman Campagna, now held at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt [no. 1157]. Tischbein worked alongside contemporaries such as Friedrich Bury (1763-1823), and enjoyed the patronage of a number of prominent members of the German aristocracy, including Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1745-1804), and Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1755-1829).
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Circle of Pierre Mignard, French 1612-1695- Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, in a silver dress with a lace trim, holding a basket of flowers; oil on canvas, bears old label printed in Cyrillic attached to the stretcher bar (upper left), 100 x 80 cm. Provenance: Property from a European Private Collection. Note: The present work exhibits a striking similarity to the portraits of Mignard, both in composition and technique. Mignard, who studied under Simon Vouet (1590-1649), became one of the most prominent and successful portraitists to the 17th-century French aristocracy, serving as the head of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture and as Premier peintre du Roi after the death of his rival Charles le Brun (1619-1690). Mignard's sitters include the most significant and influential figures of the period, such as Louis XIV (1638-1715), René Descartes (1596-1650), and Molière (1622-1673). The present painting strongly recalls Mignard's 'Portrait of a Lady' held in the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw [M.Ob.1253 MNW], which, much like the present work, depicts an elegant lady adorned with carefully studied flowers and glimmering pearl earrings, with heavily blended brushstrokes imparting the sitter's skin with a smooth and almost luminous quality.
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After Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish 1577-1640- Portrait of the Artist; oil on canvas, 41 x 35.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present work is a cropped copy after Rubens' original 1623 self-portrait, held by the Royal Collection, London [RCIN 400156]. The Royal Collection description notes that Rubens sent the portrait to Charles I as an apology, after the artist offended the Royal by mistakenly sending him another work which had been painted by his studio, and not by the artist himself.
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Richard Crosse, British 1742-1810- An Officer of a Regiment of the Foot Guards, shoulder-length, wearing a scarlet coat with blue facings and gold lace, his hair powdered; watercolour on ivory, oval, within a later gold and diamond brooch setting, 4 x 3.1 cm. Ivory reference number: NJJV6KQL. Note: Deaf and mute from birth, Richard Crosse initially took up miniature painting as a hobby. However, after his talent was recognised during a contest at the Society of Artists, Crosse moved from his native Devon to London, where he would spend a long and prolific career. Crosse is known to have exhibited across London from as early as 1760, including at the Society of Artists and the Free Society of Artists. He also frequently showed his works at the Royal Academy, where he is recorded as an exhibitor from 1770 to 1796. During this time he lived in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden – an area that had long been a popular destination for painters of miniatures, including Samuel Cooper (1609-1672) and Richard Gibson (1615-1690). Although Crosse could not provide his patrons with gossip and witty conversation during sittings, which would have been an important and expected part of the process of having one's portrait painted, this did not seem to hinder his career. Crosse's appointment as 'painter in enamel' to King George III in 1788 attests to his renown and his popularity with the aristocracy. The Royal appointment also shows Crosse's evolution as an artist, as he had transitioned to the challenging medium of enamel. He continued to push boundaries in watercolour miniature painting too, often working on uncharacteristically large supports. Army officers were frequent subjects for the artist, and an example similar to the portrait presented here was sold at Bonhams, 25 May 2011, lot 9 (£3,600). Another example is held at Kenwood House, Hampstead [no. 88421332].
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Jérôme-Martin Langlois, French 1779-1838- Portrait of a lady, quarter-length, with a white bonnet and a yellow bow; oil on canvas, signed and dated 'J.M. Langlois 1822' vertically (lower left), 63.5 x 53.3 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: Langlois was a Neoclassical painter who studied under Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) and worked across a variety of genres, producing portraits, historical, and mythological scenes over the course of his career. Indeed, Langlois completed a painting of 'Diana and Endymion', a commission from Louis VIII for the Palace of Versailles, in 1822, the same year as the present portrait. A similar portrait by Langlois sold at Sotheby's, New York, on 1 February 2013 (lot 585) for $1,600.
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Circle of Sir John Baptist Medina, Flemish/Spanish/British 1659-1710- Portrait of a lady holding foliage and a staff, with a sheep; oil on canvas, 126.5 x 62 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present painting recalls the work of Medina, an artist of Flemish-Spanish descent who enjoyed considerable success as a portraitist in London and Edinburgh. He is also well-known for producing the first illustrations for John Milton's (1608-1674) 'Paradise Lost' in 1688. The present sitter has been depicted in an idealised pastoral setting, with a sheep visible to the right of the composition nibbling at the foliage in her hand, whilst the closely-observed drapery of her rich clothing is sharply evoked by the artist.
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George Henry, RA RSA RSW, Scottish 1858-1943- Portrait of Reverend Frederic Chase, Bishop of Ely, seated, wearing clerical dress; watercolour on paper, signed, dated, and dedicated 'TO MRS. CHASE / FROM GEORGE HENRY / 1925' (upper left), 29.5 x 23 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present work is presumably a posthumous portrait of Reverend Chase (1853-1925), commissioned in 1925 by his wife, and conceived from a photograph. Chase served as the Bishop of Ely from 1905 until his resignation in 1924, and is here fittingly pictured in his clerical dress. Henry was one of the last surviving members of the Glasgow Boys, alongside William York Macgregor (1855-1923), James Paterson (1854-1932), James Guthrie (1859-1930), Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864-1933).
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James Gillray, British 1756-1815- A Voluptuary under the Horrors of Digestion; stipple engraving, signed 'Js. G. design et fecit' (within the plate, lower left), numbered '85' (within the plate, upper right), 35.8 x 26.7 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The Metropolitan Museum entry for the present print describes how 'Gillray’s famously brutal caricature of George, Prince of Wales encapsulates the effects of uncontrolled self-indulgence upon the heir to the British throne. Sprawled in his chair after a lavish meal, the prince picks his teeth with a meat fork; his lack of gentility is underscored by the over-flowing chamber pot at his elbow used to anchor unpaid bills. Just thirty years old, his accumulated ailments can be inferred from remedies piled at right – pills and potions to treat "stinking breath", "piles" (hemorrhoids), venereal disease and poor digestion. A portrait on the wall suggests a more effective remedy – depicting Luigi Carnarro, a Venetian nobleman whose life was famously saved by going on a strict diet. By including "Voluptuary" in the title, Gillray invoked contemporary worries that traditional British masculine virtues were being enervated by a culture obsessed with luxury.'
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Circle of Richard Cosway, RA, British 1742-1821- Portrait of a gentleman, shoulder-length, wearing a navy coat and white stock; watercolour on ivory, oval, 5.2 x 4cm, within a gilt metal brooch setting cast with foliate scrolls, the reverse inset with hairwork and a further, smaller miniature portrait of a child, by a different hand. Ivory submission reference: 42NMZMAX. Provenance: Private Collection, UK.
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Sir Samuel Luke Fildes, RA, British 1843-1927- Mrs Robert Borwick; oil on canvas, signed and dated 'Luke Fildes 1890' (upper left), inscribed and dated 'Mrs Robert Borwick / by Luke Fildes / April 1890' verso, 144.8 by 95.9 cm. Provenance: Collection of Sir Robert Borwick; thence by descent to his son, George 2nd Baron Borwick (1880–1941) (until at least 1937). Anon. sale, Christie’s, London, 12 June 1992, lot 124. Anon. sale Sotheby’s, New York, 15 October 2020, lot 122, when acquired by the present owner. Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1890, no. 395. Note: Liverpool-born artist Sir Samuel Luke Fildes began his artistic career as an illustrator, producing work for publications like the Graphic, a weekly newspaper focused on social reform, and supplying book illustrations for renowned authors like Charles Dickens and William Thackeray. During the 1870s, however, Fildes moved away from illustration and instead turned his attention to oil painting, quickly becoming one of Britain’s most sought-after portrait painters. At the height of his fame, Fildes was even commissioned to capture the likenesses of several members of the Royal Family, including King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra, and King George V. The reverse of the portrait presented here bears an inscription that identifies the subject as Mrs Robert Borwick, formerly known as Caroline Smith Johnston (1853–1936). Caroline was the sixth daughter of Reverend Richard Daniel Johnston (1815–1885) and Susan Anne Farley (1821–1876). On March 6, 1872, Caroline married Robert Hudson Borwick (1845–1936), a wealthy businessman. Robert served as the chairman of George Borwick & Sons Ltd, a family enterprise established by his father George (1807–1889) in 1844. By the close of the nineteenth century, the company had emerged as a prominent English manufacturer of baking, egg, and custard powders, boasting a capital of £100,000 in 1902. In recognition of his accomplishments, Borwick was knighted in 1902 and later bestowed with the title of Baronet, of Eden Lacy in the County of Lancaster, in 1916. Consequently, Caroline assumed the title of Baroness Borwick. Together, they had two sons and seven daughters. Painted when Mrs Borwick was 37, the portrait presented here serves as a remarkable illustration of Samuel Luke Fildes’ skill as a society painter. Fildes has paid particular attention to his sitter’s clothing and jewellery, which are rendered in great detail: Mrs Borwick wears an impressive black evening gown embellished with intricate beadwork and delicate lace. A necklace made of pearls gracefully adorns her neck and, on her wrists, she wears slender gold bracelets. Clasped in her hand is a gilded fan, and radiant gold diamond rings sparkle on her fingers. The present picture was showcased at the Royal Academy in 1890, the same year it was created, and was exhibited in Gallery IV alongside works by renowned artists such as Watts, Boughton, Cole, and Sargent. During this exhibition, Fildes also presented his Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Agnew in Gallery III and a Portrait of a lady in Gallery V. The circumstances surrounding the execution of the portrait remain unknown, however, it is documented that this picture remained in the Borwick family until at least one year after Mrs. Borwick’s death. This is substantiated by a photograph taken in May 1937, which features Caroline’s eldest son, George, 2nd Baron Borwick (1880-1941), and his second wife, Dorothea Gertrude Borwick. In the photograph, Caroline’s portrait can be seen hanging on the wall at the family’s residence [NPG x152941].
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R. Schuster, German, mid/late 19th century- Portrait of a young lady, half-length, holding a basket of flowers; oil on canvas, in feigned oval, inscribed and dated 'R Schuster / 1870' verso, inscribed 'Tirol [?] R Schuster' to the upper stretcher bar, 69.1 x 55.5 cm. Provenance: Property from a European Private Collection.
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Circle of George Engleheart, British 1750-1829- Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, wearing a navy coat and white stock; watercolour on ivory, oval, 6.5 x 5.3 cm, encased in a gold setting with plaited hairwork and enamel to the reverse, and gilt metal initial 'H'. Ivory submission reference: LHHYVCGX. Provenance: Private Collection, UK.
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After Sir Godfrey Kneller, German/British 1646-1723- Portrait of George I, bust length, in coronation robes, with a crown behind; oil on canvas, 71.5 x 56.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present work is a reduced copy, with minor variations, after Kneller's original, now in the collection of Yale University Art Gallery [1718.1].
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English School, early to mid 17th century- Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black jacket with flat lace collar, holding a blue book; oil on canvas, inscribed and dated 'ÆTATIṠ ṠVÆ 25 / 1636' (upper left), 117.4 x 91.5 cm. Provenance: Robert Boothby (d.1774). Charles Gilbert Heathcote, Kilmeston Manor, Hampshire, since 1902. Private Collection, UK. Note: Charles Gilbert Heathcote (1841-1913) was an English barrister and tennis player. He was one of the founders of the All England Club, and played in the first Wimbledon Championships in 1877. He acquired Kilmeston Manor, Alresford, Hampshire in 1902 and became a Justice of the Peace for Hampshire in 1906. The portrait remained at Kilmeston Manor over the course of the 20th and early 21st century, until now.
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Follower of Georg Anton Abraham Urlaub, German 1744-1788- Portrait of a man, half-length, wearing a red coat with a white fur collar; oil on canvas on panel, 60 x 41 cm. Provenance: Property from a European Private Collection. Note: The present work reveals the influence of Georg Anton Abraham Urlaub, a member of the Urlaub painting dynasty. He was the son of Georg Christian Urlaub (1718-1766) and nephew of Georg Anton Urlaub (1713-1759), who was himself the pupil of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770). Urlaub travelled across Germany, working as a portraitist in Würzberg, Nuremberg, and Augsburg, before moving to Mainz, where he became court painter in 1784. Urlaub's portraits were praised by contemporaries and subsequent generations for the strong sense of character and presence which they convey, alongside their significant technical precision, with the artist's particular skill in rendering fur noted by art historians such as Manfried H Grieb.
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Attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller, German/British 1646-1723- Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Folliott, half length, wearing an ochre dress and blue shawl; oil on canvas, feigned oval, bears old label for Chapman Bros, Chelsea, attached to the central stretcher bar, 76.4 x 63.6 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: A later copy of Kneller's portrait of Elizabeth Folliott (d.1725) is in the collection of the National Trust, at Mompesson House in Wiltshire [NT 724323].
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British School, late 18th century- A miniature portrait of a lady holding a floral wreath and seated beside a pedestal, probably a mourning portrait; watercolour and sepia wash on ivory, navette shaped, 3.6 x 1.7 cm., within a paste gem and yellow metal brooch setting; Ivory registration submission reference: 1L2QEGAU. Provenance: Private Collection, UK.
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Sir Alfred Munnings: 'The Finish', London, Museum Press Limited, 1952, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by Munnings in blue ink on verso of title page "Walking down Elm Hill on a drear nighted December evening & all the rest. My publisher - Inscombe & JS at a lit up bookshop - ablaze[?] it was all in a glitter! We walked in & found the lady had thought the door was locked! Alfred Munnings Dec. 4th 1952.", half title with original pencil cloud formation and gesture lines sketches by Munnings surrounding the printed illustration in the centre of the page depicting him as an angel, and pencil signed by Munnings above, portrait frontis + numerous black & white illustrations throughout as called for, original cloth gilt
Los 7308
(Bible, Queen Anne.) 'The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Church of England : Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches.', Oxford, Printed by the University-Printers, 1701, double column, printed in red and black, many leaves with closed tears and part losses professionally repaired, contemporary ownership signature of one WIlliam Sadler at head of title page, one page of 19th Century manuscript pen & ink and pencil Sadler family history at front (including mention of William Sadler being buried at St Giles Cripplegate Church, Fore Street, London), folio, decorative full green morocco gilt, Queen Anne royal cyphers in gilt to front cover, later rebacked retaining decorative gilt compartments on spine, each with Queen Anne royal cypher; together with Arthur Clifford (edited); Sir Walter Scott: 'The State Papers and Letters of Sir Ralph Sadler, Knigh-Banneret', Edinburgh & London, Archibald Constable; T. Cadell & W. Davies et al, 1809, 2 volumes, engraved frontipieces, engraved plate "Monument of Sir Ralph Sadleir" + 4 engraved plates of facsimile 16th Century signatures royals, notables etc, 4to, contemporary calf gilt, rbacked retaining backstrips, later leather gilt labels to spines, "Edward Sadler" in gilt to front covers, all edges gilt; Lieut. G. W. Picton: 'The Battle of Waterloo: or, A general history of the events connected with that important æra: from the period of Bonaparte's escape from Elba, to his arrival at St. Helena. Containing official and circumstancial accounts...', London, R. Edwards, c.1816, 3rd edition, folding hand coloured engraved map of the Netherlands, 2 folding engraved battle plans with hand colouring, 6 hand coloured aquatint plates & 3 engraved portrait plates, small number of leaves with professional marginal repairs, rebound half calf gilt retaining majority of original backstrip, H.B. Robinson: 'Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton, G.C.B. &c. Including His Correspondence, from Originals in Possession of His Family, &c.', L, Richard Bentley, 1836, 2nd edition revised, 2 volumes, engraved port. frontis, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked retaining orig. backstrips (6)
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Charles Dickens. 4 titles. 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' Twelve Illustrations and a Portrait by S.L. Fildes. Chapman and Hall, 1870. Additional engraved title. Contemporary half green calf/marbled boards. 1st edition..(with) . 'Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son' With Illustrations by H.K.Browne. Bradbury and Evans, 1848. Engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title and 38 engraved plates, some spotting to plates. Half brown calf/marbled boards, sometime rebacked retaining original spine, new labels and endpapers. 1st edition.(with) 'Our Mutual Friend' Illustrations by Marcus Stone. Chapman and Hall, 1865. 2 vols. Bound from the parts. 40 engraved plates, half-titles present, with the '(To) The Reader' slip before page one. Contemporary pink pebbled binder's cloth, worn along joints of vol 1. First edition.(with) Dickens. 'American Notes for General Circulation' With a frontispiece by C. Stanfield, R.A. Chapman and Hall, 1850. First cheap edition. Small 8vo. Double column. Ad leaf at end. Contemporary quarter calf/paper boards, upper joint splitting. (5)
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Charles Darwin: 'The Origin of Species', London, John Murray, 1892, 6th edition, with additions and corrections, 43rd thou., folding chart, 32pp publisher's adverts at end dated July 1892, original cloth gilt; together with Alfred Russel Wallace: 'Darwinism. An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with Some of Its Applications', L, Macmillan, 1905, portrait frontis (loose), folding colour map + 37ills. in text and diagrams as called for, original cloth gilt (2)
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Horace Brodzky (1885-1969): 'Forty Drawings. Text by James Laver', London, William Heinemann, 1935, 1st edition, signed & inscribed presentation copy "For Juliet Foyle with the compliments of Horace Brodzky London Nov 4/35", portrait frontispiece + 40 illustrations, chiefly nudes, as called for, [iv],17,40pp, 4to, original cloth, dust wrapper (worn with part losses). Horace Brodzky (1885-1969) wasa student at the School of the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, but spent most of his creative life in London. He was one of the earliest Australian artists to embrace the modern style of the twentieth century.
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(Fleece Press, Gwen Raverat.) Joanna Selborne and Lindsay Newman: 'Gwen Raverat, Wood Engraver', The Fleece Press, 1996, limited edition, one of 260 copies from a total edition of 300 copies only, numerous wood engravings throughout printed from the original blocks plus tissue guarded colour self portrait and other tipped in plates as called for, folio, original quarter cloth over marbled paper covered boards by Ann Muir, printed paper label to spine, original slipcase; Reynolds Stone & Simon Brett: 'The Wood Engravings of Gwen Raverat', Cambridge, Silent Books, 1989, [2nd edition], 160pp, b/w illustrations throughout being higher quality photographic reproductions newly taken from the artist's proofs, replacing the lower quality magnesium block reproductions used in the original edition, 4to, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper; plus 'Gwen and Jacques Raverat: Paintings and Wood-Engravings. Exhibition Catalogue by L.M. Newman & D.A. Steel', University of Lancaster Library, 1989, ltd. edn., one of 100 copies for sale from a total edition of 136 only, portrait frontis + b/w ills., 70,[2]pp, original pictorial wraps, some relevant ephemera loosely (3) inserted
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Judith Legrove: 'A Musical Eye: The Visual World of Britten and Pears', Church Hanborough, Artists' Choice Editions, 2012, limited edition, number 339 of 650 copies, 163,[5]pp, numerous colour illustrations of which several full page by John Piper, John Craxton, David Hockney, Duncan Grant, Mary Potter, Sidney Nolan etc., large 4to (32 x 25cm), original quarter cloth gilt, pictorial paper covered boards, front cover reproducing a portrait of Horace Brodzky by Gaudier-Brzeska, 1913, original A4 promotional leaflet loosely inserted. Considers the importance of art and design in the lives of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears and their significant collection still exhibited at their former home, The Red House, in Aldeburgh; plus 3 others John Piper, including 'John Piper in the 1930s: Abstraction on the Beach', Merrell, 2003, 1st edition, 192pp, profusely colour illustrated throughout, original boards, dust wrapper, 'John Piper', The Tate Gallery, 1983, catalogue for the exhibition Nov. 1983-Jan. 1984, 152pp, colour and b/w ills., original pictorial wraps, relevant material loosely inserted, Richard Ingram's & John Piper: 'Piper's Places: John Piper in England & Wales', London, C & W/Hogarth Press, 1983, colour & b/w ills. throughout, orig. cloth, dust wrapper (4)
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(Hermit Press, Anthony Christmas.) Vita Sackville-West: 'Orchards. A Fragment from 'The Land'. With wood engravings by Anthony Christmas.', Buxton, The Hermit Press, 1987, limited edition, number 171 of 250 copies, set in Bembo type and printed on Zerkall mould-made paper, [12]pp, 3 wood engravings (of which 1 coloured) by Anthony Christmas, (20 x 14cm), original patterned paper covered boards using a genuine Curwen pattern paper; A.G. Prys-Jones: 'A Memory of T.E. Lawrence', Hermit Press, 1997, limited edition, number 68 of 150 copies, engraved portrait frontis by Anthony Christmas, oblong (12 x 15cm), original pictorial paper covered boards; Richard Jefferies: 'Country Vignettes', Hermit Press, limited edition, number 25 of 190 copies, seven engravings by Anthony Christmas (of which 3 colour, 2 of which full page), 27 x 19cm, original full cloth with a print from an extra engraving mounted to front cover (3)
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Sixteen volumes on India, including history, travel and topography, art, politics, literature etc, including Mahatma Gandhi: 'Stonewalls Do Not a Prison Make', Ahmedabad, Navajivan Publishing House, 1964, 1st edition, one of 3,000 copies, xv,231pp, original printed wraps, Pyarelal: 'Mahatma Gandhi: The Last Phase. Volume I', Ahmedabad, Navajivan Publishing House, 1956, 1st edition, one of 8,000 copies, portrait frontispiece + numerous ills. from photographs as called for, original pictorial cloth, dust wrapper, M.R. Imrany: 'Paradise Under the Shadow of Hell: India's War on Kashmir. As Seen by Non-Muslims and Neutral Observers. In Five Parts', Lahore, September 1948, xxiii,193pp, original printed wraps, Lieut. Gen. Sir George MacMunn: 'The Underworld of India', L, Jarrolds, 1933, 1st edition, 16 b/w plates from photos as called for, orig. cloth gilt, Bal Krishna: 'Shivaji the Great', Bombay, D.B. Taraporevala, 1932, signed & inscribed by the author on FFEP, volume I, viii,589pp, colour frontis + colour plates as called for, original cloth gilt, Vera Anstey: 'The Economic Development of India', L, Longmans, 1936, 3rd edition revised and enlarged, 10 maps, plates, diagrams as called for (some folding), original cloth gilt, m/s pen & ink ownership signature of the author Vera Anstey (1889-1976), British economist and noted expert on the economy of India, on front pastedown, together with a Tamil translation of the same work, Madras, Bureau of Tamil Publications by arrangement with Longmans, 1965, 1st Tamil language edition, Vera Anstey's own copy with 3 contemporary typed letters signed from the publisher to her, plus a contemporary autograph letter signed to her from D. Velappan, Lecturer in Economics, St Hindu College, Nagercoil, loosely inserted, orig. cloth, dust wrapper, plus a Japanese translation copy of the same work, orig. cloth (worn), 'Notes for the Guidance of Visitors to Kashmir', Lahore, Lion Press for the Jammu & Kashmir Government, [nd], c.1935, 2 folding maps at end + folding table and numerous illustrations throughout as called for, original pictorial wraps; plus 7 others similar (16)
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(Fleece Press.) Simon Brett (Intro.): 'A Cross Section, the Society of Wood Engravers in 1988', The Fleece Press, 1988, limited edition, one of 160 standard copies from a total edition of 225 copies only, 44 wood engravings printed by Simon Lawrence from the blocks, including work by John Lawrence, Hilary Paynter, Miriam Macgregor, Sarah van Niekerk and many others, text includes an obituary of Stanley Lawrence by Ian Mortimer and tipped in b/w portrait from a photograph of Stanley Lawrence, folio (29 x 21cm), original quarter cloth over patterned paper covered boards by Edwina Ellis, slipcase. The artist Sarah van Niekerk's own copy with her printed ownership label at foot of front pastedown, and an autograph postcard signed to her from the printer Simon Lawrence loosely inserted
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Edward Gibbon. 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' A New Edition. Strahan & Cadell, 1791. 12 vols, complete. Engraved frontis portrait to vol 1 plus 1 engraved map. Contemporary calf, flat spines gilt-ruled, each with 2 labels. Spines slightly rubbed; 1 joint weak. (12)
Los 7005
(Fleece Press, Reynolds Stone.) Michael Harvey: 'Reynolds Stone: Engraved Lettering in Wood', The Fleece Press, 1992, limited edition, one of 270 copies only, 42 wood engravings, all bar one printed from the original blocks (taking 392 hours to print), tipped in portrait of Reynolds Stone, folio, original quarter cloth over patterned paper covered boards by Claire Maziarczyk, printed paper label to spine, original slipcase
Los 7289
Seven assorted Natural History and Botany related volumes, including Charles Howie: 'Musci Fifenses: Specimens of the Mosses of Fifeshire; Illustrated by notes relative to their distribution over the county.', St. Andrews, Joseph Cook; London, W. Pamplin, [nd], circa 1879, signed & inscribed by the author on page preceding title page "Miss Kirke Greenmount with Chas Howie's Compts Sept 1879", 7,[112]pp, 112 pages of dried specimens laid down on sheets, with printed descriptions of each type of moss and species name etc, some with short pencil and pen & ink m/s notes by the author, old half calf gilt worn, top board near detached, East Midland Forensic Science Laboratory label on front pastedown. Very scarce; William Rhind: 'A History of the Vegetable Kingdom', Glasgow, Blackie, [nd], c.1850, engraved portrait frontis, added engraved portrait title, 12 full page engraved plates + numerous wood engraved ills. in text as called for, recased retaining original pictorial blindstamped cloth gilt; Ernest Henry Wilson: 'A Naturalist in Western China', Theophrastus Publishers, 1977, facsimile edition of the 1913 edition published by Methuen, 2 volumes, folding ,ap and numerous b/w plates as called for, uniform original cloth gilt; plus 3 others similar (7)
Los 7210
Eighteen assorted volumes on Russia, the Soviet Union, Communism, Russian revolution and revolutionary anarchists, history etc, including EH Carr: 'Michael Bakunin', Macmillan, 1937, 1st edition, portrait frontispiece, x,501pp, original cloth gilt; General Sanchez Salazar: 'Murder in Mexico. The Assassination of Leon Trotsky', London, Secker & Warburg, 1950, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper; Emma Goldman: 'Living My Life', Garden City Publishing, 1934, 1st one volume edition, 993,xvi pp, original cloth, memoir of the Lithuanian-born anarchist revolutionary, political activist, and writer Emma Goldman (1869-1940); Julius West: 'Soldiers of the Tsar, and Other Sketches and Studies of the Russia of Today', London, Iris Publishing Co, 1915, 1st edition, frontis + 1 plate, orig. cloth gilt; Webb: 'Soviet Communism: A New Civilisation?', Longmans, 1935, 1st edition, 2 volumes, uniform original cloth gilt; E.H. Carr: 'A History of Soviet Russia. The Bolshevik Revolution 1917-1923', L, Macmillan, 1950-1953, 1st edition, 3 volumes, uniform original cloth gilt, dust wrappers, plus 9 other books similar, and a large hand coloured engraved folding map 'Karte des Russischen Reichs in Europa', 1865, depicting Russian Empire west of the Ural mountains, hand coloured in outline, dissected and backed onto linen, approx size 140 x 124cm (19)
Los 7155
T.S. Eliot: 'Murder in the Cathedral', London, Faber & Faber, 1935, 1st trade edition, 1st printing, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (priced 5s inside front flap), Samuel Beckett: 'From an Abandoned Work', L, Faber, 1958, 1st edition, original wraps, Dorthy L. Sayers: 'The Devil to Pay', L, Gollancz, 1939, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, John Addington Symonds: 'Walt Whitman. A Study', L, Nimmo, 1893, limited edition, No. 147 of 208 copies, portrait frontis, plates, ex Repton School library, original cloth, Walter de la Mare: 'Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe', L, Faber, 1930, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by author on half title, orig. cloth gilt, plus 1 other (6)
Los 7343
(China, Hong Kong, Asia, British Royal Navy, British Forces Overseas Hong Kong.) An early 20th Century photograph album c.1901-1905, containing 365+ mounted photographs, mainly of China and Hong Kong, a few of Macau, the album with "H.J.A. McCaffery Views of China. Etc." in gilt to front cover, images depicting architectural, street amd topographical scenes, images of local populace/inhabitants, members of British colonial administration and navy/army at leisure, British Navy and other warships, various other ships and boats, etc, all images with contemporary manuscript pen & ink captions to card leaves of album, images include H.J.A McCaffery, The Peak tramway Hong Kong, Hong Kong Harbour from Bowen Road, Foochow and Harbour from Pagoda, Arrival of Prince Chun at Hong Kong, Guard of Honour to Prince Chun, Kowloon, Star Ferry Hong Kong, Dragon boat Canton, Des Voeux Road Hong Kong, Bowen Road Hospital under construction, Chinese flats Des Voeux Road, "Coolies lightening themselves", "Card Room: R.E. N.C.O.'s Mess Hong Kong, 5 story Pagoda Canton, City wall of Canton, Canton harbour, Macau, Peak Hotel Hong Kong, "Chung Yung Festival 28.10.03", "Chinese woman and child at Tsun-Wan", street in Tsun-Wan, Chinese boat woman, Hong Kong harbour from Kennedy road, "on board S.S. Solent", "No. 9a Praya East", Gleneally Hong Kong, panoramic photos of Shanghai Harbour and Bund, "The H.K. Regts. Mosque Kowloon", "on the Pearl River", various images "Our Picnic at Tsun-Wan Good Friday '03", several Macau including gardens, Praia Grande, harbour, Whampoa, Tai Hung gap, Tai Hung Joss House, , Tiger Island Pearl River, Pagoda near Whampoa, "A Chinese funeral", "Field workers near Chin-San", prisoner in stocks, "Licensed Pig Sty No. 201", Cap-si-Mun village, "Dhobies at work Tai Hung", Bay View Hotel Hong Kong, Lai-chi-kok, street in Shanghai, Wanchai gap HK, Happy Valley HK, pottery funerary urns caption "Potted ancestors", junks HK, view from Causeway Bay HK, large portrait "His Excellency Major General Sir William Julius Gascoigne KCMG General Officer Commanding South China 1898-1905", Mandarin's Palace Chin-san, Polo ground HK, several old Kowloon city, "A Shrimp paste maker Cap-si-mun", "The Piggeries: Kennedy Town", Canton, Coronation Arch HK (Wellington Barracks), off Sumatra, Sampans and Junks, Praya West HK, Nanking Road Shanghai, "A Fortune teller", "On the Hollywood Rd", several photos "The R.G.A. Sports at Hong Kong held at the Happey Valley ground", arrival of Sir Henry Blake in HK 1902, Ng Fook Sam, presentation of D.C. medals, HM naval yard HK, "The British (China) Squadron entering Lyemun Pass (500 yards wide) in "Line Thread" formation..", depicting British battleships, a few photos Ti-mo-shan mountain South China, Bowen Road including peak tramway, village of Stanley HK, "Natives collecting Butterfish", etc. etc., photos various sizes, average approx 8 x 10cm, but ranging from approx 4 x 8cm to approx 22 x 27cm, oblong folio album (boards approx. 26 x 33cm), rebacked contemporary half calf gilt
Los 7050
Claude Garamond; Edward F. O'Day, Christopher Wakeling (Introduction) and others: 'Claude Garamond and his place in the Renaissance, an essay by Edward F. O'Day. A Note on Claude Garamond from the Le Bé Memorandum translated by Harry Carter. Stanley Morison, Foreword to the Le Bé Memorandum, and A Note on the Garamond Type', Durham, Corvus Works, 2022, limited edition, number 23 of 105 copies, tipped in linocut portrait frontis of Claude Garamond by John Watson + 3 tipped in plates showing types cut by Le Bé I and II, printed on Arches Vélin Blanc and Zerkall Ingres, folio (34 x 24cm), original quarter cloth, printed paper covered boards
Los 7225
Flavius Josephus: 'The works of Flavius Josephus, the learned and authentic Jewish historian, and celebrated warrior...', translated William Whiston, Glasgow, W. Sommerville et al, 1818, 4 volumes, engraved portrait frontis + 4 engraved folding maps/plans + 3 plates (of which 2 folding), uniform full contemporary calf gilt, spines gilt in compartments, armorial bookplates to front pastedowns; together with [Richard Johnson]: 'The Renowned History of the Seven Champions of Christendom', Halifax, Milner & Sowerby, 1862, engraved frontis, added engraved title + 6 engraved plates, xvi, 366pp, original blindstamped cloth gilt; plus 'The Arabian Nights' Entertainments: Or, The Thousand and One Nights', London, Mathews & Leigh, 1811, 4 volumes, engraved frontispieces, vol. I p255/256 with part loss lower corner affecting text, uniform rebound cloth gilt (9)
Los 7239
(Africa, Big Game, Travel.) W.D.M. Bell, 2 titles: 'The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter', London, Country Life Ltd., 1923, 1st edition, frontispiece + 42 plates, 38 with illustrations recto and verso, plus illustrations in text as called for, ix, [1], 187, [1 (index)]; title in red and black, 4to, original quarter yellow buckram gilt, cloth gilt title label to front cover, 6 page photocopy of an obituary of the author "Karamoja" Bell by Maj. BG Kinloch, Chief Game Warden, Uganda, published in the Uganda Journal, 1954, loosely inserted, 'Karamojo Safari', NY, Harcourt Brace, 1949, 1st US edition, orig. pictorial cloth; together with an autograph letter signed by one Dave Southwood, from Shire River, Malawi, to John Humphreys (1939-2012), c.1990's, on elephant dung paper, with 4 associated colour photographs African elephants, loosely inserted. Scarce first edition of Bell's first work, describing his 'early elephant hunting days in the Karamojo region' of Africa, in modern-day Uganda; together with Frederick Courteney Selous, 2 titles: 'Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa', London, Rowland Ward, 1893, 1st edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece + 21 plates, folding map + ills. in text as called for, [4]pp adverts at end, original pictorial cloth gilt, inner joints reinforced. "In this work recounting eleven years of exploration, work and sport in the 1880s and 1890s, Selous describes numerous adventures with lion and leopards, particularly near the Zambezi, Zweswi, and Manyami rivers ..." (Czech), 'A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa. Being a narrative of nine years spent amongst the game of the far interior of South Africa.', L, Macmillan, 1907, 5th edition, frontispiece, title vignette, folding map, 17 full-page plates + 6 illustrations in text as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt, replenished EP's. (4)From the estate of John Humphreys (1939-2012), distinguished sporting and countryside author who wrote for Shooting Times for more than 40 years – for much of that time contributing the weekly ‘Country Gun’ column. He was a much loved character of the shooting community who dedicated his life to the promotion of shooting, fishing and the countryside.
Los 7086
(Weather Bird Press.) Vance Gerry (illustrated); Lawrence Clark Powell: 'Madeleine', Pasadena, The Weatherbird Press, 1990, number 57 of 125 copies printed by Patrick Reagh, numbered and signed by the author Lawrence Clark Powell, [6],32,[3]pp, stencil colour illustrations by Vance Gerry, original pictorial printed wraps, original prospectus loosely inserted, plus David W. Davies: 'House Olson, Printer', Pasadena, VAnce Gerry: The Weather Bird Press, 1983, one of 200 copies only, printed by Patrick Reagh, [6],19,[2]pp, tipped in portrait photo of House Olson, original printed wraps (2)
Los 7242
A collection of 12 assorted sporting, wildfowling, shooting etc titles, including Nicholas Everitt: 'Broadland Sport', London, RA everett, 1902, 1st edition, signed & inscribed presentation from the author to Dr Frank Husband (1871-1949) of Crowland, Lincs., original pictorial cloth gilt; Lt. Col. P. Hawker: 'Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that Relates to Guns and Shooting', L, Longman, 1838, 8th edition, engraved frontis, portrait, numerous plates & ills. in text, rebound half calf gilt, marbled paper boards; William Bruce Leffingwell: 'Wild Fowl Shooting', Chicago, Rand, Mcnally & Co, 1888, 1st edition, portrait frontis + 13 b/w ills. (of which 5 full page plates) as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt; Colonel T. Thornton: 'A Sporting Tour Through the Northern Parts of England and Great Part of the Highlands of Scotland', L, Edward Arnold, 1896, colour frontis by George Lodge (loose) + 19 plates (of which 4 colour plates by George Lodge) as called for, rebound cloth backed paper covered boards; Arthur Henry Patterson: 'Wild Fowlers and Poachers: Fifty Years on the East Coast', L, Methuen, 1929, 1st edition, frontis + 11 plates & map front EP's, b/w ills. in text as called for, orig. pictorial cloth gilt; W.B. Tegetmeier: 'Pheasants. Their Natural History & Practical Management', Field Press, [nd], 6th edition revised, colour frontis + numerous b/w plates, orig. cloth gilt; plus 6 others C.J. Cornish, Charles ST. John, H.C. Folkard etc, some with ownership signatures of John Humphreys (1939-2012) (12).From the estate of John Humphreys (1939-2012), distinguished sporting and countryside author who wrote for Shooting Times for more than 40 years – for much of that time contributing the weekly ‘Country Gun’ column. He was a much loved character of the shooting community who dedicated his life to the promotion of shooting, fishing and the countryside.
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Five Royal Vienna decorative vases including large covered vase, transferred vignette after Kauffman, as found, 32cm; a pair of twin-handled portrait vases, 17cm; a ginger jar body, 18c; and a slender twin-handled vase 23cm.Qty: 5Condition report:Please see additional uploaded images of this lot.
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