Bulwer (John). Anthropometamorphosis: Man Transform'd: or the Artificiall Changling Historically presented, in the mad and cruell Gallantry, foolish Bravery, ridiculous Beauty, filthy Finenesse, and loathsome Loveliness of most Nations, fashioning and altering their Bodies from the mould intended by Nature; with figures of those transfigurations. To which artificiall and affected Deformations are added, all the Native and Nationall Monstrosities that have appeared to disfigure the Humane Fabrick. With a Vindication of the Regular Beauty and Honesty of Nature. And an Appendix of the Pedigree of the English Gallant, 2nd enlarged edition, London: Printed by William Hunt, 1653, printed explanatory leaf ('The intent of the Frontispiece unfolded'), engraved portrait of the author by Faithorne, allegorical engraved frontispiece, woodcut head-pieces and initials, numerous woodcut illustrations to text, occasional light spots, minor light waterstain to lower outer corners of some leaves towards rear of volume, marbled endpapers, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, late 19th-century gilt-decorated red full morocco (by Antoine Chatelin), a few marks and light discolouration, small 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).ESTC R202040; Wing B5461; Osler 2179; Wellcome II, p. 270.The second much enlarged and illustrated edition (first published in 1650 in duodecimo without the extraordinary woodcuts). A remarkable work on the artificial deformations of the human body, as practised by various peoples (thus making the work an early example of comparative cultural anthropology) by the physician and Baconian natural philosopher John Bulwer (1606-1656). In it he examines both physiognomy and body modification, describing the ways in which people from different cultures transformed the human body through tattooing, make-up, castration, circumcision, ear piercing, etc.Amendment: Leaf inserted after S2 is not present in this copy.
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Collins (Wilkie). The Moonstone. A Romance, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1st state, London: Tinsley Brothers, 1868, 1st state with pp. 10 & 11 transposed in volume I, 'treachesrouly' to p. 129 in volume II, broken bracket at foot of volume III title, half titles, bound without advertisements, W.A. Foyle Beeleigh Abbey bookplates, top edge gilt, later maroon half morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, spines lettered, dated and decorated in gilt, 8vo, together with The Moonstone: A Dramatic Story, in Three Acts. Altered from the Novel for Performance on the Stage, London: Charles Dickens & Evans, Crystal Palace Press, 1877, 88 pp., printed to rectos only, a few small marginal spots, original plain light blue wrappers (slight dust-soiling and light diagonal crease mark to lower wrapper, contained in later cloth chemise, W.A. Foyle Beeleigh Abbey bookplate, uniform half morocco by Riviere & Son, slipcase, plus Memoirs of the Life of William Collins, Esq., R.A. With Selections from his Journals and Correspondence, by his son W. Wilkie Collins, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1848, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, additional engraved titles, bound without advertisements, bookplates of W.A. Foyle (small abrasion to volume II bookplate), uniform half morocco by Riviere, plus two others by the author: Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall Taken A-Foot, 1st edition, 1851, and A Rogue's Life: from his Birth to his Marriage, 1st edition, 1879, uniformly bound, 8vo QTY: (8)NOTE:Sadleir 598; Wolff 1398 for The Moonstone.The Moonstone was first serialised in the periodical All Year Round from January-August 1868, and according to T.S. Eliot it is "the first, longest, and the best of modern English detective novels in a genre invented by Collins and not by Poe", and "probably the very finest detective story ever written" (Dorothy L. Sayers). The book was partly inspired by the case of Constance Kent, who murdered her younger half-brother in 1860, and the Northumberland Street Murder of 1861.The 1877 stage version of The Moonstone, with the statement ['This Play is not published. It is privately printed for the convenience of the author'] to the title and was co-produced with his close friend Charles Dickens and ran from 17 September to 17 November 1877 at the Royal Olympic Theatre. It is very scarce, an extensively annotated copy by the author sold at Sotheby's New York in December 2022, lot 1034.
* Essex (William, 1784-1869). The ‘Chandos’ Portrait of William Shakespeare, after John Taylor (died 1651), 1854, oil paint on enamel, inscribed on each corner of the painting from top to bottom, ‘Painted by W. Essex./ London 1854 / from the / Chandos picture.’, in a fine, gilded metal frame with a scrolling acanthus leaf motif in high relief and engraved foliate motif, engraved ‘Enamel W. Essex’, 20.1 x 14.3 cm, resting upon crimson plush velvet within a glazed wooden box frame, with a letter by the artist framed in gilt verso (see note below) and a typewritten auction catalogue description pasted verso: ‘214 Shakespeare (W.) – A Copy of the Chandos Picture of Shakespeare, painted on enamel by W. Essex, signed and dated 1854, in a gilt frame, on a plush mount with glass lid’ and inscribed in pen and blue ink s/14/4/54/dd.’, outer frame 39.5 x 36.5 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:The letter written in pen and ink by the artist verso reads: ‘Enamel portrait of Shakespeare / painted from the Original picture / by Burbage “Shakespeare united / in his soul the utmost depth, of the / most opposite & apparently irreconcilable properties subsist in him peaceably / together. He appears to have all the / flexibility of mind & all the modesty / of Raphael; who also without ever being / an imitator, & becoming unfaithful to his sublime genius, applied to his /own advantage, all the improvements / of his competitors. Dramatic artist / by W.A. Schlegel [August Wilhelm Schlegel] / W. Essex 3 …burgh Street / Regents Park / Enamel painter in Ordinary to Her Majesty & H.R.H. Prince Albert’This is exquisite rendition of the only portrait of Shakespeare that has a good claim to have been painted from life, thought to be by John Taylor, an important member of the Painter-Stainers' Company. The original Chandos portrait, named after its previous owner, was the first portrait to be acquired by the National Portrait Gallery when it was founded in 1856, and remains there.
* Devis (Arthur, 1712-1787). The Rev. Edward Foyle (1736-1784), oil on canvas, full-length portrait of a bewigged gentleman attired in black coat, waistcoat, breeches, and stockings, with white collar and cuffs, and knee and shoe buckles, standing with one leg crossed over the other, holding a leather-bound book in his right hand and leaning on a large wooden folio stand with a chair to his left, in a classical interior, with a pedimented landscape painting above a marble fireplace seen through an archway, with rows of gilt-tooled books on shelves to the left, partially concealed by a dark green drape hanging halfway down, re-lined with some associated re-touching, verso of stretcher with label of conservator Helen de Borchgrave 'Re-lined, cleaned & restored, summer 2002', and old paper label (laid down and loosely attached) probably in a late 19th century hand 'Rev: Edward Foyle, rector of Kempton, maried Anne Hayter & whose daughter married John Maurice Eyre of Brickworth. He died 1784. By Arthur Devis', 91.7 x 71.4 cm, gilt moulded frame with engraved identification plaque (107 x 87 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.
Pettus (Sir John). Fleta Minor. The Laws of Art and Nature, in Knowing, Judging, Assaying, Fining, Refining and Inlarging the Bodies of confin’d Metals. In Two Parts. The first contains Assays of Lazarus Erckern, Chief Prover (or Assay-Master General of the Empire of Germany) in V. Books: originally written by him in the Teutonick Language, and now translated into English. The second contains essays on metallick words, as a dictionary to many pleasing discourses, 1st edition, London: printed for the author by Thomas Dawks, 1683, 43 numbered engraved illustrations, bound without the portrait frontispiece, small repair in text of p. 43 affecting one or two letters, p. 219 lower corner renewed, slight dust-soiling to title, occasional light marginal water stains, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, modern brown full crushed morocco, spine gilt lettered and decorated, one or two small marks, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).ESTC R5570; Wing P1906.Sir John Pettus (1613-1690) was appointed by Cromwell as deputy-governor of the mines. His Fleta Minor is one of the most important 17th-century works on mining and metals.
De La More Press. The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli. Reprinted from the Translation by Edward Dacres Published in 1640. With an Introduction by W. E. C. Baynes, London: De La More Press and Alexander Moring Ltd, 1929, photogravure portrait frontispiece of the author after Santi di Tito, title printed in red and black, text printed entirely on vellum, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (offset to front endpaper), top edge gilt, contemporary vellum by Morrell, covers with yapp edges, spine with raised bands and lettered and dated in black, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The Library of William Foyle Part III, Christie's, 13 July 2000, lot 623.Limited edition 4/10 on vellum, from a total edition of 1050 copies.
Holland (Henry). Her?ologia Anglica, hoc est clarissimorum et doctissimorum aliquot anglorum qui floruerunt ab anno Cristi M.D. usq' ad presentem annum M. D. cxx vivae effigies Vitae et Elogia, duobus tomis, Authore H. H. Anglo Britanno: impensis Crispini Passæi Calcographus, et Jansonij Bibliopolæ Arnhemiensis, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, [Arnhem : printed by Jan Jansson at the expenses of Crispijn van de Passe and Jan Jansson for Henry Holland, London, 1620], )(10, A-V6, plus unnumbered single leaf of index at end (supplied from the reprint by Triphook), elaborate engraved title by Crispijn van de Passe (incorporating a small view of London and a miniature circular map of England, the leaf somewhat close-trimmed to fore-margin), two copper engraved plates (tomb of Elizabeth I and tomb of Prince Henry) and 65 fine full-page engraved portraits, engraved by Willem and Magdalena van de Passe, and 2 suppressed leaves, woodcut tail-pieces and initials, C4 with neat archival paper repair to fore-margin (not affecting text), T6 with minute repair to upper blank margin, and V1 with neat repair to upper portion of the leaf (without loss), one or two leaves with extreme upper outer blank corners carefully restored, marbled endpapers, bookplate of 'D. P.' and burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, and old bookseller's printed description tipped-in to front endpaper (bearing the catalogue number 787), attractive later 19th-century gilt-decorated full black crushed morocco, spine elaborately gilt, minimally rubbed to extremities, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: D. P. (bookplate); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Hind Engraving, II, 145-162; Lowndes II, 1089; Graesse III, 322; ESTC S119103; STC 13582. 'The most trustworthy series of English portraits published up to that time' (Hind).A fine copy. The English bookseller and printer Henry Holland (1583–1650?) made his reputation with two fine books of historial portraits, the Bazili?logia, or Booke of Kings (1618), and the Her?ologia Anglica of 1620, which consists of portraits and biographies of Tudor and Jacobean monarchs, noblemen and courtiers including the explorers Frobisher, Hawkins and Drake, and Protestant reformers and martyrs, beginning with Henry VIII and ending with the publisher's namesake Thomas Holland, one of the translators of the King James Bible. Described by Roy Strong as a 'Protestant pantheon' (Henry Prince of Wales and England's Lost Renaissance, 2000, p. 21), Holland assures his readers that all the engraved images derive from a true likeness taken from an original portrait.
Cochrane (John Dundas). Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey through Russia and Siberian Tartary, from the Frontiers of China to the Frozen Sea and Kamtchatka, performed during the years 1820, 1821, 1822, and 1823, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1824, [iv], [vii]-xvi, [ii], 564pp., additional engraved portrait of the author bound in after titlepage, two folding engraved maps, some light offsetting to maps, author's presentation inscription in brown ink to blank leaf before title 'The Right Honourable Lady Napier with the Author's affectionate regards', bookplate of William John Lord Napier to front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary full calf gilt, morocco spine label, a little rubbed, and spine lightly sunned, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Lady Napier, née Elizabeth Cochrane-Johnstone (circa 1795–1883), presentation inscription from the author; William John, Lord Napier (1786-1834), bookplate; The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching, Part 1, Sotheby's, 27 March 2014, lot 271 (his pencilled initials to front blank).First edition of this work - another edition in two volumes was published in the same year (see Abbey, Travel 351). John Dundas Cochrane (1780 1825) is best remembered as 'the Pedestrian Traveller': when the Admiralty turned down his offer to explore the river Niger in 1820, he decided to walk round the world via Russia, Siberia and North America. On his arrival in St Petersburg, the Russian government gave him money to continue his journey using sledges and canoes where necessary, but he abandoned it in Kamchatka, marrying a local woman and returning with her to England.
Atkyns (Sir Robert). The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire, 1st edition, London: printed by W. Bowyer for Robert Gosling at the Mitre, near the Inner-Temple Gate, in Fleetstreet, 1712, engraved portrait frontispiece by Van der Gucht, (trimmed to image and relaid), 8 untitled plates of coats of arms of Gloucestershire families, engraved double-page map (restrengthened to inner margin verso), 63 (of 64) double-page 'bird's eye' engraved views by Johannes Kip (including Plan of Glocester City, West Prospect of Glocester and 61 views of the seats of the nobility and gentry, lacking Glocester Cathedral), several plates close-trimmed, some plates and text leaves with fore-margins replaced or restrengthened, 19th-century marbled endpapers with 19th-century bookplate of Barrow Hill to front pastedown, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt, handsome 18th-century gilt-decorated red full morocco by J. Wright (signed at foot of front endpaper verso), joints rubbed and some marks, thick folio (40.5 x 25 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Barrow Hill, bookplate (possibly Barrowhill Hall, Staffordshire).Upcott I 246-250. In this copy the view of the West Prospect of Glocester Cathedral, normally placed at page 82, has been bound in place of the missing North Prospect of Glocester Cathedral, at page 126.Many copies of this edition were lost in a fire at the printer's house in Whitefriars on 30 January 1712. Upcott notes that a similar fate befell copies of the second edition. Sir Robert Atkyns, MP and topographer was somewhat overshadowed by his father, who was chief baron of the exchequer was speaker of the House of Lords between 1689 and 1693. Atkyns refused to take the oath of allegiance to William III and retired to Pinbury Park in Gloucestershire. The first of the three major Gloucestershire antiquaries, the other two being Ralph Bigland (1712-1784) and Samuel Rudder (1726-1801), Atkyns collected material for parish histories in an attempt to record the population of each parish, based on the number of houses therein and the yearly birth and burial numbers.
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Massinger (Philip). The Plays, with Notes Critical and Explanatory, by W[illiam] Gifford, 4 volumes, 2nd edition, London: G. & W. Nicol et al, 1813, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, half-titles to volumes 2-4, all edges gilt, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, early 20th-century mottled burgundy calf by Zaehnsdorf, gilt-decorated spines with leather spine labels and floral onlays, slight edge wear, 8vo, together with:Marlowe (Christopher), The Works, with Notes and Some Account of his Life and Writings by the Rev. Alexander Dyce, 3 volumes, London: William Pickering, 1850, half-titles, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edges gilt, 20th-century crimson half morocco gilt over cloth by Sawyer, gilt-decorated spines, 8vo, plus Webster (John), The Dramatic Works, edited by William Hazlitt, 4 volumes, London: John Russell Smith, 1857, half-titles, some spotting, mostly at front and rear, ownership signatures of Walter Pater to front flyleaf of each volume (one inner margin neatly repaired), volumes 1 & 2 with later ownership signature of Laurence A. Waldron, dated 13-14 April 1905, to preceding flyleaves, Waldron's armorial bookplate to front pastedowns and burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to rectos of facing endpapers, top edges gilt, early 20th-century blue-green morocco over cloth, gilt-decorated spines with floral motifs, minor edge wear, 8voQTY: (11)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate). Prior to William Foyle, the final set was owned by Walter Pater (1839-1894), English essayist, art and literary critic (ownership signatures); Laurence Ambrose Waldron (1858-1923), Irish businessman and politician.
James (William). The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV, a new edition, with additions and notes, and an account of the Burmese War and the Battle of Navarino, by Captain Chamier, 6 volumes bound in 7, London: Richard Bentley, 1837, engraved portrait frontispieces to volumes I-VI, 18 engraved portraits, folding tables contained in volume VII, some spotting and light offsetting, ink stamps to titles and armorial bookplates of John Brymer, contemporary black half morocco by R. Riviere, Bath, spines with raised bands, lettered in gilt with naval ship motif in compartments, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo QTY: (7)NOTE:Provenance: From the library of John Brymer, Ilsington House, Puddletown, Dorset (acquired in 1861), bookplates and ink stamps 'Heir-Loom no. 165, John Brymer' to titles; W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.Lowndes III, 1189.
Boswell (James). The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in Chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published. The whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain, for near half a century, during which he flourished., 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2nd state, bound with The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr Boswell's Life of Dr Johnson, London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1791-93, stipple engraved frontispiece portrait by James Heath after Joshua Reynolds to volume one, two engraved plates to volume two (Round Robin address and Fac Similes of Dr Johnson's handwriting), folding map from Johnson's Tour to the Hebrides (dated 1791) bound at front of volume one, Principal Corrections supplement bound at rear of volume two, contemporary armorial bookplate of John Mill, London and 19th-century printed booklabel of B and M Leslie to front pastedowns, further brown ink ownership inscription 'J Innes' in an early hand to foot of front pastedown, contemporary speckled full calf gilt, black morocco title labels, joints neatly and unobtrusively refurbished, 4to (27.5 x 20.5 cm), contained in 20th-century brown cloth drop-over solander box with spine lettered in gilt, minor fraying to edges (30 x 25 cm)QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: James Mill (1773-1836), Scottish economist, historian, political theorist and father of John Stuart Mill.Pottle 79; Rothschild 463 and 466 respectively.A superior copy in a contemporary binding of what is widely considered the greatest biography in the English language. This copy with the scarce Corrections supplement which was published concurrently with the second edition of the biography.
* Privy Council Warrant. A manuscript Privy Council warrant to Lord Buckhurst, Lord High Treasurer of England, 26 May 1601, authorising payment of conduct money and the conditioning of 20 soldiers to the county of Monmouth, signed by 7 members of the Privy Council, John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury ('Jo:Cant'), Thomas Egerton, Baron Ellesmere & Viscount Brackley, Lord High Chancellor of England ('Tho. Egerton'), Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset ('T. Buckhurst'), Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury ('Ro: Cecyll'), Sir John Fortescue ('Fortescu'), Sir John Popham, Chief Justice of the King's Bench ('J. Popham'), and J. Herbert, initialled note by Lord Buckhurst at foot, 'Mr Skinner make an order', some spotting and soiling, two careful long, closed tear repairs (one long tear through all of text and one shorter tear touching 'Popham', but neither with loss of text), 1 page with integral address and docket leaf (soiled and seal tear), folio (305 x 202 mm), tipped into a folder and presented as a book with typed title-page in red and black and typed biographies of the first 6 signers on rectos of 9 leaves, tipped-in engraved portrait frontispiece of Queen Elizabeth by P. Vanderbanck after E. Lutterell (heavy spotting), plus later portraits of John Whitgift, Thomas Egerton, Thomas Sackville and Robert Cecil, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, 20th-century blue quarter morocco over cloth with gilt-titled spine, a little rubbed, folio (39 x 25 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).An important state paper relating to the unrest caused by the Essex Rebellion, for which the Earl of Essex was beheaded that same year. The document refers to the levy of twenty soldiers in Monmouth for service at Lough Foyle in Northern Ireland, and the charges disbursed by Monmouth county for them.
Meares (John). Voyages made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America. To which are prefixed, an introductory narrative of a voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the ship Nootka; Observations on the probable existence of a North West Passage; and some account of the trade between the North West Coast of America and China; and the latter country and Great Britain, 1st edition, London: Printed at the Logographic Press; and sold by J. Walter, 1790, stipple engraved portrait of the author by C. Bestland after W. Beechey, 10 engraved maps and charts (3 folding), 17 plates (most sepia aquatints, some folding or double-page) by J. Sanders, R. Pollard, J. Wells and others after T. Parry, T. Stothard and J. Meares, contemporary ink ownership inscription of Jonathan Bentley to head of title, old paper reinforcement to reverse of frontispiece, occasional scattered spotting, plates with some light offsetting to facing leaf of text, both large folding maps relined (the first onto linen), early 19th-century terracotta diced full calf, modern antique-style gilt-decorated reback, corners refurbished, rubbed and some marks, 4to (28 x 23 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey, Travel 594; Hill p.195; Sabin 47260.'Establishing himself at Nootka Sound and flying the British flag, he built the first vessel to be launched in northern waters, made important discoveries, and explored the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The discoveries by Meares were part of the basis for the claim of Great Britain to Oregon'. 'This important narrative gives a very full account of the Indian nations of Northwest America, describing their villages, languages, manners and customs. It also contains a separate account of the voyage of the Iphegenia, commanded by Captain William Douglas, which visited the Sandwich Islands and Nootka Sound'. (Hill)
Beaumont (Francis and Fletcher, John). Comedies and Tragedies written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Gentlemen. Never printed before, and now published by the Authours Originall Copies, 1st edition, London: Printed for Humphrey Robinson at the three Pidgeons, and for Humphrey Moseley at the Princes Armes in St Pauls Church-yard, 1647, engraved portrait frontispiece of John Fletcher by Berkenhead after William Marshall, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, woodcut initials, text in double column, a tall copy with good margins, all edges gilt, bookplate of Annie Winifred Ellerman (known as Bryher) to front pastedown, inside gilt dentelles, fine crimson levant full morocco extra by Riviere, spine richly gilt, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Annie Winifred Ellerman, known as Bryher (1894-1983), novelist and poet; Chas. J. Sawyer, Catalogue 257, 1961, item 10 (original printed catalogue description loosely inserted); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).An independently wealthy philanthropist with literary aspirations, Bryher lived in Lowndes Square, London with the American poet Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) and her husband Kenneth Macpherson. She played an important backstage hand in the publication of Joyce's Ulysses, supporting Joyce and his family with a monthly allowance as well as providing much needed financial backing to Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare & Co.Wing B1581; ESTC R22900; Pforzheimer 53; Greg III,1013; Grolier/English 28.First edition of the collected plays of Beaumont and Fletcher—the third great folio collection of Elizabethan drama after those of Ben Jonson (1616) and William Shakespeare (1623), and 'almost equal in importance in English literature to the First Folio of Shakespeare' (Rosenbach 25: 7). The playwrights Beaumont and Fletcher were regarded in their time as two men so closely in harmony as to constitute one mind: 'Beaumont bringing the ballast of judgement, Fletcher the sail of phantasy… He who has not perused Beaumont and Fletcher can have no complete idea of the riches of English poetry' (Allibone I, 150-151).This first collected edition of Beaumont and Fletcher’s plays was, like that of Shakespeare, published posthumously and dedicated by ten actors (including John Lowin and Richard Robinson) to Philip, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, and with an Address to the Reader by James Shirley (the Dramatist) who is generally regarded as the editor of the work. 'This edition, which is said to have been edited by Shirley though the amount of revision he did is not known, contains all of the hitherto unpublished plays by Beaumont and Fletcher except the Wild-Goose Chase, the manuscript of this last having been lost' (Pforzheimer 53). With an astonishing twenty-two leaves devoted to poetic encomia of the authors, including first printings of poems by Jonson, Herrick, Milton Lovelace, Shirley and Waller, the publication of the Comedies and Tragedies occupied eight printers.
Fore-edge paintings. Night Thoughts by Edward Young, D.D., with the Life of the Author, and Notes Critical & Explanatory, London: T. Heptinstall, 1798, engraved portrait frontispiece and vignette title, 8 engraved plates, some spotting, inner margins of final 2 leaves of index crudely rehinged with brown paper, a little soiling and fraying to margins of final leaves, contemporary and later gift inscriptions of the Phipps/Blunt families to head of title and frontispiece recto, all edges gilt, double fore-edge paintings of Durham and Winchester Cathedrals (rubbed), inner hinges cracked, remains of burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, contemporary black straight-grained morocco gilt, heavily rubbed and some corner wear, rebacked with spine relaid (heavily rubbed), large 8vo (250 x 160 mm)QTY: (1)
Blomefield (Francis & Parkin, Charles). An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, 5 volumes, 1st edition, Fersfield & Lynn: W Whittingham & R Baldwin, 1739-75, 5 folding engraved maps and plans, 23 engraved plates (2 folding, appears to lack 9 plates called for in Upcott), 1 folding chronological table and numerous folding pedigrees, with an additional portrait plate and two other folding plates (not called for in Upcott), numerous wood-engraved coats-of-arms and few engraved illustrations to text, front endpapers with armorial bookplate of Joseph Neeld and red or burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, of Beeleigh Abbey, contemporary diced calf, gilt decorated spines with black morocco title labels, centre of boards bearing the gilt embossed armorial of Sir Simon R. B. Taylor Bt., few joints with minor cracking to joints, folio (35.2 x 21.2 cm)QTY: (5)NOTE:Provenance: Sir Simon Richard Brissett Taylor, 2nd Baronet, of Lysson Hall, Jamaica (1783-1815), Joseph Neeld (1789–1856) and W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.Upcott p.943-950.Sir Simon Taylor, 2nd Baronet, of Lysson Hall, Jamaica (1783-1815), was the second and youngest, only surviving son of Sir John Taylor, 1st Baronet, and Elizabeth Godden, daughter and heir of Philip Houghton of Jamaica. He succeeded his father in 1786 but didn't marry. The baronetcy became extinct at his death, and the property devolved on his sister Anna Susanna, wife of George Watson Esq. They assumed the name and arms of Taylor by Royal Licence in 1815. His library was sold at auction by R.H. Evans on 3 June 1833.Joseph Neeld (1789–1856) was a Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Gatton, Surrey from March to July 1830 and for Chippenham, Wiltshire, from September 1830 to March 1856. In 1828, he inherited £800,000 from his great-uncle, the silversmith Philip Rundell. He purchased Grittleton House in 1828 and also purchased Kelston Park, near Bath. Kelston Park was later transferred to relatives in 1844. He married Lady Caroline Ashley Cooper, daughter of the 6th Earl of Shaftesbury in 1831, but the marriage didn't flourish and led to a series of legal disputes, whereupon Lady Caroline was granted a legal separation. From 1832, Neeld commenced remodelling Grittleton House in a Gothic revival style and formed a large collection of antiques and paintings within the property.
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Book of Hours, Use of Rouen, in Latin and French. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, [France: Rouen, c. 1480], ii + 160 + iii leaves, COMPLETE, collation: 112; 2–38, 42; 5–108, 114; 12–138, 144; 158; 16–218; tissue interleaves face the large miniatures; ff. 30r–v and 160v ruled, otherwise blank; ruled in red ink for 14 lines per page (16 in the calendar), the ruled space c. 90 × 60 mm, written in a fine gothic textura script, the calendar with major feasts in burnished gold, the others alternately red or blue, EVERY TEXT PAGE ILLUMINATED WITH AT LEAST ONE PANEL BORDER of semi-naturalistic flowers and plants on a gold ground, and blue and gold stylised acanthus on a plain parchment ground; the calendar with 24 SMALL SQUARE MINIATURES SET INTO PANEL BORDERS; the major divisions of the text marked by TWELVE LARGE MINIATURES above three or four lines of text and surrounded by full borders, SOME CONTAINING SUBSIDIARY MINIATURES, some containing animals, birds, or fantastic hybrid figures; TWO HISTORIATED INITIALS; a few prayers with 4-line initials; hundreds of two-line illuminated foliate initials, one-line initials, and line-fillers throughout; with a few minor blemishes (e.g. slight pigment loss in the lower right corner of the miniature on f. 31r, and slight water-staining in the lower left corner) but generally in fine, clean condition throughout, with ample margins, marbled endpapers, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, sewn on five bands and bound in 18th-century French red diced calf over pasteboards, the covers framed with gilt ornament, the spine gilt and with title ‘L’Office de l’eglise’ in capitals, upper cover stained, the upper fore-edge turn-in lifting, 8vo (180 x 128 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance:The style of illumination and liturgical Use point to Rouen as the place of production; the sparse calendar includes St Romanus in gold (23 October), as well as St Evodius (8 October) and Mellonus (22 October), all three were bishops of Rouen; Romanus and Mellonus also appear in the Litany. Prayers are written for the use of a female supplicant, and a conventional portrait of the original owner appears in the final miniature.An erased 17th(?)-century ownership(?) note begins ‘Mon dieu qui …’ (f. 2r, lower margin); the same owner may have been responsible for lightly disguising the nudity that occurs in some marginal scenes: Aquarius (f. 1v), Gemini (f. 5v) and Bathsheba (f. 83r).‘From Robinsons, 25/8/49’ (in pencil, front flyleaf), presumably referring to W. H. Robinson, of Pall Mall.W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Text:Calendar, in French (f. 1r); Gospel extracts (f. 13r); prayers ‘Obsecro te’ and ‘O intemerata’, using feminine forms (f. 20v); Hours of the Virgin (f. 31r), Lauds followed by suffrages to the Holy Spirit, Nicholas, and Katherine; Seven Penitential Psalms (f. 83r) followed (f. 98r) by a Litany of saints (Clement, Fabian, and Sebastian, at the bottom of f. 100r, are mistakenly repeated at the top of the verso); Hours of the Cross (f. 105) and of the Spirit (f. 109r); Office of the Dead (f. 113r); ‘Les quinze joies nostre dame’ (f. 151r) and ‘Les sept requestes’ of the Lord (f. 157r), both in French.Illumination:(ff. 1r–12v) The calendar has Occupations of the months on rectos, and zodiac signs on versos:January: Feasting; AquariusFebruary: Warming at a hearth; PiscesMarch: Pollarding; AriesApril: Half-length man in a garden; TaurusMay: Man and woman on horseback, hawking; Gemini: a naked man and woman embracingJune: Scything; CancerJuly: Reaping; LeoAugust: Threshing; VirgoSeptember: Treading grapes; LibraOctober: Sowing seed; ScorpioNovember: Knocking acorns from trees to feed pigs; SagittariusDecember: Killing a pig; CapricornThe major texts are each introduced by a large miniature, including the individual Hours of the Virgin, except Vespers and Compline which have historiated initials:1. (f. 13r) The Four Evangelists, in a four-part miniature characteristic of Rouen 2. (f. 31r) The Annunciation, surrounded by a border composed of nine smaller compartments: three with angels, the other six with scenes from the life of the Virgin: Gabriel appearing to Joachim; Meeting at the Golden Gate; Nativity of the Virgin; Presentation of the Virgin; Virgin at the Loom; and Marriage of the Virgin to Joseph3. (f. 44v) The Visitation4. (f. 59r) The Nativity5. (f. 65v) The Annunciation to the Shepherds6. (f. 69v) The Adoration of the Magi7. (f. 73r) The Presentation in the Temple; the infant has his arms outspread, visually prefiguring his Crucifixion8. (f. 76v) The Flight into Egypt (historiated initial)9. (f. 78r) The Coronation of the Virgin (historiated initial)10. (f. 83r) King David in Penitence; the border with smaller miniatures depicting David and Goliath, and David Spying on Bathsheba11. (f. 105r) The Crucifixion; the border with smaller miniatures depicting the Flagellation, and Christ carrying the Cross12. (f. 109r) Pentecost13. (f. 113r) A Funeral Service; the border with smaller miniatures depicting Death in the form of a cadaver killing a man, and a priest officiating at a burial14. (f. 151r) The Virgin and Child enthroned, adored by an angel and a female patronThe style is typical of Rouen illumination in the late 15th century; characteristic features are the profuse use of gold highlights on draperies and hillsides, often cross-hatched; cross-hatching of grassy areas in landscapes; a palette predominantly based on pink, blue, brown and green, and the use of grey for the modelling of facial features, men having rather swarthy flesh, and women very pale skin; the rather peremptory manner of painting hands; the grey-blue acanthus on flat gold backgrounds for borders.
Pope (Alexander). The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. With notes and illustrations by himself and others. To which is added, a new life of the author, an estimate of his poetical character and writings, and occasional remarks, by William Roscoe, Esq., 10 volumes, London: C. and J. Rivington, T. Cadell and others, 1824, half-titles, 2 engraved portrait frontispieces to volume I, portrait frontispieces to volumes II & III, 24 engraved plates, including 16 extra plates from a separate French edition, folding facsimile letter, some light offsetting, top edge gilt, later French crimson straight-grained half morocco by S. David, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, 8vo QTY: (10)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.
John Crawley signed colour portrait 11.25x8 Inch fixed onto card. Is a former English first class cricketer who played at international level for England and county cricket for Hampshire and Lancashire. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Cosmonaut Y Malenchenko signed 6 x 4 colour White Space suit astronaut portrait photo. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
After Bertrand Andrieu (French, 1761-1822): A 19th century patinated bronze profile bust relief of Napoleon and a similar period bronze profile portrait medallion of Napoleonthe relief bust marked to the lower edge ANDRIEU FECIT, later mounted and set within a glazed ebonised oval frame, the medallion marked to the lower edge of the bust ANDRIEU, later mounted and set within a circular gilt metal and velvet inset circular frame, the frames, 25cm x 22cm and 20cm diameter (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Circle of John Theodore Heins Senior (1697-1756 Norwich)Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a brown jacket standing before a landscape with a dogoil on canvas 127.7 x 101.3cm (50 1/4 x 39 7/8in).Footnotes:ProvenanceAnon. sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 27 May 2004, lot 67.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
After Sir Anthony van Dyck, 19th CenturyPortrait of George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, half-length, in a red cloak oil on canvas91.4 x 70.8cm (36 x 27 7/8in).Footnotes:ProvenanceIn the present owner's family since at least the 1960s.The present composition is after Sir Anthony van Dyck's original portrait, currently in the Dulwich Picture Gallery (acc.no. DPG170).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Follower of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618-1680 London)Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a gold dress, seated before a fountain oil on canvas125.7 x 102.9cm (49 1/2 x 40 1/2in).unframedThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An impressive late 19th century Continental allegorical porcelain figural mantel timepiece with alarmin the 18th century style, probably commemorating the reign of King Stanislaw August of Poland as Patron of the Artsthe pierced cartouche case, apparently unmarked, surmounted by a drumming putto with a sword standing on a cupola, the front with an eagle and a crowned profile portrait cresting, the base with a crowned armorial for Stanislaw August, the whole flanked by various classical figures, the unusual cusped Arabic and Roman enamel dial centred by a small Roman alarm dial, with elaborately pierced brass hands, the fusee and spring barrel movement with balance wheel and verge escapement, a silvered French regulation disk above the outside rack, the right side of the backplate stamped 8640, 54cms highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An interesting mid-19th century French gilt bronze and Sevres style porcelain insert figural mantel clock probably commemorating the brief life of Louis XVI's son Louis Josephthe movement signed for Japy Frères and numbered 5996the case surmounted by a winged putto holding a hunting horn aloft before a cornucopia of toys supported by tapering pilasters and flanked by two winged putti, a young child with eyes closed on the plinth base below above a small inset porcelain portrait of a young girl, the child possibly representing Louis Joseph, the deceased son of Louis XVI, the portrait possibly representing the child's mother, Marie Antoinette, on reeded disc feet, the blue porcelain Roman dial with gilt minute ring and Roman chapter ring, the twin spring barrel movement with polished steel pallet Brocot escapement striking on a bell, the identically numbered pendulum with Brocot style suspension, with a winding key 44cms highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Charles Bilger Spalding (British, 1810-1871)Portrait of a huntsman and hounds, thought to be Mr William Willard of the Brighton Hunt in 1857 signed, dated 'C B Spalding 1857' and indistinctly titled (lower left)oil on canvas 76.5 x 95cm (30 1/8 x 37 3/8in).Footnotes:ProvenancePresented to Mr William Willard by the gentleman of the Brighton Hunt in 1857 (according to plaque attached to the frame).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Circle of Francois Pascal Simon Gerard, called Baron Gerard (Rome 1770-1837 Paris)Portrait of a young lady, half-length, in a white dress and coral beads oil on canvas76.1 x 63.2cm (29 15/16 x 24 7/8in).unframedFootnotes:ProvenanceCollection of J.T. Carter, London, by 1968.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
After Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)Self-Portrait, 1623, mirrored and very finely inlaid, with a brass border and hardwood frame, numbered 10 to the back, 25cm x 16.5cm, together with a hardwood glazed wall mounted display cabinet, with brass hinges, with a forest green felt lining and Royal Blue base, in the form of an arch, with a stand to the back, 35cm wide x 4cm deep x 39.5cm high (2)Provenance: Self-Portrait with Le Garde Meuble Public Bedel & Cie,18 Rue St Augustin, Avenue Victor Hugo, 67, 194, Rue Championnet, Rue Lecourbe, 308 original label to the back Provenance: The Property of a Gentleman, from a Period Winchcombe Town House Self-portrait with signs of wear consistent with and use. Some chips. Some holes. Display cabinet with overall wear consistent with age and use.Note- green lining is not glued to the interior base of cabinet
20th Century Continental School 'Portrait of Marijke Shatt', oil on canvas, initialled 'V.S' lower left, 50cm x 40cm Overall wear, marks, scratches and general display wear as expected. Overall dust, dirt and some cobwebs. In need of a light clean. Minor losses and display wear to the frame. Old exhibition number labels to the frame, otherwise seems ok.
Berlin KPM porcelain plaque 19th Century, enamel painted portrait of Princess Louise, impressed KPM to the reverse with writing in pencil 'Gustav Richter Coln', in a gilt brass frame and fitted case, the plaque including the frame measures 34cm high x 21.5cm wide The case has overall wear and some losses as expected, due to age and use. Tarnish and some wear to the frame. Plaque itself with minimal wear and scratches, cannot see any damage or restoration.
19th Century English School 'Portrait of a lady wearing a pearl necklace', oil on canvas, unsigned, unframed, 77cm x 64cm Canvas thin in places. With holes and damages. Patch repairs. Scratches, wear, marks, some losses to the paint in places. Nails rusted. Possibly with old restoration. Craquelure throughout. Very dirty. Loose on stretchers.
After Philips Wouverman (1619-1668) 'Cavalry battle in front of a burning mill', portrait miniature on ivory, in gilt frame, 7.5cm x 9.5cm and one other of a Continental interiors scene, portrait miniature on ivory, in gilt frame, 6cm x 9.3cm (2)First ivory application number: DR3P93Z8, the second application number is: BAMAYGGG. At present, there is no condition report prepared for this lot, this in no way indicates a good condition, please contact the saleroom for a condition report.
After Anselm van Hulle (1601-1674) 'Portrait of Hugo Fredericus, Ambassador of Trier', engraving, 32cm x 21cm, Thomas Kitchin (1719-1784), Antiquarian map aerial plan of Gloucestershire, engraving, 17cm x 22cm, Robert Morden (1659-1703) Gloucestershire, aerial plan of the Country, engraving, 18.5cm x 23cm, a reverse glass print of George I, 29cm x 24cm, two reverse glass printed coaching scenes, one by F Rosenberg, painted by J Pollard, published October 8th 1830 by J Watson, London, 'A Scene on the London to Portsmouth Road going Through Emsworth', 26cm x 34cm, and one other by the same artist, published May 22nd 1830 by J Watson, London, 'A Scene on the London to Brighton Road, First Stage', 26.5cm x 34cm and a carved hardwood frame for a painting, 32cm x 28cm (7)Provenance: From the Property of a Gentleman, from a Period Winchcombe Town House.
Published by W Syckelmoore (d. circa early 19th Century) Maidstone, Eng by Newman & Co 48, Watling St. London, Untitled: View of a Straw Hut, etching, 5cm x 8cm together with an oval miniature Portrait of a Gentleman Sat next to a Lamb, a crook in his right hand, watercolour, 5cm x 4cm (2)Provenance: The Property of a Gentleman, from a Period Winchcombe Town House Etching with some foxing. Unidentifiable foreign objects under the glass. The frame with signs of wear consistent with age and use. The frame with evidence of glue. The frame with some marks and minor water damage. Watercolour is in generally good condition. The frame with signs of wear consistent with age and use.
A collection Victorian and later hallmarked and sterling silver items To include a pair of hallmarked silver napkin rings. Hallmarked for Birmingham, date letter E for 1929. A sterling silver brooch set with butterfly wing. A Victorian hallmarked silver brooch in the form of two swords and having a portrait to the centre. Hallmarked for Birmingham, date letter z for 1899. A medal fob, hallmarked for Birmingham. Makers mark AF for Arthur Fenwick. A pair of sugar tongs, hallmarked for Sheffield. Makers mark JR for John Round & Son Ltd. A pair of sugar tongs, hallmarked for Birmingham. Makers mark BG for Bert Gordon. Makers mark GV&Co for Gourdel Vales & Co. Weight approx 94.7g. Measures approx 2.5cm x 3cm / 10cm x 3cm.
Three Staffordshire portrait figures, A shepherd and his dog and a flock of sheep, a boy and girl with a rabbit and a spill holder with a house a dog and a birds nest. Date: Circa 1860 Size: 25cm, 18.5cm, 12cm high Condition of Shepherd: Cracks to reverse. Condition of Rabbit group: Girls head re attached, paint flakes, hairline to base & crazing. Condition of Spill: In good condition Provenance: The private collection of Mr Anthony Holton
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