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Attributed to Willem van der Vliet (Delft, 1583/84 - 1642) "Portrait of a lady and portrait of a gentleman" Pair of oil paintings on panel. Dated in 1635. Cradled.121 x 89 cm each. Both carry the inscription: "AETATIS 36" indicating the age of those portrayed. On the back are notarial documents regarding the distribution of inheritance.The painter to whom we attribute the pair of portraits, Willem van der Vliet, a disciple of Michel van Miereveld, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, engraver and cloth buyer who joined the Delft painters' guild in 1615, becoming its director in 1633, together with Jacob Vosmaer.Walter Liedtke, Curator of the Department of European Painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, explains in the extensive catalogue "Vermeer and the Delft School" (published by the MET) that contrary to what had been assumed, van der Vliet “was something more than a mere follower of Van Miereveld”, a fact reaffirmed, he asserts, if his history and genre paintings are examined, as they have a more Caravaggist style.In fact, Michiel C. Plomp, Associate Curator of the Department of Drawings and Engravings of the same museum, states in the same publication that van der Vliet “began his career as a history painter working in the manner of Caravaggio [and] maintained himself as a fairly independent portrait painter in the style of Van Miereveld (rare in Delft).” His technique, Plomp continues, "is less linear, and those portrayed tend to have a kind and smiling expression," as is the case in our pair of portraits.The few known paintings by the artist date from between 1624 and 1640. Highlights among them include, “An allegory” (cat. no. 85 of the cited publication), a canvas signed and dated 1627 from a private collection; a pair of portraits very similar to these ones, signed and dated 1626 and currently in an unknown location (Figs. 228a and b of the cited publication); as well as “Portrait of Suitbertus Purmerent” (1631), kept at the National Gallery in London (inv. NG1168).In addition, his work can be seen at the Louvre in Paris, the Detroit Institute of Arts and the National Trust for Scotland's Brodie Castle, as well as in private collections. Reference bibliography:-Liedtke, Walter; Plomp, Michael C.; and Ruger, Axel. (2001). "Vermeer and the Delft School". The Metropolitan Museum of Art.- van der Vliet, William (1631). “Portrait of Suitbertus Purmerent” [Oil on panel]. The National Gallery. https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/willem-van-der-vliet-portrait-of-suitbertus-purmerent
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Rowland Hill, Lord Hill General Commanding-in-Chief, Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards, and Governor of Plymouth, K.T.S., K.M.T. & K.S.G.; small fragment signed Hill clipped from a letter/document and mounted on card with half length portrait; together with a fragment from a pre-stamp cover addressed to The Lady de Clifford Paget Ramsgate and dated 1833 (2)Condition Report:Good condition consistent with age and use.
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HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh - signed 1997 Christmas card with two gilt cyphers to front and colour photographic portrait inside, signed Elizabeth R and Philip with manuscript date 1997 belowCondition Report:Good condition consistent with age and use.From 1960s the signatures were produced by autopen.
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The Royal Mint United Kingdom 2005 proof coin set, with certificate, 2009 'Henry VIII' brilliant uncirculated fine pound coin, 2010 brilliant uncirculated coin collection, 2015 'The Fourth and Fifth Circulating Coinage Portrait Collection', and 'Farewell and Nations of the Crown UK' one pound brilliant uncirculated two coin set, all cased or in card folders
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Barbier (George) Vingt-cinq Costumes pour le Theatre, one of 25 hors-commerce copies, from an edition of 300, ink presentation to Louis Cartier on limitation page, etched portrait frontispiece of Barbier by Charles Martin and 25 fine mounted pochoir plates of costume designs, each with captioned tissue-guard, all printed on white Arches paper and mounted on grey Arches paper, with with first state proofs of plates III and IV loosely inserted,original pictorial wrappers, upper joint split at head and foot, one corner slightly bumped, green cloth-backed board chemise and slip-case (a little worn), [Colas 218], 4to, Paris, Camille Bloch & Jules Meynial, 1927.⁂ Exquisite work by one of the quintessential figures in Art Deco design and illustration. The designs are for Casanova, Le tapis Persane, Marion de Lorme, Madame Paulette Duval, Lysistrata and Amarylla. This copy is inscribed to the jeweller Louis Cartier.
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Lapérouse (Jean-François de Galaup, comte) Voyage de La Pérouse Autour du Monde, 5 vol. including Atlas, first edition, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece, Atlas with engraved title, portrait frontispiece and 69 maps and plates, many double-page or folding, tissue-guards, text with ink stamp of Domus Lugdunensis Soc. Jesu to titles, vol. 1 with ink inscription "ex dono Radactoris" to pastedown, dated Paris 1821, occasional light spotting, Atlas with bookplate of Frederick E. Ellis, some dust-soiling to extremities, upper hinge weak but holding, all vol. uncut in original decorative boards, printed paper labels to spines, wear to extremities, particularly spine ends and joints, with some chipping to paper, text with small paper label with manuscript shelfmark to spine foot, Atlas a little darkened and with label worn, upper joint split and repaired at head, preserved in 3 morocco-backed drop-back boxes, [Sabin 38960; Hill 972; Ferguson 251], 4to & folio, Paris, 1797.⁂ An impressive set of one of the finest narratives of maritime exploration, covering Easter Island, Hawaii, Macao, Formosa, the Aleutian Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Australia.
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Lercy (Capt. Gabriel Lafond de) Voyages Autour du Monde et Naufrages Célèbres, 8 vol., half-titles, engraved title vignettes, engraved frontispiece portrait and 76 plates, 31 of which hand-coloured, some browning and scattered foxing, vol. 7 & 8 with light marginal damp-staining to first few leaves, contemporary navy morocco-backed marbled boards, spines gilt, rubbed, an attractive set, [Sabin 38606], large 8vo, Paris, 1843-44.
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Marlborough (John Churchill, first Duke of, army officer and politician, 1650-1722) Autograph Letter signed to "My Lord", 2pp. with conjugate blank, sm. 4to, 13th October 1711, written less than two months before his dismissal by Queen Anne, on the dispositions of the army, "As we are now settling the Winter Quarters", he hopes to send the entire list, "the Queen and States have agreed to put as many troops as conveniently may be on the frontier, not only to facilitate the making our own magazines, but to annoy the Enemy and hinder them making theirs, on which the whole of success of the next Campagne... depends", he plans to put 12 battalions and 20 squadrons at Mons and St Gillam", conjugate blank laid down, folds, slightly browned; and an engraved portrait of Marlborough, v.s., v.d. (2).
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NO RESERVE Lenox Library.- Stevens (Henry) Recollections of Mr James Lenox of New York and the Formation of his Library, half-title, etched portrait frontispiece and 2 plates, bookplate of John A. Ferguson, some light foxing to plates, occasional slight cracking to gutter, original half cloth, spine a little sunned, corners rubbed, uncut, 8vo, 1887.⁂ First published the year before in a more basic format, this scarcer and more elegant version was printed for the author Henry Stevens, a towering figure in the rare book trade of the late nineteenth century.
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Corn Trade.- Fitz-Geffry (Charles) The Curse of Corne-horders: with the Blessing of seasonable Selling. In three sermons, on Pro. II.26. Begun at the general Sessions for the County of Cornwall, held at Bodmyn, and continued at Fowy, first edition, variant of edition with Edward Dight in imprint, title with large woodcut of a vermin-infested grain silo being set alight, woodcut initials and typographical head-pieces, occasional light foxing but generally a good, clean copy, engraved Cunliffe bookplate to rear pastedown, nineteenth century half calf, a little rubbed and faded, [Goldsmiths' 624; Kress S.619; STC 10938], small 4to, By I[ohn] B[eale] for Michael Sparke, 1631.⁂ A detailed portrait of the chaotic and apparently uncontrolled corn trade in early 17th century England, which is generally condemned by the author. He refers to the "Lucksters or badgers of corne", the "greedy Farmer" and "covenous Merchant", all of whom are guilty.Charles Fitz-Geffry (Geffrie or Geoffrey), 1576-1638, an Elizabethan poet and clergyman, was born in Cornwall, the son of a Protestant parson. In 1603 he was presented with the living of St Dominick's at Hatton in Cornwall. He seems to have settled down there while publishing several of his sermons together with a final book of poetry.
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Meares (John) Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789, From China to the North West Coast of America. To which are Prefixed...A Voyage Performed in 1786, from Bengal, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 17 engraved or aquatint plates, many folding and neatly mounted on stubs, 10 engraved maps and charts, list of subscribers, book-label of Carl Wendell Carlsmith to front free endpaper, 1 folding map with small hole to central fold, printing flaw to p.169 affecting text, offsetting, some light foxing or browning, contemporary marbled calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, new spine label, corners repaired, rubbed, endpapers renewed, [Sabin 47260; Hill 1126; Abbey, Travel 594], large 4to, Printed at the Logographic Press, 1790.
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Pacific.- Porter (Capt. David) Journal of a Cruise Made to the Pacific Ocean...in the United States Frigate Essex, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, engraved portrait and 13 plates, including 2 maps (1 folding), bookplate of Frederick E. Ellis, small marginal worming to first few leaves, map torn, repaired and silked, browning and light foxing throughout, p.107 with small portion of loss, affecting a few letters, contemporary marbled calf, neat repairs to spine, 8vo, Philadelphia, 1815.
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Aeschines and Demosthenes, Due Orationi, collation: A-N8 O4, woodcut printer's device to title and colophon (that on colophon with some later pencil additions), lacking blanks O3&4, title with very small wormhole to blank upper fore-edge corner, Venice, heirs of Aldus Manutius, 1554 bound with Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Oratione di Cicerone, in Difesa di Milone, collation: A-D8 E6, printer's woodcut device to title and final f. verso, Venezia, heirs of Aldus Manutius, 1554 and Oratione di M.T. Cicerone in difesa di Marco Marcello, collation: A-D4, Venice, Giovan'Antonio de Nicolini da Sabbio, 1536 and La oratione XIII di M. Tullio Cicerone havuta a favore della legge Manilia, collation: A-E4, woodcut portrait vignette to title, Venice, [Venturino Ruffinelli], 1538 together 4 works in 1, initial spaces with guide-letters, seventeenth century ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, some light damp-staining, some faint browning, a few small scattered spots, endpapers defective, contemporary vellum, soiled, 8vo (c154 x 97mm.) ⁂ Literature: I. Adams A259; Ahmanson-Murphy 466; Edit 16 CNCE 327; Renouard 160:11. II. Adams CI893; Edit 16 CNCE 12321; Renouard 161:14. III. Edit 16 CNCE 14586. IV. Edit 16 CNCE 14594.
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Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer).- Stoneman (Walter, photographer) Photographic portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, silver print, showing him standing with one hand on a desk and the other on a chairback while looking into the camera, signed and dated 1942 by Churchill on the mount below image, laid onto mount, some light silvering to margins, photographer's stamp on verso, 185 x 142mm. (image), 250 x 180mm. (overall), [1941].⁂ An excellent wartime portrait of Churchill, taken by Stoneman on 1 April, 1941, as Churchill awaited news on Germany's invasion of Yugoslavia.
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Botany.- Curtis (William) The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed, 83 vol. in 62, comprising vol. 3-40; 62; 91-102; 104-108; 138-140; 148-166; 168; and an index volume (139 and 158 with duplicates), c.3,959 hand-coloured plates only, many folding and many double page, some later volumes with engraved portrait frontispiece, illustrations, some light foxing and offsetting, partly affecting plates and titles, but heavier to text leaves, first few pages and edges, some plates working loose, some leaves detached and loosely inserted, some sporadic tears to plates, ink and pencil inscriptions to first few pages of some volumes, some text leaves supplied in facsimile, various bindings, some rubbed, some covers and spines working loose, some covers detached, [Nissen BBI 2350; Great Flower Books p.156], 8vo, 1794-1956; sold as a periodical and not subject to return (62)⁂ "The Botanical Magazine" is the longest and greatest serial of botanical illustrations. Many plants received their first descriptive and illustrative publication in the magazine. The plates are generally clean and the colouring bright and fresh.
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Warhol (Andy) Andy Warhol's Index (Book), first edition, pop-up and folding illustrations, original stiff pictorial wrappers, Andy Warhol price sticker to upper cover (rubbed), some rubbing to covers, light creasing to corners, 4to, New York, 1967.⁂ This is a complete copy containing: pop-up castle; pop-up accordion (now silent as often); pop-up aeroplane; a folded geodesic dome; a paper disc on a wire spring (still attached to book); a flexi-disc with a portrait if Lou Reed; a folding image of a nose with colourful overlays; pop-up tomato paste tin; a sheet of 8 stamps (2 detached but present), and a gold balloon (melted and fusing the pages together, as usual).
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Jacobite rebellion .- Boyse (Samuel) An Impartial History of the Late Rebellion in 1745. from authentic memoirs, engraved portrait frontispiece, trimmed at fore-edge, 1 wood engraved plan, trimmed affecting title and text, 2 letterpress plans, ?lacking 2 maps, remnants of ink inscription to head D1, previous owner's ink signatures to endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, upper cover detached, Reading, 1648 [i.e. 1748] § The Trial of James Stewart in Aucharn in Duror of Appin, for the Murder of Colin Campbell of Glenure ..., first edition, folding engraved map, scattered faint spotting, tiny marginal worming towards end, bookplate, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, Edinburgh, for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1753 § Ray (James) A Compleat History of the Rebellion, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 engraved plans, scattered spotting and staining, front free endpaper becoming detached, later calf, a little rubbed, York, for the Author by John Jackson, 1749; and another similar, 8vo & 12mo (4).
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Quarenghi (Giacomo) Fabbriche e Disegni, 2 parts bound as 1 vol., second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 125 engraved plates, short tear to final plate, scattered spotting, occasional marginal water-staining, contemporary half roan, joints beginning to split at extremities but holding firm, rubbed, folio, Mantova, 1845.⁂ Giacomo Quarenghi (1744-1817) was an Italian architect who spent most of his career designing neoclassical architecture in Imperial Russia, predominately in St. Petersburg.
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Montgomery (Bernard Law, Viscount of ) El Alamein to the River Sangro, number 115 of 265 copies signed by the author on title, portrait frontispiece, plates, maps, original black morocco, facsimile of author's signature to upper cover, gilt, dentelles, g.e., slipcase, 8vo, Arcadia Press, 1971.
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Prisons.- Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Gaol and House of Correction, at Dorchester, 1835, light spotting, modern cloth, Dorchester, [1835] § Symons (Jelinger C.) Tactics for the Times; as regards the Condition and Treatment of the Dangerous Classes, first edition, half-title, tinted lithograph frontispiece,4 hand-coloured lithographed bar charts, 3 folding tables, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and faded, rebacked, new endpapers, [Goldsmiths' 36553], 1849 § Hunt (Henry) Investigation at Ilchester Gaol..., first edition, etched frontispiece by George Cruikshank and 5 plates (probably by Robert Cruikshank), with additional portrait of the author mounted & bound in and with both supplementary addresses not always found, foxing and offsetting, later half morocco, uncut, rubbed, [Cohn 421; Goldsmiths' 23262 (but lacking the address to Graham)], 1821 § Campbell (John) Thirty Years' Experience of a Medical Officer in the English Convict Service, first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper, 4pp. advertisements at end, original cloth, spine rubbed and faded, 1884; and 4 others on prisons, 8vo (8)⁂ The first is very rare and not listed by Library Hub although it does include an earlier set of rules of 1824 in the British Library.Henry Hunt was a radical politician who had been incarcerated in Ilchester gaol for his involvement in the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. He was released in 1822 and brought a series of complaints against the prison particularly the gaoler, William Bridle, instigating an Inquiry into prison conditions.
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Australasia.- Péron (François) and Louis-Claude de Saulces de Freycinet. Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes, 5 vol. including Atlas, second edition, half-titles, engraved portrait after C.A. Lesueur, errata leaf, Atlas with 9 engraved maps or plans, 1 double-page, and 60 engraved plates by N. Petit or C.A. Lesueur on 59 sheets, 2 double-page, 27 hand-coloured, a few partly printed in colours, double-page plates neatly mounted on stubs, 1 with vertical tear expertly repaired, some light foxing and the odd small stain, a few coloured plates slightly browned, uniform 19th century calf-backed marbled boards, spines gilt, lightly rubbed, Atlas with short split to upper joint at foot, [Ferguson 978-79; Nissen ZBI 3120; Wantrup 82], 8vo & 4to, Paris, 1824.⁂ An attractive set of the scarce revised edition of the account of the expedition to the Pacific, first published in 1807-16, with corrections and 25 plates not found in the first edition. The Atlas includes the first detailed chart of the entire Australian continent, views (including 2 of Sydney, one folding), coastal profiles, artefacts, natural history and ethnographic subjects.
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South Asia.- Schouten (Wouter) Voyage de Gautier Schouten aux Indes Orientales, 2 vol., first French edition, titles in red and black, identical engraved frontispieces of a ceremonial elephant, vol. 1 with additional folding portrait frontispiece, 13 engraved plates, 4 folding, contemporary ink ownership inscription to titles, 1 crossed through and the other partially erased, portrait chipped at fore-edge and repaired, 1 folding plate with expert small repair to verso, another with a few small holes to fore-margin, the odd spot, attractive contemporary speckled calf, spines richly gilt, a few skilful repairs, including small portion of vol. 1 lower cover, 12mo, Amsterdam, Estienne Roger, 1707.⁂ A rare edition. Of the copies we have traced the plate count varies.
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Australasia.- Péron (François) and Louis-Claude de Saulces de Freycinet. Voyage de Dècouvertes aux Terres Australes, a complete set of 6 parts in 5 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 folding tables, Atlas Historique with engraved vignette title, 40 plates, 2 folding and 23 hand-coloured, 14 maps, 2 folding, with folding plates and maps neatly mounted on stubs, Atlas Hydrographie with engraved vignette title, contents leaf and 32 maps, many double-page, with all ff. on stubs, 1 folding map with small hole and repair to central fold, another plate with small repair to blank lower margin, some light foxing and occasional slight browning, plates still generally crisp and bright, uniform modern calf-backed boards, spines gilt with morocco labels, a handsome set, 4to & folio, Imprimerie Impériale [Royale], 1807-16.⁂ The great French voyage of the Napoleonic period to the "terres Australes" or southern continent under captain Baudin, chronicled by its participants Louis de Freycinet (later to command his own voyage) and the scientist François Péron, and published in six separate parts over a period of nearly ten years.
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Inuit drawing.- Niakungitok (George, d. 1825) Portrait of an "Esquimaux" hunting with throwing spear, possibly a self-portrait, brush and ink, watercolour, inscribed 'George Niakungitok/ Esquimaux/ Indian/ price 6/ Drawn by Himself', mounted onto album leaf, further inscribed underneath 'Bought in Hereford when he was there/ in 1823 or 4', 114 x 90 mm (4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in), old folds, surface dirt, spotting and small losses, [circa 1823-24; bound into a copy of Edward Rae's The White Sea Peninsula, John Murray, 1881.⁂ The Inuit artist, Niakungitok, who executed the present drawing was toured as part of an "exhibition" by Captain Samuel Hadlock (1792-1829), a whaling captain from Maine, to Berlin, Leipzig, and clearly England, between the years 1823 and 1824. Other similar original drawings by the Inuit artist are known, with examples held in the Linden Museum, Stuttgart, and the Universitätsbibliothek Leoben, Austria.Provenance: Private collection, UK
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Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer).- Stoneman (Walter) Photographic portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, showing Churchill at the Cabinet Table, half length, facing the camera, corner mounted, signed by Churchill on mount, small patch of soiling at foot of image, mount with old tape and surface abrasion to verso, 160 x 115mm. (image), 235 x 185mm (mount), [1941].⁂ A classic wartime portrait of Churchill, taken on 1 April, 1941. This was the photograph usually given by Churchill to those who served under him during the war.
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Metallurgy.- Diaz Infante (José) Pirometalia absolvta o Arte de fvndidores, engraved portrait of Barbara, patron saint of miners, 3 folding engraved plates at end, 5 approbation ff. at end, plate 2 with repaired tear, without loss, plate 3 water-stained (with a little light pink staining from red ink to cover), the other 2 lightly so, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary limp vellum, remains of ties, red ink staining to lower cover, soiled and creased, 8vo, [Palma, Mallorca], Miguel Cerdà, 1740. ⁂ Rare work on mining and metallurgy, with WorldCat recording only three copies.
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Benyovsky (Count Maurice) Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky...Written by Himself, 2 vol., half-titles, vol.1 title with stipple-engraved medallion portrait as vignette, 23 engraved plates and plans, many folding, 2 with short tears but no loss, vol. 2 with some light damp-staining to head, occasional slight browning or foxing, uncut in original blue boards, neatly rebacked, printed paper labels to spines, covers rubbed and lightly soiled, vol. 2 lower cover detached, housed in an attractive red morocco-backed drop-back box, [Hill 115], 4to, Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790.
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Fleming (Ian) On Her Majesty's Secret Service, number 105 of 250 copies signed by the author, faint erasure marks to front free endpaper, half-title, frontispiece portrait by Amherst Villiers, title-page in red and black, original vellum-backed cloth, white ski-track motif on upper cover, t.e.g., very slight rubbing to upper cover but near-fine otherwise, original acetate dust-jacket, fine, 8vo, 1963.⁂ A superb example of Fleming's only signed limited edition.
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Cookery.- Complete Family-Piece (The): and, Country Gentleman and Farmer's Best Guide, second edition, slight worming at beginning but no loss to sense, a few stains, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, [Bitting p.534; Cagle 628; Maclean p.33; Oxford p.68], for A. Bettesworth [&c.], 1737 § Farley (John) The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper's Complete Assistant..., second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author (lightly offset on title), 12 engraved bills of fare, some foxing, contemporary sheep, rubbed, rebacked preserving old red roan label, corners repaired, [Cagle 676; Maclean p.50; Oxford p.114n; this edition not in Vicaire or Bitting], for J.Scatcherd & J.Whitaker, 1784, 8vo et infra (2)⁂ The first covers cookery, wine and brewing; hunting, coursing and shooting; gardening and farming. The second work by Farley, the "principal cook at the London Tavern" (title) which was renowned for its good food, was actually written by a hack writer, Richard Johnson, mainly compiled from the works of Hannah Glasse and Elizabeth Raffald.
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Gill (Eric) Engravings, one of 400 copies, from an edition limited to 490, portrait frontispiece and 103 plates, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper, occasional light finger-soiling, original cloth, gilt, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 4to, Bristol, printed by Ernest Ingham at the Fanfare Press for Douglas Cleverdon, 1929.
![Africa.- [Burton (Sir Richard Francis)] "F. R. G. S." Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po, 2 vol., first](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/936ed71f-1744-4da0-9791-afc10101ac57/468x382.jpg)
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Africa.- [Burton (Sir Richard Francis)] "F. R. G. S." Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, portrait frontispiece, lightly spotted, folding engraved map, new endpapers, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrips, scarce early variant with "F. R. G. S." to spine in gilt, [Penzer pp.71-72], 8vo, 1863.⁂ "It apparently was Burton's original idea to entirely suppress his name from the above work and in his own copy ... there is no clue given to the author, for "By a F. R. G. S.", appears in the back of the book. In all other copies which I have seen, with the exception of that in the British Museum, Burton's name is given in full on the cover ..." (Penzer)In 1861 Burton took up the post of British consul on the Spanish island of Fernando Po (Bioko, off Cameroon in West Africa) . The work includes descriptions of the gold-mining prospects in both Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Burton was in dispute with Speke over the source of the Nile and was infuriated by the Royal Geographical Society for choosing Speke to lead a second expedition to establish his claim. It was this dispute that lead Burton to issuing this work anonymously.
![Cook (Capt. James).- [Baston (Guillaume André René)] Narrations d'Omaï, Insulaire de la Mer du Sud, Ami et Compagnon de Voyag](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/aa13ec1d-d2cf-4233-b7e6-afc100ff0abd/468x382.jpg)
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Cook (Capt. James).- [Baston (Guillaume André René)] Narrations d'Omaï, Insulaire de la Mer du Sud, Ami et Compagnon de Voyage du Captaine Cook, 4 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, some light foxing, vol. 4 with later ink inscription to inside lower wrapper, uncut in original pale blue wrappers, paper labels to spines, worn and frayed at edges, spines a little sunned, vol. 4 with upper joint split at foot, [Sabin 57263], 8vo, Rouen, Le Boucher & Paris, Buisson, 1790.⁂ Fictional autobiography of Omaï, a Tahitian man taken to Europe by Captain Cook on return from his voyage around the world.
![Anson (George).- [Anonymous] "An Officer of the Squadron". A Voyage to the South-Seas, And to many other Parts of the World,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/e52bdcc7-6b1a-4dff-8d96-afc101045761/468x382.jpg)
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Anson (George).- [Anonymous] "An Officer of the Squadron". A Voyage to the South-Seas, And to many other Parts of the World, Performed...By Commodore Anson, engraved portrait frontispiece and 4 folding plates, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title, plates with a few short tears to extremities, affecting image but with no significant loss, 1 plate with paper repairs to verso, some light browning, the odd small stain, final few leaves with small hole to blank lower margin, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, new spine label, corners repaired, rubbed, 8vo, Printed and Sold by R. Walker, 1744.⁂ The rarer of two pirated accounts of the Anson voyage to be printed in 1744, predating the official narrative by a full four years. The other is attributed to "An Officer of the Fleet".
![Straits of Magellan.- [Vargas y Ponce (José de)] Relacion del Último Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes de la Fragata de S.M. Sa](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/81530cec-bc86-4201-8519-afc10104884a/468x382.jpg)
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Straits of Magellan.- [Vargas y Ponce (José de)] Relacion del Último Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes de la Fragata de S.M. Santa María de la Cabeza, engraved portrait frontispiece, 4 folding engraved maps and 4 folding tables, number in ink manuscript to foot of title, epigraph leaf with later ink note and bookplate of Maria Zoila Godoy de Cobo, frontispiece and title with small worm hole to upper blank margin, Madrid, Widow, Heirs and Company of Ibarra, 1788, bound with Apéndice a la Relacion del Viage al Magallanes, folding table and folding map, Madrid, Widow of D. Joaquin Ibarra, 1793, first edition, a few folding maps with very short tears to inner margin skilfully repaired, 1 with longer tear but no loss, occasional light spotting or soiling, small worming to endpapers, contemporary crimson morocco with central Spanish royal arms in gilt, lightly rubbed with a few small stains to covers, blue silk endpapers, g.e., a handsome copy, [Sabin 16765 & 1729; Hill 1756], 4to. ⁂ The official account of the expeditions under Antonio de Córdoba to ascertain the advisability of the continued use of Magellan's Strait in voyages to the Pacific.
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Slavery.- Beckford (William) A Descriptive Account of the Island of Jamaica, with Remarks upon the Cultivation of the Sugar-Cane...the Consequences of an Abolition of the Slave-Trade, and of the Emancipation of the Slaves, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, Marcus Gage's copy with his ink signature to head of titles, very occasional spotting, contemporary half diced russia, rubbed, spines and corners a little worn, vol.2 with split to upper joint, [Goldsmiths 14195; Kress S.5284; Sabin 4248], 8vo, for T. & J.Egerton, 1790.⁂ An authoritative portrait of colonial Jamaica and the sugar/slave economy.William Beckford (1744-1799), a successful sugar planter and historian who was born in Jamaica, was the nephew of William Beckford, politician and Lord Mayor of London, and first cousin to the author and art-collector William Thomas Beckford of Fonthill Abbey.
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Canals.- Whitworth (Richard) The Advantages of Inland Navigation...to shew that an Inland Navigation may be easily effected between the three great Ports of Bristol, Liverpool, and Hull, first edition, presentation copy from the author to John Turton with Turton's ink inscription at head of title (and others to front free endpaper), possibly lacking half-title although conforms to ESTC copy, folding engraved portrait of the Duke of Bridgewater, 4 folding tables of furnaces & forges, manufactures & merchandizes, expenses, and landowners, large folding engraved map with routes supplied in red or green, browned and soiled, slight worming to map, engraved bookplate of John Turton of the Inner Temple, contemporary calf, rubbed and marked, rebacked preserving old morocco label, corners repaired, worming to lower corners and edges, 8vo, for R.Baldwin, 1766.⁂ Rare work by the High Sheriff of Staffordshire 1758/9 and MP for Stafford from 1768 to 1780. The frontispiece depicts the Duke of Bridgewater against a background of canals and working barges. The Bridgewater Canal, authorised by Acts of Parliament in 1760 and 1762, was not finally completed until 1776. It was the only major English canal to be financed by a private individual.
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François Dumont (1751–1831) a signed portrait of a lady wearing white dress & flowers in her powdered hair, set in silver gilt frame & gold mounted with silk backing. Image size 59mm diameter. Ivory Exemption Submission Reference: LJ6J8LL9. Provenance: Sold by Puttick & Simpson Ltd. Auctioneers, London, Wednesday, October 7th 1953
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Richard Cosway (1742-1821), a framed miniature memorial portrait of Elizabeth Pelham (1681-1711), set in gold & silver frame with eight diamonds of approx. 4mm diameter & eight rubies of approx. 5mm diameter with in excess of 200 small diamonds woven around main stones. The verso has subject's hair with diamond encrusted initials EP with pearl oval. Ivory Exemption Submission Reference: CXSJL77F. Provenance: Sold by Puttick & Simpson Ltd. Auctioneers, London, Wednesday, October 7th 1953
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In the style of Andrew Plimer (1763-1837), a late 18thC. miniature portrait of gentleman in dark blue coat with brass buttons & white cravat tied into bow, set in a 9ct gold frame (electronically tested). Image size 66mm x 53mm. Ivory Exemption Submission Reference: ZCDFVRSV. Provenance: Sold by Puttick & Simpson Ltd. Auctioneers, London, Wednesday, October 7th 1953
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Richard Cosway (1742-1821), a portrait of Princess Sophia, daughter of George III, shown wearing a white, pearl trimmed dress. Verso has hair & diamond shaped letter "S". Set in a 9ct gold frame (electronically tested) . Image size 65mm x 53mm. Ivory Exemption Submission Reference: 8W217R2W. Provenance: Sold by Puttick & Simpson Ltd. Auctioneers, London, Wednesday, October 7th 1953
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In the style of Richard Crosse (1742-1810), a miniature portrait of Mrs. Wells, actress, in character set in papier-mache frame. Image size 105mm x 83mm. Ivory Exemption Submission Reference: 7937EFCC. Provenance: Sold by Puttick & Simpson Ltd. Auctioneers, London, Wednesday, October 7th 1953
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Jeremiah Meyer (1735-1780), a miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair, wearing a blue jacket & white cravat, set in a 9ct rose gold case (electronically tested). Image size 42mm x 30mm. Ivory Exemption Submission Reference: 1LTWP9XS. Provenance: Sold by Puttick & Simpson Ltd. Auctioneers, London, Wednesday, October 7th 1953
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Heinrich Friedrich Füger (1751-1818), round miniature portrait of two ladies, one to the fore wearing hat with ostrich feather, mink shawl & lace with town as back drop, set within a 9ct gold, paste jewelled frame, (electronically tested). Image size 65mm diameter. Ivory Exemption Submission Reference: ND63MQ82. Provenance: Sold by Puttick & Simpson Ltd. Auctioneers, London, Wednesday, October 7th 1953
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Thomas Flatman (1637-1688), an oil on copper miniature portrait of General George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608-1670), wearing armour & white lace trimmed cravat. Monk, as known in later text, fought under Oliver Cromwell 1650-52 during the Anglo-Scottish wars as well as playing important leadership role within the Great Plague of London 1665 & the Great Fire of London 1666. Image size 64mm x 52mm. Provenance: Sold by Puttick & Simpson Ltd. Auctioneers, London, Wednesday, October 7th 1953
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William Prewett (British, active 1735-1755), an enamel miniature portrait of Henry Stuart wearing lace-trimmed blue velvet coat & pink ribbon. Some loss of enamel to rear, damage to edge of top. Measures 48mm x 38mm. Provenance: Sold by Puttick & Simpson Ltd. Auctioneers, London, Wednesday, October 7th 1953
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An Italian school, early 19thC. coloured wax miniature portrait plaque from same family as lot 212, wearing black coat & frilled waistcoat, set within gold frame, memorial has decayed in rear of frame. Tests electronically as 15ct. Image size 61mm x 46mm. Provenance: Sold by Puttick & Simpson Ltd. Auctioneers, London, Wednesday, October 7th 1953
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John Hoppner (1758-1810), a miniature portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire in white silk dress with pale yellow belt set against an organic background, set in a 9ct rose gold frame (electronically tested). Glazed hair to verso with pearl set letter "G". Ivory Exemption Submission Reference: PXTYCAWW. Image size 84mm x 68mm. Provenance: Sold by Puttick & Simpson Ltd. Auctioneers, London, Wednesday, October 7th 1953
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