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Henty (G.A.). Rujub, the Juggler, 3 vols., 1st ed., [1893], half titles, 32pp. adverts. at end of vol. III dated October 1892, but lacking all titles, occasional spotting, previous owner inscriptions to half titles, two hinges cracking, original blue cloth with lavish floral design, joints and edges rubbed, slight lean, 8vo. Although lacking the title pages, this is a scarce set of one of Henty’s eleven adult novels and one of the last “triple-deckers” to be issued in England. By the mid 1890s the ‘triple-decker’ was effectively replaced by the single volume novel, at the demand of the buying public who wanted more books at cheaper prices! (3)

* Brock (Charles Edmund, RI, 1870-1938). Eight original drawings for Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, pub. Dent, 1908, together eight pen & ink and watercolour drawings, comprising title-page and seven illustrations, each within decorative border, all but title-page signed and dated 1908, each approx. 380 x 265 mm (15 x 10.5 ins), tipped-in to card folders, together with a publisher’s file copy of the book for which they were produced, orig. gilt dec. cloth, in bright condition. The seven illustrations are titled: “The kind pains you took to.. persuade me out of my fears”; “Indulged with his favourite instrument”; “While Fanny cut the roses”; “He walked to the gate and stood there without seeming to know what to do”; “A ranting young man who appeared likely to knock him down backwards”; “‘Good, gentle Fanny!’”; and “The joyful consent which met Edmund’s application”. (9)

* Higgs (Mike). A collection of 20 sheets of original artwork from the published book ‘The Dragon who Lost his Flame’ in the Moonbird series of books, published in 1982, felt-tip pen and colours on stiff paper, one signed, marginal publication notes, sheet size 362 x 243 mm (20)

Fleming (Ian). The Spy Who Loved Me, 1st ed., 1962, one or two light spots, original cloth, d.j., sellotape marks to flaps, minor chips and creases, 8vo, together with You Only Live Twice, 1st ed., 1964, one or two light stains, small sellotape marks to endpapers, d.j., sellotape marks to flaps, slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus The Man With the Golden Gun, 1st ed., 1965, original cloth, d.j., one or two minor tears, 8vo. (3)

Greene (Graham). The Third Man and The Fallen Idol, 1st ed., 1950, endpapers browned, original cloth, d.j., tears and losses, 8vo, together with Le Carre (John), The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, 2nd impression, 1963, original cloth, d.j., spine a little faded, short tear alond fold, 8vo, plus Fleming (Ian), The Man With the Golden Gun, 1st ed., 1965, stamp to fep, price-clipped d.j., 8vo. (3)

* Whistler (Reginald John “Rex”, 1905-44). Original but unsigned pen and ink and watercolour bookplate for Edith Olivier, 1926, drawn onto the front pastedown of Elegy on Dead Fashion, by Edith Sitwell, illustrated by Thomas Lowinsky, 1st ed., 1926, four full-page b & w illusts. plus title vign., head-piece and tail-piece, the exquisite watercolour bookplate on the front pastedown depicting an outdoor scene with an elegant red-headed lady dressed in yellow nonchalently leaning on a small brick column surmounted by an urn, a young red-headed boy with a hoop in front of and facing her, “Edith Olivier, 1926” inscribed in the upper left sky area, within a yellow and sepia border, 102 x 73 mm, orig. cloth with purpose-made protective decorative silk chemise (lacking spine), 8vo.Limited edition, 181/225, signed by Edith Sitwell. Rex, who though some thirty-three years younger than Edith, struck up a lifelong close friendship after they first met in 1925. The age difference and Rex’s love for Edith is clearly to be seen in the figures of this bookplate. Rex’s career as a book illustrator had virtually began that same year with Edith Olivier’s “Mildred”, a memorial book published to commemorate the life of Edith’s sister who had died at a relatively young age. Also, during 1926, Whistler had begun his mural at the Tate, “The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats”, the subject of which was made in collaboration with Edith. (1)

* Williamson (Henry, 1895-1977 ). Autograph letter signed “Henry Williamson”, Georgeham, North Devon, 27 September 1928, to Siegfried Sassoon, addressed as Sir, beginning “Fifteen months ago you bought a copy of a book I wrote called Tarka, and ever since then I have been dreading that you might think it rotten, as it is in parts. This letter, however, is not about my book, nor is it about yours, which I have not yet finished reading. By the way, there is a misprint on page 252, last line “not” should be ‘shot”, I fancy. I found another earlier on, but I have mislaid its place. I am hoping to give the book [“Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man”, first published September 1928], a good long notice in the Daily Telegraph; I like it much, and consider you have done well to cast it in that form. There are a very few, very slight marring dry-touches, which may have been put in in proof or revision - but they don”t matter, except that the excrescences (very slight & scarcely noticeable). Eg. on page 248, bottom, you add “However inhumane its purpose, it was a kindly country scene”, continuing praise Sassoon’s prose, talking about the word “inhumane” in connection with digging out foxes, “But you know all this. They bring up their children to be bloodied on the face: has not enough blood flowed on the face of the earth already, etc.”, then referring to the proof of one of his books (The Pathway, published 1928) which he is sending to Sassoon and which he refers to in the first postscript, “[It] is about an ex-soldier who tries to redeem humanity by getting rid of the parasite “virtues”(?) or narrowness. I have tried to be impartial, but I may not have succeeded”, the letter ending with the comment that he heard that Sassoon had sat near him at the Hawthornden Award, “I wish I”d known at the time, then I would have risked speaking to you. It would have been a risk, as I felt at the time that most people may have been disappointed that the prize was given to an “animal story”, 2 pp. in red ink, with a second postscript saying that he has asked Will de la Mare to keep one of the signed copies of The Fox-Huntingman for him and “would you write something in it for me? I would be extra proud to possess such a copy. But if you don”t want to, don”t do it; I shall understand”, 4to. Curiously, while Henry Williamson shows some coyness about being the recipient of the Hawthornden Prize for “Tarka the Otter” in 1927, it was Sassoon himself who won the Prize the following year for “Memoirs of a Fox-Huntingman”. (1)

The following 11 paintings are from the Collection of Millicent Hope Bovey, of Penarth. Miss Bovey had inherited these pictures, once part of the huge collection of her neighbour Mr R.W Pettigrew. On Pettigrew’s death in 1929 The South Wales Evening Express wrote: “WELSH MYSTERY TREASURE HOUSE: House full of Old Masters at Penarth. Pictures worth thousands found after Connoisseur’s death. A vast hoard of pictures, worth thousands of pounds and including works by Rembrandt, Rubens and many others has been hidden for years in a house in Penarth….” Mr Pettigrew had amassed a collection of some 500 paintings; his house was so full that he and his wife were only able to inhabit a few rooms and the attics, wardrobes, bureaux and chests were all full of beautifully packed works of art. Part of the collection was sent to London for sale through Christie, Manson and Woods who announced that the sale of the Pettigrew Collection would include works by Rembrandt, Rubens, Canaletto, Van Dyck, Tintoretto, and many others. Miss Bovey subsequently sold many other works, swapping paintings for cruises and other luxuries. The 11 paintings offered here are the remnants of this stupendous collection. 19th Century English School OLD DEBTORS PRISON, SOUTHGATE, EXETER inscribed on the reverse oil on board, 20.5cm x 32cm (8" x 12.5")

A 9CT GOLD AND GOLD MAIL PURSE. with chain handle, engraved MRS JOHN D DIXON MARKINCH NOVEMBER 1917, kid lined, 10cm h excluding handle, by S Blanckensee & Sons Ltd, Birmingham 1915, 76G. Sold with a reprinted article from the Leven Advertiser and Wemyss Gazette, 13 December 1917, recording the presentation by the Town Council of a silver rose bowl to provost John Dixon and the present gold purse to Mrs Dixon "who had always proved herself a willing assistant in every good cause (applause)".. ++ In fine condition

SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT, RA, PRWS, RSW (1880-1969) BELLE NAGEUSE. signed, inscribed by the artist with the original title Monique (Tempera) on a frament of the original frame preserved, tempera, 32 x 60.5cM. Painted in 1937. Provenance: Mrs D B Lucas; thence by descent to the present vendor. Exhibited: Royal Academy, Diploma Gallery, Exhibition of Works by Sir William Russell Flint, 1962, No 127 (lent by Mrs D B Lucas). In the entry in the RA Catalogue Sir William Russell Flint wrote about Belle Nageuse: "Any orthodox practitioner in tempera would be horrified if he knew the speed at which-of necessity- this elegant, accomplished and confident plunger was painted. I had a slight leaning or bent, or tendency, perhaps even an inclination towards a predilection- to imitate the manner of Thomas Love Peacock- for my nageuse, whom I had known from her childhood, and I parted with this picture of her with a pang. Now, normally, she helps to decorate the drawing -room of a very lovely mansion in Somerset, but here, in our Diploma Gallery, she will recline, just for a month or two, and keep an alert eye on every quizzical soul who comes along. A consummate watercolourist and draughtsman, Flint`s early training as a lithographer instilled the discipline that combined with vision and temperament affords him a unique position in the history of the medium. His lively watercolours of nubile dancers or models, all sublimely graceful and exuding confidence, sometimes reclining, sometimes striding or otherwise poised, have an almost magnetic attraction. Careful composition draws the eye around the subject which always harmonises with the vibrancy of bright, reflected colour of textiles, sand or sea. His work of the 1930s and `40s, occasionally with the merest hint of Art Deco, is at the same time of all periods, from Classical Antiquity to the present. The artist and writer Adrian Bury (1891-1991) thought Flint "...the greatest master technically of the elusive watercolour method of art". He also wrote in the Introduction to Ralph Lewis`s biography that "...at his best his work is perfect and without criticism". In expressing this opinion Bury surely had in mind works such as Belle Nageuse. It is one of those personally selected by Flint for the 1962 Exhibition in the Royal Academy`s Diploma Gallery. Painted in 1937 the original title of Belle Nageuse was Monique, the name it bears inscribed in Flint`s hand on the back of the frame. He chose the new title purposely for the 1962 Exhibition and the model is the same as that for Alethea, also painted in tempera which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1935, No 609. In both these and other pictures of the period, the model is reclining on, or wears what appears to be, the same bright red Chinese embroidered silk robe. Several other outstanding works on paper by the artist have appeared on the market in recent months, in particular Alethea (Sotheby`s, 29 April 2009, lot 100, £99,650) Danza Montana and Variations IV (sold in these `rooms, 1 May 2009, lots 782 and 783, £78,000 and £84,000 respectively) and Belle Poseuse, (Sotheby`s, 29 August 2007, lot 179, £96,000). . ++ In very fine condition in 18th c style giltwood and composition frame as supplied to the late owner by Frost & Reed Ltd. Not previously offered for sale

A WILLIAM IV TRUNCHEON BY HIATT & CO OF BIRMINGHAM AND PAINTED BY JOHN THORP. of beech, finely decorated in polychrome with royal arms and cipher, Birmingham arms and motto PRO REGE ET LEGE, the reverse with number 2 and date 1832, signed J Thorp Herald Painter, 36cm, 1832 This and the following lot are particularly fine examples of the art of the truncheon. Both are painted by the pre-eminent herald painter of truncheons of the period, John Thorp of Birmingham. An interesting account of Thorp is to be found in Eliezer Edwards`s book, Old Taverns O`Birmingham (1879): "The Chairman [of the Birmingham Musical Society which met at the Sea Horse Inn] for many years was Mr John Thorp, a herald painter of Belmont Row a man of singularly graceful manners, and a great humourist. The "toasts" and "sentiments" given from the chair on these occasions were always original, and often so laughable, as to set the whole company in a roar. His portrait was one of the three that hung in the parlour. Another was that of Mr Atkins who instituted the Baron of Beef dinner, and the third was that of Francis Marrian, the landlord, who was represented with the song "Old England`s A Lion in his hand". Hiatt & Co of Birmingham manufactured the majority of beech truncheons from the late 1820s onwards. They were distributed by William Parker, later Parker, Field & Sons of Holborn and subsequently other London addresses. For similar examples see Clark (E Fenn), Truncheons Their Romance and Reality, 1935, illustrated p119. . ++ In a state of unusually good preservation retaining almost all of the painted decoration although with small loss through chipping; the paint/varnish has not quite `taken` on the head and part of the body of the unicorn supporter although this may have been occasioned by the fact that the truncheon has slightly warped and is now of a pronounced curvature but is free from splits or restoration

A GEORGE III LINEN SAMPLER. worked by Mary Johnson with a mansion, deer, peacocks, other birds, topiary, flower vases, hearts, crowns, verse of a hymn and the date 1819, all in a variety of stitches, 28 x 22.5cm, framed. ++ In very good condition, the bright colours fresh and well preserved. In modern mount and frame. By descent in the family to the present vendor who had it reframed a few years ago.

A FINE SILVER-MOUNTED OTTOMAN GREEK SHAMSHIR PRESENTED BY THE PACHA OF CANDIA TO CAPTAIN F.T.MICHELL R.N., DATED 1829. with curved blade double-edged towards the point and cut with two slender fullers of differing length along the back-edge, silver hilt comprising a pair of quillons with bud-shaped finials, engraved with scrolls and a bouquet of fruit, moulded back-strap engraved with the presentation inscription and date, and a pair of horn grip-scales fitted with a tear-shaped washer on each side of the pommel, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with large silver mounts cast and chased in relief, comprising locket, middle-band and chape each decorated with sprays of flowers, foliage, trophies and bouquets all within an elaborate series of scrollwork frames, and retaining a ring for suspension (one suspension ring missing). 75.5cm; 29 3/4in blade. Admiral Sir Frederick Thomas Michell KCB (1788-1873) was the son of Lieutenant Sampson Michell RN, a Cornishman who died an admiral in the Portuguese Navy in 1809. He was born in Exeter, entered the Royal Naval Academy at Portsmouth in 1800 and joined HMS EURYDICE (24) as a Midshipman in 1803, serving in a number of ships and locations before being commissioned lieutenant on 29th May 1807. Serving in several more ships in locations from the Adriatic to Brazil, he became 1st lieutenant of HMS BOYNE (98) in March 1815. When Admiral Lord Exmouth was appointed to command a punitive expedition to Algiers in 1816, he took BOYNE`s officers with him into his flagship, HMS QUEEN CHARLOTTE (100). Before the bombardment of Algiers, late in August 1816, Exmouth appointed Michell to command the battering flotilla of 55 small vessels - principally gun, mortar, rocket and bomb ships - in the acting rank of commander and Michell was confirmed in that rank on 16th September 1816. After a decade on half-pay, Michell was appointed to command HMS RIFLEMAN (18) on 27th December 1826 and took her to the Mediterranean.. During the 1820s Greece fought her war of independence from Turkey: Britain, France and Russia were involved to maintain the balance of power and their own interests in the eastern Mediterranean. At the time, Crete was known by its Venetian name Candia and the Sultan ruled the island though a governor, or Pasha; the island`s capital, now Heraklion, was also known as Candia. It was British policy to recognise Crete as Turkish and British ships were welcomed in its harbours by the island`s governor.. The Ship`s Logs of HMS RIFLEMAN for 1829 (The National Archives; ADM 51/3377 and ADM 53/1140) show that she left Malta, bound for Crete, on 2nd March 1829, taking as passengers two Turks, Mustapha Hassan and Mustapha Ali. On 7th March, she anchored in Port Greco, a harbour on the island of Stondia - now Dia Nisida - off the north coast of Crete opposite the city of Candia. On 8th March, she sailed across the strait to Candia, put the captain, Michell, and the surgeon ashore in a yawl, `stood off and on` until the yawl returned and then, having fired a salute of 19 guns - which was returned by the harbour`s Turkish fort - sailed back to Port Greco, leaving Michell - and, presumably, the surgeon and the ship`s two Turkish passengers - in Candia. On 9th March, she returned and sent the yawl for Captain Michell, who returned at 11.30am, whereupon she left Candia harbour, returning a salute of 21 guns from the fort, and made sail for Malta, arriving there on 16th March 1829. For the remainder of 1829, HMS RIFLEMAN cruised in the Mediterranean but did not return to Crete.. It seems most likely that Michell received the sword offered here in March 1829 as a gesture of thanks from the island`s governor, perhaps for conveying the two Turks from Malta. The Turkish governor of Candia 1832-51 was the Albanian Giritli Mustafa Naili Pasha (b. 1798) who, in 1829, would have been known as plain Mustafa Naili and so may have been the `Mustapha Ali` taken aboard Michell`s ship on the orders of C.-in-C. Mediterranean for passage to Crete; he had been active in suppressing Greek insurrections on Crete in the 1820s and passage on a British sloop-of-war was probably the most sure way of returning him safely to the island.. Michell was promoted post captain on 22nd February 1830, commanded the 5th Rate HMS MAGICIENNE (24) at the siege and bombardment of Acre in 1840 and then the 5th Rate HMS INCONSTANT until 1843. In 1852 he was given command of HMS QUEEN (110) and commanded her during the Crimean War, particularly distinguishing himself at the bombardment of Sebastopol 1854-55, after which he was promoted rear admiral and created CB. Michell returned home to live in Totnes, Devon, where he was elected mayor in 1855 and 1858 and where he died. He became a vice-admiral in 1862 and an admiral in 1866, being created KCB in 1867. In addition to the sword given him by the Pasha of Candia/Crete, he received another from the Sultan, as well as a cloak with diamond clasps and several Turkish orders and decorations; as well as the insignia of a KCB, he received that of an Officer of the Legion of Honour, the Naval General Service Medal 1793-1814, with clasps Algiers and Syria and the British and Turkish medals for the Crimean War.

A 14 BORE BALKAN SILVER-MOUNTED MIQUELET-LOCK GUN CAPTURED AT ROSETTA BY CAPTAIN ROBERT SAUNDERS AND PRESENTED TO LORD FREDERICK BENTINCK, EARLY 19TH CENTURY. with tapering barrel retained by five silver bands repoussé with foliage, chiselled with foliage over the breech and encrusted with a shaped silver panel engraved with an inscription within a beadwork frame, the breech and tang overlaid with engraved silver and incorporating a standing back-sight, iron lock of characteristic form overlaid with engraved silver plaques, wooden full stock encased in silver over almost its entire surface, repoussé with foliage en suite with the barrel bands and a panel of raised diamonds within a frame of trellis ropework, faceted butt applied with fabric (worn) and repoussé silver plaques (one loose), the rear portion enclosed by a large matching butt cap, silver ball trigger, a pair of silver sling swivels, early fabric sling, and original steel ramrod. 105cm; 41in barrel. The inscription on the breech reads:. `This firelock was taken from a Turkish Officer of rank in a skirmish before the town of Rosetta in Egypt by Capt Robt Saunders then of H. Majesty`s late 20 L Dns and presented by him to M. G. Lord Fred Bentinck`.. This gun was probably acquired by Robert Saunders as a spoil of battle during the British expedition to Egypt in 1807. The purpose of that expedition was to restore British influence to an area of the eastern Mediterranean which was threatened by French occupation and a British mixed force of around 6,000 men was dispatched from Sicily on 6th March 1807, capturing Alexandria on 20th March. Having captured Alexandria, the next target was the grain reserves at Rosetta and a small column marched there at the end of March. That operation was unsuccessful and so a larger column, of about 2,500 men including the 20th Light Dragoons detachment, was sent to Rosetta on 3rd April and had encamped outside the town by 7th April. For the next fortnight the British were engaged in a series of actions, running fights and skirmishes around Rosetta, were under almost constant attack by Turkish and Albanian forces and failed to bring Rosetta under British control. It would have been during this period in April 1807 that the gun offered here was acquired by Robert Saunders. Robert Saunders was a sergeant in 20th Light Dragoons in January 1804; he was promoted regimental sergeant major in about June 1804 and appointed troop quartermaster en route to the Mediterranean in about March 1805. On 25th July 1809 he was commissioned cornet, without purchase, and was appointed adjutant on 14th December 1809: he remained adjutant until 26th June 1816. On 20th August 1811, Saunders was promoted lieutenant, again without purchase, and he remained in that rank in the 20th until 24th September 1818, when he exchanged to the half-pay of 66th Regiment of Foot: he remained on half-pay until his death in 1834. Saunders served with his regiment in eastern Spain from January 1813 to April 1814 and was present at the Catalonian battles of Castalla (12th-13th April 1813) and Ordal (13th September 1813). From the rapidity of his promotion through the non-commissioned ranks, together with the types of appointment he was given and the fact that he was commissioned and then promoted without purchase, it can be inferred that Saunders was a very competent administrative soldier of great value to his regiment. As adjutant 1809-16 he would have had regular contact with the regiment`s colonel who, from 1810 to 1813, was Major General (from 1811 Lieutenant-General) Lord William Bentinck. Bentinck was not only colonel of 20th Light Dragoons 1810-13 but also commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean 1811-15 and local commander of the British forces in Catalonia 1813-14; his brother - Lord Frederick - commanded the cavalry brigade in which 20th Light Dragoons served. The brothers Bentinck and Saunders would have met and corresponded regularly and it is probable that Saunders had many opportunities to commend himself, as a competent administrator, to his colonel and his brigade commander. Saunders could not have been referred to as `captain` prior to 1821, in which year he became captain and adjutant in the Southern Regiment of West Yorkshire Yeomanry and by which time 20th Light Dragoons had been disbanded for two years; Lord Frederick Bentinck, commander of the Mansfield troop of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry since 1821, died in 1828. Thus, this gun must have been presented between 1821 and 1828 and was probably given in recognition of Lord Frederick`s recommendation of Saunders, an experienced, deserving and competent administrative Regular soldier, to a salaried post in the yeomanry of his county where he could be of service.

Sold by order of the administrators of Nobel Enterprises Ltd . ERIK LINDBERG ( SWEDISH 1873-1966): ALFRED NOBEL . a patinated bronze bust on a square base, engraved Erik Lindberg 1910 and with foundry stamp `Herman Bergman Fud Stockholm 1913`. 102.3cm; 40 1/4in high. The present bust is one of two cast at the Herman Bergman foundry, the other being on display at the Nobel prize ceremonies in Stockholm. Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833-1896) was born in Stockholm and is most famous for his pioneering work with explosives. He studied nitro-glycerine and found that when it was incorporated within an inert and absorbent substance like kieselguhr it became safer and thus more convenient to manipulate. This was patented in 1862 as dynamite. Other patents followed including gelignite or blasting gelatine amongst others. Nobel amassed an immense fortune and the bulk of this was left in trust after his death for the establishment of five prizes in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace. The distribution of prizes was begun on the 10th of December 1901, the anniversary of Nobel`s death. The only individual to receive prizes in more than one section has been Mme Marie Curie who was honoured in both physics and chemistry. Erik Lindberg was a medallist and sculptor who produced a number of medals for the Nobel prize and other institutions. In his lifetime he was described as `a very able and clever artist, as shown in the execution of various medals which show a rare ability not only in regard to composition and artistic workmanship but also in the delicacy of expression and feeling of form in his modelling of the subjects.`.

A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF 22 BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK LONG HOLSTER PISTOLS BY PIRAUBE AUX GALLERIES A PARIS, DATED 1697. with lightly swamped barrels fitted with silver fore-sights, signed in full and dated on a long central panel engraved with sprays of strapwork foliage at the muzzle end and chiselled with a grotesque at the breech end, moulded breeches chiselled with opposing classical warrior profile busts beneath a canopy and a trophy-of-arms all within a strapwork frame (areas of light wear), rectangular tangs engraved with a stylized grotesque and border ornament, stepped bevelled locks engraved with trophies on the tails, engraved and chiselled faceted pans signed in full beneath, the lock-plates and cocks engraved with strapwork foliage and border ornament en suite with the muzzles, finely chiselled steels decorated with a moustacheod espagnolette mask on the outer face and the spurs formed as grotesque monsters, highly figured walnut full stocks carved in low relief with linear mouldings over the fore-ends (one fore-end expertly repaired), scrolling tendrils with monsterhead terminals behind the rear ramrod-pipes and on either side of the barrel tangs, the butts inlaid in silver wire with scrolls over the spines and with a pattern of wavy lines about the barrel tangs, the side-plates and the pommel spurs, chiselled steel mounts comprising solid side-plates decorated with a framework of foliage incorporating an oval central panel and with a pierced design of foliage on the tails, moulded trigger-guards engraved en suite with the locks and with acanthus finials, spurred pommels engraved with elaborate trophies-of-arms carrying differing portrait medallions on each side, the caps finely chiselled with acanthus and a laurel frame enriched with gold pellets enclosing a mounted classical warrior on a punched ground, vacant escutcheons carried by a pair of addorsed herms, and surmounted by a ducal coronet, a pair of faceted ramrod-pipes (the mounts with areas of light wear), and steel-tipped wooden ramrods, perhaps the original . 56cm; 22in. (2). Provenance. Clay P. Bedford . Charles H. Moses, Ashtablula, Ohio 1966. Literature. Wallace B. Gusler and James D. Lavin, Decorated Firearms 1540-1870, from the Collection of Clay P. Bedford, Williamsburg, 1977, pp.34-7. Bertrand Piraube has been described as the most important figure in the decorative development of French firearms circa 1670-1724, and thus the history of European firearms as a whole. There is evidence that his first workshop was in Saint Germain en Laye, north west of Paris but little is known of this period. On 25th January 1670 Louis XIV granted him a brevet de logement in the Galeries du Louvre. This appointment, which was confirmed in March the following year, established Piraube as primus inter pares amongst the gunmakers working for Louis XIV. In German Brice`s Description de la Ville de Paris, published in various editions between 1698 and 1718, he was described as a gunmaker who produced pieces of rare beauty. Working within the precincts of the Royal Palace freed Piraube from the restrictions of the Parisian Guilds and consequently he was able to employ as many apprentices and journeymen as his commissions required. It comes as no surprise that a significant number of the great European Ancestral Gunrooms have firearms by him, including a fowling-piece at Windsor Castle believed to have been presented to Charles II of England by Louis XIV; a pair of pistols and a fowling-piece that were presented to the young Charles XI of Sweden as part of an exceptional gift including twelve richly caparisoned horses each with a brace of pistols in the saddle holsters and a number of fowling pieces; and the gunroom of the former Electors of Saxony in Dresden which includes no less than eleven long arms and fourteen pairs of pistols by him. Unlike many of his contemporaries Piraube dated the greater part of his firearms and thus one is able to follow the development of his style in considerable detail. The extant firearms by him are dated 1673, 1679, 1681, 1682, 1683, 1685, 1688, 1689, 1690, 1693, 1694, 1696, 1697, 1698, 1699, 1700, and 1715. In addition to this list two further pairs of pistols with steel mounts, dated 1700 and 1701 respectively, are recorded in the gewehrkammer of Duke August Wilhelm of Brunswick Luneburg (1662-1731). The present pair of pistols represent an important turning point in Piraube`s style, along with another pair of pistols dated 1696, one year earlier. The shorter side-plates with their oval medallions, the engraved oval medallions on each side of the pommels, the masks on the front of the steels and the geometric panels on the trigger-guards are among the features characteristic of the new Bérain style. While many of the features of this new style were a reintroduction from the mid-17th century others were entirely new, such as the inset geometrical panels on the trigger-guards and the espagnolette masks on the front of the steels. These were first published eight years after these pistols were made in 1705 as a supplement by de la Collombe to the reissue of Simonin`s earlier pattern book. This also provides a useful insight into pattern books of this period and how the most fashionable firearms often preceded the publication of the designs.. See J. F. Hayward 1963, pp.32-47; the same author 1980, pp. 118-157; and D. J. Larocca 1992, pp. 184-207.

A FINE PAIR OF 28 BORE FRENCH D.B. FLINTLOCK PISTOLS BY BLETTERIE A PARIS, CIRCA 1740. with lightly swamped barrels, decorated with bands of gold pellets at the muzzles, sprays of foliage and trophies, signed on the rib, fitted with silver fore-sights and decorated with further scrollwork and acanthus against a punched ground at the breeches (the goldwork extensively rubbed and with losses), grooved barrel tangs chiselled with trophies against a gilt fishroe ground, signed engraved stepped bevelled locks decorated with differing martial trophies and border ornament, the tails chiselled and gilt with trophies en suite, chiselled cocks decorated with foliage against a gilt ground, the steel faces chiselled with demon masks (the engraving worn, the cocks and steels with restorations), highly figured walnut full stocks carved with Green man masks issuant with foliage behind the rear ramrod-pipes and with foliage about the tangs (the fore-ends with minor repairs), inlaid with silver wire scrollwork over the fore-ends and the butts, full parcel-gilt silver mounts cast and chased in low relief, comprising trigger-guards with acanthus finials rising from demi-demon masks, the bows decorated with foliate central panes against a finely gilt fishroe ground, spurred trigger-guards decorated with differing trophies-of-hunting on each side within a rococo scrollwork frame accompanied by cornucopia, the butt-caps decorated with a laurel frame filled with portrait profiles of a nobleman and woman against a gilt fishroe ground respectively, oval escutcheons carried on trophies and engraved with the owner`s crest beneath a count`s coronet, a pair of faceted ramrod-pipes decorated en suite with the trigger-guards, blued trigger-plates, and each with its horn-tipped baleen ramrod. 42cm; 16 1/2in. (2). The arms, and almost certainly the portrait profiles on the pommels, are those of Count Jan-Karol Mniszech and his wife Countess Katarzyna (née Zamoyska) of Poland who married in 1741. Mniszech was Lieutenant General of the Crown, Great Chamberlain, Governor of Galicia and Huntsman of the Crown. The silver mounts are of exceptional quality. François Ovide Bletry (also Bletterie and Blettery) is recorded in Paris 1706-38 at Rue des Mauvais Garcons. During the period 1720-35 he had the title `arquebusier et archer du roy`. A gun and a crossbow signed by him are preserved in the Historisches Museum Dresden. See T. Lenk 1965, pp.113-4 and J. Sensfelder 2007, p. 305. It would appear that few other pieces by him are extant.

A PAIR OF 80 BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOLS BY MION, ARQUEBUSIER A PARIS, PASSAGE DU COMMERCE, CIRCA 1794-6. with turn-off barrels, box-lock actions signed on the left and inscribed `Passage du Commerce` on the right, sliding thumb-piece safety catches, folding triggers, and bulbous figured walnut butts carved with a rococo flower about the tangs. 14.5cm; 5 3/4in . (2). Provenance. W. Keith Neal, inv. no. P690 & 691. Mion is recorded at this address circa 1794-6. He was one of the Parisian arquebusiers who signed the petition against the Manufacture de Versailles.

A FINE PAIR OF 25 BORE BOHEMIAN D.B. FLINTLOCK PISTOLS BY PAUL POSER IN PRAG, CIRCA 1720. with long swamped reblued barrels signed `Paul Poser` and `In Prag` respectively, fitted with brass foresights, border-engraved tangs incorporating grooved back-sights, finely engraved signed flat bevelled locks decorated with cavalrymen and pikemen beneath the pans, and on the tails with a musketeer and an encampment scene, the cocks engraved with foliage and chiselled with a monsterhead in relief (one trigger repaired), moulded figured walnut full stocks (minor repairs) carved in relief with linear mouldings over the fore-ends, strapwork and foliage behind the rear ramrod-pipes and about the barrel tangs, full brass mounts finely cast and chased in low relief, comprising trigger-guards with acanthus finials decorated with strapwork and opposing warrior busts on a punched ground on the bows, spurred pommels with further designs of strapwork foliage enclosing standing classical warriors on a punched ground, grotesque mask butt-caps within a beadwork frame, pierced escutcheons supported by female figures, engraved with the owner`s crest beneath a coronet, a pair of faceted ramrod-pipes, the mounts retaining some original gilding, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrods. 53.5cm; 21 1/8in. (2). The crest is that of the Pálffy von Erdöd family, Counts of Bohemia and Hungary, created circa 1581. Paul Poser was one of the leading Bohemian gunmakers of the first half of the 18th century. He is especially noted for his co-operation with the distinguished chiseller Franz Matzenkopf, medal die-cutter at the court of the Prince-Bishops of Salzburg, who is thought to have been responsible for the relief decoration on the locks and mounts of some of Poser`s firearms. See J. Hayward 1963, pp. 124-126.

A PAIR OF SCOTTISH HIGHLAND FLINTLOCK BELT PISTOLS MADE ENTIRELY OF STEEL BY I. MURDOCH, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY. with four stage barrels engraved with opposing designs of scrollwork and foliage, octagonal muzzles decorated with alternating panels of scrollwork, and cut with fluting over the breeches (rubbed), signed locks with engraved bevelled edges, wrigglework borders and scrollwork at the rear, engraved full stocks decorated with an engraved silver panel beneath the locks, silver Celtic strapwork over the spines, and an engraved oval on each side of the butts decorated with the owner`s crest and monogrammed initials `BV` respectively, engraved silver button triggers, engraved silver prickers en suite with the triggers (the silver rubbed), engraved steel belt hooks, and each with its steel ramrod . 31.8cm; 12 1/2in. (2). The crest is probably that of Vere of Stanbroke, Suffolk. John Murdoch is recorded in Doune circa 1750-98. Alexander MacGibbon makes the following reference to him in his account of the Doune gunmaking industry, published around 1798 `John Murdoch.......famous for his ingenuity in the craft and who likewise furnished pistols to the first nobility of Europe. These pistols were sold for 4-24 guineas a pair.......` See M. Kelvin 1996, pp. 92-4.

A large salmon dish and cover, initialed `ML`, for Marie Lloyd who was a turn of the century music hall actress

BOX CONTAINING PLASTER CASTS OF THE PARTHENON AND PHYGALIAN FRIEZE BY JOHN HENNING, 19TH CENTURY forty-eight plaster casts housed within a wooden box of eight shelves Each plaque 6cm x 23cm Note; In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries classical sculpture was so popular that a trade in plaster casts of the sculptures also developed. The casts were used in country houses and art academies as decoration and for study. These miniature copies of the famous sculptures from the Parthenon were made by John Henning (1771-1851), who came to London from Paisley in Scotland in 1811. Henning was struck by the beauty of the sculptures from the Parthenon frieze and asked for permission to draw and model them. Henning carved versions in slate as sunken impressions, from which raised versions were then cast in white plaster. Henning reproduced the frieze in sections measuring 5cm (two inches) by 15cm (six inches). These were sold in boxed sets. Henning and his son John Henning Junior (1802-57) later became well known for carving a partial replica of the Parthenon frieze around the Atheneum, the gentleman`s club in Waterloo Place, London, in 1828. (British Museum online catalogue)

PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN WALNUT AND PARCEL GILT OPEN ARMCHAIRS BY HENRY THOMAS PETERS, GENOA, CIRCA 1840 the ornate shell and foliate scroll carved bar backs and gadrooned downswept arms, above stuffed over seats covered in studded gold fabric, raised on reeded turned tapered legs, each stamped `Peters Maker Genoa` Note: Henry Peters (d. 1852) was an English cabinet maker who arrived in Genoa in 1817. His pieces were inspired by the Regency style. He favoured in particular mahogany, Indian walnut and boxwood. He made Empire and Restauration pieces, working both for the court in Genoa and for middle class patrons. He completed pieces of furniture for the Palazzo Reale, Genoa, the Villa Durazzo dello Zerbino in Genoa and the Palazzo Reale in Turin. In 1835, Peters was nominated `Maker of the Court` (of the house of Savoy) after completing a commission for the Palazzo Reale in Genoa.

WHYTOCK & REID, EDINBURGH CABINETMAKERS AN ARCHIVE OF MATERIAL RELATING TO EDINBURGH CABINETMAKERS WHYTOCK & REID 31 binders and a box of photographs and drawings dating from c.1890s - 1980s, to include 45 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings various church projects across Scotland including a staircase at Dunblane Cathedral, the lesser room of Cambuslang Church, memorial furniture at Newtown Church, items for Cullen Church; Wardrobes 5 pencil drawings, c.1968-69 relating to wardrobe fitments including a project for Lady Grizelda Balfour, average size 38 by 53cm; Lighting 84 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings depicting a wide range of lighting designs, average size 33 by 24cm; Chairs 94 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings depicting a range of single chairs and small sofas, average size 30 by 23cm; Chests 109 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings of chests, commodes and dressing tables, some shown in situ, average size 33 by 23cm; Library Furniture 77 pencil and ink drawings of open and glazed bookcases, average size 33 by 23cm; Fire surrounds 127 pen, ink and watercolour drawings of fire surrounds and mantles, average size 32 by 24cm; Easy chairs 24 technical drawings on linen-paper, c. 1970`s, showing elevations and plans with exact dimensions, average size 30 by 21cm; Church Furniture 148 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings [in 2 folders] of various church pieces including altars, lecterns, memorial plaques, pews, etc., average size 27 by 23cm; Settees & Armchairs 98 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings depicting various designs for settees and armchairs, average size 23 by 32cm; Cabinets 109 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings depicting various glazed and unglazed display cabinets, average size 33 by 23cm; Sideboards 99 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings of various sideboards and tables, average size 33 by 22cm; Chairs 91 technical drawings, mainly of chairs, each complete with elevations, plans and dimensions, average size 29 by 39cm; Tables 174 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings of various dining, side and centre tables [in 2 folders], average size 33 by 23cm; Desks 116 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings of desks, average size 30 by 23cm; Beds 97 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings of various beds and cribs, average size 30 by 22cm; Bedside Tables 89 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings of bedside and hall tables, trolleys, pedestals and revolving bookcases, average size 33 by 23cm; Bureaus 87 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings showing various style of bureau and bureau bookcase, average size 33 by 20cm; Bedroom Suites 85 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings and plans of bedroom suites, average size 38 by 56cm; Dining Room Suites 54 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings and plans of dining suites and boardroom furniture, average size 38 by 56cm; Dining and Lounge Furniture 40 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings of dining, lounge and library furniture, average size 38 by 56cm; Design Sources A collection of magazine clippings showing period interiors and furniture examples, pasted onto card leaves; Catalogue Photographs A large quantity of catalogue photographs of pieces from the company`s collections, c. 1950s-60s, including a collection of images from the National Bank project, pasted onto card or paper leaves; majority drawings and photographs filed in ring binders of various sizes, many of the drawings and sketches blindstamped from various locations including John Reid in Glasgow, Whytock & Reid George Street and Charlotte Square in Edinburgh (32) Note: A remarkable archive from Edinburgh cabinetmakers, Whytock & Reid, depicting nearly 100 years of furniture and interior design.Whytock & Co. was originally formed by Richard and William Whytock in 1807, retailing in drapery and haberdashery goods. Their reputation grew throughout the first half of the nineteenth century and by Richard Whytock`s death in 1857 the company had received international recognition in the fields of upholstery, decoration, cabinetmaking and high quality furniture. In 1876 Richard Whytock & Co. amalgamated with the Reid family upholstery business, then trading in Ayr and Glasgow as well as Edinburgh. Initially they traded under the name of Whytock, Reid & Co. before changing to Whytock & Reid in the 1900`s. The partnership was made up of Alexander and William Whytock, the original founder`s nephews, and Robert and Hugh Reid, John Reid`s sons. The retail premises of the merged firm were consolidated at the Whytock showrooms in George Street, by this time at numbers 9/11. The upholstery workshops remained in Rose Lane, and cabinetmaking was carried out at Reid premises at Bell`s Mill, on land acquired in the early 1870s.The Glasgow operations moved a number of times over the next seven decades, eventually closing in 1939. From this point on the firm concentrated on operations in Edinburgh. It was shortly before this closure that the company moved to their most memorable premises, No. 7 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh - an address they would keep for over 40 years. During their 120 year history, Whytock & Reid, produced pieces for prestigious projects throughout Scotland. One of the firm`s most notable patrons was the eminent architect, Robert Stodart Lorimer. A relationship built up between Lorimer and the designers of Whytock & Reid, who successfully transformed Lorimer`s ideas and sketches into working pieces of furniture.The Whytock & Reid standard of craftsmenship allowed them not only to produce fine pieces for their patron`s particular projects, it also gave them the ability to develop ideas for their own stock items. The firm created its own distinctive style over the years, the now renowned "Whytock & Reid look." The firm`s forte was certainly the top-end of the market, the high degree of handwork in the production of its furniture dictating that its products would be "expensive". This has had a favourable outcome in that Whytock & Reid pieces are now intrinsically regarded as high quality and with an increasing rarity value.The final pieces of the firm`s property were eventually dispersed by this house in a 2004 - the success of the sale became a celebration of the achievements of the firm and its eminent position in the Scottish cabinetmaking, upholstery, and decorating tradition. (Smith, Dr. Ian 2004)

WHYTOCK & REID WALNUT WRITING DESK CIRCA 1930 the rectangular top with matched burr veneers enclosed by shaped three-quarter gallery raised above an ogee frieze with two drawers, on cabriole legs with lappet-carved capitals, terminating in pointed pad feet 135cm wide, 78cm high, 65cm deep Provenance; Midfield House, Lasswade, Midlothian Note: Midfield House was built originally in the 18th Century but rebuilt following a devastating fire in 1912. Home to coal-baron James A. Hood, who lost his daughter Margaret in the fire. The reconstruction was carried out between 1914 and 1918 by Sir Robert Lorimer, retaining the original Georgian style, while improving the south-facing side and adding internal grandeur. Lorimer gave the southern aspect house an Italianate flavour, with a water feature and a distinctive loggia, similar to that constructed by him at Ardkinglas.

Bell (W.D.M.). The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter, 1st ed., pub. Country Life, 1923, half-tone plates (one loose with frayed margins), occasional light spotting, original buckram-backed boards, rubbed and soiled, 4to, provenance: C.E.D. Stiebel, owner label and signature, inscribed in pencil beneath: ÒIn memory of old MacAllister who spent some years with Karimoja Bell, Mac sent me this book, 1948. MacAllister back in Uganda living at Fort Portal - very old - but still bagging his 3 elephants each yearÓ, together with Rowland Ward`s Records of Big Game. African and Asiatic Sections Giving the Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions, Weights and Horn & Tusk Measurements, 10th ed., 1935, illustrations, original buckram, slightly rubbed, 4to (2)

Campbell (Colonel Sir Colin). Memorandum on the Part Taken by the Third Division of the Army of the Punjab, at the Battle of Chillianwala, 1st ed., 1851, three folding coloured maps, one or two light spots, original cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo. Presentation copy, inscribed to front pastedown: ÒJames Cavan Esq. with Colonel Sir Colin Campbell`s ComplimentsÓ. Field Marshall Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792-1863) was a distinguished and capable Scottish soldier who saw action in the Peninsular campaign, the American War (1812-14) and the First Opium War in 1842, here recounts the events of the Battle of Chillianwala, during the Second Sikh War 1848-49. (1)

Greenwood (C. & J.). Atlas of the Counties of England from Actual Surveys made from the years 1817 to 1833 by C. & J. Greenwood, Published by the Proprietors, April 1st 1834, calligraphic folding title page with vignette map of England and Wales, dec. genealogical chart of the Kings and Queens of England with orig. hand colouring, forty-six uncoloured engraved maps each with an ecclesiastical vignette, one map (Staffordshire) with small stain, orig. marbled end papers and paste downs, a.e.g., orig. boards with gilt titles to upper & lower boards, later half morocco with gilt dec. spine, two early leather toggle loops to fore edge of upper board, folio. The maps are very clean bright impressions with little if any damage. The toggle loops and dust cover bound into the lower board would possibly indicate that this example was bound for someone who needed it to be easily transportable. The maps are also bound in a series of geographical regions rather than as per the issued parts, which would indicate an atlas factice, bound to order. Chubb CCCCLVIII (b). (1)

* Gillray (James). The Reception of the Diplomatique & his suite, at the Court of Pekin, pub. H.Humphrey, Sept. 14th 1792, etching on wove with pale orig. hand colouring, 315 x 400mm (12.25 x 15.75 inches) Great Brtain`s Embassy in China was led by Lord Macartney who famously ignored the etiquette of the Chinese court and refused to abase himself in front of the Emperor on the grounds that such prostrations were unbecoming for a representative of the British Sovreign. As a result he was summarily dismissed and told to leave Peking within two days. As well as destroying Macartney`s career it removed any influence that Britian had in China for several years. One of Lord Macartney`s attaches described the experience thus. `We entered Pekin like paupers, remained in it like prisoners and departed from it like vargrants`. The magnitude of the diplomatic disaster is brilliantly captured by Gillray in this scathing political caricature. (1)

Gillray (James). Alecto and her Train at the Gate of Pandoemonium - or - The Recruiting Sarjeant enlisting John Bull into the Revolution Service, pub. S.W.Fores July 4th 1791, etching on laid with original hand colouring, narrow margins, 390 x 435mm (15.25 x 17 inches) Fox, Sheridan and Lord Stanhope are shown with the Devil recruiting John Bull to the revolutionary cause that was flourishing in France. The Crown and Anchor tavern in the back ground was situated in the Strand and was a notorious meeting place for those who backed the appeasement of France and Napolean, or even out and out revolution. (1)

* Gillray (James). The Death of the Great Wolf. We have overcome all Opposition! - exclaimed the Messengers, - ÒI`m satisfiedÓ. - said the Dying Hero & Expired in the Moment of Victory, pub. H.Humphrey Dec 17th 1795, etching on wove with fine original hand colouring, bottom margin trimmed just inside plate mark, signs of earlier adhesion on verso, 330 x 440mm (13 x 17.25mm) A Parody on Benjamin West`s famous painting. The dying hero is Pitt who had been famously defeated in the House of Commons. He is supported by Dundas who offers him a last glass of wine. (1)

* Gillray (James). Blowing up the PIC NIC`s - or - Harlequin Quixotte attacking the Puppets, pub. H.Humphreys April 2nd. 1802, etching on wove with original hand colouring, laid onto old album page, trimmed to plate mark, 350 x 255mm (13.75 x 10 inches) The Pic-nic society was founded by Lady Albina Buckinghamshire; it was highly exclusive and was patronised by several fashionable stars of the stage. Its `raison d`etre` was to perform burlesque farce accompanied by luxurious food and drink. The society`s performances presented a threat to the regular theatre who perceived that the patronage of the better classes would be drawn away. A charge of lascivious immorality was raised against the Pic-nics and they become an easy target for the more scurrilous sections of the press. Gillray shows the great actors of the day - led by Sheridan - leading an attack on a performance. The names of the newspapers which most strongly condemned the Pic-nic society flow from Sheridan`s quill pen. The implication being that the principal instigator and author of the most virulant critisism against the society was Sheridan himself. (1)

Gillray (James). Lilliputian Substitutes, Equiping for Public Service, pub. H.Humphreys, May 28th. 1801, etching on wove with original hand colouring, slight dust soiling to margins, signs of earlier adhesion on verso, 245 x 355mm (9.5 x 14 inches) A satire on the weakness and incapcity of the men who succeeded Pitt`s cabinet. (1)

Gillray (James). The Bulstrode Siren, pub. H.Humphrey April 14th. 1803, etching with extensive roulette work on wove with fine bright original hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark and laid on an old album page, 355 x 265mm (14 x 10.5 inches) Mrs. Billington, who was as famous for her size as she was for her musical ability is shown serenading the Duke of Portland, with whom she lived, at his mansion at Bulstrode. (1)

Gillray (James). A Standing-dish at Boodles, pub. H.Humphrey May 28th 1800, etching on wove with bright original hand colouring, laid onto modern paper, 245 x 200mm (9.5 x 8 inches) A gentle caricature of Sir Frank Standish at his customary window seat at his London club, Boodles. Standish was a famous race horse owner who won the Derby stakes in 1795, 1796 & 1799. (1)

* Gillray (James). Integrity retiring from Office!, pub. H.Humphrey Feb. 24th 1801, etching with aquatint, bright original hand colouring, old mount staining to margins, slight overall toning, 255 x 355mm (10 x 14 inches) Gillray shows Pitt leading his ministers from the Treasury following their resignation in February of 1801. The scruffy Whigs, anxious to fill the vacated offices of state are held at bay by Henry Addington who was prime minister from 1801-1804 and is depicted as a sentry. (1)

* Gillray (James). The Generae of Patriotism, - or - The Bloomsbury Farmer planting Bedfordshire Wheat, pub. H.Humphrey Feb. 3rd. 1796, etching on wove with original hand colouring, trimmed to, or just inside plate mark, laid on old album page, 245 x 345mm (9.5 x 13.5 inches) The Duke of Bedford, a republican peer who owned large farming estates, is shown sowing his fields with gold under the genial and benevolent rays of the Sun (Charles Fox). The resultant crop of French revolutionary `bonnets-rouge` and Jacobite daggers springs up behind him. Sheridan drives the plough pulled by `John Bull`. It is open to conjecture if the lightening which is destroying the crop in the distance is meant to be a political or a divine intervention. (1)

* Gillray (James). Doctor Sangrado curing John Bull of Repletion with the kind offices of young Clysterpipe & little Boney, pub. H.Humphrey May 2nd. 1803, etching on wove with bright original hand colouring, laid onto an old album page, trimmed to plate mark, 265 x 365mm (10.5 x 14.5 inches) A satire based on a character from the novel `Gil Blas` by Alain-Rene Lesage where Dr Sangrado prescribes warm water and bleeding for every ailment. Dr Sangrado in Gillray`s caricature is Lord Addington who had controversially appointed his very young son to the lucrative clerkship of the Pells on a salary of £3000 per annum. Addington bleeds John Bull whose blood falls into the young boys hat and also into that of Napoleon Bonaparte. Sheridan and Fox hold out bowls of hot water hoping for a share of the riches being bled from John Bull. (1)

* Gillray (James). Introduction of Citizen Volpone & his Suite at Paris - Vide The Moniteur & Cobbetts Letters, pub. H.Humphrey, Nov. 15th 1802, etching on wove with original hand colouring, closed repaired tears to margins not affecting image, mount stained and toned overall, 255 x 360mm (10 x 14 inches) Charles Fox and his obese wife, together with Lord and Lady Holland, Sir Robert Adair, Arthur O`Conner and Erskine are making their abeyance to Napolean Bonaparte. Fox was certainly introduced to Bonaparte at a levee held at the Tuilleries, where Napolean was extremely polite and complimentary to Fox. Gillray, who did not share Fox`s republican sympathies, has depicted - somewhat unfairly - Fox and his party as sycophants fawning at Napoleans`s feet whereas in true life they met as equals. (1)

* Gillray (James). Ancient Music, pub. H.Humphrey, May 10th 1787, etching on laid with original hand colouring, thread margins, one marginal closed tear, 425 x 545mm (16.75 x 21.5 inches) King George and Queen Charlotte are lampooned as Hanoverian philistines as they clulessly listen to an `orchestra` of braying donkeys, caterwauling cats, Billingsgate porters and the screams of boys being flogged. The beatific expressions on the faces of the royal couple are matched only by the sycophancy of the two ugly female courtiers who stand behind the throne. This is the second state of the print where Gillray has taken advantage of the plates re-immersion in acid to add some bristles to the chin and a dew-drop to the nose of Queen Charlotte. (1)

* Gillray (James). Pen -Etration - This Title has no affinity to pen as connected with the Goose-Quill; - nor has it any allusion to Penguin, a stupid creature between a Fish & a Fowl:......, pub. H.Humphrey Aug. 6th 1799, etching on wove with original hand colouring, 260 x 190mm, framed, mounted and glazed. A biting caricature of John Penn. Penn was the hereditary Governer of the state of Pennsylvania but sold his inheritance on the outbreak of the American Revolution. Penn`s only other claim to fame was as the author of two volumes of rather weak poetry. The depiction of Penn as a knock-kneed chinless dandy who appears drunk, shows how devastating Gillray could be at instant and rapier like character assasination. (1)

* Heath (William). Good Humour. `It is very well worth a travellers while to look into all that lies in his way`-Addison, ÒMy business in the State makes me a looker onÓ-Shakespeare, pub. J.Mclean, Sept. 22nd. 1829, etching with hand colouring, four small worm holes affecting lower right corner of image, 370 x 260mm (14.5 x 10.25 inches) The Duke of Wellington admires a caricature of himself in the window of William Heath`s print shop through a pair of pince-nez. An animated and enthusiatic crowd admire the Duke by return. An affectionate caricature of a national hero who had become Prime-Minister in the previous year. (1)

* Low (David 1891-1963). `Lord Mayor Hennessy just insulted with a Knighthood presides at a patriotic gathering. (Vic.)`, pen & ink on card, signed in ink in centre of image, near contemp. annotations in blue crayon, some staining and abrasion to surface, 320 x 165mm (12.5 x 6.5 inches), mounted, together with Duncey (G.H.),`The Great What is it?`, n.d., c.1910,pen and watercolour drawing heightened with body colour, signed in pen in lower left corner, 330 x 240mm (13 x 9.5 inches), mounted. Sir David Valentine Hennessey (1858-1923) was Lord Mayor of Melbourne Australia and was a very active and enthusiastic `super-patriot` who campaigned for Australian recruits to fight in World War I. He was Knighted in 1915. (2)

* McGill (Donald Fraser Gould, 1875-1962). ÒAre you the lady who complains of water dripping in her back area?Ó original water colour on card, signed in lower right corner, 200 x 150mm (8 x 6 inches), captioned in blue ink on near contemp. mount (1)

* Ducarel (Andrew Coltee, 1713-85). Autograph letter signed `And Ducarel`, Doctors Commons, 11th December 1754, to Reverend Doctor Gifford, concerning some curious English coins drawn in a manuscript in the Cotton Library, `This valuable manuscript written MS. appears to me to have been designed to have given an acct. of all the currant Moneys of every Kingdom State or Republik in Europe at the Time it was written ...`, 3 pp., a little soiling, small 4to. Andrew Ducarel, Librarian and Antiquary, who became Lambeth`s first lay-librarian in 1757. (1)

* Ruskin (John, 1819-1900). Autograph letter signed `J. Ruskin`, pencil date of 29 Jan 1861 at head in an unidentified hand, to Mr [William Cox] Bennett, apologising for having missed him due to a misunderstanding, thanking him for the bells poem [`Ring Happy Bells!`?], `You`ll be vexed I fear to find how prosaic and hard a person I am, when you come to try me. This picture of Burton`s for instance is of a kind I have little regard for. I entirely reject and dislike the whole school of set on foot by young men who think that fine feeling excuses bad painting. I must have my good painting first - as I must have good grammar & spelling. Burton can`t paint a vine leaf - and yet thinks he can paint a christ. There is some gift in him but the whole pack of them want to be sent to school & [?] & fed on bread & butter til they`ve got their conceit taken out of them. I am very sorry for Burton - as I am for [?] more - but it is of no use. People must learn their business before they can live by it`, 3 pp. with remains of album guard to left margin, 8vo, together with stamped and franked envelope to Bennett in Ruskin`s holograph, plus two letters signed (one autograph and one typed) from Peter Quennell as editor of `History Today` to Wilfrid Blunt concerning Ruskin, plus a photocopy of a letter to Ruskin from S. Carlyle Cockerell and a late edition of Ruskin`s `Mornings in Florence`, 1903. The identity of the recipient is made clear from the envelope giving the address as 2 The Circus, Greenwich. William Cox Bennett (1820-95) was a journalist and author. The artist Burton referred to in the letter so scathingly is almost certainly William Shakespeare Burton (1826-1916). He had only one great success with his pre-raphaelite painting `The Wounded Cavalier` which was hung next to Holman Hunt`s `The Scapegoat` at the Royal Academy in 1856. His output otherwise seems to have consisted mainly of religious pictures. (5)

Pasley (Charles William). Observations on the Expediency and Practicability of Simplying and Improving the Measures, Weights, and Money, used in this Country, without materially altering the present standards, 1st trade ed., 1834, 320 pp. [sic], wood eng. illusts. to text, pp. 175/176 (cancel) with marginal manuscript note of explanation in the holograph of J. W. Connolly, vertical split to lower half of leaf with archival tape repairs, presentation note by Connolly to title, Brompton Barracks, 8th September 1862, noting that the book was given to him by Captain Pasley R.E., the son of the author, eight-page autograph letter signed from Pasley Junior to Connolly tipped-in at front of book and dated 3rd December 1862, wherein Pasley explained his theory about why other copies of the book end on page 176, with an additional note by Connolly on the same subject to front free endpaper, and a further two page autograph letter from Pasley dated 8th September 1862 concerning his father and this book, orig. cloth with printed paper label to spine, spine frayed and label chipped and browned, 8vo. Kress C3813. This copy is a bibliographical curiosity, containing some 144 pages more than all other copies traced in libraries, but according to Pasley Junior`s long letter not unique: `In one of many copies which I possess of the edition in pp. 320, I have found, one a flyleaf a manuscript note in my father`s handwriting, and, from the freshness of the ink, evidently a recent date, which seems to decide the question. It is as follows: ÒNB. This book was not published in its present state, nor even finished, though very little was wanting to complete it according to the plan I had in view; because a Select Committee of the House of Commons with Lord Ebrington as Chairman was appointed for the revision of the Standards of Weights and Measures whilst the Work was in progress, which induced me to cut it short at the end of Article 294 [293] pages 176 & 177, and publish it forthwith, in hopes that it might lead to the Decimalization of our National Weights, Measures, and MoneyÓ ... I have no doubt the work as it stands is still incomplete, and that my Father intended to add to it, as well as to complete the table of Contents, and that the book, as it now is, has never been strictly speaking published, although a sufficient number of copies have been made up to meet an occasional, but not frequent, demand on the part of persons who take a special interest either in the subject or in the Author`. (1)

Lavater (Ludwig). De Spectris, Lemuribus et Magnis Atque Insolitis fragoribus, variisque pr?sagitionibus qu? plerunque obitum hominum, magnas clades, mutationesque Imperiorum pr?cedunt, liber unus, Geneva, 1580, title-page (with printer`s device) strengthened and re-attached at gutter, browned throughout, some staining to upper blank corners, final quarter of vol. with one or two worm holes in lower blank corner, front pastedown sometime renewed and hinge repaired, later bookplate, 18th c. boards covered in 15th c. vellum manuscript leaf, some rubbing and soiling, upper joint cracked, 8vo. Ludwig Lavater (1527-1586) was a Swiss protestant theologian who published a number of pious works. This rare treatise, first published in 1570, discusses the appearance of apparitions and the happening of inexplicable events which presage great disasters and other momentous events. He maintains that many of these apparitions are not the souls of the dead but the work of demons. It has been said that Lavater`s work was an important source for Shakespeare`s `Hamlet`. (1)

Rackham (Arthur, illust.). Peer Gynt. A Dramatic Poem, by Henrik Ibsen, Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Co., [1936], twelve col. plts. (as list), orig. gilt dec. cloth, 4to, together with The Land of Enchantment, 1907, illusts. to text throughout, inscribed `J. Walmsley Heap, 1943` to verso. of frontis., orig. gilt dec. cloth, tear to head of spine, rubbed, 4to, plus three other childrens books, generally worn condition. Jean Walmsley Heap was a childrens book illustrator who also was one of the founders of Pendelfin stoneware pottery. (5)

Wisden Anthology, 1864-1982, 4 vols., ed. Benny Green, 1979-1984, two vols. with previous owner labels, original cloth, d.j.s, 1900-1940 price-clipped, a little rubbed, 1963-1982 Book Club Associates edition, 8vo, together with 19 others on cricket, including Who`s Who of Cricketers, revised ed., 1993, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1876-77 to 1977-78, 1979, and Benson and Hedges Cricket Year, 1st-7th eds., September 1981-September 1988; 9th-12th eds., September 1989-September 1993; 14th-16th eds., September 1994-September 1997 (a carton)

Le Clerc (Seb.). A Treatise on Architecture, with Remarks and Observations. Necessary for Young People, who would Apply Themselves to that Noble Art, 1732, contemp. calf, upper cover detached, 8vo, together with Blackmore (H.L.), The Armouries of the Tower of London, vol. 1 (Ordnance), pub. HMSO, 1976, col. frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j., 4to, with other miscellaneous books, including art, history, military interest, etc., plus a black japanned tin trunk, lettered in white `Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. No. 12` (6 shelves)

William Dugdale/ Roger Dodsworth, Monasticon Anglicanum, formerly the property of Richard Towneley, Scientist and Astronomer, First edition in Latin (3 Vols) Volume 1 was published in 1655, Volume 2 in 1659 and Volume 3 in 1673. Whilst volumes one and two are often found together it is much rarer for the third volume to be found with them because many copies of this volume were destroyed in a fire at the printers. HISTORICAL NOTE; Christopher Towneley (1604-74) and his nephew Richard Towneley (1629-1707) were members of a Catholic gentry family from Towneley in Lancashire. Christopher Towneley is known as an antiquary but also had an interest in scientific research, particularly astronomy. He befriended a number of the northern astronomers, Jeremiah Horrocks, William Crabtree, William Gascoigne and John Stephenson, and collected their papers. His nephew, Richard Towneley, working with other local collaborators, conducted experiments into the relationshi between air pressure and volume which became known as Boyle`s Law. He also perfected the micrometer and was a pioneer of meteorology. All three books are signed with ownershi details by Richard and Christopher Towneley and have Richard Towneley book-plates dated 1702. There is also a signed inscription pasted in to the front of Vol 3 as follows; "The three vols in Folios of Dugdales Monasticon Anglicanum are the property of Mr Townley of Townley of Lancashireand are to be sent to him with care in case of my death, J Clayton, Breadsal December 22nd 1773" confirming that the books had remained within the family for 100 years. PROVENANCE These books have been sent in for sale by executors from an estate in Winchester. Family tradition indicates that they were inherited through the Bohn family of Hull and through earlier connections from the Boleyns. Many of the earlier books in this estate certainly came from the library of publisher Henry George Bohn 1796-1884 or his descendants. Bohn was born in London as the son of a German bookbinder who had settled in England. In 1831 he started as a dealer in rare books and "remainders." In 1841 he issued his "Guinea" Catalogue of books, a monumental work containing 23,208 items. Bohn was noted for his book auction sales: one held in 1848 lasted four days, the catalogue comprising twenty folio pages. Printed on this catalogue was the information: "Dinner at 2 o`clock, dessert at 4, tea at 5, and supper at 10." His Libraries which he inaugurated were begun in 1846 and comprised editions of standard works and translations, dealing with history, science, classics, theology and archaeology, consisting in all of 766 volumes. It had been one of Bohn`s ambitions to found a great publishing house, but, finding that his sons had no taste for the trade, he sold the Libraries in 1864 to Messrs. Bell and Daldy, afterwards G. Bell & Sons. Bohn was a man of wide culture and many interests. He himself made considerable contributions to his Libraries: he collected pictures, china and ivories, and was a famous rose-grower. He died at Twickenham on 22 August 1884 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. An extract from the Daily Graphic dated July 10th 1909 states, " His advice was often sought by such great Collectors as the Duke of Hamilton `Vathek` Beckford and on more than one occasion he was consulted on everyday matters by the Prince Consort. He was chairman of the committee appointed for the printed books department of the 1851 Exhibition. Gladstone who had a high opinion of Bohn`s abilities, offered him a baronetcy but we are told that the publisher declined the honour on principle. Bohn tired of his success in 1864 when his sons preferred other professions to following in this footsteps and sold the whole stock and copyrights of his libraries to Messers Bell and Dalby for about £40000........His second-hand books which subsequently took forty days to dispose of at various auction rooms realised £13000." Of his early career the paper said " while Napoleon was ravaging the Continent whole libraries were being dispersed by ancient families and religious institutions lest they should fall into the Emperor`s hands and many treasures were picked u this way by the Anglo-German bookseller. ..... He happened to be attending an auction at Leipzig while the Battle of Waterloo was being fought."

Thomas Archer, Pictures and Royal portraits illustrative of English and Scottish History ( Illustrations of English & Scottish History ), Publ 1884, Blackie and Sons London. Full red morocco bindings with bevelled boards, extensive gilt tooling and blind stamping of various English and Scottish heraldic crests on front and back boards. The spine has raised bands. Marbelled end-papers. PROVENANCE These books have been sent in for sale by executors from an estate in Winchester. Family tradition indicates that they were inherited through the Bohn family of Hull and through earlier connections from the Boleyns. Many of the earlier books in this estate certainly came from the library of publisher Henry George Bohn 1796-1884 or his descendants. Bohn was born in London as the son of a German bookbinder who had settled in England. In 1831 he started as a dealer in rare books and "remainders." In 1841 he issued his "Guinea" Catalogue of books, a monumental work containing 23,208 items. Bohn was noted for his book auction sales: one held in 1848 lasted four days, the catalogue comprising twenty folio pages. Printed on this catalogue was the information: "Dinner at 2 o`clock, dessert at 4, tea at 5, and supper at 10." His Libraries which he inaugurated were begun in 1846 and comprised editions of standard works and translations, dealing with history, science, classics, theology and archaeology, consisting in all of 766 volumes. It had been one of Bohn`s ambitions to found a great publishing house, but, finding that his sons had no taste for the trade, he sold the Libraries in 1864 to Messrs. Bell and Daldy, afterwards G. Bell & Sons. Bohn was a man of wide culture and many interests. He himself made considerable contributions to his Libraries: he collected pictures, china and ivories, and was a famous rose-grower. He died at Twickenham on 22 August 1884 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. An extract from the Daily Graphic dated July 10th 1909 states, " His advice was often sought by such great Collectors as the Duke of Hamilton `Vathek` Beckford and on more than one occasion he was consulted on everyday matters by the Prince Consort. He was chairman of the committee appointed for the printed books department of the 1851 Exhibition. Gladstone who had a high opinion of Bohn`s abilities, offered him a baronetcy but we are told that the publisher declined the honour on principle. Bohn tired of his success in 1864 when his sons preferred other professions to following in this footsteps and sold the whole stock and copyrights of his libraries to Messers Bell and Dalby for about £40000........His second-hand books which subsequently took forty days to dispose of at various auction rooms realised £13000." Of his early career the paper said " while Napoleon was ravaging the Continent whole libraries were being dispersed by ancient families and religious institutions lest they should fall into the Emperor`s hands and many treasures were picked u this way by the Anglo-German bookseller. ..... He happened to be attending an auction at Leipzig while the Battle of Waterloo was being fought."

John Robert Mortimer, Forty years Researches in British and Saxon Burial Mounds of East Yorkshire With presentation inscription to "G Bohn CE with kind regards of J R Mortimer" PROVENANCE These books have been sent in for sale by executors from an estate in Winchester. Family tradition indicates that they were inherited through the Bohn family of Hull and through earlier connections from the Boleyns. Many of the earlier books in this estate certainly came from the library of publisher Henry George Bohn 1796-1884 or his descendants. Bohn was born in London as the son of a German bookbinder who had settled in England. In 1831 he started as a dealer in rare books and "remainders." In 1841 he issued his "Guinea" Catalogue of books, a monumental work containing 23,208 items. Bohn was noted for his book auction sales: one held in 1848 lasted four days, the catalogue comprising twenty folio pages. Printed on this catalogue was the information: "Dinner at 2 o`clock, dessert at 4, tea at 5, and supper at 10." His Libraries which he inaugurated were begun in 1846 and comprised editions of standard works and translations, dealing with history, science, classics, theology and archaeology, consisting in all of 766 volumes. It had been one of Bohn`s ambitions to found a great publishing house, but, finding that his sons had no taste for the trade, he sold the Libraries in 1864 to Messrs. Bell and Daldy, afterwards G. Bell & Sons. Bohn was a man of wide culture and many interests. He himself made considerable contributions to his Libraries: he collected pictures, china and ivories, and was a famous rose-grower. He died at Twickenham on 22 August 1884 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. An extract from the Daily Graphic dated July 10th 1909 states, " His advice was often sought by such great Collectors as the Duke of Hamilton `Vathek` Beckford and on more than one occasion he was consulted on everyday matters by the Prince Consort. He was chairman of the committee appointed for the printed books department of the 1851 Exhibition. Gladstone who had a high opinion of Bohn`s abilities, offered him a baronetcy but we are told that the publisher declined the honour on principle. Bohn tired of his success in 1864 when his sons preferred other professions to following in this footsteps and sold the whole stock and copyrights of his libraries to Messers Bell and Dalby for about £40000........His second-hand books which subsequently took forty days to dispose of at various auction rooms realised £13000." Of his early career the paper said " while Napoleon was ravaging the Continent whole libraries were being dispersed by ancient families and religious institutions lest they should fall into the Emperor`s hands and many treasures were picked u this way by the Anglo-German bookseller. ..... He happened to be attending an auction at Leipzig while the Battle of Waterloo was being fought."

John Britton, Picturesque Antiquities of the English Cities. Illustrated by a Series of Engravings of Ancient Buildings, Street Scenery etc. with Historical and Descriptive Accounts of each Subject. PROVENANCE These books have been sent in for sale by executors from an estate in Winchester. Family tradition indicates that they were inherited through the Bohn family of Hull and through earlier connections from the Boleyns. Many of the earlier books in this estate certainly came from the library of publisher Henry George Bohn 1796-1884 or his descendants. Bohn was born in London as the son of a German bookbinder who had settled in England. In 1831 he started as a dealer in rare books and "remainders." In 1841 he issued his "Guinea" Catalogue of books, a monumental work containing 23,208 items. Bohn was noted for his book auction sales: one held in 1848 lasted four days, the catalogue comprising twenty folio pages. Printed on this catalogue was the information: "Dinner at 2 o`clock, dessert at 4, tea at 5, and supper at 10." His Libraries which he inaugurated were begun in 1846 and comprised editions of standard works and translations, dealing with history, science, classics, theology and archaeology, consisting in all of 766 volumes. It had been one of Bohn`s ambitions to found a great publishing house, but, finding that his sons had no taste for the trade, he sold the Libraries in 1864 to Messrs. Bell and Daldy, afterwards G. Bell & Sons. Bohn was a man of wide culture and many interests. He himself made considerable contributions to his Libraries: he collected pictures, china and ivories, and was a famous rose-grower. He died at Twickenham on 22 August 1884 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. An extract from the Daily Graphic dated July 10th 1909 states, " His advice was often sought by such great Collectors as the Duke of Hamilton `Vathek` Beckford and on more than one occasion he was consulted on everyday matters by the Prince Consort. He was chairman of the committee appointed for the printed books department of the 1851 Exhibition. Gladstone who had a high opinion of Bohn`s abilities, offered him a baronetcy but we are told that the publisher declined the honour on principle. Bohn tired of his success in 1864 when his sons preferred other professions to following in this footsteps and sold the whole stock and copyrights of his libraries to Messers Bell and Dalby for about £40000........His second-hand books which subsequently took forty days to dispose of at various auction rooms realised £13000." Of his early career the paper said " while Napoleon was ravaging the Continent whole libraries were being dispersed by ancient families and religious institutions lest they should fall into the Emperor`s hands and many treasures were picked u this way by the Anglo-German bookseller. ..... He happened to be attending an auction at Leipzig while the Battle of Waterloo was being fought."

Thomas Robson, The British Herald, or cabinet of armorial bearings of the nobility & gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, from the earliest to the present time; with a complete glossary of heraldic terms, to which is prefixed a history of heraldry, collected and arranged in three volumes. First Edition 1830. All three leather bound volumes stamped "Ulster King of Arms" PROVENANCE These books have been sent in for sale by executors from an estate in Winchester. Family tradition indicates that they were inherited through the Bohn family of Hull and through earlier connections from the Boleyns. Many of the earlier books in this estate certainly came from the library of publisher Henry George Bohn 1796-1884 or his descendants. Bohn was born in London as the son of a German bookbinder who had settled in England. In 1831 he started as a dealer in rare books and "remainders." In 1841 he issued his "Guinea" Catalogue of books, a monumental work containing 23,208 items. Bohn was noted for his book auction sales: one held in 1848 lasted four days, the catalogue comprising twenty folio pages. Printed on this catalogue was the information: "Dinner at 2 o`clock, dessert at 4, tea at 5, and supper at 10." His Libraries which he inaugurated were begun in 1846 and comprised editions of standard works and translations, dealing with history, science, classics, theology and archaeology, consisting in all of 766 volumes. It had been one of Bohn`s ambitions to found a great publishing house, but, finding that his sons had no taste for the trade, he sold the Libraries in 1864 to Messrs. Bell and Daldy, afterwards G. Bell & Sons. Bohn was a man of wide culture and many interests. He himself made considerable contributions to his Libraries: he collected pictures, china and ivories, and was a famous rose-grower. He died at Twickenham on 22 August 1884 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. An extract from the Daily Graphic dated July 10th 1909 states, " His advice was often sought by such great Collectors as the Duke of Hamilton `Vathek` Beckford and on more than one occasion he was consulted on everyday matters by the Prince Consort. He was chairman of the committee appointed for the printed books department of the 1851 Exhibition. Gladstone who had a high opinion of Bohn`s abilities, offered him a baronetcy but we are told that the publisher declined the honour on principle. Bohn tired of his success in 1864 when his sons preferred other professions to following in this footsteps and sold the whole stock and copyrights of his libraries to Messers Bell and Dalby for about £40000........His second-hand books which subsequently took forty days to dispose of at various auction rooms realised £13000." Of his early career the paper said " while Napoleon was ravaging the Continent whole libraries were being dispersed by ancient families and religious institutions lest they should fall into the Emperor`s hands and many treasures were picked u this way by the Anglo-German bookseller. ..... He happened to be attending an auction at Leipzig while the Battle of Waterloo was being fought."

Twenty four various books including Charles Kingsley, The Water-babies, ill H G Theaker PROVENANCE These books have been sent in for sale by executors from an estate in Winchester. Family tradition indicates that they were inherited through the Bohn family of Hull and through earlier connections from the Boleyns. Many of the earlier books in this estate certainly came from the library of publisher Henry George Bohn 1796-1884 or his descendants. Bohn was born in London as the son of a German bookbinder who had settled in England. In 1831 he started as a dealer in rare books and "remainders." In 1841 he issued his "Guinea" Catalogue of books, a monumental work containing 23,208 items. Bohn was noted for his book auction sales: one held in 1848 lasted four days, the catalogue comprising twenty folio pages. Printed on this catalogue was the information: "Dinner at 2 o`clock, dessert at 4, tea at 5, and supper at 10." His Libraries which he inaugurated were begun in 1846 and comprised editions of standard works and translations, dealing with history, science, classics, theology and archaeology, consisting in all of 766 volumes. It had been one of Bohn`s ambitions to found a great publishing house, but, finding that his sons had no taste for the trade, he sold the Libraries in 1864 to Messrs. Bell and Daldy, afterwards G. Bell & Sons. Bohn was a man of wide culture and many interests. He himself made considerable contributions to his Libraries: he collected pictures, china and ivories, and was a famous rose-grower. He died at Twickenham on 22 August 1884 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. An extract from the Daily Graphic dated July 10th 1909 states, " His advice was often sought by such great Collectors as the Duke of Hamilton `Vathek` Beckford and on more than one occasion he was consulted on everyday matters by the Prince Consort. He was chairman of the committee appointed for the printed books department of the 1851 Exhibition. Gladstone who had a high opinion of Bohn`s abilities, offered him a baronetcy but we are told that the publisher declined the honour on principle. Bohn tired of his success in 1864 when his sons preferred other professions to following in this footsteps and sold the whole stock and copyrights of his libraries to Messers Bell and Dalby for about £40000........His second-hand books which subsequently took forty days to dispose of at various auction rooms realised £13000." Of his early career the paper said " while Napoleon was ravaging the Continent whole libraries were being dispersed by ancient families and religious institutions lest they should fall into the Emperor`s hands and many treasures were picked u this way by the Anglo-German bookseller. ..... He happened to be attending an auction at Leipzig while the Battle of Waterloo was being fought."

The Cecil Aldin Book, Eyre and Spottiswood 1932 and Cecil Aldin, Dogs of Character, 1930 PROVENANCE These books have been sent in for sale by executors from an estate in Winchester. Family tradition indicates that they were inherited through the Bohn family of Hull and through earlier connections from the Boleyns. Many of the earlier books in this estate certainly came from the library of publisher Henry George Bohn 1796-1884 or his descendants. Bohn was born in London as the son of a German bookbinder who had settled in England. In 1831 he started as a dealer in rare books and "remainders." In 1841 he issued his "Guinea" Catalogue of books, a monumental work containing 23,208 items. Bohn was noted for his book auction sales: one held in 1848 lasted four days, the catalogue comprising twenty folio pages. Printed on this catalogue was the information: "Dinner at 2 o`clock, dessert at 4, tea at 5, and supper at 10." His Libraries which he inaugurated were begun in 1846 and comprised editions of standard works and translations, dealing with history, science, classics, theology and archaeology, consisting in all of 766 volumes. It had been one of Bohn`s ambitions to found a great publishing house, but, finding that his sons had no taste for the trade, he sold the Libraries in 1864 to Messrs. Bell and Daldy, afterwards G. Bell & Sons. Bohn was a man of wide culture and many interests. He himself made considerable contributions to his Libraries: he collected pictures, china and ivories, and was a famous rose-grower. He died at Twickenham on 22 August 1884 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. An extract from the Daily Graphic dated July 10th 1909 states, " His advice was often sought by such great Collectors as the Duke of Hamilton `Vathek` Beckford and on more than one occasion he was consulted on everyday matters by the Prince Consort. He was chairman of the committee appointed for the printed books department of the 1851 Exhibition. Gladstone who had a high opinion of Bohn`s abilities, offered him a baronetcy but we are told that the publisher declined the honour on principle. Bohn tired of his success in 1864 when his sons preferred other professions to following in this footsteps and sold the whole stock and copyrights of his libraries to Messers Bell and Dalby for about £40000........His second-hand books which subsequently took forty days to dispose of at various auction rooms realised £13000." Of his early career the paper said " while Napoleon was ravaging the Continent whole libraries were being dispersed by ancient families and religious institutions lest they should fall into the Emperor`s hands and many treasures were picked u this way by the Anglo-German bookseller. ..... He happened to be attending an auction at Leipzig while the Battle of Waterloo was being fought."

A Collection of Ornamental Designs Applicable to Furniture, Frames and the Decoration of Rooms in the Style of Louis 14th on 24 Plates Chiefly After Thos Chippendale (All plates present) PROVENANCE These books have been sent in for sale by executors from an estate in Winchester. Family tradition indicates that they were inherited through the Bohn family of Hull and through earlier connections from the Boleyns. Many of the earlier books in this estate certainly came from the library of publisher Henry George Bohn 1796-1884 or his descendants. Bohn was born in London as the son of a German bookbinder who had settled in England. In 1831 he started as a dealer in rare books and "remainders." In 1841 he issued his "Guinea" Catalogue of books, a monumental work containing 23,208 items. Bohn was noted for his book auction sales: one held in 1848 lasted four days, the catalogue comprising twenty folio pages. Printed on this catalogue was the information: "Dinner at 2 o`clock, dessert at 4, tea at 5, and supper at 10." His Libraries which he inaugurated were begun in 1846 and comprised editions of standard works and translations, dealing with history, science, classics, theology and archaeology, consisting in all of 766 volumes. It had been one of Bohn`s ambitions to found a great publishing house, but, finding that his sons had no taste for the trade, he sold the Libraries in 1864 to Messrs. Bell and Daldy, afterwards G. Bell & Sons. Bohn was a man of wide culture and many interests. He himself made considerable contributions to his Libraries: he collected pictures, china and ivories, and was a famous rose-grower. He died at Twickenham on 22 August 1884 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. An extract from the Daily Graphic dated July 10th 1909 states, " His advice was often sought by such great Collectors as the Duke of Hamilton `Vathek` Beckford and on more than one occasion he was consulted on everyday matters by the Prince Consort. He was chairman of the committee appointed for the printed books department of the 1851 Exhibition. Gladstone who had a high opinion of Bohn`s abilities, offered him a baronetcy but we are told that the publisher declined the honour on principle. Bohn tired of his success in 1864 when his sons preferred other professions to following in this footsteps and sold the whole stock and copyrights of his libraries to Messers Bell and Dalby for about £40000........His second-hand books which subsequently took forty days to dispose of at various auction rooms realised £13000." Of his early career the paper said " while Napoleon was ravaging the Continent whole libraries were being dispersed by ancient families and religious institutions lest they should fall into the Emperor`s hands and many treasures were picked u this way by the Anglo-German bookseller. ..... He happened to be attending an auction at Leipzig while the Battle of Waterloo was being fought."

T Faulkner, Designs for mural monuments and Geo. Maliphant, Designs and for Sepulchral Monuments PROVENANCE These books have been sent in for sale by executors from an estate in Winchester. Family tradition indicates that they were inherited through the Bohn family of Hull and through earlier connections from the Boleyns. Many of the earlier books in this estate certainly came from the library of publisher Henry George Bohn 1796-1884 or his descendants. Bohn was born in London as the son of a German bookbinder who had settled in England. In 1831 he started as a dealer in rare books and "remainders." In 1841 he issued his "Guinea" Catalogue of books, a monumental work containing 23,208 items. Bohn was noted for his book auction sales: one held in 1848 lasted four days, the catalogue comprising twenty folio pages. Printed on this catalogue was the information: "Dinner at 2 o`clock, dessert at 4, tea at 5, and supper at 10." His Libraries which he inaugurated were begun in 1846 and comprised editions of standard works and translations, dealing with history, science, classics, theology and archaeology, consisting in all of 766 volumes. It had been one of Bohn`s ambitions to found a great publishing house, but, finding that his sons had no taste for the trade, he sold the Libraries in 1864 to Messrs. Bell and Daldy, afterwards G. Bell & Sons. Bohn was a man of wide culture and many interests. He himself made considerable contributions to his Libraries: he collected pictures, china and ivories, and was a famous rose-grower. He died at Twickenham on 22 August 1884 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. An extract from the Daily Graphic dated July 10th 1909 states, " His advice was often sought by such great Collectors as the Duke of Hamilton `Vathek` Beckford and on more than one occasion he was consulted on everyday matters by the Prince Consort. He was chairman of the committee appointed for the printed books department of the 1851 Exhibition. Gladstone who had a high opinion of Bohn`s abilities, offered him a baronetcy but we are told that the publisher declined the honour on principle. Bohn tired of his success in 1864 when his sons preferred other professions to following in this footsteps and sold the whole stock and copyrights of his libraries to Messers Bell and Dalby for about £40000........His second-hand books which subsequently took forty days to dispose of at various auction rooms realised £13000." Of his early career the paper said " while Napoleon was ravaging the Continent whole libraries were being dispersed by ancient families and religious institutions lest they should fall into the Emperor`s hands and many treasures were picked u this way by the Anglo-German bookseller. ..... He happened to be attending an auction at Leipzig while the Battle of Waterloo was being fought."