[Menon]. The Professed Cook: Or, the Modern Art of Cookery, Pastry, and Confectionary, made plain and easy. Consisting of the most approved Methods in the French as well as English Cookery. In which The French Names of all the different Dishes are given and explained, whereby every Bill of Fare becomes intelligible and familiar. Including a Translation of Les Soupers de la Cour; with the Addition of the best Receipts which have appeared in the French or English Languages, and adapted to the London Markets, 3rd ed., revised and much enlarged, London, 1776, minor worming to margins, full contemp. calf, corners and edges rubbed, 8vo This is in part a translation and adaption of Menon's French work 'Les Soupers de la Cour' by B. CLERMONT, who describes himself for the first time in this third edition as having been for 'many Years Clerk of the Kitchen in some of the first Families of this Kingdom, and lately to the Right Hon. the Earl of Abingdon'. The French names of all dishes are given and explained. It was originally published 1767 in two volumes under the title 'The Art of Modern Cookery Displayed'. MacLean 99. Cagle 606. Simon 355. (1)
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*Medical Receipts Book. A Medical Receipts and Prescriptions Book relating to the Morier Family, early 19th c., approx. 130pp manuscript prescriptions and treatments, 1826-54, including treatment for cholera and eight page account in French of the Cholera Morbus 'written by one of the ladies having in charge of one of the principal hospitals in Warsaw', at the rear of the book are approx. 60pp detailed manuscript diagnosis and treatments from 1824 to 1832, 'Should the pain of side of which Miss Morier complained return this evening so as to give as much uneasiness as last night, after putting the lower limbs into the horse radish foot bath for 3 or 4 minutes, rub the side with some of the following liniment ', and 'Nurse, give her a dessertspoonful of these drops in a small wineglassful of Pennyroyal water, called in French Eau de Pouliot, every morning', together with various loosely inserted prescriptions and receipts, some unrelated, contemp. green half morocco, rubbed and soiled, 8vo Possibly relating to the family of David Richard Moraer (1784-1877), and his only son Sir Robert Burnett David Morier, both diplomatists. The doctor may have been Sir Robert Alexander Chermside (1787-1860) who had moved to Paris and became a physician to the English Embassy. (1)
John Ruskin 1819-1900 figures by a lake; cattle watering two one signed with initials watercolour over pencil one 17x25cm.; 6.75x9.75in.; the other 21.5x29cm.; 8.5x11.5in (2) The present watercolours date from the mid 1830's when Ruskin was in his teens.. They show the strong influence of Copley Fielding who became Ruskin's teacher in 1834. During his lessons Ruskin developed a great respect for Copley Fielding and he was one of the artists celebrated in Modern Painters.. Ruskin wrote in detail of his admiration for Fielding's watercolours and he was full of praise for the older master's 'faithful and simple rendering of nature' (see Paul H.Walton The Drawings of John Ruskin 1972 p.23).
*Aga Khan III (1877-1957). Typed letter signed, Hotel Ritz, Paris, 23rd October 1952, to Mrs. Schuster talking of the business side of his autobiography which he would be very pleased to let Mr. Schuster handle, saying that he wrote many books when he was younger but would need some good editorial help and assistance at the highest level 'with historical and literary background and an interpretation of the higher philosophy of Islam and our mystical thought to the West', then explaining his rough outline for the autobiography, but deferring these thoughts to the advice and assistance of the publishers who work on the project, concluding 'I am going to be absolutely honest and frankly admit the two great mistakes of my life. First I did not believe that the first world war would take place, although young I knew most of the people who were then in power. Secondly, my still greater mistake is when I was hoodwinked by the lies Hitler told me in believing that he would never go to war. All this I would like to bring out with "mea culba", but also by showing up how liers and dishonest persons can mislead those who are incapable of believing such outrageous falsehood', 2 pp., 4to (1)
*Churchill (Right Hon. Winston S.). A linen pennant of the Warden of the Cinque Ports, printed in red, blue and yellow colours, c. 1950s, a little frayed near top right corner and just touching the back of a demi-lion, and minor fraying near right bottom corner in blank area of blue, linen sheath stitched to left edge, 14.5 x 32 cm This pennant flew on Churchill's car when he was driven to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation as Prime Minister on 5th April 1955. It was given to the owner, Mrs K. Broome (then serving as the Prime Minister's cook) by John Collins, the Government driver who drove Sir Winston during his last period as Prime Minister. Mr Collins gave it to Mrs Broome on their return from Buckingham Palace. Churchill served as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1941 to 1965. (1)
*Churchill (Right Hon. Winston S.). Typed letter signed, Colonial Office, Downing Street, 3rd February 1922, to the Officer Administering the Government of South Australia written as Secretary of State for the Colonies', indicating that the letter will be presented to him by Sir James Marchant 'who is undertaking an Empire tour on behalf of the National Council of Public Morals for Great and Greater Britain, and the National Birth Rate Commission', embossed letterhead, signed 'Winston S. Churchill', one page, 8vo, corner mounted adjacent to orig. typed envelope, framed and glazed, certificate of authenticity to rear of frame Churchill served as Secretary of State for the Colonies between 13th February 1921 and 19th October 1922. (1)
*Anne (Princess Royal, born 1950). Typed letter signed 'Anne', Buckingham Palace, 1st April 1974, to Rev. Robert Marrington, thanking him for writing to her and husband and remarking, 'We are very touched by your concern for us at this time', date and salutations also in Princess Anne's hand, one page, 4to, together with the orig. registered mail envelope The Princess Royal is referring to herself being the subject of a failed kidnap attempt some two weeks earlier on the 20th March 1974. Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips's chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce was blocked in the road on Pall Mall by another car and Ian Ball, a man later judged to be mentally unstable, jumped from the car and fired six shots, wounding several people on the street. Ball had planned to ransom the Princess for a sum in excess of two million pounds. Secret government papers released under the thirty-year rule on the 1st January 2005 reveal that when Ball revealed his plan to the Princess at gunpoint she replied "(Not) bloody likely!", and considered hitting Ball. Anne's private detective jumped across to shield the Princess, and then returned fire, injuring the kidnapper. A nearby police officer gave chase and arrested Ball who was later imprisoned in a mental hospital, where he remains. The incident prompted higher security levels for the Royal Family. (1)
*Diana (Princess of Wales). Full-length colour photo. of the Princess at the launch of her 'Dresses Auction', [1997], showing the Princess wearing the Catherine Walker designed dress that Diana wore for the launch, 24 x 10 cm, inscribed and signed above and below on mount, 'Dearest Audrey, lots of love from Diana x', framed and glazed with a blue morocco gilt frame Audrey was the seamstress who made the dress pictured and the frame is the original one that Diana sent out with signed photographs. (1)
*Great Seal of James I. Attractive Royal grant from James I, dated 8th May 1615 , to William Rogers, gent, son and heir of William Rogers, deceased, who held in chief from the late Queen Elizabeth I, recites the death of William Rogers the elder, holding unspecified lands in England and Wales and the entry on those lands by William Rogers the younger, without any proof of age, without suing their livery out of the crown's hands, according to the course of Chancery or of the court of Wards and Liveries, with a complete example of the second Great Seal of James I, engraved by Charles Anthony in 1605. The will of a William Rogers of Newent in Monmouthshire, gent, was proved in PCC on 28th November 1602 - PROB 11/309. (2)
Cauchy (Augustin Louis). Lecons sur les Applications du Calcul Infinitésimal a la Géométrie, 2 vols. bound in one, 1st ed., Paris, 1826-28, bound with Lecons sur le Calcul Différentiel, 1st ed., Paris, 1829, viii + 400; title + 123 pp., & title + [iv] + 289 pp., with separate errata leaf at end, some spotting to first and last few leaves, and occn. to margins elsewhere, contemp. half calf, worn with upper cover det., and backstrip partly def., 4to Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857) was one of the most important modern mathematicians, who made major contributions both to the foundations of real and complex analysis, and the general development of mathematical physics and theoretical mechanics. The Lecons sur les Applications du Calcul Infinitésimal à la Géométrie (1826-28) and the Lecons sur le Calcul Différentiel (1829) represent some of his most important work in this field. (1)
Stewart (Matthew). Tracts, Physical and Mathematical. Containing, an explication of several important points in physical astronomy; and, a new method for ascertaining the sun's distance from the Earth, by the Theory of Gravity, 1st ed., Edingbury, 1761, nineteen folding eng. plts., front endpaper loose, contemp. sheep with morocco label to spine, rubbed somewhat worn, with upper joint near-detached, 8vo Matthew Stewart was the father of the more famous Dugald Stewart, but was also a mathematician of some note who made some important contributions in the fields of geometry and astronomy. (1)
Francis (Dick). The Sport of Queens, 1st ed., Joseph, 1957, col. frontis., plts., orig. cloth in rubbed and chipped d.j., 8vo, together with Smokescreen, 1972; Risk, 1977, both 1st eds., both signed by the author, orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo, and Fleming (Ian), The Spy Who Loved Me, 1st ed., Cape, 1962, orig. cloth in chipped and soiled d.j., ink doodle to upper cover, 8vo, together with thirteen others by Francis and Fleming (17)
Thompson (P.A.). Lions Led by Donkeys. Showing how Victory in the Great War was Achieved by Those who made the Fewest Mistakes, 1st ed., 1927, frontis., maps and battle plans, orig. cloth gilt, slightly faded on spine, together with Prideaux (Capt. G.A.), A Soldier's Diary of the Great War, 1914-1917, printed for private circulation at the Chiswick Press, 1918, port. frontis., folding map at rear, orig. linen-backed boards, darkened on spine, 8vo, plus Hodder-Williams (Sir Ernest), One Young Man. The simple and true story of a clerk who enlisted in 1914, who fought on the Western Front for nearly two years , originally printed for private circulation, [1917], reprinted, 1936, author's presentation copy, inscribed on front pastedown, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, with others of military interest (a carton)
*CHARLES KEITH MILLER. (1836-1907) 'S.S. Glenfalloch (I)' off a coast signed with initials and date 'C.K.M. 1873' (lower right) oil on canvas 28 x 42in (71.1 x 106.6cm) provenance: with The Cooling Galleries, London a typed label on the reverse identifies the artist in error as C. K. Mitchell. However, it would appear that this painting is a previously unrecorded work by (Capt.) Charles K. Miller. It can be compared stylistically with two 1874 ship portraits by the artist:- The auxiliary screw barque 'California'; and the auxiliary screw brig 'Somerset'. Glenfalloch (I) was completed in June 1873 by the London and Glasgow Iron Shipbuilding Company in Govan for Alan C. Gow and Company (who in 1880 became McGregor, Gow and Co.). In 1896 she was sold to owners in Singapore. Scrapped in 1927.
*SIMON JONES (Contemporary) india Buildings, Liverpool, signed and dated 'Simon Jones, 86' and further inscribed as title (lower left) watercolour 26 x 29 ½in (66 x 75cm) India Buildings in Water Street, Liverpool was built for Alfred Holt and Co. as a headquarters for the Blue Funnel Line. It was designed by Arnold Thornely and Herbert J. Rowse who had won the competition for this building in 1923 (assessor Giles Gilbert Scott). It was built between 1924-30. Extensively damaged by bombing in 1941, it was reconstructed under Rowse's supervision. Steel-framed, with cliff-like Portland stone walls, and Italian Renaissance detail, its original building cost was #1,250,000. Rowse, the architect had travelled extensively in America. The building in scale, combination of functions and architectural treatment emulates the most ambitious of early 20th Century American commercial buildings. Sold with this lot are nine watercolours (mounted in three frames) by William L. Stevenson depicting Bird and Botanical subjects: these include 'Pigeon Orchid, Hibiscus Oleander, Mandarin's Duck, and Lady Amherst's Pheasant'.
CHARLES KEITH MILLER (1836-1907) rRS Discovery on Scott's 1st Antarctic Expedition dated 1901 (lower left), with pencil inscription on stretcher 'C.K. Miller, 6 Ibrox Place' oil on canvas 18 x 20in (45.7 x 50.8cm). provenance: Given as a present circa1925 to Mr A Herd ( Pier Master at Dundee Harbour). Thence by family descent. Captain C. K. Miller was a master-mariner who is known to have painted The Discovery on at least two other occasions (cf. A.S. Davidson, Marine Art and the Clyde). He also painted 'The Terra Nova' (the relief ship for the Discovery). Born and brought up in Dundee, the artist clearly had a particular interest in the R.R.S. Discovery, and a possible connection with Scott's First Antarctic Expedition. By the late 19th Century Antarctica was the last unexplored continent. Western nations began to compete in its discovery, to gain knowledge and claim land. Sir Clement Markham, the influential President of the Royal Geographical Society, championed British interest in the region and campaigned for a British National Antarctica. In 1899 he was successful in getting the support for the first Antarctic expedition since 1839. markham commissioned the Dundee Ship Building Company to build a ship for such a journey and appointed Captain Robert Falcon Scott to command the expedition. On 21 March 1901 Lady Markham launched the Discovery into the Tay. She was one of the last wooden three-masted ships built in Britain and the first to be commissioned specifically for scientific research. Discovery was 172 feet long and 34 feet wide with a displacement of 1620 tons. Scott set sail from London, on 31st July 1901 with a crew of 47 (which included the young Ernest Shackleton). The ship travelled via Cape Town to New Zealand, arriving there late in November 1901, before proceeding south. 'Discovery headed from New Zealand's friendly shores into a thick sea fog. Scott's men were on their own, heading into a chartless region where millions of tons of floating ice crushed ships, and where human life did not exist.' (Captain Scott by Ranulph Fiennes, pub. Hodder & Stoughton, 2003, p. 51) the expedition crossed the Antarctic Circle on 3rd January 1902. She reached her winter quarters at Ross Island on 8th February and was soon blocked by ice. Discovery remained encased in ice for two years and when a relief ship reached her on the 23rd January 1903, there were ten miles of solid unbroken ice between her and open water. However during those two years considerable research was undertaken and a number of expeditions were mounted into Antarctica including a failed attempt to reach the South Pole. The Discovery was only finally extricated with difficulty from Hut Point in the McMurdo Sound (Ross Sea) in February 1904, Scott having had to stay for a further 12 months than planned after the relief ship's arrival.
A fine early 19th century Biedermeier secretaire, veneered in figured walnut, the stepped and moulded top above a penwork decorated drawer depicting a classical frieze of Zeus and Cupid with serpents and scrolling arabesques, the arcaded fitted interior mirror backed and decorated penwork, the fitted drawers inlaid stringing, some to simulate brickwork, to the burr ash veneer, brass capped columns enclosed by a fall-flap banded in berried foliage penwork on sycamore, above three long oak lined drawers, fitted chased gilt bronze escutcheons, flanked by brass capped pillars on half bun feet. 3ft. 5in. (1.04m.) x 5ft. 2in. (1.57m.). North German. A design that can be linked to the formal empire Biedermeier work of Karl Friedrich Schinkel, an important architect and designer from Berlin who used architectural features in his furniture designs.
English School circa 1840. Portraits of John and Dorothy Procter. a pair. each half-length seated, he holding a book in an interior; she wearing amethyst jewellery at a window, a sunset beyond. oils on canvas. each 90 x 70cm., together with a group of associated ephemera. Dorothy Procter is the subject of the book entitled Siege Lady by C.P.Hawkes and Marion Smithes, who at the time of the Siege of Oporto, 1832-1834, was stationed there with her husband, a director of the shippers and merchants Knowles, Procter & Bold. The present lot is accompanied by one volume of this book, a loose engraving depicting the siege and a group of manuscript copies of letters sent from Dorothy Procter to her brother at the time of the siege.
William Duffield (1816-1863). Portrait of George Edward Lance as a young man. seated on a portico, a river landscape beyond. signed and dated 1843 lower left. oil on panel 44 x 35cm. Provenance: Ada C. Lance, thence by family descent. Exhibited: Pump Rooms, Bath. Boy of beauty, in those eyes. Is the fire of genius glowing;. On that brow affection lies;. On that cheek the rose is blowing. In its opening spring of youth. Like a halo round thy head. Innocence and loyal truth. All their moral glory shed. William Duffield was a still life artist who occasionally painted portraits and conversation pieces. He studied under George Lance and latterly in Antwerp under Baron Wappers. He lived most of his life in Bath. Duffield also wrote some much acclaimed poetry, a verse of which above is dedicated to the sitter in the present lot. George Lance (1802-1864) was a Victorian still life painter. He exhibited numerous works mostly at The Bristol Institute, The Royal Academy and Suffolk Street. His only son, George Edward, is the sitter in the Duffield portrait.
Francis Coudrill (1914 - 1989) 'Woman on the Shore' signed with gallery label on verso gouache 25 x 35.5cm.; 9.75 x 14in. * Wrote animated and filmed Hank the Cowboy who became a star on the BBC's Whirligig in the 1950's. Coudrill settled in Cornwall and opened the Mermaid Art Centre in St. Ives later moving to Studio Golva Cadgwith. Showed in St. Ives and Newlyn.
William H. Smith (fl. 1863 - 1880) Still life studies of grapes and plums signed and dated 1876 oil on canvas a pair 24.5 x 30cm.; 9.75 x 11.75in (2). * London painter of studies of fruit who exhibited from 1863 - 80 at the Royal Academy 1863 - 72 British Institution Society of British Artists - Suffolk Street and elsewhere.
Ruskin Spear R.A. 1911-1990 homage to the unknown political prisoner oil on canvas 185x139cm.; 72.75x54.75in. The present work pays homage to Reg Butler's winning design for the international 1953 sculpture competition for a monument to 'The Unknown Political Prisoner'.. The monument was intended to pay tribute to those who had been imprisoned or lost their lives in the cause of human freedom and was proposed for a site in Berlin. Sadly the monument was never constructed and the original macquette was smashed by a Hungarian refugee during the Tate exhibition in 1953. W.
A WWII printed and typed aerial combat report, by PO Emil Antonin Foit (Czech), describing an action by 310 Sqdn over Croydon on 9th Sept 1940, when approximately 60 Dornier 215s and Me 109 and 110s were engaged, signed in ink by Foit, who went on to command the squadron from Jan 1943 to March 1944. GC, with photo copy from a book of photographs and brief biographical details.
A fine original Boer War pencil cartoon for Punch Magazine by Sir John Tenniel, depicting a horrified President Kruger, in frock coat and top hat, standing in the mouth of a cave and dropping his pipe in alarm at the sight of endless British troops marching past, signed JT monogram, 1899, 6” x 8”, mounted and inscribed in the mount by the artist “John Tenniel. Kruger’s Vision. ‘ What, will the thin red line stretch out to the crack of doom?’ Mackbeth (sic) Act 4.S1. Punch Oct.25.1899”, with details on the back of Tenniel, who was principal cartoonist for Punch for 50 years, and made famous by his illustrations for “Alice in Wonderland”, and “Alice Through the Looking Glass”, framed 14” x 18”. GC (mount foxed, one or two small spots to cartoon).
A post-1902 RN officer’s sword, very slightly curved blade 31”, by Geo Scarrott, Naval Tailors, Portsmouth, etched with R Arms and crowned fouled anchor within scrolled, frosted panels, regulation gilt brass half basket hilt, with turn down inner portion which locks to scabbard, and incorporating crowned fouled anchor, wirebound sharkskin grip, lion’s head pommel and backstrap, with blue and gilt knot (worn) in its gilt brass mounted leather scabbard. GC retaining approx 60% gilt, (some light rust pitting patches to blade, scabbard leather kinked and a little scuffed). Note: Vendor states this is the sword of Lt William Cotton who was present at the Japanese surrender in 1945 where he received an officer’s katana; see lot 711. Plate 5
A 16th or 17th century (Momoyama/Edo period) Japanese lacquer box, some later lacquering, the Nashiji ground decorated with flowers and foliage of kikyo (bell flowers) and with a mon of daki-han-gyoyo (almond), pewter rim to base, 10 x 9 x 5 cm (4 x 3 1/2 x 2 in), with an inscribed wooden case. Note: this box was given to the vendor by a member of the Oka family, who believed it to have been in his family for many generations
William Clark of Greenock (1803-1883) “THE MERCHANTMAN ROGER STEWART AT SEA AND FLYING HER IDENTIFICATION FLAGS” signed Wm Clark and dated 1849, oil on canvas 60 x 90cm The wooden barque “Roger Stewart” was built at New Bedford, Massachusetts, for Stewart & Co. of Greenock in 1812. Originally carrying a full ship rig, she was stoutly constructed of pine, oak and locust wood. Her first master was Captain J. Cooper. He sailed her to Charleston, South Carolina, for a number of years before handing over to Captain R. Kerr. Registered at 306 tons, the Roger Stewart operated out of the Clyde as well as Liverpool and underwent significant repairs in the United States in 1834, probably after suffering damage in a severe North Atlantic storm. As a result of these repairs, her tonnage was remeasured at 365 and, shortly afterwards, she was re-rigged as a barque, a common practice at the time to reduce crewing costs. By 1840 she had changed her regular run from Charleston to Demerara, presumably for the sugar trade, and also had a new master, Captain W. Gordon. Gordon was soon replaced by Captain G. Begg, who continued to sail her on the Demerara run, although sometimes took her into New York or Montreal if there was cargo to be had. Last recorded in 1854, when trading out of the Clyde to Havana under Captain W. Menzies, she disappears from record in the mid-1850”s, believed broken up, and her name was taken by a new 412-ton barque launched in 1856. William Clark of Greenock was born in 1803, the son of a seaman. His interest in ships progressed to his becoming one of the foremost ship portraitists in Scotland. This picture and the following lot were both mastered by Captain G. Begg. The dates of the pictures correspond in timescale with his being master of the “Roger Stewart” and New Orleans.
A Victorian circular bloomed gold memorial brooch, set with a cabachon garnet, hair filled insert to reverse and inscription reading "Margaret Lady Armstrong, died Sept 2nd 1893". Provenance: Margaret Lady Armstrong was the wife of Lord Armstrong, the engineer in charge of building Tower Bridge, who was later to become part of Vickers Armstrong - Armstrong Siddley. The brooch was a gift to a grandmother, formally in service at Cragside House Northumberland, one of the Armstrong family homes.
Balmerino Sixth Baron [Arthur Elphinstone] (1688-1746). Manuscript copy of the dying speech of the Rt. Honorable Lord Belmerino undated (paper watermarked no date) folio two sides previous folds. Note: Arthur Elphinstone sixth Baron Balmerino was a Jacobite who upon the arrival of Prince Charles in Scotland in 1745 was one of the first to join his standard. His importance was recognised in his appointment as colonel and captain of the second troop of life guards in attendance to the prince. After the battle of Culloden in 1746 Elphinstone was captured and sent to London to be committed to the Tower along with the Earls of Kilmarnock and Cromarty and tried with high treason. In August 1746 he was finally brought to Tower Hill for execution eye-witness accounts say "he came upon the scaffold in his regimentals and tye-wig. His coat was blue turned up with red and brass buttons; his countenance serene his air free and easy; he looked quite unconcerned and like one going to a party of pleasure or some business of little or no importance." After presenting the executioner with a fee of three guineas he proclaimed "O Lord! Reward my friends forgive my foes bless King James and receive my soul!".
Jennings Elizabeth Joan (1926-2001). Autograph manuscript signed of poem Black and White Magic. Mid 20th Century single leaf ink previous fold. Note:. "All nursery rhymes contain some black. figure or omen. That's why they. live longer than a child's day. If there is white there must be black. If you want magic then you must. Prepare yourself for a Black Queen. Or forests thick where in between. Tall trees you have to take on brush. The silent animals asleep. Within those depths and birds who will. Only at morning bring a shrill. Cry of pure joy that sinks down deep.". Note:. "All nursery rhymes contain some black. figure or omen. That's why they. live longer than a child's day. If there is white there must be black. If you want magic then you must. Prepare yourself for a Black Queen. Or forests thick where in between. Tall trees you have to take on brush. The silent animals asleep. Within those depths and birds who will. Only at morning bring a shrill. Cry of pure joy that sinks down deep.".
Manuscripts and Letters. A collection of autograph letters signed and cut signatures to include Burns Robert Cut signature approx 3cm high by 9cm wide mounted on card; Palmerston Lord Letter signed in secretary's hand addressed to Major General Hope Edinburgh from the War Office dated 3rd Jan 1819 requesting to know the names of three deserters of the militia who enlisted into the Line and were sent last year from Ireland to this country; Garibaldi Ricciotti Autograph letter signed addressed to Graham Briggs dated March second 1863 single 8vo; a quantity of other letters and manuscripts (qty).
Belleforest Francoise de. Harangues militaires et concions de princes capitaines ambassadeurs et autres manians tant la guerre que les affaires d'estat Paris: chez Abel l'Angelier 1588 [in fine: achevé d'imprimer le 28 Ianuier par Pierre Ménier]. second edition ff. [iv] 571 [i.e. 568 various mispaginations] [iv] large printer's device on the titlepage. contemporary limp vellum over-lapping fore-edges margins of titlepage a little dusty water staining of some corners folio. Note: Index Aureliensis 116.124 This edition not in Adams or BM STC French Books. Provenance: With the signature of Henry Nisbett 1588 (lightly scored) and of Robert who succeeded as 6th Lord Setoun in 1586 (created Earl of Wintoun in 1600) with the Hopetoun bookplate lot no 117 in Sotheby sale 20 April 1903 of the books of the late John Taylor Brown.
Anderson James. Selectus diplomatum & numismatum Scotiae thesaurus adjuncta sunt reliquorum Scotiae & Magnae Britanniae regum sigilla posterior continent numismata tam aurea quam argentea singulorum Scotiae regum ab Alexandro I ad supradictam regnorum coalitionem perpetua serie deducta quae operi deerant supplevit Thomas Ruddimannus. Edinburgh: apud Tho. & Walt. Ruddimanos 1739. First edition folio title-page in red and black 180 engraved plates (including a frontispiece and divisional titles) of which several are folding or double page of charters seals & coins contemporary brown morocco gilt rules spine decorated gilt in compartments inner gilt dentelles a.e.g. edges rubbed. Note: This magnificent production was the life work of the compiler who did not live to see it completed or published. It was completed by Thomas Ruddiman eleven years after the compiler's death. The fine engraved facsimile plates are by George Child. Adam Smith quotes from the preface in the Wealth of Nations. Provenance: With the book-plates of W. Bruce Bannerman and Julian A. Walker.
Ashmole Elias. The institution laws & ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. London: Nathanael Brooke 1672. First edition title-page in red and black engraved illustrated in the text with an engraved portrait frontispiece of Charles II by Sherwin and 32 engraved plates (of which a number are double and 5 double sided) by Hollar with the errata leaf at the end contemporary mottled calf spine decorated gilt in compartments spine repaired with the original backstrip laid down title-page a little dusty and with a small piece torn from the lower corner (repaired) small tear in p 223 (no loss) with the blind book stamp of Edinburgh Public Library on the lower cover and in ink at the end. Note: Moule 250; Wing A 3983. "It is a notable work of scholarship handsomely produced and illustrated and dealing with many cognate matters." (Wagner Heralds of England p. 265. The work includes a fine series of engravings of Windsor Castle and the Chapel by Hollar. Ashmole who held the office of Windsor Herald was instrumental in founding the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford to which he bequeathed his collection of manuscripts and most of his printed books along with the famous collection of John Tradescant the naturalist who had presented his collection to Ashmole in gratitude for cataloguing it. Provenance: With the armorial book-plate of Thomas Hayward Southby of Carswell. Sheriff Bogie records his purchase from the Edinburgh bookseller Grant & Shaw in the following terms "The book was sold by Edinburgh Public Library along with seemingly others to the disgrace of Edinburgh.".
Biographical Reference. A collection of biographical reference comprising: Who was who 1916 - 1995 [with] Cumulative index 1897-1990. London: Black 1929-1991. 9 volumes original cloth; Burke Sir Bernard. Landed gentry. London: Harrison 1898. 9th edition 2 volumes original cloth t.e.g.; Burke's landed gentry. London: Burke's Peerage 1952. 17th edition original cloth; Burke's landed gentry. London: Burke's Peerage 1965-72. 18th edition 3 volumes original cloth; Burke A.P. Family records. London: Harrison 1897 original cloth; Walford's county families. London: Spottiswoode 1914. 54th edition original cloth; Burke's peerage & baronetage. London: Burke's Peerage 1980. 105th edition original cloth; Chalmers Robert. A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen. Glasgow: Blackie 1837. 4 volumes engraved plates modern cloth; Galloway Peter et al. Royal service Volume 1 The Royal Victorian Order etc. London: Victorian Publishing 1996. First edition original boards no 835 of 1000; The Edinburgh Academy register. Edinburgh: Constable 1914 original cloth no 1002 of 2000. Together 24 volumes various sizes. (24).
Collins Arthur. Proceedings precedents and arguments on claims and controversies concerning baronies by writ and other honours with the arguments of Sir Francis Bacon Sir Henry Montagu the Lord Chief Justice Crew [et al.] with an appendix containing several papers copied from the Bodleian and Ashmolean Libraries at Oxford. London: Thomas Wotton 1734. First edition folio contemporary sprinkled calf gilt ruled later rebacking endpapers renewed title-page lightly spotted with an MS pedigree of Norborne Berkeley tipped in at the end. Note: Moule 514 who lists the various claims included. A number of the claims are published from manuscripts which belonged to Gregory King Lancaster Herald and described by Wagner (Heralds of England p. 306) as one of the most distinguished heralds of his generation.
Douglas Sir Robert of Glenbervie. The baronage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the gentry of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute 1798. First edition folio engraved coats of arms in the text full brown morocco triple gilt fillet spines decorated gilt in compartments a.e.g. inner gilt dentelles by Bedford a very good copy with wide margins. Note: Moule 707. The title-page describes the work as being illustrated with coats of arms. In fact there are only a handful and these for the families added by the editors who completed the work following the death of Sir Robert. Similarly a second volume comprising a catalogue of manuscripts and announced at the end of the Preface was never issued. The work was intended to accompany Douglas's Peerage of Scotland and includes an historical account of 153 families. Provenance: With the armorial book-plate of Sir Charles Tennant.
Edmondson Joseph. A complete body of heraldry containing: an historical enquiry into the origin of armouries Glover's Ordinary of arms augmented and improved An alphabet of arms containing upwards of fifty thousand coats with their crests &c. and A copious glossary explaining all the technical terms used in heraldry. London: for the author 1780. First edition 2 volumes 25 engraved plates (including a portrait frontispiece of the compiler) subscriber list contemporary tree calf spines decorated gilt in compartments red and green morocco lettering pieces occasional offsetting and a few leaves spotted. (2). Note: Moule 650 with a six page description of the contents. Edmonston who began life as apprentice to a barber and continued a coach painting business was "not a trained scholar and was a pushing and intrusive person but he was an enthusiast and a man of excellent natural judgment Of his published works the Complete Body of Heraldry was mostly Anstis and the Baronagium Genealogicum mostly Simon Segar. But he had the wit and enterprise to acquire their very valuable unpublished works when others might have done so but did not; and his publication of them even though without due acknowledgment was a public service." (Wagner Heralds of England p. 390). Provenance: With the book-plate of Harriet Duchess of St. Albans.
Family Histories by Sir William Fraser. "By his elaborate compilations on Scottish family history Sir William Fraser has placed subsequent students of Scottish history under permanent obligations to him. Undertaken at the expense of the representatives of the historic families whose fortunes they chronicle their aim is circumscribed and their tone as well as many of their conclusions more or less biased by their special purpose; but through his free access to charter chests and family papers of all kinds he obtained the means of shedding new light on at least many minor points of general Scottish history; and if his views do not always commend themselves to the impartial student the industry of his research is undeniable. His method was dry-as-dustish even when it need not have been so his narrative is cold and tame and on strictly historical matters he is frequently weak and commonplace; but by the aid of assistants whose labours he directed and utilised he has placed within the reach of the general student of Scottish history a large amount of new and well-authenticated information. The volumes are also of great interest for their illustrations: family portraits representations of old seals facsimiles of old documents &c." (DNB). Over the years Sheriff Bogie acquired a substantial proportion of Fraser's publications which are hard to find as all were published privately in limited numbers usually 150 for distribution amongst the family and friends of those who commissioned them. Their intrinsic interest to the family historian and genealogist apart many of them are remarkable pieces of Victorian book production lavishly illustrated with extensive use of chromo lithography (the work of Lizars W.H. Macfarlane W. Banks & Sons etc.) particularly in the reproduction of documents and clearly with no expense spared by Fraser to his wealthy patrons. Doubtless in part due to the recent popularity of genealogy and family history these works have become harder to find. Fraser Sir William. The Stirlings of Keir and their family papers. Edinburgh: privately printed by [Lizars] 1858. First edition 4to. woodcut illustrated of seals and signatures 16 plates (including the title-page and which for the most part are chromo lithographs and double sided) 14 engraved plates of portraits mounted on india paper original quarter morocco cloth boards t.e.g. repairs to the backstrip endpapers renewed some light marginal foxing to a number of the plates. Note: Ferguson p. 175. No 80 of 150 copies. The first of Fraser's great series of family histories. Provenance: Presented to John Ord Mackenzie of Dolphinton.
Hume David of Godscroft. A generall history of Scotland from the year 767 to the death of King James containing the principal revolumeutions and transactions of church & state with political observations and reflections upon the same. London: Simon Miller 1657. 4th edition folio 18th century calf dried and rubbed joints cracked a few leaves a little discoloured. Note: Moule 164 (with the first edition of 1644 and later editions; Wing H 3657. Although described in the title as "A generall history of Scotland" the work is in fact a family history of the House of Douglas and Angus "The confusion is due to the difficulties of Hume's daughter Anna Hume in getting the work published owing to the opposition of William Douglas eleventh earl of Angus who resented the use which Hume had made of some of the materials supplied him from the family archives. Hume is thought to have finished the history between 1625 and 1630 the year (it is conjectured) of his death." DNB. Provenance: Book-plates of J.A. Jamieson and I.J.W. Mackenzie Armitage.
Nicolas Nicholas Harris. The Siege of Carlaverock in the XXVIII Edward I. A.D. MCC; with the arms of the earls barons and knights who were present on the occasion; with a translation a history of the castle and memoirs of the personages commemorated by the poet. London: J.B. Nichols 1828. First edition 4to. engraved frontispiece illustrated modern half calf marbled boards some leaves lightly discoloured and with some damp spotting with the armorial book-plate of Sir Henry Earle.
Riddell John. Various works by the distinguished authority on Scottish peerage law James Riddell (1785 - 1862) including: The Salt-foot controversy with a reply and some remarks on the present state of the Lyon Office. [Edinburgh n.p. 1818]. First edition in book form 8vo. original paper boards printed paper labels Riddell's first published book and one of a hundred copies; Vindication of the "Clanronalld of Glengary" against attacks made upon them in the Inverness Journal. Edinburgh: Tait 1821. First edition engraved title-page folding table modern cloth fore-edges uncut; Remarks upon Scotch peerage law as connected with certain points in the late case of the Earldom of Devon. Edinburgh: Clark 1833. First edition 8vo. contemporary blind and gilt tooled calf with the armorial book-plate of the Rt. Hon. Lord Gray; Tracts legal and historical with other antiquarian matter chiefly relative to Scotland. Edinburgh: Clark 1835. First edition 8vo. modern cloth inscribed from the author to Lord Lindsay on the title-page; Inquiry into the law and practice in Scottish peerages before and after the Union. Edinburgh: Clark 1842. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. original cloth; Abstract of the case of James Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. etc. claiming the original Dukedom of Montrose created in 1488. London: Clowes 1850. 8vo. folding tables half calf marbled boards; Comments in refutation of pretensions advanced for the first time and statements in a recent work "The Stirlings of Keir and their family papers." Edinburgh: Blackwood 1960. First edition 4to. original cloth printed paper label covers a little stained limited to 300 copies "for private circulation among members and friends of the Drumpellier Family and some Public Libraries"; The Riddell papers: a catalogue of the annotated books & manuscripts of the late John Riddell. Edinburgh: n.p. 1863. First edition 12mo. original photographic portrait of Riddell mounted at the front modern green buckram one of fifty copies for private circulation. A pencilled note at the front attributes the compilation to James Maidment. (9). Note: Riddell " loved genealogical research for its own sake and Sir Walter Scott who alludes in the ‘Lay of the Last Minstrel’ (canto i.) to ‘Ancient Riddell's fair domain’ described him as the only man from whose exclusive store of learning could be gathered an adequate notion of the state of society in Scotland in the age preceding the Reformation.".
Smith Revd. Sydney. The works. London: Longman etc. 1839-40. First edition 4 volumes 8vo. full light calf covers with border of gilt fillet and floral roll tool spine decorated gilt in compartments red and green morocco lettering pieces marbled fore-edges by Grieve of Edinburg (4). Note: Smith after a sojourn in Edinburgh became a lifelong friend of Stewart Scott Horner and others. It was he who suggested to Jeffrey and Brougham the starting of the Edinburgh Review and he supervised and contributed to the first three issues. "A lover of justice and truth he was a life-long defender of the oppressed. His failure to rise higher in the church is attributed to his wide reputation as a master of wit and satire. He is placed among the premier English wits and has been compared to Swift and to Voltaire." (Columbia Encyclopedia).
![Byron George Gordon Noel Lord [i.e Polidori John William]. The Vampyre: a tale by the Right Honourable Lord Byron. Paris: Ga](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2677564/281-35-10121_468x382.jpg)
Byron George Gordon Noel Lord [i.e Polidori John William]. The Vampyre: a tale by the Right Honourable Lord Byron. Paris: Galignani 1819. third edition 12mo. contemporary half calf marbled boards spine and corners rubbed and worn water stain at the top of the inner margin some spotting. Note: Summers Gothic bibliography pp. 121 & 542; Wise Byron p. 96 (for the first edition). By John William Polidori though often attributed to Lord Byron who explicitly denied the authorship in a letter to Galignani's Messenger April 27 1819. First published in the New monthly magazine April 1819 it was translated into French and German these translations persisting upon regarding Byron as the author. The real author who was uncle to Dante Gabriel Rossetti ended by taking his own life. Polidori is credited with creating the vampire genre. His vampire based on Byron to whom Polidori was personal physician is given the name Lord Ruthven a name originally given to a Byron based character in Caroline Lamb's Glencarron. Polidori's vampire was not only the first in English fiction but provided the character type that came to predominate in fantasy fiction i.e. the aristocratic fiend who preys on victims in high society. Provenance: With the book-label of Susan Euphemia Beckford daughter of William Beckford as Duchess of Hamilton and wife of the 10th Duke.
Campbell The Revd. the Hon. Archibald Bishop of Aberdeen. The doctrine of a middle state between death and the resurrection: or prayers for the dead: and the necessity of purification plainly proved from the Holy Scriptures; and the writings of the fathers of the church London: printed for the author and sold by Mr. Tayler 1721. First edition folio contemporary panelled and sprinkled calf spine decorated gilt in compartments covers slightly scuffed. Note: Chief work of the author who was variously described as "adorned with none of the qualifications necessary in a bishop and remarkable for some things inconsistent with the character of a gentleman" it sets out arguments for the reformed churches to reconsider a doctrine of purgatory. Dr. Johnson described Campbell as "the familiar friend of Hickes and Nelson; a man of letters but injudicious; and very curious but credulous." In his later years he founded a non-juring sect and is further remembered as being instrumental in the loss of the registers of the Church of Scotland from the reformation to 1590.
Fisher Admiral John Baron. Some notes by Lord Fisher for his friends. London: for private circulation only 1919. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece plates original printed wrappers in a slip case no. 97 of 100 copies; Memoirs. London: Hodder & Stoughton 1919. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece plates original red cloth (2). Note: Lord Fisher ("Jackie") became the chairman of the Hamilton Trustees in terms of the Hamilton Estates Act 1918. The 12th Duke's will in effect left his "distant kinsman" Alfred Douglas-Hamilton the 13th Duke a liferent of the Hamilton Estates and a mountain of debt and to his daughter inter alia the English Estates (mostly in Suffolk) and the Isle of Arran (Brodick Castle etc.) outright. The Executors of the 12th Duke's will found it extremely difficult to administer the estate as a whole given the complexity of the trusts and the possible conflicts of interest between the beneficiaries. They therefore raised a private Act of Parliament to enable a separate set of trustees to administer the Hamilton Estates and Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher was the first chairman of the Hamilton Trustees. As such it was he with his co-trustees who oversaw the granting of the lease to the Bent Colliery Company and the other steps which led eventually to the demolition of Hamilton Palace.
![Dumas Alexandre. La tulipe noire. Paris: Baudry [1850]. First edition 3 volumes 8vo. without half-titles and the blanks at t](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2677564/288-35-10121_468x382.jpg)
Dumas Alexandre. La tulipe noire. Paris: Baudry [1850]. First edition 3 volumes 8vo. without half-titles and the blanks at the end of volume 2 & 3 contemporary half green calf marbled boards spines decorated gilt in compartments orange and red morocco lettering pieces some minor scuff marks at the joints and corners title of volume 3 discoloured and some patches of discolouration to other titles and elsewhere (3). Note: Carteret I. p. 239; Vicaire Manuel de l'amateur de livres du XIXe sieclè III 389. One of the most famous French writers of the 19th century Dumas is best known for his historical novels such as the The three musketeers The Count of Monte Cristo and The black tulip. Dumas is credited with revitalising the historical novel in France and along with Balzac and Sue pioneering the roman feuilleton or serial novel. In 1850 appeared The Black Tulip a romantic adventure set in the 17th century Holland. In the middle of the political struggle for freedom is Cornelius van Baerle a young man who has devoted himself to tulip-growing. Cornelius is falsely imprisoned for high treason. With the help of Rosa the daughter of a jailer he manages to grow a black tulip. Cornelius wins his freedom and hundred thousand guilders in glittering gold pieces as reward for the tulip. "This tulip" continued the Prince "will therefore bear the name of its producer and figure in the catalogue under the title Tulipa nigra Rosa Barlaensis because of the name Van Baerle which will henceforth be the name of this damsel.".
Shell Travel - Aberfeldy. "Everywhere you go you can be sure of Shell" depicting General Wade's Bridge Aberfeldy by Edward Calligan. London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son circa 1930's approx size 77cm by 114cm chipped at edges previous folds. Note: These "lorry-bill" posters were commissioned in response to the concerted campaigning by the Design and Industries Association in the form of Clough Williams-Ellis and Harry Peach who convinced Shell to remove all their permanently sited advertising and site all their posters on their delivery tankers instead while increasing the ‘art’ value of the advertising to appeal to a middle-class motoring audience. A important example of early motoring poster art which later developed into the famous "Prefer Shell" series.
Arthur Hauser (French fl.1850-1870) Loads of Expenses and No Income... not even a Dozen Oysters; and You My Big Darling a Pork Butcher? Never!; and Yes but I wouldnt be Cross to see the Tip of your Nose; and You have to understand Sir that before I come to live with you in the Latin Quarter I must know who you are... For after all my Pussycat we havent even been Introduced with inscriptions in French and all signed 'A Hauser' watercolour and pencil 20 x 15cm (4) Provenance Waterhouse and Dodd 110 New Bond Street London W1 Private collection Bedfordshire
A D. Strath St. Andrews longnose playclub horn insert to sole lead counterweight hickory shaft David Strath 1840-1879 brother of Andrew Strath 1836-1868 and George Strath who was professional at Troon at 1881 for six years before emagrating to the USA. David was a close friend of young Tom Morris and one of few good enough to play Young Tom on equal terms. David's best 'Open' finish was a tie with Bob Martin but forfited the play off by refusing to play - Strath having been unfairly (he thought) penalised for having hit a spectator with his approach to the 17th green and then playing the ball as it lay. How different the rules were for Jones in 1930! Like his older brother David had poor health and died in Australia in 1879 having just served as keeper of the green at North Berwick 1876-1878. . From the Compendium of British Club Makers page 269 270 by Peter Georgiady.
Ferdinand (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg). The Operations of the Allied Army, Under the Command of Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswic and Luneberg, During the Greatest Part of Six Campaigns, Beinning in the Year 1757, and Ending in the Year 1762. By an Officer, who Served in the British Forces, 1764, title signed 'Carmarthen, 1780' to upper margin, ten folding eng. maps & plans (lacks map of Westphalia facing title), a few with closed tears (some strengthened to folds with adhesive tape), modern half sheep, 4to (1)
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