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London.- Bartlett (J.A.) & Britton (John) Topographical Survey of the Borough of St. Marylebone, ... from Surveys & Drawings by J.A. Bartlett under the direction of John Britton F.S.A &c., from Oxford Street to The Spaniards Tavern, with Regent's Park and part of Hyde Park, including plans and elevations of 20 public buildings, engraved map, by B.R. Davies, with early hand-colouring, 1120 x 950 mm. (44 x 37 1/2 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some scuffing and handling creases, browning and surface dirt, folding with brown endpaper bearing presentation inscription from Britton to 'JW Philipps Esq.', modern half-calf, marbled boards, 4to, 1834. ⁂ A scarce large-scale plan of Marylebone. Following the Great Reform Act of 1832, Marylebone became a new parliamentary constituency. It was one of five new parliamentary boroughs enfranchised in the same year, and was defined as consisting of three civil parishes: St Marylebone, Paddington, and St Pancras. The present map serves as a contemporary account of Marylebone as it was at this juncture, and illustrates new information obtained during the process of establishing it is a parliamentary constituency. Alongside the map itself, there are also elevations and plans of 20 churches, chapels, and municipal buildings, which were produced by the respected antiquarian and architectural historian John Britton (1771-1857). Marylebone was to remain its own constituency until 1885, when the Redistribution of Seats Act split it into eight single member divisions.
Egyptology.- Champollion (Jean François) Dictionnaire Égyptienne en Écriture Hiéroglyphique, first edition, half-title, lithographed hieroglyphs throughout, title lightly soiled, ex-library copy with unobtrusive blind-stamp on title, modern calf, uncut, folio, Paris, Firmin Didot, 1841-43. ⁂ Lithographic reproduction of Champollion's manuscript, published after his death, with an index at the end of the hieroglyphs sorted by type including celestial, anatomical, animal, architectural, household objects etc.
δ Lowry (Laurence Stephen, 1887-1976) Study for 'A house on the moor, "Heathcliff's House"', ball point pen and blue ink, on wove paper, 150 x 255 mm. (5 7/8 x 10 in), with graphite set design study verso, by Frank Bradley, numerous annotations, one or two areas of expert restoration to the extremity of sheet, [circa 1949-1950]. Provenance: Gifted to Frank Bradley by the artist (sold with accompanying letter from Frank Bradley); Sale: Phillips, Leeds, 18th October, 1989, lot 353; where purchased by the present owner. Literature: cf. M. Collis, The Discovery of L.S. Lowry, London 1951, pl. 24 for the related oil painting. ⁂ Lowry executed a painting of the same subject in 1950, and the present sketch undertaken en plein air is a preliminary study for the finished work (see Collis, op. cit., pl.24). The isolation of the house, a recurring motif of Lowry's, was first explored by the artist in the 1930s in a group of drawings associated under the title 'Old House' (see Mervyn Levy, Drawings of L.S. Lowry, Jupiter Books, London, 1973, no.121), and was continue late into the artist's career; Lowry revisited the subject location in the present drawing again in 1964, with 'Houses on the Moors' (see Levy, op. cit., 1973, no. 219). Lowry was clearly fascinated by isolated architectural spaces that were devoid of human life, and their ability to still facilitate an exploration of human existence. "For Lowry, nature offers no sanctuary, nowhere to shelter, unless it be a solitary farmhouse locked into the bleak empty landscape ... He saw derelict houses as fitting images to express his own sense of alienation from the world." [M. Howard, Lowry A Visionary Artist, Salford, 2000, pp. 220-1]. The artist Frank Bradley was a long time friend and artistic companion of Lowry's, with the two men often going on walks together deep into Derbyshire and the Yorkshire Moors. The present drawing was the product of one of these artistic sojourns, with Bradley himself noting it was "drawn by [Lowry] when we trudged over The Moors to the old farmhouse in 1949 (circa). Later we both made oil paintings of this fine building." δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Yorkshire.- Cuitt the Younger (George) An sketchbook album of approximately 40 drawings, mainly of landscapes and studies of trees, including a view of Chester, landscapes in Yorkshire, an architectural facade of a country house, and others, with printed frontispiece bearing artist's initials and inscription further identifying locations depicted within: 'Richmond, Masham, Yorks.', pen and black ink, some wash and watercolour, graphite, on Whatman wove paper, bearing watermarked date of '1843', annotated throughout, each leaf approx. 160 x 240 mm. (6 1/4 x 9 1/2 in), occasional scattered spotting and surface dirt, half calf marbled boards, oblong 4to, very worn, splitting and loss to spine, [circa 1840s]. Provenance: The artist's wife; thence by descent (inscribed on front pastedown); Anonymous sale ⁂ "The English Piranesi"
Architecture.- Belli (Silvio) Libro del Misurar Con La Vista..., collation: *4 A-R4, Roman type, title within ornate woodcut architectural border, 55 large woodcuts within text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials, large woodcut above colophon, final f. blank, lightly browned, occasional spotting, modern mottled boards, small 4to (204 x 137mm.), Venice, Giordano Ziletti, 1570. ⁂ Second edition of Belli's work on the application of geometry to architectural problems. Belli was a practising architect in Rome and Ferrara. Literature: Adams B520; Smith, Rara Arithmetica 343; Riccardi I, 107; EDIT 16 CNCE 4899.
A collection of coloured engravings and printsSporting interest, a 19th century coloured engraving "The Prodigal Son", a 19th Century black and white engraving of architectural studies, "Part of the East side of The Northgate Street" and three others, four coloured sporting prints after Henry Alken, Leicestershire "The Meeting", "The Death" and two others, also Hablot K. Browne "Racing and chasing the road and the river and the hunt", a book of prints. (AF)
A brass cased carriage clock by Mathew Norman of LondonThe case with an angular swing handle and architectural reeded columns flanking a white enamel dial with Roman numerals and signed by the maker, the movement also stamped with the makers name and the number 1754, raised upon a plinth base, 11cm high.
A mid Victorian Scottish longcase clock by Mitchell, Glasgow - circa 1836 - in rich colour polished mahogany case, square hood with architectural top, polished mahogany circular glazed bezel, white circular dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary dials, seconds, calendar/date - 14 inch diameter - with a good quality eight day movement with anchor escapement, rack snail strike to bell on hours - Height 84 inches - in restored condition, needs setting up
British Empire Exhibition of 'The Architectural Review' June 1924 Publication a large format extensive 178 page publication featuring over 100 photographs and illustrations of Buildings and Pavilions at the Exhibition, also iconic buildings in the Dominions and illustrations of intended Imperial Delhi. Plus many illustrations of then modern buildings featured in the advertising. Printed on fine thick quality semi-gloss paper in graphic card cover, condition appears good, 29 x 36cm approx.
An early 20th century table clock, the dial signed J W Benson, 25 Old Bond Street, London, the gothic architectural case with four octagonal supports and a pitched cover with finely carved and pierced gallery, with a triple fusee quarter striking movement sounding on four bells and a gong, the dial 22cm diameter, the case 69cm high. *See clocks and watches proviso. CR - Overall good condition. One part of gallery detatched but present. Movement works correctly but the flywheel is very noisy when chiming. Dial with some wear to the silvering. See images.
Photorgaphy - British India/Raj - a WW2/1940s padded photograph album, retailed by Mela Ram & Sons, Photographers, Peshwar & Cherat, enclosing 16 tissue divided pages containing with b/w images, including portraits of Rajput princes in full regalia (3), Crossley India pattern armored cars, military manoeuvrers and further scenes, some architectural and topographical views, each photograph 11cm x 6.4cm, enclosed Freedom of the Seas certificate issued to Frank Nolan Dawson 25/11/1941 on board P&O liner Viceroy of India, Christmas card from Sergeants' Mess, 2nd Batallion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Peshwar, oblong 8vo; a Victorian embossed leather photograph album, card leaves with images of Royal Navy ships at sea, WW2 in British India and Burma, armored cards, etc., oblong 16mo; Snapshots album, with Indian Army, Indian sites of interest and family photographs taken in GB, various, oblong 12mo [3]
An unusual late 19th / early 20th century Arabic clock, the body elaborately cast and gilded with Moroccan or Arabic architectural spires, arches and decoration, the enamel dial with green and red columns and drapery with Arabic numerals, raised on four stylised horn feet, 10.8 by 26cm high.
A huge 19th c. Oak mirrorback twin pedestal Gothic inspired Sideboard, with carved and fret cut stylized Acanthus design pediment featuring carved bust of a lady over an architectural style triple mirrored back. The large central mirror with upper carved flower and fluted frame flanked by figures of ladies with folded arms on tapering rectangular fluted columns with rosettes. The central mirror in turn flanked by smaller mirrors with similar frames, corbels to the outside on similar tapering fluted columns and each outer mirror having a carved bracket mounted shelf. The breakfront base having wide, Oak lined frieze drawer with stylized shell and acanthus carving in a moulded border, flanked either side by opposing cupboard doors each having similar and top rail framing central carved and moulded panel with ornate shell and leaf motifs, one with cupboard opening to reveal shelf and two linen slides, the other a drawer, shelf and cooler drawer, on twin plinth base, 96 1/2'' wide x 118 1/2'' high x 30 1/2'' deep.
A Regency Thomas Gammage & Son of London bracket clock, ebonised case of architectural form with a gilt metal pineapple finial, pediment, 15cm silvered dial signed and numbered 3551, double fusee movement striking on a gong, height 42cmCondition Report: Case appears generally good overall, movement not tested

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