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A Chinese Export fan, the paper blade painted in gouache with a palatial scene of dignitaries, their families and servants both inside and outside an extensive building with broad landscape vistas beyond, 45cm wide, with original black lacquered and gilded box vividly painted with figures amid architectural settings, within scrolling bands of fruits, flowers and insects, 33cm long. Provenance: The property of a gentleman.
After Fra Angelico (Italian, 1387/1455) Pair of Florentine Giltwood Icons, late 19th century each tempera on gilt wood panel of angelic musicians with incised detail in gothic style architectural frame, paper labels verso, C. A. Schwicker, Florence, height 25.25" — 64.1 cm. Starting Price: $400
A Liberty & Co pewter silver and enamel mantle clock designed by Archibald Knox, model no. 0761, architectural form with overhanging, slightly domed mantle, pilaster columns on swollen rectangular body, the silver dial enamelled mottled green and blue with Festina Lente numerals 20cm. high Literature Stephen Martin Archibald Knox, ARTMEDIA, page 232 for a comparable design.
`A View of the New Morris Showrooms` a Morris & Co pencil on rice paper architectural drawing, mounted on card, and a conte pencil drawing of a woman titled in pencil image 52 x 39cm Literature Linda Parry William Morris, Victoria & Albert Museum exhibition catalogue, 1996, a photograph of the exterior view illustrated page 367 figure 125, on the Morris & Co catalogue cover for the re-decoration of the shop in the 1920s.
A SKETCHBOOK containing a collection of pencil sketches made on a Grand Tour, c.1841/1842 principally architectural studies. Subjects include Florence; Palazzo Dyrini, Milan; Tower of the Church of St. Gotharo, Milan; Notre Dame, Paris; the sketches of various sizes 14 x 10in (35.6 x 25.4cm0 and smaller Sold together with an unframed pencil sketch by another hand depicting the Ballochmyle Viaduct (Glasgow and South Western Railway, 1847; two (2)
*CIRCLE OF THOMAS GIRTIN (1775-1802) An extensive Landscape with a view to distant buildings watercolour and sepia wash 3 1/2 x 11in (8.9 x 27.9cm); a grey and sepia wash by another hand depicting Warwick Castle, 1804; and a small selection of unframed watercolours by other hands depicting landscape and architectural subjects (qty)
(Religion, Patrologie grecque) - ORIGENIS.- Operum [...].[Paris], in edibus Joannis Parui et Jodici Badii Ascensii (In aedibus Ascensianis, Idibus Octob. 1512).4 parts in 2 vol. in-f° : [32]-cxc, clvii, [6]-ccxxiiii, [2]-clxxv lvs (last blank lvs lacking, some lvs slightly browned, some marginal tears, one reinforced, some corners lacking, some marginal handwritten notes, some stains, marginal hole at lxii of vol. I, joint of title-page repaired, small wormholes in the beginning and marginal dampstains at the end of vol. II).Contemporary binding : full calf on wooden boards, blind decorated boards with fillets, fleurons and medaillons (with a cross and ladders), gilt ribbed spine (spines and joints repaired, fly leaves renewed, some scratches on the back boards, some fleurons or medaillons scratched, ties lacking).Est. : 600/ 800 €Second edition (1519-1520) of the translation of this very early postincunabula in accordance to the collation of this edition but with the colophon of the first edition (1512) in the fourth part. Contain all the works of Origenis : commentaries on the Bible (Genesis, Judges, Matthew, Leviticus...), the dogmatical works : "De principiis" (one of the first philosophical exposition of the catholicism), "Threni seu planctus" (on the lamentation), "Apologia Pamphili Martyris" (exhortation to the martydom), "Ruffinus de depravatione librorum, praecipue Origenis" (or "De adulteraione" on forgeries of writings during Origen`s lifetime) and the famous polemical work "Contra Celsum libri" (answer to Celius` attacks against the early Christianism contained in his "True Doctrine" of 178). Origen, from Alexandria (184/184-253/254), considered by Erasmus as the most important theologian, lead an ascetic life and and was a defensor of the apocatastasis or universal salvation. Gregorius Nazianzus, Eusebius of Caesarea (who published together an anthology of Origen`s works, "Origen`s Philocalia") and Gregorius Nyssenus resumed the same idea. Copy in a neat typography in 2 columns with dotted ornemental initial letters and 3 titles-pages (2 in red and black) with Badius Asciensius` mark (n° 1) within an engraved architectural frame with characters and Origen`s portrait in a medallion.# Renouard II-97/98; # Adams O-279 (1st ed.); # Machiels O-87 (id.); # Soltész O-132 (id.).¶ Seconde édition de ce post-incunable avec collation conforme à cette éd. mais avec le colophon de l`éd. orig. de 1512 à la 4e partie. Contient les oeuvres dogmatiques et polémiques d`Origène, considéré par Érasme comme le plus important théologien. Demi-veau à coins du 19e s. (lég. us., 2 derniers ff. blancs manquants, gardes renouvelées, éraflures).
(Religion) - [Sanctus BEDA, Venerabilis.- Opera [...].Basileae, per Joannem Hervagium, 1563.8 parts in 4 vol. in-f° (text n.c., some lvs slightly browned, some marginal light dampstains, small foxing, some marginal holes, handwritten notes in vol. I, small wormholes at the end of vol. II).19th Century binding : half sheepskin, decorated calf boards with blind fillets and fleurons, gilt ribbed spine, red edges, title with pen on the fore-edge (rubbed, spine renewed and original boards stuck on the covers, edges and corners dulled).Est. : 800/ 1.000 €First edition of this very interesting collection of works as Beda (672/673-735),English monk, author and Doctor of the Church treated many subjets in many aeras : grammar, spelling, arithmetics, astrology, astronomy, music, natural history, martyrology, intrepetations of biblical Hebrew and Greek names, commentaries (on Leviticus, Deuteronomy, parabale of Solomon, Book of Numbers, Gospels, Epistles of Saint Paul...), sins remedy, etc. The arithmetics, astrology and astronomy treaties (parts I and II) contain tables (of Pythagorus and multiplication), calendars (with feast days and martrys, lunar cycle, ephemeris -2 with caracters in red and black...) and lists (Roman emperors, pontiffs since Eusebius...), etc. Our copy is also illustrated with decorated or historiated initials letters, several diagrams (sphere, planets position, sundial, eclipses, planetes alignment, constellations...), scores, allegorical representations (planetes, astrological signs and months) and a vignette figuring Noah`s arc. Title within a nice architectural frame with Beda, Janus in a medallion, Sybilla writing on the arc "P.P.P.P.E.S.S.S.E...", Mercurius with 3 heads in a medallion in front of a Roman (?) landscape, the Roman she-wolf, and the personified Tiber (?).# Adams B-447; # not in Soltész nor in Machiels.▲ Provenance : Francesco Bohoyd (handwritten mention).Joint, same author and condition (2 works in 5 vol. in-f°) : [Tomus Tertius Collectaneorum in Epistolas D. Pauli Apostoli [...]. Paris, Jodoco Badio & Joanni Roigny (in chalcographia Jodoci Badii Ascensii, impensis communibus ispius & Joannis Roigny, calend.Aprilis.Anno, 1534)] (title-page and 1st lf. missing). Second edition (1st ed. : 1522); # Renouard II-152.¶ Édition originale des traités de Bède le Vénérable sur des sujets très variés (grammaire, orthographe, histoire nat., astronomie, astrologie, interprétation des noms hébreux et grecs de la Bible, commentaires...). Les 2 prem. t. sont illustrés de nombreux in texto dont des tables, des calendriers ou des diagrammes. Demi-basane du 19e s. (pet. défauts, lég. us., rel. frottées, dos refait et plats de la rel. originelle cons.). Vol. III des commentaires de Bède le Vénérable joint.
SENECA, Lucius Annaeus.- [...] Opera quae exstant omnia; a Justo Lipsio emendata et scholiis illustrata. Editio quarta [...].Antverpiae, ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1652.In-f° : [20 dont portrait et titre gravé]-xxxvi-911 pp. (qqs pet. rouss., qqs traces marg. de crayon).Rel. début 19e s. : plein veau brun, dos plat fleuronné doré et étiq. de veau saumon, roul. dorée cernant les plats, tr. bleues (us., plats fort frottés, coiffe inf. manquante, coins émoussés et presque cornés, mention d`app. coupée sur la garde sup.).Est. : 150/ 200 €Quatrième édition plantinienne, annotée par Juste Lipse (1547-1606) pour la première fois en 1605 et complétée par le théologien louvaniste Libert Froidmont (1587-1653). L`ouvrage contient l`"Apocolocyntosis divi Claudii" (ou transformation de l`empereur Claude en potiron !), ouvrage satirique particulier dans l`oeuvre du grand philosophe. Avec 1 titre gravé figurant e.a. les philosophes Zénon, Cléanthe, Sénèque et Epictète dans un décor architectural et 3 portraits gravés à pleine page par Cornelis Galle d`après Rubens (Lipse en frontispice et Sénèque mourant dans une bassine et en buste) imprimés pour la première fois en 1615. Texte orné de lettrines ornementées et de culs-de-lampe.# BB V-138; # Burchard, Corpus Rubenianum vol. I-30/32 & II-106/113; # Brunet V-276; # Graesse VI-348.▲ Provenance : G. de Roo (livre offert par la "Scholae Erasmianae" en 1825 avec feuille imprimée signée des autorités de l`école et reliée avant le faux titre); Jos van der Steen (ex-libris moderne).ÉDITIONS du XVIIIe siècle18de eeuwse DRUKKEN
(École flamande) - NADAL, Jerónimo.- Evangelicae historiae imagines ex ordine Evangeliorum, quae toto anno in Missae sacrificio recitantur, in ordinem temporis vitae Christi digestae.Antverpiae, [Martinus Nutius], 1593.In-f° : titre gravé-[4 ff. dont 1 bl.]; 153 planches (lég. bruni, qqs pet. taches, qqs déch. marg. aux pl. renforcées).Rel. armoriée de l`époque : plein maroquin rouge, armoiries dorées sur les plats cernés d`un double cadre de plusieurs filets dorés avec armoiries aux angles extérieurs et écoinçons fleuronnés aux petits fers (dont un soleil) aux angles intérieurs, dos fleuronné doré à nerfs, filet à froid sur les remplis, tranches dorées (sans les lacets de fermeture, taches et ombres sur les plats, coins émoussés, mors et coiffes frottés). Sous écrin à fermoir en daim naturel et int. doublé de tissu moiré.Est. : 1.800/ 2.300 €Premier tirage et suite complète de cette oeuvre magistrale sur la vie de Jésus en 153 tableaux dans un décor architectural de style renaissance flamande ou des paysages italianisants réalisés d`après les dessins du peintre romain Bernardo Passaro et de Martin de Vos, gravés par les trois frères Wierix, Jean et Adrien Collaert et Charles de Mallery. Plusieurs fois rééditée, elle est souvent accompagnée (pas le cas ici) des "Adnotationes et meditationes in evangelia..." du père jésuite Jérôme Nadal dit Natalis (Majorque 1507-1580 Rome), paru seulement en 1594.# Mauquoy-Hendrickx, 1989-2121; # Funck 366; # De Backer-Sommervogel V-1518; # Insolera, pp. 135-139; # BT 6376; # Adams N-56; # Machiels N-22.▲ Provenance : famille Le Merchier, souvent citée dans les archives de l`abbaye de Saint-Vaast à Arras (supra-libros armorié; # pas dans Olivier, Hermal et de Roton, de Jonghe, Guigard).● Jolie reliure.
SMALL COLLECTION OF EARLY 20th CENTURY AND LATER POST CARDS includes Rotary Photographic Co. Titanic memorial card `The Ill Fated White Star Liner Titanic` and the words of the hymn `Nearer My God to Thee`, a young Queen Elizabeth II photographed by Dorothy Wilding, views of London, other architectural and topographical, approximately 96 cards in total and two book marks (98)
Georgian stick barometer with full length mercury table, rectangular silvered scale plate and separate thermometer, signed - M. Maggi Fecit, in a mahogany case with ebony stringing, circular reservoir cover with ivory and ebony insert, hinged glazed door and architectural pediment with brass urn finial, 39cm overall height
Nineteenth century mantel clock with French eight day movement striking on a gong, signed - S. Marti & Cie, white enamel dial with floral garland decoration and Arabic numerals, in a gilt metal case of architectural form with classic columns, applied floral swag and filigree borders, on four shaped feet, 32cm overall length
Late eighteenth century Northern longcase clock with eight day movement, white enamel dial with painted bird decoration and fruit and floral spandrels, signed - Collier Eccles, subsidiary second dial, calendar aperture and moon roller, pierced gilt metal hands, in a flame mahogany case with fluted columns and short door, architectural hood with turned columns, swan-neck pediment and central urn finial, 224cm overall height
Late eighteenth century longcase clock with eight day movement, brass break arch dial with engraved centre, brass chapter ring and scroll and foliate spandrels, break arch with scroll and foliate mounts and central cartouche, signed - Jas Richardson Helmsley, in a light oak case with shaped door, hood with plain turned columns and architectural pediment, 202cm overall height
Late eighteenth / early nineteenth century longcase clock with thirty hour movement, twelve inch square brass dial with classical mask spandrels, brass chapter ring and engraved centre, signed - Bagnall Dudley, subsidiary calendar aperture, in an oak case with full length door, hood with square glazed door, plain turned columns with brass capitals and an architectural pediment, 196cm overall height
A pair of watercolours by Giles Sims of architectural subjects together with a further smaller coloured etching by the same artist, an oil painting on board of an open landscape with corn field, signed bottom left Haddrell and with label verso "Vic Haddrell, Wotton-under-Edge", 42 x 60cm, a pair of sepia watercolour studies of shops at Thornbury, etc, signed bottom right Hague, a watercolour of a water mill on the River Mole by Vernon Wildgoose, signed bottom right, 31 x 23cm in gilt frame, etc
A collection of miscellaneous books about art and related subjects, titles include A Sketch Book of Birds by C F Tunnicliffe, Modern Book Illustration in Great Britain and America, published 1931, Face to Face Portraits by Feliks Topolski, etc together with three folders containing illustrations of various architectural details, all contained in red folders with black decoration and gilt lettering entitled "Kunsthistorische Bilderbogen"
Late 19th Century gilt ormolu mantel clock, of architectural form, mounted with a cherub, with floral garland decoration, the circular dial having blue cellular and white roman numerals, with two birds perched below, raised on four scrolling feet and gilt wood stand, twin train movement, 49cm high, together with, pair of matching five branch candelabra raised on gilt wood bases, 48cm high, (3)
(lot of 5) Sepik River style, Papua New Guinea carvings consisting of three architectural elements including two having pronounced facial features including an elephant form nose; together with an adze mounted with a stone blade, and coiled with fibers, largest: 25"l and one Thailand covered basket, 20th century, composed of woven cane and wood, 12" x 10" x 6" some losses Provenance: To benefit the Crocker Museum (Sacramento, CA)Starting Price: $100
Manuel Neri (American, b. 1930), "Chan Chan VI (from Emborados series)" 1971, water-based pigments on paper, signed and dated verso, paper: 14.25" x 21", overall (with frame): 18.25``h x 24.25``w. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner. Note: This lot is from a series of six drawings Manuel Neri created after a trip to Central and South America in 1969. During this time he was fascinated by architectural sites, especially when viewed from above. The title of the series, ``Emborados`` translates as "erased" and refers to the erasure or disappearance of the architectural ruins.We are grateful to Anne Kohs for assisting with this catalog description.Starting Price: $500

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