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![[Animal Dressage] [Polar Bears. Dressage. Circus Hagenbeck] "Polar bear balancing on a ball" Friedländer, Hamburg, 1916. 96 x](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/22e31b51-3022-4a65-8d1e-aea0009b964b/ec9465fe-dbe0-4ed7-9e76-aea000a262f9/468x382.jpg)
Lot 3175
[Animal Dressage] [Polar Bears. Dressage. Circus Hagenbeck] "Polar bear balancing on a ball" Friedländer, Hamburg, 1916. 96 x 71 cm. Lith. no. 6436. Mild toning along folding lines. *The Hagenbeck family consisted of Carl and Wilhelm who initially both managed their own circus. Carl (Sr.) later became particularly known as the founder of the modern day zoos with more natural enclosures for the animals, but also for the 'human zoos' exhibiting 'purely natural' populations such as the Nubians.
![[Animal Dressage] [Polar Bears. Circus Krone] "Polar bear rocking its baby in a crib" Friedländer, Hamburg, 1919. 48 x 71 cm.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/22e31b51-3022-4a65-8d1e-aea0009b964b/c0c247e4-bf2f-4728-bb64-aea000a265d9/468x382.jpg)
![[Animal Dressage] [Various: Tigers. Lions. Bears. Circus Hagenbeck] "Tamer with a tiger, lion, polar bear, and a black panthe](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/22e31b51-3022-4a65-8d1e-aea0009b964b/918764a0-08eb-4e8f-af85-aea000a2a0f3/468x382.jpg)
Lot 3192
[Animal Dressage] [Various: Tigers. Lions. Bears. Circus Hagenbeck] "Tamer with a tiger, lion, polar bear, and a black panther". Friedländer, Hamburg, 1920. 96 x 71 cm. Lith. no. 6984.Folded, some mild creases. *The Hagenbeck family consisted of Carl and Wilhelm who both managed their own circus. Carl later became particularly known as the founder of the modern day zoos with more natural enclosures for the animals, but also for the 'human zoos' exhibiting 'purely natural' populations such as the Nubians, Inuit, and other indigenous people.
![[Animal Dressage] [Various: Bears. Dogs. Elephants. Monkeys. Circus Hagenbeck] "A parade of circus animals" Portrayal of a po](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/22e31b51-3022-4a65-8d1e-aea0009b964b/53bed786-561b-4670-b53a-aea000a2a6a6/468x382.jpg)
Lot 3194
[Animal Dressage] [Various: Bears. Dogs. Elephants. Monkeys. Circus Hagenbeck] "A parade of circus animals" Portrayal of a polar bear and an elephant with drums, a bear playing the trumpet, etc. Friedländer, Hamburg, 1918. 48 x 71 cm. Lith. no. 6736. Some wear along folds, reinforced on verso. *The Hagenbeck family consisted of Carl and Wilhelm who initially both managed their own circus. Carl (Sr.) later became particularly known as the founder of the modern day zoos with more natural enclosures for the animals, but also for the 'human zoos' exhibiting 'purely natural' populations such as the Nubians.
![[Entertainment: Pantomimes, Revues, Variety Shows, etc.] [Rasputin. Polar Bears. Circus Busch] Des aus Sibirien mit Maria Ras](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/22e31b51-3022-4a65-8d1e-aea0009b964b/bb285aa3-5663-45bc-bba5-aea000a48bba/468x382.jpg)
Lot 3356
[Entertainment: Pantomimes, Revues, Variety Shows, etc.] [Rasputin. Polar Bears. Circus Busch] Des aus Sibirien mit Maria Rasputin Der leiblichen Tochter des Wundermönches. Friedländer, Hamburg, 1929. 47 x 36 cm. Lith. no. 8404.Folded.*Maria (1898-1977) was the daughter of Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin. She started working with Circus Busch in 1929, where she performed with her father's impersonators and was thus continually confronted with his life and death. Later she became a lion tamer in the United States at the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, but ended this career after she was attacked by a bear. She stayed in the U.S. until her death, leading a relatively quiet and normal life.
Lot 3088
George Grant Macdonald silver centrepiece bowl, the silver gilt grille set with an oval agate slice, London 1978, 14.5cm Dia. Gross weight 8.69oz 270.3 gmGeorge Grant Macdonald studied silversmithing at the Central School of Arts and Crafts and Sir John Cass School of Art. In 1976 he acquired Bear Lane workshop in Southwark from Gerald Benney.
Lot 105
May (Robert) The accomplisht cook, or The art & mystery of cookery. Wherein the whole art is revealed in a more easie and perfect method, than hath been publisht in any language, fifth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut illustrations in text, including pies, 9pp. advertisements at end, lacking 4 folding woodcut plates (as often), T6 torn, with considerable loss of text, some foxing or staining, lightly browned, 19th century polished calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.318; Cagle 868 (lacking plates); Oxford pp.29-30 (note); Simon BG 1029 (note); Wing M1394], 8vo, Printed for Obadiah Blagrave at the Bear and Star in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1685.⁂ Scarce at auction. Our copy with an interesting related provenance - Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy (1785-1851), owner of a vinegar distillery, philanthropist, and politician. Provenance: H.B.H. Beaufoy; William Foster Reynolds, Carshalton House (engraved bookplates); John L. Marks (modern bookplate).
Lot 99
Oxford copy.- Marnette (Monsieur) The perfect cook: being the most exact directions for the making all kinds of pastes, with the perfect way teaching how to raise, season, and make all sorts of pies, pasties, tarts, and florentines, &c., second edition in English, 3pp. advertisements at end, lacking engraved frontispiece, title torn and repaired, with minor loss, B1 torn and repaired at head, with loss of headline and 2 lines of text recto, A1 (To the reader), contents ff. A2-6, text ff. B1-3 and most ff. in sig. K lower inner corner repaired, To the reader and A2 with loss of a few letters, other ff. with loss of part or whole of the odd letter, final advertisement f. torn and repaired with loss of several letters, trimmed at head, affecting some headlines, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, 20th century polished calf by Lloyd (ink stamp to front endpaper), gilt, spine richly so and with double red morocco labels, little rubbed, g.e., [Cagle 855; Oxford p.28-29 (note); Vicaire 566; Wing M706A], 12mo, Printed for Obadiah Blagrave at the Black Bear and Star in sr. Pauls Church-Yard, over against the Little North Door, 1686.⁂ The Arnold Whitaker Oxford copy of this great cookery rarity. ESTC lists only one copy (NYPL), and this is the only copy we can trace at auction. The first part is a translation of Le Pastissier françois.
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French school of ca. 1730."The nymph Callisto seduced by Jupiter in the form of Diana".Oil on canvas. Relined.Size: 82 x 83.5 cm; 106 x 106 cm (frame).The gestation of the rococo painting takes place in France during the period of the Regency of Philip of Orleans (1715-23), having its stellar period during the reign of Louis XV (1723-74). The style represented the "discovery of freedom", the main idea of the society of the time. It was a hedonistic style of painting, centred on formal beauty and pleasant subjects, reflecting contemporary high society. In contrast to the thematic and formal rigour of the Baroque, Rococo represented colour and sensuality. One of the favourite themes par excellence during this period was love, which became a society game in which the libertine acted as a virtuoso. The game is broken down into four figures: choice, seduction, fall and rupture, all developed at a very fast pace. In the case of this painting, the scene depicted corresponds to the second moment, that of seduction, which was by far the favourite one for painters. The scene depicts the deception of the god Jupiter by the nymph Callisto, an episode narrated by Ovid in the Metamorphoses (Book II). Callisto, a nymph of great beauty and a member of Diana's retinue, was seduced by Jupiter, who took on Diana's features. Pregnant, the nymph tried to hide her condition from the goddess, who, a virgin herself, forced her companions to remain celibate. Jupiter turned her lover into a bear to spare her from punishment but, discovering the deception, Diana shot her with arrows. On her death, Callisto was taken to heaven by Jupiter, who placed her among the constellations and named her Ursa Major. Thus, the composition shows the goddess Diana, goddess of the hunt, with the fourth moon on her head and a quiver on her back. Next to her, Cupid (carrying the bow and arrows) rests on an eagle.The elements indicated are those that help to identify the two figures. Diana, in ancient Roman mythology, was the virgin goddess of the hunt, associated with animals and wild lands (forests, jungles...) and, later, supplanting Luna as the goddess of the hunt (which is why her attributes include the crescent quarter). Callisto was sometimes described as a nymph, and classical mythology considered her to be the daughter of the Pelasgian king Lycaon, as well as part of the court of Artemis or Diana. Ovid ("The Metamorphoses") records one episode in particular that reflects the relationship between the two: it would show here the moment when the goddess discovers that her maiden has become pregnant by Zeus (Jupiter in Roman mythology), who had transformed himself into Diana to get closer to the nymph; or, perhaps, the very moment of the impersonation. This theme has been treated by masters such as Rubens, Dosso Dossi, Palma the Elder, Gaetano Gandolfi, Guglielmo della Porta, Titian (two versions), Boucher, Federico Cervelli, Nicolas René Jollain, etc.
Lot 112
CRANMER (THOMAS)A Defence of the True and Catholike Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Body and Bloud of Our Saviour Christ, title within wide historiated woodcut border, woodcut initials, black letter, lacks final leaf (2G4), title with ink date ('1550') added with other annotations (?by J. Ratcliffe, see footnote) in margins, and strengthened with paper on blank verso of fore-margin, early nineteenth century half calf, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, upper joint weakened [ESTC S109032], small 4to, [Reynold Wolfe, 1550]Footnotes:One of three editions of Archbishop Cranmer's first full-length book to bear his name, a repudiation of the doctrine of transubstantiation were published in the same year. This is the second with catchwords 'ter' at B4r, and 'before' S1r.Provenance: ?John Ratcliffe (1707-1776, book collector), his ink annotations in margins of title-page.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 219
OZ MAGAZINEA complete run of the 48 issues of the London edition of 'OZ', illustrated throughout, some issues with folding posters (Che Guevera, Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Robert Crumb's 'Honeybunch', Oz Trial, etc.) and inserts, publisher's pictorial wrappers, 4to and folio, Privately Printed, 1967-1973; together with 10 additional issues, with variant colours, and a few items of 'OZ' ephemera (quantity)Footnotes:A GOOD COMPLETE RUN OF OZ, the most iconic and controversial counter-culture magazine of the sixties and early seventies, covering subjects such as feminism, gay rights, racism, sex, drugs, rock music and the Vietnam War.The magazine's use of visually striking graphic art and innovative printing techniques (including fold-out posters, metallic foils and new fluorescent inks), and provocative photographic images, was accompanied by equally provocative editorial content. Issue 28 (the 'School Kids' issue), including a very adult Rupert Bear, led to obscenity charges being brought in 1971 against the three editors, a trial described by John Mortimer, counsel for the defence, as 'standing at the crossroads of our liberty, at the boundaries of our freedom to think and say and draw and write what we please'. The three were found guilty, but their convictions were overturned following appeal. This set includes the Che Guevara, 'Outcry! People's Park', Robert Crumb's 'Honeybunch/Jail Bait', Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin posters, and a few other inserts. Related material includes an Oz Magazine invitation to the Obscenity Trial, a Campaign sticker for the Oz Obscenity Trial (yellow and red featuring 'Honeybunch'), and 2 posters (yellow and blue variants) for the Friends of Oz 'Independence Day Carnival.. to support the defendants in the Oz Obscenity Trial'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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