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▴ After Pablo Picasso'Femme au Fauteuil Canne' (1979-82)lithograph in colours on Arches paper, signed 'Collection Marina Picasso' in pencil l.r. and numbered '75/500' l.l., bears blind stamp76 x 55.6cm, unframedSold with a certificate of authenticity stating that this is 'A limited edition after a work by Pablo Picasso'.After Picasso's death in 1973, his granddaughter, Marina Picasso, authorised the printing of this series of lithographs. They were created from paintings by Picasso and were printed by Laurent Marcel Salinas.Condition ReportA crease to lower left corner, otherwise in good condition.

▴ Laurence Stephen Lowry RA (1887-1976)Level crossing, Burton-on-Trentoffset lithograph in colours, signed 'L S Lowry' in pencil l.r., with Fine Art Trade Guild blind stampimage 41 x 57cmCondition ReportPrint is faded, overall blue in tone. A stain to edge where mount has been. See additional images.

▴ Francis Bacon (1909-1992)Portrait of John Edwardslithograph in colours, with Estate blind stamp, signed 'Francis Bacon' and numbered 8/50 in pencilimage 80 x 60cmsheet 99.5 x 69.5cmCondition ReportFramed size 105 x 83cmViewed out of glazed frame, in good condition. Sheet size: 99.5 x 69.5cm. Full sheet, not trimmed. Images of the work out of the frame now available on our website. 

Bartlett (W Henry), The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, engr frontis, vig tp and 22 plts, tissue gds, ge, green blind stamped cl gt, 4to, nd, and three facsimile copies of the Domesday Book.......Relating to Devonshire, blind stamped cl gt, fo, 1862, (4)

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE TABLECIRCA 1800The rectangular top above blind fretwork carved frieze fitted with a drawer on pierced channelled square supports74cm high, 96cm wide, 47cm deep Provenance: Probably the Messel family collection at NymansUntil removed to the Drawing Room at Holmstead Manor and thence by descent to Oliver MesselSupplied by Oliver Messel to Frederick and Phyllis Watkins for Flaxley Abbey   Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useOld splits and cracks, some chips and losses, one spandrel has a broken element that is present but detached from the lotThe drawer may well have been an after addition, cut from the frieze and later linedThe top is a little wide for the base, there are plug holes along the leading edgeThere are no feet, the angle section supports terminating on the groundOverall solid and stablePlease refer to additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer

A BLACK AND GILT LACQUERED LONGCASE CLOCK With eight-day bell striking movement, the 13inch arched brass dial with silvered Roman numeral chapter ring and subsidiary date dial, inscribed Daniel Kedden, Little Britain, London, the arch with automaton panel inscribed 'Sic transit Gloria Mundi', the case with arch and moulded cornice surmounted by three flaming torch finials, the blind fret carved frieze with arched glazed door above an arched rectangular trunk door on panelled base with moulded plinth255cm high overallProvenance: Formerly the Messel family collection in the Long Drawing Room at Nymans Removed to the Drawing Room at Holmstead Manor in 1947 after the disastrous fire and thence by descent to Oliver Messel Supplied by Oliver Messel to Frederick and Phyllis Watkins for Flaxley AbbeyCondition Report: Movement is complete but in dirty neglected condition hence requires a clean/overhaul before putting to use. Although the movement is contemporary with the dial and case there is evidence in the dial plate indicating that the dial was originally drilled/laid-out for a different movement hence it is most likely that the present movement is a replacement fitted early in the clocks life. The dial has visible dial feet/filled holes as well as some slight casting cracks to the matted centre and there is an additional calendar aperture behind the signature plaque. The arch spandrels have spare holes behind suggesting that they may be replacements. The dial finish is dull/tarnished otherwise dial is in sound condition.The case is probably original to the dial but not to the movement. The hood is lacking its domed caddy superstructure and the left hand section of fret to the arched frieze. The base would have had a double moulded skirt which is now no longer present. The left hand throat moulding is currently detached; the trunk door is lacking its upper clamp (applied to the inside of the panel behind the arch) - does not affect the appearance/integrity of the door. Otherwise case is in sound original unrestored condition but with overall wear, flaking, bumps, scuffs shrinkage and wear commensurate with age and use.Clock has two lead weights, case key, pendulum but no winder. Condition Report Disclaimer

A DUTCH EBONISED, MARQUETRY AND BONE INLAID CENTRE TABLEFIRST HALF 19TH CENTURYThe rectangular top inlaid with birds among floral cartouches and conforming spandrels and decorations to the borders above a blind frieze drawer, the square tapering legs similarly inlaid and headed by gilt foliate collars and joined by a waved platform stretcher75.5cm high, 128cm wide, 74cm deep Provenance: Probably the Messel family collection at NymansIn the Drawing Room at Holmstead Manor and thence by descent to Oliver MesselPurchased from Oliver Messel by Frederick and Phyllis Watkins for Flaxley Abbey  A related example can be found in the Duke Buccleuch's collection at Boughton see O, Brackett, 'An Encyclopaedia of English Furniture',1927, pp. 95.  Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useOld splits and cracks, some chips and losses,Whilst catalogued as first half 19th century, this is probably most likely to be from the mid part of the 19th centurySome rubbing and wear to the giltwood elementsScratches to the top surfaceSome areas of damage/loss to the veneers/inlaysThis has no handles by design, the blind drawer has a hidden handle to the undersidePlease refer to additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  History.- Thoyras (Rapin de) Acta Regia: or, an account of the Treaties, Letters and Instruments between the Monarchs of England and Foreign Powers, 4 vol., first edition, engraved portraits, inscriptions of Thomas Crawley-Boevey, light marks and occasional foxing, contemporary gilt-ruled calf, rubbed, upper board detached to vol. IV, joints cracked to upper and lower boards, spine ends and corners bumped, printed for J. Darvey et al, 1726; The History of England, as well ecclesiastical as civil, Translated by N. Tindal, 15 vol., titles printed in red and black, 30 engraved royal portraits after G. Virtue, 12 folding genealogical or chronological tables, 4 folding maps, occasional light foxing, internally clean and crisp, uniform contemporary full mottled calf, rubbed, speckled edges, extremities bumped, printed for James and John Knapton, 1726-1731 § Tindal (N.) The Continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England; From the Revolution to the Present Times, 9 vol. only, (i.e. vol. XIII, being 1st of Continuation, vol. XIV, XV, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXIX), engraved portrait frontispieces, browning, light marks, uniform contemporary full leather, printed by Assignment from Mr. Knapton by T. Osborne et al, 1758-1759; with others related, 8vo, 12mo, (46)         Condition Report: Others Include - Napier (Lieut, Gen. Sir William) English Battles and Seiges in the Peninsula, new edition, portrait frontispiece of the author, inscription to ff., 'J H C Boevy from his affectionate friend C H Irvine'1866 § Hooke (N.) The Roman History from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth, fourth and later editions, incomplete in 6 vol., comprises: vol. II-IV, VII, IX, XI, 4 folding maps, a few with armorial bookplate of Sir Wm. Strachan, light marks, occasional light foxing, heavier to preliminaries, contemporary calf, rubbed, decorative spines with morocco panels titled in gilt, printed for J. and R. Tonson et al, and J. and F. Rivington et al, 1766-1771 § Johnson (Samuel) The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. A Tale, additional engraved vignette title, 1817, 3 engraved plates from the designs of Richard Westall, light foxing, occasional staining, contemporary full tan straight-grain leather, tooled in blind, gilt, rubbed, extremities rubbed and bump, John Sharpe, 1818 § More, (Cresacre) The Life of Sir Thomas More, Kt., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of Sir Thomas More by G. Vertue, title printed in red and black, ownership inscription of Thomas Crawley Boevy, browning to preliminaries, contemporary calf, rubbed, decorative spine, gilt, with leather panel titled in gilt, raised bands, worn, spine ends and corners bumped, joints cracked to upper and lower boards, all edges red, 8vo, printed for James Woodman and David Lyon, 1726 § Aspin (J.) A Complete System of Chronology; or, Universal History Abridged, two parts bound in one, first edition, engraved frontispiece, an introductory discourse on the foundation of chronology, two chronological tables of Ancient and Modern History, tables of the sovereigns of Europe, browning and light foxing mostly to preliminaries, armorial bookplate, ownership inscription of Thomas Crawley Boevey, rebacked contemporary calf, gilt, boards cocked, spine rubbed and bumped, corners bumped, 8vo, A, H. Whellier, 1812 § Clarendon (Edward) The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. 2 vol. only (of 6) vol. 1, part 1, vol. 2, part 1, armorial bookplates of Samuel Fludyer and Leonard Charles Rudolph Messel, Oxford, 1712 § Willert (P. F.) Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots in France, frontispiece, plates, portraits, facsimile, 2 genealogical tables, contemporary inscription to ff., 1893 § Rollin (M.) The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Translated from the French vol.1 only (of 8) twelfth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, 1 engraved plate, 4 folding maps, 1813 § Whyte Melville (G.J.) The Interpreter A Tale of the War, originally published in 'Fraser Magazine', 1858 § Kincaid (Captain J.) Adventures in the Rifle Brigade in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands, from 1809 to 1815, second edition, 1838 § Prescott (William H.) History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, 2 vol. bound as one, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of Philip the Second, foxed and marked, contemporary ownership inscription 'Littleton House, Wick, Worcester, Prize for Classics. G.B. Crawley-Boevey, June 16, 1857', browning, light foxing, contemporary dark-green morocco, gilt, spine ends and corners bumped, g.e., 1855 § Macaulay (Lord) The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, copyright edition, Collection of British Authors, vol. 543, vol. X, Leipzig, Tachnitz, 1861.   Condition Report Disclaimer

A REPRODUCTION GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY SERPENTINE CHEST OF FOUR LONG DRAWERS, with a brushing slide, blind fretwork to front corners, on bracket feet, width 68cm x depth 43cm x height 79cm (condition:-veneer loss to top back of the chest, surface scratches to the top and feet)

CURTAINS, CURTAIN POLES AND BOLTS OF FABRIC ETC, to include a pair of Dunelm lined eyelet curtains, width 117cm drop 137cm, Dunelm 168cm x 137cm, pair of Fusion curtains 168cm x 137cm, Fusion 228cm x 228cm, Curtina curtains 168cm x 229cm, Voile panels 145cm x 91cm, John Lewis Dandelion clocks 100cm blind, assorted poles and curtain tracks, seven bolts of fabric of various lengths, to include a denim style fabric, purple faux fur fabric, machine woven lace style fabric etc, the curtains don't appear to have been used

A Victorian chest of four drawers, The rectangular top with blind frieze drawer over three long drawers and raised on bracket feet.

A Victorian mahogany mirror back sideboard, the large mirror plate with scroll carved cresting and brackets over the inverted break front top with blind drawer, dog kennel and cupboards below, 193CM. X. 184CM.

A Victorian mahogany washstand with three quarter gallery over two blind drawers, raised on barley twist columns linked by a shaped and pierced under tier 86CM. X. 104CM. Some damages.

A Victorian mahogany serpentine fronted mirror back sideboard, the large mirror with scrolled carved cresting over the Serpentine fronted top with blind frieze drawer and cupboards below 160CM. X 180CM

A Victorian figured mahogany pedestal sideboard, having three blind frieze drawers over arched panelled doors with scrolled pendants. 98CM. X 189 CM

A mid 19th century burr walnut credenza, the top with floral cast gallery over twin glazed doors enclosing two adjustable shelves, flanked by two cupboard doors, each with two water leaf carved split pilasters framing a blind fret carved panel enclosing two further adjustable shelves, standing on a plinth base, H94cm, W183cm, D46cm

•Calum Colvin R.S.A. (Scottish, b. 1961), Blind Ossian II, limited edition digital print on canvas, signed verso, dated (20)02 and edition number 2/10. 124cm by 100cm. Note: this work forms part of a series of large digital prints on canvas based on James McPherson's "The Poems of Ossian and Related Works" (1765). These works formed the core of Colvin's Exhibition "Ossian, Fragments of Ancient Poetry" commissioned by the National Galleries of Scotland in 2002. This lot may be subject to ARR.

Terence Cuneo - Stabling for Giants, the Locomotive Depot, Boulogne, limited edition print and pencil signed to the margin and numbered 495/500, with Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, 48x71cm and published by Sladmore Gallery, 1973

A 19th Century Mahogany Serpentine Fronted Chest of "Chippendale" design, stamped 'Bertram & Sons, Dean St., Oxford St. 03195', with moulded edge to top, blind fret carved cant corners, fitted cupboard enclosed by pair of doors with twin dummy drawer fronts, two long drawers under, on bracket feet, 29ins wide x 20ins deep x 30ins high Note: The firm of William Bertram & Son were established in 1830 and trading on Dean Street from 1839. Generally thought of as both retailers and cabinet makers. Documented examples of furniture retailed by Bertram and Son include various models in the fashionable French styles and 19th century revival pieces of the finest quality.

An Edwardian Mahogany Cased "Grandmother" Clock, the 8.25ins square brass dial with silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals and with engraved dial centre to the eight day two train movement striking on a bell, contained in case inlaid with stringings, satinwood bandings and fan motifs, with central moulded cornice, blind fret carved frieze and turned columns to hood on plinth base with bracket feet, 70ins high

A George III Figured Mahogany Rectangular Tea Table of Chippendale Design, the plain folding top with ribbon and floral carved edges, blind fret carved frieze and carved square chamfered legs with concertina action to support, 29.25ins wide x 14.5ins deep x 28.5ins high

A George III Figured Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase of Chippendale Design, the upper part with fretted and moulded cornice, the frieze carved with leaf scroll ornament, fitted three shelves enclosed by pair of astragal glazed doors, the base with blind frett carved frieze, fitted secretaire drawer with twin dummy drawer front, enclosing pigeon holes and nine small drawers, three long drawers under, on bracket feet, 43ins wide x 20ins deep x 87ins high Provenance: A. Fredericks (Chelsea) Ltd, 256-267 Fulham Road, London SW3 - Purchased 5th February 1957Condition ReportSome light scattered scratching to the whole and some uneven fading to the front. Slight shrinkage to the veneer commensurate with age. To the left hand side of the top there is a small area of repair around 2ins diameter and to the top left hand side there is a small area of repair around 1ins diameter.  The moulding on the top of the base on the right hand side has a small area of shrinkage running diagonally around 1ins long. To the front left hand edge of the base there is a small area of shrinkage running horizontally around 2ins long. The carved frieze on the right hand side, the moulding is slightly loose but present.  All the drawers run free and easily with minimal resistance.  The key is present and the locking mechanisms work.  To the left hand side of the base there is a line of dark staining running vertically from one end to the other. There are two shrinkage splits, the first from the base running vertically around 7ins long, and there is a dark impression running horizontally from around the centre on the left hand side around 10ins long.  General wear to the feet commensurate with age.  Overall the item is structurally sound with little to no movement in the joints. 

A dark Mahogany Chiffonier base having a pair of opposing elegantly glazed doors with an upper frieze drawer with blind fretwork details and standing on elegant canted cabriole legs, 47'' wide x 15 3/4'' deep x 41'' high.

A 19thc mahogany card table the fold over top opens to baize interior on blind fret work frieze and supports, fold out stretcher creating a square base (when open, 71cm x 91cm x 93cm)

An early 20thc oak pot cupboard the hinged top over blind fret work detailed panels to sides single frieze drawer to front with dividers to inside on turned supports united by undertier, (71cm x 36cm x 35cm)

[SCOTLAND] [MACKINTOSH (William)] An Essay on Ways and Means for Inclosing, Fallowing, Planting, &c. Scotland, 8vo, pp. lii, [4], 355 [1, errata], engr. folding diagram, contemp. calf panelled in blind, 1st Edn., Edinburgh, 1729The author wrote the book whilst a prisoner in Edinburgh Castle.

M[ARKHAM] (G[ervase]) The English Husbandman, drawne in Two Bookes, and Each Booke into Two Parts, 4to, 2 parts in 1, woodcut illustrations in text of knot gardens, etc., 19th c. bookplate of William, Earl Fitzwilliam on front pastedown, contemp. blind-ruled calf (rebacked), L., Sheares, 1635, bound with: The Pleasures of Princes, 1635STC 17358. The second edition, bringing together for the first time Books I and II of 'The English Husbandman', originally published separately in 1613 and 1614. Included in Book II, but with a separate title-page and pagination, is a treatise on angling and cock fighting, 'The Pleasures of Princes, or, Good Mens Recreations'.

PLAT (Sir Hugh) The Jewel House of Art and Nature: containing Divers Rare and Profitable Inventions, together with sundry new Experiments in the Art of Husbandry . . . Distillation . . Whereunto is added, A Rare and Excellent Discourse of Minerals, Stones, [etc.] by D.B., sm. 4to, pp. [8], 232 (recte, some mispagination), sprinkled calf with acorn cornerpieces in blind, rebacked, 2nd Edn., L., Alsop, 1653Wing P2390; Duveen 476; Bitting p.373; Cagle 935; Simon BG 1186; Kress 889; Goldsmiths' 1294

[YOUNG (Arthur) The Farmer’s Letters to the People of England, 2 vols, 8vo, tree calf gilt, ducal armorial in blind to covers, 3rd Edn., L., 1771; another copy, the 1st Edn., calf (rebacked, lib. blindstamps), L., 1768; The Farmer’s Guide in Hiring and Stocking Farms, 2 vols, calf, 1st Edn., 1770; Farmer’s Calendar, 2 plates, 6th Edn., L., 1805; A Six Week Tour Through the Southern Counties of England, 1st Edn., 1768; The Farmers Tour Through the East of England, 4 vols, 1st Edn., L., 1771; A Tour of Ireland, 2 vols, rebacked, 1st Edn.,L., 1780; A Six Month Tour Through the North of England, 4 vols, recent quarter calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1771; A Course of Experimental Agriculture, 4 vols, recent half calf, Dublin, 1771; Rural Oeconomy, calf, 1st Edn., L., 1770 (22)

[ESTIENNE (Charles) & LIEBAULT (Jean)] Maison Rustique, or the Country Farme, . . . Also a shorte collection of the hunting of the hart, wilde bore, faulconrie, sm. 4to, pp. [32], 901, [27], woodcut illus., slight worming to inner margins Aa6-Cc4, Mm6-Nn8, clean tear at foot of Oo5, early 19th c. blind-tooled calf, L., Printed by Arnold Hatfield for John Norton & John Bill, 1606Second English edition. The Schwerdt / Crossman / Larpent copy (bookplates). Schwerdt, I, p. 166.

A 19th century mahogany box with brass bands protective corners to the hinged lid, and inset a blind cartouche, 22cm x 13cm x 10cm

Dapper, Olfert: Gedenkwaerdig Bedryf Der Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Maetschappye, op de Kuste en in het Keizerrijk van Taising of Sina. Beneffens een Beschryving van geheel Sina. 3 Tle. in 1 Bd. Amsterdam: J. van Meurs 1670. 31 x 20 cm. Mit 1 doppelblattgr. Kupferkte. und 38 t. gefalt. und doppelblattgr. Kupfertafeln sowie 57 Textkupfer. 3 Bll., S. (3)- 504, 3Bll.; 1 Bl., 263 SS., 1 nn. S. Ldr. mit Rt., Blind- und Goldpr., blindgepr. Mittelstück. (Rücken brüchig. Ecken stark bestoßen. Teils etwas altersfleckig. Paginierungsfehler.) Landwehr VOC 544. Löwendahl I, 145. - Re-Edition im Jahr der Erstausgabe mit den vier Tafeln des zweiten Teiles, die im Bericht an den Buchbinder erwähnt sind. Der Bericht über die zweite und dritte Gesandtschaftsreise. Als dritter Teil ist Dappers landskundliche Schrift als Anhang beigefügt. Die Tafeln mit Ansichten, Genreszenen, Flora, Fauna usw. - "This work reproduces some of the Koloniaal Archief documents on 1662-1664 and on the Van Hoorn embassy with slight changes and adds some documents that have not been preserved in manuscript" (Löwend.)

[Schwabe, Johann Joachim, Hrsg.]: Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande; oder Sammlung aller Reisebeschreibungen ... Bd. XIX. Leipzig: Arkstee und Merkus 1769. 24,3 x 20,2 cm. Mit 36 (15 gefalt.) Kupferkarten, -tafeln und Plänen. L, 3 Bll., 558 SS., 17 Bll. Ldr. mit goldgepr. Rs. und blind- und schwarzgepr. Deckeleinfassung. Titel und Karten gestempelt.(Einband berieben. Leicht gebräunt und gebrauchs- bzw. altersfleckig. Tafel 2 koloriert, ausgeschnitten und auf angefalztem Bl. montiert, Tafel 14 mit größerem Ausriss, weitere Tafeln mit teils hinterklebten Randeinrissen. 1 Bl. (SS. 223/224) mit ausgeschnittenen Buchstaben im w. Rand).VD18 90867718. Cox I, 32. - Beinhaltet Reiseberichte über Island, der Insel Jean Mayen oder der Dreyeinigkeits-Insel, Reise nach Kamtschatka durch Sibirien, Nachricht von Samojedien und von den Ostiaken, Reise nach Beresow; u.a. mit einer Karte von Island, der Insel Jan Mayen und zwei Karten von Sibirien. - Titelbl. und einige Tafeln mit Bibliotheksstempeln des Geographischen Instituts der Brandenburgischen Landeshochschule.

Johnston, Robert: Travels through parts of the Russian empire and the country of Poland; along the southern shores of the Batlic. London: Cox and Baylis for Stockdale 1815. 26,8 x 20,5 cm. Mit 2 gest. Karten, 1 Hz.-Taf. und 20 kol. Aquatintatafeln. 1 Bl., VII SS., 1 nn S., XIV, 1 Bl., SS. 17-460. Rotes Ldr. mit Rt. und reicher Rv., blind- und goldgepr. schmuckvoller Deckeleinfassung; Goldschnitt.(Einband berieben und bestoßen. Hinterer Deckel mit Fehlstelle, welche vor der Prägung mit Leder überklebt wurde. Tafeln teils mit Abklatsch, sowohl der Abb. als auch des Textes. Stellenweise wellig, gebräunt und stockfleckig).Lowndes III, 1223. Tooley 286. - Ohne Tafelverzeichnis (vgl. Tooley). Die Tafeln teilw. verbunden, so die Tafel von Kopenhagen als Frontispiz (statt S.18) und das Frontispiz, betitelt Flying Mountain, gegen S.160 gebunden. - Mit Kostümtafeln und Ansichten von Kopenhagen, Hamburg, Stralsund, Tilsit, St. Petersburg, Moskau, Smolensk u.a.

Sandys, George: A relation of a journey begun An. Dom: 1610. Foure bookes. Containing a description of the Turkish Empire, of Aegypt, of the Holy Land, of the remote parts of Italy, and Ilands adioyning. The third edition. London: (T. Cotes) for Ro: Allot 1627. 27,5 x 18 cm. Mit gest. Titel, einer teilkol. Faltkarte, 1 Falttafel und 47 Textkupfern (davon 2 blattgroß). Mod. blind-, gold- und schwarzgepr. Ldr. mit Rs.(Einband etwas berieben und fleckig. Kupfertitel und Faltkte. komplett auf Papier aufgezogen und neu angefalzt. Kte. knapp beschnitten und mit diversen Randdefekten und Papierhautverletzungen. Die Falttafel auf S. 25 (statt S.32) mit Textverlust montiert. Textkupfer auf S.165 eingeklebt. Mehrere Bll. mit teils hinterklebten Rissen bzw. Löchern. Ohne w. Bl. am Schluss. Gebräunt und stellenweise etwas feucht- bzw. gebrauchsfleckig).STC 21728. Cox I, S.206. - Das Faltkupfer zeigt eine Ansicht von Istanbul.

Two rolls of fabric, a roller blind and an oval wall mirror.

A wooden slatted blind, 47'' wide.

After Douglas Adams (1853-1920), two engravings of Sea Trout Fishing and Salmon Fishing. The first with blind stamp FRB and the second published by Thomas McClean 1892, framed, 70cm x 46cm exc. frame

After Cecil Aldin (1870-1935), two lithographs of horse races. Each artist proof signed lower left in pencil, both published by Richard Wyman & Co, each bearing blind stamp with Artist's Proof No. 327, framed, 36.8cm x 64cm exc.frame (2)

Marchesinus (Johannes) Mammotrectus super Bibliam, collation: A-C8; a10; b-y8; 1 28; 310, double column, 228 ff. (including initial and final blanks), 39 lines and headline, Gothic type, rubricated throughout with alternating blue and red Lombard initials,, A1r richly illuminated with a 7-line initial 'I' in gold and colours with opaque white highlights, a historiated initial 'F' (beginning of the Epistle of St Jerome) also in gold and colours with a representation of St. Ambrose, flourished in red and green, four-sided filigree-work border with tendrils and flowers, gold dots and individual thorn leaves also in gold, and a medallion of green laurel leaves, a red infield and a flowering tree in green and red, occasional light damp-staining to head, the odd patch of light marginal soiling, ink library stamps to A2r and n6v, ink inscriptions trimmed from earlier endpapers and laid onto pastedowns, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, possibly a remboitage, with circular pelican and egg-shaped lily stamps, brass clasps, early repairs to spine ends, worm holes to covers, pastedowns and endpapers renewed, preserved in custom drop-back box, 4to (210 x 160mm.), Venice, Franciscus Renner de Heilbronn & Nicolaus de Frankfordia, 1476.⁂ First Venetian edition of this manual for the clergy, containing etymological and grammatical explanations of difficult words in the Bible, along with the liturgical hours, arranged in the order of the Bible and the church year. It is one of the most important Franciscan texts of the later Middle Ages. Our copy with a finely illuminated leaf in an Italian hand. The Mammotrectus was written between 1279 and 1297 as a manual for the clergy, containing etymological and grammatical explanations of difficult words in the Bible along with the liturgical hours, arranged in the order of the Bible and the church year. Very popular during the 16th century, this work quickly became a classic among Catholic priests, and was as such subject to repeated attacks by Luther and protestant theologians.Provenance: "Comparatus sum anno Domini M.V.20" (ink note laid onto rear pastedown); "Duplum Bibliotheca regiae Monac(ensis)" (ink note laid onto front pastedown); Franciscan monastery of Riva del Guarda (ink library stamps); H. Legel (bookplate). Literature: BMC V, 194; HC 10557; Goff M-236; GW M20827; Bod-inc M-083; BSB-Ink 155.050; ISTC im00236000.

Augsburg binding.- Petrus de Palude. Sermones Thesauri novi de sanctis, collation: a b6 c-h8.6 i-m6 n-q8.6 r-t6 v8 x-z6 A8 B6 C8 D-F6 G-K8.6, 255 ff. (of 256, lacking final blank), b6 blank, 53 lines, Gothic type, initial spaces with guide-letters, opening initial 'R' on c1r in green on a gold ground, marginal flourish at foot in blue, green and pink and surrounded by 7 bezants (dulled), other initials in red, occasional early ink marginalia, the odd small marginal hole, spotting or foxing, some staining, occasional minor marginal worming, mostly light browning, contemporary ornately blind-stamped panelled calf from an Augsburg workshop [Kyriss 84, plate 171], tooled with a hunting roll, and rosette, star and other tools, title tooled on front cover, spine in compartments and tooled with palmettes, metal center- and corner-pieces, remains of metal clasps, foot of spine worn, head of spine with short split either side (?repaired), some loss of leather to lower cover, rubbed and scuffed, folio (276 x 191mm.; binding 284 x 202), Strasbourg, Martin Flach, 1493.⁂ A rare copy in commerce of this collection of sermons by the French theologian and Archbishop Palude. Here in an attractive unsophisticated contemporary Augsburg binding. Provenance: Robert Raydl, Dominican (1498 inscription to front pastedown recording the sale of the book to him by a pastor Christophor of ?Gravenkirchen). Literature: Goff P-516; BSB-Ink S-335; GW M41815.

Bible, German.- Biblia, Das ist die gantze heylige Schrifft: Deutsch Auffs new zugericht, translated by Martin Luther, 3 parts in 1, collation: ❧8 A-Z, Aa- Zz, Aaa-Xxx6 Yyy4 : A-Z, aa-yy6 zz4: [*]6 Aa-Zz, Aaa-Ggg6 Hhh4, 3Y4 blank, Gothic letter, two titles printed in red and black, numerous full-page and smaller woodcut illustrations after Lucas Cranach, Georg Lemberger and Hans Brosamer, historiated woodcut initials, woodcut illustration of the ascension to final imprimatur f., light toning to title and a few other leaves but very clean generally, contemporary German blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, brass fore-edge clasps, "Die Gantz Bibel" stamp to upper cover, spine ends and corners repaired, endpaper renewed, folio (310 x 203 mm.), Nuremberg, Johann vom Berg & Ulrich Neuber, 1550.⁂ A scarce edition of Luther's translation, richly illustrated with numerous fine woodcuts.Provenance: Sir William Stirling-Maxwell (large bookplate); acquired from Lathrop C. Harper, 1979; Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow (book label, sold their sale, Christies, New York, April 2013).Literature: Adams B1173; VD 16 ZV 1483; this edition not in Darlow & Moule.

Language.- Trost (Martin) Grammatica Ebræa Generalis, cui Chaldæo-Syriasmus Collectus..., sig. A bound before title, browned, Wittenberg, Johann Röhner, 1637 bound with Waser (Caspar) Grammatica Syra, duobus libris methodice explicata, second edition, text in Latin & Syriac, title with woodcut ornament, [Smitskamp 289], Leiden, Raphelengius, 1619 and Seidel (Caspar) Tres Manipuli Linguæ Sanctæ, double column, Hamburg, Jacob Rebenlin, 1638 and Zeker Rab. Memoria Multa, translated into Latin by Benjamin ben Immanuel Musaphia, Hamburg, Jacob Rebenlin, 1638 and Eclogae Sacrae Novi Testamenti Syricae, Graecae, Latinae..., Jena, 1637, manuscript copy in Latin and Syriac, 92pp. inter-leaved, [c.1638], together 5 works in 1 vol., some browning, staining or spotting, contemporary blind-stamped vellum-backed wooden boards, lacking clasps, upper joint split, but holding firm, vellum soiled, rubbed, 4to⁂ An excellent sammelband of works relating to Syriac, Hebrew, and other languages, including a 17th century manuscript copy. Smitskamp says of the second mentioned that it 'is handsomely printed in the best of the Raphelengius tradition, with the Syriac serto types in clear impression'.

Quakers.- Davis (Lydia, compiler) Album of Quaker manuscripts & original art, including autograph contributions by notable Quakers such as Jeremiah Wiffin (an undated initialled copy of his abolitionist poem 'Appeal for the Injured African'), Thomas Pole (6 small fine original drawings of rural scenes on 2 sheets, and a set of initials for Lydia Davis) Thomas Shillitoe (a religious rumination, Tottenham, 1833), and Joseph Storrs Fry (a religious quotation), also a pencil drawing of 'Eatington [Ettington, Warwickshire] Meeting House', possibly by a Sarah Lowe, botanical watercolours, and various copied Quaker writings, occasional spotting or staining, contemporary blind-stamped and gilt black calf, corners worn, rubbed, especially the joints, small 4to, [c. 1800-60 (mostly 1820-45)].⁂ An interesting album of Quaker material compiled by Lydia Davis, of Alstone Green, Gloucestershire.

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Hardyng (John) The chronicle of Ihon Hardyng, from the firste begynnyng of Englande, vnto the reigne of kyng Edward the fourth wher he made an end of his chronicle, 2 parts in 1, black letter, title to part 2 within woodcut architectural border, woodcut decorative initials, some criblé, final verso with woodcut printer's device (with early ink inscriptions around it), contemporary ink note to lower margin of G6v, lacking title to part 1 (supplied in good facsimile), Oo4 torn and repaired, with loss of text, a few ff. with marginal repairs, occasionally affecting the odd letter, some staining / water-staining and spotting, lightly browned, 19th century ornately blind-stamped calf over boards, rebacked in 20th century calf in compartments with red morocco label, corners worn, covers rubbed, g.e., [STC 12767], 8vo, Richard Grafton, January, 1543.⁂ Grafton appended a continuation in prose taken from work by Sir Thomas More and Polydore Vergil to cover English history between 1461 and 1509. There is another edition with the same date (cf. STC 12766.7).Provenance: 'Quaritch 1930 £57-10-0' (pencil note to front free endpaper).

Henry VIII's Primer.- Church of England. The Primer, set foorth by the Kynges maiestie and his clergie, to be taught lerned, & read: and none other to be vsed throughout all his dominions, first edition, black letter, printed in red and black, title and later ink ms. additions within woodcut ornamental border, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, some criblé, F3 blank, lacking H4, fragment only of final f. (2L2), title frayed at head, wormed and with repair verso, ⁂1 3 lines of text obliterated and with 17th century note next to them, L1 lower margin torn and with large repair, M1 lower margin torn away, affecting signature mark, M4 torn with loss of text, tears, occasional wormholes / small traces, some water-staining and soiling, occasional spotting, lightly browned, later endpapers, later mottled calf, spine in compartments, ?later blind-stamped decoration, rubbed, [STC 16034], small 4to, [VVithin the precinct of the late dissolued house of the] Gray friers by Richard Grafton printer to the Princes grace, [29th May, 1545]. sold not subject to return. ⁂ The first edition of the first Primer in English, which was authorised by the king and prepared under his supervision. Rare in any condition, with no copy of this first edition traced at auction. Indeed, we find only a handful of later issues of 1545 or 1546 sold since the beginning of the 20th century.

Sombre Binding.- Booke of Common Prayer (The)..., title within woodcut border, Robert Barker, by the Assignes of John Bill, 1636, bound with Bible, English. The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Newly Translated out of the Original Greek, damp-staining to head of final few gatherings, [Wing B2292], by the Assignes of John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1675, together 2 works in 1 vol., double-column, ruled in red, 18th century ink inscriptions of members of the Kent family where front free endpaper endpaper peeled away, extensive pencil notes to front free endpaper and 3A4 (final blank), some leaves trimmed close at foot, with very occasional loss to ruled border or a word of text, the odd marginal chip or short tear, causing loss to a few words of 2Y2, some browning and light soiling, contemporary black morocco sombre binding, tooled in blind and decorated with tulip heads, leafy sprays and vases with sprays of flowers, remains of some gilt to centre and corner pieces (brighter to lower cover), rubbed at joints and extremities, 8vo.

Killigrew (Thomas) Comedies, and tragedies, first edition, second issue (with the final two sectional titles cancelled and replaced with those bearing Herringman's imprint), engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Faithorne after W. Sheppard, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, 19th century ink ms. 'Memoir of Mr. Thomas Killigrew' to blank verso of title and lower margin of 'To the reader', portrait outer margin trimmed to within image and laid down, K2 hole within text, with loss of 2 words recto and a few letters verso, E4 small section from upper blank corner, stained, some spotting, lightly browned, antique style blind-stamped panelled calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Wing K450; Pforzheimer 571], folio, Printed [by John Macock] for Henry Herringman, at the sign of the Anchor in the lower walk of the New-Exchange, 1664.

Pett (Sir Peter) The Happy Future State of England, first edition, lacks second title and 2 blanks, errata leaf present at rear, upper hinge cracked, a few marginal paper flaws, damp-staining, contemporary calf, blind-stamped panelling, joints rubbed and cracking, corners bumped, lower cover a little marked but still an attractive and clean copy, [Kress 1678; Wing P1883], folio, n.p., 1688.

[Ward (Hon. Mrs.)] Sketches with the Microscope in a Letter to a Friend, first edition, 14 hand-coloured plates, lacks front blank, contemporary and later ink ownership or presentation markings to title, one or two light spots but very clean otherwise, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, spine rather faded and frayed, 12mo, [F. H. Shields, Parsontown, County Offaly], 1857.⁂ The very rare provincially printed first edition of a volume that later ran to several editions.

Brunschwig (Hieronymus) A most excellent and perfecte homish apothecarye or homely physick booke for all the grefes and diseases of the bodye, first edition in English, translated by John Hollybush, collation: a-g6 h4, lacking final blank leaf, printed in black letter with headlines and some headings in italics and side-notes in roman, large woodcut device on title, some worming throughout, getting heavier towards end, upper corner of g4 defective, affecting pagination, some light browning, light water-stain to upper corners, modern blind-stamped goatskin, [STC 13433], folio, Cologne, by Arnold Birckman, 1561.⁂ Often bound with part 2 of William Turner's A New Herbal [STC 24365]. Includes several very early suggestions for the use of medical cannabis ('hempsede') - "If a man haue a sounding or piping in his eares / the same cometh somtyme of a hote slymy fylthynesse / or of a hote slymy moystnesse. He that is so diseased / ought to take pilles de iera picra / & then put oyle of Hempsede warme into his eares / mixt wt a litle vinegre / after yt let him leape vpon hys one legge / vpon that syde / where the disease is / than let hym bowe doune ye eare of that syde / if happely any moysture or fylth would issue out."A pencil note on front pastedown reads "Bound in my own goat skin bred at Ivel House, Ilchester, Somerset, 1947."Provenance: "TBS" (old ink monogram at foot of title).

Fleming (Ian) Diamonds are Forever, first edition, original boards, upper cover decorated in blind with silver diamond to centre, spine lettered in silver, very slight shelf-lean, else fine, dust-jacket, price-clipped, slight toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, small nick to foot of upper panel, light creasing to head, but an excellent copy overall, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1956.

Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, original pictorial boards with dagger embossed in silver and blind on upper cover, spine lettered in silver, fine, dust-jacket, spine with slight toning and a few small light splash-marks, but a sharp, near-fine example otherwise, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1962.

Levitzky (Georges, binder).- Ronsard (Pierre de) Poemes, one of 125 copies on Van Gelder paper, printed in red, black and brown, wood-engraved frontispiece, vignettes and decorations printed in colour by Jacques Beltrand after designs by Maurice Denis, some light offsetting, original wrappers bound in, contemporary dark blue crushed morocco by Georges Levitzky, with interwoven gilt curved arcs overall and at centre of upper cover a recessed pictorial panel showing a semi-clothed woman in a rural setting with doves all in coloured leather inlay, red morocco doublures with gilt and blind-stamped rule, red watered-silk endpapers backed with marbled endpapers, g.e., morocco-edged marbled board slip-case, 8vo (binding 286 x 200mm.), Paris, [Chez l'Artiste], 1944.⁂ A lovely combination of book and binding. Levitzky was a highly reputed binder whose greatest period was between the wars.

Abbey copy.- Repton (Humphry) Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, first edition, half-title, 43 plates, comprising: one wood-engraved and letterpress plan, 21 hand-coloured aquatints (of which 2 double-page, 8 with overslips), 6 tinted aquatints (one with overslip), 13 aquatints (2 with overslips), 27 text illustrations, comprising: 9 aquatints (2 with overslips), 18 wood-engravings, occasional light offsetting, contemporary russia, stamped in gilt and blind, g.e., [Abbey, Scenery 391; Tooley 398], 4to, Printed by T. Bensley and Son...for J. Taylor, 1816.⁂ An excellent copy of Repton's last great work on landscape gardening, which he calls "the pleasing combination of Art and Nature adapted to the use of Man."Provenance: [Major] John Roland Abbey (bookplate).

Metalwork.- Welldon (W. and J.) The Smith's Right Hand, or A Complete Guide to the Various Branches of all Sorts of Iron Work, 3 parts in 1, each part with separate title, 55 engraved plates, part 1 title with small repaired loss to upper corner, not affecting text, for Henry Webley, 1765, bound with Designs for Gates. Ornamental Iron Work, or Designs in the Present Taste, engraved title and 18 plates only (of 20), for J. & J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, [c.1773], bound with Middleton (Charles) Designs for Gates and Rails suitable to Parks, Pleasure Grounds, Balconys &c, engraved title and 26 plates, 12pp. publisher's catalogue at end, J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, [c.1800], together 3 works in 1 vol., various ink ownership inscriptions of "Messrs Gibson & Walker Iron founders Walmgate York" throughout, occasional blind stamp of Walker Iron Foundry, some plates trimmed at head and fore-edge, occasionally just within platemark with loss to imprint, some light spotting or finger-soiling, a few leaves browned, later black roan, "Ancient Wrought Iron Work. W.Walker. Victoria Foundry York" stamped in gilt to upper cover, rubbed, small loss to spine ends, 8vo.

America.- Encounters with Native Americans.- Ashe (Captain Thomas) Travels in America, Performed in 1806, 3 vol., first edition, without half-titles, some light even browning, contemporary calf, red and green morocco spine labels, 'Pakenham Hall' blind stamped in gilt to upper covers, joints weak and splitting though holding firm, together in custom-made morocco-backed box, (lightly rubbed), 8vo, 1808.⁂ Rare set of Ashe's musings and observations on his travels around eastern states of America. His route took him overland to Pittsburgh and thence down to Ohio, where he made many stops to open Indian mounds and collect fossil bones. On landing back England he unsuccessfully attempted to sell to the British Museum with issues at customs on arrival in Bristol, and was forced to sell his extensive collection cheaply to a local small museum.

Singapore, Ambon, Penang and Kuala Lumpur.- Album of views of Asia, 47 photographs and 1 water-colour drawing laid down to 25 ff., 1 to a page, 275 x 210 mm (11 x 8 1/2 in) or smaller, black & white or sepia, ruled with border and captioned in manuscript below, some light marks or foxing, hinge broken in places, contemporary ink ownership name to front free endpaper, original blind-stamped cloth, worn and stained, oblong 8vo, c.1890s.⁂ A very attractive and varied album with large photographs of Singapore, Penang and Kuala Lumpur. Including captioned views of ships H. M. Schroefstoomschip and H M Korvet van Galen, as well as views of Ambon (the governorate of the Dutch East India Company), Atjeh, Batavia, and Penang.

Cambridge.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) A History of the University of Cambridge, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved portrait of the Duke of Gloucester, 95 plates without the 16 portraits of Founders (as usual with early issues), all fine hand-coloured aquatints or stipple-engravings by Stadler, Havell, Agar, Bluck, Hill and Reeve after Pugin, Westall, Mackenzie, Uwins and Pyne, plates bright and clean but offset, very occasional spotting or finger marking, contemporary crimson straight-grain morocco, intricately blind-stamped with ornate gilt border, inner gilt dentelles, spines lightly rubbed and discoloured and covers with one or two marks but overall distinctively bright and very handsome copies, g.e., [Abbey, Scenery 80; Tooley 4], 4to, 1815.

* EDWARD SUMMERTON RSA,ICE CREAM FOR CROWoil on canvas, signed, titled and dated 1986 versoimage size 153cm x 123cm, overall size 154cm x 124cm Framed.Note: The Royal Scottish Academy entry states: "Edward Summerton RSA is a critically-acclaimed artist whose work has expanded from the practice of painting into photography, sound works, prints, objects, collaborations and the organising of events and exhibitions. He has recently curated Blind Sight where 50 visual artists were invited to submit sound works to be exhibited as a jukebox installation; Doctor Skin, a unique public art event where artists designed temporary tattoos to be worn by the public; Bird of the Devil, a publication collaborating with 17 writers, and Digital VD, a one hour film work involving one minute films by 60 artists. Summerton is Senior Lecturer in Art and Media at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions worldwide and is held within public collections including the BBC and the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MOMA)". Edward Summerton's paintings very rarely appear at auction.