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Early 19th century Welsh oak two stage blind panelled press cupboard, the moulded cornice above two blind panel fielded doors, the interior now missing its shelves, the base with an arrangement on five drawers, standing on a projecting base and bracket feet. 138x180x48 cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Replacement handles overall, missing its shelves to the interior, retains a good colour overall, usual splits, marks, scratches and ware commensurate with age, evidence of old woodworm in places.

19th century oak two stage House keepers cupboard, the moulded cornice above four blind panel fielded doors with turned handles, the interior revealing fitted shaped shelves above a projecting base with an arrangement of eight drawers standing on baluster turned feet. 181x220x54 cm approx. Appearing in reasonably good condition for age, the usual ware marks and scratches overall; all knob handles appearing good and present with original brass locks, two keys present, noticeable damage to one drawer bottom right hand corner. Retains a reasonably good colour overall, some ware to the feet area as expected.

19th century mahogany two stage press cupboard, the moulded cornice above two blind panelled doors, the interior revealing five pull-out drawers, the projecting base with an arrangement of two short and two long drawers with turned handles on splay feet. 138x230x58cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Many losses, including mouldings and veneer an inlay, some raised veneer in places, scratches and marks overall, splits to each side-panel, very well used condition overall.

19th century mahogany press cupboard/wardrobe, the moulded cornice above two blind panelled doors, the interior revealing one section for hanging clothes, the other having six pull-out drawers, with four dummy drawers and one under drawer on baluster turned feet. 136x64x212 cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

19th century Amboyna inlaid and ebonised two door blind panelled press cupboard (top only) the moulded stepped cornice above two doors, the interior revealing eight pull-out drawers, standing on a projecting base. 148x113x62cm approx Noticeable loss to the ebonised moulding on one of the door frames, some other losses in places, appearing in good colour overall, minor scratches ware and tare commensurate with age.

Victorian mahogany knee hole desk, the leather inset and moulded top above two drawers with brass handles, two blind panel doors revealing three drawers with turned handles. The reverse with two blind panelled cupboard doors and compartments, standing on a projected platform base. 123x77x69cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) The leather top appears complete, but is very faded with stains and marks. The mahogany is faded in places and there are some noticeable splits. All handles present, general wear and tare commensurate with age.

1960's probably Danish rosewood sideboard, having three blind panelled sliding doors above three drawers on stylized tapering legs and supports. 167x44x112cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Minor ware in places, but overall appearing in good condition with no serious damage noted.

In the style of Brynmawr, an oak sideboard having raised back panel above three blind panel fielded doors, central door revealing three fitted shelves with handholes, standing on square legs. Unmarked. 154x98x51cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Overall in good condition, one of the legs at the back is slightly loose, some fading in places, marks, stains and scratches commensurate with use, but overall in useable condition.

Victorian carved oak hall chair, the carved back with flower head and lion mask head decoration above a blind fielded panel with tapering carved back decoration of an urn with flowers and foliage, circular moulded seat on curved front paw feet. Provenance - believed to have come from Taymouth Castle in Scotland. 98cm approx high. (B.P. 21% + VAT) A chip to the nose of the lion, some fading in places especially to the seat, structurally sound, some shrinkage splits to the base/feet area.

Early 19th Century Welsh oak two stage press cupboard of low proportions, the moulded top above two blind panelled doors with four pointed panels, the projecting base with an arrangement of six drawers with bone escutcheons. 143 x 52 x 125cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Appearing in tired condition overall. Many shrinkage and other splits to the top. Back appearing warped in different places. Losses to the bracket feet. Damage to some handles which are replacements also. Splits, wear and tear commensurate with age.This piece is in two parts. Height of the drawer base - 62cm Height of top unit 62cm. Length 145cm depth 56cm Height 123cm approx. measurements

[Luther (Martin)] [A COMMENTARIE OF M. DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER UPON THE EPISTLE OF S. PAUL TO THE GALATHIANS : FIRST COLLECTED AND GATHERED VVORD BY VVORD OUT OF HIS PREACHING, & NOVV OUT OF LATINE FAITHFULLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH FOR THE VNLEARNED] FIRST EDITION printed in black letter and ruled in red, lacks all before Ai (folio 1) and last ff. Mmviii (folio 282), near-contemporary calf, tooled in blind, worn, tooled in blind, lacks part of spine, 4to, [T. Vautrolier, 1575] ***First edition by collation ([8], 208, 211-282 leaves) and size (20cm). Lacuna in pagination not present in later editions. Hence lacking prelims [8] and ff.282.

Lawrence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976): limited edition colour print, The Auction, numbered in pencil 138/850 with blind stamp lower-left, 45 x 54 cm. P&P Group 3 (£25+VAT for the first lot and £5+VAT for subsequent lots)

Paul Taggart (20th century): monochrome etching, Peacock, numbered 30/50, signed in pencil, with blind stamps, 28 x 23 cm. Not available for in-house P&P, contact Paul O'Hea at Mailboxes on 01925 659133

Late Victorian mahogany occasional table, in the manner of Chippendale, serpentine top with pierced gallery, blind fretwork, the legs joined by a further shelf, damages, the top 35 x 35cm height 70cm.

Carved oak coffer, 18th century and later, panelled top, blind fret scrolling frieze above three panels with carved lozenges, width 134cm, depth55cm, height 65cm.

Watercolour, still life study, fruit, a spirit kettle, wine bottle and glass, unsigned, with ESK blind stamp, 15ins x 20.5ins, gilt framed

Helen Bradley signed lithograph, figures in a park, (with blind stamp)

Postcards, Tennis, RPs, Wimbledon, mainly centre court match action by Trim, inc. Hughes/Tuckey v Borotra/Betrand F75, M88 1932, V102 & 104, T100, Patterson v Graven, no 14 Final Ladies Doubles, blind stamp (2) (generally vg) (8)

An early Georgian walnut longcase clock with caddy top hood surmounted by turned ball finials, moulded cornice above a blind fretwork carved frieze fitted with an arched glazed door between turned gilt metal mounted pillars and enclosing a brass dial with silvered chapter ring with strike/silent dial to the arched, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, inscribed Henry Wade, London, the boxwood and ebony lined case fitted with an arched rectangular trunk door and crossbanded panelled base and moulded stepped plinth, 264cm high CONDITION REPORT: Hood with one loose finial, side sound frets with damage and faded fabric beneath, trunk door with lifting veneer in places, base of door veneer split, the trunk base right hand corner parting company with the main body otherwise condition throughout good and currently working in our sale room.

Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA (British, 1887-1976) 'The Beach', Offset lithograph in colour. Hand signed. Blind stamp for Fine Art Guild. Edition of 850. Unframed, measures 40 by 63cm. Good condition. ARR charges may be applicable

After Sir William Russell Flint The Silver Mirror, print in colours, pencil signed in the margin and with the FATG blind stamp, 27 x 45.5cm; and four further (5)

After Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) 'Gunners', lithograph, hand-coloured with printed vignette to the corner, pencil signed and with Snaffles Bits blind stamp, 19.5 x 45cm

After Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) 'Swagger - but a Workman', lithograph, hand-coloured with printed vignette to the margin, pencil signed and with Snaffles Bits blind stamp, 30 x 27cm

After Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) 'A Little Fizzer', lithograph with hand-colouring and printed vignette to the margin, pencil signed and with Snaffles Bits blind stamp, 31 x 26.5cm

After Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) 'That Far Far-Away Echo'', lithograph with hand-colouring and horse's head vignette to support sheet, pencil signed in the margin and with Snaffles Bits blind stamp, 24 x 35cm

SCOTTISH TREEN SNUFFBOX carved in the style of the 'Blind Man of Ayrshire' with a highlander holding a halberdDimensions: 11 x 6.2cmsProvenance:private collection Swansea, consigned via our Cardiff officeCondition Report:slight damage to hinge

1994 BMW 850Ci Transmission: automaticMileage:106254Registered new on the 12th January 1994 at McMillan BMW of Newmarket Auckland, New Zealand. This wonderful example is finished in Sterling Silver over special order dark Oxblood interior and is highly specified with heated seats, rear blind, sports mode, and adaptable suspension. The car has predominantly spent its entire life in Auckland, aside from a short stint in 2006 where the vehicle resided in Christchurch and was maintained by the main dealer whilst there. Now residing in the UK, the BMW has been treated to much maintenance work by the current vendor which includes the replacement of all spark plugs, new Continental Max Contact 6 tyres, Control panel LCD screen replacement, new period correct stereo fitted with Bluetooth, full leather treatment and detailed preparation. A well-documented and highly maintained vehicle with an extensive dealer and independent specialist stamped service book. The vehicle is also accompanied by a UK registration document, a current MoT test certificate valid until August 2022, a dealer book pack which includes warranty wording, service book, user manual, radio manual and dealer business cards, along with an unopened BMW first-aid kit and a factory toolkit. Ready to be enjoyed by its new custodian this example unlike many others has had huge amounts of money spent on it and as such is ready to go.

‡ WILLIAM BROWN limited edition (6/23) screenprint - inscribed in pencil below image 'Mae Lotti yn dwli ar bin-afalau / From the studio of William Brown', with artists blind stampDimensions: 58 x 76cmsProvenance:private collection Cardiff, consigned via our Cardiff officeCondition Report:framed and glazed

‡ PAUL PETER PIECH six monochrome lino prints on card - mining themed, all titled including 'The Pit Stack', 'The Viewer', 'Pit Horses', 'Blind Horses', signed and dated 1994Dimensions: 39 x 28cms (5) 30 x 22 (1)Provenance:from the estate of Carys & William Brown, artist William Brown being Scottish-Canadian (1953-2008) who lived in Wales from 1990 to his death and was part of the Welsh arts community.Condition Report:unframed, not creased or torn, one with light staining

‡ BONNIE HELEN HAWKINS colour print - illustration for Dylan Thomas' 'Under Milk Wood' with Captain Cat ''the retired blind sea-captain, asleep in his bunk in the seashelled, ship-in-bottled, shipshape best, cabin of Schooner House dreams of never such seas as any that swamped the decks of his S.S.Kidwelly, bellying over the bedclothes and jellyfish-slippery, sucking him down salt deep into the Davy dark where the fish, come biting out and nibble him down to his wishbone, and the long drowned nuzzle up to him''Dimensions: 50 x 34cmsProvenance:deceased estate Gwent, consigned via our Cardiff officeCondition Report:framed and glazed, ready to hang

Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne (1884-1967), 'Foxcatchers, For the love of it', colour print, signed in pencil, with blind stamp, 42cm x 37cm, framed, water stained, and 'An Irish Yawner', colour print, 49cm x 67cm, framed, creased , together with a hand-coloured hunting print entitled "Hunting Incidents" (3)

An Edward VII Chippendale Revival mahogany side cabinet, with carved blind fret decoration

A late 17th century walnut longcase clockJohn Knibb Oxford The flat-topped cornice over a blind fret on gilt-brass mounted Doric columns over a 42 inch long door with circular lenticle, on a panelled base and bun feet. The 11 inch square brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels and foliate engraving framing the wide silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with half-quarter marks around the matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and decorated date aperture, signed 'Iohn Knibb, Oxon' along the lower edge. The movement united by five knopped and ringed pillars latched to the frontplate, the going train with anchor escapement, striking via an inside countwheel. Ticking and striking, together with door key, a pair of brass cased weights, pendulum. 2.01m (6ft 7ins) high.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

collection of Soul/funk 7" singles to include Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind/Tell Mama (CRS 8063).

Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institutiones oratoriae, commentary by Laurentius Valla, Pomponius Laetus, & Johannes Sulpitius Verulanus, collation: a8 b6 c-e8 f-h6 i8 II10 k6 l8 m6 n-q8 r6 s8 t u6 x-z8 &6 A8 B-I6 K10, 246 ff. (of 248, lacking a1&2), final f. blank, 58 lines of commentary, Roman type, capital spaces, some with guide-letters, early ink marginalia in red and black, a few ff. with initial-strokes in red, a7 loose, mostly small wormholes within text, more pronounced towards end, small worm traces to inner gutters, final blank frayed and creased, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-ruled calf-backed wooden boards, lacking backstrip, majority of lower board and metal clasps, upper board detached and with large split, wormholes, worn, small folio (310 x 214mm.), Venice, Peregrinus de Pasqualibus, Bononiensis, 18 August, 1494.⁂ Scarce edition at auction of Quintilian's comprehensive treatise on classical rhetoric. Literature: BMC V, 393; Goff Q-30; HC 13654; GW M36823; Bod-inc Q-017; BSB-Ink Q-17; ISTC iq00030000.

Conrad (Joseph) The Rescue, first generally published English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Dr. & Mrs.Whitehead Reid with the greatest regard from Jospeh Conrad Dec. 1920" to endpaper, light toning to endpapers, neat book label of Stanley J. Seeger to front pastedown, original green smooth cloth lettered in gilt on spine with upper cover in blind (Cagle's "a" binding), slight shelf-lean, extremities a little rubbed, dust-jacket, light toning, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head, short tear to upper panel with neat tape repair to verso, [Cagle A49b(2)], 8vo, J. M. Dent, 1920.⁂ Douglas Whitehead Reid (1883-1930) senior surgeon at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. During the early 1920s he attended to Jessie Conrad's problems with her leg, a subject that regularly features in Conrad's correspondence at the time.

NO RESERVE Circle Press.- Fisher (Roy) & Ronald King. The Left-handed Punch, number 2 of 80 copies signed by the author and artist/printer (the printer's signature on one of the prints, this copy also signed and inscribed to Denis Collins by Ron King, printed in red, blue and black with silk-screen illustrations, 13 colour plates with captions in pencil including 10 cut-out puppets with movable parts, with photocopies of letter from Fisher to King concerning the concept of the book and King's response loosely inserted, bound in crimson goatskin over raised vertical strips, by Nancy Southworth and Clare Van Vliet, upper cover with rectangular window revealing title on wrapper below, "long stitch" binding with visible sewing to spine in black thread, uncut, original wrappers bound in, pencil note to rear endpaper "This is one of ?three bindings designed and executed by Nancy Southworth and Clare Van Vliet February 1988" with Denis Collins's ink stamp to verso, with prospectus in black cloth drop-back box with crimson label to spine titled in blind, folio (c.385 x 290mm.), Guildford, Circle Press, 1986.⁂ A typically innovative and intriguing production from the Circle Press, the fifth collaboration between Roy Fisher and Ron King. The prospectus states that 15 copies were issued in the special binding but this is the only copy we have been able to trace.

NO RESERVE Gogmagog Press.- Cox (Morris) From a London Suburb: Poems, number 16 of apparently 24 copies signed by the author/artist, printed in blue and black on Japanese handmade paper, double-page title with reverse-offset print from lace, four double-page reverse/direct offset prints from cut-out card, a feather, threads etc. printed in colours on coloured papers, original dark green silk, cloth label on spine, 1975; Crash! An Experiment in Blockmaking and Printing, one of 80 copies, printed in black and colours, 8 double-page colour prints in varied techniques, original stiff fawn wrappers, spine creased and slightly worn, 1963; Magogmagog, number 18 of 75 copies signed by the artist, printed in black on yellow Japanese hand-made paper, 9 reverse-offset linocuts printed in black on blue backgrounds, original vellum-backed decorative boards, 1973 [1974]; Blind Drawings, number 44 of 75 copies signed by the author/artist and Colin Franklin from whose collection the originals for the plates were selected, printed on handmade Japanese paper, illustrations, original vellum-backed Japanese paper boards, uncut, 1978, all with transparent wrappers, [Chambers 25, 11, 23 & 30], v.s., Gogmagog Press (4)⁂ The first was printed for friends, not for sale, "the most sad and disenchanted group of his poems". Chambers.

Landscape Gardening.- Repton (Humphry) Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 27 aquatint or engraved plates (13 hand-coloured, 12 with over-slips, 2 double-page or folding), 32 wood-engraved or aquatint illustrations, 2 with over-slips, frontispiece and a couple of other plates water-stained, occasional spotting and offsetting, contemporary diced and blind-stamped russia, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine (darkened and with new labels), rubbed, [Abbey, Scenery, 390 (1803 edition); Tooley, p. 209], 4to, Printed by T. Bensley...for J. Taylor, 1805.⁂ This important work contains much information from the author's Red Books (many now lost) and an evaluation of the work of Capability Brown, and his defence against the attacks of Richard Payne Knight and Uvedale Price.Provenance: Edward Huth, Wykchurch Park (bookplate); C.F.J. Beausire (bookplate).

Britain.- Pyne (William Henry) The History of the Royal Residences, 3 vol., first edition, 100 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, one gathering in vol.2 lightly foxed, otherwise an excellent clean and bright copy, bookplate of Doris L. Benz, handsome red straight-grain morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, g.e., [Abbey, Scenery 396], 4to, 1819.⁂ William Henry Pyne (1770-1843) was an artist and printmaker who commissioned the artists and engravers of these plates to show an exact record of the interiors of royal residences. The illustrations have been consulted by art historians, curators and archivists at the Royal Collection to research interior schemes and decorative fashions, even down to such details as the arrangements of hanging pictures.

London.- Maitland (William) The History of London, 2 vol., first edition, list of subscribers, extra-illustrated by the insertion of numerous portraits, views, plans and other pieces 18th-20th century (many window-mounted), including 3 hand-coloured vues d'optique and a large folding engraved ticket to the Lord Mayor's dinner at Guildhall in 1825 printed in blue, some foxing, later blind-stamped calf, joints worn, 2 covers detached, folio, Printed by Samuel Richardson, 1739.

Botany.- Grew (Nehemiah) The Anatomy of Plants, first collected edition, initial imprimatur leaf signed by Christopher Wren, 83 engraved plates, 5 folding, woodcut initials and head-pieces, small paper flaw hole to outer margin of Kk2 and another to Qq1 touching one letter, one or two plates with light staining but generally an excellent clean copy, David Bellamy's copy with his signed bookplate, modern panelled sprinkled calf with borders in blind, blind-stamped spine in compartments with morocco label, some slight fading and a few minor scuffs to lower cover, lower corners bumped, [Wing G1945; Henrey 162; Hunt 362; Nissen BBI 758], folio (c.310 x 195mm.), by W. Rawlins, for the Author, 1682.⁂ The birth of the microscopic anatomy of plants. Grew, and his contemporary Malpighi in Italy, were the founders of the science of plant anatomy. Grew was the first to observe the sexual nature of plants and ascribe the male functions to the stamens. David Bellamy (1933-2019), botanist, ecologist, conservationist, and television presenter.

Cluyt (Outger) Opuscula duo singularia. I. De nuce medica. II. De hemerobio sive ephemero insecto, & majali verme, 2 parts in 1, only edition, general title and part-titles with woodcuts, large folding woodcut plate (sometimes missing), woodcut illustrations, title and final leaf a little soiled, David Bellamy's copy with his signed bookplate, modern mottled sheep with borders tooled in blind, red morocco label, spine slightly faded, [Wellcome 1515], 4to, Amsterdam, J.Charpentier, 1634.⁂ Rare work containing two early tracts: on the nut of the Seychelles coco de mer used in the treatment of fevers, dysentery, epilepsy, paralysis etc., and on the mayfly.David Bellamy (1933-2019), botanist, ecologist, conservationist, and television presenter.

General theory of relativity.- Eddington (A. S.) Report on the Relativity Theory of Gravitation, first edition, blind-stamp to second f., some light finger-soiling, final f. laid down with portion of upper wrapper pasted to lower margin, modern cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, 8vo, Fleetway Press, 1918.⁂ First edition of Eddington's landmark account of Einstein's General Theory, the first introduction of the theory to the English-speaking world.

Vittori (Leonello) De aegritudinibus infantium tractatus..., first edition, large woodcut device to verso of Aa8, with final blank, extensive contemporary ink manuscript annotations to title and numerous leaves, slight worming to inner margin of signatures D & E affecting a few letters, small repair to inner margin of final two leaves at foot, ink library stamp to verso of title and final leaf of text, modern mottled calf with decorative border in blind, red calf label, [Durling 4668; VD16 V 1768; Not in Adams], 8vo, Ingolstadt, A.Weissenhorn, 1544.⁂ Scarce 16th century Italian handbook of paediatric treatment, including advice on diarrhoea, constipation, earache, and disturbed sleep, and this copy with the addition of many contemporary notes. We have been unable to trace any other copies at auction except for this one, sold in America in 2017. Library Hub cites 5 UK copies.

Vesalius (Andreas).- Geminus (Thomas) Anatomes totius, aere insculpta delineatio..., edited by Jacques Grévin, first Continental edition, title with woodcut printer's device and full-page large woodcut coat-of-arms to verso, 36 engraved plates by Geminus after Vesalius only (of 40, lacking Adam & Eve plate and 3 others), some soiling and water-staining, slight worming passing through most of text and plates but mostly minor and unobtrusive (in many cases reduced to single small hole), some plates sharp but several rather flat and dull, ink stain to D5 slightly affecting following plate, nineteenth century ink inscription of W.A.R.Braybrooke of Wokingham, Berks. to front pastedown, contemporary calf ruled in blind, rubbed and stained, a few wormholes, upper joint split, spine ends and corners repaired, [Adams V599; Cushing VI.C.5], folio, Paris, André Wechel, 1564; sold not subject to return⁂ The first edition of Vesalius to be published in France, with plates by Geminus pirated from Vesalius.

Greek language.- Suidas. [Lexicon], edited by Demetrius Chalcondylas, collation: aα-zψ, &ω, AΑ-ZΨ, &ω, AA ΑΑ8, double column, Greek type, title with woodcut printer's device, initial spaces with guide-letters, lacking final f. with woodcut printer's device verso, otherwise blank, title and next f. holed, with loss of several letters in both instances, mostly marginal water-staining at head, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf, upper cover with later gilt initial G and the lower with initial P, rebacked in 20th century calf in compartments with red morocco label, corners repaired, contemporary covers rubbed and scuffed, a wide-margined copy, folio (323 x 207mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [February, 1514].⁂ The Prousteau-Camden-Wordsworth copy of the second Aldine edition of this thesaurus of the Greek language. Provenance: 'hic lib. fuit Guil. Prousteau antecesor. Aurel. Nunc est usus studios o[mn]ium'. Guillaume Prousteau (1628-1715) professor of law, dean of the university at Orléans, and founder of an eponymous public library in the same city (ink inscription to upper margin of aα1); Earl of Camden (engraved armorial bookplate); 'C.W. Wordsworth, Trinity College, Cambridge [and separately] Jan.ry. 1903' (ink inscription to front free endpaper). Literature: Adams S2062; Ahmanson-Murphy 119; Renouard 70:11; EDIT 16 CNCE 37492.

Pantaleon (Heinrich) Prosopographiae herorum atque illustrium virorum totius Germaniæ, 3 parts in 1, first edition, collation: ()6 a-z6 A8 †6; a4 A-Z Aa-Nn6 Oo8 *6; A6 AA-ZZ AAa-ZZz Aaa6 a6, titles with woodcut printer's device recto and small woodcut portrait of the author verso, numerous woodcut portraits in text, part 1 colophon f., part 2 errata f. at end, part 3 final f. blank, occasional spotting and staining (for latter see in particular part 3 CCc6 and DDd1&2), lightly browned in places, Basel, Nicolaus Brylinger, 1565-1566 bound with Pantaleon (Heinrich) Chronographia ecclesiae Christi, in qua dilucide patrum et doctorum praecipvorum ordo, collation: A-V4, title with woodcut printer's device, first few ff. (including title) little frayed, occasional light spotting or staining, Basel, Heirs of Nicolaus Brylinger, 1568, together 2 works in 1 vol., attractive ornately blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, including small portraits of Erasmus, amongst others, lacking clasps, lower corners and edges worn, lightly soiled, rubbed, folio (312 x 192mm.)⁂ A solid wide-margined copy of this biographical dictionary, which is rarely found complete. Entries include an early biography and portrait of the anatomist Vesalius; also Erasmus (a lengthy entry); the printer Froben and Luther. Provenance: Paul Anton Wickart (engraved bookplate and ink inscription dated 1802 to final verso). Literature: I: Adams P179; VD16 P 228, P 229 & P 230. II: Adams P175; VD16 P 218.

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Thucydides. The Hystory...of the warre, whiche was betwene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans, first English edition, translated by Thomas Nicolls, printed in black letter, fine woodcut title (repaired at head and foot), without the final errata leaf (as often), closed tear to inner margin of C2, affecting a few words but with no loss, some water-staining and occasional soiling but generally a crisp and well-margined copy, old blind-stamped calf, rebacked preserving old label, rubbed and scuffed, [STC 24056], folio, Imprinted [by William Tylle], 1550.⁂ A very good copy of one of the earliest translations of Greek literature. Thucydides recounts the 5th-century B.C. war between Athens and Sparta and analyses the political and moral policies that fueled the combat.Provenance: Henrie Bushell (early ink inscription on final leaf of text); Col. F. Isaac (ink inscription in Stephen Gaselee's hand, from whom acquired in 1935) 

Chronicle.- Lanquet (Thomas) Coopers chronicle contenynge the vvhole discourse of the histories as well of thys realme, as all other countreis, black letter, title and woodcut ornament within double filet border, woodcut decorative initials, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, T1 repaired tear within text, without loss, worm trace (diminishing in size as proceeds) to lower inner gutters of sigs. KK-MM, stained, some spotting, lightly browned, lacking pastedowns, new free endpapers, contemporary blind-stamped calf, covers with arabesque centre-pieces and outer triple filet borders, spine in compartments, corners worn, spine ends neatly repaired, new headcaps, some staining, creased and rubbed, [STC 15220], small 4to, no printer, 1st August, 1565.⁂ Lanquet's work was unfinished on his death and was later completed and extended to encompass Elizabeth's reign by Thomas Cooper of Magdalen College School, Oxford.Provenance: 'Thomae Plumpton, i Augusti, 1571'; 'Jacobi Metze' (ink signatures to title).

Astronomy.- Gassendi (Pierre) Tychonis Brahei, equitis dani, astronomorum coryphaei, vita. Accessit Nicolai Copernici, Georgii Peurbachii, & Joannis Regiomontani, astronomorum celebrium, 2 parts in 1, second edition, first title in red and black, engraved portraits of Brahe and Copernicus, woodcut diagrams of the solar system, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, portrait of Brahe and title lightly browned / soiled, a couple of marginal tears with loss, occasional spotting or staining, later endpapers, later panelled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, small 4to, The Hague, Adrian Vlacq, 1655.⁂ The Macclesfield copy of these biographies of celebrated astronomers. Includes an account of Tycho Brahe's duel following a mathematical dispute, in which he famously lost his nose, and the story of his pet elk, who died after drinking beer at a banquet and falling down stairs.Provenance: Earls of Macclesfield (North Library engraved armorial bookplate) and small armorial blind-stamps.

King (Charles) The British Merchant, 3 vol., list of subscribers to vol.1, 2 folding letterpress tables, endpapers to vol.1 reinforced with tape, book-labels laid down to endpapers of each vol., title working loose, contemporary ink ownership inscription to A², occasional light spotting, contemporary calf with floral blind-stamped border, vol.1 with new spine label, joints splitting, rather rubbed and faded, spine ends worn, [Goldsmiths 5943; Kress 3389], 8vo, 1721.⁂ Originally published biweekly by A. Baldwin, from 1713 to 1714.

Roger Hutchings (1952-)Photographs Tiananmen Square, 1989; Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan, 1988; Solidarity, Poland, each signed to the mount over a Nikon UK Ltd blind stamp, together with another of the miner's strike, 1984/5, indistinctly signed, each image size 40.5 X 56cm (4).Apparently saved by the vendor's family from being disposed of from the offices of Nikon UK, where these images used to hang

Lord FREDERICK LEIGHTON (1830-1896). 'Study: At a Reading Desk,' photogravure of a girl reading the Quran, signed by artist, blind-stamped by 'The Photogravure Society,' glazed and framed in contemporary ebonized frame, circa 1877. 40cm x 45cm.

Richard Hambleton (Canadian 1952-2017), 'Landscape Black & White', 2016, giclee on wove paper, from an edition of 10, bearing the artists blind stamp; 65.5 x 114cm inc frame

After Angelica Kauffman [19/20th Century]-Blind Man's Buff; Beauty,:-a pair, mezzotintstondo, each 27cm,in verre eglomise frames. [2]

Brounker Watts, London an ebonised bracket clock: the eight-day duration, five-pillar, double-fusee movement having a verge escapement and striking the hours on a bell with repeat of the last quarter on two further bells, the fully engraved backplate signed Brounker Watts, London, the seven-inch brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, Arabic five-minute numerals to the outer aspect and fleur-de-lys half-hour markings, the matted dial centre having engraved decoration, a false-pendulum aperture and date aperture, with wheat-ear border engraving, the top and bottom of the dial with scroll engraving and signed Brounker Watts, London, the ebonised bell-top case with blind fret to the front, glazed panels to the sides, cast-brass finials to the four top corners, surmounted by a cast-brass handle and all standing on bracket feet, height 39.5cm handle down, 43.5cm handle up.* Biography Brounker Watts was a fine maker having been apprenticed to the eminent clockmaker Joseph Knibb in 1685. A Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers from 1693, he signed the Clockmakers' Company oath of allegiance in 1697. He avoided stewardship of the Comapny in 1711 by being 'out of town'. Watts worked in Fleet Street, London and died in 1719.*Notes Brian Loomes Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700, Pub. Mayfield Books 2014.

Stringer, Nantwich, an oak longcase clock: the thirty-hour duration movement striking the hours on a bell (missing) with an outside countwheel, the eleven-inch square brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman hour numerals, flame half-hour markings and the makers name Stringer, Namptwich, with a single blued-steel hand, date aperture to the matted dial centre and cast-brass four-seasons spandrels to the four corners, the oak case with mahogany crossbanding, the flat-top hood with three-quarter columns and blind fretwork, height 212cm.* Biography Stringer is recorded as working in Nantwich (old name Namptwich), Cheshire in the early 18th century.

An Edwardian mahogany and painted demi-lune side cabinet, in George III Sheraton taste, by the Bath Cabinet Makers Co. Ltd., early 20th century,: the top decorated with flower paterae, flower and ribbon swags and a guilloche border with bellflowers; the blind frieze with anthemia within bellflower arcading; the bowed panel door with a depiction of Classical figures in a central circular reserve beneath a swagged aegicranium; flanked by panels with conforming decoration; the interior with ivorine maker's plaque; on short foliate carved legs to bun feet; 93cm high, 122cm wide, 55cm deep

A mahogany and glazed cabinet bookcase, second quarter 19th century,: the moulded cornice above twin glazed doors with Gothic arched astragals; flanked by half-round pilasters with carved acanthus capitals; the base section with blind frieze above twin panel doors flanked by scrolling acanthus carved corbels, above a plinth base; 243cm high, 125cm wide, 35cm deep