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Click here to subscribeFREDERICK WILLIAM: (1771-1815) German Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel and Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and Oels. The Prince, known as The Black Duke, served as a military officer who led the Black Brunswickers against French domination in Germany. D.S., at the foot, one page, folio, 26th April 1815, in German. The untranslated manuscript document is a patent relating to Friedrich Stutzer. With a blind embossed seal and blank integral leaf. About VG
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS III: (1865-1932) King of Saxony 1904-18. The last King of Saxony, Frederick Augustus III voluntarily abdicated following the defeat of the German Empire in World War I. D.S., Friedrich Augustus, as King, one page, folio, Dresden, 15th May 1914, in German. The partially printed document awards the Komturkreuz 2nd Class Order of Merit medal to Privy Councillor Hans Feine, Justiciar of the War Ministry. Also bearing two countersignatures and a blind embossed seal. With a small typed description neatly affixed to the lower edge. VG
WILHELM I: (1797-1888) King of Prussia 1861-88 and the first German Emperor 1871-88. An interesting A.L.S., Wilhelm, as Prince Regent, three pages, 8vo, Schloss Babelsberg, 15th August 1858, to [Pastor Emil Hering] the minister of the Garrison Church, in German. The Emperor informs his correspondent that the Queen of England will be attending the services at the Garrison Church today and continues to provide instructions to the Pastor, 'These services take their ordinary course in due form, also does the sermon, only the Litany Prayers after the Prayer for the Queen there is to be inserted a prayer in about the following form for the Queen of England, and that before the prayer for me, “Bless the illustrious Queen of England and her Prince-Consort, whom You have led to us in Your Grace and who are now present amidst us. Bless the beautiful and happiness-giving family union of both the Royal Houses, which you have shown to us, now and in all the future”'. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by the Emperor. Also including an A.L.S., E. Hering, Pastor, by Emil Hering, two pages, 8vo, New York, 10th December 1891, to C. F. Gunther in Chicago, discussing the sale of the letter by Wilhelm I, and stating, in part, 'I am willing to sell it at a reasonable price. What such price is, is a little difficult to state. You are right: the Emperor wrote in his long life many letters. But my letter is of another character; it is not a private one, but official, written by him as Highest Bishop of the Prussian State Church; therefore a proof of his consciousness of this dignity and power, because only the Evangelical Oberkirchenrath has the right to change the official Liturgy; second: my letter is a valuable proof for his tender and fine regard for the Queen of England, third: a proof of his piety, which moved him to implore our Lord for his blessings for that most important marriage, and implore openly in the Holy Service of the congregation……These remarks, I suppose, will be valuable for your sale of the letter, and I would never sell it, but for my bitter want of help, as my mission work here gives me a trifling of income.' The integral leaf bears Hering's autograph statement of provenance, signed alongside a circular blind embossed seal, and stating, in part, 'I was at that time Assistant Preacher at the Imperial Court Chapel in Potsdam and had to preach Sunday, August 15th 1858, wherefore I received the letter directly from the Prince Regent by a mounted livery servant…..The genuineness of the above letter of William I cannot therefore be called into question'. Some light overall age wear, minor staining, and a few slight traces of former mounting, about VG, 2 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited their eldest daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal, in Germany in August 1858. It was the first time Queen Victoria had seen her daughter since her wedding and subsequent move to Germany earlier that year. The Queen and Prince Consort stayed with the pregnant Princess Royal at Babelsberg Palace in Potsdam until 28th August when they left for Cologne.
WILHELM II: (1859-1941) German Emperor & King of Prussia 1888-1918. D.S., Wilhelm R, three pages, folio, Muncheberg, 19th September 1888, in German. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript relates to a Patent for Lieutenant-Colonel von Podbielski, Commander of the 3rd Hussars regiment of Brandenburg. With a blind embossed seal. Lightly tipped at the left edge to a card. VG
FERDINAND I OF BULGARIA: (1861-1948) Tsar of Bulgaria 1908-18. T.L.S., `Ferdinand´, in pencil, one page, 4to, mourning paper, Svaty-Antal, 14th September 1943, to Chapel master Carl Fichtner, in German. The letter bears to the upper left corner a blind embossed Royal monogram. The King referring to the death of his son, states `Your expression of sympathy, from you and your wife, to the death of my son, the Tsar Boris, was greatly appreciated, and accepted with gratitude.´ Very small age wear, otherwise G to VG Boris III of Bulgaria (1894-1943) Tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1918 until his death. Boris passed away on 28th August 1943, two weeks before the present letter was signed.
GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at Carlton House, 25th March 1824. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is a military commission appointing John Austin to be a Major of the 97th Regiment of Foot commanded by Major General Sir James Lyon. Countersigned at the foot by Robert Peel (1788-1850) British Prime Minister 1834-35, 1841-46, who also served as Home Secretary 1822-27, 1828-30. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some very light, extremely minor mottling and a few minor traces of former mounting to the verso, VG
VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901.D.S., Victoria R I (minor ink blot to the initial letter), as Queen, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at St. James's, 26th April 1897. The partially printed document grants the Dignity of an Honorary Member of the Fifth Class of the Royal Victorian Order to Monsieur Julien Albert Hully, Station Master at Nice. Countersigned at the foot by Edward Bootle-Wilbraham (1837-1898) 1st Earl of Lathom, in his capacity as Chancellor. With blind embossed circular seal and blank integral leaf. Together with Fleetwood Edwards (1842-1910) English Lieutenant-Colonel, Keeper of the Privy Purse to Queen Victoria 1895-1901. L.S., Fleetwood I. Edwards, one page, folio, Buckingham Palace, 20th May 1897, to Monsieur Julien Albert Hully. The partially printed letter transmits the Queen's warrant 'granting to you the dignity, rank and privileges appertaining or belonging to the Class of the Order into which you have been admitted. With the blind embossed seal of the Royal Victorian Order and blank integral leaf. Also including Francis Knollys (1837-1924) English Courtier, Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1901-13. A.L.S., Francis Knollys, two pages, 8vo, Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London, 15th May 1897, to [Julien Albert Hully]. Knollys states that he has been instructed by the Prince of Wales to acknowledge receipt of Hully's letter 'and to inform you in reply that it gave His Royal Highness much pleasure to hear that the Queen had been pleased to appoint you a Chevalier of the Royal Victorian Order'. With a French translation in an unidentified hand to the integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope (postage stamps neatly removed) hand addressed by Knollys. VG, 3
GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. D.S., George R I, as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court at Saint James, 10th October 1915. The partially printed document appoints Nigel Walter Law to be a Third Secretary 'in Our Diplomatic Service at any of Our Embassies or Legations abroad' and further granting him 'all Power and Authority to do and execute all necessary Writings, Memorials, and Instruments, as also to assist Our Ambassador or Minister at the place where he may be appointed to reside….' . Countersigned at the foot by Edward Grey (1862-1933) 1st Viscount Grey of Falloden, British Statesman who served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1905-16 and was the main force behind British foreign policy in the era of World War I. With a blind embossed seal. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. D.S., George R I, as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Saint James's, 3rd June 1931. The partially printed document grants the Dignity of an Additional Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire to Barry Charles Alfred Lowther, Deputy Inspector General of Police, North West Frontier Province, India. Countersigned at the foot by William Wedgwood Benn (1877-1960) 1st Viscount Stansgate, British Politician who served as Secretary of State for India 1929-31 and Secretary of State for Air 1945-46. With blind embossed seal. VG
DEANE HAMILTON: (1880-1958) Irish Actor & Playwright who played a key role in popularising Bram Stoker's novel Dracula (1897) as a stage play (1924) and film (1931), the latter starring Bela Lugosi in the title role. Vintage signed sepia 5 x 7 photograph of Deane in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Fielding of Leeds and bearing their blind embossed credit stamp to the lower left corner. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a light area of the image. Scarce. One very small, minor surface crease to the right edge, otherwise VG
HIROHITO: (1901-1989) Emperor Showa. Emperor of Japan 1926-89. D.S., in Japanese, two pages, folio, n.p. (Fukiage Palace, Tokyo?), 16th August 1960, to Roberto Francisco Chiari Remon, in Japanese. The document is an official diplomatic letter in which Hirohito sends congratulations to Chiari upon his election as President of Panama and further reassures him of the good standing relationships enjoyed by the two countries. Signed by Hirohito in dark black ink beneath the blind embossed Imperial seal of Japan and above a large red chop. Countersigned by Hayato Ikeda (1899-1965, Japanese Prime Minister 1960-64) and Zentaro Kosaka (1912-2000, Japanese Politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1960-62, 1976), each in bold black inks and with red chops beneath their signatures. Four file holes to the edge and a heavy vertical fold to each page, only very slightly touching Kosaka's signature, otherwise VGRoberto Francisco Chiari Remon (1905-1981) President of Panama 1949, 1960-64.
PIMENTEL DE HERRERA JUAN ALONSO: (1553-1621) Duke of Benavente and Grandee of Spain. Appointed by King of Spain Philip III as Viceroy of Naples 1603-1610. Pimentel de Herrera was later Chief Butler to Queen Elisabeth of France, daughter of Henri IV and Marie de´Medici, also known as Isabella of Bourbon, Queen of Spain 1621-44 and Queen of Portugal as spouse of King Philip IV of Spain. Rare L.S., one page, 4to, Naples, 22nd May 1605, to a Cardinal, in old Spanish. Pimentel de Herrera states in part `My son Juan will kiss Y[our] I[llustrious] hands on this occasion that he will kiss H[is] H[olliness] feet, and he will beg Y.I to remember to send us…. Which anyhow I wish to fulfil my obligation..´ The letter bears two blind embossed seals to the front, and a paper seal affixed to the address leaf. Very small area of paper loss to the upper right corner and small staining to the upper right edge, not affecting the signature. G
CESPEDES DEL CASTILLO CARLOS MANUEL: (1819-1874) Cuban Revolutionary. Known as the ''Father of the Motherland'', Cespedes is considered a Cuban hero who freed slaves and leaded the declaration of Cuban Independence in 1868. A good content D.S., `C.M. de Cespedes´, one page, 4to, Ojo de Agua, 14th December 1868, in Spanish. The document is a decree, bearing an attractive vignette of the Provisional Government to the heading with a large blind embossed seal. The decree, signed by Cespedes in his capacity of General in chief of the Liberation army of Cuba, contains two articles related to the salaries that will be paid to the citizens that will join the revolutionary troops, stating `First Article - All citizens that voluntarily and spontaneously will or have already accepted to take up arms to defend the holy cause of the Independence of Cuba, whatever their nationality is, will be paid since the day of their registration thirty four pesos per month.´ further, and to the second decree article, the document refers to the officers´ salaries. Overall age wear and heavy creasing, mostly to left border and to edges, with trimmed edges, not affecting the signature. About FR
MARTI JOSE & ESTRADA PALMA TOMAS: José Marti (1853-1895) Cuban Poet, Writer and Revolutionary Philosopher. Martí is considered a national hero as well as a leading figure in Latin American literature. He became a symbol for Cuba's fight for independence in the 19th century, and is referred to as the "Apostle of Cuban Independence"; & Tomas Estrada Palma (1835-1908) First President of Cuba 1902-1906, and previously during the Ten Year´s War. Remembered for allowing the Platt Amendment which ensured American dominance over Cuba. An excellent and attractive multiple D.S., `Jose Marti´, and `T. Estrada Palma´, four pages, folio, New York, 30th April 1893, to Jose Verdaguer Kierman, in Spanish. The partially printed document bears the printed heading of the New York delegation of the Cuban Revolutionary party, being a title given to contributors in favour of the cause, "Patriotic Assistance - Fundraising - To finance the war in favour of the Independence and for the Freedom of Cuba". The attractive partially printed document, bears four printed drawing portraits of Jose Marti, Tomas Estrada Palma, Gonzalo de Quesada and Benjamin Guerra, with their printed names beneath. The document is signed by Marti and Estrada Palma in their capacity as delegates and is also signed by Gonzalo de Quesada as Secretary of the delegation and Benjamin Guerra in his capacity as Treasurer, acknowledging the receipt of 25 pesos of gold from the contributor Jose Verdaguer. The lengthy written text in Marti´s hand, entitled "The Revolution", is a manifesto in favour of Cuban Independence and freedom, against the Spanish occupancy and slavery, and states in part `Today, the revolution cannot be threatened, blind of irresponsible disorder that augurs a regime of exclusion and supremacy…´, concluding with the motto `Patria y Libertad´, ("Homeland and Freedom"). The document bears beneath the signatures a large black paper seal affixed of the Delegation of the Cuban Revolutionary Party. Also bearing two blind embossed seals of same delegation. Overall age wear, few tears to the edges and one tear repair to the second page, not affecting the signatures. With small remnants of a former red wax seal to the upper edge of the second sheet. About G
DIAZ PORFIRIO: (1830-1915) President of Mexico 1876, 1877-80 & 1884-1911. Diaz rose the rank of General leading republican troops against Emperor Maximilian, and seizing power after a coup. D.S., `Porfirio Diaz´, two pages, large folio, Mexico, 31st July 1901, to Alfredo Chavero, in Spanish. The attractive partially printed document, bearing to the heading a very large and impressive vignette showing an eagle, snake, drums and flags, is the appointment of Alfredo Chavero as Controller of the Bank of London and Mexico. Beneath the vignette, the document shows the printed title “Porfirio Diaz, Constitutional President of the Mexican United States”. To the front lower left border the document bears a very attractive blind embossed paper seal affixed. Countersigned at the base, with ink stamp over a post-stamp affixed to the upper corner. To the second page the document bears three countersignatures and two official ink stamps, dated 14th and 17th March 1902, one from the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico. With blank integral leaf. Extremely small tear to the fold edge, and minor age wear, otherwise G to VG
CASTRO FIDEL: (1926-2016) Cuban Prime Minister 1959-76, later President 1976-2008. A good, three times signed, T.L.S., Fidel Castro at the conclusion, also signed with his initials `F.C´ to first and second pages, to the borders, three pages, to three sheets, folio, La Habana, 25th September 1959, in Spanish. The document bears to the heading a blind embossed monogram above the printed text ''Republic of Cuba - Executive Power'', and is a decree, numbered 2065, being the approval of a pension in favour of Enrique Isaac Miyares y Catasús. The document reports on his services and rights and the amount of his pension. Also signed in full at the conclusion and with their initials to first and second page by Osvaldo Dorticos in his capacity as President of Cuba and by Cuban Minister of Communications. Bearing at the conclusion alongside their signatures three attractive blind embossed seals, one of Presidency, the second of the Prime Minister office and the communications Ministry one. With small staple to the upper left corner. VG Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado (1919-1983) Cuban Politician who served as the President of Cuba 1959-76. Dorticos commit suicide by shooting himself.
PERON JUAN: (1895-1974) President of Argentina 1946-55 & 1973-74. T.L.S., `Peron´, in his capacity as Minister of war, one page, folio, Buenos Aires, 19th August 1944, to Vicente Fernandez, in Spanish. The typed document bears to the upper left corner the printed heading "Republic of Argentina - Ministry of war" beneath the blind embossed seal of the Argentinean emblem. The document reports on the return to service of soldier Fernandez after an accident and recovery. With ink stamp of the Argentinean army, and countersigned to the verso by Guillermo Beghe. Two binder holes to the left border not affecting text or signature. Small age wear with edges very slightly trimmed. G
HUSSEIN SADDAM: (1937-2006) President of Iraq 1979-2003. D.S., in Arabic, one page, folio, n.p., 7th August 1980, featuring the blind embossed coat of arms of Iraq to the upper edge. The typed document, in Arabic, relates to Police Commissioner Hussein Yahaya Wolley and confirms that they completed their work on 7th August 1980 and should now be appointed as a minister for finance. Signed by Saddam Hussein in red fountain pen ink at the conclusion. With four small file holes to the right edge and some light creasing and a small, neat tear (repaired to the verso) to the upper edge. About VG
GOUNOD CHARLES: (1818-1893) French Composer. A.L.S., `Ch. Gounod´, two pages, 8vo, n.p., 30th April 1885, to Edouard Colonne, in French. Gounod states `Je vous adresse une vaillante petite femme qu´il faut faire jouer dans notre concert pour les aveugles. C´est Madame Lucie Palicot… C´est non seulement un atout comme talent, mais une "attraction" comme virtuosité spéciale.´, ("I send to you a brave little woman who we must make perform at our concert for the blind. She is Madame Lucie Palicot… She is not only an asset as talent, but an "attraction" as special virtuosity.´ With blank integral leaf. VGEdouard Colonne (1838-1910) French Conductor and Violinist.Charles Gounod met Lucie Palicot in 1880 and showed since then strong enthusiasm for the musician.
JOACHIM JOSEPH: (1831-1907) Hungarian Violinist and Composer. A close collaborator of Johannes Brahms. A very Good and lengthy A.L.S., `Joseph Joaquim´, four pages, 4to, n.p., 15th April 1860, in French. The letter bears to the heading Joachim´s blind embossed monogram with his initials. Joachim states in part `I almost fear that you do not consider me any more worthy of receiving the beautiful souvenir of our days full of music and amity at Hannover and Brussels…´, further referring to some of his correspondent´s compositions, saying `I intend to get to know son the 4 Impromptus for violín and piano dedicated to Leonard and most of all the Serious Variations. Will send them to you soon?... For my part, I would like to make you listen my Concerto in the Hungarian style which I have fully re-written this Winter and which has found success since this metamorphosis at Bremen, Hamburg and here.´ Further again, Joachim refers to great composers and his plan to visit Brussels in June, stating in part `May be the masterpieces of Beethoven, Bach, Gluck and Haendel attract you, and I will finally be able to see you again..´ With one tear to right edge, otherwise VG
Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombastus) Opera Omnia Medico-Chemico-Chirurgica, tribus voluminibus comprehensa. Editio novissima et emendatissima ad Germanica & Latina exemplaria accuratissime collata, 3 vol. in 2, first Tournes edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece and title vignette to vol.1, some light foxing, titles in red & black, woodcut initials, head- & tail-pieces, and illustrations, contemporary Dutch vellum, blind-stamped centre-pieces, rubbed with some dark spots to boards, joint to vol.1 split but holding firm, [Caillet 8283; Heirs of Hippocrates 215; Wellcome IV, 293], folio, Geneva, for Joan. Antonii, & Samuel De Tournes, 1658.⁂ First Tournes published edition, 'the best and most complete edition of Paracelsus' collected works' (Neville), complete with the often-lacking portrait after Tintoretto. Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (c.1493-1541), who wrote under the pen name Paracelsus, was a Renaissance pioneer of medicine, an astronomer and alchemist. As native of Switzerland, he was educated in Basel, Vienna, and Ferrara, and travelled extensively throughout Europe during his life as an itinerant physician. He is credited with establishing the role of chemistry in medicine, and is often referred to as the "father of toxicology." His most known legacy is his record of the first clinical descriptions of syphilis and epilepsy, and his advocation of the humane treatment of the mentally ill in an era when they were believed to be possessed by demons.
Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, second edition, engraved title by John Payne trimmed and laid down with small marginal defect, numerous woodcut illustrations, 6Z6 defective and laid down, a few other leaves at end with marginal repairs, a few leaves in middle with light water-stain, generally a very good copy, 19th century russia, single gilt rule, blind-stamped arms of Lord Bagot to covers, joints cracking and repaired, [STC 11751; Garrison-Morton 1820; Henrey I, pp.48-54; Hunt 223], folio, Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1633.⁂ A very good copy of the preferred edition of the greatest English herbal, expanded and improved by Thomas Johnson from the 1597 first edition.
McDonald (Alexander) A Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening: comprehending all the Modern Improvements in the Art , 2 vol., first edition, 61 hand-coloured engraved plates and 13 uncoloured, some foxing but mostly to text and uncoloured plates, contemporary brown straight-grain morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, [Nissen BBI 479], 4to, 1807.⁂ A most handsome copy.
Moore (Thomas) and W. P. Ayres, editors. The Gardeners' Magazine of Botany, vol.1 and 2 only (of 3), additional tinted lithograph pictorial title to vol.1, 62 hand-coloured lithograph plates, heightened with gum arabic, tissue guards, wood-engraved illustrations, one hand-coloured at head of Preface vol.1, contemporary green calf, stamped in gilt and blind, 4to, 1850.
Birds.- Thorburn (Archibald) Birds of Prey, one of 150 copies, 12 colour plates mounted on linen stubs, each signed in pencil by Thorburn with small 'Fine Art Trade Guild' blind-stamp to lower margins, 2 holepunch marks to top corners of first few leaves, occasional faint spotting, modern green morocco, gilt, 1919.⁂ Scarce. Only one copy on Library Hub, at National Library of Scotland.
Pelbartus de Themeswar. Sermones Pomerii de tempore, collation: 1-68 i-iiii6 a-g8 h-q6.8.8. r6 s8 t6 v.x8 y6 z8 A-B8 C6 D-K8, 263 ff. (of 264, lacking final blank), 58 lines and headline, Gothic type, initials in red or blue, initial-strokes, paragraph-marks and underlining in red, a few instances of early ink marginalia, k8 torn with loss of text, numerous wormholes in text, Hagenau, Heinrich Gran for Johannes Rynman, 3 August, 1501 bound with Pelbartus de Themeswar. Sermones Pomerii quadragesimales, collation: a-m8.8.6 n8 o6 p8, 110 ff., 58 lines and headline, Gothic type, initials in red or blue, paragraph-marks and underlining in red, wormholes/traces in text, Hagenau, Heinrich Gran, for Johannes Rynman, 10 June, 1501, together 2 works in 1 vol., stained, some spotting, 16th century ornately blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, metal clasps, spine in compartments, covers decorated with agnus dei lozenge and various floral and foliage tools, all within intersecting triple filet borders, wormholes, a few nicks, rubbed and scuffed, folio (285 x 209mm.)⁂ The author was a Hungarian Franciscan writer and preacher (1430-1504). Provenance: 'Sum Bibliothecæ Fratrum Minorum Recollectorum Provinciæ Thuringiæ S. Elisabethæ...Brückenavium, Anno 1706' (printed label to inner front board); Klosterbibliothek ?Volkenberg (inscription and later ink stamp to title). Literature: I: VD 16 P 1180; cf. Goff P-255; HC 12552*; BSB-Ink P-131 II: cf. VD 16 P 1164; BMC III 688; HC 12560*; Goff P-256.
Erasmus (Desiderius) De Duplici Copia Verborum ac Rerum Commentarii, collation: Ϯ8 A-Z8 Aa-Bb8, with final blank leaf, early ink annotations, 17th century blind-stamped calf, worn, with part of a medieval vellum ms. leaf used as front endpaper, 8vo, Cologne, Johann Gymnich, 1535.⁂ A scarce edition with evidence of early scholarship. Provenance: Francis, Robert and Richard Roke (ink ownership inscriptions at front and back); Thomas Stafford (ink ownership inscription, dated 1624 and "from Mr Hallet at Dartmouth" on front free endpaper).Literature: Not in Adams; VD16 E 2675.
Descartes (René) Epistola...ad celeberrimum D.Gisbertum Voetium, first edition, title with woodcut device of Minerva with motto "ne extra oleas", with blank M10 but lacking 2 further final blanks M11 & 12, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, lightly browned, contemporary calf with arms of Maastricht in blind to both covers, rubbed, rebacked and edges repaired, [Willems 998], 12mo, Amsterdam, L.Elzevier, 1643.⁂ One of Descartes' rarest works, his vindication of Cartesianism against the charges of Gisbert Voet (1588-1676), rector of Utrecht university, who regarded Descartes' ideas as undermining the foundations of Calvinist theology.
Music.- Handel (George Frederick) Suites de Pieces pour le Clavecin, 2 vol. in 1, first uniform edition (fourth edition of vol.1, first edition of vol.2), engraved throughout with calligraphic titles and musical notation, vol.1 with sheets numbered 1-94 and vol.2 numbered 2-83, most printed on both sides, a few ink or pencil markings for fingering and ornaments, title soiled and frayed at edges (repaired), slight worming to corners of first few leaves (some repaired), contemporary ink signature of Grisel Hamilton to front pastedown, contemporary reversed calf with roll-tooled panels in blind and gilt-stamped red morocco label to upper cover, slightly rubbed, a few light stains to upper cover, [Smith 6 & 5], oblong folio, John Walsh, No.490, [c.1736-1733].⁂ An excellent clean copy of the standard edition of Handel's harpsichord suites, and the basis for the numerous subsequent editions.Possibly Grisel Hamilton (1719-1811), daughter of Charles Hamilton, Viscount Binning, married Philip, 2nd Earl Stanhope in 1745.
Medici (Catherine de', Queen consort of France, wife of Henry II, King of France, 1519-59, 1519-89) Letter signed "Catherine" to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, 1p., in French, 250 x 190mm., Paris, 26th August 1573, written to accompany a letter to him by her son [Charles IX] thanking him for the compliments he has expressed on the occasion of her younger son Henry's election as King of Poland [the future Henry III, King of France, 1551-89)], address panel on verso, blind-stamped seal, small tears along folds not affecting text, slightly foxed and browned.⁂ Alessandro Farnese (1520-89), Italian cardinal and diplomat and collector and patron of the arts.Provenance: Autograph Collection of the late Howard K. Sanderson of Boston. To be sold... May 1, 2, and 3, 1916. The Anderson Galleries, New York.
16th century Almanac.- Erra Pater (pseudonym) The Prognosticacion for ever of Erra Pater, manuscript in Tudor English, in a cursive hand, on paper, 56pp., wormholes in text with some loss of words particularly affecting 15ff. along inner margins, last three ff. with holes and some loss of text, very small fragment of an early medieval manuscript "[do]minus cum potenti[a]" laid down on inner wooden board, bound with 5 vellum ff. at beginning and 7 vellum ff. at end (some with 19th century juvenile scribbling), bound in a 14th century medieval blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards, extensively worn but still durable, upper cover wooden board split in two, later circular ink stamp on lower cover of a library at Ulm, remains of brass clasps, 110 x 83mm., [England], [c. 1580s].⁂ An extremely rare survival. No other 16 century manuscript of this work has been traced. First printed as "The pronostycacyon for euer of Errer Pater: A Jewe borne in Jewery, a Doctour in Astronomye and Physicke. Profytable to kepe the bodye in helth...", Robert Wyer, [?1540]. Text starting: "As I find in Astronomie ther bee four manner of cholours in mans boddie complections", and ending with the section, "The saying of [Erra Pate]r to the Husband[man]", and without the last two sections published in other versions, "Heerafter followeth the Reignes of the Kings of England...", and, "A rule to know when the Termes begin and end, with their Returnes... " Perhaps the above manuscript is copied from the "after 1582" edition. The Prognostication is a compilation of astrological medical advice "that hath dominion of the bodie of man" and a predictor of the weather during the various seasons. This fictional author was extremely popular during the Tudor period and continued to be published, with additions, into the 18th century."Here hee sheweth of all the dismall or perilous daies that cometh in the yeare... Masters of Astronomie and visick that this crafte first found telleth the most perilous and most dangerous daies in the yeare - In which if ann mann or woman bee let bloud of wounde or vein they shall die wthin xvi daies following... ."Provenance: Found by the present vendor in the walls of an old house.
Elyot (Sir Thomas) The Boke Named The Governour, black letter, title within woodcut architectural border, slight marginal worming at beginning, name cut away from head of title just touching woodcut, contemporary blind-stamped sheep, repaired, [STC 7640], 8vo, [Printed by Thomas Marsh], 1557.⁂ Complete copy of a scarce edition of this highly important work - "This book is not only the earliest treatise on moral philosophy in English but the first of an imposing array which introduced into England the cultural and political ideals of the Renaissance" (Pforzheimer). This copy is enhanced by the insertion as endpapers of the title-page to William Lily's An Introduction of the Eight Parts of Speche..., 1546 (front) and the "To the Reader" leaf from the same work (rear) [STC 15610.9 locating Glasgow University Library copy only].
English Statutes in contemporary bindings.- Table (A) to al the Statutes made from the beginning of the raigne of Kyng Edwarde the vi, 2 vol., black letter, woodcut general titles, numerous divisional titles, some with woodcut borders, woodcut initials, some light water-staining at end of vol.2, occasional spotting, last few margins of both vol. affected by clasps (causing holes and rust-marks), contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, vol.1 rebacked preserving original spine, a few other repairs and clasps renewed, folio, Richard Tottell [and others], 1570-76.⁂ A remarkable survival in generally excellent condition and in contemporary bindings, albeit restored. These statutes provide a profound insight into the legal framework governing the lives and times of the Elizabethans, such as apparel, apprentices, bail, beggars, the Book of Common Prayer, Brickmakers, Cathedrals, Counterfeiting, Rebellious Assemblies, Sheriffs, Wool, and so on, as well as statutes of major impact such as the Supreme Head of the Church of England (26 Henry VIII c 1).The bindings appear to be those of Oldham's "F.D. binder", who he believed came from Germany and of which some 35 examples are known. These bindings are characterised by a particular design - "his design was, with very few exceptions, always the same, one roll, used doubled, with an inner frame touching the outer" (Oldham, English Blind-stamped Bindings, p.32 and plate XIX). The first volume in this set has the collective table by Tottell, and individual issues by Tottell (five), Jugge (ten), and Christopher Barker (one), covering Edward VI; Mary 1, Philip and Mary, and Elizabeth 1 as follows: Edward VI year 1 (Tottell); 2-3 (Tottell), 3-4 (Tottell), 5-6 (Tottell), 6-7 (Totell), Mary 1 year 1 (Jugge); year 1 (Until October) (Jugge); Phillip and Mary Years 1-2 (Jugge), 2-3 (Jugge), 4-5 (Jugge), Elizabeth 1 Year 1 (Jugge), 5 (Jugge), 8 (Jugge), 13 (Christopher Barker), 14 (Jugge), 18 (Jugge). The second volume opens with the title page to volume two, collective table by Marsh, and is followed by his reissue of the Henry VIII statutes: years 1, 3-7, 14-15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34-35, 35.The group offered here is unusually coherent, being printed entirely between 1570-1576. Marsh is known to have produced a two-volume issue, and presumably he took over the stock of Jugge after his death, using it as spare parts to constitute the first volume, to go alongside his reissue of the Henry VIII statutes.
Rabelais (François) The Works, translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart, 2 parts in 1, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, errata leaf, lacking C2-11 (loosely inserted from another smaller copy, some leaves torn & repaired, others frayed at edges with loss of a few letters), d1 &2 and B3 slightly defective at lower outer corner with loss of two catchwords, [Wing R104 & R109], 1694; The Third Book of the Works..., translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart, first edition, title with short tear at inner margin, L6 with misprinting to lower outer corner where torn and leaf folded back and printed on wrong side affecting final 4 lines on verso, contemporary sprinkled calf, [Pforzheimer 815; Wing R110], 1693; Pantagruel's Voyage to the Oracle of the Bottle. Being the Fourth and Fifth Books of the Works..., translated by P.A.Motteux, first part only (lacking Fifth Book), first edition, [Pforzheimer 816; Wing R107], 1694, together 4 parts only (of 5) in 3 vol., uniform contemporary calf ruled and stamped in blind, a little rubbed, a few small stains, vol.1 with cuts to upper cover, vol.3 with some gouges, slight wear to spines, for Richard Baldwin; and another copy of the first with all text but lacking the engraved portrait, 12mo (4)⁂ An almost complete set of the translations of Rabelais' works. The first item consists of books 1 and 2, covering Gargantua and Pantagruel, and was first published in 1653. These and Urquhart's previously unpublished Third Book were issued to accompany Motteux's translation of the Fourth & Fifth Books in 1693-94.
Music.- Ashworth (Caleb) A collection of tunes, suited to the several metres commonly used in publick worship, set in four parts, and on the most easy keys; with An introduction to the art of singing and plain composition, first edition, letterpress introduction, engraved music and accompanying text, staining and spotting, affecting part of 1 letter on title, contemporary blind-stamped calf, spine in compartments, joints splitting, but holding, spine ends and corners worn, scuffed and stained, oblong 8vo, Printed and sold for J. Buckland, at the Buck, in Pater-Noster-Row, [?1760].⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only three copies (two at BL and one Watkinson Library, Trinity College, Hartford, CT).
Gothic novel.- Le Fanu (Joseph Sheridan) The Wyvern Mystery, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, occasional minor foxing and soiling, later dark-blue morocco-backed blind-stamped pebbled cloth, spines gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1869.⁂ Rare. "The Wyvern Mystery combines all the elements of nail-biting horror, romantic fairy tale, psychological thriller and rich period drama to create a compelling story." (Waterstones' online synopsis)
Meade-Falkner (J.) The Lost Stradivarius, first edition, presentation inscription to pastedown, bookplate to front free endpaper, light spotting and foxing, original blind-stamped cloth, a little marked, spine ends bumped and creased, 8vo, 1895.⁂ Falkner's first novel, a supernatural tale of ghosts possessing objects.
Yeats (William Butler) The Tower, first edition, half-title, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, endpapers lightly browned, very light even foxing to first few pages, original pictorial cloth, blind-stamped and gilt by T.Sturge Moore, uncut, dust-jacket, light chipping to spine head and extremities, lacking lower portion of spine, 8vo, 1928.⁂ One of 2000 copies. The Tower was Yeats' first major volume of poetry to appear as Nobel Laureate (he had been awarded the Nobel Prize five years earlier in 1923). It is considered one of the poet's most important volumes, and firmly established his place in the Modernist canon.
Middleton (Bernard, binder).- Gide (André) Oscar Wilde: A Study, from the French, edited by Stuart Mason [C.S.Millard], one of 50 copies on hand-made paper, from an edition limited to 500, plates, bound in russet goatskin, by Bernard Middleton, titled in gilt across head and foot of upper cover, spine titled in gilt and with five raised bands, each with three small gilt dots within double rules in blind extending onto covers in style of old thongs, t.e.g., others uncut, signed "Bound by Middleton. Oct.'00" in pencil at foot of rear free endpaper and with his monogram to rear pastedown, 8vo (binding c.205 x 140mm.), Oxford, Holywell Press, 1905.⁂ First English edition of this account of Wilde which first appeared in L'Ermitage, a monthly literary review, in June 1902, and in a simple but elegant binding by the celebrated British binder.
Animal physiology.- Fabrici (Girolamo Ab Aquapendente) De respirationes & eius Instrumentis, Padua, Antonio Meglietti, 1615; De motu locali animalium secundum totum, [& De alarum actione], Padua, Giambattista de Martinis, 1618; De gula, ventriculo, intestinis tractatus, Padua, Lorenzo Pasquiati, 1618; and De musculi artificio, et ossium de articulationibus, lacking 4 preliminary leaves, Vicenza, Pietro Bertellio, 1614; together 4 works in 1, first editions, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, contemporary ink marking to front free endpaper, margins toned, contemporary blind-ruled calf, morocco gilt spine label, rather rubbed with portions of loss to spine tail, joints cracked though holding strong, 4to. ⁂ Rare first editions of four works on animal motion and physiology by the remarkable anatomist and founder of embryology. Each were issued separately from 1614 to 1618 before being reissued together by Meglietti with a general title dated 1625. The present lot is a sammelband of the separately issued works. Fabrici (1533-1619) studied at Padua with Gabriele Falloppop, whom he succeeded as teacher of anatomy upon the latter's death in 1562.
Astronomy.- Kepler (Johannes) Prodomus dissertationum cosmographicarum, continens Mysterium Cosmographicum de admirabili proportione orbium coelestium, 2 parts in 1, second, enlarged, edition, woodcut head-pieces and initials, 5 folding plates (4 woodcut and 1 engraved), woodcut diagrams, title to second part with large woodcut device, lacking final blank, A3 lacking portion from fore-margin, light water- and damp-staining throughout, some worming (mostly single wormhole to lower margin but passing through plates 4 & 5 and causing track to final few leaves), some tears to plates (one repaired), lacking free endpapers, ink shelf-mark of Dupplin Castle, Perth & Kinross to front pastedown, with another earlier shelf-mark and later signature of Bernard Pagel, contemporary calf with borders ruled in blind, rubbed and lightly stained, rebacked preserving scraps of old spine, folio, Frankfurt, Erasmus Kempfer for Godefrid Tampach, 1621.⁂ Kepler's first book, usually referred to as "Mysterium Cosmographicum" and first published in 1596, is a Copernican treatise which set the course for his life's work. It contains his theory that the orbit of each of the five planets is determined by the circumference of the five platonic solids nested one inside the other (see the engraved plate). As well as Kepler's own introductory chapter expounding and defending the Copernican theory, the book contains a reprint of Rheticus' Naratio prima, the first announcement of the theory which was first published in 1540 and before De revolutionibus in 1543. This second edition includes Kepler's additional notes reflecting the development of his thinking in the intervening 25 years, and appended is the first edition of Kepler's response to attacks by Robert Fludd on his Harmonices mundi of 1619.
Boho Retreat Cocktail Cabinet The Boho Retreat Cocktail Cabinet Is Made Using Mango Solids With Mixed Timber Veneers Of Teak-Mahogany-Mindy Ash And Mango Which Give Contrast And Make The Inlaid Pattern Stand Out. It Has A Beautiful Brown Wood Finish. The Cabinet Features A Patterned Frieze Of Blind Fret Work Across The Middle Of The Doors, Made From Solid Mango Wood.W850 X D400 X H1570mm ( 5055999242905)
After H Davis Richter this is a first date impression entitled Reflections with a publishers blind stamp to lower left circa 1932 44 w x 53 h cms, together with 2 Sydney E Wilson first impression print, with publishers blind stamp to lower left, published circa 1911. Signed in pencil to the lower right margin, depicting three young women. A third print by Sydney E Wilson depicting Diana the Huntress, blind stamped to the lower left and signed in pencil to the lower right margin, circa 1911. A fourth engraving, a young woman spinning wool, 38 w x 33 h cms and a fifth engraving of a beautiful young woman, approx 38 x 33 cms, all are framed and glazed.
Sydney E Wilson prints, depicting Mrs. Robinson, blind stamp lower left and signed in the margin lower right, 28 w x 34 h cms. A second print depicting a young woman, blind stamp to lower left margin and signed in pencil in the lower right margin, circa 1912, 29 w x 34 h cms. A third print by Will Henderson, circa 1909, picture of a young woman, blind stamp to lower left margin and signed in pencil in the lower right margin, 39 w x 30 cm. All three, framed and glazed. Sir Joshua Reynolds, entitled Miss Bowles, published circa 1916, 28.5 w x 35 h cms. A chromolithograph of a small boy, 33 w x 40 h cms, framed and glazed.
17th/18th and 19th century maps of the Isle of Wight - including Vincenzo Maria Coronelli Isola di Wight circa 1695; Thomas Osborne Correct Map of the Isle of Wight circa 1748 (framed and glazed); John Rocque map of the Isle of Wight circa 1750 hand-coloured and Robert Morden 'The Smaller Islands in the British Ocean' including Isle of Wight, Alderney, Jersey and Garnsey of Sarina and one other book print of the Isle of Wight; J & L Walker steel engraving depicting Southampton and the Isle of Wight circa 1835; J. Wallis isle of Wight miniature map of Isle of Wight circa 1810; Isle of Wight miniature card map pre 1925; J. Cary Isle of Wight circa 1800; attributed to Thomas Hutchinson, 1748 first edition Geographia Magnae Britanniae with ex-library blind stamps to top two corners; W. Jeffery's map of the Isle of Wight circa 1812; M.A Leigh map of the Isle of Wight circa 1825; Speed J miniature of the Isle of Wight circa 1662; map of English islands Mercator circa 1613 with French text on the reverse; Thomas Kitchin New Map of the Isle of Wight for the London Magazine circa 1764; Herman Moll map of the Isle of Wight Scilly Islands and Holy Island Fairn Islands and Staiples circa 1724.
Quantity of antique maps of Hampshire or Isle of Wight. Listed as follows: J.Cary Berkshire and Hampshire approx 26 x 21 cms, John Cary Westmoreland map from the New and Correct English Atlas 1787, Alexander Hogg 'New of Map of Yorkshire', J. Robins & Co map of Hampshire, Wagner & Debes Southampton Environs 1906, J Owen Bowen Hampshire, G.W Bacon & Ltd Isle of Wight approx 14 x 9 cms, Roads from Alresford to Poole by J.Owen and E.Bowen from the 1720 first edition of Britannia Depicta, one of the first true pocket-sized road books, Map of the Channel Islands by Owen and Bowen from Britannia Depicta 1720 first edition; Heptarchies des Saxon, Map of Hampshire drawn and engraved by J. Archer, Hampshire by Thomas Hutchinson from the 1748 first edition of Georgraphia Magnae Britanniae (faint ex-library blind stamp to top); circa 1840 Map of Hampshire and Isle of Wight T.Moule hand coloured, Hampshire map by T.Moule English Counties Delineated (railways were added to original maps), J.Wallis New Pocket Edition of the English Counties, J. Cary Hampshire and Isle of Wight hand coloured; Hampshire and Isle of Wight Archer 'British County Atlas', Sidney Hall Buckinghamshire, Hampshire 'New Atlas of England and Wales' 1843, Hampshire and Isle of Wight by Sidney Hall circa 1833, engraving of England and Wales (source unknown), P. Martin map of Berkshire circa 1800, a map of the Western Islands published by A. Fullerton framed and glazed.
Julius Geertz (German, 1837-1902)Blind man's buff signed and dated 'Julius Geertz 1881' (lower left)oil on panel 73.7 x 58.4cm (29 x 23in).Footnotes:ExhibitedLiverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Grand Loan Exhibition of Pictures, 1886, no. 1265. Loaned by T.W. Medley Esq.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ALBERT CARTER; a George V hallmarked silver and guilloche enamel eleven piece dressing table set, comprising five glass jars with engraved detail, Birmingham 1934, fitted in leather tray.Additional InformationThe comb with a few light chips to the enamel and a couple of light surface scratches, the silver generally tarnished. The small brush with a small chip to the enamel at either end where the foliate detailing sits, other slight surface wear to the enamel. Silver lightly tarnished with some rubbing to hallmarks. The hand mirror with a small blind chip to one of the corners and other light surface patina wear of little scratches to the enamel. Silver surface lightly tarnished and with general wear. Long rectangular glass jar with a few slight pin head sized nicks to the glass but nothing serious. The enamel is okay, the silver with light tarnishing. The hand held mirror with several small scratches to the mirror plate. General tarnishing to the silver and some light scratches to the silver. Rubbing to the hallmarks. Enamel lightly grubby and with some light surface scratches and general patina. The shorter of the slender glass jars also with a couple of very slight pin head sized nicks to the faceting but nothing serious. Hallmarks lightly rubbed, silver with light tarnishing and a few light scratches. Enamel with a few light surface scratches. Small rectangular lidded glass box with light wear to the underside of the glass base. Silver with light tarnishing and a few light scratches. Enamel with a few very light surface marks, but essentially okay. The rectangular scent bottle with circular cover does have a stopper, this item does have a couple of slight little pin head nicks to the glass, nothing serious. The interior with some dark staining from previous perfume. There are three small chips to the enamel on the top edge and two smaller ones near to the hallmarks, these are all fairly small. Widest of the glass bottomed toilet jars also with a few pin head sized nicks to the glass. Silver lightly tarnished. Enamel with slight surface patina, but essentially okay. The button hook with some rusting and tarnishing to the hook section. Silver surface lightly tarnished. Enamel with two very slight nicks at the edge. The shoe horn with light surface patina to the horn section, light tarnishing to the silver, there may be a repair to the widest part of the join where the shoe horn section is attached to the handle. Enamel with a couple of slight little edge chips, nothing serious.
JOSEPH FARQUHARSON (Scottish, 1846-1935); a signed limited edition coloured print of sheep in a winter landscape, signed lower right and with blind stamp lower left, published in 1913, the image 49 x 74.5cm, framed and glazed, and a further unframed print after Farquharson (2).Additional InformationModern frames and some scuffing to the frames, some brown staining to the image and a light brown hue throughout.
A Victorian hallmarked silver and ruby glass scent bottle, with foliate detailing, Birmingham 1891, length approx 4cm, with a similar white metal and ruby glass example, a hallmarked silver and cut glass jar, the lid cast with leaves, Birmingham 1839, and a silver and cut glass heart shaped box, Birmingham 1903 (4).Additional InformationHallmarked ruby glass scent bottle with some rubbing and tarnishing. Edge of glass with some small nibbles. Other scent bottle with some tarnishing. Heart shaped box with some small nicks and grazes to the hob nail cutting and a blind chip at the rim. The lid of the other jar with a slight dent and some small chips to the glass.
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