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(i) The Blind Monkey 2016 collection for the Chinese Year of the Monkeysigned 'Lalique France'H. 6 cm, D. base 2.2 cm(ii) The Mocking Sparrow Paperweight in frosted crystalsigned 'Lalique France' and label 'Lalique Paris'9 x 10.5 x 6 cm(iii) The Proud Sparrow Paperweight in crystalsigned 'R. Lalique France' 8.5 x 10 x 5 cm

NO RESERVE Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, first edition, original blind-stamped boards, spine lettered in gilt, slight sunning to spine, light mottling to covers, small dent to foot of lower cover, dust-jacket, 3 short closed tears with light creasing to foot, faint creasing to head, 8vo, 1961.

Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, boards with skeletal hand in blind to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, light strip of fading to upper cover, corners bumped, 1961; The Spy Who Loved Me, ownership name on endpapers, boards with dagger motif blocked to front boards in silver and blind, spine lettered in silver, spine head bumped, jacket price-clipped, jacket nicks reinforced with tape verso, 1962, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, lightly toned, heaver to spines, nicks and short tears along edges, spine ends frayed and chipped, 8vo (2)

Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, original boards with dagger motif blocked to front board in silver and blind, spine lettered in silver, dust-jacket, very light creasing to upper edge and corners, one short nick to upper joint head, one or two very faint marks to lower panel, otherwise an excellent and crisp copy overall, 8vo, 1962.

NO RESERVE Heaney (Seamus) An Open Letter, 1983; The Makings of a Music : Reflections on the Poetry of Wordsworth and Yeats, Library of Peter Kettle ownership blind-stamp to endpaper, University of Liverpool, 1978, first editions, signed by the author, original wrappers, near-fine, 8vo (2)

Hughes (Ted) Moortown Elegies, one of 175 copies signed by the author, original stiff vellum, cow motif in blind and gilt to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, very slightly bowed, 1978; Adam and the Second Nine, original blue calf, light sunning and spotting to spine, 1978, illustrations by Leonard Baskin, slip-cases, Rainbow Press; and 2 others, including a limited edition copy of Poems by Ruth Fainlight, Alan Sillitoe, and Hughes by the Rainbow Press, v.s. (4)

NO RESERVE MacLean (Alistair) Ice Station Zebra, jacket with Book Society Choice wraparound, ink ownership name on front free endpapers, 1963 § Newman (Bernard) Double Menace, signed presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, 1954 § Robertson (Marjorie) To Ripen or to Kill, 1953 § Varnel (Michael) Blind Bondage, jacket creased, 1953, first editions, original boards, all but the second with dust-jackets, nicked and creased to edges; and c.50 others, crime fiction, 8vo (c.55)

Milne (A. A.) The Christopher Robin Story Book, first edition, deluxe issue, half-title, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, pictorial endpapers, original red crushed morocco, gilt, spine lightly faded, 1929; Now We Are Six, first edition, bookplate to endpapers, half-title toned, original pictorial cloth, spine ends creased, dust-jacket, large portions lacking, light even toning, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, pictorial endpapers browned, ink gift inscription to half-title, original pictorial cloth, lightly sunned with one or two staining marks, 1928, 8vo (3)⁂ The first is a seemingly exceedingly rare and curious Milne item: we are able to trace only one other like example in commerce and thus must have been a very small run. Presumably the deluxe issue of this work, emulating the binding of the Winnie-The-Pooh deluxe issues in limp calf binding. This copy is without the 8pp. adverts which are in the trade issue, and the top-corner pictorial motifs of Tigger and Owl have been swapped, and are overlaid on the the blind stamping.

NO RESERVE North (William) The Slave of the Lamp. A Postuhumous Novel, first edition, 7pp. adverts at end, bookseller's blind stamp on endpapers, foxing, cloth rubbed, frayed at edges and splitting along joints, New York, 1855 § Besant (Walter) The Revolt of Man, new edition, ownership inscription on title, printed author's pseudonym blocked out and written in autograph correction, newspaper cuttings laid down to endpapers, hinge cracked, 1882, original decorative or pictorial cloth, 8vo (2)⁂ A pair of excellent 19th century scarce science-fiction novels. The first is centered around a group of Bohemian artists and writers in 1850's New York. The second, a scarce work by Besant, is an anti-suffragette science-fiction novel, depicting a female-dominated society of the future, where religion has been abolished. The work represents the contemporary anxieties of Victorian men around female emancipation.

NO RESERVE Oppenheim (E. Phillips) The Master Mummer, ink ownership name to endpapers, jacket price-clipped, 1904; Nobody's Man, jacket price-clipped, 1921; The Great Prince Shan, 1922; The Pawns Count, ink ownership name to endpapers, 1918; The Kingdom of the Blind, 1916; The Evil Shepherd, 1922, early reprints, light toning to first few pages, original cloth, dust-jackets, very light creases or the occasional nick to extremities, otherwise remarkably bright and crisp copies; and 13 others, similar, 8vo (19)

Blackwood (Algernon) & Wilfred Wilson. The Wolves of God and Other Fey Stories, presentation copy with blind stamp to title, 1921 § Forbes (Esther) A Mirror for Witches, 12 wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings, 1928 § [Huth (Alexander)], "M. Y. Halidom". The Wonder Club, 1903 § Seestern. Armageddon 190-, gift inscription to pastedown, 1907, original boards, light creasing or bumping to extremities, fore-edges spotted; and 6 others, weird fiction, 8vo (10)

A 19th century 'gothic' walnut mantle ClockInscribed Rowell of OxfordThe 8 1/2 inch silvered dial with Roman numerals, the triple train spring driven chain drive fusee movement engraved to the rear plate 'Rowell Oxford', striking on an array of bells, on the hours and quarter hours, contained within a case of gothic architectural form, the top with moulded castellations and blind pierced fretwork, the side sound apertures with pierced arched tracery widow style with green fabric backing, raised on a moulded plinth, 40cm wide, 26cm deep, 57.5cm high, (15 1/2in wide, 10in deep, 22 1/2in high)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[Sterne (Laurance)] A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, by Mr. Yorick. 4 vols. in 2, 16mo Lond. (for T Bcket and P.A. de Hondt - S. Bladon) 1768-1769. Two hf. titles (Vols. I & II) Subscribers List, engd. coat of arms of Sterne on p. 38 Vol. II, recent full calf, blind fillet border, raised bands & mor. labels, now in cloth slipcase. (2)

Binding: [Stepehns (Alex)] A Memoir of the Life of the Rt. Hon. John Philpot Curran, 8vo Lond. 1817. First Edn., a.e.g., cont. full straight grained dark mor., with large blind tooled borders with gilt decorations and gilt decorated spine. V. good copy. Scarce. (1)

By Thouvenin Jeune Binding: Petit Careme de Massillon, Eveque de Clermont, 8vo Paris 1822. Hf. title, engd. port. frontis, a.e.g. full cont. olive green straight grained mor., tooled gilt border, & blind tooled lozenger on each cover, blind & gilt tooled spine, signed 'Thouvenin Jeune,' V. good. (1) * Famous early 19th Century French binder.

Husbandry: The Potato, Report of the Committee of The Board of Agriculture,.. Concerning The Culture and Use of Potatoes, 4to Lond. (W. Bulmer & Co.) 1795.  First Edn., 7 engd. plts. (4 fold.), lacks hf. title, title & end leaf dust marked, later full calf, blind tooled border, gilt decor spine, & mor. label. Good. (1)

Fine Hand Coloured Plates:  de Moleville (M. Bertrand) The Costume of the Hereditary States of The House of Austria,... Trans. by R.C. Dallas. Folio Lond. (for Wm. Millar .. by Wm. Bulmer & Co.) 1804. First Edn., 50 full page hand coloured plates (include frontis), a.e.g., full crimson mor., with lg. blind & gilt tooled borders. V. good. Bookplate of Michael, Earl of Rosse. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

Binding: Pogany (Wm.)illustrator. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 8vo Lond. (G.G. Harrap & Co.) With fine cold. plts. & text decorations. In attractive & elaborate gilt tooled calf, with leaves & flowers, back cover blind tooled. V. good. (1)

Treatises on Husbandry, Bee Keeping etc Markham (Gervase) Markham's farewell to Husbandry, or, The enriching of all, sorts of Barren and Sterile grounds in our Kingdome, to be as fruitful in all manner of Graine, Pulse and Grasse, as the best grounds whatsoever, 4to Lond. (By M.F. for Roger Jackson) 1625. Newly reviewed, corrected and amended, [8] 177pp; Bound with, Countrey Contentments or The English Huswife,  4to Lond. 1623. [8], 133, [1]pp; Bound with, A New Orchard and Garden, 4to Lond. 1623. Title with wd.-cut vignette, [8], 57pp; Bound with, The Country Housewifes Garden, Lond. 1623, 41pp; Bound with, Butler (Chas.) The Feminine Monarchie: or The History of Bees, 4to Lond. 1623. Frontis wd. cut of hive, some printed music, text illus. Together 5 works bound as one, some mis-binding, but very good clean copy, paste-downs loose, cont. full calf, blind fillet borders, raised bands & recent mor. labels. V. good copy. (1) * Inscribed: 'The Rt. Hon. the Lady North's her book Anno Domino, 1678,' inscribed on front loose blank.

Crofton Croker (Thomas) Researches in The South of Ireland, lg. 4to L. (John Murray) 1824, engd. frontis., advert, 16 engd. litho plts., some text illus., slight foxing, contemp. full diced calf, with triple fillet and blind tooled border, gilt decor. spine in panel, joints cracked. Upr. cover loose. A very good clean copy. (1)

In Fine Binding Wright (G.N.) Ireland Illustrated, folio Kilkenny Reprint (Boethius) 1989. Lim. Edition 585 Copies. Illus. thro.-out, now in fine binding, a.e.g., full crimson mor. with lg. gilt & blind tooled Celtic cross on covers, & in cloth box. V. good. (1)

Renowned Irish Writer Hibernicus (Thomas) [Thomas Palmer?]  Flores Omnium Pere Doctorum, 16mo (Theobaldum Paganum) 1558. [XII], 1137pp all gauffered gilt edges, orig. calf, blind decor. panel & central & central animal head device, lacks clasps, spine worn, & upr. cover loose. Rare. (1)

Salmon (Wm.) Polygraphice; or, The Arts of Drawing, Engraving, Etching Limning, Painting, Washing, Varnishing, Gilding, Colouring, Dying, Beautifying and Perfuming, 8vo Lond. (Thos. Passinger) 1685. Fifth Edn. Port. plate of author, add. engd. title, 23 engd. plts. cont. full calf, blind tooled panels, raised bands, lacks label. Good copy. (1)

Binding: de Vaugelas (Lagier) Soixante Vues des Plus Beaux Palais, Monuments et Eglises de Paris, Cathedrales et Chateaux de la France, 8vo Paris n.d. [July 1820] Engd. map, hf. title, engd. frontis (add. title), & 60 engd. plts., a.e.g., in cont. full crimson mor. with attractive tooled gilt & blind tooled borders & designs, profusely gilt spine in panels. V. good copy. (1)

Edgeworth (Maria & Richard Lovell) Essay on Irish Bulls, 8vo Lond. 1802. First Edn., title re-lined, II, 316pp two engd. vignettes, ex libris copy (blind stamp) uncut, recent blue boards. (1)

Very Fine Unopened Copy Yeats (William Butler) The Celtic Twilight, Men and Women, Dhouls and Faeries. Sm. 8vo London 1893. First Edn., Second Issue. (publisher's name in lower case at bottom of spine). Frontis by J.B. Yeats with tissue guard, hf. title, advert. leaf at front, XII, 212pp, entirely unopened thro-out, orig. green cloth, with blind publisher's device on the back cover, gilt lettered spine, and orig. glassine cover. Wade 8. V. good copy. (1)

Signed Irish Binding: Missale Romanum, folio Dublin (J. Duffy) 1858. Hf. title, one full page illus. a.e.g. In fine cont. full crimson mor. tooled gilt, & blind tooled borders with cross in centre of both covers, raised bands, spine attractively tooled gilt in panels, Signed  J.Duffy, Binder, Dublin. In recent cloth box, with mor. label by Antiquarian Bookcrafts, Dublin. A most attractive example. (1)

Very Attractive Copy Heath's Picturesque Annuals: Ritchie (Leitch) Ireland Picturesque and Romantic, First & Second Series, 2 vols. sm. folio London 1837-1828., 39 engd. views, plates, portraits etc., a.e.g., in attractive full crimson mor. with blind tooled block decor., gilt spines. Good set. (2)

Hogarth: The Works of Mr. Hogarth Moralized, Folio London (J. Goodwin) n.d. Port. frontis., some text illus. & 71 full page plts. (ex 72, lacks No. 4, page 79) cont. full green mor. lg. gilt tooled, & blind tooled borders. (1)

St. Ambrose: Omnia Quotquot Extant D. Ambrosii Episcopi Mediolanensis Opoera, primum per Des Erasmum Rotterodamum, mox per Sig. Gelenium...Vols. 1-3 (ex 5) bound as one. Lg. folio Basle 1567. Wd. cut devices on titles, wd. initials, lacks front loose blanks, text v. clean, in cont. heavy leather backed wooden boards, profusely blind decor. lacks clasps, upr. cover loose, some dam. (1)

The Book of Kells   Most Sumptuous Edition Facsimile - Verlag, Luzern, Publishers: The Book of Kells, the most precious illuminated manuscript of the early Middle Ages, now reproduced, the FIRST AND ONLY COMPLETE FINE ART FACSIMILE EDITION, published by Authority of the Board of Trinity College, Dublin. Lg. thick 4to, Luzern 1990, LIMITED EDN., in fine white tawed leather over wooden boards.  Contained in a specially created presentation box, the embossed surface with blind & gilt tooled Celtic decoration and silver and brass mounts. Together with Commentary Volume.    A unique opportunity to acquire a facsimile of one of the World's greatest Art Treasures. (2)

Both Signed Presentation Copies Fishing: Pickard (F.W.) Sixteen British Trout Rivers, 8vo N. York 1936. First Edn., frontis & plt. orig. cloth; and  Trout and Salmon Fishing in Ireland, 8vo N. York 1938. First Edn., frontis & plts., orig. cloth, both orig. illus. d.w.'s V. good; Hofland (T.C.) The British Angler's Manual, or The Art of Angling in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, Sm. 8vo Lond. 1839. First Edn., engd. frontis & 13 full page plts. & 39 wd. cut illus.in text, orig. blind stamped cloth. With a Library Stamp. (3)

Giovio (S.Paulo) Dialogue des Devises D'Armes et d'Amours, Avec un Discourse de M. Loys Dominique sur le mesme subjet. Traduit d'Italien par le S. Vasquin Philieul... Gabriel Symeon. Sm. 4to Lyon (Guillaume Roville) 1561. Wd. cut device on title, with wd. cut port. on revese, title repaired at edges, add. title with printers device & wd. cut oval on reverse, & 138 wd.-cut illus. each with elaborate borders, some damp stains, & some minor repairs, later full  calf, blind roll borders, w.a.f. (1) * Purchased in Falkner Grierson, Dublin, in 1978.

Signed Limited Edition Heaney (Seamus) Hedge School, Sonnets from Glanmore, Vermont (Janus Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edn. NO. 196 (250) Copies, illustrated by Claire Van Vliet, hand made paper, paper wrappers, blind text. (1)

Waterford Interest:  Egan (P.M.) History, Guide and Directory of Waterford, thick 8vo, Kilkenny (P.M. Egan) n.d., illus. & adverts, recent cloth; Hansard (J.)comp. The History Topography and Antiquities of Waterford, 8vo, Dungarvan (J. Hansard) 1870, engd. frontis, illus, blind tooled cloth, gilt lettered spine; Canon Power (Rev. P.) The Place-Names of Decies, 8vo, Cork (C.U.P.) 1952, map frontis, cloth, d.j., as a lot, w.a.f. (3)

1798 Interest:  Musgrave (Sir R.) Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland, 2 vols., D. (R. Marchbank) 1802, Third Edn., 10 fold. maps and plts., marbled edges, full contemporary blind tooled calf, (professional reback), tight copy. (2)

Heaney (Seamus) Poems and A Memoir, folio, N.Y. (Limited Editions Club) 1982, Signed Limited Edition No. 1863 (2000) copies, full blind tooled leather, illus. by Henry Pearson, Introduction by Thomas Flanagan, all Signed  matching slipcase. (1)

Signed Limited Edition O'Brien (Eoin) The Charitable Infirmary, Jervis Street 1718 - 1987. A Farewell Tribute, folio Dublin 1987. Lim. Edition, No. 85 of 160 Copies, Signed by Author. Illus. thro.-out, in attractive blind decor. black cloth. (1)

With Attractive Hand Coloured Plates McLean (Thos.) Publisher. The Military Costume of Turkey, Folio Lond.(Howell & Brimmer) 1818.  First Edition, Hf. title, hd. cold. frontis port. & hd. cold. title plus 30 full page hand cold. plts., a.e.g., orig. full straight grained crimson mor., lg. gilt and blind tooled borders. V. good copy. (1)

With Attractive Hand-Coloured Plates Miller (William) Publisher. The Costume of Turkey, Illustrated by a Series of Engravings; With Descriptions in English and French. Lg. folio Lond.(T. Bensley) 1802. First Edn., hd. cold. stipple vignette on title, & 60 hand coloured plates, some offsetting, a.e.g., orig. full straight grained crimson mor., lg. gilt and blind tooled borders. Good clean copy. (1)

With Attractive Hand-Coloured Plates Miller (William) Publisher. The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria, Intro. & descriptions by A.F. Bertrand de Moleville. Lg. folio Lond. (Wm. Bulmer & Co.) 1804. First Edn., 2 titles, & 50 hand coloured aquatint plates, some offsetting, a.e.g., orig. strait grained crimson mor., gilt & blind tooled borders, a few scuffs, but good. (1)

With 73 Attractive Hand-Coloured Plates Miller (William) Publisher. The Costume of the Russian Empire, Description in English and French, Lg. folio London (S. Gosnell) 1803. First Edn., two titles & 73 hand coloured aquatint plates, clean copy, a.e.g., orig. straight-grained crimson mor., gilt & blind tooled borders. V. good copy. (1)

With 60 Attractive Hand-Coloured Plates Pyne (W.H.) The Costume of Great Britain, Lg. folio London (Wm. Miller) 1808.  First Edition. Hf. title, with hand coloured vignette title, & 60 hand coloured aquatint plates, some off-setting, but v. clean plts., a.e.g., original strait grained crimson mor., gilt & blind tooled borders, some rubbing. Good. (1)

With 82 Attractive Hand-Coloured Plates Mason (Geo. Henry) The Costume of China, Illustrated with Sixty Engravings, With Explanations in English and French. Lg. folio London (for W. Miller) 1800. First Edn., titles in English & French, & 60 hand coloured aquatint plates some off-setting; also The Punishments of China, lg. folio Lond. (for Wm. Miller) 1808. First Edn., titles in English & French & 22 fine hand coloured aquatint plts. Both with a.e.g. & in matching straight grained crimson mor., gilt & blind tooled borders. Both v. good. (2)

Illustrated with Original Photographs Dunraven (Edwin, Third Earl of,) Notes on Irish Architecture, 2 vols. large folio London 1875. First & Only Edition, both vols. containing 141 orig. photographic illustrations, some mounts spotted, recent rebind in attractive full vellum, lg. blind tooled borders., raised bands, mor. labels. V. fine set. Ex. Scarce. (2)

Fine quality Facsimile Heures de Turin-Milan [Faksimile Verlag Luzern] Van Buren (A.H.), Marrow (J.H.), Pettenati (S.) commentators, Heures de Turin-Milan, 3 parts, Switzerland (Verlay Luzern) 1994, Limited Edn. No. 461 (980) Copies, illustrated, bound in attractive blind decorated green velour with gilt embossing, housed in Perspex container. (3)

Landmark Novel of Modern Literature Scott Fitzgerald (F.) The Great Gatsby, 8vo New York (Charles Scribner's Sons) 1925, First Edn., First Issue (with all 4, main issued points present) original publishers cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, blind embossing lettering to front cover (no d.j.) some foxing and staining. Otherwise good copy. Scarce. (1)

One of 750 Copies Joyce (James) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 8vo, L. (The Egoist Ltd.) 1916, True First English Edition (American Sheets) green cloth, blind lettered front cover, gilt lettered spine. [Slocum A11]. (1)

First English Edition Printed Sheets Joyce (James) Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 8vo, London (Egoist Ltd.) [1918] (Second Edition), printed at Vister Printing Works Southport, green cloth, blind lettered front cover, gilt lettered spine. [Slocum & Cahoon A13]. (1)

With 71 Fine Hand Coloured Plates Bingley (Rev. W.) Memoirs of British Quadrupeds, thick 8vo London (Darton & Harvey) 1809. L. Paper Copy. With 71 attractive hand coloured plates, cont. blind & gilt tooled calf, upper cover loose & spine worn, but exceptionally clean plates. (1)

A Victorian golden oak cupboard, late 19th century, in the Gothic Revival style, the breakfront with a pointed frieze centred by a blind fretwork quatrefoil, over panelled doors and base with further twin doors, raised on shaped bracket feet,113cm wide53cm deep223cm highProvenance: Roger and Jill Hadlee, The Abbey, Coggeshall, Essex.Condition ReportCentral cupboard interior 30cm deep x 35cm wide. Flanking cupboards 19cm deep x 32cm wide. Base cupboards 43cm deep x 50cm wide. General scuffs, surface scratches and abrasions. Re-finished. Slight warp to the top of the base section. No key to the base.

A Gothic oak candle box,16th century, with a sliding lid and blind fretwork arches to each end,15cm wide34cm long18cm highProvenance: Roger and Jill Hadlee, The Abbey, Coggeshall, Essex.

A painted and leather-covered sedan chair,18th century, Northern European, with glazed panels to the upper door and sides, over brass-studded yellow leather, the interior lined in red cotton with a retractable roller blind to the door, with bearers,71cm wide201cm deep156m high (3)Condition ReportThe sedan chair is believed to have come from the vendors' grandparents who lived at Bullwood Hall, Hockley, Essex, between 1930-50.

* * A Chinese carved clair du lune glazed incense box and cover, by Li Yucheng, Jingdezhen, 1820-1870, of elongated octagonal form, the cover with a cockerel and foliage, the sides with blind fret centred by ‘wan’ motifs, the interior with turquoise glaze, carved seal script mark ‘ Li Yucheng zuo’ to base, 9.5cm wideProvenance: Spink & Son Ltd, London, 5th October, 1987.Li Yucheng is known as a master of porcelain carving, active during the reigns of Daoguang to Tongzhi.Cf. a yellow glazed brushpot by Li Yucheng sold by Christie’s, Hong Kong, The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including the Quek Kiok Lee Collection, 9 October 2019, lot 53, bearing a similar seal mark.Please note this lot attracts an additional import tax of 5% on the hammer price***CONDITION REPORT***Lid in good order, base with two tiny nicks in the porcelain, one of the inside of the rim, the other on the edge of the body one end, otherwise small scattered firing marks but no other faults noted.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

§ § Sir Kyffin Williams (Welsh, 1918-2006) 'Blind Man'oil on canvasinitialled68 x 50cm***CONDITION REPORT***Oil on original canvas perhaps a little dirty, but otherwise looks to be in good condition, initialled lower right, housed in a plain black mounted frame, title along with price £210 inscribed on the stretcher, remnant of Bourlet label on the stretcher.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Spielhagen,F.: Goethe`s Frauengestalten von W. v. Kaulbach. Mit erläuterndem Text von F.Spielhagen. Mchn., Bruckmann (ca. 1867). Fol. 45 Bll., mit 21 auf Karton mont. Phototypien nach Original-Cartons von Kaulbach, Goldschn., blind- u- goldgepr. Oldr. (signiert R.Gerhold in Leipzig). (Etw. best. u. berieb.). Rümann 1085. - Erste Ausgabe, schönes Exemplar. - ╔Dabei: Studien-Köpfe╗ (Deckeltitel). München, J.Albert um 1890. Fol. Mit 12 OFotografien auf Karton mont. mit gedr. Titel, lose in illustr. OLwd.-Flügelmappe. - ╔Allers,C.W.╗ Hochzeitsreise nach Italien, mit zahlr. Illustrationen. Lose in OLwd-Mappe.

Agnes, Prinzessin von Württemberg (Pseud.: Angelica Hohenstein).: Aus schönen Stunden. Acht Bilder. Gütersloh, Bertelsmann 1878. 4 Bl., 224 S. Olwd. mit Blind- u. Goldpräg. (Leicht berieb.). Erste Ausgabe, selten. - ╔Mit eh. Verf.-Widm.╗ a.V.: "Mit treuen herzlichen Grüßen, in gleicher Liebe & Glauben vereint, von der Verfasserin, A.". - Enthält: Fra Giovanni Angelico da Fiesole; Roswitha; Aus Venedig; Eine Waldphantasie; Drei Volkslieder in Einem Bilde; Im Hinterstübchen; Die Lilie auf dem Meraner Friedhof; Johann Arnold's Tagebuch. - Tls. leicht stockfleckig u. etw. gelockert.

ENCADERNAÇÃO.- MARIA II, D. (Rainha de Portugal).- Historia politica, religiosa y descriptiva de Galicia / por Don Leopoldo Martinez de Padin (Tomo I).- Madrid: Estabelecimiento Tipográfico de A. Vicente, 1849.- 344, [8] p.; 23 cm.- E, Remarkable contemporary binding, full “vieux rouge” morocco with romantic blind gauffered decoration in gold on the covers (large blocking press matrix) and original smooth spine. In the centre of the upper cover, the crowned monogram M. II (D. Maria II), engraved in gold; decoration on the squares with roulette and triple blind and gold fillet; roll on the thickness of the covers and top edges gilt. Copy with interesting dedication on the free endpaper (external): Ao seu qdo. amigo Lourenço V. Cid, offce. este livro (que pertenceu à Snra. D. Maria 2ª, e foi comprado no leilão das Necessidades em Julho de [18]93) como prova de mta. estima. Júlio Carlos Mardel de Arriaga 16/12/93. Júlio Carlos Mardel de Arriaga 12/16/93. Modern ex-libris of Rui Fernandes. Book stamp not mentioned in the bibliography of the specialty.

BERNARDO DE CLARAVAL, Santo.- D. BERNARDI | Doctoris Mellitissimi, | AC PRIMA ABBATIS | Claræuallensis oenobij, | OPERA QVATENVS in HVNC | VSQVE DIEM EXTARE NOSCVNTVR, | Omnia accuuratissima recognitione & so- | leri collatione ad fidem exempla- | rium permultæ antiquitatis re- | stituta natiuæ integritati. | Quæ nostra hæc editio præter superiores nunc primum typis | euulgat, nosse licebit ex catalogo & appendice, [gravura xilográfica].- Venetiis: Ad Signvm Spei. M D XLIX. [1549].- [58], 451, [4] f.; 21 cm.- E. Junto com: -----.- OPVSCVLA | QVAEDAM, ET SER | MONES D. BERNARDI | CLARAEVALLENSIS COE- | NOBII ABBATIS PRIMI, | quæ nec in Lugdunensibus, neque in Pa- | risiensibus impressionibus | reperiuntur, NVPERRIME AVTEM IN QVODAM | uetustissimo exemplari inuenta, suis operibus | nunc per me excusis addita, quo- | rium indicem sequens in- | dicabit pagella. [gravura xilográfica].- Ad Signvm Spei, M. D. L. [1550].- 45, [3] f.; 21 cm. Junto com: -----.- D. BERNARDI | DOCTORIS MELLITISSIMI | AC PRIMI ABBATIS CLA- | RAEVALLENSIS COENOBII | OPERVM | TOMVS SECVNDVS. | QVATENVS IN HVNC VSQVE | DIEM EXTARE NOSCVNTVR, | omnia accuratissima recognitione & solerti col- | latione ad fidem exemplarium per- | mutæ antiquitatis nati- | uæ integritati | restituta. | [gravura xilográfica].- Venetiis: Ad Signvm Spei, 1549.- 485 f.; 21 cm.- E, 16th century Venetian edition of some of the most important texts by one of the great Doctors of the Church. Saint Bernard (1090-1153), reformer of the Cistercian Order, canonized in 1174 by Pope Alexander III, founded in 1115 the Abbey of Claraval, mother house of around 350 monasteries spread across Europe, including Alcobaça. It contains ancient manuscripts, in both volumes: Cœnobijj Costensis vsu[m] vero obtinet Frater Antonii Rebellus; Br. Diogo de Brandão. Title page of the first volume with some stains and wormholes, without affecting the text. Contemporarry bindings (?), full sheepskin, with blind decoration on the covers and new (reconstructed) spines, retaining the four metal clasps (a loose strap). Carmine edges with the abbreviated author's name inscribed in large capitals on the front edge.

COSTA, Manuel da.- EMMANVELIS | Costæ Iureconsulti | Lusitani commentaria in .l. Si ex cautione. | C. De non nume. pecu. | [gravura xilográfica com as armas de Portugal].- Conimbricae: [no final] Ioannes Barrerius, & Io. Aluarez Regij Typographii excudebat. Annoa Christo nato M. D. XLIX. [1549].- [4], 274, [14] p.; 19 cm. Junto com: -----.- EMMANVELIS | Costæ Iureconsulti Lu | SITANI REGII SENATORIS | de suo & alieno posthumo commen | taria in. § .Posthumus. | Insti. Lega. | Item Scholia in difficilimam .l. St filius hæres institutus sit | omisso posthumo. ff. DE libe. & posthu.- Conimbricae: Excudebant Ioannes Aluarus & Ioannes Barrerius Typographi Regij. Anno. M. D. LII. [1552].- 36 [i. e. 40] p.; 19 cm.- E., Manuel da Costa (c.1510-1562), Portuguese poet, humanist and jurisconsult, born in Lisbon; He was a student of Jerónimo Cardoso and Martim de Azpilcueta Navarro, in Coimbra, where he later taught, as well as in Salamanca where he became famous. Two legal works together in the same volume, the second being rare. Slightly cropped volume and slight browning, but overall clean. Recent binding, full sheepskin, from the workshop of Mestre Império Graça, with blind decoration on the covers; Spine with signs of degradation and wormholes. Anselmo, 262 and 288. Biblioteca Nacional (15th Century), 204 (but not referring to the second work). Biblioteca de D. Manuel II, 132 (also does not mention the second work).