Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl1884 Rottluff - 1976 Berlin"Citronen u. Flasche". 1940s/1950s. Watercolour on Schoeller card (blind stamp). Laid down on cardboard (71.5 x 57cm). 65 x 49.5cm. Signed upper left: S-Rottluff. Further titled on verso: Citronen u. Flasche. Framed. This work is documented in the archive of the Karl und Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation in the Brücke-Museum Berlin. We thank Mrs. Remm for her kind support. Provenance:- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia. Explanations to the CatalogueKarl Schmidt-Rottluff Germany Modern Art 1940s Still Life Works on paper Watercolour FruitsSchmidt-Rottluff, Karl1884 Rottluff - 1976 Berlin"Citronen u. Flasche". 1940er/1950er Jahre. Aquarell auf Schoeller-Karton (Trockenstempel). Auf Karton aufgezogen (71,5 x 57cm). 65 x 49,5cm. Signiert oben links: S-Rottluff. Zudem verso betitelt: Citronen u. Flasche. Rahmen. Das Werk ist im Archiv der Karl und Emy Schmidt-Rottluff-Stiftung im Brücke-Museum Berlin dokumentiert. Wir danken Frau Remm für die freundliche Unterstützung. Provenienz:- Privatsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen. Erläuterungen zum KatalogKarl Schmidt-Rottluff Deutschland Expressionismus Die Brücke Berliner Sezession Moderne Kunst Unikate 1940er Stillleben Papierarbeit Aquarell Früchte- - -29.00 % buyer's premium on the hammer priceVAT margin scheme, VAT included, but not indicated and not reclaimableOptional:19.00 % VAT on the hammer price25.00 % buyer's premium on the hammer price19.00 % VAT on buyer's premiumArtist resale rights:1.50 % on hammer price over 400 EUR0.50 % on hammer price over 200,000 EUR0.25 % on hammer price over 350,000 EUR0.13 % on hammer price over 500,000 EUR
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A fine quality Georgian period mahogany Chest on Chest, decorated in the Chinese Chippendale taste, the dentil moulded cornice with blind fretwork arched frieze, over two short and six long graduating drawers with shaped brass drop handles, flanked by chamfered blind fretwork side on bracket feet, approx. 183cms x 117cms (72" x 46"). (1)
A fine quality late 19th / early 20th Century embroidered Chinese silk Robe, the blue ground reverse embellished with five gold thread medallions depicting immortals in colourful native attire, further enhanced with Chinese script and insignia, dragons and other motifs, the front with blind design and gold thread, the interior lined with bright pink, approx. 138cms long x 163 cms wide (54" x 64"). (1)Provenance: The Goodbody Family, Saint Davids, Lough Derg, Co. Tipperary
A fine quality 19th Century Chinese Robe, the royal blue ground blind floral design with dark rich blue floral trim, the arms with attractive cream ground embroidered design, together with a pink ground skirt, similarly decorated, with colourful bouquet panels, and various designs. (2)Provenance: The Goodbody Family, Saint Davids, Lough Derg, Co. Tipperary.
A fine quality 19th Century Chinese Robe, the dark blue ground embellished with attractive embroidered floral garlands, the cream ground rim with gold thread and colouful design, together with dark blue blind floral design skirt with royal blue panel of embroidered butterflies amongst flowers. (2)Provenance: The Goodbody Family, Saint Davids, Lough Derg, Co. Tipperary.
James Eley, London, a George III mahogany long case clock, the arched moulded cornice embellished with blind fretwork, above an arched glazed door and panelled waist door flanked by brass-capped and stop-fluted pillars, raised on a plinth, the arched brass dial and silvered 12'' dial with seconds subsidiary, calendar aperture and strike/silent in the arch, powered by a four-pillar twin-train bell-striking movement with brass-covered pendulum, 237cm high.
An Edwardian rosewood sideboard, the whole inlaid with stringings, the upper part with pagoda top, the blind fret carved frieze with central panel inlaid with ribbon and bellflower ornament, fitted two open central shelves flanked by cupboards, all with bevelled mirror panelled backs, the cupboard enclosed by shaped and bevel glazed doors, on square tapered supports, the base fitted open niche, cupboard under enclosed by a pair of panelled doors inlaid with ribbons, swag and musical trophies, flanked by cupboards enclosed by glazed doors and with open niche under, on short square tapered legs, 59ins wide x 15.5ins deep x 88ins high
FOUR POCKET WATCHES AND TWO STOP WATCHES, to include a small pocket watch with Roman numerals on a white dial, approximate 38mm case, foliate engraving all over with a blind cartouche to the case back, stamped 0.935 to the case back and dust cover, approximate gross weight 37.5 grams, along with two Smiths pocket watches etc
A GEORGE V RECTANGULAR SILVER CARD CASE, engine turned, blind cartouche, makers Stokes & Ireland Ltd, Chester 1920, together with an Art Nouveau style cigarette case, stamped 800 to clasp, engraved monogram to front and a George V silver vesta case, maker W.H. Haseler, Birmingham 1919, weighable silver 2.4ozt, 77 grams (3)
FOUR POCKET WATCHES, to include a sterling silver ladies full hunter pocket watch, blue Arabic numeral dial with colourful gold decoration, floral and foliate engraving to the case with a blind cartouche, hallmarked London import 1915, also included are two foreign metal pocket watches, first is a half hunter Swiss stamped pocket watch, stamped 800, the other stamped fine silver, lastly is a Northstar 17 jewel open faced railway pocket watch
A STERLING SILVER OPEN FACED POCKET WATCH, Roman numeral dial with a subsidiary seconds dial, engine turned engraving with a blind cartouche, hallmarked Chester 1898, discoloured glass coming free from the case, along with a silver Albert chain fitted with a 1887 half penny, T-bar and a silver vesta case Chester 1903, also included is an additional vesta case, Birmingham 1898, both with foliate engraving
1- Marryat, Captain Frederick: Percival Keene. In 3 vols. L, H Colburn, 1842, 1st. Edns. PP:(iv), 293; (iv), 279; (iv), 318. All half titles present. Recased with the original boards with later half leather. The pastedown of each volume has a full page label: 'To be sent to the White Hart every Saturday' with names and dates in columns ; 2- Hood, Thomas: Whimsicalities, A Periodical Gathering, in 2 vols. H Coburn, 1844, 1st. Edns. PP:300; 312. Publishers blind stamped cloth, Little spotted; Inscription to front endpapers dated 1 Jan. 1844 ; 3- Thackeray, W M: Vanity Fair. 1849; 4- Stevenson, R L: Kidnapped. Cassell, 1886, first edition, first impr. With 17pp publishers ads( 5G.4.86 and 5B.4.86), and the three first issue points on pages 40, 64 and 101.). With a colour folding frontis Map. Original green cloth with gilt lettering to spine; Covers little rubbed and dusty; light foxing to half title and title ; 5- Trollope, Anthony: Can You Forgive Her?. In 2 vols. Chapman & Hall, 1864-65, 1st. Edns. 1/2 titles and all plates present. Original cloth, rebacked with the original spines and new endpapers. Last page frayed at edges and repaired ; Plus 2 first editions by S Baring-Gould: Memoir of the Rev. R. S. Hawker, 1876; & Further Reminiscences, 1925 (11)
RACKHAM, Arthur; Edgar Allan Poe: Tales of Mystery and Imagination, G Harrap, 1935, 1st. edn. with 12 colour plates & 17 in line. 4to. Original blind stamped cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial endpa RACKHAM, Arthur; Edgar Allan Poe: Tales of Mystery and Imagination. G Harrap, 1935, 1st. edn. with 12 colour plates & 17 in line. 4to. Original blind stamped cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial endpapers. Spine extremities little rubbed. VG pers. Spine extremities little rubbed. VG
A pair of late 19th century Chinese hardwood elbow chairs with canework seats. Each with carved, and pierced decoration depicting fruit bats over roundel shou characters. With openwork panels and raised on square supports having blind fret carved trailing foliage, 94cm high.Condition report intended as a guide only.Canework with minor damage. Some joint movement. Overall in very good order.
Fleming, Ian - Diamonds Are Forever, 1st edition, first impression, half title (etc), collating with Gilbert A4a, d/wrapper, Jonathan Cape, London 1956The black cloth in very good condition, silver device upper board (with blind ruled diamond pattern overall), silver lettering and device on spine; non-clipped d/wrapper (conforms to Gilbert's description, including the decorative clip to flap corners), overall d/w condition good - some slight nicks head / tail section, sm. closed tear (approx,1.5cms), bottom of lwr. cover (through 'M' of Moonraker and 'p' of press above), slight loss foot of spine section, but well clear of publisher's device, few sl. nicks cover a flaps sections and rubbing at folds, some marks on the white paper of lower cover with foxing on the white cover insides, all text misprints conform to Gilbert, possible the cloth is binding B, but needs comparison with binding A!
Lane, Edward William (translator) - The Thousand and One Nights, 3 vols, 8vo, blind stamped green cloth, illustrations after William Harvey, Chatto & Windus, London 1912 and 7 other illustrated works, including Wagner, Richard - The Ring of the Niblung, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, London 1939; Grahame, Kenneth - The Golden Age, illustrated by Maxfield Paris, London and New York 1900 (10)
Roscoe, Thomas - Jennings Landscape Annual or Tourist in Spain, illustrated by David Roberts, 3 vols - Granada, London 1835, Biscay and The Castilles, London 1837 and Spain and Morocco, London 1838, 8vo, blind stamped green cloth, spines scuffed and with slight tears, early pages loose in edition of 1838
Yeats, William Butler - 4 works - Responsibilities and other Poems, 8vo, blue cloth, gilt decorated after a design by Sturge Moore, London 1917; The Wild Swans at Coole, 8vo, blue cloth gilt, London 1920; The Wind Among the Reeds, 3rd edition, London 1930 and The Winding Stair and Other Poems, 8vo, cloth with blind stamped design by Sturge Moore, London 1933
AN 18TH CENTURY WALNUT EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCK, SIGNED R. HENDERSON, SCARBOROUGH, the 12-inch break-arch brass dial with rolling moon, subsidiary seconds and date, the hood with blind-fretwork carving and brass mounted stop-fluted columns, the case with moulded arch-top door, raised on bun feet. 249cmThe movement and dial fit well to the case but we can't warrant their authenticity. The handsome case with a few old repairs but generally in good condition. With two weights, pendulum and case key.
Caravan - A Great Collection of LP's by the Canterbury Sound Group, to include In The Land of Grey and Pink, (Pale Brown Deram label, 1D/1D matrix), Waterloo Lily (1st UK brown Deram pressing), For Girls Who Grow Plump in The Night, Cunning Stunts, Back to Front, Live, The New Symphonia, Blind Dog at St Dunstans, and others.
A GOOD MID 20TH CENTURY MAHOGANY CHEST OF DRAWERS, by WARING & GILLOW, with a carved edge, blind fret frieze, two short and three graduated long drawers with carved knob handles, carved canted corners on claw and ball feet, (locks stamped). 2ft 10.5ins wide x 1ft 10.5ins deep x 3ft 0ins high.
Bookbinding.- Horne (Herbert P.) The Binding of Books: An Essay in the History of Gold-Tooled Bindings, number 125 of 150 large paper copies, plates, leather book-label of Haven O'More, handsomely-bound in black morocco, gilt, tooled with grid of rules in gilt and blind with small gilt squares at intersections across boards and spine, upper cover with title in gilt in blank panel, spine in compartments with title and small figure of hawk at foot in gilt and five raised bands, t.e.g., others uncut, a few slight scuffs, 8vo, 1894.
Vellum.- Turner (Dechard), Colin Franklin & others. The Mystique of Vellum, number IX of 13 copies printed on parchment with initials in gold, from an edition limited to 238, printed in red and black with gold illuminated initials by Thomas Ingmire, wood-engraved title vignette by Greg Dearth, with specimen sheet on vellum printed in red, grey and black with initial in gold, illustrations, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original panelled crimson morocco blocked in gilt and blind, by Tara Devereux, grey silk doublures, grey suede flyleaves, uncut, matching original crimson morocco drop-back box, 4to, Boston, 1984.⁂ A very desirable copy.
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Agrippa (Henricus Cornelius) De Incertitudine et Vanitate Scientiarum, [Cologne], 1539; Apologia adversus calumnias, [?Antwerp], 1533, together 2 works bound in 1 vol., collation: A8 a-z aa-bb8; A-M8, first work with woodcut portrait on title and 2 woodcut initials, second work with errata leaf at end, small leather book-label of Haven O'More, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, metal clasps intact, spine ends and corners worn, 8vo (144 x 94mm.)⁂ Two rare works bound together in an attractive contemporary binding. Literature: Second work Adams A377.Provenance: "Gregorii Helsi et amicorum" (early ink inscription at foot of title, with further inscription at head).
Strabo. De situ orbis libri XVII, collation: α4 AA-BB a-z A-Z aA-vV6 xX4, complete with blank leaf α4 and final leaf blank except for printer's woodcut device on verso, woodcut initials, small map on vV1 verso, double column Greek and Latin text, some browning, mostly light, some early ink annotations, small leather book-label of Haven O'More, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, metal clasps intact, folio (310 x 204mm.), Basel, Henricus Petrus, 1549.⁂ A very impressive copy in a stunning contemporary binding of Strabo's geography, the only extant work covering the whole world known at the beginning of the Common Era.Literature: Adams S1905Provenance: contemporary ink inscription dated 1566 smudged so largely illegible.
Boole (George) An Investigation of the Laws of Thought on which are founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities, first edition, errata leaf, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original black cloth, spine ends expertly repaired, preserved in fleece-lined cloth drop-back box with leather book-label of Haven O'More, [Norman 266; Origins of Cyberspace 2248vo, London & Cambridge, 1854. ⁂ A fine copy of one of the landmarks of science. Bertrand Russell remarked that "pure mathematics was discovered by George Boole in [this] work." "Boole invented the first practical system of logic in algebraic form, which enabled more advances in logic to be made in the decades of the nineteenth century than in the twenty-two centuries preceding. Boole's work led to the creation of set theory and probability theory in mathematics, to the philosophical work of Peirce, Russell, Whitehead and Wittgenstein, and to computer technology via the master's thesis of C.E. Shannon (1937), who recognized that the true/false values in Boole's two valued algebra were analogous to the open and closed states of electric circuits. This invention of the binary digit or "bit" made possible the development of the digital computer" (Norman). 2019 is the 200th anniversary of Boole's birth.This issue with errata leaf at end of contents; with L2 and Q8 cancels (as usual); with 8pp. catalogue (undated); without the 'note' leaf; title with Walton and Maberly imprint as well as Macmillan and Co.; bound in blind-stamped black cloth without the central lozenge and without Boole's name on spine.Provenance: Hamilton Owen Rendel (bookplate and ink name on endpaper); H.D. Williams (pencil inscription on front pastedown).
Lamb (Charles) A Tale of Rosamund Gray and Old Blind Margaret, first edition, ?second issue, cancel title with London imprint and mounted on stub, with final blank leaf, spotting to signature C, original boards, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, rebacked, preserved in modern dark blue morocco drop-back box, 8vo, for Lee and Hurst, 1798.⁂ Written during Lamb's temporary estrangement from Coleridge and his association with Charles Lloyd, the novel was published simultaneously in Birmingham and London, copies with the Birmingham imprint being very rare. ESTC lists 4 UK copies with the London imprint (BL, Bodleian, Senate House Library, and Wisbech and Fenland Museum).
Golden Cockerel Press.- Song of Songs (The), edited by W.O.E.Oesterley, number 114 of 204 copies, printed in red and black, engraved plates and head-piece by Lettice Sandford, leather book-label of Haven O'More, with loosely-inserted A.L.s. dated 1948 from the printer Christopher Sandford to a Mr Love thanking him for his suggestion of a production of Job and commenting on the printing situation, also an envelope addressed to Sir Michael Sadler containing 3 GCP prospectuses and a flyer for Christmas cards, original pictorial cream buckram, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly soiled, a fine copy in board slip-case (rubbed), [Chanticleer 110], folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1936.⁂ An infrequently seen book of the Golden Cockerel Press. Sandford's letter indicates the difficulties faced by fine press printers at the time: "...At the moment producers are wondering how long they can carry on. In my own case leather & fabrics for binding are almost unobtainable at any price, &, when stocks accumulated in the country run out, it may be well to close down for a period, till better times...we cannot persuade Whitehall to import the materials necessary to keep industry going. It all seems very blind!...".
Brown (Peter) New Illustrations of Zoology...Birds, with a few Quadrupeds, Reptiles and Insects, first edition, titles and text in English and French, 50 hand-coloured engraved plates (mostly birds), an excellent clean copy in handsome contemporary dark brown straight-grain morocco with elaborate decorative borders in gilt and blind, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., a little rubbed and scuffed, corners slightly worn, [Anker 72; Fine Bird Books, p.82; Nissen IVB 151], 4to, for B.White, 1776.⁂ The plates are mainly based on specimens in the natural history collections of Marmaduke Tunstall and others, with a few after drawings by the Ceylonese artist P.C. de Bevere in Java and Ceylon; Thomas Pennant assisted with the text.
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species, by Means of Natural Selection, fourth edition, with additions and corrections (eighth thousand), half-title, 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at end dated January 1865, folding lithographed diagram (detached), contemporary ink inscription "J.P.Hartree 1866" to half-title and with several pencil markings and annotations to text, occasional light spotting, lower hinge cracked, original blind-tooled green cloth (variant 'b'), a little rubbed, a few small white spots, spine slightly darkened, boards a little mottled by damp, 8vo, [Freeman 385 and p.79], 1866.⁂ An early issue of the fourth edition, with advertisements dated January 1865. Only 1500 copies of the fourth edition were printed, with extensive alterations from previous editions.
Gregynog Press.- Milton (John) Four Poems: L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Arcades, Lycidas, number 186 of 250 copies on Japanese vellum, title-vignette and illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, 4 full-page, small crease to fore-edge of title and following couple of leaves, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original red Hermitage calf with title-vignette of Euphrosyne stamped in blind on upper cover, by the Gregynog Bindery, uncut, rather rubbed, spine slightly chipped at head, [Harrop 26], 8vo, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1933.⁂ Always a fragile book and difficult to find in fine condition because of the quality of its leather binding.
Africa.- Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, issue with lithographed plates, signed presentation copy from the author inscribed "To John Crawfurd Esq. F.R.S. with kindest salutations from David Livingstone London 26 Oct.r 1857" on front free endpaper, 3 tinted lithographed plates (frontispiece & facing pp.66 & 225), one folding, engraved portrait, 2 folding maps with route supplied in red, one in pocket at rear, 20 wood-engraved plates and folding cross-section, wood-engraved illustrations, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end dated November 1 1857, spotted, frontispiece water-stained, hinges weak, original brown cloth stamped in blind, rubbed, light staining to upper cover, joints split at foot, [Abbey Travel 347; PMM 341], 8vo, 1857.⁂ An early presentation copy of the famous explorer's first book, with the inscription predating the date of publication (10th November 1857). Livingstone inscribed several other copies on the same day as this one but none is recorded with an earlier inscription.Dr John Crawfurd F.R.S. (1783-1868), Scottish physician, colonial administrator & diplomat, and author best known for his works on Asian languages.
World.- Purchas (Samuel) Purchas his Pilgrimes. In Five Books..., 5 vol. including vol.5: Purchas His Pilgrimage, first edition of vol.1-4, vol.5 fourth edition, second issue, lacking additional engraved title (as often, supplied in old photographic facsimile), with 7 folding and/or double-page engraved maps of the Mogul Empire, China (duplicated in vol.5), Greenland (Spitsbergen), North America, New England and Virginia (the latter in Verner's state 7 of 12) , 81 half-page engraved maps after Hondius (58 in vol.1-4 and 23 in vol.5, the latter duplications of maps in vol.1-4), a few other engraved or woodcut illustrations including Aztec pictograms from the Codex Mendoza in vol.3, vol.1 with Hondius's 'Map of the Christian World' appearing twice at pp. 65 and 115 i.e. lacking 'Map of the Whole World', and with G3-4 uncancelled as usual, also 4M4-5 uncancelled and second state of 4M2, severe paper flaw to 3M6 in vol.1 with loss to 5 lines of text and side-notes, vol.4 with map of Virginia torn and creased (repaired) and final 2 leaves slightly defective at fore-edge with loss to edge of 'Map of Great Brittaine and Ireland', occasional soiling or browning, a few stains, some other minor tears and defects, some repaired, near uniform contemporary calf ruled in blind, rubbed, vol.1-4 lacking ties and with holes from ties and hasps for chains, rebacked, new pink morocco labels, endpapers replaced, [Hill 1402-3; Sabin 66682 & 66686; STC 20508-9], folio, by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1625-26. ⁂ An excellent tall set of this important collection of voyages, a continuation of Hakluyt's Principal Navigations, with fine impressions of the maps and in a contemporary (once chained) binding with a distinguished provenance. The map of the Mogul Empire by William Baffin is the earliest English map of the Mogul territories; the map of China is based on a Chinese original and one of the earliest such to be published in Europe; the map of Greenland (actually Spitsbergen) incorporates scenes of whaling and bear-hunting; the map of North America, by Elstracke after Henry Biggs, is the first to show California as an island; the map of New England was first published in 1624; the map of Virginia by William Hole after Capt. John Smith is one of the most important early maps of America and includes a large Indian figure and a vignette depicting the interior of Powhatan's hut.Provenance: vol.1-4 from the ancient chained library of Queen's College, Oxford, presented by Anthony Hawles. With contemporary ink manuscript presentation label pasted to head of titles of vol.2-4: "Ex dono Anthony Hawles in Artib. Com.m / Christophero Potter S.S Theol. D. Praeposito. 1629" (partly removed from vol.2 & 3), and engraved Queen's College bookplates to verso of titles of vol.1-4. The library contains a second set, the present set was probably sold as a duplicate with other works in 1938.A detailed collation and list of faults is available on request.Anthony Hawles (1609-1663), was chaplain to Charles II while in exile, Archdeacon of Salisbury 1657-63 and a canon of Windsor from 1660 until his death. Christopher Potter (1591-1646) was elected Provost of Queen's College in 1626. He was a chaplain to Charles I, a canon of Windsor and appointed Dean of Worcester in 1635, before being arrested in 1642 and having his Worcestershire properties sequestered.
Kelmscott Press.- Sparling (H.Halliday) The Kelmscott Press and William Morris Master-Craftsman, first edition, photogravure frontispiece portrait of Morris by Emery Walker, plates, leather book-label of Haven O'More, attractively-bound in green morocco, gilt, by Frank Garrett, upper cover with latticework panel in blind with title in gilt at head and author at foot within border of triple gilt rules and tudor roses at corners, lower cover with identical border, spine ruled and titled in gilt and with latticework in blind in compartments and five raised bands, signed at foot of rear turn-in, t.e.g., others uncut, some fading to spine, 8vo, 1924.
Merrymount Press.- Book of Common Prayer (The) and Administration of the Sacraments..., one of 500 copies, printed in red and black, printed note concerning the binding loosely inserted, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original oxblood pigskin, ruled and stamped in blind, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed (mostly upper joint and corners, small splits to joints), folio, Boston, printed by Daniel Berkeley Updike of the Merrymount Press, 1928 [1930].⁂ A good copy of Updike's magnum opus and one of the most beautifully-designed American books of the twentieth century. It was printed for the Joint Commission on the Revision and Enrichment of the Book of Common Prayer and financed by the banker J.P.Morgan. Updike was well-suited to printing the work being a staunch Episcopalian and familiar with the text; it took two years to produce. The binding is difficult to find in good condition, the upper joint is notoriously weak.
Nonesuch Press.- Dante Alighieri. La Divina Commedia or the Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English, translated by H.F.Cary, number 886 of 1475 copies, printed in Monotype Blado, text in Italian and English, double-page plates from drawings by Sandro Botticelli, leather book-label of Haven O'More, handsomely-bound in russet morocco tooled in gilt and blind, by Frank Garrett, upper cover with title in gilt at head and author at foot within elaborate border of interlacing ropes of small gilt circles between double lines in blind forming Celtic-style knots, lower cover with same border, spine titled in gilt and tooled with similar decoration in compartments and five raised bands, vellum doublures and flyleaves, turn-ins with gilt circles and lines in blind, signed at foot of rear doublure, t.e..g, others uncut, lightly rubbed at edges, slight mark to lower cover, folio, Nonesuch Press, 1928.⁂ A splendid binding. A loosely-inserted note reads, "This book 'La Divina Commedia' was bound by Mr Frank Garrett teacher of book-binding at the B[irmingha]m School of Art. It was exhibited in the Arts & Crafts section of the Bm. Soc. of Artists' Autumn Exhibition 1928 & priced at £20 which I paid for it....".
India.- Fergusson (James) Illustrations of the Rock-Cut Temples of India: selected from the best examples of the different series of caves at Ellora, Ajunta, Cuttack, Salsette, Karli, and Mahavellipore, 2 vol. comprising Atlas and accompanying text, first edition, Atlas with additional pictorial tinted lithographed title and 20 tinted lithographed views on 18 plates by T.C.Dibdin after Fergusson, a little foxed, paper guards, some slightly frayed at edges, list of plates soiled and shorter at foot, bookplate of Hon. Sir James Liege Hulett, modern half brown morocco over marbled boards, text with 10 lithographed plates, 5 tinted, 3 double-page, with 64pp. publisher's catalogue and 16pp. supplement to catalogue at end, light foxing to plates, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and a little faded or soiled, rebacked, corners repaired, preserved in modern half-brown morocco drop-back box, [Abbey, Travel 467], folio & 8vo, John Weale, 1845.⁂ James Fergusson (1808-86) retired a wealthy man after ten years as an indigo planter in India and was able to pursue his interest in architecture. He became a notable architectural historian and prolific author on ancient architecture, particularly that of the Indian subcontinent. This, his first work, was the first of several on the cave temples of India and is rarely found with the accompanying text volume. Fergusson used a camera-lucida to assist him in his drawings made on the spot.
A George I walnut bureau, cross and feather banded with burr walnut panels, the full front opening to reveal a stepped interior of drawers and pigeonholes above a well, over blind drawer and three graduating drawers, raised on bracket feet. (double d moulding to carcass), 80cm wide x 48cm deep x 101.5cm highProvenance: bears label for Davis and Sons Ltd. House furnishers, 209 Totten Court road W1.
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