We found 44918 price guide item(s) matching your search

Helen Bradley signed print 'The Picnic', with blind stamp

Late 19th/20th century hand drawn story book with very accomplished illustrations over 26 pages. A poem at the beginning dedicated to 'Celia', the book follows The Three Blind Mice around Kerrera, Scotland

•L.S. LOWRY ARTIST SIGNED LIMITED EDITION PRINT OF A PENCIL DRAWING 'Great Ancoats Street' An edition of 850, blind stamped, signed and numbered 14/850 in pencil 10 1/4" x 14 1/4" (26 x 36cm)

Crescentiis (Petrus de) Ruralia commoda, first edition, collation: [a-s10 t12 v-x10], 210 leaves (of 212, lacking the two last blanks, with blank leaf x8 present), text in single column, 35 lines, type 1:117G, fine 8-line penwork initial in blue and red, each book opened by a penwork initial in green and red, with extension, numerous initials painted in red in text, many with extension in preliminary leaves, rubricated throughout, copiously annotated in three different hands, the earliest annotating German names of plants and fruits quoted in the work, upper margin of first leaf partially restored, not affecting text but slightly encroaching on wisps of the red extension to initial, occasional finger-soiling and light foxing, a couple of minor marginal repairs or restorations, generally crisp and clean with wide margins, 19th-century red morocco, executed and signed by the Milanese binder Binda for the Marquis Girolamo d'Adda, covers within borders of blind fillets and friezes, d'Adda coat of arms in blind at centre of both covers, spine with 5 raised bands, compartments decorated with blind fleur-de-lys, title and imprint lettered in gilt, marbled pastedowns and flyleaves, inner gilt dentelles, marbled and gilt edges, folio (292x208 mm.), [Augsburg], Johann Schuessler, about 16 February 1471.⁂ A superb copy, with a highly distinguished provenance, of the first edition of Crescenzi's Opus ruralium commodorum [The Advantages of Country-Living], the first printed book on agriculture. The Bolognese nobleman Pietro de' Crescenzi, a retired lawyer and himself a country landowner living at Villa d'Olmo near Bologna, composed his treatise between 1304 and 1309. Following the tradition of ancient Roman agricultural writers, he wrote in Latin, and divided the work into 12 sections, each of which is devoted to a specific topic. The work is considered the most important source on agricultural practices, husbandry and horticulture in the Middle Ages, and includes hunting, fishing, wine-making, the use of medicinal plants, animal diseases, and a montly calendar of duties and tasks. The Ruralia commoda enjoyed a lasting popularity during the Renaissance and was frequently reprinted in the 15th and 16th century, translated into vernacular languages, such as Italian (see lots 6 and 12), French and German, and supplemented with woodcuts (see lot 13). Like the earlier manuscripts circulating, the first edition of 1471, issued by Johann Schüssler, the second printer active in Augsburg, after Gunther Zainer, is not illustrated. The work was widely used as a practical handbook, as early annotations frequently found in copies show, as here. "The contents of Crescenzi's book provided anyone who worked on the land with a well-organized manual of procedure" (F. J. Anderson, An Illustrated History of the Herbals, New York 1997, p. 67).The Rothamsted copy is very fine and was once owned by one of the most refined Italian collectors, the Milanese marchese Girolamo d'Adda - the morocco binding bearing his arms. Later the book found its way to England and into the library of another great name in book collecting, Charles Fairfax Murray, who had acquired d'Adda's library en bloc. Provenance: lower margin of recto of final leaf with ownership inscription in a German hand dated 1780 ('Ex libris ... à Felsenheim die 21 [?] 1780'); Marquis Girolamo d'Adda (1815-1881); Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919; see Catalogue of a Magnificent Collection of Rare Early printed German Books... Forming the First Portion of the Library of C. Fairfax Murray, Esq. : ... sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, London 1917, lot 136, "The Marquis D'Adda's copy"). Rothamsted acquisition date 1923. Literature: ISTC ic00965000; HC 5828*; GW 7820; ; BMC II 328; Bod-inc C-477; IGI VI 3260-A; Goff C-965; Klebs 310.6; Stillwell 615; B.IN.G 578; Simon Bibliotheca Bacchica 1.32.

Columella (Lucius Junius Moderatus) and Rutilius Taurus Palladius. Das ackerwerck...zweyer hocherfarner Roemer haltet inn allen veldbaw von getreyd vein fruechten item den viechzug und artznei wider eyns yeden thiers kranckheyten, translated by Michael Herr, collation: [A]6 B-Y6 a-b6 c4 d-n6 o8, gothic type, woodcut printer's device to verso of final f., title soled, some foxing and water-staining, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin-backed wooden boards, metal clasps, piece out of head of spine, rare, folio (309 x 189mm.), Strasbourg, Wendelin I Rihel, 1538.⁂ Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1920. Literature: Not in Adams; VD 16 C 4621.

Geoponica, Greek.- Γεωπονικα. De re rustica selectorum libri XX. Graeci, Constantino quidem Caesari nuncupati, ... Io Alexandri Brassicani opera in lucem editi... Item, Aristotelis De plantis libri duo, collation: α-γ8, a-z8, A-L8, M4, text in Greek, woodcut decorative initials, woodcut printer's device at end, some contemporary ink marginalia in two different hands in Latin and Greek, contemporary German blind-tooled calf over bevelled wooden pasteboards, spine in compartments, remains of metal clasps, 8vo (171 x 103mm.), Basel, Robert Winter, 1539.⁂ The rare editio princeps, in a fine German binding, of the famous Geoponika, a Byzantine compilation on agriculture which was at the age attributed to Emperor Constantinus VII Porphyrogenitus. The volume was once owned by the English classical scholar John Price, who in 1635 published in Paris an edition of the Apologia by Apuleius. After 1652 he moved to Florence, where worked in the service of the Grand Duke Ferdinand II de' medici, as a keeper of the medals, and taught Greek at the University of Pisa. In 1661 he settled at Rome, and - as a Catholic 'Anglo-Britannus' - was active under the patronage of Cardinal Francesco Barberini. It includes some notes in his hand. Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1918.Literature: Adams G448; VD 16 C-1413; Schweiger I, 356.

Crescentiis (Petrus de) Le Bon Mesnaiger, collation: ã6 A-X AA-HH6, double column, Gothic letter, title in red and black, a few large and small woodcuts within text, woodcut decorative letters, lacking BB2&3, lightly browned, dark brown crushed blind-stamped morocco, gilt, by Salvador David, g.e., small folio (267 x 187mm.), [Paris], [Etienne Caveiller], [16th April, 1540].⁂ Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date not noted. Literature: Not in Adams.

Mulberries & Silkworms.- Alberti (Jacopo) Dell'Epidemica Mortalita de'Gelsi e della Cura, e Coltivatione Loro, title in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved head-piece to dedication and initials, errata leaf at end, worming to upper and lower margins of first couple of leaves, Salo, B. Righetti, 1773 bound with Griselini (Francesco) Istruzione...per la Coltura de' Mori Bianchi..., initial blank, engraved title-vignette and 27 illustrations on 14 folding plates, some foxing to text, Venice, Benedetto Milocco, 1768 and Bettoni (Carlo) Progetto per Preservare i Gelsi dalla corrente Epidemica Mortalita, with initial blank but lacking ?half-title, partly unopened, Venice, B.Milocco, 1778, together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary blind-stamped calf, spine ends slightly worn § L'Arte di Moltiplicare la Seta, o sia Trattato sopra i Gelsi, l'Educazione de' Bachi, e la Filatura delle Sete, errata leaf at end, staining to inner margins, browned, contemporary vellum, morocco label, Milan, Federico Agnelli, 1766, rubbed, 4to & 8vo (2)

Fitzherbert (John) The Boke of Husbandry, collation: A6 B-M8 N2 (lacking G4), almost entirely printed in black letter, title within woodcut architectural border incorporating date 1534, woodcut initials, outer margin of E8 torn away with no loss of text but affecting much of contemporary ink annotation to verso, some light soiling and browning, good margins, 19th century calf with contemporary blind-stamped calf covers preserved, covers cracked and scored and slightly bowed, [STC 10996; Fussell I, pp.1-6], 8vo, Imprynted at London in fletestrete in the house of Thomas Berthelet, nere to the condite at the sygne of Lucrece. Cum privilegio, [c.1540].⁂ Rothamsted acquisition date 1916.

Gardens.- Cooke (Samuel) The Complete English Gardener: or, Gardener's Monthly Chronicle...to which is added, The Compleat Bee-Master..., ?first edition, engraved frontispiece, contemporary ink inscription "Addis Archer 1768" to front free endpaper with several additional signatures and headings of months & subjects to text plus extensive notes to front endpapers, a little browned, one leaf creased, contemporary sheep with "Archer 1765" stamped in blind on upper cover, rubbed and stained, spine ends worn, [Henrey 577; Not in BL; cf.British Bee Books 133, other editions], 12mo, for John Cooke, [?1765].⁂ "There is some uncertainty about the date of this book". (British Bee Books). There is indeed: the British Library contains 4 different editions, all scarce, one being dated 1769 (one copy only, Cambridge University Library), the rest undated but none conforming to the edition offered here. Henrey lists 3 editions, including this (2 copies, this one and Kew), but puts the earliest dated c.1780. Evidently this is an earlier edition due to the owner's date of 1765 on the cover and 1768 internally.Cooke was gardener at Overton in Wiltshire. In addition to discussing all types of gardening there is also information on breeding and rearing poultry, rabbits and bees. He describes skep beekeeping and advises killing the bees to collect honey.

Surveying.- Fitzherbert (John) Surveyinge, collation: A-H8, largely printed in black letter, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials, early 19th century blind- and gilt-stamped russia, covers detached, [STC 11011], 8vo, in aedibus Thome Bertheleti typis impress. Cum privilegio ad imprimenduus solum, 1546. ⁂ Only 3 appearances at auction over the last 60 years; 1966, 1996 (bound with 2 other works) and 2007, £2300). Later portrait of Henry VIII pasted in as frontispiece. Bookplate of George Chetwynd.Rothamsted acquisition date 1925.

Crescentiis (Petrus de) De omnibus agriculturae partibus, & de Plantarum animaliumque; natura & utilitate lib. xii, collation: a6 A-Z6 Aa-Kk6, title and verso of otherwise blank f. with woodcut printer's device, woodcuts within text, woodcut decorative initials, some staining and foxing, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, spine repaired and with later paper labels, some cracking and splitting to spine, folio (298 x 209mm.), Basel, Henricus Petri, 1548.⁂ Provenance: Paul Ottenhaler (active 1556-1571 in Innsbruck), humanist and author. (ink inscriptions, Latin verse and notes to endpapers). Rothamsted acquisition date 1935.Literature: Hunt 58; Simon BG 412; VD 16 P1832

Binding.- Crescentiis (Petrus de) De omnibus agriculturae partibus, & de Plantarum animaliumq; natura & utilitate lib. xii, collation: a6 A-Kk6 (lacking final blank), woodcut device on title, dedication leaf within fine woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials and numerous woodcut illustrations in text, a few ink annotations, some light foxing and soiling, contemporary blind-stamped calf over bevelled wooden boards, bound for Sigismund II, King of Poland (probably by David of Cracow) with his circular arms on upper cover within elaborate and ruled borders, the outer border incorporating portraits of Erasmus, Melancthon and others, the lower cover to a similar design but with central panel lettered "Sigismundi Augusti Regis Poloniae Monumentum Anno 1563", spine in compartments with 4 raised bands, clasps renewed, corners and spine ends repaired but overall the binding in excellent condition, folio (297 x 194mm., binding 324 x 220mm.), Basle, Heinrich Petrus, 1548.⁂ Sigismund II (1520-72), the last Jagiellon king of Poland, who united Livonia and the Duchy of Lithuania with Poland, but died childless after 3 marriages.Provenance: "Ce Livre appartient a Pierre Jacques Sassaer" (ink inscription at foot of title).Rothamsted acquisition date not noted.Literature: Hunt 58; Simon BG 412; Adams C2390

Alonso de Herrera (Gabriel) Libro de agricultura, que es de la labraça y criança y de muchas otras particularidades del campo, collation: X4, a-z8, A8, B5, gothic letter, double column, title in red and black within woodcut historiated border with portrait of the author to foot, woodcut initials, damp-staining throughout, heavy in places, occasional browning, h8 & B3 with closed tears to borders, title strengthened and repaired at foot and along fore-edge, ink ownership inscription and blind-stamp to title, 19th century calf, damp-staining, rubbed, 4to (280 x 200mm.), Toledo, Juan Ferrer [for Diego Ferrer], [20 July], 1551; and a defective 1605 edition of the same, 4to (2)⁂ Provenance: J.H.S. de Granada (ink inscription); Francisco de Paula Rojas y Caballero-Infante, 1832-1909, Spanish industrial engineer (blind-stamp). Rothamsted acquisition dates 1915 & 1931.

Grasses.- Russell (John, 6th Duke of Bedford).- Sinclair (George) Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis: or, An Account of the Results of Experiments on the Produce and Nutritive Qualities of different Grasses, and other Plants, used as the food of the more valuable domestic animals, first edition, errata slip tipped in, 35 samples of seeds mounted on 14 leaves, 123 mounted dried specimens with pasted-in printed captions in Latin and English, some leaves highlighted in green, without the folding engraved plan (not found in all copies), light offsetting from samples, contemporary straight-grain brown morocco, borders and spine decorated in blind, g.e., rubbed, mostly at edges, [Nissen BBI 1850, calls for 122 specimens], folio, 1816. ⁂ Sinclair's highly important catalogue of grasses, with actual samples taken from his original experiment. He was botanist and gardener to the Duke of Bedford, to whom the work is dedicated. Sinclair planted the garden at Woburn Abbey with 242 plots containing various soils and sowing different combinations of grasses and herbs. This was one of the first ecological experiments, carried out in order to benefit practical agriculture, and is referred to by Darwin in his On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection.

Russia.- Lyall (Robert) The Character of the Russians, and a Detailed History of Moscow, first edition, 13 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 10 plain plates and one large folding engraved plan of Moscow, library blind-stamps to title and plates, occasional spotting or offsetting, lacking half-title, endpapers browned, [Abbey, Travel 224], 4to, 1823⁂ An important work, which includes a fine folding panoramic view of the Kremlin palace from the river Moskva, a catalogue of plants found in the vicinity of the capital, an essay on Russian architecture and an account of Napoleon's burning of Moscow in 1814.

Littleton (Sir Thomas) Les Tenures de Monsieur Littleton..., black letter, title, A2, fly-leaves, M3-8 and some other ff. wormholes mostly in margins not affecting text but affecting some notes, browned, numerous contemporary and Jacobean ink signatures, inscriptions, fingerposts and notes in Latin, English and law French, some with onlays of notes in margins (contemporary and Jacobean manuscript including: Hamo Assheton, John Polhill, "Ex nudo pacto non oritur actio" - "A contract without consideration is void"), contemporary blind-stamped calf with oval arabesque designs on both covers, rubbed, spine repaired, modern gilt lettering on spine, [STC 15741], 8vo, Imprinted at London in Fletestrete within Temple barre, at the Signe of the hand and starre by Richard Tottill [Tottell], 1572.⁂ Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1915.The fundamental work on the laws of property.

Kent.- Lambarde (William) A Perambulation of Kent, first edition, black letter, woodcut initials, title within attractive woodcut border, full-page engraved map (laid down), occasional ink notes in a contemporary hand, very occasional spotting or soiling, final two ff. a little creased and with minor loss to corners, still a good, clean copy overall, 19th century blind-stamped morocco, a little rubbed, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., [STC 15175], small 4to, for Ralphe Nevvberie, dwelling in Fleetestreete a little about the Conduit, 1576.⁂ Provenance: James P. R. Lyell; Richard John Bell Glanville (bookplates).Rothamsted acquisition date not noted.

Cato (Marcus Porcius) Varro, Coulmella & Palladius. Scriptores rei rusticae ("Opera Agricolationum"), collation: aa10 a-s8 t-u6 x-z8 &8 [con] 8 [rum] 8 A-C8 D6, 244 leaves, text in single column, 44 lines, fol. a1r title and nine-line woodcut initial and 2 smaller initials printed in red, numerous decorated initials on black ground in different sizes, woodcut printer's device at end, first leaf possibly from another copy, early annotations on recto of front flyleaf, marginalia and reading marks in the same hand, a few slightly trimmed at time of rebinding, some marginal staining, final leaf with marginal repairs and restoration, modern calf, blind tooled in antique style, folio (304 x 195mm.), Reggio Emilia, Franciscus de Mazalibus, 20 November 1499.⁂ The last Italian edition of the Scriptores rei rusticae printed in the 15th century, after those which appeared in Venice in 1472 (see lot 5), in Reggio Emilia in 1482 (see lot 8), in Bologna in 1494, and again in Reggio Emilia in 1496 (see previous lot). "This is a good example of the rivalry between the prototypographers, five Italian incunabula of the Scriptores rei rusticae, by five different printers, in three cities; three editions by three different printers in one of them, Reggio Emilia [...] After that the tradition of the four Scriptores was common" (G. Sarton, Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C., Cambridge, MA, 1959, p.388).The 1499 edition was issued from the press of Francesco Mazzali, active as a printer in Reggio Emilia between 1494 and 1504, and closely follows the 1496 Bertocchi edition. Provenance: the Milanese lawyer, politician, and art collector Michele Cavaleri (1813-1890; his stamp 'Museo Cavaleri' on fol. aa2r). Rothamsted acquisition date 1930.Literature: ISTC is00350000; HC(+Add) 14570*; GW M41062; BMC VII 1089; Bod-inc S-126; Goff S-350; Klebs 902.5; B.IN.G 1798; Simon Bibliotheca Bacchica 1.45.

London.- Norden (John) Speculum Britanniae. The first parte, An historicall & chorographicall discription of Middlesex, first edition, collation: [A]4 B-G4 H2 (lacking H2, leaf with commendatory verses), engraved title by Pieter van den Keere, dedication to Elizabeth I with her full-page engraved arms on verso, 3 double-page engraved maps, a little soiled, Middlesex with small ink stain, woodcut armorial illustrations, early ink annotations, mostly somewhat faded but those on verso of engraved title with some show-through, modern blind-stamped calf, [STC 18635; Howgego 5.1], small 4to, [Eliot's Court Press], 1593.⁂ The map depicts Middlesex, and the two plans show London and Westminster, the former within a border of coats-of-arms of the great twelve Livery Companies.Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1925.

Mascall (Leonard) The first Booke of Cattell, 3 parts in 1, collation: A-T8 U4 (lacking initial leaf, probably blank), largely printed in black letter, woodcut device to titles, woodcut initials and decorations and one illustration (of a hog's head) on S7 verso, some gatherings browned, foxing and some staining, occasionally trimmed close to side-notes, later blind-stamped calf, rubbed, [STC 17582; Fussell I pp.9/10], small 4to, Printed by John Wolfe, and are to bee sold by John Harrison the elder, at the signe of the white Grayhounde in Pater noster Rowe, 1596-1600.⁂ ESTC locates 5 copies of this edition, including this copy, only one of which (Harvard, Houghton) is in N. America. Part 2 of this work covers Horses and is undated; part 3 covers "Sheepe, Goates Hogges, and Dogs" and is dated 1600. 16th century editions of Mascall's important work seldom appear on the market.Provenance: Vincent Boneskyn (ink name on title).Rothamsted acquisition date 1915.

Bonardo (Giovanni Maria) Le ricchezze dell'Agricoltura... mandate in luce da Luigi Grotto cieco d'Adria, collation: [π]2, A-I8, K6, woodcut printer's device to title, full-page woodcut portrait of Luigi Groto on the verso of the second leaf, woodcut headpieces and decorative initials, lower margins trimmed, occasionally just touching a sig., late 19th-century blind tooled calf, Venice, Agostino Zoppini and nephews, 1596; and a 1595 edition of Columella, 8vo (mentioned, 135 x 88mm.) & small 4to (2)⁂ Provenance: Frederick York Powell (1850-1904), Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford (ownership inscription on front pastedown, dated 1893).Rothamsted acquisition dates 1915 & 1917.

Tusser (Thomas) Five hundreth pointes of good husbandrie, as well for the Champion or open countrie, as also for the Woodland or Severall, collation: A-K8 L2, largely printed in black letter, woodcut title, device on verso of final leaf and decorations, H8 holed with slight loss of text, lightly browned, small ink stains to A2, later blind-stamped calf, spine a little faded, [STC 24385.5], small 4to, Printed by Peter Short, dwelling on Bredstreete hill at the signe of the Starre, 1599.⁂ ESTC locates 6 copies, including this one. No auction records for this edition, which is also not mentioned by Fussell.Rothamsted acquisition date 1925.

Palladius (Rutilius Taurus) Opus agriculturae, manuscript on vellum, II + 111 + I leaves (text complete, although manuscript resewn with result that it is impossible to give its original quiring), early inked foliation to upper margin, faded or trimmed at time of rebinding, modern pencilled foliation written every ten leaves in outer upper margin, text block: 120/125 x 80mm., single column, 24-25 lines, text written in brown ink, in a single minuscule chancery hand throughout, rubricated in red, the first capital letter of each chapter set out, a generally well preserved manuscript, browning, staining, and spotting in places owing to different quality of vellum used or recycled (some leaves are palimpsest), some flaws to vellum, a few organic holes, around which the scribe has written text, marginal notes and glosses in two early hands, the earliest in reddish brown ink, vellum pastedowns and endpapers, 19th-century russia, covers within frame of blind and gilt fillets, central gilt arms of Pelham-Clinton family, spine with four raised bands, title and 'MS' lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins, green silk bookmark, 8vo (156 x 113mm.), Italy (?Tuscany), [early 15th century].⁂ inc. Palladij Rutilij Tauri Emiliani viri Inl[ustris] opus agriculturae incipit feliciter. Titulus libri primi. [text inc. De praeceptis rei rusticae. Pars est prima prudenciae, ipsam cui praeceptur[us] es extimar[e] ...].expl. Palladij Rutilij Tauri Emiliani viri Inl[ustris] opus Agriculture explicit feliciter.A fine manuscript, from the celebrated library of the Dukes of Newcastle in Clumber, of this important 4th-century Roman treatise on agriculture, which enjoyed a wide popularity in the Middle Ages and early Renaissance, owing to its clear arrangement, with the farming and gardening tasks subdivided according to the twelve months of the year. Palladius relied mainly on Columella's De re rustica, but seems however to have had personal experience of farming, mentioning his own farmlands in Italy and Sardinia.The Opus agriculturae (On Agriculture) was originally composed by an introduction and twelve books corresponding to the months of the year; Palladius later added a fourteenth and fifteenth book, entitled De veterinaria medicina (On Veterinary Medicine) and Carmen de insitione (On Fruit Trees) respectively, which generally had a separate manuscript circulation. The work was first printed in Venice in 1472, in the collection dedicated by Nicolas Jenson to the Roman authorities on agriculture (see lot 5). Palladius' manuscript tradition is extremely complex, with the text of the Opus agriculturae represented by over one hundred manuscripts, from the 8th to the 16th century. The earliest surviving manuscripts extant contain, as here, Books 1-13, and derive from one lost copy which was probably produced in north-eastern France in the 8th century. The hand-writing suggests an Italian origin for the Rothamsted Latin Palladius, but it has not been possible to identify with certainty the area of its production, although north or central Italy, possibly Tuscany, would appear most likely. If both the place of production of the manuscript and the marginal glosses which supplement the text deserve further research, the importance of its provenance is by contrast, unquestionable. As the arms stamped in gilt on the binding show, it was once preserved in one of the most refined English libraries, that assembled in Clumber by the Pelham-Clinton family, Dukes of Newcastle under Lyne, and mostly formed by the fourth Duke of Newcastle (1784-1851). The book collection was sold at four Sotheby's sales between 1937 and 1938, offering a fine group of manuscripts, including the famous Hours of Isabel of Brittany, also known as the Lamoignon Hours. The preface to the sale catalogue states, "The books and manuscripts from Clumber [are] the most important to appear at auction in this country since the Holford sales nearly ten years ago".No other Palladius manuscript has appeared on the market in the last fifty years.Provenance: from the library of the Pelham-Clinton family, Dukes of Newcastle under Lyne (armorial binding; see Sotheby's sale The Magnificent Library the Property of the Late Seventh Duke of Newcastle Removed from Clumber, Worksop and Sold by Order of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Lincoln, London 1937).Rothamsted acquisition date 1937. Literature: N.R. Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British libraries. V. Indexes and Addenda, edited by I.C. Cunningham and A.G. Watson, Oxford, 2002, p. 13; J. Svennung, Untersuchungen zu Palladius and zur lateinischen Fach- und Volkssprache, Uppsala 1935, esp. pp. 619-629; Palladius, Opus agriculturae. De veterinaria medicina. De insitione. Edidit R.H. Rodgers, Leipzig, B. G. Teubner, 1975; R.H. Rodgers, "Palladius", in Catalogus Translationum Commentariorum III, pp. 195-199.

Maius (Theodor) Agricultur, 4 parts in 1, title in red and black with woodcut device, woodcut initials and decorations, woodcut diagrams, ink annotations, some contemporary, foxed and browned, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, soiled, extremities worn, lacking clasps, folio, Magdeburg, Johann Francke, 1613.⁂ Rothamsted acquisition date 1934.

Herbal.- Dodoens (Rembert) Stirpium historiae pemptades sex, fine engraved architectural title with figures of Theophrastus and Dioscorides, over 1,300 woodcut within text, penultimate f. with large woodcut printer's device on verso, final f. blank, some spotting, occasional staining, lightly browned, contemporary ornately blind-stamped panelled pigskin over wooden boards, covers with central portraits, lacking clasps, lightly soiled, [Hunt 201; Nissen BBI 517], folio, Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus, 1616.⁂ The second and most definitive edition of Dodoens' 'last and most comprehensive botanical work' (Hunt). Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1917.

Crescentiis (Petrus de) Von dem nutz der ding die in Aeckeren gebuwe werdt, collation: a-z6 A-E6 F8 (complete with final blank), printed in gothic letter, title in red and black, full-page woodcut on verso of a6 depicting the Creation, the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Garden of Eden etc, very many woodcut illustrations, all woodcuts coloured by a contemporary hand, woodcut initials, first gathering with some worming and fraying to margins repaired (no loss of text), lower corner of b1 torn away and restored with loss to several words of text on both sides, a couple of other tears just into text, some foxing and soiling, early ink annotations in red on title, Strassburg, Johann Schott for Johann Knobloch & Paul Goetz, 1518; bound with Columella and Palladius. Das Aeckerwerck, translated by Michael Herr, collation: A-Z6 a-b6 c4 d-n6 o8 (complete with blank leaf A6), printed in gothic letter, woodcut device on verso of final leaf, a few woodcut illustrations and diagrams, woodcut gothic initials, tear through half of B4, some foxing and marginal staining, Strassburg, Wendelin I. Rihel, 1538, together 2 works in 1, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, soiled and slightly stained, clasps intact, corners worn, folio (293 x 200mm.)⁂ The first work is the fourth edition of Crescentiis in German and is illustrated with over 250 woodcuts (some repeats), about half of which are of plants and the remainder depict a variety of agricultural activities, including an excellent series on viticulture and wine-making. The edition appears occasionally at auction but this is the only copy we can trace in which all the woodcuts are fully coloured. The second work is rare and comprises the first German edition of two of the works of the Scriptores Rei Rusticae.Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1928.Literature: 1st work: IA 146.745; Lindner 11.0405.04; Nissen BBI 425; Simon BG 407; Simon BB II 170; VD16 P1835; 2nd work: VD 16 C 4621; Ritter 561; Muller 397.31.

Plattes (Gabriel) A Discovery of Infinite Treasvre, Hidden since the VVorlds Beginning, VVhereunto all men, of what degree soever, are friendly invited to be sharers with the discoverer, lacking initial blank and final errata f., title with tape repair to verso and closely shaved at foot with loss to final line of imprint, blind-stamp to title, ink inscription to front free endpaper, bookplate, 20th century green half calf, spine faded, [Fussell p.38; STC 19998], small 4to, Printed by I[ohn] L[egat] and are to be sold by George Hutton, [within the Turn-stile in Holborne, 1639].⁂ Provenance: Francis Henry Cripps-Day (bookplate and blindstamp). Rothamsted acquisition date not noted.

Herbal.- Dodoens (Rembert) Cruydt-Boeck, half-title, engraved title incorporating portraits of Dodoens and Clusius, over 1400 woodcut illustrations, final leaf present (blank except for printer's woodcut device), wide margins, occasional marginal water-staining, later blind-stamped morocco over wooden boards, corners worn, foot of spine repaired, [Nissen BBI 518; Pritzel 2345], folio (409 x 260mm.), Antwerp, Balthasar Moretus, 1644.⁂ An unusually large copy of the last and best Plantin edition of this monumental herbal.

Varro (Marcus Terrentius) and Marcus Porcius Cato. M. Terentij Varronis, in omni literarum genere principis, III. de Agricultura libri. M. Catonis... lib. I. de rebus rusticis..., collation: a-b8, Aa-Mm8, Nn4, A-F8, with blanks Nn8 and F8, woodcut historiated initials, contemporary blind-stamped calf, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, gilt gauffered edges, Basel, Adam Petri, 1521; and another, 16th century agriculture, 8vo (mentioned 149 x 95mm.) (2)⁂ Provenance: The library of the Dukes of Kinnoull, at Dupplin Castle, Perthshire (armorial ex libris on the front pastedown). The shelfmark 'Dupplin Castle 2.163.29' annotated on the recto of the front flyleaf; on the verso of the same leaf the bibliographical note 'Dec. 10.1723. Collat. & perfect. Wright'. Rothamsted acquisition dates 1929 & 1917.Literature: VD16 V 411.

Schwerdt copy.- Crescentiis (Petrus de) Le livre des prouffitz champestres et ruraulx, collation: A-V6 x-z6 &4, title in red and black and within handsome woodcut historiated border, verso of title with woodcut of the printer presenting the book to King François I, large and small woodcuts within text (some repeats), woodcut criblé initials, final verso with large woodcut printer's device, a few spots, marks or light stains, but generally crisp and clean internally, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf, lacking ties, head of spine neatly repaired, foot of spine with small piece missing, corners worn, rubbed, folio (268 x 184; binding 275 x 191mm.), Paris, [Philippe le Noir], [15 February, 1529]. ⁂ Rare and handsomely printed edition, with an impeccable provenance and in a contemporary binding.Provenance: Schwerdt (bookplate).Rothamsted acquisition date 1939.Literature: Thiébaud 223-224

ƟKitab Al-Farayid (Inheritance Laws in accordance with Islamic Fiqh), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Near East, sixteenth century] Two parts in one volume, together 58 leaves (plus two endleaves), single column, between 10 and 20 lines of cursive black script, some diagrams and charts in red, some light staining to creases, a few scattered smudges, printed label pasted to upper pastedown, 175 by 130mm.; contemporary leather with flap, covers blind-ruled with central medallions in gilt, rebacked, resewn and flap replaced, label pasted to spine, a little rubbed From the Mohamed Makiya collection, their 134/100. An early manual on inheritance laws with charts and diagrams to illustrate lineage, probably from the Ottoman Levant. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 24% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT). 

ƟA Central Asian Qur'an, in Arabic with interlinear translation to Farsi, decorated manuscript on paper [probably Northern Afghanistan or Tajikistan, dated Shanbeh 10th Sha'ban 1114 AH (Saturday 10th Sha'ban 1702/03 AD)] 442 leaves (plus three endleaves at front and four at back), complete, single column, ten lines of competent black naskh with interlinear translations to Farsi in red nasta'liq, surah headings also in red, opening two leaves of text with blue and gold decorations around the textblock and extending outwards into the margins, these leaves a little faded and repaired along outer edges, text ruled in red and gold, divisions of the Qur'an marked throughout, gold marginal roundels marking the important sections of the Qur'an, decorated in blue, catchwords (edges trimmed with damage to a few catchwords), a few leaves repaired along outermost extremities, some scattered smudges to ink and occasional browning, else good condition, 240 by 130mm.; modern blind-stamped red morocco binding, spine slightly faded, together with modern Islamic mosaic inlay box, in stained and natural wood, bone and faux mother of pearl, with “Qur'an al-Karim” and other stylised text adorning the top, interior lined with red velvet, excellent condition Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 24% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT). 

A Tray of Sundries to Include Bone Cocktail Sticks, Framed Pot Lid, Blind Mans Bluff, Champion Bull Plaque, Carved Wooden Figure etc

Robert Sutton, Stafford, a moonphase longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell with a wood rod to the pendulum, the thirteen-inch break-arch brass dial engraved to the solid centre with the maker's name Sutton, Stafford and with cast brass female-head corner spandrels, the chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, large Arabic five minute numerals, with decorative blued steel hands and a sweep seconds hand, the arch showing the date and phases of the moon to a finely painted disc showing two moons, with a landscape picture to one side and a seascape to the other unusually depicting a sailing and steam ship, a feature seen on another Staffordshire moon disc, the mahogany case with finely fluted free standing pillars to the trunk and hood, a shaped top to the door, with three shells inlaid to the frieze above the door and further shell inlay to the four corners of the base and to the plinth below the trunk pillars, the swan-neck pediment to the hood fronted with three panels of blind fretwork, with side blocks, a ball-and-spire brass finial and brass paterae, the case standing on cabriole bracket feet, height 236cms.* Biography Robert Sutton is recorded as working from circa 1769 when he took John Chambley as an apprentice followed by William Gilbert in 1779. Various watches were recorded stolen from his premises in 1774 and 1781. He is known as a maker of fine longcases, with one in particular being an exceptional musical example with the dial showing the saint's days, holy days and the Gods of the four seasons along with an annual calendar.Another example, with a wooden movement showing the influence of the great John Harrison who had previously worked in the area, is on display at The Collection, Art & Archaeology in Leicestershire where it is stated: Although influenced by Harrison, Sutton remains an outstanding craftsman and innovator in his own right. Reference: Joseph McKenna, Clockmakers & Watchmakers of Central England, Mayfield Books, 2002.The rear of the moon disc and the frontplate of the movement are both signed, one scratched, the other punched, by the clockmaker Thomas Pear of Stafford who is recorded as working at 4, Marston Road, Stafford, from before 1880 until at least 1896 and beyond. This mark would indicate that he carried out some repairs/restorations on this clock.

An Edwardian carved mahogany rectangular serving table in the Chippendale taste:, the narrow ledge back decorated with foliage, having a moulded top, the blind fret carved geometric frieze with cruciform and quatrelobe ornament, fitted with three drawers between paterae panels, on fluted acanthus decorated scrolling front legs, terminating in block feet, 213.5cm (7ft) long.

A 19th Century mahogany linen press:, the upper part with a moulded dentil cornice and blind fret carved canted angles, fitted with sliding trays enclosed by a pair of moulded panel doors, the lower part containing two short and three long drawers, on bracket feet, 109cm (3ft 7in) wide, 198cm (6ft 6in) high.

An Edwardian Indo-Colonial teak pedestal desk of large size:, and broken outline with carved foliate and blind fret geometric canted angles, the top inset with a divided panel of tooled leather, fitted with three frieze drawers and five pedestal drawers on lions claw and ball feet, the top 184cm (6ft 0 1/2in) x 122cm (4ft).

An Indian carved hardwood rectangular occasional table:, with twin graduated side tiers, the tops with bands of blind fret carved scrolling foliage, having pierced panelled and ogee pointed sides with undertier, 71cm (2ft 4in) x 38cm (1ft 3in) x 65.5cm (2ft 1 3/4in).

GERALD M. BURN ARTIST SIGNED ETCHING 'The House of Agnes, Canterbury, (David Copperfield) Signed and with blind stamp, titled to mount 5 ½" x 4" (14cm x 10.2cm) SET OF THREE BOOKPLATE ENGRAVINGS 'AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS' 9" x 6" (22.8cm x 15.2cm), (4)

Paul McCartney, Limited Edition Photos 37/49 from the Original negative, with Popper blind stamp, framed and glazed, 64cm x 53cm

From Scott's 1912 Polar Expedition on the Terra Nova, Llimited Edition photograph 20/21, from Pontin's Original negative, Popper blind stamp, framed and glazed, 52cm x 42cm

Augustre Rodin (1840-1917)'Femme a demi allongee et Les Jambes denvdees', gouache and pencil over print, label verso Femme a demi allongee et les jambes denudees mine a plomb, aquarelle et rehauts de gouache. Inv D. 4994, Musee Rodin by Spadem, signed in pencil to lower right corner, blind stamp procede jacomet, printed mark M.R 4994, 25x31cm, framed and glazed.

Pair of Cecil Aldin Signed ' Old English Inns ' Coloured Prints, The Kings Head at Malmesbury and The Bell at Stilton, both with Gallery Blind Stamps

William Russell Flint Limited Edition Print ' Roccoco and Aphrodite ' no. 23/850 with Blind Stamp

MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, the brass dial with 12" silvered chapter ring, inner date ring and masonic engraving beneath a pair of hemispheres and moonphase, inscribed to the arch W Skeoch, North Shields, on a brass, eight day, four pillar movement striking hourly to a bell, the hood with columns, the trunk with ogee shaped trunk door and Chippendale style blind fretwork to the canted corners, weights and pendulum, height 224cm

CARVED OAK PANEL, possibly 16th century, with blind gothic tracery, 33cm x 27.5cm; together with a reverse print on glass of a portrait of Robert Wilks Esq, 34cm x 24cm (2)

CHINESE CHIPPENDALE STYLE OPEN ARMCHAIR, 19th century, the humped back above down swept arms with blind fretwork, stuffed over seat and square section, blind fretwork carved legs, height 107cm

VICTORIAN PITCH PINE THRONE CHAIR, the back with gothic blind fretwork, scrolled arms, solid seat and apron with pierced gothic decoration, with brass memorial plaque, height 133cm

 GEORGE II: (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-60. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, vellum, oblong folio, Court at Kensington's, 5th October 1757. The partially printed document is a military commission, appointing William Price to be an Ensign in the 25th Regiment of Foot commanded by Major General William Home. Countersigned at the foot by Robert Darcy (1718-1778) 4th Earl of Holderness. British Diplomat and Politician, Secretary of State. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some light overall age wear and one small hold at the centre of a fold. The King's signature is somewhat light, although legible. G  William Home (1681-1761) 8th Earl of Home. British Governor of Gibraltar 1757-1761.  

 GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R, a good and bold example, as King, at the head, one page, vellum, oblong folio, Court at St. James, 14th December 1790. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Thomas Hardyman to be Captain of `an independent Company of Foot raised for Our Service'. Countersigned at the foot by William Grenville. With a blind embossed paper seal affixed. One small ink blot close to Grenville's signature, otherwise clean example. G  Thomas Hardyman (1736-1814)  William Grenville (1759-1834) 1st Baron Grenville. British Statesman. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1806-07 

 GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. D.S., George P.R., as Prince Regent, at the head, five pages, folio, Carlton House, London, 26th October 1811. The neatly penned manuscript document being a Warrant authorising that, 'You forthwith cause the Great Seal of Great Britain to be affixed to an instrument bearing date with these presents… containing a commission constituting and appointing our trusty and well beloved Anthony St. John Baker Esquire, to be Secretary of His Majesty's Legation to His Majesty's Good Friends the United States of America…' Further incorporating a copy, in Latin, of the commission document itself. Countersigned to the centre by Richard Colley (1760-1842), 1st Marquess Wellesley, British Politician, Governor-General of India 1798-1805. With a blind embossed seal at the head. Neatly bound with brown ribbon. VG   

 GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1820-30. D.S., George P R, as Prince Regent, at the head, one page, oblong Folio, Court at Carlton House 16th February 1813. The partially printed document, on vellum, is a military commission appointing Jonathan Brown to be a Major in the 75th (Highland) Regiment of Foot command by Sir Robert Abercromby. Countersigned by Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844, Home Secretary and British Prime Minister 1801-04). With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some overall age ware and light blue staining to a few areas at the extreme edges of the document. FR    

 CLINTON BILL: (1946- ) American President 1993-2001. T.L.S., Bill, as President, one page, 8vo, Washington, 9th February 1994, to Daniel Moynihan, on the blind embossed stationery of The White House. Clinton thanks his correspondent for their letter and comments, 'Of course, you are right: the estimated number of women and children who stay on welfare to collect heath benefits is one million total, not one million people as I said in my remarks. As you know, this is a very difficult number to measure, but I believe the estimate you suggested is one we can defend.' About EX Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) American Politician, adviser to Republican U.S. President Richard Nixon. 

[MISCELLANEOUS]. HISTORY & OTHER Twenty-two assorted works, comprising 'A Lady of Rank' [Mary Margaret Egerton, Countess of Wilton]. The Book of Costume: or, Annals of Fashion from the earliest period to the present time, new edition, Colburn, London, 1847, original crimson cloth (rebacked), vignette illustrations, quarto; Nash, Joseph. The Mansions of England in the Olden Time, new edition, edited by Charles Holme, The Studio, London, 1906, bevelled maroon cloth gilt, top edges gilt, illustrations, tall quarto; Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales, Medici Society, London, 1929, blind-stamped maroon cloth, twenty-four colour plate illustrations by William Russell Flint, quarto; and nineteen other works, including leather bindings.

WORCESTER BLIND EARL PLATE, circa 1770, painted with a rose and butterfly, with Albert Amor paper label to base, diameter 15cm

Late 18th century oak floor standing corner cupboard, top section with two double panelled raised and fielded doors, base with two matching single panel doors, all with brass "H" hinges, original green paint interior, blind base, width 84cm (33"), height 103cm (80").

Late 18th century oak Delft rack, blind fretwork to cornice with moulded edge, three central shelves flanked by five smaller shelves to each side, width 145cm (57"), height 109cm (43").

A late 18th century mahogany longcase clock by Snelling, Alton. With stepped caddy top pediment, engaged 'Doric' pilasters, long door with brass escutcheon on box base with blind plinth. The cream dial is painted with posies of wild-flowers and a golden urn. With painted Roman and Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds dial. Eight-day, two-train movement, striking on single bell. 200 x 50 cm.

Signed large Lithograph Joseph Farquharson with gallery blind stamp also signed Herbert Ledcole