Africa.- Isenberg (Karl Wilhelm) and Johann Ludwig Krapf. Journals of the Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, Missionaries of the Church Missionary Society...in the Kingdom of Shoa...and other parts of Abyssinia, first edition, half-title, 2 folding engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, 4pp. advertisements at end, maps a little browned at folds, occasional light spotting or soiling, unobtrusive old embossed library stamp at foot of title, original blind-stamped brown cloth, rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked preserving original spine, new endpapers, 8vo, 1843.⁂ Scarce account of the travels of German Protestant missionaries Isenberg and Krapf in Ethiopia, including descriptions of customs, towns and the slave-trade.
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Turkey.- M'Lean (Thomas, publisher) The Military Costume of Turkey, half-title, hand-coloured stipple-engraved frontispiece, additional title with hand-coloured aquatint vignette and 29 hand-coloured aquatint plates, light offsetting, particularly to frontispiece and titles but plates generally clean, old ink inscription to front free endpaper, handsome contemporary green straight-grain morocco, borders in gilt and blind, eagle with outstretched wings within a wreath in blind in centre of boards, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., rubbed and slightly scuffed, spine ends and corners repaired, 4to, [cf.Atabey 812, Abbey Travel 373 & Colas 2059], 4to, Thomas M'Lean, [text water-marked 1819, plates 1820].
Aristotle.- Disputations to Aristotle's Analytica priora and Analytica posteriora, manuscript on paper, in Latin, 436 leaves, collation: 1-512, 64, 7-1012, 1112-1, 12-1412, 1512-1, 1612-3, 17-1912, 2016, 21-3412, 3516, 36-3712, 3812, 4-leaf quire (blank) bound in at beginning, the first leaf used as a pastedown, plus additional 12-leaf blank quire at end with last leaf used as a pastedown, unfoliated, catchwords located in lower margin on last page of almost all quires, text block: 140 x 90mm., single column, 17 lines, ruled in blind, neatly written by a single Italian hand throughout in brown ink, a few shoulder notes in the same hand, fine calligraphic headings introducing each disputation, engraving signed by the Flemish artist Pierre Firens (mostly active as an engraver and print dealer in Lyon and Paris, with the inscription 'Suscipit eximiam caeli regina coronam' (not included in collation and foliation)) bound in as frontispiece, a few tiny holes in blank margins not affecting text, minor foxing and browning in places, a few spots to blank margin of some leaves, sporadic small ink stains and insignificant paper flaws, lower margin of last leaves water-stained, contemporary limp vellum, traces of fabric ties on fore-edge, smooth spine with running stitches, covers slightly stained, losses to fore- and lower-edge, 180 x 131 mm., Milan, 1601.⁂ The manuscript contains an apparently unrecorded series of disputationes on Aristotle's logic, and was written in Milan by a certain Matteo Oldelli in 1601 (see the date 'die p.a mensis Maij 1601', on fol. 24/2r).Matteo was probably a member of the Oldelli family living in Meride and Lugano in the Canton of Ticino in Switzerland, and at that time the pupil of a certain father Tommaso Cerroni or Cerrone, as some inscriptions in the volume - such as 'Mediolani apud Matth. Oldel.' (fol. 5/2r), 'Finis tractatus de sub.ia die 3.° Mensis Julij. Mediolani apud Patrem Thomam Ceroneam' (fol. 5/2v), or "Matthaeus Oldellus scripsit sub Patre Thoma Ceroneo Mediolani" (fol. 29/9r) - suggest. We cannot prove with certainty the identities of this student or his teacher, but on some pages Oldelli has drawn the device of Jesus' Sacred Heart (e.g. fols. 3/4r, and 29/9v), a devotion which had been propagated by the Society of Jesus. This feature suggests the production of this manuscript was within the Jesuit academic milieu, and more likely, the Jesuit College in Milan.Furthermore, the study of the Aristoteles Latinus was very relevant to the curriculum at Jesuit colleges and universities, as prescribed in the Constitution by the founder of the order, Ignatius of Loyola. Teachers had developed a well-ordered and clear system of exercises, in the form of disputationes, or disputed questions, a didactic tool which represents a veritable workhorse of Jesuit education. In this manuscript the texts under discussion are the Analytica priora and the Analytica posteriora, which contain the fundamental principles of Aristotle's logic, and had been widely disputed even into the 17th century. Each question deals with a basic principle - like the notions of predicaments, relation, or enunciation - and is introduced by Aristotle's text, or a summary of it. A detailed discussion follows. The manuscript offered here shows how Aristotle's works were studied, as well as Jesuit methodology in philosophical teaching. Matteo was probably a member of the Oldelli family living in Meride and Lugano in the Canton of Ticino in Switzerland, and at that time the pupil of a certain father Tommaso Cerroni or Cerrone, as some inscriptions in the volume - such as 'Mediolani apud Matth. Oldel.' (fol. 5/2r), 'Finis tractatus de sub.ia die 3.° Mensis Julij. Mediolani apud Patrem Thomam Ceroneam' (fol. 5/2v), or "Matthaeus Oldellus scripsit sub Patre Thoma Ceroneo Mediolani" (fol. 29/9r) - suggest. We cannot prove with certainty the identities of this student or his teacher, but on some pages Oldelli has drawn the device of Jesus' Sacred Heart (e.g. fols. 3/4r, and 29/9v), a devotion which had been propagated by the Society of Jesus. This feature suggests the production of this manuscript was within the Jesuit academic milieu, and more likely, the Jesuit College in Milan.Furthermore, the study of the Aristoteles Latinus was very relevant to the curriculum at Jesuit colleges and universities, as prescribed in the Constitution by the founder of the order, Ignatius of Loyola. Teachers had developed a well-ordered and clear system of exercises, in the form of disputationes, or disputed questions, a didactic tool which represents a veritable workhorse of Jesuit education. In this manuscript the texts under discussion are the Analytica priora and the Analytica posteriora, which contain the fundamental principles of Aristotle's logic, and had been widely disputed even into the 17th century. Each question deals with a basic principle - like the notions of predicaments, relation, or enunciation - and is introduced by Aristotle's text, or a summary of it. A detailed discussion follows. The manuscript offered here shows how Aristotle's works were studied, as well as Jesuit methodology in philosophical teaching.
18TH CENTURY DESIGN OAK DRESSER, having boarded three shelf rack back with moulded cornice over shaped frieze and two blind panelled cupboards, the moulded edge base with three cock beaded drawers over a shaped apron, on cabriole front legs. 20th Century. 46 x 143 x 196cm. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Scuffed and worn with age and rather grubby, but appearing basically sound.
19TH CENTURY WELSH OAK DOG KENNEL DRESSER, having boarded, three shelf rack over a shelf of five dummy spice drawers, central moulded drawer to the base over arched dog kennel, flanked by two blind panelled cupboards on stile supports. 40 x 146 x 199cm.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Medium colour appearing overall in sound condition, scuffs and wear with use and age, the rack is pine with oak facings.
19TH CENTURY OAK DOG KENNEL DRESSER, the raised back having moulded cornice over three centre shelves, flanked by two glazed cabinets, the base with three frieze drawers over a centre dog kennel, flanked by two blind panel cupboards on stile feet. Ceramic knobs overall. 45 x 191 x 200cm.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Overall appearing in good condition commensurate with age, a little faded, general wear and tear but no significant damage noted.
EARLY 19TH CENTURY WELSH OAK LOW PRESS CUPBOARD, having dentil cornice above geometric frieze with two blind panelled doors below, revealing single shelf to the interior, on a separate projecting base, with an arrangement of three short and two long moulded, graduated drawers, now on bracket supports. 54 x 144 x 157cm.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: A little dry overall, opening of boards to each end, bracketed platform base is a later edition, basically sound.
EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY TWO STAGE PRESS CUPBOARD, the top with moulded cornice over a pair of blind, arch panelled doors, revealing four sliding shelves to the interior, on a projecting base of two short and two long graduated and cock beaded drawers, standing on fluted, bun shaped feet. 58 x 128 x 219cm.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Overall appearing in sound and useable condition, a little dry, scuffed and worn in places, old repair to the back edge of the upper section, minor scuffs and marks, particularly to cock beading and angles.
EARLY 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY TWO STAGE PRESS CUPBOARD having a moulded and dental cornice above two blind panelled doors revealing four sliding shelves to the interior on a projecting base with two short and two long cock beaded drawers on bracket feet. 66 x 127 x 214cm approx. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Some damage and losses to drawer framing and cock beading in places. General wear and tear commensurate with age. One of the door panels has some warping.
Ω A Napoleon III French kingwood, marquetry inlaid, and gilt metal mounted bureau plat , circa 1870, with blind frieze drawer, 75cm high, 110cm wide, 61cm deep Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
A George III mahogany secretaire clothes press, circa 1770, the dentil, arcaded and blind fret cornice above a pair of chequer strung panelled doors opening to four sliding trays, the fall front secretaire drawer opening to a leather inset and an arrangement of small drawers and pigeon holes, above two short and two long drawers and waisted ogee bracket feet, 207cm high, 124cm wide, 60cm deep
An early 19thC gold snuff box with blue enamel decoration, engraved inside lid 'L'Empereur Alexandre A L'Abbé Hauy' and with maker's mark MM over 14. By repute presented by Emperor Alexander of Russia to Abbé Rene-Just Hauy.Haüy is regarded as the founder of the science of crystallography through his discovery of the geometrical law of crystallization. His brother Valentin Haüy was the founder, in 1785, of the first school for the blind, the Institute for Blind Youth in Paris, which Louis Braille entered in 1819
Lease of Lands in Glasnevin, with Map, 1820Manuscript: An Indenture on vellum (2 skins) dated 3 May 1826 between (1) the Incorporated Society in Dublin for Promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland and (2) James O'Neill of Great Britain St., Dublin, paper stainer.Lease of the lands of Clonmell in the parish of Glasnevin containing 55.2.0 A.R.P. 31 years at a rent of £277.10.0.MS map on first skin, drawn by W. Marshall, 1820, blind stamp of the Society. Signed by Charles (Brodrick Archbishop of] Cashel, Vice-President.This Society was established by act of parliament in 1733 "to rescue the souls of thousands of poor [Catholic] children from the dangers of Popish superstition and idolatry, and their bodies from the miseries of idleness and beggary." Some forty "charter schools" were set up. However, despite the doubtless benevolent intentions of the bounders, these schools were viewed with suspicion by Catholics and neglected by Protestants, the unfortunate pupils being kept in atrocious conditions; the system eventually petered out in the mid-19th Century. V. Good. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)
With Signature of James Boswell [Boswell] Bayne (Alex.) Institutions of the Criminal Law of Scotland, 12mo Edin. (T. & W. Ruddiman) 1730. First Edn., signed on front loose blank 'James Boswell / 1775,' some damp stains, cont. calf, blind tooled fillet borders, raised bands, lacks label. Rare. (1)
The Lindisfarne GospelsKendrick (T.D.), Brown (T.J.) & Bruce-Mitford (R.L.S.) Evangeliorum Quattuor Codex Lindisfarnesis Murei Britannici Codex Cottonicaus Nero D. IV [Lindisfarne Gospels], 2 vols., folio, Ltd. Edn. 609 (647) copies, (In Aedibus Urs Gref) 1956 / 1960, Volume 1 full blind decor. vellum, lettered spine, commentary vol. vellum backed boards, clean set. (2)
Bindings: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments. Lg. atlas folio Oxford (University Press) 1847. In large type, a.e.g., fine full purple mor. lg. gilt fillet or lg. gilt tooled borders, raised bands, gilt tooled spine in panels, brass clasps, by Hayday; also The Holy Bible, lg. 4to Edin. (Sir D. Hunter Blair & J. Bruce) 1822. A.e.g. in full straight grained purple mor., with fine blind tooled and large gilt tooled borders in the cathedral style of George Mullen, Dublin, spine profusely gilt in panels. Both v. good. As bindings, w.a.f. (2)
With Hand-Coloured Title & PortraitBinding: Moore (Thomas) Irish Melodies, with Symphonies and Accompaniments by Sir John Stevenson. Folio D. (James Duffy) n.d. (1859). New Edn., ed. by J.W. Glover. with finely hand-coloured portrait frontis & title, a.e.g. in attractive full green mor. binding, with lg. gilt tooled & blind border, with large harp surrounded by shamrocks in centre of each cover, the spine with raised bands, profusely tooled in gilt in panels with harp in centre of each. Fine binding. (1)
Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, 8vo, L. (Johnathan Cape) 1961, First Edn., publishers cloth with blind design of skeleton head on front cover, gilt lettered spine, original d.j. (designed by Richard Chopping) clipped (not effecting price) clean; You Only Live Twice, 8vo L. (Johnathan Cape) 1964, First Edn., publishers, cloth, gilt lettered Chinese Script on front cover, silver lettered spine, original dj., (design by Richard Chopping) clipped (not affecting price) clean copies. (2)
Yeats (W.B.) Wheels and Butterflies, L. 1934. First Edn., hf. title, orig. gilt decor. bright green cloth, with ptd. d.w. Wade 175; also Last Poems & Plays, L. 1940. First Edn., hf. title, orig. green cloth, with blind decoration in front cover and blocked in gilt on spine after designs by T. Sturge Moore, & with orig. decor. d.w. (some repairs) Wade 203; Poems, L. 1927, orig. cloth gilt decor. spine. All v. good. (3)
Binding: Leusden (J.) Biblica Hebraica, thick 8vo L. 1834. A.e.g. cont. fine straight-grained dark blue mor., blind & gilt tooled borders, spine gilt tooled in panels. good. (1)* Inscribed on front loose blank with the name of approx. 40 pupils of the Clonmel Endowned School, presenting the above volume to Rev. Thos. Dee on his retirement.
Bindings: The Book of Common Prayer, 8vo Oxford (T. Baskett) 1756. Full blue mor. tooled gilt panel & decoration, & with name Walsh in gilt on front cover; The Holy Bible, and The Book of Common Prayer, a matching pair, L. 1820 & 1824, a.e.g., similar blind & gilt tooled straight grained mor., spine gilt in panels; The Book of Common Prayer, roy 8vo Cambridge 1814, a.e.g., in full 'Cathedral style' tooled purple mor., good; & 1 other sim. as bindings. (5)
Arabic Manuscript: A good early 19th Century Arabic Manuscript containing an early section of Sura IV of The Qur'an, folio, approx. 102pp with black script within red lined borders, all highlighted in gilt and with attractive decorated title pages, in orig. tooled and blind stamped camel. V. good. as a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)
Clanricarde - The Memoirs and Letters of Ulick, Marquiss of Clanricarde, and Earl of Saint Albans; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland..., Tall atlas folio L. (for r. & J. Dodsley) 1757. First Edn., in fine full mor. with lg. blind tooled border inside dble fillet gilt borders, the spine profusely gilt in panels, mor. label. V. good copy. (1)* Provenance: The late Rev. Dr. P.K. Egan, Portumna, Galway Historian.
Important Early Photograph Album of Irish & Other Military FiguresCo. Cork: Military Interest: Album (28cms x 39cms) in fine original green leather binding with blind and gold tooling. 48 pp. (several blank). The owner was R. Roberts of the 9th Regiment and the album contains a large number of photos of officers in the regiment, some single and some in groups, and also of the regimental sergeants and of officers in other regiments. They are captioned and one is dated 1864. The album also includes photos of famous paintings and sculptures, topographical views (Kilkenny, Cork, Malta, Venice, Gibraltar, Corfu, Pembroke Dock), and of men and women in costumes, including an attractive photograph of Mrs Jane D'Esterre Hill, presumably taken soon after her marriage in 1866 at age 22. There are also coloured cut-outs of French military uniforms.The 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot fought in battles of the First Afghan and Sikh Wars, 1841-1846, and there is a photo of a monument to soldiers who fell in those engagements.Many early photograph albums have no captions; this one clearly identifies the officers of a particular regiment in the 1860s and thus forms an important document of the period, in contemporary full green and tooled décor mor. As an Album. (1)
With Fine Hand-Coloured PlatesDodwell (Edward) Views in Greece, from Drawings. Lg. atlas folio L. (Rodwell and Martin) 1821. First Edn. title with vignette, and with hand-coloured aquatint frontis & 29 hd.-cold. aquatint plts. mounted on card, a.e.g., in cont. full straight grained purple mor. with lg. blind & gilt tooled borders, profusely tooled gilt spines. (1)
In Uniform BindingsTravel: Layard (Austen H.) Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon, with Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert. L. 1853. First Edn., profusely illustrated, 16 plts. & fold. maps (include. frontis & 2 maps at end), & numerous wd. cuts; also Layard (A.H.) Nineveh and its Remains, 2 vols. L. 1854, Sixth Edn., fold. maps, plts. & text illus complete, all edges gilt in cont. uniform crimson mor. blind & gilt tooled fillet borders with acorn corner decorations, profusely gilt spines. V. good set. (3)
Lease of Lands, c. 1806, with Original MapCo. Meath: An indenture on vellum dated 5th February 1806 between the Incorporated Society in Dublin for Promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland, and Simon Mc Ardle of Ratheady, Co. Math, farmer.Lease of part of Ratheady formerly in the possession of Patrick Nugent and lately of Mary Nugent, known as the Reclaimed Farm, containing 11.1.0 A.R.P. to hold for 31 years at a rent of £14.17.6 with bounds outlined. With large manuscript annexed, surveyed by Owen Mc Eneaney, November 1803. With the blind stamp of the Society, signed by Charles [Agar Archbishop of] Dublin, vice- President, and also with Somon Mc Ardle's seal. As a m/ss, w.a.f. Good. (1)
William Tatton-Winter 1855-1928, a pair of coloured engravings, scenes of Salisbury, signed to margin lower right with blind stamp, 38 cm X 46 cm (2)AMENDMENT: One of the etchings is clearly marked Salisbury, the other is unmarked however it is believed to be an image of Canterbury as opposed to an additional one of Salisbury.
John Campbell, Campeltown, a mahogany 8-day longcase clock with two-weight movement striking on a bell, the twelve-inch arched brass dial with silvered chapter ring, black Arabic and Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and date aperture, scroll and foliate spandrels, signed in the arch, the hood with swan-neck pediment, blind fret decoration and pilasters above a long trunk door and fluted pilasters on plinth base with bracket feet, 86in (218.5cm) high.
Charles Johnson Payne, called 'Snaffles' (1884-1967) - 'Merry England and Worth a Guinea a Minute', signed in pencil, inscribed with the title; together with the 'Snaffles bit' blind stamp, printed in colours, 17.75" x 15.75" *Inscribed on an old label verso 'From the Budgen Llandaff, Nr Cardiff and dated 1934
Charles Johnson Payne called 'Snaffles' (1884-1967) - 'Andsome is Wot 'Andsome does', signed in pencil with the 'Snaffles bit' blind stamp, also inscribed on a plaque attached to the frame 'Osses and Obstacles', printed in colours, 18.5" x 17", inscribed on the backing board 'From the Officers 'C' Battery R.H.A' and dated 1931
Charles Johnson Payne called 'Snaffles' (1884-1967) - 'The Huntsman', 'The Oss Loves the Ound but I Loves Both', signed in pencil, inscribed with the title; together with the 'Snaffles bit' blind stamp, printed in colour, 15.5" x 14.25" *Inscribed on an old label verso, 'From Lieut C.A.L. Dunphi, R.H.A and dated 1932
After Laurence Stephen Lowry R. A (1887-1976) - 'The Contraption', signed in pencil, with the blind stamp for the Fine Art Trade Guild, from an edition of 750, a colour reproduction; together with the accompanying preparatory print of the sketch, 13.5" x 12.25" and 11.75" x 7.75" respectively (2)**Artist' Resale Rights (Droit de Suite) may apply for this item. See Terms & Conditions of sale for further information.
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