Trollope (Anthony) The Fixed Period 2 vol. first edition in book form presentation copy from the publishers with publisher`s blind-stamp to title of vol.2 half-titles ink ownership inscription to half-title of vol.1 occasional spotting original dark red cloth central floral decoration to upper covers spines faded vol.1 very short split to lower joint rubbed at extremities [Sadleir 62] 8vo 1882.
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A Louis Phillipe amboyna bonheur du jour, circa 1835, ebony line inlay decoration, raised back fitted with six small drawers and a gilded brass gallery, leather lined drawer out writing surface and two blind frieze drawers on stretchered column legs with gilt capitals on shaped bun feet 100 x 105 x 62cm (39 x 40 x 24in)
A VICTORIAN OAK GOTHIC REVIVAL TABLE CLOCK, the silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, subsidiary slow/fast, chime/silent, full chime/Westminster chime dials, foliate engraved spandrels, three train fusee movement chiming on a carillon of eight bells and striking on a coiled gong with pull repeat. The arched case with three pinnacles, the sides with cluster columns and sound frets over a blind tracery moulded base, 28 1/2" high, AF.
A Worcester Blind Earl pattern dessert plate circa 1770, the circular plate decorated in the workshop of James Giles, moulded in relief with rose buds and leaves and painted in brightly coloured enamels with moths and insects, within a scalloped gilt lined rim, 19cm diameter The design for this plate originated at the Chelsea porcelain factory and was also produced at the Worcester factory from the 1750`s. In the 19th century the pattern was named after the Earl of Coventry who lost his sight in a riding accident. He ordered a service in this pattern so that he could feel the raised decoration.
An Edwardian mahogany Chippendale revival break-front china cabinet on stand, the central astragal glazed cabinet door with blind fret moulding flanked by matching side and end panels, on a rectangular table base with ribbon moulded edge over a central pierced frieze on four slender square tapering legs terminating in spade feet, 106cm wide, 206cm high, 47cm deep
An Antique carved mahogany and oak four poster bed, with an oak moulded panelled headboard and with a mahogany blind fret cut lattice apron canopy, with sculptured rams heads, having turned, spirally reeded and foliate decorated columns to the front, 203cm (6ft 8in) x 151.5cm (4ft 11 1/2in).
Bulliard (Pierre) Histoire des Plantes Vénéneuses 2vol. including plate vol. 80 colour-printed engraved plates only (of 85) with engraved text at foot some foxing and soiling marginal water-stain to lower outer corner of last few plates text with half-title old ink library inscription on title foxed modern bookplate of Marshall Laird on front pastedowns modern half calf spines stamped in blind with red and green roan labels plate vol. uncut [Nissen 296; Stafleu 907] folio Paris 1784. *** Division I of Bulliard`s Herbier de la France 1780-93 also issued separately in 1779 and 1784 both with 85 plates.
[Giraud (Jane Elizabeth)] The Flowers of Shakespea first edition lithographed throughout with hand-coloured decorative title dedication and 29 hand-coloured plates each with verse and small illustration below a few heightened with gold tissue guards occasional spotting hinges broken with front free endpaper becoming loose original blind-stamped cloth g.e. rubbed and stained rebacked preserving original spine (faded) 4to [1846].
Meredith (Louisa Anne Twamley) The Romance of Natu first edition half-title engraved additional pictorial title and 26 plates all hand-coloured advertisement leaf at end occasional spotting mostly to tissue guards one gathering becoming loose original morocco stamped in gilt and blind g.e. spine faded 1836; Some of My Bush Friends in Tasmania: Native Flowers Berries and Insects lithographed throughout with decorative borders chromolithographed additional title 2 borders 11 plates and tail-piece some foxing and marginal staining original embossed calf g.e. rebacked preserving original spine Day & Son 1860 rubbed [Nissen 1338&1339] 8vo & folio (2)
Parkinson (John) Paradisi in sole paradisus terres or A Garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers... first edition fine woodcut title by A.Switzer portrait on verso of **6 woodcut decorations and illustrations over 100 full-page lacking final 2 leaves (Ggg1 & 2 Index) A1 (first leaf of text) & Fff1-6 (Index) slightly defective OO4 & 5 Pp6 & YY1 &2 all torn at lower edge but no loss a few stains and other marginal tears or defects title slightly browned & trimmed to border and with contemporary name in ink at centre other old ink inscriptions on verso of title and on dedication engraved bookplate of Sir John Anstruther on verso of dedication and of John George Howe Drummond of Abbots Grange on front pastedown contemporary sheep ruled in blind morocco label (chipped) a little worn splits to joints [Henrey 282; Nissen 1489; STC 19300] folio [by Humfrey Lownes and Robert Young] 1629. *** First edition of the first important English treatise on horticulture. Parkinson was apothecary and botanist to Charles I. Of the nearly 1000 plants described in the Paradisus a large number grew in Parkinson`s own garden at Long Acre. The book is filled with references to contemporary botanists and gardeners and it provides one of the best single sources of information on gardening practices and styles in early 17th-century England.
Parkinson (John) Paradisi in sole paradisus terres first edition woodcut title 108 full-page woodcuts each with numerous figures of plants one full-page woodcut of garden designs 3 small text woodcuts woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials lacking 3 preliminary ff. intermittent marginal creasing throughout contemporary English blind-ruled calf spine gilt-ruled raised bands gilt morocco lettering piece rebacked some corner loss boards with some abrading and soiling [Henrey 282; Nissen 1489; STC 19300] folio Humfrey Lownes and Robert Young 1629.
Perry (George) Conchology or the Natural History o first edition 61 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates printed in bistre lacking half-title plates lightly offset frontispiece slightly frayed at outer edge final two leaves of text creased contemporary burgundy straight-grain morocco borders in gilt and blind g.e. rubbed rebacked preserving original spine corners repaired [Nissen 3134] folio [1811].
Price (Sarah) Illustrations of the Fungi of Our Fi First & Second Series together 2 vol. 20 hand-coloured lithographed plates captioned guards occasional light foxing subscriber`s copy with ink stamp of T.F.Ravenshaw at head of front free endpaper printed note to subscribers tipped to front pastedown hinges weak original pictorial cloth gilt borders in blind a little rubbed split to upper joint of vol.1 4to for the Author 1864-65.
Price (Sarah) Illustrations of the Fungi of Our Fi First & Second Series together 2 vol. 20 hand-coloured lithographed plates captioned guards some light foxing printed note to subscribers tipped to front pastedown upper hinge of vol.1 broken with endpaper and half-title loose bookplate of Charles Kent Vicar of Ludford in vol.2 original pictorial cloth gilt borders in blind a little worn and damp-stained spine of vol.2 defective 4to for the Author 1864-65.
Boydell (John & Josiah) An History of the River Th 2 vol. first edition without additional letterpress titles `An History of the Principal Rivers of Great Britain` and dedication to George III but with dedication to Horace Walpole 2 folding engraved maps of the Thames by John Cooke engraved plate of head of Father Thames and 76 hand-coloured aquatint views 3 folding vol.1 foxed (a few plates and leaves severely) vol.2 with light offsetting bookplate of C.F.J.Beausire contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco elaborately ruled in gilt and blind spines gilt g.e. a little worn upper cover of vol.1 loose [Abbey Scenery 432] folio 1794-96.
Cabinet-Maker`s Assistant (The) half-title engraved additional decorative title and 101 plates illustrations list of subscribers at end text a little browned some foxing to plates mostly marginal one plate with pencil sketches on verso modern calf boards with border in blind spine ruled in gilt and blocked in blind red morocco label Glasgow Edinburgh etc. 1853 § Smith (George) The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer`s Guide engraved additional title and 154 plates 38 hand-coloured soiled and stained one or two tears final few leaves (Index) torn and frayed and slightly defective modern half morocco 1826 § Old English and French Ornaments...by Chippendale Inigo Jones... c.100 engraved plates disbound John Weale 1858-59; and another furniture folio & 4to (4)(4)
Français (Les) peints par Eux-Mêmes 8 vol. wood-engraved additional pictorial titles and 403 plates only after Gavarni Daumier Daubigny Grandville and others (of 406) all hand-coloured some heightened with gum arabic tissue guards double-page colour map illustrations some foxing but plates generally clean original blind-stamped cloth spines gilt and rather faded rubbed large 8vo Paris L.Curmer 1840-42. *** Without the ninth volume Le Prisme issued separately and often missing.
(Sir William).- Outlines from the Figures and Comp (Sir William).- Outlines from the Figures and Compositions upon the Greek Roman and Etruscan Vases... first edition half-title with 62 engraved plates by Thomas Kirk in two states (62 coloured and 62 uncoloured) all with ornamental borders the coloured plates all cut and mounted each facing uncoloured state occasional light foxing or staining mostly to tissue guards bookplate of Martin Battersby contemporary calf boards with blind-stamped central lozenge and elaborate border edged by triple gilt rule rubbed rebacked preserving old gilt spine with morocco label [Blackmer 915] 4to printed by W.Bulmer & Co. 1804.
Kennion (Edward) An Essay on Trees in Landscape re-issue using original 1815 sheets aquatint title vignette and 50 engraved plates some with aquatint most soft-ground etchings with 4 additional double-page soft-ground etchings of landscapes by Kennion and a suite of etchings of trees by H.W.Williams bound in printed slip by Henry G.Bohn dated 1844 concerning the additional plates tipped in at beginning foxing mostly light but particularly affecting the additional suites of plates original blind-stamped cloth rubbed corners worn rebacked preserving original spine (faded) new endpapers [cf.Abbey Life 147 1815 edition] 4to [1844]. *** The additional plates were not found in the original issue of 1815.
Kip (Joannes) Britannia Illustrata or Views of Several of the Queens Palaces as also of the Principal Seats of the Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain 2 vol. engraved title with royal arms in vol.1 both vol. with letterpress table of contents mounted on stub 150 magnificent double-page engraved plates only (of 152 lacking plates 35 & 37 from vol.1: Wythame & Dunham Massie) most by Kip after Knyff 7 folding vol.2 also with 7 of 8 engraved plates of coats-of-arms (lacking plate 79) title to vol.1 soiled and laid down plate of Bolsover in vol.1 slightly frayed at fore-edge where protrudes and with marginal tear Fair Lawn with hole to upper left hand margin (paper flaw) Blenheim in vol.2 a little torn and repaired plates with minor spotting and soiling (mostly marginal) but overall a very clean copy contemporary diced russia borders in gilt and blind rubbed corners a little worn rebacked folio Joseph Smith 1714-15.
Montanus (Arnoldus) De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld engraved additional pictorial title title in red and black with engraved vignette with 6 engraved portraits only (of 7) 13 double-page engraved maps (of 16) and 24 double-page engraved plates (of 32) numerous engraved illustrations list of subscribers at end lacking Vv2 & 3 lightly soiled and damp-stained plates and maps loosely inserted some a little smaller many frayed or slightly defective at edges contemporary blind-stamped vellum lacking ties worn and stained spine torn folio Amsterdam Jacob Meurs 1671; sold not subject to return
Pyne (William Henry) The History of the Royal Resi 3 vol. first edition half-titles 94 hand-coloured aquatint plates by T.Sutherland W.J.Bennett R.Reeve and D.Havell after J.Stephanoff C.Wild R.Cattermole W.Westall and G.Samuel only (of 100 vol.1 lacking plates 26-31 all of Frogmore) vol. III without the rearrangement slip called for in Abbey plate 33 with tear to outer margin just affecting plate frontispiece to vol.3 partially defective at outer margin vol.1 lacking rear free endpaper and front loose contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco boards with elaborate borders in gilt and blind spines gilt g.e. a little worn vol.1 with spine torn and upper cover detached [Abbey Scenery 396; Tooley 389] 4to 1819.
Quetin (Victor) Le Magasin de Meubles. Album de Me trade catalogue lithographed title within ornamental frame and 77 lithographed plates many with prices in pencil title lightly soiled and defective at lower outer corner some other light spotting or soiling but generally clean front free endpaper loose contemporary calf-backed boards rather worn especially corners Paris [c.1860] § Bemrose Jr. (W.) Manual of Buhl-Work and Marquetry... hand-coloured decorative title 13 chromolithographed plates 3 double-page 4pp. catalogue at end half-title foxed original decorated cloth blocked in gilt black and blind a little rubbed upper cover slightly stained [c.1880] oblong 4to & 4to (2) (2)
(Rev. George Newenham) China... 4 vol. in 2 engr (Rev. George Newenham) China... 4 vol. in 2 engraved additional vignette titles and 124 plates after Thomas Allom tissue guards engraved titles a little foxed and browned plates with marginal foxing contemporary green morocco with with elaborate borders in gilt and blind spines gilt rubbed spines faded and slightly worn at head and foot 4to [1843].
(Rev. George Newenham) China... 4 vol. in 2 engr (Rev. George Newenham) China... 4 vol. in 2 engraved additional vignette titles and 121 plates only after Thomas Allom (of 124 lacking 3 plates in vol.1) tissue guards plates foxed plates with marginal foxing contemporary diced green calf gilt spines gilt with red morocco labels g.e. rubbed upper cover vol.1 detached [1843] § Staunton (Sir George) An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China 2 vol. only (lacking Atlas) engraved frontispiece in vol. 1 only (Earl of Macartney) and illustrations contemporary diced russia elaborate borders in gilt and blind slightly rubbed rebacked preserving gilt spines 1797; and 5 vol. of Fisher`s Drawing-Room Scrap-Book 1833-35 with numerous engraved plates 4to (9)(9)
An Edward VII Silver Gilt Baron`s Coronet, London 1901, the textured and blind cusped circlet applied with six equally spaced (hallmarked) spheres, with crimson velvet infill and golden tassel, with ermine lined guard and silk interior, 9cm high, 23.5cm diameter; A Very Similar Gilt Metal Baroness`s Coronet, unmarked, the silk inner lining with gilded mark EDE & RAVENSCROFT LTD, 93 & 94 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON, 10.5cm high, 17cm diameter; and Baron`s Crimson Velvet and Ermine Trimmed Robe, silk lined, 187cm long, in an original faux tortoiseshell painted tin box inscribed LORD MONTEAGLE, 72cm wide (3)
JOHN PIPER (1903-1992) Clamecy. Burgundy, pencil signed and numbered 36/100 (Levinson 375), screen print in colours (1985), apparently in good condition, but unexamined out of frame Pl 30 1/2 x 23 1/2in; and a colour Print published by Christies Contemporary Art, depicting Vaux Le Vicomte, pencil signed, numbered 55/70, with blind stamp,and significant general paper discolouration, particularly in margins (2)
AFTER SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT, R.A., PRWS.( 1880 - 1969) The Royal Academy, Courtyard; and Incoming Tide, No 1 Slip, Devonport Dockyard reproduction in colours, with blind stamps of Michael Stewart Fine Art ,numbered in pencil 195/750 and 245/750 respectively Pl. l20 x 27 1/2in (50.8 x 69.8cm) and slightly smaller, two (2)
A late 19th Walnut Cased Century Cuckoo Bracket Clock, the architectural case with plain pediment and carved details over freestanding columns, to a pierced gallery, to a carved and pierced blind frieze, on a shaped plinth base, to a 7 ½” Roman chapter ring with pierced composite hands, to a spring-driven two train movement with anchor escapement and strike on a coiled gong with further wooden bellows, height 19”
A Georgian oak chest on chest, the top section of graduated two short and three long drawers, each with cross banding decoration, the plinth of dentil moulding and with blind fret decoration, the front corners canted and reeded, the base fitted with a secretaire drawer and fitted with pigeon holes and small drawers and a central pull out compartment with column secret drawers and fitted with two more long drawers and standing on convex bracket feet
19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY TWO STAGE PRESS CUPBOARD, having moulded swept cornice over two arched panel blind doors, fitted sliding tray`s to the interior standing on a projecting base with two short and two long cockbeaded drawers having turned knobs on platform support. 47" Wide x 20" Deep x 88" High.
A LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY WELSH OAK DEUDDARN, having moulded cornice over two recessed pointed ogee panel doors with drop finial`s, the projecting base with two freize drawers over two blind panel doors standing on square style feet. C1800. Cardiganshire. 37" Wide x 21" Deep x 71" High.
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