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A lacquered brass and black enamelled monocular microscope with rack and pinion focusing, mechanical stage and plano-concave mirror, within a mahogany carrying case, together with a late Victorian pine microscope slide specimen case, the hinged door enclosing twelve drawers containing approximately 135 slides, including human, animal, entomology and botanical samples, the majority with inscribed paper labels, including `S.H.S Dodridge`, `Martin Burgess` and `J.E Tubbs`.

(x) Collections and RangesA valuable, superbly researched, award-winning and well written-up collection of "Errors in Postage Stamp Design" formed by the late Dr. D.E.G. Irvine of the National Philatelic Society, arranged on album leaves, contained in two cartons, including Austria 1946 "Anti-Fascist" Exhibition set with unissued 5g. +3g. and 12g. +12g. mint, Basutoland 1933 to 10/- (2, one used), China 1897 values to $2 mint and $1 used, 1898 C.I.P. values to $2 mint and used, Egypt 1923-24 to £E1 mint, Falkland Islands 1929 Whale and Penguin set mint, Fiji 1871 1d. to 6d. mint, France 1936 50f. (2, one used), German New Guinea 1901 values to 5m. used, Gibraltar 1886 overprints mint, Great Britain 1840 1d. used, 1d. Mulready unused, 1964 Botanical Congress presentation pack, 1969 Christmas 5d. blue omitted unmounted mint, Hong Kong used 1876-77 16c. on 18c., 18805c. on 8c., 5c. on 18c., 10c. on 24c., 1891 $1 on 96c. with additional Chinese handstamp mint, Hungary 1951 First Hungarian Postage Stamp Anniversary miniature sheets mint, Lesotho 1966 1r. in pair with lseotho unmounted mint, Luxembourg 1956 Europa (2, one used), Negri Sembilan 1933 Survey Department essays (6) 1935-41 to $5 (2, one used), New South Wales 1890 5/- mint, Northern Rhodesia 1925-29 to 20/- used, 1938-52 to 20/- (2, one used), Romania 1946 Philharmonic Orchestra miniature sheets unmounted mint, Saudi Arabia 1949 Air mint, St. Helena 1911 1d. unissued overprinted specimen, United Arab Emirates 1977 Sixth National Day withdrawn set of three unmounted mint, West Germany 1951 St. Marys Church used, Western Australia used 1854 1d. (four even margins) and 1902-11 2/- to £1 (2, one used); also "Errors in Postage Stamp Design" by Irvine and Seshold. Generally good to fine with viewing essential to fully appreciate this fascinating lot. (thousands) Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

After Redoute: Three botanical prints

Group of art folios and a botanical book.

A collection of four botanical pictures including watercolours, and two 19th Century etchings by Richard D. Winters.

A wooden Chartreuse Bottle Case containing a number of prepared and unprepared microscope slides both biological and botanical.

Two Portmeirion Coffee Cups and three saucers in Botanical Garden pattern, two Royal Worcester Pin Dishes, Queen Elizabeth ll Silver Jubilee plate, cup and saucer, etc.

Three botanical flower prints framed and glazed

Three boxes containing decorative botanical plaques, Victorian oak bookslide, partial Staffordshire tea sets etc., tog. with a framed print

A Chelsea porcelain `Hans Sloane` botanical soup plate, c1755, bearing painted red anchor mark verso, and shaped purple painted rim, decorated with a white flower and two insects, diameter 21cm

A PAIR OF WILLIAM RIDGWAY & CO. GREEN PRINTED BLUE EARTHENWARE FLOSCULOUS PATTERN DESSERT PLATES AND A SET OF SEVEN COPELAND MOULDED EARTHENWARE BOTANICAL DESSERT PLATES

A set of three black and white photographic images of botanical subjects after Karl Blossfeldt, 82 x 61 cm in silver coloured aluminium frames

A 19th century dessert service with finely painted botanical sprays within blue and gilt borders comprising a two handled comport, a set of four leaf shaped serving dishes, a pair of square shaped serving dishes and a single oval serving dish together with eleven dessert plates

Four late 18th century tin glazed plates with hand painted botanical sprays in the chinoiserie style within shaped borders

Carl Ferdinand Hurten [1818-1893]- Four botanical studies including a pink rose and pansies:- one signed watercolours, each 24 x 16.5cm, together with a birthday card of hedgerow flowers signed and inscribed with initials `many happy returns of the day. C.F.H`, 16 x 10.5cm. [5]

Carl Ferdinand Hurten [1818-1893]- A botanical study: signed and dated June 1881 watercolour, 27.5 x 21cm, together with a birthday card of a garland of roses signed and inscribed `many happy returns of the day. C.F.Hurten`, 10 x 15.5cm. [2]

An early 19th Century sauce tureen with botanical painting titled "Campanulara Tulips" with acorn finial

A set of four botanical prints, and a large quantity of other prints (qty)

A box containing a large collection of various prints to include AFTER J NUGENT "Botanical Studies", a set of four colour prints, together with further colour prints, etc

AUDREY EVANS Porthleven harbour Watercolour Signed Together with a collection of botanical and other works

William Mavor. The Lady`s and Gentleman`s Botanical Pocket Book, published 1800, with annotated details by Mary Pyndar.

A Newhall teapot with hand-painted botanical decoration and pink border

A Newhall teapot and a caddy with hand-painted botanical decoration and pink borders

TSUCHIYA RAKUSAN . Botanical study with bird on a Branch, colour woodblock print, 12 x 20 in

Two old stoneware flagons - Geo A B Landon & Co., Hereford Wine Merchants and White Bros. Botanical Brewers, Wolverhampton

A large album containing Victorian and early 20th Century postcards covering various subjects including topographical, seaside, botanical, animal and other examples, together with several Louis Wain postcards, WW1 silk postcards and a John Players The Coronation of H.M. King George VI and H.M. Queen Elizabeth 1937 cigarette card album with cards.

Circle of John Ritchie, a study of a goat in a stable, oil on canvas, together with a watercolour attributed to Alexander James Mavrogordarto, ``The Spanish Steps, Rome``, a modern oil painting of a bay horse in a stable, miscellaneous works by Richard Snowden and two botanical prints

Kathy Pickles (British, 20th Century), "Primroses and Dog Violets", a botanical watercolour, signed and named in pencil and dated `96, framed. 13cm by 26cm Note: Pickles is a London born but Orkney based botanical painter who has exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society and elsewhere.

Kathy Pickles (British, 20th Century), "Leucojum Vernum" (Spring Snowflake), a botanical watercolour, signed and named in pencil and dated `96, framed. 19.5cm by 14cm Note: Pickles is a London born but Orkney based botanical painter who has exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society and elsewhere.

LEARNED SOCIETIES` JOURNALS. RUNS OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH BOTANICAL SOCIETY, WATSONIA AND BRITISH NUMISMATIC JOURNAL, AND MISCELLANEOUS OTHERS INCLUDING THE HARROW RECORD ON FIVE AND A HALF SHELVES

A Staffordshire porcelain pink ground dessert service comprising plates and three serving dishes, together with six hand painted coffee cans and saucers, two hand painted botanical plates and two hunt plates (25)

Botanical creamware plate, 21cm diameter No damage.

Christine Chagnoux (20th century) Two nudes at rest, signed, pen and ink, together with a further work by the same artist, four limited edition prints after Graham Payne depicting scenes, seven botanical prints and a limited edition coloured etching of toads, 18cm by 23.5cm and various other sizes (qty)

A set of six Italian hand tinted prints, botanical studies taken from herbals, with blind stamps lower right for Ponte Vecchio, Firenze, 37 by 27cm, (6)

W F BURGESS "Jacaranda flower", a botanical study, watercolour, signed and dated "1939 - Brazil" bottom right, BARRY SMITH "Bert's", study of a shop front, watercolour, signed, S BOLDERO "Still life study of a wicker basket, three lemons and a pottery vase", watercolour, signed, together with a companion, a pair, a miscellaneous quantity of botanical pictures and prints, a giltwood picture frame, a limited edition ballet print, AFTER CHAMBERS "City of London", coloured engraved print by T A PRIOR, AFTER DUVERGER "Figural study", colour print, etc

AFTER S FRENDEBERG "Le petit jour", black and white coloured engraving, a 20th Century black and white photograph depicting an officer standing in regimental dress wearing plumed helmet, inscribed in the margin "Drummond Young Edinburgh", 19TH CENTURY SCHOOL "Rocket practice in the marshes", coloured print, published by J Grant, Woolwich and four further decorative botanical / bird prints CONDITION REPORTS Rocket practice picture with wear, dirt, stains, yellowing and discolouration, frame with damage and losses, some tears to edges. All with some wear, dirt, fading. Petit Jour picture also with creases, and tear to top right corner.

Paula Joyce, 20th Century poppies: signed, watercolour, together with two other botanical paintings (3).

Unsigned Russell Flint print, limited edition 362/850; K.Jones, `Refraction/Oxnop Gill`, oil on board; Noble, three landscape studies, gouache and watercolour; three watercolour botanical (8)

After Geldart, a pencil signed limited edition print of a cathedral, together with various other pictures and prints, including botanical studies, an oil on canvas portrait of a terrier and framed prints of 17th century Earls.

A pair of soup plates, by Elkin and Newbon, c1845, pattern name “Botanical Beauties” and the retailers initials C. R. & S.

A Royal Worcester boxed set of six botanical painted coffee cans and saucers.

A boxed Royal Worcester "Botanical" coffee set

An Oriental Bound Folio of Twelve Hand Painted Silk Panels Depicting Botanical, Butterfly and Insect Subjects in Superb Detail, Each Approx, 24 cm x 15 cm

A set of five coloured botanical prints, framed

AFTER A. HARTINGER, A SET OF FOUR BOTANICAL FLOWER STUDIES OF AN ORCHID and other flowers, coloured lithographs, framed and glazed. 46cm by 33cm

A Stoneware jar marked 'Saaxon & Co, John Keysell Proprietor, Botanical Brewers, Brynmawr' dated 1929, plus two old stoneware hot water bottles, one marked Agent George Mence Smith, Southwark Street, London and some smaller stoneware bottles

Andrew Nicholl RHA (1804-1886) A View of a Castle Through a Bank of Poppies and Wild Flowers Watercolour, 33.5 x 51cm (13 x 20") Signed As Walter Strickland observed, Andrew Nicholl was devoted to art from his boyhood, and 'won a reputation as a landscape painter in his native town.' He would later be known as the most talented, renowned and prolific topographical Irish artist of the nineteenth century. His training was important. He worked as a talented apprentice at the printing business of F.D. Finley where he was under the instruction of his elder brother William. While in London, he spent considerable time at the Dulwich College Gallery, where he copied paintings on show. He admired the work of J.M.W. Turner. Jeanne Sheehy has written; 'Most of his work is interesting, but particularly exciting is the series in which wildflowers in the foreground form a screen through which we dimly perceive the landscape. The paintings have a sharpness and naïveté which is totally captivating.' This series, of which 'A view of a castle through a Bank of Poppies and wild flowers' demonstrates the artist's talents aptly. He is evidently a master of the watercolour medium. The work features the fine exactitude of botanical illustration and combines this with a distant view of a castle . The eye eagerly explores the frieze of wildflowers in the foreground - poppies, cornflowers, oxeye daisies, dandelions - the beautiful colours of this remarkable roadside display. The city appears almost incidental in the distance, viewed at this range, and yet its placement is highly strategic. These combination views of wildflowers and landscape were a speciality of Nicholl's and feature a number of locations including; Newcastle, Fairhead, Howth, Bray, Carlingford, Lough Swilly, Ramelton, Rathmullan, Dunluce Castle, and Downhill Mussendon Temple. This style of depiction surely came from Nicholl's interest in topographical art, combined with his interest in botanical illustration, which became popular and refined in terms of accuracy in the eighteenth century due to advances in the printing process, of which Nicholl had first-hand experience. In Ireland's Painters 1600-1940, Crookshank and Glin, write 'In those near-surrealist watercolours...there is an originality which makes them amongst the most haunting...Irish paintings of the early nineteenth century. These are his masterpieces.' (p210) John Hewitt observes '...his originality appears most strongly [in his] landscape of distant hills, foregrounded by a wedge or bank of roadside wild flowers. By scratch and scrape of the surface of his paper,...for the spray-frayed tips of breaking waves, he gave his flowers and grasses an illusory precision and finish.' The 'sgraffitto' or 'scraping out' technique that Hewitt mentions is the ideal device to capture the delicacy and fine lines within the wildflowers. Nicholl began painting these wildflowers works quite early in his career. In 1830, the sister of his patron Emerson Tennent wrote a sonnet after receiving from the artist 'a beautiful coloured drawing of flowers.' He was a highly prolific artist and the Ulster Museum alone has almost 400 works by Andrew Nicholl. This catalogue entry was based on a previous write up on "A distant view of Derry" by Marianne O'Kane Boal in our May 2013 sale.

Botanical Illustrations - Original Artwork A collection of botanical illustrations, signed E Prat, pen and ink and watercolour, with manuscript titles and plate numbers, which run to forty-five (lacking eight from sequence), illustrations range from one to four specimens per sheet, thirty-seven sheets, 292mm x 228mm, preserved in cloth folder; Stearn (William T.), Plant Portraits from the Flora Danica 1761-1769, 1983, folio, original wraps; together with several botanical prints

A signed limited edition print after Norman Thelwell entitled `The Return Home` 8/250, 29cm x 36.5cm framed and glazed with Tryton Gallery label verso, and a group of lithographs to include four `Cries of London`, two racing prints after Henry Alken, a landscape of Windsor castle, a botanical print of a rose (9).

An Ivory Netsuke in the form of a group of botanical elements including leaves, pine cones, fungi, chestnut, pomegranate and others, details stained in red and black, unsigned, late 19th Centutry

Four 250 piece Wentworth wooden jigsaw puzzles: Wivenhoe, Hardy`s Birth Place, Bird`s Eye View and Botanical Plate 12 and one other.

Goldblatt (P.) & Manning (J.) GLADIOLUS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA 4to (310 x 235 mm) Watercolours by Fay Anderson & Auriol Batten, Line drawings by John Manning. Collectors’ Edition: 320 pages, tipped in colour frontispiece and 144 colour plates, many line drawings and distribution maps, bound by Peter Carstens in half green morocco and grey cloth sides, contained in a grey cloth slip case with leather lips and an illustration mounted on the upper panel, a very good copy. Collectors’ Edition. A Special edition limited to 100 copies. This is number 75, signed by the authors and containing an additional tipped-in print, numbered 75/100 and signed by the Fay Anderson. ‘One of the most important botanical studies published in recent times, this monograph of the genus Gladiolus in southern Africa combines the artistry of two of the world`s foremost botanical illustrators with the meticulous work of two highly respected biologists. The exquisitely delicate watercolour paintings by Fay Anderson and Auriol Batten capture faithfully the fragile elegance of almost all the Gladiolus species of the region.’ Editor`s note. Cape Town Fernwood Press 1998 Reserve: $100 Click here to view further details and to bid

John Hutchinson A BOTANIST IN SOUTHERN AFRICA 252 x 160 x 40 mm An account of the author`s botanical expeditions to various parts of Africa. Hutchinson`s background as a botanical specialist from Kew was well known, and in South Africa he was given a very friendly reception by eminent South African botanists. But it was his association with General Smuts, who was also a botanist of note, that makes this book so interesting. Smuts accompanied him in the Northern Transvaal and across the Limpopo to Zimbabwe, and in Tanganyika (Tanzania). Pages i-xii pp 1-686. Frontispiece portrait of General Smuts. Copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, sketches, line drawings of botanical details. Folding maps. Full page maps to indicate regional distributions and the regions visited by the author. Dark green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Slightly scuffed at base of spine. Illustrated Dust jacket has cracked on folds but has been neatly repaired with brown and white paper reinforcements. Front and back endpapers are browned but the rest of the book has no apparent foxing. This is an unusually interesting book in Very Good condition. London P R Gawthorn 1946 Reserve: $50 Click here to view further details and to bid

Codd, L.E. The South African species of Kniphofia 4to Monograph on the Kniphofia genus, with 27 colour plates by Cythna Letty and others. `Bothalia`, vol. 9, parts 3 & 4. Pretoria, Botanical Research Institute, 1968. First edition. 4to. Card covers. Pp. (iii), 363 - 513, 27 colour plates, photos, maps. Some slight creasing at corners Very good Pretoria Botanical Research Institute 1968 Reserve: $20 Click here to view further details and to bid

A botanical watercolour and two framed articles etc

A circa mid 19th Century Album containing assorted pencil drawings, watercolours, photographs, including views of Bruce Grove and Lordship House, Totttenham, London + assorted Correspondence, topographical and botanical studies, etc, Stacey Hodgkin and Wilson Families interest, old full cf gt

CONRAD LODDIGES & SONS: THE BOTANICAL CABINET …, [June 1817], August 1822, January 1824, March 1824, April-July 1824, March 1825, November 1825 (2), April 1826, [September 1826], March 1828, June 1828, July 1828, August 1828 (2), parts [2], 64, 81, 83-87, 95, 101, 103 (2), 108, [125], 131, 134, 135, 136 (2), 190 plts (12 fdg), orig ptd wraps, parts 2 and 125 with incorrect top wraps (19)

[WILLIAM PAMPLIN] AND A I: A BOTANICAL TOUR IN THE HIGHLANDS OF PERTHSHIRE, 1857, 1st edn, bkplt of Bernard Henry Woodward (1846-1916) Curator of the Geological Museum, Perth and ownership sig of Horace Bolingbroke Woodward (1848-1914) British Geologist, orig blind stpd cl gt + GEORGE DICKIE: FLORA ABREDONENSIS: …., Aberdeen 1838, 1st edn, inscr by the author to Aberdeen Medical Society, orig ptd bds (2)

JONATHAN STOKES: A BOTANICAL ARRANGEMENT OF BRITISH PLANTS …, Birmingham, M Swinney, 1787, 2nd edn, 3 vols, 19 plts (6 fdg) + fdg table, old hf cf gt, spines gt in compartments, worn and rubbed, vols 1 and 3 top bds loose, aem (3)

MICHAEL HOWARD: TRADITIONAL HERBAL REMEDIES AN ILLUSTRATED A-Z GUIDE, 2003, orig laminated bds, d/w + MARGARET STEVENS: THE ART OF BOTANICAL PAINTING, 2004, 1st edn, orig cl silvered, d/w + ROGER PHILLIPS AND MARTYN RIX: THE BOTANICAL GARDEN, 2002, 2 vols, orig cl, d/ws, s-c (4)