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A pair of Derby porcelain botanical cachepots, late 18th century, possibly painted by William Billingsley, of cylindrical tapering form with stylized scallop scrolled handles, the gilt leaf decorated rim above the central body with floral sprays of Annual Lavetra, Hepatica, Robinia hipida & Hypericum calycinum, raised upon a circular base, marks to bases include blue crown & crossed swords, 115 and the names of the floral sprays, height 18 cm, diameter 20 cm, (2).
Saxton, Christopher. An atlas of England and Wales. London, 1979. Folio, number 148 of 500 copies, signed by R.V. Tooley, facsimile of 1579 edition, original quarter calf gilt, some stains to cloth boards, interior very clean; Whitehead, P.J.P. Forty drawings of fishes made by the artists who accompanied Captain James Cook. London, 1968. Folio, frontispiece, 36 plates, original cloth, dustwrapper (2). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Gronow, Rees Howell. The reminiscences and recollections of... being anecdotes of the camp, court, clubs and society 1810-1860. London, 1889. 8vo, 2 volumes, one of 870 copies, 50 aquatint plates in 2 states, 25 hand-coloured, tissue-guards, contemporary half morocco gilt, bookplates; Drinkwater, John Narrative of the proceedings of the British Fleet commanded by Admiral Sir John Jervis. London, 1797. 8vo, 8 plates, contemporary cloth, boards split, foxing (3). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Guillim, John. A display of heraldry. London, 1679. Fifth edition, folio, title in red and black, pp. [14] 317, heraldic arms illustrated in the text, p.204 incorrectly numbered as 604, p.291 torn [extensive loss to text], corner of last Index leaf lost [with] Analogia Honorum: or a treatise of honour and nobility... in two parts. London, 1677-78, 18th century half calf gilt, red label, rubbing to edges, replacement endpapers, staining and occasional foxing throughout the volume; Lang, Andrew Prince Charles Edward. Edinburgh, 1900. 4to, number 511 of 1500 copies, paper wrappers, foxing (2). Note: Wing G2222. Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Packe, Edmund. An historical record of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards or Oxford Blues. London, 1834. 8vo, portrait frontispiece, lithograph title, 7 plates [6 coloured], later half morocco gilt, "Dillington Park" stamp on upper board, typed list of Colonels pasted to last two leaves, bookplate; Hort, Sir John Josiah The Horse Guards by the two mounted sentries. London, 1850. Second edition, 8vo, colour frontispiece [should be opposite page 16 according to instructions], additional title, 10 colour plates, original cloth gilt, faded, "Dillington Park" label on upper board, contemporary ink inscription on title, some light spotting (2). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Simes, Thomas. The military guide for young officers, containing a system of the art of war... London, 1781. Third edition, 8vo, folding table, 20 engraved plans on 14 plates [one folding], 4 folding maps, contemporary calf, red label, hinges cracking, some creasing to title and dedication leaves, bookplate; Frederick II, King of Prussia Military instructions written by the King of Prussia for the generals of his army. London, 1762. 8vo, 7 folding plates, publisher`s advertisements at rear, contemporary calf gilt, some cracking to hinges, bookplate; Bland, Humphrey A treatise of military discipline. London, 1759. Eighth edition, 8vo, 7 folding plates, contemporary calf, rubbed, hinges cracking, bookplate (3). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Daniel, William Barker. Rural sports. London, 1807-1813. 8vo, 4 volumes, engraved titles, 76 plates, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, foxing, bookplates and ink stamps; [Fitzgibbon, Edward] A handbook of angling. London, 1848. 8vo, contemporary green calf gilt, backstrip faded, bookplate; Walton, Izaak The complete angler. London, 1822. 8vo, portrait frontispiece, engraved plates, contemporary straight-grained morocco gilt, a.e.g., bookplate; Osbaldeston, Squire His autobiography. London, 1926. Later reprint, 4to, colour frontispiece, plates, original cloth, remainder of label on upper board otherwise very clean; Meade-King, Eric The silent horn. London, 1938. 4to, colour plates, original morocco backed boards, a fine copy; Gamebook A manuscript game book commencing on May 1st 1812. 8vo, original decorative morocco gilt, front pocket; White, James A treatise on veterinary medicine. London, 1820. Twelfth edition, 8vo, 4 volumes, colour frontispiece in volume 1, contemporary half calf gilt, bookplates; and 6 others (19). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Buffon, Count de. Natural history, general and particular. London, 1812. New edition, 8vo, 20 volumes, portrait frontispiece in volume 1, engraved plates, contemporary calf gilt, red labels, some slight rubbing to edges, interiors clean (20). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Dallimore, William. Poisonous plants. London, 1927. Folio, number 94 of 350 copies, illustrated by John Nash, original cloth backed boards, gilt stamp on upper board, some very light spotting; Blunt, Wilfrid Tulips & tulipomania. London: The Basilisk Press, 1977. 4to, number 162 of 515 copies, signed by the author, illustrated by Rhod McEwen, original morocco backed cloth, a fine copy (2). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Dodoens, Rembert. A new herbal, or historie of plants. London: Edward Griffin, 1619. Small folio, title within woodcut border, a few early marginal sketches of botanical specimens, some light spotting and dust-soiling, lacks ZZ2 [pp.533-534], small tear to p.295 without loss, pages 367-368 torn with loss of a few letters, spine worn at base and with a short tear at head. Note: STC 6987; Henrey 113. Provenance: Johannes Dauberius, 1665, inscription; William Martin, 1709, inscription on p.392; James Bird and Sir Robert North Collie Hamilton Bart, bookplates.
Mawson, Thomas H. The art & craft of garden making. London, 1900. 4to, later half morocco gilt, "Dillington Park" stamp on upper cover, backstrip faded, interior very clean, bookplate; Evelyn, John Kalendarium hortense... Hackney: Stourton Press, 1983. 4to, number 48 of 350 copies, one of 10 bound in full morocco gilt, a fine copy; Maxwell, Sir Herbert Flowers, a garden note book. Glasgow, 1923. 8vo, number 164 of 200 copies, signed by the publisher, 12 colour plates, original quarter morocco gilt, a fine copy; Kerner von Marilaun, Anton & Oliver, F.W. The natural history of plants. London, 1904. 8vo, 2 volumes, original Talwin Morris cloth gilt, foxing; Lawrence, George A catalogue of Redouteana. Pennsylvania, 1963. 8vo, original paper wrappers (6). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Urquhart, Beryl Leslie. The Rhododendron. Sharpthorne, 1958-62. Folio, 2 volumes, illustrated by Carlos Riefel, 36 colour plates, original cloth gilt, lacking dustwrappers, interiors clean; Moreton, Charles Oscar The auricula: its history and character. London: Ariel Press, 1964. Folio, number 483 of 500 copies, 17 colour plates, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, wrapper chipped at edges, interior clean; Gunthart, Lotte P.J. Redoute. Switzerland, 1972. Folio, 19 colour plates, card sleeve within vellum backed cloth portfolio, interior clean (4). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Veitch, James Herbert. Hortus Veitchii. London: James Veitch & Sons, 1906. 4to, one of a limited edition, 50 photogravure plates, contemproary half morocco gilt, fading to backstrip, interior very clean. Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Barratt & Stanley, Mr. Kilburn, Popowitz, Ross & Thomson, et al. A group of 24 cased images, c. 1840`s-1850`s, six 1/9 plate, thirteen 1/4 plate (four cased as two pairs), four small 1/4 plate, and one empty small 1/4 plate case, the majority Daguerreotypes, five Ambrotypes, one Stereoscopic Ambrotype, and an empty case, the majority in maroon leather cases, six with photographer`s gilt stamped credit on the case, two (those by Popowitz) blindstamped on the gilt mounts, all contained within wooden box. Note: The family appears to be descended from William Roxburgh M.D. (1751-1815), known as the `Father of Indian Botany`. While working as a surgeon for the East India Company, Roxburgh trained a team of Indian artists in botanical drawings and published the results in Plants of the Coast of Coromandel in folio volumes in 1795, 1802 and 1819. In 1793 he took charge of the Calcutta Botanical Garden. The William Roxburgh M.D. whose portrait appears among the images of this lot is presumed to be his grandson.
Rackham, Arthur. The Ingoldsby legends. London, 1913. 8vo, 24 tipped in plates, later full red morocco gilt by Hatchards, some spotting; May, Phil ABC. London, 1897. 8vo, number 13 of 1050 copies, original decorative cloth gilt, some slight rubbing at extremities; Thorpe, James Phil May 1864-1903. London, 1932. 4to, portrait frontispiece, original cloth, dustwrapper; Flint, Sir William Russell Shadows in Arcady. London, 1965. 4to, number 409 of 500 copies, original cloth gilt, slipcase, a fine copy; Flander, Dennis Britannia. Stocksfield, 1984. 4to, presentation copy from the author, original pencil sketchs by Flanders pasted to endpapers, later morocco gilt; Bone, Muirhead Glasgow. London, 1911. 4to, original cloth gilt, rubbed (6). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Burma--Symes, Michael. [An Account of an embassy to the kingdom of Ava, sent by the governor-general of India in the year 1795]. [London: 1800]. 4to, plates volume only, 2 folding maps and 26 engraved plates, several folding, small marginal tear to folding map and two plates without loss, marginal dampstaining to some plates, contemporary half calf with vellum corners, foot of spine torn. Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Cook, Captain James & King, Captain James. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean. London: printed by H. Hughs, 1785. Third edition, 4to, 3 [of 4] volumes, lacking Atlas, 24 maps and charts, all three volumes uniformly bound in contemporary full calf gilt, black labels, boards loose, backstrips worn, bookplates, some occasional foxing and offsettting (3). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Fortune, R. Yedo and Peking. London: J. Murray, 1863. 8vo, 8 plates and map, later cloth, folding map torn, several leaves frayed; Idem Three years` wandering in the northern provinces of China. London: J. Murray, 1847. 8vo, additional title and 2 plates, original cloth, spotted and discoloured, rebacked, faded; Idem A journey to the tea countries of China. London: J. Murray, 1852. 8vo, additional title, map and 2 plates, original cloth, textblock broken, contents loose, spotted, binding worn (3). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Franklin, John. Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea in the years 1819, 20,21 and 22. London: John Murray, 1823. First edition, 4to, 4 folding maps, 30 plates [11 coloured], contemporary full calf gilt, marble endpapers, hinges cracking, some occasional foxing and offsetting. Note: Abbey Travel 635. Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Hooker, Sir Joseph D. Himalayan journals. London: J. Murray, 1854. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 folding maps, 12 tinted lithographed plates, 6 wood-engraved plates, 32pp. advertisements at end of volume 1, errata slips, original cloth, maps repaired with sellotape and discoloured, some spotting, small dampstain to some fore-margins, rebacked with morocco, corners rubbed. Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Parry, William Edward. Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a North-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. London: John Murray, 1821. First edition, 4to, 6 maps, 14 engraved plates, contemporary full calf gilt, black label, hinges cracking, some occasional offsetting and foxing, bookplate; [Idem] Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a North-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. London: John Murray, 1824. First edition, 4to, 9 maps, 30 engraved plates, contemporary full calf gilt, some offsetting, bookplate (2). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Rice, William. Tiger-shooting in India. London: Smith Elder, 1857. 4to, 12 tinted lithographed plates, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, [Abbey, Travel 484], very slightly rubbed; Jones, Oliver J. Recollections of a winter campaign in India, in 1857-58. London: Saunders & Otley, 1859. 4to, 8 (of 15) lithographed plates and 2 plans, original cloth; Ball, Charles The history of the Indian mutiny. London: Printing and Publishing Co., [n.d.]. 6 volumes [of 7], 4to, additional title, double-page map and 71 (of 80) engraved plates, original red cloth gilt, one plate torn, some spotted, two spines with tear (8). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
Warrington, Rev. William. The history of Wales. London: printed for J. Johnson, 1786. First edition, 4to, contemporary half calf gilt, red label, patches of wear to boards, interior clean, bookplate; Marshall, Mr. The rural economy of Norfolk. London, 1795. Second edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, folding map, contemporary calf gilt, red and black labels, rubbed at edges, some waterstaining to early leaves; [Idem] The rural economy of the West of England. London, 1796. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, lacking folding map, contemporary tree calf gilt, red and black labels, bookplates; Boswell, James An account of Corsica. London, 1768. Second edition, 8vo, folding map, contemporary calf gilt, hinges cracking, bookplate (7). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
A SUPERB COLLECTION OF APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MICROSCOPE SLIDES, some named and mounted Victorian specimens, including biological, entomology, botanical and histology, principally contained in a wooden glass fronted cabinet with twenty eight sliding trays, the remainder in two wooden slide boxes
A pair of Compton pottery scroll pots early 20th century 46cm.; 18ins high one with manufacturer's small stamp The Compton Potters Art Guild was started by Mary Watts, the wife of G.F. Watts the Victorian allegorical painter. In 1895 work began on the Watts Mortuary Chapel. Designed by Mary Watts, it was to be built from local clay by the villagers of Compton, near Godalming, Surrey. Mr and Mrs Watts were dedicated supporters of the growing Home Arts and Industries Association, a voluntary movement launched by Earl Brownlow in 1885 to revive the dying art of handicraft among the working classes. The idea was that young uneducated artisans should have their eyes opened to the wonders of art. They would be rescued from idleness, gambling and drinking -so the notion ran- during long winter evenings. Uplifted and taught how to use their hands with skill they would acquire a hobby to be proud of and develop this hitherto unknown talent, where possible to professional standards. The Pottery Art Guild continued from strength to strength, winning medals at the Royal Botanical Society and the Home Arts' highest award, the gold cross. Liberty's sold their garden ornaments as well as hand tufted Donegal carpets designed by Mrs Watts. They received architectural commissions from Lutyens, Clough William-Ellis and Goodhart Rendel. Recommended by Jekyll, they made miniature versions of their pots for the garden of Queen Mary's dollshouse in the early 1920's. The Guild became a limited company run by George Aubertin and continued to produce works based on Mrs Watts' designs until after her death in 1938. These scroll pots are illustrated in the Art Potters Guild catalogue page 11. Literature; The Watts Chapel, An Arts and Crafts Memorial by Veronica Franklin Gould, Arrow Press, Farnham, Surrey
William Couper: A carved white marble figure of Psyche signed William Couper on associated marble pedestal 109cm.; 43ins, 183cm.; 72ins overall The American sculptor William Couper (1853-1942), a native of Virginia, was known for his serious, sympathetic studies of angels and other winged figures. He established a wide reputation in both Italy and America for his work, which included bas-reliefs, portrait busts, allegorical figures, and heroic statues. Lorado Taft stated Couper's angels "are not merely pretty, they are beautiful, radiant creations, gracefully conceived, carefully drawn, and exquisitely carved. Billows of realistic drapery provide an image that is even more winning on this account" (The History of American Sculpture, 1930). Five years before William Couper's birth, his father founded the Couper Marble Works behind the family home on the corner of Main and Granby Streets in Norfolk, Virginia. This firm specialized in importing and carving stone for construction and monuments. Succeeding generations of the family ran the business for 133 years (from 1848 to 1981). William often played in the marble works as a boy, watching the artisans create and carve works for sculptural display, experiences which had a profound impact on his life. William Couper received his first professional training in 1872 at the Cooper Art Institute in New York City. Then, in 1874, he went to Munich, Germany, attending both the Academy of Fine Arts and the Royal College of Surgery. He left for Italy the following year. In Florence, William Couper met many prominent artists, including Thomas Ball, Daniel Chester French, Joel T. Hart, Frank Duveneck, Julius Rolshoven, and the Hiram Powers family. William Couper became the pupil, and then the son-in-law, of noted Boston sculptor Thomas Ball (1819-1911). He specialized in portraiture and idealized statues and bas-reliefs. The Ball-Couper studios were a meeting place for local artists and musicians, as well as for the American and English residents of Florence. This Psyche is one of Couper's earliest winged statues, with small wings of almost botanical quality. A beautiful maiden is just about to open the vase which holds the gift of beauty from Persephone to Venus. She rests on one knee, her face reflecting doubt and curiosity as she invades the secret of the goddess. In 1885, Couper exhibited in Paris and London, taking along Psyche, Before the Scenes, Evangeline, Vision, the model for Coming Spring, and Princess. Copies were sold, of which this example is almost certainly one, and he arranged for an art dealer in London (probably Bellman & Ivey) to keep two medallions and a bust for display. Couper also shipped many of his statues to the United States, where they sold exclusively through Tiffany & Company, New York. In 1897 William Couper left Italy and returned with his family to America. He built a large home in Montclair, New Jersey, and opened a studio with Thomas Ball in New York City. Before his retirement he had executed more than a hundred and fifty works, including the heroic Confederate Soldier, the stately Moses atop the Appellate Court House in New York, a series of monuments for the National Military Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and fourteen marble busts of scientists for the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Literature: William Couper: The Man Who Captured Angels by Greta Elena Couper.
Gerard (John). The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes..., very much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson..., Adam Islip, Joice Norton & Richard Whitakers, 1636, eng. title (close-trimmed & closed-tear, laid-down onto front blank leaf), numerous woodcut botanical illusts., index leaves 7B2 & 7B3 at rear of volume torn to lower outer corners with slight loss, lacks final blank (leaf 7B6), some minor worming and worm trails, some light dampstaining to few leaves, inner hinges repaired, contemp. speckled sheep, rebacked, red morocco title label to spine, , leather on boards scuffed with some surface loss, folio. This volume is the “2nd edition of revised Gerard,” first published 1633. STC 11752. (1)
* Watercolours & Prints. A good mixed collection of approx. thirty watercolours, pencil drawings and engravings, mostly 19th century, including twelve engs. with orig. hand col. of monkeys and lemurs after G.Edwards and others, eight small topographical pencil drawings, three botanical watercolours, two good pen and ink portrait drawings and six caricature aqua. etchings by Hunt with original col., from the politically incorrect ‘Life in Philadelphia’ series, four of which are trimmed to image and title and laid on near contemp. paper, various sizes and condition (approx.30)
Mid 19th Century Botanical Study- depicting Weeds, Shells and Coral; watercolour, cum arabic, 25x33cm: together with a pair of early 19th century British school botanical studies circa 1823, watercolours, each with inscription and one dated 1823, depicting blooming flowers and two other studies one a 20th century reverse glass painting of a harlequin, (5)
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