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A 19th Century unusual Chinese porcelain vase and cover of large size. The body of twisted spiral form decorated in panels using Wucai colours. Depicts repeating botanical details with geometric bands. The cover further decorated with pointed finial top. Restoration to rim and riveted repair to lid. Measures approx; 39cm tall.
A Victorian commonplace album circa 1878, containing 26 pages of manuscript pencil and well executed manuscript pen, ink & watercolour sketches, including botanical, flowers, people/costumes including Chinese, French, Swiss peasants etc, insects, animals, Country House, children, birds, birds eggs, musicians etc, 4to (approx size 27 x 22cm), contemporary half calf (worn), some leaves loose
James Reynolds: 'Reynolds's Universal Atlas of Astronomy, Geology, Physical Geography, the Vegetable Kingdom, and National Philosophy, comprising four hundred coloured maps and diagrams, with popular descriptions', L, James Reynolds, c.1875, numerous hand coloured engraved astronomical and geological maps, botanical and scientific ills. etc, original blindstamped decorative cloth gilt, all edges gilt (VGC). Scarce
[Richard Warner]: 'Plantae Woodfordienses a catalogue of the more perfect plants growing spontaneously about Woodford in the county of Essex.', London, privately published, 1771, 1st edition, vii,222[2]pp + Index of the Latin names as given by Linnaeus pp 223-238, title page with engraved RW monogram vignette, contemporary calf (slightly worn). Botanical work by Richard Warner (c.1713-1775), botanist and literary scholar, of Woodford Row, Essex, the origins of which in the ‘herborisations’ of the Apothecaries' Company, to the master, wardens, and court of assistants of which it is dedicated. Warner entered Wadham College, Oxford, in July 1730, and graduated B.A. in 1734. He had chambers in Lincoln's Inn; but lived mainly at Woodford where he maintained a botanical garden, and cultivated exotic plants. A contemporary of Carl Linnaeus, Pehr Kalm, John Ellis, Hans Sloane & other eminent botanists and naturalists of the 18th Century, Warner is buried in Woodford churchyard, his books and drawings relating to botany and natural history went to Wadham College, with money to found a botanical exhibition at the college tenable for seven years by the presentation of fifty dried plants and a certificate.
A group of nine hand-coloured botanical prints, all mounted within gilt and green painted frames, four 67cm x 55cm, five 61cm x 49cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Derby botanical plate by William 'Quaker' Pegg, circa 1813-15The centre fully painted in distinctive style with a 'Moss Rose', the fully open pink rose flanked by two thorny buds, the border with a band of vine leaves, the rim left ungilded, 22.5cm diam, crown, crossed batons and D mark in redFootnotes:See the celebrated 'Thistle Dish' in the Derby Museum and Art Gallery, painted by Pegg from life and also ungilded on the rim.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of very unusual Derby two-handled botanical cups, covers and stands, circa 1800Of footed form with entwined handles, painted with a variety of titled specimens, mostly taken from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, the rims and handles picked out in gold, 22.5cm high, crown, crossed batons, D marks and titles in blue (6)Footnotes:Curiously the centres of the stands and the underside of the cups have been pierced. The sources of the prints include the following taken from Curtis's Botanical Magazine:'Erica Grandiflora, Great Flowered Heath'. Pl.189, Vol.6 1793'Erica Herbacea, Herbaceous Heath'. Pl.11, Vol.1 1787'Erica Ampullacia, Flask Heath'. Pl.303, Vol.9 1795'Convolvulus tricolour, small convolvulus'. Pl.27, Vol.1 1790'Narcissu Major, Great Daffodil'. Pl.51, Vol.2 1788'Scarlet Bizarre Carnation'. Pl.39, Vol.2 1788This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A significant Derby botanical plate painted by William Billingsley, circa 1790Made in Chelsea style with a moulded 'feathered edge' picked out in brown and turquoise, painted with a leafy spray of orange flowers and three insects in flight, two more insects perched on the stalk and one leaf, 21.5cm diam, long-tailed 7 in puce inside footrim, partially erased crown, crossed batons and D markFootnotes:ProvenanceG C Bond CollectionThis plate belongs to an important group painted by Billingsley with botanical specimens, some of which were in the possession of Kenneth C Klepser. All bear a long-tailed 7 and have had the Derby factory mark removed or partially removed. Another plate from the group was sold by Bonhams on 23 June 2021, lot 239 and is illustrated alongside three other so-called 'Klepser' plates by W D John, William Billingsley (1968), illustration 27. A further example was sold by Bonhams on 2 November 2011, lot 172. Two suggestions have been made with regard to the 'Klepser' group. Firstly, that they are part of a dozen plates referred to in the London Day Book for 1787 as being ordered by Lord Hawke. Secondly, that they are the Chelsea 'replacement' plates which Samuel Keys attributed to William Billingsley in his 'Recollections' of 1837. These possibilities are discussed by Stephen Mitchell, The Marks on Chelsea-Derby (2007), pp.130-3.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Four Derby botanical plates, circa 1795Painted with pattern 216, two with specimens of 'Gladiolus cardinalis, Superb Gladiolus', the others with 'Hemerocalis fulva, Tawny Day Lily' and 'Amaryllis Equestris, Barbadoes Amaryllis', within bright yellow borders edged in gold, 22.5cm diam, crown, crossed batons, D marks, pattern number 216 and titles in blue (4)Footnotes:ProvenanceG C Bond CollectionThe specimens are taken from Curtis's Botanical Magazine:'Gladiolus cardinalis, Superb Gladiolus'. Vol.4, pl.135, 1791.'Hemerocalis fulva, Tawny Day Lily'. Vol.2, pl.64, 1788. 'Amaryllis Equestris, Barbadoes Amaryllis'. Vol.9, pl.305, 1795.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Curtis (Samuel and Hooker, Sir William Jackson). Curtis's Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed:....., volumes 39 and 40, 1814, London: Stephen Couchman for Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 89 colour engraved plates (5 folding), two index pages, 20th century tan half calf with marbled boards, heavy toning to edges of first title and heavy spotting plates 1669 and 1670, otherwise clean and bright with just a little light spotting, 8vo.
A Bow botanical plate, circa 1757-59Of silver shape with a black line rim, painted in 'Hans Sloane' style with a branch of fruiting redcurrants, a curious moth and two smaller flying insects on the rim, 23.2cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, 14 November 2018, lot 341Robyn Robb CollectionPresumably based on the Chelsea prototypes, Bow's distinctive palate of enamel colours transforms the appearance of 'Hans Sloane' decoration. For a closely related Bow example see Anton Gabszewicz and Geoffrey Freeman, Bow Porcelain (1982), p.104, pl.158. A vase also with closely related leaves and an insect is in the Borough of Newham Collection, see Anton Gabszewicz, Made at New Canton (2000), fig.59.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 19th century Japanese Meiji period porcelain Imari patterned charger, with gilt decoration and botanical decoration in red, blue and white. 46 cm diameter. CONDITION REPORT: There are no visible cracks, hairline cracks or damage to this charger. The decoration is worn in places through age, the surface is in places pitted when originally fired. There is one noticeable brown spot where the glaze has been subjected to heat. This is between 3 mm and 4 mm in diameter and sits bottom right in the plate. Some wear and dirt to the rim of the base in places.
RICHARD CONSTABLE "Figures in a floral landscape with boat moored in foreground", watercolour, signed and dated "July 8th 1970" lower right, 35 cm x 52 cm, together with another similar by the same hand dated "May 26th 1976", 36 cm x 54 cm and a collection of three botanical studies, all initialed and dated "1985" (5) (ARR)
REDOUTÉ PIERRE-JOSEPH: (1759-1840) Belgian Painter and Botanist, nicknamed the « Raphael of Flowers ». Redouté is best known for his watercolours of flowers at the Château de Malmaison and for his reputed botanical illustrations. A fine A.L.S., `Redouté´, two pages, 4to, n.p., 9th February 1810, to Monsieur Dubois, Painter, in French. Redouté defends his nephew´s position as painter at the Royal court, although recognizing his limited talent, and refers to Empress Joséphine trying to support his request, stating in a very eloquent way `D´après la volonté de Sa M[ajesté] l´Impératrice et de son intendant général, que mon neveux continuasse les travaux dans tout ce qui lui appartient j´ai cru que vous ne refuseriez point à les faire… il est bien naturel qu´étant attaché depuis si longtemps comme peintre de Sa M[ajesté] je désirasse procurer quelque avantage à mon neveux, qui n´ayant point un talent assez ascendant pour le procurer une existence avec sa famille…´ (`According to the will of Her M[ajesty] the Empress and his General Intendant, that my nephew continue the work in all that belongs to him, I believed that you would not refuse to do so... it is quite natural that being attached for so long as a painter to his M[ajesty] I wanted to procure some advantage for my nephew, who does not have a talent sufficiently ascendant to procure him wealth for his family…´) With address leaf, postmarked, bearing a black wax seal. Overall creasing and small area of paper loss to the address leaf. G Redouté was a court artist of Queen Marie Antoinette, and continued painting through the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. After Marie Antoinette, his patrons included both Napoleon´s wives, Joséphine and Marie Louise. Redouté is still today internationally regarded as the greatest botanical illustrator of all time for his most precise renderings of plants.
DARWIN CHARLES: (1809-1882) English naturalist, famous for his theory of evolution published in On the Origin of Species (1859). A fine A.L.S., Ch. Darwin, one page, 8vo, Down, Beckenham, Kent, 24th October (1876), to a gentleman. Darwin asks his correspondent to thank Professor Reichenbach for his great kindness and apologises for the trouble he put him and his correspondent to, explaining 'a plant at Kew was afterwards discovered in flower & was sent to me, so that I was able to examine well the doubtful point'. A letter of good content dating from the time when Darwin was preparing a revised edition of his work on orchids. Some very light, extremely minor creasing, VG Ludwig Reichenbach (1793-1879) German botanist & ornithologist, an orchid specialist and the founder of the Dresden botanical gardens and joint founder of Dresden Zoo. During 1861 botany became a preoccupation for Darwin, and his projects became serious scientific pursuits. He continued his study of orchids throughout the summer, writing to anyone who might be able to supply specimens he had not yet examined. Darwin published Fertilisation of Orchids in May 1862, and the book represented his first detailed demonstration of the power of natural selection. A second, revised edition was published in 1877.
Winch (N.J.), Thornhill (J.) and Waugh (R.) The Botanist's Guide Through the Counties of Northumberland and Durham, 2 Vols. in 1, 8vo, half calf, Newcastle 1805 and Gateshead 1807; Johnston (George) The Botany of the Eastern Borders, 8vo, cloth, illus., 1853; Luckley (John Lamb) Botanical Rambles: A Flora of Alnwick, 8vo, half calf, Alnwick 1893; Rivers (Thomas) The Miniature Fruit Garden, 12mo, illus. with hand-mounted photograph and engraved plates, eighteenth edition 1877; and two other books on botany and gardening.
Late 18th Century/early 19th Century Canton Chinese album of approximately one hundred and eighty pages of watercolour paintings on rice paper depicting various Chinese implements, birds, animals and botanical specimens, each annotated in English and Chinese, 8.75ins x 7ins approximately (binding at fault). Bears label to Inside 'Edward W Evans'
Natural History - An extensive cabinet collection of Microscope slides including late Victorian, Edwardian and early - mid 20th Century examples. A vast amount stored within a Beck of London ebony handled 28 drawer sliding drawer slide collectors cabinet with each drawer having a 36 standard size slide capacity. The collection containing slides from British Botanical Association York Ltd, Gerrard & Co of London, H Gunnery Acomb York, Biosil, HWH Darlaston, Flatters & Garnett Ltd, Harris, A Peniston Montpellier Terrace Leeds, Hornel Biological Station Jersey, C Baker of London, HH Clarke of London, Arthur J Dollery, Reynolds & Branson, St Mary's Hospital, many other makers and many amatuer / unnamed examples. Each notated and includes Botany, Biology, Fungi, Histology Zoology, Animal, Human and more. Contained within three cabinets and 10 slide cases. Beck cabinet measures approx; 42cm x 38cm x 32cm.
Hortus sanitatis Altkoloriertes Exemplar des Gart Gart der Gesundheit. Herausgegeben von Johannes de Cuba. Augsburg, [Johann Schönsperger], 'an montag nechst vor Bartholomei' [22. August] 1485. - Zweite deutsche Ausgabe des Hortus sanitatis - Eine der ersten wissenschaftlichen Inkunabeln in einer Volkssprache - Zählt zu den wichtigsten frühen Werken der Naturkunde - Mit 380 altkolorierten Holzschnitten 'forms an important landmark in the history of botanical illustration, and marks perhaps the greatest single step ever made in that art' (Arnold C. Klebs) Ein Nachdruck der wenige Monate zuvor bei Schöffer in Mainz erschienenen deutschen Erstausgabe. Mit drei Registern und größeren, genaueren Holzschnitten als die der lateinischen Originalversion. 'Der deutsche Gart von Peter Schöffer war ein gewaltiger Erfolg. Die große Nachfrage konnte die Mainzer Offizin nicht bewältigen, und schon 5 Monate nach seinem Erscheinen war der erste Nachdruck des Gart fertig. Er wurde von der Druckerei J. Schönsperger in Augsburg herausgebracht, die mit diesem Nachdruck eine drucktechnische Leistung allerersten Ranges zeigte. Mit einem Stab hervorragender Mitarbeiter gelang Schönsperger ein buchtechnisches und künstlerisches Meisterwerk. Die Schrifttypen waren größer und klarer als im Original und somit besser lesbar. Die Abbildungen, meist Spiegelbilder des Schöfferschen Drucks, wurden größtenteils neu und kleiner geschnitten und frisch eingefügt .. Die Abbildungen sind dem Schöfferschen Buch zumindest gleichwertig' (Heilmann S. 113). Als Kompilator der deutschen Ausgabe gilt der Arzt Johannes de Cuba aus Frankfurt. 'Though based on the Herbarius, it is a new creation in the vernacular, distinguished by original concepts, both textually and artistically .. a compendium of the whole pharmacy of that time' (Klebs, Cat. Early Herbals). EINBAND: Restaurierter Holzdeckelband d. Zt. mit Leder-Rückenbezug und 2 Schließen. Folio. 29 : 21 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 380 Holzschnitten in kräftigem Altkolorit. - KOLLATION: 366 (st. 370) Bll., das letzte weiß. Got. Type. 38 Zeilen. - PROVENIENZ: Süddeutsche Privatsammlung. LITERATUR: Hain 8949. - GW M09751. - Goff G 98. - BMC II, 365. - BSB W-94. - Schreiber 4333. - Klebs 507.2. - Klebs, Cat. Early Herbals 23. - Nissen, Kräuterbücher S. 55. - Wellcome I, 3320. Second German edition of the Hortus sanitatis, a reprint of the Schöffer edition from the same year. One of the first scientific incunabula in a vernacular language, counts among the most important early works of natural history. With 380 woodcuts colored by contemp. hand. Restored contemp. wooden boards with calf spine and clasps. - Without the often lacking fullpage woodcut (assembly of physicians) at beginning, the 2 leaves foreword and 1 index leaf (skilfully replaced by facsimile). - Some staining, here and there browning or waterstains, partly slightly wormed (stronger at beginning and end), few backed marginal tears, 1 leaf with torn off spot (mended, some loss of illustration), few old marginalia (mostly cropped), front pastedown with newly mounted engr. armorial engraving. For a use book well-preserved and nearly complete copy with all text woodcuts, so very rare. ISTC lists about only 30 copies worldwide, most of which are incomplete or defective. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.
Pietro Andrea Mattioli New Kreüterbuch. Prag, G. Melantrich und Venedig, V. Valgrisi 1563. Erste deutsche Ausgabe des berühmten Kräuterbuchs in zeitgenössischem Kolorit. Die deutsche Erstausgabe verwendet ebenso wie die ein Jahr zuvor erschienene tschechische Ausgabe die erheblich vergrößerten Holzschnitte (meist ca. 21 : 15 cm). Diese stammen vermutlich von W. Meyerpeck, Freiberg (namentl. Nennung auf Bl. 469 vo.). Alle späteren deutschen Ausgaben wurden von Camerarius ediert und mit anderen Illustrationen versehen. EINBAND: Neuer Lederband über Holzdeckeln im Stil der Zeit. Folio. 34,5 : 25 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit über 800 altkolorierten Textholzschnitten. - KOLLATION: 14 (st. 38) nn., 574 (st. 575) num. Bll. LITERATUR: Nissen 1310. - Nissen, Kräuterb. S. 67. - Schreiber S. XLIV. - Heilmann S. 262. - Hunt 91. First German edition of this botanical benchmark of the 16th century. With more than 800 woodcuts in contemp. coloring. New calf over wooden boards in contemp. style. - Lacking title, portrait, 22 leaves of the prelims and leaf 275 (replaced by facsimile), leaf 17 with loss of lower half (also replaced). Restored copy, partly remargined, some staining, upper margin here and there trimmed. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.
Johann M. Fehr und Johann A. Graba Sammelband mit 3 Werken. Leipzig, J. Trescher 1666-1667. Sammelband mit drei seltenen botanisch-zoologischen Werken unter medizinischem Aspekt. Behandelt Absinth, Schwarzwurzel und Hirsche. Graba, J. A. , Elaphographia (graece) sive cervi descriptio physico-medico-chymica, in qua tam cervi in genere, quam in specie ipsius partium consideratio theorico-practica instituitur. Jena, J. Nisius für J. Trescher in Breslau, 1667. 312 S., 20 Bll. (d.l.w.). - Erste Ausgabe, Ferguson unbekannt geblieben ('Some of the authorities quote a 1667 edition'). 'Behandelt vorzugsweise die Bedeutung des Hirsches für die Humanmedizin' (Lindner). Zum streitsüchtigen Erfurter Mediziner Graba vgl. Hirsch/Hüb. II, 816. - Insgesamt etwas gebräunt, vereinzelt gering fleckig. - VD 17, 39:117660Q. - Ferguson I, 336 Anm. - Krivatsy 4915. - Lindner 11.0755.01. - Wellcome III, 143. - Vgl. Schwerdt IV, 40 (2. Aufl. 1668). EINBAND: Zeitgenössischer Pergamentband. 16 : 10 cm. A fine Sammelband with 3 rare medico-botanical and -zoological works in first editions. Contemp. vellum. - I. With 3 engr. plates, folding woodcut and folding address to the Academia Leopoldina (often lacking). Important monograph on the medical and pharmaceutical uses of absinthe. This appears to be the first work devoted exclusively to the subject. The author was founder and president of the German Academy of Sciences. - II. With engr. allegorical frontispiece and 4 engr. plates. Monograph on salsify, with an appendix about the medical properties of 'fossil unicorn'. - III. 'In three sections, the first treating of the Deer in general, the second of the Deer in a theological aspect, and the third and longest section giving recipes for the use of every part of the Deer's body in medicine' (Schwerdt). - Browning due to paper quality. Else well-preserved. Dieses Objekt wird regelbesteuert angeboten (R).
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