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Lot 139
An Edwardian walnut cabinet on stand, oversailing caddy top above a pair of doors, each carved in high relief with oval reserves swags of hellebores within bell husk borders, the sides conforming, enclosing three slides, skirted base, the stand with shaped aprons and tapering square legs veneered in burr walnut, shelf undertier, brass castors, 97cm high, 44cm wide, c.1910
Lot 553
An Edwardian mahogany and marquetry floor standing corner display cabinet, outswept moulded cornice above an astragal glazed door, the projecting base inlaid in coloured woods with an urn, leafy scrolls and bell husk swags, outlined throughout with boxwood stringing, bracket feet, 189cm high, 66.5cm wide, c.1905
Lot 129
Munro (Innes). A Narrative of the Military Operations on the Coromandel Coast, against the Combined Forces of the French, Dutch, and Hyder Ally Cawn, from the Year 1780 to the Peace in 1784, 1st edition, for the author, by T. Bensley, 1789, half-title with engraved vignette, 8 engraved folding battle plans with tissue-guards (of 9: lacking the plan of the Battle of Sholangur at p. 246), engraved folding view of Port Louis, Mauritius, engraved bookplate of William Constable, contmeporary tree calf gilt, partial superficial cracking to front joint, 4to (27.1 x 20.4 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC T106034. Uncommon; the engraved battle plans are executed with unusual skill and detail. Provenance: William Constable FRS (1721-1791), collector, who built a substantial cabinet of curiosities at the family seat of Burton Constable, near Hull.
Lot 417
Accomplish'd Ladies Delight. The Accomplish'd Ladies Delight, in Preserving, Physick, Beautifying, and Cookery. Containing I. The Art of Preserving and Candying Fruits and Flowers; and the making of all sorts of Conserves, Syrups, and Jellies. II. The Physical Cabinet: or, Excellent Receipts in Physick and Chirurgery; together with some Beautifying Waters, to Adorn and add Loveliness to the Face and Body: and also some New and Excellent Receipts relating to the Female Sex: and for the general good of Families, is added the True Receipt for making that famous Cordial Drink Daffy’s Elixir Salutis. III. The Compleat Cook’s Guide: or, Directions for Dressing all sorts of Flesh, Fowl and Fish, both in the English and French mode; with all sorts of Sauces and Sallets: and the making Pyes, Pasties, Tarts, and Custards, with the Forms and Shapes of many of them, 7th edition, enlarged, London: B. Harris, and are sold by Henry Nelme, [1696], additional engraved title present (browned, torn & frayed to margins), double-page woodcut plate of pie forms & shapes (browned, torn with some loss), lacking portrait frontispiece, some fraying and short tears to margins throughout affecting some letters, toning and few marks, index leaves heavily browned, contemporary sheep, worn, 12mo (Qty: 1)Wing W3273. "An unauthorized work based on [Hannah Wooley’s] books and adorned by a spurious portrait and unreliable biographical information was published in 1673 as The Gentlewomans Companion, and similar works followed in 1675 (The Accomplished Ladies Delight) and 1685 [sic] (The Compleat Servant-Maid). Like her authentic works, these were reprinted frequently." -- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Lot 456
* International Fisheries Exhibition. A small archive of ephemera relating to the International Fisheries Exhibition in 1883, including four albumen print cabinet cards, A Souvenir Containing Six Permanent Photographs, seven medals, several books and pamphlets, ILN cuttings, plus a folder of related photocopies, (Qty: a carton)
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