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A mid 19th Century English Cello, by William Walker, Holbeck, Leeds, inscribed '1842', the two-piece back 30in. (76cms) including button; together with a bow stamped 'J. & A.B. (J. & A. Beare)', with ebonised frog decorated with mother-of-pearl, 28in. (71cms) long; in ebonised travelling case.
A small silver casket, sponsor`s mark of Boaz Moses Landeck with import marks for Chester 1910, of rectangular shape, the box panels variously embossed with figural scenes, the main panel depicting a man (possibly Mozart) playing the cello and a woman the piano, an appreciative audience behind, another panel depicting figures in drunken revelry, another with figures dancing and a fourth with figures haymaking, the corners supported by winged masks above claw feet, the hinged cover embossed with foliate scrolls, the finial modelled as the head and torso of a man in a tricorn hat, 13 x 13 x 9.75cm, 14.55oz Literature: Mozart is known to have played many different string instruments as well as the keyboards and is known to have played duets with his sister. He was in London in 1764 with his sister `Nannerl` when he was influenced by Carl Frederick Abel, the last virtuoso on the `Viol da gamba`. The finial on the box may be an iconic image of Mozart. In good condition
Chart of the Ethiopic or South Atlantic Ocean This handsome blue-backed chart of the South Atlantic is on two joined sheets. South America is shown nearly in its entirety, and Africa`s coast is traced from Sierra Leone down to its southern tip. Several islands are located, including the Falkland, South Shetland, and South Sandwich islands. There is plenty of hydrographical information, with routes, soundings, currents, compasses, rocks, and more shown. Notes throughout refer to underwater volcanoes, icebergs, and various discoveries made by explorers (with dates included). There is no inland detail on the continents shown, but places are named along the coastlines. Six insets provide more detailed views of various locales: The Southern Coast and Islands of Tierra del Fuego, Strait of Le Maire and Staten Island, Berkely Sound, Anchorage Off the N.W. Side of the Island of Ascension, Roadstead of St. Helena, and The Cape and Bays of Good Hope. A dark impression with light soiling and a number of tears along the top edge, most of which have been closed with archival materials. The top left corner has been separated and reattached with cello tape. 41.8"" W x 48.8"" H Laurie, Richard Holmes 1877
J.H. Colton`s American School Quarto GeographyÂ… Large quarto format school atlas with numerous steel plate maps, profiles and plans on 42 large sheets. Includes a nice map of the United States and the West showing the newly formed Nevada and Arizona, with Dakota Territory occupying the region of present-day Wyoming. As a Civil War-period atlas it is fascinating to find not a single reference to the conflict. 118 pp., hardbound in pictorial paper covers over boards. Published by Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Co. in New York. The maps are very good with light toning and an edge tear on the Georgia/Alabama/Florida map closed on verso with cello tape. Covers are rubbed, soiled, and nearly detached. Spine has perished. 13.8"" W x 11.9"" H Colton, George Woolworth 1865
United States of America This map of the United States extends west to the Rocky Mountains and provides a detailed view of the region based on information from the expeditions of Lewis & Clark and Pike. A notation at the western edge of the map shows where ""Clarks Canoes stop 3000 miles from the Mississippi."" The Missouri Territory takes in the entire northern plains region from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains. The new state of Missouri is presented with preliminary boundaries and Arkansas is shown at its largest extent. Today`s Minnesota and Wisconsin are here a part of North West Territory. In Texas there are a few place names including Ft. Matagorda, but Galveston is poorly located. Texas and the Southwest are a part of Mexico. One of the most interesting features of the map is the river system in the West, near the Highest Peak, where the headwaters of several major rivers all originate within a few miles of one another - Red River of California (Colorado), Multnomah (Willamette), Rio del Norte (Rio Grande), Arkansaw (Arkansas), and the Platte. This edition includes a notation in the Gulf of Mexico explaining the sources of the map and noting that recent surveys made by Major Long have been incorporated where ""the mistakes were very palpable."" Engraved by Benjamin Tanner. A nice impression with minor uneven toning, light soiling, and an edge tear at bottom that just touches the neatline and has been closed on verso with archival tape. A small piece of cello tape is located along the bottom centerfold on verso creating a faint stain on recto. 17"" W x 21.4"" H Melish, John 1827
Album amicorum. - Jenaer Stammbuch des Patriziers A. von Baldinger aus Ulm. Mit 6 Wappen und 6 Miniaturen, jew. in Gouache auf Pergament, sowie 1 Aquarellzeichnung auf Papier. Mit 105 Eintragungen. Jena 1743-44. Gefärbter zeitgenöss. Pergamentband mit reicher Rücken- und Deckelvergoldung, Goldbrokatspiegeln und GGoldschnitt, in Pp.-Schuber. 18 : 12 cm. 174 Bll., davon 112 S. beschrieben.Bedeutendes und hochrangiges Stammbuch des 18. Jahrhunderts, angelegt von A. von Baldinger, einem Sproß des gleichnamigen Ulmer Patriziergeschlechts. Dessen fein ausgeführtes, mit `A. de Baldinger? bezeichnetes Wappen (vgl. Siebmachers Wappenbuch , Ausg. 1605, Tafel 209) findet sich gleich zu Beginn des Stammbuchs, noch vor dem mehrseitigen Namensregister. Die Einträger sind überwiegend Studenten der Rechte und der Theologie, die aus vielen, teils weit entfernten Gegenden des deutschsprachigen Raumes stammen, so aus Straßburg, Kurland, Holstein und Schwaben. Mehrere Einträger kommen gebürtig aus Ulm, von Baldingers Heimatstadt, darunter drei weitere Patriziergeschlechter. Einige haben sich einen Namen gemacht und sind als Gelehrte, Politiker oder Künstler in Erscheinung getreten. Erwähnenswert sind vor allem der Geologe Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch (1725-78), Namensgeber der Klasse der Trilobiten; sowie weiterhin dessen Bruder Christian Wilhelm Walch (1726-1784), Kirchenhistoriker; Christian Gottlieb Buder (1693-1763), Jurist und Historiker; der Aufklärer Joachim Georg Darjes (1714-91), Philosoph und Jurist; der Fechtlehrer Heinrich Friedrich Roux (1728-91), Vater des Landschaftsmalers Jacob Wilhelm Roux; der Astronom Johann Jakob Rau (1715-1782); Johannes von Hillern aus Biberach (1725-65), Kanzleiverwalter daselbst und in diesem Amt Vorgänger von Chr. M. Wieland, ab 1760 Bürgermeister ebenda; sowie der Organist Johann Christoph Walther (1715-71), Musikdirektor in Ulm und Weimar, Sohn des Komponisten und Bach-Freundes Joh. G. Walther. Zahlreiche Einträger sind ferner Mitglieder bekannter Adelsgeschlechter.Sowohl die Wappen als auch die Miniaturen sind von vorzüglicher künstlerischer Qualität und wurden offensichtlich alle von dem Jenaer Juristen Johann Rudolph Engau (1708-55) geschaffen, der selbst mit einem hs. Eintrag vertreten ist. Zwei der Wappen sind signiert ?Engau pinxit?, bei den übrigen Bildern läßt sich aufgrund des Mal- und Zeichenstils deutlich erkennen, daß sie ebenfalls von Engau stammen. Die wunderschönen Miniaturen zeigen stammbuchtypische Szenen in feinster Ausführung, teils mit kulturgeschichtlich bedeutenden Details. Zu sehen sind eine nächtliche Straßenszene mit Studenten in weiblicher Begleitung, das Interieur einer Studentenbude mit vielen idealtypischen Requisiten wie Bücherschrank, Pfeife, Degen, Pistolen, verstreute Spielkarten, mehrere Kaffeekannen, Musikinstrumente, ein überquellender Sack mit Münzen, volles Punschglas, Reiterstiefel, gefällige Frauensperson etc. Eine andere Miniatur zeigt einen größeren Ausritt vor dem Jenaischen Stadtor mit mehreren Reitern und einer vollbesetzten Kutsche, überschrieben mit `Alle Gefangenen loß und leedig zumachen`. Weiterhin ein Tabakskollegium in geselliger Runde mit einzelnen `Sprechblasen` (`Silentium meine Herrn sonsten laß ich einen ieden 2 gantze pro poena trincken`), eine Musikantenszene, bei der ein Trio aus Geige, Flöte und Cello einem Paar zum Tanz aufspielt, sowie die reich ausgeführte allegorische Darstellung der Bestürmung des Herzens, das, in einer sternförmigen Fortifikation gut verschanzt, jeweils von Geld , hohem Ansehen , eigener Inclination und Schmeicheleien heftig bombardiert wird, im Vordergrund der commandirende General Cupido, souffliert wiederum von der barbusigen Venus. Die ebenfalls hochwertigen heraldischen Miniaturen mit den Wappen der beiden Ulmer Patriziergeschlechter Besserer von Thalfingen und von Schad, ferner mit den Wappen des thüringischen Adelsgeschlechts von Witzleben und des sächsisch-meißnischen Geschlechts von Schönf
Carte de l`Amerique Septentrionale et des Antilles . Uncommon edition of this map of the continent with the Independent Republic of Texas and early western territorial borders in the United States. The District Oregon ou Colombie extends into present-day British Columbia and is bounded by the Rocky Mountains. Missouri Territory takes in the entire region between Oregon and the Mississippi except for the young states of Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana. The map is filled with the locations of many Indian Districts and Tribes. The Aleutian Islands are shown in an inset on the same scale as the main map. A table at right lists 26 states and the territories of the United States, and another table lists 20 states for Mexico. There are light damp stains in the blank margin, entering the image in the top and bottom corners at right. A short fold separation confined to the right blank margin has been closed on verso with cello tape. 11.3"" W x 17"" H . Delamarche, Charles Francois . 1844
Typus Frisiae Orientalis. Auctore Vbbone Emmio . Beautiful map of East Frisia and its important shipping center of Emden and the Watten Islands, from the cartography of Ubbo Emmius, a local cartographer and historian (1547-1625). An inset shows the region inundated by the great flood on Christmas Day, 1277. Finely adorned with cartouches, animals, Neptune, ships, surveyors, a compass rose and two elaborate coats of arms. French text on verso. Original color on watermarked paper with one short centerfold separation confined to the bottom blank margin and a remnant of cello tape on verso, well away from the map image. 19.5"" W x 15"" H . Hondius/Jansson, 1633
Principatus Transilvaniae in Quinque Nationes Earumque Regiones et Comitatus cum Finitimis Vicinorum Statuum Provinciis Accurate Divisus, ex Conatibus . This handsome map of the Transylvania region of Romania is boldly engraved to show the mountainous topography. The only major city that appears here is the fortified Hermanstatt Zeben (Sibiu), but there are hundreds of tiny villages located. The map is adorned with a large title cartouche decorated in a military theme with a note underneath discussing the region`s cultural make-up. A nice impression on watermarked paper with original color and some small light spots. A tear that extends 2"" into map at top has been closed on verso with archival tape, and two tears that touch the neatline have been closed on recto with cello tape. 22.8"" W x 18.8"" H . Homann, Johann Baptist . 1720
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