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Strada a Rosberg (Octavius de). Aller Römischer Keyser Leben und Thaten so wol deren gegen Nider- als gegen Auffgang wie auch ihrer Gemahlinen und Kindern... von C. Iulio Caesare... biss auff unsern jetzt regierenden Keyser Matthiam. Frankfurt: Paul Jacobi and Lucas Jennis, 1618, engraved frontispiece portrait, woodcut headpieces, numerous engraved illustrations in text (by Merian), lacking final blank leaf, frontispiece frayed and repaired, title laid down with slight loss at foot, first six gatherings damaged and repaired at lower corner with some loss of text on B2 and B4, some water staining and soiling throughout, a few leaves browned, endpapers renewed, contemporary limp vellum, upper cover soiled and repaired at lower corner), folio, 29 x 20 cm, together with Orsini (Fulvio). Imagines et Elogia Virorum Illustrium et eruditor ex antiquis lapidibus et nomismatib[us] expressa cum annotationib[us], Rome: A. Lafrerij for Petri Dehuchino (Venice), 1570, engraved title within architectural border, engraved illustrations, title laid down with losses, several leaves repaired with some loss of text, a few annotations, a few headlines shaved, some water stains and soiling throughout, all edges gilt, later half morocco, a little rubbed with stains, folio, 29 x 18.5 cm, plus la Prima Parte delle Vite di Plutarch di Greco in Latino: & di Latino in volgare tradotte nouamente da molti errori corrette & con le sue historie ristampate, Venice,1557Qty: (3)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESSecond work Adams U72.

Plutarch. Plutarchi Chaeronensis Vitae Parallelae, cum singulis a Liquot. Gaece et Latine... recensuit Augustinus Bryanus, 5 volumes, London: Jacob Tonson & John Watts, 1729, engraved frontispiece to volume 1, Greek & Latin text, bookplates to front pastedowns, volume 1 front board detached, some light toning & spotting throughout, contemporary uniform mottled full calf gilt, boards & spines toned & slightly rubbed, large 4o, together with; Historiae Augstae Scriptores VI, 2 volumes bound in 4, edited by Isaac Casaubon, Claude Salmas & Jan Gruter, Leiden: ex officina Hackiana, 1671, 2 engraved half-titles, some light toning throughout, uniform near-contemporary red full calf gilt, some boards detached, spines & boards rubbed with minor loss to head & foot, 8vo, and other 17th & 18th-century Roman authors, including L. Annaei Flori Epitome Rerum Romanarum..., by Jo. George Graevii, Amsterdam: Henricum Wetstenium, 1698, In C. Silii Italici Viri Consularis Punica,...by Claude Daus, Paris: David Douceur, 1618, D. Iunii Iuvenalis Aquinatis Satyrae,..., edited by Isaac Casaubon, Leiden: 1695, mostly later leather bindings, 8voQty: (26)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

Plutarch. The Lives of the Noble Grecians & Romans, compared together by ... Plutarch of Chaeronea. Translated out of Greek into French by James Amiot ... with the lives of Hannibal & Scipio African translated out of Latin into French by Charles de l'Escluse, and out of French into English by Sir Thomas North ... to which are also added the lives of twenty selected eminent persons of ancient and latter times; translated out of the work of ... Andrew Thevet..., Cambridge: Printed by John Hayes for George Sawbridge, 1676, additional engraved title, frontispiece explain'd leaf present, letterpress title printed in red and black, woodcut initials, engraved portrait illustrations, errors in pagination, leaf 2I4 with paper flaw & hole above page number, leaves 4E1 & 4F6 with paper flaw & hole to text, fore-margins of last few leaves at rear damp stained, contemporary blind panelled calf, upper board with gilt ownership 'I Phelipps Y', morocco title label to spine, joints racked & split at head & foot, head & foot of spine worn, folio (34.5 x 22 cm)Qty: (1)Wing P2634.Provenance: Rev. John Phelips (d. 1766, aged 39), Vicar of Yeovil 1756-66, of Newton Surmaville, Yeovil, Somerset; 2nd son of Edward Phelips, of Montacute House, Somerset, with his name in gilt on the front cover. The remains of the family library and contents at Newton Surmaville were sold at auction by Lawrences Auctioneers, 8th & 9th October 2007 (Plutarch lot 90). The library at Newton Surmaville contained many volumes of classics, theology and history which had belonged to the Rev. John Phelips.Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

Rink (Eucharius Gottlieb). De veteris numismatis potentia et qualitate lucubratio, occasione rubrica codicis de eodem argumento; sive Cognitio totius rei numariae ad intelligentiam iuris accomodata. Accessit Dissertatio iuridica de numo unico, cum multis aliis cognitioni numorum conducentibus, 2 parts in one, Leipzig & Frankfurt: Iodoci Wilhelmi Kohlesii, 1701, folding engraved frontispiece and one other plate, armorial bookplate of R.W. Cochran Patrick to upper pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spine with calf title label, some wear mostly to upper joint and head & foot of spine, 4to, together with: Hanthaler (Chrysostomus), Exercitationes faciles de numis Veterum pro Tyronibus ... exercitatio prosemialis de numis aliquot Græcis, Nuremberg: Joan Adami Schmidii, 1735, seven engraved plates, contemporary calf, blind decorated spine with title label, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to, Antoninus (Augustus), Antonini Iter Britanniarum, commentariis illustratum Thomæ Gale. Opus posthumum: revisit, auxit, edidit R. G[ale]; accessit anonymi Ravennatis Britanniæ chorographia, London: M. Atkins, 1709, folding engraved map and two folding engraved plates, illustrations to text, contemporary vellum, old paper label at foot of spine, 4to, and two others, Lettres sur le préjudice qu'occasionneroient aux arts et à la Science, le déplacement des monumens de l'art de l'Italie, le démenbrement de ses ecoles, et la spoliation de ses collections, galeries, musées, etc., by Antoine-Chrysostome Quatremere de Quincy, Paris, 1796, and Historia osrhoe?na et edessena ex nvmis illvstrata, in qua, Edessae vrbis, Osrhoe?ni regni, Abgarorum regum, praefectorum Graecorum, Arabum, Persarum, comitum Francorum, successiones, fata, res aliae memorabiles, a prima origene vrbis ad extrema fere tempora explicantur, by Theophilus Siegfried Bayer, Saint Petersburg: Ex Typographia Academiae, 1734Qty: (5)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

Rosinus (Johannes). Antiquitatum romanarum corpus absolutissimum, in quo praeter ea quae Ioannes Rosinus delineaverat, infinitia supplentur, mutantur, adduntur...Thoma Dempstero..., Editio Postrema, emendatior, Geneva: Petrum & Jacobum Chouër, 1632, title in red & black with printer's woodcut device, two folding woodcut plans and few illustrations, light toning, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to upper pastedown, contemporary vellum, 4to, together with: Ibid., Romanarum antiquitatum libri decem ... Cum indicibus locupletissimis. Editio ultima, omnium, quae hactenus prodierunt, tersisima, [Geneva?]: Stephanus Gamonetus, 1611, title in red & black with printer's woodcut device, two woodcut folding plans and few illustrations, light toning and scattered spotting, front free endpaper with the signature of Andrew Fletcher (of Saltoun, 1655-1716) and rear pastedown with the same signature and dated December 28, 1705, front pastedown with bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson, contemporary vellum, 4to, Landi (Costanzo), Constantii Landi, Complani comitis, In veterum numismatum Romanorum miscellanea explicationes, Lyon: Sebastianum de Honoratis, 1560, title within woodcut border, decorative woodcut initials, erratic pagination, early red ink stamp of the Colonan family to title and final leaf, light damp stains, contemporary limp vellum, spine worn & torn with loss, with remnants of marbled paper strip to spine, without ties, slim 4to, and three others, Le images des dieux Contenant levrs Pourtraits, coustumes & ceremonies de la Religion des Payens, by Vincent Cartari, Lyon: Paul Frellon, 1610; Discours de la religion des anciens Romains, by William Du Choul, Wesel: Andre? de Hoogenhuyse, 1672; and Romanarum antiquitatum libri decem, ex variis scriptoribus summa fide singularíque diligentia collecti..., editio ultima, by Johannes Rosinus, Lyon: Joan. de Gabino, 1606, each in contemporary vellum, 4toQty: (6)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

Rubens (Albert). De re vestiaria veterum, praecipue de lato clavo libri duo, 1st edition, Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana Baltharis Moreti, 1665, 3 engraved folding plates by Cornelis Galle, engravings in the text, toning, bookplate of Michael Jaffé, modern vellum, 4to (21.7 x 16 cm), together with: Galle (Theodoor). Illustrium imagines, ex antiquis marmoribus, nomismatibus, et gemmis expressae: quae exstant Romae, major par apud Fulvium Ursinum. Editio altera, aliquot imaginibus, et J. Fabri ad singulas commentario, auctior atque illustrior, Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana, 1606, 8 [4] [2] pp., engraved title-page, 168 engraved plates (numbered 151 and lettered A-R), bound without part 3 of 3 as often ('Ioannis Fabri Bambergensis, Medici Romani, In Imagines illustrium ex Fulvii Ursini bibliotheca, Antverpiae a? Theodoro Gallaeo expressas, commentarius', [8] 88 [6] pp.), variable toning, marginal damp-staining to engraved title-page, worm-track in preliminary text and images of plates up to plate 70, two other worm-tracks in top margins, bookplate of Patricia Milne Henderson, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, dust-soiled, 4to (Qty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance (Rubens): Johann Friedrich Fischer (1726-1799), German philologist and rector of the Thomasschule, Leipzig (ownership inscription 'Joh. Frider. Fischerus A.M. Coburgensis, MDCCLIIII' to verso of title-page).Rubens: Cicognara 1788, Colas 2592, Lipperheide 150.

Rufus (Quintus Curtius). Historiarum Libri Accuratissime Editi, Leiden: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1633, engraved title-page (paper thinning to 3.5cm of platemark), medallion portrait and one full-page engraving on letterpress, folding map (with short handling tear), some damp-staining to final few gatherings, last 8 leaves with ink stain to upper blank margin, front free endpaper and following 2 blanks creased and slightly frayed to fore-edge, second blank with contemporary ownership signature in brown ink of Gualtherus Bumannus Agæus dated 1645, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson, above book ticket of William Henry Drage, blue sprinkled edges, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, dusty, ink blot to upper edge of front cover, 12mo, together with: Petit (Pierre), De Amazonibus Dissertatio, quâ an verè extiterint, necne, variis ultro citroque conjecturis & argumentis disputatur ... Amsterdam: Johannem Wolters & Ysbrandum Haring, 1687, additional engraved title-page (blank fore-edge marked and frayed with slight loss), letterpress engravings, some toning and marginal damp-staining (mostly to first few gatherings), A9 and A10 with horizontal closed tear, bookplate as above, blue sprinkled edges, 18th century vellum with yapp fore-edges, lower cover with large stain, 8vo in 12s, Nieupoort (G.H.), Historia Reipublicae et Imperii Romanorum ab urbe condita ad annum urbis DCCXXVII ... 2 volumes, Utrecht: Jacobum Broedelet, 1723, title-pages printed in red and black, 8 folding engraved plates, volume 1 with early manuscript notes on versos of final blanks, first volume with ownership signature of H.H. Knight on front pastedown, red and blue sprinkled edges, near contemporary blind-panelled vellum, dusty, darkened spines lettered in brown ink, 8vo, and 2 other antiquarian volumes related (Caius Suetonius Tranquillus, Cum Annot. Diversorum, Amsterdam, 1630, and Giuseppe Monterchi, Rariora Maximi Moduli Numismata, Amsterdam, 1685)Qty: (6)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESWillems 381: first Elzevier edition.

Sachs (Michael). Newe Keyser Chronica, darinen deutlich begriffen alle Romische Keyser von Cajo Julio Cesare biß auff den Jtztregierenden Keyser Matthiam, Jeder fast durch Sieben oder Acht Capitel beschrieben, und in Vier Theil verfasset..., 4 parts in one, Magdeburg, Andreas Betzel for Ambrosius Kirchner, 1614-15, 4 titlepages, the first printed in red and black, large engraved portrait of the author following first title, 12 copper full-page copper engraved plates, including a title page 'Eigentliche abbildung der Romischen Kayser... Osterreich von Rodolpho...', and portraits of Rudolph I, Albert I, Frederick IV, Albert II, Frederick III, Maximilian I, Charles V, Ferdinand I, Maximilian II, Rudolph II and Matthias I, some marks and browning, a little fraying to first title at front of volume, contemporary blindstamped German pig skin over wooden boards, upper cover stamped 1618, soiled and some wear, clasps missing, thick folioQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESSecond edition of this chronicle by Michael Sachs (1542-1599).

Sambucus (Joannes). Emblemata, cum aliquot nummis antiqui operis, Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1564, title-page within emblematic woodcut border (small tear with loss to upper right margin and old ink inscription along fore-edge), woodcut illustrations including portrait of Sambucus, printing error on L2v affecting 5 lines of text, closed tear to L5 just touching text but without loss, bound with Alciati (Andrea), Emblemata denuo ab ipso autore recognita, Lyon: Guillaume Rouillé, 1564, title within woodcut border, each page within woodcut border, woodcut illustrations, lacking final text leaf (end of index), some old marginal dampstaining and soiling throughout, old ink inscriptions to endpapers at front and rear, armorial bookplate of John Spencer, contemporary German pigskin binding by Jakob Fritzsch of Wittenberg (active c.1555-1571), upper cover with a panel stamp of Justice and the lower cover with a panel stamp of Chastity, an outer roll-tooled border of the virtues, upper cover lettered in black GABRIEL CLAVDIOP [Gabriel of Claudiopolis] and dated on lower cover 1568, vellum repairs to corners and head and foot of spine, 8vo (19 x 11.5cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTES1st work: Dekesel S29; Landwehr, Emblem Books in the Low Countries 709.

Sambucus (Johannes). Emblemata, et Aliquot nummi antiqui operis, 4th edition, Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1576, title with woodcut Plantin device and portrait to verso, over 200 woodcut emblematic and coin illustrations, occasional small marginal wormtrack, title a little soiled with previous owner signatures erased in ink, small 19th century inscription and signature to front endpapers, all edges red, contemporary panelled calf, upper cover detached, upper joint split, a little rubbed, 12mo, together with {Huttichius, Johannes]. Imperatorum et Caesarum Vitae, cum imaginibus ad vivam effigiam expressis, Lyon: Balthazararem Arnolletum, 1554, title withw woodcut device, woodcut illustrations of coins and medals, a few leaves close-trimmed, occasional small marginal wormtrack and light water stains, early annotations to p. 180, previous owner signatures at front, later calf gilt, joints cracking, rubbed, 12moQty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

Sandrart (Joachim von). Iconologia Deorum Abbildung der Götter, welche von den alten verehret worden..., Nuremberg: Christian Sigismund Froberger for the author & Frankfurt: Michael and Johann Friedrich Endtern, 1680, collation: [42], 212, [16] pp., half title, engraved frontispiece, letterpress title with woodcut device, engraved portrait by R. Collin (dated 1679), 34 engraved plates, including 8 double-page, engraved illustrations, bound with Falda (Giovanni Battista). Romanorum Fontinalia, sive nitidissimorum perenniumque, intra & extra Urbem Romam Fontium vera, varia & accurata delineatio, Nuremberg: Froberger for Sandrart, 1685, 12 pp., title with woodcut device, 43 engraved plates, numbered I-XXXXII, all but two double-page or folding, one extra folding plate numbered XXXXVIIII, folding plate XXXXII cropped, a few plates with some toning at gutter from guard adhesive to versos, bound with Sandrart (Joachin von). Sculpturae Veteris Admiranda sive delineatio vera perfectissimarum eminentissimarumque statuarum, una cum artis hujus noblilissimae theoria, Nuremberg: Froberger for Sandrart, Frankfurt: M & J Endtern, 1680, 74 pp., half title, title with engraved vignette, engraved portrait by Collin (dated 1679), 69 engraved plates only (of 70, lacking plate 30, Meleager), a few plates detached, engraved illustrations, together 3 works in 1, some occasional light spotting overall, a few closed marginal tears, contemporary vellum, spine titled in manuscript, upper joint splitting at head, a little soiled with a few stains, folioQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

Santi Bartoli (Pietro). Raccolta di Camei e Gemme antiche Disegnate da' suoi Originali, ed intagliate da Pietro Santi Bartoli, date ora in luce da Francesco Bartoli suo figliuolo, Rome: Francesco Giannini Mercante, 1727, engraved portrait and 103 engraved plates, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to upper pastedown and pencil provenance note 'from Shelton Abbey Library', contemporary speckled calf, rebacked preserving gilt decorated spine with later morocco title label, leather lifting slightly to shoulders, folio (32 x 21.7 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

[Zelada, Cardinal Xavier de]. De Nummis Aliquot Aereis Uncialibus Epistola, Rome: Generosi Salmoni, 1788, title with engraved vignette, engraved head and tail pieces and initial, 40 engraved plates, occasional light toning, contemporary cat's paw calf, spine with red label and gilt decoration, a little worming to covers, 4toQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESCicognara 3084. Provenance: John Rushtout, 2nd Baron Northwick (1769-1859), art collector and connoisseur, his bookplate. The present volume formed part of the library at Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, and Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham. Rare. Cardinal Zelada was Librarian of the Holy Roman Church from 1779 and a great collector of coins, medals and books, his collection went to the Vatican Library upon his death in 1801.

Spanheim (Ezechiel). Dissertationes de Praestantia et usu Numismatum Antiquarum, editio nova, 2 volumes, volume I, London & Amsterdam, Richard Smith & Rodolph & Gerhard Westenios, volume II, Amsterdam R. & G. Westenios, 1717, half title for volume I, engraved additional title in volume II (detaching), titles printed in red and black with engraved device, two folding engraved portraits (of the author and dedicatee George, Prince of Wales), both in volume II (portrait of the author with short closed tear), numerous engraved illustrations, occasional small wormtracks and holes to volume II gutter margins, contemporary calf gilt, joints and edges rubbed, some worming to covers, folio (36.5 x 23 cm)Qty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESESTC T81594. Provenance: The Earl of Illchester (19th century bookplate). Enlarged edition on numismatics by Genevan scholar Ezechiel Spanheim (1629-1710), first published in Rome in 1664.

Spilsbury (John, engraver). A Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems. In the Collections of the Right Honourable Earl Percy, the Honourable C. F. Greville, and T. M. Slade, Esquire, 1st edition, London: John Boydell, [1785], title-leaf, list of plates, 50 engraved plates, moderately spotted and browned, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson, title-page with contemporary ownership inscription of John Wilson Sheppard (recorded as high sheriff of Suffolk in 1830), all edges gilt, contemporary dark green morocco, spine richly gilt in compartments, triple-fillet and palmette rolls to covers enclosing decorative inner frame in blind, rubbing to extremities, 4to (26.2 x 19.8 cm), together with another copy (lacking plates 2 and 18)Qty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESESTC N30560.

Spon (Jacob). Recherches Curieuses d'Antiquité, contenues en plusieurs dissertations, sur des medailles, bas-reliefs, statues, mosaiques, & inscriptions antiques, Lyon, Thomas Amaulry, 1683, additional engraved title (close-trimmed to lower edge with slight loss), printed title with engraved vignette, numerous engraved illustrations of antiquities to text, early engraved bookplate of Loinville to front pastedown, contemporary calf, worn with a little loss to spine and joints cracked, 4to, together with: Foy-Vaillant (Jean). Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum praestantiora a Julio Caesare ad Postumum et tyrannos, 2 volumes in one, Editio tertia, Paris, Jean Jombert, 1694, additional engraved title to each volume, printed titles in red and black, numerous engraved illustrations to text, some early annotations in pale red ink to margins, and additional manuscript note to verso of front blank in red ink in English, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated calf, rubbed and some light wear, small 4to, plus others related, including Louis Savot, Discours sur les medalles antiques, Paris, 1627, Jean Foy-Vaillant, Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum, 2 volumes, Paris, 1682-84, Pierre Seguin, Selecta numismata antiqua, Paris, Jombert, 1684, Bizot, Histoire Metallique de la republique de Hollande, 2 volumes, Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1688 (attractive copy bound in 18th century tree calf), Charles Patin, Histoire des Medailles, Paris, 1695 (Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun copy), etc., mostly bound in contemporary calf, 4to/8voQty: (14)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

Spon (Jacques). Miscellanea eruditae antiquitatis ..., Lyon: sumptibus auctoris, 1685, title printed in red & black with engraved vignette, title also with additional blind-stamped imprint 'Sumptibus ... apud Thomam'[?] partially obscured by printed imprint, engraved illustrations, scattered spotting, some leaves toned, two leaves at rear with a 3cm closed tear at head, ink library stamps of Queen's College Cork to title (by imprint), title blank verso (and additional 'withdrawn...' stamp), and to the blank margins of 3 further pages, armorial bookplate of The Library of Queen's College, Cork, front hinge cracked after endpapers, contemporary vellum, soiled with a couple of marks, gilt crest of Queen's College Cork to spine, folio, together with: La Chausse (Michel Ange de), Romanum Museum sive Thesaurus Eruditae Antiquitatis ..., Rome: Giovanni Giacomo Komarek, 1690, title printed in red & black with engraved armorial vignette (laid down), engraved portrait frontispiece, 160 engraved plates (complete), engraved head-and tail-pieces and initials, lacking all before title, some dampstaining or light cockling throughout, front hinge cracked, contemporary calf, dampstained, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, folio, plus: Augustin (Antonio), Antiquitatum Romanarum Hispanarumque in Nummis Veterum Dialogi Xi, Antwerp: Henricum Aertssium, 1617, engraved vignette title (with lower outer corner excised), 68 engraved plates, additional engraved decorative title 'Nomismata imperatorum Romanorum aurea ...', woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces, bound with: Occo (Adolphus), Inscriptiones veteres in Hispania repertæ ..., [Heidelberg]: H. Commelini, 1596, engraved decorative title, letterpress toned throughout volume, five plates somewhat dampstained (two just to blank margins), pictorial bookplate of Robert Edward Way, pictorial book ticket of A. P. M. H., contemporary vellum, soiled with a few marks, covers bowed, folioQty: (3)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

Strada (Jacopo). Epitome thesauri antiquitatum, hoc est, Impp. Rom. Orientalium et Occidentalium Iconum, ex antiquis numismatibus quam fidelissime deliniatarum, Ex Museo Iacobi de Strada Mantuani Antiquarii, Zurich, Andreas Gessner, 1557, title with printer's woodcut device (some very light soiling), numerous black-on-white woodcut illustrations to text of coins, including some with portraits blank, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, and some wear to spine and edges, 8voQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESAdams S1917; Graesse VI, 507. Second Latin edition of this numismatic treatise, first published in Lyon in 1553, containing over 480 woodcut illustrations, and is the first work to include illustrations of Byzantine coins.

Suetonius Tranquillus (Gaius). XII Caesares, et in eos Laevini Torrentii commentarius auctior et emendatior, Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana, apud viduam, et Joannem Moretum, 1591, engraved title-page incorporating elaborate border of medallion portraits, woodcut vignettes of Roman coins throughout the text, slightly browned, variable damp-staining to top margins, pinhole-sized worm-track throughout the text, engraved title-page closely trimmed along fore edge, without final blank (3+4), early ownership inscription 'James Cocks' to title-page, occasional marginalia, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson, contemporary English sprinkled calf, rebacked, blind panels to sides, wear to tips, 4to (23.6 x 16.5 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (1651-1716), English Whig politician (bookplate). Adams S2052. Second Plantin edition (and the second overall) of Laevinus Torrentius's version of Suetonius, first published in 1578.

Suetonius Tranquillus (Gaius). Opera, et in illa commentarius Samuelis Pitisci ... editio secunda priori ornatior et limatior, 2 volumes, Leeuwarden: François Halma, 1714-15, signatures *-5*4 6*1 A-4X4 4Y2, pi1 4Y3-8G4, engraved additional title-page to volume 1 (*1), 28 engraved plates (several folding), engraved vignettes in the text, signatures 7D-7H browned, marbled endpapers, edges dyed yellow, contemporary green quarter morocco, smooth spines gilt in compartments, twin red morocco labels, marbled calf sides with roll-tool borders gilt, 4to (23.4 x 18.2 cm)Qty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858), with his monogram 'WSD' and ducal coronet gilt to top spine compartments, and his Chiswick House bookplates. A superb binding.

Totti (Pompilio). Ritratto di Roma antica nel quale sono figurati i principali tempij, teatri, anfiteatri, cerchi ... cerimonie, medaglei, & altri cose notabili. Con le vite, & effigie de' primi re di esse. E le dichiarationi di Bartolomeo Marliani ... e d'altri autori., 2nd impression, Rome: Andrea Fei, 1633, additional engraved title at front, with letterpress title & preliminary leaves mis-bound at rear, numerous engraved & woodcut illustrations including 3 leaves of full-page woodcuts towards rear, bound with Marcucci (Giacomo), Grandezze della citta di Roma antiche & moderne come al presente si ritroua: di nuouo ristampato in quattro linguaggi latino volgare francese tedesco, Rome: Giacomo Mascardi, [1628], engraved title cropped to fore-edge and folded along lower edge, numerous engraved illustrations to text, some light browning and occasional scattered spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled & decorated vellum, slightly marked, lacking ties, 8voQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

Tournes (Jean de). Insignium aliquot virorum icones, Lyon: Jean de Tournes, 1559, woodcut medallion portraits throughout, retaining blanks P7-8, toning, damp-staining to signature A, leaf A8 torn with loss (not affecting text) and laid down on archival tissue, a few spots and marks to margins elsewhere, collector's ink-stamp to title-page occasional underlining and marginalia, gilt edges, contemporary limp vellum, ties perished, 8vo (16.5 x 10.5 cm), together with: Simeoni (Gabriele). Illustratione de gli epitaffi et medaglie antiche, Lyon: Jean de Tournes, 1558, woodcuts throughout, browning, occasional marginal damp-staining, upper fore corner of title-page excised, worm-track to lower fore corners of first two signatures (A-B) touching catchwords only, a few marginal annotations, contemporary limp vellum with purple wash, 4 contemporary pen-and-ink sketches (depicting a horse, a sun, a profile bust of a man, and a lamb) to front cover, 4to (21.2 x 15 cm), and another copy of Jean de Tournes, Insignium, 1559, later vellum, without the two blanksQty: (3)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESAdams S1161 (Simeoni); Mortimer French 527 (Tournes).

Foy-Vaillant. Numismata Imperatorum, Augustarum et Caesarum, a populis, Romanae ditionis, Graece loquentibus, ex omni modulo percussa, editio altera, ab ipso auctore recognita, Amsterdam, G. Gallet, 1700, title printed in red and black, numerous engraved illustrations of coins to text, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, folio, together with other similar 18th century editions, mostly Dutch issues, including Wilde, Gemmae Selectae Antiquae e museo Jacobi de Wilde, Amsterdam, 1703, Rosini, Antiquitatum Romanarum corpus absolutissimum, Amsterdam, 1743, L. Annaeus Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanarum, 2 volumes in one, Amsterdam, Georgium Gallet, 1702, L. Annaeus Florus, Recensitus & Illustratus a Joanne Georgio Graevio, Utrecht, 1780 (2 copies), Cornelius Nepos, Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum, Leiden, 1734, and Laurence Patarol, Opera Omnia, volume 2 only, Venice 1743, all bound in contemporary vellum, some light soiling, 4to/8voQty: (8)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

Vegetius Renatus (Flavius). De re Militari libri accedunt Frontini Strategematibus eiusdem autoris alia opuscula. Omnia emendatius, quaedum nunc primum edita a Petro Scriverio. Cum commentariis aut notis God. Stewechii & Fr. Modii, [Antwerp]: Ex officina Plantiniana Raphelengii, 1607, title with printer's woodcut device, woodcut initials, over 60 large woodcut illustrations of coins, siege engines, weapons, battering rams, testudo etc, upper corner of title torn away, occasional light spotting and toning, previous owner signature of A Fletcher to three separate titles (another owner signature erased to general title), all edges red, contemporary vellum, spine titled in manuscript, slight soiling, 4to, 23 x 16 cmQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1655-1716), Scottish bibliophile, writer and poltician, and associate of John Locke. His collection of some 6,000 books was 'almost certainly the largest private library in Scotland at the time' (ODNB). See P. J. M. Willems, Bibliotheca Fletcheriana, the extraordinary library of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, Reconstructed and Systematically Arranged (1999). An anthology of classical texts on military tactics.

Vergilius Maro (Publius). Georgicorum libri quatuor. The Georgicks of Virgil [and:] Bucolicorum Eclogae decem. The Bucolicks of Virgil. [Both works:] With an English Translation and Notes by John Martyn, 2 works, 2nd editions, London: by R. Reily, for T. Osborne, 1746-9, Georgicorum with 11 engraved plates and maps (some folding), 2 advertisement leaves, Bucolicorum with 5 engraved plates (some folding), both with contemporary ownership inscription 'Ann Dykes her book' to title-page verso, uniform contemporary mottled calf, extremities rubbed, 8vo (20.7 x 12.5 cm), together with: Vertot (René-Aubert, abbé de). The History of the Revolutions that happened in the Government of the Roman Republic, 2 volumes, 2nd edition in English, London: for W. Taylor, J. Pemberton, and E. Symon, 1721, engraved frontispieces, 2 engraved folding maps, contemporary engraved bookplates (possibly Edward Wynne, 1681-1755, Welsh lawyer and landowner), contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, 8vo (19.4 x 11.6 cm), Stanyan (Temple). The Grecian History. From the Original of Greece, to the Death of Philip of Macedon, 2 volumes, London: for W. Strahan [and others], 1774, 11 engraved plates including frontispiece and folding map, volume 2 with a little worming in text towards rear, bookplates (volume 1: J. Preston, Queens' College, Cambridge, volume 2: arms with motto 'Si Dieu veult'), contemporary sprinkled tan calf, 8vo (20.6 x 12.4 cm), and 3 others (Quintus Curtius, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, London, 1747, Virgil, 2 volumes, London, 1750, and another copy of Vertot, 3rd edition in English; not collated)Qty: (12)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESESTC T67045 (Virgil, Georgicorum), T139762 (Virgil, Bucolicorum), T81016 (Vertot), T121662 (Stanyan).

Vertue (George). Medals, Coins, Great-Seals, Impressions from the Elaborate Works of Thomas Simon, Chief Engraver of the Mint to K. Charles the 1st to the Commonwealth, the Lord Protector Cromwell, and in the Reign of K. Charles ye IId. to MDCLXV, 1st edition, 1753, engraved title, 37 engraved plates, plus an additional 44 engraved plates of coins 'Proof plates of Martin Folke's coins (1690-1754, Pres. R.S.)' pencil annotation at head of first plate, additional mezzotint portrait of Abraham Symonds by Abraham Blooteling after Peter Lely (trimmed and laid-down) at front (Abraham Symonds or Simon, c. 1622-c. 1692, medallist and brother of Thomas Simon), some light spotting and offsetting, contemporary explanatory annotations to front endpaper, bookplates including Charles Chauncy (1709-1777, physician, antiquary and coin collector) and Samuel Henry Hamer (1859-1930, antiquary and token collector) and his inscription, 1908, contemporary calf, rebacked, some edge wear, 4to, together with [Arbuthnot, John]. Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures, Explain'd and Exemplify'd in Several Dissertations, 1st edition, J. Tonson, 1727, title printed in red and black, 18 engraved plates (one folding), errata slip pasted to end of Contents leaf, some light toning and water stains, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 4to, plus Ferguson (Adam). The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic, 3 volumes, 1st edition, W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1783, 5 engraved maps (3 folding), some light spotting and offsetting, a few marginal wormtracks, contemporary calf, rebacked, red and green labels to spine, a little rubbed, 4to, plus William Clarke's The Connexion of the Roman, Saxon, and English Coins, deduced from observations on the Saxon Weights and Money, 1st edition, 1767Qty: (6)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESFirst work ESTC T138030.

Vico (Aeneas). Discorsi di Enea Vico Parmigiano, sopra le medaglie de gli antichi. Divisi in due libri, oue si dimostrano notabili errori di Scrittori Antichi, e Moderni, intorno alle Historie Romane..., Paris: Maceo Ruette, 1619, 63 full-page engraved illustrations, woodcut decorative initials and illustrations to text, some offsetting to text, toning and occasional light dust-soiling, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to upper pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, remnants of gilt decorated spine, worn with few old repairs, 4to, together with one other defective and incomplete related work Augustarum imagines æreis formis expressæ, [Paris?], 1619Qty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

Virgilius Maro (Publius). Bucolica et Georgica Tabulis Aeneis Olim a Johanne Pine Sculptore Regio Defuncto Illustrata Opus Paternum in Lucem Profert Robertus Edge Pine, 2 volumes in 1, London, 1774, engraved frontispieces and titles, numerous engraved plates, occasional offsetting and small damp stains, manuscript shelf number to front endpaper, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, a little rubbed, 8voQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESESTC T139773.

Vries (Simon de). De geheele weereld, in haere sonderlinghste en uytgeleesenste gevallen, voorgesteld tot een historische kronijck der kronijcken..., Amsterdam: Jan Bouman, 1686, additional allegorical title, 82 engraved plates, occasional light marginal damp staining, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to upper pastedown, contemporary vellum, 4to, together with: Reelant (Adriaan), Dissertatio de inscriptione nummorum quorundam Samaritanorum, ad spectatissimum virum, Jacobum de Wilde, Amsterdam: Franciscum Halma, 1702, engraved vignette to title, two engraved plates, bound with Ibid., Dissertatio altera de inscriptione nummorum quorundam Samaritanorum, Utrecht: Thomam Appels, 1704, two engraved plates, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to upper pastedown, contemporary vellum, small 8voQty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

[Walker, Obadiah]. The Greek and Roman History illustrated by Coins and Medals. Representing their Religions, Rites, Manners, Customs, Games, Feasts, Arts and Sciences, 1st edition, London: G. Croom for William Miller and Chirstopher Wilkinson, 1692, closed tear in B3, bookplates of Patricia Milne Henderson and the Earl of Harrington, contemporary mottled calf, spine hatched in gilt, joints cracked but firm, 8vo (16.2 x 10.8 cm), together with another copy, also in contemporary mottled calf, with ownership inscription 'Sam[ue]l Foley, 1693' (possibly the Church of Ireland bishop of Down and Connor, 1655-1695)Qty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESESTC R991; Wing W397.

Wilde (Jacobus de). Gemmae Selectae Antiquae e Museo Jacobi de Wilde, sive L. Tabulae, Amsterdam: for the author, 1703, engraved frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, engraved portrait, 50 engraved plates, first few text leaves detaching, occasional light spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, upper joint cracked, some fading to spine, a little rubbed and stained, 4to, together with Montfaucon (Bernard de). Diarium Italicum sive Monumentorum Veterum, Bibliothecarum, Musaeorum, &c. Notatiae singulares in itinerario Italico collectae, Paris: J. Anisson, 1702, 5 engraved plates (one folding), illustrations, I1 misbound, lacking front endpaper, some light spotting and toning, previous owner inscription at foot of title, contemporary mott;led calf, a little rubbed with small areas of worming, 4to, with 3 others: Anthony van Dale's Dissertationes IX. Antiquitatibus quin et Marmoribus..., Amsterdam, 1702, Erasmus Frolich's Notitia Elementaris Numismatum Antiquorum Illorum..., Vienna, 1758, and Domenico Sestini's Descriptio Numorum Veterum ex museis Ainslie, Bellini, Bondacca, Borgia..., Leipzig, 1796Qty: (5)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESFirst work provenance: Samuel de Wilde, London, 1804, inscription to frontispiece verso. Samuel de Wilde (1751-18320 was an English theatrical portrait painter, of Dutch descent.

Winckelmann (J.) Histoire de l'Art chez les Anciens, 2 volumes, 1st edition in French, Amsterdam: E. van Harrevelt, 1766, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, engraved illustrations, a little minor spotting, contemporary half calf, spines a little rubbed with tears at head, 8vo, together with Patarol (Laurentius). Series Augustorum Augustarum, Caesarum, et Tyrannorum Omnium, 2nd edition, Venice: Aloysium Pavinum, 1708, engraved frontispiece (trimmed to outer margin), engraved illustrations of coins, C1 repaired with small loss of text, some water stains and light toning, contemporary calf, rubbed with some worming to spine, 8vo, plus [Jobert, Louis]. La Science des Medailles Antiques et Modernes, pour linstruction des personnes qui s'appliquent a les connoitre, nouvelle edition, 2 volumes, Paris: Jean Boudot, 1715, additional engraved title to volume I, 11 folding engraved plates, a little minor soiling, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, green labels to spine, a little rubbed, 8vo, with 5 others including Ludwig Debiel's Utilitas rei Numariae Veteris, 1733, and Samuel Baker's Museum Meadianum, sive Catalogus Nummorum , veteris aevi monumentorum, ac Gemmarum , 1755 (with some prices in manuscript)Qty: (10)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

[Wise, Francis]. Nummorum antiquorum scriniis Bodleianis reconditorum catalogus cum commentario tabulis aeneis et appendice, 1st edition, Oxford, Theatro Sheldoniano, 1750, additional engraved title by James Green after Samuel Wale, printed title with engraved vignette of the Sheldonian, engraved head-pieces, large engraved tail-piece to foot of page 248, showing a distant view of Oxford, 23 full-page engraved plates of Greco-Roman coins, bookplate of Baron Northwick to front pastedown, contemporary sprinkled full calf gilt, rubbed and a little wear, with joints partly cracked, large folio (40 x 25 cm), together with: Harwood (Edward). Populorum et urbium, selecta numismata graeca ex aere; descripta, et figuris illustrata, London: T. Bensley for J. Johnson, 1812, 7 full-page engraved plates of coins, marbled edges and endpapers, contemporary diced full calf, modern reback, some marks, 4to, plus: [Combe, Charles, 1743-1817]. Veterum populorum et regum numi qui in Museo Britannico adservantur, London: Richard & Arthur Taylor, 1814, 15 engraved plates of coins by Henry Moses after Corbould, contemporary half calf, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, and others related, mainly on British coin collections, including Thomas Worlidge, A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems, 1768, Robert Jephson, Roman Portraits, A Poem, in heroick verse; with historical remarks and illustrations, 1794, Captain William Henry Symth, Descriptive Catalogue of a cabinet of Roman imperial large-brass medals, Bedford, 1834, Richard Mead, Oratio Anniversaria Harveiana..., Dissertatio de nummis quibusdam a Smyrnaeis in medicorum honorem percussis, 1725, etc., mostly leather-bound, 4toQty: (12)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance (for Wise): John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick (1769-1859), collector and connoisseur, with his bookplate. The present volume formed part of the library at Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, and Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham.

Worlidge (Thomas). A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems; most of them in the possession of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom; etched after the Manner of Rembrandt, London: Printed by Dryden Leach for M. Worlidge & M. Wicksteed, 1768, etched portrait frontispiece, 182 etched plates, subscribers list, occasional spotting, armorial bookplate of Charles George Milnes Gaskell, pictorial book ticket of 'A. P. M. H.', contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, 3 corners repaired, covers with inked and blind-tooled panels within wide gilt-tooled borders, 4to, together with: Ogle (George), Gemmae Antiquae Caelatae: or, a Collection of Gems..., 2nd edition, 1741, 50 engraved plates, blind stamped name to upper corner of title, one text leaf with corner repair, last few leaves with pale dampstain to lower blank corner, pictorial book ticket of .'A. P. M. H.', contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed with some dampstaining, extremities a trifle worn, joints partly cracked, front cover lightly bowed, 4to, plus: [Dagley, Richard], Gems, Selected from the Antique, with Illustrations, London: John Murray, 1804, bound from the parts, printed wrappers from part II (front & rear) and part I (rear only) bound in at front, vignette to title, 20 engraved plates, spotting and some toning, armorial bookplate of John T. Beer, pictorial book ticket of .'A. P. M. H.', front hinge cracked, contemporary quarter mottled calf, rubbed with some wear to extremities, 4toQty: (3)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

Riedel (Gottlieb Friedrich). Gallerie der alten Griechen und Romer in Zwey und Achtig abbildungen, und einer kurzen Geschichte ihres Lebens, Augsburg: Christoph Friedrich Bu?rglen, 1801, additional engraved title with signature of Heinrich von Kunsberg, 82 engraved plates, minor scattered spotting, contemporary boards, slightly rubbed, 4to, together with: Klotz (Christian Adolph), Historia numorum contumeliosorum et satyricorum, Altenburg: Ex officina Richteria, 1765, title with engraved vignette, five folding engraved plates at rear, 19th century boards, small 8vo, Wachter (Johann Georg.), Archæologia nummaria, continens præcognita nobilissimæ artis, quæ nummos antiquos interpretatur, Leipzig: Ex officina Breitkopfiana, 1740, title with engraved vignette, few engraved illustrations, light damp stain at foot of T2, 20th century cloth-backed boards, 4to, Phillipps (Thomas), Numismata Vetera et Inscriptiones ex voto ex ruderibus templi jovis prope hospitium Sacti Bernardi in montem poenium, [Middle Hill]: Ex Typographia Medio-Montana, 1855, title in red & black, five plates, top edge gilt, bookplate of Henry J.B. Clements to upper pastedown, late 19th/early 20th century half morocco by Galwey & Co of Dublin, gilt crest of Henry Clements to spine, slim folio, and other 18th & 19th century relatedQty: (11)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

[Zöega, Georg]. Numi Aegyptii Imperatorii prostantes in Museuo Borgiano Velitris. Adiectis praeterea quotquot reliqua huius classis numismata ex variis museis atque libris colligere obtigit, Rome: Antonio Fulgoni, 1787, title with engraved vignette, 22 engraved plates of coins and medallions, small manuscript shelf number to front endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, spine with green label and gilt decoration, slightly rubbed, 4toQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESCicognara 2252; 3085. Provenance: Baron Northwick (2nd Baron Northwick, 1770-1859, art collector), bookplate. Extremely scarce, only one copy traced at auction over 100 years ago. Danish scientist and numismatist Georg Zöega (1755-1809) catalogued and described Cardinal Stefano Borgia's collection of coins and manuscripts in the Museo Borgiano, at the Borgia Palace of Velletri, a collection with a strong emphasis on ancient Egypt, regarded as the most extensive in Europe before the Napoleonic expedition.

Gell (William). The Topography of Rome and its Vicinity, 2 volumes, London: Saunders & Otley, 1834, wood engraved illustrations, 5 lithograph maps & plans (one double-page), two lithograph plates of script (one folding), contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco title labels, upper compartment to spines with gilt monogram of Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch and 6th Duke of Queensberry (1772-1819), rubbed, 8voQty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

Corral (María De & John R.Lane[editors]). Fast Forward Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art, 1st edition, London: Yale University Press, 2007, original cloth in dust jacket, covers and spine rubbed to head and foot, 4to, together with; Hare (Billy), Billy Hare Photographs, 1st edition, Peru: Telefónica Del Perú, 1997, signed by the author to half title, numerous black and white illustrations, minor toning to front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, minor rubbing to covers and head and foot of spine, 4to, and Burns (Ric Et Al), New York, 1st edition, London: Gloria, 2008, numerous colour/black and white illustrations, publishers original boards in slipcase, large 8vo, plus other art reference, mostly original cloth in dust jacket some original wrappers, G/VG, 4to/8voQty: (6 shelves )

* Holy Roman Empire. Marriage Of Emperor Maximilian I of Austria, 1459-1519, and Mary, Duchess of Burgundy, 1457-82. By Giovanni Filangieri Candida, c.1445/50 - c.1498/99, cast bronze medal, a 15th century original or near contemporary cast, c.1477. Obv: · MAXIMILIANVS · FR · CAES · F · DVX · AVSTR · BVRGVND. Rev: MARIA · KAROLI · F · DVX · BVRGVNDIAE · AVSTRIAE · BRAB · C · FLAN. 42mm, 32g, pierced, some cabinet wear to the medium brown patina at the highest points, a painted number “187” to rev fieldQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESReference: For similar examples, The Salton Collection (Bowdoin College Museum Of Art) catalogue number 27, Metropolitan Museum of Art: 25.142.37, the Scher Collection (exhibited Frick Collection), Victoria and Albert Museum: 6013-1857.

* Italy, Venice. Adria, b.1537, Daughter Of Pietro Aretino And Her Mother Caterina Sandella, cast bronze medal, a contemporary or near contemporary cast. Obv: Bust to the right, CATERINA MATER. Rev: Bust to the left, HADRIA DIVI PETRI ARETINI FILIA. 44mm, 53.2g, almost as cast, some light cabinet wear to the highest points, a medium brown rich patinaQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESReference: For a similar example, British Museum: G3,IP.39.

* Italy. Vincenzo ? Gonzaga (1562-1612), Duchy of Mantua and Montferrat (1587-1612). Lead-Alloy Medal, contemporary or near contemporary, c.16th-17th century. Obv: Bust left within beaded border, signed F.S.F. below. Rev: A crucible containing ingots on a fire, with monogram HVVA above, within the collar of the Golden Fleece and outer beaded border. 58mm, 68.2g. Some surface marks and wear to high points, the lead with an attractive dulled tone, peripheral lustre on rev.Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESReference: For a similar example cast in bronze, British Museum: G3,MantM.31

* Italy. Cosimo III Dé Medici (1642-1723), Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cast Bronze Medal. By Massimiliano Soldani, 1656-1740, a contemporary or near contemporary cast. Obv: Bust of the Grand Duke right, COSIMVS . III . D . G . MAGNVS . DVX . ETRVRIÆ . VI. Rev: The Grand Duke stands with Tuscany, seated, who holds a plumb line and set square over an altar surrounded by trophy of arms and a lion, before a temple to Peace inscribed PACE, SIC STABIS in exergue. 91mm, 224g, a few patches of verdigris, a few scratches on obverse field, light wear to high point, a few light edge bumpsQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESThe medal celebrates the extent of the Grand Duchy, including the cities of Florence, Siena and Pisa.

HELDMAN, M. African Zion, the sacred art of Ethiopia. (1993). -- C. ZEVI. Africa, land of spirits. (2015). -- S. OTTENBERG. The traditions from Nigeria. Seven artists of the Nsukka Group. (1997). -- J. KENNEDY. New currents, ancient rivers. Contemporary African artists in a generation of change. (1992). -- M. COQUET. African royal court art. (1998). -- 5 vols. Prof. ill. 4°. Or. binds. w. dust-j. -- And 7 o. (12).

Contemporary art, sculpture and studio pottery books; Houston/Cripps, Lucie Rie; Chillida, published by Kornmann; Jaume Plensa Yorkshire Sculpture Park; Tony Birks, Hans Coper, and others, two boxes.

‡Michael Paul Rainsford (Irish Contemporary) A river in spate Signed M Rainsford (lower left) Oil on canvas laid on board 55 x 60cm Provenance: Meg Speed Fine Art Services, Wakefield, December 1990; The Collection of Sir Alan and Lady Cox

‡Sir Sidney Nolan OM, AC, CBE, RA (Australian 1917-1992) Leda and the Swan - two studies Two, the former signed, dated and inscribed nolan/21 July 1967/after doing postcard/for Charles Osborne and further inscribed (to verso); the latter signed and dated 11 June 1967/nolan/Leda (to verso) Each mixed media on paper Both 30.4 x 25.3cm Unframed (2) Provenance: Christie's, London, Modern and Contemporary Australian and South African Art, 16 December 2008, lot 40

‡Sir Sidney Nolan OM, AC, CBE, RA (Australian 1917-1992) Humming bird and flower Mixed media on paper 30.4 x 25.3cm Unframed Provenance: Christie's, London, Modern and Contemporary Australian and South African Art, 16 December 2008, lot 46

‡Sir Sidney Nolan OM, AC, CBE, RA (Australian 1917-1992) Flower study Signed Nolan (lower centre) and inscribed 5 March 68/5 (to verso) Mixed media on paper 30.5 x 25.2cm Unframed Provenance: Christie's, London, Modern and Contemporary Australian and South African Art, 16 December 2008, lot 45

‡Sir Sidney Nolan OM, AC, CBE, RA (Australian 1917-1992) Flower study Signed and dated Dec 69/nolan (to verso) Mixed media on paper 30.5 x 25.3cm Unframed Provenance: Christie's, London, Modern and Contemporary Australian and South African Art, 16 December 2008, lot 45

‡Sir Sidney Nolan OM, AC, CBE, RA (Australian 1917-1992) Flower study Signed dated and inscribed Britten-Smart/Rejoice in the Lamb/2 March 68/Nolan (to verso) Mixed media on paper 30.5 x 25.2cm Unframed Provenance: Christie's, London, Modern and Contemporary Australian and South African Art, 16 December 2008, lot 45

Contemporary British School Still life with jugs and cups on a table Oil on canvas 122 x 183cm Provenance: Slade School of Art, Degree Show, c.1997; Property of a nobleman

‡Adrian Hemming (b.1945) Estuary Signed, dated and inscribed 'ESTUARY' 2007/Adrian Hemming/SOLD Alan Cox (to verso) Oil on canvas 114 x 102cm Unframed Provenance: Patrick Davies Contemporary Art, Buntingford, July 2007; The Collection of Sir Alan and Lady Cox

‡Tony Brummell Smith (b.1949) The Basilica, St Mark's Square I Signed Brummell Smith (lower left) Pastel 71.5 x 62cm Exhibited: Harrogate, Walker Galleries Contemporary Art, 2000, no. 53

‡Fred Yates (1922-2008) The garden fete Signed FRED YATES (lower right) Oil on canvas 51 x 76cm Provenance: Courcoux & Courcoux Contemporary Art Ltd, Stockbridge

‡Alan Halliday (b.1952) Songs for a Wayfarer - Nureyev; Torso Two, the former signed and dated Halliday 83 (lower right), and inscribed Songs for a wayfarer-Nuyeyev (upper left); the latter signed and dated Halliday 82 (lower left) Watercolour on paper; Oil on paper 28.1 x 19.5cm; 79.2 x 55.6cm (2) Provenance: 'Songs of a Wayfarer' acquired directly from the artist, International Contemporary Art Fair, London, January 1984

‡Nigel Hall RA (b.1943) Slow Motion Maquette Signed, dated and inscribed SLOW MOTION/MAQUETTE/ Nigel Hall/ '07, stamped N.H. 8/25, and further inscribed Maquette of 5m/sculpture of Kunsthalle, Mannheim (all to underside of base) Painted steel on painted plywood base 25.5 x 15 x 15cm (including base) Provenance: Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, The Contemporary & Post War British Art Auction, 20 October 2017, lot 61

ANTHONY WASSELL; a contemporary art glass vase of triangular form with linear decoration, signed to base, height 24cm.Additional InformationThere is an internal bruise to one corner of the piece, light scratches and wear.

ANTHONY WASSELL; a contemporary art glass 'Delta' bowl with wheel cut geometric decoration, signed to base, height 12cm, diameter 23cm.Additional InformationLight scratches and wear to base, but good condition.

NORMAN STUART CLARKE; a contemporary art glass vase of ovoid form, with internal and trailed decoration, signed to base, height 17cm.Additional InformationLight scratches to base, but good condition.

PAUL BARCROFT & ANTHONY WASSELL; a contemporary art glass vase of ovoid form, with millefiori style canes to the lower section, on a two-tone ground, signed to base, height 23cm.Additional InformationLight scratches and wear, but good condition.