86 Zatta, Antonio. Atlante novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai più celebri e più recenti geografi. Venezia, Antonio Zatta, 1775-85. In 2° (385 x 282 mm); XVI, 50, [8]; [2]; [2]; [2] pagine. Antiporta a doppia pagina disegnata da Novelli ed incisa da Zuliani con la personificazione della Serenissima in trono, 4 frontespizi con il titolo entro bordura incisa in rame, grande testata alle armi di Carlo Spinola dedicatario dell’opera, 219 tavole calcografiche a doppia con vivida coloritura coeva (pochi piccoli difetti, sporadiche arrossature sulla piega di alcune carte.) Legatura coeva in mezza pergamena con angoli, titolo manoscritto al dorso, tagli rossi (sciupata, qualche mancanza). Tassello e scheda della libreria Bourlot di Torino. Splendido esemplare della prima edizione, uno dei più affascinanti ed esaustivi atlanti prodotti nel Settecento veneziano, con le sue belle carte geografiche disegnate prevalentemente da Giovanni Pitteri e incise da Zuliani, comprese le 12 carte delle Colonie Unite dell’America Settentrionale di John Mitchell, e le 3 carte con le Nuove scoperte de’ Russi, Nuove scoperte nel Mare del Sud e la Nuova Zelanda. Cremonini pagg. 117-119; Phillips, Atlases, 650. (4 volumi) € 8.000,00 ERRATA CORRIGE LA CARTA GEOGRAFICA DEL CHILE è RESTAURATA - MAP OF CHILE RESTORED
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Piemonte e Savoia 87 [Torino]. Audiberti, Camillo Maria. Regiae villae poetice descriptae et regiae celsitudini Victoris Amedei II, Sabaudie Ducis. Torino, Paolo Maria Dutti e Giovanni Giacomo Ghringhelli, 1711. In 4° (220 x 168 mm); [16], 222, [2] pagine. Antiporta allegorica da originale di Domenico Piola, 10 tavole ripiegate incise in rame da Antoine De Pienne e Georges Tasniere raffiguranti le ville sabaude (sporadiche macchie, piccoli strappi alle tavole, rinforzi alle prime carte, qualche arrossatura.) Legatura coeva in piena pergamena, dorso a cinque nervi con fregi a secco e titolo manoscritto (macchie, piccole mancanze al dorso). Rara prima edizione. Cicognara 3943: “Stampato con molta eleganza di tipi, ed ornato di belle tavole in rame che esprimono le vedute prospettiche delle ville reali di Piemonte”. € 1.000,00
9 [Carli, Gian Rinaldo]. Delle lettere americane. Cosmopoli [i.e. Firenze], 1780. In 8° (175 x 123 mm); 275, [9]; 318, [10] pagine. Frontespizi calligrafici incisi in rame, 1 carta geografica fuori testo più volte ripiegata (lenti pochi fascicoli.) Legatura coeva in mezza pelle verde, dorsi lisci con tasselli nocciola per il titolo in oro, tagli gialli. Rarissima prima edizione, l’ultimo esemplare passato in asta risale al 1963. La giustificazione del potere assoluto è uno dei fili conduttori di queste Lettere che furono molto stimate anche da Benjamin Franklin. In esse Carli si scaglia contro la tesi dell’inettitudine degli Indiani d’America dell’olandese Pauw e difende le civiltà del Sudamerica, arrivando perfino ad ammettere l’esistenza della leggendaria Atlantide. 2 volumi € 400,00
91 Dumont, Jean e Jean Rousset. Histoire militaire du Prince Eugene de Savoye, du prince et Duc de Marlborough, et du Prince de Nassau Frise. L’Aia, Isaac van der Kloot, 1729. In 2° (540 x 310 mm); [2], LXI, [1], 132 ; [4], 336 pagine. Antiporta ripiegata con il ritratto di Eugenio di Savoia, frontespizi a caratteri rossi e neri con vignette calcografiche, 8 carte geografiche di regioni europee, 13 tavole a doppia pagina raffiguranti le battaglie dipinte da Huchtenburg, 2 tavole raffiguranti vedute di città a volo d’uccello, 65 tavole per la maggior parte a doppia pagina o ripiegate raffiguranti piani di battaglie, ordini di battaglia fuori testo anche ripiegati. Legatura coeva in bazzana marrone, dorso a 8 nervi con decorazione dorata, titoli su tasselli rossi, tagli rossi (poco sciupata). Magnifica raccolta di tavole provenienti anche dalle Batailles ganées par le Serenissime Prince Eugene de Savoye. (2 volumi) € 2.000,00
98 [Legatura Savoia]. Bella legatura in marocchino verde proveniente dalla biblioteca di S. M. il Re Vittorio Emanuele III contenente la Geografia de la Republica Argentina di Latzina stampata Buenos Aires da Felix Lajouane nel 1888 con numerose tavole e carte geografiche anche cromolitografiche. € 100,00
Miscellaneous World Orders (5), including: Annam, Order of the Dragon of Annam, Colonial Period, 5th Class breast badge by Kretly of Paris, in silver, silver-gilt and enamels, Cambodia, Order of Cambodia, 5th Class breast badge, in silver, silver-gilt and enamels, Italy, Order of the Crown, Second Class Neck Badge, by Cravanzola, in gold and enamels, 51.5mm, with neck ribbon for wear; Portugal, Order of Vila Viçosa, Knight’s breast badge by F G Da Costa, in silver-gilt, gold and enamels, crown suspension above, with original ribbon and clasp, 47mm, Sweden, Order of the Amaranth, breast badge in silver, 35.5mm, generally good very fine or better (5)
Portugal, Order of Aviz, Grand Cross set of insignia by J A da Costa of Lisbon, c.1875, comprising sash badge of oval form, in silver, silver-gilt, gold and enamels, 52mm, and breast star in silver, with a gold and enamelled centre, with sacred heart above and reverse brooch pin for wear, width 65.5mm, in red case with embossed outer letters ‘D.L.I.’ (Dom Luis I), minor enamel loss to reverse of sash badge, sacred heart with tiny chip and slightly loose, a little enamel loss to breast star, very fine (2)
Portugal, Order of Aviz, Commander’s breast star, by F G da Costa of Lisbon, post 1894 type, in silver, silver-gilt and enamels, crowned cross of the Aviz at centre without border, sacred heart above, reverse bearing maker’s plaque inscribed ‘FREDERICO G. DA COSTA. R. DE S. JULIÃO No.110-3, FABRICANTE DE CONDECORACÕES LISBOA’ and brooch pin for wear, width 87mm, in red case with the embossed outer letters ‘D.C.I.’ (Dom Carlos I), extremely fine
Portugal, Order of St James of the Sword, Republic Issue (Post 1910), Grand Cross collar & badge by F Da Costa, Lisbon, comprising: collar in silver-gilt and enamels, the collar chain of 22 alternating links of the insignia of St James of the Sword with wreath motifs, joined by wreath suspension links, and central maker’s plaque & fitting inscribed ‘FREDERICO DA COSTA. R. DE S. JULIÃO 110, FABRICANTE DES MEDALHAS LISBOA’, width 30mm, and badge in silver gilt and enamels, set with pastes, laurel wreath suspension above and loop, width 55mm, in original ‘Frederico Costa’ case of issue, a little minor wear, generally extremely fine (2)
Portugal, Order of Industrial Merit, Grand Cross set of insignia, Carlos I Type (1893-1910), by F G Da Costa of Lisbon, comprising sash badge in silver-gilt, gold and enamels, crown suspension and loop above, width 63mm, with original sash ribbon, and breast star, in silver-gilt, gold and enamels, crown above, lacking reverse brooch pin, reverse bearing maker’s plaque inscribed ‘FREDERICO G. DA COSTA. R. DE S. JULIÃO No.110-3, FABRICANTE DE CONDECORACÕES LISBOA’, width 78mm, in original red case with the embossed outer letters ‘D.C.I.’ (Dom Carlos I), this broken at hinges, pin lacking to breast star and reverse centrepiece to badge a touch loose, good very fine and rare (2)
Portugal, Order of Agricultural Merit, Grand Cross set of insignia, Carlos I Type (1893-1910), by F G Da Costa of Lisbon, comprising sash badge in silver-gilt, gold and enamels, crown suspension and loop above, uppermost point of star bearing Portuguese hallmarks showing the Cross of St James and another, width 62mm, and breast star in silver-gilt and enamels, crown above, reverse with brooch pin for wear and central maker’s plaque inscribed ‘FREDERICO G. DA COSTA. R. DE S. JULIÃO No.110-3, FABRICANTE DE CONDECORACÕES LISBOA’, bearing Portuguese hallmarks toward end of brooch-pin including the Cross of St James, width 77mm, in later case for Grand Officer’s insignia, interior marked ‘FREDERICO COSTA, LDA. LISBON’, minor reverse loss to central enamel, otherwise good very fine and rare (2)
The Unique Portuguese Serpa Pinto Society of Pernambuco Gold Medal, presented to Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto, Viscount of Serpa Pinto, by King Luis, 16 June 1879 for his Expedition from the Atlantic Coast of Angola to the Indian Ocean Coast of Mozambique November 1877-March 1879, in gold, with gold wreath surround set alternately with twelve diamonds and twelve natural pearls, the whole surmounted by gold openwork Portuguese crown, with alternate red and green enamel lozenges on base, obverse engraved within wreath tributo ao merito ao intrepido explorador portuguez serpa pinto, reverse engraved a sociedade portugueza serpa pinto em pernanbuco, 69mm (including crown suspension) x 35mm, light surface marks, extremely fine. NOTE: Alexandre de Serpa Pinto was born at Poldaras Castle, Cinfaes, 10 April 1846, and in 1856 he entered the Colegio Militar. Following his graduation in 1864 he held various military commands both in Portugal and Africa, seeing combat in the lower Zambezi area and rising to the rank of Major. Following his service in Africa Serpa Pinto proposed a scientific expedition to explore Africa between the Portuguese colonies of Angola and Mozambique; his proposed expedition was to be a scientific survey, noting the geographical, astronomical details and the flora and fauna of the region. From 1876-1877 he studied the astronomy and geography of currently known Africa. On 25 May 1877 the government approved and funded an expedition to map the Congo and Zambezi which was to be led by Serpa Pinto and accompanied by the Naval Captain Capello and Lieutenant Roberto Ivens. The expedition left Bihe, Angola on 12 November 1877. Capello and Ivens remained behind in order to gather more porters and intended to join Serpa Pinto once this had been achieved; instead, however they decided they would explore North Eastern Angola thus abandoning the expedition, which Serpa Pinto discovered by letter a few days later. Undeterred by this Serpa Pinto spent the next seventeen months overcoming mutinous porters, hostile tribes, rivers in full spate, dangerous animals, venomous snakes, persistent fevers and virtual starvation. Despite these obstacles he kept daily measurements, accompanied by drawings, of geographical, geological, meteorological, astronomical, anthropological, zoological and botanical data which he carefully logged. He finally reached the coast of Mozambique on 19 March 1879 having covered 3,400 miles and was the first explorer to cross from west to east Africa. On his return he travelled extensively in Europe and Brazil presenting his finding to various geographical societies, fellow scientists and members of the public. In 1881 his book describing the journey ‘How I crossed Africa’ was published in London, it was an immediate success, and was soon republished in two popular editions. It is still considered a classic in its genre and was last republished in 2012. In 1881 he was honoured with the Founder’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society. During his tour of Portugal King Luis presented him with this medal in the Trindate hall in Lisbon. The city of Pernambuco had been home to his family and he had spent some time there as a child, the medal was designed by the noted artist Bordalo Pinheiro and manufactured by Brazilian jewellers. From 1881 Serpa Pinto served in various parts of Africa and in 1884 he was appointed Portuguese consul to Zanzibar. Up until 1889 he continued to explore the various unknown regions to the west of Mozambique toward Lake Nyassa and the Shire Highlands. After his accession King Carlos, based on Serpa Pinto’s expeditions, laid claim to all previously unknown lands between Angola and Mozambique, this was ultimately to lead to a clash with Britain over the territories now known as Malawi and Zambia, resulting in an ignominious climb-down by the Portuguese government. He was subsequently appointed Brigadier General and A.D.C. to King Carlos in 1894 and on 24 January 1899 the king honoured Serpa Pinto with the title of Viscount. He died on 28 December 1900 laden with honours from all over the globe. He was also honoured by having various places named after him, his image has also been placed on postage stamps and banknotes. He is still remembered as a major figure in the golden age of African exploration.
The Member’s Collar of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Lisbon bestowed on the noted Surgeon, Dr. Caetano Sebastião Roberto Belarmino do Rosário de Frias, 1896, by F.C. da Costa, Lisbon, in silver-gilt, the collar chain of 20 laurel wreath links with small looped links between, width 23mm, with star below on swivelling loop suspension, reverse inscribed ‘ACADEMIA REAL DAS SCIENCIAS DE LISBOA – XIII DE DEZEMBRO DE MDCCLI’, width 65.5mm, in red fitted case with embossed gilt border and crowned R.A.S.L. at centre and RF in italic at lower right of case, virtually as issued, offered with framed and glazed portrait of de Frias in professorial robes wearing the members collar. NOTE: Dr Roberto Frias was born 4 June 1853 in Arporá, Salcete, Goa, which was then Portuguese India. He completed his doctoral work in 1880 in the fields of internal medicine, surgery and forensic medicine at the University of Porto, earning many awards for his work. He was accomplished linguist, fluent in French, English and two dialects of the Indian language. After practicing in Portugal for a short period he was appointed by decree to go to Goa, to improve the health care and serve as the head professor of Surgery at the Goa Medical School. While serving in this position Doctor Frias introduced modern methods of surgery and expanded the types of surgery that could be done there. On February 23, 1882 another government decree granted Dr. Frias the necessary funds to travel to Paris to learn further new surgical skills and share his knowledge with French doctors. From 1882 until 1887 Doctor Frias continued his work in Goa returning to Porto in 1887 to work in the Surgical Demonstration Section at the University of Porto. While at the University he produced a number of scientific papers and articles and took part in a study exchange in London. On May 21, 1896 Doctor Frias was elected by his fellow doctors and scientists as a Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences Lisbon. The award was in recognition of Doctor Frias’s record of meritorious, scholarly and scientific achievement in the fields of medical science and surgery. Two years after this on May 26, 1898 he was appointed by decree to the position of Chair of the Surgical Clinic at the University of Porto, a position that he would hold for twenty years until his death on 18 April 1918 from typhus contracted while treating a patient.
*Italy, Pseudo-Fra Antonio da Brescia, Apollo and Python, bronze plaquette (early 16th century), naked Apollo holding bow and standing facing, his left arm resting on a tree stump from which hangs his quiver; at his feet the dead serpent/dragon Python; in the background, a landscape with trees and a ruined tower, 66.4mm (Molinier 119; Bange 642; Kress 187 and fig. 236; Warren, Ashmolean Museum Plaquetttes, 333), small piercing at top, an extremely fine contemporary cast with brown patina (the reverse with collectors’ numbers and an old ticket now unattached) Ex Dr G. Brockmann collection, Peus 411, 31 October 2013, lot 1218. The association of this plaquette with Fra Antonio da Brescia depends on the reverse of a signed medal of a certain Niccolò Vonico of Treviso with a similar reverse design to the present plaquette (as Hill 476). But commentators suggest that the plaquette is the more successful version of the two designs and that the signed medal actually copies the plaquette – hence the name given to the plaquette maker of this and some other associated pieces as Pseudo-Fra Antonio da Brescia. Douglas Lewis (in “Collectors of Renaissance Reliefs: Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536) and Baron Boissel de Monville (1763-1832)”, St.HistArt 70, 2008, p. 130) has renamed him the “Vicentine Master of 1507” due to his close relationship with two artists of Vicenza, the painter Bartolomeo Montagna and the printmaker Benedetto Montagna. He calls the subject matter of the present plaquette Virtue Triumphant over Vice (publication pending).
*Italy, Pseudo-Fra Antonio da Brescia, Abundance and a Satyr, bronze plaquette (early 16th century), naked figure of Abundance holding cornucopia and reclining on the ground, raising her right hand as an ithyphallic satyr approaches blowing a cornett; in the background a colonnaded building at the foot of hills and a walled city, 59.4mm (Molinier 121; Bange 644; Kress 189 and fig. 238; Warren, Ashmolean Museum Plaquetttes, 334; Scaglia III.19), pierced, otherwise an extremely fine contemporary cast with brown patina Ex Dr G. Brockmann collection, Peus 411, 31 October 2013, lot 1113.
*Italy, Pseudo-Fra Antonio da Brescia, Allegory of Virtue and Vice, bronze plaquette, a sleeping nymph with children, approached by two satyrs, 57mm (Molinier 122; Bange 645; Kress 189, fig. 239; Warren, Ashmolean Museum Plaquetttes, 335; Scaglia III.17), crudely pierced in two places, an early cast
*Italy, Francesco I da Carrara (1325-93), bronze medal (struck), as Lord of Padua (1350-88), carro, rev., helm, 29mm (Hill 6), about very fine Gothic style medals such as this were struck for the Carrara family in the late 14th century for placing in the walls and under the foundation stones of buildings. They pre-date Pisanello’s invention of the renaissance portrait medal.
A beautiful roman style flintlock gun by Matassi dating: third quarter of the 18th Century provenance: Tuscany Smooth, two-stage, 16 mm cal. barrel, the first part octagonal with marks of Nicolas Bis in gold between lilies, under cross, the second round with swallow-tailed gold foresight decorated with lilies, rings and acanthus leaves at the girdle; roman style flintlock with beautiful chiselling, decorated with a large mask at the end, another mask at the base of the hammer, two smaller one on the screw of the hammer and under the pan, the remaining surface decorated with floral engravings, the inside signed "Il Matassa da Anghiari"; briarwood half stock with the head of a warrior in front of the trigger guard, mask behind the trigger guard and floral motifs; elegant, brass mounts engraved with floral motifs; horn-tipped wooden ramrod. Matassi gunsmith's dynasty worked in Anghieri (Arezzo) from the first half of the 18th Century until 1850 circa. Barbiroli "Repertorio storico degli archibugiari italiani dal XIV al XX secolo", page 357. The stamps of Nicolas Bis were the most falsified since 18th Century. Probably the barrel presented above features marks of this kind, however its quality seems pair to the one by the famous, Spanish gunsmith of Madrid died in 1726. dimensions: length 142 cm.
A flying suit of the Regia Areonautica from the porperty of Chiarello Nicchiarelli dating: second quarter of the 20th Century provenance: Italy Flying cap of brown leather, with inside padding. Green, fabric coat, with detachable lining, featuring the label "Manifatture di Pompei" on the inside, provided with fur collar. Trousers with pockets. Badge of the Italian Royal Air Force with crowned eagle. Folding glasses complete with case. Padded, leather gloves. Chiarello Nicchiarelli has never been part of the Italian Royal Air Force. The uniform was probably a gift of the officers of the Scuola da Caccia of the Airport Eleuteri of Castiglione del Lago (Nicchiarelli was Podestà of the city). The suit has always been property of the family. dimensions: height totale circa 175 cm.
frontespizio 1858 - 10 c. grigio bistro chiaro su frontespizio di lettera dell’11 giugno 1861 da Palermo per Partanna - L’angolo con il francobollo fu ritagliato e quindi ricollocato nella posizione originaria mediante linguella al verso - Documento da esaminare ma di grande rarità - Cert. Diena (Bol. n. 11A) (Sass. n. 14Cc)
Lettera aerogramma 1857 - 25 c. bruno lilla al recto e al verso (diritto di raccomandazione) di assicurata del 30 maggio 1859 da Parma per Ponte di Brenta - Raro documento della reggenza di Maria Luisa tra il primo e il secondo periodo di Governo Provvisorio - Cert. Diena (Bol. n. 11) (Sass. n. 12)
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