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Lot 376
An Edwardian satinwood crossbanded mahogany and marquetry display cabinet, faux dentil cornice and deep frieze inlaid with an oval batwing patera above an astragal glazed door, projecting base with further door conforming, outlined throughout with boxwood and ebony stringing, tapered square legs, 185cm high, 66cm wide, c. 1905
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Lot 340
[Pseudo-Aristotle]. Aristoteles Master-Piece, or, The Secrets of Generation Displayed in all the parts thereof. Containing, 1. The signs of barrenness. 2. The way of getting a boy or girl. 3. Of the likeness of children to parents. 4. Of the infusion of the soul into the infant. 5. Of monstrous births, and the reasons thereof. 6. Of the benefit of marriage to both sexes. 7. The prejudice of unequal matches. 8. The discovery of insufficiency. 9. The cause and cure of the green-sickness. 10. A discourse of maiden-heads. 11. How a midwife ought to be qualified. 12. Directions and cautions to midwifes. 13. Of the privities. 14. The fabrick of the womb. 15. The use and action of the genitals. 16. Signs of conception, and whether of a male or female. 17. To discover false conceptions. 18. Instructions for women with child. 19. For preventing miscarriage. 20. For women in child-bed. 21. Of ordering new-born infants, and many other very useful particulars. To which is added a word of advice to both sexes in the act of copulation: and the pictures of several monsterous births drawn to the life, 1st edition, Printed for J. How, and are to be sold next door to the Anchor Tavern in Sweethings-Rents in Cornhil, 1684, woodcut frontispiece of a hairy woman and a black child born to white parents, cancel title-page, 6 woodcuts of monstrous births (including repeat of frontispiece) at end, with the blank H12, foremargin of frontispiece torn with loss not affecting image or text, title-page close-trimmed at foremargin (touching printed rule) and lower margin barely shaving first word of final line of imprint '"things", old ink spots and smudges to frontispiece, title and lower text area of leaves A3v and A4r, not affecting legibility, some minor spotting and dust-soiling, corner curling throughout, scattered small marginal splits, tightly stitched with evidence of very minor worm-tracing close to some catch-words, small tear with blank paper loss to foremargin of final text leaf (H11) and lower outer corner of final leaf (I6), I2 with long horizontal split, contemporary limp vellum folded and stitched from a 16th-century land deed with text in English partially visible on pastedowns, some soiling and wear, 12mo (140 x 85 mm) A surprisingly good copy of a very rare complete first edition of the most notorious sex manual of the age. 'Aristotle's Masterpiece was the most popular book about women's bodies, sex, pregnancy, and childbirth in Britain and America from its first appearance in 1684 up to at least the 1870s. More than 250 editions are known, but all are very rare... It was sold furtively by country peddlers and in general stores and taverns; regular booksellers seldom advertised it, though they usually had it under the counter' (The Library Company of Philadelphia, 'Treasures', online catalogue). The attribution to Aristotle is completely spurious and no doubt a ploy to give the risqu‚ work respectability. In fact it was assembled from Levinus Lemnius's The Secret Miracles of Nature (1564) and Jakob Rff's midwifery manual De conceptu et generatione hominis (1554). Although it was effectively banned until the mid-twentieth century, the prohibition didn't keep it from circulating: it was reprinted endlessly until the early twentieth century and became one of the most notorious and widely distributed sex books in the English language, with a London edition being published as late as 1930. Such enduring popularity was partly due to the practical advice on pregnancy and the care of infants, and partly to its rather sensationalised descriptions of the sexual act and forms of monstrosity. This is the earliest publication date for the Master-piece, ESTC listing 3 variant settings of 1684, all printed by J. How, with no priority having been established. ESTC records only the incomplete British Library copy of our setting, which has line 11 of title ending "both", line 18 of title ends "Ge-", first line of imprint ends "sold", signature B5 is under the "nt Bl" of "effluent Blood" and on p. 190 the fifth line from bottom begins with a capital "Q". Identically, this copy has "Swee/things" rather than "Sweetings" in the imprint. Curiously, the only two complete copies of this setting noted have both been recently sold at auction by Bonhams, London: 12 November 2014, lot 47 & 24 June 2015, lot 157. In total ESTC records seven copies of the 1684 settings (British Library, Guildhall Library, Royal College of Surgeons, University of Pennsylvania, U.S. National Library of Medicine, Yale University, 2 copies), but all are incomplete to varying degrees. ESTC R504793; Wing A3697fA. (1)
Lot 532
Baker (S.W.). The Rifle And The Hound in Ceylon, 1854, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, some light spotting, modern endpapers, contemporary green cloth, boards and spine faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Russel (Richard), A Dissertation on the Use of Sea Water in the Diseases of the Glands... , 4th edition, 1760, black and white frontispiece plus 2 black and white plates, contemporary inscription to head of title, some light marks, contemporary calf, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, plus Moggridge (J. Traherne), Harvesting Ants and Trap-Door Spiders. Notes and observations on their Habits and Dwellings, 1873, Supplement to Harvesting Ants... , 1874, numerous colour and black and white illustrations and plates, some light spotting, both rebound in modern uniform green cloth, 8vo (2 volumes in total), plus other 19th and early 20th-century antiquarian historical reference and related, some leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
Lot 151
EAN EARLY 19TH CENTURY 8 DAY LOGCASE CLOCK, JOHN BAILEY, BIRMINGHAM, TWIN FUSSE. PAINTED ARCHED DIAL WITH DATE APERTURE AND SUBSIDIARY SECONDS, FLAME MAHOANY CASE, THE TRUNK DOOR FLANKED BY REEDED COLUMNS, LOVELY CONDITION (please check important sale information regarding sale room clearance)
Lot 81
A 19th century carved oak corner unit comprising a wall hanging cupboard, height 103cm, carved frieze over a central door carved with pineapples, wheat sheaves and scroll work flanked either side by carved oak leaves, the separate matching base, a triangular table carved and curved frieze to the back, one central drawer carved with scroll work, a lower shelf on double writhen supports either side on peg feet, 160 x 90cm. CONDITION REPORT A crack from the top of the drawer to the base of the drawer.
Lot 165
A George III oak eight day longcase clock, the 13½ inch square brass dial signed 'John Smith, Chester', with centred subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture within a ring of Arabic and Roman numerals, the four pillar movement striking on a single bell, the hood with swan-neck pediment over half fluted front corner hood pilasters above a crossbanded long trunk door, on a box base and short bracket feet, 220cm high
Lot 169
A Regency mahogany circular dial wall clock, the 15 inch silvered dial signed 'Arnold, 84 Strand. London No. 411', within a ring of Roman numerals, with strike silent adjustment, the twin fusee movement striking on a single bell, the mahogany veneered case with right hand side inspection door, overall diameter 46cm (at fault) Note: Provenance: Linley Hall, Shropshire
Lot 228
A pair of late 19th / early 20th century mahogany display cabinets, each with a dentil moulded cornice over a single astragal glazed door, opening to reveal a claret plush backed interior on a two door cabinet base and short bracket feet, 111cm wide, to the cornice, 218cm high overall, 44cm deep to the base Note: Provenance Linley Hall, Shropshire
Lot 197
A late 19th / early 20th century satinwood and marquetry bedroom suite comprising of a break-front combination wardrobe with arched cornice and Greek Key frieze over a single door with oval bevelled mirror plate, flanked by a single cabinet door over three short drawers to each side, 197cm wide, 226cm high, 63cm deep, along with a break-front dressing chest with arched bevelled swivel mirror, over two trinket drawers and an arrangement of six short drawers below raised on square tapering front legs terminating in brass saltglazed castors, 122cm wide, a break-front marble top washstand with arched marble inset back, double head and foot boards, a single pot cupboard, a six bar towel rail and three bedroom chairs (8)
Lot 227
A pair of 19th century and later mahogany narrow bookcase/display cabinets, each with a dentil moulded cornice over an arched single cabinet door with Gothic arched glazing bars over a single door cabinet base, raised on short bracket feet, 91.5cm wide to the cornice, 235cm high overall, 35.5cm deep to the cornice Note: Provenance Linley Hall, Shropshire
Lot 671
An Early Victorian Mahogany Longcase Clock, Second Quarter of the 19th Century; the four pillar eight-day timepiece movement with anchor escapement and 12 inch circular white painted Roman numeral dial signed John Packer, Newbury, the hood surmounted by three brass ball finials above circular dial aperture, the trunk with central long break-arch door flanked by semi-fluted quarter columns above base with geometric ebonised mouldings and plinth, 205cm high.
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