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Lot 3044
Historical DocumentsWilliam Huskisson, the First Man to Die on the Railway1808 (21 June) letter from Downing Street to John Maitland, requesting his attendance at the House to vote on a bill proposed by Spencer Percival concerning compensation to be paid to John Palmer, the originator of mail coaches. Signed "W. Huskisson" and the recipient's name. Fine. Photo William Huskisson (1770-1830), President of the Board of Trade. In 1808 he was Secretary to the Treasury.The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Spencer Percival, was trying to get through the annual Act for various grants (heads of government expenditure). The House of Lords had the power to reject the whole but not to amended parts, and Percival feared that their opposition to a proposed grant to John Palmer would lead to the entire Act being rejected. He therefore proposed to deal with the Palmer grant separately.John Palmer (1742-1818) devised the system of mail coaches and, for a time, was comptroller general of the Post Office. Dismissed in 1794 he campaigned strongly for a proper reward for his work. Percival's instincts were correct as three Acts were rejected before Palmer was awarded £13,000 in 1813.The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M) took place on 15 September 1830. The opening day was a major public event. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, the Prime Minister, rode on one of the eight inaugural trains, as did many other dignitaries and notable figures of the day. Huge crowds lined the track at Liverpool to watch the trains depart for Manchester. William Huskisson, former cabinet minister and Member of Parliament for Liverpool was a highly influential figure in the creation of the British Empire and an architect of the doctrine of free trade, but fell out with Wellington in 1828 over the issue of parliamentary reform and resigned from the cabinet. Hoping to be reconciled with Wellington, he approached the Duke's railway carriage and shook his hand. Distracted by the Duke, he did not notice an approaching locomotive on the adjacent track, Rocket. On realising it was approaching he panicked and tried to clamber into the Duke's carriage, but the door of the carriage swung open leaving him hanging directly in the path of the oncoming Rocket. He fell onto the tracks in front of the train, suffering serious leg injuries, dying later that night.Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 90
Boonzajer (F.J.) (Manuscript Atlas) ATLAS VAN DE KAAP DE GOEDE HOOP 8vo (120 x 140 mm) ESTANANDE UIT ALGEMEENE KAART, EN 42 AANEENSLUITENDE KAARTJES; GETEKEND DOOR F.T. BOONZAJER. 43 manuscript maps comprising a general map of the Cape of Good Hope and 42 maps of the Cape in sequence according to the key marked on the general map, hand coloured and annotated with place names, mountains and rivers. The maps are finely drawn within hand coloured borders showing latitude and longitude, each 232 x 183 mm with a central fold and bound into the album on hinges. Laid paper with what is thought to be the watermark of the Dutch papermaker De Erwen de Blauw but unfortunately the watermark is not complete on any of the pages. Contemporary quarter brown leather with a red title label on the spine, and brown paper sides, bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper and a corresponding small stamp on the manuscript title page. The maps are in excellent condition. The atlas is not dated but the general map is possibly a copy of the map in Barrow’s Travels (1801-1804) or Bouchenroeder’s Reize in de Binnenland van Zuid-Afrika,1803 (1806). Boonzajer mentions Colonel Gordon’s discovery of the Orange River. Worcester, which was established in 1819, does not appear. Although he has apparently used official survey maps of the time some of the notes do appear to be from actual observation. The maps include extensive notes on game, “De witte Rhinoceros, Springbokken, Hartebeesten en Elanden worden hier veel gevonden.” Also mentioned are vegetation, geology, rock art and farming. Very good No place No date (circa 1810?) Click here to view further details and to bid
Lot 401
Hixon (Ellis) DRIE VOORNAAME ZEE-TOGTEN VAN FRANCISCUS DRAAK, Folio (400 x 255 mm) na America, door de Suyd-zee en vervolgens rond-om den geheelen Aard-kloot gedaan, In`t Jaar 1592. en vervolgens. Behelfende een Naauwkeurige Beschrijving der Kusten van die Gewesten, veele bysondere voor-vallen, en aanmerkelijke saaken. Op ordre van den Admiraal beschreeven, door Ellis Hixon, een sijner Reys-gesellen; Nu alder-eerst uyt het Engels vertaald, met Konst-Printen, en noodig Register verrijkt. Part 1: Eerste Scheeps-Togt van Franciscus Draak Engels Ridder, Gedaan door de Suyd-Zee, en Vervolgens om den Gantsen Aard-Kloot. (ii), 28 columns, (i register), pages, engraved title page vignette, 5 engraved plates in the text, folding map of the South Seas and the America (F. Draakx schip-vaart door de straat en Zuyd Zee) lacks the second map of Brazil (P. Carders zee een land reyse na Brazil, Rio de la Plata en de Zuyd Zee), bound in recent sprinkled paper-covered boards. Good Leyden By Pieter Vander Aa, boekverkoper No date (circa 1706) Click here to view further details and to bid
Lot 1107
An inlaid Edwardian mahogany bedroom pair with satinwood crossbanded detail comprising wardrobe with stepped and moulded cornice over a central oval bevelled edged mirror panelled door and long drawer with moulded plinth and matching dressing chest of two long and two short drawers with oval swing mirror over
Lot 1117
An Edwardian walnut triple wardrobe with stepped and moulded cornice over three full length panelled doors with incised line and carved foliate detail, the central door with three quarter bevelled edge mirror plate enclosing a partially fitted interior of linen slides and drawers with brass flush fitting handles, all set on a moulded plinth
Lot 1466
An 17th century English walnut longcase clock, the full length door and lower panel and hood with arabesque inlay detail, the hood with tapering column supports and enclosing an 11 inch square brass dial with applied spandrels and silver chapter ring, the 8 day striking movement with secondary dial and calendar aperture, Thomas Bridge, London
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