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Lot 1
Edward VIII, A King's Story, The Memoirs of H.R.H. The Duke of Windsor K.G., Cassel & Company, London 1951, blue morocco with gilt royal coat of arms, limited edition no. 229/250, signed in blue ink.Condition:- General wear through age and use, slight fraying to edge of first 20 pages, no sign of any major damage or repiar.
Lot 31
SIR ARTHUR WILLIAM BLOMFIELD (1829-1899) SIR ARTHUR WILLIAM BLOMFIELD’S REMEMBRANCE CABINET, CIRCA 1860 painted and gilded oak, patinated metal fittingsDimensions:85cm wide, 226.5cm high, 36cm deepProvenance:Provenance - Mr & Mrs A. W. Blomfield Private collection, Luxembourg Northern France early 2010’s Oscar Graf 2017 John Gilbert Getty (1968-2020) with Paul ShutlerNote:The exterior of this cabinet is decorated with a choir of angels on the front. Above the door is the Latin motto:‘Non vox sed votum, non musica chordula sed cor, Non clamans sed amans, cantat in aure Dei’.Translated as:‘Not the voice, but the desire, not the musical instrument, but the heart, not the crier, but the lover, singeth in the ear of God’.Or‘It is the duty of a devout mind to pray to God, not with the voice or the sound of the voice but with the devotion of the mind and with the faith of the heart’.The interior right-hand panel:Gules two swords in saltire argent hilts and pommels or (for the See of London) Per fess indented argent and azure a bend gules (for Blomfield) - ensigned with a Cross and a CrozierFor the Bishop of London and Blomfield’s late father Charles James Blomfield (1786-1857).The interior left-hand panel:Argent on a bend azure between two unicorn’s heads couped three lozenges of the field (for Smith) Crest. A demitiger rampant azure holding a broken sword properMotto- Vigilando et orando (By watching and praying).For Blomfield’s late wife Caroline Harriet Smith (1840-1882)Note: Until the re-attribution of this cabinet, domestic furniture designed by Blomfield numbered just one: a cupboard, first published by his friend Charles Locke Eastlake in Hints on Household Taste (p.XV, fourth edition 1878), of which a handful of examples exist.Blomfield was not the only Gothic architect to make elaborate large-scale pieces for their home or office early on in their career. Richard Norman Shaw famously commissioned a cabinet that now resides in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum straight after he left the employ of George Edmund Street, and of course, the architect William Burges furnished his entire office and house with such cabinets. The interior, later decorated following his wife’s death in 1882, is intended as a private memorial for his late father, the Bishop of London, Charles James Blomfield (1786-1857) and a memorial from a devoted husband to his late wife Caroline Harriet Smith (1840-1882).
Lot 306
AGATHON LÉONARD (1841-1923) FOR SUSSE FRÈRES, PARIS 'DANSEUSE À L’ÉCHARPE, GENOU LEVÉ' (DANCER WITH A SHAWL, RAISED KNEE), CIRCA 1901 bronze, with later gilt patina, signed in the bronze A LÉONARD / SCLP, with SUSSE FRÈRES EDITEURS PARIS pastille, and stamped: M/ GENOU LEV*(É)/ ELECTRICEEDimensions:60cm high, 39.5cm wide, 19cm deepNote: Literature: Alastair Duncan A. Art Nouveau and Art Deco Lighting, London, 1978, p.58, pl.20 Arwas V. Art Nouveau, The French Aesthetic, London, 2002, p.136Duncan A. Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2004, p.643Note: This elegant figure in an elaborately draped dress belongs to a series of dancers conceived by Agathon Léonard, the Jeu de l'Écharpe, which was first exhibited at the Société Nationale des Beaux Art in 1897 as a project for a theatre foyer. The dancers in elegant poses are characterised by their delicate gestures, loose dresses and wide sleeves. They rapidly became Léonard's most popular works and were produced in gilt bronze by the Susse foundry. The present bronze is a large-size Susse Frères cast of the 'Danseuse à L’Écharpe, Genou Levé', model no.12, created between 1897 and 1899, the Susse edition produced from 1901. The carefully chased surface of the bronze produces a shimmer effect of light on the gilded surface.
Lot 359
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman signed Long Way Round (Chasing Shadows Across the World) first edition hardback book. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 519
Selected Poems by C. Day Lewis. First Edition Published 1951. Dedicated. Hardback. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 365
John Hodge signed A Life Less Ordinary (Penguin paperback first edition novel). Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 366
John Hodge signed A Life Less Ordinary first edition paperback book about the film including its background, script. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 848
Victoria Cross, an official Hancocks & Co, London, replica, the reverse engraved ‘Hancocks 75’, in fitted leather case of issue, light water staining to silk interior of case, otherwise nearly extremely fine £400-£500 --- The Victoria Cross was instituted on 29 January 1856, with the first awards backdated to 1854, and in the first 150 years of its existence was awarded on 1,355 occasions (1,352 Crosses and 3 Second Award Bars). To mark the 150th Anniversary, the London jewellers Hancocks, who have manufactured every Victoria Cross ever awarded, issued a limited edition replica, the replicas all individually numbered on the reverse, with the edition limited to 1,352 replica crosses.
Lot 207
Fleming, Ian; 'Diamonds are Forever', 1956, first edition, published by Jonathan Cape, 30 Bedford Square, London. James Bond book. With dust cover. Ex library book. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Internally in poor condition; foxing, rips to pages, scribbles, stamps, stains etc. Dust cover has various rips and some discolouration. Discolouration and wear to edges of cover. The cover has not been trimmed, just folded, rips are on the spine. The book has not been price clipped. Please see additional images.
Lot 201
Collection of books and ephemera relating to local Welsh artist John 'Kyffin' Williams to include; items signed by the author; a card and two books, all but one book printed by Gomer Press, two autobiographies 'Across the Straits' and 'A Wider Sky' (signed), 'Bro a Bywyd, His Life, His Land' first edition, 'Painting the Mountains' by Carolyn Davies & Lynne Bebb, first edition 2005, 'Kyffin in Venice' 2006 first edition, 'Obsessed' biography by David Meredith & John Smith 2012, 'Kyffin Williams Drawings' (signed), first edition, 2001 etc. (B.P. 21% + VAT)
Lot 202
Maxwell, Sir Herbert; 'Trees a Woodland Notebook', first edition, 1915, limited edition printed on handmade paper 158/275, illustrated, published Glasgow James Maclehouse & Sons, quarter leather bound. Together with Barker, Nicholas; 'Hortus Eyetstettensis, The Bishop's Garden and Besler's magnificent book', signed edition by the author. (2)(B.P. 21% + VAT)
Lot 370
Box containing agricultural, equine and gardening ephemera and books to include: 'Modern Horse Management' R.S Timmis, illustrated probably first edition published by Cassell & Company, various Smallholder Library books published by C Arthur Pearson Ltd, Young Farmers Club booklets, various 'Professor Beery's Mail course in Horsemanship' and 'Home Course in Animal Breeding' pamphlets, various Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries volumes, 'Silage and Crop Preservation' by S.J Watson, 'Elements of Agriculture' W. Fream 1920, 'Animal Husbandry for Schools' etc. Charity sale.(B.P. 21% + VAT)
Lot 216
Box of Welsh interest books to include: 'Portrait of Carmarthenshire' Nick Jenkins 2009, 'Forgotten Welsh Houses', 'A Shilling for Carmarthen' Pat Molloy, Gomer Press 1980, first edition, signed by the author, 'Story of Carmarthen' J & V Lodwick, 'Carmarthen in Pictures, Volume I, The Old Market', Welsh language books etc.(B.P. 21% + VAT)
Lot 4
THE BEATLES IN MONO - LIMITED EDITION LP BOX SET + T-SHIRT (5099963379716). A fantastic addition to any Beatles collection with this 2014 extensive limited edition 14 LP box set. 'In Mono' includes all of the studio albums remastered from the original master mono mixes. The set comprises the group's 10 studio albums spread across 11 LPs, including the triple LP "Mono Masters", released for the first time on vinyl in this set. The Set also includes a 12x12 lavishly illustrated 108-page hardback book. All records and the book are M/ Factory sealed. Includes the bonus t-shirt in size large. The set is unopened, still housed in the original card box it arrived in from the manufacturer with foam protection inserts.
Lot 148
CARY'S NEW AND CORRECT ENGLISH ATLAS: Being a New Set of County Maps from Actual Surveys. Printed for John Cary, 1787, first edition. Complete with engraved title, engraved dedication and 46 engraved maps on 47 sheets dated 1787, and with partial hand colouring. Descriptive text opposite each map and a six page Subscribers' List. Large 4to. Later half leather over marbled boards and new endpapers. Very good.
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Lot 153
ATLASES: [BERTIUS, Petrus (1565-1629)]. Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri septem. Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First Hondius edition. PP: (xvi), 829, (x), (1)b. Oblong 8vo (20 x 13cm), with 221 maps, including 4 world maps and 15 relating to the Americas. Lacking the frontispiece. Later full leather. A clean copy.From the Paul Bentley collection of maps and atlases.
Lot 157
TWO ATLASES, bound in one volume: 1- A SET OF FIFTY NEW AND CORRECT MAPS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, Etc. The Great Roads and Principal Cross-Roads, Etc. Shewing the Computed Miles from Town to Town. Sold by H. Moll, et al, 1724. Lacking five maps of the fifty (1,2,8,13,14); title page detached and with tears, also two maps with tears; stain to upper margin (not affecting the image); BOUND WITH: Moll (Herman): Atlas Minor; Containing a new and curious set of Sixty-five maps in which are shewn all the Empires, Kingdoms, Countries, States in all the known parts of the Earth. Bowles, no date, 2nd. edition. c1730. With 61 of 62 maps, lacking the first map. Stain to the upper margin of the last 27 maps, just touching the image on some; and a worm hole to the blank margin of the last four maps. The two works are bound in one full leather volume; covers detached. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. Moll's Atlas Minor was first issued in London in 1729 with later additions appearing as ''Bowles's Atlas Minor''.
Lot 261
Ian FLEMING: 1- Five first editions: Thunderball. J Cape, 1961, 1st. Edn. DW (15s). G+/VG; 2- Dr No. Pan books, 1958, 1st. Soft covers edition. G+; 3- You Only Live Twice. J Cape, 1964, 1st. Edn. DW (16s). G+; 4- The Man With The Golden Gun. J Cape, 1965, 1st. Edn. DW (18s). G+/Fine (2 copies). (5)
Lot 316
Salmon, William: Botanologia - The English Herbal: Or a History of Plants. Printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes and J. Taylor, 1710, first edition. Additional engraved title by K. Cyrus after K. Solomon, title in red and black, numerous woodcut illustrations. Folio, PP: xxiv, 1296, (xxvii) Index. Later half leather; Front marbled endpaper trimmed; stain to top corners of the first 90 leaves; LACKING 8 LEAVES from the Latin index at the end, and the margins of the last nine pages torn and repaired (with some loss); manuscript notes in the margins of a few pages; the occasional small stain or tear. SOLD WITH ALL FAULTS.
Lot 346
GRIFFIN (RICHARD, Baron BRAYBROOKE): The History of Audley End... Town and Parish of Saffron Walden. Samuel Bentley, 1836, first edition, large paper copy. With engraved title, portrait, 2 double page maps, 15 plates Plus wood engraved head & tail-pieces. Recent rebound in plain cloth and new endpaper. Tear & small loss to the extra engraved title page; occasional foxing.
Lot 381
Charles DICKENS: 1- Bleak House. Bradbury & Evans, 1853, first edition, first issue, with Typographical errors present in the first issue: p.19, line 6, 'elgble'; p.209, line 23, 'chair' instead of 'hair; and p.275, line 22, 'counsinship' instead of 'cousinship'; and "picter' p. 529, line 32. 5 line errata on page Xvi. Half title present. With 40 engraved illustrations by H.K. Browne, including a frontispiece and vignette title page. Including clear early impressions of the 'dark' plates. Cont. half leather; rubbed. G+; 2- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, 1839, 1st. Edn. Early issue. With a frontis portrait plus 39 plates by Phiz. Cont. half leather, rubbed; 3- Mr. Pickwick. Illustrated in colour by Frank Reynolds. Hodder & Stoughton, no date, (1910). Limited edition #254 of 350, SIGNED by Reynolds, Folio, Original full vellum and TEG, lacking the ties, Covers a little warped and discoloured; 4- Phiz and Dickens as they appeared to Edgar Browne, with original illustrations by Halblot K. Browne. James Nisbet, 1913. Limited edition #124 of 175, SIGNED by Edgar Browne, Folio, Original full white cloth TEG, Rubbed and with small tears; 5- Smith, W E: Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth: A Biographical Catalogue, TWO Volumes. Los Angeles, 1982-83, 1st. Edns. DWs and Slipcase. 4to. VG+; 6- Eckel, J C: The first editions of the writings of Charles Dickens, their points and values. Two copies, 1913, the first English edn; & NY, 1932, revised & enlarged. Both numbered limited editions; 7- The Nonesuch Dickens. 1937, 1st. Edn; 8- Characters from Dickens. 115 cigarette cards (105 small & 10 large); PLUS: Characters from Thackeray: 25 small cigarette cards. C1915; Plus: Four early editions of Dickens works, Leather bound. (13)
Lot 57
LONDON MAP: GREENWOOD, John & Christopher: Map of London from Actual Survey Made in the Years 1824, 1825 & 1826. Published August 21. 1827, first edition. Contemporary hand colouring, linen-backed with silk pipe trim and folding. 185 x 147cm, with inset views of Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral. Housed in the original full tree calf box, VGFrom the Paul Bentley collection of maps and atlases.
Lot 58
LONDON MAP: GREENWOOD, John & Christopher: Map of London from Actual Survey Made in the Years 1824, 1825 & 1826. Published August 21. 1827, first edition. Contemporary hand colouring, linen backed with silk pipe trim and folding. 185 x 147 cm, with inset views of Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral. Housed in the original full leather box, VGFrom the Paul Bentley collection of maps and atlases.
Lot 94
LONDON: STOW, John: A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Borough of Southwark.. In 2 volumes. A Churchill, et al, 1720, first Strype edition. All plates and maps present. Folio, Separate pagination for each of the six books. Cont. full calf, rubbed. Hinges cracked and covers almost detached. All the Maps and plates have been cleaned - over-cleaned! Some offsetting to some of the double page plates. SOLD A/F, (2)From the Paul Bentley collection of maps and atlases.
Lot 95
LONDON: STOW, John: A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Borough of Southwark.. In 2 volumes. A. Churchill, et al, 1720, first Strype edition. All plates and maps present. Folio, Separate pagination for each of the six books. Cont. full panelled calf and later spines; a few wormholes to the corners of a few pages in V1, and the first 6 pages of V2. All the Maps and plates have been cleaned - over-cleaned! Some offsetting to some of the double page plates. SOLD A/F, (2)From the Paul Bentley collection of maps and atlases.
Lot 366
A large collection of Ordinance Survey and Bartholomew's maps mostly of Great Britain to include: One-Inch National Grid Seventh (and earlier) series Numbers 107, 141, 152, 155, 163, 164, 165, 166, 175, 179, 187 & 188. Landranger 1:50,000 series numbers 41, 125, 126, 147, 150, 157, 158 & 195. Ordinance Survey One-Inch Series (Red jacket) numbers 82, 83, 88, 89, 107, 116, 127, 142, 156, 174, 176, 185, 186 & 190. Ordinance Survey 1:50,000 First Series (Purple Jacket) numbers 145, 150, 172, 174, 180, 181, 193, 194, 195, 196, 203 & 204. Also includes Reprints of 1st edition OS sheets 68, 76 & 86. OS Outdoor Leisure Series numbers 17 and 4. Bartholomew's maps include Dorset #4, 2 versions of North Somerset #7 and Wye Valley #13. There are also included a selection of foreign motoring and other guides and maps plus some A-Z.
Lot 496
A collection of UK Royal Mail & unfranked postage stamps - first day covers, presentation pack and postal cards. To include, Limited Edition Royal Mail Smilers comprising Royal Mail’s official Harry Potter stamps of the crests of Hogwarts and the four Houses – Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw where the adjacent labels have been printed in thermochromic ink, which, when warmed, changes colour to reveal the secret of the spell. RM Mint First Day Covers for both Crests and Book Copies along with Harry Potter Royal Mail stamp card series PHQ HP (13) 07.07 Set 13 postcard sets x two.
Lot 546
A collection of five United Kingdom UK Britannia / Royal Mint brilliant uncirculated fine silver proof coins. To include; Royal Mint George & The Dragon fine silver £20 coin (2013), Royal Mint United Kingdom UK annual coin set to include Commonwealth Games 50 pence coin, The Floral £1 series / 100th Anniversary of the first World War Outbreak £2 coin / 500th anniversary of Trinity House £2 coin & The Queen Anne 300th Anniversary £5 crown (2014), Pre-Decimal coin collection set (1937 - 1967), Brilliant Uncirculated Second World War (In Peace Goodwill 1945 - 1995) £2 coin (1995), Royal Mint The Longest Reigning Monarch Brilliant uncirculated £5 coin / One Crown (2015), Her Majesty The Queen Diamond Wedding Crown (2007) along with six circulated coins to include Gibraltar D-Day £5 coin (1994), 3 x Crowns (2 x 1977 / Churchill (1965), 2 x 50p / 50 Pence - Isle Of Man & D-Day Circulation). Also includes a Royal Mint Historic Newspapers edition of the The Queen's Diamond Jubilee (2013). All housed within individual plastic coin capsules and or original presentation boxes.
Lot 611
The medals, war diary and historic aerial photographs of the "Tirpitz" of Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey Dunworth DSC, RN, comprising: Medals Distinguished Service Cross, lower limb dated 1942, hallmarked 1941, 1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star, Arctic Star, Defence Medal and War Medal. Pair, British War Medal and Victory Medal 82613 Pte G Morley RAMC. Diary Walker's Pocket Diary for 1942, with occasional lengthy descriptive entries mid February - mid June, inscribed on endpaper S/L(A) G Dunworth DSC RNVR 38 Rochdale Road Blackley Manchester 9. In early 1942 the German battleship "Tirpitz" was deployed to Norway and stationed near Trondheim. There it again became the high priority target of the Royal Navy, such was the grave danger the battleship posed to Arctic Convoys. A search force of six Fairey Albacore bi-plane torpedo bombers from HMS "Victorious" was dispatched to locate the Tirpitz early on March 9 following intercepted Enigma messages that the German battleship was moving to attack Convoys QP8 and PQ12. As Observer on one of the aircraft, Dunworth, an accomplished photographer, captured images of the German battleship accompanied by the destroyer Z14 Freidrich Ihn taking avoiding action at sea. They are a unique record not only of the perilous lives of Albacore crews but also one of the most famous battleships in the history of naval warfare. Dunworth's diary included in the lot record the events of that morning: "05:00 Flap for Emergency Reconnaissance... took off at 06.30 with L/A Davies and S/L Birch. Just over an hour later the pilot reported an "island" about 25-30 miles ahead. It was the "Tirpitz" escorted by one destroyer. Remained shadowing and reporting along with another of our aircraft who sighted about the same time. She was a tremendous size and amazingly fast and seemed to be as manoeuvrable as a destroyer. At 08:40 tracer suddenly flashed by the window and then a long burst in the back cockpit. I saw water bottles and fire extinguishers smash up and then a lot of blood all over the place. Fighter had got unobserved under our tail and closed right in before firing. Warned pilot and conned him into cloud and safety before second burst could get us. Luckily remained conscious [and] was able to navigate back despite blood over my instruments and charts (it froze solid with cold and had to be scraped off). My chart board shot up... Reached fleet and landed at 09:30. Put on stretcher and taken down torpedo lift to emergency dressing station." Dunworth goes on to give an account of the attack by twelve Albacores that immediately followed his mission, and the losses "...Plane was on fire as it pulled out of dive but Ray kept it under control and dropped his fish [torpedo] before crashing. He was my normal driver [pilot] a good pal and a first class pilot". The albums contain many other images of Royal Navy and enemy aircraft, including the Bismarck turning away from an air attack and on fire after aerial torpedo attack. Photographs 1941-1948. Seven albums of approximately 770 photographs, many unique and almost all unpublished, mostly taken by Geoffrey Dunworth and captioned, almost all mounted on corners only, including aerial reconnaissance photographs of the Tirpitz, Royal Navy convoys and ships, aircraft in flight, formation, crashes on land and sea, formal and informal groups of his Fleet Air Arm shipmates, King George VI boarding HMS "Victorious" August 1941, rescued crew of a German U-boat boarding the same, scenes ashore at naval and other overseas locations from Iceland to Australia and few scenes on home leave. Other items Comprising Zenith deck watch, No 3286551, 1942 in "Staybrite" screw-back case, maker's name, number and Broad Arrow on dial and movement, Fleet Air Arm cloth insignia and tunic buttons, miscellaneous medals, including replicas, signalling telescope by Aitchison London, No 7383, sheathed in stitched brown leather with lens caps, a crudely chiselled Indian steel jambiya, Pilot's Notes General 4th edition ring bound card covers 1949 (G Dunworth Lieut DSC RN), notes on a copied typescript of a Short Radar Course 1949, foolscap, English Electric Company Ltd Canberra B Mk II Schedule of Flight Test Requirements 3, 1953, blue wrappers, foolscap, cloth covered aircraft navigator's folder, two privately printed Christmas cards and a letter from the popular author, conservationist and WWII and G Dunworth's wartime friend, John Moore (1907-1967) Provenance: The recipient Lieutenant Commander G Dunworth DSC, RN; thence by descent to the present vendor.
Lot 994
Miscellaneous literature and the arts, late 19th/early 20th c including the Decadent Movement, comprising an association copy, First Editions of Algernon Swinburne, New York: Dodd & Livingston, n.d. [1915], contemporary cloth over boards, gilt-lettered morocco vertical spine label, enclosing original wrappers, top-edge gilt, 8vo, an Aesthetic Movement theatre programme, The Darling of the Gods, His Majesty's Theatre, March 23rd, 1904, concertina format with 'Japanese' colour illustrations, 8vo, Ross (Robert), Aubrey Beardsley, London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1909, original publisher's pictorial red cloth gilt, faded, top-edge gilt, other uncut, 8vo, Whistler's Gentle Art of Making Enemies, 1919, original cloth over boards, 8vo, R.L. Stevenson Memories, first edition, London & Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, n.d. [1912], original wrappers over boards, 8vo, Thomas Hardy, John Addington Symonds, other John Lane imprints, Richard Le Gallienne, etc., (20) Provenance: 1st: Clement King Shorter (1857-1926), journalist and literary critic, presented to him by Luther S. Livingston (1864-1914), of the eponymous Dodd & Livingston, American bibliophile and scholar; verso of recto wrapper with autographed dedication inscription, pastedown with Shorter's pictorial bookplate.
Lot 1228
(Bayfius, Lazarus. Annotationes in legem II. De captiuis, & postliminio reuersis...). 152 (recte 150) S., 4 Bl., 176 S., 6 (recte 5) Bl. Mit 30 (17 ganz- oder fast ganzseitig) Text-Holzschnitten, 5 (1 fünfzeilige) neunzeiligen Holzschnitt-Initialen. 23 x 16 cm. Flexibles Pergament (stärker gebräunt und gewellt, fleckig, Rücken mit Fehlstelle) mit goldgeprägtem RSchild. (Paris, Robert Estienne, 1549).STC 39. DG 9.12232. IA 111.653. Kat. d. Ornamentstichslg. 885. Renouard S. 76, 22. Schreiber, Les Estiennes 53 (1536). Adams B 37. Brun 116. Brunet I, 710f. Graesse I, 314. Ornamentstichsammlung Berlin 885. Renouard 1843, 75, 22. Vgl. Hiler 59 (andere Ausgaben), Lipperheide Ba 1 (Ausgabe 541), Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum 742 (Ausgabe 1537), Rahir 303 (nur Ausgabe 1536) und Schreiber, 53 (Ausgabe 1536). - Seinerzeit sehr beliebtes Werk über Marine, Kleidung und Gefäße der Antike. In der vorliegenden Form und mit den schönen Holzschnitten Torys erstmals 1536 erschienen. Der Verfasser war französischer Diplomat in Venedig. Am Schluss eine frühe Schrift über Farben von Telesio, die Goethe in seiner Farbenlehre abdruckte. "At the end is an early edition of Telesio's pioneering treatise De coloribus, the first published monograph on colors - later reprinted in Goethe's Farbenlehre. This is the first illustrated book produced by Robert Estienne, it contains 20 large woodcuts of ships, six of ancient vases, and three of ancient costumes. Five of the woodcuts are signed with the Lorraine cross, which may point to an artist associated with Geoffroy Tory's atelier (cf. Bernard 208)." (Schreiber). - Titel fehlt. Die ersten 78 Seiten feuchtrandig an der unteren rechten Ecke.
Lot 1349
-- Paolo Giovio über Mailand und Cassius Dio über Rom - zwei Drucke Estiennes nach Manuskripten in der Bibliothèque du Roi-- Giovio, Paolo. Vitae duodecim vicecomitum Mediolani principum. Ex bibliotheca regia. Paris, Robert Estienne, 1549. (Davorgebunden:) Lucius Cassius Dio. Dionis Nicæi, reru(m) Romanarum a Pompeio Magno, ad Alexandrum Mamææ filium Epitome, Ioanne Xiphilino authore, & Guilielmo Blanco Albiensi interprete. 199 S.; 3 nn. Bl., 280 S., 5 nn. Bl. Mit zusammen 10 Holzschnittporträts sowie 2 Holzschnitt-Druckermarken auf den Titeln und zahlreichen Holzschnitt-Initialien. 26,1 x 16,9 cm. Späterer Kalbslederband (berieben) unter Verwendung des originalen, zeitgenössischen goldgeprägtem RTitel mit reicher Rücken- DVergoldung sowie mit dreiseitgem Goldschnitt. Paris, (Robert Estienne), 1551.Cassius Dio: Adams D 516. STC 136. Mortimer 171 (mit Abb. beider Titelvarianten). Renouard, Estienne 80, 9. Vgl. Schreiber 108 (griechische Ausgabe). Nicht bei Ebert. - Giovio: Adams G 694. Armstrong 56, 145f. und 153. STC 203. Brun 228. Brunet III, 584. Davies, Fairfax Murray, 195 (mit Abb.). Ebert 10972. Graesse III, 490. Mortimer 248 (mit 2 Abb.). Rahir 475. Renouard, Estienne 75, 20. Schreiber 104 (mit Abb.). - Giovio: Erste Ausgabe. "First edition of this biographical history of the Visconti dynasty, illustrated with 10 splendid woodcut portraits of the dukes of Milan. These woodcuts are signed with the Lorraine cross, which, together with their superior quality, led to an attribution to Geoffroy Tory. The present woodcut portraits are reduced copies of illuminated portraits in the original manuscript. This is the last of the only five illustrated books issued by Robert Estienne." (Schreiber).Der ältere Druck des humanistischen Gelehrten, Verlegers und Imprimeur du Roy Robert Estienne (1499/1503 - 1559) enthält zwölf Biografien der Mailänder Familie Visconti. Der Autor Paolo Giovio widmete das Buch ursprünglich Charles, dem Bruder des Dauphins Henri. Charles starb jedoch vor Fertigstellung des Werkes, und Henri konnte seine Ansprüche auf Mailand nicht mehr gegen Kaiser Karl V. durchsetzen. Der Druck basierte auf einer Handschrift der königlichen Bibliothek und wurde mit prächtigen Holzschnittporträts der Visconti-Herzöge illustriert. Der andere Cassio-Druck enthält einen Auszug aus der römischen Geschichte des Cassius Dio durch Johannes Xiphilinus. Estienne veröffentlichte den griechischen Originaltext bereits 1548 und gab ihn später mit einer lateinischen Übersetzung von Guillaume Leblanc heraus. Diese Sammlung von antiken Kaiserbiographien unterstützte ebenfalls den französischen Herrschaftsanspruch und stammte aus der königlichen Bibliothek.Die Drucke dienten Estienne dazu, seine Reputation als königlicher Drucker zu festigen. Nach ihrem Erscheinen verließ er Frankreich und konvertierte zum Calvinismus. - Provenienz: Auf dem fliegenden Vorsatz Bleistiftvermerk "B(ough)t Sotheby 1913", auf dem Spiegel Etikett "Viscount Mersey (/) Bignor Park". Der Titel wurde 1916 für den Richter und Politiker John Bigham, 1. Baron Mersey (1840 - 1929) geschaffen; dieser saß u. a. der Untersuchungskommission zum Untergang der Titanic vor. Bignor Park in Sussex ist bis heute der Familiensitz. - Darunter neueres Etikett mit den Initialen "W R H J", Wynne Rice Hugh Jeudwine, dessen Auktion Bloomsbury 24, London 18.9.1984, Nr. 68 (mit Abb.): £ 715, an Berès. - Dessen Catalogue 77, Nr. 63 (mit 2 Abb.).
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