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NICHOLAS WATTS (British b. 1947): An unframed limited edition lithograph print entitled 'First Win' numbered 11 / 500 bearing three pencil signatures. Approx. 84 cms x 61 cms. Est. £100 - £150.

Harry Potter collectable items, including: TM & Warner Bros wands; first and other edition books; first day issue stamps; and other items.

The Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Souvenir Hardback Book. Images Throughout. Blue Cloth Wrapped. This is a First Edition (1 Jan. 1953) Fair condition. All autographs 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 £9.99

Byron (Lord George Gordon) LETTER TO **** ******, ON THE REV. W.L. BOWLES' STRICTURES ON THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF POPE FIRST EDITION later calf-backed cloth, {Wise p.34], 8vo, 1821 NB. We have specific instructions to sell this lot WITHOUT RESERVE.

Country Sports.- Jones (Owen) THE SPORT OF SHOOTING FIRST EDITION 1911 § Calderwood (W.L.) THE LIFE OF THE SALMON 1908 § Greener (W.W.) THE GUN AND ITS DEVELOPMENT WITH NOTES ON SHOOTING [1892] § Thacker (Thomas) THE COURSER'S COMPANION 2 vol., second edition, Derby, 1834 § Lynn-Allen (Maj. E.H.) LEAVES FROM A GAME BOOK, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 1946 § Moxon ( P.R.A.) GUNDOGS: TRAINING AN FIELD TRIALS dust-jacket, 1970, publisher's cloth, 8vo (7) NB. We have specific instructions to sell this lot WITHOUT RESERVE.

Shaw (George Bernard) THE ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK GIRL IN HER SEARCH FOR GOD FIRST EDITION, 1932 § Maxwell (Charles Herbert) ADVENTURES OF THE WHITE GIRL IN HER SEARCH FOR GOD lacking spine, 1933, publisher's boards (2) NB. We have specific instructions to sell this lot WITHOUT RESERVE.

Phillips (John) THE RIVERS, MOUNTAINS AND SEA COAST OF YORKSHIRE FIRST EDITION 36 engraved plates, publisher's catalogue dated November 1852, publisher's green cloth, 8vo, 1853

[Foxe, John]. [Acts and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happening in the church with an universall historie of the same ..., London: Company of Stationers, 1641], incomplete portion only (pages 1213 - 2080), lacking first and last leaves, double-column black letter text, few woodcut illustrations, few old repairs, dust-soiling and some marks, disbound, worn, folio, together with a defective copy of [Speed, John], [The Historie of Great Britaine..., 3rd edition, 1632], lacking portrait frontispiece and title, near-contemporary panelled calf, upper board detached, marked and worn, folio, and a defective collective edition of works by Edmund Spenser, circa 1617, some titles and text lacking, later endpapers, contemporary sheep, worn, small folioQTY: (3)NOTE:Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

Hawkins (Sir John). The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., 1st separate edition, London: printed for J. Buckland..., 1787, bookplate of Sir Walter Rawlinson, Stow Hall, Suffolk to verso of title page, light water stain to first few leaves, and some light spotting elsewhere, contemporary calf, worn with covers detached, 8vo, together with The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With critical observations on their works, 3 volumes, new edition, corrected, London: Printed by J. Nicholls & Son, 1810, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, occasional light spotting, contemporary black half morocco, some wear to joints and spines scuffed, 8vo, plus Richardson (Samuel). Pamela; or Virtue Rewarded. In a series of familiar letters from a beautiful young damsel, to her parents..., 4 volumes, 10th edition, London: Printed for W. Strahan.., 1771, contemporary uniform full calf, gilt decorated spines with morocco labels, rubbed and minor wear, small 8vo, and Jonson (Ben). The Works of Ben. Jonson, 6 volumes, London: 1756, engraved frontispieces and 6 engraved plates, 19th-century bookplate of Hugh F. Marriott, contemporary uniform full calf, gilt spines with morocco labels rubbed and some marks, 8voQTY: (14)

Jacobite Rising. An Account of the Behaviour of the late Earl of Kilmarnock, after his Sentence, and on the day of his Execution. By James Foster..., London: J. Noon and A. Millar, 1746, bound with A Review of Mr. James Foster's Account, of the Behaviour, of the late Earl of Kilmarnock, after his Sentence, and on the day of his Execution, &c. By a Westminster Scholar, London: H. Carpenter, 1746, bound with The Westminster Scholar Corrected, or, A Defence of Mr. Foster's Account of the Behaviour of the late Earl of Kilmarnock, against the trifling objections of that juvenile writer. By a young gentleman of the Church of England, [by James Foster], London: J. Oldcastle, [1746], bound with Seasonable Reflections on the Dying-Words, and Deportment, of that Great but Unhappy Man, Arthur, late Lord Balmerino ... in a letter to Mr Ford, author of an Account of the behaviour of the late Earl of Kilmarnock, and the above Lord..., [London]: John Noon, 1746, bound with one other incomplete related pamphlet, some light dust-soiling, occasional close trimming at head touching a few page numbers, late 19th-century brown morocco, joints rubbed, 8vo, together with:[Napleton, John], Considerations on the Public Exercises for the first and second degrees in the university of Oxford, Glocester: Printed by D. Walker, 1805, old ink stamp to verso of title, bound with [Napleton, John], A Letter to the Reverend **** ***** M.A., Fellow of ***** College Oxford, on the case of Subscription [to the Thirty Nine Articles] at Matriculation, Oxford: Daniel Prince, 1772, bound with Napleton (John), The Duty of Churchwardens respecting the Church, 3rd edition, Glocester: Printed by D. Walker, 1805, bound with seven other similar pamphlets, edges untrimmed, early 20th-century boards, light wear, 8vo, Holdsworth (Edward), Taffi's Master-Piece: or, the Cambro-British Invention. A Mock Poem. Being the Muscipula Oxoniensis translated into Burlesque Verse. By a Cantab., London: Printed and sold by John Morphew, 1709, gutter margins of few leaves torn (not affecting text), browning and damp staining, 20th-century brown half morocco, slim 8voQTY: (3)

Facsimile Atlas. Ptolemy (Claudio), Geographia Ptolemaeus Auctus Restitutus Emaculatus, cum tabulis veteribus ac nobis, West of England Press Ltd. Tavistock, 1975, printed title and introduction, 47 double-page uncoloured maps, limited edition 61/250, signed by the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, publisher's morocco gilt, folio, contained in the publisher's red cloth slipcase, together with Rocque (John). An Exact Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, The Borough of Southwark..., Harry Margary, Lympne Castle, Kent, 1971, double-page title and introduction by James Howgego, 41 uncoloured double-page maps, publisher's red cloth, with title label to the upper siding, folio, plus a separately bound index, with Morgan (William). London &c. Actually Surveyed and a Prospect of London and Westminster..., Harry Margary, Lympne Castle, Kent, in Association with the Guildhall Library, 1977, double-page title and introduction by Ralph Hyde, 12 uncoloured double-page maps, publisher's red cloth, with title label to the upper siding, folio, with Ogilby (John). A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London..., Harry Margary, Lympne Castle, Kent, in Association with the Guildhall Library, 1976, double-page title and introduction by Ralph Hyde, 21 uncoloured double-page maps, publisher's red cloth, with title label to the upper siding, folio, plus Stanford (Edward). Stanford's Library Map of London and its Suburbs, Harry Margary, Lympne Castle, Kent, in Association with the Guildhall Library, 1980, calligraphic title, introduction by Ralph Hyde, key plate and 24 uncoloured map sheets, publisher's red cloth, with title label to the upper siding, oblong folio, with another unbound copy, loose and rolled, and Poley (Arthur F. E.). St. Paul's Cathedral London, Measured, Drawn & Described, Archive facsimile edition, Barracuda Books, 1984, black & white plates and plans, limited edition, number 58, top edge gilt, publisher's half morocco gilt, slight dust soiling to the boards, large folio, together with:Cellarius (C.). Geographia Antiqua: Being a Complete Set of Maps of Antient Geography..., C & J Rivington, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1824, double-page calligraphic title page, contents list, 33 (complete as list) uncoloured double-page maps engraved by R. W. Seale and W. H. Toms, very slight spotting, near contemporary ownership signature to the verso of the title page, later endpapers, modern half calf gilt, 4to, plus:The Times Atlas. 1896, title and index, 116 colour printed lithographic maps (complete as list), index bound at rear, presentation inscription to the rear of the front endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn and frayed, folio, George Philip & Son Ltd (publishers). Philips' International Atlas, 1931, title, preface and contents list, double-page frontispiece of the flags of all nations, 158 maps (complete as list) index bound at rear, presentation inscription to the front endpaper, contemporary cloth with gilt title to upper siding, spine faded, folio, with Ordnance Survey Office (publishers). Ordnance Survey Atlas of England & Wales, 1922, printed title, 24 double-page colour lithographic maps, laid on linen, index bound at rear, bookplate of the Flyfishers' Club, pastedowns stained, hinges and joints broken, preliminaries and first few leaves detached, text block and boards near detached, lacking spine, heavily worn and frayed, oblong folio, plus Yriarte (Charles). Venise. Histoire - Art - Industrie - La Ville - La Vu, Paris, 1878, additional half-title, numerous wood engravings throughout, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn and frayed at extremities, spine faded, folioQTY: (13)

Burton (Robert). The Anatomy of Melancholy. What it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognostickes, & several cures of it ... in three partitions, Philosophically, Medicinally, Historically, opened and cut up, by Democritus Junior, illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer, 2 volumes, London: The Nonesuch Press, 1925, portrait frontispiece to first volume, allegorical titles and illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, later cloth hinges, original patterned paper boards, modern black calf spines, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Limited edition 664/750.

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Two Old Ladies, Two Foolish Fairies and a Tom Cat. The surprising adventures of Tuppy and Tue, by Maggie Browne, 1st edition, London: Cassell & Company, Ltd., 1897, four colour plates (including frontispiece) and monochrome illustrations by Rackham, occasional light spotting, printed endpapers, top edge gilt, original pictorial gilt-blocked red cloth, slightly frayed at head and foot of spine, lower board faded and water stain splash mark, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:The first book with colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham.With 16pp. publisher's ads with date code "6 G-10.97," indicating the first issue. 

Wilde (Oscar). Poems, 2nd edition, London: David Brogue, 1881, occasional light spotting, endpapers a little toned, previous owner inscription to front endpaper, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, spine toned and rubbed at ends, some soiling and stains to covers, small areas of worming at foot of upper cover, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition of 250 copies. Mason 305: "For this edition a printing of 250 copies of half the first sheet [pp. iii-vi] was made on July 22, the remainder of the book being part of the first printing in June". "The first printing (June 1881) consisted of 750 copies, of which only 250 copies were used for the first edition, the remaining 500 being equally divided between the second and third editions." (Mason 304).

Miscellaneous Antiquarian. Fables and Tales for the Ladies. To which are added, Miscellanies, by another hand, 1st edition, London: Printed for the Proprietor: and sold by C. Hitch and L. Hawes, in Pater-Noster-Row; and H. Whitridge, at the Royal-Exchange, 1750, contemporary calf, joints slightly cracked, 8vo (ESTC T78510), together with:[Sharp, Granville], Tracts, concerning the ancient and only true legal means of National Defence, by a Free Militia..., London: Printed in the Year, 1781, light dust-soiling to first and last leaves, 19th-century green sheep-backed marbled boards, rebacked preserving spine (faded), 8vo,[Lennox, Charlotte], Hermione: or, The Orphan Sisters. A novel, 2 volumes, Dublin: Printed by John Exshaw, 1791, contemporary calf, contrasting morocco labels to spines, 12mo, plus other miscellaneous 18th and 19th-century antiquarian etc., including a worn copy of The Youth's General Introduction to Guthrie's Geography. Being a complete Pocket Atlas..., by William Perks, 1792, plus few odd volumesQTY: (a carton)

Twiss (Richard). Travels through Portugal and Spain, in 1772 & 1773, 1st edition, London: printed for the Author, 1775, lacks folding engraved map and all plates, half-title and preliminary leaves near detached, several embossed library stamps and some old damp staining to upper margins, Roan-backed cloth with library labels and gilt stamps, worn, 4to, together with Ford (Richard). A Handbook for Travellers in Spain, parts I & II, 3rd editions, London: John Murray, 1855, first volume lacks folding map from pocket at rear, folding map of Andalucia present but with some worming, some spotting throughout, early name inscription written vertically to title of first volume, armorial bookplate of John Hay to second volume, original cloth gilt, soiled, spines chipped and frayed, small 8vo, plus Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, The History of Spain and Portugal, London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1833, hinges cracked, original cloth, rubbed and soiled, upper joint partly split, 8vo, plus other mostly cloth-bound 20th-century Hispanic interest QTY: (6 shelves)

* Nash (John, 1893-1977). Black Bryony, Deadly Nightshade, Yew, and Monk’s Head (from Poisonous Plants: Dangerous, Deadly and Suspect), 1927, four wood engravings on tissue-thin Japan, each with margins, from the edition of 350, printed by Curwen Press and published by Frederick Etchells and Hugh Macdonald, Deadly Nightshade uncut at top and left, crinkled at the bottom as is characteristic of this paper, a few further soft creases, image size 172 x123, sheet size 275 x 190 mm, Black Bryony untrimmed at right, with soft handling creases towards the upper sheet edge and one or two pale foxmarks, in good condition, image size 150 x 119 mm, sheet size 276 x 186 mm, Yew with a small loss at the upper sheet edge, a pale brown stain in the lower margin (barely visible in subject), image size 159 x 126 mm, sheet size 190 x 141 mm, framed, Monk’s Head uncut at bottom, a few minor creases in the margins, pale mount staining, image size 165 x 114 mm, sheet size 242 x 165 mm, framed and glazedQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: The Nash Estate (Black Bryony), New Grafton Gallery, London (Yew Taxus Baccata Taxaceae), The Minories, John Nash Book Designs, 1986 (Monk's Head); Collection of Oliver Hoare (1945-2018).Exhibited: The Minories, John Nash Book Designs, 1986 (Monk’s Head).Greenwood 2701, 2716, 2717 for the first three works.

COMICS, books, inc. hardback, Spike Milligan (3, one first edition); softback, The Gambols (10), nos. 2-9, 12 & 20, G to VG, 13

LITERATURE, signed hardback edition by Laurie Lee, I Can't Stay Long, to title page, first edition, dj (two pieces missing from back cover), G

Zippo: new boxed windproof lighter, Windy, collectable of the year limited edition, number 1859277. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Books - Horticulture, Hawkes (Alex D), Encyclopaedia of Cultivated Orchids, 1965, Faber and Faber; Sander and Cooper, Orchids and their Cultivation, Blandford Press; Cusdin (JA) Tulip Forcing, first edition 1953; Searle & Machin, Chrysanthemums The Year Round; others similar; qty

A Royal Crown Derby miniature bear model, Bennetts Shopper Bear, 9cm, certificate; others, Born To Shop at Govier's, limited edition 500/1,000, certificate; Gardener Bear; Cook Bear; Royal Crown Derby Shopper Bear, all first quality (5)

A Selection of Early Books on Telephoto Lens Photography comprising Photographic Lenses. A Simple Treatise by Conrad Beck & Herbert Andrews, featuring R & J Beck lens and camera advertisements circa 1900, Elementary Telephotography by Ernest Marriage (1901), Modern Telephotography by Capt.Owen Wheeler, 1910, inscribed "From the Library of Capt.John Noël, photographer to the first Everest Expedition with Mallory & Irvine", featuring Ross advertisements at the rear, Telephotography by C.F.Lan-Davis, 4th edition 1935 by H.A.Carter and Optics. The Technique of definition by Arthur Cox, 1944, (5)

Two boxes of reference books, local history, ceramics books etc.: 'The Buildings of Wales', 'Pembrokeshire', 'Gwent, Monmouthshire and Glamorgan', 'Glamorgan Historian Volume 2', Stuart Williams Volume 5 and Volume 9. 'Selected Letters of Dylan Thomas' edited by Constantine Fitzgibbon, First Edition published 1966', 'Chelsea: The Greatest Flower Show on Earth', Leslie Geddes-Brown, 'A Llanelli Chronicle' compiled by Gareth Hughes, 'Swansea Porcelain' by W D John, a volume of 'Picture Post' from 1938 etc. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

WHISKY, nine bottles comprising one bottle of THE FIRST & LAST LEG, Single Speyside Malt distilled for The Whisky Connoisseur, a Limited Edition bottle, no. 59/100, 40% vol, 70cl, fill level mid-neck, seal intact, one bottle of THE TYRCONNELL Single Malt Irish Whiskey, 40% vol, 70cl, fill level low neck, seal intact, one bottle of PENDERYN Single Malt Welsh Whisky, 46% vol, 35cl, fill level high shoulder, seal intact, boxed, one bottle of HOUSE OF LORDS, Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky, aged 10 years, 40% vol, 70cl, fill level mid-neck, seal intact, one bottle of THE BLACK GROUSE blended Scotch Whisky, 40% vol, 70cl, fill level mid-neck, seal intact, boxed, one bottle of OLD ST. ANDREWS CLUBHOUSE blended Scotch Whisky, 40% vol, 70cl, fill level bottom shoulder, seal intact, in presentation carton, one ceramic decanter of BELL'S blended Scotch Whisky, 40% vol, 75cl, seal intact, one commemorative porcelain decanter of BELL'S blended Scotch Whisky, 40% vol, 50cl, seal cork broken and one opened bottle of BELL'S SIGNATURE BLEND, an individual bottle no. 83675, 40% vol, 70cl bottle, seal missing contents 2/3 missing, boxed (9)

TOLKIEN; J.R.R, A Collection, comprising THE LORD OF THE RINGS in three volumes, The Fellowship of the Ring, 12th Impression 1962, The Two Towers, 9th Impression 1962, The Return of the King, 9th Impression 1962, published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, med. 8vo, fold out maps absent from first two volumes, dust jackets missing, THE LORD OF THE RINGS in three volumes, The Fellowship of the Ring, 2nd Edition 1966, The Two Towers, 2nd Edition 1966, The Return of the King, 2nd Edition 1966, published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 8vo, fold out maps to rear, original dust jackets, two 1st Editions of THE SILMARILLION, published by Geoge Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1977, 8vo, fold out maps to rear, original dust jackets, two 1st Editions of TREE AND LEAF (one 2nd Impression) published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1964, original dust jackets, FARMER GILES OF HAM, embellished by Pauline Diana Baynes which includes two colour plates, 2nd Impression 1957, published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, original dust jacket (torn), THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL, illustrated by Pauline Baynes, 1st Edition 1962, published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, original dust jacket torn and part detached, SMITH OF WOOTON MAJOR with illustrations by Pauline Baynes, 3rd Impression 1968, published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1967, THE FATHER CHRISTMAS LETTERS, edited by Baillie Tolkien, published by Unwin Paperbacks and MASTER OF MIDDLE-EARTH, the achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien by Paul H. Kocher, published in the UK by Thames and Hudson Ltd. 1973

BOOKS, Antiquarian and early 20th century, Historical, Geographical and Religious titles, five boxes containing approximately 125 titles, some rare and highly collectable, including 1st editions, highlights include six volumes of War Memoirs of David Lloyd George published by Ivor Nicholson and Watson 1933-1936, 1st editions, Scott's Last Expedition published by Smith, Elder & Co 1913, 3rd edition, two volumes of A General Sketch of the European War by Hilaire Belloc, The First Phase and The Second Phase, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1915-1916, 1st editions, a very rare copy of SHERIDAN - A MILITARY NARRATIVE by JOSEPH HERGESHEIMER, signed by the author, 1st edition printed at the Riverside Press in Cambridge Massachusetts, USA in September 1931, this 1st edition was limited to 365 copies of which 350 were for sale, THE ROYAL ATLAS OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY by ALEXADER KEITH JOHNSTON, 1865 edition, front board and spine missing title pages torn, most coloured maps intact, local, civic and Government maps, titles on Mountaineering and the Polar Regions, an Uncorrected Proof Copy of THEY SURVIVED - A STUDY OF THE WILL TO LIVE by WILFRED NOYCE

Sporting: Hart, Bret. Hitman, first edition, signed 'Bret Hitman Hart' on title, New York: Grand Central, 2008, hardback with dust-jacket. A WWE Cesaro wrestling figure by Mattel, signed by Cesaro, sealed in original packaging, and three WWF wrestling comics, including one signed by Stone Cold Steve Austin (6)

Signed 'Elizabeth Gardner' bottom right, oil on canvas39 1/2 x 29 1/4 in. (77.5 x 74.3cm)Executed in 1888.ProvenancePrivate Collection, North Carolina.Exhibited"Salon de 1888," Palais des Champs-Élysées, Paris, 1888, no. 1071. "North Carolina Collects: Traditional Fine Arts and Decorative Arts," Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, July 9-September 18, 1994, no. 23.LiteratureExplication des Ouvrages de Peinture, Sculpture, Architecture, Gravure et Lithographie des Artistes Vivants Exposés au Palais des Champs-Élysées le 1er Mai 1888, Paul Dupont, Paris, 1888 (second edition), p. 87, no. 1071 (listed, not illustrated).Norma Broude and Mary D. Garrard, The Expanding Discourse: Feminism and art History, IconEditions, New York, 1992, no. 8 (illustrated).Tamar Garb, Sisters of the Brush: Women's Artistic Culture in Late Nineteenth-Century Paris, Yale University Press, New Heaven, 1994, p. 157, no. 62.Charles Pearo, Elizabeth Jane Gardner: Her Life, Her Work, Her Letters, MA Thesis, McGill University, 1997, p. 9, fig. 16 (illustrated).NoteElizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguerau was one of the most famous and successful American artists in Paris at the end of the 19th century. Dubbed an honorary French woman through her marriage to William Bouguereau, she was one of the first expatriates to be exposed to the male-dominated Parisian art market, which she learned to infiltrate and eventually master throughout her impressive fifty-eight-year career in the French capital city.Born in Exeter, New Hampshire into a family of merchants, Gardner graduated from the Lasell Seminary (now Lasell University) in Auburndale, Massachusetts in 1856. At first a French teacher, she sailed for France in the summer of 1864 along with a former teacher of hers, Imogene Robinson, and the two settled in a studio 2, rue Carnot, across the street from the highly revered and successful painter, William Bouguereau.Contrary to another famous American expatriate who arrived in Paris two years after her, Mary Cassatt, Elizabeth Gardner could not count on any financial aid from her family, and therefore did not receive private tutoring from eminent masters. Instead, she trained and made a living by copying Old Masters at the Musée du Louvre, as well as the more contemporary artists in the nearby Musée du Luxembourg. She would then sell her work to American collectors travelling through Europe, recommended to her by her own family. Yearning life-drawing classes, but denied the access to them because of her gender, Gardner joined a collective studio of women, where she studied anatomy among her peers during evening sessions. In parallel, and at the recommendation of her friend Rosa Bonheur, a true “sister of the brush and long-time career counselor” according to Charles Pearo, Gardner also joined a sketching class at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris’ Botanical Gardens and Zoo, where she painted living animals alongside the animal sculptor Antoine Barye. There, she met the famous painter Hugues Merle, who would invite her to join his studio and acted as a constant support throughout Gardner’s life, even when she decided to rally the studio of Bouguereau, Merle’s longtime rival.The life of Elizabeth Gardner is marked by a strong desire to fit in. As an American woman from the low middle-class with an everlasting sense of duty and even guilt for leaving her country, Gardner could not afford to experiment with modern trends and embrace a radical career in the form of Impressionism. Instead, she had to study the rules set by the Institution and learn to respect them to blend and succeed in a very competitive milieu. This explains the artist’s polished, impeccable style, the true expression of French Academism adopted by many other American expatriates at the time, and her association with France’s ultimate forum and official place of recognition: the Salon. Gardner participated in thirty Salons, showing thirty-six of her works between 1868 (her first try, marked by two entries) and 1914, the apex of her participations being in 1887, the year she received a bronze medal for La Fille du Jardinier, thus becoming the only American woman to ever receive a medal.The present, rediscovered work follows this immense success. Set against a homey kitchen interior marked by several utensils and a slowly burning fire, a young mother sits lovingly behind her toddler child. Next to her, in a cradle, sleeps her youngest. Playfully, she watches a family of chickens eating at her feet, thus creating a tender echo between her and the mother hen with her chicklets. The work bears close resemblance to the style of William Bouguereau, champion of the Art Pompier, and whom Gardner never felt embarrassed to channel as she proudly explained to an interviewer in 1910: “I would rather be known as the best imitator of Bouguereau than be nobody.” At the time, views of idealized peasantry untouched by modern life were popular among Victorian collectors. As Bouguereau was facing an impressive number of requests of that nature (having started the trend himself), Gardner must have understood the benefits, both academic and financial, to work within this niche market and emulate her famous master’s style to satisfy a hungry crowd. Here Gardner adopts a smooth brushwork, she creates solid lines heightened by soft glazes and soft colors. She frames her subjects in a way that makes them seem monumental and ennobling. Just like Bouguereau, she pays great attention to the rendering of the hands and feet, and depicts her peasant woman barefoot, a characteristic of the romanticized view of French peasantry outside of urban areas, and which American collectors were particularly fond of.Despite the use of certain iconographic formulas however, one notes certain particularities that make the composition truly special, and which highlight Gardner’s very own artistic gifts. Contrary to Bouguereau’s figures, which are purposefully more static, Gardener’s mother and child interact with one another. They cuddle, and as such imply an inward movement which accentuates the intimacy of the moment. None of them are looking at us. On the contrary, they are so caught in the moment and display such a strong and natural bond that neither the artist nor the viewer can interrupt it. This feeling of a warm and pure love is further enhanced by the presence of the chickens. Traditionally seen as an element of femininity, they appear regularly in Gardner’s work, unlike Bouguereau’s (see for example La Fille du Jardinier -1887, Dans le Bois -1889, or La Captive -1883). The artist was fond of birds and owned herself an aviary of about 30 poultry in her studio.Such iconography appealed to her prude, mostly feminine clientele. It also helped strengthen the moral undertones of family love and accentuate the irreplaceable nature of the mother figure in the patriarchal society. In this regard, the piece can be seen as a modern, secular version of a Madonna and Child. 

JOSEP AMAT PAGÈS (Barcelona, 1901 - 1991)."Flors, gerro fosc".Oil on canvas.Signed in the lower right corner.With label on the back of the Sala Parés, Barcelona.Attached leaflet of the exhibition in which it was included: "Josep Amat: exposició de pintura", Sala Parés, 1981.Published in the newspaper La Vanguardia on 28 February 1981. Attached original sheet.Measurements: 65 x 50 cm; 68 x 53 cm (frame).In this floral still life, Josep Amat displays an attractive chromatic symphony using a luminous palette. The serpentine stems are topped with open corollas that endow the whole with multicoloured delicacy. The vase, placed on a gueridon-type table, is cut out in front of a window through whose panes of glass the spring greenery is prolonged.Josep Amat trained at the Llotja School in Barcelona and was a favourite pupil of Joaquim Mir. In 1922 he took part in a group exhibition for the first time and sold his first landscape. Six years later, in 1928, Amat made his solo debut with an exhibition of twenty-eight works at the Dalmau gallery. From then on he exhibited individually in the most important galleries in Barcelona. In 1933 he took part in the Spring Salon, winning prizes in that edition and also in those of the following two years. That same year he travelled to Paris for the first time, where he became known in 1936 in a group exhibition. In 1940 he exhibited for the first time at the Sala Parés, where he exhibited frequently until 1987. During these years he took part in the Barcelona Spring Salon, winning prizes in 1932, 1933 and 1935. He also took part in the National Exhibitions, being distinguished in Madrid with a third medal in 1941, and in Barcelona with a medal in 1934, a diploma in 1942 and the Diputación prize in 1944. In 1943 he exhibited for the first time in Madrid, in the Sala Vilches, and in 1949 he settled for a time in Paris, where he developed an intense pictorial work. Now fully consolidated, Amat held exhibitions in Spain, Paris, Brussels and Havana. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was forced to give up plein air painting and began a period centred on figures and interiors. In addition to his awards in national competitions, he won the José Ramón Ciervo prize at the Second Spanish-American Art Biennial in Havana in 1953. Other mentions he received were the Gran Premi Sant Jordi (1955), the Ynglada Guillot drawing prize (1963) and the Gold Medal of the Barcelona International Painting Fund (1981). Between 1942 and 1970 he taught landscape painting at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts. He joined the Sant Jordi Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts in 1981, with a speech entitled "History of Landscape". This painter is remembered as the leading exponent of 20th-century Catalan Impressionism, and has been honoured with various exhibitions, including one organised by Barcelona City Council at the Espai Pruna in 2001 to mark the centenary of his birth, as well as the Cross of Sant Jordi (1988). His work is represented in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, the Museum of Montserrat and the National Art Museum of Catalonia.

A signed first edition copy of Tretchikoff by Howard Timmins publish by Harrap, with gilt cover and dedication 

Books. 18 shelves of general stock, including Heaney (Seamus), Field Work, first edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1979, dustjacket over cloth, sunned/bleached in places, 8vo, further Seamus Heany, modern and other poetry, a late Victorian manuscript friendship album, original cloth, 4to, 13 English Ceramic Circle Transactions for 1929 onwards, Meccano Magazines, some engineering, Christie's Forbes Collection of Victorian Paintings Parts I-III February 2003, archaeology, architecture, Walter Crane's Baby's Bouquet, children's annuals, books and vintage/retro comics, early 20th century and later literature and history, topography, Fortune Press, etc.

Music. Gorillaz, Rise of the Ogre, first edition thus, New York: Riverhead Books, 2006, illustrated throughout, original pictorial wrappers, some surface wear and bumps, 4to

Books. 16 shelves of general stock, including Rider Haggard, Allan's Wife, first edition, 1889, original cloth, 8vo, six Folio Society volumes, Crane's Baby's Opera, London: Frederick Warne and Co., n.d., further children's books and annuals, Pevsners and other architecture, Oscar Wilde, Smith's Naturalist's Cabinet, volume VI only, 1807, some plates, defective contemporary quarter-calf binding, hardback 20th c fiction, Robert Graves first edition, etc.

John Guille Millais - British Diving Ducks, two Vols, 72 colour, collotype or photogravure plates, 1913 first edition, numbered 183 from an edition of 450, good quality half calf rebinding with marbled boards, folio 40 x 31cmBinding in good order, contents also in generally excellent condition but with occasional slight time stains

John Guille Millais - The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland, 3 vols. 1905 first edition, numbered 75 from an edition of 1025, 34 x 31cm, sympathetic rebinding with half calf and blue clothBinding in good order, contents are generally excellent, just with occasional spotting and time stains

William Beebe - 'A monograph of the pheasants', published by Witherby & Co, London 1918, first edition, numbered 450 of 600 copies, four vols, red cloth boards, folio, 41 x 31cmBindings in good condition, just very minor marks and staining to cloth. Contents overall very good, very occasional foxing

Archibald Thorburn - Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland, 1923 first edition, 30 colour plates, folio 38 x 28cm, good quality modern rebinding

Joseph Forshaw - Australian Parrots, first edition, Lansdowne Press, Australia, 1969, good half calf binding, 32 x 26cm, in slip case

Philip Rickman - A Selection of Bird Paintings & Sketches, signed limited edition, numbered 257 from an edition of 500, 1979 first edition, folio 41 x 31cm in slip case

Roger Peterson - The Field Guide Art of Roger Tory Peterson, 1992 first edition, 2 Vols, large folio, 44 x 29cm

J. G. Millais, Rhododendrons and the Various Hybrids, Longmans Green & Co, 1917, Limited Edition numbered 420/550, with colour illustrations by Beatrice Parsons, Thorburn, etc, and second series of the same, 1924, numbered 424/550, both folio, in maroon cloth gilt, the first sympathetically rebound. (2)

Angas, George French “South Australia Illustrated”, limited edition facsimilie 395/1000, publ. 1967 by A.H. & A.W. Reed (first published in 1846), in half-morocco binding with gilt lettered spine, gilt top edges & marbled boards.

A Collection of Five Snoopy and Peanuts Annuals together with a First Edition, Snoopy and "It was a dark and stormy night" by Charles M Schulz 1971

A First Issue Edition of "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons", Published October 23rd 1993

Pokemon - a 1995 near mint Wizard of the Coast First Edition Holo Misty 18/132 card. Appears mint and ready to be graded. Supplied in a hard top sleeve.

The Black Hole - He Man & The Masters of the Universe - Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles - Annuals. A selection of Forty annuals appearing in Good to Excellent condition to include: Walt Disney's The Black Hole - A pop-up book 1979 Purnell Books (One pull out is damaged) He-Man and MOTU Ladybird First Edition 1985. Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Annual 1992 Mirage Studios and similar. (This does not constitute a guarantee)

Biker Mice From Mars - He Man - MOTU - Marvel - DC - Manta Force - Space 1999. A selection of Forty Nine books, comics, annuals, activity books etc featuring: Biker Mice From Mars 'Double Trouble' Buzz Books 1994, Manta Force 'Red Venom Attack' Carnival Books 1989, Masters of the Universe 'Wings of Doom' First edition Ladybird 1984. Items appear in Excellent condition. (This does not constitute a guarantee).

° ° Lowell, Percival - Mars and its Canals, First edition. 15 plates (4 coloured) and a d-page map, num. text illus.; original gilt cloth and gilt top., New York, 1906

° ° Bagehot, Walter - Lombard Street: a description of the money market. First edition. half title, publisher's 32pp. catalogue (1893) and printer's advert leaf; original gilt-lettered cloth, cr.8vo. Henry S. King, 1873

° ° Milne, A.A. - Now We Are Six. First edition, illus. throughout (by Ernest Shepard, some full-page), half title, together with - The House at Pooh Corner. First edition. (illus. etc. as before); royal blue gilt decorated and pictorial leather issue, ge., pink pictorial e/ps., sm.cr.8vo. 1927-28 (2)

° ° Milne, A.A. - Winnie-The-Pooh. First edition. illus. throughout (by Ernest H. Shepard, some full-page), half title; publisher's green gilt pictorial cloth, gilt top, pictorial e/ps., sm.cr.8vo. 1916

° ° Churchill, Sir Winston - The Major Works of Sir Winston Churchill: Centenary First Edition, complete in 25 vols, 8vo, dark red pebble grained leather, Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., London, 1974

° ° Hale, Kathleen - Orlando ... Buys a Farm. First edition, Country Life & NY., Transatlantic Arts, 1942; (Same Author) - Orlando ... A Camping Holiday. Country Life & NY., Charles Scribner's Sons, reprinted 1942; Orlando ... A Trip Abroad. Country Life, reprinted 1942; all in same pictorial wrappers format, & with coloured illus. throughout; sold together with: Hale, Kathleen - "Henrietta", the Faithful Hen. First edition. coloured pictorial title and illus; publisher's cloth-backed pictorial boards, patterned e/ps., oblong 4to. Transatlantic Arts, 1943; De Brunhoff, Laurent - Picnic at Barbar's. First edition. coloured pictorial title and illus.; publisher's cloth-backed pictorial boards, folio. 1950 (5)

° ° Austen, Jane - Pride and Prejudice. A Novel. First Collected Edition. pictorial engraved and printed titles, frontis; mid 19th century half calf and marbled boards, panelled spine with black label, marbled edges and e/ps., sm.cr.8vo. Richard Bentley, 1833

BOOKS, one box containing seventeen titles on the subjects of Medicine, Chemistry and Physics to include two volumes of Pharmacologia; Comprehending The Art of Prescribing Upon Fixed And Scientific Principals by J.M. Paris M.D. F.R.S. F.L.S, 5th Edition, published 1822, The First Principals of Chemistry by William Nicholson, 3rd Edition, published 1796, Hand-Book Of Chemistry by F.A. Abel and C.L. Bloxham, 2nd Edition, published 1858, British Pharmacopceia, published Under the Direction of The General Council of Medical, Education and Registration of the United Kingdom Pursuant to The Medical Act 1858, published 1864, A Guide to the Scientific of Things Familiar by The Rev. DR. Brewer, published 1871 together with other Antiquarian titles and later modern works (1 box + loose)

The Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit. By Charles Dickens. With Illustrations By Phiz. London: Chapman And Hall, 186, Strand, MDCCCXLIV [1844], first edition, first issue in book form, in fine morocco binding by Tout, 8 Vo., 624 pages, with five raised bands, elaborate gilt tooling and six compartments on the spine and “London 1844” at the heel of the spine, gilt tooling inside the triple gilt fillet borders on front and back covers, wide black and gilt margins on the patterned endpapers, the top edge is gilt, the half title is present and reads “The Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit”, with forty illustrations by Phiz (the pen name for H. K. Browne), including the vignette title page, and all the points of issue are present to make this a first edition, first issue: the reward notice on the sign post on the vignette title page reads “100£” rather than “£100” (Eckel page 73) and there are seven studs on the front of the trunk near the bottom of the sign post on the vignette title page (per Walter Smith); the 14-line errata page follows the list of plates and all the uncorrected points are present. The plates are lightly foxed as expected because some plates were taken from the monthly parts that didn’t sell when the parts first came out (see Eckel page 73, “the bound volume usually presents foxed plates”) and the text is clean, with light rubbing at a front joint, loose gutters, and stab holes on the ”Mr. Moddle” plate on page 384, which indicate this particular plate came from the monthly parts which didn’t sell, and the book measures measures 8 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. wide. The short title for Dickens’ sixth novel is “Martin Chuzzlewit” and was first issued in twenty monthly parts bound as nineteen from January 1843 to July 1844, and the book form was first issued in 1844, after the monthly installments were completed; there were three different bindings for the novel in book form (per Eckel), and the price was one guinea for the cloth volume, 24 shillings and six pence for the half-bound morocco volume, and 26 shillings and six pence for the morocco gilt one. Hablot K. Browne (1815 - 1822) was an English artist and illustrator who illustrated many of Dickens’ novels after 1836. Browne met Dickens in the spring of 1836, when Dickens was looking for someone to illustrate the Pickwick Papers. He had illustrated a small pamphlet for Dickens previously and the original illustrator for Pickwick had committed suicide after drawing only seven plates for Pickwick, the next two plates for Pickwick were done by Robert Buss, but Dickens wasn’t satisfied with the work of Buss, and Browne came along and remained the main illustrator for Dickens’ works after that. Browne's first two plates for Pickwick were signed "Nemo", but the third was signed "Phiz", a pseudonym which was retained in future. When asked to explain why he chose this name, he answered that the change from "Nemo" to "Phiz" was made to harmonize better with Dickens' “Boz”. An exceptionally attractive first edition with all the points conforming to the first issue of a bound volume of Martin Chuzzlewit. See The First Editions Of Charles Dickens, Their Points and Values, John C. Eckel 1932 and Walter E. Smith, Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth: A Bibliographical Catalogue of the First Appearance of His Writings in Book Form in England, With Facsimiles of the Bindings, Title-Pages, and Other Relevant Data. Part One: The Novels and Sketches by Boz, Los Angeles: Heritage Bookshop 1982 for references.

The Heart Of The Antarctic Being The Story Of The British Antarctic Expedition 1907 - 1909 By E. H Shackleton, C.V.O. With An Introduction By Hugh Robert Mill, D.Sc. An Account Of The First Journey To The South Magnetic Pole By Professor T.W. Edgeworth David, F.R.S., Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott 1909, a first American edition set in two volumes, with a copyright date of 1909 and “Published November 1909” on the copyright page. Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874 - 1922) was an Anglo-Irish explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic and was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. During the Nimrod expedition of 1907 to 1909, he and three companions came within 100 miles of the South Pole before turning back under emergency conditions. Shackleton decided to turn back rather than risk the lives of his men. Another group in Shackleton’s party reached the South Magnetic Pole for the first time, and a third surveyed the mountain ranges west of McMurdo Sound. Shackleton was greeted with a hero's welcome and this narrative was enthusiastically received all over the world, and he was subsequently knighted for his achievements. After the race to the South Pole ended in December 1911, when Roald Amundsen finally reached the pole, Shackleton turned his attention to crossing Antarctica by sea. To this end, he made preparations for what became the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which took place between 1914 and 1917. Disaster struck the expedition when its ship, Endurance, became trapped in pack ice and was slowly crushed before the shore parties could land. The crew escaped by camping on the sea ice until the ice disintegrated, then by launching lifeboats to reach Elephant Island and South Georgia Island, a voyage of about 720 nautical miles (830 statute miles) over a stormy ocean, and Shackleton's most famous exploit. In 1921, he returned to the Antarctic with the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition, but died of a heart attack while his ship was moored in South Georgia. At his wife's request, he was buried there. The wreck of Endurance was discovered just over a century later, and in 2002, Shackleton was voted eleventh in a BBC poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. Both volumes are 3/4 bound, with five raised bands, gilt titles and gilt devices in six gilt-ruled compartments, with Lippincott at the bottom of the spine, marbled covers and marbled endpapers, the half-title, then Shackleton’s portrait on the frontis page of the first volume, a page dedicated to his wife, a five-page preface, a list of contents and illustrations for Volume I, including six color plates, with 365 pages of text, including uncut pages, and all the edges are gilt. There are 450 pages of text in the second volume, including an appendix and an index at the rear, and three fold-out maps in the accordion-type binding case at the end. Two of the three are colored maps, and the second is in black and white. The first map is a General Map showing the Explorations and Surveys of the Expedition, the second map shows the Route and Surveys of the South Magnetic Polar Party, and the last map shows the Route and Surveys of the Southern Journey Party taken between 1908 and 1909. The first and last maps are in great condition, while the second map folds out to display a panorama of the Route of the South Magnetic Polar Party, and it has creases at the top and bottom of the panorama. Both volumes are 8vo. and measure 10 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. wide, and they are clean and bright and securely bound throughout, and this set is an important account of Ernest Shackleton and his expeditions to the Antarctic and the South Pole.

The Yacht America, By Winfield M. Thompson, William P. Stephens, William U. Swan, Together With Material From Contemporary Record, with A Foreword By John E. Spears, Illustrated, Boston, Charles E. Lauriat Co. 1925, a first edition (the dates on the copyright page and title page match - they both say 1925 - and there are no other printings), with a piece of the canvas carried by the America in the first race for The America’s Cup that took place in New York harbor in August 8, 1870 on a paper signed by William U. Swan, the last civilian commander of the America. The gilt on the spine says “The Yacht America, Thompson, Stephens, Swan “ and depicts the America’s Cup in bright gilt, with blue cloth covers, endpapers that show a map of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, a beautiful frontispiece engraving of The America from the original sketch taken on the spot by Oswald W. Brierly in 1851 and the lettered tissue-guard to protect the frontispiece, then the title page and the copyright page, which says the book was printed at the Colonial Press in Boston. It is 310 pages long, with an eight-page foreword by John Spears, the Contents and six pages of Illustrations - it is fulled with photos and engravings - and a sixteen-page Appendix at the rear that includes what the menu was at the first Cup race in 1851, a complete list of all the Cup races, the names of the cutters and schooners the America beat in 1851, and all the challengers she faced up to 1920, and a nine-page index on top of that. There’s also a very clean fold-out chart of the hull from three different viewpoints at the rear, and they faithfully represent the original lines of the America when it was designed by George Steers in 1851. Without exaggerating, America is the world’s most famous racing yacht, and one of the most beautiful yachts in the world. The reason is simple: the original America put yachting on the map. It is why the most famous trophy in sailing is called The America’s Cup. In 1851, this 139-foot yacht won the ‘Royal Yacht Squadrons’ 100 Guinea Cup given to the winner of a race around the Isle of Wight. It is said that the margin was so great while she was watching America sail past the royal yacht, Queen Victoria famously asked “Who came second?” “Your majesty… there is no second” was the reply. The winners, who were members of the New York Yacht Club, donated the trophy to the Club, to be held as a “challenge” trophy. Thus was born the America’s Cup, named after the boat, not the country. Owned by Commodore John C. Stevens and five other members of the New York Yacht Club, the America was built in New York following the revolutionary design of George Steers and launched in May 1851. A succession of British syndicates attempted to win back the cup, but the New York Yacht Club remained unbeaten for 25 challenges over 113 years, the longest winning streak in the history of sport. Matches were held in the vicinity of New York City from 1870 to 1920, and from 1930 to 1983, the races were sailed off Newport, Rhode Island for the rest of the New York Yacht Club’s reign. The consignor’s wife’s grandmother was related to William Swan, the captain and commander of the America, and why he had the book in his collection, and it is in impeccable condition. The book is 8vo. and measures 8 x 5 5/8 in. wide, the gilt on the spine is bright, and a great addition to anyone who collects maritime and racing memorabilia.

This book depicts scenes with Chinese emperors from the sixteenth century, on finely engraved plates by Isidore Stanislas Helman (1743-1809), a copperplate engraver from Lille, France. The title is Faits Mémorables Des Empereurs De La Chine. Tires des Annales Chinoises, Dédiés a Madame, Orne de 24 Estampes in 4.o., Gravees par Helman, d’apres les Dessins Originaux de la Chine, tires du Cabinet de M Bertin, Mtre. et ancien Sre. d’Etat., A Paris. Chez l’Auteur, Graveur de Madame, Rue St. Honore … Et chez M. Ponce, Graveur de Mgr. Comte d’Artois … 1788, and in English, that means Memorable Facts about the Emperors of China from the Chinese Annals, Dedicated to Madame, Adorned with 24 prints [engravings], from the Original Drawings from China, taken from the Cabinet of M Bertin, minister and former Secretary of State, … at Mr. Ponce, engraver of the Count Artois … 1788. The plates were finely engraved by Helman from designs by the Jesuit artist Jean-Denis Attiret, who went to China in 1737 and was given the title “Painter to the Emperor” by the Qianlong Emperor. The original paintings, from which the engravings are reduced, were commissioned by Attiret, by orders of the Emperor Qianlong, to be drawn and engraved in a western style and based on the work ”Dijian tushuo” (The Illustrated Discussion of the Emperor’s Mirror) from 1573, telling of the heroic deeds of the Emperors of China in parables. The book was privately published and it has five raised bands, with gilt titles, giltflowers and gilt tooling on the spine, gilt borders on the original leather covers, blank endpapers, the dedication page to Madame, who was unnamed, but with a space left open for a name to be filled in later on, and we believe the Madame was actually Marie Antoinette. The book was intended for a French audience, and it was published a year before the French Revolution, and possibly a veiled criticism not only of Louis XVI, but of his wife, Marie Antoinette, as well. At the bottom of the dedication page it reads “prix in 4 en feuilles [in sheets] 12 francset broche en carton 13, 10 sur le papier vélin [vellum] en feuilles, 18 sur le papier d’hollande peint a l’aquarel, 48; il y a aura quelques exemplaires sur le grand papierqui feront suite aux batailles de la chine] prix 18; l’ouvrage entier sera divise en quatre livraisons, qui paraitront tous les deux mois a commencer le 15 avril 1788”, which means the publication was available on different types of paper, and you could buy part 1 in unbound sheets at 12 livres, in paper wrappers at 13 livres and 10 francs, unbound on wove paper for 18 livres, on Holland paper painted in watercolors for 48 livres (₶), and the entire work would be divided into four deliveries, which would come out every two months starting April 16, 1788.  ₶ stands for livre tournois, one of several currencies used in medieval France and a unit of value used to show the relative worth of something; according to a law passed in 1262, the livre tournois was established at about 20 sous tournois, or about 81 grams of fine silver. This is a first edition with black and white engravings, published on heavy paper, with wide margins, and all the plates and tissue guards are present. The book is 4to. and measures 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. wide, with wear on the boards commensurate with age, faded gilt on the spine and boards, very light browning or foxing, and some offset on the tissue guards from the engravings. A scarce copy ofthis unusual printing designed to appeal to educated Parisians in the 1700’s.