RUSHDIE SALMAN: (1947- ) British Indian Novelist & Essayist. An interesting A.L.S., Salman Rushdie, three pages, 8vo, Fernshaw Road, London (the premises of his literacy agency, Wylie, Aitken & Stone), 2nd November 1992, to Ernst Reinhard Piper. Rushdie thanks his correspondent for their help 'in Artikel 19 Verlag' and at the Frankfurt Bookfair and 'also for your expressions of solidarity and hope for the future', continuing 'As it turned out, it was probably a mistake to have moved to Kiepenheuer [& Witsch, the German publishing house] with The Satanic Verses; but that is what I was advised at the time, and there is no point in trying to rewrite the past'. Rushdie also apologises to Piper for his decision, realising that he was hurt by it, and remarks 'But, as of course you know, writers (and publishers) make such choices - good ones, bad ones - all the time'. The novelist concludes his letter writing 'At any rate, I am truly grateful for your selfless support, and hope we may meet again soon. In the meanwhile, the storm continues - now, as you may have seen, in Germany also. It is a long, tough fight, but it must be won'. With the publisher's ink received stamp dated 9th November 1992 to a clear area at the head of the first page. A letter of significant content. VG Ernst Reinhard Piper (1952- ) German Historian who joined his father's publishing house in 1982. The German edition of The Satanic Verses was published by Artikel 19 Verlag in 1989; the publishers created specifically to protect them from the fatwa issued against Rushdie, Article 19 relating to the freedom of expression included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The 1981 Booker Prize winning Rushdie's work combines magical realism with historical fiction and much of his work is set on the Indian subcontinent. His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses, was the subject of a major controversy which resulted in the British government placing the author under police protection. In 2008 The Times ranked Rushdie thirteenth on its list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.
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VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. An exceptionally fine A.L.S., The Queen, in the third person, four pages, 8vo, Windsor Castle, 26th February 1873, to Alfred Tennyson, on black bordered mourning stationery. The Queen writes, in full, 'Though Lady Augusta Stanley has already conveyed the expressions of the Queen's warmest thanks for high admiration of the beautiful Epilogue he has so kindly inscribed to herself, she wishes to repeat again herself to Mr. Tennyson these feelings on the occasion of the arrival of the copy of the very fine new edition of the Idylls of the King. Pray accept the renewed thanks of the Queen for the noble, heart stirring words addressed to her, & which were a complete surprise. It would give the Queen much pleasure, could she, some day, when he is within reach of Windsor, show him the Mausoleum she has raised over the Earthly remains of her dear Husband whom he knew how to appreciate & so beautifully described - as she feels sure he would admire it & think it worthy of Him who wore "…The white flower of a blameless life". She also hopes that Mr. Tennyson will not find Osborne too far a drive from Osborne'. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Queen Victoria and signed ('The Queen') by her to the lower left corner. A letter of remarkable content and association. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG Idylls of the King is a cycle of twelve narrative poems by Tennyson which were published between 1859 and 1885 and retell the legend of King Arthur. The poems were dedicated to the late Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, and in the very brief final section of the work Tennyson praises Queen Victoria, and her recently deceased husband, and prays that she, like Arthur, is remembered as a great ruler long after her reign is over.Provenance: The present letter is accompanied by the original Sotheby's description, clipped from their catalogue (lot 440, 22nd July 1980) which states that it was the first letter written by Queen Victoria to Alfred Tennyson. Indeed, this is the first of only eleven letters from the Queen to the Poet Laureate recorded by American Book Prices Current as having appeared at auction, and the earliest in date. The other recorded letters range from 1883-90 and cover subjects including her children Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice, John Brown, the death of General Gordon and her suggestion that Tennyson might try to persuade William Gladstone to retire from politics. In their description Sotheby's also state that 'Tennyson visited the Mausoleum at Windsor on 6 March. In her journal the Queen recorded her satisfaction with the meeting: "….When I showed him some of the details of the decorations in the building he said the whole effect was very beautiful & worthy of what it was intended for…"'
THATCHER MARGARET: (1925-2013) British Prime Minister 1979-90. Two good First Day Covers. The first being a good and attractive multiple signed F.D.C, one page, oblong 4to, Pot Stanley, 14th June 1992. Signed in bold blue ink `Margaret Thatcher´, at the base of the envelope front, also signed by five additional personalities, including Rex Hunt (1926-2012) British Diplomat, Royal Air Force Pilot, and Governor, Commander-in-chief and Vice Admiral of the Falkland Islands; Julian Thompson (1934- ) British military Historian. Former Royal Marine Officer, Commander of the 3rd Commando Brigade during the Falklands War; Simon Weston (1961- ) British veteran, known throughout the United Kingdom for his recovery and charity work after suffering severe burn injuries during the Falklands War, Lord Carrington (1919- ) Foreign and Defence Secretary. The document being the commemorative presentation of the 10th Anniversary of Liberation of the Falkland Islands, showing four stamps. All have boldly signed to the front cover. Together with a very good signed F.D.C, one page, oblong 8vo, Greenwich, 12th January 1999. Signed in bold blue ink `Margaret Thatcher´, to a clear area of the colour printed envelope front. The document presents in a very attractive way a coin first day cover. Also signed by Denis Thatcher (1915-2003) Husband of Margaret Thatcher. Timekeeping was the subject of this celebratory coin edition limit. This issue features the first ever Royal Mail Millennium stamp. VG, 2
Books - Retro Observer factual books, 1942 Currier & Ives Printmakers to the American People by Harry T Peters, with illustrated plates, a 1952 First Edition, The Terror of St. Trinian's by Timothy Shy and Ronald Searle, published by Max Parrish, an 1868 Paxtons Botanical Dictionary, an 1873 illustrated Natural History Birds by Rev. J G Wood, an 1889 History of NSW by G B Barton Vol. I and 1920's the I1a - Speaking Peoples of N. Rhodesia Vol I & II
Four 19th Century knitting books, comprising Watts (Miss) - The Ladies' Knitting and Netting Book, First series, 5th Edition, 1840, 129pp, 16.5 x 10.5cm / Mee (Cornelia) - Exercises in Knitting, 1846, 124pp, fancy red cloth, 12 x 15cm / Lambert (Miss) - My Knitting Book (Second Series), 1846, 123pp, fancy green cloth, 15 x 12cm / E.M.C. (Elvina M. Corbould), 1876, 63pp, worn brown cloth, 14 x 11.5cm. (4) From the collection of Sheila Williams
A Royal Crown Derby Paperweight, Bakewell Duckling, exclusive limited edition for Sinclairs, gold stopper,certificate, boxed; others similar, Derbyshire Duckling, exclusive Sinclairs limited edition, gold stopper, certificate, boxed; Sitting Duckling, gold stopper, boxed (3) Condition Report: Good, first quality
A Royal Crown Derby paperweight, Pickworth Piglet, Sinclairs limited edition exclusive, gold stopper, certificate, boxed; another Plumstead Piglet, Sinclairs limited edition exclusive, gold stopper, certificate, boxed; Sleeping Piglet, gold stopper, boxed (3) Condition Report: Good condition - first quality
A Royal Crown Derby paperweight, Baby Rowsley Rabbit, Sinclairs exclusive limited edition, gold stopper, certificate, boxed; others, Dormouse, gold stopper, boxed; Harvest Mouse, gold stopper, boxed; Orchard Hedgehog, Collector's Guild exclusive, gold stopper, boxed; Meadow Rabbit, Collector's Guild exclusive, gold stopper, boxed (5) Condition Report: Good condition - all first quality
A Royal Crown Derby paperweight, Misty Kitten, Collector's Guild exclusive in Member's Pack with literature, gold stopper, boxed; others similar, Bunny, gold stopper, boxed; Crested Tit, gold stopper, boxed; Bank Vole, gold stopper, boxed; Puppy, gold stopper, boxed; fourteen RCD Collector magazines; Cox, Ian Royal Crown Derby Paperweights, A Collector's Guide 250th Anniversary Edition; qty Condition Report: Good condition - all first quality
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Children's Books - Pulp Fiction, including Futuristic Stories, [1946], (1); Weird Tales: Vol. 1, No. 4, [June 1923], 1949, July 1951 & January 1952, (4); Tales of Wonder: No. 4, Autumn 1938, &, No. 11, Summer 1940, (2); Boy's Own Paper: March, May and June 1944, (3); Planet Stories, No. 10, 1953, (1); Super Science Stories, British Edition, [n.d., c. 1960], (1); Unknown, January 1940, (1); Operator, #5, (1); Astounding Science Fiction, British Editions: Vol. V, No. 3, March 1946, &, Vol. V, No. 5, July 1946, (2); Wonder Stories: Vol. 6, No. 6, November 1934, &, Vol. 7, No. 4, September 1935, (2); Unknown Worlds, British Editions: Vol. III, No. 9, Spring 1947, &, An Anthology of Modern Fantasy for Grownups, second edition: first UK edition, 1952, (2); Astounding Stories, October 1957, (1), [21]
Visconti 25th anniversary automatic chrono silver shadow completo nabuk strap - W105-00-124-0612. Automatic - steel - box, certificate of originality, documents, full set, warranty. Swiss made Dubois Depraz, Visconti special execution V34J4Z-2021/2892A2 automatic chronograph, 57 jewels, top assortment, Glucydur balance wheel, 28.800 A/h; adjusted to 4 positions, movement rate tolerance ±15 sec/day; Luxe finish: perlee rodhie module; Cotes de Geneve decorated movement; power reserve: 40 hours. Dimensions: 30.00 mm, thickness: 6.9mm. Anti reflection sapphire crystal. 24 mm x 19 cm grey genuine leather strap made in Italy, water resistant up to 100M 10ATM, limited edition of 250. Case: AISI316 stainless steel, micro-shot blasted and satin finished, D: 42 mm, overall dimensions at crown: 47.15 mm, H: 57.70 mm, thickness: 17.30 mm; satin finished bezel and back cover. Two upper bridges in satin finished steel. The back cover is screwed in place, satin and polished finishing. Flat sapphire watch glass on bezel and back cover. Dial: multi level with apertures revealing the movement, anthracite coating with soleil finish, details in galvanic silver and black. Nickel indexes with luminescent material. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)Condition Report: Watch appears to be in working order but we offer no guarantees. Condition appears unworn with no visible damage or repairs.
Victorian bug brooch, hawk's eye and seed pearl set body, garnet set eyes, pin and catch fitting, mounted in silver, 4 x 1.5cm CONDITIONSilver gross weight 9 gramsBugs first pair of legs are missing from brooch and one foot is misshapenpin and catch opening and closing securely, fitting looks to a later edition
Book "The Anatomy of he Horse" by George Stubbs RA, 5th Edition, published in 1965 by J A Allen and Co Ltd with 24 extra plates published for the first time. Bound in red Moroccan leather with gold tooling. Complete with Dust Jacket. (Condition: PURCHASERS: PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY. COLLECTIONS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY - CALL 01793 861000.
Corum. A Limited Edition platinum automatic wristwatch with meteorite dial and moon phaseModel: Meteorite PearyReference: 61.450.70 Limited Edition No.139Date: Circa 1990Movement: 19-jewel automatic, adjusted to 5 positions, No.189376Dial: Grey meteorite, raised outer blue calendar markers, moon phase at 6, polished faceted lance hands, further arrow tipped calendar handCase: Brushed and polished round, back secured by 6 screws and engraved 'Dial Made of Meteorite Found by Robert E. Peary Cosmic Origin Impact Point 76°4'N.,64°58'W. Cape York. Greenland' quick set button in the band at 4, hooded lugs with two blue enamel medallions, one numbered 139 and the other with a map of the world, shouldered crown, No.473829Strap/Bracelet: Brown Corum crocodile leatherBuckle/Clasp: Signed white gold and steel deployant claspSigned: Case, dial & movement Size: 35mmFootnotes:The dial of this watch is made from a meteorite found by Robert E. Peary in 1894, of cosmic origin and lists the impact point: 76°4'N.,64°58'W. in Cape York, Greenland. Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920) was an American admiral and explorer and was born in Cresson Springs, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He made eight Arctic voyages to the Greenland coast and in 1909 he led the first expedition to the North Pole.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Ω YΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A mixed collection of interesting books to include a signed First Edition The White South by Hammond Innes, The Book Of The Flower Faiies by Cicely M Barker, History of The Johnstown Flood by Willis Fletcher & Johnson published 1889, The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White published by Folio Society with illustrations by John Piper, etc, together with The Citizen's Atlas Of The World (6)
TWO BOXES AND LOOSE OF COMMEMORATIVE WEAR, including Royal Crown Derby, boxed limited edition 206/750 loving cup to welcome the second child of H.R.H. The Prince and Princess of Wales, Royal Doulton boxed, limited edition 671/5000 loving cup to celebrate the marriage of Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer, Coalport boxed limited edition 1665/2000, commemorate the first child born to The Prince and Princess of Wales etc
DESCRIPTION: Kasamatsu Shiro (Japanese, 1898-1991). Woodblock print. Benkeibashi Bridge, Akasaka 1953. Signed lower right. First edition published in 1953 by Unsodo. With calligraphy left side and top right. Matted in wood frame. MEASUREMENTS: Sight 13" x 10". Overall with frame 20-3/4" x 16". CONDITION: Toning and slight undulation to paper. Frame with wear. IMPORTANT: Before bidding, please read the terms and conditions. When you registered for the auction you agreed to these terms and will be required to comply with them.
'HENRY ALKEN' by Walter Shaw Sparrow (1927 First Edition) with eight plates in colour and 64 subjects in half-tone, together with Snaffles (Paine, Charles Johnson), 'My Sketchbook in the Shiny' complete with the original dust jacket printed in England by Gale & Polden Ltd, Wellington Works, Aldershot (2)
A good selection of volumes to include:Morris's British Birds (six volumes)Les Deux Nigauds (Segur - Libraire Hachette 1883) La Lyre Francaise (Gustave Masson - MacMillan 1887)Gedichte (Ludvig Uhland - Stuttgart 1884)A. A. Milne: 'When We Were Very Young', 'Now We Are Six', 'The House at Pooh Corner' and 'Winnie the Pooh'Bleak House (Dickens)Publication Dates:Winnie the PoohFirst Published by Methuen, 36 Essex Street, London in 1928 (6th edition). In reasonable order with less foxing and the pages noted to be in reasonable condition. Inscribed 'Dorothy with love best wishes Xmas 1928'Now We Are Six First Published by Methuen, 36 Essex Street, London in 1927 (can't see any other dates). There is some minor foxing to the some of the pages. None appear ripped or loose.The House At Pooh Corner First Published Methuen, 36 Essex Street, London in 1928 (can't see any other dates or inscriptions). No loose or ripped pages although there is some foxing on this particular book.When We Were Very Young Published by Methuen, 36 Essex Street, London 1924 (3rd Edition) - same foxing condition as above. All pages appear good, none ripped or loose.Morris British Bird Booksfrom the images it can be seen that the tops of the spines are damaged. Published by George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, London in 1870 (in Roman Numerals). Vols 1-6, there are many colour plates, there is some damage and there are some loose pages and some pages which are 'crumpled'. The Auctioneer reports that there is also foxing and the books are not perfect by a long way.
JOHNSON (C), THE FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN, illustrated by John E. Sowerby, first edition, brown cloth boards with embossed gilt decoration to cover, gilt titles to spine, colour lithographic plate to frontispiece, further monochrome plates throughout, John E. Sowerby, London 1855, with WOOD (REV. J), THE COMMON OBJECTS OF THE COUNTRY, illustrated by Coleman with colours by Evans, blue cloth boards with embossed gilt decoration to cover, gilt decoration and titles to spine, colour lithographic plate to frontispiece, further colour plates and monochrome illustrations throughout, George Routledge And Sons, London circa 1870 (2)
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America.- [Beresford (William)] A Voyage round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788...Captains Portlock and Dixon, first edition, half-title, 21 engraved maps and plates including sheet of engraved music and some of natural history, some folding, all but music with delicate hand-colouring, folding plate of dish and daggers lacking folding part, title lightly soiled and with signature cut away at head, some plates foxed, large folding map soiled and torn (repaired), some tears to other maps repaired, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed and marked, edges worn, rebacked preserving old spine, new green morocco label, [Hill 117; Sabin 20364], 4to, 1789. ⁂ A series of letters written by William Beresford, cargo-officer on Dixon's ship the Queen Charlotte. Portlock and Dixon's voyage was the first commercial voyage to the Pacific North-West, ostensibly to set up a fur-trading business. They succeeded, however, in a more detailed exploration and mapping of the coast, visiting both the Falkland islands and Sandwich islands (Hawaii), and improved on Cook's charts of the region. Their two ships separated and sailed independently for most of the expedition, Dixon sailing south to Nootka Sound and Portlock, who had accompanied Cook on his third voyage, exploring north along the Alaskan coast (see following lot).
Jenner (Edward) An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease discovered in some of the Western Counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the Cow Pox, first edition, 4 engraved plates by William Skelton, printed in sanguine and enhanced with some hand-colouring, lacking half-title and errata f., ink stamp removed from title, C3&4 (with a repair to outer margin of C3), foot of L1&2 and foot of 1 plate, F1 verso a few small ink stains, 1 within text, slightly obscuring a few letters, F4 a few small ink spots, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip with red morocco label, rubbed, corners repaired, covers marked, [Dibner Heralds of Science 127; Garrison-Morton 5423; Grolier Medicine 53; Heirs of Hippocrates 1086; Grolier/Horblit 56; William Lefanu A bibliography of Edward Jenner, 8 (2nd ed., 1985); Norman 1162; PMM 250; Wellcome III, p. 351], 4to, Printed for the Author, by Sampson Low, 1798. ⁂ 'One of the greatest triumphs in the history of medicine' (Garrison-Morton), which is 'the basis of the modern science of immunology' (PMM). Jenner trained under the the great surgeon and experimental scientist John Hunter, and 'was the first to test experimentally the folk belief that cowpox conferred immunity to its deadly relative smallpox, and the first to transmit the cowpox virus from person to person in order to build a population immune to smallpox' (Norman). As a result of his initial ground-breaking work 'today there are innoculations ... against scarlet fever, typhoid fever, diptheria, whooping-cough and tetanus, as well as ... bubonic plague, cholera and yellow fever.' (PMM).
Schoener (Johann) Opera mathematica, 3 parts in 1, first edition, collation: α6, β4, A-Z6, Aa-Cc6, Dd-Ee8, Ff-Mm6, Nn8; a-h6, i8, including errata, colophon and final blank leaf, but lacking 2 other blanks, Roman and Greek type, title printed in red and black with two large woodcut ornaments, woodcut printer's device at end, woodcut portrait of the author on β4v, numerous woodcuts and diagrams, 4 full-page woodcuts, including terrestrial globe, celestial globe and planisphere, complete with eleven diagrams with working volvelles (some with original threads, others sometime replaced), woodcut initials, generally very fine, wide-margined copy, title gutter reinforced, quire R lightly browned, few other leaves toned, small wear to lower blank margin of b3v, tiny wormhole in blank outer margin of last several leaves, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, covers within two blind-stamped rolls, outer roll dated 1541 and depicting the Crucifixion, David, the Resurrection, and St. John, inner roll dated 1556 and showing Lucretia, Caritas, and Justicia, later stamp of Schola Altenburgensis printed in gold in centre of upper cover and in black on lower cover, some minor abrasion to binding, spine slightly chipped at head, corners lightly rubbed, folio (306 x 201mm.), Nuremberg, J. Montanus & U. Neuber, 1551.⁂ Rare and important work with a most distinguished provenance, in excellent condition and in its strictly contemporary binding. The Honeyman copy of the first edition of the collected works by Johann Schöner, mathematician, astronomer, cartographer, and scientific instrument maker from Karlstadt, in Bavaria. Schöner was a contemporary of Nicolaus Copernicus and in 1526 he became the first professor of mathematics at the University of Nuremberg. His most illustrious pupil was Georg Joachim Rheticus, who in the Narratio prima (1540) announced Copernicus' discoveries. Schöner was also active as a printer and even set up a press in his house, printing numerous previously unpublished works by Johannes Regiomontanus, as well as the first printed terrestrial globe to name the recently discovered continent of America. The Opera mathematica was published posthumously by his son Andreas and is introduced by a preface by the outstanding humanist and reformer Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560). The volume contains a representative sample of Schöner's wide and diverse interests, and a digest of some of his separately published works, most of which are extremely rare. Part 3 contains the most important section, which describes and illustrates eleven instruments, under the title Aequatorium Astronomicum, ex quo errantium stellarum motus, luminarium configurationes, & defectus colliguntur, a revised and enlarged version of the work which first appeared in 1521. The Aequatorium Astronomicum contains the earliest collection of printed equatoria-diagrams, as well as a catalogue of stars adapted by Schöner from that published by Copernicus in his De revolutionibus of 1543. The text is illustrated by an elaborate series of volvelles (movable wheel charts) used to determine planetary positions. Each part of these volvelles was printed on a separate page, such that the reader could cut them out or trace them on separate pieces of paper, and then assemble the various parts with string. These fragile 'paper instruments', which Schöner was among the first to employ, are frequently lacking or only partially present in most other copies of this work, and they are very often constructed incorrectly. This copy is exceptionally complete and includes all the volvelles, some still with their original thread. Provenance: from the library of the Latin school in Altenburg, Germany (stamp on the binding 'Biblioth. Schol. Altenburgensis'); the English politician and book collector Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth (1870-1937; his sale at Sotheby's London, 9 February 1953, lot 9605); Robert Honeyman IV (1897- 1987; see The Honeyman Collection of Scientific Books and Manuscripts. Volume vii. Printed Books S-Z and Addenda, Sotheby's New York, 19-20 May 1981, lot 2802A); Astronomy & Science Books from The Library of Martin C. Gutzwiller, lot 175. Literature: Adams S-678, 685; VD16 S-3465; Alden 551/35; BEA, pp. 1027-1028; Houzeau - Lancaster 2388; Sabin 77806.
Architecture.- Bianchini (Francesco) Del Palazzo de Cesari Opera Postuma, first edition, title in red and black, engraved title vignette, 20 engraved pates, mostly folding, illustrations, very occasional light spotting, title a little dust-soiled but else a clean fresh copy, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, folio, Verona, Pierantonio Berno, 1738.
Architecture.- Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) Les Dix Livres d'architecture de Vitruve, translated by Claude Perrault, additional engraved title and illustrations, some full-page, bookplate to pastedown, ownership blind-stamp to endpapers and signature to title, occasional light spotting, heavier to final ff., contemporary calf, rebacked with original gilt spine laid down, lightly marked and faded, corners rubbed, folio, Paris, Jean-Baptiste Coignard, 1673.⁂ First edition of the French translation and comments by Claude Perrault.
Gardens.- Chambers (William) A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening..to which is annexed An Explanatory Discourse by Tan Chet-qua, of Quang-chew-fu, Gent, 2 parts in 1, second edition, engraved additional vignette title (dated 1772) and dedication by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, [Harris 118; Henrey 547; cf. Fowler 88, first edition], Printed by W. Griffin, 1773 bound with Frezier (Amédée) Dissertation historique et critique sur les ordres d'architecture, folding engraved plate, Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1769, together 2 works in 1 vol., engraved armorial bookplate of Michael Kearney, Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, contemporary calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, joints starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, 4to⁂ A treatise conceived by Chambers in response to the dull style of landscape gardening of 'Capability' Brown. Despite being exposed as a product of his imagination it includes some advanced ideas such as gardeners should ''paint'' their flower borders, anticipating Gertrude Jekyll, and that there should be a centralised planning control for villages and towns. The work was very influential on the Continent.
![Ptolomaeus (Claudius) Cosmographia, first edition, collation: aa10, bb8-1, a10, b-g8, h10, A-F8, G10. 142 of [143] leaves, la](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/3bbf975b-3c75-4453-96c4-abe400e2508e/94db5aeb-24ca-446a-b05e-abe400f00afa/468x382.jpg)
Ptolomaeus (Claudius) Cosmographia, first edition, collation: aa10, bb8-1, a10, b-g8, h10, A-F8, G10. 142 of [143] leaves, lacking fol. aa1 blank. text in single column, 39 lines, type: 102R, finely hand-painted initials alternately in red or blue, that on aa8 verso with extension, seven-line blank space on aa1 recto, rubricated in red and blue, capital letters touched with yellow, 4 woodcut diagrams, two small wormholes to blank outer margin of first leaf repaired, without any loss, occasional light foxing, front and rear flyleaves both reinforced at an early date with a fragment from a manuscript, pencilled bibliographical notes on rear pastedown, contemporary wooden boards, one (of two) original oyster clasps preserved, spine covered in calf, with three raised bands, a few wormholes to covers, loss to top corner of upper cover, head and foot of joints slightly worn, preserved in suede-lined black morocco drop-back box by Boichot, folio (304 x 205mm.), Vicenza, Hermann Liechtenstein, 13 September 1475.⁂ An exceptional, and unsophisticated copy, with wide margins of the first edition of the most celebrated geographical treatise of classical antiquity. An edition of the greatest rarity, and a monumental achievement of geographical knowledge and a cornerstone of the European tradition. The Latin Ptolemy of 1475 was issued from the printing house established in Vicenza by the German printer Hermann Liechtenstein, also known by his surname 'Leuilapis'. A native of Cologne, he began his career as a printer in Vicenza, publishing the undated Historiae by Orosius in 1475, as well as the first edition of Ptolemy, completed on 13 September. Ptolemy's Geographia is one of the first books ever printed in Vicenza, where printing was first introduced in the spring of 1474 by Leonardus Achates de Basilea. The present work, divided into eight books, was produced by Ptolemy in the second century AD and describes the known inhabited world (or oikoumene), divided into three continents: Europe, Libye (or Africa), and Asia. Book i provides details for drawing a world map with two different projections (one with linear and the other with curved meridians), while Books ii-vii list the longitude and latitude of some 8,000 locations, Book vii concludes with instructions for a perspectival representation of a globe. In Book viii Ptolemy breaks down the world map into twenty-six smaller areas and provides useful descriptions for cartographers. The work was brought to Italy from Constantinople around 1400, and its translation into Latin was made by Jacopo Angeli (or Angelo da Scarperia) in Florence between 1406 and 1409. He was a pupil of Manuel Chrysoloras (ca. 1350-1415), the exiled Byzanthine scholar who had possibly begun the translation himself, on the basis of a hitherto unidentified Greek manuscript. Angelo's translation is mainly based on a composite text deriving from two different manuscripts. This volume was edited by Angelus Vadius and Barnabas Picardus and contains only the text of Ptolemy's Geographia. No maps were issued in this first edition of 1475, which were probably not present in the manuscript which served as copy-text, and the only illustrations included are the three diagrams in chapter xxiv of Book i (fols. bb5v, bb6v, and bb7v), showing the 'modus designandi in tabula plana', and that on fol. F3, depicting the Polus antarcticus. The first illustrated edition of Ptolemy appeared in Bologna in 1477, under the title of Cosmographia and supplemented with copperplates drawn and engraved by the famous illuminator Taddeo Crivelli. The Latin edition of this landmark geographical text enjoyed wide and enduring popularity. The editio princeps in Greek appeared in Basel only in 1533, and the circulation of the Latin text throughout Europe in the fifteenth century greatly influenced (both directly and indirectly) the shaping of the modern world. As Angeli writes at the end of his dedication: "Now, I repeat now, let us listen to Ptolemy himself speaking in Latin". Literature: HC 13536*; GW M36388; BMC vii, 1035; IGI 8180; Goff P-108; Flodr Ptolomaeus, 1; Sander 5973.Provenance: French bookseller's typed description to front pastedown.
Lucian of Samosata. Dialogoi, editio princeps, collation: Α-Β8, α-ω8, αα-ηη8, 262 (of 264 leaves, lacking the first and last blanks), Greek text in single column, 41-44 lines, type: 5:IIIGk, blank spaces for capitals, with no guide letters, opening page framed in a fine and lavishly illuminated full-border, with small flowers, acanthus leaves, fruits, birds, and gold-rayed discs, at the top two cornucopias, lower panel containing a large cartouche including a blue lion coat-of-arms, flanked by the gold initials 'io' and perhaps 'm' (smudged), right panel exquisitely painted, depicting a scholar, presumably Lucianus himself, with long curly hair, sitting and reading a book, same leaf with ten-line gold initial 'A' with interlaced branches on black ground, and a portion of a portico supported by a cherub, a very good copy with wide margins, water-staining to front endpapers thus affecting lower panel of illumination on first leaf, a few early ink stains, foxing and browning in places, light water-stain to lower blank margins of final quires, a few minor stains to gutter of two final leaves, early inked foliation and marginalia in Greek and Latin in the same hand, front pastedown with early inked shelfmark 'A. 58.', and an erased, illegible annotation, 17th-century limp vellum, spine with five raised bands underlined by gilt fillets, compartments decorated with floral tool, title in gilt on red lettering-piece, small tear to vellum on upper cover fore-edge and another on lower joint, tailband loose, folio (330 x 235mm.), Florence, Lorenzo de Alopa, 1496.⁂ A magnificent example of a Florentine incunable embellished with a high-quality illumination: the rare editio princeps of Lucianus' Dialogues edited by Ianos Laskaris - a masterpiece of early Greek typography. This is one of the three dated editions published by Lorenzo de Alopa, the first Florentine printer to produce books in Greek, the others being the Anthologia Graeca of 1494 and the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius, which appeared in 1496. The text of Lucianus was set in the third Greek type cut for Alopa, a lower-case with accents and breathings, used also for the commentary surrounding Apollonius' Argonautica. The opening leaf of this sumptuous copy bears artwork executed by an artist of considerable skill. The decorative pattern of the border, the particular palette of colours and tones, the illusionistic three-dimensional composition, the hair- and beard-style of the figure reading a book in the right-hand panel - almost certainly a depiction of Lucian himself - have many similarities to illuminations attributed to the miniaturist known as 'Petrus V', possibly originating from Lombardy. This artist was also active in Padua and Venice in the 1470s in the production of illuminated incunables, creating masterful illustrations for a distinguished clientele, as demonstrated by the magnificent copy of the Breviarium Romanum printed in 1478 by Nicolaus Jenson (Glasgow University Library, B.f.1.18). From Veneto he moved to Rome, where he worked in the 1480s and 1490s, receiving several commissions from prestigious patrons to illuminate printed books. A refined work for a refined patron: the smudged coat-of-arms included in the border is similar to that of the famous and wealthy Sforza family, while the capital letters painted in gold may be read as 'io' and 'm', suggesting the possible identity of the first owner of the present copy: Giovanni Maria Sforza (d. ca. 1520), the son of Francesco, Duke of Milan. As a Protonotary Apostolic he was a member of the Roman curia, and in 1498 was appointed Archbishop of Genoa. The Elmer Belt Library of the University of California at Los Angeles preserves a single leaf from Book ii of the Nicolaus Jenson edition of Pliny the Elder's Historia naturalis of 1476, whose border and first initial were possibly illuminated for Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469-1494). In this leaf the inscription, only partially legible, 'opvs petri v m' supports "the Lombard origins of this intriguing artist. The letters of Petrus' surname suggest Vimercate, the name of a town midway between Milan and Bergamo, earlier the patria of another illuminator, Guinifortus de Vicomercato" (The Painted Page, p. 178).Literature: HC (+Add) 10258*; GW M18976; BMC vi, 667; IGI 5834; Goff L-320; Rhodes Firenze, 416; Flodr Lucianus, 1; Hoffmann iii, pp. 29-30; Legrand i, 19; Staikos, Charta, pp. 277-278; J. J. G. Alexander (ed.), The Painted Page. Italian Renaissance Book Illumination, London-New York 1995, pp. 178-180 (catalogue entries nos. 86-88 by L. Armstrong); M. Conway, The Early Career of Lorenzo Alopa, La Bibliofilia, 102 (2000), pp. 1-10; L. Armstrong, Opus Petri: Renaissance Book Illuminations from Venice and Rome, Eadem, Studies of Renaissance Miniaturists in Venice, London 2003, 1, pp. 339-405.
Gentlemanly conduct.- Castiglione (Baldassare) Il Libro del Cortegiano, first edition, collation: *4, a-o8, p6, Roman type, large Aldine woodcut device on title, and on verso of final leaf, blank spaces for capitals, with printed guide letters, lightly washed, short tear to lower blank margin of fol. l7 skilfully restored, without any loss, first leaf uniformly browned, small stain to blank lower outer corner of fol. *4, early 20th-century honey morocco over pasteboards, by Katharine Adams, ruled and lettered in gilt, blue pastedowns and endpapers with old 17th century front endpaper preserved (with some ink annotations), inner gilt dentelles, g.e., small folio (288 x 183 mm.), Venice, Aldo Manuzio's heirs and Andrea Torresano, 1528.⁂ First edition of the Cortegiano, the earliest and most famous work on courtesy. In his treatise, the Mantuan poet and diplomat Castiglione depicts the perfect Renaissance gentleman who displays refinement, good manners, and military prowess, together with an appreciation of literature and music. The work takes the form of a conversation held in 1506 at the palace of Urbino, where the author, who served there at court, is surrounded by such figures as Guidobaldo de Montefeltro, Elisabetta Gonzaga, Pietro Bembo, and Giuliano de' Medici. The treatise enjoyed wide and lasting popularity, and was translated into several languages, including an English translation in 1561 by Thomas Hoby. Its influence was felt in the works of writers such as Shakespeare, Rabelais, Cervantes, Molière, Sidney, and Burton. "The Courtier' depicts the ideal aristocrat, and it has remained the perfect definition of a gentleman ever since. It is an epitome of the highest moral and social ideas of the Italian Renaissance [...] This Renaissance ideal of the free development of individual faculties and its rules of civilized behaviour formed a new conception of personal rights and obligations in Europe" (PMM). Provenance: the British art historian Kenneth Clark, later Lord Clark of Saltwood (1903-1983; ex-libris on the front pastedown; his sale Sotheby's, 3 July 1984); Kenneth Rapoport (ex-libris on the front pastedown). Literature: Adams C-924; STC Italian 156; Renouard Alde, 105.3; Ahmanson-Murphy 252; Cataldi-Palau 115; PMM 59.
Budé (Guillaume) Commentarii linguae Graecae, first edition, collation: α4 β6 γ8 δ6 ε6 a-z A-Z Aa-Nn8 Oo6 Pp8 (lacking final blank), Greek and Roman type, title in red and black and woodcut vignette within woodcut border, tiny marginal worm hole to title and first few leaves, title repaired, in, small loss to fore-edge margin (K1), occasional faint marginal spotting and staining, early ownership inscription to title, one or two marginal notes and occasional underlining, modern calf, [Adams B3093; PMM 60], folio (315 x 206mm.), [Paris], Josse Badius, Sept. 1529. ⁂ Budé was appointed royal librarian by King Francis I of France, building a library which formed the nucleus of the Bibliothèque Nationale. He was also instrumental in the foundation of the Collège de France, which after 1530 became a centre of higher studies in France, and reawakened interest in classical languages and literature.
Pestalozzi (Heinrich) Wie Gertrud ihre Kinder lehrt, ein Versuch den Muttern Anleitung zu Geben ..., engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary half sheep, rubbed, [PMM 258], 8vo, Bern and Zurich, Heinrich Gessner, 1801.⁂ The first edition to contain an exhaustive exposition of Pestolozzi's principles of education, and the book on which Pestolozzi's fame rests.
Le Vacher de Charnois (Jean Charles) Recherches sur les Costumes et sur les Theatres de toutes les nations, 2 vol., second edition, 56 engraved plates, 49 hand-coloured, tissue-guards, scattered faint spotting, remnants of label to front pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, upper joint of vol. 2 beginning to crack but holding, very slight bumping to spine extremities, 4to, Paris, M. F. Drouhin, 1802.⁂ The second and best edition of this beautifully illustrated guide to theatrical costumes, expanded from the 1790 first edition. Containing a new portrait of the author, who was killed during the Terror.
![Oxford Antiquary.- Wood (Anthony [Anthony à Wood], antiquary, 1632-95) De priorat Walingford com: Berks, ordinis Benedicti, m](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/3bbf975b-3c75-4453-96c4-abe400e2508e/c59327c2-c511-49f4-8a3a-abe401092e57/468x382.jpg)
Oxford Antiquary.- Wood (Anthony [Anthony à Wood], antiquary, 1632-95) De priorat Walingford com: Berks, ordinis Benedicti, manuscript copy of an extract from Wood's notes on Wallingford Priory, and with 2 of Wood's autograph notes in the margins ("another of this is as I rememb[er] in ye greatest (?) bundell of Wallingford writings"), 4pp., pen and ink sketch of a seal, first f. small tear with loss of corner affecting a few letters, also a cut across a few lines of text but with no loss, folds, some slight creasing, browned, unbound, folio, marginal note at head dated 1668.⁂ Anthony Wood's researches for William Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum.An interesting manuscript illustrating the process by which Dugdale put together the Monasticon Anglicanum, volume by volume. Wood was a great admirer of the work, and these pages are part of his freely and spontaneously offered contributions for a third volume of the Monasticon (new edition, vol. III, London, 1821, p. 280, no. iii, Ex ipso autogr., penes Anth. Wood Oxon). From the marginal notes, he names the sources - and he was himself the owner of most of these texts (now in the Bodleian Library), all for Holy Trinity Priory, Wallingford. One, however, is from the archives of Corpus Christi College, Oxford - and he has noted in the margin of the fourth side in his own hand: "Inter euidentias Coll. C.C. Oxon. in pix. 7. Clearly Wood sent the bifolium to Dugdale, who selected and printed what he considered to be the most interesting items from the manuscript.
Atlases.- Wyld (James) A General Atlas..., first edition, engraved vignette title, 2 tables of comparative heights of mountains and lengths of rivers, and 41 maps hand-coloured in outline by N.R.Hewitt after Wyld (numbered 1-40, one double-page of world), each with vignette in corner, occasional light offsetting (mainly to height table from title), faint contemporary ink signature to head of title, contemporary half calf, engraved label 'Cabinet Atlas..' to upper cover (a bit worn), rubbed, corners worn, 4to, Edinburgh, John Thomson & Co., London & Dublin, [1819].
Llwyd (Humphrey) The breuiary of Britayne. As this most noble, and renowmed iland, was of auncient time deuided into three kingdomes, England, Scotland and Wales, first edition in English, translated by Thomas Twyne, black letter, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, **1&2 misbound at end of preliminaries, lacking title and A8, closely trimmed at head, just touching the odd headline, some staining and spotting, lightly browned throughout, contemporary calf, rebacked, new gilt to covers, corners worn, rubbed, [STC 16636], 8vo, [By Richard Iohnes: and are to be solde at his shop, ioynyng to the southwest doore of Paules Church], 1573.⁂ Scarce first edition in English of this history of the constituent parts of Britain. It was originally published in Latin in 1572 in Cologne as Commentarioli Britannicae descriptionis fragmentum. The work has much on the Celtic peoples of Britain during and after the Roman occupation, and contains a list of Welsh words and their English counterparts. There is mention of Camelot on f.18v. Llwyd was a friend of Abraham Ortelius and prepared two maps (one of Wales and one of England) for inclusion in Ortelius's atlas.
Law.- Theloall (Simon) Le Digest des Briefes Originals, et des choses concernants eux, first edition, woodcut criblé initial, running titles, lacking front free endpaper, extensive ink marginalia throughout in law French, previous owner's ink signature to title, margin of quire G trimmed a little, occasional faint water staining, seventeenth-century calf, lacking some backstrip, rubbed and worn, preserved in a cloth drop-back box, [Beale T499], 8vo, Richard Tottell, 1579.⁂ An intensively annotated copy, by a single contemporary owner who appears to be versed in the Common Law.
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Women's rights.- Law.- [Edgar (Thomas, editor)] The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights: or, the Lawes Provision for Woemen. A Methodicall Collection of such Statutes and Customes, with the Cases, Opinoins, Arguments and Points of Learning in the Law, as doe properly concerne Women, first edition, black letter, title within double filet border, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial blank, occasional spotting, some mostly light water-staining to upper corners towards end, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked in calf gilt, with a black morocco label, corners repaired, covers rubbed and scuffed, [STC 7437], 4to, Printed by [Miles Flesher for] the assignes of Iohn More Esq. and are to be sold by Iohn Groue, at his shop neere the Rowles in Chancery-Lane, over against the Sixe-Clerkes-Office, 1632. ⁂ First edition of the earliest work in English devoted to laws relating to women. It includes divorce, hermaphroditism, polygamy, promises of marriage, rape and wooing. The work is sometimes attributed to Sir John Dodderidge.
Harrington (James) The Common-Wealth of Oceana, first edition, lacking frontispiece, corrections inserted by hand, occasional crayon underlining and marginal annotations, small hole (E1), short marginal tears not affecting text (P3, Q3), marginal worming not affecting text, spotting, bookplate, near contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, [Wing H809], folio, J. Streater, for Livewell Chapman, 1656.⁂ Harrington's masterpiece on political theory.
South Seas.- Burney (Capt. James) A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean, 5 vol., first edition, 28 engraved maps, 15 folding, and 13 plates, one folding, a few woodcut illustrations in text, vol.2 & 3 with final blank, some light spotting or soiling, more concentrated foxing to one or two gatherings, ex-library copy with perforated stamps to titles & maps and one or two other leaves, ink stamp to plates, ink reference number or code to foot of titles and final leaf, map at beginning of vol.2 soiled and torn with slight loss (repaired), handsome modern calf with leafy border in blind, spines gilt with red morocco labels, a few minor scuffs, [Hill 221; Sabin 9387], 4to, 1803-17.⁂ Account of all the voyages to the South Seas by Europeans, from the earliest navigators to Sir Francis Drake. James Burney was the brother of the novelist Fanny Burney, a lieutenant on Cook's second and third voyages, who gave his name to Burney's Beach in Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand.
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