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Sammlung Silber-Schmuck ab 1900, dabei Navajo-Schmuck mit Türkisen800-925er Silber, überwiegend punziert, zahlreiche Ringe, B

Kunst & Kuriosa

Lot 863

Sammlung Silber-Schmuck ab 1900, dabei Navajo-Schmuck mit Türkisen800-925er Silber, überwiegend punziert, zahlreiche Ringe, Broschen, Anhänger, z.T. an Ketten und mit Steinbesatz, dabei 2 Grandel-Broschen, Brosche mit Korallen in Blütenform, Collier und Armband mit Mäander-Dekor, 1970er Jahre; 7 Münzen/Medaillen (900er bis 999er Silber), gefasst als Anhänger, u.a. 2 x Theresientaler, 5 Pesos Mexiko, First man on the moon Neil Armstrong usw., z.T. an Ketten; Navajo-Schmuck: Armreif, Collier, Halskette, 2 Ringe, Paar Ohrringe und 2 Paar Ohrhänger, alle mit Türkisbesatz, zus. mind. 400 g

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Glossy hand painted white rabbits with the Herend hallmarks on the bottoms. The first measures approximately 3.25"L x 2"W x 1

Lion and Unicorn

Lot 164

Glossy hand painted white rabbits with the Herend hallmarks on the bottoms. The first measures approximately 3.25"L x 2"W x 1.25"H. The second measures approximately 2.75"L x 2"W x 3.25"H. Manufacturer: HerendCountry of Origin: HungaryCondition: Age related wear.

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Introducing a delightful pair of Herend figurines, meticulously hand-painted to depict birds perched on cherry blossom trees.

Lion and Unicorn

Lot 160

Introducing a delightful pair of Herend figurines, meticulously hand-painted to depict birds perched on cherry blossom trees. The first figurine features a single brown and grey bird attached to a white base, measuring 3.5"L x 3.5"W x 3.5"H. The second figurine showcases two small brown and yellow birds nestled in a tree adorned with cherry blossoms, measuring 3.75"L x 2.25"W x 3"H. Herend Hungary backstamp. Issued: 1960-1976Manufacturer: HerendCountry of Origin: HungaryCondition: Age related wear.

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Processional or Altar Cross. Limoges, France. Romanesque. Second quarter of the 13th century.An important processional or alt

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Lot 1

Processional or Altar Cross. Limoges, France. Romanesque. Second quarter of the 13th century.An important processional or altar cross, with a double transverse bar. Its wooden core is covered with engraved, punched, and gilded copper plates, adorned with champlevé enamel elements in shades of blue, yellow, green, and white, and cabochons of gemstones and coloured glass. It features an appliqué figure of Christ in embossed, engraved, and gilded copper, with a long loin cloth adorned with blue and turquoise champlevé enamel and glass eyes.Height 39.5 cm.Crosses with a double transverse bar, originating in the Byzantine era, were considered staurothekes, that is, reliquaries of the True Cross. This tradition persisted in Limoges amongst the precious metalworkers, as demonstrated by this rare specimen, although it has unfortunately lost its precious relic, which was located on the upper transverse bar, above the head of Christ.Few specimens like this cross have survived. One that has is the cross kept at the Castle Museum in Norwich, Norfolk, England, although it is in a considerably worse condition than this one, as it retains none of the gilding, gemstones, or the relic (Inventory No. NWHCM: 1846.97). There is also the cross kept in the Church of the Temple of Carentoir in France.An interesting feature can be seen on this cross, also found on the Bonneval Cross, which is part of the Musée de Cluny collection (Inventory No. Cl. 22888), and that is the widening at the end of each arm—a form inherited from Carolingian or Byzantine art that would later be taken up again in Catalan precious metal-working.According to Dr. Paul Thoby's classification in "Les Croix limousines de la fin du XIIe siècle au début du XIVe siècle," Paris, Editions A. et J. Picard, 1953; this crucifix belongs to the second group, i.e. from the late 12th century to the mid-13th century. These are crosses with a wooden core and a covering of fine engraved and stamped copper plates with applications of champlevé enamel, featuring an appliqué figure of Christ in enamelled copper at the centre.Dr. Thoby's work is truly interesting, as he mentions in the book's introduction that, upon visiting the magnificent Limoges enamel exhibition organised in 1948 in Limoges itself and which presented a never-before-seen collection, he realised that out of the nearly two hundred objects exhibited — pyxes, reliquaries, pastoral staffs, plates, etc.—only two were processional crosses. As he writes, these types of crosses are rare because they usually had a wooden core covered with gilded or enamelled copper plates; many, losing the wooden core due to woodworm, were reconstructed, melted, or their parts were scattered.Previously, in 1890, Ernest Rupin mentioned ten processional crosses with champlevé enamel, so an in depth study of these crosses was pending. A brilliant study was then initiated by M. Marquet de Vasselot.Initially, the focus was on processional crosses, but it soon became apparent that it was impossible to discriminate between these and altar crosses, as most of the time in the 12th and 13th centuries, it was the same cross that processed and was later placed on the altar. It had to be of considerable size to be seen by all the worshippers from afar.The study, therefore, focused on all Limoges enamel crosses regardless of their size, from the late 12th century to the first quarter of the 14th century, a time when champlevé enamel disappeared abruptly. At the end of the study, a total of 116 crosses were recorded between France and other countries.Our cross is in a very satisfactory state of preservation. It retains all the gilded copper plates, most with engraved decoration and champlevé enamel applications.There are slight flaws and restoration work, such as the right arm of Christ, which has been reconstructed.This lot has been imported, so it has a guaranteed export permit from the Ministry of Culture. Provenance:- Aguttes, Neuilly, France. Auction June 17, 2008, lot 156.- Private collection in Limoges. Reference biography:- Thoby, Paul. (1953). "Les Croix limousines de la fin du XIIe siècle au début du XIVe siècle". Editions A. et J Picard.- Thoby, Paul. (1963). "Le Crucifix des Origines au Concile de Trente. Supplément". Bellanger.- Exposition Paris - New York 1995/1996, L'œuvre de Limoges, Émaux limousins du Moyen Age, Musée du Louvre - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, cat.105, p 315-317. Bibliography for comparisons:https://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/collections/collections-object-page?id=NWHCM+%3A+1846.97https://www.passion-patrimoine.fr/spip.php?article54

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Juan Baptista Franconio. Late 16th century, based on the casting of Michelangelo Buonarroti's model."Christ"Gilded bronze scu

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Lot 11

Juan Baptista Franconio. Late 16th century, based on the casting of Michelangelo Buonarroti's model."Christ"Gilded bronze sculpture.22.5 x 21 cm.Magnificent gilded bronze Christ. This is one of the pieces obtained by casting bronze from the model by Michelangelo, which Juan Baptista Franconio, an Italian silversmith, brought to Seville in 1597 from Rome, where he settled.The significance of the Christ by Michelangelo was such that it was one of the inspirational works of art that led Juan Martínez Montañés to create his Christ of the Chalices. Francisco Pacheco recounts this in his posthumously published "Art of Painting" in Seville in 1649.He mentions that Martínez Montañés made this sculpture following the posture of another Christ, describing it as follows: "Michaelangelo, the illustrious light of painting and sculpture, made a crucifix with four nails for a model, which we can now enjoy. Juan Baptista Franconio, a brave silversmith, brought it to this city, cast in bronze, in 1597, and after enriching all painters and sculptors with it, he gave the original to Pablo de Céspedes, a canon of the Holy Church of Córdoba, who held it with great esteem around his neck." It is now known that the original is, for the moment, unaccounted for.Pacheco also specifies in his writing that he applied on January 17th (1600) a matte polychrome to the first of these four-nail crucifixes he cast. One of the painters whose work was enriched by being able to capture such a sculptural marvel on canvas, was Diego Velázquez, due to family ties, as he was Pacheco's son-in-law. In Anselmo López Morais' article “Crucifijo de Miguel Ángel (Un ejemplar en colección particular de Orense)” (Crucifix by Michelangelo (A specimen in a private collection in Ourense))' the 'two portraits he made in 1620 in Seville of Mother Jerónima de la Fuente (one in the Prado Museum in Madrid and another, where [the crucifix] can be seen clearly, in the Fernández Araoz Collection, also in Madrid)' are mentioned. Precisely this article is very useful in order to contrast similarities between this sculpture and the one mentioned by Michelangelo cast by Franconio. Among other things, it states: "The news from Pacheco was collected by Manuel Gómez-Moreno who, intrigued for a long time by a series of metal images obtained by casting, attributes them, with many doubts, to the Granada sculptor Alonso Cano, but later identifies them as those obtained from the Crucifix by Michelangelo mentioned in the 'Art of Painting'."López Morais continues quoting Gómez-Moreno to define the detailed characteristics of the 22 cm Crucifix: "it imposes by its very sobriety of resources, an imposing start that enlarges such a small work, [and] the body hangs limp, with absolute mass symmetry, as in real life; the head, which is small, falls on the chest and leans slightly to the right; the hands contract, clenched; the left leg crosses over the right, as revealed by Saint Brigid, flattening the calf upon contact, and the foot is deformed by the pressure of the nail; the almost embryonic nature of his virile organs matches a narrowness of hips that gives predominance to the chest over the other members; the belly sinks, and the complexion, emaciated, accentuates bony reliefs rather than muscles, except in the arms where tension makes even the arteries visible, but it is all modelled with unsurpassed delicacy and art." In Spain, there are several known silver or bronze specimens considered to be original castings from Franconio. Originals are found in the Museum of Caminos in Astorga, Palacio de Oriente in Madrid, the Gómez-Moreno Museum in Granada, the Caja de Ahorros de Segovia, the Cathedral of Seville, and the Ducal Palace of Gandía, among others. Some others are unsure whether they were cast from the original or even at that time.The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has a Christ and the two thieves in its collection with the registration number 37.28a–d, and currently attributes authorship for this figure of Christ as based on a model by Michelangelo Buonarroti. The question arises as to whether it was a casting made in Rome, a hypothesis supported by the context of the set, or whether, like ours, it is one of the examples made from Franconio, which is based, according to the MET, on "the quality of modeling and casting, both crisp and fluid, [which] brings it closer to numerous surviving silver copies in Spain". Provenance: Fernández Araoz Collection. Reference bibliography:- López Morais, Anselmo. (1988). Crucifijo de Miguel Ángel (Un ejemplar en colección particular de Orense). "Porta da aira: revista de historia del arte orensano", Nº 1, 97-107.- Metropolitan Museum of Art. (s.f.). "Christ and the Two Thieves Crucified". https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/197995

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Flemish School. 17th century. Circle of Frans Francken II (Antwerp, 1581 - 1642)"The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple"Oil

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Lot 21

Flemish School. 17th century. Circle of Frans Francken II (Antwerp, 1581 - 1642)"The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple"Oil on copper.40 x 35 cm.Frans Francken II was a famous painter of mythological scenes, religious and allegorical compositions, as well as an engraver.As stated by the Prado, we can divide the painter's production into four stages. A first stage, in which his "works denote his initial connection with the painting and style typical of the 16th century, with high viewpoints and [...] local colours"; a second stage, with a lighter palette, in which he begins to consolidate himself with an "immense and easily recognizable pictorial corpus"; a third one, his period of greatest fullness, in which "typical male figures wearing turbans or Phrygian caps begin to appear". It is when "the general luminosity [...] reaches its zenith, determining the chromatic scheme of the work". In his last stage, from 1630 onwards, he began to create "compositions where local color would evolve towards general tonalities", influenced by Rubens and other Dutch painters of his time.Other general characteristics of his work, which continue throughout his career, "are his figures with large black eyes, achieved by using touches of carbon black" and the inclusion, from 1610 (in his second stage), of stereotyped women in his paintings.His work can be found in the Rijksmuseum, in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp, in the Louvre or, among many other museums, in the Prado, where up to 20 paintings by our painter are preserved, three of which are collaborations. Bibliographic references:-Museo del Prado (s.f.). "Franken II, Frans". https://www.museodelprado.es/recurso/francken-ii-frans/094e0a02-6efd-461e-9b9a-9d58d15d71cf

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Viceregal School. Cuzco. Peru. 17th Century."Isaiah's vision"Oil on canvas. Re-stretched.204 x 181 cm.Symbolic and apocalypti

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Lot 38

Viceregal School. Cuzco. Peru. 17th Century."Isaiah's vision"Oil on canvas. Re-stretched.204 x 181 cm.Symbolic and apocalyptic painting about Isaiah's vision of the true God and the seraphim, whose desire is to elevate spirits that are lower in the hierarchy to Him and carry out divine justice.An unusual and curious painting that serves as a biblical and scenographic summary of various texts from the Book of Revelation by John, and others from the prophets Ezekiel or Isaiah. The prophet Isaiah mentions in 6:2: "Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew."In the upper left corner of the painting, we find one of these seraphim, which can only be seen by those who have been elevated to a higher dimension, that is, to a state where heaven opens up to them. Like Isaiah, one of the four Prophets of the Old Testament. The seraphim belong to the highest rank of the angelic hierarchy and are the praisers of God, constantly proclaiming His Holiness.A similar example can be found in Catalonia in the murals of the church of Santa Eulalia at the National Art Museum of Catalonia, where these seraphim, angelic beings that surround God on His throne, are depicted. They can also be found in the art on several Catalan Romanesque apses.Seraphim have the mission of purifying everything around them, so they are destined to protect the holiest places.In the Bible, they are mentioned as a vision of God that Isaiah had in the Temple, where they were singing praise: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory."They protect themselves from the light of God by covering their heads with two wings, as they are constantly accompanying the Lord on the throne. For this purpose, and to be able to see the presence of God, they have eyes on their wings and all over their bodies.In the upper right corner, we see Isaiah, who had the vision in which he was taken to the throne of God, where they were (Chapter 6). There, he saw the true King and the seraphim full of ardour and purity, with which they love the divine, desiring to elevate the spirits of lower hierarchy toward God.This seraph with a bull's face (to John, they appear as a lion, a bull, a man, and a flying eagle) "holds a harp" (Revelation 5:8), a symbol of worship and praise in the Old Testament, with which they sing and declare the holiness of God, participating in God's justice, for when He opens the first four seals and unleashes the four horsemen who come to destroy (we see one of these horsemen below in the centre), their voices, powerful as thunder, tell them 'Come' (VENI..., at the beginning of the Latin phylactery lying at the base of the painting) (Revelation 6:1-8). Each rider responds to the call of his seraph, a powerful creature indicating the power he possesses.In summary, this is a painting that symbolically speaks of these beings and Isaiah's vision, an exalted order of angels whose main purpose is worship and who are, in some way, involved in carrying out divine justice.The painting was perhaps created for the refectory or choir of a cloistered religious convent, a place filled with "higher" beings seeking to prostrate and worship the Lamb (Revelation 5:13), beings who cloister their lives to experience the vision of Isaiah up close, to sit on the throne and become the praise, honour, glory, and power of God, forever and ever (Revelation 5:11-12).The painting makes it clear to the beholder that "the Lord is God, and there is no other besides Him.""

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Francisco Gomez de Valencia (Granada 1657 - Mexico, first half of the 18th century)"Memento Mori"Oil on burlap. Signed and da

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Lot 36

Francisco Gomez de Valencia (Granada 1657 - Mexico, first half of the 18th century)"Memento Mori"Oil on burlap. Signed and dated 1681 on the back.140 x 107 cm.An exquisite depiction of the transience of existence, painted by Francisco Gómez de Valencia and dated 1681 on the back of the canvas: "Franc• Gomez fat. año [year] 1681".This Spanish Baroque painter, born in Granada in 1657, was the son of the painter Felipe Gómez de Valencia and followed his father's style as a member of the family workshop, one of the most active Granada workshops in the second half of the 17th century, influenced, like many others of the period, by Alonso Cano, "el Racionero" who was artistically dominant at the time.In 1679, his father passed away, and he took over the workshop until at least 1685, the date of the last documented appearance of the painter in Granada. The oil painting we have here for auction dates from this period.Professors Gloria Espinosa and María Teresa Suárez, in a recent and highly interesting article (2023) in which they reveal new documentary sources about the artist's biography and a previously unknown canvas, conclude that "Francisco Gómez de Valencia must have arrived in Mexico around 1687" and not in 1699, as previously thought in other studies. The painter, after three undocumented years, reappears in 1688 in Mexico City, in a document which reports on his genealogy, previously unknown until the publication of said article. Further information provided by Espinosa and Suárez regarding the Granadan painter is from 1693 when he was appointed Family of the Holy Inquisition, a position that provided economic stability, "in addition to the promotion and social prestige he desired," reasons why he is likely to have left his home town. The last piece of information about Gómez de Valencia, also in New Spain, dates back to 1711 where his delicate health at the age of 54 is documented.Of his probable extensive production, eleven canvases are currently kept in the Museum of Fine Arts of Granada —among them, the "Virgin of Sorrows" and the "Lamentation before Dead Christ," with clear influences from his father, from Flemish painters, and "el Racionero" — and the "Assumption of the Virgin" in the National Museum of San Carlos, Mexico. In addition, we would like to highlight the "Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple," attributed by Raquel Prados in 1999, and another artwork which was unknown until last year when Espinosa and Suárez brought it to light. It is an "Ascension of Christ," which is reproduced in the aforementioned article, and is kept in the National Center for Conservation and Registration of Movable Artistic Heritage of Mexico, where, along with more than five hundred paintings, it had remained shut up in the so-called 'Pandora's Box' for almost half a century. For more information, please refer to the article, which we cite in the bibliography.To these two canvases, we now add the "Memento Mori" presented in this auction, further enriching a catalog that surely has much more to discover. It is essential to note that our painting is dated, unlike most of his corpus, allowing us to place it with total certainty in Granada, as in 1681, as Raquel Prados reports, he "resided in Placeta de Chavarría with his mother, brothers, and Ana de Valencia, his wife." By that time, in fact, our painter had already taken over the family workshop two years earlier and had taken on the commissions that Felipe Gómez de Valencia had left behind orphaned.In this painting we can appreciate the sense of sweetness in colours and an ease in drawing that he inherited from his father. With delicate strokes, he captures a baroque, theatrical scene, almost like a meditation from cell in a convent, in a still life, indoor setting.The human soul or guardian angel reminds a repentant knight of the transience of life, emphasising the vanity of existence. In a room with a bed and canopy, the praying figure is led by the song of the angel, who hints with a pointing hand that nature decomposes, but that the soul can be immortal; it shows him a still life full of symbols: at the centre a skull or skeleton shines, a "memento mori," a reminder that death is inevitable; an hourglass reminds him of the passage of time; it rests on a book, which traditionally alludes to excessive pride in learning. But everything passes.And after these, other objects allude hopefully to the afterlife. The painting has a moralistic message that encourages the viewer to consider their own mortality and how they live their life. This still life compares the vain nature of mortal life with the possibility of eternal life. The Cross is presented as the purpose of his commitment, as well as the rosary that will allow him to live in prayer, and the whip hanging from the table, inviting him to live in penance and mortification.It seems that the painter is devoted to the Virgin Mary, whom he places above, being crowned as Queen and Lady by the Holy Trinity.To conclude, this serene painting does not suggest decay or sadness but carries a legacy of hopeful aspirations beyond life itself. Reference bibliography:- Espinosa Spínola, Gloria y Suárez Molina, María Teresa. (2023). Francisco Gómez de Valencia, un pintor del siglo XVII entre Granada y México. “Boletín de Arte-UMA”, n.º 44, Departamento de Historia del Arte, Universidad de Málaga, pp. 75-85. https://dx.doi.org/10.24310/ba.44.2023.16195- Prados, Raquel. (1999). Un lienzo inédito de Francisco Gómez de Valencia. “Cuadernos De Arte De La Universidad De Granada”, 30, 303–310. https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/caug/article/view/9101

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Novo-Hispanic School. Possibly Potosí. Bolivia. Signed Fonceca, 1774."True Portrait of Our Lady of Soterraña"Oil on canvas gl

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Lot 59

Novo-Hispanic School. Possibly Potosí. Bolivia. Signed Fonceca, 1774."True Portrait of Our Lady of Soterraña"Oil on canvas glued to wood. Signed "fonceca pint." and dated 1774.41.5 x 31 cmThe cartouche at the bottom margin reads: "La Milagrosa Imagen de Nuestra Señora de la Soterraña venerada en Santa María de Nieva, especial defensora de rayos y centellas." (The Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Soterraña venerated in Santa María de Nieva, a special defender against lightning and sparks.)The Virgin of Soterraña is a Marian advocation venerated in the church of the town of Santa María la Real de Nieva in Segovia, where, as reported by Josemi Lorenzo in his interesting research on the church, "ten representations of the Virgin of Soterraña, eight pictorial and two sculptural," are found, indicating the strong devotional weight this image has historically had in the place where it appeared."The image of this Virgin Mary was found at the end of the 14th century buried in a cave on the hill that was then in the municipal district of Nieva. Its name, in fact, means 'subterranean' in old Castilian. As Lorenzo continues to explain, and as we indeed read on the cartouche of this painting, the image was the "special protector against storms and hail [and] was fundamental in an agrarian context which faced adverse weather."Its worship spread to other areas of Spain such as Navarra and Logroño, Lorenzo continues to report, "shepherds and sailors [...], the former through migration, the latter by sailing the sea, spread her virtues and devotion to places such as Argentina, Bolivia, and the Philippines, where a ninth example which has been moved to an unknown location is documented."Of the eight painted depictions in the parish church in Segovia, we would like to highlight the most complex of those preserved, from the first half of the 18th century, where the Virgin of Soterraña with the Child in her left arm is depicted, along with Ensign Alonso del Canto y Ocampo, conqueror of the Philippines in 1563. It is a votive offering made a century after the death of the ensign to whom it is dedicated, which adds additional interest to the painting, as Josemi Lorenzo affirms.Another highlight from amongst these eight is the True Portrait of the Virgin of Soterraña, "exhibited in the northern end" of the church, which, was donated by Alejo Bonifaz and painted in San Luis de Potosí in 1785.With the painting we have in the auction, added to the existing ones, we reach a dozen pictorial representations of this curious Marian advocation. Taking into account the expansion of the worship of the Virgin that we mentioned and that the painting was created in Potosí in 1785, it is reasonable to assume that this painting, from a similar time, came from the same cultural nucleus. Without a doubt, this True Portrait, with the accompanying angels and the liturgical scenery with candlesticks, candelabra, and drapery, is more elaborate than the True Portrait in the church.Reference bibliography:- Lorenzo Arribas, Josemi. (2016). La iglesia de Santa María la Real de Nieva (Segovia). Epigrafía en la portada norte; Lucas el estucador; exvotos pintados; un Niño montañesino, y un lienzo devocional de la Virgen de la Soterraña. Biblioteca. Estudio e investigación", 31, 197-218.

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Two brass plaques, the first, c.1870 inscribed 'James Court' within an oval, mounted on a wooden board,15 x 19cm,together wit

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Lot 33

Two brass plaques, the first, c.1870 inscribed 'James Court' within an oval, mounted on a wooden board,15 x 19cm,together with a pierced example, 'Bedford', c.1940, mounted on a board,9 x 23cm (2)

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Ring binder and contents of WWI silks including 1914-1915 card with portrait of Lord Kitchener, another Le Marechal French,

Duggleby Stephenson of York

Lot 6215

Ring binder and contents of WWI silks including 1914-1915 card with portrait of Lord Kitchener, another Le Marechal French, Northumberland Fusiliers etc., Finland first day cover signed by Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Gerald Ford, Pierre Trudeau etc and other first day covers

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First Period Worcester tea service, of wrythen fluted form with cobalt blue banding and gilt sprig decoration, comprising a t

Duggleby Stephenson of York

Lot 6017

First Period Worcester tea service, of wrythen fluted form with cobalt blue banding and gilt sprig decoration, comprising a teapot, sucrier, slop bowl, milk jug, six tea bowls, four tea cups and seven saucer, blue crescent mark beneath

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Charlton, Lionel - 'The History of Whitby and of Whitby Abbey'.....York, T Cadell et al, first edition 1779, folding plan, re

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Lot 6263

Charlton, Lionel - 'The History of Whitby and of Whitby Abbey'.....York, T Cadell et al, first edition 1779, folding plan, rebound

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Voyages.- [Prevost (Abbé) and others.] Histoire Générale des Voyages ou Nouvelle Collection de toutes les Relations de Voyage

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Lot 204

Voyages.- [Prevost (Abbé) and others.] Histoire Générale des Voyages ou Nouvelle Collection de toutes les Relations de Voyages par Mer et par Terre..., 19 vol. only (of 20), some with half-titles, titles printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece, c.555 engraved maps, plans and plates, many double-page or folding, folding letterpress table to vol. 13, bookplate of the Rev. F. Hutcheson with ownership inscription "F. Hutcheson 1776" to titles, vol. 1 with one folding map chipped at edges and loosely inserted and rear free endpapers torn and frayed, vol. 6 large folding map with 2 short tears without loss, vol. 18 title with imprint trimmed and laid down, vol. 19 worm trace to fore-margin towards end, a few folding plates creased or little chipped at margins, occasional spotting or light browning, occasional light soiling or damp-staining, but in general very good copies, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments and with morocco labels (some chipped), some worming to joints, rubbed and worn in places, [Hill 1391; Sabin 65402], 4to, Paris [vol. 17 Amsterdam], Didot [and others], 1746-1770; sold not subject to return. *** "An important and scarce collection" (Hill) including voyages to Africa, China, India, the Americas and elsewhere. Volumes 1-7 are a translation of Green’s A new general collection of voyages and travels, first published in 1745, and the Abbé Provost compiled volumes 8-15. Volume 16 is the general index for the work, and volume 17 (Amsterdam, Arkestée et Merkus) gives the account of the Dutch East Indies, taken from the edition printed at La Haye. Volumes 18, 19 and 20 (the last not present in this set, as often), published in 1768, 1770 and 1789 respectively, are a continuation of the work by MM. Querlon and De Surgy.

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Russia.- Simpson (William) The Seat of War in the East, 2 vol., first edition, comprising first- and second-series, tinted li

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Lot 171

Russia.- Simpson (William) The Seat of War in the East, 2 vol., first edition, comprising first- and second-series, tinted lithograph titles, 79 tinted lithographs, tissue-guards (some captioned), occasional marginal spotting and water-staining, not affecting images, chipping to edges of some text ff., previous owner's ink signature and bookseller's label to front pastedown, gutta percha perished with plates and text ff. loose or becoming so, contemporary morocco-backed boards, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Abbey, Travel 237], folio, Paul & Dominic Colnaghi, 1855-56. *** Provenance: Inscribed to Lady Buchan, and dated ?Jan [18]57. Label of Messrs Fores Repository of Works of Art.

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Spain.- Berni (Joseph) Creacion Antiguedad, y Privilegios de los Titulos de Castilla, first edition, additional engraved titl

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Spain.- Berni (Joseph) Creacion Antiguedad, y Privilegios de los Titulos de Castilla, first edition, additional engraved title, engraved portrait and plate, engraved illustrations, scattered spotting, occasional faint marginal water-staining, T1-V4 with worming to bottom margin, 4C2 (final text ff.) with worming affecting odd word, worming to final endpapers, contemporary vellum, soiled, rubbed and worn, lacking ties, folio, Valencia, 1769.

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France.- Brandling (Henry Charles) Views in the North of France, 12 hand-coloured tinted lithographs mounted on card, light f

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France.- Brandling (Henry Charles) Views in the North of France, 12 hand-coloured tinted lithographs mounted on card, light foxing or soiling to some mounts, one or two creased at corners, loose as issued with text booklet in facsimile in original pictorial board portfolio, lacking ties, rubbed and marked, edges a little worn, rebacked in morocco, flaps renewed, [Abbey, Travel 98], by the Author, 1848 § Clutton (Henry) Illustrations of Mediaeval Architecture in France, 16 tinted lithographed plates, illustrations, occasional marginal spotting to plates, some becoming loose, ex-library copy with unobtrusive embossed stamp to lower outer corner of frontispiece and title, original cloth, rubbed, rebacked, 1856, folio (2)*** The first contains attractive views of Northern French cathedrals and street scenes, and is rarely found with the descriptive text.

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Southeast Asia.- Innes (Emily) The Chersonese: with the gliding off, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, newspaper clipping

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Lot 184

Southeast Asia.- Innes (Emily) The Chersonese: with the gliding off, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, newspaper clipping showing 'The Treaty of Pangkor' loosely inserted, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corner and extremities, vol. 2 with light mottling to fore-edge of lower board, 8vo, 1885. *** Scarce. An interesting work by the wife of a colonial administrator, on how she found Malaysia after 6 years living there. In her conclusion she worries about the Chinese influence in Malaysia, noting that "He is no more fit to cope with the irrepressible Chinaman than coaches and steam-engines."

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America.- Radclyffe (Captain C. R. E.) Big Game Shooting in Alaska, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, illustrations (m

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America.- Radclyffe (Captain C. R. E.) Big Game Shooting in Alaska, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, illustrations (many full-page), folding map in pocket at end, animal print endpapers, previous owner's pencil notes to front free endpaper verso, cracked hinges, original cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1904.

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Middle East.- Middleton (E. J.) The Holiday Jaunts of a Busy Man, first edition, inscribed and signed by author, half-title,

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Middle East.- Middleton (E. J.) The Holiday Jaunts of a Busy Man, first edition, inscribed and signed by author, half-title, original pictorial boards, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Great Yarmouth, 1935 § Walker (J. B.) Jerusalem and Bethlehem, second edition, folding map at end, original paper wrappers, lightly browned, slight chipping to edges, covers becoming detached, Cairo, [c.1919]; and other guides and maps for Jerusalem, v.s. (8).

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Polar.- Taylor (Griffith) With Scott: The Silver Lining, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, 42 plates (1 folding),

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Lot 166

Polar.- Taylor (Griffith) With Scott: The Silver Lining, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, 42 plates (1 folding), 2 folding maps (1 large and colour), illustrations, previous owner's ink signatures to front free endpaper, occasional very faint spotting, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, housed in modern slipcase, 8vo, 1916

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Polar.- [Brown (Robert Neal Rudmose), R.C. Mossman & J.H. Harvey Pirie] "Three of the Staff". The Voyage of the "Scotia" bein

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Lot 157

Polar.- [Brown (Robert Neal Rudmose), R.C. Mossman & J.H. Harvey Pirie] "Three of the Staff". The Voyage of the "Scotia" being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in Antarctic Seas, first edition, inscribed "George Lockhart Ross from his ever affect. old friends the Trio Christmas 1906" on title, half-title, frontispiece, 58 plates, 3 maps (2 colour and folding), occasional faint marginal spotting, original pictorial cloth, very slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Edinburgh & London, 1906. *** The "Scotia" was built in Norway in 1872 and originally named "Hekla". She was purchased by William Speirs Bruce in 1902 for use by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition and renamed "Scotia". The Scotia Sea at the edge of the Antarctic, south of Chile and Argentina, is named after this ship, as well as other features in the area.

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Italy.- Nolli (Giovanni Battista) Urbis Ichnographiam a Leonardo Bufalino Ligneis Formis Evulgatam Servata Proportione Contra

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Italy.- Nolli (Giovanni Battista) Urbis Ichnographiam a Leonardo Bufalino Ligneis Formis Evulgatam Servata Proportione Contractam Atq. Aeri incsam Jo. Bapta. Nolli..., a reduced version of Leonardo Bufalini's plan of 1551, the first printed plan of the city, engraved map, 465 x 680 mm (18 1/4 x 26 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some surface dirt and browning, folding without slipcase, 8vo, Rome, [circa 1748]

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South America.- Wallace (Alfred Russel) A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, first edition, linen-backed colou

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Lot 182

South America.- Wallace (Alfred Russel) A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, first edition, linen-backed colour lithograph frontispiece, 8 linen-backed lithographs, lacking folding letterpress table of vocabulary and advertisements at end, ex-Manchester Subscription Library with occasional discreet ink-stamps, faint abrasion mark to title, occasional faint marginal finger-soiling, one or two marginal pencil marks, new endpapers, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1853. *** A scarce first edition of Wallace's earliest work, which made his reputation. This work is all the more remarkable given that the majority of Wallace's notes and drawings from this expedition were lost in a cargo fire whilst returning to England.

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Levant.- Goupil-Fesquet (Frederic Auguste Antoine) Voyage d'Horace Vernet en Orient, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured

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Lot 106

Levant.- Goupil-Fesquet (Frederic Auguste Antoine) Voyage d'Horace Vernet en Orient, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured lithograph frontispiece and 15 hand-coloured lithographs, scattered spotting, previous owner's pencil signature to early blank, near contemporary calf-backed boards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 718], 8vo, Paris, [1843]. *** "Goupil-Fesquet travelled in company with the well-known French artist Horace Vernet and his nephew from October 1839 to February 1840. They visited Egypt, Palestine and Syria, passing through Syros, Santorini, Crete and Smyrna. One of the purposes of their journey was to take daguerreotypes for the publisher Lerebours and his projected photographic incunable Les Excursions Daguerriennes, 1842" (Blackmer).

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Africa.- Baker (Sir Samuel White) The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources, 2 vol. f

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Africa.- Baker (Sir Samuel White) The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources, 2 vol. first edition, frontispieces, 11 plates, 2 maps, of which one folding with tears and tape repair verso, vol. 1 with front free endpaper, frontispiece and title detached and loosely inserted, scattered faint spotting, ex-library with usual ink-stamps, abrasion marks to front pastedowns where labels removed, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech p.10], 1866 § Stanley (Henry M.) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 2 folding maps only (of 3), one with short tear, original pictorial cloth, slight mottling to boards, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1891 § Burton (Capitaine) Voyage aux Grands Lacs de L'Afrique Orientale, half-title, illustrations (some full-page), 2 maps (one folding), previous owner's ink inscription, spotting, front free endpaper clipped at upper corner, contemporary morocco-backed boards, g.e., a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, Paris, 1862; 8vo (5).

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Voyages.- [Johnson (James)] An Account of a Voyage to India, China, &c, first edition, folding engraved map frontispiece, sho

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Lot 201

Voyages.- [Johnson (James)] An Account of a Voyage to India, China, &c, first edition, folding engraved map frontispiece, short tear with neat old repair verso, occasional faint spotting, modern half-calf, 8vo, 1806.

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Britain.- Camden (William) Camden's Britannia, Newly Translated into English...by Edmund Gibson, engraved portrait frontispie

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Britain.- Camden (William) Camden's Britannia, Newly Translated into English...by Edmund Gibson, engraved portrait frontispiece (marginal repairs), 8 engraved plates of coins, 50 maps by Robert Morden, 2 folding (Kent & Norfolk) and the rest double-page mounted on stubs, engraved and woodcut illustrations, lacking 2U1-2 but with *2U1-2 in duplicate, title with ink ownership name to head and short tear into imprint repaired without loss, maps and a few illustrations with contemporary hand-colouring, a few with additional place names or details supplied in manuscript (see Westmorland), a few maps trimmed within platemark, map of Scotland with small loss at central fold, one or two other small holes within plates, a few marginal defects, some short tears and repairs to text and plates without loss, 2Z2 paper-flaw hole within text and engraved illustration to verso, [2]c1 flaw to upper corner with loss to a few letters, some light soiling, final few ff. creased and little frayed, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, worn, covers detached, [Wing C359], folio, F. Collins, for A. Swalle...and A. & J. Churchill, 1695. *** First edition of Gibson's translation and the first with Morden's maps.

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Europe.- Ros (Lord de) Journal of a Tour in the Principalities, Crimea, and Countries adjacent to the Black Sea in the Years

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Europe.- Ros (Lord de) Journal of a Tour in the Principalities, Crimea, and Countries adjacent to the Black Sea in the Years 1835-36, first edition, 8pp. advertisements at end, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, printed paper spine label, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1855.

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World.- Longstaff (George B.)Butterfly-Hunting in Many Lands, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, 6 chromolithograp

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Lot 215

World.- Longstaff (George B.)Butterfly-Hunting in Many Lands, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, 6 chromolithographs, 9 lithographs, illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription to front pastedown, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, 1912; and another on the Crimea, 8vo (2).

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Lot 120

Middle East.- [Brand (Helen W.)] Over Arab Lands: notes of a tour through Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey, first edition, title detached, previous owner's ink signature to title head, corrections inserted by hand, albumen print of author and her family pasted down and loosely inerte, typescript biography and family tree of author taped to endpapers, A.L.s signed to the author tipped-in at end, occasional old tape marks, spotting, cracked hinges, original cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Dundee, Dundee Advertiser Office, 1867.

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East Indies.- Ship's Log.- Alms (Captain James) Monmouth's Log Book Comm. June 20th 1783, 184pp. logging service in East Indi

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East Indies.- Ship's Log.- Alms (Captain James) Monmouth's Log Book Comm. June 20th 1783, 184pp. logging service in East Indies and ultimate return to Spithead, 20 June 1783 to 5 July 1784, followed by a story entitled Frederic de Bosenberg The Exile of Underwald, describing the life of a Swiss boy whose father has gone to fight in America under French service, written in another hand, 23pp., followed by Log Book of His Majesty's Armed Transport Manilla, written from the reverse, in Alms's hand, 30 September to 13 October 1781, 14pp., altogether 221 pages plus blanks, spotting, foxing to text around hinge, first few leaves lightly stained at head and foot, contemporary vellum, title in ink on upper cover, spine and corners rubbed and torn, 4to, 1781-84.*** James Alms (1728-91) took command of HMS Monmouth, a third rate ship-of-the-line with 64 guns, in 1780 and sailed to the East Indies the following year. At the Battle of Providien on 12 April 1782, the concentrated attack of five French ships left 147 of his crew dead or injured and his ship a wreck. This log commences in the Bay of Bengal the following year and gives an account of the Battle of Cuddalore - the final engagement of the American War of Independence - noting the death of several sailors from wounds over the subsequent days, the withdrawal of the fleet to Madras, and the slow return to Britain. The daily entries record bearings, course, winds, punishments and other remarks.Provenance: James Alms; by descent to his great-grandson Frederick H. Alms (ownership inscription dated 9 December 1896); by descent to J.F. Duckworth (provenance note loosely inserted, dated 25 April 1954).

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Africa.- Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, first issue, folding tinted li

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Africa.- Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, first issue, folding tinted lithograph frontispiece, engraved portrait, 2 tinted lithographs (one with marginal water-staining), 20 wood engraved plates, illustrations, 2 folding maps (1 in pocket at end), one folding table, 8pp. publisher's advertisements dated 'November 1, 1857' at end, scattered spotting, neat repairs and strengthening to hinges, original cloth, bumping to corners and extremities, neat repairs and restoration to spine ends, [Hosken p.126], 8vo, 1857. *** There is some confusion over which variant is the first edition, first issue. This copy matches the precedence given by Gaston Renard with the lithographs by W. West facing pp.66 and 225.

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Mountaineering.- Britain.- Abraham (Ashley P.) Rock-Climbing in Skye, first edition, frontispiece, plates, large linen-b

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Lot 147

Mountaineering.- Britain.- Abraham (Ashley P.) Rock-Climbing in Skye, first edition, frontispiece, plates, large linen-backed folding map in pocket at end, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1908 § Smythe (F .S.) Climbs and Ski Runs: Mountaineering and Ski-ing in the Alps, Great Britain and Corsica, first edition, frontispiece, plates, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, lightly sunned spine, 1931 § Larden (Walter) Recollections of an Old Mountaineer, first edition, frontispiece, plates, 20pp. advertisements at end, scattered spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1910; and others similar, 8vo (15).

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Polar.- Mill (Hugh Robert) The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, 19 plates, original cl

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Lot 162

Polar.- Mill (Hugh Robert) The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, 19 plates, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket from the American edition, splits and small loss to folds, neat tissue-tape repairs to verso, chipping and small loss to spine head and top edge, [Rosove 227, A1], 8vo, 1923. *** Scarce in dust-jacket.Mill was involved in the preparations for Scott's Discovery expedition, and accompanied them to Madeira. "During the passage he became fast and lasting friends with Shackleton, who was third officer. For Mill, Shackleton was "the most attractive and many-sided man I ever knew." (Rosove).

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Spain.- Carter (Francis) A Journey from Gibraltar to Malaga, 2 vol. bound as 1, first edition, engraved vignette titles,

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Lot 187

Spain.- Carter (Francis) A Journey from Gibraltar to Malaga, 2 vol. bound as 1, first edition, engraved vignette titles, one folding engraved map (split to foldline), 2 folding engraved plates, engraved illustrations, many full-page and of inscribed stones, 2A4 vol. 2 with tear into text and neat old repair, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1777.

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Mountaineering.- Fitz Gerald (E. A.) & Stuart Vines. The Highest Andes: A Record of the First Ascent of Aconcagua and Tup

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Lot 148

Mountaineering.- Fitz Gerald (E. A.) & Stuart Vines. The Highest Andes: A Record of the First Ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina ..., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by contributor Stuart Vines, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 2 folding maps at end, title in red and black, spotting, spotting, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1899 § Ball (John, editor) Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers, fourth edition, chromolithograph frontispiece, vignette title, 7 chromolithographs, 9 folding plates, illustrations, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1859 § Rey (Guido) Peaks and Precipices: Scrambles in the Dolomites and Savoy, first English edition, translated by J. E. C. Eaton, frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1914; and others mountaineering, 8vo (33).

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Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates, 3 maps only (of 4), of which

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Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates, 3 maps only (of 4), of which 2 folding, one with tear and tape repair verso, folding table at end vol. 2, scattered spotting, occasional marginal water-staining, vol. 1 lacking final free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.189], 1890 § Murray (Hugh) Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Africa, 2 vol., second edition, 7 engraved maps (3 folding), spotting, off-setting, vol. 2 with occasional water-staining, bookplates, contemporary calf, vol. 2 rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, 1818 § Burrows (Captain Guy) The Curse of Central Africa, second impression, half-title, frontispiece, title in red and black, plates and illustrations, one folding map, 18pp. advertisements at end, scattered spotting, one or two faint marginal pencil notes, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, fading to spine [Hosken p.33], 1903; and 3 others, Africa, 8vo (8).

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Mediterranean.- Willyams (Cooper) A Voyage up the Mediterranean, first edition, engraved dedication leaf, double-page aquatin

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Lot 112

Mediterranean.- Willyams (Cooper) A Voyage up the Mediterranean, first edition, engraved dedication leaf, double-page aquatint map with route, 41 aquatint plates, contemporary green mottled calf, gilt, a little rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 196; Blackmer 1813; Atabey 1339 (second edition)], 4to, 1802.*** A good copy of this work by a chaplain and artist in the Mediterranean squadron under Nelson, including much on the Battle of the Nile.

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Polar.- Cherry-Garrard (Apsley) The Worst Journey in the World, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces, 56 plates,

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Lot 159

Polar.- Cherry-Garrard (Apsley) The Worst Journey in the World, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces, 56 plates, of which 10 folding (5 with chipping to fore-edges), 4 maps only (of 5), of which 2 folding, vol. 2 with spare spine label tipped-in at beginning, previous owner's ink signature to front free endpapers, scattered faint spotting, original cloth-backed boards, vol. 1 backstrip beginning to split at joints but holding firm, chipping to spine extremities, slight bumping to corners, [Rosove 71, A1], 8vo, 1922. *** Provenance: Inscribed to George P. Abbott, by his wife Emily. Lot 183 at Christie's on 18th April 2000.George Percy Abbott RVM (1880-1923) was an Antarctic explorer who was part of Scott's Terra Nova expedition, as well as part of the Northern Party, who is mentioned in Cherry-Garrard's work. He spent two winters at Cape Adare, away from the main expedition. Abbott Peak on Ross Island was named in honour of Abbott.

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Spain.- Espinosa de los Monteros (Pablo) [Primera (-Segunda) Parte de la historia antiguedades y grandezas de la muy noble y

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Lot 188

Spain.- Espinosa de los Monteros (Pablo) [Primera (-Segunda) Parte de la historia antiguedades y grandezas de la muy noble y muy leal Ciudad de Sevilla], first edition, 2 parts in 1 vol., title for vol. 2 only bound at beginning (woodcut device to title & trimmed affecting 'Primera Parte' in manuscript at head), lacking title to vol. 1 & *2 and vol. 2 lacking 4pp. table at end, *1-6 misbound (vol. 1), closely trimmed throughout occasionally affecting headlines, catch-words, signatures or side-notes, water-staining throughout, small holes or loss occasionally affecting text, many ff. with neat old repairs (most marginal), 11 ff. with repairs and missing text supplied in neat manuscript, lacking 12 ff. now supplied in manuscript in a neat hand, occasional manuscript notes in a different hand, spotting, nineteenth-century calf-backed boards, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, Seville, Matias Clavijo & Juan de Cabrera, 1627-30; sold not subject to return *** Scarce in retail. The last copy we can find at auction sold in 1977. Though still important, this history of Seville is not accurate as the author included many myths and legends that related to the city.

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India.- Survey of India Offices (Trigonometrical Branch) Revised Map of the Upper Oxus Valley with part of Indus Valley, two

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Lot 85

India.- Survey of India Offices (Trigonometrical Branch) Revised Map of the Upper Oxus Valley with part of Indus Valley, two folding maps, including sheet 1 and 2 conjoined and with the additional sheet map to 1 and 2, photo-zincographed maps, with various annotations and inscriptions, the first map sheet 980 x 1020 mm (38 1/2 x 40 1/4 in) and 830 x 1150 mm (32 3/4 x 45 1/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, backed with marbled endpanels with manuscript labels, numerous repairs to splitting, heavy surface dirt and signs of use, 4to, 1884 (2)

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Africa.- Snelgrave (Captain William) A New Account of some Parts of Guinea, and the Slave-Trade, first edition, lacking foldi

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Africa.- Snelgrave (Captain William) A New Account of some Parts of Guinea, and the Slave-Trade, first edition, lacking folding map, previous owner's ink signature to early blank and title, several ff. strengthened at gutter, C8 verso & D1 recto strengthened at gutter obscuring odd letter, faint marginal finger-soiling, later morocco, rubbed, bumping t ocorners and extremities, [Sabin 85380; Goldsmiths 7204], 8vo, for James, John, and Paul Knapton, 1734. *** Snelgrave was a sailor and slave-trader. This book attempts to defend the trade, and also includes an account of Snelgrave and his ship being captured by pirates.

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Middle East.- Thesiger (Wilfred) The Marsh Arabs, maps and photographic illustrations, ink gift inscription to front free end

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Lot 142

Middle East.- Thesiger (Wilfred) The Marsh Arabs, maps and photographic illustrations, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, dust-jacket, price-clipped, a little rubbed, short tear to head, 1964 § Philby (Harry St John Bridger) Sheba's Daughters being a Record of Travel in Southern Arabia, photographic plates, folding map at end, corner from front free endpaper clipped, occasional light spotting, marginal fading to covers, spine sunned, 1939; Forty Years in the Wilderness, map, photographic illustrations, dust-jacket, rubbed, 1957, first editions, original cloth; and c.25 others, mostly relating to the Middle East, 8vo and 12mo (c.30)

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China.- Chinese School (19th century) Manuscript plan view of a section of the Great Wall and surrounding hill-top forti

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Lot 54

China.- Chinese School (19th century) Manuscript plan view of a section of the Great Wall and surrounding hill-top fortifications, the text appraently includes a reference to the year 1479, within the decade that construction of the wall commenced, pen and black ink with watercolour, 280 x 440mm., extensive wormholing, laid on paper support, [?19th century]; together with 2 woodblock printed maps of China, the first set between text panels and shows territorial boundaries with their centres highlighted in red, also depicts the Great Wall arching across the top, on two sheets, joined, the map 185 x 270mm., with text panels 185 x 560mm., vertical folds between, laid on paper support; the second describing itself as a map of nations during spring and autumn periods, 205 x 255mm., laid on paper support, [19th century] (3)

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Italy.- Lear (Edward) Illustrated Excursions in Italy, 2 vol., comprising first and second series, first edition, half-t

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Lot 91

Italy.- Lear (Edward) Illustrated Excursions in Italy, 2 vol., comprising first and second series, first edition, half-titles, 55 tinted lithographs, 2 maps, illustrations, 4pp. musical score at end vol. 2, advertisements at end vol. 2, tissue-guards, scattered spotting, half-title, one or two plates, one map and several ff. with tears and expert repairs, gutta-percha perished with plates loose or becoming so, original green cloth, lightly sunned spines, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Abbey Travel 172], 4to, 1846.

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Spain.- Talbot Dillon (John) Travels through Spain, with a view to illustrate the Natural History and Physical Geography of t

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Lot 192

Spain.- Talbot Dillon (John) Travels through Spain, with a view to illustrate the Natural History and Physical Geography of that Kingdom, first edition, engraved frontispiece, small loss to bottom edge neatly restored, engraved dedication ff., 5 engraved plates only (of 6), 1 folding, short splits to foldline with neat old repairs verso, lacking map, one or two neat marginal manuscript notes, 3B4 with short marginal tear and neat old repair, ex-Birmingham Library with usual label and ink-stamps, spotting and staining, later cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, 1780.

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China.- Karns (Maurine) & Pat Patterson. Shanghai: High Lights Low Lights Tael Lights, first edition, frontispiece, illustrat

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Lot 56

China.- Karns (Maurine) & Pat Patterson. Shanghai: High Lights Low Lights Tael Lights, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, illustrated endpapers, partially erased pencil notes to title, original pictorial boards, spine stitched in Japanese fashion, stitching renewed, fractional rubbing, 8vo, Shanghai, The Tridon Press, April 1936. *** An irreverent and somewhat provocative, not quite a guide book, to life in Shanghai. In the introduction the authors say, "We have, however, tried to portray the Shanghai scene. Not a minute, detailed, factual panorama of the Whangpoo town. No temples, nor statistics nor dynasty dates. Just a sort of composite of what Shanghai looks like, and feels like and smells like after, say, the third whiskey-soda, when, as Shakespeare or somebody said, the senses are sharpest."

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Polar.- Doorly (Captain Gerald S.) The Voyages of the 'Morning', first edition, half-title, frontispiece, 15 plates, fol

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Lot 160

Polar.- Doorly (Captain Gerald S.) The Voyages of the 'Morning', first edition, half-title, frontispiece, 15 plates, folding map at end, school prize label to front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt school arms to upper cover, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1916.

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Spain.- Townsend (Joseph) A Journey through Spain in the Years 1786 and 1787, 3 vol., first edition, 7 engraved plates, Z1 vo

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Lot 193

Spain.- Townsend (Joseph) A Journey through Spain in the Years 1786 and 1787, 3 vol., first edition, 7 engraved plates, Z1 vol. 1 with marginal loss to bottom corner, scattered spotting, bookplate, cracked hinges, contemporary calf, vol. 1 upper cover detached, rubbed and worn, bumping and small loss to spine extremities, 8vo, 1791.

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Africa.- Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan, 2 vol., first

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Lot 6

Africa.- Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, photogravure frontispieces and 5 plates, maps (20 folding), illustrations, one or two faint spots or stains, one or two marginal pencil notes, new endpapers, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrips, a little rubbed, bumping to corners, housed in a morocco-backed slipcase, a little rubbed, [Woods A2a], 8vo, 1899.

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Polar.- Bernacchi (L.C.) A Very Gallant Gentleman, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, 7 plates, 2 double-page maps

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Lot 156

Polar.- Bernacchi (L.C.) A Very Gallant Gentleman, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, 7 plates, 2 double-page maps, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, tears and small loss to spine extremities, top edge and foldlines, 2 old tape repairs verso, a little rubbed, 1933; Saga of the "Discovery", first edition, half-title, plates, 2 folding maps, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, short tears to edges, tape repairs verso, creasing to extremities, a little rubbed, 1938; [Rosove 36. A1; 37. A1], 8vo (2).

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India.- Orme (Edward) Two views of India, from different publications, including 'A View in the North Street of Fort St. Geor

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Lot 82

India.- Orme (Edward) Two views of India, from different publications, including 'A View in the North Street of Fort St. George' from '24 Views in Indostan', and 'A House at Bankipore, the Residence of Wm. Hunter', etchings and aquatints with full hand-colouring, the first mentioned image 340 x 435 mm (13 3/8 x 17 1/8 in), the latter 280 x 370 mm (11 x 14 1/2 in), minor handling creases, light spotting and surface dirt, unframed, 1804-1805 (2)Provenance:From the Collection of the Late W.G. and Mildred Archer; thence by descent.

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Asia.- Stein (Sir Auriel) On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks, first edition, half-title, colour frontispiece, plates, of wh

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Lot 34

Asia.- Stein (Sir Auriel) On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks, first edition, half-title, colour frontispiece, plates, of which 8 folding, folding colour map at end, occasional marginal spotting, chipping and small loss to fore-edges of some leaves, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, small tear to spine head, 8vo, 1933.

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Middle East.- [Bell (Gertrude)] The Arab of Mesopotamia, first edition, map frontispiece, light browning to margins, ori

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Lot 119

Middle East.- [Bell (Gertrude)] The Arab of Mesopotamia, first edition, map frontispiece, light browning to margins, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, Basrah, The Superintendent, Government Press, [1917].

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Greece.- Leake (William Martin) Travels in the Morea, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, 12 engraved maps, 12 facsimiles (on

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Lot 72

Greece.- Leake (William Martin) Travels in the Morea, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, 12 engraved maps, 12 facsimiles (one double-page), H3 vol. 1 detached and loosely inserted, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscription to half-titles, ex-American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions with their labels to front pastedowns, contemporary half-calf, weak joints, boards becoming detached, rubbed and worn, [Atabey 691; Blackmer 974], 8vo, 1830. *** A supplement was issued in 1846 which, a often, is not included here.

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Middle East.- G. (C.) A Fortnight's Tour amongst the Arabs on Mount Lebanon, first edition, half-title, 4 albumen prints, tis

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Lot 124

Middle East.- G. (C.) A Fortnight's Tour amongst the Arabs on Mount Lebanon, first edition, half-title, 4 albumen prints, tissue-guards, occasional very faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscription to early blank, ex-National Socialist Movement with label to front pastedown, original green cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1876. *** Provenance: Inscribed to Edward Habershon (1826-1900) on his 50th birthday. Habershon was an architect who in 1862 became involved in the relocation of London's burial grounds.

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Middle East.- Miles (Col. Samuel Barrett) The Countries and Tribes of the Persian Gulf, vol. 2 only (of 2), first edition, 5

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Lot 130

Middle East.- Miles (Col. Samuel Barrett) The Countries and Tribes of the Persian Gulf, vol. 2 only (of 2), first edition, 5 plates, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink notes to front endpapers, half-title and title, cracked hinges, original cloth, rubbed and worn, light soiling, bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, 1919. *** Scarce.

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Turkey.- Allom (Thomas) & Rev. Robert Walsh. Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor, first &a

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Lot 196

Turkey.- Allom (Thomas) & Rev. Robert Walsh. Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor, first & second series bound as 1 vol., additional engraved titles, 93 engraved plates, 1 map only (of 2), faint off-setting, occasional faint marginal finger-soiling, previous owner's ink initials to letterpress title, cracked upper hinge, near contemporary half-morocco, loss of morocco to lower corners, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 4to, [c.1840].

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India.- Photograph Album of Indian Views, 75 whole plate photographs, most 180 x 230mm, spotting to leaves and some photos, p

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India.- Photograph Album of Indian Views, 75 whole plate photographs, most 180 x 230mm, spotting to leaves and some photos, photo edges toned, pink stamp-mark to bottom corner of final photo, g.e., spine joints worn, corners rubbed, c.1880-90; another Photograph Album of Indian Views, photographs and illustrations, some images faded, a few leaves loose, browning and foxing, marginal tears, c.1899-1911, contemporary black half morocco, gilt, oblong folio (2)*** The first an excellent Indian album with views of ships, ancient ruins, cityscapes, the Sikh regiment, boar hunting, hilltop forts and more at the turn of the twentieth century.Provenance: From the Earls of Carlisle Howard family, containing two group photographs of the 9th Earl and his family.

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