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Lot 330
A collection of Hasbro Disney: Star Wars The Black Series figures, all boxed, including: Emperor Palpatine, item no. E6125; Rey (Starkiller Base), item no. B7696; Poe Dameron First Order Riot Control Stormtrooper, item no. B4047; Porgs, item no. E4254; Yoda, item no. E4043/E3253; C-3PO and Babu Frik, item no. E7203; First Order Stormtrooper Executioner, item no. C3195; and others. (19)
Lot 344
Procopius of Caesarea. The History of the Warres of the Emperour Justinian in Eight Books, translated by Henry Holcroft, 1st edition in English, London: Humphrey Moseley, 1653, additional engraved title lined to verso, letterpress title in red and black bearing early signatures Juliana Alington and John Jacob, woodcut initials and headpieces, without final advertisement, final leaf of text repaired to foremargin, few other occasional marginal repairs, some damp staining, few marks, browning and light dust-soiling, modern speckled half calf, marbled sides, maroon morocco title label to spine, folio, together with:Appianus (of Alexandria). The History of Appian of Alexandria. In two parts the first consisting of the Punick, Syrian, Parthian, Mithridatick, Illyrian, Spanish, and Hannibalick wars. The second containing five books of the civil wars of Rome...., Made English by J[ohn]. D[avies]., 2nd edition, London: John Amery, 1696, title in red and black with early manuscript annotation, light toning to margins to first and last leaves, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Wing P3640 and A3580B.
Lot 355
La Varenne (Francois Pierre de). Le Vray Cuisinier François, enseignant la maniere de bien apprester & assaisonner toutes sortes de Viandes, grasses & maigres, Légumes & Pastisseries en perfection, &c. Augmentée d'un nouveau Confiturier, qui apprend à bien faire toutes sortes de Confitures, tant seches que liquides, de compostes, de fruits, de dragées, breuvages delicieux, & autres délicatesses de bouche. Le Maistre d'Hostel et le Grand Ecuyer-Tranchant, par le Sieur de la Varenne, Ecuyer de Cuisine de Monsieur le Marquis d'Uxelles. Nouvelle edition, Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, [between 1690 and 1715], xxiv, 380, [4], (*12, A-Q12), additional engraved title, printed title with two old ownership signatures in ink (Job: Hanmer, Henry Bonds ?), ink annotation dated 1751 to front endpaper 'Dinners & Supprs. Supper of Pidgeons roasted - 3 Rabbits, Brown frigasis - Asparagrass Tarts, Fowl white frigacy. All served in China', and further pencil annotation, probably in the same hand, to rear endpaper, 7 folding engraved plates, and 12 single-page woodcut illustrations, some light handling marks, modern antique-style light brown full calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, 12mo QTY: (1)NOTE:Vicaire 500. First published in Paris 1651.
Lot 213
Devon. Donn (Benjamin), A Map of the County of Devon, with the City and County of Exeter, 1st. edition, 1765, key plate and 12 (complete) uncoloured double-page map sheets, decorative cartouche, mileage scale and table of explanation, inset maps of Lundy, Plymouth and Stoke Town and plan of Exeter, compass rose and dedication, later endpapers, modern half morocco with gilt title to spine, slim upright folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Batten & Bennett. The Printed Maps of Devon, no. 44. Arguably the best known of all the large-scale county maps due to the 100 Guineas award from the Royal Society of Arts. Donn's map of Devon was the first map to receive the award which had been conceived by the society in 1762. Donn had taken five years to survey the county and claimed to have measured over 6000 miles of roads and rivers. Highly accurate and exhaustively detailed, the map clearly benefits from Donn's training as a mathematician, but the skill of Thomas Jefferys as an engraver cannot be understated. The map was sold in a simple twelve-sheet format for one and a half guineas (as in this example) and with an extra five shillings for colouring. It was also available in a de-luxe state with a title page, printed index, subscribers list and index map for two guineas plus extra for colouring.
Lot 112
Low (Rev. George). Fauna Orcadensis: or, The Natural History of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes, of Orkney and Shetland. By the Rev. George Low, Minister of Birsa and Haray. From a Manuscript in the possession of Wm. Elford Leach, 1st edition, Edinburgh: printed by George Ramsay and Company, for Archibald Constable and Company..., 1813, half-title, modern antique-style quarter calf gilt over marbled boards, morocco labels to spine, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Wood, p. 442 'The author was introduced to Thomas Pennant by Sir Joseph Banks, and this sketch of the Natural History of the Orkney Islands was at first designed for Pennant's information. He did for Orkney what Gilbert White did for Selborne.'George Low (1746-1795) was a tutor in Stromness, and later ordained minister of Birsay and Harray in Orkney in 1774. When Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander arrived at Orkney on their return from the last and ill-fated voyage of Captain Cook, Low was asked to accompany them on their excursions around the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Banks introduced him to Thomas Pennant, and it was with Pennant's assistance that Low was able to classify the fauna of the islands. Low died in 1795 and the work was eventually edited and published by William Elford Leach, who provides a note on the circumstances regarding the work's publication.
Lot 450
Arthur Conan Doyle. A large collection of mostly modern works & reference by & on Arthur Conan Doyle, including a framed & glazed presentation of Sherlock Homes Royal Mail First Day Covers, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves & a framed item)
Lot 218
England & Wales. Lewis (Samuel), A Map of England & Wales Divided into Counties, Parliamentary Divisions and Dioceses, Shewing the Principal Roads, Railways, Rivers & Canals and the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, with the distance of each town from the General Post Office London..., published S. Lewis & Co., 1841, large map engraved by J. Dower with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, in four parts (as published), inset map of the Scilly Isles, calligraphic cartouche, compass rose, table of explanation and large uncoloured engraved vignette of the Post Office in London, slight spotting and offsetting, each sheet approx. 1050 x 850 mm, each section bound in contemporary morocco gilt, worn and frayed, size when folded 225 x 145 mm, together with Cary (John). [Cary's New Map of England and Wales with part of Scotland on which are carefully laid down all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads, the Course of the Rivers and Navigable Canals..., 1794], lacking title, but retaining dedication and the general map of England & Wales with contemporary hand colouring, table of explanation, 77 engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring (numbered to 81), tipped in printed addendum of the 'Measured Distances in the Neighbourhood of Plumpton', slight offsetting and dust soiling, 'list of places' and subscriber's list bound at rear, first few leaves detached, some splitting and cracking along the gutter, slight dust soiling and spotting throughout, contemporary half calf, spine partially lacking, upper board detached, heavily rubbed and worn, 4to, with Bartholomew (John). The Imperial Map of England & Wales According to the Ordnance Survey, with the Latest Additions; Shewing clearly every Feature of the Country, Railways and their Stations, Roads, Canals, Rivers, Gentlemen's Seats &c. &c., On a Scale of 4 Miles to an Inch, A. Fullarton & Co., [1866], index and a double-page calligraphic title, sixteen double-page colour lithographic maps, sheet 16 divided into three separate maps, text block detached, contemporary half calf gilt, boards detached, lacking spine, slim folio, plus Bell (James). A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales..., 8 volumes, A. Fullarton & Co. 1837, frontispiece of an 'Extracts of Reviews', title pages with dated contemporary ownership signature to each volume, folding engraved map of England & Wales with contemporary wash colouring and 44 uncoloured engraved county maps by Archibald Fullarton, some spotting throughout, some hinges and joints partially split, publishers green cloth with contrasting paper labels to the spines, bumped, faded and worn, 8vo, together with Cox [Thomas]. Magna Britannia et Hibernia Antiqua & Nova..., volume 3 only, 1724, title page and 3 only (Middlesex, Northamptonshire & Northumberland, lacking Norfolk)) uncoloured engraved folding maps by Robert Morden, each with a triangular mileage table, bookplates of John Basil Tolhurst to the front pastedown and of Prinknash Abbey to the front blank, contemporary vellum with manuscript title to the spine, 8vo, with Capper (Benjamin Pitts). A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom..., Sir Richard Phillips and Co. 1829, frontispiece of an uncoloured engraved folding map of the British Isles, title page, introduction and index, 43 uncoloured engraved maps, preliminaries detached, contemporary quarter sheep, lacking spine, upper board detached rear board near detached, heavily rubbed and worn, 8voQTY: (16)
Lot 315
* French playing cards. De l'Histoire de France, Paris: B.P. Grimaud, circa 1865, a complete deck of 52 hand-coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), stencilled pips, single figure courts depicting named kings and queens of France, unnamed jacks in period costumes, jack of clubs with maker's details, pip cards toned and somewhat bowed, some minor toning and spotting to court cards, king of clubs spotted around suit sign, gilt rounded corners, versos pink, each card 85 x 54 mm, with original 2-part box, queen of spades on front, together with: Jeanne l'Hachette transformation cards, Paris: B.P. Grimaud & Cie, circa 1850, a complete deck of 52 chromolithographed playing cards (French suits), single figure courts (heightened with gold) depicting various characters, including the title character as queen of spades, jack of hearts with maker's details, king of hearts with designer and lithographer named, all pip cards transformed, few minor marks, square corners, versos pink, each card 102 x 71 mm, with original 2-part box, king of spades on front, inner lip with Paris booksellers ticket, a quantity of cards from each pack mounted with photo corners onto display boards (one single board, one folding double board), encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder with their boxes in plastic bags, the boards (double board folded) 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Berry, Playing-cards of the World [534]; Berry, Waddington Playing-card Collection [W525]; Cary FRA 365; Fournier, France 245; Ortiz-Patiño 53. Second item: Cary FRA 364; Field #44; Fournier, France 266; Mann, Collecting Playing Cards pp.168-170; Ortiz-Patiño 65.The second pack is also sometimes called Jeu de Roi des Ribauds.
Lot 138
Sterland (W. J.). The Birds of Sherwood Forest. With notes on their habits, nesting, migration, & c., being a contribution to the natural history of the county, 1st edition, London: L. Reeve & Co., 1869, 4 lithograph plates, including 3 hand-coloured (Black Redstart, Tree Sparrow and Hen in Male Plumage, 24 page publisher's catalogue bound in rear, some scattered spotting to half-title and last few leaves of publishers catalogue, modern maroon half morocco gilt, with endpapers renewed, together withAplin (O. V.). The Birds of Oxfordshire, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1889, hand-coloured lithograph frontispiece, folding map of the county at rear, near-contemporary red half morocco, (by R. H. Porter), spine lettered in gilt, a few minor marks, plusChristy (Miller). The Birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the county, 1st edition, Chelmsford: Edmund Durrant & Co., Buckhirst Hill: The Esses Field Club, London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., 1890, lithograph frontispiece, wood-engraved illustrations to text, a little spotting to first and last few leaves, contemporary red half morocco (by R. H. Porter), a few minor marks, and three others similar: Proceedings of the Chester Society of Natural Science and Literature, number IV, Chester, 1894, A. E. Smith and R. K. Cornwallis, The Birds of Lincolnshire (Lincolnshire Natural History Brochure no. 2), Lincoln: Lincolnshire Naturalist's Union, 1955, monochrome illustrations after photographs, both the last two titles bound in 20th century red half morocco gilt, and W. H. Hudson, Birds in London, 1924, top edge gilt, contemporary crushed green half morocco (by Bayntun), all 8vo QTY: (6)
Lot 309
* English playing cards. Standard pattern, Thomas De La Rue: type D1, 1832-1834, a complete deck of letterpress playing cards (French suits), Old Frizzle ace of spades, some very light toning (mainly to edges), scarce minor spots or marks, two of hearts with tiny crease and edge tear to one corner tip, square corners, versos pink with faintly embossed wavy pattern, each card 94 x 64 mm, 16 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bag, the board 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Berry (1995) [810]; Lodge (1991), p.9; Mann (1991) #187 (mentioned).De La Rue's 'first' design was not successful with the public, and packs are therefore relatively scarce.
Lot 66
Rutter (John). Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, 1st edition, Shaftesbury: published for the author, London: Charles Knight and others, 1823, half-title, 14 plates including 3 hand-coloured aquatints (including additional title), folding lithograph plan of the estate, subscribers list, a little minor spotting, front hinge broken, a few leaves detaching, original half morocco over printed boards, spine rubbed, some wear to corners, 4to, together with An Historical and Genealogical Account of the Noble Family of Greville, by Joseph Edmonson, 1st edition, 1766 QTY: (2)NOTE:First work Abbey Scenery 418.
Lot 6
Cary (John). Cary's New Universal Atlas, containing Distinct Maps of all the Principal States and Kingdoms throughout the World from the Latest and Best Authorities Extant, J.Cary, 1824, double-page printed title (with T. Edmonds 1826 watermark), 57 maps (on sixty sheets, of 61, lacking 'Central Europe divided according to the Congress of Vienna'), all with contemporary outline colouring, some spotting, dust soiling and staining, some marginal fraying and closed tears, particularly to the first 15 maps, occasional juvenile pencil scribblings to the verso of a few maps, bookplate of R. H. Johnstone and index list to the front pastedown, modern half calf but retaining contemporary boards, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.
Lot 301
* Belgian playing cards. 50th Anniversary pack, Brussels: F. Hemeleers van Hoeter, 1880, a complete deck of 52 colour lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts, aces with Dutch scenes, dust-soiled and toned, some minor marks, lightly rubbed in places, gilt rounded corners, versos with Belgian coat of arms and anniversary dates, each card 93 x 64 mm, with original two-part box (spotted and rubbed), maker's label on inner tongue, together with: Nederlandsche Speelkaarten, Turnhout?: van Genechten?, circa 1875, a complete deck of 52 hand- and stencil-coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts, the kings representing leaders of the Low Countries, the queens and jacks in traditional costumes, aces with Dutch scenes identical to those in the pack listed above, 4 of diamonds with Portuguese tax stamp (used 1873-1885), toned and somewhat soiled, some spotting, few minor marks, kings of diamonds and spades with very small areas of abrasion (slightly affecting line border), one pip card with corner crease, versos blue seaweed pattern, each card 92 x 63 mm, plus: Imperiale pattern, Turnhout: van Genechten, circa 1870, 51 (of 52, without 10 of clubs) colour lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended F1.62 courts of the Imperiale pattern of Daveluys/Mesmaekers, aces representing the Arts, Farming/Fishing, Military/War, and Law/Religion, tone, some spotting and finger-soiling, lightly rubbed in places, ace of clubs with short closed edge tear, gilt edges (square corners), versos red leaves pattern, each card 87 x 57 mm, and another pack identified by John Berry as being probably by van Genechten, circa 1860, 52 stencil-coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), double-ended XP-type courts, Belgian coat of arms of shield of jack of spades, toned and dusty, some minor marks, few pip cards with pale staining, two courts with minor surface loss to blank areas, one pip card with corner singed, versos blue dotted cells, each card 94 x 63 mm, a quantity of cards from each deck mounted with photo corners onto 4 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bags, the boards 54.5 x 40.5 cmQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Autenboer & Cremers 134 (aces only). A very rare version of the Cartes Royales, published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of Belgium in 1830. Hemeleers van Hoeter, who died in the same year as these cards were issued, was apparently the last card maker to use hand-presses. Van Hoeter appears to have copied his aces from the well-known Nederlandsche Speelkaarten design: several Belgian makers produced this pattern, but apparently these aces conform most closely to those in the pack below, attributed to van Genechten.Second item: Autenboer & Cremers 134; Berry, Playing Cards of the World [162]; Cartorama 53 #30; Willshire, Dutch 112 (British Museum 1872,1012.1348-1399). According to a note by Dudley Ollis, John Berry said this pack is identical with that held in the Guildhall collection (see above) which he identified, using van Genechten sample books, as being made by van Genechten (as also the deck held by the British Museum). Versions of this pack were made by various makers, including several from Turnhout.
Lot 78
Harris (Captain William Cornwallis). Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa, Delineated from Life in their Native Haunts, during a hunting expedition from the Cape Colony as far as the Tropic of Capricorn in 1836 and 1837. With sketches of the field sports, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: W. Pickering for the proprietor, 1840, additional hand-coloured title (trimmed and laid down on later paper), list of subscribers, 30 fine hand-coloured lithograph plates by Frank Howard after Harris, lithograph vignettes, pp. 55-56 with small marginal repaired tear, occasional light spotting, mainly to letterpress, hinges reinforced, all edges gilt, contemporary maroon half morocco gilt, upper cover with morocco label lettered in gilt, a little rubbed, folio, 59 x 41.5 cm QTY: (1)Abbey Travel 335; Czech p. 119; Mendelssohn I, 688; Schwerdt I, 231. The first issue with the lithograph vignettes, not present in later issues.'One of the rarest of all books dealing with African big game and sport, this monumental presentation depicts wild game of southern Africa as encountered and studied by Harris. The tinted lithographs highlighted in color by hand are especially lovely and makes this volume exceptionally desirable. Included among the portraits are elephant, buffalo, rhinoceros, lion, leopard, kudu, roan, eland, quagga etc. Each of the illustrations is also enlivened by scenic backgrounds of the habitat. The portraits are highlighted with Harris' detailed descriptions of the game, habitat and with occasional mention of his hunting adventures.' (Czech).'One of the most important and valuable of the large folio works on South African fauna...' (Mendolssohn).
Lot 308
* English playing cards. Early Standard pattern Faro/Bassette pack, Gibson, circa 1799, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (French suits), reduced size with wide borders, Gibson Type A3 ace of spades (die no.16), single-figured courts, one way pips, faint Superfine stamp to ace of clubs, toned and spotted, square corners, plain versos, each card 86 x 57 mm, together with: Early Standard pattern, Hunt/Blanchard, circa 1790?, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodblock playing cards (French suits), with Hunt Type A3 ace of spades (die no.18), single-figured Blanchard courts, one way pips, king of clubs with fleur de lys, orb with Cross of Lorraine and supporting fingers, king of hearts with 3 triangular marks for sword, jack of hearts with full length staff, all jacks with foliage between legs, soiling and dampstaining (several cards much affected, some delaminating), 27 cards with worming (some severe), including 8 courts, square corners, plain versos, each card 96 x 63 mm, ace of spades 94 x 63 mm, 16 cards from each deck mounted with photo corners onto 2 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bags, each board 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: British Museum 1896,0501.952; Mann (1991) #185.Second item: The World of Playing Cards website, (page 30 by Ken Lodge: The Not-So-Minor Cardmakers of the 19th Century - Gibson, Hunt & Bancks) illustrates an almost identical pack with the same ace of spades (Hunt Type 3 die no.18). The caption reads: an early Hunt pack with Blanchard courts, presumably old stock from the original maker (from the Victoria & Albert Museum). The same website, on its page Blanchard, Gibson, Hunt & Bancks Brothers, illustrates an identical deck to ours, described as: 1952: Hunt with Blanchard courts, AS A3 (18). These cards are longer than usual at this time, more like the earlier Blanchard size. c.1790. It looks as though Blanchard’s blocks were given to Hunt after his apprenticeship to Gibson. Therefore our pack is either according to the former theory (circa 1790 Hunt AS with original circa 1760 Blanchard court cards) or the latter (Hunt deck printed circa 1790 from Blanchard blocks). See also WCMPC Collection Acquisition No. 426 (Berry, 1995 [425]) for a similar deck by Christopher Blanchard.
![[Dugdale, William]. A Short View of the Late Troubles in England; Briefly setting forth, their rise, growth and tragical conc](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ece7a675-1a63-4184-be1d-b06d01192e4b/71bf243b-4d00-40c7-a140-b08200e5c0e9/468x382.jpg)
Lot 350
[Dugdale, William]. A Short View of the Late Troubles in England; Briefly setting forth, their rise, growth and tragical conclusion. As also, some parallel thereof with the Barons-Wars in the time of King Henry III. But chiefly with that in France, called the Holy League, in the Reign of Henry III. and Henry IV. late Kings of that Realm. To which is added a perfect narrative of the Treaty at Uxbridge in an. 1644, 1st edition, 2 parts in one, Oxford: Printed at the Theater for Moses Pitt, 1681, engraved portrait frontispiece, title with engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, five pages of advertisements at end, some damp staining to fore-margins, contemporary calf, old manuscript title label, upper joint splitting, lower joint with short split at head, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing D2492; ESTC R18097; Lowndes p.692."The hiatusses in the above collation gave rise to the conjecture that the Licenser had curtailed this work of it 'fair proportion,' but on comparing the printed book with the original manuscript, this supposition was found to be erroneous." (Lowndes). First published anonymously; later reissued under the name of Sir William Dugdale.
![Tucker (Andrew G. C.). Ornithologia Danmoniensis, 2 parts in 1 volume [all published], 1st edition, London: Printed for the a](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ece7a675-1a63-4184-be1d-b06d01192e4b/2a93972e-c858-4797-a147-b08200e56398/468x382.jpg)
Lot 141
Tucker (Andrew G. C.). Ornithologia Danmoniensis, 2 parts in 1 volume [all published], 1st edition, London: Printed for the author, 1809, 13 engraved plates by I.Warner after W. R.Jordan (of which 6 hand-coloured, 3 duplicated in coloured and uncoloured states), uncut, occasional offsetting, lightly spotted, original blue printed wrappers bound-in (part 1 upper cover with wear to outer margin), modern bookplate of H. S. Jackman and further book ticket to front pastedown, modern half calf, title label lettered in gilt to upper cover, 4to (30.5 x 24 cm and smaller)QTY: (1)NOTE:Mullens & Swann pp. 590-1; Wood p. 603.All published of the first local English avifauna. A superior copy with 6 additional plates often not found.'It is an ambitious work, the text of which ends abruptly at p. 88 of the Introduction. The two parts printed show the author to have been an educated naturalist' (Wood).
Lot 373
Alberti (Leon Battista). The Architecture of Leon Battista Alberti in Ten Books. Of Painting in three books and Of Statuary in one book. Translated into Italian by Cosimo Bartoli. And now first into English, and divided into three volumes by James Leoni, Venetian, Architect; to which are added several designs of his own, for buildings both public and private, 3 volumes, 1st English edition, London: Printed by Thomas Edlin, 1726, engraved frontispiece to first volume by Bernard Picart, two title pages to each volume in Italian and English, double-column parallel text in Italian and English, 4-page list of subscribers to first volume, printed approbation leaf bound before the separate title to the third volume for Leoni's Some Designs for Buildings both Publick and Private, 101 engraved plates (complete), including 24 folding or double-page, woodcut vignettes to title-pages, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional (mostly minor) marginal spotting or soiling (contents generally in clean condition), 18th century engraved bookplate of Sir William Abdy, Bart., Chobham Place to front pastedown of first volume, contemporary mottled full calf, joints cracked and some wear to edges, outer corners showing, folio (45.5 x 29 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Sir William Abdy (1732-1803), 6th Baronet, of Chobham Place, Chobham, near Woking, Surrey. Captain in the Royal Navy, and Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Surrey. Abdy entered the service of the East India Company as a midshipman in the True Briton on her voyage of 1750-1752. He transferred to the Royal Navy and in 1761 took command of HMS Beaver, a 14-gun sloop which had been built that same year, both in home waters and in the West Indies, between 1761 and 1766. In 1775, he succeeded his brother to the family baronetcy.Fowler 11; Harris 12; Berlin Kat. 2554; Millard II, 4; Berlin 2267; Cicognara 378; RIBA, 48.First edition in English of Alberti's architectural treatise De Re Aedificatoria along with his shorter treatises on painting and statuary, to which Leoni adds a supplement containing his own neo-palladian designs.Subscribers to the edition included a large number of masons, plasterers, builders and carpenters as well as Nicholas Hawksmoor, Sir John Vanbrugh, Sir Christopher Wren (although he died before the work was finally issued), Leoni's patron Thomas Scawen and Lord Burlington who both ordered two copies including one, each, on large paper.
Lot 317
* French playing cards. Gatteaux Empire design, unknown maker, 1811, 51 (of 52, without jack of clubs) stencil coloured wood engraved playing cards (French suits), single figure neo-classical named courts, variable toning and generally pale spotting (mainly to pip cards), plain versos, each card 83 x 55 mm, together with: Gatteaux portrait officiel, unknown maker, circa 1830s-1840s, a complete piquet pack of 32 stencil coloured wood engraved playing cards (French suits), single figure named courts, filigranes on king of diamonds (head of cockerel) and queen of spades (head of dog), jack of clubs with medallion dated 1816, all courts without fleur de lys (abolished 1830), variable toning and generally light spotting, jack of spades with some surface loss to right side, versos plain, each card 82 x 54 mm, plus: Gatteaux double-figure design, unknown maker, circa 1855, a complete piquet deck of 32 stencil coloured engraved (possibly electrotyped) playing cards (French suits), double-ended named courts, jack of clubs with complete medallion dated 1853, king of clubs probably with (indistinct) GALV HULOT on shields, lightly toned, scarce minor marks (mainly to pip cards), versos plain, square corners, each card 83 x 54 mm, 16 cards from each pack mounted with photo corners onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bags, the boards 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Berry in The Playing Card vol XIII no 1 Aug 1984, p.21; Cary, FRA 359; Hoffman (1973) p.34 & illustrated plate 53b. Uncommon.Second item: Berry, Playing Cards of the World, [63] & [78]; Berry in The Playing Card vol XIII no 1 Aug 1984, pp.21-23; Cary, FRA 19 & 20; Hoffman (1973) pp.34-35 & illustrated fig.11. Third item: Berry, Playing Cards of the World, [65], [66] & [628]; Cary, FRA 25.
Lot 314
* French playing cards. Cartes Parisiennes, Paris: O. Gibert, circa 1855, a complete deck of 52 hand-coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), single figure courts representing French historical nobility, kings with crowned suit signs, jack of spades with 'Gibert à Paris', jack of hearts with 'France', lightly toned, scarce minor spots or marks, square corners, versos pale blue, each card 84 x 56 mm, together with: Pictorial aces pack, Paris: A. Thomas, circa 1860, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), double-ended Germanic style courts, jack of clubs with maker's details, aces with views of Parisian landmarks, ace of hearts with Palais de l'Industrie 1855, generally toned and dusty, some finger-soiling and minor marks, square corners, versos red dotted cells pattern, each card 89 x 59 mm, 16 or 17 cards from each deck corner mounted onto 2 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of display boards), the remainder in plastic bags, the boards 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Cary, Fra 360 & 361; Fournier, France 220 & 221; Ortiz-Patiño 56; Schreiber, French 76.Second item: although decks with pictorial aces are relatively common, we have only found one other deck (of any type) produce by this unusual Parisian maker (see below). According to Dudley Ollis' notes this pack was purchased at Sotheby's in October 1981 (lot 758) for £35 plus commission. He also notes a pack seemingly identical to this one (very possibly this same pack) listed in the Stanley Gibbons catalogue for August 1978 (#146).
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