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Circle of Johannes Kerseboom (British, circa 1679-circa 1707 London)Portrait of Miss Coningsby, half-length, in a red dress a

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Lot 108

Circle of Johannes Kerseboom (British, circa 1679-circa 1707 London)Portrait of Miss Coningsby, half-length, in a red dress and white lace collarOil on canvas, oval 45.8 x 35.6cm (18 1/16 x 14in).Footnotes:This and the previous Lot 107 are portraits of the daughters of Thomas, first Earl Coningsby, Margaret (d.1761) and Frances (d.1781) by his second wife, Frances Jones (1674-1714) daughter of Richard Jones, first Earl of Ranelagh. Lord Coningsby ensured that after his death each was a Countess in her own right, hence they are usually portrayed in red. With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research on this lot.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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British Heraldic artist (19th Century)The impaled arms of Richard Arkwright (1835-1918)The blazon: Argent, on a mount vert a

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Lot 115

British Heraldic artist (19th Century)The impaled arms of Richard Arkwright (1835-1918)The blazon: Argent, on a mount vert a cotton tree fructed proper, on a chief azure an inescutcheon of the field charged with a bee volant proper, between two bezants (Arkwright) – impaling – per quarterly sable and argent, in the first quarter a lion rampant of the second, overall in bend sinister a representation of the colours of the 31st Regiment (Byng).Crest: an eagle rising or, in its beak an inescutcheon pendant by a ribbon gules thereon a hank of cotton argent (Arkwright).Motto: MULTA TULI FECIQUEOil on canvas 92 x 76cm (36 1/4 x 29 15/16in).Footnotes:Richard Arkwright (1835-1918) of Farnham Surrey and Herne House Windsor Berkshire, fourth child and second son of John ARKWRIGHT (1785-1858) of Hampton Court Herefordshire and his wife Sally HOSKYNS (1808-1869) daughter of Sir Hungerford HOSKYNS (1776-1862) 7th Baronet of Harewood Park. He was the grandson of Sir Richard ARKWRIGHT (1755-1843) of Willesley Castle Derbyshire by Mary SIMPSON (1755-1827) of Bonsall Derbyshire. In 1862 he married Lady Mary Caroline Charlotte BYNG (1838-1933) daughter of George Stevens BYNG (1806-1886), 2nd Earl of Stafford by his first wife Lady Agnes PAGET (died 1845).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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A unusually large William and Mary walnut, fruitwood and stained ivory inlaid cushion framed mirrorLate 17th century, the cre

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Lot 116

A unusually large William and Mary walnut, fruitwood and stained ivory inlaid cushion framed mirrorLate 17th century, the crest possibly laterWith pierced cresting, above a bevelled mirror plate, enclosed by a profusely inlaid frame of birds and flowers, 92cm wide x 5.5cm deep x 137cm high, (36in wide x 2in deep x 53 1/2in high)Footnotes:It is possible that many of the late 17th century items in the sale were purchases and commissions for Thomas, first Earl Coningsby at Hampton Court Castle. In the 1690s, Coningsby remodelled Hampton Court at the same time that King William and Queen Mary were building the new wing, designed by Wren, at Hampton Court Palace. The changes turned Coningsby's inward-looking, defensible medieval manor house into a regional palace, looking out over its estate, with far-reaching views. Suites of rooms enfilade along the south front included one for the King (in red silk damask) and another for the Queen (in blue) including elaborate beds possibly by the King's maker Daniel Marot. Coningsby's King's bed is today on display at William and Mary's palace Het Loo, in the Netherlands; one of the chairs made for the same room is today, appropriately, in the King's apartments at Hampton Court Palace.With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance.The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.K8WENAR3.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP Y ФTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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ARKWRIGHT (JOHN STANHOPE)The Supreme Sacrifice and Other Poems in Time of War, group of 9 copies, one inscribed by the autho

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Lot 121

ARKWRIGHT (JOHN STANHOPE)The Supreme Sacrifice and Other Poems in Time of War, group of 9 copies, one inscribed by the author, 5 bound in limp roan or calf (varying colours), 4 in cloth (3 with dust-jackets), 4to, Skeffington & Son, 1919; Montezuma. The Newdigate Poem 1895, loose in publisher's printed wrappers (lettered 'Newdigate Prize Poem, 1895. Montezuma by J.S. Arkwright' on upper cover, slightly soiled), Oxford, B.H. Blackwell, 1895; [Calligraphic manuscript] 'Presentation of a pianoforte to Mr. John Stanhope Arkwright, M.P. by the Citizens of Hereford on the Occasion of his Marriage December 21st. 1905', on vellum, comprising 6-page 'List of subscribers' with heading and borders in gilt, stitched into pigskin-covered bevelled boards, with gilt decoration and arms on upper cover, soiled, small 4to, 1905; 'Address Presented to John Hungerford Arkwright... on the Birth of His Son and Heir John Stanhope Arkwright, 17th September 1872'), illuminated address leaf, one page, in original silk-lined padded roan case, titled in gilt on lid, 1872; together with some related ephemera including a manuscript score of 'O Valiant Hearts' (small quantity)Footnotes:John Stanhope Arkwright (1872-1954, known to the family as 'Jack') inherited Hampton Court estate from his father in 1905. By then the estate was encumbered with mortgages, but once he had cleared those and settled death duties, he put the estate up for sale and moved to Kinsham Court. Jack was educated at Eton, where he published short verses in the college magazine, and thereafter at Christ Church, Oxford, where, in 1895, he was awarded the Newdigate Prize for poetry for his epic 'Montezuma'. (His own verdict, confided to his mother, was 'not at all satisfied with it & am doubtful about sending it in. I think it is just above the average of a bad year.') He published a volume of poetry The Last Muster (1901) in response to the Boer War which drew a favourable response from Rudyard Kipling. However, it is for his Great War hymn, 'O Valiant Hearts' first sung on 5th August 1917 at Westminster Abbey to mark the anniversary of the outbreak of war, that he is best remembered. His words were sung at the burial of the Unknown Soldier, at the dedication of the burial flag of Ypres, and at the consecration of the Houses of Parliament and Menin Gate war memorials. They were also recited by the Premier of Canada over the transatlantic telephone at the unveiling of the Canadian memorial at Vimy Ridge. The tune is still played annually at the Cenotaph in London at the Remembrance Sunday service. He was described as the 'inspired interpreter of the nation's deep and inmost feelings'. He was knighted in the 1934 New Year's honours list. With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research on this lot.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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ARKWRIGHT (JOHN STANHOPE) and DAVID WILSON'Missing! To the Sisters of the Red Cross who Have Perished in Hospital Ships Sunk

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Lot 122

ARKWRIGHT (JOHN STANHOPE) and DAVID WILSON'Missing! To the Sisters of the Red Cross who Have Perished in Hospital Ships Sunk by German Submarines', World War I poster with a large lithographed illustration by David Wilson of a red cross shining over a calm sea, with a 2-verse poem by 'J.S.A[rkwright]' below, creases where folded with short tears at edges, 757 x 500mm., Banks Ltd., 4 July 1918Footnotes:Rare World War I poster by the Irish artist and illustrator David Wilson (1873-1975), issued in commemoration of the Red Cross nurses who lost their lives on board hospital ships. Copies are held in the archives of the Red Cross, The Imperial War Museum and the Hoover Institution, none of them identifying J.S.A. as Arkwright.Sir John Arkwright (1872-1954) was a Conservative politician and M.P. for Hereford, but he is perhaps best remembered for supplying the words to 'O Valiant Hearts', a hymn remembering the fallen of the First World War which often features prominently in annual Remembrance Day services. It was first published under the title 'The Supreme Sacrifice' in Arkwright's The Supreme Sacrifice, and other Poems in Time of War (see Lot 121), several family copies of which are included in the sale. The Supreme Sacrifice includes a poem (p.22) 'Missing! To the memory of Red Cross Nurses drowned at sea' with facing illustration that closely resembles this poster.With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research on this lot.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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[ARKWRIGHT (SIR RICHARD)]Arkwright's Cotton Machine and Trial, 12 lithographed or engraved plates (with some dampstaining),

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Lot 123

[ARKWRIGHT (SIR RICHARD)]Arkwright's Cotton Machine and Trial, 12 lithographed or engraved plates (with some dampstaining), extra-illustrated with a few additional plates and portraits, and newspaper cuttings etc. relating to Arkwright's life and work, date supplied in ink on title-page, nineteenth century half morocco, 4to, [1822]; The Trial of a Cause Instituted by Richard Pepper Arden... to Repeal a Patent Granted on the Sixteenth of December 1775, to Mr. Richard Arkwright, for an Invention of Certain Instruments, and Machines for Preparing Silk, Cotton, Flax, and Wood for Spinning... 25th June, 1785, large engraved folding plate (torn without loss, offsetting), contemporary boards, rebacked, worn, folio, Hughes and Walsh, 1785 (2)Footnotes:Provenance: First item, J. O. Manton, ownership stamp; William Bemrose (the potter), signature; Sotheby's, 27 February 1961, lot 22.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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BACON (FRANCIS)Sylva Sylvarum: or A Naturall Historie... [edited] by William Rawley, 2 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, secon

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Lot 128

BACON (FRANCIS)Sylva Sylvarum: or A Naturall Historie... [edited] by William Rawley, 2 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, second issue (with printed title dated 1627), fine engraved portrait and additional pictorial title, a2 a cancel with stub, blanks L3, 2A1, 2D4, 2M1 and g4 present, signatures I-L working loose, contemporary blind-ruled speckled calf, gilt panelled spine (stamped 'G:I 29'), tears at head and foot of spine and joints, folio, Printed by I[ohn] H[aviland and Augustine Mathewes] for William Lee at the the Turks Head in Fleet-street, next to the Miter, 1627This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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BINDING - IRELAND, CIVIL AND MILITARY ACCOUNTS'An Establishment for Irleand. Commencing ye 24th June for Civil Affaires and 1

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Lot 130

BINDING - IRELAND, CIVIL AND MILITARY ACCOUNTS'An Establishment for Irleand. Commencing ye 24th June for Civil Affaires and 1st July for Military 1702', manuscript in ink, written in a neat secretarial hand, in 4 sections comprising 53pp., 32pp., 18pp. and 6pp. respectively, ruled in red throughout, first 2 sections written vertically, general title-page in pen and wash with fine armorial border, bound in elaborate contemporary dark blue morocco gilt, sides with outer border of repeated acorn tools and large centre panel filled with tulip and other floral decoration, and a large centrepiece with larger acorn tools at corners, gilt panelled spine with acorn and other floral tools and raised bands, some wear to extremities and lower cover, small 8vo, 1702--'The Regulation of the weekly subsistance for ye forces in Ireland... William R.', 114pp. (a few blank), mostly written in a similar neat hand, ruled in red throughout, contemporary red panelled morocco gilt, gilt panelled spine, worn with 2 holes in upper cover, 1690 (2)Footnotes:The first is an attractive volume listing payments relating to Irish and West Indian affairs under the reign of Queen Ann, prepared under the direction of Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, the first two sections being headed 'Signed Ann R.' and several pages in the first three sections ending with 'By Her Majestie's Command Godolphin' or similar. The third section, written in a different hand, is headed 'Regulation of the Pay for the Three Regiments in the West Indies according to the Establishment./ Anne R...', and lists payments made 'out of ye revenue of Ireland'. The last section, again in another hand, lists 'An Estimate of the Yearly Change of Salaryes for Looking after ye Barracks.. [in Leinster, Ulster, Munster and Conaught]'.These original volumes relate to Thomas, Lord Coningsby's service as joint-Receiver and Paymaster-General for King William's army during the campaign in Ireland in 1689-90. Coningsby remained thereafter as one of the Lords Justice of Ireland, and framed the Treaty of Limerick (1691).With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research on this Lot.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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BINDING - NAVAL & MILITARY'An Establishment of the Numbers of Men & of ye Numbers & Natures of the Guns Fitt to b

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Lot 132

BINDING - NAVAL & MILITARY'An Establishment of the Numbers of Men & of ye Numbers & Natures of the Guns Fitt to be Made & Confirmed upon Every of his Ma:ts Ships according to the Opinion of the Principall Officers & Com:rs of the Navy, Humbly Presented by them to ye Lords Com:rs for Executing ye Office of Lord High Admirall', 17pp., with tables detailing the navy's ships, their dimensions, numbers of men (either 'Abroad', 'At Home' or during 'Peace'), numbers and types of guns, weights of ordnance, and when, where and by whom the ships were built, [c.1680]; 'An Establishment of all our Guards Garrisons & Land Forces of this our Kingdome of England in our Pay & Enterteynment to Commence ye. 7.th of March 1673/4', providing a breakdown of the daily, monthly and annual payments and allowances to be made by the 'Paymaster Gennerall' to the officers, men and officials of the various army garrisons in the country, 26pp., [c.1676], 2 parts in 1 vol., manuscript in ink, written in a neat clerical hand, ruled in red, with two stiff erasable WRITING TABLES and other blank leaves at end, FINELY BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY BLACK MOROCCO GILT, possibly by William Cox, the sides richly tooled with floral and wavy line borders enclosing tulips and other floral tools together with elaborate central panel comprising 4 corner-pieces and centrepiece composed of interweaving drawer-handle tools, and incorporating 5 'ship' shapes (one at centre, 4 emanating from panel), gilt panelled spine with 6 floral pattern compartments, raised bands, turn-ins gilt, g.e., tall oblong 8vo (125 x 210mm.), [c.1676-1680]Footnotes:A FINE RESTORATION BINDING CONTAINING A VALUABLE RECORD OF NAVAL AND MILITARY FORCES. This attractive volume is divided into naval and land sections, and was presumably produced for an unnamed high-ranking official. The naval content would have proved invaluable to Samuel Pepys at a time of a great expansion in the number of ships. Having resigned as Secretary of the Admiralty in 1679, and survived his imprisonment in the Tower on trumped up charges of treason, Pepys was seeking to rebuild his reputation and re-establish himself in the Navy. Two years after the latest date found in the present volume (1682), he returned from an official voyage to Tangier and was appointed King's Secretary for the affairs of the Admiralty.The first ship listed in the volume is the famous Sovereign of the Seas, renamed Royal Sovereign by Charles II following her rebuild at Chatham in 1660 as a first-rate ship of the line. Here we find confirmation that she was built at Woolwich in 1637 by 'Capt. Pett'son' [Peter Pett, Master Shipwright, son of the King's Master Shipwright Captain Phineas Pett], and that she had 815 men and 100 guns when 'At home', 710 and 90 respectively when 'Abroad', and 605 and 90 when at 'Peace'.Pepys is known to have owned several fine bindings produced by the Naval Binder, to whose work our binding bears strong similarities, and this is possibly the work of a successor, also attached to the Admiralty (H.M. Nixon, English Restoration Bindings, 1974, p.37). The style also bears some similarities to a 1684 William Cox binding described and illustrated by Mirjam Foot in Studies in the History of Bookbinding (no 27, p.202-3).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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BULL (HENRY GRAVES)The Herefordshire Pomona, Containing Original Figures and Descriptions of the Most Esteemed kinds of Apple

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Lot 137

BULL (HENRY GRAVES)The Herefordshire Pomona, Containing Original Figures and Descriptions of the Most Esteemed kinds of Apples and Pears, FIRST EDITION, 2 vols., 4 uncoloured plates and 77 chromolithographed plates by Severeyns of Brussels, the majority after Edith E. Bull (daughter of the author) and Alice B. Ellis, a few tissue guards preserved, fruit cross-section illustrations in the text, with errata slip tipped in, pencil inscription on first flyleaf of both volumes, occasional spotting, contemporary tan half morocco, gilt lettering and decoration to covers, extensive pictorial gilt decoration of apples and pears on spines, g.e., minor wear and soiling to covers, first volume with hinges starting and some wear to extremities of spines, second volume rebacked [Great Flower Books, pp.59-60; Nissen BBI 29], 4to (370 x 290mm.), Hereford, Jakeman and Carver, and London, Journal of Horticulture Office, 1876-1885Footnotes:'ONE OF THE FINEST FRUIT BOOKS EVER ISSUED' (Great Flower Books, pp.59-60), richly illustrated with fine bright chromolithographs.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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CONDER (JOSIAH)Landscape Gardening in Japan, 2 vol. including Supplement, FIRST EDITION, volume 1 with 37 plates (12 tinted

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Lot 141

CONDER (JOSIAH)Landscape Gardening in Japan, 2 vol. including Supplement, FIRST EDITION, volume 1 with 37 plates (12 tinted lithographs) and illustrations, Supplement with 40 collotype plates by Ogawa Kazumasa, publisher's pictorial green cloth, upper covers blocked in gilt, lower in blind, extremities rubbed, Tokyo, 1893; The Floral Art of Japan: Being a second and revised Edition of The Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement, 69 plates including 14 coloured woodblocks, publisher's decorative cloth gilt, slight soiling, Tokyo, Kelly and Walsh, 1899, folio (3)Footnotes:Provenance: William Arkwright, ownership signatures dated 1908.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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D'EWES (Sir SIMONDS)The Journals of all the Parliaments during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, both of the House of Lords and H

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Lot 145

D'EWES (Sir SIMONDS)The Journals of all the Parliaments during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, both of the House of Lords and House of Commons... Revised and Published by Paul Bowes, fine engraved frontispiece showing Elizabeth sitting before parliament, 3pp. of Starkey's ads. at the end, light dampstain at top of first few leaves, contemporary calf with gilt armorial stamp on upper cover, rubbed, rebacked, with a fully gilt spine, joints cracked again, folio, John Starkey, 1682Footnotes:Provenance: Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby (1656-1729), gilt armorial stamp on upper cover. Coningsby was a keen supporter of the 1688 revolution, and his family had a long-standing rivalry with the Harley family in Herefordshire politics. From 1695 to his death he held the office of chief steward of the city of Hereford.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE (ANTOINE)The Theory and Practice of Gardening... All that Relates to Fine Gardens... Pleasure-Gardens.

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Lot 146

DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE (ANTOINE)The Theory and Practice of Gardening... All that Relates to Fine Gardens... Pleasure-Gardens..., first English edition, translated by John James of Greenwich, title in red and black, 4pp. list of subscribers, 32 engraved plates and diagrams (28 double-page and 4 folding), woodcut diagrams and illustrations in text, with Royal licence and errata leaves, instructions to binder leaf at end, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, joints cracked [Henrey III 1426], 4to, Printed by George James, and sold by Maurice Atkins, 1712This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE (ANTOINE)The Theory and Practice of Gardening... All that Relates to Fine Gardens... Pleasure-Gardens.

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Lot 147

DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE (ANTOINE)The Theory and Practice of Gardening... All that Relates to Fine Gardens... Pleasure-Gardens..., first English edition, translated by John James of Greenwich, title in red and black, 4pp. list of subscribers, 32 engraved plates and diagrams (28 double-page and 4 folding, one slightly frayed), woodcut diagrams and illustrations in text, instructions to binder leaf at end, without licence and errata leaves, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving original spine, stained [Henrey III 1426], 4to, Printed by George James, and sold by Maurice Atkins, 1712This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (HENRI-LOUIS)Traité des arbres et arbustes qui se cultivent en France en pleine terre, 2 vol., half-titl

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Lot 148

DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (HENRI-LOUIS)Traité des arbres et arbustes qui se cultivent en France en pleine terre, 2 vol., half-titles, 4 folding engraved plates, 250 woodcut plates, numerous engraved head-pieces, contemporary mottled calf, sides with triple gilt rule borders and central gilt armorial, spines gilt with morocco labels, rubbed, joints cracked, spines worn (that of volume 2 chipped at ends) [Hunt 552; Nissen BBI 547; Plesch 209], 4to, Paris, H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, 1755Footnotes:Provenance: Jacques Chavanes, Conseiller au Parlement, eighteenth century bookplate; The Marquis of Stafford, bookplate.In 1754 Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) was commissioned to produce a treatise consisting of five separate works on different aspects of forestry. The Traité des arbres et arbustes, 'the definitive work on the subject in France at that time' (Stanley Johnston, The Cleveland Herbal, Botanical, and Horticultural Collections - A Descriptive Bibliography of Pre-1830 Works, 1992), was the first part of this landmark project. The large woodcut illustrations were mostly printed from the very woodblocks made by Liberale and Meyerpeck for Mattioli's herbal of two centuries earlier, blocks which were acquired by Duhamel.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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FATIO DE DUILLIER (NICOLAS)Fruit-Walls Improved, by Inclining them to the Horizon: or, a Way to Build Walls for Fruit-Trees;

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Lot 153

FATIO DE DUILLIER (NICOLAS)Fruit-Walls Improved, by Inclining them to the Horizon: or, a Way to Build Walls for Fruit-Trees; Whereby they May Receive More Sun Shine, and Heat, than Ordinary, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and 2 folding plates by Grebelin, engraved device to title, initials, head- & tail-pieces, errata leaf, contemporary panelled calf, covers with gilt armorial stamp, raised spine bands, rubbed, joints splitting, spine ends worn/chipped [ESTC R5191], 4to, R. Everingham; and are to be sold by John Taylor..., 1699Footnotes:Innovative work on fruit trees by the Swiss mathematician Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, known for his study of the Zodiacal light problem and for his close working relationship with Isaac Newton. With a view to increasing productivity, he devised a system of sloping walls and later a mechanism which could pivot to track the movement of the sun.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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GAME BOOKSGame book for Hampton Court, Herefordshire, recording guests and numbers of game shot on the estate between 1857 an

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Lot 154

GAME BOOKSGame book for Hampton Court, Herefordshire, recording guests and numbers of game shot on the estate between 1857 and 1905, decorative title page in pen, ink and watercolour illustrated with a vignette of the house and wildlife, a further 12 vignettes throughout depicting the landscape and game of each area of the estate ('Bunhill & Rookery', 'Hare Hill' etc.), interspersed with photographs of the guests and Arkwright family, some signed beneath, ending with an annual summary of game shot 1824-1907, printed with manuscript entries, 126 numbered leaves, original calf gilt, title in gilt on front board 'Hampton Court', rubbed, g.e., folio (320 x 265mm.), 1824-1907; Game book for the Clune Estate, Inverness, covering the period 1858 to 1873, ruled in red with printed column headings and filled in by hand, with a tipped-in Memorandum of Agreement concerning the estate and a sketched elevation of Clune Lodge, together with a loosely inserted watercolour view, original roan binding, slightly worn, oblong folio, [1858-1873]; with two more Scottish game books, the first for Clune 1858-1864, the second for Tor Castle 1893-1902 (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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GILPIN (WILLIAM)Remarks on Forest Scenery, and other Woodland Views, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, plates and double-page map, mode

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Lot 156

GILPIN (WILLIAM)Remarks on Forest Scenery, and other Woodland Views, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, plates and double-page map, modern green half calf, spines faded, 1791--Journal of the Horticultural Society, vol. 1-4, plates (some hand-coloured), occasional foxing, contemporary half calf, gilt panelled spines, for the Society, 1846-1849--[ALLAN (ROBERT)] The Sportsman in Ireland, 2 vol., contemporary decorative green calf, rubbed, Colburn, 1840; and 2 others (10)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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HEREFORDSHIRE - HAMPTON COURTVolume containing collection of c.70 seventeenth and eighteenth century manuscript documents per

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Lot 159

HEREFORDSHIRE - HAMPTON COURTVolume containing collection of c.70 seventeenth and eighteenth century manuscript documents pertaining to the history of Hampton Court and the Earls of Coningsby, beginning with 'Mr Blount's Account of Hampton, transcribed from ye original in his own hand', and including copies of extracts from manorial rolls ('...This is part of the manor of Hampton Rishards, now called Hampton Court, the seat of present Earl of Coningsby...'), the Doomsday Book and Monastium Anglicanum, abstracts from and copies of charters and registers ('The Charter of Richard Bishop of Hereford... Church of Leomynster...'), 'The Fifteenth Part of Patent Rolls of the First Year of the Reign of Queen Mary', a pedigree of the Nevills, receipt from George Holmes dated 1720 for exemplifying a charter (including 02.08.0 for the Great Seal and 00.05.0 for the 'Baggbearer'), papers on 'Lady Coningesby's Case', accounts signed by John Kyrle and John Scudamore, 1640, a schedule of letters belonging to Thomas Coningsby that 'remaine in my custody at Hampton Court... November 1614', and much else; written in several hands, in English and Latin, with occasional notes ('The Kings that follow are very ancient yet I could not avoid taking notice of them as they came in my way... There is a Roll of 4 membranes or skins of parchment written on the back thereof...'), duty stamps and dockets, bound in one volume with later index written in ink on blue paper tipped into front, several pages excised at end, titled 'Herefordshire Collections' in gilt on spine, 739 numbered pages, dust-staining, creasing and marks, edges frayed, half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, corners bumped, hinges cracked, ink stain to spine, folio (various sizes 300 x 175mm. to c.320 x 200mm.), [seventeenth/eighteenth century]; and 2 others including a manuscript 'Survey and Valuation of the Estate belonging to the Right Hon.ble Lord Viscount Malden in the Counties of Hereford, Worcester and Radnor', 226pp., contemporary reversed calf, red and black leather spine labels ('Hampton Court Estate.. vol. 1'), 4to, [c.1780s] (3)Footnotes:'THIS VILLAGE, LYING IN THE PARISH OR CHAPELRY OF HOPE UNDER DINMORE, WAS HERETOFORE CALLED HAMPTON MAPPENORE AND HAMPTON RICHARD TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM OTHER HAMPTONS IN THIS COUNTY': A miscellaneous collection of documents pertaining to the property and history of the Coningsby family in Herefordshire seemingly gathered by Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby (1656-1729) and bound together in the nineteenth century. Amongst the copies of deeds and registers there are a handful of autograph letters to the Earl. One, signed 'James Hill' and undated, encloses copies of deeds concerning Bodenham, Marden and surrounding villages, and confirms 'This day I brought a Painter to look upon the picture of Sir Thomas Conyngesby, he admired it. And say it would take time to draw an accurate copy... he will come to Hampton & copy it exactly'. This may refer to the portrait now attributed to George Gower of his ancestor, also Thomas (1550-1625), senior knight of the shire for Herefordshire, intimate of Sir Philip Sidney and author of an account of the siege of Rouen in 1591. Another autograph letter on the militia dated May 1694 and signed 'J Scudamore', warns him to '...be careful in keeping out all those that are not very well satisfied with the government...', naming Sir John Hoskyns as such a person ('...it was against his conscience to take the Oaths Obedience to Government...').This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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A pair of mahogany cabinetsFirst half 19th century and adaptedWith marble tops, above pleated material and wire mounted panel

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Lot 16

A pair of mahogany cabinetsFirst half 19th century and adaptedWith marble tops, above pleated material and wire mounted panelled doors flanked by fluted canted corners, 66cm wide x 35cm deep x 102cm high, (25 1/2in wide x 13 1/2in deep x 40in high) (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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HEREFORDSHIREManuscript notebook bearing the names of 'David James' and 'William James', the first seven leaves with copies o

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Lot 160

HEREFORDSHIREManuscript notebook bearing the names of 'David James' and 'William James', the first seven leaves with copies of legal documents relating to Herefordshire in several hands and other notes including a page of arithmetic, continuing with a prayer signed 'David James', the remainder taken up with a detailed commentary and exegesis on the Lord's Prayer beginning 'Our father which art in heaven...' and other religious texts; nineteenth century letter regarding the 'curious vol relating to Hereford' tipped into front, 126 leaves, several leaves excised, dust-staining, ink blots, marks and small tears, original vellum, marked and worn, 4to (195 x 145mm.), c.1632 onwardsThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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HILL (JOHN)The Gardener's New Kalendar, FIRST EDITION, 3 folding engraved plates, engraved illustrations, slight damp-staini

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Lot 161

HILL (JOHN)The Gardener's New Kalendar, FIRST EDITION, 3 folding engraved plates, engraved illustrations, slight damp-staining to first and last few leaves, contemporary calf, gilt panelled spine, slight fire-blackening [Henrey 737], T. Osborne, 1758--[WHATLEY (THOMAS)] Observations on Modern Gardening, fourth edition, contemporary half calf, gilt panelled spine, slightly worn, T. Payne & Son, 1777, 8vo (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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HOLINSHED (RAPHAEL)[The first and second volumes of Chronicles], vol. 3 only, lacks title-page, early ink pen-trials, margin

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Lot 162

HOLINSHED (RAPHAEL)[The first and second volumes of Chronicles], vol. 3 only, lacks title-page, early ink pen-trials, marginal pencil annotations throughout, diagonal tear on dedication page with loss to lower corner, last two leaves remargined with loss to external side margin of last page, small wormhole affecting text on last two leaves, some damp-staining especially in inner gutter, some spotting throughout, later mottled calf with gilt red morocco title label to spine, upper cover and first flyleaf detached, worn covers [ESTC S122178], folio (351 x 250 mm.), [colophon:] Henry Denham, 1587Footnotes:Provenance: J. Ambler, near-contemporary inscription on dedication.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDONTransactions, First Series, vol. 1-7, Second Series, vol. 1-2, and a volume of plates, togethe

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Lot 164

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDONTransactions, First Series, vol. 1-7, Second Series, vol. 1-2, and a volume of plates, together 10 vol., c.72 engraved plates in the text volumes and 78 hand-coloured plates (some folding) separately bound, occasional foxing and offsetting to uncoloured plates, text in contemporary half calf, gilt panelled sines, slightly worn, plate volume contemporary green morocco, slightly stained, 4to, W. Bulmer & co [-W. Nicol] for the Society, 1820-1842This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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KNIGHT (THOMAS ANDREW)Pomona Herefordiensis: Containing Coloured Engravings of the Old Cider and Perry Fruits, FIRST EDITION,

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Lot 172

KNIGHT (THOMAS ANDREW)Pomona Herefordiensis: Containing Coloured Engravings of the Old Cider and Perry Fruits, FIRST EDITION, 30 hand-coloured engraved plates by William Hooker after Elizabeth Mathews and Frances Knight, printed in green and heightened with gum arabic, without the Index leaf sometimes present, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, spine faded [Dunthorne 168; Nissen BBI 1072], 4to, Agricultural Society of Herefordshire, 1811Footnotes:Provenance: Samuel Reynolds Solly; J.H. Arkwright, bookplates.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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LANGFORD (THOMAS)Plain and Full Instructions to Raise All Sorts of Fruit-Trees That Prosper in England, FIRST EDITION, 2 eng

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Lot 173

LANGFORD (THOMAS)Plain and Full Instructions to Raise All Sorts of Fruit-Trees That Prosper in England, FIRST EDITION, 2 engraved plates (one folding with printed key), 8pp. catalogue at end, occasional worming in margins, contemporary ruled sheep, some wear at foot of upper cover and to spine, joints cracking but a nice unsophisticated copy [Henrey 215; Wing L388], 8vo, J. M. for Richard Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St Paul's Church-Yard, 1681This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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LANGLEY (BATTY)Pomona: or, the Fruit-Garden Illustrated, FIRST EDITION, title-page printed in black and red, 79 engraved pl

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Lot 174

LANGLEY (BATTY)Pomona: or, the Fruit-Garden Illustrated, FIRST EDITION, title-page printed in black and red, 79 engraved plates (some 2 per page, engraved head- and tail-pieces, some damp-staining, occasional offsetting to some plates, small wormholes in lower margins not affecting text, contemporary speckled panelled calf, gilt tooling to covers, spine with six raised bands, gilt ruling and gilt red morocco label, rebacked, minor shelf-wear [ESTC T44033; Dunthorne 175; Henrey 928; Hunt 478], Folio (397 x 251mm.), G. Strahan, R. Gosling, W. Mears and others, 1729Footnotes:A very good copy of this 'interesting and important work on fruits, rarely seen...' (Dunthorne).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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LAURENCE (JOHN)The Clergy-Man's Recreation: Shewing the Pleasure and Profit of the Art of Gardening, third edition, engraved

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LAURENCE (JOHN)The Clergy-Man's Recreation: Shewing the Pleasure and Profit of the Art of Gardening, third edition, engraved frontispiece, Bernard Lintott, 1715; The Gentleman's Recreation: or the Second Part of the Art of Gardening Improved. Containing... Curious Observations relating to Fruit-Trees: Particularly, a New Method of Building Walls with Horizontal Shelters, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and 3 folding plates, Bernard Lintott, 1716, 2 parts in 1 vol., contemporary panelled calf, red morocco spine label, spine ends repaired [Henrey 935 & 942], 8voThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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LELAND (JOHN)The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary, 9 vol. in 5, FIRST EDITION, engraved folding plate in volume 8, eng

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Lot 177

LELAND (JOHN)The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary, 9 vol. in 5, FIRST EDITION, engraved folding plate in volume 8, engraved illustrations (some full-page), list of subscribers at the end of vols. 2-9, some pencil marginalia, contemporary tree calf, ornate gilt panelled spines with red and black morocco labels, 8vo, Oxford, Printed at the Theater for the Publisher, 1710-1712Footnotes:Provenance: John S. Arkwright, pencilled ownership signature and his? marginalia.Leland refers in his Itinerary to Hampton Court Castle as 'a goodly Mannour Place...sumptuously erected.'With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research on this lot.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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M[ORTIMER] (J[OHN])The Whole Art of Husbandry, FIRST EDITION, contemporary calf, gilt panelled spine (defective at ends)[EST

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Lot 179

M[ORTIMER] (J[OHN])The Whole Art of Husbandry, FIRST EDITION, contemporary calf, gilt panelled spine (defective at ends)[ESTC T72675], J. H. for H. Mortlock and others, 1707--WORLIDGE (JOHN) Dictionarium rusticum, urbanicum & botanicum: or, a Dictionary of Husbandry, Gardening, Trade, Commerce, and All Sorts of Country Affairs, second edition, 2 engraved plates (one folding, browned), woodcut illustrations, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracking, extremities worn, J. Nicholson, 1717--[MARSHALL (WILLIAM)] Planting and Ornamental Gardening; A Practical Treatise, contemporary half calf, spine worn [Henrey 1228], J. Dudley, 1785--FARLEY (JOHN) The London Art of Cookery, tenth edition, staining and foxing, frontispiece torn and slightly defective, contemporary sheep, rebacked, worn, Scratcherd & Letterman, 1804, 8vo (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Maud Earl (British, 1863-1943)'White Light (No 2)' - a pointer catching the scentSigned and dated 'Maud Earl/1910(?)' (lower

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Maud Earl (British, 1863-1943)'White Light (No 2)' - a pointer catching the scentSigned and dated 'Maud Earl/1910(?)' (lower right) also signed and inscribed to the reverse with the title and artist's address '(Miss) Maud Earl / 8 Elm Tree Road, London NW' Oil on canvas 144 x 112cm (56 11/16 x 44 1/8in).Footnotes:'Miss Earl; a lady who, in addition to her other qualifications, combines enthusiasm for the pointer with an intimate knowledge of his anatomy' - William Arkwright, The Pointer and his Predecessor, pub.1902, p. 219.One of the most successful canine portraitists of her day, Maud Earl was born in 1863 into a family of painters. Beginning her training with her father, the acclaimed animal artist George Earl, Maud later studied at the Royal Female School of Art in 1882 before exhibiting her first work at the Royal Academy in 1884. With a clear skill and sensitivity to the specific requirements of painting pure-bred dogs, Earl rapidly developed a 'who's who' of clients keen to commission portraits of their champion and prize hounds. Indeed, permission was granted to paint one of Queen Victoria's White Collies at Windsor Castle in February 1897 which led to the Prince and Princess of Wales selecting one of their favourite dogs for a portrait too.The present Lots are fine examples of Earl's early style of painting which made her so popular, in which the dog is placed within a recognisable landscape or interior. In later works, this background almost completely fades away thus forcing the viewer to focus entirely on the dog in question.This Lot is of specific interest to the present Collection. Born 1st February 1906 by Wilful Dan ex (out of) Leader, White Light was one of William Arkwright's (1857-1925) best Pointers, in fact he is reported to have thought she was 'the most perfectly shaped Pointer that he has ever seen.'William, of Sutton Hall, Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire, was the great-grandson of Richard Arkwright and a cousin to the Arkwright family that lived at Kinsham Court. He held a particular interest in the breeding of Pointers and was considered the authority on the breed, particularly after his publication of The Pointer and His Predecessor in 1902 (see Lots 124, 125 and 126 for copies of the book). It is likely these paintings came to Kinsham Court as a result of William's death. He had no children and, on his death, he made Jack's son John RS Arkwright his residuary legatee. When artist and fancier first met is unclear, however Earl's 1902 exhibition British Hounds and Gundogs at the Graves Gallery in London is said to owe its inception to Arkwright who was founder of the International Gun Dog League.Arkwright clearly considered Earl the finest artist of the day to detail the characteristics of one of his most prized dogs.With thanks to the Kennel Club and Catherine Beale for their guidance and research on this lot.Literature:On the relationship between Maud Earl and William Arkwright, please see the following:A. Croxton Smith, The Power of the Dog: Twenty Plates in Colour by Maud Earl, Hodder and Stoughton.H. Cox, Dogs, By Well-Known Authorities, 1906, Vol II, p. 5.E. Miriam Garden, The Field of Art: Miss Maud Earl and her Pictures, October 5 1899, in Ladies' Field 1899, Vol. 2, pp. 186-188.William Secord, Dog Painting 1840-1940: A social history of the dog in art, Antique Collector's Club, 1992.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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MASON (SIMON)The Nature of an intermitting Fever and Ague, FIRST EDITION, some old ink marginalia, contemporary calf, gilt,

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Lot 181

MASON (SIMON)The Nature of an intermitting Fever and Ague, FIRST EDITION, some old ink marginalia, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, J. Hodges, 1745--GAY (JOHN) Fables, 2 vol., title with engraved vignette, illustrations, bookplate of the Countess of Tyrconnel, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, J. and R. Tonson & J. Watts, 1753--WOODWARD (JOSIAH) An Account of the Societies For Reformation of Manners, in London and Westminster... With a Persuasive to Persons of all Ranks, to be Zealous and Dilligent in Promoting the Execution of the Laws against Prophaneness and Debauchery, engraved portrait, contemporary panelled calf, joints split, B[rabazon] Aylmer, 1699; and another, 8vo (5)Footnotes:The first book is a rare work on malaria, only two copies of which have appeared in auction records over the last fifty years.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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MILLER (PHILIP)The Gardener's Dictionary... Physick Garden, Wilderness, Conservatory and Vineyard..., 2 vol., FIRST EDITION,

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Lot 185

MILLER (PHILIP)The Gardener's Dictionary... Physick Garden, Wilderness, Conservatory and Vineyard..., 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and 10 plates (of ?19, some folding, one trimmed, one torn without loss), with the rare second volume but without Appendix to volume 1, some worming in volume 2 margins, contemporary calf, worn, folio, for the author, by C. Rivington, 1731-139; together with an incomplete copy of the sixth edition, 1752 (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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OOSTEN (HENRIK VAN)The Dutch Gardener; or, the Compleat Florist, first English edition, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates,

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Lot 189

OOSTEN (HENRIK VAN)The Dutch Gardener; or, the Compleat Florist, first English edition, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, some light spotting and browning, contemporary ruled sheep, joints cracked, spine ends chipped [Henrey 1197; Hunt 406], 8vo, D. Midwinter and T. Leigh, 1703This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Maud Earl (British, 1863-1943)'Largo' - a pointer in a hallwaySigned and indistinctly dated 'Maud Earl/1911(?)' (lower left),

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Maud Earl (British, 1863-1943)'Largo' - a pointer in a hallwaySigned and indistinctly dated 'Maud Earl/1911(?)' (lower left), also signed and inscribed on the reverse with the name of the pointer and '(Miss) Maud Earl / 8 Elm Tree Road, London NW' Oil on canvas 165 x 121cm (64 15/16 x 47 5/8in).Footnotes:'Miss Earl; a lady who, in addition to her other qualifications, combines enthusiasm for the pointer with an intimate knowledge of his anatomy' - William Arkwright, The Pointer and his Predecessor, pub.1902, p. 219.One of the most successful canine portraitists of her day, Maud Earl was born in 1863 into a family of painters. Beginning her training with her father, the acclaimed animal artist George Earl, Maud later studied at the Royal Female School of Art in 1882 before exhibiting her first work at the Royal Academy in 1884. With a clear skill and sensitivity to the specific requirements of painting pure-bred dogs, Earl rapidly developed a 'who's who' of clients keen to commission portraits of their champion and prize hounds. Indeed, permission was granted to paint one of Queen Victoria's White Collies at Windsor Castle in February 1897 which led to the Prince and Princess of Wales selecting one of their favourite dogs for a portrait too.The present Lots are fine examples of Earl's early style of painting which made her so popular, in which the dog is placed within a recognisable landscape or interior. In later works, this background almost completely fades away thus forcing the viewer to focus entirely on the dog in question.This Lot is of specific interest to the present Collection. Born 25 February 1901, by Lorne (sire) out of First Fiddle (dam), Largo was one of William Arkwright's (1857-1925) top Pointers. William, of Sutton Hall, Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire, was the great-grandson of Richard Arkwright and a cousin to the Arkwright family that lived at Kinsham Court. He held a particular interest in the breeding of Pointers and was considered the authority on the breed, particularly after his publication of The Pointer and His Predecessor in 1902 (see Lots 124, 125 and 126 for copies of the book). It is likely these paintings came to Kinsham Court as a result of William's death. He had no children and, on his death, he made Jack's son John RS Arkwright his residuary legatee. When artist and fancier first met is unclear, however Earl's 1902 exhibition British Hounds and Gundogs at the Graves Gallery in London is said to owe its inception to Arkwright who was founder of the International Gun Dog League. Additionally, Earl's only sculpture is of Largo, executed in bronze in 1905 and presented by Arkwright to the Swedish Pointer Club in 1906. Arkwright clearly considered Earl the best artist of the day to detail the best characteristics of one of his most prized dogs.With thanks to the Kennel Club and Catherine Beale for their guidance and research on this lot.Literature:On the relationship between Maud Earl and William Arkwright, please see the following:A. Croxton Smith, The Power of the Dog: Twenty Plates in Colour by Maud Earl, Hodder and Stoughton.E. Miriam Garden, The Field of Art: Miss Maud Earl and her Pictures, October 5 1899, in Ladies' Field 1899, Vol. 2, pp. 186-188.William Secord, Dog Painting 1840-1940: A social history of the dog in art, Antique Collector's Club, 1992.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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PITT (MOSES)The English Atlas. Volume IV. Containing the Description of the Seventeen Provinces of the Low-Countries, or Neth

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Lot 191

PITT (MOSES)The English Atlas. Volume IV. Containing the Description of the Seventeen Provinces of the Low-Countries, or Netherlands. By Richard Peers, additional allegorical engraved title, printed title in red and black with hand-coloured vignette, 41 HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVED MAPS by Jansson, Pitt and Swart (all but one double-page), numerous hand-coloured head-pieces and decorative initials, the map titles within the cartouches, some place names and the initial letters HEIGHTENED IN GILT, 36-page index at end, ruled in red and on guards throughout, occasional soiling or spotting in margins, additional title repaired in margins, 2 maps and one text leaf creased (first map with slight loss as a result), finely bound in CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO, covers tooled with elaborate all-over design of linked clusters of pointillé volutes, stars and dots, the central panel forming an arabesque-style pattern, ornate gilt panelled spine with similar tools, gilt edges, some wear (especially to spine ends) and staining, spine faded [National Maritime Museum Catalogue 3, 410; Shirley, British Library T.Pitt-1a], large folio (620 x 375mm.), Oxford, Moses Pitt, 1682Footnotes:HAND-COLOURED, HEIGHTENED IN GILT AND IN A FINE RESTORATION BINDING: the fourth volume of Moses Pitt's aborted 'English Atlas', which he had intended to emulate Blaeu's Atlas Major. This volume is devoted to the Low Countries, whilst the other three completed volumes focussed on Northern Europe and Germany.'Pitt planned a large 12-volume world atlas in English in the Blaeu-Jansson tradition, but his ambitions failed; only four volumes appeared... and Pitt was imprisoned in the Fleet' (Tooley 53).Provenance: Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex, bookplate dated 1701.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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SOWERBY (JAMES) and JAMES EDWARD SMITHEnglish Botany; or Coloured Figures of British Plants, 36 vol. in 18, FIRST EDITION, 2

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Lot 192

SOWERBY (JAMES) and JAMES EDWARD SMITHEnglish Botany; or Coloured Figures of British Plants, 36 vol. in 18, FIRST EDITION, 2592 hand-coloured engraved plates (some folding), light spotting and occasional damp-staining, contemporary tree calf, gilt panelled spines with red morocco labels and remnants of small paper labels, volume 18 ('Index & Fungi') lacking morocco label and with upper cover detached, a few with joints split or starting [Dunthorne 291; Henrey 1366; Hunt 717], 8vo (230 x 140mm.), for the author, by J. Davis [et al], 1790-1814This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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SWITZER (STEPHEN)Ichnographia Rustica: or, the Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation, 3 vol., engraved frontispiece

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Lot 194

SWITZER (STEPHEN)Ichnographia Rustica: or, the Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation, 3 vol., engraved frontispiece, titles in red and black, 52 engraved plates (13 folding, as called for in Henrey but some copies vary), occasional light browning and soiling, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, joints cracking, spines worn at head, [Henrey 1411], 8vo, D. Browne etc., 1718Footnotes:The first edition under this title and in three volumes, expanded from the author's single-volume work issued as The Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation in 1715.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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SWITZER (STEPHEN)The Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation: or, an Introduction to Gardening, Planting, Agriculture,

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Lot 195

SWITZER (STEPHEN)The Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation: or, an Introduction to Gardening, Planting, Agriculture, and the other Business and Pleasures of a Country Life, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, occasional rust spots, contemporary calf, gilt spine rubbed, [Henrey 1410], 8vo , B. Barker, and C. King, 1715This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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WALPOLE (HORACE)Anecdotes of Painting in England, 5 vol. including A Catalogue of Engravers,, vol. 1-3 and 5 (Catalogue) sec

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Lot 196

WALPOLE (HORACE)Anecdotes of Painting in England, 5 vol. including A Catalogue of Engravers,, vol. 1-3 and 5 (Catalogue) second edition, vol. 4 first edition, engraved frontispiece, title vignette and numerous portraits and plates, including 9 in the Catalogue of Engravers, occasional worming in lower margins of 2 volumes, contemporary calf, gilt panelled spines (1-3 & 5 labelled 1-4, volume 4 not uniform), slightly worn, small 4to, Strawberry-Hill, 1765This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Harry Hall (British, 1815-1882)Three mares by a stream Signed and dated 'Hall 1861-2' (lower left) Oil on canvas 81 x 122cm (

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Harry Hall (British, 1815-1882)Three mares by a stream Signed and dated 'Hall 1861-2' (lower left) Oil on canvas 81 x 122cm (31 7/8 x 48 1/16in).Footnotes:The grey horse in the centre of this painting was possibly John Arkwright's grey mare. John died in 1858, one month after the first of his children had married, and was mourned by his widow and twelve children. It is possible this painting might have been commissioned as a memorial picture for their father. With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research with this lot.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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John Alfred Wheeler of Bath (British, 1821-1903)Pedigree Herefordshire cattle - a bull, cow and calfSigned and dated 'J Wheel

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Lot 27

John Alfred Wheeler of Bath (British, 1821-1903)Pedigree Herefordshire cattle - a bull, cow and calfSigned and dated 'J Wheeler/71' (lower right) Oil on canvas 76 x 102cm (29 15/16 x 40 3/16in).Footnotes:The Hampton Court herd of pedigree Hereford Cattle had been founded by John Arkwright in 1819. It was his son, John H Arkwright, who began showing the Herefords from 1859; at the Bath and West of England and Royal Agricultural Society of England Shows. In 1878 John H Arkwright called a meeting at which the Hereford Herd Book Society was established; he was its first President. He exported beasts all over the world and the Hampton Court name became synonymous with the Hereford breed. When Johnny was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire in 1901 he said that he felt that Edward VII (with whom he sat on the Council of the RASE) when he selected him, must have been thinking of the 'white faces' that represented this agricultural county. This picture, with bull, cow and calf, represents Arkwright's love for his 'ruby moos', his favourite agricultural endeavour on the estate. In 1871, Johnny entered three cattle for the Royal Show (that year in Wolverhampton); two yearling heifers and a heifer calf. The heifer 'Miss Hungerford' won Reserve and Highly Commended in her class, and the calf was Highly Commended. The sire of both winners and his prime bull at the time (which had himself won First Prize two years before at the Royal Show in Manchester) was called 'Sir Hungerford' (after Johnny's grandfather, Sir Hungerford Hoskyns). It is therefore possible that this is a portrait of Sir Hungerford and Miss Hungerford and the unnamed heifer calf. With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research with this lot.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Sarah Stone (British, circa 1760-1844)A Mandarin drake (Aix galericulata)Signed and dated 'Sarah Stone 1781' (lower left) Wat

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Lot 3

Sarah Stone (British, circa 1760-1844)A Mandarin drake (Aix galericulata)Signed and dated 'Sarah Stone 1781' (lower left) Watercolour 31 x 37cm (12 3/16 x 14 9/16in).Footnotes:Sarah Stone was one of the pre-eminent natural history watercolourists of the 18th century. Beginning her career as an amateur enthusiast, she was soon commissioned to paint the contents of Sir Ashton Lever's 'Holophusikon' or, more commonly, the Leverian Museum in 1777 or 1778. With displays curated to pique curiosity and wonder, Lever's collection contained an extensive variety of animals and artefacts brought back from British expeditions across the globe, including Captain Cook's three voyages between 1768 and 1780.The first time many of these species would have been seen by British eyes, Stone was tasked with making the first pictorial records of the 'discovered' birds, mammals, fish, insects, reptiles, shells, minerals, and ethnographical artefacts. Stone's work gained a further level of importance once the museum was eventually dissolved in 1806 and the collection spread across the world. Her work acts as an important marker for the reference and identification practices of the 18th century scientific community. Interestingly it also gives insight into the taxidermy methods of the day, with later research revealing that specimens were often displayed with inaccurate shapes and sizes.Stone's work at the Leverian Museum helped to hone her skill and palette which did not go unnoticed in the wider artistic scene. She first exhibited, with three watercolours, at The Society of Artists of Great Britain in 1780, and again in 1791. A 'Mandarine Duck' and 'Mandarine Drake' are recorded as being among the pictures she displayed, and are likely similar to the present Lot. Stone was also an 'honorary exhibitor' in 1781 at the Royal Academy. That the Royal Academy was closed to women at this time is testament to the esteem her contemporaries had for her, and her obvious talent.Exhibited:Stone exhibited a similar version entitled 'Mandarine Duck in ditto' at the Society of Artists in 1780, and another 'The Mandarine Drake; do.' in 1791 under her married name Smith. See Algernon Graves, The Society of Artists of Great Britain, 1760-1791; The Free Society of Artists, 1761-1783 (a complete dictionary of contributors and their work), London, 1907, p. 246 & 241 respectively.Literature:For a similar version of this watercolour, in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London see Christine E. Jackson, Sarah Stone: Natural Curiosities from the New Worlds, London, 1998, p. 81, colour illustration pl. 44.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Sarah Stone (British, circa 1760-1844)A Cock of the Rock (Rupicola rupicola) Signed and dated 'Sarah Stone 1781' (centre)Wate

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Sarah Stone (British, circa 1760-1844)A Cock of the Rock (Rupicola rupicola) Signed and dated 'Sarah Stone 1781' (centre)Watercolour31 x 37cm (12 3/16 x 14 9/16in).Footnotes:Sarah Stone was one of the pre-eminent natural history watercolourists of the 18th century. Beginning her career as an amateur enthusiast, she was soon commissioned to paint the contents of Sir Ashton Lever's 'Holophusikon' or, more commonly, the Leverian Museum in 1777 or 1778. With displays curated to pique curiosity and wonder, Lever's collection contained an extensive variety of animals and artefacts brought back from British expeditions across the globe, including Captain Cook's three voyages between 1768 and 1780.The first time many of these species would have been seen by British eyes, Stone was tasked with making the first pictorial records of the 'discovered' birds, mammals, fish, insects, reptiles, shells, minerals, and ethnographical artefacts. Stone's work gained a further level of importance once the museum was eventually dissolved in 1806 and the collection spread across the world. Her work acts as an important marker for the reference and identification practices of the 18th century scientific community. Interestingly it also gives insight into the taxidermy methods of the day, with later research revealing that specimens were often displayed with inaccurate shapes and sizes.Stone's work at the Leverian Museum helped to hone her skill and palette which did not go unnoticed in the wider artistic scene. She first exhibited, with three watercolours, at The Society of Artists of Great Britain in 1780, and again in 1791. Stone was also an 'honorary exhibitor' in 1781 at the Royal Academy. That the Royal Academy was closed to women at this time is testament to the esteem her contemporaries had for her, and her obvious talent.Literature: For a similar version of this watercolour, in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London see Christine E. Jackson, Sarah Stone: Natural Curiosities from the New Worlds, London, 1998, p. 106, colour illustration pl. 59, and back cover.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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A Dutch late 17th century and later walnut side tableThe crossbanded top above a frieze drawer on scrolled legs united by a s

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Lot 48

A Dutch late 17th century and later walnut side tableThe crossbanded top above a frieze drawer on scrolled legs united by a shaped X-shaped stretcher, 100cm wide x 67cm deep x 74.5cm high, (39in wide x 26in deep x 29in high)Footnotes:It is possible that many of the late 17th century items in the sale were purchases and commissions for Thomas, first Earl Coningsby at Hampton Court Castle. In the 1690s, Coningsby remodelled Hampton Court at the same time that King William and Queen Mary were building the new wing, designed by Wren, at Hampton Court Palace. The changes turned Coningsby's inward-looking, defensible medieval manor house into a regional palace, looking out over its estate, with far-reaching views. Suites of rooms enfilade along the south front included one for the King (in red silk damask) and another for the Queen (in blue) including elaborate beds possibly by the King's maker Daniel Marot. Coningsby's King's bed is today on display at William and Mary's palace Het Loo, in the Netherlands; one of the chairs made for the same room is today, appropriately, in the King's apartments at Hampton Court Palace. With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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A first half 18th century japanned and simulated tortoiseshell longcase clockThomas Land, TivertonThe hood with moulded corni

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Lot 60

A first half 18th century japanned and simulated tortoiseshell longcase clockThomas Land, TivertonThe hood with moulded cornice over 3/4 and 1/4 columns, over a long trunk door decorated with flowers on a similar base, all on a faux-tortoiseshell ground, the 12 inch square brass Roman and Arabic dial with wheat-ear border, ringed winding squares and decorated date aperture signed between V and VII Tho. Land, Tiverton, the movement with four knopped and ringed pillars, anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike on a bell, 49.5cm wide x 26cm deep x 214cm high (19in wide x 10in deep x 84in high)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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A late 17th century kingwood, rosewood and gilt brass mounted strong box or coffre-fortThe fleur-de-lis and foliate pierced s

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Lot 68

A late 17th century kingwood, rosewood and gilt brass mounted strong box or coffre-fortThe fleur-de-lis and foliate pierced strapwork hinged top enclosing a void interior with a drop-down front revealing two drawers with Macassar ebony linings, 49cm wide x 30cm deep x 28cm high, (19in wide x 11 1/2in deep x 11in high)Footnotes:It is possible that many of the late 17th century items in the sale were purchases and commissions for Thomas, first Earl Coningsby at Hampton Court Castle. In the 1690s, Coningsby remodelled Hampton Court at the same time that King William and Queen Mary were building the new wing, designed by Wren, at Hampton Court Palace. The changes turned Coningsby's inward-looking, defensible medieval manor house into a regional palace, looking out over its estate, with far-reaching views. Suites of rooms enfilade along the south front included one for the King (in red silk damask) and another for the Queen (in blue) including elaborate beds possibly by the King's maker Daniel Marot. Coningsby's King's bed is today on display at William and Mary's palace Het Loo, in the Netherlands; one of the chairs made for the same room is today, appropriately, in the King's apartments at Hampton Court Palace. With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidanceA similar example was sold at Christie's, London, The Raglan Collection: Wellington, Waterloo and The Crimea And Works of Art from the Collection of the Marquesses of Londonderry, 23 May 2014, Lot 154.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Studio of Joseph Wright of Derby (British, 1734-1797)Portrait of Sir Richard Arkwright, full-length, wearing a brown coat and

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Lot 69

Studio of Joseph Wright of Derby (British, 1734-1797)Portrait of Sir Richard Arkwright, full-length, wearing a brown coat and yellow waistcoat, seated beneath a red curtain beside a table on which is a set of cotton spinning rollers Oil on canvas244 x 152.5cm (96 1/16 x 60 1/16in).UnframedFootnotes:The present composition is derived from the prime version by Joseph Wright of Derby, which was destined for Bakewell, the residence of the sitter's son, Richard Arkwright Junior, and delivered there before 3rd March 1790 (see: B. Nicolson, Joseph Wright of Derby, no. 323, when in the collection of Col. Peter Arkwright, and now on loan to the Derby City Art Gallery). Nicolson pointed out that Wright's vision of the industrialist is 'the same as that of Carlyle, who describes Arkwright as that 'plain, almost gross, bag-cheeked, pot-bellied Lancashire man, with an air of painful reflection, yet also of copious free digestion ...'' He also suggested that it was perhaps 'because aspersions had been cast on his qualifications as an inventor, he preferred to be shown accompanied, not by a plan of his industrial empire, the creation of his own undoubted genius, but by a model of the spinning frame he claimed to have invented ...' What Nicolson describes as 'This beautiful fragment of still life', which is a focal point of the present portrait, was 'the one object Wright guarded in his studio from romping sons, daughters and nieces – it is a faithful replica of the machine that revolutionised the cotton industry and remained the basic model for generations: consisting of a wheel which sets in motion the pairs of rollers of increasing rapidity of rotation, resulting in the production of a hard and firm thread calculated for warps, just as Hargreaves's spinning jenny was adapted for spinning weft, so that the two machines, in spite of occasionally coming into conflict, together transformed the economic structure of England.' (see fig. 1). Richard Arkwright (1732-92) came of a poor family in Preston and settled as a young man in Bolton as a barber, but later moved to Nottingham in 1768, then the centre of the manufacture of cotton hosiery, a profession in which he saw better prospects of developing his gifts as an organiser. Here he was provided with sufficient funds by Jedediah Strutt (see Lot 73) and Samuel Need to improve existing machinery for the manufacture of cotton and to run a cotton factory by horse power. Three years later he moved to the then unexploited district of Cromford near Matlock, where he built in partnership with Strutt and Need the nucleus of the Cromford Cotton Mills, to be run by water power. This move has been described as one of the turning-points in the history of the factory system. As well as Arkwright's social ambitions in the upcoming neighbouring spa town of Matlock Bath, he also had ambitions as an inventor, and during these early years at Cromford was engaged in perfecting a water spinning frame and improving on traditional methods of carding cotton. His enterprises were later to extend to Matlock, Bakewell and elsewhere, including on the banks of the Clyde. By the late 1780s he had been honoured with a knighthood and the Sheriffdom of the County of Derby, dying in 1792 one of the richest commoners in Britain. Sir Richard's legacy has divided opinions from the time of early eulogies that praised his achievements, combined with the controversy relating to the patents over his 'inventions'. Yet Arkwright's defeat in the patent trials should not detract from his skills as a businessman and an innovative production manager and the surviving Cromford machines are testimony to Arkwright's perseverance and the machine maker's art. The mill style Arkwright adopted, became, for a time, the industry's pattern. His biographer in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biographer proclaims him to be 'the archetypal self-made man'. As a master of water power and an imaginative builder 'Arkwright's achievement was to combine power, machinery, semi-skilled labour, and a new raw material to create, more than a century before Ford, mass production.'As per the other Arkwright portraits, this portrait may have been commissioned to replace that which was delivered to Stoke Hall while Willersley was completed. It probably remained at Stoke Hall until the house was sold in 1839. It was certainly acquired by John Arkwright from the home of his brother Charles Arkwright, Dunstall in Staffordshire. Unlike the other portraits (below), this formed part of a sale at Dunstall, after Charles's death in 1850. John's brother Peter wrote to John at Hampton Court, Herefds, 'I saw James the day before the Pictures were to be sold at Dunstall and told him to buy in the portrait of my GFather, expecting you would wish to have it, which you see by the enclosed scrap was done – for £50-'. It most probably arrived at Worcester with the other portraits, around May day 1852. It too is listed as hanging in the Dining Room at Hampton Court, Herefds in the inventory taken after the death of John Arkwright in 1858. '1 do [Portrait] Sir Richard Arkwright full length copy from original by Wright Derby'. It moved with Jack Arkwright from Hampton Court to Kinsham Court, Herefds in 1911, where it hung, without frame, set into the panelling of the first floor Schoolroom. With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research on this lot.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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A late 17th century walnut, fruitwood and oyster veneered chest on standWith two short drawers above three long graduating dr

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Lot 77

A late 17th century walnut, fruitwood and oyster veneered chest on standWith two short drawers above three long graduating drawers on turned ash barley twist supports, the stand later, the ovals to the sides possibly re-veneered, 119cm wide x 67.5cm deep x 128cm high, (46 1/2in wide x 26 1/2in deep x 50in high)Footnotes:It is possible that many of the late 17th century items in the sale were purchases and commissions for Thomas, first Earl Coningsby at Hampton Court Castle. In the 1690s, Coningsby remodelled Hampton Court at the same time that King William and Queen Mary were building the new wing, designed by Wren, at Hampton Court Palace. The changes turned Coningsby's inward-looking, defensible medieval manor house into a regional palace, looking out over its estate, with far-reaching views. Suites of rooms enfilade along the south front included one for the King (in red silk damask) and another for the Queen (in blue) including elaborate beds possibly by the King's maker Daniel Marot. Coningsby's King's bed is today on display at William and Mary's palace Het Loo, in the Netherlands; one of the chairs made for the same room is today, appropriately, in the King's apartments at Hampton Court Palace. With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidanceThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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J. H. Brown (British, active mid-19th century)The twenty-first birthday celebrations of John Hungerford Arkwright at Hampton

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Lot 83

J. H. Brown (British, active mid-19th century)The twenty-first birthday celebrations of John Hungerford Arkwright at Hampton Court, HerefordshireSigned and dated 'J. H. Brown, August 1854' (lower right) Watercolour 59.5 x 91cm (23 7/16 x 35 13/16in).Footnotes:Commissioned from Brown by John Arkwright to record the twenty-first celebrations of his heir, John H Arkwright, at Hampton Court, Herefordshire, 3rd August 1854. After the youngsters amused themselves with archery on the lawns, four hundred guests were accommodated for luncheon from 3pm in the conjoined marquees of the Leominster and Hereford Horticultural Societies. With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research on this lot. Literature: Catherine Beale, Champagne and Shambles, The Arkwrights and the Downfall of the Landed Aristocracy, pub. 2006, p.145.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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A large George IV mahogany tea caddyThe hinged lid enclosing a fitted interior of two caddies and a later glass mixing bowl o

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Lot 93

A large George IV mahogany tea caddyThe hinged lid enclosing a fitted interior of two caddies and a later glass mixing bowl on turned squat bun feet, together with a Regency rosewood tea caddy, now lacking interior fittings, the first: 39cm wide, 21.5cm deep, 17.5cm high (15in wide, 8in deep, 6 1/2in high) (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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A rare mid-Victorian figured walnut and walnut music tableThe square top with canted corners with frieze drawers (one missing

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Lot 99

A rare mid-Victorian figured walnut and walnut music tableThe square top with canted corners with frieze drawers (one missing) fitted with folding music stands on octagonal supports united by an under tier, the top mounted with presentation plaque which reads: PRESENTED TO / J. H. Arkwright Esq. / BY THE / HEREFORDSHRIE / Philharmonic Society / ON THE OCCASION OF HIS / Marriage / 12th June 1866, 136cm wide x 136cm deep x 76cm high, (53 1/2in wide x 53 1/2in deep x 29 1/2in high)Footnotes:The Herefordshire Philharmonic Society (HPS) was founded by John H Arkwright in 1863 to encourage instrumental and vocal practice among amateur musicians in Herefordshire. He acted as both Secretary and Treasurer in its opening year, and remained Secretary until the Society's demise in 1899. He played first violin on a Stradivarius that he bought the same year (for £200). By 1872 the 'band' included Edward Elgar's father and uncle, Henry; Elgar himself joined the HPS in 1883 and led the orchestra from 1891-1895; the HPS premiered at least one of his songs. After the Society folded in 1899, Arkwright began to collect material for an account of its rise, progress and eventual decline all of which can be found at the Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre. Arkwright married Charlotte Lucy, daughter of John Davenport of Foxley, Herefordshire, by whom he had one son and three daughters. Lucy had been a member of the HPS, so this made a particularly appropriate gift. On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the HPS, the members presented Arkwright with a grand piano.This music table would have been used by the family at their previous home of Hampton Court before it was moved to Kinsham Court by Arkwright's son, Sir John Stanhope Arkwright, when downsizing to this property. With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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C.R. ASHBEE (1863-1942) MODERN ENGLISH SILVERWORK, 1909 limited first edition 116 of 200, lithographed plates by the author,

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Lot 130

C.R. ASHBEE (1863-1942) MODERN ENGLISH SILVERWORK, 1909 limited first edition 116 of 200, lithographed plates by the author, some partly hand-coloured, signed by Ashbee, published Essex House Press and B. T. Batsford, cloth binding

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ENGLISH 'TYDAL' CHAIR, CIRCA 1900 carved oakDimensions:50cm wide, 96.5cm high, 49.5cm deepNote: Note: This chair is a direct

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Lot 153

ENGLISH 'TYDAL' CHAIR, CIRCA 1900 carved oakDimensions:50cm wide, 96.5cm high, 49.5cm deepNote: Note: This chair is a direct copy of a chair first identified in 1878 by archaeologist Nicolay Nicolaysen (1817-1911) in the Tyldal Church in Østerdalen, Hedmark, Norway made circa 1150–1200. He arranged for it to be sent to the Historical Museum in Oslo, Norway where it remains on public display today.Detailed photographs of all four sides of the Tyldal chair were published in 1897 in Vol 10 of The Studio magazine in an article titled 'Early Scandinavian Carvings' by J. Romilly Allen, F.S.A. Later, on 7th December 1900, The Building News published a well-observed drawing of the Tyldal chair titled Norwegian Chair from Tyldalen Church Osterdalin.A small number of reproductions of the famous Tyldal chair seem to exist, including a birch example circa 1900 by the carver Johan Borgersen is in the collection of Sverresborg Trøndelag Folk Museum; three variations of the model in limed oak and made in 1925 are in the collection of Bryn Athyn Cathedral Pennsylvania; and a single chair circa 1927 in the collection of The Glencairn Museum, Pennsylvania.

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AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS 'ST. IVES' WARDROBE, CIRCA 1898 oak, lacquered steel fi

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Lot 242

AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS 'ST. IVES' WARDROBE, CIRCA 1898 oak, lacquered steel fittings with mirrored glass plate, stamped twice HEAL & SON, TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD LONDONDimensions:128cm wide, 190cm high, 61cm deepNote: Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p.150-151 where a similar example is illustrated. Note: Three suites of bedroom furniture, manufactured by the Guild of Handicraft to Ambrose Heal's designs ('216' Newlyn in fumed oak, '217' Bushey in mahogany and '222' St Ives in fumed oak - also available in ash stained green), were put on display in Tottenham Court Road in 1897. The St Ives suite, made up of a 3ft 6 in wardrobe, a 3 ft 6 in toilet table, a 3 ft washstand and two chairs (made by Cox), sold for £19 19s and proved an instant success as the first suite was sold in April and by the end of the year, sixteen complete suites had been sold in oak with a further five in green ash.

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CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH AND MARGARET MACDONALD INTEREST A BOOK OF ELFIN RHYMES BY NORMAN (PSEUD.) with 40 drawings in colou

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Lot 253

CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH AND MARGARET MACDONALD INTEREST A BOOK OF ELFIN RHYMES BY NORMAN (PSEUD.) with 40 drawings in colour by Carton Moore Park published by Gay and Bird 1900. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper: TO HENRY STEEL DAVIDSON FROM/ MARGARET MACDONALD MACKINTOSH AND/ CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH CHRISTMAS 1900, together with a folded 4-page notepaper headed ‘Windyhill/ Kilmacolm’ containing a handwritten list of “Kitty’s Books” from 1883 to 1928Note: Literature: Davidson, Hamish R. Memories of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish Art Review, 11, no. 4, 1968, from p. 2.Note: Charles Rennie Mackintosh became acquainted with the Davidson family around 1894/95 and was commissioned in 1900 to design their new home, Windyhill in Kilmacolm. The Davidson’s remained lifelong friends and supporters of Mackintosh and his wife Margaret MacDonald.William and Jean Davidson had three sons, William Cameron (1890–1975); Hamish Reid (1893–1972) and Henry Steel (1896–1915), who was killed in action in France. From 1898 (or earlier) until 1905 (or later) Mackintosh gave Mr and Mrs Davidson and each of their sons, Christmas gifts of books inscribed by Mackintosh until 1899 and, following their marriage, inscribed by Charles and Margaret Mackintosh from 1900.In 1968, looking back more than 60 years, Hamish Reid Davidson refers to some of these books in his Memories of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Up to 1899, gifts to the boys were from “Uncle Tosh” and from 1900 were inscribed by Charles and Margaret in the form as can be seen in ‘A Book of Elfin Rhymes’. He also says that the joint inscription from 1900 was probably by Margaret rather than Charles as it was less flamboyant than the earlier Uncle Tosh inscriptions.In 1967, Hamish Davidson compiled a list of seven Mackintosh inscribed books then in his possession (but since dispersed), a copy of which is in the Glasgow School of Art collections. This is very incomplete as the books given over the years by the Mackintoshs to the Davidson family must have numbered more than thirty. The list of seven includes only one for 1900 (to Hamish); A Child’s London by Hamish Hendry, published in 1900, with the same illustrator as A Book of Elfin Rhymes, Carton Moore Park; and only one gift to his youngest brother, Henry Steel Davidson for 1902. A Book of Elfin Rhymes is not among the seven on the list, nor are the gifts for 1900 to Mr and Mrs Davidson or William Cameron.Other than the book in this lot, only one other Christmas gift to any member of the Davidson family appears to have survived which has a pasted-in inscription for Christmas 1899 from Mackintosh to Mr and Mrs Davidson. It was donated to the Glasgow School of Art in 2014. With the book in this lot is a folded 4-page notepaper on Windyhill, Kilmacolm letterhead, headed “Kitty’s Books” and with a handwritten list of one book title each year from 1883 to 1928 and concluding with the words “The forty-fifth milestone of our friendship. The End”. How the notepaper and the book are connected is unclear. One possible, but unproven, explanation is that Mrs Davidson kept the Mackintosh-inscribed book after the death in 1915 of her youngest son Henry, and that like the Mackintosh exchange of books, the Davidsons were also in the habit of giving books to friends and the notepaper records one such series of annual gifts.Frederick William Carton Moore Park (1876-1956) was born in Stewarton, Ayrshire. He was a student at the Glasgow School of Art from 1893-97. He exhibited a painting in Vienna at the 1900 Secession Exhibition which also provided Charles and Margaret Mackintosh with their first major European exposure. His early career focused on the illustration of children’s books. In a letter of 24th December 1898 from Mackintosh to the 8 years old Cameron Davidson, he says….”I am sending you this little book of animals which has been illustrated by a young friend of mine in Glasgow…..”. Perhaps this anonymous illustrator is Carton Moore Park and the book An Alphabet of Animals, newly published by Blackie.

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JESSIE MARION KING (1875-1949) (ILLUSTRATOR) MUMMY'S BEDTIME STORY BOOK, BY "MARION", FIRST EDITION, 1929 colour illustration

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Lot 273

JESSIE MARION KING (1875-1949) (ILLUSTRATOR) MUMMY'S BEDTIME STORY BOOK, BY "MARION", FIRST EDITION, 1929 colour illustrations including 14 full-page by Jessie M. King; also THE ENCHANTED CAPITAL OF SCOTLAND, by Isobel K. Steele, pub. Plaid, Edinburgh; and HOW CINDERELLA WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE BALL, London, G T Foulis [1924], 1st edition; together with a BOOKPLATE FOR CHARLES D. EDWARDS BY JESSIE M. KING, printed paper, 14.8cm x 10.5cm

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PETER WAALS (1870-1937) BOOKCASE, CIRCA 1934 Cuban mahogany and Macassar ebony Dimensions:141cm wide, 104cm high, 30.3cm deep

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Lot 366

PETER WAALS (1870-1937) BOOKCASE, CIRCA 1934 Cuban mahogany and Macassar ebony Dimensions:141cm wide, 104cm high, 30.3cm deepProvenance:Provenance: The Goddard Family, LeicesterNote: Note: In the first half of the 20th century, the Goddard family, who patented Goddard's silver cleaner in the 19th century, were great patrons of the arts. In the 1920s and 30s, the family commissioned furniture from Peter Waals for their home Lyndwood in Leicester. Part of the family subsequently moved to Biniemyre in Galashiels. This fine bookcase is mentioned in the schedule of handmade furniture at Biniemyre, in the morning room, item no.34, purchase price £47 17s 6d.

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STANLEY WEBB DAVIES (1894–1978) ARTS & CRAFTS BOOKCASE oak bookcaseDimensions:38cm wide, 88.5cm high, 17cm deepNote: Note

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Lot 368

STANLEY WEBB DAVIES (1894–1978) ARTS & CRAFTS BOOKCASE oak bookcaseDimensions:38cm wide, 88.5cm high, 17cm deepNote: Note: During the First World War Stanley Webb Davies built huts in France for refugees, but after the War in 1920 he worked in the Romney Green’s workshop. In 1923 he established his own workshop in Windermere in the Lake District where he worked until his retirement in 1961. He celebrated the physical demands of hand-made furniture believing that it benefitted the whole person and largely undertook work for commissions. His archive is held by the Abbot Hall Art Gallery in Kendal.

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Four pairs of presumed 9ct gold earrings, combined 3.2g. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent

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Four pairs of presumed 9ct gold earrings, combined 3.2g. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

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