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Lot 58
4 first edition Harry Potter books together with a 1965 Walt Disney America Story Book. A first edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows without dust cover (damage to 1 corner), 2 first editions of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood prince (one without dust cover) and a first edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (without dust cover, damage to spine).
Lot 101
1870 Sydney Mint Sovereign . Queen Victoria Gold Sovereign Sydney Mint 1857-1870 – The first sovereign minted on the other side of the globe. The Sydney Mint type sovereign is the only occasion in history that sovereigns were marked with such a distinctive design, and in fact bear the word AUSTRALIA
Lot 100
Motor Racing, Lewis Hamilton signed Formula 1 pass for British Grand Prix 2008- Hamiltons first British Grand Prix victory. Signed by Hamilton himself. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 101
Motor racing, Lewis Hamilton signed Formula 1 pass for Brazilian Grand Prix 2008, the venue of Hamiltons first World Championship- his last corned pass of Timo Glock on the last lap. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 232
Football, a collection from the match Liverpool vs. Arsenal 1989, including a 12x8 signed Alan Smith photograph as he celebrates with the First division Trophy. Also included is an official match programme and a match report from the Daily Telegraph. Also featuring a colour photo from the match as Michael Thomas scores the second goal. Overall size 10x12. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 315
Boxing Tony TNT Tucker signed programme dated 5th April 2016. Tony Craig Tucker (born December 27, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1998. He won the IBF heavyweight title in 1987 and was the shortest-reigning world heavyweight champion at just 64 days. In an interview with Barry Tompkins, he referred to himself as the invisible champion, due to the press and general public largely neglecting him. He is best known for giving Mike Tyson in his prime a relatively close fight, in which he, in words of Larry Merchant, rocked Tyson in the first round, but Mike managed to withstand pressure and won a unanimous decision. As an amateur, he won the 1979 United States national championships, the 1979 World Cup, and a gold medal at the 1979 Pan American Games, all in the light heavyweight division. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 90
Football Elton John signed Nottingham Forest v Watford League Cup Semi Final First Leg Vintage Programme 17th Jan 1979 signature on photo inside programme. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 55
"A NEW AND UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHICAL GRAMMAR" BY E. JONES, PUBLISHED 1772 WITH FOLDOUT MAP A/F "BAEDEKER,S RHINE 1903" AN OS MAP OF SHROPSHIRE ETC.¦Condition Report:There are no boards present. There are worm holes in the first block of pages including the frontispiece. The folded map of the world is very torn. The map of England & Wales is better but very creased in the middle with small loss to margins. Also has mostly in good order:¦Map of Europe, View of city of York, Map of Scotland, Map of Ireland, Map of Sweden, Denmark, Norway & Finland, Map of Russia or Moscovy in Europe, Map of Poland, Lithuania & Prussia, Map of Germany, View of the city of Vienna, View of the city of Berlin, Map of France, View of the city of Paris. Also has two plates in the Introduction¦¦¦
Lot 113
* Italy. Dé Medici (Cosimo, 1590-1621), Grand Duke Of Tuscany. Bronze Medal. By Giovanni Zanobio Weber, 1737-1806. Obv: Armoured bust left, signed I.V. below. Rev: Globe and stand beside telescope, SVA SYDERA NOVIT. 46-47mm, 49.4g, Bianca Cappello, second wife of Francesco I de' Medici, 1548-87, Bronze Medal, by Giovanni Zanobio Weber, 1737-1806. Obv: Bust right. Rev: Stork amidst flowers, CANDORE ET VATICINO. 46-47mm, 43.3g, both with wear to patina at the high points, the first with pitting below bust and a few patches on rev, both with similar reddish-brown patinaQty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
Lot 139
Academie Royale des Medailles et des Inscriptions. Medailles sur les principaux evenements du regne de Louis le Grand, avec des explications historiques, Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1702, engraved allegorical frontispiece by Charles Simonneau after Antoine Coypel, engraved armorial to title with outer decorative border (lower blank margin excised & repaired), numerous engraved medallions throughout, decorative borders engraved by Simonneau after Berain, typeface designed by Grandjean, occasional light scattered spotting, without marbled free endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco title label, old paper label at head & foot of spine, covers lightly marked, 4to, together with: Julian Emperor of Rome 331-363, Les Cesars de l'Empereur Julien, traduits du Grec. Par feu Mr. le baron de Spanheim, avec des remarques & des preuves, enrichies de plus de 300. medailles, & autres anciens monumens. Graves par Bernard Picart le romain, Amsterdam: F. L'Honoré, 1728, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, numerous engraved illustrations of medallions, scattered spotting throughout and occasional light dust-soiling, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to upper pastedown, modern blind panelled dark brown calf, morocco title labels relaid, 4to, Velázquez (Luis José), Ensayo sobre los alphabetos de las letras desconocidas, que se encuentran en las mas antiguas medallas y monumentos de España. por don Luis Joseph Velazquez ... de la Academia Real de la Historia. Escrito, revisto y publicado de Orden de la misma Academia, Madrid: en la oficina de Antonio Sanz..., 1752, engraved vignette to title, twenty engraved plates at rear, few minor marks including occasional light dampstaining to for-edge margins of few leaves, 20th century cloth-backed marbled boards, rubbed green skiver title label to spine, 4toQty: (3)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESThe first work, a medallic history of Louis XIV, the Sun King, is a typographic tour-de-force, and a fine example of royal publicity. In 1692 the French Academy of Sciences set up a committee to establish standards for all crafts; as a result of which Jacques Jaugeon produced in 1695 a 'rational' design for letters, in which they all have a perfectly vertical axis and perfectly horizontal, symmetrical serifs, far removed from the more flowing forms of ancient or Renaissance lettering. Philippe Grandjean was commissioned to cut punches based on Jaugeon's designs, and modified them to form the 'roman du roi' first used here.
Lot 14
* Great Britain. Henry II, 1154-1189, Penny, ‘Tealby’ Type, London Mint, John, 1199-1216, Penny, Canterbury Mint, Henry III, 1216-72, Penny, London Mint, Obv: X in the shape of curule, Rev: Cross Pommeé, various other Medieval Pennies and Farthing, the first with a small split, otherwise mainly AF, some VGQty: (8)
Lot 144
Agustin (Antonio). I discorsi sopra le medaglie et altre anticaglie. Divisi in XI dialoghi tradotti dalla lingua spagnola nell italiana, [Rome: Ascanio and Girolamo Donangeli, 1592], engraved architectonic title-page (with portrait verso), 70 engraved plates (numbered 3-72 and printed either side of 35 leaves), bound without initial quire +2 (another engraved title, commencing 'I ritratti', and letterpress dedication leaf), title-page with section excised at foot and contemporary ownership inscription, a few text-gatherings browned, occasional early marginalia, bookplate of Patricia Milne Hendersonm edges dyed blue, later vellum (ties perished), 4to (22 x 16 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: 1) Basil Kennett (1674-1716), antiquary and translator, and author of The Antiquities of Rome (ownership inscription 'Basil Kennet, 1706'). 2) Basil G. Nevinson, cellist and the dedicatee of number XII of Elgar's Enigma Variations (ownership inscription 'Basil G. Nevinson, 1906'). 3) London Numismatic Club (bookplate). 4) Acquired by Patricia Milne Henderson as a duplicate from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, in 1963 (laid-in typed letter signed on Fitzwilliam Museum letterhead). Adams A2236; Cicognara 2725; EDIT 16 CNCE 564; STC Italian p. 11. First quarto edition of the Italian translation, of which a folio edition appeared the same year, printed in Rome by Guglielmo Faciotto, priority unknown. The work was first published in Spanish in 1587 as Dialogos de medallas, inscriciones y otras antiquedades.
![[Antonini, Carlo]. Raccolta di Vasi Antichi, 3 parts bound in one volume, [Rome], 1837, 3 etched title pages, and 189 etched](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/773a2f63-986c-4cc6-9db3-ad1200b50a92/7a5e14b6-fab7-4e35-83a5-ad130124f655/468x382.jpg)
Lot 145
[Antonini, Carlo]. Raccolta di Vasi Antichi, 3 parts bound in one volume, [Rome], 1837, 3 etched title pages, and 189 etched plates of antique vases, sheets watermarked PM Fabriano and dated 1836, the second and third printed part-titles dated 1837, contents generally in clean condition, two small oval ownership ink stamps of Henry Thomas Coghlan to head and foot of first title, top edge gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, contemporary dark green half morocco, rubbed and some wear to joints (partly cracked), folio (322 x 230 mm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: Henry Thomas Coghlan (1813-1892). Wealthy recluse Henry Thomas Coghlan was born in Armagh, Northern Ireland, and resided at 14 Hyde Park Gardens. He died intestate, leaving an estate worth £700,000. His library was sold by Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge in 1896. A re-issue of Carlo Antonini's Manuale di vari ornementi componenti la serie de vasi antichi si di marmo che di bronzo esistenti in Roma e fuori, published in 3 volumes in 1821, each part containing 71, 62 and 60 plates respectively (being a total of 193). See Berlin Katalog 594. Many of the engravings are either based on or strongly influenced by the work of Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
![Aurelius Victor (Sextus). Historiae Romanae breviarum. A Jano et Saturno, urbeq[ue] condita, usque ad Consulatum X. Constanti](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/773a2f63-986c-4cc6-9db3-ad1200b50a92/c7c4d93e-dcfd-4d49-931b-ad130124f72d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 146
Aurelius Victor (Sextus). Historiae Romanae breviarum. A Jano et Saturno, urbeq[ue] condita, usque ad Consulatum X. Constantii Aug. et Juliani Caes. III. Numquam antehac editum ... Ex bibliotheca Andreae Schotti [part 2: De vita et moribus imperatorum Romanorum], 2 parts in 1 volume, Antwerp: ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1579, A-O8, A-H8 I3 (lacking final blank I4), both parts with woodcuts of Roman coinage in text, variable browning, occasional damp-staining, without rear free endpaper, bookplate of Patricia Milne Henderson, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript spine-title, ties perished, 8vo (16.6 x 10.8 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: From the library of the princes of Liechtenstein (housed in Vienna), with bookplate 'ex libris Liechtensteinianis'. Adams A2263 & A2260; Ruelens-de Backer 200/10. First collected edition of the Aurelius Victor corpus.
Lot 152
Beger (Lorenz). Spicilegium Antiquitatis sive variarum ex antiquitate elegantiarum vel novis luminibus illustratarum vel recens etiam editarum fasciculi, Coloniae Brandenburgicae [Berlin], Ulrich Liebpert, 1692, [8]-167-[1] pp., half-title, title with engraved printer's device, engraved head-pieces and initials, numerous engraved illustrations to text, 4 full-page engraved plates (hors-texte), and one full-page engraved illustration within text, including Hercules, Apollo and Bacchus, errata to verso of X4 ends 'STEPH', contents generally clean, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to front pastedown, contemporary sprinkled full calf, gilt decorated spine, some wear to edges, folio (320 x 215 mm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESBL German (1601-1700), B624. First edition of a collection of descriptions and illustrations of classical archaeology and numismatics by Lorenz Beger (1653-1705), librarian and antiquary to the King of Prussia. The work is notable for its first description of a sarcophagus in the Pamphili collection in Rome, which Beger erroneously interprets as the mythical story of Cephalus and Procris (page 143).
Lot 153
Beger (Lorenz). Thesaurus Brandenburgicus selectus: sive Gemmarum et numismatum Graecorum, in cimeliarchio Electorali Brandenburgico, elegantiorum series, commentario illustratae, 3 volumes bound in 2, Coloniae Marchicae [Brandenburg], Typis et impensis electoralibus, excudit Ulricus Liebpert, 1696-[1701], three allegorical engraved frontispieces (one signed C.F. Blesendorff after A. Terwesten), half-title before second and third titles only, full-page engraved view of the interior of the Cimeliarchium, or Museum [by Blesendorf], full-page engraved portrait of Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg (later Frederick I, King of Prussia), also by Blesendorf, both plates bound in at front of second volume, all three title pages with etched vignettes, numerous head- and tail-pieces (some depicting buildings in Berlin) and etched illustrations to text of gems and coins, after Samuel and Constantine Friedrich Blesendorf, and Paul Werner, 44 fine full-page engraved plates of antiquities, gods and emperors, including Priapus, mild spotting to first and last few leaves (generally in excellent clean condition), marbled endpapers, bookplate of Baron Northwick to front pastedown of each volume, early 19th century polished half calf gilt, lightly rubbed, large folio (40 x 25 cm)Qty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick (1769-1859), collector and connoisseur, with his bookplate. The present volume formed part of the library at Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, and Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham. BL German, 1601-1700, B623; Brunet I, 735; Ebert 1840; Sinkankas 527. Lavishly illustrated description of the antiquities collection of Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg, and King of Prussia (1657-1713), in Berlin. "A most lavishly illustrated catalogue of the antiquities in the collection of Friedrich I... The text takes the form of a dialogue between the custodian of the collection, a certain Dulodorus, and an antiquarian named Archeophilus, recognisable as Beger and Ezechiel Spanheim (1629-1710), respectively, the latter an official of the Brandenburg Government since 1680 and twice ambadassor to England. Spanheim encouraged and supported Beger in preparation of the work..." (Sinkankas, Gemology: An Annotated Bibliography (1993), page 88).
Lot 154
Beger (Lorenz). Thesaurus ex Thesauro Palatino selectus, sive Gemmarum et Numismatum quae in Electorali cimeliarchio continentur elegentiorum aere expressa, et convenienti commentario illustrata dispositio, 1st edition, Heidelberg: Phillip Delborne, 1685, half title, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by Johann Ulrich Krauss, engraved portrait of the dedicatee Charles, Count Palatine, Duke of Bavaria, 3 full page engraved plates, engraved head and-tail pieces and initials, over 400 engraved illustrations of coins, two coins on 2Z2 overlaid with blank paper, lower corner and margin of V3 torn away, a little light toning to a few leaves, light marginal water stain to half title and title, later panelled calf, spine label renewed, one or two small repairs, folioQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715), Bishop of Salisbury, with bookplate pasted to title verso; Baron Northwick (1st Baron Northwick?, 1738-1800), with bookplate to front pastedown. BL (German) 1601-1700, B625; Dekesel, Bibliography of 17th Century Numismatic Books, 158. Lorenz Beger (1653-1705) was librarian and antiquary to Karl Ludwig I, Elector Palatine (1617-1680) and his heir Charles II (1648-1685). First edition of this richly embellished treatise on the notable Electoral Palatinate collection of gems and numismatics, the first published catalogue of a German royal collection of antiquities, which had been significantly enriched during the period with purchases from Italy (and elsewhere in Europe) through the offices of the celebrated numismatist Ezekiel Spanheim and Beger himself.
Lot 158
Bracci (Domenico Augusto). Memorie degli antichi incisori che scolpirono i loro nomi in gemme e cammei con molti monumenti inediti di antichita statue bassorilievi gemme, Opera di Domenico Augusto Bracci della Societa Reale Antiquaria di Londra, 2 volumes, Florence, Gaetano Cambiagi, 1784-86, text in Latin and Italian, additional engraved title, dedication and 160 fine engraved plates, some with two or more scenes, by Colombini, Pazzi, Bartolozzi, Pomarede, Mogatti etc., after Casanova, Campiglia, Savorelli, Stradetti, and others, wide margins, generally in very clean condition, marbled endpapers, engraved armorial bookplate with motto Esperance en Dieu (engraved by Longmate), contemporary full calf, edged in gilt, by H. Walther (with his printed binder's label to verso of front endpaper of each volume), rubbed and some wear, later rebacks retaining original morocco labels, joints rubbed, with upper cover to first volume detached, folio (43 x 28.5 cm)Qty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESCicognara 2785; Brunet I, 1195. Domenico Augusto Bracci (1717-1795) came to Rome in 1748 on the recommendation of the famous collector Philipp von Stosch, where he acted as a cicerone or guide for English travellers on the Grand Tour, also accompanying them to Pompeii, Herculaneum and Naples. The sumptuously illustrated Memorie degli Antichi Incisori, largely based on the von Stosch collection, was eventually published in 2 volumes in 1784 and 1786, with illustrations by the best artist engravers of the day, including Pietro Antonio Pazzi and Francesco Bartolozzi, after drawings by Giovanni Battista Casanova and Gaetano Savarelli, amongst others. In an appendix, Bracci compiled for the first time a list of forged and suspicious artist's signatures on gems.
Lot 16
* Great Britain. Edward III, 1327-77, Groat, Fourth Coinage, Pre-Treaty Period, 1351-61, mm, Crown, London Mint, Henry V, 1413-22, Groat, mm, Pierced Cross, London Mint, Henry VI, First Reign, 1422-61, Groat, Leaf-Pellet Issue, 1445-54, London Mint, Obv: a pellet each side of crown leaf on neck and fleur on breast, Rev: Extra pellet in two quarters, the first tooled otherwise GF, the second AF, the third VGQty: (3)
Lot 163
Capaccio (Giulio Cesare). Delle Imprese trattato di Giulio Cesare Capaccio. In tre libri diviso Nel primo, del modo di far l'impresa da qualsivoglia oggetto, o naturale, o artificioso con nuove maniere si ragiona. Nel secondo, tutti ieroglifici, simboli, e cose mistiche in lettere sacre, o profane... Nel terzo, nel figurar degli emblemi di molte cose naturali per l'imprese si tratta, 1st edition, Naples, Appresso Gio. Giacomo Carlino, & Antonio Pace, 1592, [32], 84, 148, 60 leaves, 3 parts in one, title to each part with printer's woodcut device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, 302 woodcut illustrations to text of symbols and emblems, several neat repaired closed tears (a2 in first part, Mmm2 and Mmm4 in second part, and Hhhh3, and Oooo1 to third part), lightly obscuring some words, quires Oo Ddd and Eeee misbound (probably when the work was rebound), modern antique-style full vellum gilt, with yapp fore-edges, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to front pastedown, red morocco spine label, 4to (193 x 147 mm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESCensimento 16 CNCE 9062; Landwehr, Romanic Emblem Books 203. Imprese were symbolic constructions which combined an illustration and an accompanying short text or motto. This courtly discourse gained currency during the second half of the 16th century, and was first established by Paolo Giovio in his Dialogo delle imprese militari et amorose (published posthumously in 1555). Landwehr describes the woodcuts as 'very delicate and charming', and calls the work 'the first emblematic item to deal with flora and fauna, published three years before the books by Camerarius'.
Lot 166
Casali (Jean-Baptiste). De Profanis et Sacris Veteribus Ritibus opus tripartitum, cujus prima pars agit de profanis Aegyptiorum ritibus, veluti deorum cultu, superstitione & idololatria... Secunda pars agit de profanis Romanorum ritibus, vario scil. deorum cultu... Tertia pars agit de sacris Christianorum ritibus, velut de imaginibus Ecclesiae... 3 parts in one, Frankfurt & Hanover: T. H. Hauenstein, 1681, half title, general title printed in red and black, 3 sectional titles with large woodcut device, 60 tipped-in engraved plates, various sizes, some folding, 7 small engravings pasted to margins, small burnhole to lower margin of Z4 of part 3, occasional light spotting and small marginal water stains, contemporary vellum, spine titled in manuscript, some light soiling, covers a little bowed, 4toQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESGraesse II, 59. First published in two parts in Rome in 1644, by Rome antiquary Giovanni Battista Casali (1578-1648) this expanded edition includes a third part on Christian rituals as well as ancient Egyptian and Roman idolatry and symbolism.
Lot 167
Castelli (Gabriele Lancillotto, principe di Torremuzza). Siciliae populorum et urbium regum quoque et tyrannorum veteres nummi Saracenorum epocham anticedantes, Panormi [Palermo], Typis Regiis, 1781-91, 3 parts in one, half-title, 3 printed titles, each with large engraved vignette, 125 full-page engraved plates by Melchior de Bella (107, 9 and 9 plates to each part respectively), several large engraved head-pieces, wide margins throughout, pale waterstain to upper and lower blank margins (generally in very good condition), small etched bookplate or ownership label pasted to foot of first title, engraved by di Bella, and with the motto 'Neti in Musaeo Astutiano', bookplates of Baron Northwick and Patricia Milne Henderson to front pastedown, contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, modern antique-style reback, rubbed and slight wear to board edges, large folio (40.5 x 26 cm), together with: [Danieli, Francesco]. Monete Antiche di Capua con alcune brievi osservazioni, si aggiunge un discorso del culto prestato da'Capuani a'numi lor tutelari, Naples, Stamperia Simoniana, 1802, with a printed funeral broadside for Andrea Maria Labini, signed Franciscus Daniel, and dated 11 January 1792, bound in at front, half-title present, engraved and woodcut illustrations to text, including illustrations of coins printed in brown, contents generally clean, bookplate of Baron Northwick to front pastedown, early 19th century half calf over marbled boards, lightly rubbed ,4toQty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance (for both works): John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick (1769-1859), collector and connoisseur, with his bookplate. The present volume formed part of the library at Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, and Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham. Brunet V, 889 'ouvrage peu commun et recherché'. First and only edition.
Lot 169
Coin Auction Catalogues. A collection of over 30 catalogues, mostly early 19th century, some bound together, including: 1. Catalogue de la Bibliothéque et du Cabinet de Médailles, Antiques et Modernes, ainsi que de quelques pierres gravées, antiquités &c. délaissés par M. Pierre van Damme, Directeur de l'Académie littéraire de Zélande, Membre de celle de Gottingue, de la haute Lusace &c. Dont la vente publique se fera, le 21 Mars 1808 et jours suivants, au Schoolstraat, section W. No. 245 à La Haye. Par l'Auctionaire J. Koning, et les Libraires Thierry-Mensing et P. van Daalen Wetters, The Hague & Amsterdam, 1807, engraved portrait frontispiece, prices realised in manuscript to fore-margins, edges untrimmed, contemporary boards, torn at head & foot of spine, 8vo, 2. Catalogue of the First [& Second] Portion of the Valuable Cabinet of English Coins & Medals, The Property of George Marshall..., which will be sold at auction, by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, 4th March 1852 & five following days [& 1st July & two following days], 1852, bound with 11 others similar, contemporary half calf, without title label, rubbed and extremities worn, 8vo, 3. Catalogue of the very select and valuable collection of Coins and Medals, in Gold, Silver, and Copper, of the late Mr. A. Edmonds ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby and Son ... Monday, March 24, 1834 and two following days, 1834, bound with Catalogue of a select collection of Anglo Saxon and English Coins, the property of a Gentleman ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby ... Wednesday, August 29th 1838, bound with eight others similar, ruled in red and with prices realised in manuscript throughout, bookplate of Charles Edward Fewster of Hull to upper pastedown, contemporary maroon morocco, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, 4. A Catalogue of the very valuable and extensive collection of Ancient and Modern Coins and Medals, collected by, and the Property of John Trotter Brockett, Esq., F.S.A. ... which will be sold by auction by Mr. Sotheby ... Wednesday, June 4, 1823 and nine following days, 1823, red ruled title, interleaved with blanks with manuscript prices realised, contemporary half calf, upper board near detached, lower joint cracked, loss of spine at foot, wide paper label down spine, worn, 8vo, 5. A Catalogue, of Coins, Medals, Bronzes, Pictures, Prints, Drawings, Books, &c... Part I. Describing the coins and medals in cabinet A, ... Also the chief part of the extensive, valuable, and well selected cabinets of the late Nathaniel Roe, Esq. ... which are now selling by William Stevenson, Norwich: printed by Stevenson and Matchett. And may be had of Mr. Lunn, London, and the booksellers in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire [1795?], [2], 58pp., first & last leaves dust-soiled, some blank corners torn, side stitched as issued, 8vo in 4s, 6. Catalogue of the choice and valuable collection of English, Greek, and Roman Coins and Medals, of the late Sir Robert Abdy, Bart. Deceased 1748 ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby ... Monday, 14th June 1841, and four following day, 1841, original printed wrappers, inscription to Sir Henry Rupell Bart. to upper margin, slim 8vo 7. Catalogue of the Marlborough Gems, being a collection of works in Cameo and Intaglio, formed by George, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, purchased by the late David Bromilow, Esq., of Bitteswell Hall, Lutterworth, the Property of Mrs. Jary, which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods ... Monday, June 26, 1899, and three following days, 1899, 14 photogravure plates, original printed boards, some discolouration, worn at head & foot of spine, 8vo, 8. Catalogue of the entire Pembroke Collection of Greek, Roman, English, Scotch, Irish, and Foreign Mediaeval Coins and Medals, as published in 1746 ... which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & Co ... Monday, 31st of July, 1848, and eleven following days, 1848, original printed wrappers, spine worn at head & foot, 8vo, and others similarQty: (small carton)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
Lot 170
Cooke (William). The Medallic History of Imperial Rome; From the First Triumvirate, under Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar, to the Removal of the Imperial Seat, by Constantine the Great. With the Several Medals and Coins, Accurately Copies and Curiously Engraven. To which is prefixed, an introduction, containing a General History of Roman Medals, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: J. Dodsley, 1781, 61 engraved plates of coins, some light offsetting, bookplates of William Ruddell Clarke of Trabolgan (County Cork), contemporary tree calf, spines with green and red labels and richly gilt, small areas of worming to covers, 4to, together with Nicola Francesco Haym's Del Tesoro Brittannico. Parte Prima. Overo Il Museo Nummario, 4 parts in 2 volumes [all published], 1st edition 1719-20 (with 28 engraved plates only of 30).Qty: (4)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESFirst work ESTC T144851.
Lot 172
Cuper (Gisbert). Apotheosis Vel Consecratio Homeri, sive, Lapis antiquissimus in quo Poe?tarum Principis Homeri Consecratio sculpta est ... Amsterdam: Henricum & Viduam Theodori Boom, 1683, vignette title-page printed in red and black, with contemporary ownership name of J. Sotheby in brown ink at head dated 1688, 9 engraved plates, 2 folding, letterpress engravings, some light toning and occasional minor spotting and marks, endpapers browned, hinges neatly repaired, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson, red sprinkled edges, near contemporary mottled calf (light surface pitting), sometime rebacked and recornered, 4to, together with: Agostini (Leonardo), Gemmae et Sculpturae Antiquae Depictae ... Addita earum enarratione, In Latin versa ab Jacobo Gronovio ... 2 parts in one, Amsterdam: Abrahmum Blooteling, 1785, vignette letterpress title to each part (that to first part dusty), additional engraved title-page (toned and dusty), engraved portrait and 168 plates, occasional toning and light spotting, several plates with some early manuscript annotations below image, L2 with a few small ink blots, hinges split, red sprinkled edges, some small ink stains to lower edge, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, rubbed and extremities a little worn, with small losses to spine ends and corners showing, 4to, Stephanus of Byzantium, Fragmentum Stephani Byzantini Grammatici de Dodone, cum triplici nupera Latina versione et Academicis Exercitationibus Jacobi Gronovii, Leiden: Danielem à Gaesbeeck, 1681, vignette title-page (slightly dusty and with early manuscript initials), woodcut initial letter, paper fault to lower outer corner of E1, endpapers browned and soiled, hinges split, and rear free endpaper near-detached, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and marked, joints cracked, 4toQty: (3)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
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Devonshire Gems. Duke of Devonshire's Collection of Gems, privately printed, circa 1790, 100 copper engraved plates by Gosmont on laid paper, with partial Strasburg Lily watermark and initials of Lubertus van Gerrevinck below (similar to Heawood 1861), comprising portrait medallions and mythological scenes, first page dusty and spotted, remainder with occasional light spotting and marks, interleaved, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson monogrammed PAMH, verso of front free endpaper with contemporary manuscript note laid down, all edges gilt, early 19th century green morocco by Charles Lewis, with his gilt monogrammed red morocco label on front pastedown, raised bands between gilt dotted lines and scallop rolls, gilt lettered direct in second compartment, remainder with onlaid red morocco flower surrounded by radiating volute and leaf tools on a semé dot ground, sides with scalloped double pelmet border between rope roll enclosed by single fillets, gilt foliate roll on edges and turn-ins, some faint marks to covers and light rubbing to corners, but otherwise in very good condition, 4toQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESThe contemporary manuscript note on the verso of the front free endpaper reads: 'Duke of Devonshire's Collection of Gems, engraved by Gosmont. Privately printed. Exceptionally rare. The Plates are lost. "It is supposed that there are not more than eight copies in existence of this curious and valuable book. One copy is in the Library of the Duke of Devonshire, a second in that of Earl Spencer, a third in Lord Besborough's, a Fourth in the British Museum, a fifth in Hunter's Museum at Glasgow. The Artist ran away, and the plates were either lost or destroyed." Part of Evan's Note to Dent's Catalogue Part I. No 1112. This copy contains 100. The Duke of Devonshire's and Earl Spencer's contain only 99 Plates. It is said that Gosmont engraved 101. Besides the copies above mentioned, a sixth is in the possession of Sir John Harold, and a seventh in the Library of Beriah Botfield.' The Dent catalogue referred to is Catalogue of the Splendid, Curious, and Extensive Library of the late John Dent ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans ... on Thursday, March 29, and eight following days, Sunday excepted. 1827. An additional manuscript note in the hand of Patricia Milne-Henderson loosely inserted reads: 'This copy must originally have come from Chatsworth. It was bound by C. Lewis, binder to the VI Duke c.1840. It is as fine a copy as the best of three still in the Devonshire Colln. Recently it belonged to Waltr T. Longden of Edensor whose great uncle, Elias Morten, was Clerk of the Works at Chatsworth. The effects of Waltr Longden were sold in 1961 at Calton Lees. T.S. Wragg bid up to £30 for this copy (which he had previously borrowed to collate with the Devonshire ones) and believes that it finally sold for about £40. Bought from Walford, August 1963, £29.' Lauded as one of the best bookbinders of his day Charles Lewis (1786-1836) was patronized by some of the foremost collectors, including the 2nd Earl Spencer, owner of the magnificent library at Althorp, as well as the 6th Duke of Devonshire whose library at Chatsworth was one of the finest in the country.
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Du Choul (Guillaume). Discours de la Religion des Anciens Romains, de la castrametatio et discipline militaire d'iceux, des bains et antiques exercitations Grecques et Romaines, 2 parts in one, Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1581, 2 title-pages with engraved printer's device, first title with ownership name in early manuscript, numerous letterpress engravings, some full-page, occasional light toning and spotting, hinges neatly repaired, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson, red sprinkled edges, 18th century calf (pitted), rebacked and recornered, 4to, together with: Rouillé (Guillaume of Lyons), Primera Parte del Promptuario de las Medallas de todos los mas insignes varones que ha auido desde el principio del mundo, con sus vidas contadas brevemente, traduzido agora nuouamente por Iuan Martin Cordero ... Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1561, letterpress title within decorative woodcut border (browned, with short tear and hole in blank fore-edge and with contemporary annotations, some obliterated), numerous letterpress engravings, some contemporary marginalia (trimmed in places) and underlining in brown ink, browned and spotted, lower margins stained, *5-c8 with worm trail at head of blank gutter margin, marbled endpapers, hinges splitting, front free endpaper detached, early 18th century cat's paw calf gilt, rubbed and extremities worn, with slight loss to spine ends, joints cracking, and corners showing, 4to in 8s, Giovio (Paolo Bishop of Nocera, the Elder), Le Sententiose Imprese di Monsignor Paulo Giovio, et del Signor Gabriel Symeoni, ridotte in rima per il detto Symeoni, Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1561, title-page with printer's woodcut device, trimmed and window-mounted, numerous wood-engravings on letterpress, some toning and soiling, b3-c1 and m2/3 stained (latter with a few consequent small holes), bound with Symeone (Gabriel), Dialogo Pio et Speculativo; con diverse sentenze Latine & volgari, Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1560, title-page with printer's woodcut device, letterpress wood-engravings, occasional contemporary marginalia in brown ink, scattered spotting and marks, final 2 gatherings with brown stain to upper margin, M1-S2 with worm trail in blank gutter margin, 19th century vellum, lightly dust-soiled, with leather spine label relaid from earlier binding, 4toQty: (3)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
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Du Choul (Guillaume). Veterum Romanorum Religio, Castrametatio, Disciplina Militaris ut & Balneæ Ex antiquis Numismatibus & lapidibus demonstrata, 2 parts in one, Amsterdam: Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1685, vignette title-page printed in red and black, lacking additional engraved title, folding table (edge-creased, with 15cm tear at top of vertical fold and short handling tear), letterpress engravings, some full-page, P4 of second part with nick in fore-edge, front pastedown with manuscript note 'Sept. 1. 1720 Collated perfect' with remainder of inscription (signature?) obliterated, armorial bookplate of Leopold A.D. Montague above Patricia Milne-Henderson's bookplate, near contemporary vellum, remains of inked paper spine label, 4to, together with: Vossius (Gerardus Joannes), De Historicis Latinis Libri III/Græcis Libri IV ..., 2 volumes, Leiden: Ioannis Maire, 1651, title-pages printed in red and black and with engraving, some browning and occasional spotting, Vv1-Yy3 in first volume with water-stain, first volume with blue edges, bookplates of Vernon family with motto 'Vernon Semper Viret', first volume with contemporary clerical armorial colour woodcut bookplate initialled U.J. and C.G., first volume bound in contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, second volume in slightly later binding similar (foot of spine and yapp edges a little frayed), each with manuscript title to dusty spines, 4to, Oudaen (Joachim), Roomsche Mogentheyt, Of Naeuwkeurige Beschryving, van de Macht en Heerschappy der Oude Roomsche Keyseren ..., Amsterdam: Daniel Baccamude, 1670, additional engraved title (2 tiny nicks to lower edge), 114 numbered plates, and 7 unnumbered plates, one folding, a few minor edge-tears (and small losses), Sss4 with creased fore-edge, armorial bookplate of William Wrixon Leycester (of Ennismore, Montenotte, County Cork), contemporary vellum, lettered in brown ink at head of spine, dusty and marked, short split at foot of upper joint, 4to, and one other related (Sextus Aurelius Victor, Historiæ Romanæ Breviarium, Leiden & Amsterdam, 1670)Qty: (5)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESLeopold Agar Denys Montague (1861-1940) served in the First World War, retiring from the army as a Lieutenant Colonel. He lived in Crediton, where he played a prominent part in local affairs, and amassed an impressive collection of antiquities from Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Near East, consisting of seals, engraved gems, amulets, ceramics and bronzes, which he displayed in his own private museum. He wrote a regular column entitled the ‘The Collector’s Room’ for The Bazaar, Exchange and Mart, as well as several books, the best-known of which is Weapons and Implements of Savage Races published in 1921. He was also instrumental in organising the first scientific excavations in Devon and Exeter in the 1930s. On his death Montague left his collection of about 800 pieces to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter.
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Dutens (Louis). Explication de quelques médailles de peuples, de villes, et de rois grecques et phéniciennes, 1st edition, London: John Thane, 1773, bound with: Explication de quelques médailles phéniciennes. Du cabinet de M. Duane, 1st edition, London: John Thane, 1774 [i.e. 1773], 2 works in 1 volume, first work: pp. iv iv 68 [4] 69-77, engraved title vignette and head- and tailpieces, 4 engraved plates (of which 3 folding), second work: 30 pp., engraved title-vignette, 2 engraved folding plates, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco, spine gilt in compartments, green morocco label, broad frames gilt to covers built up from various floral and foliate tools, 4to (25.7 x 20.2 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: 1) Contemporary manuscript note reading 'Mr Duane intreats my Lord Mansfield to do him the Honour to give this Book a place in his Library' laid in. 2) William Rees-Mogg (1928-2012), with his ownership inscription dated 1958 to the front free endpaper. ESTC T137057 (twelve copies) & T137056 (eight copies). The first work does not have the two unpaginated leaves headed 'Avis sur cette nouvelle édition', which presumably would indicate a second issue. Louis Dutens (1730-1812) was a diplomatist and writer of Huguenot origin who spent much of his career in the employ of the Duke of Northumberland, to whom the first work is dedicated.
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* Great Britain. Medieval Coins. Edward III, 1327-77, Groat. Henry VI, First Reign 1422-61, Groat, Annulet Issue, Calais Mint, mm. Pierced Cross. Henry VII, 1485-1509, Halfgroat, Canterbury Mint, mm. Tun. And other Medieval Pennies and a Groat of Edward IV, the first AF with a small split and old cleaning residue, the second AF with old surface marks and scratches, the third GF but clipped, the remaining VG-F, one Penny piercedQty: (6)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
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Erizzo (Sebastiano). Discorso sopra le medaglie de gli antichi ... Di nuovo in questa quarta editione dall'istesso authore revisto, ed ampliato, Venice: Gio[vanni] Varisco, & Paganinio Paganini, [1584 or later], allegorical woodcut border to title-page, woodcuts throughout the text, closely trimmed along top edge in places (shaving headline in a few cases), title-page slightly spotted, damp-staining to gutter and corners towards rear, front free endpaper and initial blank detached, contemporary ownership inscription 'Pietro Beltramini' to title-page, inscription in the same hand dated 1594 to final page, edges sprinkled red, later mottled calf, front joint cracked, 4to (20.8 x 15 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1655-1716), Scottish bibliophile, writer and poltician, and associate of John Locke (ownership inscription to the title-page and to page 1 of the second part). His collection of some 6,000 books was 'almost certainly the largest private library in Scotland at the time' (ODNB). See P. J. M. Willems, Bibliotheca Fletcheriana, the extraordinary library of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, Reconstructed and Systematically Arranged (1999). Adams E919; EDIT 16 18279; Cicognara 2833. Fourth and most complete edition, the first to include depictions of the reverse sides of the medals discussed. Adams dates this edition to 1559 on the basis of the date of the introduction, but the printers Varisco and Paganini were not in partnership before 1584.
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Erythraeus (Janus Nicius). Pinacotheca altera imaginum, illustrium, doctrinae vel ingenii laude, virorum, qui, auctore superstite, diem suum obierunt, Cologne: Iodocum Kalcovium et socios, 1645, engraved title, full-page engraved portrait of the author, bound with: ibid, Exempla vitutum et vitiorum, 2nd edition, Cologne: Iodocum Kalcovium et socios, 1645, engraved title, full-page engraved portrait of the author, bound with: ibid, Evdemiae libri decem, Cologne: Iodocum Kalcovium et socios, 1645, woodcut device to title, full-page engraved portrait of the author, front free endpaper with signature J.H. Lupton, upper pastedown with ownership label 'Ex Bibliotheca Josephi Garampii', contemporary vellum, dust-soiled, 8voQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESThe initial work contains the first biography of Galileo (pp.279-281). A further two parts were published a few years later. Brunet II 1052.
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Fabricius (Johann Albert). Bibliographia Antiquaria, sive introductio in notitiam scriptorum qui antiquitates Hebraicas, Graecas, Romanas et Christianas scriptis illustraverunt..., Hamburg & Leipzig: Christiani Liebezeit, 1713, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, some toning, light damp staining and scattered spotting, signature A. Fletcher to lower pastedown (Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, 1655-1716), bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to upper pastedown, contemporary vellum, some staining to boards, 4to, together with: Ibid., D. Anselmi Bandurii monachi Benedictini, Regiæ Magni Etruriæ Ducis Bibliothecæ præfecti ... Bibliotheca Nummaria, sive auctorum qui de re nummaria scripserunt..., Hamburg: C. Liebezeit & T.C. Felginer, 1719, engraved vignette to title. some damp staining, toning and scattered spotting, contemporary vellum, spine torn at foot, 4to, Cicero (Marcus Tullius), Epistolarum ad familiares Libri XVI ... Edidit, et commentario Anglico illustravit Joannes Ross, 2 volumes, Cambridge: Gul. Thurlbourn; London: J. Beecroft, P. Vaillant, J. Nourse, & R. Dodsley., 1749, additional title to each with engraved vignette portrait, few engraved illustrations, later marbled endpapers, near contemporary vellum, rubbed morocco spine labels, 8vo, Haym (Nicola Francesco), Thesauri Britannici, seu Museum numarium, quo continentur numi Græci et Latini, omnis metalli et formæ, necdum editi..., interprete Aloysio comite Cristiani [With] Pars altera, interprete J. Khell, 2 volumes, Vienna: ex Officina Kravsiana [& Joannis Thomae de Trattnern], 1763 & 1765, first volume with engraved frontispiece and 30 engraved folding plates, second volume with 54 engraved folding plates plates only (of 55, without plate 24), early marginal notes and markings throughout, some browning and spotting, contemporary vellum, 4toQty: (6)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
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Foy-Vaillant (Jean). Seleucidarum Imperium, sive Historia Regum Syriae ad fidem numismatum accommodata, 1st edition, Paris: L. Billaine, 1681, half title, title with large engraved device, engraved illustrations of coins, light water stain to first 70 pages, early signature and price to title, shelf number, small bookplate and inscription 'Heywood Library' to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, red label to spine and manuscript title, manuscript inscription to upper cover, worming to part of spine and upper cover, a few stains, 4toQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESBlackmer 621: "This work is a history of the Seleucid dynasty in Syria, with portraits of each king and examples of the coinage connected with him. Many of the coins illustrated were from the author's collection, others were from the Harleian Collection and the French Royal Treasury. Foy-Vaillant was a French numismatist of great talent. Colbert sent him on a mission to collect coins; he travelled to Greece, Italy, Persia and Egypt c. 1670-80."
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Foy-Vaillant (Jean). Numismata Aerea Imperatorum, Augustarum, et Caesarum, in coloniis, municipiis, et urbibus jure latio donatis, ex omni modulo percussa, 2 volumes in 1, Paris: Thomam Moette, 1688, engraved portrait frontispiece, titles with engraved vignette, map, numerous engraved illustrations, some spotting and light toning, small marginal wormtrack and water stain to first few leaves, previous owner signature of Peter Lupart at head of title (possibly Peter Lupart, trader with the Levant Company in Aleppo, circa 1730), bookplates of George Arnold (1753-1806, 'One of the Gentlemen of His Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Chamber') and Baron Northwick (2nd Baron Northwick, 1770- 1859), contemporary calf gilt, upper cover detached, lower cover with large gouge, folio, together with Foy-Vaillant (Jean). Nummi Antiqui Familiarum Romanarum perpetuis interpretationibus illustrati, 2 volumes, Amsterdam: G. Gallet, 1703, half title and engraved frontispiece to volume I, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, 152 engraved plates, occasional light spotting and toning, bookplates of Peter Bardon, M.D., contemporary calf gilt, volume 1 joints cracking, spine ends chipped, a little rubbed, folioQty: (3)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
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Foy-Vaillant (Jean). Seleucidarum imperium, sive Historia regum Syriae ad fidem numismatum accommodata, 1st edition, Paris, Louis Billaine, 1681, half-title, title with large engraved vignette, numerous engraved illustrations to text, title with early ownership signature in brown ink at head A. Fletcher, early 18th century blind decorated full calf, some wear with upper cover and rear joint cracked, 4to, together with: Froelich (Erasmus). Annales compendiarii regum, & rarum Syriae, numis veteribus illustrati, deducti ab obitu Alexandri Magni, ad Cn. Pompeji in Syriam adventum, cum amplis prolegomenis, editio altera. Cui accessere notae compendiariae et monogrammata numismatum Graecorum, Vienna, Laopoldum Joannem Kaliwoda et Augustinum Bernardi, 1754, half-title, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, large woodcut head-pieces, large folding engraved map by J. Christoph Winkler, 22 folding engraved plates at rear, some mostly light scattered spotting, contemporary vellum, with some minor marks and minimal wear to extremities (lower outer corners restored with old restoration), folioQty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: (Foy-Vaillant): Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1655-1716), Scottish bibliophile, writer and politician, and associate of John Locke (ownership signature to title-page). His collection of 6,000 books was ‘almost certainly the largest private library in Scotland at the time’ (ODNB). Jean Foy-Vaillant (1632-1706) was twice sent by the French Minister Colbert abroad, on the first occasion to Italy, Sicily and Greece, the second (begun in 1674), in search of coins to be added to the French royal collection. During the second voyage Foy-Vaillant and his companions were firstly enslaved by Algerian pirates for over 4 months, and subsequently unsuccessfully attacked by another pirate vessel, prior to which Vaillant swallowed 20 gold coins (in order to save them from seizure), which were later successfully recovered through his natural bodily functions. The second voyage, to the interior of Egypt and Persia, resulted in the author’s Seleucidarum Imperium, a work which established the chronology of the Seleucid empire.
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Girometti (Giuseppe). Gemme incise dal cavaliere Giuseppe Girometti pubblicate con le Illustrazioni del Cavaliere Pietro Ercole Visconti, Rome, Tipografia delle belle arti, 1836, title with wood engraved vignette, 46 pages of text and 10 full-page engraved plates by F. Cartoni and L. Delmedico after drawings by P. Guglielmi of mythological characters, wide margins, a very fine copy, contemporary half calf gilt over orange boards, rubbed and some marks, large folio (45 x 30 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESNot in Sinkankas. One of only 100 copies. A rare work illustrating a series of gems created by Giuseppe Girometti (1750-1851), the most important gem engraver of the first half of the 19th century. Originally published to advertise and sell the gems, the series was eventually purchased by Pope Gregory XVI in 1845 for the Vatican library. An introduction by Pietro Ercole Visconti, curator of the Capitol Museum and director of antiquities in Rome, gives a history of gem engraving including collectors, and a substantial amount of information on Girometti's life, including his commissions for Canova as well as several popes and dukes.
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Goltz (Hubert). Vivae omnium fere Imperatorum imagines, a C. Iulio Caes. usque ad Carolum v. et Ferdinandum eius fratrem, ex antiquis veterum numismatis solertissime, non ut olim ab aliis, sed vere ac fideliter adumbratae; nec non eorundem vitae, acta, mores, virtutes, vitia , suis coloribus historico penicillo delineatae. Potentiss, principi Philippo, Hisp. Angl. Franc. et Neapol. regi, etc. Dedic. per Hubertum Goltz Wirtzburgensem pictorem, Antwerp: [in officina Aegidii Copenii Diesthemii], 1557, title within strapwork cartouche, colour-printed from at least 2 woodblocks (green and white) over an etched outline (early ownership to recto 'M. Carnegy 1641' & inscription to verso 'Mr Robertus Graius...'), 128 (of 133) chiaroscuro medallion portrait woodcuts over etching printed in tones of brown and sepia, 16 others with woodcut borders but no image, colophon to final leaf, without first leaf of index (ai) and incomplete at rear, three leaves from a smaller copy, light toning, dust-soiling and some marks, some fraying to margins, light damp staining mostly towards rear of volume, sewing broken and leaves detached, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of John Yeates, ownership inscription of D. Vines 1869 and bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson, 18th/early 19th century marbled boards with calf spine strip, covers detached, worn, folio (31.5 x 23 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESAdams G838. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
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Goltzius (Hubert). Icones Imperatorum Romanorum, ex priscis numismatibus ad vivum delineatae, & brevi narratione historica illustratae, Antwerp: Henrici & Cornelii Verdussen, 1708, engraved title by Cornelis Galle after Peter Paul Rubens, half title (bound after engraved title), 144 large chiaroscuro woodcut medallion portraits with bistre colour, large woodcut device to final leaf, 9 leaves with blank roundels, some offsetting and light toning to text leaves, later morocco-backed wooden boards, leather and brass clasps, spine faded, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio (40 x 24.5 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESCicognara 2868 (for the 1645 edition). Provenance: Friedrich Gundolf (1880-1931), signature to front endpaper. Friedrich Gundolf was a German-Jewish scholar and poet, professor at Heidelberg University from 1916 and best known for his academic works on Shakespeare and Goethe among others. Goltzius work on Roman emperors and nobles was first published in Antwerp in 1557, with his large impressive medallion portraits and ranges from Julius Caesar to Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II in the present edition, extended by Caspar Gevaerts.
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Gori (Antonio Francesco). Thesaurus Gemmarum Antiquarum Astriferarum quae e compluribus Dactyliothecis selectae aereis tabulis CC. insculptae observationibus inlustrandur, adjectis parergis LX. Atlante Farnesiano, prolegomenis, diatribis III. Dissertationibus XV. et Indicibus, 3 volumes (including Atlas), 1st edition, Florence, Officina Typographia Albiziniana, half-title to each volume, additional engraved title page to first volume, printed titles with publisher's engraved vignette, 14-page dedication with elaborate engraved decorative outer borders, engraved-head pieces, 200 engraved plates to first volume, some of which are signed I.F.S., 7 full-page engraved plates to third volume (including 6 folding), one signed I.P.R., and another signed J.Verkruys, contents generally in clean condition, contemporary uniform full vellum, spines lettered in gilt, light soiling, with upper joint to first volume partly split at foot, folioQty: (3)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESCicognara 2869; Graesse III, page 120. A lavishly illustrated catalogue of the Farnese collection of ancient cameos by Antonio Francesco Gori (1691-1757), founding member of the Society of Florentine Antiquaries, the Societa Colombaria (forerunner of the Accademia Toscana), and author of the monumental Museum Florentinum in twelve folio volumes (1731-1766). The commentary on the plates is by Giovanni Battista Passeri (circa 1610-1679), a pupil of the artist Domenichino, best known for his Vite de pittori... in Roma morti dal 1641 fino al 1673 (first published only in 1772).
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Gorlaeus (Abraham). Dactyliothecae, seu, Annulorum sigillarium quorum apud priscos tam Graecos quam Romanos usus, ex ferro, aere, argento & auro promptuarii pars prima [-secunda] : collectis aliunde & ineditis & editis annulorum figuris auctior, 2 volumes, Leiden: Henricus à Damme, 1707, additional engraved allegorical title to each, two engraved portraits, 278 engraved plates, occasional light toning and scattered spotting, front endpapers with bookplates of William Blakiston Bowes (bookplate to first volume removed) and Ernest Willelm Apairi, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints cracked and light wear to extremities, 4to, together with: Spoor (Henricus), Deorum et heroum, virorum et mulierum illustrium imagines antiquae illustratae, versibus & prosa, Henrico Spoor., Amsterdam: Petrum de Coup, 1715, title in red & black with engraved vignette, engraved illustrations throughout, early 19th century half sheep, vellum board corners, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, small 4to, Agostini (Leonardo), Gemmae et sculpturae antiquae depictae ab Leonardo Augustino Senensi, Addita earum enarratione, in Latinum versa ab Jacobo Gronovio, cujus accedit praefatio, 2 volumes in one, Amsterdam: Abrahamum Blooteling, 1685, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved allegorical title (early manuscript to verso), woodcut vignette to title and signature to lower blank margin, 268 engraved plates, short worm trail to gutter margin of 15 leaves at front of volume, without marbled free endpapers, bookplate of Henryson Caird to upper pastedown, contemporary speckled sheep, gilt decorated spine, some wear and insect damage to spine and boards, worn, 4to, Haverkamp (Siwart), Sigeberti Havercampi Dissertationes de Alexandri Magni numismate : quo quatuor summa orbis terrarum imperia continentur. Ut et de nummis contorniatis, Leiden: Janssonios Van der Aa, 1722, engraved title, 22 engraved plates, engraved tailpiece to final leaf, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, extremities slightly rubbed, small 4to, Stobaeus (Kilian), Dissertatio historica de numis et sigillis lundensibus..., Londini Gothorum: Ludovici Decreaux, 1741, two engraved plates, woodcut illustrations, some browning, spotting & damp staining, all edges gilt, early 19th century calf by Lewis (dated 1839 in manuscript), gilt decorated spine, light wear to extremities, slim 4to,Qty: (6)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
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* Ancient Greece. Attica, Athens, AR Tetradrachm, 1st-2nd Century B.C. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena facing right. Rev: Owl standing on amphora within wreath. 27-28mm, 16.4g. Ionia, Ephesos, AR Tetradrachm, 1st-2nd century B.C. Obv: Cista mystica with a serpent emerging, within an ivy-wreath. Bowcase with two serpents. 28-31mm, 12.5g. Pisidia, Selge, AR Obol, 4th century B.C. Obverse: Gorgoneion (Gorgon) facing. Reverse: Head of Athena right in crested Athenian Helmet. 10-11mm, 0.77g, the first AF, slightly short of flan and off centre, the second F-GF, the last VF with an attractive toneQty: (3)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
Lot 20
* Great Britain. Tudor And Stuart Coins. Edward VI, coinage in the name of Henry VIII, 1547-51, Groat, Southwark, mm. -/E. Philip and Mary, 1554-58, Groat, mm. Lis. Elizabeth I, 1558-1603. Shillings, mm. Hand, mm. Crescent, mm. Woolpack. Sixpence, 1593, mm. Tun. Charles I, 1625-49, Shilling, mm. Tun. James I, 1603-25. Sixpence, 1624, mm. Trefoil, the first debased and corroded, second pierced, otherwise G-AFQty: (8)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
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