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Asia.- Chardin (Sir John) The Travels...into Persia and the East Indies, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved portrait front

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Asia.- Chardin (Sir John) The Travels...into Persia and the East Indies, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, printed title with engraved vignette, engraved head- and tail-pieces and initials, folding map and 14 plates (of 16), some folding, some repaired at edges or laid down, some trimmed close, lacking 'Directions to Binder' leaf at end of part 1,engraved title repaired to verso, some soiling and light spotting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Wing C2043], folio, Printed for Moses Pitt, 1686.⁂ Published concurrently with the French edition. Chardin was born in Paris but emigrated to England with the persecution of the Protestants, where he became court jeweller to Charles II.

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Central Asia.- Abbott (Capt. James) Narrative of a Journey from Heraut to Khiva, Moscow, and St.Petersburgh, during the late

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Central Asia.- Abbott (Capt. James) Narrative of a Journey from Heraut to Khiva, Moscow, and St.Petersburgh, during the late Russian invasion of Khiva, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, lithographed portrait, folding engraved map (lightly offset), occasional spotting, upper hinge of vol.2 reinforced with sticky tape, original blind-stamped cloth, very slightly marked, a good copy, 8vo, 1843.⁂ Great Game account of the diplomatic mission through Central Asia and Russia undertaken by James Abbott, an officer in the Bengal Artillery, to mediate between the threatening Russians and the Khan of Khiva.

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Coastal Pilot.- The Coasting Pilot: Describing the Sea Coasts, Channels, Soundings... Beacons, and Sea-marks, Upon the Coasts

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Coastal Pilot.- The Coasting Pilot: Describing the Sea Coasts, Channels, Soundings... Beacons, and Sea-marks, Upon the Coasts of England, Holland, Flanders & France, With Directions to Bring a Shipp into any Harbour on the Said Coasts, second version of title with extended list of sellers, but with 54pp. of text of first version (Wing calls for 52pp. in second), double column, engraved pictorial title with a small panoramic view of London and portraits of 'England's Famous Discoverers' Sir Francis Drake and Sir Thomas Cavendish, woodcuts in text, marginal repairs, mostly to lower margins of sigs. A-D, a few small wormholes, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, modern half calf over marbled boards, 17 engraved maps and charts on 11 double-page or folding sheets, folding chart 'Sands, Channels, Buoyes..' frayed at foot with some loss, and laid down, 'Seacoasts of England, Flanders & Holland' laid down; some strengthening at folds, marginal repairs, some staining, housed in a modern marbled board portolio, John Seller, to be sold at his shop at the Hermitage Staires in Wapping: and by William Fisher... John Thornton... John Colson... and by James Atkinson, 1672 [or later] (2)

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Greece.- Archaeology.- Schliemann (Dr. Heinrich) Tiryns. Der prähistorische Palast der Könige von Tiryns, Ergebnisse der neue

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Greece.- Archaeology.- Schliemann (Dr. Heinrich) Tiryns. Der prähistorische Palast der Könige von Tiryns, Ergebnisse der neuesten Ausgrabungen, first edition, half-title, folding tinted lithographed frontispiece, 5 folding plans, 1 folding map, 24 chromolithographed plates, most folding, lightly browned, near fine original brown pictorial cloth, gilt, little rubbing at extremities, large 8vo, Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1886.⁂ An excellent copy of the first edition of Schliemann's report on his excavations at this Mycenaean city.

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India.- Freire de Andrade (Jacinto) Vida de Dom Joao de Castro quatro viso-rey da India, first edition, engraved additional t

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India.- Freire de Andrade (Jacinto) Vida de Dom Joao de Castro quatro viso-rey da India, first edition, engraved additional title and portrait frontispiece provided in very good facsimile, full page illustration (E6), red ink stamp to title, bookplates, one or two small holes to endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, central gilt coat-of-arms, 3 leather ties only (of 4), a little rubbed, [Atabey 462], folio, Lisbon, Craesbeeckiana, 1651.⁂ Provenance. Counts of Penha Longa, gilt arms to covers; Geley, red oriental ownership stamp to title; Sunderland Library, Blenheim Palace; sale of the Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana, 1-12 December 1881, lot 5231; C. R. Boxer (1904-2000), collector and bibliographer of books relating to the Portuguese in the East Indies, red morocco bookplate; Sefik E. Atabey, bookplate. The description in the Sunderland catalogue makes it clear that this copy never contained the engraved title and portrait. These two leaves have since been supplied in facsimile on old paper.

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India.- Turnbull (Major John) Sketches of Delhi taken during the Siege, first edition, tinted lithograph pictorial title and

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India.- Turnbull (Major John) Sketches of Delhi taken during the Siege, first edition, tinted lithograph pictorial title and 14 plates, lithograph dedication leaf with list of plates to verso, leaves of letterpress facing each plate, foxing and water-staining throughout, a few leaves frayed and soiled at edges, original cloth, lettered in gilt to upper cover, corners rubbed, covers slightly soiled and mottled, rebacked, [not in Abbey], folio, 1858.⁂ Scarce. Turnbull was ADC to Brigadier-General Archdale Wilson, the commander of British troops on the ridge facing Delhi during the Indian Mutiny of 1857.

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Levant.- Thévenot (Jean de) The Travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant. In Three Parts. viz. Into I. Turkey II. Pers

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Levant.- Thévenot (Jean de) The Travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant. In Three Parts. viz. Into I. Turkey II. Persia. III. The East-Indies, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition in English, title within double-rule border, engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 plates, errata leaf, with sheet of 'Malabar Alphabet' and another of 'Malabar Cyphers', 6 ff. with small rust-holes with occasional loss to 1 or 2 letters of text, light dampstaining towards end, the odd spot, library blind-stamp to title, later half calf, rebacked, retaining original backstrip, corners bumped, rubbed, [Atabey 1217; Wing T887; cf. Blackmer 1650 (first edition)], folio, Printed by H. Clark, for H. Faithorne, J. Adamson, C. Skegnes, and T. Newborough, 1687.⁂ "Thevenot's travels mark the beginning of the grand epoch of travel and exploration in the Levant." - Blackmer.

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Peru.- [Skinner (Capt. Joseph)] The Present State of Peru, first edition, 20 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates, lacking d

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Peru.- [Skinner (Capt. Joseph)] The Present State of Peru, first edition, 20 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates, lacking dedication leaf, plates generally clean but offset, text lightly browned with some foxing, particularly at beginning and end, bookplates, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 723; Colas 2751; Sabin 81615], 4to, Richard Phillips, 1805.⁂ Including depictions of the Inca King and Queen, other tribal figures, inhabitants of Lima, llamas, a bull-fighter and a Peruvian giant.

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Polar.- Ross (Sir John) Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage and of a Residence in the Arctic Regio

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Polar.- Ross (Sir John) Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, vol. 1 only (lacks appendix), first edition, 5 maps and plans (including 1 large folding in pocket at rear, torn and repaired), 16 engraved plates, 6 lithographs and 3 hand-coloured mezzotints, foxing, heavy in places, frontispiece laid down, 20th century calf, rubbed, 4to, [Abbey Travel 636], 1835.

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Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.) Sir Ernest Shackleton will show for the first time the Marvellous Moving Pictures, and will te

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Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.) Sir Ernest Shackleton will show for the first time the Marvellous Moving Pictures, and will tell the story of his latest Anarctic Expedition, flier, 4pp., 210 x 132mm., small portrait of Shackleton to upper wrapper, photographic illustration of The Endeavour locked in ice, illustration of the crew adrift on the ice, central fold, some light creasing to extremities,[1919].⁂ Scarce. The show, which was held at the Philharmonic Hall, Great Portland Street, premiered footage by Frank Hurley from Shackleton's 'Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition' of 1914-1917, which ended with the party's daring escape across the ice and storm-lashed ocean to South Georgia on 20th May, 1916 after their ship Endurance became ice-bound.

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Polar.- Wild (Frank) Shackleton's Last Voyage. The Story of the Quest... From the Official Journal and Private Diary kept by

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Lot 280

Polar.- Wild (Frank) Shackleton's Last Voyage. The Story of the Quest... From the Official Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr. A. H. Macklin, first edition, half-title, colour frontispiece, 50 plates, some light foxing, contemporary ink ownership inscription to endpaper, contemporary pictorial cloth, gilt, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, small chip to lower joint, light scratching to lower cover, but an unusually bright and sharp example overall, 8vo, 1923.⁂ A handsome copy of this account by Wild who sailed on 4 expeditions with Shackleton, including his last.

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NO RESERVE Britain.- Camden (William) Britannia, or, a Chorographical Description of ... England, Scotland, and Ireland, and

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NO RESERVE Britain.- Camden (William) Britannia, or, a Chorographical Description of ... England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent, edited and enlarged by Richard Gough, 3 vol., first Gough edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 57 engraved maps, all but 5 double-page or folding, double-page and folding maps all hand-coloured, 96 engraved plates, some double-page, a few engravings within text, folding table, maps of GB & Ireland, Devonshire, Bucks and Beds spotted, offsetting, occasional spotting to text ff., some light browning, contemporary panelled calf, gilt, spines in compartments and with red and green leather labels, spines neatly repaired / rebacked, preserving original backstrips, spines creased, rubbed and marked, folio, Printed by John Nichols, 1789.⁂ A very good set of the best edition. Provenance: John Warren of Handcross Park; Judge Frederick Adolphus Philbrick (armorial bookplates).

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Babbage (Charles) Observations on the Notation Employed in the Calculus of Functions, offprint from' the Transactions of the

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Babbage (Charles) Observations on the Notation Employed in the Calculus of Functions, offprint from' the Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society', presentation inscription 'Dr. Gregory from the author' to title, foxing and some water-stains to title, spotting, Cambridge, J. Smith, 1820 bound with Idem. An Essay Towards the Calculus of Functions... Communicated by W. H. Wollaston, M.D. Sec. R.S. Read June 15, 1815 offprint from 'the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for the Year 1815', Bulmer, 1815 and Philip (A.P. Wilson) Some additional experiments and observations on the relation which subsists between the nervous and sanguiferous systems... Communicated by T. Andrew Knight, Esq. F.R.S. Read June 15, 1815, offprint from 'the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for the Year 1815', Bulmer, 1815, together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary wrappers, spine repaired, a little creased, 4to.⁂ Two rare works by Babbage, the first inscribed to a fellow Cambridge mathematician. The first paper is the first of many papers that Babbage devoted to the problem of notation in mathematical reasoning, the second is the highly significant Essay towards the Calculus of Functions, both are rare. "It can be said with some assurance that no mathematician prior to Babbage had treated the calculus of functions in such a systematic way. Babbage must be given full credit as the inventor of a distinct and important branch of mathematics." - J. Dubbey, The Mathematical World of Charles Babbage.Olynthus Gilbert Gregory (1774-1841), English mathematician.

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Colour.- Syme (Patrick) Werner's Nomenclature of Colours, first edition, half-title, 13 plates containing a total of 108 moun

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Lot 289

Colour.- Syme (Patrick) Werner's Nomenclature of Colours, first edition, half-title, 13 plates containing a total of 108 mounted colour samples, light foxing, modern book-label of Gwyneth Anne Kenney, original boards, printed paper label to upper cover with ink signature of W.C.Trevelyan at head, uncut, rubbed, spine broken and frayed, corners worn, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1814.⁂ Charming work on colours and their shades by a flower-painter, intended for use in "Arts and Science, particularly Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Morbid Anatomy". The samples contain examples from the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms.

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Photography.- Anderson (Elbert) The Skylight and the Dark Room: a complete text-book on portrait photography, first edition,

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Photography.- Anderson (Elbert) The Skylight and the Dark Room: a complete text-book on portrait photography, first edition, 12 photographic plates laid down on 5 sheets, some occasional light scattered spotting, mottling to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, some light rubbing and faint mottling to cover, but very good generally, small 4to, Philadelphia, 1872.⁂ A rare early guide to portrait photography, we can locate no copy at auction and only 2 copies on Library Hub.

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Scientific Instruments.- Manzini (Carlo Antonio) L'occhiale all'occhio dioptrica pratica, woodcut vignette to title with a te

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Scientific Instruments.- Manzini (Carlo Antonio) L'occhiale all'occhio dioptrica pratica, woodcut vignette to title with a telescope, woodcut illustrations in text, woodcut tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking engraved portrait of Eustachio Divini, some staining and spotting, 18th century carta rustica, later paper label to foot of spine, spine lightly browned, some staining, [Krivatsy 7389; Riccardi ii, 96; Wellcome II, p.48; V. Ilardi, Reinassance Vision from Spectacles to Telescope, Philadelphia 2007], small 4to, Bologna, Heirs of Benacci, 1660.⁂ First and only edition of this important treatise on practical optics and lens making, once owned by Eustachio Divini (1610-1685), a leading 17th century manufacturer of optical instruments, who is referenced in the work. Indeed, Manzini in his preface credits him with being the first to perfect the art of telescope making. It is possible that the volume was sent to Divini pre-publication, accounting for the missing portrait of the recipient, which was printed separately on different paper. Provenance: Eustachio Divini (ink ownership inscription to title); ink monogram combining the letters O and K at foot of title; Giorgio Tanarroni (modern bookplate).

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Swan (Joseph) A Demonstration of the Nerves of the Human Body, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, engraved title and dedication, 50

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Swan (Joseph) A Demonstration of the Nerves of the Human Body, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, engraved title and dedication, 50 engraved plates after E. West (25 in outline), tissue-guards, browning and tears (neatly repaired) to title and dedication, occasional spotting, broken hinge, ALs from previous owner regarding binding loosely inserted, near contemporary half-crushed morocco, rubbed and worn, backstrip beginning to split but holding firm, folio, 1830-[33].⁂ The largest and most splendid atlas of neuroanatomy published in English.

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Whitehead (Alfred North) and Bertrand Russell.Principia Mathematica, vol. 2 and 3 only (of 3), first editions, half-titles, l

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Lot 297

Whitehead (Alfred North) and Bertrand Russell.Principia Mathematica, vol. 2 and 3 only (of 3), first editions, half-titles, light finger-soiling to margins, Liverpool Library ink library stamps and bookplates with ink Withdrawn over-stamps, light browning to endpapers, hinges starting or weak, original cloth, Liverpool library blind-stamps to covers and lettering to spines, vol. 2 spine chipped at head with loss, spine ends and corners bumped and frayed, [Norman 1868], 8vo, 1912-13.⁂ The rare second and third volumes of Whitehead and Russell's brilliant but failed attempt to place mathematics on a logical basis. The influence of this extraordinarily complex work was nevertheless profound, ultimately transforming the studies of logic, set theory and linguistic analysis. The first volume was printed in a run of 750 copies but sold poorly due largely to its complexity. This led to reduced runs of 500 copies for the two later volumes resulting in their present rarity.

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Wild Boy of Aveyron.- Itard (Jean Marc Gaspard) De L'Education d'un Homme Savage, ou Des premiers développemens physiques et

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Wild Boy of Aveyron.- Itard (Jean Marc Gaspard) De L'Education d'un Homme Savage, ou Des premiers développemens physiques et moraux du jeune sauvage de l'Aveyron, first edition, half-title with ink inscription to head, engraved portrait frontispiece, title signed on verso by author and publisher, some very minor foxing, armorial bookplate of the Marquess of Headfort to pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, upper joint cracked but holding firm, some chipping and surface-wear to spine, rubbing to extremities, [Garrison-Morton 4969.1; Norman 1144], 8vo, Paris, chez Goujon fils, 1801.⁂ First edition of this important contribution to pedagogy and in particular the teaching of the developmentally delayed.Victor of Aveyron was first discovered in 1797, living ferally in the woods in the Tarn region of Southern France. He was captured but repeatedly escaped and was eventually brought for study at National Institute of the Deaf in Paris where he was adopted by Itard who set about designing new systems of teaching in order to study and educate the boy. See also next lot.

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Wild Boy of Aveyron.- Itard (Jean Marc Gaspard) An Historical Account of the Discovery and Education of a Savage Man, or of t

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Wild Boy of Aveyron.- Itard (Jean Marc Gaspard) An Historical Account of the Discovery and Education of a Savage Man, or of the first developments, physical and moral, of the Young Savage caught in the woods near Aveyron, in the year 1798, first edition in English, engraved portrait frontispiece, 4pp. advertisements, some light foxing or light soiling, A3&4 with adhesion mark to margin causing light tearing of paper, faint library ink stamp and marking to title verso, Wigan Free Public Library blind-stamps to title and frontispiece, frontispiece with some light damp-staining to head and ink inscription to recto, attractive modern half calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, 8vo, Richard Phillips, 1802.⁂ First English edition of this important study, see also previous lot. "A pupil of Pinel, Itard pioneered in the attempt to educate a young 'wild boy' who had lived since infancy entirely apart from human contact. In adapting the methods of teaching deaf-mutes to his extraordinary pupil, Itard created a new system of pedagogy which has profoundly influenced, modern educational methods." - Garrison-Morton.

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Botany.- Curtis (William) The Botanical Magazine, or, Flower-Garden Displayed, vol.1-30 in 15, engraved portrait (foxed) and

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Botany.- Curtis (William) The Botanical Magazine, or, Flower-Garden Displayed, vol.1-30 in 15, engraved portrait (foxed) and 1238 engraved plates numbered 1-1236 and 2 bis plates, all but 2 hand-coloured, 31 folding, a few printed in colours, with General Index to vol.1-24 bound at end of vol.20, plate 2 loose (supplied from another copy) and plate 63 slightly smudged (with a duplicate plate loosely inserted), occasional spotting and light offsetting, plate 1147 (final plate in vol.28) with adhesions from facing leaf causing slight loss to text, book-label of Gwyneth Anne Kenney, contemporary half calf, some joints split, one cover detached, [Nissen BBI 2350; Great Flower Books p.156], 8vo, W.Curtis, 1793-1809; General Indexes to the Plants contained in the First Forty-Two Volumes of the Botanical Magazine, 2 parts in 1, engraved portrait (foxed), spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, spine worn, 1817, 8vo (16)

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Botany.- Sowerby (James) [& James Edward Smith.] English Botany: or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, vol.1-14 only (o

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Botany.- Sowerby (James) [& James Edward Smith.] English Botany: or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, vol.1-14 only (of 36) bound in 7, first edition, 1014 hand-coloured engraved plates, a few printed in colours, index leaves bound in at end, some light foxing or browning, mostly to text, plate 18 with portion torn away from fore-margin, plate 861 shaved at fore-edge with slight loss to image, contemporary half green straight-grain morocco, spines gilt and titled "Botanical Magazine" and numbered XI to XVII, rubbed, one board scuffed, spines a little faded, one with small hole, corners worn, [Henrey 1366-68; Nissen BBI 2225], 8vo, 1790-1802.

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Sowerby (James) Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushooms, 3 vol. in 1, first edition, 340 hand-coloured engraved plates

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Sowerby (James) Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushooms, 3 vol. in 1, first edition, 340 hand-coloured engraved plates only (of 400), lacking plates and explanatory text for 61-80 and 361-400, without titles to vol. 2 & 3, index to vol. 1 & 2 bound at beginning, without vol. 3 index, occasional faint marginal damp-staining, occasional spotting, modern half calf, [Nissen BBI 1874], 4to, 1797-[1803].⁂ This copy, as many, without the Supplement published in 1815, which contained additional plates numbered 401-440.

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Herbal.- Dodoens (Rembert) A Niewe Herbal, or Historie of Plantes, translated by Henry Lyte, first English edition, largely p

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Herbal.- Dodoens (Rembert) A Niewe Herbal, or Historie of Plantes, translated by Henry Lyte, first English edition, largely printed in black letter, title within ornate woodcut border but with both corners defective, woodcut arms of Henry Lyte to verso, *6 with woodcut portrait of the author to verso, numerous woodcut illustrations, lacking 3U2-7 (3ff. text and 3ff. index), one other index leaf defective and repaired, leaves 3C1 and 3C6 both printed on one side only (one blank side with text supplied in an early hand) and in each case with another complete leaf supplied from a smaller copy and with some woodcuts coloured in an early hand, some other preliminary leaves and those at end frayed or torn, a few repaired tears, some soiling and staining, 17th century calf, rebacked, corners worn, [Henrey 110; Hunt 132; Nissen 516; STC 6984], folio, At London [but Antwerp], by me Gerard Dewes, 1578.⁂ An acceptable copy of this important Renaissance herbal. Dodoens served as court physician to Emperor Rudolf II of Austria before becoming Professor of Medicine at Leiden University in 1582.Provenance: Ales. Cox and Franciscus Cox (early ink signatures on title).

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Herbal.- Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, second edition, engraved title by John Payne, numerous wo

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Herbal.- Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, second edition, engraved title by John Payne, numerous woodcut illustrations, engraved title and following half dozen ff. with corners defective and repaired, title with loss to engraved surface but elsewhere with no loss of text, 4P3 and 4 similarly repaired but with loss of text and woodcuts, lacking leaves 3R3 and 4 and all after 7B1 at end (i.e. 4 leaves), also lacking initial and final blank leaves, most of index ff. at end repaired to corners and edges with some loss of text, some foxing and soiling, occasional ink- and water-stains, modern calf, [STC 11751; Garrison-Morton 1820; Henrey I, pp.48-54; Hunt 223], folio, Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1633.⁂ A largely complete copy of the preferred edition of the greatest English herbal, expanded and improved by Thomas Johnson from the 1597 first edition.

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Insects.- Donovan (Edward) The Natural History of British Insects, vol.1-10 (of 16), vol.1 second issue, the rest first editi

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Insects.- Donovan (Edward) The Natural History of British Insects, vol.1-10 (of 16), vol.1 second issue, the rest first editions, 356 engraved plates only (of 360, lacking plates 199, 204, 206 & 211 from vol.6), all but 6 plates finely hand-coloured, a few heightened with gold or gum arabic, errata leaf at end of vol.2, 3, 5 & 6 and advertisement leaf at end of vol.9, some light spotting or browning, plates 36, 81, 166, 176 & 188 with slight adhesions from facing leaves, p.29 in vol.10 torn and slightly defective from previously adhering to facing plate 337, bookplate of J.Rogers Powell and book-label of Gwyneth Anne Kenney, contemporary diced calf, spines gilt, rubbed, spines a little worn and faded, [Nissen ZBI 1142], 8vo, for the Author, 1802-1793-1801.⁂ Donovan originally planned the work to be complete in 10 volumes, but with the author's acquisition of many further specimens and two important complete cabinets of insects, it was decided to continue the series with a further six volumes in 1806.

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First Calais Roll.- [Wetewang (Walter de, treasurer of the household of Edward III)] Coates of Armes [of] severall noblemen i

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First Calais Roll.- [Wetewang (Walter de, treasurer of the household of Edward III)] Coates of Armes [of] severall noblemen in this Kingdome [Hereafter followeth the names and armes of the Principall Captaines as well of Noblemen as of knights that were with the Victorious prince kinge Edward the thirde at the seige of Callis...], manuscript in Secretary hand, 35pp., 117 coats of arms (1 shield blank), ruled in red, first p. soiled, first 5ff. and last 2ff. with tears and some loss, water-stained throughout, later manuscript note at end pointing out an error in dating, unbound, stitched as issued, Pot watermark, folio, [late sixteenth century]; and a small quantity of others, correspondence between Frederic Turner, Dr Tanner of St John's College, Cambridge and Farnham Burke, Somerset Herald, concerning comparing this manuscript with another held by the College of Arms, v.s., 1910 (sm. qty).⁂ The First Calais Roll compiled from the accounts kept by Walter Wetewang of the wages paid to those present at the siege of Calais in 1346-47, shortly after the battle of Crecy. Classed by Anthony Wagner as "spurious" (see A.R. Wagner's Aspilogia I, p. 158), the text has more recently been reassessed as "one of the documentary pillars of fourteenth-century military studies". The above is the second version of the First Calais Roll, based on a lost original muster and account rolls of the retinues of 116 nobles, who were at the Siege of Calais; comprising a coat of arms, the name of the nobleman, and how many baronets, knights and esquires. The roll also includes the costs of the north and south fleets and the the wages paid to a duke, an earl etc., the total coming to 337400l - 9s - 4[d].

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Mexico.- Luis de Velasco (first Marqués of Salinas del Río Pisuerga, eighth Viceroy of New Spain, and later Viceroy of Peru,

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Mexico.- Luis de Velasco (first Marqués of Salinas del Río Pisuerga, eighth Viceroy of New Spain, and later Viceroy of Peru, c. 1534-1617).- Grant relating to Luis de Villegas of two cavallerias of land in Xalpa [?San Mateo Xalpa, now part of Mexico City], D.s. "Luis de Villegas" & others, manuscript in Spanish, 2pp., edges with tears and slight loss of text, folds, browned, folio, Mexico, 15th May 1591.

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Lincolnshire Acre Book.- Pinchbeck, Spalding, & Cowbit Acre Book, Mr. Foster, [upper cover title], manuscript in three di

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Lincolnshire Acre Book.- Pinchbeck, Spalding, & Cowbit Acre Book, Mr. Foster, [upper cover title], manuscript in three different Secretary hands, together 199pp. & 7pp. 19th century index, central folds, slightly browned, early 19th century reversed calf (flyleaf dated 1803), red and gilt morocco label on upper cover, folio, 1598, 1620 & 1640.⁂ A register of land ownership in the South Holland area of Lincolnshire in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries."An acre booke contayneing what number of Acres every p[ar]ticular p[er]son hath wt in the towne of Pinchbeck according to a Survey taken & begun In the xxxixth yeare of the Raigne of our Sovrayine Lady Elizabethe by the grace of god of England ffrance & Ireland Queene Defendor of the ffaith etc And ffinished in the xl the yeare of her Maties Raigne Specyfyng in what bounds every parcell doth lye and where the tennants and occupiors thereof. First bound The Queenes Matie half an Acre whereof Thomas Boston is tennante lying betweene Richard Ogle Esq & theires of Nicholas Ogle southe abutt[in]g on the Queenes highe way weste, in the tenor of Anthony Inman."

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Clarendon (Edward Hyde, first Earl of Clarendon, politician and historian, 1609-74) Religion and Policy and the countenance a

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Clarendon (Edward Hyde, first Earl of Clarendon, politician and historian, 1609-74) Religion and Policy and the countenance and assistance each should give to the other. With a survey of the power and jurisdiction of the Pope in the dominions of other princes, manuscript, 555pp., ruled in red, a few small corrections in another hand, ?lacks title, numerous ff. loose, others working loose, slightly browned, bookplate on front pastedown, 19th century endpapers, later calf, gilt corner ornaments and 2-line border, rubbed, covers detached, spine broken and defective, watermark crown and a fleur-de-lys above letters IVG, folio, [18th century].⁂ Clarendon's final written work, published posthumously in 1811, a long history of the growth of papal temporal power. There is perhaps only one other extant contemporary manuscript of this text. The occasional ink smudges on the text suggest that the present exemplar may have been used as the printer's copy.

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First book printed in Ge'ez.- Bible, Ethiopic.- Psalterium David et Cantica aliqua, edited by Johann Potken, collation: [1-12

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First book printed in Ge'ez.- Bible, Ethiopic.- Psalterium David et Cantica aliqua, edited by Johann Potken, collation: [1-128, 13-146], 108 ff., printed in red and black, Ethiopic and Roman type, first f. recto with a full-page woodcut in red showing a seated King David playing a harp within a decorative border signed 'S.C.', woodcut knotwork head-pieces, headings and initials in red, marginal repair to first and last ff., water-stained (mostly at start), some mostly light spotting and finger-marking, attractive contemporary ?French ornately blind-stamped calf over boards, sympathetically rebacked, remains of ties, corners little worn, rubbed, 4to (225 x 160mm.), [Rome], [Marcello Silber for Johannes Potken], 1513.⁂ Rare copy of the first edition of the first book printed in Ge'ez (or classical Ethiopic), and the first book of the Bible to be printed in an eastern language other than Hebrew. The editor was a German clergyman and papal protonotary, and he 'describes in his preface how he had heard Ethiopian strangers in Rome reciting sacred hymns, in which he recognized the names of the Blessed Virgin, the Apostles and certain Saints. Aroused by curiosity he determined to learn Ethiopic - which he calls lingua Chaldea - and eventually succeeded in mastering enough of the language to enable him to publish this edition in the native character.' (Darlow & Moule). Provenance: 'Questa Cantica è stata mandata da Genoua dal P. Gabriele di Casale Prouinciale de Capucini, anno 1606. mensis Nouemb' (ink inscription to front pastedown).Literature: Adams B1481: Darlow & Moule 3560; Fumagalli, Bibliografia Etiopica, p. 353; Smitskamp III, 233.

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Natural Philosopher.- [Burnet (Thomas, natural philosopher and headmaster, conducted an extensive correspondence with Sir Isa

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Natural Philosopher.- [Burnet (Thomas, natural philosopher and headmaster, conducted an extensive correspondence with Sir Isaac Newton, c. 1635-1715) De Statu Mortuorum et Resurgentium, manuscript in Latin, 82pp. excluding a few blanks, slightly browned, fleur-de-lys watermark, original marbled wrappers, corners slightly creased, folio, [?c. 1715].⁂ "This [work] was transcribed from a Proof Copy of ye first Impression corrected in ye author's own handwriting." - Note on inside of upper cover.Burnet's work, De statu mortuorum [Of the state of the dead & those that are to rise], which argued against belief in the endless punishment of the wicked. It "...developed the Arminian theology and respect for natural religion which Burnet inherited from the Cambridge Platonists and which he had already displayed in his earlier works. Burnet printed a small number of copies of De statu mortuorum for distribution to his friends, one of which was bought at auction by Richard Mead. Mead had De statu mortuorum reprinted in 1720, and several other unauthorized editions appeared thereafter, some with additional emendations from the author's copies." - Oxford DNB.

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Spanish Heraldry.- Guerra y Villegas (José Alfonso de, herald, King of Arms to Carlos II, d. 1722) Certificazion, Blazon I De

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Spanish Heraldry.- Guerra y Villegas (José Alfonso de, herald, King of Arms to Carlos II, d. 1722) Certificazion, Blazon I Despacho de Armas [for Don Antonio de Albarado], manuscript signed at the end by Joseph Alfonso de Guerra y Villegas, Martin Mazzelino de Vergara and others, in Spanish, on vellum, title and 62pp. including full-page watercolour arms of Antonio de Albarado, with green silk guard, full-page decorated start of text in monochrome watercolour wash, small folding family pedigree, italic hand, title and text within ink borders, small tear with loss to lower margins affecting title and first 7ff., gilt patterned pastedowns, original green velvet, rubbed, repaired, two metal clasps, rebacked, Phillipps MS 21263, folio, Madrid, 19th February 1719.⁂ "It speaks of the famous Alonso de Alvarado and of his services in Peru, and how he defeated "el tirano Francisco Hernandez Giron", also of other members of the family in Chile, and Cuzco, and of Don Pedro Alvarado, "Conquistador de Guatemala... ." - Phillipps catalogue.Provenance: Sir Thomas Phillipps, MS 21263, sale, Sotheby's, 24 June 1919, lot 26.

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Cookery & Medical.- An Old Receipt Book which was Mrs Lansdowns the wife of Coll. Lansdown of Woodborough [Collection of

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Cookery & Medical.- An Old Receipt Book which was Mrs Lansdowns the wife of Coll. Lansdown of Woodborough [Collection of recipes], manuscript in several hands, 44pp., hole in last f. and lower cover, first 12ff. wormed at head with loss of text, some other ff. edges chipped slightly affecting text, some ff. loose, others working loose, some water-staining, original vellum, lettered direct on upper cover, worn, lacks spine, ledger folio, [18th century].⁂ Recipes including: "To make Spanish Pestills"; "To make Puff Paste for Cheesecakes"; "To make Spanish Butter"; "To make Ebolum"; "To make Shipcoate Cheese"; "To make March Paine"; "To prevent Madness in any Creature after biteing by madd Dogg"; "For ye Tooth Ach"; "To make Currant Wine... Mrs. Mary Wescomb"; "Cittron-Water... Doctor Allon"; "For the Scurvy in the teeth" etc.

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Dante Alighieri. [Divina Commedia] Dante col sito, et forma dell'Inferno tratta dalla istessa descrittione del poeta, collati

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Dante Alighieri. [Divina Commedia] Dante col sito, et forma dell'Inferno tratta dalla istessa descrittione del poeta, collation: [*]2 a-z, A-H8, woodcut printer's device to [*]2 and verso of final f. (H8), double-page woodcut view of Hell and 3pp. woodcut charts, l2 blank except for foliation and signature recto, lacking [*]1 ('Dante' and anchor device recto and 3 lines of title and author attribution verso), H2 and blank H7, [*]2 with ink signature and hole to lower margin, small hole to lower margin of [a1], double-page view of hell trimmed to just within border and with small hole at fold near head (with loss to image) and very narrow worm trace and small wormhole within image, H6 (with woodcut charts) trimmed closely and with 3 worm traces within printed area, both H5&6 mounted on stubs, final f. laid down, first 2 ff. stained, occasional spotting and lighter staining elsewhere, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, 8vo (150 x 83mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus Manutius & Andrea Torresani], August, 1515.⁂ The first illustrated Aldine edition of Dante, the second Aldine edition overall. It was dedicated to the poet Vittoria Colonna by Torresani. Literature: Ahmanson-Murphy 136; Renouard 73:8; Adams D88; EDIT 16 CNCE 1150.

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London Poor Law Settlement Certificates.- [Camberwell Poor Law Settlement Certificates], printed certificates with manuscript

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London Poor Law Settlement Certificates.- [Camberwell Poor Law Settlement Certificates], printed certificates with manuscript insertions, manuscripts in several hands, 233 certificates, some laid down on ff., 12pp. index at front, ownership inscription of George H.O. Page dated 1905 at beginning, TLs from the Parish of St Giles Camberwell recommending Page for further employment loosely inserted, slightly browned, original diced calf, rubbed, some surface wear, lacks spine, 4to, 1783-94.⁂ "The voluntary Examination of Elizabeth Mitchell... That she is a single woman and with Child... which is... likely to be born a Bastard... of her Body in the... Parish of Saint Giles Camberwell... And does charge Edward Connick a waiter at Joe's Coffee House Mitre Court Fleet Street London with getting her with Child... Sworn in the Borough of Southwark... 29th Day of October 1788... ." - Certificate.Provenance: "Became the property of George H.O. Page Fourth Assistant Clerk to the Guardians of Camberwell Parish, in the County of London, when the removal took place from Old Offices in Peckham Road to new and larger offices, erected a little to the rear of Old Buildings. The first day work was commenced in new Office was on Wednesday the 2nd August 1905. George H.O. Page, 33 Benhill Rd, Camberwell, S.E. 3rd August 1905."

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HMS Victory & Royal Navy ships.- British Navy M.S.S. Extracts from Navy Office, manuscript, 37pp., ruled in red, slightly

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HMS Victory & Royal Navy ships.- British Navy M.S.S. Extracts from Navy Office, manuscript, 37pp., ruled in red, slightly browned, ff. loose, bookplate of Henry B.H. Beaufoy on front pastedown, original half calf, gilt morocco label on upper cover, covers loose, corners and edges worn, lacks spine, folio, date from upper cover 1805.⁂ An extract of naval ships, listing their specifications, from the 18th century and up to the year of Trafalgar. "[HMS] Victory... S[i]r T[homas] Slade Surveyor [shipbuilder]... Number of Men 850... Number of Guns 100... ." Pencil inscription on front pastedown by ?Henry Beaufoy, "Confidential and Official from the records of the Office by... Captain James Scott for Colonel Mark Beaufoy... HB." Notes at end comprise, "Dimensions of Masts and Yards" and "Charges for taking the following Ships to Pieces."(1). Sir Thomas Slade (1703/4-71), shipbuilder (2). Mark Beaufoy (1764-1827), astronomer and physicist; the first Englishman to climb Mont Blanc; experimented on solids moving through water (3). Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy (1786-1851), businessman and politician.

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Victorian Brewer.- Mackeson (Henry Bean, brewer, co-owner of Mackeson's Brewery, of Hythe, Kent, 1812-94) Diary & Brewing

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Victorian Brewer.- Mackeson (Henry Bean, brewer, co-owner of Mackeson's Brewery, of Hythe, Kent, 1812-94) Diary & Brewing Memoranda, together 5 vol., together c. 780pp. excluding blanks (Memoranda c. 100pp.), original morocco (not uniform), slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1846-56.⁂ The diaries of a Victorian brewer recording his brewing business, family life and interests, in Hythe in the middle of the 19th century. "Monday 19 Nov 1849 I went to Dover to procure some yeast. Called at Mr Walker's Brewery. Mr W shewed me his plant... . Mr W whom I found gentlemanly & polite surprised me by stat[in]g he used more than 2 lbs per 130 to his beer!!... Nov 27 Brewed 10Qs Beer intended for bitter if wort not too high coloured - After I had mashed 2 tuns determined a malt at a gyle of Beer - I had mashed 19 B[arrel]s 2 wort & found extract excellent but the first wort was very strong... . The malt made from Barley - latter not first rate."

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Wagner (Richard, composer, theatre director and conductor, 1813-83) Autograph Letter signed to Emile Ollivier (Liszt's son-in

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Wagner (Richard, composer, theatre director and conductor, 1813-83) Autograph Letter signed to Emile Ollivier (Liszt's son-in-law, husband of his daughter Blandine, Cosima's sister), in French, 2pp., 8vo, [Paris], 12th March 1861, a problem with the composer's free tickets for Tannhäuser in Paris, Wagner asks how can he find words to thank Ollivier for his quite unmerited friendship? He suggests that they forget the recent days, "so full of torment and annoyances" for himself, and return to an existence more worthy of so delightful a friendship, meanwhile he is writing briefly to reassure him about the concern he mentioned over the conduct of an agent, "... I have sought information and learn that it is a matter of a small number of authors' tickets, which belong to the author by right for the first six performances and which can be sold. I was for a long time obliged to Giacomelli for my concerts last year, for which he received nothing from me. To give him something, I consented that he should have some of my free tickets, to do what he wanted with, just as, I am told, all authors do. I know, however, the danger of the conduct of this gentleman, which you have informed me about, and you must be sure that I will do all I can to remedy the wrong", folds, slightly browned.⁂ The production of Tannhäuser in French at the Paris Opéra was to open the following evening. It was a scandal and a disaster, and Wagner withdrew it after three nights.

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Yeats (William Butler, poet, 1865-1939) 3 Autograph Letters signed to [William] Linnell (1826-1906, artist), 1 Autograph Lett

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Yeats (William Butler, poet, 1865-1939) 3 Autograph Letters signed to [William] Linnell (1826-1906, artist), 1 Autograph Letter signed to John Linnell (1821-1906) & 1 Typed Letter signed to Katherine Riches (daughter of William Linnell), together 7pp., 8vo & 4to, 53 Mountjoy Square, Dublin, 18 Woburn Buildings, Euston Road, London & Tillyra Castle, Co. Galway, where Yeats was visiting Edward Martyn, [1896] & 1927, discussing the reproductions of William Blake's drawing for Yeats's articles in the Savoy Magazine., "... The publisher, Mr Smithers [Leonard Smithers 1861-1907] will send the photographer to Red Hill next Tuesday. I will certainly not print more than six designs with my article, as you suggest, it will however be necessary to photograph the whole nine ... Mr Dent is waiting to see the photographs before making an offer in the matter of the suggested book", [see The Collected Letters of W.B. Yeats, ed. John Kelly, vol 2, pp.34-5)... "'.. A great many thanks for you admirable & I think convincing criticism of the Blake reproductions. I was considerably disappointed in one or two of them. The statues; & Vergil; & Dante's Sleep which you think better is the second block made by its reproducer. I rejected the first. Not having the originals by me, to refer to, I was at this mercy in most cases. ... I will show your letter to the publisher of my return to London. He has divided my essay in three parts, instead of the two I intended, & is reproducing the other six illustrations & this is in excess of my bond. I can only apologise. I have written to Mr William Linnell about the matter" [to John Linnell jnr., see Letters, vol 2, p. 50], and to Mrs Riches, "regretting have missed her in Dublin, and reminiscing: "I need hardly say that I have very vivid memories of those days when I was very young and worked at the Blake Manuscripts. Was it in your father's or your grandfather's house..." [the published Letters do not yet extend to this date], folds, slightly browned (5).⁂ Yeats had long been interested in the works of William Blake. He and Edwin John Ellis (1848-1916, a friend of his father) collaborated on Works of William Blake (Quaritch, 1893, vols.). In December 1889 they had 'discovered Linnell's MS of Blake's Vala (Letters, 1, xv). The discovery had been made on a visit to the Linnell home, Redhill in Surrey, where he studied the Blake relics from the collections of the late John Linnell (d. 1882).

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Plato. Opera [with commentary by Proclus], edited by Oporinus and Simon Grynaeus, 2 parts in 1 vol., second collected edition

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Plato. Opera [with commentary by Proclus], edited by Oporinus and Simon Grynaeus, 2 parts in 1 vol., second collected edition in Greek, first edition of the commentaries of Proclus on the Timaeus and the Republic, collation: 18, 2-66, α-ω6, Αα-Ωω6, ΑαΑ-ΗηΗ6 ΘθΘ8; Α-Ω, ΑΑ-ΛΛ6 ΜΜ8, woodcut historiated or decorative initials, final f. of part 1 blank, some light browning, with occasional minor staining or worming, the paper quality on the whole quite strong and clean, ink inscriptions to front endpaper, bookplate and fine 18th century portrait of Socrates in red chalk laid onto pastedown, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin with metal clasps, lettered in ink on spine, some minor rubbing and soiling, folio (335 x 220mm.), Basel, Johann Walder, 1534.⁂ Superb copy of this important and handsomely printed edition of Plato, preceded only by that of the 1513 Aldine. Proclus' extensive work on the Timaeus of Plato is the most important work on ancient physics and the most important commentary on Plato from antiquity. Provenance: J. G. ?Schultheis (ink inscription dated 1766); Eduard Grisebach (1845-1906, German author, scholar and bibliophile, bookplate). Literature: Adams P1437 & P2139; VD 16 P 3275; cf. PMM 27.

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Crakanthorpe (Richard) A sermon of sanctification, preached on the Act Sunday at Oxford, Iulie 12. 1607, title within wide de

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Crakanthorpe (Richard) A sermon of sanctification, preached on the Act Sunday at Oxford, Iulie 12. 1607, title within wide decorative woodcut border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, some staining, lightly browned, disbound, [STC 5982], small 4to, Printed for Tho. Adams, 1608.⁂ First printed work of this Anglican priest, logician and religious controversialist. Anthony Wood wrote that he was a 'a great canonist, and so familiar and exact in the fathers, councils, and schoolmen, that none in his time scarce went before him. None have written with greater diligence, I cannot say with a meeker mind, as some have reported that he was as foul-mouthed against the papists'.

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Downame (John) Foure Treatises, tending to Diswade all Christians from foure no less hainous the common sinnes; namely the ab

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Downame (John) Foure Treatises, tending to Diswade all Christians from foure no less hainous the common sinnes; namely the abuses of Swearing, Drunkennesse, Whoredome, and Bribery, with initial blank, woodcut head-pieces and initials, light water-staining to a few leaves, some worming to inner margins, Dd2 with paper flaw to outer margin, attractive near-contemporary limp vellum ruled and panelled in gilt with decorative central lozenge and corner-pieces incorporating acorns and thistles, yapp edges, g.e., lacking ties, a little rubbed and soiled, some wear to gilt, preserved in modern cloth slip-case, [STC 7142], small 4to, W.Hall and I[ohn] B[eale] for Michaell Baker, 1613.⁂ A rant against prostitution, excessive drinking, bribery and swearing, amongst other such vices.John Downhame or Downame (1571-1652) was a Puritan divine and theologian, the son of William, Bishop of Chester and younger brother of George Downhame later Bishop of Derry. After leaving Christ's College Cambridge he spent his working life in the City of London. He was associated with the Westminster Assembly, a council of theologians and members of Parliament appointed to restructure the Church of England, and he became a licenser of the press in 1643, granting imprimatur to both the Judgement of Martin Bucer Concerning Divorce by Milton in 1644 and Eikon Basilike in 1649. It was his proximity to London low-life that probably inspired this rather tub-thumping work. The second part, 'A Treatise of Anger', has a separate title, pagination and register and was first published in 1600 as Spiritual physicke to cure the diseases of the soule, arising from superfluitie of choller, prescribed out of Gods word. Three editions of the work appeared in total, the first two in 1608 and 1609, all now rare; ESTC records 8 UK copies of this edition.

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Witchcraft.- Michaelis (Sebastien) The Admirable History of the Possession and Conversion of a Penitent Woman. Seduced by a M

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Witchcraft.- Michaelis (Sebastien) The Admirable History of the Possession and Conversion of a Penitent Woman. Seduced by a Magician that made her to become a Witch..., first English edition, title defective and repaired at outer edge with loss of ruled border but no text, corner of final leaf similarly cut away and repaired, preliminaries and index at end misbound, lacking R4-6 and T1 at end, apparently missing one preliminary leaf though does not collate as ESTC, small hole with loss of text in 2M1, some headlines and ruled border at upper edge shaved, ink annotations, some staining, ink signature of Daniel Anderson to title, 19th century calf, rubbed and joints repaired, [STC 17854a], 4to, Imprinted for William Aspley, 1613; sold not subject to return⁂ One of 2 issues, this apparently a re-issue of the undated edition of the same year, with the original title-page replaced, though not quite collating to ESTC and with title reading 'history' not 'historie'. Nevertheless a scarce book.

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Shakespeare (William) The Taming of the Shrew, single leaf extracted from the first folio, pp.223-224, double column, minor r

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Shakespeare (William) The Taming of the Shrew, single leaf extracted from the first folio, pp.223-224, double column, minor repair to lower margin (within ruled border on verso but not affecting text), the odd spot, folio (305 x 195mm.), [1623].⁂ A fine leaf from one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies - here printed for the first time. Comprising the end of Act 3 and the commencement of Act 4 from Shakespeare's beloved comedy. The passages included here contain good examples of the quick verbal jousting between Katherina and Petruchio that characterise much of the play.

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Architecture.- Serlio (Sebastiano) Il terzo libro...nel qual si figurano, e descrivono le antiquita di Roma..., Venice, Franc

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Architecture.- Serlio (Sebastiano) Il terzo libro...nel qual si figurano, e descrivono le antiquita di Roma..., Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1540; Regole generali di architettura, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1540, together 2 works in 1, first work collation: A2, B-V4, lacking H1 and H4, probably replaced by the first recorded owner with leaves from an ordinary copy, also lacking R2 and R3, supplied with two manuscript leaves, printed on blue paper, Roman and italic type, woodcut title, printer's device and colophon framed by cartouche on verso of final leaf, 120 woodcuts, including 32 full-page and 4 double-page, woodcut animated initials throughout, second work collation: A-T4, lacking B1, supplied with a manuscript leaf, Roman and italic type, woodcut architectural title, printer's device and colophon framed by a cartouche on verso of final leaf, 126 woodcuts, including 56 full-page and 6 plates on 3 leaves (fols. S4-T2), woodcut animated initials throughout, both works printed on blue paper, a few repairs and some ink stains, 18th-century brown half morocco, folio (342 x 240mm.)⁂ Serlio's monumental work represents the first treatise on architecture in which the illustrations assumed primary importance, leading to its becoming one of the most important architectural books to disseminate knowledge of antique heritage and invention throughout Europe during the Italian Renaissance. This copy, printed on blue paper, contains the first edition of Book iii and is followed by the second edition of Book iv, which originally appeared in Venice in 1537. The work is made up of seven Books, which were published separately according to an order explained by Serlio in his preface to Book iv, although in reality the order was only partially followed. Book iii, on ancient monuments, is dedicated to the King of France, François I, and appeared in Venice in 1540, while Books i and ii, on geometry and perspective, respectively, were published simultaneously in bilingual Italian-French editions in Paris in 1545, after Serlio's move to Fontainebleau. Book v, containing twelve temple designs, followed in 1547; it was the last to be published during Serlio's lifetime, once again in Paris in a bilingual version. Book vi, on domestic architecture, was never published, and survives only in two manuscript versions and a series of trial woodcuts. Finally, Book vii was edited posthumously by Jacopo Strada and published in Frankfurt in 1575. By the early 17th century, Serlio's treatise and its various parts, had been translated into several languages, some as unauthorised editions. Book iii is especially important, and the layout Serlio adopted for it, with its well-balanced blocks of text and images, was later copied by Palladio in his Quattro Libri dell'Architettura of 1570. "The first genuine advance in architectural illustration seems to have been made by Serlio, and his Libro Terzo set the type of architectural illustration in Italy for the rest of the Century" (Fowler). The printer Marcolini, born in Forlì and active in Venice until 1559, issued a handful of copies of his editions published between 1539 and 1540 on large blue paper as presentation or special copies, including Serlio's Book iii and Book iv. These were intended for patrons or very distinguished clientele, as the copy on blue paper of both Books, bound together as they are here, once owned by the Prince of Bibliophiles Jean Grolier (1479-1565) and now in the Bibliothèque nationale de France well attests. The Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore has a copy of each of these Books, while a copy of Book iii only is preserved at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, bequeathed by the great collector W. Gedney Beatty (1869-1942). Copies printed on blue paper of the other Books belonging to Serlio's 'architectural encyclopedia' are not recorded. The early owner of this volume might be identified as the Bolognese antiquarian Francesco Bartoli (1675-1733), who drew numerous copies after antiques, and played a notable role in the reception of the classical tradition during the eighteenth-century, particularly in Britain. It is also likewise possible to attribute to his hand the finely drawn leaves on white paper which replace those lacking on blue paper. Some of Bartoli's drawings preserved in the Eton College Library show plans and decorative elements featured by Serlio in his Book iii, relating to, among other things, the Tempio di Bacco and the decorative mosaics in the vaulting of the Roman Church of S. Costanza, considered by Serlio the ancient Temple of Baccus (see Il terzo libro, fols. C4v-D1r). Provenance: Francesco Bartoli, possibly the Bolognese antiquarian (1675-1733; early ownership inscription on the first title and margins of fol. V3 in first work as well as fol. A4v of second work, partially legible under UV lamp). The marginalia as well as the drawings that replace the missing leaves are attributed to the skilled hand of this early owner. Literature: Casali Annali, 51; Mortimer Italian, 472; Berlin Katalog 2560; Fowler 308; RIBA 2968 and 2966. II. Casali Annali, 52; Charvet 2; Fowler 314; W. B. Dinsmoor, "The Literary Remains of Sebastiano Serlio", The Art Bulletin, 24 (1942), esp. pp. 64-68; L. Gwynn - A. Aymonino (eds.), Paper Palaces. The Topham Collection as a Source for British Neoclassicism, Eton 2013, esp. pp. 22-39.

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Law.- Coke (Sir Edward) The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England, first edition, woodcut title, partially pri

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Law.- Coke (Sir Edward) The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England, first edition, woodcut title, partially printed in triple column and black letter, lacking initial blank and folding table, a couple of leaves with a sentence inked out, a few ink annotations, ink signature of William Whitaker on title, a lovely clean copy in 19th century blind-stamped pale calf, rebacked, [STC 15784; PMM 126], folio, Printed for the Societie of Stationers, 1628.⁂ "...a disorderly, pedantic, masterful work...the basis of the constitution of the realm" by the prosecutor of Sir Walter Raleigh and the Gunpowder Plot conspirators.

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Overbury (Sir Thomas) His Wife. With Additions of New Characters, and many other Wittie Conceits never before Printed, thirte

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Overbury (Sir Thomas) His Wife. With Additions of New Characters, and many other Wittie Conceits never before Printed, thirteenth impression, woodcut head-pieces and initials, title soiled and frayed at edges, some staining, cropped with slight loss to some head-lines and initials at beginning of lines of a few leaves, near contemporary ink inscription in capitals to margin of H3v and L4v (the latter reading "Edward Burridge His booke/God give him Grace therein too/looke"), later ink inscription "Lewis Stephens Rector of Droxford, all to be bound in this manner" to front free endpaper, later bookplate of Robert S.Pirie, mid-18th century sheep-backed marbled boards, rubbed, spine a little stained and worn at foot, upper joint cracked[STC 18916], 8vo, printed [by John Legat] for Robert Allot..., 1628.⁂ First published in 1614, though popular in its day, His Wife is scarce in all early editions.

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Herbert (George) Herbert's remains. Or, Sundry pieces of that sweet singer of the temple, 2 parts in 1, first edition, title

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Herbert (George) Herbert's remains. Or, Sundry pieces of that sweet singer of the temple, 2 parts in 1, first edition, title within woodcut typographic border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, water-stained / stained, mostly in second part, trimmed at head, affecting a few rules, just touching the top of title border and the odd headline, 19th century black blind-stamped morocco, upper joint splitting, area of leather missing from foot of lower cover, rubbed, [Wing H1515; Pforzheimer 464], 12mo, Printed [by Thomas Maxey] for Timothy Garthwait, at the little north door of Saint Paul's, 1652.

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Cookery.- Young lady's companion in cookery (The), And Pastry, Preserving, Pickling, Candying, &c., first and only editio

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Cookery.- Young lady's companion in cookery (The), And Pastry, Preserving, Pickling, Candying, &c., first and only edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, small worm traces to lower corners of last few ff., foxing and staining, contemporary panelled calf, upper cover detached, worn, [Bitting p.619; Maclean p.154; Oxford p.64], 12mo, printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch in Pater-Noster Row, J. Hazard against Stationers Hall, W. Bickerton and C. Corbett, without Temple bar, and R. Willock, in Cornhill, 1734.⁂ Rare in commerce, and scarce in institutions. ESTC records six copies, of which only two in UK (BL and Wellcome). With three contemporary ms. recipes loosely inserted, including 'To make raspbery [sic] jam'. Provenance: Mary Jenkin, 1738 (ink inscription to front free endpaper).

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Great Plague.- Thomson (George) Loimotomia [graece]: or, the Pest Anatomized, first edition, engraved frontispiece (cleaned a

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Great Plague.- Thomson (George) Loimotomia [graece]: or, the Pest Anatomized, first edition, engraved frontispiece (cleaned and tipped onto verso of front free endpaper), title within double-rule border with ink inscription to head, woodcut initials and headpieces, occasional light browning, bookplate, contemporary sheep, rebacked, retaining original backstrip, new spine label, some staining to covers, [Krivatsy 11830; Wing T1027], 8vo, for Nath: Crouch, at the Rose and Crown in Exchange-Alley near Lombard-street, 1666.⁂ The first printed account of the autopsy of a victim of the Great Plague. Thomson also includes an account of his own contracting of and recovery from the disease.

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BOULLE PENDULE "TÊTE DE POUPÉE"Régence, Paris um 1710, André-Charles Boulle zuzuschreiben, das Werk signiert Thuret à Paris (

Koller Auktionen AG

Lot 1036

BOULLE PENDULE "TÊTE DE POUPÉE"Régence, Paris um 1710, André-Charles Boulle zuzuschreiben, das Werk signiert Thuret à Paris (Jacques III Thuret, 1669 – 1738).Geschwungenes Holzgehäuse belegt mit braunem Horn und Messing, intarsiert in Form von Ranken und Rollwerk. Die Front in vergoldeter Bronze reliefiert mit Rosetten, Girlanden, Akanthusblättern sowie Frauenmaske "en espagnolette". Aufsatzfigur in Form des Pfeile schleudernden Amors auf Kissen. Seitliche applizierte Löwenköpfe. Reliefiertes Bronzezifferblatt mit weissen Emailkartuschen und römischen Ziffern. Werk umgebaut auf Ankergang, Halbstundenschlagwerk auf Glocke, Werk zu revidieren. Emailkartuschen teils mit Sprüngen. Signaturplakette auf Front fehlt.36 × 16 × 75 cm.Pendel und Schlüssel fehlen.Die modellgleiche Uhr ist abgebildet bei Ottomeyer/Pröschel (1986, Bd 1, 1.12.4 S. 78) und wird dort aufgrund der "Kompositionsprinzipien" und der "technischen Bewältigung" den Arbeiten Boulles zugeschrieben. Das Modell der hier angebotenen Pendule ist das erste mit ganz in Bronze gefertigter Front und seitlicher Schildpattmarketerie. Diese Idee stammte ursprünglich von C. Cressent und wurde, nachdem A.C. Boulle neue Formen hierzu entwickelt hatte, später von J.J. de Saint-Germain übernommen. Die ersten Pendulen dieses Typus tragen alle die Uhrmachersignatur von J. III Thuret. Von diesem Modell sind nur wenige identische Exemplare bekannt. Ein identisches Modell befindet sich in der Frick Collection in New York, stammt aus der Sammlung Dalva Brothers und besitzt ein von François Rabby signiertes Werk. Im englischen Kunsthandel wurde in den 1980er Jahren ein gleiches Modell ohne Konsole angeboten, das Werk ebenfalls signiert J. III Thuret. Ein weiteres Cartel ist der Teil der Sammlung von Schloss Fasanerie bei Fulda (Museumskatalog, Museum Schloss Fasanerie bei Fulda. S. 29).Lit.: - Tardy, La pendule française, Band 1, Paris 1974, S. 141 Abb. 2 mit einer sehr ähnlichen Pendule, sig. Mynuel. BOULLE CLOCK "TÊTE DE POUPÉE"Régence, Paris ca. 1710, attributable to André-Charles Boulle, the movement signed Thuret à Paris (Jacques III Thuret, 1669 – 1738).Wooden case, decorated with brown horn and brass, inlaid in the form of tendrils and scrolls. Gilt bronze front, opulently decorated. Bronze dial with white enamel cartouches and Roman numerals. Movement, converted to anchor escapement, striking the 1/2-hour on bell. Movement requires revision. Enamel cartouches, in part cracked. Signature plaque on the front, missing.36 × 16 × 75 cm.Pendulum and key, missing.A clock of a similar model is depicted in Ottomeyer/Pröschel (1986, Vol. 1, 1.12.4 p. 78) and is attributed in this work to Boulle, on the ground of the "compositional principles" and the "technical craftsmanship". The clock on offer is the first model with a front entirely in bronze and the sides decorated with tortoise shell marquetry. This idea originally came from C. Cressent and, after A.C. Boulle had developed new designs for it, was later adopted by J.J. de Saint-Germain. The first clocks of this type all bear the clockmaker's signature of J. III Thuret. Only a few identical examples of this model are known to exist. An identical model can be found in the Frick Collection in New York, and stems from the Dalva Brothers' Collection, and has a movement signed by François Rabby. Literature: - Tardy, La pendule française, Vol. 1, Paris 1974, p. 141, Ill. 2 with a very similar pendule, signed Mynuel.

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ZWEI MODELLE VON PIROLEN ALS PAAR MIT VERGOLDETER BRONZEMONTIERUNGMeissen, Modelle von Johann Joachim Kändler von 1733/34, sp

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Lot 1065

ZWEI MODELLE VON PIROLEN ALS PAAR MIT VERGOLDETER BRONZEMONTIERUNGMeissen, Modelle von Johann Joachim Kändler von 1733/34, spätere Ausformungen um 1740/47 von Johann Gottfried Ehder bzw. Peter Reinicke. Die vergoldeten Bronzesockel, Frankreich, 19. Jh.Jeder mit gelb und schwarz, unterschiedlich staffiertem Gefieder, je auf einem mit Blättern applizierten Baumstumpf sitzend, beide mit geöffneten Schnäbeln, der eine mit angelegten, der zweite mit angehobenen Flügeln. Spuren einer unterglasurblauen Schwertermarke und Pressnummer 26 auf der Unterseite eines Vogels.H 25,5 cm (28,5 cm).RestaurierungenIn der Taxa Kändlers wird im Juli 1733 notiert: „Specification Was in dem Monath July 1733 an Neuen Modellen Inventiret und gefertiget worden...Einen Vogel von Mittel Mässiger Grösse Eine Bier Eule genannt auf einem Postament sitzend, Kandler, Modellmeister”. Im darauffolgenden Jahr im März 1734: „Im Monath Martio 1734 sind auf hiesiger Königl. Pohl. und Churfürstl. Sächs. Porcellain Fabrique an neuen Modellen gefertiget worden...Einen Vogel Von Mittelmässiger Grösse gefertiget welcher Eine Bier Eule gennant wird, Johann Joachim Kändler.”Die ersten Kändler Modelle, die zunächst ausschliesslich für die Königlichen Porzellansammlungen im Japanischen Palais in Dresden bestimmt waren, wurden nach 1740 von Ehder und Reinicke mehrfach nachbearbeitet. Im Januar 1747 schliesslich schuf Reinicke ein weiteres, neues Modell mit verkürztem Sockel. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt waren die Modelle bereits für den freien Verkauf in der Manufaktur vorgesehen (Wittwer 2004,S. 336).Vergleichende Literatur und Vergleichsstücke: Carl Albiker, Die Meissener Porzellantiere, 1935, Taf. XXIX, Nr. 112; Yvonne Hackenbroch, Meissen in the Untermyer Collection, 1956, Taf. 6; Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, 1966, Taf. XXX; G. Röbbig, Kabinettstücke, 2006, S. 233; Samuel Wittwer, Die Galerie der Meissener Tiere. Die Menagerie Augusts des Starken für das Japanische Palais in Dresden, 2004, S.336; Sammlung Lily & Edmond Safra, Sotheby's New York, 18.-21. 10.2011, Lot 757; Sammlung Peggy und David Rockefeller, Christie's New York, 9.5. 2018, Lot 194. TWO MODELS OF ORIOLES WITH A GILT BRONZE MOUNTMeissen, models by Johann Joachim Kändler from 1733/34, later mouldings ca. 1740/47 by Johann Gottfried Ehder and Peter Reinicke, respectively. Gilt bronze plinths, France, 19th century.Each bird in black and yellow, with differently painted plumage. Traces of an underglaze blue sword mark and press number 26 on the underside of one bird.H 25.5 cm (28.5 cm).Restorations.It is noted in Kändler's taxonomy of July 1733: "Specification Was in dem Monath July 1733 an Neuen Modellen Inventiret und gefertiget worden...Einen Vogel von Mittel Mässiger Größe Eine Bier Eule genannt auf einem Postament sitzend, Kandler, Modellmeister". The following year in March 1734: "„Im Monath Martio 1734 sind auf hiesiger Königl. Pohl. und Churfürstl. Sächs. Porcellain Fabrique an neuen Modellen gefertiget worden...Einen Vogel Von Mittelmässiger Grösse gefertiget welcher Eine Bier Eule gennant wird, Johann Joachim Kändler."The first Kändler models, initially intended exclusively for the Royal Porcelain Collections in the Japanese Palace in Dresden, were reworked several times by Ehder and Reinicke after 1740. Finally, in January 1747, Reinicke created another, new model with a shortened base. At this time, the models were already intended for sale in the Manufactory (Wittwer 2004, p. 336).Comparative literature and comparable items: Carl Albiker, Die Meissener Porzellantiere, 1935, pl. XXIX, no. 112; Yvonne Hackenbroch, Meissen in the Untermyer Collection, 1956, pl. 6; Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, 1966, pl. XXX; G. Röbbig, Kabinettstücke, 2006, p. 233; Samuel Wittwer, Die Galerie der Meissener Tiere. Die Menagerie Augusts des Starken für das Japanische Palais in Dresden, 2004, p. 336; Lily & Edmond Safra Collection, Sotheby's New York, 18-21 October 2011, Lot No. 757; Peggy and David Rockefeller Collection, Christie's New York, 9 May 2018, Lot No. 194.

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ZWEI MODELLE VON DOMPFAFFENMeissen, um 1747-55, Modelle von Johann Joachim Kändler.Als Gegenstücke zusammengestellt. In zwei

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Lot 1083

ZWEI MODELLE VON DOMPFAFFENMeissen, um 1747-55, Modelle von Johann Joachim Kändler.Als Gegenstücke zusammengestellt. In zwei unterschiedlichen Grössen, auf einem Baumstumpf, appliziert mit Blättern bzw. Pilzen, die Gefieder rot, schwarz und grau staffiert. Reste einer blauen Schwertermarke auf dem grösseren Modell.H 12,5 cm, 14,5 cm.Minim restauriert.Das erste Modell eines Dompfaff bzw. Gimpel (Höhe 15 cm) modellierte Kändler bereits 1733 für die Königlichen Sammlungen im Japanischen Palais (Wittwer 2004, S. 324). Die Arbeitsberichte Kändlers vom Oktober 1747 erwähnen ein neues Modell mit seinem Gegenstück, das zu diesem Zeitpunkt bereits für den freien Verkauf in der Manufaktur bestimmt war: „5. Einen Vogel Giempel genannt nach dem Leben aufs Natürlichste modelliret Wie selbiger auf einem Wie natürlich gewachsenen aste sietzet.” „6. Annoch einen dergleichen Giempel in einer anderen Wendung gegen Ersteren Zu setzen, auf Vorige Weise nach dem Leben modelliret” (Pietsch 2002, S.121)Vergleichende Literatur und Vergleichsstücke: S.Wittwer, Die Galerie der Meissener Tiere. Die Menagerie Augusts des Starken für das Japanische Palais in Dresden, 2004, S.324, 235; G. Röbbig, Kabinettstücke, 2006, S. 244 Kat. Nr. 40; Sammlung Sir Gawaine & Lady Baillie, Sotheby's London, 1. 5. 2013, Lot 35. TWO MODELS OF BULLFINCHESMeissen, ca. 1747-55, models by Johann Joachim Kändler.Associated as a pair. Of two different sizes. The plumage painted red, black and gray. Remains of a blue sword mark on the larger model.H 12.5 cm, 14.5 cm.Minimally restored.Kändler sculpted the first model of a bullfinch (H 15 cm) as early as 1733 for the Royal Collections in the Japanese Palace (Wittwer, 2004, p. 324). Kändler's work reports from October 1747 mention a new model with its matching counterpart, which at this time was already intended for sale in the Manufactory: "5. Einen Vogel Giempel genannt nach dem Leben aufs Natürlichste modelliret Wie selbiger auf einem Wie natürlich gewachsenen aste sietzet.” „6. Annoch einen dergleichen Giempel in einer anderen Wendung gegen Ersteren Zu setzen, auf Vorige Weise nach dem Leben modelliret" (Pietsch 2002, p.121).Comparative literature and comparable items: S. Wittwer, Die Galerie der Meissener Tiere. Die Menagerie Augusts des Starken für das Japanische Palais in Dresden, 2004, pp. 324, 235; G. Röbbig, Kabinettstücke, 2006, p. 244, Cat. No. 40; Sir Gawaine & Lady Baillie Collection, Sotheby's London, 1 May 2013, Lot No. 35.

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William Blake (1757 - 1827) after George Romney, engraving, portrait of William Cowper, published 1802, image 7.5" x 5.5", un

Burstow & Hewett

Lot 165

William Blake (1757 - 1827) after George Romney, engraving, portrait of William Cowper, published 1802, image 7.5" x 5.5", unframed, printed on Blake's own press by his wife Catherine, from the first state of William Hayley's Life of CowperSlight paper discolouration

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Robert Morden, copper plate engraving, map of Kent, published 1695 with later hand colouring, the first map to show Tunbridge

Burstow & Hewett

Lot 264

Robert Morden, copper plate engraving, map of Kent, published 1695 with later hand colouring, the first map to show Tunbridge Wells, 14" x 25", framedAdjoined paper section near left-hand edge and slight discolouration, generally good

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Great British and World coins including pre-decimal coinage, pennies, GB old large 5p and 10p coins, 'Britain's First Decimal

Duggleby Stephenson of York

Lot 215

Great British and World coins including pre-decimal coinage, pennies, GB old large 5p and 10p coins, 'Britain's First Decimal Coins' in blue folder etc - Condition Report

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*LOTTIE DAVIES (B. 1971) 'The Girl and the Tower, 2008' number 1 from the edition of 5,  Lambda print on aluminium,&nbsp

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Lot 159

*LOTTIE DAVIES (B. 1971) 'The Girl and the Tower, 2008' number 1 from the edition of 5, Lambda print on aluminium, 85cm x 200cm. Lottie Davies was born in Guildford, UK, in 1971. She grew up in Surrey and was educated in Alton and Godalming. After a degree in philosophy at St Andrews University in Scotland, she moved back to England to pursue a career in photography. She is currently based in London and Cornwall. Davies’ unique style has been employed in a variety of contexts, including newspapers, glossy magazines, books and advertising. She has won recognition in numerous awards, including the Association of Photographers’ Awards, the International Color Awards, and the Schweppes Photographic Portrait Awards. Her work has garnered international acclaim with the image Quints, which won First Prize at the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Awards 2008 at the National Portrait Gallery in London, with Viola As Twins, which won the Photographic Art Award, Arte Laguna Prize in Venice in 2011, and her collaboration on Dreams of Your Life with Hide & Seek/Film 4.0 which was BAFTA-nominated in 2012. Davies’ work is concerned with stories and personal histories, the tales and myths we use to structure our lives. She takes inspiration from classical and modern painting, cinema and theatre as well as the imaginary worlds of literature. She employs a deliberate reworking of our visual vocabulary, playing on our notions of nostalgia and visual conventions with the intention of evoking a sense of recognition and narrative. Sandy Nairne, former director of the National Portrait Gallery in London, described Davies’ work as “brilliantly imaginative”.

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*LOTTIE DAVIES (B. 1971) 'Sophie in Florida, 2008' number 1 from the edition of 5,  Lambda print on aluminium, 85cm

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Lot 160

*LOTTIE DAVIES (B. 1971) 'Sophie in Florida, 2008' number 1 from the edition of 5, Lambda print on aluminium, 85cm x 200cm. Lottie Davies was born in Guildford, UK, in 1971. She grew up in Surrey and was educated in Alton and Godalming. After a degree in philosophy at St Andrews University in Scotland, she moved back to England to pursue a career in photography. She is currently based in London and Cornwall. Davies’ unique style has been employed in a variety of contexts, including newspapers, glossy magazines, books and advertising. She has won recognition in numerous awards, including the Association of Photographers’ Awards, the International Color Awards, and the Schweppes Photographic Portrait Awards. Her work has garnered international acclaim with the image Quints, which won First Prize at the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Awards 2008 at the National Portrait Gallery in London, with Viola As Twins, which won the Photographic Art Award, Arte Laguna Prize in Venice in 2011, and her collaboration on Dreams of Your Life with Hide & Seek/Film 4.0 which was BAFTA-nominated in 2012. Davies’ work is concerned with stories and personal histories, the tales and myths we use to structure our lives. She takes inspiration from classical and modern painting, cinema and theatre as well as the imaginary worlds of literature. She employs a deliberate reworking of our visual vocabulary, playing on our notions of nostalgia and visual conventions with the intention of evoking a sense of recognition and narrative. Sandy Nairne, former director of the National Portrait Gallery in London, described Davies’ work as “brilliantly imaginative”.

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*LOTTIE DAVIES (B. 1971) 'The Man Who Ran Away, 2009' number 1 from the edition of 5,  Lambda print on aluminium, 8

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Lot 161

*LOTTIE DAVIES (B. 1971) 'The Man Who Ran Away, 2009' number 1 from the edition of 5, Lambda print on aluminium, 85cm x 200cm. Lottie Davies was born in Guildford, UK, in 1971. She grew up in Surrey and was educated in Alton and Godalming. After a degree in philosophy at St Andrews University in Scotland, she moved back to England to pursue a career in photography. She is currently based in London and Cornwall. Davies’ unique style has been employed in a variety of contexts, including newspapers, glossy magazines, books and advertising. She has won recognition in numerous awards, including the Association of Photographers’ Awards, the International Color Awards, and the Schweppes Photographic Portrait Awards. Her work has garnered international acclaim with the image Quints, which won First Prize at the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Awards 2008 at the National Portrait Gallery in London, with Viola As Twins, which won the Photographic Art Award, Arte Laguna Prize in Venice in 2011, and her collaboration on Dreams of Your Life with Hide & Seek/Film 4.0 which was BAFTA-nominated in 2012. Davies’ work is concerned with stories and personal histories, the tales and myths we use to structure our lives. She takes inspiration from classical and modern painting, cinema and theatre as well as the imaginary worlds of literature. She employs a deliberate reworking of our visual vocabulary, playing on our notions of nostalgia and visual conventions with the intention of evoking a sense of recognition and narrative. Sandy Nairne, former director of the National Portrait Gallery in London, described Davies’ work as “brilliantly imaginative”.

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