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Lot 1424
Red GPO Retro Memphis Music Centre ? three speed turntable, MP3/USB player, FM Radio with remote control. P&P Group 3 (£25+VAT for the first lot and £5+VAT for subsequent lots)Condition Report: This item was working at lotting. All electrical items in this lot have been PAT tested for safety and have passed. This does not confirm that the item is in full working order.
Lot 102
* Cartographers. A collection of thirteen portraits of cartographers, 16th - 19th century, including Galle (Philip). Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalib. orben, Orbi spectandum Galleus Ortelium, Antwerp, circa 1595, hand coloured portrait of Abraham Ortelius, slight spotting to margins, 325 x 220 mm, Latin text on verso, together with Westermayr (C.). Nicol. Sanson, D. F. Sotzman, Joh. Bapt. Homann, Guillaume de L'Isle, Alex Hub. Jaillot, Edme Mentelle [and] Gerhard Merkator, circa 1800, seven uncoloured engraved oval portraits with title and birth and death dates below image, each approximately 135 x 85 mm, with Munster (Sebastian). Untitled portrait, circa 1550, uncoloured woodblock potrait of Munster seated at a desk holding a quill and paper, Latin text to the right hand side below and on verso, image size 120 x 100 mm, plus Vinkeles (R.). Petrus Pancius [and] Gerardus Mercator, 1790, pair of hand coloured portraits after J. Buys, each 150 x 90 mm, with Hubert (Francois). Mathieu Merian..., circa 1750, uncoloured engraved portrait, trimmed to plate mark and laid on later paper, 135 x 90 mm (Qty: 13)NOTESThe first described item is the most famous portrait of Ortelius and appeared in the 1579 edition of his 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum', the first modern Atlas.The text below the image translates as 'By looking, Ortelius gave to mortal beings the world, by looking at his face, Galleus gave them Ortelius'. Marcel van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps, p.14.
Lot 12
* West Indies. Manuscript navigational instructions for entering Port Royal harbour in Jamaica, by W. May, circa 1780, 3 pp., 'After you get the length of the Yallahs keep the land on board it being clear along shore. As you run along - thus - you will soon discern the low shrubby land - called ye palsades - where this low land joins the high land you are running along - is a fort call'd Rock Fort. SSW from this fort - three or four miles is a number of sunken rocks - which ye sea beaks upon & which you must be sure to leave on your starbord hand & continue to run along the palisades - but come not nearer than two cables length - when you are high enough up to observe Port Royal, keep the middle of Fort Charles (which stands on Port Royal point) directly in a line with the whole way on Saltpond Hll - this will run you between a point on ye palisades call'd Plump Point about one mile - continue with ye above marks in one till ye make ye keys. The First is call'd Lime Bay - to be left on your harbourd hand. As soon as you pass this you will see two other keys right ahead - the Northwest one call'd Gun Key - the Southwest call'd Wreckams... As soon as you open Port Royal Church to ye west'd of Charlesfort you are clear of those knowles & may hall in to Port Royal Harbour to anchor - there is good watering at Rock Fort & plenty of wood on the Island to be purchased of the inhabitants. Not withstanding any directions that may be wrote - an intire stranger will very much hazard his ship if he venters higher than Plum Point without a pilote...', signed 'W. May', some crossings-through, small splits, a little light soiling, folds, folio, 32 x 20 cm (12.5 x 8 in) (Qty: 1)NOTESDetailed manuscript instructing a captain of a vessel entering Port Royal Harbour, Jamaica. Port Royal, lying at the mouth of Kingston Harbour in southeastern Jamaica was a former Spanish colony until captured by the English in 1655 and served as the unofficial capital of Jamaica until destroyed in an earthquake in 1692. Before the earthquake it was a base for privateers and pirates, used by governors of Jamaica to defend the port, among them Henry Morgan and later Blackbeard (Edward Teach or Thatch) who used the port to attack Spanish shipping and became a notorious hotbed of drunken debauchery and prostitution. After Henry Morgan was appointed was Lieutenant Governor in 1674, anti-piracy laws were enacted and Gallows Point in Port Royal became the place of execution of many pirates, including Calico Jack and Charles Vane. The Royal Navy expanded the port into a naval base from 1735, adding dockyards, wharves, and a naval hospital.
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Lot 124
Hevelius (Johannes). Cepheus, published Dantzig, [1687], hand coloured engraved constellation map originally published in 'Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia', two repaired closed marginal tears, one of which affects the printed surface, 300 x 375 mm (Qty: 1)NOTESJohannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687) was a Protestant councilor and mayor of Danzig, in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. As an astronomer he gained a reputation as "the founder of lunar topography" and described ten new constellations, seven of which are still recognized by astronomers. The 'Firmamentum...,' was the first star atlas to rival Bayer's Uranometria in accuracy, utility, innovation, and influence. Hevelius was highly inovative in the way that he illustrated the constellations in that they were depicted as they would appear on a globe, rather than from a geocentric point of view,
Lot 13
* Bellers (William, active 1734-1773). A View of Derwent-Water from Vicars Island towards Skiddaw, & A View of Winander Meer, near Ambleside, a Lake between Lancashire & Westmoreland, Robert Sayer & John Boydell, January 17th 1774, two etched views on cream laid paper by Jean-Baptiste Claude Chatelain and Johann Sebastian Muller after William Bellers, numbered to lower right corner 2 and 4 respectively, some light overall toning, and a few light vertical creases, plate size 405 x 540 mm (16 x 21.25 ins), sheet size 430 x 585 mm (17 x 23 ins), both window-mounted (Qty: 2)NOTESA reissue by John Boydell of the 2nd and 4th plates from William Bellers' Six Views of the Lakes which were first published by the artist himself in 1753.
Lot 144
Poland. Blome (Richard), A Mapp of the Estates of the Crowne of Poland, where are the Kingdom of Poland withits Palatinates, the Dutches of Russia-Noire, Cujavia, Mozovia, Prussia, Lithuania, Volhynia Podolla &c. Designed by Monsieur Sanson Geographer to the French King and Rendered into English by Ric: Blome..., 1669, uncoloured map engraved by Francis Lamb with the title printed below the map, the cartouche containing a dedication to Sir Richard Otley of Pichford in Shropshire, slight staining, some marginal fraying, 285 x 405 mm, (Qty: 1)NOTESA scarce map of Poland and the first folio sized map to be engraved in England, John Speed's map being engraved in Amsterdam. Blome's atlas the 'Geographical Description of the Four Parts of the World' was a small folio volume containing twenty-four maps engraved by Francis Lamb, Thomas Burnford and Wenceslas Hollar. Blome was handicapped by the lack of a domestic mapmaking environment comparable with that in Europe and to finance his work he took on subscribers, who in exchange for an advance had their coat of arms added to certain maps.
Lot 147
Poland. Gastaldi (Giacomo), Il vero disegno della seconda parte dil Regno di Polonia, Venice, 1568, uncoloured map, engraved by Paolo Forlani, trimmed to just inside neatline and re-margined, 380 x 495 mm (Qty: 1)NOTESA scarce and early map of Poland which includes Ukraine and the Crimea. This is the 'southern half' of a two sheet map, the northern half having the title 'Il Disegno de Geografia Moderna del Regno di Polonia, e Parte del Ducado di Moscovia, con parte della Scandia, e parte de Suevia, con molte Regioni, in quelli.'. The map is widely regarded as the first Lafreri map to focus on Poland.
Lot 155
Poland. Sandrart (Jacob), Nova totius Regni Poloniae Mangique Ducatus Lituaniae cum suis Palatinabus Ac Confiniis Exacta Delineatio per G. Le Vasseur de Beauplan, Nuremberg, [1675], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, one printer's fold, slight marginal staining, occasional pin holes affecting image, 410 x 520 mm (Qty: 1)NOTESA rare map of Poland and Lithuania. The map is dominated by a portrait of King Johannes III Sobieski depicted as a Roman emperor. The second edition of the map which was published in 1697 has a portrait of King Augustus II (Augustus the Strong) who came to the throne in that year following Sobieski's death. The map is based upon the work of Guillaume Levasseur de Beauplan (1600-1673), a French mapmaker, engineer and architect. Beauplan served as artillery captain for the army of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland between 1630 and 1648 and in 1639, he created the first accurate map of Ukraine, a map regarded as one of the most important in Poland's cartographic history. We can only find one record of Sandrart's map appearing in auction in the last ten years (Zisska & Schaer, 2013, Sale 62, Lot 3162 ) where it sold for 4,284 Euros including premium.
Lot 160
Poland/Pomerania . Le Rouge (George-Louis), Duché de Pomeranie, contenant les Duchés de Stettin, de Wolgats, de Bardt, de Cassubie, de Vandalie, La Principauté et Isle de Rugen, le Comté de Gutzkow, les Seigneuries de Lowenbroch et de Butow..., Paris, 1757, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, some marginal repaired closed tears, right hand vertical margin crudely repaired on verso, 505 x 695 mm, together with Rossi (Giacomo Giovanni). La Pomerania divisa in Citerioe ò Reale..., Rome 1689, uncoloured engraved map, large decorative cartouche, 435 x 555 mm, with Colom (Jacob A.). De Custen van Schoonen en Swede van Valsterboen tot Christianopolis Bornholm ed de Custen van Pomeren van't Eylanytt Rugen tot Rygs-Hoost, Amsterdam, circa 1650, engraved sea chart of the Baltic Sea and the coast of Pomerania, contemporary outline colouring, old folds professionally strengthened on verso, 380 x 530 mm, plus Merian (Matthaus). Pomeraniae Duycatus Tabula [and] Pomerania, circa 1652 & 1633 respectively, two uncoloured engraved maps originally published in the 'Theatrum Europaeum', the first with old folds, 290 x 380 mm, the second 200 x 260 mm and Weigel (Christopher). Germania Ptolemaei, Nuremberg, circa 1718, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 305 x 380 mm (Qty: 6)
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Lot 17
Carter (John, draughtsman). [Sammelband of four works from the Society of Antiquaries' Cathedrals Series], London: Society of Antiquaries, 1797-1807, comprising: 1. Some Account of the Abbey Church of Bath, illustrative of the Plans, Elevations, and Sections, of that Building, 1st edition, [1798], 2. Some Account of the Cathedral Church of Durham, 1st edition, printed by W. Bulmer and Co., 1801, 3. Some Account of the Cathedral Church of Exeter, 1st edition, [1797], 4. Some Account of the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Stephen, Westminster. By John Topham, 2nd edition (expanded), [1807], 4 works in 1 volume, all text-leaves as called for, 52 engraved plates by James Basire after John Carter, several double-page and/or folding, variable spotting, generally restricted to margins, some offsetting to folding plates, contemporary diced russia, rebacked, scuffed and worn, elephant folio (65.5 x 48 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC T105076, N/A, T105075, N/A. The Cathedrals Series 'established for the first time the archaeological status of Gothic as fully comparable to the Antique ... Unique in their time for precision and scholarship, these volumes were designed " not alone to please the eye ... but to give information and instruction to the rising generation of Antiquaries and Architectural Professors" ... For that pioneering aim, at least, the series deserves to stand as Carter's monument' (ODNB).
Lot 18
North Wales. An illustrated manuscript journal, by Isabella Nicholson, 1837, pp.40, written throughout in a neat hand to rectos and verso (a few pages blank), with headings: 'Arvonia', 'Bangor', 'Beddgelert', 'Tan-y-Bwlch', 'Ffestiniog', 'Snowden', 'Tyn-y-Maes', narrative interspersed by a few poems and 9 pen & ink drawings: 'Llyn Colwyn', 'Tan-y-Bwlch Inn', 'From the window of the Oakley Arms', Tan-y-Bwlch', 'Goat Inn' (with paint splodge not affecting image), 'Pont Aberglasllyn', 'Ciliart's Tomb', 'Plas Colwyn', 'Trifain - Moel Goch - Blenglog', latter 4 full-page, and 2 watercolours, one of two dragonflies on heather, and the other of butterflies amongst harebell tendrils (full-page), first page with ink inscription 'Presented to Isabella Nicholson by her grateful Brother', watermarked J. Whatman 1836, stationer's oval blindstamp to upper left corner of second leaf 'London Superfine', page block loose in original blue card covers, rubbed and marked, 4to (26 x 21 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESA beautifully illustrated travelogue by Isabella Nicholson, the sister of artist George Nicholson (1795?-1838), who exhibited drawings in watercolour and pencil of flowers, birds, and occasionally landscapes, at the Liverpool Academy between 1829 and 1845. The sketchbook charts Isabella's excursion in picturesque North Wales with two friends, Edward and Mary Ann, which begins with a sea voyage from Liverpool on the Prince Llewellyn at 9am on Saturday August 5th 1837. On arrival at Beddgelert from Bangor the author writes: "Everything here is charming and romantic ... I feel temptation to draw at every step." As well as the usual descriptions of the "strikingly beautiful" scenery, the journal is full of minute observation, detailed conversations, anecdote and good humour, for example: the Captain of the ship allowing a bee to perambulate his arm for half an hour rather than end its life; the curious seaweed at Garth made into cat-o'-nine-tails by boys; and her disbelief at and subsequent measuring of the 15 foot thick walls of the Eagle Tower, Caernarvon Castle. Prices of food and board are noted, and various comments made about meals, such as a description of the consumption of "a hot roasted duck & a glass of good ale" and "we devoured a couple of fowls, fresh roasted, for our tea". At Ffestiniog Isabella describes rural life: "In the meadows we observed a fine example of discipline among the Mowers; there were 7 in one rank, sweeping with simultaneous action, and resting together". Local customs are noted, such as drinking from the Antique Tankard of Beddgelert, and notable characters such as the two Mrs. Pritchards are mentioned. At one of their boarding houses Isabella writes of "all the house in the hall lilting to the harp", describing the vivid scene of glaring light and wild strains of music, to which master and servant alike dance and partner each other. She describes a misty ascent of Snowdon, alternately riding and leading a pony, and mentions a boy sent to guide them who was unable to speak a word of English; on the ascent she and her party are forced to find shelter in an old lady's cottage, where "several Welsh lasses came in quite wet", including "a mountain beauty". She also describes an evening when cannons were fired: "the effect was astonishing, it was answered by all the echoes in Snowdonia", the netting of a butterfly which "enriches my cabinet", and Mary Ann turning her back on Edward to negotiate a gate "lest he should see her stockings".
Lot 192
Ukraine. Blaeu (Johannes & Mortier Pierre), Ukrainae pars quae Barclavia Palatinatus vulgo dictiur, Amsterdam, circa 1700, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, toned overall, some marginal fraying, three small holes affecting image, old tape staining to verso, 460 x 580 mm, together with Sanson (Nicolas & Mariette P.). Basse Volhynie ou Palatinat de Kiow, tiré entierement de la grande Ukraine du Sieur le Vasseur de Beauplan..., Paris, 1665, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, taken from Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan's 1639 map of Ukraine, trimmed with loss to upper strapwork margin, skilfully replaced in facsimile, 425 x 575 mm, with Sanson (Nicolas & Mariette P.). Haute Podolie ou Palatinat de Kamieniec tiré entièrement de la Gr. Ukraine..., [and] Basse Podolie ou Palatinat de Braclaw tiré de la Grande Ukraine..., Paris 1665, two engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, taken from de Beauplan's earlier 1639 map of Ukraine, the first map is printed in two parts, each approximately 365 x 535 mm, plus Zatta (Antonio). Li Palatinati di Braclaw e Kiowia Tratta dall' Atlante Polacco de Signr. Rizzi Zanoni..., [and] La Palatinati della Russia Rossa Podolia e Wolhynia..., Venice, 1781, two engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, each approximately 320 x 420 mm, and De Vaugondy (Didier Robert). Partie Occidentale de la Russe Polonoise où se trouvent La Russie Noire, La Haute Volhynie et La Haute Podolie..., [and] Partie Orientale de la Russie Polonoise où se trouvent La Basse Volhynie et La Basse Podolie, Paris, 1749, two hand coloured engraved maps, each approximately 170 x 200 mm, with Brion de la Tour (Louis). Carte des Provinces annexées a La Petite Pologne et de la Gallicie avec La Lodomerie démembrées de la Pologne, Paris, [1785], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, old folds, 240 x 275 mm (Qty: 9)
Lot 917
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1st impression 1st edition, London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 1997, hardback ISBN 0 7475 3269 9, Clays printer's number 10-1, 'Philospher's' misprint on back cover, owner name in ballpoint on inside first page.Note - this book is one of approximately 500 copies of the first impression first edition, approx. 300 of these were given to libraries and schools, leaving a maximum 200 editions in general circulation in non ex-library condition.The actual number of survivors is unknown but thought to be very low (please see additional multiple images and condition report)Wear to all corners, generally clean inside with slight light discolouration to extremities, cover a little faded and with peeling acetate overlay in places
Lot 594
A Betty Joel oak chest of seven various short over three long drawers with shell carved handles bearing label verso inscribed "Designed by: Betty Joel - Made by C H Fox, F Strachan - at Token Works Kingston Bypass.... 1928", raised on a shallow dark stained plinth base, 106 cm wide x 137.5 cm high x 51.5 cm deep CONDITION REPORTS No substantial damage or sticking drawers. However, there is some minor surface scratching to the front of the drawers and marks where the handles have become loose and turned. There is also fading from top to bottom - ie. darker at the top and more faded towards the bottom. The first or top long drawer has distinctive mark across the bottom. Sides have some markings. See images for further detail.
Lot 180
Three pieces of later 20th Century Scandinavian glass, two Orrefors vases by Sven Palmqvist, the first of compressed ovoid form engraved with thistles, engraved signature, height 20cm, the second of square section with canted slice cut corners, engraved with a woman watching birds, engraved signature, and a Holmegaard soap bubble vase designed by Per Lutkin, in a smoke grey tint. (3)
Lot 204
A later 20th Century studio glass vase by Chris Thornton of shouldered form, decorated with spots in green and a petrol iridescence on the mottled, swirling grey ground, height 13cm, together with two paperweights, the first with iridescent trails and gold aventurine on the blue ground, the other with mottled spots and trails in earth tones against the clear ground. (3)
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