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Lot 369
Two Chinese bronze censers, the first probably 19th century, archaic form with twin raised ruyi scroll handles, floral and scroll pierced cover with kylin finial, rectangular body with engraved ruyi border, cast archaic script Xuande mark to base, raised on four cabriole style legs with beast mask decoration, on a separate stepped plinth, 9in. (23cm.) high; together with a censer of circular form with raised hoop handles and tripod feet, cast Xuande mark, probably 19th century, 3 1/8in. (8cm.) high. (2) *Condition: - Archaic style censer: Chip missing from corner of cover. Piece missing from tip of one handle. Has been polished - remains of good patina remaining to underside and interior.- Circular censer: Has been polished - some red rust spots showing to exterior.
Lot 605
An extremely rare 1920 'ALDERNEY' Muratti cap and Peace Cup medal - Channel Islands football interest, the blue and white cap with 'ALDERNEY' stitched to the peak, '1920' and emblem to the front segment and 1921-2-3-4-5 to the adjoining segment, embroidered in gold thread. * Won by an Alderney football player in 1920, (the first year the Muratti Vase was played for after the competition was suspended for five years due to the First World War) it is the only time Alderney has ever won, beating Guernsey 1-0 in the final (played in Jersey), Alderney had already beaten Guernsey that year 6-2 in the Peace Cup, a competition played between the two islands between 1919 and 1925. ** Inaugurated in 1905, teams from Guernsey, Jersey and Alderney fiercely contest the annual battle for the Muratti Vase trophy. *Condition: in very good condition, slight staining and colour loss, some loose threads.
Lot 259
Stevenson, Robert Louis; Blampied, Edmund (illus.), Travels with a Donkey, pub. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1931, original black cloth gilt; together with three other volumes illustrated by Blampied, comprising Dell, Ethel M., The Way of an Eagle, pub. J. Fisher Unwin Ltd., 34th Impr. (Fine Edition), 1916; Priestley, J. B., Albert Goes Through, pub. William Heinemann Ltd., 1933, first ed.; and Fairless, Michael, The Roadmender, pub. Duckworth & Company, new ed. pub. Oct 1924. (4)
Lot 471
A very rare novelty Acme Thunderer whistle, fashioned as a First World War Male Heavy Tank, the distinctive and unusual rhomboid shaped whistle is very detailed with sponsons, tracks, viewing hatches and rivets, the underside with The Acme Thunderer, trademark stamp, 2½in. (6.4cm.) long, working with pea. *Condition: in excellent working condition with very little wear.
Lot 917
Early Colonial American interest Richard Phillips (British, 1681-1741), Portrait of Governor Jonathan Belcher (1682-1757) oil on canvas, inscribed on reverse of canvas "---- Jonathan Belcher of Boston New England. Anno AEtatis Suae [in the year of his age] 34 1/2 R Phillips pinxit 1716", painted in 1716 when Jonathan Belcher was 34 years old, in original early 18th century portrait frame 35¼ x 28¼in. (89.5 x 71.75cm.) * Provenance: By descent from the Chamberlayne family of Stoneythorpe Hall Warwickshire, England. The family had lived there since the 1600s. Thermuthes Chamberlayne married the son of the Governor of Virginia in 1797.** Notes: A significant Colonial portrait of one of the most interesting and influential figures in early American history. Jonathan Belcher became Governor of the Province of New Jersey from 1747 to 1757 and is regarded today as the founder of Princeton University. He was born on 8th January 1682 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Captain Andrew Belcher and Sarah Gilbert. He descended from the Belcher family of Guilsborough, Northamptonshire. He graduated from Harvard College in 1699 and in 1704 embarked upon a grand tour of Europe, visiting Holland, Germany and England where he met Princess Sophia and the future George II. In 1706 he married his first wife, Mary Partridge, the daughter of a former lieutenant governor of New Hampshire. In 1715 Jonathan Belcher made another trip to England where he defended Massachusetts' charter privileges and helped Governor Samuel Shute in his bid to become Governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, which he accomplished in October 1716. It was during Jonathan Belcher's visit to England in 1715/16 that Richard Phillips (1681-1741) painted this portrait. Richard Phillips was born in London in 1681 and, as far as it is known, he lived there until the end of his life in 1741. He was a principally a portrait painter and developed a prestigious client list including politicians and landowners and there are portraits by him in the National Portrait Gallery and Bank of England. Some of his portraits were engraved. A mezzotint of Jonathan Belcher was published in 1734 after a copperplate engraving by the Dutch portrait engraver John Faber the Younger (1684-1756), who was active in London. This was derived from a portrait by Richard Phillips, potentially the present picture. Copies of the mezzotint survive but not the engraving. Belcher ordered the plate to be destroyed and all impressions taken from it. The mezzotint depicts the sitter as Royal Governor of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire prior to becoming Governor of New Jersey. Although the coat and background are notably different the head and hand bear a very close resemblance to the portrait offered here. A full length portrait by Richard Phillips is recorded as having been presented to Princeton College by Jonathan Belcher at the time that he donated his extensive library. Sadly, this portrait was destroyed during the American Revolution. The portrait offered here is therefore a very significant discovery as it is the most authentic likeness of an historic figure from America's Colonial past. * Condition: Original strainer. The canvas is unlined but is badly torn in several places, including a horizontal six inch tear to the left of the face and a large puncture in the centre of the coat. The canvas is partly detached from the strainer on the left side. There are four patches on the reverse and old fillings. The surface is very dirty and the varnish has discoloured. There is evidence of paint shrinkage in the dark areas where the artist has mixed bitumen with the pigment.
Lot 462
A long Persian runner, probably first half 20th century, the nine octagonal floral pendant medallions in sky blue, dark blue, green, madder, pink, ochre and ivory, on a pale madder ground, within a dark blue floral meander border and conforming madder guards, 198½ x 32¼in. (504 x 82cm.). *Condition: Colours and pile good throughout. No repairs. Damage to kilim end at one end of the runner, and damage to the kilim end at one corner to the other end.
Lot 636
WWI Flying Corps interest - Medals, Archive & Ephemera - Relating to 2nd Lieutenant Leslie Reed Blacking - No. 207 Squadron, an important and fascinating collection, to include medals - RAF Volunteer Reserve medal; Efficiency Reserve medal; Victory and War medals, matching miniature dress medals and bar; original issue fibre identity / Dog tag; other insignia and badges; silver mounted swagger stick; large amount of family related ephemera and possessions, to include personal letters, photograph album - containing photographs of 2nd Lieutenant Leslie Reed Blacking in uniform, various RAF aircraft to include Sopwith Camel etc; a book - 'DARKNESS SHALL COVER ME, Night bombing over the Western Front 1918' by Humphrey Wynn with original typed manuscript, a quotation from page 222, "Suddenly a German fighter appeared alongside us, the pilot wearing a pickelhaube and monocle. He looked very like Kaiser Wilhelm II and gave us a mock salute with his fingers". * The book dedication reads, "Dedicated to the gallant memory of all those who flew on the Western Front in the First World War, and especially to that of my dear friend Leslie Reed Blacking and those who served with him on NO 207 Squadron at Ligescourt in 1918".
Lot 196
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)On (Corlett 32)Etching, 1962, signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 60 in pencil, on wove paper, as included in the portfolio 'The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Vol. 5, America Discovered', published by Galleria Schwarz, Milan, with wide margins, sheet 253 x 187mm (10 x 7 3/8in) (unframed)The present lot is the first true Pop Art print by Roy Lichtenstein, it is based on a painting of the same title from 1961.
Lot 22
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)The Raising of Lazarus: the Small PlateEtching with touches of drypoint, 1642, a very fine impression of New Hollstein's first state (of two) on laid paper without watermark, with touches of burr behind the back and in front of the right shoulder of the kneeling woman, the delicate lines on Lazarus's forehead still visible, and fine vertical wiping scratches alongside areas of light tone, thread margins, sheet 152 x 116 mm (6 x 4 1/2 in) (unframed)Literature:Hind 198; Hind New Hollstein 206 i/ii
Lot 24
Stefano della Bella (1601-1664)The Temple of Concordia and the Roman ForumEtching, 1656, an excellent impression of De Vesme's first state (of two), on thin laid paper with indistinct circular watermark, some minor surface dirt and stains, platemark 304 x 272 mm (12 x 10 3/4 in), sheet 309 x 280 mm (12 1/8 x 11 in) (unframed)Literature:De Vesme 1971 i/ii
Lot 83
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)Untitled (Messenger approaching Cadaques)Pen and black ink on a fly-leaf from 'Macbeth', 1947, signed, dated and inscribed 'Pour Paul Eluard, avec l'amitie de tujours pour la vie' in black ink, the full sheet, bound, sheet 227 x 150mm (9 x 5 7/8in); the book with 12 black and white illustrations, from the first edition, bound in printed boards, within the original illustrated card slipcase, printed at The Country Life Press, New York, published by Doubleday & Company Inc., New York, overall 245 x 162mm (9 5/8 x 6 3/8in) (vol)
Lot 46
WARNOCK 2nd Lt. ROBERT, 6th/7th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers (died 12 Aug.1916). Turnbull Robert (Ed.) Robert Warnock, Scout & Soldier. A collection of edited transcripts of Robert Warnock's letters, written while based in the Philippines (1911-1915) & serving in France (1915-1916), many illus., Glasgow, 1917; also Buchan John, The History of the Royal Scots Fusiliers (1678-1918), first edition, 1925 (passing ref. to Lieut. R. Warnock on page 357); Warnock family maroon photo album c.1901/1902 showing young Robert, mainly Glasgow/Scottish interest, last few pages show many scenes of 1901 International Exhibition in Glasgow (eg Russian Pavilion) & hardback notebook part filled with newspaper cuttings re. Robert Warnock's life (incl. his contribution to the Boy Scout movement) & death in service. (4).2nd Lieutenant Robert Warnock M.C., Royal Scots Fusiliers was killed in action in France in August 1916. He was educated at Glasgow High School where he was a member of the Cadet Corps, from which he passed on to the 1st Lanark Volunteers. When war broke out Lieutenant Warnock was in business in Manila with Messrs. Smith, Bell & Co. but at once proceeded to Hong Kong & enlisted. Being posted to the Royal Scots Fusiliers he came home to join his regiment early in 1915 & in the following October went to France, where for his gallant & distinguished services as machine gun officer of his battalion he was awarded the Military Cross. He was a remarkably good shot & often figured in the Bisley Prize Lists, more than once being well in the running for the King's Prize.
Lot 626
Cork Villa a late 19th century dolls’ house, With applied cork facade and chimneys, varnished wood door, window surrounds and coining, shingled roof, named and dated on front and rear opening to reveal two rooms, the first floor can be removed to make one large room for display —23½in. (59.5cm.) high (interior floor and back probably a replacement)
Lot 691
A Toy Boy/Sea Scout encampment, The Plymouth Division Deep Sea Scouts including Japanese celluloid Akela Scout Leader —7in. (18cm.) high and ten Scouts with red scarfs, a wooden cart, trestle table, benches, large oiled canvas tent, various sleeping tents, blankets, ground sheets, first aid kit, cricket bat, wooden wolf’s head and two box latrines, 1930-40s (one scout with cracked, bandaged head)
Lot 233
Ï’A Regency rosewood and satinwood crossbanded library table, circa 1815, in the manner of Gillows, the top with D-shaped ends, above two frieze drawers and two opposing frieze drawers, on tapering supports at each end, with moulded scroll feet terminating in brass castors, 74cm high, 153cm wide, 77cm deep Provenance: Court Lodge, Lamberhurst, Kent This table is conceived in the French antique manner promoted by Thomas Hope and illustrated in his London mansion museum guide, Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (1807). With its ‘Apollo’ Grecian-lyre trestles, the current table relates to sofa, writing and games tables popularised by Gillows in the first quarter of the 19th century. The solid tapering ‘Grecian’ trestle supports of the current table represent a departure from the more commonly seen ‘lyre’ or ‘spindle’ end supports. For a related rosewood writing table attributed to Gillows, see Christie’s, Important English Furniture, 29th November 2001, Lot 260 (£14,100). Ï’ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.
Lot 258
A Continental walnut and fruitwood crossbanded commode, first half 19th century, the grey veined variegated marble top with squared outset corners, above three long drawers incorporating fruitwood crossbanding, flanked by canted angles with simulated fluting, on square tapering feet, 83cm high, 132cm wide, 67cm deep
Lot 288A
A German royal armorial cut and engraved goblet and cover, first quarter 18th century, attributed to the workshop of Elias Rossbach, Zechlin, the ogee funnel bowl engraved with portrait of Friedrich I of Prussia, below the motto VIVAT FRIDERICUS BORUSSORUM REX, flanked by allegorical figures emblematic of victory and justice, the reverse with the Prussian royal arms, 21.5cm high LITERATURE Spiegl, Glas, München 1979 Abb.77
Lot 289
A Moser glass part table service, circa 1962, decorated with an acid-etched and gilt stylised foliate band and comprising: four champagne cups; fifteen red wine goblets; twenty-three white wine goblets; another single example smaller; twenty water tumblers; eleven liqueur glasses; a large water jug and a decanter and stopper, manufacturer's paper labels inscribed: Moser MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1857 - 1962, other similar labels dated: 1857-1957, with additional labels inscribed: FIRST QUALITY, some glasses with acid-etched factory marks
Lot 36
A set of eight gilt bronze three branch wall appliques in Régence taste, first quarter 20th century, the beaded and fluted sconces above square section foliate and guilloche cast arms issuing from conforming baluster backplates cast with floral finials and mask terminals, 54cm high, 43cm wide, 29cm protuberance Provenance: Property from a Private Collection.
Lot 39
Ï’A set of four Ceylonese ebony chairs, first half 19th century, each carved profusely with floral and foliate decoration throughout, each shaped back above multiple spindle splats, each caned seat above bobbin turned legs and stretchers, each 72cm high, 49cm wide, 44cm deep Ï’ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.
Lot 10
Stephens (John). Essayes and Characters, Ironicall, and Instructive. The second impression. With a new Satyre in defence of Common Law and Lawyers: Mixt with reproofe against their common enemy. With many new characters, & divers other things added; & everything amended, by John Stephens the yonger, of Lincolnes Inne Gent., printed by E: Allde for Phillip Knight, and are to be solde at his shop in Chancery lane over against the Rowles, 1615, A-Y8, Aa-Dd8, Ee1-4, 19 unnumbered preliminary pages & 434 pages of main text, neat contemporary ownership signature of ROB: Gord: to title, with price paid to top margin, contemporary limp vellum, hand-title in brown ink to spine 'Steephens Essayes', ties lacking, rubbed and some marks, small 8vo (Qty: 1)STC 23250; Pforzheimer 989; Gwendolen Murphy, English Character Books, pp. 29-31 (and p. 19 for the sixth edition of Overbury's Characters containing the attack on Stephens for calling actors 'rogues'). Published in the same year as the first edition, this collection of Theophrastian characters is the principal work by John Stephens, although he was also the author of a play entitled Cynthia's Revenge, or Menander's Extasy , which was published surreptitiously in 1639 with commendatory verses by Ben Jonson. This second impression or edition includes for the first time the 'Satyr In Defence of Common Law and Lawyers', and a riposte to the sixth and enlarged edition of Sir Thomas Overbury's Characters... together with... The Wife , itself issued in 1615 with a new piece entitled 'An Excellent Actor', in which the writer attacks John Stephens' literary abilities: 'the imitating Characterist is extreame idle in calling them Rogues... I would let his malicious ignorance understand, that Rogues are not to be imploide as maine ornaments to his Maiesties Reuels; but the itch of bestriding the Presse, or getting vp on the wodden Pacolet, hath defiled more innocent paper the ever did Laxative Physicke'. This additional piece, as well as 31 other additions is widely attributed to the playwright John Webster. In Stephens's Characters, besides the coxcomb, gamester, begging scholar, gaoler, informer, mercenary poet, huntsman, falconer, farmer, hostess, tapster, lawyer's clerk, scrivener and witch, is the 'common player' which derides the professional actor: 'a common player is a slow payer, seldom a purchaser, never a puritan. The Statute hath done wisely to acknowledg him a Rogue errant, for his chiefe essence is, A daily Counterfeit... When he doth hold conference upon the stage; and should looke directly in his fellows face; hee turnes about his voice into the assembly for applause-sake, like a Trumpeter in the fields, that shifts places to get an eccho' (pages 295-97). This second edition is also significant for the addition of the 'Essay the fourth entituled Reproofe. Or a defence for common Law & Lawyers...', which is a poetical reply to George Ruggle's play Ignoramus, acted twice before King James in March and May of that year, much to the annoyance of the legal profession, who were the subject of the play's ridicule.
Lot 100
Hope (Sir William). The Compleat Fencing-Master: In which is fully described the whole Guards, Parades and Lessons belonging to the Small-Sword; as also the best rules for playing against either artists or others, with blunts or sharps. Together with directions how to behave in single combat on horse-back: illustrated with figures engraven on copper-plates, representing the most necessary postures, 3rd edition, printed for Hugh Newman, 1697, 12 folding engraved plates, p. 167 misnumbered 197, cancel title detaching, some light toning and soiling, bookplate of William Herver of Clapham, contemporary speckled sheep, spine repaired, edges a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC R202450; Wing H2712A. A re-issue of the 1692 second edition, with cancel title leaf, of the first edition of 1687, originally published as The Scots fencing-master . William Hope authored several works on fencing, the first to be published in Britain on the subject.
Lot 101
Collier (Jeremy). A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage: together with the Sense of Antiquity upon this Argument, 2nd edition, for S. Keble, R. Sace, and H. Hindmarch, 1698, bound with: Settle (Elkanah), A Defence of Dramatick Poetry: being a Review of Mr. Collier's View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the Stage, 1st edition, for Eliz. Whitlock, 1698, 2 works in 1 volume, front free endpaper loosening, Collier's work signature L1 with marginal paper-flaw obscuring a side-note, Settle's work with half-title, light marginal spotting towards rear, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and calf, spine-label renewed, small section of restoration to front board, 8vo (18.6 x 11.8 cm ) (Qty: 1)Arnott & Robinson 285 & 304; ESTC R10121 & R16098; Wing C5264 & S2675bA; cf. Pforzheimer 189 (Collier, first edition). True second edition of Collier's famous polemic, entirely reset, with the catch-word 'thought' on A2 recto. There was another 'second edition', really a re-issue of the first edition with a cancel title-page, in which the catch-word is 'It'. For Sir John Vanbrugh's riposte to Collier see the following lot.
Lot 104
Huygens (Christian). The Celestial Worlds discover'd: or, Conjectures concerning the Inhabitants, Plants and Productions of the Worlds in the Planets, 1st edition in English, for Timothy Childe, 1698, A3 B1-L8, 5 engraved plates (4 folding), a few minor spots, later panelled calf, spine a little rubbed with neat repairs, 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: William Wilberforce (1759-1833), abolitionist (his bookplate). ESTC R5990; Wing H3859. First published in Latin under the title Cosmotheoros earlier the same year. Huygens was one of the first scientists to speculate on the possibility of extraterrestrial life on other planets in the solar system, concluding that the flora and fana of other planets would be similar to those of the earth and that the presence of liquid water was essential for life.
Lot 107
Bible; New Testament. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Newly Translated out of the Original Greek, and with the former Translations diligently Compared and Revised, Oxford: printed by the University-Printers, 1699, printed in double-column, a few tiny holes to title-page, final few gatherings toned, close-trimmed to top edge, marbled endpapers, verso of front free endpaper and adjacent preliminary blank with various manuscript ownership names and details, contemporary blind panelled black morocco, slight loss at head of spine, covers with engraved silver furniture comprising central escutcheon bearing monogram 'EMB', cornerpieces, and clasps, 12mo (Qty: 1)With inscriptions charting the book's history in the same family of eminent Norfolk Quakers over a 200-year period: 'Martha Barker married John Hudson ... Martha Barclay their Daughter married David Barclay & died April 20th 1763'; 'Keswick Library. This book was given by David Barclay after his first wife's death & their two daughters Martha who died a minor and unmarried and Agatha who became the wife of Richard Gurney'; and 'Jane Anderson, grand-daughter of Rosslyn Bruce and Rachel Gurney. Married to Charles Hampton, on July 24th, 1971'. The Gurney family were an extremely rich and influential family who were instrumental in the development of the city of Norwich. They established Gurney's Bank in 1770, which merged into Barclays in 1896. Social reformer Elizabeth Fry's father was John Gurney, a partner in Gurney's Bank, and her mother, Catherine, was a member of the Barclay family who were among the founders of Barclays Bank. Keswick Hall, near Norwich, was one of the principal seats of the Gurney family.
Lot 108
(Haudicquer de Blancourt, Jean). The Art of Glass. Shewing How to make all Sorts of Glass, Crystal and Enamel. Likewise the Making of Pearls, Precious Stones, China and Looking-Glasses. To which is added, The Method of Painting on Glass and Enameling. Also how to Extract the Colours from Minerals, Metals, Herbs and Flowers. A Work containing many Secrets and Curiosities never before Discovered. Illustrated with Proper Sculptures. Written Originally in French... With an Appendix, containing Exact Instructions for making Glass-Eyes of all Colours, 1st edition in English, printed for Dan. Brown, 1699, half-title present, 9 engraved plates (2 browned), verso of title-page with stain and abrasion to lower margin where strip of adhesive tape removed (showing through to recto), A6-8 and Aa3 with marginal soiling, N4 with lower outer blank corner torn away, upper hinge split between half-title and title, hinges reinforced, front endpapers with armorial bookplates, that to front free endpaper bearing the name Charles Dymoke Willaume, red sprinkled edges, contemporary Cambridge pane calf, sometime rebacked, rubbed, some wear to extremities (slight loss at head of spine, and adjacent portion of front joint splitting), 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC R16918; Wing H1150. First English translation of this important early treatise on glass-making, first published under the title De l'Art de la Verrie in 1697.
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Lot 110
['D. S.']. England's Happiness Improved: or, an Infalliable Way to get Riches, Encrease Plenty, and promote Pleasure. Containing The Art of making Wine of English Grapes, and other Fruit, equal to that of France and Spain ... The whole Art and Mistery of Distilling Brandy ... To make all Sorts of Plain and Purging Ales, Cyder, Mead, Matheglin, Rum, Rack, and many other useful Liquors. To Gather, Order, and Keep Fruit ... The Art and Mistery of Pickling Flowers, Fruits, Herbs, Buds, Roots, Fish, Flesh ... The whole Art and Mistery of Confectioner ... The Compleat Market-man, or Woman ... Particular Rules for good and frugal House-keeping, 2nd edition, printed for Roger Clavill, and sold by T. Leigh and D. Midwinter, 1699, spotting and browning, leaf A4 closely trimmed in lower margin shaving catch-word and signature mark, contemporary mottled sheep ruled in blind, remnants of old paper spine-label, 8vo (13.7 x 8.6 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: engraved bookplate of Ambrose Isted (c.1718-1780/1), of Ecton Hall, Northamptonshire. ESTC R229812; Wing E2977A; cf. Gable G19820 (first edtion, 1697) & G42433 (third edition, 1700; Gable with the erroneous date 1672); not in Bitting, Cagle, Oxford or Vicaire. Very rare: ESTC traces two copies in libraries world-wide. 'This is one of the earliest books in English that describes the planting and culture of vines in England, and the making of wine from grapes grown in England' (Gable). It was first published in 1697, and a third edition appeared in 1700 with the title Vinetum angliae and the author identified by the initials 'D. S'.
Lot 112
Blow (John ). Amphion Anglicus. A Work of Many Compositions, For One, Two, Three and Four Voices: with sevral accompagnements of Instrumental Music; and a Thorow-Bass to each Song: figur’d for an Organ, Harpsichord, or Theorboe-Lute, printed by William Pearson, for the Author, 1700, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White, title printed in red and black, preliminary leaves and 216 pages (portrait, a-b2, a-b2, unsigned advertisement leaf with Table of Songs to verso, B-Z2, Aa-Zz2, Aaa-Iii2), short closed marginal tear to foot of title, generally a good, clean copy, small pale green oval ownership stamp of B. F. Leavens to title and first leaf of dedication, later endpapers, 20 th century olive green plain morocco with red gilt morocco spine label, spine and head of upper cover faded to brown, folio (32 x 19.5 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: Benjamin Franklin Leavens (1817-1850), American church composer and author of The Service of Song (Boston, 1849). Day & Murrie, English Song-Books 1651-1702, 183; Wing B3353. The English composer John Blow (1649-1708) was organist at Westminster Abbey, a post he generously passed to his pupil Henry Purcell in 1679, until he resumed the role following Purcell’s untimely death in 1695. Blow’s music, alongside that of other English Baroque composers, has undergone a significant revival in recent decades, led particularly in England by Anthony Rooley with the Consort of Musicke, and Peter Holman and the Parley of Instruments. His Amphion Anglicus brings together both sacred and secular songs in a single publication, and is modelled on Purcell’s own collection of 1698, Orpheus Britannicus .
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Lot 113
Thumb Bible. Verbum Sempiternum, [by John Taylor], The Third Edition, with Amendments, 2 parts in one, printed for Tho James, [1700?], title-page preceded by imprimatur leaf dated October 6 1693 (often lacking), half-title, and engraved portrait frontispiece depicting 'His Illustrious Highness William Duke of Glocester', New Testament half-title preceding title to second part (former with small nick in fore-edge), blank at rear with inscription on verso 'Tryphena Russell Her Book 1708/9', preliminary blank with inscription on recto 'Philip Doddridge his Book given him by Miss Russell ye:4th:of May 1709', and further inscription dated 1802 on verso, also relating to the Doddridge family, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, original black morocco, slightly rubbed, tiny hole at head of spine, foot of spine a trifle bumped, raised bands, compartments gilt panelled, with quatrefoil tool in centre and roundels at corners, covers with border of gilt dotted roll between single fillets, enclosing a double fillet panel with central quatrefoil device surrounded by thistle and wheel tools, volute cornerpieces, brass clasp, 55 x 50 mm (2.25 x 2 ins) (Qty: 1)Philip Doddridge (1702-1751) was an English nonconformist minister, author and hymn writer who did much to advance the education of the poor. Tryphena Russell was the daughter of Lord James Russell, son of the first Duke of Bedford, and Elizabeth Lloyd. In 1725 she married British politician Thomas Scawen (d.1774) who in 1722 had inherited the property of an uncle, which included Carshalton Park in Sutton. Their daughter Tryphena married Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst. There are several references to Lady Russell in The Correspondence and Diary of Philip Doddridge , edited by his great grandson John Doddridge Humphreys and published between 1829 and 1831. Doddridge refers to Lady Russell as a valuable friend, makes mention of a certain mysterious pecuniary embarrassment surrounding her, and describes her sudden death at Reading, on the road from Bath, on 1st September 1736. ESTC R184925; Wing T527; see Bondy, pp. 13-15. A rare early thumb Bible.
Lot 116
'C. K.' Art's Master-Piece: or, A Companion for the Ingenious of either Sex. In Two Parts. I. The Art of Limning and Painting in Oil..., II. The Art of making Glass of Chrystal, of all sorts and Colours, and to prepare the Materials ... 2nd edition, printed for G. Conyers and J. Sprint, [1701?], engraved frontispiece, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, some corners curled (one tip torn away), final page and endpapers browned, late 19th century brown half calf, 12mo (Qty: 1)ESTC N16286; Wing lists the first, third and fourth editions only. First published in 1697, all editions are scarce. A fragile little publication, intended as a working book, our copy survives in remarkably good condition. It contains all manner of useful information: painting in oils, drawing, colouring mezzotints, japanning, dyeing, making perfumes and soap, making inks, enamelling, gilding, making wax flowers, soldering metals, making glass, etc.
Lot 117
Whole Duty of a Woman. The Whole Duty of a Woman: or a Guide to the Female Sex. From the Age of Sixteen to Sixty, etc. Being Directions, How Women of all Qualities and Conditions, ought to Behave themselves in the various Circumstances of this Life, for their Obtaining not only Present, but Future Happiness. I. Directions how to Obtain the Divine and Moral Vertues of Piety, Meekness. Modesty, Chastity, Humility, Compassion, Temperance and Affability, with their Advantages, and how to avoid the opposite Vices. II. The Duty of Virgins, Directing them what they ought to do, and what to avoid, for gaining all the Accomplishments required in that State. With the Whole Art of Love, &c. 3. The Whole Duty of a Wife. 4. The Whole Duty of Widow &c. Also Choice Receipts in Physick, and Chirurgery. With the Whole Art of Cookery, Preserving, Candying, Beautifying, &c. Written by a Lady, 3rd edition, London: J. Guillim, 1701, [6], 184pp., manuscript date at head of title 'Dec ye 17 1705', early ownership inscription of Joanna Whitmore Brackley to page 64 (D8 verso, in section relating to love, passion & the wedding day), some toning and light dampstaining mostly towards rear, later endpapers with blind stamp to front free endpaper, later speckled calf, recent black morocco title label, 12mo (Qty: 1)ESTC T63975; Maclean, p. 150; Oxford, p. 46; cf. Cagle 1052 for the first edition, 1695. Only three UK institutional locations found (British Library, Bodleian and National Library of Scotland). The work includes the observation that 'The sexes are made of different tempers, that the defects may be the better supplied, by mutual assistance. Our sex wants the others reason for our conduct, and their strength for our protection. Theirs want our gentleness to soften and entertain them, our looks have more strength than their laws; there is more power in our tears, than in their arguments; and therefore things prudently managed, will by degrees, bring over a husband to see his errors; and by acknowledging his failings, take care for the future, to amend them; but then the wifes gentleness and vertue, must be the mirror, wherein he must see the deformity of his irregularities'.
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Remmelin (Johann, & Michael Spaher of Tyrol). A Survey of the Microcosme: or, The Anatomy of the Bodies of Man and Woman. Wherein the skin, veins, arteries, nerves, muscles, viscera, bones and ligaments thereof are accurately delineated, and so disposed by pasting, as that all aparts of the said bodies, both internal and external, are exactly represented in their proper site. Useful for all physicians, chyrurgeons, statuaries, painters, &c., corrected by Clopton Havers, M.D. and Fellow of the Royal Society, 2nd edition, printed for Dan. Midwinter, and Tho. Leigh at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's-Church-Yard, 1702, printed title, engraved plate of the human body showing the skin and veins, 3 engraved plates or 'visio', with moveable parts, and 4 pages of description for the plates, generally in good condition, and understood to be complete with all hinged overlays, some light soiling to margins, first leaf of descriptive text with short closed tear to lower blank margin, without loss, not affecting text, contemporary marbled boards, heavily rubbed and marked, slim square folio (sheet size 42 x 32 cm/16.5 x 12.5 ins) (Qty: 1)ESTC T147736. Russell 697. A translation of the Catoptrum Microcosmici of 1613, and revised by Clopton Havers, the present work is one of the most elaborate large-scale early books with moveable parts, allowing the reader to learn human anatomy interactively with their own hands and eyes. The 'Microcosme' refers to the classical notion of the human body as a microcosm of the universe. The plates employ an ingenious system of overlays to reveal the successive anatomical features of the human body.
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Lemery (Louis). A Treatise of Foods, in General: First, The Difference and Choice which ought to be made of each Sort in particular. Secondly, The Good and Ill Effects produced by them. Thirdly, The Principles wherein they abound. And, Fourthly, The Time, Age and Constitution they suit with. To which are added, Remarks upon each Chapter; wherein their Nature and Uses are explained, according to the Principles of Chymistry and Mechanism, 1st edition in English, John Taylor, 1704, two leaves of publisher's adverts at rear, browning throughout, spotting and occasional stains, upper hinge split, contemporary speckled calf, upper joint slightly cracked, 8vo (Qty: 1)Axford, p. 397; Cagle 821; Maclean, p. 89; Oxford, p. 48; Vicaire 514. Originally published in French under the title Traité des aliments , Paris, 1702 (Cagle 276).
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[Defoe, Daniel]. The Consolidator: or Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon. Translated from the Lunar Language, by the author of the True-born English Man, 1st edition, Benjamin Bragg, 1705, half-title, worm-track repaired at foot of first few leaves, small piece of front endpaper torn away, some spotting and light toning, contemporary mottled calf, spine repaired at ends, a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)Rothschild 737.
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Dyeing. The Whole Art of Dying. In Two Parts. The First being an Experimental Discovery of all the most useful Secrets in Dying Silk, Wool, Linnen and the Manufactures thereof, as Practised in England, France, Spain, Holland and Germany… Written Originally in the German Language. The Second Part is a General Instruction for the Dying of Wools and Woollen Manufactures of all Colours; for the Culture of the Drugs used in the Tinctorial Art, as also for the Dying of Hats; Published by the especial Command of the present French King in that Language… Both which are Faithfully rendred into English from their Respective Originals, 1st edition, printed by William Pearson, for J. Sprint, Dan. Midwinter, G. Conyers, and Tho. Ballard, 1705, [20], 356pp., occasional spotting, minor pinprick worming and worm-tracing to upper outer corners of signatures K & L, lower blank outer corner of final leaf torn with loss, deleted early ink ownership inscription of Elias Newcomen to title-page, contemporary polished calf, rebacked with original spine and spine label relaid, rubbed, some edge and corner wear, 8vo (18.5 x 11.5 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: The work appears to have been owned by Elias Newcomen (1706-1765), the second son of Thomas Newcomen (1664-1729), inventor of the eponymous Newcomen steam engine in 1712. Elias followed his father’s interest in directing the erection of steam machinery. ESTC T80696; M. Ron, Bibliotheca Tinctoria, p. 36. 1. A very nice copy of a work of great rarity, the first comprehensive work on the subject to be published in English. ESTC locates five copies in the UK and four copies in North America. The original German book that made up part I of The Whole Art of Dying was the 1703 edition of a book originally published in 1685, Ars Tinctoria Experimentalis, oder curieuse Wollkommene Endecken der Faerbe-kunst . The second part is a translation of the 1683 German work Ars Tinctoria Fundamentalis, oder Gründliche Anweisung zur Färbenkunst , which was itself a translation of Colbert's 1669 work, Instruction genérale pour la teinture des laines et manufacture de laine de toutes couleurs et pour la culture des drogues ou ingrediens qu'on y emploie . It was this work which established ‘a standard for the French (later also for other European nations) dye industry. It gave both practical instructions and legal regulations on sizes, quality, and practices, together with a law, promulgated in 1669’.
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Dunton (John). Athenian Sport: or, Two Thousand Paradoxes Merrily Argued, To Amuse and Divert the Age … With Improvements from the Honourable Mr. Boyle, Lock, Norris, Collier, Cowley, Dryden, Garth, Addison, and other Illustrious Wits. By a member of the Athenian Society, 1 st edition, printed for B. Bragg, 1707, half-title, text in double column, 18 th century engraved bookplate of Edmondstoune of Newton to front pastedown, with related ink note above ‘Newtoun Decr 4 th 1751’, contemporary blind panelled calf, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Athenianism: or, The New Projects of Mr. John Dunton, Author of the Essay entitl'd, The Hazard of a Death-Bed-Repentance being, Six Hundred distinct Treatises (in Prose and Verse) written with his own hand; and is an entire collection of all his writings, both in manuscript, and such as were formerly printed. To which is added, Dunton's Fare Wel to Printing, Vol. I [all published], printed by Tho. Darrack... and are to be sold by John Morphew, 1710, engraved portrait frontispiece of John Dunton by Van der Gucht after E. Knight, [2], xiv, [16], 224, 360 pages, minor spotting and light soiling to title and a few preliminary leaves, modern antique-style blind-panelled full calf, with gilt morocco label to spine, 8vo (Qty: 2)Provenance (for the first work): James Edmondstoune of Newton in Perthshire. Parks 339 & 362. The first work is a collection in prose and verse, compiled by the eccentric writer and bookseller John Dunton (1659-1732). Subjects vary from the whimsical to the scatological, but focus chiefly on human foibles and ignorance, and the relationship of the sexes. The second, and scarcer title, Athenianism , complete with the only surviving portrait of the author (and often missing) consists of 24 'projects', or Satires on literature, history, religion, autobiography and science, much of which is in verse, including a poem on male prostitution entitled 'The He-Strumpets'.
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Hills (Henry, junior, printer). Sammelband of 30 poetry pamphlets, all but one Henry Hills pirate editions, 1708-10, including: Addison (Joseph), A Letter from Italy to the Right Honourable Charles, Lord Halifax, 1709, [ Dryden, John], The Medal. A Satyr against Sedition, 1709, [ ibid.], Lucretius ... With an Ode in Memory of ... Mrs. Ann Killigrew, 1709, ibid., Eleonora: a Panegyrical Poem, 1709, [Gay, John], Wine. A Poem. To which is added, Old England's New Triumph: Or, the Battle of Audenard. A Song, 1709, [Gould, Robert], Love given over: or, a Satyr against the Pride, Lust, and Inconstancy, etc., of Woman. With Sylvia's Revenge, 1710, [Swift, Jonathan], Baucis and Philemon ... Together with Mrs. Harris's Earnest Petition: and an Admirable Recipe. As also an Ode upon Solitude: by the Earl of Roscommon, 1710, and 23 others, by John Philips, William Plaxton, Edward Ward, and other authors, variable browning, pagination shaved in a few leaves, price effaced from The Medal title-page, the paper worn through, one work (Philips's Pastorals, 1710) a little chipped in lower margins and with a long closed tear in leaf A7, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and relined, 8vo (17.8 x 10.6 cm) (Qty: 1)Foxon A40, D460, D458, D455, G92, G231, S803; Rothschild 2006-7 and Teerink 522 for Swift. 'Hills's notoriety stemmed from his activities during 1708–9 when he pirated a multitude of short literary works (including pieces by Dryden, Rochester, Congreve, Defoe, and Swift) and sermons—all sold very cheaply and claiming to be published for the benefit of the poor' (ODNB). He died in 1712, and in 1717 a number of his remainders were re-issued as A Collection of the Best English Poetry (1717). Wine was John Gay's first publication. The first edition, printed in 1708 by William Keble, in folio format, is famously rare.
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Nourse (Timothy). The Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd. Containing several New and Advantageous Ways of Tillage, Sowing, Planting, Manureing and Improving of all sorts of Meadows, Pasture, Corn-land, Woods, Gardens, Orchards, and also of Fruit for Cyder and Perry... , the third edition, to which is added, The Compleat Collier: or, An Account how to Find and Work Coal, and Coal-Mines, the like never before printed, George Conyers, 1708, engraved frontispiece (a little frayed at foot of gutter margin), title-page of 'The Compleat Collier' to general title-page verso, 'An Analytical Account of the Argument' and Contents leaf following title with A2 as a stub, 6 pp. publisher's ads before 'The Compleat Collier' at rear, some spotting, browning and old damp-staining throughout, engraved armorial bookplate of 'Hugh Rose of Kilraick, 1709', hinges cracked, contemporary calf with remains of manuscript paper spine labels, rubbed, chipped at foot of upper joint, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC T131546, giving two British and two North American locations only. This is a re-issue of the 1700 edition of Nourse's Campania Foelix , with the original title-page, with a change of title and the edition of 'The Compleat Collier', with separate pagination (22 pp.) bound at the rear: this is the first book on coal mining and was reprinted separately in the same year with the title of The Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd , by Timothy Nourse to verso.
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'A Person of Quality'. Serious and Comical Essays, viz. On the Town, The Art of Pleasing in Women ... Swearing and Profane Jesting ... etc. With Ingenious Letters Amorous and Gallant. Occasional Thoughts and Reflections on Men and Manners. Also the English Epigrammatist, and the Instructive Library. To which is added, Satyrical and Panegyrical Characters. Fitted to the Humours of the Time, 2nd edition, J. King, 1710, spotting and browning, contemporary verse inscription signed Mary Palmer to rear blank, c.1900 maroon morocco gilt, joints and tips slightly rubbed, 8vo (18.5 x 10.9 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: John Webster Forbes and Ellert Webster Forbes (engraved bookplate). ESTC T131734. Rare: ESTC traces four copies in libraries world-wide. There was a first edition in 1707, of comparable scarcity.
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