Fashion. A pair of watercolours of country houses incorporating cut-out engraved female figures from fashion plates, late 19th century, together two watercolour drawings, the first depicting an Elizabethan manor house with ten cut-out hand-coloured engraved figures in Regency dress arranged on the lawn in front, annotated in contemporary manuscript to lower margin below image giving details of the type of costume worn between 1818 and 1820 (Evening Dress, Walking Dress, Cottage Dress, etc.), the other depicting a large dwelling with two wings joined by a veranda, with 15 cut-out hand-coloured engraved figures on the lawn in front arranged around two hand-drawn picnic tables, with manuscript date 1847 in a contemporary hand to lower left margin below image, each approximately 29 x 46 cm (11.5 x 18 ins), matching mounts and glazed frames (Qty: 2)
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Rivière (Lazare). The Practice of Physick, in Seventeen several Books. Wherein is plainly set forth, the Nature, Cause, Differences, and Several sorts of Signs; Together with the Cure of all Diseases in the Body. By Nicholas Culpeper ... Abdiah Cole ... William Rowland. Being chiefly a Translation of the Works of that Learned and Renowned Doctor Lazarus Riverius, printed by John Streater, 1672, engraved frontispiece with 4 medallion portraits, woodcut head and tailpieces, marginal stipple-form staining to a few leaves, small spill-burns in H3 and 2A1 affecting one letter in the latter, closed marginal tear in 3U4, small hole in [superscript 2]2P2 to loss of text, mid-19th-century tan half calf, rubbed, folio (28.7 x 18.7 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC R214736; Wing R1563. First published in 1655.
Torriano (Giovanni). The Italian Reviv'd: or, The Introduction to the Italian Tongue... A New Store-house of Proper and Choice Dialogues, [with] Choice Italian Dialogues, Printed by T.R. for J. Martyn, [with] Mescolanza Dolce di Varie Historiette, Appresso Tomaso Roycroft, ad istanza Giovanni Martino, 3 parts in one volume, 1st edition, 1673, [8], 352, [2], 150pp., engraved frontispiece, separate title-page to each part, first two parts paginated as one, a few scattered minor ink marginalia, armorial bookplate of William Gordon Ross, Royal Engineers, to main title verso, 19th-century ownership inscription of Edward De L’Or to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, joints cracked, leather spine label chipped, heavily rubbed, some edge and corner wear, 8vo (17.7 x 11 cm) (Qty: 1)Wing T1921. The engraved frontispiece which appears integral and correct is not recorded in any other copy we have located, nor does it appear in the 1689 edition. Torriano had been one of the many members of the book trade to be devastated by the effects of the Great Fire of London in 1666, which saw the destruction of his edition of Florio’s dictionary. This book seeks to redress the loss of the Italian dictionaries and grammars in the Fire, and consists of an Italian grammar, 234 proverbs in Italian and English, and some three dozen bilingual dialogues describing situations that a traveler might experience in Italy, including an interesting dialogue in a bookshop: Italian: How would you have them, in quires, or bound? Stranger: Either in quires, or stitcht up [ligati alla rustica], that they may be bound up afterwards, when I am in my own Countrey, for there they bind more neatly [più politamente] than they do here. Italian: As to binding, we yield to the Strangers beyond the Alpes …
Reynell (Carew). The True English Interest: or an Account of the Chief National Improvements; in some Political Observations, demonstrating an Infallible Advance of this Nation to Infinite Wealth and Greatness, Trade and Populacy, with Imployment, and Preferment for all Persons, 1st edition, for Giles Widdowes, 1674, initial imprimatur leaf with woodcut dragon device recto, 2 terminal advertisment leaves, spill-burn to C8 affecting one letter either side, restored at an early date with a small pasted slip, contemporary blind-ruled sheep, rebacked in the 19th century, rubbed, 8vo (16.5 x 10 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont (1683-1748; bookplate dated 1702 to title-page verso, with Perceval styled 'Sr John Percivale Baronet'); the library at Castle Freke, seat of the Evans-Freke baronets and subsequently the barons Carbery (bookplate). Anglo-Irish politician Perceval was 'instrumental in the founding of the colony of Georgia' (ODNB) and named as the first president of the colony's trustees in the royal charter authorizing its founding in 1732. ESTC R36784; Kress 1369; Sabin 70402; Wing R1215. 'A concise and well-argued survey of the British economy from the protectionist and mercantile point of view' (ODNB), including an account of English and Spanish plantations in North and South America and the West Indies (particularly New England, Jamaica and Barbados).
Godfrey (Robert). Various Injuries & Abuses in Chymical and Galenical Physick: committed both by Physicians & Apothecaries, detected. For the benefit of such, who being concientious and studious in Physick, aim chiefly at the welfare of the sick. And of those patients, whether rich or poor, who are willing to preserve their lives & healths, 1st edition, printed by John Darby, for Richard Jones, at The Golden Lion in Little Brittain, 1674, A1 (blank) not present, 14 preliminary pages, 208 pages of main text, a few minor marks (small rust hole to blank fore-edge of B3), but generally in good clean condition internally, later ownership signature H. Seymer to inside front cover, contemporary full calf with blind double-rule to edges of both covers, rebacked, incorporating old red morocco gilt title label (Qty: 1)ESTC R21846 ; Wellcome III p.129; Wing G927. Uncommon. Seven copies only in UK libraries. Robert Godfrey is the originator of the colloquial phrase 'do as you would be done by', better known as the Golden Rule, which first appeared in the present work.
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[Partridge, John]. The Treasurie of Hidden Secrets. Commonlie called, the Good-huswives Closet of provision for the health of her Houshold. Gathered out of sundry experiments, lately practised by men of great knowledge: And now newly enlarged, with divers necessary physicke helpes, and knowledge of the names and naturall disposition of diseases, that most commonly happen to men and women, printed by I. R. for Edward White, 1600, title with woodcut device, main text in black letter, occasional underlining, some soiling and small water stains, previous owner inscription of Henry Lovett, October 1693 to one front endpaper, ownership inscription of Martin Orskey dated 1957 to front pastedown, modern limp vellum, light discolouration, slipcase, small 4to (Qty: 1)ESTC S120133; STC 19430. First published in 1573 as The Treasurie of Commodious Secrets , this was one Partridge's most popular works, alongside The Widowes Treasure (1582).
Petty (Sir William). The Discourse Made Before The Royal Society, the 26th. of November 1674. Concerning the Use of Duplicate Proportion in Sundry Important Particulars: together with a new hypothesis of springing or elastique motions, 1st edition, printed for John Martyn, printer to The Royal Society, at the Bell in St. Pauls Churchyard, 1674, [28] + 135 pages, including imprimatur leaf before title, and errata leaf before main text, licence leaf before title (with contemporary ownership inscription in ink to recto of imprimatur leaf 'E libris Mauritii Wheeler ex Aede Christi. 1675', inscription in Greek to head of title (probably by the same hand), 18th century bookplate of George Paton, Custom House, Edinburgh, with blazon of a cubit arm holding a rose, and motto 'virtute viget', contemporary English calf, some marks and wear, recased with original spine laid down, lower outer corners showing, 12mo (Qty: 1)Provenance: Maurice Wheeler (1647/8-1727), chaplain and tutor at Christ Church, Oxford, and author of the first Oxford Almanack issued in 1673, Master of College School, Gloucester from 1684 to 1712 and Gloucester Cathedral Librarian from 1709; George Paton (1721-1807), founder member of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, whose extensive library, partly inherited from his father John Paton, a prominent Edinburgh bookseller, was sold by auction at Ross' Saleroom, 63 South-Bridge Street, Edinburgh on the 27th February 1809, and twenty-three subsequent evenings. Keynes 16; Wing P1919. Petty explains in his dedication that his object is 'to explain the Intricate Notions, or Philosophia Prima of Place, Time, Motion, Elasticity, &c. in a way which the meanest Member of adult Mankind is capable of understanding', and 'to excite the World to the study of a little Mathematicks, by shewing the use of Duplicate Proportions in some of the most weighty of Humane affairs'. In the final section of this work, 'An Appendix of Elasticity', Petty proposes a theory of atomic structure in which atoms 'whereof perhaps a Million do not make up one visible Corpusculum', are tiny magnets of opposing sexes. This view, however, was attacked by Thomas Barlow, Bishop of Lincoln in his Genuine Remains (1693).
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[Boursault, Edmé]. The Prince of Conde. Made English, 1st edition in English, printed for H. Herringman, 1675, with the initial blank (A1), woodcut initials, moderate browning, pale shallow tide-mark in top margin of quires D-F, small hole in G10 partially affecting one letter in catchword recto, bookplate of Martin and Josephine Orskey to front free endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, twin red and green labels, 12mo (14.5 x 8.5 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: From the library of the earls of Guildford at Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire (engraved bookplate). ESTC R19455; Letellier, The English Novel 1660-1700 , p. 206; Wing B3860. Rare English translation of a little-known nouvelle by the French playwright and protégé of the Corneille brothers, first published in French earlier the same year. ESTC traces eight copies world-wide.
Woolley (Hannah). The Queen-like Closet, or Rich Cabinet: Stored with all manner of Rare Receipts for Preserving, Candying and Cookery. Very Pleasant and Beneficial to all Ingenious Persons of the Female Sex. To which is added, A supplement, presented to all ingenious ladies, and gentlewomen, 2 parts (and supplement) in 1 volume, 3rd edition, Richard Lowndes, 1675, [12], 344, [44], 200 pp., verso of license leaf with contemporary ownership signature, date and purchase price 'Narcissus Luttrell His Book 1676 pre:2s 6d' additional engraved title, letterpress title with faint ink stamp and first line of title and author's surname underlined in early ink, also with 18th-century bookplate of Jane Brooke to verso, second part title and supplement title both with imprint dated 1674, leaf F2 of supplement torn to lower outer corner with slight loss to last letter of catchword and with small hole to centre of leaf touching few letters, slight marginal fraying to last few leaves at rear of volume, late-20th-century panelled calf to style, richly gilt spine, 12mo (Qty: 1)Provenance: ownership inscription of Narcissus Luttrell (1657-1732), noted annalist, politician and bibliophile. Luttrell was twice member of parliament for different Cornwall seats (1679-1680 and 1691-1695), during which time he kept an important parliamentary diary, while his chronicle of contemporary events was used by Macaulay for his History of England and in 1857 published as A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714. He also formed one of the most impressive private libraries of his time, which was especially strong in poetry and Elizabethan literature; usefully for book historians he often annotated his books with the price he had paid for them. After his death the library was eventually sold by Leigh and Sotheby in a twelve-day sale commencing on 6 March 1786, while his manuscripts were bequeathed to All Souls, Oxford. Many of his books were acquired by the great collectors James Bindley and Richard Heber, who subsequently loaned a number of them to Sir Walter Scott for his edition of Dryden, which appeared in 1808, Scott remarking in his preface that 'the industrious collector seems to have bought every poetical tract, of whatever merit, which was hawked through the streets in his time, marking carefully the price and date of the purchase. His collection contains the earliest editions of many of our most excellent poems, bound up, according to the order of time, with the lowest trash of Grub Street'. Bitting p. 504; Cagle 1063; ESTC R221176; Oxford p. 35 note; Wing W3284 and W3287 (Supplement); see De Ricci, English Collectors of Books & Manuscripts (1530-1930) pp. 29-30 for Luttrell.
Vaughan (Rice). A Discourse of Coin and Coinage: The first Invention, Use, Matter, Forms, Proportions, and Differences, Ancient and Modern: with the Advantages and Disadvantages of the Rise or Fall thereof, in our own or Neighbouring Nations: and the Reasons, 1st edition, printed by Th[omas] Dawks, for Th[omas] Basset, 1675, closed transverse tear in leaf A2, K4 chipped in lower margin just affecting catch-word recto, 18th-century ownership inscription 'Henry Langford Brown' to initial blank, large engraved armorial bookplate (unnamed) to front pastedown, contemporary sheep, head of spine worn, 12mo (15 x 8.4 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC R24652; Goldsmiths' 2131; Kress 1394; Wing V131. Rare early English treatise on money, believed to have originally been written in the 1630s, and containing among other things an early elucidation of the principle now known as Gresham's law.
Debes (Lucas Jacobsen). Faeroae, & Foeroareserata: that is A Description of the Islands & Inhabitants of Foeroe: being seventeen islands, subject to the King of Denmark lying under 62 deg. 10 min. of North Latitude, Wherein several secrets of Nature are brought to Light, and some Antiquities hithero kept in darkness are discovered, Written in Danish by Lucas Jacobson Debes, M.A. and Provost of the Churches there. English'd by J.S. Doctor of Physick, printed by F.L. for William Iles, at the Flower-de-Luce in Little-Brittain, over against St. Bartholomews Gate, 1676, [24] + 408 pages, folding engraved map facing title (bound upside-down), and folding engraving of the whirlpool of Sumsoe, contemporary blind-ruled sprinkled full calf, a little rubbed and slight wear to joints, 12mo (Qty: 1)Wing D511. First English translation by John Sterpin of a work first published in Danish in 1673, containing the first detailed map of the Faroe Islands. Lucas Jacobson Debes (1623-1675) was a Danish priest who came to the Faroes in 1652, and became head of the grammar school there.
Phillippes (Henry). The Purchasers Pattern, much enlarged. The First Part, shewing the True Value of Land or Houses, by Lease, or Otherwise... The Second Part, shews the Measuring of Land, Board, Timber... with Tables of the Excise of Beer and Ale... , '5th' edition, Ben. Billingsley, and Samuel Crouch, 1676, some heavy spotting and browning, split to lower margin of B1, early ownership signature of Wm. Forbes to title, a few early ink marginalia and annotations to Kalendar, book ticket of Martin & Josephine Orskey, all edges gilt, 20th-century gilt-decorated mottled calf by Riviere, lightly rubbed on joints, 12mo (12 x 6.8 cm) (Qty: 1)Kress S1444; Wing P2055. The first part of this edition contains information and advice for the speculator interested in buying the ground plots and foundations of houses burnt during the great fire of 1666. In a preface Phillippes laments that all copies of former editions were destroyed in the fire and he therefore prints this new edition to help rebuild the city 'in a more convenient and beautiful Form and Fashion'. At the end with separate title (dated 1677) is Phillippe's 'A Constant Kalendar or, an Alamanack for 300 Years, but more exactly serving for the next XIX Years, Being the Circle of the Moon, or the Golden Number, Beginning the Year of our Lord, 1655'.
Graaf (Reinier de). De Secco Pancreatico: Or, A Physical and Anatomical Treatise of the Nature and Office of the Pancreatick Juice ... translated by Christopher Pack, 1st edition in English, N. Brook, 1676, woodcut printer's device to title, three engraved plates including two folding, a few dark spots to first plate and some creasing, soiling and splitting to lower blank fold of third plate, some occasional spotting, ink ownership signature to front pastedown, 'Ex libris Thomae Lucas, anno 1727', all edges gilt, contemporary blind-panelled calf with Lucas's blind-stamped monogram to both covers, rubbed and some corner wear, neatly rebacked, 8vo (17 x 10 cm) (Qty: 1)BMI I 168; NLM/Krivatsy 4913; Norman 924; Wing G1463. This rare first edition in English was translated from Graaf's second edition (1671) by Christopher Packe (fl. 1670-1711), 'a quack physician whose several publications were chiefly designed to advertise his own nostrums' (Norman).
Child-rearing . The Fathers Legacy: or, Counsels to His Children. In Three Parts. Containing the Whole Duty of Man, I. To God. II. To Himself. III. To Man in all Conditions, 1st edition, printed for Henry Brome, 1678, full-page engraved royal coat-of-arms facing title, 5 leaves of preface, to pages, plus 4 leaves of contents, and one leaf of publisher's advertisement at end, contemporary blind-panelled sheep, rubbed and some marks to joints, minor wear to head of spine, contents near-detached from the binding, 8vo, together with: [Hill, John]. On the Management and Education of Children, A Series of Letters written to a Neice; By the Honorable Juliana-Susannah Seymour, printed for R. Baldwin, 1754, viii + 282 pages, plus single advert leaf at end, the first leaf a half-title with publisher's advertisement to verso, light marginal browning to first and last few leaves, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed and a little wear to joints and extremities, upper joint partly cracked, 12mo (Qty: 2)Wing F555 for the first item.
Harvey (Gideon). The Family-Physician, and the House-Apothecary, Containing I. Medicines against all such Diseases people usually advise with Apothecaries to be cured of. II. Instructions, whereby to prepare at your own Houses all kinds of necessary Medicines... III. The exact Prices of all Drugs, Herbs, Seeds... IV. That it's plainly made to appear, that in preparing Medicines thus at your own Houses, that it's not onely a far safer way, but you shall also save Nineteen Shillings in Twenty, comparing it with the extravagant Rates of many Apothecaries, The Second Edition, Revised by the Author, printed for M.R[ooks], 1678, generally toned (especially to first and final leaves), some corners curling, first third of volume with minor worming to upper blank gutter margin, B6 with small hole in blank fore-margin, Martin Orksey's initials in ink on rear pastedown, red sprinkled edges, modern blind panelled calf, 12mo (Qty: 1)ESTC R13943; Wellcome III, p.218; Wing H1065. First published in 1676.
Royal binding. An Abridgment of the English Military Discipline, 2nd edition, printed by John Bill, Christopher Barker, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, 1678, engraved illustration to p. 82, typographic diagram to p. 114, both full-page, early annotations to initial blank, all edges gilt, contemporary red goatskin gilt for King Charles II by Samuel Mearne, Charles's royal cipher with palm branches and crown to spine compartments and surrounding a French-fillet central panel to covers, 8vo (15 x 9 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: Charles II (1630-1685), king of England, Scotland and Ireland (armorial binding); 'W. Gillard, 1770'; (ownership inscription to title-page); 'Christ. Coleman' (ownership inscription in an 18th-century hand to page 1); Cortlandt F. Bishop (1870-1934), American aviator and bibliophile (gilt bookplate to front pastedown); armorial bookplate with monogram 'OHP' and motto 'Never failing friends' to front pastedown. ESTC R173117 (tracing three copies only: British Library; St Asaph's Cathedral; University College Wales); Wing A102B (A102A for the first edition, printed in 1676 'by the assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker', one copy traced on ESTC); see further Nixon, English Restoration Bookbindings: Samuel Mearne and his Contemporaries , especially pages 10-18 and plates 2, 6 and 7.
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[Badcock, William]. A Touch-stone for Gold & Silver Wares. Directing all Buyers of large Plate, or Small Works, (as silver or gold hilts, buckles, watch-cases, pins and studs in watch-cases, Money-Boxes, Tobacco-Boxes, bells and sockets for Corals, buttons and tags for garments ... second edition, corrected and much enlarged; by W.B. of London, Goldsmith, printed for J. Balinger and T. Basset, 1679, engraved frontispiece, imprimatur leaf before title (with key to the frontispiece printed to recto), engraved plate bound in before F2, separate title-page for Reynolds' Tables, 18th-century engraved bookplate with monogram CL and motto 'De Praescenti Dei' (see note), 20th-century bookplate of Martin and Josephine Orskey to front endpaper, marbled edges, contemporary mottled full calf with gilt arms of Lord Viscount Courtenay to front cover, rubbed and some wear to joints and edges (with neat repairs to head and foot of spine and outer corners), 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: William, 1st Viscount Courtenay (1709-1762), of Powderham Castle, near Exeter, Devon (armorial binding); Charles Lyttelton (1714-1768), antiquary, Dean of Exeter 1748-1762, Bishop of Carlisle 1762-1768 (engraved bookplate). Goldsmiths' 151; Wing B381. A careful guide to the legal statutes and regulations of the Goldsmiths' Company, relating to the fineness, marking and assaying of gold and silver plate. First published in 1677.
Clavell (Robert). The General Catalogue of Books printed in England since the Dreadful Fire of London MDCLXVII. To the End of Trinity-Term MDCLXXXX. Together with the Texts of Single Sermons, with the Authors Names: Playes acted at both the Theaters: and an Abstract of the General Bills of Mortality since 1660 ... To which is now added a Catalogue of Latin Books printed in Foreign Parts and in England since the Year MDCLXXX, 3rd edition, printed by S. Roycroft for Robert Clavel l, 1680, pi4 A-G2 [dagger]4 H-3b2, bound with: [Drop-head title] A Catalogue of Books continued, printed and Published at London in Michaelmas-Term, 1680, Numb. I [-Trinity Term, 1683. Numb. 12], i.e. 12 supplementary numbers, discretely paginated with continuous register A-2K2, variable browning through entire volume, a few marks and stains, stab-holes visible in gutter and upper margins, General Catalogue title-page water-stained, short closed tear in 2X2, 2Z1-2 transposed, contemporary speckled sheep, head of spine repaired, a few scuffs to covers, section of skilful restoration to rear board, folio (30 x 19.6 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC R12389; Wing C4601. As can be surmised from the title, Clavell's catalogues are not only an indispensable source for the history of the English book trade but also for the cultural and everyday life of Restoration London. The first edition was published in 1673, inevitably a much shorter treatment at some 80 pages only; all editions are rare. ESTC does not record the twelve supplementary numbers bound in at the rear of this volume, which continue the main catalogue up to 1683.
Leigh (Edward). The Gentlemans Guide, in three Discourses. First, of Travel, or a Guide for Travellers into Foreign Parts. Secondly, of Money or Coyns. Thirdly, of Measuring of the Distance between Place and Place, 1st edition, 2nd issue, for William Whitwood, 1680, divisional title-pages, woodcut initials, small early ink annotation to margin of title-page, contemporary blind-ruled sheep, spine and extremities rubbed, small 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: Thomas Bayly, Gent. (engraved armorial bookplate, dated 1707; ownership inscription to initial blank). ESTC R37598 (tracing eight copies world-wide); Wing L996; not in Kress (see Kress 1293 for the first issue). 'A reissue, with cancel title page, of the [first] edition published 1671 under title: Three diatribes or discourses of travel ' (ESTC). No other copy traced in auction records since 1965.
Mynsicht (Adrian von). Thesaurus & Armamentarium Medico-Chymicum: or A Treasury of Physick. With the most secret way of preparing remedies against all diseases. Obtained by Labour, confirmed by Practice, and published out of goodwill to Mankind..., faithfully Rendred into English by John Partridge Physician to His Majesty, printed by J.M. for Awnsham Churchill, 1682, engraved portrait frontispiece of John Partridge by R. White, publisher's advertisement to verso of final leaf, 18th century panelled calf, modern anitque-style reback with gilt morocco title label to spine, 8vo, together with: Boulton (Richard). Physico-Chyrurgical Treatises of the Gout, the King's-Evil and the Lues Venerea, printed for W. Brand and J. Kent, 1714, 4 titles (the last 3 all dated 1713), first title with some spotting and light overall browning, contemporary ownership signature to front endpaper of Thomas Holden, contemporary blind-panelled full calf, a little rubbed and slight wear to joints, 8vo (Qty: 2)Wing M3177 for Mynsicht.
Ercker (Lazarus, & John Pettus ). Fleta minor. The Laws of Art and Nature, in Knowing, Judging, Assaying, Fining, Refining and Inlarging the Bodies of Confin'd Metals. In Two Parts. The First contains Assays of Lazarus Erckern ... now translated into English. The Second contains Essays on Metallick Words, alphabetically composed, as a Dictionary, by Sir John Pettus, printed for the author by Thomas Dawks, 1683, 2 parts in one volume, engraved frontispiece portrait by R. White, and 43 copper-engraved illustrations, numerous ornate opening initials, minor marginal fraying to frontispiece and title, a very good copy with wide margins, early ownership inscription 'James Hamilton' to title-page (see note), some spotting and browning, G1 with small piece torn from margin, H1v and H2r soiled, signature Z in duplicate, [C]2 holed and slightly torn at lower margin, without final blank in each vol.) Contemporary blind-panelled mottled full calf, some marks, discreet restoration to head and foot of spine, folio (35.5 x 22.4 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: possibly James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton (1658-1712), famously killed in a duel on the 15 th November 1712 over the inheritance of the Macclesfield estate, or James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton (1703-1743), early governor of the Foundling Hospital, London, and a fellow of the Royal Society. ESTC R5570; Hoover 633; Wing P1906; Wellcome II, 527. The first part is a translation of Ercken's Beschreibung aller fürnemisten mineralishcen Ertzt- und Berckwercksarten . The author of the second part, Sir John Pettus (1613-1690), was appointed deputy governor of the royal mines by Cromwell in 1655, a position he held until his death 35 years later. Having spent more than £20,000 on the royalist cause during the Civil War, he appears to have been imprisoned for debt several times in later life, and it has been suggested that Fleta Minor was composed in Fleet Prison.
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[Pallavicino, Ferrante]. The Whores Rhetorick, calculated to the meridian of London; and conformed to the Rules of Art. In two Dialogues, 1st edition in English, printed for George Shell, in Stone-Cutter-Street in Shoe-Laine, 1683, A-K12, L1-6, title within double-rule border, Epistle Dedicatory 'To the most famous University of London-Courtezans', by Philo-Puttanus, Epistle to the Reader, and main text (222 numbered pages), a few scattered spots (text generally in very good, clean condition), contemporary ink ownership signature of Jo. White to title, later neat ink signature of M. Orskey and date 1956 to verso of front endpaper, marbled endpapers, fine late 19th or early 20th century elaborately gilt-decorated crushed turquoise morocco, a few minor marks to extremities, 12mo (Qty: 1)Grolier, Wither to Prior 973; Wing P213. Ferrante Pallavicino (1616-1644), an Italian Augustinian monk and satirist of the Catholic Church, and especially the Jesuits and the ruling Barberini pontificate, was eventually beheaded at Avignon at the age of just 28 for his anti-clerical writings. Written in the form of a dialogue in 15 lessons between an aged prostitute and her naive apprentice, The Whore's Rhetorick draws a clear parallel between the use of rhetoric, associated with the Jesuits, and the art of erotic seduction. This anonymous English adaptation uses Pallavicino's original text as a means of witty commentary on the state of Restoration society under Charles II (r. 1660-1685). The publisher John Wickens was fined for issuing this work in 1683, although it was officially approved the following year (see The Library 5th Series 44, 1969, No. 1). Rare. No copy of this first edition in English in auction records. Four institutional copies located in the UK (BL, Oxford, University of London and Wellcome Library).
Hartman (George). The True Preserver and Restorer of Health: being a choice Collection of Select and Experienced Remedies for all Distempers incident to Men, Women and Children. Selected from, and Experienced by the most Famous Physicians and Chyrurgions of Europe. Together with Excellent Directions for Cookery; as also for Preserving, and Conserving, and making all sorts of Metheglin, Sider, Cherry-Wine, &c. With the Description of an Ingenious and Useful Engin for Dressing of Meat, and for Distilling the Choicest Cordial Waters without Wood, Coals, Candle, or Oyl, 2nd edition, with additions, published for the publick good by G. Hartman, Chymist, London: Printed by T.B. and are are to be sold by Randol Taylor near Stationers Hall, 1684, bookseller's blind stamp to general title, folding engraved plate and full-page woodcut plate, separate title to second part dated 1682, slight burn damage to running title of leaves L1 & L2, short closed tear to X3, few other minor marginal tears, toning and occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, joints and head & foot of spine neatly repaired, later red morocco title label, corners repaired, 8vo (Qty: 1)Bitting, p. 218; ESTC R177865; Oxford, p. 41; Wing H1005; cf. Cagle 727 (first edition, 1682).
Accademia Del Cimento. Essayes of Natural Experiments made in the Academie del Cimento, under the protection of the most Serene Prince Leopold of Tuscany, Englished by Richard Waller, Fellow of the Royal Society, 1st and only edition in English, printed for Benjamin Alsop, 1684, engraved allegorical frontispiece after Waller, 19 engraved plates, R2 with marginal tear and loss, a little light spotting and toning, later calf, a little rubbed with some pitting to covers, 4to (Qty: 1)Wheeler 196; Wing A161. First published in Florence in 1666, the book contains reports of experiments and researches undertaken at the Accademia del Cimento. It describes experiments on air pressures, freezing of water, an early account of Torricelli's invention of the barometer, thermometer, electrical and magnetic experiments, measurements of the velocity of sound and light, temperature among others.
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[Courtin, Antoine de]. The Rules of Civilty; or, Certain Ways of Deportment observed amongst all Persons of Quality upon several Occasions. Newly revised and much Enlarged, printed for R. Chiswell, 1685, lacking A1 as often (blank?), ink ownership name on title-page 'Will: Murray 1708' (and name of author pencilled below in a later hand), generally toned, one or two gatherings with some light damp-staining to lower blank margin, hinges split, front pastedown with signature of Martin Orskey dated 1953 and book ticket of Sir Arthur Gordon, front free endpaper with ink inscription 'William Murray aught this book feb. 26. 1699' (with various early pen-trials below), contemporary speckled sheep, rubbed and with slight loss at spine ends, upper joint split, 12mo (Qty: 1)ESTC R14935; Wing C6605. First published under the title Nouveau traité de la civilité in Paris in 1671, the work is full of sage advice for those not wishing to commit a faux pas in refined society: 'It is indecent, in the Company of Ladies, or any other serious persons, to pull off your Cloak, to pull off your Periwig or Doublet, to pair your nails, to pick your teeth, to scratch your head, or any other part, to mend your Garter or Shoostring, or to call for your Gown or your Slippers to put your self at ease. It would be as ridiculous as for a Horse Officer to appear before his General at a Muster, in his Shooes instead of his Boots'.
Tate (Nahum, editor). Poems by Several Hands, and on Several Occasions, Collected by N. Tate, 1st edition, Printed for J. Hindmarsh, 1685, light old dampstains to upper corners of early leaves, some loss to blank foremargin of leaf B5, old ink ownership inscription of ‘Kathe: [?]Agard’ to upper margin of B1, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed and a little corner wear, neatly rebacked, 8vo, together with: Tate (Nahum, author), Poems written on Several Occasions, the Second Edition enlarged, for B. Tooke, 1684, title-page stained, errata leaf [A7] bound in at rear after Q1, small tear in M8 affecting a couple of letters, contemporary ownership inscription 'Strathnaver' to title-page, engraved bookplate with intertwining 'S S', ducal coronet and date 1913 (probably the duke of Sutherland), contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, spine consolidated at head, craquelure to sides, 8vo, and Poetical Miscellany, Miscellany of Poems and Translations by Oxford Hands, 1st edition, for Anthony Stephens, Bookseller near the Theatre in Oxford, 1685, advertisement leaf, contemporary ownership inscriptions to title-page and front free endpaper, contemporary mottled sheep, inner hinges reinforced, 8vo (Qty: 3)Grolier, Wither to Prior 840 & 834 (Tate); Wing T210, T211, M2232; Keynes, John Evelyn 185 for the first item; Case 178 for the third item. Poems by Several Hands includes poems by the Earl of Rochester (three poems), Roscommon, Cowley, Adams, Bowles, Oldham, Francis Fane, John Evelyn junior, Waller and Tate himself.
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[ Préchac , Jean de]. The Serasquier Bassa : An Historical Novel of the Times. Containing all that pass'd at the Siege of Buda. Out of French, 1st edition in English, printed for Henry Rhodes, 1685, title-page with marginal toning, first half of volume with a few small worm holes in upper blank and lower blank margins, A2 with edge of headline trimmed, D11 and D12 with lower outer corner tip torn away, pastedowns not adhered, contemporary blind-ruled speckled sheep, extremities rubbed, and frayed head of spine slightly chipped, 12mo (Qty: 1)ESTC R235346; Wing P2308A. ESTC notes another setting of the imprint which lacks the year of publication (R29401). We have been unable to find a copy of either imprint sold at auction.
'N. F.' The Husbandmans fruitfull Orchard Shewing Divers rare new secrets for the true Ordering of all sortes of fruite in their due seasons. Also how your encrease and profite maie bee much more then heertofore, and yet your charge and labour the same. With the manner of gathering all kindes of fruite aswel stone-fruite as other, and how they are to be ordered in packing, carrying, & conveying them by land or by water ... Never before published, imprinted for Roger Jackson, and are to bee sold at his shop in Fleet-street neere the conduit, 1609, A2 B-D4, E2, title, Epistle to the Reader (signed N.F.), and 28 pages of text (the main text printed in black letter), single large woodcut initial, and single woodcut head-piece and tail-piece, light soiling to title, all edges gilt, inside gilt dentelles, 19th century straight-grained green full morocco by Riviere, some handling marks, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down, small 4to (Qty: 1)Provenance: William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney (1835-1909; bookplate to front pastedown with motto Victoria Concordia Crescit); sold by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Catalogue of the Magnificent Library of Choice and Valuable Books & Manuscripts, the property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Amherst of Hackney, 3-5 December 1908 and 24-27 March 1909. ESTC S105557; Henrey 144; STC 10652. Rare, a variant of the 1608 reissue of The Fruiterers Secrets, which was first issued in 1604, and sometimes attributed to Gervase Markham. ESTC locates only two copies in America (Folger and Huntington).
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[Venette, Nicolas]. The Art of Pruning Fruit-Trees, with an Explanation of some Words which Gardiners make use of in speaking of Trees. And a Tract of the Use of the Fruits of Trees, for preserving us in Health, or for Curing us when we are Sick. Translated from the French Original, set forth the last Year by a Physician of Rochelle, 1st edition in English, printed for Tho. Basset, 1685, 7 woodcuts in letterpress, 6 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear (part of collation), occasional light finger-soiling, title-page with some minor red ink spots and other marks to margin, B3 with some early underlining, binder's blank at rear with 4 cm marginal closed tear, front pastedown with armorial bookplate ('The Hon'ble Edward Monckton, Sumerford Hall County of Stafford'), small piece of rear free endpaper adhered to facing pastedown, near contemporary marbled calf with red leather spine label, joints cracked, front cover detached, edges rubbed, slim 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: Edward Monckton (1744-1832), East India Company servant, politician and landowner (see lot 11). Monckton is believed to have employed Humphry Repton to design the grounds of his Staffordshire seat of Somerford Hall, and commissioned a complex irrigation system for its extensive gardens. ESTC R12617; Wing V187. Scarce first edition in English of L'Art de Tailler les Arbres Fruitiers, published in 1683. Containing information regarding a number of fruits, including: 'Figgs'; 'Quinces'; 'Medlars and Services'; China and Portugal Oranges'; 'Corands'; 'Plums and Apricocks'; and 'Nectarins and Peaches'.
The Compleat Planter & Cyderist. Or, Choice Collections and Observations for the Propagating all manner of Fruit-Trees, and the most Approved Ways and Methods yet known for the Making and Ordering of Cyder, and other English-Wines, by a Lover of Planting, 1st edition, London: Thomas Basset, 1685, [16], 256, [8] pp., two woodcut illustrations to text, early ownership signatures to title including a G.B. Barton dated 1749 (short cut to lower blank margin), occasional marginal notes including a method of how to black shoes, leaf S3 of addenda with small repaired rust hole & consequent loss of few letters (hole overlaid with later letter press to replace loss), some toning, dust-soiling and few marks mostly to first & last few leaves, later endpapers, contemporary mottled sheep, neatly rebacked and with morocco title label to spine, upper board corners worn and showing, lower board corners repaired, 8vo (Qty: 1)Wing C5649. The volume comprises a compilation of practical information on planting an orchard, grafting, pruning, manuring and protecting fruit against enemies of all kinds with a comprehensive section on the production, casking, bottling and storage of cyder and other country wines. The early manuscript note to page 237 regarding cleaning shoes reads: 'How to black shoes yt they may look black & shineing. Take bees wax & melt it, ye put in lamblack & stir it till it be cold, ye make it up into balls, & wn ye shoes are clean & dry, rub ye wth a ball & afterwards wth a woollen cloath till no black will come off'.
Weidenfeld (Johannes Segerus). Four Books of Johannes Segerus Weidenfeld, concerning the Secrets of the Adepts; or, Of the Use of Lully's Spirit of Wine: a practical work. With very great study collected out of the ancient as well as modern fathers of adept philosophy, reconciled together, 1st edition in English, printed by Will. Bonny, for Tho. Howkins, 1685, licence leaf before title, errata leaf at end, with publisher's list to verso, some light spotting and light browning to some leaves, all edges gilt, bookplate of Denis Duveen to front pastedown, contemporary gilt decorated calf, rubbed and some surface marks, modern antique-style gilt reback with morocco label to spine, outer corners refurbished, 4to (Qty: 1)Provenance: Denis Duveen (1910-1992), author of Bibliotheca Alchemica et Chemica (1949). Boyle 281; Duveen 615; ESTC R12745; Wing W1253. Rare. No copy at auction since 1980. The first edition in English of Weidenfeld's De Secretis Adeptorum , first published the previous year, also in London by H. Hills. The book is dedicated to Robert Boyle, whose Natural Philosophy, Weidenfeld read, leading him to 'take a journey into England, for your sake alone, that I might confer with you about the Menstruums as well as Medicines and other Secrets of Paracelsus'. Duveen suggests that part of the present work, the De Magistrio sive de investigatione secreti occulti Lullii is based on one of Boyle's lost papers. Boyle's advertisement about the loss of many of his writings, printed in May 1688, is addressed to Mr J. W., that is, Johann Weidenfeld.
Hillenius (François). Den Engelschen ende Ne'erduitschen Onderrichter ... The English, and Low-Dutch Instructer, 5th edition, Rotterdam: Reynier van Doesburg, 1686, 2 parts in 1 volume, text partly in black letter, woodcut tailpiece, final 2 leaves unopened, bookplate of Martin and Josephine Orskey, contemporary vellum, 12mo (13 x 8 cm) (Qty: 1)Not in ESTC. First published in 1664, all editions are uncommon; this fifth edition was also the last. The first part is a Dutch grammar, while the second part contains Dutch and English dialogues and idioms in parallel column.
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[White, John]. Arts Treasury: or, a Profitable and pleasing Invitation to the Lovers of Ingenuity. Contained in many extraordinary Experiments, Rareties, and curious Inventions. In Two Parts ... 1st edition, printed for W. Whitwood,1688, imprimateur leaf preceding title dated March 24 1687/8, with early ink inscription on reverse 'Humphrey Senhouse. 1741-2. W. Nether-Hall', toned throughout, a few leaves with some small ink spots, A5 (publisher's advertisements) with small piece torn from fore-margin (with loss to several letters), penultimate leaf (H5) slightly frayed to fore-edge (clipping two words on each page), pastedowns not adhered, and endpapers with various early ink trials, contemporary blind-ruled speckled sheep, rubbed, 12mo (Qty: 1)Provenance: the Senhouses of Netherhall were one of the foremost families of landed gentry in Cumberland (now Cumbria). ESTC R230882; Wing W1788. Scarce first edition of a work containing a wealth of household and other receipts on a wide range of subjects, including dyeing, marbling, etching, gilding, gun powder, etc., as well as a variety of curious hints and tips, from how to make trees bear fruit of any colour, to advice on achieving a strike at nine-pins.
La Fayette (Marie-Madaleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de). Zayde, A Spanish History, or Romance. Originally written in French by Monsieur Segray. Done into English by P. Porter, 2nd edition in English ('corrected'), printed for Francis Saunders, 1690, toning, title-page slightly dust-soiled, I3 chipped at lower outer corner not affecting text, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine, one compartment worn through, 8vo (16.3 x 10.4 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: Henry Bowes Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk and 4th Earl of Berkshire (1686-1757; engraved bookplate dated 1720 with Howard styled as 'Lord Marshal of England', i.e. deputy earl marshal, a post he held from 1718 to 1725). ESTC R2525 (tracing nine copies only world-wide); Wing L173. First published in Paris in 1670-1; the English translation first appeared in 1678. We trace one copy of the first edition in English at auction (in 1976), and no other copy of this corrected second edition.
Rochester (John Wilmot, Earl of). Poems, etc. On Several Occasions: with Valentinian, a Tragedy, printed for J. Tonson, 1691, with the initial advertisement leaf (A1), D3 and D7 cancelled as usual, title-page printed in red and black, contemporary ownership inscription ('Michael Lade his book') to A1 recto, contemporary calf, red morocco label, front board cracked at foot, polished overall, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC R1390; Grolier, Wither to Prior 986; Wing R1756. First Tonson edition, and the first to contain Valentinian, following presumed pirated editions of the poems only in 1680 and 1685: Tonson's edition is therefore considered the first authorized edition.
Guillemeau (Jacques). Child-Birth or, the Happy Deliverie of Women. Wherein is set downe the gouernment of women. In the time of their breeding childe: of their trauaile, both naturall, and contrary to nature: and of their lying in. Together with the diseases, which happen to women in those times, and the means to helpe them. To which is added, a treatise of the diseases of infants, and young children: with the cure of them, 1st edition in English, A. Hattfield, 1612, 18 woodcut illustrations, a few leaves close-trimmed at upper margin (just affecting one or two headlines at end), a little minor spotting, armorial bookplate of John Quayle, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title to spine, some soiling and stains, small 4to (Qty: 1)ESTC S103545; Garrison-Morton 6145.1; STC 12496; Wellcome 3002. First edition in English of Guillemeau's De l'heureux accouchement des femmes and his De la nourriture et gouvernement des enfans (Paris, 1609), only the second midwifery manual printed in English (the first was Thomas Raynalde's Byrth of Mankynde , 1545, also a translation). The work is the 'actual origin of the so-called Mauriceau manoeuvre, usually credited to Mauriceau. Guillemeau was not only responsible for this technique for delivery of the after coming head [i.e. a breech delivery] so important before the forceps and Caesarian section, but he was also the first to employ podalic version in placenta praevia' (Garrison-Morton).
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[Aulnoy, Marie-Catherine, Madame d']. Memoirs of the Court of France. In two parts. The first dedicated in the original to Madam de la Ferte; the second, to Madam the Dutchess de Bouillon, by Madame L.M.D., Author of the Voyage into Spain, printed for R. Bentley and T. Benett, 1692, [8], 3-160 pp., separate title-page to Part 2, lacks A1 [?separate title to Part 1], contemporary ink manuscript numerals '382' and '291' (struck through) to main title, inner hinges cracked, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, cracked on joints, some edge and corner wear, 8vo (Qty: 1)Wing A4218A. A translation of Mémoires des avantures singulières de la cour de France. Countess d'Aulnoy is best remembered for her fairy tales, but she also wrote several popular novels of scandal and pseudo-memoirs of court intrigue.
Fletcher (Thomas). Poems on Several Occasions, and Translations: wherein the First and Second Books of Virgil's Aeneis are attempted, in English, 1st edition, printed for Charles Harper, 1692, initial imprimatur leaf, final advertisement leaf, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, gilt frame to covers, most of gilt rubbed away on spine, short crack to head of front joint, light wear to extremities, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC 15620; Grolier, Wither to Prior 379; Wing F1362. Fletcher's translation of Virgil has been noted for its Williamite overtones, with his rendering of Jove's prophecy of the triumph of Aeneas interpreted as a celebration of William's victory in the Battle of the Boyne.
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[Avril, Philippe]. Travels Into divers Parts of Europe and Asia, Undertaken by the French King's Order to discover a new Way by Land into China. Containing many curious Remarks in Natural Philosophy, Geography, Hydrography, and History. Together with a Description of Great Tartary, and of the different People who inhabit there, 1st edition in English, printed for Tim. Goodwin, 1693, lacking A2 (Translator's Preface), title-page printed in red and black (with oval ink stamp 'Eastern District' to lower margin), publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, some spotting and toning (a few leaves browned/soiled), E8 with paper flaw resulting in slight loss to lower blank margin, manuscript signature on front pastedown, contemporary sheep, rubbed, with loss to spine ends, large 12mo (Qty: 1)Cordier Sinica 2088-9; ESTC R16481; Wing A4275. A translation of Voyage en divers états d’Europe et d’Asie , first published in Paris in 1692. Jesuit traveller Philippe Avril (1654-1698) set out in 1685 in an attempt to find an overland route to the Far East. He went via Cyprus, Syria, Asia Minor and Persia but was turned back on reaching Astrakhan on the Northern shores of the Caspian sea. He subsequently returned to Constantinople then to France via Poland and Moldavia, arriving home in 1690.
Hopkins (Charles). Epistolary Poems; on Several Occasions: with several of the Choicest Stories of Ovid's Metamorphoses and Tibullus's Elegies. Translated into English, 1st edition, printed by R. E[veringham] for Jacob Tonson, 1694, half-title, spotting and browning, C1 chipped at lower outer corner, effaced contemporary ownership inscriptions to half-title (A1) and A3 recto ('Timothy Thorpe P[?]', further contemporary inscriptions to foot of title and blank verso of final leaf, front inner hinge reinforced at an eary date contemporary sprinkled sheep, spine consolidated in places, label renewed, lower outer corners of boards restored, 8vo (18.5 x 11.5 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC R13221; Wing H2721. The author's first published book, consulted by Dryden for his own translation of Ovid.
Leybourn (William). Pleasure with Profit: Consisting of Recreations of Divers Kinds, viz. numerical, geometrical, mechanical, statical, astronomical, horometrical, cryptographical, magnetical, automatical, chymical, and historical. Published to Recreate Ingenious Spirits; and to induce them to make farther scrutiny into these (and the like), sublime sciences..., to this work is also annext, A Treatise of Algebra... by R. Sault, 1st edition, printed for Richard Baldwin, and John Dunton, 1694, 2 full-page engraved plates, 5 engraved illustrations to text, numerous woodcut illustrations to text, including diagrams and charts, a few minor marks and some light browning, modern antique-style blind-decorated and ruled full calf, with gilt morocco title label to spine, folio (31 x 19 cm) (Qty: 1)Wing L1931; Wheeler Gift Catalogue 207; De Morgan, Arithmetical Books, page 54. A teacher of mathematics and professional land surveyor in London, William Leybourn (1626-1701) started out as a printer, his output including Thomas Salusbury's Mathematical Collections and Translations of 1661-1665, which contained the first appearance of Galileo in English. The present work includes Salusbury's translation of Galileo's La Bilancetta , under the heading Of The Ballance of Signeur Galileo Galilei (Statistical Recreations, Chapter III). Leybourn also prints Descartes treatise on mechanics in the section entitled mechanical recreations, using Salusbury's translation.
Mackworth (Humphrey). England's Glory; or, the Great Improvement of Trade in General, by a Royal Bank, or Office of Credit, to be erected in London; Wherein many great advantages that will hereby accrue to the Nation, to the Crown, and to the people, are mentioned; with answers to the objections that may be made against this Bank, 1st edition, 1694, 94 pp., some toning and light spotting, bookplate of George Spilsbury, contemporary mottled calf, a little rubbed with some small worming to lower cover, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC R1171; Kress 1850. Rare. Humphrey Mackworth (1657-1727), industrialist and politician, was knighted by Charles II in 1683, the present book his first work. He was a founder of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, later becoming embroiled in an industrial scandal with neighbour Thomas Mansel in Neath.
A STAINED AND PAINTED PINE WINGED ARMCHAIR OR 'LAMBING CHAIR', LANCASHIRE OR YORKSHIRE DALES, FIRST HALF 19TH C the panel to the back in mitred mouldings, dovetailed drawer to seat, 126cm h++Old wear, drawer base of thin tongued and grooved boards, hand apparently old and possibly contemporary secured by later nuts and bolts. The thick brown paint chipped in places
AN ENGLISH SILVER LEVER 1/5TH SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH with enamel dial, three quarter plate movement, slide in band at two, in plain case, casemaker Isaac J T Newsome of Coventry, Chester 1894, 6cm, a similar contemporary smaller silver chronograph, Stewart Dawson & Co, Liverpool, Birmingham 1882, four various other silver watches, a Swiss gunmetal keyless cylinder calendar watch and a brass lady's watch (8)++First watch in apparently good working order, the dial undamaged, the case of relatively heavy gauge and free from wear, engraving or significant scratches, some old dirt on dial. Second watch - not in working order, caseback not closing firmly but springing open. The other silver watches untried and all in average condition with minor knocks and signs of wear, one with enamel dial by Edward Johnson Derby with old repair to enamel at 8. Gunmetal watch apparently working, typical slight rust to case, dial undamaged
A CHINESE FINELY CARVED SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF LI TIEGUAI, 17TH/18TH C seated half length, his left hand holding his iron crutch, 17cm h and a portrait miniature of the collector Claude Calthrop with the figure, pained by Horace Taylor in Geneva in 1918, gouache on card (2)Provenance: Claude David Usticke Calthrop (1893-1921) First Secretary General of the Rhineland High Commission, Coblenz, by whom possibly acquired in Switzerland or Germany; thence by descent to the present owner++Figure - old restoration to neck, losses as evident from illustration; old accretion of dirt and grime, entirely unrestored other than the repair to the neck. Miniature in good condition
JAMES POWELL & SONS' WHITEFRIARS GLASS WORKS DESIGNS FOR STAINED GLASS WINDOWS FOR ST NICHOLAS' CHURCH NORTH BRADLEY WILTSHIRE AND ANOTHER CHURCH two, the first inscribed, pen, ink and watercolour, 36 x 30cm and c, unframed (2)++Both slightly creased and with soiling from handling, not laid down
FREDERICK PARSONS SHUCKARD (1844-1926) A SKETCHBOOK OF WOODLAND, LAKE, COASTAL AND OTHER SCENES 70, including An Overshot Watermill and Winter in a Country Churchyard at Sunset, many signed or signed with initials and dated 1887-1902, the first half illustrating a stanza on the facing page, watercolour, mostly vignettes, maroon morocco rebacked, worn, 25 x 20cm
CAPTAIN ALEC BEE (FL 1990S) TWO SKETCHBOOKS OF ENGLISH LANDSCAPES AND HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATIONS including cats and pigs, many inscribed and dated, extra illustrated with contemporary photographs and including double page of vignettes (in the larger of the two albums many recto and verso), contemporary cloth, 12 x 18cm and 18 x 26cm The subjects include several Oxford views, the Lake District, Cornwall, Sussex and Rockcliffe. The humorous subjects, which are rather more painstakingly executed, are likely to have been copied from contemporary postcards by, in particular, Louis Wain.++Larger album - rebacked with red tape and wear, pages somewhat loose. Smaller album with damage to top right hand corner of cover and affecting first few leaves
A FRENCH GILTMETAL AND CHAMPLÊVÉ ENAMEL MOUNTED ONYX BOWL, C1880 on dolphin feet, 12.5cm h, a pair of similar contemporary French vases with waisted neck and a brass and shaded champlêvé enamel tray (4)++Small casting flaw in one of the dolphin feet of the first item. Vases much encrusted with dirt and grime but undamaged. Tray somewhat cruder quality enamel with one or two tiny losses and much dirt
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