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Click here to subscribeWaugh (Evelyn) Labels, first edition, plates, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine slightly faded, light sunning to covers, dust-jacket, sympathetic and expert restoration to head and foot, in effect a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1930. ⁂ A lovely copy of Waugh's first travel book, a work that is difficult to find in good condition.
Waugh (Evelyn) Black Mischief, map frontispiece, spotting to fore-edge, bookplate to pastedown, slight shelf lean, jacket spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head, rubbing to extremities, spotted, 1932; Scoop, first issue with "as" in last line p.88, light browning to endpapers, bookplate to pastedown, original cloth, spine slightly faded, very short split to head of spine, 1938; [The Sword of Honour Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Men at Arms, light browning to endpapers, jacket spine very slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short closed tears and light creasing to head of upper panel, 1952; Officers and Gentlemen, light browning and ink ownership inscription to endpapers, jacket spine very slightly browned with chip and short closed tear to head, lower panel spotted, 1955; Unconditional Surrender, jacket spine very slightly faded, some light toning to lower panel, 1961, first editions, all but the second with dust-jackets; and 7 others by the same, 8vo (12)
Waugh (Evelyn) Scoop, first edition, first issue with indistinct '8' in the publication date and 'as' in last line of p.88, card signed by the author loosely inserted, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine slightly faded, first issue dust-jacket with 'Daily Beast' masthead, spine slightly faded, expert and sympathetic repairs and restorations to head and foot, lower panel creased at head, retouched at extremities, in effect an excellent copy, 8vo, 1938. ⁂ Scarce in the first issue dust-jacket in good, presentable condition. Waugh's classic satire on Fleet Street journalism, born in part out of a trip he made to Abyssinia in 1935 on behalf of the Daily Mail. This copy with the scarce first issue dust-jacket, changed after Lord Beaverbrook famously threatened to sue due to the likeness to the Daily Express masthead.
Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first edition, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine rubbed with fading to tips, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine and joints strengthened and repaired with laid-down paper repairs to verso, light toning and surface soiling to panels, some light creasing, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1945.
Babbage (Charles) Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, first edition, presentation copy from the author to James Paget inscribed on front free endpaper, 4pp. list of works at end, light soiling to title, contemporary russia, gilt, worn, spine defective, 8vo, 1830. ⁂ First 8vo edition of Babbage's polemic on the state of science in England, aimed mainly at the Royal Society. He also criticised the government in its lack of support in developing science and proposed reforms for scientific education. A large paper 4to edition was also issued. The recipient is probably Sir James Paget (1814-99), surgeon and pathologist. Paget became a student at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London 1834 at the age of 16, and in his first year there he showed his promise by discovering in human muscle the parasitic worm that causes trichinosis (the same year in which Charles Babbage began the conceptual design of his "analytical engine"). He became eligible to practice in 1836 and went on to become a distinguished physiologist and one of the fathers of modern pathology. In 1858 he was appointed surgeon extraordinary to Queen Victoria, and in 1863 surgeon in ordinary to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, being knighted in 1871. Paget certainly knew Babbage and although he presumably met him a few years after this work was published the inscription is undated and could conceivably be almost contemporaneous. Babbage - See also lot 215
Geology.- Greenough (George Bellas) A Geological Map of England & Wales, second edition, hand-coloured engraved map on 7 sheets, plus accompanying key, folding in sections and linen-backed, 1950 x 1610mm., together with accompanying Memoir in original printed wrappers (upper cover and title detached), all in original green straight-grain morocco wallet slip-case, 1839-40. ⁂ A fine copy of Greenough's important map, issued in the same month (November) as the first edition, but with accompanying booklet dated 1840.
Keckermann (Bartholomaus) Systema Astronomiæ Compendiosum, Hanover, Apud Hæredes Guilielmi Antonii, 1611; Systema Geographicum, Hanover, Apud Hæredes Guilielmi Antonii, 1611; Brevis Commentatio Nautica, Hanover, Apud Hæredes Guilielmi Antonii, 1611, together 3 parts in 1 vol., woodcut printer's devices to titles and a colophon leaf, woodcut diagrams, repaired marginal worming at start, occasional soiling or spotting, modern half morocco, 8vo ⁂ First edition of this important work by this Calvinist philosopher and theologian.
Epiphanius (Saint, Bishop of Constantia) Contra octaginta haereses Opus eximium, Basel, Joannes Hervagius, 1544; bound with [Opera]...Iano Cornaro medico physico interprete, Basel, ex officina Hervagiana, 1578, collation: *4 α-ω4 A-Ω4 A α-Υυ4 (*4 blank); a-z6 A-P6, [8], 544; [12], 430, [14] pp., first work in Greek, second in Latin, woodcut device to final leaf of first work, woodcut device to title of second work repeated on verso of final leaf, some minor marginal worming, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin with central panel showing David looking up towards God (upper cover) and Samson and the lion (lower cover), corners a little rubbed, folio, 320 x 210mm. ⁂ Editio princeps of the principal works of Epiphanius, the celebrated church father. Epiphanius devoted himself to the spread of monasticism and the confutation of heresy, of which he regarded Origen and his followers as the chief representatives. His main work was the Panarion or "Medicine Chest" i.e. a stock of remedies to offset the poisons of heresy. Epiphanius made use of ancient botany, medicine and zoology for the purposes of comparison. The Greek codex from which this was printed now survives only in a fragment, preserved in the University Library of Jena. Provenance: old ink armorial stamp to title Literature: Adams E250 and E256; Hoffmann II, p.26
Campbell (Colen), John Woolfe and James Gandon. Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect..., 5 vol., first editions, engraved calligraphic titles in all but vol.3 (that in red and black), vol.1 with title from vol.2 with volume numbers altered in manuscript and dated 1717, vol.2 with second state title dated 1717, all titles and text of vol.4 & 5 in English and French, engraved dedications in all but vol.2 & 3, list of subscribers in each vol., 491 engraved plates on 386 sheets (without the double-page plate of Umberslade at end of vol.3 but not called for), including 93 double-page and 4 quadruple plates (plates of Wilton in vol.3 as two double-page rather than one quadruple plate), 2 or 3 plates in vol. 5 probably supplied, plate 84-85 of vol.1 torn at fold with slight loss (repaired), plates 14-15 of vol.2 torn and repaired affecting one letter of caption, a few other minor tears and repairs to folds, 12 platemarks or borders trimmed, 9 plates cropped with minor loss to image or plate numbers, occasional soiling or staining, modern antique-style half calf, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, light rubbing to joints and corners, preserved in modern cloth drop-back boxes, folio, [Berlin Kat. 2329; Fowler 76; Harris 98,100 & 945; Millard, British 10 & 94], 1717-71. ⁂ Cambell's monumental work promoting the virtues of neo-Palladianism and featuring many of the great houses of England. Provenance: The William A. McCarty-Cooper Collection, Christies New York, 25th January, 1992, lot 11.
West Indies.- Hughes (Rev. Griffith) The Natural History of Barbados, first edition, list of subscribers, double-page engraved map by Thomas Jefferys, 30 engraved plates by Bickham and Ehret, mostly after Ehret, engraved head-pieces, woodcut decorations, with 4pp. Addenda at end, lacking final errata f. but with the pasted errata slip to a2 verso, rear free endpaper detached, occasional light foxing or browning, hinges split but holding firm, contemporary boards, spine rather worn, rubbing, wear to extremities, [Great Flower Books p.104; Nissen BBI 950; Sabin 33582], folio, for the Author, 1750.
Synesius (Bishop of Ptolemais) De regno ad Arcadium imperatorum..., collation: *2, A-K6, L8, a-h6, i4, text in Greek, engraved device on title and initials, title split in lower inner margin, some slight staining in margins, slightly browned, manuscript Latin motto "Nudo si, ma contento" at head of title, upper and lower pastedowns creased, contemporary vellum, creased and soiled, folio, 288 x 200mm., Paris, Adrian Turnebus, 1553. ⁂ The first part of this work is a speech by Synesius to the Emperor Arcadius offering advice. Arcadius (377-408), was Eastern Roman Emperor from 383 to 408. Provenance: Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (ink name on rear pastedown) Literature: Adams S 2206.
Anacreon. Anacreontis et Aliorum Lyricorum aliquot poëtarum Odæ, 2 parts in 1, collation: A-G8 H6; A-B8 C10 D2, text in Greek and Latin, woodcut basilisk device to title, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, Paris, Guillaume Morel & Robert Estienne, 1556 bound with Timaeus, Locrus. Animo Mundi & Natura, collation: A-B8, title in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, title with woodcut basilisk device, woodcut decorative initials, Paris, Guillaume Morel, 1555 bound with Fabricius (Georgius) De Syntaxi Partium Orationis Apud Graecos liber, collation: A-D8, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut decorative initials, Paris, Guillaume Morel, 1556 bound with Hotomanus (Franciscus) De Legibus Populi Romani Liber, collation: A8 a-e8f4, title with woodcut printer's device, final f. with woodcut printer's device verso otherwise blank, Basel, Nicolaus Episcopius, junior, 1557 bound with Phalaris. Epistolae doctissimae, Graece ac Latine, text in Greek and Latin, woodcut historiated initials, Basel, Ioannes Oporinus, 1558, together 5 works in 1 vol., early ink notes to endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, lightly soiled, 8vo ⁂ An excellent sammelband of works, that includes Robert Estienne's first work and the first separate edition in Greek of Timaeus. Literature: I: Adams A1003; Renouard, Estienne, 161:1; cf. Schreiber, The Estiennes, 139] II: Adams T715 III: Adams F84 IV: Not in Adams V: Adams P976.
Maximus, of Tyre. Sermones sive disputationes, 2 parts in 2 vol., collation: *4, a-q8, r4, A-X8, Greek and Latin texts, the latter by Cosmus Paccius, woodcut printer's device on titles, L5 small tear in lower corner with small loss, slightly browned, 19th century morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed and marked, red morocco spine labels, 8vo, 184 x 111mm., [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1557. ⁂ First Edition of the ethical and philosophical writings of Maximus of Tyre (c. 125-185), the reputed teacher of Marcus Aurelius. Literature: Adams M 939 & M 940; Renouard, Estienne, 115:2: Schreiber 141a&b. Provenance: Bookplates of the library of the Dukes of Devonshire, with Chatsworth bookplates.
Marcus Eremita. Marci Eremitae, Nicolai, Herychius Presbyteri, Opera quae extant, collation: *2, A-Z8, 2A8, text in Greek, woodcut initials, slightly browned, new endpapers, modern calf, gilt, 8vo, 171 x 115mm., Paris, Gulielmus Morelius, 1563. ⁂ The First Edition in Greek, published at the same time as the first Latin edition, of the works of a desert father, Marcus Eremita who lived in the fifth century. He was a contemporary of Nilus and Isidore of Pelusium and a pupil of St. John Chrysostom. He was probably abbot of Ancyra and then retired to the desert to live in seclusion.
Julian (Emperor) Misopogon et epistolae, edited by Pedro Martinez, collation: A-V8, †2, first edition, text in Greek an Latin, Epistola bound in at end after errata f., ink stamp on title, ink reference on verso of †2, ink inscription "Sancta joanne..." on lower pastedown, 2 bookplates on front pastedown, contemporary vellum, slightly yellowed, 8vo, 180 x 113mm., Paris, Andreas Wechel, 1566. ⁂ First Edition of the Emperor Julian's Misopogon, a polemic composed in 363 against the inhabitants of Antioch, who made him the subject of a song. The Life of Julian, by Martinez, forms the introduction and the Letters of Julian are also included. Literature: Adams J 419; Hoffmann II, 638; Graesse III, 497; BMC of French Books p. 247.
Josephus (Flavius) [Opera], translated by Rufinus Aquileiensis, edited by Hieronymus Squarzaficus, 2 parts in 1, collation: a10 b-x8 y6 A-L8 M6, 278 ff., 56 lines, Roman type, initial spaces, with the 4 blanks as called for, early ink marginalia, a4&5 with repaired tear within text, with minor loss and causing some discolouration of paper, some staining and soiling, occasional spotting, contemporary vellum, corners worn, soiled, folio (303 x 215mm), [Venice], [Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis], [23 October, 1486]. ⁂ The second Venice edition, and sixth overall. It is one of the first publications from the press of Rubeus after his move from Treviso to Venice. Literature: BMC V, 415; Goff J-486; HC *9454; Bod-Inc J-223.
Estienne printing.- Oratores Graeci [graece], collation: ¶6 a-q6 r8 aa-qq6 a-p6 (blank p6), [12], 213, 191 [1], 178 pp., Greek and Latin text, woodcut device on title, some worming through first half, mostly to upper margin but affecting text in places, some light water-staining, 18th century mottled calf, gilt, spine gilt with raised bands, brown morocco lettering piece, upper hinge cracking, folio, 335 x 202mm., [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1575. ⁂ First Estienne edition of this impressive collection of texts of famous Attic Orators, which first appeared under an Aldine imprint in 1513. In his preface to the Lyonnese magistrate Pierre Bouilliod, Estienne claims his edition is superior to that of Aldus, having corrected a number of errors. Greek texts of Aeschines, Lysias, Andocides, Isaeus, Antisthenes, Alcidamus and Georgias are followed by Latin translations by Estienne, H. Wolf, D. Lambin and C. Groulart of selected orations. Provenance: St. Benedict's Abbey, Fort Augustus (bookplate). Literature: Renouard 141/2, no.3; Hoffmann III, 15; Schreiber 192; Schweiger I, 359 "Schön gedruckt. Sehr gesuchte Sammlung."
Emblemata.- Plempius (Cornelius Giselberti) Monogrammon, 2 parts in 1, first title with woodcut printer's device, 2nd part with 50 numbered and 1 unnumbered woodcut emblems, P2 blank, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, [Landwehr, Low Countries, 637; Praz, pp.458-459], small 4to, Amsterdam, Apud Ioannem VValschardum, 1616. ⁂ A rare work of poetry and emblems. Plemp was an important figure in the literary and cultural life of the first decades of the Dutch Golden Age. Provenance: E. Hartland (invoice from The Hodgson Rooms, Chancery Lane, 1914); Gloucestershire County Library (large bookplate 'Presented by Mrs. A. G. Hartland Hardwick Court, Chepstow, 1936').
Bible, Greek.- New Testament, 'Mazarin edition', collation: α-ω4, αα ωω4, ααα ιιι4, [4], 453, [1] pp., Greek text, engraved title by Claude Mellan (1598-1688) depicting an angel writing on an obelisk, the title itself inscribed on a scroll carried by three cherubs, imprint in Greek at foot, engraved decorated initials and head-piece, large engraved cul-de-lampe on verso of final leaf with the arms of the King Louis XIII, minor browning in places, blank margins of a few leaves slightly soiled, handsome contemporary red morocco by Robert Steel (d. 1710), covers framed by a narrow frieze and finely gilt tooled to a panel design, spine with seven raised bands and richly gilt tooled, edges of covers and turn-ins tooled in gilt, gilt edges, corners of upper cover slightly rubbed, upper joint slightly cracked, folio, 433 x 290mm., Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1642. ⁂ A superb, wide-margined copy of the magnificent edition "known as the 'Mazarin edition', since it appeared under the auspices of the great Cardinal" (Darlow & Moule); the first edition of the Greek New Testament from the Imprimerie Royale, founded by Louis XIII in 1640. It is a substantial reprint, with a few alterations, of the New Testament printed by the Elzevirs in 1624, adding a 30-page appendix of Variae Lectiones. The text was set in Garamond's Greek types from the mid-sixteenth century, used by the Estienne dynasty of printers, which subsequently became part of the equipment of the Imprimerie Royale. The publication is enriched by a fine engraved title-page by the renowned French artist Claude Mellan, and numerous initials and large head-and tailpieces. This copy is in a wonderful gilt-tooled morocco binding executed in the golden age of English binding by the outstanding craftsman, Robert Steel. Steel was apprenticed to the royal binder Samuel Mearne from 1668 to 1675. He seems to have taken over the tools of the Mearne bindery soon after the death of Charles Mearne in 1686 and may have operated from the same address in Little Britain. He was regarded as one of the best binders of his time. After his death in 1710 the business was run until 1718 by his widow Jane; then Steel's tools passed to one of his former apprentices (he is recorded as having eight apprentices) Thomas Elliott, who later became one of the principal binders for the Harleian Library. Literature: Darlow & Moule 4687.
Photius, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople. Myriobiblon, e Bibliotheke... [graece], edited by David Hoeschel, translated into Latin by Andreas Schottus, title and text in Greek and Latin printed in double column, half-title, title in red and black with woodcut device, large engraved coat-of-arms on dedication leaf, woodcut head-pieces and initials, occasional foxing, light water-staining to lower outer corners, front free endpaper torn and repaired, shelf-label of Kimbolton Castle, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed, spine ends a little worn, upper cover detached, folio, Rouen, [L. Maurry for] J. & D.Berthelin, 1653. ⁂ Collection of commentaries by Photius on classical and early Christian texts, first published in Greek in Augsburg in 1601.
Bible, Latin.- Biblia Latina cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guilelmi Britonis, 4 vol., mixed edition, double column, collation: I: 1a10 b12 c-h10 I k8 l-o10 p6 q8 r-z [et] aa-dd10 ee12 ff gg10 hh4 ii-oo10 pp qq6 rr-vv10 xx12 yy zz [et et]10 [con con]6; II: Da-Dz Ea-Es8 Et10 III: AA-GG10 HH12 II-MM10 NN12 OO8 PP-TT10 UU XX6 YY ZZ AAA-FFF10 GGG HHH8 III-MMM10 NNN8 IV: 2a-l10 m8 n-q10 r8 s6 t-y10 z12 aa10 bb8 cc-ff10 gg12 hh-oo10 pp8 qq rr6, I: 467 ff. (of 468, lacking initial blank), II: 338 ff. III: 348 ff. IV: 383 ff. (of 384, lacking initial blank), variable lines, Gothic type, woodcuts within text, a few full-page, initials in red or blue, a few larger initials in red and blue, a couple of initials in colours on a gilt ground, some water- or damp-staining, parts I, III and IV closely trimmed at head, affecting the odd headline,part iv lower corners of sigs a-d nibbled, loss of a few letters to first couple of ff., uniformly bound in 16th century blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, covers with central Jesuit device, metal clasps, folio (297 x 200mm. & 311 x 218mm. (1497 vol.)), Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1486-1497-1487. ⁂ A rare assemblage of the four volumes of this monumental and handsomely printed work in contemporary bindings. Koberger had established the first press at Nuremberg in 1470 and as well as being celebrated for the printing of his illustrated bibles, is best remembered for his Nuremberg Chronicle of 1492. Literature: BMC II, 431 & 443; Goff B-614 & B619; HC 3167 & 3171; Bod-inc B320 & B324.
Bible, Peshitta.- [Psalms of David], printed in red and black, wood engraved frontispiece portrait of King David playing at his harp, ink bibliographical and ownership inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked in later morocco, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, Constantinople, Ya'Qub Jrijury [Jacob Gregorius], 1846. ⁂ Rare first edition. From the preface we learn that the press was founded by an immigrant Syrian, who had settled in Constantinople in 1843. The type had been cast in 1844 and the first book was produced in 1845.
Mill (John Stuart) Principles of Political Economy, 2 vol., first edition, vol.1 with advertisement leaf at end, also publisher's catalogues at end (4pp. in vol.1 and 2pp. in vol.2), contemporary ink signature on front free endpapers and a few pencil marginalia, some light marginal soiling but still a good copy, original green cloth, paper spine labels (vol.1 defective), rubbed, spines a little browned and ends worn, 8vo, 1848. ⁂ One of the most significant and influential works on economics of the mid-nineteenth century.
Marshall (Alfred and Mary Paley) Economics of Industry, first edition, light toning to margins, front free endpaper detached, Statistical Society library label to front endpaper verso, pastedown and upper cover, blind-stamp to head of preface, original cloth, spine darkened, Statistical Society label to upper cover, a little rubbed, bumped and marked, 8vo, 1879. ⁂ Alfred Marshall's excessively rare first book, we can only trace one other copy in the last 40 years at auction. "If we are to have an elementary text-book at all, this one was probably, in relation to its contemporaries and predecessors, the best thing of the kind ever done." John Maynard Keynes, Essays in Biography.
Pareto (Vilfredo) Cours d'Économie Politique Professé a l'Université de Lausanne, 2 vol., first edition, light toning to margins of text, endpapers browned, ink stamps of the Royal Statistical Society to titles and endpapers, library cloth, spines defective, vol.2 covers detached, a little rubbed, 8vo, Lausanne, 1896-97. ⁂ First edition of Pareto's first major work. Rare, we can trace only one other copy at auction in the last 40 years.
Pigou (Arthur Cecil) Wealth and Welfare, ink stamp to front free endpaper, 2pp. advertisements, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light mottling to covers, 1912; Protective & Preferential Import Duties, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, 1906, first editions, presentation blind-stamp to titles, bookplate of the Royal Statistical Society to pastedown; and another by the same, 8vo (3)
Fisher (Irving) Mathematical Investigations in the Theory of Value and Prices, first separately published edition, light toning to margins, diagrams in text, ink inscription "From the Publishers (Humphrey Milford)" to front free endpaper, ink stamp of the Royal Statistical Society to head of title and front free endpaper, original cloth, spine darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some light discolouration to covers, 8vo, New Haven CT, 1925. ⁂ The first separately published edition of the author's groundbreaking 1892 thesis, rare.
James I & VI (King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1566-1625) Letters patent with fine initial letter portrait in grey wash, grant to Arthur Hopton of the manor and priory of Blythburgh, Suffolk, and Holton, Wenhaston, Thorington, with all its messuages, land and tenements and relating to John Harington of Kelston in Somerset, D., decorated first line with the lion and unicorn of Scotland, a crowned Tudor rose etc., 2 membranes, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, some surface with slight loss of text, folds, creased and browned, some slight staining in lower margin not affecting text, small remains of Great Seal, first membrane 540 x 900mm., second membrane 235 x 900mm., Westminster, 17 February 1620. ⁂ Sir Arthur Hopton (1588-1650), diplomat; Ambassador to Spain. John Harington (1588/9-1654), lawyer and diarist; of Kelston, Somerset.
Catullus (Gaius Valerius) Albius Tibullus and Propertius. Catullus. Tibullus. Propetius [sic.], edited by Aldus Manutius and Girolamo Avancio, collation: A-E8 F4, A-D8 E4, a-i8, initial spaces with guide-letters, penultimate f. with colophon otherwise blank, final f. with amended title otherwise blank, early ink marginalia throughout, title with obliterated early ink ownership inscription and partially removed ink stamp (causing a couple of small holes), water-stained, old vellum over modern marbled boards, 8vo (160 x 93mm), [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], January, 1502. ⁂ The first Aldine edition, first state, with the incorrect spelling 'Propetius' on title. The work is dedicated to the book collector and scholar Marino Sanuto. Literature: Adams C1137; Ahmanson-Murphy 52; Renouard, Alde, 39:16; EDI16 CNCE 10356.Saleroom Notice: Hole to title causing loss of a few letters verso.
Monmouth (James, duke of, and first duke of Buccleuch, politician, 1649-85).- Dering (Sir Edward, second baronet, politician, 1625-84), Hyde (Laurence, first earl of Rochester, politician, bap. 1642, d. 1711), Godolphin (Sidney, first earl of Godolphin, politician, 1645-1712) and others. Document authorising the payment of £4,641 5s to James, Duke of Monmouth "buyg all sorts of sadles, Horse clothes and other furniture proper for the Traine Equipage of the King and Queen...", D.s., manuscript, 2pp., tears with small slightly affecting a few words of text, folds, browned, 22nd July 1680; and a quantity of other pieces from the 17th & 18th centuries, including 2 other documents signed by Edward Dering and Laurence Hyde (Rochester); a contemporary copy of a letter from Elizabeth I's Privy Council (i.e. Thomas Egerton & William Cecil); a document relating to Sir Littleton Powys (1647-1732), judge; 4 pieces of correspondence to Sir Isaac Heard including a letter to Isaac Heard with a pedigree of Mitchell of Branscombe, 1793, folds, browned, some tears, v.s., v.d. (c. 40 pieces).
Jacobite escape.- Trevor (Thomas, first Baron Trevor, jurist, bap. 1658, d. 1730) Pardon of Peirce Rowe for aiding the escape of Sir James Montgomery, manuscript, 1p., edges a little chipped with slight loss not affecting text, folds, browned, folio, 13th January 1698. ⁂ "Whereas att the Sessions of the Peace held for the County of Middx in the Old Bayly... Pierce Rowe was Indicted for Assisting Sr James Montgomery... in making his escape, out of the custody of William Sutton, for High Treason and thereupon convicted and fined five hundred marks, and to give Security for his good behaviour for one year... the humble Peticind of the said: Peirce Rowe... that by reason of his great poverty he is not able to pay... having been two years a prisoner in Newgate & turned over to the Common Side where he lay in a miserable condicion... may be discharged from the said ffine and Imprisonmt... ."
Persian manuscript.- Firdausi (Abu'l-Qasim) Shahnama [The Book of Kings], Persian manuscript of poetry, 264ff., 36 lines to the page written in four columns of nasta'liq script in black ink, intercolumnar gilt decoration, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, catchwords in wide outer margins, 20 illuminated headpieces in colours and gold (of 21, one cut out), titles written in nasta'liq in red on gold rectangular panels, damp-staining, mostly to margins, some edges frayed, a few tape repairs, 19th century vellum boards, ruled in gilt, upper cover titled in gilt, covers detached, folio, 478 x 277mm., North India, probably Kashmir, [late 18th/early 19th century]. ⁂ The miniatures are: 1. The court of Gayumars, the first Shah of Persia, in the mountains. 2. Bahram Chubin killed by Kulun. 3. Khusrau Parvis arriving at Shirin's castle. 4. Zuhhak watching Jamshid sawn in two. 5. Iraj being murdered by his brothers Tur and Salm. 6. Sam discovering his infant son Zal on Mount Alburz with the simurgh, 7. Zal summoning the simurgh to help Rustam by burning a feather on a brazier. 8. Zal watches the shooting of the monster with arrows. 9. Rustam sleeping while his horse Rakhsh fights the lion (first stage). 10. Rustam and his horse Rakhsh fighting the dragon (third stage). 11. Rustam killing the White Div to obtain blood from his liver to restore the sight of Kai Ka'us. 12. Suhrab in his tent being told of the murder of Zhandeh Razm by Rustam. 13. Rustam killing Suhrab not realizing that Suhrab is his son. 14. Kai Khusrau crossing the Oxus river (the Jaihun) with Farangis and Giv on horses. 15. Rustam shooting Ashkabus having first killed his horse. 16. Rustam pulling the Khaqan of Chin's white elephant in battle. 17. Bahram Gur enthroned with two Arab chieftains who brought him up, Nu'man and Munzir. 18. The battle between the armies of Anushirvan and the Kaisar of Rum. 19. Anushirvan watches Mazdak being stoned and shot through with arrows. 20. The enthronement of Hurmuzd, son of Anushirvan, surrounded by courtiers.
Nazianzenus (Gregoius) [Carmina], collation: A/AA10.8 BB/B8.8 C/CC10.8 DD/D8.8 E/EE10.8 FF/F8.8 G/GG10.8 HH/H8.8 I/II10.8 KK/K8.8 L/LL10.8 MM/M8.8 N/NN10.8 OO/O4.4 χ2 2χ2, 234ff., colophon on O4 verso, printer's device on OO4 verso, complete with the four additional leaves containing the errata and the index (the latter bound at beginning, as often), Greek and Latin text facing each other (Aldus printed the Greek and Latin texts on separate sheets, which could either be bound in separate sequences or interleaved, as in the present copy), manuscript pagination in brown ink, long manuscript note in Greek on verso of second flyleaf, another note in Latin (on Gregorius Nazianzienus, taken from St. Jerome's De viris illustribus) on verso of second leaf of index, both notes in red and brown ink, the same hand which has numbered the leaves has also provided every chapter of the index with the corresponding leaf number, some additional marginal annotations in Greek and underlining by a contemporary hand, light damp-stain and marginal foxing on a few leaves, otherwise a very good copy with wide margins, contemporary vellum, inked title on spine, 4to, 210 x 158mm., Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1504. ⁂ Editio princeps of Gregory of Nazianzus' poetical works. This publication is the third of the series Poetae Christiani veteres, issued by Aldus in Venice between 1501 and 1504. The series had a pedagogical purpose and was conceived as a complement to the series of classical texts Manutius was printing in the same years. Aldus' heirs also published the first edition of Gregory's orations in 1516 (cf. A. Knowles Frazier, Possible Lives: Authors and Saints in Renaissance Italy, New York, 2005, pp. 114-115). The complicated structure of the volume, in which the sheets with the Latin text interleave with those containing the Greek, is not very common in Aldus' publications. The main problem with this structure is that the length of the Latin text does not always coincide with the Greek, so that to keep the texts facing each other on opposite pages the composer had to leave blank spaces, which sometimes are filled with different texts. Aldus devised this complicated system with a view to making Greek easier to learn. The book is mainly aimed at young students, whose knowledge of Greek was not good enough and who required the Latin text as a learning support (L. Bigliazzi, Aldo Manuzio tipografo 1494-1515, Florence, 1994, pp. 131-132). Literature: Renouard, 46.4; The Aldine Press, 2001, no. 84; Edit 16, CNCE21739; Adams, G-1142; Fock, Bibliotheca Aldina, p. 18; Hoffmann, II, pp. 175-177; Bigliazzi, op. cit., no. 86; Di- onisotti-Orlandini, Aldo Manuzio editore, no. LIII; Ahmanson-Murphy, no. 67.
Scottish Underwriter, Lloyd's of London and the Slave Trade.- Account Book, manuscript, 148pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, some ff. loose or working loose, slightly browned, 8pp. with newspaper cuttings laid down, some ff. slightly dampstained, a few blank ff. cut and torn, some juvenile pencil scribbling on blank ff., browned, hinges weak or breaking, original reverse calf, edges and corners worn, upper cover slight ink stain,lacks spine, folio, London, 1st January 1804 - London January 1808. ⁂ An account book covering four years in the first decade of the nineteenth century. The writer is a wealthy Lloyd's underwriter and a partner in a London merchant bank, with a network of expatriate Scottish financiers including dealings in the slave trade in Africa, the West Indies and the United States. The entries include paying a subscription to Lloyd's, together with Christmas boxes for the waiters there, domestic accounts, individuals and companies (including: Solomon Sebag (1783-1831), financier), underwriting etc. Several entries relating to slavery, including: George Alexander Wylie of South Carolina, who in April 1805 pays the author premiums for L'Affricane (Brew), from Liverpool to "Africa pr Mar]k[e]t" and Hugh Usher (1771-1811), owner with his brother, Thomas of the Cedar Valley plantation, Jamaica etc.
Coleridge Family Correspondence and Artifacts, including: (1) Coleridge (Derwent, writer and educationist, 1800-83) Two portraits and a printed document signed by Derwent Coleridge, comprising: (a) Original silhouette of Derwent Coleridge as a young man, highlighted in gilt, in the original black papier-maché frame, with the label of J.H. Gillespie, profile painter, "Likeness Drawn in One Minute", 140 x 112mm. (b) Albumen cabinet photograph of an elderly Derwent Coleridge in clerical dress seated at a table, by Manull & Co., 165 x 108mm (c) Printed parliamentary act to amend the law of copyright, 1860, signed by Derwent Coleridge. (2) Coleridge (William Rennell, Justice of the Peace, great nephew of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, of Salston, Ottery St Mary, 1833-1904) 24 items relating to W.R. Coleridge, including: (a) 6 ALs.s. from Sarah Elizabeth Coleridge (1 incomplete) to her son W.R. Coleridge, 1855-66; and another ALs to William Hart Coleridge, 20th October 1847 (b) Coleridge (Rt Rev William Hart, first Bishop of Barbados 1824-42, 1789-1849) 8 ALs.s. (1 joint with his wife; 1 joint with his daughter with a note added by his wife) to W.R. Coleridge, the first from Barbados, the rest from Salston House etc., concerned with his son's spiritual and moral well being. (3) General correspondence from various members of the Coleridge family, including: W.R. Coleridge, Sarah Elizabeth Coleridge, both from Eton, George May Coleridge, Fanny, Lady Patteson, Harriet Coleridge, Sarah Anne Coleridge etc., folds, v.s., v.d., 1820's-80's (qty)
Arms & Crests for Silver.- Stephen Smith & Co. (silversmiths, of 35 King Street, Covent Garden) Book of armorial, crests and letter-heading stamps for silver, printed bookplates, chromolithographed cards etc., 4 vol. (not uniform), c. 500pp., some browning and soiling, contemporary half calf, large paper labels of D. & J. Wellby on upper covers of first 3 vol., rubbed, rebacked, sm. 4to, 1886-1915; and another, an album owned by Sir Albert Woods, of drawings and printed coats of arms (bookplates), many pp. removed, n.d. (5).
Livius (Titus) Romische historie, translated by Bernhard Schöfferlin and Ivo Wittich, collation: [* **]6 a8 b-o6 p4, A8 B-R6, Aa8 Bb-Dd6 Ee6+1 Ff-Zz6, Aaa-Nnn6, Gothic type, full-page woodcut of the work being presented to the Emperor Maximilian, over 200 woodcuts within text, most half-page, initials in red or blue, p4 and R6 blank, lacking, Ff1, first f. detaching, a2 partially repaired tear within text, without loss, m3 very small hole within text, with loss of a few letters, 2C3 large partially repaired tear within text / woodcut, with minor loss, a few marginal repairs, some spotting and staining, the latter mostly marginal, few ff. with ink smudges or scribbles, contemporary panelled vellum over wooden boards, spine in compartments and with 20th century leather label, short split to head of each joint, lightly soiled, rubbed, folio (306 x 206mm.), Mainz, Johann Schöffer, 6 March, 1505. ⁂ First edition of the first German Livy. The most copiously illustrated book in early Mainz printing. Literature: Adams L1357; Proctor 9845.
St. George (Sir Thomas, herald, Garter Principal King of Arms, 1615-1703) & Sir John Dugdale, herald, Norroy King of Arms, 1628-1700. Grant and confirmation of arms to Thomas Gladwin of Tupton, near Chesterfield, D.s., manuscript on vellum, large hand-painted coat of arms and decoration at head, first line of text and arms in gold, 1 red wax sea only of 2l, 1 fold, slightly browned, framed and glazed, 350 x 520mm., 1686 ⁂ Gladwin is mentioned as High Sheriff of Derby, a Justice of the Peace and a benefactor of St. John's College, Cambridge.
Irish Peerage.- George III (King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover, 1738-1820) Letters Patent grant to Francis Bernard creating him Viscount Bandon of Bandonbridge, County Cork, D., large watercolour portrait of George III, watercolour coats of arms at head and left margin, floral decorated borders, Great Seal appended, extensive wear and repair to seal, manuscript a little faint but legible, folds, margins slightly yellowed, housed in a modern box, 730 x 630mm., Dublin, 4th October 1795. ⁂ Francis Bernard, first Earl of Bandon (1755-1830), Irish peer and politician. Bandon was one of the thirty original Irish Representative Peers, and sat in the House of Lords from 1801 until his death in 1830.
Edward VII (King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the British dominions beyond the seas, and Emperor of India, 1841-1910) Letters Patent creating Edmund Robertson Baron Lochee of Gowrie in Perth, D., manuscript on vellum, first line of text in gold, watercolour coats of arms and decoration at head and sides in gold and other colours, Great Seal appended (broken in two and repaired), housed in the original morocco covered wooden box, rubbed and worn, 675 x 880mm., Westminster, 22nd May, 1908. ⁂ Edmund Robertson, first Baron Lochee (1845-1911), Scottish barrister, academic and Liberal politician.
A DUTCH DELFT FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE, DE METAALE POT (LAMBERTUS VAN EENHOORN), CIRCA 1700-1720 'Cashmire' pattern, reeded octagonal outline, comprising an ovoid vase and cover, a pair of beaker vases and a pair of double gourd shaped vases, each painted with panels of birds flanking a vase of flowers and panels of flowers issuing from rocks inside diaper frames beneath a floral border, ovoid vase with painted LVE mark over 6 and p.515 to base and painted LVE mark to inside of cover, ovoid vase and cover 29cm. high Provenance: the Harward family of Winterfold House, Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, by family descent. By repute within the family, the garniture belonged to the artist, Thomas Gainsborough (1728-1788), presumably becoming Harward property when Gainsborough's great niece, Charlotte Gardiner (born 1805) married Thomas Netherton Harward in 1831. De Metaale Pot, a factory first established in Delft in 1670, produced its most brilliant work between 1691 and 1724, under the ownership of Lambertus van Eenhoorn (1651-1721). Strong Netherlandish influences on furniture and furnishings were felt this side of the North Sea, during the late 17th and early 18th century, following the accession of the Dutchman William and his wife Mary. It is probable that the factory (or an agent) exported these vases to England directly on manufacture.
TWO FRANKENTHAL FIGURES, CIRCA 1760 the first a figure of a young boy, modelled standing wearing a cap and apron with rolled-up sleeves, working a slab of clay or marble upon a surface supported by puce scrollwork, rampant lion mark in underglaze-blue to edge of base, 11cm high, the second a very young girl modelled standing wearing a winter cloak, bonnet and muff, upon a scroll-edged base, crowned interlaced CT monogram, AB monogram, numeral 6 in underglaze-blue, M in puce enamel, 10cm high A model of the boy is illustrated by Friedrich H. Hofmann, Frankenthaler Porzellan, Band I, Munich, 1911, taf.30, no.145.
A DANISH BOX, GEORG JENSEN, COPENHAGEN, POST 1945 designed by Sigvard Bernadotte circa 1950, square with rounded corners, lid with drop-ring handle, underside with Jensen mark, No. 969, DENMARK / STERLING and stamped in script Sigvard 10.cm wide, 349gr Sigvard Oscar Fredrik Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (1907-2002) was the second son of King Gustav Adolf VI of Sweden. One of Scandinavia's pioneering industrial designers, his firm Bernadotte and Bjorn, later the Bernadotte Design Studio, was responsible for a number of significant industrial products ranging from kitchen equipment to tractors. Bernadotte first produced designs for Jensen in 1931 and continued to do so over a 50-year period. He was perhaps the first designer at the Copenhagen firm to work completely in the modernist style, acknowledging that his work was a reaction against the decorated styles of Jensen and Rohde.
A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SHEFFIELD PLATE DISH WARMERS AND LINERS, MATTHEW BOULTON & PLATE CO., BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1825 circular, each on four applied paw and foliate supports, similar handles, the gadroon-bordered liners engraved with a coat-of-arms, motto and crest, detachable metal grille interiors 34cm over handles The arms are those of Salomons impaling Cohen for David Salomons (1797-1873), second son of Levy Salomons of St. Mary Axe, London, upon his marriage in 1825 to his first wife, Jeanette (1804-1867), daughter of Solomon Levi Cohen of Canonbury House and granddaughter of the famously weathy Levi Barent Cohen. Salomons became the first Jewish Lord Mayor of London in 1855 and in 1869 was created a baronet. He was also one of the founders of the London and Westminster Bank in 1832. See lot 696 for a snuff box belonging to Sir Moses Montefiore, whose wife, Judith, was the aunt of Jeanette Salomons. Sir David Salomons, like his wife's uncle, played a prominent part in achieving Jewish emancipation in the kingdom. His house near Tunbridge Wells, Broomhill, is now preserved as the Salomons Estate, containing a museum charting the history of the family.
A SCENE FROM THE RAMAYANA, PROBABLY BILASPUR, INDIA, MID-18TH CENTURY gouache with gold on paper, the first depicting Hanuman s fighters attacking the rakashas encouraged by Lakshmana the second Rama annointing Hanuman 22 x 33cm (image) For other paintings from the same series sold in these rooms, see 11 November 2015, lots 196 & 197, and 23 November 2016, lot 159. Others are in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (see Joseph Dye III, The Arts of India: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, London 2001, no.121) and The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (see M. Biardeau, M.-C. Porcher & A. Taha Hussein-Okada: Ramayana illustré par les miniatures indiennes du XVIe au XIXe siècle; Paris 2011 p. 245
A BLACK GROUND THANG-KA DEPICTING A DAKINI, TIBET, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY the goddess dancing on a lotus within a flaming aureole, holding damaru and ghanta, flanked by groups of smaller dakinis with a figure of Buddha and an arhat above, a figure of Mahakala below, flanked by Lha-mo and a naga, together with an Empty Cloth Mount for a Small Thang-ka, 20th century 87 x 56cm Provenance: Henry Brownrigg, London (1943-2016)
A VIENNA ORNITHOLOGICAL PLATE OF AN AUSTRALIAN OSTRICH (OR SOUTHERN CASSOWARY), 1813 painted by Josef Geyer with the bird in its natural habitat, the rim with caramel-coloured and white bands between gilt borders and oval and vine motifs, shield mark in underglaze-blue, impressed date numbers and impressed 17, painter's no.137, painted title 24cm diameter The southern cassowary is found in the tropical rainforests of Indonesia, New Guinea and north-eastern Australia. It was first described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in his Systema Naturae as 'Struthio Casuarius' (as titled on this plate), from a specimen from Seram. Josef Geyer was employed by the Vienna factory as a 'Blumen und Dekorationsmaler' between 1802-1836 (see Waltraud Neuwirth, Wiener Porzellan 1718-1864, Vienna, 1971, p.37).
AN EARLY ARABIC FOLIO FROM A DISPERSED MANUSCRIPT OF AL-JAUHARI'S "KITAB TAJ AL-LUGHA WA SAHIH AL-ARABIYAH", LATE ABBASID, PROBABLY BAGHDAD, OR EARLY MAMLUK, SYRIA OR EGYPT, 13TH CENTURY WITH LATER ALTERATIONS Arabic manuscript on paper, 1 folio, 15 lines to the page written in an elegant and clear naskhi script in brown ink, text written on the lower part of one side skilfully erased and replaced by a coloured illustration depicting an encounter between two turbaned men in an arched doorway, added at a much later date, in mount Folio: 25.8 x 17.4 cm. Provenance: Henry Brownrigg, London (1943-2016) Also known by the title al-Sahih fi'l lugha, the manuscript is a celebrated dictionary of the Arabic language with 40,000 entries. Abu Nasr Isma'il ibn Hammad al-Jauhari was born in the city of Farab in Kazakhstan, studied Arabic first in Baghdad and then in the Hejaz before eventually settling in Nishapur. He was killed around A.D. 1003 - 1010 while attempting to fly from the roof of a mosque using two wooden wings and a rope.
A NYMPENBURG FIGURE OF A MUSHROOM SELLER, CIRCA 1765 modelled by Franz Anton Bustelli (1723-1763), the painting probably slightly later, shown walking with a mushroom-filled basket on her back, her right arm outstretched proffering a mushroom, her puce bodice picked out in gilding, her skirt highlighted with yellow flowers and green stripes, grassy mound base 17.6cm, restoration to one arm Known as 'Täublingsgretl', the figure was first modelled by Bustelli in 1755. For examples of the model see Katharina Hantschmann and Alfred Ziffer, Bustelli, Nymphenburger Porzellanfiguren des Rokoko, Munich, 2005, p.160, 430-431, nos.58 and 59. One example was in the collection of Maurice de Rothschild, his anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 28th March 1977, lot 209.
AN enamel SNUFF box, Birmingham / Liverpool, possibly Paulen, circa 1760, rectangular, the lid painted with a coat of arms within crimson scrollwork, the sides transfer printed in purple with ruin subjects, reeded gilt metal mounts, 8.5cm long; together with a Masonic enamel snuff box, Birmingham, circa 1760, printed with armorials and Masonic emblems in rocaille borders, 9.1cm long (2) Provenance (the first box): Sotheby's, London, 29 November 1976, lot 164; both boxes: The Hoffenreich Collection of Snuff Boxes, Vienna
A NAME BADGE FROM A DHOW, PROBABLY LAMU, EAST AFRICA, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY carved and painted wood, of circular form, depicting a red flag inscribed in arabic script, label on the back stating 'Off a Show that was wrecked off the E Coast of Africa at Mambrue[?]' 25.5cm diam. Provenance: Henry Brownrigg, London (1943-2016) This lot is sold with a photocopies of the relevant pages of two books on dhows.
A PAINTED CLOTH CURTAIN (LANGSE), BALI, INDONESIA, PROBABLY FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY ink and pigment on cotton, of rectangular form, depicting two registers of mythical figures grouped around a series of trees, amidst numerous small stylised clouds 90 x 250cm Provenance: Henry Brownrigg, London (1943-2016) The langse is a curtain, placed to screen offerings laid on a bed, although many cloths in this format seem to have been used simply as wall hangings. For a langse thought to date from the 1930s in the Forge Collection at the Australian Museum, Sydney, see Anthony Forge, Balinese Traditional Paintings, Sydney 1978, no.42.
A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SALVERS, ELIZA GODFREY, LONDON, 1755 shaped circular, the centres each engraved with a contemporary coat-of-arms and rococo cartouche within a later flat-chased band of scrolls, flowers and shells, applied gadroon and shell borders above three hoof supports, together with a photocopy of the original Eliz. Godfrey bill, 1755 30.8cm diameter, 1896gr (60oz 19dwt) The arms are those of Leigh impaling Brydges for James Leigh (1724-1744) of Adlestrop and Longborough, Gloucestershire, who married on 10 March 1755, Lady Caroline Brydges (1729-1789), eldest daughter of Henry, 2nd Duke of Chandos. These salvers are listed with other items in a bill addressed to 'Jas. Leigh Esq' from Elizabeth Godfrey, 'Goldsmith & Jeweller to his Royal Highness ye Duke of Cumberland at ye Hand Ring & Crown in Norris Street, St. James's Hay Market,' 22 February 1755, as follows: '2 Neat Pold. [Polished] Gadroon'd Waiters - 64[oz] 12[dwt] @8[s per oz] - [£]25 17[s] 0[d] 'Engr'd Do [£]0 15[s] 0[d]' The bill was paid on 5 May 1755: 'Recd. by the Hand of Jn Pudsey the Contents of this Bill & all Demands for My Mother E: Godfrey P [i.e. Per] Abm. Betew.' (The original of this bill is among the Brydges family papers, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon) Elizabeth Godfrey (née Panten [sic]) was married to her first husband, the silversmith Abraham Buteux (1698-1731) at St. Paul's Cathedral on 11 February 1720. Their son, the above-mentioned 'Abm Betew' [Abraham Buteux junior] was born in 1722. Following her husband's death, Mrs Buteux was married for a second time at St. Benet, Paul's Wharf on 6 February 1732 to the silversmith Benjamin Godfrey, a bachelor. Arthur Grimwade (London Goldsmiths, p. 524) suggests that the latter had been a journeyman to Mrs. Buteux. Widowed a second time when Godfrey died in 1741, she herself died in 1771, survived by her sons Abraham (d. 1776) and Panton (d. 1799) and daughter Hester Betew [Buteux] (d. 1774/76). Panton Betew's will was proved on 19 July 1799 (National Archives, PROB 11/1326) by his executor, Lewis Pantin junior (Grimwade, p. 613 : Lewis Pantin III). Provenance: James Leigh (1724-1744) of Adlestrop; Sotheby's, London, 10 November 1994, lot 166; The Collection of Myrtle Ellis (1937-2016)
A COLLECTION OF COMPANY PRINTING BLOCKS, SOUTH-EAST ASIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY lead or copper on wood block, most relating to Guthrie and Co., inscribed variously in English, Jawi, Burmese and Thai 10 x 7cm and smaller (68) Provenance: Henry Brownrigg, London (1943-2016) Guthrie and Co. was the first British trading company in South East Asia, founded by the Scot, Alexander Guthrie, in Singapore in 1821, its primary activity being the management of rubber and palm oil plantations. In the 1980s it became Malaysian owned, and following various mergers and takeovers continues today as a division of Malaysia's largest company, Sime Darby, which is itself a company with a Scottish background.
[§] JEAN POUGNY (IVAN PUNI) (RUSSIAN 1892-1956) ARLEQUIN Signed 'Pougny,' oil on canvas 46cm x 38cm (18in x 15in) Exhibited: Salon des Tuileries 1934, No 6, Pugny exhibition, St Etienne 1958, No 11 Note: Jean Pougny, or Ivan Puni as he was originally known, is a fascinating artist whose work straddles two of the great European Modernist art movements of the twentieth century. A Russian by birth, Pougny was of Italian extraction and had a family background in the arts; his grandfather was the highly regarded composer of ballet scores, Cesare Pugni. Attracted to painting, Pougny, like so many notable artists of the period, was drawn to the artistic hub of Paris as a young man. Initially influenced by the Fauves, he trained at the Academie Julian between 1910-1911. Pougny returned to Russia in 1912 and his work evolved to become informed by Cubist tendencies. Now a key protagonist within the artistic collectives developing in St Petersburg, he exhibited alongside the likes of Kazimir Malevich and Vladimir Tatlin. He and his wife the artist Kseniya Boguslavskaya were a focal point of the avant-garde scene and their apartment became a meeting place for artists and poets. In 1916 he joined the Supremus group founded by Malevitch, co-writing the manifesto which, on the eve of the 1917 Revolution, posited a new abstract art for a new era based upon "the supremacy of pure artistic feeling" rather than on visual depiction of objects. He also co-organised the now iconic 0.10 exhibition. In 1919 he and Boguslavskaya escaped the Soviet Union, fleeing across the ice of the Gulf of Finland and settling for a time in Berlin where the first solo exhibition of his work was held at the Galerie der Sturm. From 1923 they resided in Paris, where Puni changed his name and began signing his artworks Pougny to better appeal to the French market. His style reverted to its Fauvist roots and he became fully re-embedded within French artistic traditions. The subject of the Harlequin was a trope explored by many of the French Modernists, from Cezanne to Juan Gris. A stock character from the Italian Commedia dell'art, Harlequin was a mischievous trickster; representative of the impulses of whimsy and romance. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he became a popular alter-ego for many artists of this period. They were no doubt also attracted by the traditional design of Harlequin's costume which comprised tri-colour diamond shapes, finding it reflected the geometry of form and purity of colour that was being explored at this time. Pougny died in Paris in 1956; after which his wife donated 12 paintings to the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris in 1959.
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