Bellasis (George Hutchins) Views of Saint Helena first edition dedication to the Duke of Wellington (contemporary ink inscription to Eliza Chetwood at head) list of subscribers 6 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by Robert Havell after Bellasis text lightly browned and with light marginal spotting or soiling but plates very clean apart from very slight water-staining to upper outer corner title and final leaf with small tears to lower edge repaired modern half burgundy morocco uncut gilt-stamped roan label on upper cover a little scuffed [Abbey Travel 309; Tooley 87] oblong folio 1815 [plates watermarked 1811].
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Browne (Edward) A Brief Account of some Travels in Hungaria Servia Bulgaria... first edition lacking initial blank and A4 but with advertisement leaf and errata leaf at end 8 engraved plates only (of 9) 3 folding woodcut illustration some light foxing and staining modern calf upper cover crudely ruled and stamped in gilt [Wing B5110] small 4to by T.R. for Benj.Tooke 1673.
Compleat History (The) of Thamas Kouli Kan (afterwards Schah Nadir) Late Sovereign of Persia Compleat History (The) of Thamas Kouli Kan (afterwards Schah Nadir) Late Sovereign of Persia 2 parts in 1 engaved portrait and folding map first part lacking G6 & 7 (pp.131-134) a little wormed at head and foot with slight loss to portrait title and map (some repairs) browned contemporary calf rubbed corners worn rebacked 8vo J.Brindley at the Prince`s Arms... [1750]; sold not subject to return
Gerning 1820 (Baron Johann Isaac von) A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine from Mentz to Cologne translated by John Black first English edition list of subscribers 24 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates folding engraved map with partial hand-colouring modern tisuue guards but some light offsetting and marginal soiling small ink stain to plate of St.Goarshausen but not very obtrusive very slight worming to fore-edge of last couple of leaves later calf gilt red morocco label covers a little scratched and faded [Abbey Travel 217; Tooley 234] 4to R.Ackermann 1820. *** An attractive copy with plates in early state i.e. without plate numbers in top right corner and with good impressions and colouring.
(Lt. Francis) Travels in Canada and the United States... first edition lacking folding map (supplied in facsimile) soiled modern half sheep 1818 § Prowse (D.W.) A History of Newfoundland... second edition folding map illustrations original cloth gilt 1896 § Pilling (J.C.) Bibliography of the Iroquoian Languages [and] ...Algonquian Languages together 2 vol. original cloth damp-stained Washington DC. 1888-91 § Gosse (P.H.) The Canadian Naturalist first edition lacking 4pp. advertisements at end illustrations soiled modern calf-backed boards 1840; and 8 others on North America v.s. (13) (Lt. Francis) Travels in Canada and the United States... first edition lacking folding map (supplied in facsimile) soiled modern half sheep 1818 § Prowse (D.W.) A History of Newfoundland... second edition folding map illustrations original cloth gilt 1896 § Pilling (J.C.) Bibliography of the Iroquoian Languages [and] ...Algonquian Languages together 2 vol. original cloth damp-stained Washington DC. 1888-91 § Gosse (P.H.) The Canadian Naturalist first edition lacking 4pp. advertisements at end illustrations soiled modern calf-backed boards 1840; and 8 others on North America v.s. (13)
Lasso de la Vega (Garcia) The Royal Commentaries of Peru in Two Parts translated by Sir Paul Rycaut engraved portrait of Rycaut after Lely title in red and black with order to print on verso with additional letterpress title and blank 3G3 at end of first part 10 engraved plates old ink signatures at head of title a little soiled and browned some staining one plate creased across plate where previously folded 2 index leaves torn with slight loss old unobtrusive embossed library stamp to title and final leaf modern calf-backed boards slight wear to edges of boards [Sabin 98760; Wing G215] folio by Miles Flesher for Samuel Heyrick 1688. *** One of four variant imprints of the first edition in English; the author was the son of a Spanish conquistador and an Inca princess
Richardson 1851 (Sir John) Arctic Searching Expedition; A Journal of a Boat-Voyage...in search of...Sir John Franklin vol.2 only (of 2) first edition chromolithographed frontispiece folding hand-coloured map contemporary calf spine gilt rubbed 1851 § Nansen (Friidtjof) “Farthest North” 2 vol. folding colour map plates and illustrations some foxing contemporary half calf rubbed and faded 1898 8vo (3)
[Sherer (J.M.)] Scenes and Impressions in Egypt and Italy bookplate removed from front pastedown contemporary sprinkled calf gilt spine a little worn and chipped 1824 § Johnston (Sir Harry) The Nile Quest: A Record of the Exploration of the Nile and its Basin plates foxed 1903 § Lugard (Flora L. Lady) A Tropical Dependency: An Outline of he Ancient History of the Western Soudan... folding maps 1905 first editions the last two original cloth the last with faded spine all a little rubbed; and 5 others on Africa and the Middle East 8vo et infra (8)
Willis (Nathaniel Parker) Canadian Scenery 2 vol. in 1 engraved map additional vignette title to vol.2 and 110 plates only (of 117) after W.H.Bartlett first few leaves stained at upper outer corner occasional foxing modern half calf 4to n.d. *** A reissue of the previous lot; the portrait and the first vignette title are not called for in the list of plates.
[Windus (John)] A Journey to Mequinez; the Residence of the Present Emperor of Fez and Morocco on the Occasion of Commodore Stewart`s Embassy thither for the Redemption of the British Captives in the Year 1721 first edition list of subscribers 5 engraved views and engraved plan all folding title and final leaf stained A2 torn at inner margin just touching edge of ornament some foxing modern morocco 8vo 1725. *** One of the earliest works on Morocco to appear in the English language Windus`s work proved an immediate success going through several editions and being pirated in Dublin.
Ackermann (Rudolph) The Microcosm of London 3 vol. first edition early issue with some of Abbey`s 12 “key plates” in first state (nos. 4 5 & 7 and possibly 6 & 8) half-titles wood-engraved pictorial titles engraved dedication leaves 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin stab-holes plates with some light marginal soiling but generally clean a few with small marginal tears and repairs text a little browned (particularly in vol.1) and with offsetting from plates E gathering in vol.1 a little shorter but with uniform browning Henry Irving`s copy with his red and black bookplate on front free endpapers later half brown morocco gilt by Morrell spines gilt uncut slightly rubbed upper boards of vol.3 damp-stained [Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7] 4to [1808-10 plates watermarked 1807-09]. *** Early issue bound from the original parts with text and plates watermarked 1806-08 the 13 errata at end of vol.3 uncorrected (except that of “coustom” on p.218 of vol.1 as in the Abbey copy) and the Contents leaf in vol.1 headed “Contents”. However the imprint of the wood-engraved title to vol.2 does not have a comma after “Bensley” but that in vol.1 does.
Ackermann (Rudolph) A History of the University of Oxford... 2 vol. first edition early issue large paper copy lacking half-titles with list of subscribers dedication to Lord Grenville with uncoloured engraved portrait on india paper (foxed) 114 plates including the 33 portraits of Founders and 17 costume plates all hand-coloured aquatints or stipple-engravings by Bluck Stadler Hill and others after Pugin Westall Mackenzie and others plates 1 15 50 78 84 & 94 in first state plates 39 & 74 second state light browning and offsetting mostly to text frontispiece to vol.2 a little spotted other occasional spotting and light damp-staining F1 in vol.2 with tear to fore-edge (repaired) Lord Grenville`s copy with A.L.s. from Edward Cardwell dated 1840 concerning the hanging of the Grenville portrait in the University Gallery tipped in at beginning of vol.1 handsome contemporary russia with elaborate borders and central Grenville arms in gilt rebacked with gilt spines in compartments g.e. endpapers lightly damp-stained and edges of boards rubbed and nibbled [Abbey Scenery 278; Tooley 5] 4to 1814 [plates watermarked 1811]. *** William Wyndham Grenville Baron Grenville (1759-1834) elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1809. Edward Cardwell (1787-1861) ecclesiastical historian who became private secretary to Grenville in his role as chancellor (and successively the Duke of Wellington and Lord Derby).
Ackermann (Rudolph) A History of the University of Cambridge 2 vol. first edition lacking half-titles with list of subscribers uncoloured engraved portrait of the Duke of Gloucester (foxed) 95 plates including the 16 portraits of Founders all hand-coloured aquatints or stipple-engravings by Stadler Havell Agar Bluck Hill and Reeve after Pugin Westall Mackenzie Uwins and Pyne light offsetting from plates but plates clean modern half dark blue morocco spines gilt in compartments g.e. slightly damp-stained preserved in modern cloth slip-case (a little marked) [Abbey Scenery 80; Tooley 4] 4to 1815 [plates watermarked 1812].
Ackermann (Rudolph) The History of the Colleges of Winchester Eton and Westminster... first edition list of subscribers 48 hand-coloured plates mostly aquatint including 4 costume plates plate 23 in second state of masters with mortar boards and plate 26 in third state depicting cricket match text a little foxed and soiled with offsetting from plates plates with some light marginal soiling but generally clean slight staining to plate of `Head Master`s House Rugby` modern half burgundy morocco spine gilt in compartments with five raised bands t.e.g. others uncut one or two slight scratches [Abbey Scenery 440; Tooley 3] 4to 1816. ***Also including the Charter-house St.Paul`s Merchant Taylors Harrow Rugby and Christ`s Hospital.
Camden (William) Britannia first edition of Gibson`s translation large paper copy engraved portrait frontispiece and 8 plates of coins 50 double-page and/or folding engraved maps most by Robert Morden all with contemporary hand-colouring including fully-coloured cartouches engraved and woodcut illustrations old ink signature and signature stamp at head of title (stamp also on verso of portrait) manuscript index to maps bound in at beginning some light soiling or browning but generally a good copy modern half burgundy morocco spine gilt in compartments with seven raised bands [Chubb CXIII; Wing C359] folio by F.Collins for A.Swalle...and A.& J.Churchil 1695. *** Copies in original colouring are very rare.
Daniell (William) A Voyage Round Great Britain... 8 vol. first edition aquatint pictorial dedication leaf 308 hand-coloured aquatint plates on thin card by and after Daniell each within grey wash border without the one uncoloured plate of Kemaes Head in vol.1 (as often) and the folding map but with the errata leaf in vol.1 vol.1 with 2 leaves (pp.123-126) on thicker paper some plates lightly foxed and browned light foxing to text old ink inscription on front free endpaper of vol.1 “Left to me by my father 1860 C.Kildare” John Hely-Hutchinson copy with his engraved book-label on front free endpaper contemporary half russia rebacked with gilt spines rubbed edges of boards a little worn and nibbled by insects [Abbey Scenery 16; Tooley 177] 4to 1814-25.
Hasted (Edward) The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent first edition list of subscribers large folding engraved county map hand-coloured in outline (linen-backed ) and 99 engraved maps plans and plates including the map of Worth in vol. III engraved illustrations in text browned extensively in some places vol. III some pp. extensively foxed Graingerised by the insertion of c. 25 manuscript ink notes of Exchequer Escheats in ?Hasted`s hand engravings and a pen and ink drawing of Hays Church (in vol. I) later endpapers twentieth century century half brown morocco gilt edges and joints rubbed [Upcott 1 p. 358] folio Canterbury Printed for the Author 1778-99. *** Extra items include: “Remarks on the Petition to Parliament for Paving Ramsgate” 4pp. [not in ESTC] 1785; and 2 prospectuses for Hasted`s “History of Kent” 1 dated 1794 and the other for the 8vo edition 1796.
Loutherbourg 1805 (Philipp Jakob de) The Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales first edition first issue without the frontispiece found in later issues 18 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates engraved by William Pickett and coloured by John Clark titles and text in English and French occasional light marginal soiling or spotting but a very good copy modern half burgundy morocco by Bickers & Son spine gilt in compartments with five raised bands very slightly rubbed [Abbey Scenery 9; Tooley 305] T.Bensley for Robert Bowyer 1805 [watermarked 1801 & 1805]; and a copy of the 1979 facsimile reprint together in modern calf-edged cloth slip-case folio (2) *** The beautiful plates in this work depict picturesque scenery in a highly romantic style. Loutherbourg (1740-1812) worked as a stage designer under David Garrick was a member of the Royal Academy and the French equivalent and befriended Gainsborough each painting the other`s portrait in 1778.
[Pugh (Edward) Cambria Depicta: A Tour through North Wales first edition hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 70 hand-coloured aquatint plates lacking 2 advertisment leaves at end with portraits of `The Infant Hercules` and `Bella the Fortune Teller` on different and smaller paper (foxed) some offsetting from plates but themselves clean bookplate of Philip Saltmarshe contemporary calf borders in gilt and blind edges and corners a little worn rebacked with gilt spine red morocco label [Abbey Scenery 521; Tooley 386] 4to 1816.
Joseph Wolins, American 1915-1999- "Ritual"; oil on canvas, signed, titled on the reverse, 89x61cm Note: Wolins was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. From 1935 to 1941 he studied at the National Academy of Design under Leon Kroll. During this period Wolins was associated with the WPA Art Project in New York. His first solo show was at the Contemporary Arts Gallery in New York in 1947. Further solo shows followed at the Bodley, Adley and Katherine Perlow galleries in New York, the Agra Gallery in Washington D.C., Silvermine Gallery, Norwalk, Connecticut and elsewhere. He was involved in many group shows in the US, Brazil and elsewhere, including two important retrospectives of "NYC WPA Art" at the Parsons School of Design in 1977 and the Phantom Gallery in Los Angeles in 1986. Wolins` work is in many public and private collections, including: Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown Ohio, National Museum of American Art in Washington D.C., Museum of Ein Hod in Israel and numerous US provincial public galleries.
* Léon Bakst, Russian 1866-1924- Costume design for an official from `La Pisanella`; pencil and gouache, signed and inscribed, 32x18cm. Note: The play La Pisanella (written by Gabriele d`Annunzio, music by Ildebrando Pizzetti and costumes/décors by Léon Bakst) was first produced by Ida Rubenstein at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris on the 11th of June 1913. Provenance: The family of the Artist, Paris
AMENDMENT: A George II mahogany serving table, the red variagated marble rectangular top, above a blind fret carved stylised greek key frieze, above scallop, acanthus and trailing bell flower carved cabriole legs terminating in claw and ball feet, 92 x 186 x 88 cm. NOTE: By repute from the vendor the serving/ side table is from Bulstrode Park in Buckinghamshire, originally an estate of the Duke of Portland and in the first decade of 19th century the estate change hands to the Duke of Somerset.
A silver pierced lobed bon bon dish, S J Rose & Son London 1966, diameter 14.5 cm, together with an Austro-Hungarian silver foliate embossed lobed preserve dish with cover, first half 19th century, makers mark STM, missing glass jar and a white metal pedestal urn with cover, height 14.5 cm, (3)
Three oval portrait miniatures, the first early 19th century of a child, bust length, 4.5cm x 3.5cm; the second late 20th century of an 18th century lady, shoulder length, indistinctly signed, 6cm x 5cm; the last a colour print `Paulina, First Wife of Sir Codrington`, 6.3cm x 4.5cm, each in a gilt metal frame, on a red wall hanging
Two cased ivory portable thermometers, mid 19th century, each of circular form centred with a compass within curved Reaumur and Fahrenheit scale mercury tube, the first signed `W. DIXEY, 241 Oxford St., LONDON` (ivory disc cracked) 6cm diameter, the second unsigned 5.5cm diameter, each in a red leather covered outer case.
ALICK RIDDELL STURROCK RSA (Scottish 1885-1953) MISTY MORNING, KIRKCUDBRIGHT oil on canvas, signed original ornate gilt frame 50cm x 60 cm Note : Mainly a landscape painter. Born Edinburgh attended ECA and RSA Schools, winning a travelling scholarship he visited Paris, Italy, Munich and Holland. Exhibited with Eric Robertson, W O Hutchison and others in 1912 and 1913, and again after First World War as part of The Edinburgh Group. He and his wife, Mary Newbery, daughter of Fra Newbery who was such an influence on the Glasgow Boys, had a house and studio In Gatehouse of Fleet, Kirkcudbright. Treasurer of Royal Scottish Academy,1938 -1947; appointed secretary shortly before his death. Represented in numerous public collections.
EDWIN HAYES RI (British 1819-1904) SUDDEN SQUAWL oil on canvas, signed and dated 23cm x 32cm Note : : Hayes, 2 Claylands Road, Kennington, London verso. Hayes was born in Bristol, England but brought up in in Dublin, Ireland where his father was a hotelier. He studied art at the Dublin Society Art School and first exhibited his work at the RHA (Royal Hibernian Academy) in 1842. He remained in Dublin for ten years before moving to London. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, British Institution, Society of British Artists and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, becoming a full member of the latter in 1863. Hayes painted seascapes in Ireland, England, Belgium, Holland, France, Spain and Italy, his work inevitably featuring ships and boats in high seas,[2] harbour scenes[3] or other aspects of the coastline. His son Claude Hayes, R.I., ROI, (1852-1922) was also a notable landscape and portrait painter.
ALEXANDER MANN NEAC ROI (Scottish 1853-1908) BACCHANTE oil on canvas, signed and dated 1900 original gilt frame 81cm x 66cm Note : Alexander Mann was born in Glasgow, Scotland on January 22, 1853. He died in London on January 26, 1908. The second son of James Mann, merchant and collector, he took drawing lessons from the age of ten with Robert Greenlees (1820-94) and then attended evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art, where Greenlees was headmaster. In 1877 he went to Paris and enrolled at the Académie Julian, and then studied under Mihály Munkácsy and from 1881 to 1885 under Carolus-Duran. From 1883-93 Mann exhibited in London at the Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Fine Art Society, New Gallery, Ridley Art Club, New English Art Club and Society of British Artists, a society that appointed James McNeill Whistler its President in 1886. At the same year he was invited to become the first Scottish member of the New English Art Club and was joined by several of his friends, notably John Lavery, Thomas Millie Dow of the Glasgow Boys and Norman Garstin. Influenced by the Hague school and by Jules Bastien-Lepage, his picture A Bead Stringer, Venice gained an honorable mention at the Salon in 1885. After a public controversy over this painting when it was exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute, Mann settled in England, at West Hagbourne, Berkshire, and later in the neighboring village of Blewbury, where he painted a series of views of the Downs and portraits of country people. Mann traveled extensively in Britain, paying several visits to the coast in Angus and Fife, and to Walberswick, Suffolk. His travels also covered Europe and the Americas. A visit to Venice in 1884 was Alexander`s first artistic venture beyond Britain and the immediate environs of Paris; this was followed by a voyage to the Caribbean and the Southern States of America, perhaps inspired by American artist friend in Paris. From 1890 to 1892 he lived with his family in Tangiers. Later he travelled to Madrid through Southern Spain in 1892 accompanied by John Lavery, another alumnus of the Académie Julian. Considered by many to be one of "The Glasgow Boys".
* JAMES COSGROVE FIGURES mixed media on paper, signed 88cm x 49cm Note : Born in Glasgow in 1939, Jimmy studied painting at evening classes at Glasgow School of Art under Danny Ferguson. He later gave up his career in engineering to study art full time, gaining a Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma and winning a travelling scholarship, which took him across Europe. His first studies were in printed textile design and his work, for many years thereafter, was predominantly printmaking and drawing. He taught at the Glasgow School of Art and was a founder member of the Third Eye Centre and the Print Studio in Glasgow. In 1989, two of James` large paintings were included in the survey exhibition `Scottish Art Since 1900` at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. Living on the west coast of Scotland, and looking directly across to the Isle of Arran, his work is currently concerned with marine landscapes, often with an ambiguous narrative. James exhibits his work throughout Scotland and many of his paintings are in private and public collections worldwide.
ANNA MARY HOTCHKIS (Scottish 1885-1984) KIRKCUDBRIGHT HARBOUR IN NOVEMBER pastel, signed 36.5cm x 52.5cm Note : Oil and watercolour painter specialising in figures and landscapes. Especially influenced by Chinese art when she visited China for the first time in 1922. Taught in Peking 1922-1924 and stayed in China until 1937. Rented a studio in Greengate Close (Kirkcudbright) from Jessie M King. Wrote Buddhist Sculptures at the Yen Kang Caves with Mary Mullikin, 1935 and The Nine Sacred Mountains of China, 1973.
A Mixed Lot comprising: two various Mahogany Watercolour Paint Boxes, the first of rectangular form with hinged cover, fitted interior and drawer to the base, by G Rowney & Co, London; the second also of rectangular form with fitted interior and lift-out tray with porcelain palette to the base, by Newman, also of London (2)
A selection of mostly English botanical porcelain, comprising a Chamberlain’s Worcester quatrefoil dish painted with an Amaryllis, a Spode porcelain plate, pattern 2329, a pearlware quatrefoil dish painted with Convolvulus an English porcelain blue ground part-dessert service and other items, various dates, first half 19th Century
A Belleek (First Period) ozier-moulded yellow-tinted eggcup stand and six pedestal cups; with ring handle, 17.5cm diameter, black printed mark, circa 1880. See Marion Langham, Belleek (1993), page 170, bottom, where this egg stand is illustrated from the 1904 catalogue and referred to as a Shamrock egg frame and cups.
A Staffordshire pearlware commemorative jug for the Peninsular War, moulded in relief with half length representations of General Hill and Lord Wellington, 16cm high, circa 1814; and various items of blue and white printed pottery comprising; five various plates including a Davenport ‘Mare and Foal’ pattern example, an Enoch Wood ‘Culzean Castle’ pattern example and three various sugar boxes and covers, first quarter 19th century
A Cambrian Pottery blue and white printed cake or cheese stand, decorated with the ‘Cows crossing stream’ pattern, 28.5cm diameter; and other items of English and Welsh blue and white printed pottery including two Baker, Bevans & Irwin Dutch-shape jugs, printed with the ‘Cottage Girl’ pattern, four various mugs, a toothbrush box and cover and two-handled soup bowl and cover, mostly first quarter 19th century or a little later. Provenance: The property of the late Mrs G.D. Otto.
An assortment of Staffordshire blue and white printed pottery, comprising; a chestnut basket and stand, three various chestnut baskets to include a J. Ridgway example, a Spode ‘Net’ pattern sauce tureen ladle, a baluster vase and cover and other items, mostly first quarter 19th century. Provenance: The property of the late Mrs G.D. Otto.
A Donegal red ground carpet, last quarter of 19th century, 3.96m x 2.85m (13ft x 9ft 4in). Possibly one of the group of carpets with Oriental designs first exhibited by Morton’s in 1899, some of which are discussed and illustrated in Haslam ‘Arts & Crafts Carpets’, p. 102ff.. Provenance: Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury sale ‘Carpets/Rugs, Textiles’ 9th October 2001, lot 140.

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