MAZARIN JULES: (1602-1661) Italian Cardinal, Diplomat and Politician, served as Chief Minister of the French Monarch 1642-61. L.S., J Card. Mazarin, two pages, folio, n.p., 3rd July 1649, to de Chaunes, a Councillor of King Louis XIV, in French. The letter states, in part, 'I believe appropriate and even very necessary that M. le Compte d'Harcourt, being in the Limemy (?) country, should have published in quantity handbills signed by him stating that in whatever place he passes where he finds mills ruined by inhabitants, he will have those same places burned down and will not pardon any peasant. By this means we would generate fear and we would make it easy to have the wheat ground for the subsistence of the army....pursue your efforts with the same diligence, so that with each acting on your own initiative we may have some good success in this campaign which will oblige the Limemis to make peace....' With integral address leaf bearing two small red wax seals, one with the small original red ribbon affixed. Some light age wear to the edges and a small wormhole just affecting a few letters of text, but not the signature. About VG
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GALVEZ JOSE DE: (1720-1787) Marques de Sonora. Spanish Lawyer, one of the prime figures behind the Bourbon Reforms. Inspector General of New Spain (Mexico) 1764-72. Galvez ordered that Mexico's northern states together with California, New Mexico, and Texas be placed under the control of a commandant general of the Provincias Internas, independent of the viceroy in Mexico City and directly responsible to the King. L.S., Jph de Galvez, one page, folio, San Ildefonso, 17th September 1777, to the Governor of Paraguay, in Spanish. The manuscript letter is an order to provide that 'Sealed Paper should begin to be used as in the rest of the Americas and that by now you will be provided with as much paper as necessary, until the moment when the annualisation comes and the impression and change for these realms can be arranged for the next biennium's as it is practise for all the America's territories'. With blank integral leaf. Some very light overall foxing and with a long, neat split to the central vertical fold adjoining the integral leaf. About VG Agustin Fernando de Pinedo (d.1780) Governor of Paraguay 1772-78.
WALPOLE ROBERT: (1676-1745) British Prime Minister 1721-42. D.S., R Walpole, one page, folio, n.p. (Treasury Chambers), 11th August 1730. The manuscript document is a warrant for the payment of two hundred and seventy three pounds to be made to Francis Colman, His Majesty's resident at Florence, in payment for his 'ordinary entertainment of three pounds a day'. Boldly signed by Walpole in the right margin and countersigned by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury George Dodington (1691-1762) 1st Baron Melcombe. English Politician and Nobleman; William Clayton (1671-1752) 1st Baron Sundon. British Politician; and Sir William Yonge (c.1693-1755) English Politician. A dark ink stroke, in the form of a cancellation, runs across the text, only very partially obscuring a few words, and not touching the signatures. A couple of minor tears at the edges and some very light age wear, only very slightly affecting Dodington's signature, otherwise VG
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[CHURCHILL WINSTON S.]: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. MARSH EDWARD (1872-1953) British Polymath & Civil Servant, Private Secretary to Winston Churchill for many years. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, three pages, 8vo, The Palace, Khartoum, 24th December 1907. Marsh's manuscript recounts the funeral of Scrivings, which had taken place earlier that evening, in part 'The funeral procession left the Civil Hospital at 5.30. It was headed by the band of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers; then followed a detachment of the men; and after the coffin, which was placed on the gun carriage and covered with the colours, then walked Mr. Churchill, Col. Wilson, Mr. Marsh, Capt. Dickinson, an officer who had accompanied Mr. Churchill through Uganda and down the Nile…..Mr Churchill had put a cross of white chrysanthemums & other flowers on the coffin. The cemetery is about half a mile from the hospital & the procession went at a foot's pace, the band playing Chopin's Funeral March….the coffin was placed on the shoulders of six men of the Royal Dublins, who carried it to the grave. Mr. Gwynne proceeded to read the burial service, during which the sun set and darkness came gradually on. At the end, the Last Post was sounded on the bugles, and three volleys of blank cartridges were fired into the air'. Some light age wear and a few neat splits at the folds, only very slightly affecting a few words of text. Together with three A.Ls.S. by Marsh ('E Marsh'), five pages (total), 8vo, [Khartoum] & Whitehall, 1st February (1908) - 19th May 1911, all to Mrs. Scrivings, on the printed stationery of the Colonial Office and the Home Office. Marsh writes on behalf of Winston Churchill, sending his correspondent some photographs and a letter (none present), stating that Churchill has carefully considered her request and writing 'He thinks there would be a great deal of risk in committing the annual pension by a lump sum now. You might invest it in a business which wd not prosper & you wd then be left without any support at all….Mr Churchill knows that you are a very good cook, & he cannot understand why, with the testimonials you have received & the recommendations which he is quite prepared to renew, you cannot keep a good situation….' and in another letter sending a cheque (no longer present) for £25 on behalf of Churchill. Further including an interesting Autograph Manuscript Signed by Frederick Temple Barrington-Ward, a barrister and the Recorder of Hythe, two pages, folio, 24th June 1909, being an Opinion on Churchill and stating, in part, 'This is a case which naturally arouses in any one who reads the papers relating to it the greatest possible sympathy for Mrs. Scrivings in her unfortunate position. There can be no doubt at all but that Mr Churchill and some of his relations made definite promises to provide for the widow of his former valet and the only question for consideration is whether or not such promises are valid in law - Being promises made otherwise than by deed they are not binding unless there is sufficient consideration to support them - if the first proposal made by Mr Churchillcame after his servants death I fear that there is no consideration at all for his promise and that it is only morally binding in the court of conscience alone. If on the other hand it should be that Mr Churchill induced Scrivings to accompany him to Africa by a promise to provide for his wife and children in case anything should happen to him while away from England - then I think that the subsequent promise would be supported by the consideration of Mr Scrivings undertaking OWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE-SALEROOM.COM A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED. PLEASE CONTACT THE AUCTIONEERS DIRECTLY FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION
BRITISH POLITICS: Selection of A.Ls.S. etc., by various British politicians, a few military leaders etc., mainly Victorian and Edwardian, including Richard Cobden (referring to Gladstone and duty on wine, ‘It will of course take time to change the drinking tastes of the British people, But I think there is now a fair chance for a steady increase in the consumption of French wine’), John Roebuck, George Grey, Joseph Chamberlain, Austen Chamberlain, John Bright, Stafford Northcote, Viscount Canning, Nancy Astor (signed visiting card), Charles Hardinge, 1st Earl of Cromer, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Leo Amery, George Pollock FM, Robert Napier, James Outram, Colin Campbell, Jonathan Peel etc. Some of the letters are laid down in multiples to large folio sheets bearing extensive ink annotations in the hand of a collector. A number of the letters are written to Viscount Milner (1854-1925) British Statesman and Colonial Administrator. G to VG, 37
Printed document signed on official 'Nationalsozialistische Deutsche... Printed document signed ("Adolf Hitler") on official 'Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeitpartei' paper, appointing Bernhard Rust leader of the branch of German National Socialist Workers Party in Sud-Hannover-Braunschweig; one page, vertical and horizontal folds with minor splitting, some creasing, yellowing to paper, folio, Munchen, 29 September 1928; black and white postcard featuring Hitler with Rust and Rudolf Hess in Brunswick in October 1930; some wear to margins , English and German annotations on rear. (2) Bernhard Rust joined the Nationalsozialistische Arbeitpartei in 1922 and in 1930 was elected to the Reichstag. When Hitler became Chancellor in 1933, Rust was appointed Minister of National Culture.
Document signed by Benito Mussolini and the King of Italy Victor Emmanuel III Document signed by Benito Mussolini and the King of Italy Victor Emmanuel III, ordering a 12-month suspension for Captain of Artillery Luigi Feliciani, official stamps and dockets, minor annotations; one page, mid-horizontal fold, a few pin prick holes and evidence of binding removal to left-hand edge, folio, 4 April 1928.
Photograph album "H.M. Yacht Victoria and Albert" Photograph album "H.M. Yacht Victoria and Albert", original leather cloth with gilt borders and lettering, spine with raised bands, marbled endpapers, gilt page edges, containing 31 black and white landscape photographs of members of the English Royal family with guests, Royal Household staff and crew aboard the royal yachts Victoria and Albert III (photographs from 1921 to 1938) and Britannia (photographs from 1954 to 1960), ink captions listing the sitters and locations in ink, also including one photograph of the yacht Britannia while sailing and two photographs of the same vessel during its construction; wear to cover corners and extremities of spine, raised bands partly rubbed, browning to paper, water staining to lower page margins, wear to edges, oblong folio, overall size 27 x 36.5cm. Photographs dating from 1921 to 1935 were taken off Cowes harbour. The King and Queen of England used to go to Cowes every year in August for the Regattas. It became a tradition for the Royal family to sit for a photograph with the members of the crew on the deck of the Royal yacht at the end of their stay in Cowes. 1959 photograph shows Her Majesty Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh on the deck of Britannia with U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, when they inaugurated the St Lawrence seaway.
after Michel A. Richecoeur (British, b.1946) 'Guernsey 1982' a folio of twelve tinted etchings, each 7 x 13½in. (17.75 x 34.25cm.), signed, inscribed and numbered 45/100 in pencil to each etching, also signed and numbered frontispiece, bound in the original green leather case with gilt title.
A good quality Victorian figured walnut veneered Canterbury whatnot With pierced fretwork three-quarter gallery above two open tiers and folio stand, the concaved base section incorporating hidden frieze drawer, flanked by pierced uprights, terminating on turned bun feet and ceramic castors, width approx 61cm, height approx 137cm. (illustrated)
"WENCELAUS HOLLAR (1607-1677) Herefordiensis Ecclesia Cathedralis ab occidente Prospectuscoloured engraving, laid down on backing card, unframed 11 x 12 in (27.9 x 30.5cm) and a folio containing a miscellaneous selection of prints and maps, a number relating to Hereford and Herefordshire; as well as ‘Glamorganshire’ by John Speed; ‘Comitatus Brechiniae by Johannes Blaeu; and Valk, G. and Scenk, P., 'Cardiganensis, Comitatus Anglia’; (qty)"
"LOUISA SMITH (fl. mid 19th century)The Ponte Vecchio, Florencewatercolour heightened with white, unframed10 1/4 x 14 in (26.1 x 35.6cm); Sold with a further unframed watercolour by the same artist depicting ‘a view of the Pic du Midi taken from Pau’ ; and a folio of watercolours by various artists, including an unframed watercolour depicting ‘a Portrait of William Leinthall’ ,attributed to George Perfect Harding; and a scene ‘outside the doors of Lincoln Cathedral ‘ by Fred Lawson; (qty)"
"CIRCLE OF EUGENE J. VERBOECKHOVEN (1790-1891)Farm Animals by a Pathoil on panel, arched topunframed5 1/4 x 5 in (13.4 x 12.8cm)Sold together with a folio of unframednineteenth century watercolours attributed to William Daniell R.A., Charles D’Oyly, Samuel H. Grimm, William J. Leechand others; and two framed pen and ink sketches depictinggenre subjects; (qty)"
PICTURESQUE EUROPE in five volumes published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London and all within red leather and gilt bindings (5) together with Les Dames de Byron published by Bradbury & Evans 1837 in red leather binding and The Legend of the Wandering Jew, illustrated by Gustav Dore (folio)
Donald Mills (British - 20th century), Folio of studies comprising, eight pencil portraits, three pen and ink studies of children, eighteen pencil nude and figure studies, three male portraits, a portrait titled 'Minnie - Miss Flints maid', nine pen and ink life studies, largest 38 x 27.5cm; and a charcoal male life study, 56 x 38cm, some signed, some with the sitters initial, c1949-1955. Label on exterior - Donald Mills, Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts along with Ola Hindmarsh, linocut, 'Costume Design' signed, dated '87 and numbered 10/4 and three others by the same hand (Qty)
British Sports and Sportsmen, 11 volumes of edition linked to 1000 numbered copies, folio, full uniform red morrocco, gilt titling and decor, titles include; Racing, Polo & Coaching, Athletics & Tennis Racquets, Breeding & Agriculture, Past Sportsmen Vols I and II, Commerce & Industry, Yachting & Rowing, Story of Shipping, Hunting, Cricket and Football (11)
A single-manual harpsichord by Jacob Kirckman, London, 1766, the mahogany case with boxwood stringing, the lid with shaped brass strap hinges, the key well veneered with root walnut with boxwood stringing and mahogany crossbanding, the soundboard with inset gilt rose pierced and carved with King David playing the harp and the maker's initials IK, the five octave keyboard, FF to f3, with ivory naturals faced with boxwood mouldings and ebony accidentals, four brass-knobbed draw stops controlling two 8ft stops, a 4ft stop and an 8ft buff stop, with foot pedal controlling a simple machine-stop mechanism disconnecting the front 8ft and 4ft stops, on trestle stand, later music desk. Inscribed on a boxwood plaque on the name batten Jacobus Kirckman Londini Fecit 1766. Length 7ft 2½in, 219.8cm; width 3ft ?in, 93cm. The conversion of the stop levers which would have originally moved sideways to the present 'draw' stops is probably an early modification. Provenance Purchased by Christopher Hogwood at Puttick & Simpson's in 1972. Literature Boalch3, p. 435 Boalch2, p.89, No. 32a Discography 1974 The Amorous Flute, with David Munrow, Oliver Brookes and Robert Spencer, Decca Argo ZRG 746 1974 Arne: Eight Overtures, with the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO503 1974 Arne: Eight Harpsichord Sonatas, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO502 1976 Geminiani: Cello Sonatas Io, 5, with Anthony Pleeth and Richard Webb, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO513 1977 Geminiani: Concerti Grossi Op. 3, with Jaap Schroder, Catherine Mackintosh, Trevor Jones, Anthony Pleeth and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO526 1978 Music at Court, with the Academy of Ancient Music, Folio Society FS1001/2 1978 J. C. Bath: Six Favourite Overtures, with the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO525 1978 Handel: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne and Anthem for the Foundling Hospital, with Simon Preston and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO541 1978 Handel: Water Music, with the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO543 1979-83 Mozart: Symphonies, Vols 1 and 7, with Jaap Schroder and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre D167D3 and D173D3 1981 Handel: Cantatas, with Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, David Thomas and Susan Sheppard, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO580 1981 Handel: Musick for the Royal Fireworks and Wind Music, with the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO548 1982 Handel: Theatre Music, Vol. 2, with Patrizia Kwella, Margaret Cable, David Thomas and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO598 1987 J. S. Bath: Coffee and Peasant Cantatas, with Emma Kirkby, Rogers Covey-Crump, David Thomas and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre 417 621-1OH 1988 J. S. Bath: Orchestral Suites, with the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre 417 834-1OH2 1993 Handel, Arne: Arias, with Emma Kirkby and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre 436 132-2OH Restoration history 1950 Alec Hodsdon
A grand piano after Matthaus Heilmann, Mainz, circa 1785, in the Stein tradition, by Adlam Burnett, Goudhurst, 1976, the case of walnut, the lid of solid walnut with panel and frame construction, the fascia board veneered in walnut with boxwood stringing and tulipwood crossbanding, the five octave keyboard, FF to f3, with ebony naturals and ivory overlaid accidentals, Viennese action, brass kapsels in place of wooden kapsels used by Heilmann, single bridge and bichord stringing, with e2 to f3 trichord, three knee levers operating the damper lift, moderator and bassoon, on four square tapered legs. Inscribed within a gilt-metal frame Mathaeus Heilmann Fortepiano Adlam Burnett Goudhurst 1976. Length 7ft, 213.3cm; width 3ft 2¼in, 97.1cm The instrument from which this piano is copied is preserved in the Colt Clavier Collection, Bethersden, Kent (see Clinkscale, p. 142, No. 1). Literature Colt & Miall, pp. 16 & 17, No. 1 Discography 1976 J. C. Bach: Four Sonatas and Two Duets Op. 18, with Nicholas McGegan and Colin Tilney, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO516 1978 Music at Court, with the Academy of Ancient Music, Folio Society FS1001/2 1979-83 Mozart: Symphonies, Vols. 6-7, with Jaap Schröder and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre D172D4, D173D3 1980 Haydn's Music for England, with the Academy of Ancient Music, The Folio Society FS1005/6 1983 Dr Haydn and Mr Salomon, with the Salomon String Quartet and the Academy of Ancient Music, Folio Society FS1013/14 1984 Haydn: Symphonies 100 'Military' and 104 'London', with the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre 411 833-1OH 1985 Haydn: Symphonies Nos 94 'Surprise' and 96 'Miracle', with the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre 414 330-1OH 1986 Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2, with the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre 414 338-1 OH 1986 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Eroica', with the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre 417 235-1OH 1986 Mozart: Clarinet Concerto and Oboe Concerto, with Antony Pay, Michel Piguet and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre 414 339-1OH Restoration history 1986 MacKinnon & Waitzman Current pitch A=430Hz
A FOLIO OF MISCELLANEOUS PRINTS, engravings and etchings to include: works by or after William Scott (Exh. 1880-97); Oliver Hall; David Law; Frank Henry Mason; Albany Howarth; various book plates etc; together with a collection of pencil drawings by Henry William Burgess (c. 1792-1844) to include tree studies and architectural elements; a sepia study of a reclining nude and a marquetry picture decorated with river bridge
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