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Click here to subscribeFrancis Bacon. Resuscitatio or, Bringing Into Public Light Several Pieces of the Works CIVIL, Historical, Philosophical, and Theological, Hitherto Sleeping. Of the Right Honourable Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam, in Two Parts, third edition, portrait frontispiece, engraved plate, modern panelled calf, folio, London: William Lee, 1671.Light browning throughout, fore-edge ink stained.
John Hutchins. The History and Antiquities of Sherbourne, in the County of Dorset, double engraved plan, eight plates and one text engraving, and three EXTRA plates, an uncoloured aquatint of Sherborne Castle, double page, by T. Ratchett after T. Alken, an engraving of The New Inn, and of the Old House at Sherborne, folding pedigree, contemporary half calf, folio, London: Printed by Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1815.ownership inscription to front free endpaper and title page, occasional spotting, some plates torn and with damp stains, extremities scuffed and with damp stain to back board.
Joachim Gasquet. Cezanne, portrait frontispiece, further illustrations, original half parchment with spine label, folio, Berlin: Bruno Cassirer Verlag, 1930; John Rewald. Paul Cezanne: The Watercolours, A Catalogue Raisonne, photographic frontispiece, further b/w and colour illustrations throughout, original publishers cloth with slipcase, 4to, London: Thames and Hudson, 1983, and three others, similar, v.s. (5). Provenance: Ex-Libris Robert Lenkiewicz Foundation.Mixed condition.
Charles Bird. Picturesque Old Bristol, with descriptions by John Taylor, 2 vols, limited edition of 240, title and half-title pages, engraved frontispiece, fifty-two engraved plates, contemporary full morocco gilt, all edges gilt, folio, Bristol: Frost and Reed, 1885.occasional spotting particularly to title pages, joints cracked, extremities rubbed, boards worn and spine chipped and faded.
John Hutchins, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, 4 volumes, third edition, titles in red and black, engraved plates, maps and pedigrees, illustrations, later red morocco, folio, Westminster: John Bowyer Nichols, 1861-70.Volume 1 with title page spotted and watermarked to top edge, page 2 cut down and repaired, Volume 2 with page 13 loose and end fly-leaf creased, Volume 3 with repair to page 496 affecting text to top right corner, page 533 with neat repair to tear on fore-edge, page 540 with pencil mark, Volume 4 with pages 5-8 mis bound, page 173 with fore-edge trimmed, pages 529-531 heavily darkened, all volumes with occasional spotting and darkening, bindings scuffed, marked and stained.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, lst Duke. Document signed “Arthur Wellesleyâ€, 2pp., folio. A warrant appointing Lieut. Col. William Harness, “President of a General Court Martial...in Camp at Poonah†on the 18th of May 1803. With small paper seal, countersigned by Robert Barclay, Deputy Adjutant General, Mysore, Poonah, 17 May 1803.Light folds and very occasional spotting.
Richard Doyle. In Fairyland. A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World, second edition, half-title, 16 chromo-lithographed plates printed by Edmund Evans, publisher's cloth gilt, folio, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1875; Arthur Rackham, illustrator. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, tipped-in coloured plates, tissue guards, original cloth gilt, 4to, London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. (2).(i) Some spotting and slight soiling, boards shaken, chipped and working loose. (ii) boards heavily faded, extremities scuffed.
Kazu Ishiguro. The Remains of the Day, with illustrations by Finn Campbell-Notman, original publishers cloth, slipcase, 8vo, London: Folio Society, 2007; Helen Hanff. 84, Charing Cross Road, illustrated byb Natacha Ledwige, original publishers cloth, slipcase, 8vo, London: Folio Society, 2007; Elizabeth Jane Howard. The Enchanted April, with illustrations by Debra McFarlane, original publishers cloth, slipcase, 8vo, London: Folio Society, 2002; Jerome K. Jerome. Three Men in a Boat, illustrated by Paul Cox, original publishers cloth, slipcase, 8vo, London: Folio Society, 1992; Anthony Trollope. Castle Richmond, with illustrations by Max Hastings, original publishers cloth, slipcase, London, Folio Society, 8vo,1994; Angela Thirlwell edited. The Pre-Raphaelites & Their World: A Personal View, original publishers cloth, slipcase, 8vo, London: Folio Society, 1995 (6).Mixed condition.
Walter Scott. The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, 2 volumes, first edition, additional engraved titles, 92 engraved plates, contemporary green straight-grained Morocco, rolled-tool borders in gilt and blind, spines tooled gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, small folio, London: Longman, Hurst and Reed, 1814 A FINE SET.Occasional light spotting, minor scuff marks to morocco.
John Gerard. The Herbal, or Generall Historie of Plantes, engraved title page and more than 2800 woodcut text illustrations, full stamped leather with metal clasps, folio, London: Adam Islip, Joice Norton & Richard Whitakers, 1633.annotations to end papers, engraved title page with repair to top right corner, joints cracked, some pages torn and repaired to top and fore edge, some water staining and darkening to margins.
John Morton. The Natural History of Northamptonshire; with Some Account of the Antiquities, first edition, folding engraved map after John Harris, 14 engraved plates, eighteenth century full calf, bookplate of Edward Prettey, folio, London: R. Knaplock, 1712.Light spotting, joints cracked, calf with extremities very slightly worn.
Leo Van Puyvelde. Van Eyck: The Holy Lamb, first English edition, translated from the French by Doris L. Wilton, numerous b/w and colour plates, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, folio, London: Collins, 1947; Ivan Gaskell and Michiel Jonker. Vermeer Studies, numerous b/w and coloured illustrations in text, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, 4to, London:: Yale University Press, 1998; Roger H. Marijnissen. Hieronymus Bosch: The Complete Works, numerous coloured plates and illustrations in text, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, folio, Antwerp: Tabard Press, 1987; Jonathan Brown. Velazquez: Painter and Courtier, numerous illustrations throughout, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, folio, London: Yale University Press, 1986; and 14 others, similar, mostly relating to Dutch and Spanish art, v.s. (18) Provenance: Ex-Libris Robert Lenkiewicz Foundation.Mixed condition.
Country Life Illustrated, The Journal for All Interested in Country Life and Country Pursuits. 7 volumes, title in black and red, numerous photographic illustrations throughout, original publishers cloth, gilt, folio, London: Country Life and George Newnes, 1935-38 (7).Spines slightly faded, some boards soiled, corners bumped.
Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler, or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation, Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers, number 176 of 450 copies signed by the artist, coloured portrait frontispiece, further illustrations by Frank Adams, quarter vellum backed marbled boards, small folio, London, Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd, 1930.ownership inscription to front free flypaper, corners bumped.
John Pouncey. Dorsetshire Photographically Illustrated, 4 parts bound in 2 volumes, first edition, 79 photolithographic plates, including one double-page, tissue guards, 2pp. of advertisements at the end of each volume, original publisher's cloth, oblong folio, London: Bland and Long, 1857 RARE. The first English book illustrated with photolithography.Some browning and spotting to plates, but especially to tissue guards, evidence of light staining to title, cloth somewhat worn and faded, extremities chipped.
Charles Latham. In English Homes, 3 volumes, photographic frontispiece, numerous further b/w illustrations, original publishers cloth, folio, London: Country Life and George Newnes, 1907; The Architectural Review: A Magazine of Architecture & the Arts of Design, 2 volumes, numerous b/w plates and illustrations, folio, London: Caxton House, 1913; and 3 others, similar, mostly relating to architecture and country houses, v.s. (8).Mixed condition.
Henry William inwood. The Erechtheion at Athens, presentation copy, titled inscribed 'John Emmett Esq., with the highest respects and regards from the Author', 34 engraved plates, including 5 double-page and one folding, contemporary half calf, folio, London: Charles Williams, 1831.Spotted throughout, some plates creased or with minor tears, boards very worn, spine defective.
W. N. Russell. A Memorial of the Marriage of H.R.H. Albert Edward Prince of Wales and H.R.H. Alexandra Princess of Denmark, half-title, chromo-lithographed title and 41 mounted chromo-lithographed plates, guards, publisher's crimson full morocco gilt, all edges gilt, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, folio, London: Day and Son, 1863.Spotted throughout, boards with extremities slightly chipped.
Ottavio Gigli. Nel Giorno delle augurate Nozze de l Duca A. Torlaonia con Donna T. Colonna questi Disegni originali di valentissimi Artisti, 15 double-page genealogical tables, engraved map, 22 engraved plates, including 10 partly hand-coloured and one processional double page plate wholly hand-coloured, tipped in slip with manuscript note, 'Given by Alexander Prince of Torlonia to Earl Grosvenor at Rome, March 1841', contemporary half vellum, spine tooled gilt, folio, no imprint, c. 1840. Prince Don Alessandro Raffaele Torlonia, Prince of Fucino, Prince of Civitella-Cesi, Duke of Ceri (1 January 1800 to 7 February 1886) was an Italian nobleman of the House of Torlonia, titled Duca di Ceri, Prince di Fucino. This appears to be a commemorative volume produced on the occasion of his marriage to Donna Teresa Colonna-Doria (22 July 1823 to 17 March 1875) on 16 July 1840 in Rome.Slight marking in places, a fine copy.
Robert Browning. Richard Doyle. In Fairyland. A Series of Pictures of the Elf-World, first edition, 16 chromolithographed plates, original green cloth gilt, folio, London: Longmans, et al., 1870 PROVENANCE: From the family of Octavius Moulton-Barrett (1824-1910), youngest brother of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, thence by descent. PRESENTATION COPY. The front free-endpaper inscribed,'For dear Charlie - with the best Christmas wishes of his affectionately ever, Robert Browning. Christmas Eve, '69'. The recipient was Charles Moulton-Barrett (1860-1925), later Major Charles Graham Moulton-Barrett. He was the son of Octavius Butler Barrett Moulton-Barrett (1824-1910), brother of Elizabeth Barrett Browning.Light spotting, upper hinge neatly repaired, cloth lightly soiled.
Joseph Wolf. Pheasant Drawings, number 47 of 275 copies, with an introduction by David M. Lank, numerous black and white and coloured plates, maroon morocco with slipcase, large folio, Kingston Upon Hull: The Allen Publishing Company, 1988.internally clean but slip case soiled and worn at extremities.
Francis Drake. Eboracum: or the History and Antiquities of the City of York, first edition, 60 engraved plates and maps, some folding or double-page, numerous engravings in letter-press, contemporary calf, folio, London: printed by William Bowyer for the Author, 1736.title page torn and neatly repaired, some plates trimmed to edge, some darkening and spotting, extremities scuffed and rubbed.
Thomas Hardy. Under the Greenwood Tree, or, The Mellstock Quire; A Rural Painting of the Dutch School, first edition, with wood-engravings by Clare Leighton, original publishers cloth, lacking dust jacket, 8vo, London: Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1940; The Return of the Native, limited to fifteen hundred copies signed by the artist, illustrated with wood-engravings by Clare Leighton, vellum backed paper covered boards, 8vo, London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1929; Late Lyrics and Earlier, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1922; A Changed Man, photographic frontispiece, original publishers cloth, 8vo, London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1913; and 61 others, to include Folio Society publications and biographies (65).Mixed condition.
Dante Alighieri. The Vision of Hell, new edition, translated by The Rev. Henry Francis Cary, with illustrations by Gustave Dore, contemporary morocco, folio, London: Cassell and Company Ltd, n.d.; Edmund Ollier. Cassell's Dore Gallery, with two hundred and fifty full-page engravings, contemporary morocco, folio, Cassell and Company Ltd, n.d.; Alfred Tennyson. Elaine, with numerous illustrations by Gustave Dore, original publishers boards gilt, folio, London: Edward Moxon and Co, 1867; and 7 others, similar, mostly relating to art (11) Provenance: Ex-Libris Robert Lenkiewicz Foundation.Mixed condition.
Richard Colt Hoare. The Ancient History of North Wiltshire 1812; South Wiltshire, 1819; Roman Aera, 1821, the 3 volumes bound in 2, 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, three engraved titles, 126 engraved plates and maps, LARGE PAPER COPY, contemporary half calf, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, folio, London: Lackington, Hughes et al., 1812-1821.Occasional slight browning, extremities rubbed.
Francis Willoughby. The Ornithology..., 3 volumes bound in 1, titles in black and red, eighty woodcut plates and numerous other in text woodcut illustrations, ex libris James Marquis of Carnarvon, full stamped gilt calf, folio, London: John Martyn, 1678.some plates laid down, page 207 with hole to top right corner not affecting text, the index with one page repaired slightly affecting text, annotations, spotting and darkening throughout, extremities scuffed.
John David Glennie. Views on the Continent, first edition, tinted lithographed title, dedication leaf and 25 tinted lithographed plates, guards, publisher's morocco-backed boards gilt, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, folio, London: Hullmandel and Walton, 1849 (Abbey, Travel 40).Spotted, early leaves loose, including letterpress, hinge repaired.
James Douglas. Nenia Britannica: or, A Sepulchral History of Great Britain, 36 full-page aquatint plates, vignettes and initials in text, contemporary etched calf, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, folio, London: John Nichols, 1793.Light browning and occasional spotting and offsetting, calf rubbed, extremities somewhat worn, joints cracked.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke.. Letter signed “ Wellingtonâ€, to Sir Charles Stuart, in a secretarial hand, 4pp., folio, Cartaxo, March 3rd 1811. Dispatch referring to the problems of supply lines to Wellington's army, “It is impossible to punish soldiers, who are left to starve, for outrages committed in order to procure food...This is the fifth day that they have been without bread...†Garwood. Dispatches of Field Marshal The Duke of wellington, 1838, vol VII, pp. 333 - 334.With original light folds and punched with two holes to left margin.
John Rutter. Delineations of Fonthill and Its Abbey, first edition, LARGE PAPER COPY, half-title, hand-coloured additional engraved title, hand-coloured frontispiece, 13 engraved plates on India paper, one hand-coloured, with a further suite of 6 duplicate plates, folding lithographed plan, hand-coloured in outline, illustrations in text in India paper, contemporary calf, rolled tool borders in gilt and blind, dentelles gilt, all edges gilt, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, folio, Shaftsbury: Printed for the Author, 1823.pp. 5-8 with small stain.
Carlo Zanardi. Playing Cards, Romagnole Pattern, 40 cards, printed with woodblocks and hand-coloured, with the Ace of Coins stamped, the reverse with an woodcut image of a gentleman, with 'C.Z.' upper left, and 'Alla Folio' at the lower margin, 48mm x 92mm, Bologna, c. 1855 RARE. 'Stripped decks' consisting of 40 cards and lacking the 8s, 9s, and 10s are well-known in Italy.No remarks.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke. Autograph letter signed “ Wellington†to Sir Charles Stuart, British envoy to Portugal, January 1810 - October 1812, 3pp., small folio, Gouvea, Sept. 13th 1810. Dispatch giving details of the treatment of prisoners during the Peninsular War and the present state of the French forces. He refers to a Mr. Le Court who “was employed by me to take care of the French prisoners going home from Oporto last yearâ€, and “I think the French have got a reinforcement, not only from Nantes but from a corps which was at Versailles...†Gurwood. Dispatches of Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington, 1838. vol VI, pp. 440 - 441.With folds, and punched with two holes to the left edge.
Augustine Vincent. A Discoverie of Errours in the first edition of the Catalogue of Nobility, first edition, wood-engraved shields throughout, with cancel leaves, modern period calf, period bookplate of Gulielmus Iaggard, folio, London: William Haggard, 1622.Upper margin cropped, affecting title and running title, margin worming to running title on early leaves, ink stain affecting Ll-Mm4, P3 repaired.
George Hutcheson. An Exposition On The Book Of Job; being the sum of CCCXVI Lectures, preached in the city of Edenburgh, title in black, modern buckram and calf, folio, London: printed for Ralph Smith, 1669.owners inscriptions in ink on title page, scattered spotting and browning throughout.
Robert Blair. The Grave, A Poem, engraved portrait frontis of Blake after Thomas Phillips, additional engraved title by Schiavonetti after Blake, printed title, dedication leaf, list of subscribers, and 11 engraved plates, by Schiavonetti after Blake, original cloth, folio, London: T. Bensley for R. Ackermann, 1813 Provenance: Ex Libris Robert Lenkiewicz Foundation.scattered spotting and browning, extremities scuffed and bumped.
Gertrude Jekyll and Christopher Hussey. Garden Ornament, second edition, numerous full page and photographic illustrations, green cloth, folio London: Country Life, 1927; Our Homes and Gardens, volume 2 only, numerous black and white photographic illustrations, original publishers cloth, 4to, London: Country Life, n.d. (2).(i) boards marked, edges scuffed and with losses (ii) spine faded, boards marked, edges scuffed.
Anthony Trollope. The Works, 48 Volumes, to include Rachel Ray, Barchester Tower, Orley Farm, An Old Man's Love, and The Prime Minister, original publishers cloth and slipcases, 8vo, London: Folio Society, 1989-99 (48).Largely as published although some slipcases are marked, and Rachel Ray is bound upside down.
C. V. Lavoisne and John Satchell. Lavoisne's Complete Genealogical, Historical, Chronological and Geographical Atlas, 70 leaves of charts and text, mostly hand-coloured, including 25 hand-coloured double-page maps, contemporary half calf, folio, London: J. Barfield, 1829.Light spotting, extremities rubbed, spine slightly split at head.
Lewis Gruner. Specimens of Ornamental Art, first edition, 56 chromo-lithographed plates and 24 plain, guards, contemporary red half morocco, all edges gilt, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, folio, London: Thomas M'Lean, 1850.Some light spotting, occasionally notable, a few leaves loose, extremities of boards rubbed.
M. Jourdain. English Interiors in Small Houses: From the Restoration to the Regency, 1660-1830, photographic frontispiece, numerous further b/w illustrations original publishers cloth, gilt, 4to, London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1923; Charles Latham. In English Homes, 2 volumes, photographic frontispiece, numerous further b/w illustrations, original publishers cloth gilt, folio, London: Country Life and George Newnes, 1904.; and 3 others, similar, mostly relating to furniture and country houses, v.s. (6).Mixed condition.
John Evelyn. Sylva, or a Discourse on Forest Trees, third edition, two parts in one, with annexed Pomona: or an Appendix concerning Fruit-Trees in relation to Cider, title pages printed in red and black, numerous engraved illustrations throughout, book plate of William Robert Phelips on front pastedown, all edges gilt with nineteenth century fore-edge painting of a Country House, contemporary panelled reverse calf with circular onlay of the Phelips crest to both covers, small folio, London: John Martyn, 1679.covers slightly rubbed and corners bumped, some hinges towards end reinforced, some rust marks, a little browned throughout.
BASILIUS BESLER (GERMAN 1561-1629) FICUS INDICA EYSTETTEN, FIS EX UNO FOLIO ENATALU, XURIANSwith initials JL in the plate lower centrehand coloured engraving 52 x 39cm; 20 1/2 x 15 1/4in 60 x 47 1/2 ; 23 1/2 x 18 1/2in (framed)Property from a Private CollectionThe initials JL in the plate are those of the engraver Johannes Leypold. offered for sale without reserve
WORLD WAR II - M.I.9 'AIDS TO ESCAPE'Per Ardua Libertas, FIRST EDITION, titled on upper cover, printed in red, black and blue, numerous photographic illustrations, 3 tipped-in 'letters', 3 tipped-in silk maps, one tipped-in tissue map, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 7 ADDITIONAL MAPS (3 tissue, 4 silk, one marked 'Secret' in red) and original 'Prisoner's Leisure Hours Fund... Post for Prisoners of War Postkarte' (15 August 1941) loosely inserted, lacks opening 2 leaves of text (one marked 'Most Secret', one ?blank), publisher's red morocco gilt with title lettered on upper cover, folio (398 x 303mm.), [1942]Footnotes:'AIDS TO ESCAPE' - RARE EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED RECORD OF SECRET WARTIME GADGETS AND MAPS PRODUCED BY M.I.9 DURING WORLD WAR II, WITH IMPORTANT PROVENANCE. It reproduces details of 'Aids to Escape - Pre-Capture and Post-Capture' issued to personnel of the three services between February 1940 and February 1942. These include maps printed on silk and tissue, luminous buttons, fountain pen compasses and pipes, 'Special R.A.F. Boot' (with hidden knife), chess, and games sets with hidden escape aids, combs and tooth brushes with hidden maps, replica foreign military costumes, etc. This copy belonged to Clayton Hutton, the technical director of M.I.9, who 'after a brief interview... was appointed to help Norman Crockatt set up a new semi-secret service, MI9, whose tasks included training fighting men in how to evade capture or escape if they found themselves in enemy-held territory' (ODNB).This copy includes 7 extra 'escape maps' and an original code message in the form of a prisoner-of-war letter.Provenance: Christopher William Clayton Hutton (1893–1965), bookplate ('Clayton Hutton') on blank page 1. A real-life 'Q', he was responsible for the invention, or inception of most of the gadgets depicted in this work, managing 'to get all this done in the teeth of every sort of shortage of materials, and of much bureaucratic obstruction' (ODNB).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CARTWRIGHT (JOSEPH)Selections of the Costume of Albania and Greece, with Explanatory Quotations from the Poems of Lord Byron and Gally Knight. Including a Highly Finished Portrait of Ali Pacha, FIRST EDITION, 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates by R. Havell after Cartwright (dated February-June 1822, one watermarked 'J. Whatman 1821'), light off-setting onto blank versos, contemporary half morocco over boards, gilt morocco lettering label ('Greek Costumes') on upper cover, worn with some loss to spine and corners, label scuffed [Colas 544; Tooley 131; cf. Abbey, Travel 134, note; not in Atabey, Blackmer or Lipperheide], folio (460 x 310mm.), R. Havell, [1822]Footnotes:VERY RARE COMPLETE COPY IN THE ORIGINAL BINDING - only one other complete copy traced at auction in the past fifty years.Known primarily for his marine paintings Joseph Cartwright was Paymaster-General of the British forces in Corfu during 1816-1820, publishing his Views in the Ionian Islands in 1821 and this work on his return to Britain in 1822. Published during the campaign for Greek Independence, eight of the plates are accompanied by quotations from works by Byron, including Childe Harold, The Giaour, and Don Juan.Provenance: Charles Richard Fox, ink inscription 'Charles R. Fox 1822', with price '2£-10' on upper cover. Fox (1796–1873) was an army officer, member of the Society of Dilettanti and numismatist whose important collection of 11,500 Greek coins was purchased after his death by the Royal Museum in Berlin. His early interest in coin collecting was strengthened by his travels in Greece and Turkey in 1820 while aide-de-camp to Sir Frederick Adam at Corfu, at which time he would possibly have become acquainted with Joseph Cartwright.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
NEW ZEALAND – MAORI LAND TRANSACTION Land transaction signed at foot by fifteen Māori chiefs with their moko, being an agreement between eight named Māori chiefs and George Lyall, Stewart Marjoribanks, George Palmer and Robert Torrens, Trustees of the New Zealand Company, exchanging '...one double barrel gun, eight muskets & one barrel of powder...' for various parcels of land '...denominated the Islands of Pakatu, Taratora, Ponue & Pake situated in the district of Tamaki... bounded the East side by the Eastuary [sic] Named by Captain Cook The Thames & by the Natives Te Cuppa on the West side by the Strait of Pahneniche on the North side by the aforesaid Strait and Eastuary and on the South side by the Sound or Passage called by the Natives Mamidua. Together with all the trees growing on the said four pieces or parcels of Land... belonging together with the Creeks, Bays and Harbours on the said Islands & the sea for 3 Miles distant from their shores...', signed beneath by Thomas Shepherd, Richard Bell, Luther Lechmere, and signed and subscribed at foot by the interpreter Thomas Kendall ('...I hereby certify that I interpreted the above to the chiefs whose Marks are annex'd, and that they fully understand the... meaning of the contents...'); engraved with manuscript insertions, simple line map in ink of Wyheckee on reverse, showing the islands of Pake and Po-nue, with compass rose and scale, one sheet of vellum, recto and verso, dust-staining, water-staining, discolouration, worn and rubbed with some losses, folio (600 x 415mm.), '...on board the Rosanna, at Anchor off the Island of Wyheckee...', 23 September 1826 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
GERARD (JOHN)The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes... Very Much Amended by Thomas Johnson, second edition, engraved pictorial title incorporating a portrait of the author, upwards of 2800 woodcut illustrations, without opening and final blanks, the title laid down and re-inserted with small losses at inner margin and lower fore-corner, approximately 10 preliminary leaves with some margins repaired, 16 leaves of index at end with some repairs (5 resulting in loss to letters in lower fore-corner), some damp-staining throughout, nineteenth-century half morocco over marbled boards, worn, joints weakened [ESTC S122175; Henrey 156; Hunt I, 230; Nissen BBI 698], folio (345 x 225mm.), Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1636Footnotes:Provenance: 'To Miss Hayward, love from Charlotte Sotheby, October 1880', ownership inscription on front free endpaper.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAFPope Gregory IX receiving the text of the Decretals from Raymond of Penyafort and another cleric, opening leaf of the Decretals with the glossa ordinaria by Bernard of Botone, 30 lines in two columns surrounded by the glossa in 80 lines in two columns in gothic textualis, brown ink on vellum with rubrics in red, four historiated initials on the recto, one historiated initial and one inhabited initial depicting the Holy Trinity (God the Father, Holy Spirit and Christ on the Cross) on the verso, all decoration heightened in gold, early marginal notes and manicules, 3 tiny single wormholes, framed and glazed, folio (leaf measures 405 x 270mm.), [Paris, c.1325-50]Footnotes:FINE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF of a fundamental text of canon law, The Decretals of Gregory IX. In 1230 the Pope ordered Raymond of Penyafort (d.1275) to organise the five existing compilations of canon law into one authoritative text. In 1234 he decreed that this was to be considered the official collection and sent copies of his Decretals to the universities of Bologna and Paris. The gloss that accompanies the text is the so-called glossa ordinaria which was completed in c.1266 by Bernard of Botone (d.1266).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
WORLD WAR II - SECOND ARMYAn Account of the Operations of Second Army in Europe 1944-1945... Compiled by Headquarters Second Army, 3 vol. (including map case), FIRST EDITION, ONE OF APPROXIMATELY 48 COPIES MARKED 'SECRET', this copy number 20, foreword by Lieut.-General Sir Miles C. Dempsey, 18 photographic plates (some folding), numerous colour maps (many folding, including 18 with tabs loose as issued in the separate case), illustrations and diagrams, publisher's red morocco, upper covers titled in gilt with blue and white emblem of the Second Army (slight abrasions to 2 emblems, map box one corner split but firm), folio (332 x 215mm.), Compiled by Headquarters Second Army, [August 1945]; sold with 2 photographs of Major Dempsey, and 2 Panora monocular viewing glasses by Wray of London (7)Footnotes:The Second Army account, one of some only 48 copies printed, and marked 'Secret', is the premier source material for the ground campaign in Europe. The work was compiled by Second Army Headquarters Staff on the instruction of Lieut.-General Sir Miles Dempsey, just after the end of the war whilst memories were fresh ('the staff officers were available, and the orders, instructions and other documents readily accessible', Foreword). It includes details of Belsen Concentration Camp and casualty statistics.Jisc Library Hub lists only the Imperial War Museum copy (no. 37); others are located at the Joint Services Command and Staff College and the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum, whilst the National Archives and Wellcome Institute have only volumes one and two respectively. 2024 is of course the eightieth anniversary year of the D-Day landings, the liberation of France and the Allies' major land based actions against the Nazis in Holland, Belgium and Germany.Provenance: Major John Whitworth, the ADC to General Dempsey through the campaign; by descent. Accompanying the lot are 2 photographs of Dempsey, including one in which he stands in uniform acting as best man at the wedding of Whitworth. The other (a press photo) shows Dempsey with Churchill, Montgomery and other senior officers.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
WIGAN (ELEAZAR)Practical Arithmetick. An Introduction to ye Whole Art... Adorn'd with a Great Variety of Flourishes Perform'd by Command of Hand... to be interleav'd for ye more speedy fitting of youth for Merchandize or Trade, engraved portrait by J. Sturt after I. Closterman dated 1695, 61 engraved calligraphic leaves after Sturt, including title and dedication, some soiling, first few leaves a little damp-stained and softened at edges with slight loss, contemporary panelled sheep, worn around edges with some loss, joints cracking [cf. ESTC R18813, variant issue; cf. Heal, English Writing Masters, p.163], small folio, Sold by ye author, [1696]Footnotes:EXTREMELY SCARCE ARITHMETIC AND PENMANSHIP MANUAL - ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN COPIES OF THIS ISSUE.There are two issues of this rare work, ours and the Harvard copy being the only ones traced with the imprint simply reading 'Sold by ye author'; no copies giving this imprint have been found in auction records. The other issue bears the imprint 'sold by I. Lenthall Stationer att the Talbott against St. Dunstans Church in fleet Street'; of this several copies are recorded in institutions and in auction records.Although John Sturt was the leading calligrapher of the time, little seems to be known of Eleazar Wigan. Over twenty years earlier Edward Croker had dedicated his morality and writing manual (Croker's morals, 1675) 'to my Honoured Friend Mr. Eleazar Wigan That Famous Writing-Master; Living at the Hand and Pen on Great Tower-Hill', but as Mark Noble wrote in 1806 (A Biographical History of England, vol. 1, p.310), 'the only publication of Wigan's now known is his 'Practical Arithmetic', in which are given the titles and principal rules for common arithmetic, adorned with flourishes 'by command of hand'... The book was dedicated to the rev. Samuel Hoadly, master of a boarding-school at Hackney, father of bishop Hoadly, who had the education of two of his sons'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
OZ MAGAZINEA complete run of the 48 issues of the London edition, illustrated throughout, some issues with folding posters (Che Guevera, Robert Crumb, 'Outcry') and inserts (advertisement flyer, and subscription form), publisher's pictorial wrappers, one or 2 creases but generally good, folio, Privately Printed, 1967-1973; together with another near complete set lacking issues 5 and 19 (94)Footnotes:A GOOD COMPLETE RUN OF OZ, the most iconic and controversial counter-culture magazine of the sixties and early seventies, covering subjects such as feminism, gay rights, racism, sex, drugs, rock music and the Vietnam War.The magazine's use of visually striking graphic art and innovative printing techniques (including fold-out posters, metallic foils and new fluorescent inks), and provocative photographic images, was accompanied by equally provocative editorial content. Issue 28 (the 'School Kids' issue), including a very adult Rupert Bear, led to obscenity charges being brought in 1971 against the three editors, a trial described by John Mortimer, counsel for the defence, as 'standing at the crossroads of our liberty, at the boundaries of our freedom to think and say and draw and write what we please'. The three were found guilty, but their convictions were overturned following appeal.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
LEWIS (WYNDHAM)Timon of Athens, FIRST EDITION, 16 plates (of which 10 monochrome and 6 in colour), a few light spots or marks, loose as issued in publisher's pictorial printed portfolio wrappers, original ties (one broken, light toning and a few spots to upper cover) [Morrow & Lafourcade A1], folio, Cube Press, [1913]Footnotes:Rare complete set of Wyndham Lewis's Vorticist designs. Originally commissioned by Max Goschen to illustrate an edition of Shakespeare's Timon of Athens, the designs were rejected, whereupon Lewis had them published under the imprint of 'The Cube Press'. The original drawings were shown at the second Post-Impressionist Exhibition held at the Grafton Galleries in 1912.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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