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Lot 4169B
James F. Pryde (1866-1941). Portraits of Celebrated Criminals, published by Sands & Company 1907. Set of 6 photogravures depicting Samuel Shortland, Dick Turpin, Louis Cartouche, Ratsey lll, John Price and Jack Shepherd. Sheet size 47 x 38cm. With accompanying text sheets, all contained in original board folio. Together with portrait of William Nicholson, lithograph after Pryde, published in The Studio. 28.5 x 20.5cm. Note Pryde was Nicholsons brother-in-law.
Lot 4414
Sales, Francois de. (1567-1622). Les Oeuvres de Saint Francois de Sales, Bishop of France and Prince of Geneva. Paris: Frederic Leonard, 1669, 2 vol., complete, half-titles, engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette titles, printed in red and black, neat ink ownership inscriptions on titles, double columns, French text, finely engraved head pieces and initials, Jean-Baptiste Henry, Lille, bookplate to front pastedown, later uniform full-polished calf, red morocco panels titled in gilt, gilt decoration and compartments to spines, folio.*** Francois de Sales, Bishop of Geneva is often styled as the Gentleman Saint for his patience and kindness. He was beatified in 1661 and canonised in 1665 by Pope Alexander VII. Pope Pius IX declared him a Doctor of the Church, patron of writers and journalists in 1877.Condition Report: light rubbing to boards, spines a little rubbed heads and tails, corners rubbed and a little bumped, pencil annotations to front pastedown, light marks to prelims., and occasional light foxing, joint cracked internally (but firm) to front board of vol.1.
Lot 204
The Double Cross System -In The War of 1939-1945 by JC Masterman. Published by the Folio Society in 2007. 215 pages. Comes with Slip Case. Spine and Dust-jacket in good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Lot 100
Africa.- Ogilby (John) Africa: being an Accurate Description of the Regions of Ægypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid ..., first edition, half-title reading "English Atlas, Tome the First', engraved allegorical frontispiece, title in red and black, large folding double-page map of Africa, 42 engraved double-page maps, plans and plates, 10 engraved plates, of which 4 double-image plates trimmed and bound-in separately, illustrations, engraved initials and head-pieces, C4 & D3 with tiny rust-holes affecting margin and odd letter, G1 with tear to upper corner affecting printed sidenotes, neat old repair, N1 with marginal tear and neat old repair, signature 'R' complete but misbound, W6 verso with small ink-stain, early ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, retaining original red morocco spine label, expert restoration to corners, [Wing O163; Hosken p.152; Shapero, Africana, 277], folio, by Tho. Johnson, for the Author, 1670.⁂ An excellent copy with crisp, bright maps and plates. This copy includes the 'Emperor of Morocco' plate which is frequently missing. The first edition of this important work on Africa. It was the most comprehensive work on Africa in English published in the seventeenth century, and is largely based on the work of Offert Dapper. Provenance: Inscribed "Sir Edward Henry Lee his book, given him by E. Lindsay" to front pastedown, in a juvenile hand. Sir Edward Henry Lee (1663-1716) succeeded his Father as the 5th Baronet in 1667. In 1674, at the age of 10 he was made 1st Earl of Lichfield (second creation) on his engagement to Charlotte Fitzroy, an illegitimate daughter of King Charles II. This inscription is presumably dated sometime between 1670 and 1674.
Lot 149
World.- Diodorus (Siculus) The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian ... contain the Antiquities of Egypt, Asia, Africa, Greece, the Islands, and Europe, translated by G. Booth, by Edw. Jones, 3 engraved maps, 2 folding, 1 with short marginal tear to folds, 3M3 with 2 tiny holes not affecting text, scattered faint spotting, occasional browning, bookplate, nineteenth-century half-morocco, red morocco spine label, slight rubbing to corners and extremities, [Wing D1512], folio, for Awnsham and John Churchil, 1700.
Lot 176
Atlases.- Kitchin (Thomas) Kitchin's General Atlas, Describing the Whole Universe, title, with 18 maps only (of 40), lacking the maps of America and the World, with only one part (of two) of Ireland, but includes the two part map of 'The East Indies' showing the entirety of India by Thomas Jefferys, engravings on various papers, various sizes, all on stubs, a few loose, some folds with splitting, a few with even toning, scattered surface dirt, handling creases and minor nicks, later marbled boards, very worn with spine splitting, folio, Laurie & Whittle, 1804.
Lot 22
Africa.- Ethiopia.- Budge (E.A. Wallis) The Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Life of Hannâ (Saint Anne), and the Magical Prayers of Aneta Mîkâêl [Lady Meux Manuscripts Nox. 2-5], one of 300 copies, half-title, chromolithographed frontispiece and plates, title printed in red and black, previous owner's ink-stamps to early blank and half-title, occasional faint finger-soiling, one or two small marginal tears with neat tape repairs, marginal loss to final few leaves not affecting text, expert tissue repairs, bookplate, original morocco, decorated in blind, rebacked retaining original backstrip, slight bumping to corners and extremities, folio, 1900.
Lot 221
NO RESERVE Egypt.- Bey (Max Herz) La Mosquée du Sultan Hassan au Caire, half-title, title in red and black, 20 plates, 3 double-page, 1 colour, loose as issued, scattered spotting and staining, chipping and small hole to half-title and title, housed in original green cloth portfolio, upper cover becoming detached, mottling, some cloth loss to upper cover, rubbed, folio, Cairo, 1899.
Lot 222
Egypt.- Levant.- Pococke (Richard) A Description of the East and Some other Countries, 3 parts in 2 vol., first edition, engraved vignettes to titles, 178 engraved maps, planes and plates (some folding; of which 2 torn, 1 with portion detached but preserved loose), including 12 botanical plates by G.D. Ehret, vol. 2 part I with engraved dedication page, bookplates, light browning and some spotting, twentieth century half calf with morocco labels to spine, a little scuffing, uncut, [Atabey 965; Blackmer 1323; Hilmy II, p.124; Weber II, 513], folio, for the author by W. Bowyer, 1743-45⁂ Vol. 1 Egypt; Vol. 2 Part I Palestine or the Holy Land, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus and Candia; Vol. 2 Part II Islands of Asia Minor, Thrace, Greece and some other parts of Europe.
Lot 23
Africa.- Ethiopia.- Budge (E.A. Wallis) The Life of Takla Hâymânôt ... and the Miracles of Takla Hâymânôt ..., 2 vol., out-of-series copy from an edition of 250, half-titles, chromolithographed plates, vol. 2 without title, bookplate, contemporary cloth, slight rubbing to joints and corner extremities, folio, 1906.
Lot 232
Holy Land.- Palestine.- Bonfils (Felix & Adrien) Palestine - Greece 1897, 62 mounted photographs, most c.215 x 281 mm (8 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.), 24 signed Bonfils in negative, 2 signed Adrien Bonfils in negative, one with notes in manuscript to verso, scattered faint spotting to mounts, including views of Egypt, Greece, Pompeii, Amalfi, Naples, Jaffa, Ramleh, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the Dead Sea and the Church of Nativity, original half-morocco album, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, oblong folio, c.1897.⁂ Félix Bonfils, his wife Lydie, and son Adrien were famous French photographers in Beirut during the second half of the nineteenth century. The family moved to Beirut in 1867 where they opened a photographic studio called Maison Bonfils.
Lot 246
India.- White (Lieut. George Francis) Views in India, chiefly among the Himalaya Mountains, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, 36 engraved plates, tissue-guards, one with tear, scattered spotting, marginal staining to first few leaves, contemporary morocco, gilt, rubbing to corners and extremities, folio, 1838.
Lot 257
Middle East.- Aden Field Force 1916-1919, title in manuscript inside upper cover, 76 vintage silver gelatin and other prints, various sizes, one or two partially hand-coloured, some loosely inserted, many captioned by hand, original cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, oblong folio, [1919].⁂ Depicting topographical and ethnic views from Aden, including British military personnel and facilities, desert scenes and caravans, Turkish officers, Turkish prisoners and aerial views.
Lot 28
Africa.- Middle East.- Butler (Alfred J.) The Ancient Coptic Churches of Egypt, 2 vol., first edition, wood-engraved frontispieces, illustrations, publisher's advertisements at end vol. 1, ex-library with ink-stamps and accession number to title and title verso, bookplate, modern buckram, Oxford, 1884 § Curzon (Hon. Robert) Visits to Monasteries in the Levant, frontispiece, additional vignette title, plates, scattered faint spotting, bookplate, later half-morocco, 1851 § Trimingham (J. Spencer) Christianity Among the Arabs in Pre-Islamic Times, first edition, illustrations, tiny stains to pp.88-89, bookplate, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1979 § Gerster (Georg) Churches in Rock: Early Christian Art in Ethiopia, first edition, illustrations, bookplate to front free endpaper verso, original cloth, price-clipped dust-jacket, fractional creasing to edges, housed in original slipcase, a little rubbed, 1970 § Budge (Sir E. A., introduction), The Queen of Sheba & her only Son Menyelek, frontispiece, plates, previous owner's ink inscription, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, April, 1922; 8vo & folio (6)
Lot 286
Turkey.- Knolles (Richard) The Generall Historie of the Turkes, from the first beginning of that Nation to the rising of the Ottoman Familie ..., fifth edition, engraved title, engraved illustrations, woodcut initials, head-and tail pieces, lacking A1 (blank) as usual, A4 becoming detached, 2H1 and 5C5 with tiny marginal holes, one or two tiny rust spots, faint marginal damp-staining towards the end, bookplate, later calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, [Blackmer 920], folio, Adam Islip, 1638.⁂ "Knolles spent twelve years on the completion of his great history, which is based on the works of such authorities as Busbecq, Giovio, Georgievitz, Barletius etc. One of his most important sources is Boissard: Vitae et Icones Sultanorum, from which the portraits were re-engraved... Knolles' work was greatly praised by Dr. Johnson and its influence was acknowledged by Byron" (Blackmer).
Lot 288
Turkey.- Rycaut (Paul) The Present State of the Ottoman Empire, third edition, engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved plates, illustrations, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end not called for by Wing, M3 with small rust hole affecting odd letter, scattered spotting, faint marginal staining towards end, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, bumping and small loss to corners and extremities, [Wing R2414], folio, for John Starkey and Henry Brome ..., 1670.
Lot 289
NO RESERVE Turkey.- Rycaut (Paul) Der Neu-eroffneten Ottomannischen Pforten Fortsetzung, half-title, title in red and black, engraved frontispiece (trimmed and laid-down), portrait, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, engraved head-pieces and numerous illustrations in the text, lacking final f. (?blank), half-title, title and early leaf with marginal tears and small loss, each laid down with expert repairs, occasional patches of foxing or browning, a few small repairs to margins, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked in morocco, folio, Augsburg, Wagner for Kroniger and others, 1701
Lot 45
Africa.- Ethiopia.- Acton (Roger) The Abyssinian Expedition and the Life and Reign of King Theodore, first edition, lithographed portrait frontispiece, additional lithographed title, wood-engraved plates, some double-page, new endpapers, bookplate, faint off-setting, original pictorial cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, gilt, a little rubbed, bumping to corners, folio, 1868.
Lot 47
Africa.- Ethiopia.- Chojnacki (Stanisław) Major Themes in Ethiopian Painting, plates and illustrations, some colour, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, gilt, Wiesbaden, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1983; Ethiopian Icons: Catalogue of the Collection of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies Addis Ababa University, first edition, colour illustrations, most full-page, bookplate, original boards, dust-jacket, Milan, 2000, 8vo & folio (2).
Lot 5
Africa.- Annales du Musée du Congo Belge, 4 vol. only, comprising; Les Industries Indigènes. La Céramique, tome II, fasc. I, original upper cover bound in § Torday (P.) & T. A. Joyce, Les Bushongo. Série III, tome II, fasc. I, 1910; Notes Ethnographiques sur des Populations Habitant les Bassins du Kasai et du Kwango Oriental, Série III, tome II, fasc. II, original upper cover trimmed and loosely inserted, 1922 § Bequaert (Maurice) Les Fouille de Jean Colette a Kalina, Série I, tome I, fasc. II, 1938; plates and illustrations, bookplate, bookplate, uniform modern half-calf, raised spine bands, folio (4).
Lot 59
Africa.- Ethiopia.- Ludolphus (Job) A New History of Ethiopia being a Full and Accurate Description of the Kingdom of Abessinia ..., second English edition, 8 engraved plates, of which 7 double-page, 1 with small loss to bottom corner neatly restored, double-page folding map, 2 short splits to folds, double-page genealogy, Ethiopic Alphabet, B1 with tiny hole affecting odd letter, 2X3 with small paper defect affecting odd letter, spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, neat repairs to corners, [Wing L3470], folio, for Samuel Smith, 1684.⁂ In some copies the map was replaced with the Ethiopic Alphabet. Copies containing both, such as this, are relatively scarce.
Lot 725
REVILLE, APPOINTED COURT DRESSMAKERS TO QUEEN MARY: A FOLIO OF 1930'S COUTURE DESIGNS including newspaper cuttings, one of Princess Chichibu of Japan, selecting her Coronation robes. The collection includes designs of a Royal robe. Two of the designs have "Reville copyright design Hanover Square, London" seals, all designs are by Bettie Richardson, in various sizes, (70) BETTIE BENSON RICHARDSON 1914-1998Bettie was a boarder at The Institute Notre-Dame de Boulogne-Sur-Mer on the edge of Paris.She then studied at The House of Reville in London, producing many designs, including coronation robe designs for Princess Chichibu of Japan during her state visit to England. Photographs of the Empress wearing some of Betties designs were shown in the national press during a Buckingham Palace Garden Party.
Lot 17
* BILLY CONNOLLY CBE (SCOTTISH b. 1942),SET OF SIX PRINTS FROM 'BORN ON A RAINY DAY' SERIESlimited edition giclee print on paper, each signed and numbered 86/295, comprising Scotty Poser, The Wreck Room, Marshall Art, First Position, Egyptian Love Story and Roman Candlessheet size 57cm x 77cm eachUnframed, contained in boxed folio with certificates of authenticity, also along with 'Self Portrait', numbered 86/295, 38cm x 31cm, unframed.
Lot 843
Antiquities - an Ancient Egyptian cartonnage sarcophagus fragment, 12cm x 7cm, late New Kingdom culture, 19th Dynasty, c.1292 - 1189 BCProvenance: Acquired by the vendor from the private collection of Ken Mannion, Barton-upon-Humber 13/07/21, he having obtained it in exchange for work undertaken for the owner of Helios Gallery Antiquities. A receipt and further provenance from the gallery indicate that the item came from the collection of Monty and Barbara Passes, London, having been acquired in the 1960s or 70s, probably from Folio Fine Art.
Lot 107
Max Beckmann (German, 1884-1950)Stadtnacht (Hofmaier 164-170) The complete portfolio comprising seven lithographs printed in black, 1920, on thin laid Japan, each signed in pencil, numbered 'LXXXIV' on the cover, from the deluxe edition of 100, with title-page, loose as issued, printed by Dr C. Wolf & Sohn, Munich, published by Piper Verlag, Munich, with the original paper mounts and portfolio, 310 x 245mm (12 1/8 x 9 5/8in)(Folio)(7)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 88
Maurice-Henry (French, 1907-1984)Maurice Henry Twenty screenprints in colours, 1969, on Fabriano wove, each signed and numbered from the edition of 94 in pencil, further numbered on the justification page, from the total edition of 200, published by Alberto Marotta, Italy, the full sheets, loose as issued, housed inside the original green-cloth covered case, 470 x 360mm (18 1/2 x 14 1/8in)(SH)(Folio)(20)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 207
George Bissill (1896-1973)A folio of thirty-three watercolours and pencil sketchespredominantly landscapes, unframed (33). Circa 14 watercolours and circa 21 drawings.One small watercolour has a tear on a corner. Some watercolours have a bit of foxing.Some drawings also have foxing to them however not all.
Lot 356
TWO ENGLISH COMMONWEALTH PAMPHLETS, 1657, comprising ~An Act for Indempnifying of such Persons as have Acted for the Service of the Publique. At the Parliament begun at Weftminfter the 17th day of September, An. Dom. 1656~ [Wing E1042] and ~An Act for the Better Obfervation of the Lords-Day. At the Parliament begun at Weftminster the 17th day of September, An.Dom. 1656~ [Wing E1094], both printed in London by Hen. Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highnef the Lord Protector, 1657, the titles surrounded by decorative borders, the first: 5 pp, folio (2)¦¦Property from a Private Collection
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