Paine (James) Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Noblemen and Gentlemen's Houses, and also of Stabling, Bridges...Temples, and other Garden Buildings; executed in the counties of Derby, Durham, Middlesex, Northumberland, Nottingham, and York, Part I only (of 2), first edition, list of subscribers, 55 engraved plates numbered 1-74, 19 double-page, one also folding, title a little soiled, some light browning and occasional foxing, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, spine a little faded, [Fowler 207; Harris 664; Millard II 50], folio, for the Author, 1767.⁂Featuring designs for completed buildings, mostly in the Palladian style, including Sandbeck, Axwell Park and the magnificent stables at Chatsworth. A further volume covering Nottingham, Essex, Wilts, Derby, Hertford, Suffolk, Salop, Middlesex and Surrey was published in 1783.
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Tasso (Torquato) La Gerusalemme Liberata, 2 engraved allegorical titles, one with medallion portrait of the author, the other with portrait of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, 20 full-page engraved illustrations by Agostino Carracci and Giacomo Franco after Bernardo Castello, 2 of which printed separately to borders and neatly laid down within frame, as issued, 'Argomento' of each book within woodcut cartouche, woodcut head-pieces and historiated initials, occasional staining within text, marginal water-staining, contemporary speckled calf, sympathetically rebacked, covers rubbed, [Cicognara, 1113; Gamba 948], folio, Genoa, Giuseppe Pavoni for Bernardo Castello, 1617.
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Photographs.- [Baker of Birmingham, photographer]. Photograph album of topographical & ecclesiastical views, many of Ludlow & Shropshire, c.200 mounted albumen prints on 32 card leaves, many captioned in pencil, some a little faded, mounts spotted, contemporary ink inscription "Cecilia Baker August 1880" on front free endpaper and with note by J.Stevens Cox identifying the photographer, contemporary half morocco, g.e., rubbed and damp-stained, folio, [c.1880].
Church architecture.- Gloucestershire.- Clarke (Joseph, British Gothic revival architect, 1819-1888) Nine drawings of St Michael & All Angels Church, Bishop's Cleeve, showing various facades and architectural details, both of the interior and exterior, presented in an album with manuscript title page that reads 'Bishop's Cleeve Church, Gloucestershire/ Sketches by J. Clarke. Archt. for Mr Britton [John Britton, see provenance]', with an additional watercolour by R. Kitton of a church monument within the same church, and another of Wheatsheaf Inn, Tewkesbury, inscribed 'J.R. Thompson from a study by J. Britton', watercolours over graphite, various inscriptions, sizes from 40 x 105 mm. (1 1/2 x 4 1/4 x in) to 235 x 130 mm. (9 1/4 x 5 1/8 in), on wove papers without watermarks, one sheet inscribed '1831' verso, neatly tipped onto album leaves, plain boards, spine split, very rubbed and worn, folio, [circa 1830s].Provenance:John Britton (1771-1857), English antiquary, topographer, author and editor, and the sole author of the Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain (9 vols, 1805-1814) and Cathedral Antiquities of England (14 vols, 1814-1835).
Bible, English.- The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New: newly translated out of the originall tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, lacking general title, water-stained at foot, some spotting, lightly browned, rexine over boards, [STC 2617.7], [Cambridge], [Printed by Tho: and John Buck printers to the University of Cambridge], [1629], bound between a defective genealogies and psalms, folio sold not subject to return. ⁂ The first edition of the King James version printed at Cambridge.
![Canon Law.- [Laurentius Puldericus (clericus Neapolitanus)] [Breviarum decreti], manuscript in Latin, on paper, 105pp., betwe](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d9be7778-42d8-4646-8671-ab2700ead06d/d15bb8ef-5b68-433d-80e8-ab2701799c18/468x382.jpg)
Canon Law.- [Laurentius Puldericus (clericus Neapolitanus)] [Breviarum decreti], manuscript in Latin, on paper, 105pp., between 49-53 lines, in brown ink, in a cursive continental bookhand,some sidenotes, a few in another contemporary hand, later endpapers, 19th century boards, edges rubbed, folio, [?Germany], [c. 1450].⁂ A version of Gratian's Decretals, the great corpus of ecclesiastical law, partially based on Roman law, with additions from the Church fathers.Johannes Gratian was born probably at Chiusi, in Tuscany. He became a monk and taught at Bologna in the monastery of SS. Felix and Nabor. He compiled the Decretum in c. 1140, shortly after the Second Lateran Council held in that year. Gratian died before the Third Lateran Council (1179).
Krafft (Jean Charles) Recueil d'Architecture Civile, contenant les Plans, Coupes et Élévations des Châteaux, Maisons de campagne et Habitations rurales, Jardins anglais, Temples, Chaumières, Kiosques, Ponts, &c..., bound from the original 20 parts, engraved frontispiece, title and text in French, German and English, 120 engraved plates, one double-page, some foxing and marginal staining, old marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in calf, spine gilt with roan label, new endpapers, folio, Paris, 1812.⁂ Featuring the work of contemporary architects including Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Julien-David LeRoy and François-Joseph Belanger, and a good source for country houses and their elements in and around Paris.
Paine (James) Plans, Elevations, Sections, and other Ornaments of the Mansion-House, belonging to the Corporation of Donacaster, first edition, engraved title-vignette incorporating portrait of the architect by Grignion after Hayman, 17 engraved plates numbered 1-21, 4 double-page, title with contemporary ink signature "Rich Allanson" at head, contemporary ink inscription "John S.Wright's Book" on front free endpaper and with his ink stamp to title, some light soiling or foxing, mostly at beginning and end, contemporary reverse calf, rubbed, rebacked, repairs to corners and edges, [Harris 668], folio, for the Author, 1751.⁂ Paine was appointed Clerk of Works at Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, in 1737 when he was only nineteen years old and he continued to supervise the building there until 1750, but Doncaster Mansion House was his first major project, from 1745-48.
![Inner Temple and Middle Temple.- [?Wallop (Richard, lawyer, bap. 1616, d. 1697)] Concerning the Temples, manuscript, title an](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d9be7778-42d8-4646-8671-ab2700ead06d/b7895a38-fd95-4cea-b670-ab27017a6fa0/468x382.jpg)
Inner Temple and Middle Temple.- [?Wallop (Richard, lawyer, bap. 1616, d. 1697)] Concerning the Temples, manuscript, title and 39pp., title loose, extensively browned, stitched, disbound, folio, [c. 1680].⁂ No mention of any printed work by Wallop recorded in ESTC. Mentions Paul Micklethwaite (1588/9-1639), Church of England clergyman, Master of the Middle Temple.
LAWRENCE SIMON. 45 Wood-Engravers. Ltd. ed. 259/350. Wood eng. plates. Small quarto. Half cloth with marbled brds. in damaged slip case. Whittington Press, 1982; also The Old School Press, Twelve Poems by David Burnett, wood eng. illus. by Margaret Tournour, signed ltd. ed., folio, orig. green cloth, 1994. (2).
RIDER HAGGARD HENRY. A four line manuscript autograph postcard from North Lodge, St. Leonard's on Sea, 1920; also a dedication leaf with annotations in Rider Haggard's hand & 3 double spaced folio typescript sheets entitled "Heu-Heu or the Monster, the storm" with ink annotations & corrections in what certainly appears to be Rider Haggard's hand.
CAVE WILLIAM. Apostolici or The History of the Lives, Acts, Death & Martyrdoms of those who were Contemporary with, or immediately succeeded, the Apostles, with Ecclesiastici or The History of ... the Most Eminent Fathers of the Church. Rubricated title, eng. frontis & eng. text illus. & initials. Folio. Old panelled calf, top brd. det. but present. 1716.
†GERALD SCARFE, CBE (1936- ) DICKIE NIXON IN (EXPLETIVE DELETED) FOLIO, PICTORIAL CARD, PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED IN BLACK BALL POINT PEN ON THE TITLE PAGE FOR TESS LOVE GERRY AND ANOTHER SIMILAR - INDECENT EXPOSURE, SIMILARLY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST, BOTH FROM EDITIONS OF 1000, 1973 AND 74 (2)
WORLD WAR II MC GROUP OF SEVEN, MILITARY CROSS REVERSE OF LOWER LIMB ENGRAVED 1945, CASE OF ISSUE, 1939-1945 STAR, FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR, DEFENCE MEDAL, WAR MEDAL WITH 'MENTION' EMBLEM WITH CARD AND ENVELOPE ADDRESSED CAPTAIN M C D KING 1/8 MIDDLESEX REGIMENT WISCON HOUSE STEYNING SUSSEX, CORONATION MEDAL 1927, SCARLET CARD BOX, UNDERSIDE OF THE LID INSCRIBED CAPTAIN M.C.D KING 1/8 MIDDLESEX REGT AND EFFICIENCY DECORATION TERRITORIAL SUSPENDER, GRI, REVERSE ENGRAVED 1946, WITH SEVERAL RELATED OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS, OFFICER'S IDENTITY CARD OF CAPTAIN MONTAGUE CHARLES DUNCAN KING 1940 AND 8TH BATTALION MIDDLESEX REGIMENT COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET 24TH JUNE 1944 - 4TH MAY 1945 AND A CORRESPONDING SET OF MINIATURE MEDALS47928 MAJOR MONTAGUE CHARLES DUNCAN KING, TD, MC 1910-1961 JOINT OFFICER COMMANDING HQ COMPANY 8TH BATTALION THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT (YOUTH OF CAMBRIDGE'S OWN)MILITARY CROSS: LONDON GAZETTE 1 MARCH 1945, FOLIO 780-781. THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE AWARD OF AN IMMEDIATE MILITARY CROSS READS: "ON OCTOBER 4TH, AS COMPANY COMMANDER OF "A" COY, HE RECEIVED A MESSAGE AT 1800 HRS THAT NO.4 PLATOON NEAR ELST AT MAP REF.702721 WAS HAVING A VERY DIFFICULT TIME BEING SHELLED CONSTANTLY BY THE ENEMY AND HARASSED BY SMALL ARMS FIRE. MAJOR KING, KNOWING THAT THIS PARTICULAR PLATOON WAS WITHOUT AN OFFICER OWING TO CASUALTIES EARLIER ON, WENT UP UNDER SHELL FIRE TO THIS VERY EXPOSED POSITION IN THE 4 S.L.I AREA. HE FOUND THAT OWING TO CONSTANT ENEMY ACTION THAT THE PLATOON WAS A LITTLE SHAKEN. HE IMMEDIATELY HANDED OVER COMMAND OF HIS COY TEMPORARILY TO HIS 2.I/O AND TOOK OVER THE JOB OF PLN. COMMANDER OF 4 PLN HIMSELF. HE ORGANISED THE DELIVERY OF RATIONS PERSONALLY TO SECS. UNDER HEAVY FIRE AND GOT THE PLATOON ONCE MORE ON FIRM FOOTING TO PROCEED WITH ITS HARASSING TASKS REQUIRED OF IT DURING THE NIGHT, IN SPITE OF CONTINUOUS SHELLING AND MORTARING. MAJOR KING SHOWED COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR HIS OWN SAFETY IN THE WAY HE WENT ROUND THE PLATOON ENCOURAGING THEM TO STICK TO IT. HIS CHEERFUL MANNER AND APPARENT ENJOYMENT SHOWED HIS POWERS OF LEADERSHIP JUST AT THE CRITICAL MOMENT. WHEN HE LEFT THE PLATOON THE FOLLOWING MORNING EVERYBODY WAS BACK TO NORMAL AND FULL OF FLIGHT" (COUNTERSIGNED BY FIELD MARSHALL MONTGOMERY)THE EFFICIENCY DECORATION: LONDON GAZETTE 1 AUGUST 1946, S.37671MENTION IN DES: LONDON GAZETTE 26 JULY 1940THE BATTALION'S NORTH WEST EUROPEAN COMMENCED ON D-DAY, 6TH JUNE 1944, LANDING AT ARROMANCHES, THE ACTION THAT GAVE RISE TO KING'S MC OCCURRED ON THE 16TH OCTOBER
δ Dieter Roth (1930-1998)Untitled (Container)Oil, encaustic, watercolour, graphite and pen and ink on cardboard with paperclip and metal collage elements, 1973, signed twice and dated 'Mai 73', 195 x 275mm (7 ¾ x 10 ¾ in) (framed)Exhibited: 1974, Kunstverein in Hamburg: Originale 1946-1973.The present work relates to Roth's 1971-73 portfolio containers. The folio, one of Roth's most important incorporates many of the techniques Roth had utilized and developed up to that point.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Agnes Martin (1912-2004)Paintings and Drawings 1974-1990 (suite of 10)The complete set of 10 lithographs printed in colours, 1991, from the edition of 2500, on vellum transparency paper, printed by Lecturis, Eindhoven and published by Nemela & Lenzen GmbH, Monchengladback and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, housed within the original grey card portfolio, each sheet 298 x 298mm (11 3/4 x 11 3/4in) (folio) (10)This set was published to celebrate the artist's 1991 retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
δ Salvador Dali (1904-1989)Immortalite stereoscopique et stereochimique de la monarchie (Field 73-20-M; M&L 577b)The scarce multiple, comprising the etchings in three parts and mirrored folding object, 1973, signed and numbered from the edition of 210 in pencil, the etchings on Auvergne wove paper, all housed within the original blue portfolio, overall 570 x 390 x 20mm (22 1/2 x 15 2/5 x 3/4in) (folio)δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Comprehensive collection of works by and about Samuel Pepys to include The Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, new ed. pub. Bell & Daldy 1865 in 3 vols. A Portrait in Miniature by J. Lucas Dubreton, The Shorter Pepys pub. Folio Society, Pepys and the Development of the British Navy Jackdaw and books in three boxes Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
•STANLEY LEWIS (1905-2009) A FOLIO OF FIGURE STUDIES, STILL LIFE STUDIES AND VARIOUS SKETCHES OF ASSORTED SUBJECTS Approximately 90 leaves, mixed media, various sizes, 53 x 36cm and smaller (folio); with Stanley Lewis by Sacha Llewellyn and Paul Liss, published to accompany the exhibition at Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford, 2010 (2) ++ Folio in generally mixed-poor condition
•EVELYN MARY DUNBAR (1906-1960) A FOLIO OF FIGURE STUDIES AND SKETCHES Approximately 18 leaves, pencil pen and ink, some with wash, various sizes, 56 x 76cm and smaller (folio); with Evelyn Dunbar - The Lost Works by Sacha Llewellyn and Paul Liss, published to accompany the exhibition at Pallant House, Chichester in 2015-2016 (2) ++ Mixed condition; some with creases, tears etc at edges; handling marks
ITALIAN SCHOOL, 18th CENTURY A folio of seventeen drawings of life studies, nudes and copies in the style of the Gandolfi family and after the Antique, black, white and red chalks on various papers, all unframed The largest 64 x 45cm; the smallest 20 x 26.5cm. (17) ++ Images generally good; creased, worn and with some tears at edges; satisfactory overall
JOSEPH TWIGG (Fl.1884-1912) A FOLIO OF TOPOGRAPHICAL WATERCOLOURS Comprising approx. 40 subjects in Surrey and Sussex (Seaford, Eastbourne, Sunbury, Shepperton, Weybridge) and elsewhere (Eton Court, Coniston Lake, Penmaen, Newlyn, Henley, Ripon etc); also Continental views (Venice, Rome, Cassel, Lake Como, Classical Ruins, Chinon, Perugia, Dieppe, Bordighera, Campo Rosso and elsewhere), many signed, initialled and/or inscribed, some dated; also some works by others hands, various sizes (a lot) ++ Generally good condition
FRENCH SCHOOL, c.1866-1869 DESIGNS FOR LADIES' HATS, BONNETS AND HEADPIECES Forty one designs mounted on twelve support sheets, pen and ink and pencil, thirteen with some watercolour, nine dated 1866-1869, six inscribed Aristocrate or Gentilhomme, each design approx 12.5 x 10.5cm., (folio) ++ The designs in generally good condition; the support sheets damaged
TURKISH & PERSIAN INTEREST A folio of diverse portrait engravings of Turks and Arab potentates, after du Chateau, E. Neffenthaler, Petrus de Jode, J B le Noir, Ferdinando Tionili, Jacob Toorenvliet, Theodorum Viero and many others (the majority not ascribed), principally 17th and 18th Centuries, none coloured, approx. 135 (folio) ++ Mixed condition; generally fair-good
JOHN PEARSON (1777-1813) A LARGE FOLIO OF TOPOGRAPHICAL AND LANDSCAPE DRAWINGS Comprising approximately 60 leaves, subjects to include Yorkshire (Kilton Gill, Ripon, Byland Abbey, Fountains Abbey, Malham Cove, Hackfall, Brough Castle, Gordale Scar, Skipton, York) Wales and the Marches (Shrewsbury, Dolbadarn Castle, Vale of Llangollen, Chepstow, `Pistil Raider` [Pistyll Rhaeadr]), Cumbria (Windermere, Ullswater, Gowbarrow Park, Rydal Water, Derwent Water, Borrowdale), also Stapleton Mill near Bristol, Liverpool, Christchurch, Carisbrooke and elsewhere, principally pen and ink with grey wash, some in pencil, many inscribed, some dated c.1800, various sizes; with a watercolour of Hugh Lloyd's Pulpit on the Cynfael, N.Wales by Francis Nicholson, 1807 (possibly Pearson's master), this badly faded and discoloured (a lot) The majority 36 x 42cm approx. * Subjects shown are Lowdore at the head of Derwentwater (1800), S. E. view of the City of Chester taken from Boughton (1801) and Hugh Lloyds' Pulpit (Nicholson, 1807) ++ The works by Pearson with some wear and creasing, some with tears and damages at sheet edges
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