Constable (John) Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery, principally intended to display the phenomena of the Chiar'oscuro of Nature, signed presentation inscription from Constable to Edward Davies dated April 1836 to upper cover, 22 fine plates by David Lucas after paintings by Constable, including the frontispiece and vignette, text comprising title, list of engravings, half-title with verses, introduction and 1p. descriptive text for East Bergholt, Suffolk (frontispiece), mezzotints with etching and drypoint, excellent well inked impressions on cream laid paper, some sheets with partial watermarks of the letters 'F . D', each leaf approx. 295 x 425 mm. (11 1/2 x 16 3/4 in), the frontispiece and 'Noon' with small repairs to upper right corners, and 'A Seabeach' with lower right corner margin repaired, occasional very light finger-soiling to margins, but a remarkably clean and fresh example overall, later cloth-backed wrappers with original printed upper cover laid down, initialled 'J.C.' to lower corner, partial ring mark visible, preserved in chemise and broken slip-case, oblong folio, 1833.⁂ Presentation copy of Constable's superb set of mezzotints.Edward Davies is probably Edward Davis (1813-1878), Welsh portrait sculptor. He would have been 23 at the time of this inscription and would go on to exhibit nearly 100 works of sculpture at the Royal Academy including a bust of Constable in 1875.
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Nonesuch Press.- Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Selected Poems, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 500, plates by Stefan Mrozewski, presentation copy from Francis Meynell to John "Jake" Carter with accompanying T.Ls. from him loosely inserted "Here is a copy (well buckled in the usual fashion of new vellum) of our Coleridge with the wood engravings printed like the text on Auvergne paper...", leather book-label of Haven O'More, original orange vellum with gold thongs, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly faded, still a fine copy in board slip-case (a little rubbed), small folio, Nonesuch Press, 1935.
Nonesuch Press.- Herodotus. The History..., translated by G.Rawlinson, edited by A.W.Lawrence, number 206 of 675 copies, half-title with wood-engraved vignette, title in red and black, wood-engraved illustrations by V. Le Campion, 9 maps at end, most double-page, light spotting to front endpapers, leather bookplate of Haven O'More, original blue-stained vellum-backed cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in ?original wrapper (a little rubbed and frayed), small folio, Nonesuch Press, 1935.⁂ A lovely bright copy with no fading to the turquoise vellum spine.
Brodrick (William) Falconers' Favourites, 6 tinted lithographed plates, finished by hand, paper guards, 3 plates with some fading and browning, all plates with foxing to varying degrees, original cloth, gilt, small tear near foot of spine, some staining and marking, [Harting 70; Nissen IVB 146; Schwerdt I, 82; Wood p.262], folio, 1865.⁂ A scarce copy of what is described in the introduction as 'a sort of sequel' to Falconry in the British Isles, 1855. Three of the birds handsomely depicted in life size belonged to Brodrick himself.
De La More Press.- Ovidius Naso (Publius) Shakespeare's Ovid: being Arthur Golding's Translation of the Metamorphoses, edited by W.H.D.Rouse, number 4 of 12 copies on vellum, from an edition limited to 362, engraved frontispiece featuring vignette of the King's Library, title printed in red and black, with illuminated initials in colours and gold, unbound sheets, a fine copy preserved in modern half calf drop-back box, printed label and leather book-label of Haven O'More mounted inside lid, small folio, De La More Press, 1904.⁂ Superb printing on vellum with beautiful initials supplied by hand.
Schwerdt copy.- Florinus (Franz Philipp) Oeconomus prudens et legalis continuatus oder Grosser Herren Stands und Adelicher Haus-Vatter, pp.162-406 [falconry and hunting section] & index only, double column, engraved double-page plate of hawks, vignettes, some light foxing, occasional staining, a few small repairs, 19th century half vellum, Schwerdt copy with bookplate, [Not in Harting; Schwerdt I, p.177]; [Nuremberg, Frankfurt and Leipzig], [Christoph Riegels and Johann Leonhard Knortzen], folio, [1702-1719]; and the hunting section from Diderot and D'Alembert's Encyclopédie with engraved plates, folio (2) sold not subject to return.
Schlegel (Hermann) and Abraham H. Verster de Wulverhost. Traité de Fauconnerie, first edition, tinted lithographed title with a pictorial border comprising 11 scenes of hawking by J.B. Sonderland, 2 hand-coloured lithographed plates of falconry equipment by Portman and von Wouw, 10 (of 12) hand-coloured lithographed plates of hawks by Wendel after Joseph Wolf, lacking 2 lithographed hawking scenes by J. Dillmann after Sonderland (another version of 1 of these from another work loosely inserted), 8 plates of hawks mounted on board, these with some browning, 'Le Tiercelet sors de l'autour' plate with section missing from upper margin, marginal tears and chips, some light browning and spotting, loose in original cloth-backed printed boards, lacking backstrip and ties, corners worn, rubbed and marked, [Harting 194; Schwerdt II, p.150; Thiebaud 833; Nissen IVB 832; Fine Bird Books, p.105; Zimmer p.554], folio, Leiden & Dusseldorf, Arnz & Co., 1844-1853.⁂ 'The finest work on falconry that has ever been produced; not only on account of the beauty of the plates, wherein the hawks are depicted life-size and of the natural colours, but also for the general accuracy of the letterpress' (Harting). This opinion is supported by Schwerdt, who found the life-size illustrations of hawks 'by far the finest ever produced in any book on falconry'.
China.- d'Anville (Jean Baptiste Bourguignon) Nouvel Atlas de la Chine, de la Tartarie Chinoise, et du Thibet, title page printed in red and black, 42 engraved maps, some double-page or folding, contemporary outline colour, some worming affecting text rather than maps, the majority of the maps with damp-stains in the upper right quadrant, the majority of the maps with areas of loss in the upper corner quadrants repaired and reinstated with pen and ink, the latter half with larger areas repaired and condition deteriorating towards end of atlas, effecting both maps and margins, three maps with margins trimmed, otherwise browning and surface dirt throughout, contemporary red morocco, gilt, rubbed and worn, re-cased preserving spine, large folio measuring approx. 530 x 385 mm., The Hague, Henri Scheurleer, 1737; sold not subject to return.⁂ The first scientific mapping of China, deriving from a triangulated survey carried out by French Jesuits, at the behest of the Emperor Kang Hsi. It forms the most important cartographic record of China from the eighteenth century.
Plato. Phaedrus: A Dialogue, number 45 of 90 copies on Arches Text, from an edition limited to 150, original cream wrappers titled in in Greek in red, transparent wrapper, with accompanying booklet 'A Search for the Typographical Form of Plato's Phaedrus' in original board folder, leather book-label of Haven O'More inside front cover, board slip-case, a fine copy, San Francisco, Greenwood Press, 1976 § Plato. The Phaedo..., translated by Benjamin Jowett, number 266 of 500 copies, decorations by Eric Gill printed in red, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original pictorial blue buckram, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine slightly faded, 1930, small folio & 4to (2)
India.- Fergusson (James) Illustrations of the Rock-Cut Temples of India: selected from the best examples of the different series of caves at Ellora, Ajunta, Cuttack, Salsette, Karli, and Mahavellipore, 2 vol. comprising Atlas and accompanying text, first edition, Atlas with additional pictorial tinted lithographed title and 20 tinted lithographed views on 18 plates by T.C.Dibdin after Fergusson, a little foxed, paper guards, some slightly frayed at edges, list of plates soiled and shorter at foot, bookplate of Hon. Sir James Liege Hulett, modern half brown morocco over marbled boards, text with 10 lithographed plates, 5 tinted, 3 double-page, with 64pp. publisher's catalogue and 16pp. supplement to catalogue at end, light foxing to plates, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and a little faded or soiled, rebacked, corners repaired, preserved in modern half-brown morocco drop-back box, [Abbey, Travel 467], folio & 8vo, John Weale, 1845.⁂ James Fergusson (1808-86) retired a wealthy man after ten years as an indigo planter in India and was able to pursue his interest in architecture. He became a notable architectural historian and prolific author on ancient architecture, particularly that of the Indian subcontinent. This, his first work, was the first of several on the cave temples of India and is rarely found with the accompanying text volume. Fergusson used a camera-lucida to assist him in his drawings made on the spot.
Prussia.- State of Hesse.- von Witzleben Family.- An album of original drawings, watercolours, prints, and various mementos, including over 20 original drawings and watercolours, several inscribed as being by members of the von Witzleben family, including Leopold, Emma, Lätitia, and Arthur von Witzleben, with a watercolour of 'Witzlebensruhe' and over 50 other prints, cuttings, and numerous items including dress ribbons, wax seals, small tapestry fragments etc., several relating to Louis II and III, the Grand Dukes of Hesse and by Rhine, all neatly laid on album leaves with extensive pen and black ink annotations, each album leaf approx. 265 x 425 mm. (10 1/2 x 16 3/4 in), scattered surface dirt, spotting, and handling creases, original morocco with the crowned initials 'LF' on the upper cover, and with documents envelope affixed to the rear pastedown with the gilt inscription 'Gewappneter Löwe, der du bewachst Hessens Gränze; wache auch hier, und schutze vor Neugierde' and the lion of Hesse, worn and scuffed, oblong folio, [c. 1820-1880].
Rogers (Bruce).- Montaigne (Michel de) Essays, translated by John Florio, 3 vol., number 107 of 265 copies designed by Bruce Rogers, portrait frontispieces and titles with ornamental borders, decorative head-pieces and initials, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original cloth-backed boards, uncut & unopened, paper labels, preserved in wrappers, a fine set in original cloth drop-front boxes (lightly soiled), folio, Boston & New York, Riverside Press for Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1902-04.⁂ One of Bruce Rogers's masterworks.
Blake (William) Illustrations of the Book of Job: Being all the Water-Colour Designs, Pencil Drawings and Engravings Reproduced in Facsimile, with an Introduction by Laurence Binyon and Geoffrey Keynes, 6 parts, collotype plates, some colour, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original cloth-backed wrappers, printed labels to upper covers, uncut, together in original cloth drop-front box, preserved in cloth portfolio and morocco-backed cloth slip-case, a very fine copy, folio, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, 1935.⁂ An excellent set of reproductions of Blake's work, including the watercolour versions for Thomas Butts, John Linnell and the New Zealand set.
Trianon Press.- Blake (William) William Blake's Illustrations to the Bible: A Catalogue compiled by Geoffrey Keynes, number V of 20 copies with proof states of the frontispiece, from an edition limited to 506, mounted colour lithograph frontispiece, tissue guard, collotype plates, some colour, one through stencil, with 5 additional proofs at end, most colour, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original black morocco ruled in gilt, transparent wrapper (creased and slightly defective), original morocco-backed marbled board drop-back box (slightly rubbed at edges), large folio, Trianon Press, 1957.⁂ A handsome copy of a grand book.
Trianon Press.- Blake (William) The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, number VIII of 20 deluxe copies with a set of progressive plates, from an edition limited to 526, collotype plates hand-coloured through stencil, with additional hand-coloured plates showing progressive stages, colour collotype proofs and an original guide-sheet and stencil bound at end, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original green morocco, t.e.g., spine faded, marbled board slip-case, folio, Trianon Press, 1960.⁂ "Blake's Principia, in which he announced a new concept of the universe." (Damon, Blake Dictionary)
Trianon Press.- Blake (William) William Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray, Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes, 4 vol., letter C of 18 hors commerce copies, this one of the grand luxe copies with an additional portfolio of technical material, from an edition limited to 518, collotype plates hand-coloured through stencil, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original tan morocco, gilt, spines titled in gilt, brown silk moiré endpapers, uncut, together in original tan-morocco-backed marbled board drop-front box, additional portfolio with series of progressives showing the stages in the hand-stencil colouring of a single plate (no.6), together with guide-sheets and stencils, proofs, negatives, prospectus etc., loose in folders in original tan-morocco portfolio with morocco ties, folio, Trianon Press, 1972.⁂ One of the grandest of the Trianon Blake facsimiles, reproducing some of Blake's finest watercolours. Blake dedicated the watercolours to Ann Flaxman who hid them to protect Blake from the authorities due to their republican overtones but they came into Paul Mellon's possession in the mid-20th century. The reproduction was a mammoth undertaking, employing eighteen artists for four years and using up to forty-two stencils per plate.
Trianon Press.- Blake (William) William Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray, Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes, number 14 of 36 special deluxe copies with an additional portfolio containing technical material, from an edition of 518, collotype plates hand-coloured through stencil, loose as issued in original wrapper and tan morocco folder, leather book-label of Haven O'More inside front cover, additional portfolio with series of progressives showing the stages in the hand-stencil colouring of a single plate (no.3), together with guide-sheets and stencils and other material, loose in wrappers in original tan morocco portfolio with morocco ties, spines titled in gilt, prospectus loosely inserted, together in original tan-morocco-backed marbled board drop-front box, folio, Trianon Press, 1972.
Trianon Press.- Blake (William) William Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray, Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes, 3 vol., number 90 of 352 copies, from an edition limited to 518, collotype plates hand-coloured through stencil, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original tan morocco-backed marbled boards, spines titled in gilt, uncut, marbled board slip-cases, a fine copy, folio, Trianon Press, 1972.
Trianon Press.- Blake (William) Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion, number XXVII of 32 deluxe copies with a set of progressive plates, from an edition limited to 558, collotype plates hand-coloured through stencil, with additional plates showing the progressive stages of the collotype and hand-stencil process and a guide-sheet and stencil bound at end, leather book-label of Haven O'More, original tan morocco, marbled board slip-case, folio, Trianon Press, 1974.⁂ The colouring in this copy differs markedly from the 1951 edition of Jerusalem (which was a facsimile made from the Stirling copy, see lot 68). This facsimile is made from Lord Cunliffe's copy (copy B) and Kerrison Preston's proofs.
Trianon Press.- Blake (William) William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job, edited by David Bindman, 6 vol. in 2 large slip-cases, number XII of 65 deluxe copies for the William Blake Trust, from an edition limited to 387, vol.1 with text and loose plates in several states, original tan morocco-backed marbled boards and similar drop-back box, together in morocco and cloth slip-case, vol.2 with text and 3 folders of loose hand-coloured plates of different colour versions from the circle of John Linnell (the New Zealand set, the Collins set, the Fitzwilliam plates), original tan morocco-backed marbled boards or board folders, together in original tan morocco-backed marbled board drop-back box, morocco labels to upper covers, leather book-label of Haven O'More inside lid, morocco and cloth slip-case, a fine copy with the publisher's original polystyrene packaging and box, folio, Trianon Press, 1987. ⁂ Magnificent facsimile of Blake's work, considered by many to be the crowning achievement of the Trianon Press.
Crowley, Aleister. Hymn to Pan, London: Aeon Art Ltd., 1980, 1st ed., elephant folio Crowley's 'Hymn to Pan' was written during his visit to Moscow in the summer of 1913. It was first published in 1919 in The Equinox, Volume III, Number 1. This edition is accompanied by ten silkscreen prints by Andre Durand re-interpreted from chalk drawings he made in 1978, and is one of 75 copies plus ten artist's proofs. Durand's powerful images in the European Hermetic tradition are printed with four colour mezzotint separations with over-lays handworked by the artist, on BFK mould-made 270gsm paper. Each print is embossed with the printer's chop. The collection is contained in a handmade Solander box. Each print measures 23 x 17.5"
LOUIS XVIDocument signed ('Louis', possibly in a secretarial hand), being an order to the Marquis de Lannay for the release of Rozalie Biffaultre from the Bastille, printed and accomplished in manuscript, countersigned by the Baron de Breteuil, folio, Versailles, 4 June 1786; and another letter in an unidentified hand to Comte Charles de Colbert, 'Capitaine de Vaisseaux', 4to, Toulouse, 22 August 1815, both framed and glazed (2)
ROYALTY - FRANCELOUIS XIV. Document signed ('Louis'), being an order issued to Monsieur de St. Mars requiring him to commit sub-lieutenant Julianis to the Bastille, countersigned, folio, Versailles, 19 March 1704; Document signed ('Louis'), on vellum, Versailles, 16 April 1704; together with a later document, printed on vellum and accomplished in manuscript, Orleans, 1 April, 1788, all framed and glazed (3)
A PORTRAIT OF JEHANGIR, MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY gouache with gold on paper, laid on a folio, the ruler seated on a throne holding a falcon, an attendant behind him, erroneous label on lower margin reading Akbar Padshah, old auction label on the reverse dated 1st July 1969. 27 x 18cm Provenance: Property of a Deceased Estate, sold by order of the Executors. Acquired Bonhams, London, 5 July 2006, lot 224.
Folio of eight proof etchings by Charles Maurice Detmold (British, 1883-1908) and Edward Julius Detmold (British, 1883-1957), Animal and fish studies, all signed in pencil in the margins by one or both artists, published October, 1898, some hand-coloured, various plate sizes 7 x 10.5cm, 2.75 x 4.25in, 12 x 9.5cm, 4.75 x 3.75in, in original card folder with additional coloured etching on the cover.Condition report: The etchings are in good, original condition. The paper has browned universally across the sheets and there are some minor spots of foxing across the prints and margins. The prints are unframed. The card folder has areas of browning on both front and back covers and scuffs and bumps to corners.
VICTORIAN LEATHER WRITING SLOPE, BY RODMAN & CO. BELFAST 19TH CENTURY the exterior covered in embossed brown leather opening to a black leather interior fitted with a stationery rack, folio, journal, cashbook, match box and striker, pen tray and leather cased inkpot, with three ceramic memo boards, opening further to a black leather writing slope; embossed maker's mark and Bramah lock (Dimensions: 40.5cm wide, 17.5cm high, 29cm deep)(40.5cm wide, 17.5cm high, 29cm deep)
FRENCH TOOLED AND GILT LEATHER BLOTTER 17TH CENTURY the covers tooled with a gilt armorial and motto NON EST MORTALE QVOD OPTO for Paul Petan, Counsellor of the French Parliament, 1568-1615 (Dimensions: 37.5cm high)(37.5cm high)Condition report: binding is cracked at the folds but both boards are still attached contains 8 folio sheets, or 16 pages; one with pencil inscription; the other mostly blank but 5-6 with some ink bleed from blotting embossed and gilt amorials are generally bright and clear; front board is a bit faded with some scores and marks, back board is darker, with some scores and other scuffs and marks
VICTORIAN LEATHER TRUNK 19TH CENTURY covered in embossed brown hide, the interior fitted with a lift-out secretaire tray with a writing slope and compartments covered in red and green leather, bearing maker's label JOHN UNDERHILL, FULTON STREET, NEW YORK and dated 1859; the exterior stamped R. FYFE/ NEW YORK (Dimensions: 88cm wide, 51cm high, 48cm deep)(88cm wide, 51cm high, 48cm deep)Condition report: Good sturdy, handsome trunk with nice tooled leather Showing signs of use, age and wear in places throughout, leather crazed and cracked a bit, and the leather to cover is quite worn and tired One strap broken off (part of which is present, but loose) and one handle lacking to the left hand side, strap to right hand side is quite worn and torn; strap to front of base lacking, and the covering piece of leather to lock lacking Writing to the right side panel worn Interior of lid with signs of use and staining and some losses to straps at interior lid General spotting and discolouration to verso of fold-down compartment, which does not stay fully in place Interior is nicely fitted, red leather is generally bright, although a bit worn and torn in places; interior of red compartments again spotted and stained; strap lacking to green envelope folio Interior of trunk with signs of use, staining and spotting Please see additional images
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