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Lot 484
***Please note this is not the first edition of this book*** 1688 BINI, Pietro di Lorenzo. Memorie del Calcio Fiorentino - Firenze: Printed by Nella Stamperia di S.A.S. alla Condotta. 4to. pp. [xii], 118. Modern Vellum, titled in ink on spine. Rare first edition. With engraved arms of Ferdinando da' Medici as prince and his consort Violante Beatrice of Bavaria signed Franco Nacci (including 1 figure holding a soccer ball), 2 large folding plates (1 signed Alessandro Cecchini). Fine copy. 4to . of this illustrated account of the game of Calcio, the historical ancestor of football/soccer, and originally a distinctively Florentine game traditionally played in the Piazza Santa Croce during Carnival by young men. From the dedication, date of publication and contents, it is clear that the work was meant to coincide with the marriage festivities of Ferdinando de' Medici (as Prince) and Violante Beatrice of Bavaria in December-January of 1688-89, in which at least one Calcio match figured. The aim of the Memorie was to explain the mechanics of the game, to provide its antiquarian background and to relate actual games played in Florence and its environs in the recent past. Much in the manner of a program book, the contents are a typically Baroque miscellany, and if highly erudite, clearly somewhat "forced": it includes a reprint of the first work devoted to the game by Bardi, Discorso sopra'i Giuco del Calcio (first ed. 1580); a learned disquisition in Latin by the Jesuit G.B. Ferrari on the game's ancient antecedents; a long learned poem in Greek by Gregory Koresios on the sport, along with its translation into Tuscan dialect; notices of the game in ancient as well as 16th century Italian sources; and some records of historical games played. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
Lot 237
A collection of five various Huntley & Palmers biscuit tins to include "Cheese Assorted", "Cocktail Biscuits", a cylindrical tin with "Huntley & Palmers Biscuit Factory Delivery Game", a blue tin with neo-classical embossed decoration, and a rectangular tin inscribed "A Whip for Van Tromp", together with a collection of assorted tins to include a Peek Frean & Co. "Burne Jones" tin, Hacks, Bourneville, Crumpsall, W & R Jacob & Co., Dublin, Crawford's, etc.(22) CONDITION REPORTS All with wear and scuffs, knocks, dents, rusting, wear and losses to decoration.
Lot 244A
A collection of miscellaneous items to include a copper coaching foot warmer, a small leather medicine ball, a large coppered charger, collection of golf clubs housed in a vintage golf bag, a collection of snooker cues and a snooker rest, and a wood and metal croquet game, a needlework appliqué panel and an oven glove CONDITION REPORTS Condition variable, including wear, scuffs, damage and losses. Footwarmer has various soldered repairs.
Lot 489
AN OAK TWO DRAW TABLE CANTEEN CONTAINING AN ELKINGTON & CO ELECTROPLATED TABLE SERVICE FOR TWELVE persons, comprising; dinner and started knives and forks, fish knives and forks, soup spoons, tea spoons, serving spoons, meat and game carves, a steel and other electroplated cutlery items, in fitted compartments EST 150-200
Lot 102
Quantity of assorted toys: Traditional Puppets Noddy; DD Noddy`s Toyland Projector; Chelful Noddy`s Toyland clock; Spear`s Noddy`s Ring Game; ERTL die-cast Noddy aeroplane; four skipping ropes in packaging; Alps (Japan) Mambo The Jolly Drumming Elephant (F, battery cover missing, battery compartment corroded, some rust); four tinplate trains and cars; two plastic trucks. Overall appear G, except where noted.
Lot 134
Mixed lot of assorted toys, includes: Merit Pastry Set (G/VG); Bhala Manus tinplate clockwork monkey (G, F box); Animal Racer, China (G/VG in F box); Chad Valley Halma game; trade box of 3 x Japanese tinplate cars (G+ in F box); two Combex Noddy figures; 3 x Scalextric cars in need of repair, etc.
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