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![[Middleton (Thomas)] Michaelmas Terme. As it hath beene sundry times acted by the children of Paules. Newly corrected, second](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0b84f1ff-a423-4074-96a9-aa6201071b1b/b24e90df-2421-4aa1-8224-aa65010966e4/468x382.jpg)
Lot 97
[Middleton (Thomas)] Michaelmas Terme. As it hath beene sundry times acted by the children of Paules. Newly corrected, second edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut initial and head-piece, B1 with repaired tear running into text, E4 with neatly repaired hold to margin, modern half morocco, [Pforzheimer 699; STC 17891], by T. H. for R. Meighen, and are to be sold at his shop, next to the Middle-Temple Gate, and in S. Dunstans Church-yard in Fleet-street, 1630.⁂ The second edition, and a close reprint, of an excessively rare work.
Lot 100
Shirley (James) The Wittie Faire One. A Comedie, As it was presented at the Private House in Drury Lane by her Majesties Servants, first edition, title in first state with the motto with the reading 'Pantiluis', title neatly mounted on stub with neat paper repair to inner margin, cropped closely at foot, affecting last line of imprint and a few catchwords and signatures, staining to C1 &2 but generally a good clean copy otherwise, 20th century half calf, spine lettered in gilt, [STC 22462], printed by B[ernard]. A[lsop]. and T[homas]. F[awcet]. for Wil. Cooke, and are to be sold at his shop, neere Furnivals-Inne Gate, in Holborne, 1633.⁂ A good copy of this early comedy by Shirley.
Lot 131
Mother Shipton.- Fourteene strange Prophesies : besides Mother Shiptons and Mr. Saltmarsh, predicting wonderfull events to betide these yearse of calamity, title with woodcut illustration, interleaved, closely shaved at head, affecting first two words of title and first line of other ff., browning, title a little soiled, [Wing S3444], for Richard Harper, at the Bible and Harpe in Smithfield, 1648 bound with [Head (Richard)] The Life and Death of Mother Shipton, lacking frontispiece and another preliminary f., woodcut head-pieces, illustration to E4 verso, last f. a little browned, [Wing H1259], for W. Harris, and are to be sold by him in Dunnings-Alley, without Bishops-Gate, 1687, together 2 works in 1 vol., bookplate to pastedown, 19th century red half morocco, 4to.⁂ The first rare with only the BL copy listed on ESTC. Ursula Southeil (c.1488-1561), better known as Mother Shipton was remembered as an English soothsayer and prophetess, however, given that the first publication of her prophesies did not take place until 1641, 80 years after her death, it seems probably that much credited to her is spurious. Nevertheless, her name and prophesies became linked to numerous events across the UK, Australia and North America throughout the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The first work is much adapted for the time in which it was published, with several of the prophesies very clearly referencing the Civil War: "The 15th of this Month of May/ Shall be a sad disastrous day,/ And they that Charles his part do take/ Shall directly suffer for his sake/ And many of his friends shall fly/ Like Dust before the Enemy."Provenance: Henry Cunliffe Armiger (bookplate).
![Pollution.- E[velyn] (J[ohn]) Fumifugium: or The Inconvenience of the Aer, and Smoak of London Dissipated. Together with some](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0b84f1ff-a423-4074-96a9-aa6201071b1b/d79e834c-ea85-46be-bf57-aa650109ced1/468x382.jpg)
Lot 155
Pollution.- E[velyn] (J[ohn]) Fumifugium: or The Inconvenience of the Aer, and Smoak of London Dissipated. Together with some Remedies Humbly Proposed..., first edition, first issue with "Published by His Majesties Command" on title, closely trimmed, touching some signature and catchwords and affecting some printed side notes, damp staining to first 6ff., surface soiling to title, ink corrections in a contemporary hand, bookplate to pastedown, 18th century marbled boards, sympathetically rebacked, new endpapers, [Keynes 23; Wing E3488],small 4to, by W. Godbid for Gabriel Bedel, and Thomas Collins, and are to be sold at their shop at the Middle Temple Gate neer Temple-Bar, 1661.⁂ The first English book on pollution with suggestions on how to improve the poor air quality of London, including planting trees and relocating industries such as brewing, dyeing and lime-burning. This copy, in common with three others listed by Keynes, has errors in the text corrected in a contemporary hand sometimes speculated to that of the author. Provenance: Thomas Earl of Hadinton (bookplate).
Lot 219
Robinson (Thomas) New Observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, and This World of Life: in two parts, being a philosophical discourse, grounded upon the Mosaick system of the creation, the flood, to which are added some thoughts concerning paradise, the conflgration of the World, and a treatise of meteorology..., first edition, 2 folding engraved plates, 2pp. advertisements, a crisp, clean copy, contemporary panelled calf, neat and sympathetic repairs to head of spine and corners, [Wing R1719], 8vo, for John Newton at the Three Pigeons over against the Inner-Temple-gate in Fleet-street, 1696.⁂ 'Robinson became entangled in controversies about the origins, structure and fate of the earth. His brief 'Anatomy of the Earth' (1694) was expanded into 'New Observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter and This World of Life' (1696). The earth is portrayed as a living animal in an engaging but dated alchemical and mystical model which features 'animal spirits' flowing within, a central fire, and a variety of 'damps' exuded to cause earthquakes, volcanoes, and winds. Living organisms are considered to be capable of generation from dead matter, fossils not to have live origins, and metals to be capable of transmutation. Divine providence is represented as being evident in all the natural processes and structures described, which were designed to benefit mankind.' - DNB.
Lot 362
A .700 CALIBRE PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY JOSEPH MATTHEWS, KENDAL, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1850 with rebrowned octagonal sighted barrel rifled with two grooves for belted ball, fitted with back-sight of two folding leaves, engraved recessed breech decorated with a game bird, engraved tang decorated with scrolling foliage, signed lock engraved with pheasants, flowers and scrolls, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip (the cheek-piece removed, patchbox removed and filled with wood, probably in its working life), and engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard and butt-plate (worn), vacant German silver escutcheon, horn fore-end cap and brass-tipped wooden ramrod 76.5 cm; 30 1/8 in barrel Joseph Matthews is recorded at Strickland Gate, Kendal, Westmoreland 1847-69.
Lot 377
A 54 BORE BOX-LOCK PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, MID-19TH CENTURY; A 60 BORE CONTINENTAL D.B. PIN-FIRE PISTOL, CIRCA 1870 AND A 120 BORE CONTINENTAL SIX-SHOT PIN-FIRE REVOLVER, CIRCA 1860 the first with blued turn-off barrel, scroll-engraved box-lock action and flat-sided walnut butt (trigger-guard missing); the second with octagonal barrels, folding triggers and carved butt (worn) and the third with scroll-engraved fluted barrel group, frame with loading-gate on the right, folding trigger and slender blackened butt the first: 7.2 cm; 2 7/8 in barrel (3)
Lot 49
MICHAEL CARLO (b. 1945) Haymaking at Wivenhoe Park, etching in colours, pencil signed, dated '89, titled and numbered 22/50 in the margin, 20 x 27cm; further various prints and engravings to include: two French engravings; four Manchester subjects; 'Dr Johnson in the Ante-Room of Lord Chesterfield', 'Wolsey's Gate'; a map of Colchester; and a print after Karl Spitzweg - 'The Bookworm' (11)
Lot 65
A Russian silver and niello rounded rectangular cigarette case by I. P. Prokofiev, 1896-1908 Kokoshnik mark, 84 zolotniki, the cover with a scene of the Red Gate, Moscow within a shaped oval panel with scroll foliate spandrels, the base with a vacant oval reserve within a shaped oval, with scroll foliage, the interior gilt, 13cm (5in) long, 187g (6 oz)
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