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COSTUMES OR A SHORT SKETCH OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PRINCIPAL FOREIGN INHABITANTS OF THE GLOBE ----, L R Miller, circa 1823, hand col’d engrd ttle, 13 full pge hand col’d engrd plts, 11 with text on verso, 12 pp catalogue advts at end, 12 mo, orig roan bkd bds worn + one other similar (2)
Wyld (James). A New General Atlas of Modern Geography, consisting of a Complete Collection of Maps of the Four Quarters of the Globe, [1843], five uncoloured diagrams and charts and sixty engraved maps hand coloured in outline, some folding or double-page, all complete as list, dampstaining to outer margin of first few maps (not affecting engraved area), some light offsetting, contemp. half calf with crimson morocco label to upper cover, worn and marked, upper cover detached, folio (1)
Geographical Recreation, or a Voyage Round the Habitable Globe, pub. John Harris, at the Juvenile Library, October 1, 1809, hand-col. eng. table game, sectionalised on linen (approx. 58 x 52 cm.), some light brown staining to upper and lower margins, pin hole to each corner, contained in orig. card slipcase with hand-col. printed label, a little soiled and some wear to extrems., 8vo, with a third ed. of the Rules booklet, pub. 1815, orig. grey wrappers, a little stained, slim 8vo. Whitehouse, Table Games of Georgian and Victorian Days, p.36-7. (2)
Wilkinson (Robert). Londina Illustrata. Graphic and Historic Memorials of Monasteries, Churches, Chapels, Schools, Charitable Foundations, Palaces, Halls, Courts, Processions, Places of Early Amusement and Modern & Present Theatres in the Cities and Suburbs of London & Westminster, 2 vols., 1819-25, eng. title to each, numerous eng. plts., incl. some double-page, some light embrowning, t.e.g., mid 19th c. red half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, folio. Notable for a series of plates illustrating London's 'Ancient & Modern Theatres', including the Southwark Bear Garden, Bankside Globe and Theatre Royal Drury Lane. (2)
Briggs (Richard). The English Art Of Cookery, According to the Present Practice; being a Complete Guide to all Housekeepers, on a Plan Entirely New; consisting of thirty-eight chapters ... With Bills of Fare for Every Month in the Year, 1st ed., 1788, twelve engraved plates of bills of fare, title-page re-margined at gutter and with a little edge-fraying, first and final leaves browned, recent blind-panelled calf, label on spine, 8vo. Richard Briggs was 'many years cook at the Globe Tavern, Fleet-Street, the White Hart Tavern, Holborn, and now at the Temple Coffee-House'. Bitting, p.60; Cagle 577; Maclean, p.15; Oxford, pp.115/6; Vicaire p.116. (1)
A walnut longcase clock, the 8 day movement striking on a bell to a 12in brass arched dial, with chapter ring and subsidiary seconds dial to a pierced date aperture, the matted centre with applied shaped plaque inscribed 'WM.Vise.Wisbich', the engraved arch with a painted moon face, the case with globe and spire finials to an arched waist door with feather stringing, the conforming base on bracket feet, 99.5in (253cm) h.
Manner of Walter Crane 1845-1915- Two women by a folly, possibly a frontispiece; pen and black ink heightened with white, 35x23cm: British School mid-late 20th Century- The Burning of the Globe Theatre; watercolour, 38x52cm: British School late 20th Century- 'The Grand Duke Alexis Throwing Down His Gun'; watercolour pen and black ink, (3)
Geology--Penn, Granville A Comparative Estimate of the Mineral and Mosaical Geologies. London: Ogle, Duncan, 1822-23, first edition, 2 parts [including Supplement] in one volume, 8vo, contemporary calf, title and [a2] loose and dust-soiled, spine worn, covers detached; Villefosse, H. de. De la Richesse Minerale. Paris, 1810, 3 volumes, 4to, lacking plate volume, folding map and tables, contemporary half calf, worn, lacking two backstrips; Phillips, J. Manual of Geology, 1855, 8vo, some spotting, publisher's cloth; [Campbell, J.F.] Frost and Fire, Edinburgh, 1865, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding plates, publisher's cloth, rubbed, two joints split; Richardson, G.F. Geology for Beginners, 1842, 12mo, frontispiece, half calf, covers detached, lacking backstrip; Page, D. Chips and Chapters, 1869, 8vo, publisher's cloth, soiled; The Past and Present Life of the Globe, 1861, 8vo, publisher's cloth, slightly rubbed; Spurzheim, J.G. A View of the Elementary Principles of Education, founded on the Study of the Nature of Man. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1821, half-title, 12mo, contemporary calf, rubbed, upper cover detached and 6 others (17)
Eschuid, Joannes Summa astrologiæ iudicialis de accidentibus mundi quæ anglicana uulgo nuncupatur Ioannis Eshcuidi niri [sic] anglici peritissimi scietiæ astrologiæ foelici sidere inchoat. Imprint: Venice: Ioannis Lucilii Sanctiter ... : Impensis ... Fracisci Bolani ..., 1489 nonis Iulii. Folio, ff. [ii], 306=219 (numerous mispaginations), signature n lacking n6 as usual, text in two columns, woodcut map of the world on f.44, other woodcut diagrams, woodcut initials, others left bank with guide letters, later polished calf, rebacked, endpapers renewed, first two leaves supplied in facsimile, corners of first signature repaired, affecting some letters of text, worming at upper inner margin from signatures g to m (extending to some letters of text), some instances of marginal water staining, damp staining of last signature, slight damage to verso of 112 and facing leaf (affecting some letters of text) Note: Goff E-0109; GW 9329; Hain*6685 (with 222 leaves); Thorndike III chapter XXXI The first and only 15th century edition of this famous treatise on astrological prediction by the 14th century English astrologer John of Eschenden or John Estwood (fl. 1350). The work is of interest not only for the insight it provides into the world of mediaeval astrology, but also for astronomical, cosmographical and meteorological as well as medical information it contains. Having survived the Plague - which he predicted - he provides one of the earliest surviving accounts of the epidemic and remedies against it. The woodcut diagrams include a woodcut map of the world and a full page diagram of the world in which the globe is divided into sections each of which is particularly subject to the influence of a certain planet. The numerous woodcut initials are partly printed from blocks first used by Ratdolt.
A gilt brass globe inkstand, second quarter 19th century, the divided retracting cover enclosing four cylindrical glass wells with beaded gilt brass covers, classical figure finial, the affixed stand with four divided scroll legs cast with scaling, husks and leaves supporting drapery swags and raised on shell feet, 28cm high, 20cm diameter
A Cary's early 19th century terrestrial globe on stand with tripod base, the 12 inch globe with Cary's New Terrestrial Globe Delineated from the Best Authorities Extant. Made and sold by G & J Cary, 86 St James's Street, London, Jan 4 1830; the stand with months of the year and signs of the Zodiac
A good 19th century French ebony and brass inlaid cabinet enclosed by one door and decorated with oval cast ormolu plaque depicting Hercules on his twelve labours, descending to the underworld to bring the three-headed dog Cerberus to its master, Hades, within a flower head brass inlaid panel and scroll and leaf outer border; flanked on each side by caryatid and grapevine column mounts, the sides with a mask or globe and scroll and ribbon decoration on a shaped apron base, with cast ormolu mounts, 131cm wide by 163cm high
A Minton's porcelain rectangular shaped dessert dish, 1890s, painted with floral swags beneath a gilt scroll edged and moulded yellow rim, green printed globe and impressed marks to base, red script pattern No. 7152, together with two similar dishes (one cracked) and an English porcelain floral painted turquoise edged comport.
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Coinage, Severus Alexander, Denarius, rev MARS VLTOR, Mars advancing right, holding spear and shield (RIC 246); Julia Mamaea (mother of Severus Alexander), Denarius, rev FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and leaning on column (RIC 335); Maximinus I (AD 235-238), Denarius, rev PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe and cornucopiae (RIC 13). Good very fine to extremely fine. (3)
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Coinage, Carinus (AD 283-285), Antoninianus 2.48g, Lugdunum, CARINVS NOBIL CAES, radiate cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield, rev SAECVLI FELICITAS, Prince standing right, holding spear and globe, D in right field (RIC 152; C 117). A few light pits, dark brown patina, extremely fine.
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Coinage, Valens (AD 364-378), Gold Solidus 4.43g, Antioch, D N VALENS PER F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, emperor standing right, holding labarum and Victory on globe, ANTE flanked by stars in exergue (RIC 2(d); C 32). Very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Coinage, Theodosius I (AD 379-395), Gold Solidus 4.07g, Constantinople, AD 379-383, D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev CONCORDIA AVGGG, Constantinopolis, turreted, enthroned facing, head right, right foot on prow, holding sceptre and globe, CONOB in exergue (RIC 43(b)). Nearly extremely fine.
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Coinage, Honorius (AD 393-423), Gold Solidus 4.43g, Ravenna, D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev VICTORIA AVGGG, emperor standing right, his left foot on captive, holding standard and Victory on globe, R-V in field, COMOB in exergue (RIC 1323). Good very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Coinage, Theodosius II (AD 402-450), Gold Solidus 4.36g, Constantinople, AD 430-440, D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield, rev VOT XXX MVLT XXXX B, Constantinopolis enthroned left, holding cross on globe and sceptre, shield by her side, star in right field, CONOB in exergue (RIC 257). Graffitto star in right obverse field, scrape on neck, good very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Coinage, Theodosius II, Gold Solidus 4.43g, Thessalonica, D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield, rev GLOR ORVIS TERRAR, Emperor standing facing, holding standard and cross on globe, star in left field, TESOB in exergue (RIC 363). Extremely fine.
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