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Lot 579
GIOVANNI GIOVANO PONTALO POET BY ADRINANO FIORENTINO, OBV. bust, REV. Urania, striding to the left and holding a globe. old cast. It is worth speculating that this is the T. Whitcombe-Greene example from Sotheby`s 30th October 1933, lot 27, an X Bardini (Florence) Collection auction in New York in 1908 and a similar item: Lord Chatham. 1773. by J. Kirk. (2)
Lot 631
A PAIR OF LATE GEORGE III CARY`S GLOBES, the terrestrial globe inscribed "Delineated from the best authorities extant exhibiting the different tracts of Captain Cook and the new discoveries made by him and other circumnavigators" and further inscribed "Sold by J. Smith, Royal Exchange, London", the celestial globe "Delined (sic) by Mr Gilpin of the Royal Society", each on a turned mahogany stand with engraved brass mounts and crossover stretchers, the globes 12" dia, 18" high overall (2) Provenance: Private Collection, West Dorset.
Lot 356
A ROMAN REPUBLIC SILVER DENARIUS 76 BC, L. Lucretius trio, Head of Neptune, trident over shoulder, control-numeral behind, rev. Winged boy riding on back of Dolphin, L Lvcreti/trio below, Sear 322 n.v.f/f, together with another 76-75 BC, CN. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus, Bust of the Genius of the Roman people, sceptre over shoulder, G P R above, rev. Globe between wreathed sceptre and rudder, EX-S C in field CN Len Q below, Sear 323 n.v.f/g.v.f marks on obverse (2)
Lot 363
A ROMAN REPUBLIC SILVER DENARIUS SERRATUS 70 BC, Q. Fufius Calenus and P. Mucius Scaevola, conjoined Heads of Honos and Virtus, Ho behind, Virt (RT in monogram) before, Kaleni below, rev. Italia standing holding Cornucopiae, clasping hands with Roma holding spear, foot on globe, Caduceus above, ITAL (TAL in monogram) RO on right, Cordi in exergue, Sear 338 g.v.f
Lot 394
A ROMAN REPUBLIC SILVER DENARIUS 46 BC, T. Carisius, Head of Roma, Roma behind, rev. Cornucopiae on globe between sceptre and rudder T Carisi below, Sear 448 g.f, together with another 46 BC, Bust of Victory, S C behind, rev. A Goddess drives a Quadriga, Sear 450 f, irregular shaped Flan (2)
Lot 489
A mid 19th Century Bardin`s British Celestial Globe, the 12ins papier-mache globe manufactured and published by S.G. Tisley, Gough Square, London, containing the exact position of nearly four thousand fixed stars, nebular, etc, according to the latest discoveries and observations of Dr. Maskelyne, Drs. Herschell, Woollaston, Flamsted, Mayer, Araco, etc., the globe mounted in brass azimuth ring and mounted in stained wood library stand, the wide flanged rim decorated with months of the year and signs of the Zodiac, on slender turned supports with splayed feet, 35.5ins high (globe extensively damaged and holes, surface generally marked and varnish discoloured)
Lot 238
An early 20th Century Continental vase, possibly Kralik of compressed globe and shaft form with drawn neck and flared rim decorated with applied whiplash lines over the navy blue ground, unmarked, together with a similar period example of shouldered ovoid form decorated with relief moulded swirled lines to the green iridescent ground, tallest 20 cm. (2)
Lot 1203
A George III oak longcase clock, by Thomas Ogden, Halifax the brass bent and dial with moon phase globe, silvered chapter ring bearing Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary second dial, two train, five pillar twin barrel eight day movement, half hour striking on a bell, date aperture, the case with hood bearing brass capped pilasters, plain trunk on an outswept base 48 by 27 by 203cm high.
Lot 1106
A Victorian glass clock dome raised on oval ebonised stand, height 45cm, a further clock globe of domed rectangular form, height 44cm and a third dome, height 47cm (af) (3). CONDITION REPORT: The first two are ok with just a few nibbles around the bases, the third dome is badly cracked vertically right through the entirety of the body.
Lot 462
Murchison (Roderick Impey). Siluria. The History of the Oldest known Rocks containing Organic Remains, with a Brief Sketch of the Distribution of Gold over the Earth, 1854 folding hand-col. eng. map frontis., thirty-seven litho plts. (some folding), wood eng. illusts. and diagrams, 20pp. pubs. ads. at rear, ink ownership stamp to verso of map frontis. and lower blank margin of title, with rubbed out stamp to upper outer blank corner of title (some consequent paper thining), occasional spotting, hinges cracked, adhesive staining to front endpaper, orig. cloth gilt, spine faded, extrems. slightly frayed, 8vo, together with Arkell (W.J.), The Jurassic System in Great Britain, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1933, b & w plts., diags. and maps (some folding), orig. cloth gilt, thick 8vo, with Lyell (Sir Charles), The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man with Remarks on Theories of the Origin of Species by Variation, 1863, wood eng. frontis. and illusts., pubs. ads. at rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, wear to joints and extrems., 8vo, plus nine other volumes including A Manual of Elementary Geology, by Sir Charles Lyell, 5th ed., 1855, Geology Chemical, Physical, and Stratigraphical, by Joseph Prestwich, 2 vols., Oxford, 1886, Dicours sur les Revolutions de la Surface du Globe..., by G. Cuvier, 6th ed., Paris, 1830, and Island Life or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras..., by Alfred Russel Wallace, 2nd ed., 1892 (12)
Lot 45
Thomson (John & Co., pub.). A New General Atlas, Consisting of a Series of Geographical Designs on Various Projections, Exhibiting the form and Component Parts of the Globe; and a Collection of Maps and Charts Delineating the Natural and Political Divisions of the Empires, Kingdoms and States in the World, pub. Edinburgh, London & Dublin, 1817, title and dedication, double page b & w eng. ‘comparison’ plt. of the mountains of the world, contents and index, seventy-three engraved maps on seventy-six sheets (lacking France), occ. splits to central folds, map of the British Isles torn with loss, some rodent damage to foredge resulting in loss to image on six maps, some spotting and water staining throughout, occ. marginal fraying, contemp. half morocco gilt, hinges and joints weak, worn and frayed, folio. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)
Lot 383
Paul Philippe (French, fl.1920-1929); `Le Reveil`, an Art Deco gilt bronze figure of a naked young woman stretching on tip toes above a globe, raised on a green marble plinth, signed `P. Philippe`, 18â…›in (46cm) high. Provenance Hickmet Fine Arts, London Acquired from the above August 2004.
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