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Samuel William Reynolds II (1794-1872), after William Owen (18th/19th century) Portrait of Elizabeth Duchess of Buccleuch & Queensbury, Seated, Three Quarter Length Holding a Book] Extensively inscribed, engraved and published by S.W. Reynolds, Bayswater, 1819, black and white mezzotinted engraving, 44cm by 34cm (17 1/4in by 13 1/2in) (pl); together with two further prints [Admiral Earl St Vincent KB, Full Length, in Naval Uniform Standing beside a Desk and a Terrestrial Globe, Holding a Sword in his Left Hand; View of Greenwich and the Thames, possibly after a Watercolour by Thomas or William Daniel] 55.5cm by 40cm (21 3/4in by 15 3/4in) and 44cm by 69cm (17 1/4in by 27 1/4in) respectively (3) *The first print is contained within an ornate black and gilded French frame which is inscribed on an old label attached to the backing board "L. Souty Fils Successor to Mason Souty, Rue Vanneau, 33 Paris" (3)
J & W Cary, London 1816: A Fine Pair of 18 Inch Diameter Library Globes], the "New Terrestrial Globe, exhibiting the tracks and discoveries made by Captain Cook; also those of Captain Vancouver on the North West Coast of America and M de la Perouse, on the Coast of Tartary, together with every other improvement collected from various navigators and travellers to the present time, with corrections and additions to 1829", made up of coloured engraved gores, the equatorial graduated in degrees, hours and minutes; and the "New Celestial Globe, on which are laid down the whole of the stars nebulae & sea, contained in the astronomical works of the Revd F Wollaston F.R.S., de la Caille, Herschel, Hevelius, Mayer, Flamsteed, Bradley & C", the solstial colure graduated in degrees, the equatorial in degrees, hours and minutes, the ecliptic graduated in days of the month, the constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures, the stars to nine orders of magnitude with nebulae, each raised on four mahogany qu drants united by a glazed compass box, the compass paper with foliate rose, thirty-two compass points and degrees and blued needle, centrally printed "J & W Cary Strand London", on brass castors, 110cm high
Bindings.- Scott (Sir Walter) Waverley Novels, 25 vol. 1871; Alison.- History of Europe 20 vol., 1848; Poole.- Annotations Upon the Holy Bible, 3 vol., 1803-04; Globe Encyclopaedia.- 6 vol., 1877-79; Goldsmith.- Animated Nature 2 vol., 1853; Froude.- History of England 12 vol., one board detached, 1872-75; Kinglake.- Invasion of the Crimea 6 vol., 1863-80, contemporary calf and half calf, 4to & 8vo (74).
A 19th century French Empire style ormolu and patinated bronze figural mantel timepiece, the single train movement with platform cylinder escapement and white enamel Arabic numeral dial, within star applied globe case supported on the back of a winged figure, on long hexagonal section base with applied relief cast butterfly and laurel panel flanked by canted arrow and wreath motifs, on four inverted acorn form feet, (some damage) 36cm high
A good terrestrial pocket globe by Halley & Co, the hand-coloured printed paper gauze applied to a papier-mâché sphere and entitled "The Correct Globe with the New Discoveries", 3ins diameter, contained within snakeskin covered spherical case lined with a hand-coloured gauze of the celestial map of the Heavens, entitled "A Correct Globe with Ye New Constellations of Dr. Halley & Co" (outer case slightly split and hinge tight - thought to date circa 1800)
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