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Lot 152
A late 19th century Chinese Export carved ivory brisé fan, the outer sticks featuring dragons amongst clouds chasing Sacred Pearl, the internal sticks finely pierced and featuring figures in typical garden setting, length 18.5cm.Additional InformationSome relatively minor breakages to internal sticks, apart from one stick which has been broken and re-glued crudely. One with small holes to lower section, where there has been damage. Outer sticks decoration appears intact, although one has small hairline crack to lower section, some discolouration and dirt. Postage would be a small box, please see our postage costs https://www.adampartridge.co.uk/services/postage-shipping/. As this item is ivory it can only be posted to the UK.
Lot 289
AFTER KOSON OHARA; three Japanese woodblock prints each featuring owl or monkey amongst branches, both with signatures and seals, each 34 x 18.5cm, two framed and glazed (3).Additional InformationBoth frames very heavily worn both mounts very dirty, images themselves appear okay but will need to be remounted and framed. Postage UK unframed would be a small picture box, please see our postage costs https://www.adampartridge.co.uk/services/postage-shipping/. We cannot remove the frame to take photographs before the item is sold.
Lot 399
An Iniet carving of a bird, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, length 28cm, and another similar (2).Additional InformationWing broken, cracks through the body, lots of surface wear throughout, chips to the beak. The second has a very rough finish. Bird height 30cm, length 29cm, width approx 16cm, weight 2466.5g Item two height 26cm, length 25cm, width 12cm, weight 1413g
Lot 528E
A full size viola with two-piece back, length 40.8cm, baring interior label 'Cav Rossi Giuseppe da Cittadella (Padova)', cased with a bow.Additional InformationGeneral surface wear throughout, a few knocks to the raised parts, some residue around the platforms. Please note, due to the ivory points on the end of the tuning keys this item cannot be shipped outside of the UK without a certificate.
Lot 559
An early 20th century six string acoustic guitar with inlaid, painted and mother of pearl decoration and birdseye maple back.Additional InformationThere is no case with this item. No major visible signs of warping, appears relatively straight, there is fret wear. We are unable to offer in-house postage on this lot, we suggest Mailboxes etc.
Lot 576
FENDER; a Precision Bass, Mexico manufacture, serial number 4116880, cream body, length approx 116cm.Additional InformationNeck needs some adjustment, further general wear. Action needs readjusting, general surface wear throughout, some staining to the body. Please note that no part of the electrical components in this item has been tested.
Lot 577
A boxwood flute/fife with brass mounts, stamped d'Almaine & Co Late Goulding and d'Almaine, Soho Square, London, length 37cm, a rosewood treble recorder, a 19th century bamboo flute with ivory mounts and two wooden cases for woodwind instruments (5).Additional InformationWe would not be able to post this item.
Lot 597
A 19th century Swiss musical box, the case with inlaid decoration of musical instruments, length of case 33cm.Additional InformationOne tooth has been snapped off, two teeth tips are also missing, the case with heavy wear and minor water damage, light scratches throughout, when wound the movement works and music plays, but we do not guarantee the working of this item, side divide is missing.
Lot 606
A brass cased timepiece in the form of a longcase clock, the circular porcelain dial set with Arabic numerals (badly af), featuring ceramic tile to front painted with rural scene, with applied foliate scroll detail to front and sides, with gold painted back plate enclosing simple movement, 26.2 x 10.5cm.Additional InformationThis item appears to have been made up from various components, the dial is set askew and has been badly cracked and damaged throughout. The cornice is lifting and at an angle, there is a small chip to the upper section of ceramic pile. The whole piece has been screwed together with modern screws, back panel coming away from front and is missing some of these screws; backplate has been painted in gold, quite possibly replaced or part of the assortment of different componenets which make up this clock. The clock does not run when wound. Further general wear including scratches, tarnish, rubbing to finish etc throughout, will need attention and restoration.
Lot 614
An early 20th century French porcelain hand painted clock, with gilt metal mount surrounding hand painted detail of figures in landscape, floral and gilt scrolls, the circular painted dial with Arabic numerals, pseudo Sevres mark verso, height 27cm.Additional InformationWear to gilding, the dial with hairline crack running across, complete with key, we do not guarantee the working of this item.
Lot 144
Collection of Chinese export porcelain, to include three saucers, a bowl, and a dish, also a Japanese dish and a Samson Paris copy of a Chinese Export plate. The largest item measures 26cm diameter CONDITION REPORT: Hairline cracks to the small bowl and two saucers, the Japanese plate has foot chips, the large dish has a minor glaze nick to the rim.
Lot 5
Scarce collection of six Franklin mint models. Egyptian Warrior 1250BC. This very fine armour set was released by The International Military Archives and produced by Franklin Mint. It is a reproduction of the armour as worn by the Egyptian during the Pharaoh period. The whole piece is in very good condition, see the many detailed photos. The armour is placed on a specially designed stand and also comprises a helmet, bow and shield. The harness Is scaly, the Egyptian Warrior wore the armour on a moving carriage and shot his arrows from there. The helmet is a war crown of the Pharaohs, which was proof of royal descent. The material is fine tin with different 22 kt gilded and silver plated elements. All parts are very detailed and accurate, see many attached detail photos. The parts have the following dimensions: Stand: 20 cm. Helmet: 4. 0 cm Shield: 7. 0 cm x 4. 0 cm Bow: 10. 5 cm Armour: 8. 5 cm. x 5. 0 cm. Total weight: 0. 6 kg. Franklin mint model English Knight anno 1490 AD. A collector's item from 1991 Franklin Mint. They are incredibly popular with collectors. This is the armour of an "English Knight" in the year 1490 AD and consists of 5 parts: Armour Sword Helmet Shield Dol. All parts are made of tin and are heavily silver plated (999/1000) and heavily gold plated (24 karat finishing). Armour is marked with FM. Stand on which then armour is displayed is made of plastic. The lamp is in total 21 cm high. Franklin mint model Spanish Conquistador 1520 AD. With a silver plated and 22 karat gold plated parts. Harness for a Spanish Conquistador. Made of pewter, silver plated, and gold plated with 22 karat gold by Franklin Mint. The helmet, the shield, the breastplate and the sword are detachable. Approx. 21 cm high. on a stand. It is an exclusive edition by Franklin Mint. Franklin mint model Greek Spartan 480bc. With a silver plated and 22 karat gold plated parts. Harness for a Greek Spartan. Made of pewter, silver plated, and gold plated with 22 karat gold by Franklin Mint. The helmet, the shield, the breastplate and the sword are detachable. Approx. 21 cm high. on a stand. It is an exclusive edition by Franklin Mint. Model Franklin Mint Roman Gladiator 110AD Model Franklin Mint Roman Gladiator Armor set. This very fine amour set was released by The International Military Archives and produced by Franklin Mint. It is a reproduction of the harness as worn in the arena by the Roman Gladiators. The material is fine tin with different 22 kt gilded and silver plated elements. The amour is placed on a specially designed stand and also comprises a helmet, sword and shield. Size: 8. 5"" x 2. 5" Franklin mint Japanese Warrior gilt pewter/plated gold & silver, 9 inches in height. This very fine Armor set was released by The International Military Archives and produced by Franklin Mint. It is a reproduction of the Armor as worn by the Japanese Samurai Warriors during the Shogunate period. The Armor is placed on a specially designed stand and also comprises a helmet, sword and shield. The Armor of the Japanese Samurai was in reality a mix of metal, leather, braiding and beautiful decorations. It wasn't just practical, its amazing symbolism deterred enemies. For example, the shield depicts, a heraldic sign that represents loyalty. The material is fine tin with different 22 ct gilded and silver plated elements. All parts are very detailed and accurate, see many attached detail photos. The parts have the following dimensions: Stand: 20 cm. Helmet: 4 cm Shield: 6, 5 cm x 4, 5 cm Sword: 12 cm Armor: 9 cm Total weight: 0. 6 kg. This is a rare set with has all the parts including swords shields etc and is highly collectable. Good Condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Lot 1738
Joseph Knight (19th century), watercolour "On the Bank of the Conway near the Church, Betws-y-Coed", 58 x 44 cm. P&P Group 3 (£25+VAT for the first lot and £5+VAT for subsequent lots)Condition Report: Small scrape to mid-right side with some minor marks to Sky. Generally in fair condition accepting age of the item.
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Lot 101
Fragments of two letters in Greek, manuscripts on papyrus[Egypt, fourth or fifth and sixth century AD. respectively]Two fragments of papyrus sheets: (a) letter from Phoibammon to his father Didymus, 12 lines in Greek cursive, written across the fibres, small holes, wear from folds, overall fair, fourth or fifth century, 150 by 75mm.; (b) letter by a writer who lived in Cynopolis ('city of the dog', the site of an Anubis cult in antiquity), 4 lines in Greek cursive plus two letters remaining from fifth line, small holes, once broken laterally across middle, and laid down on another papyrus sheet to stabilise, overall fair condition, sixth century, 105 by 65mm.; both set in PerspexProvenance: Erik von Scherling (1907-1956), dealer based in Leiden, his MSS. G55 and G502; almost certainly acquired from his "Egyptian correspondent" in the early 1930s or directly by him in Egypt during his manuscript collecting trip to Cairo in 1934-1935. Catalogued for him by the papyrus scholar E.P. Wegener (1908-1958), and with photocopies of those handwritten transcriptions and notes. These items passing after von Scherling's sudden and untimely death in 1956 to Maggs Bros. of London, and acquired by the present owner from them in the early 1990s. Text: The first item here opens "To my lord and esteemed father Didymus from Phoibammon. As soon as you have received my letter please do not bother them on my account. I have received it, my lord father. I pray that you are in lasting health, my lord father".
Lot 132
Ɵ Bartholomeus de Sancto Concordio, Summa de casibus conscientiae,in Latin, large and imposing manuscript on paper[Italy, fifteenth century]155 leaves, wanting last but one gathering and a leaf from end of index, collation: i-xv10, xvi5 (wanting last leaf with final entries from index following "uxor"), double column of c. 57 lines in 2 small Italian late gothic hands, the second notably influenced by secretarial forms, paragraph marks in red or blue, simple initials in red and blue mostly throughout, with some touched in contrasting colours, extensive glossing to first third of book, watermark of three hills 'Golgotha' surmounted by a cross (see below), spaces left for some initials, lower border of first leaf once cut away and skilfully replaced, a few spots and stains, but overall in excellent condition with wide and clean margins, 355 by 265mm.; contemporary binding of red leather (now faded to pink) over massive bevelled wooden boards (12mm. thick), simple ruling to leather with brass studs at corners and midpoints (5 still present), traces of central bosses (now wanting), similar studs securing remains of leather thong ties, traces of other clasps at head and foot of volume, leather scuffed and torn on boards, with spine exposed and front board once loose (now held in place by strips of blank parchment, now splitting in places), holes from a chain hasp at lower edge of back board, title "Pisanella" in late medieval hands at head of same Provenance:Written in Italy in the early fifteenth century, perhaps for use in a Dominican chained library. The watermark of Golgotha surmounted by a cross is in a form recorded in Italian examples by Briquet nos. 11672-11721, with these ranging across the second half of the fourteenth and first half of the fifteenth century, with a close example in no. 11687 (Padova, 1415). The first leaf has an apparent code at its head in a near-contemporary hand using Arabic numerals and other symbols (perhaps of planets), perhaps containing an ex libris. Text:Bartholomaeus de Sancto Concordio (1262-1347) was also known as Barthomeo Granchi and Bartolomeus Pisanus, hence the common medieval name of this text: Summa Pisanella. He entered the Dominican Order in 1277, studied at Bologna and Paris, and taught logic in Italian Dominican convents before returning to Pisa around 1335. He gained fame as a preacher, poet and teacher of canon and civil law. This is his magnum opus, a fundamentally important penitential work created for practical use by preachers, and surveying the whole subject of moral theology with detailed examples taken from canon law. It was written c. 1338, and is based in part on the Summa confessorum of another Dominican, Johannes of Freiburg (d. 1314). What Bartholomeus added was an alphabetical arrangement of the subject matter, setting aside the older and cumbersome thematic arrangement of the topics. It was enormously popular, and hundreds of manuscripts have been traced in European libraries by J. Dietterle ('Die Summae confessorum (sive de casibus conscientiae) von ihren Anfangen an bis Silvester Prierias', Zeitschrift für Kirckgeschichte, 27, 1906, pp. 166-70), with that list revised by S. Kuttner (A Catalogue of Canon and Roman Law Manuscripts in the Vatican Library, 1986, II:25-31). De Ricci and Wilson (Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1935-40), record only seven manuscripts in American collections, to which Faye and Bond (Supplement, 1962) add another two. To these should be added a copy in the Robbins Collection, University of California, Berkeley, MS 14. In the fourteenth century it was translated into Italian by Giovanni delle Celle (d. 1394; see Yale University, Beinecke Library, MS 759), and was among the first books printed in Germany, France, and Italy.To view a video of this item, click here.
Lot 133
Ɵ Thomas Aquinas' commentary on Peter Lombard, Sentences, in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper[Italy, dated 23 November 1479]133 leaves (plus a single endleaf of perhaps seventeenth or eighteenth century at end), wanting two leaves at front (probably an endleaf and the opening of the prologue), else complete, collation: i8 (wanting first 2 leaves), ii-vi10, vii8, viii7 (last a cancelled blank, and the leaf before that with all but the initial 14 lines left blank, but text continuous with following page), ix10-xiv10 + a singleton to complete the index, catchwords, double column of 55 lines of a small late gothic bookhand with influence of secretarial letterforms, paragraph marks in red, small initials in red or blue with elongated strokes terminating in baubles, larger initials in same with blank paper patterns of lines and dots left within their bodies, "YHS" and some running titles in hairline penstrokes at head of leaves at end of book, leaves at each end of volume with old water damage causing losses there to edges and some staining (this affecting legibility only on current first leaf, and the last leaf repaired with more modern paper), small holes in first 2 leaves, slight stains to edges throughout, otherwise in clean and bright condition, 338 by 235mm.; seventeenth- or eighteenth-century reversed calf over pasteboards, scuffs and bumps and holes in leather on spine, but solid in binding Provenance:Written by a scribe who dates the book and names "Fratre Ludevico de ..." in the damaged and partly missing colophon on the last leaf, this perhaps his own name. That addition notes that the book originally belonged to a Dominican convent ("Iste liber est conventus sancte L... ordine predicatorum"). Text:Peter Lombard wrote his Sentences, a comprehensive compilation and distillation of medieval theology in the late 1140s as a guide to the study of the Bible and the Church Fathers. It is one of the textual foundation stones of medieval Christianity and philosophical thought. In turn other commentaries were written on it, perhaps the greatest of these being the present work by the Dominican friar and Doctor of the Church, St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-74). He had spent his second and third years of his degree studies at Paris studying the text, and in the 1250s he turned to compose this monumental commentary and augmentation of it. It is widely regarded as his first great work.To view a video of this item, click here.
Lot 134
Ɵ An important humanist geographical compendium with Vibius Sequester, De fluminibus, fontibus, lacubus, nemoribus, gentibus, quorum apud poëtas mentio fit, and 'Lucius Fenestella', Opusculum fragmentum, with extracts from Guido of Pisa, Geographica and the Antonine Itinerary as well as other texts, in Latin, manuscript on paper[Italy (probably Lucca), second half of the fifteenth century (c. 1477)]70 leaves, collation: i8 (including front pastedown, and 5 blank leaves at front of volume), ii-vii8, viii10 (including 8 blank leaves at end), ix4 (including back pastedown, this quire all blank leaves), catchwords, foliated in modern pencil from beginning of main texts (and followed here), complete, single column of 34 lines in a good semi-humanist hand, pale red rubrics, initials of lists in red and brown, spaces left for larger initials, watermarks of an ecclesiastic's hat and a dragon (see below), the front endleaves with entries in main hand of the opening 7 lines of Vibius Sequester's text facing 13 entries from the text on rivers (apparently the scribe began with these leaves then set them aside and started again, reusing them as endleaves), some spots and stains and discoloured areas at edges of leaves in places, small tears to edges of a few leaves, else excellent condition, 215 by 145mm.; contemporary yellow reversed calf over pasteboards, tooled with triple fillet, some holes and stains, remains of two thongs at vertical edge Provenance:Compiled and copied by a humanist scholar interested in geography, probably in Lucca around the year 1477. The first watermark here, that of an ecclesiastic's hat, has a wide usage throughout Italy in the second half of the fifteenth century and the opening of the sixteenth century. However, the second watermark of a roaring dragon with a bulging eye and straight tail is much rarer, and that here is identical to Briquet 2651, recorded in Lucca in 1477. Text:The principal text here is the De fluminibus, fontibus, lacubus, nemoribus, gentibus, quorum apud poëtas mentio fit of the fourth or fifth century AD. writer Vibius Sequester (here fols. 31r-36v). It is composed of some seven lengthy lists of geographical placenames (flumina, rivers; fontes, springs; lacus, lakes; nemora, forests; paludes, marshes; montes, mountains; and gentes, peoples) gleaned from Classical Roman poets, notably Vergil, Ovid and Lucan, as well as further geographic references taken from exegetical works on those verses. A number of these names do not occur in the known versions of the poets' works, and may indicate that Sequester had access to now-lost texts. It is recorded first in Vatican, Lat. 4929, a nearly square parchment codex of the middle of the ninth century, perhaps from Fleury and then in a house near Orléans in the later Middle Ages, that contains the earliest copies of several late Roman works (see C.W. Barlow in Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, 15, 1938, pp. 87-124). The inclusion of eleventh-century additions made to that manuscript as part of the main text here demonstrates that the Vatican manuscript stands behind the present one. It was popular among humanists and approximately 50 manuscripts of the fifteenth century are known. That said, it is of extreme rarity on the market, with only a handful of copies appearing since records began, with the last at Sotheby's, 26 January 1959, lot 92 (again an Italian fifteenth-century copy on paper), which reappeared last in Christie's, 28 June 1961, lot 206.The text that precedes this appears on first inspection to also be a Classical work, but is in fact the work of a humanist scholar who disseminated his work under the name of a Roman writer recorded by Pliny the Elder. The rubric here identifies it as a small work by "Fenestrelle", meaning Lucius Fenestrella (d. 19 or 36 AD.; fol. 1r-30r). It is in fact the work of a mysterious humanist author named Andrea Domenico Fiocchi (d. 1452, also 'Andreas Florentinum'), who here is noted as the author of the 4-line dedication of the work in this form to the mid-fifteenth-century Florentine cardinal, "Franciscus tituli S. Clementis". Fiocchi served as canon of San Lorenzo in Florence and was an associate of Pope Eugenius IV. The text opens "Ocioso pridem mihi ac monumenta ...", and is also recorded by O. Kristeller (Iter Italicum I, 1963, pp. 80, 91, 140 and 186), in four manuscripts in the Laurenziana in Florence (Rinuccini 19; Laur. Ashburnham MS. 897 [828]; Magliabechiano XXVIII 51; and 138 [M1 11]) all of the fifteenth century and with the same preface as here).To this the main hand has added the Notitia Galliarum, a short text from c. 400 that lists all seventeen provinces of Roman Gaul, with their 115 civitates, seven castra and one porta (here fols. 36-39r; see J. Harries in The Journal of Roman Studies, 68, 1978, pp. 26-43). This includes at its head a short geographical glossary named De Verbis Gallicis or as here De Urbibus Gallicis (see A.H. Blom in Études celtiques, 37, 2011, pp. 159-81). The section of Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, listing islands and mountains follows (fols. 39r-43v), and after this come extracts on Italy from the Geographica of Guido of Pisa (d. 1169; here fols. 44r-46v), itself an updated version of the eighth-century encyclopaedia of the so-called Anonymous of Ravenna. Only a handful of manuscripts of this text survive, with a twelfth-century copy once in the library of the grand Florentine humanist Coluccio Salutati (now British Library, Egerton MS. 818), Brussels, Bibliothèque royale mss. 3897-3919 of the same century, Florence, Riccardiana MS. 881 of the thirteenth century, and fifteenth-century copies in Rome, Biblioteca Vittorio Emanuele, Sessorianus 286 and Vatican, Lat. 11,564. One of those must stand behind this witness. No manuscript, or part of one, seems ever to have come to the market before.An extract from the Antonine Itinerary completes the geographical compendium (fols. 46v-47r), again focussed on Rome (including a section on its libraries). The only non-geographical texts here are a list and discussion of Greek verse metres on fols. 47v-50v., and the addition of 17 lines from Cicero, Rhetorica, Orator 1, addressing Brutus, opening "Utrum difficilius aut maius ...", to the back endleaf.To view a video of this item, click here.
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Lot 135
Ɵ Cicero, Topica, in Latin, fine humanist manuscript on parchment[Italy (perhaps Florence), mid-fifteenth century]25 leaves (plus endleaves and pastedowns formed from a single bifolium added at front and back, these recovered from a thirteenth-century manuscript of a text citing Augustine and numerous other authors), wanting a leaf from end with final 15-20 lines of text, else complete, collation: i2 (with finely painted initials, text continuous across this bifolium and to next gathering), ii8, iii8, iv7 (wants last leaf), catchwords, single column of 22 lines of a good and professional humanist minuscule, small capitals set in margins where they open new sections, two decorated initials in burnished gold on split green and blue grounds, heightened with white and yellow scrolling penwork, sprays of blue and burgundy flowers emerging from these in the border, spaces left for Greek words, blue pencil "X782" at head of frontispiece, small spots and stains, some offsetting of paint from initials to adjacent leaves, else excellent condition, 180 by 115mm.; contemporary binding of brown leather over thin wooden boards, tooled with ropework designs, flower heads and crosses, all laid out in concentric frames on boards, numerous holes and scuffs to edges, the binding skilfully restored, some splits at head and foot of spine and coming loose from front of bookblock, exposing thongs there, remains of metal clasp, overall solid in binding Text:The Topica was composed in 44 BC. by Cicero (106-43 BC.), in the last year of his life and reportedly from memory while he was sailing from Velia (in Salerno) to Regium (on the mainland side of the Strait of Messina). It was composed to fulfil an old promise to a friend as a commentary to Aristotle's work of the same name, using as an intermediary source either a commentary by Antiochus or now-lost works by Philo. It is a work on logic, specifically dialectic, the invention and discovery of arguments in which the propositions rest upon commonly held opinions. It found instant fame and was vigorously studied in Antiquity. It survived into the Middle Ages by the slimmest of threads, as the only part of the Carolingian 'Leiden corpus' of Cicero's philosophical works that was rejected and left out by all but one ninth-century copyist. Moreover, the sole copy that did include it (Leiden, Voss, Lat. F. 86) omitted sections, which were thankfully restored by the addition of further leaves later in the ninth century. Most Renaissance copies descend from a ninth-century witness (now Florence, Laurenziana MS. 257), which was used at Corbie in the eleventh century, immediately before being given to the cathedral library of Strasbourg. There it was discovered in 1417 by the grand manuscript-hunter, Poggio Braccolini, and taken to Italy where it passed into the library of the early humanist Niccolo Niccoli (for the stemma in full see M.D. Reeve in Texts and Transmissions, 1983, pp. 128-30, and G. Di Maria's edition of the text from 1994). It is extremely rare to the market, with the vast Schoenberg database listing the last copy as that sold by Sotheby's, 11 December 1961, lot 190, reappearing in Alan Thomas' cat. 10 (1962), no. 3, 11 (1962), no. 4, and 13 (1964), no. 1.To view a video of this item, click here.
Lot 136
Ɵ Legal compendium, including Castellanus de Bononia, Arbor syllogistica, the anonymous Liber propositionum and a commentary on Justinian's Digestum novum, in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper[Italy (most probably Bologna), closing years of the fourteenth century or the opening years of the fifteenth century] 162 leaves (plus a parchment endleaf at each end recovered from a twelfth-century Italian Breviary with remains of a large red foliate and geometric initial and 13 lines of text with Beneventan neumes, used upside down in current binding), complete, collation: i12, ii6, iii-v10, vi-vii12, viii-xii10, xiii8, xiv12, xv-xvi10, some catchwords and quire and leaf signatures, first text (fols. 1r-12v) with double column of 38 lines of a squat Italian late gothic bookhand showing strong influence of secretarial hands, simple red initials, second text (fols. 13r-152v) in single column of 47 lines in different hand, important sections of text underlined in red, some running titles in red, paragraph marks and initials in red or dark blue, larger initials with foliate penwork in contrasting colour, explicit on fol. 60v with penwork animal head in profile, one large initial 'R' enclosing coloured foliage, a long grass stem in centre of eighth gathering (most probably an informal medieval book mark plucked from some plant while reading volume outside in cloister), watermarks of crown and a hunting horn (see below), some water stains at edges and worm holes (more pronounced at ends, but not affecting legibility or appearance of this monastic manuscript), some small spots and stains, but overall clean and presentable condition, 313 by 215mm.; contemporary binding of heavy oak boards with red pigskin spine, remains of three clasps on lower board with corresponding marks from straps on upper board, wood cleaned and partly restored, some splits and wear to leather of spine, overall solid in binding Provenance:1. Most probably written in Bologna in the closing years of the fourteenth century or the opening years of the fifteenth century for use in either a monastic or university setting there: the watermarks here range in date from 1397 to 1403 and firmly focus on Bologna and its vicinity: I: Crown of type found in Briquet4619 (Bologna, 1390-99), as well as Piccard51099 (Ferrara, 1401), 51126 (Bologna, 1398), 51127 (Bologna, 1398), 51128 (Bologna, 1397), 51129 (Castelfranco, 1400), and 51131 (Castelfranco, 1400); II: Hunting Horn as in Piccard119374 (Pavia, 1397), 119376 (Bologna, 1396), 119377 (Bologna, 1397), 119471 (Bologna, 1397), and 119498 (Bologna, 1403). The manuscript then evidently remained in Bologna through the next century, during which period it had inscriptions mentioning the city added to its last endleaves.2. From the library of the noble Sales family in Château de Thorens (commune Thorens-Glières) in Savoy. The castle was confiscated by the duke of Savoy from the lords of Compey in 1476, passed to Marie de Luxembourg and in 1559 was sold to Lord François de Sales de Boisy, father of the Saint François de Sales (1567-1622; Jesuit, bishop of Geneva). The castle is still inhabited by the Roussy de Sales branch of the family, who recently sold the archives of their house to the French state and deaccessioned the few remaining manuscripts from their library at the same time (including this volume). Text:This is a large and weighty monastic legal sammelband, bringing together rare practical texts, of an apparent German origin. The codex opens with the Arbor syllogistica, which identifies its author as Castellanus, "son of Nicholas de Bonarellis of Bologna", noting his studies in Perugia in 1346 (fols. 1r-18v, opening "Quoniam affirmantis ut negantis aliquid fore iuridicum ..."). The text is also known as the Modus arguendi in iure, and is a treatise on syllogistic logic, dialectic, and rhetoric in legal arguments, a popular courtroom approach among fourteenth-century jurists. It is recorded elsewhere in at least five manuscripts, mostly from German libraries with one from Épinal near the French-German border (Seitenstetten, Benediktinerstift Cod. 35; Bonn, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek MS S 794; Braunschweig, Stadtbibliothek MS 52; Épinal, Bibliothèque municipale MS 8 [108]; Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz MS lat. fol. 865, item no. 17). This is followed by the Liber propositionum, which offers an alphabetical commentary on the differences between the canons in the Decretals and those in the Decretum (fols. 19r-58v, opening "Quoniam omne artificium per exercicium recipit incrementum ..."). This text has been identified in only two other witnesses, again German in origin (Lüneburg, Ratsbücherei Cod. Theol. 2° 87; and Greifswald, Geistliches Ministerium [Dombibliothek St. Nikolai] MS 18.C.I). The volume closes with a discussion on the titles used in the Digestum novum (fols. 61r-148v with completion of text on 151r-152v), which is the most heavily annotated section of the volume. The author of this text cites legal authorities from the middle and second half of the fourteenth century, including Guillelmus de Cugno, Jacobus de Belvisio, Dinys de Mugello, Petrus de Bellapertica, Raynerius de Forlivio, Odo de Senonis, and a "Roffredus". This last text has not been identified by us elsewhere, and may be otherwise unrecorded.To view a video of this item, click here.
Lot 138
Ɵ A practical manual of the laws of the Venetian republic, in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper[Veneto (either Venice or Treviso), late fifteenth century or early sixteenth century]84 leaves (plus 3 endleaves at front, and a single endleaf at back), complete, collation: i-x8, xi4 (these blank), xii4, catchwords and contemporary quire and leaf signatures, single column of approximately 30 lines in a semi-humanist hand, red rubrics and contents list, simple red initials (some in thin and crude red penwork), some running titles for a few leaves (now faded to fawn), first endleaf decorated with full page coat-of-arms between and beneath sets of initials 'JM' and within a wreath with coloured dots perhaps indicating gemstones, this page showing trimming of volume during last binding, small spots and stains, some text faded or washed out at edges, but overall in presentable and solid condition, 192 by 150mm.; sixteenth-century limp parchment binding with flap, reusing small scraps of an early printed religious work as binding material, this binding with some repairs to holes and splits, remains of two paper labels laid onto spine Provenance:Written for, and perhaps by, Jacobus Menutiis/Minutiis: his ex libris marks three times on the front endleaves and his arms and initials also there. The text is thoroughly that of the Veneto (see below) and Jacobus must have practised law in that region. The text:The origin of this book in the Veneto is beyond doubt. It opens with a copy of a document dated 1290 that addresses Christ, the Trinity, the Virgin and St. Mark (the patron of Venice), citing the Venetian doges and texts to do with instruments of their authority there, as well as the scholar Marcus Zeno "de venetii". Within the main text itself, it cites sample documents of Venetian origin, such as that issued by Antonius Venerius, the doge of Venice in 1382-1400. However, there are also legal cases and explanations here that mention Treviso, a town a few miles to the north east of Venice and also under the rule of the doges, and the book may well come from there.The main text here is a lengthy legal textbook (fols. 1r-76v), arranged in ten chapters, which gives a thorough grounding in the civil law of the Venetian Republic, including sections on notaries (public and those of the chancellor), an array of types of wills, sample legal cases and pleas, sentences for these, fugitives, petitions, pledges for debts, violent criminal cases such as injury that results in bloodshed and homicide, as well as many others. We have not been able to trace another copy. After a single blank gathering, the main hand then added an alphabetised index of solutions to legal problems covered in the text, this named the Ordo solutionis and ascribed to the city of Treviso.To view a video of this item, click here.
Lot 140
Ɵ Cycle of drawings for the legend of St. Placidus, pen and wash on paper[southern Germany (probably Colmar), late seventeenth century]22 leaves (plus single endleaves at front and back), collation: i11 (wanting first leaf: a blank cancel, and including some singletons), ii12, each leaf with a scene from the life of the saint drawn on the recto, within penwork frames and with monogram in corner (probably J.H. or I.H. intersected), numbered at head of scene in contemporary hand, some spots and discolouration from old water damage, edges of leaves bumped, but overall in fair and presentable condition, 205 by 160mm.; bound in a cutting from a German parchment document of the late sixteenth century issued by Ulrich Wurmlin, recorded elsewhere as an inhabitant of Colmar, in fitted leather-covered caseSt, Placidus was the favourite pupil of St. Benedict, who stayed with him at Montecassino, before his martyrdom in Messina, Sicily at the hand of Saracens. These drawings appear not to be recorded anywhere, and may well have been prepared for a series of engravings that never came to fruition.To view a video of this item, click here.
Lot 142
Ɵ Guido Bentivoglio, Relazione della fuga di francia d'Henrico di Borbone Prencipe di Conde Primo Prencipe del sangue Regio di Francia e di quello che ne segui sino al suo ritorno a Parigi, in Italian, manuscript on paper[Italy, seventeenth century] 107 leaves (plus single endleaves at front and back), complete, single column of approximately 17 lines of an italic hand, titles in same, last 12 leaves with 25 lines in another hand, these leaves suffering a little from ink burn, otherwise small spots and stains, else good condition, 275 by 200mm.; in 'Middle Hill' marbled boards with dark leather spine and corners, some scuffs and splitting of leather, but solid in bindingProvenance:1. Frederick North (1766-1827), 5th Earl Guilford, politician, British governor of Ceylon, traveller and formidable book collector, often purchasing entire libraries of ecclesiastical institutions in Italy and Greece with the aim of forming a university on Corfu: his armorial printed bookplate on pastedown. However, problems with his will forced the sale of the library by auction at Evans of 93 Pall Mall in 1828-1835, including this volume as part of lot 399 there.2. Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), the greatest manuscript collector to have ever lived; this his MS. 5677: with his pencil and pen inscriptions of this number on front pastedown. Offered in his sale in Sotheby's, 10 June 1896, lot 542, but unsold, and with the Robinson's stock no. 'A-2675' subsequently added to front pastedown; offered again in Sotheby's, 29 October 1962, lot 167, and sold to S.W. Edwards, his cat. 105 (1963), no. 7.3. E.H. Dobrée, of Adney Hall, Teddington: his twentieth-century bookplate on front endleaf.4. Harry and Virginia Walton; their sale in our rooms, 9 July 2009, lot 19.Text: Guido Bentivoglio was born in Ferrara in 1579, and studied in Padova, where he met Galileo. He travelled to Rome and established himself as a churchman, diplomat and historian, serving in high rank as nuncio to Flanders and France in 1607-1615 and being elevated to the cardinalate in 1627. His works are important eyewitness accounts to early seventeenth-century history, and this one in particular seeks to explain the fractious relationship between the increasingly powerful French aristocracy and the demanding absolutist ruler, Henry IV of France.To view a video of this item, click here.
Lot 145
Ɵ Collection of Biblical readings, in Latin, modern illuminated manuscript on parchment attempting to emulate a late medieval manuscript [probably Britain or Europe, most probably late nineteenth century] 20 leaves, a single gathering, many leaves with ascending numbers in modern pencil on their versos often in centre of text, each leaf with a miniature on the recto showing scenes of courtly life with knights fighting and on horseback, kings in judgement, monks reading and martyrs being burnt at the stake, before scenes from an apparent saint's life with a young man pointing to a star, being executed while at prayer and lying in state, ending with scenes of hanging, a man in chains and a headless kneeling corpse with his executioner showing his head to two nobles , full border of coloured and gilt foliage on crystalline gilt grounds, text in red and black in 11 lines of script imitating a late medieval bookhand, numerous errors showing the copyist's inability to follow medieval abbreviations and text often breaking off at end of verso of each leaf, text block framed in orange, first leaf with full-page miniature of bearded king, each miniature with sheet of red satin tipped in as guard, cockled and with some leaves varnished and on less than best quality parchment, overall fair condition, 140 by 85mm.; bound in parchment over pasteboards with two knotted tags, spine covered with pasted on strip of parchment Provenance:1. Most probably produced as a forgery for sale to a manuscript collector in the last decades of the nineteenth century. Some bungled abbreviations and characters show that the forger was inexperienced with medieval writing, but seems to have selected an actual medieval book or images of it for his template. The volume first appears in the hands of Alfred Trapnell (1838-1917) of Bournemouth, England: with his detailed printed paper bookplate with scene of late medieval reader, above his burgundy circular leather label with gilt edge and number "2165" in gilt. He was a sea captain and industrial metal producer who used his travels and wealth to assemble collections of artefacts such as porcelain, before selling them in large single-category sales in London to great financial success. The Times reported on 17 March 1914, that he had "probably formed and sold more collections than any other man now living". His collection of illuminated manuscripts was sold at Sotheby's, 6 April, 1910, doubtless including this lot.2. Captain Thore Virgin (1886-1957) of Qvarnfors, Sweden; his gilt and blue bookplate dated '1911'. From his heirs to the current owner.To view a video of this item, click here.
Lot 136
Important City of London Imperial Volunteers (C.I.V.) Photograph & Ephemera Album South Africa 1900 Compiled by J.W.Portch, includes some interesting and very powerful plate photographic images, including Slaves and both Boer and British dead, and a number of rare and/or unique items of Ephemera. For example autograph of President Kruger and Dr Leyds and captured Boer Identification card belonging to Comdr de Villiers Krugersdorf Commando. Items were clearly compiled during his time in South Africa around 1900, photographs are in the main full page, have captions and are generally exceptionally sharp, other images include the "Begbie Explosion" "Pulling down the old Flag Johannesburg" a very powerful and clear group shot of "Slaves" these appear to be all female at least 3 clearly pregnant with "guards" armed with sticks, etc. etc, also a head and shoulders image of Portch the compiler with a CIV motif below. There are also a wide range of Ephemeral items, documents, telegrams, programmes, censored envelopes, passes, original siege note (2s) from Mafeking. A unique item nicely contained in a contemporary album,
Lot 15
Collection of Autographs of American WW2 Doolittle Raiders, fourteen original autographs all but one obtained by writing to the surviving crew members around 1980. Autographed cards are retained in envelopes. One autograph, Lt Travis Hoover is on a first day of issue card for Blanche Scott (dated December 1980. Together with useful account of the raid by Duane Schultz which has an annotated list of all the planes and crew members. The Autographs comprise , Travis Hoover, Charles Ozuk, Everett Holstrom, Bert Jordan, David Pohl, Horace Crouch, Edwin Horton, Frank Kappeler, Edgar McElroy, Clayton Campbell, James Macia, Howard Sessler, Jacob DeShazer, (POW over 3 years) Charles McClure. Interesting item
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