Stow (John). A summarie of Englyshe chronicles conteynyng the true accompt of yeres, wherein every Kyng of this Realme of England began theyr reigne, howe long they reigned: and what notable thynges hath bene doone durynge theyr Reygnes. Wyth also the names and yeares of all the Baylyffes, Custos, maiors, and sheriffes of the Citie of London, sens the Conqueste, dyligentely Collected by John Stow citisen of London, in the yere of our Lorde God 1565. Wherunto is added a Table in the end, conteynyng all the principall matters of this Booke. Perused and allowed accordyng to the Quenes majesties Injunctions, 1st edition, [London]: In aedibus Thomae Marshi, [1565], black letter text, title and following seven leaves printed in red and black, woodcut initials, Aa1 with closed tear, C[c]4 torn with loss to lower blank corner (not affecting text), leaf 2G4 is a cancel, bound without the final 12 leaves (2i8 and 2k4, distance in miles and index tables), light water-stains and dust-soiling to title, a few minor marks elsewhere, 18th century engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Yardley, St. John's College, Cambridge, dated 1721, to front pastedown, contemporary full calf, modern good-quality antique-style reback, outer corners refurbished, small 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Edward Yardley (1698-1769).Yardley was born in London, on 28 March 1698, and he was educated at Merchant Taylors School and St John's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1717/18, M.A. 1721, B.D. 1729). After ordination (deacon 1721, priest 1722) he served in London before he was given (by St John's College, Cambridge), the sinecure rectory of St Florence, Pembrokeshire (4 March 1731/32). On 5 November 1731, he was elected preacher for St Michael's Chapel, the old chapel of Highgate School which was a chapel of ease in the parish of St Mary, Hornsey, a position he held for the remainder of his life. He later became Archdeacon of Cardigan (26 May 1739). Yardley is known for his studies of the records of the cathedral of St. Davids and as the author of the manuscript called Menevia Sacra which is now held in the National Library of Wales, contained in three volumes.
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Newton (Charles Thomas). A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus, & Branchidae, Atlas volume, & text volume 1 only, London: Day & Son, 1862, Atlas volume with additional lithograph title, 97 lithograph maps, plates and plans, a few tinted and coloured, 3 double-page, occasional light spotting and pale damp stains, hinges reinforced, original cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, a few small repairs to covers, some fading and small bumps and stains, folio 55.5 x 36 cm, together with volume II (i.e. text volume part I only), folding map,2 lithograph plates, wood-engraved illustrations, marginal water stains to plates and a few leaves, original cloth, spine a little faded, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Atabey 868; Blackmer 1192.'Newton was vice-consul at Mitylene and resided in the Levant from 1852 to 1859. The expeditions to Asia Minor took place over a period from October 1856 to June 1859 and were mostly concerned with the excavations of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe sponsored the first excavation of the Mausoleum, and Newton has dedicated the work to him.' (Blackmer).The Mausoleum, in Bodrum, Turkey was the tomb of Mausoleus, built from 353-350 BC and one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
Barland (Hadrian). Hollandiae comitum historia et icones, 2 parts in one, Frankfurt: Sigis. Feyerabend, 1585, woodcut portrait devices to titles and final leaf verso, 36 woodcut portrait illustrations, a few light damp marks, early annotations to front blank, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson (numismatic authority and collector), modern russet half calf gilt, joints slightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Adams B212. First published by Christopher Plantin in Leiden in 1584.
Pear Tree Press. Gutherie (James). Root and Branch, number 1, volume 3, Bognor Regis: Pear Tree Press, 1919, 14 intaglio engraved leaves of text, a few light spots, original publisher's paper wrappers, 4to, with another 4 copies of the same, together with a small collection of related Pear Tree Press ephemera including prospectuses, book tickets, title pieces, compliment slips etc QTY: (A small quantity)
Walton (Isaac). The Compleat Angler the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish Ponds, Fish and Fishing. To which is added the Laws of Angling: with a new Table of the Particulars in this Book, 3rd edition, much enlarged, London: Printed by J. G. for Rich. Marriot, at his shop in St. Dunstans Church-yard, Fleet Street, 1661, engraved cartouche to title, 10 engraved vignette illustrations of fish to text, two pages of music for the 'Anglers Song' for two voices on pages 214 and 215 with the later printed upside down, some very light toning, all edges gilt, late 19th/early 20th-century full green crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, elaborate gilt decoration to spine (spine leather lightly faded to olive brown) and triple-line gilt border to boards, gilt dentelles to turn-ins (offset with consequent browning to margins of free endpapers), small 8vo (14.3 x 8.8 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Coigney 3.There are two misnumbered pages, 78 for 87, and 233 for 223. 'The Lawes of Angling' have been added for the first time and are printed in black letter. Chapter XVII is still misnumbered XVI as in the previous edition. Except for a few minor changes the third edition is almost identical to the second edition.
![Guevara (Antonio de). [The Golden Boke of Marcus Aurelius Emperour and eloquent oratour, London: Thomas Berthelet, 1553], lac](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dd84a124-1580-49ca-a704-b13201270f77/36edc3a4-b5d8-436e-a982-b16200a90299/468x382.jpg)
Guevara (Antonio de). [The Golden Boke of Marcus Aurelius Emperour and eloquent oratour, London: Thomas Berthelet, 1553], lacking title and first leaves, text begins on B1, black letter text, decorative woodcut initials, 17th-century ink signature of (?)Theodore Dockwra, Baron Dockwra of Culmore to upper margin of B1, 18th-century signature of Margaret Dayviel to verso of outer margin of 2N2, short closed tear to D6, few early ink markings and few words to leaves B1-B4 crossed out, occasional light damp-stains to margins, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving portion of original spine, 8vo, together with:Ocland (Christopher). Anglorum Praelia ab anno Domini 1327 anno nimirum primo inclytissimi principis Eduardi eius nominis tertii, usque ad annum Domini 1558. Carmine summatim perstricta. Item, De pacatissimo Angliae statu, imperante Elizabetha, compendiosa narration..., 3 parts in one, London: Radulphum Nuberie, ex asignatione Henrici Bynneman Typographi, 1552, printer's woodcut device to general title and part titles, 20th-century manuscript note attached to verso of I4, early manuscript notes to general title and final leaf, lacking M4 (blank?), final leaf torn to lower half with loss, few worm holes and short worm trails mostly to first and last leaves, some dust-soiling, lacking free endpapers, contemporary blind panelled sheep, light wear to extremities, lacking ties, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:STC 12441 (Guevara).STC 18773 (Ocland). With the last line of leaf N1 verso beginning 'Londini'.
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Bible [English]. The Bible: translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, 1611, general and New Testament titles within decorative woodcut borders, black letter text, Apocrypha incomplete lacking all after II Maccabees xxiii:24, New Testament gospels lacking all before Matthew ii:18 with upper quarter of leaf 3K2 lacking, also lacking leaf 3K8, leaf K8 torn to upper outer corner with loss and leaves M2, S7, 2N4, 2R2, 3T3, 2T4 torn to lower outer corner with loss, 3Q4 and 3Q5 torn at foot with slight loss and leaves 3M 2-3M7 cropped to fore-edge printed marginal notes, lacking title leaf of tables (A1), colophon to final leaf of tables dated 1611, few lower outer corners of tables ink-stained, few manuscript inscriptions including 'John Barnes his book 1749' and 'Lord Deliver me Mary Barnes', bound with an incomplete Book of Common Prayer at front and incomplete Book of Psalms at rear, some fraying to margins, few closed tears, light dust-soiling, occasional spotting, contemporary reversed calf, stained and some wear, lacking clasps, 4to (22.2 x 16.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow and Moule 238; Herbert 307; STC 2214.The New Testament is dated 1610 (though the tables are dated 1611), but differs from the New Testament title in the 1610 edition (Herbert 303), e.g. Translations in divers printed in roman type, instead of italics, and printer for Printer. With Certaine questions and answers ..., *3b, second column; 3 b, second col.: Yea verily: that by sight, taste and feeling, | as well as ...
Antiquarian. A large collection of miscellaneous 18th & 19th century literature. Nisbet (Alexander). A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical: With the True Art of Blazon, According to the Most Approved Heralds in Europe..., 2 volumes, Edinburgh: J. MackEurn, 1732 (volume 1) and R. Flemming..., 1741 (volume 2), titles in red and black, contemporary ownership signature to head of title pages, numerous plate of coats of arms, light spotting throughout, contemporary calf, hinges and joints cracked, rubbed and worn, folio together with, Austen (John. H). A Guide to the Geology of the Isle of Purbeck and the South-West of Hampshire, Blandford: W. Shipp..., 1852, numerous plates, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed 8vo, plus Latham (Charles). In English Homes, volume 2 only, 2nd edition, London: George Newnes Limited, 1902, numerous monochrome illustrations, publishers original decorative green cloth, a little worn and frayed, edges bumped, folio, and Bayle [Pierre]. A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical..., volumes 1 - 6 and 9 only, London; J. Roberts, 1734 - 1739, titles printed in red and black, contemporary calf, hinges and joints cracked, rubbed and worn, folio and other 18th - early 20th-century leather-bound volumes etc. QTY: (6 shelves)
McDougall (George F.). The Eventful Voyage of H. M. Discovery Ship "Resolute" to the Arctic Regions in search of Sir John Franklin and the missing crews of the H. M. Discovery Ships "Erebus" and "Terror", 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857, folding map frontispiece, 8 chromolithograph plates, further wood-engraved illustrations in-text, spotted and damp-stained, contemporary half calf gilt, some light wear to extremities, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Sabin 43183.
Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. In Four Books. Written by John Locke, Gent. The Second Edition, with large Additions, London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchil, at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, and Samuel Manship, at the Ship in Cornhill, near the Royal Exchange, 1694, engraved portrait frontispiece by P. Vanderbanck after Sylvester Brounower (some soiling, with central horizontal crease and closed tear repaired to fore-margin without loss), 20 leaves, 407 pp., 6 leaves of index, title and following leaf with small closed tears repaired to lower blank margins, occasional marks and light soiling, final leaves (from Aaa1 onwards, page 361) with stain to centre of blank fore-margins, Hhh1 with long vertical closed tear repaired at inner margin, Ccc4 (page 383/384) torn with loss to lower outer corner, just touching a few letters, old half calf over marbled boards, heavily marked and some discolouration, some wear to head and foot of spine and edges, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R21459; Pforzheimer 601; PMM 164 (first edition); Wing L2740; Attig 229.The expanded second edition of Locke's famous philosophical essay, and the foundation of classical British empiricism. Part of the new material in this edition arose out of Locke's exchange with the young Irish scientist, William Molyneux, with whom he corresponded in the late 1680's and 1690's. This included the celebrated problem originally proposed by Molyneux in a letter to Locke in 1688 (first published by Locke here in Book 2): if someone born blind had learned to distinguish a globe and a cube by touch alone, and was then given sight, would that person be able to determine purely by sight which one was which? Both Locke and Molyneux thought that he or she would not. Further changes included the entire recasting of the section 'Of Power' dealing with freedom, and the addition of a new chapter 'Of Identity and Diversity', in which Locke equated personal identity with continuity of consciousness, and not with continuity of any spiritual substance.This is the second issue, with Awnsham as the printer (the first issue 'Printed for Thomas Dring...').
Richards (Brooks). Secret Flotillas, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Frank Cass, 2004, monochrome illustrations & maps, original uniform cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, together with:Warner (Graham), The Bristol Blenheim, a complete history, 2nd edition, Manchester: Crécy, 2005, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, plusGentilli (Roberto, Antonio Iozzi, & Paolo Varriale), Italian Aces of World War 1 and their Aircraft, 1st edition, Atglen: Schiffer Military History, 2003, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, very light marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, and other modern military & aviation reference & related, including publications by Grub Street, Pen & Sword, Helion, Frontline, Greenhill, all original cloth in dust jackets, VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)
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Bible [English]. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly Translated out of the originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesties special commandment. Appointed to be read in Churches, one volume bound in two, London: Printed by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie: And by the Assignes of John Bill, 1640, general title with decorative woodcut border (trimmed to ruled border, torn to edges with some image loss and lined to verso), New Testament title present with decorative woodcut border and imprint dated 1639, bound with Apocrypha present, black-letter text in double-column, decorative woodcut initials, verso of final leaf in first volume (3L6) with early 18th-century manuscript genealogical entries recording the births of Elizabeth Gell on April 23rd 1723, George Gell on July 14th 1725 and Francis Gell on March 5 1730, minor short worm trail to approximately 20 leaves at gutter in first volume (G1-K3), some leaves at front and rear of each volume frayed to margins with occasional loss to marginal notes and running titles, several leaves at front and rear of each volume with margins repaired, few other paper repairs, occasional light damp-staining mostly at foot of few leaves, some toning to few leaves, 19th-century blind decorated calf, upper joint of first volume split, some boards with leather torn with small areas of loss, worn mostly to extremities, folio (approx. 38.5 x 25.5 cm)QTY: (2)NOTE:Darlow and Moule 421; Herbert 543; STC 2339.The last of the folio editions in large black-letter printed between 1611 and 1640. The NT title is dated 1639. It generally agrees very closely with the earlier editions; but the types somewhat worn, and the rules round the pages do not meet at the corners. Marginal readings in roman type instead of italics. (Herbert, Darlow & Moule).
![Booth (Charles, editor). Life and Labour of the People in London. [First Series]. Volume II. Streets and Population Classifie](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dd84a124-1580-49ca-a704-b13201270f77/4f44fb70-9b4d-418e-ab44-b16200a938de/468x382.jpg)
Booth (Charles, editor). Life and Labour of the People in London. [First Series]. Volume II. Streets and Population Classified, London: Macmillan, 1892, [together with:] Labour and Life of the People. Appendix to Volume II, London: Williams and Norgate, 1891, Text volume: [Part I:] pp. [2, blank], [vi], 235, [1, blank], [Part II: Appendix:] 60 double-page tables, [9] pp., uncut and largely unopened, embossed ‘Presentation Copy’ stamp to title, Manchester Guardian Library ink stamp and marks to title verso, original blue cloth gilt, library paper call label to upper cover and white china ink numbers to spine, a little frayed at head and foot, 8vo; Appendix A to Volume II volume: pp. [4], 60 double-page tables, [22], [1, blank] pp.; Appendix B. Maps of London Poverty. 5 linen-backed, folding, colour-lithographed maps: Map 1 London Poverty by Districts, 56.5 x 90 cm; Maps 2-5 NW/NE/SW/SE Sections, each approx. 51 x 61 cm or similar, some spotting, all folded to 21 x 13 cm and loosely held as issued with linen strap to follow text in original cloth, ink ownership inscription of ‘Ch. Sarolea’ to upper cover, slightly rubbed and soiled, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Charles Louis-Camille Saroléa (1870-1953) was a Belgian philologist and author. His book collection of some 200,000 works was said to be the largest private library in Europe. His own books covered political, philosophical and literary subjects. Map 1 is titled ‘Map Shewing Degrees of Poverty in London, in Areas with about 30,000 Inhabitants in each compiled from information collected in 1889-1890’. Maps 2-5 are one map in 4 sections, extending west to east from Notting Hill to Poplar and north to south from Camden Town to Stockwell, and is titled ‘Descriptive Map of London Poverty 1889’. The colouring of the map depicts, by street: 'The Lowest Class. Vicious, semi-criminal' (black); 'Very Poor, casual. Chronic Want' (blue); 'Poor. 18s to 21s. a week for a moderate family' (light blue); 'Mixed. Some comfortable, others poor' (purple); 'Fairly Comfortable. Good ordinary earnings' (pink); 'Well-to-do. Middle class' (red); 'Upper-middle and Upper classes. Wealthy' (yellow). Hyde, Victorian Maps of London, 254 & 252. 'Quite the most important thematic maps of the Metropolis in the nineteenth century were those which accompanied Charles Booth's Monumental survey' (Hyde, p. 28).
Greenaway (Kate). Almanack for 1885, colour illustrations (a little light offsetting), all edges gilt, original cloth gilt in bright condition, 24mo, together with Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Where Flies the Flag, by Henry Harbour, 2nd edition, circa 1904, 6 colour plates by Arthur Rackham, a few minor spots, original red pictorial cloth gilt, edges a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Milne (A. A.) When We Were Very Young, 9th edition, London: Methuen, 1925, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spine a little darkened and rubbed at ends, 8vo, with others illustrated including At Great-Aunt Martha's by Kathleen Ainslie, circa 1905, plus a few others by Kathleen Ainslie, At the Farm, by Evelyn Hardy, illustrated by E. Blampied, circa 1920, The Story of the Little Red Engine, by Diana Ross, and The Little Red Engine Gets a Name, 1940'sQTY: (63)
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Campanus (Johannes Antonius).Omnia Campani Opera, 2nd edition, Venice, Andrea Torresano, [n.d. 1502], Roman letter; some light marginal spotting, slight marginal water-staining to one or two quires (not affecting text), 16th-century full vellum, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:BM STC Italian 141; Adams C 471; Goff C 74; Ren. 292:2 (1502); not in Ahmanson Murphy.A second edition of the collected works of Johannes Antonius Campanus (Giovanni Antonio Campano; c. 1429-1477). Campanus was in his time a churchman, humanist and orator. He took appointments in Naples and Perugia as a teacher of rhetoric before his election as Bishop of Crotone in 1463. From 1472-74 he was Papal Governor of Todi.
Milton (John). Paradise Lost: A Poem In Twelve Books, 2nd edition, Revised and Augmented by the same Author, London: Printed by S. Simmons next door to the Golden Lion in Aldersgate-street, 1674, [8] 332 pp., without portrait frontispiece, also lacking final leaf of text (p. 333) and final blank leaf, adhesive tape stain and residue to title at gutter with vertical closed tear and cracking, title with repaired closed tear, repaired corners and lined to verso, G2 with inscription 'Jonathan Richardson Book 1802', few other annotations and markings, I8 torn to lower outer blank corner, Q5 with closed tear at foot, some fraying to margins, toning, dust-soiling, occasional light damp-stains and some marks throughout, lacking front free endpaper, upper pastedown with manuscript ownership inscription 'Joseph Fozard's Book Jan. 12th 1885(?). Joseph Fozard was Born July 13th 1825 at 55 minutes past 10 o'clock night', with 20th-century overlay paper and bookplate 'Thomas Halliwell from Arthur Jackson 05. 07' (with a loosely inserted 20th-century autograph letter signed on Basildon Bond watermarked paper from Arthur Jackson to Canon Halliwell mentioning the volume and how it came into his possession ' a battered 2nd edition of Milton's Paradise Lost unfortunately the last 24 lines are missing... I rescued this from a boy who was giving pages away'), adhesive residue and marks to endpapers, early 19th-century boards, boards detached and very worn with old cloth repaired spine and adhesive tape to board edges, 8vo (16.7 x 10.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R13351; Grolier Wither to Prior 605 (not mentioning the final blank); Wing M2144; not in Pforzheimer.'In this second edition the number of books in the poem has been increased from ten to twelve by dividing Books VII and XII into two each, and by adding three new lines to the beginning of Book VIII, and five new lines to Book XII. The "Argument" ... is also divided, and the separate parts prefixed to the books to which they severally apply. Milton's nephew, Edward Phillips, in his "Life of John Milton", 1694, states that these changes were made at Milton's direction' (Grolier). The second edition is also important for containing Andrew Marvell's commendatory poem 'On Paradise Lost'. According to ESTC the frontispiece is not found in all copies.
Lodge (Edmund). Portraits of illustrious Personages of Great Britain..., 12 volumes, London: printed for Harding, Mavor and Lepard, 1823, numerous engraved plates, some light spotting & toning, contemporary uniform gilt decorated red half morocco, boards & spines slightly rubbed with some minor loss, some hinges cracked & boards partially & completely detached, folio, together with:Burlington (Charles, David Llewellyn Rees & Alexander Murray), The Modern Universal British Traveller; or a new, complete, and accurate tour through England, Wales, Scotland, and neighbouring islands..., London: printed for J. Cooke,1779, numerous engraved plates, gutters cracked, some light toning & spotting, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards partially detached, boards & spine rubbed with some loss, folio, plusCoxe (William), Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark, 5 volumes, volumes 1-4 are 3rd edition, London: printed for T. Cadell, 1787, volume 5 is a 1st edition, 1791, engraved folding maps & plates, some minor toning, contemporary uniform full calf, some hinges cracked, spines slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, boards slightly marked & rubbed, 8vo, and other 17th-19th century British and foreign travel & topography reference, including plate books (some incomplete), mostly contemporary leather bindings, overall condition is fair/good, 8vo/folioQTY: (5 shelves)
Cicero (Marcus Tullius). Epistolae ad T. Pomponium Atticum. Ex fide vetustissimorum codicum emendatore, studio et opern Simeonio Bosii, Leiden: Ex officina Plantiniana, apud Franciscum Raphelengium, 1592, printer's woodcut device to title, some light browning mostly to margins, slight dust-soiling at front and rear, contemporary calf with gilt embossed armorial to centre of each board depicting a stag at gaze with chain about the neck and over the back, repaired at head and foot of spine, 16mo, together with: Pindar. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia, Caeterorum octo lyricorum carmina ... nonnulla etiam aliorum, 4th edition, [Geneva]: Paulus Stephanus, 1600, woodcut illustration to title, text in Greek and Latin, light dust-soiling to leaves at front and rear, modern calf, preserving 19th-century black morocco title label, 16mo in 8sQTY: (2)
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Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of the original tongues..., Cambridge: Printed by Tho: Buck & Roger Daniel printers to the University of Cambridge 1635], lacking general title, letterpress New Testament title present and bound with Apocrypha, Revelation incomplete at rear lacking 4E5 & 4E6, bound with at front an incomplete Book of Common Prayer (lacking all before gathering B), also bound with Speed (John). The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures..., circa 1635-38, woodcut genealogies and double-page woodcut map of Canaan (torn to lower outer right blank corner), bound with at rear an incomplete 1636 Book of Psalms, borders red ruled throughout volume, some toning, occasional spotting and few marks, light marginal browning and dust-soiling, fraying to margins mostly affecting initial leaves of Common Prayer, contemporary gild panelled dark brown morocco, decorative gilt arabesque device to centre of each board bearing the initials E. P., spine torn with loss, lacking clasps, boards detached, worn, 4to (23 x 16.8 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow and Moule 385; Herbert 497; STC 2320.A Reprint of the Cambridge quarto in roman type of 1630 (Herbert 432). Text ends on 4E5 a. 1 Tim. iv. 16, thy. With Genealogies (1638) and Map. (Darlow and Moule, and Herbert).
Philoponus (Joannes). Ioannu Grammatikou tou Philoponou Ypomnema eis ta Peri psyches biblia Aristototelus... Ioannis Grammatici Philoponi Comentaria in libros de Anima Aristotelis, Venice: in aedibus Bartholomaei Zanetti Casterzagensis, aere vero & diligentia Ioannis Trincaveli, 1535, title with fine large woodcut device of a putto standing by a tree stump, the same woodcut repeated to verso of blank leaf at end, 145 printed leaves of Greek text, A1 with headpiece and large initial printed in red, other woodcut headpieces and initials, title with repaired tear at lower margin, short closed marginal tear at foot of M3, a little light toning to title, occasional small mainly marginal water stains, seventeenth-century full vellum, manuscript title to spine and shelf number at foot, spine darkened, some dust soiling to covers, folio, 29.5 x 20 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Adams P1049. Provenance: Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1655-1716), Scottish writer, politician and owner of the finest private library in Scotland, his signature to rear endpaper.Philoponus, otherwise known as John the Grammarian, born in Alexandria circa 490 AD, was a theologian, philologist and philosopher who authored many works, including commentaries on Aristotle, as here with De Anima (On the Soul). This edition is edited by the Venetian Vettore Trincavello (1496-1568) who edited some of the first editions of Greek classical works.
Nash (Treadway Russell). Collections for the history of Worcestershire, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Printed by John Nichols, 1781-82, titles with engraved vignette, engraved plan of Worcester, 73 engraved plates, few engraved illustrations, numerous pedigrees (some folding & double-page), volume 1 title relaid, occasional light spotting, contemporary quarter calf, rebacked with spine lettered in gilt, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Upcott 1330-7.
Elyot (Sir Thomas). The Boke, named The Governour devised by sir Thomas Elyot, Knight, London: Imprinted at London, by Thomas East, 1580, title within decorative woodcut border, black letter text, woodcut initials, some soiling and slight damage to fore-edge of title (re-laid), lacks the final preliminary leaf (final leaf of 'Tabula Alphabetica' [superscript pi]A8) and also bound without leaves 2B4 & 2B5, light water staining to first half of the volume, and occasional marks, all edges gilt, modern marbled endpapers, modern antique-style full calf gilt with red morocco gilt title label to spine, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:STC 7642.First published in 1531 and dedicated to Henry VIII, Sir Thomas Elyot’s Book of The Governor, on the education and training of statesman, is generally considered the first educational treatise published in England. The work went through seven editions between 1531 and 1580.
Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of our Antient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly printed. In this impression you shall find these additions: 1 His portraiture and progenie shewed. 2 His life collected. 3 Arguments to euery booke gathered. 4 Old and obscure words explaned. 5 Authors by him cited, declared. 6 Difficulties opened. 7 Two bookes of his neuer before printed, 1st Speght edition, London: Adam Islip, at the charges of Bonham Norton, 1598, black letter text in double column, engraved portrait of the author by John Speed (torn with losses) title within elaborate woodcut architectural border (some light dust-soiling and margins a little frayed), 3 other divisional titles with woodcut borders, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional small marginal worming obscuring a few letters of catchwords, occasional light toning and small damp stains, later calf, rebacked, some wear to corners, folio, 31 x 21 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Pforzheimer 177 (different imprint); STC (2nd ed.) 5078; Grolier 43 English.'From the form of imprints it would seem that Bishop, Norton, and Wight commissioned Islip to print this edition, and judging from the frequency with which copies with their imprints occur it is probable that Bishop took the largest share and Norton the next' (Pforzheimer).First edition of Thomas Speght’s definitive edition of the complete works of Chaucer and the first to contain an engraved portrait of the author. this copy the Islip and Norton issue. Speght, a somewhat obscure schoolmaster, was assisted in its production by the chronicler John Stow, Francis Thynne, Francis Beaumont (father of the dramatist of the same name), and Robert Glover.
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Bible [English]. The Bible: Translated according to the Hebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers languages..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, 1615, general and New Testament titles within decorative woodcut border, black letter double-column text, Apocrypha present, bound with at front Book of Common Prayer. The Booke of Common Prayer, with the Psalter or Psalmes of David, of that Translation which is appointed to be used in Churches, Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1615, title with decorative woodcut border printed in red and black, bound with [Speed, John]. The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, according to every Familie and Tribe..., by J[ohn]. S[peed]., circa 1615, with woodcut genealogies and double-page woodcut map of Canaan, bound with at rear Concordance. Two right profitable and fruitful Concordances, or large and ample Tables Alphabeticall..., Collected by R. F. H., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1615, and bound with a defective Whole Booke of Psalmes..., London: Company of Stationers, 1622, running titles and some printed marginal notes trimmed throughout volume, light dust-soiling mostly to leaves at front and rear, light damp-staining mostly at head of few leaves, early 18th-century calf, wear at foot of spine, 4to (20.7 x 16 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:See Darlow and Moule 264 & 265; Herbert 340 & 341; STC 2241 & 2242.Geneva version. Apparently the last black-letter quarto edition of this version printed by Barker. There are two varieties of this date, however this example appears to be a mixture of both. The general title identifies as variant A (Herbert 340) reading ... rea | die finding ..., however the 'Certaine questions and answers' leaf *3b, 2nd column identifies as variant B (Herbert 341) reading ... be instructed | assured ...
Turner (Robert). Posthuma. Orationes XVII. Tractatus VII. Nusquam unquam ante hac edita. Accesserunt Edmundi Campiani Societatis Jesu martyris in Anglia, 2 parts in one, Cologne: Joannem Kinckhes, 1615, titles with woodcut device, small marginal worm tracks in second part towards end, early signature of James Galley? to title, inscription to rear endpaper, contemporary calf, rebacked, original spine relaid, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, together with:Stapleton (Thomas). Promptuarium Catholicum, 3 parts in one, Cologne: Birckmann, 1594, 2nd title with woodcut device, one or two corners repaired, occasional light toning and damp-stains, few early annotations, small worm tracks at front and rear, Ronald Knox Prinkash Abbey Library bookplate, all edges red, contemporary pigskin over boards, lacking clasps, spine repaired, some soiling, modern label, 8vo,Luis (de Granada). Granatensis Exercitia, in Septem Meditationes Matutinas, ac totidem Vespertinas, distributa..., Cologne: In officina Birckmannica, sumptibus Arnoldi Mylii, 1586, woodcut device to title, verso of final leaf with late 17th-century signature Ric. Sherlock, occasional light damp-stains mostly at front of volume, some spotting and mottling, front pastedown with Ex Libris bookplate Coll- Stonyhurst 1810, early 19th-century half sheep, slight wear at head of spine, 12mo,Council of Trent. Canones, et decreta sacrosancti oecumenici et generalis Concilii Tridentini, sub Paulo III. Julio III. & Pio IIII. Pontificis Max, Antwerp: Ex officina Gulielmi Silvij, 1565, woodcut device to title, underscoring to few lines of text, worm hole to initial few leaves and short worm trail to final leaf (not affecting text) and early manuscript notes to verso, light damp-staining and light dust-soiling, endpapers renewed, 18th-century sheep, rebacked, 12mo, plus two other 17th-century antiquarian including one odd volumeQTY: (6)
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[Du Moulin, Peter, attribution]. Tragicum Theatrum Actorum & Casuum Tragicorum Londini publice Celebratorum quibus, Amsterdam: Jodocum Jansonium, 1649, title with woodcut device, 1 folding engraved plate, 7 engraved portraits only (of 8, lacking the portrait of Henry, Earl of Holland), title and A2 detaching at gutter, light toning to first few leaves, old manuscript leaf over boards, slight dust-soiling, 8vo, together with [Bede the Venerable, Saint]. [The History of the Church of Englande..., translated out of Latin in to English by Thomas Stapleton Student in Divinite, Antwerp: John Laet, 1565], lacking title, three woodcut illustrations (one torn to fore-edge with loss), later manuscript annotation to errata leaf at rear, damp-staining particularly at front of volume, bound with an incomplete copy of [Stapleton, Thomas]. [A fortresse of the faith first planted amonge vs englishmen..., Antwerp: I. Laet, 1565], lacking title and five leaves at rear, 2Q4-2R3 torn to outer corners with some text loss (some corners repaired), some damp-staining and dust-soiling throughout, early 19th-century marbled calf, morocco title label, joints and head and foot of spine repaired, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:1. Lowndes 2660. The portrait of Lord Holland is sometimes found wanting. 2. STC 1778 and 23232.Sold with all faults not subject to return.
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[Cook, James]. A collection of 37 plates from Cook's Voyages, London: J. Debrett, 1800, plates engraved by Warren, Harding and others after Redouté, Piron et al, including ten with partlial hand-colouring in a juvenile hand, tear and loss to folding plate, one other with medium closed tear, some others with minor tears, occasional spotting and light damp stains, contemporary half calf, lacking most of spine, upper cover detached, some wear, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
Hole (Hugh Marshall). Old Rhodesian Days, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1928, signed & inscribed by the author to the front endpaper, 29 monochrome illustrations & maps, some light toning & offsetting, original brown cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Millais (John Guille), A Breath from the Veldt, new edition, London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1899, numerous monochrome illustrations, front & rear gutters cracked, some minor toning, top edge gilt, original green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, folio, plusBrenthurst Press, publisher, John Blades Currey 1850 to 1900, Fifty Years in the Cape Colony, edited by Phillida Brooke Simons, 1986,Melton Prior, War Artist in Southern Africa 1895 to 1900, by Jane Caruthers, South Africa, 1987,A Soldier in South Africa, The Experiences of Eustace Abadie 1899 to 1902, 1989,Britain at The Cape 1795 to 1803, edited by Maurice Boucher and Nigel Penn, 1992,The Siege of Mafeking, 2 volumes, edited by Iain R. Smith, 2001, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, all original cloth in dust jackets, large 4to, all un-numbered limited editions of 850 copies per title, and other late 19th century & modern Africa travel, history & Boer War reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
![Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall tongues...,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dd84a124-1580-49ca-a704-b13201270f77/88f12579-3313-43ee-a90c-b16200a9197d/468x382.jpg)
Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall tongues..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1612], general title lacking, New Testament title present within decorative woodcut border, Apocrypha present, verso of fore-margin preliminary leaf A6 bearing early signature William Doble, text printed in roman type, few ruled borders to upper margin and occasional running titles lightly shaved, short closed tear to fore-edge of leaves 2A3-2B2, tear to fore-margin of 2B3, small tear to leaf 2T4 with loss of few letters of text, occasional light toning and some light damp-staining, bound with an incomplete Book of Common Prayer at front (lacking all before E3), also bound with at front [Speed, John]. The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, According to every Family and Tribe. With the Line of our Saviour Jesus Christ observed from Adam to the blessed Virgin Mary, [London, c.1612], woodcut genealogies with hand-coloured woodcut of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, with double-page woodcut map of Canaan, bound with at rear an incomplete The Booke of Psalmes, Collected into English Meetre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and others..., London: Companie of Stationers, 1612, lacking all after H2, free endpapers discarded, late 17th-century dark brown gilt panelled morocco, centre of each board with the initials M E in gilt, joints split with front board attachment weakening, head of spine worn with loss, lacks ties to fore-edge of boards, 4to (21.4 x 16.3 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow and Moule 242; Herbert 313; STC 2219.The first quarto edition of King James' version; printed in roman type. With Gen. x. 16, Emorite; Ruth iii. 15, hee.
Love (Henry Davison). Indian Records Series. Vestiges of Old Madras 1640-1800. Traced from the East India Company's Records preserved at Fort St. George and the India Office, and from other sources, 4 volumes, including Index, London: published for the Government of India by John Murray, 1913, 4 folding maps contained in rear pockets, portraits, folding facsimile maps and plans and letters, volume I folding map frontispiece with repaired folds and one fold lightly discoloured, top edges gilt, original decorative cloth gilt, spines darkened, variable dampstaining and surface abrasion, 3 headcaps with light wear, volume III spine with short split to centre, volume II rear cover marked, 8voQTY: (4)
Faujas de Saint-Fond (Barthelemy). Description des Experiences de la Machine Aerostatique de MM. de Montgolfier, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: chez Cuchet, 1783-84, 14 engraved plates, a few with light water stains, occasional light spotting, small ink stamp and shelf number to front pastedowns, later full morocco, spines a little faded, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:PMM 229. 'The first serious treatise on aerostation as a practical possibilty'. 'Faujas de Saint-Fond, an eminent French scientist, was at once the sponsor of the Montgolfiers and their chronicler. He set on foot a subscription to repeat an experiment conducted by them in June 1783 when 'a cloud enclosed in a bag', in fact a linen globe of 105 feet circumference in which the air was heated by a straw fire, made a successful ascent at Amonay... in November when, after some tethered experiments, Pilatre de Rozier, accompanied by the Marquis d'Arlandes made the first aerial voyage in history. They ascended from the Chateau de la Muette in the Bois de Boulogne, sustained their flight for five-and-a-half miles across Paris and descended after twenty-five minutes on the outskirts of the city.' (PMM). The work is the earliest record of the flight.
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[Gentillet, Innocent]. A Discourse upon the Meanes of Wel[l] Governing and Maintaining in Good Peace, A Kingdome, or other Principalitie ... Against Nicholas Machiavel the Florentine. Translated by Simon Patericke, London: Adam Islip, 1608, title with woodcut printer's device and bearing early signature H. Brooke, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, B3 & B4 bound in wrong order (as seen in other examples), occasional light dust-soiling, endpaper hinges repaired, contemporary calf with oval foliate gilt decoration to centre of each board, joints and head of spine neatly repaired, modern calf title label, corner repaired and upper edge of lower board repaired, ties skilfully replaced, folio (28.4 x 18.6 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 11744. The second edition in English of Gentillet's famous condemnation of Machiavelli's The Prince, first published in English in 1602.
Salt (Henry). A Voyage to Abyssinia, and travels into the interior of that country, executed under the orders of the British Government, in the years 1809 and 1810; in which are included, an account of the Portuguese Settlements on the East Coast of Africa, 1st edition, London: F. C. and J. Rivington, 1814, half-title, 28 engraved plates (of 29), 4 folding maps (of 5), bookplate of Conyngham to front pastedown, some leaves uncut, hinges neatly reinforced, faintly damp-stained to head throughout, mid-19th-century blindstamped purple cloth gilt, spine faded, a few light marks to boards, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Blackmer 1479; Mendelssohn p.264.Salt 'returned to Africa in 1809 on a government mission to establish contact with the King of Abyssinia which occupied him for two years. This work describes these travels and the appendix contains vocabularies of various African dialects'. (Blackmer).
England and Wales. Dobbs & Co.'s Relievo Maps, Drawn & Engraved from the Highest Official Authorities. Geological Map of England & Wales. Arranged by permission from an Improved Index Map by R.I. Murchison Esqr. F.R.S. Resid, London: Dobbs & Co., [1843], folding geological relief map with contemporary hand-colouring, table of geological strata and reference table of English counties with vertical scale, pasted on boards, dissected and on linen, light surface wear and toning from varnish, pencil initials to lower margin, juvenile drawings to verso (some partially erased), folded into original blind stamped boards with gilt decoration to upper board, slightly faded, extremities rubbed, 550 x 450 mm QTY: (1)NOTE:Rare. Only 2 institutional copies (The British Library, The Geological Society).
Agrippa (Henrie Cornelius). Henrie Cornelius Agrippa, of the Vanitie and Uncertaintie of Artes and Sciences, Englished by JA. SAN. GENT., 1st English edition, London: Imprinted at London, by Henry Wykes dwelling in Fleete Streat, at the signe of the blacke Elephant, 1569, 8 unnumbered leaves, 187 numbered leaves, and 2 unnumbered leaves at end (Faultes escaped in the printinge, and The common places, or Chapiters of the matters intreated in this booke), *4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa4, Bbb4, with final leaf unsigned, (Bbb6 blank), title within decorative woodcut border, large woodcut coat-of-arms of Thomas Duke of Norfolk to verso, woodcut initials, black letter text, some near-contemporary annotations in brown ink to margins and occasional underlining, mostly towards front of volume, some light water staining to outer margins, mostly at front and rear of volume, endpapers renewed, old plain limp vellum, with modern dark blue cloth silk ties, small 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:STC204; Norman 22.First English edition, translated by James Sandford (or Sanford).'German philosopher and writer on the occult, Agrippa was the first European to respond to the intellectual upheavals of the sixteenth century by adapting the classical skepticism of ancient and Hellenistic Greece, developed in opposition to various dogmatic philosophies, into a means of dealing with a rapidly changing modern world. (Norman).'Although Agrippa was an admirer of Luthor, he understood that the Verbum Dei as a Catholic; in one letter to Melanchton he called Luthor the invincible heratic. Although this aspect of his thought is often neglected, it occupies the key position in his polemic on the arts and sciences, De incertitudine. This work gives emphasis to the tension between the Verbum Dei and human knowledge, without providing any places for the skepticism of which Agrippa has often been accused. Rather, at the beginning of the era of natural science, it was one of the first testimonials to knowledge of the limits of human understanding' (DSB).
Munnings (Alfred James). Pictures of Horses and English Life, with an appreciation by Lionel Lindsay, limited issue, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927, 28 colour plates, monochrome illustrations, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition 221/250, numbered and signed by the artist.
Gesta Romanorum. Gesta Romanorum cum applicationibus moralisatis ac misticis, de virtutibus & vitiis, [Rouen? : unidentified press] for François Regnault, Paris, 1509, clxii, [11] leaves (A–X8, Y4), lacking the final blank leaf Y4, printer's large woodcut device to title, black letter text in double column, woodcut initials, woodcut coat-of-arms of France and Brittany to verso of final leaf, a little dust-soiling at front and rear, some light old damp-staining, trimmed ownership inscription to title (‘Bibliotheca Martinian[…]’) and a few neat marginalia, light stain to title verso (from bookplate or label), modern antique-style calf with contrasting leather spine labels, small 8vo (137 x 98 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Thomas Martin, Norwich. Bibliotheca Martiniana. A catalogue of the entire library of the late eminent antiquary Mr. Thomas Martin, ... Which will begin to be sold ... on Saturday June 5, by Martin Booth and John Berry, ... at their warehouse in ... Norwich, ..., 1773.Renouard 939; BM, French Books, p.378; Pettegree, Walsby & Wilkinson 72036.The Gesta Romanorum, or Deeds of the Romans, is a Latin collection of anecdotes and tales compiled at the end of the 13th or beginning of the 14th century. One of the most popular books of the period, it became a source for later writers, including Chaucer (for part of the Man of Lawes Tale), John Gower, Boccaccio, and William Shakespeare (for the story of the three caskets and the 'pound of flesh' in The Merchant of Venice, as well as Pericles).
James (Grace). Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales, Edition de Luxe, London: Macmillan and Co., 1910, 40 tipped-in colour plates illustrated by Warwick Goble, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, modern light brown half morocco, gilt decorated spine, large 4to (limited edition of 500 copies printed), together with:Detmold (Edward J., illustrator). Hours of Gladness by M. Maeterlinck..., London: George Allen & Co. Ltd., [1912], 20 mounted colour plates, original gilt-blocked cloth, frayed at head and foot of spine, 4to,Pogany (Willy, illustrator). Tannhäuser. A Dramatic Poem by Richard Wagner freely translated in Poetic Narrative Form by T. W. Rolleston, London: G. G. Harrap & Co., [1927], tipped-in colour plates (one lacking), decorative boarders and illustrations throughout, original pictorial cloth, large 8vo,Brantome (Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de). The Lives of Gallant Ladies, translated out of the French by H. M., 2 volumes, Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1924, nine woodcut plates by Robert Gibbings (including two hand-coloured), edges untrimmed, modern cloth-backed boards, 4to, plus other illustrated books including Folio Society. Dante Alighieri Inferno, translated by Henry Francis Cary, London, 1998, numerous colour illustrations by William Blake, original brown morocco-backed blue cloth, folio, contained in original slipcase, and works illustrated by Edward Detmold, Jessie Willcox Smith and Hilda Roberts QTY: (11)
Donne (John). Poems, by J. D. with Elegies on the authors death. To which is added divers Copies under his own hand never before in Print, London: Printed by J. Flesher, and are to be sold by John Sweeting at the Angel in Popeshead-Alley, 1654, [8],392,[24]pp. (A4, B-Z8, Aa8, aa8, bb4, Bb-Cc8), lacking nine leaves (I5, N5-6, R5-6, X5-6, and Bb5-6), lacks engraved portrait frontispiece by William Marshall, title with early ownership signature at head 'Guil: Lake', additional ink ownership signature of Edmund Gosse to verso of front pastedown, and bookplate of Edmund Gosse to rear endpaper, additional copy of the final leaf of preface (A4) with a different typographic setting loosely inserted at end, contemporary sheep, somewhat worn to spine and outer corners, with loss to lower portion of spine, small 8vo, together with:Cleveland (John). J. Cleaveland Revived: Poems Orations, Epistles, and other of his Genuine and Incomprabable Pieces, never before publisht. With some other Exquisite Remains of the most eminent Wits of both the Universities that were his Contemporaries, 1st edition, London: printed for Nathaniel [Brook, at the Angel in Corn-hill, 1659], [16],127,[9]pp., lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, title with early ownership inscription 'Isaac Howard his book' and with lower outer corner missing (affecting part of the imprint), toning and dust-soiling throughout, browning to margins of initial leaves, contemporary sheep, upper board detached, lacking spine and lower board, worn, small 8vo,Butler (Samuel). Hudibras. The First Part [& The Second Part], 1st authorized edition, London: Printed by J. G. for Richard Marriot, under St. Dunstans Church in Fleet-street, 1663-64, two parts in one, some light damp-staining, 20th-century blind-panelled and decorated calf, rubbed and some marks, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Donne: Wing D1870; ESTC R5320; Keynes 83.Cleveland: Wing C4674; ESTC R23713Butler: Wing B6300 & B6309.
Smith (Thomas). The Commonwealth of England, and the maner of Governement thereof..., With new additions of the chiefe Courts in England..., newly corrected and amended, London: Printed by William Stansby for John Smethwicke, 1612, [8], 134 pp., woodcut device to title with first letter cropped and early ownership signature Henry Bradshawe, text in black letter, few woodcut decorative initials, early marginal annotations to fore-margin of N3 and N4, light cropping to few running titles, front endpaper with the ownership names John Beadnell and G. B. Blomfield, near contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked, slim 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 22863; Goldsmiths'-Kress 409.Only 2 UK institutional locations found (Senate House Library, University of London and Society of Antiquaries of London Library).
Ariosto (Ludovico). Orlando Furioso, tutto ricorretto, et di nuove figure adornato, 2 parts in one, Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1573, woodcut title (laid down with some losses and stains), 51 full-page woodcut illustrations, some damp stains throughout, heavier at front, some worming and fraying affecting some text to lower margins, occasional light toning, front hinge broken, contemporary vellum, rebacked in later vellum with red and green labels to spine, some soiling, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Cf. Adams 1673 (for the 1571 edition).
Garrard: A gentleman's 9ct gold wristwatch Date: Circa 1974 Movement: Jewelled, automatic Dial: Champagne sunburst, applied baton hour markers, Arabic 12, date at 3, bevelled gilt hands, centre seconds Case: Polished round form, pull-out crown, back engraved/inscribed and dated 1974 Strap/Bracelet: Associated black leather Size: 33mm Weight: 33g gross Accompaniments: Guarantee booklet, A Rotary 9ct gold lady's bracelet watch, weight 15.5g gross Condition:Garrard Case and back: Some scratches and abrasions.Crystal: Abrasions and some deeper scratches.Dial: Light tarnishing spots overall - not disfiguring.Hands: Good.Strap: Very worn.Movement: Winds, sets and runs.Accompaniments: Box very worn.Rotary Case and back: Minor abrasions consistent with age and use.Crystal: A few light scratches.Dial: Good.Hands: Good.Strap: Fine abrasions.Movement: Winds, sets and runs.Accompaniments: Box a little worn and missing watch mount inside.Unless otherwise stated, all watches are likely to have been serviced and/or repaired in their lifetime and may have had parts replaced. While a watch may be described as 'working' at the time of the report, they are not guaranteed for timekeeping, mechanical durability or waterproofing (where applicable) - it is advised that all watches are inspected and serviced by a qualified jeweller or horologist before full use. The cost of servicing can be significant and so we strongly advise obtaining a quote before placing your bid.
A lady's 9ct gold bracelet watch Date: Circa 1925 Movement: 15-jewel manual wind Dial: White enamel, black Arabic hour markers, gilt outer minutes track, blued poker hands Case: Polished round form, stamped 9ct Strap/Bracelet: Open link bracelet stamped 9ct Buckle/Clasp: Fold over clasp stamped 9ct Size: 21mm Weight: 17g gross Condition:Case and back: Some fine scratches and abrasions. Back has some shallow light denting.Crystal: Fine abrasions.Dial: Hairlines from 1 to 4.Hands: A little tarnished.Strap: Fine abrasions.Movement: Winds, sets and runs.Unless otherwise stated, all watches are likely to have been serviced and/or repaired in their lifetime and may have had parts replaced. While a watch may be described as 'working' at the time of the report, they are not guaranteed for timekeeping, mechanical durability or waterproofing (where applicable) - it is advised that all watches are inspected and serviced by a qualified jeweller or horologist before full use. The cost of servicing can be significant and so we strongly advise obtaining a quote before placing your bid.
Omega: A lady's 9ct gold bracelet watch Reference: 511.5499 Date: Circa 1965 Movement: 17-jewel cal.620 manual wind Dial: Champagne brushed, applied Arabic and baton hour markers, gilt sword hands Case: Polished round form, pull-out logo crown, snap-on back, stamped 9ct Strap/Bracelet: Associated chain-link bracelet, stamped 9ct Buckle/Clasp: Fold over clasp, stamped 9ct Size: 19mm Weight: 31.5g Accompaniments: Omega box, outer card, International guarantee Condition:Case and back: Good with some minor scratches and abrasions.Crystal: Fine light scratches and abrasions overall.Dial: A few tiny spots only.Hands: Good.Strap: Good.Movement: Winds, sets and runs.Accompaniments: Box good. Outer card fair. Guarantee booklet good.Unless otherwise stated, all watches are likely to have been serviced and/or repaired in their lifetime and may have had parts replaced. While a watch may be described as 'working' at the time of the report, they are not guaranteed for timekeeping, mechanical durability or waterproofing (where applicable) - it is advised that all watches are inspected and serviced by a qualified jeweller or horologist before full use. The cost of servicing can be significant and so we strongly advise obtaining a quote before placing your bid.
A Victorian silver lidded hot water jug, W W Harrison & Co, Sheffield 1891, of tapered form with engraved decoration and crest the hinged cover with finial, 28.5cm high, weight approx 23.2ozCondition:Hallmarks reasonably clear, base sits flush with surface, general wear and light scratches commensurate with age, refer to images
An Omega Seamaster 2011 model 600 Co Axial. Chronometer 600m. Black dial/date on a stainless steel bracelet with original case and paperwork with perpetual movement watch winder box The watch is presented in very good condition, it has minor light scratches to the bracelet and clasp. It was purchased in 2011.
A Chinese glass 'jade-imitation' pebble-shaped snuff bottleQing dynasty, 18th/19th centuryFormed in the shape of a pebble of a pale green colour with a large russet inclusion to one side, silver and coral stopper, 6.2cm high without stopper.清十八/十九世紀 料仿玉鼻煙壺Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Light surface wear and expected manufacturing imperfections.
A Chinese octagonal faceted ruby glass snuff bottleQing dynasty, early 19th centuryWith short, cylindrical neck, standing on a flat foot with carved base, associated stopper, 5.7cm high without stopper.清十九世紀早期 八方胭脂紅料鼻煙壺Throughout the Qing dynasty, glass bottles were produced at the Imperial workshops to be given out as gifts from the Emperor; at the time they were mostly considered fancy containers for high-grade snuff.With the introduction of a wide variety of minerals from Xinjiang after 1759, it became fashionable to have bottles made out of these precious or semi-precious stones, although mostly the material large enough for bottles was of poor quality. It became very common therefore for the glass workshops to make imitations in glass, with ruby glass becoming one of the staples of the repertoire of the Imperial workshops, often fashioned in a faceted form.For similarly faceted, although slightly different, ruby glass bottles from the 18th century, see Bonhams, Hong Kong, 26 May 2013, lot 128, attributed to the Imperial workshops, 1700-1750; or the Marakovic Collection, fig.I.26, illustrated online by H. Moss https://www.e-yaji.com/Marakovic/photo.php?photo=2104&exhibition=3&ee_lang=eng.To illustrate how the same shapes were popular in crystals and in glass, see an example of the same shape, but carved from flawless citrine, dated 1660-1820, from the Mary and George Bloch Collection, part V, Bonham's, Hong Kong, 27 May 2012, Lot 67; illustrated by H. Moss in Treasury 2, no. 234.Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Expected light wear consistent with age, including a few scattered very tiny nibbles to edges. Expected scattered bubbles consistent with type.
A Chinese jade archaistic twin-handled pear-shaped bottle vase and coverQing dynasty, 18th/19th centuryThe semi-translucent, green stone carved throughout with archaistic taotie and leiwen motifs in shallow relief, the neck with twin elephant-head handles, the cover with lotus bud finial, 15cm high.清十八/十九世紀 玉雕饕餮雷紋雙象耳蓋瓶Condition Report: Light nibbling to edges; expected natural inclusions and tiny fissures to stone.
A Chinese carved amber glass 'zodiac animals' snuff bottle and a carved yellow glass 'elephant' snuff bottleLate Qing dynastyThe translucent amber-coloured glass carved in shallow relief with the twelve animals of the zodiac, green hardstone stopper, 5.6cm high without stopper, the translucent yellow glass bottle formed as a caparisoned elephant surmounted by the cylindrical neck and straight mouth, gilt metal and carnelian agate stopper, 5cm wide (2).清晚期 蜜蠟雕生肖紋鼻煙壺及料鼻煙壺Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Expected light wear, a couple tiny nibbles to edges, expected bubbles and manufacturing imperfections in glass.
Five Chinese overlay snuff bottlesQing dynasty, 19th century - 20th centuryComprising: a dark green overlay on milky white glass bottle in the shape of an aubergine, carved with double gourds, 5.5cm high; a green overlay on yellow glass bottle carved as a cob of corn, 5.6cm high; an oversized red overlay on white snowstorm glass bottle carved with Buddhist emblems, 10cm high, and a blue overlay on milky white glass bottle carved with peonies,10cm high without stopper (5).清十九 - 二十世紀 套料鼻煙壺五件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: All with expected wear and light-medium nibbling to edges. Largest red overlay bottle with several nibbles and large f;aw line to one side which does not appear to go through body.
Two Chinese inside-painted snuff bottlesFirst half of 20th century and 2001The first, late Qing dynasty/Republic period, painted with a phoenix on one side, peonies to the other, 7cm high without stopper; the second, 20th century, painted with butterflies, inscribed 彩蝶圖 辛已之夏日於京門 caidietu xinyizhi xiariwu jingmen, signed 小然作 Xiao Ran, 5.3cm high without stopper (2).二十世紀上半業及二零零一 玻璃內畫鼻煙壺，「彩蝶圖 辛已之夏日於京門」，「小然作」款Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: Light wear and two tiny nibbled to internal mouth rim of butterfly bottle.
Two Chinese pink rhodonite snuff bottlesLate Qing dynastyBoth well-hollowed, the first standing on an oval, short, lipped foot, associated stopper, 5.8cm high without stopper; the second, standing on an oval, concave foot, associated stopper, 5.8cm high without stopper (2).清晚期 薔薇輝石雕鼻煙壺兩件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Expected light wear, inclusions and fissures, minor nibbling.
Two Chinese black enamelled snuff bottlesLate Qing dynasty, one with Daoguang minyao mark and periodThe first enamelled with the scene of a lady climbing a tree, handing flowers that she has picked to a young scholar, beside three lady attendants, in a fenced garden, the base with Daoguang four-character seal mark in iron red, associated stopper, 6.7cm high; the other with scholar travelling on horseback, his boy attendant afoot and carrying a flowering branch of prunus, four-character seal mark in iron-red to base, associated coral stopper, 8.3cm high without stopper (2).清晚期 墨彩鼻煙壺兩件，其中一件礬紅篆書「道光年製」款Cf. an identical Daoguang mark and period snuff bottle in the Gerry P. Mack collection, sold by Sotheby's New York, 25 October 1997, lot 299.Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: Daoguang bottle: fine hairline to body, approx. 25mm long. a few insignificant nibbles to foot. Light surface wear with some rubbing to enamels. The other bottle with a very fine glaze line to the edge of the mouth of under 5mm, also with light wear otherwise good.
Three Chinese chalcedony agate snuff bottlesMid - late Qing dynastyComprising: a double gourd bottle, well-hollowed through a small mouth, gilt metal and coral stopper, 5.6cm high; a well-hollowed bottle carved with paired mock-embossed animal-mask-and-ring handles, the stone with attractive speckled dark inclusions resembling floating algae, green stone stopper, 5.1cm high; and a shorter bottle, also carved with a pair of mock-embossed handles with rings, the greyish stone with attractive dark brown inclusions, green hardstone stopper, 3.8cm high without stopper (3).清中- 晚期 瑪瑙鼻煙壺三件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Light surface wear. Expected natural inclusions and fissures. A couple of tiny nibbles to edges.
Four Chinese iron-red snuff bottlesLate Qing dynasty-20th centuryComprising: an iron-red and gilt bottle enamelled with dragons above waves, apocryphal underglaze blue Qianlong mark to base, 6.7cm high without stopper; a bottle moulded with animal mask handles at the shoulders and enamelled with a lady and a scholar travelling, 6.7cm high without stopper; a flattened pear-shaped bottle enamelled with a warrior on either side, 7.1cm high; and an iron-red and famille rose bottle enamelled with Shoulao to one side and a female Immortal to the other, 7.7cm high, all with associated stoppers (4).清晚期 - 二十世紀 礬紅繪鼻煙壺四件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: From left to right in catalogue image: 1(pear-shaped with scholar and warrior) light rubbing to enamels, mild firing imperfections. 2. oviform with moulded handles: glaze finely crackled. Light pitting and mild firing imperfections. 3. Rubbing to gilt and light rubbing to enamel. Some wear to foot. 4 (famille rose pear-shaped) light rubbing to enamels otherwise good.
Two Chinese underglaze red and blue cylindrical snuff bottleLate Qing dynastyThe first finely painted with a warrior and two attendants on a boat by a lakeshore, the base with a carp amongst algae, 8cm high without stopper; the second with a fisherman on a boat sailing by a pine issuing from a rocky shore, under the poem 獨釣寒江雪 孤舟簑笠翁, fishing in solitude on the wintry river wearing a straw hat, 8cm high without stopper (2).清晚期 青花釉裡紅人物故事圖紋鼻煙壺，其中一件題詩「獨釣寒江雪，孤舟簑笠翁」Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: Fisherman bottle: fine firing crack to interior of neck showing as fine line under the glaze to the exterior; fritting to edge of shoulder and lower edge of cylindrical body. Warrior bottle generally good. Both with light wear and expected firing imperfections.
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