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Lot 315
Boxing Tony TNT Tucker signed programme dated 5th April 2016. Tony Craig Tucker (born December 27, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1998. He won the IBF heavyweight title in 1987 and was the shortest-reigning world heavyweight champion at just 64 days. In an interview with Barry Tompkins, he referred to himself as the invisible champion, due to the press and general public largely neglecting him. He is best known for giving Mike Tyson in his prime a relatively close fight, in which he, in words of Larry Merchant, rocked Tyson in the first round, but Mike managed to withstand pressure and won a unanimous decision. As an amateur, he won the 1979 United States national championships, the 1979 World Cup, and a gold medal at the 1979 Pan American Games, all in the light heavyweight division. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 103
* Italy. School of / style of Giovanni Cavino (1500-70). Renaissance Paduan “Sestertius”, Cast Bronze, probably 16th century. Obv: Draped bust of Faustina right. Rev: Six figures by altar, the temple of Vesta in the background. 37mm, 38.5g. An attractive dark patina, some light surface wear to highest pointsQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESFor a similar example, British Museum: B.12953.
Lot 106
* France. Louis XIII (1610-43), Bronze Medal, dated 1631, In Honour Of Armand Jean Du Plessis De Richelieu. By J. Warin, a near contemporary restrike. Obv: Bust of Richelieu right. Rev: A winged Genius directs the revolution of the planets around the world, 51mm, 59.9g, an attractive light brown tone, some minor handling marks and cabinet wear to the highest points, a few small spotsQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
Lot 108
* Italy. Rangone (Tommaso, 1493-1577), Philologist, Cast Bronze Medal, The Creation Of The Milky Way, by Matteo Pagano, 1562, probably a later cast. Obv: Bearded bust right. Rev: Jupiter as an eagle, carrying Hercules to suckle from Juno. 39mm, 25.3g. Some surface wear, a light patinaQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
Lot 109
* Italy. Virginio Cesarini, 1595-1624, And Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola, 1463-94. AE Medal, probably 17th century or near contemporary casting. Obv: Conjoined busts of Virginio Cesarini and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola right, VIRGINIVS CAESARINVS IO PICVS MIRANDVLAN. Rev: Two phoenixes burning on flames, ALTERA ROMAE. 47mm, 42.3g, patches of green verdigris, some small contact marks, light wear to the medium-brown patinaQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
Lot 116
* Italy. Papal Medal. Pope Alexander VII (1599-1667), Bronze Medal, by Gaspare Morone. Cannonisation of St. Francis of Sales, 1665. Obv: Bust left. Rev: Interior of Vatican. 42mm, 31.8g, brown patina, a few edge knocks and some light wear to high pointsQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: Bt. Seaby Ltd, 29/04/1975, £17.50.
Lot 117
* Russia. Alexander I (1801-1825). AE Medal, Visit To Paris, 1814, by B. Andrieu. Obv: Laureated bust of Alexander I right. Rev: Genius seated left writing on tablet, date below, 40mm, 36.8g, an attractive light brown tone, with light handling marks and a few stained patchesQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
Lot 119
* France. Napoleon I (1769-1821), AR Medal, Preserving the Fortune of Napoleon. By Brenet. Struck c.1803. Obv: Head of Bonaparte left, BRENET / DENON DIREXIT below. Rev: Fortune Conservatrix seated right on vessel with her right hand on the rudder, the star of destiny above (representing Napoleon), A LA FORTUNE CONSERVATRICE, BRENET. L'AN 4 DE BONAPARTE in exergue. 33mm, 16g, a few marks in overs field, light handling marks, minor edge nicksQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
Lot 120
* Italy. AE Medals. From a series By V. Catenacci and Achille Arnaud, published by L. Taglioni. Struck c.1830-50. Commemorating Flavio Gioja, Archimedes, Saint Thomas Aquinas and Pietro Novelli (il Monrealese), each medal contained in its original paper lined card book-shaped box, with tooled leather spines, the medals with some handling marks and light surface wear, the card boxes with some wear to paperQty: (4)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
Lot 122
* France. Portrait Medals Of The Numismatica Universalis Virum Illustrium Series. Bronze Medals. By various engravers including Gayrard and Gatteaux. Commemorating Johannes Gutenberg, John Calvin, Andreas Vesalius, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Montesquieu, Adam de Craponne and François Rabelais. 41mm, 37.2-39.4g, almost matching in patina, some with marks and light surface dirt, a few edge bumpsQty: (7)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
Lot 139
Academie Royale des Medailles et des Inscriptions. Medailles sur les principaux evenements du regne de Louis le Grand, avec des explications historiques, Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1702, engraved allegorical frontispiece by Charles Simonneau after Antoine Coypel, engraved armorial to title with outer decorative border (lower blank margin excised & repaired), numerous engraved medallions throughout, decorative borders engraved by Simonneau after Berain, typeface designed by Grandjean, occasional light scattered spotting, without marbled free endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco title label, old paper label at head & foot of spine, covers lightly marked, 4to, together with: Julian Emperor of Rome 331-363, Les Cesars de l'Empereur Julien, traduits du Grec. Par feu Mr. le baron de Spanheim, avec des remarques & des preuves, enrichies de plus de 300. medailles, & autres anciens monumens. Graves par Bernard Picart le romain, Amsterdam: F. L'Honoré, 1728, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, numerous engraved illustrations of medallions, scattered spotting throughout and occasional light dust-soiling, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to upper pastedown, modern blind panelled dark brown calf, morocco title labels relaid, 4to, Velázquez (Luis José), Ensayo sobre los alphabetos de las letras desconocidas, que se encuentran en las mas antiguas medallas y monumentos de España. por don Luis Joseph Velazquez ... de la Academia Real de la Historia. Escrito, revisto y publicado de Orden de la misma Academia, Madrid: en la oficina de Antonio Sanz..., 1752, engraved vignette to title, twenty engraved plates at rear, few minor marks including occasional light dampstaining to for-edge margins of few leaves, 20th century cloth-backed marbled boards, rubbed green skiver title label to spine, 4toQty: (3)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESThe first work, a medallic history of Louis XIV, the Sun King, is a typographic tour-de-force, and a fine example of royal publicity. In 1692 the French Academy of Sciences set up a committee to establish standards for all crafts; as a result of which Jacques Jaugeon produced in 1695 a 'rational' design for letters, in which they all have a perfectly vertical axis and perfectly horizontal, symmetrical serifs, far removed from the more flowing forms of ancient or Renaissance lettering. Philippe Grandjean was commissioned to cut punches based on Jaugeon's designs, and modified them to form the 'roman du roi' first used here.
Lot 142
Agustin (Antonio). Dialoghi di Don Antonio Agostini Arcivescovo di Tarracona intorno alle medaglie inscrittoni et altre antichita, tradotti di lingua Spagnuola in Italiana da Dionigi Ottaviano Sada & dal medesimo accresciuti con diverse annotationi, & illustrati con disegni di molte medaglie & d'altre figure, Rome, Appresso gli Stampatori Camerali, [1592], woodcut title, some marks and minor loss to extreme lower outer corner, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout, waterstained to lower margins throughout, with associated light damp marking, contemporary or near-contemporary blind-panelled full calf, gilt decorated spine, rubbed and some wear with upper joint partly cracked, folio, together with other Italian numimatics interest, all 17th century, including F. Buonaroti, Osservazioni Istoriche sopra alcuni medaglioni antichi... di Cosimo III, Granduca di Toscana, Rome, 1698, Ottavio Ferrari, De Re Vestiaria libri septem, Padua, 1654, Jean Baptiste Le Menestrier, Medales Illustrées des anciens empereurs et imperatrices de Rome, Dijon, 1642, Lorenzo Pignori, De Servis, editio secunda, Padua, 1656 (Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun copy), and Charles Patin, Introduzione alla storia della pratica delle medaglie, Venice, 1673, plus an incomplete copy of Enea Vico, Reliqua liborum Aeneae Vici Parmensis, exantiquis imperatorum et Augustarum numis ad historiam pertinentium, Venice, 1612 (title supplied in manuscript, with Deene Library engraved bookplate to verso, and 116 plates only)Qty: (9)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
Lot 147
Baduri (Anselmo Maria). Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum a Trajano Decio ad Palaeologos Augustos. Accessit Bibliotheca Nummaria, sive auctorum qui de re nummaria scriptserunt, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: Montalant, 1718, half titles, titles with engraved vignettes, double-page engraved map in volume II, engraved headpieces and initials, four sequences of numbered engraved plates of coins (I-XIV, I-II, I-III & II-III) in volume II, engraved illustrations of coins, lacking engraved frontispiece to volume I, a couple of leaves with small marginal tears and losses, small closed tear to volume I title, occasional light spotting and small marginal water stains, bookplates including Baron Northwick (created 1797 for Sir John Rushout), contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, gilt labels to spines, repairs to corners, folioQty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick (1769-1859), collector and connoisseur, with his bookplate. The present volume formed part of the library at Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, and Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham. Cicognara 2742; Graesse I, 286.
Lot 149
Bartoli (Pietro Santi). Museum Odescalchum, sive Thesaurus Antiquarum Gemmarum, 2 volumes in 1, Rome: Sumptibus Venantii Monaldini, 1751-52, half titles, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, 104 engraved plates, engraved initials and illustrations, occasional light spotting and toning, contemporary calf, spine with morocco label and gilt decoration, corners repaired, folio (41 x 26 cm)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843), his armorial bookplate. Cicognara 2745; Graesse I, 303. The plates, engraved by Pietro Santo Bartoli illustrate the gemstones in the museum of the Duke Odescalchi.
Lot 151
Beger (Laurentius). Thesaurus ex Thesauro Palatino selectus; sive, Gemmarum et Numismatum, quæ in Electorali Cimeliarchio continentur, elegantiorum ære expressa, et convenienti commentario illustrata dispositio, Heidelburg: Philippi Delborn, 1685, vignette title-page, 5 engraved plates, including frontispiece and portrait, numerous letterpress engravings, head and tail-pieces, and initial letters, errata leaf at rear, single worm hole increasing to short trail to lower blank margin from Kk1 through remainder of page block and rear endpapers, endpapers stained by turn-ins, hinges split, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson, red sprinkled edges, near contemporary blind-panelled mottled calf, sometime rebacked, rubbed, folio in 4s, together with: Liebe (Christian Sigismund), Gotha Numaria, sistens thesavri Fridericiani numismata antiqua aurea, argentea, ærea, ea ratione descripta ... Accedunt ex Andreæ Morellii Specimine uniuersæ rei numariæ antiquæ excerpta, & epistolæ tres Ez. Spanhemii, quibus rariores eiusdem thesauri numi illustrantur, Amsterdam: R. & J. Wetstenios & G. Smith, 1730, half-title present, vignette title-page printed in red and black, verso with engraved armorial bookplate of Sr. John Anstruther of Anstruther Bart., engraved frontispiece and portrait, letterpress engravings, head and tail-pieces, and initial letters, occasional light spotting and marks, a few leaves toned, Nnn3 with short tear in lower blank margin, marbled endpapers, red edges, contemporary calf, rubbed, gilt decorated spine worn, with loss at ends and joints cracked, corners showing, folio in 4s,Qty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
Lot 154
Beger (Lorenz). Thesaurus ex Thesauro Palatino selectus, sive Gemmarum et Numismatum quae in Electorali cimeliarchio continentur elegentiorum aere expressa, et convenienti commentario illustrata dispositio, 1st edition, Heidelberg: Phillip Delborne, 1685, half title, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by Johann Ulrich Krauss, engraved portrait of the dedicatee Charles, Count Palatine, Duke of Bavaria, 3 full page engraved plates, engraved head and-tail pieces and initials, over 400 engraved illustrations of coins, two coins on 2Z2 overlaid with blank paper, lower corner and margin of V3 torn away, a little light toning to a few leaves, light marginal water stain to half title and title, later panelled calf, spine label renewed, one or two small repairs, folioQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715), Bishop of Salisbury, with bookplate pasted to title verso; Baron Northwick (1st Baron Northwick?, 1738-1800), with bookplate to front pastedown. BL (German) 1601-1700, B625; Dekesel, Bibliography of 17th Century Numismatic Books, 158. Lorenz Beger (1653-1705) was librarian and antiquary to Karl Ludwig I, Elector Palatine (1617-1680) and his heir Charles II (1648-1685). First edition of this richly embellished treatise on the notable Electoral Palatinate collection of gems and numismatics, the first published catalogue of a German royal collection of antiquities, which had been significantly enriched during the period with purchases from Italy (and elsewhere in Europe) through the offices of the celebrated numismatist Ezekiel Spanheim and Beger himself.
Lot 156
De Bie (Jacques). Numismata Aurea Imperatorum Romanorum ex Recensione Sigeberti Haverkampi, 1st edition, Amsterdam, Martinum Schagen, 1738, engraved half-title, 3 'frontispiece' plates, 12 engraved portraits of Roman Emperors, Vitellius (number 9) with tear through the text, 76 engraved plates, minor loss to the bottom right corner of plate 64, bookplate of Phillip Carteret Webb to front pastedown, later endpapers, bookplate of Baron Northwick and minor loss to the upper right corner of the original front endpaper, some light marks & toning throughout, contemporary full mottled calf gilt, hinges cracked, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 4toQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick (1769-1859), collector and connoisseur, with his bookplate. The present volume formed part of the library at Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, and Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham.
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Lot 159
[Bryant, Jacob & William Cole]. Gemmarum Antiquarum Delectus, ex Praestantioribus Desumptus, quae in Dactyliothecis Ducis Marlburiensis Conservantur, 2 volumes, [privately printed, 1780-83], engraved frontispieces, parallel text in Latin and French, 100 stipple-engraved plates by Francesco Bartolozzi after Giovanni Cipriani, occasional light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary calf, joints rubbed and splitting, some edge wear, folio (41.5 x 27 cm)Qty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESESTC T 147757. Provenance: Sir Robert Johnson Eden, 5th Baronet (1774-1844), his bookplate. Privately printed, one of 100 copies published. The 4th Duke of Marlborough's highlights of his invaluable collection of gems at Blenheim Palace, described by Jacob Bryant, the duke's former tutor and private secretary and William Cole, tutor to the duke's children. The work was intended for crowned heads of Europe and the duke's friends, John Murray republished the work in 1845.
Lot 164
Cartari (Vincenzo). Imagini delli dei de gl'antichi di Vicenzo Cartari ... Cavate da' marmi, bronzi, medaglie, gioie, & altre memorie antiche ... da Lorenzo Pignoria ... Con le allegorie sopra le imagini di Cesare Malfatti ... migliorate, & accresciute novamente..., Venice: Presso il Tomasini, 1647, title in red & black with printer's woodcut device (leaf torn & repaired to lower outer corner), two folding woodcut plates and numerous woodcut illustrations throughout, light dust-soiling, toning and few marks, occasional damp stains, later endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, short split to lower joint, 8vo (Sabin 11104), together with: Spanhemius (Ezechiel), Dissertatio de Praestantia et Usu Numismatum Antiquirum, Rome: Blasium Deuersin & Felicem Cesarettum, 1664, title in red & black, some early marginalia throughout, some heavy browning and scattered spotting, occasional damp stains, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to upper pastedown, contemporary vellum, morocco title label to spine, 4to, Torsellino (Orazio), Ristretto delle historie del mondo del P.H. Torsellino ... Volgarizzato dal Sig. Lodouico Aurelii Perugino..., Rome: Per il Mascardi ad Istanza di Pompilio Totti, 1637, engraved armorial to title, woodcut illustrations throughout and armorial to final leaf, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to upper pastedown, contemporary limp vellum, ties mostly lacking, 12mo, and five other 17th century titles, mostly bound in vellumQty: (8)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
Lot 166
Casali (Jean-Baptiste). De Profanis et Sacris Veteribus Ritibus opus tripartitum, cujus prima pars agit de profanis Aegyptiorum ritibus, veluti deorum cultu, superstitione & idololatria... Secunda pars agit de profanis Romanorum ritibus, vario scil. deorum cultu... Tertia pars agit de sacris Christianorum ritibus, velut de imaginibus Ecclesiae... 3 parts in one, Frankfurt & Hanover: T. H. Hauenstein, 1681, half title, general title printed in red and black, 3 sectional titles with large woodcut device, 60 tipped-in engraved plates, various sizes, some folding, 7 small engravings pasted to margins, small burnhole to lower margin of Z4 of part 3, occasional light spotting and small marginal water stains, contemporary vellum, spine titled in manuscript, some light soiling, covers a little bowed, 4toQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESGraesse II, 59. First published in two parts in Rome in 1644, by Rome antiquary Giovanni Battista Casali (1578-1648) this expanded edition includes a third part on Christian rituals as well as ancient Egyptian and Roman idolatry and symbolism.
Lot 168
Caylus (Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de). Recueil d'Antiquités Egyptiennes, Estrusques, Grecques et Romaines, 7 volumes, including Supplement, Paris, 1756-67, volume I 2nd edition of 1761, the others 1st editions, half titles (except for volumes II & VII) engraved frontispieces, titles with engraved vignettes, 828 engraved plates, maps and plans, a few folding, occasional minor toning and spotting, small insect predation to lower corners of pp. 45-48 in volume I, bookplates of Baron Northwick, all edges gilt, contemporary mottled calf, spines with brown labels and gilt decoration, a few joints cracking, some light edge wear, 4toQty: (7)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick (1769-1859), collector and connoisseur, with his bookplate. The present volume formed part of the library at Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, and Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham. Blackmer 303: "This work is remarkable for its range and for the number of pieces which have been illustrated. Even more remarkable is the fact that most of the objects have been engraved after the originals and have not been taken from other illustrations. Many of the objects came from Caylus's own collection and are now in the Cabinet des Medailles of the Bibliothèque Nationale. Volume VII, the supplement, was published posthumously and was edited by Bombarde from Caylus's manuscripts; it also contains a memoir of the author. Caylus travelled extensively in Italy and continued on to the Levant in the suite of the French ambassador to the Porte, c. 1715-20, but certainly well before 1731 when he was elected to the Academie Royale de Peinture. He was one of the most interesting figures of his time, an archaeologist, connoisseur, litterateur and a competent engraver."
Lot 170
Cooke (William). The Medallic History of Imperial Rome; From the First Triumvirate, under Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar, to the Removal of the Imperial Seat, by Constantine the Great. With the Several Medals and Coins, Accurately Copies and Curiously Engraven. To which is prefixed, an introduction, containing a General History of Roman Medals, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: J. Dodsley, 1781, 61 engraved plates of coins, some light offsetting, bookplates of William Ruddell Clarke of Trabolgan (County Cork), contemporary tree calf, spines with green and red labels and richly gilt, small areas of worming to covers, 4to, together with Nicola Francesco Haym's Del Tesoro Brittannico. Parte Prima. Overo Il Museo Nummario, 4 parts in 2 volumes [all published], 1st edition 1719-20 (with 28 engraved plates only of 30).Qty: (4)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESFirst work ESTC T144851.
Lot 172
Cuper (Gisbert). Apotheosis Vel Consecratio Homeri, sive, Lapis antiquissimus in quo Poe?tarum Principis Homeri Consecratio sculpta est ... Amsterdam: Henricum & Viduam Theodori Boom, 1683, vignette title-page printed in red and black, with contemporary ownership name of J. Sotheby in brown ink at head dated 1688, 9 engraved plates, 2 folding, letterpress engravings, some light toning and occasional minor spotting and marks, endpapers browned, hinges neatly repaired, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson, red sprinkled edges, near contemporary mottled calf (light surface pitting), sometime rebacked and recornered, 4to, together with: Agostini (Leonardo), Gemmae et Sculpturae Antiquae Depictae ... Addita earum enarratione, In Latin versa ab Jacobo Gronovio ... 2 parts in one, Amsterdam: Abrahmum Blooteling, 1785, vignette letterpress title to each part (that to first part dusty), additional engraved title-page (toned and dusty), engraved portrait and 168 plates, occasional toning and light spotting, several plates with some early manuscript annotations below image, L2 with a few small ink blots, hinges split, red sprinkled edges, some small ink stains to lower edge, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, rubbed and extremities a little worn, with small losses to spine ends and corners showing, 4to, Stephanus of Byzantium, Fragmentum Stephani Byzantini Grammatici de Dodone, cum triplici nupera Latina versione et Academicis Exercitationibus Jacobi Gronovii, Leiden: Danielem à Gaesbeeck, 1681, vignette title-page (slightly dusty and with early manuscript initials), woodcut initial letter, paper fault to lower outer corner of E1, endpapers browned and soiled, hinges split, and rear free endpaper near-detached, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and marked, joints cracked, 4toQty: (3)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
Lot 174
Devonshire Gems. Duke of Devonshire's Collection of Gems, privately printed, circa 1790, 100 copper engraved plates by Gosmont on laid paper, with partial Strasburg Lily watermark and initials of Lubertus van Gerrevinck below (similar to Heawood 1861), comprising portrait medallions and mythological scenes, first page dusty and spotted, remainder with occasional light spotting and marks, interleaved, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson monogrammed PAMH, verso of front free endpaper with contemporary manuscript note laid down, all edges gilt, early 19th century green morocco by Charles Lewis, with his gilt monogrammed red morocco label on front pastedown, raised bands between gilt dotted lines and scallop rolls, gilt lettered direct in second compartment, remainder with onlaid red morocco flower surrounded by radiating volute and leaf tools on a semé dot ground, sides with scalloped double pelmet border between rope roll enclosed by single fillets, gilt foliate roll on edges and turn-ins, some faint marks to covers and light rubbing to corners, but otherwise in very good condition, 4toQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESThe contemporary manuscript note on the verso of the front free endpaper reads: 'Duke of Devonshire's Collection of Gems, engraved by Gosmont. Privately printed. Exceptionally rare. The Plates are lost. "It is supposed that there are not more than eight copies in existence of this curious and valuable book. One copy is in the Library of the Duke of Devonshire, a second in that of Earl Spencer, a third in Lord Besborough's, a Fourth in the British Museum, a fifth in Hunter's Museum at Glasgow. The Artist ran away, and the plates were either lost or destroyed." Part of Evan's Note to Dent's Catalogue Part I. No 1112. This copy contains 100. The Duke of Devonshire's and Earl Spencer's contain only 99 Plates. It is said that Gosmont engraved 101. Besides the copies above mentioned, a sixth is in the possession of Sir John Harold, and a seventh in the Library of Beriah Botfield.' The Dent catalogue referred to is Catalogue of the Splendid, Curious, and Extensive Library of the late John Dent ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans ... on Thursday, March 29, and eight following days, Sunday excepted. 1827. An additional manuscript note in the hand of Patricia Milne-Henderson loosely inserted reads: 'This copy must originally have come from Chatsworth. It was bound by C. Lewis, binder to the VI Duke c.1840. It is as fine a copy as the best of three still in the Devonshire Colln. Recently it belonged to Waltr T. Longden of Edensor whose great uncle, Elias Morten, was Clerk of the Works at Chatsworth. The effects of Waltr Longden were sold in 1961 at Calton Lees. T.S. Wragg bid up to £30 for this copy (which he had previously borrowed to collate with the Devonshire ones) and believes that it finally sold for about £40. Bought from Walford, August 1963, £29.' Lauded as one of the best bookbinders of his day Charles Lewis (1786-1836) was patronized by some of the foremost collectors, including the 2nd Earl Spencer, owner of the magnificent library at Althorp, as well as the 6th Duke of Devonshire whose library at Chatsworth was one of the finest in the country.
Lot 176
Donati (Alessandro). Roma vetus ac recens utriusque aedificiis ad eruditam cognitionem expositis, tertio edita, ac multis in locis ne dum aucta, & castigatior reddita; verum etiam figuris aeneis illustrata, Rome, Filippo Rubeo, 1662, engraved frontispiece by J. Honervogt after J.A. Lelius (some marks and light discolouration), 6 folding engraved plates, including birds-eye view of ancient Rome, and 86 full-page engraved plates of antiquities, 20th century quarter calf over marbled boards (by Deighton & Bell, Cambridge, 1969/70, according to printed note loosely inserted), Milne-Henderson bookplate to front pastedown, 4toQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESThird edition of this early topographical and architectural study of ancient Rome, including buildings of Christian construction from Constantine to Sixtus V. Alessandro Donati (1584-1640) entered the Collegio Romano in 1600 where he taught and administrated.
Lot 177
Du Choul (Guillaume). Discours de la Religion des Anciens Romains, de la castrametatio et discipline militaire d'iceux, des bains et antiques exercitations Grecques et Romaines, 2 parts in one, Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1581, 2 title-pages with engraved printer's device, first title with ownership name in early manuscript, numerous letterpress engravings, some full-page, occasional light toning and spotting, hinges neatly repaired, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson, red sprinkled edges, 18th century calf (pitted), rebacked and recornered, 4to, together with: Rouillé (Guillaume of Lyons), Primera Parte del Promptuario de las Medallas de todos los mas insignes varones que ha auido desde el principio del mundo, con sus vidas contadas brevemente, traduzido agora nuouamente por Iuan Martin Cordero ... Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1561, letterpress title within decorative woodcut border (browned, with short tear and hole in blank fore-edge and with contemporary annotations, some obliterated), numerous letterpress engravings, some contemporary marginalia (trimmed in places) and underlining in brown ink, browned and spotted, lower margins stained, *5-c8 with worm trail at head of blank gutter margin, marbled endpapers, hinges splitting, front free endpaper detached, early 18th century cat's paw calf gilt, rubbed and extremities worn, with slight loss to spine ends, joints cracking, and corners showing, 4to in 8s, Giovio (Paolo Bishop of Nocera, the Elder), Le Sententiose Imprese di Monsignor Paulo Giovio, et del Signor Gabriel Symeoni, ridotte in rima per il detto Symeoni, Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1561, title-page with printer's woodcut device, trimmed and window-mounted, numerous wood-engravings on letterpress, some toning and soiling, b3-c1 and m2/3 stained (latter with a few consequent small holes), bound with Symeone (Gabriel), Dialogo Pio et Speculativo; con diverse sentenze Latine & volgari, Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1560, title-page with printer's woodcut device, letterpress wood-engravings, occasional contemporary marginalia in brown ink, scattered spotting and marks, final 2 gatherings with brown stain to upper margin, M1-S2 with worm trail in blank gutter margin, 19th century vellum, lightly dust-soiled, with leather spine label relaid from earlier binding, 4toQty: (3)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
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Eckhel (Joseph). Catalogus musei Caesarei Vindobonensis numorum veterum distributus in partes II quarum prior monetam urbium, populorum, regum, altera Romanorum complectitur, 2 volumes in one, Vienna: Joannis Pauli Kraus, 1779, half-title to each, titles in red & black, eight engraved plates, bookplate of Josephi Capycii-Latro and Biblioteca Caproni, Vizzola, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and richly decorated maroon morocco, light wear to extremities, folio (44.5 x 27 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
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Fabricius (Johann Albert). Bibliographia Antiquaria, sive introductio in notitiam scriptorum qui antiquitates Hebraicas, Graecas, Romanas et Christianas scriptis illustraverunt..., Hamburg & Leipzig: Christiani Liebezeit, 1713, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, some toning, light damp staining and scattered spotting, signature A. Fletcher to lower pastedown (Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, 1655-1716), bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to upper pastedown, contemporary vellum, some staining to boards, 4to, together with: Ibid., D. Anselmi Bandurii monachi Benedictini, Regiæ Magni Etruriæ Ducis Bibliothecæ præfecti ... Bibliotheca Nummaria, sive auctorum qui de re nummaria scripserunt..., Hamburg: C. Liebezeit & T.C. Felginer, 1719, engraved vignette to title. some damp staining, toning and scattered spotting, contemporary vellum, spine torn at foot, 4to, Cicero (Marcus Tullius), Epistolarum ad familiares Libri XVI ... Edidit, et commentario Anglico illustravit Joannes Ross, 2 volumes, Cambridge: Gul. Thurlbourn; London: J. Beecroft, P. Vaillant, J. Nourse, & R. Dodsley., 1749, additional title to each with engraved vignette portrait, few engraved illustrations, later marbled endpapers, near contemporary vellum, rubbed morocco spine labels, 8vo, Haym (Nicola Francesco), Thesauri Britannici, seu Museum numarium, quo continentur numi Græci et Latini, omnis metalli et formæ, necdum editi..., interprete Aloysio comite Cristiani [With] Pars altera, interprete J. Khell, 2 volumes, Vienna: ex Officina Kravsiana [& Joannis Thomae de Trattnern], 1763 & 1765, first volume with engraved frontispiece and 30 engraved folding plates, second volume with 54 engraved folding plates plates only (of 55, without plate 24), early marginal notes and markings throughout, some browning and spotting, contemporary vellum, 4toQty: (6)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
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Foy-Vaillant (Jean). Seleucidarum Imperium, sive Historia Regum Syriae ad fidem numismatum accommodata, 1st edition, Paris: L. Billaine, 1681, half title, title with large engraved device, engraved illustrations of coins, light water stain to first 70 pages, early signature and price to title, shelf number, small bookplate and inscription 'Heywood Library' to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, red label to spine and manuscript title, manuscript inscription to upper cover, worming to part of spine and upper cover, a few stains, 4toQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESBlackmer 621: "This work is a history of the Seleucid dynasty in Syria, with portraits of each king and examples of the coinage connected with him. Many of the coins illustrated were from the author's collection, others were from the Harleian Collection and the French Royal Treasury. Foy-Vaillant was a French numismatist of great talent. Colbert sent him on a mission to collect coins; he travelled to Greece, Italy, Persia and Egypt c. 1670-80."
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Foy-Vaillant (Jean). Numismata Aerea Imperatorum, Augustarum, et Caesarum, in coloniis, municipiis, et urbibus jure latio donatis, ex omni modulo percussa, 2 volumes in 1, Paris: Thomam Moette, 1688, engraved portrait frontispiece, titles with engraved vignette, map, numerous engraved illustrations, some spotting and light toning, small marginal wormtrack and water stain to first few leaves, previous owner signature of Peter Lupart at head of title (possibly Peter Lupart, trader with the Levant Company in Aleppo, circa 1730), bookplates of George Arnold (1753-1806, 'One of the Gentlemen of His Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Chamber') and Baron Northwick (2nd Baron Northwick, 1770- 1859), contemporary calf gilt, upper cover detached, lower cover with large gouge, folio, together with Foy-Vaillant (Jean). Nummi Antiqui Familiarum Romanarum perpetuis interpretationibus illustrati, 2 volumes, Amsterdam: G. Gallet, 1703, half title and engraved frontispiece to volume I, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, 152 engraved plates, occasional light spotting and toning, bookplates of Peter Bardon, M.D., contemporary calf gilt, volume 1 joints cracking, spine ends chipped, a little rubbed, folioQty: (3)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
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Foy-Vaillant (Jean). Nummi Antiqui Familiarum Romanarum, 2 volumes in 3, Amsterdam: G. Gallet, 1703, half title and engraved frontispiece to volume I, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, engraved headpieces, 152 engraved plates of coins by Jan Goeree and Joseph Mulder, occasional light spotting and toning, contemporary mottled calf, ducal arms (member of the Order of the Golden Fleece) in gilt to covers, joints cracking with some worming, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio, 32 x 20 cmQty: (3)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESJean Foy-Vaillant (1632-1706) was considered the major numismatic scholar of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, and this is his main work on Roman coins. He travelled widely in pursuit of rare and unpublished coins and medallions for his patron Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French Minister of State under King Louis XIV for the royal numismatic collection.
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Foy-Vaillant (Jean). Selectiora Numismata in aere Maximi Moduli e Museo illustrissimi D.D. Francisci de Camps, 1st edition, Paris: A. Dezallier, 1694, engraved frontispiece (dated 1696) and 59 engraved plates of coins by F. Erlinger, small marginal repairs to plates opposite pages 89 & 95 and to text page 96, occasional light toning and spotting, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine repaired head and foot and margins of covers, 4to, 24.3 x 18.5 cmQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESGraesse 1/2 234.
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Foy-Vaillant (Jean). Seleucidarum imperium, sive Historia regum Syriae ad fidem numismatum accommodata, 1st edition, Paris, Louis Billaine, 1681, half-title, title with large engraved vignette, numerous engraved illustrations to text, title with early ownership signature in brown ink at head A. Fletcher, early 18th century blind decorated full calf, some wear with upper cover and rear joint cracked, 4to, together with: Froelich (Erasmus). Annales compendiarii regum, & rarum Syriae, numis veteribus illustrati, deducti ab obitu Alexandri Magni, ad Cn. Pompeji in Syriam adventum, cum amplis prolegomenis, editio altera. Cui accessere notae compendiariae et monogrammata numismatum Graecorum, Vienna, Laopoldum Joannem Kaliwoda et Augustinum Bernardi, 1754, half-title, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, large woodcut head-pieces, large folding engraved map by J. Christoph Winkler, 22 folding engraved plates at rear, some mostly light scattered spotting, contemporary vellum, with some minor marks and minimal wear to extremities (lower outer corners restored with old restoration), folioQty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: (Foy-Vaillant): Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1655-1716), Scottish bibliophile, writer and politician, and associate of John Locke (ownership signature to title-page). His collection of 6,000 books was ‘almost certainly the largest private library in Scotland at the time’ (ODNB). Jean Foy-Vaillant (1632-1706) was twice sent by the French Minister Colbert abroad, on the first occasion to Italy, Sicily and Greece, the second (begun in 1674), in search of coins to be added to the French royal collection. During the second voyage Foy-Vaillant and his companions were firstly enslaved by Algerian pirates for over 4 months, and subsequently unsuccessfully attacked by another pirate vessel, prior to which Vaillant swallowed 20 gold coins (in order to save them from seizure), which were later successfully recovered through his natural bodily functions. The second voyage, to the interior of Egypt and Persia, resulted in the author’s Seleucidarum Imperium, a work which established the chronology of the Seleucid empire.
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Goltz (Hubert). Vivae omnium fere Imperatorum imagines, a C. Iulio Caes. usque ad Carolum v. et Ferdinandum eius fratrem, ex antiquis veterum numismatis solertissime, non ut olim ab aliis, sed vere ac fideliter adumbratae; nec non eorundem vitae, acta, mores, virtutes, vitia , suis coloribus historico penicillo delineatae. Potentiss, principi Philippo, Hisp. Angl. Franc. et Neapol. regi, etc. Dedic. per Hubertum Goltz Wirtzburgensem pictorem, Antwerp: [in officina Aegidii Copenii Diesthemii], 1557, title within strapwork cartouche, colour-printed from at least 2 woodblocks (green and white) over an etched outline (early ownership to recto 'M. Carnegy 1641' & inscription to verso 'Mr Robertus Graius...'), 128 (of 133) chiaroscuro medallion portrait woodcuts over etching printed in tones of brown and sepia, 16 others with woodcut borders but no image, colophon to final leaf, without first leaf of index (ai) and incomplete at rear, three leaves from a smaller copy, light toning, dust-soiling and some marks, some fraying to margins, light damp staining mostly towards rear of volume, sewing broken and leaves detached, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of John Yeates, ownership inscription of D. Vines 1869 and bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson, 18th/early 19th century marbled boards with calf spine strip, covers detached, worn, folio (31.5 x 23 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESAdams G838. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
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Goltzius (Hubert). Icones Imperatorum Romanorum, ex priscis numismatibus ad vivum delineatae, & brevi narratione historica illustratae, Antwerp: Henrici & Cornelii Verdussen, 1708, engraved title by Cornelis Galle after Peter Paul Rubens, half title (bound after engraved title), 144 large chiaroscuro woodcut medallion portraits with bistre colour, large woodcut device to final leaf, 9 leaves with blank roundels, some offsetting and light toning to text leaves, later morocco-backed wooden boards, leather and brass clasps, spine faded, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio (40 x 24.5 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESCicognara 2868 (for the 1645 edition). Provenance: Friedrich Gundolf (1880-1931), signature to front endpaper. Friedrich Gundolf was a German-Jewish scholar and poet, professor at Heidelberg University from 1916 and best known for his academic works on Shakespeare and Goethe among others. Goltzius work on Roman emperors and nobles was first published in Antwerp in 1557, with his large impressive medallion portraits and ranges from Julius Caesar to Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II in the present edition, extended by Caspar Gevaerts.
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Goorle (Abraham van). Abrahami Gorlæi Antverpiani Dactyliotheca seu Annulorum sigillarium quorum apud Priscos tam Græcos quam Romanos usus. E ferro aere argento & auro promptuarium. Accesserunt variarum Gemmarum quibus antiquitas in sigillando uti solita scalpturæ, [Leiden or Delft?: s.n., 1601?], engraved title, portrait and 138 engraved plates (manuscript plate numbers to upper right blank corner), occasional light damp stains and few marks, bookplate of Patricia A. Milne-Henderson to upper pastedown, 20th century half calf, maroon skiver title label to spine worn, marbled sides, extremities slightly rubbed, 4toQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESAbraham van Goorle, from Antwerp but later based in Utrecht and Delft, assembled a number of collections, which included his celebrated cabinet of ancient seals and rings, which are described and illustrated in this work. He was the author of several important numismatic works including Thesaurus numismatum Romanorum aureorum argenteorum aereorum ad familias eius Urbis spectantium usque ad obitum Augusti, [Leiden], 1605. After van Goorle's death, his substantial collection of more than 13,000 classical coins was sold by his heirs and acquired in 1610 by Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594-1612), although some were also acquired by Queen Christina of Sweden.
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Gori (Antonio Francesco). Thesaurus Gemmarum Antiquarum Astriferarum quae e compluribus Dactyliothecis selectae aereis tabulis CC. insculptae observationibus inlustrandur, adjectis parergis LX. Atlante Farnesiano, prolegomenis, diatribis III. Dissertationibus XV. et Indicibus, 3 volumes (including Atlas), 1st edition, Florence, Officina Typographia Albiziniana, half-title to each volume, additional engraved title page to first volume, printed titles with publisher's engraved vignette, 14-page dedication with elaborate engraved decorative outer borders, engraved-head pieces, 200 engraved plates to first volume, some of which are signed I.F.S., 7 full-page engraved plates to third volume (including 6 folding), one signed I.P.R., and another signed J.Verkruys, contents generally in clean condition, contemporary uniform full vellum, spines lettered in gilt, light soiling, with upper joint to first volume partly split at foot, folioQty: (3)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESCicognara 2869; Graesse III, page 120. A lavishly illustrated catalogue of the Farnese collection of ancient cameos by Antonio Francesco Gori (1691-1757), founding member of the Society of Florentine Antiquaries, the Societa Colombaria (forerunner of the Accademia Toscana), and author of the monumental Museum Florentinum in twelve folio volumes (1731-1766). The commentary on the plates is by Giovanni Battista Passeri (circa 1610-1679), a pupil of the artist Domenichino, best known for his Vite de pittori... in Roma morti dal 1641 fino al 1673 (first published only in 1772).
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