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Lot 10
A group of early nineteenth century blue and white transfer-printed plates, c.1820-30. To include: A Family and Mule plate, a Chetham and Robinson Parkland Scenery plate, a Ridgway British Scenery Cottages and Castle plate and a Ridgway British Scenery series printed with a Windmill. All 26 cm wide. (4)Condition: Some light crazing and staining throughout. Provenance: The Arthur and Julia Roberts Collection
Lot 12
A group of early nineteenth century blue and white transfer-printed small-size plates, c.1820-30. To include: A Minton English Scenery series plate, a Piping Shepherd plate, a Guy’s Cliffe plate, an Eastern Scene plate and a Tavern scene tea plate. All 16 – 18 cm wide. (5)Condition: Light crazing and staining throughout. Provenance: The Arthur and Julia Roberts Collection
Lot 34
Four Boxed Vintage Corgi Toys, 66 Massey Ferguson 165 Tractor,71 wheel controlled tandem disc harrow, 431 Volkswagen pick up (missing one end flap to box) 437 Superior Ambulance on Cadillac chassis (missing roof light bulb) plus Corgi gift set 24, Commer construction set, with polystyrene base only, models are in fair to good play-worn condition, with fair original boxes (5 items).
Lot 44
Dinky Toys Military Models, including: 151b six wheeled Army wagon with tin tilt, 161b Anti-Aircraft gun on trailer,2 x 162a light Dragon tractor (missing chain tracks) 3 x 162b limbers, 162c 18pdr gun (missing tin shield, 2 x 152A light tanks (missing tracks) 152b Reconnaissance car, 153a Jeep (missing windscreen) Field Artillery tractor, limber, 25pdr gun, plus 37b Police motorcyclist and 736 Hawker Hunter all in fair original play-worn condition (17 items).
Lot 96
Quantity Of Military Plastic boxed figures, including: ESCI Russians, Commonwealth Infantry, Roman Legion, Barbarian warriors, Paratroopers, US marine Corps,Japanese Infantry, Eight Army, Nato troops, EMHAR British Infantry, Prussian infantry, Airfix German Infantry, 2 x British Infantry, Hasegawa German Infantry, US Infantry, Encore 75mm Artillery piece, Hat French Light Infantry, Revell: Austrian Artillery, British Infanty, Nato Pilots, Late Imperial Legion, plus others, all in mint condition, some still sealed (31 items)
Lot 247
'The Officer's Quarters looking towards Victoria', Hong Kong; and 'View of Spring Gardens', Hong Kong hand-coloured lithographs, published for Bruce's Views of Hong Kong, 1846 in red lacquer frames 24.5 x 34.5 cm (2)Footnote: Murdoch Bruce (1815-1848) was an architect and engineer in Hong Kong during the early stages of its colonial development. In 1846, he completed one of the earliest series of architecturally accurate drawings of Hong Kong, only five years after its establishment as a British colony. The drawings were published as a set of twelve tinted lithographs, of which the present views are examples.Condition report: Officer's Quarters - examined out of frame. With full margins. Hinge-mounted to a paper backing. Some light mount staining. Some wear to the paper above the building (see images). With Mee Kwong framers label to the reverse.Both:Some discolouration, particularly visible in the sky. Some dirt under glass. Some light staining and marks. Colours are good. With original colouring heightened with gum arabic.
Lot 252
A Capriccio panorama of Cambridge, depicting the Fitzwilliam Museum, Jesus College, Trinity College Gate, Bridge of Sighs, King's College Chapel, Great St Mary's Church, Peterhouse, Emmanuel College, and the Round Church signed along the path 'R Bateman 1982' acrylic on canvas, unframed and unmounted previously mounted to a wall in the bar area of the Royal Cambridge Hotel 133 x 1020 cmFootnote: Provenance: The Royal Cambridge Hotel, CambridgeCondition report: Previously mounted to a wall. Needs attention. Appears to be acrylic on a cotton duck canvas support. The lengthy canvas had previously hung in situ by being stapled around the edges, the staples are still in place and care should be taken when handling for the both the painting and the handler. There are a few small sections of missing canvas along the lower edges and a vertical tear in one area running half way up the canvas. The paint layer is thinly painted and mainly stable although there are localised areas of raised and flaking paint with scattered losses. There is some water staining in areas on both the front and reverse of the painting. There is a light bloom in areas and scattered accretions.
Lot 258
An Astronomer working in his studio; and An Alchemist and his assistants working in his laboratory A pair, each oil on canvas, 40 x 56 cmFootnote: Provenance: Hugo Arnot, Gemälde-Salon, Vienna, nos. 521 & 390 (old labels refer); Private collection, Bedfordshire Born in Antwerp in 1663, Gerard Thomas was renowned for his studio interior scenes. After an initial training under Godfried Maes, Thomas was elected a member of the Guild of St Luke in 1688. He spent some time studying alchemy, a subject which inspired him in the execution of some of his greatest works. Influenced by the interior scenes of Adriaen Brouwer (1605-1638) and David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690), Thomas’ works are unmistakably Northern in style and belong to a specific tradition of genre painting, depicting taverns, alchemist’s laboratories and artist studios. Thomas’ paintings, however, deviate from those of his predecessors in his fastidious arrangement and rendering of the minutiae of his scenes.Condition report: Oil on canvas which have been lined, probably at an early stage in the paintings history and retaining the original tacking edges. The canvases are in plane with good tension. The paint layers are generally stable with localised, small scale flaking the in the background passages. There is light wear and scuffs on the surface. The varnish is old and slightly matte. Both paintings have a light layer of surface dirt.
Lot 259
A city under naval attack and on fire oil on panel 16.5 x 29.5 cmCondition report: Oil on wooden panel. The support is stable, there are some slightly raised areas of paint following the age cracks but generally stable. There appear to be a few small areas of retouching when viewed under ultraviolet light. The varnish is matte, clear and even.
Lot 275
'The Butler' and 'The Landlord' both signed lower left 'W Dendy Sadler' oil on canvas, a pair 75 x 49.5 cmFootnote: Provenance: Sotheby's, The Brockhall Sale, Weedon, Northamptonshire, 16th June 1997, lots 364, 365 (sold for £13,000) Born in Dorking, Surrey, in 1854, and brought up in neighbouring Horsham, West Sussex, Walter Dendy Sadler decided to become a painter at an early age. At 16, he enrolled at The Heatherley School of Fine Art, London, where he spent two years before moving to Düsseldorf, Germany, to train under Wilhelm Simmler (1840-1923). Testament to his prodigious skill, in 1872, when barely 18 years old, Dendy Sadler exhibited at the Dudley Gallery, and then at the Royal Academy the following year, in 1873. Favouring scenes of everyday domestic life, Dendy Sadler’s genre paintings were often humorous, and occasionally moralising. Prior to painting a scene, many of which he set in the 18 th and early 19 th century, he was known to have enlisted local villagers to pose as models, many of whom can be seen in successive pictures playing different roles and wearing different costumes.Condition report: The Butler - Oil on canvas which is unlined, the canvas is in plane with good tension. The paint layer is in a good condition. The varnish is clear and even. There is a splash of house paint in the upper half and a light layer of dust on the surface. The frame is in a good condition. The Landlord - Oil on canvas which is unlined and has an artist supplier’s stamp for Cornellisen's on the reverse. The canvas tension is slightly slack but the picture is in plane. The paint layer is in a very good condition. The varnish is clear and even. The frame is in a good condition.
Lot 277
‘Study against trees’ titled and inscribed to the reverse 'W G de Glehn RA' oil on canvas 60 x 47cmCondition report: Oil on canvas which is unlined. The canvas tension is slightly slack and there are minor undulations. The paint layer is in a very good condition. The painting is unvarnished and there are slight scuffs across the surface and a light layer of dirt.
Lot 278
A Study of a male nude oil on board 50 x 40 cmProvenance:With Leger Galleries.Christie's, London, 17th November 1967, lot 18, as 'William Etty' Condition report: Christie's stencil 269PY Oil on artist's board. The support is in plane but has possibly suffered water damage along the right hand edge (when viewed from the front). The paint layers are stable but have suffered from damage in the past, possibly water drips running vertically down the picture. These areas have been retouched, the retouchings have lightened over time becoming more obvious. The varnish is yellowed and slightly uneven with a light layer of surface dirt present. The frame is in a good condition with a few light scuffs.
Lot 279
Venus, Cupid and Mars oil on paper mounted onto canvas 52 x 65 cmCondition report: A Christie's stencil to the stretcher. Oil on paper mounted onto canvas. The paint layer has suffered from wear and abrasion in some areas. There are scattered retouchings across the surface although the extent of these are difficult to determine. The varnish is yellowed and uneven with some staining and a light surface bloom. The gilding on the frame is worn with scattered losses.
Lot 280
'Hylas and the Nymphs' oil on canvas 75 x 100 cmFootnote: The original by Waterhouse, dated 1896, is at the Manchester City Art Gallery.Condition report: Oil on canvas which is unlined, the canvas has good tension and is in plane. There is a small hole near the bottom edge of the canvas with associated paint loss. Apart from this damage the paint layer is in a good condition overall. The painting is unvarnished and there is a light layer of surface dust present. The frame has old damages and repairs to the gilded surface.
Lot 283
St John the Baptist oil on canvas laid onto panel 28.5 x 21 cmFootnote: The original by Andrea del Sarto is in Palazzo Pitti, Florence.Condition report: 19th Century. Oil on a finely woven canvas which has been lined. The paint layer is in a stable condition. There is some light wear and abrasion with a few scattered retouchings. The varnish is clear, even and semi-matte with a light layer of surface dust.
Lot 286
Crossing the Stream signed lower right on the rock 'J J Hill' oil on board 29 x 22.5 cmCondition report: Oil on artists' board. The support and paint layers are in a good condition. There is light abrasion around the edges and a small scratch at the lower right corner. The varnish is clear and even.
Lot 290
'Rating a Stowaway - The Skipper's Decision' oil on canvas 100 x 125.5 cmCondition report: Oil on canvas which has been lined. Scrapes at the reverse of the canvas have resulted in lines of flaking paint and losses in the upper section of the canvas. There is an old paint loss at the lower left side which has been toned. There are small, scattered retouchings across the surface. The varnish is uneven and yellowed with a light bloom and accretions across the surface. The frame is in a good condition. Some further paint loss and slight indentation to the canvas above one of the man's head on the left.
Lot 297
A Waterfall with a girl on a bridge, a walker and his dog beyond oil on canvas 27 x 36 cmFootnote: The landscape is possibly in Wales.Condition report: Stiff relining. Christie's stencil. The surface is very smooth and is possibly painted on paper or card which has been mounted onto canvas. There are a few scattered areas of cracked raised paint but overall it is stable. There are scattered retouchings. The varnish has been partially cleaned but the surface is even with a light layer of surface dirt.
Lot 300
Haddiscoe; with an annotated landscape to the reverse signed with initials lower left and right 'AB' oil on panel 18.5 x 24 cmFootnote: Provenance: Sotheby's Olympia, 16th February 2006, lot 64 (as part of a pair). With The Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond St, London, W1S, February 2010Condition report: Scratched out initials lower right.Some light surface dirt to the front, specks of dirt visible in the sky. Reverse also slightly dirty. The frame along the upper edge has been previously repaired, few pieces are missing.
Lot 301
'Morning: Pin Mill, Suffolk' signed lower left 'William Burns' oil on canvas 39.5 x 59.5 cmCondition report: Inscribed with title on the stretcher. Oil on canvas which is unlined. The canvas and paint layers are in a good condition overall. There are a few accretions and a light dust layer on the surface.
Lot 302
Tribesmen on horseback signed lower right 'Boussaki' oil on canvas 59 x 74 cmFootnote: Born in Marrakech, Boussaki studied economy before devoting himself fully to his artistic career. He has worked across different media, including oil painting and bronze sculpture, but he is renowned particularly for his figurative paintings in the impressionist style.Condition report: Size including the frame 84 x 99 cm. Oil on canvas which is unlined, the canvas is in plane with good tension. The paint layer is unvarnished and in a good condition overall. There is a light layer of dust and a few small accretions on the surface. The frame is slightly unstable with open mitres.
Lot 316
Portrait of a gentleman, said to be George Arnold, seated half-length, in a brown velvet coat oil on canvas 75 x 62cmFootnote: Provenance: With the Ferargil Galleries, New York, before 1955, as by John Singleton Copley; thereafter to the present owner, now a deceased estate According to a typed label on the reverse, this claims to be a portrait of George Arnold (1683-1766) who was a Soho cattle and horse trader, but from his known portrait of circa 1740 by William Hogarth, now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, this present portrait is unlikely to be that man. The plaque affixed to the front of this painting identifying the sitter as a "Dr Arnold" may perhaps repeat or reflect a now disappeared old inscription on the original and now relined canvas, or on the original stretcher now replaced. A certain Dr Thomas Arnold (1742-1818) is known to have been a member of the Derby Philosophical Society, other members of which were known to and were painted by Wright of Derby and though the age of the sitter in the present portrait - as it is a man probably in his late 50s - must preclude it being this local botanist from Leicester, it is more possible that the sitter might be his father who would probably have been born circa 1710. The present painting might be considered to be an early Wright of Derby, after he had left Hudson's studio (where he was noted for his ability to paint drapery and the brown velvet coat here is extremely fine). If it is so, it is more probably after Wright’s second sojourn in Hudson’s studio from 1756-7. The curled wig and the gold braiding on the coat suggest a dating to not much later than 1760. A drawing by Wright of Derby, now in the Derby Museum and Art Gallery, of a hand with a lace cuff partly covered by a coat might be compared with the one in the present painting, which though in the reverse direction, is very similar in handling. Another possible attribution that might be considered for the present painting, is to when Zoffany was secretly employed by Benjamin Wilson in 1760-61, to paint drapery. We are grateful to Professor Andrew Graciano and others for their suggestions and for help in cataloguing the present painting. Image caption: Study of a Man’s Left Hand in His Waistcoat, with a Lace Cuff , by Joseph Wright of Derby, c.1757 – 1760, black and white chalks on blue paper. Courtesy of Derby Museums.Condition report: Oil on canvas which has been lined, the canvas has good tension and is in plane. The paint layers are in a good, stable condition overall. The painting has a thick, yellowed varnish with tidelines and drips across the surface as well as a light layer of dust on the surface.
Lot 321
Portrait of a lady, half length, in a large black hat and red cape oil on canvas, unframed 76 x 63 cmCondition report: Oil on canvas which appears to be unlined. There is possibly a patch or repair at the upper right corner. The paint layer is stable. There is a prominent network of age cracks in the sitter's face. There are localised areas of retouching but the extent of these is difficult to determine due to the varnish. The varnish is patchy and uneven with yellowed areas across the paint surface, there are some light scuffs and scratches across the surface.
Lot 388
painted with a ruin in a river landscape with travellers, label verso lists tunes as: Valse Robert le Diable, Valse de Strauss and La Marseillaise, with a gilt frame 69 x 79cmFootnote: Combining traditional landscape painting, with complex musical movements, and specialised horological craftsmanship, the present lot is an example of the fascinating, and much neglected, genre of musical clock paintings. Although pioneered in Geneva, the most sophisticated examples of these works date from the mid-19 th century, when the genre was developed and elevated to a more elaborate standard in Paris. Owing to the multitude of expertise required to produce such an object, a ‘tableau horloge’ would have been costly, and therefore reserved for only the finest of homes. Surrounded by a gilt frame, carved with acanthus and honeysuckle motifs, this 1853 oil on canvas depicts an idyllic pastoral scene. On the left, a group of three figures, one sitting atop a donkey, are joined by a black and white dog, as the landscape in the background recedes away from them. On the right, in a state of romantic disrepair, stands the skeleton of a Gothic church. Dwarfed beneath the pointed arches of the arcade stands a pair of figures, behind them, in the cavernous belly of the nave, small shafts of light cascade through the opposing facade. Above the arcade, the upper storeys of the building are replaced by a temporary structure, with just a glimpse of the decaying clerestory visible below the apex of the pitched roof. The adjoining clock tower encases the functional timepiece, its white circular dial painted with black Roman numerals and complete with two hands. While the bucolic scene is well painted, the real intricacies of the piece are hidden behind the canvas. Activated by levers at the bottom of the frame, a steel comb and small revolving cylinder plays three tunes, Valse Robert le Diable (1831), Valse de Strauss, and La Marseillaise (1792), while the double-barrelled clock movement triggers an hourly gong. Coeval labels, adhered to the inside of the frame, and an inscription to the backplate of the clock movement, suggest that this work was produced by Maison Wurtel, the atelier of clockmaker Ferdinand Wurtel, who had his premises at 38 to 40 Galerie Vivienne, Paris.Condition report: Areas of woodworm damage to the inside of the frame, musical component not functional, with one of the levers jammed.
Lot 602
raised on square tapering legs 83 x 43 x 38cmCondition report: some light unobtrusive scratches to top, with areas of raised surface to veneer to top and door panel, general good condition with good colour and no losses, back raised panel to top slightly loose. mouldings to legs are probably later replacements
Lot 105
Hill (John). Eden: or, a Compleat Body of Gardening. Containing Plain and Familiar Directions for Raising the several useful Products of a Garden..., Compiled and Digested from the Papers of the late celebrated Mr. Hale, by the Authors of the Compleat Body of Husbandry. And comprehending the Art of constructing a Garden fo use and Pleasure; the best Methods of keeping it in Order.., London: T. Osborne, T. Trye, S. Crowder & Co., and H. Woodgate, 1757, 61 engraved plates including frontispiece, title with ink stamp of L.E. Newton Library to lower blank margin, some overall light toning, occasional spotting to few leaves of text, light dampstaining to margins of few leaves at front & rear, bookplate of Leonard E. Newton to upper pastedown, hinges repaired, 20th century half sheep, earlier red morocco title label preserved, lower joint cracked at foot, joints and extremities rubbed and scuffed, folioQty: (1)NOTESHenrey 776; Nissen 880. The work was issued in 60 numbers from 28 August 1756 to 8 November 1757.
Lot 109
Munting (Abraham). De vera Antiquorum Herba Britannica, Ejusdemque efficacia contra Stomacaccen, seu Scelotyrben, Frisiis & Batavis de Scheurbuyck. Dissertatio Historico-Medica, 2 parts in one, Amsterdam: Hieronymum Sweerts, 1681/1680, [ 28],231,[1]; 33,(19)pp., additional engraved title (frayed to margins & torn to outer corners, lined to verso), engraved portrait to verso of letterpress title, and 32 plates, woodcut decorative initials, plate of Rhubarbarum lanuginosum cropped at head with loss to upper ruled border, plates of Lapathum sanguineum, Lapathum planum paludosum & Aloe vera costa spinosa torn to upper blank margins, plate of Aloe mucronato with tiny hole & short closed to centre of image, some light dust-soiling, browning throughout and occasional spotting, some margins brittle and chipped, bookplate of Leonard E. Newton to upper pastedown, modern maroon half morocco, black morocco title label to spine, 4toQty: (1)NOTESPritzel 6557 and 6558; Hunt 360; not in Nissen. The work is an interesting attempt to identify a plant called Britannica by the ancient authors, which was used to cure scurvy. Depicting and discussing the various possibilities, Munting eventually chose for the Lapathum Longifolium Nigrum Palustre (of the Dock family). The second, most important work is a treatise on succulents, recently brought from America, illustrated with 8 plates. This work, although dated one year earlier, contains the index and errata of the first work at the end.
Lot 115
Steudel (Ernesto Theoph). Nomenclator Botanicus seu Synonymia Plantarum Universalis, enyumerans ordine alphabetico nomina atque synonyma, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Stuttgart & Tubingen, 1841, half titles, some light spotting, bookplates of Leonard Newton, modern green cloth gilt, large 8vo, together with Rümpler (Theodor). Carl Friedrich Fõrster's Handbuch der Cacteenkunde in ihrem ganzen umfange, 2 volumes, Leipzig: Woller, 1886, wood-engraved illustrations,occasional light spotting and toning, Leonard Newton's ink stamps and bookplates, contemporary cloth over marbled boards, rubbed with splits to joints, 8vo, with others including J.J. Krook's Handbuch zur Kenntniss, Fortpflanzung und Behandlung aller bis jetzt bekannt gewordenen Cacteen, 1855, Philip Miller's The Gardener's Dictionary, 3rd edition, 1737 (lacking frontispiece), Harald Froderstrom's The Genus Sedum L. A Systematic Essay, 1936, Arlette Davids' Flowers. Rock Plants, 1939 and T. Kearney & R. Peebles' Flowering Plants and Ferns of Arizona, 1942Qty: (18)
Lot 116
Suringar (W.F.R. & Suringar, J Valckenier). Illustrations du Genre Melocactus, 3 parts in one, Leide: E.J. Brill, 1897-1905, 24 plates (including 19 monochrome photolithograph and 5 colour plates), light spotting mostly to first plate, original printed front wrappers bound-in with repaired closed tear to final wrapper, few tiny wormholes at foot of some pages not affecting contents, bookplate of Leonard E. Newton to upper pastedown, modern light blue cloth, gilt blocked title to upper board and spine, slim folioQty: (1)
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Lot 124
Berry (William). [Composite atlas], London: sold by William Berry at the Sign of the Globe between Charing-Cross and White Hall, 1680-9, containing: 1. A Mapp of all the World. In two Hemispheres in which are exactly Described all the Parts of the Earth and Seas. Described by Sanson. Corrected and amended by William Berry, 1680, 2. Asia. Divided into its Principall Regions, 1680, 3. Africa. Divided according to the Extent of its Principall Parts, 1680, 4. North America. Divided into its Principall Parts where are distinguished the several States which belong to the English, Spanish and French, 1680 [i.e. c.1681], 5. South America. Divided into its Principall Parts where are distinguished the several States which belong to the Spanish, English, Portugals [sic], and French, 1680, 6. A New Mapp of the Kingdome of England and Wales, c.1685, 7. Spain … Portugal, 1682, 8. Italy, 1682, 9. The Empire of Germany, c.1685, 10. The Kingdom of Hungary, c.1685, 11. Poland, c.1685, 12. Russia Alba or Moscovia, 1682, 13. Scandinavia and its Confines, 1684, 14. The United Provinces of the Netherlands, c.1685, 15. The Catholick Provinces of the Low Countries, c.1685, 16. The Kingdom of France, c.1685, 17. The States of the Empire of the Turks in Europe, 1683, 18. The Empire of the Great Turke in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Divided into all its Beglerbeglicz or Governments, c.1685, 19. Mediterranean Sea divided into its Principall Parts or Seas, c.1685, 20. The Course of the River Rhine, c.1685, 21. The Circle of Swabia, 1685, 22. The Circle of Bavaria, 1685, 23. The Dukedom of Pomerania, 1685, 24. The Circle of Westphalia, 1685, 25. The Mountains of the Alpes, 1683, 26. Principality of Catalonia, c.1685, 27. Part of the Circle of Austria viz. the Archdukedom of Austria, c.1685, 28. Part of the Circle of Austria in which are the Dukedomes of Stiria … and other Heriditary [sic] Countrys of the House of Austria, 1688, 29. The Dukedom and Electorat [sic] of Brandenbourg, c.1680-5, 30. The Circle and Electorat [sic] of the Rhine, 1689, 31. The Archbishoprick and Electorat [sic] of Colen, c.1685, i.e. 31 engraved maps, each on two conjoined sheets (except Colen, on one sheet) mounted on guard, various sheet sizes (approx. 58 x 90 cm to 61 x 96 cm), strip-titles to head, titles and dedications within large elaborate cartouche incorporating royal arms and ethnographic and allegorical elements (Spain with title and dedication within separate cartouches), all except England and Wales with secondary cartouche containing bar scales and imprint, contemporary outline colour throughout (except Asia, uncoloured; Africa colouring with modern enhancement including to cartouche, North America, South America, England and Wales and Pomerania colouring minimal, now faded), variable toning, various nicks and tears, professionally repaired and consolidated throughout, most closed up without loss, sometimes with visible but generally light disruption, margins often extended or consolidated several maps backed on archival tissue, Empire of The Turks in Europe and The Empire of the Great Turke both with old linen backing (outline colour showing through), a few maps closely trimmed, many with creases, bound with (between 1 and 2): Moll (Herman), To Her most Sacred Majesty Ann, Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland. This Map of Europe according to the Newest and most Exact Observations is dedicated, London: for H. Moll, D. Midwinter and T. Bowles, sold by H. Moll and P. Overton, 1708, and (between 13 and 14): Jaillot (Hubert), Le Royaume de Danemark. Subdivisé en ses principals provinces, tiré de plusieurs mémoires par le Sanson, Paris: Hubert Jaillot, 1692, each on two sheets, conjoined, with cartouches, contemporary outline colour, toning, creasing and repairs, modern full calf binding, gilt red morocco label to front board, atlas folioQty: (1)NOTESBurden II 532 (for North America: 'very rare'); Chubb p. 420; Shirley British Isles 1650-1750 p. 29; Shirley World 501; Tooley Africa p. 56 ('uncommon'); Tooley America p. 122 (for North America). A near-complete set of Berry's series of maps known as 'the English Sanson', 'very rare' (Chubb), and with Europe and Denmark, the only missing maps according to the list at the foot of The Circle and Electorat of the Rhine , appositely replaced with contemporary examples by Moll and Jaillot. Based on Jaillot’s Atlas nouveau (1674), a reworking of Sanson, they were published separately between 1680 and 1689, which may account for their high attrition rate. Berry’s version of the North America map is especially important, being the first or at least the second map to name Pennsylvania, which was founded on 4 March 1681 (Thornton and Seller's map appeared in the summer of that year). Certain features of Jaillot's map are retained, including the easterly slant to the Mississippi River, and the omission of Montreal, but there are notable differences other than the inclusion of Pennsylvania. 'Much of it is the anglicising of the continent, New England's boundaries being pushed to the St Lawrence River and New Scotland laying claim to all of the territory to the Gulf and Acadia ... Penn's main rival Maryland is not ignored and the town of Baltamore [sic] is identified. The southern claims of England are also extended with the inclusion of Charles-Towne and Carolina. In the west one notable addition is a Straits of Anian. The engraver of the map is not known although it bears many ofthe hallmarks of Herman Moll. If his work it would be one of his earliest known' (Burden). The world map exhibits similar changes: 'Berry has patriotically marked the islands discovered by Drake just off Tierra del Fuego and has added New Albion in the northern part of California, shown as an island' (Shirley; California is depicted in the same manner in North America ). North America is in Burden's first state (it was re-issued in 1718); The New Mapp of the Kingdome of England and Wales is in Shirley's first state; the Moll map of Europe was also re-issued c.1730 with a re-engraved dedication to Caroline, consort of George II.
Lot 186
Taylor (George & Skinner Andrew). Taylor & Skinner's Survey and Maps of the Roads of North Britain or Scotland, 1776, frontispiece of an uncoloured engraved folding map of Scotland, stained with a long closed repaired tear, folding decorative calligraphic title page, folding list of an index of the principal cities, towns and villages with a list of the Stages of the Great Roads printed on the verso, sixty-one engraved folding linear strip maps, all but one printed back to back, some staining and fraying, map 27 torn with loss, bookplate of Lt. Genl. J. Fraser to rear pastedown, contemporary sheep, heavily worn and frayed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESGeneral John Fraser was officer commanding the 73rd Highlanders, the 71st Highland Light Infantry and the Royal York Rangers. He lost a leg during the defence of Gibraltar in 1780–82 but continued to serve in West Africa, the Caribbean, Morocco and Guernsey until his retirement.
Lot 196
Yokohama. Sadahide (Utagawa, also known as Hashimoto or Go’untei Sadahide,1807- 1878), Panorama of Yokohama, circa 1860, large colour woodblock, printed on light-weight Japanese paper, showing the rapidly developing city of Yokohama in a panoramic view with the title above the image, slight marginal fraying and dust soiling, old folds, some wear and loss where old folds cross and slight loss to printed text on the lower left-hand margin, 670 x 1840mmQty: (1)NOTESThis highly dramatic and colourful image shows the city viewed from across the bay from Kayasu or Kanagawa village. Numerous steamships from Japan, the Netherlands, United States, Great Britain, France and Russia are anchored in the harbour. The image was possibly produced to serve as a visitor’s guide and souvenir. The city had rapidly expanded in the middle of the 19th century and became a successful trading port, bringing with it a mass of foreign visitors, merchants and traders. This was an opportunity which Sadahide astutely targeted as a new and lucrative market for his work. He studied under Kunisada I and was especially known for his Yokohama landscape prints and portraits. During his career, he produced over eighty-five prints of Yokohama, and visitor guides, including in 1862 ‘Things seen and heard at the open port of Yokohama’ which depicted the Western’s style of dress, appearance, and way of life.
Lot 21
Ford (Richard). A Handbook for Travellers in Spain, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, entirely revised, with great additions, London: John Murray, 1855, chromolithograph frontispiece to volume 1 and engraved frontispiece to volume 2, folding engraved map by J. & C. Walker, 4 chromolithograph plates, both volumes interleaved with blanks, many with detailed manuscript notes and some with engraved images pasted-in, additional mounted double-page lithograph map to volume 1, occasional light dust-soiling, map pocket to front pastedowns and bookplate of George R. Alexander to each, contemporary terracotta brown half morocco, spines faded, slightly rubbed, thick 8voQty: (2)
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* Leyden (Jock, 1908-2000). A collection of original cartoons, 10 pen & ink drawings on wove paper, all depicting Roland Welensky in various satirical scenes, including boxing, fishing, railways, motor racing, etc., each captioned and signed, some dated 1962 or 1963, occasional light spotting and finger-soiling, sheet size approximately 38 x 58cm (15 x 22.75ins), together with two other pen & ink cartoons depicting Welensky, one by Victor Weisz, and the other by John Jackson, and a large folding hand-coloured lithograph titled Nigeria's Leaders by Feliks TopolskiQty: (13)NOTESScottish cartoonist John Michael Leyden is best-known for his anti-apartheid cartoons as well as his 'man on the street' character Wilbur. He moved to South Africa in 1926 where he attended art school in Durban, his first cartoon appearing in the sports pages of the Natal Advertiser in 1927. He spent most of his subsequent life in South Africa, and for more than 50 years was a thorn in the flesh of the brutal apartheid regime there, during a career in which it is estimated that more than 20,000 of his cartoons were published. Leyden's campaign against injustice began in the late 1930s and he became South Africa's leading political cartoonist, shrugging off death threats during the Second World War when his drawings attacked the nationalists' support of Nazi Germany. During the 1950s and 1960s, his drawings sketched a biting insight into the turmoil in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He said that he had ''gone to the limit'' with his anti-apartheid cartoons at a time when working on a newspaper was ''like walking over a minefield'', saying ''I used to test the editor. Some editors were a bit petrified. If a cartoon was not published, I regarded it as a bit of a compliment - it was obviously too strong.''
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Franklin (John). Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22, With a n Appendix on v a rious subjects rel a ting to Science a nd N a tur a l His to ry, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: John Murray, 1823, iii-xvi 768 pp., 30 engr a ved pl a tes including 11 h a nd-coloured a qu a tints, 4 folding m a ps a t rear, half-title and advertisements discarded, err a t a slip present, occasional spotting, light marginal toning and few marks, closed tear to inner fold of final map, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, corners showing through, 4to (26.8 x 20.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: The David Wilson Library of Natural History. Arctic Bibliography 5193; cf. Abbey Travel 635 and S a bin 25624 for the second issue (sometimes referred to as an edition), with 784 pp. (Sabin also incorrectly cites 34 plates).
Lot 263
Alexander (William, Earl of Stirling). Recreations with the Muses, 3 parts in one, 1st edition, London: Thomas Harper, 1637, later mounted engraved portrait frontispiece by William Richardson dated 1795, title within ornamental woodcut border, lacking front and rear blanks, one or two leaves at front with small marginal insect damage, a few leaves towards end with corners repaired, a little light soiling and water stains, all edges yellow, later sprinkled calf gilt by Cecil & Larkins, spine with red and green labels, small splits at foot of jointsQty: (1)NOTESPforzheimer 5; STC 347. A few copies were issued with a portrait of Alexander by William Marshall, but these may have been added only to presentation copies. A handsome copy.
Lot 264
Alighieri (Dante). Con Nuove et Utili Ispositioni, Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1571, title with woodcut device, 3 full-page woodcut illustrations, small marginal water stain to U1, a little minor toning, later ownership signature 'G. Taylor' at head of title, front endpaper partly excised, later mottled calf gilt, rubbed with some light edge wear, 16mo in 8'sQty: (1)NOTESAdams D106; Re-issue of Rouille's 1551 edition, with the dedication dated 1551 and new title.
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Lot 268
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old Testament and the New, London: Robert Barker, and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1635, general & New Testament titles within decorative woodcut border, woodcut royal arms to verso of general title, Apocrypha present, short closed tear to upper outer corner of 3G3, bound with at front The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, According to every Family and Tribe..., by J.S. [John Speed], 1634, woodcut genealogies with illustration of Adam & Eve, with loosely inserted double-page woodcut map of Canaan by Speed (slightly close trimmed at head & foot), bound with at front The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments ... with the Psalter or Psalmes of David, Edinburgh: Printed by the Printers to the Kings most excellent Majestie, 1633, ornamental border to title with repaired closed tear, bound with at rear The Whole Book of Psalmes: Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: Printed by G.M. for the Companie of Stationers, 1635, title within ornamental border, lower outer corners of F1 & F2 clipped, contents of volume with occasional close trimming at head of few leaves, one or two small ink marks & smudges, toning and some light dust-soiling throughout, armorial bookplate of J. Elderton to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary dark brown morocco, elaborate gilt decoration to to boards with initials I.C. and R.C. (gilt faint), rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine (gilt faint), upper board detached, lower board detached with spine reback, engraved silver corner pieces and three (of four) clasp attachments, some wear, 8vo (leaf size 167 x 110 mm)Qty: (1)NOTESHerbert 498; Darlow & Moule 386; STC 2318.
Lot 271
Bindings . Lives of the Queens Of England, by Agnes Strickland, 12 volumes, 1841-8, Lives of the Queens Of Scotland, by Agnes Strickland, 8 volumes, 1850-59, Lives of the Princesses Of England, by Mary Anne Everett Green, 6 volumes, 1850-55, Memoirs of the Queens of France, by Mrs. Forbes Bush, 2 volumes, 1843, Life of Agnes Strickland, by Jane Margaret Strickland, 1887, together with 8 further volumes by Agnes Strickland, some light toning, all edges gilt, all in uniform gilt decorated red half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, bright condition, very minor rubbing to spines, 8voQty: (37)
Lot 281
Ferguson (James). Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, and made easy to those who have not studied Mathematics, 2nd edition, London: printed for the author, 1757, folding engraved frontispiece, 13 folding engraved plates, some light spotting and offsetting, contemporary previous owner signature of George Ryley to front endpaper, small tears and repairs to front endpapers, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked and repaired, some worming to covers, 4toQty: (1)
Lot 282
Fielding (Henry). The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 6 volumes, London: for A. Millar, 1749, occasional light spotting and browning, a few leaves faintly creased where dog-eared, volumes 1 and 3 retaining either final blank or free endpaper only (the latter with offsetting from volume 2 title), volume 3 signature M2 torn in lower margin affecting catchword and signature mark recto, R3 with marginal tear not affecting text, old repair to head of R5 affecting headline verso, hole in R7 obscuring a word either side, volume 4 with closed tear through title-page sometime neatly repaired, quire B proud, volume 5 G7 with closed tear touching headline and first line of text, volume 6 F5 with closed marginal tear, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, expertly rebacked to style, 12mo (16.8 x 10 cm)Qty: (6)NOTESProvenance: Robert Parker FSA (contemporary armorial bookplates with elephant's head gorged); 'T Fletcher' (faded contemporary ownership inscriptions to title-pages). Cross III p. 316 (cf. II p. 122); Rothschild 850-1. First edition, one of 2,000 copies, with the errata leaf (volume I signature c8), the errata uncorrected, volume I p. 21 with catch-word 'lected, volume VI signature B5 unsigned, and the following cancels: I B9-10; II B4-5 and N12; III H8-10 (signed *2-*4; in Rothschild 850 H8-10 are retained as slit cancellanda), M3 and Q11; IV B1; and V N8. The stubs of the cancelled leaves are visible except in the cases of II N12 and IV B1 (though the latter is evidently tipped to the title-leaf [A]1). The second edition is sometimes referred to as the second issue, but Cross argues that Millar distributed the original types, requiring them to be entirely reset.
![[Gerbier, Balthazar]. The none-such Charles his character: extracted, out of divers originall transactions, dispatches and th](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/84f8dfe8-0b9b-4223-bde0-abf400abcb81/84311343-c732-461c-9e08-abf40101b7dd/468x382.jpg)
Lot 285
[Gerbier, Balthazar]. The none-such Charles his character: extracted, out of divers originall transactions, dispatches and the notes of severall publick ministers, and councellours of state as wel at home as abroad, London: Printed by R.I. and are to be sold by John Collins in Little Brittaine, 1651, engraved portrait frontispiece (light fraying to fore-edge margin & some offsetting), front free endpaper with early signature Anthony Anchors, contemporary sheep, some loss to upper board, worn, 8vo (Wing N1226A, ESTC R203020), together with: Book of Common Prayer , The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church ... together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, London: Printed by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd, 1712, title and text borders ruled in red, leaves I2-I11 detached, all edges gilt, contemporary black shagreen, engraved silver cornerpieces and three (of four) clasp attachments without clasps, marked, 12mo, and a defective copy of Mercurius Rusticus: or, the Country's Complaint of the Barbarous Outrages begun in the Year 1642, by the Sectaries of this flourishing Kingdom, by Bruno Ryves, 5th edition, London: W. Mears, 1732Qty: (3)
![[Glanvill, Joseph]. Saducismus Triumphatus: Or, Full and Plain Evidence Concerning Witches and Apparitions. The First Part th](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/84f8dfe8-0b9b-4223-bde0-abf400abcb81/1af745c0-7ca5-4ec2-9d31-abf40101b8db/468x382.jpg)
Lot 286
[Glanvill, Joseph]. Saducismus Triumphatus: Or, Full and Plain Evidence Concerning Witches and Apparitions. The First Part thereof Containing Philosophical Considerations, which Defend their Possibility. Whereunto is added, the true and genuine notion, and consistent explication of the nature of a spirit, for the more full confirmation of the possibility of their existence, 2 parts in one, 3rd edition, London: S. Lownds, 1688 [1689], with part titles dated 1688, collation: A3-Z, 2A-2P2 including 7 part titles, lacks the additional engraved main title by William Faithorne, the printed title (A1), and first leaf of the Address to the Reader (A2), D4 (the first part title) has been transposed as a replacement for the main printed title, also lacking is the unnumbered engraved illustration or frontispiece to the title for the second part, and at the end, this copy lacks Pp3 and Pp4 (the latter being a blank), the main text is complete and ends on Pp2, full-page engraved illustration at end, woodcut diagram illustrations, near-contemporary annotations of Arthur and Mary Fox, 1699, previous owner signatures at head of title, occasional light soiling and spotting, a few short closed tears, small Gray's Court library label to front pastedown, later half roan, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, together with a defective copy of William Drage's A Physical Nosonomy, in two parts, 1665?, first part lacking all before B2 at front, and second part (Daimonomageia. A Small Treatise of Sicknesses and Diseases from Witchcraft) defective or lacking after E4Qty: (2)NOTESESTC R21671; Wing G824. First published in 1681, this collection of seventeenth century tales of witchcraft, ghosts, demons and other paranormal occurrences was Glanvill's attempt at proving these supernatural happenings were real, in order to counter the increasing scepticism at the time and Glanvill's fear that this disbelief will lead ultimately to a rejection of Christianity.Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
Lot 288
Harris (Joseph). The Description and Use of the Globes, and the Orrey. To which is prefix'd, by way of introduction, a brief account of the Solar System, 9th ed., 1763, folding engraved frontispiece (repaired closed tear to inner blank margin), 6 folding engraved plates, occasional spotting, light dust-soiling and few minor marks, early inscriptions to front free blanks, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, 8voQty: (1)
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Lot 297
[Marlorat, Augustin]. Genesis cum Catholica expositione Ecclesiastica, id est ex uniuersis probatis Theologis ... excerpta, a quodam verbi Dei ministro, diu multumque in Theologia versato..., Morgiis: Sumptibus Ioannis le Preux & Eustathii Vignon, 1584, printer's woodcut device to title, ownership stamp and early annotation to title, some early marginalia, dampstaining to mostly to lower outer corners, late 19th century calf with bevelled boards, without title label, upper board detached, worn, thick 8vo, together with: Bible [Latin] , Biblia Sacra , sive Testamentum Vetus, Ab Im. Tremellio et Fr. Iunio ex Hebraeo Latine redditum, et Testamentum Novum, a Theod. Beza e Graeco in Latinum versum..., Amsterdam: Ioannem Ianssonium, 1648, engraved title, initial leaves lightly creased, without front free endpaper, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, light soiling, 8vo, Luther (Martin), A Commentarie of M. Doctor Martin Luther upon the Epistle of S. Paul to the Galathians: First collected and gathered word by word out of his preaching, and now out of Latine faithfully translated into English for the unlearned, London: Imprinted by Richard Field, 1616, woodcut device to title (torn with loss and lined to verso), sewing broken and few leaves loose, dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary calf, lacking spine, worn, 4to,Qty: (3)
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