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Lot 775
An Ercol light elm cottage type suite, the two seat sofa with shaped arms and fluted frieze, on part turned legs and bun feet, with two wing chairs, each matching. The upholstery in this lot does not comply with the 1988 (Fire & Fire Furnishing) Regulations, unless sold to a known exporter or upholsterer it will be cut from the frame before leaving the premises
Lot 113
A Victorian single barrel breech loading shotgun, the octagonal Damascus barrel inscribed "Reilly, 205, New Oxford St, London" with unusual hammer action, underside of barrel stamped "....S&T...." with figured walnut stock 26" barrel (no identifying numbers) CONDITION REPORTS Overall the gun appears in good condition though the stock has signs of wear and tear conducive with age i.e. some light staining and dents, etc. The metal work appears nicely engraved, the Damascus barrel again with some wear conducive with age and use although basically sound. See images for further detail.
Lot 651
Thomas Sword Good, HRSA (1789-1872) Four sketchbooks containing landscape and seascape watercolours, pencil drawings and portrait studies in monochrome wash; two small unframed pencil drawings, three 19th Century photographs of the artist; together with a small archive of correspondence and research material relating to the artist; and a signed copy of P. Edwin Bowes' book In a strong light the art of Thomas Sword Good (2ty.)
Lot 100
A DIAMOND PEARL AND GUILLOCHE ENAMEL PIERCED PENDANT, the central panel being light blue enamel and surrounded by a channel of diamond set leaves and pearls to represent eternal love and cycle of life. The back panel is removable for lock of hair etc. Approx. weight 7.8 g, height 3.5 cm coming in a fitted Heming & Co. 28 Conduit St. London N. W. boxOne small diamond missing
Lot 1
Rolex 9ct rose gold hexagonal wristwatch, import hallmark for London 1922, circular engine turned silvered dial with black Arabic numerals and steel hands, Rolex Patent 15 jewels movement in an hexagonal wire-lug case, no. 042073, inscribed 'Reg from Molly 1923', later plated bracelet, 27mm - Condition Report: - Movement - currently functioning. Dial - tarnishing present consistent of the period - see images. Glass - light marks present. Hands - matching. Case - considered good condition for the period, engraved back -see images. Crown - possible later, adjusts correctly. Bracelet - later bracelet, non-Rolex. - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Lot 10
Fortis B-47 World Timer GMT Limited Edition automatic stainless steel gentleman's bracelet watch, ref. 647.20.163, limited edition no. 35/2012, 21 jewel movement, exhibition case back, 43mm - **with Fortis black leather strap - Condition Report: - Movement - currently functioning. Dial - good. Glass - minor light marks. Hands - good. Case - good. Crown - adjusting correctly. Bracelet - light surface marks and scratches, wrist size 6.75'' approx. - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Lot 12
Patek Philippe Twenty-4 Collection lady's bracelet watch, ref. 4910/10A, stainless steel with a signed silvered diamond set dial, flanked with a diamond set bezel, 0.45ct approx, cabouchon crown, quartz E15 movement, three row rectangular link bracelet 30mm x 25.14mm - ** with Patek Philippe boxes and wallet - Condition Report: - Movement - currently functioning. Dial - good. Glass -good. Hands - good. Case - surface marks present from general wear, a light polish would be of benefit - see images for guidance. Crown -adjusts correctly. Bracelet - surface marks present consistent with the case, wrist size 6.5-7" approx. Box but no papers with this watch - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Lot 16
Victorian 18ct fusee lever pocket watch with centre seconds, Chester 1867, three quarter plate movement with stop work lever, signed I. Simmons, 7 St Anns Square, Manchester, no. 25108, original dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute track, spade hands and centre seconds, foliate engraved case with a chased band, case maker 'GR' (George Reader), 119gm, 52mm; with key - Condition Report: - Movement - currently functioning, stop work lever not activating at present. Dial - original dial with some visible rim damage to the 2-3 position - see images. Glass - surface marks preset. Hands - light marks. Case - considered good sound condition, closes correctly - see images. - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Lot 18
Clean Record Watch Co. 9ct lever half hunter pocket watch, Birmingham 1928, the 17 jewel movement signed Record W. Co, no. 119376, the dial with Roman numerals, minute track and subsidiary seconds, blued steel hands, within a plain Dennison case, 110.8gm, 53mm-Condition Report:-Movement - currently functioning.Dial - minor marks.Glass - light marks.Hands - minor marks.Case - surface scratches, cuvette 9ct.Crown - adjusting correctly.-Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Lot 19
Omega Speedmaster Day-Date chronograph automatic stainless steel gentleman's bracelet watch, ref. 3523.30.00, circa 1999, serial no. 57145xxx, silvered dial, Omega bracelet, bezel 38mm-** with Omega pouch-Condition Report:Movement - currently functioning.Dial - good.Glass - light marks.Hands - good.Case - the watch has been well worn, marks on the bezel with bruising to the 9/10 position, the back with a scratched number to the reverse lug, other typical marks as shown in the images.Crown - adjusts correctly.Bracelet - surface scratch marks present, wrist size 7.75-8" approx.-Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Lot 25
H. Samuel 'Climax Trip Action Patent' silver lever pocket watch, Chester 1901, the movement signed H. Samuel, Market Street, Manchester, no. 546058, with registered trademark stamp and inscribed 'Patent Trip Action', inscribed dust cover, signed and inscribed dial with Roman numerals, minute track and subsidiary seconds, within an engine turned case with engraved cartouche, 55mm (at fault) - Condition Report: - Movement - not functioning. Dial - numerous hairlines, some light marks. Glass - marks, couple of chips to the edge. Hands - marks, minute hand loose. Case - rubbing to the engine turning, bruise marks, heavily tarnished, cover not closing firmly. - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Lot 28
Gold plated lever pocket watch, 15 jewel three-quarter plate movement, no. 654053, the dial with Roman numerals, minute track and subsidiary seconds, blued steel hands, Illinois screw case, 50mm - Condition Report: - Movement - currently functioning. Dial - light marks. Glass - marks and some light pitting to the centre. Hands - some tarnishing and corrosion to the tip of the minute hand. Case - surface marks, scratch marks and some tarnishing present. Crown - adjusting correctly. - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Lot 29
Longines La Grande Classique gold plated lady's bracelet watch, ref. L4 209 2, circular mother of pearl dial with diamond markers, quartz, 24mm - **Longines box and outer box lid (only the lid is present to the outer box) - Condition Report: - Movement - requires a new battery. Dial - good. Glass - light marks. Hands - good. Case - light surface marks. Crown - adjusting correctly. Bracelet - good, wrist size 5.5'' approx. - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Lot 5
Oris Sixty-Five automatic stainless steel gentleman's bracelet watch, ref. 7720, serial no. 36-62xxx, blue dial with black bezel and sapphire crystal, 42mm - Condition Report: - Movement - currently functioning. Dial - good. Glass - good. Hands - good. Case - considered good, some light marks as expected - see images. Crown - adjust correctly. Bracelet - light marks, good size 8" approx. No box or papers. - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Lot 2071
A 19th century bracelet mounted with nine oval hardstone intaglios in gold rub-over mounts and gold links, 19cm long The intaglios, from left to right: 1. A 19th century carved sardonyx intaglio in the 1st century BC style, depicting a standing man before a tree and holding a wreath, engraved dot border, 1.4cm high 2. A 19th century carved sardonyx intaglio in the 1st century BC style, depicting a philosopher seated on slat-backed chair, leaning forward and intently reading, 1.5cm high 3. A 19th century finely carved carnelian intaglio, in the 1st century AD style, depicting Athena Lemnia, 1.8cm high 4. A 19th century finely carved light and dark sardonyx intaglio in the Hellenistic style, depicting Herakles Farnese, traditionally carved and leaning on his club draped with the Nemean Lion, engraved to the left with the pseudo-signature 'AYLOY' in Greek letters for the 1st century BC engraver Aulos, 2.3cm high 5. An 18th century very finely carved sardonyx intaglio by Carlo Costanzi, depicting a portrait bust of a young man with tied flowing curling hair, signed to the left 'Cavalier Carlo Costanzi' and the initials F R to the base, possibly those of the sitter, 2.8cm high Carlo Costanzi (1705 - 1781) was a gem engraver working out of Naples and later Rome. 6. A late 18th or early 19th century finely caved sardonyx intaglio by Giovanni or Luigi Pichler, depicting the bust of a youthful man, his flowing curling hair tied with a fillet, signed lower left in Greek 'Pichler', 2.6cm high Giovanni Pichler (1734 - 1791) moved to Rome from Naples and received notable commissions from an early age. His engraved gems were often mistaken as from Classical antiquity. Luigi Pichler (1773-1854) received his apprenticeship and education from his relation Giovanni as Luigi's own father died when he was young. They both, in addition to other members of their family, signed their works in various Greek and Roman ways. 7. A late 18th or early 19th century finely carved sardonyx intaglio by Pichler, probably Luigi, depicting a maenad walking to the right, wearing flowing and transparent robes, holding a thyrsus in her left hand and a cup in the other which has a butterfly drinking from it and representing psyche as the soul, signed lower right in Greek 'PIX', 2.5cm high 8. A 19th century carved carnelian intaglio depicting a traditional Dionysiac procession, after the so-called 'Seal of Michelangelo', the original of which was thought to have been carved by Pier Maria da Pescia after Michelangelo, 1.7cm wide 9. A 19th century dark sardonyx intaglio in the 1st century BC style, depicting a bearded man kneeling before a Krater, 1.4cm wide
Lot 2213
A colour-change sapphire and diamond ring by Boucheron, c1940, the carved colour-change sapphire cabochon set within a surround of diamonds in fluted yellow gold mount, signed Boucheron Paris, with rubbed maker's lozenge and French control mark, size O Accompanied by report number 80259-64 dated 5 March 2020 from GCS stating that the carved cabochon-cut sapphire weighs approximately 2.10cts and is a natural colour-change sapphire, appearing blue in daylight and purple in incandescent light. with no indications of heat treatment. Origin: Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Lot 2258
An attractive Art Nouveau enamel butterfly bracelet by Carreras, c1905, designed as a series of four slightly curved open yellow gold panels, each with a different butterfly motif amongst foliage on frosted glass ground, the four butterflies and two further insects each decorated with plique-а-jour and cloisonné polychrome enamel, one butterfly resting with wings folded and the others outstretched, the foliage decorated with shaded light green enamel, signed with applied gold plaque to reverse 'E de A. Carreras Barcelona', each plaque 4.3cm x 4cm, 19cm long, in fitted case marked 'Antigua Joyeria Carreras Paseo Gracia 30 calle Fernando 44 Bakcalona' The Carreras were the oldest family of Spanish jewellers founded by Francesco d'Assis Carreras Duran (1797-1862) in Barcelona. The firm created magnificant jewels in a very traditional style for clients from across the Iberian Peninsula. At the start of the 20th century, influenced by the House of Masriera, the workshop began to follow a more modernistic current in a style called 'Modernisme', Barcelona's own version of Art Nouveau. For more information on Carreras please refer to 'Dictionnaire International Bijou', p.108
Lot 801
ACKERMANN, Rudolph (1764-1834, publisher). The History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster; with the Charter-House, the Schools of St. Paul's, Merchant Taylors, Harrow, and Rugby, and the Free-School of Christ's Hospital, text by William Combe and William Henry Pyne. London: R. Ackermann, 1816 [-17]. 4to (347 x 285mm). 2-pages of subscribers, 48 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by W. Westall, F. Mackenzie, A. Pugin and T. Uwins (some light mainly marginal spotting and staining, a few darker spots). 19th-century half dark green morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (extremities rubbed). Provenance: GLOUCESTER (armorial bookplate); Christopher Turnor, Stoke Rochford Library (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION, bound from the original parts, with "Winchester College, From the Meadow" plate dated January 1st. 1815; "Winchester School Room" plate with the masters wearing mortar-boards; and "Charter House, from the Play Ground" plate depicting a cricket match. Abbey Scenery 440; Hardie English Coloured Books pp. 106-107; Prideaux Aquatint Engraving, pp. 126 & 332; Tooley 3.
Lot 809
BLOSSFELDT, Karl (photographer, 1865-1932). Urformen der Kunst. Photographische Pflanzenbilder. Berlin: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth A.G., 1929. 4to (313 x 245mm). Half title, 120 photographed plates by Karl Blossfeldt (some faint dampstaining to corners, a little more pronounced towards the end). Original green cloth stamped in gilt (head of spine frayed and chipped, inner hinges weak, some light dampstaining, without the dust-jacket). Second edition of Blossfeldt's masterpiece and "one of the most striking books in photographic history, as well as one of the most popular" (The Photobook). 101 Books, pp.48-9; Fotografia Publica, p.59; The Open Book, pp.66-7; The Photobook, p.96.
Lot 812
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Mockingbird Wish Me Luck. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. 8vo (236 x 154mm). Title printed in colours. Original wrappers (some light staining). FIRST EDITION IN WRAPPERS. SIGNED by the author on the title page. With 24 other books including John Keats' The Poems (London, Chiswick Press, 1904, 2 vols., cloth, dust-jackets, ONE OF 350 COPIES), Transition. An International Workshop for Orphic Creation. Edited by Eugene Jolas (The Hague, The Servire Press, March 1932, No. 21, original wrappers), Pierre Cabanne's Dialogues with Marcel Duchamp ... Preface by Salvador Dali (London, 1971, cloth, dust-jacket), William S. Burroughs' & Eric Mottram's Snack ... Two tape transcripts ([London], Aloes Books, 1975, original wrappers), William S. Burroughs' Roosevelt after Inauguration and Other Atrocities (San Francisco, City Lights Books, 1980, original wrappers, second printing), Ian McEwan's The Comfort of Strangers (London, 1981, cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author), Charles Bukowski's War All the Time. Poems 1981-1984 (Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1984, original wrappers, SIGNED by the author and with a small sketch by him) and Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient (London, 1992, cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION). (25)
Lot 814
CORNWALL - Thomas KITCHIN (1718-84). A New Improved Map of Cornwall from the Best Surveys and Intelligencies Divided into its Hundreds. London: Printed for T. Bowles, [c. 1750]. Large hand-coloured engraved map, title within fully hand-coloured figural cartouche, dedication within baroque cartouche, inset map of The Isles of Scilly (some very light spotting), 515 x 680mm., framed and glazed.
Lot 815
COSTUME - The Gentleman's Monthly Magazine of Fashion and Costumes de Paris, edited by Louis Devere. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., January 1852 - September 1853. Small folio (270 x 180mm). Large folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece of "Spring and Summer Fashions Published by Minister & Son Tailors & Habit Makers ... 1851" with Crystal Palace depicted in the background of the lower section, 63 hand-coloured engraved costume plates (frontispiece torn with slight loss and soiled, occasional light spotting and staining). Contemporary plum half calf (rubbed and lightly soiled). With 11 others including La Belle Assemblée, or Court and Fashionable Magazine (London, January - December 1830, vols. XI & XII bound in one, hand-coloured costume plates, contemporary half morocco), another volume of the same for January - July 1812, Ackermann's The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures ... The Second Series (London, September - December 1821 [bound after:] July 1822 - December 1822, hand-coloured aquatint plates, contemporary half morocco) and an album of mounted hand-coloured costume engravings, original drawings, etc. with the bookplate of Hardy Amies. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (12)
Lot 820A
DRAYTON, Michael (1563-1631). Poly-Olbion. Or, A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Rivers, Mountaines, Forests, and other Parts of this renowned Isle of Great Britaine, With intermixture of the most Remarquable Stories, Antiquities, Wonders, Rarityes, Pleasures, and Commodities of the same: Digested in a Poem. London: Printed by H.L. for Matthew Lownes: I. Browne: I. Helme, and I. Busbie, 1613. Small folio (285 x 190mm). Title with woodcut printer's device, highly elaborate engraved allegorical "frontispiece" incorporating the seated figure of Albion, engraved full-length portrait of Prince Henry by William Hole, head- and tail-pieces, 3 double-page engraved maps (only, of 18, lacks all before title and text leaves K3, P1, Q2, T5, V6, X5, Y3 and Bbb4, Bb2 and Bb3 detached, minor repair to "frontispiece", some worming at lower margins, occasional light mainly marginal spotting and browning, a few darker spots). 19th-century half red library morocco. Provenance: "Mainwaringe" (partly illegible old signature on title); Warrington Municipal Library (armorial bookplate and stamps on title and in the margin of the portrait of Prince Henry). The surviving maps in this copy are 1) "Penbrok Shyre, Carmarden Shyre"; 2) "The Parte of Shropshyre one[sic] the West of Severne"; and 3) "Parte of Shropshyre on the East of Severne." The portrait of Prince Henry is in the second state with title "Henricus Princeps." Grolier Langland to Wither 84; Lowndes p. 671; Pforzheimer 308; Skelton 9; STC 7227; not in Brunet.
Lot 821
DUGUAY-TROUIN, René (1673-1736). Memoires de M. du Gue-Trouin, chef d' Escadre des Armées de S. M. T. C. & Grand-Croix de l' Ordre Militaire de Saint Louise. Amsterdam: chez Pierre Mortier, 1732. 12mo (145 x 85mm). Title printed in red and black with woodcut device, headpieces and initials (small hole in blank margin of I9, some light spotting and staining). Contemporary speckled armorial calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments (rebacked, top fore-corner of upper cover eroded, spine heavily rubbed). Provenance: De Bariville (old signature on front free endpaper and coat-of-arms stamped on covers); "Ex Libris Laurentii Currie" (armorial bookplate). [?]Second 'pirated' edition, the last text page (verso) numbered 290 followed by 2 blank leaves. cf. Barbier III, 209 (erroneously calling for 2 vols.); Berger pp.150-1; Borba de Moraes I, 270-272; Brunet II, 476 (under 'Guay-Trouin', citing the Paris 1740 ed. only); Cohen-de Ricci I, 334; Polak 2855; Sabin 29098 (citing the Paris 1740 ed. only). The author was a celebrated seaman or 'corsair' - some might say a 'pirate' - who famously captured and ransacked Rio de Janeiro in 1711. The first 'authorised' edition of his memoirs, which (at the insistence of Cardinal Fleury) suppressed much of the more colourful contents of the present edition, was published in 1740.
![DUMAS, Alexandre (1802-70). Le Comte de Monte-Christo [sic, ie. Cristo]. Brussels: Meline, Cans et Compagnie, 1845-46. 8 vol](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/55ca2bbb-26d6-40cd-87ba-abec00be1828/79790a0f-75a7-48af-9a43-abed00946d95/468x382.jpg)
Lot 822
DUMAS, Alexandre (1802-70). Le Comte de Monte-Christo [sic, ie. Cristo]. Brussels: Meline, Cans et Compagnie, 1845-46. 8 volumes bound in 4, small 8vo (151 x 98mm). Half titles present in all 8 volumes (i.e. 2 half titles present in each volume as bound, large light stain to half title, title and first leaves of the first vol., extending on the title page from the top of "Monte-Christo" [sic] to half a centimetre above "Bruxelles"). Contemporary pink half calf and marbled boards, spines ruled and numbered "1-4" in gilt with green morocco lettering pieces (spines stained and faded, more heavily at the foot of vol. one). Very early Brussels edition, with "Cristo" misspelt "Christo" in all the titles, published the year after the first edition in book form which was printed in Paris in 1844. cf. Reed 134. (4)
Lot 825
FINCK, Henry Theophilus (1854-1926). The Pacific Coast Scenic Tour. From Southern California to Alaska, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Yellowstone Park and the Grand Canyon. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1891. 8vo (206 x 140mm). Half title, photographed frontispiece, map, and 19 photographed plates (one text leaf torn without loss, some light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Original green decorated buckram (spine slightly discoloured, a little faded). First published in New York in 1890. cf. Carson 605; Smith 104. With Thomas D. Murphy's Three Wonderlands of the American West ... New Revised Edition (Boston, [n.d.], original pictorial buckram) and Hugo Brehme's Mexico. Baukunst. Landschaft. Volksleben (Berlin, 1925, half roan). (3)
Lot 826
GIBRALTAR - A Chart of the Bay of Gibraltar, including a small Plan of that Fortress, with the Position of the Military and Naval Force of France and Spain, present during the late Siege of that Garrison. [London:] J. Cleevers, 1785. Hand-coloured engraved chart (slightly worn at folds, some very light staining), 460 x 665mm., framed and glazed.
Lot 830
HERBERT, Thomas (1606-82). Some Years Travels into Divers Parts of Africa and Asia the Great. Describing More particularly the Empires of Persia and Industan: Interwoven with suchj remarkable Occurrences as hapned[sic] in those parts during these later Times. As also, many other rich and famous Kingdoms in the Orientall India, with the Isles adjacent. Severally relating their Religion, Language, Customs and Habit: as also proper Observations concerning them. The Third Impression much Enlarged, with many Additions, nigh a third part more then[sic] there was in any of the former impressions, besides the addition of many new and lively Brass-cuts. London: Printed by J. Best for Andrew Crook, 1665. Folio (286 x 188mm). Additional engraved title with baroque cartouche, woodcut headpieces and historiated initials, folding engraved plate of Persepolis, 48 engraved illustrations and maps including one full-page map (some repairs to both titles affecting a few letters, small hole in printed title not affecting letters, short marginal tear at foot of both titles, small rusthole in Oo2 touching letters, some dark spots and a few stains, some light staining and browning). FINELY BOUND in modern polished panelled calf gilt, spine gilt with red and tan morocco lettering-pieces, raised bands, gilt edges, new endpapers. The binding is, perhaps surprisingly, unsigned. Provenance: D. [?]Thomas (old signature at head of both titles). Wing H1534; Sabin 31471. The work was first published in 1634. There is an illustration of a man being eaten by a "Sharke fish" on p. 7 and an illustration of a Dodo on p.403.
![INCUNABLE - [John MARCHESINUS (late 13th-early 14th-century). Mammotrectus super Bibliam.] [Colophon:] Expliciut exposi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/55ca2bbb-26d6-40cd-87ba-abec00be1828/3fff6a09-bd23-44f2-977d-abed0094eef7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 832A
INCUNABLE - [John MARCHESINUS (late 13th-early 14th-century). Mammotrectus super Bibliam.] [Colophon:] Expliciut expositiones et correctiones vocabulorum libri qui appellatur Mamotrectus tablie qualiorum plurimorus librorum. Venice: "impensis Francisci de madiis", 1485. 8vo (178 x 118mm). 242 leaves [collated complete], printed in double column, 39-lines to a page, small Gothic type, intials, capitals and decorations hand-painted in red and blue (some leaves mis-bound at the beginning, a few leaves lightly browned, some light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Contemporary panelled vellum decorated in blind over boards, plain spine with 5 raised bands, metal clasp (rubbed and stained). Provenance: copious 15th/16th-century annotation on vellum stubs and leaves at the front and beginning, and in some margins; E. Calvert (later library label on front pastedown); BIBLIOTHECA HEBERIANA (small label on [A1]); 2 old catalogue descriptions [for other copies] laid down on and tipped-onto front pastedown; [continuous] manuscript pagination throughout. First printed in Mainz by Peter Schöffer in 1470, Mammotrectus [with many variants] super Bibliam, a dictionary of words and terms extracted from the Bible and other religious works, was one of the most important scholarly texts of the later Middle Ages. It was criticised by Erasmus and Luther, then satirised by Rabelais in his Gargantua and Pantagruel. BMC V.333; cf. Brunet III, 250 (not citing this edition specifically); Goff M245; GW M20823; Hain 10564.
![INCUNABLE - Bible, in Latin. Biblia cum tabula noviter edita. Venice: "per Symonem Bevilqua," [not before 22 November] 1494.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/55ca2bbb-26d6-40cd-87ba-abec00be1828/130d22fe-38db-415b-b15e-abed0094ec53/468x382.jpg)
Lot 832B
INCUNABLE - Bible, in Latin. Biblia cum tabula noviter edita. Venice: "per Symonem Bevilqua," [not before 22 November] 1494. Large 8vo (207152mm). 464 leaves [collated complete, with blanks as called for], printed mostly in double column, table printed in triple column, 55-lines to a page, small Gothic type, initials hand-painted alternately in red and blue, capital letters marked in red, printed marginal notes, table by Gabriele Bruno (small pieces torn away from blank margins of aii, m4, r2 and J1, tab torn at margin of q1, marginal repair to C5, some light mainly marginal staining and spotting, mainly at lower margin). Contemporary panelled calf over boards, small vellum tabs (rebacked, upper cover detached, lower joints split, spine rather worn, lacks clasps, corners eroded, inner hinges crudely reinforced, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: old [?]signature on aii scribbled out and partly excised; E. Calvert (later library label on front pastedown), some old marginal annotation. One of the "Fontibus ex grecis" Vulgate bibles, which were translated from now-lost ancient Hebrew and Arameic manuscripts between 382 and 405 AD by the scholar priest known as St. Jerome (Eusebius Hieronymus), and one of the first of all Latin bibles to be printed in a smaller format. BMC V.519; cf. Brunet I, 327; Copinger Incunabula biblica 100; Darlow & Moule 6089; Goff B597; GW 4274; Hain 3117*; IGI 1677; Quentin 81; Sheppard 4468.
![MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò (1469-1527). Il Prencipe [sic]... Con alcune altre operette, i titoli delle qualitroverai nella seguente](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/55ca2bbb-26d6-40cd-87ba-abec00be1828/2799de52-d379-4e13-9da0-abed00948ee3/468x382.jpg)
Lot 841
MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò (1469-1527). Il Prencipe [sic]... Con alcune altre operette, i titoli delle qualitroverai nella seguente facciata. Palermo [but London]: "Appresso gli heredi d' Antoniello dagli Antonielli" [but John Wolfe], 1584. 8vo (156 x 102mm). Woodcut printer's device of a palm tree with serpents and toads at its root on title, Italian text (heavy stain to corner of last few leaves, browned and spotted throughout with a few darker spots). Modern old-style calf decorated in blind, raised bands (extremities rubbed, some splitting and worming to upper joints). Provenance: two modern labels on front pastedown; old initials at foot of title; deleted signatures on verso of final text leaf; old library label at foot of spine. "The Prince" was first published by Anthony Blado in 1532 and was placed on the Index librorum prohibitorum in 1559. It has been suggested that this edition, with its false imprint, was produced for an Italian readership. However, it is just as likely that the publisher John Wolfe, in light of the scandalous nature of the book's contents, was simply trying to keep out of trouble. cf. PMM 63; STC (2nd ed.) 17167; this edition not in Brunet.
![MANCHESTER - William Arthur SHAW (1865-1943). Manchester Old and New. London: Cassell, [c. 1894]. 3 volumes, 4to (315 x 250m](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/55ca2bbb-26d6-40cd-87ba-abec00be1828/39fa94d8-1282-4e81-a9d3-abed009490d3/468x382.jpg)
Lot 842
MANCHESTER - William Arthur SHAW (1865-1943). Manchester Old and New. London: Cassell, [c. 1894]. 3 volumes, 4to (315 x 250mm). Illustrations by H. E. Tidmarsh (occasional light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Original maroon pebbled and bevelled cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in blind, gilt edges (extremities rubbed). With 7 other works of related interest in 11 volumes including T. Swindells' Manchester Streets and Manchester Men (Manchester, 1906-08, first-fifth series [all published], cloth), Beppy Byrom's Diary. An Eye-witness Account of Bonnie Prince Charlie in Manchester ([No place, c. 1955], cloth, number 144 of an unstated limitation). (14)
Lot 844
MICROSCOPES - Henri VAN HEURCK (1838-1909). The Microscope. Its Construction and Management. Including Technique, Photo-Micrography, and the Past and Future of the Microscope, edited and translated by Wynne E. Baxter. London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1893. 4to (285 x 200mm). Half title, mounted photogravure portrait of the author, plates, illustrations and tables (some very light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Original green pictorial buckram gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (extremities lightly rubbed, some scuffing to upper cover, tear to head of spine, inner hinges split, some leaves loose). Provenance: "B. Knowles 1893 from R.J.B." (inscription on half title); E. Carlton Hood, Chicago, Ill., 1932 (stamp and inscription on half title and further stamps to endpapers). "English Edition. Re-edited and augmented by the author from the fourth French edition." With Lionel S. Beale's How to Work with the Microscope (London, 1880, original cloth, fifth edition) and Jabez Hogg's The Microscope: Its History, Construction and Application (London, 1883, calf, "New Edition"). (3)
![MORRISON, Robert (1782-1834). Vocabulary of the Canton Dialect. Macao: Printed at the Honorable[sic] East India Company's Pr](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/55ca2bbb-26d6-40cd-87ba-abec00be1828/23249a9f-7141-408c-af8f-abed00949d56/468x382.jpg)
Lot 847
MORRISON, Robert (1782-1834). Vocabulary of the Canton Dialect. Macao: Printed at the Honorable[sic] East India Company's Press, by G. J. Steyn, and Brother, 1828. Parts I-II bound in one [only, lacking part III: "Chinese Words and Phrases", as often], 8vo in 4s (224 x 140mm). (Some spotting to title, "Powers of the Letters" leaf detached and frayed without loss, some leaves torn at upper margin, without loss, very lightly browned throughout, occasional light spotting and staining). Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt (upper cover detached with first few leaves attached, signs of label having been removed from lower cover, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: later pencil inscription on front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION of the first western attempt to compile a glossary for a dialect at a time when the opium trade was at its height. RARE. "This Vocabulary was undertaken, in the hope that the language could be communicated to Europeans without the Chinese Character ..." (from the Introduction). RARE. 6754
Lot 849
NIEBUHR, Carsten (1733-1815). Voyage ... en Arabie et en d' autres Pays de l' Orient. Avec l' extrait de la description de l' Arabie & des observations de Mr Forskal. "En Suisse" [Bern]: chez les Libraires Associés, 1780. 2 volumes, 8vo (195 x 118mm). Text in French, 19 engraved plates, 5 of which folding, 6 folding engraved maps (some very light browning and staining). Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red and green morocco lettering-pieces, red edges (extremities rubbed and scuffed, some splitting to heads of joints). Provenance: Sir Joseph Verdin, Bart. (armorial bookplate). Second edition in French of the first European account of Arabia, its people and their way of life. cf. Atabey 874; Brunet III, 518 (citing the first edition - "assez rare" - of 1774-78 with German text); Gay 3589; Hage Chahine Guide de Livre Orientaliste Levant 3443; Weber II, 458. (2)
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