signed and dated "Sartorius 179 3(?)" right of the horse oil on canvas (Dimensions: 23 x 29 cm)(23 x 29 cm)Footnote: Provenance: Wood Dalling Hall, Norfolk This is a portrait of a charger (possibly an officer's charger) of the pre-Waterloo era. The 'blanket' the horse is wearing is known as a shabraque and the black piece over the pommel is known as a sheepskin. In the British Army of the period, the shabraque's colour usually matched that of the regiment's facing colour. So, for example, the 1st Life Guards' tunics were red, but their facing colour was blue - as were their shabraques. This is not, however, a universal rule. In the British cavalry of the period, only The Blues and the 10th Light Dragoons (later Hussars) had officers' shabraques that were any colour other than blue (both had red shabraques) and the Kettledrummer of the 2nd Life Guards whose shabraque was white. From the mid-18th century onwards, all British Army (cavalry, infantry, artillery and support arms) officers' shabraques were edged with gold lace. We are grateful to Christopher Joll for his assistance with the catalogue entry.Condition report: Oil on canvas which has been lined. An old tear at the top of the canvas has been repaired. Retouchings are fairly well matched to the original. The varnish has yellowed and is dirty. There is wear to the gilding on the frame.
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oil on canvas (Dimensions: 59 x 49 cm)(59 x 49 cm)Footnote: For a similar scene by Frants Henningsen, see Apollo, March 1985, p. 213 (illus.) and Sotheby's, sale, 28 November 1984 (£42,900).Condition report: Oil on canvas which is unlined. The painting and frame are in a good condition with some surface dirt present. Some wear and a few light scuffs to the gilding on the frame.
A Album of K.G.6 Mint GB and Commonwealth Stamps, includes GB high values to 10/- light blue and £1 Silver Wedding, 1951 Set SG509-12 mint and UPU Commonwealth stamps. all different looks complete set. Plus a few QEII stamps from 1953. Good lot in excellent condition. Plus a tin of mint K.G.6 stamps including a block of four 2/6 green SG476B and a QEII Coronation album.
Britains: A collection of four boxed sets of Special Collectors Edition Britains figures to comprise: Union Supply Wagon & Crew, 8873; The Princess Charlotte of Wales' 5th Dragoon Guards, 8821; The Queen's Own 4th Hussars, 8811; and The Royal Marine Light Infantry, 8808, all complete within original boxes. (4)
A jade and diamond cluster ring, the ice jade cabochon is set within a surround of circular-cut diamonds in yellow gold, size L 1/2 Accompanied by report number 79227-28 dated 8 August 2019 from GCS, London stating that the cabochon-cut jade is natural light blue jadeite jade with no indications of impregnation
Mendham (Edith).- Hood (Thomas) Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, manuscript calligraphic text and 33 original watercolour illustrations artistically incorporating the text, 1p. with light soiling, the odd spot, 20th century crushed brown morocco, gilt, by Roger de Coverly, spine richly gilt in compartments, light rubbing to joints, g.e., oblong folio, [c.1890].⁂ A handsome turn of the century manuscript work, richly illustrated with original watercolour drawings, by the little known late Victorian female artist, Edith Mendham (fl. 1888-1911). Few works by Mendham are known but the present album suggests she was a highly competent and skilled illustrator. Provenance: Christie's sale, 29th January 1979, lot 36 (lot slip loosely inserted).
Bindings.- Latin Classics.- Plinius Secundus (Gaius) Epistolæ et Panegyricus, half-title, title with woodcut printer's device, occasional spotting, contemporary red morocco, gilt, covers with triple filet borders with rosette and floral corner-pieces, spine in compartments with rich floral and foliage decoration, g.e., an attractive copy, (binding 159 x 99mm.), Paris, Barbou, 1769 § Ovidius Naso (Publius) Opera, 2 vol. (of 3), engraved frontispieces, titles in red and black, offsetting, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary red straight-grain morocco (a pencilled note suggests Roger Payne as the binder), gilt, with arms of George Henry Ward, spines faded, rubbed at extremities, g.e., (binding 192 x 115mm.), Jacob Tonson & John Watts, 1715; and 2 vol. Horace, Leipzig, 1800 in contemporary red morocco, large 12mo & 8vo (5)
Sledge (Sarah, London-based publisher, active 1771-1781) The Politician, after Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, etching and engraving on laid paper, platemark 365 x 260 mm. (14 1/4 x 10 1/4 in), good margins, some surface dirt and light browning, unframed, 1771; together with a small group of 5 other caricatures, including 3 by Thomas Colley, A Sentimental Highlander in Paris [Not in BM Satires], The French Spy c. 1781, Anglais et Ecossais, and two others relating to Queen Victoria, various sizes, all unframed, c. 1780 and later (6)
Richardson (George) A Book of Ceilings, composed in the style of the Antique Grotesque, first edition, title and text in English and French, engraved dedication, list of subscribers, 48 engraved plates, one double-page, most with small areas or details picked out in watercolour or coloured pencil, the latter very faint, a few with Richardson's name and dimensions supplied in ink within plate-mark, spotting to text, light marginal soiling to plates, small portion cut away from title (repaired), stamp removed from edge of first few plates, contemporary boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in calf, spine a little faded, [Harris 735], folio, for the Author, 1776.⁂ Richardson was employed by the Adam Brothers for eighteen years and this work was his unsuccessful attempt to launch his own architectural practice. The list of subscribers includes Joseph Banks, William Chambers, John Carr of York, George Dance, Joseph Pickford at Derby, Thomas Sandby and many country house owners such as the Marquis of Rockingham.
Game.- Historical Pastime. A New Game of the History of England, hand-coloured engraved sheet of clockwise spiral of small circular portraits and scenes around central portrait of George III, dissected and mounted on linen, 564 x 534mm., some spotting and light soiling, together with Rules and Directions booklet, half-title, pencil numbers, some spotting and staining, original pink wrappers, original engraved label to upper wrappers, corners of lower wrapper clipped, little creased and soiled, both housed in original marbled board slip-case with original engraved label to upper panel, rather worn, but holding firm, [Whitehouse pp.29-30], John Wallis & John Harris, 1804.
Thucydides. The hystory, writtone by Thucidides the Athenyan, of the warre, whiche was betwene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans, translated oute of Frenche into the Englysh language by Thomas Nicolls, first edition in English, black letter, title within elaborate historiated woodcut border, woodcut initials, without errata f. (as often), occasional light marginal browning or finger-soiling, ink markings to title in an early hand, title strengthened at inner margins, bookplate and ink stamp to title verso, handsome 19th century hard vellum, spine darkened, minor wear, an attractive copy, [STC 24056], folio, [William Tylle], 1550.⁂ One of the earliest translations of Greek literature. Thucydides recounts the 5th-century B.C. war between Athens and Sparta and analyses the political and moral policies that fueled the combat.
Wilde (Oscar) The Sphinx, first edition, one of 200 copies, half-title, pictorial title, illustrations and decorations by Charles Ricketts, printed in red, green and black, occasional browning, original pictorial vellum, gilt, designed by Ricketts and Henry Leighton, uncut, covers a little bowed, some light surface soiling, [Mason 361], small 4to, 1894.⁂ One of Ricketts's most important early book designs, The Sphinx was delayed in its publication on account of the Beardsley-illustrated Salome appearing in 1893. Eventually the book came out in 1894 in an edition of 200 copies; press hostility to Wilde ensured its failure. The book became a rarity almost immediately owing to a fire at the Ballantyne Press destroying many of the unsold copies.
Brooke (Ralph) A Catalogue and Succession of the Kings, Princes, Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, and Viscounts of this Realme of England, since the Norman Conquest, first edition, title within elaborated woodcut border (closely shaved at outer margin), woodcut initials, head-pieces and numerous coats of arms, all coloured in a contemporary hand, occasional ink notes and annotations in a contemporary hand with a few additional coats of arms added by hand, 10ff. with repaired tears, not affecting text, 4¶3 with tear running into text, pagination and collation erratic but seemingly all present, occasional light browning or soiling, bookplate of Thomas Weld of Lulworth Castle to pastedown, 18th century mottled calf, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, spine rubbed, [STC 3832], folio, by William Jaggard, and sold at his house in Barbican, 1619.
Amis (Kingsley) Lucky Jim, first edition, ink gift inscription to endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, light tape repairs to foot of spine and lower corner verso with some light show-through to recto, minor chipping to spine ends and corners but a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1953.⁂ A crisp, attractive example of Amis' first novel.
'Ruiz Binder'.- Giambullari (Pier Francesco) Historia dell'Europa... nella quale ordinatamente si trattano le cose successe in questa parte del mondo dall'anno Dccc fino al 913 Di nostra Salute... , first edition, collation: *4, **4, ⁂4, ⁂*4, A-Z4, Aa-Ss4, Tt2, title with woodcut printer's device to title and portrait verso, woodcut historiated initials, title lightly soiled and with small repair, affecting a few letters of portrait frame verso, Venice, Francesco Senese, 1566 bound with Guicciardini (Lodovico) Commentarii... Delle cose più memorabili seguite in Europa: specialmente in questi paesi bassi, dalla pace di Cambrai, del mDxxix, insino a tutto l'anno m.D.lx. Libri tre..., second edition, collation: a8, b4, A-K8, title with woodcut printer's device and historiated initials, Venice, Domenico Farri, 1566, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional light staining, contemporary Roman morocco by the 'Ruiz Binder', central arms of Ruiz (a lion rampant, stamped in gold, holding a fleur-de-lis stamped in silver, within a cartouche flanked by the initials 'I R'), all within a rich border of gilt and tooled fillets, and gilt floral roll, spine ends and corners repaired, gilt gauffered edges, little rubbed, small 4to (book block 208 x 142mm; binding 213 x 157mm.)⁂ Bound by the 'Ruiz Binder' and bringing together two important histories of Europe by Florentine scholars. The works were finely bound around 1570 for Jeronímo Ruiz, member of a distinguished Valencia family living in Rome and associated with the Curia. His uncle Felipe (1512-1582) was secretary of the Papal Dataria. Hobson records 24 volumes bearing Ruiz's arms, all bound by the same Roman binder known as the 'Ruiz Binder', in light of his principal client. "Jeronimo had a taste for history and owned works by Lucius Florus, Dio Cassius, Sallust, Thucydides and Polybius, as well as Bembo's history of Venice, Olaus Magnus's of Scandinavia, Giambullari's of Europe, and both Cieza de Leon's and Zarate's of Peru [...] But he was no scholar. All the books are in Italian except a copy of Francesco Maurolico's Martyrologium, Venice 1568" (Hobson-Culot, Italian and French 16th-Century Bookbindings, p. 49). For the bindings made for Jeronímo Ruiz, the Roman craftsman used the same tools already employed by Maestro Luigi, one of three binders active in Rome and working for Giovanni Battista Grimaldi between 1536 and 1565. Hobson suggests that the 'Ruiz Binder' may be his successor. The Ruiz arms are stamped within the usual cartouche employed by this Roman binder. The present binding is one of 24 recorded in Hobson's census. The volume later entered the rich library of cardinal Giuseppe Renato Imperiali, sold in Rome in 1711. Provenance: Jeronímo Ruiz (sixteenth century armorial binding); from the library of Cardinal Giuseppe Renato Imperiali (1651-1737; stamp 'Ex. Bibl. Ios. Ren. Card. Imperialis' on the first title-page; see Bibliothecae Josephi Renati Imperialis Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae, Romae 1711, in the Appendix, p. 554); 'De Pigis' (ownership inscription on the first title-page); Count Orazio Samminiatelli (twentieth century, Perignano, near Pisa; see A. Hobson, Apollo and Pegasus, no. 19). Literature: I: EDIT 16 CNCE 20914 II: Adams G-1534; EDIT 16 CNCE 22315. Binding: Hobson, Apollo and Pegasus, Amsterdam 1975, no. 19; Hobson-Culot, Italian and French 16th-Century Bookbindings, no. 17.
Wells (H.G.) The War of the Worlds, first edition, issue without advertisements, publisher's 'Popular Six Shilling Novels' list to half-title verso, the odd spot, browning to endpapers, bookplate of Eric M Browett to pastedown, spine a little darkened and soiled, spine ends and corners a little bumped with 1 corner frayed, light rubbing to extremities, still a very good, sharp example, [Hammond B5], 8vo, 1898.
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Rackham (Arthur).- [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll" Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, number 448 of 1,130 copies, 13 tipped-in colour plates and other illustrations in text by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, occasional spotting, pictorial endpapers, browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, light finger-soiling, bump to foot of spine, but an excellent, sharp copy overall, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, [1907].
Sturm (Johannes) De accurata circuli dimensione et quadratura, 1633 bound with Ludus fortunae, ad recreandam societatem, 1635 [but 1633], together 2 works in 1 vol., woodcut printers device to titles, woodcut initials, occasional light spotting or browning, mostly marginal, final gathering of first work loose, ink stamps to titles, contemporary vellum, lacking ties, 4to, Leuven, François Simon.⁂ Two rare works by the Belgian mathematician Johannes Sturm. The first dealing with the then-popular problem of attempting to square the circle, the second with games and fortune telling. Provenance: 'I.C.S.I.' (contemporary ownership inscription on the title-page); José Bayolo Pacheco de Amorim (1918-2013, stamp on the title-page, with the printed shelfmark '14009').
First Hebrew grammar by an American.- Castillo (Martin Del) Arte Hebraispano. Dikduk Lashon Hakodesh Belshon Sepharadith, first edition, text in Hebrew and Spanish, light spotting and damp-staining, occasional worming to inner margin, hinges broken and binding almost detached, contemporary limp vellum, soiling, [Palau 481466], 8vo, Lyon, Florian Anisson, 1676.⁂ First edition of the first Hebrew grammar printed for the New World, rare.
S.E. Asia.- Malay.- Werndly (George Henrik) Maleische spraakkunst, uit de eigen schriften der Maleieres opgemaakt; met eene voorreden, behelzende eene inleiding tot dit werk, en een dubbeld aanhangsel van twee boekzalen van boeken, in deze tale zo van Europeers, als van Maleiers geschreven, title with woodcut device, woodcut tail-pieces, ink stamp to title and a few other ff., some light browning, early 20th century straight-grain morocco-backed marbled boards, rubbed, 8vo, Amsterdam, R. & G. Wetstein for the [Dutch] East Indies Company, 1736.⁂ Rare first edition of this Malay grammar printed for the Dutch East India Company. It includes 'the first bibliography of Malay books by Europeans and indigenious authors' (Landwehr VOC 759).
Military.- Dubois-Drahonet (Alexandre-Jean, French portrait painter, 1791-1834) Three portrait studies of members of the 14th (The King's) Light Dragoons, two identified, including Sergeant John Brookfield and Capt. James Massey Dawson, probably a preliminary study for the commission from King William IV to paint a series of pictures illustrating recent changes in the uniforms and weapons of the British Army, watercolours over pencil and black chalk, two measure approx 230 x 160 mm. (9 x 6 1/4 in), the third 230 x 90 mm. (9 x 3 1/2 in), under glass, some surface dirt and browning, with minor discoloration to corners from old tabs verso, presented in one mount, framed, [circa 1830s] ⁂ The finished paintings of both sitters here identified are now held in the Royal Collection (see RCIN 407105 and 407104).
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Bindings.- A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England, for J. and J. Bonwicke [and others], 1744; A Companion for the Fasts of the Church of England, for J. and J. Bonwicke [and others], 1744, engraved frontispieces, occasional spotting, some light browning, uniformly bound in handsome contemporary red morocco, gilt, covers with lozenge shaped centre-pieces built-up from from various fleuron tools, within wide scrolling borders of floral and foliage tools, spines in compartments, all but one with a black morocco label the others with richly floral and crown decoration, rubbed, some marking, g.e., 8vo (bindings 210 x 134mm.)
Wells (H.G.) The Island of Dr. Moreau, first edition, frontispiece, 33pp. advertisements at end, light marginal toning, a few ff. chipped at margins where carelessly opened, ink name to endpaper, original pictorial cloth, spine dulled, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, marking to lower cover from removal of label, ring mark to upper cover, light surface soiling, [Hammond B3], 8vo, 1896.
Wells (H.G.) The Invisible Man, first edition, 1f. advertisements, usual light toning to margins, ink mark to endpaper, original pictorial cloth, spine a little dulled spine ends and corners a little bumped, bump to upper fore-edge, light surface soiling, still a very good copy overall, [Hammond B7], 8vo, 1897.
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, second (first published) edition, first issue with contents leaf with inverted "s" in last line and p. 30 incorrectly numbered 3, frontispiece and illustrations by John Tenniel, occasional foxing, splitting to gutter, contents shaken with some pulling to gatherings but largely holding firm, blue endpapers a little creased, shelf-lean, some light rubbing and fraying to joints, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, but a generally clean and bright example overall, 1866; Through the Looking Glass, and what Alice Found There, first edition first issue with "wade" for "wabe" on page 21, frontispiece and illustrations by John Tenniel, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some light rubbing to extremities, but an excellent copy overall, 1872 [1871]; Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Being a Facsimile of the Original Ms. Book, first edition, illustrations by the author, a few pp. creased at margins, occasional marginal finger soiling, lower hinge cracked but holding firm, neat ink gift inscription to endpaper verso, spine faded, spine a little faded, spine ends bumped, light soiling to covers, 1886, original publisher's cloth, gilt, g.e., [Crutch 46; 84; 194], 8vo (3)⁂ A good group of the three Alice books published in Dodgson's lifetime all in their first published editions and in good, unrestored condition.
Hawking & Hunting.- Turberville (George) The Booke of Falconrie or Hawking..., second edition, issue with catchword "of" on A1r, 1611; The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting, second edition, 1611, together 2 works in 1 vol., printed in black letter, woodcut title vignettes, the first showing the Earl of Warwick in hunting costume, numerous woodcut illustrations, some full-page, the first work with final blank, the second with initial blank and 4pp. bugle calls with musical notation at end, with contemporary ink manuscript recipes to endpapers and a few annotations to text (first leaf frayed and defective), both titles cropped affecting imprint (loss of date to first, shaved on second), first title with ink smudge, occasional browning or soiling, some light water-staining, becoming loose in binding, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, rubbed and slightly stained, preserved in old cloth drop-back box (rubbed & repaired), [Schwerdt II, 271-272; STC 24325 & 24329], 4to, by Thomas Purfoot⁂ Two of the most important hawking and hunting works of the 16th century, first published in 1575, and nearly always found together. The first work is an adaptation of the works of Giorgi, Carcano, Tardif and Artelouche; the second (sometimes attributed to George Gascoigne) is essentially a translation of Du Fouilloux's La Venerie. Some of the woodcuts contain portraits of the monarch and these have been altered from Queen Elizabeth I in the 1575 editions to King James I in those of 1611, although that on p.112 of the first work still features part of Elizabeth's riding habit.
Freud (Sigmund, founder of psychoanalysis, 1856-1939) Autograph Letter signed in German, to "Mr. Rubin", Vienna, 1p., on printed letterhead paper, 8vo, September 20, 1928, thanking him for his news report and sending his best wishes for the first meeting of his society, light marginal browning.⁂ Freud here sending Rubin best wishes for the first meeting of his society, and sharing the wisdom of his experience in encouraging three specific principles of decorous conduct
Melville (Herman) Moby-Dick; or The Whale, first American edition, 6pp. advertisements, light foxing, original orange-coated endpapers, original "A" red cloth with publisher's circular device and a heavy rule frame on both covers, neat and sympathetic repair and retouching to joints, spine ends and corners by Bruce Levy, light creasing to covers, in effect a sharp and excellent copy, preserved in custom morocco drop-back box with wale motif inlayed in white to covers and in gilt on spine, [BAL 13664], 8vo, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1851.⁂ An attractive example of the first American edition, issued one month after the true first, containing thirty-five passages that were expunged in the English edition as well as the Epilogue recounting Ishmael's rescue.
Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Alzire, ou Les Americains, ?first edition, ?unrecorded, [not in BnF (Voltaire), ESTC, Bengesco or Besterman], "A Londres", De l'Imprimerie de Jorry, 1736 bound with Romagnesi (J.-A.) Les Sauvages, Parodie de la Tragedie d'Alzire, ?first edition, a few leaves stained, [OCLC locate copies at BnF and Van Pelt, and ascribe the work to Voltaire; not in ESTC or Bengesco], "A Londres", 1736 and [Pompignan (Jean Jacques Le Franc, Marquis de)] Didon, Tragedie, first edition, some light foxing, Paris, Chez Chaubert, 1734 and [Saint-Foix (Germain-Francois Poullian de)] La Colonie, first edition, Paris, Chez Cailleau, 1750, together 4 works in 1, contemporary marbled boards, rubbed, extremities worn, 12moSaleroom notice: The first mentioned is not a first edition and is recorded in the Oxford edition of Voltaire’s works, reference 36x4⁂ A very good sammelband of rare French theatrical works, including Voltaireiana.
Ogilby (John) The Relation of His Majestie's Entertainment passing through the City of London, to his Coronation: with a description of the Triumphal Arches, and Solemnity, first edition, second state without dedication and final list of committee members, with initial licence leaf, lightly damp-stained, stitched, first and last leaves soiled, first with title in contemporary manuscript, [Wing O181], by Tho. Roycroft, for Rich. Marriott, 1661 § Digges (Thomas) Englands Defence. A Treatise concerning Invasion..., light damp-staining, stab-holes, loose, [Wing D1471], for F.Haley, 1680 § Grimalkin, or, the Rebel-Cat: a Novel. Representing the Unwearied Attempts of the Beasts of his Faction against Sovereignty and Succession since the Death of the Lyons in the Tower, first edition, state A, [Wing G2026], for the Author, 1681 § Tell-Truth (Robert) Advice to the Nobility, Gentry, & Commonalty of this Nation in the Qualifications and Election of their Knights and Burgesses, their Representatives in Parliament, 4pp., drop-head title, [Wing A660], n.p., [1679] § Charles II, King of England. His Majesties Gracious Speech...to both Houses of Parliament, on Thursday the 23d of May, 1678, title with woodcut royal arms, [Wing C3085], by John Bill, Christopher Barker, Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, 1678 § Officers Address (The) to the Ladies. To their Brightnesses the Ladies of Great-Britain..., 4pp., drop-head title, water-stained, by A.Baldwin, [1710], some a little browned or soiled, all but the first disbound; and 4 others, similar, folio (10)⁂ The third mentioned, Grimalkin, is a satire on the intrigues of the Earl of Shaftesbury and the Duke of Monmouth to alter the succession; the last refers to the Sacheverell trial, ESTC lists only 2 copies (BL & Trinity College Dublin).
Americas.- Mitchell, Jr. (S.Augustus) Mitchell's New General Atlas..., 84 hand-coloured lithographed maps & plans on 52 sheets, many relating to America, 4 double-page, all sheets within ornate floral border, no maps numbered 22 & 23 (Vicinities of Philadelphia and Baltimore) but listed as small inset maps and seemingly covered by other maps, with hand-coloured table of time differences on verso of world map, letterpress list of U.S. post offices at end, some light marginal soiling, broken with some sheets becoming loose, original half morocco, a little worn, folio, Philadelphia, 1865.⁂ Including full-page city plans of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, New Orleans, and Cincinnati.
Middlesex.- Cary (John) Cary's Actual Survey of Middlesex...Wherein the Roads, Rivers, Woods and Commons; As Well as Every Market Town, Village &c. are distinguished, engraved vignette title and explanation f., engraved double-page map and 28 map sheets, all hand-coloured in outline, 18pp. letterpress at end, some mostly light offsetting, the odd spot, armorial bookplate of Algernon Heneage Drummond, 20th century polished calf, gilt, little rubbed, a very good copy, small 4to, for J. Cary, 1786.
Detmold (E.J.).- Maeterlinck (Maurice) Hours of Gladness, decorative title and 20 mounted colour plates by E.J.Detmold, with the original signed watercolour drawing for one plate 'Sycamore' opposite p.24, watercolour over pencil with initials "EJD" on card, c.210 x 130mm. (a little spotted), light spotting to text, original decorated cloth, gilt, uncut, corners bumped, small nick to top edge of upper cover, original dust-jacket, small ink mark to upper panel, spine browned and frayed at ends, 4to, London & New York, 1912.
Orwell (George) Down and Out in Paris and London, first edition, Roger Senhouse's copy with his neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, small chip to upper corner of title and first f. of text, original cloth, very light rubbing and minor bumping to tips of spine and corners, but a sharp and excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1933.⁂ An excellent example of Orwell's rare first novel with a lovely association. Senhouse was a correspondent of Orwell's and as co-owner of Secker & Warburg he would prove to be instrumental in Orwell's literary career when he published Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Gillray (James) Confederated-Coalition;-or-The Giants storming heaven;-with, the Gods alarmed for their everlasting-abodes, a 'parody of the Grand Manner, as applied to the sordid realities of contemporary power struggles' [Timothy Hyman], contrasting a Baroque heaven with the army of Neo-Classical male nudes who are assailing it, etching with hand-colouring on wove paper without watermark, sheet 475 x 340 mm. (18 3/4 x 13 3/8 in), trimmed to or just within the platemark, old fold with repairs to splitting, light surface dirt, Hannah Humphrey, 1804Literature:BM Satires 10240
Astronomical manuscript.- Kalendarium cum Tabulis Astronomicis; Tabula Regionum; Tabula Eclipsium Solis et Lunae; and other astronomical texts, manuscript on paper and vellum, 61ff., initials in red and blue, 2 full-page vellum diagrams (one retaining its moveable volvelle, the other apparently without), one quadrans drawn on vellum, 10 full-page illustrations of eclipses (for the time period 1475-1530), together with a number of tables, 36 lines written in dark brown ink, ruled in light brown, worming to blanks, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary boards, ownership inscription to cover, rebacked, covers wormed, sm 4to, [?Northern Italy (possibly Verona or Bologna), c.1470].⁂ A unique compendium of astronomical texts, including significant portions of Regiomontanus' Kalendarium together with other prognostic texts. The various texts have original composition dates that range from the 12th through the 15th century. The Regiomantine text contains small, but significant, differences from the printed version, suggesting that the manuscript precedes the printed text. The contemporary inscription on the rear cover would indicate that the manuscript was perhaps used with the context of the university of Bologna.A complete listing of the contents is available upon request.Provenance: Joseff Gregri Da Bologna (early inscription to back cover); Samuel Nerplanck Hoffman (armorial bookplate); Sir Thomas Phillips (inscription to front pastedown).
Erasmus (Desiderius) Apophthegmes, that is to saie, prompte, quicke, wittie and sentencious sayinges, translated by Nicolas Udall, first edition in English, black letter, crible initials, title supplied in excellent manuscript facsimile, lacking final index leaf and 3 blanks at end,*2-4 neatly repaired and possibly supplied from another copy, outer margin shaved, occasionally touching side-notes, occasional light foxing, bookplates to pastedown and endpaper, 19th century period-style calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, preserving original backstrip, g.e., [STC 10443], 8vo, Richard Grafton, September, 1542.⁂ An attractive copy of a rare and important work. Composed for the moral education of the young Prince William of Cleves. This work is a monumental collection of pithy sayings and anecdotes collections from Greek and Latin literature. Putarch's ancient collection of apothegms appears to be a primary source; Socrates, Plato and Alexander the Great are frequently referenced.
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Commonwealth Pamphlets.- Anglo-Dutch Trade.- [Worsley (Benjamin)] The Advocate,with initial and final blanks, with inscription ?by the author "For his kinde friend Mr. Isaack Lyte Mercht." in ink on initial blank, 1651; Free Ports, and the Nature of them stated, 1651, first editions, titles with large engraved arms of the Commonwealth, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, some light damp-staining, cropped affecting pagination of a couple of leaves, disbound, the first becoming loose, blank leaves soiled, [Wing W3611B & W3612A], folio, William Du-Gard (2) ⁂ Rare Commonwealth pamphlets. The drop-head title on p.1 of the first reads, "The Advocate; or, A Narrative of the state and condition of things between the English and Dutch Nation, in relation to Trade, and the consequences depending thereupon, to either Common-wealth; as it was presented in August 1651". ESTC records only 2 UK copies of the first (BL and Senate House Library, London) and 4 in America (Folger Shakespeare Library, Harvard University and 2 in the Baker Library of Harvard Business School). We can trace only one copy which has appeared at auction, the Phillipps copy in 1975, which sold for £80. Of the second item ESTC lists only one copy in the UK (BL) and 3 in America (2 copies Baker Library, Harvard, and University of Minnesota).Isaac Lyte (1612-72), originally of Kington St.Michael, Wiltshire and later of Lyte's Cary Manor, Somerset, merchant and alderman of the City of London, and grandfather of the antiquary and biographer John Aubrey. On his death he left £600 towards the building of almshouses in the parishes of Kington St.Michael and Kington Langley.
Lincoln (Abraham).- The Gettysburg Address, in New-York Daily Tribune, Friday, November 20, 1863, 8pp., unbound as issued, unopened at head, central and horizontal folding creases with some light wear along folds, light wear to spine, some light creasing, [Carbonell, Gettysburg Address 1], folio, 1863. ⁂ One of the earliest printings of one of the most famous political speeches in history, "one of the supreme utterances of the principles of democratic freedom." - PMM.Lincoln gave his address on the afternoon of Thursday, 19th November, 1863, making this issue of the New-York Daily Tribune, which appeared the following morning, one of the earliest, if not possibly the first, appearances of the speech in print.
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