AN ITALIAN SHIELD FOR USE IN THE GIOCO DEL PONTE, PISAN, CIRCA 1776 of narrow almond-shaped form with truncated lower end, composed entirely of wood, its front edges bevelled and its rear surface fitted towards its upper end, above a hollow, with a diagonal hand-grip, the front painted on a gessoed white ground with five wavy diagonal carmine stripes in its lower two-thirds, and a light brown crescent on a dark green ground in its upper third (the gessoed front surface chipped at some points and crackled) 82.5 cm; 32 ½ in Provenance Col. Harvey Collection The Gioco del Ponte was a mock battle fought by two teams of contestants armed with clubs and shields who endeavoured to occupy the old bridge at Pisa now known as the Ponte di Mezzo. Originating in the Middle Ages, it was last fought in 1776 and 1807. The shield described above resembles several extant examples bearing the date 1776. See Karcheski Jr & LaRocca 2007, pp. 107-19, figs 4-11.
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‡˜A 32 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK MUSKET (TORADOR), LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with slender swamped sighted barrel of 'hog's back' form retained by two slender iron bands, decorated over its entire surface with symmetrical bouquets of flowers in gold and silver koftgari (light wear), the breech incorporating a pan with pivot-cover, the action encased in a large iron plate on each side decorated en suite with the barrel and two further matching iron plates behind the tang, iron trigger decorated with a silver koftgari fish, wooden full stock (fore-end repaired), slender faceted butt inlaid in horn with a stylised fish and a rosette, the butt with iron panels with further designs in silver and gold koftgari, butt-plate formed of alternating horn and ivory fillets, and iron ramrod 130.0 cm; 51 1/8 in barrel
‡A RARE ENGLISH STONEBOW BY H.W.MORTIMER & SON, 89 FLEET STREET, GUNMAKERS TO HIS MAJESTY, CIRCA 1806-12 with slender steel bow fitted with later expertly constructed string, highly figured tiller incorporating steel gaffle, fitted with folding forward sight engraved with a stonebowman in contemporary dress beneath, the forward portion of the tiller inlaid with iron plaques engraved with scrolls and foliage, a pair of flush-fitting scrolling side-plates signed on scrolls carried by conventional foliage and flowers, folding back-sight with four sighting apertures and engraved with trophies-of-arms on the bed, engraved lever button decorated with a flowerhead, engraved trigger-guard decorated with a trophy-of-arms on the bow and with pineapple finial, and engraved butt-cap (the iron parts with areas of light pitting) 72.5 cm; 28 ½ in tiller
‡A FINE FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY H.W.MORTIMER, LONDON, CIRCA 1790 with brass barrel swelling towards the muzzle, signed 'H.W.Mortimer, London' in a linear frame drawn-out to a loop over the breech, fitted with spring bayonet retained by a clip on the iron tang, the latter engraved with foliage, signed stepped bevelled lock engraved with conventional foliage on the tail and a sunburst behind the pan, fitted with cock en suite and bolt safety-catch (some light pitting), figured walnut full stock, finely engraved brass mounts comprising solid side-plate decorated with trophies-of-hunting, scrolls and border ornament, trigger-guard with a rococo flower on the bow and with pineapple finial, butt-plate with a trophy-of-arms on the tang, a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes, vacant silver escutcheon engraved with border ornament, a pair of iron sling swivels, original wooden ramrod with iron worm, and the barrel stock and mounts remaining in very good condition 34.8 cm; 13 3/4 in barrel Provenance Sotheby's, Sussex, 15th July 1996, lot 228.
‡A RARE 15 BORE FLINTLOCK MAIL COACH PISTOL BY H.W.MORTIMER & SON, LONDON, GUNMAKERS TO HIS MAJESTY, NO. 158, CIRCA 1810 with swamped brass barrel signed 'H.W.Mortimer, Gunmaker to His Majesty No. 158' on the flat and engraved 'For His Majesty's Mail Coaches' around the muzzle face, iron tang, stepped bevelled lock signed 'H.W.Mortimer & Son (top-jaw, screw and safety-catch replaced, light pitting), figured full stock, brass mounts of regulation type comprising side-plate, butt-cap and trigger-guard with stylised acorn finial and brass ramrod-pipes (later ramrod) 23.4 cm; 9 1/4 in barrel Provenance Bonhams, London, 25th July 2007,lot 381 For further information and details of the earliest payments made to Mortimer for the supply of these pistols see Wilkinson 2002, p. 120.
‡TWO 16 BORE FLINTLOCK LIGHT DRAGOON PISTOLS FOR THE PERCY TENANTRY VOLUNTEERS BY MORTIMER, CIRCA 1800 of regulation type, with tapering barrels stamped 'London' and moulded at the breeches, signed locks, one stamped 'TB' on the inside (one cock replaced), walnut full stocks, brass mounts of regulation type, including flush-fitting side-plates, trigger-guards marked 'C/P*T/E/34' and 'C/P*T/D/43', and the pommels each decorated with the Percy crescent enclosed by the crowned Most Noble Order of the Garter, and brass-tipped ramrod (one replaced) 22.8 cm; 9 in barrels (2)
‡A 16 BORE FLINTLOCK LIGHT DRAGOON PISTOL FOR THE PERCY TENANTRY VOLUNTEERS BY MORTIMER, CIRCA 1800 of regulation type, with tapering barrel stamped 'London' and moulded at the breech, signed lock stamped '11' and 'BW' on the inside, walnut full stock, brass mounts of regulation type, including flush-fitting side-plates, trigger-guard marked 'C/PT/C/27', and the pommel decorated with the Percy crescent enclosed by the crowned Most Noble Order of the Garter and brass-tipped wooden ramrod 22.8 cm; 9 in barrel
‡A FINE CASED PAIR OF 50-BORE FLINTLOCK TURN-OFF POCKET PISTOLS BY H.W.MORTIMER, LONDON, CIRCA 1790-5 with tapering turn-off barrels engraved with a band of foliage around the muzzles, engraved breeches signed and inscribed 'Gunmaker to His Majesty' in a pair of elongated ovals carried by trophies-of-arms and rococo foliage, rounded side- actions engraved with conventional foliage, fitted with engraved rounded cocks, blued sliding safety-catches, blued folding triggers, semi-rainproof pans and rollers, engraved tangs, highly figured rounded walnut butts profusely engraved with engraved silver plaques and wire comprising an elaborate design of dense flowers, foliage and tendrils issuant from a cornucopia on each face, silver mounts comprising butt-caps decorated with an expanded flowerhead and border-engraved vacant escutcheons, and in very good to fine condition throughout: in their fitted mahogany case of circa 1835-40, lined in plum velvet (faded, light wear), the lid fitted with shaped brass escutcheon incorporating a flush-fitting carrying handle on the exterior, complete with accessories including three-way pistol-flask covered with red leather, barrel-key and iron bullet-mould, and a near contemporary card printed 'Dr Timm', the reverse inscribed 'these inlaid pistols given by me to Lt. W. W. Powell by me, Frances Powell 7th March 1839 late the property of his father' 4.5 cm; 1 3/4 in barrels William Wellington Powell (1813-79), was born at Carlton House, Nottinghamshire to Samuel and Frances (née Richmond). He joined the 9th Regiment of Foot (East Norfolk) as an Ensign by purchase in 1832. He remained with the regiment in England until 1834 when, on 25th June, he was presented to William IV prior to his embarkation to Mauritius. The following year when he was promoted to Lieutenant and left the island for Bengal and then on to Calcutta. In 1842 he was part of the force that cleared the Khyber Pass, having endured heavy fire from the local tribesmen and an extended period of fighting. The same year he was at Jellalabad where he painted a scene now preserved in the Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum. For his service in Afghanistan he received the Afghan Medal. His military career ceased in 1848 when he married Elizabeth Sarabella Peco, with whom he had five children. It is likely that these pistols were presented to him by his mother in the early part of his military career, having been re-cased.
‡A CASED PAIR OF 40 BORE FLINTLOCK TRAVELLING PISTOLS BY H.W.MORTIMER & SON, GUNMAKERS TO HIS MAJESTY, LONDON, NO. 1303, CIRCA 1810 with octagonal barrels fitted with brass blade fore-sights, signed in capital letters and engraved with a band over the breeches, stamped with the serial number, barrelsmith's stamps and proof marks beneath, engraved tangs decorated with trophies-of-arms and incorporating the back-sights, signed border-engraved locks fitted with bolt safety-catches, 'French' cocks and rollers, figured walnut full stocks faintly numbered in ink inside, pineapple chequered butts with a delicate flowerhead pattern over the pommels, engraved iron mounts comprising trigger-guards with the address '89 Fleet St' on an oval carried by trophies-of-arms and with pineapple finials, and original ramrods with iron worms enclosed within brass tips: in original fitted mahonany case lined in green baize (the lid and lip cracked), with flush-fitting brass carrying handle and trade label for 89 Fleet Street inside (small holes, light moth damage), complete with some accessories including leather-covered three-way flask, turn-screw and bullet mould 10.2 cm; 4 in barrels Provenance Ray Petry, Pennsylvania, 1978 The trade label was drawn by Thomas Stothard and engraved by Samuel John Neel of 352 Strand.
‡A 26 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY H.W.MORTIMER, LONDON, CIRCA 1778 with swamped sighted barrel signed 'H. Mortimer, London' on the top flat, struck with the barrelsmith's mark, London view and proof marks and engraved with a panel of beadwork at the breech (areas of light pitting), finely engraved tang incorporating the back-sight and decorated with a bouquet, signed stepped bevelled lock fitted with bolt safety-catch and bevelled cock, figured walnut full stock (small dents) carved with a low apron moulding about the tang, engraved brass mounts comprising flush-fitting side-plate engraved with border ornament and a central bouquet, spurred pommel decorated with a flowerhead, trigger-guard with bud-shaped finial engraved with a delicate flower on the bow, vacant escutcheon, a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes, and associated ramrod 25.5 cm; 10 in barrel Provenance Arthur John Blunt collection, sold, Bonhams, 11th May 2016, lot 376
TWO DETACHED SPANISH MIQUELET-LOCKS, A DETACHED ROMAN-LOCK, A DETACHED PERCUSSION LOCK, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES; TWO DETACHED SNAPHAUNCE LOCKS, A DETACHED DOGLOCK AND A PISTOL BARREL AND STOCK, NORTH AFRICAN, 19TH CENTURY the first circa 1720, of russet iron, chiselled with foliage and struck with a mark, 'Damicarlaga' crowned; the second with shaped plate stamped with a mark beneath the mainspring, and brass pan(restorations); the third with chiselled details including a vacant cartouche on the tail (areas of light rust) and the fourth fitted with chiselled monsterhead hammer; the fifth engraved with scrollwork, with engraved details on the lockplate (areas of rust, the sixth rusted, the seventh chipped at the base of the cock), and the eighth with tapering barrel retained by an iron band, and carved butt (cut-down from a gun) the first: 13.0 cm; 5 1/8 in (8)
‡˜A 25 BORE NORTH AFRICAN SNAPHAUNCE MUSKET (MUKHALA), MOROCCO, 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel engraved with scrolls over the breech, fitted with standing back sight and struck with a barrelsmith's mark, the forward portion largely encased by broad engraved brass bands, engraved tang, engraved flat lock inlaid with silver panels, full stock inlaid in silver wire with a brief inscription ahead of the lock, a further inscription opposite and scrolls about the tang, characteristically pronounced butt inlaid in silver wire with scrolls, flowers and foliage, light hardwood butt-plate, brass trigger-guard, and iron ramrod 133.2 cm,; 52 1/8 in barrel
A 16 BORE GERMAN 16 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN, CIRCA 1680 with tapering barrel formed in three stages (fore-sight missing), struck with two proof marks on the left of the breech, plain rounded lock struck with a mark (cock associated, sear inoperative), figured full stock carved with scrolling foliage about the rear ramrod-pipe and the barrel tang (the fore-end an early working replacement, butt repaired, areas of light worm damage) plain iron mounts including trigger-guard, butt-plate with tang extending over the comb of the butt and ramrod-pipes, iron fore-end cap, and iron-tipped wooden ramrod 115.5 cm; 45 1/2 in barrel Provenance The Armoury of the Counts Schenk von Stauffenberg, sold Sotheby's London, 10th July 2002, lot 232.
ARCHITECTURESMEATON (JOHN) A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with Stone, FIRST EDITION, engraved vignette on title, 23 engraved plates and plans (one folding, one plan trimmed within platemark but not affecting neatline), light toning mostly at edges, a few faint spots, modern red morocco gilt, g.e. [Skempton 1338], folio (520 x 350mm.), for the Author, by H. Hughes, 1791This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
MOLL (HERMAN)A Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of the Counties of England and Wales, &c. with the Great Roads and Principal Cross-Roads, &c. Shewing the Computed Miles from Town to Town, 50 hand-coloured engraved maps (2 folding, others double-page), all with engraved decorative borders, one folding map split at fold, light dampstaining at fore-margin of some plates (mostly to margins), contemporary calf, worn and scuffed [Chubb CLXII], 4to (235 x 190mm.), Tho. Bowles and J. Bowles, 1739This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
PATERSON (DANIEL)Paterson's British Itinerary. Being a New and Accurate Delineation and Description of the Direct and Principal Cross Roads of Great Britain, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, engraved hand-coloured double-page engraved frontispiece, engraved title-pages, dedication leaf and 358 strip maps on 180 engraved pages, contemporary green morocco, gilt-tooled Greek key pattern border ons sides, g.e., FINE COPY, Carington Bowles, 1785--GOSTLING (WILLIAM) A Walk In and About the City of Canterbury, second edition, engraved frontispiece portrait, folding engraved plan of the city with a facing printed folding 'key' plate, 22 engraved plates and maps (2 folding), some light off-setting, straight-grained red morocco gilt by Kalthoeber (with his ticket), gilt corner-pieces, g.e., gilt bookplate of George Harwood, Canterbury, Simmons and Kirkby, 1777--HUTTON (WILLIAM) A History of Birmingham... Third Edition, With Considerable Improvements, folding engraved map as frontispiece, 16 engraved plates (one folding), contemporary calf, gilt morocco spine label, slightly rubbed, Birmingham, Thomas Pearson, 1795, 8vo (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
ROBERT DE VAUGONDY (GILLES AND DIDIER)Atlas universel... corrigé et augmenté de la Carte de Royaume de France divisé en Départemens par C.F. Delamarche, engraved allegorical title by Ch. Baquoy, 113 double-page engraved maps (of 114, without plan of Paris, plate 64 on 2 mapsheets), all hand-coloured in outline, 2 additional engraved maps of Bays-Bas (one a duplicate of plate 62, one dated 1820), 4 double-page engraved tables, occasional light spotting, modern calf, folio (557 x 375mm.), Paris, Chez Fx. Delamarche and Ch. les Dien, [c.1819-20]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
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CHRYSOLORAS (EMANUEL)????????? [Erotemata. Incipit:] '[?]?? ???? ??????????? ?? ????????????? ????????...', 64 leaves, 22 lines, Greek type, capital space on 1r, very light browning throughout, inscription cut from top of fly-leaf, dark purple straight-grained morocco by Gruel (signed at foot of spine), sides with wide gilt outer borders and quatrefoil tool in each corner, double gilt rule inner panel, ornate gilt panelled spine with 5 raised bands, inner gilt dentelles and red silk endpapers, g.e., slightly rubbed in places [ISTC ic00490000; BMC VI 668; Goff C490; GW 6694; Hain 5016; Proctor 6413], 8vo (158 x 110mm.), [colophon:] Florence, Lorenzo di Alopa, [c.1496]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
ANGELO (DOMENICO)L'école des armes... The School of Fencing, with a General Explanation of the Principal Attitudes and Positions Peculiar to the Art, titles and text in French and English, 47 engraved plates by Ruyland and Hall after J. Gruyn, a few plates foxed, light offsetting, 2 or 3 plates with short tears or paper flaws within platemark but no loss, contemporary half calf, disbound [Cohen-de-Ricci, p.83], oblong folio (460 x 295mm.), S. Hooper, 1765This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
LAW - NORMANLEROUILLÉ (GUILLAUME) Le grand coustumier du pays & duche de Normendie, black letter, in 2 columns, title printed in red and black with historiated woodcut border, 2 woodcut tables (the Arbor Consanguinitatis printed in red and black), decorative woodcut initials, opening gathering loose, later calf, rebacked and recornered, worn, upper cover working loose [Adams N339], Rouen, Nicolas le Roux for Francois Regnault of Paris, Jehan Mallard of Rouen & Girard Anger of Caen, 1539--TERRIEN (GUILLAUME) Commentaires du droict civil tant public que privé, observé au pays & Duché de Normandie, large woodcut device on title, loss to one blank corner of title and pp.623/4, occasional light dampstains, contemporary calf, gilt-blocked arabesque on sides, rebacked in morocco gilt, joints worn, Paris, Jacques du Puys, 1574--BASNAGE (HENRY) La coutume reformée, 2 vol., contemporary calf, spine gilt-tooled with one morocco lettering label within raised bands, rubbed with small losses at spine extremities, Rouen, Antoine Maury, and others, 1694, folio (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
RUSSIA - ZVENIGORODSKOI COLLECTIONKONDAKOV (NIKODIM PAVLOVICH) Histoire et monuments des emaux Byzantins [Collection de Mr. A. W. Zwenigorodskoi], FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 200 COPIES printed in French, this copy number '34', introduction by A. Zvenigorodskoi, chromolithographed dedication to Tsar Alexander III printed on an embossed silver foil ground, engraved portrait frontispiece on india-proof paper, additional chromolithographed pictorial title, title printed in red and black within a decorative chromolithographed border, 31 chromolithographed plates, chromolithographed divisional titles, decorative initials and ornaments throughout, limitation leaf printed in gilt and black, decorative endpapers, very light spotting to a few plates, original white morocco, sides and spine with elaborate embossed design blocked in gilt and black, edges printed in various colours, page edges gauffered and richly ornamented in gilt, silver gilt, red and green, original bookmark of multi-coloured and gilt threads attached by thread, very small scuffmark to extreme edge, contemporary cloth-backed silk-lined solander box, red morocco gilt lettering label on spine (some wear at extremities) [Fekula 6705, 'magnificent'; Vengerov, Old Russian Books, 77], folio (358 x 265mm.), Frankfurt, [A. Osterrieth], 1892This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
STRADA (JACOBUS DE)Imperatorum Romanorum onmium orientalium et occidentalium verissimae imagines ex antiquis numismatis quam fidelissime delineatae, title within decorative woodcut border, 118 full-page woodcut medallion portraits by Rudolf Wyssenbach after Rudolf Manuel Deutsch, each within an architectural border, text on verso within woodcut border of putti, fruit and grotesques, and with arabesque ornaments by P. Flotner, with blank a6, without blank v6, title and dedication leaf strengthened with old strip of paper at fore-edge without affecting printed area, final 9 leaves (f.111-118 and index leaf) with some losses to printed area (touching portrait on f.118), f.109 and 110 with small hole and old paper repair, light dampstain to one corner of a few leaves, later blindstamped vellum over boards, some loss to upper cover, spine worn [Adams S1919, the 3 copies all without the blanks], folio (480 x 370mm.), Zurich, Andreas Gesner, 1559This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
APICIUS COELIUSDe re culinaria libri decem... De tuenda valetudine... Pauli Aeginetae De facultatibus alimentorum tractatus, Albano Torino interprete, woodcut printer's device on title and last page, woodcut initials, light marginal dampstains towards end and small wormhole in margin of signature r (otherwise a fresh clean copy), eighteenth century blind panelled calf, blind tooled spine with raised bands, g.e. [Adams A1300; Bitting p.11; Cagle 32; Oberlé 5; Simon, Bibliotheca Gastronomica 123 and Bibliotheca Bacchica 52 & 527; Vicaire 31], 8vo (165 x 100mm.), Lyon, Sebastian Gryphius, 1541This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
ATHENAEUS OF NAUCRATISDeiphosophistae, in Greek, FIRST EDITION, edited by Marcus Musurus, Greek italic type, 45 lines and 2 headlines, capital spaces with guide-letters, dolphin and anchor device on first and last pages, last blank leaf of preliminaries lacking as often, occasional light soiling (mostly in margins and to first and last 2 or 3 leaves, these with some small chips or repairs), early ink marginalia in Greek and Latin (extensive at first) and some underscoring, eighteenth century panelled calf, sides with gilt rule and ornamental blind-tooled borders, gilt panelled spine with raised bands (neatly rebacked), inner gilt dentelles [Ahmanson-Murphy, 105; Renouard p.67; Vicaire 50], folio (313 x 205mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius and Andreas Torresanus, August 1514This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
CHATIN (ADOLPHE)La Truffe. Botanique de la Truffe et des plantes truffières - Sol - Climat - Pays producteurs... Culture - Récolte... Qualités alimentaires - Conserves - Préparations culinaires, 15 lithographed plates printed in colours, some light browning at edges, later cloth, publisher's printed wrappers bound in, 8vo, Paris, J.-B. Baillière, 1892--RÉMY (JULES) Champignons et truffes, 12 lithographed plates printed in colour, some soiling, modern morocco-backed boards, publisher's printed wrappers bound in [Bitting 393; Vicaire 737], 12mo, Paris, Librairie agricole de la maison rustique, 1861--LOISEL. Traité complet de la culture naturelle et artificielle de l'asperge, 1846; Traité complet de la culture des melons, 1845; PAQUET (VICTOR) Traité de la conservation des fruits et des meilleures especes d'arbres fruitiers, 1844, 3 works in 1 vol., some staining, contemporary roan-backed boards, 12mo, Paris, H. Cousin, and Lyon, Savy jeune--CHANVALON (M. DE) Manuel des champs ou recueil choisi, instructif et amusant de tout ce qui est le plus nécessaire & le plus utile pour vivre avec aisance & agrément à la campagne, advertisement leaf at end, BOOKPLATE OF RAYMOND OLIVER, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with morocco label, 12mo, Paris, Lottin le Jeune, 1764--LIGER (LOUIS) Oeconomie generale de la campagne ou nouvelle maison rustique, 2 vol. in 1, woodcut illustrations, some browning and dampstaining, early ownership inscription on title ('Ex libris de Reynes'), contemporary calf, worn [Vicaire 520], 4to, Amsterdam, Henry Desbordes, 1701; and 2 others (7)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
CORNARIUS (JANUS)De conviviorum veterum Græcorum, & hoc tempore Germanorum ritibus, moribus ac sermonibus, italic type, woodcut historiated initials, final leaf with colophon, a little light browning, early inscriptions on title (partially crossed through), modern panelled calf gilt [Adams C2637; Bitting 99; Vicaire 211], Basel, [colophon: Joannes Oporinus], 1548--ATHENAEUS OF NAUCRATIS. Dipnosophistarum sive coenae sapientum libri XV, title with large woodcut printer's device, some dampstaining (title frayed and repaired, last leaf repaired with loss), modern calf-backed boards [Oberlé 8-10], folio, Venice, Francesco Ziletti, 1572--RABELAIS (FRANCOIS) Les oeuvres, 4 vol., frontispiece with portrait of Rabelais by De Launay after Sarabat, contemporary mottled calf gilt, spines gilt with paper shelf labels and one or two chips, 12mo, Geneva, [Cazin], 1782--GIOVIO (PAOLO) De Romanis piscibus libellus, doctus, copiosus & elegans, iam recens æditus, full-page woodcut device on last page, lacking preliminary leaves a4-5, nineteenth century calf-backed boards, decorative gilt spine, 8vo, Antwerp, Jean Graphaeus, 1528--[MARTIN (LOUIS)] L'eschole de Salerne en vers burlesques. Et Poema macaronicum, de bello Huguenotic, third edition, title and 2 following leaves repaired with slight loss, lacking frontispiece, later vellum [Vicaire 334], 4to, Paris, Jean Henault, 1650--RAPIN (RENE) Hortorum libri 4 editio altera, fine engraved title, privilege leaf at end, contemporary calf, 12mo, Paris, Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1666; and works by Juvenal (1608), Ovid and Virgil (12)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
PLATINA (BARTOLOMEO SACCHI DE)De honesta voluptate. De ratione victus, & modo vivendi. De natura rerum & arte coquendi libri X; De falso & vero bono dialogi... De optimo cive, 2 works in 1 vol., each title with printer's woodcut device and within same woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials, without blank leaf n8, occasional light spotting and soiling, eighteenth century green morocco, triple gilt borders on sides, gilt panelled spine with floral tools, partially faded and rubbed [Adams P1410 & P1407; Simon, Bibliotheca Bacchica 523; Vicaire 691], 8vo (163 x 102mm.), [Paris], Pierre Vidoue for Jean Petit, 1530This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
BREVIARY - BINDINGBreviarium Romanum ex sacra potissimum Scriptura, edited by Francesco de Quignones, printed in red and black, woodcut device on title, ruled in brown ink, lacks 2 leaves (51 and 470), repair to blank corner of one preface leaf, occasional light dampstains and smudges, contemporary French morocco gilt, covers with gilt fillet border enclosing elaborate interlaced strapwork design, rebacked incorporating later morocco spine (lettered 'Breviarum Romanum') with strapwork-style design, corners neatly repaired, preserved in black morocco-backed solander box by James Brockman [not in Adams or Bohatta], 8vo, Lyon, [Thibaud Payen], 1546This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
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CATALOGUES - AUCTION[REYNOLDS (JOSHUA)] A Catalogue of the First Part of the Cabinet of Ancient Drawings Which Belonged to Sir Joshua Reynolds... the Works of Michel-Angelo, Raffaele, Coreggio, Titiano... Will Be Sold at the Prices Marked in this Catalogue by A.C. De Poggi, , half-title, errata leaf, opening gathering loose, original boards, covers detached, T. Burton and Co., 1794--[FALCKE (DAVID)] Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Works of Art and Vertu, Formed by Mr. David Falcke, 30 plates, light spotting, contemporary quarter cloth, Christie and Manson, 19 April, 1858--[UZIELLI COLLECTION] Catalogue of the Various Works of Art Forming the Collection of the Late Matthew Uzielli... Sold by Auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson, & Wood... 12th April..., engraved frontispiece, PRICED UP WITH BUYER'S NAMES in ink, Joseph Clayton, 1861--[BERNAL COLLECTION] Catalogue... of Works of Art from the Byzantine Period to that of Louis Seize, of that Distinguished Collector, Ralph Bernal..., engraved frontispiece and plates, PRICED UP in ink, spine rubbed, Christie & Manson, 5 March, 1855, last 2 publisher's cloth, 8vo and small 4to; and catalogues for the collections of Sir T. Gibson Carmichael, 12-13 May 1902, and Victor Rothschild's house at 148 Piccadilly, W.1 (6)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
DANTE ALIGHIERIIl Dante con argomenti, & dechiaratione de molti luoghi, novamente revisto, & stampato, Roman and italic type, title-page with woodcut medallion portrait of Dante (early ownership signature struck through and printed border of portrait gone over in ink), publisher's woodcut device on verso of final leaf, light dampstaining in upper margins, contemporary Italian dark brown morocco gilt, sides with 2-line fillet border broken at the sides with small cusps, enclosing a central cartouche of floral sprays with initials 'L' (originally 'C') on upper, and 'S' on lower cover, leafy fleuron tool in inner corners, spine with small spray in 4 compartments and raised bands, gilt gauffered edges, extremities of spine restored, preserved in morocco-backed solander box by James Brockman lined with velvet [Adams D96; Cartier, de Tournes 79], 12mo, Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1547This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
GRAY (THOMAS)Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, second or third issue, half-title ('Designs, &c.'), printed on rectos only, engraved title-vignette, 6 plates, head- & tail-pieces and initials, 4pp. 'Explanation of the Prints' by Horace Walpole bound at end, occasional light spotting, short tear to margin of one plate, dark green straight-grained morocco gilt by Clarke & Bedford, spine elaborately tooled within compartments, g.e., slightly rubbed at extremities [Rothschild 1061], folio (380 x 265mm.), R. Dodsley, 1753; Odes, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved vignette on title, contemporary calf gilt, neatly rebacked [Hazen 1; Rothschild 1067], 4to, Printed at Strawberry-Hill, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757 (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
ITALY - ANTIQUITIESBARTOLI (PIETRO SANTI) Le antiche lucerne sepolcrali figurate. Raccolte dalle cave sotteranee, e grotte di Roma... con l'osservationi di Gio. Pietro Bellori, 3 engraved parts titles, 116 engraved plates (plates 33-46 of part 2 bound at the end of part 1), caption in ink in margin of each plate, light spotting, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed [Berlin Cat. 889; Cicognara 3609], folio (322 x 205mm.), Rome, Gio. Francesco Buagni, 1691--VENUTI (RIDOLFO) Antiqua numismata maximi moduli aurea, argentea, aerea ex Museo Alexandri S.R.E. Card. Albani in Vaticanam Bibliothecam, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, engraved vignette on titles, engraved plates, numerous large engraved vignette views, contemporary calf gilt, large gilt arms on sides, spine worn [Cicognara 3043], folio (404 x 263mm.), Rome, Calcographei Cameralis, 1739-1744--LA CHAUSSE (MICHEL ANGE) Le grand cabinet romain our recueil d'antiquitez romaines... que l'on trouvé à Rome, engraved allegorical frontispiece, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 43 engraved plates (most illustrating 4 images), small dampstain just touching image of frontispiece, modern calf-backed marbled boards, folio (355 x 240mm.), Amsterdam, Francois l'Honoré, & Zacharie Chastelain le fils, 1706 (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
JAPANKAEMPFER (ENGELBERT) The History of Japan, Giving an Account of the Ancient and Present State and Government of That Empire, 2 vol. bound in 1, FIRST EDITION, second issue, engraved additional title in volume 1 (dated 1727), titles in red and black, letterpress list of subscribers, 45 engraved plates and maps (including large map of Japan, mostly double-page or folding, one shaved just touching image), short tear repaired to title of second appendix, light dampstaining to first half, calf antique [Cordier, Japonica 414-415], folio (347 x 225mm.), [Thomas Woodward and Charles Davis], 1727[-1728]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR - ULYSSES S. GRANTOfficial portrait, signed below the image ('U.S. Grant'), steel-engraved by the US Bureau of Engraving & Printing, showing him as President in civilian clothes, head-and-shoulders within an oval, turned to his right, the Bureau's imprint below, some paper tears within the plate and an old ink-stain in the margin, some light spotting, traces of mounting verso, but nevertheless still an attractive image, 200 x 130mm., [c.1870]
JAPANMONTANUS (ARNOLDUS) Ambassades mémorables de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales des Provinces Unies, vers les empereurs du Japon, additional engraved pictorial title-page, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 26 engraved plates and maps (several folding), 70 engravings in the text, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving much of original gilt spine [Cordier, Japonica 385], folio (360 x 225mm.), Amsterdam, Jacob de Meurs, 1680This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
KENT - TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL HISTORYBOYS (WILLIAM) Testacea minuta rariora... A Collection of the Minute and Rare Shells, lately Discovered in the Sand of the Sea Shore near Sandwich, FIRST EDITION, 3 engraved plates of shells 'accurately drawn, as magnified with the microscope, by Geo. Walker,... at Faversham', contemporary calf, red morocco spine label, scuffed [Nissen ZBI 524], 4to, J. March, for J. White [and others], [1784]--PACKE (CHRISTOPHER) Ankographia [in Greek] sive Convallium descriptio... Explanation of a New Philosophica-Chorographical Chart of East Kent, FIRST EDITION, without the map (as usual), light spotting, modern half cloth over marbled boards, 4to, Canterbury, J. Abree, for the Author, 1743--The Kentish Traveller's Companion, in a Descriptive View of Towns... Situated in or Near the Road from London to Margate, Dover and Canterbury, second edition, 3 folding engraved maps (2 frayed with minor losses at fore-edge), contemporary calf, spine gilt, 8vo, Canterbury, Simmonds and Kirkby, 1789 (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
LAISNÉ (ÉLIE)Commentaire sur le Prophete Isaye, FIRST EDITION, title printed in red and black with woodcut ornament, several woodcut ornaments and initials, some toning and occasional light spotting, front free endpaper (with inscription) near detached, contemporary red morocco gilt, sides with 2-line fillet border enclosing large central oval of leaves enclosing a cross, fleur-de-lys corner-pieces, spine tooled in seven compartments within raised bands, folio (324 x 220mm.), Paris, Pierre de Bresche, 1654This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
![ORIGINES (ADAMANTIUS)Operum tomi duo priores [-tertius, -quartus], 4 parts in 2 vol., titles to Parts 1 and 3, each with a l](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a4df984e-a30f-4e2c-a23c-aafb01542967/d879b9a6-318f-4eb3-8660-ab0501410d8c/468x382.jpg)
ORIGINES (ADAMANTIUS)Operum tomi duo priores [-tertius, -quartus], 4 parts in 2 vol., titles to Parts 1 and 3, each with a large woodcut of the interior of a printing workshop, the first printed in red and black, large woodcut initials, lacks final blank in Part 2, first six leaves (including title) and final 2 leaves of Part 4, occasional sprinkled single wormholes, second volume with some light dampstaining, final 2 leaves repaired with some loss, contemporary English blindstamped calf over wooden boards, covers with repeated design of intersecting roll borders (including Oldham 946), enclosing central panel filled with alternating vertical impressions of a dragon-and-gryphon roll, signed with initials 'W.G.' and 'I.G.' (Oldham 560) and a twisted pineapple roll (Oldham 953), spines in 5 compartments with raised bands, later lettering label within one compartment, modern endpapers but retaining original binder's waste and manuscript sewing guards (including a fragment of a ?seventeenth century French vernacular telling of the story of Troy), sides with scattered single wormholes and a few small areas of abrasion, extremities of spine repaired [Adams O280], folio (340 x 210mm.), [Paris, Jean Petit, Josse Bade, and Conrad Resch, 1522]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
![PIGHIUS (STEPHANUS VINDIUS)Annales magistratuum provinciar[um] S.P.Q.R. ab urbe condita, engraved architectural title-page,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a4df984e-a30f-4e2c-a23c-aafb01542967/ae132eb1-6173-407e-8cd3-ab05015756bb/468x382.jpg)
PIGHIUS (STEPHANUS VINDIUS)Annales magistratuum provinciar[um] S.P.Q.R. ab urbe condita, engraved architectural title-page, 2 engraved illustrations in the text, printer's device on final leaf, 2 small holes resulting from ink obliteration of old ink name in blank areas of title, approximately 20 leaves nibbled at upper or lower margin, light dampstain at upper margin of some leaves, contemporary Antwerp binding of polished calf gilt, sides with panels enclosing large central arabesque and cornerpieces, spine with leaf-bud and fleuron tool in six compartments, old ink lettering in 2 compartments, neatly repaired at extremities of spine and corners, some abrasions to sides (revealing boards in a few places), vellum sewing guards cut from a fourteenth century liturgical manuscript, preserved in crushed brown morocco-backed solander box by James Brockman, folio (365 x 230mm.), Antwerp, ex officina Plantiniana, Jan Moretus, 1599 [colophon: 1598]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
![POLISH-LITHUANIAN BINDINGLOPEZ (LODOVICO) Instructorii conscientiae... Prima [-secunda] pars, 2 vol., edited by Pierre Mathi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a4df984e-a30f-4e2c-a23c-aafb01542967/611e0b17-ade7-41c7-8cf7-ab0501577544/468x382.jpg)
POLISH-LITHUANIAN BINDINGLOPEZ (LODOVICO) Instructorii conscientiae... Prima [-secunda] pars, 2 vol., edited by Pierre Mathieu, woodcut device on titles, woodcut initials and ornaments, light toning to opening leaves, contemporary blind- and gilt-stamped calf over bevelled wooden boards, upper covers with a frame of single fillets and a cable roll enclosing a central large oval arabesque blocked in gilt, with 6 large and 4 smaller ornamental devices, with wording 'Instructorii. Pars I[-II]', the lower covers decorated with repeated impression of a Polish 'Royal Heads' roll [see footnote], brass catches, traces of leather straps fastened to lower covers, spines with 4 compartments within raised bands, blue-green wash edges, neatly restored at spine ends [Adams L1470], preserved in purpose-made morocco-backed book box by James Brockman, 8vo, Lyon, Pierre Landry, 1587-1588This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
RUSSIAMANSTEIN (CHRISTOPH HERMANN VON) Memoirs of Russia, from the Year 1727, to the Year 1744, edited by David Hume, second edition 'carefully corrected throughout, and greatly improved', 10 folding engraved maps, occasional light spotting, contemporary polished calf, gilt-tooled spine with red morocco spine label, FINE COPY [cf. Atabey 758], 4to, T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1773This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
VIDA (MARCUS HIERONYMUS)The Silkworm: A Poem, engraved frontispiece, 1750; Scacchia, Ludus: A Poem on the Game of Chess, engraved frontispiece, 1750, 2 works bound in 1 vol., translated into English verse by Samuel Pullein, early half calf, joints tender, 8vo, Dublin, S. Powell, for the Author--BEATTIE (JAMES) The Minstrel; or, The Progress of Genius. With Some Other Poems, engraved frontispiece portrait, some spotting towards end, contemporary red blind- and gilt-stamped morocco by L. Staggemeier & Welcher (with ticket), g.e., 4to, Edinburgh, William Creech, Manner and Miller, 1803--MONTGOMERY (JAMES) and others. Poems on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 13 engraved plates (including additional title) after Robert Smirke, letterpress note to binder bound in at end, light spotting, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn, 4to, R. Bowyer, 1809, FIRST EDITIONS (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
WOOD (ROBERT)The Ruins of Palmyra, Otherwise Tedmor, in the Desart, FIRST EDITION, 57 engraved plates (one on 3 sheets joined), after G.B. Borra, 3 full-page engraved illustrations of inscriptions, light spotting to title, short tear repaired to plate 32, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, red morocco gilt spine label, rubbed [Fowler 443; Harris 939], folio (575 x 380mm.), [no publisher], 1753This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
AUSTEN (JANE)Novels, 6 works in 5 vol., additional engraved title with vignette and frontispiece in each volume, without half-titles, light dampstains to frontispiece and titles of volumes 1 and 2, small blank piece of margin to pp.11/12 in volume 2 torn away, contemporary polished calf gilt, spines elaborately tooled with red and green gilt morocco lettering labels, a few small abrasions to sides [Gilson D6], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1833This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
BACON (FRANCIS)The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, FIRST EDITION, first issue, engraved portrait frontispiece, title within woodcut architectural border, without initial blank, a little very light dampstaining, early ink marginalia, nineteenth century polished calf [ESTC S1406; Gibson 116a], W. Stansby for M. Lownes and W. Barret, 1622--[CAMDEN (WILLIAM)] The Historie of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princesse Elizabeth, 4 parts in one vol., lacks frontispiece and 2 leaves of Table, title browned and repaired, burn-hole in 4 leaves with loss of a few words, a handful of wormholes, 2 leaves of Table frayed, modern morocco [ESTC S4171], B. Fisher, 1630--[RENAUDOT (EUSEBE)] A General Collection of Discourses of the Virtuosi of France, imprimatur leaf, without final blank, light toning, modern half sheep [ESTC R1662], T. Dring and J. Starkey, 1664--The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, imprimatur leaf, first few leaves creased, last few with light waterstain, paper flaw on B1 touching page number, bookplate of John Fowles, modern half morocco [ESTC T51985], J. Tonson, 1710; and 4 others, folio and 4to (8)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
BLAKE (WILLIAM)THORNTON (ROBERT JOHN) The Latin Pastorals of Virgil, Adapted for Schools, second edition, THE DEDICATION COPY INSCRIBED TO THE PROVOST OF ETON on flyleaf 'Presented by the Author to the Rev: Dr. Goodall as a small Testimony of Respect, Esteem & Gratitude', 150 woodcut and engraved illustrations on 62 sheets by various artists, extra-illustrated with 17 WOODCUTS BY BLAKE on 5 sheets, 4 woodcuts on 2 sheets after Blake, very occasional light foxing, flyleaf and title mounted on stubs and the former strengthened at a crease, the Blake plates remargined at foot and gutter and with a few spots, nineteenth century calf, joints restored [cf. Bentley 504, plates 5-25 of this entry], 8vo, Stereotyped and Printed by D. Cock... [for] F.C. and J. Rivington [and others], 1814This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
![CALVERT (EDWARD)[CALVERT (SAMUEL)] A Memoir of Edward Calvert Artist by His Third Son. Illustrated with Reproductions of His](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a4df984e-a30f-4e2c-a23c-aafb01542967/b353f568-583a-4f64-9e76-ab050158fae3/468x382.jpg)
CALVERT (EDWARD)[CALVERT (SAMUEL)] A Memoir of Edward Calvert Artist by His Third Son. Illustrated with Reproductions of His Own Paintings and Sketches, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 32 OF 350 COPIES, SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE AUTHOR, half-title, frontispiece portrait, 34 plates on 31 sheets after Calvert, 45 illustrations in the text, occasional light spotting and toning, one or two plates working loose, publisher's buckram gilt with ticket of 'Leighton Son and Hodges' inside lower cover, t.e.g., folio (370 x 270mm.), Sampson Low, 1893This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
COWPER (WILLIAM)Autograph letter signed ('Wm Cowper'), to William Hayley ('my dearest brother!'), confessing that his melancholia has crippled him as a letter-writer ('...I began a letter to you yesterday, my dearest brother! and proceeded through two sides of the sheet, but so much of my nervous fever found its way into it, that, looking it over this morning, I determine not to send it. I have risen, though not in good spirits, yet in better than I generally do of late, and therefore will not address you in the melancholy tone that belongs to my worst feelings...'); thanking him nevertheless for his concern ('...Your wishes to disperse my melancholy would, I am sure, prevail, did that event depend on the warmth and sincerity with which you frame them, but it has baffled both wishes and prayers, and those the most fervent that could be made, so many years, that the case seems hopeless...'); looking forward to the receipt of Romney's portrait ('...I began to be restless about your pourtrait, and to to [sic] say, How long shall I have to wait for it? I wish'd it here for many reasons; not only because the sight of it will be a comfort to me as you very justly suppose, for I not only love but am proud of you as of a conquest made in my old age, but am impatient also 'till I see your amiable physiognomy supersede the odious representation of mine... Johnny goes to town on Monday, and purposes to call on Romney...The name of a man whom I esteem as I do Romney, ought not to be unmusical in my ears, but his name will be so, 'till I shall have paid him a debt justly due to him, by doing such poetical honours to it as I intend. Heaven knows when that intention will be executed, for the Muse is still as obdurate and as coy as ever...'); and hoping that 'when my Mary, like your little Tom, shall cease to be an invalid, I may recover a power, at least, to do something'; integral address panel, seal and post-marks, 4 pages, traces of mounting on blank section above the address, some light browning and minor wear at edges, but overall in attractive condition, 4to, Weston [Underwood], 13 October 1792
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DICKENS (CHARLES)Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens'), to Captain [Frederic] Brine, thanking him for his kind and hospitable letter ('...Unfortunately, the fatigues of my hurried tour are so great, and its work so hard, that I find all social pleasures to be incompatible with them, and am forced to forego all engagements and invitations...'), assuring him nevertheless that he is 'not the less sensible for your cordial remembrance' for which he renders hearty thanks, 2 pages, in blue ink, contemporary docket, some light dust-staining, 8vo, Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, 20 August 1858
JONSON (BEN)The Works... to Which is Added a Comedy, Called The New Inn. With Additions Never Before Published, third folio edition, engraved frontispiece portrait by William Elder after Robert Vaughan, woodcut ornaments on title, old pencil scribble on A3 (and the laurel of portrait touched), lower fore-margin of the opening 40 or so leaves softened with small loss not affecting letters, 4 leaves toned, contemporary reverse calf, worn [ESTC R15282; Pforzheimer 561; Wing J1006], H. Herringman, E. Brewster [and others], 1692--DRYDEN (JOHN, translator) The Works of Virgil... Translated into English Verse; by Mr. Dryden, issue with cancel title printed in red and black (small hole repaired), engraved allegorical frontispiece (laid down, small area of loss to image), 101 engraved plates (a few shaved), light spotting, early half calf, worn [ESTC R26296], Jacob Tonson, 1697, folio (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
NEWMAN (JOHN HENRY, Saint)Autograph presentation manuscript of his hymn 'Lead Kindly Light', signed ('John H. Newman') and dated, comprising the first stanza of six lines, beginning: 'Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom/ Lead thou me on...', 1 page, contemporary envelope, oblong 8vo, 'August 15 1876'
WHEELER (JOHN)A Treatise of Commerce Wherein Are Shewed the Commodies Arising by a Wel Ordered, and Ruled Trade, such as that of the Societe of Merchantes Adventurers is provided to bee, written principallie for the better information of those who doubt of the necessarienes of the said societe in the State of the Realme of Englande, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, with lengthy inscription dated 'Middelbroughe 28 Decembris 160[1]' on initial 'A', title within typographical border with printer's device, without the errata leaf found in some copies, neat manuscript correction to printed spelling of 'Commodies' on title, light arc of dampstaining at upper margin of a few leaves, seventeenth century panelled calf, rebacked with corners repaired, modern cloth box [ESTC S119735; Kress 243 (lacking blank and errata)], small 4to, Middelburg, Richard Schilders, 1601This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
HOCKNEY (DAVID)WEBB (PETER) The Erotic Arts, NUMBER 41 OF 126 COPIES WITH ORIGINAL ETCHING BY HOCKNEY AND SCREEN PRINT BY ALLEN JONES, each signed and numbered by artist in pencil, further numbered on the colophon, illustrations throughout, light foxing to half-title and title, publisher's green morocco gilt, g.e., slipcase (soiled), large 8vo, Secker & Warburg, 1975This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
LÉGER (FERNAND)Cirque. Lithographies originales, NUMBER 161 OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST on the justification leaf, 63 lithographs (34 printed in colours), all printed 'sur Velin d'Arches' wove paper, the title and text by Léger, some light offsetting, loose as issued in publisher's stiff pictorial wrappers designed by Léger, glassine over-wrappers, original chemise with printed spine label, and slipcase (slightly worn and soiled), folio (425 x 320mm.), Paris, Tériade, [1950]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
MIROIR DU POÈTEMiroir du poète, 7 vol. (complete), LIMITED TO 15 AND 20 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATORS, from overall editions of between 130 and 135 copies, 28 engravings (all but 2 printed in colours) by Picasso (1), Braque (1), Miro (5), Zao Wou-Ki (4), Arp (7), Masson (4), and J. Villon (6), loose as issued in publisher's board portfolios, 2 in glassine wrappers, light soiling or rubbing to others, slipcases, 12mo (170 x 150mm.), Paris, Louis Border, 1957-1960This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
GILL (ERIC)The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ According to the Authorized Version of King James I, NUMBER 329 OF 500 COPIES, 65 wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill, original half pigskin over buckram by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., light soiling to spine, original slipcase [Chanticleer 78], folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1931This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
JONES (DAVID)Chester Play of the Deluge, NUMBER 134 OF 275 COPIES, edited by J. Isaacs, 10 large wood-engraved illustrations by David Jones, tissue guards, publisher's buckram, pictorial dust-jacket (light soiling, small loss to head of spine) [Chanticleer 52], Golden Cockerel Press, 1927; idem, another edition, NUMBER 240 OF 250 COPIES on Barcham Green mould-made paper, from an overall edition of 337, 10 wood-engraved illustrations by Jones, prospectus loosely inserted, publisher's cloth-backed marbled boards, dust-jacket, FINE COPY, [Printed by Will Carter, at the Rampant Lions Press] for Clover Hill, 1977, 4to (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
JONES (DAVID)COLERIDGE (SAMUEL TAYLOR) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, NUMBER 439 OF 460 COPIES, 10 etchings by David Jones (8 full-page), original black morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., Bristol, Douglas Cleverdon, 1929; The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 2 vol. (including portfolio), ONE OF 115 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 'with a portfolio containing an extra set of fifteen engravings including five that were discarded', 10 etchings by Jones in the text, publisher's parchment-backed cloth, slipcase, [Clover Hill] for Chilmark Press, 1964--JONES (DAVID) An Introduction to the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, NUMBER 162 OF 415 COPIES, this copy unsigned, etched vignette on title, publisher's cloth, [Rampant Lions Press], for Clover Hill, 1972--[GREGYNOG PRESS] Llyer Y Pregeth-r [Ecclesiastes], NUMBER 171 OF 250 COPIES, printed in red and black, 2 woodcut illustrations (one full-page) by Jones, publisher's limp buckram, some rubbing, Newtown, Gwasg Gregynog, 1927--FARJEON (ELEANOR) The Town Child's Alphabet, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'To John [Guthrie] with Eleanor's Love, Christmas 1924', illustrations by David Jones printed in colours, publisher's pictorial wrappers (small loss to spine), The Poetry Bookshop, 1924--MONRO (HAROLD) The Winter Solstice, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, signed by the author, 2 woodcut illustrations by Jones, publisher's boards, Faber, 1928--David Jones 1895-1974. Centenary Edition of Engravings, NUMBER 3 OF 50 SETS, 4 engraved plates by Jones, numbered in pencil, loose as issued in publisher's paper wrappers (light soiling), Wolseley Fine Arts, 1995, 8vo and 4to; and approximately 85 others (including catalogues and pamphlets) by, about, or with contributions by David Jones (approximately 90)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
BALLET RUSSES AND NIJINSKYBARBIER (GEORGES) Designs on the Dances of Vaslav Nijinsky, NUMBER 395 OF 400 COPIES 'on vellum paper', foreword by Francis De Miomandre, translated by C.W. Beaumont, 12 colour pochoir plates, light spotting, colour pochoir design on upper cover, short tear to upper cover touching border of title panel, 1913--BEAUMONT (CYRIL.W.) The Art of Lydia Lopokova, 2 portrait plates (after Picasso, and Glyn Philpot), 9 tipped-in HAND-COLOURED PLATES, 3 illustrations and cover design by Arabella York, 1920; The Art of Lubov Tchernicheva, portrait frontispiece by Glyn Philpot, 8 tipped-in HAND-COLOURED PLATES, 2 decorations and cover design by Vera Willoughby, book block loose from wrappers, 1921, publisher's pictorial wrappers, large 4to (322 x 280mm.), C.W. Beaumont (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
DULAC (EDMUND)ANDERSEN (HANS CHRISTIAN) Stories, NUMBER 233 OF 750 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, 28 tipped-in colour plates by Dulac, publisher's vellum gilt, t.e.g., ties, a few 'rust' spots on upper cover, light soiling, [1911]--The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French. Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, NUMBER 598 OF 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, 30 tipped-in colour plates by Dulac, publisher's decorative morocco gilt, t.e.g., rebacked preserving most of original spine, later endpapers, [1910], EDITION DE LUXE COPIES, Leicester Gallery Edmund Dulac Exhibition advertisement loosely inserted in each, 4to, Hodder & Stoughton (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
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