Hardy, Thomas Far from the madding crowd. New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1874. First American edition, 8vo, published in the ÔLeisure Hour Seriese, frontispiece and 11 plates, original cream cloth lettered and decorated in black, red advertising endpapers dated 2 April 1875, collectores cloth folding box, light spotting to title-page, traces of label removed from verso of title, binding somewhat soiled, some wear to extremities Note: Purdy, pp.17-18 The first American edition of Far From the Madding Crowd "has sometimes been described as the true first edition of the novel, but the claim to priority rests solely on the evidence of advertising endpapers, dated in a few instances 17 November" (Purdy). The novel was first published in England on 23 November 1874, having been first printed anonymously in the Cornhill Magazine from January to December 1874.
We found 534325 price guide item(s) matching your search
There are 534325 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribe- List
- Grid
-
534325 item(s)/page
Hardy, Thomas A Laodicean, a story of to-day. London: Macmillian and Co, 1903, 8vo, 8vo, volume XI of Macmillanes reprint of The Wessex Novels, inscribed by Edward Dugdale to his daughter Florence Dugdale (later Hardyes wife) ("F.E. Dugdale. | From E.D. | January 12th 1906"), map of Wessex and advertisements at the end, original dark blue cloth, TH monogram medallion in gilt on upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, light browning to endpapers, extremities rubbed Provenance: Florence Hardy (nee Dugdale), presentation inscription from her father on upper pastedown. Florence Emily Dugdale (later to become Hardyes second wife), was one of the five daughters of the schoolmaster Edward Dugdale, who ran a small bookshop in Enfield for a time and encouraged his daughteres early love of literature. She had been an admirer of Hardyes novels for some time before their first meeting in August 1905 (initiated by her), and scarcely a week before she received this book from her father on 12 January 1906, she had received an encouraging letter from Hardy: "...I do not think you stayed at all too long, & hope you will come again some other time...". "From the very first Hardy felt attracted to Miss Dugdale by her quiet seriousness, her large solemn eyes, her literary ambitions, and, not least, her open admiration of him as a great author" (Michael Millgate, Thomas Hardy: A Biography Revisited, p.410). Edward Dugdale was one of only three people present at the marriage ceremony of his daughter and Thomas Hardy on 10 February 1914.
Hardy, Thomas Far from the madding crowd [in] The Cornhill Magazine. Vol. XXIX. January to June 1874 [and] Vol. XXX. July to December 1874. London, 1874, 2 volumes, first printing, in 12 anonymous instalments (January to December 1874), 12 full-page illustrations and vignette initials by Helen Allingham, contemporary purple cloth decorated in blind and lettered in gilt, [Purdy, p.14], spines faded; Ibid The return of the native [in] Harperes New Monthly Magazine. Volume LVI. December 1877 to May 1878, [Volume LVII. June to November 1878]?[Volume LVIII. December 1878 to May 1879]. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878-9, 3 volumes, first American serialisation, in 12 instalments (February 1878 to January 1879), contemporary half-morocco over marbled boards, [Purdy, p.26], extremities worn; Ibid Hearts insurgent [Jude the obscure] [in] Harperes New Monthly Magazine, December 1894-November 1895, first printing of Jude the Obscure, in 12 instalments entitled "Hearts Insurgent" (the first entitled "The Simpletons"), 12 illustrations by W. Hatherell, contemporary half-morocco, [Purdy, pp.89-90], extremities worn; [together with:] How I Built Myself a House [in] Chamberses Journal, 18 March 1865, first printing of the authores first published piece, pp.161-4 bound in red cloth, label on upper cover "First Writing of Thomas Hardy 1865", [Purdy, pp.293-4], very light browning; Ibid Wessex folk [in] Harperes Monthly Magazine. European Edition. December 1890 to May 1891 [and] June 1891 to November 1891. London, 1891, 2 volumes, first printing, in four instalments (March-June 1891), headpiece by Alfred Parsons and seven illustrations by Charles Green, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt in compartment, slipcase, [Purdy, pp.82-83], covers slightly rubbed; Ibid "The science of fiction" [in] The New Review, April 1891, vol. IV, no. 23, pp315-9, original wrappers, [Purdy, p.300]; Ibid The pine-planters [in] The Cornhill Magazine. New Series. Vol. XIV. January to June 1903. London, 1903, first printing, pp.721-2 contemporary red cloth with design in blind and lettered in gilt, [Purdy, p.145-6], light spotting, spine faded; Ibid The preservation of ancient cottages. An Appeal by the Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin, M.P. With a note by Thomas Hardy. The Royal Society of Arts, [1927], original wrappers, [Purdy, p.323]; and 6 others; chiefly 8vo (18)
Stair, James, Viscount The institutions of the law of Scotland. Edinburgh: G. Hamilton & J. Balfour, 1759, folio, third edition, contemporary calf, very slightly rubbed; Reynolds, Susannah Frances & W.E. Hall The household book of practical receipts, 1847, 8vo, interleaved copy with a few receipts added, contemporary half calf, rubbed, some light spotting; Goldsmith, O. Dalzieles illustrated Goldsmith, 1865, 4to, green half calf gilt; Wakefield, W.W. & H.P. Marshall Rugger, 1930, 8vo, plates, original cloth; Brook, A.J.S. Old Scottish hall-marks on plate, 1892, 4to, contemporary half morocco, rubbed (5)
Sowerby, James and James Edward Smith English botany, or coloured figures of British plants. London: for the author, 1790-1846, volumes 1-36 bound in 18 volumes , 4 supplementary volumes and index volume, first edition, 8vo, 2960 hand-coloured engraved plates, and an additional 20 plates (numbered 1-20) bound in volume 2 of the Supplement, contemporary green half calf, brown morocco lettering pieces, very slight offsetting to some plates in volumes 13-14 and 27-32, plate 1257 misnumbered 1256, spines slightly faded and very slightly rubbed Note: A very clean, soundly bound, set with only a little light offsetting to a few plates.
Sporting - Macgillivray, William A history of British water birds. London, 1852, 2 volumes, 8vo, 7 engraved plates, illustrations in text, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, corners bumped, foxing [especially to early leaves and plates]; Lloyd, L. Field sports in the north of Europe... London, 1831, second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece in each volume, two maps [one folding], 2 plans, 7 plates, contemporary green cloth gilt, rubbed, gutta loose on both volumes, foxing, ink inscriptions; Lacy, Captain The modern shooter. London, 1846, 8vo, frontispiece, engraved title, illustrations in text, contemporary green cloth gilt, backstrip faded, some foxing; Forester, Frank Field sports in the United States. London, 1848, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary green cloth gilt, rubbed, some light spotting, ink inscriptions; Simeon, Cornwall Stray notes on fishing and natural history. Cambridge, 1860, 8vo, frontispiece, original red cloth gilt, stained, foxing throughout, ink inscription; Macgillivray, William Descriptions of the rapacious birds of Great Britain. Edinburgh, 1836, 8vo, 2 plates, contemporary green cloth gilt, backstrip faded, interior clean, ink inscription (9) Provenance: Ink inscription of John Kerr of Greenock in several volumes, one dated 1861.
Argyll & the Highlands - Campbell, Lord Archibald Records of Argyll. Edinburgh, 1885, 4to, number 403 of limited edition, plates, original red cloth gilt, backstrip faded; Bede, Cuthbert Argylles highlands. Glasgow, 1902, 8vo, illustrated, inscribed by John Campbell on title, original green cloth gilt; Campbell, John Popular tales of the West Highlands. Edinburgh, 1860, 4 volumes, 8vo, original cloth gilt, backstrips faded, some light foxing; Mitchell, Dugald A popular history of the Highlands and Gaelic Scotland. Paisley, 1900, 8vo, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt; Cameron Lees, J. A history of the county of Inverness. Edinburgh, 1897, 8vo, folding map in pocket, original red cloth gilt, foxing at page edges and 3 others (11)
Gilpin, William Observations relative chiefly to picturesque beauty...particularly the Highlands of Scotland. London, 1789. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, 5 maps, 31 plates, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, some light foxing to page edges, offsetting, bookplates; Burt, Edward Letters from a gentleman in the north of Scotland to his friend in London. London, 1822, fifth edition, 8vo, 2 volumes in 1, frontsipieces, later half calf gilt, rubbed at edges, offsetting to titles (3)
Italian architecture-Granjean de Montigny, A. & A. Famin Architecture Toscane, ou palais, maisons et autres edifices de la Toscane. Paris: Salmon, 1846, folio, engraved title and 133 engraved plates, contemporary red half morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., little light spotting to a few plates, rubbed
Old Master etchings-Schoen, Martin Meisterwerke von Martin Schoen (Schongauer)... durch A. Petrak. Ratisbon: J.G. Mans, 1857, 4to, 31 fine etchings, contemporary half vellum, spine gilt, t.e.g., occasional light spotting Note: Rare. Bookplate of John Charrington, Shenley Grange, Herts., bookplate
Palladio, Andrea The architecture of A. Palladio, in four books... revised, designed and published by Giacomo Leoni, a Venetian... the third edition corrected, with notes and remarks of Inigo Jones. London: A. Ward, S. Birt, D. Browne [& others], 1742, 2 volumes, large folio, engraved allegorical frontispiece by B. Picart after Sebastiano Riccio, engraved portrait of the author by Picart after Paolo Veronese, title in vol.1 printed in red and black, 215 engravings on 207 sheets, 15 double-page, by John Harris, Bernard Picart, Michael Vandergucht and John Cole, contemporary calf, head and tail of spines repaired, joints cracked, a few light spots Note: This edition is the third and best edition of Leonies English edition of Palladio; for the first time it includes notes taken from Inigo Joneses annotated copy which had recently been deposited at Worcester College, Oxford. Harris 685; this edition not in Fowler
Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus-William Newton The architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio, translated... by W. Newton, architect. London: I. and J. Taylor, R. Faulder &c., 1791, 2 volumes, large folio, engraved frontispiece portrait after Robert Smirke and 46 plates engraved by James Newton, contemporary half calf, neatly rebacked, spine tooled in gilt and blind, new marbled sides, light dampstaining to extreme lower corner of a few plates, volume 1 bound without the preface (pp. [iii]-viii) found in some copies Note: A very good copy of William Newtones edition. In 1771 Newton published an English version of Vitruviuses De architectura so that - as he explained in the preface - England might not be the only "polished nation" that did not possess Vitruvius in its own tongue. In this copy the plates of Volume I are numbered and there is no alteration slip pasted onto the imprints. Many of the plates have been re-engraved and some of the figures enlarged. This two-volume edition was published by James Newton who states in his notice "To the Public" that all of Volume I and part of Volume II were printed before his brotheres death in 1790. Brunet V, 1331; Cicognara 736; Fowler 428.
Gordon, Robert & Blaeu, Joan Scotia antiqua. Amsterdam, 1654, hand coloured in outline and cartouche, approx 43 by 56cm, text on verso, framed and glazed; Ibid. Scotia regnum. Amsterdam, 1654, hand coloured in outline and cartouches, approx 43 by 56cm, text on verso, some light browning and spotting, framed and glazed [glass broken], mount stained; Ortelius, A. Scotiae tabula. Antwerp, 1574, hand coloured, approx 40 by 54cm, text on verso, framed and double-glazed, heavily stained at left edge, foxing (3)
Ross, Alexander Pansebeia: or, a view of all the religions in the world .. the third edition, enlarged and perfected ... To which are annexed The lives, actions, and ends of certain notorius hereticks with their effigies in copper-plates. London: for John Saywell, 1658. 8vo., 2 parts, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved emblem on the titlepage (repeated on the titlepage to the Lives), 17 engraved portraits in the second work contemporary calf, later rebacking, edges rubbed, general light paper discolouration, inner joints cracking Note: Wing R1973; Sabin 73315. First published in 1653, it includes an account of the religions of both North and South America on pp. 102-120.
Qurean MS, 300 leaves, 18.5x11 cm, written in a minute naskh script, probably from Syria or Palestine and dated 1289 AH [1872], the surat al-fatihah set within panels and rondels, elaborately decorated in red, blue, green and gold, both pages within a green border of stylised palmettes, the text set within gilt panels, the surat headings written in white within gold panels, with gold rondel verse dividers and orthographical marks in red, with some marginal ornaments, and the final leaf with text set within a rondel enclosed within a gilt and green panel with palmettes at the corner, contemporary red morocco binding, the boards with central panel infilled with dots, once gilt, but now worn, the flap with corresponding gilt border and parallel ornaments, outer margin of the first leaf damages (affecting the decorated border), general light paper discolouration throughout, lower corners a little soiled from frequent turning, repair to inner margin of last leaf and to the lower margins of another couple of leaves
New Testament, Syriac Novum ... Testamentum Syriace, , cum punctis vocalibus, & versione Latina Matthaei ita adornata ... accurante Aegidio Gutbirio ... Clavis operas, lexicon, grammaticam syr. & notas complexa, seorsim prodit. Hamburg: typis & impensis authoris, 1664-67. 8vo., 3 works in 1 volume, contemporary calf, a.e.g., rubbed, lacking upper board, general light paper discolouration throughout and some occasional spotting Note: Darlow & Moule 8966(d).
Qurean Al-Coranus S. lex islamitica Muhamedis filii Abadllae pseudoprophetae, ad optimorum codicum fidem edita ex museo Abrahmi Hinckelmanni. Hamburg: ex off. Schultzio-Schilleriana, 1694. 4to., title-page in red and black, with both Latin and Arabic half-titles, original paper boards, edges uncut, boards worn and crudely repaired, pastedowns renewed, lower outer corners dog-eared, lower inner joint broken, tear at inner margin of preliminary signature e, general light paper discolouration throughout and some spotting Note: For long considered to be the first edition of the Qurean for which moveable types were used until the discovery of a unique surviving copy of the Venice edition of 1537. Prior to this copies were produced using block-print and specimens survive both of the wooden blocks as well as printed sheets from as early as the 10th century.. The orientalist Abraham Hinckelmann explains in his preface that his objective in publishing this edition is not to promote the Muslim religion, but to assist with the study of the Arabic language in the general framework of Eastern languages including Hebrew.
Lane, Edward William An Arabic-English lexicon. London: Williams & Norgate, 1863 -93 First edition, 8 parts in 2 volumes, large 4to., contemporary half morocco, cloth boards, raised bands and edges rubbed, some light foxing Note: Monumental work by the noted Arabic scholar William Edward Lane, translator of The Thousand and one nights and author of An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, it occupied his life from 1842 until his death in 1877. Part 6 issued in the year of his death is prefaced by a Memoir composed by the compileres nephew Stanley Lane Poole which includes extractes from Lanees diaries of his visits to Egypt where he worked on source material for the Lexicon. Part 8 completed publication of the materials left by Lane, but Book II which was to contain words and explanations was abandoned due to the paucity of articles left by Lane.
Pococke, Edward Specimen historiae arabum ... accessit Historia veterum arabum ex Abuel Feda: cura Antonii I. Sylvestri de Sacy; edidit Josephus White. Oxford: e Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1806. Second edition, 4to., engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved vignette on the titlepage, text in Arabic and Latin, with the corrigenda slip at the end, original quarter cloth, paper boards, printed paper label, edges uncut, edges with a little wear, upper inner joint splitting, offsetting from the portrait to the title, some light paper discolouration Note: Barker 35 Edward Pococke or Pocoke (1604-91) acquired his knowledge of oriental languages at Aleppo where he was chaplain to the Turkey Merchants from 1630-1636, He was appointed to the new chair of Arabic by Archbishop Laud in 1636 who also sent him again to the East in search of manuscript material. The Specimen, of which this is the second edition and which was originally published in 1650, is a series of essays attached to a thirteenth-century description of the Arabs. The extensive use of Arabic and some Hebrew types probably drew on the type purchased at Leyden for the University Press in 1637. See Baker The Oxford University Press and the spread of learning, p.11-13.
Aeronautics-Hettinger, Philippe La navigation aerienne. Aeronats, aeroplanes, machines volantes. Paris: A. Quillet, 1910, 4to, with 6 card models with overlaying flaps on 3 colored plates, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, 4pp. loose, a little light spotting Note: One of the coloured models is an early model of the Wrightse airplane.
Bible-New Testament, polyglot Le nouveau testament... the New Testament... het Nieuwe Testament. Amsterdam: Steven Swart Jacobus vander Deyster en Aert Dircksz Oofsaen, 1684, 12mo, engraved title with architectural border, printed in three columns in French, Dutch and English, nineteenth-century light brown morocco, double gilt fillet on sides, neatly rebacked retaining original spine Note: A polyglot New Testament in three modern languages. Herbert 795; D. & M. 626 Provenance: Baptist College Bristol, presentation inscription from Jon. E. Ryland; Baptist College, Bristol, bookplate
![Browne, Sir Thomas. La religion du medecin. [No place], 1668, 12mo, first edition in French, engraved frontispiece, contempo](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2727666/98-92-10121_468x382.jpg)
![Costume plates & Le Rire satirical magazine Braun & Schneider, publishers Zur Geschichte der Costume. Munich, [c.1886], 4to,](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2727666/109-92-10121_468x382.jpg)
Costume plates & Le Rire satirical magazine Braun & Schneider, publishers Zur Geschichte der Costume. Munich, [c.1886], 4to, 112 (of 125) double-page coloured costume plates, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, boards a trifle soiled, internally clean; La belle assemblee. London: J. Bell, 1806, engraved title, 42 plates (2 coloured); [Ibid.] 1810, 8vo, wood-engraved title and 47 plates (30 coloured), both contemporary half calf, worn; Juven, F. & A. Aledandre Le rire. Journal humoristique, 1re annee (nos. 1 ˆ 52), 1894, 4to, numbers 1-52 bound in one volume, coloured wrappers to each issue, illustrations by Toulouse-Lautrec, Valloton & others, publisheres blue half cloth, some light paper discolouration, a few issues becoming loose (4)
Divkrovic, Matie Nauke Karstianski ... Divitse Marie. Venice: Pietro Maria Bertano, 1611. First edition, 2 parts in 1 volume, 8vo, lacking titlepages, woodcut illustrations and occasional decorations, contemporary calf, spine in four compartments each containing a large blindstamped floret, covers ruled in straight and chain-patterned lines into a large central diamond, with a triangular compartment at each corner in which a floret, larger entwined floral pattern at centre, light rubbing to edges, clasps intact, with contemporary (?) signature at beginning in a cursive Slavonic script, later Slavonic annotation here and elsewhere, some paper discolouration, a few small stains and marginal worm holes, larger only towards beginning (repaired on first two leaves), a few leaves strengthened at inner margin towards end Note: BM STC 17th century Italian Books p. 304. First edition of the first printed translations in old church Slavonic from the Doctrina Christiana by Cardinal Robert Bellarmine, this rare and singular example of early Slavonic printing (the only recorded from this printer) carries woodcut religious images very much in the contemporary Latin or Italian style. The ÔDoctrinae were a laymanes catechistical guide by Europees leading Jesuit theologian and were widely disseminated in languages including Congolese and Chaldean. The quite early production of the present edition was perhaps due in part to the well-established ties between the printing capital of Venice and the Dalmatian and Istrian coasts.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Zur farbenlehre (erklarung der zu Goethees farbenlehre gehorigen tafeln). Tubingen: J.G. Cotta, 1810, 3 volumes, 8vo and 4to , 17 engraved plates, 12 of which partly coloured by hand, plates mounted on guards, contemporary marbled boards, 7 plates from a shorter copy, a few very slightly trimmed at fore-edge without loss, occasional light spotting in text, boards slightly rubbed at edges and joints, spine of atlas slightly torn at head and foot Provenance: W. Kahl, early signature on title-pages; Robert Lenkiewicz (1941-2002), artist. Note: Wallis (1977) 210; Hagen 347. first edition. The culmination of Goethees work on optics, this work was a savage, and ultimately unsuccessful, criticism of the demonstration by Newton that white light is composite. Goethe took a psychological view of colour and his chapter on physiological colours (those that depend on the condition of the eye rather than illumination) is considered the most successful part of the work.
A FINE JAPANESE SNAP MATCHLOCK MUSKET, CIRCA 1870 with massive blued octagonal barrel retained by a faceted brass band at the breech, fitted with large pierced v-shaped fore-sight and pierced block-shaped back-sight, inlaid with linear ornament and a solid band of silver at the muzzle, over its middle section with bold sprays of foliage inhabited by an exotic bird in silver enriched with gold, and silver panel of stars and a mon over the breech, signed beneath the latter and fitted with integral pan with hinged brass pivot-cover, brass lock of shaped outline fitted with moulded steel serpentine, brass trigger, stained cherrywood full stock with slender faceted butt of characteristic form, signed beneath the breech in ink, brass trigger-plate, barrel bolts and lock-pin escutcheons formed as expanded flowerheads, and original ramrod (now seized, areas of light wear) 70.2cm; 27 5/8in
**A IVORY-HILTED JAMBIYA, 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY PERSIAN with curved double-edged blade of watered steel formed with a slender central ridge and decorated with gold koftgari at the forte (worn), and marine ivory grip swelling at the base and the pommel, in its original wooden scabbard covered with light shagreen, with ivory locket and chape each decorated with a radiating pattern of lines (the chape chipped) 48.2cm; 19in
A RARE PERSIAN MAIL SHIRT, 17TH CENTURY formed of numerous riveted wide flat links each bearing traces of an inscription, opening at the front, extending to beyond the elbow and over the thigh (losses, small holes and light rust) This shirt, though of somewhat different construction, is related to a group of Islamic shirts with inscribed links attributed to the 16th and 17th Centuries. See D. Alexander 1985, pp. 29 - 36.
**A SINO-TIBETAN QUIVER, 19TH CENTURY of reinforced leather, the border studded with domed white metal studs, and large engraved white metal bosses, complete with its original belt mounted with silvered iron, and with nine various arrows; A PORTION OF A SINO-TIBETAN BOW CASE, 18TH/19TH CENTURY; and A TIBETAN SILVER-AND BRASS-MOUNTED BELT, 19TH CENTURY with strike-a-light and pouch the first: 50cm; 19 3/4in (11)
A FINE VICTORIAN LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S STUMPWORK PURSE with red silk purse trimmed in gold galloon, the front applied with the full Royal Arms in polychrome silk threads enriched with gold and sewn with seed pearls, the borders with Tudor roses and masks in gold and silver, the whole framed with gold galloon and retaining three tassels (areas of light wear and fading) 42cm; 16 1/2in by 40cm; 16in`
A NORTH EUROPEAN ZISCHÄGGE, MID-17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY DUTCH OR FLEMISH with hemispherical skull formed in two pieces joined medially by rivets, decorated with a pattern of alternating ribs and incised lines radiating from a transversely-pierced finial riveted at its apex through a star-shaped washer, projecting forward as a broad integral peak struck at its right side with an indistinct mark, probably the crowned IR government ownership mark of the time of James II, and pierced at its rear with a rectangular hole to accommodate a sliding nasal-bar secured at the brow by a staple and locking-screw, fitted at its nape with a narrow one-piece neck-guard embossed to simulate four lames, and its sides with broad pendent cheek-pieces, each narrowing to its lower end and pierced at its centre with circular ventilation-holes, the main edges of the helmet decorated with plain inward turns accompanied in the case of the peak and neck-guard by recessed borders, the brow of the skull and each of the simulated lames of the neck-guard decorated with pairs of incised lines, the surfaces of the helmet blackened (some light pitting and re-colouring overall; the nasal-bar, neck-guard and cheek-pieces replaced, the first and the last struck internally with the same maker's mark, and the last two dated 1995)
A RARE FRENCH PARTISAN FOR THE GUARD OF ARCHERS OF THE TRIBUNAL OF MARSHALS, EARLY 18TH CENTURY with broad central blade formed with a medial ridge, reinforced at the tip and formed with a pair of up-turned crescentic lugs at the base, moulded neck, tapering socket, and a pair of short straps, the head decorated on each side with an elaborate trophy-of-arms at the base including a marshal's baton and a sword, centring on a vacant escutcheon enclosed by the collar of the order of St Michel, all on a blued panel (areas of pitting, the bluing largely oxidised), on its original wooden haft (light worm), complete with its silk tassel 57cm; 22 1/2in head The central escutcheon was previously fill with the crowned Royal Arms and a sun-in-splendour, the personal device of Louis XIV, probably erased during the French Revolution. Another example from this group, formerly in the collection of Jeanne et Robert-Jean Charles, was sold Ader Tajan, Paris, 9th December 1993, lot 299.
A SPANISH CUP-HILT RAPIER, EARLY 18TH CENTURY with slender blade of diamond section, signed 'Edmas Naya' and 'In Toledo' within a short fuller on the respective faces, tapering ricasso incised with a line on each side, steel hilt comprising cup-guard with outwardly turned brim, fitted with a figure-of-eight bar beneath, a pair of straight swelling quillons, knuckle-guard, compressed bun-shaped pommel, and later wire-bound grip (areas of light pitting) 107.5cm; 42 1/4in blade
A LIGHT RAPIER, LATE 17TH CENTURY AND A SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1740 the first with slender blade stamped 'Sahagum' within a short fuller on each side, steel hilt of fluted bars including quillon, outer ring-guard, knuckle-guard, fluted near spherical pommel, and original steel grip; the second with tapering blade stamped 'Sahagum' within a short fuller on each side (rubbed), steel hilt including double shell-guard, faceted globular quillon, knuckle-guard, faceted pommel, and faceted steel grip the first: 81cm; 31 3/4in blade (2)
A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD, MID-18TH CENTURY with slightly curved blade double-edged towards a clipped-back point, etched and gilt with trophies, the motto 'V.Pandur' and a hussar on a blued panel on each side (light wear), steel cross-piece formed with a moulded collar (knuckle-chain missing), moulded cap pommel, and horn grip stained in imitation of tortoiseshell 50cm; 19 3/4in blade
A 1796 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER'S SWORD with etched and gilt blade including the crowned Royal cypher and a mounted Hussar on one side, inscribed 'Osborn warranted' on the back-edge, regulation steel hilt with faceted back-strap, and original leather-covered wooden grip bound with silver wire 82cm; 32 1/4in blade Inv. no. E290
Loading...-
534325 item(s)/page