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Click here to subscribePrussian M.1908 Jager zu Pferde Feldmutze (Forage Cap), superb near mint condition feldmutze of an enlisted man in the 3rd Jager zu Pferde Regiment. All nap of cloth present, good bright colours to yellow waffenfarbe. Manufacturer’s stamp to the inside. Size stamped. Army group marked ‘B.A.XV. dated ‘1915’, complete with its national and state cockades. Featured on page 50 of Feldzug 15.
Ersatz M.95 Prussian Enlisted Mans Pickelhaube, canvas covered with four panelled cloth covering, all brass fittings, original leather chinstrap, correct state and national cockades, no extra holes. Leather lining marked ‘G.R.12’ (12th Grenadier Regiment) to the inside of the front peak. Shown on page 86 of Feldzug 14.
England & Wales. Hall (Sidney), Leigh's New road map of England, Wales and Scotland, drawn from the most recent surveys..., published M. A. Leigh, circa 1835, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, on two sheets, inset map of Scotland, crude additional outline colouring highlighting a few roads, slight staining, a few short splits along old folds, each sheet approximately 500 x 750 mm, decorative printed endpapers, one with later manuscript presentation inscription, bound in later green morocco 'envelope style' binding, together with Wallis (J. & E.), Wallis's New Travelling Map of England & Wales and Part of Scotland..., 1815, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 620 x 490 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with printed label to upper board, worn and rubbed, with Bowen (Emanuel), An Accurate Map of Buckinghamshire divided into its Hundreds..., published Robert Sayer, Robert Wilkinson & Carington Bowles, [1785], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some staining, 705 x 540 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled slipcase with printed labels to both boards, one side of slipcase split, worn and rubbed, with another five maps similar (8)
France. Bru‚ (Adrien Hubert), Carte Physique, Administrative et RoutiŠre de la France..., published Paris, 1818, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of Corsica, 1100 x 1550 mm, with a smaller later edition of 1832, 620 x 960 mm, together with Dufour (Adolphe Hippolyte), Carte Administrative, Physique et RoutiŠre de la France..., published Paris, 1840, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of the environs of Paris, slight offsetting, 1070 x 970 mm, with Bazin (M.), Carte de Champagne et de Brie, avec les pays circonvoisins, o— aux anciennes divisions on a joint celles des d‚partemens et des districts..., 1790, engraved map with sparse contemporary outline colouring on two sheets, sectionalised and laid on linen, each sheet approximately 550 x 970 mm, contained in a near contemporary book box, worn and frayed, with one other similar (5)
Gronovius (Jan Frederik). Flora Virginica exhibens plantas, quas Johannes Claytonus, in Virginia crescents observavit, collegit et obtulit, 2nd edition, Leiden, 1762, engraved folding map of Virginia, contemporary marginalia, a few pressed flowers loosely inserted, edges untrimmed, original wrappers bound in, contemporary calligraphic ownership inscription of one M. Davies to front panel verso, offset partially onto title, variable light foxing (the map clean), small marginal hole in sig. R2, 19th-century black quarter cloth, marbled sides, slightly rubbed, tips worn, 4to The first edition to contain the important map of Virginia, "one of the earliest botanical maps of any region of the world" (Stephenson and McKee, Virginia in Maps, p. 106). The work was "the first flora of Virginia" (Sowerby), and Jefferson used this second edition for his Notes on the State of Virginia, referring to Clayton as "our great botanist". Hunt 571; Sabin 28294; Sowerby, Library of Thomas Jefferson 1075. (1)
*Drawings & Watercolours. A mixed collection of twenty watercolours, drawings and prints, mostly 20th century, including Bone (Muirhead), Troon, circa 1930, monotone wash drawing, signed by artist to lower left, title to lower right, 105 x 165 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Marks (George), Brighton beach 1858, watercolour, titled in pencil to lower left, 225 x 305 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with Bohannan (Jessica) Vines and a Tuscan Farm, late 20th century, watercolour and gouache on board, signed in pencil to lower right, 230 x 310 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, plus Carter (M. R.), Duck shooting, 1838, watercolour, signed and dated to lower left, 300 x 425 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with West (David), Low tide in the estuary, circa 1900, watercolour, signed lower right, 170 x 220 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, plus Hayes (Brian), Ships in the Estuary, late 20th century, watercolour, signed lower right, 290 x 400 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, and Doughty (K. W.), Handcross, late 20th century, watercolour, signed lower right, 200 x 245 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with another twelve prints, watercolours and engravings, all framed and glazed, various sizes and condition (20)
Roudaire (Commandant Fran‡ois lie). La Mer Int‚rieure Africaine (avec cartes)..., Lettre-Pr‚face de M. Ferdinand de Lessops, published Paris, 1883, additional half title, one folding cross-section and one folding map, publisher's printed paper wrappers, later endpapers, modern cloth gilt, slim 8vo, together with Comber (Rev. T. J.), Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society..., Explorations Inland from Mount Cameroons and journey through Congo to Makuta, 1879, extract only (pages 225 - 240), folding map with library blindstamp, later endpapers, modern cloth gilt, slim 8vo, with Rodd (Francis), The Geographical Journal. A Second Journey among the Southern Tuareg..., 1928, several photographic illustrations to text, two large folding maps, later endpapers, modern cloth gilt, slim 8vo, with another ten reports and report extracts from the explorations in Africa from the late 19th and early 20th century, all with folding map (s), all modern cloth gilt, slim 8vo (13)
*Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Postcard signed, 'Edward Elgar', South Bank, Worcester, Sunday, postmarked Worcester, 4 December 1933, to Miss B.M. Palmer of Canterbury, 'Delighted to see you among the winners today. Hope you are better. Love to Clement - am still very seedy', written in a secretarial hand and only the last three words '(signed) Edward Elgar' in the composer's hand, personalised pale blue postcard with Elgar's name and telephone contact details to message side, vertically torn in two with crude paper strip repairs obscuring addressee details but not affecting lettering to message, 88 x 136mm Written on personal stationery postcard to a friend from South Bank nursing home, Worcester, in a secretarial hand and weakly signed by Elgar, this is one of Elgar's last signatures and a poignant item in spite of the unfortunate rip. The addressee, Miss B M Palmer, is Beatrice Marie Palmer, the half-sister of Clement Charlton Palmer, organist of Canterbury Cathedral.(1)
*De Winton (Francis). [Set of family albums], 1853-90, 4 volumes, [approximately 230, 500, 300, and 300 pages], containing some 800 autograph letters nearly all to or from De Winton or his wife Evelyn, in envelopes docketed with details of senders and contents and mounted rectos and versos to plain leaves, volume 4 page 103 with autograph letter signed from Henry M. Stanley dated Victoria Nyanza, 2 September 1889, granting de Winton power of attorney to arrange his affairs in London pending his return from Africa, volume 2 page 256 with autograph letter from Ottoman statesman Ahmet Vefik Pasha, and pages 406-9 with one autograph letter signed from each of Redvers Buller and Baden Powell, 2 from George V as the duke of York (and 3 clippings of his signature, 1 erroneously docketed as George Washington's), 2 from his wife Mary of Teck, and the clipped signatures of Queen Victoria, Henry Layard, Lord Palmerston and Lord Clarendon, together with numerous further letters from various figures spread throughout all the 4 volumes, including many from Fenwick Williams, and from Marquess Lorne and Princess Louise, the duke and duchess of Argyll (for de Winton's connection to these 3 figures see below), with 1000s of additional documents pasted in, including newspaper clippings, topical engravings from the Graphic and the Illustrated London News, albumen prints (mainly studio portraits of family members), invitations to state and other occasions, banquet menus, theatre programmes, telegrams, memoranda and more, with 2 published works pasted in to the rear of volume 3: Correspondence respecting the Recent Expedition against the Yonnie Tribe adjacent to Sierra Leone, London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1888, folding map, OCLC traces Northwestern, McGill, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Erfurt Gotha, no copies in UK libraries, and Yonnie Expedition, Staff Diary, Intelligence Report and Medical Report, London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, [no date], number 33 of an unknown number of copies, marked "strictly confidential", no other copy traced, 10 plates including folding maps and colour lithographs, contents of all 4 volumes with occasional soiling and staining, some material loose, but generally well-preserved, volumes 1 and 4 with water-damage front and back but contents generally spared, all bound in red half roan, marbled sides, gilt titles ("Family Records, F. W. de W vol. 1 [-Evy de Winton vol. 1, 2 and 3]") volume 1 binding very worn, rear board detached, volumes 2 and 3 worn but intact, volume 4 very worn, covers detached and spine defective, folio, together with an extensive archive of correspondence and documents, including: 11 additional autograph letters from Princess Louise (including her letter of condolence to Evelyn on de Winton's death) and 3 from Marquess Lorne; 17 further signed letters of condolence to Evelyn from various figures including George V as the duke of York and Clements Markham; de Winton's masonic pouch, containing 2 masonic certificates on vellum (dated 1858 and 1870), with leather and silk masonic apron; manuscript journal titled "Turkey, Journey to Sofia, Day & Memorandum Book", sheep, oblong 8vo; additional journal apparently relating to his time in North America and discussing Native American chieftains, green quarter cloth, 8vo; manuscript fair copy of de Winton's report, "Sketch of the Swaziland Question", with sketch map, and collection of related documents; manuscript fair copy of de Winton's "Itinerary of the Journey of His Excellency the Governor General in the North West, 1881"; 8 offprints and galley proofs of various papers on Africa and North America; 15 maps, all folding, some linen-backed, mainly depicting Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Canada; 4 mounted and annotated albumen prints of Sierra Leone and collection of 15 original snapshots of Khartoum, and more; with a further carton of miscellaneous correspondence and ephemera Sir Francis Walter de Winton (1835-1901) was a British soldier and courtier. After distinguished service in the Crimea, he served as aide-de camp to Sir William Fenwick Williams, hero of Kars as commander in British North America, and was subsequently on his staff when lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia (1864-7) and governor of Gibraltar (1870-5). De Winton married Evelyn in 1864. He was later military attach‚ at Constantinople (1877-8) and secretary to the marquess of Lorne, husband of Princess Louise, when governor-general of Canada (1878-83), and eventually administrator-general of the Congo (1885-6). In 1887 he was secretary to the Emin Pasha relief expedition and commanded the punitive Yoni expedition in Sierra Leone. He was sent as commissioner to Swaziland in 1889 before retiring the following year with the honorary rank of major-general. In 1892 he became controller and treasurer of the household of the duke of York, later George V, and he died in 1901. The albums appear to have been compiled by one of Francis and Evelyn de Winton's children or another close family member after his death; together with the voluminous archive of additional letters and documents they provide a comprehensive, chronological account of his career. Provenance: from the family by direct descent. (4 cartons)
Brion de la Tour (Louis). Atlas G‚n‚ral, Civil, Ecclesiastique et Militaire, M‚thodique et elementaire pour l'etude de la geographie et de l'histoire..., 3rd edition, published Paris, 1772, decorative double page engraved title, seven engraved plates of globes, spheres and celestial diagrams, forty-six double page engraved maps and two larger folding maps of France, all with contemporary outline colouring, a few maps with worming to gutter, worming largely confined to guards, lacking contents list, additional near contemporary manuscript contents list loosely inserted, hinges and joints weak, contemporary quarter calf gilt, heavily worn and frayed, 4to (1)
[Vargas y Ponce, Jos‚]. Relacion del ultimo viage al estrecho de Magallanes de la fragata de S. M. Santa Mar¡a de la Cabeza en los a¤os de 1785 y 1786. Extracto de todos los anteriores desde su descubrimiento impresos y MSS. Y noticia de los habitants, suelo, clima y producciones del estrecho. [And:] Ap‚ndice a la relacion del viage al magallanes de la fragata de guerra Santa Mar¡a de la Cabeza, que contiene el de los paquebotes Santa Casilda y Santa Eulalia para completer el reconocimiento del estrecho en los a¤os de 1788 y 1789 . 2 vols, 1st editions, Madrid: [vol. 1] por la viudo de Ibarra, hijos y compa¤¡a; [vol. 2] en la imprenta de la viuda de D. Joaquin Ibarra, 1788-93, Relacion: engraved frontispiece portrait of Magellan; 4 folding maps, very short closed tear to stub of map facing p. 92, 4 folding tables. Ap‚ndice: engraved folding map, similar table, contemporary Spanish cat's-paw (volume 1) and tree (volume 2) sheep, spines ruled in gilt, red morocco labels, old library labels and inked shelf-marks, extremities rubbed, 8vo Official account of Antonio de C¢rdoba's important voyage to the Strait of Magellan, uncommon with the separately-published appendix volume, which describes his 1788-9 return journey. "After these expeditions, the Spanish trade routes were exclusively to east coast ports and then overland to Pacific ports" (Hill). (2)
Boccaccio (Giovanni). Della geneologia de gli Dei di M. Giovanni Boccaccio libri quindeci. Ne'quali si tratta dell'origine, & discendenza di tutti gli dei de' gentili. Con la spositione de' sensi allegorici delle fauole : & con la dichiaratione dell'historie appartenenti … detta materia. Tradotta gi… per M. Gioseppe Betussi..., Venice: Lucio Spineda, 1606, woodcut device to title, decorative intitials, head & tailpieces, few minor worm holes to last few leaves of text, occasional light toning and minor spotting, contemporary vellum, worn mostly to board corners, 4to in 8s, together with Wolff (Christian Freiherr von), Philosophia prima, sive, Ontologia, Methodo Scientifica Pertractata, qua omnis Cognitionis Humanae Principia Continentur, editio nova priori emendatior, Frankfurt: 1736, title in red & black, two folding engraved plates at rear, some spotting mostly to title, contemporary vellum, 4to, with Philosophia Rationalis sive Logica, Methodo Scientifica Pertractata et ad usum Scientiarum atque vitae aptata..., 3rd edition, Frankurt, 1740, title in red & black, spotting throughout, contemporary vellum, dust-soiled & marked, 4to, with Tacitus (Cornelius), Opera quae exstant. Justus Lipsius postremum recensuit. Additi commentarii..., 2 volumes in one, Paris: Marcum Orry, 1606, woodcut device to title of each, some toning, occasional spotting and light dampstaining, contemporary vellum, worn at head of spine and some marks, 4to, plus four others similar, mostly vellum bound (8)
Cowper (William). The Workes of Mr Willia[m] Cowper late Bishop of Galloway: Now newly Collected into one Volume. Whereunto is added a Comentary on the Reuelation neuer before Published..., 1st collected edition, Imprinted for Iohn Budge, 1623, engraved illustrated title (slightly creased), occasional minor marks, some sections starting but secure, final few leaves with minor worming, front pastedown with book ticket of Shadwell Park dated 1842, front hinge cracked after endpaper, rear pastedown lacking, contemporary calf, rubbed and extremities worn, spine ends lacking, folio in 6s (1)
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll' ). For the Train, Five Poems and a Tale..., Arranged, with a Preface, by Hugh J. Schonfield, 1st edition, 1932, portrait frontispiece, uncut, original buckram gilt, slightly rubbed, (limited edition, 80/100 copies, signed by the editor), together with The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, edited by Charlotte M. Yonge, Third Series, volumes 1 & 2, January to December, 1881, some spotting, first volume contemporary half calf, rubbed, second volume original cloth, chipped at extremities, plus Carroll (Lewis), The Rectory Umbrella and Mischmasch, with a Foreword by Florence Milner, 1st edition, 1932, illustrations to text, spotting at front, original cloth in dust jacket, a little frayed and browned, all 8vo, plus other periodical publications and related with Carroll interest including 4 original issues of Notes and Queries (No. 202 discussing the phrase 'As mad as a hatter'), various sizes and conditions (20)
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll' ). The Hunting of the Snark, An Agony, in Eight Fits, eighteenth thousand, 1876, wood-engraved frontispiece, adverts to final leaf verso, a little spotting and some soiling towards rear, contemporary inscription to front pastedown, all edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and a little frayed at head and foot of spine, slightly stained on covers near foot of spine, 8vo, together with Collingwood (Stuart Dodgson), The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll, 2nd edition, 1899, black & white plates and illustrations, presentation inscription from Dodgson's sister and mother of Collingwood at head of half-title, 'R. Fawcett, with M. Dodgson's love', Feb 1899', a little spotting, top edge gilt, original buckram gilt, rubbed and spine browned, 8vo, plus Carroll (Lewis), The Hunting of the Snark, Catalpa Press, 1974, black & white illustrations by Byron Sewell, original plain black cloth with gilt-titled spine, folio, (limited edition, 104/250 copies, signed by the illustrator), plus other Lewis Carroll books and interest including reprints, modern publications and paperbacks, plus a good collection of Lewis Carroll newsletters (3 shelves)
Barozzi (Giacomo, Vignola). RŠgles des cinq Ordres d'Architecture de M. Jacques Barozzio de Vignole, Nouvellement Revu‰s, Corrig‚es, et r‚duite de grand en petit, par Jean Le Pautre avec plusieurs Augmentations de Michel Ange Bonarotti, Paris: G. Jollain, [1671], title + 101 pages, engraved title (torn at fore-edge with some loss of title & imprint), 40 full-page engraved illustrations (including dedication) and engraved text throughout, contemporary limp vellum (cropped at fore-edge), slim 8vo (1)
Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). I Dieci Libri della'Architettura di M. Vitruvio tradutti et commentati da Monsignor Barbaro, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1556, 40, 39-124, CXXV-CXXVIII, 125-133, 132-274, [18], elaborate architectural woodcut title, woodcut illustrations, including many full page and some folding (woodcut overslip to C6, woodcut extensions to E8, F3 verso, I5 recto and I6 recto, the latter two leaves misnumbered with signatures Iiiii and Iv), replacement woodcut illustrations to E8 verso and F7 recto (E8 misbound between pages 58 and 59), volvelle to Q2 verso (page 228), volvelles to V2 verso and V3 recto not present, A2 verso (somewhat cropped) with full-page woodcut illustration (repeated to V4 recto, with large printer's woodcut device to verso), some marks and scattered spotting and marginal water staining, some leaves browned, minor worm damage to extreme foot of inner margins towards centre of volume (not affecting text), old vellum-backed boards with vellum outer tips, some wear with associated staining and discolouration, folio (385 x 270 mm, 15.2 x 10.5 ins) Fowler 407. Mortimer, Italian Books 547. Cicognara 713. Millard, Italian Books 160. Printing and the Mind of Man 26: 'The classical tradition of building, with its regular proportions and symmetry and the three orders - Doric, Ionic and Corinthian - derives from this work'. The famous folio edition of Vitruvius' Ten Books of Architecture, translated by Daniele Barbaro with his commentary. The woodcut illustrations are thought to have been engraved by Salviati after designs by the great renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. (1)
Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). Les dix livres d'architecture, coriggez et traduits nouvellement en fran‡ois, avec des notes et des figures, seconde edition, reveue [sic], corrig‚e et augment‚e, par M. Perrault, Paris, Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1684, engraved additional title (with effaced contemporary ownership inscription), LXV (i.e. 68) plates, of which 8 double-page, engraved head- and tailpieces and figurative initial, woodcuts to the text, occasional light spotting or soiling, a handful of quires browned, pale intermittent tide-mark to lower outer corners, sig. V1 transposed with V2, and slightly abraded verso obscuring a few words, contemporary calf, spine richly gilt with quatrefoils enclosing olive branches, concentric gilt and blind panelling to boards, gilt central panels with centre- and cornerpieces composed of vegetal scrolls, spine-ends repaired, joints cracked but holding, boards scuffed, some stripping, extremities rubbed and worn, folio (430 x 280 mm) Provenance: bookplate of C. W. H. Sotheby of Ecton Hall (d. 1887). Fowler 418 refers; cf. Millard, French Books, 168. (1)
Vogue (Melchior, Marquis de). Byzantine Architecture and Ornament, 1st edition, Boston and New York, 1890, 52 wood-engraved or photographic plates, discreet contemporary ownership ink-stamps, mild toning, original cloth-backed boards, slightly marked, extremities rubbed, folio, together with Mecquenem (Roland de, and others), Mission en Susiane, M‚moires de la Mission arch‚ologique de Perse, Mission en Susiane, Tome XX, Numismatique, Epigraphie grecque, C‚ramique Elamite, [and] Tome XV, Arch‚ologie, m‚trologie et numismatique susiennes, 2 volumes, 1st editions, Paris, 1928-34, 18 plates in total, numerous text illustrations, mild toning, both volumes in later black cloth, the sides of XX elaborately hand-painted, folio, and 26 others, mainly 19th-century architectural works, including pamphlets and offprints (32)
Bindings. Lettre Edite Ed Inedite Di Camillo Cavour, by Luigi Chiala, volumes 1-6, 1883-7, Torino, uniform contemporary gilt decorated quarter red morocco, spines and boards slightly rubbed, 8vo, Histoire De La Re'formation En Europe, by J.-H. Merle D'Aubign‚, volumes 1-6, Paris, 1863-75, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, spines toned and lightly rubbed, 8vo, Commentaires Et Lettres De Blaise De Manluc Mar‚chal De France, by M. Alphonse De Ruble, volumes 1-5, Paris, 1864-72, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated three-quarter calf, boards and spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with 45 further volumes of 19th century history and literature, all leather bindings, mostly French language, some ex-lib with associated marks, condition is generally good/very good, (62 volumes) (3 shelves)
Huddesford (William & Warton, Thomas, editors). The Lives of Those Eminent Antiquaries. John Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony Wood..., volumes 1 & 2, printed for J. & J. Fletcher, Oxford, 1772, 8 black and white engraved plates, plus 2 black and white frontispieces, some light spotting and offsetting, modern endpapers, uniform modern gilt decorated black quarter calf, 8vo, together with Francis (Philip), The Odes, Epodes and Carmen Seculare of Horace..., volumes 1-4, Dublin, 1742, bookplates to front pastedowns, later inscriptions to head of title pages, some minor toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, spines and hinges slightly worn, boards slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Muckersy (John), Translations of M. Gener, Being a Selection of Letters on Life and Manners, Edinburgh, printed for Peter Hill, 1808, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor toning and offsetting, contemporary full calf, boards and spine rubbed and marked, with minor loss to foot of spine, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th century historical and eccelesiastical reference, including The Private Life of Lewis XV, volumes 1-4, by J.O. Justamond, 1781, mostly leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo, (58 volumes) (2 shelves)
*Thompson (D'Arcy Wentworth, 1860-1948). Two Typed letters signed and one autograph letter signed, 'D'Arcy W. Thompson', St Andrews, 13 December 1935, 19 November 1938 & 5 February 1941, both addressed to [Ronald] Winckworth, the first thanking him for the two boxes of Murex and letter, 'I must begin by saying that I am abashed and ashamed by the trouble I have given you. In the way of notes all I ever expected was a few words to draw my attention to characters that might escape my notice; but you have given me what amounts to a revision of the entire group. I am immensely obliged to you, - but still more than a little ashamed. The figure of M. Scolopax in the sand is only one of the many interesting things that your notes contain', continuing on the same subject before asking 'When are you going to begin to a "Manual of the Mollusca"? I am not flattering you in the very least when I say that there is nobody else who could do it...', with an initialled postscript saying that he was shocked to find the letter lying around unsigned and unposted for the best part of a month, 2 pp., 4to, the second letter a technical letter concerning Mare Sporco and including classical references to Aristotle with a few words inserted in ink in Greek, both 2 pp., 4to, the third autograph letter saying that he will be honoured to have honorary membership of the Malacological Society, talking of his love for shells from early boyhood and recounting 'I was about 13 or 14 when I had my first apprenticeship for collecting, in the old classic ground of Birtubay Bay. You may assure the Society of my warm gratitude...', talking of other good natural history societies and talking about his correspodence writing projects, 2 pp., small folio Ronald Winckworth (1884-1950) was a British natural historian and president or vice-president of three learned societies in the field, specialising in British and Indian mollusca. (3)
Tournefort (Joseph Pitton de). The Compleat Herbal: or, The Botanical Institutions of Mr. Tournefort, Chief Botanist to the late French King..., with large additions from Ray, Gerarde, Parkinson, and others..., with a short account of the life and writings of the author, 2 volumes, printed for R. Bonwicke and others, 1719/30, 218 single page engraved plates (plate numbering erratic), occasional light browning and some marks and occasional minor marginal dampstains, owernship signature of M. Cooper, dated 1784 to title of each volume, index leaves at rear of second volume with some closed tears and slight damage to inner margins, later bookplate of Francis John Hushe, dated 1881, to front pastedown of second volume, contemporary panelled full calf, first volume recently rebound in near-matching full calf, spine labels renewed to both volumes, thick 4to Henrey 1432. First English edition, translated from the latin edition of 1700. Other copies of this work have contained up to 267 plates. This copy sold as seen, not subject to return. (2)
Art Deco sapphire and diamond ring set with a central brilliant cut diamond surrounded by princess cut sapphires in a square setting, platinum shank, ring size M No obvious sign of damage or repair, stones appear to be intact, minor surface wear to stone surfaces as would be expected for age of ring. Minor shank wear. centre stone is mounted so difficult to gauge weight - approx 30-40 points. Diamond has a culet. 3.5 grams weight
Full Sapphire and diamond eternity ring, ring size M No obvious sign of damage or repair, stones appear to be intact, minor surface wear to stone surfaces as would be expected for age of ring. Minor shank wear. Not hallmarked - white metal. Ring would benefit from good clean and polish. Probably contemporary to preceding lot.
Large and impressive Solitaire Diamond ring, the circular brilliant cut diamond weighing 3.73 carats, claw set in 18ct white gold setting. Hallmarked with diamond weight engraved to the shank, ring size M Very bright and sparkly, under 10 x zeiss lens very little carbon visible. Does draw some colour.
Matchbox 1/76 plastic kits: Monty's Caravan Daimler Scout Car, Morris C.8 Mk II, 17 pdr gun and Willy's Jeep, M-19 45 ton Tank Transporter, Humber MK II Armoured Car, A - 34 Comet MKI Tank, Leopard 2 A4 MBT, Airfix: Chieftain Tank (still shrink wrapped), Bofors 40mm AA Gun & Tractor, Scorpion FV101 Tank, 2 x JB Models Saracen A.P.C. MK 1,2,3 all boxed and appear unstarted but unchecked, plus 5 x boxes of parts/started kits
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