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![Chess.- Johannes Gallensis Summa collationum, sive communiloquium, ?first edition, collation: [a-z8 A-I8 K6], 262 ff., 27 lin](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d4a463ec-c9f8-4a51-8059-af810104b01f/9b185f78-6de6-479c-b85f-af8101079144/468x382.jpg)
Lot 17
Chess.- Johannes Gallensis Summa collationum, sive communiloquium, ?first edition, collation: [a-z8 A-I8 K6], 262 ff., 27 lines plus headline, gothic type, two- to four-line initials in red, red paraphs, initial strokes and underlining, very good margins with early manuscript sidenotes and copious small lection marks for reading aloud, plus subject headings including 'de ludo schacio exposius', contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards from the bindery of the Kartause Marienburg (Weddern, near Duelmen, Westphalia), 2 clasps and remains of leather straps, rebacked and with new endpapers, corners rubbed, 4to (210 x 138mm.), Cologne, Ulrich Zel, [c.1472].⁂ Generally regarded as the first edition, closely followed by another Cologne edition dated 1472, printed by Arnold Ther Hoernen. This manual for priests and preachers is most notable for being the first printed book to describe, albeit in moral/allegorical terms, the game of Chess. Pars 1, Distich 10, Caput 7 includes the exposition beginning "Mundus iste totus quoddam scaccarium est, cuius unus punctus est albus et alius niger" (the world resembles a chessboard which is chequered white and black) and ending with the caution that if a man falls into sin "in isto scaccio dyabolus dicit eschack" (in this game of chess the devil says Check). The moves of the various pieces are described in symbolic terms: the King can move in all directions because his will is law; the Knight's move consists of a straight move and a sidelong one, to illustrate his legitimate powers and his illegal extortions; the Bishop moves obliquely 'because nearly every bishop misuses his office through cupidity'; and the Queen's move of just one square diagonally (under the medieval rules, before her power and scope were greatly enlarged in the Renaissance) 'is aslant only, because women are so greedy that they will take nothing except by rapine and injustice' (H.J.R. Murray, A History of Chess, 1913, p.530). It is rare at auction, with only two copies (including this in 2017) recorded since 1906. ISTC lists 6 copies in North America, but none of which at Harvard, Yale, Morgan, Huntington, LC, Folger or Newberry.Provenance: Ampleforth Abbey (bookplate and facing ink stamp).Literature: BMC I, 191; Goff J-328; H 7440*; GW M13986; BSB-Ink I-574; ISTC ij00328000.
Lot 296
Medicine.- Obstetrics.- Hobson (Benjamin) and Guan Moacai, Fuei Shinsetsu [Manual of Gynecology, Obstetrics, and the Nursing Care of the Newborn], 2 vol., first Japanese edition, original Chinese characters with Japanese reading marks, text in 10 vertical lines within border, 41 woodcut illustrations, manuscript annotations in ink to upper margins, ink ownership stamps, bound in the Japanese style in a Fukurotoji binding of yellow wrappers with printed title slips, stitching renewed, 8vo, Kyoto, Tenkodo Zohan, 1859.⁂ First Japanese edition of Fuying Xinshuo (Shanghai 1858), a work instrumental in introducing Western obstetrics and gynaecology to China and Japan. Benjamin Hobson, a medic and missionary, wrote directly in Chinese, assisted by Guan Moacai, publishing several religious and medical texts in Shanghai. The annotations in this copy, are typical of the careful interventions of Japanese readers in traditional woodcut printed books.
Lot 230
A gentlemen's gold Chronograph Suisse manual wind watch,36mm diameter, with a rose dial with chronograph subsidiary dials, and 17 jewel movement, case marked 18k 0.750Condition ReportCurrently running. No guarantee as to timekeeping or continued running.Crown winds and hands adjust.Stopwatch functioning, but does not re-set to 0.Scratches to glass.Marks and scratches to dial.Wear to gilt crown and pushers.No strap.Marks/scratches to case, and some dents.No box or papers.39.65g
![Ansted (David T.). The Gold-Seeker's Manual, [2nd edition], London: John Van Voorst, 1849, [4], 172, [6]p., title with cancel](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2a43871f-d280-4166-9f6c-af8800c0bef7/161c6cd6-2590-4102-a0cc-af8900aa050e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 372
Ansted (David T.). The Gold-Seeker's Manual, [2nd edition], London: John Van Voorst, 1849, [4], 172, [6]p., title with cancelled Linnean Society ink stamp to verso (with slight show-through), publisher's adverts at rear, front free endpaper inscribed 'from the author', original green cloth with printed title labels to spine and upper board (marked), covers a little damp splashed, extremities slightly frayed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Kurutz, The California Gold Rush 19:The English geologist wrote in his introduction: "It is proposed in the present manual to give an account, first, of the chief districts in which gold has hitherto been found, including California, itself; to explain then the way in which the metal usually occurs in nature, and the modes by which it may be certainly distinguished from other substances resembling it...".This volume is the second London edition, expanded with 76 pp. of additional material not in the first London edition of 1847 or the American reprint (published 1849), both published earlier the same year. Pages 154-172 concern "the prospects of California as a gold-producing country."
Lot 5759
Pair of radio controlled Tanks (1) 1/16th scale Panzer German Tank - military grey, lacks control unit but includes Target and Bullet accessory - Good Plus for display including illustrated box with inner packaging; (2) Gizmo Vine Interactive Tank Battle - comprising 2 x radio controlled Tanks, Tiger Tank and desert sand coloured vehicle, each comes with its own radio controller, each tank is 1/32nd scale, untested and unchecked for completeness otherwise Excellent for display and comes in a Excellent illustrated box with inner packaging and instruction manual. (2)
Lot 877
Nintendo: A boxed Nintendo 64 (N64), Super Mario 64 PAL Version, 1996, CIB, WATA Graded 8.0. Box 7.5, Manual 8.0, Cart 9.0. UKV Code: Made In Japan, ELSPA 3-18+ Rating, UK PAL Version; Cart: Made in Japan, No Rating, EUR-1 Code; Manual: Printed in Germany, No Rating, NUK4 Code. Game is not sealed.
![[SCRAPBOOKS] 3 folio or quarto scrapbooks, 19th c., filled with prints, cuttings, etc., & an art manual (defective) (4).](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/11849aff-3fd4-4d74-98b7-af880105a156/16ea7c64-4bbd-47a6-9735-af88010fe14a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 275
Hornby-Dublo 00 Gauge Pre-war Electric Track and Accessories, track including curves (13, incl one terminal rail), half curve (2), Double Straights 21), half straights(2), quarter (1), R/H Point (2, one damaged), L/H Point (2), early post-war large Radius Terminal curve (modified), wooden Signal Box with red Roof, F-G, damage to one roof corner, SR Van, (two wheels fatigued, piece of wooden castle and Trix Permanent Way Manual (1937), F-VG (qty)
Lot 364
Two Hornby China OO Gauge Thomas The Tank Engine Train Sets, R9044 Toby Train Set, comprising 'Toby', four wagons, circle of Track and siding, Radio Control and Sound System, Track mat and Instructions, R9284 Percy and The Mail Train Set, comprising 'Percy', Sodor Mail Van, red oxide Vent Van, circle of Track and siding, TPO Apparatus and controller, Owners Manual and DVD, all unwrapped, both in original boxes, VG-E, boxes G-VG (2)
Lot 254
1950's ladies Tudor manual wind wristwatch, the circular dial having alternating Arabic and baton markers denoting hours, seconds subsidiary dial at the half hour mark, on bark effect expanding strap, case approx 22mm diameter, with purchase receipt and Tudor guarantee dated 13th June 1953, case no 917577-754, together with a quartz ladies wristwatch
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