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Click here to subscribe'Les Belles Heures du Duc de Berry', facsimile of illuminated manuscript The Cloisters preserved at The Metropolitan Museum, New York, limited edition numbered 716 of 980, hand-sewn, bound in goatskin and gold-tooled in the workshop of Steinbrener bookbinders of Schärding. Faksimile Verlag Luzern, 2003. Together with accompanying commentary in quarter-leather binding, all contained in protective acrylic slipcase.
Seven leaves from a Psalter illuminated by William de Brailes, reproduced from the manuscript pages in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, and printed on vellum by Grafiche Damiani, Bologna. Limited edition numbered 163 of 480. London: The Folio Society [2012]. Contained in black buckram solander box bearing title label to spine.
Sir Robert Prescott Stewart (1825-1894), Irish composer, organist and conductor, one of the most influential classical musicians in 19th-century Ireland. Original slip of manuscript sheet music, musical notation to recto and verso, with 'Telos' (meaning ultimate object or aim) and the initials R.P.S. at lower-right recto (in Greek). Bearing an old handwritten note at lower-centre, 'Written by Sir Robert Stewart Organist of Christ Church Cathedral when 12 years of age'. The melody, when played, is reminiscent of 'rock-a-bye baby' (itself a variant of the English satirical ballad Lillibullero).
Georgian English manuscript cookery book, dated 1732-1741, containing handwritten recipes (or "receipts") for various dishes and medical home cures, including 'Gooseberry Wine', 'Good sauce for boiled Rabbits instead of Onions', 'Calves foot or Hartshorn Flumery', 'mince pyes', 'Sauce for venison or a Hare', 'The best way to pott Beef which is very good', 'London Wigs', 'an Extraordinary Plumb Cake', 'To Jug Pidgeons', 'White Hog Puddings', 'To Pickle Oysters', 'To Roast a Pike', 'A Cure for a Bite of a Mad Dog', 'Teeth Powder', 'Plague Water', 'For a Consumption', and others. Vellum binding with original ink inscription to spine: 'Angell Knightley her Receipt Book'. Laid/chain-lined paper, index to rear, the book only partially filled (approx. 60 pages of handwritten recipes).
Manuscript Islamic prayer book, Dala'il al-Khayrat, 18th or 19th century, black ink on laid/chain-lined paper heightened with red, blue and yellow, with red borders, leather binding. A famous collection of prayers originally composed for the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, the prayers divided into sections for daily recitation. The style of Arabic writing is Maghribi, which indicates that the manuscript was produced in the Maghreb, or North Africa.
Japan.- Photograph Album, 50 hand-tinted Albumen prints, comprising views of cherry gardens, temples, tea drinking, geisha, paddy fields, Kobe, Yokohama, Kyoto and Hiroshima, each c.90 x 135 mm. or vice versa, mounted on both sides of thick card leaves in folding album, some with manuscript captions below, one or two original tissue guards, contemporary decorative lacquer covers, broken spine, small abrasion mark to upper cover, slight chipping and small loss to corners, oblong 8vo, [c.1880-90's].
Licensing of ale house keepers & victuallers.- An Abstract of ye Proposall formerly prsented to his Highns by George Tirrey & Noah Bridges tending to ye advancemt of ye publiq Revenue & for Lycensing Retaylers of Ale & Beere now Reduced into an Act, manuscript, 1p., tipped-in on a later sheet, folds, a few small tears starting along folds, browned, folio, [1655].
William III & Queen Mary II. Explication of recovery relating to the Winstone family, engraved portraits of William and Mary with decoration at head, D., manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in Chancery hand, ruled in red, some slight surface wear affecting a few words, folds, slightly yellowed, without Great Seal, 630 x 800mm., 1690.
Wiltshire.- 17 century Tax.- [Land Tax Assessment for Wiltshire including The Four Shillings in the Pound Assessment for Wiltshire], manuscript ledger, 23pp., ruled in red, browned and very slightly stained in a few places, unbound, sm. 4to, [1693/4].⁂ Assessments for Malmesbury, Amesbury etc. Includes a section, "What each county in England & Wales paid to ye ffirst Aid of ffour shillings in ye Pound... ."A rare record of one of the earliest process of direct taxation, imposed nationally and collected locally. This manuscript ledger shows the yield assessed from each hundred in Wiltshire.
Heraldry & Genealogy.- Baronets Created by King James 1 [&] Baronets Created by King Charles the First [&] Baronets Created by King Charles The Second, manuscript, 32pp., ruled in red, first f. outer corner torn and repaired, a few small dampstains towards end, some ff. slightly creased, browned, 18th century marbled wrappers, slightly creased, repaired at head, folio, [c. 1720].
Staffordshire Builder.- [Ledger relating to repair of various properties and places in Staffordshire], manuscript ledger, 132pp., 87pp. from the 19th century and 45pp. from the 20th century, ruled in red, slightly browned, 6 loose pieces relating to Chillington Hall loosely inserted, original half red morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, gilt spine rubbed, lacks piece from spine, sm. 4to, 1823 & [1929].⁂ 1823 places including: Hyde Mill, Hungary Hill, Wooley Farm, Engleton Mill, Blackladies Farm, Chillington Cottages, High Onn Estate, Bratt's Building, Walton Estate, Brewood, Enson Hills, Lion Inn etc.
Retzsch (Friedrich August Moritz, attributed to) Album, with 6 watercolours and accompanying manuscript poems in German by Johann Ludwig Uhland among others, manuscript in German, 6pp., tissue guards, silk endpapers creased, original vellum gilt with the initials "C.R." on upper cover, g.e., in fitted velvet-lined leather box, oblong folio, [c. 1830].⁂ The six watercolours are of a very high quality and appear characteristic of the work of Maurice Retzsch (as he was known in England). He rarely signed his work and was in the habit of compiling similar albums for presentation to his wife, Christiane.
Henry Irving Dedication.- Shakespeare (William).- Golding (Herbert) Proverbs from Shakespeare... From the entire Series of Shakespeares Plays Dedicated by Special Permission to Henry Irving Esquire, manuscript, title and 134pp. excluding blanks, central folds, margins slightly browned, broken in two, original black morocco, lacks most of spine, sm. 4to, n.d. [c. 1890].⁂ "Copy of Dedication Letter. Lyceum Theatre. My Dear Sir, I accept the dedication with much pleasure & heartily wish every success to yr interesting & useful undertaking. Faithfully yours Henry Irving." - Golding's note.
Poetry.- Gulston later Stepney-Gulston (Eliza, daughter of Joseph Gulston, book and print collector, 1744/5-86, and Elizabeth Bridgetta Stepney, amateur artist, astronomer and poet, 1749-80, 1769-1857) A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes by Several Hands [by Dodsley], vol. I & II only of 4, Gulston's copy interleaved with her manuscript annotations, c. 136pp. on laid paper, browned, bookplates of Eliza Gulston on front pastedowns, 19th century paper covered boards, rebacked in modern calf, rubbed, vol. II lower cover part torn away, 4to, R. and J. Dodsley, 1755.⁂ An interesting example of a woman's reading. Much of the manuscript is of a biographical nature and is taken from various sources, such as Johnson's Lives of the Poets, William Coxe's Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough (1818-1819), Colley Cibber and the letters of Horace Walpole, the lattertwo providing much on Lady Mary Montagu, who receives the most attention of the poet. At some point the volumes were in the hands of a late nineteenth century critic, equally well read, who has added a few notes of his own, including a useful query as to where "she" found her authority for aremark on Kneller. It may be that the books were merely in her library and the notes are not of her doing. However, the later critic, probably a family member, certainly took them to be her work. Each leaf of Dodsley's anthology, inlaid into two volumes of a quarto album, has been interleavedwith pages of manuscript material. The volumes have the bookplate of Eliza Gulston (1769-1857),
Royal Commission on Canals and Waterways. Eight folding maps of canals and waterways, maps comprise 'Map of the Canal Systems and Navigable Rivers of Scotland', 'Map of the Canals and Navigable Rivers of Ireland', 'Map of the Canals & Navigable Rivers in the Catchment Basis of England and Wales', 'Map of the Inland Navigation and Waterways of Belgium', 'General Map of the Navigable Waterways of France', 'Map of the Inland Navigation and Waterways of Germany', 'The Industrial development along the Finow Canal', 'The Industrial Development along the Canalized Main from Frankfurt to Mainz', 8 folding lithographic maps on 8 sheets, approximate dimensions ranging from 450 x 650 mm. to 950 x 600 mm., all dissected onto linen and bound into 5 maroon cloth folders, manuscript paper labels to front boards, worn, [1902-11] (5).⁂ With correspondence from original owner and Photographers Admiralty, dated 1942.
NO RESERVE H[owell] (J[ames]) Epistolae Ho-Elianae. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren, first edition, lacking additional engraved title, engraved portrait of the author mounted on verso of title, imprimatur leaf at end, 8pp. Contents bound at end rather than preliminaries, browned, some stains, old manuscript notes to front free endpaper, contemporary notes to verso of final leaf, bookplate of Edward Place, later mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked, old roan label, [Wing H3071], small 4to, for Humphrey Moseley, 1645.
London.- [Cornman (F.)] Vestiges of Old London from Rare Prints & Drawings, number 20 of only 30 copies signed by the author, 20 hand-coloured plates, a little soiled, final two plates chipped at fore-edge, contemporary cloth, rubbed, original hand-coloured pictorial upper wrapper bound in (soiled), privately printed, 1900; Some Account of a Remarkable Old House...[in] Clerkenwell, title, facsimile manuscript text and 18 hand-coloured plates, contemporary cloth, privately printed, 1900 § Black (W.H.) Eastbury Illustrated, half-title, title in red & black, 16 engraved plates and plans, 2 hand-coloured, cloth, damp-stained, 1834, rubbed, folio & 4to (3)
A French bronze group, the Education of Cupid, late 18th / early 19th century, the central figure of Mercury portrayed nude but for his petasus and seated amongst drapery, pointing with the index finger of his right hand at a scroll stretched across his lap, Cupid held by Mercury's left hand, the oval base cast with a globe, the caduceus, Cupid's quiver and a musical manuscript, 34cm high, 26cm wide
TERRY ELLEN. Four Lectures On Shakespeare. Port. frontis. Orig. marbled cloth, some rubbing to back. Tipped in manuscript letter to Brigid Brophy from a man who, as a child, had seen Terry on stage. 1st ed. 1932; also Thomas Wright, The Life of Walter Pater, 2 vols., 1907, these Michael Levey's copies (husband of Brigid Brophy) with his signature, one frontis det. but present, incl. related material incl. two negatives of Pater's homes & a letter from the Keeper of Archives at Queen's College, Oxford.
ELLICE ELIZA (née Courtney). Manuscript Diary for the Year 1843. Eliza Courtney was the illegitimate daughter of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire & Charles Grey; with a softback edition of Anthony Hampden, Henry & Eliza, n.d. The provenance of the diary was the estate of a descendant of Lt. Gen. Sir Charles Henry Ellice, son of Eliza Ellice. (2).
"CONFLICTS IN SCOTLAND" - MANUSCRIPT. 140 plus pp. folio vol. in calf backed old marbled brds., closely written in a legible early 18th cent. hand detailing political & other events in Scotland, up to the 16th cent. Commences with a description of "Southerland" & details of a series of conflicts from the 11th cent. onwards; then "Troubles betwixt the Forbes' & the Gordons" & other similar detailed accounts; Information about the Pedigree of the House of Lochow; The Manner of the Execution of our Sovereign Lady, Mary Queen of Scotland (very detailed with transcriptions); other transactions & accounts re. Mary's life & reign, Catholic interest, etc.; Record of Great Church Benefices & The Institution of the Order of the Knighthood of St. John in Scotland. Fascinating, with much information. Dated in manuscript June 28 1737, on 3rd last blank page.
NO RESERVE Incunabolo. Palladius Domenicus Soranus. Epigrammata, elegiae et genethliacum urbis Romae. Venezia: [Bernardino Vitali], per Giovanni Battista Sessa, 16 maggio 1498 (LEGATO CON:) Spagnoli Giovanni Battista. Baptiste Mantuani Buccolica seu Adolescentia in decem æglogas diuisa. Ab Iodoco Badio Ascensio familiariter exposita; cum indice dictionum. Carmen eiusdem de sancto Johanne baptista. In Aeglogas Mantuani Decatosticon omnium earum argumenta complectens Joannis Gallinarij Budorini ... (Al colophon:) [Strasburgo]: impressit Johannes Prüss Civis Argentinus in aedibus zum Thiergarten, 1506.Due opere in un volume in-4° (mm 258x143) I: Segnatura: a-e⁴, f-g⁶, h-i⁴. Carte [40]. Testo su una colonna, 30 linee. Carattere 111R. Le due differenti marche tipografiche del Sessa impresse rispettivamente al frontespizio e al verso della carta i4. Quattro capilettera xilografici ornati su sei linee, quelli impressi alle carte a2r e g1r miniati in azzurro e in giallo. Numerose iniziali xilografiche lombarde più piccole. Foro di tarlo alle prime quattro carte, con conseguente perdita di alcune lettere, evidenti macchie di muffa ai primi tre fascicoli, lieve gora al margine interno del volume. II: Segnatura: A⁶ B⁴ C⁸ D-E⁴ F⁸ G-H⁴ I⁸ K-L⁴ M⁸ N-O⁴ P⁸ Q⁶. carte [6], LXXX, [2]. Capilettera xilografici. Gore, evidenti macchie di muffa. Legatura cinquecentesca in mezza pelle su assicelle di legno, tracce dell'originale laccio in pelle e del fermaglio. Tracce di titolo manoscritto al piatto anteriore. Mancanze al dorso, abrasioni al piatto posteriore. Annotazioni manoscritte in inchiostro bruno di antica mano.I: Seconda edizione, la prima ottenibile, dell'opera del poeta originario di Sora Domenico Farina (1460-1528) e dedicata all'amico e protettore Marcantonio Sabellico. Domenico Farina venne accolto nel 1478 nell'Accademia Romana di Pomponio Leto, dove scelse il nome di Domenico Palladio Sorano, e qui si laureò nel 1484. L'eleganza poetica dei suoi epigrammi, che gli consacrarono la fama, erano tanto apprezzati nell'ambiente dell'Accademia Romana che fu proprio Palladio Sorano a dettare l'epitaffio che venne posto sulla pietra tombale di Pomponio Leto nel 1497.La princeps dell'opera venne stampata a Venezia il 4 settembre 1495, edizione a noi pervenuta in un unico esemplare, oggi preservato a Parigi, presso la Bibliothèque Mazarine (GW M29128). I capilettera - ornati e lombardi - confermano che l'edizione venne stampata da Bernardino Vitali per il Sessa. Edizione di grande rarità, solo tre esemplari sono censiti nelle biblioteche istituzionali americane e solo un'altra copia è stata venduta in asta nell'ultimo secolo.II: Rara edizione delle dieci Ecloghe redatte dal carmelitano mantovano Battista Spagnoli (1447-1516), che le compose tra gli anni giovanili di studio a Padova e l'ingresso nell'ordine del Carmelo. L'editio princeps venne stampata a Mantova nel 1498 con il titolo Adolescentia. L'opera venne letta e assai apprezzata da Erasmo, che definì lo Spagnoli Virgilio cristiano. "Il maggior titolo di gloria e d'immortalità, che possegga il Mantovano, sono le dieci Egloghe, uno dei monumenti più notevoli della poesia umanistica d'Italia e d'Europa" (V. Zabughin. Un beato poeta (Battista Spagnoli, il Mantovano), in «L'Arcadia» 1 (1918), p. 79). La straordinaria fortuna delle Egloghe è da attribuire, oltre al loro valore stilistico, all'utilizzo del genere antico quale veicolo delle istanze riformatrici, che resero la presente opera "un testo curriculare in molte scuole inglesi, sancito dai programmi [...] Lo stesso Shakespeare, in Love's Labour's Lost (atto IC, scena II), cita il «good old Mantuan», facendo pronunciare ad Oloferne l'incipit della sua prima ecloga". (A. Manganaro. Un incunabolo "ritrovato"di Battista Spagnoli, il Mantovano: l'Oratio in funere Ferrandi regis (1496) in «Le Forme e la Storia» II (2009), p. 260).I: HC 12278; GW M29126; BMC V 480, 547; IGI 7147; Goff P12.Incunable. Palladius Domenicus Soranus. Epigrammata, elegiae et genethliacum urbis Romae. Venezia: [Bernardino Vitali], per Giovanni Battista Sessa, 16 maggio 1498 (Bound with:) Spagnoli Giovanni Battista. Baptiste Mantuani Buccolica seu Adolescentia in decem æglogas diuisa. Ab Iodoco Badio Ascensio familiariter exposita; cum indice dictionum. Carmen eiusdem de sancto Johanne baptista. In Aeglogas Mantuani Decatosticon omnium earum argumenta complectens Joannis Gallinarij Budorini... (Colophon:) [Strasburgo]: impressit Johannes Prüss Ciuis Argentinus in aedibus zum Thiergarten, 1506.Two works in one volume, 4° (258x143 mm) I: Collation: a-e⁴, f-g⁶, h-i⁴. [40] leaves. Text in one column, 30 lines. Type 111R. Two different Sessa printer's devices, on the title-page and the verso of fol. i4 respectively. Four woodcut decorated six-line initials, the ones on fols. a2r and g1r illuminated in light blue and yellow. Numerous smaller Lombard initials. Wormhole to the first four leaves, affecting a few letters; traces of mould to the first three quires, pale waterstain to the gutter. II: Collation: A⁶ B⁴ C⁸ D-E⁴ F⁸ G-H⁴ I⁸ K-L⁴ M⁸ N-O⁴ P⁸ Q⁶. [6], LXXX, [2] leaves. Woodcut decorated initials. Waterstains, traces of mould. 16th-century leather over wooden boards; remains of the original clasp. Traces of inked title on the upper cover. Losses to the spine, the lower cover rather abraded. An early hand added a few manuscript notes in brown ink. I: Second edition, the first available, of the poetical work by Domenico Farina from Sora (1460-1528), and dedicated to his friend and patron Marcantonio Sabellico. Farina entered in 1478 the Roman Academy (Accademia Romana) founded by Pomponio Leto, adopting the nickname of Domenico Palladio Sorano. Owing to their elegance, his epigrams were highly praised in the Roman milieu, and Farina was also responsible for the epitaph inscribed on Leto's grave. The first edition of the Epigrammata appeared in Venice on 4 September, recorded in only one copy preserved in the Bibliothèque Mazarine, Paris (GW M29128). The style of the woodcut initials embellishing the volume confirms the attribution of printing to Bernardino Vitali. The edition offerred here is of the greatest rarity, only three copies are recorded in US institutional libraries, and only a copy was seen at auction in the 20th-century.II: Rare edition of the ten Ecloghe by the Mantuan Battista Spagnoli (1447-1516), who composed them before he entered the Carmelite order. The first edition was printed in Mantua in 1498, under the title Adolescentia. Erasmus of Rotterdam was among its readers, and called Farina 'the Christian Virgil'. The work enjoyed a wide popularity, and was especially praised by Shakespeare, who included the first verses from one ecloga by the "good old Mantuan" in his Love's Labour's Lost. I: HC 12278; GW M29126; BMC V 480, 547; IGI 7147; Goff P12.
NO RESERVE Mascagni Pietro. Spartito musicale autografo con dedica manoscritta, datata 21 novembre 1892.Spartito musicale (mm 285x225)."A Tom, purchè non lo pubblichi. Roma, 21 novembre del '92. P. Mascagni"Bellissimo spartito di dedica con musica e versi tratti dall'opera lirica Rantzau. L'opera ebbe la prima al Teatro La Pergola di Firenze, il 10 novembre 1892, appena 11 giorni prima del presente documento.Manuscript score (285x225 mm).Handsome score, containing music and verses from the opera I Rantzau. The opera's premiere had taken place at the Teatro La Pergola in Firenze on 10 Novembre 1892, just eleven days before. As a further point of interest, this score bears an address in Mascagni's own hand.
NO RESERVE Negri Stefano. Translationes... (Al colophon:) Milano: Giovanni da Castiglione, agosto 1521.Cinque parti in un volume in-4° (mm 192x138). Carte [4], lx, xciii. Caratteri greci e romani. Frontespizio racchiuso entro cornice xilografica ornata, ripetuta tre volte. Capilettera xilografici. Bell'esemplare, piccola mancanza al margine esterno della carta AA4, fioriture e tracce di polvere al frontespizio. Legatura settecentesca in vitello, piatti inquadrati da triplice filetto dorato, agli angoli interni quattro ferri floreali, anch'essi impressi in oro. Dorso a cinque nervi, titolo impresso in oro su tassello in marocchino rosso al secondo scomparto, i rimanenti decorati da ferri dorati. Tagli spruzzati in rosso. Esemplare proveniente dalla collezione del conte di Macclesfield, come testimoniato dall'ex libris al contropiatto anteriore e dal suo timbro a secco al recto della carta AA2. Al frontespizio nota manoscritta '12 febr. 1696'. Sporadici marginalia e sottolineature.Prima edizione di questa collezione di testi dell'erudito Stefano Negri, profondo conoscitore di greco e latino, dedicata (c. A2r) dall'autore ad alcuni tra i più eminenti personaggi dell'epoca, come ad esempio Jean Grolier. Il volume contiene un insieme di traduzioni e alcune operette di carattere erudito, mitologico, filosofico e poetico tra le quali figurano i Commentarioli in aurea carmina Pythagorae, un'epistola indirizzata al medico milanese Giovanni Marliani e cinque Prefationes, tre ad Omero, una a Pindaro e una a Tito Livio. Oltre a questi testi sono presenti anche il De unguentis, il De meretricibus insignis, il De victo Pythagorico, De vino e il De nimia obsoniorum appetentia, queste ultime tre qui in prima edizione e di notevole importanza per la letteratura gastronomica. Stefano Negri, originario di Corte Maggiore nei pressi di Cremona, era noto anche col nome di Stephanos Melas, e occupò dal 1520 la cattedra di greco dello studio di Milano che era stata di Demetrio Calcondila. Durante l'occupazione francese della città si riunì intorno a questo erudito una cerchia di uomini dotti e illustri, della quale facevano parte anche Jean Grolier e il segretario di Francesco I, che compaiono spesso come dedicatari delle sue opere. Il Negri cadde in disgrazia dopo la cacciata dei francesi dalla città lombarda e venne allontanato dall'insegnamento. I suoi lavori consistono principalmente nella traduzione di testi classici o di opere ispirate all'antichità tra le quali si ricorda il Dialogo tra un venditore di libri e uno studente preposto, insieme ad altri scritti del suo maestro Demetrio Calcondila, al celebre lessico greco delle Suidas impresso nel 1499.Argelati, Bibl. Mediol., II, ii, 2137-38; Tiraboschi, Stor. Lett. Ital., VI, ii, 813; VII, iii, 1103-1104; manca in Adams; Sander 4984; B.IN.G. 1363; K. Sp. Staikos, Charta of Greek Printing, Cologne 1998, pp. 238 e 252.Five parts in one volume, 4° (192x138 mm). [4], lx, xciii leaves. Greek and roman type. Title-page within woodcut frames. Woodcut decorated initials. Minor loss to the outer margin of fol. AA4, without any loss. Title-page rather dusted, some foxing. 18th-century calf, covers within tree gilt fillets, gilt floral tools at each corner. Spine with five raised bands, gilt-tooled compartments, title in gilt on red morocco lettering-piece. Edges speckled red. From Macclesfield library, as the ex libris on the front pastedown and stamp in blind on the AA2r attest. The manuscript note '12 febr. 1696' on the title-page. A few marginalia and underlinings.First edition of this collection of works by the humanist Stefano Negri, also known as Stephanos Melas, and dedicated to leading figures of the age, such as Jean Grolier. The publication includes translations, and philosophical, mythological or poetic writings, among others the Commentarioli in aurea carmina Pythagorae, an epistle addressed to the Milanese physician Giovanni Marliani, and five Prefationes, three to Homer, and the other two to Pindar and Titus Livius respectively. Especially noteworthy are the writings appeared here for the first time in print, and entitled De victo Pythagorico, De vino, and De nimia obsoniorum appetentia, notable and influential examples of gastronomic literature.
NO RESERVE Smith Thomas. De recta & emendata linguae Graecae pronuntiatione Thomae Smithi ad Vintoniensem Episcopum Epistola. Lutetiae: Ex Officina Roberti Stephani, 1568.In-4° (mm 220x155). Carte [1] di [2], 44. Esemplare privo del frontespizio, il titolo è riportato in forma manoscritta al recto della carta di guardia anteriore, probabilmente al tempo della legatura. Capilettera e testatine xilografiche. Restauro all'angolo superiore esterno delle carte c1 e c2, gora al margine superiore del volume, con conseguente fallo di carta alle prime 10 carte (senza perdita di testo), bruniture, tracce di polvere, alcune carte increspate. Legatura ottocentesca in vitello. Piatti distaccati e abrasi. Interessanti marginalia manoscritti che traducono alcuni lemmi nell'inglese contemporaneo alla mano che li ha vergati.Rarissima editio princeps del primo trattato relativo alla riforma dell'ortografia inglese, redatto dal parlamentare, diplomatico e studioso sir Thomas Smith (1513-1577). L'edizione è da considerarsi di grande rarità: solo due copie sono apparse sul mercato negli ultimi cent'anni (1929 e 1977). 4° (220x155 mm). [1] of [2], 44 leaves. Lacking the title-page, the title of the work was written in manuscript on the recto of the front flyleaf, probably at the time of rebinding. Woodcut decorated initials and headpieces. Repairs to the upper outer margin of fols. c1 and c2; browning and dusting. Waterstain to the upper margin of the entire volume, more prominent to first ten leaves, however not affecting text. 19th-century calf. Covers detached and rather worn. Marginalia in an early English hand. Exceedingly rare first edition of the first printed work entirely devoted to the orthographic reform of English language, by the politician and diplomat Sir Thomas Smith (1513-1577). Only two copies of the 1568 edition at auction in the 20th-century, in 1929 and 1977.
NO RESERVE Valeriano Pierio. Castigationes et varietates Virgilianae lectionis. Per Ioannem Pierium Valerianum. (Al colophon:) Romae : impressit Ant. Blades Asulanus, 1521 mense Iunio.In-folio (mm 270x210). Pagine [28], lxxi, [1], 212, [2]. Carattere greco e romano. Spazi capitali. Legno a piena pagina recante le armi dei Medici, impresso a carta bb8v. Buon esemplare, macchie di inchiostro al frontespizio e alla carta successiva, qualche lieve gora, fioriture. Cartonato settecentesco 'a la rustica' con titolo manoscritto al dorso. Annotazione manoscritta di difficile lettura al frontespizio.Editio princeps dell'importante lavoro di Pierio Valeriano, nome umanistico del letterato bellunese Giovan Pietro Bolzani delle Fosse (1477-1558). Il testo del Valeriano rappresenta una fonte fondamentale per la storia dell'opera virgiliana.Valeriano Pierio. Castigationes et varietates Virgilianae lectionis. Per Ioannem Pierium Valerianum. (Colophon:) Romae : impressit Ant. Blades Asulanus, 1521 mense Iunio.Folio (270x210 mm). [28], lxxi, [1], 212, [2] pages. Greek and roman type. Blank spaces for capitals. Full-page woodcut showing Medici's coat of arms on fol. bb8v. A good copy, a few ink stain to the title-page and the subsequent leaf; slightly waterstained and foxed. 18th-century paperboards 'a la rustica', spine with inked title. Manuscript note on the title-page, barely legible.First edition of this important treatise by Giovan Pietro Bolzani delle Fosse (1477-1558), better known as Pierio Valeriano, which represents a relevant source for the history of Virgil's texts.
NO RESERVE Vergilius Maro Publius. I sei primi libri dell'Eneide... tradotti a piu illustre et honorate donne. Et tra l'altre à la nobilissima et divina madonna Aurelia Tolomei de Borghesi... (Al colophon:) In Vinegia: per Giovanni Padovano ad instantia e spesa del nobile homo, m. Federico Torresano d'Asola, 1544.In-8° (mm 150x98). Carte 24, 23 (manca carta C8 bianca), 20, 19, [1], 27, [1], 25, [7]. Segnatura: A-C8, A-C8, Aa-Bb8 C4, A-B8 C4, Aaa-Ccc8 Ddd4, AA-DD8. Presenti le carte bianche C4 e DD4. Primo frontespizio con cornice xilografica, ritratto xilografico dell'Autore all'inizio di ogni libro, illustrazioni incise su legno nel testo. Arrossature, lievi bruniture e aloni sulle carte. Nota, forse di possesso, sbiadita a c. A2v. LEGATO CON: Id. Il settimo di Vergilio fedelmente dal vero senso in versi sciolti tradotto per m. Giuseppe Betussi... In Vinegia: al segno di san Bernardino (Al colophon:) In Vinegia: per Comin da Trino di Monferato, 1546. Carte 26 [i.e. 29], [3]. Segnatura: A-D8. Marca xilografica con stemma al frontespizio e in fine, capilettera incisi su legno. Fori di tarlo alle ultime 3 carte, restaurati in quella finale, lievi arrossature. Nota manoscritta a c. A3v. Legatura moderna in pelle, cornici a secco e in oro ai piatti, nome dell'Autore in oro al piatto anteriore, dorso a 3 nervi decorato a secco.I opera: Traduzione di Alessandro Sansedoni, Ippolito de' Medici, Bernardino Borghese, Bartolomeo Piccolomini Carli, Aldobrando Cerretani e Alessandro Piccolomini. A cura di Vincenzo di Pers, il cui nome appare nella prefazione. Edizione copiata da quella di Zoppino del 1540 usando le stesse illustrazioni. Renouard, 130.4: "très rare". II opera: Contiene anche, da carta D4r i Versi di Ottaviano Ces. Augusto sopra l'Eneide di Vergilio tradotti dal Betussi. Vergilius Maro Publius. I sei primi libri dell'Eneide... tradotti a piu illustre et honorate donne. Et tra l'altre à la nobilissima et divina madonna Aurelia Tolomei de Borghesi.. (Colophon:) In Vinegia: per Giovanni Padovano ad instantia e spesa del nobile homo, m. Federico Torresano d'Asola, 1544.8° (150x98 mm). 24, 23 (lacking fol. C8 blank), 20, 19, [1], 27, [1], 25, [7] leaves. Collation: A-C8, A-C8, Aa-Bb8 C4, A-B8 C4, Aaa-Ccc8 Ddd4, AA-DD8. Complete with the blank leaves C4 and DD4. First title-page within woodcut frame; woodcut author's portrait at the beginning of each book, woodcuts in the text. Leaves slightly foxed and browned; a few spots. An erased note on fol. A2v, possibly an ownership inscription. (Bound with:) Id. Il settimo di Vergilio fedelmente dal vero senso in versi sciolti tradotto per m. Giuseppe Betussi... In Vinegia: al segno di san Bernardino (Colophon:) In Vinegia: per Comin da Trino di Monferato, 1546. 26 [i.e. 29], [3] leaves. Collation: A-D8. Woodcut printer's device on the title-page and at the end. Woodcut decorated initials. A few foxing. Wormoholes to the last three leaves, repaired the ones affecting the last leaf. A manuscript note on fol. A3v. Modern leather, covers within gilt- and blind-tooled frames, author's name lettered in gilt on the upper cover. Spine with three raised band, tooled in blind.I: A substantial reprint of the illustrated edition printed by Zoppino in 1540. The printer Padovano also re-used the same blocks designed and cut for the previous Venetian publication. Alessandro Sansedoni, Ippolito de' Medici, Bernardino Borghese, Bartolomeo Piccolomini Carli, Aldobrando Cerretani and Alessandro Piccolomini were responsible for translation. Renouard, 130.4: "très rare". II: The edition also includes, from fol. D4r onwards, the Versi di Ottaviano Ces. Augusto sopra l'Eneida di Vergilio, translated into Italian by Betussi.
NO RESERVE A.C.I. (Associazione Culturale Italiana, Torino) - I Venerdì letterari. Archivio di oltre 10.000 lettere dattiloscritte o manoscritte, documenti autografi, telegrammi dal 1950 al 2000. SI AGGIUNGONO: Manifesti, audiocassette e CD Rom inerenti I Venerdì letterari.I documenti cartacei, forati con macchina perforatrice, sono conservati in 50 raccoglitori ad anelli, datati al dorso per bienni dal 1950-1951 al 1999-2000. L'Associazione Culturale Italiana di Torino nasce nel 1947 per volontà di Irma Antonetto - erede della famiglia del noto digestivo - la quale si avvale della collaborazione della sorella Gina e di un piccolo gruppo di sostenitori. Senza fini di lucro, l'obiettivo dell'A.C.I. è di contribuire alla diffusione della conoscenza del pensiero di intellettuali e letterati che - ognuno nel proprio settore specialistico - in Italia, in Europa e nel mondo costituiscono l'avanguardia della cultura umanistica e scientifica. All'interno di questo progetto vengono istituiti i Venerdì Letterari cui si prestano, in veste di primi conferenzieri, alcuni illustri amici torinesi (Dogliotti, Levi Montalcini, Mollino, Brizio, Murat), mentre il primo straniero ad accettare l'invito è André Maurois. Negli anni parteciperanno ai Venerdì Letterari personaggi di spicco di ogni ramo del sapere - scrittori, filosofi, scienziati, etc - del calibro di Ignazio Silone, Aldous Huxley, Italo Calvino, Fosco Maraini, Giovanni Spadolini, Roberto Longhi, Cesare Zavattini, solo per citare alcuni nomi. Nell'Archivio dell'A.C.I si conserva il carteggio di scambio tra l'Associazione e i vari ospiti, le locandine approntate per le presentazioni con i nomi dei conferenzieri, un repertorio di audiocassette e cd con la registrazione delle presentazioni. A.C.I. (Associazione Culturale Italiana, Torino) - I Venerdì letterari. Archives containing over 10,000 type-written or manuscript letters, autograph documents, and telegrams, dating from 1950 to 2000. Together with posters, tapes, and Cd-rom relating to the "Venerdì letterari". The paper documents are preserved in 50 perforated ring binders, with indication of date on the spines.The Associazione Culturale Italiana was founded in Turin in 1947, by Irma Antonetto, in parternship with her sister Gina and a small group of supporters. The purpose of this non-profit association was the promotion of intellectual and literary initiatives. Among others, the A.C.I. organised the 'Venerdì Letterari' , a series of conferences held by illustrious figures from Turin (Dogliotti, Levi Montalcini, Mollino, Brizio, Murat) as well as well-known scientists, philosophers, and writers such as Ignazio Silone, Aldous Huxley, Italo Calvino, Fosco Maraini, Giovanni Spadolini, Roberto Longhi, Cesare Zavattini, etc. The archives here offerred contains - alongside the correspondence between the association and its guests - posters, flyers, tapes, and Cd-rom.
HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT ITEM RELATING TO REGINALD HEBER (1783-1826) PALESTINE. A POEM IN THE THEATRE OXFORD 1803 to which is added The Passage of the Red Sea a Fragment. Bound in full leather, gilt tooling to front board and spine, ex libris bookplate to front paste down for Hannah Grant. TOGETHER WITH The Book of Martin Harvey. Published Henry Walker
CASSELL'S BOOK OF THE DOG, 4 vols set. Published by The Waverley Book Co., Ltd. a.e.g. A handwritten manuscript book titled The Sixth Minute Book of Christ Church Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association dated 1867. TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER MANUSCRIPT handwritten item titled L.L.Y.M.M.I.A. Prize Essays Vol 1. and other various books
Manuscript missal page, likely from the book of hours. Each side contains a block of text (20 lines and 21 lines), with majiscules accented with blue ink and gold leaf. On the front, there is one word in red and a flowering pattern in the margin done in gold leaf. Additionally, there is a cross drawn in the margin, labeled "crux videlis" in a different hand. Framed double-sided.Dimensions: Sight; Height: 6 3/4 in. x Width: 4 3/4 in. Framed; Height: 8 in. x Width: 6 7/8 in. Condition: Good condition with rippling along the lower left quadrant.Images: To view larger images, please visit https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8ed9nhnm5wknrh8/AACsurKHrYImqDg3T-dvZrR1a?dl=0
19th Century manuscript granting Heraldic arms to the Reverend John Vicars-Foote, with brass cased wax seal to the lower section, a collection of family trees relating to the Foote family, all contained in a red leather mounted manuscript box the lid embossed VR flanked by two crowns, 53.5cm wide
CAMPAGNE DE 1793, MEMOIRE HISTORIQUE ET MILITAIRE DE CAMPAGNES 1793, 1794 and beginning of 1795 in Les Pays Bas and Holland by The British Army commanded by The Duke of York, 2 vols with introductory letter signed H.E. D'Arnaudin and dated London 20th January 1797. 4to (31.8 x 21cm), Full calf gilt tooled marbled end papers, uncut gilt edges, manuscript in French with annotations in margins, pull out order of battle, Vol 1, some wear to boards and binding, spine detached, Vol 1 (2)
Pritt (T.E.). The Book of the Grayling: Being a Description of the Fish, and the Art of Angling for him, as Practised Chiefly in the Midlands and the North of England, 1st edition, Leeds, 1888, three chromolithographed plates, advertisement leaf at end, page 39 with short closed marginal tear, occasional light stain to gutter, contemporary manuscript presentation letter to front pastedown, original cloth, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, 4to Large paper copy. (1)
*Manuscript map. A Plan of Pentre-bach farm the property of Mr Edw. Thomas. Graweth farm the property of Rydybiw(?) Chapel & part of Mr Wm. David's farm, all in the Parish of Merthirtidvile in the County of Glamorgan, 1791, pen, ink and watercolour linen-backed map, some dampstaining, creasing, tears and dust-soiling, 46 x 57.5cm (18 x 22.5 inches) (1)
*Charlestown. An exact prospect of Charlestown, the metropolis of the province of South Carolina, 1762, uncoloured engraved prospect, trimmed with slight loss to image and with loss of key and title below image, old folds, title and date below image in manuscript, 170 x 395 mm, framed and glazed This is a rare panorama of what was the fourth largest city in North America at the time it was engraved. The is one of the earliest graphic depictions of the town of Charleston showing dwellings, churches, boats, fortifications and ships with British flags. It was published in the 'London Magazine' by William Toms. (1)
Anti-Suffrage Movement. A manuscript diary and scrapbook kept by A[lbinia] G[race] Yate-Lee, April 1908 to March 1909, ruled paper completed in ink (and pencil) manuscript, mostly family and social events including driving her husband Charlie to cricket matches and family outings, on 5 November 1908 recording 'Anti-Suffragette meeting at the LGH. I lunched with mother at Woolards then met Mrs P. Osborne & Mittie Mitchell at mother's flat and all went off to the meeting. It was crammed and very enthusiastic. There was also an overflow meeting downstairs, crammed and a g[rea]t many sent away. Miss Violet Markham spoke very well. She and M? Mallet were Liberals, Mr Maxse a showy Conservative, and another man also spoke, a democrat, so we had all shades of Political Opinion. They are very anxious not to bring in politics. Mrs Somerville the Sec. for the Kensington Branch spoke well', another meeting recorded on 6 December at the Albert Hall 'where the dear ladies (militant suffragists) would not let Mr Lloyd George speak even on their side. It was got up by the Women's Liberal Federation (or something like that) and these M.S.'s had to be ejected or were roughly treated I believe. I cannot feel pity for them if they choose to brawl and struggle in this horrible way. We had tea with Mr Micklejohns. Lady M is a suffragist and would not blame these women!!', further anti-suffrage meetings and related recorded on 8 & 15 January, 18 February, 18 March & 26 March 1909, a total of 82 leaves, some cuttings including suffragette interest loose and tipped in, contemporary limp cloth, rubbed, 4to The Women's National Anti-Suffrage League was established in London on 21 July 1908, the first London branch was established in South Kensington under the auspices of Mary, Countess of Ilchester. Its aims were to oppose women being granted the vote in British parliamentary elections, although it did support their having votes in local government elections. (1)
Chinese pith paintings. Victorian scrap album, circa 1850, containing 20 Chinese watercolours on pith paper, of which 5 ornithological, 4 of floral subjects, 7 of Chinese costume, and 4 of Chinese punishment scenes, all mounted rectos to card leaves, leaves, most images neatly cut out, a few cracks and chips, the album also containing 2 pencil drawings and 2 watercolours signed E. Kaulbach, all mounted, and a variety of laid-in Victorian ephemera, including: 2 pen-and-ink sketches signed 'CH', one after John Leech's 'Taste' from his Pictures of Life and Character; numerous manuscript letters and poems; 6 paper-lace greetings cards, 2 incorporating floral silk panels; and printed ephemera including poetry broadsides; a lithographed Chinese calligraphic specimen, etc.; contemporary maroon morocco gilt by De La Rue & Co., front board detached, 4to (28.5 x 24 cm) Many of the letters and greetings cards are addressed to 'Miss Harrison' or 'Fanny', and one is addressed to a Lady Amelius Beauclerk, dated 24 June 1878 and providing the Chinese characters for 'The Prince of Wales': Frances Maria Harrison (d. 1910) was the wife of Captain Lord Amelius Beauclerk (1815-1879), naval officer and son of William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans. (1)
*Commemorative Napkin. In Loving Memory of the Miners who Lost their Lives in the Terrible Pit Disaster at the Universal Colliery, Senghenydd, South Wales, October, 1913, printed paper napkin, with vignette of a colliery above four poetic verses, with title top and bottom, somewhat spotted and creased, 1" closed tear to lower left corner (just touching border), 36 x 36cm (14.25 x 14.25ins), together with another similar, commemorating a visit by George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Newport and Cardiff in 1937, plus a small quantity of advertising and other miscellaneous ephemera, including two Bruton, Knowles, & Co. auction catalogues, both for the same sale held at Bell Hotel Assembly Room in Gloucester on July 9th 1879, each with various manuscript annotations, three unused Vere Foster's Drawing Copy Books (Horses, Song Birds, Marine Subjects, latter defective), a Mazawattee Atlas of the World, a Souvenir de France padded silk handkerchief case containing two hankies, an OXO advertising booklet Paint the A.B.C. of Health & Fitness, two Convent Garden programmes for 1911, a chromolithographed concertina booklet showing children dressed in costume through the ages, and a number of small unused envelopes, various sizes and condition Commemorative and souvenir napkins are, by their very nature, fragile ephemeral items, and those commemorating disasters were inevitably produced in smaller numbers than those printed as souvenirs to mark happy events. (-)
Cookery. Manuscript recipe book, 1831 and later, manuscript in black and brown ink on laid paper, 112 pages, comprising 22-page list of contents with printed edge index and 90 pages hand-numbered 1-90, pages 79-90 completed in a later 19th-century hand, many of the recipes of French origin, including 'Gateau de pommes', 'Sweet french artichokes', 'Lobster … la Beshamelle', 'Des pŠches avec la crŠme', many with note of provenance and occasionally approbation (e.g. 'Potage Palestine - Lady Hay - excellent'), one recipe for 'Currie powder', others mainly for traditional English fare, pages 63/4 slightly stained, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 4to, together with manuscript journal, 1842-6, 180 unnumbered pages, signed 'Jemima Margaret Roper, Sedbury' on front pastedown, first page incipit 'Begun at Heighington', the journal mainly describing church business and visits to Richmond (Yorks), Darlington and elsewhere, contemporary vellum, soiled, 4to, plus manuscript memorandum book, 1825-33, 100 unnumbered pages, signed 'William Fosbury' and exclusively recording church business, stationer's label (Hall's), original sheep, metal clasp, rubbed, 12mo (3)
Livingstone (David). Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, 1st edition, John Murray, 1857, wood-engraved folding frontispiece, engraved portrait, 23 plates (1 folding), 2 folding maps (1 in end-pocket), spotting to frontispiece, portrait, folding maps and edges, contemporary ownership inscription and bookseller's ticket to front pastedown, spine very slightly faded, corners of rear board bumped, 8vo, together with The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to his Death ... obtained from his Faithful Servants Chumah and Susi, by Horace Waller, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 10th thousand, John Murray, 1875, wood-engraved frontispieces (slightly spotted and offset), 17 similar plates, 1 tinted lithographic plate (browned and offset), 2 leaves of lithographic manuscript facsimile, 2 folding maps (1 in end pocket; short tear to pocket), original pictorial cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, spines sunned, volume 2 front board partially faded, 8vo, plus 3 further copies of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, all 1st editions, contemporary calf or half calf, worn, one rebacked, one with rear board detached, 8vo (6)
*Gladstone (William Ewart, 1809-1898). A group of eight autograph letters signed and one initialled, August to November 1844 and one without year noted, to Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre [1797-1879, British barrister, whig politician and civil servant], all written while serving on the Board of Trade, requesting a copy of a bill, with reference to duty, registry of joint source companies, etc., a total of 24 pp., 8vo, plus an initialled letter from Lefevre to Gladstone, 19 August 1844, concerning the imposition of duties by Canada, with a reply by Gladstone written at foot and initialled 22nd August, an autograph letter signed from William Wheelright to Gladstone, 29 March 1844, with Gladstone's docketed notes that the letter concerns 'submitting a plan for the establishment of a western mail route to Australasia', plus a letter from Stafford H. Northcote to J.G. Shaw-Lefevre, one to Northcote, 21/22 November 1843, concerning copyright works in Gibraltar and Malta with Gladstone's initialled instructions to Mr Dean for reply, plus a petition concerning duty on pitch pine timber initialled by Gladstone 29 May 1843, and similar manuscript documents, plus John Morley's Life of Gladstone, 3 volumes, 1903 (23)
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