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Click here to subscribePepys (Samuel, Secretary 1p., folio, Navy Office, 22nd October 1668, asking for the Attendants views about the cost of transporting sand from Upner Castle [Upnor, Kent] to Chatham docks, so that they can estimate what the king has paid to Mr Parker for sand and transportation together, because the King`s ships have been used, the Navy Office believes that they should only be paying for the sand", folds.
Shepard (Ernest H., painter and illustrator numerous pp., v.s., v.d., Woodmancote, Lodsworth, West Sussex, 29th March 1956 - 28th November 1969 & some undated, on various subjects, including, on illustrating, "I have had a nice offer from G. Bell (publishers of Pepys etc) which is giving me some concern. It is to illustrate a book of old French fairy stories by Lancelyn Green... though I doubt for any profit... . I do hope your drawings are going better than mine - I think a thing looks right when I knock off in the evening & then, next morning, it looks horrible and I want to begin all over again", an allusion to Christopher Robin, "... I am trying to work out for Punch, for Badgers are partial to bulbs and Brock the badger is a leading character. They are quite enthusiastic about it at Punch and now the difficult part will be to keep the story going along, with new adventures. A boy an everyday boy not like C. Robin, goes ahead with Brock. The trouble is I have to make sure of being 4 weeks in hand", The Wind in the Willows, "I am getting much enjoyment from making the coloured drawings for `Wind in the Willows`. Did I tell you they are going to do a larger 21/s- Edition in the autumn... . It is rather a nuisance for Scribners have sent back my design for the colour jacket for `Wind in the Willows` as it is quite the wrong size - It was their fault as they gave me the size of the book & never said that the thing was to be a panel with their own type of lettering above. However I hope I may do a better one, now that I know I have till mid September. Yesterday afternoon Norah and I went out to look for a nice Willow tree, not too easy to find round here and we went Miles, then at Selham, which is only two miles away on the way home I found one by the Rother, quite a nice one, not pollarded, but good enough", his autobiography, "I have now started on the drawings for my book and find that easier than the writing. It is rather startling to find what a lot I can remember, I suppose that, by drawing everything as I did, events & people & places got fixed at the back of my mind... . I have written to John Betjeman to ask him to review it when the time comes" and the launch, "The Army and Navy Stores are really putting their backs into publicity & being most helpful including a window display of `Wind in Willows` drawings borrowed from Methuens", reminiscences about his childhood home in Kent Terrace, London, "The outside is exactly as it was even down to the lamp post in front... we tried to get inside but it was empty & locked up... it was Crown property & we should get permission... this was not good enough, so, remembering what I used to do when I was 7, I led them round to the mews at the back where the garden door was not locked. Then we got in through the back door... the place has been empty for over 10 years... some of the floors have even fallen in but we got up to the top and I fear that I got a lump in my throat - so many things still there - banisters, doors etc even the little niche behind the front door...", Baynes`s work, "... you showed me some rough sketches for your Arabian Nights and among them, was one of the nativity. I fell in love with it and asked if I might be allowed to buy it..."an amusing account of a visit by two of Pauline Baynes`s aunts, "I have tried to point out to them the inadequacy of your accommodation & the difficulty of supplying meals. I have not the least doubt that you will be expected to provide transport for this invasion. Besides numerous suitcases they have two enormous trunks, so nothing short of a bus would suffice. The two women bicker about the house all day, so it is difficult to see how you will be able to work"; and a small quantity of other items including a photograph of Shepard, a photocopy of a letter from Shephard to Baynes and newspaper cuttings of obituaries, folds.
NELL GWYN -- CUNNINGHAM, Peter. The Story of Nell Gwyn, and the Sayings of Charles II. New York: John Wiley's Sons, 1883. One vol. in 2, 2° (330 x 250mm). EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with over 330 plates, many on china and mounted, and 4 autograph letters. Full orange morocco by Stikeman, green morocco and moiré silk doublures, g.e., slipcases (upper joint of vol.I with old repair, slipcases worn at extremities). Provenance: John Page Woodbury (bookplate) -- Jerry Melton (book label) -- The Book Shop, Mill Valley, CA (description laid-in). NUMBER 1 OF 100 COPIES ON LARGE PAPER, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH OVER 330 PORTRAITS AND VIEWS, AND DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY CHARLES II, JAMES II AND SAMUEL PEPYS. The documents of Charles II and James II concern navy matters and are both countersigned by Samuel Pepys as secretary of the Navy: the first, 15 January 1673/4, orders the refitting and supplying of The Pearle at Plymouth; the second, 1 January 1687/8, authorises the commissioners of the Navy to make payments of arrears to the widow of Captain John Stevens, captain of the Chestnutt Pink; the other documents signed by Thomas Dongan, Governor of New York (fragmentary letter to [the Marquis de Denonville, Governor of New France, May 1686]) and Lucy Sandys, a friend of Nell Gwyn and a witness to her will. View on Christie's.com
TREASURE BOX There is always at least one and here it is, box containing 4 Boys Soccer Annuals (Eagle, George Best etc), 11 books, 4 x Herts FA handbooks all fifties, 2 Films !977 European Cup Final and 1978 World Cup Final (both Super 8), large numbers of trade and cigarette cards, many pre-war, football, cricket and other sports, "Penalty" Football game (Pepys), circa 60 football programmes, includes Irish Republic 50s including 58 Cup Final Drumcondra v Dundalk, Birmingham City handbook 46/7, "Cricketer" Spring Annual issue 1950, Wills Footballers album 1935-36 complete with cards, 10 packs of Pro-Set cards, , motor racing and cycling handbooks, some International programmes (football), Stars of Soccer and FA Cup Annual 1952, Man Utd v Ajax 1973 Law Testimonial programme, a few Football League reviews, 1970 Mexico World Cup brochure, 1947 Sports Mercury newspaper (Leicester), a few Association of Football Statisticians magazines etc. Certainly well worth a sort through. Conditions vary of course but at least "Fair" and usually "Generally good". As described
Scottish 1982 World Cup Football Ceramic and More: A ceramic football containing 50ml of Scottish whiskey with the wording World Cup Spain 1982 Scotland, c/w Scottish Football Association Referees pin badge and a card game by Pepys named Goal with box, instructions and all the cards which have a good retail value individually
Camden (William) Britannia 1695 first edition of Gibson`s translation large paper copy engraved portrait frontispiece 8 plates of coins and 50 double-page and/or folding maps most by Robert Morden engraved and woodcut illustrations one full-page Ff3 with marginal tear some light browning but generally a good copy engraved bookplates of Earl of Aylesford and William Newsam McClean contemporary panelled calf rather worn rebacked preserving fine gilt-stamped red morocco label corners repaired [Wing C359] folio by F.Collins for A.Swalle...and A. & J.Churchil 1695. ***With contributions by Samuel Pepys (naval information) and John Ray (botanical details at end of each county description).
A Charles II silver two handled porringer, Probably by Katherine Stevens, London 1675, of baluster form on a circular foot, the lower body chased with a band of acanthus leaves to the lower section, with caryatid beaded scroll handles, engraved with initials R.B over M.E on base, approx 16 cm diameter from handle to handle, 7 oz. See John Culmes` article on the `goose in a dotted circle` which he attributes to John Duck, silver society journal Vol 14, 2002, pages 97 to 105. Katherine Stevens was the widow of the goldsmith Roger Stevens. His maker`s mark `RS, a mullet above and below`, is to be found on flagons, cups, ewers, tankards, porringers and other hollow ware bearing London hallmarks from 1634/35 to 1670/71. He was patronised by Samuel Pepys. In respect of his widow`s mark, KS, a mullet above and below, we find only a handful of examples between 1673/4 and 1677, including a tankard which was presented to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, by Sir William Temple, 1st Bt, who was MP for Cambridge University in 1679. John Culme notes that silver bearing both the RS and KS marks, as well as that with the `goose in a dotted circle` is of a certain observable continuity in quality. We would like to thank John Culme for kindly allowing us to quote from his article and David Beasley, the librarian of the Goldsmiths Company, for his advice and assistance.
* James II. The Severall Debates of the House of Commons Pro et Contra. Relating to the Establishment of the Militia, Disbanding the New Raised Forces and Raising a Supply for his Majestie. Beginning the Ninth Day of November 1685 and Ending the Twentieth of the same Month. Being the day of the Prorogacon of the Parliament, pp.[2],70, paper manuscript written in a neat hand, general title & title to following leaf neatly ruled in red, borders ruled in red throughout, later marbled paper strip to spine edge, disbound 4to. James II, a Roman Catholic, became King at the death of his elder brother Charles II on 6 February 1685. The Monmouth Rebellion of 1685, also known as the Pitchfork Rebellion, was an attempt to overthrow James II by 1st Duke of Monmouth, an illegitimate son of Charles II, who claimed to be rightful heir to the throne. The rebellion ended with the defeat of Monmouth’s forces at the Battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685. Monmouth was executed for treason on 15 July, and many of his supporters were executed or transported in the ÒBloody AssizesÓ of Judge Jeffreys. James II took advantage of the suppression of the rebellion to consolidate his power. He asked Parliament to repeal the Test Act and the Habeas Corpus Act, and used his dispensing power to appoint Catholics to senior posts, and raised the strength of the standing army. Parliament opposed many of these moves, and on 20 November 1685 James dismissed it. The manuscript details the debates in Parliament between 9th to 20th November 1685 and includes reference to debating individuals such as the Earl of Middleton, Sir Hugh Cholmeley, Mr. Seymour, Sir Richard Temple, Mr Thomas Howard, Lord Preston, Lord Ranelaigh, Sir Edward Jennings, Lord Castleton, Col. Aston, Mr. Pepys & Sir Thomas Clergis etc. The manuscript is written on paper probably by Abraham Janssen, bearing a coat of arms watermark with motto “Dieu et Mon Droit”. Examples of which have been found on manuscript paper used in Samuel Pepys” library of c.1690. See Heawood (Edward), Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae, Watermarks, pub. 1950, pl.77 no.453. (1)
Lane (E.W.) The Thousand and One Nights 4 vol. edition de luxe frontispieces and plates modern red calf over original cloth spines gilt [20th century] § Pepys (Samuel) The Diary 10 vol. portrait frontispiece plates original blue cloth spines gilt slightly rubbed 1923-1924; and 26 others cloth bound sets v.s. (40)
Ruskin John, `the Seven Lamps of Architecture`, Smith Elder 1949, blind stamped cloth laid down, plus two other copies, `A Criticism of the Elegy written in a Church Yard....Dr.Johnson.....poems of Gray..` Edinburgh, 1810, rebound library cloth Wheatley `Diary of Samuel Pepys` eight vols, blue cloth, Bell and Son 1905, all with library plates
Pope (Alexander), The Works of Alexander Pope, 1770, 9 vols., 24 plates, ex-reference library, half morocco gilt; Pepys (Samuel), Memoirs of .., 1825, 2 vols., 4to., ex-reference library, morocco; Sonnenschein (William Swan), The Best Books, 1910-35, 6 vols., ex-reference library, quarter morocco; with twelve others (29)
* Children’s artwork. A set of fifty-three drawings for Peeps from Pepys, Illustrated by “Griff”, 1904, together fifty-three pen & ink drawings, incorporating text in red ink, variously on card and paper, all signed “Griff”, title-page drawing browned, each approx. 345 x 260 mm (13.5 x 10.25 ins) A set of accomplished drawings for a work apparently never published. (53)
Circle of John Hayles c.1600-1679- Portrait of a young woman, bust-length, with dark curled hair, wearing a brown dress with white lace and pearl sash; Portrait of a young gentleman, bust-length, long dark hair worn natural, wearing possibly elements of a military uniform with tied white lace stock, white satin doublet and short golden cape with leather and brass belts and buckles; oil on canvas, ovals, a pair, in matching carved and gilded oval frames, with beaded sight-edge, fluted hollow, egg-and-dart course schematic outer-edge, (2) Note: John Hayles, relative of the miniaturist Samuel Cooper, competitor of Sir peter Lely and respected by his contemporaries for his replicas of the portraits of van Dyke. These paintings show all the elements expected of a fashionable portrait painter of the day in particular Michael Dahl 1659-1743, Mary Beale 1632-1697,and Willem Wissing 1656-1687 all these working from the ideals laid down by such painters as van Dyke, and the larger studios of Kneeler 1646-1723 and lely 1618-1680. His famous work being the portrait of the diarist Samuel pepys; Extract from Pepys diary, 17 March 1666: ...at noon, home to dinner, and presently with my wife out to Hales`s, where I am still infinitely pleased with my wife`s picture. I paid him 14l for it, and 25s for the frame, and I think it is not a whit too dear for so good a picture. It is not yet quite finished and dry, so as to be fit to bring home yet. This day I begin to sit, and he will make me, I think, a very fine picture. He promises it shall be as good as my wife`s, and I sit to have it full of shadows, and do almost break my neck looking over my shoulder to make the posture for him to work by.
Lubbock (Basil) Editor Barlow`s Journal.... 2 vol. one of a hundred copies signed by the editor original calf-backed cloth 1934 § Artiñano y de Galdacano (G. de) La Arquitectura Naval Española limited edition signed by the author original vellum-backed cloth soiled uncut Madrid 1920 § Chappell (E. editor) The Tangier Papers of Samuel Pepys Navy Records Society vol.73 1935 § Ingram (Bruce S. editor) Three Sea Journals of the Stuart Times one of 500 copies 1936 plates and illustrations the last two original cloth spines slightly faded; and 9 others similar 8vo &4to(14)
Charles II (King of Great Britain and Ireland 16 manuscript documents in 1 vol. 39pp. most documents with dockets with autograph manuscript notes by Samuel Pepys on 2 documents many pp. ruled in red slightly browned contempoary gilt panelled vellum slightly soiled and yellowed folio January - December 1679 &1680. ***Admiralty documents on the costs and expenditure of the Royal Navy. Other documents and returns some relating to Anthony Deane (c. 1638-1720?) comprises: “A Distribucon of his Ma:ties Ships &c in these Severall Stacons...”; “The present Disposall of all his Maj:es Shipps in Sea Pay”; “A List of his Ma.ties Shipps in Sea Victualls...”; “The Number and Names of those Shipps and Vessells taken into the Charge of the Parliamt wch. have been paid off”; “An Estimate of the Debt of Wages to all his Ma.ties Shipps...”A Scheme representing the Progresse hitherto made on ye 30 Ships order`d to be built by the late Act of Parliament...”; A particuler Account of the Retrenchments made in the Ordinary charge of the Navy...”List of His Maties Shipps at Sea...[stations in the channel Barbados and across the world]”. Pepys contributions. First document notice on January 1679 a final note after the clerk`s hand beginning “Cost to ye 20 January 79 “... to “The monthly charge of the men in these shipps for victuals and wages amounts to £1 462.” Second document a docket on verso of last leaf. 1679 was a turbulent year for Samuel Pepys and Sir Anthony Deane. In May of that year both were arrested on the charge of leaking naval secrets to the French and Pepys was also separately accused of popery. The charges were motivated by hostility to the Duke of York (the future James II) whose men they both were and who was the subject of parliamentary attempts to exclude him from the throne..
Navy Office Binding.- [Compendium manuscript 42pp. excluding blanks ruled in red browned ink inscription on first blank: “MSS. XC.” handsomely bound in an attractive original restoration binding of black morocco gilt covers with central diamond decorated with tulips and flower and leafy tendrils corners of the diamond filled in a la grotesque silver metal clasps some slight wear to edges corners a little bumped chipped at head and tail g.e. sm. 4to 1704 [but much relating to the 1690s]. ***Information includes: “A List of all her Majestys Ships and Vessels with the Numbers of Men and Numbers and Natures of the Guns”; “An Account of the Officers that are employ`d at Sea in ye Fleet of England”; “A Table of the Number of Inferiour Officers allowed to the Ships and Vessells of ye Royal Navy...”; “An Account of the Pay to the Flagg-Officers Captains...”; “The Names of ye present Colonels of the Marine Regiments”; “An Account of ye Allowance of Ordnance-Shott Powder &other Gunners-Stores...” and several orders made out in the name of George prince of Denmark consort of Queen Anne. The binding is probably by the unnamed successor to the naval binder (none of his bindings seem to date from after 1682; see Nixon Pepys 47b) another example seems to be Foot Davis Gilt 152 on a Navy office binding of 1702..
Pepys.Memoires relating to..Royal Navy first edition variant issue with Griffin-Keble imprint engraved portrait after Kneller title in red and black folding table of accounts mounted on stub (short tear to central fold) one or two leaves browned but generally a clean bright copy old pencil note pasted inside front cover “This was the Sergison (Cuckfield) copy &no doubt was bought by or given to Sergison on publication” contemporary mottled calf spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label rubbed joints split small worn patch to upper cover preserved in cloth drop-back box [Pforzheimer 793; Wing P1450] 8vo for Ben Griffin by Sam.Keble 1690. ***Charles Sergison (1654-1732) of Cuckfield Park Sussex commissioner of the navy. He “entered the service of the crown as a dockyard clerk in July 1671. In 1675 he became clerk to the clerk of the acts whose office was then held jointly by Thomas Hayter and John Pepys a younger brother of Samuel Pepys...[In 1689] Sergison was...appointed...and remained clerk of the acts for thirty years for the most part single-handed but from 1701 to 1706 jointly with Samuel Atkins formerly clerk of Samuel Pepys. During this period which included the war of the Spanish succession as well as the little war of 1718 the work of the navy board was excessively heavy and Sergison won the highest opinion of the several administrations with whom he acted. The emoluments of the office were large though rather by perquisites and fees than by pay and in 1691 Sergison was able to purchase Cuckfield Park in Sussex. During the reign of Anne he more than once asked for permission to retire but was told that he could not be spared. Afterwards when he was superseded at the age of 65 in 1719 he seems to have felt it as an undeserved insult.” DNB.
A Victorian silver mounted 60th Rifles cross belt and pouch, the lion`s mask boss marked Birmingham 1863, the whistle and case Birmingham 1864, the belt badge with QVC over PENINSULA, the arms of the cross with battle honours a strung bugle horn with "60" centered, the pouch contains a hand written note Captain A. Pepys 60th Rifles, belt badge rubbed, pouch flap securing strap lacking.
Bindings. SCOTT (Walter) The Lay of the Last Minstrel, thirteenth edition 1812; Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field, ninth edition 1815; The Lady of the Lake, eighth edition 1810, 8vo, uniform speckled calf gilt (a few chips to leather); Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, in 4 vols, London 1865, 8vo, half calf (7)
A George III silver tongue scraper, maker WP (possibly William Pepys), London 1791, with single split stem, 13.5cm; another silver tongue scraper, unmarked, with fluted ferrules and two turned bone handles, 9cm (2). For a colour illustration of the type see, Elisabeth Bennion `Antique Dental Instruments` plate XVIII page 110
A George III silver tooth powder box, no maker`s mark, London 1807, of plain rectangular section with centre hinged double cover, 9cm; a silver handled toothbrush, maker WP (probably William Pepys) London 1799, 12.5cm, a plain silver tongue scraper (unmarked), a plain glass double ended cologne bottle, 15cm, and a tortoiseshell comb, cased together in a red morocco covered box, 15.5 x 3.5 x 3cm; a silver toothbrush by Matthew Linwood, Birmingham 1805, 10cm, the matching powder box with centre hinged double cover, 9cm and a plain silver tongue scraper (unmarked) cased together in a red morocco cover box, 12.5cm long; another silver tooth powder box by John Thornton, Birmingham 1823, with centre hinged double cover, with bright cut engraved edge, 9.5cm cased together with a plain silver tongue scraper, unmarked, in a red morocco box, 13cm; another silver tooth powder box, maker WP (probably William Pepys), London 1799, of plain rectangular shape with centrally hinged double cover, 9.5cm together with a double ended toothbrush by Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham 1802 with green stained bone handle, 13.25cm (5)
Jacob van der Does the Elder (Dutch, 1623-1673), Cattle and Sheep in a Landscape, with a Peasant, indistinctly signed and dated "J V der ... pinxit 1641", oil on canvas, 40 x 52cm (15.6in 20.28in). Provenance: Christie`s, London, sale, 26-28th February 1880, Ancient and Modern Pictures, the property of James Fenton, Esq, removed from Norton Hall, Gloucestershire, lot 200 (£12-1s-6d to Pepys), The Hon. Everard Pepys and by descent, The artist, a pupil of Nicolaes Moeyaert, painted Italian landscapes with herdsmen and animals in the style of Adriaen van de Velde, of which the present work is a typical example. Van der Does`s work also displays the influence of his friend Karel Dujardin, for example, his Mountain Landscape with Cattle and Herdsmen in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Brunswick
* Edwin Ervin, British Provincial School, act.1844- "Harwhich, South View Taken from the Low Light"; depicting the lighthouse, shipping, figures strolling along the harbour wall with parasols and soldiers, watercolour, inscribed, signed and dated 1844, 39x56cm: Note: Harwich was the home town of Christopher Jones the master and quarter-owner of the Mayflower, and was also a base for that ship. The famous diarist Samuel Pepys was the Member of Parliament for Harwich.
LORD LEIGHTON "Drawings and Studies", preface by F. Pepys Cockerell 1898, limited edition of 500 copies, library plate, some foxing, gilt titles, folio, GOSS, EDMUND British Portrait Painters and Engravings of the 18th Century, Manzi, Joyant and Co, 1906, half morocco with red cloth, library plate and stamps to plates, COLVIN, SIDNEY "The Drawings of Flaxman..", George Bell and Son, 1876, front boards and back strip detached, library plate, elephant folio (3)
Bindings. Wingfield-Stratford (Esme), The History of English Patriotism, 2 vols., 1913, manuscript presentation in red and black on 1st prelim., uncoloured frontis. to each vol., title printed in red & black, t.e.g., contemp. crushed red morocco with gilt dec. spines and gilt heraldic device to upper boards, 4to, together with Bray (William, ed.),Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S., 4 vols., 1854,eng. portrait frontis. to vol.1, biro inscription to 1st. prelim. of vol.1, t.e.g., contemp. half morocco gilt, spines a little faded, slight rubbing, 8vo, with Wheatley (Henry B., ed.),The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 8 vols. bound in 3, pub. G.Bell and Sons Ltd, 1928,uncol. gravure portrait frontis. to vol. 1, title pages printed in red & black, book plates of Vincent Paravacini to front pastedowns, t.e.g., contemp. half calf with gilt dec. spines, spines faded, slight rubbing at extrems., 8vo, together with another ten vols. similar (19)
WHEATLEY, Henry B. (editor). The Diary of Samuel Pepys. London: 1893-1899. 10 vols. including Pepysiana and index vols., 8vo (217 x 135mm.) Frontispieces, titles printed in red and black, plates, illustrations, a folding plan and a folding map, publisher's advertisements bound at rear of vol. 8. (Some light spotting or browning.) Original blue cloth, the spines blocked in gilt, t.e.g. (extremities bumped). - And three volumes of related interest (13).
SIDDONS SARAH: (1755-1831) British Actress. A.L.S., S. Siddons, three pages, 8vo, Southampton, 27th October 1812, to S. P. Cockerell (Samuel Pepys Cockerell, 1754-1827, English Architect and Siddons' landlord). The actress writes to her correspondent concerning the apparent sale of her house, commenting 'I shall immediately take measures to dispose of this property, and expect to be treated with by a gentleman who has long desired to have it within a few days. I have been advised to make a few trifling alterations which I am assured woud [sic] facilitate the advantageous disposal of it (insomuch as to preclude any loss) and am to receive an estimate of the cost, which will be very considerably diminished by the sale of many valuable fixtures to the purchaser. The expediency of this measure is to be well considered however, and I hope you will add to the rest of your never-to-be-forgotten kindnesses, the advantage of your opinion on the subject.' Slight traces of former mounting, otherwise VG
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