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![[Elizabeth Petrovna]Kronungs-Geschichte 1745 engraved portrait frontispiece and 49 plates some folding library ink stamp to t](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2779821/250_468x382.jpg)
Lot 250
[Elizabeth Petrovna]Kronungs-Geschichte 1745 engraved portrait frontispiece and 49 plates some folding library ink stamp to title and versos of all plates ink stamp lightly offsetting onto rectos of 12 plates within images some damp-staining mostly to text ff. contemporary paste-paper boards slightly chipped housed in a modern half calf drop-back box [Berlin Kat. 3096] folio St.Petersburg Academie der Wissenschafften 1745. ***A rare fête book commemorating the coronation of Elizabeth Petronova who reigned between 1741 and 1762. The plates depict the procession regalia jewels and ceremony..
Lot 251
Mornay. A Picture of St. Petersburgh first edition 12 superb hand-coloured aquatint plates denoting the seasons 6 (of 8) hand-coloured aquatint plates of sledging scenes also lacking the uncoloured engraved frontispiece a few short tears some light offsetting and soiling plates and text leaves guarded at inner margin later calf gilt new lower cover rubbed [Abbey Travel 226; Tooley 1954] folio for Edward Orme 1815. ***This copy has the leaf paginated 29/30 which is missing from the Abbey copy corresponding to another copy cited by Abbey as having pp.iii/iv Explication des Douze Tableaux..
Lot 253
Hall.Voyage of Discovery to Corea first edition 9 aquatint plates all but one hand-coloured 6 engraved maps and plans some folding lacking half-title minor spotting and offsetting contemporary calf gilt joints cracked rubbed spine ends c hipped lacking spine label [Abbey Travel 5581] 4to 1818. ***This expedition formed part of the Amherst embassy exploring the then little-known East China Sea and the Yellow Sea as well as Korea and the Ryukyu Archipelago..
Lot 255
Raffles History of Java 1st 2 vol. first edition frontispieces (1 portrait) 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates 53 uncoloured plates (including 2pp. of engraved music) large folding map hand-coloured in outline 2 folding letterpress tables 3pp. advertisements at end lacking half-titles D1 text f. supplied in facsimile some offsetting and foxing contemporary speckled calf sympathetically rebacked and recornered spines gilt covers rubbed [Abbey Travel 544] 4to 1817.
![Hawkesworth.[Cook`s First Voyage] 3v 1st 1773 3 vol. second edition (including Hawkesworth`s reply to Mr.Dalrymple) 52 engrav](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2779821/257_468x382.jpg)
Lot 257
Hawkesworth.[Cook`s First Voyage] 3v 1st 1773 3 vol. second edition (including Hawkesworth`s reply to Mr.Dalrymple) 52 engraved plates and charts many double-page and/or folding Straights of Magellan chart present but with small stain and creased at edges bookplate and contemporary signature of Alexander Allardyce on titles very occasional light spotting but generally a very clean copy contemporary tree calf gilt spines gilt in compartments with green and red labels yellow edges rubbed some splits to joints slightly worn at corners and head of spine of vol.1 [Sabin 30934] 4to for W.Strahan; and T.Cadell 1773.
![Cook.[Second Voyage]..South Pole 2v 3rd ed 1779 2 vol. third edition engraved portrait and 63 plates charts and portraits man](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2779821/258_468x382.jpg)
Lot 258
Cook.[Second Voyage]..South Pole 2v 3rd ed 1779 2 vol. third edition engraved portrait and 63 plates charts and portraits many double-page and/or folding folding letterpress table of vocabulary bookplate and contemporary signature of Alexander Allardyce on titles plates a little browned and offset d iv in vol.1 with short tear to fore-edge and folding map in vol.2 with another to lower edge (no loss to either) one or two leaves with small paper flaws to upper edge contemporary tree calf gilt spines gilt in compartments with green and red labels yellow edges rubbed joints cracked spines a little faded and worn at head and foot [Sabin 16245; cf.PMM 223 first edition] 4to for W. Strahan; and T.Cadell 1779. ***”Cook was a brilliant navigator and hydrographer an excellent administrator and planner and probably the first sea captain to realize the importance of preserving the health and well-being of his crew...On his second voyage of 112 men on board the Resolution which he commanded Cook lost only one by disease - and that not scurvy - a unique achievement in his time.” PMM..
Lot 260
Marra. Journal of the Resolution`s Voyage first edition engraved folding frontispiece chart and 5 plates contemporary calf worn covers detached [Beddie 1270; Hill p.60; Holmes 16; Sabin 16247; Spence 758; Streeter IV 2408] 8vo for F. Newbery 1775. ***With D2 a cancel denoting this as a second issue. Provenance: Contemporary signature on B1 and bookplate of Ralph Carr of Cocken. Another signature of Ralph Carr of Adelphi Terrace and signature of John Morris both on title. “The first printed account of man`s entry into the region South of Antarctic Circle with rare additional chart facing p.1” (Spence). “This rare account of Cook`s second voyage was published surreptitiously eighteen months before Cook`s official narrative. It records many incidents omitted by Cook and gives the reasons which caused Sir Joseph Banks and his twelve assistants to withdraw from the expedition at the last moment. Marra was a gunner`s mate on the Resolution. He was an Irishman whom Cook had picked up in Batavia during the first voyage. Marra made an unsuccessful attempt to desert at Tahiti on May 14 1774. Marra probably supplied material from his private journal which was put into shape by some literary person in the pay of the publisher Newbery” (Hill). .
Lot 265
Borlase (William) Observations first edition list of subscribers engraved map and 23 plates one folding engraved illustrations dampstaining affecting tail of title and numerous pp. title and all to d1 damp repaired 1 plate torn and repaired some staining and browning contemporary panelled calf edges and corners repaired rebacked folio Oxford 1754.(2)
Lot 268
Papworth (John B.) Select Views of London 69 hand-coloured aquatint plates only (of 76) 5 folding a couple with tear along fold also lacking 4pp text (pp.107-110) and with a couple of plates and other text leaves supplied from a smaller copy some light offsetting and soiling stain to lower margin of first few leaves and plates later half morocco spine slightly faded 8vo for R.Ackermann 1816.
Lot 269
London.- Select Views 2 vol. in 1 engraved title-vignettes and 60 plates some vignettes in text most plates and vignettes with tissue guards some slight foxing and browning bookplate of Francis Gray Smart on front pastedown inner hinges with tape marks contemporary diced calf gilt lower cover scratched and partially repaired rebacked with the original spine laid down 4to 1804-05.
![[Percy] (C[harlotte] Castles of Alnwick hand-coloured lithographed pictorial title 21 plates and 9 vignettes 7 lithographed p](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2779821/271_468x382.jpg)
Lot 271
[Percy] (C[harlotte] Castles of Alnwick hand-coloured lithographed pictorial title 21 plates and 9 vignettes 7 lithographed plans all on India paper and mounted 1 hand-coloured plate of coats-of-arms heightened in gold marginal foxing signed by the author on dedication leaf contemporary straight-grain morocco-backed boards minor loss to head of spine corners a little worn rubbed and scuffed [Not in Abbey or Twyman] 4to printed by W. Nicol Shakespeare Press 1823. ***A very scarce work and early example of English topographical lithography. Hand-coloured copies are of the utmost rarity..
Lot 295
De Bisschop (Jan) Signorum Veterum Icones 2 parts in 1 engraved title 100 engraved plates with Dutch &Latin dedications but lacking letterpress title called for in the BM and Wellcome copies [The Hague c.1669]; bound after Paradigmata graphices variorum artificum additional engraved title 55 engraved plates only (of 57 lacking plates 10 &23) letterpress title in Latin &Dutch dedication in Dutch The Hague 1671 together in contemporary vellum slightly splayed folio. ***Jan de Bisschop`s substantial instructive work for Dutch painters; the Icones takes sculptural studies from the classical period or in classical style whilst the Paradigmata utilises paintings and drawings mostly by Italian 16th &17th century masters. The work was of considerable importance in reviving the classical tradition in the Low Countries during the 17th century..
Lot 301
Favre Quatres Heures Chambolle-Duru 1779 half-title engraved additional pictorial title 4 plates and head- and tail-pieces by Arrivet Halbou Legrand Leroy et Patas after Leclerc lightly toned attractive blue crushed morocco gilt by Chambolle-Duru with richly embroidered silk doublures rich inner gilt dentelles surrounding fine floral embroidery joints rubbed [Cohen -de Ricci 376 “belles illustrations...les culs-de-lampes sont superbes” large 8vo Paris Jean-François Bastien 1779.99
Lot 302
Denon (Vivant) Oeuvre Priapique title on india paper 23 etched plates on fine laid paper watermarked Dambricourt Freres occasional foxing bookplate of Marius Herail later green half cloth over marbled boards red morocco spine label rubbed and chipped folio “Lutèce” 1793 [but late 19th century]. ***Rare in any edition this is a 19th century reprint of the original 1793 work illustrating the purported sexual customs of Pompeii etc. .
Lot 305
Khunrath (Heinrich) Amphitheatrum Sapentiae second edition engraved pictorial title portrait 9 double-page plates and 1 plate 2 double-page tables title and portrait with small marginal ink stamp and repairs to corners worm holes to foot of plates affecting a few letters of text browned modern vellum preserved in a modern cloth drop-back box rubbed [cf. Caillet 5747; Ferguson I 463] small folio Hanover n.p. 1609. ***One of the masterpieces of hermetic iconography..
Lot 327
Salmon (William) Medicina Practica 1st 1692 first edition 8 engraved plates A1-4 margins repaired affecting part of a few letters on A2 no loss of sense trimmed at head occasionally affecting running title printing flaw to lower corner of 2R2 lightly browned occasional foxing the Denis Duveen copy with bookplate modern mottled calf spine gilt [Duveen 527; Wing S434] for T.Howkins 1692; and another by the same 8vo(2) ***Scarce. includes the works of Hermes Trismegistus and Nicholas Flammel..
Lot 334
[Kirchweger Annulus Platonis 1781 engraved illustrations and 2 folding plates lightly browned occasional spotting contemporary mottled calf spine in compartments and richly gilt slightly rubbed [Duveen 323; Ferguson II 469-471] 8vo Berlin and Leipzig 1781. ***Includes a German translation of The Golden Chain of Homerus..
Lot 342
Mearne Binding.- Book of Common Prayer 1682 engraved plates title repaired occasional staining handsome contemporary English black morocco by Samuel Mearne covers ornately inlaid with citron and red morocco and richly gilt forming a rich floral pattern doublures tooled and painted to an all-over pattern the J.R. Abbey copy with 2 sets of his ink numbers on endpapers (J.A. 2046) and leather bookplate g.e. restored preserved in a black morocco slip-case 12mo John Bill and Henry Hills 1682.
Lot 354
Ackermann (Rudolph) The Microcosm of London 3 vol. first edition later issue with only 1 of Abbey`s 12 “key plates” in first state wood-engraved pictorial titles engraved dedication leaves 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin some offsetting from plates but plates generally clean some light browning to text leaves contemporary tree calf rebacked preserving original gilt spines corners repaired a little rubbed [Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7] 4to 1808-10. ***Vol.2 and 3 have most of the errata listed at end of vol.3 uncorrected but those in vol.1 mostly corrected. Contents leaf in vol.1 headed “Contents”. The imprint of the wood-engraved title to vol.2 does not have a comma after “Bensley” but that in vol.1 does..
Lot 355
Combe (William) The English Dance of Death 2 vol. first edition in book form additional hand-coloured aquatint title and 73 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Rowlandson some slight foxing and browning bookplates of H.A.J. Silley on front pastedowns handsomely bound in modern polished red morocco gilt g.e. by Sangorski &Sutcliffe 8vo R. Ackermann 1815-16.
Lot 359
Dickens (Charles) Sketches by Boz...New Edition C first collected edition half-title etched frontispiece additional title and 37 plates by Cruikshank [Hatton &Cleaver pp.91-128] 1839; Oliver Twist first one-volume edition half-title 24 etched plates by George Cruikshank 1846; Dombey and Son first edition in book form engraved frontispiece additional title and 38 plates by Phiz lacking half-title 1848 some oxidising to plates later full straight grain calf by Morrell gilt lettering labels g.e. 8vo.(3)
Lot 363
Barrie (J.M.) Peter and Wendy first edition frontispiece pictorial title and 11 plates by F.D.Bedford minor spotting to endpapers preliminaries and page extremties 1 f. torn at lower fore-corner but otherwise internally very good original green gilt-pictorial cloth very slight rubbing to corner tips but overall an unusually fine copy original dust-jacket gilt spine slightly dulled with fading to gilt frayed at spine ends with minor loss to corners overall a fine example 8vo [1911]. ***J.M.Barrie`s classic children`s book extended &developed in response to the success of both his 1906 book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (illustrated by Arthur Rackham) and the play Peter Pan that ran from 1904; this edition features the first inclusion of Peter`s visit to Wendy Darling when she has grown up and married. Scarce in such condition..
Lot 373
Doyle (Arthur Conan) Hound of Baskervilles first edition with “you” for “your” on p.13 line 3 16 plates by Sidney Paget signed card with author`s printed header loosely inserted A.L.s. from George Newnes to the House of Commons Speaker`s secretary and dated 1903 tipped onto front pastedown red from covers bleeding slightly onto rear endpapers otherwise internally very good original red cloth decorated in gilt &black spine slightly dulled minor mottling to lower cover otherwise very good [Green &Gibson A26a] 8vo 1902.
Lot 77
A Masons Ironstone chamber pot with serpent handle together with a 19th Century florally decorated comport, two Masons Ironstone octagonal meat plates, a Continental porcelain floral encrusted twin handled vase, a Victorian earthenware jug relief decorated with huntsman and other similar items.
Lot 77
Four ladies` mess dress belt clasps, two part gilt clasps with white metal badges to each side, comprising Royal Army Medical Corps, Army Service Corps, Welsh Regiment, and one with an EVIIR cypher; together with two Royal Artillery ladies` mess dress belt plates, openwork plates overlaid with the regimental badge. (6).
Lot 192
‡ An interesting Japanese helmet, or hachigane, of lightweight form, skull formed of three laced plates of russet steel, a further large plate riveted to the front with two small plates laced to either side, suspending a neck guard and face mask of quilted brigandine incorporating hexagonal dished plates of iron.
Lot 856
Attributed to Philip Reinagle (1749-1833), Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Goldfinch and Kingfisher upon a Branch of a Tree, Oil on panel, 20.5cm by 29.5cm. Entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1769 before becoming a pupil of Allan Ramsay, assisting with portraits of George III and Queen Charlotte. Exhibited at the Royal Academy 1773-1785. He contributed plates to Robert John Thornton`s Temple of Flora (London, 1798-1807), including those for the Blue Passion Flower and the Night Blowing Cereus, and provided drawings for the illustrations to William Taplin`s Sportsman`s Cabinet (London, 1803). See illustration
Lot 1290
A Single Fusee Scissor Mantel Clock, John Wilding, England, modern, the scissor shaped movement plates with single fusee, two steel pendulum rods shaped as scissors to the front, white enamel Roman chapter ring, two subsidiary dials for day/date, movement raised upon an ebonised base and beneath a glass dome, 66cm high, together with a brass scissor shaped winding key
Lot 1305
A Mahogany Wall Timepiece with Passing Strike, Thos Woodward, 7 Gracechurch St, London, circular case with side viewing door and bottom opening door, 12-inch painted dial with Roman numerals, single fusee movement with shaped movement plates and anchor escapement, passing hour strike on a bell, 38cm wide see illustration
Lot 1309
A Mahogany Wall Regulator with 24-hour indication, circa 1870, the arched case with fine inlaid stringing to the glazed trunk door, waisted plinth with single turned finial, below the dial with nicely carved and pierced scroll work and a central cherub face, 12-inch silvered dial with outer minute track with corresponding centre minute hand, two subsidiary dials for seconds and a larger 24-hour dial, single weight driven movement with deadbeat escapement and jewelled pallets, A-framed movement plates, "Harrisons" maintaining power, steel rod mercury tube pendulum with silvered regulation scale positioned to backboard, 162cm high see illustration
Lot 1310
A Very Rare Mahogany Earth Driven Electric Wall Clock, No.139, Bentleys, Patent 19044/10 MFcd, Leicester, England, circa 1910, the plain mahogany case with flat top pediment, bevelled side and front glasses, decorated brass cased cylindrical bob and mounted with a massive brass cased coil oscillating over a fixed iron bar, the rod mounted with switch gear applied plaques signed, 12-inch silvered dial with Roman numerals, skeletonised dial centre depicting movement plates, 165cm high see illustration. Percival Arthur Bentley filed his patent No.19044 for earth driven clocks on 13th August 1910. It is thought that only seventy were ever manufactured due to the outbreak of WWI.
Lot 1315
A Regency Mahogany and Brass Inlaid Table Clock, signed Grave, London, the nicely figured arched case with beaded corners, side sound frets, brass inlaid front, rectangular base raised upon ball shaped feet, 8-inch dial with Roman numerals signed, twin fusee movement with anchor escapement, striking on a bell, shaped movement plates secured by brackets, 45cm high see illustration
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