Horses.- Veterinary.- Lafosse (Philippe-Étienne) Cours d'hippiatrique, ou Traité complet de la médecine des chevaux, first edition, half-title, fine engraved frontispiece of a dissection scene by B.L. Prevost after Sullier, portrait of the author by J. Baptiste Michel after Harguinier, title vignette by Prevost, engraved arms of Charles-Eugene de Lorraine to head of dedication, 56 plates, of which 19 double-page or folding, by B. Michel Adam [femme Fessard], F.A. Aveline, C. Baquoy, Benard, Ch. Beulier, L. Bosse, Prevost and others after Harguinier, Lafosse, Saullier, and 7 engraved headpieces by Delaunay, Hubert, Levilain, Lucas, Mlle Massard, Mesnil, and Michel after Le Carpentier, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, some spotting and light browning, occasional finger-marking, contemporary red morocco, gilt, spine in compartments with floral decoration within filet borders and a black morocco label, spine dulled and with narrow repairs at ends, rubbed, g.e., [Mennessier de la Lance, I, pp. 20 & 21; Podeschi / Mellon 61; Nissen ZBI 2360; Brunet III, 765; Cohen-de Ricci 587; ], folio (492 x 316mm.; binding 502 x 344mm.), Paris, Edme, 1772.⁂ One of the great books on horses and equine medicine. 'Ce livre est un véritable monument élevé à l'Hippologie. Papier, impression, déssin, gravure, sont également signés' (Mennessier de la Lance). Lafosse, the son of a farrier / horse doctor, was a French veterinarian who at a young age had performed dissections to teach the cavalry, and later taught in an anatomical theatre in Paris. Provenance: 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (small circular gilt leather bookplate to front pastedown).
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Jewelled Binding.- Sangorksi (Alberto, calligrapher and illuminator, 1862-32).- Keats (John) La Belle Dame sans Merci and other poems [Ode on a Grecian Urn & Ode to Psyche], illuminated manuscript in black, gold and colours on vellum, 21pp. including title, title in gold with miniature watercolour portrait of la Belle Dame within large gold initial "L" and miniature portrait of Keats initialled and dated 1928 within frame, 4 large full-page watercolours as frontispiece/titles/tail-piece (knight, Grecian urn, tail-piece of Erechtheion, Psyche with peacocks), 5 smaller watercolour illustrations in text (knight leading la Belle Dame on horseback, the Acropolis, woodland path, naked Psyche on her bed, Cupid & Psyche), text written in semi-gothic script in black ink with 14 illuminated initials and richly decorative borders in colours and gold, with colophon at end stating "...designed, written out, and illuminated by Alberto Sangorski. This manuscript will not be duplicated" and signed by him at foot, all mounted on stubs with ivory silk or tissue guards, one silk guard torn and frayed, magnificently bound in terracotta morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and inlaid with 137 jewels, by Rivière & Son, upper cover with oval panel of six white morocco Tudor roses each set with 6 small red stones (?garnets) and gilt-tooled onlaid branches & leaves in red, green & brown, around a gilt-tooled oval of green morocco surrounding a circular recessed panel of turquoise morocco mounted with entwined metal initials "JK" and studded with 79 small pearls, the central oval panel against a background of green morocco intricately tooled with gilt leaves & small white morocco flowers and small onlaid turquoise morocco hearts at corners and larger purple heart at head & foot of oval panel, all within inner border of terracotta morocco lettered in gilt with first lines of 'Endymion' by Keats "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases/It will never pass into nothingness: But still will keep a bower quiet for us, and a sleep/ Full of sweet dreams and health and quiet breathing", and outer border of onlaid green morocco with 22 Tudor roses of white morocco set with dark blue stone at centre and interspersed with sprigs of gilt leaves, each portion divided by strip of turquoise morocco and gilt rules, lower cover with onlaid design of Grecian urn in dark blue & tan morocco and decorated in gilt within border of two strips of turquoise morocco, the inner one wider and tooled with Greek key pattern and overlaid with 14 gilt-tooled palmettes of tan morocco, spine in six compartments with five raised bands, title and author in gilt in three compartments and date at foot, the others with small panels of gilt-tooled green morocco leaves edged in turquoise, doublures of grey morocco elaborately tooled with overall pattern of flowers, lyres and other decorations within gilt-ruled border of terracotta and turquoise morocco strips, ivory watered-silk flyleaves, g.e., signed at foot of front turn-in, some very slight rubbing to lower joint at head and foot, with silk-lined black straight-grain morocco case with hinged lid and brass clasps, spine titled in gilt, slightly rubbed at edges, a few scuffs, 4to (c.315 x 260mm.), 1928.⁂ A superb and unique work of art, indeed "a thing of beauty" and "a joy forever".Alberto Sangorksi was the elder brother of Francis Sangorksi who established the famous bookbinding firm with partner George Sutcliffe. He worked for Sangorksi & Sutcliffe, who became known for their jewelled bindings, and also for Rivière & Son from 1910. He produced for both many such highly-decorated illuminated manuscripts, the most famous of which, "the Great Omar", was lost when the Titanic sank in 1912.
Dighton the Elder (Robert, 1752-1814) A collection of 19 early caricatures printed before 1802, including a slightly trimmed impression of Dighton's self-portrait holding a portfolio that reads "A Book of Heads", an early state of 'The Specious Orator' before additional letters, six caricatures with theatrical interest, one of Sarah Siddons, and other humorous caricatures of obese butchers and social satires, etchings, two duplicates, all but one with hand-colouring, on various papers, sheets approx. 205 x 155 mm. (8 x 6 in) to 340 x 290 mm. (13 1/2 x 11 1/2 in), occasional defects to sheets, some with light exposure lines and toning, all but 4 are unframed, circa 1794-1802; together with The Profane laying hands on the Over Righteous; a real Scene on Tower Hill, after Dighton, showing a Methodist preacher standing on a barrel with both arms out, his hat in one hand, one eye closed, while a press gang closes in on him, etching and engraving on laid paper without watermark, published by Robert Sayer, [circa 1784]; and two hand-coloured mezzotints after Dighton watercolour designs, including 'Poor Jack' [BM Satires 7817], and 'The Lamplighter' [BM Satires undescribed], both impressions with severe loss, browning and surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1790-1791] (22)Provenance:Ex-collection of David Padbury
Dighton the Elder (Robert), attributed to. Family group portrait in an interior, pencil on laid paper, bears signature lower left, mounted on laid paper support with slightly indistinct watermark date of '1797', with double ruled border, 180 x 290 mm. (7 1/8 x 11 1/2 in), under glass, repaired tears and some areas of abrasion, damp-stained and light browning, unframed, [circa 1780-1800s]Provenance:Ex-collection of David Padbury⁂ The lady in the lower right bears a likeness to an etched portrait by Robert Dighton the Elder, the sitter of which is purportedly the artist's first wife, Letitia Dighton [for an impression see BM no. 1850,0810.123]. The young central gentleman appears to be somewhat derivative of Robert Dighton the Elder's etched self-portrait of 1779.
Dighton the Elder (Robert) Portrait group of parents and a child in a garden, watercolour, signed and dated '1811' in the lower left corner, 295 x 380 mm. (11 5 8 x 15 in), under glass, some minor rubbing and touches of careful restoration, framed, 1811.Provenance:Sale. Sotheby's London, Early English Drawings and Victorian Watercolors, 25th January 1988, lot 54;Ex-collection of David Padbury
Dighton Junior (Robert, 1803-1805) Five caricatures, including a profile portrait of Sir Brook Watson (1735-1807) whose leg was taken off by a shark at Havanna aged 14 and later became a director at the Bank of England, three military caricatures, and a portrait of Mr Read, Brewer of Oxford, etchings with hand-colouring, on various wove papers, between approx. 290 x 170 mm. (11 1/2 x 6 3/4 in) and 350 x 245 mm. (13 3 /4 x 9 3/4 in), good margins, some toning and exposure lines, handling creases and surface dirt, unframed, 1803-1805; together with a hand-coloured etching by Dennis Dighton, 'John Bellingham, Taken at the Sessions House, Old Bailey, May 15th 1812', unframed, 1812 (6)Provenance:Ex-collection of David Padbury⁂ Scarce.
Gillray (James, 1756-1815) Mrs. Gibbs the Notorious Street Walker & Extorter, etching with original hand-colouring on laid paper without watermark, platemark 262 x 202 mm. (10 1/4 x 8 in), sheet 285 x 225 mm. (11 1/4 x 8 3/4 in), minor surface dirt and handling creases, unframed, 1799Literature:BM Satires 9443⁂ Scarce portrait of Jane Gibbs, 'who was tried twice in the autumn of 1799 for falsely accusing men of robbing her. After making many similar attempts, being recognized, assaulted by the mob, and protected by constables, she was at last found to be insane'.
δ Beerbohm (Max) Aubrey Beardsley, portrait of the artist shown full length with arms by his side, black chalk and gouache on buff paper, signed in the upper right quadrant, inscribed Aubrey Beardsley centre left, sheet 310 x 190 mm. ( 12 1/4 x 7 1/2 in), two further pencil studies of two heads verso, the sheet some sun exposure lines with toning to sheet, some rubbing, minor surface dirt, unframed, [1894]; sold with a copy of Hart-Davis's 1972 catalogue which features the drawing, and a copy of Walker's 'A Beardsley Miscellany' with frontispiece illustrating the portrait (3)Provenance:The artist;Anonymous sale;G.F. Sims, London;Private collection, LondonThen by descent to the present ownerLiterature:Hart-Davis 1972, no. 105 Illustrated:R.A. Walker, A Beardsley Miscellany, 1949⁂ One of nine known drawings that Beerbohm undertook of Beardsley, with all but one other appearing to be in public collections, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Princeton University Library, and Newberry Library, Chicago.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Naval.- Duguay-Trouin (René) Memoires de Monsieur Du Guay-Trouin, Lieutenant General des Armées Navales de France, first Amsterdam edition, engraved portrait, title in red and black with engraved vignette, 5 folding engraved plates by J.P. Le Bas and folding map of the bay of Rio de Janeiro, frontispiece a little water-stained, lightly foxed at beginning and end, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, new endpapers, Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1740.⁂ Account of the exploits of the famous French buccaneer during the War of the Spanish Succession; his most notable feat was the capture of Rio de Janeiro.
Fénelon (François de Salignac de la Mothe) Les Aventures de Télémaque, Fils d'Ulysse, 2 vol., one of 350 copies on papier vélin, half-titles, engraved portrait, 3pp. imprimatur at beginning of vol.1 and limitation leaf at end of vol.2, one or two small spots but a lovely clean copy, fine contemporary red morocco with triple gilt fillets, by Derome le jeune, spines gilt in compartments of a small diamond between bands of Greek key pattern, g.e., vol.1 with engraved binder's ticket dated 1785, spines very slightly faded, [Brunet II 1215], 8vo, Paris, Didot l'aîné, 1784.⁂ Superb copy of one of a series of Latin and Greek classics printed for the Dauphin, this one using Didot l'aîné's new type.
Egypt.- Maillet (Benoît de) Description de l'Egypte, contenant plusieurs remarques curieuses sur la geographie ancienne et moderne de ce pais, sur ses monuments anciens, sur les moeurs, les coutumes, & la religion des habitans, sur le gouvernement & le commerce, sur les animaux, les arbres, les plantes, &c., edited by Jean-Baptiste Le Mascrier, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black and with woodcut ornament, engraved folding map, 7 plates, of which 2 folding, head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, short tape repair to foot of map, some spotting throughout, occasional foxing, 19th century blind-stamped and gilt calf, spine in compartments and with black morocco label, spine faded, g.e., [Atabey 754; Blackmer 1061], 4to, Paris, Louis Genneau & Jacques Rollin, 1735. ⁂ Scarce. Maillet was French consul to Egypt and a writer on geological and evolutionary matters.
Russia.- Bruyn (Cornelis de) Voyages...par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Orientales, 2 vol., first edition in French, titles in red and black, vol.1 with half-title and engraved frontispiece by B. Picart, engraved portrait after Kneller, 3 folding engraved maps, 274 engraved plates on 108 folding sheets (numbered 1-260 plus 14 unnumbered), 44 engraved illustrations in text, lacking binder's leaf at end of vol.2, contemporary ink inscription of Charles de Glimes de Brabant to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original gilt spines, slightly rubbed, folio, Amsterdam, chez les Freres Wetstein, 1718.⁂ A handsome and clean copy of this important account of De Bruyn's voyage to Russia, Persia, India, and Java, which includes large folding panoramas of Moscow and Isfahan and many plates on animals and plants.
Scotland.- Clerk (John) A Series of Etchings Chiefly of Views in Scotland, engraved portrait, 57 etched and lithographed plates (comprising 55 numbered and 2 unnumbered), many with multiple images, some tinted, occasional foxing, mostly restricted to margins, bookplate of the Earl of Ancaster to pastedown, original cloth with paper label to upper cover, rebacked and recornered in modern red morocco, covers a little rubbed and marked, folio, Edinburgh, Lizars for the Bannatyne Club, 1855.⁂ Fine series of landscape etchings by one of Scotland's finest amateur artists - the significantly extended second edition. Clerk practised draughtmanship from an early age but was certainly encouraged to draw topographically by his friend Robert Adam, the eminent architect who became his brother-in-law. Through Adam he was introduced to Paul Sandby, the English painter and printmaker in the late 1740s, and the three men would often take drawing trips together around the region. Clerk began the practice of copper-plate etching around the 1770s and went on to produce over one hundred impressions by 1778.
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Coleridge (Samuel Taylor).- [Chatterton (Thomas)] Poems, supposed to have been written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley...in the Fifteenth Century, large paper copy, additional engraved vignette title, later ink inscription from Roger Ingpen to C.J.Burges dated 1887 on front free endpaper, engraving of 'The Distressed Poet' loosely inserted, later half calf, spine gilt, [Rothschild 590], Cambridge, B.Flower, for the editor, 1794 § Coleridge (S.T.) Specimens of the Table Talk..., 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, lithographed portrait and view of Coleridge's study as frontispieces, both on india paper and mounted, 4pp. catalogue at end of vol.2, faint ink signature to head of titles, contemporary calf, gilt, by M.Ogle & Co., spines gilt with red and green labels, small nick to head of spines, 1835, large 8vo & 12mo (3)⁂ The first was a celebrated literary hoax published in 1777 and written by the young Chatterton, who later committed suicide aged seventeen. This edition was the first to contain Coleridge's Monody on the Death of Chatterton, his second appearance in print.Roger Ingpen (1869-1936), literary editor and author of Shelley in England, 1917.
Lloyd (Charles) Poetical Essays on the Character of Pope, as a Poet and Moralist..., first edition, presentation copy from the author to Miss Watson inscribed on front free endpaper, advertisement leaf at end, a few pencil annotations, title lightly browned, original boards, uncut, rubbed, preserved in wrapper, 1821; A Translation of the First Seven Books of the Odyssey of Homer, first edition, presentation copy from the translator to Samuel Galton, also signed by Emma S.Galton, errata slip pasted in at end, broken and loose, contemporary roan-backed boards, spine worn, Birmingham, 1810 § [Peacock (Thomas Love)] Crotchet Castle, first edition, lacking advertisement leaf, various Harwood signatures to head of title and front pastedown, occasional spotting, nick and soiling to head of a few leaves, original boards, uncut, spine ends a little worn, [Sadleir 1957; Not in Wolff], 1831 § Hunt (Leigh) Juvenilia; or, a Collection of Poems written between the ages of twelve and sixteen..., fourth edition, half-title, engraved portrait and plate by Bartolozzi, both a little foxed and offset, bookplate of John Hoffman, contemporary half calf, spine wormed and defective at foot, 1803 § [Southey (Robert)] Wat Tyler. A Dramatic Poem, pirated edition, half-title, soiled and stained, stitched in original wrappers, title and author's name in manuscript on upper wrapper, uncut, soiled and frayed at edges, for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1817 § Lamb (Charles) Rosamund Gray, Essays, Poems, 8pp. catalogue at beginning, half-title, original blind-stamped cloth, 1849 § Evans (Sebastian) Sonnets on the Death of the Duke of Wellington, half-title, disbound, soiled, Cambridge, 1852, 8vo & 12mo (7)⁂ A pencilled note at the beginning of the first mentioned suggests "Miss Watson" was the daughter of Dr. Watson, Bishop of Llandaff, and with whom Lloyd is known to have corresponded. The recipient of the second was Samuel Tertius Galton (1783-1844), businessman and scientist, member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham and father of Francis Galton the scientist.The fourth item is one of several pirated editions of a work written by the young radical Southey in 1794. By the time it was published by Sherwood in 1817 (in some editions printing the author's name) Southey had become a staunch Tory and Poet Laureate, thereby causing him embarrassment at which his enemies delighted.
Execution Broadside.- Trial and Execution of Richard Gillam (The), for the Wilful Murder of Maria Bagnall, at Bath, c.505 x 355mm, 3 woodcuts depicting the hanging, murder and full-length portrait of the murderer, the first with decorative border, folded in half and tipped to sheet of card, lightly soiled at edges and fold, short tear and fraying to fold at edge (but no loss), another small tear to lower margin, Bristol, J.Catnach, Printer...sold by W.Marshall, [1828]; and another similar but defective broadside of the execution of James Lines for the murder of George Teague at Writhlington Coal Pit near Radstock in December 1837, with text including small woodcut of hanging but larger woodcut of murder torn away at head (2)⁂ No other copies traced of either. The first is for the murder of Maria Bagnall or Brignall, companion to an elderly lady in Bath, found murdered in the kitchen of Marlborough Buildings on 26th January 1828. Gillam was the butler and claimed that robbers had entered the house and murdered her. He was 24 and hanged at Ilchester Gaol on 4th June 1828; his wife, the cook, gave birth to their daughter shortly before his execution.
A VINTAGE MONT BLANC FOUNTAIN PEN WITH HOODED NIB AND SIMULATED SAPPHIRE BAND, NUMBER 22, TOGETHER WITH A SINGLE AMBER BEAD PENDANT SUSPENDED ON A 9ct GOLD BELCHER CHAIN, A PAINTED PORTRAIT MINIATURE AND A DOUBLE SIDED LOCKET, A 9ct DIAMOND SET RING, A WHITE METAL VESTA, BOHEMIAN GARNET BROOCH, STICK PIN, AND A PAIR OF EARRINGS, A DIAMOND AND BLUE ENAMEL BAR BROOCH, TWO OTHER GEM SET BAR BROOCHES AND A PAIR OF GEMSET DROP EARRINGS.
A PORTRAIT CAMEO, POSSIBLY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WITH A GLAZED BACK, MOUNTED IN A YELLOW METAL ROPE EDGE SETTING TOGETHER WITH A YELLOW METAL AND ENAMEL VICTORIAN OPENING LOCKET AND A 14K GOLD AND ENAMEL FLEUR DE LYS CRESCENT BROOCH.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:Cameo 3.5 x 3cm, Locket 2.6 x 1.7cm. Locket glazed and contains photo images. Cameo with vacant glazed back.
16th/17th Century Italian School after Giulio Romano (1492-1546) - Oil painting - Shoulder length portrait of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria, painted from engraving by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), wearing velvet trimmed hat, ornate dress and chain below pseudo coat of arms and flanked by ornate pillars, the portrait worded and dated 1529(?), relined canvas 39.75ins x 29.75ins, unframed Provenance: Apparently purchased at the sale of the contents of Bocconoc House, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, the family home of the Fortesque family, where it hung in the library, and with a selection of research notes
***Gordon Davies (1926-2007) - Ink drawing - "Concert Musicians playing at the Schwarzenberg Palace Vienna", signed and dated 64, 11.5ins x 12ins, framed and glazed, and Jehan Daly (1918-2001) - Charcoal drawing - Shoulder-length seated portrait of a young girl, signed in pencil, 10ins x 8ins, unframed
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