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Lot 390
A Collection of Anitque Grand Tour Figures comprising 1. Bronze bust of David 10 inches high on a marble base 2. bronze bust of Dinah 8.5 inches high 3. Teracotta bust of Ajax 13 inches high 4. bronze dancing girl on marble base 7 inches high 5. bronze man with a horse on a marble base 8 inches high 6. metal bust of ajax 6.5 inches high 7. oval brass plaque portrait 7 inches high 8. square bronze plaque The Foundry 7.5 by 7 inches 9. Two Small Bronzes girl and a nude man 3 and 4 inches and 10.Man reading a book 5 inches high.
Lot 57
French Mid 19th Century Large and Impressive Top Quality Carved Ivory Round Shaped and Ornate Lidded Box with Hand Painted and Signed Miniature Portrait of a Young Aristocrat Lady to Top Cover. c.1850. The Portrait Painting Is Excellent, Signed to Lower Right, Clavec. The Box and Painting In Wonderful Condition - Please See Photo. 4.5 Inches - 11.25 cm Diameter & 2 Inches - 5 cm High. Please Note - The Cost of This Box, Some Years Ago was £2,000.
Lot 12
Ann-Margret Signed photo portrait black and white 10 x 8 inch. Condition report out of 10, 7. Some slight fading of black ink to dark blue. Very minor scuffing to white border at top corners and to bottom half of r-h edge; hints of two creases affecting white border only at top. All autographed items are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 232
Liv Ullmann Signed photo portrait black and white 10 x 8 inch. From Zandy's Bride. Inscribed Love. Condition report out of 10, 8. A few moderate creases across top r-h corner (minimal visual impact from distance); v minor scuffing to corners plus top and r-h edge. All autographed items are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 411
Postcards, Stamps & Railway Interest - Benman silk cover stamp sets including 100 years Sandy Beds bird stamps; The Southwold Express railway cartoon postcard series examples; Ralph Tuck & Sons Chromo portrait gallery cards; National Union of Railwaymen membership card dated 1928; penny red; first day cover,etc housed in contemporary album
Lot 4102
Two Large, Late 19th Century Lace Fans, the first with a plain bone monture supporting a cream satin leaf, surmounted with a Brussels bobbin appliqué leaf, with a large floral spray to the left and four butterflies and moths approaching from the right to seek the pollen. Backed in a plain beige silk satin. Contained in a long pink silk fan sheath, couched metal-thread embroidery and flowers and leaves worked with thin ribbon, this decoration enclosing a printed paper portrait of a wealthy lady in ringlets, wearing pearls. Guard length 13.75 inches or 35cm. Together with a black lace fan in a rather magnificent fitted fan box, the exterior covered in heavy maroon velvet, the inside base shaped and covered in turquoise velvet, and the inner lid padded and covered in bright turquoise silk, the name "Canassale (?) Hermanos, Montevideo - Paris written in silver. Fitted with metal catches. The fan, in wood stained black, has shaped upper guards carved with flowers and light carving to the gorge. The leaf is mounted à la demi-sultane, with 4 sticks over the leaf, these carved to complement the guards. The leaf, in bands, is formed from black gauze and a wide panel of floral black machine lace. Guard length 13.5 inches or 34.5cm (2) CONDITION REPORT: . generally good. The first fan, the sheath is splitting. The box for fan 2 fits the fan, but is father superior in quality. The lid, however, needs attention. The black gauze is split in several places.
Lot 185
Cussans (John Edwin). History of Hertfordshire, Containing an Account of the Descents of the Various Manors; Pedigrees of Families Connected with the County; Antiquities, Local Customs..., 3 volumes, 1st edition, Hertford: Stephen Austin, 1870-81, volume one with engraved portrait frontispiece, general title to each volume (without separate titles to hundreds), 22 plates, including chromolithograph and tinted, double-page hand-coloured lithograph map, scattered spotting and slight toning, marbled endpapers with removed label to upper pastedowns, top edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated green morocco by Sotheran & Co., volume 1 rebacked preserving original spine, volume 3 with upper board & lower joint splitting at foot, lower panel of spines with faint manuscript library classification in white, extremities rubbed and a little worn, folio in 4s (Qty: 3)
Lot 212
Montes de Oca (Rafael). Ensayo Ornitologico de los Troquili de os o Colibries de Mexico, 1st edition, Mexico, Ignacio Escalante, 1875, tinted lithograph portrait of the author (some light spotting and stained to lower portion, with paper restoration to lower outer corner), 12 fine hand-coloured lithographs of hummingbirds by Hesiquio Iriarte after careful watercolour drawings from nature by the author as well as the Mexican landscape painter Josè Marìa Velasco (1840-1912), some light browning throughout, title, 3 colour plates and 5 final leaves of text with some paper restoration to outer edges, modern black crushed full morocco, retaining original green printed upper wrapper (chipped with a little loss to edges and now relined), folio (29.3 x 19.8 cm), contained in modern green cloth drop-over bookbox, with black morocco gilt label to spine (Qty: 1)NOTESFine Bird Books p. 95; Nissen IVB 643; Palau 178890; Wood p. 470. Only three copies in the UK (BM, Cambridge University, and Natural History Museum). Montes de Oca describes 48 species of hummingbird, of which 46 are here illustrated. The author worked as a naturalist for the Mexican Guatemalan Boundary Commission, and his collection of plant specimens now form part of the herbarium at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.The work is dedicated to the Mexican Society of Natural History (founded only 8 years earlier in 1868). Montes de Oca published several important papers in that society's scientific journal Naturaleza. The illustrations clearly owe much to the scientifically precise and highly accurate illustrations published by the famous British ornithologist John Gould (1804-1881) in his remarkable Monograph of the Trochilidae or Family of Humming-Birds, published in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861 (a copy of which was sold in these rooms in November 2019).
Lot 238
Grew (Nehemiah). Musaeum Regalis Societatis. Or a Catalogue and Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham Colledge. Whereunto is subjoyned the Comparative Anatomy of Stomachs and Guts. By the same Author, 1st edition, London: by W. Rawlins, for the Author, 1681, engraved portrait frontispiece, 31 engraved plates (1 folding), slightly browned, title-page dust-soiled and marked, interlinear spill-burn to part 2 signature A1, part 2 signatures C2-3 more heavily browned, plate 4 damp-stained, tide-mark to top margins of a few plates just touching images in numbers 29-31, plate 31 slightly frayed along fore edge, a few other marks, contemporary manuscript corrections to pp. 62, 81, 181, 239, 312, 343, contemporary calf, rebacked and relined, a few abrasions to covers, tips bumped and worn, folio (30.2 x 18.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I ESTC R23326; Freeman 1464; Garrison-Morton 297 (with erroneous imprint of H. Newman, from the 1694 edition); Heirs of Hippocrates 640; Nissen ZBI 1714; Norman 945; Wing G1952. 'Grew, secretary to the Royal Society, compiled this great illustrated catalogue of its museum, then housed at Gresham College. Published with the catalogue is Grew's study of the stomach organs, which is the first zoological book to have the term "comparative anatomy" on the title-page, and also the first attempt to deal with one system of organs only by the comparative method' (Garrison-Morton). 'The thirty-one plates are particularly fine' (Heirs of Hippocrates).
Lot 241
Hill (John). The British Herbal: an History of Plants and Trees, Natives of Britain, Cultivated for Use, or Raise for Beauty, 1st edition: London: T. Osborne and J. Shipton, J. Hodges, J. Newbery [and others], 1756, engraved allegorical frontispiece, title-page in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved arms to dedication, 75 engraved plates, slight toning and offsetting, frontispiece and title-page faintly creased and dust-soiled, a few plates closely trimmed along top edges, into plate-mark in a few cases, cropping number in plate 28, images otherwise unaffected, faint tide-mark to top edges of several plates (e.g. 11, 28, 33, 34, 38, 39, 55), tear in text-leaves O2-Q2 with loss of text, interlinear closed tear in 3K1, plate 57 with 2 closed tears in image, closed tear to top edge of 6K2 touching text verso, marginal loss to final leaf 6U2, a few other nicks and marks, late-19th/early-20th century quarter sheep, cloth sides, folio (40 x 26.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I Provenance: Joseph Wainwright (1741-1810), surgeon, with his ownership inscription 'Liber Josephi Wainwright, Dudley, 1782' to the initial blank. Wainwright is recorded as lieutenant-colonel of the Dudley Volunteer Infantry and a member of the Dudley Book Society. His obituary in the Monthly Magazine (volume 29, 1810, p. 292) drew attention to his literary interests, and he is depicted holding a book in his portrait painted by Thomas Phillips, now held by the Dudley Museums Service. ESTC T29713; Freeman 1675; Henrey 799; Nissen BBI 881; Roscoe A229.
Lot 253
Morton (John). The Natural History of Northampton-shire; with some Account of the Antiquities. To which is annex'd a Transcript of Doomsday-Book so fas as it relates to that County, 1st edition, London: R. Knaplock and R. Wilkin, 1712, p. iv with pasted errata slip, engraved folding map by John Harris, 14 engraved plates, damp-staining to first few leaves, map browned, plates slightly spotted, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, recornered and relined, gilt arms of Beriah Botfield to sides,rubbed and scuffed, wear to extremities, folio (35.1 x 21.9 cm), together with: Leigh (Charles), The Natural History of Lancashire, Cheshire and the Peak, in Derbyshire: with an Account of the British, Phoenician, Armenian, Gr. and Rom. Antiquities in those Parts, 1st edition, Oxford: for the author, 1700, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 engraved plates showing coats of arms, double-page engraved map coloured in outline, 22 other engraved plates, variable damp-staining chiefly to margins, affecting images in several plates, frontispiece trimmed and mounted, neatly repaired closed tears in map and plates 8 and 14 touching image in map and skirting plate-mark in plate, plate 11 trimmed to image along fore edge and with extensive repaired tear through image, plate 12 with chip in fore margin repaired verso and fraying along bottom edge, plate 17 with partial loss of image and fore margin extended, plates 18-19 frayed along fore edges, marginal repairs to title-page and text-leaves X2 and 3C1, Postscript leaf following Book III frayed, contemporary marginalia in brown ink, modern half roan, folio (35.2 x 21.9 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I Provenance (Morton): Beriah Botfield (1807-1863), antiquary, industrialist and bibliophile (armorial binding; see University of Toronto, 'British Armorial Bindings', stamp 2, online). ESTC T147393 & R20833; Freeman 2693 & 2211; Upcott pp. 1003-5 & 455-7; Wing L975 (Leigh).
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Lot 256
Rickman (Philip). A Selection of Bird Paintings and Sketches, 1st edition, [Holt]: published by Curpotten Limited for Fine Sporting Interests Limited, 1979, 31 mounted colour plates, mounted photographic portrait plate, all edges gilt, original green crushed half morocco gilt, slipcase (rubbed), folio, number 155 of 500 copies, signed by the artist, together with: Scott (Peter), Wild Chorus, 1st edition, London: Country Life Limited, 1938, 24 colour plates, mounted, all halftone plates as called for, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, contemporary dark blue full morocco gilt (possibly for presentation), 4to (31.5 x 24 cm), number 551 of 1200 copies signed by the author, from the total edition of 1250, Forshaw (Joseph), Parrots of the World. Illustrated by William T. Cooper, 1st edition, Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1973, top edge gilt, contemporary red half morocco gilt, original dust jacket bound in, folio (37.5 x 25.3 cm), Cooper (William T.), The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds. Text by Joseph M. Forshaw and William T. Cooper, 1st edition, Sydney: Collins, 1977, top edge gilt, contemporary red half morocco gilt, original dust jacket bound in, folio (40.5 x 27.5 cm) (Qty: 4)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I
Lot 259
Shelley (George Ernest). A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt, 1st edition, London: John Van Voorst, 1872, 14 hand-coloured lithographic plates after J. G. Keulemans, partly unopened, top edge gilt, contemporary dark green crushed half morocco for Hatchards, spine sunned to tan, 8vo (25 x 15.3 cm), together with: Baker (E. C. Stuart), The Indian Ducks and their Allies, 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, 1908, half-title, additional pictorial title-page, 30 chromolithographic plates after Keulemans, Grönvold and others, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original half morocco, spine sunned, front joint slightly cracked at head, large 8vo (26.6 x 17 cm), Gätke (Heinrich), Heligoland as an Ornithological Observatory. The Result of Fifty Years' Experience, 1st edition in English, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1895, halftone plate, photogravure portrait frontispiece, halftone plate, contemporary gift inscription 'Lilford, from Sandhurst, 1910' to frontispiece recto, top edge gilt, modern green crushed half morocco with gilt vignette from original cloth binding mounted to front board, 8vo (24.5 x 15 cm), and 3 others, 20th-century ornithology, leather bindings, 8vo (Qty: 6)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I Anker 469 (Shelley); Nissen IVB 872 (Shelley), 65 (Baker); Wood pp. 566 (Shelley: 'this excellent work'), 219 (Baker), 352 (Gätke: 'an important and well-known contribution'); Zimmer pp. 588 (Shelley), 236 (Gätke). Baker's work is one of 1,200 copies only.
Lot 265
Wallace (Alfred Russel). Island Life: or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, including a Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Climates, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1880, half-title, 3 maps (one hand-coloured), 2 pp. advertisements, wood-engraved maps and plans in text (many full-page), maps and adjacent text-leaves spotted, occasional light spotting elsewhere, brown coated endpapers, ownership inscription to half-title, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, spine-ends slightly nicked, upper outer corners bumped, 8vo, together with: ibid., Darwinism, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1889, half-title, photographic portrait frontispiece, folding map, 2 pp. advertisements, wood-engraved illustrations throughout, green coated endpapers, original cloth, spine rolled, corners bumped, 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I Provenance ( Darwinism ): Sir Edward Fry (1827-1918), judge and zoologist (bookplate). Freeman 3865 & 3866; Norman 2179 ( Island Life ). Island Life, Wallace's sequel to The Geographical Distribution of Animals (1876), focuses on problems of animal dispersal and speciation and is likewise considered 'one of the foundation works of zoogeography' (Norman).
Lot 271
Wolley (John). Ootheca Wolleyana: an Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs begun by the late John Wolley, and continued with additions by the editor Alfred Newton, 4 parts in 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: [John van Voorst-] R. H. Porter, 1864-1907, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 21 chromolithographic plates of bird eggs after J. T. Balcomb or H. Grönvold numbered I-XXI, 16 further lithographic plates (tinted, chromolithographic or uncoloured) depicting birds, nests and landscapes lettered A-P, folding colour map of Lapland, separate list of plates to part 1, original front wrappers for each part bound in at rear, medial blank to volume 2 (between pp. vi and 1) discarded, frontispiece faintly offset, variable spotting to plates I-IX and A-I in volume 1, a few leaves unopened, top edges gilt, contemporary tan half calf, volume 1 spine rolled, large 8vo (25.1 x 15 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I Provenance: Christopher Thomas Dalgety FRGS (1907-1980), ornithologist (bookplates). Anker 541; Freeman 2817; Mullens & Swann p. 661; Nissen IVB 1014; Wood p. 633 ('This famous work'); Zimmer pp. 691-2.
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Lot 285
* [Byron]. The Maid of Athens, mid 19th century, fine circular watercolour on card after a drawing by F. Stone (engraved by W. Finden and published by J. Murray & Co in 1837), head and shoulders portrait half-profile to right, of a dark-haired young girl wearing a green dress, red and white head-dress, and pendant on a blue ribbon around her neck, diameter 9.5 cm (3.75 ins), laid down on card, with contemporary manuscript below 'Maid of Athens e'er we part,/Give O, give me back my heart', mounted, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)NOTESTeresa Makris (1797-1875) was apparently the maiden immortalised in Byron's poem 'Maid of Athens ere we part'; she was one of three sisters at whose parents' house Byron lodged briefly in 1809 and 1810, and with whom he was said to have fallen violently in love.
Lot 349
Earlom (Richard; Turner, Charles & Dunkerton, Robert). Fifteen Splendid Portraits of Royal Personages, London: Printed by J. M'Creedy, 1816, 15 mezzotint portrait plates, including Elizabeth I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, Emperor Maximillian, and William of Orange (Frederick, King of Bohemia plate with repaired long closed tear), top edge gilt, contemporary dark green straight grain morocco, gilt decorated spine and decorative border to boards, large folio, together with: Haghe (Louis) , Sketches in Belgium and Germany, London: Hodgson & Graves, 1840, tinted lithograph title, dedication and 25 tinted lithograph plates (one detached), some spotting, contemporary quarter morocco gilt, extremities slightly rubbed, folio, Harding (James Duffield) , The Principles and Practice of Art, London: Chapman & Hall, 1845, half-title, 24 engraved plates (including frontispiece), illustrations to text, scattered spotting, inscription to front free blank, all edges gilt, contemporary dark green morocco, gilt decorated spine, Oxford Middle Class Examination West Riding Prize 1860 gilt embossed device to upper cover, joints rubbed, folio, and others including two copies of The Works of William Hogarth, 2 volumes, London: Jones & Co, 1833 (Qty: 13)
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Lot 351
[Florence]. Reale Galleria di Firenze Illustrata, 13 volumes (complete), in 5 series (Quadri di Storia; Quadri di Vario Genere; Ritratti di Pittori; Statue, Bassirilievi, Busti e Bronzi; Cammei ed Intagli), Florence: Giuseppe Molini, 1817-33, numerous plates, most engraved in outline, many folding, variable spotting throughout, most front free endpaper versos with ink ownership stamp of a crane, with the initials G. M., contemporary half diced russia, gilt-decorated spines (rubbed), that to series 1 volume 1 with loss at head, 2 volumes with front cover detached, several joints cracked (1 with spine lifting), some wear to extremities, 8vo, together with: [Zacchiroli, Francesco] , Description de la Galerie Royale de Florence. Reforme?e, & augmente?e par le Chev. de G., Arezzo: chez Catherine Bellotti, 1792, folding engraved plan at rear (dust-soiled), contemporary paste-paper boards, marked with some wear and surface loss, 8vo, plus: [Coxe, William] , Sketches of the Lives of Correggio and Parmegiano, London: Longman, Hurst [et al], 1823, engraved portrait frontispiece, genealogical table, scarce minor spotting, final gathering detached, endpapers renewed, contemporary publisher's boards, rebacked, a trifle rubbed with some wear to extremities, 8vo (Qty: 15)NOTESFirst work: complete set of volumes illustrating the entire contents of the Royal Gallery of Florence, better known as the Uffizi, following the overthrow of French control under Napoleon, divided into History Painting, Genre Painting, Portraits of Artists, Statues, Bas-Reliefs, Busts and Bronzes, and Cameos and Inlays. The catalogues were written by G. B. Zannoni, Bargigli, A. Ramirez di Montalvo and Marquis T. Corsi; the plates engraved by Giovanni Paolo Lasinio (1789--1855). With a list of subscribers in the first volume, many of them English, including the architect Henry Holland.
Lot 362
Kibaltchitch (T.W.). Gemmes de la Russie meridionale. Documents inedits sur l'histoire de l'art de la gravure chez les anciens peuples ayant habite la Russie meridionale. Publie per W.Tiktine. Berlin: Reinke et Grounwald, 1910, half-title, photogravure portrait and 20 plates (including hand-coloured map), tissue guards, light toning, original quarter cloth, joints split and frayed at head & foot of spine, slim 4to (limited edition of 250 copies printed), together with: King (Charles William) , Antique Gems and Rings, 2 volumes (text & plates), London: Bell & Daldy, 1872, 75 engraved plates, wood engraved illustrations, original gilt blocked cloth, joints split & frayed, few marks, 8vo, Fossing (Poul) , The Thorvaldsen Museum. Catalogue of the Antique Engraved Gems and Cameos, Copenhagen, 1929, 24 monotone plates, tissue guards, contemporary boards, lower joint torn, marked & scuffed, 4to (Qty: 4)
Lot 364
Lübbeke (Isolde) . Early German Painting 1350-1550, (The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection), 1991, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with: Wendland (Hans) , Konrad Witz Gemäldestudien, Basel, 1924, 36 monochrome plates, some light toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers, rubbed with small tears & minor loss to head & foot, large 4to, and Corley (Brigitte) , Conrad Von Soest, Painter among Merchant Princes,1996, 240 black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus Löcher (Kurt) , Barthel Beham, Ein Maler aus dem Dürerkreis, Germany, 1999, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and other Renaissance art & portrait reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo/4to (Qty: 32)
Lot 365
Murdoch (John) . Seventeenth-century English Miniatures in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket & slipcase, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, together with: R eynolds (Graham) , The Sixteenth and Seventeenth-century Miniatures in the collection of Her Majesty The Queen, 1999, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly rubbed to foot, large 8vo, and other miniatures & portrait reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, 8vo/folio (Qty: 20)
Lot 374
Ralph (Bemjamin). The School of Raphael: or, The Student's Guide to Expression in Historical Painting. Illustrated by examples engraved by Duchange and others, under the inspection of Sir Nicholas Dorigny, from his own drawings after the most celebrated Heads of Cartons at Hampton Court, John Boydell, 1759, lacks title page, 24 pages of preliminary text, and 45 copper engraved plates of a total of 90 heads after Raphael, depicting the expressions, by Duchange, Pigné, Dupuis, Thomassin, Beauvais, Tardieu and others, occasional light spotting, first and last leaf with some soiling and minor fraying to edges, stitched as issued, without binding, oblong folio (26 x 43 cm, 10.2 x 15.1 ins), together with Sarto (Andrea del). Pitture a fresco di Andrea del Sarto esistenti nella Compagnia dello Scalzo in Firenze, Florence, Tipografia all'Insegna di Dante, 1830, engraved portrait of the artist by J. Saunders after V. Gozzini, title, 41 pages of text, single leaf Avviso dell'Editore, and 15 copper engraved plates by Lasinio and others, contents generally in clean condition, with wide margins, original black morocco-backed green cloth with gilt black morocco title label to upper cover, rear cover missing, some wear to spine and upper cover detached, large folio (54 x 37 cm) (Qty: 2)
Lot 382
Thomassin (Simon, 1652-1732). Folio volume containing 42 engraved portraits, late 17th & early 18th century, 42 engraved medallion portrait plates (including Louis le Grand, Madame la Duchesse de Bourgogne, Philippe V of Spain, Marie Anne de Bourbon, Le Comte de Toulouze etc.), contemporary calf, old reback with morocco title label 'Thomass Heads', joints cracked and worn at head & foot of spine, board corners worn & showing, slim folio (Qty: 1)
Lot 386
Worlidge (Thomas). A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems; most of them in the possession of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom; etched after the Manner of Rembrandt, 1 volume bound in two, London: Printed by Dryden Leach for M. Worlidge & M. Wicksteed, 1768, etched portrait frontispiece, 173 etched plates only (of 182), half-title bound in at front of second volume, light toning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of 'Hugh, Duke of Westminster, Eaton, 1884', all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain black morocco, gilt decorated spines and gilt panelled and decorated boards, joints and extremities rubbed, 4to, together with: Spilsbury (John) , A Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems. In the Collection of the Right Honourable Earl Percy, the Honourable C.F. Greville, and T.M. Slade, Esquire, London: John Boydell, circa 1785, 50 etched plates, some dampstaining and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of 'Hugh, Duke of Westminster, Eaton, 1884', all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated straight-grain green morocco, three vertical line indentations to upper board, joints and extremities rubbed, 4to (Qty: 3)
Lot 387
Young (John) , A Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures, of the Most Noble the Marquess of Stafford, at Cleveland House, London, containing an Etching of Every Picture, and accompanied with Historical and Biographical Notices, 2 volumes, London: Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1825, half-title, 104 engraved plates on india paper (including portrait frontispiece to first volume), some toning and spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated dark green straight-grain morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, folio, together with: ibid. , A Catalogue of the Pictures at Grosvenor House, London..., London: Printed by W. Bulmer & W. Nicol, 1820, half-title, 45 engraved plates of 46 (lacking plate 5), contemporary half sheep, some wear to extremities, 4to, ibid. , A Catalogue of the Pictures at Leigh Court, near Bristol: the Seat of Philip John Miles, Esq., London: Printed by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, 1822, half-title, 33 engraved plates, scattered spotting, contemporary half sheep, joints splitting at ends and short tear to spine, board edges worn, 4to, Strong (S. Arthur) , The Masterpieces in the Duke of Devonshire's Collection of Pictures, London: Franz Hanfstaengl, 1901, photogravure portrait frontispiece and 60 plates, top edge gilt, contemporary dark green half morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt blocked armorial of the Duke of Devonshire to upper board, folio, (Qty: 5)
Lot 445
Agrippa ( Camillo ). Trattato di S cienza d' A rme : et u n d ialogo in detta materia , Venice: Appresso Antonio Pinargenti, 1568, [8], 111, [1] pp., decorative engraved title incorporating portrait of the author (shaved ink annotation to lower blank margin in an early hand), 26 engraved illustrations (including 13 full-page & 9 double-page), woodcut decorative initials, some ink show-through from text, few leaves slightly shaved at head & foot, some dampstaining and light dust-soiling, offsetting and few manuscript marks, old paper slip pasted to final leaf beneath register, traces/remnants of bookplate to front pastedown with consequent adhesive residue where bookplate removed, late 17th/early 18th century sheep, gilt decorated spine, upper board & spine rubbed, slim 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESThimm p.4; Censimento 16 CNCE 534. This title is one of only two works listed in Censimento 16 with the imprint of Antonio Pinargenti. According to Dennis E. Rhodes (Silent printers: anonymous printing at Venice in the sixteenth century, London: British Library, 1995), Pinargenti was not a printer, and the work was actually printed by Bolognino Zaltieri. Camillo Agrippa (1520-1595) was an engineer, architect, and mathematician, who was also an accomplished fencer. He is best known for his treatise on fencing, which became a standard work across Europe. He uses Euclidean geometry to explain the movements of the human body, its action, and reaction in time and space. This work was first published in 1553, and the illustrations are believed to be by Stradanus (Jan van der Straet, 1525-1605), although they have also been ascribed to Michelangelo. They were re-engraved for this edition by Giulio Fontana, as stated in the preface, because the original plates had become too worn.
Lot 446
Giganti (Nicoletto). Scola, overo Teatro, nelquale sono rappresentate diverse maniere, e modi di parare, e di ferire di spada sola, e di spada, e pugnale; doue ogni studioso potra? essercitarsi, [et] farsi prattico nella professione dell' Armi, 1st edition, Venice: Gio. Antonio & Giacomo de Franceschi, 1606, [16], 95, [1] pp. (page [96] blank), wood engraved printer's device to title and with engraved Medici armorial to verso, engraved portrait of author and 42 full-page engraved illustrations by Odoardo Fialetti, woodcut decorative initials, some show-through from illustrations and few illustrations slightly shaved at fore-edge, toning and spotting throughout, 20th century half vellum, green skiver title label to spine, slim oblong 8vo (16.5 x 23.8 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESThimm p.115; Gelli p.112; Vigeant p.60. The first edition of this influential work on the use of the rapier and the dagger. Nicoletto Giganti was a highly experienced and influential representative of the Venetian school of fencing and a rapier fencing master during the 17th century. The frontispiece of the above work names him as “Nicoletto Giganti, Venetian”, although it is possible he or his family came from the town of Fossombrone, in Le Marche, Central Italy and later moved to Venice.
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Girard (Pierre Jacques Franc?ois). Traite? des Armes ... enseignant la maniere de combattre de l'epée de pointe seule ... Orné de figures en taille douce, 1st edition, Paris: Moette, Le Gras, La Veuve Jovenel et al., 1737, additional engraved title by E.Herblot ( Nouveau Traite? de la Perfection sur le fait des Armes, etc., and bears the date of 1736), engraved portrait of the author by J. de Favanne, and 116 plates, author's signature of authorization to verso of Preface leaf, lower outer blank corner of leaf C1 torn away, occasional slight spotting and few minor marks, light toning to margins, 20th century vellum, preserving morocco title label to spine, oblong 4to (22 x 27.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESThimm 116-117; Vigeant p.63. Traite? des Armes is an important practical fencing treatise, by the retired naval officer Girard, whose work is highly regarded for recording some innovations introduced into the theory of the small sword during the preceding forty years.
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Angelo (Henry). Reminiscences of Henry Angelo, with memoirs of his late father and friends, including numerous original anecdotes and curious traits of the most celebrated characters that have flourished during the last eighty years, 2 volumes, London: Henry Colburn, 1828, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, advert leaf to rear of each volume scattered spotting, armorial bookplates of Viscount Sydney and the Earl of Dundonald to front endpapers, contemporary half calf, contrasting morocco labels to spines, gilt crest & crown of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733-1800) to upper panel of spines, extremities slightly rubbed, upper joint of volume 2 cracked, 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESThimm p.11. Henry Charles William Angelo (1756–1835) was a member of the famous Angelo family of fencers and son of the Italian master, Domenico Angelo (1717-1802). Henry was in charge of his father's 'Angelo School of Arms' from 1780 to 1817, consolidating its status among London's high society. He reissued his father's influential fencing manual and wrote several works including memoirs and a single work on fencing.
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Danet (Guillaume). L'Art des Armes, ou? l'on donne l'application de la the?orie a? la pratique de cet Art, avec les principes me?thodiques adopte?s dans nos Ecoles d'Armes, 2 volumes, [3rd edition], Paris: Belin an 6, [1797 or 98], half-titles present, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 and allegorical frontispiece to volume 2, and 44 engraved folding plates (of 45, lacking plate 23), initial leaves in volume 1 with dampstain at foot (title with short closed tear at foot), some spotting and few plates in volume 1 with old brown ink splashes, some light dust-soiling, contemporary quarter sheep, terracotta red title labels to spines, slight splitting at foot of upper joints, board corners worn & showing, 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESThimm p.75. A reissue of the original edition of 1766, 1767, with different title-pages. The second volume contains “Re?futation des Observations critiques de M*** Maitre d'Armes ... contre le traite? de l'Art des armes,” a reply to the anonymously-published work of N. B. Texier La Boe?ssie?re.
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Fencing. The Art of Fencing, wherein the Rules and Instructions, with all the new Thrusts & Guards which have been lately introduced into the Fencing Schools are in this work..., corrected and revised by a pupil of St. Angelo, 1st edition, London: T.Hughes, circa 1830, 28pp., folding engraved frontispiece, some toning and spotting, original printed upper wrapper only (detached, frayed & worn), slim 12mo (Thimm p.15 for corrected & revised edition, published 1831), together with: Martelli (C.), An Improved System of Fencing, wherein the use of the Small Sword, is rendered perfectly plain and familiar; being a clear Description and Explanation of the various thrusts used..., London: Printed by J. Bailey, 1819, 35,[1]pp., without folding plates, bookplate of Thomas Jeston White offset to title and adhesive label to upper blank margin, 20th century wrappers, slim 12mo (Thimm p.183), Castle (Egerton) , Schools and Masters of Fence, from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century, London: G. Bell & Sons Ltd., 1910, photogravure portrait frontispiece and numerous illustrations, frontispiece dampstained at gutter, original cloth, 8vo, Hutton (Alfred) , The Swordsman. A Manual of Fence for the Foil, Sabre, and Bayonet, new edition, London: H. Grevel & Co., 1898, frontispiece & illustrations, 20th century cloth, morocco title label to upper board, 8vo, Dunn (H.A.Colmore) , Fencing, London: George Bell & Sons, 1899, illustrations to text, original pictorial cloth, extremities rubbed, small 8vo (Qty: 5)
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[Schmidt, Johann Andreas]. [Leib-beschirmende und Feinden trotz-bietende Fecht-Kunst, oder, Leicht und getreue Anweisung auf Stoss und Hieb zierlich und sicher zu fechten : nebst einem curieusen Unterricht vom Voltigiren und Ringen, deutlich und gru?ndlich beschrieben..., 1st edition, Nuremberg: Johann Christoph Weigel, 1713], [12], 376pp., initial 10 pages lacking (i.e. without portrait frontispiece, title, and preliminary leaves), 72 full-page engraved illustrations and 12 engraved plates, some show-through, occasional spotting and minor marks, tips of upper outer blank corners to few leaves slightly trimmed (where previously frayed?), pencil scribbles to fore-edge blank margin of page 272, upper blank margins of rear third of leaves with single & double worm holes, modern brown morocco, oblong 8vo (9.6 x 16.7 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESThimm p.260; Pardoel 2365. The collation of a complete example is [22],376pp. Besides fencing, the engravings show gymnastic training on the horse and various wrestling techniques. Johann Andreas Schmidt was a German fencing master born circa 1650 in Marienberg, Germany. Sometime after 1671 (or after 1675), he studied fencing under the fencing master Johann Georg and Johannes Georgius Bruchius in Amsterdam. Schmidt's impressive fencing abilities were illustrated by a story that in 1712, as a result of a bet of 10 ducats, armed only with a stick, he took on "six strong farmers" in Altdorf in the area of Nuremberg and defeated them all, thus winning the bet. The following year, in 1713, he established his own fencing school in Nuremberg. In 1721 Georg Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1678-1726) the ruler of Bayreuth appointed Schmidt as a Page Fencing Master following the successful defeat and disarming of two fencing masters. He was awarded the appointment as a Page Fencing Master with a wage of 1,000 guilders. After the death of his patron probably after 1726, Schmidt returned to Nuremberg to continue his teachings. He then moved to teach in both Stuttgart and finally in Tübingen, where he died.
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Vigeant (Arse?ne). Petit essai historique: Un mai?tre d'armes sous la Restauration, Paris: Motteroz, 1883, 2 engraved portrait plates (double portrait) and few wood engraved vignette illustrations, front blank inscribed by the author to Henry Fouquier and with Henry Fouquier's ink stamp below, original printed wrappers bound-in at front and rear, closed tear to front free marbled endpaper, bookplate of Toupie Lowther to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary red morocco, very slight fading to title, 4to, together with: Fencing , L'Avenir de l'Escrime Francaise par le Captaine N*, Theorie, Mechanisme et Enseignement des Armes, Paris: Plon-Nourrit et Cie., 1909, monochrome plates, printed wrappers bound-in, armorial bookplate John Stanley Williams to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary red quarter morocco, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, Abdre (Emile) , Manuel Theorique et Pratique d'Escrime (Fleuret, Epee - Sabre), Paris: Garnier Freres, 1896, monochrome illustrations, toning throughout, contemporary red half morocco, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Yorick figlio di Yorik (P.C. Ferrigni) , Giostre e tornei (1313 - 1883), Rome: Fanfulla, 1883, 2 wood engraved portraits, chromolithograph wrappers bound-in, 20th century cloth, slightly dust-soiled, slim 8vo, Lovini (G.A.) , Traite d'Escrime dedie au roi Henri III par G.A. Lovino de Milan, Reproduction Reduite des 66 Miniatures du Manuscrit Italien 959 de la Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris: Berthaud Freres, [1909], monochrome plates, text & plates loosely contained in original cloth-backed printed boards, small 4to, contained in original defective slipcase (Qty: 5)NOTESVigeant - Limited edition 28/480, being one of "39 exemplaires sur vélin a la forme, avec double épreuve du portrait (nos 22 a 60)." Arse?ne Vigeant (1844-1916) was born in Moselle, France and became a Master of Arms. He was a fencing teacher to Napoleon III.
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Hutton (Alfred). Cold Steel: A Practical Treatise on the Sabre. Based on the Old English Backsword Play of the Eighteenth Century combined with the method of the Modern Italian School. Also on Various other Weapons of the Present Day, including the short Sword-Bayonet and the Constable's Truncheon, 1st edition, London: William Clowes and Sons Ltd., 1889, half-title, photogravure portrait frontispiece and 55 plates, light toning, Authors' Club Library bookplate to upper pastedown (presented by Captain Hutton, June 1910) with withdrawn stamp, original pictorial cloth, large 8vo, together with: Ibid. , The Swordsman, A Manual of Fence for the Foil, Sabre, and Bayonet, London: H. Grevel & Co., 1891, wood engraved frontispiece and illustrations, copious pencil notes throughout, ownership name 'Richmond' to upper pastedown, original gilt blocked cloth, small 8vo, Ibid. , The Sword and the Centuries or Old Sword Days and Old Sword Ways, London: Grant Richards, 1901, half-title, monochrome portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original red cloth gilt, large 8vo (Qty: 3)NOTESThimm p.143. Alfred Hutton (1839-1910), sometimes called Cold Steel himself, published his first work, Swordmanship, in 1862, meanwhile leading the fencing club of his regiment. In 1873 he retired from the army to focus on fencing entirely, mainly paying attention to historical aspects. Cold Steel was Hutton's most important work.
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Hutton (Alfred). Old Sword-Play the Systems of Fence in Vogue during the XVIth, XVIIth, and XVIIIth Centuries, with lessons arranged from the works of various ancient masters, London: H. Grevel & Co; New York: B. Westermann & Co., 1892, half-title, photogravure portrait frontispiece, title in red & black with illustration, 57 plates, light spotting, top edge gilt, original gilt-blocked cloth, spine faded, extremities rubbed and frayed, 4to (limited edition 62/300), together with: Ibid. , Cold Steel: A Practical Treatise on the Sabre. Based on the Old English Backsword Play of the Eighteenth Century combined with the method of the Modern Italian School. Also on Various other Weapons of the Present Day, including the short Sword-Bayonet and the Constable's Truncheon, 1st edition, London: William Clowes and Sons Ltd., 1889, half-title, photogravure portrait frontispiece and 55 plates, original pictorial cloth, large 8vo, Ibid. , The Swordsman, A Manual of Fence for the Foil, Sabre, and Bayonet, London: H. Grevel & Co., 1891, wood engraved frontispiece and illustrations, original gilt blocked cloth, small 8vo, Ibid. , The Sword and the Centuries or Old Sword Days and Old Sword Ways, London: Grant Richards, 1901, half-title, monochrome portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, inscription to front blank, front hinge torn, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original red cloth gilt, spine slightly faded, dampstain to covers, large 8vo (Qty: 4)NOTESThimm p.143-144. Alfred Hutton (1839-1910), sometimes called Cold Steel himself, published his first work, Swordmanship, in 1862, meanwhile leading the fencing club of his regiment. In 1873 he retired from the army to focus on fencing entirely, mainly paying attention to historical aspects. Cold Steel was Hutton's most important work.
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Grego (Joseph). Angelo's Pic Nic ... with a Prefactory note on the Angelo Family by Rev. Charles Swynnerton, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd., 1905, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 26 plates (some coloured), scattered spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary brown half pigskin, lacking spine, worn, large 8vo (limited edition 20/50 copies, printed on hand-made paper), together with: Powell (George H.) , Duelling Stories of the Sixteenth Century, 1904, monochrome frontispiece and plates, original cloth gilt, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Cass (Eleanor Baldwin) , The Book of Fencing, 1st edition, Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1930, monochrome portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original cloth gilt, extremities rubbed, in torn dust-jacket, 4to, and other fencing reference including, Fencing, by H.A. Colmore Dunn, 1924; Secrets of the Sword, translated from the original French of Baron de Bazancourt by C.F. Clay, 1900; The History and Art of Personal Combat, by Arthur Wise, 1971; Schools and Masters of Fence from the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century, by Egerton Castle, 3rd edition, 1969; The English Master of Arms from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Century, by J.D. Aylward, 1956; Modern British Fencing, A History of the Amateur Fencing Association 1964-1981, by Edmund Gray, 1984, etc., mostly original cloth in dust-jackets (Qty: 27)
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