Cavalieri (Giovanni Battista). Effigies Romanorum Pontificum a S. Petro ad Pium VI ... æneis tabulis expressæ, ordine chronologico digestæ ... singulis præmissa accuratissima eorumdem chronotaxi e Gravesonio, aliisque auctoribus, 2 volumes in one, Bassano & Venice, Remondini, 1775, decorative border to titles, single engraved plate and 252 engraved portraits, library ink stamp to first title, dampstaining to lower outer blank corners, contemporary vellum, morocco labels to spine, large 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESA portrait gallery of 252 popes from Saint Peter to the then current Pope Pius VI (1775-1799). Papal portr a it collections were produced in v a rious editions a nd by v a rious engr a vers a nd printers from the sixteenth century onwards, not a bly those of Joh a nn Huttich (1551) a nd Giov a nni Battista C a v a lieri (sever a l editions in the 1580s a nd 1590s). The portr a its here a re unsigned a nd the work is not listed in the British Museum c a t a logue, Cohen-De Ricci or Brunet.
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Howell (James). Parthenopoeia, or The History of the Most Noble and Renowned Kingdom of Naples, with the Dominions thereunto annexed and the Lives of all their Kings, the first part by that famous antiquary Scipio Mazzella, made English by Mr. Samson Lennard, Herald of Armes. The second part compil'd by James Howell Esq; who... drawes on the threed of the story to these present times, 1654, 2 parts in 1, 1st edition, printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1654, numerous woodcut illustrations of coats-of-arms, portraits, etc, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, a few minor wormholes, generally not affecting legibility, contemporary ownership inscription in dark brown ink to blank before title, 'Jan: 8th. 1657. This booke was bought at the first bookbinder Shoppe on the right hand, as you goe out of Hollburne into Graie friars, price 5s & belongs to John Wyrley', later 18th century half calf, gilt spine, somewhat worn, with both covers detached, folio, together with: Sale Catalogue , The Bindley Granger. A Catalogue of the very valuable collection of British Portraits... the property of the late eminent amateur James Bindley... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby... on Monday, January 25th, 1819, and ten following days, 3 parts in 1, London: Wright and Murphy, [1819], engraved portrait frontispiece (spotted and lightly offset to title), contemporary neat ink manuscript prices and buyers' names throughout (most likely annotated by James Bindley himself), minor waterstain to lower margin of frontispiece and several leaves following, with 2 text leaves repaired to lower edge, modern half brown calf gilt, with autograph letter in brown ink from James Bindley to Mr. Cobbet, Maiden-Lane, Covent-Garden loosely inserted at front, presenting a parcel of English portraits as a small acknowledgement of the favour done him by Mr. Cobbet, in his present of some original papers, & Grants of Titles..., creased where previously folded, remains of red seal, plus a smaller manuscript order from P. Cobbett Esqr to W. Tindall, dated April 1st 1826, ordering Bindley Prints parts 1, 2, and 3, plus Sykes Prints parts second, third, fourth and fifth, also loosely, 4to, and a copy of volume 2 only of Richelet's Les Plus Belles Lettres Francoises, The Hague, 1699 (Qty: 3)NOTESFirst item: Wing 1542; Pforzheimer 517. Provenance: possibly Sir John Wyrley of Hampstead, who was made High Sheriff of the County of Staffordshire in 1664.
![La Fontaine (Jean). [Fables of La Fontaine engraved in shorthand or stenographic script], Paris, Chez T.P. Bertin, éditeur st](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0450faa8-8d79-4719-b091-abb300cb473d/cdda2db0-7d3a-4f37-99ea-abb400fc2c3d/468x382.jpg)
La Fontaine (Jean). [Fables of La Fontaine engraved in shorthand or stenographic script], Paris, Chez T.P. Bertin, éditeur sténographe, [1796], engraved frontispiece portrait of La Fontaine by Jean Baptiste Michel Dupreel after Hyacinthe Rigaud, and 138 pages of text, engraved throughout, occasional engraved illustrations, head- and tail-pieces, modern marbled endpapers, 20th century rust red full morocco, gilt spine with two morocco labels (both blank), 16mo (text block measures 12.5 x 7.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESTheodore-Pierre Bertin (1751-1819) was a pioneer of stenography or shorthand. After working as a translator in London, he returned to Paris, and published his own French translation of Samuel Taylor's Universal System of Stenography in 1792. The present work is the first shorthand edition of La Fontaine's famous cautionary verses.
Lansberg (Philipp). Tabulae M otuum Coelestium Perpetuae; ex omnium temporum observationibus constructae, temporumque omnium observationibus consentientes. Item novae et genuinae motuum coelestium theoricae. & Astronomicarum observantionum thesaurus, Middelburg, Zacharias Romanus, 1632, three parts in one, *8, **4, C-F6, G4, Aa-Nn6, Oo2, Pp6, Qq4, Aaa-Qqq6, half-title with privilege to verso, engraved allegorical title with portraits of famous astronomers: Aristarchus of Samos, Hipparchus of Rhodes, Ptolemy, Albategnius (the Islamic astronomer Al Battani), King Alfonso X of Castile, Copernicus, Tycho Brahe and Lansberg himself, full-page engraved portrait of the author by Willem Delff (1580-1638) at *7 recto, separate title to second part, folding table (Canon Sexagenarum) bound in before Oo2, woodcut illustrations to text, printer's woodcut device and colophon at end of Willem Christiaens (Guilielmi Christiani) of Leiden, contents clean, early 20th century bookplate of Valentin Ruis-Senen to inside front cover, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, spine titled in manuscript in brown ink, generally in very good condition, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESPoggendorff I, 1373. Houzeau & Lancaster 12758. Not in Honeyman, Macclesfield or Norman. Dictionary of Scientific Biography VII, 27-28. Fine copy of the first edition of Lansberg's astronomical tables, published five years after Kepler's Rudolphine Tables, which were based on elliptical orbits. Although a staunch Copernican, Lansberg dismissed Kepler's elliptical model and relied instead on the more traditional epicyclic theory and his own observations of the sun and moon. Lansberg's simpler method was widely adopted in the 1630's until his projections were found to be generally less accurate than Kepler's. The Tabulae were used however by the brilliant young English astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks to observe the Transit of Venus in December 1639, which Lansberg had correctly predicted, leading to a revision of Kepler's own tables.
* Manuscript & Early Printed Leaves. Single leaf from a miniature Book of Hours, Italy, circa 1460-80, single vellum leaf, with 15 lines of handwritten text in latin, in brown ink, with red rubrics, and three 2-line initials in red or blue, the three main paragraphs beginning 'Fidelium deus omnium conditor et redemptor...', 'Actiones nostras que sum domine aspirando preveni...', and 'Omnipotens sempiterne deus qui vivor dominaris simul et mortuorum omnium...', sheet size 116 x 87 mm, together with a single printed leaf from an incunable Benedictional (a collection of prayers and blessings for use in the Roman Catholic church), circa 1480, printed in two columns, with rubrics in red, on laid paper, with watermark of a bull's head, sheet size 28.6 x 20.3 cm, a single printed leaf from an early 16th century chronicle (possibly Livy), printed in German and with large hand-coloured text illustration depicting Cornelius Scipio (Scipio Africanus) meeting the KIngs of Numidia and Africa, folio, sheet size 290 x 200 mm, three further similar printed folio leaves, early 16th century, with text in German, one with text from the Gospel of Saint Luke (from a mid-16th century German bible in Luther's translation), one leaf from the Apocalypse of Saint John, and one other from a chronicle of the world, all three leaves with hand-coloured illustrations, a copper engraved illustration of the Siege of Amsterdam in 1577, by Braun & Hogenberg, two leaves from George Bickham's Universal Penman (1743), and a coloured engraved portrait of William of Orange (Qty: 10)
![[Manzolli, Pietro Angelo]. Marcelli Palingenii Stellati poetae doctissimi Zodiacus vitae, hoc est, de hominis vita, studio, a](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0450faa8-8d79-4719-b091-abb300cb473d/01f82661-8bb3-4171-9d98-abb400fc33d0/468x382.jpg)
[Manzolli, Pietro Angelo]. Marcelli Palingenii Stellati poetae doctissimi Zodiacus vitae, hoc est, de hominis vita, studio, ac moribus optime instituendis libri XII, Basel: Nikolaus Brylinger heirs, 1566, bound after: Hesiod, Opera, quae quidem extant, omnia Graece, cum interpretatione Latina eregione, Basel: Paul Queck, [1564], 2 works in 1 volume, Manzolli signatures a-z8 A-B8 C5, Hesiod signatures as in Adams but lacking 6 preliminary leaves (alpha 2-7), toning, occasional light soiling, early marginalia and underlining in black ink, contemporary pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, manuscript spine-title, date in a later hand to foot, covers decoratively blind-stamped with bust portrait of Martin Luther to front and Philip Melanchthon to rear, each after Lucas Cranach the Younger, 3 lines of verse below each portrait, decorative outer roll to each cover including profile portraits of Erasmus and others, rubbed and soiled overall, wear to extremities, retaining one metal clasp only, 8vo (16 x 10.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Joachim Freybergk, ownership inscription dated 1568 to front free endpaper. 2) 'Dr S. Clarke', with lengthy bibliographical annotation on Manzolli to terminal blank of Hesiod, in a 19th-century hand. 3) Brian S. Donaghey (1940-2015), Australian medievalist and professor at the University of Sheffield, with book-label. Adams H474 (Hesiod); VD16 M 858 (Manzolli) & H 2685 (Hesiod). The binding is unsigned but the use of opposing blind-stamped portraits of Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon recalls the work of known Wittenberg binders including Thomas Krüger, Severin Rötter and Nikolaus Müller (see British Library shelfmarks Davis 692 and c46d18).
Pope (Alexander, translator). The Odyssey of Homer, 5 volumes, printed for Bernard Lintot, 1725-26, 24 engraved plates, lacking portrait frontispiece to first volume (as often), half-title to each volume, volumes 1-4 with publisher's advertisements at rear, volume 5 with Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice at rear (separate pagination), engraved head and tail-pieces, occasional minor spotting or toning, some intermittent small dampstains to blank margins, volume 3 with worm trail or holes to lower blank margins, affecting first leaves to D7 (clipping a few letters on p.8), volume 3 p.16 with small repairs to tear at foot, volumes 1-3 with armorial bookplate of John Manley, contemporary panelled calf, worn, volumes 1-3 with gilt decorated spines, volume 2 front cover detached, all joints cracked, 12mo, together with: Plinius (Gaius Secundus) , Epistolae et Panegyricus, London: Tonson & Watts, 1722, title printed in red & black, with engraved printer's device, engraved frontispiece, engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces, front free pastedown with near contemporary ink manuscript ownership inscription, contemporary panelled calf, remnants of gilt-lettered spine label, some wear to extremities, 12mo, plus: [Aler, Paul] , Gradus ad Parnassum; sive, novus synonymorum, epithetorum, phrasium poeticarum, ac versuum thesaurus ..., editio novissima, London: Took & Cockerill, 1694, lacking all before title, title (with early ink manuscript annotations and crossed-out ownership names) creased and frayed with losses at fore-edge, title verso and head of p.5 with early ink manuscript ownership names, a couple of leaves chipped and frayed at fore-edge, final text leaf with early ink manuscript annotations, lacking rear endpapers, contemporary blind-tooled calf, worn, thick 12mo, and 6 others 17th & 18th century, including: The Club: in a Dialogue between Father and Son, by James Puckle, 1st edition, London: printed for the author, 1711; Mathematicks made Easie, by Joseph Moxon, 2nd edition corrected and much enlarged by Henry Coley, London: J. Moxon, 1694, lacking portrait frontispiece and 4th (folding) plate (Qty: 13)NOTESFirst item: ESTC T67134. First duodecimo edition, issued by Bernard Lintot to follow on from the success of his printing of the 'Iliad' in a small format.
Prynne (William). Suspention Suspended. Or, The divines of Syon-Colledge late claim of the power of suspending scandalous persons, from the Lords Supper (without sequestring them from any other Publicke Ordinance, or the society of Christians) and that by the very will and appointment of Jesus Christ (not by vertue of any ordinance of Parliament) from whom they receive both their office and authority; briefly examined, discussed, refuted by the Word of God, and arguments deduced from it..., London: printed by T.B. for Michael Sparke, 1646, [4],41,[1]pp., title within decorative typographic border, dedication leaf a little cropped at foot, some browning and spotting, 19th century half calf, upper joint cracked, extremities rubbed, slim 4to, together with: Ibid. , The Opening of the Great Seale of England. Containing certain Brief Historicall and Legall Observations, touching the Originall, Antiquity, Progresse, use, Necessity of the Great Seal of the Kings and Kingdoms of England, in respect of Charters, Patents, Writs, Commissions, and other Processe..., Lodon [sic]: Printed for Michael Spark Senior, 1643, [2],32,[2]pp., title within decorative typographic border, with final errata leaf, modern boards, slim 4to, Ibid. , The Substance of a Speech made in the House of Commons by Wil. Prynn of Lincolns-Inn, Esquire; on Munday the Fourth of December, 1648. Touching the Kings Answer to the Propositions of both Houses upon the whole Treaty, whether they were satisfactory, or not satisfactory..., 3rd edition, London: Printed for Mich. Spark, 1649, [2],70,63-310 (i.e. 110),95-119pp., without portrait frontispiece, typographic border to title and with early signature Tho. Leigh to upper margin of title (torn to lower blank margin), some browning and light dust-soiling, bookplate of Henry Baird Leete to upper pastedown and D.G. Mackenzie to lower pastedown, early 20th century cloth, black morocco title label to spine, covers dust-soiled, 4to (Qty: 3)NOTESESTC R203299, Wing P4097; ESTC R234376, Wing P4026; and ESTC R38011, Wing P4093.
Ricraft (Josiah). A Survey of Englands Champions and Truths faithfull Patriots, or a Chronologicall Recitement of the principall proceedings of the most worthy Commanders...., facsimile edition, [circa 1818], engraved frontispiece and 21 engraved portrait plates, Extra Illustrated with an additional 20 portrait plates (mostly mounted), some light marginal browning & spotting, contemporary half morocco, extremities rubbed, 8vo, together with: Holles (Denzil). Lord Hollis his Remains: being a Second Letter to a friend, concerning the Judicature of the Bishops in Parliament, 2 parts in one, London: R. Janeway, 1682, text continuous despite erratic pagination, contemporary sheep, wear at head & foot of spine, 8vo (Wing H2466) (Qty: 2)NOTESThe first title is a facsimile edition originally published in 1647, with the additional title page of "The Civill Warres of England" (1649); the same work reprinted with a new title and falsely ascribed to John Leycester (Wing 1428).
![[Roscio, Giulio]. Ritratti et elogii di capitani illustri. Dedicati all' altezza seren.ma di Francesco d'Este dvca di Modona,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0450faa8-8d79-4719-b091-abb300cb473d/53e3d924-4929-44a9-b813-abb400fc4346/468x382.jpg)
[Roscio, Giulio]. Ritratti et elogii di capitani illustri. Dedicati all' altezza seren.ma di Francesco d'Este dvca di Modona, Rome: Pompilio Totti, 1635, engraved title within decorative border (slightly torn & frayed to outer corners), half-title & preliminary leaves misbound (with one leaf lacking), numerous engraved portrait illustrations, also lacking 5 leaves of text (gathering C & leaf G1), page numbers 61-64 repeated and 77-80 omitted in pagination, few closed tears, some scattered worm holes & trails, some leaves strengthened at gutter and fore-edge, occasional dampstaining, 19th century quarter sheep, worn, 8vo in 4s, together with: Visdomini (Francesco) , Lettere ... scritte a? nome di diversi Cardinali, e d'altri Principi secolari. Con nuove aggiunte, Venice: Alessandro de'Vecchi, 1626, woodcut portrait to title and with manuscript initials 'C.M.S.' to lower blank margin, short worm trail to upper blank margins of few leaves, occasional light dampstains and spotting, contemporary limp vellum, spotted & marked, without ties, 4to in 8s, [Craufurd, James] , The History of the House of Esté ... Wherein likewise the most considerable revolutions of Italy from the year 452 to the year 1598 are briefly touched, London: Printed by J.M. for Rich. Chiswell, 1681, engraved portrait frontispiece, leaves a3 & a4 of preface misbound at rear of volume, armorial bookplate of Sir John Cope Bt. to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, joints cracked, 8vo (Qty: 3)NOTESSold with all faults, not subject to return.
Tempesta ( Domenico ). Vite et effigie di tutti li pontefici romani con le loro armi, cominciando da Christo Sig. N., sino ad Urbano VIII, brevemente raccolte da Domenico Tempesta..., Rome: Giacomo Crulli di Marcucci, 1624, engraved title with decorative border (small central hole not affecting text), numerous full-page portrait illustrations, armorial bookplate of William Carr to upper pastedown, early 19th century marbled calf, gilt decorated spine with red leather title label, some wear mostly to upper joint and head of spine, 8vo, together with: Platina (Bartholomeo) , Le vite de' pontefici di Bartolomeo Platina cremonese, 2 volumes, Venice: Girolamo Savioni, 1730, half-title to volume 1, woodcut portrait illustrations, armorial bookplate of Lord Farnham to upper pastedown, contemporary vellum, 4to, Landi (Filippo) , Istoria di S. Francesca Romana, e della sua ... congregazione delle Signore Oblate di Torre di Specchi, Lucca: Giovanni Riccomini, 1771, occasional toning and light spotting, contemporary vellum, 4to, Fabroni (Angelo) , Magni Cosmi Medicei vita..., Pisa: Alexander Landi, 1789, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece of Cosimo Medici after Pontormo, 19th century calf, gilt crest at head of spine, upper board detached, lower joint cracked, some wear, 4to, and 2 others (Qty: 7)NOTESRossetti, Rome, A Bibliography, 10867b for the first work.
Bindings. Storia del Granducato di Toscana de Riguccio Galluzzio , new edition , 11 volumes , Florence, 1822, engraved portrait frontispieces to volume 1 & 11, engraved folding decorative pedigree at rear of volume 11, occasional scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Lord Northwick to upper pastedows, contemporary half vellum, gilt decorated spines with green morocco title labels, slight soiling and spotting to covers, 8vo, together with A Catalogue of Pictures, Statues, Busts, Antique Columns ... with notices of the large collection of Books in the various apartments, at Hendersyde Park, to which is added some particulars of the House and adjoining Buildings..., Printed for Private Circulation, 1859, tinted lithograph frontispiece, light toning and some spotting, contemporary dark blue calf gilt, 8vo, and I Genitori di Torquato Tasso note storche raccolte da Pier Desiderio Pasolini, Rome, Ermanno Loescher, 1895, frontispiece, plates and folding facsimile document, top edge gilt, contemporary red half morocco by Birdsall of Northampton, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, plus other English & Continental 19th century decorative bindings (Qty: 26)
* Hair Jewellery - Duke of Wellington (1769-1852). A small selection of silvery strands of hair belonging to the Duke of Wellington, professionally matted in black against a dark background and beneath an oval colour portrait of the Duke and a facsimile of the small envelope wrapper in which the hair was discovered, the envelope annotated in ink 'The Duke of Wellington's hair, cut after death for myself, J. Kendall', gilt frame, glazed, overall 36 x 21 cm (Qty: 1)NOTESJames Kenall was Wellington's long-serving valet, who served him for 25 years and was with him when he died. A certificate of authenticity signed by Richard Davie (Autographs & Manuscripts International Ltd) and dated 24 January 2005, is included with the lot.
* Hair Jewellery - John F. Kennedy (1917-1963). Six small strands of hair from President Kennedy presented in a small perspex and gilt decorated frame (overall 4.5 x 3.5 cm) and mounted on a colour-printed certificate of authenticity from famous collector Louis Mushro and supporting paperwork including a further certificate of authenticity signed by Mushro and dated 27 May 2007, the colour certificate showing a facsimile signature of Kennedy and a head-and-shoulders portrait with an affidavit concerning provenance to the left and signed certification from Mushro to the right, overall sheet size 27 x 33 cm (Qty: 1)NOTESThe affidavit reproduced explains that the hair was originally obtained by Paul Martini's grandfather Steve Martini who was the barber in the White House during Kennedy's presidency. Louis Mushro is a well-known collector and dealer in celebrity hair.
* Churchill (Winston Spencer). General Election poster, printed by Tulip Press and published by Col. W.H. Barlow-Wheeler, [1959], printed in black on white paper with central portrait of Churchill's head with letterpress above and below, 'General Election 1959, Woodford Parliamentary Division, Vote for [Churchill] on Thursday, 8th of October 1959', small crease to lower left corner, 38 x 23 cm, together with 6 copies of a related poster printed by Maysigns and published by Barlow-Wheeler, [1959], showing the blue silhouette of Sir Winston Churchill's head with trademark cigar, imprint details to lower margin, 38 x 25 cm, three with some marginal creasing and fraying, plus a related letter on Chartwell letterhead, dated October 1959, with facsimile blue signature, one page, 4to (Qty: 8)
* Recovery Documents. An attractive large vellum Recovery document, dated 21st June 1820, in which Francis Price petitions against Joseph Blower for three messuages, four barns, four stables, one hundred and eighty acres of land, fifty acres of meadow, thirty acres of pasture, together with common and pasture for all manner of cattle in the Parish of Newent, Gloucestershire, with large initial portrait of the King [George III even though George IV had acceded to the throne in January 1820], and decorative border at top and margins, with seal tag retaining defective Royal Wax seal contained in metal skippet, together with 10 further similar recoveries including 5 for Kent, plus Lincolnshire, Warwickshire, Cambridgeshire, Devon and Essex, all with large portrait initials of the King (2 x George II, the remainder George III) and each with Royal Wax Seals appended in metal skippets, the documents largely legible but with some damp-staining and soiling, the seals largely defective with some powdering, and one detached from document tag (Qty: 11)
![* [Brocklehurst, Robert James, 1899-1995]. A group of four commemorative medallions for the 11th-15th International Physiolog](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0450faa8-8d79-4719-b091-abb300cb473d/e5977c96-aab8-472b-8370-abb400fca68d/468x382.jpg)
* [Brocklehurst, Robert James, 1899-1995]. A group of four commemorative medallions for the 11th-15th International Physiological Congresses in Stockholm, 1926, Boston, 1929, Rome, 1932 and Moscow, 1935, each medallion commemorating a famous scientist with a portrait on the obverse and with lettering or decoration to reverse, the largest 65 mm diameter and the smallest 40 mm diameter, each in original presentation box, together with the delegates' metal lapel badge for each of these congresses with stamped delegate number 12, 14, 116 and 163 respectively, original box for final badge still present (Qty: 8)NOTESProfessor Robert Brocklehurst was born in Liverpool in 1899, obtained a degree in physiology at University College, Oxford, and graduated in medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1924. After a short period in the United States he took up the Chair of Physiology at the University of Bristol in 1930, remaining there until 1965. A keen mountaineer, he climbed often in the Alps and Lake District. His obituary is recorded in The Alpine Journal , 1997, p. 357. His delegate number 141 in Boston is confirmed by the programme and list of members published for this occasion. The heads depicted on the medallions are those of Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-86), William Beaumont (1785-1853), Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729-99) and Ivan M. Sechenov (1829-1905).
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[Lawrence, T.E.]. A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under the command of General Sir Edmund H. H. Allenby, July 1917 to October 1918, second edition, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1919, photographic portrait frontispiece of General Allenby with facsimile signature,113 pages of main text, and 56 single-page colour printed maps, with further descriptive text to each map printed to facing leaf, small area of browning (from an old newspaper cutting) to inner margin of preface leaf (verso) and contents leaf (recto), original grey-blue cloth-backed printed boards, generally a good copy, 4to, together with Thompson (Lieut.-Col. R. R.). The Fifty-Second (Lowland) Division 1914-1918, 1st edition, Glasgow, 1923, colour frontispiece, 15 maps, including 13 folding (of which 11 are bound at rear of the volume), numerous monochrome plates after photographs, partly untrimmed, original blue cloth gilt, a very good copy, thick 8vo, plus Howie (David). History of the 1st Lanark Rifle Volunteers: with list of officers, prize winners, men present at Royal Reviews, &c., 1st edition, Glasgow, 1887, viii, 448pp., 3 photogravure portrait plates, original dark green cloth gilt with regimental armorial to upper cover, a very good copy, 8vo (Qty: 3)NOTESOBrien, T. E. Lawrence: A Bibliography (2000), A 011. A Brief Record is a thorough account of the advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force from July 1917 and the end of October 1918, containing many short articles, two of which (the text facing plates 49 and 50, "Sherifian Co-operation in September", and plates 51-53, "Story of the Arab Movement") are by T. E. Lawrence, though unattributed. These were compiled from his notes written originally for the Arab Bureau, which, along with the reports in the Arab Bulletin and The Times, are Lawrence's first published accounts of the Arab campaign. This second edition is the first to be published in England, following the edition issued by the Palestine News in Cairo earlier in the same year.
* Nelson (Horatio, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1758-1805). A ticket for Admiral Lord Nelson's Funeral Procession, 9 January 1806, issued to Doctor Lind, signed by Sir Isaac Heard, Garter Principal King of Arms, his black wax seal, numbered in ink '1102' within a copper engraved border with Fame and two trumpets at head and tomb with crossed palms at foot, printed on stiff card with full margins, slight toning, small nick and a few small marginal spots, 16 x 18.3 cm, laid down on modern paper and hinge-mounted on a later plain paper sheet, with a facsimile note to Mr Kee, navy agent, to Mr Surridge recommending young Horatio Nelson to Captain Suckling, captain of the Seahorse, October 1772, hinge mounted on the same sheet, with a portrait of Nelson and cut facsimile signature 'Nelson & Bronte' beneath (Qty: 1)NOTESAdmiral Lord Nelson was buried in a state funeral at St. Paul's Cathedral on 9 January 1806, following a procession by barge from Greenwich, where he was lying in state, to the Admiralty and then a spectacular procession by land to St. Paul's which took almost four hours to arrive. Doctor Lind may possibly be James Lind (1736-1812), Scottish physician and co-founder of The Royal Society of Edinburgh. He journeyed to Iceland with Joseph Banks in 1772 and later became physician to the royal household. He mentored the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley at Eton in 1809, and is alluded to in his poems. Lind's cousin was James Lind (1716-1794), pioneering naval physician who conducted a control experiment in 1747, the first systematic experiment of its of kind in medicine, to prove citrus fruits can cure scurvy.
* Orme (Edward). The Battles of the British Army in Portugal, Spain and France, from the Year 1808 to 1814, under the Command of England's Great Captain Arthur, Duke Of Wellington, London: edited, published and sold by Edwd Orme, 1815, 13 hand-coloured aquatint roundels each mounted separately on card with printed text verso (diameter 6.6 cm), housed in original bronze medallion case, obverse with profile portrait of Wellington facing left, reverse with title 'Picture Medal' and allegorical depiction of Victory, signed both sides 'Porter F.', reverse signed 'Edwd Orme Direx[it]', engraved roundel title mounted to inside of both obverse and reverse, linen hinges (see Abbey) perished with concomitant slight loss of text on verso to 'Battle of Waterloo' and 'Battle of Albuera' roundels and more extensive loss of text to 'Battle of Busaco', verso of 'Battle of Talavera' slightly marked (Qty: 1)NOTESAbbey Life 466. An uncommon set of aquatints commemorating Wellington's victory in the Peninsular War. They were later reissued in Jehoshaphat Aspin's Naval and Military Exploits (1820; see Abbey Life 350 and Tooley 71). According to Abbey the roundels were originally all joined together and were accompanied by a red leather case as well as the bronze medallion case. In this set the second roundel is named 'Passage of the Douro', which Abbey names 'Oporto'.
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[Price-Davies, Llewelyn Alberic Emilius, 1878-1965]. Second Boer War journal, 8 October 1900 - 24 February 1902, contemporary manuscript fair copy, [274] pp., stationer's ink-stamp 'Creswick & Co.' to rear pastedown, contemporary roan-backed pebble-grain cloth, spine worn, front joint cracking, 4to (22.8 x 18 cm), 2 pen-and-ink sketch maps laid in (12.5 x 20 cm and 25 x 20 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Herefordshire. The unpublished Second Boer War journal of VC and DSO recipient Llewelyn Price-Davies, transcribed from his letters probably by a family member or other associate working under his instruction. (The two accompanying sketch-maps, presumably made on the spot by Price-Davies himself, are in a slightly different hand from the journal, and one contains an annotation seeming to address the putative copyist: 'Sorry it is rather messy but I think you will understand it. Also contours don’t end off properly at the Vaal which was put in afterwards when I found my mistake.') Although the manuscript is unsigned it is attributable with certainty to Price-Davies, then a junior officer in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, on internal evidence including the author’s vivid account of his actions at Blood River Poort on 17 September 1901 and his receipt of the Victoria Cross on the recommendation of Hubert Gough: charging a group of 400 flanking Boers, Price-Davies was shot off his horse having ‘ridden to what seemed to be almost certain death without a moment’s hesitation’ ( London Gazette , 29 November 1901). The letters relate in minute detail Price-Davies’s activity during the war’s guerrilla phase, including service in the flying columns of Dartnell and Spens, skirmishes with Boer commandos, camp life and recreation, relationships with brother officers, interactions with burghers and 'kaffirs', and the British army’s scorched earth policy and technological experimentation; there are also candid discussions of the British command including Kitchener, Gough, Buller and Allenby, and a favourable portrait of Louis Botha. Price-Davies’s family papers are now in the Imperial War Museum. The National Army Museum holds a collection of papers including 'diaries [which] relate to Price-Davies's career in the Boer War, in World War I ... and with the Home Guard (1940-44)' (Cook et al., Sources in British Political History, 1900-1951 , II p. 63). A selection of his World War I letters was published in 2013 (at The History Press, Stroud).
Ralfe (James). The Naval Chronology of Great Britain; or, an Historical Account of Naval and Maritime Events, from the Commencement of the War in 1803, to the end of the year 1816, 3 volumes, London: Whitmore & Fenn, 1820, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, 59 uncoloured aquatint plates, subscribers list, one or two plates close-trimmed, some light offsetting and spotting, all edges gilt, later navy-blue half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 3)NOTESAbbey Life 342; Sabin 67602; Tooley 392.
Hamley (Edward Bruce). The Operations of War Explained and Illustrated, 1st edition, William Blackwood & Sons, 1866, 17 folding maps and plans, original blue-green chalk-glazed endpapers, with bookplate of Lord Northwick to front pastedown, original blind-decorated cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed and spine lightly faded, large 8vo, together with Home (Major Robert). A Precis of Modern Tactics, 1st edition, 1873, monochrome heliotype frontispiece depicting the Battle of Marengo, 25 mostly single-page plates (one with overlays), original blue cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, large 8vo, plus Jackson (Robert). A View of the Formation, Discipline, and Economy of Armies, 3rd edition, revised, with a memoir of his life and services, Parker, Fernevall and Parker, 1845, lithographed portrait frontispiece, original blindstamped green cloth, some marks to covers and faded to brown on spine and outer edges, 8vo, and Soady (France James), Lessons of War as Taught by the Great Masters and Others; selected and arranged from the various operations of war, 1st edition, William H. Allen & Co., 1870, some spotting to preliminary leaves, bookplate of James Frederick Lewis, Royal Engineers to front pastedown, partly broken on inner hinges, original red cloth gilt, rubbed and marked with some light stains, large 8vo, plus two others related: Modern Tactics by Captain H. R. Gall, 3rd edition, revised, with new maps, W.H. Allen & Co., 1894, & The Theory of War illustrated by numerous examples from military history, by Lieutenant-Colonel P.L. MacDougall, 3rd edition, 1862 (bookplate of Lord Northwick to front pastedown), both original cloth gilt in generally good condition, 8vo (Qty: 6)
Nicolas (Sir Nicholas Harris). The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson with Notes, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Henry Colburn, 1844, engraved portrait frontispiece of Nelson after F.L. Abbot, folding facsimile letter to front of second volume, original publisher's blindstamped blue cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed, spines somewhat fade, 8vo, together with Bourchier (Lady), Memoir of the Life of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington. With selections from his public and private correspondence, edited by his daughter Lady Bourchier, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Longmans, Green & Co., 1873, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, several maps, plans, etc., original blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some marks with puncture to centre of spine of first volume, upper inner hinges to each volume loosened, large armorial bookplate of Sir Robert Uniacke Penrose FitzGerald Bart to front pastedown of each volume, with autograph letter from Geoffrey Codrington, presenting the books to a Mr Wynne, dated 28 December 1950, loosely inserted at front of first volume, plus Gamlin (Hilda). Nelson's Friendships, 2 volumes, Hutchinson & Co., 1899, monochrome illustrations, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed, and other British naval history of the 18th and 19th century, including Oliver Warner, Nelson's Battles, Batsford, 1965, Captain Barrie Kent, Signal! A history of signalling in the Royal Navy, 1993, Geoffrey Wilson, The Old Telegraphs, 1976, Edward Clarence Paget, Memoir of the Honble. Sir Charles Paget, G.C.H., 1778-1839, Longmans, 1913, A collection of works by Alexander Kent, George P. B. Naish, Nelson's Letters to His Wife and Other Documents, 1785-1831, Navy Record Society, 1958, etc., all original cloth, many in dust wrappers, 8vo (Qty: 70)
Healy (Timothy Michael). Stolen Waters, A Page in the Conquest of Ulster, 1st edition, Longman, Green & Co., 1913, errata slip pasted in before first leaf of main text, a few light spots to preliminary leaves, original dark green cloth gilt, a few minor marks (generally a good copy), together with [Street, Cecil John Charles]. The Administration of Ireland, 1920. By 'I.O.', 1st edition, Philip Allan & Co., April 1921, monochrome portrait frontispiece of Sir Hamar Greenwood, a few light spots to preliminary leaves, original green cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, plus Handbook of the Ulster Question. Issued by the North Eastern Boundary Bureau, 1st ediiton, Dublin, Stationery Office, 1923, folding maps, one text leaf (pages 105/106 torn without loss), original cloth-backed boards with colour pictorial upper cover designed by Theodora Harrison, lightly rubbed and outer corners a little bumped, 8vo, and Dunsany (Lord). Tales of War, 1st edition, Dublin, Talbot Press, 1918, light browning to endpapers, original dark blue cloth-backed boards, plus others on the history of Ireland and the Irish struggle for independence, including The Life of Charles Stewart Parnell 1846-1891, by R. Barry O'Brien, 2 volumes, 1898, The Complete Works of Padraic H. Pearse, 2 volumes & Patrick H. Pearse, by Louis N. Le Roux, together 3 volumes, Phoenix Publishing Co., circa 1920, The Ulster Land War of 1770 (The Hearts of Steel), by Francis Joseph Bigger, 1st editon, Dublin, 1910, Life and Letters of George Wyndham, by J.W. Mackail and Guy Wyndham, 2 volumes, circa 1905, The Germans in Cork, being the letters of His Excellency The Baron von Kartoffel, reprinted, December 1917, The Last Independent Parliament of Ireland, by George Sigerson, Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1918, etc., all early to mid-20th century publications, mostly original cloth, some in dustwrappers, all 8vo (Qty: approximately 60)
Eustace (John Chetwode) . A Tour Through Italy, exhibiting a view of its scenery, its antiquities, and its monuments;..., 2 volumes, printed for J. Mawman, 1813, modern endpapers, some light spotting & toning, uniform modern half calf, minor rubbing & marks, large 4to, together with: Ashmole (Elias) , The Institution, Laws & Ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter;..., printed for Thomas Dring, 1793, 9 black & white engraved plates, lacking portrait, period inscriptions to front endpaper & head of the title page, bookplate to verso of the title page, some light toning throughout, wear to head & foot of some plates, contemporary full mottled calf, lacking spine, boards slightly rubbed, folio, and Rycaut (Paul) , The Lives of the Popes, from the time of our Saviour Jesus Christ, to the Reign of Sixtus IV, originally written in Latin by Baptista Platina, 1685, black & white engraved portrait frontispiece, modern endpapers, some minor spotting, light marks & toning, modern calf spine retaining contemporary full calf boards with some minor loss, large 8vo, plus other 17th, 18th & 19th century reference & literature, including Italy, A Poem, by Samuel Rogers, 1838 (large paper copy) bound in contemporary full dark green morocco, Rev. William Shepherd, The Life of Poggio Bracciolini, 1st edition, Liverpool, 1802, rebound in modern quarter brown morocco, Rev. J.E. Jackson, Wulfhall and The Seymours. With an appendix of original documents discovered at Longleat, Devizes, 1875, author's presentation copy to the Honorable Percy Feilding, dated September 3rd 1875, bound in contemporary maroon half morocco, mostly leather bindings, many gilt decorated, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (Qty: 3 shelves)NOTESApproximately 65 volumes
Roscoe (William) . The Life of Lorenzo de'Medici, called The Magnificent, 2 volumes, printed by J. McCreery, Liverpool, 1795, black & white portrait frontispiece to volume 1, modern endpapers, some light spotting & offsetting, modern half calf to marbled boards, slightly rubbed, 4to, The Life and Pontificate of Leo The Tenth , 4 volumes, printed by J. McCreery, Liverpool, 1805, 4 black & white frontispieces, modern endpapers, some spotting & offsetting, modern half calf to marbled boards, rubbed to head & foot, 4to, together with: Simonde de Sismondi (J. C. L.) , Histoire des Republiques Italiennes du Moyen Age, new edition, 10 volumes, Paris, 1840, 10 black & white frontispieces plus illustrations, bookplates to front pastedowns, period inscriptions to front endpapers, ex-library copies with associated marks, some spotting & light marginal toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and [Sammelband] , Il Diario di Burcardo quadro Dei Costumi della Corts di Roma..., Strenna Pel 1861, by A. Bianchi-Giovini, Milan, 1860, La Federazione Latina a mezzo dell'unità Francese, Italiana ed Iberica di Charles de la Vernne.., Milan, 1863, Il Conte Camillo di cavour documenti editii e inediti per Nicomede Bianchi, Torino, 1863, monochrome frontispiece & half-title, bookplate to front pastedown, period inscription in Italian to the front endpaper, some minor spotting, contemporary gilt decorated green quarter morocco, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th Italian & French language literature & reference, mostly leather bindings, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (Qty: 3 shelves)NOTES82 volumes
Talbot Rice (David) . The Church of Haghia Sophia at Trebizond, Edinburgh University Press, 1968, 12 colour plates, numerous black & white illustrations, publishers original cloth, minor mark to front board, minor rubbing to head & foot of spine, large 8vo, together with: Fraser (Douglas [editor]) , Essays in the History of Art presented to Rudolf Wittkower, Essays in the History of Architecture presented to Rudolf Wittkower, 2 volumes, 1st editions, 1967, publishers uniform original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, and Lehmann-Haupt (Hellmut [editor]) , Homage To A Bookman, essays on manuscripts, books and painting written for Hans P. Kraus..., Berlin, 1967, inscribed by Hans P. Kraus to the portrait frontispiece, black & white illustrations, publishers original red cloth, 4to, plus other cultural history, antiquities, and literature, mostly 20th century publications, including Studies in Medieval History presented to F.M. Powicke, 1948, Bookbindings & Other Bibliophily, Essays in Honour of Anthony Hobson, circa 1993, signed by Anthony Hobson to title, To Illustrate the Monuments, Essays on Archaeology presented to Stuart Piggott, 1976, etc., mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves & a carton)
Barker (William Burckhardt) , Lares And Penates: or, Cilica And Its Governors;..., 1853, black & white folding map with minor tear to right side, plus numerous illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor toning, contemporary gilt decorated full calf bound by Carss & Coy, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo together with; Burns (Robert) , The Works of Robert Burns, with an account of his life..., edited by James Currie, 3 volumes, new edition, 1819, black & white engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some light spotting & toning, contemporary gilt decorated half calf bound by David Bryce & Son, spines lightly rubbed, 8vo and Robertson (William) , The History of Scotland, 3 volumes, 17th edition, 1806, black & white engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some light spotting & toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed with minor loss to spine labels, lacking complete spine labels to volumes 2 & 3, 8vo, plus other 19th century literature & reference, all gilt decorated leather bindings, including An Inquiry into the Nature and Cauuses of the Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith, 3 volumes, 5th edition, 1789, overall condition is generally fair/very good, 8vo/4to (Qty: 3 shelves)NOTESApproximately 90 volumes
Jevons (W. Stanley). Letters and Journal of W. Stanley Jevons, edited by his wife, 1st edition, Macmillan & Co., 1886, portrait frontispiece, original rust-brown cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, together with: Wagner (Richard). My Life, 2 volumes, Constable and Company Ltd., 1911, original red cloth gilt, 8vo, plus: Arber (Edward). An English Garner, in gatherings from our history and literature, 7 volumes bound in 14, mixed editions, 1877-83, contemporary pale blue cloth, rubbed and some marks and spines discoloured, and other late 19th & early 20th century history and literature, biographies, etc., including Mary Granville, The Autobiography And Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs.Delany:..., 6 volumes, 1861-62, black & white illustrations , modern endpapers, some light spotting & toning, large tear to folding family tree in volume 6, publishers uniform original embossed red cloth, spines faded & lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, S.A. Reitsma, Van Stockum's Travellers' Handbook for the Dutch East Indies, The Hague, W.P. Van Stockum & Son Ltd., 1930, etc. all original cloth, some odd volumes, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)
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Scholes (Percy A. [editor]) . Dr. Burney's Musical Tours in Europe, 2 volumes, Oxford, 1959, 2 black & white portrait frontispieces, bookplates to front endpapers, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, spines faded & slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with: Finburg (Alexander J.) , The History of Turner's Liber Studiorum with a new catalogue, 1924, signed by the author to the limitation page, numerous monochrome illustrations, some minor spotting, publishers original cloth, boards & spine lightly marked, 4to, limited edition 261/650, and Seznac (Jean & Jean Adhémar) , Diderot Salons, 2 volumes, deuxième edition, Oxford, 1975, original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot with minor loss to head of volume 2, 4to, plus other miscellaneous 19th century & modern history & art reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 3 shelves & a carton)
Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). Ian Hamilton's March, 1st edition, Longmans, Green, & Co., 1900, portrait frontispiece, folding map, two leaves of publisher's advertisements and 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, some spotting, signed by the author 'Winston S. Churchill' in brown ink to front free endpaper with additional words 'From' and '1902' above and below in another hand, probably that of Percy Wilson Brown, original dark red cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, faded on spine, together with: Churchill (Winston Spencer) , London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, 1st edition, Longmans, Green, & Co., 1900, 4 maps (3 folding including colour frontispiece), single leaf publisher's advertisement and 32-page publisher's catalogue at rear, some spotting throughout, contemporary autograph ownership inscription of Percy W. Brown, 2/Gordon Highlanders, Durban, 18 June 1900, to front free endpaper, original pictorial light brown cloth, spine titled and decorated in gilt and red, rubbed and soiled, both 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESWoods A5 & A4(a). Signed first edition copies of Ian Hamilton's March are very rare, this being a near-contemporary signature seemingly done for Brigadier General Percy Wilson Brown CMG DSO (1876-1954).
Langsdorff (Georg Heinrich von). Bemerkungen auf einer Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1803 bid 1807, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Frankfurt: Friedrich Wilmans, 1812, engraved portrait frontispieces, 43 engraved plates, one folding plate of music, black ink stamps to titles, small red ink stamps to final plate versos in each volume, some light offsetting and offsetting, bookplates of Donald H. Graham Jr. (1914-2010, US real estate developer and Chinese bronze mirror collector), contemporary half calf, red labels to spines, tears and splits to spines, covers rubbed with some wear to corners, 4to (Qty: 2)NOTESHill 968; Howes L81; Sabin 38895-6. Contains the first published view of San Francisco, not included in the English translation of 1813-14. 'Langsdorff was naturalist to Krusenstern's expedition, which he had quitted at Kamschatka, and explored the Aleutian Isles, the Northwest Coast, California etc., and returned overland through Siberia. His work contains a fuller account of Sitka, the Settlement of St. Francisco etc., than any other' (Sabin).
Polar Exploration. The Geographical Journal, vol. 3, Jan-Jun, 1894, London: Royal Geographical Society, 1894, 8 folding lithograph maps (some in colour), monochrome illustrations, light toning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Thomas Parkin to upper pastedown, original blue cloth gilt, 8vo (includes the Challenger Expedition Antarctic number), together with: Brogger (W.C. & Rolfsen, Nordahl) , Fridtiof Nansen 1861-1893, Translated by William Archer, London, New York & Bombay: Longmans, Green & Co., 1896, half-title, wood engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 folding colour lithograph maps, 7 plates and numerous monochrome illustrations, ownership signature to front free blank, original black cloth with blocked illustration and decoration in silver, 8vo, Mill (Hugh Robert) , The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1923, half-title (spotted), monochrome portrait frontispiece and plates, map to text, scattered spotting, original dark blue cloth gilt, 8vo, and others including Lost in the Arctic being the Story of the 'Alabama' Expedition, 1909-1912, by Ejnar Mikkelsen, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1913 (ex-library copy); Southern Cross to Pole Star Tschiffely's Ride, Being the Account of 10,000 Miles in the Saddle through the Americas from Argentina to Washington, by A.F. Tschiffely, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1933; The Voyages of Captain Scott, by Charles Turley, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1914; The Purchase of the North Pole, by Jules Verne, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., circa 1890s; Bibliographie Antarctique, by J. Denuce, facsimile edition, London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 2002 (one of 50 copies printed); and Breaking the Record, The Story of Three Arctic Expeditions, by M. Douglas, London, Edinburgh & New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1898 (Qty: 9)
Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia. After Lithographs by Louis Haghe from Drawings made on the Spot. With Historical Descriptions by George Croly [-William Brockedon], 6 volumes in 3, London: Day & Son, 1855-6, 248 lithographic plates (including portrait frontispiece and 6 vignette titles) and 2 engraved maps (numbered 125 and 212), tissue-guards throughout, 2 of the plates (213 and 240, i.e. 'Interview with Mehemet Ali in his Palace, Alexandria' and 'The Simoon in the Desert') printed in colours, the rest single- or double-tinted, variable spotting, marbled endpapers, contemporary purple morocco, spines richly gilt in compartment, hop-leaf roll to sides gilt, coat of arms incorporating Jerusalem cross and crusader motto 'Deus vult' to front covers, some light rubbing to extremities, housed in a custom blue cloth slipcase, 4to (29 x 19.5 cm) (Qty: 3)NOTESProvenance: Peter William Monckton Copeman (1932-2018), English dermatologist (bookplates). Abbey Travel 388 (volumes 1-4 only); Blackmer 1432 refers. First quarto edition, and the second overall, of Roberts's masterpiece of travel and lithography. The work was first published in 1842-9, in folio format; the format of the present edition is occasionally described as imperial octavo. Volumes five and six (for which Abbey does not provide a collation) each have a list of illustrations on a single leaf and 22 and 19 leaves of descriptive text respectively.
John Scott (British, 1802-1885)Portrait of the Frank Shaw off Tynemouth signed and dated 'J.Scott/1865' (lower right)oil on canvas76.2 x 118.5cm (30 x 46 5/8in).Footnotes:ProvenanceCommissioned by William Edward Kirby, Master of the Frank Shaw 1862-66.Thence by descent to the present owner.Please note that copies of William Edward Kirby's Master certificates are available to view upon request.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: PP This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Five 19th century watercolour on ivory portrait miniatures including a portrait of Madame de Lamballe Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, signed A Thumerette, the remaining four examples unsigned, and four further printed examples, all framed and glazed, two frames enamelled (9).Additional InformationSome damage to the enamel where applicable, general wear and tear.
NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL; a watercolour on ivory portrait miniature depicting a fair haired gentleman in formal dress, housed in yellow metal framed mourning locket with lock of hair surrounding indistinct initials verso, 6.2 x 5.6cm excluding bale.Additional InformationSome dents, misshaping, some damage to the initialled section, some visible dirt, scratches, some visible paint loss, etc.
NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL; oil on canvas, portrait of a gentleman member of the Radford family of Manchester and later Newcastle, in formal red dress coat, appartenly unsigned, 53.5 x 43cm, in gilt frame, and a related family tree tracing the family from the 10th to the 19th centuries, framed and glazed (2).Additional InformationPainting is very dry with crazing and craquelure, there is quite a strange effect where, particularly the outlines of the face and collar project prominently, there is an area of damage lower left where the painting may have been subject to heat and some pock marks to the surface. A strange area of finishing or brushwork to his forehead. Frame heavily worn with some splits, this painting is very dirty and will need a thorough clean.
NIGEL LAMBOURNE (1919-1989); pencil study, portrait of a seated lady, signed and dated 1950, bears City Art Gallery Salford exhibition label verso, dated 1954, 38 x 28cm, framed and glazed. (D)Additional InformationThis lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk
OF BARBADOS, SLAVE & NAVAL IMPORTANCE; a George III hallmarked silver Lloyds Patriotic Fund silver and silver gilt vase and cover of Adam design by Samuel Hennell, the lift-off cover with knop finial above angled swept handles and laurel wreath cartouche inscribed 'This cup is presented by the underwriters of Lloyds Coffee House to Captain George Keyzar of The Ship Irlam as a testimony of his gallant conduct in beating a French privateer of superior force on his voyage to Barbadoes [sic] July 1804', on spreading embossed circular foot, London 1804, height 30.5cm, approx 32ozt, sold with an ink and watercolour portrait purporting to be Captain Keyzar, unsigned, approx 30 x 22cm, framed and glazed (2).The Ship Irlam was launched in 1800 from Liverpool as a West Indiaman sailing between Liverpool and Barbados. Although a merchantman not a privateer, she made an unusually aggressive use of her letter of marque capturing or re-capturing four vessels. She sank from a dramatic wrecking in 1812. Captain Keyzar is mentioned as one of several captains of the 24 gun vessel, and was involved in the manumission (setting free) of slaves on behalf of free coloureds and others in Barbados. He is mentioned on nine deeds in relation to manumission (see Pedro L V Welch, 'Unhappy and Afflicted Women? Free Coloured Women on Barbados: 1780-1834, Inter American University Press 1999).Additional InformationA couple of small dents to the rim of the lid, pin head sized dents elsewhere but a good solid gauge inscription, clear hallmark, clear and a good piece of naval history.
WINCHESTER; a deactivated .32 (W.C.F) 'Model 1873' lever-action rifle, number 25059B, the 'Third Model' receiver and later profusely engraved with foliate scroll work, the hammer, lever, dust cover, rail and, full length of barrel and rear sight all engraved en suite, the side plates with Native American warriors, the front and rear flats engraved with portrait busts of Native Americans, the stock carved with portrait busts, with steel butt-plate, the fore end carved with oak leaves surrounding a buffalo skull mask, octagonal bow with half length magazine tube, 24" barrel.Additional InformationWe are able to ship to London via Bradley's, or Mailboxes etc. It does not have a complete, functioning shooting mechanism as it is deactivated. It has been deactivated according to the measures conforming to the requirements of the common minimum technical specifications set out in the commission implementing regulation EU 2018-337 of 5th March 2018. It was deactivated on 10th December 2019.
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