Mathew (Rev. Murray A.). The Birds of Pembrokeshire and its Islands, 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, 1894, 3 photographic plates, 2 folding maps at rear, Large paper copy, original green cloth gilt, 4to, together withCardiff Naturalist's Society. The Birds of Glamorgan, 1st edition, Cardiff: South Wales Printing Works, 1900, all edges gilt, original dark green cloth gilt, a little marked to edges, 4to, plusBull (Henry Gaves). Notes on the Birds of Herefordshire, 1st edition, London: Hamilton, Adams and Co., Hereford: Jakeman & Carver, 1888, photographic portrait frontispiece, some spotting to title, original decorated blue cloth, rubbed, 8vo, and other Welsh ornithology interest including Mathew, The Birds of Pembrokeshire (standard copy), A. G. Forrest, a Handbook to the Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales, 1919, E. Cambridge Phillips, The Birds of Breconshire, 1899, H. E. Forrest, The Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales 1907, T. R Phillips, The Breconshire Border between Wye and Usk with Notes including A First Flora of Breconshire, 1926, Wilfred Neill Phillips, The Birds of Breconshire 1948 (signed by author to title), Glamorgan County History, vol I, Natural History, edited y W. M. Tattersall, 1936 etc., all original cloth, mostly 8voQTY: (12)
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* Gillray (James, after). A collection of ten caricatures, published in 'London und Paris', early 19th century, engraved hand-coloured caricatures, old folds, one (The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver) uncoloured and laid on later card, one duplicate, various sizes and condition, together with a hand-coloured slightly later issue of 'A Pair of Polished Gentlemen' 190 x 110 mm, with Turner (Charles). Mr. James Gillray, H. Humphrey, 1819 [but slightly later impression], uncoloured mixed method engraved portrait, some creasing, 390 x 300 mm QTY: (12)NOTE:The prints consist of. The Kitchin below or Beelzebub going to Supper, The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver, Destruction of the French Gun Boats - or - Little Boney & his Friend Talley in High Glee, A Morning Ride, Preliminaries of Peace (2 copies), The First Kiss of these Ten Years, The Flying Sword run Mad, The Nursery - with Britannia reposing in Peace, Dilettanti Theatricals - or - a Peep at the Green Room [and] A Pair of Polished Gentlemen.
Saalmuller (Max). Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Neue und wenig bekannte arten zumeist aus der Sammlung der Senckenberg'schen naturforschenden gesellschaft zu Frankfurt am Main unter Bertucksichtigung der gesammten Lepidopteren-Fauna Madagascars, 2 parts in one volume, Frankfurt: Selbstverlag der Gesellschaft, 1884-91, additional chromolithograph title for first part, portrait frontispiece of the author to second part, 14 chromolithograph plates, original half burgundy cloth over boards, small closed tear at foot of spine, light corner wear (one bumped), 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Nissen ZBI 3544.
Cleveland (John). The Works of Mr. John Cleveland, containing his Poems, Orations, Epistles, collected into one volume, with the Life of the Author, London: R. Holt for Obadiah Blagrave, 1687, engraved portrait frontispiece, armorial bookplate of the Jollife family to upper pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving original spine, small 8vo, together with:Fenelon (Francois de Salignac de La Mothe). The Maxims of the Saints explained, concerning the interiour life. By the Lord Arch-bishop of Cambray, &c, London: H. Rhodes, 1698, armorial bookplate of Charles Lord Alaynard to upper pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, 12mo, Norris (John). A Collection of Miscellanies, consisting of Poems, Essays, Discourses, and Letters, Oxford: Printed at the Theater for John Crosley Bookseller, 1687, foremargins of few initial leaves with repaired worming, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo,Subligny (Sieur de). La fausse Clelie: Histoire Francoise galante et comique, new edition, Amsterdam: Jaques Waguenar, 1672, additional engraved title, light dust-soiling, near contemporary vellum, 12mo, and two othersQTY: (6)
Galilei (Galileo). Opere di Galileo Galilei ... Nuova edizione coll'aggiunta di varj trattati dell'istesso autore non piu? dati alle stampe. [Edited by Tommaso Buonaventuri], 3 volumes, Florence: Gio. Gaetano Tartini, e Santi Franchi, 1718, half-titles present, engraved portrait of Galileo frontispiece and additional title in volume 1 (printed in red and black and with engraved vignette of Florence), woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, woodcut diagrams and illustrations, bound without folding engraved plate in volume 1, repaired closed tear to Q6 in volume 3, occasional toning and damp stains to upper and lower margins of few leaves (generally in bright clean condition), edges untrimmed and mostly uncut, original limp paper covers, spine of first volume with small area worn, covers rubbed, 4toQTY: (3)NOTE:Cinti 170; Gamba 483; Riccardi i, 520.The second edition of the works of Galileo. Volumes I-II are a reprint of the Bologna edition of 1655-1656; volume III consists of previously unpublished materials.
Curtis (William). Lectures in Botany, as Delivered in the Botanic Garden at Lambeth... arranged from the manuscripts in the possession of his son-in-law, Samuel Curtis..., 3 volumes in one, London: printed for H. D. Symonds and Curtis, 1805, engraved portrait frontispiece, 119 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional light spotting and toning, contemporary half calf gilt, some worming to spine, rubbed with some edge wear, 8vo, together with Curtisw (John). British Entomology; Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland, volumes I & II (Coleoptera) only (of 8), London: printed for the author, 1823-40, 256 hand-coloured engraved plates, some detached, a little minor spotting and toning, previous owner inscription, contemporary cloth gilt, a little rubbed with some fading and stains, 8vo QTY: (3)
* French playing cards. Lyon pattern, type III, Lyon: Delaunay, circa 1765, a deck of 24 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (French suits), probably reduced from a piquet pack of 32 cards for a specific game, comprising 4 suits of 6 (3 courts, ace, 9 & 10), single-figured courts, jack of clubs with LYON, jack of spades with DELAUNAY, lightly toned, scarce minor marks or spots, plain versos, each card 84 x 56 mm, 16 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bag, the board 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Berry, Playing-Cards of the World, French 555; Cary, Fra 80-88; Mann, All Cards on the Table, pp.121-122 & #165; The final changes from the Lyon pattern type II to type III were the addition of an orb with surmounting cross for the king of clubs, and fans for the queens, which according to Sylvia Mann occurred in 1761. This pattern declined when the portrait unifie was established nationally in 1780.
Camden (William). Britannia or a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and the islands Adjacent..., Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries by Richard Gough, 4 volumes, John Stockdale, 1806, portrait frontispiece of William Camden, title page with near-contemporary ownership signature, half-titles to subsequent volumes, 5 plates of coins, 1 folding table, 100 uncoloured engraved plates (including 8 folding) and 56 engraved maps (51 with contemporary hand-colouring) a few maps trimmed to the neatline, occasional spotting, ownership stamp of Robert Montgomery of Conway to the front pastedowns, near-contemporary half vellum gilt with contrasting morocco labels to spines, bumped and a little stained, folioQTY: (4)NOTE:Chubb. CCLXXII. Unusual with contemporary colouring.
Euripides. Euripidis quae extant omnia..., 2 volumes in one, Cambridge: Johannis Hayes, 1694, 2 engraved portrait plates, some browning and spotting, contemporary vellum, rebacked, folio, together with:Diodorus (Siculus). The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian. In fifteen books. The first five, contain the antiquities of Egypt, Asia, Africa, Greece, the islands, and Europe. The last ten, an historical account of the affairs of the Persians, Grecians..., London: Awnsham and John Churchil, 1700, one folding engraved map only of two (missing map provided in facsimile), one single-page engraved map, some browning and spotting, armorial bookplate of Lord Sinclair to upper pastedown and early ownership signature Humphry Hardwick dated 1702, contemporary panelled specked calf, rebacked, folio,Fuller (Thomas). The Church-History of Britain; from the Birth of Jesus Christ, until the Year M. DC. XLVIII., 1st edition, London: John Williams, 1655, general title trimmed to ruled border and lined to verso, folding engraved plan (repaired), double-page and single-page armorial plate, text bound out of sequence throughout volume, modern dark brown sheep, folio QTY: (3)
Lilford (Thomas L Powys). Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 8 volumes (including index volume), 2nd edition, London: R.H. Porter, 1891-97, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 422 chromolithograph or hand-coloured lithographed plates by A. Thorburn and J.G. Keulemans (including "Extra Plate [of Turtle Dove], not issued by Lord Lilford" in volume 4), index volume containing original paper wrappers bound-in, occasional spotting, all mounted on guards, top edge gilt, original publisher's crushed red half morocco gilt by R.H. Porter, lightly rubbed, large 8voQTY: (8)NOTE:Nissen IVB 563; Anker 308; Fine Bird Books, p.91; Wood, p.436; Zimmer, p.399.
Earl of Selkirk. Observations of the Present State of the Highlands of Scotland, with a view of the causes and probable consequences of emigration, 1st edition, London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805, front endpaper inscription by the author to the Duke of Somerset, some light spotting & toning, contemporary mottled full calf, boards & spine very lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Gilpin (William), Three Essays: on Picturesque Beauty; on Picturesque Travel; and on Sketching Landscape:..., 2nd edition, London: printed for R. Blamire, 1794, 8 monochrome plates, some light spotting & minor toning, contemporary blue boards, heavy loss to the spine, boards slightly rubbed & spotted, 8vo, plusAiken (John), A View of the Character and Public Services of the late John Howard, Esq., 1st edition, London: printed for J. Johnson, 1792, portrait frontispiece with some water marks & spotting, period inscription & blind stamp to the head of the title page, some light spotting & offsetting, gutters cracked, later calf spine retaining contemporary mottled full calf boards, slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other miscellaneous topography, history, & natural history reference, some leather bindings, some original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4to, all contained within a circa1900s black painted wooden 6 drawer glass fronted specimen cabinet (39cm x 43cm x 137.5cm)QTY: (Approximately 40 plus a cabinet)
Plaw (John). Sketches for Country Houses, Villas, and Rural Dwellings; Calculated for persons of moderate income, and for comfortable retirement. Also some designs for Cottages, which may be constructed of the simplest materials; with plans and general estimates, 1st edition, London: J.Taylor, 1800, 42 aquatint plates & plans printed in sepia, tissue guards, 2 leaf folding publisher's book list bound-in at rear, occasional scattered spotting, edges untrimmed, additional plate from another similar work tipped onto front free endpaper, and with a pen and ink sketch entitled 'Elevation towards the Park of the entrance Lodge for Laxton Hall by ... H. & A. Repton 1806', drawn on wove paper with old folds (18.5 x 22.8 cm), contemporary marbled boards, upper board detached and lacking spine, slim 4to (Abbey Life 49), together with:[Disney, John]. Memoirs of Thomas Brand-Hollis, Esq., F. R. S. and S. A., London: Printed by T. Gillet, 1808, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved vignette to title and 9 plates (one double-page), some worming to foremargins, occasional spotting and few other marks, edges untrimmed, original boards, modern paper label to upper board, spine worn with loss, cover scuffed and marked, slim 4to QTY: (2)
Pennant (Thomas). A Journey from London to the Isle of Wight, 2 volumes in one, London: Printed at the Oriental Press, by Wilson & Co. for Edward Harding, 1801, half-titles, frontispiece to each volume of folding engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, preface, advertisements and index, 47 uncoloured engraved plates, including one folding (Brighton Pavilion), Plate of William Chillingworth misbound, some spotting throughout, bookplate of N. Webb Esqre. 24 Portland Place, contemporary half calf gilt, bumped and a little worn, spines faded and stained, 4to, together with Gastineau (Henry). Wales Illustrated, in a Series of Views, London: Jones & Co., 1830, two engraved vignette titles, 200 engraved views on 100 plates, tissue guards, occasional light spotting, contemporary half calf with gilt decorated spine, bumped and a little frayed at extremities, 4to, with Gathorne-Hardy (The Hon. A. E.). Autumns in Argyle-Shire with Rod and Gun, Longmans, Green and Co. 1900, additional half-title, dedication, preface and index, 8 uncoloured gravure plates after Archibald Thorburn, very slight spotting, modern half burgundy morocco gilt, 8vo, plus Lumsden (James & Son, publishers). Lumsden & Son's Steam Boat Companion and Stranger's Guide to the Western Islands & Highlands of Scotland..., 1828, letterpress title, 24 uncoloured engraved views on 6 plates, 3 uncoloured engraved folding maps at rear, contemporary burgundy morocco with ornate gilt title to the upper siding and spine, bumped and a little worn, upright 8vo, and Lumisden (Andrew). Remarks on the Antiquities of Rome and its Environs: Being a Classical and Topographical Survey of the Ruins of that Celebrated City, 1st edition, W. Bulmer & Co. 1797, portrait frontispiece, large engraved folding map of the environs of Rome, with a short handling tear, and 10 further engraved maps and plates (including 3 folding) occasional offsetting and spotting, contemporary speckled calf, re-backed, bumped and a little worn, 4toQTY: (6)
A group of ephemera and collectables including Bilston enamel hinged box, cased Georgian / Victorian commemorative tokens, textile remnants probably Georgian with early hot air balloon decoration, each approximately 72 x 23cm, porcelain bust, cutlery with mother of pearl handles and a hardstone portrait seal etc
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang two 10x 8 portrait photos signed by Heather Ripley inscribed Jemima and Adrian Hall inscribed Jeremy. Good condition. Good condition. All autographs 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 £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
INDIA INTEREST - WWII PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, JULY 1943 AND LATER includes a large number of original photographs arranged on annotated pages, city and country, topography and portrait, civilian and some military (this the Victory Air Display and further aircraft in action), includes section titled The 'Real' India observing the poor and marginalised including those suffering afflictions and snake charmers, housed in an album contemporary to the period
Portrait study of a young woman with broad sword in 18th century style, bearing armorial. Oils on panel. 84x70cm approx. together with a reproduction portrait print of Reverend Edward Stillingfleet, Dean of St Pauls and Bishop of Worcester. Print on canvas within good quality gilded frame. (2) (B.P. 21% + VAT)
Two trays of character jugs, mainly Royal Doulton to include: 'The Poacher', 'The Fireman', 'John Doulton', 'Old Salt', 'The Jockey', 'Neptune', 'Merlin' etc, two miniature Royal Doulton 'Aramis' and 'Porthos' character jugs, Kingston pottery 'George II' character jug and two Wood & Sons Pride of Britain Portrait jugs; 'Winston Churchill' and 'Lord Montgomery' etc. (2)(B.P. 21% + VAT)
Victorian leather jewellery box comprising assorted jewellery and other items, to include: cased Ambrotype portrait, dress rings, brooches, to particularly include Art Deco marcasite brooch, cameo pin brooch, swallow and fish brooch, chains, Masonic pendant, enamel wristwatch (face only) etc. (B.P. 21% + VAT)
Box of Welsh interest books to include: 'Portrait of Carmarthenshire' Nick Jenkins 2009, 'Forgotten Welsh Houses', 'A Shilling for Carmarthen' Pat Molloy, Gomer Press 1980, first edition, signed by the author, 'Story of Carmarthen' J & V Lodwick, 'Carmarthen in Pictures, Volume I, The Old Market', Welsh language books etc.(B.P. 21% + VAT)
A COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN AND LATER BROOCHES including a Victorian 15ct yellow gold and diamond Etruscan brooch, the round old-cut diamond approx 3.5mm, bead and wirework surround, glazed compartment to reverse, stamped 'HG&S 15ct', 3.5cm wide, 11.1 grams, together with a portrait postcard depicting a lady wearing the brooch, inscribed to verso Grandma Howe born 1856, brooch 1877; a Victorian yellow metal and shell cameo brooch, carved depicting the profile of a maiden, unmarked, 4.3cm x 3.5cm, 8.7 grams; a Victorian yellow metal and citrine brooch, the large oval mixed-cut citrine surrounded by a scrolling open-work frame, 5cm wide, 17.9 grams; a mid-20th century 18k yellow gold cameo pendant/ brooch, stamped '750', 3cm over loop, 3.4 grams; and a rolled gold portrait pendant, 4.5cm over loop; etc. (6)15ct brooch is good, wear commensurate with age; Victorian cameo has some hairlines, lead solder repair; citrine brooch has glue stuck to the underside of the stone and two each end of the brooch, 18ct cameo has some wear to shell, wear commensurate with age; portrait pendant wear commensurate with age
18TH CENTURY DUTCH SCHOOL, POSSIBLY BY JACOBUS BUYS (1724-1801) PORTRAIT OF A SURGEON TRAINING TO BECOME A PHYSICIAN CIRCA 1780s/1790s Oil on canvas, relinedIt has been suggested the sitter maybe French surgeon studying in Leiden to become a physician. The print is from the 1560s/70s by Bartolomeo Eustachi, reprinted in the 18th century. There may be some connection to the French East India Company. Our thanks to Prof Dr Stephen Martin for his thoughts on the work. 88cm x 70cm
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN THEODORE HEINS (1697-1756) PORTRAIT OF THE REVEREND JOHN CLUBBE (c.1703-1773) Oil on canvas, unframed 66cm x 51cm The Rev John Clubbe was the vicar of the parish of Whatfield in Suffolk and a satirical writer. He was a close friend of the artist Thomas Gainsborough, who painted his portrait twice. The present work was offered as 'Circle of Gainsborough' at Sotheby's on 31st May 1995 (lot 254)
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