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Lot 1184
20th Century watercolour, Continental lake scene with town and mountains, monogrammed A.K. for Arthur Kemp, bearing label verso, together with another oriental watercolour, figures and building in a landscape, a gilt framed modern print and a group of nine gilt framed coloured prints of London
Lot 96
Pona Francesco. L'Ormondo... All'illustrissimo, & eccellentissimo signor d. Luigi d'Este principe di Modena. In Padova: presso Paolo Frambotto, 1635. LEGATO CON: Pallavicino Ferrante. Il sole ne' pianeti cioé le grandezze della serenissima republica di Venetia panegirico... Padova: Paolo Frombotto, 1635. Two works in one volume, 4° (200x148 mm). I: [8], 204, [4] pages. Woodcut printer's device on the title-page. Woodcut decorated initials, head- and tailpieces. II: [4], 98, [2] pages. Woodcut printer's device on the title-page. Woodcut decorated initials, and headpieces. Text within double woodcut fillet. A good copy, a few leaves uniformly browned, title-page mounted on paper strip. Contemporary vellum over pasteboards. Edges speckled brown. Spine widely restored, and covered with calf. Presentation copy, as the manuscript note on the front fluleaf attests 'Don de l'Autheur 1636 [...]'. Ownership inscription on the title-page of the first edition bound, 'ex libris francisci [...] Medici'. Ex libris of Alberto Francesco Floncel on the front pastedown and to the verso of both title-pages. First and rare edition - in a precious presentation copy - of this popular and highly interesting novel by the physician and writer Francesco Pona (1595-1655), which narrates the adventures of the 'condottiero' Ormondo and his beloved Rosidora, on the background of the wars between England and Scotland. The volume also contains the rare first edition of the first work in print by the prolific writer from Parma Ferrante Pallavicino (1615-1644). The Il sole ne' pianeti is a panegyric of the venetian Republic.Due opere legate in un volume in-4° (mm 200x148). I: Pagine [8], 204, [4]: Marca tipografica xilografica al frontespizio. Capilettera, testatine e finalini xilografici. II: [4], 98, [2]. Marca tipografica xilografica al frontespizio. Capilettera e testatine xilografici. Testo inquadrato da duplice filetto xilografico. Buon esemplare, qualche carta uniformemente brunita, frontespizio legato al volume mediante braghetta cartacea. Legatura coeva in pergamena su piatti in cartone. Tagli spruzzati in marrone. Dorso ampiamente restaurato e parzialmente ricoperto in vitello. Copia di dono dell'autore, come attesta la nota manoscritta alla carta di guardia anteriore 'Don de l'Autheur 1636 [...]', ex-libris manoscritto al frontespizio della prima opera 'ex libris francisci [...] Medici'. Ex libris di Alberto Francesco Floncel al contropiatto anteriore e al verso del frontespizio di entrambe le opere. Prima e rara edizione di questo fortunato romanzo eroico-galante, redatto dal medico e letterato Francesco Pona (1595-1655), incentrato sulle vicissitudini del condottiero Ormondo e dell'amata Rosidora, sullo sfondo dello scontro tra Inghilterra e Scozia. L'opera è assai interessante poiché propone tutto il repertorio topico della narrazione romanzesca barocca: le stesse avventure dei protagonisti sono ridotte a semplice cornice di cinque autonomi inserti novellistici. Il volume, impreziosito dall'invio autografo di Francesco Pona, accoglie anche la rara prima edizione dell'opuscolo che inaugurò l'intensa attività letteraria dello scrittore parmense Ferrante Pallavicino (1615-1644), Il sole ne' pianeti, un panegirico in lode di Venezia che gli fu utile per entrare nei favori della classe dirigente della Repubblica di San Marco. Two works in one volume, 4° (200x148 mm). I: [8], 204, [4] pages. Woodcut printer's device on the title-page. Woodcut decorated initials, head- and tailpieces. II: [4], 98, [2] pages. Woodcut printer's device on the title-page. Woodcut decorated initials, and headpieces. Text within double woodcut fillet. A good copy, a few leaves uniformly browned, title-page mounted on paper strip. Contemporary vellum over pasteboards. Edges speckled brown. Spine widely restored, and covered with calf. Presentation copy, as the manuscript note on the front fluleaf attests 'Don de l'Autheur 1636 [...]'. Ownership inscription on the title-page of the first edition bound, 'ex libris francisci [...] Medici'. Ex libris of Alberto Francesco Floncel on the front pastedown and to the verso of both title-pages. First and rare edition - in a precious presentation copy - of this popular and highly interesting novel by the physician and writer Francesco Pona (1595-1655), which narrates the adventures of the 'condottiero' Ormondo and his beloved Rosidora, on the background of the wars between England and Scotland. The volume also contains the rare first edition of the first work in print by the prolific writer from Parma Ferrante Pallavicino (1615-1644). The Il sole ne' pianeti is a panegyric of the venetian Republic.
Lot 107
An early Worcester coffee cup: with grooved loop handle decorated with a coloured transfer print of 'The Fortune Teller, no. 2', after Robert Hancock depicting a lady and companion outside a country house in conversation with the fortune teller, her baby on her back and a further child at her feet, a lake in the background, circa 1754-55, 6 cm. high.
Lot 88
A First Period Worcester teapot and cover: of baluster shape with flower finial and entwined branch handle, transfer printed and coloured with 'The Two Bridges' print after Robert Hancock to one side and 'Ruins' to the other, underglaze blue crossed swords mark with numeral 9 and dot, circa 1770, 15 cm. high.
Lot 680
A Chinese export cup and saucer: painted in sepia monochrome with a European river landscape with a fisherman and water buffalo in the foreground within line and lattice borders, Jiaqing, diameter of saucer 14 cm [damage to rim of saucer].* Notes the decoration reputedly based on an 18th century print of a view on the River Thames at Marlow.
Lot 306
GOOD SELECTIO OF PRINTS AND DECORATIVE PIECES INCLUDING MUSCIAL COLLAGE, THREE BLACK AND WHITE PRINTS AFTER LOUIS DAVIS 1918 VIZ SIR GALLAHAD X 2 AND HOPE FRAMED ALIKE 17" X 4 3/4" (43.2cm x 12cm) COLOUR PRINT AFTER AUBREY BEARDSLEY RE-ISSUED BY COURTIER FINE ARTS 1966 APPROX 20 PIECE IN TOTAL
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