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Lot 1216
R NORTIUS; a signed limited edition silkscreen abstract geometric design in bold colours, dated '71 and no. 291/300, image 29.5 x 29.5cm, unframed. (D)Additional InformationPresented in very good condition.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit https://www.dacs.org.uk or https://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 187
BURN (R), THE NEW GUIDE TO CARPENTRY, GENERAL FRAMING AND JOINERY, Fullerton; MACFARLANE'S castings, 7th ed, THE AUTOMOBILE, Cassell and Co; FRANKLIN (W), MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, new ed, 1833; SAUVAGEOT (C), ENSEIGNEMENT DU DESSIN PAR LES SOLIDES, etc. PROVENANCE: The Collection of Jack Tempest.
Lot 84
A Cased .650 (16-Bore) Percussion D.B. Sporting Rifle By J. Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 3170 For 1838With browned damascus twist sighted barrels signed in full along the rib and each rifled with ten spiral grooves, blued back-sight to '80' yards and with central platinum line, border engraved case-hardened breeches each with short platinum line and pierced platinum plug, and decorated with a symmetrical foliate motif on the flat between, case-hardened tang engraved with scrolling foliage, signed border engraved case-hardened serial numbered detented flat locks each decorated with foliate scrollwork, the mechanisms retaining their burnished finish, dolphin hammers decorated en suite and each with blued safety-catch in front, highly figured half-stock with cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising chequered butt-plate decorated with a stag in a landscape and foliage along the heel tang, serial numbered trigger-guard with chequered spur and decorated with a running stag in a landscape between borders of repeated flowering foliage on the bow, case-hardened trigger-plate with scrollwork on the pointed finial, hinged circular case-hardened patch-box cover decorated with a flower-head centred on a circular arrangement of feathering within a border en suite with the trigger-guard, border engraved barrel-bolt escutcheons, grooved forward trigger, sling button engraved with a circular feathered design, original serial numbered brass-mounted ramrod, and retaining most of its original finish: in contemporary relined and refitted mahogany case with accessories including brass-mounted powder-flask with bag-shaped planished tin body (old surface rust), steel bullet-mould and sprue-cutter, and steel combination tool, in its leather wallet, the interior of the lid with reproduction maker's trade label, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting brass carrying handle engraved 'John B. Ross', London proof marks and James Purdey's barrelsmith's mark 72.5 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Thomas R. Prudenete Collection, Christie's South Kensington, Fine Antique Arms, Armour And Sporting Guns..., 17 December 2015, lot 94LiteratureUnsworth, p. 153. Built for a Captain des Voeux and completed on 3 August 1838 at a cost of £84.0.0.Dallas, p. 191For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 90
A Cased .450 (38-Bore) Percussion Sporting Rifle By J. Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 2699 For 1846With rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrel signed in full along the top flat (engraving refreshed), rifled with ten spiral grooves, and with back-sight with single folding leaf, each with central platinum line, recessed patent breech with platinum line and pierced platinum plug, tang engraved with symmetrical foliate scrolls and with a spray of leaves on the sighting flat, signed border engraved serial numbered detented flat lock decorated with a prone stag and hind in a landscape and with foliate scrollwork on the tail, dolphin hammer with scrollwork en suite, large engraved safety-catch, highly figured half-stock (some old bruising) with cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, the latter with horn cap, border engraved steel mounts decorated with foliate scrollwork and comprising butt-plate with a running boar in a landscape on the heel tang, serial numbered trigger-guard retaining some original blueing, with chequered spur and decorated with a running stag in a landscape between borders of repeated flowering foliage on the bow, trigger-plate with foliate scroll engraved pointed finial, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, adjustable set trigger, sling mounts, and original brass-mounted ramrod (some old wear and areas of pitting): in relined and refitted brass-mounted oak case with accessories including Dixon & Sons brass-mounted powder-flask, mainspring clamp, reproduction sprue-cutter, and reproduction combination tool, in its leather wallet, the exterior of the lid with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle, and with contemporary leather travelling cover, London proof marks and James Purdey's barrelsmith's mark 67 cm. barrel Footnotes:LiteratureUnsworth, p. 151. Recorded as sold on 7 May 1846 for £36.15.0. This rifle appears to have initially been sold to Lord Lennox, then returned and resold to a Mr. R. SheffieldDallas, p. 192For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 93
A .450 (40-Bore Black Powder Express) Percussion D.B. Two-Groove Sporting RifleBy J. Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 5716 For 1859With shortened rebrowned damascus twist sighted barrels each rifled for a belted ball, matted along the rib at the breech and towards the fore-sight, signed in full and engraved 'Charge, 3¾ Drams No. 6 Powder.' forward of the folding leaf sights from '50' to '200' Yards, border engraved breeches each with short platinum line and pierced platinum plug engraved with a rosette, and decorated with symmetrical foliage on the flat between, case-hardened tang engraved with symmetrical scrolling foliage, signed border engraved case-hardened serial numbered detented flat locks each decorated with foliate scrollwork and stamped with lockmaker's initials 'J.G' on the inside, the mechanisms retaining their case-hardened and burnished finish, dolphin hammers decorated en suite and each with blued safety-catch in front, highly figured half-stock with cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, border engraved steel mounts decorated with foliate scrollwork and comprising chequered butt-plate, serial numbered trigger-guard with chequered spur, trigger-plate with long slender finial, and hinged circular patch-box cover decorated en suite with the mounts and engraved '3¼ drams. R. Powder.' on the inside, engraved barrel-bolt escutcheons (head of barrel-bolt repaired), grooved forward trigger, sling mounts, brass-mounted ramrod, and retaining some original finish, London proof marks; together with its steel bullet mould serial numbered to the rifle (2)75 cm. barrelsFootnotes:LiteratureUnsworth, p. 171, pls. 75-78. Recorded as sold on 5 November 1859 for £84.0.0. Unsworth notes 'Although recorded as 34 bore, it actually gauges as a 40. The charge 3¾ drams No.6 Powder is inscribed in the barrel rib; the rifling has a pitch of one turn in 6' and the one fixed and three leaf-sights are inscribed for 50, 100, 150 and 200 yards'. Built for the Earl of Tankerville Dallas, p. 192Charles Augustus Bennett, 6th Earl of Tankerville (1810-1899), styled Lord Ossulston between 1822 and 1859 was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. He was Member of Parliament for North Northumberland in 1832 and held his seat until 1859. On 8 March 1833 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland. He served as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentleman-at-arms between 1866 and 1867, and as Lord Steward of the Household between 1867 and 1868. In 1866 he was sworn of the Privy Council. He died at the family seat of Chillingham Castle, Northumberland in December 1899. See lot 80Purdey's records reference buying locks from a Grainger of Wolverhampton. See Tony Gibbs-Murray, British Gunlock Makers, 2019, pp. 157 and 158For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 94
A Rare And Unusual .450 (50-Bore Black Powder Express) Percussion Two-Groove Sporting Rifle By J. Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 5798 For 1860With rebrowned damascus twist octagonal sighted barrel signed in full along the top flat and rifled for a belted ball, leaf-sighted from '100' to '250' yards, each leaf with slender platinum line, folding adjustable long range sight from '300' yards and with slender platinum line, border engraved case-hardened recessed patent breech with platinum line and pierced platinum plug engraved with a rosette within an engraved border, the serial number scratched onto the flat of the breech-hook, tang engraved with symmetrical scrolling foliage, signed border engraved case-hardened serial numbered detented flat lock decorated with foliate scrollwork, the mechanism retaining its case-hardened and burnished finish, dolphin hammer decorated en suite and with blued safety-catch in front, figured half-stock with cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end (minor old split on one side), the latter with dark horn cap, border engraved steel mounts retaining some original blueing and case-hardening, comprising chequered butt-plate with foliate engraved heel, serial numbered trigger-guard with chequered spur and decorated with foliate scrollwork between borders of ropework on the bow, trigger-plate with chequered pineapple finial, hinged circular patch-box cover with a circular arrangement of foliage centred on a border of ropework, the inside engraved '3 Drams. R. Powder', engraved steel barrel-bolt escutcheons, adjustable set trigger, sling mounts, and horn-tipped ramrod, London proof marks 77 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenanceL. Patrick Unsworth Collection LiteratureUnsworth, p. 171, pls. 80-82. Recorded as sold on 26 January 1860 for £18.0.0. Unsworth notes 'one of the few singles with Purdey's own style of hammer and the only rifle to have been encountered in which the fore-end of the lock-plate is surrounded above and below by the stock-wood, made to special order by restocking the barrel, fitting new lock, new furniture and executing extra engraving. For a full account of this rifle see idem, pp. 101-103. Originally built for Mr. Thomas Walton Roberts and later resold to the Duke of Hamilton and BrandonDallas, p. 192For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 96
A Cased .450 (40-Bore Black Powder Express) Percussion D.B. Two-Groove Sporting RifleBy J. Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 6028 For 1861With rebrowned damascus twist sighted barrels signed in full along the rib, each rifled for a belted ball, and with recoloured leaf-sights for '150' to '250' yards, each leaf with central platinum line, border engraved breeches retaining traces of case-hardening and each with short platinum line and pierced platinum plug engraved with a rosette, decorated with symmetrical foliate scrollwork in the flat between, and engraved 'No.' and '2' respectively on the breech-hooks, case-hardened tang engraved with symmetrical scrolling foliage and '2' between the apertures for the hooks, signed border engraved case-hardened serial numbered detented flat locks each decorated with foliate scrollwork and stamped with lockmaker's initials 'J.G.' on the inside, the mechanisms retaining their case-hardened and burnished finish, dolphin hammers decorated en suite and each with blued safety-catch in front, highly figured half-stock (some old bruising) with cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, border engraved steel mounts (some loss of finish) decorated with foliate scrollwork and comprising chequered butt-plate engraved '3⅓ drms. No.6 POWDER' on the heel, serial numbered trigger-guard with chequered spur and decorated with foliate scrollwork between borders of repeated flowering foliage on the bow, trigger-plate with long slender finial decorated with two flower-heads, and hinged circular case-hardened patch-box cover with a flower-head centred on a circular arrangement of scrolling foliage within a border en suite with the trigger-guard, engraved barrel-bolt escutcheons (barrel-bolt chipped), sling mounts, and original serial numbered brass-mounted ramrod: in original lined and fitted brass-mounted oak case with accessories including James Dixon & Sons white-metal mounted powder-flask with bag-shaped body covered in black pigskin, the top stamped with registration mark for 1856, original brass bullet mounted serial numbered '6027.8', steel sprue-cutters, bullet swedge numbered '5796' and two reproduction bullet starters, japanned powder magazine painted 'Improved Rifle Powder.' in gilt, steel combination tool, in its leather wallet, and leather sling, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting brass carrying handle, and with its original outer leather travelling cover, London proof marks 72.8 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceL. Patrick Unsworth CollectionLiteratureUnsworth, pp. 98-101 and 172, col. pl. 46, pls. 83-86. Recorded as sold on 9 August 1861 for £168.0.0. Unsworth notes 'Purchased by Col. Farquharson of Invercauld. 6028 still exists complete with outer leather cover and oak case with many accessories.'Dallas, p. 192Colonel James Ross Farquharson (1834-1888) was 13th Laird of Invercauld, an estate in Aberdeenshire which includes the family seat, Braemar Castle. He entered the army in 1853 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Scots Fusilier Guards. While serving in the Crimea War, he suffered serious wounds at Sebastopol on 29 August 1855, and was subsequently awarded the Crimean medal and clasps. He retired his commission in 1859, and in 1862 became Laird of Invercauld. At that time he became 'The Queen's Landlord', as the royal family leased land from him enabling the expansion of the Balmoral estateFor no. 6027 see The Thomas R. Prudente Collection, Christie's South Kensington, Fine Antique Arms, Armour And Sporting Guns... 17 December 2015, lot 95For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 116
A Cased 52-Bore Percussion D.B. Box-Lock Travelling PistolSigned Purdey, London, Circa 1830With round sighted barrels each engraved with a broad band of foliage around the muzzle, nipples stamped 'L' and 'R' respectively, foliate scroll engraved action signed on the tang plate incorporating the back-sight, dolphin hammers decorated en suite (one spur repaired), blued safety-catches, border engraved trigger-guard and ovoidal butt-cap decorated with scrolling foliage, the former with hinged circular butt-trap cover opening to reveal a pair of spare nipples, finely chequered figured rounded butt encircled by a foliate engraved silver band around the pommel, vacant silver escutcheon, and stirrup ramrod (some minor old pitting): in original brass-mounted mahogany case fitted and lined in green velvet with accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask (cut-off spring incomplete) and steel nipple-wrench, the interior of the lid with trade label of Manton And Co., Gun Makers, No. 10 Lall Bazaar, Calcutta, the exterior with shaped vacant brass escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks 9 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceW. Keith Neal Collection, C110Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 192Offered with a handwritten note signed by W. Keith Neal reading: 'This pistol will have been bought in the ''White'' already proved from Birmingham, finished, engraved by Purdey. Note the very fine quality checkering & the nipples marked L. & R. Entirely typical of Purdey. It probably formed part of an export to India. Has the Manton of Calcutta trade card. I have seen others - always box-locks - and without date supplied & finished by Purdey - but not numbered - merely signed Purdey, not his full name & address. The quality however is very good. The Purdey muskets made for Chillingham were basically Birmingham made but finely finished by Purdey.'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 118
A Fine Cased And Very Rare 16-Bore Percussion D.B. Travelling PistolBy J. Purdey, Princes Street, Leicester Square, London, No. 846, Circa 1825With browned twist sighted barrels signed in full along the rib, border engraved case-hardened breeches each with short platinum line, pierced platinum plug, and engraved with a starburst between, nipples stamped 'L' and 'R' respectively, case-hardened tang engraved with a symmetrical design of foliage and with a shell in the sighting groove, signed border engraved case-hardened detented locks each decorated with foliate scrollwork, a starburst and with a martial trophy on the tail, dolphin hammers en suite (each nose chipped), engraved safety-catches, and the mechanisms retaining their burnished finish, highly figured half-stock with chequered rounded butt (minor score on one side), border engraved blued steel mounts comprising rounded butt-cap decorated with a flower-head centred on the engraved retaining screw, trigger-guard decorated with a martial trophy on the bow, case-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple finial, chequered forward trigger, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-mounted ramrod, and in fine condition retaining nearly all its original finish: in its lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask, and combination tool, in its leather wallet, the exterior of the lid (some bruising along the back) with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a knurled flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle, London proof marks and barrelsmith's mark of Charles Lancaster 19 cm. barrelsFootnotes:LiteratureUnsworth, p. 130. Built for a Mr. Thistlethwayte Dallas, p. 190This appears to be the earliest known cased percussion pistol by PurdeyFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 389
Deckelhumpen aus der Familie von Harpe, Baltikum/ Estland, um 1900.875/- Silber. Gesamtgewicht ca. 1342 g. Konische Form mit aufklappbarem Deckel, geschweiftem Griff und Daumendrücker. Umlaufender zisilierter Ornamentdekor, unterteilt von vier- und dreifach profilierten Feldern.Auf der Schauseite Gravur der preisgekrönten Familienmitglieder im Zeitraum von 1929-1932. Am Standring und am Deckelrand eingravierte Widmungen.Gestempelt MZ. R ? Lange.Höhe ca. 25 cm. Durchmesser des Standfußes ca. 17,5 cm. Öffnungsdurchmesser ca. 10,2 cm.
Lot 105
EDWARDS OF HALIFAX - BINDING, FORE-EDGE PAINTING AND AUCTION CATALOGUEMASON (WILLIAM) The English Garden: A Poem, contemporary 'Etruscan-style' calf gilt, the sides with panel binding enclosing central vase motif, g.e., FORE-EDGE PAINTING depicting a country house with river in the fore-ground, both attributable to Edwards of Halifax, rubbed, 8vo, York, A. Ward, 1783--GRAY (EDWARD) Poems, lacks half-title, title working loose, contemporary full vellum gilt by Edwards of Halifax, the upper cover painted with a full-length figure of Apollo, the lower with a pastoral scene with shepherd playing flute, both with ornamental border in gilt and black morocco, g.e., soiled and spotted, 4to, Glasgow, R. and A. Foulis, 1768--[AUCTION CATALOGUE] A Catalogue of the Valuable Library of James Edwards, Esq... Sold by Auction, on Wednesday April 5, 1815, and the Five Following Days... by R.H. Evans, PRICES IN INK, 3 folding engraved plates (one with tear), spotting, disbound, 8vo, Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., for R.H. Evans, 1815 (3)Footnotes:Provenance: First item, Anna Damer, bookplate designed by Agnes Berry, 1793; Second item, Charles Brodrick, bookplate and ownership inscription.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 120
KENTANDREWS (JOHN), A. DURY AND W. HERBERT. A Topographical Map of the County of Kent, in Twenty Five Sheets, on a Scale of Two Inches to a Mile, from an Actual Survey, hand-coloured engraved map on 25 sheets, one double-page engraved index map, and uncoloured 'Plan of the City of Canterbury, Survey'd by J. Andrews & Mat. Wren', some light spotting, later half morocco, rebacked preserving original spine, worn [Rodger 222], folio (540 x 380mm.), R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1779Footnotes:LARGE SCALE WALL MAP OF KENT ON 25 SHEETS, with key map and city plan of Canterbury, all surveyed by John Andrews.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 124
ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH)The Microcosm of London, 3 vol., wood-engraved pictorial titles, engraved dedication leaves with vignettes, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin (no watermarks, text watermarked 1806-1807), 7 duplicate plates (some variant issue) loosely inserted, off-setting from plates to facing text, modern blue half morocco, gilt lettering on spines, t.e.g., others untrimmed [Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7], 4to (355 x 280mm.), R. Ackermann, [1808-1810]Footnotes:'One of the great colour-plate books... [which] should form the corner stone of any collection of books on this subject' (Tooley).Provenance: E. Peter Jones, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 136
DRAWING MANUALSWALTON (W.L.) The Amateur's Drawing Book... with Observations on Drawing, and General Instructions in the Art, 4pp. of letterpress text, 13 tinted lithographed plates by Standidge & Co. after Walton, uneven toning and light dampstaining througout, original green cloth by Westley & Clark of London (with binder's ticket inside upper cover), gilt lettered on upper cover, soiled, small loss to spine, RARE, oblong folio, Longman, Brown, 1844--PROUT (SAMUEL) Studies of Boats and Coast Scenery for Landscape and Marine Painters, Drawn and Etched in Imitation of Chalk, 16 etched plates, original red patterned limp cloth, printed title ('Price Fourteen Shillings') label on upper cover (small loss to one margin), neatly rebacked, small oblong 4to (215 x 275mm.), [R. Ackermann, 1816]--DIBDIN (THOMAS COLMAN) Dibdin's Progressive Lessons in Water-colour Painting, 16 lithographed plates (some printed in colours), spotting, bookplate of Dorothea Paget, publisher's blue cloth gilt lettered on upper cover, rubbed, upper joint split, 4to, J. Hogarth, 1848--LUCAS (DAVID) English Landscape Scenery. A Series of Forty Mezzotinto Engravings on Steel... From Pictures Painted by John Constable, R.A., 40 mezzotint plates, tissue guards, title browned and spotted (but plates very clean), later maroon cloth, folio (425 x 315mm.), Henry G. Bohn, 1855, FIRST EDITIONS (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 138
HASTINGS (T.)Vestiges of Antiquity; or, A Series of Etchings & Engravings of the Ancient Monastery of St. Augustine, with the Cathedral, Castle, and Other Antiquities... of Canterbury, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'To the Archdeacon Forster from Capt. Hastings the Author with his sincere regards, Sept. 28th 1841' on the title, 12 engraved plates by and after Hastings, dampstains (within platemark of some plates), contents loose in original boards, original printed label on upper cover, soiled, covers detached and lacking spine, folio (510 x 310mm.), for the Author, 1813--[WESTALL (WILLIAM), CHARLES HULLMANDEL, AND JAMES DUFFIELD HARDING] Britannia Delineata: comprising Views of the Antiquities, Remarkable Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain. Kent, text in English and French, lithographed vignette on title, 26 lithographed views by Charles Hullmandel after Westall and Harding on 25 sheets, some spotting, contemporary half morocco, worn, covers detached, folio (560 x 380mm.), Rodwell and Martin, 1822 [-R. Ackermann 1823]--ROWE (GEORGE) Illustrations of the Cinque Ports, & Watering Places in Kent & Sussex, lithographed pictorial title, 78 lithographed views, all on india-proof paper, 2 uncoloured aquatint views, and 2 lithographed plates (each depicting 2 ships), one defective, one torn touching image, some plates and book block loose in contemporary half morocco, gilt morocco lettering label ('Illustrations of Hastings and its Vicinity') on upper cover, worn, oblong 4to (225 x 335mm.), Hastings, G. Wooll, [c.1831]; and another, Kent views, sold not subect to return (4)Footnotes:Provenance: First work, E.M. Forster, book label.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 149
ORME (EDWARD) AND FRANCIS WILLIAM BLAGDONOrme's Graphic History of the Life, Exploits, and Death of Lord Horatio Nelson, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece portrait, 5 hand-coloured aqutint plates (3 double-page), one engraved facsimile plate of Nelson's writing, 6 aquatint illustrations (one hand-coloured), 2 engraved vignettes, contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, printed label on upper cover, rubbed [Abbey Life 327] Edward Orme, [1806, watermarks 'J. Whatman 1804']--ORME (EDWARD) Graphic Illustrations of the Defeat of Bonaparte and his Armies: Commencing with his Retreat from Moscow; and Ending at the Battle of Leipzig, letterpress title, 8 hand-coloured aquatint plates by M. Dubourg after Atkinson, a few light spots and smudges (mostly marginal), contemporary half morocco, upper cover detached, worn [Abbey Life 375], Edward Orme, 1814 [watermarks 'J. Whatman 18011-1813]--BOWYER (EDWARD) The Campaign of Waterloo, Illustrated with Engravings of Les Quatre Bras, La Belle Alliance..., 6 views on 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates (one double-page), one engraved map, without the 2 engraved plates, contemporary half calf, worn [Abbey Life 255], R. Boywer, 1816 [watermarks 'J. Whatman 1816']; An Impartial Historical Narrative of those Momentous Events Which Have Taken Place in this Country during the Period from the Year 1816 to 1823, 3 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 5 engraved plates, engraved plates with some spotting/light stains and fraying to edges, contents loose in publisher's boards, printed label on upper cover (with ink note 'Proof'), covers detached, lacks spine [Abbey], R. Bowyer, 1823, folio (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 18
COOKERYManuscript receipt book, written in several hands with calligraphic flourishes, containing 44 numbered recipes, including 'To make Shrewsberry Cakes', 'A Pickle for a Sturgeon', 'To make Dutch Blomouge', 'Orange Jelly' ('...above all Don't make it too stiff, tis' a Dilicate Mouthfull, Oh, beyond Expression...'), 'To make a Hare Cake', 'New College Puddings', 'To make a Bride Cake', 'To make a Lemmon Cheese' ('...Lay over sweetmeats that are light as fancy pleases...'), 'Derbyshire Pudding', some recipes attributed ('Mr J Wheler', 'Lady Biddulph', 'Mrs R. Wilmot'), two leaves of household recipes inverted at end ('Rose Pomatum', 'Green Paint'), 30 leaves, c.50 additional blank leaves, dust-staining and marks, original ruled vellum, boards darkened, marked and worn, loss to spine, 4to (187 x 153mm.), [mid eighteenth century]; with another manuscript receipt book, including over 100 culinary recipes, in several hands, such as 'Stone Cream', 'Partarage Soup', 'Calves Feet Jelly' ('...Boil a gang of calves feet...'), 'India Pickle', 'Mock Turtle', 'Simpsons Sorrel Sauce', 'Giblet Soup', several attributed to Mrs Rasher, 27 numbered leaves, one leaf roughly torn out, dust-staining and other marks, rebound in modern half calf with marbled boards, titled 'Receipts' on spine in gilt, 4to (198 x 162mm.), [late eighteenth/nineteenth century] (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 180
MACHIAVELLI (NICCOLO)The Florentine History in VIII Books Now Exactly translated from the Italian, second English edition, engraved frontispiece with portrait of the author, light age-toning, contemporary calf, rebacked, minor wear [ESTC R22284], 8vo, Charles Harper and John Amery, 1647; The Works, third English edition, title to each section, historiated initials, spotting, bookplate of Richard Jones (1707), contemporary panelled calf gilt and tooled, spine in compartments, hinges starting, worn, folio, T.W. for A. Churchill, R. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, 1720 (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 227
RYCAUT (PAUL) and GIOVANNI SAGREDODie Neu-eröffnete Ottomanische Pforte, 2 parts in 1 vol., second edition in German, half-title, additional engraved pictorial title, title printed in red and black, numerous engraved illustrations throughout, early ownership inscription on engraved title, some spotting and damp-staining, later half calf gilt, hinges starting [Atabey 1072; cf. Blackmer 1463], folio (303 x 202mm.), Augsburg, Johann Jacob Schonig, 1694-- RYCAUT (PAUL) The Present State of the Ottoman Empire,third edition, engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved plates, 19 engravings in the text, short tear touching text on title, damp-staining (heaviest to title), later half vellum gilt [Atabey 1067; Blackmer 1463], folio (300 x 200mm.), John Starkey and Henry Brome, 1670; Istoria dello stato presente dell'Imperio ottomano, second Italian edition, half-title, engraved additional title, title with printer's device, 21 engraved illustrations by Isabella Piccini, early ownership inscription on first flyleaf, 2 small wormholes to some leaves, and single wormhole to margin of S3 to end, contemporary limp vellum, 4to, Venezia, Combi & La Noù, 1673; The Present State of the Ottoman Empire, sixth edition, engraved additional title (lower margin cropped touching text), 24 engraved illustrations, early ownership inscription on title, toned, repair to fore-margin of pp.81-82 touching illustration, later calf gilt, minor wear [ESTC R219046], 8vo, R. Clavell, 1686--SANSOVINO (FRANCESCO) Gl'annali turcheschi ouero vite de principi della casa othomana, second edition, engraved arms of the barons Zborowski on the title and on verso of c4, modern morocco gilt [EDIT16 CNCE 27022], 4to, Venice, Enea de Alaris, 1573; Lettera o vero discorso sopra le predittioni fatte in diversi tempi da diverse persone. Le quali pronosticano la nostra futura felicita, per la guerra del Turco l'anno 1570, modern quarter morocco gilt [ESTC CNCE78929], folio, Venice, 1570 (6)Footnotes:'This was Rycaut's most important work .. his information on the Ottoman Empire came from several sources - Turkish records, members of the government and Ulema, and from a Pole who had spent 19 years at the Ottoman court' (Blackmer).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 34
ROYALTY - PHOTOGRAPHYWILDING (DORORTHY) George VI; Elizabeth, his consort, a pair of portraits, half-length, George in Naval uniform, Elizabeth in evening dress, white fur stole and tiara, gelatin silver prints, mounted, framed and glazed, SIGNED BY THE SITTERS ('George R. 1949' and 'Elizabeth R. 1949') on mount, images approx. 208 x 150mm., 1949--CECIL (HUGH) Edward, Prince of Wales, seated half-length, bromide print, some marginal fading, mounted (spotting to mount), SIGNED BY THE SITTER ('Edward, 1926') on the image, image 180 x 135mm., 1926--VAN DYK. GEORGE VI, as Prince Albert; Prince Henry, Duke of York, a pair of portraits, gelatin silver prints, mounted on card, SIGNED BY THE SITTERS ('Albert 1922', and 'Henry 1922') on the mount, images approx. 180 x 122mm., 1922--WRIGHTSON (HAY) Prince George, Duke of Kent, head and shoulder portrait, bromide print, mounted on card, SIGNED BY THE SITTER ('George 1925') on the image, and by the photographer beneath image, image 198 x 140mm., 1925--Portrait of Princess Mary, daughter of George V, seated, by an unknown photographer, bromide print, mounted, glazed and framed, SIGNED BY THE SITTER ('Mary 1918') on the image, image 198 x 150mm., 1918 (7)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 363
TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)Autograph letter signed ('Ronald Tolkien') to Rosfrith Murray ('My dear Rosfrith'), apologising for not replying sooner to her queries about Shakespeare and The Tragedy of Gowrie ('...far more to do than the hours of a 'day' will stretch to, even stealing from the night...'), expressing a lack of interest in drama ('...I am thankful that it doesn't come under the official cares of my 'chair', which stop being 'literary' with the Middle Ages...'), but promising to find an expert such as F.P. Wilson to help her if he remembers, ending '...I can only say that I am glad that James was unsuccessful in his efforts to extirpate the Ruthvens...', 2 pages, dust-staining and marks, creased at fold, 8vo (175 x 115mm.), Merton College, Oxford, 29 April 1956Footnotes:'I KNOW NOTHING (OR NEARLY NOTHING) ABOUT THE STAGE': TOLKIEN ON DRAMA. Despite professing in this letter to his good friend Rosfrith Murray that he has no interest in drama or indeed Shakespeare, Tolkien is known to have enjoyed frequent visits to the theatre, and wrote and took part (supposedly enthusiastically) in family theatricals. Whilst it is generally agreed that he preferred literature to the performing arts as an art form, a recent discovery in the BBC archives shows that shortly after the publication of The Lord of the Rings he was in fact actively involved in Terence Tiller's first radio dramatization of the Tolkien trilogy which was broadcast in 1955 and 1956. Scripts hitherto thought lost clearly show annotations and amendments in Tolkien's hand, demonstrating, as Catherine McIlwaine writes '...he was willing to work with the scriptwriters, to abridge the text and adjust the balance of narration and dialogue, so that it fitted the requirements of radio and the limited time available...' (Ed. Ovenden, R., McIlwaine, C., The Great Tales Never End: Essays in Memory of Christopher Tolkien, 2022). The recipient of our letter, Rosfrith Murray (1884-1973), was the fourth daughter (and ninth child) of lexicographer and celebrated founder and editor of the Oxford English Dictionary Sir James Murray. She worked closely with her father and met Tolkien in November 1918 when he joined the staff as an assistant lexicographer, developing a close and lifelong friendship. Her mother was a Ruthven, of the Earls of Gowrie, whose story was the subject of much of her time and research. Tolkien here responds to Rosfrith's request for advice on The Tragedy of Gowrie a play performed by Shakespeare's company in 1604 concerning the eponymous Earl's plot to kill the King of Scotland. The play was withdrawn after two performances but supposedly inspired Shakespeare to write his own Scottish play of 1606. This letter is not published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: A Selection, 1981.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 45
BIBLE, IN GREEKNovum Iesu Christi D.N. Testamentum, 2 parts in 1 vol., text in Greek, title-pages in Greek and Latin, woodcut printer's device on titles and on verso of final leaf, woodcut initials and head-pieces, woodcut borders for the canons, light spotting to title, light damp-stain to upper blank fore-corner of opening and final few leaves, modern panelled calf antique [Adams B1661; Darlow & Moule 4622; Renouard, Estienne 75: 1; Schreiber 105], folio (330 x 215mm.), Paris, 1550Footnotes:'The third and most important of R. Stephanus' editions, known as the Edition Regia... The most interesting feature of this Testament is the critical apparatus... which gives various readings and additions from MSS. collated by H. Stephanus' (Darlow & Moule). It is also of importance as this New Testament marks the first use of all three founts of Garamond's grecs du roi type in a single book, and the first use of the largest size.Provenance: H. Dawnay, ownership inscription dated 8 May 1766 on title-page; Richard Hole, with note recording that it was given to him by his father George Hole on 30 August 1857.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 79
VERGILIUS MARO (PUBLIUS)Opera Virgiliana, cum decem commentis, 2 parts in 1 vol., general title printed in red and black within wide decorative woodcut border, fleur-de-lys device on second part title, numerous large woodcut illustrations, full red morocco gilt by R. Petit (stamped inside upper cover), g.e. [Mortimer, Harvard French 538], folio (322 x 215mm.), [Lyon, J. Crespin], 1529Footnotes:A handsome copy of the reprint of the 1517 Saçon edition, lavishly illustrated with woodcuts that first appeared in the Grüninger Strassburg edition of 1502.Provenance: '... Haingadensis: emp. in Spainzhard 1602', inscription in upper margin of title, with later inscription 'Ex Libris Ludwig Feder...' crossed through in lower margin; Helen and Michael Oppenheimer, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 8
BOOK TRADE & BANKINGWarrant signed by George II ('George R'), granting permission to John Baskett ('Our Printer') and Robert Gosling ('...of our City of London, Bookseller...') to search the records and make transcriptions from the archives of the Tower of London, the Houses of Parliament, the libraries of St James's and Westminster and the Paper Office and Parliamentary archives for their '...compleat Collection of all the Acts of Parliament from Magna Charta to this present time, together with the preambles to all the Statutes... six large Volumes in Folio...', two pages on a bifolium, papered seal, dust-staining and small tears, folio (304 x 190mm.), 'Our Court at Kensington', 4 November 1726; with an album of printed and manuscript ephemera relating to the Gosling family including tradesmen's receipts ('Jno. Hinckes Tinn Man At ye Lamp & Crown in Fleet Street', 'William Nelson oylman', 'Samuel Price Shoe Maker', 'James Ward Cheesemonger'), tax and rent receipts, annuity certificates and other receipts pertaining to Sir Francis Gosling, 1760's, insurance certificate for John Pyle from the Sun Fire-Office, his will, printed cheques from Mssrs Goslings & Sharpe, 1760's, etc., c.53 leaves, several leaves excised, dust-staining and marks, original calf, worn, remains of old labels, upper and lower boards detached, lacking spine, folio (266 x 220mm.), eighteenth-century; with indenture appointing Sir Francis Gosling and John Pyle executors of the will of John Walsh of the parish of St Mary le Strand, one sheet of vellum, papered seal and duty stamps, folio (370 x 435mm.), London, 10 March 1766Footnotes:The recipient of the Royal warrant, John Baskett (1664/5-1742) was the King's Printer and became infamous as the publisher of the 'Vinegar Bible'. The present warrant relates to his printing of 'The Statutes at Large, from Magna Charta to the seventh year of King George the Second inclusive', printed in conjunction with stationer and bookseller Robert Gosling (1684-1741), of Middle Temple Gate. Gosling's son Francis, later Sir Francis Gosling (1719-1768), was apprenticed to his father and worked for him until around 1757. In 1742 he became a partner in a bank founded by Henry Pinckney which became known as Goslings Bank, trading at the sign of the Three Squirrels. In the second half of the eighteenth century the bank became Goslings and Sharpe and was one of the banks merged into Barclays Bank in 1896.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 13
A Chinese small biscuit glazed 'tree shrew' water dropper, Qing Dynasty, probably Kangxi, Rothschild label no. 438, 8.5cm longProvenance: Anthony Gustav de Rothschild, 1887-1961, the collection principally formed by him in the 1920s and 1930s Mrs Renée Robeson, (née de Rothschild), 1927-2015, believed gifted to her by Anthony de Rothschild in the late 1930s or 1940sBy family descent and sold by order of a member of the de Rothschild FamilyCompare with a similar example in William R Sargent, The Copeland Collection, Salem, p. 34 and another at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford and a white glazed pair of tree shrews at Ascott House, Buckinghamshire, illustrated in The Anthony de Rothschild Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Regina Krahl, 1996, p.410, no. 233清 三彩松鼠型水呈拍品来源：罗斯柴尔德家族Anthony Gustav de Rothschild（1887-1961）私人收藏，收藏于上世纪20至30年代之间，后由家族继承 Condition Report: one ear chippedcollection label inside vesselCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 153
A fine Chinese bronze ritual wine vessel and cover, Ju You, Late Shang Dynasty, 12th-11th century BC, the broad pear-shaped body is raised on a splayed foot and the shoulder and cover with lozenge leiwen bordered by circles and centred on each side with an animal-mask, the twisted-rope, swing handle is joined at the shoulder by two simple loops and the domed cover is surmounted by an ovoid finial, the exterior and interior surfaces are covered with a mottled encrustation of bright malachite and azurite, and the interior base and inner cover are both cast with the clan mark, approximately 31cm high x approximately 23cm wide x approximately 16cm deepProvenance: Sotheby's, London, November 18th, 1998, lot 873 where purchased by the current owner and recently removed form a country house in West BerkshireThe clan mark, reading '丙' [bing], was associated with the Bing clan residing in todays Shanxi Province. A bronze jue vessel, late Shang dynasty, with similar clan symbol, bing, was excavated in 1953, Anyang, Henan Province, tomb no.304, and is now in the National Museum of China, Beijing; see Zhongguo qing tong qitu ji, Beijing, 2005, p.125. Further examples can be found in other important museum collections; see R. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Cambridge, Mass., 1987, pp.194-195; in the collection of the British Museum, see W. Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, London, 1977, pl.10b; and in the Shanghai Museum, see Shanghai Museum: Ancient Chinese Bronze Gallery, Shanghai, p.9. 晚商 青铜雷纹提梁"丙"卣「丙」金文铸款拍品来源：西伯克郡私人收藏，现藏家于1998年11月18日购自伦敦苏富比Condition Report: the exterior and interior surfaces are covered with a mottled encrustation of bright malachite and azuriteold corrosion consistent with date crack to foot 4.5cm long and various knocks and chips to foot rim cover edges with casting flaw and old knocks and chips Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 279
Two Chinese Ge-type foliate bowls, Daoguang-six character mark in underglaze blue and of the Period, the bowls are delicately moulded with six sides mimicking the petals of an open flower, rising to a shaped rim and supported on a short foot, covered overall in a crackled pale grey glaze, 12.2cm diameter (2) Provenance: By repute collected in China by Dr E. R. Wheeler, first half of the 20th century, during his time as Director of the School of Medicine, Shantung Christian University, Tsinan (Jinan) and then by family descent. 清道光 哥釉莲瓣碗拍品来源：由惠勒博士于20世纪上半叶在济南担任山东基督教大学医学院院长期间在中国收藏，之后由家族后人继承。Condition Report: one damagedCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 3
A pair of Chinese biscuit glazed models of seated smiling boys, Kangxi, with arms raised, glazed in yellow and green, each with Rothschild labels no. 416 and one with earlier label beneath, 7.5cm high (2)Provenance: Anthony Gustav de Rothschild, 1887-1961, the collection principally formed by him in the 1920s and 1930s Mrs Renée Robeson, (née de Rothschild), 1927-2015, believed gifted to her by Anthony de Rothschild in the late 1930s or 1940sBy family descent and sold by order of a member of the de Rothschild FamilyLiterature: Compare with similar, but not identical, examples illustrated in, William R Sargent, The Copeland Collection, Salem, p. 68-69清康熙 三彩童子一对拍品来源：罗斯柴尔德家族Anthony Gustav de Rothschild（1887-1961）私人收藏，收藏于上世纪20至30年代之间，后由家族继承 Condition Report: one boy with right foot restored Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 6
A rare pair of Chinese white glazed figures of horse water droppers, Kangxi, shown recumbent on shaped bases, with brown glazed segmented manes and forelocks, one with open hole to centre of mane and one with open hole on back, pricked ears, with legs bent as if about to stand, one with Rothschild label no. 392 and retailer's label for S. Gorer & Son. London, the other with label inscribed 41, 15cm long (2)Provenance: Anthony Gustav de Rothschild, 1887-1961, the collection principally formed by him in the 1920s and 1930s Mrs Renée Robeson, (née de Rothschild), 1927-2015, believed gifted to her by Anthony de Rothschild in the late 1930s or 1940sBy family descent and sold by order of a member of the de Rothschild FamilyLiterature: Compare with a related pair of piebald horses, illustrated by William R Sargent in, The Copeland Collection, Peabody Museum Salem, No. 20, p. 63-65; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, for a pale yellow glazed single version, accession number C.2-1962; the British museum, accession number 'Franks 504'; and also those from the Nelson Rockefeller collection. A pair of white glazed horses of the same model, formerly in the Ionides Collection, were sold at Sotheby's, London, July 2nd, 1963, lot 31.清康熙 三彩马型水呈一对拍品来源：罗斯柴尔德家族Anthony Gustav de Rothschild（1887-1961）私人收藏，收藏于上世纪20至30年代之间，后由家族继承 Condition Report: The right hand horse with both ears restored and 2cm hair crack in base and firing blemishes to glaze and scratches and small chip to maneThe left hand horse with one ear missing and one ear restored and large piece glued to top of mount but original piece re-stuck and tail re-glue and small chip to mane and hair crack through base and blemishes to glaze and scratches Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 17
A mixed lot of Spider-Man / Marvel Trading cards to include: - 2002 Artbox: Spider-Man see-through collectors cards, number 1-72 (missing 5 and 41) - Various 2002 Artbox see-through collectors cards, R / UR and Ph - Various other Limited edition see-through / gold-foiled / holographic cards, incomplete sets, Topps, 95 Flair Marvel Annual, OverPower Card Game etc
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