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Lot 581
Royal Doulton - Collection of Hand Painted Porcelain Figures ( 5 ) Figures In Total. Comprises 1/ ' Joy ' HN3875. Designer N. Pedley. Issued 1997 Only. Height 13.3 cms. 2/ ' Catherine ' HN3044. Designer P. Parsons. Issued 1985 - 1996. Height 12.7 cms. 3/ ' Harmony ' HN4096. Designer N. Pedley. Issued 1998 Only. Height 14.6 cms. 4/ ' Marjorie ' Pale Blue Colour way. HN2788. Designer M. Davies. Issued 1980 - 1984. Height 13.3 cms. 5/ ' Amanda ' HN3635. Designer R. Tabbenor. Issued 1995 Only. Height 13.3 cms.
Lot 487
A collection of prints and watercolours including, 'Dr Sibly's Re-Animating Solar Tincture, or Pabulum of Life', engraving, 42 x 31.5cm; H Pyall after T T Bury, 'Entrance of the Railway at Edge Hill, Liverpool', aquatint, publ. London for R. Ackermann & Son 1831, 25 x 31cm (pl.); Charles Knapton after Claude Lorrain, 'E Musaeo Dni Jonathanis Richardson', etching, 20 x 29.5cm; a watercolour of flowers signed 'F/E (?) Hurrell 1997', 16.5 x 12cm; Arthur J F Bond (1888-1958), Bosham Creek, inscribed with title verso, etching, unglazed, signed in pencil lower right 'A J F Bond', and a few others (qty)
Lot 887
Sport and travel books. Surtees (R S) Works, subscription edition, 6 vols. coloured plates, early to mid 20th century edition, cloth gilt (one vol with some plates loose); Nimrod. The Life of a Sportsman, colour illustrations by Alken, 1914, large 8vo, green cloth; Skues (G) The Way of a Trout with a Fly, 1921; Fuchs and Hilary. The Crossing of Antartica, 1st edition 1958 in dust wrapper; 2 others (11)
Lot 888
Books. General literature including Gill (Eric) Clothes, 1931, 8vo; Nabokov (V) Lolita, 1st edition 1959, wrapper torn; Rousseau (J J) Confessions,. 2 vols., Library edition, privately printed 1904, cloth; others - Collins Britain in Pictures series, Churchill's Histories, works of R L Stevenson and Dickens in uniform cloth; World's Classics series; Folio Society and others
Lot 355
Portrait miniature of a young lady, in white, signed with a monogram lower right, inscribed to the reverse 'R. S. Jeffcock', watercolour on ivory, 6.3 x 4.9cm; with another Portrait miniature of a lady in black, possibly an overpainted print, 4 x 3.2cm; and Miss Minnie E. Clarke (fl. 1892-1901), Portrait miniature of a young man in uniform, watercolour on ivory, with backing paper printed 'Miss Minnie Clarke', 6.1 x 4.8cm (3)
Lot 11
A James II pewter porringer, dated 1688Having a bellied bowl with bossed base, an Old English ear with triangular attachment to the underside and maker's mark of 'R ?', (fl.1685-1740), (PS19086), the front centre of the ear stamped '1688' using individual dies, bowl diameter 12.5cm, 18.5cm longThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 116
A fine James I joined oak and inlaid coffer, dated 1623With boarded top, the front of three panels, each with inner-frame mouldings, the end panels also with floral-inlaid infills, and the centre panel carved with the initials 'R F' over the date '1623', the top and base rails carved with flowerhead-filled guilloche which unusually extends over the broad stop-fluted carved stiles, with matching carved muntin rails, the end panels also with applied inner-frame mouldings, the interior having a lidded till above a pair of drawers, and with oak lockplate, 127cm wide x 56.5cm deep x 69cm high, (50in wide x 22in deep x 27in high)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 134
A rare and documented boarded oak box, probably Northern German, circa 1600The lid carved to its centre with a gentleman wearing a wig, a doublet and cape, encircled by a laurel-carved wreath, against a scroll-edged cartouche, the front board with a pair of half-length portraits of a man and his wife, with high collars, both within a strapwork, scroll-edged frame, a bunch of pendant fruits beneath the shield-shaped iron lockplate, the ends carved with further bunches of fruit between foliated scrolls, articulated iron bale handle to lid, 42cm wide x 31cm deep x 17.5cm high, (16 1/2in wide x 12in deep x 6 1/2in high)Footnotes:Provenance: William Smedley-Aston Collection, The Yew Trees, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire. The Hella Bunch Collection.The William Stokes Collection.Illustrated:H. Cescinsky & E. R. Gribble, Early English Furniture & Woodwork (1922) Vol. II, p. 40, Fig. 44, and in the text p. 31, where it is described as 'a fine ruffle or lace-box' and dated to the mid-16th century. The metalwork, in particular the iron lockplate nailed to an uncarved piece of the front board of the same shape and incorporated into the board's design, as well as the handle mounted to the lid, suggest that this box is from Continental Europe.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 155
A rare late 17th century cast brass socket chamberstick, with porringer-type handle, English, circa 1700, with (indistinct) maker's mark and triad of ownership initialsThe pan with flared rim and single handle, pierced with a trefoil and centred by a shield bearing the initials 'WMT' around an indistinct circular maker's mark, the socket with central rib, on a short stem, 10cm pan diameter x 16cm wide x 5.5cm highFootnotes:Literature:Compare a similar example, C. Bangs, The Lear Collection (1995), No. 182 and p. 184, sold Christie's, 15 December 1998, Lot 139 also marked with various sets of initials but, apparently, no maker's mark.Two chambersticks with porringer-type handles are recorded bearing the mark 'CA' within a lozenge, but the very worn mark to this example is circular, and there is very faint evidence that the circle is bordered with small 'pellets'. It was possibly made by the maker whose mark was a 'cross with pellets' in a circle, who stamped other late 17th century brass wares like skimmers, ladles and slices. R. & V. Butler, A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c. 1600-c. 1900 (2001), p. 101, illustrates a chamberstick with more typical flat handle struck with a version of this mark.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 17
A fine William & Mary pewter two-banded tavern pot, circa 169020 fl.oz. capacity, having a tapering body with triangular lip, a single-curve handle with boot-heel terminal and 'lug' thumbrest stamped to the rear with the ownership initials 'G L', further engraved ownership initials 'R*L' to rim, touchmark inside base attributed to Philemon Angell, (fl.1684-1712), (PS201), 14.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Ex. K. Bradshaw Collection (no. 65).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 305
An early to mid-19th century brass 'honesty' tobacco box, marked 'Rich's Patent', probably made in Bridgwater, SomersetOf typical form, with penny slot and button, central handle and sprung lid, with key, on four ball feet, also marked with the Arms of the Order of the Garter, 24cm wide x 11cm deep x 17cm high, (9in wide x 4in deep x 6 1/2in high)Footnotes:Literature: Some boxes of this type which survive with the legend 'Rich's Patent' are also inscribed Bridgwater. Several members of the Rich family were jewellers, watch and clockmakers in Bridgwater. See R. & V. Butler, A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600-c.1900 (2001), p. 77.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 520
EARLY 20TH CENTURY SILVER TROPHY CUP, maker R&W Sorley, London marks, inscribed 'Larchfield School Sport 1/2 Mile Handicap 1st Prize... 1910', also engraved with crest, footed tapering circular form, with twin handles, 9cm high, along with a silver and mother of pearly baby's rattle, a silver sugar scoop, and a white metal mesh purse, the weighable silver 121g
Lot 21
A GEORGE IV CARVED MAHOGANY SIDEBOARDCIRCA 1825Of breakfront serpentine outline, the shaped top with gadrooned edge, above an arrangement of drawers interspersed with lion masks and reeded sabre legs terminating in paw feet105cm high, 197cm wide, 80cm deep Provenance: Previously from a Private Collection, and purchased from the Horace Babb Collection, Richard R Currie (Auctioneers), Johannesburg, 1959, lot 103. Condition Report: Veneer to the right hand front corner of the ledge back with a small chip. Small veneer dents to the top. Splits to the sides. One loose handle. Typical cracks to the drawer floors of deep drawers. Good overall rich colour and well figured veneers. Gallery is 5cm higher than the topMark's and condition ok for age 104.5cm high at the highest point (gallery). Top is 99.5cm high. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 271
STUDIO OF ROBERT WALKER (BRITISH 1599-1658)PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM SEYMOUR, 2ND DUKE OF SOMERSET, 1ST MARQUESS OF HERTFORD (1587-1660), FULL-LENGTH, IN ARMOUR, HOLDING A MARSHAL'S BATONInscribed marqvis of hertford lower right Oil on canvas 86 ¼ x 51 in. (219.1 x 129.5 cm.)In a seventeenth century carved giltwood auricular frameProvenance:Probably commissioned by Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674), Clarendon House, London, and by descent to his sonHenry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon (1638-1709), Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, and by inheritance at Cornbury, and later The Grove, Hertfordshire, to his nephew,Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Rochester and later 4th Earl of Clarendon (1672-1753), and by descent to his son,Henry Hyde, 5th Baron Hyde and Viscount Cornbury (1710-1753), in 1749, and by inheritance to his niece,Charlotte (d.1790), eldest daughter of William Capel, 3rd Earl of Essex (1697-1743), who married Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1709-1786), and by descent to,The 7th Earl Clarendon's Will TrustSale, Christie's, London, 9th December 2015, lot 144.Purchased at the above sale by the present ownerLiterature:Clarendon State Papers, Bodleian MS Clarendon 92, ff 253-254, no. 31.G. P. Harding, List of Portraits, Pictures in Various Mansions in the United Kingdom, unpublished MS, 1804, II, p. 209.J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters, London, 1831, III, p. 165, no. 574, as Van Dyck.E. Lodge, Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain, London, 1835, VII, no. 131.Lady T. Lewis, Lives of the Friends and Contemporaries of Lord Chancellor Clarendon, London, 1852, III, pp. 253, 335-338.G. F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London, 1854, II, p. 455.R. Gibson, Catalogue of Portraits in the Collection of the Earl of Clarendon, Wallop, 1977, p. 113-4, no. 126.Exhibited:Plymouth, City Art Gallery, Paintings from the Clarendon Collection, 1954, no. 28.William Seymour was a moderate Royalist who had opposed the King in the House of Lords in the early years of his reign, He became an important commander in the Royalist army during the Civil War and led numerous decisive battles. He negotiated the surrender of Oxford, Charles I's headquarters during the wars between 1644 and 1646, and attended the King during his impeachment. The prototype for this picture is most probably a half-length portrait, signed and dated 1656, in the collection of the Duke of Northumberland at Syon House. While other versions exist, this is the only one that includes the pike-men in the background and it has been suggested that it could have been painted by a member of Walker's studio shortly after the artist's death in 1658 (Gibson, op.cit.). The portrait certainly postdates 1660 since, although Seymour was created knight of the Garter in 1650, he was not in fact installed until 1660, and no other portrait shows him wearing the Badge of the Order.This picture formed part of Clarendon's collection of portraits that decorated his celebrated picture gallery at Clarendon House, Piccadilly, built between 1664 and 1667 to designs by Roger Pratt. These portraits included notable figures from the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I, but also of men and women he had known and written about in his famous History of the Great Rebellion and Life. After dining with Clarendon's eldest son, Henry Hyde, Viscount Cornbury, John Evelyn wrote the following entry in his diary for 20th December 1668: 'I dined with my Lord Cornbury at Clarendon House now bravely furnished, especially with the pictures of most of our ancient and modern wits, poets, philosophers, famous and learned Englishmen' (J. Evelyn, The Diary of John Evelyn, II, W. Bray (ed.), New York and London, 1901, p. 45).Condition Report: Canvas has been relined and re-varnished. Unexamined under UV light.Looks like it has no holes or patches. In good clean condition. The frame has some gesso lossesThe dimensions are for the canvas frame are 258x 158 approx Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 317
AN OVERSIZED PLASTER BUST OF DAVIDMODERN, AFTER MICHELANGELOWith variegated grey and white finish117cm high, 78cm wide, overall height including black painted plinth approximately 202cmThis bust is likely derived from a cast of David's head by the Italian sculptor Giovanni Antognazzi (fl. late 19th/20th century), which is recorded as being in the collection of James Perkins in R. Frederiksen and E. Marchand, Plaster Casts, Berlin/New York 2010, p. 629. The head is said to be true to the size of the original marble. Condition Report: In generally good condition overall. Incomplete surface painting to simulate grater age. Some small chips of loss. Please refer to images online for visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 58
A PAIR OF UNIQUE 'ZAFFRE' GLASS AND METAL COMMODES, 2014BY ROBERTO GIULIO RIDA (ITALIAN, B. 1943)Faceted grey glass panels, metal labels to top drawers 'R G RIDA'82cm high, 102cm wide, 52cm deepCatalogue Note: Roberto Giulio Rida was born in 1943 in Milan. Facing a solitary youth due to the many moves of his family, the taciturn child draw and collect small sculpted objects. His aunt, an educated woman and artist, encouraged him to visit museums, churches and historical sites. Later, he attended the Brera Academy where he was a brilliant student. But the necessities of life forced him to take odd jobs to survive until his military service. On his return, he began trading art objects. He moved to Venice as an antique dealer and frequents Murano masters who taught him for eight years the craft of glass. In 1973, he returned to Milan, where he specialized in the Arts of the twentieth century. In parallel, he has created lightings and furniture covered with cut glass and crystal. Today Roberto Giulio Rida is an accomplished and atypical artist. Regardless of the artistic movements, he invites the visitor in a strange world where science fiction collide with the Italian Renaissance and the intensity of a mineral light.Condition Report: Chip to 2 glass panels but restoration by ROBERTO RIDA can be arranged. Other panels are fine, minor scratches to a few legs. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 101
Davis (Thomas). General View of the Agriculture of the County of Wilts. With observations on the means of its improvement. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, by Thomas Davis, of Longleat, Wilts, Steward to the most noble the Marquess of Bath, London: Printed in the Year 1794, folding hand-coloured engraved county map by John Cary, bound with Billingsley (John), General View of the Agriculture in the County of Somerset; with observations on the means of its improvement ... drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, London: Printed by W. Smith, 1794, folding hand-coloured engraved county map, occasional spotting and offsetting, contemporary half calf, upper joint and spine split, without title label, spine worn, 4to, together with: Billingsley (John), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Somerset, with observations on the means of its improvement. Drawn up in the year 1795, for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, reprinted with considerable additions and amendments, Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, for the Author, 1797, half-title with ownership inscription at head, folding engraved county map, folding plan and one plate, edges untrimmed, 20th half calf, contrasting roan labels to spine, 8vo, Vancouver (Charles), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Devon ... Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture, and Internal Improvement, London: Richard Phillips, 1808, folding hand-coloured engraved county map, signature to title, seven folding tables, 27 engraved plates (2 hand-coloured and 6 folding), contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine, lower joint split, upper joint split at head, 8vo, and five others similar relating to agriculture in Cornwall, Dorset & HampshireQty: (8)
Lot 108
Lilford (Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron). Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 7 volumes, 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, 1885 - 1897, photogravure portrait frontispiece to volume 1, 421 chromolithograph & hand-coloured lithograph plates after Foster, Lodge, Keulemans and Thorburn, all leaves and plates mounted on linen guards, occasional toning, some spotting mostly to margins, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th century red half morocco by Birdsall of Northampton, gilt decorated spines, faded to spines, large 8vo, (25 x 16.5 cm)Qty: (7)
Lot 110
Lloyd (Edward, publisher). Lloyd's Natural History, edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe, 16 volumes, London: Edward Lloyd, 1896-97, numerous chromolithograph plates, contemporary dark green half calf, morocco title labels to spines worn, extremities a little rubbed, 8voQty: (16)NOTESThe set comprises Butterflies, 5 vols.; Birds, 4 vols.; Game Birds, 2 vols.; Monkeys, 2 vols.; Cats, Mammals and Marsupials.
Lot 112
MacCulloch (John). A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, including the Isle of Man: comprising an Account of their Geological Structure; with Remarks on their Agriculture, Scenery, and Antiquities, 3 volumes (2 text volumes and atlas), 1st edition, London: for Archibald Constable and Co., 1819, pp. xv [1] 587; vii [1] 589 [1]; [4] 91 [1], half-title to each volume, atlas volume with 33 engraved plates (one hand-coloured) and 10 engraved geological maps (some folding; all but one hand-coloured), volume 2 advertisement leaf discarded, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 8vo (21.5 x 13 cm) and 4to (26.8 x 20 cm), together with: Jameson (Robert). An Outline of the Mineralogy of the Shetland Islands, and of the Island of Arran. With an Appendix; containing Observations on Peat, Kelp, and Coal, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for William Creech, 1798, 2 engraved maps (one folding), engraved plate, early-20th-century tan half calf, 4to (24.5 x 16 cm)Qty: (4)NOTESProvenance: David R. Wilson (1926-2020), bookseller and secretary of the British Trust for Ornithology. ESTC T147048 (Jameson); Ward & Carozzi 1445 (MacCulloch) & 1191 (Jameson).
Lot 118
Neighbour (Alfred). The Apiary; or, Bees, Bee-Hives, and Bee Culture, 1st edition, London: Kent & Co, George Neighbour & Sons, 1865, half-title, wood engraved illustrations, light spotting mostly to first & last leaves, original blind-stamped dark green cloth, title in gilt to spine and upper board, 8vo, together with: Shuckard (William Edward), British Bees: An Introduction to the Study of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees Indigenous to the British Isles, 1st edition, London: Lovell Reeve & Co., 1866, half-title, 16 hand-coloured lithograph plates, ownership inscription to front pastedown, endpapers stained, original cloth, gilt bee design blocked to upper board, spine faded, 8vo, Root (A. I.), The A B C of Bee Culture: A Cyclopaedia of Every Thing Pertaining to the Care of the Honey-Bee, 8th thousand edition, revised by E. R. Root, Medino, Ohio: The A. I. Root Company, 1903, monochrome plates & illustrations, front pastedown with bookplate of William Richards of the British Bee-keepers Association, hinges split, original cloth with gilt bee design blocked to upper board, large 8vo, Sturges (Arthur M.), Practical Beekeeping, 1st edition, London: Cassell & Company, Ltd., 1924, half-title, colour frontispiece and monochrome plates, illustrations to text, original cloth, 8vo, M Quinby (M. & Root, Lyman C.), Quinby's New Bee-Keeping: the Mysteries of Bee-Keeping Explained ... Forming a Complete Guide to Successful Bee-Culture, New York: Orange Judd Company, 1909, wood engraved illustrations, hinges split, original cloth with gilt & blind blocked decoration, 8vo, and other 20th century bee-keeping reference & related, including some pamphletsQty: (approx. 30)
Lot 119
New Naturalist Monographs. Numbers 1,2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 14-16, 19, 20, 1st editions, London: Collins, 1948-65, all in original cloth with dust jackets, number 1 with bookplate and ownership inscription of ornithologist K. E. L. (Kenneth) Simmonds, 5 with ownership inscription of naturalist Major A. W. Boyd (author of The New Naturalist: A Country Parish, number 9 in the series) and laid-in typed letter signed to Boyd from the publisher, 11 with bookplate of ornithologist Michael P. Harris, 1, 2 and 4 cloth faded, 9 spine rolled, number 1 jacket toned and nicked, 2 jacket spotted, clipped and repriced (90p), 4 jacket with tiny hole to spine, 5 jacket spine strengthened verso, 9 jacket with small chip to head of rear joint, 11 jacket slightly spotted and nicked, 14 jacket with small hole and repair to spine, 19 jacket clipped and with a short closed hear to head of front joint, all 8voQty: (12)NOTESProvenance: David R. Wilson (1926-2020), bookseller and secretary of the British Trust for Ornithology. Bernhard & Loe M1A, M2A-AP2, M4A, M5A, M6A, M9A, M11A, M12A, M15A, M16-A, M19-A, M20A-B1. The Hawfinch and The Wood Pigeon are both in the first-state binding.
Lot 120
New Naturalist Monographs. Numbers, 4, 5, 12, 14, 15, 16 (two copies), 20 (two copies), 1st editions, London: Collins, 1950-65, a few ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, all volumes in original cloth with dust jackets, jackets with a few nicks, number 4 dust jacket price-clipped and repriced, 5 jacket nicked and toned, 14 jacket price-clipped and spine strengthened verso, 20 (both copies) price-clipped, 8vo, together with: The Wren (number 3), 1st edition, 1955, without jacket; The Fulmar (number 6), 2 copies, both 1st editions, 1952, without jackets; Boyd, A Country Parish (main series, number 9), 1st edition, 1951, without jacket; The Yellow Wagtail (number 4), 1st edition, 1950, laminated dust jacket; The Herring Gull's World (number 9), 1st edition, 1953, laminated dust jacket; and 9 New Naturalist Monograph reprints in dust jacketsQty: (24)NOTESProvenance: David R. Wilson (1926-2020), bookseller and secretary of the British Trust for Ornithology. Bernhard & Loe M4B-AP1, M5A, M12A, M14A, M15A, M16A, M20A-B1 & M20A-B2. The Yellow Wagtail (number 4) is in the second-state binding, with the repriced dust jacket; The Hawfinch (number 15) is in the first-state binding; one copy of The Wood Pigeon (number 20) is in the first-state binding, the other in the second-state binding.
![Peregrine Books. The Meyers' Illustrations of British Birds. By W. G. Hale, 1st edition, [London & Leeds]: Maggs Bros. an](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c48d82bc-ed62-44d5-8378-ac9400f91885/745a8faa-9709-4f9f-ba88-aca60111420c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 122
Peregrine Books. The Meyers' Illustrations of British Birds. By W. G. Hale, 1st edition, [London & Leeds]: Maggs Bros. and Peregrine Books, 2007, 44 plates (comprising 2 tipped-in lithographs from Meyer's original folio edition of the Illustrations, 2 uncoloured plates, and 40 tipped-in colour facsimiles of Meyer's original plates), original maroon half morocco, slipcase, folio, number 28 of 40 deluxe copies signed by the author (there were also 80 standard copies), together with: ibid. The Falkland Islands. An Artist's Portfolio. Mandy Shepherd. Written and Illustrated by the Author. With a Foreword by Lord Inge, 1st edition, Leeds: Peregrine Books, 1998, tipped-in colour plates, original blue half morocco, slipcase, folio, number 69 of 350 de luxe copies signed by the artist, from the total edition of 368, Thornton (R. J.). Thornton's Temple of Flora, with Plates faithfully reproduced from the Original Engravings, and the Work described by Geoffrey Grigson, with Bibliographical Notes by Handasyde Buchanan, London: Collins, 1951, facsimile plates (some in colour), tissue-guards, original half cloth, two dust jackets (inner and outer; outer jacket unevenly sunned and with repairs), folio, Ariel Press. British Sporting Prints. Edited by John Cadfryn-Roberts, 1st edition, London: The Ariel Press, 1955, colour illustrations, original half cloth, dust jacket (nicked, soiled and repaired), slipcase (rubbed and marked, staples rusted), folio, and 10 similar natural history reference books, folioQty: (14)
Lot 123
Roberts (James). The Sportsman's Pocket Companion: Being a Striking Likeness or Portraiture of the most Eminent Race Horses and Stallions that ever were in this Kingdom. Represented in Variety of Attitudes. To which is added, their Genuine Complete, but Concise Pedigrees and Performances [...], 1st edition, [London]: published and sold by Henry Roberts [...] and most of the book selllers in Great Britain and Ireland, c.1760, engraved throughout, 42 leaves including title-page, list of contents and 40 plates each containing a depiction of a named racehorse at head, descriptive text and vignette tailpiece, contemporary manuscript foliation to plates, toning, a little finger-soiling, ink annotation to foot of title-page, staining to plates 17-19, a couple of plates partially hand-coloured, a few other spots and marks, bookplate (phoenix rising from coronet), spot-marbled endpapers, contemporary mottled calf, a little wear to head of spine and to tips, head of front joint cracking, 8voQty: (1)NOTESESTC N23610; Huth p. 38. Very rare: ESTC traces one copy only, at the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum in Delaware. There was another issue, with the imprint 'for R. & R. Baldwin', likewise represented by a single institutional copy on ESTC (Transylvania University, Kentucky). The title as provided by Huth, shortened to The Sportsman's Companion, appears to belong to the 1820 reprint by James Barker.
Lot 130
Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher). A History of the University of Oxford, Its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings, 2 volumes, 1st edition, printed for R. Ackermann, 1814, half-title to each volume, engraved portrait of Lord Grenville, 64 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates after Pugin, Mackenzie, Westall, Nash and others, list of subscribers, 17 stipple-engraved costume plates, 114 hand-coloured plates, including 64 aquatint views by Buck, Hill, Stadler, Havell and others, after Pugin, Mackenzie, Westall, Nash and others, 33 aquatint plates of Founders, and 17 stipple engraved costume plates, plates watermarked J Whatman 1812, offsetting from plates to text only (plates generally very clean with fine hand-colouring), wide margins, sheet size 332 x 275 mm (13.1 x 11 ins), contemporary half calf, with later good-quality antique-style reback to each volume, large 4to, together with: Buxton (L.H. Dudley, and Gibson, Strickland). Oxford University Ceremonies, 1st edition, Oxford University Press, 1935, several monochrome illustrations, including a few after photographs, top edge gilt, contemporary brown crushed half morocco, spine lettered in gilt, 8voQty: (3)NOTESAbbey Scenery 280; Tooley 5. The text is ascribed to both William Combe (1742-1823), and Frederic Schoberl (1775-1853). Attractive copy.
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Lot 133
Bristol. The New Bristol Directory, for the Year, 1792..., by John Reed, Bristol: Wm. Browne, Wm. Bulgin, et al., [1792], pp. [4],84, scattered spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, bookplate of Edward Greenfield Dogget & Hugh Greenfield Doggett to upper pastedown, late 19th century calf, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with: Bristol Directories, Five directories for Bristol, including, Mathews's Annual Bristol Directory, and Commercial List, 29th edition, Bristol: Joseph Mathews, 1827, original boards, rebacked, 12mo; Mathews's Annual Bristol Directory..., 38th edition, Bristol: M. Mathews & Son, 1836, modern cloth-backed boards, 12mo; Mathews's Annual Bristol Directory, and Almanack, 44th edition, Bristol: M. Mathews & Son, 1842, original cloth, 12mo; Hunt & Co.'s City of Bristol, Clifton and Hotwells Directory, London: E. Hunt & Co., 1848, original cloth, 12mo; Mathews's Annual Bristol and Clifton Directory, and Almanack, 55th edition, Bristol: Mathew Mathews, 1853, double-page lithograph map, original cloth, joints split, 12mo, Mathews (Joseph), The Bristol Guide; being a complete Ancient and Modern History of the City of Bristol, 6th edition, Bristol: J. Mathews, 1825, engraved frontispiece, engraved map with closed tear, original cloth-backed boards, marked and some wear, 8vo, Duffield (C., publisher), The Historical and Local New Bath Guide..., Bath: C. Duffield, [1835?], folding engraved map and plan, 13 engraved plates and 34 engraved plates of trade advertisements, original cloth-backed printed boards (covers separated from text-block), slight wear to extremities, 8vo, Taylor (Anna, publisher, bookseller & stationer), The New Bath Guide; or, Useful Pocket Companion..., new edition, Bath: printed by R. Cruttwell, for A. Taylor, bookseller & stationer, 1796, bookseller's advert leaf at front, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding plan, and four plates, two illustrations to text, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, small 8vo, and other 18th - 20th century publications mostly relating to BristolQty: (31)
Lot 134
Bulmer (W. & Co. publisher). Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English. Illustrated in Fifty Coloured Engravings with Descriptions, printed for John Murray, 1814, printed title and 50 (complete as list) aquatint plates with contemporary hand colouring, each with a page of descriptive text, slight spotting throughout, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Thomas Bolden, Springfield, Bolton, contemporary morocco gilt, re-backed but retaining original spine, some wear to extremities, 8voQty: (1)NOTESR. V. Tooley. English Books with Coloured Plates, no. 374.
Lot 139
Macaulay (Kenneth). The History of St. Kilda, London: T. Becket & P.A. De Hondt, 1764, half-title, folding engraved map frontispiece, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving morocco title label, 8vo, together with: Ibid., A Voyage to, and History of St. Kilda, Dublin: printed by James Hoey, 1765, half-title, advert leaf present at rear, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine, 12mo, Knox (John), A Tour through the Highlands of Scotland, and the Hebride Isles, in MDCCLXXXVI, London: printed for J. Walter, R. Faulder, W. Richardson, et al., 1787, early annotations to first & last leaves, dust-soiling and few marks, edges untrimmed, lacking free endpapers, contemporary sheep-backed boards, worn, 8vo Wallace (James), An Account of the Islands of Orkney, London: Jacob Tonson, 1700, folding engraved map and one folding plate, signature at head of title, damp-soiling and fraying mostly to inner margins and repaired with tissue, lacking free endpapers, bookplate of Patrick Graham to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, morocco title label to spine, 8vo, and two others, Rona, A Poem in Seven Books, Illustrated with a Correct Map of the Hebrides and Elegant Engravings, by John Ogilvie, London: J. Murray, 1777, and A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, by Martin Martin, 2nd edition, London: A. Bell, 1716 (lacking map)Qty: (6)NOTESProvenance: David R. Wilson (1926-2020), bookseller and secretary of the British Trust for Ornithology.
Lot 140
Macaulay (Kenneth). The History of St. Kilda, containing a Description of this remarkable Island; the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants; the Religious and Pagan Antiquities there found; with many other curious and interesting particulars, London: T. Becket, 1764, half-title (torn to inner margin, repaired & reattached), folding engraved map frontispiece, publisher's advert list at rear, some dampstaining and mottling, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked (faded), 8vo, together with: Knox (John), A Tour through the Highlands of Scotland, and the Hebride Isles, in MDCCLXXXVI, London: J. Walter, R. Faulder, W. Richardson, et al., 1787, some toning, dust-soiling and spotting, front endpaper replaced, contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, recent skiver title label to spine, wear to board edges, 8vo, Nimmo (William), A General History of Stirlingshire ... with the Natural History of the Shire, Edinburgh: William Creech, 1777, folding engraved map frontispiece, signatures at head of title, light dust-soiling and mottling, bookplate of Russell of Aden to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, title label deficient, 8vo, [Heron, Robert], Scotland Delineated, or a Geographical Description of every Shire in Scotland, including the Northern and Western Isles..., for the use of Young Persons, Edinburgh: James Neill, 1791, folding engraved map frontispiece with contemporary hand-colouring, edges untrimmed, contemporary half calf, joints split and light wear, 8vo, and four others including Critical Dissertations on the Origin, Antiquities, Language ... of the Antient Caledonians ... the British and Irish Scots, by John Macpherson, Dublin: printed by Boulter Grierson, 1768; A Companion, and Useful Guide to the Beauties of Scotland, to the Lakes of Westmoreland, Cumberland, and Lancashire ... to which is added, a more particular Description of Scotland..., by Sarah Murray, London: printed for the author, 1799; Rona, A Poem, in Seven Books, Illustrated with a Correct Map of the Hebrides, by John Ogilvie, London: J. Murray, 1777; and Three Successive Tours in the North of England, and Great Part of Scotland, by Henry Skrine, London: printed by W. Bulmer & Co., 1795 (title inscribed "To the Bristol Library Society from the Author)Qty: (8)NOTESProvenance: David R. Wilson (1926-2020), bookseller and secretary of the British Trust for Ornithology.
Lot 141
Marshall (William). The Rural Economy of Gloucestershire; Including its Dairy: Together with the Dairy Management of North Wiltshire: and the Management of Orchards and Liquor in Herefordshire, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Gloucester: R. Raikes for G. Nicol, 1789, half-title to volume I, folding engraved map, vertical repaired closed tear to A3 in volume 1 and signature 'Belmore' to upper margin, a few light spots, contemporary calf, dark green morocco title labels to spines, joints slightly cracked and spines darkened, 8vo, together with: Rudge (Thomas), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Gloucester. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, London: Richard Phillips, 1807, hand-coloured folding engraved map and plan, folding engraved map of the Thames & Severn Canal hand-coloured in outline, two engraved plates, near contemporary cloth with gilt blocked crest and monogram 'BW' to upper board, 8vo, Turner (George), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Gloucester, with Observations on the means of its improvements, London: Printed by J. Smeeton, 1794, 57[1]pp., half-title present, some damp mottling, modern boards, slim 4to, and other Gloucestershire related, 19th & 20th century publications, including The History of Thornbury Castle, Thornbury: Richard Ellis, 1839; An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Chippenham Bridge, in the County of Wilts, to the Top of Togg Hill in the County of Gloucester..., 1752Qty: (18)
Lot 145
Robertson (Archibald). A Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol, 2 parts in one, London: Printed for the Author, 1792, 11 engraved road maps (10 double-page & folding), 65 uncoloured aquatint plates, errata leaf present at rear, some light toning, spotting and offsetting, late 20th century half calf, 8vo, together with an incomplete edition of [Robert, Goadby], A New Display of the Beauties of England: or, A Description of the most elegant or magnificent Public Edifices, Royal Palaces, Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats, and other Curiosities, natural or artificial, in different parts of the Kingdom, 2 volumes, London: Printed for R. Goadby; and sold by J. Towers ... and by R. Baldwin ..., 1772-[1776], 178 engraved plates, volume 1 incomplete at rear and volume 2 without title-page, some browning, offsetting, staining, spotting and dust-soiling, gatherings trimmed at spine edge (perfect bound) and some leaves and plates detached where adhesive perished, 19th century half calf, rubbed and light wear, 8voQty: (3)NOTESAbbey Scenery 24.
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Wallis (James, publisher). Wallis's New Pocket Edition of the English Counties or Travellers Companion, London: J. Wallis, circa 1810, engraved title with signature & date at head, engraved 'address to the public' with hand-coloured border, 44 hand-coloured engraved maps (one double-page), light toning, map of Isle of Wight slightly dampstained to upper outer margin, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 24mo, together with: Laurie (Robert), Laurie's Traveller's Companion: Exhibiting a Complete and Correct Survey of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England, Wales and Scotland: as far North as Edinburgh and Glasgow: together with the roads to Perth & Aberdeen..., 9th edition, corrected and greatly improved, London: R. H. Laurie, 1823, folding engraved map of England & Wales and 23 double-page maps, with original hand-colouring, light toning, modern calf-backed cloth, spine a little faded, tall slim 8vo, Hall (Sidney), A Travelling Atlas of the English Counties, with all the Railroads, London: Chapman & Hall, [1848], 46 engraved maps (comprising 42 double-page, and 4 folding, including Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Yorkshire), hand-coloured in outline, gutta-percha perished with some maps detached, original limp roan wallet-style binding, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Barclay (James), The Universal English Dictionary, containing an Explanation of Difficult Words and Technical Terms..., London: J. & F. Tallis, circa 1848, frontispiece of Buckingham Palace, additional engraved title (imprint dated 1844), 58 hand-coloured engraved maps by J. Archer, one uncoloured engraved plate of portraits, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, joints cracked and some wear to extremities, 4toQty: (4)
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