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Click here to subscribeA gold and opal ring probably by the Artificers Guild and designed by Edward Spencer, the shoulder with fruiting foliage panels flanking an elliptical opal, in later fitted case, unsigned, size R Literature Elyse Zorn Karlin Metalwork in the Arts and Crafts Tradition, Schiffer page 115 for a comparable ring illustrated. Tadema Gallery ref 7697 for a comparable example.
A miniature Martin Brothers stoneware bird by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1914, modelled standing and casting a slight upraised gaze, glazed in shades of green and brown, on an ebonised wood base, incised R W Martin & Bros, Southall, 2.12.14, 8.5cm. high Provenance Private collection. Literature Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis Publications, a comparable bird illustrated on the front cover and page 112 colour plate XVI .
The Wise Owl a fine Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1884, modelled with claw feet, resting, his round head tilted to one side, one eye remaining vigilantly open, glazed in brown, ochre and buff, incised R W Martin Sc, London 11 1884 to base and c R W Martin & Brothers London & Southall 11 1884 to cover, repaired damages, 29.5cm. high
A Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1913, modelled standing erect and casting a sideward glance, with short beak and claw feet, glazed in shades of blue, green and brown, on ebonised wooden base, incised R W Martin & Bros Southall, 13.12.1913 to base and head, 15cm. high Provenance Private collection.
The Barrister and his Defendant an important pair of small Martin Brothers stoneware birds by Robert Wallace Martin, the barrister wearing a wig and his wings thrust backwards forming a gown, leaning forward to whisper to the recoiling client, glazed in green and brown, on ebonised wooden bases, incised R W Martin & Bros to side of base, the defendant with Southall 1914, the barrister with Richard Dennis Exhibition label, 9 and 9.5cm. high, (2) Provenance Martin Brothers Pottery Exhibition, Richard Dennis 1978, catalogue number 387 (barrister) Private collection. Literature Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis, page 154 figure 247 for a comparable barrister figure.
A Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, the small, rotund bird modelled with upcast knowing look, glazed in shades of green and brown, highlighted in white, etched R W Martin & Bros, London & Southall, firing cracks to neck of body, 14.5cm. high, (2) Provenance Private collection.
A fine Martin Brothers stoneware spoon warmer by Robert Wallace Martin, the grotesque scaly creature with claw feet and long drooping ears, modelled seated with mouth gaping, incised decoration glazed green, blue and ochre impressed R W Martin stamp, incised R W Martin London & Southall, one toe glued, 16cm. long, 13cm. high Provenance by repute this creature was exchanged for half a ration coupon circa 1946 in London by the vendor's relatives. Private collection.
A PAIR OF LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY GERMAN PORCELAIN FIGURES OF A LADY AND GENTLEMAN, both wearing mid blue costume with black capes decorated with ribboned shells, on shaped square bases with moulded shell and scroll designs, with gilt details, underglaze 'R' to undersides of bases, heights 24cm and 23cm (2) (condition: she has a chip to the ribbon on her hat and wear to the gilding to the base and hem of her dress, he has a chip to the front of his tricorn hat, chipped section to the front of the cape above his left arm which is also missing a finger, glued repair to top of legs and back of his coat, some chips to the right hand side of coat, hairline to the back of the tree stump, some wear to gilding)
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK, the plain hood with moulded cornice and columns, arched door enclosing painted 13 1/2'' / 34cm dial with lunar phase mechanism to the arch, floral spandrels, subsidiary seconds and date dials, Roman and Arabic numerals, named 'R. ROSKELL, LIVERPOOL', plain trunk and plinth with reeded moulding, overall height 226cm, with door key, pendulum and weights (condition: lunar phase mechanism has some crackling to the paint, otherwise in good overall condition)
A GEORGE V SILVER SEVEN BAR TOAST RACK, arched form on a rectangular base with flattened bun feet, numbered 170, makers Hukin & Heath, Birmingham 1929, approximate weight 5.4ozt, 170 grams, length 13cm, together with an Elizabeth II cased silver four piece cruet set of banded circular form, maker Laurence R. Watson & Co, Birmingham 1989, approximate weight 1.9ozt, 60 grams (2) (condition: toast rack base has slight mishaping/ripples along the bottom frame, cruet has salt corrosion to the cover, both covers are stuck in place at time of report)
Sclater (Philip Lutley). A Monograph of the Jacamars and Puff-Birds, or Families Galbulidae and Bucconidae, 1st edition, for the author by R. H. Porter, [1879]-82, 55 hand-coloured plates after J. G. Keulemans, tissue-guards , intermittent faint spotting to plate margins, stronger spotting to plates 19 and 41, ink-stamps of Hunstanton Hall (ancestral seat of the Le Strange family) to initial blank and title-page, bookseller’s ticket (Berkelouw) to front pastedown, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, contemporary blue half morocco, gilt monogram ‘H le S’ to spine (see note), moderately rubbed and marked, tips bumped and slightly worn, 4to (31.5 x 24.5 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: Hamon Le Strange (1840-1918/19), one of 48 original subscribers to the work (his monogram gilt to spine). Le Strange, of Hunstanton Hall, Norfolk, was the son of noted painter Henry Le Strange (1815-1862) and continued his development of Hunstanton as a seaside resort. Anker 451 (‘beautiful plates’); Nissen IVB 840; Sitwell p. 139; Wood p. 558, Zimmer p. 561. ‘A complete monograph of the two groups … the coloured plates are excellent’ (Zimmer). The jacamar family is native to Central and South America.
Seebohm (Henry). A History of British Birds, with Coloured Illustrations of their Eggs, 4 volumes, 1st edition, R. H. Porter, [1882]-5, 68 tinted lithographic plates, wood-engraved tailpieces, book-labels to initial blanks, top edges gilt, contemporary half morocco, royal 8vo (24.9 x 15.3 cm), together with: Patten (Charles J.), The Aquatic Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, 2nd edition, R. H. Porter, 1906, 66 halftone plates, extra-illustrated with 48 chromlithographic plates by Archibald Thorburn or J. G. Keulemans from Lilford's Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands (1885-97), top edge gilt, others untrimmed, contemporary straight-grain blue half morocco, 8vo (22 x 14 cm), and Adams (Henry Gardiner & Henry B.), The Smaller British Birds. With Descriptions of their Nests, Eggs, Habits, 1st edition, George Bell and Sons, 1874, 32 colour plates, a few trivial spots, modern half calf, royal 8vo (24.5 x 16.5 cm) (Qty: 6)Anker 456 (Seebohm: 'a systematic account'); Freeman 3343 (Seebohm), 22 (Adams); Nissen IVB 851 (Seebohm), 6 (Adams); Mullens & Swann pp. 571 (Seebohm), 459 (Patten), 3 (Adams); Wood pp. 561 (Seebohm), 513 (Patten), 179 (Adams); Zimmer pp. 568 (Seebohm), 483 (Patten), 2 (Adams).
Seebohm (Henry). A History of British Birds, with Coloured Illustrations of their Eggs. Four volumes extended to seven by the Insertion of 290 Additional Coloured Illustrations of the Birds, 7 volumes, [John C. Nimmo, c.1896], title-pages printed in red and black, 68 chromolithographic plates of eggs, 285 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates of birds (see note), bookplates of E. H. R. Green (American collector, 1868-1936), top edges gilt, others untrimmed, contemporary crushed dark green half morocco by Kelly and Sons for Henry Sotheran, spines sunned, green linen sides, large 8vo (25.1 x 15.5 cm) (Qty: 7)The text and chromolithographic plates of eggs are from the 1896 second edition of Seebohm's work, printed by John C. Nimmo; the coloured plates of birds are from Morris's History of British Birds , of which the fourth edition was published by Nimmo in 1895-6. It is likely that Nimmo at some point bound up plates from the Morris with the sheets from Seebohm, and issued them with the cancel title-pages seen here. The count of 290 plates in the title may have been intended as approximate if sets were made up with whichever plates were available. One set of this issue traced in libraries world-wide.
Smith (Cecil). Birds of Guernsey and the Neighbouring Islands Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm, 1st edition, R. H. Porter, 1879, largely unopened, original cloth, together with: Benson (Charles William), Our Irish Song Birds, 1st edition, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, and Co., 1886, 2 wood-engraved colour plates, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, all edges gilt, original pictorial cloth gilt, Hele (Nicholas Fenwick), Notes or Jottings about Aldeburgh, 1st edition, John Russell Smith, 1870, lithographic frontispiece (spotted), 4 wood-engraved or lithographic plates, bookplate (Edward Thomas Burr), ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original green cloth, spine slightly rolled and a little frayed at head, Phillips (E. Cambridge), The Birds of Breconshire, 2nd edition, Brecon: Edwin Davies, 1899, halftone frontispiece (detaching at head), plate, errata slip, endpapers spotted, original blue cloth, Cordeaux (John), Birds of the Humber District, 1st edition, John van Voorst, 1872, wood-engraved frontispiece, bookplate (John Arthur Brooke of Fenay Hall, near Huddersfield), largely unopened, original cloth, Sterland (W. J.), The Birds of Sherwood Forest, 1st edition, I. Reeve & Co., 1869, 4 lithographic plates including frontispiece, 3 hand-coloured, partial browning to frontispiece recto from laid-in newsprint, original cloth, rubbed, Davis (William J.), The Birds of Kent, 1st edition, Dartford: J. & W. Davis, 1907, halftone frontispiece, folding map (repair verso), endpapers browned, ownership inscription of amateur ornithologist Hubert E. Pounds, original green cloth, and 5 others, mainly 19th-century county avifaunas, all original cloth, 8vo (Qty: 12)Mullens & Swann pp. 546 (Smith), 57 (Benson), 291 (Hele), 471 (Phillips), 144 (Cordeaux), 559 (Sterland), 165 (Davis); Wood pp. 570 (Smith), (Benson, later edition), 518 (Phillips), 582 (Sterland), 312 (Davis); Zimmer p. 136 (Cordeaux), 603 (Sterland). Davis's work is particularly scarce; Copac traces nine copies in libraries.
Thorburn (Archibald). British Birds, 4 volumes, new edition, limited issue, Longmans, Green, and Co. Ltd., 1925-6, 192 mounted colour plates, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original red cloth gilt, a bright set, 8vo, together with: Seebohm (Henry), Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds ... edited (after the Author's Death) by R. Bowdler Sharpe, Sheffield: Pawson and Brailsford, 1896, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 60 chromolithographic plates numbered 1-59, light spotting to fore edge, original red cloth gilt, 8vo, ibid., British Birds' Eggs, George Routledge & Sons Limited, 1905, 68 chromolithographic plates, plate 9 loose, plate 12 loosening, a few finger-marks, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, original green cloth, extremities slightly rubbed, Kirkman (Frederick B.), The British Bird Book, an Account of all the Birds, Nests and Eggs found in the British Isles, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1911-13, 201 mainly colour plates, spotting to preliminaries and edges, original buff cloth, royal 4to (Qty: 10)Mullens & Swann pp. 518 (Seebohm, Coloured FIgures), 517 (Seebohm, British Birds' Eggs, with date 1904), 330 (Kirkman); Wood pp. 597 (Thorburn). Thorburn's work is number 174 of 250 numbered sets.
Wytsman (Philogène, editor). [Genera Avium], 1st edition, Brussels: V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, 1905-14, 26 parts in 1 volume, half-title to each part, no general title-page called for, 43 chromolithographic plates (mounted on thicker paper stock), original wrappers for each part bound in at rear, edges untrimmed, modern green morocco gilt, large 4to (32.6 x 24.3 cm) (Qty: 1)Nissen IVB 1028; Wood p. 638; Zimmer pp. 695-7. 'This monumental work ... Among the contributors are Louis Brasil, Ernst Hartert, C. E. Hellmayr, T. Salvadori, P. L. Sclater, R. Bowdler Sharpe, and W. R. Ogilvie Grant' (Wood). Nissen and Zimmer erroneously cite 44 plates: the wrapper for the fourth part, Nestoridae, mentions two plates, but the text itself describes only one.
Poyser (T & A D, publishers). The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds: their Distribution and Abundance. Edited by War J M Hagemeijer and Michael J Blair, 1st edition, 1997, together with: Watson (Jeff). The Golden Eagle, 1st edition, T & A D Poyser, 1997, Porter (R. F., & others), Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East, 1st edition, T & A D Poyser, 1996, and 46 others, all Poyser titles, species, group or field guides, original boards, dust jackets where called for, 8vo and 4to (Qty: 49)
Lilford, (Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron). Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 7 volumes, 1st edition, R. H. Porter, 1885-97, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 421 chromolithographic plates after Foster, Lodge, Keulemans and Thorburn, all leaves and plates mounted on linen guards, some spotting throughout, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, contemporary quarter morocco gilt by Birdsall of Northampton with contrasting morocco gilt labels to spines, large 8vo, (25 x 15.6 cm) (Qty: 7)Anker 308 (second edition); Freeman 2244; Mullens & Swann p. 354; Nissen IVB 563; Sitwell p. 119; Wood p. 436; Zimmer pp. 399-400 (second edition). A handsome set of 'this truly magnificent work' (Wood).
Meinertzhagen (Colonel R.). Birds of Arabia, Henry Sotheran Limited, 1980, additional half title, nineteen tipped-in colour plates, tipped-in photographic illustrations, folding map, ownership signature to first front blank, book plate of D. Keningale, top edge gilt, original green half morocco by Morrell, spine with raised bands and gilt bird and palm vignettes in compartments, 4to, (Qty: 1)Edition de Luxe, 28/295.
Ogilvie-Grant (W. R., Millais J. G. and others). The Gun at Home and Abroad. British Game Birds and Wildfowl, British Deer & Ground Game, Dogs, Guns & Rifles, The Big Game of Africa & Europe [and] The Big Game of Asia and North America, 4 volumes. (complete), published The London & Counties Press Association Ltd., 1912 - 1915, additional half titles, titles printed in red & black, each volume with portrait frontispiece of H.R.H. King George V, list of subscribers, fifty-nine (complete) colour plates, eight gravures and numerous black & white illustrations, top edges gilt, remainder uncut, contemporary morocco gilt, slight wear to extremities and some scratches to boards, folio (Qty: 4)Limited edition 119/500
Surtees (R. S.). Mr. Jorrocks' Lectors from Handley Cross. With Illustrations by G. Denholm Armour, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910, 25 tipped-in colour plates, captioned tissue-guards , marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, later green moroco gilt by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, 4to (29 x 24 cm) (Qty: 1)Limited edition, number 130 of 350 copies, signed by the artist.
Topham (Thomas). A New Compendius System on Several Diseases, incident to cattle. Wherein the disorders are orderly described, and the symptoms of each disease obviously laid down: together with a complete number of medicines for every stage and symptom thereof..., an essay on the diseases incident to calves, printed for J. Scatcherd & J. Whitaker, T. Scollick & J. Todd, 1788, xvi, 421, [7], a2 with minor waterstain to extreme fore-margin, 19th century green half-calf gilt, a little rubbed and some marks to edges, 8vo, together with [ Feijoo y Montenetro, Benito Jeronimo]. The Honour and Advantage of Agriculture. Being the twelfth discourse of the eighth volume of Feijoo's works, translated from the Spanish. By a Farmer in Cheshire, 1st English edition, printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1760, iv, 79, [1], disbound without covers, slim 8vo (Qty: 2)Topham: ESTC N41779. The second issue (first London edition) of this scarce work (ESTC locates six copies in the UK of either issue), and one of the first publications on the diseases of cattle. Feijoo: ESTC T166297 (only 3 copies in the UK, Cambridge, Rothamsted, and John Rylands). According to Nichols, Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, volume II, page 336 'Mr Benjamin Stillingfleet was the editor, if not the translator'.
British Isles. De Wit (Frederick), Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae nova Descriptio, Amsterdam, 1659, uncoloured engraved map, proof state with the upper cartouche still blank, inset map of the Orkney Islands, extensively repaired on verso, margins professionally replaced, backed with archival tissue, 420 x 530 mm (Qty: 1)R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650 - 1750, De Wit 2 state 1. A copy of an earlier map of 1638 by Jan Jansson. It differs from the earlier map in that it lacks the embellishment of the Royal coat of arms. Oliver Cromwell's republican 'Commonwealth regime' was still in power and they would have reacted strongly against a heraldic representation of the crown.
British Isles. Grierson (George), A new map of Great Britain and Ireland according to the newest and most exact observations, published Dublin and sold by George Grierson at the Two Bibles, Essex Street, circa 1733, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring on two conjoined sheets, inset map of the Shetland and Orkney Islands, some creasing and fraying largely confined to margins, occasional repaired marginal closed tears, manuscript 'cancel' cross through the picture frame cartouche, 1010 x 610 mm, mounted, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1650 -1750. George Grierson no.1. Grierson was one of the first Irish publishers of maps and although he took the title of 'King's Printer' much of his output was pirated from English Sources. This is a re-engraved copy of an earlier map by Herman Moll which originally appeared in 'The World' Describ'd...'.
British Isles. Blaeu (Johannes), Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae Tabula, Amsterdam, circa 1640, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, inset map of the Orkney Islands, slight overall toning, slight text show through, 385 x 495 mm, Latin text on verso (Qty: 1)R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, no. 501
England & Wales. A collection of seven maps, 18th century, including Cluver (Philip), Veteris et Nova Britanniae descriptio, [1729], hand coloured engraved map, inset map of the Orkney Islands, 215 x 265 mm, together with Cellarius (Andreas & Seale R. W.), Insularum Britannicarum Facies Antiqua, [1742], hand coloured engraved map, inset map of the Orkney & Shetland Islands, old folds, 205 x 310 mm, with Lenglet du Fresnoy (Nicolas), Les Isles Britanniques, [1735], uncoloured engraved map, old folds, 240 x 390 mm, plus Edwards (George), Itinera Varia Auctoris, [1746], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, the 'beetle map' decorated with engraved vignettes of birds, beetles and a large bird bill, creased with marginal repaired closed tears, red-ruled, 260 x 210 mm, and Le Rouge (George Louis), L'Angleterre, Paris, circa 1748, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 290 x 215 mm, with Mercator (Gerard & Cloppenburgh H. J.), L'Angleterre, [1734], engraved map, two copies, one coloured, the other black and white, the uncoloured example is toned overall, each 185 x 255 mm (Qty: 7)
Gayton (J. R.), Memoria Philosophica; or History, Chronology, Geography, Astronomy, Poetry, Prose, Language &c. treated on principles best adapted to retention in the Memory, printed J. Hill and published Simpkin & Marshall, 1826, additional half title, list of subscribers, two folding mnemonic charts, numerous tables and six lithographic anthropomorphic and zoomorphic folding maps with contemporary hand colouring, errata bound at rear, later ownership signatures to front endpaper and front blank, marbled endpapers, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn at extremities, 8vo (Qty: 1)Rare. Only one copy recorded on Copac.
World. Waldseemüller (Martin & Fries Laurent), Tabu Nova Orbis, published Lyon, [1535], uncoloured woodblock map, some damage to central fold, professionally restored on verso, 325 x 460 mm (Qty: 1)R. W. Shirley. The Mapping of the World, number 49. This is a reduced version of the Waldseemüller map published in 1513. It lacks the criss-cross directional lines and shows only part of the Americas in the very south west of the map. Fries has added five images of kings, representing Russia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Taprobana and Mursuli as well as an elephant off the coast of Greenland.
Edwards (Lionel, 1878 - 1966). The Dauntsey Vale from Great Wood , Eyre & Spottiswoode, photolithograph, some staining, signed in pencil by artist to lower left, 330 x 500 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with The Badsworth, circa 1946, photolithograph, signed by pencil by artist to lower right, 305 x 385 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with The Cambridge Union Drag, 1950, photolithograph, signed by pencil by artist to lower left, 245 x 390 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, plus The R. A. Drag, The Sporting Gallery Ltd., 1938, photolithograph, signed by pencil by artist to lower left, faded, 280 x 390 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, and two other similar signed prints by Edwards (Qty: 6)
West Indies. A collection of nine watercolours and five pencil drawings, 19th century, topographical paintings and drawings of Jamaica, Trinidad and Guadeloupe, mostly unattributed but two drawings are by General Sir William John Chamberlayne (1821 - 1910) and the drawing of Guadeloupe is by Colonel R. English and dated 11th April 1881, two framed and glazed, the remainder mounted, various sizes and condition (Qty: 14)
Elizabeth II (Queen of the United Kingdom, 1926-). Christmas card, signed, [1958], signed 'Elizabeth R' beneath printed message on inner verso with a colour reproduction of Sebastiano Ricci's painting 'The Holy Family' tipped in opposite, gilt-embossed crown to upper cover, 20 x 23cm, together with an addressed envelope postmarked 1962
George IV (King of England, 1762-1830). Document signed, 'George R.', Carlton House, 10 July 1821, a lithographically pre-printed document giving royal dispensation not to attend the Royal Coronation on 19th July, boldly signed by the monarch at head, and with name of the document's recipient inscribed at foot, 'Thomas-James Viscount Bulkeley', with an additional manuscript note beneath, 'Given me by my friend Doctor Bandinel, 1823', heavily browned, one page, folio (31 x 19.5 cm), tipped onto a modern mount (Qty: 1)Thomas James Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley (1752-1822) was an English aristocrat and poltician. This document would appear to have been given to Bulkeley Bandinel (1781-1861) who became Librarian at the Bodleian in Oxford in 1813, a post he was to hold for 47 years. Who Dr. Bandinel gave the document to then has not been ascertained.
George VI (King of the United Kingdom & His Consort Queen Elizabeth). Christmas card signed, 1951, folded off-white card with a colour reproduction photograph of the gardens of Buckingham Palace mounted to inner recto, signatures of 'George R' and 'Elizabeth R' beneath printed message and manuscript date 1951 on facing page, gilt embossed crown to upper board, a little age toning and soiling, 25 x 20cm (Qty: 1)
Scrap Albums. Two Scrap albums, 19th & early 20th century, containing watercolours, oil paintings, photographs, pencil drawings and lithographs of maritime scenes, flowers, British & foreign topographical views and humorous drawings and cartoons, manuscript ownership name and address of Gladys Martin of Hermon Hill, Snaresbrook to the front endpaper of the octavo volume which is bound in contemporary morocco gilt with the owner's initials in gilt letters on the upper siding, the larger album contains a watercolour signed by George Hayes R. C. A. , with pencil ownership signature of Francis Webb and dated 1824 (paper watermarked 1818), marbled endpapers, contemporary half morocco gilt, bumped and worn at extremities, 4to (Qty: 2)
Shrapnel (Henry, 1761-1842). Original pen and ink drawings of 6- and 3- pounder shells, annotated by Shrapnel and signed by him as Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Artillery, c.1804, paper undated but watermarked 1802, verso blank (Qty: 1)Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842), army officer and inventor of the Shrapnel shell. Shrapnel, whose name was to become synonymous with his invention, had been commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1779, and served in Newfoundland. After his return to England in 1785 he began privately to develop his idea of an explosive shell which could be fired from existing ordnance but which was filled with small round pieces of shot to be dispersed lethally when the shell exploded, the timing determined by a fuse of variable length inserted through the base of the casing. He maintained an interest in his invention during this subsequent military career, during which he had been wounded at the siege of Dunkirk in 1793, and in 1799 proposed to the Board of Ordnance that his should be adopted by the military, approval being granted in 1803. It is from this period that the present document is dated. Shrapnel became the first assistant inspector of artillery at Woolwich on 10 February 1804, during which year the shell was used with some success at the capture of Surinam. Each drawing is accompanied by annotations of the exact dimensions, which in the case of the 3 pounder show signs of having been later altered. The note to the first drawing, i.e. the 6 pounder, evidently applies to both: 'NB These shells are to be case of the best No.1 Iron, or extremely soft gun metal, so as not to be in the least degree brittle. The casting to be finished as quick as possible, that the metal may not be increased in heat beyond what is proper.'...' Shrapnel's note at the foot, written less formally, adds the instruction that 'The whole of these shells should be cast in green sand, as the moulds make the iron brittle - the raised edges 3,R & 4,R are only intended as marks, & should be raised very little indeed.' Any autograph material by Shrapnel is very rare on the market, and the present document is a particularly rare survival relating to a military invention which could be said to have had a significant influence on the future direction of artillery.
Aesop. Fables, of Aesop and other eminent Mythologists: with Morals and Reflexions, 5th edition corrected, 1708; Fables and Storyes Moralized, being a Second Part of the Fables of Aesop, and other Eminent Mythologists, etc. by Sir Roger L'Estrange, 2nd edition, 1708, engraved portrait (ink marks to face) and frontispiece, occasional dmapstains, modern half calf, 8vo, together with [Ellis, George, editor] , Specimens of the Early English Poets, London: Printed for Edwards, 1790, without rear free endpaper, contemporary half morocco, rubbed and some wear, 8vo, with Shakespeare (William). The Plays, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; to which are added Notes by Sam. Johnson, 8 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed for J. and R. Tonson [and others], 1765, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, half titles to volumes 3-8, 19th century ownership signature to volume 1 title, manuscript ownership of Richard Vevers, 1766 to front blanks, several leaves in volume 6 torn away, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, worn, 8vo, plus others including Hymen's Praeludia: or, Love's Master-Piece..., by Robert Loveday, 8 volumes, 1736, Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne..., made English by Charles Cotton, 3 volumes, 4th edition, 1711, and Montaigne's Essays, Translated by Charles Cotton, 3 volumes, 1743 (Qty: 24)
Aleman ( Matheo ). The Rogue: or the Life of Guzman de Alfarache, 2 parts in one, 2nd English edition, Oxford: Printed by William Turner for Robert Allot, 1630, woodcut device to title, lacking final blank, short closed tear to R5 at foot, title and text slightly browned, later marbled endpapers with strengthened hinges, gilt gauffered edges, 19th century sheep by R. Riviere of Bath, elaborate gilt decorated spine, gilt centre ornament and corner ornaments within an ornate border, joints and extremities rubbed and scuffed, small folio, (Qty: 1)STC 290; Madan I, p. 148.
Bulkeley (Peter). The Gospel-Covenant; or, The Covenant of Grace Opened..., Preached in Concord in New-England by Peter Bulkeley, sometimes fellow of Saint Johns Colledge in Cambridge, second edition, much enlarged, and corrected by the author, printed by Matthew Simmons, 1651, light waterstain throughout, worm track towards upper outer corners to last 50 pages, generally not affecting legibility, contemporary full calf gilt, with small initials R G to centre of each cover, rubbed and slight wear to head of spine, small 4to (Qty: 1)Sabin 9097. Wing B5404. Provenance: Purchased by Desmond Burgess at Christie's London, 15 April 1981, lot 86.
Cotgrave (Randle). French-English Dictionary..., with another in English and French. Whereunto are newly added the Animadversions and Supplements, &c. of James Howell Esquire., London: Printed by W.H. for Octavian Pulleyn, 1650, hole to title and some dampstaining, armorial bookplate of 'The Right Honble. William Lord Craven, Barron Craven of Hamstead Marshall' to verso of title, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, joints split and some wear to extremities, folio, together with Florio (Giovanni) , Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese: A Dictionary, Italian and English. First compiled by John Florio ... Whereunto is Added, a Dictionary, English and Italian ... by Gio. Torriano..., Now reprinted, revised and corrected by J[ohn] D[avis], London: Printed by R. Holt & W. Horton, for R. Chiswell, T. Sawbridge, G. Wells, & R. Bentley, 1688, occasional dampstaining, final leaf detached, contemporary calf, gilt crest to upper board, old reback with gilt decorated spine (lacking upper panel), boards detached, worn, folio, with Xenophon , Xenophontis De Cyri Institutione libri octo. Graeca recognovit, cum Codice MSto Oxoniensi & omnibus fere libris editis contulit, plurimis in locis emendavit, versionem Latinam reformavit, Observationibus suis, Tabula Geographica, binisque Dissertationibus praemissis auxit & illustravit; Notas H. Stephani, Leunclavii, AE. Porti & Mureti recensitas & castigatas..., Indicesque necessarios adjunxit Thomas Hutchinson, Oxford, 1727, engraved frontispiece, folding engraved map, Greek & Latin text, modern dark green half morocco, 4to, plus three other antiquarian volumes including volume 1 only of An Universal History from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present, 1736 (Qty: 6)
Dalton (John). A New System of Chemical Philosophy, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Manchester: Printed by S. Russell, for R. Bickerstaff, Strand, London, 1808 & 1810, vi, [2], 220 ; [8], 221-560 pp., continuous pagination throughout, eight single-page engraved plates, Imprint varies: part 2: Printed by Russell & Allen, 1810, part 1 title with coloured pencil manuscript number to upper blank margin and diagonal closed tear with adhesive tape staining (also to gutter margin), frayed to upper inner margin, 10 leaves in part 1 also with long vertical closed tear with old adhesive tape repairs and consequent staining, gutter margin of H1 & H2 with old adhesive tape and staining, thin worm trail to to upper blank margins of four leaves of text and three plates, occasional spotting, dampstains & marks, manuscript & library ticket envelope to front free endpaper, lacking front free endpaper, later cloth over contemporary calf, covers detached, 8vo (Qty: 1)Dibner Heralds of Science 44; Duveen, p. 156; Grolier/Horblit 22; Norman 575; Partington III, pp. 799-813; PMM 261. The first edition of Dalton 's classic work on the atomic theory of matter. ' Dalton reconstructed New ton's speculations on the structure of matter, and, applying them in a new form to chemistry, gave Lavoisier's reformation of that science a deeper significance' (PMM). Dalton maintained that all matter was composed of indestructible and indivisible atoms of various weights, each weight corresponding to one of the chemical elements. These atoms remained unchanged during chemical processes, and their particular weight determined their identity. His New System presented the first chemical atomic theory giving significance to the relative weights of the ultimate particles of all known compounds. It also provided a quantitative explanation of the phenomena of chemical reaction. 'He developed a system of chemical symbols and a table [plate 4 in part 1] showing the relative weights of the atoms of a list of elements. From his principles he deduced the law of definite proportions and the law of multiple proportions' (Dibner). This, and, and pp.546-548 along with the 4 plates in part 2, in effect describe the first periodic table, which Mendelev was to refine later (see lot xxx). A second volume appeared 17 years later, by which time 'the theory had borne such widespread fruit that Dalton 's own conclusions were almost out of date' (PMM).
Morton (John). The Natural History of Northhampton-shire; With Some Account of the Antiquities. To which is Annex'd a Transcript of Doomsday-Book, so far as it relates to that County, 1st edition, bound in 2 volumes, R. Knaplock and R. Wilkin 1712, uncoloured folding map by John Harris and 14 uncoloured engraved plates, some spotting, folio, contemporary calf, gilt to spine, folio (Qty: 2)
The Complete Family-Piece: and, Country Gentleman and Farmer's Best Guide, 3rd edition improved, printed for C. Rivington; S. Birt; T. Longman; C. Hitch; and J. Clarke, 1741, xii, 4, 526, + 62 pp. index, title with slight fraying to lower outer corner, first and last few leaves lightly browned to edges, occasional marks, contemporary calf, rubbed and some wear with upper joint partly cracked, 8vo, together with Glasse (Hannah). The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy..., new edition will all the modern improvements, Dublin, printed by Brett Smith, for Gilbert and Hodges, 1804, occasional light spotting and minor soiling, contemporary calf, modern reback, 8vo, plus Raffald (Elizabeth), The Experienced English House-keeper, for the use and ease of Ladies, House-keepers, Cooks, &c. wrote purely from practice, and dedicated on the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, whom the author lately served as house-keeper, 3rd edition, Dublin, printed by J. Williams, 1772, folding engraved plate of a coal-burning stove, torn without loss, some marks and general soiling, title and following leaf with some browning, contemporary calf gilt, modern gilt spine label, rubbed, 8vo, and Stavely (Mrs.) , The Housewife's Guide: or, A Complete System of Modern Cookery containing directions how to roast and boil every thing necessary for the table; to cure hams, bacon, &c. how to make Gravies, Sauces, Fricassees, and various dishes for lent. Particularly adapted to the middle class of society, Liverpool, printed by G. Wood, 1828, 59 pages, with index to verso of final leaf, title and final leaf soiled and somewhat darkened, some marks and small stains elsewhere, contemporary ownership signature of Mrs R. Cross to head of first leaf of text, modern boards, with printed paper label to spine, slim 12mo, plus six others related, including G. Francis, The Dictionary of Practical Receipts, 1848, and five 19th century manuscript lists of kitchen accounts, various (Qty: 10)Bitting 534 & Oxford 68 for The Complete Family-Piece. Mrs Staveley's Housewife's Guide not in Oxford or Bitting.
Weever (John). Ancient Funerall Monuments within the United Monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland and the Islands Adjacent, with the dissolved monasteries therein contained: their founders, and what eminent persons have beene in the same interred. As also the death and buriall of certaine of the Bloud Royall; the Nobilitie and Gentrie of these Kingdomes entombed in forraine nations, 1st edition, printed by Thomas Harper, 1631, additional engraved title (laid down), library inkstamp to printed title and occasionally elsewhere, contemporary calf, heavily rubbed and with some wear, recased with remains of original spine laid down, folio, together with Heylyn (Peter) , Cyprianus Anglicus: or the History of the Life and Death, of the most Reverend and Renowned Prelate William By Divine Providence, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury..., printed by J.M. for A.Seile, 1671, title printed in red and black, frontispiece not present, old circular library stamp to lower outer corner of title, bookplate of John Percival, Earl of Egmont, dated 1736 to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed and some wear, recased with original spine laid down, folio, together with Polano (Pietro Soave), The History of the Council of Trent..., faithfully translated into English by S[i]r Nathanael Brent, Knight. Whereunto is added The Life of the Learned Author: and the History of the Inquisition, printed by J. Macock, for Samuel Mearne, John Martyn, and Henry Herringman, 1676, license leaf at front, contemporary calf, some wear, folio, plus Cave (William). Antiquitates Christianae: or, The History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: as also the lives, acts and martyrdoms of his apostles, printed by R. Norton for R. Royston, 1675, title printed in red and black, double-page engraved plate and engraved illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, c ontemporary calf, worn with covers detached, folio (Qty: 4)STC 25223; Wing H1700; Wing S696; Wing C1586A.
Trade catalogues. Examples of Furniture & Decoration by Gillows, London, circa 1905, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, a few small closed tears and stains at front, original cloth, a little rubbed, covers a little bowed, oblong 4to, together with Mappin & Webb Ltd, London, 1931, numerous illustrations, a few colour, original decorative boards, 4to, plus Hampson & Scott. Wholesale Saddlery Manufacturers, Walsall, circa 1900, colour and monochrome illustrations, occasional light soiling, original calf-backed boards, spine a little rubbed and faded, ink stamps to lower cover, 4to, with others including A Few Notes on Varnishes and Fossil Resins, by R. Ingham Clark, circa 1892 (presentation copy from the author), and Printing Types, Stephenson, Blake & Co, Sheffield, 1924 (Qty: 7)
[Easton, James]. The Salisbury Guide, 14th edition, Salisbury: Printed & sold by E. Easton, 1790, lacking frontispiece, manuscript inscription to front pastedown 'Bought at 2nd Stourhead sale at Sothebys Dec 10 1887 - for 10s, the lot containing also Stone's History of Faringdon...', contemporary calf, joints split and some wear, slim 8vo, together with Salisbury , A Description of that Admirable Structure, the Cathedral Church of Salisbury. With the Chapels, Monuments, Grave-Stones, and their Inscriptions. To which is prefixed, an Account of Old Sarum, Ondon: R. Baldwin, 1774, 15 engraved plates & plans (few folding), some toning & scattered spotting throughout, untrimmed, later endpapers, original boards, later cloth spine, board edges worn, 4to, with Hall (Peter) , Picturesque Memorials of Salisbury..., to which is prefixed, a Brief History of Old and New Sarum, Salisbury: W.B. Brodie & Co, 1834, engraved frontispiece, 27 engraved plates, wood engraved vignette illustrations, few leaves with short worm trail to lower outer blank corners, scattered spotting and few marks, modern half morocco, 4to, plus A History of Salisbury by E.E. Dorling, 1911 (Qty: 4)
Gilpin (William). Six Landscapes, R. Blamire, 1794, six hand-coloured engraved plates by Samuel Alken after William Gilpin, last plate repaired to verso, occasional marginal spotting and closed tears, original printed wrappers, rear wrapper repaired, some fraying and stains, oblong folio, together with Harbours of England... with Illustrative Text by J. Ruskin, Day & Son, circa 1856, 12 engraved plates by Thomas Lupton after J.M.W. Turner, some light spotting, all edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, wear at spine ends, a little rubbed with stains, 4to (Qty: 2)
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