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Lot 60

ƟThe Horwer Missal, written by Johannes Horwer for the Church of Schwerzenbach, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Switzerland (Zurich), dated 1485] 153 leaves (plus 3 modern paper endleaves at each end), complete, collation: i9 (last probably a singleton), ii-x8, xi6, xii-xix8, xx6 (last 2 leaves of original quire cancelled blanks), some catchwords and contemporary foliation in red ink at head of each recto, double column of 27 lines in an excellent and angular Germanic bookhand, capitals touched in red (some with ornamental cadels reaching into upper and lower margins), red rubrics , small initials in alternate red and blue (some with ornamental cadels reaching into margin), larger initials in ornate red brushstrokes (some with tightly twisting penwork in contrasting colours, and those in lowermost lines with long whip-like penstrokes filling the bas-de-page, a few with human faces and that on fol. 98r with a red dragon’s muzzle), major sections opening with burnished gold initials with pink and khaki-green penwork (some with coloured foliage sprouting into border, and that facing Canon miniature with a dragon’s head at foot and human face at top, opening of text with two sided borders of scrolling coloured foliage with golden fruit, good dry-point sketch of a bird in flight in bas-de-page of fol. 99r, good pen and ink drawing in bas-de-page of fol. 98r of a red-billed stork raising its foot to stamp on a stylised frog, one full-page Crucifixion miniature before the Canon of the Mass, the figures before a burgundy sky set with liquid gold stars and all within a realistic pale green frame, some contemporary or near-contemporary marginal additions, marks on edges of some leaves from leather page markers once glued there, leaves at each end of volume with old water damage leading to cockling, some offset and shine-through in places and a few leaves with damage to their top edges, overall in good and presentable condition, 345 by 245mm.; nineteenth-century brown leather over pasteboards, gilt-tooled with floral and simple fillet frames around a blind-tooled floral cabouchon, “Missale” and “Cod. Membr. /Anni 1484” gilt on spine, in brown felt-lined fitted case This impressively large and weighty codex is one of the tiny proportion of medieval manuscripts for which we know almost all of the circumstances of its creation: its scribe, commissioner and which community it was made for, as well as the date of its completion Provenance:1. Written and illuminated by Johannes Horwer in 1485 for Andreas ‘Molitor’ (Müller), rector of the church in Schwerzenbach (a few miles east of Zurich, and incorporated within the city from 1402): Horwer’s signature discretely in white within the cross bar of the initial ‘S’ on fol. 140r (now mostly erased) and more openly in gold in a banderole in the lower margin of the frontispiece on fol. 2v (another banderole in the outer margin with the date in gold). Molitor is named in the inscription on fol. 89r: “Ego Andreas Molitoris de Keiserstuel rector huius ecclesie in Schwerzenbach pro remedio anime et benefactorum retuli hunc librum 1485” followed by his coat of arms (per fess sable a lion or passant and or a demi waterwheel sable). He is recorded as leutpriester (substitute priest) in Schwerzenbach in 1470, 1489 and 1493.2. From a nineteenth-century episcopal library: two repeated inkstamps on recto of first leaf with galero and six tassels per side, above initials perhaps to be read “ R A”. Text:The volume comprises: an Ordo specialis boni, a list of special feast days (fol. 1r), here functioning as an index to the codex; the Temporal (fol. 2v); the Ordo Missae (fol. 84v); the Canon (fol. 89r); the Sanctoral (fol. 94r), with readings for SS. Felix and Regula, martyred by decapitation near Zurich, and with text here that singles out and lauds Zurich: “O thuregum Rome regum regale palacium” (‘O Zurich royal palace of the kings of Rome’), and again in the text on Charlemagne on fol. 99r: “urbs Thuregum famosa”; the Common of the Saints (fol. 130v); the Missae votive (fol. 137r); and the Collecte speciales (fol. 153r). The Scribe-Artist:We are fortunate that Johannes Horwer’s work is known from more than one extant codex. He signed another Missal produced for the Knights Hospitallers dated 1469 with his name in a similar banderole in purple ink highlighted with gold (the summer part now surviving in s’-Heerenberg, Huis Bergh, MS. 15: A.S. Korteweg, Catalogue of Medieval Manuscripts and Incunabula at Huis Bergh Castle in s’-Heerenberg, 2013, no. 98), and in that he specifically names himself “scriptor”. However, the decoration and miniature of that codex are so close to the present example as to suggest he was also the illuminator. A third volume, a Gradual, was to be found in St. Petersberg in the early part of the twentieth century, and is recorded in a publication of 1925 by O. Dobiasch-Roschdestwenskaja as written by “Johannem Horwer von Lichtensteig burger Zürich” (in ‘Die Satire am Rande der mitteralterlichen Hss.’, Analecta Medii Aevi, I, 1925). Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

Lot 54

ƟVegetius, De re militari (extract), and Pomponius Laetus, De magistratibus, De sacerdotiis and De legibus, in Latin, manuscript on paper [Italy (perhaps Liguria), dated 11 May 1488] 37 leaves (including 5 blanks at end, plus a paper endleaf at front and back), complete, collation: i14, ii12, iii11 (wanting 3 leaves from second half of quire, all blank cancels), with original foliation and quire signatures, single column of 23 lines in an untidy semi-humanist hand, spaces left for some initials, watermarks partly obscured in gutter (but formed of a crown surmounted by a cross and what appears to be the top of a shield), a few near-contemporary marginal notes, slightly trimmed at edges, small spots and stains, overall excellent condition on notably thin and fine paper, marbled edges, 185 by 130mm.; nineteenth-century Italian parchment over pasteboards, some marks and bumps, with one small tear to parchment on fore-edge of back board, spine with “Mod / De/ R MI” in gilt on brown leather label Provenance:Finished by the scribe Johannes Maria Pellizonus on 11 May 1488: long colophon at end of text, listing other events relevant to the date. His name is rare, and he was probably closely related to the Johannes Pellizonus who served as prior as St. Michael’s, Ventimiglia, at the extreme northern tip of north-west Italy in the opening decade of the fifteenth century. Text:The first text here masquerades under the title of Modestus, De Re Militari (fols. 1r-8r), but is in fact an extract of Vegetius’ celebrated fifth-century work on Roman warfare and military principles. To this has been appended a copy of the writings of the Roman humanist Pomponius Laetus (1425-1498) on Roman lawyers and legal practises (fols. 8v-30v). Laetus taught the same subjects in Rome until 1498, and so the present manuscript was copied within his lifetime. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

Lot 19

Bifolium from Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum historiale, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [France (Paris), c. 1400] Two conjoined leaves, with double column of 46 lines in a fine late gothic bookhand influenced by lettre bâtarde (written space: 250 by 155mm.; here with book 29: 40-42 and 52-55), capitals touched in yellow, one-line initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork, each major text break with red rubric and a 2-line initial as before, running titles and book numbers in red and blue at head of page (here: “L. XXIX” and “Flores Sancti Bernardi”), small natural flaws in parchment, tiny spots and stains, once folded horizontally across the middle, overall excellent condition with wide and clean margins, each leaf 366 by 264mm. A previously unrecorded missing bifolium from an opulently illuminated copy of the Speculum historiale, probably made for a member of the French royal family. Other parts of the parent codex are decorated with distinctive gold and blue half-fleur-de-lys devices in their borders (here hinted at by the split fleur-de-lys in red and blue used as a line-filler) identifying them as part of a small group of books most probably produced for Charles V, the Duc de Berry, other members of the French royal family and their immediate followers (see F. Avril in Bibliothèque de l’École des Chartes, 125, 1967, pp. 433-37, and the Sermons manuscript sold in our rooms, 8 July 2015, lot 88; another emerging since then, the Hours of François de Blondel de Joigny, which has been acquired by an American institution). The distinctive decoration in known in the French royal inventories as “enluminé tout au long des colombes de fleur de lis d’or et d’assur” (Delisle, Cabinet des Manuscrits, III, p. 139). Later the codex was owned by the polymath, book dealer and notorious manuscript thief, Guglielmo Libri (his sale, Sotheby’s, 1 June 1864, lot 71), thence to Sir Thomas Phillipps collection (his MS. 24654; offered for sale in same rooms, 6 June 1899, lot 367, and then again 24 June 1935, lot 74), and to H. R. Creswick, Bodley’s Librarian and the librarian of Cambridge University Library (the substantial remnant of 176 leaves sold in same rooms, 20 June 1995, lot 87, to L. Schoenberg, his LJS 16, now in University of Pennsylvania [see Transformation of Knowledge, Early Manuscripts from the Collection of Laurence J. Schoenberg, 2006, pp. 137-8], with loose leaves at the end of that volume given away by Creswick to his friends, such as that to Sir Irvine Masson, sale in same rooms, 16 December 1957, part of lot 32, reappearing in same rooms, 17 June 1997, lot 1, to L. Schoenberg, his LJS 124, and now in University of Pennsylvania; A.N.L. Munby, same rooms, 5 April 1976, lot 658; and Professor A.Y. Campbell, now Liverpool University Library, MS. F.4.14). This leaf doubtless also gifted by him to an unknown associate. The text was conceived by the celebrated Dominican scholar, Vincent of Beauvais (d. 1264) as a vast text of thirty books, together encompassing a chronological history from the fall of man to the year 1244, and enclosing within its body excerpts from numerous classical and medieval authors. It was finished in an early form by 1245, but the author continued to revise it until 1253.

Lot 61

Ɵ‘Liber Extraordinarius’, a Festal Lectionary with Invitatories and Antiphons, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy (Milan), dated 1546] 84 leaves (including an original endleaf at front with contents list, and another at back, the last with colophon), complete, collation: i10 (followed by two stubs from endleaves, and showing that another endleaf, perhaps a blank cancel, once lay at the front of the book), ii-vii10, viii12, contemporary red foliation, single column of 30 lines in the late medieval ornate bookhand of Simone da Desenzano (see below), capitals decorated with ornamental hairline penwork, music arranged on seven 4-line red staves per page (rastrum: 22mm.), red rubrics (larger with complex calligraphic initials), red and blue simple initials, large initials in sprigs of coloured foliage with green sprouting leaves, some enclosing realistic Renaissance jewels, all on wide gold grounds, frontispiece with decorated border of realistic coloured foliage-scrolls enclosing gold grounds on two sides, and the de Gropis arms set within a laurel wreath and with pink penwork banderole with “R. Dns. Pbr. Dominic de Gropis Pleb.” in bas-de-page, last but one endleaf originally blank but filled in eighteenth century with “Canticum D. Ambrosii et Augustini”, traces of paper on front pastedown from removed Ashburnham bookplate, some small flaking and smudging to a few initials, some ink flaking away and some darkening to corners of leaves from thumbing, but overall in good and solid condition, 410 by 275mm.; nineteenth-century half-morocco with green buckram over solid wooden boards (probably early) and sewn on 5 large double thongs, spine gilt-tooled “Officia /Eccl. /M.S. /in membranis”, bumps and scuffs to extremities Provenance:1. An elaborate calligraphic colophon to this volume records that it was written and illuminated for the church of St. Barnabas, that its production was begun in 1544, in the time of the Revd. Vincentius Taiapetra, and completed in March 1546, and that it was paid for by a bequest for repairs and replacements of books left by Revd. Dr. Dominicus de Gropis (whose arms appear in the bas-de-page of fol. 1r with a banderole naming him). The colophon ends with a note that the work was dedicated to the venerable Augustinus Nigrus. When in the Ashburnham collection (see below) it was part of a series of eight choirbooks, several with the same arms and inscriptions, and the first volume there (Officium Dominicum per circulum anni, 1545-1546) records that the scribe of the series was Simone, a Carmalite of Desenzano al Serio (province Bergamo). Two further volumes from this set (including that signed by the scribe) are now in the Honnold Library, Claremont College, CA., collectively their Crispin 13 (C.W. Dutschke, R. Rouse and M. Ferrari, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Claremont Libraries III, 1986, pp. 30-31, with reproduction in fig. 37).2. Bertram Ashburnham (1797-1878), 4th Lord Ashburnham, whose vast library made him a bibliophilic giant among the grand collectors of the nineteenth century, and who owned two Gutenberg Bibles, 31 Caxtons and 805 medieval manuscripts, this volume part of the section of his library called ‘the Appendix’ (this no. CCXXVIII, acquired May 1897, and thus not in his printed manuscript catalogue of 1861); then passing to his heir, his sale in Sotheby’s, 1 May 1899, lot 157 (volume V in the series in that lot), for £11, 5 shillings.3.Again Sotheby’s, 11 July 1960, lot 155, to Alan G. Thomas: his cat. 7 (1961), no. 14, and again cat. 13 (1963), no. 4 (his cutting pasted to front pastedown).4. Re-emerging in Christie’s, 19 November 2003, lot 29.Text:This large and heavy codex contains: Lections for the feasts of Easter week (fol. 1r), as well as those for Corpus Christi, St. Barnabas, St. John the Baptist, SS. Peter and Paul, the Visitation and Christmas; and invitatories for some of these feasts, for a saint’s day and for All Souls (fol. 55r). To this has been added a Marian Canticle. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

Lot 4

Fragment of two leaves from the Liber Glossarum, an early Carolingian Latin encyclopedia, with remarkably early vernacular glosses in Old High German, manuscript on parchment [Germany (probably south), first half of the twelfth century] Cutting with the top half of a leaf and part of the adjacent sister leaf from the bifolium, with remains of double column of 41 lines in an elegant and readable early gothic bookhand (entries for B and C), with strong st-ligature and majuscule ‘R’ used to form abbreviation for “-orum”, five main words glossed in contemporary hand in Old High German (see below), larger initials in same penwork, some small natural flaws in parchment repaired with small cuttings from other leaves in the same parent volume, later ‘C’ at head of main leaf (perhaps thirteenth-century hand), and partially trimmed away inscription of fourteenth century: “iste liber est sanctorum …” at foot of leaf cut down to a stub, folds, spots, else good and solid condition, 304 by 411mm. The Liber Glossarum is an enormous and sprawling encyclopedic work, arranged alphabetically so that a reader could look up the meaning of an individual Latin word, find its numerous synonyms, and read a brief collection of information on the specific topic. As the earliest copies were written in the local pre-Carolingian script of Corbie AB minuscule, it is thought to have been initially compiled in that imperial abbey, most probably during the abbacy of Adalhard (780-814 and 821-826). Adalhard was a cousin of Charlemagne, and thus perhaps the work was produced under direct imperial patronage; certainly it provided a powerful reference tool for the Carolingian Renaissance blossoming in the imperial court. Many manuscripts of the text survive, but what sets this one apart is that on five occasions the scribe, or a near-contemporary, has glossed the meanings of certain words in Old High German in the interlinear space above the Latin word in question, with: (i) Castri margia glossed with what is perhaps “gragi”, (ii) Catax with “hufhalz”, (iii) Cartilago with “prustlesel”, (iv) Cassia with “wichpom” and (v) Cassis with “helm”. As a language, German is blessed with having a number of manuscript witnesses to its early forms, including the late eighth-century Abrogans codex, which contains a glossary with 3670 words (now St Gall, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 911) among other word lists and collections of glosses. However, such items are unobtainable for the private collector, and these words here are among the very earliest witnesses to that language to come to the open market.

Lot 140

Ruby Octagon Solitaire Ring with stepped ruby shoulders; the solitaire, a rich red ruby measuring a generous 5.5cts, flanked by round cut rubies in a four, three, two, stepped formation, down the shoulders, totalling a further .5ct, set in 14ct gold vermeil and silver, a total of 6cts of rubies overall; size R

Lot 123

Large Uruguayan Amethyst Starburst Statement Ring, 18cts of marquise cut, rich purple, amethysts set in a starburst fashion, forming a visually stunning statement ring, in rhodium vermeil and silver; the high carat weight of the Uruguayan amethyst, regarded as one of the best quality and colour of purple amethysts, make for an exceptional ring which is easy to wear as the openwork gallery clears adjacent fingers; size R

Lot 492

G R BLACK stipple print - portrait, head and shoulders of a gentleman, indistinct title, dated 1876 and three photographic prints of various people including the Society of Change Ringers, St Mary's Church, Elland, 1921

Lot 530

1976 John Pinches Christmas spoon, hallmarked silver in presentation box, Royal Mint 1977 silver proof crown and two silver pendants for Elizabeth R Jubilee and the Queen Mother's birthday

Lot 19

A diamond set dress ring, a contemporary design of four yellow metal curved bands, two each set with thirteen small diamonds, the mount marked 750, gross weight approximately 9.8gms. ring size R.

Lot 41

An emerald and diamond oval cluster ring, the oval mixed cut emerald 6.5mm x 5mm, claw set and surrounded by two rows of brilliant cut diamonds, twenty-four in total, claw set in an 18 carat all white gold mount, hallmarked Birmingham 1988, ring size R. The valuation certificate for insurance dated 2007 for three thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds states total weight of diamonds approximately 1.08 carats.

Lot 421

Rene Lalique, a lemonade jug and six associated tumblers, pre-1945, the jug with band of scrolling vines towards the base, the tumblers tapering to a square base with panels of flowers, jug stencilled 'R. Lalique France', tumblers moulded mark, jug 19.5cm high, tumblers 12.8cm high. (7)

Lot 49

A ruby and diamond three stone ring, the oval mixed cut ruby 6mm x 4.5mm claw set and having a brilliant cut diamond to each side, in an 18 carat yellow and white gold traditional three stone mount, hallmarked London 1996, total weight of diamonds approximately 0.45 carat, ring size R.

Lot 171

An 18ct gem-set gipsy ring, size R and an 18ct gold signet ring, (a/f), 4.9g, (2).

Lot 176

A gold ring set 8/8-cut diamonds, size R and three other 9ct gold rings, one set synthetic stones, 7.8g, (4).

Lot 62

A 9ct gold emerald and synthetic white stone cluster ring, size R½ and a 9ct gold half-eternity ring, size O, 4.8g, (2).

Lot 46

A late Victorian novelty silver inkpot, by Saunders & Shepherd, London, 1894,modelled as a pen nib, fitted with a clear glass ink bottle and engraved to the front '1875 R. 1900',9.5cm highProvenance: The Tim Wonnacott Collection.

Lot 253

R Danford Two oils on canvasThatched cottage above mountain stream and startled deer by a waterfall within a woodland, both 49cm x 74cm (2)

Lot 506

Corgi Classics first issue Berlin Airlift Douglas C 47A sky train 47101, Corgi Battle of Britain and Messerschmidt BF-109E desert camouflage Joaschim Marseille 49204, Aviation Archive P51D Mustang US AAF 78 fighter group 'Big Beautiful Doll - Col John Landers' 49301 and Corgi Super Marine spitfire FKII P808 I/DU-R Garfield Western - Adolphe Vibiral 49003 (4) 

Lot 268

R FabianWatercolour drawingLarge cathedral with trees and river, indistinctly signed lower left, 49cm x 59cmRosemary G-DWatercolour drawingMountain stream with rocks within wooded landscape, signed 'Rosemary G-D' lower right, 59.5cm x 42cm (2)

Lot 3226

Gold (9ct) black onyx cabochon ring with abstract openwork shoulders. Ring size R CONDITION REPORT Weight approximately 6.5 grams

Lot 2630

Selection of early 20th century autographs - signed letter to Colchester Mayor regarding Colchester Oyster Feast, names include artists, poets, writers, etc, including Seymour Hicks, George R. Sims, Anthony Hope-Hawkins, Lord Darling, Louis N. Packer, Walter Crane, Sir H. Lucy, Jerome K. Jerome, E. V. Lucas, Lawrence Alma Tadema, Katharine Tynan Hickson, John Galworthy, etc, some written in third person (qty)

Lot 3227

Yellow metal abstract design ring. Size R - S CONDITION REPORT Weight approximately 21.5 grams. Ring unmarked but believed to be gold (9ct)

Lot 3578

Contemporary silver sugar and cream set - comprising sugar caster of fluted baluster form, with slip-in pierced cover, on a fluted oval stepped foot, matching cream jug with leaf-mounted loop handle (Birmingham 1964), maker - J. R. All at approximately 11ozs, caster 18cm overall height

Lot 385

Victorian North Riding of Yorkshire Volunteer Artillery Officers Full Dress Cross Belt and Pouch, the pouch of leather body with blue cloth top and silver braid thick border, to the centre of the pouch bullion crowned metal artillery field gun with bullion embroidered Yorkshire rose below and “N R Y V A”. Black leather cross belt with silver braid top and silvered cross belt fittings. The cross belt fittings have good patina, pouch untouched with one small moth hole to the reverse and leather fitting strap attaching to the cross belt detached but present.

Lot 447

Mid 19th-Century Band Sword, possibly continental, broad straight single edge blade, brass hilt with eagle head pommel integral with spiral grip, recurved crosspiece engraved 53 R, F N, 31. Blade 59cms, overall 74cms. Good condition, blade lightly rusted, hilt loose.

Lot 65

Gordon Highlanders Officers Glengarry Badge, fine quality un-marked silver example. Complete with brooch pin fitting to the reverse. R & H B Kirkwood, Edinburgh retailers mark to the reverse.

Lot 91

Selection of Royal Berkshire Regiment Badges & Insignia, including officers bronze cap badge with blade fittings by J R Gaunt, 4x bronze OSD collar badges, OSD cap badge with blade fittings, officers cord boss forage cap badge, various other ranks cap badges, volunteer collar badges, brass shoulder titles, buttons, helmet plate centre, etc. Various conditions and periods. (32 items)

Lot 286

F R Jill (19th Century) - Head and shoulder portrait on porcelain of a smartly dressed gentSet in a plush covered frame, with easel back, bearing mark for Unrasch Dresden, image size 8.5x7cm

Lot 161

First Dublin Edition[1798] Lamb (R.) An Original and Authentic Journal of Occurances During the late American War, from its commencement to the Year 1783. 8vo D. 1809. First Dublin Edn. 16pp of subscribers, 1 fold. order, IV, XXIV, 5 - 438pp title inscribed 'Geo. Taylor, July 26, 1810,' lacks end loose blanks, cont. hf. calf, worn, mor. label. Scarce.* Geo. Taylor may be the author of 'Rebellion of 1798' Sabin 38724. (1)

Lot 182

Caulfield (Dr. R.)etc. The Pipe Roll of Cloyne, sm folio Cork (C.H. and H. Soc.) 1918. First Edn. thus, frontis orig. cloth, gilt. Scarce. V. good. (1)

Lot 228

Architecture: McParland (Ed.) James Gandon Vitruvius Hibernicus, folio L. 1985. First Edn. Signed; also Public Architecture in Ireland 1680 - 1760, folio Yale University 2001, Signed by Author; Curran (C.P.) Dublin Decorative Plasterwork, sm. folio L. 1967; Harris (J.) The Palladian Revival, lg. 4to Yale 1994; Stalley (R.) The Cistercian Monasteries of Ireland, folio Yale 1987, Signed by Author. (5)

Lot 274

[Ed. Gibbon] Watson (R.) An Apology for Christianity, in a Series of Letters addressed to Edward Gibbon, Esq.,.. also Remarks on the Last Two Chapters of Mr. Gibbon's History, 8vo D. 1777. Hf. title, cont. sprinkled calf, mor. label. V. good. (1)

Lot 301

Wilde (Oscar) Lord Arthur Saviles Crime & other Stories, crown 8vo L. (James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.) 1891. First Edn., title with reverse blank, last leaf with the imprint 'Printed by R. & R. Clarke, Edinburgh,' t.e.g., in cont. hf. vellum by Hatchards, mor. labels, & gilt decor spine. V. good. Ex. Libris of Hubert Beaumont. Mason 345. (1)

Lot 302

Wilde (Oscar) Intentions... The Decay of Lying Pen - Pencil and Poison, The Critic as Artist, The Truth of Masks. crown 8vo L. (James R. Osgood / Mc Ilvaine & Co.) 1894. & Printers device. Second Edn., hf. title, 258pp, end leaf with 'London Printed by Gilbert and Revington Ld.....,' & one blank leaf, t.e.g., cont. hf. vellum by Hatchards, mor. labels & gilt decor. spine. V. good. Ex. Libris of Hubert Beaumont. Mason 342. (1)

Lot 304

Scarce First EditionWilde (Oscar) Intentions, 8vo L. (James R. Osgood / Mc Ilwaine & Co.) 1891. First Edn. [Limited to 1500 Copies] One blank leaf with publisher imprint, title, with reverse blank, contents leaf (reverse blank), 258pp & last leaf with imprint 'London....' uncut, orig. gilt decor. moss green cloth, worn. Mason 341. (1)

Lot 354

Bolton (Sir R.) A Justice of Peace for Ireland, ed. by M. Travers. Lg. 4to D. 1750, Approb. leaf at front; also Bullingbrooke (Ed.) An Abridgement of the Public Statutes of Ireland, 2 vols. in one, lg. 4to D. (Boutler Grierson) 1768, cont. uniform full calf, blind tooled decor. border. (2)

Lot 360

Signed Presentation CopiesDaniel O'Connell: O'Connell (Maurice R. O'Connell), The Correspondence of Daniel O'Connell, Vols. I - VIII, together 8 vols. roy 8vo I.U.P. (Irish University Press for the Irish Manuscripts Commission) 1972 - 1980. First Edn., Signed, cont. purple cloth. Complete set, Extremely scarce. (8)Provenance: The late Mrs. Valerie Bary, Kerry Historian

Lot 47

Praeger (R. Lloyd) Irish Topographical Botany, D. 1901. First Edn., lg. fold. cold. map, & 5 others sim; Mac Carthy (T. Henry) Leading Cases in Land Purchase Law, 8vo D. 1891, First,; Meredith (F.W.) Old Irish Postage Stamps and Franks, L. [1923], First, illus., all cloth. (3)

Lot 697

Wilde (Oscar) A Critic in Pall Mall, Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies. Sm. 8vo L. (Methuen & Co.) 1919 Selection made by E.V. Lucas; Hopkins (R. Thurston) Oscar Wilde - A Study of the Man and His Work, L. 1913. Port. frontis cloth. Mason 647; Sherard (R.H.) Oscar Wilde, The Story of an Unhappy Friendship. L. 1909. Port. frontis, green cloth. Mason 673; Mayerfeld (Max) Oscar Wilde Epistola Carcore et Vinculis, Berlin 1925. First Edn.,, cloth backed boards; Douglas (Lord Alfred) Lyrics, L. 1935. First Edn., port. frontis, cloth & d.w.; Crossland (T.W.H.) The First Stone, L. 1912, recent cloth. (6)

Lot 718

Co. Kerry Map: Griffith (R.) Index to the Townland Survey of the County of Kerry, lg. folding linen backed map, full cont. hd. colouring, D. c. 1838, in cloth folder and slip case. V. good. As a map. (1)Provenance: The late Mrs. Valerie Bary, Kerry Historian.

Lot 76

Blake (T.) Abandoned Mansions of Ireland, 2 vols. lg. 4to Cork 2010 - 2012, First Edns.; Mac Donnell (R.) The Lost Houses of Ireland, folio L. 2002; ffolliot (Rosemary) The Pooles of Mayfield and other Irish Families, 4to D. 1958. Signed Lim. Edn., d.w.; & 2 others. (6)

Lot 790

With Wonderful Hand-Coloured PlatesGoldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield, A Tale. Roy 8vo L.(R. Ackerman) 1823. 24 hand-coloured plates after T. Rowlandson, t.e.g., orig. cloth covers bound in,now in attractive full crushed crimson mor., triple gilt fillets,spine profusely gilt in panels, by Rivere & Son. A v. fine copy. (1)

Lot 823

Warburton (J.), Whitelaw (J.) & Walsh (R.) History of the City of Dublin, 2 vols. lg. thick 4to L. 1818. First Edn., L.P. Copy, 2 frontis plans (1 fold.), & 26 full page engd. plts. & plans (some fold.) complete, uncut, orig. cloth backed boards, paper labels. (2)* An exceptionally fine clean copy.

Lot 860

I.A.S.: Crosthwaite (J.C.)ed. The Book of Obits and Martyrology of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity... Christ Church, Dublin, 4to D. 1844; Todd (J.H.)ed. The Irish Version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius, 4to D. 1848; Butler (Rev. R.)ed. The Annals of Ireland, By Clyn and Dowling 4to D. 1849; also Jacobi Grace, Kilkenniensis Annales Hiberniae, 4to D. 1842, L.S. thro-out, all uniform cloth. Good. (4)

Lot 884

Henry Bradshaw Society: Bernard (J.H.) & Atkinson (R.) The Irish Liber Hymnorum, 2 vols. Lond. 1898. First Edn., uncut, & 3 other vols. from same series, all uniform gilt decor. cloth. V. good. (5)

Lot 162

A modern silver commemorative Garrard & Co cigarette box presented by Rank Precision Industries Ltd 25 Club to Stanley R Whiteley together with a set of six silver cased coffee spoons

Lot 357

A Royal Worcester porcelain fruit patterned plate, by R Seabright, the painted plate decorated with plums and grapes, cobalt and gilt border, puce mark to base, retailers stamp Davis Collamore and Co Ltd 5th Avenue 48th Street New York, 23 cm diameter

Lot 658

19th Century Italian School watercolour and gouache on paper, 'Woman in a Doorway', indistinctly signed and dated 'R*n***o 1880' (lower right), 50 cm x 34.5 cm, framed and glazed, Provenance: with Leggatt Brothers according to label. Together with a reproduction print, Circle of John R. Townsend, 'Girl Trying on her Mother's Shoes', 29 cm x 20 cm, framed and glazed (2)

Lot 733

Andrew Watson Turnbull (1874-1957) three etchings, 'Lough Belshade, Donegal', signed and titled in pencil to margin, blind stamped, 17 cm x 24.5 cm; 'Deeside', signed and titled in pencil to margin, blind stamped, 21 cm x 30.3 cm; 'Canongate Clock, Edinburgh', signed in pencil to margin, 27.5 cm x 17.5 cm, all framed and glazed. Together with Wallace R. Hester (1866-c.1923) etching, 'City of London School', signed and titled in pencil to margin, artists proof no. 119, 25.7 cm x 17.4 cm, framed and glazed (4)

Lot 752

A group of antique prints, including J. R. Smith after Morland coloured engraving, 'Rural Amusements', 20 cm x 16 cm; after Bartolozzi 'A Bacchic Scene'; a wood engraving of a courting couple; a coloured engraving of Leeds Castle, Kent; a pair of scenes of putti playing and others, all framed and glazed

Lot 138

A Collection of 00 Gauge Tri-Ang Hornby to Comprise R.159 Double Ended Diesel in Blue and Yellow, R.228 Pullman 1st Class Ruth R563 Bolster Wagon with Three Ford Vans in Red White and Blue, R468 Level Crossing, R.394 Hydraulic Buffer Stop, 31 Pieces of Series Three Tri-Ang Track and Two Power Controls by Tri-Ang Hornby and Meccano.

Lot 151

A Collection of Five Boxed OO Gauge Hornby Pullman Parlour Cars to Include R.4162 1st Class Car 'Minerva', R4161 1st Class Kitchen Car 'Argus', R4165 2nd Class Kitchen Car 'No 167', R4163 2nd Class Car 'No 64' and R4166 2nd Class Car 'No 248'

Lot 134

A Rene Lalique Perruches pattern opalescent bowl (coupe), model 419, design c.1931, with blue staining, etched mark R. LALIQUE, FRANCE, 25cm diameter

Lot 136

An inter-war period 'Exposition Des Oeuvres De R. Lalique' exhibition plaque, introduced in 1928, in green tinted clear and frosted glass, Marcilhac p.474 no.F, Weiner p.105, 10 x 15cm.

Lot 137

An inter-war period 'Exposition Des Oeuvres De R. Lalique' exhibition plaque, introduced in 1931, in green tinted clear and frosted glass, for a slightly smaller version see Marcilhac p.476 no.P, Weiner p.105, 10 x 13.5cm.

Lot 377

Early 19th century English Schooloil on ivoryMiniature portrait of Colonel R. Ball, died c.18502.5 x 2in.

Lot 381

Wilhem Frederik van Royen (1645-1723)oil on canvasDucks and chicks beside an urn, landscape beyondindistinctly signed R. Royen38 x 46in., tortoiseshell framed

Lot 514

§ Leonard R Squirrell (1893-1979)charcoal and watercolourThe Foundry, Eagle Works, Ipswichsigned and dated 194911.5 x 19.25in.

Lot 10

Iraq 2003 Campaign Medal Royal Air Force, being a single example without clasp awarded to “CPL P R A WEST (Q8441376) RAF”. Medal is complete with ribbon, card box of issue (flattened) and items of cloth RAF medical insignia and RAF beret.

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